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Correspondence
of Governor Horatio Sharpe,
Volume 1, 1753-1757
The sixth volume
of the Archives of Maryland series was published in 1888, with William Hand
Browne as the editor, under the direction of the Maryland Historical Society.
This is the first of four volumes of the Correspondence of Governor Horatio
Sharpe. This volume covers from 1753 to 1757.
Proceedings of the Council of Maryland,
April 15, 1732 - July 26, 1753,
Volume 28
The twenty-eighth volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in
1908, with William Hand Browne as the editor, under the direction of the
Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings of the
Council of Maryland from April 15, 1732 to July 26, 1753.
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1745. Volume 28, p. 345 ... Present
Lib. C. B. His Excellency Thomas Bladen Esqr Governor Benjamin Tasker Esqr
Daniel Dulany Esqr Edmund Jenings Esqr Philip Thomas Esqr Col Charles
Hammond j Col Benj. Tasker. His Excellency is pleased to lay before this
Board a Letter he received from William Shirley Esqr Governor of New England
informing him of the Reduction of Cape Breton to [p. 242] his Majesty's
Obedience, and desiring the Assistance of this Government towards the
Defence and Security thereof, which being read It is the humble Advice of
this Board to his Excel lency that He order a Proclamation to be prepared to
require the Meeting of the Assembly on the fifth of August next, which being
drawn and approved of issued as follows. Maryland ss. By his Excellency
Thomas Bladen Esqr Governor & Commander in Chief in and over the
Province of Maryland. A Proclamation Whereas the present General Assembly of
this Province stands prorogued to the first Tuesday in September next being
the second Day of the same Month, But forasmuch as the Town of Lewisburgh on
Cape Breton has been lately taken from the French and reduced to his
Majesty's Obedi ence which is a very great Security to the Trade of the
British Colonies on the Continent of America, and of such Importance to
France, that It cannot be doubted but that the French King will use his
Utmost Efforts to retake it, which Nothing can prevent unless the Place be
immediately supplyed with Men Ammunition and Provision to defend it till a
sufficient force can arrive from Great Britain for that Purpose; And that
his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Governor of New England hath applyed to
me for Assistance, which Assistance to be given by the Assembly, To the End
therefore that no Delay may be given to any Supplies that the Assembly may
think fit to give on so very important and pressing an Occasion I have
therefore thought fit with the Advice of his Lordships Council of State by
this my Proclamation to notify and pub lish that the General Assembly of
this Province meet and be held at the City of Annapolis on the fifth Day of
August next and that All the Members of Both houses personally attend at the
time and Place afd to consult of the necessary means for performing the same
And I do hereby strictly charge and require the several Sheriffs of this
Province to make this my ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1746. Lib. C. B. Volume 28, p. 360
... And as a further Inducement to the Inhabitants of this Prove to Inlist,
I hereby make known to them, that I am authorized to appoint such Officers
as are to command each Company; In Consequence whereof I shall endeavour to
make the Com mand as agreable to the Men as the Nature of the Service will
admit And I do hereby Strictly Charge and require the several Sheriffs of
this Province to make this my Proclamation Publick in their respective
Counties in the usual manner, and also to affix Copies thereof in the most
Publick Places of their said Counties as they will answer the Contrary at
their Peril Given at the City of Annnpolis this 7th day of June in the 32d
year of his Lordships Dominion Annoq Domini 1746 J Ross Cl Concl. At A
Council held in the Council Chamber on Thursday the 1 2 day of June in the
32d year of his Lordships Dominion Annoq Dom. 1746 Present His Excellency
Thomas Bladen Esqr Governor Benjamin Tasker Esqr Philip Thomas Esqr Edmund
Jenings Esqr Colo Edward Lloyd The honble Colo James Hollyday Benjamin Young
Esq Colo Charles Hammond Colo Benja Tasker Saml Chamberlain Esqr Richard Lee
Esqr [p. 260] His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the follow
ing Letter. Whitehall April 9. 1 746 Sir I am commanded to acquaint you,
that his Majesty has been pleased to Order five Batalions of his Troops
under the Com mand of Lieutenant General St Clair, to go from hence, as soon
as Possible, with a sufficient Convoy of Men of War, to Louisburg, in Order
to be employed together with the Regiment of Major General Frampton which
has been some time Ordered to Embark for Louisburg, and with the two
Regiments sent thither from Gibralter, and also with such Troops as shall be
Levied for that Purpose in North America for the immediate Reduction of
Canada: And I am commanded by his Majesty to signify his Pleasure to you (as
I do to the other Govrs of the said Colonies) that you should forthwith make
the neces- sary Dispositions for raising as many Men as the Shortness of the
Time will permit, within your Government to be employed in Concert with his
Majestys regular Forces, on this Important Service. It is hoped that
Lieutenant General St Clair will be ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1746. Volume 28, p. 361 ... able to
Sail from hence with the Troops under his Command, Lib. C. B. the latter end
of April or the beginning of May It is the Kings Intention, that the Troops
to be raised should [p 261] con sist of Companies of One hundred Men Each;
And that those that shall be raised in the several Provinces of New York,
New J ersies, Pensilvania,Maryland and Virginia, be formed into One Corps,
to be commanded by Mr Gooch. Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (whom the King
has been pleased, on this Occasion to promote to the Rank of a Brigadier
General) and that they should rendezvous at Albany within the Province of
New York; or at such Other Place, as Mr Gooch shall think proper to ap
point, in Order to proceed from thence by Land into the Southern Parts of
Canada The Troops to be raised in the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut, are to rendezvous at Louisburg, and
to proceed, with the Forces sent from hence, under Convoy of his Majestys
Fleet up the River of St Lawrence to Quebec. In Consequence of these
Dispositions His Majesty has ordered me to recommend it to you in the
strongest manner to proceed immediately to raise as large a Body of Men, as
the Shortness of the time will permit, within your Govern ment, and you will
appoint such Officers, as you shall think proper, to command them; for which
purpose a Number of Blank Commissions will be sent you by the next
Conveyance: And you will transmit to Mr Gooch a particular Account of what
you shall be able to do herein; And you will follow such Directions, as you
shall receive from Mr Gooch with Regard to the Place of Rendezvous, and
Everything relating to the Proceedings of the said Troops You will assure
all Those, that shall engage in this service as well Officers as Soldiers,
that they will immediately enter into his Majties Pay The Officers from the
Time they shall engage in his Majestys service and the Soldiers from the [p.
262] respective Days on which they shall enlist; And that they shall come in
for a Share of any Booty to be taken from the Enemy; and be sent back to
their respective habitations, when this Service shall be over, unless any of
them shall desire to settle elsewhere As to the Article of Arms and
Cloathing for the Men to be raised his Majesty has commanded me to recommend
it to you, and the Other Governrs to take Care that the Soldiers may be
provided with them. And his Majesty has authorized and empowered Lieutenant
General St Clair to make a reason able Allowance for defraying that Expence
You will recommend it to the Council and Assembly of ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1746. Lib. C. B. Volume 28, p. 362
... Maryland to provide a sufficient Quantity of Provisions for the
Subsistance of the Troops I am ordered by his Majesty to recommend it to you
to make the strictest Enquiry for any Persons that may be acquainted with
the Navigation of the River of St Laurence: And if you can find any such,
you will engage them at any Rate, to serve as Pilots on board his Majestys
Fleet and you will send them as soon as possible, to Louisburg, for that
purpose I am Sir Your most Obedt humble Servant Holles Newcastle Which being
read His Excellency is pleased to acquaint this Board, that in Order to
forward the said Expedition, he has issued his Proclamations for the Meeting
of the Assembly on the seventeenth Day of this Instant June. 8th July 1746
Ordered by his Excellency the Governor that the following Certificate be
Entered Maryland ss. By his Excellency Thomas Bladen Esqr Governor &
Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland [p. 263] Whereas in
Obedience to his Majestys Commands signified to me by his Grace the Duke of
Newcastle Three Companies of Foot consisting of One hundred Men Each have
been levyed and raised in this Province for His Majesty's service in the
intended Expedition against Canada And Whereas One of the said Companies now
under the Command of Daniel Campbell Esqr as Captain thereof hath been
Enlisted and Completely full on the 8th Day of July last past by the Care
and Vigilance of the sd Daniel Campbell together with Joseph Chew Gentn
Lieutenant & John McCullogh Gent Ensign of the said Company; By Which
means the said Daniel Campbell under my Promise and Encouragement for the
making such Levies is Entituled to his Majestys Commission of a Captain to
command the said Company; But forasmuch as It is thought necessary &
expedient for his Majestys Service that the said Companies should depart
from this Province forthwith and before the Blank Commissions from his
Majesty can be re ceived by me Therefore I Certify the above that as well
the said Daniel Campbell may Claim and receive the said Commission of a
Captain not only from me as soon as any blank Commis ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1746. Volume 28, p. 375 ...
Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1746. 375 Reverend Thomas Chase
whether he heard William Payne Lib. C. B. say that he had any Complaint to
make against Mr. Richards he answered that he did not hear Payne say any
such thing and further saith not Taken in psence of the Revd Thomas Chase
and James Richards Esqr this 1st of Decemr 1746 before Chas Ridgeley 26
November 1746 Baltimore County ss. We the Subscribers Inhabitants of
Baltimore County and Town, and many of Us Members of a Club kept in said
Town, having understood that an Information hath been made to this
Government, that Mr James Richards high Sheriff of Our said County, and a
Member of Our Club hath spoken Words reflecting on his present Majesty King
George his Person and Government We therefore in Justice to the Character of
the James Richards do certify that He at all times and on all Occasions,
when in Our Company expressed the Greatest Loyalty and Zeal for his present
Majesty and the happy Establishment both in Church and State, and frequently
declared his utter Abhorrence of the present unnatural Rebellion; and always
was One of the most Active and forward in expressing his Joy, on making any
Conquest or gaining any Victory over the French, the Pretender, or any of
his Majestys Enemies, and particularly distinguished himself on the Days We
cele brated the taking Cape Breton, The Victory obtained over the Rebells at
Culloden, under his Royal Highness the Duke, and on his Majesty's late
Birthday And further We believe the said Information to be malicious
spiteful and without Foundation Darby Lux Lyde Goodwin Robt North Thos
Harrison Wm Hammond Wm Fell Nicho.Rogers T. Sheredine Geo. Buchanan Thos
Franklyn Wm Bond HenryMorgan Rd Croxall Thos Sligh T. Stansbury Wm Titfin
[p. 279] Walter Tolley Edwd Tulley Wm Dallam Sab: Sollers J as Slemaker The
Cradock Thos Gough Alexr Lawson Edward Dogan Charles Ridgely Wm Payne Wm
Rogers Wm Lyon Jas Walker May It please your Excellency When Mr Chase was
before me giving in his Information he very grossly abused Mr Richards by
calling him Traytor ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1747. Volume 28, p. 397 ... Colony
is of the greatest Importance to the Safety and Welfare Lib. C. B. of all
his Majestys Northern Colonies: And also that Mr Shirley is ordered by his
Majesty to compleat his own as well as Sir William Pepperell's, as likewise
Lieutenant General Philipps's Regiment out of those Troops, We hope you will
assist the Officers who shall be sent to raise Recruits for those Purposes,
into your Government with your Influence and Authority, & contribute
everything in your Power to their Success, and the promoting of his Majestys
Service. We think it clear, that the Arms and Accoutrements of the Soldiers
are to be returned; and where the Men have lost them, their Value must be
stopped out of their Pay, or rather the several Captains are to be called
upon for the Arms of the p. respective Companies, and are chargeable
therewith; which you will be pleased to consider; And We must desire you
will forthwith let Us know your Opinion of what Pay it will be reasonable to
allow the Officers as well as Men for their service We are Sir Your Honours
Most Obedient humble servants Wm Shirley Cha: Knowles Extract of the Duke of
Newcastles Letter to Govr Shirley dated Whitehall 30th May 1747 His Majesty
has been pleased to direct me to signify to you his Pleasure, that you
should immediately appoint a Meeting with Commodore Knowles at such Place as
shall be agreed upon, and consider with him the present State of Nova Scotia
and Louisburgh, and take the proper Measures for the Defence of those Places
It is his Majestys Pleasure you should endeavour to compleat from out of the
Americans which are now raised for his Majtys Service Sr William Pepperels
Regiment and your own Lieutenant Genl Philipp's Regiment is, I am afraid,
very weak; I will however send him his Majestys Orders to send what Recruits
can be got from : And you will also en deavour to have his Regiment
compleated out of the Americans As It is his Majestys Intention that the
Americans should be immediately discharged, except only such few as are men
tioned above, the Manner of discharging them, the Satisfaction for their
time &c must be left to Commodore Knowles & your self the King
however is perswaded you will do it as cheap as possible And as these
American Troops have done little or no Ser vice hitherto, It is hoped they
will not expect to be paid in the
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1750. Lib. C. B. Volume 28, p. 478
... wise informed that in the year 1 746, there were brought into this
Province in a Flag of Truce Sent by the Governor of Canada called the La
Vierge de Grace a Great Number of English Captives; some of them being
Europeans but the most of them belonging to the English Provinces and
Colonies in America: And that about the same time his Excellency had sent a
flag of Truce to Canada with French Prisoners at the Expence of this
Government, And his Excellency Sent circular Letters to the Governors of the
English Colonies aforementioned with Lists of the Several Prisoners
belonging to their respective Governments wherein he informed them [p. 404]
that as soon as the Accounts of the Charges of the Flags of Truce and the
Proportions of the several English Govern ments thereto were Adjusted, he
would Send them to the said Governors that so they might reimburse the
Governor of Canada what Charges he had been at for transporting the English
Prisoners belonging to their Government. Soon after this the Court house of
Boston was burnt and therein all the Papers relating to the filling out the
French Flag of Truce; which made it Necessary that those Accounts should be
had from Canada, in Order to State the Particular part each of the English
Governments ought to bear to the Charge of transporting their Prisoners; And
I find the said Accounts were Sent here a little before Governor Shirleys
Departure And an Account has been Stated Between the said Governor Shirley
And the Governor of Canada and Sent to Quebeck by a Person gone there for
the Redemption of Captives and the Governor of Canada has been assured that
all Possible Care should be taken for Recovering from each Government their
Proportion of the Charge I shall now Send your Honour a Copy of the Account
by which you will Perceive the Number of Prisoners belonging to your
Government is nine and the Proportion of the Charge £319.. 15 .. 4 which I
must Pray your Honour would Cause to be Paid into my Hands, as soone as may
be And the same shall be Remitted to the Governor of Canada; And I doubt not
your more Ready Complyance when you Consider, as appears by the Account that
this Province will be Obliged to Pay in Proportion beyond any other
Government as the Greatest part of the Charge of the Europeans And other
uncertain Persons, both in this Vessel and another Sent to Louisburg will
fall upon them, I am Sir Your Honours Most Hble & most Obdt Servt S.
Phipps The Charge of the Ship La Vierge de Grace amounted as appears by the
Contract to 10000 Livres each Livre being ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland,
August 10, 1753 - March 20, 1761,
Letters to Governor Sharpe 1754-1765,
Volume 31
The thirty-first volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in
1911, with William Hand Browne as the editor, under the direction of the
Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings of the
Council of Maryland from August 10, 1753 to March 20, 1761 and letters to
Governor Sharpe 1754-1765. These are letters discovered after the
publication of volumes 6, 9 and 14 which contain the correspondence of
Governor Sharpe.
