 Baltimore spent the last two years of his life constantly lobbying for his new charter , though the obstacles proved difficult . The <unk> , led by William <unk> , who sailed to England to make the case , campaigned aggressively against separate <unk> of the Chesapeake , claiming they possessed the rights to that area . Baltimore was short of capital , having exhausted his fortune , and was sometimes forced to depend on the assistance of his friends . To make matters worse , in the summer of 1630 , his household was infected by the plague , which he survived . He wrote to Wentworth : " Blessed be God for it who hath preserved me now from <unk> , hunger , <unk> and pestilence ... " 
