xviii Introduction.

Cockey Deye, Acquila Hall and Walter Tolly, Jr., were elected (p. 368).
Only Ridgely and Deye were present at the opening session of the Assembly
(p. 334). Tolley was sworn in on June 19 (p. 347), and Hall appeared several
days later (p. 363).

For Somerset County Littleton Dennis, Levin Gale, Samuel Wilson and
Peter Waters were duly returned (p. 368). None of them were present when
the General Assembly first convened (p. 334). On June 21, 1773, Wilson was
the first Delegate to appear (p. 349), and on June 23 Waters was sworn in
(p. 357). Littleton Dennis and Levin Gale never appeared during this session.

The Delegates for Worcester County were Peter Chaille, William Purnell,
John Purnell Robins, and Nehemiah Holland (p. 368). As was the case with
Somerset County none of these men managed to be present at the opening
session (p. 334). However three of them, Holland, Robins and Purnell showed
up on June 21 (p. 349), and Peter Chaille two days later (p. 357). Matthew
Tilghman, James Lloyd Chamberlaine, Nicholas Thomas and Edward Lloyd
were chosen to represent Talbot County (p. 368). All of these men were
present on June 15 (p. 334), except Edward Lloyd, who put in his appearance
about a week later (p. 349).

For St. Mary's County John Reeder [Jr.], Philip Key, Richard Barnes and
Thomas Bond were duly returned (pp. 368-369). All were present at the
beginning of this session (p. 334), except Reeder, who took his seat on June
28 (p. 375). The Delegates for Charles County were Francis Ware, Robert
Henly Courts, William Smallwood and Josias Hawkins (p. 369). Only Haw-
kins was present on June 15 (p. 334). Ware and Courts appeared on the
following day (p. 340). Smallwood was not sworn in until June 22 (p. 356).

The people of Cecil County chose as their representatives John Veazy,
William Ward, Joseph Gilpin and Stephen Hyland (p. 369), none of whom
were present at the opening of the session (p. 334). Ward appeared on June
16 (p. 337), Veazy and Hyland on June 17 (p. 345), and Gilpin on June 19
(p. 347). The Committee of Elections and Privileges listed those who had
been returned as Delegates in Frederick County as Thomas Sprigg Wootton,
Charles Beatty, Henry Griffith and Jonathan Hagar (p. 369). All four were
present when the Assembly convened on June 15 (p. 334).

THE SPEAKER

When the Lower House met during November 5-21, 1770, Edward Tilgh-
man, of Queen Anne's County, was chosen as Speaker (Arch. Md. LXII,
xviii). When the General Assembly convened on October 2, 1771, Tilghman
again served in the same capacity (pp. 3, 76). When, however, the Assembly
met on June 15, 1773, Matthew Tilghman, of Talbot County, was chosen
as the Speaker of the Lower House (309-310, 335).

CLERKS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER HOUSES

Upton Scott, who had been Clerk of the Upper House during the meetings
of the General Assembly in 1769 and 1770 (Arch. Md. LXII, xviii), continued