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disquiets of the Inhabitants in which wee doubt not but youl
hold yourselves equally concerned with us for the peace of the
Governmt in these unsteady times as we shall always manifest
ourselves for the peace of this and quiet and satisfacon of yo^r
Government of Maryland with greate truth please to believe
from
Hon^r S^r
Yo^r most humble serv^ti
Nouning March 2 2^d 1688/9 Nicho Spencer
Directed Rich Lee
To the hon^ble William Joseph Esq^r Isaac Allerton
president of the province of
Maryland These

Hon^rd S^r
Yo^re signed by your hon^r and the hon^ble Coll Lee and Coll
Allerton of the 22^nd instant directed to his hon^r the president
with the severall Informacons came this day to hand for which
doe returne our hearty thanks assuring your hon^r that it shall
be alwayes our care to preserve and mainteyne an Admirable
correspondence with that Government. As to the Informacon
of M^r Burr Harris Ralph Plott and John West bearing date
the 16^th day of this month who say they are ready to take their
oathes that they did hear the Indians declare those words as
also those other relacons of M^r Burr Harris and M^r Thomas
Thomson bearing date the 19^th instant unto all which wee
thought wee could not give yo^r hon^r a more satisfactory
answer then by sending herewith the true Coppy of all pas-
sages and proceedings that have passed here upon the late
noisy Indian afair In the first place your hon^r will find the
Deposicon of one John Atkey who sweares that he did hear
Fyffe say that he did heare Sharpe say that he did heare the
Easterne shoare Indians when they were drunke say that they
were hired by Coll Darnall to fight against the English but
being asked when they were sober they would not say any
such thing unto which is annexed the Deposicon of Fyffe as
also of what Coll Jowles says he will sweare and next unto
these your hon^r will find the coppy of a paper brought into this
province from Virginia bearing date the 15^th instant which is
earlier by a day than the first of the informacon received from
y^r Hon^r as aforesaid many Coppies whereof by the Industry
of some where imediately dispersed among the people of this
province which being seconded with Rumours of all shapes
and Colours soe alarmed the people of Charles and Calvert

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Counties that many of them tooke Armes whereupon Coll
Jowles Maj^r Beale and others dispatch't expresses to the
Council giving us an Account of the said disturbances adding

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