546 Assembly Proceedings, April 23-June 5, 1740.

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 46

Publick of the Province of Maryland, We desire the favour of your
Answer in Writing And are with all due Respect, Sir.
Your most humble and Obedient Servants

C. Carroll V: Denton
To Edmund Jenings Esq^r
Secretary of Maryland, This.

Gentlemen,
I have not been able since the Receipt on the 24^th Instant of yours
of the 23^d to satisfy my self in any other Answer I ought to give to it
than that I made to yours of the I I^th Instant, without being first In-
formed by you, whether I am to consider you now Acting in a Private
Capacity, or in any, and what, Publick Character.
Whenever you may be pleased to favour me with an Explanation
on this Point, I hope to give you a suitable Answer to the several
particulars in your Letter. I am with all due Respect, Gentlemen,
Your most humble and Obedient Servant
Edmund Jenings
To Doctor Carroll
and M^r Denton,

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Annapolis, July 26, 1739
Sir
We have been favoured with yours of this Date, and are not
inclined to enter into any dispute with you on the Occasion, If you
shall be pleased to comply with our Request, made in our former
of the 23^d Instant, which we sent in Obedience to the Order of the
Honourable the House of Delegates of the Province of Maryland,
we shall do our Duty so far as we are able therein; if not we must
make our Report accordingly
We Act by Virtue of that Order, whereof you have had a Copy
in our last, as to any particular Denomination or Character under
which we Act in this Affair, we refer that to you to give
Your next (if you favour us with any) will conclude Us on the
Subject; and are, with great Respect, Sir
Your most Obedient humble Servants
C: Carroll V: Denton
To Edmund Jenings Esq^r
Secretary of Maryland, This.
[The order of June 4, 1739, see page 384, is here inserted.]

Annapolis July 23^rd 1739
Sir
In Pursuance of and Obedience to the foregoing Order, we request
you will direct your Clerk of the Land Office, to make out Authen-