During their absence from Sober, a place where I have erected a Forge, about five Hundred Weight of Bar Iron, was pilfered and Carried off; and Whether any other of the Inhabitants had suffered by tills Invasion, I have not yet been informed. How Distressing to Husbandmen, so great a Loss of time must necessarily be, is easy to conceive ; nor is it Less Difficult to forsee, that the Repetition of these Irruptions, must naturally tend to Subdue the Spirits of our Inhabitants, and Either Induce them to Abandon their Farms, or hold them under the Massachuset's Bay Government. The very next week, the Committee will again be convened upon the Borders, and what may be the Consequence of their proceeding any further, I know not, but fear the worst -- I thank Your Honour, for the favour of Your Promise, to lay the inclosed before the Council, and hope with Submission, that Your Honour and that Board, will tlilnk proper to send an Express to Boston,
MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 803
to prevent if possible, the Committee's making any further Encroachments upon tiiis Province.
I sliould be glad to receive Yonr Honour's Directions, if any are necessary to be sent, to the Judges and Justices of Albany, with respect to t!ie prisoners that we have apprehended, who are either imprisoned or bound over to appear tliere, at tlie next General Session of the Peace, which will open on tlie first Tuesday of next month. --
Relying upon the Vigilance and Activity of this Government, for tlie restoring a General Tranquility to the poor People on the Borders