The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-09
= 4 PECULIAR DOCUMENT.

I'VE find his name attached is the fol-
lowing. transcribed in full for the bene-
fit of the posterity6of others as we'll as
the descendants of Colonel Thomas Price:
e. address OF tie Magistrates of Fred
ericl1 county November, 1774, Mary
land
To the Honorable Mathew Tigh1man,
Thomas Johnson, Robert Goldsbor-
ough, William Paca and Samuel Chase,
Esqs.:
We, the subscribers, magistrates of
Frederick county, sensible Of the disin-
terested services you have rendered your
country on many occasions, but particu-
larIy as deputies from this province to
the Grand iContinenta1 Congress beg
leave to return you our sincere acknowl-
edgments. The whole of the proceed
ings of that important assembly are so
replete with loyalty to the King with
tenderness to the interests Of our fellow
subjects in Great Britain, and above all, ,
reverential regard to the rights and
liberties of America, that they cannot
fail to endear you to every American
and your memory to their latest posteri-
ty; signed. Thomas Cresap. Joseph Wood.
David Lynne Andrew Hugh William
Lucket, Thomas Price. Thomas Wootton,
Upton Sheredine, John stull William
Deacons, Jr., William Beatty, Edward
Burgess, Thomas Warren, Ezekiel Cox"
Aprospos of this long-forgotten senti-
ment, it may be well to remark that
"Thomas Price. ESQ.," was not the only
one of those old Maryland magistrates
who has descendants in Craig county to-
dav David Lynn" was the great
grandfather of Mr.. Zadock Nutter, Of this
county, one Of the wealthiest and most
prominent gentlemen of to-day. and he
ORR Nutter) married a granddaughter
Of John Thomas Taylor Price; was also
a Proctor" a university magistrate,
and had an attorneys license.
All fall and spring of liza and IT'S we
find him at the committee meetings, and
in June of 1775 he is selected captain of
a company Of Independent Riflemen, and
he uses his own money to equip them
sixty-eight picked riflemen!
On the Dist Of June the Committee OF
Observation met at the Frederick Court
house and a letter was read from Con-
tinental Congress recording the raising
of two companies of expert ritlemen.
OF the second company Thomas Price
was made captain, at $40 per month, as
that was the salary set by the Con-
sress: but this pay was raised by sun
scription and Captain Price subscribed
his own pay.
Ohio Holland Williams and John Ross
Kew were leutenants In his company, and
he was invited to appoint another one.
Each company was to consist of a cap
tain. three lieutenants, four sergeants.
four corporals, a. drummer and sixty
eight privates. They were to find their
own arms and clothes, and congress
would pay them s13 for lieutenants; IS
for serseants: corporal, Wow; drummer
$71-3: privates, SIS 2-3
It is an amusing thing to the student
that eNlllnn1Hnt.
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
The first thing a Revolutionary captain
had TODD in drumming up his company
was to select uniform. Much thought
vas given to this The descriptions Of
the blue with buff facings" or the
shirt of "osnabrig'' and the cockade,
make very vivid pictures even if they are
framed heavily in legal terms and statls-
teal numbers.
But after Captain Price had furnsheo
his men with rifles and powder horns and
fIints (for flints were needed by the bar
relful in those days. he marched them
out the post road towards Alexandra to
meet the company of Captain Daniel
Morgan, who was that day-July 18th
coming from Barryville with the First
Virginia Volunteers.
This is what a gentleman said OF him.
to his friend in Baltimore, In letter
dated July 49, 1T5:
ION Monday last Captain Morgan. from
Virginia, with his company Of riflemen
(all chosen) marched through this place
on his way to Boston,. Their appearance
was truly martial:a2thcr spirits amaz-
inclv elated; breathing nothing but de-
sire to ioin the American army, ana TO
engage the enemies of American liberty.
They were met about a mile out OF town
by three companies, Wis captain
Prices Company OF Rif1emen, captain
Grosh's and Captain Beattys, companies
of militia, and escorted a lew iiiiles o ~,
of town, amidst the acclamations Of all
fine Inhabitants who attended them; and
Yesterday uSth) Captain Price, with his
COMPANY also marched. And surely never
were two finer companies raised IN any
county. more determined to conquer or
die. than those two companies are
God grant them a speedy and HAPPY ar
rival there So many offered to join
them that they might have had hundred
men at least"
Imagine them in the dusty post-roads.
with various kinds of flags, for The Flag
had not been made; and some carried
long crimson banners, and some buff,
and some green; and the flute, the buSle,
.hn drum. Yankee Doodle was there,
but Dixie was not; neither had a rag-tlme
tune ever ravashed the human ear
Most probably they played THE Camp
bells are Coming and so they were.
But oh! the glory of fighting the Brit
ish Lion!
When Captain Price reached Philadel-
mia on the 2Srd, after five days march
in July weather, he carried letters to the
Continental Congress from James TiShl-
man and others from Maryland. in or
der to get introduced to Washington. Mill
tarv preferment did not in the least de-
pend upon military achievement or
ability, it depended upon the approach to
the commander-in-chief.
MILITARY PREFIIF1N1ENT.
Properly introduced was properly COM
missioned. I have read letters to Cen
eral Washington by parties-private citi-
zens at Housekeeping him to appoint
some special party to q high office.
Alexander Spottswood wrote and begged
a. commission for himself. Regn Beall.
Of Maryland, grew scurvy in a letter and
demanded prcferment. claiming to be the
oldest man in the Maryland militia. Jas.
Hindman wrote and abused others-try-
ing to get appointed himself.