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These Papers contain Matters of the Greatest Importance to the
Country in General, and therefore We think that all means ought
to be used to discover the Author or Authors as well as the matters
contained in them, and to make such a Law as may deterr evil minded
Persons from destroying or attempting to Destroy any Inspection
house
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up H.
To His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esqr
May it Please your Excellency the Reason that those Criminal
Letters were Inclosed and Directed to you was to keep them a secret,
till Measures were taken for Apprehending the Conspirators
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U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
May 17
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Oh ! Conscience Conscience at Length thou hast overcome me and
forced me to throw down my Cursed Commission with these few
Lines of my too late Repentance and Confession of My Crimes, and
I beg that whoever takes them up may carry them immediately to his
Excellency the Governor of Maryland that measures may be taken
in time, to Counterplot or evade a Cursed Plot, almost Ripe for
Execution which may Prove fatal to this Province in General, I
would not have it thought that I absent myself to Conceal any Part
of the Plott, for God knows I am in a Disposition to make a full
discovery if I Dare to Appear, but I Apprehend my Life is in Dan-
ger both from the Court of Justice and from those who employed me
in this hellish pact: if these obstacles can be removed and I can be
assured of a free General Pardon for my Past Offences, and Pro-
tection against those that made me Committ them, by Advertise-
ments set up at Marlborough and publick Places Adjacent there to,
I will then Appear and make a full Discovery of the whole Plott :
there is now two men in Goal in this Province that would have dis-
covered this Plott Long ago but their unhappy Circumstances Con-
fining them with those who are Zealous for the Catholick Cause,
they are Obliged to keep it a Secret for the Preservation of their
Lives; I can Add no more but must Absent myself till the Storm be
over past that threatens the unfortunate Z. L :
December IIth 1747
To + D: R: 8: + This
Sir
How Amiable is every Hour of your Conduct and how Great is
your Zeal for the Catholick Cause which so mainifestly appears in
the management of the Glorious Enterprize, now in hand; which
you have Carried on with so much Prudence and Conduct, that you
have almost brought it to Perfection, which could not have been
done without Virtus hardly to be imagened but it is your Discretion
Affability & Gentleness are the Attractive Loadstone that has drawn
the hearts of such a Number of People to Espouse this Glorious
Cause, and to Contribute so bountifully towards Compleating the
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