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Tuesday 6^th May 1766. Present as yesterday.
Ordered by His Excellency the Governor with the Advice
of this Board that the present General Assembly which was
this day to have met be further prorogued to Wednesday the
7^th day of this Instant and Proclamation issued accordingly.

Wednesday 7^th May 1766. Present as yesterday.
Ordered by His Excellency the Governor with the Advice
of this Board that the present general Assembly which was
this day to have met be further prorogued to Thursday the
8^th day of this Instant and Proclamation issued accordingly.

Thursday 8^th May 1766. Present as yesterday.

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor with the Advice
of this Board that the present general Assembly which was
this day to have met be further prorogued to Friday 9^th day
of this Instant and Proclamation issued accordingly.

At a Council held at the Council Chamber on Monday the
12^th day of May in Sixteenth year of his Lordship's Dominion
Annoq Domini 1766.
Present

His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor

The honourable Benjamin Tasker Sam^l Chamberlaine Rich^d
Lee, Dan^l Dulany, Jn^o Ridout Cha^s Goldsborough and Henry
Hooper Esq^rs

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

Read the Conviction of Negro Beck and the following
Letter from Charles Grahame Esq^r relative to the said negro
Beck's setting fire to and burning the Tobacco House and
Tobacco therein Contained belonging to a certain John Smith
of Calvert County Master of the aforesaid Negro.

Sir
On Sunday last I received your favour of the 26^th Ultimo
Want of an Opportunity to forward an Answer has till now
prevented my Writing. When the Negro Woman belonging
to John Smith was Convicted, the Court made what Enquiry
they could into her Character. She appeared but little sensible
of her Situation at her Trial and after it was over, And the
Court directed the representation to his Excellency, which
accompanied the Record of her Conviction, her youth and Con-
fession of the Fact appearing to be the only Circumstances in

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