refuse doing a Favour with an infinitely better grace than Admiral Montagu would confer one. but I must confess that I am greatly prejudiced against Mt Montagu for which I have very good Reason and therfore will say no more about him.--I shall write to Gov' Franklin myself as well as Govt Hutchinson and Govt Wanton! the former & the latter I have the honor of an intimate Acquaintance with and Govern" Wanton & his Son who was formerly Lieut Governor of the Colony are both very zealous Churchmen and who I am very confident upon an application made to them would strongly recommend the matter to the Clergy of Rhode Island and would themselves contribute very genteelly to so useful, so noble, so godlike a Design--Sr William assured me that I might make use of his name upon the Occasion and I therefore beg that you would lay this Matter before the Gen" of the Cloth in your city--And I should be extreamly happy if I might favoured with an Answer before St Williams Return to Johnson Hall.

Why may you not be the means of my being provided for as -- as your serving my Brother Luke? with Col? Philips--you

1 For a Sketch of the Wanton family, See Updike's Hist. of the Naragansett Church, 295.

2 Rev. Luxe Baxzcock was the youngest son of Chief Justice Babcock, of Rhode Island ; he was born about 17388. He graduated at Yale College in 1755, "and afvudwabd commenced the study of divinity. In 1771, the Rev. Luke Babcock was recommended by the clergy of New-York, being lately ordained by the Bishop of London as a proper person for a Missionary, and Col. Philipse having requested that the mission of Philipsburgh, formerly filled by the Rev. Harry Munro, should be renewed, they accordingly appointed Rev.