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gard to his father's, the late Lord-Proprietor's good-will towards
the Province, the following act will sufficiently evince the great
regard he had for, and the vigilant attention he always shewed to
the prosperity of Maryland.

By an act of Assembly in 1733, he assented to an act called the
Currency Act, and for the payment and the better insurance ad
valorem of the paper money issued in consequence of that act: He
did voluntarily grant re-exportation, duty free, of all tobacco's, (the
staple of the colony) tho' to his Lordship's very great loss, as will
appear from the following extract:
Provided always, that in case any tobacco, for which the said duty
shall be paid, shall be lost in the exportation thereof from this Prov-
ince; that then and in every such case, the Proprietor or person,
who shall have paid the aforesaid duty for such tobacco, shall and
may export the like quantity, duty free; to be allowed by the naval
officer who shall receive the duty.

The loss his present Lordship has suffered during the late war,
cannot, I think, be rated at less than 500l. or 600l. per annum. This
gratuity of his Lordship, relative to the sterling value of the cur-
rency issued, all the merchants and traders to the Province know
to be a fact of value, and consequence to trade in general, and the

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Province in particular; and to the honour of his Lordship, and
credit of the Province be it spoken, that the currency issued for
the use of the Provincials by that act, has been no small sum, and
consequently of vast advantage to that Province. The expiration of
the act is this year, (I think I am right) when the capital fund
which has arisen from the duties, and is now vested and laid out in
Bank stock will, when sold, fully answer the purpose, by rendering
the currency issued of sterling value.
These peculiar circumstances amply denote his Lordship's steady
affection to our Sovereign Lord the King, in that part of his Maj-
esty's territory in America where his Lordship under his favour
presides, and at the same time convey advantageous marks of real
benevolence of the late Lord-Proprietor. And it is worthy of con-
sideration, that his present Lordship is at a considerable expence
on his part, for the running the boundary lines, between Maryland
and Pensylvania, being the only means to settle and to assert the
property thereof, not only to himself, but also to those in possession

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of lands within his Province; as it ascertains to them quiet posses-
sion, and prevents all law suits, which might be occasioned often
by claims, either by Maryland or Pensylvania, as well as to ascertain
the limits of the government and dominion of Maryland. These are
considerable munificences, and others can be ascertained expressive
of allegiance and affection to our Sovereign Lord the King, and to
the people, his Majesty's subjects, and his Lordship's tenants in
Maryland.