564 Letters to the Governor and Council

December 6
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 157

Collection and some of my old purchase must continue on hand
attended with great loss, unless I can be supplied with Barrells from
Annapolis or elsewhere, I have taken every Step in my power to
procure them here without any prospect of Success.
I believe a considerable Quantity of Pork will be paid in the
County for the next January Tax — several applications have already
been made to me, and as the time draws near, if I am to receive it.
I could wish to be furnished with Salt in time. I have engaged some
pork Barrells and think there is a prospect of getting a Sufficient
number for what pork may be Collected here.

December 6
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 64

[Stephen Steward, West River, to the Gov & Council.]
(P^r Captain Harrison)

I have a vessell about the sise of the Porpass which we Intended
to have loaded with flower If the State would have Paid us any
thing to Inable us to have Bought the flower finding wee are not like
to Git any thing with Sertenty from the State the winter now ad-
vansing fast so that wee are Runing the Danger of our vesell being
Stopt with the frost wee have Determined to Load with tobacco
and flower the tobacco wee have by us the State Holding so much
Muny of ours wee are not able to Buy the flower without Seling some
of our affects therefore wee begg the favor of you gentelmen of
the Counsell to send up 50 bar^ls of your best flower If it is Con-
venient to you an order on your Comesery at Baltemore town would
be most Convenent to us Wee have a Quanti^ty of tobacco In Phil^a
which wee have ordered to be sould for Cash at any Price the muny
wee Cant git In time to Buy the flower or we would not be so trubel-
som to you you may Depend in having the flower Returnd In ten
Days or suner after Calling for it If you have not flower the milers
will Give up flower for Wheat If you will send up wheat, the as-
sembly & Counsell Borowed the Porpass of us last winter She
Returned to us a wreck it tuck up near two months to Repair hir
hull hir Rigen Sails masts yards and spars was so shot to Pises wee
ware oblige to git Everything Intierly new which Cost us £800
when wee Got hir Completed so as to be fit to take In a Cargo wee
Chartred hir to the Counsell wee then Bought a load of fine flower
for the State which Cost up about £600 wee sould a Parsel of Goods
to the State to the amount of £1800 to Cloath the Souldiers with
which wee ware to be Paid for last May the galle I have advanced
full 1600£ Hard muny If I Charge my mens wages these advances
with many Capetel misfortunes occations me to ask this faver of
the lone of 50 bar^ls of flower of you the Nesbitt the state kept hir
two months from us with Near about 40 Hands at our Expence
I think on the hole it would be much better for my Purse If I had