the Setlement of the accounts of What has been Expended in their Defence by the Chancery Suits, application of the assembly, by remittances to Great Brittain Interest of moneys borrowed for those Purposes and all other things that have been found necessary for mutual Defence Since the Third Day of November 1732 (When their first Quota was Settled) and found the Whole to amount to £13-3-7 Pr 1000 acres as by the accounts Entred in their books in my hands and Signed by them Do appear and according thereto Your account in the Said books is Charged of which you herewith have a Copy. As there was an Absolute necessity to remitt Sundry Sums of money to England on the Companys Service and it being found impossible to raise it from So large a number of persons being in places remote from Each other within the Short times that the exigency of those affairs allowed therfore the Company judge the necessity of Borrowing that money unavoidable and it was accordingly borrowed and Still remains upon interest unpaid and this is the reason of the Charge of Interest on the respective Quota's of the Parties To which there must Still be made a further addition of Interest from the first of this month to the time you Pay your account which the Company requests may be as Speedily as Possible paid to me whom they have Directed to pay it to the Several persons from whom moneys have been borrowed on the Credit of both Quota's and to whom its Due that there may be as little necessity as Possible of makeing a further Charge of Interests thereon which a Delay must necessarily occasion James Alexander and William Smith Gentlemen NEW YORK December 31st 1737. On the Thirty first Day of December 1737 William Smith wrote to each of you Particularly with the Ballance of your Account Concerning the Equivalent Setled to the first Day of December 1737 requesting Speedy Payment thereof with Interest from the Day to which they were Setled in Order to the Dischargeing those Large Sums of Money that were Borrowed for the Use of the Company by Order and Approbation of Sundry Legall Meetings to Persons to whom the Money Owing was due The Delay of Complying with that his Request has Occasioned the Letter from Mr Murray Whereof Copy is Inclosed for which we cannot Blame him nor ought you to Blame us that We request of you Either to Pay the Ballance due from you of which you was informed as above with interest from the first Day of Dec. 1737 and a Proportion of the Costs occasioned by Mr Murray's Suits and that before the tenth Day of March Next or Secondly if you cannot Pay it by that Day that you will Come and give to us your bonds for what Shall then be due Payable in a Short time after or Thirdly if you are not satisfied that you are so justly indebted that you will be pleased to transmitt to us by that Day the warrant of Attorney inclosed Signed by you If Neither of which of these Propositions you shall think Proper to Comply with we hereby give you Notice that as Soon as Possible after the Tenth of March Next we will Issue Process against Every Person failing to Compell the Payment of his Just Debt with Interest and Costs To the Debtors of the We are Your humble Servt. [Indorsed] To CADWALLADER COLDEN Esq att Coldingham Sir From Philip Livingston. ALBANY 3d January 1737/8. There is about 10 a 12 acres of Low Land & 350 acres of upland of litle value to the north of Burnetsfield which lyes within the Palatine Purchase, but as the Indians do not Conceive themselves devested of any Lands unless it be Surveyed, they have given this Spot to a palatine Girl who is now marryd with one Timothy Magin who has been my Servant, I understand that Johan Joost Petri has petitioned for this same Spott (after he heard that y⚫ Indians had made this gift)—and that you have gott the Survey of it, but he doth not sue for a grant I have spoake to the Gov in the mans behalf who has promist that he Should have it. If you will be pleased on a warrant of Survey to Return it I shall prefer a petition for it in name & for T. Magin. you would do me a peice of Service to favour the man in this. I think he may be of Service to make Some of the purchases of land I have in view. I write to ye Gov for another lycence in which I hope you will be pleased to be concerned tho' I have made no man' of progress in purchaseing y Lands I intended by Reason our winters proves So very bad as soon as I have Effected any shall inform you. I wish you would Inform me whether I could gett some wheat next Spring from your Son & Mr Brown at what price they Receive now with my best Respects to you & Lady I am To Call: Colden Esq' [Indorsed] Sir Yr obed Servant For The honble Cadwallader COLDEN Esq' Sir From Pen Hyde. perhaps you will be surprised when I tell you that I have Intentions of becoming a petitioner for land in the Mohawks Country but it is really true the Gov' having been so good to promise me and some of his Children a grant if we can find out that which is worth patenting, here is six of us that intend to joyn which with you or any of one of your family which you will please to name will require 14000 Acres at least, the great difficulty is how to find good land which is Vacant Which difficulty no one can Surmount but yourself, and as you are going to that Country its possible you may meet with that which is good Which if you can do and make a purchase of it from the Indians to be paid upon obtaining a Lycence for that purpose Which we shall do upon Notice we shall readily comply with such agreement as you Shall think fitt to make on our behalf I need not say more to you on this head but heartily wish you a good Journey and Success being Sincerely Thine I recd. by the Post & were all glad to hear from thee after so long time of Silence in writing. I recd. a letter from thy Cousen Hill advising of his punctuall receiving y⚫ bill of £50 for woh he returns thee his hearty thanks. I went to Peter Evans this day & he tells me Jones brought another Son with him & Confest Judg ment so that he says thy mony is very Safe & Hopes to receive it Soon & Septimus Robisson desires stay of Execution he tells us they are settling y affair of Baker & is likely to pay us soon the delay of Execution in some measure as Peter Informs me is from ye delitoriness of y Sheriff. he being in hopes of being paid sooner than if put into his hands. I have put out all thy mony as fast as I have recd. it both Principle & Interest and I think Secure Tho Shute still promises me to bring those men I am glad thy Neece hath so Agreeably Altered her Condition to ye generall Satisfaction of her friends. Francis Knowles is got hearty again & my Mother is as well as usuall. Brother Stephen has been very ill of a Nervous fever & beyond Expectation of ye Doctors or any of his friends is bravely recovered again his wife lay in at the Same time with a fine boy whom they call John Armitt. Old Doctor Jones of Merrion & Joseph Kirbride are lately dead. Margt Prestons Son John Langdale Stole a wedding with Young William Hudsons Daughter and in less than 3 months have got a daughter born which gives the old people much trouble. I should be glad to hear from thee oftner Father Mother & my Wife F. Knoles M. Calvery E. Morris & many more remember their Love to thee and please to Accept the same from thy Assured Frd JOHN ARMITT. Poor Esther Clare has kept house many months and is Still very poorly being much afflicted with the Gravell. [Indorsed] For ELIZABETH HILL to the Care of Samuell Heath at the Weighhouse in New York. John Armitt 23 Mb 1737-8 Sir From James De Lancey. I received yours of the 19th, I was desired to write no otherwise to you than I did lest the letter should miscarry and some people should take umbrage at it. I am |