TheAssemblyfinallyfindingtheproprietaryobstinatelypersistedinmanaclingtheirdeputieswithinstructionsinconsistentnotonlywiththeprivilegesofthepeople, butwiththeserviceofthecrown, resolv'dtopetitionthekingagainstthem, andappointedmetheiragenttogoovertoEngland, , grantingasumofsixtythousandpoundsfortheking'suse (tenthousandpoundsofwhichwassubjectedtotheordersofthethengeneral, LordLoudoun), whichthegovernorabsolutelyrefus'dtopass, incompliancewithhisinstructions.
IhadagreedwithCaptainMorris, ofthepacketatNewYork, formypassage, andmystoreswereputonboard, whenLordLoudounarriv'datPhiladelphia, expressly, ashetoldme, toendeavouranaccommodationbetweenthegovernorandAssembly, thathismajesty', hedesir'dthegovernorandmyselftomeethim, , Iurgedallthevariousargumentsthatmaybefoundinthepublicpapersofthattime, whichwereofmywriting, andareprintedwiththeminutesoftheAssembly; andthegovernorpleadedhisinstructions, thebondhehadgiventoobservethem, andhisruinifhedisobey'd, , thoughIoncethoughtIhadnearlyprevail'dwithhimtodoit; butfinallyheratherchosetourgethecomplianceoftheAssembly; andheentreatedmetousemyendeavourswiththemforthatpurpose, declaringthathewouldsparenoneoftheking'stroopsforthedefenseofourfrontiers, andthat, ifwedidnotcontinuetoprovideforthatdefenseourselves, theymustremainexpos'dtotheenemy.
