[Extract]
Chester Town March 13th 1776
It appears from the best information that can be obtained that a return of the ship of War with reinforcements, may be soon expected & their Business being avowedly to get fresh provisions they will probably make the attempt on the most defenceless shore ー ... The Committee for Kent County humbly submit it to the consideration of your board whether it will not be adviseable for you to order the arms imported in Capt Tippet 2 to this place for the use of Capt [Edward] Veazeys & the other Independent Companies on this shore & to order back our Minute Companies from Virginia ....
Signed by order.
W. Hall Clk.Comtee
1. Correspondence of Council of Safety, Md. Arch.
2. Captain James Tibbett. See Thomas Johnson, Jr. and Robert Alexander to the Council, March 9, 1776. Other Maryland areas also made appeals for the powder brought in by Tibbett. Ibid.