Minutes of the Board of Revenue, 1768-1775. 471

after due examination of the Vouchers, is passed and the
same is, by Order of his Lordship's Commissioners, paid out
of the Moneys arising from the Sale of his Manors and Re-
serv'd Lands.
M^r Reuben Meriwether, Administrator of the Estate of the
late John Morton Jordan, Esq^r having intimated to his Ex-
cellency the Governor by M^r Smith that he is ready to lay
before the Board the Accounts of the said John Morton Jordon

during the Time he acted under Commission as Agent and

Receiver General, but the Judges of the Land Office having
also mentioned that the Acc^o with them had not yet been stated
with that Precision which the nature of the Account requires
the Same had not been passed but was return'd for Amend-
ments, for which Reason the Examination of M^r Jordan's
Accounts are postponed to a future meeting.

Lib. No. 86

April 15^th 1772
At a meeting of the Board of Revenue, Present
His Excellency Robert Eden, Esq^r

Walter Dulany
The Hon^ble Esq
George Steuart

M^r Meriwether attends the Board as administrator of the
late John Morton Jordan, Esq^r with the Accounts for Busi-
ness transacted during his Agency, which on examination are
not only Erroneous but very irregularly Stated from which
the Debts outstanding cannot be ascertained. The Board
therefore Determine that an examination of the Vouchers is
at this meeting unnecessary as the Accounts will not pass.
M^r Meriwether then intimates to the Board that from his
bad State of Health and for other Reasons, assigned by him,
he could not possibly undertake to State them over again with
that regularity the nature of them might require and the
Board expect; and therefore requested that the Board wou'd
permit their Clerk to attend at his House where he might have
access to the Books of Account of the Deceased so far as they
related to his Lordship's Affairs & from which they might be
formed after a method heretofore adopted by the Board as
he was equally desirous with M^r Jordon's Securities to obtain
a speedy Settlement, that the Balance might be ascertained
and discharg'd before any other Claim. The Board inform
M^r Meriwether that they have no objection to their Clerk's
assisting him in liquidating the Accounts & also that so soor
as they shall be ready for Inspection or intimation thereof they
would immediately attend for that purpose.

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