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REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] [MARYLAND.] JOHNSON, Thomas (1732-1819), Congressman, Justice of the Supreme Court . ALS ("Th Johnson, Junr.") to Samuel Purveiance, Annapolis, 23 Jan. 1775. 3 pp., folio . A FIERY RESOLVE TO RESIST BRITISH EFFORTS TO BRING "SLAVERY TO AMERICA". "You may depend on it, the NE [New England] people will try their strength even were they sure to go alone and will endeavour if possible to get rid of the troops now at Boston before they can be joined by any more...No man in the British Dominions more passionately wishes for a reconciliation than myself, but if the terms are so hard as Slavery to America, I have formed my resolution and am clear for employing every means of Self Defence." -- HOLLYDAY, James (1722-1786), Maryland legislator . AL, unsigned (retained copy) to Thomas Stone, Annapolis, 26 May 1776. 2¼pp., folio . A DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY UPHEAVALS IN MARYLAND, such as a resolution that "the peace and safety of the Province required that the Governor should leave it; he acquiesces and is furnished with passports down the Bay, thro' this Province and Virginia..." Prayers at church for the King were to be discontinued. "Alas! we are we proceeding by Degrees to that Crisis we so much deprecate, and I fear shall in the end find ourselves in a State of Separation..." -- JENIFER, Daniel of St. Thomas (1723-1790), Constitution Signer, Maryland . ALS ("Dan. of St. Thos Jenifer") to Charles Carroll "the Barrister" (1723-1783). 1p., 4to, expertly silked . Urging Carroll to intercede with Tilghman, Johnson, Holliday and Stone to resolve disputes in the Maryland constitutional convention. -- JENIFER, Daniel of St. Thomas. Draft AL, unsigned, to Col. William Sharpe, Annapolis, 20 Nov. 1774. 4½pp., folio, closed tears at creases, a few small chips at edges catching a few letters . Reflections on marriage, and his disagreements with the governor over recent land bills. -- PLATER, George (1735-1792), Congressman, Governor of Maryland . ALS ("Geo Plater"), [to Edward Lloyd], Philadelphia, 20 Jan. 1780. 3 pp., folio . "The Enemy certainly sailed from N. York on 26th Dec. with five thousand Troops, & I have great Reason to think Clinton with them, where destined we know not, but tis most generally thought to Georgia & Charles Town--since their sailing there have been two severe Storms, from the good effects of which we have much to hope." Together 5 items . (5)
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] [MARYLAND.] JOHNSON, Thomas (1732-1819), Congressman, Justice of the Supreme Court . ALS ("Th Johnson, Junr.") to Samuel Purveiance, Annapolis, 23 Jan. 1775. 3 pp., folio . A FIERY RESOLVE TO RESIST BRITISH EFFORTS TO BRING "SLAVERY TO AMERICA". "You may depend on it, the NE [New England] people will try their strength even were they sure to go alone and will endeavour if possible to get rid of the troops now at Boston before they can be joined by any more...No man in the British Dominions more passionately wishes for a reconciliation than myself, but if the terms are so hard as Slavery to America, I have formed my resolution and am clear for employing every means of Self Defence." -- HOLLYDAY, James (1722-1786), Maryland legislator . AL, unsigned (retained copy) to Thomas Stone, Annapolis, 26 May 1776. 2¼pp., folio . A DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY UPHEAVALS IN MARYLAND, such as a resolution that "the peace and safety of the Province required that the Governor should leave it; he acquiesces and is furnished with passports down the Bay, thro' this Province and Virginia..." Prayers at church for the King were to be discontinued. "Alas! we are we proceeding by Degrees to that Crisis we so much deprecate, and I fear shall in the end find ourselves in a State of Separation..." -- JENIFER, Daniel of St. Thomas (1723-1790), Constitution Signer, Maryland . ALS ("Dan. of St. Thos Jenifer") to Charles Carroll "the Barrister" (1723-1783). 1p., 4to, expertly silked . Urging Carroll to intercede with Tilghman, Johnson, Holliday and Stone to resolve disputes in the Maryland constitutional convention. -- JENIFER, Daniel of St. Thomas. Draft AL, unsigned, to Col. William Sharpe, Annapolis, 20 Nov. 1774. 4½pp., folio, closed tears at creases, a few small chips at edges catching a few letters . Reflections on marriage, and his disagreements with the governor over recent land bills. -- PLATER, George (1735-1792), Congressman, Governor of Maryland . ALS ("Geo Plater"), [to Edward Lloyd], Philadelphia, 20 Jan. 1780. 3 pp., folio . "The Enemy certainly sailed from N. York on 26th Dec. with five thousand Troops, & I have great Reason to think Clinton with them, where destined we know not, but tis most generally thought to Georgia & Charles Town--since their sailing there have been two severe Storms, from the good effects of which we have much to hope." Together 5 items . (5)