NOTES AND DOCUMENTS

*An ^American in J^ondony 1735—1736

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EDITED BY BEVERLY MCANEAR

Saturdayy July 26} 1735. I rosse Early and wrote till 2, when I dined. My father read the persian letters.84 After dinner one Kerr85 came to wait on my father with letters from Capt. Pearse, with whom He came from Virginia. Captn. Pearse was stoped at Portsmouth] by Adll. Cavindish86 and Had Sent my fathers letters and papers up by Ker. He left New York the 22 of June, and all the family well. We read over our letters and the papers that came with them. I dress'd and went to Capt. Tubly, who was walking on the Bishops Walk. I told Him of the arrivall of Capt. Pearse, with whom Young Grey is, who the Capt. designs for his daughter. I walked with Him till past 7 oClock, when we went to the Club. Comissary Cullif ord being there, we Had some discourse about the Cheapness of arms made at Brum- idgham, where, the Comissary told us, he was offerred Cutlases to all appearance as good as those used in the queens ware at sea for two Shillings a piece and guns for 7 pound a score, but the guns he believed to be good for little. I stayed till Capt. Man and Doctor Smart came, when, taking my lieve, I walked some time with Miss Balcion and, coming Home, went to bed. Sundayy July 27y 1735.1 rosse Early and, Having read in the per- sian letters till 11,1 dress'd, as did my father. After writing some time in his memoriall and reading some of our letters from New York, between 12 and 1 we sat out for London, having promiss'd to dine with Capt. Long. We got to his House after one. Found him at Din- 84 Charles Louis Montesquieu, The Persian Letters. 85 Robert Kerr, commissioned a lieutenant of the royal navy in 1734. A List of His Majesty's Ships, p. 25. 86 Philip Cavendish (d. 1743), commissioned captain of the royal navy in 1700 and at this time admiral of the blue and a lord of admiralty. Hardy, op. cit., p. 23. 356 i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 357 ner. We dined, sat the afternoon with Him. Told Him of Harrisons87 being arrived, which he much Doubted and said He could not believe He was come Home. We came away about 7 and Capt. Long Came with us as far as Hide Park Corner and invited us to dine with Him tomorrow. We came home and, it being a fine Evening, the walk was Verry pleasant. We found at Home Mr. Luke, an Attorney, and his wife and daughter. My father Had some talk with Him about the method of practice at the Courts of Westminster Hall and about Judgementes finall and interlockitory. They went home and we to bed. ^Mondayy July 28\ 1735* I rosse Early and finished reading the persian letters, which held me till betwen 11 & 12, when I dress'd. My father imploy'd Himselfe all the morning in writing his memo- riall, but got dress'd time Enough to go to Capt. Longs, which we did, where We found a Prattleing, chattering Apothicary who talked more by %'s than came to his share. We dined on a fine piece of Beef and some veneson, after which We drank a health to the Morrisania family. We sat till about six, when, parting, we came home, but in our way went to Tyburne Tree and so through the park and over the fields to Burtons Court, where we sat on a seat, my father being tired. He there looked over a book that treats on the nature of fluids lent Him by Capt. Long, and, being rested, we came Home. I went, after speak- ing to Capt. Tubly, to the Bishops Walk, where were Miss Tubly and Miss Betty Wachter. I walked with them some time till I was Joyned by Capt. Tubly, when, taking a turn or too with him, we came to the Coffey house, where Staying till about 8 and finding no Company at 87 Francis Harison, a New York lawyer, recorder of New York City, and member of the council of New York. He had deserted the Morris party during Burnet's regime, and, under Cosby, had become one of the most important advisers of the governor. His sudden and unexplained departure from New York in May, 1735 aroused a host of con- jectures, which attributed his voyage to flight from an indictment returned against him in New York County, an attempt to assassinate Lewis Morris, Senior, and a gigantic land speculation. Since he later resigned his seat on the council rather than return to the prov- ince, his fear of the indictment very possibly was the impelling motive for his voyage. Long's opinion was sought presumably because he had sailed from New York on April II, 1735, after a long period of duty there. Acts of P. C, Col, II, 821; III, 834; N. Y. His., Coll. (1935), p- 308, 312-18; Sarah Kearny to R. H. Morris, [New York], May 17, June I5» 1735; Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, [New York], July 26, 1735, James Graham to R. H. Morris, Morrisania, Feb. 4, i734[5], Matthew Norris to R. H. Morris, New York, April 11, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers; N. Y. Col. Docs., V, 860. 358 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July the Club, I went home with Capt. Tubly, where I Stay'd till almost 12, when I came home. Found my father in bed. I went to bed. Tuesdayy July 29y 1735.1 rosse at 7 and wrote till 10. Then brake- fasted. My father began a letter to Capt. Pearse. After I Had wrote Two days transactions, I began a letter to my mother, which Held me till about four in the afternoon, when I dress'd and took a walk on the Bishops Walk. Then went to wait on Maddam Balchon, where I drank tea and took my Leave in order to go to the Garden, but, Coming Home, found Mr. Tattam, who sat some time with us and gave us and Account of Blags two sons88 being arrived and told us that Hari- son was come in Stevens.89 We talked much of New York, which He said He would rather live in than in any other place He Knew in the world, and said He offerred Capt. Norris's90 master 20 pistoles to Change with Him, but He would not Accept of it. He took lieve and I went with Him as far as Burtons Court, and, as I returned, spoke with Mr. Tomlinson91 at Mr. Gearneys window in the Colledge. I stood Half an Hour at the window and then the ladies Came out and walked. Mrs. Tomlinson and I parted with Her daughter and Mrs. Gearney on this side the Colledge. I came Home with Mrs. Tomlin- 88 Members of a rather numerous New York family by the name of Blagge. They came armed with letters from Francis Harison and Governor Cosby in order to seek some type of preferment. They returned home in the fall, their mission unsuccessful. Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, New York, Dec. 3, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 89 Captain John Stephens sailed in the brig Thomas from New York for London about June 16, 1735. N. Y. Journal, June 16, 1735. 90 Matthew Norris (d. 1739). He was the son of Sir John Norris and, by December, 1734, and very possibly earlier, he had married Euphemia, daughter of Lewis Morris, Senior. Commissioned captain of the royal navy in 1724, he was for some time a commis- sioner of the navy at Plymouth. Hardy, op. cit., p. 36; Lefferts, op. cit., chart A; Stillwell, op. cit., IV, 33; Euphemia Norris to R. H. Morris, New York, Dec. 9, 1734, Boggs Papers, Rutgers; Receipt of John Nicholls, New York, March 10, 1738-9, Receipt of Garret Van Gelder, New York, March 12, 1739, Misc. Mss. Matthew Norris, N. Y. H. S. 91 Captain John Tomlinson, a London merchant and agent for New Hampshire. In 1756, R. H. Morris, commenting upon William Alexander's efforts to succeed to his father's offices, advised that "no letters will do him more good than those to Mr. John Thomlinson and John Handbury . . . and I know of no two Merchants in London that have such Per- sonal weight and interest with the Ministry and if they can be brought to use their Power ... he will have no doubt of success, let Mr. Belchers conduct be what it will." However, in 1734, John Yeamans (note 19 on page 182 of the April issue) was considered to be the most influential agent in London. [R. H. Morris] to P. V. B. Livingston and [John?] Stevens, April 12, 1756, (draft), Matthew Norris to Lewis Morris, [Sr.], Bath, Jan. 28, 1734, (duplicate), Boggs Papers, Rutgers; James J. Burns, The Colonial Agents of New England (Washington, 1935), p. 59, 83. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 359 son and, taking leave of Her, came Home mySelfe. Suped, waited on Miss Balchon Home, and went to Bed. But my father sat up till 2 with Mr. Middleton.92 Wednesday, July 30,1735.1 rosse at 7, and, Having wrote till 10, I shaved and dressd, as did my father, who rosse nigh ten. When we were dressd, we went down by water to the Steel Yeard and from thence we walked to Coles Coffey House in Birchin Lane, where we were to meet a committee of the West Jersie society. We found them sitting and they were settling their Accounts with Young Dockmine- que,93 which, when they Had finished, they mentioned to my father a tract of land He Had taken up near Hudsons River, of which He says in the state of the societies lands in Jersie, which He sent to Sr. John Darnald, that, if the society can maintain a title to it, it is worth 20 shillings an Acre. They asked what Disputes there were upon it that made the societies title disputeable &, to which He answerd that it much Depended upon runing the Division line between the provinces and, should it fall in New York, they would loose it. They asked Him why He took up land for them in a disputable part of the country and lay out a certain sum of money to procure an uncertain tract of Land. He answered that, from the best information He could get, it was within New Jersie, that He thought it so at the time He took it up and did so now, upon which one of the gentlemen Asked Him if He would Have done the same had the Case been His own. He answer'd He would, for, by the best information He could get, the land lay in New Jersie and was Vacant when He lay'd a survey upon it. After this dis- course was Ended, they talked about the learge tract taken up by my father, upon which were settled above an Hundred families. They seem'd to blame my father for suffering them to set down upon it with- out paying some acknowledgement, tho it were no more than a peper corn. He said it was a thing impossible to do unless He was continuly on the spot, that people came and found land uninhabited and build Huts and Cleared the ground without pretending any title in them-

92 Thomas Middleton. Receipt of Thomas Middleton, Sept. 12, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 93 Charles Docminique. In 1720 he succeeded his father, Paul Docminique, as the Lon- don correspondent and possibly the chairman of the West New Jersey Society. Charles Docminique to Lewis Morris, [Sr.], Leicesterfields, March 23, 1720, [Lewis Morris, Sr.] to Charles Docminique, Morrisania, July 18, 1728 (copy), Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 360 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July selves but intending Either to purchass or Hire of the right owners, that He Had sent a man down to see what number was settled upon it and by what right. The answer He brought was that there was about one Hundred families settled upon it with [out] pretending any title in themselves. The committee then Gave my father Directions about a letter He was to write to Lewis about sending their papers and then broak up. We went to the New England Coffey House, where, meet- ing with Capt. Smith, Mr. Senclear and Mr. Eaton, we sat some time. Talked of Harrison's being come to England. We went to the Angle and Crown, where we dined, and from thence to the Steel Yeard. Took boat, landed Mrsrs. Sinclear and Eaton at Black Lion, and Came Home to Chelsea. Went to the Coffey House and, in the Evening taking a walk, came Home. Supped and went to bed.

Thursdayy July 31y 1735. I rosse this day at 7 and wrote till 11. Then read till two. Dined and played at Chess, after wch. I read to my father a letter I Had wrote to my Lord Clinton.94 I then dress'd, it being between 5 & 6. I went and sat with Capt. Tubly at the door till my Landlady and Mrs. Balchon came by. I went to the Bishops Walk, where I walked with Miss's Tomlinson, Tubly and Wacter, till they were sent for up to the garden, where we went. All returned round by the Colledge and so Home and to bed.95

T>iery or T>aly Journall began on Friday ye 1st of ^Augusty 1735 96 Fridayy ^August iy 1735.1 rosse at 6, being calPd by Capt. Bryant who brought a packet from New York with a petition from the corpor- ation of Albany to the King complaining of the Destruction of their deed,97 and a letter of request to my father to diliver it and severall 94 As a result of his expose of Coxe's affairs for Lord Clinton, the peer appointed R. H. Morris his American agent to collect the money Coxe owed Clinton. The nobleman proved to be an unrelenting creditor and the debt was still unsettled in 1749. Matthew Norris to R. H. Morris, Morrisania, Dec. 19, 1735, [R. H. Morris] to Mrs. [Matthew] Norris, Feb. 1, 1739 (draft), [R. H. Morris], "Heads of power of Atty.," [1749], Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 95 The twenty-fourth and last page of the third section is blank except for the title, written after reversing the booklet: "Diery or daly Journal began on Friday, June the 27th and continued to Thursday, July ye 31st, 1735, inclusive." The pages of this section are numbered. 96 Captain William Bryant sailed in the ship Albany from New York for London between June 9 and June 16, 1735. N» Y. Journal, June 9, 16, 1735. 97 See page 174 of the April issue of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE. 194© NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 361 other papers, of which there is a list in the book of letters recieved. I spent the morning in reading the Exceptions offered to the power of the governour to take cognisance of a cause relating to the Oblong and the argumts. to support them, the Exceptions being overruled by the governour without Hearing the reasons to Support them.98 While I was reading the Exceptions, Miss Balchon came and sent for me up- stairs to Know if I was Engaged to spend the Afternoon; if not, that Her mother and Lady Payton would be glad of my Company to play at Quadrill. I, not being Engaged, Promiss'd to wait on Her as soon as I Had dined. I dressd and wrote Wednesdays Journall, being an account of my fathers meeting of a Committee of the Jersie Society, at which I was present, when, Having dined, I went to Maddam Bal- chons. Found that my Lady Payton was gone to see a wager rowed for. Miss Balchon play'd on the Harpsecord till Her Ladyship returned, which was after 4, when we went to Cards at a penney a fish and playd till 9, when we broak up. I waited on my lady Home and, returning, walked with Miss Balchon till almost Eleven and then went to bed. My father, being at the Club, did not Come Home till 2 oClock.

Saturdayy ^August 2y 1735. I rosse at 8 and wrote in the last Jour- nall book and in this (having first made it) till 10, when weighed out some rusty Iron for my father, he having Just rosse. When I had made an End of writing the two past days Journals and weighing the Iron, I washed and dressd and then sat down to Coppying a letter to Knap out of the letter book, which my father wrote concerning His discourse last Wednesday with the gentlemen of the society, but, before I finished it, we were Call'd to dinner, after which I returned to writing. Finished the letter to Knap and began to Coppy one to Lewis [Morris, Jr.] into the book, wrote by directions of the committee. I wrote not long at this before I went down to drink tea, after which I put on my wigg and was going to the Coffey House, when on the stairs I met the laundress, of whom I took the clean and gave the foul linnen, which done, I went to the coffey House, where my father came to me. I left Him and went with Mr. Middleton to His stables, where I saw a dog He Had been trying Experiments upon in order to make Him Mad by Giving Him something He took from a woman supposed to Have died by the bite of a mad dog, and whom He op'ned. I found the thing 858 See pages 174-75 of the April issue of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE. 362 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July given had no Effect upon the Dog, but, when He told me he had given it inwardly, I was no more at a Loss to guess at the reason why it Had not the Effect designed; which I take to be this: all those whose mis- fortune it is to go mad by the bite of a Dog never take inwardly any of that poisonous matter which is supposed and in all likelyHood does communicate the infection, but the poison is supposed to be by the bite of the Dog injected into the veins and mixed and incorporated with the blood and Has those dreadfull Effects which Dayly instances suf- ficiently make appear. I returned with Mr. Middleton and then went to Buckingham Gate with some ladies and returned with Mrs. Middleton, Miss Balchon, and a Cosen of Hers in our way thether and back again. I layd out 6 pence in Chelsea buns and pairs. I came Home, suped, and wrote two or three lines in a letter I recieved from my sis- ter Kearney," and then went to bed.

