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1659
January 12th
Caecilius absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of
Maryland and Avalon Lord Barron of Baltemore &c To the
Sherriffe of Saint Maryes County Greeting. Whereas by the
advice and consent of our Councell Wee haue determined to
hould an Assembly of the ffreemen of our Province at Mr
Thomas Gerrards on the last Tuesday in ffebruary next ensuing
there to consider of certaine things concearning the State and
welfare of this our Province of Maryland Wee comand you
Nicholas Guyther Sherriffe of St Maryes County that makeing
Proclamation as soone as conveniently may be after the receipt
of this writt you cause fower discreete Burgesses to be elected
to serve in the said Assembly there to doe and consent to such
things as by comon consent shall happen to be ordained and
enacted in the buisness aforesaid so that through want of suf-
ficient power or inconsiderat election of the aforesaid Bur-
gesses the buisnesses aforesaid may not remaine vndon or
neglected, And make your retourn of this Writt into the
Secretaryes Office by the Seventeenth of ffebruary next. Given
at Saint Maryes vnder our Great seale of our said Province of
Maryland the twelth day of January in the Eight & twentieth
yeare of our Dominion over the said Province Annoque Domini
One thousand Six hundred ffifty Nyne
The like writt eodem die to the Sherriffe of Calvert County
The like to the Sherriffe of Charles County
The like to the Sherriffe of Ann Arundell County
The like to the Sherriffe of Kent County
The like to the Sherriffe of Baltemore County
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U. H.
Journal
1659-69
p. 69
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