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

P. R. O.

Colonial
Papers.

Lords Com^rs of his Majesty's Treasury) concerning the bar-
barous killing of M^r Rousby Collector of the Plantacon duty in
Maryland and humbly lay before his Lordshipp a Letter they
lately received from Cap^t Allin Commander of his Majesty's
Ketch the Quaker giving a fresh account of the difficulty and
unsafe condition that the Officers of the Customs there live in
with the Comm^rs desire his Lordshipp to lay before his Majesty
to the end that some course may be taken that the officers may
remain there with safety an encouragement in performance of
their Duties and that his Lordshipp would be pleased to take
the opportunity of the Vessel that is now going in his Majesty's
Service to that Province.
J. Werden
V Butler
J. Buckworth
W. Dickinson
T. Chudleigh.

29^th Aprill 1685.
Copy of the Comm^rs presentment touching M^r Rousby's
death and the discouraging of the officers in Maryland.

An Extract of a Letter from Coll. William Diggs
from Maryland to the Right Hono^ble the Lord Balte-
more dated June the 11^th 1685.

In pursuance of those orders and Instructions for the Pro-
claiming his most sacred Majesty James the Second Sent by
your Lordshipps, We have taken effectual care that it shall be
done with as great a cheerfulness and in as solemn a manner
as the Constitution of our Country will admit of, and in order
thereunto we have proclaimed him at St. Maries by Coll. Dar-
nall and Maj^r Sewall with your Lord^ps life Guard, this day my
Companyes met with most of the Gent and Inhabitants of this
end of the County who express a great deal of joy, there is
likewise orders sent to all the Counties of this your Lordship's
Province, which will be forthwith done as I question not but
your Lordship will have particular advice. Tho' our neigh-
bours have had the honor of showing their duty before us, hav-
ing had the assurance of the death of our late dead Sovereign
Charles the Second of blessed memory, and the peaceable
Accession of this his present Majesty to his Throne, a consider-
able time before, yet I question not but we shall be as ready to
and for me our Duty in all respects whatsoever and as cheerfull
& honest hearts as they can doe, notwithstanding the Distinction
they are pleased to make of these two Governments, should
such Reports come out of this Province as have too lately from