It is to be hoped that the public will yet be furnished with a more ample account of the character, studies and public services of a man who acted so distinguished a part in the History of New York from 1720 to 1776.

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834 PAPERS RELATING TO THE

PETITION OF PETRUS PULVER & OTHERS DEMANDING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LIVINGSTON'S TITLE.

To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York in Senate and Assembly Convened The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Livingston in the County of Columbia Hctvibly Shevveth

That Thomas Dongan Leiutenant Governor and Vice Admiral of the late Province now State of New York by a certain Patent under his hand and Sealed with the Seal of the Province aforesaid bearing date the fourth day of November One thousand Six

A Translation of the letters of Cicero^ with an introduction dv Cadwallader

Colden. A Correspondence with Doctor Benjamin Franklin from the year 1743 to 1757.

[In this correspondence are to be observed the first dawnings of many of

those discoveries Dr. F. has communicated to the world. Allen.] Correspondence with Linnaeus-- 1747 to 1751. Correspondence with Gronovius of Leyden -- 1743 to 1755. Correspondence with Doctor Alexander Gardner of South Carolina-- 1748 to

1768. Correspondence with Doctor William Douglass of Boston-- 1720 to 1747. Correspondence with Mr. John Bartram of Pennsylvania -- 1742 to 1747. Correspondence with Mr Peter CoUinson of London, F. R. S. 1740 to 1769. Sundry letters from Mr Samuel Pike, Doctor Fothergill and Doctor PoterfieUl of