(Copy.) [No. 3789.] Balance Sheet for Supplies Between the State and United States. The United States of America in Acc't. Curr't. for the Specific Supplies demanded by Congress 25 Feb'y 1780-with the State of New York. Dr. Cr. June 24th The whole Amount of Supplies supposed furnished betwixt first of Dec 'r 1779 and first of Aug't. 1780, of which no Return has yet been made and therefore Supposed in proportion to the length of Time, to be equal to those obtained by the present Agent, which makes the Calculation run thus-If 327 Days (the number of Days betwixt 1st of August and 23d of June) give 65487.7.6, what will 243 Days give? say £48664.18.7 By Balance due on the Requisition of 25th Feb'y 1780 as per Account this Day delivered in by Undy Hay Agent for the State of New York By Balance due the State of New York upon the first quota £15207. 4.£33457.14.7 £48664.18.7 Dr. The United States of America in Acct. Curr't. for the whole specific Supplies as yet demanded by Congress with the State of New York. (To Balance due the State of New York upon the first Quota) To Balance due the United States 1781 [No. 3790.] Statement of Accounts United States & New York State. Dr. The United States of America on Account of the Specific Supplies required by Congress 25th Feb'y 1780 with the State of New York 1781-June 24. Sundries delivered for the Quarter Master General's Department, for which Cr. the 1st of May. Viz: 1203 Bushels of Rye at 8/ £481 4 47483 Do Indian Corn 6/ 1424 8 5451 Do Buckwheat 4/ & 1 1303 9 11 7090 Do Oats 1418 20 Do Barley 5/ 5 453 Do Pease 12/ 271 16 4897 Do Bran (not mentioned in ye Purch's being ye Produce Sundries purchased and delivered for which Receipts have not yet been 26432 Bushels of Rye 19332 Do Indian Corn 82432 Do Buckwheat 4143 Do Oats Delivered as pr. General Return of Hay Tons C. Q. lb. 1465 17 23 of Hay 6401 Bundles of Straw 384 9 444 15 4 8955 3 8 £12000 Purchased, part of which delivered, for which there has been no Receipts yet obtained, part ready for Delivery, being the Excess of the Purchases, in General Return of Hay, above the Deliveries, making a proper allowance for waste. 60 Tons of Hay Sundries procured in an Irregular Way by the Army &c. not yet settled for with the Public Officers as pr. General Return thereof. 960 Bushels of Indian Corn The United States of America on Account of the Specific Supplies required by Congress 25th Feb'y 1780 with the State of New York Cr. Dr. To Sundries as pr. General Return of Provisions delivered up to 1st of May-Viz: 24/ 4 4 10 556,770 pounds of beef deliv'd in Beef Cattle pr. Hundred 44/ 12218 18 9 2511 Pounds of Beef 44/ 55 4 10 6201 Pounds of salted Beef equal to 25 Barrels & 201 lb.- pr. BBI of 240 £35693 18 9 wastage &c at Part of the Excess of the Purchases in the said General Return, above the Deliveries, allowance being made for the Deficiencies, supposed to arise from wastage &c &c 1900 Cwt of Flour, being the supposed Product of the Wheat and Flour purchased above what is delivered after making large allowance for 100,000 pounds of beef in same manner 36/ 5236 4 It is to be observed that no part of the supplies this State furnished by the Public Commissary betwixt the first day of December 1779, and first of Aug. 1780 is included: nor is there any charge above 44/ made for the Beef delivered after the 1st of Dec'r though the Price from that time is higher, nor any charge made for the Extra Expense attending the Purchase and Transportation of the Surplus of Hay above the Quota more than what wou'd have arose from a Quantity of Grain of equal value. Udny Hay, [No. 3791.] Colonel Udny Hay to the Senate-Willing to Explain His Returns for Provisions and Forage. The Memorial of Udny Hay To the Honorable the Senate of the State of N. York, Sheweth: That your memorialist, from a sincere desire to prevent every retardment in the business of your Honourable House as far as in his power, has taken the liberty of presenting, with his returns of Provisions & Forage procured, a Copy of an explanatory letter to his Excellency the Governor on the subject of said Returns, and if any further explanation is thought necessary, your Memorialist will be happy in having an opportunity of attending at any time and place where the Honourable the Senate may think proper to order him for that purpose. Your Memoralist shall as in duty bound ever pray, Poughkeepsie 24 June 1781. [No. 3792.] Governor Clinton Issues Instructions to Squire Horton Regarding Nefarious Transactions. Pokeepsie, 25th June 1781. Sir, It