An impartial relation of John Kelly's services in the Victualling-Office With an account of the great abuses he has met with from his opposers. Likewise his necessary vindication occasioned by their report to the Lords of the Admiralty.
         Kelly, John, biscuit-baker.
      
       
         
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             An impartial relation of John Kelly's services in the Victualling-Office With an account of the great abuses he has met with from his opposers. Likewise his necessary vindication occasioned by their report to the Lords of the Admiralty.
             Kelly, John, biscuit-baker.
             England and Wales. Royal Navy. Victualling Office. aut
          
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           AN
           Impartial
           Relation
           OF
           
             JOHN
             KELLY's
          
           Services
           IN
           THE
           VICTUALLING-OFFICE
           .
           WITH
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           of
           the
           great
           ABUSES
           he
           has
           met
           with
           from
           his
           OPPOSERS
           .
           Likewise
           his
           Necessary
           VINDICATION
           Occasioned
           by
           their
           REPORT
           TO
           THE
           LORDS
           of
           the
           ADMIRALTY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ;
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           who
           is
           an
           Advocate
           for
           the
           Sailors
           ,
           MDCXCIX
           .
        
         
         
         
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           
             HONOURED
             GENTLEMEN
             ,
          
        
         
           HAving
           done
           considerable
           Services
           relating
           to
           the
           Victualling
           ,
           Mr.
           Agar
           being
           dead
           (
           for
           whose
           Memory
           I
           shall
           always
           have
           a
           Veneration
           )
           ;
           and
           it
           being
           confidently
           spread
           abroad
           that
           Mr.
           Papillion
           was
           laying
           down
           ,
           and
           Capt.
           Ayles
           to
           be
           removed
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           made
           way
           for
           new
           Comissioners
           ;
           being
           sensible
           of
           my
           Loss
           in
           the
           former
           ,
           who
           had
           constantly
           given
           me
           Encouragement
           in
           what
           I
           offered
           for
           the
           Publick
           ;
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Main
           who
           was
           to
           succeed
           Him
           as
           First
           Commissioner
           would
           be
           my
           violent
           Opposer
           .
           Upon
           this
           I
           resolved
           and
           accordingly
           applyed
           my self
           to
           the
           Admiralty
           (
           Recommended
           by
           His
           Grace
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           )
           for
           a
           Settlement
           and
           Compensation
           ,
           for
           Performances
           laid
           before
           Them
           ;
           which
           the
           following
           Prints
           present
           the
           Reader
           with
           .
           Their
           Lordships
           sent
           my
           Allegations
           down
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Victualling
           ,
           with
           a
           Command
           of
           a
           Report
           concerning
           me
           ,
           which
           They
           made
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           publish'd
           from
           a
           Copy
           granted
           me
           after
           it
           was
           sent
           up
           .
           This
           was
           soon
           replyed
           to
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           only
           given
           in
           to
           Them.
           I
           now
           likewise
           print
           it
           .
           Paragraph
           to
           Paragraph
           to
           Their
           Report
           ,
           that
           in
           one
           single
           view
           the
           Reader
           may
           see
           and
           judg
           of
           both
           .
           From
           that
           time
           Mr.
           Papillion
           has
           made
           me
           hope
           the
           Gentlemen
           might
           be
           brought
           over
           to
           do
           me
           Right
           ,
           yea
           even
           after
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           had
           writ
           to
           Them
           in
           Words
           of
           a
           harsh
           Sound
           about
           me
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           Severity
           of
           their
           Report
           .
           Several
           Months
           being
           spent
           in
           fruitless
           Attendance
           ,
           Capt.
           Ayles
           since
           dead
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Burlington
           were
           prevail'd
           with
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           Papillion
           ,
           upon
           Proposals
           here
           to
           be
           seen
           of
           eminent
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           Contract
           with
           me
           .
           Mr.
           Burlington
           recedes
           and
           leaves
           me
           all
           in
           Ruines
           ,
           Mr.
           Main
           is
           what
           he
           ever
           was
           ,
           and
           nothing
           less
           than
           a
           Miracle
           can
           change
           him
           .
           The
           Letters
           I
           likewise
           set
           forth
           ,
           to
           shew
           I
           have
           used
           my
           utmost
           Endeavours
           to
           soften
           them
           to
           a
           Compliance
           with
           me
           :
           All
           being
           successless
           ,
           I
           became
           desperate
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           my
           Farewel-Letter
           ,
           of
           such
           a
           strain
           nothing
           could
           justify
           it
           but
           such
           a
           Treatment
           ;
           especially
           when
           at
           that
           very
           Instant
           the
           King
           was
           abus'd
           in
           His
           Subjects
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           in
           their
           Honour
           ,
           and
           I
           with
           a
           Numerous
           Family
           expos'd
           to
           a
           Jail
           and
           Starving
           .
           Who
           could
           have
           done
           more
           to
           have
           prevented
           this
           Publication
           ?
           Or
           who
           would
           silently
           perish
           in
           complaisance
           to
           such
           unrelenting
           Tempers
           ?
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           An
           Account
           of
           the
           Transactions
           between
           
             John
             Kelly
          
           and
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           Victualling
           ,
           since
           their
           coming
           in
           and
           his
           first
           being
           employ'd
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           BEing
           heartily
           affected
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           I
           very
           early
           devoted
           my
           thoughts
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           it
           .
           I
           well
           knew
           that
           there
           might
           be
           Baked
           in
           the
           Kings
           Ovens
           larger
           quantities
           of
           durable
           Bisket
           than
           custom
           ,
           that
           common
           plea
           for
           all
           that
           's
           Ill
           ,
           would
           ever
           admit
           of
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Town
           Bakers
           in
           Contract
           required
           an
           Overseer
           as
           much
           as
           formerly
           .
           I
           was
           recommended
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Victualling
           by
           Persons
           of
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           Character
           ,
           that
           they
           soon
           received
           me
           to
           regulate
           their
           own
           Bakehouse
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           the
           Bakers
           abroad
           perform'd
           their
           part
           .
           In
           this
           Trust
           I
           was
           for
           six
           Months
           ,
           I
           challenge
           my
           Enemies
           to
           prove
           upon
           me
           the
           least
           failure
           in
           my
           duty
           .
           All
           that
           space
           I
           Baked
           in
           my
           own
           House
           ,
           and
           sold
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           being
           under
           the
           daily
           view
           of
           such
           who
           (
           if
           they
           had
           found
           any
           thing
           to
           my
           disparagement
           )
           would
           loudly
           have
           proclaim'd
           it
           .
           At
           the
           foresaid
           Expiration
           ,
           Mr.
           M●ne
           at
           the
           Board
           demanded
           my
           Warrant
           ,
           telling
           me
           ,
           They
           had
           no
           farther
           Occasion
           for
           me
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           had
           ,
           they
           would
           send
           for
           me
           :
           Which
           some
           intended
           they
           never
           should
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           sequel
           will
           easily
           be
           discern'd
           .
           This
           was
           the
           deep
           Contrivance
           of
           Capt.
           Bolt
           ,
           whose
           private
           Interest
           justling
           with
           the
           Publick
           and
           Mine
           ,
           is
           the
           Source
           of
           all
           my
           Misfortunes
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           D●●●●●
           was
           taken
           into
           my
           Place
           on
           Labourers
           pay
           ,
           one
           of
           no
           judgment
           ,
           and
           whose
           mean
           allowance
           might
           be
           foreseen
           a
           temptation
           to
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           I
           detected
           :
           He
           does
           his
           utmost
           to
           blast
           my
           Reputation
           ,
           thereby
           to
           prevent
           my
           re
           entry
           whence
           I
           was
           dispossess'd
           .
           The
           Commissioners
           having
           occasion
           for
           great
           quantities
           of
           Bisket
           bought
           3000
           Bags
           of
           me
           .
           I
           had
           just
           taken
           a
           new
           built
           House
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           a
           prospect
           would
           prejudice
           my
           Bread
           if
           it
           continued
           with
           me
           ;
           I
           acquainted
           the
           Gentlemen
           with
           it
           ,
           they
           promis'd
           to
           take
           it
           as
           fast
           as
           baked
           :
           This
           not
           being
           done
           ,
           I
           renewed
           my
           application
           ;
           they
           told
           me
           the
           Ships
           were
           not
           ready
           ;
           with
           these
           Delays
           I
           had
           1500
           Bags
           of
           Bisket
           so
           damnified
           (
           though
           very
           good
           in
           it self
           )
           that
           it
           was
           left
           on
           my
           hands
           ,
           which
           I
           was
           forced
           to
           cull
           ,
           and
           sold
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Trade
           who
           sold
           part
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           as
           I
           proved
           before
           them
           .
           Dampness
           of
           Ships
           spoil'd
           some
           Mens
           Bread
           while
           in
           the
           River
           ,
           yet
           they
           sustain'd
           no
           loss
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           The
           sending
           for
           Bisket
           was
           Capt.
           Bolt's
           business
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           two
           others
           baked
           Horse-Beans
           in
           their
           Bread
           ,
           and
           was
           accepted
           ,
           by
           the
           favour
           of
           Mr.
           Mayne
           who
           sold
           a
           Horse
           ,
           Capt.
           Bolt
           who
           had
           the
           Present
           of
           a
           Silver-heated
           Cain
           ,
           and
           Dodson
           who
           had
           10
           l.
           lent
           him
           on
           a
           Note
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           deliver'd
           up
           when
           the
           Bisket
           went
           to
           Sea.
           This
           I
           made
           out
           against
           Dodson
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           discharg'd
           .
        
         
           Thence
           forward
           such
           Grain
           was
           made
           use
           of
           in
           Bisket
           for
           the
           Navy
           ,
           as
           ne're
           had
           been
           known
           .
           Mr.
           G.
           bought
           130
           Quarter
           of
           dammag'd
           Pease
           out
           of
           the
           Victualling-Office
           ,
           baked
           it
           into
           Bisket
           ,
           and
           sold
           it
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           .
           I
           ask'd
           him
           how
           he
           thought
           to
           get
           clear
           of
           it
           ?
           He
           told
           me
           I
           might
           go
           with
           him
           and
           see
           :
           he
           buys
           a
           Horse
           of
           Mr.
           Mayne
           ,
           who
           challenges
           him
           for
           10
           s.
           remaining
           for
           the
           former
           in
           my
           hearing
           .
        
         
         
           I
           baked
           500
           Bags
           of
           Bisket
           with
           some
           Pease
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           they
           would
           pass
           from
           me
           :
           They
           were
           refus'd
           ,
           and
           after
           six
           Months
           keeping
           ,
           sold
           by
           another
           to
           the
           Office
           ,
           for
           more
           than
           I
           would
           have
           parted
           with
           them
           for
           at
           first
           .
        
         
           The
           Town-Bakers
           were
           in
           Confederacy
           to
           fix
           an
           extravagant
           Price
           on
           the
           Bisket
           ,
           they
           knew
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           in
           urgency
           for
           ;
           after
           all
           these
           Discouragements
           I
           resolv'd
           to
           appear
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           happily
           baffled
           their
           Designs
           ,
           I
           made
           then
           Three
           Proposals
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           .
           1st
           .
           To
           prevent
           mixtures
           .
           2dly
           .
           To
           carry
           on
           Baking
           in
           their
           own
           Office
           ,
           as
           afore
           done
           by
           me
           .
           3ly
           .
           By
           baking
           in
           my
           own
           House
           the
           Kings
           Stuff
           .
           The
           latter
           they
           soon
           complied
           with
           me
           in
           ,
           and
           contracted
           with
           me
           for
           ,
           the
           Two
           former
           was
           to
           be
           coloured
           over
           as
           I
           shall
           presently
           relate
           .
           The
           Proposal
           they
           closed
           with
           me
           in
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           defeated
           as
           far
           as
           possible
           .
           Mr.
           Mayne
           set
           himself
           against
           my
           payment
           according
           to
           Contract
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Papillon
           was
           for
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           carried
           against
           me
           .
           Nor
           did
           I
           bake
           what
           I
           could
           have
           baked
           ,
           though
           I
           might
           have
           Goods
           sent
           into
           me
           on
           the
           Office
           credit
           :
           This
           was
           to
           my
           great
           Injury
           ,
           and
           the
           Publick
           too
           ,
           and
           Gain
           to
           none
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           but
           the
           Purveyor
           .
           The
           Commissioners
           order'd
           the
           clearing
           of
           my
           House
           of
           the
           Bisket
           I
           had
           in
           it
           ,
           before
           I
           baked
           for
           them
           ;
           which
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           after
           sold
           it
           to
           them
           .
           Dodson
           was
           again
           brought
           in
           ,
           he
           survey'd
           it
           ,
           and
           reports
           it
           ,
           as
           handling
           cold
           ;
           when
           I
           came
           to
           take
           out
           my
           Warrants
           ,
           Mr.
           Mayne
           crys
           out
           we
           'll
           amerce
           him
           ,
           Mr.
           Papillon
           askt
           how
           much
           ?
           Mr.
           Mayne
           said
           3
           
             l.
             per
             C.
          
           which
           came
           to
           45
           
             l.
             Dodson
          
           seem'd
           concern'd
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           thought
           1
           
             s.
             per
             C.
          
           would
           have
           been
           as
           much
           as
           they
           would
           have
           laid
           on
           it
           .
           This
           was
           the
           first
           Amercement
           ever
           was
           made
           ,
           as
           I
           knew
           of
           ;
           and
           by
           Mr.
           Mayne's
           good
           will
           it
           should
           be
           the
           only
           one
           ,
           as
           will
           appear
           by
           an
           Article
           in
           the
           Report
           about
           Amercement
           ,
           which
           was
           what
           he
           openly
           express'd
           at
           the
           Board
           against
           me
           to
           have
           brought
           them
           off
           ;
           which
           taking
           Air
           the
           Bakers
           Petition'd
           for
           Remission
           ,
           but
           Mr.
           Papillon
           resolv'd
           it
           should
           not
           go
           unpunish'd
           ,
           and
           carried
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Commissioners
           Ship'd
           great
           quantities
           of
           Bisket
           for
           the
           Streights
           There
           was
           sent
           to
           Sea
           as
           I
           proved
           upon
           Dodson
           by
           Three
           Witnesses
           such
           Bisket
           it
           was
           ashame
           it
           should
           pass
           ;
           upon
           this
           he
           was
           again
           thrown
           out
           ,
           Mr.
           Papillon
           declaring
           he
           must
           never
           expect
           to
           be
           imployed
           more
           in
           the
           Office.
           