Sundayy ^August 3, 1735* I rosse at 6 and wrote in this book till 7. Then wrote an account of the letters we recieved in Payton and in Capt. Pearse in a book for that purpose, which done, I shaved, dressd, and went to coppying the letter to Lewis, at which I Had not been long before we were Calld to Dinner, after which I returned to writing and Continued at it till Church time, when I went with my father, but at the door Met Miss Balchon and Her Cuzen. I told Her I would set with Her if she Had room Enough for more than themselves, which she told Me she Had, but told me I was upon sufferrance, for, if I be- haved otherwise then well, I should never set with Her again. I promised to be a good boy and so was admitted. We had a good Ser- mon and after Church my father went over the water to Batursea and I came Home with Miss Balchon and with Her drank tea and sat till almost night. When I Came Home, found Mrs. Brown and Mr. Sed- dan. We sat some time together and then made a bowl of punch and, soon after, went to supper, when my father came in. Our discourse, both before and after His coming, ran Chiefly upon religion, upon 99 Sarah Kearny (1695-7-1736). She was the daughter of Lewis Morris, Senior, and married Michael Kearny in 1715. As a relative of the Morris family, Michael Kearny, a plural New Jersey office-holder, had been proscribed by Governor Cosby. Lewis Morris, Senior, was loyally attempting to aid the Kearnys in England. Matthew Norris to Lewis Morris, '[Sr.], Bath, Feb. 7, 1734, (duplicate), Lewis Morris [Sr.], to John Morris, London, Feb. 9, 1734-5, Michael Kearny to R. H. Morris, Perth Amboy, April 5, 1735, New York, June 21, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers; Lefferts, op. cit., chart A. 1940 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 363 which subject Mrs. Brown Expressed Herself Verry well, and, speak- ing of the Cleargy, said that She Had Heard a man preach up mor- rality, piety, and goodness of a Sunday and act contrary to Everyone of those principles himselfe when He was out of Church, and Con- cluded who can believe anything they say when they act so contrary to their own Doctrine. They soon after left us and we went to bed. Observation. How supersticious and Void of thought must those people be who Blindly follow the Directions of the Cleargy without considering whether those Directions are agreeable to the Laws of nature, reason, or common Justice? What inconveniences are they not Capable of being led into, and what Actions will they not perform, when they are told by the Priests it is necessary to their salvation, Especially since their Directors neither want interest or inclination to raise their own greatness upon the ruin of the Country they live in? How differrent from these are those who steddily persue the dictates of their own reason, and who, upon all Occasions, Act Agreeable to the rules of Common Justice and natural Equity? {Mondayy ^August 4y 1735* I rosse between 7 and 8 and wrote in this book till past nine, when my father rosse and went to brakefast. I then finished coppying a letter to Lewis relating to the societies papers, after which I dressd and began a letter to Lewis, at which I wrote till dinner and after it till 5 oclock, when, putting on my wigg, I went out and met Mr. Rodery. With Him I walked as far as Sen- doy [ ? ] House. Had some talk about His sermon, which I told Him I liked Verry well and thought Him Verry right in preaching mo- rality up to His congregation, which I told Him would do more good than touching upon those Knotty points of the scripture fit only to be Heard by the most learned of men and not by such a congregation as He was to preach to. I left Him, and He told me that this was their conversation night at Yeatmans and He would be glad of my Com- pany if I would Call as I returned from London, where I was then going. I walked to London, went to Mrs. Swantons and Mrs. Doves; found them both out of town, the one at Waltenstow [ Walthamstow], the others at Deptford. I went from thence to Wills Coffey House, where I met with Mr. Master. With Him I drank a pint of wine and then went to His lodgings, where we drank a bowl of punch, much 364 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July against my own Inclinations. There was with us one Capt. Engoldsboy whoo had been at Port Mahon with Coll. Cosby. We stayd till past nine Oclock and then came Away. Mr. Master came Home with me. We came throug[h] the park and sat down upon one of the benches and, after it, came Homeward. Took the patrole. We got Here about 11 oClock and drank some wine after we came Home, but Had drank more before than was necessary. We went to bed. Observ: How much Easyer is that man who never drinks so much as to make Him incapable of performing His natural faculties, or How much more Has he His reason and Judgment at command than one who debauches Himselfe with Liquor, who by a constant use of drinking has rendered it So Habituall to Him that He is never Easy but when intoxecated with strong liquor. Tuesdayy ^August 5, 1735. I rose at 10 some time After my father brakefasted and read the news. I then sat down and wrote the Journal of yesterday, which done, I went to writing to Lewis [Morris, Jr.], to John [Morris],100 & to Tom Willett,101 which Held me till 6 oClock in the Evening, when I dressd and went out. I walked with Miss Tom- linson and mother, who I found was first Cosen to Coll. Cox of New Jersie. I had much talk about Him with Her and then came to the Coffey House door, where I met Capt. Tubly, who Asked my father and I to dine with Him tomorrow. While I was walking with Him, Coll. Smith stoped in His chariot at the door and asked for my father, and, being informed He was at Home, He allighted and came up. Told my father He Had been at Court. Had spoak to the queen about 100 John Morris, an elder brother of R. H. Morris, who was the youngest child of the family. Since 1730 John Morris had been inefficiently farming the Morris' Manor of Tinton, located in New Jersey, apparently having been sent there by his father because of John's inability to make a living for himself in any other way. He seems to have stayed at Tinton most of the time until his death, probably early in 1738. According to his father, John "had nothing but the reputation of being an Easie, good-natured dupe to crafty and designing Knaves . . . ." Lewis Morris, '[Sr.], to John Morris, New York, April 22, 1730, Morrisania, May 25, June 12, 1730, Lewis Morris [Sr.], to [R. H. Mor- ris], Morrisania, March 8, 1737-8, [R. H. Morris] to Vallantine Morris, June 7, 1763, (draft-letter "much altered"), Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 101 There were several cousins by the name of Thomas Willett living in New York in 1735. The Willetts of Westchester County were political supporters of the Morrises, and Isaac Willett married Margaret, daughter of Lewis Morris, Senior, in 1746. Lefferts, op. cit., chart A; S. W. Comstock, Willett Families of New York and New Jersey (type- script, Boston, 1928), passim. i94O NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 365 the government and Her answer was that there was no Vacancy. He also told my father that He Had been with the Duke of NewCastle,102 and, when His grace found that He came about an American govern- ment, He told Him He was a Criple, to which Mr. Smith answered that that was the cause of His Asking a government, for, Had He been well, He would Have Asked a regiment, but told His grace He pro- posed to govern by His Head and not by His Heals. This angered the duke and He left Him. He said by what He could find, they were re- solved to support Him [Cosby], and He thought the thing at such a distance that it was not worth His while to seek after it. My father told Him that that should not deter Him from proceeding against Him [Cosby], but that he would aply to the crown and, if not re- dress'd, then to the parliament. He left us. I went and walked till dark. Then Suped and went to bed. That man shurely Acts the Honest part that neither Hope or fear can deter from doing His duty; who will pursue the measures He thinks right, let what will be the con- sequence; who never ingages in a thing till He is Satisfied it is Just and on that side is not ashamed to Shew His Head. This man most cer- tainly merrits all the Happiness mankind are capable of on this side the grave, and, if there be rewards Hereafter, He is certainly intitled to learge share.

Wednesdayy ^August 6y 1735-1 rose at 6 and sent James, our serv- ant, with a letter to Mr. Knap to Know when the committee of the society met. I then went to writing, at which I continued till nigh twelve oClock. What I wrote was coppying a letter from my father to Lewis. Between Eleven and 12 Sr. Charles Wager came to wait on my father and sat with Him till 2, during which time they talked of my fathers cause at present before the councill, wch. Sr. Charles said the[y] were resolved to Hear after the Vacation, He Having spoke to my Lord President [Wilmington] about it, tho he said they Had rather let it Alone, but hear it they would. The[y] talked [about] 102 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (1693-1768). He was secretary of state for the southern department from 1724 to 1748, and, as such, was responsible for colonial administration. From 1748 to 1754 he was secretary of state for the northern department, and, from 1754 to 1756 and again from 1757 to 1762, he held the office of first lord of the treasury. In 1741 he aided in forcing out his chief, Walpole, and from 1744 to 1756 Newcastle and his brother, Henry Pelham (until the latter's death in 1754), directed cabinet policies. J. M. Rigg, "Thomas Pelham-Holles," D. N. B., XV, 702-06. 366 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July fortifying New York and my father said He intended to ask an En- giner of the crown, upon which Sr. Charles Wager said he might have one for Asking. They Had much talk About Cosby and His adminis- tration, which Sr. Charles was of opinion the King would redress if aplication was made to Him. My father said he was drawing a memo- rial to the Crown and told Sr. Charles what He intended to Ask. Sr. Charles left us about 2, and, as he was going down Stairs, Mr. Master Gave him a letter from Himself praying a recomendation to the Mus- covy Ambasador into whose service he intends to go. When Sr. Charles was gone, my father dress'd and, Having bought a piece of India Hankerchiefs, we went to Capt. Tublys, where we dined, it being the Capts. birthday. After dinner we danced to the Harpsecord, but, not being able to make a Hand of it, we sat down. I left Capt. Tublys at 8 oClock and came to Maddam Balchon's, where I stay'd but little time and then wated on my Lady Payton Home and returned with Miss Balchon. Came home to supper and after it walked with the same lady till about io. Then came in and wrote part of a letter to Lewis. I forgot to observe that, in speaking to Sr. Charles about Smith, He told my father that the government was too big a thing for Him and that he Had not interest Enough to Get it. Upon this I could not lelp [help] observing in my own mind that that state or Kingdom must be Verry ill-governed, whose officers are chose because they are rela- tions to this or that great man or because they are able to give a learg sum of money for their imployments, where a meritorious man Has no Chance if he has not a good friend. I say that government is most misserable: it has it's law ill Executed 5 its fleets and armies ill guided; its towns and distant provinces ill goverdned and their people op- press'd; its publick money missaplyed; its trade monopolised; and its Religion subverted; it tends to introduce Ignorance, Luxury, Bribery, Corruption, and slavery, and all other inconveniences that Attend a Society.103 103 Despite the fact that R. H. Morris later became an extreme advocate of strengthen- ing the prerogative powers within the colonial governments, yet he never regained any confidence in the imperial government. [R. H. Morris to William Alexander, 1756], (incomplete draft), [R. H. Morris to Sir George Lyttleton, New York, Dec, 1755], (draft), Boggs Papers, Rutgers; [R. H. Morris], "Proposals concerning New Jersey," [1751?], R. H. Morris Papers, II, No. 12, (draft), NJHS. 1940 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 367

Thursdayy August yy iy'35. I rosse at 6. Then wrote till 11 in coppying my fathers private letters to Lewis. I [t]hen dressd and went thro the park to WhiteHall Stairs, from which we took boat to the Steel Yards. Went to the committee of the West Jersie society, to whom my father deliverd a letter He Had wrote to Lewis about their papers, and, it being read, was liked by the gentleman present.104 They only desired Him to ad a postcript to it, desiring Lewis to make a cataloge of all the papers he puts into the box, to let Henry Lane105 see the cataloge and the papers put into the box, and to send a dupli- cate of those papers by the other ships. This poscrip being wrote and liked, I offerd to coppy it upon a piece of paper, but Mr. Knap desired I would send it to my Brother or that my father would Enclose it in His letter to Him, and Mr. Knap desired a coppy of it might be drawn at my Leasure, but my father desired Him to Keep the letter, take a copy of it, and send the originall to be sent by Him. From this com- mitee I went to Change, bough [t] some books for Mrs. Ashfield,106 and went to see Mrs. Porter, from whence I came to Change to my father, and we walked over the bridge to Lambeth and then turned back in order to take the road to Batursea and in our way went to Voax Hall, Expecting Maddam Balchon and Her daughter would be there, but, when I Had been there some time and the meusick Had began to play, I considerd that I was mistaken and that it was friday night they

