These Moravians have Compassed Sea & Land to make Proselytes, & have so far Succeeded, as to Gain in Pensylvania, this, and other Colonys, And the house at the Porks before mentioned, is tlie principal place of Rendezvous & Quarter of the Chiefs of them : 'tis kept according to Whitefields Solieme as a Seminary for Converts, & house of Support to their deluded Votaries ; & many have Resorted thither ; from thence they dispatch their Itenerant Emissarys Teachers or Preachers, Simple,

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illiterate persons, who were wont to be Content to busy themselves in their Native Country in the Ordinary & humble Occupations they were bred to Viz' Bricklayers Carpenters Woolcombers Taylors and Sucli like Mechanical or handy- Craft Trades, 'till they were infatuated with a certain degree of Enthusiasm or Folly Sufficient for Quahfying them for the plantation of the Gospel in foreign Parts ; of whose Delusions, It seems, the Count has laid hold, & thought them proper Tools to be Employed in his Service, perhaps with views unknown to these Creatures themselves, though at the same Time they are forwarding his Schemes.

After some of the principal heads of these Moravians had Travelled up & down these Countrys, & made many Converts amongst the Christians, at Length the next Step was, the more difficult part to be Entered upon, the Conversion of the Heathen, Dy Intespersing Several of the Brethren amongst the Indians in this province, to Reside with them though unqualified as to the knowledge of their Indian Language or any other but their own Mother Tongue ; three of them were posted at a Place called Shacomicco in this Province who resided there Some Time, and at length intermarryed with the Savages, to give them the last Proof of their Affection and Good Intentions towards them ; this Gave Great Jealousie to tlie Inhabitants of that County, who made Representations to the Judges at the Circuit Court, & Afterwards to Your Excellency, concerning them.