Nanfan, his lieutenant, that I annexed my signature to an ecclesiastical certificate which the churches and pastors of this province had given to Sieur Delius, Minister of Albany, who had not the good fortune to please his late Lordship, his defunct Excellency cut off his thirty pieces which he had ordered me in his Council at York, deprived me of the Boston pension of twenty-five pieces, writing to London to have that deduction approved, and left nic, during three years last past in an extreme destitution of the means of subsistence.

I believed, my Lord, that in so important a service as that in wliich I am employed, I ought not to discourage myself ; and that the Province of God, which does not abandon those who have recourse to His aid by well doing, would provide in its time for my relief.

Your Excellency's equity; the affection you have evinced to us for the encouragement of those who employ themselves constantly and faithfully in God's service induce me to hope that I shall have a share in the dispensation of your justice to relieve me from my suffering, so that 1 may be aided and encouraged to continue my service, in which, by duty and gratitude, I shall continue with my flock to pray God for the preservation of your person, of your illustrious family and the prosperity of your government. Remaining your Excellency's most humble and most respectful servant. Daniel Boxdet."

" Order and report on the above.