The Documentary history of the state of New-York; arranged under direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, secretary of State. By E. B. O'Callaghan ...

TO THE READER
In the year 1770, the Rev. Charles Inglis, then assistant minister of Trinity
Church, New-York, paid a visit to Sir Wm. Johnson. His interest in the
spiritual and moral wants of the Six Nations was, it would seem, then awakened, and the result was, the present ". Memorial concerning the Iroquois," which
having been "~ copied out fair in a good Hand, and in a quarto size, and having
a Marble cover, with Col. Johnsop's accurate and neat Map prefixed,
made a handsome looking Pamphlet," (Ante, 468.) and was sent in 1771,
to Lord Hillsborough, then Secretary of State, with recommendations from
Gov. Tryon and Sir Wmi. Johnson. The history of the recovery of these
interesting documents is a matter of interest in a literary point of view. About
three years ago, the late Mr. Rich, of London, presented a collection of Maps
and Charts to the New-York State Library. Among them was found the Guy
Johnson Map, in MS. Sometime afterwards, in arranging Sir William Johnson's MSS. for the Library, a correspondence was discovered between him and
the Rev. Mr. Inglis, from which it appeared that this Map was prepared to accompany a "( Memorial," drawn up by the latter on the subject of christianizing the
Five Nations. This correspondence is included in section XII of this Volume.
In the hope of obtaining some clue to this paper, the Regents of the University
caused enquiry to be made on the subject among the descendants of Dr. Inglis,
who, it will be recollected, remoyed, at the close of the Reyolution, to Nova
Scotia, of which province he was the first bishop. This enquiry has been most
succcessful, and to the Hon. Mr. Fairbanks, member of the Lpgislative Council
of N. S., is the State indebted for the present copy of Dr. Inglis' Memorial.
There are few instances in which a MS. has been traced through, and completed
from such various sources. ED