Letter to [a local Maryland Council of Safety member?] and a portrait, 1776 April 16, n.d.

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Letter to [a local Maryland Council of Safety member?] and a portrait, 1776 April 16, n.d.

1776

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Stone, together with fellow Maryland delegates to the Continental Congress, Robert Alexander and Thomas Johnson, Junior, send a letter by James Rae, waggoner, covering Rae's delivery of one ton of powder to the Eastern Shore for the use of the Council of Safety and request a receipt by return. The letter notes that the powder is not for Cecil County as it has been supplied separately. A note at the bottom of the

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Alexander, Robert, c. 1740-1805

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Robert Alexander (c. 1740 – 1805) was an American planter, lawyer, and Tory political leader during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland in 1776. Born at Head of Elk, his family's estate in Cecil County, Maryland, about 1740, Alexander was educated to the law and admitted to the bar, and practiced in Baltimore. From 1774 to 1776, he attended the Annapolis Convention as a representative of Baltimore County. He also represented Baltimore in the sta...