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gov. dongan’s report on the province of new-york.

in one of his fitts @ indeed they met with such reception as they deserved, the sheriffs took noe othernotice ol them than to send them to mee Whereupon I being somewhat surprised at his manner ofproceedure called him before the Council where (being asked how he came to issue forth such war-rants) his answer was that to his knouledge the Lord Treasurer did soe in England, But here I wouldask Capt Santen why ho hath not given a better account of Such Quit rents &c as have passed throughhis hands

To the Tenth concerning my covetousness as he is pleased to term itHere (if Mr. Santen speaks true in saying I have been covetous) it was in the management of thissmall revenue to the best advantage, @ had Mr Santen been as just as I have been careful, the Kinghad not been in debt, as I had more in my pocket than now I haveIt may be true when I called for the King’s money @ accompts from Mr Santen @ I met with un-becoming returns I might use some passionat expressionsAnd as for my pinching Officers if hee means himself it was because he took it very ill that Iwould not allow him 7 or 800 pounds extravagant expenses, As for Fran. Barber I never spoke aword to him of salary in my life @ and leave it to the audit what acct hee gives of the Revenue of thatCounty for three years @ on half

7b the Eleventh concerning the excise of Long Island £fcWhat Mr Santen says concerning the offer of £52 for the excise p r a year may bee true I thoughtit very unreasonable that the excise of three Countys should be farmed for soe little, therefore I fixedupon Mr Vaughton @ Mr. Nicolls looking upon them to bee honest men @ agreed with them for£20 P P» @ what they could make over @ above they should deliver to Mr Santen That Dan.Whitehead offered me three pounds for my license it is false, or that I had £10, from Nicolls @Vaughton is likewise false as doth appear by Mr Nicolls testimony @ would by that of Mr Vaughtonwere hee here. Neither had I even any mony for licenses since I came into this Government exceptfrom Albany @ this place £24, but on the contrary gave it all to the collectors of the respectivecountys for their encouragement

To the twelfe concerning Mr Pretty fyc.

Mr. Pretty is Sheriff of that County @ having a great deal of other concerns upon his hands forthe King @ countreys service, that being a frontier County to Canada , soe that hee could not possiblyattend the Surveyors place I put in William Shaw who had that place before in the time of S r Ed-mond Andros @ as Mayor Brockhelles informs us behaved himself faithfully therein. And as to hisallegation in his memorandums that Shaw was put in for satisfaction for two or three years pay dueto him, it is wholly untrue as does appear by the testimony of Mayor Baxter, Mr Coker, @ by thereceipt under Shaws own hand

7b the Thirteenth concerning the deprivations of the Officers fycThis John Smith is a man that if hee were as honest as hee is able the King had had more justicedone him @ Mr. Santen more money in his pocket. What account S r Ben Bathurst gave mee of himI have already acquainted yr Lon’s -with, @ for what reason hee was turned out of the Custom Houseis herein before given to your Lors.

To the Fourteenth concerning the Pasture of Albany fycAs for this of the Pasture , he is mistaken, it was never yet in the King’s hands, but hee that wasthe commander took some profits of it, which was a great grievance to the people it having beenpatented by governor Nicolls to several people @ by them built upon whose buildings have been