208 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696 / 7-98.

            Lib. H. D.     two of his Matys Ships the Harwich and the South Sea

                  Castle we make no doubt of its haveing been Safely delivered

                  to you Since that time. And therefore we shall not repeat

                  any thing of the Contents thereof further then we have now

                  New Occasion.

                   It has not yett been possible for us to go through all the

                  particular Matters that lye before us relating to that Province

                  but nevertheless being willing to write what we Can by this

                  first Opportunity we shall not forgett but onely Deferr the

                  rest till we have provided further

                   This Lre we Intend by his Matys Advice Boat the Swift

                  Captaine Bostock Commander who being directed to Attend

                  att Maryland we Suppose will Answer Your End in what you

                  desire about a Vessell to Cruize upon tht Coast, and together

                  herewithall we now send you a Lre from his Maty Dated the

                  22th of Aprill Last requireing your punctuall Care in all things

                  relating to the Execution of the Act for the Plantation Trade

                  Unto which we therefore referr you as being of greater

                  weight then anything we are able to Say upon the Subject.

                   Upon Consideration of the Assemblyes Address mentioned

                  in the Close of your Last Letter Desireing that Coll Copleys

                  Estate in Maryland may Answer to his Maty the fourth part

                  of the Twelve pence p hogshead on Tobb: which ought to

                  have been imployed in Stores of Warr but was by him Con

                  verted to his private use. We Cannot Conceive why prose

                  cution has not allready been made thereupon in the Country

                  that whatsoever was found due to the King might have been

                  recovered by ordinary Course of Law.

                   Upon the head of Stores we must also add that we find

                  not amongst the papers now received any Acct or Inventory

                  of the Arms Amunition and Stores remaining in any of his

                  Matys Magazeens in that Province wch being a thing that his

                  Maty has required you Annually to Observe, we Expect that

                  it be Accordingly performed. There is another thing also

                  that we find omitted by you, tho we Acquainted you partic

                  ularly that it was his Matys Express Command, and Accord

                  ingly required you to Observe it, We mean An Exact Acct of

                  all money Given for publicque uses And how the same is and

                  has been from time to time Expended or layd out. This

                  therefore (to Explaine our Selves more particularly) we

                  Expect to be punctually observed at least from the beginning

                  of the year 1696.

                   Upon persuall of the Assemblyes Address relating to the

                  Quota of Men or money to be furnished by Maryland for the

                  defence of New York we should not have been able to have

                  understood there meaning therein if we had not found it more

              p. 229 plainly Expressed in Some other of your publique papers But