        
         
           For
           all
           this
           the
           Commissioners
           accepted
           not
           of
           my
           two
           former
           Proposals
           till
           some
           time
           after
           ,
           as
           the
           succeeding
           Papers
           will
           manifest
           .
        
         
           I
           'll
           put
           an
           end
           to
           this
           account
           ,
           acquainting
           only
           after
           all
           the
           Services
           my
           Reply
           to
           the
           Report
           will
           make
           out
           ,
           with
           the
           brightest
           Evidence
           ,
           at
           the
           moment
           it
           was
           rumour'd
           Mr.
           Papillon
           had
           resign'd
           ,
           there
           having
           been
           a
           Drip
           in
           my
           House
           that
           had
           damaged
           some
           Cakes
           ;
           the
           whole
           Lost
           of
           Bisket
           ,
           was
           given
           out
           for
           such
           to
           Capt.
           Ayles
           ,
           which
           he
           so
           resented
           ,
           he
           resolv'd
           I
           should
           turn
           out
           before
           himself
           ,
           so
           forbid
           me
           any
           more
           Meal
           .
           This
           Inspiration
           from
           the
           Father
           of
           Lies
           was
           to
           render
           me
           odious
           to
           the
           New
           Commissioners
           ,
           Mr.
           Maine
           to
           be
           Chairman
           .
           While
           my
           Enemies
           were
           flusht
           with
           this
           Imaginary
           Victory
           they
           flatter'd
           themselves
           they
           had
           obtain'd
           ,
           and
           looking
           on
           themselves
           as
           rid
           on
           me
           forever
           .
           The
           Almighty
           Patron
           of
           the
           Oppress'd
           infuses
           new
           Courage
           into
           me
           ;
           and
           bold
           as
           Innocence
           I
           attended
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           with
           my
           Case
           ,
           who
           was
           nobly
           pleas'd
           to
           send
           me
           in
           his
           Great
           Name
           to
           the
           Admiralty
           ;
           to
           whom
           I
           presented
           what
           follows
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           only
           detain
           the
           Reader
           while
           I
           do
           justice
           to
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           for
           their
           most
           obliging
           Reception
           of
           me
           .
           I
           should
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           blackest
           Ingratitude
           ,
           did
           I
           not
           make
           an
           honourable
           mention
           of
           what
           was
           so
           deserving
           it
           .
           I
           return
           likewise
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Navy
           my
           acknowledgment
           for
           their
           dispatch
           in
           my
           Affair
           .
           How
           pleas'd
           should
           I
           be
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Praises
           of
           those
           ,
           whose
           goodness
           has
           been
           flowing
           to
           me
           ,
           while
           I
           'm
           all
           in
           torture
           now
           ,
           I
           am
           forc'd
           to
           appear
           a
           rude
           ill-natur'd
           Satyrist
           ,
           in
           making
           the
           iustest
           Reflexions
           on
           those
           who
           have
           been
           otherwise
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Case
           of
           
             John
             Kelly
          
           of
           St.
           
             Pauls
             Shadwell
          
           ,
           His
           Majesty's
           Bisket-Baker
           ,
           and
           Supervisor
           of
           the
           Victualling-Office
           on
           Tower-Hill
           .
        
         
           I.
           THat
           the
           said
           
             John
             Kelly
          
           for
           many
           Years
           hath
           followed
           his
           Calling
           of
           a
           Bisket-Baker
           ,
           but
           in
           November
           95
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           victualling
           the
           Navy
           contracted
           with
           him
           wholly
           to
           serve
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           quit
           all
           Merchants
           and
           other
           Services
           ,
           and
           to
           bake
           all
           he
           could
           in
           his
           own
           House
           on
           Wapping-Wall
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           of
           the
           King's
           Stuff
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           perform
           with
           all
           Faithfulness
           according
           to
           his
           Contract
           .
        
         
           II.
           That
           being
           zealous
           to
           serve
           His
           Majesty
           and
           his
           Seamen
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           in
           several
           Letters
           inform
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           ,
           that
           other
           Bakers
           who
           were
           in
           Contract
           to
           deliver
           Bread
           made
           all
           of
           sound
           and
           sweet
           Wheat
           at
           a
           certain
           Price
           ,
           did
           defraud
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           abuse
           the
           Seamen
           by
           mixing
           Meal
           made
           of
           Rye
           ,
           Barly
           and
           Pease
           ,
           which
           would
           not
           keep
           any
           considerable
           time
           Water-born
           ,
           nor
           was
           wholsome
           for
           the
           Seamen
           .
        
         
           III.
           That
           such
           Practices
           was
           the
           occasion
           that
           so
           much
           Bread
           was
           so
           frequently
           return'd
           ,
           and
           particularly
           betwixt
           November
           96
           ,
           and
           May
           97
           ,
           vast
           Quantities
           were
           return'd
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           King
           paid
           20
           
             s.
             per
             C.
          
           and
           was
           sold
           for
           4
           
             s.
             per
             C.
          
           and
           there
           went
           away
           as
           good
           Bread
           with
           it
           for
           want
           of
           being
           cull'd
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           gave
           20
           
             s.
             per
             C.
          
           for
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           I
           did
           propose
           a
           Method
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           to
           prevent
           such
           Evils
           (
           as
           had
           long
           rain'd
           )
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           provided
           they
           would
           empower
           me
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           was
           inform'd
           by
           
             R.
             S.
          
           that
           some
           part
           was
           sold
           to
           the
           Transport-Office
           for
           12
           
             s.
             per
             C.
          
           and
           some
           to
           Newfound-Land
           for
           45
           
             s.
             per
             C.
          
           by
           
             R.
             B.
          
           
        
         
           IV.
           That
           the
           10th
           of
           May
           97
           ,
           he
           receiv'd
           a
           Warrant
           under
           the
           Seal
           of
           the
           Office
           requiring
           and
           impowering
           him
           to
           supervise
           all
           the
           Bakers
           in
           Contract
           with
           the
           Office
           ,
           and
           to
           inspect
           what
           Stuff
           they
           made
           their
           Biskket
           of
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           according
           to
           Contract
           to
           report
           the
           same
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Abatement
           and
           Punishment
           .
        
         
           V.
           That
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           July
           97
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           being
           in
           a
           great
           Strait
           for
           want
           of
           Bread
           ,
           the
           Bakers
           understanding
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           imposed
           upon
           them
           as
           to
           Price
           and
           Payment
           .
           I
           acquainted
           Mr.
           Mitchell
           how
           they
           might
           raise
           more
           Bread
           in
           the
           Office
           ,
           and
           my
           House
           ,
           by
           setting
           the
           Ovens
           to
           work
           Night-work
           ,
           which
           he
           acquainted
           the
           Commissioners
           with
           ;
           upon
           which
           I
           was
           sent
           for
           to
           the
           Board
           ,
           and
           was
           order'd
           to
           do
           as
           I
           proposed
           (
           being
           introduced
           by
           Mr.
           Green
           into
           the
           Bake-house
           )
           which
           I
           so
           well
           perform'd
           ,
           that
           they
           baked
           there
           ,
           and
           at
           my
           House
           ,
           a
           sufficient
           Quantity
           of
           Bread
           from
           the
           King's
           Stuff
           .
        
         
           VI.
           That
           Kelly
           Pursuant
           to
           the
           Warrant
           to
           him
           directed
           ,
           did
           inspect
           the
           Bakers
           in
           Contract
           ,
           and
           through
           many
           Difficulties
           did
           discover
           such
           notorious
           Abuses
           in
           their
           mixing
           undue
           Grains
           with
           Wheat
           ,
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           amerced
           10
           of
           them
           in
           proportion
           to
           their
           Offences
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           That
           Kelly
           acquainted
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           consider'd
           of
           such
           Methods
           that
           would
           save
           the
           King
           Thousands
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           always
           good
           and
           wholsom
           Bread
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           thereto
           did
           propose
           that
           His
           Majesty
           should
           purchase
           Mills
           and
           grind
           all
           their
           own
           Wheat
           that
           they
           made
           into
           Bisket
           ;
           by
           which
           all
           Frauds
           and
           Abuses
           to
           His
           Majesty's
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           Losses
           by
           bad
           Bread
           ,
           which
           had
           for
           many
           Years
           been
           practiced
           would
           utterly
           cease
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           Kelly
           did
           further
           propose
           the
           purchasing
           Mr.
           Mayhew's
           Mills
           at
           Rotherhith
           ,
           which
           upon
           survey
           of
           Kelly
           ,
           he
           found
           it
           accommodated
           with
           four
           pair
           of
           Stones
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Conveniences
           ready
           fixed
           with
           large
           Grainerys
           ,
           and
           a
           Killn
           for
           drying
           of
           Wheat
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           dress
           their
           Flower
           ,
           which
           will
           make
           it
           keep
           three
           times
           longer
           at
           Sea
           than
           without
           drying
           .
        
         
         
           VIII
           .
           That
           the
           King
           with
           those
           Mills
           might
           grind
           180
           Quarters
           of
           Wheat
           ,
           a
           Week
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           would
           supply
           the
           Victualling-Office
           and
           the
           said
           Kelly's
           House
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Supply
           ,
           and
           likewise
           prevent
           all
           the
           Mischiefs
           that
           have
           hitherto
           attended
           the
           buying
           of
           Bisket
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           is
           used
           in
           the
           Bisket
           they
           buy
           for
           the
           Navy
           .
        
         
           Here
           follows
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Letter
           sent
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           granted
           me
           their
           Warrant
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Henoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   May
                   the
                   3d
                   97.
                   
                
              
            
             
               ONce
               more
               I
               must
               give
               you
               to
               understand
               ,
               that
               I
               see
               daily
               Abuses
               put
               upon
               you
               by
               one
               and
               another
               ,
               in
               a
               meer
               Combination
               to
               distress
               you
               as
               much
               as
               they
               can
               ,
               without
               any
               restraint
               .
               I
               am
               the
               Butt
               into
               which
               the
               Arrows
               of
               their
               Malice
               are
               Shot
               .
               I
               have
               laboured
               to
               open
               your
               Eyes
               ,
               but
               you
               seem
               as
               tho
               you
               had
               no
               Eyes
               ;
               I
               assure
               you
               ,
               you
               have
               not
               the
               same
               Goods
               you
               buy
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Government
               pays
               for
               that
               it
               has
               not
               ,
               and
               the
               Subjects
               abused
               by
               it
               ,
               who
               will
               reflect
               on
               you
               .
               Nothing
               is
               more
               common
               than
               to
               sell
               you
               by
               Sample
               that
               which
               you
               have
               not
               in
               Parcel
               .
               I
               am
               sure
               there
               is
               10
               
                 s.
                 per
              
               Quarter
               difference
               in
               some
               sort
               of
               Goods
               that
               come
               to
               me
               ;
               and
               you
               buy
               Bread
               to
               be
               made
               of
               good
               Wheat
               ,
               whereas
               't
               is
               made
               of
               Barly
               ,
               Rye
               and
               Pease
               ,
               and
               coarse
               Midlings
               ,
               which
               makes
               Bread
               four
               Shillings
               in
               the
               Hundred
               worse
               than
               you
               buy
               it
               for
               .
               This
               I
               can
               make
               appear
               ,
               and
               will
               when
               I
               am
               impowerd
               from
               you
               ,
               but
               not
               before
               .
               I
               can
               save
               the
               Government
               much
               more
               than
               500
               
                 l.
                 per
                 Ann.
              
               as
               I
               have
               said
               I
               could
               .
               Pray
               Gentlemen
               take
               me
               right
               ,
               and
               don
               't
               do
               by
               me
               as
               you
               have
               formerly
               .
               I
               have
               done
               my
               duty
               as
               a
               faithful
               Servant
               ,
               and
               I
               'm
               sorry
               my
               H
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               e
               been
               bound
               behind
               the
               back
               of
               my
               Indeavours
               .
               I
               'll
               assure
               you
               〈◊〉
               will
               not
               credit
               this
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               the
               last
               I
               shall
               trouble
               you
               with
               .
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               By
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Victualling
               His
               Majesty's
               Navy
               .
            
             
               WHEREAS
               Information
               hath
               been
               given
               to
               us
               ,
               that
               several
               of
               the
               Bakers
               ,
               that
               contracted
               to
               deliver
               Bread
               for
               His
               Majesty's
               Service
               ,
               all
               made
               of
               good
               sound
               sweet
               Wheat
               ,
               have
               notwithstanding
               contrary
               to
               their
               said
               Agreements
               ,
               put
               in
               Meal
               of
               Rye
               ,
               Barly
               and
               Pease
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               very
               prejudicial
               to
               His
               Majesty's
               Service
               ,
               and
               the
               health
               of
               the
               Men.
               These
               are
               therefore
               to
               require
               ,
               and
               impower
               you
               to
               visit
               the
               several
               Bakers
               that
               bake
               Bread
               for
               this
               Office
               ,
               and
               to
               examin
               what
               Stuff
               they
               bake
               their
               Bisket
               of
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               Information
               to
               us
               when
               you
               find
               any
               Abuse
               ,
               that
               upon
               examination
               thereof
               ,
               such
               Abatement
               may
               be
               made
               ,
               or
               such
               other
               Courses
               taken
               ,
               for
               the
               Punishment
               of
               the
               said
               Abuses
               ,
               as
               shall
               be
               directed
               according
               to
               Justice
               and
               Equity
               .
            
