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the better and more peaceable Government of our said Province of
Maryland We do hereby Appoint you a Justice or Commissioner for
Conservation of the Peace of our said Province with full Power and
Authority to do and Execute all and every Act and Acts Thing and
Things incident and belonging thereto which any other Person of our
said Council hath or ought to have exercise or enjoy as One of our
said Council, Justice or Commissioner as aforesaid. And Lastly
Our Will and Pleasure is that you our said Brother Edward Henry
Calvert shall be the first Person of our said Council, and you are
hereby authorised and appointed to take have and hold the first and
chief Place therein. Provided you our said Brother (before you take
upon you the Execution of any Powers and Authorities hereby
granted) do take the Severall Oaths and Act and do all and every
Matter and Thing requisite and necessary thereto, or which any
other Person of our said Council hath or ought to have taken ancl
done: To which all and Every Person and Persons of our said Prov-
ince are hereby required to pay due and ready Obedience as They
will answer the Contrary at their Peril. Given under our hand and
Greater Seal at Arms the Nineteenth day of June in the second year
of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord King George the Second ancl
in the fourteenth year of our Dominion over the said Province
Annoq Dni. 1728
By his Lordship's Command
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To the R^t Hon^ble the Lords of the Com^ee of his Maj^tys Privy
Council
The Hum^e Representatⁿ of Cecilius Calvert Esq^r for & on Behalf
of Charles L^d Baltimore his Brother.
May it please your Lordships
Having just now been informed by M^r Sharpe Sollicitor to my
Bro^r the L^d Balt^re th^t y^r Ld^sps have appointed next Wednesday to take
into y^r consideration the Petition of Jacob Henderson Clerk Rector
of Q: Ann's Parish in Prince George's County in Maryland on Be-
half of the Clergy of the s^d Province & th^t the Matters therein Con-
tain'd greatly affect the L^d Baltimore's Rights & Privileges as abso-
lute Lord & Proprietor of this Province, particularly as to his Rights
of approving or Repealing the Laws passed in that Province. As
Lord Baltimore is now absent from this Kingdom, & has been so
since June last, & is an intire Stranger to such Application, I beg leave
on his Behalf humbly to represent to y^r Lordships.
I^st That no notice whatsoever has been given of the said Petition,
or of any Motion to bring the Same on, either to his Lordship or to
me, or to any other person to my knowledge or Beleif on L^d Balt^m's
behalf, so th^t he is wholly unacquainted with the same, & no one has
or can have any authority or Instructions f^m his Ld^s to Defend it.