156 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1669.

Liber H H

P. 308

Csecilius &c To our deare freind & Councellor Jerome
White Esquire Greeting in our lord God Everlasting Wee
have appointed to hold a Generall Assembly of the ffreemen
of our Province at our Citty of S^t Mary's on the Thirteenth
day of Aprill next ensueing Wee do therefore hereby will
and require th^t all excuses & delay's sett a part you repaire in
person to the Assembly at the time & place prefixed there to
advise and consult with us touching the Jmportant affaires of
our Province Given at o^r Citty of S^t Marys under our greate
Seale of our said Province of Maryland the sixteenth of ffeb-
ruary in the xxxvij^th yeare of our Dominion ou^r our s^d Province
annoq^e dm MDClxviii
Wittn^s our Deare Sonn Charles Calvert Esq^r our leiu^tnt &
cheife Gou^rnor of o^r s^d pvince of Maryland

The like Writt to Philip Calut Esq^r Channcello^r
The like to Baker Brooke Esq^r
The like to Henry Coursey Esq^r
The like to Cott William Evans Esq^r
The like to Thomas Truman Esq.

U. H.

Journal
1659-69
p. 284

Aprill 13^th 1669.

At the howse of Assembly at East S^t Mary's appeared
The hono^ble Charles Calvert Esq^r
Philip Calvert Esq^r
Jerome White Baker Brooke Hen. Coursey
Tho: Trueman and W^m Calvert Esq^rs

S^t Marys County Then appeared as Delegates for S^t Marys
County M^r Tho: Notley, Mr John Morecroft,
Mr Rob^t Slye M^r Thomas Dent
Charles County M^r Thomas Thorrowgood M^r J^no Bowles M^r
Rich. Boughton M^r Stephen Mountague
Talbott County M^r Daniell Clarke
Calvert County M^r Thomas Manning
Som^rsett County M^r William Stevens
Dorsett County M^r Richard Preston

The Governor haveing given them the reasons for calling
the assembly & being licenced to choose their Speaker they
departed And after some tyme Returned & desired of the
leivtenn^t Generall in regard that the Major parte of the Dele-
gates did not appeare that he would be pleased to Respitt the
Eleccon of the Speaker till to morrow in the afternoone ag^t
which tyme they hoped all would be p^rsent which was Granted.

The howse adjourned till 9 of the Clock
to morrow morning