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prayers for the Royal Family in such manner as Your Ldp
was pleased in Your Instructions to require; Copies of which
proclamations & Declaration are likewise sent to every County
to be published there in the most solemn manner; & I have
ordered that the proclamation for altering the prayers be pub-
lished in every place of Worship. Having thus complied to the
utmost of my power with Your Ldp's Requisition I entertain
hopes that my proceedings will meet with Your Ldp's Appro-
bation, & that Your Ldp will ever believe that I am with pro-
found Respect My Ld Yr Ldps faithful & most devoted Serv'
[Sharpe to Calvert.]
Annapolis the s28th Jany 1761 transmitted by Capt Newman.
Sir
Being told that there is a Ship just about to sail from Chop-
tank for London I embrace the Opportunity to inform you that
Your Lettr of the 30th of Octr last advising me of the Demise
of His late Majesty the good old King of blessed Memory
together with His Ldp's Instructions of the same Date, a Copy
of the gracious Declaration that His present Majesty was
pleased to make in Council upon his Accession, a Lettr from
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the Lords of His Majesty's privy Council to the Ld Prry with
a Form of a Proclamation to be published in this Province, a
printed Copy of the Kings proclamation continuing Officers,
& his Instructions with an Order in Council annexed directing
an Alteration to be made in the Prayers for the Royal Family,
having been brought to me by Express from Philaa last Friday
Evening (being the 23d Inst) when all the Gentlemen of the
Council who reside in Town (except Mr Dulany who declined
coming) happened to be assembled at my House I laid the
same before them & it having been thereupon Resolved that
His present Majesty King George the Third should be pro-
claimed in this City the Tuesday following at Twelve oClock,
the same was notified to the absent Members of the Council,
the Gentlemen of the Corporation of Annapolis, & the Justices
of the Peace for Ann Arundel County who were desired to
attend the Ceremony as were also the Commanding Officers
of the City & County Militia with their several Troops &
Companies. In the mean time Mr Ross was ordered to pre-
pare the Proclamations &c. that were to be published in this
City & also proclamations &c to be sent to the Sheriffs of the
several Counties with Dedimus's from the Secretary's Office
requiring all Magistrates & Officers throughout the Province
to take the Oaths to His present Majesty Yesterday then
being the Day appointed for proclaiming His Majesty in this
City at 11 oClock the Armourer begun & fired 34 Minute
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