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July, 1772.—The mail to be sent weekly from N. York to Albany up one side of the River and down the other, for whichan extra £100 is to be allowed.— lb.
Library of Sir Henry Mooby, Bart, one of the first Patentees of the Town of Gravesenb, L. I.—Cathologuscontining the names of such books as Sir. Henry Moedie had left in security in handts of Daniel Litscho wen hy went forVirginia:
A latyn Bible in folio.
A written book in folio contining privatt matters of State.
A writteneth book in folio contining private matters of the King.
Seventeen several books of devinite matters.
A dictionarius Latin and English .
Sixteen several latin and Italian bookx of divers matters.
A book in folio contining the voage of Ferdinant Mendoz, &c.
A book in folio kalleth Sylva Sylvarum.
A book in quarto callth bartas’ six days worck of the lord and translat in English by Josuah Sylvester .
A book in quarto kalleth the Summe and Substans of the Conference which it pleased his Excellent Majsti to have withthe lords bishops &c. at Hampton Court contracteth by William Barlow.
A book in quarto kalleth Ecclesiastica Interpretatio, or the Expositions upon the difficult and doubtful passage of theSeven Epistles callet Catholique and the Revalation collecteth by John Mayer.
Elleven several bookx moore of divers substants.
The Verification of his fathers Knights order given by King James.— Notarial Reg. of Soloman Lachaire N.P. of NewAmsterdam , Anno 1661.
N. Y. Libraries Destroyed. —A very fine Library, left fifty years ago by the Rev. Dr. Millington for the rise of theMissionaries , consisting of above 1,000 volumes, together with the College Library and their philosophical apparatus, andanother library belonging to the inhabitants, were plundered, sold and dispersed by the British soldiers when they tookpossession of New York.— Abstract of the Soc.for Prop, the Gosp. 1779.
General Fraser. —Many enquiries have been made for the Christian name of General Fraser, who was killed at the Battleof Stillwater, 7th October, 1777. Jesse, (Mem. of the Pretenders I.; 127,) and others confound him with the son of LordLovat, who was beheaded for joining the pretender, and who died in 1782. Beatson, in his Political Index II.; 150-1,contains a list of Colonels in the Army who, “at different periods, served as Brigadier Generals in North America and theWest Indies since the commencement of the war in 1775,” and on p. 151 is the name of “ Simon Fraser. Died of the woundsreceived at the battle of Stillwater.” He was grand uncle to the celebrated Sir James Mackintosh . Dodsley’s Annual Reg.,1780, pp. 218-19, contains an abstract of the cause of Mr. Schreiber, pltff., against Mrs. Fraser, widow of the late Gen’l Fraser,who died at Saratoga, deft., for damages on a breach of promise of marriage. Verdict for pltff. £600 damages and costs.We are indebted to Dr. Harris, the polite Librarian of Harvard College , and to other correspondents, for many interestingparticulars of the Fraser family; but want of space excludes them at present.