Letter : Williamsburg to Thomas Johnson, Governor of Maryland 1779 February 19.

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Letter : Williamsburg to Thomas Johnson, Governor of Maryland 1779 February 19.

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Henry regrets he cannot supply Col. de Cambray with arms because of their scarcity in Virginia. He requests that Maryland assist Virginia in protecting the capes from British privateers who have damaged commerce.

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Library of Virginia

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Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819

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Thomas Johnson (November 4, 1732 – October 26, 1819) was an 18th-century American judge, politician, and a Founding Father of the United States who participated in several ventures to support the Revolutionary War. Johnson was the first non-Colonial governor of Maryland, a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, and an associate justice of the Supreme Court. He was the first person appointed to the court after its original organization and staffing with...

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...