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Land very much en. cumbered with trees.
The scarcity of laboring men.
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that in short A man had better be without Land, To this Exhorbitant Charge of Men's Labour Must be Considered And Added, a Man & his family's Expences During the time of his Clear- ing & Building, in a place where all Kind of Provissions Are So Often Scarce & dear, And the Many Casual Accidents that often happens to Crops Before it is off the Grounds, All this is Enough Not only to Discourage, but to Dis- tract & Beggar a Man who before was worth Two or Three hundred pounds
A poor Man that takes but five Acres of Land And can Clear it himself Hath a Much better prospect of Doeing well, Because he doth his own Labour & Disburces no Money for it And Besides he hath Y. Hon's. Bounty to Subsist him And his familly for one year, weh. is a double & Even a Triple Advantage, And Then it is to be Supposed As he Clears he plants wch. a planter wth. out Servants Cannot, Altho Ser- vants Are very Chargeable to a planter Especi- ally During the first year Yet they Are So Ab- solutly Necessary to him that he Cannot do any thing without them, And by their Labour they Soon Impower the planter to Bear Such Char- ges And Even to Make the Same become Ad- vantagious and Beneficial to the Planters by Clearing And improuving Such quantities of Land As finds them in all Manner of Goods, And Even Some to Spare & Carry to Market, And without Such assistance from you My Lords & Gentlemen, None but Men with a planti- full fortune And a Number of Servants hath
Servants absolutely necessary to a planter.
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Any business to Attempt to Clear & Plant Land in This Country, And as the wellfare & pros- perity of this Collony is in Great Measure De- pending on the Improvements the poor planters Can Make you will after a Serious Examination of the same be Intirely Convinced of the Neces- sity of Sending Servants To it, There is hardly an Officer in this Island But what have Long Since taken 50 Acres of Land. And if they had had Servents I am Confidant & well Assured, Here Would be Considerable fine improuve- ments, And for the want of wch., their Lands Now Lies as it did before the Island was In- habited, And it is demonstratively plain by the afore Mentionned Reasons, that if Y. Honrs. would Be pleased to Send us from time to time, One hundred or More Servants you Would My Lords & Gentlemen in a few years have the pleasure to hear of this place Being in a very florishing Condition .-
There is Not One Officer here but what would Gladly pay for the Passage of Such Servants as they Are Realy in want of to Clear & Settle them upon Their Land, for the General Cla- mour here is the want of Servants, And with Such Help & assistance, Both Gentlemen & plan- ters will be Able to plant & Cultivate their Lands, w.ch. Cultivation will wth. the Blessings of God find us in all manner of Necessaries, Then we should not Beggar Our Selves by Dear Labour & the Sending of our Money to Carolina & New York, where we pay a most Extravigant Prise for Every thing we have from thence.
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Any business to Attempt to Clear & Plant Land Both by the Assistance of Servants Labour And the Endeavours of the Planters Each in their Several Other Capacities, And Again My Lords and Gentlemen you would Reap the pleasure of Seeing this Country prosper Which you do much Deserve for your Continual Cares & attentions for the good of the Colony, Where- as the want of Servants will perpetually be the Greatest Obstruction that Can be to the well Doeing of the Country.
There is here but two or three famillys that have Servants who will all Be out of their time Next Michaelmas, Then Such famillys or plan- ters will Be disabled, And of Course their Lands must Lye waste & incult, whereas if They could get New Servants in the Room of those that will shortly Leave Them, then they could Go on, and the place & themselves would thrive ----
Here is a very fine Track of Land Near three Miles in Lenth [sic] from this Town Laid out in 50 Acre Lotts, And all Taken But Every Propriator wants Servants to Clear And Plant their Land, And if we Cannot be Supplied with. such the Giving away the Whole Island in 50 or More or Less Acres of Land, will not avail any thing for if you Except a few Soldiers that are Settled Near the Camp of St. Simon Each of them On One Acre Lott of wch. they all have Made Gardens, And wch. Gardens are of Ex- tream Service to the sd. Camp, And a few More Settled at Hampton on five Acre Lotts, there
Want of servants a perpetual obstruction.
