Sir

I received your Letter of the 17th. May wch. Isho [..]
have acknowledged sooner; but, I intended to have been at
Hicks's Hall myself the next Sessions after I received it: being
prevented from attending I must desire you to inform the
Sessions, I can't help still insisting on my demand.
I am at a Loss for a Reason why the Gentlemen suppose I was
to have nothing for my Care and trouble in attending the
Several Works for the County as a surveyor unless the
Gentlemen conclude my being in the Commission of the Peace
is a Reason why I am not to receive the Benefits of my
profession. I wonder no Enty appears in the Books
relative to the matter; as I have been employed and paid
as a Surveyor, by the Sessions before the Commencement
of the Business I sent an Account of in my Letter to the
Chairman. I hust upon recollection many of the Justice
must remember frequent Reports from me concerning the
Progress of the several Works under my Direction. I am
certain I never even hinted I meant to do this Business
grates; for me to make a Present to the County of
Middlesex at large, not only of my Time (wch. when I am
in Business was very valuable to me) but also of my 4 pen [..]