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",n - 1 1 . 1 . " - " m t . . . ' v . ." ' .
it is -hoped them
v, uun uy tvi u k. c rs w 1 1 1- j u p p 1 y 1 n egT ca 1 u c ni a n u .
Upon the Con ven tion of t h c Co m m i fiioners from the fevcral Governments, in
this lMace, they made Choice of the Honourable Timothy. R
-J?refidentm
Fbtladelpbia, (JR. 24. e hearjrom Antigua, that a.fliip from London, koyncP
i.j-j
For Jamaica,, but out in to-un oad Jbmc coods tor the merchants of Anrimn.
brought over, three- perfons, fai tb , be .the diilributor of ilamps for the ifland of
Jamaica, cvv.. yiiu wut in cai a uui ly iu t;i.u iuc i j;ui, wncic, Wlin impunity,-.
3yhtyghtbiantoea
lies, iiwi incy .uiicrcu any u ilc iui u v cnci lu u uuwn niiiuLvuaiciy 10 Jamaica.;
: Tueldav lad arrived hero the r faow -Stirlinjir Cant. Appowin. in ao tv fi-r
. Madeira ',7-vhen he leftahat place, Athere was no':',fo.tnuch as pne-Aflfel' from this"
; . continent there. ;' :' -J, r;;:; i: - . .
"New Haven tin CannpFltrtit OR tV Tr ic :rnhrtpcl hpYe: ffinr a ' nnmlvr " J
r pie lately got togethert the iflandoNcPrl
i . . . -J - n 1 ' i t" 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 n' - 1' -
inouior, ana earneitiy aenrea ne wouiu aeenne actingin tnacomce. ; Upon his -rr
X -flatly relnig ; to dofb, . tKey told himif he did not, they would :bury him alivev ' -uthe&perfift
-cried on the cover, and fcwereT
that purpofe and flowly threw after;it about -..two buihels of dirt. - The: brave " .
prifoncr then confehted to refign his odious employment, and the people immedi-
ately drew him up, ; heard ;him.re-deiiverhis
''gavc-hirrrhiXf
Thus ends this remarkable "report
Vi.
AN N A PO LIS, (in Maryland) September; 2 S.
By the Lower' Houfc of A S S 11 MliLY.
1. T) ESOLV ED unanimoiifly, That the firft Adventurers and Settlers of this
XV Province of Maryland, brought with them, and tranfmittcd, to their Poftcrityt i
and 'all other hiiMajefty's. Subjects lince inhabiting itv.this Province, all the Liber- r
tics, Privileges, Franchifcs, and Immunities, that atany'Time have been held,
enjoyed and poflefled, by : the 'People of Great Britain. '
r.lL Refbived unanirhoufly, That it j was granted by Magna Charta, and other
good Laws and Statutes of England, and confirmed by , the Petition and Bill, of
Kights,'that the Subject ' mould not be compelled' to contribute to any Tax, Tallacrc,
Aid, wor other like Charge, not let by common content of Pa; liamc'nt.
III. Refolvcd unanimoufly,' That by a Royal Charter, granted by hisMajefly.
King Charles the, Firft, in the Eighth Year of his Reign, and in the Yar or our
Lord,One Thoufand Six Hundicd and thirty -two, to Cxcilius, then Lo dBalti
more, it-was, for the Encouragement of People to tranfport thcmfelves and -Families
into' this Province, amonglt other Things covenanted and granted; "by his laid
Majefty, for himfclf, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, as followed)1: -
AND zve will alfoy and of cur mere pedal Graei, for Usour Heirs," and Succeffirs;
we do Jlrifily enjoin, conftitute, crdain, and command, That the f aid Province jjall l
of cur 'Allegiance, and that all and fmgular the Subjefis and. liege. People of Us, cur
. Heirs and Succeffors, tranfport ed,t or to be tranfpbrted,, into the f;id Province, and the
Children cf'than, and of fucb as fhall defcend from thaji, there, already born, or here-
.' . ' . " ; -V-X . after