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PAPERS RELATING TO THE SIX NATIONS.

I think that a Map of the Country you speak of freed from the errors of all those that have beenpublished would greatly Illustrate your Work but no Regular surveys have been made thereof.The most accurate sketches that have been obtained are in the hands of Col. G. Johnson who hastaken much pains in these matters, and will readily contribute his assistance by sending you sucha one as may in some measure answer y 1 ' desires.

The Rev d M r Cha s Inglis.

THE REVD. CHARLES INGLIS TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.

New York, Sep. 21, 1771.

Worthy Sir, I am honoured with Yours of the 10 th Instant; tho it did not come to Hand tillafter I sent the Memorial by M r Browne of Skenectady, which I hope you have recieved bythis Time.

I am fully sensible you require “ no Spur to your Inclinations” with Regard to the measuresproposed for converting the Indians. Indeed your Zeal is what chiefly animates the Friends of thatScheme with Hopes of its Success : And it is evident that Bishop Lowtli only intended to give aTestimony in his Sermon of the Sense that He & the Society have of your Zeal in this goodcause, & how much depends upon you. For my part, I am freto declare, as I always have, that nextto Providence, my chief Expectation & Dependance are founded on Your Zeal, Abilities & Influenceboth with the Ministry & the Indians; & if any Thing is ever done for the latter, I am persuadedit must be thro Your Means.

As the Conversion of the Indians is not mentioned in Governor Tryon’s Instructions, I have notsaid any Thing to him on the Subject. His Concurrence indeed might be of Service & I verilybelieve he would readily join in forwarding the Scheme were he required to do so. But fromMotives of Delicacy, I would chuse to decline it, before I have a corrected Copy of the Memorialfrom You. In my humble Opinion, a Letter from Yourself to his Excellency, mentioning theExpediency of the proposed measures to convert & civilise the Indians, & desiring him to join insupporting the Petition of the Memorial by writing to Lord Hillsborough, would be the best Methodof Procedure. Whatever you judge proper notwithstanding, will readily be acquiesced in by me ; &I shall punctually follow your Directions.

The Hint I formerly gave you of a Fund to support the Indian Missions, I received from HisExcellency Governor Franklin. I had warmly recommended him to the Society for Admission as aMember. Accordingly he was elected ; & upon recieving notice of this from D r Burton, Iacquainted his Excellency with it by Letter. In his answer, he told me among other Things—Thatthere were several valuable Islands in Delaware River which had not been yet annexed either toPennsylvania or New Jersey —that the Inhabitants, of those Islands who were numerous, weredesirous to have the Islands annexed to the Government of New Jersey —that on this Consideration,they would be willing to pay down a large Sum of money, or be afterwards subject to a consid-eerable Quit-Rent—& His Excellency imagined that the Sum they would advance, or the Quit Rentsthey should afterwards pay, might easily be procured for the Support of an American Episcopate,or of Indian Missions. I immediately wrote to him, requesting to know what he thought the QuitRents of those Islands might amount to annually & that he would use his Influence with the Ministryto have them appropriated to the Uses he mentioned. I have yet recieved no Answer to this