Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97. 343

    upon the application of our Governr or Commandr in Cheif of Lib. H. D.

    New York, which sd Sume of two hundred pounds applyed

    towards the assistance of our sd Province, We are pleased to

    declare, Shall be instead of the Quota or other assistance to

    be given by our sd Province of Maryland towards the Defence

    and Security of our said province of New York untill upon

    further Consideration of this matter We Shall give other

    Directions herein: And for So Doing this Shall be your War

    rant. Given at our Court at Kensington this Second day of

    Janry 1696/5 In the Seventh year of our Reign.

                        By His Majesties Command.

    Governr of Maryland abt   Shewsbury

    Assistance for New York.

                           W.R:

    His Mats  Trusty and Welbeloved We Greet you well:

    Letter to the

    Governr of Whereas upon your Representation, that notwith

    New York standing Our Pleasure Signifyed to our Severall

    Quota of Colonies in the Northern parts of America that they

    Virga and should Agree upon a Quota of Men or other assist-

    Maryland

          ance to be given by them Respectively for the

    Defence of our Province of New York Some of the said

    Colonies having Omitted to Send Comrs to adjust the Said

    Quota's, nothing had been done therein; The Severall Gov- p. 2

    ernrs of our sd Colonies were directed to send the Respective

    Quota's of Men or other Assistance appointed by Us for the

    Defence & Security of our sd Province; We declaring our

    pleasure that two hundred fforty Men of our Militia of our

    Colony of Virga and one hundred and Sixty men of our Militia

    of our Province of Maryland Should be the measure of the

    Assistance to be given by our sd Colony and Province upon

    the application of our Governr or Commander in Cheif of our

    province of New York, and it having been Represented unto

    Us by our Respective Governrs of our Colonies of Virginia

    and Maryland that having in Obedience to our Commands

    herein recommended to the Care of the Generall Assembly's

    of our Sd Colony and province Respectively the providing fitt

    Supplys for the sd Quota's they had Alledged that the Inhab

    itants being very poor by Reason of the Warr and the Lowe

    price of Tobacco, and the apprehensions of Forreign Indians

    putting the Countrey to Great Charges to Secure their ifrontiers,

    they are become incapable of affording any Assistance to New

    York And had humbly pray'd to be Excused from all Con

    tribution of tht Nature, But that for the Present the Respective

    Assembly's have appropriated the Sume of ffive hundred

    Pounds for our Colony of Virginia and two hundred pounds

    for our Province of Maryland to Lye ready for the sd Service