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At a Court held at Deviding Creek in the County of Somerset in y^e Province

of Maryland by there Maties Justices y^e 15^th day of 8ber an^o Dom 1695

Com^rs p^rsent m^r ffra Jenckins. m^r Tho:Newbold. m^r Edw^d Howard

                     m^r Jn^o King m^r Ste.Horsey & m^r Arnold Elzey

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M^r John ffisher in the absence of the Clk of the County was this day

Sworn Deputy Clk. - - - - - after which the Justices abovesd

in Obedience to a p^rcept from the p^rsent Govern^r of this Province

thereby impowering the afd Justices to appoint a day for the

Electing & Chooseing one Delegate for the County afd It is –

therefore Ordered by the Justices afd that the day of Election afd

be on tuesday next being the 22^nd day of this instant 8ber & y^t

due notice be given in Order to the Severall & respective Inhabitants

Qualified to Vote may appear by twelve a Clock at the house of

Rich^d Tulls at Deviding Creek and that end the Clerk is hereby

Ordered imediatly to issue out this Order directed to every respective

Constable within this County & to deliver the Same to the Sheriffe to

transmitt to each Constable who are hereby Strictly Charged and

Comanded forthwith to give Notice to every p^rson within their hundred

Qualified by law to repaire at the time & place afd there to make

their Election as afd and hereof the Sheriff nor Constable are not

to faile as they shall answer the Contrary at their perill.

                                                                Signed p^r Ord^r.

Coppyes Sent /                    John ffisher Deputy Clr

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His Matid                        Maryland Complaint made to me

          agt }                     by John Kellam agt Philip Breedy

Philip Breedy              for takeing out of the sd Jn^o Kellams

Breeches in Money about 5 or 6 shills at the house Alex Maddux

about one month Since these are therefore in his Maties Names

King William the third upon Sight hereof to make y^r personal

app^a before their Maties Justices of the Peace at Rich^d Tulls house

to answer the Complaint of Jn^o Kellam whereof y^w are not to fail

as y^w will answer the Contrary at y^r peril Given under my hand 15^th

October 1695                                                  Tho Newbold.

To Jn^o Broughton Constable to}

Execute this Warrant —

Somerset County Ss.          8ber y^e 15^th 1695

John Broughton Constable Ex this Warr^t makes Return with

the prison^r who denyes the falt & puts the matter upon proof Jn^o

Kellam Sworn &a Saith that he lost the within mentioned at

the time or thereabouts the within Sum & that he Suspects y^e within

Named p^rson who Confesseth to be master of Such Sum of money

that he was accomodated with it by one Rich^d a litle man that lived

at m^r Madduxes & whereas he also taxed with divers other things &

Crimes & thereby rendered a Suspicious person — These are therefore

in his Maties Name to require y^w Maj^r Wm Whittington to take the

Sd within mentioned p^rson Philip Breedy in Safe Custody So that