Peace who can fully Inform your Excellency of ^tlieir proceedings, and also of the Cliurch wardens, Vestrymen and other officers ConcernYl therein, and of the Severall Defaults or neglects, any persons liave been guilty of in y^ Execution of those acts, out of tlieir books In which (I suppose) is enter'd all y'' transactions relating to y® whole matter yo^" Excellencys Questions seem to enquire of, and I do assure your Excellenc}' I have not received one ffarthing of my saUary dues by vertue of tliose acts since my Induction.

This, I humbly hope joyn'd with ye memorials and Petitions I formerly preferr'd, wall sufficiently inform yo^" Excellency of the state of my Case, and answer your Excellency's end, since that is already transmitted to yc Lord Bishop of London by May it please your Excellency

Your Excellencys most obed^ Jamaica January humble Servant

30 h 17H Tho^ Pover.

*COLL HEATHCOTE

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY EOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPFX

New York Jany 30th 1711

Sir -- Since my last of tlie 5^*^ Ins' I have had the surprising account of a Representation drawn up by some of tlie Gentlemen of the Clergy concerning the State of the Church at Jamaica

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wlierein t!iey liiive laid the blame of those misfortunes on Coll Hunter's ill conduct. If the information we Iislyg relating to this matter are true the Gentlemen of the Clergy must unwarily be led into that matter bein^ otherwise impossible so many good men could be guilty of so great a mistake. It is true when some of the alterations were made in some of the*Ofiiccrs in that County on which the Government Enemies would charge the Churcli's ruin tliere I was not a little surprised at it myself and was of that mind for some time until Coll Hmiter convinced me both by words and actions that wheTt he did was for want of thorough knowledge of the tempers of those who had advised him to it and assured me if they would but for a while be easy under it they should be restored or have others to their satisfliction and of this they were told however designing men have ever suice kept up the ilame and have made them take contrary resolutions notwithstanding tlie pains that others besides myself have taken with them on that account as my letters by this conveyance to the Society will inform you had the Intent of the representation had no other plot than to have procured peace to the Church in Jamaica & to have served her interest there tlie Gentlemen of the Clergy would have been coUncilled and have taken therein the advice of the Members of the Society in these I)arts and the first and most regular step would have been to have laid it before the Governor and if no relief was to be had on this side the Water then to have applied home for it and had they been pleased to put it to this issue neither the Society the Clergy nor we should have any trouble in this matter because long iDefore any representation was made M'" Poyer had all the fair otfers in order to liis relief he could desire of which I have been particular in my letters by the mast fleet and this conveyance, I have since my being informed of this representation endeavoured to inform myself the best manner I could concerning that affair whicli is as follow^eth