1765-1812

1st major adopted American Annapolis appointed arms army arrived Assembly August battalion Beall Benjamin Boston brigade Britain British Captain Charles Carroll Charles County Chesapeake Colonel command committee of correspondence companies congress continental convention Cornwallis Council of Safety court declared defence Delaware delegates duty Eastern Shore elected enemy England force Frederick County gentlemen George George Plater Gist Governor guns Hanson Harford Henry honor House hundred immediately independent inhabitants James John Joseph July June land legislature letter liberty lieutenant lieutenant-colonel Lord Maryland Gazette Matthew Tilghman meeting Messrs militia non-importation officers Parliament patriotic Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia proceedings proprietary province Province of Maryland received regiment repeal resolutions Resolved retreat Richard River Robert Samuel Chase says sent ships Smallwood soon Thomas Johnson Thomas Stone Tilghman tion tobacco troops unanimously United Colonies vessels Virginia Washington William Paca Worcester Counties wounded