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 " A REPRESENTATION to the F 
 " between Gilbert Barkly of Phih 
 « Hay of Quebec:' 
 
 I WENT to Philadelphia, in "July, 1762, as Mr. Barkly meiltio 
 with him, for our whole Tranfaftions in Trade, from the Commi 
 nerihip, bearing Date the 14th Day of June, 1 756, as he had a 
 Philadelphia, concerning the fame, preceding the Time Heft him at 
 to fettle with me for any of our former Tranfaftions at Philadelphia, I^t 
 ,7^7, which- were confiderable •, he only would fettle with me fi 
 andconfequently an Agreement was drawn up betwixt us, dated the 
 there is the following Paragraph, viz. ■ , e 
 
 " And it is further ^reed, as the above Settlement is only trom s 
 " keep'd by John Hay at ^ebec, and not fully fatisfaftory to Gilber 
 " Books, if any Miftake is found prejudicial to the Intercft of the^ 
 «' (ball be reftified and paid to him, by the faid John Hay •, and in 
 '»» Miftake (hall or may happen, prejudirisil to the Intereft of the ix 
 " hiti) by Gill>ert Barkly : And that in Cafe the faid John Hay Ihoulu I 
 " fions, (^c. that may have happened in the liiid Gilbert Barkly's Be 
 " be at free Liberty to examine the fame." 
 
 Bvthe above Article, I reckoned myfelf fully entitled to aRevifal ol 
 at any Time thereafter, which was the Reafon of my figning faid A 
 my agreeing to take Two Hundred and Forty Pounds ^r.becCim 
 gained at Louijhourg Ls mentioned. The Sum I obliged myfelf to pi 
 fand Two Hundred and Forty Pounds, one Shilling, ^.-becQurctn 
 Paragr,aph, in tlie above mentioned Settlement ar Philadelphia. 
 
 " The 'laid John Hay binds and obliges himlelf, to pay to the 
 " Three Thoufand Two Hundred and Forcy Pounds, One Sliil 
 " Space of Nine Months after the Date hereof, being his full T 
 •' Debts, EflFefts and Prtofits gained in CtinrJa till the 30th Day < 
 " Coftof a Cargo of Goods, lent from hence to Stuebec, per the 
 •' August laft. In Confideration t'aereof, the I'ihI Gilbert Barkly rcl 
 " tentionshehad to the Goods, Debts, Effl-a'i and Profits mCana 
 The Vendue Mr. Barkly mentions, was in Confceiuence of the f 
 
 ment. 
 
 " It is mutually agreed by both Panies, That whatever Part o 
 « ftiall be difpofed of at publick Vendue, before the firft Day of 
 «• drcd and Sixty-three." 
 
 All the Goods and EffeAs, belonging to the Company in Canaa 
 fore the lothDay of April, 1763, Part of which were bought in 01 
 was of Ufe to the Sale about Three Hundred Pounds this Current 
 Articles, they would have been fold to others for that Sum lels •, ai 
 I had not an equal Right with others to purciiafe. 
 
 It is trUjB, in October, 1763, I remitted to Gilbert Barkly, by j 
 duc-Mafter's Accompts; alio Gilbert Barkly'% Accompt Current w 
 was only a Balance due tdhim, of Two Hundred and P'orty-feven 
 Pence, ^ebec Currency, in which Accompt, I did charge the T 
 Mr. Bvkly faysj but this cannot by, any Means, obftru.ft any futui 
 upon the did Gilbert Barkly, providing I (hould find anv Erroi 
 Books at Philadelphia, to my Prejudice. 
 
 From this State of the Cafifc the impartial Work! will obferve, 
 and what Reafons my Counfel had to udvife the Cancelling of the i 
 the Examination of the Company's Books at Philadelphia, fince tht 
 
S W E R S 
 
 TED LIBEL, 
 
 ENTITLED 
 
 TATION to the Public, of Affiilres 
 IT Barkly of Philadclphiay and John 
 
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 r«/v, 1762, as Mr. Barkly ment'iotw, in Ortkrto fettle there fully 
 klions in Trade, from the Commencement of our Articles in Part- 
 iDay of 7««, 1756, as he had all the Books in his PonefTion, at 
 , preceding the Time I left him at Loutflmirg ■, but he did not chuft. 
 ler Tranfaftions at Philadelphia, New-Tork ami Halifax, m the Year 
 he only would fettle with me for our Tranfodions in Canada, 
 IS drawn up betwixt us, dated the 25th of Oftaber, 1762, in which 
 