104 R. H. Morris also advised his brother privately not to give the Society any infor- mation to the disadvantage of their father. Though Lewis Morris, Senior, and, after his death, R. H. Morris continued to act as agents for the West New Jersey Society, the Society constantly criticized their work until R. H. Morris in anger resigned in 1751. Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, New York, Dec. 3, 1735, [R. H. Morris to Isabella Morris, London, autumn, 1751], (draft), Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 105 Henry Lane (d. 1744), a New York City merchant and ship-owner and in earlier life a merchant-captain. I can find no record of the clearance from New York of a ship commanded by Lane late in 1735 or early in 1736. The reference must be to a ship owned by Lane. Lane became a member of the council of New York in 1733 on the recommen- dation of Governor Cosby, and served until his death in 1744. Acts of P. C, Col., Ill, 834; N. Y. Col Docs., VI, 261; C. C, (1730), No. 513; (1732), No. 495. 106 Isabella Ashfield, sister of R. H. Morris. She had requested the "posthumous" works and the essay on education by John Locke and Milton's Paradise Lost. In her letter she had complained: "I can hardly see what I writ which puts me in mind to beg a favour of you to get me a pare of specticals to go round the ears. The same glasis that sute my fathere will sute me." Isabella Ashfield to R. H. Morris, New York, May 30, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 368 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July were to be there. We came Home by water from Lambeth Ferry, and, after walking a little with Miss Balchon, I came in and went to bed, Having first read a letter to my father from Mr. Pearse inviting Him and me to go with Him to Rochister, where my sister107 and Brother Pearse are. Fridayy ^August 8y 1735* I ross at 6 and wrote all the day. Finished my letter to Lewis and went to coppying my fathers to Him, which I continued till 5 in the Evening, when I dressd and went with Maddam Balchon, my Lady Payton, Mrs. Luke, Miss Balchon, Miss Payton, Mrs. Middleton, her Husband, and Mr. Luke to Voax Hall, where met Mr. Payton and another gentleman. We were Verry well di- verted with the musick, which lasted as long as we stay. We came away about 9 oClock and got safe Home. We waited on Miss Payton home and returned. I took my leave of Miss Balchon, came home, sat some time with my father, and then went to bed. Saturday, ^August gy 1735. I rose at 6 and went to writing and con- tinued at it till dinner. We dined with a strange gentleman and his lady. After dinner I returned to writing and continued at it till about 9 oClock, when a waterman brought some books from Mr. Clerk, and, Having opned them, I took the second Vollum of the persion letters and read some time in it, and then read a pamphlet calPd the Tryall of Mr. Whiston for denying the Holy trinity before the Lord chief Justice Reason,108 after which I read a farce calld the downfall of Bribery, and, candles being light, I took the History of Mr. Cleveland and read in it till 9 oClock, and then supped, and, returning upstairs, I read in the persian letter till 11 and went to bed. I forgot to take notice in its proper place of Capt. Payton's being here. He Came about 10 and sat till 12, during which time we talked much of New York. My father read to him part of his memoriall and then he left us. Sundayy ^August ioy 1735- I rosse at 7 and read till 9. Then wrote 107 Mary Morris Pearse (d. 1747), eldest child of Lewis Morris, Senior, and wife of Captain Vincent Pearse. Cordial relations were never established between her and the Pearse family, and in 1742 her marriage crashed under quite sensational circumstances. Lefferts, op. cit., chart A; [Euphemia Norris to Lewis Morris, Sr.], Bois, June 15, 1742, Mary Pearse to Robert [H.] Morris, Virginia, Jan. 23, 1734T5], Mary Pearse to [R. H. Morris], March 12, 1743-4, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 108 The Trial of William Whiston, Clerc, For Defaming and Denying the Holy Trinity; before the Lord Chief Justice Reason. I94-O NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 369 till noon, soon after which Dunster109 came from Scotland. He told me the instrument I sent him had not the desired Effect, for, when it came, his relations would not sign it and, as it was a Joynt Convey- ance, Unless all the parties mintioned in the Body of it had signed, it would not have done. He therefore got seperate conveyances drawn from those that would sign and that I sent him only Served for a guid. We talked of the parties in New York and the changes made since he had been in Scotland, and then took a walk to the Bishop of Winchis- ters house. Went all over that and the Gardens and then walked up to Mr. Middletons garden and, returning, heard that Mr. Yeamans was at the Coffey house and desired to See my father. We went to him and brought him to our chamber, where we had much talk about Govern- our Cosby and his conduct in his governmt. He also asked my father some questions in behalf of another gentleman that intended to settle in New York, Viz., whether he could get a house at a short warning, which was the best way of remitting money there, and what the dif- ference in the Exchange, which questions my father answered. Mr. Yeomans left us and we went to writeing and making up our letters to New York to go by Payton, which held us till past 10 o'Clock, when we went to bed. I sent to Lewis 6 of my fathers cases and about 30 of Capedevilla's.110 109 Daniel Dunster had come to Great Britain from New York late in 1734, appar- ently for the purpose of claiming a legacy from a Scotch relative. He had requested that the Morrises draw the necessary legal papers because in Scotland he could secure instru- ments drawn only according to Scottish law, and he feared that these forms would cause difficulty in America. He returned to New York before the Morrises. Daniel Dunster to R. H. Morris, Edinburgh, March 28, 1735, Elizabeth Morris to R. H. Morris, Virginia, Jan. 22, i734[5], Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, New York, Dec. 3, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 110 Lewis Morris, Junior, found his father's Case devastating to the governor's char- acter, but he also believed it "is not calculated for the meridian; therefore we only Shew it to some of our particular friends . . . ." The Case for Capedevilla versus Cosby, on the other hand, he distributed widely. Obviously to cast odium upon the governor, Lewis Morris, Senior, had paid for the printing of three hundred and fifty of his own Case and several hundred of the Case of Capedevilla versus Cosby. The latter Case reveals that the appeal from the Minorca courts had originally been filed in 1720 and that the record of the trial court had reached London by 1722. Since no further action seems to have been undertaken between 1722 and 1735, and since the revival of the case in 1735 inter- ested and was of advantage to Morris, one wonders if the former judge had not inspired the resuscitation of the case. Receipts of James Bettenham, April 23, July 3, 1735; Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, New York, June 3, Dec. 3, [New York], July 26, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers; The said Capedevilla's Case, p. 3, 4. 370 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July

(Monday} ^August u> 1735. We both rose at 4 oclock and put up our things and took boat to Gravesend, where we got about 11 and went in the stage to Rochister, where I saw Tom Hulluck before any- body Elce that came from New York with Cap. Pearse with him. I walked to Mrs. Mans, there Expecting to see my Sister, but found when I came that they Dined at Bully Hill, whether I went to them. While I was walking with Hulluck, He told me He intended to re- turne to New York and there to Settle, that, upon his coming away, Capt. Norris had told him he heard he intended to returne and might Depend upon his friendship. I found them at Dinner at Bully Hill and sat down, but could not Eat, being Tired with walking to and from Mrs. Mans. I there found my Sister and Brother Pearse. After dinner I went into the garden with my sister Pearse and sat with her and talked for some time about my fathers affairs and in what State she left the family at New York. We had not been long in the Garden before little John and Black Tom came from on Ship-Board. We spent the afternoon and Evening at Mr. Pearses. Towards night the two Mrs. Pearses, Mrs. Man, and myselfe went to quadrill, at which we continued till supper, after which we went to Mrs. Mans, where we lay. [The remainder of this page of the diary and the following seven pages are blank. Morris evidently intended to tell of the events from August 12 to 19 on those pages, but never returned to the task. ] Wednesdayy ^August 20y 1735- We rose at 4 and, having Packed up our things and drank some tea, we took coach to Gravesend and got there about an hour before the Commssr. We waited for him till the tide began to run, and then he Came and with him Miss Ackworth and Her aunt. We sat off soon after he came, but, there being little room in the boat and many People, I sat outside of the House. They Play'd at Quadrill till we came to the Tower wharf, w[h]ere we landed. We walked up to the navy office, waited on Miss Ackworth Home, and then went to Mr. Pearses. The Capt., who had been with us all the while, dressd and went to the custom House. My father and I walked to Storkes and told Him My father would take the money Van Dam had ordered. We returned to the office, dined and sat the afternoon. Then took coach to Darby Court to Mrs. Doves, where we sat till 8. Then walked Home. Mr. Armsted came with us and lay with me All night. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 371

Thursday} August 21} 1735. We rose about 9 and dressd. Mr. Burnet came and sat with us till Elevin and then took his leave. Mr. Armsted also went from us and we walked to town. Took Coach at Spring Garden and drove to Coles Coffey House in Birchin Lane, being there to meet a committee of the West Jersie society. We got there about 1, found them sitting, but Mr. Knap was not Present, being Troubled with the gout. The[y] gave to my father a coppy of the letter to Send to Lewis, which he had sent by Payton, and desired He would send it over by Bryant with his own letters. The[y] also desired He would Give some discretionary directions to my Brother Lewis about the Deed to Tatham and Jewell.111 We left the Com- mitte and took coach to Pursers Cross, where we were Engaged to Dine with one Mrs. Brown. We got there about 4 oClock, when they had almost dined. We dined on some Pig and other things and than had some fruit, the produce of her own garden. It was brought on a small stand or wooden frame with a bottom that looked felt and apeared in Every respect to be marble and was as heavy as a piece of marble of that size would be, and yet I was told it was made of rice, and the gentleman present, one Mr. Sedan, told me there had been two, but by some accident one was broak and to Convince Himself he had Eat a piece of it and it tasted like rice. We stay'd there till 10 oClock and were Verry Handsomely Entertained. We then Came home in a Coach, it raining all the time Verry Hard.

Fridayy ^August 22y 1735. We stayed in the House all this day till towards night, when I dressd and went out. Capt. Pearse came here and Capt. Tubly. Saturdayy ^August 23y 1735. After brakefasting, Mr. Yeamans came to see my father And left Him some queres to Answer, which were drawn by A gentleman in the country, one Martin, who has a design to go to New York, and then leff us. I Payed a woman for Dressing our wigs and read till noon, after which I went to town to See Bob Swaiton. Found him at Mondays Coffey House and walked with him to the Park and so home. It is to be rememberd that Com- 111 In 1699 Jeremiah Basse, the American agent for the West New Jersey Society, conveyed to John Tatham and John Jewell 22,228 acres of the Society's land in Salem County, New Jersey. This conveyance was made to the two men as trustees, but in 1735 it was reported that Jewell's heirs had sold the land. The Society on August 21 was ap- parently engaged in preparing directions for Lewis Morris, Junior, as to the proper steps to be taken to defend the Society's claim. Morris advertised a warning of fraud in the New-York Gazette of February 17, 1735[6]. 372 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July miss. Pearse Stoped here in going to and Coming from Parsons Green. Sundayy ^August 2 4} 1735- I spent all the morning at Home and, being Dressd, went to Church with my father, to which Place Bob Swanton Came to us. We walked after it to Parsons Green. My father went to Sr. Charles Wager. Bob and I walked round Peter- burrough Park and then walked to Chelsea. Drank a bottle of syder. We then walked as far as Burtons, to which place we carried three ladies and there Bob and I Parted. I Came home with the ladies. My father told me He had much talk with Sr. Charles about the govern- ment of New York, and seemed to make no doubt of my fathers res- toration. J\donday} ^August 25, 1735* I got up later and read most of the morning. After dinner I dressed and walked out. My father also went out and went to the Club and stayed till 12 oClock. Tuesdayy ^August 26y 1735- I rose pretty Early and, being dressd, went to town to the House Capt. Pearse had taken and in which his things were Lodged. I got at a box of Blue Clay Sent me by John,112 opened it, took some and went to A coulour man in Shandos Street. Gave him some of it, which he Promised to try and let me Know the Vallue of it by fryday. I went to Mrs. Swantons to Dinner, after which I went with Bob to Mondays, thence to Convent Garden. Eat some fruit, returned to Mondays, drank some ale, and thro the park home. Wednesdayy ^August 27y 1735* My father and I spent the day at home till towards Evening, when I walked out. My father sent for some rum, made some Punch. I met Mr. Armsted and brought him home. We drank part of the bowl and he went from us. I went to bed, as did my father. Thursdayy August 28y 1735.Y sat at home and wrote to New York all the mornigs, and, having dined, went to town to Buy some Paper, which I did and returned thro the rain. Stayd at home till night and went to bed. 112 R. H. Morris had written John Morris to send some Pennsylvania iron ore, some blue New Jersey clay, long used by the Morrises in America as the base for paint, and some white New Jersey clay, used by them as a cleansing agent of fabrics. This is an early indication of his interest in industrial ventures; apparently nothing came of the projects. John could not get any ore, and no mention is made of the clay after the diary entry for August 29. Lewis Morris, [Sr.], to John Morris, Feb. 19, 1732, John Morris to R. H. Morris, Morrisania, June 19, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 373

Fridayy Jtugust 29y 1735. In the afternoon went to town, having spent the morning in looking over some paper and preparing an Affidavit for Dunster to prove some other papers. I bought some stamp paper and went to the man to whom I had given the blue Clay to try, who informed me He had made some Experiments upon it, but intended to try more and wanted more of the Clay. I gave him what I had About me And Apointed to see him that Day fortnight. Wrote to Dunster to meet me the next day at the Rainbow at 8. Went home and went to bed. Saturdayy August 30y 1735- I spent all the morning in forming and Coppying three severall affidavits for Dunster to sware to before Lord Hardwick.1131 got done About 12. Went to the Rainbow. Found that Dunster had been there and was gone. Went to his Lodging; found him not. Then to Change and there found him. Dined with him and went after it to Lincolns Inn Fields. In our way met Capt. Long, who went with us to my Lord Hardwicks. Found him not at home. Then went to the Rose Tavern in Drury Lane. Stayed there till past one and then walked with Capt. Long to St. James's, where we parted. In our way there, we talked much of Ashfield and his Ac- counts with Long. I got Home throug[h] the park about 2; went to bed. Sundayy August 31} 1735. The morning I spent in reading. Mr. Yeamans Sent us word that he would Dine with us. He came about 12 and sat till Dinner was ready, which was at two. We dined, Sat the Afternoon, and Drank about four. Bob Swanton and the ladies of Dorset Court came. They Drank tea with us, and Mr. Yeamans parted with us at night, and the ladies went Home, and we went to bed. (Mondayy September iy 1735. I sent James to Mr. Dunster in the morning to let him Know I intended to go to Case Horton in Surrey to Get Him Sworn before my Lord Harwick, but, recieving an imper- fect answer, I sent him back, and, being informed He would go with me, I ordered a shase to the door, and about 12 we sat out and got 113 Philip Yorke, first Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764). In 1720 he was made solicitor general and four years later became attorney general. In 1733 he was appointed privy councillor and chief justice of King's Bench. From 1737 until 1756 he served as chan- cellor. In 1733 he had been created Baron Hardwicke of Hardwicke, and in 1754 was granted the titles of Earl of Hardwicke and Viscount Roylston. J. M. Rigg, "Philip Yorke," D. N. B., XXI, 1261-66. 374 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July within 3 miles of Case Horton, when we met my Lord Hardwicke in His Coach. I stoped one of his Servants, who told me His Lordship dined with Sr. Robert Walpole, Lay in town that night, and would be ready to do business on the next morning. Upon this Information I returned to Chelsea. Dined and went to Westminster Abby where it broak down. We saw the monuments and then Carryed our papers to Mr. Dunsters Lodgings and went to Drury Lane Playhouse. Saw Julius Caesar Acted, returned, and went to bed. Tuesdayy September 2y 1735- Drury Lane. I rose at 8 and, being Dres'd, went with Dunstur to my Lord Hardwickes in Lincolns Inn Squere, where I got Him sworn. We then returned to His Lodgings and from thence to the New Inn Coffey House, where we met a man that owned one 10th & x-2Oth part of 1/100 part of the Province of West New Jersie, and who had made Dunster his Heir. After talking some time with this man, we went to Dukes Court. I bespoke a pair of Boots and there met John Hume,114 who told me Capt. Pearse was Come to town. I parted with Dunster, being to meet him at four in the afternoon at Forrests Coffey House. I went to see Mr. Pearse, and, having sat some time with him, I walked Home, and, Having Dined, I went to see Capt. Tubly, and, Having stayd some time with Him, I went to town to meet Mr. Dunster according to Appointment, but found Him not. I then went to Mrs. Swantons, whence I wrote to Dunster and sent it by a servant. I left Mrs. Swantons and waited on Mr. Yeamans. Engaged to dine with Him on Saturday and then came Home, and at night recieved an answer to the letter I wrote to Dun- ster with an order upon Pacheco115 for the money I had paid Mr. Par- ris for him. I suped and went to bed. 114 John Hume (d. 1759). Commissioned a lieutenant of the royal navy in 1731, cap- tain in 1745. Hardy, op. cit., p. 55; A List of His Majesty's Ships, p. 23; Thomas Rey- nolds to R. H. Morris, Spithead, Jan. 18, 1735[6], Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 115 Rodrigo Pacheco, a Portugese Jew who formerly had been a merchant in New York City. In 1726 he had become involved as an agent in the chancery case of DeMedina et al. versus Rene Het and the executors of Andrew Fresneau, a suit involving fraud on the part of Het at least. Shortly after the trial, Pacheco left New York for England, per- haps because of fear of further difficulties with Het. In London, Pacheco engaged in trade with the colonies until his retirement in 1749. Among his customers in New York was James Alexander. Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, New York, Dec. 3, 1735, James Alexander to R. H. Morris, New York, Nov. 18, 1749, (duplicate), Boggs Papers, Rutgers; The Decree In the Case of Solomon De Medina, Mosesson and Company, Mer- chants in London, and Roderigo Pacheco, Jacob De Lara and Manuel de Costa, Bearers of their Orders, Complainants against Rene Het and the Executors of Andrew Fresneau, Deceased, Defendants, in Cancellaria Nova—Eborac (New York, 1728). i94O NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 375

Wednesdayy September 5, ij35. My father and I rose at 6 and prepared to set out for Windsor with some other Company, And, all being ready at 8, we mounted our Horses and shases and began a pleasant Journy, which we Ended abut 3, and, being a little refreshed after our fateague, we walked to see the Castle and the royall appart- ments therein, and Having feasted our Eyes not only with the Grand appearance of the things within doores but with a most Beautifull Prospect. This castle is situated on the top of a round Hill, from which the Eye commands all the Country round and particularly a great Extent of low Ground divided by Green fences into little En- closiers, and through this sow [low] land ran the River Thanes in a serpentine manner. We spent some time in Viewing this Agreable Prospect and then returned to our in, where we Dined and Suped At the same time, and, After spend [ing] the Evening Verry Agreeably, we retired to our respective beds.

