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from them. The next that I took the Liberty to recommend
to a Seat in the Council was Colo Willm Goldsborough a Gentn
who had heretofore practised the Law in some of the County
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Courts but having made himself master of a considerable For-
tune by Marryage had for some time declined the Practice,
No Person in the Country had a better Character than this
Gentn he had never courted Popularity yet was well esteemed
by the People of his Coty, had better Abilities than most, & by
his Behaviour on the Provincial Bench where I had placed him
soon after my Arrival in the Province gave me the greatest
Reason to believe that his Behaviour in the Council would be
equally satisfactory to His Ldp & Myself nor have I been dis-
appointed in my Expectations concerning him. While His
Health permitted he punctually attended His Ldp's & the
publick Business notwithstanding his Place of Residence is on
the Eastern Shore, when others who enjoyed very lucrative
Offices under His Ldp, Colo Lloyd in particular, seldom made
their Appearance in the Upper House or attended a Council,
tho I was perpetually desiring them to do so. For about these
two years past we have been deprived of Colo Goldsborough's
Assistance & Advice by his being afflicted with a Dropsical
Disorder wch must eer long & will probably before this reaches
you deprive us of him altogether. As to Colo Henry he had
also heretofore practiced as a Lawyer in some of the County
Courts on the Eastern Shore, being a Member of the Lower
House he had during many Sessions of Assembly shewed
himself a Friend to the Governmt & to good Order, had also
behaved as a Provincial Magistrate to the Satisfaction of every
Body & hath a good Capacity, I thought I was serving His
Ldp in Recommending him to a Seat at the Council & as he
is succeeded in the Lower House by a Young Gentlemen of
much the same Turn I have not one Reason to repent of that
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Step, nor do I know one Objection His Ldp or any Body else
can make to him unless that he has sometimes, perhaps once
a year, the Misfortune to be laid up by the Gout & lives in a
pretty distant Part of the Province, tho if I had not during the
War been obliged to meet the Assembly so often in the
Winter (which hath never been done heretofore) in all Prob-
ability neither of those Causes would have once prevented
Colo Henrys attending the Publick Business. Of Mr Bordley
the other Gentleman who has a Seat in the Council in Con-
sequence of my Recommendation, I shall say the less as you
seem to be already thoroughly satisfied of his Ability & Incli-
nation to promote His Ldp's Interest, indeed I am rather afraid
that his earnest Desire to do His Ldp acceptable Service
might sometimes carry him into Extreems, he being of a very
sanguine Complection, & lest he should thereby prejudice the
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