TheofficeofjusticeofthepeaceItry'dalittle, byattendingafewcourts, andsittingonthebenchtohearcauses; butfindingthatmoreknowledgeofthecommonlawthanIpossess'dwasnecessarytoactinthatstationwithcredit, Igraduallywithdrewfromit, excusingmyselfbymybeingoblig', withoutmyeveraskinganyelectorforhisvote, orsignifying, eitherdirectlyorindirectly, , mysonwasappointedtheirclerk.
Theyearfollowing, atreatybeingtobeheldwiththeIndiansatCarlisle, thegovernorsentamessagetotheHouse, proposingthattheyshouldnominatesomeoftheirmembers, tobejoin'dwithsomemembersofcouncil, ascommissionersforthatpurpose.[88] TheHousenamedthespeaker () andmyself; and, beingcommission'd, wewenttoCarlisle, andmettheIndiansaccordingly.
