Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Baltimore Committee: Advise the removal of the powder stored in Baltimore to the Head of Elk

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[No˙ 173.]

Annapolis, September 10, 1776.

GENTLEMEN : We have desired Colonel Hollingsworth to wagon from Christine Bridge to the Head-of-Elk, one hundred half-barrels of powder, belonging to our Province, and to send the same to your care when it arrives. Be pleased to stow it in the new magazine. We think it would be prudent to remove a considerable part of the Province powder that is now stored in Baltimore to the same place, as it may be dangerous to keep large quantities of that article within reach of the enemy. We are, &c˙

To the Committee of Baltimore County.