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. Lib. J. R. Volume 31, p.
108 ... indented Servants, the supposition that the King is precluded &
U. S. by the Contracts between them and their Masters from the Right he
before had to their Service for the Defence of his Dominions is not founded
in the nature of Governmt, in gen eral & is contrary to the Practice of
it in the English Con stitution: A Discussion of these Points at large would
lead into too wide a Field for the Compass of this Letter, it may suffice to
shew what the Practice upon them is in these Colonies; and in doing this I
shall confine myself to that within the province of the Massachusets Bay,
the Constitution of which as it is a Charter Government, will I suppose be
admitted to be decisive in this Case. [p. 87] The Governor of this Province
by virtue of the Power given him by the Charter for raising the Militia (of
which I presume indented Servants will be allowed to be a Part in every
Colony) constantly impresses such Servants to be em ployed in marching
Companies or Garrison Duty for the pro tection of the Province as long as he
thinks his Majesty's service shall require it, and in one or other of these
Duties they are frequently kept two or three years and with the Consent of
the great and general Assembly of this Province, the Governor hath Power to
transport any Number of the Militia out of it either by Sea or Land to be
employed against the Enemy. When Forces were raised by the Province for the
Expedi tions against Cape Breton upon the River Kennebeck, and against Crown
Point, indented Servants enlisted into them in common with others; and to
compleat the Reinforcements sent into the last mentioned Service many such
Servants were impressed by the Government When others were raised within
this Province in the Pay of the Crown for the Expeditions against Canada,
and to remove the French from their Jncroachments in Nova Scotia indented
Servants inlisted into them These Instances I think Sir afford in the whole
a clear Proof of the Kings Right to the Service of indented Servants,
inhabiting the Province of the Massachusetts' Bay for the defence of his
Dominions, at least in North America; and that no Contract between them and
the Masters can ex tinguish either this Governments Right to impress them
into the before mentioned Service, or the Servants Right volun tarily to
enlist into it: And it seems a just Conclusion to say, if this Power of
taking indented Servants from their Masters for his Majesty's Service is
consistent with the civil Rights of the Subject in a Charter Government, and
the Property ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. Volume 31, p. 109 ..
which Masters have in those servants there; it is at least Lib. J. R.
equally so in Pensilvania, that the recruiting Officers in that & U. S.
Province should entertain such Servants when they volun tarily enlist into
the Kings Regiments unless it can be shown that the Pensilvania Masters have
some special property in their Servants which the Massachusetts' Masters
have not and which destroys his Majestys' Right to their Service for the
Defence of his American Dominions against the common Enemy; But this I have
before observed is not founded in the nature of Government in general and is
contrary to the Prac tice of it in the English Constitution. As to the
enlisting of indented Servants into his Majestys Regiment upon the
Establishment, whenever Officers of such Regiments have recruited within the
Province of the Massa chusetts Bay more or less of those Servants have ever
inlisted into them particularly when recruiting Officers of the Forces
employed in the Expedition against the spanish Settlements in the West
Indies, arrived there from Jamaica many in dented Servants inlisted with
them and were transported to Cuba: I am not ignorant that Pensilvania hath
afforded great [p. 88] Numbers of Recruits to the Kings forces, but am not
of Opinion with the Assembly that they are equal to those which have been
raised in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, for my own and Sir William
Pepperells Regiments, and the three Regiments of Nova Scotia within these
fourteen Months, which may be computed at upwards of 1500, Men besides which
near 6000 have been raised within it the last year for the Expeditions
against the French Encroachments in Nova Scotia and against Crown Point; and
the Number of Soldiers raised in it over and above all these for the Pro
tection of its Frontier, exceeds I believe the Body of Men employed by the
Governmt of pensilvania for the defence of theirs: The Assembly complain
that their Province is extreamly drained of their Labourers I think Sir that
Pensilvania hath not been near so much exhausted of them as the Massachu
setts Bay hath been by his Majesty's Service: In the Expe dition against
Cape Breton that Province lost 2000 Men at least by Sea and Land and upwards
of 500 the year following in the Protection of Nova Scotia, the employing of
any con siderable Body of Troops for the defence of the Frontier of
Pensilvania is a new Service within that Government but hath ever taken up a
great Number of Men in time of Peace as well as War within the
Massachusetts' Bay: The Prov ince of the Massachusetts Bay hath as few
Slaves within it ...
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761, Lib. J.R & U.S.
Volume 31, p. 300 ... Sovereign and his Allies with remarkable Success for
which & U. S. it becomes all his Subjects to be thankful; and whereas we
the Inhabitants of these Colonies more especially are by the Reduction of
the important Fortress of Louisbourg of Fron tenac, and Fort Duquesne
relieved from great Calamities, and may hope to receive therefrom many.
Advantages, In Order therefore that his Majesty's good Subjects in this
Province may have an Opportunity of shewing collec tively that the signal
Interposition of divine Providence in our Favour has made a suitable
Impression on their Minds, that they may all in the most devout Manner, with
humble and grateful Hearts adore the Goodness of our Almighty Protector, and
offer up their earnest Supplications for the Continuance of his Favour, [p.
261] I do by the Advice of his Lordship's Council of State think fit to
appoint Thursday the eleventh Day of January next, to be set apart and
observed throughout this Province, as a Day of public Prayer, Praise and
Thanksgiving And I do hereby recommend it to the several Ministers of the
Gospel within this Province to compose Thanksgiving Prayers to be used in
their respective Churches and Chappels on that Day, and likewise Sermons
suitable to the Occasion; and I moreover require all such Ministers to
publish this my Proclamation in their several Congregations, during the Time
of divine Service on the Sunday next preceding the said Day of Thanks giving
Given at the City of Annapolis this 21st Day of December in the eighth year
of his Lordship's Dominion Annoque Domini 1758: T: Ross Cl Cone. . Horo
Sharpe God save the King ...
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Correspondence of Coy. Horatio Sharpe, 1754—1765. Volume 31, p. 485 ...
such Proceedure of that House, he thanks you for the part you have Acted,
and thinks Mr Rawlins deserves Re ward when opportunity offers, for his just
Defence as his Magistrate. With Relation to the Committee of the House, as
appears by their Journal, for the Examination of the Accounts and Papers
about the Disposal of L600 granted to His Majesty's Service in July 1754.
The Deficiency of the Several Charges therein contained of Mr Cresap and the
Recruiting Officers Accounts, The Proceedure of the I-louse thereon is
surely premature, the Vouchers from the Commissary of Stores who attends the
Troops not being delivered. His Lordship doubts not But they will truly
clear their Accounts free from Suspicion and Guilt of an Offence, it being
Disbursement for Publick Money Accountable to the House Intrusted to your
Conduct. By what you write of the Issue of the Assembly's Meeting for
further Supply, the Lower House tends not of Service to His Majesty though
so much their own (unless thereby they can Clip Prerogative) ‘tis the
General opinion here that the Parliament at its Meeting will take Cognizance
of the Colonies on such Point, and Give them Authority for ways and means of
their own to help and Defend themselves. The Success at Beausejour, Nova
Scotia, and Admiral Bos cawen's Fleet off Cape Breton, give Spirits to the
People here. While the French Labour under Pour L'Honneur Du Roy as they
Term it. Admiral Hawke is Sail'd with eighteen of the Line supposed for the
Tagno, or off Cadiz the Rout of the French Fleet; If meet supposed will turn
to Battle. The Exact Account you mention of the Inhabitants of the Province
will be very Acceptable to My Lord. I am surprized not hearing from Mr Lloyd
in so long time, you Account for not hearing in some measure oc casion'd by
the Retard of your Letters and of Publick Af fairs Arrival here; from the
Prodigious. Drought, that has prevented the Planters preparing and packing
their To bacco, the Ships that should have Sailed have not been dis patch'd.
The Detention of My Lord's money is great Dis appointment to him. I have
wrote to him twice for his Choice by Remittance. Vizt If in Specie by a Man
of war from Virginia or by Maryland Merchant Ship, giving Prior Intelligence
to me as to the sum, for Insurance here; Or else By Bills from the Agents in
America on their Correspond ents in England the Contractors with the
Government for the Payment of the Troops there. His Lordship doubts not Mr
Lloyd's justness, But Delay of his Money is prejudicial ...
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Correspondence of Gov. Horatio Sharpe, 1 754—1 765. Volume 31, p. 515 ...
the King's Palace Viz. The Marchioness of Tavora Be headed, Her son Joseph
Maria on St Andrews Cross strangled & his Bones Broke, the Count
Attongnia & the young Marquis of Tavora served the same as also the Duke
Aviero & the Marquise's Servts the same. Then the old Marquis of Tavora
broke alive on the wheel & the Duke D' Aveiro Grand Master of the King's
Houshold Broke intirely on the wheel. then Carpenters fix'd two stakes, one
of the Dukes D'Aveiro's Servts that had shot at the King was chain'd to the
stake & the Efligy of the other not taken, the Bodies executed were
uiicovered, the whole was set fire to & all consum'd together & the
Ashes thrown into the Sea. Several accused remain in Prison Marquises,
Bishops, Counts &ca & Jessuits the Latter are Supposed the Chief
promotees of the intended Assassination. The Earl Marshall by the
Intercession of the King of Prussia has obtain'd the King's Pardon. The
Success of his Majesty's Arms last year Louisburg, Isle of St Johns,
Frountenax & ffort D'Quesne in America Senegal & Gorce in Africa, if
Our sucesses are this year Equal, All will be over with the French in
America Daily is Expect'd here an Accot of the Expedition to Mar tinica or
Guardulope. God Grant Sucess & the means to us for an Honble Peace the
King of Prussia stood his Ground well last year. Our Parliarnt has Grant'd
him Large Supply. His forces are greatly Augmtd as also Our Army of Observa
tion under Prince Ferdinand in Germany. the french tho' double in Number
dared not attack them last year. I am much obliged to you for yr Bills
inclosed in yrs of the 3d of Novr yr Brothr Wm Sharpe is married to a Widow
Mrs Sands, they have been Long Admirers, are now together for Holly Use, tis
rather too late. The Tobacco Trade have had a Message from the
Administration of 2d a pound on Tobacco for raising the supply in pt this
year ‘tis comput'd it will raise 100000£ pr Ann. tis to be laid on home
Consumption Manufactor'd Tobacco. Excise on Tobacco is talk'd of, But the
Merchts tell me they think that will not be, they are offered to deliver the
Plan the most suitable for the raising 2d pr Pound, they strive to have it
but a penny p £: the other penny on Sugar, by what I learn it won't do.
March 10th the Commons voted 1s pro Rata value pr £ on Tobacco, Sugar,
Storing Linnen & dry Goods an Additional Fund for the raising the Supply
this year, the Duty on Tobacco home Consumption, Capt Townshend Aid De Camp
to Major Genl Hopson is arrived from Bassetene in the Island of Guadalupe.
By the Genls Letter to Mr Secy Pitt the 30th of Jany it appears the 22d of
Jany Comodre Moore & the Genl with the Fleet & Troops Besieged
Bassetine & after severe
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland,
April 5, 1761 - September 16, 1770,
Volume 32
The thirty-second volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in
1913, with William Hand Browne as the editor, under the direction of the
Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings of the
Council of Maryland from April 5, 1761 to September 16, 1770. The minutes of
the Board of Revenue from April 5, 1768 to January 11, 1775. Opinions of
Messrs. Wynne, Thurlow, Wedderburn and Dunning on the regulation of
Officers' Fees. Orders and instructions to Governor Robert Eden, 1773.
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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769, Volume 32, p. 86 ... to
appeal under the usual Limitations and Restrictions, to Us in Our Privy
Council, We have also thought fit with the Ad vice of Our Privy Council as
aforesaid, to give unto the Gov ernors and Councils of Our said three new
Colonies upon the Continent, full Power and Authority to Settle and Agree
with the Inhabitants of Our said New Colonies, or with any other Persons who
shall resort thereto, for such Lands, Tenements, & Hereditaments, as are
now, or hereafter shall be in Our Power to dispose of, and them to grant to
any such Person or Persons, upon such Terms, and under such moderate Quit
Rents Services, and Acknowledgments as have been appointed and Settled in
Our other Colonies, and under such other Con ditions as shall appear to us
to be necessary and Expedient for the Advantage of the Grantees, and the
Improvement and Settlement of Our said Colonies, And Whereas we are de
sirous, upon all Occasions, to testify Our Royal Sense and Approbation of
the Conduct or Bravery of the Officers and Soldiers of Our Armies, and to
reward the same we do hereby command and impower Our Governors of Our said
three New Colonies, and all other Our Governors of Our Several Prov inces on
the Continent of North America, to grant, without fee or Reward, to such
Reduced Officers as have Served in North America during the late War, and to
such Private Sol diers as have been or shall be disbanded in America, and
are Actually residing there, and shall Personally apply for the same, the
following Quantities of Land, Subject at the Expiration of Ten years to the
same Quit-Rents as other Lands are Subject to in the Province within which
they are granted, as also Subject to the same Conditions of Cultivation and
Improvement, vizt To every Person having the Rank of a Field Officer, five
Thousand Acres. To every Captain Three Thousand Acres. To every Subaltern or
Staff Officer, Two Thousand Acres. To every Non-Commission Officer, Two
hundred Acres. To every Private Man fifty Acres, We do likewise authorize
and require the Governors and Command ers in Chief of all Our said Colonies
upon the Continent of North America to grant the like Quantities of Land,
and upon the same Conditions to such Reduced Officers of Our Navy, of like
Rank, as Served on board Our Ships of War in North America at the times of
the Reduction of Louisbourg and Quebec in the late War, and who shall
Personally apply to Our Respective Governors for such grants. And Whereas it
is just and Reasonable, and essential to Our Interest and the Security of
Our Colonies, that the Several Nations or Tribes of Indians With whom We are
connected, and who live under Our Protection, should not be Molested or
disturbed in the ...
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly,
August 5, 1745 - December 23, 1747,
Volume 44
The forty-fourth volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in
1925, with Bernard Christian Steiner as the editor, under the direction of
the Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings and Acts
of the General Assembly from August 5, 1745 through December 23, 1747. The
appendix contains the Calvert papers from 1745-1747.
