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Title
Letter to the delegates from Maryland in Congress
Names
Johnson, Thomas (Creator)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

Maryland and Virginia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1779-05-23
Place: Annapolis, Md.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo
Description
The 80,000 dollars have just arrived; if they could be equally successful in procuring about 2,000 stand of arms, their friends at home would be much better off; the look-out boats have not yet returned; the report is that the British are 3,000 strong, that they have burned Suffolk and returned again to Portsmouth; the Virginia militia are turning out well; if the enemy are but 3,000 strong they shall not have Baltimore without a struggle, nor should they Annapolis if there were 2,000 more stand of arms.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1016
Archives EAD ID: 275448
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 54106290-6a40-0139-105c-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1779: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to the delegates from Maryland in Congress" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1779. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9b9341d-28eb-4a83-e040-e00a18062ea1

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APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1779). Letter to the delegates from Maryland in Congress Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9b9341d-28eb-4a83-e040-e00a18062ea1

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Letter to the delegates from Maryland in Congress