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at the Fortress of Louisbourg

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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 Obedience 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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