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ing the Masters of Such Indented Servants as shall Engage in his
Majesty's Service, the Money paid by the Said Masters upon the
Original Contract, in Proportion to the time, Such Indented Ser-
vants have to Serve, and you will at all times Discourage the Har-
bouring Concealing or Assisting such as shall desert the Service,
and also use all means for Discovering and apprehending Such
Deserters, you will likewise use your best Endeavours to prevail on
your Assembly to appropriate Such part of the Funds now Raised,
or which shall be raised for the Publick Service to be Issued and
applied to the General Service, in Such Manner as the Commander in
Chief shall Direct.
The King would have you Recommend it, in the Strongest Manner
to your Council and Assembly, to pass Effectual Laws for Prohibit-
ing all Trade and Commerce with the French and for Preventing
the Exportation of Provisions of all kinds to any of their Islands
or Colonies.
I am
Governor of Maryland./ Sir
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant
H Fox
Duplicate N.o 2.
Whitehall 13.th March 1756.
Sir,
I have Acquainted you in my Letter of this Date, with the King's
having appointed the Earl of Loudoun to be Commander in Chief
of all his Majesty's Forces in North America, but as it will be some
time before his Lordship or Major General Abercombie (who is to
be next in Command to him) can set out from hence, The King has
Directed Colonel Webb (who will forward this Letter to you) to
Embark immediately for North America, and to take upon him the
Command of the Forces there, till the Arrival of Lord Loudoun, or
Major General Abercombie, you will therefore correspond with
Colonel Webb and give him all Necessary lights and Assistances in
the Same Manner you were Directed to do, to the Late General
Braddock.
It having been Represented that a Considerable Number of the
foreign Settlers in America might be now willing to enter into the
Kings Service if they were Commanded by Officers of their own
Country, An Act of Parliament, has been passed of which I send you
inclosed a printed Copy, Enabling his Majesty to grant Commissions
to a Certain Number German Swiss and Dutch Protestants, who
have Served as Officers, or Engineers and as they have already
engaged they will Embark with all Expedition, in Order to assist
in Raising and Commanding Such of the foreign Protestants in
North America, as shall be able and willing to serve with the rest of
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Liber No. 48
September
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