408 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

These Gentlemen have likewise Introduced to his Lordship
M^r James Stuart a Clergyman lately gone over to Maryland,
to get a Living If he can. You may Imagine their Persuasion
will scarce admit of their saying much for him, and indeed all
they say of him is that they have had a very good Character
of him from one of the first Gentlemen in Virginia. His
Lordship leaves you to do just as you please.
But his Lordship has received another application from
Lord Strange (the Eldest son of the Earl of Derby) to which
he Prays your Excellencys Attention and it is in the following
terms,
" Preston Lancashire The Poor man in whose favour I write
held a Tenement under a Gentleman of this County for three
Lives; the last Life went to Maryland, her name Mary
Brereton ; and under pretence of her being dead the Lessor
several years ago took Possession of the Tenement. The
favor I would beg of your Lordship is that you would be so
kind as to procure from the Governour a Certificate, setting
forth whether she be Dead or alive, and, if Dead, the time of
her Death. She Lived near the Lords Manor in the County
of Ann Arundel, Herring Bay Maryland."
His Lordship has likewise received the following Repre-
sentation from M^r W^m Edmiston
"In the year 1701 a large Quantity of Land was purchased
of M^r Penn by a Number of Adventurers, which was located to
them in the Township of West Nottingham in the lower
End of Chester County nearly adjoyning to what was then
supposed to be the Boundary between the Provinces of Penn-
sylvania and Maryland ; but as it appears by the late Settle-
ment of the Line between the Two Provinces that great part
of the Tract Purchased as afores^d of M^r Penn falls within the
Province of Maryland my humble request is that I may obtain
from my Lord Baltimore a Patent for such Part of the s^d Land
as I now Inherit from my Father, who was one of the Original
Purchasers and which is part of what falls into the Province of
Maryland as aforesaid."
The Agreement between the Proprietors has, I apprehend,
made proper Provisions for the Case of these Settlers but M^r
Edmiston's Application seems Premature till all the Proceed-
ings are returned and Confirmed and then I Presume the
Proprietors will in concurrence together find means by Gen^ll
Proclamation or some other Publick Act to Quiet their respec-
tive new Tenants.
One Thomas Sawyer a Journeyman Coachmaker at Epsom
was Convicted of Felony on Occasion of the late Riots on the
special Commission at Gloucester and sentenced to be Trans-
ported & soon afterwards obtained the Kings free Pardon