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cargo from whom none Could be lost, yet undiscover'd. The Diffi-
culty & Expence of my attending at St. Mary's will deter me from
the prosecution. If your Excelly will order the prosecutions to be
remov'd to Anapolis I will attend with pleasure to stop if possible
this growing Evil, some Men of Considerable property are among
the plunderers. I left a List of Vacancies for my Regt of Militia,
which your Excelly order'd to be fill'd I shall be glad to have them
sent up I shall also be glad to have the specific Receipt for Virga
forwarded me, I wish to settle all my Business immy my Misfortunes
have been such as will oblige me I fear to go abroad in the Spring.
Unless your Excelly & the Honble the Council think me worthy to fill
the Post of Vendue Master for this Town, my absence on the Cato's
Business prevented my application sooner
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February 8
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 22
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A List of Officers wanting in Coll. S. Smith's Battalion of Militia.
Capt Kraner's Compy
2nd Lieut James Howard, in room of a person who I am inform'd
by Capt Kraner resign'd some time.
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Ibid.
Letter 15
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Capt Richard Ridgely
1 Lievt Thomas Dewitt
2 Lieu. William Clem
Ensign Mark Alexander
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Formerly the Mercantil Compy
but became a New Compy hav-
ing been entirely depriv'd of
Officers.
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Capt B. Dickenson's Compy
1 Lieut John G. Hamilton Jr room of Caleb Shield, who is al-
ways drunk & Sometimes Crazy.
2nd Lieut Jacob Brown, in room of John Cannon resign'd & dead
Ensign Samuel Burtis
Sam Smith, Coll.
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[Her's Courtenay, Baltimore, to His Excellency Thos Sim Lee Esqr]
I had the honour of Writing your Excellency a few days past
with samples of some Cloths, since Which I have not the pleasure
of hearing from you; the day after my last letter Genl Gist was
looking at the Cloths & stockings I wrote you of & highly approves
of them & Desired that I wd make use of his name on that head.
Which I had not until now an opportunity of doing; these goods are
very low charged & if you see fitt to Accept of them at my prices,
shall be glad to be favoured with an Answer; as some of them are
daily going off & tho the State Money is not yet become generaly
circulant I will Indeavour as far as I can to show how much I ap-
prove of it, by Accepting it in payment
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February 9
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[Holker, Annapolis, to Gov. Lee.]
It is now many months since the flour & wheat purchased under
the sanction & authority of the then Governor & Council of Mary-
land By William Smith Esquire of Baltimore for the use of the
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February 9
Brown Book
No. 8
Letter 39
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