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Alexander Spotswood's Letter to William Blathwayt, 1716 May 24, Manuscript # 2000.22, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Purchase, 1981.
Transcript, microfilm available.
Informs Blathwayt that deputy {auditor} Philip Ludwell II has been suspended from office for continually frustrating the governor's proposals for collection of quit rents; also suspended is William Byrd II, former receiver general. Recommends either John Robinson or Peter Beverley to succeed Ludwell.