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Contents.

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SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 25-NOVEMBER 2, 1770.................

169

PROCEEDINGS OF THE UPPER HOUSE......................

171

PROCEEDINGS OF THE LOWER HOUSE......................

205

ACTS ..............................................

308

SESSION OF NOVEMBER 5-21, 1770...........................

345

PROCEEDINGS OF THE UPPER HOUSE .....................

347

PROCEEDINGS OF THE LOWER HOUSE......................

372

ACTS ..............................................

433

APPENDIX:

I. CIRCULAR LETTER PRINTED IN THE MARYLAND GAZETTE,

MAY 11, 1769.................................

457

II. ANNAPOLIS MEETING PLANNED IN ORDER TO AGREE ON A

GENERAL RESOLUTION OF NON-IMPORTATION, MAY

23, 1769 ....................................

457

III. RESOLUTION OF NON-IMPORTATION, JUNE 22, 1769......

458

IV. LETTERS AND VESTRY PROCEEDINGS OF THE YEAR 1769

RELATING TO THE REV. PHILIP HUGHES AND OTHER

COLONIAL CLERGYMEN .........................

463

V. LETTER FROM GOVERNOR ROBERT EDEN TO WALTER

DULANY, MAY 10, 1770.........................

466

VI. VESTRY PROCEEDINGS, PRINCE GEORGE'S PARISH, ROCK

CREEK, FREDERICK COUNTY, 1769................

466

VII. LETTER FROM GOVERNOR BOTETOURT, OF VIRGINIA, TO

ROBERT EDEN, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, JUNE 24,

1770 .......................................

468

VIII. LETTER FROM JOHN DONCASTLE TO UPTON SCOTT, CLERK

OF THE UPPER HOUSE, MAY 14, 1771 .............

469

IX. A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT TO REDRESS THE EVILS ARISING

FROM THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS IN SURVEY-

ING LANDS, OCT. 31, 1770.......................

470

X. AN ACT FOR MORE EFFECTUALLY PREVENTING THE BUY-

ING AND SELLING OF OFFICES AND TO PREVENT

SIMONIACAL CONTRACTS, Nov. 2, 1770.............

476

INDEX ...................................................

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