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Letter No. 18

whose length is about Thirty Eight Miles and breadth Seven Con-
taining One thousand and Twenty-five Taxables it has a Glebe of
the .... Value of .... hundred pounds of Tobacco but no
Stock of Negroes or Cattle.
Prince Georges Parish (the Reverend [George Murdock] un-
known being a Frontier .... it has a Glebe of about Two ....
Stock of Negroes or Cattle.
We are
S^r Your Excellen^cys
Most Obedient Humble Serv^ts
Ralph Crabb Leonard Hollyday pet^r Dent
Thomas Gantt Jere: Belt D Craufurd
George Noble Ed^wd Sprigg
March the 26^th 1730.
Prince George's County.

Letter

No. 15

Cecil County 14^th April 1730
May it please Yo^r Excell^cy

In obedience to yours of the 29 ffeb^ry last, as to the first Q^r viz.
How many are the Parishes within your County &^ca We answer
that there are two Parishes in our County, to wit S^t Stephens & St.
Mary Ann's. And that the Extent of S^t Stephen's Parish, in its
Greatest length, is about thirty miles, & in breadth Sixteen, the
present Incumbent, the Reverend John Urmston. The Extent of
S^f Mary Ann's in its greatest length, is about Twenty Miles, & in
breadth Twenty & The Rever^d George Ross Incumbent.
As to the 2^d Q^r viz. How many are the Taxables &c.
We answer that there are One thousand & Eleven Taxables in S^t
Stephen's parish, and five hundred & Sixty nine Taxables in S^t Mary
Ann's parish.
And as to the third Q^r What Glebes Houses &c.
We answer that in S^t Stephen's parish, there is a Glebe of three
hundred acres of good Arable Land (with a good plantation, a Small
Orchard and a good Dwelling house thereon w^ch Improvem^ts were
made by the late & present Incumbents
That S'Mary Ann's Parish has no Glebe &c.
We hope that this may .... Yo^r Excellencys hands time
Enough to answer the designed Ends, not having been Able ere now
to Transmitt you this our Answer, which hope you will Excuse in
S^r
Your most humble Servants
Stephen Hollingsworth J^o Hamond
Jn^o Capson B. Pearce
W^m Rumsey Edward Jackson