For over a quarter of a century this island nabob lived at his ease; here he cultivated a little farm, commanded a variable but far- reaching fur trade, first as agent of the Northwest Company, and, later, of the American Fur Company, and reared a large family. "Stories of the Badger State" by Reuben Gold Thwaites

And it appears that he did write to the Nabob a letter in the same peremptory manner; but the said letter has been suppressed. "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12)" by Edmund Burke