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186 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.
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Lib. J. R.
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His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the fol-
lowing Minutes.
Minutes taken at a Meeting of the Governors of North
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Pensilvania, with the
Earl of Loudoun Commander in Chief of his Majestys
Forces in North America began at Philadelphia 15th March,
and continued by several Adjournments to March 1757.
The Meeting having been informed by the Earl of Lou-
doun that there was a Plan approved of by his Majesty of
employing the greatest Part of the Troops this Campaign
to the Northward, and that he had invited them to this Meet-
ing, in order to concert in Conjunction with them a Plan for
the Defence of the Southern Provinces whilst the other
Operations were carrying on,
His Lordship further acquainted them that he was willing
to leave for the Defence of the Southern Provinces one
Battalion to be completed to one thousand Men, and the
three independant Companies in South Carolina of one
hundred Men each which may amount to two hundred
effective Men.
And that he thought it necessary for the Security of the
Whole, that the several Provinces should furnish by the
following Proportions.
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Pensilvania
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1400
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Maryland
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500
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Virginia
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1000
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North Carolina
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400
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South Carolina
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500
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which joined to the
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King's Troops
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1200
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make in the
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Whole 5000
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Men.
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And the several Governors do engage to use their best
Endeavours with their several Provinces to raise and support
the above Number to act in Conjunction with the regular
Forces, and under the Command of his Majesty's General,
or the Officer properly authorized according to his Majestys
Regulation.
The Meeting taking into Consideration the Situation of
the several Provinces, and the Intelligence received from
different parts, it appears to them that there is Danger of
the Enemies making an Attack upon the Province of South
Carolina, either by Sea from Saint Domingo or from the
Albarno Fort in the Creek Indians County, on the Head
of the Mobile.
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