As I stiU continue to be troubled by the people of the Massachusets Government I find myself Obliged to address your Honour for assistance and protection as an Inhabitant of this Province, which from the Long personal acquaintance I have had of your honour, and your Love for Justice, to protect the Inosent, and pumsh the Guilty, leaves me no room to doubt of your Honours readiness to defend me against the Incroachments of these restless people, and to fall upon some way Effectually to protect me from their Insults for the future.

• Two of my Tenants Michial Halenbeck and Josiah Loomis the former a tenant for above thirty years, & the latter about 12 whome as he was an ore Diger my Late Father gave liberty to build a small house on his ore bed for the Conveniency of liis family, these two persons liave been to Boston this winter, with David iDgersol of Sheffield, alias Westenliook, to Solicit the General Court for my Lands and returned 16 days agoe in high Spirits & Report among my other tenants that they had each =£10, given them by the General Court to bear their Expences and incouraged to go on in troubleing me with assurance to be baild by them in case this Government Should order tliem in ' Goal and to have all their Charges paid them, that a Committee was to come out about the middle of marcli to lay out a township m my mannor and tliat they had a letter from the General Court to M^ Lydius to baU Joseph Pain whome I last fall sued for