The Committee appointed to consider of the most proper Plans of Defence for Baltimore Town, having examin'd a Variety of Schemes for that Purpose; Beg. leave to offer the following for the Consideration of the Honourable Council of Safety. ー

A Truble Boom, which according to the Plan now agreed on will		375..  0..0
require 7500 Feet of Logs at 1s/p Foot includg Wormanshp
16 Tons of Iron at £26 p Ton		416..  0..0
The Smiths Work of Ditto being 358401b @ 4d p lb		597..  6..8
Piers to fix the Boom, Anchors & Blocks		320..ー.. ー
An Iron Chain To Secure the Passage at One End		65..ー..ー
		£1773..  6..8
The Expence of the Fort for all the different Batteries Breast
Works, Platforms, Covered Ways, Iron Work Spades, Shovels,		2500..  0..0
Axes, Wheel & Hand barrows estimated at
Barracks for 200 Men & Officers, Sufficient to take in a 100 Men		1000..  0..0
extraordinary on Emergency
Stores for the Implements belonging to the Artillery, & Stores		250..  0..0
for Provisions &c for the Garrison
A Magazine Bomb Proof		400..  0..0
A Floating Battery of Ten 18 Pounders		1000..  0..0
10 Whale Boats with 6 Oars each to be ready to transport Men
to any Part of the River on any Emergency or to pursue		140..  0..0
Plundering Parties, & each to Carry 10 Men, the Cost
abt £14 each		__________
		£7063..  0..0
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For Carrying into Execution the Several Plans here offer'd, (If approvd by the Council) We woud beg leave with all Deference to offer as follows. ー That the Direction Planning & Execution of all the Defences that may be thought proper, may be committed to the management of a Committee of Seven Person, who shall conduct the same as nearly agreeable as possible to the Order of the Council. ー That Said Committee shall contract with such Persons as may be thought proper to execute any particular parts of said Bussins & appoint proper Persons to Superintend & direct such parts thereof as may require constant Oversight. ー That One of the said Seven may be appointed to keep the Accots of the whole Expenditure, & pay the Workmen &c employed in the Execution thereof & receive the Money from the Council as wanted.

That as the present time is highly proper for providing Timber for the Boomb, in Order to compleat that Defence as soon as possible, We apprehend it woud be proper to undertake that part of the Bussiness immediately, and also to be pre paring Timber for building at least some part of the Barracks to accommodate the People as soon as they can be ready to begin on the Batteries &c ー

That a discretionary Power be invested in the Trustee[s] or Committee to alter the present Plans of Defence proposed, & to adopt any others that on mature Deliberation may appear better calculated for the same general Design, provided they can be executed for the same or nearly the same Expence