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745 U. H. J. Volume 44, p. 2
... Edmund Jenings Esqr and Colo Hammond are sent to acquaint Liber No. 34
the Lower House his Excellency requires their Attendance in the Upper House
immediately The Members of the Lower House attend and his Excellency re
quires them to return to their House and make Choice of a Speaker Messrs
King and Colvile from the Lower House acquaint his Ex cellency that their
House hath made Choice of a Speaker Colo Hammond and Colo Lloyd are sent to
Acquaint the Lower House that his Excellency requires their Attendance in
the Upper House to present their Speaker for his Approbation The Lower House
attend and present Colo Edward Sprigg to his Excellency as their Speaker who
is pleased to approve of their Choice and then made the the following Speech
[p. 52] Gentlemen of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly Our Meeting at
this Time is Occasioned by a Letter I have re ceived from the Governor of
New England which shall be laid before You. You will find by it that We are
called upon to give Our Assis tance towards securing to the Obedience of Our
Sovereign the late Acquisition of Cape Breton, A matter of such Importance
not only to the Honour of his Majestys Arms but to the General Interest of
Great Britain and the Colonies upon this Continent, that I am per swaded We
shall readily Concur in such Measures as will give Evidence of Our Duty to
his Majesty and Zeal for the Common Cause This Service requiring the first
Place in your Consultations and the speediest Dispatch I shall Postpone the
mention of any other matters to you till We have discharged Our Duties upon
this Point Messrs Goldsborough and Henry from the Lower House acquaint his
Excellency their House hath made Choice of W William Tilgh man as their
Clerk and hopes for his Excellencys Approbation with which Choice he
declares himself Well pleased Messrs Goldsborough and Henry from the Lower
House attend with Mr William Tilghman their Clerk in Order to see him
qualified Who takes the several Oaths to the Government required by Law and
signs the Abjuration and Test and also takes the Usual Oath of Office
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock August 6 Tuesday Morning
6 August 1745 This House met again according to Adjournment Present as
Yesterday Messrs Hammond and Henry from the Lower House attend with Mr
Grundy Pemberton and Thomas Wilkinson Members Elected ...
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The Upper House. Volume 44, p. 3 ... for Queen Anns County and Mr Parker
Selby and Abraham Outten U. H. J. Members elected for Worcester County in
Order to see them quali- Liber No. 34 fled, who take the several Oaths to
the Government required by Law repeat and sign the Abjuration & Test and
then withdrew Messrs Wootton and Mackall from the Lower House attend with Mr
John Brome a Member elected for Calvert County in Order to see him Qualified
who takes the several Oaths to the Government required by Law repeats and
subscribes the Abjuration and Test and then withdrew Benjamin Tasker Esqr
attended by the rest of the Members of this House presents to his Excellency
the Address of this House which follows in these Words viz— To his
Excellency Thomas Bladen Esquire Governor and Com mander in Chief in &
over the Province of Maryland The humble Address of the Upper House of
Assembly May it please Your Excellency We Beg Leave to return You Our thanks
for the Speech you [p. 53] was pleased to make to Us, and to Assure You of
Our Readiness to give all the Assistance in Our Power towards securing to
the Obedi ence of Our Sovereign the important Acquisition of Cape Breton and
on every Occasion to give the strongest Evidence of Our Duty to his Majesty
and Zeal for the Common Cause When Your Excellency shall be pleased to
mention any other mat ter to Us, We shall consider the same with that Regard
that is due to Your Recommendation Benja Tasker, President Adjourned till
three of the Clock in the Afternoon Eodem Die post Meridiem This House met
again according to Adjournment Present as in the Morning A Message from the
Lower House by Messrs Sheredine and Barnes By the Lower House of Assembly 6
August 1745 May it please Your Honours This House hath Appointed Colo Colvil
Mr Sheredine W Pember ton Colo Henry and W Barnes a Committee from this
House to inspect the Accounts and Proceedings of the Commissioners for
Emitting Bills of Credit established by Act of Assembly and desire Your
Honours to appoint one or more of the Members of Your House to join the said
Committee Signed p Order W. Tilghman Cl Lo Ho ...
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The Upper House. 11 Eodem Die post Meridiem U. H. J. Liber No. 34 Volume 44,
p. 11 ... This House met again according to Adjournment Present as in the
Morning Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock Tuesday Morning
20 August 1745 August 20 This House met again according to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday A Bill from the Lower House by Mr Hammond and twelve
others Entd an Act for raising the Sum of 3000£ Current Money and two Pence
Sterl p hhd for his Majestys Service towards sup porting the Garrison of
Louisburgh on Cape Breton and for other Purposes therein mentioned thus
endorsed By the Lower House of Assembly 17 August 1745 Read the first time
and Ordered to lie on the Table Signed p Order Wm Tilghman Cl Lo Ho. By the
Lower House of Assembly 19 August 1745 Read the second time and will pass
Signed p Order Wm Tilghman Cl Lo Ho. Read the first time in this House and
Ordered to lie on the Table. Adjourned till three of the Clock in the
Afternoon Eodem Die post Meridiem This House met again according to
Adjournment Present as in the Morning A Bill from the Lower House by Messrs
Bordley and Mills entd an Act continuing an Act entituled an Act for the
speedy and effec tual Publication of the Laws of this Province and for the
encourage ment of Jonas Green of the City of Annapolis Printer thus endorsed
By the Lower House of Assembly 19 August 1745 Read the first time and
Ordered to lie on the Table Signed p Order Wm Tilghman Cl Lo Ho. By the
Lower House of Assembly 20 August 1745 Read the second time and will pass.
Signed p Order Wm Tilghman Cl Lo Ho. Read the second time by Especial Order
the Bill Entituled an Act for raising the sum of 3000 ll current Money and
two Pence Sterling p hhd for his Majestys Service towards supporting the
Garrison at Louisburgh in Cape Breton and for other Purposes therein men
tioned and with the Amendments proposed in a Message herewith ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. U. H. J. Volume 44, p. 12
... sent will Pass and sent to the Lower House by Colo Lloyd and Liber No.
34 Benjamin Young Esqr By the Upper House of Assembly 20 August 1745 [p. 60
] Gentlemen The Bill entituled an Act for raising the Sum of £3000 Current
Money and two Pence Sterling p hhd for his Majestys Service to wards
supporting the Garrison of Louisburgh on Cape Breton and for other Purposes
therein mentioned will pass this House with the following Alterations &
Amendments 1st That the Words, and Two Pence Sterling p hhd and for other
purposes therein mentioned be left out in the Title 2dly That as the Bill
directs that a Letter should be Wrote to and Answer received from Governor
Shirley before any Provisions are to be purchased, We Conceive so much time
will be spent herein as to Render the Provisions intended for Louisburgh
Garrison inef fectual either by their being otherwise Provided for, or the
Lateness of the Season, so as the Frost may hinder Our Provision being trans
ported thither; Besides the Share the Bill gives the Governor in this
Transaction is of so Triffling a Nature and couched in such Expres sions,
that We must desire this part of the Bill may be so Altered that the
Provisions may be forthwith purchased, and that the Commsrs Appointed for
that Purpose may receive their directions from time to time from the
Governor who we all must have the greatest Reason to be satisfied will with
the utmost Chearfulness take Care of the due Execution by such Measures as
may be most for the service of the Garrison & Reputation of this
Province And We must imagine it to be more proper to put this Matter under
his Excellencys direction, as his Majesty will look on him and other
Governors, particularly Obliged by the Duty of their Station to be more than
ordinarily Sol licitous in their Endeavours for his Service in this Affair,
But it is our Opinion And We hope it will likewise be yours upon further
Consid eration that it will be more for the Benefit of the Service intended
to lay out the Money designed in good Bills of Exchange to be re mitted to
Governor Shirley for the Use of the Garrison at Louisburgh, since it is
evident it will save both time and Expence, and he (as the Bill supposes) is
best acquainted with what will be most neces sary for that Purpose That
instead of the several Returns and Accounts directed by the Bill to be laid
before the House of Delegates they should be directed to be laid before the
next General Assembly 3dly Altho' the Bill seems to intend some Powder and
Ball for Louisburgh Garrison Yet no Clause appears in the Bill to direct how
the Powder & Ball are to be preserved and therefore a Clause is
necessary to be incerted for that Purpose unless You come into Our Proposal
for sending the Bills of Exchange which will render such a Clause and
several other Clauses in the Bill unnessary ...
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The Upper House. Eodem Die post Meridiem U. H. J. Liber No. 34 Volume 44, p.
15 ... This House met again according to Adjournment Present as in the
Morning The Bill entituled an Act for raising the Sum of £3000 Current
Money and two Pence Sterling p hhd for his Majestys Service towards
supporting the Garrison of Louisburgh on Cape Breton and for other Purposes
therein mentioned is brought from the Lower House by Mr Hammond and twelve
others with the following Message By the Lower House of Assembly 22 August
1745 May it please Your Honours [p. 63] You have herewith the Bill Entituled
an Act for raising the sum of £3000 Current Money and two Pence Sterling p
hhd for his Majestys Service towards supporting the Garrison of Louisburgh
on Cape Breton and other Purposes therein mentioned returned to You with
such Amendments proposed in Your Message of Yesterday as could be made
without Altering the Material or Substantial Parts of that Bill and as to
any other Alterations or Amendments, We have not nor can agree thereto, as
well because We conceive it to be the undoubted Right of the House of
Delegates alone to raise upon the People of this Province any Sum of Money
or other Tax, and for such Time and in such manner and to be applied to such
Uses and Purposes as that House shall think proper, and that Your House have
no right to propose any Alteration or Amendments, as to sum time uses or
Substance or otherwise to interpose concerning the substantial or material
parts of such Bills then generally to pass or refuse the same as because in
the particular Instance of this Bill We are well Satisfied these Amendments
proposed by you, other than what We have agreed to and made accordingly are
some of them entirely unnecessary as not in any wise productive of those
ends for which you would seem to propose them and others of them tend to
lessen that Advantage which may undoubtedly be made for the Garrison of
Louisburgh in the manner that Bill now stands We little expected You would
have given it under Your Hands ....
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. U. H. J. Volume 44, p. 16
.. And altho' We readily admit that a Fund for the Support of such Liber No.
34 Agent was not that part of his Majestys Service which gave rise to that
Bill Yet are we Confident that from his Majestys tender Regard for his
People if while We are endeavouring to support his Subjects at Louisburgh,
We can likewise take any Step to preserve his Loyal and Dutiful Subjects of
this Province or to restore them to their former Ease and Happiness it must
be highly agreable to his Royal Pleasure; nor can We entertain the Worse
Opinion of this Bill as it now stands from the Expressions in Your Message
of blending or tacking two different matters in the same Bill, and
Unparliamentary and Unjust and Violent Proceedings for We beg Leave to deny
that this is tacking, or if it is, Yet it is not a Tacking in an Unpar
liamentary manner, because if We may call our Proceedings in Assembly here
Parliamentary as We presume We may infer, as the Legislative Power of this
Province may direct themselves by them, We have Instances of several Bills
having within these few Years been passed into Laws by the several parts of
this Legislature each Bill containing several matters and to entirely
distinct Purposes without any such Charge against them as You are now
pleased to [p. 64] make against this Bill and from Whence too We apprehend
We may justly Conclude that such a proceeding is not an unjust & Violent
Proceeding Nor can We by means agree to what You term an Undoubted Truth in
General that such who have offered to Clog any Bill by a Tack, were always
thought Enemies or ill Wishers to such Bill and those who refused the Bill
on Account of such Unpar liamentary Steps, And to Our particular Motive for
such proceeding We apprehend Ourselves justified by the Practice here, and
from the Nature of the matter it self as well as by the Necessity We are
reduced to of some such Method, by your Honours having hereto fore refused
us the subject matter of that which you are pleased to call a Tack when sent
you in a seperate Bill, Thô the Circum stances of his Majestys Subjects the
People of this Province were such as loudly called for some such Assistance;
And We assure Your Honours that when the Affair of Louisburgh was first
recommended to Our Consideration, We had not this matter within Our View,
nor had We any other Motive than our hearty and unfeigned Loyalty and Zeal
for his Service for those proceedings which We then so Unanimously and
Chearfully agreed upon as We doubt not will render the same more acceptable
to his Majesty, And We will Ven ture to Promise, that We will at all times
be ready to the best of Our Abilities to go as far in any Step for his
Majestys Service as Your Honours or any other Persons whatever shall, and in
this Instance further than You seem willing to do, And We are not without
the strongest Assurances that as the several Purposes of that Bill are by no
means inconsistent or contradictory, but both tend to the Care and
Preservation of his Majestys Service which undoubtedly is for his
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The Upper House. Volume 44, p. 17 .. Service and will as the more Extensive
be therefore the more agre- U. H. J. able to his Royal Will and Pleasure, so
we do now for the last time [Liber No. 34] leave it to your Determination
Whether You will pass the Bill as it now stands or for the sake of
destroying the latter part of that Bill calculated for the Benefit of his
Majestys Subjects of this Province prevent likewise that considerable Aid
for his Garrison at Louisburgh which We have so chearfully resolved to give
Signed p Order Wm Tilghman Cl Lo Ho. Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine
of the Clock Friday Morning 23 August 1745 August 23 This House met again
according to Adjournment Present as Yesterday A Bill from the Lower House by
Messrs Selby and Oughton Entd A Supplementary Act to the Act entituled an
Act to enable the Commrs therein named to lay out forty Acres of Land into
80 Lotts for a Town on Indian River in Worcester County as also for forty
Acres of Land into Eighty Lotts at the head of Asseateague Creek at a Place
commonly called the Trap for a Town thus endorsed By the Lower House of
Assembly 21 August 1745 Read the first time and Ordered to lie on the Table
Signed p Order Wm Tilghman Cl Lo Ho. By the Lower House of Assembly 22
August 1745 Read the second time and will pass 65 Signed p Order Wm Tilghman
Cf Lo Ho. Adjourned till three of the Clock in the Afternoon Eodem Die post
Meridiem This House met again according to Adjournment Present as in the
Morning The Bill entituled an Act for raising the sum of 3000£ Current
Money and two Pence Sterling p hhd for his Majestys service to wards
supporting the Garrison of Louisburgh on Cape Breton and for the Purposes
therein mentioned is read Again and will not pass and sent to the Lower
House with the following Message by Daniel Dulany Esqr and Colo Tasker. By
the Upper House of Assembly 23 August 1745 Gentlemen The Reasons You are
pleased to give why you cannot agree with Our Amendments are first because
you conceive it to be the un doubted Right of the House of Delegates alone
to raise upon the People any sum of Money or other Tax &ca This We
conceive to be a most extraordinary Claim and such as no House of Commons
...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. U. H. J. Volume 44, p. 18
.. ever made; but when a small part of that House by the most Violent [Liber
No. 34] Means usurped the whole Authority as well Legislative, as Execu tive,
which is such a Precedent as We hope You will not think for your Purpose,
had You been pleased to have contented Yourselves with Asserting that it was
your undoubted Right to begin a Money Bill in your House, We could at this
time for the sake of dispatch, forborn to have made any Observation on such
an Assertion, But We hope You will not think We act beside Our Duty in
letting you know what Objections We have to any Money Bills, so that you may
if they are reasonable remove them and make the Bill proper for its passage
here Secondly You say some of the Amendments are unnecessary, and others
tend to lessen the Advantage which may bç made for the Garrison of
Louisburgh, As You do not Particu larize which of them, and why they are
unnecessary We cannot be Satisfied barely by such a General Allegation that
they are so; and as to the other Part of a Proposal of Expediting Our
intended sup ply of Provision so as not to be prevented by the frost or
remitting A Sum of Money immediately without Loss of time or Expence of
Commission and Charges can tend to lessen any Advantage for the Garrison of
Louisburgh We must Acknowledge Ourselves mistaken in Judgment We did Assent
in Our former Message on the Subject of this Bill and now avowedly repeat,
that the Establishing a Fund for raising a Sum of Money for the Support of
an Agent is foreign to his Majestys Service in general and were we
inclinable to enter into the reasoning You have made use of on this Occasion
We might prove beyond any reasonable Contradiction that the Agency designed
by the Bill would be so far preserving or procuring Ease and tran quility to
his Subjects that it would be the greatest foundation of disturbances in
this Province but it is sufficient for us to say that in Parliamentary
Language on the subject of any Money Bill no Clause was ever lookt on as
relative to his Majestys Service, or proper for such Bill which did not
either immediately grant Money [p. 66] to his Majesty or to his Use or was
an Appendix to some other Bill which had before Granted Money to his
Majesty, And when any Instance can be produced contrary to this Observation,
We shall own our Assertion to be as improper as Yours of your House having
alone the Right to raise Money The same Arguments by which you urge this
Agency to be for his Majestys Service, may prove every Suit at Law between
private Persons for the Recovery of a Debt, to be also for his Májestys
Service since it tends to the quietness & Satisfaction of his Subjects,
perhaps in a more eminent manner than this Agency would do, And yet it must
be Granted that a Man would not thought to know what he said, if he should
think his Majestys Service concerned in almost thing that happened in
Society ...
