152 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION [1776.
FOR THE NEGATIVE.

Kent county.		Dorchester county.
Mr. Buchanan,	neg.	Mr. Goldsborough,	neg.
" Sudler, -	neg.	" Hooper,	neg.
" Slubey,	neg.	" Murray,	neg.
" Ringgold,	neg.	" Ennalls,	neg.
Talbot county.		Caroline county.
Mr. Chamberlaine,	neg.	Mr. Richardson,	aff.
" Thomas, -	neg.	" Dickinson,	neg.
" Edmondson, -	neg.	" Mason,	neg.

Resolved, That a committee of five persons be appointed to wait
pn the governor and deliver him copies of the said resolutions, to-
gether with the following address, to wit :

To his Excellency ROBERT EDEN, Esq., governor of Maryland.
May it please your excellency,

We are commanded by the convention to wait upon your excel-
lency, and to communicate to you the resolutions they have this
day entered into; and we are instructed to assure your excellency
that the convention entertains a favorable sense of your conduct,
relative to the affairs of America, since the unhappy differences
have subsisted between Great Britain and the united colonies, as
far as the same hath come to their knowledge, and of their real
wishes for your return to resume the government of this province,
whenever we shall happily be restored to peace and that connex-
with Great Britain, the interruption and suspension of which have
filled the mind of every good man with the deepest regret. From
the disposition your excellency hath manifested to promote the
real interests of both countries, the convention is induced to enter-
tain the warmest hopes and expectations, that upon your arrival in
England, you will represent the temper and principles of the peo-
ple of Maryland, with the same candor you have hitherto shewn,
and that you will exert your endeavors to promote a reconcilation
upon terms that may be secure and honorable both to Great Britain
and America.

Mr. President, Mr. Paca, Mr. T. Johnson, Mr. Plater, and Mr.
Hollyday, were elected by ballot a committee accordingly.

On reading a second time the report from the committee appoint-
ed to examine into the expenditure of the money placed in the
hands of Mr. William Lux, as agent for the ship Defence, Resolved,
That the same be referred for consideration till the next session of
convention.

Adjourned till 3 o'clock.