240 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1740/ 1 .

Lib. C. B.

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor with the Advice
of this Board that the present General Assembly which stands
prorogued to the second Tuesday of March next be further
prorogued to the last Tuesday in April next, and Proclamations
issued accordingly.

At a Council held at the House of his Excellency the Gov-
ernor in the City of Annapolis on Friday the 13^th Day of
March in the 26^th year of his Lordships Dominion Annoq
Domini 1740
Present

His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
The honourable
Col Charles Hammond

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board a Letter
received by him from the honble the President of Virginia,
which Letter is as follows

Sir

The Masters of the Ships in Our Trade, having unanimously
applyed to me and the Council, representing, that by Reason
of the severity of the Weather, they have not been able to
bring more than a very small Part of their Lading on board
their ships, of which We were very sensible, & consequently,
of the impossibility of their being ready to sail by the 26^th of
the last Month, which Day Captain Lloyd of his Majesty's
Ship the Winchester, on whom their only Expectation of Con-
voy depended had prefixed for leaving this Colony: We
therefore interceded with him to defer his Departure as long
as possible; who, upon our pressing the Danger the Virginia
Fleet would be exposed to, and the Consequences that might
attend their falling into the hands of the Enemy, at last,
agreed to stay here 'till the 20^th of April, whereupon We

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thought proper to lay an Embargo upon all Ships and Vessels
bound for Great Britain until that time. Captain Lloyd will
take under his Convoy all such Ships as shall then or before
join him in Kiquotan Road in James River which is appointed
for their Rendezvous
That the Maryland Ships may have the Advantage of the
same Convoy, the Council thought it adviseable, that what we
had done for the Security of those from hence, should be
communicated to You; that so, you May, if you think fit,
recommend it to, or oblige the Masters in your Government