Therefore have I resolved to commissi<jn and qualify Balthazar Bayard to that end, as he Is licreby commissioned and qualified to assume the said estate fcr tlio two-third parts tliereof which belong tc the government, with said guai'diar.s by name, .Mlss'- John Lawrence, Stcphfmus van Cortlandt and Walter Wcbly, for the onethird part thereof inlierited by them ; to adjust and settle the debts and credits; tot-ell the remaining pers<jnal property, and thereof to deliver into the Secretary's ofilcc perthient account and balance when order shall be issued what further disp<isition shall be made therein. Dated, Fop-T "Willem Hexdp.ick, 1st of Xov., 1673. "a

Lewis Morris addressed the follo'.ving to the Governor-General some time during the same month : --

TO THE IIOXOEABLE AXTIIONY COLOE. GOTERXOK-GEXERAL OF NEW XETHERLAXD. Eight Hon^^'^ Sip. : -- "TMiereas departing on your pass from New Orange to Oyster Bay, and so to New Haven, I have recovered there some of the missing estate belonging to my nephew's plantation within your jurisdiction ; I therefore humbly request you to be pleased to grant me a pass to en.able mc to bring said property which belongs to my nephew who is one of j-our subjects with the sloop belonging to my cousin's plantation known by the name of Bro.ck's Land, or to New Orange, or to Oyster Bay, or to Sylvester's Islan.d ; my affairs being such, your compliance here\\'ith will oblige me to be and remain.

Your Honour's faithful friend, in the name and at tlie request of