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13. Lt. Gov. HORATIO SHARPE (Prot), arrived 10 Aug. 1753;
until December, 1760, he allowed the profits of this office to his
private secretary, JOHN RIDOUT.

14. GEORGE LEE of Charles County (Prot., mother Prot. con-
vert), appointed by Baltimore, to Sharpe's no small annoyance,
shortly before 16 Aug.; entered office 28 Nov. 1768; He owed his
appointment to the circumstance that he had been a factor of John
Morton Jor4an's, and Jordan (or perhaps Jordan's wife) had
acquired Lord Baltimore's confidence. When Jordan died, Lee
was displaced.

15. *Lt. Gov. ROBERT EDEN (Prot.), arrived 5 June 1769 and
assumed the Surveyorship late in 1771, displacing Lee whom he
made Sheriff of Charles County.

16. ROBERT SMITH of Annapolis (Prot.), com. by Lt. Gov.
Eden, then about to leave the province, 28 May 1774; in Nov.,
1776, his office was abolished.

c. Surveyor 'General of the Eastern Shore.

1. *Capt. RICHARD SMITH, JR. of Calvert County (Prot., wife
prob. Cath.), formerly Suveyor General of Both Shores; his
authority was limited to the Eastern by the appointment of
Clement Hill, Jr. on the Western Shore, 7 Dec. 1697. Succeeded
by Heath in 1698; died in 1714.

2. JAMES HEATH of Anne Arundel County (Cath.), com. 23
Aug. 1698. Resigned in 1701 after becoming a Copartner in
Farming the Quit-Rents. He died in Jan., 1731/2.

3. *EDWARD DIGGES of Charles County (Cath., son-in-law of
Agent Henry Darnall), appointed 26 June 1701; apparently his
commission expired with the death of Darnall, 17 June 1711. He
died in April, 1714.

4. *CHARLES CARROLL of Anne Arundel County (Cath.; son-
in-law of Agent Darnall and brother-in-law of Digges), as Agent
and Receiver General he began acting as Surveyor General for
Both Shores prior to 12 Sept. 1712.

5. *HENRY SEWALL (son of Nicholas) of St. Mary's County
(Cath.), com. shortly before 20 July 1716 when Lt. Gov. Hart
refused to recognize his commission because of his religion.