Regulars.

William Taliaferro, Captain; John Willis, First Lieutenant; Seymour Hooe, Second Lieutenant; Benjamin Holmes, Ensign.

Minute-Men.

Hugh Mercer, Colonel; Mordecai Buckner, Lieutenant-Colonel; Robert Johnson, Major.

For CAROLINE: Thomas Lomax, Samuel Hawes, and Thomas Robinson, Captains; William Lindsay, Richard Taylor, and James Bankhead, Lieutenants; James Upshaw, Thomas Bucknor, and William Wolfolk, Ensigns.

For SPOTTSYLVANIA: Lewis Willis, George Stubbelfield, and Oliver Towels, Captains; Robert Carter Page, Larkin Chew, and Francis Taliaferro, Lieutenants; Henry Bartlett, Robert Dudley, and Winslow Parker, Ensigns.

For KING GEORGE: John Taliaferro, Jun., and Andrew Buchannan, Captains; Francis Conway and Walter Vowell, Lieutenants; Reuben Briscoe and James Hord, Ensigns.

For STAFFORD: Townshend Dade and William Washington, Captains; William G. Stuart and Thomas Fitzhugh, Lieutenants; William Fitzhugh and John Mountjoy, Ensigns.

Joseph Robinson, Commissary of Musters; Charles Washington, Commissary.

The Committee of the County, to express their approbation of the appointment of Colonel Mercer, and to pay a tribute justly due to the noble and patriotick conduct which that gentleman has uniformly pursued since the commencement of our disputes with the Mother Country, which was so strikingly displayed on that occasion, entered into the following Resolve:

Resolved, That the thanks of this Committee be presented to Colonel Hugh Mercer, Commander-in-Chief of the Battalion of Minute-Men in the District of this County, the Counties of Caroline, Stafford, and King George; expressing the high sense of the importance to the Country of his appointment to that station, and our acknowledgments of his publick spirit, in sacrificing his private interest to the service of his Country.

ALEXANDER DICK, Clerk.

MEETING OF INHABITANTS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY AND CITY OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.

Annapolis, September 14, 1775.

At a meeting of a number of the Inhabitants of Anne Arundel County and City of Annapolis, at the said City, on Tuesday, the 12th of September, 1775, present: Eight Members of the late Convention; Charles Carroll, Barrister, in the Chair; Gabriel Duvall, Clerk.

Resolved, That Samuel Chase, Thomas Johnson, Jun., John Hall, William Paca, B. T. B. Worthington, Matthias Hammond, Charles Carroll, Barrister, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Captain William Hyde, Rezin Hammond, John Bullen, Dr. Richard Tootell, John Weems, Joseph Galloway, Stephen Steward, John Thomas, Thomas Tillard, Marmaduke Wyvill, Thomas Watkins, Sen., Richard Harwood, Jun., Thomas Watkins, Jun., Thomas Dorsey, John Dorsey, Dr. Ephraim Howard, John Dorsey, (son of Michael,) Edward Gaither, Jun., Caleb Dorsey, Richard Stringer, Dr. Charles Alexander Warfield, John Burgess, John Davis, Benjamin Howard, Elijah Robinson, and Thomas Hammond, or any seven or more of them, be, and they are hereby, appointed a Committee of Observation for the County, for the term of one year.

Resolved, That Charles Carroll, Barrister, Thomas Johnson, Jun., Samuel Chase, William Paca, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Esq., or any three or more of them, be Delegates to represent this County in Convention, for the said term of one year.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY (MARYLAND) COMMITTEE.

In Committee, Annapolis, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1775:

Resolved, That Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Brice T. B. Worthington, Captain William Hyde, Matthias Hammond, Dr. Richard Tootell, John Bullen, and John Thomas, be a Committee to license suits in this County, during the term of one year.

Resolved, That Charles Carroll of Carrollton, B. T. B. Worthington, Captain William Hyde, Matthias Hammond, and Dr. Richard Tootell, be a Committee of Correspondence for this County, for the said term of one year.

Signed by order:

GABRIEL DUVALL, Clerk.

MEETING OF INHABITANTS OF CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND.

Calvert County, Maryland, September 12, 1775.

At a meeting of a number of the Inhabitants of the said County, at their Court-House, were present: Five Members of the late Convention; Edward Gantt in the Chair; William Hickman, Jun., Clerk.

Resolved, That Messrs. Richard Parran, Benjamin Mackall, Samuel Hanse, Edward Reynolds, William Lyles, Walter Smith, Charles Graham, John Turner, James Height, Dr. James Gray, Dr. Edward Johnson, Kenzey Jones, Joseph Witkinson, Rev. Thomas John Clagett, Benjamin Mackall, 4th, or any seven of them, be and are hereby appointed a Committee of Observation for the said County, for the term of one year.

Resolved, That Messrs. Edward Gantt, Alexander Somerville, Patrick Sim Smith, Benjamin Mackall, 4th, and William Allen, or any three or more of them, be Delegates to represent this County in Convention.

In Committee, Monday, September 18, 1775.

Resolved, That Benjamin Mackall, Esq., Walter Smith, Edward Reynolds, Samuel Hanse, James Height, Richard Parran, and Kenzey Jones, be a Committee to license suits in this County.

Resolved, That Benjamin Mackall, Esq., Rev. Thomas J. Clagett, Charles Graham, Edward Reynolds, and Benjamin Mackall, 4th, be a Committee of Correspondence.

MEETING OF INHABITANTS OF THE LOWER DISTRICT OF FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND.

Frederick County, September 16, 1775.

Agreeable to the recommendations of the Provincial Convention, the Freemen of the Lower District of Frederick County met at Charles Hungerford’s on the 12th of this instant, and voted in the following gentlemen as a Committee of Observation: Captain Henry Griffith, Dr. Sprigg Wootton, Zadock Magruder, Thomas Cramphin, Samuel W. Magruder, George Beall, Jun., John Murdock, Richard Brooke, Charles Griffith, Allen Bowie, Robert Owen, William Luckett, Jonathan Wilson, Edward Burgess, Gerard Brisco, Francis Deakins, and Archibald Orme.

Dr. Wootton, from the great extent of his private business, declined serving as a Delegate. Captain Griffith likewise declined. Mr. Richard Brooke declared his intention of standing the poll. Captain Griffith, from the solicitations of the people, was induced to offer his service. A box being prepared, the people were desired to give in their ballots, when a very large majority appearing for Captain Griffith, Mr. Brooke closed the poll, and Captain Griffith was declared elected.

The Committee then met, and appointed Captain Henry Griffith, Dr. Sprigg Wootton, Zadock Magruder, Thomas Cramphin, Jun., Samuel W. Magruder, John Murdock, and Allen Bowie, a Committee for licensing suits, and Dr. Wootton and John Murdock a Committee of Correspondence.

The Committee for licensing suits in the Lower District will meet on the first and third Mondays in every month, at Hungerford’s Tavern, by ten of the clock in the forenoon.

SIMON NICHOLS, Clerk.

MEETING OF INHABITANTS OF CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND.

At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Charles County, at the Court-House in Port Tobacco Town, on Tuesday, the 12th day of September, 1775, Daniel Jenifer, John Dent, Robert T. Hooe; William Smallwood, Samuel Hanson, (son of Samuel,) John H. Stone, and William Harrison, Members of the late Convention, attended, when the people proceeded to choose thirty-two persons for a Committee of Observation, agreeable to a Resolve of the late Provincial Convention, and the following gentlemen were elected, to

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