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accompt of my happie dayes, next unto that day wherein I was
designed to doe his Majestie service in this place; and for the
respect I owe to your Honor and for the Noblenes 1 know to
be in my Lord Baltimore and his designes I doe promise your
Honor to do him and his all the service I am able : but I must
sincerely let your Honor know that my power heere is not
greate, it being limited by my Commission to the greater
number of voyces at the Councell Table, and there I have
almost all against me in whatever I can propose especially if it
concerne Maryland; and these proceedings of the Councell do
so embolden others that notwithstanding the obligation of
Christianity and his Majestie's commands to be assisting to
them in their first beginning, many are so averse as that they
crye and make it their familiar talke that they would rather
knock their Cattell on the heads then sell them to Maryland.
I am sorry its not in my power to rule these exorbitant
courses, but for their present accommodation I sent unto them
some Cowes of myne owne, and will do my best to procure
them more, or anything else they stand in need of. This
faction I find greate cause to suspect is nourished from England
for this Summer came letters to Capt: Mathewes who is the
patron of disorder as your Honor will understand by the
bearer hereof Lieutenant Evelin (and by his comportment in
other matters as your Honor will finde in these papers) upon
the reading whereof hee threw his hatt upon the ground
scratching his head and in a fury stamping cryed a pox upon
Maryland, many Letters and secrett intelligences hee and the
rest of the Councell have especially Claybourne and many
meetings and consultations, for which Letters if I had power
to search, and to examine their Consultations I doubt not but
to find notable combinations; I have written at large of the
estate of this Colonie in my Letters to the Lords in generall
to which I remitt your Honor, humbly craving pardon for my
brevity which is enforced by my indisposition of health at this
tyme, so humbly presenting to your Honor my best service
and respects I take my leave and still will rest,
your Honor's very affectionate servant
John Harvey.
Virginia 16^th of
December 1634.

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Captain Clayborne to Secretary Coke

23. May 1635.
Ever honoured Sir,
How unhappy is this Colony to returne to his friends and
welwishers a yearely increase of infelicities, which though they