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the River Patuxent from whome any Rent to his Lordp is
payable either for the year ended at Christmass Last past or
any other Rents arrears that they and every of them bring the
Same to S^t Maries upon or before the twelfth day of ffebruary
next ensueing the date hereof, and then and there pay in the
Same at the dwelling house of M^r Thomas Hatton his Lordps
Attorney General who will give them acquittances therefore &
herein they are not to fail upon the penalty of being proceeded
against in Such Strict and Severe manner as their Contempt &
neglect hereof Shall deserve, And together with his Lordps
Rents they are to bring in and pay unto me at my dwelling
house at S^t Maries aforesaid haif a bushell of Corne p poll for
every taxable pson within this County of S^t Maries which is
allowed unto me p order of an Assembly Given at S^t Maries
the 8^th day of Jan^ry Anno Dni 1650:
William Stone

Liber B.
p. 292

By the Lieuten^t &c of Maryland.

According to the direction and appointm^t of the Right
Honble the Lord Baltemore Lord Propriary of this Province in
his Lordps Declaracon under his hand and seal of the Sixth
of August Last I have thought fit and doe hereby allow unto
his Lordps Attorney Generall M^r Thomas Hatton for his pains
in the Execucon of that Office this present year 1650, One
thousand pounds of Tobacco and Caske or the Value thereof
out of his Lordps Rents and Revenues, here, as also the Said
quantity of Tobacco and Caske or the value yearly during his
the Said M^r Hattons Continuance of that imployment, or that
his Lordps pleasure be further therein Signified to the Con-
21 Nov^er | trary and published in this Province Given at S^t Maries
this tenth day of January Anno Dni one thousand Six
hundred and fifty

p. 239

W^m Stone
Major Gibbons Council, .and
Admiral
CB:
Cecilius &c^a to our right trusty and well Beloved William
Stone Esq^r our Lieutenant of our said Prov^c of Maryland and
to the rest of our Council there and other Officers there Greeting
Know yee that we having good experience of the Honour
Worth and Abilities of Edward Gibbons Esq^r Major General
of New England and of his Affection and Good will to the
prosperity of us and our Colony in the said Province of Mary-
land and Reposing special trust and Confidence in his Great

Liber C. 15.
p. 236

Wisdom fidelity and experience do by these presents Constitute
and appoint him the said Edward Gibbons to be one of our

p. 237