INDEX.

Words marked with a star are names of land tracts in Maryland. No entry is made of references
of a purely formal nature as to the Lord Proprietary, the King of England, the Governor of
the Province, the Speaker of the Lower House, the Clerks of the two Houses of Assembly, or
the Seat of Government. The Session of April, 1737, occupies pages i to 102; that of August,
1737, pages 103 to 142; the Convention of May, 1738, pages 143 to 207; the Convention of May,
1739, pages 209 to 422; and the Session of April, 1740, pages 423 to 584.

Ababco Indians, 558. Aberdeen, Nicholas, 58. Accessories to Crimes, 19, 20, 24, 46, 72, 75, 78, 82, 95, 96. Accounts, Journal of, 25, 28, 32 to 36, 73, 79, 84, 118, 119, 125, 130, 132, 271, 273, 276, 277, 282, 302, 384, 401, 407, 417,507,521,571. Committee of, 80, 82, 84, 358, 381, 382, 383. Proving of, 63. *Addition, The, 10, 50, 88, 89, Admiralty fees, 308. Adultery, 198. Agent of the Province in En- gland, 253, 255 to 259, 263, 264, 265, 362, 379, 384, 389, 390, 420, 528. Aggrievances, Reports, of Committee, 184, 186, 189, 190, 191, 193, 196, 206, 282, 294, 297, 302, 303, 306, 308, 314, 315, 316, 320, 338, 342, 347, 348, 351, 353, 358, 359, 36i to 365, 368, 369, 376, 381, 383, 521, 526. Aisquith, Thomas, 169, 185, 198, 199, 232, 238, 242, 249, 280, 286, 287, 288, 292, 298, 305, 310, 311, 312, 319, 341, 342, 345, 346, 348, 349, 360, 363, 364, 380, 382, 383, 489, 544, 545, 550, 555, 556, 557, 562, 563, 565, 566, 571, 572- Alienation Fines, equivalent for, 2, 3, 144, 147, 174, 210, 214, 289, 323, 325, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 333, 336, 350, 361, 362, 393, 395, 405, 415, 576. All Faith's Parish, St. Mary's & Charles Counties, 477, 560. All Saint's Parish, Calvert County, 351. Allen, Francis, 189. Almshouses, 43. Annapolis, named, 101, 148, 149, 159, 337, 350, 370, 372, 400, 452, 535. Members from, 39, 43, 122, 168, 169, 173, 177, 185, 206, 212, 284, 305, 521. Jail, 268, 451. Roads to, 220, 307, 308; see Governor's house.

Anne Arundel County, named, 47, 48, 53, 57 to 61, 190, 219, 560, 561, 573, 581. Delegates, 39, 40, 122, 168, 169, 173, 177, 185, 212, 241, 280, 305, 432, 518, 520, 534, 553. Debtors, 7, 153, 157, 184, 189, 232, 237, 252, 261, 341, 350, 383, 397, 401, 409, 479. Elkridge Land- ing, I59. Land in, 10, 15, 21, 37, 63, 64, 74, 83, 87 to 89, 99, 152, 153, 182, 203, 308, 340, 478, 561. St. James Church in, 10, 148, 152, 176, 177, 182, 218, 228, 233, 242, 302, 304, 345, 363, 409. Armorer, 436, 438, 487. Arms and Ammunition, 64, 72, 73, 80, 81, 144, 146, 172, 174, 178 to 183, 207, 211, 269, 272, 274, 278, 291, 321, 322, 324, 327, 330, 332, 336, 337, 378, 384, 385, 392, 398, 399, 400, 424, 432, 435 to 439, 44i, 444, 445, 446, 449, 453, 454, 455, 458 to 461, 464 to 476, 480 to 489, 491 to 497, 499, 500, 501, 503 to 511, 513 to 517, 521, 533 to 537, 552, 567 to 570, 572. Magazine of, 571. Arson, 93. Assembly, Hours of Sessions, 3, 40, 171, 282. Conference Committees, 13. Relation of Houses, 147, 171, 447, 520. Difficulties between Houses, 162 to 168, 199, 200, 201, 210, 213, 223 to 228, 243, 244, 245, 256, 261 to 266, 274, 288, 293, 294, 295, 298, 299, 473, 493, 499, 500, 501, 502, 515, 516. 522, 532, 541, 548. Closing Session of 1739, 260, 270, 271, 277, 278. Session or Con- vention in 1738, 285, 293, 296. Governor urges harmony, 424, 427. Relation to Gov- ernor, 424 to 426. Quarrel over bill for arms, &c., 453. Privileges of members of Up- per House, 222, 321, 337, 394, 406. Lower House, Rules of, 40, 171, 284. Elects

Treasurers of Province, 75. Chaplain, 40, 285, Lower House Officers, 170, 281, 285, 397, 563. Doorkeeper, 199, 224, 225, 281, 285. Sergeant at Arms, 200, 202, 207, 281, 285, 344, 346. Contempt of, 200, 205, 206, 339. Lower House Committees, 123, 172, 174, 282, 295, 521, 525. Speak- er chosen, 281, 424, 519, 520. Lower House as House of Delegates, 284. Committees, Clerks of, 285, 294, 521, 522, 526. Oaths of members, 346. Journals of, 355, 384, 466. Lower House protests right of Upper House to reject bills, 393, 405, 419, 463. Low- er House reflects upon Upper, 447, 448, 454, 458, 459, 4O2, 468, 469, 504, 505, 508, 5M, 515. Lower House, Difficul- ties about records, 522, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 536, 540, 541, 544, 546, 547, 549, 577. Lower House Power during prorogation, 526. Complains of Council to King, 575; see Ogle, Samuel. Assize Law; see County Courts. Attorney General, Amount Due, 276, 361. Ayres, Nathaniel, 61. Bailey, John, 60. Baltimore, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd. Lord, 322, 323, 326. Charles Calvert, 3rd. Lord, 126, 127, 144, 323, 326, 327. Benedict Leonard Calvert, Fourth Lord, 327, 329. Charles Cal- vert, 5th. Lord, Answer to Assembly's address, 2, 4, in- structions as to taking for- eign coin, 46, 47, 48, 50, 53, 62, 69. Conduct concerning Pennsylvania boundary, 126, 127, 130, 147, 174, 175, 586, named, 329, 331, 334, 335, Address to, 400, 401, 413, 415, 416, 418, 420, 424, 523, 539, 540, 55i. Disposition toward Province, 426.