Thursdayy September 4y 1735. I got up and dressd, as did the rest of our Company, and about 9 we brakefasted, which done we mounted and took our leave of Windsor, and rode from the town through the forrest in a fine walk about two mile long and so through Eggham to Staines, where we Dined and then Came Home. Got to Chelsea About 8 oClock. Suped and went to bed. Fridayy September 5> 1735. We got up at 9. I wrote and my father sat Him down to Answer some queries for a gentleman intending to go to New York, which He finished and dress'd about 1, and went to town to dine with Mr. Haws, where We were Engaged to take part of a Haunch of Veneson, but at dinner my father was taken with a Purging which made Him inclineable to sleep, which he did while we walked in the Park. We returned. Supped and went to bed at Mr. Haws as my father being unwell. His Purging Continued till morning and He got but little Sleep. Saturdayy September 6y 173s- I dressd, went to mr. Pearses. Stayd till between one and two. Took a turn in the Park and then went to Mr. Yeamans's to Dinner, my fathers illness preventing Him. We had not been long there before my father came to us, and after him my Lord Barington.116 We dined and sat part of the afternoon, but, 116 William Wildman Shute, second Viscount Barrington (1717-1793). He entered Commons in 1740 and held minor offices until elevated to the post of secretary of war in 1755. In 1761 and 1762 he was chancellor of the exchequer; from 1762 to 1765 treasurer of the navy; from 1765 to 1778 the secretary of war. A. H. Grant, "William Wildman Barrington," D. N. B., I, 1215. 376 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July my father finding HimSelf unwell, we went Home in a coach. Drank some tea and after it some wine and went to bed. My father found Himselfe much better. Sunday, September y} 1733. The Morning I spent in writing and in the afternoon went to Church, from which returning, I found my Brother and Sister Pearse with my father. They stayd till night and took leave. I went to the Club. Stayd till 11. Came Home and went to bed. Armsted lay with me. {Mondayy September 8y 1735* The morning I spent in reading and the afternoon in playing Cards at Maddam Balchons with my Lady Payton, where I suped and, after seeing my lady Home, I came home and went to bed. Tuesday, September gy 1735* I read the greatest part of this day and towards night dressd and went to Salters, where I stayd some time. Came home and went to bed. My father not out this day. Wednesdayy September ioy 1735-1 read in the morning, and After dinner I dres'd and went to town to Capt. Pearses, where I stayd the whole afternoon and spent the Evening at Cards, and about 11 oClock Came home to Chelsea. Brought Mr. Armstead with me and went to bed. Thursdayy September ny 1735. I read as usuall all the morning and after dinner went to Maddam Balchons in order to wait on Miss [Balchen?] to the Play and there playd at Card[s] till 6, when we went to the Play, which was Love in a bottle,117 but ill done, and, re- turning, went to bed. Fridayy September i2y 1735. In the morning we packed up our things in order to move from Chelsea. We brakefasted with Maddam Balchon, and, while there, there Came a messenger from Miss and Mr. Vane Desiring my fathers Company to Dinner, and, our things being ready to go, my father took his leave and in two boats Carried them all down to Dorset Court. I stayd to dine with my LandLord; Maddam Balchon and Her daughter were our Company. After dinner I went to wait on Capt. Tubly, but, not finding Him, I went to the Coffey house. There Saw him. Thanked Him for the many favours He had Shewn my father and me and promisd, if Ever I had it in my Power, I would always be ready to make a greatfull Acknowledg- 117 George Farquhar, Love and a Bottle. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 377 ment of them. I then went in the stage to London and at my Brother Pearses lay all night. Saturdayy September 13,1735-I got up at 7 and Sorted the papers and put them in Severall Places, after which I read till 9 and then went down to brakefast, soon after which Capt. Long Came in. He sat down while I dressed me. We went into the Park, where we walked till past one and went to wait [on] Mr. Vane, but, not finding Him at Home, I returned, Dined and sat the Afternoon. About 4 I came up, read till dark, then went down, playd at wist, suped and went to bed. Sundayy September 14, 1735* I rose as usual at 7 and read till 9, when we went to brakefast. My father spent His morning in writing to Mr. Vane. I dressd and walked into the park with Capt. Pearse and two Virginia Capts. and returned to dinner. The Company Sat the afternoon and drank. I play'd fast and loose and did not drink. About 6 the Captains went and at seven my father and Mr. Pearse went to bed, as did I. {Mondayy September 15, 1735. I got up as usual and read toll brakefast and after it till 11 oClock. Then dressd and went [to] Mrs. Doves to dinner and after it sat the afternoon and at night Playd at whist. I lost a shilling. After supper we came home and went to bed. 'Tuesday} September i6} 1735. I spent the morning in reading and about 1 went into the City. Saw Stork and told Him I should be glad if he could spare the money Van Dam Had ordered to be pay'd to my father. He told me he could and would pay it tomorrow if I would attend to recieve it. I promissd I would and we parted. Mr. Reynolds118 was with me. We went to an apothicary's, got some Powders and returned Home. Found Mr. Vane; dined; sat the after- noon. At night Playd at Quadrill. I lost 6 shillings and 6 penc. Suped and went to bed. Wednesdayy September 17,1735.1 got up and, Having dressd and brakef asted, I went into the City and there recieved of Storks prentice the sum of 52 pound 18s: 6 upon the account of Van Dam, for which I gave two Several reciepts, both of the same date and tennor. After 118 Thomas Reynolds apparently was a naval surgeon. He had been in New York and, while there, had visited at Morrisania. In 1736 he apparently was a suitor for the hand of Elizabeth Morris, Robert Hunter's sister. Thomas Reynolds to R. H. Morris, Spithead, Jan. 18, 1735[6], Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 378 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July recieving this, I went to the York Coffey House and there wrote a letter to my brother Lewis in answer to one I recieved this morning Via Bristoll wth. one to my father, which done I went and dined with Rheynolds and then went to the navy office. Saw Mr. Burleigh and saw Mrs. Humberston, Her Brother and Capt. Pearse. I sat with them for some time till Commssr. Pearse and His lady returned from Cambridgeshire, where they Had been to look at an Estate of iooolb per annum. We supped. I waited on Mrs. Humberston to a House where She Lodged and returned to the navy office. Took up Mr. Pearse and Came Home, and by the way Had much talk about Ash- field and Capt. Long. We went to Mrs. Swantons. Found Her son Come Home. We stayd there some time and, Comeing Home, went to bed. Thursday, September i8} 1735. Read in the morning and went to Chelsea in the afternooon. My father went after dinner over the water to see the glass Houses and did not returne, which made the family Verry uneasy. Fridayy September 19, 1735- Spent the morning in Search of my father, but found Him not. The afternoon both at Home. Saturdayy September 20> 1735. Went into the City and returned to Dinner. Staid at Home the afternoon. Sundayy September 21 y 1735. Stayd all Day at home. My father busied in Drawing a memorial to the Crown. 3\donday} September 22y 1735. Went in the mornig to Walthams- tow to Mrs. Humberstons and with her at night to the Wansteed assembly and returned at 2 oClock. Tuesday} September 23y 1735* Spent the whole day at Walhamstow and at night playd at quadrill. Wednesdayy September 2 4y 1735. Returned from Walhamstow 5 came home. Found my father busied as I left Him. My Brother and Sister Pearse gone to Walthamstow. Dined and spent the Afternoon with Mrs. Dove. Thursdayy September 25^ 1735. Read all the mornig. Dined with Capt. Long. Waited on Mr. Kenedy. Spent the Evening there. Came home with Mr. Randolf. Fridayy September 26y 1735. Stayd at home all day and at night playd at Cards. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 379

