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or Places as the Colonel shall order, and that the Captains
give proper Notice to their Men for that purpose; And that
the Clerk of this Board send to the several Colonels a Copy
of this Order.
The following Proclamation being read was approved of &
issued accordingly

Maryland ss.

By His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor & Com-
mander in Chief in & over the Province of
Maryland.

A Proclamation

Forasmuch as the Safety of this as well as the neighbour-
ing Parts of his Majestys Dominions makes the puting and
keeping the Militia in good Order at the time of this general
Danger necessary I have therefore thought fit with the Advice

Lib. C. B.

of his Lordships Council of State to issue this my Proclama-
tion hereby requiring and commanding all military Officers
within this Province to have the several Men under their re-
spective Commands frequently mustered and disciplined, and
ready to march upon any Emergency to serve his Majesty
and defend this Part of his Majestys Dominions And I do
further by the Advice aforesaid strictly command and enjoyn
the putting the several Militia Laws of this Province in Exe-
cution against such Persons as shall neglect their Duty or dis-
obey the lawfull Commands of their Officers And I do also
strictly charge and command the several Sheriffs of this Prov-
ince to make this my Proclamation publick in their said Coun-
ties in the usual manner as they will answer the Contrary at
their Peril Given at the City of Annapolis this 24^th Day of
August in the 25^th year of his Lordships Dominion Annoq
Domini 1739.

His Excellency having communicated to this Board a Re-
port made to him by the Justices of Ann Arundel County of
their having passed Sentence of Death upon a Negro Man
named Robin the slave of M^rs Eliz. Beale Widow, convicted
of Burglary, and also of their having passed Sentence of
Death upon a Negro Man named Robin the Slave of M^r John
Walmesley convicted for ravishing a White Woman; It is the
humble Advice of this Board to His Excellency that he be
pleased to order Warrants to issue for their Execution on
Wednesday next, and forasmuch as the Slave of M^r Walmes-
ley has been a most notorious Offender that he be hung in
Chains 60 yards from the Gallows to the Westward of the
Old Orchard.

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