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PROPR1ETAR Y ASSEMBLY OF 1634/35
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, proprietor
February 26, 1634/35
1 The only record of this Assembly is a reference to an act passed on February 26, 1634/35, by a "General Assemblie"
at St. Mary's.
PROPRIETARY ASSEMBLY OF 1637/38
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, proprietor
A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALL FREEMEN
January 25-29; February 8, 26; March 5, 12-24, 1637/38 1
1 The Assembly met only during the dates listed and was otherwise in adjournment.
2Membership is listed generally in order of appearance. Many of the men attended for only a brief period, while others
attended regularly. Twenty-four men, who did not attend personally, were represented by proxies.
3 The clerk erred several times the first day of the first session in referring to "Captain Robert Evelyn" as commander
of Kent Isle. The commander was actually George Evelyn, commissioned in December 1637. By the second day of the
session, the error was noted and Robert Evelyn was no longer referred to as commander of Kent Isle, although a man
of that name did attend subsequent assemblies.
4 Robert Philpott, Thomas Bradnox, and Edward Beckler were elected to this Assembly to represent the freemen of
Kent Isle. The freemen were also eligible to attend, however, and several did.
5 A carpenter named John Robinson attended this Assembly, but a second man with the same name may also have
been present.
6 This was an elected committee charged with drafting legislation. Each person voted for five members and these were
the five men with the most votes, in order of strength. Later in the session, a smaller committee of three men?Thomas
Cornwaleys, Leonard Calvert, and George Evelyn?was elected to prepare laws.
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