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    Hi Jeff,
    =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I think after all the communications I've had here and p=
    rivately, I=20
    suspect it was the threat of the British invading Philly that prompted=20
    the Continental Congress to move to Baltimore, not something that was=20
    really occurring.=C2=A0 I doubt that the move was because of health issues =
    -=20
    those seemed to occur during the warm weather months and this Exodus of=20
    the Congress was in December.
    =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 What prompted my inquiry was Continental Currency being =
    authorized=20
    from the Continental Congress in Philly, then Baltimore, then Philly,=20
    then Yorktown (York, PA), then Philly.=C2=A0
    Ray

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    Ray, was there any health reason to do so? =C2=A0Yellow fever was prevalent=
    =20
    in some years, and th city would empty. =C2=A0Of course, communications wer=
    e=20
    spotty at best at th time, so the THREAT of an attack would be taken the=20
    same as an actual one....and of all the people in the colonies the ones=20
    who could NOT be captured would be the members of that Congress....else=20
    all would have been lost.


    Jeff
    Sent from my iPad

    On Oct 2, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Ray Williams njraywms@optonline.net=20
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    Hi Guys,
    =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 In my search to find out why the Continental Congr=
    ess was=20
    threatened in Philly, resulting in their move to Baltimore...=C2=A0 I could=
    =20
    come up with no immediate threat!=C2=A0 But that's just me.=C2=A0 What does=
    one do=20
    when stumped and this chat group didn't come up with the answer...=C2=A0 I=
    =20
    emailed an inquiry to the person I know who knows the most about Rev War=20
    battles - Erik Goldstein from Colonial Williamsburg.
    =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I find that when you are around colonial numismati=
    cs for a little=20
    while, you can't help but be interested in the history connected to your=20
    coins, bills and medals from the period.=C2=A0 Many collectors of other=20
    coinages can only say, "Isn't it pretty... Isn't it old...=C2=A0 Isn't it=20
    rare...=C2=A0 Isn't it valuable...".=C2=A0 We on thenother hand can show co=
    ins and=20
    say, "This is the first coin bearing the motto 'E PLURIBUS UNUM'....=C2=A0=
    =20
    These are the first coins to bear the denomination
    of Cent & Half Cent, and five years before the US made its coins...=C2=A0=
    =20
    These coins were made by the authority of the states, when the states=20
    could strike their own coins...=C2=A0 This paper money helped finance the R=
    ev=20
    War..." and the other possibilities are endless.=C2=A0
    Have fun today,
    Ray

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    On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 08:21 PM, Ray Williams njraywms@optonline.net=20
    <mailto:njraywms@optonline.net> [colonial-coins] wrote:
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    =C2=A0
    =C2=A0Thanks Mike,
    =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I found the Wikipedia page you read this on.=C2=A0=
    I don't know where=20
    the British were threatening Philadelphia in December 1776.=C2=A0 The Briti=
    sh=20
    & Hessians were in Trenton and Princeton until Washington's victory at=20
    the Battle of Trenton on Christmas 1776.=C2=A0 With respect to the British=
    =20
    Navy...=C2=A0 I know they left Boston Harbor without a fight.=C2=A0 And the=
    y were=20
    soundly defeated in South Carolina at the battle of Fort Sullivan around=20
    June 30, 1776.=C2=A0 I wasn't aware of the British Navy threatening=20
    Philadelphia from any direction.=C2=A0 So I need to look into the Navy's=20
    operations around December 1776.
    Thanks Mike
    Ray
    =C2=A0
    On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 06:06 PM, Michael Packard mpackard3@mac.com=20
    <mailto:mpackard3@mac.com> [colonial-coins] wrote:
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    Per Wikipedia: =C2=A0The Second Continental Congress moved from Philadelphi=
    a=20
    to Baltimore in the winter of 1776 to avoid capture by British forces,=20
    who were advancing on Philadelphia, the new American capital city, after=20
    having sailed up the Chesapeake Bay from newly conquered New York City=20
    making a feint towards, but bypassing Maryland's newest large town, and=20
    landing to the northeast at the "Head of Elk". As the largest building=20
    then in forty-seven-year-old Baltimore Town, Henry Fite's tavern=20
    provided a comfortable location of sufficient size for Congress to meet;=20
    its site at the western edge of town was beyond easy reach of the=20
    British Royal Navy's ships should they try to sail up the Harbor and the=20
    Patapsco River to shell the town.=C2=A0

