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The arrival of y^e Governour here (with my old friend) as it tends
greatly to y^e Honour & benefit of this Place to y^e public so I hope I
shal have particular cause to thank Heaven for my private sa=
tisfaction; having had his Hon^rs favourable & kind expressions, & —
more than so, his orders already for y^e putting me into possession
of my due profits (such as they are) kept from me so long. I have
now power too by Order of y^e Govern^r in Council to enter your Pa=
tent on record (with my own grant from yo^r self) which hath bin
so oft denied; and to cause y^e Treasur^r & others to bring in their
accounts. The Governour has by this conveyance sent his to y^e
Lords y^e Comittee of Trade &c which when you shal peruse you wil
(I presume) conclude, we have not bin idle, but have dispatched
very wel for y^e time. The Govern^r is pleased to tel me too, that
he has made a description of y^e nature & state of this Province,
& the ways for its improvement. To which I humbly desire to add
that of y^e Province of Main, which many of its Inhabitants, sensi=
ble of y^e present inconvenience & confusion, have petitioned His Mat^y
to take into His own Royal protection & Government, which if it
be, & annexed to this litle one (not exceeding eighteen miles in
breadth upon y^e Sea) if I may properly word its so in congru=
ity of speech y^e lesser things are adjoined to y^e greater: for from
Pastataqua river to the eastern bounds of y^e Province, it is no less yⁿ
30 leagues : It is likewise accomdated with many good harbours;
whereas our N Hampshire has no other port but y^e river to w^ch
the Bostoners, as purchasers of Main, lay equal claimes to y^e
privileges thereof: But this litle Province, at p^r sent inconsiderable,
for y^e fisheries are supplyed chiefly by them; so in this & y^t we
can make no Laws & rais no Taxes for support of y^e Government ,
but such as wil pr[illegible]e us & advantage them: This Province I say,
being consolidated with that, wil not only support His Ma^ts Governm^t
honourably for y^e p^r sent by restoring y^e Lost Trade to this River, but
wil in few years be rendred perhaps not inferiour to Boston. S^r , I
humbly leav these considerations with you, & take y^r of leav to write myself

These
To William Blathwayt Esq^r
at Whitehall
Present

N[blot]shire
Oct: 21: 82
from the Sec^ry
N^o 5 Rec^d Jan^r: 6:
1682/3
In [Rejection] of y^e Profits
of his Place
the Audit^rs [illegible] & Depⁿ
To be Entered,
Its [illegible]to Account
The Province of
Maine to be added