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Whereas two petitions from the Province of Maryland have been
presented to his Majty at this Board, the One, from the Governor
& Council, & the other, from the Commissary & Clergy of that
Province, which Petitions represent (amongst other things) That
there is a suit now depending in his Majesty High Court of Chancery
of Great Britain between the Lord Baltimore Proprietor of Mary-
land, & the Family of the Penns who are the present Proprietors
of Pensylvania, concerning the Validity of certain Articles of
Agreemt enter 'd into between them for Adjusting the Boundaries
of their respective provinces; That pending the said Suit, great
Disorders & Outrages have been committed upon the Borders of the
Province of Maryland by the Inhabitants of the Province of Pensyl-
vania, who have set fire to the House of one Cresap when himself.
Wife Children & six others were in it, & burnt the same to the
ground, & that whilst the said persons endeavour'd to escape the
Flames, several Guns were fir'd at them, whereby one man was
kill'd & others wounded, & several were taken prisoners & carried
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to the Goals in Pensilvania; Wherefore the Peters most humbly pray
(amongst other Things) His Majesty's most gracious Interposition
& Commands for the Preservation of the Peace on the Borders of
the sd Province, And whereas the Lords of the Committee of Coun-
cil, to whom his Majesty referr'd the consideration of the said
Petitions, have made their Report thereupon to his Majesty at this
Board. His Majesty this day took the sd Report into his Royal
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