6 Assembly Proceedings, November 17-December 20, 1769.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Nov. 20

among us will be made Agreeable by all the Returns which are due
to the most Engaging Affability and Complacency.

The Justice we owe to a Character, really estimable, demands from
us some Tribute to the Merit of our late Worthy Governor. Amidst
the general approbation of his just, equitable, and prudent Ad-
ministration, we cannot with hold our Eulogy. In Consequence of
his Steady Adherence to the Duties of his Station, his firm Assertion
of the Rights of the Lord Proprietary, and his Maintenance of the
Priviledges of the People, he deservedly gained their Applauses,
whilst he faithfully Answered his Lordships Expectation, and justly

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entitled himself to his most distinguished Regard.

We entirely agree with your Excellency, that the real Interests
of the Lord Proprietary and the People of this Province are in-
separable, and, if any Evidence were wanting to confirm the Prin-
ciple, the concurring Sentiments of His Lordship and the good
People of this Province in favour of a Gentleman, who invariably
made it the Plan of his Administration, would Amply Supply it

From the Short time your Excellency has been among us it cannot
be expected that you can have framed such a Comprehensive Knowl-
edge of the Circumstances of the Country as to be Able to recom-
mend an adequate Provision of Laws, but the Intimation you have
given of a more liberal Establishment for the Institution of Youth
gives us the most lively impression of your Excellency's Regard to
the Prosperity of the Province, and claims our warmest Acknowledg-
ments, To this most interesting Object we shall pay all due Attention,
as well as to every other useful Regulation, which may either occur
to ourselves, or be proposed for our Concurrence.

Influenced by the Strongest Motives of Duty, from the Considera-
tion of your Near Alliance to the Proprietor; and impressed with
the Deepest Sense of your Excellency's Attention to the Prosperity
of Maryland, You may be Assured, Sir; that we shall ever exert our
most Zealous Endeavours to render your Administration agreeable
to his Lordship, yourself, and the People of this Province.

November 20.^th 1769 Charles Hammond

To which Address His Excellency was pleased to Communicate
to this House the following Answer;

Gentlemen of the Upper House of Assembly

Your Affectionate Address is a favourable Presage to me of a
permanent Happiness in my Government. If my Endeavours to
merit a Continuance of your Affections prove Successfull, I shall
look upon the Honourable Trust, which, by his Lordships Favour, I
now hold as the most Fortunate Circumstance in a Life entirely
devoted to the Service of this Province.
Rob.^t Eden