THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA COMPILED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE BY ALLEN D. CANDLER, A. M., LL. D., ORIGINAL PAPERS, TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANTS, AND OTHERS. f Letter from Mr. Barthw. Zouberbuhler to Harman Verelst, (From B. P. R. O., B. of T., Georgia, Vol. 23.) HARMAN VERELST ESQ. ACCOMPT. TO THE RED WAX SEAL Sir Savannah in Georgia July 4th 1750 Relative to of salary. Agreable to the Honble. Trustees Instruction payment to the President and Assistants, as well as to me, I have since my Arrival here several Times applied to them for the payment of my Salary allowed & due to me from their Honours. But had always in Answer, that the Trustees Estimate was much in Arrears, & that they could not pay it but in due course with others Dear Sir, I need not trouble you with a representation of the great Inconveniences I must labour under, If I am obliged to wait till my Salary is paid in course, since I did it already when in London, & which both the Trustees & yourself have assured me should be redressed. I hope the Trustees will therefore excuse my drawing on you a Sett of Bills for Forty Three pounds & five shillings Sterling for two Quarters Salary from ye 25th. of Decemb'. to the 25th. A Petition from the Freeholders of Abercorn. of June last, & for the Maintenance of my two Servants from the 29th. of September to the 25th. of June. Which Method I shall for the future pursue, not doubting but the Trustees will pay the same honour to my Bills as the Society do; which will relieve me from making a fruitless Application for payment to the Gentlemen here, who are always complaining of the want of Money to discharge the Trustees Expences. I am Sir Your most humble Servant Barth". Zouberbuhler Harman Verelst Esq. A PETITION FROM THE FREEHOLDERS OF ABERCORN. May it Please Your Honours— We the Inhabitants of Abercorn Humbly Crave Leave to address your Honours with the following Petition- we haveing Seriously Considered our Present State and Situation think it our Duty first to address your Honours moreover we fear the Gentlemen of the Councill will not have Such Regard to us as we might expect from them they being taken up much with Great 500 acre Gentlemen late of Carolina & we are now Surrounded all the Lands being taken up about us and Severall of those Lands 500 acre Tracts So that we expect to be as it were eaten up being confined to our 50 acre Lots we Shall have but little Range or food for our few Cat tle We therefore beg leave to acquaint your ། |