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504 HISTORY OF MARYLAND
to and residing within this State as citizens who have withdrawn themselves from the
United States of America, since the 15th of April, 1775, and have joined and abetted the
armies or Councils of the King of Great Britain, or who have been legally attainted or
expelled from any one of the said States by the Executive authority thereof.
"Resolved, unanimously, That if any refugee presumes to return before the next
session of Assembly, he will incur an additional mark of the displeasure of the inhabitants of this Town.
" Resolved, unanimously, That all persons among us disaffected to the independence of
America who may presume to reflect in any degree upon our present Government, be
treated with every mark of detestation and contempt.
"Resolved, unanimously, That the inhabitants of this Town, will uniformly and steadfastly adhere to the true principles of our happy constitutions and consult and maintain
the tranquillity of the citizens of this State; and that we cautiously observe and make
known the conduct of all such ambiguous or suspicious characters as may attempt to
take refuge in this State from the just indignation of the citizens of any other of the
United States.
" Resolved, unanimously, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the
Maryland Gazette, the Maryland Journal and the Pennsylvania Packet.
" SAMUEL PURVIANCE, Chairman.1
"WILLIAM MAC CREERY, Secretary."
By various Acts, the State purchased before the Revolution, Bank of
England stock to the amount of £29,000 sterling, in the joint names of
Osgood Hanbury, Sylvanus Grove and James Russell, trustees. At November session, 1779, the General Assembly passed a law, calling out of circulation
the bills of credit issued by the Act of November 1766, chapter XXVI, on the
credit of the bank stock, before the first of June, 1780, or forever thereafter
to be irredeemable; and gave the holders of the bills their option, either to
bring them in and receive in exchange bills on the trustees in England,
or certificates bearing interest, on the credit of the State. And as the old
trustees of the bank stock might decline to receive the bills of credit, this
Act appointed "William Carmichael, Edmund Jennings, Joshua Johnson,
Jonathan Williams, and Richard Bennett Lloyd, and requests Doctor Franklin, or, in case of his death or declining to act, Mr. Jay, to appoint any one
of the aforesaid persons, and procure him a passport or safe conduct to go to
London to act as trustee for this State, and sell the bank stock, discharge the
bills drawn on the former trustees, and call on them for all money belonging
to this State in their hands."2
1 Samuel Purviance was a native of Donegal, year 1788, he was descending the Ohio, in corn-
in Ireland, and immigrated to America about pany with several others, when the boat on
the year 1754. He resided in Philadelphia until board of which he was, was captured by a band
1768, when he removed to Baltimore. He had, of Indians ; some of the party made their es-
however, been united with his brother, Robert cape. It was his misfortune to have been se-
Purviance, in a commercial house, which he had cured by his captors, and led by them into the
established in Baltimore in the year 1763. He interior of the vast wilderness, and was never
was one of the foremost patriots in the colonies, afterwards heard of, although General Harmer,
and, from his bold and decided character, he was who at that time commanded one of the out-
selected chairman of the Baltimore Town com- posts of the frontier, had the country searched
mittee of correspondence. During the Revolu- for more than five hundred miles.—Baltimore
tion, he was the writer of the greater part of the During the Revolutionary War, p. 32.
correspondence which emanated from the com- 2 Hanson's Laws.
mittee. His fate was an untimely one. In the
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000547 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 504 HISTORY OF MARYLAND to and residing within this State as citizens who have withdrawn themselves from the United States of America, since the 15th of April, 1775, and have joined and abetted the armies or Councils of the King of Great Britain, or who have been legally attainted or expelled from any one of the said States by the Executive authority thereof. "Resolved, unanimously, That if any refugee presumes to return before the next session of Assembly, he will incur an additional mark of the displeasure of the inhabitants of this Town. " Resolved, unanimously, That all persons among us disaffected to the independence of America who may presume to reflect in any degree upon our present Government, be treated with every mark of detestation and contempt. "Resolved, unanimously, That the inhabitants of this Town, will uniformly and steadfastly adhere to the true principles of our happy constitutions and consult and maintain the tranquillity of the citizens of this State; and that we cautiously observe and make known the conduct of all such ambiguous or suspicious characters as may attempt to take refuge in this State from the just indignation of the citizens of any other of the United States. " Resolved, unanimously, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Maryland Gazette, the Maryland Journal and the Pennsylvania Packet. " SAMUEL PURVIANCE, Chairman.1 "WILLIAM MAC CREERY, Secretary." By various Acts, the State purchased before the Revolution, Bank of England stock to the amount of £29,000 sterling, in the joint names of Osgood Hanbury, Sylvanus Grove and James Russell, trustees. At November session, 1779, the General Assembly passed a law, calling out of circulation the bills of credit issued by the Act of November 1766, chapter XXVI, on the credit of the bank stock, before the first of June, 1780, or forever thereafter to be irredeemable; and gave the holders of the bills their option, either to bring them in and receive in exchange bills on the trustees in England, or certificates bearing interest, on the credit of the State. And as the old trustees of the bank stock might decline to receive the bills of credit, this Act appointed "William Carmichael, Edmund Jennings, Joshua Johnson, Jonathan Williams, and Richard Bennett Lloyd, and requests Doctor Franklin, or, in case of his death or declining to act, Mr. Jay, to appoint any one of the aforesaid persons, and procure him a passport or safe conduct to go to London to act as trustee for this State, and sell the bank stock, discharge the bills drawn on the former trustees, and call on them for all money belonging to this State in their hands."2 1 Samuel Purviance was a native of Donegal, year 1788, he was descending the Ohio, in corn- in Ireland, and immigrated to America about pany with several others, when the boat on the year 1754. He resided in Philadelphia until board of which he was, was captured by a band 1768, when he removed to Baltimore. He had, of Indians ; some of the party made their es- however, been united with his brother, Robert cape. It was his misfortune to have been se- Purviance, in a commercial house, which he had cured by his captors, and led by them into the established in Baltimore in the year 1763. He interior of the vast wilderness, and was never was one of the foremost patriots in the colonies, afterwards heard of, although General Harmer, and, from his bold and decided character, he was who at that time commanded one of the out- selected chairman of the Baltimore Town com- posts of the frontier, had the country searched mittee of correspondence. During the Revolu- for more than five hundred miles.—Baltimore tion, he was the writer of the greater part of the During the Revolutionary War, p. 32. correspondence which emanated from the com- 2 Hanson's Laws. mittee. His fate was an untimely one. In the |
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