254 Letters to the Governor and Council

May 24

County, I humbly ask leave to propose an alteration of, as it realy
lays me under very great Difficulties; the greatest part of my
property is in Virginia, where also I have an Aged Mother, whom it
would give me the greatest pleasure sometimes to visit. Should this
request not appear unreasonable (and your Excellency and Council
think it necessary) I am willing to give a Bond, with sufficient secur-
ity in double the sum, and shall esteem it a very great indulgence.

May 24
Red Book
No. 8
Letter 24

[Sam. Huntington, President, Philadelphia, to Governor Lee.]

Your Excellency will receive enclosed several Resolves of the
22^d Instant, upon the Report of a Committee appointed to devise
further Ways and Means to carry on the present Campaign
As the Measures proposed in these Resolves are the Result of
Necessity after due Deliberation, it is expected the necessity as well
as the Importance of those Measures will have a suitable Impression
upon the States universally and excite them to a vigorous and punc-
tual Compliance.

May 24
Red Book
No. 32
Letter 49

[Luther Martin to Gov. Lee]

By any witnesses we have been able to procure nothing has ap-
peared to fix a Charge upon Jn^o Hammond Cromwell. I submit to
your Excellency the Expediency of having Dorsey and Groves
brought before your Excellency and the Council and an offer of a
Pardon to be made to them upon Condition that they will make a
full and Explicit Confession of the knowledge with Regard to Crom-
well's Intercourse and Connexion with the Enemy

May 26

[C. M. Croxall, Baltimore, to His Excellency Governor & Council]

I some days ago did myself the honor of conveying your Excel-
lency and Council an answer to yours addressed your representatives
in Congress.
I shall be happy in receiving the determination of Congress on
the subject as soon as the Council may be made acquainted, and I
shall until then wait your Excellencys further orders.

May 26

[Col^o Moses Rawlings, Fort Frederick, to Gov. Lee.]

I have the honour to inform your Excellency That the Prisoners
from Frederick Town arrived at this Garrison on Tuesday last in
number 438 Men 145 Women & 206 Children with These & 70
Sailors The Fort is Pretty full.
I am sorry to say that I have no Meat for them nor guard & not
the least prospect of Getting any — as no kind of Paper Money passes
in This part of the State at present. The money Your Excellency
was pleased to send me by Capt Reid Came at a time when I could
not Pass one Dollar of it