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The Upper House. Volume 44, p. 19 .. At the same time that We stiled this
Blending or tacking two [U. H. J. Liber No. 34] different matters in the
same Bill an Unparliamentary Unjust and Violent Proceedings We gave you our
Reasons for it and could have supported them by the concurrent Opinion of
some of the greatest Men in Parliament, but you save us this trouble by a
tacit Admission, for you only deny it is tacking of if it is. Yet it is not
tacking in an Unparliamentary way, how You can prove it is not tacking We
are still at a Loss to know for you have not nor can shew one Reason to
support Your Negative, And We must do you the Justice to believe You did not
mean We should understand you to be so much in Earnest in the Denial as to
abide by it since You took care to couple it with a Reserve viz It is not a
Tacking in an Unpar liamentary manner; and You endeavour to Justify your
proceedings to be Parliamentary by Precedents of Our own Legislature. In the
first Place You do not name the Precedents, so We can give no Answer to them
It is strange you should in the first part of your Message expect a strict
Conformity to Parliamentary proceedings with Re gard to Our Interposition in
a Money Bill, and yet in this Part knowing the Usage of Parliament to be
against You. You have re course to Proceedings of our own Assembly, and
slights those of Parliament, But Gentlemen neither Ourselves or our Province
are too Old or knowing not to be taught by the wise Legislature of Great
Britain, and notwithstanding there were many Precedents in Our Assemblies (tho
at present We cannot recollect any to Your Purpose.) Yet if what We insist
on is at seems by your Message confessed right & supported not only by
Parliamentary Proceedings, but by the Reasons in Our last Message which you
have not dis proved We shall think Our Behaviour in this matter will
satisfie Although you not agree in Express terms to so plain & almost
self evident a Proposition, as that such who have offered to clog any Bill
with a Tack were always thought Enemies ill Wishers to such Bill, yet not
only Your own Reasons herein before taken notice of, but more especially
those which follow the strongest Proof of that Ob servation with Regard to
that Conduct on this Bill. You alledge the Necessity you were reduced to by
the Refusal of this House heretofore to pass that Bill if this House had
before refused to pass that Bill how could Your strong and frequent
professions of Leige Subjects Loyalty Zeal and Duty to his Majestys Service,
permit you to Clog this Bill with any matter which you must be sure would be
an impediment to its Passage And now Gentlemen permit Us in Our turn to say
that We little [p. 67] expected You would have Given under Your hands such
plain Hints as to let us into Your Scheme of making this Tack for You assure
Us that when the Affair of Louisburgh was first recommended to your
Consideration you had not this Matter within your View, if so, ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. U. H. J. A Volume 44, p.
20 ... little Reflection on Your Proceedings may perhaps account how [Liber
No. 34] this Agency afterwards came to Your View The Governor acquainted Us
in his Speech, that he should lay nothing before Us till We had discharged
Our Duty to his Majesty on this Point of A supply for Louisburgh, on
Wednesday the third day of your Sitting you Voted 2000£ Our Paper Money for
Louisburgh Garrison and after making a private Committee of Ways and Means,
tho every Body knew the Money must be taken (as it is Ordered by the Bill)
out of the Loan Office, Yet thus stood the Bill till Tuesday afterwards,
when the Governor was pleased to press You to a dispatch of it, but the very
next day You resolved to add a Clause in the Bill for raising a Fund for the
Payment of an Agent We shall for the sake of Decency forbear making any
further Re mark than that this Business seemed at first to be carried on not
with the greatest forwardness or chearfulness, but when above a whole Week
had been spent and no Bill framed and the Governor appeared so Zealous &
urgent in his Majestys Service as that a further delay could not be coloured
with any Pretence then We suppose this Clause of an Agent (no other
Expedient offering for the Purpose was thought of in Order to Obstruct and
even destroy the whole Bill Upon the whole Gentlemen We conceive the
Provision intended for Louisburgh Garrison will not in all probability in
the manner the Bill provides be procured time enough to serve that Place We
conceive this Tack or Clog to be Unparliamentary and unjust and of a Violent
Tendency and therefore We have Absolutely re fused to pass the Bill Signed p
Order J Ross Cl Up Ho. Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of the Clock
August 24 Saturday Morning 24 August 1745 This House met again according to
Adjournment Present IBenjamin Tasker Esqr - Daniel Dulanv Esqr the honble
Colo Hollyday Richard Lee Esqr Colo Hammond Adjourned till Monday Morning
nine of the Clock August 26 Monday Morning 26 August 1745 This House met
again according to Adjournment Present Benj. Tasker Esqr Daniel Dulany Esqr
Colo Plater Colo Lloyd the honble Edmund Jenings Esqr Benj. Young Esqr Colo
Hammond Colo Tasker Philip Thomas Esqr Richard Lee Esqr ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. U. H. J. 10. Volume 44,
p. 56 ... An Act to enable the Commissary General to enter and record Liber
No. amongst the Records of his Office the last Will and Testament of Henry
Staples deceased for the Purposes therein mentioned 11. An Act for
Settlement of Lands therein mentioned on Francis Warren & the Heirs of
his Body lawfully Begotten 12. An Act to direct and impower the Clerk of
Prince Georges County to enter and Record among the Records of the said
County a Deed of Bargain & Sale from John Nevill Wm Collyer and Thomas
Bond to John Boyd of a Tract of Land therein mentioned 13. An Act for
ascertaining the Allowance of Petit Jurors at tending the Provincial Court
and to limit costs with respect to evidence 14. An Act for laying out one
Acre of Land convenient to Rock Creek Landing on Potomack River on the Land
where George Gor don now lives on and for Building a rolling House thereon
15. An Act for the Gauge of Barrells for Pork Beef Pitch Tar and Turpentine
and Tare of Barrells for Flour and Bread All which his Excellency passed
into Laws in the usual form by Sealing them with the Right Honourable the
Lord Proprietarys Great Seal at Arms & subscribing them On behalf of the
Right hoñble the Lord Propry of this Province I will this be a Law The
following Engrossed Bills were likewise presented to his Excellency by the
Speaker viz. An Act for laying an Imposition on Tobacco and other Commodi
ties therein mentioned for the discharge of his Lordships Quit Rents &
support of Governmnt An Act for the Trial of all matters of fact in the
Several Counties where they have arisen or shall arise An Act for the
Limitation of Officers fees An Act to divide Dorchester and Queen Anns
Counties and to erect a new County out of the Upper Parts thereof by the
name of Prince William County An Act to divide Prince Georges County and to
erect a new one by the name of Frederick County Which his Excellency pleased
to lay by as of them he would be advised & then made the following
Speech Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly My Duty to his Majesty and
Zeal for his Service induced me to call you together near a Month sooner
than the time to which you were prorogued in Expectation that You would have
shewn Your selves by your Actions to be the dutiful and Loyal Subjects which
you have professed yourselves on every Occasion by making a speedy Provision
proportioned to the Circumstances of this Province to wards the Defence and
security of his Majestys Garrison at Louis- ...
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The Upper House. Volume 44, p. 57 ... burgh, I had every Reason to be
perswaded that You would have U. H. J. followed the Example of all the
neighbouring Colonies & chearfully Liber No. 34 embraced so favourable
an Opportunity to demonstrate to all your fellow Subjects that Your Loyalty
did not consist in bare Profes sions only, and that nothing might interrupt
you in the discharge of your Duty on that Occasion I acquainted you in my
Speech when We met that I would not propose anything else to your
Consideration till We should have discharged Our Duty on the Point which
brought Us together, In your Address which by the Bye is in a Stile
remarkable in itself and peculiar to some Penman in Your House, you gave me
the strongest Assurance of your Loyalty to his Majesty and zeal to the
common Cause according to your usual Custom, In these professions I am
perswaded many in your House were sincere and spoke the Real Sentiments of
their Hearts and every man who wishes well to his Country cannot but lament
that the Influence of a few designing Men who have nothing less in their
View than the Public Welfare should divert the honest and well meaning from
the pursuit of what may be of real Advantage to the People they repre sent,
if these Men had discovered themselves by openly declaring against doing any
thing for his Majestys Service or discharging the Duty of Loyal Subjects I
am sure they would have met with the Contempt from a Majority of your House
which such a Behaviour would have justly deserved In his Situation therefore
these most Dutiful and Loyal Liege Subjects thought it their best Policy to
be very lavish of and loud in their usual Professions of Zeal for his
Majestys Services that they might have an Opportunity the better to impose
on those who meant well & Obstruct every thing that should be proposed
for the Good of that Service they were met upon In View of effecting this
Scheme a Committee was appointed to Con sider of Ways and Means to raise
Money to supply the Garrison of Louisburgh then a Bill framed wherein to
furnish a Pretence for spending the time a very long Act was needlessly
recited and the Bill itself so contrived as to render the Execution of it
very difficult if not impracticable and entirely useless to the Purposes
designed by it in doing this the time was taken up from the 5th to the 20 of
August and that it was thus mispent with intent to render the supply which
ought to have been given immediately of no real Use if the more favourite
Scheme of making a Provision at all should not succeed is evident to me and
I think must appear so to every one who is acquainted with the Circumstances
of the Country as every Man who is so cannot but know that the only way of
raising Money im mediately was by taking it out of the Paper Money Office
where it lay ready and which might have been done in a day or two as well as
Months or Years and wherein no time ought to have been lost, because the
Nature of the service required the utmost dispatch and the means of
replacing the Money might have been considered and provided for at Leisure
but lest these Contrivances should not have ...
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The Upper House. Volume 44, p. 59 ... of that Power which You have declared
in a Message and Resolution U. H. J. you are invested with shall think fit A
Power which the House of [Liber No. 34] Commons in England makes no Claim
to, And to Obviate any Pre tence of representing it in a wrong Light I will
use your own Words in your Message wherein You declare you conceive it to be
the un doubted Right of the House of Delegates alone to raise upon the
People of this Province any Sum of Money or other Tax and for such time and
in such manner and to be applied to such uses as that House shall think
proper, And You have likewise resolved that it is the undoubted right of the
House of Delegates to raise on the People of this Province any sum of Money
or other Tax and for such time and in such manner and to such uses and
Purposes as to them shall seem proper this is a stretch of Power unknown to
a British Constitution and by what Authority or upon what Pretensions You
have made it Yourselves only can tell if this Project of an Agent should
ever succeed it would answer a very necessary purpose to the Province vizt
furnishing a very plausible pretence of rendering no Account of considerable
sums, amounting as I am informed to above four hundred Pounds sterl raised
several Years since by pri vate Subscriptions on pretence of defraying the
Expence of bring ing some Complaints which the County has been long amused
and [p. 99] inflamed with to a decision in England and altho much less than
half the Money already subscribed would have been Sufficient for the end to
which it was pretended to be Raised not one single Publick Step is yet taken
to bring the Complaints to any issue or Determina tion, nor is it to be
imagined by any sensible Man who will make Use of his Reason that the
Managers ever intended there should be any Determination of them During
these Transactions and this Waste of time in your House the People without
Doors were Exasperated that no Supplies were given for the Defence of
Louisburgh as well as at the Probability that no Business would be done and
that the Country would be run to a great and fruitless Expence which Alarmed
the Managers and made them think it necessary to en deavour to Pacify them
to this end an Inclination is dissembled to Carry on the Publick Business
and a Conference was proposed to the Upper House to settle Officers Fees,
which was readily agreed to and Conferees appointed to these some Members of
your House were joyned who had for several Years industriously endeavoured
to inflame and keep up the unhappy differences w'hich have too long
subsisted in the Country wherein they have been but too successful this
Choice of your Conferees gave every Man who was anxious for and sincerely
wished the Publick Welfare a very bad Prospect of the Event and these
Gentlemen acted as it was Expected & fore seen tho' they behaved
plausibly for some time in View as I have Reason to believe to gain time to
send me two unmannerly Addresses one about the Pound of Tobacco p taxable
Levied in Virtue of the ...
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... Militia Law which tho' it was evidently in force as any Law in the [Liber
No. 34] Country Yet a Majority of your House were deluded into a Belief that
it did not exist, but was expired many Years since, merely to have a
Pretence to abuse a lawful Act of the Governmt And the other about fines and
forfeitures in hopes of Provoking me to resent such treatments as it really
deserved & thereby to obstruct all Publick Business but when this Scheme
failed of Success the Gentlemen pulled of the Mask and Acted in Characters
manifesting by their Conduct that they dreaded nothing more than that the
minds of the People should be quieted and all pretence of uneasiness
removed, as being Conscious to themselves that they would soon appear in
their proper Colours & lose that influence over the People which has
actually Cost the Country above ten thousand Pounds of this Cur rency and to
the Continuance of which pernicious Influence every desirable thing for the
Peoples happiness was to be sacrificed, this appeared so evidently that Your
House appointed another Confer ence and chose new Conferees who with those
of the Upper House soon setled every thing to the mutual Satisfaction of
every Body wherein so many and great Concessions were made by the Upper
House as exceeded the hopes of the most sanguine among You the uneasiness
which these Proceedings Occasioned in the Gentlemen who opposed them was too
manifest to be Concealed they then made use of all the Artifices and false
suggestions to defeat every step that could be taken to Establish a happy
Union between the Governmt and People and shewed the firmest Resolution and
most unweared Application to sacrifice the Repose happiness and Interest of
their Constituents to the Pride and Wicked Ambition of being Leaders of a
Party I cannot omit mentioning to You Abuse of Power which you exercised in
a most Extraordinary manner which was such in turning out Members of your
House who were duly returned upon pretence of an undue Election but against
whom no Petition was offered, And in another Instance You proceeded Contrary
to the Practice & Determination of your own House in the like Case and
in the face of an Express Act of Assembly these Proceedings would have laid
me under the necessity of immediately putting an end to a [p. 100] Power so
unwarrantably exercised if the supplies for Louisburgh Garrison and other
supplies for the quiet and happiness of the Prov ince had not these been
under Your Consideration I cannot avoid another Observation that you have
refused the Yeas and Nays to be taken on several Questions contrary to a
standing Rule of your house and you have against all Parliamentary
Proceedings hindred Motions & Questions to be entred on your Journal
which could pro ceed from no other Motive than a Conviction that your
Proceedings were such as you were unwilling to submit to the Censure of your
Constituents not content with these Extraordinary Steps you have been
pleased to assume and Usurp an Arbitrary Power over his Majestys Subjects in
sending for Magistrates keeping them in Cus ...
