IV
BRIEF ANSWERS TO QUERIES IN THE LONDON
PUBLIC LEDGER, 1763
[THIS OLD MANUSCRIPT IN THE STATE ARCHIVES, EN-
TITLED "BRIEF ANSWERS TO QUERIES RELATIVE TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF MARYLAND THAT WERE INSERTED IN
THE PUBLIC LEDGER OF THURSDAY NOVEMBER I7TH
1763", WAS OBVIOUSLY WRITTEN BY SOME REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT, PROBABLY FOR,
AND POSSIBLY BY, CECILIUS CALVERT, PROVINCIAL SEC-
RETARY OF MARYLAND IN ENGLAND. THESE "BRIEF
ANSWERS", WHICH OMIT THE QUESTIONS TO WHICH THEY
ARE REPLIES, MAY HAVE BEEN A PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF
THE ANSWERS AS THEY ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE ANONY-
MOUS PAMPHLET PRINTED IN 1764: An Answer to the
Queries on the Proprietary Government of Maryland etc,
REPRODUCED IN THE APPENDIX OF THIS VOLUME (PP.
409-457). THESE "BRIEF ANSWERS" AND THE PAM-
PHLET "AN ANSWER" ARE MORE FULLY DISCUSSED IN
THE INTRODUCTION (PP. Ixx-lxxii).]
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