 he above Settlement is only from an Abftraft taken from the Books, 
 and not fully fatisfaaory to Gilbert Barkly, That uvK>n revifmglaid 
 prejudicial to the Intereft of the Ikiil Gilbert Barkly, that the fame 
 im, by the faid John Hay •, and in like Manner, if any Omiflion or 
 irejudiritil to the Intereft of the fa:d Jchn Hay, that it ftiall be paid 
 X in Cafe the faid John Hay IhouM linil or M\>cd. any Erro \ or Omif- 
 cned in the liiid Gilbert Barkly's Books at Philadelphia, 'at he fhall 
 
 le fame." • r- , 
 
 1 myfelf fully entitled to aRevifal of all our formerConcerns inTrade, 
 s the Reafon of my figning faid Agreement, wherein that Claule ot 
 ed and Forty Pounds i^rbec Currency, for my Share ot the Profits 
 The Sum I obliged myfelf to pay Gilbert BarMy was Three Thou- 
 unds, one Shilling, i^a.'i.v Currency, wHxh aj^Jrears by the following 
 ed Settk-mcnt at Philadelphia. 
 
 d obliges himlllf, to pay to the faid Gilbert Barkly, The Sum of 
 ■ed and Forty Pounds, One Shilling, Quebec Currency, within the 
 he Date hereof, being his full Two Tliirds Siiare of all the Goods, 
 ncd in Canada till the 30th Day of Jpril, 1762 : Alfo the full firft 
 It from hence t) S>uebec, per the Sloop Diamond, the i8th Day of 
 t'aercof, tiit- I'.v.d Gilbert Barkly rcfignsto the faid John Hay, all Pre- 
 Debts, Effe^'i and Profits in Canada, to the 30th of April laft." 
 :ions, was in Confceiuence of the following Paragraph in faid Agrcc- 
 
 3th Parties, That whatever Part of the faid Goods ;emains on Hand, 
 Vendue, before the firft Day of Jpril, One Thoufand Seven Hun- 
 
 elonging to the Company in Canada, were fold at public Vendue, be- 
 3, Part of whicli were bought in on my Accompt, by which Means I 
 iree Hundred Pounds this Currency •, for if I had not bought ieveral 
 fold to others for that Sum Ids •, and the Public may judge, whether 
 hers to purchafe. 
 
 I remitted to Gilbert Barkly, by Jamer Skinner, his Clerk, tlie Vcn- 
 Ibert Barkly\ Accompt Current with me, to that Time, where there 
 of Two Hundred and Forty-feven Pounds, Eleven Shillings and Six- 
 ich Accompt, I did charge the Two Hundred and Forty Pounds, as 
 
 by, any Means, obftru.a any future KecoiiHe, I ought or might have, 
 providing I (hould find anv Errors or' Omiflions, in the Company's 
 rejudice. 
 
 the impartial World will obferve* What Reatbns I had toafk Couniel, 
 ;d to bdvife the Cancelling of the above Agreement, will appear after 
 y's Books at Philadelphia, fmce the Commencement of the Partnerrtup. 
 
On Ml. Barkly'^ Arrival here, 1 treated him, in every Ret'peft, as a Pcrfon I would willingly keep 
 on gooil Terms of Friendfhip with, and did fleliver him all the Books and Pupers necctlary to give him 
 a till! Light into ail my Tranra«ikion» in Traile in Q'nada, \n which were ilic nooks he mentions : And. 
 a regular Set matle out from the Day-books in the Years 1759 and 1760, at which Time I had no 
 Clci-k to afTift mc in writing in the Day -Books, making out my Accompts, tollcding niy Debts, and 
 writing and copying my Letters (nor could there any be procured at that Time here.) But upon Mr. 
 Barkly's afking nie for faid Day-books, I readily gave them to him, and in which Books, from the 
 Hurry and Confufion Bufincfs was carried on here at that Time, I make no Doubt but many Errors 
 may appear, both to Mr. Barkly'i Prejudice (hd,minei but the " Widh St: ides" Mr. Barkly favs 
 are taken to defraud him, I flatter myfclf, thiTCandid and Impartial will ful'pend their Opinion of, tdl 
 Time and the Courfe of Juftice may put them i^ a juft Light. I afltcd a Pcrfon, whom I thought was 
 a proper Accomptant, and defired of^him, if he would engage to examine my Books "vith Mr. Barkly, 
 but he refufcd to doit-, and confcious of no Fraud in my Books, reflgned the Whole of them to Mr. 
 Barkly and his Clerks, to make them out in any Manner they pleafedv and told Mr. Barkly, that I 
 (hould be always ready to anfwer him any Qiicftion he w>nted from tnt concerning the lannc, which / 
 frequently did. As to my Clerk, I told Mr. Barkly, he (hould give him any Afliftante he wanted, 
 but that he did not underltand how to poll: up Books regularly v however, by Mr. Rarkly'i Defirc, he 
 attended at examining the Books for fomc Time, but he had no Knowledge of any of the Tranfaftions 
 that were in faid Books, as he was not with me during that Time, and hail he been ciuahfied for fuch 
 a Tafk, I jiad no Occafion to feek further for an Accomptant. As to George Ricban, whom Mr. 
 Barkly got to examine the Books, I told faid Barkly that he was an idle, worthlefs, drunken Fellow, 
 and not fit for fuch a Talk -, and Mr, Barkly anfwercd, " that he would endeavour to keep him from 
 drinkinw," but I have feen faid Rieban, when he (laid at my Houfc, and was working at the Books, 
 fo drunK before Breakfaft tiiat he could fcarce (bind, notwithftanding of which he continued all the 
 Day working at my Books. A very fit Perfon to difcover Errors ! 
 
