Page:Proclamation of Governor John Eager Howard announcing the election of the electors of the state of Maryland, 01-25-1789 - NARA - 306220.jpg

 BY HIS EXCELLENCY

HEREAS the general aembly did, by an act paed at their late eion, entitled, An act directing the time, places and manner, of holding elections for repreentatives of this tate in the congres of the United States, and for appointing electors on the part of this tate for chooing a preident and vice-preident of the United States, and for regulation of the aid elections, direct, that the governor and council, after having received the returns, papers and intruments, containing the number of votes for each candidate for repreentatives of this tate in the congres of the United States, and for electors on the part of this tate for chooing a preident and vice-preident of the United States, hould enumerate and acertain the numbers of votes for each and every candidate and peron choen as repreentatives or electors repectively, and, by proclamation dipered through the tate, declare the names of the ix perons duly elected as repreentatives, and the names of the eight perons duly elected as electors. We, in peruance of the directions of the aid act, do, by this our proclamation, declare, that, by the returns made to us, it appears, that the JOSHUA SENEY, DANIEL CARROLL, BENJAMIN CONTEE, GEORGE GALE, WILLIAM SMITH and MICHAEL JENIFER STONE,, are duly elected repreentatives of this tate in the congres of the United States; and, that the  JOHN ROGERS, GEORGE PLATER, WILLIAM TILGHMAN, ALEXANDER CONTEE HANSON,  PHILIP THOMAS, ROBERT SMITH, WILLIAM RICHARDSON and WILLIAM MATTHEWS, , are duly elected electors on the part of this tate for chooing a preident and vice-preident of the United States.