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in Case Colonel Lloyd should go to England & leave the Care
& Administration of His Ldp's Affairs with his Brother it
would be proper he should be in the Council. I agree that it
might be expedient for his Ldp's Agent to have a place there
but I much question if Colonel Lloyd will resolve to take the
Voyage you mention & tho he should come to such a Resolu-
tion yet he would not I imagine tarry there long unless he has
a Desire of getting his Brother confirmed in his Offices here,
however tho I will not recommend Mr Lloyd to supply either
of the present yet if he shall be appointed to transact His
Ldp's Business I would not oppose his Succession in case of
future Vacancies. Indeed I will never vehemently oppose any
Gent" who might be warmly recommended to His Ldp lest I
give Offence, neither will I very earnestly espouse any one whom
I may mention favourably, lest I give Suspicion of having any
particular prejudice or Attachment. I begin to see that the
Art of disposing of Places so as to avoid Offence is one of the
most difficult parts of Govt & tis not without great Concern
that I see yourself rendered uneasy by many & contrary
Sollicitations. His Ldp too I am afraid will be troubled with
too many Applications on the same Accot I communicated
his Ldp's Instructions with regard to the Land Office to
Colonel Tasker which (as Mr Bladen intimated to you) he
declined, not esteeming a moiety of the Fees that accrue to
that Office equal to the Fees that he receives from that he now
enjoys, which he can execute by Deputy & from which he says
he receives about £200 Sterl a year clear of his Deputy's
Sallary: beside the Value of his present Office is certain & not
dependant on the fluctuating price of Tobacco. As Mr Bordley
has been represented in an unfavourable Light to his Ldp
I decline espousing him as I think he deserves, at least as his
Behaviour since I have known him would incline me hoping
the time will come when he will appear in his Ldp's Sight as
meriting his mark of favour As Mr Darnalls Correspondents
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or Friends had advised him (even before I had opened
my Letters) that I had his Ldp's Orders to appoint him to the
Naval Office of Potuxent I had little Room to suppose he
would resign on any other Consideration than receiving a
Commission for that Office. Was there an Opportunity of
giving him that place he must also continue Attorney Genl
because no such Lawyer as I would recommend could afford
to act as His Ldp's Attorney for the present perquisites &
Fees of that Office. When I acquainted Colo. Plater with yr
Expectations from him in case he accepted yr kind Offer he
desired a Day or two to examine into the Profitts of the Secre-
tarys Office & then declared himself unwilling to accept it if he
must pay more than one fourth part of the Income. I am
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