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Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1667
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66 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647.

Liber F.

boats goods to trade, and Surprized them, and doe Still
detain the same, By the of which Pinnaces and goods
the Inhabitants within the said Isle were reduced So great
famine and misery as they became utterly destitute of any corn
Sustain themselves, which enforced them to send a small
boat ow th why they obeyed not your Majesty's said
Royal Letters and Command to the said Pinnaces
and goods to enable them to trade for corne feed boat
approaching near unto Some Vessell of the said Lord Balte-
more Agents, they shott among the Peticoners men and
slew three of them and hu more, And not content with
these great Injuries, the said Lord Baltemore and his Agents,
have openly defamed and unjustly accused the Peticonrs of
crimes to his exceeding great grief, which hath caused
him purposely pair into this Kingdom and humbly pros-
trate himself and his Cause vn Majesty's feet to be
relieved herein
And the Peticoner having likewise discovered lantao
and ffactorie upon a small Island in the Mouth of a
River in the bottom of the said Bay in the Sasquesahanoughs

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Country at the Inidians Desire and purchased the same
of them by means whereof, by means whereof are in
great hopes to draw thither the trade of Beavers and ffurrs
which the ffrench now wholly enjoy in the Grand Lake of
Canada which may prove very beneficiall to Your Majesty and
the Commonwealth But by Letters now from thence your
Peticoner is advised that the Lord Baltemore's Agents are
gone with 40 men to Supplant the Peticoners said Plantacons
and to take possession thereof and seat themselves thereon
And the Peticoner being desirous to propose a way Where-
by, your Majesty may receive to the Crown for Plantacons an
Annual benefit and the Planters be certain to enjoy the Same
with the fruits of their Labour, They doe Offer unto your
Majesty 100th p annu vizt 50l for the said Isle of Kent, and fifty
pound for the said Plantation in the Sasquesahonoughs Coun-
try, to have there 1 2 leagues of Land &c, from the Mouth of
the said River on each side thereof, down the said Bay South-
erly to the seaward, and Soe to the head of the said River, and
to the Grand Lake of Canada to be held in ffee from the
Crown of England and to be yearly paid into your Majesty's
Exchequer, to be governed according to the Laws of England,
with such priviledges as your Majesty shall please to grant, By
wch means your Majesty may raise a great revenue annually
and all Planters will be encouraged to proceed chearfully on
their designs.
And the Peticoners having now a Ship ready to depart with
goods and people for the prosecuteing and manageing of their



 
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