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The French or Spaniards have no Settlements on or near
the Borders of Maryland.
By the Charter granted to Cecilius Lord Baltimore by King
Charles the first, 20^th June in the 8^th year of his Reign the
Limits of Maryland are described to be, "All that Part of a
" Peninsula Between the Ocean on the East and the Bay of
" Chesepeak on the West and Divided from the other part
" thereof by a Right line drawn from the Promontory or Cape
" of Land called Watkins Point (situate in the af^d Bay near the
" River Wighco) on the West, unto the Main Ocean, on the
" East, and between that Bound on the South unto that part
" of Delaware Bay on the North which lieth under the 40^th
" Degree of Northerly Latitude from the Equinoctial, where
" New England Ends, and all that Tract of Land between the
" bounds af^d that is to say passing from the af^d Bay called
" Delaware Bay in a right Line by the Degree aforesaid unto
"the true Meridian of the first fountain of the River Patow-
" mack and from thence tending towards the South unto the
further Bank of the af^d River and following the West &
South Side thereof unto a Certain place called Cinquack
Situate near the Mouth of the said River where it falls into
the Bay of Chesepeak and from thence by a strait Line unto
the aforesaid Promontory or Place called Watkins Point.
Concerning that Part of the Peninsula which lies to the
Eastward a dispute is now depending between the Lord Balti-
more & Mess" Penns in the high Court of Chancery; nor are
the Boundarys on the Northward as yet fixed Between Mary-
land & Pensilvania; But a Temporary Line hath been Run by
Order of his Majesty from the East Side of the River Susque-
hannah down so far South as fifteen Miles & a Quarter of a
Mile South of the Latitude of the Most Southern part of the
City of Philadelphia and on the West side of the said River
Susquehannah down so far South as fourteen Miles & three
Quarters of a Mile South of the Latitude of the Most Southern
Part of the City of Philadelphia; for the present Quieting the
disturbance on the Borders of Each Province; The Consti-
tution is founded on the aforementioned Royal Charter. The
Legislative Power is in the Governor & the Upper house

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(which is Composed of Twelve Councillors) & the Lower
house of Assembly which Consists of the Delegates of the
People
The Trade of the Province consists Chiefly in the Expor-
tation of Tobacco to Great Britain in Vessels yearly sent
hither from thence to the number of about two hundred, of the
Burthen of about 12000 Tons Navigated with about 4000 Men;
The Vessels Owned by the Inhabitants of the Province are not
above 50 Navigated with about 400 Men and of the Burthen