Caleb Jones Examined Before the Council, and Placed Under Bonds

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Thursday, August 8, 1776.

Council met. Present the same Members as on yesterday.

Copy of Letter No˙ 127 was sent to the Committee of Observation for the Middle District of Frederick County.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to Major Price £300, to be lodged with the Committee of Observation for the Middle District of Frederick County, for the purchase of Arms and Blankets.

That the said Treasurer pay to William Lavely £5 11s˙ 1d˙, for one thousand and ten pounds of Bread furnished to the Hospital in Baltimore Town.

That the said Treasurer pay to John Leypold 45s˙, for three days' services in examining Flour in Baltimore-Town.

That the said Treasurer pay to Mr˙ Robert Cummins £1,000.

Adjourned till three o' clock, and met accordingly.

Commissions issued to the following Officers of a Company in Colonel Griffith' s Battalion:

Benjamin Spyker, Captain, dated July 26.

Greenbury Gaither, 1st Lieutenant, dated July 26.

Richard Anderson, 2d Lieutenant, dated August 5.

Nicholas Seybert, Ensign, dated August 5.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western-Shore pay to the Hon˙ Daniel of St˙ Thomas Jenifer, Esq˙, £23 2s˙, for thirty-three days' attendance as a Member of the Council, including this day.

Adjourned till next day, ten o' clock.