120 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97.

      Lib. H. D. Severall The Petition of Capt Richard Cheshire and two

              other Masters of ships seting forth their being now

             be Cleared, in Readiness to sayle and the Expence they lay at,

             Rejected, therefore humbly prayed the Order of this Board for

             their Clearing; To which was answered that the same cannot

             be complyed withall by reason of an Instruction from their

             Mats to the Governour here which says, that ships shall not

             sayle in time of Warr but in ffleets vnder their Mats Convoys,

             and there being two Men of Warr now in the Countrey

             appointed for Convoys, who are to Sayle the 13th of Septem

             ber next; therefore the said Petition is Rejected.

               Mr Attorney Genll lays before the Board the following

             Representation Vizt

              To his Exncy ffrancis Nicholson Esqr Capt Genll and Governour

                 in Chief and to the Honoble their Mats Councill of Maryland.

              Mr Platers George Plater humbly Representeth that Coll

             Re p re se nta

             tjon about Nehemiah Blackiston late Collector of Potomock

             Coll Blakis- District having in his lifetime taken severall Navi

             ton gation Bonds and Bills of Exchange for the satisfac

             tion & paymt of their Mats Duties & Impositions arising &

             becoming due to their Mats for the support of Governmt

             within the aforesd District, And whereas Orders having been

             heretofore Granted by the Honoble the President and Councill

             the then Governmt of the Province that the Widow & Admin

             istratrix of the said Nehemiah Blakiston decd should deliver

             vnto the said George Plater all Bonds &Ca which were in her

             possession at the time of the death of her deceased husband

             relating to & belonging to that Office, the which Order has

             not as yet been complyed with, the Widow and Admrx pre

             tending her self a stranger to those Affairs; The said George

             Plater therefore humbly desires your Exncies Consideration

             thereof and that further Ordr be made therein, And that all

             the Bonds, Certificates & Papers may be speedily delivered in

             they being of great Import to their Mats Service which is

             humbly Recommended to your Exncies consideration by Yor

              Exncies              most obedient Servt

                                            George Plater

               Ordered that (as Attorney Genll) he take care to see the

             same prosecuted according to Law; And that as the Kings

           p.    Receiver he take care of what shall belong to the King.

             Ordr for It being Represented to his Exncy that the Bodies

             interring the bodies of of the late Governour Copley and his Lady deceased

             the late lye still Uninterred at the Great house and consider

             Copley and ing it was expected some Order should have been

             his Lady received ere this time for Conveying the same by

       Whitehall some Mann of Warr or other Vessell for England, but there