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to be transacted in the province requires so I Cannot beleive
the Limitation of them from what they have been will prove
in the End Any great Advantage to the Publick.
Possibly the fees Allowed in Virginia may not be so much
in Tobacco as those Allowed by us, yet if I am not misin-
formed the Different value of their Tobacco from ours makes
an Ample Amends; However since you Gentlemen the Dele-
gates of the People so Earnestly Desire I would not Dissent
to the said Act, I have not, trusting that you your Selves
will One Day see Cause to revive and Alter it.

Gentlemen of the lower House.
I Cannot Omit thanking you in particular for your most
Obliging Letter under the hand of Robert Ungle Esq^r Your
very worthy Speaker, And am pleased with the occasion you
thereby give me in this Publick Manner of Declaring how
Acceptable Any thing is to me which you Apprehend may
prove Advantageous to the Staple of Our Countrey.
The great Quantity of Bad Tobacco lately given up to be
burnt, whereby his Majesty has been so Considerable a Loser
in his Customs Caus'd much Inquiry and Speculation, Untill
the Sight of your late Act for preventing the Makeing Trashy
Tobacco And for the bettering the Staple of this Province gave
hopes that the like would not happen for the future which has
Convinced me how much it is for your Advantage that I
should be Assisted with men of knowledge and Interest in
your Affairs in Order Either to preserve those priviledges you
now Enjoy, or in Obtaining Others as Occasion may offer

L. H. J.

Gentlemen of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly.
It is with great Satisfaction T Observe from your Journalls,
that the Condition of the Militia has Imployed your thoughts
and I am in hopes the next Sessions will produce such a Regu-
lation therein that (together with the Charge you are Con-
stantly at for Arms and Ammunition) you may not Appear
Negligent whilst your neighbours are Takeing so much Care
of their preservation, and I am Confident you will find my
Lieutenant as Expert in forming Your Forces as you Ac-
knowledge he has been wise and Prudent in the Due Execution
of the Civill powers Comitted to his Charge.
Duplicate.

Col^o Young from the Upper house Delivers M^r Speaker
his Lordship's Dissent to the Act for Limitation of Actions
of Trespass and Ejectment with a Copy of his Lordship's
Instruction giving reasons for his Dissent thereto; w^th the

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