January 1-December 31, 1781 449

[Jas. Calhoun, Baltimore, to the Council.] (Honoured by
Gen^l Gist)

In my letter to your Hon^ble Board of the 11^th Ins^t I mentioned my
having purchased near thirty Barrels of Pork during the late Alarm,
The bearer of this General Gist supplied me with fourteen Barrels
on that occasion for which he is yet unpaid Please pay him at the
rate of Nine pounds p Barrel which was the price I agreed to give
others. It was purely to serve the Public that the General let me have
the Pork at that time as it would have sold very readily for Specie
but he saw the necessity we were put to for Meat, and without this
supply it would have been impossible to have furnished the Militia
on their first coming in
General Gist has frequently applied to me for Spirits and other
necessaries which he certainly ought to be supplied with, but it is
out of my power to procure them for want of Cash I wish your
Honble Board would please point out some mode of having these
supplies procured him as I fear he blames me when it is certainly
no fault of mine for I would most chearfully purchase those things
for him was I able to pay for them

August 26

[T. Donellan, Baltimore, to Gov. Lee.]

I send with this Letter, Michael Jones & Bennit Heard both Sub-
stitutes to Receive your Excellencys Orders. Inclosed are their
Enlistments.
Being inform'd that some have gone of their own Accord to An-
napolis without my knowledge & joyn'd the Troops there, I inclose
your Excellency a list of the Missing that enquiry may be made who
have gone in of them

August 26

[Petition of John Taylor, Montgomery County]

To His Excellency the Governor and the Honble Council of the State
of Maryland, the Petition of John Taylor most respectfully
sheweth.
Whereas your Petitioner hath continued in the above mentioned
County, pursuant to the Order of your Excellency and Honors —
Your Petitioner now impelled by the Duty he owes to his distressed
Wife and Family, who are reduced to the most pitiable Circumstances
by Reason of his absence, requests your Excellency and Honors, that
he may be permitted to return to St. Mary's County where his Wife
resides in Order to settle his Affairs there and remove her into Mont-
gomery County.
This your Petitioner humbly presumes will be granted him, as he
hath agreeable to your Desire given Bond with Security to Col^o
Richard Barnes for his Beheavour as a good Citizen. And your Peti-
tioner as in Duty bound will ever Pray.
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August 26
[Indorsed :
" 26 Aug^t
1781 Petⁿ
John Taylor
granted."]