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Ordered Dead Warrant issue for the Execution of the said
Negro on Friday the 27^th Instant which issued accordingly.

At a Council held at the Governor's, on Monday the 10^th
day of February, in the Fifteenth year of his Lordship's Do-
minion, Anno Domini 1766.

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.

The honble Benjamin Tasker, Daniel Dulany, and Jn^o Rid-
out Esq^rs

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board the fol-
lowing Letters.
S^t James's 24^th Oct^r 1765.
Sir
It is with the greatest Concern, that His Majesty learns the
Disturbances which have arisen in some of The North Amer-
ican Colonies. If this Evil should Spread to the Government
of Maryland, where you preside, the utmost Exertion of your
Prudence will be necessary, so as justly to temper your Con-
duct between that Caution and Coolness, which the Delicacy
of such a Situation may demand, on one hand, and the Vigour

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

necessary to Suppress Outrage and Violence, on the other. It
is impossible, at this Distance, to assist you by any Particular
or Positive Instruction, because you will find yourself neces-
sarily obliged to take your Resolution, as Particular Circum-
stances and Emergencies may require.
His Majesty, and the Servants He honours with his Con-
fidence, cannot but lament the ill-advised Intemperance shewn
already in some of the Provinces, by taking up a Conduct,
which can in no way contribute to the Removal of any real
Grievances They might labour under, but may tend to Ob-
struct and impede the Exertion of his Majesty's benevolent
Attention to the Ease and Comfort, as well as the Welfare
of all his People.
It is hoped and expected, that this want of Confidence in
the Justice and Tenderness of the Mother Country, and this
open Resistance to its Authority, can only have found place
among the lower, and more ignorant of the People, The better,
and Wiser part of the Colonies will know, that Decency and
Submission may prevail, not only to redress Grievances, but
to obtain Grace and Favour, while the Outrage of a Public
Violence can expect nothing but Severity and Chastisement.
These Sentiments you and all His Majesty's Servants, from a
Sense of your Duty to, and Love of your Country, will en-

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