Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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cannot airi'ee for one person, and so they will lett it lapse to the
bishop—Dockwray. Ellison and Simson are candidates—Ellison's
crinievs published—and they are resolved not to have him.
1718. Dec. 27th. The contents of letter to Dr. Morton^^s :_that
their enemies made sjKirt of their clashing and disagreement and
would propose an expedient to take a third person where all might
agree and not desert their freinds they had engaged for—since they
could not (neither of the candidates I mean) succeed—and that was
me, an ingenuous education, of strict vertue and never heard me
charged with any vice, tho he had known me from cradle, and hoped
uncle Robert would attest the same, who would wait upon him, etc.,
and they were so well satisfied with the progress I had made and my
qualifications, that they would submitt to any examination they
should think proper, etc.—desired him to conceal it as far as prudent,
for I was thoughtfull and would have estate of some hundreds. He
would not have me exposed.
Spoke, too, of Mr. Hall's business, etc.
1718. Dec. 28th. Writt a letter to uncle Roljert to go with his
letter to Dr. Morton and wait his orders—thought Providence had
opened a way for John of Drym (