This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...to have free ports to trade as they please, which if admitted must certainly destroy yor Majtie#s interest and revenue here; for what merchant will come to New York and trade and pay to yor Majty 2 and 10 p cent with the excise and yor Maities duties settled here, if they can at 2 or 3 miles distance over against the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...to have free ports to trade as they please, which if admitted must certainly destroy yor Majtie#s interest and revenue here; for what merchant will come to New York and trade and pay to yor Majty 2 and 10 p cent with the excise and yor Maities duties settled here, if they can at 2 or 3 miles distance over against the same place go and be free from any duty or imposition whatever. Conneticutt lyes to the eastward of us & pretends to the like freedome as East Jersey, and doth in the same degree threaten yr Majestys interest with the like inconveniency and prejudice. Therefore may it please our Majy if Connecticut East and West Jersey be not annexed to your Majesty's Government of this Province it will be alltogether impossible to raise such a revenue to yor Majesty here as will be sufficient to defray the charge of the government, and the annexing thereof cannot be injurious to the proprietors, but on the contrary advantageous to them, for it will ease them of the charge of governm which hath allways exceeded the quitt Rents accrueing to them; wheras if they were annexed the profits would be freed from that charge, retain their propertys and putt the Quitt Rents clear in their pocquets. These inconveniences of Connecticutt East and West Jersey are not only prejudiciall to yor Mjtys intrest, but also the pretences of William Penn Esqr to the 3 lower Countys on Delaware River and to the Susquehanna River are equally if not more injurious to your Maj and particularly in this respect Susquehanna River is scituate in the middle of the Sinnekes Country which they gave unto your Majesty's Crowne and hath belonged as an appendix to this your Majties Governm many years before Mr Penn had his pattent. Notwithstanding thereof Mr Penn endevors to disturb your Majesty...
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