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ence and concerns of the Province, in which every Depart-
ment of Government is more or less Interested, & that the
Appointments to his Provincial Secretary do not all together
exceed the Common Stipend paid by all the Colonys to their
Agent, and falls Short of the Allowance made by some of
them, & those your nearest Neighbours, & that his Lordship
the less expected this application from Mr Goldsborough, as
he is not the only One of his Family who has tasted of his
Lordships favours.
I have it in Especial Charge from his Lordship to Press the
Execution of his different Commissions, particularly in respect
to Mr Loyd. He seems much hurt in a Letter he has lately
sent me at the Proceedings going on, & Complains of Reports
he Imagines to have been Spread in the Province by Mr
Jordan to his prejudice. What effect they may have there I
know not, but am sure his Lordship will be Cautious of form-
ing any Judgment here but upon the Joint Report of all his
Commissioners, and the sooner he is favoured with it, the
sooner will both he & Mr Loyd be at ease.
Your Excellency may have some recollection of the trouble
given you a few years since in relation to the forfeited Manor,
formerly Talbot's, upon Susquehannah River. His Lordship
has lately received an Intimation but not from any of his
Officers, of some late Attempts to dispossess him of that
Manor, & that no Steward has been yet appointed to Receive
the Rents, tho' there is £1000 Sterling in Arrear, & the
Tenants are willing to pay, at least upon a proper Indemnity
against the late Claimant. His Lordship Prays your Excel-
lencies particular Attention to this Business, and that you will
give the necessary Instructions to the proper Officers & See
them executed, and If any further Attack should be made upon
the Tenants to have it properly Defended.
As his Lordship will probably be soon recompenced on the
Western Shear for what he Loses on the Eastern, which may
produce many Applications for new Grants at the Land
Office, Will not this Afford a good opportunity for raising
the Quit rents on the New Grants to Eight Shillings pr hundred
Acres, as none but the finest Lands will be at first applied for,
& may it not be proper to Lay out Two or Three Manors,
with a Sufficient Reserve round them to prevent Encroach-
ments and preserve the Boundarys. But then his Lordship
wishes no new Patents to Issue without Clauses of Re Entry
in default of Payment of the Reserved Rents, & no new Leases
to be made for more than 21 years & both Patents and Leases
& all derivative Assignmts to be recorded in the Provincial
Courts, that he may always know his Tenants & when &
where to apply for his Rents & Alienation Fines. If these
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