Eastern Neck July the 13th 1776
Gentlemen
The inclosed paper was delivered me yesterday to lay before your Board you'll be pleased to direct the Clerk to make out the Acct arising thereon & give Orders for the payment thereof ー When the Council requested Waggons to be hired & despatched to Chingoteague for the Cargo of Arms &c shipt by Messrs Harrison & Vanbebber they sent no Directions whom to apply to for the delivery of the Cargo nor the name of the Brig in which they were imported nor the Captains Name, nothing but an unattested Copy of the Invoice & orders for the militia Guard.
The Capt. of the Guard who escorts the Waggons which are gone to Chingoteague has Orders to bring up the Arms & powder lately imported in a Brig for the use of this Province. I hope the Receipt of the Committee of North Hampton County for the Goods imported by Capt. Speake 2 will be the means of discovering in whose Care the Cargo of the Brig is and am with much respect [&c.]
Thos Smyth
1. Revolutionary Papers, Box 12, Md. Arch. Thomas Smyth was chairman of the Kent County Committee of Observation.
2. Revolutionary Accounts, Md. Arch. contains a receipt for carting the powder received from Captain Speake reading : "1776 Capt Johanus Speake Dr July 14th To Cartage of 60 barrells Gunpowder 22 Casks Sulphur 14 Muskets & 10 Swivell Guns £0..15.0 (To Storage for ditto 2.12. ー [total] 3..7 ー Recd the full Contents for the above Wm Downing for Rebecah Watts."