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The Lower House. Volume 44, p. 65 ... that House, shall be to you directed,
the Secrets of the said House [L. H. J.] you shall not divulge to the
Prejudice of the House, or any Member Liber No. 46 thereof, but shall in all
Things, as Clerk to the said House, well and truly demean your self,
according to the best of your Knowl edge. So help you God. Mr Speaker
communicates to the House the Letter refer'd to in the Governour's Speech,
from Governour Shirley of New England, which was ordered to be read, and is
as followeth. Boston July 3. 1745 Sr I have now the Pleasure to send your
Honour by Express the News of the Reduction of Louisburg to the Obedience of
his Maj esty, & the Surrender of it accordingly; but to maintain our Con
quest there which is of the utmost Importance, will require the Assistance
of all his Majesty's Colonies & Provinces in North America for
furnishing Men Ammunition and Provisions for Gar risoning and defending the
Place ‘till his Majesty shall order Troops from Great Britain or otherwise
signify his Pleasure in this Affair. And I apprehend this to be the most
critical Juncture for securing it from the Attempts of the Enemy to recover
it, For it cannot be doubted, but that the French King will soon send a
strong Force both of Ships & Troops to reduce it, before we can well be
secured in the Possession of it; And you may reasonably Judge that this
Province is already drained of Men, Provisions, and Ammunition: However we
are still so heartily engaged in this Service that we have lately sent four
hundred Troops who I suppose arrived at Louisburg since the Surrender of it,
besides upwards of sixty Sea men for Manning his Majesty's Ship Vigilant
& have about two Hundred Soldiers more embarked and ready to embark whom
I shall get away with all possible Dispatch, And I cannot but hope your
Honour and the General Assembly of Maryland will in Duty to his Majesty
& in Regard to the common Interest of all his Sub jects in North America
make Provision for the raising a number of Soldiers immediately for this
Service & have them transported [p. 447] without Delay, and likewise
give Orders for the taking up and pur chasing all the Gun Powder and
Provisions that can be got for the Garrison at Louisburg & the Ships
employed there, of both which they are in want, as the General &
Commodore inform me as also Provisions for the French Prisoners to be sent
Home to France. And as this will require a vast Quantity of Provisions
especially. It is my Opinion that no Provisions ought to be allowed to be
shipped off from the Plantations where they are raised, to the West Indies,
or any foreign Parts whatsoever till this want be supplied, It will likewise
be requisite that all the Gun Powder that can be found in your Province,
except what may be absolutely necessary for your own Defence, should be
secured for his Majesty's Service, and I should think if your Honour will
employ some Merchants in ...
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... your Place for the purchasing of the Powder who will be able to Liber
No. 46 find it out better than your own Officers, it will be most likely to
be furnished with a good Quantity of it of which this Province is almost
entirely exhausted, having sent off for the Expedition agt Louisburg about
twelve Hundred Barrels, & I hope you will consider that both the
Garrison & Ships will want a considerable Supply I am with great Regard
Sir Your Honours most obedient humble Servant W. Shirley The House appoint
Mr Thomas Jobson Serjeant at Arms, and Thomas Sparrow Door Keeper, and
ordered that Robert Gordon Esqr administor to them the several Oaths to the
Government re quired by Law, and the Oath of Office. The House adjourns
until the Morrow Morning 9 of the Clock. August 6 Tuesday morning, Aug. 6th
1745 The House met according to Adjournment. All members present as
Yesterday. The Proceedings of yesterday were read. Capt. Gordon acquaints Mr
Speaker, that Mr Thomas Jobson Serjeant at Arms, took the several Oath to
the Government required by Law, signed the Oath of Abjuration, repeated and
signed the Test, and that he took the following Oath of Office, viz. You
Thomas Jobson do swear, that you will faithfully, diligently, and honestly
discharge the Office of Serjeant at Arms to the Lower House of Assembly; and
that you shall not disclose or reveal the Secrets thereof. So help you God.
Capt. Gordon likewise acquaints Mr Speaker that Thomas Spar row Door Keeper
to the House, took the several Oaths to the Gov ernment required by Law,
signed the Oath of Abjuration, and repeated and signed the Test, and that he
took the following Oath of Office viz. You Thomas Sparrow do swear, that you
will faithfully, dili gently and honestly discharge the Office of Door
Keeper to the Lower House of Assembly; and that you shall not disclose or
reveal the secrets thereof. So help you God. Resolved, That the Hours of
sitting, this Session, be from 9 to 12 in the morning, and from 2 to 5 in
the Afternoon. The House proceeds to appoint the following Committees, viz.
Doctor Carroll, W George, Col. Colvil, Mr Stoughton, Mr Philip Hammond, Mr
Robert Lloyd, Mr Nicholas Goldsborough, Col. Hooper, and Major Henry Hall, a
Committee of Laws Mr George Wilison, Mr Smallwood, Mr Worthington, Mr John
Gresham, Mr John Goldsborough, Capt. Ennalls and Mr Courts, a Committee of
Elections and Privileges ...
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The Lower House. 71 Post Meridiem L. H. J. Liber No. 46 Volume 44, p. 71 ..
The House met according to Adjournment [p.450] The following message. (See
page 3) Was sent to the Upper House by Maj. Sherredine and Mr Barns. Upon
reading the Petition of Mr Stephen Bordley complaining of an undue Election
and Return for the City of Annapolis Resolved, That the merits of the said
Election be heard at the Bar of the House, and that this House will proceed
thereupon on Friday next. And Ordered, that the sitting member and the
Petitioner, exchange Lists of the controverted Votes, and that those Lists
be confined to such Votes as were objected to on the Scrutiny, at the Time
of Elec tion, and State the Objection against each Vote that they design to
insist upon. Richard Lee Esqr from the Upper House, delivers Mr Speaker the
following Message. (See page 4) William Stoughton Esqre from the Committee
of Aggrievances and Courts of Justice, informs Mr Speaker that the Committee
had appointed Mr Edward Dorsey, their Clerk. The House approves the Choice,
Major Henry Hall is ordered to qualify Mr Edward Dorsey, as Clerk to the
Committee of Aggrievances and Courts of Justice. Major Hall acquaints Mr
Speaker, that he had qualified Mr Ed ward Dorsey, by administring to him the
Oaths to the Government, causing him to sign the Oath of Abjuration, to
repeat and sign the Test, and take the Oath of Office. Mr Green, Printer, is
permitted to print the Votes and Resolves of this House, at the Allowance
usually made. The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning 9 of the Clock.
Wednesday Morning, August 7. 1745. August 7 The House met according to
Adjournment. All Members present as yesterday. The Proceedings of yesterday
were read. William Stoughton Esqr brings in an Address to the Governour, on
his Speech, which was read, approved of, and ordered to be engrossed.
Resolved, That the Sum of two Thousand Pounds Current money of this
Province, shall be raised and applied to his Majesty's Service, to be laid
out in Provisions for Support of his Majesty's Garrison of Louisburg at Cape
Breton; and that Col. King Mr Wootton, Majr Sherredine, Mr Worthington Dr
Buchanan, Mr Philip Hammond, and Dr Carroll, be a Cothmittee to find out
proper Ways and Means, how the said Sum shall be raised; and that they make
their Report thereof to this House The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock
in the Afternoon ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. L. H. J. Post Meridiem
Liber No. 46 Volume 44, p. 72 ... The House met according to Adjournment The
following engrossed Address to his Excellency the Gov ernonr, viz. To his
Excellency Thomas Bladen Esqr Governour of Maryland. The Humble Address of
the House of Delegates of the said Province May it please your Excellency p.
We his Majestys most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Delegates of the
Freemen of Maryland in this present General Assembly con vened, take leave
to acknowledge the Favour of your Excellency's Speech at the Opening of this
Session; and your Goodness in com municating to us Governour Shirley's
Letter, whereby we have the pleasing news of the Reduction of Louisburg on
Cape Breton to his Majesty's Obedience; An Acquisition of the greatest
Consequence to, and which does Honour to the Northern Colonies, who, tho'
they in Conjunction with a Part of his Majesty's Navy have obtained the
Glory of taking, may yet, without some present Assistance from the
neighbouring Governments, be incapable of holding that important Conquest;
as it is not doubted but the French King, our com mon Enemy, will with a
suitable Force, endeavour to regain it. We shall therefore, to manifest our
unfeigned Duty and Loyalty to His Majesty (altho' by his gracious
condescension exempted from the least Demand,) proceed to raise such a
Support for the protecting and securing the City of Louisburg against any
Attempt of the Enemy, in such manner as the indigent Circumstances of our
Con stituents will admit: And shall likewise, for Dispatch, allow this
Proceeding the first place in our Consultations; and in Complyance with our
Duty, also carry on with due order and Circumspection, every other Branch of
Business that lays properly before us, altho' not recommended by your
Excellency: And act and do in every Re spect, the Duty of good Subjects,
faithful Representatives, and true Lovers of our Country. Being prepared,
was ordered, on Behalf of the House, to be signed by the Honourable Speaker;
which being done, Ordered, That Col. King, and Major Henry Hall acquaint his
Excellency that this House hath prepared an Address to his Excellency, on
his Speech, and desires to know when and where he will be pleased to receive
it: They return, and acquaint Mr Speaker, the Governour will receive it in
half an Hour, in the Conference Chamber, Col. King, with thirteen others,
sent to present the Address to his Excellency: They return, and acquaint Mr
Speaker they have presented the Address. Mr Joseph Hall, a returned Member
for Calvert County, and Mr William Wilkinson, a returned Member for Charles
County, appear in the House. Mr Brome and Mr Mackall sent ...
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The Lower House. May it please Your Excellency L. H. J. Volume 44, p. 77 ...
We beg leave to represent to your Excellency, that as the several [Liber No.
46] Naval Officers of this Province, do, by Virtue of sundry Acts of
Assembly, collect large sums of Money for the use of the Publick, we pray
your Excellency will be pleased to acquaint us whether they give any Bond
for the due Execution of their Offices, and if any, where lodged: As also to
cause the same, or authentic Copies thereof, to be laid before this House.
Being prepared, was ordered, on Behalf of the House to be signed by the
Honourable Speaker; which being done; William Stoughton Esqr and Mr Bordley,
are sent to acquaint the Governour that this House hath prepared an Address
to his Excellency, and desires to know, when and where he will be pleased to
receive it: They return and acquaint Mr Speaker, he will receive it
immediately in the Con ference Chamber. William Stoughton Esqr and Mr
Bordley, are sent to present the Address. They return, and acquaint Mr
Speaker they have presented it. Col. King from the Committee to find out
Ways and means for raising the Sum of two Thousand Pounds Current Money of
Mary land, and applying the same to his Majesty's Service for Support of the
Garrison of Louisburg at Cape Breton; brings in a Report; which was read,
and ordered to lie on the Table, ‘til the Committee appointed to inquire
into the State and Condition of the Arms and Ammunition, and Accounts
relating thereto, bring in their Report. The House adjourns ‘til To Morrow
Morning 9 of the Clock. Tuesday Morning August 13. 1745 . August 13 The
House met according to Adjournment. All Members present as Yesterday. The
Proceedings of yesterday were read. Mr Lecompte, a returned member for
Dorchester County, appears in the House. Capt. Ennalls and Capt. Dennis, are
sent to the Upper House to see him qualified: They return and say they saw
him qualified, by taking the several Oaths to the Government required by
Law, sign ing the Oath of Abjuration, and repeating and signing the Test.
The Gentleman takes his Seat in the House. Mr Speaker communicates to the
House, the following Message from his Excellency the Governor. Gentlemen of
the Lower House of Assembly. You have now sat above a week, and no Bill has
yet been offered to me, or by what I can find, sent to the Upper House for
the Pur pose I so earnestly recommended at our first meeting, and which
brought us together at this Season of the year: This Delay is the ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. L. H. J Post Meridiem
Liber No. 46, Volume 44, p. 80 ... The House met according to Adjournment.
Capt. Addison appears in the House. The following Report, from the Committee
appointed to find out Ways and Means for raising the Sum of two Thousand
Pounds Current money of Maryland, and applying the same to his Majesty's
Service for Support of the Garrison of Louisburg at Cape Breton, being read,
the House concurs therewith. By the Committee appointed to find out Ways and
Means for raising the Sum of two Thousand Pounds Current Money of Mary land,
and applying the same to his Majesty's Service, for Support of the Garrison
of Louisburg at Cape Breton. [p. 456] Your Committee conceive, that the most
expeditious method for raising the said Sum, to render the same of Immediate
use for the Purpose intended, is, that the Sum of two Thousand Pounds Cur
rent Money of this Province, be borrowed or taken out of the Office for
emitting Bills of Credit, and that the said Sum be repaid into the said
Office by the Ways herein after mentioned, viz, by reenacting such Part of
the Act entituled, An Act for the raising and issuing money for maintaining
his Majesty's Forces to be raised in this Province, and for transporting
them to the Place of Rendezvous in the West Indies, as relates to Ordinary
Licenses, and applying the Fines arising on them, to the Repayment of the
said Sum, after having discharged the Sum by the said Act required: As also
by a Duty of forty shillings on all Horses, imported by Land or Water into
this Province, for Sale. All which your Committee humbly submit to the
Consideration of your Honourable House. Signed per Order E. Dorsey Cl. Com.
Ordered, That half a Ton of Gun Powder, and two and a half Ton of Lead, and
leaden Bullets for the use of the Garrison of Louisburg, and to be taken out
of the publick Magazine, be inserted in the Bill for raising the Sum of two
Thousand Pounds Current Money, for his Majestys Service, for Supporting the
Garrison of Louisburg at Cape Breton, over and above the said two Thousand
Pounds. And Ordered, That the Committee of Laws prepare and bring in a Bill
accordingly. Ordered, That Mr Philip Hammond, Dr Carroll, Mr Bordley, and Mr
Harris, prepare an Address to his Excellency, on his Message of this Day. Mr
Stoughton, from the Committee of Laws, brings in a Bill entituled, An Act
for Limitation of Officers Fees; which was read the first Time, and ordered
to lie on the Table. The House adjourns ‘til To-Morrow Morning 9 of the
Clock ...
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46 J. No. 46 46 Volume 44, p. 81 ... The House met according to Adjournment.
