List of Secretaries 1637-1776 re: Maryland, USA

Order of His Majesty's Council for Robert Eden to qualify as Governor of Maryland, March 5, 1773

Hugh Hamersley as executor of Lord Baltimore's Will
"Agreement to assign an annuity of £ 400 to Thomas Pickering; 19 Mar. 1774(1 f, paper) Acknowledgment by Hugh Hamersley and Peter Provost of the receipt of £ 4,788 7s 2d from Brackley Kennett Esq. and Mr John Heaton, through Thomas Pickering (with the consent of William Lord Byron), for the purchase of an annuity of £ 400 secured by Lord Byron to the late Frederick Calvert Baron Baltimore of Ireland, and for all arrears and costs (Hamersley and Provost being executors of Lord Baltimore's will); agreement to assign the annuities and securities for the same to Thomas Pickering or his assigns." (University of Nottingham Library, Portland (London) Collection: Catalogue of Deeds and Documents relating to an exchange of land in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire between the 4th Duke of Portland and the 6th Duke of Devonshire in 1814).