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MSA SC 6113-1-4
Collection	Friends of the Maryland State Archives Manuscript Collection
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Dates	1861/05
Medium	original
Restrictions	Do not circulate; Contact Special Collections for access
Storage	Contact the Department of Special Collections for location.
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Petition with over 50 signatures; "To the Honorable The General Assembly of Maryland. We the undersigned, very respectfully urge by this our memorial a protest against the passage of the Bill, now before your Honorable body, and known as a Bill for the appointment by the Legislation of a 'Board of Public Safety' believing that such Bill if passed would prove a Military Despotism." Over fifty signatures follow the text. This document is also specifically addressed on the verso to Major General Kimmell. This sheet is affixed to a blue sheet that contains docketing on the verso. (one page, n.d., 20" x 8", n.d.)

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