I am really at a Loss which will be the best method for securmg the Lands of the two Mohock Villages, It should Certainly be done in the way that is likely to be most Effectual as well as Satisfactory to them, and in this point your Judgment will better direct you as to what is most likely to be the strongest security thereof, against any future attempts to deprive them of it.

You may be assured that the Division petitioned for, for the County of Albany, is the most rational, & liable to the fewest Objections of any that could be thought of, and that should it be Carried through the House it will be of advantage to the Settlem*^ and property this Way, without prejudice to the rest.

The affair of the Militia in my Opinion deserves some Serious Attention as well from the present Aspect of Indian Affairs as for the Credit of the Province, and it would give me pleasure that it

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was completed under Your Administration. Sir H Moore divided the Province into Two Brigades, over the Northern of which Extending from the Highlands to the North & West Bounds of the Province he placed me as Brigadier, which you know was going down rather than preferrmertt to me did I stand upon Nicetys, but I flattered myself that I might be of some Service & shal' endeavor it, -- The very Extensive County of Albany till then one Regiment of 2 Batt^s ^ Containing ab* 6000 Men fit for Arms he divided, into several Regiments of a reasonable Number from 500, to 1000 men, whose Districts being small, they are easy assembled without inconvenience to the Inhabitants & therefore can be under much better Comand & Discipline To Explain the Whole of which Col : Guy Johnson who was appointed Adj* Gen^ of the District incloses you a Return of their General state as nearly Corresponding with the Regular forms as the difference of the service would admit, at the same time It is necessary for me to observe to you that there w^ere some Regiments formed, of which I had not any previous notice neither have the Colonels ever made a return of them or their District, tho' since they were formed Two Orders have been issued for that purpose.