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His Maj^es Commission^rs for Enquireing into the
Claimes y^t are made to the Kings Province or Narragansett
Countrey here haveing bin pleased to constitute me their Regist^r
account my self Espetially considering the trouble I gave you
in my address for yo^r advice and direction in taking out the
Commission, and that the office you are in challenges the same
obliged to give you an account what reception and success it hath hither
to had. The Comm^rs have showne all possible obedience to his
Maj^es Command in P[er]suance of which they immediately upon receit
thereof intimated the same by their Lett^r s to the Govern^rs and
magistrates of all his Maj^es Collonyes in New England, and by their
printed summons publiquely dispensed and affixed to all other p[er]sons
with their designe to meet upon the place on the 22^th of this instant
which they accordingly did before whome both Plymouth and Connecticot
Collonyes by their Agents with all other p[er]sons readily appeared and
Exhibited their Claymes, Except Rhoad Island Collony where
humors as well as opinion Ever incline them to oppose his
Maj^es intrest and all other p[er]sons when in competition with their
owne who although p[ar]ticularly summon'd did not onely deny the
authority of the Comm^rs and soe refuse to appeare but publiquely
in a riotous manner by their officer accompanyed with a number of men
proclaymed an ord^r under the hands and seals of the Govern^r , Deputy
Govern^r and the use of their magistrates commanding the Comm^rs then
sitting at Narragansett to depart and not to proceed and all other p[er]sons
within the verge of their Collony to be gone and not to abett their
proceedings; whereafter they had satt for two days and heard the
Claymes of all y^t did then appeare they adjournd to Boston in ord^r
to a farther hearing that they might draw up their opinions upon
the whole matt^r and make speedy report thereof to his Maj^ty which by the
next I hope with a full acc^t of all proceedings to be the bearer off
in the interim have onely to add with my fathers service to yo^r self which
please alsoe to accept from

Boston 26 Aug: 83

From M^r Wharton
[Register] to the Commiss^rs
for Enquiry into clames to
the Kings Province

Rec^d Feb 4 Febry 83/4
The Comissrs have [illegible]
the Narraganst County
Rhoad Island committ a contempt

These
To the Hon^{r bl} W^m Blaithwait Esq^r
One of the Clerks to his Maj^es
Most Hon^rbl Privy Councill att
White Hall

[per] Cap^t Clark: