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should consider it that afternoon and let him know in the
morning time enough for him to write to Mr Kilby by the
post.
Next day, I gave Mr Howell mine of the 16 of August N 6
which was not satisfactory and at first he threatend me with
his Interest with the General and Mr Kilby that I should not
only refund the money advanced, but that I should never
receive a farthing, unless I got pay from the Maryland
Assembly; However he proposed going with me to Secra-
tary Peters, who he said was present when the General and
Mr Kilby settled the matter in June. We waited on that
Gentleman in the afternoon, the whole affair was laid before
him by Mr Howell, Mr Peters at first seemed to think the
Bills might be returned to Mr Howell; but when I had Spoke
and stated the affair in a fuller manner than I thought Mr
Howell had done, he oned he thought much the best way for
us both, was to go to N York together and wait on Mr Kilby
to whom he would write, and that he was certain he knew so
much of that sort of business, that he would fall on some way
to extricate us both out of our difficulties. Mr Howell replied,
that every thing was what he proposed to the Doctor yester-
day, but that I had refused to go. I readily acknowledged I
did, but mentioned to Mr Peters that my reason for refusing
to go was; that Mr Howell would by no means agree to my
sending an Express to General Forbes or to Governor Sharpe,
but Insisted that they should know nothing of what had hap-
pened; that as it appeared by the extracts of Mr Kilbys letter,
that he had not received the intended Information from Major
Halkets letter, that it was not probable he would alter his
mind even if Governor Sharpes letter should have come to his
hands; and it could not be supposed the General would write
to him again relating to it, as he certainly Imagined every
thing was settled by Major Halkets letter to Capt McAdam.
I told Mr Peters that nothing would be more agreable to me
than going Immediately to N York with Mr Howell to wait on
Mr Kilby, but asked his opinion whether from the reasons I
had given, he did not think it proper that either Mr Howell or
I should write to the General or Governor Sharpe before we
set out; that I would be at the Expence of sending an Express,
and we could have answer by the time we returned from N
york, and if either General Forbes or your Excellency should
direct the returning the whole money it should be compied
with. Mr Peters seemed to think as the General was Indis-
posed it might give him too much trouble, and that it would
be time enough when we returned, that he was sure Mr Kilby
would settle it himself, but if he should not, that Mr Kilby
would write to the General and get it adjusted at once, for all
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