64 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



August 31 — To \\'m. and David Robertson for amount of 



their account for sundry articles furnished by 



them and paid Mr. Dolson £103 3 11 



Sept. 8 — To amount of Thomas Smith's acct., Tavern 



keeper, paid him 5 10 6 



10 " amount of Wm. Surrell's account for sundries 



furnished by him 58 7 6 



To James May for sundries per acct. pd 12 15 6 



11 To paid Wm. and David Robertson for hogshead 



porter 18 



Paid ditto amount of Wm. Scott's account £17 7 35 7 



£233 4 5 

 1792. 

 Sept. 21 — By your draft on Messrs. Auldjo & Co., at 31 days 



sight for £200 



24 — By Messrs. George Leith & Co. for balance 33 4 5 



N. Y. Currency £233 4 5 



In the expense account just given it will be noted that there is, on 

 August 27th, a charge of seven shillings to cover the cost of one bottle 

 of rum and one loaf for a messenger who was sent with a letter to Mr. 

 Selby. This suggests the advisibility of adding two short notes from 

 Mr. Selby to Mr. Askim, written during the early days of the campaign. 

 Mr. Selby resided in Essex. They refer to the voting in that county. 

 It may well be that the messenger of the 27th was a hurry-up request 

 near the close of the poll for the voters, whom Mr. Selby said he could 

 "bring forward at a short notice." Or perhaps Roch, the messenger, 

 carried a letter conveying the news that Mr. Smith had been elected. 



Here we give the two Selby letters. 



Mouth of Detroit River, Friday, 16th Aug., 1792 

 Dear Sir: — 



When I left Niagara I was requested by Mr. Smith to wait on you 

 the moment of my arrival at Detroit, to assure you how sensible he is 

 of the great obligation he owes to you and his other worthy friends who 

 have so strenuously supported his interest in the present contest for a 

 representative in the House of Assembly. Be assured, Sir, that I 

 should have been extremely happy had circumstances permitted me to 

 have made you a personal report of his sentiments on this occasion, but 

 my late sickness rendered it necessary foi" me to get ashore as soon 

 as possible. 



Mr. Smith from the experiences, goodness and partiality of his 

 friends, flatters himself with the hopes of success and he purposes in 

 that event to make his acknowledgements in person as soon as his present 



