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on Capt. Beall since the Receipt of your Letter with an Expectation
of his immediately sending a stronger Party, but found it as he said,
and I believe out of his Power, as there was then Forty under the
Doctor's Hand, and many others that had recovered not fit for Duty,
so that there was no Help to be had, nor none we expect from the
Place; and if his Excellency does not incline to send us any Help, the
Consequence is, we must break up and leave the Settlement, or be
sure of being murdered by Degrees. There is near Seven Hundred
Souls, as you will see by the inclosed List, that still remain at the
several Places where they were gathered, and stands upon their own
Defence, still hoping, that when his Excellency is truly informed of
their unhappy Circumstance, that they will get some Relief. I am, Sir,
Your most humble Servant,
Joseph Chapline.
Which Message, and Letters were severally Read, and Ordered to
lie on the Table.
On Motion, Ordered, That Mr. Dulany, Mr. Murdock, and Mr.
Earle, do prepare and bring in an Address to his Excellency the
Governor, in Answer to the said Message.
The House adjourns til the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.
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Liber No. 49
Dec. 9
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Saturday, December 10, 1757.
The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. Murdock brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker, the following
Ingrossed Address, viz.
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,
We are sorry to find, that the repeated Representations of the late
Lower House of Assembly to your Excellency, of the Neglect of
several Naval Officers to account for the Duties imposed on Servants,
imported into this Province for Seven Years or upwards, and their
earnest Request that your Excellency would direct their Bonds to be
put in Suit, have not yet had the desired Effect; and it gives us equal
Concern to find, that no legal Steps have yet been taken to compel the
Commissioners of the Paper Currency Office to Credit the Public
with the Monies paid so many Years ago into that Office by Messieurs
Trippe, Porter, and Bradford. As you were pleased, in one of your
Messages to declare, that you would never countenance any Officer
who does not diligently and faithfully discharge his Duty, we are
at a Loss for the Failure in these Instances; but would choose to
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