Dear Sir,

From Daniel Horsmanden.

N. Y. April the 1st 1733.

I wrote to you last Week by the Att Gen1 pretty much at large but as I am in Expectation of Seeing You Soon & being likewise Streightned in Time I Shall be brief now, & only informe you, that last Week Sr Rob' came to Town & the Lawyers being then upon W. Chester Circuit a L'e came fm The Secretarys Office to Mr Forster directing him to give Notice to the Members of That County That the Assembles are to sit according to Adjournm the 3d Tuesday of this month: I presume you will have Notice fm proper hands as well as Mr Mathews But I hope you will be here punctually at that time, for many Reasons, & among the rest, because I have heard some Exceptions taken concerning Members of The Council living at a great Distance out of Towne. & wth what view I could not but guess

I am with humble Service to all your good Family

Dr Sr

Your most assured Fd & hble Serv
DAN HORSMANDEN.

I beg you'l give my Service to

I had the pleasure of yours by Your Son & had answered your former to the Atty General & me, had I been furnished with proper materials, to ground my Opinion upon the Affair under Considerat; but have 'til just now

wanted a Sight of the Indian purchase to see what Lands were comprehended in Evan's Pattt which were vacated by the Act of Assembly, & the perusal of them has put me at a full Stop for the present; that I can say no more about the Subject of that L'e as yet, Than that your Account concerning the Lines was very intelligible & Satisfactory when I have fully considered it, I will give you my Sentim upon the whole woh I had much rather do by word of Mouth than in writing, because there will be many partic" to discourse upon. I cannot but take the offer of your good offices most kindly and if you can find out a good parcell of Land vacant worth application for a Grant, I shall esteem that a most Ptic Service; But for myself, it is very much out of my way, tho' I want very much to talk to you abot Some particulars of that Sort. Our Governour has hitherto been unsuccessful with his Jersey People, Nothing done by the Assembly as yet, they have been Sometime Since adjourned to the 17th of July, & tis found there will be no better Success at their Returne, I am

I Received thyne dated June y 18 last & was Glad to heare of all your healths and am plesed with those few lins from thy Children you all Seemed plesed with your hops of my coming to Stay with you when you Received my Letter which gave you an acctt of ye trunk which I Sent I take it kindly but am very Easey where I am at present

and as to thy Giving me a Visitt I Shall Leave that as thy affairs will admitt of there is a youngh man a merchant and a neare neighbour of thy Fathers Latley arrived heare from Scottland which brought mee letters from thy father & brother as allso y inclosed which he desired me to Convey to thee and when thou wrights to thy father Give him an acctt yt I Received his letter and allso to thy brother that I have two from him which I Received Kindly from them & desire my Kind love to be Remembred In thy nex to you I am plesed y⚫ Gives me Still an acct of thy affairs and hope that thou wilt Continue so to do for theare is nothing more pleasing to mee than to heare that thing gos well with thee my habitation at present is at Francis Knowles which is near our meeting hous whose Kind respects with his wiff is to you both I desire thee will wright to me pr first opportunity yt I may heare of your health So Shall Conclud with my Love to thee and thy wiffe and Children and Remain thy affectionat aunt

Sr I reced yours and DeLiver'd y Enclosed to Mr Kirstead, and Suppose sent the things to my house y writ for, which I have put on board Mr Beekman wth y three Locks, Inform'd Mr Morris of what y° wrote to me about but before I had an oppertunity to do it Mr Hazard had Spoke to him about the Land, Mr Morris told him if he Lost y Land it was his own fault for that he had at Several times reminded him of what he had Done that he should take up the Land, Lest some person or other, would pray for it & bid Low If he made slight of it & was

Sure nobody would take it up for it was good to no person but himself, Yet he made application to the Gover1 about it, but would not Come to the Govern" offers, And Left y⚫ Governour, with, he might use his pleasure for he thought it would not be worth y. Intt and Charges this is what Mr Morris Informs me Accroding to your Directions I went to Mr Hazard and takt to him about yo Land, he Did not Deny what Mr Morris Said, Yet he is willing to have the Land and Says he has Imploy'd Mr Warrell to Solicite for him and rather then he will Lose y⚫ Lands he will Comply with y° Governours proposalls he made to him I can nott yet tell whether he has had an answer by Mr Warrell, Mr Morris tells me he believes his Soliciting will be to the purpose I spoke to Mr Morris he tells me he will take Care to gett y Patent you wrote about doun this week. I have been wth Mr Wendover Several times about the bootes & Shoes he says he will doe them this week. I have Enclosed 2 News paper & 1 Letter please to Give my humble Service to Mad Colden & Except The Same from Sr

According to your Request, I Send a plan of The Land of Mr Mcintosh Deceased, & also of the Land that has been Sold, & as Joseph Reeder is Impatient to have the Land that he has Agreed for Surveyed, Begg the favour that after you have perused the Enclosed you will by the

Next Oppertunity Signifie your Consent to what part
of the Said Land may be Sold, Wherein you'll Oblige
Sr Your Humble
Servant

At my returne hither I was Surprized with an Account That MV Dam had presented his Excellency with a Copy of 30 odd Articles of Complaint agt him, wch he has sent home, by wch you will Judge, they have accumulated in their Charge as much matter as possible: One Item is for the recomending me for a Councellour, as being contrary to the Instructions, without Estate in the Country: I think their malice is carryed to the greatest Length, For I am not conscious that I've given any of them just Occasion of Offence. You will find by one of the Journals they've printed a List of the Councillours, (as they say) usually Summoned to Council, but have omitted Mr V Horne & Mr Courtland, who have (I believe) always been Sumoned; But the incerting them 'tis presumed wod have been an offence to their Dutch Friends: They have set forth the Gent" Sumoned to be all men in place, & to include me as such they say I am one of the Gov Council in V. Dam's Case: As to H Lane they don't know any place he has Besides: Inuendo, I presume Whisperer: These artles were sent by Bryant who I am sorry was Saild before I came back. M Mathews's Company made the Journey very pleasant to me, we got Safe thro' the Highlands, but his horse falling Lame, I was in