In 1761, he went to England, where he spent a year, and soon after his return married and settled at Stonington, Conn., and commenced the practice of the law. [It seems by the above letter, he was seston to enter orders, We find him afterwards engaged in the Lake Superior copper speculations.] When the revolution broke out, he joined the whig party, and in 1776 was appointed by the Legislature commander of the forces at Newport. He was aman of fine person, accom. plished manners, commanding voice, and an eloquent speaker. UppiKr.

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REV. MR. ANDREWS TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.

Sir,

My Health has really suffered so much of late from constant Confinement to a School, & from my Attention to the Mission, that I have, by the Advice of Dr Constable, been obliged to make an Excursion abroad for the Recovery of it. A principal Inducement to undertake this, was the Arrival] of a Clergyman at Schenectady,' who kindly offered to supply my Place, shou'd I absent myself. The care of the School I have committed to a Person of Capacity.

When I left home, I had an Intention of taking the Liberty of waiting upon you, & presenting myself as a fit Object of your further Recommendation. -With this View, I went to Sir John, a few Days before my Departure, that I might, if not improper, learn where you was to be found; also upon my Return I communicated my Designs to Colonel Johnson, who promised from himself to second my Application. Whose Letter, I trust, on this Head you will have received by this Time.