Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1687/8-89. 41

The Lre from his Ma^ties Privy Council
After our hearty Comendacons It having pleased Almighty
God about Ten of the Clock this morning to bless his Ma^tie and
his Royall Consort the Queen with the birth of ahopefull sonn
and his Ma^ties kingdomes and dominions with a prince his
Ma^tie had commanded us to signify the same to your Lo^pp and
to pray and require your Lord^sp to cause notice thereof to be
forthwith given by proclamacon throughout his Ma^ties plantacon
under your Government and thereby to appoynt such dayes
As well for a solemne thanksgiveing to Almighty God for this
inesteemable Blessing as for such other expressions of publick
Rejoyceings sutable to this greate occasion, as your Lo^p shall
judge fit, and soe not doubting of your Lord^sps ready Com-
plyance herewith wee bid you very heartily farewell: From
the Council Chamber in Whitehall this Tenth day of June
1688.
Your Lord^sps very loving freinds
Sunderland L^d
Coppy Powis
C. Baltemore Craven
Middleton
Lord proprietor of Castlemaine
Maryland and to pro- N. Buttler
claime the birth of the Ed: Petre
Prince &c:
William Blathwayt.

Thereupon it was ordered by this board that a day be set
apart for the proclaiming & solemnizing the birth of the Prince
in and for the City and County of S^t Maries and another day
for the performing the same in each other perticuler County
throughout the whole province of Maryland.

Liber B.
P. R. O.

At a Council held at the City of S^t Maries
the Third day of October 1688.

p. 173

The hon^bIe

Coll: Henry Darnall
Coll: William Digges
Maj^r Nicholas Sewall
M^r Clement Hill

present