Governor, especially at the time when the promotion was made, for during the whole of 1747 Gov. Clinton and Dr. Colden were continually writing to the Dukes of New Castle and Bedford, two of the ministry, greviously complaining of him and his party." They. even went so far as to ask his removal from the Chief Justiceship. On the eighth of November, 1747, only fifteen days after his commission of Lt. Governor was signed by the King in London, and of course before he thought such a step was contemplated, Gov. Clinton wrote from New York to Mr. under secretary Stone, recommending the Chief Justice's removal from office, and the next day, the ninth, he wrote another letter to the Duke of New Castle, urging the same step.?

Finding however that he was promoted instead of disgraced, Mr. Clinton on the 13" of Feb. 1748, sent a sort of remonstrance to the Duke stating that Mr. De Lancey's advancement to be Lieutenant Governor was very unhappy for the Province and prejudicial to himself.* This sort of warfare was unceasingly kept' up as long as Clinton remained in office, and while he actually had Mr. De Lancey's commission as Lt. Governor in his hands.

Jn 1751 the enemies of Mr. De Lancey changed their plan of operations. On the 28 of February Gov. Clinton sent a formal "memorial" to the Duke of Bedford praying that gentleman's removal from the office of Lieutenant Governor, and the appointment of another in his place. This was followed, on the 8t of April, by a letter to the Board of Trade requesting his " suspension" from the Lieut. Governorship,® and on the 18% of July Dr. Colden was recommended as President of the council,*® so that he might be ready to succeed Mr. Clinton, if the " suspension" took place.