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A Message from the Lower House by M^r Harris and five
more Viz.

By the Lower House of Assembly November the 5^th 1725

May it please your Hon^rs
We desire to know whether your Honour s will Concur r with
us in Allowing A Sum of Money to An Agent to be appointed
by this House for the presenting the Addresses of this House
and the representing and Solliciting such their Grievances
in Great Brittain, as are not redrest on their proper appli-
cation here, and generally to Negotiate any Affairs there,
that may be found necessary by this House for the Interest
and Safety of the ffreemen of this province
Signed p Order M. Jenifer Cl. Lo. Ho.

U. H. J.

Which is Ordered to lye on the table
The Address of this house to his Lordship in Answer to
his Speech at the Opening of this Session being prepared
approved of, and Signed by severall of the members of this
House is ordered to be Entred and is as follows viz.

To the Right Hon^ble Charles Absolute Lord and Proprie-
tary of the Province of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron
of Baltimore &c^a

The humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly

of Maryland.
May it please Your Lds^pp

We your Lordships faithful Tenants the Upper House of
Assembly do humbly beg leave with the greatest Sence of
Gratitude imaginable to make return of our hearty thanks
for yo^r Lordships kind Speech to both Houses handed to us
by our Governor We can very truly say that it is with a great
deal of pleasure that we reced those further Assurances given
therein of yo^r Lordships good will to this Province and of
yo^r Adhering Strictly to your former resolutions of making
the good of the people the Rule of your Lordships Govern-
ment So we trust your Lordship will always Govern his
Majestys Lieges of this Province and being so Governed we
doubt not of being made [a] happy people; for whilst the
powers of the prerogative are Exercised with tender rcg-ard

to the priviledges and Conveniences of the people, and the
People willingly support those Powers of the Prerogative,
as the only means of preserving themselves in their Priv-
iledges; Government and Obedience becomt reciprocall Acts,
which tend evidently to the promocon of the Common good,

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