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cates have been since received. His Lordship very readily
Embraces them as y^o first fruits of his Commissⁿ and an earnest
of the Ballance w^ch is to follow ; I have thanked M^r Loyd for
them but his Lordship is very sensible where his first Acknowl-
edgments are due & desires me to make them accordingly to
his Commissioners.
I have received the different Setts of the several Laws
except those of the last May Session which are not yet
arrived.
I observe by your Letter that the expectation of Coll.
Roquet's Escheat is Vanished & the Title of one of those
Laws Directing a Copy of his will to be Recorded &c. Suffi-
ciently Confirms it.
Your Excellency acknowledges the Receipt of the Instruc-
tion adding the Judges of the Land Office to the Commission
for auditing the Agents future Accounts. I hope that Instruc-
tion is equally agreable to you & them.
His Lordship and Mess^rs Penn alike approve yo^r not Con-
tinuing the Line beyond the Allegany Mountains as they
wou'd by no means give the least umbrage to the Indians who
Hunt there at this Critical Juncture. I am afraid it will be
near Christmas before I shall have an Opportunity of sending
the new Cargoe of Obelisks, but no time shall be lost in
forwarding them. Both Proprietors, sensible of the necessity
of a further Enlargement of the return of the Commission,
have given Orders for making out the proper Instruments to
Extend the time another year, which yo^r Excellency will prob-
ably receive by the next Conveyance, and I hope there will be
no occasion for any further renewal as his Lordship is very
anxious to see an end of this Expensive business and every
day regrets his with holding from the Publick the Assistance
of the Ablest Mathematicians
His Lordships only View in Proposing the Copper Coinage
was to Promote the good of the Province, whether this
measure will have that tendency yo^r Excellency and the
Council are the best Judges, and his Lordship will very readily
Conform to yo^r sentiments, as you are Apprized of his Motives.
The Temper and Moderation of the Southern Colonies and
particularly of Maryland give the greatest Satisfaction, whilst
the Prevalency of the Old Leaven in the more Northern Ones
forebodes no great good to themselves or the Mother Country.
Exultation and Triumph are neither Gratefull nor Prudent
returns to the Condescension of a great Empire. If they have
been Injured they have had their redress, their Victory could
not be more Compleat by further Insult ; what was past
should have been drowned in Oblivion, and their only Busi-
ness seemed to have been to Provoke new Benefits by the
Generous Acceptance of those already Conferred.