Very few improve- ments made.
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Dr. Holzen- dorf made some im. provements.
are very few improuvements Made, that Really deserves The Name of improuvements Capt". Demere & Doctor Hawkins Are the only Two that are Any thing forward, the first had his Soldiers to work for him to whom He gave nine pence a day besides their pay weh. is 15ª. ₹ day, & that is the prise that Others that have Not a Company of Soldiers, Must pay to Such as they Can Get to work for them, the Other hath all- ways had Servants and is Now Likely to be without Any soon-Doctor Holzendorf hath Also Made some small Improuvements But all of it, As well As my self by hired Labour, Yr. Hon's. have in my Letter a true Acct. of what I have done & of the Sum it hath Already Cost me And if you Consider the short time I have been here Yr. Hon's. I am well assured will think I have done a great deal, And in Reallity More then Such as were here Six Years before me, its true that Gen1. Oglethorpe did Spare me men from the Kings works to build me My house, there being here Neither houses nor Lodging To be had, And when my house, & Out houses &cª. will be finished, wch. I hope will be In a very few days, then all My works & Clearing will be at an End my Cash Being quite Exhausted, Consequantly Incapable to proceed wth.out the help of Servants & that of a Little Money
Men spared from the King's works to build houses.
A few Germans settled in a little village.
When I shall have Mentiond to Yr. Hon's. a few Germans Settled here in a little Village I think that is all that private people have done here, and if I Mistake not Gen1. Oglethorpe's farm is worth all the rest, its true Great many
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Have build Little hutts on their Lotts but as for improuvements they Can Make None for want of Servants weh. is a Gen'. tye to all our hands and what Stops Clearing & planting-
My Lords & Gentlemen from the Knowledge I have of the ill Succes of a person who attemp- ted to Cultivate Vinyards Near Savannah, and the UnExpected Disappointment you Mett wth. in his Undertakins: I am allmost afraid to pro- pose Any thing of this Nature to Y'. Hon's. But Least you should Think to meet wth. the same with. me I very freely offer to Make over to whom You Shall Think proper My houses, Land, & improuvements for the Security of one Hun- dred pounds to innable me to go on wth. Vin- yards, weh. hundred pounds I shall be Content to
receive from Gen1. Oglethorpe by Ten Pounds at a time As my Improuvements shall Go on, if you will be pleased to Grant me that favour, which Sum I hope to be able to repay in three Or four years, or Sooner, wth. a Great many thanks, I have allready transplanted Some Roots of Wild Vines And Grafted them, And No Vines in the world Can Come on or Look better then they do, having allready Given Some Signs of Grapes, And am Sure that Next Year they will be Loaded wth. them-
If my Money was Not all gone, or my Sallery So Small I wou'd this next Winter & spring Transplant & Graft a Great Many Vines, And from the Beautifull prospect that I have of their well doeing, I am sorry & Grive Much that I have it Not in My power to go on so Briskly
Gen. Ogle- thorpe's farm worth all the rest.
The 111 success of an attempt to cultivate a vineyard.
A security asked.
Roots of wild plants transplanted and grafted.
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Disgrace suffered by some, caused by insinua. tions, etc.
While at Savannah, struck with horror at con- ditions.
