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Measures, of corn in the early days of the province, 148; regulated by an act of the Assembly of 1638-9, 148; see act, note XXIV., appendix; an act to regu- late measures, passed at the Assembly of 1641, 186; see act, note XLII., ap- pendix.
Nanticoque Indians declared to be enemies of the province in a proclamation issued by governor Calvert, 232; he concludes a treaty with them, 249; his proclamation in relation to the treaty, ib; the treaty supposed to have been broken, 261; an expedition under the command of captain John Price sent against the Wicomick and Nanticoke Indians, 310.
Neale, James, special writ issued to him by governor Calvert calling him to the Assembly, 286.
New Castle, the Dutch ereet a fortification on the present site of, 481.
New Haven, some English settlers at, lay claim to land on the west side of the Delaware, 206; see United English Colonies; their further proceedings, 261; they take umbrage at the encroachments made by the Dutch on their trade on the Delaware, 484; they complain to the commissioners of the United Eng- lish Colonies, ib; an agreement is entered into between them and the Dutch governor, 485; they determine to make a permanent settlement on the Dela- ware, 486; the Dutch governor protests against this step, ib; the expedition to found the settlement stop at Manhattoes on their route to the Delaware, ib; some of them are imprisoned by the governor, who refuses to release them until they agree to return to New Haven, 487; they again complain to the
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commissioners, ib; their decision, ib; they attempt to procure a patent from the government of England for the disputed territory, 488; they gradually re- linquish their settlements on the Delaware, 492; they enter into a correspon- dence with the Swedes concerning their right to the lands on the Delaware, but without any apparent success, ib.
Oath of office, prescribed by the Assembly, taken by governor Calvert and his council, 140; see form of oaths, note XXXII., appendix; oath prescribed in governor Stone's commission, 335; see oath, note LXII., appendix.
Oath of allegiance to the king of England prescribed by the Assembly of 1638-9, 110; nature and effect of the oath as prescribed, ib; is taken by the governor, and council, 112; see form of oaths, note XXXII. appendix; oath re- quired to be taken by persons coming into the province who were supposed to have been concerned in Ingle and Clayborne's rebellion, 311; proclamation to enforce the taking this oath, 312; oath of fidelity to the lord proprietary re- quired to be taken by persons obtaining grants of land in the province, 342; the members of the congregational or independent church settled at Annapo- lis urged to take this oath, 371.
Oath of fidelity, prescribed to the council by the new commission sent out by the lord proprietary, 337; see oath, note LXIII., appendix; an act for taking the oath of fidelity to the lord proprietary, passed at the Assembly of 1650, 403; see oath, note LXXVII., appendix; substance of this act, ib; penalties prescribed for a refusal to take this oath, 405; see note LXXVII., appendix.
Oblivion, act of, passed by the Assembly of 1650, 406; certain persons excepted from its benefits, ib.
Officers, a bill for providing officers passed at the second Assembly of 1642, re- enactment of the bill, with seme variations at the third Assembly of 1642, 244. Officers, for the probate of wills and for the purpose of granting administration, appointed by an act of the Assembly of 1638-9, 144; an act for causes testa- mentary, passed at the Assembly of 1641, 188; tenor of the act, ib.
Officers' fees and public charges, provision for the payment of, made by an act of 1638-9, 145.
Opechancanough plans a general massacre of the Virginia colonists which he afterwards executes, 161.
Ozinies, a tribe of Indians on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, commit depreda- tions on the inhabitants of the isle of Kent, 183; proclamation of the gover- nor, authorising hostilities against them, 183.
People, rights of the people secured by an enactment made at one of the early sessions of the assembly, 115; provisions of the enactment, 116.
Personal property, the only property taxed in the early periods of the province, 146.
Peace, justices of the, an act passed at the assembly to establish justices of the peace, 134; the offences over which they had jurisdiction, and their general powers, 135 ;- see act, note XXX., appendix.
Pardon, proclaimed to all the inhabitants of the isle of Kent, 303; general par- don to all the colonists, except Richard Ingle, 327 ;- see proclamation, note LX., appendix; general pardon proclaimed by governor Stone, on proclaiming Oliver Cromwell lord protector, 498.
