intends thereby those vessels that come Avithin Sandy-Hook, the people of East-Jersey pretending a right to the river soe farr as their province extends which is eighteen miles up the river to the northward of this place

West Jersey remaining as it does will be no less inconvenient to this Goverm

for the same reasons

@ that so near situate to us that its more for their convenience to have commerce here than any where else, @ under those circumstances that if as East Jersey, they both making but one neck of land

there were a warr either with Christians or Indians they would not bee able to defend themselves

without the assistance of this Goverm 1

.

To bee short, there is an absolute necessity those provinces and that of Connecticut be annexed The three lower Countys of Pennsylvania have been a dependency on this place @ a great many of the inhabitants persons that removed thither from this Goverm and I doe not believe it was Ms

intention to annex it to Pennsylvania, nor to have

it subject to the same laws it being the Pen there has been of great detriment to this place in hindring the Tobacco to come hither as formerly, for then there came two shipps for one that comes now Beaver @ Peltry taking up but small Stowage in shipps

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King's own land, the doing whereof by mr

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And indeed it were in my opinion very necessary for the advantage of this place @ increase of his Mat> revenues that it were soe ordered that the Tobacco of these countrys may bee imported hither s