The Delegates of the State of Maryland having made Application to us to know the Quantity of Flour which would be wanted from that State we directed the Commissary General to furnish us with an Estimate for that Purpose. He hath stated it at 30,000 Barls. but from the best Information we can get you will find great Difficulty in procuring that Quantity by any Mode whatever. We fully agree with your Excellency in Opinion that a Declaration of great Wants will produce great Prices but our Wants are great. If then we are to declare them we cannot be justified in placing them lower than they really are. On the whole Matter we must submit to your Excellency's Consideration the Propriety either of taking the most effectual Measures to procure an indefinite Quantity or of squaring the Commissary's Demand to the Abilities of the State. In all Cases it will be prudent to begin as soon as possible and we have to lament that by the Adjournment of your Legislature it is without your Excellency's Interference postponed to a distant Day. (1)