as I could if I had Money. But My Lords & Gentlemen-I am Not half So Anxious or De- sirous to obtain this Sum from you As I am to Merit your Good will And favours, wch. is the first thing I humbly Crave of Yr. Hon's. because I should be extreamly Sorry to be Indebted of Such a Sum to you, if thro the Envy And Malice of Some people of this Collony, I should after- wards By their Insinuations be Turn'd out of my place, or My Advancement hind'red By Reason I See full well it is the Daily practise of some people in this Collony for then I should think my self Doubly wretched, And the Dis- grace So much the More Agravating, when I should think it proceeded from No other Cause, then the Artfull Malice of ill Nature & wicket Persons, The Many Instances I have Seen of Such practice Since I am here Makes me Dread the Consequance, for whilest I was at Savannah I was so Struck wth. horror, that I Realy was allmost determind to go to Charles Town
Therefore Most Hond. Lords & Gentlemen I beg the Hond Board May take me Under their protection, And Not to give Credit to Any in- sinuations Against me till you have Seriously Examined the Same for tho the whole Country shews me Great Esteem & respect and that I have Gained the Applause of Every body, at Least Seeminly, yet I have hints that Ingins will be if they are not yet Sett to work to Ruin me in Yr. Hon's. good opinion, in weh. I hope they never will Succeed for My Conduct & Be- haviour shall allways be Such as Never to merit
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your Displeasure, but to the Contrairy as will I hope draw on me yr. favour and my advance- ment, And if Yr. Hon's. thinks you Can repose any Confidence in me, and that I am worthey, if not to be advanced, at Least to be Continued in the post you have been pleased to bestow on me, and that you Can with Safety intrust me wth. the above money Under the above Conditions, I shall be glad to have a Share in inprouving the Collony-
I am with all the Respect and Submission possible
Most honrd. Lords and Gentlemen,
Yr .. Hon"s.
Most obedient & Dutyfull Servant
John Terry.
Frederica 17th June 1742.
(From B. P. R. O., B. of T., Georgia, Vol. 22.)
COPY OF LETTER FROM MR. JO TERRY RECORDER OF FREDERICA TO THE RIGHT HONBLE. THE LORDS AND GENTLEMEN TRUSTEES, FOR ESTABLISHING THE COLLONY OF GEORGIA, 17 JUNE 1742, RECD 12 JANRY 1742/3
Most Honrd. Gentlemen
I should Think My Self Very Much. Want- ing in My Duty to Y. Hon's. If I should in Any Ways Be Negligent And Unmindfull to Express
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Sincere acknowl- edgement for the ap- pointment as recorder of Frederica.
Given charge of all passen. gers on way over.
Nearly lost leg.
Capt. Wadham.
to you in the most Gratefull Manner My Sin- cere Acknowledgemt. for the favour of Appoint- ing me Recorder Of this place, In which Office I shall Allways Endeavour to Behave And Com- porte my Self As a Man Worthey of the Same,
Mr. Verelst to who I have Sent An Acet. of the Wellfare of all the people That Came with Me, As well As of all that happened During the Voyage will I hope Lay the same Before you, Therein Are Sundry Particulars which I Refer to y. Consideration And from the Known Worth & goodness of Yr. Hon's. Will, I am well Assured Meet with an Unanimous Applause And Consent, First, The Charge & Care that was Given me of all the Passengers On Board. To Deliver Out their provissions According to the Manner And Order given To Me in Writing, To See the Same well And Cleanly Drest, And had at proper hours- To Administer phisick to the Sick According to the Written preserip- tions, That they were all Well Use'd, And No Disturbance happen Amongst them, All wch. I have Duely And faithfully Executed with An In- finit Deal of fatigues to the Ditterment [sic] of my health wch. was Like to have cost me the loss of a Leg the Cure of wch. hath been Very Ex- pencif [sic] to me, And ean wth. truth presume To say that my Care of them all was such, As with the Assistance of God, Saved the Lives of Many, which will plainly Appear to Y'. Hon"s. from the Unhappy Circumstances of the Poor And Unfortunate people that were ship'd On Board the Europa Capt" Wadham Of weh. I sup-
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pose you have been Informed Before this time, And from the Certificates Sent to Sª. Mr. Verelst of the Severall Company's ship'd Under My Care, And the ill Usage And Treatment I recd. from Capt". Lemon for Executing in the most punctual Manner The Orders & Charge Above Mentionned, As will allso Appear from a Coppy of Mr. Bosomworths Journal weh. is Also In- closed to Sª. Mr. Verelst, And beg Leave to Re- command the Same to your Consideration,- And After which I am Satisfied my whole Con- duct will be Approved And Some Recompence thought of for the same, for which I shall be very thankfull. Having Ever Since my Ari- vial [sic] at this place Which was On the 12th. of January Last, having been Detained Near five weeks at Savannah at Very Great Ex- pences, having also taken 50 Acres of Land of wch. I Now have Seven Acres Clear'd, And plan- ted wth. Corn & pease And built a very Good house & out houses there on in which I am go- ing to Live, (Distance from the Town) two very short Miles, which hath Already Cost me Upwards of £80 Sterling And have to this day no Less then 9 Men there at work And find the Payment of their Labour Every Saturday Very hard, In this Sum is Not Comprised The Many Gratifications His Excellency Gen1. Oglethorpe Bestowed On Me to forward The same, Such As 2 Men's Labour for 30 Days, 5000 Shingles to Cover my house, the Carriage of 7 or 800 Bushells of Lime & Oyster shells, the Loan of a
Ill usage and treat- ment re. ceived from Capt. Lemon.
