January 1-December 31, 1781 61

cargo from whom none Could be lost, yet undiscover'd. The Diffi-
culty & Expence of my attending at St. Mary's will deter me from
the prosecution. If your Excell^y will order the prosecutions to be
remov'd to Anapolis I will attend with pleasure to stop if possible
this growing Evil, some Men of Considerable property are among
the plunderers. I left a List of Vacancies for my Reg^t of Militia,
which your Excell^y order'd to be fill'd I shall be glad to have them
sent up I shall also be glad to have the specific Receipt for Virg^a
forwarded me, I wish to settle all my Business imm^y my Misfortunes
have been such as will oblige me I fear to go abroad in the Spring.
Unless your Excell^y & the Hon^ble the Council think me worthy to fill
the Post of Vendue Master for this Town, my absence on the Cato's
Business prevented my application sooner

February 8
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 22

A List of Officers wanting in Coll. S. Smith's Battalion of Militia.
Cap^t Kraner's Comp^y

2^nd Lieu^t James Howard, in room of a person who I am inform'd
by Cap^t Kraner resign'd some time.

Ibid.
Letter 15

Cap^t Richard Ridgely
1 Liev^t Thomas Dewitt
2 Lieu. William Clem
Ensign Mark Alexander

Formerly the Mercantil Comp^y
but became a New Comp^y hav-
ing been entirely depriv'd of
Officers.

Cap^t B. Dickenson's Comp^y
1 Lieu^t John G. Hamilton J^r room of Caleb Shield, who is al-
ways drunk & Sometimes Crazy.
2^nd Lieu^t Jacob Brown, in room of John Cannon resign'd & dead
Ensign Samuel Burtis
Sam Smith, Coll.

[Her's Courtenay, Baltimore, to His Excellency Tho^s Sim Lee Esq^r]

I had the honour of Writing your Excellency a few days past
with samples of some Cloths, since Which I have not the pleasure
of hearing from you; the day after my last letter Gen^l Gist was
looking at the Cloths & stockings I wrote you of & highly approves
of them & Desired that I w^d make use of his name on that head.
Which I had not until now an opportunity of doing; these goods are
very low charged & if you see fitt to Accept of them at my prices,
shall be glad to be favoured with an Answer; as some of them are
daily going off & tho the State Money is not yet become generaly
circulant I will Indeavour as far as I can to show how much I ap-
prove of it, by Accepting it in payment

February 9

[Holker, Annapolis, to Gov. Lee.]

It is now many months since the flour & wheat purchased under
the sanction & authority of the then Governor & Council of Mary-
land By William Smith Esquire of Baltimore for the use of the

February 9
Brown Book
No. 8
Letter 39