I am directed by the Committee appointed by this Town, to acquaint you that your bill of exchange, drawn on Jeremiah Lee, Esq., for two hundred pounds Maryland currency, being the amount of a generous collection made by the respectable people of the middle division of Frederick County, for the relief of the sufferers by the Boston Port Bill, is duly received. Be pleased, Sir, to accept of the Committee's sincere acknowledgments of your kindness in transacting this affair; and if it be not too troublesome permit me to ask the further favor of you, that a collection which the Committee are advised is making by our friends in Cecil County, which will amount to three or four hundred pounds, may in like manner pass through your hands. I am, Sir, with very great regard, in behalf of the Committee, your obliged and affectionate friend and countryman, _________________________________________________________________ 1At Baltimore, Maryland. TO JONATHAN HANSON.1 [Collections of Massachusetts Historical Society, 4th ser., vol. iv., p. 244, 245.] BOSTON, March 15th, 1775. SIR, I am to acknowledge your letter of the 17th of February last, directed to Mr. Cushing, who is a member of the Committee appointed by this Town to receive and distribute the donations from our friends to the sufferers by the Act of Parliament, commonly called the Boston Port Bill, and to acquaint you that agreeable to your directions, Mr. Sam'l Purviance, Jr., has remitted, in a bill of exchange, the sum of two hundred pounds, your currency, being a contribution from the gentlemen of the Middle Division of Frederick County, in Maryland, for that charitable purpose. You will be pleased to return the hearty thanks of our Committee to those gentlemen for the generous donation, and to assure them that it will be applied to its proper use. It will doubtless afford them satisfaction to be informed that their brethren in this place endure the sufferings inflicted upon them by that unrighteous and barbarous edict, with patience and fortitude, and that they will continue to bear oppression, and count it all joy so to do, rather than stain their own reputation by a base compliance with the demands of arbitrary power. With very great regard, I am, in behalf of the Committee, your obliged and affectionate friend and countryman, _________________________________________________________________ 1At Frederick Town, Maryland. TO JONATHAN VEAZEY AND OTHERS.1 [Collections of Massachusetts Historical Society, 4th ser., vol. iv., pp. 227, 228.] BOSTON, March 15th, 1775. GENTLEMEN,