Parliament of England, ordinance passed by parliament in relation to the colo- nies, 265; substance of the ordinance, 266; ordinance of 1650, and its relation to the province, 413 ; they pass the famous navigation act, 465; they pass an act against planting tobacco in England, 466; they reject or dismiss the peti- tion of colonel Matthews, agent of the commissioners for reducing the colo- nies, 470.
Palmer's island, the governor and council determine to erect a fort on Palmer's island, 259.
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Passes, act touching passes, debate on in the assembly, 238; substance of the act, 239; conduct of the governor in relation to this question, 240; his deci- sion on the law, 241.
Patents, the colonists are compelled to take out patents for their lands, 250.
Patuxent Indians, speech of their chief to Leonard Calvert, 31; their friendship towards the colony, 165; are taken under the protection of the colony, ib; are again declared to be under the protection of the government, 273.
Pile, John, appointed one of the council by the lord proprietary, 337.
Piscattoway, the governor authorised to settle a garrison at Piscattoway, 290.
Pheypo, Mark, commission and instructions issued to, authorising him to go to the isle of Kent, in company with John Genalles, to inquire about the pro- ceedings of William Clayborne, 287; is authorised to seize corn for the use of St. Inigoe's fort, 309.
Poll tax, expenses of the government provided for by a, 549.
Pretorial court, an act passed at the assembly of 1638-9, to establish a pretorial court, 132 ; tenor of the act, 133.
Price, captain John, a commission issued to him, authorising him to march against the Nanticoke and Wicomico Indians, 310; his character, 311; is appointed one of the council by the lord proprietary, 337; appointed muster master general, 339 ;- see commission, note LXVI., appendix.
Probate of wills, officers for the probate of wills, and for granting administra- tion, appointed by an act of the assembly of 1638-9, 144; an act for causes testamentary, passed at the assembly of 1641, 188; tenor of the act, ib.
Protest, Mrs. Margaret Brent enters her protest against all the acts of the assem- bly of 1648, 323 ; the members of that assembly protest against the laws pass- ed at the session of 1646-7, ib; governor Green enters his counter protest, 324.
Protestants, petition presented by those residing in the colony, to the assembly of 1642, 199; subject of the petition, 200; it is granted them, ib.
Province, an act for the peopling of, passed at the session of the assembly of 1638-9, 159 ;- see act, note XXXVIII., appendix.
Providence, now Annapolis .- See Annapolis.
Provincial court, adjourned by governor Greene, for the causes set forth in his proclamation, 327.
Public charges, provision made for the payment of, by an act of 1638-9, 145; mode of taxation, 146.
Puritans, laws enacted against the, in Virginia, 198; conduct of the Puritans in that colony, ib; they send to Boston to obtain ministers, ib; three are sent, but shortly return, ib; the assembly of that province prohibit by enactment, any dissenting minister from preaching and propagating the Gospel, ib; in virtue of this law, the governor and council of Virginia command all dissent- ers to leave the province, 199; notwithstanding this, a church is erected, which shortly obtains about one hundred members, ib; the congregation being afterwards driven from this church, settle at Annapolis, ib.
Rebellion, Richard Ingle rebels against the authority of the provincial govern- ment, 271 ; governor Brent issues his proclamation against him, ib; he is arrested, but escapes, 272 ; Clayborne repossesses himself of the isle of Kent, 286 ; aided by Ingle, he seizes on the government of the province, which he retains for nearly two years, 290.
Recognition, act of, passed by the assembly of 1650, recognising the right and title of the lord proprietary to the province, 398; substance of this act, 399 ; the first assembly called after the second reduction of the province, pass an act recognising their own powers, 510; tenor of the act, 511; it is confirmed by the next assembly, 549.
Records of the colony of Maryland, loss of the early, 32 ;- note; provisions made by the lord proprietary to remedy the loss, 419.
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Religion, state of, in the colony in the year 1638, 83 ; an act concerning religion, passed at the assembly of 1648, 350; tenor of the act, 351 ;- see act, note LXXI., appendix; state of the Roman Catholic religion in the colony, in the year 1654, 492; an act concerning religion, passed at the first session of the assembly, after the second reduction of the province, 512; substance of the act, ib.
Returns to the writs issued by the lord proprietary to convene the assembly, 99. Richardson, John, tried before one of the early sessions of the assembly for theft, and sentenced to be whipped, 106.
Rights of the lord proprietary, secured by an act passed at one of the early ses- sions of the assembly, 112; enumeration of these rights, 113; of the people secured by an act of the same assembly, 115; provisions of the act, 116.
