Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1702/3. 141

       At a Council held at the Town & Port of Annapolis Wed-     Lib. X.

     nesday April 14th in the 2d year of her Majestys Reign Anno

     Dom 1703

                         Present

             The honble Tho Tench Esqr President

                       Colo John Hammond

          the honble   Colo Edward Lloyd

                       Colo Wm Holland

       Produced & read the right Honble the Lords of trade &

     Plantations Letter to the honble the President & Council of

     the 11th of November 1702 with her Majestys Proclamation

     for a Solemn thanksgiving for God Almightys Protection and

     the Good Success he has Vouchsafed her Majestys Arms for

     which their Lordships Direct a day for a Solemn thanksgiving

     to be set aside in this Province

       Ordered that Proclamation issue appointing the first of

     May for the said Solemnity at the Town & Port of Annapolis

     in Ann Arundell County & the 29th of the same month in all

     other parts of this Province

       The President acquaints the Board that he had Upon

     Oath received a Complaint of some unwarrantable Actions

     committed by Captain Nathaniel Bostock Commander of her

     Majestys Advice Boat Eagle within this Government and

     thereupon produced the honble James Sanders Esqr & Cap-

     tain James Mitchell's Depositions concerning the Violence

     used by Captain Bostock upon his Impressing on Board the

     Owners Adventure which are as follow

                Maryland March 5th 1702/3

       James Sanders Esqr One of her Majestys honble Council        p. 313

     being sworn upon the holy Evangelists Deposeth that on

     Wednesday last in the evening the Deponent at the Request

     of Captain James Mitchell went on Board the Ship Owners

     Adventure in South River & tarried there all that night the

     next morning Capt Nath Bostock Commander of her Majestys

     Ship Eagle Advice Boat came On Board with his Doctor &

     Boats Crew with their Arms were they were so violent &

     unruly that the Deponent hearing them got up out of the

     Cabbin the Cabbin Boy Acquainting him that the Captain of

     the man of war was Come on Board & they were all fighting

     so that the Dept Came out being not Drest & desired Cap-

     tain Bostock to Command his men to keep the Queens Peace

     but the said Captain Bostock gave no Reguard thereto only

     said that Captain Mitchell had two of his men & had hid