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Resolved, That the Sum of Twenty Pounds, be Allowed and Paid out of the Publick Treasury to Mr. Joseph Hiller, for his Service as Clerk of the Honourabl'e Council, for half a Year, beginning the 13th Day of March last.
Sent up for Concurrence.
Resolved, That the Sum of Forty Pounds, be Allowed and Paid out of the Pub- lick Treasury to Mr. John Flagg, Door-keeper to His Excellency the Governour and Council, and this Court, for his Service the Year past, ending the 26th Day of June last. Sent up for Concurrence.
A Message from the Board by Eliakim Hutchinson, Andrew Belcher, and Ad- dington Davenport Esqrs; Moving the House to Grant an Allowance to Mr. Agent Dummer at this time, It being more than a Year since any Allowance has been Granted to him.
A Message sent up to the Board by Capt. Chambers, and Capt. Fullam, That the House have already Voted to Refer the Consideration of Making an Allow- ance to Mr. Agent Dummer, to the next Session. And desire if the business of the Session be finished that the Court may Rise.
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Who Return'd, That His Excellency desired the House now to Consider Mr. Dummer's Service, as they use to do.
A Message from His Excellency the Governour by Edmund Quincey Esq; That Mr. Speaker and the House do now Attend Him in the Council Chamber.
Which they did accordingly, and His Excellency Prorogu'd the Court, to Wednesday the 28th Day of September next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon.
BOSTON: Printed & Sold by 13. Green. 1715.
Anno Regni Regis GEORGII nunc Magnæ Britannia, &c. Secundo.
JOURNAL
Of the House of Representatives.
At a Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in pein England, begun & held at 1Boston, upon Wednesday the 30th Day of Day, Anno Domini, 1716.
S Amuel Sewall, Penn Townsend, & John Higginson Esqrs; came down from the Council Board and Acquainted the House, That they were Appointed and Authorized by His Honour the Lieutenant Governour, That this House should Take the Oaths, Make and Subscribe the Declaration, Take and Subscribe the Oath of Abjuration, (as by the Royal Charter of this Province is Directed,) before them, which being done by all the Members present, they withdrew.
The Names of the Persons Returned to Serve for, and Represent the several Towns, are as follows, Viz.
- Oliver Noyes Esq ; Boston, William Payne Esq ; Elisha Cooke Esq ; - Anthony Stoddard Esq ; Roxbury, Mr. William Denison Dorchester, Mr. Hopestil Clap Hingham, Samuel Thaxter Esq ; Brantrey, Capt. John Mills Dedham, Mr. John Fuller Medfield, Mr. John Fisher Weymouth, Capt. John Hunt Milton, Mr. Ephraim Tucker Wrentham, Mr. Ebenezer Fisher Mendon, Josiah Chapin Esq ; Brookline, Woodstock, Needham,
Salem, Mr. John Pickering Mr. John Gardner Ipswich, § Mr. Daniel Rogers Mr. John Denison Lynn, John Burril Esq ; Speaker.
