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been able to officiate for some time, his faculties seem much impaired & he has retired from theMission.

As I have in my last, and former- Letters so fully shewn the Importance of this Mission in manyessential points It is unnecessary to observe that it must suffer great disadvantage should it continuelong unsupplied I have therefore no doubt of the Society’s care & attention to promote true Religionin this Infant Settlement by endeavouring to procure some fitting person to undertake that Charge,as soon as possible as I know of no Candidate that offers at present in this Country, tho’ I trustsuch may be found in England amongst Some of those Gent s who have but small incomes withlarge families for whom they can make a better provision in America than at home, At the sametime I shall in Conjunction with the Clergy of this Province make the most diligent enquiry inorder to have it supplied here if possible as a Congregation so large & promising & that must in alittle time influence a large extent of Country deserves much attention; and I think it very necessaryto make a private observation that this part of the Country is not Circumstanced like the Old Settle-ments on the Sea Coasts, where the Missionarys are in fact usefull only to a select few, where alltheir Neighbours, are bigotedly attached to their respective Sects, & seldom come within the Paleof the Church, but here the Inhabitants are for the most part very ignorant, & have been chieflyinvited by the fertility of the Soil, & the advantage of fine Communicat ns for transporting theirproduce, and as they were of the poorer & lower Class of Adventurers from diff 1 Countries theyhave in general very little acquaintance with any Religion, & a Minister can not be accus’d ofinterfering amst them so that the first Church which goes on Successfully & without interruptionmust attach them all, & not only them but all those who are in the same predicament, who arereally the bulk of the people in a Country that settles amazingly fast all of whom may in timebecome Zealously attached to our Constitution in Church & State if duly attended to in their Infancy.The Independ ts & other Dissenters are so sensible of this that repeated applicat" has been madefor the use of the Ch: often by Itinerant preachers whenever the Minister was absent for thatpurpose I leave you to Judge from the Sly Artifices as well as public attacks practised by themagainst the Ch: of England in America ;—

As I do not recollect any material occurrence since my last, I have only to offer my best Regardsto the Society, & most Cordial Wishes, for the prosperity of their pious & Laudable endeavorsassuring you that I am with much Esteem Sir &ca.

The Rev d D r Hind -1

THE CHURCHWARDENS OF SCHENECTADY TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.

Honourable Sir, The very humane Treatment which we have constantly experienced from youis, and we hope ever will be gratefully remembred by us. In particular we think ourselves greatlyindebted to your kindness and Generosity in assisting us on a recent occasion with your good andseasonable Advice and supporting us with a Promise of your friendly Interposition in our Favour.

1 Rev. Richard Hihd, I). D., son of Dr. John Ilind, rector of Fendon, Sussex, was born at Boddington in Northamp-tonshire , in 1715; entered Oxford about 1730, and obtained his degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1749; became rector of Shering,Essex, 1754, and of St. Anne, Westminster, 1706, both of which he vacated in 1778 for the Vicarages of Rochdale , Lancashire,and Skipton, Yorkshire , on account of a dispute which lie had with his Curate in St. Anne’s, particulars of which are given inthe 47th Vol. of the Gent. Jtag lie was also prebendary of St. Paul’s. Dr. Ilind died at Rochdale , 18th Feb., 1790, ffit75. Some of his sermons have been printed. Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, lie was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Wm. Morriceas Secretary of the Society for prop, the Gosp.— Ed