shall have I know not. I intend to call upon them in a few days myself, to know what has been, or can be done.

In the recess of the Court I wrote to Colonel Mifflin for some more money to defray the expense of marching the regiment to Canada, supposing that I should march myself before I could have opportunity to apply to the General Court. The person I sent the letter by was not careful to deliver it in season, so as to have a return by the way that I expected, and I have, not yet received my answer. I am obliged, therefore, to send the bearer of this with an appli­cation to the honourable Assembly for a further sum of mo­ney. I received, by order of Court, of the Treasurer one hundred pounds, to purchase axes, kettles, &c., and to de­fray the travelling expenses; which sum is far short of what will be necessary. I am also to pay the officers one month’s advance wages, for which no provision has been made. As there is a sum of money now in the Treasury, (sent by the honourable Continental Congress to defray the expense of raising this regiment,) more than what has been paid out to me, I would request that the whole, or such part as the Court pleases, of the remainder might be sent to me for the above purpose; for which sum I will be ac­countable. The sum sent by the honourable Continental Congress (if I remember right) was £3,750.

I would also just mention, that no provision has been made for the payment of the travelling expenses before they arrive to the Continental stores, which the soldiers will expect to receive, either before they march or immedi­ately upon their arrival at Canada. Whatever sum the Court shall order to be sent, the bearer, (Elisha Dickin­son,) who is an honest, careful man, will bring to me, for whose receipt I will be accountable. I purpose to set out on Friday next myself, and go forward with all expedition. I shall take it as a favour of you, sir, that you will despatch the bearer as quick as possible, as he will have little time enough to return in before I set out. I should have wrote to some others of the Court, also, if I could get time. All I can get is whilst others are asleep. It is now past two in the morning, and I have to write to the General and to Colonel Mifflin before the bearer calls upon me, which he is to do by daybreak. Major Hawley is to set out on Monday next to attend Court. He will be able to inform you of some extraordinary proceedings at Berkshire, &c., which I have not leisure to inform you of by this conveyance.

You will please, sir, to present my sincere respects to such of my worthy friends at Watertown as may inquire after me.

Your Honours, &c.,&c.,

ELISHA PORTER.

To the Honourable James Warren, Esq., at Watertown.

WILLIAM ENNALLS TO MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY.

Dorchester County, March 16, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: Yours of the 2d of February, enclosing a resolve of the Continental Congress for collecting gold and silver in this Province, together with your appointment of Mr. James Murray, Mr. Henry Steel, and myself, to collect the same in this County, came to my hands, which I immediately communicated to those gentlemen. Since which we have made applications to all the principal men of the County of whom we apprehended there was any chance of getting gold or silver; and I am sorry to inform you the scarcity of specie is such that we are only able to procure (including our own small stock) about five hundred and twenty pounds; which sum we can immediately get, if your Honours are pleased to send us an order on the Trea­surer of the Eastern Shore for so much paper money to pay in exchange for it; and will be pleased also to direct the same Treasurer to receive the gold and silver of us, as we apprehend there may be a considerable risk in sending it to the Treasurer of the Western Shore at this time. This account would have been sooner transmitted to you had not the late alarm of the sloop-of-war and tenders in a manner stopped the communication between this and An­napolis.

I am, with great regard, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,

WILLIAM ENNALLS.

To the Honourable the Council of Safety of Maryland.

TO THE HONOURABLE THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND.

We hereby certify, that an enrolment of a company of Militia, bearing date the 30th of November, 1775, to which is annexed a certificate of the officers chosen for the same, bearing date the 16th of December, 1775, was lately re­turned to us. We further certify, that the said enrolment was agreeable to the resolves of the Convention held at Annapolis the 26th of July last; and that it appears the following gentlemen are elected commissioned officers, to wit: Benjamin Keenc, Captain; John Keene, First Lieute­nant; Richard Tubman, Second Lieutenant; John Griffith, Ensign. That the said company are called the Buck Com­pany; and that there are to the same four Sergeants, four Corporals, and one Drummer, and fifty-seven Privates. We therefore pray, with the approbation of your Board, that commissions may issue thereon.

Signed per order of Committee of Observation:

JAMES MURRAY, Chairman.

Cambridge, Dorchester County, March 16, 1776.

TO THE HONOURABLE THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND.

We hereby certify, that an enrolment of a company of Militia, bearing date the 11th day February,1776, with a certificate of officers for the same, was lately returned to us. We further certify, that the first enrolment was agreeable to the resolves of the Convention, held at Annapolis the 26th of July last; and that it appears the following gentle­men are elected officers, viz: Timothy McNemara, Cap­tain; John Steward McNemara, First Lieutenant; Charles Johnson, Second Lieutenant; John Carwan, Ensign. That the said company are called Friends to America; and that there are to the same four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Drummer, and sixty-eight Privates. We therefore pray, with the approbation of your Board, that commissions may issue thereon.

Signed per order of Committee of Observation:

JAMES MURRAY, Chairman.

Cambridge, Dorchester County, March 16, 1776.

BALTIMORE COMMITTEE TO MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY.

Baltimore, March 16, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: This Committee, on the first alarm of Captain Squire’s being coming up to this town, met, and took into their serious consideration the unprepared state thereof to repel an attack; and, therefore, thought it necessary to throw up two breastworks at Fell’s Point, as well to pre­serve the town as to cover the Ship Defence, which was then without the chief part of her guns. The account of the expense, as soon as it can be liquidated, will be laid before you; and, as the necessity was urgent, we hope you will readily support us. We also undertook to fit out a schoo­ner, as a tender, and to support the operations of Captain Nicholson, and have proceeded some lengths in equipping