344 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1769-1770.

Lib. C. B.
No. 20

I hereby Depute Allen Quynn to serve the within Order.
Witness my hand this 7^th day of December 1769.
Rob^t Saunders Serj^t at Arms.

Allen Quynn makes Oath on the Holy Evangels of Al-
mighty God that he went to the House of Richard Lee Esq^r
in Charles County where the within named Richard Lee Jun^r
resides as he is informed and that he was told by some of the
Family that the said Richard Lee was gone to Virginia and
would not return before Christmas.
13^th December 1769. R. Ghiselin.

I hereby Depute Allen Quynn to serve the within Order.
Witness my hand this 8^th day of December 1769.
N. S. T. Rob^t Saunders Serj' at Arms.
Sum^d Fentham N E Neale
Allen Quynn.

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Gentlemen December 19^th 1770
Your Address of this Morning contains an heavy Charge
against M^r Lee Sheriff of Charles County Be assured that I
shall immediately Proceed to make a full and strict Enquiry
on the Subject for as on the one hand Officers who faithfully
discharge their Duty are entitled to my Protection so on the
other I shall ever think it Incumbent on me to give the Greatest
Discountenance to those who do not.
Rob^t Eden

Ordered that the Clerk of this Board give immediate Notice
to Richard Lee Jun Esq^r that they will proceed to make a full
Inquiry into the Grounds of the Complaints of John Don-
castle and William Wright on Friday the 4^th of May next
and that the said Richard Lee be directed to give Notice of
this Resolution to the said Doncastle and Wright before Evi-
dence that they may attend either in Person or by Counsel on
that day to support their Charge and produce what Evidence
they can or the Depositions of such Evidences as cannot
attend so that the said Depositions be taken in the presence
of the said Richard Lee and that the said Richard Lee be
acquainted that he will be indulged with the same Liberty.
Ordered likewise that the Clerk of this Board write to all
the Members of his Lordship's Council requiring their At-
tendance on that Day in the Council Chamber at Ten of the
Clock in the Morning.