Dear Govern.^r I had the Fav.^r of your letter or y^e 5^th {^of} Ap.^r & am thankfull

My last to you, w^ch enclosed a Copy of y^en Merch.^t to Ld. Berrington was dated the {?7^th}

March. On y^e 23^d & 25^th I had Messages from y^e Dep^ty Judge Advocate, and y^e 31^st a Summons in

writing, to attend y^e Board of Gen.^l Off^rs next day (y^e 1^st April) When y^e Off.^rs who had signd y^e Memor

most of ‘Em also attended, as well as y^e Agents. The Result was that the Ag.^ts should purpose their

Acco.^ts according to a {?Farm} prescribed by the Board {^and I had a duplicate} [deleted] transmitted to me

[deleted] {^the 2^d of Ap.^r} for the Credit side to be certify’d & authenticated from the Bay Office Books:

This [deleted] {^credit side confirmed} the Full Pay of 40 [illeg] 40 [illeg] 30 {^Drum} [illeg] 3,000 [illeg] than [illeg]

[illeg] to y^r respective days of disbanding each Reg.^t {^& for each ag [illeg] [illeg]} deducting the Several Resp.^ts And on y^e other

Side {^of that account was charged} the paym.^ts [deleted] of all Kinds made by y^e Agents; such as paym.^ts Distributions {^of Quarters for} [illeg]

Recruits, Contingencys, Expec^[illeg] of dead men, Chaplains, Surgeons, Pursers Bills, War Men, [illeg]

Sick & Wounded, Off^rs making up sea Acco^ts Bounty Money, Clothing, Officers Pay {?respected}, &c &c

and The Memorialists refer’d themselves to the {?Crosings} they long since [deleted] gave in to y^e War Off^ce

which they said they should abide by. [deleted] The 18^th May I had a second summons to attend

to explain some Articles, which I did on y^e 25^th having that Morning sign’d my {?last} certificate

The Board, I am told, have [deleted] {^made} one report to his Maj.^ty (I have not seen it) and it seems they

Intend to [deleted] {^meet} again. At y^e End of y^e First Fortnight by sitting 15 {?stowrs} in a Day, my Legs

Suck’d & I became giddy, which [illeg] application [deleted] I did not

after to [illeg] As I was press’d by y^e Board, and had the Work of five and Twenty different

Hands to examine {^all poured in upon me, at {?Once}} which one cou’d assist me in: The Competation was Nothing, [illeg] the

Respects of y^e {?dead} Books was terrible tedious, from the Irregularity in compiling

them; as well as splitting y^e [illeg] of agents, the different Times in different

years; and re-examining many Acco^ts returned {^by me} to the Agents {^as} imperfect.

I was some weeks in y^e Country in 8^th & 9^th but my Man had possess’d themselves of

My Ladder Room, w.^ch oblig’d me to seek another Sleeping Roost. George Payne had married

all his Nieces but One before he dyed. How the affair of L.^d Colraine stands, I can’t certainly be

informed people very in their acco^t of it.

My best {^Respects} [deleted] [illeg] upon M.^rs Leighton & your self; I hope you are now both {^of your} perfectly recover{^d}

from the [illeg] season of the Winter {^pass’d}. I delivered your Comlem^ts at Alice’s & am to return

you theirs. As {^it} [deleted] is with you Our poor in Northonshire have suffer’d extremely by the

exorbitant price of all sorts of Grain, which scandalously holds up, notwithstanding y^e fine

prospect [deleted] of a fine Crop every where. I suppose yo^r Oats (not wild

Ones) are in y^e Ground & our ear this, and to yo.^r Satisfaction. I lament the publick

Injury done to yo.^r Fort {^by a storm of Wind} but hope you have thereby sustaind no Damage in yo {^own} private property.

