Document 69, p 2
| and honorable Compromise was agreed upon | ||||
| it will I think be advisable for us to halt | ||||
| here till I shall have seen my Council, which | ||||
| I will do as soon after I get to town as | ||||
| I can. a reference to a Jury will most probably | ||||
| be the end of the business, this I apprehend | ||||
| will be most agreeable to all parties, as it | ||||
| will free the Justices from any censure from | ||||
| those, who have been the advocates of violence | ||||
| and oppression and will also be a satisfaction | ||||
| to themselves to think they have done their | ||||
| utmost. but another consideration weighs | ||||
| likewise, it will render an act of Parlt | ||||
| useless at least it strikes me in that light | ||||
| but you shall hear more when I have seen | ||||
| Mr Scott. I wish you the Compts of the season | ||||
| and remain Dr Sir Your oblig’d & obedient | ||||
| Red-Rice Humble Servt | ||||
| Dec 21 1786 H: Errington | ||||
Note: Letter from Henry Errington to Ralph Heron, 21 December 1786, p2
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