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or shall enlist in his Majestys Service, to mutiny or desert,
shall be punished with the utmost Rigor of Law And as his
Majestys Commissions are now in my hands I do hereby in
his Majestys Name strictly charge and require all Persons
who have enlisted themselves in his Majestys Service, as they
shall answer the Contrary at their Peril, to repair forthwith to
Annapolis in order to be instructed and exercised in Military
Discipline to the End they may be able to discharge their
Duty to his Majesty as faithful Subjects and good Soldiers
And to the Intent that all Persons concerned may have due
Notice hereof I do hereby strictly charge and command the

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several Sheriffs of this Province to make this my Proclamation
publick in their respective Counties in the usual manner as
they will answer the Contrary at their Peril Given at the
City of Annapolis this 12^th Day of August in the 26^th Year of
his Lordships Dominion Annoq Domini 1740

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the fol-
lowing T .etter received by him from the Governor of Virginia

Sir
Not knowing when the Officers may arrive in your Govern-
ment, I herewith send you the Substance of a Letter I ad-
dressed to you by them
I have inclosed you Commissions for three Companies, the
Number of Men at present expected from your Government,
and sent you the like Number of Lieutenants and Serjeants
with Arms & Powder and Cloathing for the Officers, so must
desire you to form the Men you have enlisted accordingly:
Col Blakeney has sent you Bills to raise Money, and I must
intreat you to provide Transports &c that I may be sure to
have your Men at the place of Rendezvous within the Capes
of Virginia, before the middle of September
Please to date the Commissions the 9^th of June, & Endorse
on the Back the Day of Delivery I am in a great Hurry
Your most humble Servant
M^r Rousbys Will: Gooch
24 July 1740