Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

I now find by youi-s (of w^^ I was ignorant before) yt ye Fault lies (tho' perhaps not wtf'out ye perswasions of some) at y"^ Clerk's Door : & if his Ex^y has formerly blam'd me for not complaining, why should I now be charged w^h seeking y', rather than my Duty : & y° assertion of being angry at others wlio do theirs, is, I humbly conceive, a little too severe, & includes a Beflection w"' a Figure : & I think, I ought not to have been censur'd instead of redressed.

This is not y^ first Instance of M^ Macknesh's Liberty in speaking : & had his Ex^y been pleased to liiat his Unconcernedness to me on other occasions, relating to yt Person, I singula not have given liim y^ Trouble of reading this last abusive Expression.

I am certain y^ my Designs in all my actions & Proceedings, in reference the Church here, are, & have been just & honest ; & my Conduct in ye method of doing the same will I hope, in a short time be determin'd in my Favour by others who are also my Superiors, and proper Judges.

You are pleased not without a seeming Bitterness, still to proceed in y^ third Paragraph, to charge me w*^ a Crime, w<='> (thanks be to God) I never was, & wish nobody else had ever been more guilty of, viz, of being found in bad company : & I am firmly perswaded, yt his Ex'^y dos not believe, yt I have