has been represented to me that some of the Justices of the Peace of your County give Permits to Persons residing below our lines & in the Power of the Enemy to purchase cattle and drive them down to their destination. The objections to such conduct are so obvious as to render it needless to mention them to you. Tho I have no reason to suspect that you have been concerned in this business, yet I have thought it proper to apprize you of my sentiments on the subject and request you will communicate them to such of the Magistrates as reside near you that a measure so inconsistent with the public service be discontinued. [No. 3793.] Captain Owen Shourt's Application to Meet His Brother-With Enclosures. To his Excellency George Clinton Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief of the State of New York. The humble Petition of Owen Shourt Refugee from the City of N. York, humbly sheweth: That previous to the British Troops taking possession of N. York your Petitioner moved with his family into Connecticut leaving all his Effects in New York except a trifle he brought with him for present subsistance, in monthly expectation that the events of war would be such, that he might return again into the peaceable possession of his Estate. Your Petitioner has waited in vain, 'till he is reduced to really Indigent Circumstances, and sees no prospects but those of poverty and want: the little he brought with him was long ago consumed, and he has subsisted for some time upon his own Industry, and the Charity of his Friends, the first of which resources hath at length failed, by reason of his Ill & declining State of Health, and Charity alone must now be his support unless your Petitioner can obtain permission to receive some benefit from his Estate in N. York. Your Petitioner when he fled from N. York, left there a Mother, Father in Law and two brothers, since which he has heard that Both his Parents and one of his brothers are dead; from the remaining Brother he has received a letter desiring your Petitioner would meet him by permission at the Enemies Lines, where he wishes to inform him of something concerning his Estate in N. York. Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays that he may be permitted to see his brother at the Lines, and further that your Petitioner may be suffered to receive some Assistance from his brother, or if it be practicable to sell some of his property which is in New York and bring out the Avails of it for the support of himself and family, but if this request cannot be granted, your petitioner prays that he may be suffered to see his brother, as a friend, under the strictest injunctions it shall be thought proper to lay him. Your Petitioner begs leave to say that he has always been friendly to the Cause of the United States, that he has, whenever requested & whenever exegences have required, most willingly taken his Musket and marched to the field in defence of the injured rights of his Country, that he has from time to time been engaged in Privateering against the Enemies of the United States. But your Petitioner has been unfortunate; the fatigues of hard service and struggles with Adversity have so broken down his constitution and impaired his health that he is rendered unfit for business; his family which he was once able to support in affluence are now calling upon him in vain for the necessaries and conveniences of Life, touch'd by all the misfortunes that surround him, and fearful of the future, your Petitioner is emboldened to make the above requests & humbly hopes they will be granted & your Petitioner as in duty bound will every pray &c. Chatham, Connecticut June 25th A. D. 1781. New Town March 23, '81 Dear Brother, I make no doubt, before this you have heard of the death of my Mother who died in January last after a tedious illness, the remains of our once large and happy family, but under such Circumstances I flatter myself I shall bear it with a manly Fortitude; hoping these may find you & Family, well, I think you have been very neglectfull of duty in not even writing a single line to your once Tender Mother. I should be happy to see you once more in the peaceable possession of your Estate, but when that will be, God only knows; numbers of your friends in New York makes particular enquiry about you and what answer to make them I know not. Some months ago, I was informed of your being brought to New York in the Beaver, Sloop, & lodged on board the prison ship. I immediately got the promise of your parole; on going and |