20 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

It is the Opinion of this Board that the Several Offices have
leave to lay before the said Committee the said Lists altho
the Application to them has not been regular

Ordered that the Clerk of this Board draw an Order on
the Honourable Col Charles Hammond Treasurer of the
Western Shoar Payable to M^r Henry Walls or Order for
Twenty five pounds Sterling being his years Salary as Ar-
mourer of this Province ending the 29^th of September last to
be paid out of the Duty of three pence p hhd for Arms &c.

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the fol-
lowing Letter

Frederick Septem^r the 24^th 1753
Sir
Yours I received by M^r Young, by which I perceive Lord
Baltimore designs to dispute with this Province which is the
head or Spring of Patowmeck the length of North Branch as
Run out by the Commissioners between his Majesty and me
in the Year 1736.

I am intirely that the South would be much to My Advan-
tage, and therefore think it improper for me to Appear
therein, and that the Governor of Virginia and your Excel-
lency should transact that Affair if his Lordship should ob-

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tain his demand, I must insist upon a new Line between his
Majesty and me to the Southward; I heartily wish this
Climate may be Agreeable to your Excellency. I remain S^r
Your humble Servant
Fairfax
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe
Governor of Maryland

At a Council held in the Council Chamber the 12^th Day of
December in the third year of his Lordships Dominion An-
noque Domini 1753.
Present

His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor

The
Honourable

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Col Charles Hammond

Col Benjamin Tasker
Benedict Calvert Esq^r