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Province
of Maryland
By Governor
and Council
1761
(printed
pamphlet
Md. Hist.
Soc.)
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amounting, as I guess, to about Sixteen Hundred Pound Sterling,
I desire you will forthwith take the necessary Steps, in order to
compel Mr. Henry Darnall, and his Sureties, to Indemnify the
Country; wherefore I send you the Committee's Report, together
with a Bond, which Mr. Henry Darnall, and his Sureties, executed
at the Time he was appointed Naval Officer, and the abovementioned
Petition of John Darnall, and Charles Carroll, Esquires, from whom,
if such a Step is proper, you will receive the Penalty of their Bond,
for the Use of the Province, without putting them to the Expence
and Trouble of a Suit. I am, Sir;
T Your very humble Servant,
To Stephen Bordley, Esq ;
Hor.o Sharpe.
His Lordship s Attorney-General.
Sir,
Pursuant to your Excellency's Order, I received last Night of
John Darnall, and Charles Carroll, Esquires, the Two following
Setts of Bills of Exchange, scilt.
Charles Carroll on John Buchanan, to John Darnall,
Indorsed in Blank for .......................... £ 400 0 0
Charles Carroll on William Perkins, to John Darnall,
Indorsed in Blank for .......................... 600 0 0
£1000 0 0
Amounting to One Thousand Pounds Sterling, being the Penalty
of Henry Darnall's, John Darnall's, and Charles Carroll's, joint and
several Bond of the I4th March, 1755, to your Excellency, Con-
ditioned for the said Henry Darnall's due Execution of the Naval
Office of Patuxent District, and I wait your Excellency's Orders
for disposing of the said Bills; and am, Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient humble Servant,
Annapolis, 29th April, 1761 Stephen Bordley.
[To Horatio Sharpe]
Annapolis, May i, 1761.
Gentlemen,
His Lordship's Attorney-General having informed me, that John
Darnall and Charles Carroll, Esquires, have paid him Bills of Ex-
change for the Sum of 1000 l. Sterling, being the Penalty of a joint
and several Bond, executed and delivered to me the i4th of March,
1755, by Henry Darnall, and the said John Darnall and Charles
Carroll, Esquires, Conditioned fur the said Henry Darnall's due
Execution of the Naval Office of Patuxent District, I have impowered
the Attorney-General to pay and deliver the said Bills of Exchange to
you; wherefore I desire you will receive and remit the same to the
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