( Lt. C. Henry Somersby Newbury, " Mr. William Moodey Marblehead, Mr. Richard Trivet Andover, Mr. John Osgood Beverly, Mr. Samuel Balch Rowley, Mr. Ezekiel Northen Salisbury, Capt. Henry True Haverhill, John White Esq ; Glocester, John Newman Esq ; Topsfield, Mr. Daniel Clark Boxford, Mr. Joseph Hale
Wenham, Mr. William Fisk Amesbury, Mr. John Foot Bradford, Mr. Thomas Carleton Charles- ( Charles Chambers Esq ; stown, { Jonathan Dowse Esq ; Cambridge, Col. Edmund Goffe Watertown, Mr. Thomas Strait Concord, Mr. William Wilson Woburn, Mr. John Pierce Reading, Mr. Joshua Eaton Sudbury, Mr. Edmund Rice Marlborough, Mr. Thomas Rice Newton, Mr. John Ward Malden, Mr. Phineas Upham Chelmsford, Mr. Stephen Pierce Billerica, Mr. George Brown Sherburn, Mr. Benjamin Whitney Groton, Mr. John Shepley Lancaster, Mr. John Houghton Framingham, Col. Jos. Buckminster Medford,
Lexington, Capt. William Reed Weston, Mr. Josiah Jones Stow, Mr. John Buttrick Springfield, Luke Hitchcock Esq ; Northampton, Maj. John Stoddard Hadley, Mr. John Nash Hatfield, Mr. John Partridge Southfield, Mr. Atherton Mather Westfield, Mr. John Ashley Enfield,
Deerfield, Capt. Jonathan Wells Plymouth, Nath. Thomas Esq ;
Scituate, Mr. Thomas Turner Bridgewater, Capt. John Field Marshfield, Capt. Isaac Little Duxbury, Mr. John Partridge Rochester, Samuel Prince Esq ; Pembrook, Capt. Joshua Cushing Middleborough, Capt. Ja. Tompson Barnstable, Daniel Parker, Esq ; Eastham, Mr. Samuel Knowles Sandwich, Col. William Basset Yarmouth, Peter Thacher Esq ; Harwich, Mr. Thomas Clark Truro, - Bristol, Capt. Samuel Gallop Taunton, Henry Hodges Esq ; Dartmouth, Capt. John Akin Rehoboth, Capt. Moses Reed Little-Comp. Capt. W. Southworth Swanzey, John Rogers Esq ; Tiverton, Mr. Gershom Wodell Attleborough, Mr. Dav. Freeman Dighton, Mr. Benjamin Jones Norton, George Leonard Esq ; Freetown, Mr. Robert Durfey York, Mr. Samuel Cane Kittery, Mr. Joseph Hammond Wells, Mr. William Sawyer Berwick, Capt. Samuel Plaisted Edgartown
and
Chilmark, Nantucket, James Coffin Esq ;
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The House proceeded to Write their Votes for a Speaker, which being Col- lected and Examined, it appear'd that John Burril Esq; was chosen by a major part of the House, He was accordingly Conducted to the Chair. [ 2 ]
The House proceeded to the Election of a Clerk by written Votes, which being Collected and Examined, it was found that Mr. John White was chosen by a ma- jor part of the House, who was accordingly sent for to the House.
Post Meridiem.
A Message sent up to the Board by Capt. Noyes, and Col. Somersby to report to His Honour the Lieutenant Governour, the Choice the House had made of a Speaker.
A Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governour by Addington Daven- port and Samuel Brown Esqrs; That the Choice the House have made of a Speaker, is very acceptable to him.
A Message sent up to the Board by Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Trivet, That the House are now ready to proceed to the Choice of Councellors.
Who return'd that the Board is ready to joyn with the House in the Election.
Ordered, That Capt. Noyes, Mr. Cooke, Col. Thaxter, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. William Denison, be a Committee to carry up the Votes of this House for Coun- cellors, and assist in Sorting and Numbring them, together with the Votes of the Board, and to Report to the House the several Elections that shall be made.
The said Committee carried up the Votes of the House for Councellors in the late Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, and Return'd that Eighteen were chosen by a major part of the Voters.
Then for the late Colony of New-Plymouth, & Return'd that Four were chosen as aforesaid.
Then for the late Province of Maine, and Return'd that Three were chosen as aforesaid.
Then for the Territory between Sagadehoc & Nova Scotia, and Return'd that One was chosen, as aforesaid.
And lastly, for Persons dwelling in any Part of the Province, and Return'd that Two were chosen, as aforesaid.
And Reported the Names of the Persons chosen to be as follows, viz.
Of the Inhabitants or Proprietors of Lands in the Territory formerly called the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Hon. William Tailer Esq ; Samuel Sewall Esq ; Penn Townsend Esq ;
John Higginson Esq ; Thomas Noyes Esq ; Addington Davenport Esq; Samuel Brown Esq ;
Wait Winthrop Esq ;
Elisha Hutchinson Esq ;
John Appleton Esq ;
Andrew Belcher Esq ;
Edward Bromfield Esq ;
Nathanael Norden Esq ;
Benjamin Lynde Esq ;
John Clark Esq ;
Thomas Hutchinson Esq ;
John Pynchon Esq ;
Thomas Fitch Esq ;
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Of the Inhabitants, or Proprietors of Lands within the Territory formerly called New-Plymouth viz.
