78 Letters to the Governor and Council

February 20
Red Book

No. 5
Letter 56

tant business; I find the hopes & expectations of Congress very san-
guine on this event. A Letter received by Co^l Moylan from his
Brother of the 10^th Dec^r from L' Orient gives every reason to be-
lieve, as far as a Merchants authority will go, that considerable
assistance by Ships & men may be lookd for soon from France
Please to present my Comp^s to Mrs. Lee.

February 20

[Her's Courtenay, Baltimore to His Excellency Tho^s Sim Lee Esq^r]

I have just now rec^d your fav^r of the 17 Curr^t Whereby I per-
ceive your Inability of complying with my first terms for the Cloths
& Stockings. However in Order to shew you how much I wish to
Contribute to the General good, that the troops may be cloath'd, I
shall propose further to take in payment Twenty Shillings Specie for
Every hundred pound curr^t money. Which the goods may Amount
to Agreeable to the prices w^h I furnished you with some time ago;
or as much of the circulating Bills of Credit, as Will purchase such
specie and that payable the first day of May next ensuing, Which is
going as far as the Nature of my finances will reasonably Justifie me
in; you will please observe that the Common mode of settling Ex^a
for the sale of goods is agreeable to the above say 100 for 1 or I for
100, I shall be happy therefore in giving my assistance to forward
the Service & if these my terms are accepted you will please favour
me with a line & I shall make up the goods ready for your receiving
them; & stop any further Sale of them, untill I hear from you,

February 20
Red Book
No. 8
Letter 51

[Sam Huntington, President, Philadelphia, to His Excellency,
The Governor.]

Your Excellency will receive enclosed a resolve of this day rela-
tive to compleating the quotas of troops for the Southern Army and
furnishing them with the necessary supplies.

February 20
[Indorsed
" granted "]

[Leigh Masters, Baltimore To The Hon^ble Excellence, (the Gover^r
& the Council]

I hope Your Honors will excuse me giving you this trouble to
beg you will permit me to return to New Providence. I find my
Health is affected by my stay here haveing been much indisposed
this last week for I plainly perceive both my strength & Flesh de-
crease; therefore I fear my longer detention may prove fatal; be-
sides I hear there is an Act to oblige all British Subjects to return
before March 1782 for as yet I have not been able to get a sight
of the Act, if this is the case I fear my Detention may be attended
with the utmost Inconvenience to me by preventing me from re-
turning by y^e time appointed, as sometimes Vessels meet with such
bad weather in y^e Winter & Spring as oblige them to go to West
Indian Islands. This emboldens me to beg Your Honours will take
my Case into consideration & give me permission to return.