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Proceedings of the Committee for the County of Balitmore

v4:1715

The sum of one hundred and twenty-four Pounds, proposed to be raised to defray the Expenses of the Delegates, and other Expenses, was proportioned as follows:

Gunpowder, Upper, £10 13 0 (2 126,356 paid R˙ A˙)
North, 6 18 4  
Middlesex, 4 9 0 (2 8 6, paid R˙ A˙by Mab' y Helms, June 26.)
Mine-Run, 7 1 4  
Back-River, Upper, 14 18 8 (5 17 6, p' d Aug˙ 7, per Ed˙ Talbot,not paid to R˙ A˙)
Back-River, Lower, 5 4 8 (3 5 2, pd˙ R˙ A˙ by B˙Buck; 7 6 p' d JobGarretson; 12 6, per B˙ Buck to R˙A˙)
Patapsco, Upper, 6 14 8  
Patapsco, Lower, 6 13 8  
Middle-River, Upper, 5 16 0  
Middle-River, Lower, 6 17 4 (2 163, 20 10, p' d R˙ A˙)
Soldiers' Delight, 11 13 8 (7 1.6 6, paid R˙ A˙by G˙ Ashman.)
Delaware, 8 8 0 (Paid R. A˙)
Pipe-Creek, 4 11 4 (Paid to R˙ A˙)
Westminster, 6 16 0 (Paid in, to R˙ A˙)
Baltimore, West, 9 13 0 (Paid in to R˙ A˙)
Baltimore, East, 3 11 0 (Paid in to R˙ A˙)
Deptford, 4 0 4 (4 2, paid to R˙ A˙)
  £124 0 0  

Ordered, That the Secretary write the Committees of the several Hundreds, informing them of the above.

Copy of a Letter wrote to the different Hundreds:

GENTLEMEN: The Provincial Convention having recommended the raising of money for payment of the expenses of the Delegates at the Congress, the Committee resolved that one hundred and twenty-four Pounds be raised for that purpose, and for payment of Expresses, and having proportioned the same among the different Hundreds, the sum to be raised in your Hundred is — which, by order of the Committee, you are to pay in by the first day of June.

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