Roman Catholics, prohibited from voting for members of the assembly in the province, 505.
Roman Catholic Church, the provincial government appears to have had no in- tention of making the Roman Catholic Church the established church of the province, 109.
Scarborough, Edmond, is authorised by sir William Berkeley, governor of Vir- ginia, to erect a settlement on Palmer's island, at the mouth of the Susque- hanah, 417; supposed causes of this assumption of power, 418; governor Stone is ordered by the lord proprietary to seize upon his effects, in case he attempts to settle there, ib.
Schuylkill, the Maryland colonists make settlements on the Schuylkill, 205 ; the Dutch governor of New York sends an expedition against them, 206.
Secretary, Jown Lewger appointed secretary under the new commission of Leonard Calvert, 236; his duty under it, ib; governor Brent takes offence at some of his proceedings, during his absence from the colony, and deposes him from his office, 280 ; Thomas Hatton appointed secretary by the lord proprie- tary, and sent to the colony with new commissions for the officers, 337.
Seal of the province, the lord proprietary sends out a new seal, and a commission for the same, 338 ;- see commission, note LXV., appendix; an act passed at the assembly of 1648, for the punishment of such as should counterfeit the seal of the province, 356; the lord proprietary sends out a new seal for the province by governor Fendall, 557.
Smith, Thomas, accompanies Clayborne in his attack upon the vessels of the lord proprietary, 34; is tried before the assembly of the province and con- demned to death, 65.
St. Inigoes, corn seized for the use of the fort at, 309.
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St. Mary's, town of, formerly the principal town of the tribe called Yoamacoes, is bought by Leonard Calvert, and by him named St. Mary's, 30 ; instructions given by lord Baltimore in relation to the settlement of, 40; first court held at St. Mary's, and its proceedings, 60; the county of St. Mary's divided into hundreds, 98; an act passed at the session of 1638-9 of the assembly, to erect a court for the county of St. Mary's, 128; tenor of the act, 129 ;- see act, note XXVII., appendix; further division of the county into hundreds, 166; ap- pointment of officers for the same, 167 ; first meeting of the inhabitants of St. Mary's county to lay a county levy, 328 ;- see records of this meeting, note LX., appendix.
Stone, William, appointed governor of the province by the lord proprietary, 232; causes of his appointment, 233; strictures on his commission, 334; a new oath prescribed by his commission, 335; substance of the oath, ib; see commission and oath, note LXII., appendix; proclamations made by him relat- ing to grants of land, 374; during his absence in Virginia, he appoints Mr. Greene governor, 377; returns and convenes the assembly, 380 ; his procla- mation to that effect, ib; he visits the settlement at Providence, and persuades
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them to send burgesses to the assembly, 383 ; visits Ann Arundel and organ- ises the government of the county, 407 ; he is said to have assisted the com- missioners for the reduction of the colonies, to reduce the colony of Virginia, 438 ; propositions made to him by the commissioners, part of which he rejects, 440 ; they ask for his commission, which they detain, and deprive him of his office, 441; Robert Brooke is appointed governor in his place, 442 ; they de- clare all the commissions issued by the lord proprietary null and void, 443 ; see proclamation, note LXXXI., appendix; at the request of the inhabitants, he is reinstated as governor, 447; he receives instructions from the lord pro- prietary in relation to patents for lands, 473 ; his proclamation in consequence, 474; he is also ordered by the lord proprietary to issue writs in his name, 477 ; his proclamation in consequence thereof, ib; grants a license to Thomas Adams to trade with the Swedes on the Delaware, 479; he proclaims Oliver Cromwell lord protector, and at the same time proclaims a general pardon, 498 ; he issues a proclamation, in which he charges the commissioners, Ben- nett and Clayborne, with rebellion against lord Baltimore, 500; the commis- sioners return to Maryland and make application to governor Stone, who refuses to acknowledge their authority, 503; they go to Patuxent, at which place governor Stone meets them, and again submits to a reduction of the pro- vince, 504; his reasons for submission, 505; the government is vested in captain Fuller and a council, 505; in consequence of advice from lord Balti- more, he resumes his governorship, 516; he organizes a military force, and seizes the records, 518 ; message sent to him by captain Fuller, ib; his an- swer to the same, 519 ; issues a proclamation to quiet the minds of the people, ib; seizes the arms found in the house of the secretary and in the neighbour- hood, ib; he collects an armed force, and prepares to reduce the inhabitants on the Severn, 520 ; another message is sent to him by captain Fuller, while on his march towards the Severn, ib; he seizes the messengers, and returns no answer, ib; he is met by one of the council, ib; sends Dr. Luke Barber to Ann Arundel with a proclamation, 521; he arrives with his forces in the harbour of Annapolis, 522; he is fired upon by a ship then at anchor in the harbour, 523; he lands his forces, and is met by captain Fuller with one hun- dred men, 525; the battle which took place between them, and its result, ib; see note LXXXVIII., appendix; governor Stone is wounded, taken prisoner and detained, 528.
