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October 9

Wednesday, October 9, 1776.

Council met. Present as on yesterday.

Ordered, That Western-Shore Treasurer pay to Dr˙ William Smyth £4 16s˙, for attendance on Captain Dean' s Company.

Ordered, That Western-Shore Treasurer pay to George Hanson 15s˙, for cleaning Guns.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to Thomas Richardson, by order and for the use of Abraham Vanbibber, six hundred and thirty dollars.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to Stephen Steward, for use of Jesse Hollingsworlh, £800, to be accounted for.

The Committee of Observation for Queen Ann' s County, return a list of the number of inhabitants in Town-Hundred.

Ordered, That Commissary of Stores deliver to Thomas Todd fifteen Camp Kettles.

Copy of Letter No˙ 203 was sent to Jesse Hollingsworth.

Ordered, That Western-Shore Treasurer pay to Mark Benton £17 10s˙, for amount of Account.

Ordered, That said Treasurer pay to Captain James Tooth £47 5s˙ 5d˙, for account about Magazine.

Adjourned till next day, ten o' clock.

Title: October 9
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1776-10-09
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Military action: logistics, provisioning, and recruitment
Social reality: population movement, refugees, confiscation
Social reality: skilled workers
Document ID: S5-V2-P01-sp10-D0034
Series: S5
Volume: S5-V2
Part: S5-V2-P01
Sub-Part: S5-V2-P01-sp10
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