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directions therein, and shall only look out for Barrels (not engage
them) untill I have the Honour of hearing from you on that Subject,
P. S. Please to inform me how far I am to supply the Quarter
Master with pasture and Forage and what I am to do with the Hides
and Tallow of the Cattle killed on State account

September 15
Red Book
No. 30
Letter 36

[Eph. Blaine, C. G'l, Elk, to Colo Hollingsworth, State Agent.]

All the Cattle which are comeing in from the Eastward with those
furnishd by your district are to be delivered to M^r Yeates D. Q. M. G^l
for the State of Maryland who has received Instructions how to dis-
pose of them, you will deliver him all the Cattle you possibly can,
and press the County Contractors to procure the supplys required
without delay — the necessity of Provisions Southardly and the great
demand, will require your utmost exertion and punctual compliance
with every demand — the season for salting provisions is near at
hand and if our Army remains to the southard very large requisi-
tions will be made for Salt provisions have therefore to request you
to make preparation in salt and Barrels for the above, purpose I
shall wait upon your Governor and Council upon my way down, and
represent to them the necessity of prepareing the above mentioned
Articles and make no doubt but they will make proper provision.

September 15
Red Book
No. 30
Letter 55
[copy]

[B. Lincoln to Governor Lee.]

I am, this moment, informed by Col^o Stewart that all the Flower,
which he can now promise, is two hundred Barrels at the Head of
Elk, three hundred at Baltimore and one thousand Barrels at George
Town.
This is a Supply for fifteen Days only and much less, if we pay
what we have borrowed of the French. From this short View of
the matter, your Excellency will see how totally unequal that number
is to what will be our Demand, and how dangerous it is to the Safety
& Intrest of America to suffer so important an Expedition as the
present to rest a moment on so precarious a Basis. Pray give me
Leave to solicit an Exertion of the Powers & Interest of this State
to collect & forward to the Army, or collect, at least, one hundred
Barrels of Flower per Day
A collection of Beef will also require every Exertion
Your Excellency is too fully possessed of the necessity of supplies
to need my saying more on the Subject.

September 15
Brown Book
No. 8
Letter 9

[William Bowie, Upper Marlboro to The Hon^ble the Governor &
Council] (Hon^d by Mr. Brooks)

I have sent by M^r Brookes two Acco^ts which on perusal if found
wright you will please to give an Order on the Treasurer for the
money or Tobacco as you think proper.

September 16