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396 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
tion of the several classes of sufferers to whose cases they apply; and we are convinced
it will give comfort to your royal breast, to be assured they have received with the most
general satisfaction.
"Professions of the unalterable attachment of the loyalists to your majesty's person
and government, we conceive to be unnecessary; they have preserved it under persecution, and gratitude cannot render it less permanent. They do not presume to arrogate to
themselves a more fervent loyalty than their fellow-subjects possess; but distinguished as
they have been in their sufferings, they deem themselves entitled to the foremost rank
among the most zealous supporters of the Constitution. And while they cease not to offer
up their most earnest prayers to the Divine Being to preserve your Majesty, and your
illustrious family, in the peaceful enjoyment of your just rights, and in the exercise of
your royal virtues in promoting the happiness of your people, they humbly beseech your
majesty to continue to believe them, and upon all occasions, equally ready, as they have
been, to devote their lives and properties to your Majesty's service, and the preservation
•of the British Constitution.
" W. Pepperell, for the Massachusetts Loyalists; J. Wentworth, Jr., for the New
Hampshire Loyalists; George Borne, for the Rhode Island Loyalists; Ja. Delancy, for the
New York Loyalists; David Ogden, for the New Jersey Loyalists ; Joseph Galloway, for
the Pennsylvania and Delaware Loyalists; Robert Alexander, for the Maryland Loyalists ; John R. Grymes, for the Virginia Loyalists; Henry Eustace McCulloh, for the North
Carolina Loyalists; James Simpson, for the South Carolina Loyalists ; William Knox, for
the Georgia Loyalists; John Graham, late lieutenant-governor of Georgia, and joint agent
for the Georgia Loyalists."
In August following the presentation of this address, a motion was
made in the House of Commons, to continue the commission another year
for the purpose principally of enabling the commissioners to enquire into
the proprietary claims of Lord Fairfax, of Lady Juliana, and of the Messrs.
Penn, for their losses in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and certain other persons therein specified, who it was stated, appeared to " have been prevented
by particular circumstances from preferring their claims before. Provided
the commissioners were satisfied, by proof made on oath, with the reasons
assigned by those persons for not having before prepared their respective
claims." The Act of 28th, George III., Chapter XLIV, was passed. It
likewise directed three of the commissioners to enquire into the losses sustained by various persons, either by furnishing provisions or other necessary
articles for the service of the British army or navy in America during the
war; or by having their property used or destroyed, for the public service,
for which they had hitherto received no compensation. Another clause
authorized them to enquire into the losses of all persons who were injured in
their rights and properties by the cession of Georgia to the United
States, or by the treaty of peace, concluded at Paris, on the 3d of September,
1783. The commissioners proceeded with the matters referred to them, and
completed their labors on the 15th of May, 1789, when they presented their
twelfth and last report. But as the enquiry into various claims was not completed, and as various persons were still prevented from presenting their
claims, the commission was renewed once more by the Act of 29, George
III., Chapter LXIT, and it was not till the spring of 1790, that the business
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000433 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 396 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. tion of the several classes of sufferers to whose cases they apply; and we are convinced it will give comfort to your royal breast, to be assured they have received with the most general satisfaction. "Professions of the unalterable attachment of the loyalists to your majesty's person and government, we conceive to be unnecessary; they have preserved it under persecution, and gratitude cannot render it less permanent. They do not presume to arrogate to themselves a more fervent loyalty than their fellow-subjects possess; but distinguished as they have been in their sufferings, they deem themselves entitled to the foremost rank among the most zealous supporters of the Constitution. And while they cease not to offer up their most earnest prayers to the Divine Being to preserve your Majesty, and your illustrious family, in the peaceful enjoyment of your just rights, and in the exercise of your royal virtues in promoting the happiness of your people, they humbly beseech your majesty to continue to believe them, and upon all occasions, equally ready, as they have been, to devote their lives and properties to your Majesty's service, and the preservation •of the British Constitution. " W. Pepperell, for the Massachusetts Loyalists; J. Wentworth, Jr., for the New Hampshire Loyalists; George Borne, for the Rhode Island Loyalists; Ja. Delancy, for the New York Loyalists; David Ogden, for the New Jersey Loyalists ; Joseph Galloway, for the Pennsylvania and Delaware Loyalists; Robert Alexander, for the Maryland Loyalists ; John R. Grymes, for the Virginia Loyalists; Henry Eustace McCulloh, for the North Carolina Loyalists; James Simpson, for the South Carolina Loyalists ; William Knox, for the Georgia Loyalists; John Graham, late lieutenant-governor of Georgia, and joint agent for the Georgia Loyalists." In August following the presentation of this address, a motion was made in the House of Commons, to continue the commission another year for the purpose principally of enabling the commissioners to enquire into the proprietary claims of Lord Fairfax, of Lady Juliana, and of the Messrs. Penn, for their losses in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and certain other persons therein specified, who it was stated, appeared to " have been prevented by particular circumstances from preferring their claims before. Provided the commissioners were satisfied, by proof made on oath, with the reasons assigned by those persons for not having before prepared their respective claims." The Act of 28th, George III., Chapter XLIV, was passed. It likewise directed three of the commissioners to enquire into the losses sustained by various persons, either by furnishing provisions or other necessary articles for the service of the British army or navy in America during the war; or by having their property used or destroyed, for the public service, for which they had hitherto received no compensation. Another clause authorized them to enquire into the losses of all persons who were injured in their rights and properties by the cession of Georgia to the United States, or by the treaty of peace, concluded at Paris, on the 3d of September, 1783. The commissioners proceeded with the matters referred to them, and completed their labors on the 15th of May, 1789, when they presented their twelfth and last report. But as the enquiry into various claims was not completed, and as various persons were still prevented from presenting their claims, the commission was renewed once more by the Act of 29, George III., Chapter LXIT, and it was not till the spring of 1790, that the business |
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