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His Excellency the Governor communicated to Mr. Speaker, the
following Message, viz:
Gentlemen of the Lower House of Assembly,
In a Letter which I received Yesterday in the Afternoon from the
Commanding Officer at Fort Frederick, he tells me, That Fifty-six
Cherokees were come thither to offer their Service for the Protection
of our Frontier Inhabitants. I should be glad to know whether you
would choose to have them retained in the Service of this Province,
that I may send the Commanding Officer Instructions to conduct
himself accordingly.
Hor.o Sharpe.
ist of December, 1757.
Which was Read, and Ordered to lie on the Table.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 49
Dec. 1
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The House adjourns until 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
Post-Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. Murdock appeared in the House.
Col. Tilghman brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, the follow-
ing Address, viz.t
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland :
The humble Address of the House of Delegates.
May it please your Excellency,
Though we thought proper to defer answering your Message of
the Eleventh of October, till our controverted Elections were decided,
the important Affairs which occasioned our being convened maturely
considered and determined on, and the Grounds of the numerous
Complaints of the good People of this Province against Recruiting-
Officers, and Persons impowered to Enlist Men into the Service, and
more especially of the distressed Frontier Inhabitants, against the
Forces there stationed for their immediate Protection and Quiet,
were enquired into; we cannot now, consistent with our Duty, any
longer put it off, as you have therein so publicly called in Question
our Rights and Privileges.
The Hopes you were pleased to express, that a new Representative
of the good People of this Province, would readily go into the Con-
sideration of such Points, as should most effectually conduce to the
Security and Convenience of that People, afforded us great Satis-
faction; because this new Representative, in a great Degree, consists
of those Gentlemen who lately composed the old.
The making Provision for the Support of so many of the Men
already raised, as might be necessary for the more immediate Pro-
tection and Security of the Frontier Inhabitants, and for the Recep-
tion of such Number of his Majesty's Regular Forces, as we might
reasonably presume would be ordered hither for Winter Quarters,
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