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care of in conjunction with Him—and perhaps this woud be a Spur to Him, as well as an additionalMotive with Me, to take particular Pains in accomplishing Him for such a Service, and so thegeneral Design of His Education be rather forwarded than retarded.
Shoud Your Honour acquiesce in, and approve of the Proposal, I shoud immediately take uponme the whole Expence of his Education ; and so long as he serves in the Character of an Inter-preter, would allow him a genteel Reward.
The present Excursion is designed only for a few months, after which He can return again tothis School, so that I imagine if its of no Advantage, it can be but of little disadvantage to Him. butif there shoud be farther occasion for Him and it shoud be agreable to You to have Him con-tinued in such a Service, I trust that I shall do Honourably by Him.
If Your Honour woud be pleased to acquaint me with Your Sentiments relative hereto, it woudbe received as a Favour, And acknowledged with Gratitude by Him, who, relying on Your Candourto excuse the Prolixity,' and pardon the Inaccuracies of this Letter, begs Leave in the most Re-spectful Manner to Subscribe Himself
Your Honours most Obedient Humble Servant
MR. WEYMAN, PRINTER, TO THE REY. DR. BARCLAY.
CONCERNING THE INDIAN PRAYER BOOK.
Rev d Sir I crave your Pardon for not answering you sooner relating to the Prayer Book:—TheGovernment Work laid heavy on my Hands at the Time you sent it; but having now dispatch’dit, can begin upon the Book as soon as Sir William thinks proper to engage at the Prices and formmentioned. I am, Sir,
N. York , April 2 d 1763. Your obliged, Humble Servant,
To D r Barclay. Wm. Weyman.i
1 "William Weyman was son of the rector of the Episcopal church at Oxford, Philadelphia Co., Pa . He served his time to"^m. Bradford in Philadelphia , and in Jan. 1753 became a partner of John Parker of Hew York. Weyman managed the con-cerns of this firm which published a newspaper called the N. Y. Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, and several hooks. A pieceentitled “ Observations on the Circumstances and Conduct of the people in the counties of Ulster and Orange in the Prov’ce ofNew York,” from the pen of the Rev. Hezekiah Watkins of Newburgh , having appeared in the paper of the 15th March,D65, the Assembly on whose conduct it reflected, took umbrage and summoned the printers to their bar. Weyman alonea Ppeared at first, hut Parker came into town immediately and surrendered himself to the Sergeant at Arms, hut on petitionthey were shortly afterwards discharged. Watkins was Missionary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel; on beinga rrested by order of the House in the course of the following year, he acknowledged himself the author of the piece, wasre Primanded and discharged. In Jan. 1759, Weyman’s partnership with Parker was dissolved, and on 16th Feh. he com-menced the publication of the N. Y. Gazette, which was printed on a crown sheet every Monday. In Nov. 1760, he becamePublic printer, and was appointed to print Smith & Livingston’s edition of the Laws . In Nov. 1766 he printed in his papert] m address of the Assembly to Gov. Moore, in which the House said, among other things, “ Your Excellency has done us nomore than justice in supposing that we will cheerfully eo-operate with youWeyman by some blunder omitted the little word"ho/’andfor this was arraigned again before the representatives of the people. He threw the blame on one of his journey-men, hut was unable to prove the allegation. He was dismissed on asking pardon, and promising to be more careful for thefuture.* Parker, his late partner, having been appointed post-master at New York , is accused by Weyman of suppressingNm copies of the Gazette placed in the P. 0. for distribution. Whether this was true or not, the circulation of his paper fellto such an extent that it ceased to be published Dec. 28, 1767. Its proprietor did not long survive it. On the 15th Januaryfollowing he resigned his office as public printer and after a lingering illness, which had for some time rendered him incapable®f business, he died in New York on the 18th July 1768. It appears by one of the letters in this series, that he diedbankrupt. Ed.
j, Journal of the Assembly of the Prov. of New York for the Session of 1766, being unfortunately omitted in the printed edition, we6 no means of oomparing the above statement (made in Thomas's Hist . of Printing) with the Votes of the House.
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