Pha. Octr. 8th. 1782
Dear sr,
I return you many thanks for your favour of the 30th Ulto. & have by this opportunity wrote to the Intendant; If he does not relieve me, & the Council shoud Continue of the same opinion, I shall be under very disagreable Circumstances. You may probably know the result from the Maj. himself. I have wrote to Col. Stone on the Subject of yours of the 3d, I beg leave to refer to it. Col. Stone's merit is well known to several members of Congress, & when the business of the 5 per Cent is taken up will I have no doubt be attended to if he shou'd Continue [in the] same mind after what I have wrote to him.1
Please present my comps to Mrs Lee. I am Dr Sr. sincerely & affectionately, yrs,
Danl Carroll
Receiver's copy, Lee, Horsey, and Carroll Papers deposit (1988), Maryland Historical Society.
1 Lee had apparently recommended the appointment of Thomas Stone as Maryland collector of the 5 per cent impost, which was also the subject of the following brief October 7 letter from Superintendent Robert Morris to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. "I have already informed our mutual Friend Thomas Stone Esqr. that the Appointment of the Collectors of 5 per Cent Impost remains in Congress and that I apprehend your Delegates will be called upon to Nominate. It will always afford me pleasure to render Service to Gentlemen of such worthy Character as Colo. Stone." Morris, Papers (Ferguson), 6:523.