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PRINCE GEORGE'S PARISH, FREDERICK COUNTY
[A PETITION, UNDATED, BUT APPARENTLY OF THIS
PERIOD, FROM THE
VESTRY, CHURCHWARDENS, AND FREE-
HOLDERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S
PARISH, PRAYING THE
PASSAGE OF AN ACT TO DIVIDE THE
PARISH.]
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MSS.
Archives
of Md.
Black Book
No. 10
Letter
109
Hall of
Records
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To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq.r Governer and
Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of Mary Land and
the
Hon.ble the Upper and Lower Houses of
Assembly
The Petition of the Vestry men Church Wardens &
freeholders
of Prince Georges Parish in Fred.k County
humbly Sheweth — That
the said Parrish is so Extensive which
makes it so Inconvenient that
the Chief or Gratest part of the
Inhabitants thereof, Can but verry
Seldom Repair to Public
Worship to the Great Discouragement of
Religion and virtue, and
we therefore take leave, as the Said Parrish
is now Very
Sufficient to Support two Ministers, to pray your
Hon.rs
will make an Act to divide the Said Parrish by
a line Drawn from the
lower falls of Potomack, to
Will.m Richardson Bridge that Crosses
Patuxent River
by said Richardsons Dwelling Plantation or at any
other Place
your Hon.rs In your grater Wisdom may think
more
Convenient and your Petitioners in Duty Bound Will
Pray.
Sign'd by the Vestry men & Church Wardens
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