             
               
                 Dated
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Victualling-Office
                   ,
                   London
                
                 
                   the
                   10th
                   of
                   May
                   ,
                   1697.
                   
                
              
               
                 To
                 Mr.
                 
                   John
                   Kelly
                
                 ,
                 These
                 .
                 Tho.
                 Papillon
                 .
                 Simon
                 Mayne
                 .
                 J.
                 Barrington
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           This
           Letter
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           after
           the
           Reception
           of
           their
           Warrant
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   June
                   the
                   14th
                   1697.
                   
                
              
            
             
               IN
               pursuance
               of
               your
               Warrant
               to
               me
               directed
               ,
               wherein
               you
               impower'd
               me
               to
               visit
               the
               several
               Bakers
               in
               contract
               with
               you
               ,
               which
               accordingly
               I
               have
               ,
               and
               do
               find
               your
               Honours
               very
               much
               abused
               by
               the
               Generality
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               will
               appear
               by
               the
               Stuff
               and
               Bread
               they
               bake
               ,
               which
               I
               can
               produce
               ,
               and
               will
               when
               you
               order
               me
               .
               I
               do
               not
               know
               how
               to
               proceed
               any
               further
               ,
               till
               you
               have
               seen
               what
               has
               been
               made
               thus
               far
               .
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               your
               Honours
               will
               see
               a
               necessity
               for
               an
               Alteration
               ,
               or
               else
               you
               cannot
               be
               safe
               in
               what
               you
               buy
               to
               send
               abroad
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               Water-born
               any
               considerable
               time
               it
               will
               not
               hold
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               the
               reason
               you
               have
               so
               much
               return'd
               Bread
               ,
               because
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Stuff
               will
               not
               hold
               ,
               it
               being
               made
               of
               Rye
               ,
               Barley
               ,
               Pease
               ,
               coarse
               Midlings
               and
               some
               Wheat
               ,
               more
               or
               less
               ,
               in
               the
               most
               of
               the
               Bread
               I
               have
               seen
               you
               have
               .
               I
               remain
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           Their
           Answer
           was
           ,
        
         
           THat
           they
           had
           so
           much
           occasion
           for
           Bread
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           they
           order'd
           me
           to
           refuse
           none
           but
           what
           was
           mouldy
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           would
           take
           another
           Opportunity
           to
           treat
           with
           them
           that
           offended
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   May
                   the
                   18th
                   1698.
                   
                
              
            
             
               I
               Have
               obeyed
               your
               Commands
               ,
               in
               comparing
               the
               Produce
               of
               your
               Meal
               in
               the
               Office
               with
               that
               in
               my
               House
               ,
               and
               they
               both
               yield
               but
               poorly
               ;
               how
               far
               they
               agree
               ,
               wherein
               they
               differ
               ,
               and
               why
               they
               do
               so
               ,
               Mr.
               Green
               (
               who
               has
               the
               Account
               )
               will
               acquaint
               you
               .
               I
               am
               sorry
               to
               see
               you
               so
               far
               abused
               as
               you
               have
               been
               and
               are
               ;
               do
               hope
               you
               'll
               strengthen
               my
               Hands
               ,
               who
               can
               by
               Power
               from
               you
               not
               only
               prevent
               these
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               but
               may
               do
               that
               which
               was
               never
               perform'd
               ,
               nor
               I
               believe
               can
               be
               exceeded
               hereafter
               ,
               in
               that
               which
               I
               profess
               to
               undertake
               .
               As
               I
               have
               left
               all
               business
               to
               serve
               the
               Government
               (
               under
               you
               )
               so
               I
               would
               fain
               do
               it
               ,
               not
               by
               keeping
               you
               in
               the
               dark
               ,
               but
               by
               bringing
               hidden
               things
               to
               light
               ,
               carrying
               on
               the
               working
               ,
               grinding
               and
               baking
               your
               Wheats
               ,
               that
               you
               shall
               clearly
               discern
               wherein
               they
               differ
               ,
               whether
               in
               kind
               or
               grinding
               ;
               that
               ye
               may
               know
               a
               true
               estimate
               of
               the
               Produce
               of
               any
               parcel
               of
               Meal
               ,
               or
               Meal
               and
               Midlings
               ,
               whenever
               you
               require
               it
               ;
               whereby
               you
               may
               know
               the
               prime
               cost
               of
               the
               Bread
               to
               the
               King.
               If
               your
               Honours
               would
               amerce
               the
               present
               Wheats
               ,
               which
               ye
               are
               sensible
               vary
               so
               much
               from
               what
               you
               bought
               them
               for
               ,
               with
               submission
               it
               seems
               equally
               just
               to
               amerce
               Wheat
               as
               Bisket
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               may
               be
               the
               best
               way
               to
               deter
               from
               such
               practises
               hereafter
               .
               Your
               accepting
               or
               refusing
               this
               Motion
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Reward
               for
               what
               's
               past
               ,
               I
               willingly
               leave
               to
               your
               Wisdoms
               ;
               and
               do
               remain
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 most
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           This
           Letter
           was
           sent
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           Commands
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           lent
           the
           400
           Bags
           of
           Bread
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           took
           Receipts
           ,
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
           
             
               
                 
                   I
                   Promise
                   to
                   deliver
                   unto
                   Mr.
                   
                     John
                     Kelly
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   his
                   Order
                   ,
                   two
                   hundred
                   Bags
                   of
                   Bisket
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   His
                   Majesty's
                   Navy
                   ,
                   containing
                   one
                   hundred
                   and
                   twelve
                   Pound
                   each
                   Bag.
                   
                
                 
                   Witness
                   my
                   Hand
                   ,
                   
                     this
                     Fifteenth
                     Day
                     of
                     December
                     ,
                     1697
                  
                   
                     Richard
                     Salter
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   I
                   Promise
                   to
                   deliver
                   unto
                   Mr.
                   
                     John
                     Kelly
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   his
                   Order
                   ,
                   two
                   hundred
                   Bags
                   of
                   Bread
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   use
                   of
                   His
                   Majesty's
                   Navy
                   ,
                   containing
                   one
                   hundred
                   and
                   twelve
                   Pounds
                   each
                   Bag.
                   
                
                 
                   Witness
                   my
                   Hand
                   ,
                   
                     this
                     Fifteenth
                     day
                     of
                     December
                     ,
                     1697.
                     
                  
                   
                     Edward
                     Lodge
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           These
           two
           Letters
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           taking
           Mills
           ,
           and
           the
           Advantages
           that
           would
           accrue
           thereby
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   May
                   the
                   20th
                   1698.
                   
                
              
            
             
               I
               Have
               made
               several
               Essays
               in
               my
               way
               to
               serve
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               most
               part
               I
               have
               been
               unhappily
               understood
               and
               bauk'd
               ;
               however
               ,
               seeing
               there
               is
               one
               way
               more
               very
               providentially
               falls
               out
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               't
               is
               the
               greatest
               from
               me
               of
               any
               .
               I
               know
               a
               Person
               that
               has
               Mills
               ,
               with
               large
               Grainaries
               ,
               four
               pair
               of
               Stones
               ,
               with
               all
               moveable
               Conveniencies
               ,
               which
               he
               'll
               let
               the
               King
               have
               for
               two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               Pounds
               ,
               the
               standing
               Rent
               is
               135
               
                 l.
                 per
                 Ann.
              
               and
               there
               is
               as
               much
               to
               be
               let
               as
               will
               yield
               50
               
                 l.
                 per
                 Ann.
              
               so
               that
               the
               standing
               Rent
               will
               be
               85
               
                 l.
                 per
                 Ann.
              
               These
               Mills
               〈◊〉
               180
               Quarter
               per
               Week
               ,
               if
               fully
               employed
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               much
               as
               the
               Office
               and
               my
               House
               can
               bake
               in
               that
               time
               .
               The
               Toles
               thereof
               is
               115
               Bushel
               ,
               which
               at
               5
               
                 s.
                 per
              
               Bushel
               ,
               is
               28
               l.
               15
               
                 s.
                 per
              
               Week
               ,
               and
               at
               8
               
                 s.
                 per
              
               Bushel
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               now
               currant
               is
               46
               
                 l.
                 per
              
               Week
               .
               These
               Mills
               at
               the
               utmost
               cannot
               stand
               the
               King
               in
               more
               than
               500
               
                 l.
                 per
                 Ann.
              
               't
               is
               certain
               this
               will
               be
               of
               great
               advantage
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               if
               you
               do
               but
               compute
               it
               according
               to
               what
               Wheat
               has
               been
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               spent
               in
               the
               Office
               and
               my
               House
               ,
               besides
               the
               innumerable
               Evils
               and
               chargeable
               Practices
               ;
               this
               very
               thing
               will
               prevent
               too
               many
               here
               to
               be
               enumerated
               .
               The
               Sense
               you
               have
               of
               the
               whole
               I
               wait
               for
               ,
               and
               am
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 humble
                 Servant
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   May
                   the
                   24th
                   1698.
                   
                
              
            
             
               THE
               other
               Day
               I
               hinted
               the
               great
               Profit
               in
               taking
               Mills
               for
               the
               King's
               Use
               ,
               if
               it
               needs
               urging
               ,
               I
               can
               do
               it
               from
               the
               many
               Abuses
               it
               will
               prevent
               ,
               and
               the
               bare
               naming
               them
               ,
               I
               am
               perswaded
               will
               be
               enough
               to
               satisfy
               you
               .
            
             
               I.
               By
               those
               that
               sold
               you
               Wheat
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               deliver'd
               the
               the
               same
               according
               to
               Sample
               into
               the
               Mills
               ,
               nor
               have
               sent
               in
               the
               full
               Quantity
               which
               they
               have
               sold
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               Millers
               have
               given
               a
               Receipt
               for
               the
               full
               Proportion
               of
               what
               has
               been
               order'd
               them
               to
               receive
               ,
               and
               has
               taken
               a
               Note
               from
               under
               the
               Factors
               Hand
               to
               make
               good
               the
               full
               Complement
               .
            
             
               II.
               Another
               great
               Evil
               was
               your
               sending
               your
               Wheat
               to
               so
               many
               Mills
               at
               such
               distances
               ,
               and
               has
               been
               proved
               upon
               some
               of
               the
               Millers
               to
               have
               gone
               there
               good
               ,
               but
               have
               come
               home
               bad
               ,
               besides
               the
               power
               of
               Sacks
               you
               have
               lost
               every
               Year
               ;
               these
               have
               been
               reigning
               Evils
               along
               time
               :
               when
               they
               began
               I
               doe
               not
               know
               ,
               but
               hope
               you
               will
               put
               an
               end
               to
               them
               now
               ,
               by
               setting
               up
               a
               better
               way
               for
               the
               Publick
               Good
               ,
               and
               your
               Honours
               .
               What
               I
               have
               said
               is
               true
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               be
               slighted
               .
            
             
             
               If
               it
               be
               demanded
               ,
               that
               seeing
               these
               things
               are
               so
               momentous
               ,
               why
               〈◊〉
               not
               let
               you
               know
               them
               sooner
               ;
               to
               that
               I
               will
               return
               these
               two
               Answers
               .
               1st
               .
               That
               I
               have
               met
               with
               so
               much
               Opposition
               in
               lesser
               Matters
               ,
               which
               yet
               were
               as
               true
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               been
               afraid
               to
               meddle
               with
               so
               great
               a
               one
               .
               2dly
               .
               For
               me
               to
               discover
               those
               evils
               that
               were
               in
               such
               high
               Practice
               ,
               and
               which
               could
               not
               be
               removed
               by
               a
               bare
               discovery
               .
               I
               thought
               therein
               I
               should
               have
               done
               more
               hurt
               than
               good
               ;
               but
               now
               when
               such
               a
               singular
               opportunity
               is
               put
               into
               my
               Hands
               to
               cut
               off
               all
               these
               ,
               and
               without
               which
               you
               can
               never
               do
               it
               .
               I
               was
               encouraged
               to
               present
               it
               to
               you
               ,
               being
            
             
               
                 Your
                 humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Commissioners
           Report
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           in
           Relation
           to
           his
           Petition
           and
           Case
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           Reply
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           since
           added
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               WE
               received
               your
               Honours
               Letter
               of
               the
               first
               of
               August
               last
               ,
               accompanying
               the
               Petition
               and
               Case
               of
               
                 John
                 Kelly
              
               ,
               calling
               himself
               His
               Majesty's
               Bisket-Baker
               ,
               and
               Supervisor
               in
               the
               Victualling-Office
               ,
               transmitted
               to
               you
               from
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               ,
               which
               you
               send
               us
               ,
               and
               desire
               us
               to
               inform
               you
               what
               we
               know
               of
               his
               Allegations
               ,
               and
               whether
               we
               think
               it
               fit
               for
               His
               Majesty's
               Service
               to
               continue
               him
               as
               he
               desires
               ,
               with
               such
               other
               Matters
               as
               we
               should
               think
               proper
               for
               their
               Lordship's
               knowledg
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               for
               some
               time
               deferr'd
               the
               answering
               your
               Honours
               said
               Letter
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               Absence
               of
               some
               of
               our
               Board
               ,
               desiring
               that
               the
               said
               Matter
               might
               be
               examined
               in
               a
               full
               Board
               ,
               which
               having
               now
               been
               done
               ,
               we
               crave
               leave
               to
               acquaint
               your
               Honours
               with
               the
               state
               of
               that
               Matter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Report
               .
               We
               cannot
               allow
               of
               the
               Title
               he
               gives
               himself
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Master
               Bisket-Baker
               ,
               and
               Supervisor
               in
               the
               Victualling-Office
               ,
               nor
               that
               ever
               we
               contracted
               with
               him
               wholly
               to
               serve
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               quit
               all
               other
               Services
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Beg
               leave
               to
               reply
               to
               your
               Honours
               Report
               ,
               whereby
               I
               intend
               to
               set
               things
               in
               a
               clearer
               Light
               before
               you
               .
               The
               Title
               of
               Master-Baker
               I
               'll
               drop
               ,
               but
               desire
               to
               be
               your
               humble
               Remembrancer
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Green
               by
               your
               verbal
               Order
               ,
               introduced
               me
               into
               the
               Office
               of
               inspecting
               your
               own
               Bakers
               ,
               who
               ever
               since
               have
               constantly
               observed
               my
               Directions
               ,
               and
               in
               particular
               my
               commanding
               them
               Night-work
               ,
               whereby
               more
               Bisket
               than
               ordinary
               being
               raised
               ,
               it
               occasioned
               the
               Town-Bakers
               who
               were
               then
               caballing
               to
               advance
               their
               Price
               ,
               to
               lower
               it
               (
               as
               Capt.
               Bolt
               then
               own'd
               to
               me
               .
               )
               I
               sometime
               after
               put
               things
               into
               such
               a
               method
               ,
               you
               might
               always
               be
               ascertained
               of
               the
               actual
               Produce
               of
               Bisket
               from
               Meal
               ,
               whereby
               you
               might
               discover
               the
               Quality
               of
               the
               Stuff
               (
               which
               before
               had
               a
               Cloud
               cast
               over
               it
               .
               )
               I
               discovered
               likewise
               the
               excessive
               charge
               you
               were
               at
               in
               repair
               of
               your
               Ovens
               ,
               and
               would
               have
               demonstrated
               ,
               by
               what
               might
               have
               been
               done
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               the
               shameful
               Management
               for
               the
               past
               .
            