Nathanael Byfield Esq ; Isaac Winslow Esq ; John Cusbing Esq ; Jobn Otis Esq ;
Of the Inhabitants, or Proprietors of Land within the Territory formerly called the Province of Maine, viz.
Eliakim Hutchinson Esq ; John Wheelwright Esq ; Adam Winthrop Esq ;
Of the Inhabitants, or Proprietors of Lands lying within the Territory between Sagadehoc, and Nova Scotia, viz.
Joseph Lynde Esq ;
Of the Inhabitants, or Proprietors of Lands in any Part of the Province. Nathanael Paine Esq ; Edmund Quincey Esq ;
And then the House Adjourn'd till to Morrow Morning Ten a Clock.
Tobis 31 die Mati. 1716.
O Rdered, That Oliver Noyes, Elisha Cooke, Samuel Thaxter, William Denison Esqrs; and Mr. Daniel Rogers, Wait on His Honour the Lieutenant Gov- ernour, with the above Written List of the Councellors or Assistants, newly chosen for the Year ensuing, for His Honours Approbation of the Persons therein Named, to be given in Writing under his Hand.
The House proceeded to Examine the Returns of the Precepts, made from the several Towns of the choice of their Representatives.
Which being severally done,
The usual Orders of the House were Read: And [ 3 ]
Ordered, To be the Orders of the House during the Sessions thereof, with some little Amendment.
Post Meridiem.
The List of Councellors newly chosen Returned from the Board by Nathanael Byfield, Andrew Belcher & Addington Davenport Esqrs, there being entered thereon as follows, viz.
The within Elections were duly made by the Council and the Representatives. Samuel Woodward, Secr.
And by the Lieutenant Governour, viz.
I Consent to, and Approve of the within Election of Councellors. Given under my Hand, May 31. 1716. At Boston. Wm. TAILER.
Ordered, That Col. Thaxter, Capt. Noyes, and Mr. Parker, be a Committee to consider the subject matter, and Examine the Allegations of the Petitions, that shall be presented to the House, and report their Opinion thereon, as they shall be committed to them.
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A Message from His Honour the Lieut. Governour, by Mr. Secretary Wood- ward, That this House do attend him in the Council Chamber immediately.
Accordingly Mr. Speaker with the House went up; And His Honour the Lieut. Governour made a Speech to the Court, whereof Mr. Speaker obtained a Copy, and with the House Returned to their own Chamber. His Honours Speech was Read, and is as follows, viz.
Gentlemen,
A T our last parting I had little Expectation of now speaking to you from the Chair, believing His Excellency Col. BURGES our Governour would before this time have happily Arrived among us, and I am well assured he may be daily ex- pected, and that he comes with full Resolutions to do his utmost for the Interest of this Province, which he has signified to the Council in divers of his Letters, and has like- wise expressed his grateful sense of the Honourable Provision you have made of so suitable a House for his Reception, in which you have not only obliged him but done much Honour to your selves.
Therefore my time in this Station will in all Probability prove short, yet to the last Moment of it I shall rejoyce to meet with any Opportunity of shewing my Zeal and Affection to the Crown, and the true Interest of my Native Country ; and doubt not but you all come with hearty and sincere Dispositions to promote both in your respective Stations. The good Agreement with the last General Court, gives me great hopes to meet the same in this. And I should esteem it the happiest Circumstance of my Life to have the Honour of delivering up the Government in a perfect Unity between both Houses, which would contribute to your own Reputation and the Disappointment of those few, who have with great Industry endeavoured to prevent it.
