Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Maryland” in chapter 5, page 84 of Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States:
...Barron on the Chesapeake bay, from a British vessel, some time in April, 1776, and were delivered to the Virginia committee of safety.
These intercepted letters were forwarded to the authorities of Maryland , and their contents communicated to Congress.
Thereupon, the president of Congress wrote
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