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Ships shall apply to you to raise such a number of Seamen from
time to time as shall be wanted to Recruit the Ships in North
America.
I am Sir
Your most Obedient Humble Serv.t
Governor of Maryland W. Pitt
Which was read and ordered to lie on the table.
The Petition of Richard Gresham and Others, was referred for
further Consideration in the Afternoon.
The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 49
Oct. 7
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Post-Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. Benjamin Mackall, Mr. Owings, Mr. Fraser, and Mr. Reyn-
olds, have Leave of the House to go home till Monday.
The House proceeded to take into Consideration the Petition of
Richard Gresham and Others; and on fully hearing Mr. Richard
Gresham at the Bar of this House, on Behalf of himself and the
other Petitioners, and on mature Consideration of the Allegations
and Facts contained in the said Petition, and also those complained
of at the Bar by the Petitioners, and of the Merits of the said
Election, Unanimously Dismissed the said Petition.
His Excellency the Governor communicated to Mr. Speaker, the
following Message, viz.t
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
In a Letter that I writ to Sir John St. Clair, about Six Weeks
ago, I told him, that the Inhabitants of this Province would be put
to great Inconveniencies if the Earl of Loudoun should require
them to furnish so many as Two Thousand Men with Winter Quar-
ters: I said our Towns were very small, as well as few in Number,
and intimated to him, that in Proportion to the Number of Soldiers
that should be ordered hither, they must expect to be better or worse
accommodated. You will, I doubt not, believe, that I consulted the
Inclinations and Ease of your Constituents when I made this Repre-
sentation; and I hope it will determine his Lordship to order only
one Regiment to this Province. I am glad you are of Opinion, that
Ten Companies can be well accommodated here; I was much afraid
they could not; but indeed, tho' there is so great a Scarcity of Inns
in most of our Towns, there are Houses enough that will, upon
Occasion, make very good Barracks.
7th of October, 1757. Hor.o Sharpe.
Which was Read, and Ordered to lie on the Table.
His Excellency the Governor communicated to Mr. Speaker, the
following Message, viz.t
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