Philadelphia June 14. 1781Sir,
Your Excellency will receive enclosed, a Resolve of Congress of the 12th Instant, among other Matters, earnestly recommending to the State of Maryland to raise & accoutre two Troops of Militia Horse properly officered, including those called for by the Act of 31st of May, and send them forward with all possible Expedition to the Southern Army, to serve three Months after they join the Army.2
It is hoped that the present Situation of Affairs in Virginia will excite the most vigorous Exertions in Compliance with this recommendation.3
I have the Honor to be, with the highest Respect, Your Excellency’s Most obedient & very humble Servant.
Sam. Huntington Presidt.
Receiver’s copy, Maryland State Papers (Red Books), Maryland Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis. In a clerical hand and signed by Huntington.
1 The presidential letterbook copy of this letter is dated June 15. PCC, item 16, fol. 18.
2 JCC, 20:635. For "the Act of 31st of May," see Huntington to Certain States, June 2, 1781.
3 Huntington also sent a similar letter to Pennsylvania president Joseph Reed on June 15, asking the state "to compleat Colonel Moyland’s [Stephen Moylan’s] Legionary Corps to it’s full Compliment" as well as "to raise three Troops of Militia Cavalry . . . to serve in the southern Army three Months, or until relieved by the Arrival of Moylandâs Corps." See JCC, 20:634 - 35; and PCC, item 16, fols. 15 - 16.