keeper of the jail of either of the Counties of Lancaster, York, or Cumberland, or the sum of fifty pounds for either of them.

Given under my hand and the great seal of the said Province, at Philadelphia, the twenty-eighth day of July, in the fourteenth year of his Majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventyfour.

JOHN PENN

By his Honour's command,

JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Jun., Secretary.

GOD save the King.

The Governour laid before the Board a Letter he received from Colonel Guy Johnson, dated 22d July, 1774, which follows, in these words, viz:

Guy Park, July 22, 1774.

SIR: Your despatch of the 28th ultimo, to Sir William Johnson, arrived when that worthy man was, through the fatigues occasioned by the late general Congress, (which is just ended) very much indisposed; he nevertheless continued all that day to do business with them, but in the evening was seized with a relapse, which carried him off in a fit that night.* As it was a very critical period, and that he had strongly recommended me for his successor to his Majesty's Ministers, I continued to conduct the business of the Congress at the earnest entreaty of the Indians, and brought it, I think, to a happy termination, and have now received his Excellency General Gage's appointment to the Superintendency till his Majesty's final pleasure is known. I enlarged during the Conference on the unhappy situation of your frontiers, and represented it as the duty of the Six Nations to bring those they call their dependants to reason. They have accordingly agreed to send Deputies from each Nation to the Southward, who will set out tomorrow, but they complain very much of the ill treatment they receive from the frontier people of Virginia, &c., and of their encroachments, and demand redress.

The hurry in which the late sudden accident has engaged me, and the number of despatches I must now necessarily make up for the post, who is waiting, will not permit me to be more particular at present, but you may be assured, sir, that whilst I have any thing to do in these affairs, I shall use my utmost endeavours for the peace and happiness of your Province, and, from true personal regard, shall always be glad to serve or oblige you, as I am, with real esteem, sir, your most obedient and most humble servant,

G. JOHNSON.

P. S. I have taken the liberty to enclose a letter to Mr. McKee, on occasion of the present troubles as I understand there is no post to Fort Pitt, and that it might meet with great delay. I shall be glad to have any further information respecting your frontiers.

The Council then advised the Governour to write an Answer to the above Letter by the next post, and also to write Lord Dartmouth by the first packet, informing him of the publick occurrences here since he wrote him last, and transmit him copies of the Governour's Message to the Assembly; their Answer; Resolves; and the Resolves of the Committee of all the counties lately met in this city; and also the Instructions drawn up by them to the Assembly, respecting the conduct of the Delegates to be named by the House to attend the general Congress of Delegates from all the Colonies, proposed to be held at this city in September next.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO A GENTLEMAN IN NEW-YORK.

Boston, July 28, 1774.

All our Governours' operations are still at a stand, as the Cerberus, ship of war, has not yet made her appearance with the further intentions of Parliament in regard to this truly distressed country; for she is charged with the two Acts passed on the 20th of May, respecting the proposed future government and administration of justice in this Province; that vessel was to leave England on the 25th of May. The Addressers of Mr. Hutchinson, and the protesters against our publick measures lead a devil of a life; in the country the people will not grind their corn, and in town they refuse to purchase from, and sell to, them. The Governour expects hourly the arrival of the fifty-ninth regiment, with a company of artillery from Halifax; his Excellency has expressed much surprise on finding the transports, which sailed long since from hence, to take on board the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, had not effected an arrival at New-York; surely the old Wentworth Indiaman has not played the Navy Commissioners a trick, and, by a sacrifice to Neptune, proved a hard bargain to Government.

Our inhabitants endure their distressed situation with great temper.* The letters of sympathy which they have received from the other Colonies, with assurances of joining in a general delegation to the Grand Congress at Philadelphia, fortify their distracted spirits, and encourage them

* On Monday evening, 11th of July, 1774, departed this life, at Johnson Hall, in his sixtieth year, to the inexpressible concern of his family, and the infinite loss of the publick, particularly at this critical juncture, the Honourable Sir William Johnson, Bart., his Majesty's Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and one of the oldest Council of this Province. He had long laboured under a complication of disorders, the consequences of his former fatigues and severe services in defence of the country in general, and this Province in particular. Still persisting in the exertion of all his faculties, and at the expense of health, case, and domestick concerns, discharging the laborious duties of a most troublesome and difficult department, he, though much indisposed, attended and transacted business with the Six Nations, who came lately to Johnson Hall on account of the murders committed by some of the frontier inhabitants of Virginia. The fatigue and hurry of spirits occasioned by the difficulties he found in accommodating these affairs, at last obliged him to retire to his room, where he was immediately seized with a violent attack, which carried him off in an hour's time.