             
               I
               add
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               ordered
               the
               dressing
               your
               Bran
               to
               a
               considerabler
               Advantage
               than
               at
               present
               :
               I
               offered
               it
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               neglected
               ,
               as
               was
               likewise
               the
               dressing
               your
               own
               Flower
               .
               I
               do
               not
               see
               how
               a
               Master-Baker
               becomes
               so
               unallowed
               a
               Title
               ,
               when
               a
               Master-Cooper
               is
               so
               granted
               a
               one
               ;
               in
               baking
               there
               seems
               to
               be
               more
               of
               Mistery
               ,
               and
               so
               one
               to
               guide
               and
               govern
               it
               seems
               to
               
               be
               as
               necessary
               :
               and
               Names
               are
               only
               for
               Distinction
               .
               I
               once
               oppposed
               Capt.
               Bolt's
               Judgment
               ,
               recommending
               such
               Stuff
               to
               be
               baked
               into
               Bisket
               ,
               to
               be
               sent
               with
               Capt.
               Warren
               to
               the
               Indies
               ,
               as
               I
               am
               certain
               would
               have
               fail'd
               ,
               and
               preferr'd
               other
               which
               lasted
               the
               Voyage
               out
               and
               Home
               ,
               as
               I
               received
               account
               from
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Wilks
              
               Clerk
               to
               Capt.
               Warren
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               your
               signifying
               your
               not
               contracting
               with
               me
               wholly
               to
               serve
               the
               King
               ,
               I
               with
               due
               submission
               rejoin
               ,
               the
               very
               nature
               of
               the
               thing
               implies
               it
               ;
               otherwise
               I
               might
               have
               been
               under
               continual
               Suspicion
               (
               blow
               up
               by
               those
               whose
               Interest
               it
               interfer'd
               with
               )
               of
               changing
               the
               King's
               Goods
               for
               worse
               of
               my
               own
               ,
               having
               no
               Eye
               of
               yours
               over
               me
               ,
               I
               suppose
               because
               you
               knew
               me
               only
               employ'd
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               therefore
               there
               was
               none
               .
               I
               add
               ,
               my
               former
               Papers
               puts
               this
               out
               of
               doubt
               ,
               relating
               such
               Circumstances
               about
               it
               I
               shall
               neve
               forget
               .
            
          
           
             
               Report
               .
               It
               's
               true
               that
               the
               10
               th
               of
               May
               97
               ,
               having
               Information
               of
               the
               Abuses
               of
               some
               Bakers
               then
               in
               contract
               ,
               we
               did
               give
               him
               a
               Warrant
               to
               visit
               and
               examin
               with
               what
               Stuff
               the
               several
               Bakers
               we
               were
               in
               contract
               with
               did
               bake
               their
               Bread
               ,
               and
               wherein
               he
               found
               abuse
               to
               give
               us
               an
               account
               thereof
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               we
               did
               imploy
               him
               to
               bake
               Bread
               for
               His
               Majesty's
               Service
               ,
               and
               furnished
               him
               with
               Stuff
               for
               the
               same
               rate
               of
               2
               
                 s.
                 per
                 C.
              
               weight
               ,
               for
               his
               Care
               of
               inspecting
               the
               other
               Bakers
               ,
               he
               demanded
               no
               Allowance
               in
               regard
               he
               was
               imployed
               by
               us
               to
               bake
               Bread
               himself
               .
            
             
               The
               said
               Kelly
               in
               answer
               to
               the
               said
               Warrant
               ,
               did
               give
               Information
               against
               several
               Bakers
               ;
               and
               upon
               hearing
               and
               examining
               the
               Matter
               ,
               there
               hath
               been
               between
               2
               and
               300
               l.
               stop'd
               and
               allow'd
               for
               the
               Abuses
               they
               had
               been
               guilty
               of
               .
               The
               said
               Kelly's
               Informations
               being
               not
               given
               unto
               our
               Board
               ,
               until
               the
               Bread
               was
               deliver'd
               and
               gone
               .
            
             
               We
               knew
               of
               no
               expence
               of
               Time
               and
               Money
               that
               the
               said
               Kelly
               hath
               been
               at
               ,
               otherwise
               then
               before
               exprest
               ,
               nor
               ever
               understood
               of
               any
               contrivance
               he
               made
               for
               the
               Retrenchment
               of
               the
               Charge
               in
               the
               Office
               ,
               or
               that
               he
               expected
               any
               Compensation
               or
               Salary
               for
               his
               Service
               ,
               otherways
               than
               the
               due
               Payment
               of
               him
               for
               the
               Bread
               he
               baked
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reply
               .
               I
               was
               above
               a
               Year
               in
               baking
               for
               you
               ,
               before
               I
               prov'd
               upon
               Dodson
               his
               Connivance
               at
               the
               Bakers
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               was
               a
               second
               time
               discharg'd
               ;
               soon
               after
               you
               gave
               me
               a
               Warrant
               to
               the
               purpose
               you
               express
               it
               .
               Mr.
               Agur
               gave
               it
               as
               his
               Sense
               at
               the
               Board
               ,
               and
               none
               of
               you
               contradicted
               it
               ,
               that
               half
               of
               the
               Amercement
               should
               be
               my
               Encouragement
               .
               I
               am
               ready
               to
               give
               Oath
               I
               made
               Complaint
               against
               them
               with
               all
               imaginable
               Candor
               ,
               to
               avoid
               the
               Clamour
               I
               expected
               upon
               it
               .
               The
               receiving
               of
               the
               Bisket
               mulcted
               by
               them
               was
               by
               the
               Appointment
               of
               the
               Board
               ,
               notwithstanding
               Mr.
               Maine's
               asserting
               differently
               .
               Mr.
               Agur
               had
               the
               several
               Samples
               at
               delivery
               handed
               to
               him
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Warren
               who
               is
               ready
               to
               attest
               it
               .
               I
               could
               never
               have
               imagined
               your
               Honours
               could
               have
               thought
               all
               the
               fore-mentioned
               Services
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               only
               for
               the
               good
               done
               by
               them
               ,
               or
               that
               it
               could
               be
               expensless
               ,
               or
               that
               I
               would
               create
               Legions
               of
               Enemies
               only
               for
               the
               pleasure
               of
               engaging
               them
               .
            
             
               I
               add
               ,
               I
               had
               a
               Salary
               for
               executing
               my
               former
               Warrant
               ,
               though
               I
               baked
               my
               own
               Stuff
               ,
               and
               might
               have
               gain'd
               sufficiently
               ,
               as
               all
               did
               except
               my self
               ,
               for
               the
               Reasons
               before-given
               .
            
          
           
             
               Report
               .
               That
               whereas
               he
               suggests
               in
               the
               third
               Article
               in
               his
               Case
               ,
               That
               Quantities
               of
               return'd
               Bread
               from
               the
               Ships
               of
               War
               ,
               were
               sold
               at
               4
               
                 S.
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               and
               afterwards
               by
               the
               Person
               that
               bought
               it
               ,
               sold
               to
               the
               Commissioners
               of
               the
               Transport
               for
               12
               
                 s.
                 per
                 C.
              
               &c.
               all
               the
               Contents
               of
               the
               said
               Article
               (
               except
               only
               that
               the
               said
               defective
               Bread
               was
               sold
               at
               4
               
                 s.
                 per
                 C.
              
               )
               is
               altogether
               false
               and
               scandalous
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               Examination
               in
               his
               own
               Presence
               ,
               all
               the
               said
               Particulars
               hath
               been
               own'd
               by
               him
               to
               be
               utterly
               false
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               Pretences
               of
               excuse
               ,
               asserting
               such
               untruth
               ,
               was
               that
               some
               body
               or
               other
               told
               him
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Reply
               .
               As
               to
               the
               return'd
               Bisket
               sold
               to
               Capt.
               Clerk
               ,
               he
               frankly
               own'd
               the
               culling
               it
               ;
               but
               said
               it
               came
               to
               a
               bad
               Market
               .
               
                 William
                 Railton
              
               one
               of
               the
               Furners
               ,
               justified
               some
               of
               it
               as
               good
               as
               what
               you
               bought
               ,
               which
               was
               no
               great
               Credit
               to
               the
               Purveyor
               .
            
             
               I
               add
               ,
               what
               I
               said
               about
               selling
               to
               the
               Transport-Office
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               aggravated
               ,
               I
               had
               it
               from
               
                 R.
                 S.
              
               I
               invented
               it
               not
               ,
               nor
               ever
               design'd
               to
               scandalize
               you
               by
               it
               ,
               but
               to
               expose
               the
               buying
               of
               no
               better
               Bread
               than
               sold
               for
               damaged
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 They
                 Report
              
               .
               We
               own
               it
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               the
               said
               Kelly
               did
               Inform
               them
               of
               the
               Mills
               at
               Rotherith
               were
               to
               be
               sold
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               would
               be
               for
               the
               King's
               Service
               to
               buy
               the
               same
               ,
               to
               prevent
               the
               Abuses
               that
               had
               been
               formerly
               committed
               by
               the
               Millers
               ;
               which
               we
               upon
               consideration
               ,
               hoping
               it
               might
               prove
               to
               His
               Majesty's
               Advantage
               ,
               did
               apply
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admirality
               ,
               for
               their
               Lordships
               Direction
               in
               the
               Case
               ;
               and
               upon
               their
               Lordships
               Approval
               ,
               did
               buy
               the
               Lease
               of
               the
               said
               Mills
               :
               We
               think
               Mr.
               Kelly
               therein
               did
               a
               good
               Service
               ,
               but
               we
               never
               heard
               that
               he
               expected
               any
               Bounty
               for
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reply
               .
               For
               the
               Mills
               which
               Providence
               proposed
               I
               laid
               hold
               on
               ,
               and
               your
               Honours
               Embraced
               ,
               as
               the
               great
               Remedy
               for
               so
               many
               Evils
               the
               Office
               laboured
               under
               ;
               to
               your
               Fame
               be
               it
               spoke
               ,
               with
               a
               Generosity
               worthy
               of
               you
               :
               You
               despised
               all
               the
               Artifices
               made
               use
               of
               to
               hinder
               your
               taking
               of
               them
               .
               And
               my
               possessing
               my self
               of
               Mahew's
               Papers
               somewhat
               contributed
               to
               .
               I
               pay
               you
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               my
               sincerest
               Acknowledment
               for
               owning
               me
               as
               an
               Instrument
               about
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Report
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Prayer
               of
               his
               Petition
               ,
               That
               he
               might
               be
               continued
               Master-Baker
               in
               the
               Victualling-Office
               ,
               and
               Impowered
               Supervisor
               of
               all
               dry
               Provisions
               ,
               &c.
               
               We
               crave
               leave
               to
               certifie
               your
               Honours
               ,
               That
               we
               cannot
               think
               him
               a
               fit
               Person
               for
               such
               a
               Trust
               ,
               not
               only
               because
               before
               he
               was
               Imploy'd
               to
               Bake
               the
               King's
               Meal
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               in
               Contract
               for
               delivering
               of
               Bread
               ,
               we
               found
               him
               as
               Culpable
               as
               any
               of
               the
               other
               Bakers
               ;
               but
               that
               also
               since
               he
               was
               Imploy'd
               to
               Bake
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               did
               dispose
               of
               400
               Bags
               of
               Bread
               for
               his
               own
               use
               ,
               for
               the
               Payment
               of
               his
               Private
               Debts
               ,
               without
               the
               Knowledge
               or
               Allowance
               of
               the
               Board
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               time
               when
               there
               was
               great
               Scarcity
               of
               Bread
               for
               their
               Service
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               same
               hath
               since
               been
               supplied
               by
               other
               Bread
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               so
               good
               as
               that
               of
               the
               King
               's
               ;
               yet
               we
               humbly
               conceive
               ,
               a
               Person
               that
               hath
               been
               Guilty
               of
               such
               a
               Breach
               of
               Trust
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               time
               when
               the
               King's
               Affairs
               might
               have
               suffer'd
               exceedingly
               for
               want
               of
               the
               Bread
               ,
               is
               not
               fit
               for
               such
               an
               Employ
               and
               Trust
               as
               is
               in
               his
               Petition
               desired
               .
               We
               are
               ,
            
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 your
                 Honours
                 most
                 Humble
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Reply
               .
               I
               come
               now
               to
               the
               concluding
               Paragraph
               about
               my
               Contrivances
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               pray
               with
               more
               fervency
               than
               ever
               ,
               that
               since
               I
               have
               acted
               so
               (
               as
               the
               Paper
               demonstrates
               )
               for
               the
               Common
               Good
               ,
               you
               would
               not
               suffer
               me
               ,
               as
               you
               are
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               more
               as
               you
               are
               Christians
               ,
               to
               fall
               into
               Ruin
               ,
               to
               the
               Triumph
               of
               those
               that
               hate
               me
               ,
               and
               the
               disheartning
               all
               who
               shall
               serve
               the
               Publick
               against
               the
               Selfishness
               of
               them
               that
               oppose
               it
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               your
               representing
               me
               as
               unqualify'd
               ,
               from
               undue
               Baking
               whilst
               in
               Contract
               ,
               it
               should
               seem
               more
               an
               Objection
               against
               using
               me
               formerly
               ,
               than
               at
               present
               ;
               and
               what
               gave
               satisfaction
               then
               ,
               will
               ,
               I
               trust
               ,
               continue
               it
               now
               .
               Though
               I
               must
               needs
               say
               ,
               that
               Eye
               was
               sharp
               as
               an
               Eagles
               ,
               that
               could
               disern
               Pease
               in
               Bisket
               while
               it
               was
               mine
               ,
               and
               therefore
               rejected
               it
               ;
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               it
               came
               to
               be
               Mr.
               〈◊〉
               became
               blind
               as
               a
               Mole
               (
               or
               the
               Pease
               vanished
               )
               and
               accepted
               it
               .
            
