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

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

the entering of the Sloop Anthony John Anderson Master
from New York; and upon my dating Captain Hamilton's
clearing, the Collector came in and put a Stop to my Pro-
ceedings. Given under my Hand this 18^th May 1757..
Jn^o Davidson. D.. Coll^r

Upon the Representation of Alexander Symmer and An-
drew Svmmer of this Province Merchants setting forth that
James Hamilton Commander of the Snow Alexander was on
the ninth Day of March last loaded with Wheat Flour and
Bread, and ready to sail for Dublin and actually at the Office
clearing when the Embargo was laid, as appears by a Certifi-
cate under the Hand of the Deputy Collector of the Port
of Annapolis, and praying that a Permission may be granted
to the said Master to sail as the Cargo is in Danger of heat-
ing from being so long on Board.
Ordered that the Officers of the Customs of the City of
Annapolis clear out for Dublin the said Snow called the
Alexander James Hamilton Master with such Provisions as
he may have on Board he complying with all the Laws now in
Force in this Province.

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Wednesday
the twenty fifth Day of May in the seventh Year of his
Lordship's Dominion, Annoq Dom: 1757:

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.

The honourable Benjamin Tasker Esq^r Col: Cha^s Ham-
mond, & Col: Benj: Tasker.

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the
following Petition

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To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor, and
Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Petition of Joseph Ensor of Baltimore County
Merchant.

Sheweth.
That your Petitioner is sole Owner of the Schooner Anson
Henry Costin Commander built on Patapsco River in the
Province aforesaid.
That your Petitioner had on Board the said Schooner,
and before the Embargo laid two hundred Barrels of Flour,
eighty Barrels of Bread, and some Corn intended for some
of his Majesty's Plantations in North America.