28 Letters to the Governor and Council

January 18
Red Book
No. 30
Letter 28

[H. Hollingsworth, Head of Elk, to the Governor & Council.]

And please your Excellency & Honours Inclosed is the receipts
for the Letters and Money forwarded by me to the several Gentle-
men as p your request, I'le thank you to have the money charged
to M^r Williamses Account, so that it may not come against me at a
future day, I thought it advisable to Inclose the receipts that you
might be fully Satisfied of the delivery, and of course the necessary
measures being adopted in time I have this day stopt one hundred
Barrels of Flour which was offered to be pasS^td as Bank flour but
was not mark'd with (Bank) as it had usually been, (with blacking)

*Bank
Agents
t Receivers
and for-
warders of
Bank flour.

have acquainted * Mess^rs Smith & Mathews, f Broom & Johnson,
that if they will make me a Return of all the flour Bought or for-
warded on Bank a/e that this shall go on, which they have not yet
done, have therefore applyed to a Majistrate and got the flour Stored
where it will wait your orders, unless these proposals are comply'd
with as M^r Gilpin (the Majistrate) and myself are both of Opinion
it ought not to go forward, unless this State can have Credit, not
only for this, but all other flour Bought by the Bank Agents, will
thank for you for your directions on this matters

Red Book
No. 30
Letter 29

Jan^ry 13^th 1781 Then rec^d a Letter from his Excellency the Gov-
ernor by the hands of M^r Henry Hollingsworth
W. Bordley
dated 11^th Jan^ry 1781

Red Book
No. 30
Letter 30

Rec^d the 14^th January 1781. of Col^o Henry Hollingsworth the
sum of two hundred and fifty pounds of the late Emission it being
Money sent by the president & Council together with a Letter dated
the 12^th Instant
Baruch Williams
Com^ry C^l Coty.

Red Book
No. 30
Letter 31

Rec^d the 14^th January 1781. of Col^o Henry Hollingsworth a let-
ter from the Governor & Council dated the Eleventh Instant
Jn^o D. Thompson
Lieu^t Cecil Co^ty
Baruck Williams

January 18
Red Book
No. 28
Letter 41

[Robt. F. Hooe, Alexandria, to Gov. Lee.]

By every account we have been able to collect, the Enemy about
Two thousand five hundred strong, under the Command of General
Arnold surprized and enter'd the Town of Richmond on friday 5^th
Ins^t The Governor and Council with many others made their escape
but several of the Inhabitants in endeavouring to save their effects,
were made Prisoners, The small Arms light Cannon Powder and
Ball was moved, also the Records, but it is said the latter with the
Paper Money in the Treasury and the Plates, they followed into the
Country and took. The Arms and Ammunition it is believed is safe,