Sheriff, ordered to be appointed for each county by act of the Assembly of 1638- 9, 138; manner of appointing, ib.
Soldiers, proceedings in the Assembly of 1648, in relation to the pay of the sol- diers brought into the province by governor Calvert, 298; the assembly pro- vide for their pay and sustenance, 321; depositions taken in the Assembly in relation to their pay, 326; see these depositions, note LIX., appendix.
Subsidy, of fifteen pounds of tobacco for every inhabitant of the province, voted to lord Baltimore by the Assembly of 1642, 204.
Susquehanocks, commence hostilities against the colonists, 161; causes of their hostility, ib; are declared enemies of the province by a proclamation of go- vernor Calvert, 232; they obtain fire arms and are instructed in the use of them by the Swedes, 273; treaty with the Susquehanocks proposed by the secretary Mr. Lewger, 275; commission issued by him to captain Henry Fleete, 276; instructions for his guidance, 277; conditions of the treaty to be made by him, ib; the governor and council authorise certain persons to conclude a treaty with them, 450; they conclude a treaty, 451; tenor of the treaty, ib; see this treaty, note LXXXIII., appendix.
Swedes, nature of the trade carried on by the colonists with the Swedes on the Delaware, 164; their opposition to the settlements of the United English Col- onies on the Delaware, 261; instruct the Susquehanocks in the use of fire
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arms, 273; governor Stone grants a license to Thomas Adams to trade with the Swedes, 479; the settlements erected by them on the Delaware, 480; they protest against the settlements made by the Dutch at New Castle, 484; they take by force the Dutch settlement at New Castle, 490; they change its name into fort Casimer, ib; they enter into a treaty with the Indians, ib.
Thompson, Richard, is declared an enemy of the province together with Wil- liam Clayborne, 288.
Tithing man, appointed for each county by an act of the Assembly of 1638-9, 138; manner of appointing, ib.
Titles to land, an act for the assuring, passed at the session of the Assembly of 1638-9, 158; see act, note XXXVI., appendix.
Tobacco, the Maryland colonists commence to plant tobacco at their earliest settlement, 78; a bill passed by the assembly at one of its earliest sessions, to regulate the payment in tobacco, ib ;- see note XVII. in the appendix; becomes the current medium of trade among the colonists, as well as the staple of ex- portation, ib; is made the current medium of the province of Virginia, 79; part of that raised in Maryland is exported into Virginia, ib; James I. prohi- bits its importation into England, from Spain or any of her colonies, and also the planting of it in England, 80 ; the Virginia company commence to send their tobacco to Holland, but are prohibited from so doing by a proclamation of James I., ib; this prohibition having been eluded, it is renewed in the fol- lowing year, 81; Charles, the son and successor of James, renews his father's proclamations, and enacts several additional regulations, ib; further attempts made by him to regulate the tobacco trade, 82; regulations concerning the planting of tobacco, made at the assembly of 1638-9, 147; duties imposed on tobacco by the same assembly, when exported to any other country except England, Ireland, or Virginia, 149 ; royal instructions to the governor in rela- tion to, 150; an "act touching tobaccoes," passed at the assembly of 1640, being the first inspection Jaw of the state, 176 ;- see an abridgment of this act, note XL., appendix; regulations concerning tobacco in the colony of Virginia, 178 ; value of tobacco in the province in the year 1640, 181,-note; a subsidy of, voted to lord Baltimore, by the assembly of 1642, 204; a bill authorising a levy of tobacco reported to the assembly of 1642, but not passed, 213; the duties imposed on tobacco by the act of 1638-9, continued by the assembly of 1642, 218 ; an act determining in what manner tobacco shall be a legal tender, passed by the assembly of 1642, 220 ; proclamation made by governor Brent, for the purpose of regulating the exportation of tobacco, 270 ; re-enactment at the assembly of 1647, of the act imposing duties on tobacco, 299 ; an im- post granted to the lord proprietary, on all tobacco shipped to Holland, 362 ; the parliament of England pass an act, prohibiting the planting of tobacco in England, 466.
