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No 7 is taken ovt of a Roky hill — and if we had not bin prevented 

 wee had Sent more of it 



Thes are presented to yovr Honovr for advice 

 if any of thes be encvrageing wee shall take care to make Som farther 

 tria.ll, to see what ther is, that lyes Deeper and is more incvrageing. 

 Not Dovbting bvt if as thes faile but if the lord shal please to prosper 

 ovr indevovrs — bvt within a years time to present yovr honovr with 

 Somthing of more worth than any of thes 

 [Indorsed] A Note of things Sent to mr boyle March 30 83 

 Postscript 



Honovrable S r 



wee who have written to yovr honovr for that privilidge from his 

 maj for the encovragement to poor covntriemen that mines mi<dit 

 be Discovered here in N— E Did it not at al to apropriat the ben- 

 efit of it to ovr selves for we have pvrposed that if Providence shal 

 make ovr indevovrs profitable to vs : that wee will not be bakward 

 to shew ovr thankfullnes to his majestie for his graciovs favovr to 

 vs in that case 



and haveing for this 2 or 3 yeers time bin Diging in a Roky hill 

 at cold Spring at Groten and following a veine of a svlfvriovs 

 markasite 44 foot Right Dovne with ovt one shovl fvll of earth 

 and Now are in a white sparr — a small qvantetie of the spa[rr] 

 and of the marcasite we have sent to yovr honovr, and covld be 

 willing if yov shall think it may be acsepted that what we have with 

 ovr labovr and cost attained that it might be presented to his 

 majestie as a token of ovr alegience and ovr Desires of his pros- 

 peritie and the first frvits of ovr minerall work (before we have 

 made any benefit of it to ovr selves, in hope if the lord continve 

 ovr lives with health peace and libertie that within a few yeer time 

 we shal have somthing of more valve to present him with — it 

 may be it may be [sic'] lookt vpon as the 2 hands fvll of water that 

 I mentioned in my last — bvt if it find like acseptance (seeing I 

 have no better) my end will be in som measvre attained. 



we have sent al that we have attained knowing that there is som 

 thing good in it tho wee feare not proffitable at present — and if 

 yovr honovr shal see Cause to cal for it we have taken care with 

 ovr honovred frind who will without faile Dispose of it according to 

 yovr honovrs order 



it is Reported by some that there are sedvlovs indevovrs by som 

 ill affected persons : to insence his majestie against vs & to provok 



