In a great measure, I ascribe to you my Meecenas, that ye Rev Mess's Inglis and Ogilvie, ye Professors of y® College, and a good many of ye Learned, here, including, in a very particular manner, the good-humourd, the sensible, the gay, ye witty, & polite, Sir Henry Moore, have taken me into their patronage ; Tho' 'm sorry to say, that Gent! Gage paid so little regard to y" friendly' letter in my behalf, as not to order his Aid de Camp to introduce me when I called to wait of him. Indeed he subscribed for two Setts of my Indian Essays and History : And so do several other Gent on account of their reputed merit ; for ye Learned applaud

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ye performance. In short, Sir, I look down, with a philosophic

eye, on. that, or any such, neglect as a most imaginary trifle : Especially, if what I said to a curious & inquisitive Son of Caledonia, concerning ye well-known mismanagement, & ill Situation, of our Indian affairs, westwardly, should have occasioned it ; For truth will prevail, when painted with its genuine honest colours.

In y¢ historical part, I shall put myself under y' most friendly patronage, and yt of Sir Henry Moore, and do myself y°¢ particular favour of writing to each of you, from ye southward, before I sett off to England, next summer. As His Excelly has not only induced ye Hon»le members of His Majestys Council to give a sanction to my performance, and engaged to perswade ye Comons House of Assembly to follow their Copy ; But, likewise to continue to take in subscriptions, till ye Books are published, and remit me a Bill, on ye agent, at London, as soon as he has heard, by y° public accounts, of their being in the Press ; I'm hopefull, yowll be pleased to excuse my freedom of infolding, in this, a New-York printed Proposal ; and that y? patriotic temper will incite You to shew it to such Lovers of letters, as frequent your Hall, in order to gain, at least, nominal subscriptions, and give a sanction to the treatise in Europe ; Likewise, yt when I do myself y® honour of writing to you, again, you'll be so kind as to remit me their names, at London, according to request.