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Inclosed I send your Hon:^r copyes of the letters I now have
dispatchd to y^e Comm:^rs of his Ma.^es Customes: & their Secretaryes there
you may See I have not been J[illegible]. in the affaires of y.^e
Custome house: and also a copy of a letter from y^e Gov.^r &
company of Connecticott Colony: I intend to go theither
in 10 dayes tyme & Give them a Summons to appeare tho'.
the Writts are out of Date:

There has arrived by M^r Hoy from London amongst—
others one D.^r Mourton a Non Conformist minister he
I heare is to be preferrd to be President of y^e Colledge.
wee have been very un happy in Our choice of Military
Officers & Justices of the Peace, being for ye most part
church members; & but two Cap.^t in Boston Come to heare
divine Service; I question not but wee shall have
multitudes of phannatticks flock over heither [heare] neces-
sary that none be admitted to stay here upon the
place but such as will take the Oath of Allegiance &
that directed from y^e Councill Chamber to us otherwise
t'will never be consented to by us:

Cap.^t George Commander of the Rose proves a very
troublesome man to me especially in the busines of
negotiations the Custome house: & takes it very unkindly
that I will not suffer him to seize ships in the Harbour
which is my duty & office to do as Collector of his Ma.^ie
Customs: which greatly discourages my Officers: I humbly
referr you to what I have largely wrote to M^r Povey
& remain S.^r

To the Hon. ^{d For his Ma.ty Servant}
William Blathwayt
Esqr:
at Whitehall—
By Cap.^t Legg — [illegible]
1¼

Boston
1 July 86
From M^r Randolph
Rec^d 3 Aug