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part of the Government, in the strictest sense as prescribed by his
Royal Charter, and with all allegiance and due submission to his
Sovereign, to whom all appeal is for redress.

It is of important consideration, that the Province of Maryland,
uncultivated at the time of its grant in 1632, first had its establish-
ment from Caecilius Lord Baltimore, the present Lord's ancestor,
who actuated by a laudable zeal for the enlargement of the British
empire, planned, raised and nurtured this colony by people trans-
planted from hence at a very large expence, from his own private
circumstances only; this is evident, not only from the Provincial
acts and records, but also from writings now extant. The staple of
this colony is tobacco, a product not of Great Britain; it is carried
to foreign markets, and the profit produced thereby is banked in our
island, and almost in general laid out in the purchase of our British
manufactures, which are returned to the Provincials by the merchants

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here; the entries of such goods exported to the Province are manifest
at our out ports, and it appears by bills of lading to a very large
amount, that the profit annually accruing to Great Britain from
thence is very considerable; besides the real benefit this Province
is of, by improvement of the act of navigation. The Lord-Proprietor
of Maryland therefore, must be looked upon and esteemed, as a
subject of great consequence and benefit to his native country.

The present Proprietor's moderation and generosity are conspicu-
ous and well known in the Province. The uncultivated lands pur-
chased (as I understand) at 5 1. per 100 acres of the Lord Proprietor,
are generally by his tenants sold at 7l. and 8l. and often for double
price, with reserved quit-rents to them and their heirs, which, I am
informed, are equal and often more, than they pay to the Pro-
prietor; this is well known in the Province, and no secret here; nor
has the Proprietor raised (as other Provinces have done) the price
of fresh lands to new settlers, or augmented the quit-rents, but often

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receives less than his due, on account of the distress of some, and
forgives frequently others whole dues and forfeitures, rather than
by process at law, or seizure, recover them, at an expence often
too great for such tenants to bear. These are testimonies of the
benevolent and humane disposition of his Lordship's heart; for the
truth of which I refer any who doubt, to Benjamin Tasker, Esq.
President of the Council, and Edward Lloyd, Esq. the first was, and
the latter now is, Agent and Receiver-general of his Lordship's dues
and forfeitures by common law in the Province.
Touching his generosity in defence of the Province in the late
war; he has, out of his own good will, subjected his manor-lands,
by act of Assembly, to be taxed in common with other cultivated
lands in the Province, though by law he is not subject to any such
taxation, as I will make appear hereafter.
He has also sent a quantity of gunpowder and ball for the defence
of the Province; this the Lieutenant-governor can attest. With re-

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