January 1-December 31, 1781 523

[John Stump, Jur, to Gov. Lee & Council] (fav^d by
Jn^o Patrick, Esq^r)

May it Please Your Excellency & the Honourable Council This
will be handed you by John Patrick Esq^r one of my Near Neigh-
bours, as he was going down on Business have Prevailed on him
to wait upon you with these lines; I Wrote your Excellency & the
Honourable Council two Letters some time Since Relative to my
Books & Papers, but not Receiving them nor any answer to my letters
have taken the Liberty to write y^r Excellency & the Honourable
Council again on the Subject, Thinking perhaps the other letters
might have miscarried or through the Multiplicity of business you
might have Forgot the Contents; In my former letters I Requested
your Excellency & the Honourable Council to Consider the Disad-
vantages I Labour under for the want of my Books & Papers; which
is what I have now to Request of your Excellency & the honourable
Council, and if you think Proper, that it may Please your Excellency
and the Honourable Council to have them Carefully Seiled up &
Delivered to John Patrick Esq^r who will have them Safely Con-
veyed to me, & as I mentioned in my Former Letters hope Your
Excellency & the Honourable Council have found nothing in them
Contrary to the Law of this State or any way Prejudicial to the
Common Cause of American Liberty.

October 13
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 147

[W^m Minor, Talbot Court House, to The Honble Mathew
Tilghman Esq]

On Fryday Morning M^r Parker & the Gard Left the place & the
Prisoners in the Goal, I Continue to give them Victuals &c but shou'd

be glad to heare from you about them, as I Expect every night they

will break Goal, unless their's a gard Kept

October 14
Red Book
No. 23
Letter 115

[Edw^d Burgess, Corseca to His Excellency Thomas Sim Lee]

May it please Your Excellency Enclosed I have sent a List of the
Books of Accounts &c. Late the property of Cunningham Findlay
& Company which are contained in a Large Pine Chest, they are
delivered to Captain Brock Mockbee the bearer hereof who has en-
gaged to Deliver them to the Treasurer. As our Excellency will be
pleased to observe that I have agreed with Captain Mockbee that he
shall be paid Six pounds Specie for his trouble in the Conveyance
of these Books which I doubt not your Excellency will think a reason-
able reward and accordingly order the payment thereof.

A List of the Books of Accompts &c. Late the property of Cunning-
ham, Findlay & Company contained in a Large Pine Chest Viz

14 Day Books 32 Large and Small Bound Books and A parcel of
blank Bills of Exchange — delivered to the Care of Cap^t Brock Mock-
bee to be conveyed by him to the Treasurer at Annapolis

October 15