Mr. Bosom- worth's Journal.
Seven acres cleared and planted, and a house built.
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Gen. Ogle- thorpe's goodness in encour- aging people to settle in the Colony.
Little Money And Many Other things Worthy of Acknowledgem'. But too Tidious to Mention, all wh. Hath been of very Great Service to Me, And Consequantly a Great Encouragemt. to be. [sic] Come a planter, I had Often heard Even Before I came to this Collony of his Excellen- cy's Goodness in Encouraging people that Came to Settle here, But now I am Not Only an Eye Witness of his Bounty But Even a partaker of the same, And Such is that Worthey Gentle- man's Sentim's. & Emulation for the Wellfare & propagating of the Collony, that His Excel- lency Realy Extends his Benevolance to Every One who Craves His Assistance, Notwithstand- ing the Out Cry of Some Unsatisfied people to who I beleive That if his Excellency would Give them his Estate, would hardly be Contented- Tho in the Mean if peoples Discontent is Duely Considered & Examined it will be found That it Arisses from Nothing Else But the want of Ser- vants of weh. the In Closed paper will More par- ticularly Inform Yr. Hon™s.
Inability to satisfy some people.
Mr. Gray the high. landers' conductor.
I Humbly Beg Leave Most Honrd. Gentlemen, to Observe to you that M'. Gray, the highlanders Conducter was to have had £50 to Come with. the s'. highlanders if I Had Not been to have Come wth. thiem And that £25- was paid at Savannah to M'. Vigera for Coming wth. the Saltzburgh- ers, And As I have had all the Trouble & reca. so much Ill Usage & Treatment from Capt". Lemon, I hope Y. Hon". will Consider me for
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the same, who am wth. all the respects & sub- mission possible
Most Hond. Gentlemen Your most obediant and most Dutyfull Serv. John Terry.
Frederica in Georgia the 17th of June 1742.
(From B. P. R. O., B. of T., Georgia, Vol. 22.)
LETTER FROM MR. JOHN TERRY TO HARMAN VERELST ESQR. IN LONDON
Savannah in Georgia 28th. December 1741. Sir,
Theese few lines will inform you of our safe Arivial [sic] In this place on the Second inst. without (thanks be to God) Any Accidents having happen'd to us in Our Voyage, all the Saltzburghers Landed here in very Good health Not one having died during the Said voyage, the Recruits were also In Good health when the [y] Landed, As to the Highlanders we Lost about Six or seven Childrens Included, the rest Landed in Extream Good health, I wish with all my heart Sir it was in my power to give you So Agreable an Acct. of the 174 German Suisses ? the Europa Capt". John Wadham who Arived here two days after us, forty or Upwards Died in the passage And Near As Many Since they
An account of the voyage over.
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A sketch of Capt. Lemon's behavior.
Landed, this is all I can have the hon'. to write to you at present, so soon as I shall be at fred- erica shall Send you a full Acct. of our Voyage wth. a Sketch of Capt". Lemon's Behaviour The truth of weh. I hope will be so well Certified as to Leave you No room to Doubt The Veracity thereof, But if Capt". Lemon should reach Lon- don before I can send you Such an Acct. please Sir to Suspend the forming of Any Judgemt. on what he May Say to you till Such time you re- ceive my packet-
Please Sir to present my Duty to the hon. the Trustees & make them Acquainted with this, And my Service to Mr. John Simpson & tell him that my Next will bring him an Acct. of the pro- visions, I have been Keapt here till Now at very Large Expces. And As my presence is of No further Service here I Expect to go to frederica in 2 or 3 days, for I long Very Much to get out of Savannah, for there are here human Snakes Much More Dangerous than the Rattle Ones &c.
