Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to the Committee for Calvert County

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No˙ 37.

Annapolis, March 8, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: We approve very highly your conduct, and the spirited behaviour of the Militia. The man-of-war and tenders are past this harbour, and, we apprehend, are bound to Baltimore; but as there, is no determining precisely their destination, and as possibly they may return more speedily than we imagine, and attempt a landing in your County, we recommend it to you to keep up a constant guard to watch your coast. We thank you for your information relative to a place for the station of the troops for your County, and request you will immediately provide the houses at Drum-Point, or so many of them as may be necessary, for the said troops, as we have ordered their station there.

We are, &c.

To the Committee of Observation for Calvert County.