to Doctor John Boyd fifty-three Pounds fifteen Shillings, currency, for Medicine purchased of him by Doctor Weisenthal, for the use of the Troops in this Province.

Ordered, That the said Treasurer pay to James Dick three Pounds nineteen Shillings and eight Pence, for iron Pots.

Ordered, That the said Treasurer pay to Captain George Striker thirty-five Pounds nineteen Shillings; for Shoes.

Adjourned till Monday, ten o’clock.

Monday, May 13, 1776.

Council met. Present as on Saturday.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Dr. Weisenthal forty-two Pounds nineteen Shillings, currency, for Medicine provided by him for the Troops.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to Doctor Weisenthal forty-five Pounds, for three months’ pay as Surgeon of the First Maryland Battalion.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to Doctor William Dashiell twenty-two Pounds ten Shillings, for three months’ pay as Surgeon’s Mate.

Copy of Letter No. 149 was sent to Colonel William Smallwood.

Ordered, That the Treasurer aforesaid pay to Captain Edward Veazey seven hundred Pounds, on account of his Company.

Ordered, That the Treasurer aforesaid pay to Richard Thompson, for the use of John Yost, one hundred and fifty Pounds, to enable him to carry on his Gun Manufactory.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Eastern-Shore pay to James Mills four Pounds twelve Shillings and one Penny, currency, for the carriage of Powder from Chestertown to the lower Counties on the Eastern-Shore.

Adjourned till next day, ten o’clock.

Tuesday, May 14, 1776.

Council met. Present as yesterday.

Richard Thompson was appointed Supervisor of the Saltpetre Works in the Lower District of Frederick County, in the room of Mr. Richardson, who had resigned.

It was thereupon Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to said Thompson one hundred Pounds, allowed by the late Convention for that purpose.

A resolve of Congress was communicated to this Board, relative to the apprehension of a certain Kirkland, who lately made his escape from the Jail of Philadelphia, wherein he was confined by order of Congress;

And thereupon Ordered, That advertisement be immediately inserted in the Maryland Newspapers for the apprehension of said Kirkland, as also a copy of said resolution, together with the advertisement, be forthwith transmitted to the Committee of Safety of Virginia, by express.

Copy of Letter No. 150 was sent to the Committee of Safety of Virginia.

Commissions issued to Joseph Douglass, appointed Captain, Thomas Eaton, First Lieutenant, Joseph Nicolls, Second Lieutenant, and John Dawson, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Caroline County, belonging to the Fourteenth Battalion of this Province.

Also, to Richard Andrews, appointed Captain, Henry Richards, First Lieutenant, Samuel Andrews, Second Lieutenant, and Frederick Cawsey, Ensign, for a Company in the same County, and belonging to the same Battalion.

Also, to Charles Baker, appointed Captain, Moses Johnson, First. Lieutenant, Richard Hutchings, Second Lieutenant, and Nicholas Amos, Ensign, in a Company of Militia in Harford County, belonging to the Eighth Battalion.

Also, to George Noble Swart, appointed Captain, Nehemiah ——, First Lieutenant, James Bartlett, Second Lieutenant, and Thomas Dafey, Ensign, of an Independent Company of Militia in Queen Anne’s County, by virtue of a special license from the Committee of Observation.

Also, to Nathaniel Pigman, appointed Captain, Benjamin Gaither, First Lieutenant, Samuel Riggs, Second Lieutenant, and William Gaither, Ensign of Militia, in the Lower District of Frederick County, belonging to the Twenty-Ninth Battalion.

Commissions issued to Elias Hardon, appointed Captain, Allen Bowie, Jun., First Lieutenant, James Lackland, Second Lieutenant, and Samuel Swearingen, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in the Lower District of Frederick County, belonging to the Twenty-Ninth Battalion.

Copy of Letter No. 151 was sent to Mr. Thomas Russell; No. 152 to the Committee of Observation for Kent County; No 153 to Captain Edward Veazey.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Thomas B. Hands, Esq., sixteen Pounds two Shillings, for twenty-three days’ attendance as a Member of the Council of Safety.

Mr. Hands has leave of absence.

Adjourned till next day.

Wednesday, May 15, 1776.

Council met. Present as yesterday, except Mr. Hands.

Commissions issued to Ebenezer Reyner, appointed Second Lieutenant of Captain Isaac Perkins’s Company of Militia in Kent County.

Also, to John Shipley, appointed Ensign of Captain Brice Howard’s Company of Militia in Anne Arundel County, belonging to the Elkridge Battalion.

Also, to Francis Martin, appointed Captain, Richard Speake, First Lieutenant, Theobald Smallwood, Second Lieutenant, and William Jones, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Charles County, belonging to the Twenty-Sixth Battalion.

Also, to John Bennett, appointed Captain, and William Hill, First Lieutenant, in the Upper District of Frederick County, belonging to the Thirty-First Battalion.

Also, to John Usher Carleton, appointed Captain, Thomas Flemming, First Lieutenant, Henry Hardman, Second Lieutenant, and Richard Potts, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in the Middle District of Frederick County, belonging to the Thirty-Fourth Battalion.

Also, to Philip Merony, appointed Captain, Carleton Tannehill, First Lieutenant, Henry Merony, Second Lieutenant, and William Wilson, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in same District, and belonging to the same Battalion.

Also, to Richard Balsell, appointed Captain, John Mortender, First Lieutenant, John Shistaker, Second Lieutenant, and Christian Lessar, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in the same District, belonging to the Thirty-Seventh Battalion.

Commissions issued to Mordecai Beall, appointed Captain, William Beckwith Head, First Lieutenant, Bigger Head, Second Lieutenant, and Isaac Miller, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in the Middle District of Frederick County, belonging to the Thirty-Seventh Battalion of this Province.

Also, to James Ogle, appointed Captain, Henry Matthews, First Lieutenant, George Neet, Second Lieutenant, and Ignatius Elder, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in the same District, and of same Battalion.

Also, to William Smith, Jun., appointed Captain, William Carmach, Jun., First Lieutenant, John Kennedy, Second Lieutenant, and John Parkison, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in same District, belonging to the same Battalion.

Also, to John McClester, appointed Captain, Samuel Townsend, First Lieutenant, Charles Hickman, Second Lieutenant, and George Jones, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Somerset County, belonging to the First Battalion.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to James Tootle forty-nine Pounds seventeen Shillings, for building a Magazine.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to James Tootle twenty-four Pounds fourteen Shillings and two Pence, for subsist of the Severn Battalion.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Eastern-Shore pay to Captain Thomas Woolford one hundred Pounds, on account of his Company.

Commissions issued to Ebenezer Handy, appointed Captain, George Parsons, First Lieutenant, James Purdue, Second Lieutenant, and Boaz Walston, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Worcester County, belonging to the Tenth Battalion.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay