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If therefore this should prevent me from gratifying your Wishes, I can only say that I amhopefull it will be no material disappointment to you but that the slenderness of your presentMission may be made up by the Success of your Academy, and the great use which I am persuadedyou can be of in your present situation wall encourage you to persevere in your pious endeavors atSchenectady . I am allways, with Esteem
The Rev* 1 M r W m Andrews. Sir &c.
Dear Sir. Both Gratitude & Inclination induce me to imbrace the first Opportunity to informyou of my Success, by Virtue of your recommendatory Letter to Co 1 Sharpe who received mewith much Friendship & Hospitality : & kindly asked after the Health & Prosperity of his Good oldFriend Sir William Johnson . At the same Time let me know, that at Present, there was not avacant Parish in Maryland , but if I inclined to persue my Design, he would recommend me to liisFriends in Virginia where I could have a Title to a vacant Parish ; & if any became vacant inMaryland ; he would use his Influence for my Interest; and thought it premature to apply toGovernor Eden, for a Living till I was in holy Orders : accordingly I received from Co 1 Sharpe & hisFriends Letters to Lord Fairfax, Col George Fairfax Co 1 Washington & others ; whereby I readilyobtained a Title to a vacant Parish : & Letters to his Lordship the Bishop of London by whom I wasordained Deacon the tenth & Priest the fourteenth Ultimo.
I have had the Pleasure & Happiness to fall into Company with Your good Friends SamuelWharton Esq 1 : & Major Trent who remembring a few Days we spent togither with you at the Hallbefore the general Treaty ; and understanding that I was recommended by you on this Occasionwere pleased to take a particular Notice of me on your Account: and introduced me to some of thefirst Families in this Place : by whom I was treated with much Kindness & generosity & intertainedwith much Splendor. And when I informed M r Wharton that you had advised me, & that I wasdesirous of settling in Maryland ; he procured me Letters one from Sir John Eden oldest Brother ofGovernor Eden 2 another from W m Eden 3 a younger Brother, & by his Interest & Intimacy with the
1 Samuel Wharton, son of Joseph Wharton of Philadelphia, was born on the 3rd of May 1732. He was a Gentleman ofvery considerable talents, and was concerned in a purchase made of the Indians of a large tract of land on the Ohio . TheGovernment of Great Britain discountenanced transactions of that nature. Mr. Wharton resided in London for some time,as the Agent of the Purchasers with the view to obtain the confirmation by Government of the purchase made of the Indians,and authority to establish a form of Government on those Lands. The difficulties which occurred between Great Britain and her Colonies put an end to all prospect of terminating the scheme favorably.— Letter of Frs. R. Wharton Esq.
2 Sir Robert Eden, Bart, son of Sir Robert E. of West Auckland, married Caroline, youngest daughter of Charles, 6thLord Baltimore, sister and co-heir of the last peer of that name. He was appointed governor of Maryland in August 1768,but did not assume the government (according to McMahon, History Maryl .) until June, 1769. He continued in power until1776. Easy of access, courteous to all, of fascinating accomplishments, he was respected if not beloved even by his politicalenemies. Hence he was permitted to remain in the province even after the establishment of a provincial government which,by express rule, exempted him and his family from its authority. Whilst enjoying this immunity some despatches from LordGeorge Germaine to his address were intercepted, and General Lee wrote to the Committee of Baltimore ordering his arrest.The subject was referred to the Council of Safety who did not think fit to comply, and Governor Eden was permitted toembark on 23d June 1776, on board the sloop-of-war, Fowey . On his return to England he was created a Baronet, 19thSept. 1776. He returned to Annapolis in 1784, to look after his lady’s estate, and died in the neighborhood of that city inthe year 1786. Ed.
3 William Eden (afterwards Lord Auckland,) was son of Sir Robert E. He was educated at Oxford and called to the barin 1769; appointed Under Secretary of State in 1772; one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations in 1776, and