July 24

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Wednesday, July 24, 1776.

Council met. Present the same Members as on yesterday. Mr˙ Rumsey attended.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Captain William Grayble £100, to subsist his Company of Germans.

Copy of Letter No˙ 71 was sent to the Committee of Observation for Skipton District.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Captain James Hindman £20, to defray the expense of the carriage of eight barrels of Gunpowder and eight hundred pounds of Lead from Annapolis to Frederick County.

That the said Treasurer pay to William Niven £26 12s˙ 7d˙, the amount of his Account.

That the said Treasurer pay to Walter Wright £3, for six cords of Wood.

That said Treasurer pay to Captain Thomas Yates £40, to be accounted for.

That said Treasurer pay to John McFadon £400, to enable him to carry on a Linen Manufactory.

Warrant issued to James Howard, appointed Second Lieutenant to Captain Daniel Dorsey' s Company of Militia, in the room of John Lhora, who resigned.

Adjourned till next day, ten o' clock.