You will doubtleſs wonder at the Date
of this Letter when you find I am Still in
Boſton But he that rules all things hath So ordered it. I have
been aſſured by
Cap.t
&
owner too that next week,
& next week the Ship Should Sail but one thing & a
nother has prevented, & chiefly, I believe, becauſe the
Cuſtom
houſe was not open for clearances, w
ch
yeſterday
was opened, but not on Stamps
We have had a pleaſant
& odd farce here yeſterday
Night before laſt, notes were Set up about town requiring
mr Oliver to appear at y
e tree of Liberty in order publick
ly to renounce his Commiſſion of Stamp Maſter, which he
had rec
d
[illegible]Since the former mob; on this the Secretary
Sent to the majeſtrates
& principle merchants to waite on
him & protect him from inſult; accordingly they went
yeſterday in the rain to a certain houſe, where
Governer
Mackentaſh appointed, & there
mr Oliver renounced
his commiſſ
n before the Majeſtrates
&
Merch
ts. to their
Satiſfaction, judging that his honour was Sufficient to
Satiſfy the world that he would not act — where on the writ
ing in which he renounced his commiſſion was Sent into
another room to be approved by
Gov.r
Mackentaſh; & he Saw
fit to declare it would not do unleſs he would walk to the
tree of liberty &
Sware to it under S.
d tree before the people.
& his Sovereign Mandate
s was immediate
[illegible]obeyed, & the Se
cretary, Majeſtrates
&
Merch.
ts walked in the Storm of
rain near half a mile
[illegible]in
Sobediance to his Excellency's
Com.
d — So things Seem to be quiet —
Cap.t Scot came
in
^7 weeks^ from
London
laſt
Sab: brings no letters from
mr Smith who wrote & sent by
Cap.t Bruce a few days before. He
tells me that it Seems to be the
general talk of genlle
men at home, that it will never do to put the Stamp act
into execution — If the weather favours
we Shall Sail to
morrow or Saturday — One
mr
^John^ Williams of this town goes
withs us.
[illegible]He is going home to Seek the
Superintendency of In
dian affairs in
[illegible]Canady, & tis likely he will obtain it; & if he
does he Says he will give 5 or 600 per. An:
yto your deſign
He is a lover of good things & a generous gentleman, I wiſh we
may help him in this affair — I can't but think he may be a
great bleſſing —
his wife is a pious woman; & I hope he
is not void of religion —
What the deſign of providence is in detaining us here I
can't tell, but I believe &
truſt that all is for the beſt —
Mr Occom is well, & I am hitherto much pleaſed with his conduct
he behaves with great modeſty
& caution — he is
[illegible][guess: noticed] not in
vited to
preach by any miniſter in town except
mr Morehead but he does not reſent it — I have preached 5. or 6 evenings
every week, or thereabouts,
Since I have been here, & never
Saw people more attentive & ready to crowd to gather, except
in times of awakening — I have not preached in publick on a
week day except the thirſday lecture laſt week —
I hop
[illegible]e you will endeavour to bare me on your heart
every day — The Eyes of all y
e continent almoſt are on me;
& if I should miſcarry, what a wound would it give to religion
& to the cauſe I am on — o pray for me every day — &
for my family & people —
mr Peck
&
wife Send love to
their Son
& to you all, &
mr Occom too — & how much, I
can't tell you, is Sent
^you all^ from
N.B. Yeſterday
mr Peck
rec
d from
mr Little 17 Pair of Shoes & a bun
dle of Striped cloth &c in a bag
which he will Send to
mr^s^ Whitaker the firſt
oppertunity
they were given laſt Spring by that people for your
School —
mr Wheelock