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<B>Thomas S. Lee Letter Signed "</B></I><I>Tho. S. Lee"</B></I> as Governor of Maryland<I>.</B></I> Two pages, 7.75" x 9.5", Annapolis, September 16, 1794 concerning the use of the Baltimore Artillery in suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion. He writes, in most part: "<I>An unwillingness to occasion the great inconvenience and injury to private affairs, which flow from an unlimited acceptance of the Services of the two companies of Baltimore Artillery, and an equal disinclination to damp the Patriotic Spirit shown by these Corps, by declining any precise part of the number, or by making any discrimination between the companies, have hitherto prevented me from making arrangements on this subject. And want of time made me overlook it in answering your letter yesterday, upon full consideration I accept in the first place the offer of Service from both the companies, but shall be content with the immediate service of one half of them, to be relieved...by the remainder at some convenient season. The designation of those who are to take the first tour both officers and men I leave to your, but wish you to consult the officers and to arrange the whole affair with as little dissatisfaction as possible, to those public Spirited Citizens, whose behaviour </B></I> <I>sic</B></I> <I> entitles them to every indulgence and to the greatest praise...</B></I>" It is unknown whether the Baltimore Artillery participated in the westward march to put down the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion. However, this letter is a testament to the popular reaction on the eastern seaboard to the news of the tax revolt in western Pennsylvania. This piece is laid into a lager sheet, light folds and toning, else fine. Ex-Walter Benjamin, 1950. <I>Ex. Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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