Johnson-hall, July 20tli 1768.

My Lord,

M'" Johnson my Deputy has during my Absence received your Lordships Letters Numbr^ one, two and three, and acquainted you with the occasion of my going to the sea side from whence I returned a few days ago somewhat recovered of my late Indisposition-- he likewise reported in General terms to your Lordship the steps taken towards effecting the Boundary Line with the Indians, and the Occurrences since my Departure --

It remains for me now, more fully to Acknowledge the receipt of your Lordships Letters with the Report of the board of Trade,

' SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON. 897

Sincerely to Congratulate you on your late Appointment and dutifully to Submit my thoughts, on the Reform which as an Old, and I believe a most faithfull Servant to the Crown, I am enabled and bound to offer to his Majestys Consideration, wherein I shall Speak without the Smallest Interest or prejudice beyond what in me naturally arises for the true Interests of the Crown, and the happiness of the people as far as they depend on the pacific disposition of the Indians within my District, Should any thing that I offer appear worthy Attentien it will in any Situation of Life yield me the highest Satisfaction, & by its Effects point out its Utility, but should it on the contrary meet with a different reception, The Consideration of the importance of the Subject, the necessary Connection I have with it, the Experience I may be supposed to have acquired in these matters, and above all the laudable Motives which induce me to the Task will I persuade myself Justify my intention, whilst it affords me the pleasing reflection that I have faithfully discharged my Duty,