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Sir Your favr of the 22d Instant to the Committee of Observation for this County was this morning delivered to Mr [illegible] Ringgold & myselfe and we immediately ordered all the powder & Sail Cloth in the Care of the Committee on board Capt: Bary [Richard Berry] for which youll receive inclosed his Receipt ー the second Escort of Waggons is expected at Town to night by when I hope the Schooner Resolution will appear that the powder &c may be delivered to her out of the Waggons. The Money sent to me by my son for the Payment of the Waggonage of the powder & other contingent Charges did not reach me untill after the Arrival of the Waggons that brought the first Load from Chincoteague they have since been paid off I am with much Respect [&c.]

The Honable Daniel of St Thomas Jen[i]fer Esqr
President of the Council of Safety in Annapolis
by Capt Bary