[51] Sixth Rep. Hist. Com., p. 101.
[52] Rev. E. D. Neill has given the full draft of this petition. See Founders of Maryland, pp. 75-77.
[53] L. O. R., Vol. I., p. 378.
[54] Father White and Father Fisher were carried to England and imprisoned. The former was, after some months, released upon the condition of his leaving England. He went to Belgium, and afterwards returned to England, but never again to Maryland. “Thirsting for the salvation of his beloved Marylanders he sought every opportunity of returning secretly to that mission, earnestly begging the favor of his Superiors; but, as the good Father was then upwards of sixty-five years of age and his constitution broken down, they would not consent.” R. P. S. J., p. 337. Fisher was released and returned to Maryland.
[55] Hening: Statutes, Vol. I., p. 321.
[56] C. P., pp. 17, 77.
[57] Ibid., p. 136; L. O. R., Vol. I., p. 203.
[58] C. P., p. 135.
[59] Ibid., p. 209.
[60] Ibid., p. 154-161.