248 Letters to the Governor and Council

May i g
Red Book
No. 28
Letter 10

i as to render me unable to Travel for several Days. If I had received
; your Letter sooner, I shou'd most Certainly have removed the non-
i Commissioned officers and Privates Immediately to Fort Frederick,
Notwithstanding the very unfavorable report made to me by Col^o
Rawlings of the situation of the Place and impossibility of Procur-
ing Provisions. I shall have a Sufficient Guard to remove them by
Tuesday next, when I shall send them off — with respect to the British
officers, I received a Letter from the Board of war, Dated 12^th April,
Directing me to Permit two of the officers of Convention to go to the
flag, in Order to receive the money & Necessaries sent for their use,
which though not expressed, yet fully implied that they were to be
indulged to remain 'till the Arrival of the flag; Besides it wou'd have
been utterly impossible for me to have complied with the Instructions
of the Board of War, unless the sherif of this County had been able
to furnish me with money agreeable to your order. I am extremely
glad it is the wish of your Hon^ble Board that Col^o Rawlings shou'd
Provide for the Troops sent to Fort Frederick; there will be no
Impropriety in me to give Col^o Rawlings the Command of the Guard
at Fort Frederick, which will be under my superintendance, and
which I shall Constantly visit, In Compliance with my Instructions
from the Board of War I hope your Hon^ble Board will be Persuaded,
that the Delay in the removal of the Troops has not arisen from
inattention to their Instructions, but from the reasons which I have
given; they may be assured that it will always give me Particular
Pleasure to Carry their Ideas into execution, while I Continue on
this Disagreeable Command.

May 20

Red Book
No. 28
Letter n

[Col^o Jas. Wood to Colonel Baker Johnson]

I have inclosed you a Copy of Lieutenant Moore's memorial to
General Phillips, by which you will Perceive his reasons for wishing
to obtain his Parole to go to Ireland — you Know my Opinion of this
Gentleman, and shall be much obliged to you in mentioning his Case
to His Excellency Governor Lee whose Letter to the Board of war
wou'd be a Certain means of Gratifying a worthy Character, and one
who I have every reason to believe is in his Heart, a Friend to the
Liberties of America.

Red Book
No. 28
Letter 12

[The Memorial of L^t Jos^h Moore of the 20^th Reg^t british Infantry,
under the Convention of Saratoga To Major Gen^l Philips, New
York.]

Your Memorialist some Months subsequent to your departure
from Albemarle Barracks, received a Letter f^r Europe informing
him of the melancholy event of his Fathers death, & urging him to
leave no effort unattempted to procure provisions to return to Europe,
as his Father had died intestate & left the Affairs of the Family in
the most unhappy confusion; in w^ch State of anarchy they must