148 Journal and Correspondence.

April 26
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 268

and ninety five pounds, Charles Robertson and Philip Locker, each,
nine pounds, eight shillings and four pence, Richard Harper five
pounds, six shillings and nine pence, John Wheeler fourteen pounds,
eight shillings and four pence, Henry Deale twenty Pounds, five
shillings, Lieut Thomas Hutchings twenty two pounds, and eight
pence, Hannah May, Mary Connolly and Alice Redman, each, one
pound two shillings and five pence of the Bills emitted under the
Act for the Emission of Bills of Credit &^ca due them per Accounts
passed.
That the said Treasurer pay to Zephaniah Turner fourteen Pounds,
ten shillings and nine pence of the same Emission to be delivered
over to Thomas Banon due him per Certificate passed.
That the said Treasurer pay to Nicholas Worthington Esq^r one
hundred and fifty six pounds, seven shillings and seven pence of the
same Emission due him on a Certificate issued agreeable to the Act
to adjust the Debts due from this State.
That the said Treasurer pay to John M^cClelland one hundred and
ninety eight pounds, thirteen shillings and seven pence of the same
Emission to be delivered over to Henry Dorsey Gough due him on a
certificate issued agreeable to the Act to adjust the Debts due from
this State.
That the said Treasurer pay to Capt Richard Dorsey of the Ar-
tillery thirty pounds of the same Emission in lieu of a Suit of Cloaths
and four Shirts for the present Year on Account.
That the said Treasurer pay to Capt Denny thirteen pounds ten
shillings Specie to be deliv^d over to Capt Richard Dorsey part of the
30 £ directed to be advanced by the "Act relating to public Creditors "
to be accounted for.

April 26
Liber No. 78
p. 344

[Council to Commodore Grason]

A French Brig of 16 Guns, chased up the Bay a Privateer Sloop
of eight Guns, only, four Days from New York, but lost Sight of
her this Morning 3 o'Clock off Poplar Island. It is uncertain whether
the Sloop continued her Course up the Bay, run into the Eastern Bay,
or tacked downwards but the Brig came up and is now opposite to
this Place, standing downwards. A Prize the Sloop had taken, was
retaken by the Brig, the People on Board of which gave Information
that the Sloop came in with two Barges which went up Patowmack.

p. 345

Under these Circumstances, apprehensive that you have not yet got
Men enough to fit out three Barges, and being very desirous that
the two Barges up Patowmack should pay for their Temerity; We
send over Capt. Baques, who will accommodate himself to your
Commands, with 30 Men, and we wish you, without the least Delay,
to proceed in the Barges to the Mouth of Patowmack and take every
Step Prudence may suggest, to capture these Vessels of the Enemy.