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

Liber B.
P. R. O.

farewell From the Council Chamber at Whitehall This Fourth
day of November 1687.
Your lordships very loving freinds
Jeffreys
Sunderland P
Hamilton

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Middleton
Belasys
Godolphin

Dover

Lord Prop^r of Maryland. Yerule
William Blaythwayt

Gentlemen London 14^th July 1688.

Herewith I send you a Coppy of an Order from the Lords
of his Ma^ties most hono^ble Privy Council by which you will
understand it is his Ma^ties Commands to me that I should
endeavour to get a Law passed in my Assembly in Maryland
for prohibiting any Bulk Tobacco to be exported.
You are therefore upon sight hereof to cause an Assembly
to be convened and to use your best Endeavours to procure
such a law to be passed there supposeing the same will be
endeavoured by the Governor of Virginia pursuant to the
order sent there Herein faile not on your parts to serve his
Ma^tie all you can and soe I rest
These for Coll: Tailler Your very loving freind
Coll: Lowe & the rest of the C: Baltemore
Dep^tys Lieu'⁵ of Maryland.

Ordered That an Assembly be called to sit at the City of S^t
Maries the Twelth day of November next and that Proc-
lamacon issue accordingly.

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

William Joseph Esq^re presid^t

The hon^ble

Coll: Thomas Tailler
Coll: Henry Darnall
Maj^r Nich: Sewall
M^r Clement Hill

present

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The following letter from his Lop in favour of M^r John
Woodcock was read
London 21^st July 1688.
Gentlemen
The bearer hereof M^r John Woodcock intending to goe
by the first oppertunity for my Province of Maryland in order