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done as in England. y r Letter to Lord Hillsborough I gave to M‘ Adams as I understood he hadLiberty of sending y r Dispatches by a private Ship if none of y e kings Pacquets were here: there isa new Pacquet for y e kings us Comanded by Cap' Goodridge advertis’d this Day to go inDecember. Gen 1 Gage not yet returnd tis said he is by the Way on the Land Richards is arriv’d inten Weeks no material news can I gather from home or here.
I am wth due Respect to you & family
y r most oblig'd & very hble Serv*
R d Shuckburgh.
MR. BROWN TO SIR WM. JOHNSON .
Schonactady December 6 th 1768.
Sir On the receipt of your Letter you hon d me with dated 24 th October, we immediately wroteto M 1 ' Murrey but have not yet reed an answer we could not go on at that time with Ceiling theChurch as there was not one Plaisterer in Town, so concluded to stay till the Spring when Mauffetas Promised to do it, we shall give M r Sutton the offer of the Joiner s work as any recommendationfrom your Hon* Ought and shall always be an agreeable command with us. but the way M 1 ' Daviesand he proposes will Vastly exceed what we can pretend too, it gave me real concern that M rPeters had left this place before w r e knew it which was owing to M r Clinch forgetfulness as hepromised to acquaint me with his arival here as we intended to have return’d him our gratefullthanks. I have talked with Collins very plain about the money which he collected for the use ofthe Church at Fort Stanwix but he declares it is not more than twenty nine Shillings but if so hesurely ought to have Acquainted your honour there with
I am with the Most Dutifull respect
Johnson hall Dec r 10 th 1768.
Dear Sir I wrote you yesterday by Major Gorham, This Letter is addressed to you at the intreatyof the Bearer M r Adair, 1 who I am informed was for many years a Trader of first consequenceamongst the Cherokees &c. I believe his present Circumstances are very indifferent but he conceivesbe has a prospect of some advantage in view from the Publication of a manuscript he has wrote onthe Manners, Customs & History of the Southern Indians, tending to prove their descent from theHebrews, which performance shews him a man well acquainted with the Languages, and veryCurious in his Remarks, His design is to go for England and (if he may be allowed) to take someChicksaws with him, & as none of that Nation were ever there he conceives it would be for the publicadvantage to Shew them the greatness and power of the English .
I apprehend that your Patronage in whatever shape you may please to Countenance his design, isbis principal object. If he is worthy of it in any degree my recommendation is needless—His ap-
1 James Adair, author of the History of American Indians, London 4to, 1775.