 Mr. Barkly and his Clerks muft have loft a Day, for they had all the Books in their Poffeinoh; 
 Monday the 3d oiSfptember, but the Morning of the 4th probably thev might have found the Books 
 I delivered to them milling •, for on that Morning, after ne had found them removed, de defired to 
 leave the Difpute that was betwixt us to Arbitration, and had the Bonds drawn out of that Date. There 
 were no Books or Papers taken from Mr. Barkly, but thofe I delivered to him here 1 and thofc Setsi of 
 Books wiiich he fays were polled by himlcif and Gtor^e Richan, muft have been wrote in the blank 
 Parts of the Books I delivered to him. ' . 
 
 The Reafon of my taking my Booki from Mr. Barkly, was. That as the Tranfaftions here were th<; 
 the laft Part of tiie Company's Concerns in Trade, I thought it was moft proper that we (hould begin 
 our Settlement from the Commencement of our Partncrlhip, and not at the Utter End of it, and carry on 
 regularly from the Beginning, the Profits or Lo(res that might have happened, in the different Places 
 where we were concerned in Trade ; as had the Canada Connexions been finally adjurted, I found from 
 former Experience, that I could not conlide in Mr. Barkly to do me Juftice, for all, or any of our for- 
 mer Concerns in Trade. Thus much for Answer. 
 
 Tc which J do fubjoi9 the following Narrative of our principal franfaifious in Trade, prior to our 
 
 Canada Concerns. 
 
 ON the 14th Day of June, 1756, a Partnerlhin was agreed on and concluded between GiUert 
 Barkly, another Peribn, and myfelf, under the Firm of Barkly i^ H<rf ; and Mr. Barkly, in 
 Confcquence thereof, proceeds for Europe to purchafc Goods for the Company. 
 
 In January, 1757, he returned to W/Va^iw* with a Car^o of Goods from Europe, amounting to 
 One Thoufand Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Pounds, Six Pence, Sterling, which were partly 
 difpofed of there agreeable to the above Firm, and in Mity or June following the Remainder (with other 
 Purchafes to the Amount of Four Thoufand Seven Hundred and Eighty-fix Pounds, One ShiUmg and 
 Three Pence, Philadelphia Currency) were (hipped and embarked with the Fleet and Army to Halifax, 
 where we difpofed of the fame to Advantage, under die Firm above mentioned. 
 
