Philadelphia March 27th 1781
Sir
As we have Allready requested of your Excellency and the Honble Council, A Supply of Cash,1 we have only to add, that the new Bills Issued under the Act of Congress of the 18th March, will Answer our purposes, And that we hope shall be Supplied Soon with a thousand dollars each of that Emission for Which We Will Account at the Current Exchange.
We are honored With your Excellencys favour of the 23d.2
We have the honor to be With the highest esteem, Gentlemen, your most hble servts,
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 Caroll.
1 See Maryland Delegates to Lee, March 13, 1781.
2 See ibid., note.