I hope be transacted in such a manner as may give His Ldp
on his Return entire Satisfaction & to Yourself in the mean
time not much Trouble or Uneasiness. It did I assure you
give me a good Deal of Concern to find that the Vessels by
which I remitted you Bills for £125 9 31/2 the 11th of May
last were by reason of the Chesterfield's being ordered to the
Havanna detained in Virginia till the Month of August but
that was an Accident I could not expect when Capt Jarvais
had signified by Advertisement that he should sail the first of
June & I flatter myself those Bills had reached Your hands long
before Your Letter came to mine, & that you have also before
this time received the Bills for £126 5 which I remitted you
the 12th Septr As Mr Ridout tells me he remitted you a Bill
of Exchange last Feby for £50 being what became due from
him as Commissary the 25th of Decr preceding, that on the
21st July last by the first Ship which sailed after he received
Yours dated 24th April he remitted you Bills for £98 15 on
Account of what had become due from him as D Secretary &
that he also paid Mr Bordley his Proportion at the Rate of
£100 a year for that small part of the year 1762 which he
continued Commissary I flatter myself you will not entertain
any unfavourable Opinion of him on Account of his Bills
coming so late to your hands, & as Mr Bordley told me he
should by the first Ship that might sail after the Completion
of the year remit you a Bill for £100 I expect he will do so by
this Opportunity. As it is now six weeks since I transmitted
under Cover to His Ldp the Addresses which the Gentlemen
of the Council & I had prepared for their Majesties on occa-
sion of the Auspicious Birth of a Prince I doubt not but you
have eer this received them but as I observe by the London
Gazettes that none of the Corporations &c. addressed the
Queen on the Occasion I presume you will not think it proper
to present ours. Having in a Postscript to a Duplicate of one
of my late Letters advised you of the Death of Mr Thomas I
now take the Liberty to remind you of what I wrote to you
the 12th of Septr on behalf of Philip Key Esqr & to express my
hopes that His Ldp will be pleased to appoint him a Member
of the Council in Mr Thomas's Stead. I am &c.
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