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expressly names him not as legitimate & before his death
gott me to give him an anuity by the name he goes by of M^r
Newport son of Judith I forgett her name, the other Gentle-
men M^r Brererwood is seventy, Bed-Ridden, out Lawed, over
head & ears in debt has no heirs & if he were to live seventy
more years, he never could clear up the different suits he has
to gett thro even to prosecute his claim.
I presented myself the address of the Upp. House to the
King ; his Majesty received it very graciously ; I had previ-
ously desired the Secretary of State to observe it & he pro-
nounced it an Exceeding good one. The L. Houses address
had been presented a few days before because it arrived first.
But thats immaterial I likewise delivered to L^d Shelburne y^r
letter I have a great happiness in the Harmony w^ch subsists
between the Upp: House & myself & have directed my Secre-
tary to write to you thereon, with regard to their intention of
takeing on themselves the Expence of prosecuting the Appeal,
out of Respect to them, I bear it with pleasure, for I look
upon them, not as my dependants, but more like the House of
Peers in this Country as the middle part of the Legislature to
prevent the Lower House with their democratic Spirit from
Destroying the present happy Establishment, Sanctifyed by
Experience & the Pattern of their Mother Country, whose
constitution of Government, is by all the world admired.
I look upon the Upp. House of Assembly in Maryland as
composed of the Wisest men of the Province and that when
they differ from the L. House they do it in support of their
own just Rights & of mine as they find them consonant to
justice and not as the L. H. basely insinuate from motives of
dependance on Me. This Liberty Lottery, is a flagrant proof
of the Rash Conduct of the L. House, and ungenerous to me
to the greatest degree. The Houses ought to have settled
these things in a parliamentary way twixt themselves, but
shall a Tribune go out & Harangue the People with a cry of
Liberty against the Proprietor, as if he were a Bashaw ; this
is licentiousness & not Liberty. However when these Mat-
ters are brought on, the expence attending them is a matter
that can create no difficulty. I am extreamly well satisfy'd
with your conduct in all Respects and I entreat you to continue
to Exert y^r abilities towards the sale of these Manners, Espe-
cially Ann Arundel the w^ch I Could guarantee to the pur-
chasers, with my life if necessary.
I am with the
Greatest Esteem
Y^r Sincere freind
& y^r most Obedient humble Serv^t
Baltimore