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All which is Submitted to the Consideration of both Houses of
Assembly this 20.th Day of December 1769.
Benedict Calvert
Walter Dulany
Thomas Ringgold
Charles Grahame
Josias Beall
James Dickinson
John Eden
The following Addresses being prepared are Read and approved
of, and were presented by the whole House to His Excellency the
Governor
To His Excellency Robert Eden Esq. Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The Humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly
May it please Your Excellency.
Having prepared an Address to the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, in Answer to his Message communicated, by Your Ex-
cellency to both Houses of Assembly, at the Opening of this Session,
We beg the Favor that you will be pleased to transmit the same to
His Lordship. Charles Hammond
20:th December 1769
To
The Right Honourable Frederick Absolute Lord and Proprietary
of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltimore
&:a
The Humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly
My Lord
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U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Dec. 20
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The very obliging Message from Your Lordship, communicated
to the general Assembly of your Province of Maryland, at the
Opening of this Session, by His Excellency Governor Eden, claims
our warmest thanks and most respectful Acknowledgments.
That the genuine Interests of your Lordship, and of your Prov-
ince are inseparable is a Sentiment most Just, most worthy to be
Cherished, and your Lordships Publick and most explicit Declara-
tion, that he will ill recommend himself to You who does not make
the Happiness of Your Province his first Object, demonstrates
such an earnest desire of effectuating the Noblest Ends of Govern-
ment as ought, and we would fain hope can't fail to be received
with the most Cordial and lasting Gratitude, by those whose Welfare
and Property are thus tenderly regarded by your Lordship, and
since with such generous Sentiments your Lordship has been pleased,
in Terms the most Affectionate and ample, to express your Approba-
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