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Mr Denton appeared this day
The following Letter from the Honourable Speaker was com-
municated to the present members
To the Honourable House of Delegates for the Province of Maryland
Gentlemen
The Indisposition of my Son increasing I am under the necessity
of withdrawing myself from the Service of the Publick
My Attendance the whole Session has been very Fatiguing, but
that I would still have chearfully undergone could it be any longer
done with Safety and I assure You that nothing less than the Present
Melancholy Occasion where the Life of my Child is so nearly con-
cerned, should have induced me to it As Your Regard and Indul-
gence to me hath been very particular upon many Occasions for
which I now make my last Acknowledgments so I have no doubt
of finding your favourable Excuse in this my Case of necessity:
and it is therefore that I presume humbly to intreat you to proceed
to the Choice of another Speaker in the Place of him who is
Your Honours Most Obedient Servant
Phil: Hammond
Thursday Morning
Colo Hansnn and Major Sprigg went to Acquaint the Governor
that Mr Speaker could not attend the Public Service
Colo Hammond from the Upper House acquaints the Members
of this House the Governor requires their Attendance in the Upper
House immediately
The Gentlemen of the Lower House went to attend his Excellency
who desired them to return to their House and make Choice of a
Speaker
They return and unanimously make Choice of Colo Robert King
to be their Speaker and placed him in the Chair
Messrs Smith and Hanson sent to acquaint the Governor this
House hath made Choice of a Speaker
James Holliday Esqr from the Upper House acquaints the Mem-
bers of this House that the Governor desires them to Present their
Speaker Thereupon the Gentlemen of the Lower House went to the
Upper House and presented to the Speaker Colo Robert King as
their Speaker
The Governor approved the Choice
Mr Speaker and the other Members returned
Mr Speaker resumed the Chair
An Ingrrossed Bill entituled An Act for the Relief of John Bland-
ford and Hannah Ratcliffe Read and Assented to.
The Bill entituled An Act investing Archibald Douglas of Cecil
County Son and Heir of William and Mary Douglas deceased &ca
was Read the second time & will Pass
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