Letter from Colonel Beall to Maryland Council of Safety

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Bladensburgh, April 8, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: Yours of the 29th ultimo I received yesterday. I have examined the powder according to your request, and find there are twenty-six barrels of coarse powder, including one that was brought on board the vessel, and four barrels and twenty kegs of fine powder, though there seems to be something of a mixture throughout the whole.

I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,

JOSEPH BEALL.

To the Honourable the Council of Safety of Maryland.