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for his Majesty's Service, to defray the Expence of raising a Num-
ber of Men for the Royal American Regiment, and to the Defence
and Security of this Province. But we are sorry to find ourselves
under the disagreeable Necessity of acquainting your Excellency, that
the Delay has altogether proceeded from our being disappointed in
what we had so good Foundation to hope for, from your Promise in
the last Paragraph in the same Speech; and we must inform your
Excellency, that we were so firmly Resolved to manifest our Zeal for
his Majesty's Service, by a ready Compliance with the Earl of
Loudoun's Requisition, that a Bill for that Purpose, and the Defence
and Security of our Western Frontier, has been in great Forward-
ness for some Days, and we now only wait your Excellency's
Answer to our Address presented this Day, to enable us entirely to
compleat it; and as we hope it will be passed into a Law with the
greatest Expedition, we think it irregular to fall on any other Mea-
sure for supplying the Levy-Money desired by your Excellency. We
cannot conclude without assuring you, that we are so far from being
determined to pay no Regard to the Earl of Loudoun's Requisition,
that we shall constantly endeavour to treat whatever comes from his
Lordship with the greatest Regard; and that we hope we shall never
disappoint your Excellency in any reasonable Expectation from, or
Dependence on, this House.
Which was Read and Assented to, and Signed, by Order of the
House, by the Honourable Speaker.

L.H.J.
Liber No. 48
September
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Ordered, That M.^r Thomas Reeder and M.^r Casson do acquaint
his Excellency, That this House hath prepared an Address, to be
presented to him, and desires to know when and where he will please
to receive it: They return and acquaint M.^r Speaker, that the Gov-
ernor was pleased to signify he would receive the Address imme-
diately in the Conferenc Chamber.
Ordered, That M.^r Matthew Tilghman, and Three more, do pre-
sent the Address to his Excellency.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

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Saturday Morning, 25^th September, 1756.

The House met according to Adjournment: All the Members
appeared as Yesterday, except M.^r John Goldsborough, M.^r Edmond-
son, M.^r Hammond, and Col. Fitzhugh.
The Governor communicated to M.^r Speaker the following Mes-
sage, viz.
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
In Compliance with your Request, I send you a Plan of Fort-
Frederick, and a Letter from Capt. Beall, whence you may learn
what are the Dimensions of that Fort, and what Forwardness it is

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