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

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Saturday 25^th
Septemb^r 1762

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.

Benjami nTasker Esq^r Stephen Bordley Esq^r
Col^o Lloyd John Ridout Esq^r
Col^o Henry Charles Goldsborough Esq^r

Read the Report of the Justices of the Provincial Court
Whereby it appears they had passed Sentence of Death
against Michael Peck of Frederick County Labourer for the
Murder of a certain George Poe of the Same County, Ordered
Dead Warrant for the said Michael Peck on Friday the 2^d
October Next.

And it likewise appears by the same Report they had passed
Sentence of Death upon Thomas Cooper of Ann Arundel
County Labourer for breaking and entering the Storehouse
of a certain Benjamin Chew and Stealing Sundry Goods there-
from Ordered Dead Warrant for the Execution of the said
Thomas Cooper on Friday the 8^th October next.

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Wednesday
24^th Novemb^r 1762.
Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor.
Benjamin Tasker Stephen Bordley John Ridout Esquires

His Excellency lays before this Board the Right Hon-
ourable the Earl of Egremont's Letter to him acquainting
him of the Birth of a Prince of Wales.

Ordered that an address be prepared to the King and Queen
and another to the Lord Baltimore desiring he would be
pleased to present the same which being drawn are read and
approved of as follows.

To The King's Most Excellent Majesty.
Most Gracious Sovereign.

p. 339

Joyful beyond Expression at an Event so interesting to
your Majesty and your People at the auspicious Birth of a
Prince, your Majesty's most dutifull and Loyal Subjects the
Lieutenant Governor and Council of your Province of Mary-
land humbly beg leave to offer their most hearty Congratula-
tions. Convinced of your Majesty's paternal Regard and
Affection for all your Subjects however remote from your
Royal Presence and truly grateful for the Blessings derived