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204 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1 740.
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House in Town to make a House, desires their Opinion what
is necessary to be done, who advise that his Excellency be
pleased to order Proclamation to issue to prorogue the As-
sembly till to Morrow being the 23d Instant which Proclama-
tion issued accordingly.
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At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Monday the
28th of April in the twenty sixth year of his Lordships
Dominion Annoq Domini 1740
Present
His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esqr Governor
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Major General Ward
Benjamin Tasker Esqr
George Plater Esqr
Edmund Jenings Esqr
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Col Charles Hammond
Col Levin Gale
Col James Harris
Samuel Chamberlain Esqr
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The following Warrant being read is approved of, And It is
the humble Advice of this Board to his Excellency that he be
pleased to order the same to issue to such persons as shall
apply to him for Warrants to inlist Men in this Province
Samuel Ogle Esqr Governor and Commander in Chief in
and over the Province of Maryland
To A: B: of C: County Gentleman Greeting
His Majesty having been pleased to signify his Royal
Pleasure that so many Men may be raised within this Province
with all possible speed as can be raised to be commanded by
the honourable Col Alexander Spotswood and to joyn a Body
of His Majestys Regular Forces to be sent from Great Britain
under the Command of the Right Honourable the Lord
Cathcart General and Commander in Chief of all his Majestys
Forces to be sent from Great Britain and of those raised in
America at the Place of General Rendezvous in order to
attack the Spanish Settlements in America These are there-
fore to authorize and impower of County to raise
and inlist so many Men as shall be willing to serve his Majesty
in the said Expedition Given at Annapolis this Day
of in the twenty Sixth Year of his Lordships Domin
Annoq Domini 1740.
At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday the
Sixth Day of May in the twenty Sixth Year of His Lordships
Dominion Annoq Domini 1740
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