We are all obliged to you [deleted] & yo^r Assistants for {^the} [illeg] {^of so much} Expedition in {^the} raising y^e Highland

Reg.^ts The former part of this Lr has been many Days wrote & I have since waited this Long

to know y^e Contents of y^e Report from y^e Gen.^l {^Board of Officers I am not yet acquainted w^th} particulars, but I hear

it s not {^given} much in Fav.^r of {^those} Marine Officers who petition’d – I desire to repeat my Complem^ts

to y^e & yor good Lady, being very truly D^r S^r

yo^r most faithfull & obed.^t humble Serv^t EH

Col. Leighton Gray’s Inn 27 June 1757

Dear Governor I had the Favour of your letter or y^e 5^th {^of} April & am thankful

My last to you, which enclosed a Copy of y^en Merch.^t to Ld. Berrington was dated the {?7^th}

March. On y^e 23^d & 25^th I had Messages from y^e Deputy Judge Advocate, and y^e 31^st a Summons in

writing, to attend y^e Board of General Officers next day (y^e 1^st April) When y^e Officers who had signed y^e Memor

most of ‘Em also attended, as well as y^e Agents. The Result was that the Agents should purpose their

Accounts according to a {?Farm} prescribed by the Board {^and I had a duplicate} [deleted] transmitted to me

[deleted] {^the 2^d of April} for the Credit side to be certified & authenticated from the Bay Office Books:

This [deleted] {^credit side confirmed} the Full Pay of 40 [illeg] 40 [illeg] 30 {^Drum} [illeg] 3,000 [illeg] than [illeg]

[illeg] to your respective days of disbanding each Regiment {^& for each ag [illeg] [illeg]} deducting the Several Respects And on y^e other

Side {^of that account was charged} the payments [deleted] of all Kinds made by y^e Agents; such as payment Distributions {^of Quarters for} [illeg]

Recruits, Contingencies, Expec^[illeg] of dead men, Chaplains, Surgeons, Pursers Bills, War Men, [illeg]

Sick & Wounded, Officers making up sea Accounts, Bounty Money, Clothing, Officers Pay {?respected}, &c &c

and The Memorialists referred themselves to the {?Crossings} they long since [deleted] gave in to y^e War Office

which they said they should abide by. [deleted] The 18^th May I had a second summons to attend

to explain some Articles, which I did on y^e 25^th having that Morning signed my {?last} certificate

The Board, I am told, have [deleted] {^made} one report to his Majesty (I have not seen it) and it seems they

Intend to [deleted] {^meet} again. At y^e End of y^e First Fortnight by sitting 15 {?Hour} in a Day, my Legs

Sucked & I became giddy, which [illeg] application [deleted] I did not

after to [illeg] As I was pressed by y^e Board, and had the Work of five and Twenty different

Hands to examine {^all poured in upon me, at {?Once}} which one could assist me in: The Competation was Nothing, [illeg] the

Respects of y^e {?dead} Books was terrible tedious, from the Irregularity in compiling

them; as well as splitting y^e [illeg] of agents, the different Times in different

years; and re-examining many Acco^ts returned {^by me} to the Agents {^as} imperfect.

I was some weeks in y^e Country in 8^th & 9^th but my Man had possessed themselves of

My Ladder Room, which obliged me to seek another Sleeping Roost. George Payne had married

all his Nieces but One before he died. How the affair of Lord Colraine stands, I can’t certainly be

informed people very in their account of it.

My best {^Respects} [deleted] [illeg] upon M.^rs Leighton & your self; I hope you are now both {^of your} perfectly recover{^d}

from the [illeg] season of the Winter {^passed}. I delivered your Compliments at Alice’s & am to return

you theirs. As {^it} [deleted] is with you Our poor in Northamptonshire have suffered extremely by the

exorbitant price of all sorts of Grain, which scandalously holds up, notwithstanding y^e fine

prospect [deleted] of a fine Crop every where. I suppose your Oats (not wild

Ones) are in y^e Ground & our ear this, and to your Satisfaction. I lament the public

Injury done to your Fort {^by a storm of Wind} but hope you have thereby sustained no Damage in your {^own} private property.

We are all obliged to you [deleted] & your Assistants for {^the} [illeg] {^of so much} Expedition in {^the} raising y^e Highland

Regiments The former part of this Letter has been many Days wrote & I have since waited this Long

to know y^e Contents of y^e Report from y^e General {^Board of Officers I am not yet acquainted with} particulars, but I hear

it s not {^given} much in Favour of {^those} Marine Officers who petitioned – I desire to repeat my Compliments

to y^e & your good Lady, being very truly Dear Sir

your most faithful & obedient humble Servant EH

Col. Leighton Gray’s Inn 27 June 1757