PAPERS RELATING TO THE SIX NATIONS.

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JOSEPH CHEW ESQ. TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.

New London Jan r y 24 th 1769.

Dear Sir Nothing could make me so happy as to hear of your health, indeed I am Extremelyimpatient for this as I have not heard anything from the Hall since I left Albany.

I was at New Haven last week where the General Assembly of this Colony were setting and heardCol° Dyer make his application to them for a Deed of the Susquehanna Lands—in doing this he waspleased to say somethings that I knew were not true and informed several of the House of it& CouldI have stayed untill he Came out should have told him so—I have since heard the Assembly did notChoose to give any Deed—One Keeny who says he has been a Missionary or Preacher, with theIndians has told many of them here that you have ordered all tire dissenters out of the IndianCountry and will suffer none but Church men to preach to or have any thing to say to them—Numbers of the Saints have applyed to me I informed them that I heard the Seneca and Onon-daga Sachems say none of them should Come amongst them untill the Oneida’s grew better &Reformed their manners.

Some Gentlemen that may be depended on who I have seen within these few days from BostonReport that the People there who w r ere such Hero’s in August & Sept, last are now under the mostterrible apprehensions for fear of being Called to Great Britain by virtue of a Lord Chief JusticesWarrant—for Calling & meeting at a Famous Convention and other matters of the same Nature—Some Letters from London Mention that Lord George Sackvile is talk’t of to succeed M r BarnardI have sent you with the Boston papers one Published in this Town which I think a very curiousone indeed I can’t help being of opinion that the Resolutions of this Parliment will put a stop tomany tilings of this sort.

I have wrote two or three Letters to Col 0 Croghan but have not had an answer—hope my goodfriends in the Neighbourhood of Fort Johnson are very well also those at the Hall and beg myRespects to them—M rS Chew presents hers to you and I offer all the good wishes in my Power foryour health & Happiness and am most sincerely and Respectfully

Dear Sir your most Obed 1 & Most Hble Serv 1

The Hon ble Sir W m Johnson Bar 4 . Jos Chew.

SIR WM. JOHNSON TO REV. DR. AUCHMUTY.

Johnson Hall Jany 25 th 1769.

Sir I am to thank you for your favor of the 4th Inst, and for the particulars you communicatedconcerning the Conduct of the Gentleman & party therein mentioned, relative to which I by thesame post received some farther accounts of a personal Nature which obliged me on his latelyapplying for my Interest at the ensuing Election, to address him particularly on the score of theLiberties I heard he had taken, which in a letter in Answer he denys and explains his Conductin that matter, however I shall take the first opportunity to Let him know something more of myMind ;—

As to the present Election It was appointed so Suddenly by the Sheriff that it was impossible toCollect the Voters of this extensive County particularly as the roads are so bad & the Rivers