    On Oct 01, 2015, at 05:21 PM, "Ray Williams njraywms@optonline.net=20
    <mailto:njraywms@optonline.net> [colonial-coins]"=20
    <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com <mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>=20
    >
    wrote:


    =C2=A0

    Hi guys,
    =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Below are the dates for the movement of the Contin=
    ental Congress=20
    from Philadelphia to Baltimore and back again.=C2=A0 My question is...=C2=
    =A0 why=20
    did the Continental Congress move?=C2=A0 I can see why they moved to=20
    Lancaster and York, PA when the British occupied Philadelphia, but why=20
    did they move to Baltimore for a couple months?
    Anyone?
    Thanks
    Ray
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    1776

    * December 12: Congress adjourns in Philadelphia to move=20
    to=C2=A0Baltimore, Maryland=20
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland>
    * December 20: Congress convenes in=C2=A0Baltimore=20
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland> =C2=A0at the=C2=A0Henry=
    Fite=20
    House <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fite_House> =C2=A0
    1777=C2=A0
    * February 27: Congress adjourns in Baltimore to
    return
    to Philadelphia
    * March 4: Congress reconvenes at Philadelphia's State House














































































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    Hi Jeff,</div><div>    I think after all the communications =
    I've had here and privately, I suspect it was the threat of the British inv=
    ading Philly that prompted the Continental Congress to move to Baltimore, n=
    ot something that was really occurring.  I doubt that the move was bec=
    ause of health issues - those seemed to occur during the warm weather month=
    s and this Exodus of the Congress was in December.</div><div>  &n=
    bsp; What prompted my inquiry was Continental Currency being authorized fro=
    m the Continental Congress in Philly, then Baltimore, then Philly, then Yor=
    ktown (York, PA), then Philly.  </div><div>Ray</div><div style=3D"font=
    -family: Verdana;"><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>On Sa=
    t, Oct 03, 2015 at 03:12 AM, Rosa Americana rosaamltd@gmail.com [colonial-c=
    oins] wrote:<div> </div><div> </div><blockquote style=3D"margin: =
    0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(136, 136, 136)=
    ; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;">




    <br><br>




    <div>Ray, was there any health reason to do so?  Yellow fever was prev=
    alent in some years, and th city would empty.  Of course, communicatio=
    ns were spotty at best at th time, so the THREAT of an attack would be take=
    n the same as an actual one....and of all the people in the colonies the on=
    es who could NOT be captured would be the members of that Congress....else =
    all would have been lost.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff<br><br>Sent from my=
    iPad</div><div><br>On Oct 2, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Ray Williams <a href=3D"mai=
    lto:njraywms@optonline.net">njraywms@optonline.net</a> [colonial-coins] <=
    ;<a href=3D"mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yahoogrou=
    ps.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>












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    <p>Hi Guys,</p><div>     In my search to find out=
    why the Continental Congress was threatened in Philly, resulting in their =
    move to Baltimore...  I could come up with no immediate threat!  =
    But that's just me.  What does one do when stumped and this chat group=
    didn't come up with the answer...  I emailed an inquiry to the person=
    I know who knows the most about Rev War battles - Erik Goldstein from Colo=
    nial Williamsburg.</div><div>     I find that when you =
    are around colonial numismatics for a little while, you can't help but be i=
    nterested in the history connected to your coins, bills and medals from the=
    period.  Many collectors of other coinages can only say, "Isn't it pr=
    etty... Isn't it old...  Isn't it rare...  Isn't it valuable...".=
      We on thenother hand can show coins and say, "This is the first coin=
    bearing the motto 'E PLURIBUS UNUM'....  These are the first coins to=
    bear the denomination
    of Cent & Half Cent, and five years before the US made its coins...&nb=
    sp; These coins were made by the authority of the states, when the states c=
    ould strike their own coins...  This paper money helped finance the Re=
    v War..." and the other possibilities are endless.  </div><div>Have fu=
    n today,</div><div>Ray</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana;"><div> =
    ;</div><div> </div><div> </div>On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 08:21 PM, =
    Ray Williams <a href=3D"mailto:njraywms@optonline.net">njraywms@optonline.n=
    et</a> [colonial-coins] wrote:<div> </div><div> </div><blockquote=
    style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);=
    border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;">





    <br><br>




    <div style=3D"font-family: Verdana;"><div> </div><div> Thanks Mik=
    e,</div><div>     I found the Wikipedia page you read t=
    his on.  I don't know where the British were threatening Philadelphia =
    in December 1776.  The British & Hessians were in Trenton and Prin=
    ceton until Washington's victory at the Battle of Trenton on Christmas 1776=
    .  With respect to the British Navy...  I know they left Boston H=
    arbor without a fight.  And they were soundly defeated in South Caroli=
    na at the battle of Fort Sullivan around June 30, 1776.  I wasn't awar=
    e of the British Navy threatening Philadelphia from any direction.  So=
    I need to look into the Navy's operations around December 1776.</div><div>=
    Thanks Mike</div><div>Ray</div><div> </div>On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 06:=
    06 PM, Michael Packard <a href=3D"mailto:mpackard3@mac.com">mpackard3@mac.c=
    om</a> [colonial-coins] wrote:<div> </div><div> </div><blockquote=
    style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);=
    border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;">




    <br><br>




    <div>Per Wikipedia:  The Second Continental Congress moved from Philad=
    elphia to Baltimore in the winter of 1776 to avoid capture by British force=
    s, who were advancing on Philadelphia, the new American capital city, after=
    having sailed up the Chesapeake Bay from newly conquered New York City mak=
    ing a feint towards, but bypassing Maryland's newest large town, and landin=
    g to the northeast at the "Head of Elk". As the largest building then in fo=
    rty-seven-year-old Baltimore Town, Henry Fite's tavern provided a comfortab=
    le location of sufficient size for Congress to meet; its site at the wester=
    n edge of town was beyond easy reach of the British Royal Navy's ships shou=
    ld they try to sail up the Harbor and the Patapsco River to shell the town.=
     </div><div><br>On Oct 01, 2015, at 05:21 PM, "Ray Williams <a href=3D=
    "mailto:njraywms@optonline.net">njraywms@optonline.net</a> [colonial-coins]=
    " <<a href=3D"mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yaho=
    ogroups.com</a>>
    wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"msg-quote=
    " style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" data=3D"background-color:=
    #fff;"><span data=3D"display: none;"> </span><div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" d=
    ata=3D"position: relative;"><div id=3D"ygrp-msg" data=3D"z-index: 1;"><div =
    id=3D"ygrp-text"><p>Hi guys,</p><div>     Below are the=
    dates for the movement of the Continental Congress from Philadelphia to Ba=
    ltimore and back again.  My question is...  why did the Continent=
    al Congress move?  I can see why they moved to Lancaster and York, PA =
    when the British occupied Philadelphia, but why did they move to Baltimore =
    for a couple months?</div><div>Anyone?</div><div>Thanks</div><div>Ray</div>=
    <div>  </div><div>    </div><div> </div>=
    <div>1776</div><div><ul style=3D"margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;=
    color: rgb(37, 37, 37); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spa=
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    tter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; list-style-type: disc; white-space=
    : normal; background-color: #ffffff;"><li style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.1em;" d=
    ata=3D"margin-bottom: 0.1em;">December 12: Congress adjourns in Philadelphi=
    a to move to<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title=3D"=
    Baltimore, Maryland" class=3D"mw-redirect" style=3D"background: none; color=
    : rgb(11, 0, 128); text-decoration: none;" href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org=
    /wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" target=3D"_blank" data=3D"background: none; colo=
    r: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">Baltimore, Maryland</a></li><li style=
    =3D"margin-bottom: 0.1em;" data=3D"margin-bottom: 0.1em;">December 20: Cong=
    ress convenes in<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title=
    =3D"Baltimore, Maryland" class=3D"mw-redirect" style=3D"background: none; c=
    olor: rgb(11, 0, 128); text-decoration: none;" href=3D"https://en.wikipedia=
    .org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" target=3D"_blank" data=3D"background: none; =
    color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">Baltimore</a><span class=3D"Apple-c=
    onverted-space"> </span>at the<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&n=
    bsp;</span><a title=3D"Henry Fite House" style=3D"background: none; color: =
    rgb(11, 0, 128); text-decoration: none;" href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/w=
    iki/Henry_Fite_House" target=3D"_blank" data=3D"background: none; color: #0=
    b0080; text-decoration: none;">Henry Fite House</a> </li></ul><dl styl=
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    tom: 0.1em;">March 4: Congress reconvenes at Philadelphia's State House</li=
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