thought fit to revoke and do hereby revoke our former
Conditions of Plantation for our said Province of Maryland and to
propose other Conditions of Plantation for the future within the
said Province which we send you herewith (written in
parchment under our hand and greater seal at arms bearing date this
present second day of July in the year of our Lord God 1649
and hereunto annexed: and Whereas we have likewise sent
you herewith certain draughts of forms of Grants of a Mannor
and of a Freehold under our hand and greater seal at arms
and hereunto also annexed, which forms we would have
observed and none other, mutatis mutandis & repletis
replendis) in the granting of any lands within the said Province
for the future by virtue of the said last Conditions of
Plantation bearing date as aforesaid, or by virtue of any Warrant
hereafter under our hand and seal at arms for granting of
lands there (excepting where we shall by any such warrant
give directions to the contrary) we do therefore hereby
declare that we have and do hereby revoke from hence
forwards all former Conditions of Plantation for our said
Province of Maryland heretofore proposed by us so as we will
not have any land in our said Province hereafter granted
from us to any person whatsoever by virtue of the aforesaid
Conditions of Plantation for or in respect of the
transportation of any person or persons whatsoever into our said
Province from and after the date hereof and we do will and
require you to publish this our Declaration in our said
Province with all convenient speed to the end that all those
whom it doth or may concern may take notice thereof and
we do hereby authorise and require you till we or our heirs
shall signify our or their pleasure to the contrary from time
to time in our name and under the great seal of the said
Province of Maryland to grant lands within our said
province to all adventurors or plantors to or within the same
upon such terms and conditions as are expressed in the said
last Conditions of Plantation bearing date with these
presents and according to the forms of Grants above
mentioned and no otherwise without further and special warrant
hereafter to be obtained for the same under our or our heirs
hand and seal at arms; And whereas we are given to
understand that as well divers Frenchmen as some people of
other nations who by our former and also by these last
conditions of plantation are not capable of having any Lands
within our said province, are already seated or may
hereafter with our or you our Lieutenant's leave there for
the time being seat themselves in our said Province we do
hereby therefore authorise you to make any person or
persons of French, Dutch or Italian discent as you shall think
fit and who either are already planted or shall hereafter come
Source: John Kilty. Land Holder's Assistant and Land Office Guide. Baltimore: G. Dobbin & Murphy, 1808. MSA L 25529.
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