Note 10 — LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE INDIA COUNCIL

I hope that your most illustrious Lordship will pardon the annoyance of this, as springing from my zeal10 for the service of the king and the welfare of the nation; and I confide in the inborn devotion [thereto] of your most illustrious Lordship, whose life I entreat God our Lord to preserve for the many years which I desire and need. Manila, July 16, 1746. Most illustrious Sir, I kiss the hands of your most illustrious Lordship. Your most devoted and humble servant,