478 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676.

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in this Province and draw Up a Law for that Purpose, th^t Soe
While the Right Hono^ble the Lord proprietary is in this Province
Same the may be fully Settled and th^t his Lo^pp & the Upper house
be desired th^t the Hono^ble the Chancello¹ and Secretary may be
Joyned with the Comittee of this house to make up a Comit-
tee of both houses for Inspecting the Settling of the Same
Signed &c

This house doth readily Concurre w^th the vote of the Lower
house here within and desire they will give timely Notice of
the time and place When and where the Comittee Within
Specified Shall meet
Signed by ord^r
Richard Boughton Clke
of The Assembly.
The house is adjowrned
Till 10 a Clock Tomorrow
Morning.

On Thursday May the 18^th 1676.
The house mett at 10 in the Morning
The house is adjowrned For half an houre

The house Met

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John Edmundson sent by the Lower house for [the] Boddy
of the Lawes, And The Hono^ble Secretary [by] Request of this
house Carryed downe the Sa[me]

Low^r house This house upon Receaveing a peticon of Ge[orge
May 18th, 76 Watts] and being alsoe informed that there is a
Dau[ghter of] John Dickensons in possession of the Indians
at [Murder Keel,] Voted by this house That his Lo^pp be hu[mbly
requested] th^t the Said Children may be demanded of [the In-
dians in] a faire way and th^t if the PeticOner [and the said] Dick-
enson doe know and owne theire [Children that the] Indians
may deliver them up
In answer to w^ch this house haveing mat[urely] Considered]
the peticon and informacon above Specified [doe] desire the
Lower house to Consult and debate with themselves Whether
the demand of the Children of Watts & Dickenson be not in
the p^rsent Juncture of time very dangerous & may not occa-
sionally Suggest a Jealousie & Suspition to the Emperour of
Nanticocke th^t we are minded to pick a quarrell with him and
Create furth^r mischeif then wee may possibly be aware of, the
Result of which Consultacon and debate of the Lower house
this house is very desireous to Vnderstand
Signed &c