Letter from the Maryland Council of Safety to Captain Hill

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[No˙ 3.]

Annapolis, May 31, 1776.

SIR: You are immediately to return to your vessel, and convey, at the expense and risk of this Province, across the country to the first inlet to the northward of Cape-Charles such of your cargo as you may find necessary, and proceed round with the residue in your said vessel, between Smith' s Island and Cape-Charles. Upon your arrival in that inlet, you are to take on board what you send across by land, and with the utmost diligence proceed on your voyage, agreeable to former instructions. We are, &c.

To Captain Duncan Hill.