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September
10
Red Book
No. 26
Letter
No. 93
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forward By Doctor Houston two soldiers which hope he has
De-
liverd & Four Bar: pork & Eighty Eight pounds of
Bacon which
hope you have Recd safe.
You may rest
asured that nothing on my part shall be wanting
to forward the
Campain and hope if my Credit is kept up to Answer
your most
Sanguin Expectation.
NB I hope you will give me orders to ship
what Corn I have on
the Sea Side to Trentown as I think it Less
Dangerous then to Ship
it to the head of Elk: and Can have it
Inshured,
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September
10
Red Book
No. 7
Letter
No. 71
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[Sam Huntington, President, Philadelphia to His Excellency
the
Governor, Lee]
Sir Your Excellency will receive herewith enclosed an Act
of
Congress of the 6 Instant, adopting the report of a
Committee,
together with Copies of the several Papers referred to
in the report.
I am directed to transmit Copies of this report,
and the several
Papers therein mentioned to the Legislatures of
the several States,
that they all may be informed of the Desires
& Endeavours of
Congress on so important a Subject, and those
particular States
which have Claims to the western Teritory, and
the State of Mary-
land may adopt the Measures recommended by
Congress in Order
to obtain a final Ratification of the Articles
of Confederation
Congress impressed with a Sense of the vast
Importance of the
Subject have maturely considered the same and
the Result of their
Deliberation is contained in the enclosed
Report, which being full
& expressive of their Sentiments
upon the Subject; without any
additional Observation it is to be
hoped & most earnestly desired
that the wisdom, Generosity
& Candour of the Legislatures of the
several States which
have it in their Power on the one Hand to
remove the Obstacles
& on the other to complete the Confederation,
may direct them
to such Measures, in Compliance with the earnest
Recommendations
of Congress, as shall speedily accomplish an
Event so important
& desirable as the final Ratification of the Con-
federation
by all the States.
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September
11
Red Book
No. 32
Letter
No. 3
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[Wm. Beatty Colo. to Gov. Lee]
May it please your Excellency Sir There being Vacancies in
the
Companies of the Frederick Town Battalion of Militia I take
the
liberty to recommend to your Excellency the persons I think
are
quallified to fill them. And who I believe will accept of the
appoint-
ment Viz. John Due Cary as Capt in the place
of Peter Gro[sh]
resigned and John Shelman as first Lieu' in the
place of Archibald
Boyd; left this County Richard Waters as
2d Lieut the Ensign I
omit for another
oppertunity: Gary Harding in the place of Peter
Kephart left the
State John Compton his first & John Johnson his
2d
Lieutenant Thomas Hill Ensign. Also Thomas Long Ensign in
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