Upon wliich I sent for the Justice he nam'd, and expostulated with him the unreasonableness of sucli their proceedings being convinced that the present Incumbent had aU tlie right that one act of assembly could give to that senary etc: and in the presence of several Gentlemen now in toun told him that they should not flatter themselves that the necessitous Circumstances of the Incumbent might prevent or delay Justice for he sliould have my purse to carry on the suit

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to all the lenghthfi the cause reqmr'd or the law would permitt, and accordingly wr te o M"" Poyer to that purpose which letter M^ Renier undertook to dehver Judge Coe declining to do't ahedging that it was carrying his own condemnation.

Hearing nothing from M^ Poyer and being Inform''d that he had not made any one step toward what I had advised I took occasion being upon Long Island to pay him a visit and in the presence of many Gentlemen press'd him again to commence Ms suit at my cost there being no possible final determination of that matter besides the method propos'd. Sometime after when M'" Poyer came to see me, I beg'd of him that since nothing I had said could prevail with him to putt his case In suit, he would be pleas'd to give me In writing what he would have me do for his reliefe. All the answer he gave me was this that he had Long since submitted that matter to his superiors and without their advice he could not move in it.