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Revolutionary War - era document signed by William Hemsley datelined “ Queen Anns County “ (no ‘e’ in Anne there), 1785 , to pay Dr. James Murray , a well-known war physician of Annapolis , born in Kent County , Maryland and with many connections to old Maryland families such as that of Edward Lloyd .
William Hemsley was a colonel of the Queen Anne’s County , MD militia during the Revolution , member of the Continental Congress , and served in the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1788. He’s associated with the family home Clover Fields in Queen Anne’s County.
Also mentioned:
—Tench Tilghman & Co. of Baltimore—no further elaboration needed there—the name says it all.
—Nicholas Carroll , a multi-term mayor of Annapolis and member of the 1788 Constitutional Ratification Convention of Annapolis—he was born Nicholas Maccubbin and took the name Carroll as he became an heir to Charles Carroll, Barrister.
—Charles Maccubbin
Some old tape repairs are seen.
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