Sir,

Finding your Letter of Yesterday insufficient: for that Security I requested from the Corporation and Citizens, and objectionable for the Mode in which you obtained the Sense of the Inhabitants, my Duty directed me for the present Instant, to remove on board this Ship; where I shall be ready to do such Business of the Country, as the Situation of the Times will permit. The Citizens, as well as the Inhabitants of the Province, may be assured of my Inclination to embrace every Means in my Power to restore the Peace, good Order and Authority of Government. I am, Sir, [&c.]