concerning part of the Shilling a Hhd as must have inevitably
damned the Bill in the Upper House, & they asked me as it
were by several Addresses to recommend it to them to make
some Provision for Arms & Ammunition that they may thence
take Occasion to begin Disputes & postpone or neglect the
Business on which they were especially convened & which I
had in my Speech at the Opening of the Session earnestly
recommended to their Consideration. Your Ldp will be
informed by Mr Calvert (to whom I have already transmitted
a Copy of the Act) that Provision has been at length made for
raising 300 Men in this Province for the Royal Americans & a
Sum of Money also appropriated to finish Fort Frederick &
support a third Company of 100 Men for the better Defence
of our own Frontiers. As soon as the Bill was passed I granted
Commissions for raising the New Company, & also appointed
persons to recruit for the American Regiment, but I am sorry
to find that none of them have hitherto been very successful.
As Mr Goldsborough declined acting as Keeper of the Eastern
Shore Rent Roll on Accot of his Health I have presumed to
appoint Mr Wm Thomas to that Office in Confidence that he
will not be wanting in his Endeavours to give your Ldp satis-
faction, & Reason to approve of such my .Appointment. I have
also in Obedience to an Instruction that your Ldp was pleased
to give me some time since in favour of the Revd Mr McPher-
son presented him on the Decease of Mr Clagett to Willm &
Mary Parish in Charles Coty which Step I flatter myself your
Ldp will be pleased to approve of. I am &c.
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