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The honourable Benjamin Tasker Esqr attended by the Members
of this House presents to his Excellency the Address of this House,
which Address is as follows
To his Excellency Samuel Ogle Esqr Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland
The humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly
May it please your Excellency
We return Your Excellency our unfeigned Thanks for your
kind Speech at the opening this Session and beg Leave to assure you
that We will avoid all unnecessary disputes whatsoever
The Assurance Your Excellency has given us of your earnest
desire to promote the Happiness and Prosperity of the Province
affords us so pleasing a Prospect that We firmly resolve to Use our
hearty Endeavours to procure what is so very desireable
The kind Caution you are pleased to give us to provide for Our
Safety, when We are so much exposed to danger, We shall grate-
fully remember and hope Your Excellencys so often and so earnestly
pressing the Continuance of a Fund for Arms and Ammunition, and
the providing a Magazine will induce all Persons concerned not only
to reflect seriously and candidly on the Scituation We are in, but
also to join in making Provision for the Security of Our Liberties
and Fortunes
We are convinced that the Happiness of all People depends greatly
on the Goodness of the Laws they live under, and are so fully
satisfied from your Excellencys past Conduct that nothing is more
agreable to you than promoting the Ease and Interest of the People
immediately under Your Care, that We shall with the utmost dili-
gence contribute our Assistance for the Amendment of Our Laws
and doing every other thing that will be serviceable to the Province
Benja Tasker, President
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock
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