62 Assembly Proceedings, October 11-27, 1720.

L. H. J.

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Wednesday Oct^r the 12^th

The House meet According To prorogation Present as
yesterday
Ordered that M^r Stoddart & M^r Benson go to the Upper
House to Acquaint them that a sufficient number of Members
are met to make an House
They return & Say they Deliver'd their Message
Coll^o Young from. the Upper House Acquaints M^r Speaker
That the Gov^r being Sick His Hon^r the Chancellor on the
Governours behalf, requires M^r Speaker and the Whole
House to Attend him in the Upper House.

Thereupon M^r Speaker with the Whole House went to the
Upper House; Where his Honor the Chancellor (on his
Lordships & his Hon^rs the Gov^rs behalfe) Deliver'd the fol-
lowing Speech Viz.

Gentl.

His Hon^r the Gov^r being Sick has Directed me to Comuni-
cate to you what follows w^ch you are to take as from his
mouth.

Gent, of the Upp^r & Lower Houses of Assembly
I have since my Arrival had an Oppertunity to lay before
my Lord Proprietaries Councill the Reasons that induced him
to send me hither. And I am Commanded to Deliver the
same Also to you thus Convened in their Lordships my Lord
Guilfords & my Lord Baltemor's own words, Viz.

Gentl of the Upper & Lower Houses of Assembly.

Baltemore| Wee take this Oppertunity by the mouth of
Guilford | our well beloved Charles Calvert our Cousin
and Leiuten^t to Acquaint you with the Reasons which have
moved us to place him Over you.

His Approved Loyalty and his ffaithfull Service to our
Dread Sovereigne King George.

The many Observations which (During his Friendship with
us) Wee have of his kind wishes and hearty Endeavours (as

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much as in him Occasionally lay) to make the Interest of the
Province & Proprietary One without either extending our
Prerogative, or Lessening yo^r Priviledge (which now wee
have put power into his hands) Wee Doubt not but he will,
And wee strictly Comand him punctually to ballance.

Wee Can't Omitt Gent, on this Occasion to Disapprove the
Late hasty Proceedings of Tho^s Brooke Esq^r tho' we have