Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Veazey

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[No˙ 153.]

Annapolis, May 11, 1776.

SIR: We have written to the Committee of Observation of Kent County, to hire wagons to go to Indian-River, in Sussex County, in order to convey from thence a quantity of powder, ball, &c˙, to Chestertown; and as it will be expedient that a guard should attend the carriage of the powder, we request you would order one of your Lieutenants, with ten men, to accompany the wagons down, and guard them on their way back to Chestertown. The greatest care and attention is recommended to the officer you entrust on this business. We are, &c.

To Captain Edward Veazey.