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mission to him, or any two of them, to make the Strictest en-
quiry into the Truth and Nature of the Offences therein Com-
plained of, And that they return a full Account with all
convenient Speed of the Steps they take, and the Information
they receive in Consequence thereof. Whereupon the afore-
said Copies being prepared they were transmitted accordingly
together with the following Letter.

Annapolis the 18^th May 1769
Gentlemen
The Honourable Governor Penn having Complained to
His Excellency Our Governor of Sundry Riots and Offences
committed in Chester County in the Province of Pennsilvania,
by Inhabitants of Maryland, and requested his Assistance that
the Offenders may be brought to Justice, I am directed by
the Governor and Council to send you the inclosed Copies of
Sundry Indictments and Depositions against several Inhabit-

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ants of Cecil County, On the Receipt of which it is their
desire and expectation that you, or any two of you will imme-
diately make the Strictest Enquiry into the Truth and Nature
of the Offences therein Complained of, and that you transmit
to me with all convenient Speed a full Account of what Steps
you take in this Matter, and the Information you receive in
Consequence thereof.
I am Gentlemen
Your most humble Servant
Upton Scott Cl. Con.
To the Worshipful
Mess^rs George Milligan, Andrew Pearce,
George Gilpin and William Rumsey
or any two of them.

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Friday the 2^nd
day of June in the Nineteenth Year of His Lordship's Do-
minion Anno Domini 1769.
Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor
The Honble John Ridout John Beale Bordley and George
Steuart Esq^rs

Read the Transcript of the Conviction of Jane Turner, late
of Charles County Spinster, Condemned, at the last Assize
Court held in Charles County, for feloniously breaking and
entering the House of a certain David Rawlings of said
County, and Stealing from thence Sundry Pieces of Money,
the Property of the said Rawlings. Read also the following

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