200 Letters to the Governor and Council

April 21

[Jos³ Beall, Lieu^t P^s G^s C^ty to His Excellency Thomas Simm

Lee Esq^r]

As the Prisoners sent from Charles County to the Sheriff here,
is not only a Burden to him, but a Considerable Expense to the
Publick in Keeping gard over them, I have ordered Capⁿ Duvall to
take them from thence, & send them to Annapolis Under a guard of
an officer & six men of that Company, & deliver them to the com-
manding officer there

April 21

[W. Bordley, Chester Town, Kent Coty, To The hon^ble Mathew
Tilghman Esq. President of the Special Council, Talbot]

I have employ'd Robert Blake to Slinge the Canteens & have made
enquiry about the Price of Leather, the lowest I can procure it for,
is 2/9 specie or the value in bills of credit p^r pound, the price of
slinging them will be six pence a peice, but we want to know where
the money is to be had from, as those people will immediately want it,
M^r Blake says that he can make cartouch boxes to the number of four
or five hundred, we are making cartridges & shall very soon finish
our Lead. Cap^t Crane some years ago tann'd two hides for the pub-
lic, half of which he is to deliver for the above purpose.
P. S. We have wrote to Daniel Fisher & have sent to Baltimore
for Files for the Gunsmith

April 21
Red Book
No. 8
Letter 16

[Sam. Huntington, President, Philadelphia, to His Excellency,
Governor Lee.]
The United States in Congress assembled, deeming it proper &
necessary to communicate to their Constituents in the several States,
as fully as can be done, a proper Representation of their national
Affairs, the Amount of the public Debts due from the United States,
together with the Estimates for the current Year; having examined
& agreed to the Report of their Committee on that Subject of the
18^th Instant, I do myself the Honor to transmit your Excellency a
Copy thereof.

April 22
1 o'Clock
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 70

[Sam. Smith, Balt., to Gov. Lee.]

Before the Rec^t of yours of this Morning We had discover'd the
Vessell standing up the Bay & looking into our River in Consequence
I Had order'd out the Militia & Lookout Boats Joshua Dorsey is
now in Calvert (I think) at his Sisters, the wife of a Late M^r Lane
or Cap^t Lane between Rollins & lower Marlb^r There was nothing
among Cromwells papers that in the least Concern'd his present
Charge. I want a 2^nd Lieut for Capt. Dickenson's C^y please appoint
Jacob Brown

April 23

[Richard Curson, Baltimore, to His Excellency Thomas Sim
Lee, Esqr.]

I Receiv'd your Excellencys Letter of the 13^th Current in Coun-
cill, which I shou'd have answer'd sooner but M^r Geo. P. Keeports