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Son in Law, and which I could have Replaced at any time.
I fancy you understood it in this Light likewise, & that the
Sum Exceeding this 1750 Sterling, was rather an Advance for
me, than money that I required Mr Kilby to pay, who no doubt
in this Affair Behaved with great Spirit;, having Advanced the
i5Oo£ in the frankest manner, & taking the Chances of Pay-
ment, as he Writes in his Letter.
The other Summs I certainly ought to have given Warrants
for (but then, as at present Confounded by Distemper, I had
not Sense to Reflect upon, or Write about them) so We must
now Sett it to rights as soon as possible, to Relieve Dr Ross
of his punctilio, in which I do not see so much hurt, as per-
haps he does, nor do I think it would have been very much
blamed, had he Restored Mr Howell the Money for the Bills,
untill the Affair had been Cleared up; because by that means
he would have prevented the Imprisonment & have given me
the time to have made all Easy.
The Case as it appeared to me, and still does, is thus — That
as a Large Sum of Money was due to the Maryland Troops,
for different Articles, from October last, to, I shall suppose
May, Mr Kilby, upon the Acco"of the Articles concerning Pro-
visions &c. agreed to the Advance of i5oo£ Sterling on
Account; to promote the Service & to prevent a totall Stop;
knowing that my hands & Inclinations were both tied up by
General Abercromby's not thinking himself sufficiently
Authorized to fulfill Ld Loudoun & Gen' Stanwix's orders.
That upon this Advance of Mr Kilby's, I should likewise give
so much more Money to account, in order to Enable the
people, who had been Employed, to keep their Credit, & to
proceed in furnishing the Troops as formerly.
That therefore those Summs to be thus Advanced were
upon the General Accompt, & not Destined to the payment
of any particular Demand, as the Accotts with their Vouchers
had not been properly looked over & Liquidate; and as by
this means we had our Claims upon the Province for such
Summs advanced for the Use of their Troops, & that to be
backed by you, & the people who had furnished & Supported
the Troops, particularly as they would have upon the Whole
greater Summs due to them than we were to Advance.
In Consequence of this, the Bills Drawn upon Mr Howell,
or Mr Kilby, has allarmed him, as perhaps he Imagined that
I was to turn the whole over upon him, when in reality I
Understood I was only making him pay iy5o£ Sterling in
place of 1500; and that I was to Advance the rest of the
money for the payment of those Bills, upon the General
without Specifying the time, or the purpose for what the
Money was Advanced, so fancy I have no other way but to
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