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

Liber B.
P. R. O.

William Joseph Esq^re who then tooke the place of president of
the Council and then administered the same oathes to the said
Coll: Darnall and Coll: Digges and to the hono^ble Coll: Thomas
Tailler Major Nicholas Sewall and M^r Clement Hill.

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

The hon^ble

William Joseph Esq^r psid^t
Coll: Thomas Tailler
Coll: Henry Darnall
Coll: W^m Digges
Maj^r Nicholas Sewall
M^r Clement Hill

present

p. 177

It haveing bin the 29^th of September last ordered that dayes
should be set apart for the proclaiming and solempnizing the
birth of the prince It is now by this board ordered that the
day for that purpose in and for the City and County of S^t
Maries be on the Eleaventh day of October Instant and in each
other County in the Province on the first day of November
next, and that all persons and all servants slaves and others
abstaine on those dayes from bodily labour. And that all
shipps and vesselles in the Rivers harbours and Creekes of
this Province on those dayes in their severall places spread
their flaggs and discharge their guns in token of joy for the
aforesaid greate blessing And that M^r Francis Pennington
Preist of the Society have notice given him requesting him to
be at S^t Maries Chappell on the said 11^th day of this month to
render thanks to the Divine Majesty for the aforesaid ines-
teemable blessing And that Proclamacons forthwith issue for
the proclaiming the birth of the said Prince throughout the
province.

A Letter sent to Cap^t Philipps upon occasion
of the birth of the Prince.
Cap^t Philipps
Whereas the Lords of his Ma^tes most hono^bIe Privy Council
by Command of his most Excellent Ma^ty upon the greate
blessing of the birth of our most glorious prince on the 10^th of
June last have intimated to his Lord^sp the Right hono^ble the
Lord Prop^ty of this Province That his said Lord^sp should
appoynt such dayes throughout this province as well for a
solemne thanksgiving to Almighty God for this his soe ines-
timable a blessing as for such other expressions of publick
rejoyceing sutable to this greate occasion as his Lord^sp should