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and other Discouragements, to render abortive the Advances
made towards a Treaty of Peace and Amity between Your
Majesty's Subjects of this Province, Virginia and Pensilvania,
and the Six Nations of Indians, upon whose Friendship and
Assistance, the Safety and Preservation of All your Majestys
Dominions in North America principally depend against the
Power and Attempts of the French Settlements on this Con-
tinent
Such Conduct of the Lower house of Assembly May it
please Your Majesty, and their Refusal this Session to defray
the necessary Charges and Expences of detecting and pre-
venting the ill Consequences from the aforementioned Indian
Conspiracy oblige us to make this humble Address to the
Throne, in full Assurance, that as the Duty of Our several
Stations exacts from Us the utmost Watchfulness and Care
for the Preservation of this Part of Your Majestys Domin-
ions, We shall receive such Commands from your Majesty,
as to your Majestys great Wisdom and tender Care for all
even the remotest of your Majestys Subjects, may seem
necessary in this time of imminent Danger, when Our Bor-
ders are defenceless, the Service of Our Militia not sufficiently
secured by the Laws now in force, and no Money in the Dis-
position of the Government for the Provision of Arms and
Ammunition
We are
Your Majestys most dutiful and
Obedient Subjects & Servants
Tho: Bladen
Benja Tasker Presid
To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
The humble Address of the Governor & Council of his
Majestys Province of Maryland
May it Please Your Royal Highness
We the Governor and Council of the Province of Maryland
beg Leave to congratulate your Royal Highness on the Birth
of the young Prince: Every Increase of your Royal Progeny
can't fail of filling the Hearts of All his Majestys Loyal Sub-
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jects with the Greatest Joy and Pleasure, as It must not only
give them the most ample Security that the Blessings which
they enjoy under his Majestys mild and auspicious Govern-
ment will be effectually secured to them and transmitted to
their latest Posterity
May your Royal Highness's Descendants inherit Your
Royal Virtues, and always be as much distinguished by their
Heroick Qualities as by their high Birth, And May the British
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