Philadelphia June 12th. 1781
Sir,
We had the honor to receive your favor of1 enclosing a resolve of the Genl. Assembly. The Board of War ordered Col. Wood the 26 Ulto. to remove the Convention Troops from Maryland & Virginia without delay, & we expected this information had been transmitted to you officially.2
As it is intended we shall be supply’d with money from the proceeds of some of the flour directed to be sent to Delaware, & some part of it must lay convenient for Sale immediately, the dificulties we are under, urge us to request you will favor us with an order on the person charged with the disposal of it, & we flatter ourselves this will be done by next post, and to a sufficient amount to answer our purposes.3
We have the honor to be with the greatest respect & esteem, Yr. Excellencys Most Obt & Humble Serts.
Daniel of St Thos Jenifer
Danl. Carroll
Receiver’s copy, Maryland State Papers (Red Books), Maryland Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis. Written by Carroll and signed by Carroll and Jenifer
1 Undoubtedly the Maryland Council’s first letter of June 2 to the delegates concerning the immediate removal of the Convention prisoners "from Fort Frederick to the Northward,? for which see Md. Archives, 45:457. For the Council’s second letter of June 2, see the following entry, note 1.
2 For directives concerning the removal of the Convention prisoners, see Samuel Huntington’s first letter to Washington of May 28, 1781, note 1.
3 For the delegates’ efforts to secure such funds, see Maryland Delegates to Lee, May 30, 1781, note 2; and Maryland Delegates to Lee, June 26, note 1.