to Colonel George Dashiell eighteen Pounds, for three months’ pay of his Adjutant.

Commissions issued to Elijah Stockley, appointed Captain, James Johnson, First Lieutenant, Stephen Buchanan, Second Lieutenant, and Elijah Casey, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Worcester County.

Also, to Jesse Gray, appointed Captain, Jesse Davis, First Lieutenant, James King, Second Lieutenant, and Elihu Hazard, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Worcester County, belonging to the Tenth Battalion.

Also, to Thomas Warring, appointed Captain, James Prather, First Lieutenant, Thomas Humphreys, Second Lieutenant, and John Jess Jacob, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Shipton District, in Frederick County.

Adjourned till next day, ten o’clock.

Thursday, May 16, 1776.

Council met. Present as yesterday.

Commissions issued to John Rothe, appointed Captain, Robert Harrison, First Lieutenant, Joshua Harrison, Jun., Second Lieutenant, and Thomas Harrison, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Talbot County, belonging to the Thirty-Eighth Battalion.

Also, to Nicholas Martin, appointed Captain, John Singleton, First Lieutenant, Thomas Delihay, Second Lieutenant, and David Robinson, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Talbot County, belonging to the Thirty-Eighth Battalion.

Also, to James Lloyd, appointed Captain, Thomas Coward, First Lieutenant, Levin Speden, Second Lieutenant, and Solomon James, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Talbot County, belonging to the Fourth Battalion.

Also, to Richard Keene, (son of William,) appointed Ensign of Captain Fauntleroy’s Company of Militia, in Caroline County, belonging to the Twenty-Eighth Battalion.

Also, to Samuel Smith, appointed Captain, John Stevenson, First Lieutenant, and James Cain, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Harford County, belonging to the Twenty-Third Battalion.

Also, to Samuel Griffith, appointed Captain, and John Hall Hughes, First Lieutenant, of a Company of same County and same Battalion.

Also, to George Patterson, appointed Captain of a Company in same County and same Battalion.

Also, to Henry Willson, Jun., appointed Captain of a Company in same County and same Battalion.

Also, to John Dougherty, appointed Captain, Francis Baker, First Lieutenant, William Marsh Cartrey, Second Lieutenant, and James Gibson, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in Talbot County, belonging to the Fourth Battalion.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Captain Peter Adams twenty-three Pounds nineteen Shillings and six Pence, for making Clothes for his Company.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western- Shore pay to Ensign Benjamin Chalmers three Pounds thirteen Shillings and seven Pence, for expenses incurred for apprehending Alexander Ross.

Brigadier-General Hooper having formed the following Companies into a Corps,

Ordered, That Commissions issue agreeable to his recommendation, as follows:

To William Traverse, appointed Colonel, Daniel Fallen Major, and Levin Parker, Quartermaster, of said Corps.

Also, to Henry Lake, appointed Captain, Levi Willin, First Lieutenant, Luke Robinson, Second Lieutenant, and John Todd, Ensign, of a Company of said Corps.

Also, to Matthias Traverse, appointed Captain, John Ashcom Traverse, First Lieutenant, Alexander Tolly, Second Lieutenant, and Philip Furguson, Ensign, of a Company of said Corps.

Also, to Captain McNemara’s Company, heretofore commissioned, and a fourth company, consisting of forty-three men, hereafter to be commissioned by special license of the Committee of Observation of Dorchester County.

Ordered, That the Colonel and Major of said Corps rank as Lieutenant-Colonel and Second Major.

Ordered, That the Commissary of Stores at the City of Annapolis deliver to Major Price twenty-five of the smallest Gunlocks imported in Captain Tibbet, for Mr. White,. Riflemaker.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Colonel Weems sixty-four Pounds seven Shillings and nine Pence, for pay of his Battalion when on duty.

Copy of Letter No. 154 was sent to the Committee of Safety of North-Carolina; letter No. 155 to the Committee of Observation at Wilmington, in New-Castle County.

Adjourned till next day.

Friday, May 17, 1776.

Council met. Present as yesterday.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Ea. Haynes one hundred Pounds, on account of Prisoners of North- Carolina.

Adjourned till next day, ten o’clock.

Saturday, May 18, 1776.

Council met. Present as yesterday.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Joseph Middleton ninety-one Pounds five Shillings, it being the balance of his account for furnishing a Pilot-Boat to 3d day of this instant.

Adjourned till Monday, ten o’clock.

Monday, May 20, 1776.

Council met. Present as on Saturday.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to William Lux, agent for the Ship Defence, two hundred Pounds.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to Nicholas Thomas, for the use of Major Jeremiah Banning, one Pound four Shillings and eight Pence, for his military attendance on the late alarm.

Ordered, That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Major Price, for the use of Captain Thomas Woolford’s Company of Regulars, ten Rifles, with ten Powder-horns and Pouches, twenty-nine Muskets, with Bullet-moulds equivalent, and also thirty-seven Blankets.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Colonel George Plater, for the use of John Mason, two Pounds thirteen Shillings and six Pence, for Shot sold to Captain J. A. Thomas.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Eastern-Shore pay to Brigadier-General Chamberlaine forty-one Pounds thirteen Shillings and six Pence, for pay of Militia in Talbot County, on duty in the late alarm.

Copy of Letter No. 156 was sent to Gerard Hopkins, Deputy Commissary at Baltimore Town.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to George Gordon twenty Pounds, and also the further sum of seven Pounds ten Shillings, (in separate orders,) in part payment for Gun-Carriages.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Colonel Richard Barnes thirty-one Pounds nine Shillings and two Pence, for pay and subsist of a Company of his Battalion, on duty on the late alarm.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to James Royston one Pound fifteen Shillings and three Pence, currency, for work done to Wheel-Carriages.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to Joseph Garretson one Pound fourteen Shillings and nine Pence, for sundries furnished Captain Fulford.

Commissions issued to Robert Owens, appointed Captain, Edward Crow, First Lieutenant, Charles Penn, Second Lieutenant, and Thomas Conner, Ensign, of a Company of Militia in the Lower District of Frederick County, belonging to the Sixteenth Battalion.

Ordered, That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Lieutenant Eli Dorsey, for the use of Captain Watkins’s Independent Company, eleven Rifles, with Powder-horns and Pouches, and twenty-seven Muskets, with Bullet-moulds equivalent thereto.

Adjourned till next day, ten o’clock.

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