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.

Some Gentlemen that may be depended on who I have seen within these few days from Boston Report that the People there who were such Hero's in August & Sept. last are now under the most terrible apprehensions for fear of being Called to Great Britain by virtue of 1 Lord Chief Justices Warrant--for Calling & meeting at a Famous Convention and other matters of the same Nature--Some Letters from London Mention that Lord George Sackvile is talk't of to succeed Mt Barnard I have sent you with the Boston papers one Published in this Town which I think a very curious one indeed I can't help being of opinion that the Resolutions of this Parliment will put a stop to many things of this sort.