Saturday} September 27} 1735. Went not out, but read great part of the day. Sunday} September 28, 1735- Went with my Brother Pearse to Wittenham to see Capt. Grey. Dined and returned. (Mondayy September 29y 1735. Spent the morning at home. In the afternoon went to Chelsea. Waited on Capt. Tubly; sat with him some time. Went to Lady Paytons. Suped with her and Lay at Mr. Middletons all night. Tuesdayy September 30y 1735. Breakfasted at Chelsea and returned to town. Read greatest part of the Day and at night playd at Cards. Wednesday} October iy 1735. Stayd at home all day and read. My father wrote at his memorial. Thursdayy October 2, 1735. Read great part of this day and at night play'd at Cards. Fridayy October 3} 1735. Read all the morning and at noon young Carter came with Some others. They stayed to Dinner and drank all the afternoon. I play'd fast and looss and went to Mrs. Doves, where I spent the Evening. Saturdayy October 4y 1735. Went into the City with Vane in order to get a petition from Van Dam to the King signed by Stork,119 but found him not. Dined at a tavern and returned. Sundayy October 5, 1735- Read all the morning and in the after- noon went to Chelsea. Stayed there some time and returned at night. {Mondayy October 6y 1735. Stayd at Home all day and read. Tuesdayy October 7, 1735. Mrs. [Mr.] Middleton called Here in his way to the city. I went with him and taisted Some wine; then recieved three ginnes and a half of Pacheco and was told by him of some alterations making in the Councill of New York.120 I waited on Mr. Vane in my way to Chelsea and then went with Mr. Middle- ton to dinner and Saw Miss Balchon and returned to home. Wednesdayy October 8y 1735. I went to Paris in the morning in 119 Presumably the petition praying the King to order Cosby to permit Van Dam to file the papers to initiate a suit against the governor at common law. Storke was Van Dam's correspondent and probably was asked to sign as attorney-in-fact. Acts of P. C, Col, III, 483-84. 120 On August 28, 1735, the Board of Trade recommended that Rip Van Dam, Lewis Morris, Senior, and James Alexander be removed from the councils of New York and New Jersey, a step requested by Cosby. The board's report was referred to a committee of the privy council on October 13, 1735. Acts of P. C, Col., Ill, 479. 38O NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July order to Know the foundation of that report about the Councill of New York, but found He Knew as little as I. We went together into the City and there parted. I left Stork a petition from Van Dam to the King to sign. Thursday} October 9, 1735* Spent the morning at home. Mr. Grey Dined with us and after dinner Mr. Reynolds and I walked to Mr. Vanes, where we spent the Evening and Play'd at whist with his sister and stayd till between two and three and then Came away. After much search for an inn without Effect we parted. I came home and at 3 got to bed. Fridayy October io} 1735. Stayd at home all the morning. Mr. Parris Stayd with my father some time and Just at dinner left us. Went to the Councill office to Enquire Concerning the Councill of the Provincee of New York and Jersie. In the afternoon I went to Mr. Paris's to Know what he had learnt. He told me he met the Clerks of the office in a Knot. Had much talk about the affair of the Councill with them and found it would be referred to A comtte. Returned; found Mrs. Vane, mistris to the Prince of Wales.121 We playd at Cards all the Evening and at 11 suped. The Capt. Came home Drunk. After supper he playd at Cribidge with Mrs. Vane. At two she and her Brother went away. Saturdayy October ny 1735. Spent the morning at home in read- ing. In the afternoon went into the city to Mr. Storks. Found him not. Stayd and drank tea with his daughter. He Came before I returned and gave me the Petition he had Signed for Van Dam. I then re- turned home, playd at Cards and went to bed. Sundayy October i2y 1735. Stayd at home all the morning and after dinner I with Mr. Pearse and John Hume walked to Chelsea and then returned. Supped and went to bed. {Mondayy October 13, 1735. In the morning I dres'd and went to the Cockpit in order to diliver a petition to the King from Van Dam, but, Coming too Early, I went to the Tennis Court Coffey House and there met with a Coll. in the Army and a Scoch Gentleman, with whom I had much talk, but Cheafly upon plantation Affairs, and, 121 Anne Vane (1705-35), daughter of Gilbert Vane, Lord Barnard, maid of honour to Queen Caroline and mistress of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Three men admitted paternity of her child. Thomas Seccombe, "Frances Anne Vane," D. N. B., XX, 112-13. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 381 parding with those men to go to the Councill office, one of them asked me if I frequented that Coffey House, that he should be glad of an opportunity of being better acquainted with me. I told Him I Had not, but, to Enjoy the pleasure of his Conversation, should for the future frequent that house. I went to the Councill office. Saw Sharp; gave in my Petition, but was told I came too late, my Lord President having had his list on Saturday morning. Tuesdayy October 14, 1735- Stayed at home all day and read. Wednesday> October i$y 1735. Went into the City with Captain Pearse and went to wait on Mrs. Warren,122 who was Just Come to town. I dined with Mr. AtHaws,123 allonge with young Carter. After Dinner I went with them to a play at Convent Garden, where I met Mr. Pearse and Mr. Wm. Swanton. Thursdayy October i6y 1735- Stayd at home all this day, as did my father.124 A Diery or Daly Journaly Begun on Friday} October ye 17th, 1735. Fridayy October 17} 1735* In the Morning I went to Chelsea at Commissr. Pearse's request to speake to Capt. Tubly about some Powder. I made what Hast I could and went to the navy office, where I dined and at night returned with Capt. Pearse. Saturdayy October i8} 1735. Spent all the morning at home. After dinner went to the Tennis Court Coffey House and from thence to the Play. Sundayy October igy 1735. Stayd all the Day at home. Mondayy October 20y 1735. Stay'd at Home. Tuesdayy October 21} 1735. Went in the morning to wait on Mr. Vane. Returned Home, dined and went to Will's Coffey House. 122 Mrs. Susannah Warren, wife of Captain Peter Warren, daughter of Stephen De- Lancey and therefore sister of James DeLancey. J. K. Laughton, "Sir Peter Warren," D. N. B., XX, 877. 123 Edward Athawes, a London merchant concerned in the Virginia trade. He was a friend of R. H. Morris' cousin, James Graham. James Graham to R. H. Morris, Mor- risania, Dec. 10, 1734, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 124 The thirty-second and last page of this section is blank except for the inscription in the upper right-hand corner: "Diery or Daly Journall frotm] August the 1st to October the 16th, Inclusive." The first sheet of the next section of twenty-four pages is blank except for an inscription in the lower left-hand corner, written after reversing the book- let: "Diery or Daly Journal from October ye 17th to January ye 4th, 1735, inclusive." Some distance below this title, Morris made several brief notations of his activities dur- ing the past few days. 382 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July Stayd there till seven; then took Coach to Mr. Hunters, where we were Engaged to spend the Evening. Stayd there till 1. Then Came home. Wednesday> October 22, 1735. I went into the City with Captain Pearse by Engagement to Dine with the Commissr. We Dined at 3 before he Came. Went to the Rose with Capt. Long. Then Came Home Drunk. Thursday> October 23 y 1735- Stayd at Home All Day. Fridayy October 24,1735. Stayd at Home all Day. Saturdayy October 2$y 1735. Spent all the Morning at Home, and after dinner went to a Pamphlet Shop in Saint Martin's Lane and left two papers to Come out in the mondays advertiser/25 and then returned Home and Play'd at Cards. Sundayy October 26y 1735, Read all the Morning. About one dressd and went to Capt. Longs, where we were Engaged to dine. Sat there till night and then came home, leaving Capt. Pearse, Mrs. Pearse and Mrs. Man there. My father went to bed; I sat and read. Mondayy October 27y 1735. Rose and went down to Paris with 50 guin as part of Pay for his acct. I learnt that there was a Committee that night at seven. I returned. My father went to my Lord Presi- dents. I went to the Tennis Court Coffey House. Stayd there till 7 oClock. Then went to the Councill office, and, being Call'd in, I went with Paris And Heard the motion mad[e] for a hearing and came out again. The Councill broak up and Appointed Saturday, the 1st of November, to Hear my fathers Cause. Tuesdayy October 28} 1735- I went to Paris in the morning and apointed to be there again at 7 to go to the Councill. My father went out at 1 to wait on the Master of the Roles, and, not returning time Enough, I went to Paris and we went together to the Attorney's Chambers,126 who Could not Attend, being obliged to go that Day 125 The London Daily Post and General Advertiser. The issue of October 27, 1735 does not contain any items which would seem to have been written by R. H. Morris. 126 Sir John Willes (1685-1761). He entered the House of Commons in 1722 and held a seat until 1737. From 1726 to 1734 he sat on the bench of Chester. In 1734 he was pro- moted to the attorney generalship, being advanced to the chief justiceship of the com- mon pleas in 1737. This post he held until his death, despite repeated efforts to gain the chancellorship. In 1734 Willes and Dudley Ryder, the solicitor general, had been re- tained by Captain Matthew Norris and F. J. Paris as Morris' attorneys. J. A. Hamil- ton, "Sir John Willes," D. N. B. XXI, 287-88; Matthew Norris to Lewis Morris, TSr.], Bath, Jan. 28, 1734, (duplicate), Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 1940 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 383 into the Country. From thence we went to the Solicitor Genlls. Chambers,127 but He was at the Roles, where we went and there saw my father who Had been there all the Day. We went from thence to Mr. Murray's Chambers and feed Him, let Him into the State of the Case, and, returning to the Roles, found them all gone. We went and left a fee with the Solicitor Generall, but saw him not. Returned Home both [sic]. My father went from the Roles to Paris's. Wednesdayy October 2Q> 1735. I went in the morning to Mr. Paris's. My father Came to me and went to the Master of the Roles. I returned Home and Stayd at Home the rest of the Day. NB: paid Paris 20 guin. for Councills fees. Thursdayy October 30y 1735. Went in the morning to Parish and then walked through the Park and returned, not being able to get through St. James's. I went to Wills and from thence Home. Dined 5 went out with Vane and Armsted. Fridayy October 31 y 1735. Went into the City; my father did the same. He dined with David Barckly, I at a Tavern. Calld upon Tatham in our way Home. Saturdayy November iy 1735. Waited on Capt. Long and Mr. Hunter. Met Vane in the Park. Play'd at Tennis with him. After dinner went to Chancery Lane with my fathers memoriall; left it to be Coppied; returned. Went to a play and returned, after drinking a Bottle at the Rose. Sundayy November 2, 1735* Stayd at Home in the morning. Dined at Mrs. Doves. Went to Chelsea in the Afternoon. My father and Mr. Pearse Dined with Handbury,128 a quacker, in the City and Came Home late at night. {Mondayy CN^ovember 5, 17'35. Went to Paris's in the morning, and in the afternoon went to the navy office and returned about ten. Tuesdayy November 4y 1735. Went to Mr. Yeamans's in the morn- ing to Deliver a Petition to the King, but, not Coming time Enough, 127 Sir Dudley Ryder (1691-1756). From 1733 to 1737 he was solicitor general and in 1737 became attorney general. In 1754 he was elevated to the post of lord chief justice of King's Bench and at the same time was made a privy councillor. He was knighted in 1740. G. L. Norgate, "Sir Dudley Ryder," D. N. B., XVII, 529-31. 128 Probably John Hanbury (d. 1758). He was a London merchant, governor of the Hamburg Company, and also heavily interested in the London trade with Virginia. In 1748 he became one of the original grantees of the Ohio Company. Jour. B. T., (1723-28), P- 393, 462; Virginia Historical Society, Collections, New Series (11 vols., Richmond, 1882-92), III, 17 note, 101-02 note; see my note 91 above. 384 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July it was not done. We returned, Dined, sat the Afternoon with Mr. Yeamans and Mr. Pearse, and at night went to Sir Charles Wagers, w[h]ere we sat some time. It is worthy of remembrance that this day about 11 oClock Mr. Gashe[r]y, Sir Charles Wagers Secretary, came to wait on my father & told Him that Sr. Charles Had been with the Duke of NewCastle, and, talking of my father, the Duke said that, if Mr. Morris would Drop the Complaints Against Cosby and Put of [f] the Hearing that was apointed to be the next day, He would Joyn with Sr. Charles in asking the government of New Jersie for him,129 and Mr. Gashery was directed to relate this to my father and submit the proposal to His Consideration. The answer my father Gave to all this was that Mr. Cosbies Government was Verry Opres- sive to the People, that they Had Complained of it to the King and Committed the mannagement of those Complaints to Him, that, as to His own affair, it would soon be Determined and then would be in His own Brest to Keep it or give it up, but, as to the Affairs of the Country, He Could not in Honour Give up them on any termes nor would not if they would give Him the Government of Ireland, and this He desired He would acquiant His Grace with, and at the same time tell Him that there was one way to prevent the Complaints, which was to Provide for Him [Cosby] Some other way. Our dis- course at Sr. Charles's ran much to the same Purpose. My father told Sr. Charles that He Had a Power of Compermising the Matter with Mr. Cosbies friends and would name His termes, which He thought would be for the interest of the Crown to grant, and then repeated the following Particulars: 1st. That the Councill sit and Act distinct and seperate from the Governour and not under the influence of His Presence/30 2d. That the Present Generall assembly be Desolved and a new one CalPdj 3d. That the Assembly make an agent at the Court of Great Britain independant of the governour 5 129 Morris later claimed that he was also offered a place on the bench in England. N. Y. Journal, April 19, 1736. 130 Upon this point, Morris soon was victorious, for on January 23, 1736, Alured Popple, secretary of the Board of Trade, transmitted to Cosby the board's order to absent himself from, and to cease interference with the work of the legislative council. N. Y. Col. Does., VI, 40-42. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 385 4th. That the Courts be settled by Act of the Legislature; 5th. That the Judges be made during Good behavour or at least so with respect to the Governours; 6. That [the] Corporation of Albany be restored to their Lands. These things being granted, they might Keep Mr. Cosby there or Send any other. Sr. Charles Joyned with my father in thinking these things for the interest of the Crown to Grant. We parted. Wednesdayy November 5, 1735. My father rose early and waited on my Lord President with the Albany Petition with the offidavits annexed, but, Coning too late, found Him not. I went about 10 to the Councill Chamber, but first went into the Tennis Court Coffey House, where I saw Mr. Harison and spoke to him. I found the Councill Had begun to hear the Cause. I stayd some time before my father or our friends from the City Came. The Councill on the part of Mr. Cosby opened with reading Mr. Cosbies reasons, which they observed upon one by one, but first lay'd it down as a rule that it would be Exceeding Hard upon Governours to Prove Everything they Say'd, and, after Having Spent some time in Enlearging on Mr. Cosbies reasons and indeed advanced some things that were not containd in those reasons, the[y] then offer'd to Prove them, and began with an afidavit of one Garetson, sheriff of the County of Richmond.131 But my Lord Hardwicke Put a Stop to such Proof by Declaring that no Ex' Party Evidence taken before a Private majes- trate was Legall Evidence at that Board, and further that in His opinion governours were as much obliged to Prove what they asserted as other men. He say'd some other things with respect to Commis- sions for Examination of witnesas which Has now Slipt my memory. The councill on the Part of Mr. Cosby said they Had no other Proof but what Lay under the same Circumstances, and said no more with respect to the reasons given by Mr. Cosby, but Spoke pretty fully to the Printing,132 which they Say'd was of Dangerous Consequence, and, Having made an End of speaking, we were ordred to withdraw.

131 Charles Gerritsen, sheriff of Richmond County, commissioned March 8, 1734. E. B. O'Callaghan, comp., Calendar of New York Colonial Commissions, 1680-1JJ0 (New York, 1929), p. 23. 132 See note 31 of the introduction, page 173 of the April issue of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE. 386 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July

I forgot to say that our Councill began first to speak, but were stoped by my Lord Hardwicke, who said they were inosent till Proved guilty and therefore it was not their Place to begin. There were Present at this Hearing: the Ld. President Sr. Joseph Jehyle [Jekyll] Ld. He [Hay]135 Wilmington Sr. Charles Wager the Speaker of the Hs. Ld. Hardwicke Ld. FitsWalter134 [of] Commons130 Ld. Hallifax133 Mr. Pellam137 Duke of Newcastle There was something said with respect to the instruction for the Half-salary,138 when my father said it was an unpresidented thing, 133 George Montagu, Viscount of Sunbury and Earl of Halifax (before 1685-1739). He was auditor of the exchequer from 1714 to 1739 and created privy councillor in 1717.

Cokayne, op. cit.} VI, 246-47. 134Benjamin Mildmay, Earl FitzWalter (1672-1756). After serving twenty-five years in relatively minor posts, in 1730 he was created Viscount Harwich and Earl FitzWalter. He became a privy councillor in 1735, and served as first lord of trade and plantations, 1735 t0 I737> and as treasurer of the household from 1737 to 1755. Cokayne, op. cit., V, 491. 135 Archibald Campbell, Earl and Viscount of Hay (1682-1761). In 1706 he was created Earl and Viscount of Hay, and in 1743 succeeded to the title of Duke of Argyll as the third duke. He became a privy councillor in 1711; from 1721 to 1733 he held the privy seal; and from 1733 to 1761 he served as the keeper of the great seal. Cokayne, op. cit., I, 208-09. 136 Arthur Onslow (1691-1768). From 1728 to 1761 he served as speaker of Commons and privy councillor. He was treasurer of the navy from 1734 to 1742. G. F. R. Barker, "Arthur Onslow," D. N. B., XIV, 1110-12. 137 Henry Pelham (i695?-i754). In 1721 he was commissioned as one of the lords of the treasury and from 1724 to 1730 was secretary of war. In 1730 he became paymaster of the forces, holding the place until he accepted the posts of first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer in 1743. From 1744 to 1754 he and his brother, the Duke of Newcastle, directed cabinet policies. Pelham entered the privy council in 1725. G. F. R. Barker, "Henry Pelham," D. N. B., XV, 689-92. 138 On May 31, 1732, twelve days after the passage of the customary instructions, Cosby was given an additional instruction, ordering that Van Dam and Cosby divide equally the salary and perquisites received by Van Dam for the government of New York since the death of Governor Montgomerie. Late in 1732 Cosby requested New- castle that he be given a similar instruction for New Jersey, alleging that Van Dam had made no objection to the division of New York receipts, but that the president of the council of New Jersey—Lewis Morris, Senior—might complain in the absence of specific orders. The letter made no reference to the storm raised by the additional instruc- tion affecting Van Dam. On February 9, 1733, an additional instruction was then issued to Cosby as the governor of New Jersey, ordering Morris to divide equally with Cosby all moneys received since the death of Montgomerie. L. W. Labaree, ed., Royal Instructions to British Colonial Governors, 1670-1776 (2 vols., New York, 1935), I, 281-83, 286-87; C. C., (1732), No. 230-33, 247, 517. i94O NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 387 there not being an instance to be given of such an instruction in any of the Plantations. The Duke of NewCastle took this to Himself and spoke to it pretty warmly and Had the governours Generall instruc- tion read, but first said it was almost in the same words with the Gen- erall instruction, but, upon reading it, was found as Different as the Different Circumstances required, the one makeing no Provision in the Case of Death and the other is Very Particular in reciting the Death of Montgomery. The Councill sat some time after we were withDrawn, and, being broak up, we were informed that it was put of [f ] for a further Hearing to friday, ye 7th of November. We Dis- persed. Prought [Brought] Mr. Paris Home to Dinner. 'Thursday, V^jovember 6y 1735. My father and I both rose Early. I went to Mr. Paris in the morning, talked with Him upon the affair in hand. He gave me a list of what things wanted to be Proved. I went to the Plantation office, got a coppy of a Clause in an Act of assembly Coppied relating to the Support of the Government in that Province, Viz., New Jersie, and waited on Capt. Loud and Mr. Hunter, and at night went to Mr. Paris's with my father, and we all went together to the Solicitor Genlls. Chambers, let Him into the Case and Gave Him some additionall instructions, and then went to Mr. Murray and did the same with Him, and gave them 10 guinnes Each. Mr. Paris went Home. My father got a Chair and went Home. I took Coach to Mr. Yeamans's and wanted to Prove Mr. Warrells139 Hand. He wrote a letter to one Doget in the City, who He told me Could do it. I took my leave of Him and Came Home. rose Fridayy November yy 1735.I Early and dress'd. Took Rhey- nolds with me into the City to Find out one to Prove Mr. Warrells Handwriting, and, after being at a great Trouble, we found one Gor- 139 Joseph Warrell, a bankrupt merchant of London, arrived in New York City about 1730. When Cosby came to New York, Lord Malpas recommended Warrell to the gov- ernor, and Warrell soon became one of his henchmen. In return, Cosby appointed him attorney general of New Jersey and recommended his appointment to the councils of New York and New Jersey as a substitute for those leaders of the Morris party whom Cosby wished to suspend. During the quarrel between Cosby and Morris, Warrell car- ried messages between the two, and it was probably WarrelPs account of this embassy that R. H. Morris was seeking to prove. The document may be found: Joseph Warrell to the members of the council of New York, New York, Dec. 16, 1733, CO 5: 1093: No. 104, PRO (LC trans.). N. Y. His., Coll., (1935), p. 309; C. C, (1732), No. 495; Jour. B. T., (1735-41), p. 61. 388 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July don, a wine merchant, to whom Warrell was a Sort of Partener, and after much Trouble we got to the Sight of Him and by a Summons from the office Prevailed on Him to attend, which He did. He, being shewd the Paper in Warrells Hand, He said He Could sware to the Hand. The Committee met at 5 in the Evening and immediately be- gan on the Hearing. Mr. Solicitor Genii, began first to speak and took the governors reasons to Piece's one by one, and, when He Had Done, Mr. Murray began and Spoke in an Elligant manner, but Confined Himself Chiefly to the Printing and Publishing the Letter and opinion. He made severall Pertinent Cotations from History, and, Having done, we were ordred to withdraw, which we did. We wated in the ante-Chamber for nigh two Hours, when the Solicitor generall Came out and told Mr. Parris they Had agreed to report in our favor that the reasons were insufficient after a warm debate.140 The Attend- ance on this Hearing was Verry numerous; most of the merchants trading to that Part of the world were at it, the People that Had been to New York and many others. There never was Known So full an Auditory.

