560 Letters to the Governor and Council

[November]

[And. Buchanan, Balt. County, to His Excell^y Tho^s Sim Lee Esq^r]

Lieu^t Co^l Charles Carnan and Major Joseph Gist of Col. Ham-
mond Battaⁿ having resigned their Commissions, the Battaⁿ at a
Meeting recommend that Capt Nathan^l Stinchcomb be appointed
Lieu^t Col^o and Cap^t Elias Dorsey Major in their steads. I suppose
they may be Equal to any in the Battalion, if you Approve of them
be Pleased to forward their Commis^ns.

December 3

[Chas. M. Croxall to Gov. Lee.]

In consequence of information by a Gentleman from New York —
and hearing the intentions of your Excellency & Council to draw on
Congress or Financier for Specie for the supplying Lt. CornwalliS^ts
Captive Troops with rations, during their Captivity — I doe myself
the honor of soliciting the preferance to an appointment which may
soon take place in this State; as negotiator for Provisions for that
part of the Troops, in this State.
By this Gen^t I am inform'd on the Capture of L^t Cornwallis being
confined in New York, Sir Henry Clinton, and Governor Robinson
expresS^td their apprehentions that they should be obliged to be put
to extreme inconveniency in supplying those Troops with rations —
unless the States w^d admitt a negotiator to be appointed of by them,
and that negotiator to be allowd, so much p^r ration and receive specie
in New York for the purpose.
As persons who have suffer'd in the service of this State have
ever experienced the attention of your Excellency and Council, in
preferance to others, that added to my having the honor of an ap-
pointment in post issues, I flatter myself with merriting your Atten-
tion on this.
I can say from my own knowledge that during my Captivity,
many hundreds of our Soldiers perished in their Goals for provi-
sions which obliged Congress to appoint a Com^ry in their lines and
send in rations, for the support of our Captives.
Those apprehentions are Justly founded or they would not first
talk of preparations for a Mode, All I wish at present is your Excel-
lencies & Council's recommendⁿ to Congress on the Subject, as
negotiator for this State, in case such a mode is adopted your requi-
sition is only wanting to effect it

December 3

[Tho. Price, Frederick Town, to Gov. Lee.]
I wrote you the 23^d of November last requesting your & Councils
Instructions relating to some Beef Cattle I had received from Vir-
ginia, which were too poor to be slaughtered this Winter, Viz.
whether they should be disposed of by public Sale, or placed out
during the Winter among the neighbouring Farmers. I also re-
quested your Instructions relating to the giving out Liquors as part