I never doubted may it please your Hont but that his Exelency the Govenor had a Right to ask and obtain M* Browns assistance in Conferring his Name upon whome he pleasd and this without transgressing the strictest Rules of Christianity, and was far from thinking that his Exelency or any Gentleman in the Civil Government would interpose his authority with a clergyman to oblige him to rebaptize Children because they were first baptized by ministers of another . Denomination. Nor was I may it please your Hon' suspicious -- that the Gentlemen of the establishd Church Clergy gave them-* selves or others too much Trouble to bring into Disrepute other religious Persuasions. I treated this Report or at least aimd to -- _ like what was false and only wrote Mt Brown for his authority to. say it was false. I gave a greater Latitude to some Expressions than I should otherwise that Mt Brown might give me a direct answer which would stop the mouths of those who can see nothing significant in arguing what men will do from their Character--but never once supposed the Rev4 Gentleman would make so great an affair of it as to have me answerd as he has in a manner which gives me the greatest Pain. I mentiond the Presence of his Exelency the Govenor, the Honle Sir William Johnson and other Gentlemen and the Indians with no other view than to give the Report the airs with which I several Times heard it told not suspecting that the Letter would be proposed to any one as what was designed to fault the conduct of my Rulers, for to this I dont give myself.a License in any case but especially should not with your Honour to whom I am so much indebted must therefore may it please your Honour. beg the continuance of your Honours favours to be without which will be itself a mark of ungratfull and will soon render me intirrely useless.