Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769. 205

On Consideration of the above Letters and Papers it is the
Advice of this Board, that the two Petitions read at this
Board on the 15^th of April last, complaining of Sundry Magis-
trates in Baltimore County be dismissed.
Read the following Letters and Petition relative to a Com-
plaint of Sundry Inhabitants of Frederick County against
Cap^t Peter Bainbridge, in a Petition and Depositions laid
before this Board on the 24^th of December last.

Sir
I send you a Petition Signed by twenty One Men that
Signed that Petition you have that is preferred to the Gov-
ernor against me, I am certain if I was to take the trouble to
go about the Country to hunt them up they would all Sign the
Petition for me to be Continued, some of them is gone to
Carolina and some to Pitsburgh and some to Redston and some
are young Lads in short Shuman got any one to Sign to in-
crease the Number, I have took the trouble to go to some of
the best of them, but God knows bad is the best, there is one
Philip Rodenpiller mentioned in the Petition, I send you a
few lines that he has Signed, you must know that he is a
weaver by Trade at the time I went out to Cumberland he
weaved for me and since, as for my part I know nothing of the
matter, he says when I was going out to Cumberland I asked
him to go he made answer he would be glad if I would leave
him at home, he said his Brother died a few days ago and his
Father was Sick and he was alone on the Plantation, if he

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went he should get nothing sowed in the Ground that fall, if
I would let him stay at home he would do me a kindness upon
that he says I let him stay. He further says when he brought
in his Account for me to pay him he kept back one Piece for
leaving him at home to the Value of Eighteen or nineteen Shil-
lings, now if he had brought in his whole Account as I expected
he had I should a paid him, I can be Qualified I never knew I
owed him one farthing or ever was to receive any gratuity
from him upon that Account untill that Petition was set on
Foot, when I heard of it I went to him and asked him if I owed
him upon that he made Answer as aforesaid, I then settled
with him and paid him off. The next thing I am charged with
in the Petition is about One Samuel Armit and his Wife it
would take a great deal of time to answer that part of the
Petition and tire your Patience to hear it, however I deny the
charge they have made against me it's so far from my having
any of their Effects in my Hands that Samuel Armit now owes
me thirty nine Pounds and I am affraid I shall never get One
farthing of it, if I have acted any ways Contrary to Law why

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