Towne house, directed to be built by the colony, by an act of 1638-9, 157; manner of levying its cost, ib; see act, note XXXV., appendix.
Trafford, Colonel Francis, is appointed one of the council by the commission brought out by governor Calvert, 285.
Trade, nature of the trade carried on by the colonists with the Swedes on the Delaware, &c. 164; proclamation made by the Assembly of 1640, to regulate foreign trade, 172; embarrassed state of the trade of the colony, 269; procla- mation issued by governor Brent for the purpose of regulating the same, 269; an impost laid on all tobacco shipped to Holland, 362; an act passed by the Assembly of 1650, to regulate the trade with the Indians, 396; provisions of the act, 397;
Treason, defined, and its punishment prescribed by an act of Assembly passed at an early session, 120.
United English colonies, their claim to lands on the west side of the Delaware, 207 ; the patent under which they claim, supposed to be the grant to sir Ferdi-
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nando Gorges, ib; they found their claim also on purchases made from the natives, 208; history of their claim as taken from the proceedings of their commissioners, ib; opposition made to their settlement by the Dutch and Swedes, 261; the treatment experienced by their agent, Mr. Lamberton, from the Dutch and Swedes, 262 ; the New Haven traders on the Delaware, take umbrage at the settlements made by the Dutch on that river, and complain to the commissioners of the United English colonies, 484; the decision of the commissioners on their complaint, ib.
Vaughan, Robert, is sent to the assembly, as a representative from the isle of Kent, 215; makes a motion to divide the assembly into two separate houses, 216 ; is appointed commander, &c. of the isle of Kent, 304 ; is again appointed to the same office by a commission from the lord proprietary in England, 339; see commission, note LXVII., appendix; quarrel between governor Green and Robert Vaughan, 343 ; causes of this quarrel, ib; governor Greene deposes Mr. Vaughan from his office of commander of the isle of Kent, ib; upon Mr. Vaughan's making satisfaction to the governor, he is reinstated in his office, 344; complaints made by the inhabitants of the isle of Kent to the governor and council, against the administration of captain Vaughan, 453 ; these com- plaints referred to several persons for examination, 454; his conduct in rela- tion to grants of land, 461 ; he is deprived of his authority to make grants of land, 463.
Virginia, the planters of, petition the king in opposition to the charter of lord Baltimore, 24; their success, ib; supposed causes of their opposition, 25.
Warwick, earl of, appointed by parliament, governor in chief and commander general of the colonies, with a council to assist him, 266.
War, an act concerning the levying of war within the province, passed by the assembly of 1650, 402; provisions of the act, ib.
Water mill, the building of, by the colony, directed by an act of 1638-9, 156; manner in which the cost of the same was to be levied, ib; the first built in Massachusetts, 157.
Weights and measures regulated by an act of 1638-9, 148 ;- see act, note XXIV., appendix.
Wheat, current price of wheat in the province in the year 1640, 181 ;- note.
Wicomese Indians, make war upon the colony, 214; are declared enemies of the province by a proclamation issued by governor Calvert, 232.
Wicomick Indians, an expedition is sent against the Wicomick and Nanticoke Indians, 310.
Wine and hot waters, debts for, not to be satisfied, under the first insolvent law of the province, until all others were paid, 147.
Wolves, payment of all demands for killing wolves, ordered by the assembly of 1657, 550.
. Writs, issued by the proprietary to convene the assembly, form of, 96 ; writs of summons issued to various individuals, calling them to take their seats in the assembly, 100; the commissioners appointed to reduce the colonies, require that all the writs of the province should be issued in the name of the "keep- ers of the liberty of England," by authority of parliament, 440 ; refusal of governor Stone to assent to their demand, 441; he again issues writs in the name of the lord proprietary, 477.
Yardley, colonel Francis, appointed one of the council, by the commissioners appointed to reduce the colonies, 448 ; he becomes disaffected, 478; proceed- ings in court against him, 479.
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