Saturdayy O^jovember 8y 1735- Went to the Plantation office. [S]lip't half a guinne into one of the Clerks Hands. Then looked over a list of Papers from New York and took Coppies of the dates of those I thought to the Purpose, which done I returned Home and Con- tinued there the rest of the Day. Sundayy D^jovember gy 1735- Stayd at Home all the morning. After dinner went to Will's, my father to the Rainbow, and, returning to WilPs, stayd there till 11 oClock. Then Came Home. ^Mondayy November ioy 1735. Mr. Yeamans Came to my father in the morning. Sat some time and made some alterations in a Petition to the King. We went to a Barbecue in the City and returned at 10. Tuesdayy D^pvember n} 1735. Spent the Day at Home. In the afternoon went to Paris for a Petition. Returned. Spent the Evening at Miss Swantones. Wednesdayy November i2y 1735. Stayd at Home all the morning. Before dinner went to Court. My father Dilivered a Petition to the 140 Xhe order affirming the opinion of the committee was signed by the king on No- vember 26, 1735. N. Y. Col. Docs., VI, 36-37. 1940 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 389 King about the Albany Deed.141 Then Came Home. Mr. Pearse and I went to the Admiralty. Wrote to Gashery and Came Home after dinner. My father and I waited on Mr. Norris. Told Him of the Dilivery of the Petition and Desired He would Push His interest for the Government if he had any thoughts that way, but He declined it, saying He Could much Easier and with more satisfaction to Himself bring his Expences within His income than Enlearge His income by becoming a Slave to Power. Thursday} 3\[ovember i$y 1735. Stayd at Home all the morning. In the afternoon took boat to Chelsea and returned by Land. Fridayy November 14, 1735. Went out not before the afternoon. Left my father at Home. I went to the Bilyard table with young Lane and Mr. Graham142 and from thence to the Play and so Home. Saturday> November i^yi 735. Spent all the morning at Home and great part of the afternoon. Towards Evening went to wait on Mr. Yeamans. Found him not and returned. Sundayy November i6y 1735. Dined at Mr. Slopers and returned about 7 oClock. Saw there Miss Williams, the maid of Honour. Mondayy November 17y 1735. Went to WilPs in the morning and at night went to a Commite of the Privy Councill143 and then to the Tennis Court Coffey House, where Mr. Glen Came to us, Viz., Mr. Vane, Mr. Graham and mySelfe. My father was at Home. We sat till 11 oClock. Mr. Vane went Home, and, parting, Mr. Glen 141 Charges against Governor Cosby for burning Albany's patent to the Flats were brought in this petition, signed by Lewis Morris, Senior, as freeholder of Albany and agent of other freeholders. The representation was read in the privy council on November

26. Acts of P. C.t Col., Ill, 486; see page 174 of the introduction and [R. H. Morris] to Ltewis] Morris, Jr., London, Feb. 13, 1735[6], (copy), Boggs Papers, Rutgers (printed below). 142 Charles Graham was probably the son of Augustine Graham and therefore first cousin of R. H. Morris. He came to England on the ship commanded by Captain Vincent Pearse in order to seek preferment in the navy. His success is uncertain. However, in 1741 he was serving before Cartagena as a second lieutenant. James Graham to R. H. Morris, New York, July 10, [1735], Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, Morrisania, June 25, 1741, Boggs Papers, Rutgers; American Historical Society, Inc., Savage, Tisdale, and Allied Families (New York, 1926), p. 59, 61. 143 F. J. Paris moved that Morris be granted copies of Cosby's charges by which the governor justified the removal of Van Dam, Alexander, and Morris from the councils of New York and New Jersey. The motion was granted. Acts of P. C, Col., Ill, 479. 390 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July asked Mr. Graham and I to dine with Him on the Wednesday follow- ing. Tuesdayy November i8, 1735. I Stay'd at Home all the day. My father went into the City to see Dr. Humphris144 upon Standard affair,145 but found Him not. Wednesday} November ig} 1735- Spent the morning at Home. At one went to Mr. Glen's, where I was Engaged to dine. Before din- ner He shewd Mr. Graham and I a great Variety of shels of all Kinds. We were Handsomely Entertained at dinner and after it drank Bur- gundy till night and then took our leave. I waited on Mrs. Dove and Mrs. Pearse to the Play and then went to the rummer with Will Swanton and Mr. Graham. Thursdayy V^pvember 20y 1735-1 spent the greatest part of this day at Home. Nothing material Happend in it worthy of notice. Fridayy November 21 y 1735- I stayd at Home in the morning, as did my father. In the afternoon I went to a Bilyard table and He to wait on Mr. Carter. Saturdayy November 22y 1735. Went to Chelsea and dined with Mr. Middleton and in the afternoon drank tea with Miss Balchon, who was Confined to Her room, Having taken Phisick. I returned to London with Mr. Graham and went to a Bilyard table, where we 144 David Humphreys (1689-1740). From 1716 to 1740 he was secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. W. A. J. Archbold, "David Humphreys," D. N. B., X, 249. 145 In 1733 Lewis Morris, Senior, was opposed in a by-election for an assembly seat for Westchester County by William Forster, who, among other activities, served as school- master of the Westchester school supported by the S. P. G. In the summer of 1734, Thomas Standard, the rector of the parish of Eastchester and Westchester, sought to dis- miss Forster for dereliction of duty, one of said derelictions being his absence to cam- paign against Morris. William Vesey, the commissary of the Bishop of London and a bitter opponent of Lewis Morris, Senior, found in Forster's favor. The following year, thirteen of the parishioners of the Westchester church petitioned Vesey for Standard's removal. Since part of Standard's salary was paid by the S. P. G., in effect the decision would rest with the Society. Morris obviously was seeking to influence the secretary, who was the executive officer of the Society, in favor of Standard. The papers on the affair are voluminous. The more important are: Thomas Standard to the Secretary of the S. P. G., Eastchester, Sept. 5, 1734, William Vesey to Thomas Standard, New York, July 15, 1734, "Papers relating to Mr. Forster, Schoolmaster at Westchester, N. York, Westchester, Aug. 27, 1734," "Papers relating to the Rev. Mr. Standard of Westchester," [1735], Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, A, XXV, p. 32, 59-76; XXVI, p. 10-37 (LC trans.). 1940 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 391 stayd some time and, Coming Home, found the family gone to the Play. Sundayy November 23 y 1735. All this day stay'd at Home. Spent the morning in reading and the afternoon in drinking. (Monday} November 2 4y 1735. Spent this day at Home and the greatest part of it in reading. Tuesdayy November 2$y 1735. I went not out this day, but spent it in reading. My father went out. Wednesday} November 26} 1735- Stayd at Home all the morning. At 1 went to dine with Mr. Norris. Sat with Him the afternoon and at night returned and spent the Evening with Miss Swanton. Thursdayy November 27y 1735- I went out in the afternoon to the Tennis Court Coffey House and sat there some time. My father Came to me. We Had some talk with Coll. Gleddal.146 Fridayy November 28y 1735. Went out in the morning and came Home to dinner and stayd at Home the Evening. Saturdayy November 2gy 1735. Went Early in the morning to Westminster Hall to the Exchequer Chamber to Hear a tryal about Virginia Iron ballast. It was Try'd before my Lord Chief Baron Rhenolds147 and lasted ten in the morning till 5 in the Afternoon, when it was determined against the Virginians. We went from Court to the Crown Tavern, and, Having suped, I Came Home, and Mrs. Sloper148 and Miss Sharlot Hunter149 came to see my Sister. I run away wuth Burleigh to the Tavern and in about half an Hour re- turned Home. Sundayy November 30y 1735. Spent the morning in reading. In the afternoon went to the Abby and Heard a sermon and the Anthim 146 Colonel Samuel Gledhill, formerly Lieutenant Governor of Placentia, Newfound- land. He was recalled in 1729 subject to suspension from all his offices, civil and mili- tary, but, though he was later cleared of charges and the suspension was removed, he apparently did not return to Placentia. In 1735 he was unsuccessfully seeking reimburse- ment for provisions burned at Placentia. Jour. B. T., (1729-34), p. 47; Acts of P. C, Col., Ill, 215-22, 269-70; Cal. of Treas. Books and Papers, (Shaw, ed.), II, 537; III, 53, 91. 147 James Reynolds (1686-1739). He was chief baron of the exchequer court from 1730 to 1738, when he was retired on a pension. J. M. Rigg, "James Reynolds," D. N. B.t XVI, 931-32; Cal of Treas. Books and Papers, (Shaw, ed.), Ill, 554. 148 Katharine Sloper, daughter of Governor Robert Hunter and wife of William Sloper. Chichester, D. N. B., X, 300. 149 Charlotte Hunter, daughter of Governor Robert Hunter. Chichester, D. N. B., X, 300. 392 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July and then returned Home. My father, sister, and Mr. Graham went with me. {Monday, December i, 1735* Stayd at home all day. In the Eve- ning went down to the House in Buckingham Street and returned with my Sister by water. Saw Mr. Reynolds, who that day Came from the Country. Tuesday, December 2, 1735.1 went out in the morning and return- ing about 3 from an auction in Pal Mai. Wednesdayy December 3,1735- This day we moved all our things and dined at Mrs. Doves, where we also Suped and Came Home to this House in York Buildings at 12 oClock at night. Thursday, December 4, 1735* Stayd most of the day at Home. Capt. Clinton150 [and] Capt. Allen 151 dined Here, and Capt. War- ren152 Came in in the afternoon. We drank Verry Hard till 10 at night, when Capt. Clinton began to open, and, speaking of Cosby, He said the Duke of NewCastle Had given Him up, and at the same time said He believed He Had gone too far. Friday, December 5,1735. Spent the morning at Home and After- noon, Mr. Pearse and Mr. Burliegfh] dining Here. At night we went to a latten play and returned about 8 oClock, and after super Parted. It is to be remembred that this day my father got a Petition drawn to the King for His restoration, and, Having annexed the approba- 150 George Clinton (c. 1686-1761). Commissioned captain of the royal navy in 1716, by 1747 he had been promoted to the rank of admiral of the white. He was appointed governor of Newfoundland in 1731 and served as governor of New York from 1743 to 1753, though he was appointed in 1741. On his return to England, he was appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital and entered Commons. L. W. Labaree, "George Clin- ton," D. A. B., IV, 225-26. 161 Bennet Allen (d. 1750). Commissioned captain of the royal navy in 1698, he was later discharged from command by the Prince of Denmark in 1706. However, he re- tained his commission in the service. Hardy, op. cit., p. 23; A List of His Majesty's Ships, p. 10; John Charnock, Biographia Navalis ... (6 vols., London, 1794-98), III, 194. 152 Sir Peter Warren (1703-52). He entered the navy as an ordinary seaman, but in 1723 was commissioned a lieutenant. He later was appointed to the rank of captain, and in 1744 to that of commodore. In 1745 he became rear admiral of the blue, and in 1747 was made commander in chief of the western squadron and vice-admiral. Because of bad health, he retired from the fleet and entered Commons. He was knighted in 1747. Dur- ing most of the time from 1735 to 1745 he was on command in North American or West Indian waters, and in 1745 participated in the capture of Louisburg. During King George's War he made a fortune from his prizes, one of which was worth £250,000 and another £600,000. J. K. Laughton, "Sir Peter Warren," D. N. B., XX, 876-77. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 393 tion of the report to it. He went in the Evening to the Duke of New- Castles office in order to diliver it, but, not finding Him there, re- turned. Saturdayy December 6> 1735. In the morning my father went to the Duke of NewCastles House, but found Him Gone to Sussex. I went to wait on Mr. Hunter and Mr. Yeomans, but saw nither of them. I returned Home and spent the rest of the day at Home. Sundayy December 7, 1735. I went in the morning to the navy of- fice to dine with Tommey Pearse, but, before I went, Mr. Glen Came to Visit me and sat till past 12 oClock. He told me that, talking some time before to my Lord President upon Cosbies affair, when my Lord made a doubt of His burning the Albany deed and the reasons He Gave for that Doubting was this: that the people would Have Com- plained of it before and not let a thing of that flagrant nature lye so long without representing the thing to His Majestic He said also that the Petition, tho diliverd to the King in Person, yet was directed to Him in Councill, which was Varying from the Common rule, but this He said was the former method. He said the King Had read it and was Verry angery at such an Elegall Proceeding as Burning a mans deed without any Coulour of Law. The King Gave the Petition to my Lord Harington,153 who sent it to the Councill office. I dined at the navy office, and at night Commissoner Pearse and His lady Came to town from Rochister. I came Home and found Mr. Pearse and my father Just retarned from Sr. Charles Wagers. Sr. Charles told them there was a report that Cosby was to go governor of Barbados, and upon that report some of the merchants came up to Him and told Him [that], if the thing was true, they would one and all Come up in a body to the King and Petition against it.

