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sions shall come to my hands for the Purposes af^d But also
from any other Person or Persons who are or shall be author-
ized by his Majesty to grant or deliver the same to the Officers
of the Forces raised in this Province for the Expedition afore-
said In Testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of
this Province to be hereto affixed this 13^th Day of September
Anno Domini 1746

The like Certificates were given to Dudley Crofts Esq^r as
Captain Cornelius Brookesby Gent, Lieutenant and John
Frazer Gent Ensign whose Company was compleat on 24^th of

July

The like Certificates given to John Jordan Esq^r Captain,
Benjamin Stoddart Gent Lieuten' and Edward Bullock Gent
Ensign whose Company was compleat on 25^th of July.

Lib. C. B.

13^th July 1746

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor that the following
Proclamation issue

By his Excellency Thomas Bladen Esq^r Governor and
Commander in Chief in and over the Province of
Maryland

A Proclamation

Whereas I have received certain Information that severa
Jesuits and other Popish Priests and their Emissaries have
presumed of late, especially since the Unnatural Rebellion
broke out in Scotland to seduce and pervert several of his
Majestys Protestant Subjects from their Religion and to alien-
ate their Affections from his Majestys Royal Person and
Government although such Practices are high Treason, not
only in the Priests or their Emissaries who shall seduce and
pervert but also in those who shall be seduced or perverted
I have therefore thought fit with the Advice of his Lordps
Council of State to issue this my Proclamation to charge all
Jesuits and Other Popish Priests and their Emissaries to for-
bear such Traiterous Practices and to assure such of them as
shall hereafter dare to offend that they shall be prosecuted
according to Law, And All Magistrates within this Province
are hereby strictly charged and required when and as often as
they or any of them shall be informed or have Reason to
suspect any Jesuit or Other Popish Priest or any of their
Emissaries offending in the Premises to issue a Warrant or
Warrants against such Offender or Offenders to take his or
their Examinations and the Examinations or Depositions of

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