112 Assembly Proceedings, August 11-16, 1737.

U. H. J.
Lib. No. 33

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to his Ancestor in the Reign of King Charles the first notwith-
standing the Words Hactenus inculta which are inserted in the
Recital of the said Charter And that your Majesty having been
pleased likewise to Refer unto that Committee two petitions the one
in the name of Richard Penn Esq^r the youngest surviving Son of
William Penn Esq^r deceased in Behalf of himself and his two elder
Brothers John and Thomas Penn Esq^r then in Pennsylvania setting
forth their right to the three Lower Counties of Newcastle Kent and
Sussex lying within and Contiguous to the said Peninsula & therefore
praying to be heard against confirming the said Peninsula to the Lord
Baltimore and the Other in the name of the People called Quakers in-
habitants of the said three Lower Counties praying also to be heard
against Confirming the said Lands to the Lord Baltimore that their
Lordships took the said Report and Petitions into their Consideration
& were attended by Council as well for the Lord Baltimore as the
other petitioners and that it appearing that on the io^th of May
1732 Articles of Agreement had been entered into between the Lord
Baltimore and the said John Thomas and Richard Penn for adjusting
the Boundaries of the Land Granted to them by their respective
Charters which Articles had not been carried into Execution within
the time thereby Limited but notwithstanding such Lapse of time
the Validity of the said Articles being insisted on by & Behalf of the
said John Thomas and Richard Penn; the Lords of the Committee
did agree humbly to report to your Majesty as their Opinion that the
Consideration of the said Report and petitions should be adjourned
until the end of Michaelmas term then next in order to give an
Opportunity to the said John Thomas and Richard Penn to proceed
in a Court of Equity to obtain the said Articles of Agreement so
insisted upon by them as they should be advised and that after the
Expiration of the said time either Party should be at Liberty to apply
to the Committee of Council for Plantation affairs as the nature
of the case might require which Report your Majesty was pleased
to approve and order agreeable thereto and to Direct that all Persons
whom it might Concern were to take notice & govern themselves
accordingly
This your Majestys Royal notice and Interposition gave imme-
diate Ease and quiet to every poor Inhabitant on our Borders nor
would our awful duty to your Majesty suffer us to entertain the least
Apprehension or distrust that any of your Majestys Subjects would
be so presumptuous and daring to break in and disturb that Tran-
quillity which your Majesty had so Graciously taken under your own

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so immediate Royal Cognizance
But we must humbly represent to your Majesty that although
Your Majesty was pleased on the Petitions of the Proprietary of
Pennsylvania to adjourn the Consideration of the Report of the
Lords for Trade and Plantations till the end of Michaelmass term