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and considering likewise several Depositions and Examina-
tions whereby it appears that divers Magistrates of Pensilvania
encouraged the said Germans to sign the Letters afd; as well
as several Examinations and Depositions relating to the Burn-
ing the Dwellinghouse of Captain Thomas Cresap in Balti-
more County by the Pensilvanians under the Countenance
and Authority of the Magistrates and Officers of Justice of
that Province, and confining him the said Cresap in Goal; and
the steps taken by this Government in Order to bring the
Offenders to Justice; It is the Opinion of this Board that an
Address be presented from this Board to his Majesty, and
also an Address to the Lord Proprietary setting forth the
several Facts aforemencond, and that the several Papers Ex-
aminations and Depositions now laid before this Board be
sent to England to his Lordship in support of the several facts
contained in the said Addresses; In pursuance of which Opin-
ion the following Addresses were laid before, approved of,
and signed by his Excellency the Governor, and Benjamin
Tasker Esqr in behalf of the Council, and ordered to be trans-
mitted in Order to be presented to His Majesty and laid
before his Lordship.
To the Kings most Excellent Majesty
The humble Petition of the Governor and Council of the
Province of Maryland
May it please Your Majesty
We your Majestys Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Governor
and Council of the Province of Maryland most humbly implore
Your Majestys Gracious Interposition and Royal Protection
for preserving the Peace Properties and Lives of Your
Majestys Subjects Inhabitants of this Province against the
many Outrages and Violences not only acted by the Inhabi-
tants but even countenanced by the Government of the Prov-
ince of Pensilvania
We beg Leave to present to Your Majesty, that several
Germans & Palatines some Years ago being arrived in these
Parts of Your Majestys Dominion in America made their
Applications and Requests to this Government for the Liberty
of seating and settling with their Families on Lands within
this Province, Which Desires this Government not only
thought reasonable, but the People so deserving Encourage-
ment, that several considerable Quantities of Land lying on
the Borders of this Province adjoyning to the Province of
Pensilvania were allotted and assigned to them for their Resi-
dence and Support under the Authority of this Government,
and accordingly not less than fifty or Sixty Families of that
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