590 Appendix.

Calvert
Papers 295 1/2

being again this day attended by all Partys, the Counsel acquainted
the Com^tee th^t the Proprietors of each Province had accordingly
mett & Agreed to the following Propositions " viz.
NB. then there's recited the 8 propositions of w^ch herein is a Copy ;
folios 31: 32: & 33. & w^ch agreem^t copied was sent the Gov^er of
Maryland May the 16^th 1738
" To which propositions the Proprietors of each province signi-
fied their consent before the Committee, & Declared their readyness
to carry the same into execution if your Majesty shall be pleased to
Approve thereof. And the Committee considering that this Agreem^t
may be a proper Expedient for restoring Peace & Tranquility be-
tween the s^d Provinces, & for preventing any the like Disturbances
for the future, Do therefore Agree humbly to lay the same before

p. 36

y^r Maj^ty for y^r Royal Approbation His Majesty this day took the
s^d Report into Consideration & in order to preserve Peace & Tran-
quility between the s^d Provinces & to prevent any the like Disturb-
ances for the future, is Pleased, with the Advice of his Privy Coun-
cil, to approve of the s^d Agreem^t entered into between the Proprie-
tors of the s^d respective Provinces of Maryland & Pensylvania;
And His Majesty is hereby Pleased to Order th^t the Proprietors of
the s^d respective Provinces Do cause the s^d Agreem^t to be carried
into Execution. Whereof Fr^d Rigbie

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No. 5

# 102

I Rec^d yours But can give no Certain answer to your Request The
acco^ts of the white people killed beyond Potowmack are as various
as the persons who bring Em. All that we know of any Certainty is
that one Neil McSwain and Ten more were kill'd but by what
Indians I believe is not yet Discovered. The Story of Clothes being
brought here has nothing in it And I am of opinion there was no
such thing bro^t to Harris' for I saw him last week & he said nothing
to me of it I have heard there were some white peoples Clothes
seen in the possession of some Indians passing the River near Shan-
moken by some Indian traders. But whether or no that story is to
be Relyed on I cant Say. And as to the Cause of their being killed
or by what nation Is yet wholy Conjecture
Tis pitty a more Certain Discovery could not be made that proper
measures of Redress might be sought & shall freely Contribute my
Endeavours thereto for the Comon Good & safety
Your ffr^d
Lancast^r County Aug^t the 12^th 1738 Sa: Blunston

Balt. County Aug^t 16^th 1738

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No. 5
# 103

S^r
On the rec^t of y^rs in relation to the Indians I hyred A man & Sent
by Harrises ferry who could not hear any thing to the p^rpose I sent
Likewise to M^r Blunstone at Conostogoe in New Town, requesting