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LETTER OF TRANSMISSION.
ROOMS OF THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
BALTIMORE, October I, 1924.
To the Maryland Historical Society:
GENTLEMEN:
We have the honor to submit the forty-third volume of the Archives of
Maryland, containing the Journal and Correspondence of the State Council
from October 27, 1779 to 1780, and being the fifth volume of the sub-series
devoted to this subject. The last volume of this Journal &c. was the twenty-
first of the whole series and was printed in 1901. It seemed well to your Com
mittee to return to the Revolutionary period in Maryland's history and to
diversify the contents of the series by publishing this volume, not only because
of the fact that, by so doing, a service would be rendered to those who may
investigate the records for purposes of political, military or economic history,
or for genealogy; but also because it is desirable to remind those who care for
the past of Maryland that several kinds of manuscripts remain to be published
in the Archives and further, because a considerable part of the material used
in this volume was transcribed by Miss Harrison, over a score of years ago
and so could be used without additional expense.
A few days after the beginning of the period covered by this volume, the
term of office of Thomas Johnson, the first Governor of the State, expired
and he was succeeded upon November 9, 1779, by Thomas Sim Lee, who was
elected by the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of the
State Constitution, to serve for one year.
The Journal and Letter Book of the Council are among the manuscript
volumes of Archives deposited by the State with the Society. The letters to
the Council are to be found in two collections, both deposited with the Society.
The more important of these letters were secured from Annapolis by Col.
Brantz Mayer very early in the Society's history and were bound into volumes
known from the color of the binding as Black, Brown, or Red. Another large
collection of letters was received from Annapolis by the Society, largely
through the efforts of Mr. J. W. M. Lee about 1883. These letters were not
untied until the late autumn of 1922 and the collection has not been used in
any previous volume of the Archives. At some time in the future, it may
appear desirable to issue a volume containing the supplemental material to the
first four volumes of this Revolutionary Series.
In the early volumes of this sub-series of the Archives, the Journal of the
Council for each day was followed by letters sent by the Council and those
addressed by the Council upon that day. The plan has now been changed and
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Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1779-1780
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