All Members present as Yesterday. The Proceedings of yesterday were read. A
Question being put, Whether it shall be in a Clause in the Bill to be
brought in for raising the Sum of two Thousand Pounds Cur rent Money for his
Majesty's Service; for supporting the Garrison of Louisburg at Cape Breton,
that the sum of Sterling, be paid for every Hogshead of Tobacco to be
exported out of this Province, for the Payment of an Agent in Great Britain,
for the Service of the said Province, subject to the Appointment and
Disposal of the House of Delegates of the said Province, or not? It was
resolved in the Affirmative. For the Affirmative Mr Abell Mr Mackall Mr
Pearce Jno Gresham Courts Hyland Richd Gresham Smaliwood Paca Harris
Harrison Buchanan Carrol Wm Wilkinson Wootton Phil. Hammond Stoughton Sprigg
Worthington N. Goldsborough Addison Hen. Hall Thomas T. Wilkinson Jos. Hall
J. Goldsborough T. Hammond Brome Hooper Hopper For the Negative Mr Bond Mr
Ennalls Mr Gordon Barnes Lecompte Bordley Mills Sullivane Pemberton King
George Purnell Dennis Colvil Selby Lloyd John Hall Outten The House adjourns
to 2 of the Clock Post Meridiem The House met according to Adjournment. A
Petition of Charles Carroll, praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to remedy
some Defects in an Indenture of Bargain and Sale, made and executed by
Michael Curtis and Sarah his wife, late of St. Mary's County deceased, and
Charles Carroll Esqre of the City of Annapolis, deceased; Read and granted.—
Mr Smith, a returned member for Calvert County, appears in the [p. 457]
House. Mr Joseph Hall, and Mr Mackall, are sent to the Upper House to see
him qualified: They return, and acquaint Mr Speaker they ...
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... sions you make of Duty to his Majesty, and Affection for his Service:
Liber No. 46 This is the great Point you are met upon, and I must say, you
have already let so much Time go by, that you have no more to lose, if you
really mean to act like good Subjects, and avoid an odious Dis- tinction
that must inevitably be made between the Behaviour of a Maryland Lower House
of Assembly, and that of all the other Colonies, who have been applied to in
this important Business. As for not giving you an Answer to your Address in
Relation to the Levy of one Pound of Tobacco per Poll, I have deferred
purely in respect to his Majesty's Service, which ought to have engrossed
our whole Attention, and which if it had, would have saved me the Pain of
answering an Address of so strange a nature as what you have sent me this
Day, which as I know to be the Production of a few, so to a few, very few do
I impute it. T. Bladen 15th Aug. 1745 The House adjourns to 2 of the Clock
Post Meridiem The House met according to Adjournment. Col. Colvil, from the
Committee appointed to inspect the Office and Proceedings of the
Commissioners for emitting Bills of Credit established by Act of Assembly,
delivers Mr Speaker the following [p. 460] Report, viz. (See page 7) Which
being read, the House concurs therewith. The House adjourns ‘til To-morrow
Morning, 9 of the Clock. August 17 Saturday Morning Aug. 1745. The House met
according to Adjournment. The Proceedings of Yesterday were read. A Petition
of John Hussey, of Prince George's County, praying Leave to bring in a Bill
for recording a Deed of Bargain and Sale, between the said John Hussey and a
certain John Aubrey of Prince William County in Virginia, for a Tract of
Land called Yate's Addi tion, being read, The House appoints Mr Smith, Mr
Sprigg, and Mr Courts, a Committee to inquire into the Allegations contained
in the said Petition. William Stoughton Esqre from the Committee of Laws,
brings in a Bill, entituled An Act for raising the Sum of Pounds, Cur rent
Money, and Sterling per Hogshead, for his Majesty's Service towards
supporting the Garrison of Louisburg on Cape Breton, and for other Purposes
therein mentioned: Which was read the first Time, and ordered to lie on the
Table. The House adjourns ‘til Monday Morning 9 of the Clock ...
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The Lower House. Post Meridiem L. H. J. Liber No. 46 Volume 44, p. 87 ...
The House met according to Adjournment Resolved, That a further Sum of one
Thousand Pounds Current Money, be added to the former Sum of two Thousand
Pounds, Voted for his Majesty's Service towards supporting the Garrison of
Louisburg at Cape Breton. The Bill entituled, An Act for raising the Sum of
three Thousand Pounds Current money, and two Pence Sterling per Hogshead for
his Majesty's Service &ca was read the second Time, and will pass. The
House adjourns ‘til To-Morrow Morning 9 of the Clock. Tuesday morning,
August 20. 1745 August 20 The House met according to Adjournment, The
Proceedings of Yesterday were read. The Bill entituled, An Act for raising
the Sum of three Thousand Pounds Current Money, and two Pence Sterling per
Hogshead for his Majesty's Service, towards supporting the Garrison of
Louis- burg &a. was sent to the Upper House by W Philip Hammond, and
thirteen others. On Motion of a Member, that an Address to the Governour be
prepared, praying him that he will order an Account of all Fines,
Forfeitures, and Provincial Amerciaments, arising within this Prov ince, to
be laid before this House. Ordered, that the Committee of Laws prepare, and
bring in the same. The House adjourns to 2 of the Clock. Post Meridiem The
House met according to Adjournment Mr John Goldsborough hath Leave of the
House to go Home On Motion of a Member, that a congratulatory Address to his
sacred Majesty, be prepared: Ordered, that the Committee of Laws prepare,
and bring in the same. Mr Goldsborough, from the Committee of Aggrievances,
and Courts of Justice, delivers Mr Speaker the following Report, viz. By the
Committee of Aggrievances, and Courts of Justice, August 20. 1745. Whereas
Mr Philemon Lecompte, a Member of your House hath made a Complaint to your
Committee, that he being indebted to a certain John Gale in the Quantity of
571 Pounds of Tobacco, of which he made a Tender according to the Directions
of an Act of Assembly entituled, An Act for Relief of Debtors, and
ascertaining ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. L. H. J. Volume 44, p. 90
... The Bill entituled, A supplementary Act to the Act entituled [An Liber
No. 46] Act appointing Commissioners for dividing St. Mary's County into
four Parishes &ca was read the second Time, passed, and sent to the
Upper House by Mr Barnes, and Mr Mills. The Bill, entituled An additional
Supplementary Act to the Act, entituled An Act for laying out and erecting a
Town at a Place called Long Point, on the West side of North East River in
Cecil County; was read the second Time, passed, and sent to the Upper House
by Col. Colvil, and Mr Hyland. The House adjourns ‘til To Morrow Morning,
9 of the Clock. August 22 Thursday Morning August 22. 1745 The House met
according to Adjournment, The Proceedings of Yesterday were read. The House
adjourns to 2 of the Clock. Post Meridiem The House met according to
Adjournment. The Bill entituled, An Act for raising the sum of three
Thousand Pounds Current Money, and two pence Sterling per Hogshead, for his
Majesty's Service towards supporting the Garrison of Louisburg on Cape
Breton, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, was sent to the Upper
House by Mr Philip Hammond, and thirteen others, with the following Message,
(See page 15) p. On Motion of a Member, that a further Address be prepared
to his Excellency, praying him that he will order to be laid before this
House, by what Authority a Pound of Tobacco hath been levied upon each
Taxable Person of this Province, Ordered, That the Com mittee of Laws
prepare and bring in the same. Mr Harris brings in the Address to his
Excellency, which was read, approved of, and ordered to be ingrossed. [p.
467] The Bill entituled, a supplementary Act to the Act entituled, An Act to
enable Commissioners therein named to lay out forty Acres of Land into
eighty Lots for a Town on Indian River in Worcester County, as also forty
Acres of Land into eighty Lots at the Head of Asseteague Creek at a place
commonly called the Trapp for a Town, was read the second Time, and will
pass. The Hotise adjourns ‘til To-Morrow Morning 9 of the Clock. August 23
Friday Morning, August 23. 1745. The House met according to Adjournment, The
Proceedings of yesterday were read ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. L. H. J. Post Meridiem
Liber No. 46 Volume 44, p. 92 ... The House met according to Adjournment The
Bill entituled, An Act for enlarging the Jurisdiction of the County Courts,
being read the second Time, the Question was put, Whether the said Bill
shall pass, or not? Resolved in the Negative. For the Negative Mr Bond Mr
Mackall Mr Sherredine Abell Courts Paca Barnes Harrison Jno Hall Mills W.
Wilkinson Buchanan G. Willson King Addison J. Gresham D. Wilison Gordon R.
Gresham Dennis Bordley Harris Lecompte T. Wilkinson Carroll Su!ivane T.
Hammond Smith Colvil Hopper Jos. Hall Pearce Purnell Brome Hyland For the
Affirmative Mr P. Hammond Mr Lloyd Mr Sprigg Worthington Thomas Pemberton
Hen. Hall Hooper Selby Smaliwood Ennalls Outten Stoughton George N.
Goldsborough Wootton [p. 468] Daniel Dulany Esqre and Col. Tasker from the
Upper House de livers Mr Speaker the Bill entituled An Act for raising the
Sum of three Thousand Pounds Current money and two pence Sterling per
Hogshead foc his Majesty's Service &ca Indorsed, (See page 17) And the
following Message, (See page 17) [p. 470] An ingrossed Address to the King's
most Excellent Majesty was read, approved of, and ordered, on behalf of the
House, to be signed by the Honourable Speaker; and is as follows, viz. To
the Kings most excellent Majesty. The humble Address of the House of
Delegates of the Province of Maryland Most Gracious Sovereign, We, your
Majesty's most loyal and dutiful Liege Subjects, the Representatives of the
Free men of the said Province, beg Leave to approach your sacred Person with
our hearty Congratulations on the Success of your Arms, in the Reduction of
the City of Louisburg at Cape Breton in North America, with it's
Dependencies, to ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745, Volume 44, pp. 95 The
Lower House. 95 For the Negative L. H. J. Liber No. 46 ... Mr Barns Mr
George Mr Gordon King Colvil Dennis Buchanan. Ordered, That the Bill
entituled, An Act for raising the Sum of three Thousand Pounds, Current
Money, and two Pence Sterling per Hogshead, for his Majesty's Service,
towards supporting the Garrison of Louisburg on Cape Breton, and for other
Purposes therein mentioned, with the Indorsements thereon, be printed, and
made a Part of the Journal of this House. Which is as follows, viz. An Act
for raising the sum of three Thousand Pounds Current Money, and two Pence
Sterling per Hogshead, for his Majesty's Service, towards supporting the
Garrison of Louisburg on Cape Breton, and for other Purposes therein
mentioned, Whereas, we have certain Advice that the Town of Louisburg on
Cape Breton is, with it's Dependencies, by his Majesty's Subjects of New
England, with the Assistance of Fart of the British Fleet, reduced to his
Majesty's Obedience; and that for the Preservation thereof, an immediate
Supply of Provision, and other Necessaries are wanting: We therefore his
Majesty's faithful and loyal Subjects, the Delegates of the Free men of
Maryland, in General Assembly convened, freely, willingly, and chearfully to
promote his Majesty's Service, by contributing towards the Preservation of
the said Con quest against the common Enemy, so far as the Circumstances and
Ability of the People of this Province will admit, humbly pray that it may
be enacted. And be it enacted by the right honourable the Lord Proprietor,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour, and the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, that the Sum of
Three Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit of this Province, Part of the
publick Money in the hands and [p. 472] Custody of the Commissioners or
Trustees for emitting Bills of Credit, established by Act of Assembly, be
and is hereby enacted, appointed declared, and appropriated, to be taken up,
paid and applied by the Persons and in manner hereafter mentioned, in the
buying fit and necessary Provisions for his Majesty's Service, towards sup
porting and maintaining the Garrison of Louisburg on Cape Breton And be it
further enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent aforesaid, that Col.
Thomas Colvil, Mr Richard Gresham, Capt. Bartholomew Ennalls Capt. David
Willson, and Capt. William Hopper, be and are hereby constituted and
appointed Agents for this Province, to execute and perform the several and
respective Matters and Things contained and mentioned in this Act, accord
ing to the Tenor thereof, in manner hereafter expressed. And be it further
Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that the said Col. Thomas Colvil Mr
Richard Gresham, Capt Bartholomew Ennalls ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745, Volume 44, pp. 96 L. H.
J. ... Capt. David Wilison, and Capt. William Hopper, or any three of [Liber
No. 46] them, be and hereby impowered and authorized to take and receive of
and from the said Commissioners, or Trustees, for emitting Bills of Credit,
established by Act of Assembly, the Sum of three Thou sand Pounds Current
money, in the said Bills of Credit, to be ap plied and laid out within this
Province by them the said Col. Thomas Colvil, Mr Richard Gresham, Capt.
Bartholomew Ennalls, Capt. David Willson, and Capt. William Hopper, or any
three of them, in such Provisions as may be most suitable and convenient for
sup port of his Majesty's Garrison of Louisburg on Cape Breton, afore said,
and at the cheapest Rates that the markets will admit of. And be it further
Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that the said Commissioners or Trustees
for emitting Bills of Credit, established by Act of Assembly, be and they
are hereby impowered and directed to pay unto them the said Col. Thomas
Colvil, Mr Richard Gresham, Capt. Bartholomew Ennalls, Capt. David Willson,
and Capt. William Hopper, Agents as aforesaid, or any three of them, the
said Sum of three thousand Pounds; and to take the Receipt or Order of them
the said Agents, or any three of them, for their lustification. And that the
said Commissioners or Trustees shall, and they are hereby directed to state
an Account in the Books of the Office of the said Commissioners or Trustees
aforesaid, by charging the Province of Maryland Debtor for the use of this
Act, with the several Payments by them to be made to the Agents aforesaid,
by virtue, and in Pur suance of this Act. And be it further Enacted, that
his Excellency Thomas Bladen Esqre do, by virtue of this Act, immediately
upon the passing and perfecting the same, write to his Excellency William
Shirley Esqre Governour of the Massachusets Bay, at Boston, acquainting him
that the Sum of three Thousand Pounds has been by the General Assem bly of
this Province provided and appropriated to his Majesty's Service, for
Purchase of suitable Provisions towards supporting the Garrison of Louisburg
at Cape Breton; as also half a Ton of Gun Powder, and two Ton and an half of
Lead and Leaden Ball: And that this Province not being supplied with
suitable Vessels for the safe freighting the said Provision and Ammunition,
request he will order proper Vessels to be sent from Boston for the same;
and like wise to know at what Time such Vessel or Vessels may be expected.
And that such Vessels may be adequate to the Tonnage, Quantity of such
Provision, Be it further Enacted, that the said Agents, or any three of
them, do and shall, and they are hereby directed, to give to his said
Excellency Thomas Bladen Esqre three Lists or Schedules of such Provision,
and the Quantities and Qualities as they think may be the readiest had
within this Province, to the Amount of the said Sum of three Thousand
pounds, for the Service aforesaid; in eluding in the said Schedules the said
Powder and Lead for the Purpose aforesaid ...
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Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745. L. H. J. Volume 44, p.
118 ... this House, on the Affair of Louisburg, applies for Men, Provision,
[Liber No. 46] Arms and Ammunition only, and recommends that an Embargo be
laid on all Provisions 'til that want be supplied; and as there is not in
that Letter any Request of Assistance by money, or other than the before
mentioned means. Resolved, That by the Bill passed in this House, entituled,
An Act for raising the sum of three Thousand Pounds Current money, and two
pence sterling per Hogshead, for his Majesty's Service towards p. supporting
the Garrison of Louisburg on Cape Breton, and for other Purposes therein
mentioned, this House had complied with the several Parts of that Letter, in
the several Particulars therein men tioned, so far as the Circumstances of
this Province will admit. Resolved, That the above mentioned Order of
Council was served on the Printer on Fryday Evening last, not only after the
making and Entry of an Order of this House for the printing of that Letter,
but also after this House had that Afternoon adjourned. Resolved, That the
making, issuing, and serving the aforemen tioned Order of the Governour and
Council in the aforesaid manner, in Contradiction and Opposition to an Order
of this House before then entered into, is an high Violation, and tends to
subvert the fun damental Rights, Privileges, and Authority of this House.
