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Oaths that are ordered to be administered on such Occasions
& also gave Bond to His Majesty with good Surety in the
Sum of £1000 Stg for due Performance of his Office, which
Bond I shall transmit to the Surveyor General by the first
Opportunity & as I believe Mr Ridout is well qualified for the
Office he is appointed to execute it would give me great
pleasure to hear that the Surveyor General's Nomination is
approved of & that Mr Ridout is thought worthy to be con-
tinued in his Office I am &c.
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[Sharpe to Baltimore.]
Annapolis the 2d Feby 1760.
My Ld
Having lately had the pleasure to receive Your Ldp's Lettr
dated the 30th of Augst last I now do myself the honour to
acknowledge the favour & to assure Your Ldp that nothing
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could give me so much Satisfaction as to know that my Con-
duct since I have been honoured with Your Ldp's Commission
hath met with Your Approbation. The Assembly at present
stands prorogued to the 11th of next month if they should
meet at that time I shall communicate to the Gentlemen of the
Upper House Your Ldp's pleasure relative to a Naturaliza-
tion Act & I will at the same time acquaint them with what
Your Ldp is pleased to say concerning the Proposal for Di-
viding the Parish of All Saints in Frederick County, but if I
should not receive any Instructions from the Secretary of
State requiring me to convene the Assembly this Spring &
nothing extraordinary should happen to make their Meeting
so soon necessary I am apt to think that the Gentlemen of the
Council will be averse to having another Session before the
latter End of the ensuing Summer. The Parishes of All Hal-
lows & Westminster in this County (both of them very small
ones) having become vacant a few Days ago by the Death of
the Revd Mr Spencer & Mr Chalmers I propose to induct into
the former the Revd Mr Philip Walker agreeable to the In-
structions I sometime ago received from Your Ldp in favour
of that Gentlemen; & if Your Ldp approves thereof I will
present to the other either the Revd Mr Foulis or Mr Berkley
both of whom come extreemly well recommended. The Ex-
portation of Tobo having been very small last Year the Impost
of One Shilling a Hhd did not amount to the Sum of £1000
but the last Crop having been a very large one the Amount
of the Duty this Year will I expect make ample Amends for
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the last years Deficiency. It is my Ld with a very singular
pleasure that I now congratulate Your Ldp on the glorious
Successes with which it pleased God to bless His Majesty's
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