I am with sincerest duty and esteem May it please your Excellency your Excellency's most obedient and most humble servant, ELEAzZAR WHEELOCK.

330 PAPERS RELATING TO

SIR WM. JOHNSON TO THE REY. DR. BARCLAY.

CONCERNING THE INDIAN PRAYER BOOK,

Johnson Hall Apr! 29th 1763 Sir,

T have been favored with yours of the 12th inst. which needed no Apology as I never in the least doubted your assiduity and inclination to forward a Work which I flatter myself will under your inspection prove of great utility to the propagation of Christian knowledge. :

I herewith Enclose you the plan which I most approve of for the Size & Quantity of the Book, the same being much more portable than the other, and must therefore request you will give directions accordingly, and that you will likewise be so good as to give such Necessary Assistances therein as you shall Judge Expedient, for which purpose Capt Claus has sent you the Old Printed Book, as also that any other Offices &e which you can afford may be inserted for rendering the present Edition more Compleat than the former.

I am glad you approve of my Sentiments concerning the Missionaries which are not only very Requisite amongst the Indians, but will tend to advance the Established Church which is in great want of a proper support in these parts.

D: Barclay Iam &c.

REV. MR. WHEELOCK TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.

Hartford May 16th 1'763 Sir, May it please your Honour,

Ireceived last Evening a Paper with your Seal inclosing a Letter to Joseph from his Sister 3' wrote, I suppose in the Mohawk Language ; and by which he informs me, he is ordered to come directly home; that the Indians are displeased with his being here at School, that they don't like the People &c, which has