Purviance, Robert, 1733-1806

Abstract The Purviance papers contains correspondence pertaining to the Maryland Committee of Safety, of which Robert and Samuel Purviance were both members during the Revolutionary war. These letters describe the progress of the campaigns, as well as the efforts to provide supplies of salt, guns, and ammunition for the soldiers of the Continental Army. Also included in the collection is Robert Purviance Jr.'s handwritten manuscript, A Narrative of Events which Occurred in...