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any East or West Line which may be intended for a North-
ern boundary to this Province and a Southern One to
Pensilvania.
His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the fol-
lowing Copy of his Lordships Instructions
Whereas the Right honourable Lord Viscount Fairfax has
a Grant of a large Tract of Land lying and runing along the

Lib. J. R.

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Banks of Patowmack River on the Virginia Side, and
whereas I am informed The Powers of Government in Vir-
ginia have taken the Liberty to ascertain the Bounds and
Limits of his said Lordships Grant runing' along the Banks
of the said River; which River to the further Banks thereof
is limited to me with its Soil and Water and is a Boundary
between my Province of Maryland and the Province of Vir-
ginia unto the Fountain head of the said River; and Whereas
I am informed that Commissioners have proceeded therein
and instead of their stopping at the South Branch which
Runs from the first Fountain of Potomack River one of the
Boundries of Maryland, have cros't to a Branch runing
North whereby their Endeavours are to give Limits and
Boundary Marks [not] prescribed by my Royal Charter Sub-
jecting me to great Loss of Country, And Whereas it being
not known to me that my Predecessor was made a Party to
the Settlement of such Boundaries by the said Commission-
ers; and were it so such Settlement would be invalid by Virtue
of my Fathers Marriage Articles, he being only Tenant for
Life with Reservation to me as Tenant in Tail, I therefore
desire and Require of you as Soon as Possibly you can to get
Intelligence how such Boundaries have been or are Settled by
the said Commissioners with regard to Lord Fairfax and his
Grant; and at the same Time if Opportunity serves you, You
may Communicate to Lord Fairfax that I am very desirous
of Settling Proper Limits Conclusive between him and me in
regard to my Province of Maryland and his Grant in Vir-
ginia, And in the mean time you must make and have a good
Lookout, and Warning given to such Persons as shall Ven-
ture to Settle on such disputed Boundaries between my Prov-
ince of Maryland and the Province of Virginia under the
said Grant to Lord Fairfax
Ordered that the Clerk of this Board write the following
Letter, to Col Cresap

Sir
I am commanded by the Governor & Council to desire of
you that you will not fail to be at Annapolis by the 2^d Day of
next Month as the Business which requires this Attendance

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