466 Minutes of the Board of Revenue, 1768-1775.

Lib. No. 86

Lordship by his Agent and Receiver General residing in this
Province, as such Information would not only be a Checque
but also a Justification of the several Sums Charged annually
in the Account Curr^t under that Head.
The Board adjourn 'til to morrow morning 10 ^oClock.

Tuesday April 2^d 1771
The Board met according to Adjournment. Present.
His Excellency Robert Eden Esq^r

Daniel Dulany Esq^r
The Hon^ble George Steuart Esq^r
Benedict Calvert, Esq^r

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The Petition of Daniel Cresap being read and duly con-
sidered, the Board are of opinion that the Petitioner has an
equitable Right to the Vacancy as mentioned in the Certificate
on which he has Compounded and therefore order that Patent
may issue thereon as prayed, he first paying Arrears of Rent
&c.

The Board proceed to take under consideration M^r Ham-
ersly's Letter in Answer to a Statement transmitted the Lord
Proprietor respecting John Rowe's Protested Bill of Ex-
change, and agreeable to his Lordship's Pleasure signified in
said Letter. Ordered by the Board, that the Clerk do furnish
the Attorney General with a Transcript setting forth the
nature of the Claim and in case the Executors of the late
Edward Lloyd and John Ross, Esq^rs shall refuse, on his
application, to make payment, he is requested to commence a
Suit against the former in order to compel payment thereof.
The Petition of Joseph Thomlinson of Frederick County
was read setting forth that in the year 1762 he obtained a
warrant out of his Lordship's Land Office in order to secure
about 100 acres of Land to the westward of Fort Cumberland,
which by reason of the war he could not get executed that ever
since he has been deprived the Benefit thereof by reason of a
Rescue being laid for his Lordship's use. The Board are of
opinion that he ought to be redressed agreeable to Prayer, his
warrant being prior to any Reserve made in that part of the
Province.
The Petitions of the Executors of the late John Ross Esq^r
Norman Bruce and George Dixon, were severally read, but
the Allegations therein being insufficient to support or justify
an Assent thereto, they were unanimously Rejected.
The Petition of George Adams, of Somerset County, was
then read and after mature deliberation on the several Matters