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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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316 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV Election of Representatives to act as Magistrates or to enjoy
any Place of Publick Trust or Profit, nor have they been since
p. 22 suffered, & to this I presume it must be principally attributed
that altho Half the Province were Roman Cathol.icks about
60 years ago the People of that Religion do not at present
make a Thirteenth Part of the Inhabitants as I find by the
Return of the Sheriffs & Constables who have in obedience
to my order made the most strict Enquiry in their respective
Districts & the Rolls returned by the Collectors of the Land
Tax shew that they are not possessed of a Twelfth Part of the
Land which is held under Your Ldp as Proprietary of Mary-
land. That Your Ldp may not be at a Loss to account for
their having many Enemies ready to propagate Stories to
their Disadvantage I must intreat Your Patience while I inform
You that some time before Your Ldp was pleased to appoint
me Your Lieut Governor One Mr Carrol a Roman Catholick
died here & left a considerable Estate to his two Sons having
appointed two of his Relations their Guardians & Executors
of his last Will & Testament. Both these Gentn were at that
time of the same Religion as the Testator but after a While One of them declared himself a Protestant & having qualified himself according to Law was chosen by the People of this
County to represent them in the Lower House of Assembly.
A Difference or Quarrell arising between the Executors con-
cerning the Administration He that had not renounced his
Religion published a Piece by Way of Advertisement which
reflected much on the Conduct & Character of the other who
had Address enough to persuade the House of Assembly
which was then sitting to take Notice thereof & to punish the
Author for Violating their Priviledges by Libelling as they said
one of their Members. Some Roman Catholicks Friends of
the Gentleman who was thus treated having taken the Liberty
to speak disrespectfully of the Assembly for such their pro-
p. 23 ceeding the Lower House immediately resented it by Re-
solving that the Papists were bad Members of the Commu-
nity & unworthy of the Protection & Indulgence which had
been given them. After this their Enemies & many were
made such by Envy or the hopes of reaping some Advantage
from a Persecution of the Papists were continually represent-
ing them as a very dangerous People Enemies to His Maj-
esty & their Country, nor had this Spirit of Enmity subsided
when I arrived in the Province. Immediately after the Defeat
of General Braddock it was given out that several Roman
Catholicks had showed Signs of Satisfaction & Joy at that
unhappy Event & that One of their Priests had been seen on
the Frontiers in the Dress of an Officer: To alarm the People
the more it was at the same time rumoured that the Negroes


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