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A History of the Maryland Press, 1777-1790
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31. ——— Baltimore, September 13. | We are favored with the General Orders of our | great and
illustrious Commander, the prop and | glory of this Western World, issued to his Army | on Friday
the 5th inst. which we publish on account | of the virtuous and noble sentiments they contain.
| General Orders, | Wilmington, September 5, 1777.| ... | [rule] | Baltimore; Printed by M. K.
Goddard, | [1777.]
Small folio broadside. Printed in two columns.
Leaf measures: 6 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches.
The enemies design was to capture Philadelphia and being unable to come up the Delaware, they landed on the Eastern
shore of Maryland and advanced some little way in the country. The critical time bad arrived for the most spirited actions
on the field and the broadside becomes very modem in its tone when it states: "Now then is the time for our strenuous
exertions; one bold stroke will free the land from rapine, devastation and burnings, and female innocence from brutal lust
and violence."
Evans, 15630.
NYPL.
32. ———— By his Excellency George Washington, Esq; | General and Commander in Chief of all
the forces of the | United States of America. | Proclamation. | .... | Baltimore: Printed by John
Dunlap. [1777.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.
A proclamation ordering those who had taken oath to the King under the orders of General Howe, issued November 30,
1776, to withdraw with their families within the British lines. Evans states that it was a hoax of Benjamin Franklin's.
Evans, 15633. Ford, 149.
LC.
32a. ———— Recruiting Instructions for | Thomas Hartley, Esq; 1 You are hereby authorized to
enlist in any of the United States of America, | all such able-bodied freemen as are willing to enter
into the service ... [signed] G. Washington. | Morris-Town, January 12, 1777. | ... [rule] | Balti-
more: Printed by M. K. Goddard. [1777.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures; 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.
Able-bodied freemen from the ages of 17 to 50 could enlist for a three year period. Bounties of twenty dollars and a suit
of clothes were used to attract the recruits. At the end of the three year term the soldiers were promised one hundred acres
of land.
Not in Evans.
JCB.
1778
33. [CHAMBERLAINS, JAMES LLOYD. A Letter to Doctor James Bourk, of Cambridge, in Dorchester
County, From James Lloyd Chamberlaine, Esq; of Talbot County—in consequence of a publication .
of the former in the Maryland Journal, &c. No. 234. Baltimore: Printed by Mary Katherine God-
dard, 1778.]
Collation unknown.
Evans lists this on the basis of evidence in the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, Number 234.
Evans, 15757.
No copy located.
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