JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

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liberty whose memory it was designed to per-

petuate ;

And whereas this State, recognizing the services,

self-denial and heroic death of this noble pa-

triot, and desiring as far as possible to repair

Preamble.

the apparent ungrateful neglect of the Federal

Government, believes that there can be no more

fitting occasion wherein to give expression to

these sentiments, and to discharge this patriotic

duty, than on the one hundredth anniversary of

his death : therefore —

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and

our Representatives be requested, to urge upon

the present Congress of the United States the

propriety of taking such action as will carry into

Erection of

effect the patriotic design of the Congress of

monument.

seventeen hundred and eighty, in the erection of a

monument to the memory of the lamented and

gallant De Kalb, at the city of Annapolis or Bal-

timore.

Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, be
requested to transmit a copy of the aforegoing
resolutions to our Senators and Representatives

Transmit
copy.

in Congress, with such recommendations as he

may suggest.

No. 7.

In relation to Samuel Chase Barney, ex-Lieuten-

ant of the United States Navy.

Se it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That our Senators and Representatives in the Con-

Request.

gress of the United States be and they hereby are

requested to use their influence to procure the