400 Letters to the Governor and Council

August 8
Red Book
No. 18
Letter 124

[John Neill, Fr^dk To M^isa John Parks merch^t Baltimore.]

Madam Please to let me know by the post how the New Money
goes, a Commitee is apointed here to forge it Equel to Gold the lead-
ing men here are determined to burn your town if you do not take it
the Melitia is here non to go to save you but if you have Damn'd
the monney you may expect to be Dam'd your selves by them Coll
Price Chearman of the Commitee & severall of the tories Has been
tried and is to be Confined some for six months and others twelve
and pay a fine of 3 or £400. Give M^r Parks [illegible] Joy the post
tells me that M^r Stull will get him his liberty I Cannot find a waggon
without paying too much but if I Cannot send it soon I will keep it

to my [self ] and pay you for it

August 8

[William Bayly, Jr., George Town, to His Excellency Thomas Sim
Lee Esq^r] (fav^d by M^r Allen)

M^r Archibald Allen of this County is Draughted he has to my
knowledge had very Considerable Losses, and unless your Excel-
lency & the Council will Excuse him from Marching I am told that
his family will be greatly DistresS^td.

August 8

[John Smith Brookes, Piscattaway, to the Governor and Council.]
(By Mr Williams)

Your letter of the 3^rd inst alarm'd me very much, as I had put
quite a different construction on the intention of your several favours
dated the 26 & 27 Ult. and considered their substance, as a positive
direction, not to send forward any more cattle; but let them be put
in good pastures, in which case I considered none so proper as their
own walks and therefore did not proceed to the collection — in your
letter of the 27^th you desire me not to send any more cattle forward
untill your further orders — and in that of the 3^rd of August you
charge me with inattention for not sending them forward — this is an
error I think in which I am not blameable.
I am now very busy in the Collection and have been so sence the
moment I received yours of the 3^rd I hope to set of from this tomor-
row with about 40 head and shall go on to the Collection of 40
more the difficulty in Collecting Cattle is very great and requires
more time then could be immagined, especially in lands that are
thickly wooded. I think it would be well for the Council to remove
the fish that are at this place. I should immagine they would be very
acceptable to the troops, and here there is danger of their Spoiling.

August 8

[Frederick Calhous to Gov. Lee.]

I Have been brought up to the Trade of a Tanner and think my-
self Master of the Business and can dress Skins and Leather equal
to any one. I intend to erect a compleat Tannery at the head of