Committee to Superintend the Fortifications and Breastworks in the City of Annapolis

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Tuesday, July 16, 1776.

Council met. Present the same Members as on yesterday.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to John Hurt £4 10s˙ for Boat hire, in transporting Troops to the Head of Elk.

Copy of Letter No˙ 41 was sent to Captain Nathaniel Smith; copy of No˙ 42 to Colonel James Johnson; and copy of No˙ 43 to the several Committees of Observation in this Province.

The Hon˙ George Plater, Esq˙, Member of the Council, attended, and was qualified before Mr˙ Jenifer, by taking the oath prescribed by the Convention.

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Ordered, That Messrs˙ James Brice, John Bullen, Charles Wallace, William Wilkins, Beriah Maybury, John Brice, John Campbell, Joshua Fraizer, and Allen Quynn, or any two of them, be requested to direct from time to time, under the Commanding Officer for the time being, at the City of Annapolis, the labourers working on the Fortifications and Breastworks in the City of Annapolis, and to engage and employ such others as they shall apprehend necessary, upon such terms as they may agree.

Ordered, That the Contractor for Provisions furnish Captain Yates' s Company of Militia for the Flying-Camp with Rations.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Mr˙ Cornelius Garretson £4 11s˙, for tipping seventy-eight Bayonets.

That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Mr˙ Thomas Pryse £39 12s˙ 10d˙, the amount of his Account.

Richard Dorsey was appointed Third Lieutenant of Captain Nathaniel Smith' s Company of Matrosses.

Ordered, That the Matrosses and Militia who assist in throwing up Intrenchments in the City of Annapolis, be allowed an addition to their pay of 9d˙ per day.

Ordered, That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Isaac Harris half a faggot of Steel; also, eighty-four Muskets, to be repaired.

Adjourned till three o' clock, and met accordingly.

Copy of Letter No˙ 44 was sent to Benton Harris, Esq˙, Chairman of the Committee of Observation for Worcester County, and No˙ 45 to the several Committees of Observation on the Eastern-Shore.

Ordered, That a Warrant be made out, agreeable to a Resolution of Convention, to Lemuel Barret, Esquire, appointed Captain of the Rifle Company to be raised in Frederick County; and that Warrants be made out, agreeable to a recommendation from the Committee of Observation for Frederick County, to Peter Contee Hanson, First Lieutenant; James Lingan, Second Lieutenant; and Richard Dorsey, Third Lieutenant, of said Company.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to the Officers of the said Company eight hundred and sixty dollars, in the proportions herein before mentioned, for Bounty for the said Company.

That the Treasurer of the said Shore pay to William Smyly, for the Committee of Observation for Worcester County, £150, common money.

That the said Treasurer pay to John Brice £10 currency; the same to be deducted out of William Nivens' s Account against the publick, for not enrolling agreeable to the Resolutions of Convention.

That the said Treasurer pay to John Brice £10, on account of Thomas Wilson.

That the said Treasurer pay to Captain John Boone 45s˙ 8d˙, for a Guard out of his Company to watch the motions of the Fowey.

Mr˙ Carroll has leave of absence.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to James Tilghman, Esq˙, £300, for the purchase of Fire-Arms, and £100 for the purchase of Blankets; the same to be lodged with the Committee of Observation for Queen Ann' s County for those purposes.

Ordered, That the Company of Militia belonging to the South-River Battalion, now on duty in the City of Annapolis, be discharged.

Copies of Letter No˙ 46 were sent to the several Committees of Observation for the Counties on the Western-Shore, respectively.

Adjourned till next day, ten o' clock.