him to be arrested in an action of account at his Ma'y 3 suit, upon which hee lies a prisoner to answer it at the Court appointed for the management of his Maty 8 Revenue

Mr Santen since Ms commitm* hath been soe unruly @ abusive to mee and the Council that in our own defence, Wee are force't to send him home, tbreatning us with Chains at least for what wee have done, councilors

The names of y e Councilors Major Anthony Brockhells Frederick Flipson

Stephen V Courtlandt

John Spragg Gervis Baxter

The Council thought fit not to give Mr. Santen his oath as appears by the Minutes of Council John Young had his oath given him but hee lives 1 50 miles from this, @ has no estate of his own and very old, that it is a thing impossible for him to serve There being a clause in my Instructions wherein I am limited not to act without five, therefore Mr John Spragg @ Major Jervis Baxter going for England, and there not being a sufficient number to make a quorum, I have by Vertue of a clause in my letters Patents, impowring mee in case of absence out of the Government death or Suspension to add of the principal Freeholders) given the

oath to Judge Palmer and Nicolas Bayard the present Mayor to serve in the Council until his Maty 8 pleasure be known

And whereas there is a clause in my instructions to send over the names of six persons more fitt to supply the vacancy of the Council six of the fittest I find in this Government are as followeth