Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 273

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Saturday
the 15^th Day of April in the seventh year of his Lordship's
Dominion Annoque Domini 1758..

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.

Lib. J. R

& U. S.

The
honourable

Samuel Chamberlaine
Esq.
Col: Benjamin Tasker
Richard Lee Esq.

Col: William Goldsbor-
ough
Col: Rob^t Jenckins
Henry
Daniel Dulany Esq.

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the
foll^g Letters.

Cecil County Maryland 4^th March 1758..
May it please your Excellency.
We have received M^r Ross's Letters with a Copy of a
Remonstrance preferred to your Excellency ag^t our Conduct
as Justices of the peace. We in most humble manner return
you our hearty Thanks for the Justice and Favour your
Excellency has been pleased to do us in giving us an oppor-
tunity to answer to the Charge exhibited against us, we must
acknowledge that a Remonstrance of that Nature might have
justly influenced your Excellency to have proceeded ag^t us in

a different Manner.
We beg Leave to inform your Excellency that we have had
the Honour to be in the Commission of the Peace for this
County twenty odd years, and have the Satisfaction to say
that in all that Time, neither the Force of Parties, or the
many Changes which have happened in that Course of years,
never produced any Charge against us, tho' we readily ac-
knowledge if those Facts now exhibited were true the Recti-
tude of our former Conduct would not excuse us.
Therefore we jointly do and each of us doth for himself
deny the Truth of all and every Matter and Things charged
in the Remonstrance aforesaid, excepting Error in Judgment
to which the best of Men may be liable, and we are induced
to hope it will appear so on your Excellency's Examination
thereof.
Your Excellency's most obliged humble Servants.
John Veazey. P.. Bayard.

May it please your Excellency
We beg Leave to let your Excellency know that in obedi-
ence to your order we are now in Town and will agreeable to
Summons attend your Excellency at the Council Board but

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