 In November, 1757, Mr. flaV*/y embarked for Europe, and took with him Bills of Exchar^jC and 
 Prize Goods, to a greater Amount than would have paid the above Cargo from thence ; and in January 
 foMomnB I v/ent to New-rerk And Philadelphia, each to make good our Engagements, andprofccute 
 a Plan for future Operations, and accordingly Mr. Barkly met me at Halifax, m May 1 758, with 
 another Carao of Goods from Europe, amounting to Two Thoufand Three Hundred and Eighty-two 
 Pounds, Eight Pence, Sterling j this we partly difpofed of at Halifax, and afterwards proceeded for 
 the Fleet and Army at Louijhourg; and remitted on Accompt, to our Fnet»d m £««/>^ from the 
 Camp before that Place, Bilk of Exchange to the Amount of TwoThoufand One Hundred and Seventy- 
 three Pounds, Eighteen Shillings and Five Pence, Sterling; and afar the Reduftior. of L««iA«r^ 
 many Purchafes were made by us, of Prize Goods and VefTas which enabled us to load there, Three 
 VelTels for different Markets, to the Amount of Three Thoufand and Twenty-four Pounds, Iwelye 
 Shillings and Eleven Pence, Halifax Cumncy, exdufiveofaStock remaining on Hand i fo^thatbyan 
 Inventory taken at Louijhourg, on ihe Firft Day o(Januar,,i759, ^^c greateft P^f «f T^J'Sf^Jj^^'^- 
 tory is wrote by Mr. Barkly himfelf •, a neat Balance of Profits (after Deduftion of aU the DeUs ^e 
 weJ^e then due) appears in Favour of the Houfc under the above Firm, of Five Thoufand Eight Hu?. 
 dred and Swty Pounds, three Pence, i/<i/«/tf* Currency. ,.„,#. . i,l-, j ui.- „. 
 
 In July I7M, I left Mr. Barkh zx Lomjhourg, and came to this Pllcci he went to Phtladelpbta, at 
 both 4ich PUiccs the Firm of the Houfe was to continue, till the Expiration of the Term ^rreed on, 
 w4h ended in June » 761. I went to Pkiladeltbia in July 1 762, m Order to fettle there ^lly wjh 
 
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 Ml". Barkly., for our whole Tranfaflion* in Trade, but wlunl arrived there, I did not know half (o 
 much of the Tranfaftions of our Trade at Pbiladelflitt, Nrx-Tork rnd Ihlif.ix^ in the Year 1757, 
 and at Louijiourg, in 1758, and 1759, as I do at prelcnt, and went to PhiladelpLa unprovided with 
 Relpe^l to it, as I expeded to have Icttled troin the Books wc keep'i. at the above IMaccs, which were 
 all in Mr. Barkly'n PolFelTion at Ptitadetpbia, and what I now know of our Tranfadions, at the above 
 Plates, is only from Invoices, Dills of Panwlls, Bills of I'.xchanRe, and Mr. R<irkly''i own Letters, 
 which I never thought I would have had Occafion to have Recourle to. 
 
 A few Days after my Arrival at Philoddphia, I pronos'd entcrlna on a .Settlement with Mr. Darkly, 
 and to bcfrin from the lirft Tranfaftions in Companyv«Mt this lie dbjeaed to, and inliflvd on the Ca- 
 nada Connexions to be firft difcufled-, this I agreeii to,' and on his deiiverinj^ tnc his Books, kcep'J 
 by him at Philadelphia, for the Canada Concerns, I Ix-gan to examine ihein, and foinul, on comparing 
 fomc of the firft Articles in his Account ag.itnft the Houfe in Crt;w</./, with the Invoices oftheCioods 
 which I had received. Overcharges againlt me, to the Amount of One Thoufand One 1 lundred and 
 Thirty-fix Pounds Seven Shillings, //«/(/fl* Currency-, inOne Cargo he charges me near double the firft 
 C<^ of it, and would have infifted on my paying the above Overcharges, if I had not had the original 
 Invoices to produce. Sljfery? Whether I have juft Rcafun to fay Mr. Barkly intended to defraud me, 
 for I defy him to deny the above Overcharges againft me, as they will appear all mentioned in tho 
 Account fettled at Philadelphia, 2/;th Otlober 1762, andfigned by him. 
 
 After we hatl nigh finiflied the Canada Accounts, I qucftioned Mr. Barkly about our former 
 Tranfaaiona, and particularly the /.flw/owr^ Concern, what became of it, to which he angrily replied. 
 What became of it think you ? I told him, that if he would give me the Books, keep'd by us there, 1 
 would fliew him ; he then gave me One of the Day-books keep'd at Louijhour^, commencing tlie firft 
 oi January 1759, and I began to make out an Account of .Saks from it; but Mr. 5rtr*/v, in a few Days 
 after, enter'd my Room, and ufed me with Language of an overbearing Difjxjlition, and told me, 
 I was no Partner in them Concerns, and Ihould have no Share of the Profits tliei-eol', as I was only his 
 Clerk. Whether Mr. Barkly'a Intentions were then, and now are, of making the Partnerlliip void, by 
 Reafon of his figning his Name to the faiil Articles, in a dilTerent Manner from what his Former wa-s 
 and his letter firm now is, I muft leave to the Publick to judge, but think it my Duty to give them 
 this Notice, and the Judicious no Doubt v;ill give it the Wcisjht it delcrves: But I have Reafon to 
 think that the third Perlbn refufed afting as a Partner, when ne dilcover'd it, and that the Company 
 was deprived of the Succours of a refpcdtable Houfe in London, on the fame Account. 
 
