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very properly be called particular Rent Rolls or Rental Books
but cannot come Authenticated from the Land Office by
reason that a Tract of Land which is included in one Patent in
the Land Records is here (owing to its having been frequently
given sold or devised in seperate Parcells at which times it
might often acquire new names) split into innumerable small
parcells & Quantities, but I will order a general Rent Roll
specifying the particular Tracts of Land patented in the several
Counties & transmit it attested from the Land Office which
may serve to prove that these now sent are justly & truly
stated.
I should unnecessarily incroach on your time I apprehend
by enlarging on what Colo Lloyd has writ concerning Pilates
& Ferries; but I must take notice of an Order (of which a
Copy is inclosed) that was issued by the Advice of the Council
to prevent such Incroachments for the future as are therein set
forth. I hope it will deter the Pensilvania Surveyors from
venturing either of their own Heads or others Invitations to
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make Survey of His Ldps Lands & as it was a Caution Govr
Hamilton has thought proper on his part to take I hope there
will be no more cause of Complaint either to him or me. I
have been informed that Mr Graham has made a Resolution
to embark soon for England I am afraid with a Design to be
troublesome to his Ldp; I am very sorry He should be averse
to satisfying himself here, he has been with me 2 or 3 times
since my arrival complaining loudly of the ill Treatment that
He thinks has been offered him: I endeavoured to pacify him
by promising to confer on him any Office that would support
him genteely & that He was willing to execute if the Offices
He already holds should on his acquainting me with his present
Income appear deficient. After his return home I received
some irregular Accounts Bills Draughts Orders Letters &c
from which I was to deduce what was the trivial Value of his
Posts, which however it was from such Papers impossible to
do, but by the Return from the several Officers that has been
now made me, it appears He does or ought to receive about
£150. Sterg p Ann. and so much I have proposed to secure
him the punctual payment of on his Resignation of the Places
He at this time enjoys. This proposal I earnestly hope will on
his due consideration of it prevent his Voyage to England, but
least his impatience should render my scheme abortive; I have
taken the Liberty to inclose one of his Letters to me which will
shew with what Disposition he might be expected to arrive in
England.
In answer to your Desire that I would mention some Gentn
as capable & willing to succeed Mr Jenings should He resign
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I would beg leave to recommend Mr Steven Bordley as a person
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