He then immigrated to this country, and on being invited to take charge of the College in Philadelphia, returned to England and received orders in the church of England in December 1753. In May following he was placed at the head of the Philadelphia institution. He revisited England in 1759 when the degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the University of Oxford. After a life of much usefulness he died in Philadelphia, A.D. 1803, aged 76 years. His works in 2 v. 8vo. are in the State Library. Ep.

JOSEPH CHEW ESQ. TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.

New London Janry 24th 1769 Dear Sir

Nothing could make me so happy as to hear of your health, ° indeed Iam Extremely impatient for this as I have not heard anything from the Hail since I left Albany.

I was at New Haven last week where the General Assembly. of this Colony were setting and heard Cole Dyer make his application to them for a Deed of the susquehanna Lands--in doing this he was pleased to say somethings that I knew were not true and informed several of the House of it & Could I have'stayed untill he Came out should have told him so--I have since heard the-Assembly did not Choose to give any Deed--One Keeny who says he has been a Missionary or Preacher, with the Indians has told many of them here that you have ordered all the dissenters

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out of the Indian Country and will suffer none but Church men to preach to or have any thing to say to them--Numbers of the Saints have applyed to me I informed them that I heard the Seneca and Onondaga Sachems say none of them should Come amongst them untill the Oneida's grew better & Reformed their manners.