 After ftaying at Philadelphia upwards of three Months, the greateit Part of which Time I wa* 
 confiiied to my Room by Sickncfs, and the Fall being fo far advanced, was anxious of returning to 
 that Part of the Concern, more immediatly under my Cognizance, to the which I was the rather 
 prompted from the unfteady and overbearing Dilpofition of the faid Barkly, whole Thrcatnings, had 
 they been purfued, might have rendered abortive any future Method of doing myfelf Juftice, and 
 conlequently any Terms at fuchaTimc were agreeable tome to fign; however, in the fanv Pajjcr, 
 ■which he mentions I agreed to take the Two Hundred and Forty Pouniis as a Gratuity, there is alfo 
 "Mentioned, that I am to have free Liberty to examine his Bocks at Philadelphia. 
 
 Im n Letter of Mr. Barklfs to me. Dated " 24th September 1762." he writes as follows, viz. 
 
 " As to Affairs before you went to Canada, no Qiieftion but there was fomething got, and I will 
 " make a faithful State of it, and you fliall have your Proportion." And further, " At the fame 
 •' Time I own it hurts me that you fliould think of referring Matters betwixt you and me to others." 
 But I never faw this faithflil State, nor any Accounts concerning our Tranfaftions in Trade (either at 
 Philadelphia, New-Tork, Halifax or Louijlmirg) before I went to Canada, and defy Mr. Barkly to 
 fay that ever any fuch Accounts w.re fettled betwixt him and me. 
 
 In another of his Letters tor;--, d.ited, " Philadelphia, 2M\ September, 1762." Four Days after 
 the above, he writes i.". z. ^uite (iiiferent Stile, viz. 
 
 " How foon you gvK me fatisfaftory Accounts of your IntermilTions in my Affairs, you ftiall be 
 " paid your Salary, and not till then •, and I defire you'll prep.ire yourfelf for that Purpole, as I am 
 " determined to have it done, and not to be longer trifled with." And further, " You fpcak of 
 " References, I beg you'll tell me what you would have referred i I know I am obliged to implement 
 " my Engagements to you, this I never refufed." I leave it to the Publick to judge of the Incon- 
 fiftency of the above Two Letters: By the Latter he thinks I was only his Clerk, during the Whole 
 of our Tranfadtions in Trade, by which Means he thought to have defrauded me of my juft Right. 
 
 After what had pafTed betwixt Mr. Bcrkly and me, as above, I found I could not brin^ him to 
 a Settlement wich me from the Comincncement of our Partncrfhip, unlefs I had profecuted him on the 
 Articles thereof, which I was then averfe to do, for the following Reafons. 
 
 Firlt, That as I had a Regard for C'lbert Barkly?, Character, did not clnife to expofe him among 
 his Friends, by making it publick, that he had been guilty of figning his Name to the Partnerfliip, 
 in a quite different Manner from his ufual Way of finning. 
 
 Secondly, That if I had profecuted Gilbert Barkly at Philadelphia, I knew it would have hurt the 
 third Partner and hb Family greatly, as it ought not to have been known there that he was concerned 
 in Trade. 
 
 But for the above Lenity, wjiich I (hewed to Mr. darkly at Pbilcdelphia, I have received from 
 him here the greateft Ingratitude. 
 
 The 6th of September laft (at whicli Time I was confined to my Bed by Slcknefs) he goes and 
 fwears, that I was pofitively intlebted to him in the Sum of Eight Thoufand One Hundred and Nine- 
 teen Pounds One Shilling and Four-j5cnce Halifax Cuirency ; with what Propriety he could do this, I 
 lhj|U leave it to the impartial World to judge, after perufing what I have mentioned above-, and Ihould 
 
 any 
 
tny Perfon doubt of the Truth of what in above rcciteJ in thi» Na 
 tlic Trouble to call on me for a Sight of the Accounts and LcttcH, 
 Pleafiire. 
 
