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Scoundrel took him by the Collar draggd him to the Door &
put him out telling him to go & learn better Manners before
he came to a Gentleman's House again, & shut the Door. M^r
Alien attempting to come in again & pushing the Door partly
open M^r Chew struck at him with a Stick. M^r Edmondson
continuing at M^r Chews the next Morning he received a
Letter from M^r Alien inclosing one from M^r Alien to M^r Chew
which M^r Chew without opening as soon as he knew it came
from M^r Alien threw in the Fire.

[Sharpe to Hamersley.]

Copy of Letter to M^r Hamersley Annapolis 11^th Feb^ry
1768 transmitted by Captain Price to Bristol.
D^r Sir
The Bristol Ship which I expected was ready to sail when I
wrote to you the 2^d of Jan^y having been frozen up a few Days
afterwards & detained here ever since I now transmit by her
a Letter to His Ldp advising him of an unlucky Affair that
happened lately between the Rev^d M^r Alien & One M^r Chew
a Vestry Man of S^t James's Parish to which I have now at M^r
Aliens Request given him an Induction & he thinks he shall
in spight of all Opposition be able to keep possession of both
that & this & seems determined to try his Title at Law in Case
either of the Vestries should contest it which I am for my part
very apprehensive they will the Cause being already become
a very popular One. M^r Allen tells me he is satisfied that
both His Ldp & you were before he left England not only
apprized of the Provisoe in the Act of 1702 against Pluralities
but that you had well considered it & were clearly of Opinion
it could never operate so as to restrain His Ldp's Right under
the Charter & the Canon Law to bestow on his Chaplain
more than one Living nevertheless I could have wished he
would have been satisfied to remain as he was until I could be
favoured with His Ldps farther Instructions for if My Lord
should be averse to supporting M^r Aliens Pretensions against
the Assembly It would be much better they had never been
set up & M^r Allen will I dare say in such Case be greatly
mortified. You would see by the Letter I transmitted to you
the 27^th of Nov^r that he was then very angry with M^r Dulany,
a Paper signed a Bystander has been since published in the
Gazette (by him as it is said) to prove that every Member of
the Council is disqualified to be a Vestryman & he endeavoured
it seems to have M^r Dulany excluded but could not succeed,
the Attempt to do so has prejudiced many against him & their
Prejudices will make them give Credit to any Story that may
be reported to his Disadvantage. As the Assembly will not

Letter Bk. V