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great Consequence to Your self, it must certainly upon Re-
flection seem Something out of the Way even to Your self,
who alone can have an Opportunity oflooking over your own
Papers and separating those of this sort from the rest: You
Your Self mention Commissions, Instructions Letters and
Other Papers directing your Father in his Conduct, and I may

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add, Opinions of Lawyers upon stated Cases, and Reports of
the Board of Trade, and Determinations of the Privy Council,
before whom I find some of the Disputes now raised afresh
were formerly laid for their Consideration; many of these
Papers, as may be presumed from the subject Matter of them,
being of no Service to you, I hope you will make no Difficulty
of parting with the Originals of them, and such as are con-
nected with Business of your own, I shall desire no more of
than Copies of so much of them, as may be judged conducive
to his Ldps Service, upon which Subjects I shall desire his
Lordships Agent to speak with you more particularly than
can be done by Letter: I can truly assure you that it is
not my Intention to desire any thing in this Affair but what
may be thought just and reasonable by every candid and
impartial Gentleman, and I hope that you will think it very
reasonable to comply with
I am
Sir. Your most obedient humble Servant
To Charles Carrol Esq^r Sam: Ogle

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Saturday the
2^d Day of June in the twenty fifth Year of his Lordships
Dominion Annoq Dni 1739.
Present
His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor

The
honourable

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Philip Lee Esq^r
George Plater Esq^r
Edmund Jennings Esq^r

James Hollyday Esq^r
Col Charles Hammond
Col Levin Gale

His Excellency acquaints this Board that he has nominated
James Harris Esq^r a Member of his Lordships honble Council,
and that he hath also nominated Samuel Chamberlain Esq^r a
Member of his Lordships honourable Council, and that the
said James Harris now attends in Order to be qualified

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Whereupon the said James Harris takes the several Oaths
to the Government appointed to be taken by Act of Assembly
and likewise the Oath of a Councillor, and subscribes the
Oath of Abjuration and Test and takes his Place at the Board
accordingly.