Tuesdayy "December gy 1735. I went out in the morning and came Home to dinner. My father went to Mr. Wases154 after dinner to con- sult with Him about a petition to the King to be restored, who ad- 153 William Stanhope, first Earl of Harrington (i69O?-i756). Prior to 1730 he had a distinguished career in the military and diplomatic services. In 1730 he became secre- tary of state for the northern department and held that place until Walpole fell. He then was moved to the office of president of the privy council, being forced out in 1746 by the king. In 1730 he was created Baron Harrington, and in 1742 the Earl of Harrington. G. L. Norgate, "William Stanhope," D. N. B., XVIII, 927-31. 154 John Wace, chief clerk in the office of Baron Harrington. Jour. B. T., (1735-41), p. 138; Cal. of Treas. Books and Papers, (Shaw, ed.), Ill, 278. 394 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July vised Him, as the Duke of NewCastle was out of town, to wait on my Lord Harington and Get him to speak to the King upon it. Monday y December 8y 1735* Mistook in the Placeing this Day for Tuesday. I went out in the morning and at night went to the Play. Saw Julius Caesar. Wednesday} December ioy 1735. In the morning paid Mr. Tay- lor,155 our barber, for two wigs, Powder and other articles. About one Mr. Glen Came to dine Here by Appointment. After dinner we sat till Evening and talked much to the Purpose upon Every Subject that was started, and took His leave at 6. Thursday> December 1 iy 77'35. Paid Hulluck in the morning. At 12 went to Ludgate Hill to my sister and Came with Her to a mercers in Kings Street and from thence Home. Fridayy December i2y 1735. Paid the woolen drapers bill in the morning and went out soon after to the Coffey House. Saturdayy December i3} 1733. Went out in the morning to the Plantation office, but found not the Clerk I went to seek. I returned and went to Capt. Trefuses156 to dinner, and, after drinking 7 or 8 bumpers, I went to Parris's and learnt where Hudson157 might be found. I Calld upon Mr. Carter and went into the Half Moon Tavern, from whence I went in search of Hudson and found Him at an ale House. I gave Him my queries and desired to be Satisfied in them. I stayd some time with Him and then Came Home. Sundayy December 14, 1735- Spent the morning at Home. After dinner we went to Chelsea. Young Mr. Pearse and I went on foot. My father and Capt. Pearse went in a Coach. We spent the Evening at the Club and Came Home at 11. {Mondayy December 15,1735.1 went Early to the plantation office, where by the assistance of Hudson, one of the Clerks, I read over some 155 Benjamin Taylor. Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 156 The only Trefusis whom I can find engaged in military or naval service was Thomas Trefusis (d. 1754). He was commissioned lieutenant of the royal navy in 1711, but was not appointed captain of the Torrington until December 25, 1736. From 1744 to 1748 he served as extra commissioner of the navy, then retiring as a rear admiral. It is possible that in 1735 he held a brevet ranking or a captain's commission without a com- mand. Hardy, op. cit., p. 41; Great Britain'. Admiralty. A General List of the Lieuten- ants of His Majesty's Fleet. . . ('[London], 1732), p. 4. 157 Israel Hudson, a clerk in the office of the commissioners of trade and plantations. Jour.B. T., (1735-41), P- 13- i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 395 of Cosbies letters and found in one, dated the 15th of December, 1733, these words: / gave the Deed into the Hands of the sachims who first in great rage tore it in "Pieces and then threw it into the fire. When I Had seen this, I came imediately Home, and, my father Having Cor- rected a Petition alredy Drawn to the Committee, I went to Paris with it and ordrd a fair Coppy to be drawn and sent to the Councill office that night, there being a Committe there that night. I went to the Councill office, and Sharp, the solicitor,158 told me He Had re- cieved notice of a motion to be made that night for a Hearing upon the Case of the snuf.159 The motion was made and a Hearing ordred that day month. My father gave the Petition to my Lord President, and it was read at the board and also that to the King relating to the Albany deed, and the Committe ordred a Coppy of it to be sent over to Cosby for His answer. 'Tuesday> December i6y 1735. My father found himself out of order and lay in bed great part of the day. I went to wait on Mr. Nor- ris and Capt. Long. Found neither of them at Home. Came into the Park. Saw my Lord Elmore and Mr. Norris together. I told Mr. Norris what Had Happned last night with respect to the snuf. I Came Home, dined, and stayd at Home the Evening. Wednesdayy December 17,1735. Stayd at Home all the morning. At one went down to Wills and in my way bought a Close tool. Came Home to dinner and stayd at Home all the Evening. My father grew worse. Thursdayy December i8y 1735- Went into the City, my father being better than He was. Returned. My father grew worse towards night. His fever being Pretty Violent, I wrote to Reynolds. We went to bed. My father had a better night than I Expected. Fridayy December igy 1735. Dr. Reynolds came about 10 oClock to see my father who was better than He was the night before. It was about the same time that Mr. Pearse recieved a letter from Mr. Gash- 158 John Sharpe, a solicitor with a large colonial practice. In 1735 he was solicitor for Baltimore in the suit with the Penns and for Governor Cosby, and in 1731 he was agent for the governor of Barbadoes and Maryland. Morris originally had hoped to retain Sharpe as his attorney, but discovered that, before leaving England, Cosby had retained

him. C. C, (i73i)> No. 106, 135, 344, 442; Jour. B. T.t (1735-41), P- i75» 287; Matthew Norris to Lewis Morris, [Sr.], Bath, Jan. 28, 1734, (duplicate), Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 159 This reference may be to the case of Capedevilla versus Cosby. 396 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July ery, Desiring to speak with Him upon my fathers affair. He dres'd and went. I went to the Coffey House and waited for his return. He came and, upon asking him the Purport of his discourse, He told me that Gashery sent to let Him Know that a gentleman of His Acquaintance Had been with my Lord Ily [Earl of Hay] and, asking what they in- tended to do with Cosby, He answerd they intended to continue Him governor, since there was nothing appeard Against Him. I stayd at Home all the rest of the day. My father grew better towards night. Saturdayy "December 20> 1735* Stayd at home all the morning, my father being worse. His illness increased upon Him, and at night he Had a fever. He lay on the grou[n]d before the fire and went to bed at 11. I wrote to Mr. Reynolds. My Brother and sister Pearse spent the Evening at Mr. Warren. Sundayy "December 21 y 1735. I sent Early in the morning into the city for Mr. Reynolds. My father found Himself something better and had some penada boiled for Him with some fruit in it, of which He Eat a little and Grew better to'rds night. f3\dondayy December 22y 1735* I went into the city about 1 oClock with Mr. Pearse. I Calld upo[n] Reynolds and with Him went to a tavern, where we dined, and then He walked with me as far as Black Fryars, where we parted. I came Home. Tuesdayy December 23y 1735* I was taken in the Morning with a Vomiting. [At this point, Morris wrote a line in shorthand. The trans- lation by Mrs. Marion Tinling of the Huntington Library follows in italics.] "But finding myself bettery I dressed and went out. I called on 3[dr. Terry at WiWs C°fee House. We went to Mr. Norris's and from thence to Capt. Longs, to Mr. Hunters, Capt. Vanburghs, and then to the Admiralty office, where we saw Capt. Warren, who was that Day Commissioned for the squerill man-of-war for the Boston station. We dined with Him that day and stayd there the Evening. Wednesdayy December 2 4y 1735. Stayd at Home all the Morning. Capt. Long Came with Mr. Compton and talked about getting Him introduced to my Lord Wilmington. I promiss to speak to Mr. Glen about it. Young Mr. Pearse dined Here and about four went to Visit Miss Bird. At the same time I went to Mr. Glens, but Had not the good fortune to meet Him at Home. I returned and Mr. Pearse did the same. We play'd at umbro. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 397 Thursday, December 25, 1735. My father complained Verry much. He Had on Him a Violent fever that troubled him much. I wrote to Reynolds and desired to see Him. He came after dinner and at night we playd at whist with my father, who, being something better, Eat 2 Jelleys and went to bed Pretty Hearty. Fridayy December 26, 1735. I went to Will's and from thence to the Tennis Court Coffey House, where I stay'd some time and re- turned to Wills. Went into the Park and took a turn or two with Mr. Clinton, and then Came Home and spent the rest of the day in Visit- ing Mr. Glen, Mrs. Dove and Miss Swanton. Saturday, December 27, 1735. I went at 12 to wait on Mr. Glen, but first went to an apothicary to get an Emultion made for my father. I Had much talk with Him upon young Compton, who wanted to be introduced to my Lord Wilmington. I talked about the government of New York and upon other Affairs. I mentiond to Him the secra- raries office of New Jersie and told Him I would give the man that Had it 300 pound sterling for it. He promisd to get it for me Verry Cheap. I left Him and Came home. I sent to the City to Mr. Rey- nolds [to] Come in the morning, that my father intended to take a Vomit. Sunday, December 28, 1735. I read all the morning. At 11 Mr. Reynolds came and gave my father a Vomit. It worked Verry well for about 2 Hours, when my father Grew much better. We spent the rest of the day at Home. ^Monday, December 29, 1735. I stay'd at home all this day. Capt. Warren and his Lady dined here and stayed till 12 oClock, when they went Home. Verte. Tuesday, December 30, 1735. My father, being better today than he had been for some time before, he resolved to walk out. Accord- ingly, being dressd about 3, we went to Maden Lane and from thence to Great Queen Street, at both which places my father looked at some Buroes, and then, Coming down into the Strand, I left Him and went to Paris's in order to get the duplicate of the report of the Councill in my fathers favour. I got the order of Councill for Cosby to an- swer to the petition of the Albany deed and Came Home, as did my father some time after, I Having been out in search of Him. 398 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July

Wednesday, "December 31 y 1735. Stayd at Home all the morn- ing. At one waited on Mr. Yeomans in order to go to Cort to diliver a petition to the Duke of NewCastle, but by Him were told that it would be in Vane to go because the duke allways came up the back staires to the King and Continued with Him all the while. We went into the park and from thence to Capt. Warrins, where we dined at night. Mr. Reynolds came to take his leave. I went with him to Darby Court and to Will's, where He gave me two bills of Charles Grahams for 5 guineas and one he drew upon Vane for the same sum, when We parted, He being to set out for Portsmouth the next morning. Thursday} January iy 1735 [ 6 ]. Spent all the morning in coppying a letter from my father to Lewis, dated the 4th of August last. About 6 in the Evening went to Capt. Vanburgs. I sat and talked till between nine and ten, when I left him. About two hours before I came away, one Morris, a relation of Sr. Robert Walpole's, came in and sat all the time. Asked many questions about America, which I answerd as well as I could, Particularly relating to the quarrell between the Gov- ernour Montgomery and my Brother.160 He appeard to me to be a sensible, Judicious man. I came Home, playd at Chess and went to bed. Fridayy January 2y i735[6]. I spent the morning in wr[i]ting as above till 3 in the afternoon, when I dined and waited on Mrs. Cat- tern Pearse Home. I went to Mrs. Kerk's, where I sat some little while, and Came Home. Found Capt. Vanburgh here, who sat till nine, when He went away. We suped and went to bed, my father first Correcting and Mr. Pearse first Coppying a thing wrote on the death of Charle[s] FitsRoy, Cosbies Grandson.161 160 The quarrel arose over the governor's acceptance of the assembly's reduction of the salary of Lewis Morris, Senior, as chief justice of New York. Lewis Morris, Junior, objected so strongly to the governor's action that Montgomerie suspended him from the council and caused his removak N. Y. His., Coll., (1917), p. 280-94. 161 The child was the son of Elizabeth, daughter of William Cosby, and Lord Augustus FitzRoy, second son of the Duke of Graf ton. Apparently a younger child was later named Charles. Morris' commentary on the infant's death ridiculed in prose the fulsome de- scription of the child's merits which the ex-judge imagined was given in the funeral sermon. The satirist then launched into verse which he proposed might appropriately be inscribed on the coffin-plate. These lines very coarsely lampooned the Cosby family. [Lewis Morris, Sr.?], "Reading in Bradford's Gazette an Account of the funeral of ... Charles FitzRoy . . . ," [1736], Boggs Papers, Rutgers; N. Y. Gazette, Aug. 25, 1735; Burke, Diet, of Peerage and Baronetage, I, 534; II, 463-64. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 399 Saturday, January 5, i73S[6]- In the morning Capt. Farmer162 came with letters to my father, which he diliverd with his own Hand, and we spent all the morning in reading the same. About 6 we dined, and, soon after, Mrs. Beckford came to wait on my Sister. My father spent his Evening in writing to Lewis. Sundayy January 4, 1735[6], Capt. Warren came in the morning and read the New York papers. We dined and after it Comissr. Pearse and his lady came here. I went to an apothicaries and from thence to our old Landladies in Dukes Court.163 Young Mr. Pearse was with me. I returned, parted with Mr. Pearse, suped, Mr. Warren and his lady being here. [If Morris continued his diary, those sections have been lost. How- ever, among the Boggs Papers in Rutgers University Library, there is a copy of a long letter from R. H. Morris to Lewis Morris, Junior, written from London on February 13, 1735 [ 6]. This letter continues for another month the story of the two mens' activities in London. With the gracious permission of Mr. George A. Osborn, librarian of Rutgers University Library, it is printed below. ]