Gentlemen,
His Excellency Bragadier Hunter favoured me with the Commissioners of Albany's Report to him, as if the Indians had some Designs of making an Attempt on our Frontiers in the Spring, which I immediately communicated to His Majesty's Coun- cil, who were of Advice that it was proper to reinforce Fort George, as likewise the New Settlement of Arowsick, with Ten Men each, which accordingly I have done. And on Monday last by an Express from the Honourable Lieut. Governour Vaughan, I have received Intelligence that gives further Grounds for Suspicion, and nothing but the General Election prevents me from doing my Duty to my Country in Visiting the Frontiers, and putting 'em into a suitable posture of Defence, but I have dispatched Expresses to the Commanding Officers, to give timely Advice to their several Towns in order to prevent a Surprize ; what other Methods I have taken in this Affair I shall lay before you ; And I think it a proper Season to offer it as my Opinion, that nothing can be of more Service both for the Crown and this Country, than for both Houses to be Unanimous in Supporting and Encouraging the New Settlements.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
I shall Order Mr. Treasurer to lay before you the state of the Treasury, in which I
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believe you will find no unnecessary Article of Charge, and therefore have no reason to doubt but you will make all suitable Provision for Support of the Government in the ensuing Year. And as it has pleased Almighty GOD of His Infinite Wisdom and Goodness, to frustrate the Counsels of Evil and Rebellious Traitors in their late Un- natural Rebellion against the best of Kings, which had a Tendency to Extirpate the whole Royal Family ; so now Gentlemen, We have an Opportunity to Congratulate His most Sacred Majesty on this His great Deliverance, by way of an Address ; and to Assure His Majesty of our Constant and Steady Loyalty and Affection to His Person and Government, and that we will with our Lives and Fortunes as we have Opportu- nity, Defend His Rightful Title to the Crown of Great Britain, and the Dominions and Provinces depending thereon, as also to the Protestant Succession as by Law Estab- lished against all Pretenders whatsoever.
Gentlemen,
This is usually the Session for Business, which I shall give all the Encouragement I can to forward, but if upon the Expectation of His Excellency's sudden Arrival you incline to make it short, I shall [ 4 ] readily consent to it. If any proper Methods can be found out for the promoting the produce of this Country, and so consequently the Trade thereof, I shall chearfully concur with you therein. I have nothing more to add, but to express my sincere Wishes that the Crown may long Flourish on the Head of our Soveraign Lord King GEORGE, with all its Ancient Prerogatives, and that it may from Him descend to His Illustrious Family to lasting Posterity.
Isaac Winslow Esq; brought down from the Board several Letters that had been Express'd to His Honour the Lieut. Governour from the Eastward, Importing Apprehensions of a Rupture with the Indians there, which were read and sent up.
Ordered, That Mr. Payne, Col. Basset, Mr. Anthony Stoddard, Capt. Chambers, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Thomas, Capt. Gallop, Mr. Hammond, and Major Stoddard be a Committee to Examine and Audit the Treasurers Accounts, and make report to the House.
And then the House Adjourn'd till to Morrow Morning Nine a Clock.
Deneris 1. die Junii, 1716.
H Is Honour the Lieutenant Governours Speech Read again.
Ordered, That William Denison, Elisha Cooke, Oliver Noyes, William Basset, and Edmund Goffe, Esqrs ; with such as the Honourable Board shall ap- point, be a Committee to prepare and lay before the Court, the Draught of a Humble Address to His Majesty, in the Name of this Court. The Address when finisht, to be Transmitted to His Excellency Col. Elizeus Burges our Governour, and in case of His Absence to the Right Hon. Mr. Secretary Stanhope.
Sent up for Concurrence.
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The following Vote sent down from the Board, viz. In Council, May 31st. 1716. Upon Reading the Expresses from the Eastward, giving just Grounds to suspect the Indians intend mischief to our Frontiers, which we conclude is fomented by false Reports of a War likely to break out between Great Britain and France. It being much for His Majesty's Service, and the Security and Peace of this Prov- ince, that some Method be immediately taken for undeceiving the Indians in that matter.
Advised, That some Discreet Person, with an Interpreter, be forthwith Dis- patched to their Head Quarters to let them know, that we justly take Umbrage at the suspicious Words and Deportment they have lately been guilty of, con- trary to the Peace Established, That we are desirous to remain in Peace, but if they against their Faith & Allegiance, Commit any Hostilities, they must expect to be treated as Rebels and Enemies to the Crown of Great Britain. Yet if they act upon supposal of a War with France, we do assure them there is no War to be Expected, but a perfect Amity between the Two Crowns. That the Pretender has been driven out of Great Britain, his Forces wholly Defeated, and he with his Ad- herents, ordered by the Regent, to Depart the Dominions of France.