Please Sir to Continue to favr. me with your Esteem for my Endeavours shall Allways tend to merit it & shall Ever Subscribe myself with the Utmost Sincerity And respect &c. &c.
Harman Verelst Esq'.
In London Frederica 17th June 1742.
Sir.
Coppy
Above you have the Coppy of my Last from Savannah The Contents of weh. I confirm And
Human shakes more dangerous than the rattle ones in Sa. vannah.
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hope you recd. the same. The Last Letter I wrote to you from England, was from ports- mouth the 14th. Oct. Last- Being then on shore Getting of water. And As our Ship was then preparing to get Undersail whilst I was there writing the said Letter I remember I concluded the Same in a very Abrupt manner, wch. was Oc- casionned by The hurry I was in to get on board wych I hope you will Excuse ---
A day or two After we had Lost the Sight of the Land of England We Mett wth. a Dutch Dogger 40 or 50 Leagues off the Start And by him wrote you a few Lines weh. I hope you also rec1 .-
Sir, in answer to your Much Esteemed fayr. of the 8th. of said Month wch. I recd. at ports- mouth The Revd. WF. Orton And M. Bosom- worth According to your desired took Upon them the Trouble of Journalizing all Material Circumstances that happened during our Voy- age as well as Capt". Lemon's Behaviour, be- cause they had more Leisure time to do it than I had, And Doubt Not but One or both of them have E'er now transmited the Same to you, for they oftener have oppertunities to send Letters to England from thence then we have here, for since my Arivial at this place weh. was on the 12th. of Jan'y Last, I mett wth. no oppertunities to send Letters to England
Having observed to you Sir, that I had not time to Journalize Any thing In our Voyage on Acct. of the Multiplicity of things I had to Mind,
A Dutch Dogger.
Mr. Orton's and Mr. Bosom. worth's accounts of happen. ings on voyage over.
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Copy of Mr. Bosom. worth's account of the voyage requested by Col. Stephens.
No great share of Col. Stephens' favors.
No place in world as famous as Georgia for artifice and deceit ..
Change in the ministry.
I was Therefore at a Loss to make a Recapitu- lation of what happned during our Said Voy- age, weh. Obliged me to have recourse to M'. Bosomworths Journal therefore I wrote to him And Desired him to favr. me with the most material Circumstances that passt in Our Said Voyage, And the Said Gentleman In Answer to my Letter, told Me he had been requested by M. Stephens to write down what had happned dur- ing the whole voyage, that he might be Able to Send An Acct. of to England, which he sais he did And Sent me a Coppy of what he gave to M. Stephens, wch. is Signed wth. his Own hand, And the More to assertain the truth thereof ofers to take his Oath as well as the Other Gentlemen, And As I am Since Credibly inform- ed that Mr. Stephens has Not Sent to England the said Acc'. And As None but God knows what he wrote Upon that head, being Aprehensif that I have No great share of his favours- And for what reason I Solemnly declare I Know Not, I thout [sic] proper to Send you a Coppy of the Same and Even upon Oath to be a true One, there are Strange Juggles in this Country Sir, And am very Sure that No place in the World is so famous As Georgia for Uncommon Artifice and Deceit, And I Cant help Saying that the Hon. the Trustees are most Strangely imposed upon in a great Many things, were they Ac- quainted wth. the Maleverssations of this Col- lony a thorouout [sic] Change in the Ministry Must then Inssue. But as this is a Rock where- on a man Must innevitably be Wrackt if he med-
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dles wth: theese Sharp & pointed Tools, there- fore beg you'll give me Leave to remain Silent for who Ever shall attempt to Combat the Hero's of this Collony unless well supported or Endeavour to bring their Artifice to Leight is Sure he is In a fair way to have his throat Cut, And tho I have Seemed to take No Notice of any One thing Since I am in the Collony, and that I Seems to be Extreamly well respected. Yet am I Confident that there Are Injins & Springs Sett to work to do my buisiness (as they call it here) and it was wth. very Good Grounds & reasons I told you Sir in my first Letter from this Col- lony, that there were here human Snakes Much More Dengerous then the Rattle Ones, And whilst such have the Manegement of the Col- lony's affairs, the Worthy Gentlemen who La- bours so hard to make the same florish will hardly Ever attain that happy End,
