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Excellency has already done, Yet he thinks it too much to
give away so Considerable an Employment, without being
asked, or thanked for it, and rather regrets his own situation,
which deprives him of All the Merit of the Grant, and only
leaves him exposed to the Odium of the refusal, or rather
removal, If he was to do otherwise, than approve what has
been already done, without his Privity; and he desires your
Excellency will not for the future Dispose of any Civil
Employs, in favor of any particular Persons, till his pleasure
be previously known, and where they cannot be kept Vacant
for a sufficient time, that yon will put them in Commission to
such Persons, who can pretend to no further Claims, and to
whom a Subsequent Negative may be safely given, for you
may easily guess applications are not wanting even here for
his Lordships favor.
His Lordship very well remembers to have seen Colonel
Plater, but does not immediately recollect any Promise made
him of succeeding to the Place of Naval Officer ; However, If
he should Decline it, his Lordship Considers the Promise as
Discharged, and in that Case you are to give it to Mr Alien,
or reserve it for his Lordship's own immediate disposal.
Whilst I am Writing this his Lordship has put into my
hands your Letter to him of 10. Sepr and has directed me to
return you his thanks for the Duplicates of the Papers sent to
Lord Shelburn, and to express his Satisfaction in the Accounts
you have sent to that Lord, tho' had they been less Circum-
stantial and particular he would have liked them better. Your
Complyance with any future requisitions of the same Sort he
leaves to your own Prudent Caution, and discretion, without
any further restraint, than to do as little as you possibly can,
and not only to continue sending him Copys of what you
write, but also, If you think proper, to Transmit your answers
through him, under a Flying Scale, to be delivered, or not, at
his own peril.
The Bills for £1766 14 9 1/2 in part of the Sales of Ann
Arundel Manor are safely arrived and it is with great pleasure
his Lordship finds that business so happily begun.
I have an Intimation from the Lords of Trade that they
shall soon require my Attendance, with that of other Gentle-
men Corresponding with the Northern Colonies, upon Affairs
relative to those Colonys in general ; What they are is not
yet said, but I apprehend they mean to Enquire what Progress
has been made in settling the Interior parts of the Country,
and towards Prosecuting the Cultivation of a Trade with the
Indians.
I have already mentioned to your Excellency in my last the
Affair of Talbot Manor. In addition I have only to trouble
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