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Your Petitioner therefore prays that your Excellency & Honors,
the premisses considered will grant him the indulgence prayed for
by Causing him to be removed from the loathsome place he is now in
to any such place of security you may think proper to appoint until
the matters alledged against him be fully heard by the honble the
Judges of the General Court.

May 13

[Baruch Williams, Cecil Co'ty, to Gov. Lee.]

I have received many Applications from Co^l Yates to supply him
with Forage at the Post at Elk. I have one this minit before me,
informing of their distrest situation for Want of that Article I am
realy sorry to Inform you that it is out of my power to purchase any
without Cash. I have made known to Col^o Hollingsworth my Situa-
tion who informs me he has given Intimation to the Gov^r & Council
of it. I cannot be answerable for the Distrest Situation of that Post
without having means in my power to relieve them. I wou'd not wish
to be Censured by the Gov^r & Council in my Conduct which is the
occasion of my now writing, otherwise I shou'd not, as Coll. Hol-
lingsworth has wrote to the same purport often as he tells me. Corn
can be had from 2/ to 2/9 hard p^r Bushell, the Commissioners of the
Tax have fixt the depreciation of this State at 3 tho' few and very
few will take at that. I only want the power together with the Gov^r
& Councills directions as to the price & if a purchase is made in hard
money (which Purchases generally are now made in here) at what
Depreciation in State — I then will take all Blame if every article
which is now wanting is not provided. I would write oftener to in-
form you the Difficulties I Labour under but as Col^o Hollingsworth
has to write so often about his own Affairs his mentioning them to
you I hope will Appologize for my Neglect.

May 13

[C. M. Croxall, Baltimore Town, to the Honl Governor
and Council.]

Yesterday M^r Young did me the honor of handing me yours re-
specting his Vessells, every part of the directions shall be punctually
adheard too
I have been detained here these three days collecting as much
Specie, as will answer my expences
To-morrow I intend for Philadelphia and shall delay no time in the
execution of my Business

May 14

[Dr. Alex. Skinner, N. Carolina, Roan County, to His Excellency,
Gov'r Lee.]

Upon my arrival in this State I found M^r Gordon possessor of
Three Certificates for the purchase of Horses which the Liberality
of your Assembly were pleaS^td to Grant to L^t Col^o Lees Legion.
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