Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699. 313

Your Ex^cy and your Governm^t here, none shall be more Will-
ing ready and faithfull then me who allways will Endeavour
to deserve the hono^r of being
Your Excellencys most Obedient
most faithfull & humble serv'

May it please your hono^rs
Lond^o the 26^th Ian^ry 1698/9
The Above are Copys of what I heretofore sent you by M^r
Charles Ridgly and Cap^t Burford both of which I hope are
Come to your hono^rs hands I now Confirme them by sending
in full the Order of yo^r honble Board in time of his Ex^cy late
Cov^r Nicholson as p inclosed Invoyce doth more fully appear
to be an Acc^t of such your Remittances for Value 252: 13: 06
whereon will be due 2. 13. 4 to me which shall Continue the
province Debto^r for in reguard I had remitted me but Iust
250: 00: 02 for this Acc^t I also now send an Acc^t of Esq^r
George Plater's remittances asp Invoyce for Value 141: 8: 4:
on w^ch Acc^t the province stands Indebted to me 13: 03: 04
for his good remittances on this Acco^t is no more then 128:

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Journal.

05: 00 as underneath for these two remittances together
15: 16: 08 to me due shall not doubt of yo^r hono^r repaying
me, In yo^r Letter Invoyce I have fully Compleated your hono^r
Order of what was formerly a wanting in the Arms and
Amunition that was to have been sent and besides these have
also sent Arms fitt for 16 Compleat Granadeers and 16 Com-
pleat Carbineers which are more as your hono^rs will see then
I have money for I wish these and the rest may Come Safe
and th^t they may be to yo^r Hono^rs well likeing which I have by
my Care Endeavoured for they Come as p Bills of Ladeing
by the Eliz^a and Martha Cap^t Bartho: Whitehorne who is to
ride with Ship att Seaverne which I hope will suite for Con-
veniency I have again sent the Bullett moulds p this Bearer
Cap^t Whitehorne who I desired to deliver them Carefully
inclosed is Cap^t Silvers directions Concerning the Nature of
the Hand mortars unfixing the Granado shells, as also a pro-
portion for makeing yo^r fusers to w^ch will referr you, have sent
two Rasps p his direction to fitt the fusees in the shells and
he also has sent 150 fusees ready fitted and prepared 2 Gran-
ado shells for yo^r better Knowledge as in Chest N^o I may be
found when more Bills Exch^a Corns from Esq^r Plater will
therewith further Comply with yo^r Hono^rs former Order, the
reason of paying so great freight for the powder is because
that we were forced to have a particular powder Room made
for it and its allways reckoned double the freight of other
sorts Goods as yo^r province may have need I shall be glad of

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