380 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV

M^r Maypother to get possession of that Mannour as you will
see by the inclosed Extract of my Letter. I have also taken
the liberty to inclose for His Ldp's perusal the Copy of a
Letter I wrote to his Agent on the Subject the 2^d of April
1766 which alone will I hope convince His Ldp that I have
not been deficient in communicating what came to my knowl-
edge with regard to the Attempts you allude to or in pressing
the Agent to discharge his Duty. Apprehending you have
seen the Information & Papers I from time to time transmitted
to M^r Calvert concerning that Mannour I shall not at this time
trouble you farther about it than just to inform you that upon
M^r Dulany's giving it as his Opinion to M^r Jordan & me that
as the Mannour is at present circumstanced His Ldp could
not support an Ejectment was he to bring one against any
Person in possession who does not hold by Lease under him
& that neither could Those who claim under the Patentee sup-
port an Ejectment against such Possessor we thought it advi-
sable & for His Ldps Interest to offer All the People who are
in possession of part of that mannour Patents instead of
Leases on the Terms mentioned in the inclosed Letter mark't
B which with the Advice of the other Commissioners I wrote
to a Gentleman that holds one of the Tenements by Virtue of
a Lease from His Ldp's Agent, the Steward of the Mannour
being at present disabled by sickness from acting in the Affair.
As you ask in Your Letter whether the Running of the
Dividing Line on the West Side of Susquehannah will not
afford a good Opportunity for Raising the Quit Rents to
Eight Shillings on the new Grants to be made of the Land
lying contiguous to that Line & whether it would not be
proper in the first place to lay out Two or three Mannours for
His Ldp on the finest of the Land I consulted the other Com-
missioners thereon & they are of Opinion with Me that such
Raising of the Quit Rent on new Grants would put a Stop to
all Applications for Warrants to survey such Land, of which
Land however I do not understand that much will be found
vacant for as people were at liberty to take up Land in that
part of the Province as well as in other Parts the best Lands
were secured many Years ago, I have however forbidden any
more Surveys to be made there till we can be more certainly
informed whether any Lands worth reserving still remain
vacant & if there are any they shall be laid out for Mannours
agreeable to His Ldp's Desire. I have also pursuant to His
Ldps Desire sent an Instruction to the Land Office requiring
the Judges to insert a Clause of Re-entry in all Patents of
Land to be surveyed by Virtue of Warrants which may be
issued after the Date of such Instruction so that in case the
Possessor should fail paying his Rent thirty Days after it shall