Appendix. 583

IX

COMMAND OF GOV. SHARPE TO THE SHERIFF OF
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, JUNE 1, 1762, TO ISSUE
A PROCLAMATION OF THE ACTS PASSED AT THE
MARCH-APRIL, 1762, SESSION

[THIS COMMAND TO THE SHERIFF OF ANNE ARUNDEL

COUNTY, SIGNED BY HORATIO SHARPE, is TO BE FOUND IN
THE FORM OF AN ENDORSEMENT ON THE FLY LEAF OF A
COPY OF THE 1762 SESSION LAWS PRINTED BY JONAS
GREEN] .

Maryland ss.^th Frederick absolute Lord, and Proprietary of the
Provinces of Maryland and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore &c
To the Sheriff of Ann Arundel County Greeting
We Command You, that the several Acts of Assembly made at a
Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis on
the 17^th day of March last, here unto annexed, You immediately
make, or Cause to be made due Proclamation thereof Hereof You
are not to fail at your Peril Witness our trusty and well beloved
Horatio Sharpe Esq.^r Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal of
Maryland this 2 I^st Day of June Annoque Domini 1762
Hor.^o Sharpe

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Endorsement
on the fly
leaf of the
1762 Session
Laws printed
by Jonas
Green
Md.Hist.Soc.

X

LANGUISHING PRISONERS IN JAIL FOR DEBT

[THE FOLLOWING SIX PETITIONS, DATED 1761-1762, TO

THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY WERE FROM six

LANGUISHING PRISONERS IN VARIOUS COUNTY JAILS PRAY-
ING RELIEF. THESE PRISONERS WERE GEORGE BAKER OF
FREDERICK COUNTY, MICHAEL RISONER OF FREDERICK
COUNTY, NATHANIEL WICKHAM OF FREDERICK COUNTY,
HENRY BOZWORTH OF CECIL COUNTY, JOHN SMITH OF
CECIL COUNTY, AND THOMAS GAGE OF CALVERT COUNTY.
THE SUBJECT OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT AT THIS TIME,
AND THE VARIOUS PETITIONS ARE DISCUSSED ON PAGE
lxxv.]
GEORGE BAKER

To his Excellency Horatio Sharp Esq^r Governor of Maryland and
to the upper and Lower houses of Assembly
The petition of George Baker Humbly Sheweth
that your petitioner has been for teen months past A Languishing
prisoner in the goal of Fredrick County for Debt for Divers Sums of

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