October 11th 1763 Sr.,

Your Favour by Coll. Leonard at Providence Supr. Court I1 recived, at which Time I expected the Cause of Green v. Green would have been tried & Issued, but for want of a Sufficient Number of Judges that cause was continued to March next. I had no Time to Look into those authorities in Pollexfen2 & Strange, being then ready to set out for Newport at the Time of my receiving them, & did not care take the Liberty of bringing them home without your Permission. If you will send them to me by Capt. Williams I will take care to have those authorities copied out & compared by our Secretary which may answer as well for us as the Books at Court. I will be answerable for all Damages that may arise to the Books if they come by Williams as he is a carful person, by whom they shall be immediately sent back to you. I hope shall have the Pleasure of seeing you at Providence court in March next.3 In the Mean Time I am Sr. Your Humble Servt.

J. HONYMAN

RC ; addressed: "To Robert Treat Pain Esqr in Taunton"; endorsed.

1.

James Honyman (1710–1778) of Newport, R.I., attended Harvard with the Class of 1729 but did not graduate. He returned to his native state, where he became a member of the bar, was active in underwriting marine insurance as a means of investment, and was elected attorney general in 1732. He held the latter position until it was abolished in 1741, when he was appointed to the corresponding office for the County of Newport (Sibley's Harvard Graduates, 8:586–589).

2.

Sir Henry Pollexfen, The Arguments and Reports in the King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer (London, 1702).

3.

RTP attended the superior and inferior courts at Providence between 1761 and 1768.