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Halberts, one Trumpet, two spare Drum Heads. To Queen i,. h. j.
Ann's County 18 Musquets, 8 Carrabines, 2 Drums 8 Cartouch
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Boxes, 8 Cutlasses, two Barrels of Powder, one Barrel of small
Shot, 2 Barrels of Bullets, i Paper of Flints, and Worms ten
Halberts, one Trumpet. To Talbot Count)', 18 Musquets, 8 P- -46
Carabines, 2 Drums, 8 Cartouch Boxes, 2 Barrels of Powder,
one Barrel Small Shot, 2 Barrels of Bullets, one Paper of Flints
and Worms, ten Halberts, one Trumpet, 8 Cutlasses.
To Dorchester County 18 Musquets, 8 Carabines, 2 Drums,
8 Cartouch Boxes, 8 Cutlasses 2 Barrels Powder, one Barrel
of small Shot, 2 Barrels of Bullets, one Paper of Flints and
Worms, ten Halberts, one Trumpet. And likewise that they
find in the Hands of Captain Charles Kilbourn delivered by
his Excellency's Order for the Use of the Company belonging
to the City of Annapolis 40 Musquets, one Drum, 40 Cartouch
Boxes, one Barrel of Powder, one Barrel Small Shot, 3 Halberts,
6 Bayonets.
All which said Arms appear to be lodged and delivered by
Accounts thereof
And they also report That the Arms in Possession of Capt
Charles Kilbourn are very rusty and much out of Order and
that he refuses to clean them, altho' by his Receipt, under
Hand and Seal, he is obliged so to do as by the said Receipt
it may appear And further they find that several other Parcels
of Arms and Ammunition has been imported into this Province
as by an Article in an Account of I\P George Plater's deceased,
late Receiver of Patuxent District.
It appears to the Value of ^547-3-6 paid to M' Micajah
Perry Merchant in London by Order of the Council for which
said Parcels of Arms we find no Receipts nor how the said
Arms have been disposed of we can give no direct Account
but suppose them to be Part of the Arms and Ammunition
now found by the said Committee in the Hands of Capt. John
Young. And as to the 3"^ p Hhd for Arms we have not the
Accounts from her Majesty's Receiver General cannot report
how the same has been disposed of but humbly move an Order
may issue from this House to cause M' John Rousby her
Majesty's present Receiver to appear at the next Session of
Assembly to bring in all such Books and Papers relating to
the 3'' p Hhd. as belonged to M' George Plater deceased late
Receiver and to render an Account how the same has been
disposed of since he has been Receiver that then it may appear
how the said Money has been appropriated And turther do
report that there come to our Hands an Account of M' John
Rousby 's commencing from the third Day of April 1 707 to the
third Day of April 1709 being for the 3'' p Hhd for Arms.
That in that Time there has been reported out of this Province