Joseph Murray William Johnson John Chambers William Smith Esq" of his Majesties Council of this Province Theodore Atkinson Richard Wibird Meshec Weare Henry Sherburn Jun^ Esqrs Commissioners for His Majesties Province of New Hampshire Stephen Hopkins & Martin Howard Jun"^ Esq" Commissioners for the Colony of Rhode Island

Samuel Welles John Chandlor Oliver Partridge John Worthington Esq" Commissioners for Massachusett Bay William Pitkin Roger Wolcott Elisha Williams Esqfs Commissioners for the Colony of Connecticut

John Penn Richard Peters Isaac Norris Benjamin Franklin Esqrs Commissioners for the Governm* of Pennsylvania

Benjamin Tasker & Abraham Barnes Esqrs Commissioners for the Governm* of Mary Lana The Board proceeded to take into Consideration the Matters

recommended by his Honour in the Morning The whole Letter

from the Lords of Trade was read and is as follows

Whitehall Septr 18th 1753. Sr a few days after you sailed from Portsmouth We received a Letter from M^ Clinton, inclosing Minutes of the proceedings between him & a Deputation of the Mohawk Indians, at Fort George in the City of New York in June last, with the Journals of the Assembly then Sitting

556 MANUSCRIPTS OF

You will without doubt upon your arrival be fully informed of the particular Circunistancos of this Alfair, the resentment expresse(;l by the Iiuiians And the Abrupt and hasty manner in which they went away ; and tho' from the Confidence we have of your Vigilant Attention to whatever may Concern Your Government, We are persuaded you will not have failed to have taken every Necessary and prudent Measure to Obviate the fatal Consequences which might Attend this Affair, Yet we think it no less our Duty to embrace the first Opportunity of writing our Sentiments to you upon it and of pointing out to you what appears to us necessary to be done.