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any Indian or Indians to any other use or uses but to the use
of his said Lordship and his heirs or knowingly from any other
Person or Persons not deriving a Legal Title thereunto by
from or under some Grant from his said Lordship or his said
heirs legally passed or to be passed under his or their Great
Seal of the said Province for the time being So help me God
and by the Contents of this Book Given at Bath under his
Lordships hand and Greater Seal at Arms the 20^th day of
Iune 1648

Liber C. B.

By the Gou^r of Mary-Land.

Nouemb^r 11^th These are to giue notice to all p^rsons, to whom
it may concerne th^t I doe hereby (for speciall reasons me there-
unto moveing) suspend & reuoake all power & authority of
Command uppon the Ile of Kent from Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan,
the Comder of the s^d Iland, & doe acquitt & discharge all the
Inhab^ts of the s^d Iland from their obedience formerly dew unto
his Command untill they shall bee thereunto requyred againe
by speciall Commisⁿ from the Gou^r of this Prouince for the
time being. And I doe further hereby requyre & authorize
M^r Phillip Conner, one of the Commis^rs of the s^d County of
Kent, to issue forth all writts & processes necessary for the
admistraon of Justice in the s^d County: Binding all Parties
interested ouer to the Prouinciall Cou^rt, att S^t maries, there to
haue tryed & determined their suites & causes, untill further
order shall be taken therein; finding it necessary for the p^rnt
to suspend all further power of Judicature uppon the s^d Hand
Gyuen att S^t Maries this ii^th Nouemb^r 1648
Thomas Greene.

By the Gouerno^r of Mary-Land.

Relying uppon yo^r faythfullnes & courage I doe hereby
committ unto yo^w & adde unto yo^r office of High-Sheriffe of
the County of Kent, the Command of all the Militia of the s^d
County, requyring yo^w to take charge thereof: And uppon
any inuasion from abroad or mutiny, insolence, or other breatch
of Peace att home or indaungering the publik safety of yo^r
County, to encounter & suppresse the same, in the best &
speediest manner yo^w may: And to rayse & leuy the force of
the s^d County to th^t purpose, or any part thereof, as there shall
be cause. And I doe hereby requyre all p^rsons able to beare
Armes w^thin the s^d County, to be obedient unto yo^w uppon such
paynes & perills, as the offence agst Military discipline shall
deserue by the Law of Armes or censure of the Prouinciall
Cou^rt. Gyuen att S^t maries this ii^th 9^ber 1648
Tho: Greene.
To M^r Henry Morgan High
Sheriffe of Kent County.

Liber A.
p. 206