St. Mary’s County, Maryland, Revolutionary War Bill Concerning Matthew GUY, John WOODWARD, Samuel TENNISON and Wilfred DRURY 

Contributed by: Donald Drury [ddrury5840@sbcglobal.net]

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January 13, 1815
 
Read the first and second time and committed to a committee of 
the whole house on Monday next.
 
A Bill (No. 50) Concerning Matthew Guy, John Woodward,
Samuel Tennison, and Wilfred Drury
 
Be it enacted by the senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in congress assembled, that the Secretary
 of the treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and required, to
 pay out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
 the sum of five hundred dollars, in equal proportions, to 
Matthew Guy and John Woodward, of Prince William county in 
Virginia and Samuel Tennison and Wilfred
 Drury of St. Mary's 
county in Maryland or to their heirs; which sum of five hundred 
dollars, is paid to them as evidence of the sense entertained by 
the congress, of their valor and good conduct, in capturing a boat,
 belonging to the enemy, in St. Clement's Bay, in Potomac River,
 in the month of December last; making prisoners of the crew, 
consisting of a midshipman and four seamen, with their arms, 
consisting of four muskets and two sabres; and also as a 
compensation for the prisoners so taken.
 
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional 
Documents and Debates, 1774-1875.  Bills and Resolutions, 
House of Representatives, 13th Congress, 3rd Session.  
(Library of Congress).
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