96 Letters to the Governor and Council

March i

[Jas. Calhoun, Baltimore, to the Governor and Council.]
(Han^d by Col^o Ramsey)

I rec^d your favor of yesterday, all the Vessel, at this place had
been secured by Gen^l Gist and the Quarter Master before your letter
came to hand. The Bread shall be sent forward at least as much as
with the quantity Col^o Hollingsworth has already at Elk will make
up the 600 Barrels, but it will be impossible to send any Salt Meat
from this Post there being little or none here. I have wrote M^r Dal-
lam of Harford that if he has any to forward it immediately to Elk.
As the procuring Vessels & carriages from this place is the par-
ticular business of the Continental Quarter Master hope the Council
will not expect me to do anything in that way as besides the impro-
priety of my acting in that Department it would be incuring an un-
necessary expence to the State and more likely to give offence to the
owners of Vessels than if executed by the Officer whose particular
duty it is

March I

[Benj. Cawood, Charles County To Benjamin Harwood, Annapolis]
(fav^d by Mr. Latimer)

On the 22^d February, I Received your favour of the 9^th Same
Month, Wherein you were kind enough to Acquaint me of the re-
solve of the last Session of Assembly, the time Expired before
your Letter Came to hand, Notwithstanding I have fully attended to
the contents, and have sent you a Considerable payment by the
Bearer M^r Rand. B. Latimer who can Assert to you many Good
Reasons why my Acc^t is not fully Setled on your Books — therefore
if my bond is not already put in force; I beg you'll do all in your
Power to Prevent it, as you may Depend I shall Exert every Measure
to Settle my Acc^t Also you may depend on a Large payment in a
few days from this.

March I
Brown Book
No. 7
Letter 69

[Lafayette, Head of Elk, to Gov. Lee.]

I have received your Excellencys Letter of the 5^th ins^t and for
the assurances it contains, beg leave to offer my very respectfull
acknowledgements.
If in the course of to-morrow, we can get a sufficiency of Vessels,
I intend to embark the Troops immediately, but upon the intelligence
we receive of British Privateers being in the Bay, I more than ever
feel the want of an armed force for our security.
By a Letter from Baron De Stuvens, I find he was not gone with
the Detachment sent to the Southward, that General Officer is now
preparing matters for the expedition, and as I expect also to hear
from a Naval Officer in the same quarter, I beg leave to request that
any dispatch be sent to me with the greatest rapidity.