138 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Ditto the same of the S. W. part of Pensilvania & is of near
Inlet to the Great Bay of Chesapeak & safe Passage to the
Atlantick Ocean. I have wrote to M^r Lloyd to hold the
property not granted there, Q^re any belon^g to the Lord Pro-
prietor not filch'd by Grant in the late Lords time, if any stop
the Land office from Grant on that acc^t until his Lord^p's rec^t
of Instruction. The consideration con^g Cities & Towns as to
Land Property is I fear too late I conceive of Citys already
Plan'd & admitted I fear Nickels to the Lord Paramount tho'
all especially citys admitted on his soil at first, had men as
Rec^r Gen^ls been Honb^le & assiduous with circumspection Both
as to scituation of Land & to reserve Properties on the Behalf
of the Lord Proprietarys a very Large Revenue must have
flown. I am aware of answ^r proceeding from neglect & it is
from them who have been Trusted & well paid, in conscience
& in Duty Bound to fair transactions. I am not wanting in
Judgem^t of the practice almost general, of self interest preva-
lent in Humane Passion, yet I am puzzled the admitance of
others in Breach of trust belon^g to them in faithful discharge
to their good friend & master & perhaps to whom they owe
all their Happiness derived: the check to their wrongs would
have been prevented had there a been Originally a proper
office of Rec^r Gen^l it wo^d a check'd the Land office. Inquirys
from hence wo^d a flown for Intelligence how to form Instruc-
tions? from time to time of & con^g the value & conduct for
the well & honest Being of his Lord^ps provincial Property, bet:
Man & Man, as well in regard to all other pecuniary concerns
appertaining to his Lord^p for want of such office & attendance
their to write for Knowledge, almost all such valuable con-
sideration is involved in a Chaos, write con^g to M^r Lloyd ab^t
Deeds & copys of Leases &c^a he says he can't find these trans-
actions of his predecessors as Rec^r Gen^l: write to M^r Presid^t
Tasker he answ^rs he believes they were transactions of his
Predecessors, all Non est inventus: on remove they deliver
no Instruction Let^rs Deeds nor Papers &c^a of & belon^g to his
Lord^ps Property in Gen^l thereof Nichels to the Successor, this
has been the practice done successively & is so & will remain
closed up in Ignorance, & for want of Deeds &c^a upon Tryals
at Law his Lord^p must be cast, Non-suited & Laugh'd at.
How alarming, big with Destruction ! Sufferance not to be
Borne. y^r Bills of Exch. amot^g to £125 I much thank you for
inclosed. It is satisfaction to hear by y^rs the 10^th of Nov^r that
the Inspection Law ab^t Tobacco has passed the Assembly
agreeable to the Statute of Queen Anne as to foreign Coin ad
Valor, and that the damage by the preced^g Bill touching
Officers ffees is foiled by the New Law. the continuance of
this Law I observe your remdation of it By speech in October