148 Assembly Proceedings, April 4-17, 1759.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
April 7

Present as Yesterday.
Adjourned till 3 of the Clock in the afternoon

Eodem Die Post Meridiem
This House met again According to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning
Adjourned till Monday Morning 10 of the Clock.

April 9

Monday Morning 9^th April 1759
This House met again according to Adjournment

The Honble-

Present

Benjamin Tasker Esq.
Col^o Hammond
Col^o Tasker

Col.^o Goldsborough
D. Dulany
S. Bordley

Adjourned till 3 of the Clock in the afternoon

Eodem Die Post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the Morning
His Excellency the Governor Communicates to this House the
following Letters Viz.^t
Sir Whitehall 23^th January 1759.

I am now to Acquaint you that the King has been pleased imme-
diately upon the receiving the Account of the Success of his arms
on the River Ohio to direct the Commander in Chief of his Majestys
Forces in North America and Brig. Gen Forbes to lose no time in
Concerting the Properest and Speediest Means for Compleatly Re-
storing if possible the Ruened Fort Duquesne to a Defensible and
respectable State or for erecting another in the room of it of Sufficient
Strength & every way Adequate to the Great Importance of the

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Several Objects of Maintaining his Majestys Subjects in the un-
disputed Possession of the Ohio, of effectually cutting off all Trade
and Communication this way between Canada and the Western and
Southern Indians, of protecting the British Colonies from the In-
cursions to which they have been Exposed Since the French built
the above Fort, and thereby made themselves Masters of the Navi-
gation of the Ohio, and of fixing again the Several Indian Nations in
their Alliance with and Dependance upon his Majestys Government,
and the Province under your Command is so particularly and nearly
Interested in the Speedy Execution of this great and Salutary Work
that it will be matter of no Small Surprize and must Reflect the