14. George Lee of Charles County (Prot., mother Prot. convert), ap-

pointed by Baltimore, to Sharpe's no small annoyance, shortly before 16 Aug.;
entered office 28 Nov. 1768 (AM, XIV, 524, 554, 557). He owed his appoint-
ment to the circumstance that he had been a factor of John Morton Jordan's,

and Jordan (or perhaps Jordan's wife) had acquired Lord Baltimore's confi-
dence. When Jordan died, Lee was displaced.

15. Lt. Gov. Robert Eden (Prot.), arrived 5 June 1769 and assumed the
Surveyorship late in 1771 (Patent Record, 1, BC and GS #47, f. 33) 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 (Commission Book No. 83, f. 8); 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 Surveyor 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 (Warrants, 1. A, f. 206). Succceded by Heath in 1698; died in
1714.

2. James Heath of Anne Arundel County (Cath.), com. 23 Aug. 1698 (Ibid,
1. A, f. 169), 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

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