Paca, William, 1740-1799 [Subscription for the barge experiment]

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GLC#
GLC00218.01-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
May 2, 1871
Author/Creator
Paca, William, 1740-1799
Title
[Subscription for the barge experiment]
Place Written
Maryland
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Also signed by [?] Baker, J. [Gibbon?], Matthew Tilghman, Edward Lloyd, Robert Goldsborough, William Hindman, James Hindman, and several others whose signatures are illegible. Document claims the British have fitted a number of small vessels that have been raiding and plundering the coast of Maryland. Says that the state treasury is overburdened and that the 11 signers will support and maintain a barge and a ship to protect their shores between Kent Point and Tilghman's Island for two months. Want ships manned by 20 men exclusive of officers. Will pay the charges and expenses in proportion to the assessment of their property. Could be a draft of copy of GLC00218.02, which is dated 2 May 1781 from Talbot County, Maryland.

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