And that any Order or Resolve of this House, relating to their Proceedings,
is not, nor ought to be, suspended or controuled by any Order of the
Governour and Council. Resolved, That this House, out of Compassion to the
Circum stances of the Printer, and from no other motive whatever, do wave
his printing that Letter as ordered by this House on Friday last. The
Consideration of the Governour's Message, in Answer to an Address of this
House concerning Fines, Forfeitures, and Provincial Amerciaments, referred
‘til To Morrow Morning. The House adjourns ‘til To-Morrow Morning at 9
of the Clock. August 27 Tuesday Morning August 27. 1745. The House met
according to Adjournment. The Proceedings of yesterday were read. On
Consideration of the Governor's Message in Answer to an Address of this
House concerning Fines, Forfeitures &ca Resolved, That an Address to his
Excellency, on the Subject matter of that message, be prepared; and Ordered,
That the Committee of Laws prepare and bring in the same. The House adjourns
‘til 2 of the Clock. Post Meridiem The House met according to Adjournment
The House taking into Consideration the Governor's Message, in Answer to
their Address concerning the One Pound of Tobacco ...
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Assembly Proceedings, June 17—July 8, 1746. L. H. J. Volume 44, p. 322 ...
Commisrs from this Government, and such others uppon the Conti Liber No. 46
nent, as are willing to engage therein for the mutual Security and Defence
of the whole. There are now four Governments, with this to the Eastward,
that have appointed Commisrs for this End; and I cannot help repeating my
Sollicitations to your Governments to accede to the like Measures, which
consequently must Promote His Majestie's Service by being able to collect a
strength sufficient to Annoy and defeat the Attempts of the Enemy who have
fallen uppon this and Boston Government in a very enterprizing manner, and
have Committed many Cruel and inhuman Murders uppon his Majesty's Subjects,
should the City of Albany fall into their hands, it is thought the
Governments to the westward cannot of themselves, sustain the Ravages of the
Enemy, therefore must be exposed to the greater sufferings; which I conceive
ought to be an Inducement for their joining more chearfully with this and
the other Governments for the Good of the Common Cause. I am very much Sr Yr
humble Servant G. Clinton Sr Boston the 2d of June 1746 Therewith inclose a
Proclamation which I have issued for raising Voluntiers for the intended
Expedition, by which your Honour will perceive the Spirit of our General
Assembly, and the Disposition which they have shewn to give the utmost
Encouragement for pro moting the undertaking, which considering what we have
done and suffered in the late Expidition to Cape Breton is beyond what I
could have Expected from them I hope your Assembly (who have done so little
in the last Expedition) will not fall below us in this I cannot but think it
will be of service for all the Governments to enlist as niany of their
neighbouring Indians as they can provided they are of a warlike Disposition
and Friends to the English Interest. I am with great Regard Sr Your Honours
most obedient humble Servt W. Shirley June 8th 1746. Since the writing of
this by the Secretary which should have been sent by the last Post, I hear
that the Government of New Hampshire has given Encouragement for raising
1000 men there and that of Connecticut for raising 600 men, and as many more
as will Voluntarily enlist in that Colony, what Rhode Island has done I
don't hear with Certainty, but they talk of 500 men to be raised W. S. Sr
New York 16th June 1746 Pursuant to his Majesty's orders to me Signified by
his Grace of Newcastle, I intend to be at Albany the 20th of next month, in
order to make use of Proper measures to engage the six Nations of In dians
to take part in the present Expidition against Canada; and I ...
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Assembly Proceedings, June 17—July 8, 1746. L H. J. Volume 44, p 324 ...
must observe that W Shirley is not well advised of what this House [Liber
No. 46] had done in favour of the Expedition to Cape Breton, since it was
well known, that a Bill passed this Branch of the Legislature, mak ing a
generous and suitable Provision for the security and support of that
Acquisition. The Expedition against Canada will we hope be Attendd with suc
cess, and therefore remove the Evil complained of by these Gentle men, and
in Particular as to Albany, that being the Place of Ren dezvous for such a
part of his Majesty's Forces who we hope will not only be able to Defend
that and the adjacent Territories, but also annoy the Common Enemy. The Sum
already given for the support of this Expedition is to the full of what the
People of Maryland can bear, for which and the former Reasons we doubt not
but we shall stand excused if we bring no further Charge upon the Province
in Consequence of those Letters. The Bill entituled, an Act for the Tryal of
all matters of Fact in the several Counties where they have Arisen or shall
Arise, was read the second Time, passed, and sent to the upper House by Mr
George and five others Mr Lloyd and W Bond ordered to Acquaint his
Excellency that this House hath prepared an address to him and desires to
know when and where he will be pleased to receive it. They return and
Acquaint Mr. Speaker his Excellency will be ready immediately to receive it
in the Conference Chamber The same Gentlemen sent to present the address
They return and Acquaint Mr Speaker they have presented it The House
adjourns ‘til To-morrow Morning 9 of the Clock. June 25 Wednesday Morning
June 25. 1746 The House met according to Adjournment, and the Proceedings of
Yesterday were read. Mr Addison and Mr Dulany appear in the House Colo Lloyd
from the Upper House delivers Mr. Speaker the Bill entituled, An Act
continuing An Act entituled An Act for relieving the Inhabitants of this
Province from some Aggrievances in the Prosecution of Suits at Law, and for
continuing the Supplementary Act thereto: And the Bill entituled An Act
continuing an Act enti tuled, an Act for the advancement of Justice Indorsed
Which Bills were here read, and Passed for Ingrossing The House adjourns ‘til
2 of the Clock ...
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Assembly Proceedings, June 17—July 8, 1746. Liber L H. J. Volume 44, p 326
... words was accompanied with scornful and insulting Looks and Ac i No.
tions, not easily to be expressed, tho' firmly imprinted on his Memory All
which this House conceive was said and Acted to intimidate him the said
Smith, and others whom it might influence or deter, from doing their Duty,
or Acting with Freedom in any future Debate Upon fully and most maturely
considering of which, it is unani mously resolved by this House, That the
Liberty of Speech on every Debate and Matter in Assembly is and ought to be
free, and that no member ought to be questioned or impeached for any thing
said or done in discharge of his Duty in the House of Delegates, by Any
Person whatever, or in any manner whatever, other than by the House it self.
Resolved, That His Excellency Thomas Bladen Esq, by evilly treating Mr
Walter Smith in manner aforesaid, hath highly violated the fundamental
Rights and Privileges of the House of Delegates Resolved, That this House
doth Appoint the Committee of Laws to draw up a proper Remonstrance to be
Presented to His Excellency on the Subject matter aforesaid; and ordered,
that they bring in the same To morrow morning. Maj. Hall from the Committee
of Laws delivers Mr Speaker A Bill entituled, An Act continuing an Act enti
[p. 591] tuled, An Act for the speedy Recovery of small debts out of Court
before a single Justice of the Peace; which was read the first Time, and
ordered to lie on the Table. The Letter from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle
mentioned in the Governor's Speech at the opening of this Session was
ordered to be entered on the Journal; and it is as follows Sr White Hall
April 9th 1746 I am commanded to acquaint you, that His Majesty has been
pleased to order five Battalions of his Troops under the Command of Lieut
General St Clair, to go from hence, as soon as possible, with A Sufficient
Convoy of Men of War, to Louisburg, in order to be employed together with
the Regiment of Major Genl Frampton, which has been some Time ordered to
embark for Louisburg, and with the two Regiments sent thither from
Gibraltar, and also with such Troops as shall be Levied for that Purpose in
North America for the immediate Reduction of Canada: And I am commanded by
his Majesty to signify his Pleasure to you (as I do to the other Gov ernors
of the said Colonies) that you should forthwith make the necessary
Dispositions for raising as many Men, as the Shortness of the Time will
permit, within your Government, to be employed, in Concert with his
Najesties Regular Forces, on this important Service. It is hoped, that Lieut
General St. Clair will be able to sail from hence, with the Troops under his
Command, the latter End of April, or the Beginning of May ...
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The Lower House. Volume 44, p 327 ... It is the King's Intention, that the
Troops to be raised, should L. H. J. consist of Companies of one Hundred men
each; and that those, that [Liber No. 46] shall be raised in the several
Provinces of New York, new Iersies, Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia (be
formed into one Corps, to be commanded by Mr Gooch Lieut Governor of
Virginia) whom the King has been Pleased, on this occasion, to promote to
the Rank of a Brigadier General; and that they should rendezvous at Albany
within the Province of New York; or at such other Place, as Gooch shall
think Proper to Appoint, in order to proceed from thence, by Land into the
Southern Parts of Canada The Troops to be raised in the Province of
Massachusets Bay New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, are to
rendezvous at Louisburg, and to proceed with the Forces sent from hence,
under Convoy of his Majesty's Fleet up the River of St. Lawrence to Quebec.
In Consequence of these Dispositions, His Majesty has ordered me to
recommend it to you, in the strongest manner, to proceed im mediately to
raise as large a Body of men, as the Shortness of the time will permit,
within your Government and you will Appoint such officers, as you shall
think proper, to command them; For which purpose, a number of Blank
Commissions will be sent you, by the next Conveyance: And you will transmit
to Mr Gooch a particular Accomt of what you shall be able to do herein; And
you will follow such Directions, as you shall receive from Mr Gooch, with
regard to the place of Rendezvous and everything relating to the Proceed
ings of the said Troops You will assure all those, that shall engage in this
Service as well officers as soldiers, that they will immediately enter into
his Majesty's Pay; The officers, from The time they shall engage in his
Majesty's Service; and the Soldiers, from the respective Days on which they
shall enlist; and that they shall come in for a share of any booty, to be
taken from the Enemy: And be sent back to their respective Habi tations,
when this service shall be over, unless any of them shall [p. 592] desire to
settle elsewhere. As to the Articles of Arms and Cloathing for the men to be
raised, His Majesty has commanded me to recom mend it to you, and the other
Governors, to take care, that the Sol diers may be Provided with them: and
His Majesty has authorized, and empowered Lieut General St. Clair to make a
reasonable Allow ance for defraying that Expence You will recommend it to
the Council, and Assembly of Mary land, to provide a sufficient Quantity of
Provisions for the subsis tance of the Troops I am ordered by His Majesty to
recommend it to you, to make the strictest Enquiry for Any Persons, that may
be Acquainted with the Navigation of the River of St Lawrence and if you can
find any ...
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Assembly Proceedings, June 17—July 8, 1746. L. H. J. Volume 44, p 328 ...
such, you will engage them, at any Rate, to serve as Pilots on board [Liber
No. 46] His Majesty's Fleet, and you will send them, as soon as Possible, to
Louisburg for that Purpose I am Sr Your most obedient humble Servant Holles
Newcastle The House adjourns ‘til To-morrow Morning 9 of the Clock June26
Thursday Morning June 26, 1746 The House met according to Adjournment, and
the Proceedings of Yesterday were read Mr Green Printer, agrees with the
House to print the Votes and Proceedings of the present session, at the
usual Allowance of twelve Shillings per Day Mr Philip Hammond delivers Mr
Speaker a Remonstrance to his Excellency, which was, approved of, and
ordered to be engrossed Daniel Dulany Esqr from the Upper House delivers Mr
Speaker the Bill entituled, An Act continuing an Act of Assembly of this
Province entituled, An Act for the better Relief of Poor Debtors: and the
Bill entituled, An Act continuing An Act of Assembly of this Province
entituled An Act to prevent the ill Practices of Sheriffs in the Collecting
and payment of the Public and County Levies; Indorsed (See page 291.) Which
Bills were read and passed for Ingrossing The Bill entituled, An Act
continuing An Act entituled An Act for the speedy Recovery of small debts
out of Court before a single Justice of the Peace, was read the second Time
by an especial order, passed, and sent to the Upper House by Mr Stoughton
and W Bond Mr Lloyd delivers Mr Speaker a Bill entituled An Act for erecting
a County School in Worcester County and appointing Visitors for the same;
which was read the first Time and ordered to lie on the Table The House
adjourns ‘til 2 of the Clock Post Meridiem The House met according to
Adjournment The following Ingrossed Remonstrance being read and assented to,
was ordered on behalf of the House, to be signed by Your Hon ourable Speaker
viz. [p. 593] To His Excellency Thomas Bladen Esqr Governor of Maryland The
Remonstrance of the House of Delegates It is with the greatest Concern we
find ourselves under an indis pensible necessity to take notice of the
Treatment which Mr Walter Smith, a Gentleman of Calvert County, and a
Representative in ...
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Assembly Proceedings, June 17—July 8, 1746. L. H. J. Post Meridiem Liber
No. 46, Volume 44, p. 358 ... The House met according to Adjournment ... In
Answer to your Address of the 24th of June, I agree with you that the
Letters wrote by the Governors Shiny and Clinton relating to the Indians
shew those " Gentlemen's ability, and Care for their Governments,"
and I sincerely wish that all his Majesty's Subjects were equally
Sollicitous for their own Defence and Safety, as you allow those Gentlemen
to be, as to your observation that Mr Shirley was not well advised of what
the Lower House of Assembly had done in favour of the Expedition to Cape
Breton if you mean what was done in relation to a supply for the Defence of
the Garrison of Lewisburg after it was redticed to his Majesty's obedience,
I assure you, you are mistaken, and that instead of his not being well
advised, he was fully acquainted with the Endeavours which were used on my
Part with a late memorable Lower House of Assembly now no more to obtain a
Supply for the Defence of that important Acquisition as well as the Measures
that were taken by that House who, under the strongest Professions of Duty
Loyalty and Affection to Our most Gracious Sovereign made use of every
barefaced and dilatory Expedient to prevent any Supply from being given
especially by takeing to that Bill a Provision for raising a Sum of Money
for Purposes quite foreign to that Service and which they well knew had been
frequently before disagreed to by the Upper House and would not be passed by
them ...
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ACTS Volume 44, p. 399 ... An Act for issuing and taking out of the Office
of the Commission- Session Laws p. 3 ers or Trustees appointed for emitting
Bills of Credit, established Chapter 1 by Act of Assembly, the Sum of Four
Thousand Five Hundred Expired 26th Pounds, Current Money, for Encouragement
of such able-bodied November 1763 Freemen as shall voluntarily enlist
themselves into his Majesty's Service, for the intended Expedition against
Canada; and for maintaining and conveying them to the Place of Rendezvous:
As also for replacing of the said Sum, and for the better regulat ing
Ordinaries and Ordinary-Keepers, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
Whereas his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by his Letter, dated, Preamble
Whitehall, April 9, 1746, to his Excellency Thomas Bladen, Esq; Governor of
Maryland, has signified to him, that his Majesty has been pleased to order
some Troops under Lieutenant-General St. Clair, from Great-Britain, and two
Regiments at Louisburg, in Con junction with such Troops as should be levied
in North-America, for the immediate Reduction of Canada; and therein
signified the Royal Pleasure, that his said Excellency should forthwith make
the neces sary Dispositions for raising as many Men within this Province as
the Shortness of the Time would admit; which Men, so raised, to be formed
into Companies of one hundred each, and offIcer'd by Per sons nominated by
him the said Thomas Bladen, Esq; and with those to be raised in the
Provinces of New-York, New-Jerseys, Pennsyl vania, and Virginia, to be
formed into Corps, to be commanded by Mr. Gooch, Lieutenant-Governor of
Virginia, whom his Majesty had been pleased on that Occasion to promote to
the Rank of Brigadier-General; and that they the said Forces should
rendezvous at Albany within the Province of New-York, or at such other Place
as the said Mr. Gooch should think proper: And therein likewise recommended,
that Arms should be provided for the said Men so to be raised within this
Province, and for which Arms the said Lieu tenant-General St. Clair was
authorized and empowered by his Majesty to pay. And whereas, by the said
Letter, it is expected that the said Thomas Bladen, Esq; would recommend it
to the Council and Assembly of Maryland, to provide a sufficient Quantity of
Pro visions for the Subsistence of the Troops. And for that it is imprac
ticable for his Excellency the Governor to purchase a suitable Quantity of
Arms within this Province, or in the neighbouring Gov ernments, to arm
compleatly the Number of Men which it is hoped and expected may be raised
within this Province, whereby his Majes ty's Service in that Particular
might be retarded, unless the same ...
