A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland

353. General Gage's | Account of the late Battle at Boston.] Baltimore, April 15 [sic for
May 15.] | Annapolis, May 12, 1775.| The following was this Day received by the Post,|
inclosed in a Letter from General Gage, dated,| Boston, April 29, 1775, which we give to
the | Public by Authority.] A Circumstantial Account of an | Attack, that happened on the
19th of | April, 1775, on His Majesty's Troops,| by a Number of the People of the Pro-|
vince of Massachusetts-Bay.| [Baltimore: Printed by Mary K. Goddard. 1775.]

Broadside. 10 1/3 x 6 7/8 inches.

MdHS.

354. [GREAT BRITAIN. An authentic copy of Lord Chatham's proposed bill, entitled, A
Provisional Act, for settling the troubles in America, and for asserting the supreme legisla-
tive authority and superintending power of Great Britain over the Colonies. Annapolis:
Printed by Frederick Green. 1775.]

Evans, No. 14076. No copy located.

355. [HARVEY, EDWARD. The Manual Exercise, as Ordered by his Majesty, in 1764. To-
gether with Plans and Explanations of the Method Generally Practiced at Reviews and
Field-days, &c. Baltimore: Printed and Sold by M. K. Goddard. 1775.]

Evans, No. 14101, gives the above title; no copy has been located. This work was printed widely throughout
the colonies in 1774 and 1775. On July 5, 1775, Mary Goddard advertised an edition of it in her Maryland Jour-
nal as "Just Published, and Sold at the Printing-Office."

356. HENDERSON, RICHARD. Bladensburgh, 2 August, 1775.| Sir,| The letters which Mr.
Johnson the adjutant brought, were read at the | head of the company on Monday, accord-
ing to your orders; and the | question being put on Tuesday, for every man who would risk
his life, in | defence of American liberty, to repair to the colours, every man present made |
up to them.| ..... [Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green. 1775.]

4to. No signatures; pages [i]-4; pp. [i]-2: letter to Col. Joshua Beall; pp. 2-4: letter to Mr. Cunningham Cor-
bett, merchant in Glasgow; both letters signed "Richard Henderson." For other references to Richard Hender-
son at this period, see Archives of Maryland, 11:11, 39, 49 and 51.

Leaf measure: 8 x 71/3 inches. Type page, p. 2:185 x 147 mm.

LC. (Ms. Div.)

357. Important Intelligence from St. John's.| Philadelphia, November 15.] By Yesterday's
Post from New-York we have the | following important Intelligence, viz.| Extract of a let-
ter from an officer of the New-York | forces, dated at St. John's, 3d Nov. 1775.| Baltimore:
Printed by J. Dunlap.| [1775.]

Broadside. 16 1/4 x 10 inches.

Contains an account of the capture of St John's, articles of capitulation, stores captured, etc., and other cur-
rent news items.

MdHS. (in v. I, Dunlop's Maryland Gazette.)

358. MARYLAND, PROVINCE OF. Proceedings | of the | Conventions | of the | Province of
Maryland,| held at the City of Annapolis, on the twenty-second | day of June, 1774; on the
twenty-first day of No-| vember, 1774; on the eighth day of December, | 1774; on the twen-
ty-fourth day of April, 1775;| and on the twenty-sixth day of July, 1775.] Annapolis:]
Printed by Frederick Green. | [1775.]

Sm. 4to. A-C⁴, D¹; 13 leaves; pages [iJ-26; p. [ij: title; pp. [3]-4: convention, June 1774; p. [5]: convention,
Nov. 1774; p. [6]-8: convention, Dec. 1774; pp. [91-12: convention, April 1775; pp. [131-26: convention, July 1775;
running heads throughout.

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