elated on our being obliged to quit her—a convincing proof of the friendship the. West-Indians have for us.

TRANSYLVANIA LANDS.

Whereas disputes have arisen respecting the title of the Proprietors of Transylvania to the soil of that country, and, as some short time will elapse before they may be fully and satisfactorily determined, (being anxious to avoid all cause of complaint,) the said Proprietors earnestly desire that no person may, in the mean time, take possession of any entered or surveyed lands in the said country, with expectation of procuring a title in consequence thereof, as such lands ought of right to be granted to the respective persons in whose names those entries were made; and should the absolute title be adjudged in favour of the subscribers, on the present dispute, (as they have no doubt will be the case.) they hereby declare their intention of granting such lands, on application, to the proper claimants, according to the rules of their office. And as the Proprietors have hitherto reserved the lands below Green River, and as high up Cumberland, on both sides, as Mansker’s Lick, for themselves, until they could lay off a small quantity therein for their separate use, they hope that no person will make improvement within the said bounds before such surveys shall be made, as such improvement may possibly interfere with the choice of some of the copartners, and consequently not be granted. And as it is unsafe at this time to settle the country in small detached parties, and the alarming reports with respect to the hostile intention of the Cherokee Indians on the frontiers will no doubt prevent emigration for some time to that country, care will be taken to cause those lands to be laid off as soon as conveniently may be; so that when, from the more pacifick disposition of those people, a removal to that country may be thought safe, every person, on application to the books of the Land Office at Boonsborough may be informed of the entered and reserved lands as aforesaid, and direct their choice accordingly.

Williamsburgh, Virginia, June 26, 1776.

JAMES MURDOCK TO MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY.

Frederick County, June 26, 1776.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOURS: Enclosed you have a state of the arms in the hands of the Twenty-Ninth battalion of Militia under my command, so far as I have been able to obtain it. It may not be amiss to inform you, that although Captain Samuel Wade Magruder had received my orders to meet in battalion on the day appointed, (which were given out before I received the orders from the Brigadier-General to transmit an account of the arms, &c.,) and had likewise heard of the General’s orders, yet neither he nor his company did appear in the field, which has rendered it impossible for me to furnish his list with the rest. I should have been more speedy in transmitting this account had I not, before I heard anything of the matter, given orders for the battalion to meet, as I have told you before; in short I did not receive the General’s letter until last Thursday. Near three months ago I employed an Adjutant for the battalion, who is greatly in want of money. Should you think proper to send any for the purpose of paying him, it may be done by the bearer, Mr. Edward Gale, whose receipt shall be good. Captain Edward Burgess has requested me to mention his name as willing to receive a commission for the flying camp. In my opinion he is a proper person, and I think it would be in his power to raise a good company in and near the place where he lives. I have to assure your Honours that it will give me pleasure to further the recruiting service for the camp about to be established; and should it so happen that my name is remembered in Convention or Council of Safety, they may depend on my services in the station which I may be appointed.

With great esteem and respect, I am, may it please your Honours, your obedient servant,

JOHN MURDOCK.

To the Honourable the Council of Safety of Maryland.

COLONEL BUCHANAN TO MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY.

Annapolis, June 26, 1776.

Gentlemen: Presuming that the appointment of a victualler for the troops of this Province for the flying camp will be referred to you, I take the liberty of offering my services in that department. And lest it may be done in Convention, I have entered on their list for that purpose, where, no doubt, I would wish to have your interest individually.

I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,

WILLIAM BUCHANAN.

To the Honourable the Council of Safety of Maryland.

MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY TO CAPTAIN BEALL.

SIR: The man-of-war this moment broke ground, and is on her way down the bay. We have despatched a cart, with sixty stand of arms; by it you may return such of your muskets as are not fit for service. We refer you to our letter of 24th, by which you are to govern yourself.

We are, &c.

To Captain Rezin Beall.

MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY TO JESSE HOLLINGSWORTH.

SIR: You are hereby requested to cause the two brigs, Fortune and Rogers, now lying at Baltimore-Town, to be unladen, and have their cargoes, as also the cargoes bought of Adams & Palfrey, carefully examined. Should the flour be in such order that it is likely to be spoiled, you are directed to have the same baked into bread for the use of the Province. Such of it as may be fit to send to market you will send down the bay in proper vessels, and have landed at Pitt’s Landing, in Pocomoke, to the care of Captain Speake, or Mr. Beck, of the schooner John, to be thence carried by land to Chincoteague, and put on board the said schooner John, lying there, burden about six hundred and fifty barrels. If that quantity of barrels of flour should fall short, the rest of the schooner John’s load you are to send in bread. What flour is likely to spoil and must be baked, you will lodge with Mr. William Spear, and some part with Mr. Cumberland Dugan, which they are to have baked for the publick use. You are to let the owners of the vessels (Messrs. Lux & Bowley and George Woolsey) know that their brigs are discharged from the publick service, and that we will lay their case before the Convention, who, we doubt not, will make them a reasonable allowance for the time they have been employed. If you cannot hire vessels to carry this flour to Pocomoke, without insuring them, we hereby authorize you to insure them at a reasonable value.

We are, &.c.

To Mr. Jesse Hollingsworth.

GEORGE CLINTON TO JOHN MCKESSON.

Philadelphia, June 26, 1776,