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501) approbation of the said Henry Harford Testified by his Signing of these presents And for and in Consideration of the great Regard and Attention which we bear to you the said Robert Eden and reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty prudence Conduct and Fidelity Have Nominated Constituted and appointed and with the Approbation of his Majesty King George the third Do by these presents Nominate Constitute and appoint you the said Robert Eden Lieutenant General and Chief Governor of the said province of Maryland in America and also Commander in Chief both by Sea and Land of all the Forces raised or to be Raised within the Limits of the said province or the Island Terretories and Dominions thereunto belonging and over all such Forces to appoint proper Officers and them to Remove and Displace at your will and Pleasure And further we the said John Moore Hugh Hamersley & Peter Prevost do by these presents Impower and Authorise you the said Robert Eden to Call and Summon any General Assembly or Assemblys and them to Prorogue and dissolve at your own will and pleasure and Likewise in our Names but with the advise and Consent of the Council and the Delegates of the Freemen in the said province in Assembly Covened to make and Enact such Laws as you and they shall think Convenient for the Good Government of the Inhabitants in the said province as likewise to Repeal or alter any law or laws whatsoever already Enacted ^in the said Province^ as you the said Robert Eden with the advice and Consent aforesaid shall think fit and Expedient Provided that such Laws so to be made and Enacted be not Repugnant to the Laws of Great Britain nor Destructive or Invading of the Prerogative Royal granted to the Lord proprietary of the said Province All which Laws you the said Robert Eden are hereby required to Transmit to us the said John Moore Hugh Hamersly and Peter Prevost for our Confirmation or disallowance of them and We the said John Moore Hugh Hamersley and Peter Prevost do ^further^ by these presents grant full power and Authority to you the said Robert Eden to Exercise Execute and put in practice all and every other power or powers Jurisdiction and Authorities whatsoever Granted in and by the Letters patents of his late Majesty King Charles the first unto the Right Honourable Cecilius Calvert Baron of Baltimore his Heirs and Assigns in as ample a manner as if we the said John Moore Hugh Hamersley and Peter Prevost were personally present and generally to do Execute and perform all matters and things necessary for the Good Order Government Administration and Execution of Justice the Maintenance of the Just Rights and prerogatives of the Lord proprietary of the said province and for the Defence peace and preservation of the said province and the Inhabitants thereof To have and to hold the said Offices Stations and powers with all and singular the Rights Emoluments and Priviledges thereunto belonging and appertaining during our pleasure and the Minority of the said Henry Harford observing Nevertheless and performing such Orders and Instructions as we the said John Moore Hugh Hamersly and Peter Prevost from time to time shall send to you the said Robert Eden Provided also that nothing herein before Contained shall be deemed Construed |
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Provincial Court Land Records, 1770-1774
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