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him half fees, this Respondent humbly conceives his so doing,
can't establish any Right in the Remonstrant, to what this
Respondent hbly apprehends properly & justly belongs to
him. And this Respondent positively denies that he ever
allowed the Remonstrant half, or any Part of the fees from a
Consciousness of having injured the Remonstrant, but merely
for Peace sake, and this Respondt submits it to your Excys
Consideration, whether It is probable the Remonstrant would
have been content with half the Advantage of Entry, if he
had a Right to the whole
This Respondent thinks that his Majestys trading Subjects
ought not only to have every legal Indulgence, but also all
possible Encouragement, & hopes and believes, that he has
on all Occasions acted accordingly in his Office, and humbly
submits to your Excys Consideration, whether One Officers
encroaching upon the Rights of another Officer, has any
Tendency to ease or indulge Traders, and whether, if Capt"
Lovey has really suffered any hardship, or been put to any
Inconvenience, it does not lie at the Remonstrants Door
This Respondent being, as is already mentioned, appointed
by your Excys favour, Naval Officer of Patuxent, humbly
hopes and conceives that his Right to the Perquisites of that
Office, does not depend on any Orders or Directions, which
the Remonstrant may think fit to procure from the Owners of
any Ship whatsoever, and that whatever favours, such Owners
may think fit, to confer on the Remonstrant, that it ought not
to be at the Expence of this Respondent
Upon the whole this Respondent submits it to your Excel-
lency, whether the Remonstrant is not really the Aggressor,
and whether this Respondent, as the injured p son, has not
just Cause to complain; and altho' this Respondent is advised,
that he could recover the fees and Fronts received by the Re-
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monstrant for the Entry of the George Galley at Law, yet this
Respondent chooses to acquiesce in whatsoever your Excy
shall please to determine
Geo: Plater
To His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esqr Governor of Maryland
The Remonstrance and Petition of Philip Lee Naval
Officer of North Patowmeck.
Humbly Sheweth
That whereas your Excellency hath been pleased to signify
your Intention of laying before the Council in Order to a De-
cision a certain matter of Controversy now depending between
the Naval Officer of Patuxent District, and your said Petitioner,
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