The impartial public well know and enjoy the fruits of his distinguished services, whilst crowds have experienced his benevolence and private bounty; and his united talents as a defender and improver of this country, will ever preserve his name amongst the most distinguished personages o the age he lived in. In 1737 he came from Ireland under the auspices of his uncle, Sir Peter Warren, and lived many years in the Indians country, where he learned their language and gained their affection by his great generosity and humanity. In 1755, he stood forth in the defence of this Province, then in the most imminent danger from the rapid progress of the French arms, and with a force, consisting entirely of Provincials, totally routed the army of Baron Dieskau; that victory proved highly acceptable to his Sovereign, who created him a Baronet; and he was rewarded by the Parliament of Great Britain with a present of five thousand pounds sterling. In 1758, he, by an intimate acquaintance with the genius and temper of the Indian tribes, who had been debauched by France from the interest of Great Britain, effected a reconciliation with fifteen different Nations of that people, which paved the way for the future success of our arms in Canada. In 1759, he defeated the French Army, destined for the relief of Niagara, under M. D'Aubry, presently after which the garrison surrendered that important post to the besiegers. These glories were obtained by dint of innate courage and natural sagacity, without the help of a military education; and what remarkably enhances those endowments, is the circumstance of his having taken in both actions, the commanders of the enemy. In 1760, he assisted at the taking of Montreal, and the conquest of the French Empire in that part of the Continent. Since which, he has acted at the head of the Indian Department, over whom he early acquired, and constantly maintained, a surprising ascendancy, by the influence and authority of his justice, benevolence, and integrity. In short, our gracious Sovereign never sustained a heavier loss, in the demise of any subject, than of Sir William Johnson, whose character was a combination of good qualities, and whose memory will be highly revered to the end of time.

His remains were decently interred in the church of his own building, at Johnstown, on Wednesday, the 13th, attended by upwards of two thousand people, in the following order:

The Clergy. J. Duncan, Esquire; Captain Chapman; P. Livingston, Esquire; Judge Jones; G. Banyur, Esquire; R. Morris, Esquire; Major Edmonston; Governour Franklin; supporters of the pall. Chief Mourners, Sir John Johnson, Baronet, Colonels D. Claus and G. Johnson, John Dease, Esquire. The Physicians; Family; Mohawks; Conajoharies; High Sheriff, followed by above two thousand persons from the neighbouring country, The Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nations, who then attended the Congress.

Where it was interred, and a suitable discourse delivered by the Reverend Mr. Stewart, Missionary to the Mohawks at Fort Hunter.

The Indians exhibited on the occasion of Sir William Johnson's death, the most extraordinary signs of distress and sincere affliction, that ever were before observed among that people.

* Boston, July 21, 1774. The firmness and unanimity of the people to defend their invaluable rights, notwithstanding the restlessness of a little selfish faction, does this Province honour. At a meeting of sixty gentlemen, Deputies of the several towns in the County of Berkshire, a number of judicious, spirited Resolves were passed, and a non-consumption agreement agreed upon to encourage our own manufactures, and a subscription for the Boston sufferers, by the Port Act. The accounts from Connecticut are most encouraging, and the firmness, activity, and generosity of the other Colonies, is astonishing to the enemies of American freedom. Courage, Americans, and with the help of God, the slavery intended for us may be warded off, and our tranquility re-established.

July 28. Every part of this extensive Continent, so far as we have yet heard, appear to be deeply interested in the fate of this unhappy town. Many and great are the donations we have already received, and many more we have good reason to expect. The cry of hunger is not so great as was at first expected. Even our poorest people have not suffered for the want of bread. May that Being who hath the hearts of all men in his hands, and who turneth them as he pleaseth, still dispose our. Sympathizing brethren to continue their benefactions till we are happily relieved from our present difficulties.