TheBritishgovernment, notchusingtopermittheunionofthecoloniesaspropos'datAlbany, andtotrustthatunionwiththeirdefense, lesttheyshouldtherebygrowtoomilitary, andfeeltheirownstrength, suspicionsandjealousiesatthistimebeingentertain'dofthem, , inVirginia, andthencemarch'dtoFrederictown, inMaryland, , fromsomeinformation, thathehadconceivedviolentprejudicesagainstthem, asaversetotheservice, wish'dmetowaituponhim, notasfromthem, butaspostmaster-general, undertheguiseofproposingtosettlewithhimthemodeofconductingwithmostcelerityandcertaintythedespatchesbetweenhimandthegovernorsoftheseveralprovinces, withwhomhemustnecessarilyhavecontinualcorrespondence, andofwhichtheypropos'.
WefoundthegeneralatFrederictown, waitingimpatientlyforthereturnofthosehehadsentthro' , din'dwithhimdaily, andhadfullopportunityofremovingallhisprejudices, bytheinformationofwhattheAssemblyhadbeforehisarrivalactuallydone, andwerestillwillingtodo, , thereturnsofwaggonstobeobtainedwerebroughtin, bywhichitappear'dthattheyamountedonlytotwenty-five, 'd, declar'dtheexpeditionwasthenatanend, beingimpossible, andexclaim'dagainsttheministersforignorantlylandingtheminacountrydestituteofthemeansofconveyingtheirstores, baggage, etc., notlessthanonehundredandfiftywaggonsbeingnecessary.
