Sr his Ex^y finds it absolutely necessai-y to make the Expence for the Palatins as little as possible, and conceiving that the Article of Beer may be much retrenched he has Commanded me

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to let you know that he would have you take beer only for the men that work and not for their familys till you receive further orders I have wrote to M'" Sacket to conferr w'^^ you ab^ this if you think fit which is left to your own Judgem* to do or not to do.

I beheve there are a great many widows and Orphans among the people I wish I could know how many that they might be turned to some use, or be no longer a burthen pray inform y self and let me know as soon as you can I am &c.

R. H.

GOV. HUNTER TO MR CAST.

[ From the French. ]

New York 6th Sept. 1712.

Sir, I have at length exhausted all the money & credit I was master of for the support of the Palatines, and have, thereby, I assure you, embarrassed myself with difficulties which I know not how to sm-mount if my bills of exchange be not paid. If however I were able to go on, that would not discourage me, having such ample orders from her Majesty to subsist them that I doubt not her goodness to reimburse me. Therefore, I have no desire that the people quit their establishments now the work has arrived at such a point of perfection. To prevent tlieir perishing and the total abandonment of the work, I have devised this expedient which you will commmiicate to them, and then execute.