Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1747. 411

necessary and expedient for his Majesty's Service that the
said Companies should depart from this Province forthwith
and before the Blank Commissions from his Majesty can be
received by me Therefore I certify the above that as well the
said Dan^l Campbell may claim and receive the said Commission
of a Captain not only from me as soon as any blank Commissions
shall come to my hands for the purposes aforesaid 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 af^d In
Testimony whereof I have caused the Great Seal of this
Province to be hereto affixed this 13^th Day of Septem^r Anno
Dom. 1746.
The like Certificates were given to Dudley Crofts Esq^r as
Captⁿ Cornelius Brookesby Gent Lieutenant and John Frazer
Gent Ensign whose Company was compleat on the 24^th of
July.
The like Certificates given to John Jordan Esq^r Captain,
Benj^a Stoddart Gent Lieutenant and Edward Bullock Gent
Ensign, whose Company was compleat on the 25^th of July

Lib. C. B.

30^th Decem^r 1747
Province of Maryland
Then Came John Ross Clerk of the Council of the said
Province and made Oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty
God before me the Subscriber One of his Lordships Justices
of the Provincial Court that the aforegoing is a true Copy
taken from the Council Book lodged in the Council Office of
the said Province
John Brice

I Samuel Ogle Governor of the said Province do hereby
certify that John Brice the Person who in my Presence took
and signed the said Depositions is One of the Justices of the
Provincial Court, and that to all Depns so by him taken and
signed all due Faith and Credit is and ought to be given In
Witness whereof I have caused the Great Seal of the said
Province to be affixed this 30^th Day of Decem^r Anno Domini
1747
Sam: Ogle

An Account of Money advanced by the Province of Maryland
towards Discharge of the Expences incurred on Account of
that part of the American Troops inlisted in the said Prov-
ince for the Expedition against Canada.

p. 320