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This Requisition is occasioned by Information received Yesterday
that Six of the Enemy's Barges have entered our Bay and proceeded
as far up as the Tangier Islands. The Barges equipped by this State
advanced to attack them, but on their Approach within one hundred
Yards, the principal one commanded by Captn Walley, took Fire and
blew up, our other three Barges made their Escape, one of which
arrived here last Evening, the other two we expect to day. It is, Sir,
of the greatest Consequence to this State, that these Barges be re-
pelled, and driven out of the Bay; if suffered to remain, not only
the Commerce of our Bay will be totally destroyed but our Farms
and Plantations exposed to Plunder and Desolation. We have every
Thing to hope from your polite and obliging Disposition and the
Spirit and Valour of your Officers and Men; and when we con-
sider what an Opportunity now offers, of displaying to the Citizens
of this State the important Advantages of their Alliance with your
illustrious Monarch, we flatter ourselves that the General Assembly
will be rendered happy by your Concurrence with their Requisition.
Our Barges will be got ready at this Place to accompany your Naval
Force and will be under the Direction of your Officers. As the
Enemy are now in the Bay, every Hour they are suffered to remain
must be productive of some Calamity and Distress to our Citizens.
With Sentimts of the highest Regard &ca
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December 3
Liber No. 78
p. 394
p. 395
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Wednesday 4th December 1782
Present as on Yesterday.
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Beale Hammond
ninety seven pounds, eleven shillings specie agreeable to the Act to
adjust the Debts due from this State, to be charged to the Continent
per Account passed. —
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December 4
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 362
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[Wm Paca in Council to Honble Intendant]
Presuming that the Barges will be kept in Service, and that the
Assembly will either condition to supply the Men with Cloathing, or
that the Men will gladly take those you have purchased, in Part of
their Pay, we have no Objection to the Contract you have made with
Colo Forrest.
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December 4
Liber No. 78
p. 395
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[Wm Paca in Council to Honble Intendant]
We received your Letter of the 30th ulto enclosing an Account from
the Surveyor of Frederick County and requesting our Opinion as
to the Propriety of the Charge of a Journey Fee for each Lott in
Monocacy Manor. Upon considering the Subject, we think the
Charge not warranted by Law and improper. To prevent the Imputa-
tion of Inconsistency in this Board, we esteem it incumbent on us to
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