             
             
               The
               400
               Bags
               of
               Bisket
               disposed
               of
               by
               me
               ,
               was
               such
               a
               fault
               ,
               nothing
               less
               than
               Necessity
               can
               Apologize
               for
               :
               But
               your
               Honours
               have
               been
               misinformed
               about
               paying
               my
               Debts
               with
               the
               Sale
               of
               them
               .
               I
               have
               their
               Note
               to
               shew
               it
               otherwise
               :
               As
               it
               is
               not
               out
               of
               your
               Power
               ,
               or
               unreasonable
               to
               forgive
               it
               ,
               seeing
               it
               has
               been
               made
               good
               ;
               so
               let
               it
               not
               be
               against
               your
               Inclinations
               ,
               but
               let
               my
               Services
               ,
               with
               the
               State
               of
               a
               poor
               Family
               in
               the
               depth
               of
               Misery
               ,
               move
               your
               Compassion
               ;
               and
               may
               I
               upon
               a
               Second
               Commission
               of
               that
               kind
               ,
               fall
               under
               the
               severest
               Justice
               ,
               as
               now
               I
               hope
               to
               become
               an
               Object
               of
               your
               Mercy
               .
               And
               so
               remain
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             I
             add
             ,
             I
             assume
             the
             Boldness
             to
             assert
             ,
             I
             have
             abundantly
             Refuted
             your
             charging
             me
             ,
             when
             in
             Contract
             ,
             with
             delivering
             as
             bad
             Bread
             as
             others
             ;
             I
             wish
             both
             that
             and
             what
             I
             have
             returned
             to
             it
             ,
             had
             never
             seen
             the
             Sun.
             The
             Services
             about
             the
             Mills
             alone
             in
             the
             full
             extent
             of
             their
             usefulness
             ,
             are
             of
             that
             consequence
             ,
             the
             consideration
             of
             them
             might
             have
             prevail'd
             with
             you
             to
             have
             buried
             the
             400
             Lent
             Bags
             in
             Everlasting
             Oblivion
             :
             I
             must
             be
             free
             with
             you
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             you
             had
             no
             other
             way
             of
             intercepting
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Admiralty's
             Bounty
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             preventing
             their
             Settling
             me
             (
             upon
             Petitioning
             them
             )
             according
             as
             I
             requested
             them
             ,
             but
             with
             blackening
             me
             with
             that
             unhappy
             Fact.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             sorry
             for
             you
             ,
             that
             your
             Prejudices
             should
             not
             rest
             here
             ,
             and
             tho'
             I
             have
             declined
             the
             Matter
             of
             my
             Petition
             ,
             and
             only
             Crave
             to
             live
             by
             Serving
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             because
             I
             can
             live
             no
             otherwise
             ,
             having
             disoblig'd
             almost
             all
             others
             ,
             by
             my
             Serving
             the
             Government
             in
             opposition
             to
             them
             .
             I
             must
             be
             deny'd
             this
             ,
             though
             I
             give
             in
             Security
             ;
             and
             nothing
             will
             satisfie
             ,
             but
             to
             abandon
             me
             to
             all
             that
             is
             Miserable
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             had
             been
             one
             of
             the
             Vilest
             of
             Criminals
             .
             The
             Touch
             about
             Bisket
             supply'd
             ,
             being
             not
             so
             good
             ,
             I
             can
             only
             say
             to
             it
             ,
             Captain
             Ayles
             might
             have
             refused
             it
             ,
             I
             could
             have
             compelled
             them
             to
             send
             in
             better
             ,
             as
             I
             might
             sooner
             ,
             had
             I
             known
             your
             Scarcity
             ,
             the
             Notes
             running
             to
             answer
             it
             on
             Demand
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             take
             my
             leave
             of
             the
             last
             Article
             ,
             (
             that
             gives
             such
             a
             wound
             to
             my
             Reputation
             ,
             I
             and
             all
             mine
             are
             threatened
             to
             bleed
             to
             Death
             by
             it
             )
             without
             making
             two
             Observations
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             As
             to
             what
             you
             term
             the
             Prayer
             of
             my
             Petition
             ,
             my
             Answer
             to
             the
             first
             Article
             ,
             and
             the
             Amercement
             ;
             I
             think
             ,
             clears
             it
             up
             to
             a
             Demonstration
             ,
             that
             my
             Conduct
             has
             been
             unexceptionable
             in
             both
             Parts
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             more
             than
             I
             shall
             grant
             that
             of
             my
             Adversaries
             to
             have
             been
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Neither
             can
             that
             far
             fetch'd
             Argument
             against
             me
             ,
             nor
             your
             nearer
             ones
             (
             all
             so
             weakened
             (
             as
             I
             humbly
             conceive
             )
             by
             my
             Reply
             to
             them
             )
             I
             verily
             think
             ,
             conclude
             against
             me
             even
             in
             that
             ,
             unless
             my
             Faults
             ,
             different
             from
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             admit
             of
             no
             Extenuations
             ;
             and
             what
             would
             be
             a
             Vertue
             in
             others
             ,
             is
             demerit
             in
             me
             .
             Much
             less
             for
             ever
             to
             shut
             me
             out
             of
             Employ
             under
             the
             King
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             given
             in
             Security
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
               The
               Account
               of
               the
               first
               Years
               Work
               ,
               wherein
               I
               was
               concerned
               in
               buying
               part
               of
               the
               Goods
               .
            
             
               
                 1695.
                 
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Nov.
                 11.
                 
              
               
                 TO
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 100
                 Qr.
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 56
                 
                   s.
                   per
                   Qr.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Decem.
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 ditto
                 for
                 50
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Holloway
                 .
                 at
                 50
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 9
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 
                   Geo.
                   Hubert
                
                 ,
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Decemb.
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 528
                 Bags
              
            
             
               
                 Jan.
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 Delivered
                 ,
                 by
                 
                   Providence-Hoy
                   ,
                   James
                   Pearse
                
                 Master
                 ,
                 320
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Ditto
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 a
                 Hoy
                 called
                 the
                 
                   William
                   ,
                   W.
                   Phillpot
                
                 Master
                 ,
                 208
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                 1695
                 &
                 96.
                 
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Decem.
                 16.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 for
                 150
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 54
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 for
                 13
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Geor.
                   Hubart
                
                 .
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 8
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Geo.
                   Staples
                
                 ,
                 at
                 35
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Januar.
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 582
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Januar.
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 Delivered
                 ,
                 By
                 William
                 Hoy
                 ,
                 Phillpot
                 Master
                 ,
                 104
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 28.
                 
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 the
                 William
                 and
                 
                   Thomas
                   ,
                   John
                   Long
                
                 Master
                 ,
                 358
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 the
                 Friendship
                 ,
                 120
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Januar.
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 150
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 ,
                 at
                 54
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 28.
                 
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket-bread
                 493
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 30.
                 
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 the
                 William
                 and
                 
                   Thomas
                   ,
                   John
                   Long
                
                 Master
                 ,
                 453
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 
                   The.
                   Hermond
                
                 ,
                 40
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Januar.
                 28.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 150
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 ,
                 at
                 54
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Febr.
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 489
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Febr.
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 Wherry
                 for
                 the
                 William
                 and
                 Thomas
                 ,
                 20
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 11.
                 
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Success
                   ,
                   J.
                   Sauly
                
                 Master
                 ,
                 196
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 Wherries
                 in
                 100
                 Punchins
                 ,
                 200
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 March
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 Deliv
                 .
                 by
                 the
                 James
                 Hoy
                 ,
                 
                   John
                   Litchfield
                
                 Master
                 ,
                 73
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 given
                 you
                 the
                 whole
                 of
                 the
                 Deliveries
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 too
                 large
                 for
                 this
                 Book
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 too
                 chargable
                 for
                 me
                 .
                 This
                 I
                 think
                 is
                 sufficient
                 to
                 shew
                 my
                 Method
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 constant
                 Attendance
                 of
                 me
                 and
                 my
                 Servants
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Febru
                 .
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 for
                 250
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 ,
                 at
                 54
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 10
                 quart
                 .
                 5
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Broxwel
                 ,
                 at
                 47
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 21
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 ,
                 at
                 36
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 for
                 12
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Meagor
                 ,
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Medling
                 ,
                 for
                 2
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 
                   Tho.
                   Clark
                
                 ,
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 16
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Hubbart
                 ,
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 ,
                 1042
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 March
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 for
                 220
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 19
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Geor.
                   Hubbart
                
                 ,
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 40
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 36
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 for
                 12.
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Meagor
                 ,
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 3
                 quart
                 .
                 1
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Tho.
                   Clark
                
                 ,
                 at
                 48
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 12
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 
                   bush
                   .
                   Rich.
                   Rountree
                
                 at
                 44
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Biket
                 ,
                 978
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 May
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 For
                 Meal
                 ,
                 210
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 sundry
                 Prices
                 .
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 30
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Moore
                 ,
                 at
                 42
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 36
                 quart
                 .
                 5
                 
                   bush
                   .
                   R.
                   Rountree
                
                 .
                 at
                 44
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 15
                 quart
                 .
                 5
                 
                   bush
                   .
                   ditto
                   Rountree
                
                 ,
                 at
                 40
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 5
                 quart
                 .
                 3
                 
                   bush
                   .
                   Edw.
                   Davis
                
                 at
                 40
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 5
                 quart
                 .
                 7
                 
                   bush
                   .
                   ditto
                   Davis
                
                 at
                 36
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 4
                 quart
                 .
                 3
                 
                   bush
                   .
                   James
                   Kenfield
                
                 at
                 33
                 
                   s.
                   6d
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 14
                 quart
                 .
                 Mr.
                 
                   Geor.
                   Hubbart
                
                 ,
                 at
                 32
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 ,
                 1034
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 June
                 15
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 100
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 40
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 6
                 quart
                 .
                 2
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Ja.
                   Norwood
                
                 at
                 32
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 28
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 29
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 ,
                 445
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                 1696.
                 
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 July
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 145
                 quart
                 ,
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 40
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 6
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 bought
                 
                   ditto
                   Holloway
                
                 at
                 30
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 22
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 Holloway
                 or
                 
                   Rich
                   Rountrees
                
                 29
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 5
                 quart
                 .
                 5
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Edw.
                   Davis
                
                 28
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 11
                 quart
                 .
                 7
                 
                   bush
                   .
                   Mary
                   Tillard
                
                 32
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 ,
                 649.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 July
                 30.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 137
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 at
                 40
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 9
                 quart
                 .
                 bought
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Gallaway
                 at
                 28
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 11
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Bedwel
                 ,
                 at
                 28
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 12
                 quart
                 .
                 4
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Davis
                 at
                 30
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 8
                 quart
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 at
                 29
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Septemb.
                 21.
                 
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 ,
                 600
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Septemb.
                 21.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Meal
                 ,
                 for
                 100
                 quart
                 .
                 at
                 38
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 4
                 quart
                 .
                 2
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Holloway
                 ,
                 at
                 26
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                  
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 16
                 quart
                 .
                 6
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Ja.
                   Norvood
                
                 ,
                 at
                 28
                 s.
                 6
                 d.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 October
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 To
                 Midling
                 ,
                 for
                 6
                 quart
                 .
                 3
                 bush
                 .
                 of
                 
                   Jos.
                   Shepard
                
                 ,
                 at
                 26
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 October
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 Produce
                 ,
                 by
                 Bisket
                 Bread
                 ,
                 449
                 Bags
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Sirs
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   October
                   the
                   13th
                   1696.
                   
