WarbeinginamannercommencedwithFrance, thegovernmentofMassachusettsBayprojectedanattackuponCrownPoint,[95] , , afterwardGovernorPownall, toNewYork, , knewitstemper, 'scountryman, heappli', , (whichincludedthiswithothersumsgrantedfortheuseofthecrown), unlessaclausewereinsertedexemptingtheproprietaryestatefrombearinganypartofthetaxthatwouldbenecessary, theAssembly, tho' verydesirousofmakingtheirgranttoNewEnglandeffectual, , buthewasobstinate.
Ithensuggestedamethodofdoingthebusinesswithoutthegovernor, byordersonthetrusteesoftheLoanoffice, which, bylaw, , indeed, littleornomoneyatthattimeintheoffice, andthereforeIpropos'dthattheordersshouldbepayableinayear, 'dtheprovisionsmighteasilybepurchas', withverylittlehesitation, , , togetherwiththerevenuearisingfromtheexcise, whichbeingknowntobemorethansufficient, theyobtain'dinstantcredit, andwerenotonlyreceiv'dinpaymentfortheprovisions, butmanymoney'dpeople, whohadcashlyingbythem, vesteditinthoseorders, whichtheyfoundadvantageous, astheyboreinterestwhileuponhand, andmightonanyoccasionbeusedasmoney; sothattheywereeagerlyallboughtup, 'dthankstotheAssemblyinahandsomememorial, wenthomehighlypleas'dwiththissuccessofhisembassy, andeverafterboreformethemostcordialandaffectionatefriendship.
NOTES:
[93] The "round, selfish, andself-important" squireofDonQuixoteinCervantes' romanceofthatname.
[94] MyactsinMorris'stime, military, etc.—.
[95] OnLakeChamplain, ninetymilesnorthofAlbany.ItwascapturedbytheFrenchin1731, attackedbytheEnglishin1755and1756, andabandonedbytheFrenchin1759.ItwasfinallycapturedfromtheEnglishbytheAmericansin1775.