York Buildings, London, Feb. ye 13th, 1735 [6]. Dear Brother: I wrote to you Some time since by way of Virginia a Verry Short letter giving an account of my fathers restoration. I hope it has got safe to hand. I should have been more Particular in my Account of our Affairs here had not my father Just then made an End of a long letter to you in which he relates in a most particular manner the state of his affairs and which I thought he would have sent by the same Convey- ance that Carried mine. He has since made up some of his letters and among the rest that to you which, as it Comes by this ship, will make it needless for me to take up your time and Patience, when you will be Better informed from a much Ableer hand. However, I think it will not be impertinent to mention some things worth your notice; I in- formed you in my Last that, the day Before my fathers hearing, he 162 Captain Jasper Farmer, in command of the ship Catherine, cleared from New York for London about November 10, 1735. N. Y. Journal, July 28, Nov. 10, 1735. 163 Francis Fits wick, who lived in Dukes Court, St. Martin's Lane. Receipt of Francis Fitswick, May 7, 1735, James Graham to R. H. Morris, Morrisania, Feb. 4, 1734T5], Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 400 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July had an offer made him of the Government of New Jersie upon the Conditions there mentioned, and that he refused to Accept of it upon those termes. Since the hearing he has taken those steps he though [t] most likely to procure an order for his own restoration and to get Cosby removed or a Compromise upon terms Advantagious to himself and Country. The steps taken to procure an order for his own restora- tion were—after the Committee had reported to the King, he had Approved of their Report, And we had the Approbation under the seal of the Privy Councill—he (my father) annexed it to a petition to the King, Praying an order to the governor to restore him to his office. With this Petition he waited on the Duke of Newcastle and Con- trived it so that Sr. Charles Wager was there. He gave the Petition to the duke, who first read it and then said he would Diliver it. He Kept it for a month without doing anything in it and at last, as we lear[n]'t from Sr. Charles, he Carried it to Court among many other Papers. I attended his office Constantly to Know if there was anything done in it, but Could hear nothing of it for some time till about a f ort- [n]ight ago, when I was told it was come down to the office, but that they Could do nothing in it till they had the Dukes Directions. Here the things rest. The measures he [Lewis Morris, Senior] has taken to Procure the removall of the Governor are these. Between the two days of his hear- ing he gave a petition into the Kings own Hand Complaining of the Distruction of the Albany Deed, and for proof refferr'd to letters or representations made by Cosby to His majty. or some of His Minis- ters in those generall termes. I had before this some slight Acquain- tance with one of the Clerks of the Plantation Board.164 I found it necessary to Cultivate a more intimate Corispondence with him than I had had. In this I succeded by making him drunk at a scrub alehouse and with Better Liquor than he was Constantly used to. This Paved the way and soon after, by the Help of a little gold, I prevailed upon him to place an intire confidence in me and to shew me all Cosbies let- ters to the Board of Trade, which would Cost him his office if he should be discovered. By this means I found out what He owned of the mat- ters that were Charged against him and particular [ly] in the Case of the Albany Deed He makes use of this Expression: "I gave the Deed 164 Israel Hudson. See my note 157 above. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 401 into the Hands of the Indian, who first in great rage tore [it] in pieces and then threw it into the fire." This you'll say was Acknowledging the thing in as full a manner as we Could have wish'd and one would have thought that this was Proof Enough. However, upon this infor- mation my Father drew a Petition to the Lords of the Committee [of the Privy Council], pointing out the Particular letter and the Para- graph in which he own'd the thing and pray'd their Lsps. would send for the Books of the Board of Trade and Examine into the truth of the Alligation. This Petition He gave to my Lord President as he was going to the Councill. Yet, notwithstanding the thing was so plainly pointed out to them and so fully Acknowledged by him, they, instead of sending for the Books of the Plantation Office and seeing his Ac- knowledgment under his own hand, made an order that a Coppy of the Petition to the King should be sent over to him and that he should return his Answer to that Board.165 The Petition and order Comes with Farmer.166 My Father had been for a long time preparing a memoriall for the King in Councill and about the time of his hearing got it finished and Copied fit to Diliver, but was advised by his friends, for reasons then weighing, not to Diliver it at that time, which advice he followed and Kept it up till Farmer Arrived,167 when your Letters by Him fur- nished matter for new Complaints, such as his suspension of Van Dam168 & His misapplication of the Indian Presents.169 These made it necessary for him to alter and Enlearge his Memorial, which he did and After having got another Coppy fit to be diliverd, He waited on Sr. Charles Wager and Told Him His intention of memorialing the 165 There were two petitions made by Morris concerning the Albany deed, one handed to the king on November 12 and read in privy council on November 26, 1735, and a second handed to Wilmington and read in council on February 5, 1736. Acts of P. C, Col. Ill, 486. 166 Captain Jasper Farmer, in command of the ship Catherine, entered New York har- bor between May 10 and May 17, 1736. N. Y. Journal, May 17, 1736. 167 Farmer delivered the letter to Morris on January 3, 1736. See the diary entry for that date. 168 Rip Van Dam was suspended from the council of New York on November 24, 1735. University of the State of New York: New York State Library: Calendar of Council Minutes, 1668-1783 (Bulletin 58 [March, 1902], History 6, Albany, 1902), p. 325. 169 The governors of New York regularly received an appropriation from the as- sembly for the purchase of Indian presents. Cosby was accused of using this money to buy from the Indians lands which he intended to patent for himself. Lewis Morris, Jr., to R. H. Morris, New York, Dec. 3, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 402 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July next Day. By this time, the town had rung with Cosbies illness and a Joy Appeard in the faces of those that Had Either Known him Or heard of his missConduct when he was mentiond. His illness no Doubt put many upon applying for the Governmen[t] who never before thought of it. Smith arrived and brough[t] the news of his recovery and Brought also a letter from Ashfield to me,170 in which he mentions the report of Cosbies being mad and in a postscrip says He is Desired by Mr. [William] Smith to inform me that Cosby was not recovered, but had an imposthum within him and a galloping Con- sumption. Upon this news my father and I went to Sr. Charles Wag- ers, where we met Sr. Wm. Young, Secretary at War.171 To him I shew'd Ashfield's letter, which he read Aloud and observed upon it. Sayd he believed it true because he Had that or the day Before seen my Lady FitsRoy, who seem'd much Cast down, which she would not have been if the account of his recovery had been true. I sayd some- thing on that head and that I had known that Distemper, after Loosing much Blood, End in a madness, as it was reported his did. Upon this Sr. Charles say'd he Knew not How it would End, but Cosby's be- gan with a madness. It was at this meeting that Mr. Gashery desired I would give him an account of the Profits of the Government of New York, and in what manner they Arrose. This I could Easily do, hav- ing by me a Copy of those Accounts Annexed to Van Dams Answer to the Governours Bill and one of the answer [s] itselfe. With these I waited on Mr. Gashery and Explained them to him in the Best man- ner I Could, having taken my father's instructions for that Purpose. I do suppose it was to satisfye my Lord Granard,172 who is puting in

170 Captain T. Smith sailed in the ship Beaver for London on December 22, 1735. N, Y. Journal, Dec. 22, 1735; Richard Ashfield to R. H. Morris, New York, Dec. 22, 1735, Boggs Papers, Rutgers. 171 Sir William Yonge (d. 1755). He was a member of the House of Commons from 1715 to 1755, serving until 1754 for Honiton. From 1724 to 1727 and again from 1730 to 1735 he was a commissioner of the treasury. From 1735 to 1746 he served as secretary at war, in the latter year entering the Irish government. Thomas Seccombe, "Sir William Yonge," D. N. B., XXI, 1246-49. 172 George Forbes, Earl of Granard, an Irish peer (1685-1765). He entered the navy and from 1735 to 1742 served as vice-admiral. He was sworn to the privy council in 1721 and served as envoy to Russia in 1733 and 1734. Though he did not succeed to the earldom until 1734, he was called to the Irish House of Lords in 1726. He also served in the House of Commons in England from 1723 to 1727 and from 1741 to 1747. Cokayne, op. cit., VI, 55-56. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 403 with all His interest for the Government. I believe it answerd His Ex- pectation, for we made it worth nigh [£]i0,000 pr. annum York money.173 My father According to his intention waited on my Lord President with his memorill,174 to which was Annexed the Petitions of Credet175 and some other papers. My Lord look[ed] slightly on it and told my father he had no other right to recieve those things than any other Lord of the Councill. My father told him, if so, he had been missin- formed, and sayd farther (Sr. Robert Walpole being present) that he had done his duty in informing the King and ministry of the miscon- duct of their governour and that they might mak[e] what use of it they Pleased. My Lord say'd he believed it would be sent over to Cosby for his answer, to wch. my father Answerd that they might do in that as they thought fit, that he should not be at the Expence and trouble of Prosecuting the Complaints, but return and let his Countrymen Know what success they were like to meet with in any application here. My father Carried his memorial to the councill of- fice and gave it to one of the Clerks. It lay some time and was referred to a committe of Councill and, I suppose, read. My [father] began now to dispair of Ever being restored, having been delayed So long. However, he went [to] Sr. Charles Wager, Complaind to him of the Hard usage he had met with, that he had been Kept out of His of- 173 For the thirteen months between the death of Governor John Montgomerie and Cosby's arrival in New York, Van Dam received as income from the governorship £1975 and Cosby, £8383. Of the latter amount, £5173 were the profits realized from the military establishment and £2320 were non-recurring payments. The total compensa- tion—£10,358—indicates a yearly income of £9562, and, though the governor would receive some fees in practice denied to the president, nevertheless, in view of the non- recurring income, the estimate of £10,000 appears to have been about £2000 too high. It must be confessed that, by following the statement of William Smith, Junior, I incor- rectly stated on page 172 of the April issue of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE the amount involved—£6407—in the dispute between Cosby and Van Dam. All amounts given are stated in terms of New York pounds, which in 1731-33 roughly had a relationship to sterling of 165 New York to 100 sterling. Rip Van Dam, The Proceedings of Rip Van Dam, Esq; in order for obtaining Equal Justice of His Excellency Wxtliam Cosby, Esq; (New York, 1733), p. 59. 174 A precis of the memorial is printed in Acts of P. C, Col., VI, 617-20. It asked for the recall of Cosby, the establishment of New York courts of equity in a manner satis- factory to the inhabitants, and proper administration of justice. 175 R. H. Morris may have been referring to three petitions of New Yorkers requesting the king to receive Lewis Morris, Senior, as agent of New York. These petitions were rejected by the privy council on April 29, 1736. Acts of P. C, Col., Ill, 492. 404 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July fice upward of two year[s], that he had been put to the Trouble and Expence of Coming to England in this advanced age to seek relief, that the Councill upon due Consideration had reported him innocent, and that the King had Approved of that report, that, notwithstanding all this, he was not restored nor any recompence made him for the wrongs he had Suffered. Sr. Charles acknowledged his Case was hard and Asked why he would not accept of the governmt. of Jersie, seeing it was not on Base terms and since he had done his utmost to get relief for himself and country. My father said he had no objection, but asked what security he had that it would be granted. Sr. Charles seemd to make no doubt of it, but said he would speake to the Duke of New- Castle and Send him word, which he accordingly did within two days. The message he sent was that he had stoke [spoke] to the duke about it and that the dukes answer was [that] he need not be uneasy about Coll. Morris, for that he would take Care of him, that he should be re- stored in as full and ample a manner as he himself could wish, for that they Had Determined to remove him [Cosby] to make one Hargrave, a Coll. in the army, governor of New York and to give Cosby his regi- ment. This was Confirmed soon After by a note from an unknown hand and is now become Publick.

[The Morrises left London in the summer of 1736 without gaining any relief from the English government on their several complaints. Lewis Morris, Senior, has left behind him a lengthy diatribe against English society and government in some 700 lines of verse, "The Dream & Riddle A Poem," which is preserved among the Boggs Papers at Rutgers. ] The final section of the bound volume of the diary in the Library of Congress is a fragment of a diary kept during a second trip to Eng- land in 1749. 176 "December i6y 1749. London. Wrote to my Brother and rec- omended to him to make Mr. Clinton177 Easy in his Government and to Let me know What he did. If Successfull, tell him he would recom- end himself to Mr. Clintons friends, who would not, I imagind, be against his [Clinton's] taking an annuall Support, if nothing was put 176 Lewis Morris, Junior. After loss of his assembly seat in 1750, he became an aide of Governor Clinton. 177 George Clinton, Governor of New York. See note 150, above. i94o NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 405 in the Bill attacking the Roy all authority. Dined with Mr. Penn178 in Company with one Capt. Smith & Collo. Vanderdosen. Had talk about America. Mr. Penn took me aside & proposed to me to Introduce me to His Grace of Bedford179 and Lord Halifax180 before the Holy days. We agreed on tuesday for that Purpose. Wrote to my mother at night & to Govr. Clinton. 181 "December 17 y 1749* In the Morning went to Mr. Paris's. Found him not. Looked at Lodgings, but fixed on none. Dined with Admirall Long,182 spent the Afternoon and Evening with Him. He mentiond to me that Sr. Peter Warren183 would give Molly Ashfield £500 York money paid down for her reversion of Turtle Bay and pay Him £25 Sterling pr. Ann. for his Life, and proposed to me to advise her to take it. Said He would Endeavour [to] Keep Sr. Peter up to what he Had proposed on that Head & Let me know what he said further about it. "December 18,1749. Went to Mr. Penns. He was gone from Home. Left word for me to follow him to Ld. Halifaxe's in Grosvenor Square. Did so; found my Lord from Home. Mr. Penn had been there & was gone. Returned Home. Paid chair 4/-. 178 Probably Thomas Penn. At the division of his father's estate, as a younger son he received a fourth, the eldest son, John, receiving half, and Richard, the third surviving child, the remaining fourth. However, Thomas Penn inherited John's share on the lat- ter's death in 1746. Thomas Penn in 1732 was granted by his brothers the power to manage the proprietary, and from 1732 to 1741 he resided in the province, thereby saving the estate from bankruptcy. Cadbury, D. A. B., XIV, 432-33 ; Krout, D. A. B., XIII, 225; Hazard, ed., Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, I, 625-28; Charlotte Fell-Smith, "Thomas Penn," D. N. B., XV, 752-53. 179 John Russell, fourth Duke of Bedford (1710-1771). He succeeded to the title in 1732 on the death of his elder brother. In 1744 he was appointed privy councillor and first lord of the admiralty. From 1748 to 1751 he served as secretary of state for the southern department. He later acted as lord lieutenant of Ireland and aided in the negotiation of the peace of 1763. He nominally headed the cabinet from 1763 to 1765, but the power of direction was held by George Grenville. William Hunt, "John Russell," D. N. B., XVII, 447-51. 180 George Montagu Dunk, second Earl of Halifax (1716-1771). He married into a fortune, and for that reason assumed the name of his wife's family—Dunk. In 1748 he became president of the board of trade and held the place until 1756 and again from 1757 to 1761—the latter tenure affording him a seat in the cabinet. After brief tenure of several offices, he acted as secretary of state from 1762 to 1765. In 1770 he entered the North cabinet as lord privy seal, and in 1771 again became secretary of state, dying in office. W. P. Courtney, "George Montagu Dunk," D. N. B., VI, 199-201. 181 See note 13, page 180 of the April issue of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE. 182 See note 62, page 202 of the April issue of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE. 183 See note 152, above. 406 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS July "December 18 [sic], 1749. Took coach to Paris's. Found him not. Paid Coach Hire — 2/-. Dined at Home; Capt. Prithnan[? ] dined with me. In ye evening wrote to Mr Pen to know when I should wait on him in order to be introduced to the Duke of Bedford & Lord Halifax. Recieved an answer from Mr. Pen that He would Call on me after nine tomorrow morning. "December 19,1749. Dress'd in the morning. Mr. Pen Calld; took me into his Chariot. We went to Lord Halifaxes, to whom he pre- sented me as come Home to ask the aid of the government & to the Jersey Riots.184 My Lord Expressd some Satisfaction upon my Com- ing Hom[e] j said he had Long looked on them riots as a matter of consequence that threatend the Loss of that Colony at least, if not of more, that he had Endeavor [d] to get the Kings Ministers to meet on the Subject and Had prevaild on them twice, that he Looked on the affair as attended with some difficulty, and asked me what method I proposed for quelling it. I told his Lordsp. I could thing [think] of none but by a military force to strengthen the Civill Authority, upon which His Lordship again said, "What think you of a reunion of the governments," to which I reply'd, "I am affraid, my Lord, it will not now answer the End; the troops in New York as [are] so divided and the garrissons at so great a distance from New Jersey that assistance from that quarter would be difficult." Besides, as New York was then Circumstanced, I doubted How prudent it would be to withdraw the forces. My Lord then said He saw but one way left, which was to send forces from hence, & asked me whether I thought a regiment would be Sufficient. I told him I thought it more than would be needed to give peace to that province. Then Mr. Pen & He went into discourse concerning the french & Indians on the back of Pensilvania.185 The End

184 The New Jersey anti-rent riots. See pages 166-67 of the April issue of the PENN- SYLVANIA MAGAZINE. 185 It is probable that the only type of journal Morris kept after this date was notations on the back of letters received. See, for example: F. J. Paris to R. H. Morris, Feb. 28, 1750-1, Thomas Hill to R. H. Morris, White Hall, Jan. 16, 1753, R. H. Morris Papers, I, No. 15, 49, NJHS.