                
              
            
             
               I
               Have
               delivered
               the
               Account
               of
               the
               two
               last
               Parcels
               which
               have
               been
               in
               hand
               since
               the
               2d
               .
               of
               July
               ,
               the
               neat
               produce
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               was
               600
               Bags
               of
               Bisket
               at
               13
               
                 s.
                 per
              
               Bag
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               449
               Bags
               at
               12
               
                 s.
                 per
              
               Bag
               ,
               I
               could
               have
               baked
               twice
               as
               much
               in
               the
               time
               or
               more
               ;
               and
               considering
               how
               cheap
               I
               work
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               Charge
               I
               am
               at
               ,
               it
               's
               hard
               with
               me
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               Money
               for
               what
               I
               have
               done
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               for
               want
               of
               what
               I
               could
               have
               done
               ;
               so
               that
               set
               my
               Working
               time
               and
               my
               Playing
               time
               together
               ,
               I
               have
               got
               nothing
               by
               Serving
               you
               this
               Year
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               Three
               Ovens
               which
               draw
               200
               and
               a
               half
               per
               Shute
               ,
               which
               comes
               but
               to
               5
               s.
               and
               the
               Wood
               and
               Wages
               of
               that
               is
               4
               s.
               7
               d.
               whence
               it
               appears
               my
               Profit
               is
               very
               small
               ,
               to
               pay
               House-Rent
               and
               Taxes
               ,
               and
               maintain
               my
               great
               Family
               ,
               for
               whom
               I
               have
               no
               other
               way
               to
               get
               Bread
               ;
               having
               ,
               as
               you
               know
               ,
               thrown
               off
               all
               my
               other
               Concerns
               (
               as
               you
               oblig'd
               me
               )
               to
               serve
               the
               Government
               ,
               which
               has
               Created
               me
               many
               Enemies
               ,
               who
               labour
               industriously
               to
               overthrow
               all
               my
               Endeavours
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               me
               a
               great
               Trouble
               ,
               and
               especially
               from
               those
               who
               should
               have
               been
               one
               with
               me
               :
               They
               are
               the
               great
               Tools
               made
               use
               of
               by
               my
               Enemies
               (
               within
               )
               though
               ,
               I
               thank
               God
               ,
               they
               cannot
               charge
               me
               with
               the
               least
               unfaithfulness
               to
               my
               Trust
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               former
               I
               could
               much
               better
               bear
               ,
               had
               I
               but
               the
               Countenance
               and
               Encouragement
               from
               your
               Honours
               ,
               as
               my
               Readiness
               and
               Fidelity
               might
               obtain
               ,
               were
               not
               your
               Honours
               possess'd
               with
               contrary
               Sentiments
               ,
               all
               which
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               Time
               will
               change
               into
               favonrable
               ones
               concerning
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 most
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           Note
           ,
           The
           Commissioners
           contradicted
           not
           my
           asserting
           throwing
           off
           all
           my
           other
           Concerns
           ,
           as
           they
           obliged
           me
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           first
           of
           that
           kind
           I
           met
           with
           in
           the
           Report
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Sirs
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   February
                   the
                   5th
                   1696.
                   
                
              
            
             
               I
               Am
               constrained
               to
               give
               you
               the
               trouble
               of
               these
               ,
               because
               your
               Delays
               to
               pay
               me
               my
               Wages
               for
               my
               last
               Years
               Work
               ,
               lays
               me
               under
               such
               Necessities
               ,
               that
               I
               can
               no
               longer
               stand
               under
               the
               same
               ,
               unless
               you
               pay
               me
               .
               What
               I
               have
               done
               ,
               is
               cheaper
               than
               any
               other
               Man
               could
               do
               it
               ,
               or
               than
               it
               is
               done
               in
               the
               Office
               by
               5
               
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               from
               November
               1695
               ,
               to
               November
               1696
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               please
               to
               compute
               it
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               it
               so
               ,
               or
               pretty
               near
               it
               .
               One
               thing
               more
               I
               can
               prove
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               would
               have
               let
               me
               Bake
               what
               I
               would
               have
               Baked
               from
               June
               to
               November
               last
               ,
               I
               had
               saved
               the
               King
               35
               
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               of
               what
               you
               give
               now
               ;
               which
               is
               926
               l.
               9
               s.
               on
               the
               2647
               Bags
               of
               Bread
               which
               I
               could
               have
               Baked
               more
               than
               I
               had
               .
               The
               Meal
               ,
               &c.
               to
               have
               made
               it
               of
               ,
               I
               could
               have
               had
               of
               such
               as
               would
               have
               Credited
               the
               Office
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               which
               are
               as
               followeth
               ;
               Mr.
               
                 Francis
                 Hollaway
              
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Hubart
              
               ,
               Mr.
               Megar
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Davis
              
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 James
                 Norwood
              
               ,
               Mrs.
               
                 Mary
                 Tillard
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               For
               the
               Truth
               of
               what
               I
               say
               in
               this
               particular
               ,
               please
               to
               review
               your
               own
               Agreement
               with
               Mr.
               
                 Hollaway
                 ,
                 September
              
               last
               ,
               for
               100
               Quarters
               ,
               as
               it
               stands
               in
               your
               Minute
               Book
               ,
               and
               't
               will
               appear
               true
               ;
               all
               which
               ,
               when
               entertain'd
               in
               your
               Honours
               serious
               Consideration
               ,
               undoubtedly
               will
               prevail
               with
               you
               to
               take
               some
               effectual
               Course
               for
               my
               Payment
               ,
               and
               further
               oblige
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 most
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   February
                   the
                   10th
                   1697.
                   
                
              
            
             
               I
               Conclude
               by
               your
               Carriage
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               your
               not
               paying
               of
               me
               according
               to
               Contract
               ,
               that
               you
               think
               I
               get
               greatly
               by
               Baking
               for
               you
               ;
               If
               I
               had
               been
               fully
               Employ'd
               all
               the
               Year
               ,
               I
               could
               have
               cleared
               about
               100
               
                 l.
                 per
                 Annum
              
               .
               I
               have
               acted
               with
               that
               plainness
               and
               clearness
               in
               my
               Accounts
               ,
               which
               proves
               me
               to
               be
               otherwise
               than
               was
               thought
               by
               some
               of
               you
               when
               I
               first
               proposed
               this
               Undertaking
               ,
               and
               others
               which
               was
               then
               offered
               ;
               which
               would
               have
               been
               as
               advantageous
               to
               the
               Government
               as
               this
               ,
               and
               altogether
               for
               the
               Saylors
               Good
               :
               I
               know
               the
               Suspicions
               which
               some
               of
               you
               have
               of
               me
               ,
               were
               suggested
               to
               your
               Honours
               by
               some
               in
               your
               Office
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               without
               ,
               whose
               Interest
               these
               Proposals
               of
               mine
               interfere
               with
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               have
               been
               heard
               to
               say
               ,
               That
               they
               had
               better
               given
               me
               a
               Thousand
               Pounds
               ,
               than
               I
               should
               have
               done
               what
               I
               did
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               ,
               and
               it
               would
               be
               ,
               much
               out
               of
               their
               way
               .
               Gentlemen
               ,
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               not
               take
               my
               Addressing
               you
               amiss
               ,
               for
               is
               there
               not
               a
               Cause
               ?
               I
               find
               you
               slight
               me
               ,
               and
               all
               I
               do
               for
               you
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               were
               not
               faithful
               to
               you
               ,
               when
               no
               Man
               could
               have
               done
               more
               to
               Serve
               you
               than
               I
               have
               ;
               I
               have
               obeyed
               your
               Orders
               punctually
               ,
               have
               given
               you
               an
               Account
               justly
               ,
               have
               been
               diligent
               in
               finding
               out
               all
               Irregular
               Practices
               that
               were
               prejudicial
               to
               the
               Subject
               ,
               or
               reflect
               dishonour
               on
               you
               :
               I
               have
               spent
               both
               my
               Time
               and
               Money
               to
               serve
               you
               ,
               and
               had
               I
               had
               the
               Incouragement
               I
               deserved
               from
               you
               ,
               things
               might
               have
               been
               so
               managed
               ,
               that
               none
               of
               your
               Successors
               should
               be
               able
               to
               find
               fault
               in
               these
               Species
               :
               I
               humbly
               remain
               ,
            
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 your
                 Faithful
                 Servant
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           IT
           was
           not
           my
           first
           Intention
           to
           print
           the
           Transcript
           out
           of
           the
           Books
           ,
           and
           the
           Three
           Letters
           that
           accompany
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sensible
           in
           the
           order
           of
           Things
           should
           be
           in
           another
           more
           proper
           place
           :
           But
           this
           being
           an
           After-Thought
           ,
           I
           must
           acquaint
           you
           they
           have
           a
           double
           Face
           ,
           looking
           backward
           and
           forward
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           serviceable
           to
           my
           main
           Design
           ,
           I
           cannot
           without
           Injury
           to
           my self
           omit
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           Transcript
           proves
           what
           I
           assert
           in
           my
           foregoing
           Reply
           to
           the
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           employ'd
           by
           them
           in
           baking
           ,
           long
           before
           they
           gave
           me
           the
           Warrant
           they
           specify
           the
           Date
           of
           ,
           
             viz.
             May
          
           97.
           
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           all
           who
           are
           impartial
           ,
           whether
           love
           of
           Trouble
           and
           fierce
           Opposition
           only
           ,
           could
           be
           a
           reasonable
           Motive
           to
           pay
           further
           Services
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           without
           respect
           to
           the
           Rewards
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           cannot
           pretend
           to
           so
           elevated
           a
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           never
           thought
           any
           would
           have
           fastened
           it
           upon
           me
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           They
           show
           from
           the
           ample
           Produce
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           Stuff
           then
           used
           ;
           which
           failing
           afterwards
           ,
           the
           then
           Accomptant
           Mr.
           Lillburne
           ,
           since
           deceased
           that
           examined
           it
           ,
           finding
           the
           same
           Deficiency
           in
           the
           King
           's
           own
           Bake-house
           .
           It
           a
           wakened
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Abuses
           at
           the
           Mills
           ,
           as
           the
           true
           Causes
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           made
           way
           for
           the
           purchasing
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           Torrent
           bore
           down
           all
           Arguments
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           a
           standing
           Demonstration
           the
           Victualling-Office
           can
           never
           be
           without
           them
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           They
           with
           a
           Glance
           of
           the
           Eye
           discover
           the
           frequent
           compleatings
           of
           Parcels
           ,
           and
           the
           natural
           Consequences
           to
           me
           seems
           my
           Payment
           ought
           to
           have
           kept
           pace
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           did
           not
           ,
           I
           feelingly
           express
           in
           my
           Letters
           ,
           where
           I
           likewise
           manifest
           I
           might
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           had
           constanter
           Work
           ,
           for
           the
           Publick
           Advantage
           and
           my
           own
           ,
           which
           evinces
           what
           the
           last
           Page
           will
           present
           you
           with
           about
           my
           Losses
           :
           All
           Men
           will
           easily
           be
           satisfied
           the
           Prepossession
           against
           me
           was
           long
           before
           the
           400
           Bags
           ,
           and
           guess
           at
           the
           Quiver
           whence
           so
           many
           Arrows
           have
           been
           shot
           at
           me
           ;
           though
           I
           am
           certain
           the
           Government
           has
           been
           wounded
           through
           my
           Sides
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           LETTER
           to
           the
           BOARD
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           With
           profound
           Respects
           to
           your
           Honours
           ,
           and
           equal
           Sincerity
           ,
           express'd
           my self
           in
           words
           you
           ordered
           Minuting
           ,
           and
           ever
           since
           with
           a
           Patience
           only
           Heaven
           could
           inspire
           me
           with
           ,
           have
           been
           Echoing
           to
           them
           .
           Were
           your
           generous
           Natures
           sensible
           of
           half
           my
           Sufferings
           ,
           they
           long
           e're
           this
           had
           period
           put
           unto
           them
           .
           I
           'm
           pleas'd
           with
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           the
           Proposal
           now
           before
           you
           ;
           wherein
           no
           Man's
           Interest
           is
           interfer'd
           with
           ;
           the
           King
           's
           secur'd
           ,
           and
           I
           not
           nam'd
           .
           This
           carries
           such
           Demonstration
           with
           it
           ,
           I
           presume
           to
           believe
           ,
           were
           proper
           for
           their
           Lordships
           of
           the
           Admiralty's
           Cognizance
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           approve
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           humbly
           suppose
           your
           Great
           Judgments
           do
           .
           And
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Abyss
           of
           Misery
           I
           court
           your
           Affection
           ,
           to
           a
           speedy
           embracing
           it
           .
           My
           Case
           look'd
           on
           as
           Desperate
           ,
           and
           reported
           such
           as
           to
           your
           Office
           ,
           reach'd
           the
           Ears
           of
           some
           who
           about
           a
           Week
           since
           ,
           engaged
           me
           on
           Saturday
           next
           to
           meet
           them
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           transmitting
           it
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
           I
           wish
           and
           heartily
           entreat
           your
        
         
         
           Honours
           to
           prevent
           that
           Assignation
           .
           By
           such
           Benificence
           you
           will
           disperse
           the
           Clouds
           have
           so
           long
           hung
           ore
           a
           distressed
           Family
           ,
           give
           Light
           and
           Life
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           your selves
           taste
           surely
           the
           Satisfaction
           the
           Divnity
           it self
           is
           bless'd
           in
           ,
           viz.
           that
           of
           being
           and
           doing
           good
           .
        
         
           
             ILLUSTRATIONS
             .
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               The
               Words
               minuted
               were
               ,
            
             That
             my
             Design
             was
             to
             serve
             the
             Government
             ,
             in
             doing
             what
             might
             be
             to
             their
             Honour
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
               By
               no
               Mans
               Interest
               interfered
               with
            
             ;
             I
             had
             an
             Eye
             to
             the
             Small-Coal
             and
             Bran
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             disposed
             of
             by
             the
             usual
             Hands
             ,
             I
             designing
             only
             their
             frequent
             payment
             of
             that
             Money
             to
             me
             for
             my
             present
             supply
             :
             and
             my
             Modesty
             was
             such
             (
             the
             Lords
             having
             writ
             concerning
             not
             employing
             me
             as
             Master-Baker
             and
             Supervisor
             )
             I
             proposed
             the
             Contract
             might
             run
             in
             another
             Name
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             My
             Invitotion
             to
             Parliament
             was
             Fact
             ;
             supposing
             it
             such
             ,
             could
             it
             have
             been
             expressed
             softer
             ?
             Upon
             this
             Letter
             Mr.
             Barrington
             and
             Capt.
             Ayles
             told
             one
             ,
             who
             immediately
             imparted
             it
             to
             me
             ,
             they
             thought
             they
             should
             comply
             with
             me
             ,
             Mr.
             Papillon
             being
             for
             it
             :
             without
             this
             Intimation
             I
             had
             gone
             up
             according
             to
             the
             appointment
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             PROPOSALS
             of
             
               JOHN
               KELLY.
            
