Letter sent by a Maryland patriot to the future Deputy Quartermaster of the Continental Army—via the renegade “Constitutional Post” to avoid detection by Parliamentary Post agents—requesting that he smuggle two casks of gunpowder to the Eastern Shore under the noses of the officers of the Crown
November 6, 1775. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 13” x 8” unfolded. It is datelined “Kent County, November 6th 1775”. It is annotated “p Post” and bears a “G Town” postmark as well as two faint manuscript marks: a Philadelphia “1/s” (one shilling) in the upper..... More