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[No˙ 51.] Annapolis, July 17, 1776.
GENTLEMEN: We received your favour of the 16th instant
about an hour ago, and are sorry to find the people of Kent
Island so very uneasy from an opinion Dunmore will attack
them. We do not apprehend, unless he should receive a
considerable reinforcement, that he will attempt anything of
that sort, as, from the best information we have of them, his
party is unequal to such a measure. However, hearing of
the apprehensions which prevailed among you, and that you
were not sufficiently provided with ammunition by the Committee of Observation for Queen Anne' s, who we expected
would supply you, and being desirous of guarding against
every possibility of danger, we had ordered, before the receipt
of your letter, a barrel of powder and four hundred pounds
of lead to be lodged with Messrs˙ Thomas Ringgold,
Aquila Brown, and Dr˙ Ringgold, for the use of the Island,
and that Captain Dean' s company of the Flying Camp
Militia should, as soon as they could be armed, march down
for your protection. But as your recommendation of such
as would answer the purpose would probably expedite the
business, we think you had better make the proper inquiry,
and write us. We are, &c.
To Captains Barnes and Ellicott.
Letter from the Council of Safety to Captains Barnes and Elliott
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