JOURNAL AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF THE

STATE COUNCIL OF MARYLAND

November 22, 1783-November n, 1784.

The General Assembly of Maryland on Saturday the Twenty sec-
ond Day of November 1783 having unanimously rechosen William
Paca Esquire, Governor, He qualified the same Day in the Senate
House in the presence of the Members of the General Assembly by
taking the several Oaths required by the Constitution & Form of
Government and the Laws of this State, and by subscribing a Decla-
ration of his Belief in the Christian Religion. —

November

22

Liber C. B.
No. 24

p. 461

On Monday the Twenty fourth of November 1783 the General
Assembly elected Jeremiah Townley Chase, Gabriel Duvall, John
Hoskins Stone, James Brice and Benjamin Ogle Esquires to be Coun-
cil to the Governor

November
24
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 461

[W^m Paca, Annapolis, to The Honorable The General Assembly.]

I have the Honor to lay before you a Letter received last Saturday
from Mess^rs Nicholas and Jacob Van Staphorst which on a compara-
tive View of it with Letters formerly received communicates con-
siderable Information with regard to the Contract & Loan negotiated
with them by M^r Ridley on Behalf of this State
With the Highest respect
I have the Honor to be &^ca

November
24
Liber No. 78
p. 455

[W^m Paca, Annapolis, to The General Assembly.]

This morning one of the Officers of the Maryland Line, called
upon me, and gave Information that a number of Soldiers had col-
lected in the City and exprest a Design of surrounding the General
Assembly and of making use of Some Violence to obtain Satisfaction
of their Claims on the Public.
With the highest respect &^ca

Ibid.

[ W^m Paca to Col^o James Brice.]

Having received Information that some disorderly Soldiers now
collected in the City have intimated a Design of surrounding the

November
25
Liber No. 78

p. 455