I reed your Favour of y® 3'^ Instant yesterday in which you say you had Rec'd a Letter from M^s Cosby Relative to Her Concerns here and that she has taken advice -- that it is in Her to Dispose of the Lands and that she will indemnify whoever shall Purchase In answer to which I have to say that by the Advice I have taken the 1 ower is not in Her During W"* Cosbys Life and that an Inde iipnification from Her Cannot at Her Time of Life, be a Suffi( ent Security to me for the Risque I should run from the Heir f William, should She Die before Him it would be agreeable to my wishes to make the Purchase and will whenever I can have a secii'e Title I should be Glad you would Advise Her to Take the O tpinion of Eminent Council Wether the Estate Bequeathed to William by His Late Father, and he now a Lunatic, can be invested in M" Cosby his mother unless conveyed to Her by William before His Lunacy I am Greatly obliged to you for your Friendship in the offer but must beg to postpone the Purchase until the Title be Clearly in Her I always am

Dear S^^ Your Faithfull & Affectionte

Humble Ser* To Sf W™ Johnson Oliver DeLancey.

at Johnson Hall

Albany

FROM MESSRS. VROOMAN, GLEN & DUNCAN TO SIR Wm. JOHNSON.

AUTHORIZING HIM TO PURCHASE 100,000 ACRES OF INDIAN LANDS.

Schenectady, Decemr. 24th 1766.