Your Excellency having received a Letter lately
from the Rev.
d
D.
r
E. Wheelock — as alſo, seen his In‐
ſtructions for propegateing the Goſpel among the
Indians &c— Purſusant
whereunto — Theſe are humbly
to deſire
& importune your Exy. That, in as much
as your Exy.
hath been pleaſed more publicly & private
‐ly to manifeſt an approbation & good liking to
the D
r's Plan, & laudable Deſign of propegateing the
glorious Goſpel among the Indians under your
Exy.
s Superintendency: So y.
r
Ex.
y would pleaſe
still to countenance & encourage the tr
yuly noble
deſign. And in order to proſecute
y
e same to
Effect That y.
r
Exy. (as a Tender Father to theſe
periſhg. Indians)
would be pleaſed, of y.
r
moſt generous & benevolent
Diſpoſition, so to befriend their Cauſe, as to prevent y.
r Selling y.
mſelves off from y.
r Lands, thereby to fruſ‐
‐trate
y
e
aforeſd.
deſign of propegateing
y
e
Goſpel
among y
m, w.
h undoubtedly will be y
e sad Conſequence
of y.
r so doing — That this Effect may not happen
Your Exy. is humbly deſired to Reſtrict
y
e Bounds
of the reſpective Provinces, that they may not be
extended ſo far North &
Weſt, as to cut off the
Lands & Inheritances of y
e Natives: But that y.
a
poſseſs
& enjoy y.m for y.r own private Temporal
uſe; &
for y.r
yt more sacred benefit of propegateing
ye Knowledge of ye great Saviour of ye world amg.
y.m; yt so, by ye Grace of God, y.a may have a fur‐ther opportunity of a more general offer of the
Goſpel to y.m. And for this End, that y.r
Exy.
wo.d be pleaſed to recommend, out of y.r clemency &
goodneſs, the above Deſign of propegateing the
Go.s among y.m, To the Heads & Chiefs of ye Nations that may be preſent at theis Congreſs — And finally,
yt we may have an opportunity, by order of
y.r
Exy. to lay ye same before ye heads & chiefs yt may be here — and in so dog. your Exy. will not onely gain further juſt
Eſteem
&
deſerved Thanks of all that wiſh well to this
moſt
chriſtian
deſign; but the bleſsing of many ready to periſh will come upon your Excellency in this preſent world — and in ye world to come, thro'
ye Grace of G. Life everlaſting — w.h is y.e unfeign‐‐ed Deſire
&
conſtant Prayer of y.r
Exy.'s
moſt obliged, humble Servants
NB
Mr
D. Avery is gone up to
Kannawarohere in order to
[illegible] take his farewel
of the Indians & get every thing ready to come
off immediately at the cloſe of the Congreſs
The ſabbath before laſt
Mr Peters
preachd
to the Ind.
ns
& others in the forenoon
abroad but twas so cold & uncomfortable
in the after noon that tho I was deſird
by
Mr Peters
ſir
Wm
& others I declined but
the Ind.
ns gathering together at
Mr B^r^adax they Sent for me and I went
there the
Houſe was full and after Some Time
Sir Wm
Goven
Franklind
& the Chief men of
the Fort came
But my Interpreter (that did very well
till they came, whether daſh'd or what at
there
comeing was not able by all the
condecendency I was maſter of to humer the
Ind
n
Tounge) could not go on the which
^[left]ſr^
willm
W.m
Johnſon
& others Seeing with‐
drew which occaſiend me a good deal of ſorrow
& mortification when they were gone He re
coverd
Himſelfe again & did pretty well —
Yeſterday at the Deſire of
ſr
W.m
& others
Mr Peters
& I took our Turns He in the
ch-h way & I in the deſcenters to y
e Great
ſatiſfaction as far as I coud learn of all
preſent— But ſr
wehear
ſhocking
accounts from
Boſton which I am not
able to contradict onely to ſay I do not
belive them — It is ſd
[illegible]
[guess: ſome
ſay] 6 Re‐
giments are Landed — &
^the Town^ under G
^u^ard. That
Mr Otis,
Roe, &
Hankock are ſent Home
as Rebels & that 'tis not doubted but they
muſt
ſuffer Death & that the 92 will likely
Have the ſame fate —Do let me know as ſoon
as you can about theſe things & How far
you have gone reſpecting a place for a College
&c.—
Abraham the bearer has a great mind
^[left]to^ go into
your ſchool I took this opportunty
to ſend
theſe
&
Recomend Him to you ſir if you think
proper —