In the meantime We have receivd another Petition from Mulford, praying Dispatch in our Report upon tlie Papers our Secretary sent you the 19th of Septemb last : We must desire therefore from You a full Answer to those Papers ; and particularly as to the Right of the Crown ; and that you would inform us what Quantitysof Whales are Caught in your Government Comunibus annis ; In what Condition that ffishery is, & has been for some yeurs past, especially since your being in this Government, whetlier other persons have paid & continue to pay tlie Dues you demanded & which Mulford Complains of; What these Dues may Amount to one Year with Another, & how the profit arising by them is Apply 'd.

Upon tills Occasion We must observe to you, that we hope you give all due Encouragem^ to that Trade.

M' Pldlips has laid before us the Address from the General Assembly of New York to You about ^Mulford & at tlie same time acquainfed us that he had reason to believe your Answer to Mulfords Complaints was lost in the Ship Mercury.

AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE REV^' M'" PHILI-IPS AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN.

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