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that seemed to him Necessary, was a warrant from the General
for what he was Inclinable to advance more than the £1500
which Mr Kilby had engaged for by his letter of the 19 of
June on this I immediately acquiesced, and told Mr Peters I
was ready whenever Mr Howell pleased to wait on him to N
york, to which he agreed. Mr Howell desired me to leave
the Bills in Mr Peters hands, till we should return from N
york. As I did not choose to inform Mr Peters how he had
treated me with threatening and Coaxing at his own house
the day before and that forenoon, I only asked him what part
of my conduct and conversation made him suspect that I
would run away with the Bills, that from the first I had
assured him not one of them should be negotiated till the
affair should be adjusted to his satisfaction, that I had given it
also under my hand in mine to him of the 16. that tho I was
almost a stranger in Philadelphia yet I imagined I might find
security for my not parting with the Bills till I should hear
from the General or Governor Sharpe, if he should continue
to entertain such mean suspicions of me. whatever Mr
Howell thought, he made no answer, but as we were coming
away he invited me to go to his house to drink a dish of Tea
with him, that we might adjust the time of our setting out for
N York to which I readily agreed and as he seemed to .have
something more to say to Mr Peters, I requested of him to
call for me at the Coffe House; he requested of Mr Peters,
that he would not mention the affair to any person, to which
the other replied, Gentlemen you are masters of your own
business and no body shall know or hear any thing of it from
me
On our way from the Coffe House, Mr Howell told me he
had a Vessell Loading for Hallifax and some payments to
make which would take some time to examine into before he
could set out for N York; and I told him my going to his
House would only take up part of his time and that I wished
he would employ that afternoon in looking into these things
and try if we could not get away in the morning, but he
pressed me to go on, that at least we might drink some wine
and Water as it was a very warm day and we were both heated
with walking, during this time we had a great deal of chat
about our Journey, particularly whether we should go in a
Chaise or Horse back, the Tea Table was afterwards brought
in and the conversation was very free and agreable, and he
asked me seemingly with a great deal of good nature, why I
refused to leave the Bills with Mr Peters, to which I frankly
answered, Mr Howel I have observed you very narrowly since
the first of our meeting, you know our conversation has been
very free on Men and things considering our short acquaint-
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