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their late Adjournment; on Friday evening 26 Members who
were collected agreed to seperate and that G. Duvall should
write a circular Letter informing the Delegates that the Mem-
bers assembled recommended the Holding a Convention on
the 27^th of May. We inclose also a Copy of their circular
Letter.
The Indignity offered our Board by the Committee of Safety
in Virginia, and the Want of Confidence in the Balt. Com-
mittee, to say Nothing more harsh, we cannot help complaining
of. We know of no good Cause for this Insult in passing us
by, nor can we conceive what Motives could induce such
Treatment. We send you by M^r Green who will hand you
this £1372.0. 7 Currency in Gold for the Continental Service.
W. P. has delivered in the Money he brought from the
Treasury. Be pleased to forward the Money-Plates by M^r
Green if not already sent.

P. S. The last Ton of Continental Powder if not already
sent to Chester we would have ordered to Baltimore having
already sent Powder to the Eastern Shore. The Copies of the
Governor's Letters &c are sent in Confidence, and are not to
be printed. Our Answer to his Excellency's Letter you shall
receive by next Post.

C. S. C.

[Council to Maryland Deputies.]

I o the Deputies of Maryland in Congress.
Gentⁿ
The Bearer Capt Walter Hanson of Port Tobacco has been
recommended to us by M^r Hooe as a Genius in the mechanical
Way & as a Person that may be of Service to this Province in
gaining a proper Knowledge of erecting and working Powder-
Mills or some other useful and necessary Manufacture.
The errand he comes on will no doubt recommend him to
your Notice and also intitle him to every Aid and Assistance
to attain such laudable End in your Power.
18^th April.

No. 122.

[Dartmouth to Eden.]

Duplicate: Whitehall July 5^th 1775
Sir. Your Brother has been so obliging as to communicate
to the from Time to Time such Intelligence, as you have trans-
mitted to him respecting the Affairs in Maryland, and about
10 Days ago I had the Satisfaction to receive your Letter of
the 5^th of May. I sincerely wish you may not have been too

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