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George Dashiell eight hundred and sixty one Pounds, eight
Shillings & six Pence due him for the Commission on the pur-
chase of Cloathing per Acco^t allowed by the A General.
That the said Treasurer pay to Capt. John Gordon ninty
four Pounds seventeen Shillings & eight Pence due him per
Account passed by the A G
That the said Treasurer Pay to William Houston Purchaser
of Provisions in Kent County four thousand Dollars out of the
money remitted by Congress on Account to be expended in
the Purchase of Provisions
Commission issued to John Gordon appointed Capt, of the
Galley Conqueror of the State of Maryland
Leave given to Mary Burnet of the City of Annapolis to
pass to Wilmington unmolested
Commissions issued to Edward Parker appointed Col^o John
Strawbridge Lieut Col^o Samuel Evans Capt. William Stewart
first Lieut, John Scott second Lieut, Alexander Wilison Ens.
Samuel Gilpin Cap. Richard Bond Jun^r first Lieut, John Jones
second Lieut John Cockran Ens, Samuel Maffitt Captain
David Wallace first Lieut, Samuel McKeown second Lieut,
Andrew Read Ensign, Andrew Miller Capt. John Campbell
Chambers first Lieut, Jeremiah Taylor second Lieut, William
Buchanan Ensign Hezekiah South Capt. Fergus Smith first
Lieut, James Cochran second Lieut, John Oglevee Capt.
Joseph Tanner first Lieut Elisha Rodges second Lieut, James
Beggs Ensign, Jonathan Booth Capt. David Ricketts first
Lieut, Jacob Hollingsworth second Lieut, Thomas Savin Capt,
Abraham Cazier first Lieut, Thomas Price second Lieut Jacob
Lum Ensign James Macky Cap. William Fulton first Lieut,
John Hill second Lieut, belonging to the Elk Battalion of
Militia in Cecil Co^ty also to John Dockery Thompson Col^o
Joshua Clayton Lieut Col^o John Cox Capt. John Ward Sen^r
first Lieut, John Ward Jun^r second Lieut, Benj^a Wamsley
Ensign John Leach Knight Cap. Ephraim Thompson Jun^r
first Lieut Thomas Bird second Lieut, Lambert Elsbury Ens,
John Ward Veazey Capt. Archibald Shields first Lieut, Robert
Money second Lieut, Benjamin Porter Ensign, Samuel Veazey
Capt. Samuel Bayard first Lieut, William Veazey second Lieut,
William Taylor Ensign, James Porter Capt. Richard Savin
first Lieut Thomas Cooper second Lieut, James Cosden En-
sign. John Ford Capt. Sam^l Clair Lancaster first Lieut Robert
Hodgson second Lieut, Hyland Price Ens, Charles Heath
Capt, William Nelson first Lieut, Jacob Evertson second
Lieut, Elias Noland Ens, Thomas Brevard Capt. Thomas
Boulden Jun^r first Lieut, Thomas Boulden Sen^r second
Lieut Samuel Hutchison Ensign belonging to the Sassafras
Battalion of Militia in Cecil County and also to Elihu

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