Title: Letter from John Macartney, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Mercury, to the Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia. Complains of the summons received by Mr. Sprowle to attend the Committee of Norfolk. He will, to the utmost of iris power, protect the friends of His Majesty, and will use the most coercive means to suppress all unlawful combinations and persecutions within the Province of Virginia.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 3, Page 0092
Author/Presenter: Macartney, John, Captain
Type: Correspondence
Themes: Economy: moral economy; Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies; Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: opposition to Loyalists; Loyalist, British resistance and ideology: Patriot conspiracy against liberties; Political philosophy: liberty; Political philosophy: property; Social reality: internal disorder, civil war; Social reality: slavery
Date Presented: 1775-08-12
Before Whom: Loyal, Paul, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia
Where Presented: Norfolk, Virginia, North America
Date Composed: 1775-8-12
Where Written: Norfolk, Virginia, North America
Recipient: Loyal, Paul, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia
Document ID: S4-V3-P01-sp01-D0174
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