Philadelphia March 13th 1781
Sir
We are under the necessity of requesting the favour of Your Excellency and Honors, to transmit us, each, three months allowance as Delegates in Congress, as soon as the state of the Treasury, will enable you to do it.1 We beg leave to premise, that the Maryland state money does not pass here.
We have the honor to be with the highest esteem and regard, Your Excellency 2 and honors most hble Servants,
John Hanson
Daniel Carroll
Receiver’s copy, Maryland State Papers (Red Books), Maryland Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis. Written by Hanson and signed by Hanson and Carroll.
1 Although Governor Lee explained to the delegates on March 23 and April 6 that an "exhausted" treasury prevented the state from sending them money immediately, the council was able to remit $1,500 each to Hanson and Carroll by the end of April. See Md. Archives, 45:361, 371, 417, 421.
2 This day Georgia delegate Richard Howly also wrote a brief letter to Governor Lee, enclosing "a Majors brevet for Mr. E. Giles, a Gentleman of your State which has been voted him by Congress for his Merit & Services." Edward Giles, who had recently delivered to Congress news of Gen. Daniel Morgan’s victory at the battle of Cowpens, S.C., was aide-de-camp to Morgan. See JCC, 19:129, 158, 246 - 47; and Red Books, 5:68, MdAA.