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MSA SC 2095-1-18
Collection	Dowsett Collection of Sands Family Papers
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Dates	1776/07/20, 1776/08/14
Medium	original, electronic
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Storage	00/20/05/28
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Dowsett Collection of Sands Family Papers. Two letters from Sergeant William Sands to his family in Annapolis, Maryland. Sands was among the first troops sent from Maryland to join George Washington on Long Island: Philadelphia July 20th 1776 and New York August 14th 1776. Digital images in color and transcripts are available from this link. The letters are included in MSA SC 2221-2-21, Maryland State Archives: Documents for the Classroom, From Indignant Protest to Hesitant Revolutionaries: Maryland and the American Revolution, 1765-1776 See also photostat at MSA SC 204.

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