             
          
           
             THE
             third
             of
             April
             last
             ,
             I
             laid
             before
             the
             Commissioners
             the
             advantage
             't
             would
             be
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             employing
             my
             House
             in
             baking
             the
             overplus
             of
             what
             their
             Mills
             could
             grind
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             what
             they
             could
             bake
             at
             their
             Office.
             
          
           
             I.
             That
             't
             is
             more
             consistent
             with
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             to
             employ
             my
             House
             with
             your
             Office
             ,
             because
             your
             Office
             cannot
             bake
             all
             the
             Bread
             you
             have
             occasion
             for
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             your
             buying
             Bread.
             
          
           
             II.
             Your
             Office
             cannot
             bake
             all
             the
             Wheat
             your
             Mills
             can
             grind
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Mills
             do
             not
             answer
             the
             Ends
             for
             which
             they
             were
             taken
             for
             .
          
           
             III.
             The
             Mills
             will
             grind
             as
             much
             Wheat
             as
             your
             Office
             and
             my
             House
             can
             bake
             in
             a
             Week
             ,
             and
             therein
             they
             fully
             answer
             the
             End
             for
             which
             they
             were
             taken
             for
             .
          
           
             IV.
             The
             Tolls
             of
             the
             overplus
             of
             what
             the
             Mills
             can
             grind
             over
             and
             above
             what
             the
             Office
             can
             bake
             ,
             will
             come
             to
             Ten
             Pounds
             a
             Week
             ,
             which
             will
             pay
             the
             Rents
             of
             the
             Mills
             ,
             and
             the
             Servants
             Wages
             belonging
             thereto
             .
          
           
             V.
             That
             I
             will
             make
             Bread
             of
             all
             Wheat
             ,
             as
             cheap
             to
             the
             King
             (
             all
             things
             considered
             ,
             and
             far
             better
             for
             the
             Subject
             that
             eats
             it
             )
             than
             that
             which
             you
             buy
             of
             the
             Bakers
             and
             Mealmen
             ,
             made
             of
             Barley
             ,
             Rye
             ,
             and
             Midlings
             of
             Bran
             ground
             over
             again
             ,
             which
             is
             improper
             for
             the
             Navy's
             use
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             your
             Instructions
             .
          
           
             VI.
             The
             Employing
             of
             my
             House
             has
             been
             of
             great
             Advantage
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             Check
             to
             them
             that
             sold
             Bread
             to
             the
             Office
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             made
             greater
             Advantage
             to
             themselves
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             me
             ;
             and
             likewise
             that
             I
             gave
             them
             to
             understand
             the
             true
             Produce
             of
             the
             Stuff
             I
             received
             ,
             made
             out
             ;
             and
             what
             the
             Bread
             laid
             the
             King
             in
             ,
             clear
             of
             all
             Charge
             .
          
           
             Upon
             these
             Articles
             I
             founded
             these
             Proposals
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             To
             give
             Security
             to
             Satisfaction
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             to
             bake
             the
             Stuff
             for
             Eight
             Shillings
             the
             Quarter
             .
             And
             ,
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             To
             be
             paid
             Quarterly
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Money
             that
             ariseth
             from
             the
             Bran
             and
             Small-Coal
             Weekly
             ,
             be
             paid
             to
             me
             ,
             from
             the
             Hands
             of
             them
             that
             receive
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             discounted
             out
             of
             the
             Eight
             Shillings
             per
             Quarter
             .
          
           
             April
             the
             4th
             the
             Commissioners
             sent
             for
             me
             ,
             in
             pursuance
             to
             my
             Proposals
             ,
             upon
             which
             we
             entred
             into
             Contract
             :
             The
             Commissioners
             present
             at
             the
             Contract
             ,
             was
             ,
          
           
             Mr.
             Thomas
             Papillon
             ,
             Mr.
             Humph.
             Ayles
             ,
             Mr.
             John
             Barrington
             .
          
           
             The
             Contract
             is
             as
             follows
             ,
             (
             viz.
             )
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         April
                         the
                         4th
                         1699.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     THE
                     Commissioners
                     are
                     content
                     to
                     Employ
                     Mr.
                     
                       John
                       Kelly
                    
                     ,
                     for
                     Baking
                     of
                     Bisket
                     at
                     the
                     Price
                     of
                     Eight
                     Shillings
                     per
                     Quarter
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     the
                     Money
                     that
                     shall
                     be
                     Weekly
                     received
                     for
                     Bran
                     and
                     Small-Coal
                     ,
                     be
                     paid
                     to
                     him
                     on
                     Account
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     cleared
                     and
                     made
                     up
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     he
                     give
                     Security
                     to
                     Satisfaction
                     for
                     the
                     Faithful
                     Performance
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     he
                     will
                     not
                     Sell
                     or
                     Dispose
                     of
                     any
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     's
                     Goods
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     make
                     good
                     the
                     Money
                     he
                     shall
                     receive
                     for
                     the
                     Small-Coal
                     and
                     Bran
                     upon
                     Account
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             true
             Copy
             of
             the
             Contract
             taken
             by
             Mr.
             
               Charles
               Mitchel
            
             ,
             Secretary
             to
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Victualling
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             have
             fully
             Comply'd
             on
             my
             Part
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             give
             Security
             to
             Satisfaction
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           LETTER
           to
           Mr.
           BARRINGTON
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Had
           but
           one
           Plank
           left
           to
           escape
           Shipwrack
           by
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           the
           Commissioners
           Contract
           with
           me
           .
           —
           Transported
           that
           I
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           offer
           my
           Creditors
           ,
           I
           immediately
           founded
           an
           Instrument
           on
           it
           :
           The
           fairness
           of
           which
           prevail'd
           with
           them
           to
           a
           compliance
           with
           me
           .
           Without
           it
           I
           had
           been
           remanded
           to
           a
           Goal
           ,
           and
           7
           Children
           ,
           and
           a
           Wife
           big
           with
           another
           ,
           had
           all
           perish'd
           .
           I
           am
           stab'd
           to
           the
           Heart
           to
           find
           fresh
           Differences
           to
           arise
           among
           your
           Honours
           about
           me
           .
           By
           all
           that
           is
           gentle
           in
           human
           Nature
           ,
           and
           merciful
           in
           the
           most
           charitable
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           be
           won
           over
           to
           Mr.
           Papillon's
           Sense
           of
           that
           Expression
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           concerning
           me
           ,
           should
           it
           be
           a
           mistaken
           one
           ,
           all
           that
           shall
           hear
           of
           my
           deplorable
           Circumstance
           ,
           would
           applaud
           and
           justify
           you
           in
           it
           .
           And
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           hope
           your
           Goodness
           may
           carry
           you
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           influence
           even
           Mr.
           Mayne
           to
           the
           same
           Nobleness
           of
           Spirit
           with
           your self
           :
           This
           would
           be
           Heroick
           .
           May
           he
           that
           has
           the
           Hearts
           even
           of
           Kings
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           affect
           both
           yours
           with
           a
           Case
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           compassionable
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           was
           ever
           address'd
           to
           withal
           .
           May
           you
           both
           resemble
           the
           best
           of
           Beings
           ,
           in
           giving
           and
           forgiving
           ,
           is
           the
           Prayer
           of
           your
           humble
           Supplicant
           and
           Servant
           ,
        
         
           
             JOHN
             KELLY.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           NOverint
           Vniversi
           per
           presentes
           nos
           ,
           
             Johannem
             Ke
             lly
          
           ,
           de
           Parcch
           St.
           
             Pauls
             Shadwel
          
           ,
           in
           Com'
           Mid
           '
           Pistor
           ;
           
             Georgium
             Hubbard
          
           ,
           de
           Paroch
           '
           Hillington
           in
           Com'
           Mid
           '
           Millar
           ,
           &
           
             Thomum
             Goldsmith
          
           ,
           Civem
           &
           Mason
           de
           London
           ,
           teneri
           &
           firmiter
           obligar
           '
           Dom
           '
           nost
           '
           Guilielmo
           Tertio
           ,
           Dei
           Gratia
           
             Angliae
             ,
             Scotiae
             ,
             Franciae
             ,
             &
             Hiberniae
          
           Rex
           ;
           Fidei
           Defensor
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Mille
           Libris
           ,
           bonae
           &
           legalis
           monetae
           Anglia
           ,
           Solvend
           '
           eidem
           Dom
           '
           nost
           '
           Guilielmo
           Tertio
           Dei
           Gratia
           ,
           aut
           sic
           certo
           Attornet
           '
           Successor
           '
           vel
           Assignat
           '
           suis
           ,
           ad
           quamquidem
           solutionem
           bene
           &
           fideliter
           faciend
           '
           Obligamus
           ,
           nos
           &
           quemlibet
           nostrum
           per
           se
           pro
           toto
           in
           solido
           ,
           Hered
           '
           Executores
           &
           Administratores
           ,
           nostres
           &
           Cujuslibet
           nostrum
           firmiter
           ,
           per
           presentes
           ,
           sigillis
           nost
           '
           sigilat
           '
           dat'
           secundo
           Maii
           ,
           Anno
           Regni
           Dom
           '
           nost
           '
           Guilielmo
           Tertii
           Dei
           Gratia
           ,
           nunc
           Angliae
           ,
           &c.
           
           Fidei
           Defensoris
           ,
           Vndecimo
           Anno
           Dom
           '
           1699.
           
        
      
       
         
           WHEREAS
           the
           Honourable
           Commissioners
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Victualing-Office
           ,
           are
           content
           to
           Employ
           the
           above-bounden
           
             John
             Kelly
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Baking
           of
           Bisket
           ,
           at
           the
           Price
           of
           Eight
           Shilling
           per
           Quarter
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Money
           that
           shall
           be
           Weekly
           received
           for
           Bran
           and
           Small-Coal
           ,
           be
           paid
           to
           him
           on
           Account
           ,
           and
           every
           Month
           the
           Account
           to
           be
           cleared
           and
           made
           up
           .
           NOW
           THE
           CONDITION
           of
           this
           Obligation
           is
           such
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           above-bounden
           
             John
             Kelly
          
           ,
           shall
           ,
           and
           do
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           Faithfully
           perform
           the
           said
           Agreement
           and
           Trust
           Reposed
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           no
           ways
           Imbezel
           or
           Dispose
           of
           the
           King
           's
           Goods
           to
           his
           own
           Use
           ;
           but
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           Monthly
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           said
           Eight
           Shillings
           per
           Quarter
           ,
           Deduct
           ,
           and
           make
           good
           unto
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           ,
           or
           their
           Order
           ,
           all
           such
           Moneys
           he
           shall
           receive
           for
           the
           Small-Coal
           and
           Bran
           upon
           Account
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           without
           Fraud
           or
           further
           Delay
           ;
           then
           this
           present
           Obligation
           to
           be
           void
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           effect
           ;
           or
           else
           to
           remain
           in
           full
           Force
           and
           Virtue
           .
        
         
           Sealed
           and
           Delivered
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           us
           ,
           it
           being
           first
           Stampt
           with
           the
           double
           Six
           Penny
           Stamp
           ,
           according
           to
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
        
         
           John
           Kelly
           .
        
         
           George
           Hubbard
           .
        
         
           Tho.
           Goldsmith
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           above-bounden
           
             John
             Kelly
          
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Goldsmith
          
           ,
        
         
           Charles
           Michel
           .
        
         
           Robert
           Stepens
           .
        
         
           Sprig
           Manistie
           .
        
         
           John
           Woodward
           .
        
         
           Hugh
           Haworth
           .
        
      
       
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           Commissioners
           for
           Victualling
           His
           Majesty's
           Navy
           .
           
             The
             Humble
             Petition
             of
          
           John
           Kelly
        
         
           
             Sheweth
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           your
           Petitioner
           having
           contracted
           with
           the
           Board
           on
           the
           4th
           of
           April
           last
           ;
           being
           thereby
           obliged
           to
           give
           Security
           to
           Satisfaction
           for
           his
           faithful
           Performance
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           accordingly
           done
           ;
           did
           thereupon
           propose
           to
           his
           Creditors
           to
           pay
           them
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Earnings
           in
           the
           Service
           ,
           which
           they
           accepted
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           a
           part
           of
           them
           have
           sign'd
           an
           Instrument
           ,
           which
           obliges
           them
           to
           forbear
           giving
           your
           Petitioner
           trouble
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           employ'd
           in
           your
           Service
           ,
           till
           the
           whole
           be
           paid
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           humbly
           prays
           (
           in
           Consideration
           of
           the
           great
           Detriment
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           to
           your
           Petitioner
           ,
           the
           making
           void
           the
           aforesaid
           Instrument
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           what
           he
           expended
           in
           preparing
           for
           the
           Work
           ,
           )
           your
           Honours
           would
           take
           the
           Matter
           into
           your
           serious
           Considerations
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer
           his
           sole
           Dependance
           to
           be
           frustrated
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           his
           Creditors
           ,
           and
           the
           utter
           ruin
           of
           him
           and
           his
           Family
           .
        
         
           
             And
             he
             shall
             ever
             pray
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Letter
           to
           his
           Grace
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Grace
             ,
          
           
             
               May
               the
               29th
               ,
               1699.
               
