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home with salt. Perhaps she may have a second sute of sales
that may answer. This shall leave to your beter gugment.
from your humbel Servant
Jesse Hollingsworth
Sept 23^rd 1776.

[Baltimore Committee to Council.]

In Committee Balt 23^rd Sept. 1776.
Upon motion Resolved N. C. D. that Lieutenant Ezekiel
Towson be recommended to the Honourable Council of Safety
as a proper person to command the Guard to be stationed at
the Magazines at Armstrong's tavern.
Extract from the minutes
Geo Lux Clk.

N. B. The House will be completed in about a fortnight.

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[Advertisement of Escaped Prisoners.]

Tories who broke Goal at Frederick Town on the night of
the 23^rd September 1776.
Aaron Verdue an Englishman, about 6 feet high, a very
strong well made man, ruddy complexion, has short brown
curled hair, had on an old brown broad cloth coat & jackett, a
pair of leather breeches, stocking shoes and an old hat.
Alexander M^cCraw a Scotchman, a well made man about
five feet nine inches high, had on a coarse hunting shirt and
leather breeches, a pair of striped trousers and pale blue yarn
stockings, a pair of shoes and scotch bonnet.
Hennith Sewart a Scotchman well made about five feel
nine Inches high, wears a long hunting shirt with pockets ir
the sides of it, a pair of leather breeches, white stockings, a
brown surtout coat and scotch bonnet, pretends to have some
knowledge in Physick.
Robertson York, a Pennsylvanian, about five feet seven or
eight inches high slender made man, red hair, curled in his
neck, remarkable large lips and bad teeth, is a very chattering
fellow, had on a short brown coat, mixed coloured cloth
jacket and leather breeches, shoes and stockings.
Robert Turner an Englishman about five feet eleven inche;
high, well made strong man, short brown hair, had on a light
coloured surtout coat, made in the Quaker manner, a country
cloth close brown coat, blue cloth jacket pieced in the bad
with pale blue cloth; a pair of grey cloth and a pair of fustian
breeches, several pairs of ribbed yarn stockings, shoes and Hat.
Thomas Bradford an Englishman about five feet six inche:
high, a slim made man and very pale countenance, short

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