30 Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1678.

L. H. Journal
Original.

Armes & Amunition at Matapenny bought
by the R^t hono^We The Lor defence of the Province.
Muskets 315. Carbines 101. Blunderbus 1. Armes abroad for
the Country Service in Charles County Muskets 50. Carbines
40. jn Somerset County muskets 100. In Ann Arundell
County muskets 50. Jn St Maryes County muskets 58. Car-
bines 30. Calvert County Carbines 6. muskets 40. Carbines
in officers hands 6. Gunns 797. Powder at Matapenny 1750
in Calvert County 100 in Somerset County 200. Powder in
all 2050. shot at Matapenny 6400 at the Gou^rno^rs 100 in Som-
erset County 600 in Calvert County 300 in all 7400. Spent
since the Lord Proprietaryes going for England about 2ooo^ls
of Powder & 6000^ls of shot & of his Lo^pps Gunns lost &
Broken
M^r Richardson sent with egoing paps to the Comittee
Came the Surv^r Gen^rall with ion of Robert Willson of
Somerset County who had beene R he had underwrit
thus.

Upp howse of ctober the 31^th 1678.
The Lower howse are d of this petition it being the
opinion of this howse that in Charity to be awarded
some Reasonable Releif
Signed ohn Lewellyn Clke of the Assembly

This howse conceive them misunderstood by the
upp howse in their last message Relating to the Country land
thereby intending to signify their Just dissatisfaction of the
ma m^t of the Trust of the sd land being denyed

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eof most contiguous to the state howse as
that wee finde by an Act made Anno 1662
pable of purchaseing but oblidged to
this howse conceive that an incapasity
est future Assemblyes of the Right
to have beene had in making over
out w^eh they conceive no Title could
urchasers, however this howse being
upp howse, and to spend their time
them at this time only request that
the three or foure acres next adjoyning
to the combrance for the pp use thereof, and
Orphant of M^r Thomas Dent may not be-
in wee conceive made firme by the Conditions of
building.
Cap^t Ladd & M^r Garrat Sent with the sd message in writing
to the upp howse. They Retorne
Came the Chancelo^r Secry & Surv^r Gen^rall from the upp
howse & the Chancelo^r in a speech to this howse, in Relation