Archives of Maryland, Vol. 47

Download or read book Archives of Maryland, Vol. 47 written by Maryland Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Archives of Maryland, Vol. 47: Journal and Correspondence of the State Council of Maryland The arrival Of the French squadron under de Grasse in the Chesapeake late in August, and its successful encounter with the British fleet, had not only made safe the transport of Washington's army down the bay by water, but had put an end to the depredations by raiding parties from the British ships upon the settlements and plantations along the water front of the bay and its tribu taries, to which many of the letters refer. The letters also tell us of the occa sional revival of Tory activities, especially in W'orcester and Somerset counties on the Eastern Shore, but these never assumed formidable proportions and were largely confined to the clandestine sale of cattle and supplies to the British ships, while they were in control of the bay. After this volume went to press, and unfortunately too late to include here, there came to light a number of let ters and other papers relating to the Tory conspiracy in Western Maryland referred to in Orendorff's letter of June, 1781, printed on page 328. The apprehension and execution of the ringleaders put an end to this abortive move ment. Letters from the south during the earlier part of the year tell us of the magnificent service rendered by the Maryland Line at Cowpens, Guilford, Camden, and other battles in the Carolinas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.