Sent down for Concurrence.
Read and Concurr'd, and further Advised, That some British News-Papers be sent, to be Read and Interpreted to the Indians, to satisfy them of Peace between the Two Crowns.
A Message sent up to the Board by Capt. Noyes, Col. Goffe, and Col. Somersby, desiring that this House may be informed, whether the Votes of this Court for Demolishing of Casco Fort, and the removing of the Stores from thence, have been Attended and Complyed with.
Mr. Secretary Woodward brought down the Council Book, and shewed, That in Answer to the Memorial of Capt. Samuel Moodey, laid before His Honour the Lieut. Governour in Council, the further proceeding in that Affair had been suspended till the meeting of this Court, and then withdrew.
This House being informed, That the Votes of this Court to Demolish Casco Fort and Remove the Stores from thence are not yet fully Complyed with: which this House Apprehend may be of dangerous Consequence, by exposing His Maj- esties Stores, and the few People that still remain there, contrary to the Acts of this Courts, to the Insults of the Indians.
Resolved, That His Honour the Lieutenant Governour be desired, to direct a full Performance of the Votes of this Court in that Affair, and order the removing of the Stores to Boston, and the intire Demolition of the Fort, and Houses therein without delay.
Sent up for Concurrence.
By several Messages that Pass'd between the Houses, it was Agreed, That the Person, to be sent to the Head-Quarters of the Eastern Indians, pursuant to the Vote of this Day be Mr. John Watts, and Capt. John Gyles. [ 5 ]
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3 Post Meridiem.
Ordered, That Mr. Cooke, Col. Thaxter, Col. Goffe, Capt. Chambers, Capt. Gardner, Col. Somersby, Mr. Thomas, Col. Basset, Major Stoddard, Capt. South- worth, and Mr. Hammond be a Committee to consider and propose to the House, such Method as they think most effectual to obtain a true and just Valuation of the Rateable Estate of this Province, in order to a more just and equal Levying of Taxes upon the several Towns.
A Petition of Mary Woodcock Widow, Relict of William Woodcock, late of Attle- borough, Deceas'd, Presented to the House and Read, Praying that she may be enabled to Sell some Lands, that were her said late Husbands, for her Support and Maintenance in her old Age.
And after Debate, The Question being put, Whether the Prayer of the Petition be Granted ?
It pass'd in the Negative.
A Petition of Combs Humphry of Marblehead, presented to the House and Read, Praying that he may be allowed Wages for Two Years & Nine Months, that he was in Captivity at Canada, having been taken in the Service in the late War, and that he may be reimbursed Three Pounds he expended in his Sickness there, and Five Pounds he paid for his Ransom. Committed.
A Petition of Jacob Davis, John Riggs, William Hascell, & others, living on the Westerly side of Annasquam-River, and Little-River in Glocester, Presented to the House and Read, Praying that they may be set off, and Erected into a distinct and separate Precinct, for the Support & Maintenance of the Gospel Ministry, according to the Bounds therein described.
A Petition of Peter Coffin, and Fifteen others, Inhabitants of the Town of Glocester, dwelling on the Westerly side of Annasquam-River, Presented to the House and Read, Praying, That a Precinct may not be Constituted as is prayed in the aforementioned Petition, for Reasons therein alledged.
The following Vote pass'd & entred on the Petition of Jacob Davis, John Riggs, &c. viz.
Ordered, That the Petitioners serve Peter Coffin, and others, whose Names are Subscribed to a Petition accompanying this, Desiring that the Prayer thereof may not be Granted, with a Copy of this Petition; and notify them that they may be heard before this Court on Tuesday the Twelfth Instant, if they continue to object against the same.
Sent up for Concurrence.
