Correspondence of Gov. Horatio Sharpe, 1754-1765. 537

Your inclosed Copy of the Earl of Egremont's Letter one
of his Majesty's Secretarys of State to you, of his Majesty's
Displeasure at the late Conduct and Proceedings of the
Lower House of Assembly; Gives that House a good rap,
on their insufficiency of Duty to his Majesty, with a stroke of
their Bad Assessment Bill towards his Majesty's Service;
as Peace is Accomplished, I hope you'l not find necessary to
lay it before them, as their recoil will be for an Agent in Eng-
land to abuse. The Letter is great Satisfaction to all here,
and to you, that His Majesty entertains a favourable opinion
of your Zeal and Endeavours to promote His Service, this
must give My Lord much pleasure and Happiness. In
relation to Richard Tilghman's inclosed in yours October, his
request to me on Behalf of his Son to be Clerk of Queen
Ann's County Either in Life or at his Death by my order as
Secretary of the Province, I will show his Letter to M^r Du-
lany leaving: him to do therein as he thinks meet; you make
no point of it, I shall Leave his Bad Behaviour without one
word on his Behalf to M^r Dulany; he has no small Front.
The Petition of Jonas Green, Printer seems reasonable for
Relief, on His Lordship's return, I will lay it before him. I
have taken the Liberty to inclose my Letter to M^r Ridout
under a flying Seal for your perusal, His conduct of Debt
to me, his usage not well, I desire your adjustment between
us and his payment. M^r Calvert in his Letter to me, prays
leave to come to England, in order to prosecute his Suit
against Lord Baltimore on account of his Legacy he claims
by the will left to him by the late Lord, He says, Doctor
Stuart his Colleague in the Land Office will act for him; I
have wrote consent on his Application to you for Leave. I
am of opinion and confirmed by his Lawyer here whom I
let see the late Lord's Marriage Articles, he says 'tis plain
the Late Lord was only Tenant for Life, the present Lord
in Fee, makes the Late Lord's Land Legacy invalid.

By this opportunity I transmit a Deed of real Consequence
Between Lord Baltimore and me and of and concerning the
Province, as it may happen in right of Succession to the
Province on Demise; with regard only to me in Case his
Lordship dies without Male Issue Legally Born. The Deed
is Inrolled in the Court of Chancery as on the Back the 4^th
day of February in 1761. Attendant with the Deed is his
Lordship's Instructions dated the 16^th day of June 1762.
His orders to you to Deposit and Enter with his Instructions
the said Deed on Record in the Office of the Council of State,
there to remain Both to be produced on Emergency; your
Execution thereof, No Doubt. The Deed and Instruction