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before them an Account of the Monies he had received and
the Remittances he had made during the time of his Acting as
his Lordship's Agent and informed him that the Board were to
meet the Day following when they would be ready to receive

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his Accounts and at the same time endeavoured to convince
him of the Propriety of such request and to prevail on him
to comply with the same: he replied that he had received the
Agent's Commission to execute agreeable to particular In-
structions and that He should take care to observe them, but
that he did not apprehend the Board had any Right to call
upon him to Account in this Manner, that if they had an
Authority to compel him to lay his Accounts before them at
present, they might with equal Reason call on him every ten
days, which was treatment no Gentleman would submit to,
and he alledged that this Demand implied a suspicion of his
Conduct, which had been advantageous to my Lord, having
remitted him the whole of what he had receiv'd including his
Commission.
I observed to M^r Allen that the Board were willing to con-
duct Matters amicably of which he must be sensible by their
desiring me to wait on him in order to signify their Request.
He answered, that he was obliged to the Board for sending to
him, but that he did not know what Powers they were invested
with and expressed a Desire that they would send him their
Commission & Instructions, that he was satisfied the Board
had injured him as much as it was in their Power to do, that
they could not prejudice him more than they had done, and he
believed they would hardly attempt to issue General Warrants
to seize his papers, and desired me to inform the Board that
if they had anything to communicate to him, he should be glad

to receive it in Writing that he might have an opportunity of

sending an answer and transmitting an Acc^t of Matters to M^r
Hamersley: he further alledged that he could produce his
Accounts with as much Ease in an hour's time as six months
hence, but it was matter of Punctilio, and that he did not chuse
to gratify the Board. I then took my Leave of M^r Allen and
this Morning, received from him the following Letter.

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Sir
If the Board of Revenue make the Supposition of my going
to England, as such a Report prevails, the pretext for demand-
ing an immediate Account of the Transactions of my Office to
be laid before them, I should be glad if you would inform
them, that I have no intention of going to England before the
25^th of March, the Day appointed by my Instructions to make
up the Accounts ending the 29^th September, 'til which time (no

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