A Report of John Cushing, Edmund Quincey, George Leonard, Henry Hodges, & Jacob Tompson, a Committee appointed by this Court to divide the Town of Bridewater, into Two Precincts, sent down from the Board, pass'd upon there, viz. In Council June 1. 1716. Read and Accepted.
Sent down for Concurrence. Read.
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A Petition of John Bridgham & Twenty Nine others, presented to the House & Read, Praying that a Tract of Land containing the Quantity of Seven Miles square, lying between, and contiguous to the Towns of Sutton, Marlborough, Worcester, Lancaster & Assanamisco, may be Granted to them (excepting the Grants already made within the said Bounds) and be Constituted a Township.
A Message from the Board, That the House now come up to the Council Cham- ber, to attend a Hearing appointed to be this Day on the Petition of Isaac Wonno, and Joshua Shantum Indians, Agents for Ketteticut, between them and the Town of Bridgewater.
Mr. Speaker and the House went up accordingly, and both Parties being fully heard, were dismist, and Mr. Speaker with the House return'd to their own Chamber.
And then the House Adjourn'd till to Morrow Morning Nine a Clock.
Sabbati 2 die Junii, 1716.
A Draught of Orders and Instructions to Messieurs Watts and Gyles, and to the Master of a Sloop to attend them Eastward, sent down from the Board. Read.
The Petition of Combs Humphry, praying as entred yesterday, further consid- ered, and the report of the Committee thereon, Read and accepted by the House and accordingly
Resolved, That the Sum of Six Pounds be allowed and paid out of the Publick Treasury to Combs Humphry the Petitioner, in full of his Petition.
Sent up for Concurrence.
A Petition of John Sterns, and Five others, the Committee for the great Bridge in Billerica, presented to the House and Read, Shewing That the said Bridge is so far gone to Decay, that there is a necessity of its being speedily rebuilt, praying the Court to give their Direction, in what manner it shall be rebuilt, and main- tained for time to come, there having been formerly an Act of this Court for the Building of the said Bridge
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Justices, in their Quarter Sessions in the County of Middlesex: And that a Bill be drawn accordingly.
Sent up for Concurrence. [ 6 ]
A Petition of Josiah Chapin of Mendon, Esq; presented to the House and Read, praying as entred the Eighth of June last; what was then and since acted on that his Petition, not having pass'd through the Court.
Ordered, That the Prayer of the Petition be Granted, and that the Land be forthwith laid out in a proper regular Form, by an able Surveyor and Chain-Men under Oath, The Plat thereof to be laid before this Court for Approbation.
Sent up for Concurrence.
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An Accompt of John Dyer Treasurer of the County of Plymouth, beginning the Third Tuesday of June, 1714. and continued to the First Tuesday of March, 1715. having been pass'd by the Court of Quarter Sessions in the said County. Pre- sented to the House for Allowance. Read, and Allow'd.
Sent up for Concurrence.
A Draught of a Humble Address to His Majesty, prepared by the Committee of both Houses appointed for that end. Sent down from the Board pass'd on there, viz. June 2d. 1716. Read and Accepted. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and Concurr'd.
A Memorial of Dr. Cotton Mather, presented to the House and Read. Proposing it to their Consideration that Allowance may be made to his Reverend Father Dr. Increase Mather, for his Service as Agent for this Province at Whitehall form- erly, as was done to others for the like Service, the last Year.
An Accompt of Ebenezer Lewis, Treasury of the County of Barnstable, for the Year 1715. having been pass'd by the Court of Quarter Sessions in the said County. Presented to the House for Allowance. Read and Allowed.
Sent up for Concurrence.
A Draught of a Letter from this Court to his Excellency Col. Elizeus Burges, desiring him to receive and prefer the Humble Address of this Court, to His Majesty. Sent down from the Board, pass'd on there, viz. June 2d. 1716.
Read and Accepted.
A Draught of a Letter from this Court to the Right Honourable James Stan- hope Esq; one of His Majesties Principal Secretaries of State, to be delivered in case of his Excellency Col. Burges his absence, requesting his favour to receive and prefer the said Humble Address to His Majesty. Sent down from the Board, pass'd on there, June 2d. 1716. Read and Accepted.
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