PAPERS RELATING TO THE SIX NATION'S.
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M* WEYMAN TO SIR W M JOHNSON.
Sir As I have had no Directions from your Excellency how to act in Regard to y e Indian PrayerBook, since I wrote and sent you y e Copy Part of what I had printed ; and being lately informedthat y e Gentleman I mentioned to you by y e Name of Cap 1 Clause , was your Son, and that youcould not spare him to come down to revise and correct y e Impression here ; I therefore made boldto apply to M rs Barclay , for all y c Copy relating to it, that she could find in y e Doctor’s Library.She was kind to forward it down to me this Day ; and I now inclose it, imagining, (unless yourExcellency has some Gentleman here to undertake its Inspection) that its being transcribed in a veryfair legible Hand under your own Eye, and by y e Assistance of your Son’s Copy, the Book can stillbe finished ; as, by being transmitted to me, in a fair Manuscript , or other plain Alterations to bemade in y e printed Copy ; I will undertake to finish it to satisfaction in y e form already began, andkeep Letter for Letter with y e M. S. you send me. I inclose another set of ivliat I have printed,lest y e one I sent before may have miscarried.
I am, Your Excellency’s very obliged Humble Servant.
W“ Weyman.
CIRCULAR OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ARTS.
New-York, 10 th Dec, 1764.
A very laudable Spirit for promoting the Welfare of this Colony, begins to prevail here—ASociety is already formed, consisting of Persons of all Ranks, who propose to advance husbandry,promote Manufactures, and suppress Luxury—Several Hundred Pounds are already subscribed, andpaid into the Hands of Mr. John Vanderspiegel, the Treasurer—Other necessary Officers are ap-pointed, and several Committees formed for the good Ends more fully explained in the Public Papersttow inclosed.
The Society have thought fit to Name us to be a Committee for Correspondence, with all thoseGentlemen at a distance who may be willing to lend their Aid for the general Weal of the Colony.
In Discharge of this Trust, we beg Leave to invite you to subscribe, and to take as many Sub-scriptions as you can obtain, receive the Money, and transmit it to the Treasurer; to be disposed ofin Premiums as the Society shall hereafter direct; of which Premiums many will fall to the Share°f the Farmer. The Form of a Head for the Subscription-Roll, is added at the Foot of this Letter.■And we think it necessary further to mention, that no Subscription under Twenty Shilling will bereceived; and that a Subscription of Five Pound entitles the Subscriber to vote in the Disposal°f the Funds.
As diffusing a Zeal for this Undertaking throughout the Province, will probably be attended withthe most beneficial Effects, permit us to urge you to Form a Society in your Neighbourhood, to meeta s often as they conveniently can, to correspond with us, and to furnish us with useful Hints relativeto what may be proper to fall under the Society’s Notice ; and particularly what Branches of Hus-bandry ought to be encouraged ; and for what Manufactures Premiums ought to be given ; and, in