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly,
May 10, 1748 - December 14, 1751,
Volume 46
The forty-sixth volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in
1929, with J. Hall Pleasants as the editor, under the direction of the
Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings and Acts of
the General Assembly from May 10, 1748 to December 14, 1751. The appendix
contains the Calvert Papers from 1748-1751.
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Volume 46, p. 422 ... — 843 05 —— 174 85 17485 ‘74 85 — 58 29 —
58 29 29 1 5 2915 — 2915 319154 49428 261 12 6 174 8 5 [L. H. J.] when you
consider, as appears by the Account, that this Province Liber No. 47 May 23
will be obliged to pay in Proportion beyond any other Government; as the
greatest Part of the Charge of the Europeans and other un certain Persons,
both in this Vessel, and another sent to Louisburg, will fall upon them. I
am, Sir, Your Honour's most humble, and Most obedient Servant, S. Phips. The
Charge of the Ship La Vierge de Grace amounted, as appears by the Contract,
to 10,000 Livres; each Livre being valued at ten Shillings of the Currency
of New England, makes the Sum of 5000 l. The Proportion of each Concern, or
Interest, in said 5000 1. is as follows. 59 Massachusetts Bay 2180 48 16 The
same taken at Nova-Scotia, J 29 New-York, 6 New Hampshire, 6 Pennsylvania, 6
Rhode Island, 2 Connecticut, 2 New Jersey, 1 Bermuda, 1 Shirley Galley, —
1 Annapolis Royal, 9 Maryland, 17 European, 11 Taken in Nova Scotia, 6
Uncertain, — 172 £. 5000 0 0 Per J. Wheelwright, Commissary General.
Boston, New England, Sept. 12, 1749. [p. 59] A List of Prisoners, which
arrived at Boston from Quebeck, in the Ship La Vierge de Grace, belonging to
the Province of Mary land; viz. Thomas Craige, Joseph Chew, Henry Smith,
Thomas Hailey, James English, Martin Winyard, Robert Aotrice, Thomas Archer,
Edward Lloyd. Col. Colvill delivers to Mr. Speaker a Bill entituled, An Act
to enable George Catto, of Cæcil County, Gentleman, and Araminta his Wife,
Executrix of William Alexander, late of the County aforesaid, her former
Husband, deceased, to sell Lands; which was read the first Time, and ordered
to lie on the Table. The House adjourns ‘til 2 o'Clock. ...
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly,
June 3, 1752 - December 24, 1754,
Volume 50
The fiftieth volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in
1933, with J. Hall Pleasants as the editor, under the direction of the
Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings and Acts of
the General Assembly from June 3, 1752 to December 24, 1754 as well as the
Calvert Papers from this time period.
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Assembly Proceedings, Dec. 12-24, 1754. U. H. J. Volume 50, p. 576 ... calls
us together at this disagreeable Season first obliged me after my [Liber No.
34] Arrival to desire an extraordinary Meeting of the Several Branches
December 12 of this Legislature; I presume there is little Occasion for me
at this Time to repeat the Several Arguments which the present POsture of
[p. 520] Affairs must Suggest to you, as Sufficient Motives to prompt you to
exert yourselves at this Important Juncture. You are not now I con- ceive to
learn that in pursuance of a Plan to Secure a Communication between their
Northern & Southern Settlements and in Time render themselves Masters of
all the Continent from Cape Breton to the Gulf of Mexico, that restless
& ambitious People have proceeded to build Several Forts on his Majestys
Lands, One especially at a small distance from the Frontiers of this
Province and have Garrisoned it with a large Body of regular Troops. That
they already extend their Claim to Lands far within the Limits of this
Province, and are making great preparations for enlarging their Conquests;
That not Satisfied with cutting us off from all Intercourse with the Indian
Natives with whom We have hitherto it Seems presumed to carry on a
Contraband Trade, they have employed Numbers of those Natives to depopulate
and distress these Colonies and have also themselves Committed every Kind of
Hostility on our fellow Subjects who have been unfortunate enough to be
Exposed to their Cruelty & Insults These Gentlemen are Circumstances
that present to our view no very Agreeable Prospect; and I doubt not but the
Repetition of them makes every one of Us burn with Resentment and urges us
to take the most Speedy and effectual Measures to prevent the dreadful
Calamities that our Posterities must otherwise feel from the Vicinity of
such People. What Resolutions the Virginians have hereupon taken I appre-
hend you are no Strangers to, and I am encouraged to hope; that the other
Neighbouring Governments whom I have Solicted will Shew an equal Zeal, and
emulate their Conduct, that your Resolutions will Confirm the Opinion his
Majesty has been pleased to entertain of you and Merit the Confidence that
he has thought fit to Repose in the affections & Loyalty of his Maryland
Subjects by distinguishing their Governor with the honour of Commanding the
combined Forces that shall be Assembled to oppose the Enemys hostile
Attempts, I entertain the most Sanguine hopes that you will generously
concur with the Neighbouring Provinces to Enable me to Answer his Majes- tys
Expectations and Royal Intention in honouring me with such a Commission, a
Commission also from his Lordship the Lord Proprietary whereby his Lordship
from an Earnest Desire & Solicitude to Contribute to the Restoration of
Peace and Tranquillity to this and the other British Colonies has been
pleased to Dispence with my Temporary Absence from his Government that I may
pay the most ready & punctual Obedience to his Majestys Commands shall
with the Royal Commission be laid before You: And I will assure You that ...
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly,
February 22, 1755 - October 9, 1756,
Volume 52
The fifty-second volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in
1935, with J. Hall Pleasants as the editor, under the direction of the
Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings and Acts of
the General Assembly February 22, 1755 to October 9, 1756.
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Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 22 Mar. 26, 755. L. H. J. Volume 52, p. 68 ... me
to solicit the Governrs of the Rest of His Majesties Colonies to [Liber No.
48] March 10 Join with us in this Necessary Expedient for our Common Safety.
Your Honour will observe that the Time for the Continuance of this
Prohibition is Restrained to three Months, but if the other Governments
should Join with us, I make no Doubt of bringing my Assembly to Extend it
further. It would give me great pleasure to have Your Honours Concur rence
with me in sentiments Concerning what appears to me so Salu tory a Measure
at this Conjuncture for the General Good of all his Majesty's Colonies in
North America. I have the Honour to be with the Greatest Respect Sir Your
most Obedient Humble Servant W Shirley. New York 24th February 1755. Sir On
Wednesday last the Assembly of this Province was adjourned to the 2d Tuesday
in March, after I had given my Assent to three Bills One to regulate the
Militia, another for Emitting Bills to the sum of £45000. £3000. of which
for Fortifications in this City and on the Northern Frontier the Third is
the Act Herewith Inclosed, by which you will See that the Governor with the
Advice of the Council is Empowered to Restrain the sending Provisions to
Cape Breton &ca. I hope the other Governments on the Continent will fall
into the like Measure, that the Good Intentions of this Law may not be
frustrated, for it would be unreasonable and would not answer the purpose
that the Trade of One Province should be Restrained, while the others are
left at Liberty: I hope you will prevail with your Assembly to fall into a
Measure so very proper at this Time and that all the Provinces will Concur,
that his Majesty's Subjects may no Longer by Supplying the French with
Provisions Enable them to Carry on their pernicious Designs. You will
observe that the Act is to Continue for four Months, but I think I may
Venture to assure you, that if the other Provinces come into the Like
Measure, this Assembly will readily Renew the Act as Long as it can be of
any Service. I had the pleasure by Last Saturdays Post to hear from Mr
Shirley that in Massachusets Bay they had passed a Law for this purpose. I
am £5000 is given for Provisions Sr & other Contingencys in Case
hisYour most Obedient, & Majesty's Troops Come into thisMost humble
servant Province. James De Lancey On reading and considering his
Excellency's Message, and the sev eral Letters and Papers therein referred
to: Resolved unanimously ...
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CHECK The Lower House. Volume 52, p. 69 ... That a Bill be prepared and
brought in, To prevent the Exportation [L. H. J]. of Bread, Flour, Victuals,
and Warlike Stores to Cape-Breton, or 48 the Islands adjacent thereto,
Canada, or any of the French Garrisons, Forts, or Settlements, on the River
Ohio: Ordered, That the Commit tee of Laws do prepare and bring in a Bill
accordingly. Mr. E. Tilghman, from the Committee of Laws, brings in and
delivers to Mr. Speaker an Address to his Excellency; which was read,
approved, and ordered to be ingrossed. The House adjourns till 2 of the
Clock Afternoon. Post Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment,
&c. Mr. J. Goldsborough, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Buchanan, appeared in the
House. Mr. Dulany, from the Committee appointed to inspect the Office and
Proceedings of the Commissioners, or Trustees, for emitting Bills of Credit
established by Act of Assembly, brings in, and deliv ers to Mr. Speaker, the
following Report, viz.t Maryland, ss. [p.45] At a Committee of both Houses
of Assembly, appointed to inspect the Office and Proceedings of the
Commissioners for emitting Bills of Credit established by Act of Assembly,
February 26, 1775. Were Present, The Honourable Col. Richard Lee, of the
Upper House; Mr. Walter Dulany, Mr. Michael Earle, Col. John Henry, Mr.
James Edge, of the Lower House; Capt. John Handy, Mr. Josiah Bell, And, Mr.
John Bracco, Who make Choice of the Honourable Col. Richard Lee, Chairman,
and Richard Dorsey their Clerk; and proceed to make the following Report:
[This report has been printed in full in the Proceedings of the Upper House
on pages 13-27.] Which said Report was Read, and the House concurs
therewith. p.52 Richard Lee, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to Mr.
Speaker a Bill, entituled, An Act for raising a Supply towards his Majesty's
Service, which was thus Indorsed, "By the Upper House of Assem bly,
March 3, 1755. Read the first Time, and ordered to lie on th ..
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The Lower House. Volume 52, p.187 ... Ordered, That M.r Tilghman, and Mr.
Benjamin Mackall, do [L:H.J.] acquaint his Excellency, that this House hath
prepared an Address Liber No. 48 to be presented to him, and desires to know
when, and where, he will please to receive it: They return, and acquaint Mr.
Speaker, that the Governor was pleased to signify, he was ready to receive
the Address immediately in the Conference Chamber. Ordered, That Doctor
Carroll, with five more, do present the Address to his Excellency. His
Excellency the Governor's Message, relative to Mr. Rawlins, which was
referred last Session, is now referred to the Consideration of next
Assembly. The Report relating to the Disposal of the Sum of £6000 which was
referred for Consideration this Assembly, is now referred to next Assembly.
His Excellency the Governor communicates to Mr. Speaker the [p. 151]
following Message, viz. Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly, I have
just now received Advice from the Northern Governments, that the French
Fleet from Brest, with Four Thousand Land Forces, were arrived in the
Harbour of Louisburg, and I am also informed, that no Couriers have arrived
at Fort Cumberland, for some Days, from General Braddock, whence there is
Reason to apprehend, that the Enemy are between the two Camps, and have cut
off the Com- munication. I was unwilling to comply with the Request you just
now made to me, before I had communicated to you this Intelligence, and
desired you once more, to take the unhappy Condition of your Country, and
the back Inhabitants, under your Consideration, and to make some Provision
for their Safety and Protection. Hor.o Sharpe. The House adjourns till the
Morrow Morning at 7 of the Clock. Tuesday, 8th July, 1755. July 8 The House
met according to Adjournment, &c. All appeared as Yesterday, except Mr.
Paca, Mr. Tolley, and Capt. Ward. His Excellency the Governor communicates
to Mr. Speaker the following Message, viz. Gentlemen of the Lower House of
Assembly, I send you a Letter from Governor Shirley, whereby you will find,
we are sollicited to lay an Embargo on all Vessels laden with Pro- visions,
for three Months; the several other Northern Governments, have, I am
informed, complied with Governor Shirley's Proposal of the same Sort to
them, and I doubt not, the Reasons offered in the ...
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Assembly Proceedings, June 23—July 8, 1755. Liber H. S. Volume 52, p. 204
... Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro- [Vestry
to prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's contract
for Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the building a
. Church in Authority of the same, That the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary
s Dorchester.] White-Chapel in Dorcester County, shall, and they are hereby
obliged and required, as soon as conveniently may be, to contract and agree
for the Building and compleatly Finishing, a new Church, on or near the
Place where the Parish-Church of the said Parish now stands. And be it
further Enacted, That the Justices of Dorchester County [Justices to Court,
shall, and they are hereby required to, levy on the taxable Levy 350 l. at
two Inhabitants of the said Parish, by two even and equal Assessments,
Assessments.] in the two next ensuing Years, the aforesaid Sum of Three Hun-
dred and Fifty Pounds Current Money, together with a Sallary to the Sheriff
of the said County, for collecting the same, of Five per Cent; and the said
Sheriff is hereby directed and impowered to col- lect, account for, and pay
the same to the said Vestry, in the same Manner as other Money-Levies are
collected, accounted for and paid, to be applied, by the said Vestry, to the
Building and compleatly Finishing the said new Church, and to no other
Purpose whatever. 5th July 1755 On behalf of the Right 5th July 1755 Read
and assented to Honourable the Lord Read and assented to by the Lower House
of Proprietary of this Prov- by the Upper house of Assemblyince I will this
be a Law Assembly Signed p Order Hor.o Sharpe signed p Order M Macnemara Cl
lo ho _________ J Ross Cl Up ho the Great Seal No. 9 An Act to prevent the
Exportation or carrying out of this Province, Ammunition, Warlike Stores, or
Provisions of any Kind, towards [Preamble.] supplying the French, or their
Allies. Whereas it is represented to this General Assembly, that divers
Persons do supply the French, and their Allies, with Provisions, by Land and
Water; and also, that sundry Traders to the Northward, have carried
Ammunition, Warlike Stores, and Provisions to Saint Peters, in or near the
Island of Newfoundland, from whence the [p. 191] French were supplied with
the same, to Louisburg, at Cape-Breton, by which Means they are the better
enabled to carry into Execution their unjust Schemes upon his Majesty's
Dominions, and against his Subjects on this Part of the Continent: In Order
therefore, to prevent as much as in us lies for the Future such Evil, it is
prayed that it may be enacted ...
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