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been declared in Charters & I believe in the Govrs Instructions,
but tho' it may have been long considered as matter of form, &
Consequently little regarded, It may nevertheless have a good
effect, and meet with more serious attention under the administration of a Gent already disposed to the Interests of the Church.
I cannot at present certainly inform you whether the Bishop
of Quebec can ordain Missionaries, &c, tho' I believe he can,
but I imagine if so, that they are not to be Jesuites that order
being so much discountenanced in most of the Romish States,
and Secretly disliked by the Clergy of that denominantn from
the superiority of their Influence, over the Great of that Church.
I think that a Map of the Country you speak of freed from
the errors of all those that have been published would greatly
Illustrate your Work but no Regular surveys have been made
thereof. The most accurate sketches that have been obtained
are in the hands of Col, G. Johnson who has taken much pains
in these matters, and will readily contribute his assistance by
sending you such a one as may in some measure answer yr
desires.
The Revd Mr Chas Inglis.
THE REVD. CHARLES INGLIS TO SIR WM. JOHNSON.
New York, Sep. 21, 1771.
Worthy Sir,
I am honoured with Yours of the 10th Instant; tho it did not
come to Hand till after I sent the Memorial by Mr Browne of
Skenectady, which I hope you have recieved by this Time.
I am fully sensible you require "; no Spur to your Inclinations"
with Regard to the measures proposed for converting the Indians.
Indeed your Zeal is what chiefly animates the Friends of that
Scheme with Hopes of its Success: And it is evident that Bishop
Lowth only intended to give a Testimony in his Sermon of the
Sense that He & the Society have of your Zeal in this good
cause, & how much depends upon you. For my part, I am free
to declare, as I always have, that next to Providence, my chief