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Revolutionary War Corn List; Worcester County, Maryland ************************************************************************************** Made available to The USGENWEB Archives by: Craig O'Donnell ************************************************************************************** Revolutionary War Corn List Provided by Craig O'Donnell dadadata@friend.ly.net and transcribed from the Archives of Maryland. [Joseph Dashiell, Worcester County to Gov. Lee] Sir I this moment Recd yours by the Barer Mr Wilmat Inclosing Sundry Acts of Assembly &c and a Commission for purchasing Salted Provision &c. I Could wish you had fixt a price that you would have been willing I should have given for Each kind their is a Quantity of Salt pork and Backon, which they hold very high & I have reason to beleave in spite of all the Vigilence that has been used to prevent it that our people are Dayly sending to Philadelphia pork &c. Inclos'd you have a return of what Provision we have procured under the Act for an immediat suply of flower &c. We Expect but Very Little more in: I have sent Near three thousand Bushls. Corn to the head of Elk and hope to have the remainder aflote in a few Days: Two hundred & Eighty Bushls of Corn shipt to Trenton town but I have not heard of its arival. Should Be much Oblidge to you for the prices of Salted Provision and Likewise the Prices of Cartage, as I have promis'd those who have Carted the Corn to allow them what ever is given in the public Service for the same Work. and if I Could posably get it to pay them the money as they are Generally poore men that Realy want it, and the Collectors of the Tax refuse to take their Certificates for their Taxes, I imagine that if your Excellency Could send down the Cash and fix a price that abought one hundred Barels of pork, might be had in this County and perhaps a Considerable Quantity of Bacon, tho I do not think they will part with a Barel for Certificats or Tobacco. You may Rely on my Exertions, in every respect NB. I should be much Oblidge To you for A Certificate for my Commissions on the purchase of Corn for 6273-1/2 Dollars. A List of Sundry Persons Corn Purchased of for the use of the State of Maryland Viz. John Spence 65-1/2 @ 150/ Edward Pettit 200 - @ 150/ John Robens 100 - @ 150/ William Allen 50 - @ 150/ William Handy 200 - @ 150/ Total 615-1/2 p. Sam'l Handy Comssr of Worcester County June 19th 1780 A List of Corn purchas'd in Worcester County for the use of the State of Maryland. of William Handy 80 Bus'l Peter Chaille 1100 William Holland 100 Nehemiah Holland 100 Sarah Purnell 100 Matt. Mumford 60 Isaac Evans 30 Zadok Purnell 125 John Massey 100 William Ironshire 350 John Postley 160 James Houston 109 Outten Sturgis 100 Edmd N. Nelms 50 Thomas Fookes 30 Jethro Bowen 200 H. Denis & Selby 2-1/2 William Handy 200 William Aydelott 100 Joshua Sturgis 116 William Allen 232-1/2 Joshua Townsend 150 Comfort Elmore 31-1/2 John White 150 Edward Hammond 140 William Purnell 400 Thomas Purnell 125 David Fassitt 506 Hillery Pitts 100 John Powel 12 John McClain 50 John Gillitt 50 Sarah Collier 100 Mary Bradford 25 Solomon Long 100 John Fassitt 100 Solomon Campbell 100 William Fassitt 50 Thomas Gray junr 75 Thomas Gray Senr 25 Josiah Dale 50 John Hollond 30 William Rownd 40 Henry Franklin 70 Joseph Ironshire 50 William Bratten 20 John Dubberly 100 John Henry 100 Richard Mills 5 John Jones 375 David Fassitt 500 7078-1/2 George Howard Aydelott 75 Total- 7153-1/2 7153-1/2 Bush Corn @ £7.18 p. £53651-1/2 Savg Errors p Joseph Dashiell
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