The inclosed Coppy of Mr. Bosomworths Acct. of Our voyage to M'. Stephens wch. Acet. I have reasons to beleive Mr. Stephens feared too much it wou'd gaine me More Applause of the Hon the Trustees then he wish'd, for wch. Reasons he wou'd not send it will inform you of all that passt in our voyage And therefore shall Not trouble you with a repetition of the Same, And shall only take Notice that on the 15'h. of Octo- ber Last we sailed from Spithead. And that on the Second of xber following we Anchor'd at Cockspur Near Tiby and that we had a very Good passage Not withstanding we frequently had very Blustring Gales of wind- I am very
Copy of Mr. Bosom- worth's account of voyage not sent the Trustees.
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Never expected to reach Colony.
thankfull to the almighty for our Good passage and safe Arivial to this Collony for I never Expected to have Reach it, had you been Sir an Eye witness of our poor Condition in respect to the want of Sailors to worck the Ship, you would have also Dispaired of Ever Getting in to Any harbour for upon my word, Sir, we had but Six Men besides the Capt". and Mate, And two of them hardly Knew where to find a Rope, three boys And An old Decripit Cook of 70 yrs. of Age who was Not Able to Stand, was all the ship's Compa. weh. required at Least 18 or 20 able sailors, So Judge Sir how watchfull I must have been both in giving My Assistance (being pretty well versed in the Sea affairs) And in Causing the Recruits Likewise to be Aident, [sic] who wou'd Not be Commanded so to do by Either the Capt or sailors, on Acet. of the ill Usage they frequently recd. from one & the others.
The Many fatigues I under went Night and Day is hard to be Express'd The Many Waves that have wash'd me And the Many hurricanes of wind & Torents of of Rains I have withstood in pouling & hawling of Ropes in this Voyage Could not But be at Last of Some Consequence And Ditterment [sic] to my health, wch. in Ef- fect did happen, a humour haveing Gather'd And Brock out in my Left Leg And wch. was Like to have prouved the Loss of the Same, for if the bare Looks of the Disparate Condition of it, were Sufficiant to Excite Capt". Lemon who hath No Sentiments of humanity in him, to Say
Hardships on voyage for Mr. Terry.
Capt. Lemon void of sentiment towards humanity.
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he would not have Such a Leg for a 1000 Guineas what must have been the Anguishing pains I bore And Suffer'd, Yet Sir in this Poor Condition did I stand the Deck Night & day, for if my own personnal assistance Could have been dispenced wth. My presence was Absolutly Necessary to Induce the Soldiers by fair words And a glass of brandy to work for the Secur- ity of their Lives & that of others, therefore Sir Judge what I have Endured, And if M. Vigera Deserved Twenty five pounds And his passage free for Comming wth. the Saltzburghers And M' Gray fifty pounds to come with the highlanders, in Case I had Not been to have Come in the said ship, what is it then I deserve both for that and all other Cares And hardships I have Suffer'd, May it Not Sir be reasonably Said that the Want of Such Cares As I have taken Might in all probabillity have prouved As fatall to the poor people as it did on board the Europa, of wch. mortality No doubt you have been Long Since informed, all weh Sir I hope you will Lay before the Hon. the Trustees And that they will be pleased to Order Me some Considerations, And hope the Gentlemen will Not be Disobliged at my Expecting it, Because I am well assured, that from the Sundry papers you have here in Closed wch. are So many Vouchers of my Con- duct they will think I deserve it,-
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