vacancy thereby made of the Oswego and Ontario is filled by Captain Laforey, who is arrived here from the Commodore for that purpose. Your Excellency's favour of the 2d I have received, and shall immediately write to Mr. Stevenson of Albany to have materials ready in case you should order a hundred batteaux more; and if you do determine to have them, it will be best to let Mr. Stevenson know of it direct from Boston, as it will save a good deal of time. The Council here on Friday last agreed to spare your Excellency seven of the eight brass cannon here-six twelve pounders, and one eighteen pounder. * * * * * * Those seven brass cannon were yesterday put on board of a Sloop for Albany; also, seven iron nine pounders, to be exchanged at Albany for six pounders (for the defence of Oswego) there being no six pounders here; the carriages for the latter, we had made here, are also going up. Mr. Morris and I now write to the Committee at Philadelphia, to proceed as you direct with regard to the provisions. About 120 barrels of beef, which came from thence lately, we took into store to wait your further orders; but we shall now send them to Mr. Emerson. What articles we have yet paid for (of those your Excellency ordered) we have taken receipts for on the accounts; but, for the future, we shall pay all accounts in the presence of one or two witnesses, who may swear to the bona fide payment of them, and your Excellency may depend that we shall endeavour to have all our accounts as clear and as well vouched as the nature of the business will admit of. We have enlisted fourteen good seamen at £3 10 00 this currency per month; besides two riggers at six pounds; and a gunner at £4 10 0 for the Oswego and Ontario ; and hope to get some more in the morning, and to send them all away, with the officers, to-morrow. Since writing the above, I have received your Excellency's favour by Thorp, with a copy of your letter of the 1st to Governor DeLanceyand shall do therewith as you have directed. I am, &c. SIR, THE SAME TO ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS. NEW YORK, June 9th, 1755. I do almost deserve your displeasure, but have hopes that you will forgive me for not writing you, from time to time, what is doing here, and that you will attribute it to my being necessarily out of town and in a great hurry of business.-which were the real causes-and on promising very fairly to write you hereafter as often as I can, The best way now of letting you know what is done here by your nephew Lewis and me towards the Niagara expedition, is to send you copies of our letters to Governor Shirley, in which we have, from time to time, acquainted him with what we were doing. Of mine, you have copies herewith; and, as it is Sunday, I can't at present send you Lewis's; but you shall have them by next conveyance. I know it will give you pleasure to hear that Governor Shirley expresses great satisfaction at what is done-which he does very politely in all his letters to us. By letters which we have from Boston by this post, and by express, I find Governor Shirley's regiment begins to move from thence tomorrow for Providence, where vessels are ready to take them in. Captain Kinner is appointed aid-de-camp. * * * * * I am, &c. INDEX. Bache: Prof. A. D. Donation from, 15. Barber: Major F. Letters from, to Rev. Bills of Credit: Table of, issued by Pro- Bradley: Joseph P. Papers read by, 98, 42. Cassedy: Samuel. Donation from, 48. Classis of New Brunswick. Resolution Cleaver: James D. Donation from, 101. Committee in Charge of Colonial Docu- Committee on Publications: Reports from, Committees on Biographical Sketches, &c., Committees: Standing, for 1851, 96. Committee on Statistics to Report upon Cougar: Samuel H. Donations from, 16, Corresponding Secretary: Reports of, 1, 5, Letter from, 12. Dayton: Col. Jonathan. Orders to, 1776, 34. Dean: Mr., of Blawenburg. Donation Demarest: Rev. J. M. Donation from, 45. E Ewbank: Thomas. Donations from, 101. Ewing, Jun., John. Letter to, from Wm. Alexander, 1755, 183. Executive Committee: Reports of, respecting Periodical, 39. Progress of the Society, &c.. 92. F Field: Richard S., 9, 94, 98. Fitch: Asa. Letter from, 164. Donation from, 172. France: Minister of the Interior of. Donation from, 101. French War. Letters referring to, 183, &c. G Gifford: Archer, 4, 42. Remarks of, 7. Donation from, 18. Remarks relative to first Railroad Charter, 160. Graham: Col. James D. Donation from, 17. Gregory: Hon. D. S. Donation from, 45. H Halsey: George A. Donation from, 176. Harris: Wm. T. Donations from, 46. Hayes: David A., 3, 4. Donations frem, 17, 101. Hollanders (the) in New Jersey. A Paper read by Rev. Dr. Messler, 68. Holland and the Hollanders. A Paper read by Rev. Dr. Bethune, 10. Hornblower: Hon. J. C. Remarks of, 7. Donation from, 17. Remarks of, on death of Col. Johnson, 95. Remarks of, in relation to first Steam Engine, 161. Houghton: George F. Donations from, 46. L Lenox: James. Donation from, 45. M Maryland Historical Society. Donations from, 15, 176. Maury: Lieut. M. F. Donation from, 173. McChesney: Chas. G. Donation from, 19. McCrea Family. Account of, 165. McLean, D. D., Rev. D. V. Donation from, 174. Meetings. At Newark, 1850, 1. In 1851, 157. At Morristown, 39. At Trenton, 1851, 91. Members Elected. May 16, 1850, 18. September 12, 1850, 44. January, 1851, 101. May, 1851, 170. Messler: Rev. Abraham, D.D. Donation from, 43. Paper read by, 43, 68. Monumental Inscriptions: of Woodbridge and Piscataway, presented, 2. Morris: John J. Donations from, 97. Morris: Robert Hunter. Letter to, from Wm. Alexander, 1755, 195. Morristown: Proceedings of Meeting at, 39. Mott: Wm. H. Donation from, 16. Murray: Rev. Dr. 42, 94. N Newark. Proceedings of Meeting at, 1850, 1. In 1851, 157. Map of, as first settled, 163. New Jersey Prison Reform Association. Donation from, 45. New York University: Regents of. Donations from, 15, 99, 174. Nicholas: R. Donations from, 17. Noll: Arthur B. Donation from, 174. Norton: A. Banning. Donations from, 174. 0 Officers Elected, 1851, 97. Olmsted: Prof. Denison. Donations from, 101. P Pennington: Samuel H. Donations from, 16, 171. Plaeed on Committee of Publications, 42. Pennsylvania Historical Society. Donation from, 46. Periodical: mode of Publishing, referred to Eexecutive Committee, 2. Report on, 39. Piscataway: Monumental Inscriptions of, presented, 2. Parker: Cortlandt, 4. Peters: Rev. Richard. Letters from, to 1 R Rankin, Robert G. Donation from, 45. Reports of Corresponding Secretary, 1, 5, Resolutions: relative to another Volume Robbery of the Provincial Treasury. A S Scharff: Adrien. Donation from, 163, 173. Orders from, to Schuyler: Gen. Philip. Sherwood: Joseph; Agent for Province of New Jersey. Simms: Jeptha R. Donations from, 17. |