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 T6 LETTERS OF JOHN ANDREWS.

i • -' insure, ii] .« >n record, the conduct of those who have had the temer- ity to continue in office. A- tin- Congress keep all their transac- tions a profound secret, am indebted to your uncle Joe for the above intelligence.

December Stk. Saw Captain Shoe again this morning, who shew me a letter from Bertie Shee of your city, acquainting him that he had paid all the debts left in the Memorandum, among which was

Griffin's, ami at the same time requesting Captain Shee to send him a draft for £200 on Messrs. Miffiins, to reimburse him for what he had advane'd.

December ~tli. The town met this day and made choice of sixty one, principally young fellows to see that the association of the Con- gress is pul in execution.

I), • ember 8th. Wrote you by the post, and return'd Captain Shee's draft for £6, your currency, which he declines paying.*

��* The following letter sent by post, referred to in the text: —

" Boston, 8th December, 1774.

"DeaiiWill, — Have been a long while waiting tor a private opportunity to write you, and as none has offer'd, am necessitated to put you to the expence of postage. Its about ten days since I waited upon Captain Hamilton and presented his note for pay- ment with your compliments. He reply M that he must write Mr. Griffin about it and did not say whether he would pay it or not.

•• Miuiit three weeks since I presented the draft to Captain Shee, who stammer'd much about it, and told me he had left orders with Bertie Shee of your city to pay it; therefore desir'd of me to suspend the matter till he heard from him. Last Tuesday I waited upon him again, when he shew me a letter from that Gt nth man, wherein he advis'd him of having paid all y; debts of which he left a mem., and ( 'aptain Shee said Mr. Gritlin's was among 'em, and therefore advis'd me to send it back again, which I now inclose you, and as you neglected to make an indorsement upon it, am oblig'd to return it without a regular protest.

" Mr. Blackwood has accepted the draft on him, and by his conduct believe he intends to pay it. Have seen Mr. l'rideaux, who likewise tells me that he will pay his note. Must depend altogether upon their Honor, as the times are such that they cannot be be compell'd, and in haste, Yours etc'a.

" Jmo. Animu w >.

" P. S. You may think it odd for me to have mentioned as I have respecting those demands on the Officers, without previously acknowledging the receipt of them — but that, you must know, is done in the Budget, which I dont much expect to have a private opportunity to send you till the Spring. There's nothing in particular new among us at present, save that the transports are fitting out with the greatest expedition, though their destination is not known. It has been rumour'd for some days past that more or less of the troops arc going to leave us, but [what] foundation there is for the report I cant learn. The arrival of a number of men of war causes much speculation here, as we cant conceive of the expediency of sending out such large ships. Some conjecture that they are going to block up all the harbours in this province, and others that the principal ports on the Continent will [be] subjected [to] that inconvenience."

Address: "Mr. William Uarrell, Merchant, Philadelphia, p. post." Postmarked, " Boston, Dec. 6. Postage 1 I 10."

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