[Extract]
Sir

Your letter of Jan^y 16^th I duly rec^d. by the hand of M^r Ja^s. Davidson—Com^dr. Hazelwood does not think proper to furnish the Men you are pleased to Mention therefore the same cause still subsists as ever as done since the Calling out of the Militia and that prevents these Works being carried into execution and I do not see any prospect of a remedy Altho I had Seven Journeys to the different Councils and Assemblys to get a law passed for the exemption of my people from the Militia and With the greatest difficulty Obtained it and it his now entirely Neglected Such Men as Com^dr Hazelwood Could furnish are not the Men I want Neither Will I pretend to Carry on the Works With Such Men. . . .

I am Sir with all due respect [&c.]

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