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Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the several County Committees, enclosing a Resolution of Congress requesting a complete list of the number of inhabitants in each Colony

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MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY TO COUNTY COMMITTEES.

[No˙ 51.] Annapolis, June 28, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: We enclose you a resolution of Congress, desiring a complete list of the number of inhabitants in each Colony. We request you will appoint some persons in your County for taking the number of inhabitants, both whites and blacks, distinguishing, respectively, the age and sex of each, and shall be obliged if you will transmit it to us as soon as it is returned to you. We will pay any expense that may arise on employing persons to comply with this request.

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Title

Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the several County Committees, enclosing a Resolution of Congress requesting a complete list of the number of inhabitants in each Colony

Resource Type

text

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documents (object genre)

Date Created

1776-06-28

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Social reality: population movement, refugees, confiscation

Document ID

S4-V6-P02-sp13-D0306

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V6

Part

S4-V6-P02

Sub-Part

S4-V6-P02-sp13

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