ourable Assembly's mercy; humbly hoping that my expectations will not altogether perish. I am most noble Governour your Honour's well-wisher and humble Petitioner

JOSEPH JOHNSON.

An Indian of the Mohegan Tribe.*

To the Honourable Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., Governour, and at present at Hartford.

THE EARL OF DUNMORE TO THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH.

Williamsburg, June 6, 1774.

My LORD: Since the dissolution of the Assembly of Virginia, but before all the members of the House of Burgesses had quitted this city, there arrived an express, despatched from Boston, to the Committee of Correspondence here, as I learn, has likewise been done to all the other Colonies, to excite and encourage the whole to shut up the courts of justice against all English creditors, to join in a general Association against the importing of any British manufactures, or even exporting any of their own produce to Great Britain, and proposing a Congress of Deputies from all the Colonies forthwith.

I am really unable to suggest to your Lordship to what lengths the people of this Colony will be induced to proceed, further than what they have already made manifest by the order of the House of Burgesses, and subsequent Association, the copies of which I have already transmitted to your Lordship; but the part of the late Burgesses remaining in town at the arrival of the Boston messenger, having taken upon themselves to receive despatches, and to enter into a consideration of their contents, and then to summon the inhabitants, all above the age of twenty-one, to appear at an hour they chose to appoint, and to propose to them to agree to all those violent measures above mentioned, which, that they may be more solemnly entered into, and more generally adopted, they have deferred the execution of, to a further consideration on the first day of August next, when all the members that composed the late House of Burgesses are required to attend; these circumstances give too much cause to apprehend that the prudent views, and the regard to justice and equity, as well as loyalty and affection, which is publicly declared by many of the families of distinction here, will avail little against the turbulence and prejudice which prevails throughout the country; it is, however, at present quiet.

In the order of the House of Burgesses, which I before transmitted, your Lordship will observe that the Rev. Mr. Gwatkin, who was the Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in this College, and is now the principal master of the Grammar School, and who is of a most exemplary good character, and great literary abilities, is appointed to preach the sermon on that occasion; in justice lo which gentleman, I think it necessary to let your Lordship know, that his name was made use of entirely without his knowledge, and that he civilly, but with firmness, declined being employed for such a purpose, and which proved no little mortification to the party who dictated the measure.

I am your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

DUNMORE.

P. S. The paper which is herewith enclosed is just come out of the printing office, and contains Resolutions which the city of Annapolis has entered into, and are the same which I have already mentioned to your Lordship, as proposed for this Colony to join in; but the time that has been set for the reconsideration of them may possibly be sufficient to cool the beat of the party, which is now strenuously endeavouring to establish them.

D.

PRINCE WILLIAM (VIRGINIA) RESOLUTIONS.

At a Meeting of the Freeholders, Merchants, and other Inhabitants of the County of Prince William, and town of Dumfries, in the Colony of Virginia, at the Court House of the said County, on Monday, the 6th day of June., in the year of our Lord 1774.

Resolved, And it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting, that no person ought to be taxed but by his own consent, expressed either by himself or his Representatives; and that, therefore, any Act of Parliament levying a tax to be collected in America, depriving the people of their property, or prohibiting them from trading with one another, is subversive of our natural rights, and contrary to the first principles of the Constitution.

Resolved, That the city of Boston, in the Massachusetts Bay, is now suffering in the common cause of American liberty, and on account of its opposition to an Act of the British Legislature, for imposing a duty upon tea, to be collected in America.

Resolved, That as our late Representatives have not fallen upon means sufficiently efficacious to secure to us the enjoyment of our civil rights and liberties, that it is the undoubted privilege of each respective county, (as the fountain of power from whence their delegation arises,) to take such proper and salutary measures as will essentially conduce to a repeal of those Acts, which the general sense of mankind, and the greatest characters in the nation, have pronounced to be unjust.

Resolved, And it is the opinion of this meeting, that until the said Acts are repealed, all importation to, and exportation from, this Colony ought to be stopped, except with such Colonies or Islands in North America as shall adopt this measure.

Resolved, And it is the opinion of this meeting, that the courts of justice in this Colony ought to decline trying any civil causes until the said Acts are repealed.

Resolved, That the Clerk of this Committee transmit copies of these Resolves to both the printers in Annapolis and Philadelphia, to be published in their Gazettes.

Per order,                                                 EVAN WILLIAMS, Clerk Com'tec.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO A GENTLEMAN IS BOSTON

Philadelphia, June 6, 1774.

'Tis urged by some that Boston ought to pay for the tea destroyed there. This is to give my reasons why they should not pay for it.

1st. Dutied tea was prohibited by the general consent of all North America, for certainly nothing can make goods more perfectly prohibited than a general protest against their importation. If this should want form of law: it surely has all the substance of reason that can be necessary to constitute the most absolute prohibition; and if any merchant sends prohibited goods to port, he

* NEW-YORK, December 22. Mr. Johnson, an Indian of the Mohegan tribe, is to preach this evening in the Old Presbyterian Church, in this city, when a collection is to be raised for him, to defray a considerable expense he has been at, in preparing the way for the removal of this tribe and the remains of six other tribes in that vicinity, who are chiefly Christians, unto the Oneida country; an event that promises the most salutary effects to this Province. His great merit in this affair, and his deserving character in other respects, are certified in the most ample manner, by the Governour of a neighbouring Colony, and he has been encouraged in the prosecution of his design by the kindness of his Honour, our Lieutenant Governour, several gentlemen of the Council, the Mayor of this city, and other principal gentlemen.

MR. PRINTER: May it please you to give the few following lines a place in your, next Thursday's paper, which may contribute a little to satisfy the curiosity of our numerous customers, not only in this renowned city, but elsewhere. And in the doing of which you will greatly oblige your humble servant,

JOSEPH JOHNSON,

An Indian of the Mohegan Tribe, in the Colony of Connecticut.

To the Citizens of NEW-YORK: With all humility I take this method, and cheerfully embrace this early opportunity, publicly to return my grateful, thanks to the inhabitants of this city, whose generous hearts the Lord, hath graciously opened and hath moved with pity to me-ward, and to my poor Nation, and hath made willing liberally to contribute out of their abundance, for my present relief and future encouragement, I thank all those generous, free hearted, and public spirited gentlemen land ladies of this city, who have contributed for my benefit, either, in a public or private manner. I thank all those persons who have treated me with much respect, since my arrival in this city. Give me leave to make known unto you the resolution of my heart. My dear friends, if God should see fit to promote me, and in his providence make me to be a man of influence amongst the Nations that inhabit the Western wilderness, it is the purpose of my heart, to exert my uttermost, to cultivate and to establish peace, between his. Majesty's loyal subjects and the Indians that border on your extensive frontiers. And it is the purpose of my heart to instruct them in the great things of your holy Religion, according to the knowledge that is graciously allowed to me. And give me leave to say, that whatsoever you my dear friends, have been pleased graciously to contribute for me, shall by me be used with prudence, and with discretion. But lastly, I shall ever retain in my mind, with a heart full of love and gratitude, your great kindness to me ward. But I end, I am, my kind benefactors, yours, the public's and the whole world's well wisher,

JOSEPH JOHNSON,

An Indian of the Mohegan Tribe, in the Colony of Connecticut. NEW-YORK, December 29 1774.