432 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.

P. R. O.

Colonial
Papers.

of Governor Markham his reasons under his hand, why he would
not allow or concurr with his Lordshipp to lay out the line on
Delaware river, unto which Governor Markham agreed. After
his Lordship had perused Gov^r Markham's reasons and ready
to take boat to go towards New Castle where he and Governor
Markham had appointed to meet in order to lay out the line
of Devision betwixt the two Provinces upon Chessapeak Bay
and the rivers respecting the Bay, his Lordship was pleased to
call his people together and then declare he was then in Mary-
land, unto which Governor Markham answered he was under
a mistake for he was in Pensylvania, no said my Lord Balte-
more, I am in Maryland, and will settle some of these people
about me here, upon which Governor Markham told him, that
if his Lordship was in ernest, and if they were not words of
course, that then being the debate between his master Penn
and his Lordship, could not be otherwise decided their pre-
tences being both by letters Patent from the King that he per-
ceived his Majesty was the proper person to end that differ-
ance, but his Lordship replied no he would not go before his
Majesty, the land was his, and as soon as they had found
where the line of 40 would fall upon Chessapeak Bay, he would
come with his Eastern line and take possession of his part of
the river and above it ten miles, but Governor Markham re-
plied, that he had received this river and every part thereof 12
miles above New Castle by virtue of letters pattents from the
King in favour of his master Penn from the Government of
New York, but had no order to deliver it up to any man nor
suffer any person to keep possession of it, and unless he re-
ceived such or the like orders from M^r Penn, he would keep
it until his master Penn's arrival which he did not doubt
but what would be very shortly, and desired his Lordship
would refer all to his coming, but his Lordship would not con-
sent, then the L^d Baltemore took boat and went to Markiss-
nookati chichester, and there went from house to house pro-
hibiting the Inhabitants to pay any more quit rents to M^r Penn,
telling them that the land was his, and that he would suddenly
return and take possession of it, and that they were cheated, &
deceived by W^m Penn Dep^ty Governor which caused such a
consternation in the Inhabitants of those parts, and in the In-
habitants of Upland that the next day when Governor Mark-
ham was ready with his boat, his Instruments on board, his
horses provided to go by Land, and all other materials ready
to wait upton his Lordship at New Castle, according to
appointment from thence to go to find the line of 40 upon the
rivers towardsMaryland, the Inhabitants aforesaid being terrified
by the reason aforesaid came to the Governor & desired to be
removed from their habitation as conceiving themselves not