Their Lops also enter upon ye considerac̄on of ye present condic̄on of the Provinces of Maryland Pennsylvania & Carolina &c which having been formerly granted to several persons in absolute propriety by which title they claim a right of government their Lorps agree to represent to his Maty their opinion that the present circumstances and relation they stand in to the government of England is a matter worthy of the consideration of the Parliament for the bringing those Proprieties and Dominions under a nearer dependence on the Crown.