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855) 881 To his Ex.cy Francis Nicholson Esq.r Cap.t Gen.ll and Comand.r in Cheife of his Maj.ties Province of Maryland &c.a Whereas there have of late been many Scandalous and Defamatory Rumours and Stories Stirred of in this Province but more pticularly in S.t Maryes County tending to y.e disquiet and trouble of this his Maj.ties happy Government And ^w.th^ which falce Reports its much much Doubles many of his Maj.ties good and peaceable subjects have been much amused and abused by falce notions and app.rhentiones w.ch if not speedily removed may tend to y.e great damage and punishment of such psons noe less then disquiet of y.e Province the same things having already brought severall psons to condigne punishm.t and will undoubtedly be the porcon of all others that shall psist in such evills And for as much as y.r Ex.cy hath of your goodness Condescended soe farr as to lay before y.e Court and Country lately P.rsent at Annapolis to a very great number y.e severall Rumours and Reports that have of late been invented and spread abroad ag.t this his Maj.ties Governm.t and made them all Appear by Records and other undenyable Proofs to be some falce some scandalous and all malitious to y.e full satisfaction and beyond Contradiction in y.e minds of all psons p.rsent and to y.e conviction of these concerned In soe much that it has been Rep.rsented to y.r Ex.cy and your Ex.cy prayed to Issue forth Proclamacons through this Province thereby disabused his Maj.ties good subjects and to setle them in peace and quiet and alsoe to caution and leave w.thout excuse all such who by those gentle admonitions will not be reclaimed And to lett all Know those very psons who were y.e actors and Principles therein are soe sensible of y.e falcities and evill thereof that they have made a Publick Accknowledgement and entered into Solemn Engagem.t to avoyd and abandon y.e like for y.e future Wee doe therefore humly Pray your Ex.cy that it may be published proclaimed and made knowne that all y.e said Rumours and stories are falce feigned and scandalous and malitious invented and spread abroad by John Cood as principle authour and others that have suffered thereby and soe probably would y.e said Cood alsoe but that he is fled into Virg.a And there harboured w.th whome his Maj.ties good subjects may be comanded and required not onely to forbear Assotiateing and Combineing but to seize and apprehend him Wheresoever found In this Province and Convey to y.e next Justice of peace to be sent to y.e sher of y.e County according to a former Proclamation and wee doe hope and expect that all psons will take warning and thereby cautioned ag.t such practices for y.e future it appearing to us that your Ex.cy is desireous and inclined rather to Caution and P.rvent y.e Evill then punish for it and not to take advantage ag.t aney for what is past provided they behave them selves as they ought for y.e future And wee hope all psons take due Notice and Confirme themselves as they will answer y.e Contrary at their Uttmost Perrill Robert Smith Tho Staley Signed by y.e Justices of y.e Provinciall Court Jn.o Hamond Jn.o Pollard Richard Hill Thomas Tasker John Hawkins Rec.d from M.r Richard Beard armes belonging to the Country as followes nine fusees nine slung Ditto three Wormes one long Bulletmould nine catouch boxes nine belts for Ditto I say Rec.d the same for the Use of Prince Georges County this 27.th 1698 p me Jn.o Addison Maryland fs Know all men by these p.rsents that wee George Plater William Dent of Charles County and Jacob More of S.t Maryes County Gent are holden and firmly bound unto his Ex.cy Francis Nicholson Esq.r his Maj.ties Cap.t Gen.ll and Govern.r in Chiefe of this Province in y.e full and just sume of one Thousand pounds of good and Lawfull Money of England to be paid to y.e said Francis Nicholson Esq.r his Ex.rs Adm.rs or assignes to the which payment well and truly to be made we bind our selves and either of us our and either of our heires Ex.rs and Admin.rs Joyntly and Severally for the whole and in y.e whole firmly by these p.rsents wittness our hands and seales y.e 22.th day of Octob.r 1698 The Condicon of y.e above obligacon is such that whereas his Ex.cy Francis Nicholson Esq.r af.d hath Comissionated and Appointed y.e above bound George Plater Esq.r to be Navall Officer of y.e Porte of Petuxent within y.e said Province by his Comission bearing ^equall^ Date w.th these P.rsents Now if y.e s.d George shall well and truly pforme y.e said office according to |
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Provincial Court Land Records, 1676-1700
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