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<p n="745">time of licensing, which is lookd upon as a beneficial<lb></lb>
Article, to the Office; And also to make Jefferson a<lb></lb>
better place of it vizt. to double his Salary.</p>
<p n="746">If it were necessary to clear up these matters<lb></lb>
the Fees of Licencing do not make a penny dif-<lb></lb>
ference in<del>to</del>
Jefferson's favr. but far otherwise for<lb></lb>
the making the Register thereof a very long &<lb></lb>
labourious business fall upon his Clerks<del>to<lb></lb>
whom he</del>
at an expence to him of 40s. p Week<lb></lb>
and besides that<del>either</del>
Mr. Waller himself by his<lb></lb>
contendg. for the Right either Reced several of<lb></lb>
the Fees or hindred Mr. Butler from the Receipt <lb></lb>
thereof - and as to Mr. Jefferson's double Salary<lb></lb>
Mr. Waller allow'd him £100.<del>and</del>
and Fees called Deputies Fees together with £20. for Office Rent<lb></lb>
Coals Candle & Laundress (wich he before found for his<lb></lb>
former Deputies) and £7. or £8 for Stationary Etc & 12 G<obscured></obscured>
for the Estreat besides<del>and</del>
some other annual Expences [all<lb></lb>
wch was little enough.]<del>& Mr.</del>
and Now on Mr. Butler's<lb></lb>
accession he Receives £200, for the Salary Office Rent Fire<lb></lb>
and Candle and Stationary together with Deputies Fees so that<del>when</del>
all things conndd.<lb></lb>
his so far from<del>not near</del>
double<del>of any thing more their</del>
that is possibly not £10 & more And yet Jefferson was as much as Mr. Wallers allowance Jefferson himself desired of Mr. B.Besides had<lb></lb>
it not been expedt. to have the Office supplied with a<lb></lb>
deputy who had been conversant in the duties and with<lb></lb>
with the Justices inclination & as well as Mr. Butlers Jeffn.<lb></lb>
Would have<del>been</del>
rested contented without the place having<lb></lb>
sufficently experienced the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50604_geo412">toils</rs>
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and vecation of it</p>
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