 I defy Mr. Barily to fay that ever I rcccivctl any Goods from I 
 mentioiicil Settlement at Phtlndelpbiin anil the Motives imlucin|ar \ 
 Debitor, for the Sum of Eight ThoufandOne 1 lundred «nd Nlm 
 Pence, the World nnlft judge: But nothing could be more unnai 
 Kind, and to arrcft me, when confirleil to my Bed by Sickncfs \ h 
 ing procured, and his own Declarations uf the Ultager there was o 
 pi Jin Indications V but my procuring Bail, ami recovering from th 
 trated his Defigns therein. 
 
 To convince the I'ublick, that 1 do not want to take any Adw 
 Thing fron^ him that 1 . unrcafonable, 1 am willing to deliver up a 
 Ibns Flands, all the Books and Papers concerning my Tranfaditio 
 was in Companywith Mr. Viorkly (which have never been feen b 
 fincc they were taken from him) ami will oblige myfelf to make g 
 on the Goods wh'ch he fent me to this Place, only difcounting th 
 Upon the faiil Mr. Bdri/y's agreeing to perform the following ( 
 FtrSl^ That he (hall make me a projier Acknowlwlgment for f\ 
 Stceniily, That he will oblige himfelt to fend for all the Company 
 ite at Philadelphia, and make a true andjuft Settlement with me 
 of our Partnerfliip, to the Expiration thereofi and to deliver up 
 which he may have, or pretemi Claim to, in and by Virtue of the 
 delphia, 25th Oif/e^^r 1762, and to oblige himfelf to make gooil 
 the Goods whicli belonged to the Company, preceeding the Tim 
 compting the proper Leakages and Waftage. Should Mr. Barkt 
 to 'come under any Penalty he (hall mention, to leave the whole o: 
 cided by Six or Seven indifferent Perlbns, to be chofen by us, an 
 Determination, and to pay Mr. Barkly whatever Ballance (hall apj 
 ny*s Books are balanced. 
 
 I never faw Mr. Barkly'i printed Lybel before the 1 zth Curra 
 from feeing it, or I would have given an Anfwer to it fooncr. 
 
 ' tjuEBBC, 2z^ OHobfr, 1764. 
 
 )0 
 
of what W above rccitnl in thi» Narrative, if they will give titeniftlvei 
 Sight of the Accounts and Lcctei^, (Jc. I will lm>w thc.n tu tbetn with 
 
 t ever I reccivctl any GwKh from him on my Account, finer the above- 
 lflpbi(i\ anil the MotivM irwlucing him, v> hring me in at a (jrctended 
 ; Thoul'anil One 1 lunilreii «ik1 Nmctecn Pounds One Sitillinj^ and Four 
 But nothing could be more unnatural, than to lay an Ai'lioii of that 
 :onfit<cil to my Bed by Sickncfsi his Ilxwedions of Angci, on B.ul be- 
 larationsottheUltegfr there was of my Life at the Time, thefc may bo 
 uring Bail, amirccovcring from that Sickncft, may probibly havefruf- 
 
 hat 1 do not want to take any Advantage of Mr. Batkh, or defire any 
 jnable, 1 am willing to deliver up and dcpofite, in any indifferent Per- 
 I'apcrs concerning my Tranfaaions in this Flace, during the Time I 
 ■kfy (which have never been fecn by me, or any other Perl<)n whatever, 
 ) ami will oblige myfelf to make good to him, all Errors or IXhcicncick 
 
 to this Place, only difcounting the proper Leakages and Walh»ge. 
 agreeing to perform the following Conditions: 
 le a proiier Acknowlwlgment for my Character. 
 
 : himfclt to fend for all the Company's Books, Pajiers and Accounts, which 
 a true and juft Settlement with me here, from the firft Commencement 
 niration thereof i and to deliver up ar * wave all, or any Advanti^s, 
 1 Claim to, in and by Virtue of the jve mentioned Settlement at Pbtla- 
 nd to oblige himfelf to make gooil to me all F.rrors or Dcficiencks, on 
 the Company, preceeding the Time I kf' lim at Leuijbourg, only dif- 
 ! and Waftage. Should Mr. Barkly agree to thefe Termns, I am willing 
 (hall mention, to leave the whole of our Tranfaftions in Trade to be de- 
 nt Perlbns, to be chofen by us, and will oblige myfelf to ftand to their 
 . barkly whatever Ballance Ihall appear due to him, after all the Compa- 
 
 intcd Lybel before the i zth Currant, as he induftrioufly prevented mc 
 ; given an Anfwer to it fooncr. 
 
 J O H N H A Y. 
 
 764. 
 
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