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Captain Wm Claiborne requested the opinion of the Board,
how he should demean himself in respect of the Lord Balti-
more's Patent and his deputies now seated in the Bay for that
they had signified unto Captain Claiborne that he was now a
member of their plantation and therefore should relinquish all
relation and dependance on this Colony. It was answered by
the Board that they wondered why there should be any such
question made, that they knew no reason why they should
render up the Right of that Place of the Isle of Kent more
than any other formerly given to this Colony by his Majties
Patent, and that the right of my Lords Grant being yet un-
determined in England, we are bound in duty and by our
Oaths to maintaine the Rights and Priviledges of this Colony.
Nevertheless in all humble Submission to his Majestie's Pleasure
we resolve to keep and observe all good Correspondency with
them, no way doubting that they on their parts will intrench
upon his the Interests of this his Majesty's Plantation.
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Captain Mathews to Sir John Wolstenholme.
25. May 1635.
Honored Sir,
I have made bold to present you with divers passages con-
cerning our late Governor by the hands of my worthy friend
Sir John Zouch. But such was the miserable condition we
lived in that it dayly gives just occasion of new complaints
which I doe hereby presume to acquaint you withall which I
beseech you to creditt as they are true in every particular.
Sir you may please to take notice that since Sir John Harvie
his deteyning of the Letters to his Majestie, the Lords and
others concerning a Contract of which Sir John Zouch had
onely bare Copies such as the Secretary would give without
either his or the Clarkes hand Nothwithstanding he promised
me to certefie them under his hand where upon Sir John Zouch
declared before his departure that it was not safe for him to
deale as Agent in the Cuntreyes affaires as they had desired
him to doe having no warrant for his proceedings. And there-
fore desired that if the Colony would have him deale therein
for them They should give him further authority under their
hands. To that purpose when a Letter was drawen and carried
to the Burgesses to subscribe. The Consideration of the wrong
done by the Governor to the whole Colony in detayning the
foresaid Letters to his Majestie did exceedingly perplex them,
whereby they were made sensible of the miserable condition of
the present Governor wherein the Governor usurped the whole
power in all causes without any respect to the Votes of the
Councell whereby justice was now done but so farr as suited
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65.
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