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MS43.04: Francis Nicholson Papers
John Riggs letter to Nicholson, 15 July 1703

My Lord has Receved
Letters from England by y^e waye of Philladelphe
which gives him y^e acount, that Coll^ll: Ingolesbe
is not Coming, and my Lord seems now to be
sattisfyed that hee will not Com, and his
Lordshipe has asured mee that he hass
writt home to all his frends, in my bee
halfe, that I maye have y^e Compeny
I most humbly praye y^r Excell^ll favour
in my bee halfe to y^e Hon^ble M^r, Blaithwaite
which I am asured will doe my Bissnes
being asured hee will not Refuse your
Excell^ll, any Resonable request, my Ld—
has sixe hundred pound apeace added to
his Sallerry, in his Government of yorke
and five hundred for y^e [illegible]
wee have y^e acountt of a collecter; one
Birely; and a secretary one Clarke y^e
Came in y^e Gar[illegible], y^e Conveyor to
virginee in which shipe Carry Capt
Mathewse and my Ld Commission
for y^e [Taxes], his Ld.shipe writt home
for Recruts and S[laves], which will be
sentt him by y^e next Conveyor, Coll^ll
Quarree is [Head] [illegible] Jenerall
and one Morryseson, of Lincols in, is
[Head] Judge of y^e admiralty from
Maryland to Boston, wee had not any
newse but of y^e prosecution of y^e ware
w^th all vigor, y^e Earl of Oxford is ded, and
y^e son and [Earle] of y^e duke of Malboroe
is all from y^r