State of Maryland,
Executive Chamber, ANNAPOLIS, April 23, 1861
To Brigadier General B. F. BUTLER
SIR: Having, in pursuance of the power invested in me by the
constitution of Maryland, summoned the Legislature of the State to assemble on
Friday, the 26th instant, and Annapolis being the place in which, according to
law, it must assemble; and having been credibly informed that you have taken
military possession of the Annapolis and Elk-Ridge Railroad, I deem it my duty
to protest against this step, — because, without at present assigning any other
reason, I am informed that such occupation of said road will prevent the
Members of the Legislature from reaching this city.
Very Respectfully
Yours,
THos. H. HICKs
SOURCE: Jessie Ames Marshall, Editor, Private and
Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler During the Period of the
Civil War, Volume 1: April 1860 – June 1862, p. 28
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