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Eodem Die post Meridiem
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as in the morning
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning at 10 of the Clock

U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
Dec. 12

Wednesday Morning 13^th Decem.^r 1758

This House met again According to Adjournment (absent Col.^o
Hammond
Present as yesterday with Benedict Calvert Esq
Read the Petition of the Inhabitants of Nova Scotia dispersed thro
this province Praying relief referred to the Consideration of the
Lower House and sent by Col.^o Goldsborough.
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 is pleased to Communicate to this House the
following Message

Gentlemen of the upper House
It is with great pleasure that I Inform you that Lieu.^t Col.^o Dag-
worthy is just arrived from Fort Duquesne and brings in an Ac-
count that his Majestys Troops under the Command of Brigadier
General Forbes took Possession of that place the 25^th of Last Month,
the Enemy's Troops that were in Garrison there having abandon it
two days before, gone of Some up the River Ohio towards Canada
and the rest down the river Mississippi, and I most heartily Con-
gratulate you on this hapy Event Hor.^o Sharpe
13th of Decem.r 1758.

Benjamin Tasker Esq attended by the members of this House
presents to his Excellency the following Address

Dec. 13

To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq.^r Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland

The Humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly
May it Please your Excellency.

We are much obliged to you for the very Agreeable Account of
his Majesty's Troops under the Command of Brigadier General
Forbes haveing Taken possession of Fort Duquesne Communicated
in your Excellencys Message of this day and Sincerely hope that the

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