            
          
        
         
           WIth
           the
           most
           profound
           Acknowledgment
           ever
           paid
           to
           mortal
           Greatness
           ,
           I
           address
           your
           Grace
           ,
           with
           a
           Nobleness
           peculiarly
           your
           own
           ,
           recommended
           me
           to
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           they
           in
           course
           to
           the
           Navy
           ,
           who
           transmitted
           it
           to
           the
           Victuallers
           ;
           their
           Report
           made
           upon
           it
           ,
           which
           consisted
           partly
           of
           Criminations
           ,
           partly
           of
           owning
           Services
           I
           have
           done
           the
           Government
           .
           I
           had
           a
           Copy
           of
           it
           granted
           me
           from
           Mr.
           Papillon
           unhappily
           after
           it
           was
           sent
           up
           ,
           I
           rejoined
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           by
           the
           incouragement
           of
           that
           good
           Man
           ,
           from
           the
           Reasonableness
           of
           what
           I
           then
           offer'd
           ,
           both
           which
           I
           lay
           before
           your
           own
           Judicious
           Eye
           ;
           I
           attended
           nine
           Months
           in
           hopes
           of
           Success
           given
           me
           by
           him
           ;
           he
           has
           brought
           it
           even
           to
           a
           contract
           with
           me
           upon
           Proposals
           of
           demonstrable
           Advantages
           to
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Subjects
           good
           ,
           which
           one
           of
           them
           present
           at
           it
           flies
           from
           ;
           upon
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Amazement
           of
           opposition
           ,
           I
           cast
           my self
           at
           your
           Grace's
           Feet
           ,
           imploring
           your
           acquainting
           His
           Majesty
           therewith
           ,
           that
           he
           in
           his
           princely
           Wisdom
           alone
           ,
           or
           in
           Council
           ,
           as
           his
           Royal
           Pleasure
           shall
           be
           ,
           give
           speedy
           Justice
           to
           me
           ;
           I
           perish
           without
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           deserve
           to
           perish
           ,
           if
           Mr.
           Papillon
           appear
           not
           in
           my
           Righteous
           Cause
           with
           the
           same
           Freedom
           as
           he
           did
           at
           the
           Board
           ,
           where
           he
           precides
           :
           this
           will
           prevent
           my
           ruin
           ,
           with
           seven
           Children
           ,
           and
           a
           Wife
           big
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           inable
           me
           to
           pay
           some
           hundreds
           of
           Pounds
           of
           just
           Debts
           contracted
           by
           Losses
           I
           have
           sustained
           by
           the
           Publick
           Service
           ,
        
         
           
             And
             your
             Supplicant
             ,
             as
             in
             Duty
             bound
             ,
             shall
             ever
             pray
             .
             JOHN
             KELLY.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           Letter
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   June
                   the
                   5th
                   1699.
                   
                
              
            
             
               MAY
               the
               29th
               I
               waited
               on
               his
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Ormond
               ,
               with
               my
               Case
               ,
               Proposals
               ,
               and
               Contract
               ,
               I
               put
               all
               into
               his
               Grace's
               Hands
               providentially
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               in
               the
               Coach
               with
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               in
               whose
               Presence
               I
               am
               certain
               he
               read
               them
               :
               on
               my
               Attendance
               to
               receive
               his
               Answer
               ,
               at
               Kinsington
               ,
               he
               with
               a
               Generosity
               truly
               Illustrious
               ,
               asked
               me
               what
               I
               would
               desire
               from
               him
               that
               he
               could
               serve
               me
               in
               ?
               I
               said
               only
               that
               his
               Grace
               would
               Espouse
               the
               Justice
               of
               my
               Cause
               .
               Having
               moved
               him
               in
               my
               Address
               ,
               to
               use
               his
               Powerful
               Interest
               ,
               to
               Influence
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               either
               alone
               ,
               or
               in
               Council
               ,
               as
               his
               Princely
               Wisdom
               should
               order
               it
               ,
               to
               the
               hearing
               me
               .
               His
               Grace
               told
               me
               I
               had
               deserr'd
               it
               too
               long
               ,
               the
               King
               being
               just
               upon
               going
               ;
               his
               Grace's
               Advice
               to
               me
               was
               ,
               to
               tender
               my
               Bond
               to
               you
               Gentlemen
               ,
               as
               I
               now
               do
               ,
               in
               expectation
               of
               your
               Signing
               the
               Contract
               ,
               in
               failure
               thereof
               to
               Petition
               the
               Privy-Council
               ,
               where
               I
               shall
               have
               Justice
               done
               me
               .
               I
               do
               beseech
               you
               to
               be
               no
               longer
               divided
               ,
               but
               unite
               in
               serving
               the
               Publick
               ,
               as
               the
               Papers
               now
               before
               you
               carry
               their
               Demonstrations
               with
               them
               ;
               and
               to
               prevent
               the
               Ruin
               of
               him
               and
               his
               Family
               ,
               who
               hath
               laid
               aside
               all
               other
               Business
               to
               Serve
               the
               Publick
               Interest
               ;
               and
               your
               Compliance
               therewith
               ,
               will
               inable
               me
               to
               pay
               my
               Just
               Debts
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               Contracted
               by
               my
               Losses
               in
               the
               Publick
               Service
               under
               you
               .
               Who
               am
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 to
                 Command
                 ,
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           Note
           ,
           Mr.
           Papillon's
           answer
           to
           me
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           could
           prevail
           with
           Mr.
           Barrington
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Maine
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           comply'd
           with
           .
           Their
           not
           complying
           occasion'd
           the
           writing
           this
           Farewel
           Letter
           following
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 HOUOURED
                 GENTLEMEN
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 Wapping-wall
                 ;
                 
                   June
                   8.
                   1699.
                   
                
              
            
             
               I
               AM
               Ruin'd
               by
               your
               Service
               ,
               and
               have
               the
               Demonstration
               of
               it
               in
               several
               Articles
               ,
               't
               is
               fit
               the
               World
               should
               know
               it
               .
               A
               truly
               Virtuous
               Man
               were
               he
               to
               make
               his
               choice
               would
               rather
               be
               as
               I
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               most
               distressed
               Men
               living
               ,
               than
               one
               of
               my
               Oppressors
               in
               all
               his
               Flourish
               .
               The
               Justice
               of
               the
               Nation
               shall
               hear
               my
               Cry
               ;
               and
               I
               cannot
               entertain
               so
               reflecting
               a
               Thought
               on
               it
               ,
               as
               to
               question
               its
               relieving
               me
               .
               I
               am
               at
               an
               end
               of
               all
               my
               Humble
               Melting
               Addresses
               to
               you
               ;
               I
               will
               be
               trampled
               on
               no
               more
               for
               casting
               my self
               at
               your
               Feet
               ,
               by
               some
               of
               you
               ,
               nor
               once
               again
               pierce
               the
               tenderer
               Heart
               of
               one
               of
               you
               ,
               by
               the
               sight
               of
               it
               .
               I
               now
               take
               my
               Farewel
               of
               you
               ,
               by
               giving
               you
               to
               understand
               your
               Old
               Conjurers
               have
               rais'd
               a
               New
               Mist
               to
               continue
               you
               in
               Darkness
               .
               I
               'm
               sorry
               I
               must
               say
               your
               constant
               encouraging
               them
               (
               and
               to
               use
               a
               Silken
               Expression
               for
               what
               deserves
               a
               rougher
               one
               )
               your
               different
               treating
               me
               emboldens
               them
               .
               Your
               Warrant
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               my
               last
               Proposals
               to
               you
               ,
               agreeable
               to
               your
               own
               Instructions
               from
               Above
               ,
               are
               to
               prevent
               the
               Sailors
               being
               abus'd
               by
               mixt
               Grains
               :
               To
               evade
               this
               ,
               Artists
               are
               started
               up
               (
               beyond
               me
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               try'd
               in
               vain
               )
               who
               have
               succeeded
               in
               an
               Experiment
               of
               grinding
               over
               Bran
               ,
               mixing
               it
               with
               other
               Stuff
               and
               Baking
               it
               :
               You
               may
               fancy
               this
               Biscake
               hearty
               as
               you
               please
               ,
               blow
               up
               your
               Mills
               ,
               beat
               down
               your
               Ovens
               ,
               and
               lay
               me
               aside
               altogether
               in
               Complement
               to
               the
               Cheapness
               of
               it
               .
               This
               is
               the
               happy
               Project
               some
               Mens
               Wits
               have
               hit
               upon
               ,
               to
               gratify
               their
               Interest
               and
               Malice
               in
               my
               Destruction
               .
               I
               have
               had
               my
               Brains
               near
               dash'd
               out
               for
               once
               writing
               you
               had
               no
               Eyes
               ,
               but
               all
               Men
               will
               say
               they
               are
               strange
               Ones
               ,
               that
               shall
               hear
               of
               their
               magnifying
               Mole-hills
               into
               Mountains
               in
               me
               ,
               and
               dwindling
               Mountains
               into
               Nothing
               in
               my
               Enemies
               .
               They
               of
               you
               who
               are
               against
               employing
               me
               ,
               from
               the
               Admiralty's
               Command
               about
               me
               ,
               I
               must
               say
               I
               think
               are
               egregiously
               mistaken
               .
               I
               request
               only
               their
               Review
               of
               my
               modest
               Reply
               ,
               to
               that
               Report
               which
               occasioned
               it
               ;
               and
               then
               I
               dare
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Judgment
               they
               will
               be
               of
               about
               it
               in
               their
               Dying
               Hours
               ,
               when
               they
               may
               be
               perplext
               with
               the
               Remembrance
               of
               my
               Usage
               ,
               on
               their
               going
               to
               a
               Place
               where
               all
               that
               is
               past
               will
               appear
               in
               a
               better
               Light
               to
               Angels
               and
               Men
               than
               ever
               it
               has
               yet
               done
               :
               Then
               I
               should
               not
               have
               been
               ,
               as
               I
               am
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Objects
               of
               Compassion
               that
               ever
               was
               by
               them
               unpittied
               ,
            
             
               
                 JOHN
                 KELLY.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           When
           I
           sent
           this
           in
           Writing
           with
           a
           Postscript
           ,
           I
           mentioned
           my
           design
           of
           printing
           it
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           Papers
           ;
           this
           I
           did
           hoping
           they
           would
           excuse
           me
           so
           ungrateful
           a
           Trouble
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           according
           to
           my
           last
           farewel
           Letter
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           give
           my
           demonstrations
           of
           my
           ruin
           by
           these
           several
           Articles
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 By
                 Abatement
                 upon
                 300
                 Bags
                 of
                 Bisket
                 which
                 I
                 sold
                 into
                 the
                 Office
                 ,
                 sometime
                 after
                 I
                 contracted
                 to
                 bake
                 the
                 King's
                 Stuff
                 .
              
               
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 s.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 45
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 upon
                 the
                 discount
                 of
                 the
                 Warrant
                 .
              
               
                 55
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 upon
                 discount
                 of
                 a
                 Warrant
                 of
                 150
                 l.
                 and
                 Interest
                 .
              
               
                 45
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 upon
                 a
                 Warrant
                 of
                 45
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 06
              
               
                 10
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 upon
                 a
                 Warrant
                 of
                 208
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 31
              
               
                 04
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 by
                 a
                 Warrant
                 of
                 100
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 15
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 by
                 a
                 Warrant
                 of
                 44
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 06
              
               
                 02
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 by
                 a
                 Warrant
                 of
                 78
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 11
              
               
                 14
              
            
             
               
                 Lost
                 by
                 a
                 Warrant
                 of
                 68
                 l.
                 
              
               
                 10
              
               
                 04
              
            
             
               
                 This
                 besides
                 my
                 Loss
                 upon
                 Chequer-Bills
                 ,
                 amounts
                 to
              
               
                 225
              
               
                 14
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 By
                 lost
                 time
                 whilst
                 in
                 contract
                 to
                 bake
                 the
                 King's
                 Stuff
                 ,
                 44
                 Weeks
                 ,
                 at
                 3
                 
                   l.
                   per
                
                 Week
                 ,
                 comes
                 to
              
               
                 132
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 the
                 Repairs
                 of
                 my
                 Ovens
                 whilst
                 in
                 contract
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 Loft
                 broken
                 down
                 by
                 the
                 over-wait
                 of
                 Bread
              
               
                 36
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 rebuilding
                 of
                 my
                 Ovens
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 fitting
                 up
                 of
                 my
                 House
                 for
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 the
                 last
                 Contract
                 ,
                 comes
                 to
              
               
                 105
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 being
                 out
                 of
                 Imployment
                 12
                 Months
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 House
                 of
                 50
                 l
                 a
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 Family
                 to
                 maintain
                 .
              
               
                 152
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 great
                 Oppression
                 I
                 met
                 with
                 from
                 many
                 of
                 my
                 Creditors
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 pay
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 having
                 my
                 Money
                 paid
                 me
                 from
                 the
                 Office
                 in
                 due
                 time
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 forc'd
                 to
                 pay
                 double
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 amounts
                 (
                 since
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 concern'd
                 to
                 bake
                 the
                 King's
                 Stuff
                 in
                 my
                 House
                 on
                 Wapping-Wall
                 )
                 to
              
               
                 152
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           occasion
           of
           all
           these
           Losses
           has
           been
           from
           their
           not
           imploying
           me
           as
           I
           might
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           their
           not
           paying
           me
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           and
           the
           Loss
           the
           Government
           has
           sustained
           hereby
           is
           very
           great
           also
           .
        
         
           I
           'll
           wind
           up
           all
           with
           this
           one
           Offer
           more
           .
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           make
           out
           before
           proper
           Judges
           ,
           to
           save
           the
           Government
           in
           baking
           in
           their
           own
           Office
           ,
           and
           my
           House
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           dry
           Provisions
           ,
           in
           proportion
           to
           1000
           
             l.
             per
             Ann.
          
           for
           the
           future
           .
           By
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           I
           desire
           to
           stand
           ,
           or
           fall
           into
           all
           the
           Contempt
           Malice
           it self
           can
           procure
           upon
           me
           .
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
        
         
           IN
           the
           Preface
           ,
           line
           15
           for
           to
           read
           of
           .
           Page
           1
           line
           35
           for
           heated
           read
           headed
           .
           Page
           9
           line
           40
           for
           Contrivances
           read
           Continuance
           .
           Page
           18
           line
           2
           after
           Grace
           ,
           read
           who
           .
           Line
           4
           read
           transmitted
           my
           Case
           to
           the
           Victuallers
           ;
           they
           made
           Report
           upon
           it
           .
           Line
           17
           for
           precides
           read
           presides
           .