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100 Assembly Proceedings, March 17-April 21, 1762.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 52
March 31
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Numbers of Men for the various Services in all Parts of the World,
so as to render it impracticable to recruit these Regiments from
thence, hath been pleased to signify to these Provinces, his Desire and
Expectations, that they will severally furnish their respective Quotas
of Recruits, to compleat the Regiments which have been sent hither
from Europe for our Defence and Protection.
As this Demand, Gentlemen, is so very reasonable, and so evidently
calculated for the Security and Advantages of these Colonies, I
flatter myself you will, on your Parts, most readily perform what
is required of you: The Number of Recruits demanded from this
Province being only Eighty-four, I doubt not but they may be speedily
raised, if you will but appropriate a small Sum to be distributed by
Way of Bounty-Money among the Men that may enlist, especially as
Sir Jeffery Amherst is pleased to promise a considerable Sum to each
Recruit, besides a Reward of Forty Shillings New-York Currency,
to the Officer or Person who shall enlist them.
Hor.o Sharpe.
30th March, 1762.
[The two letters referred to in the first paragraph of above
message of Gov. Sharpe, vis. (1) from the Earl of Egremont,
and (2) from Sir Jeffrey Amherst, are printed in full in the
Archives of Maryland, Volume XIV, pages 13-14 and 28-29]
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Which were Read the first and second Time; and thereupon Re-
solved, That Eighty-four Men be raised, agreeable to the General's
Requisition, and that Eight Pounds Bounty-Money be given to each
able-bodied Man who shall be enlisted; and that the Sum of Twenty
Shillings be given to the Officer, who shall enlist the said Men.
On Motion, the Question was put, That the said Bounty and
Enlisting Money be raised by appropriating a Sum sufficient for those
Purposes out of the Grant for his Majesty's Service, to be made
by the Supply Bill, now preparing by this House. Resolved in the
Affirmative.
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For the Affirmative,
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Hynson,
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Dent,
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Beall,
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Ringgold,
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J. Tilghman,
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Waring,
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Richard Lloyd,
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Sulivane,
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Jacobs,
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Worthington,
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Deye,
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Murdock,
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Hammond,
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Paca,
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Robert Lloyd,
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Gantt,
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Dorsey,
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E. Tilghman,
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Stoddert,
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Ward,
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Magruder,
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Smallwood,
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Earle,
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Beatty.
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Hanson,
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Baker,
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