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Letter to Gage
(Johnson Hall, Aug. 23, 1766)
Johnson, Sir William in: The
Papers of Sir William
Johnson, vol. 12,
pp. 159-160.
from you, and that you are in perfect health, Mr. Burton begs to Join with me in best respects, and kind wishes to You, Captn. Claus, and all the Family.
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and I am dear
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Your most obedient humble |
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R. BURTON. |
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SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON Bart.-
TO THOMAS GAGE
A. L. S.1
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Johnson Hall 23d.August 1766 |
DEAR SIR-
I take the liberty of Sending the Bearer Mr. Robert Adems to receive the Amount of my Acctts. which I am hopefull You will be able to transmit thro' his Hands, as I am in the greatest want of it.-
I have been so much hurried since my last, and so much company here that I found it difficult to get a Copy of my late Transactions in readiness for the Lords of Trade, One is begun for your perusal, which I must beg you will excuse me for not being able to Send by this opertunity. It shall go with my next, together with the List of Officers & Sallarys &ca.- I should have mentioned in my last that the French Inhabitants at the Miamis, Detroit &ca. used everry Artifice in their power to hinder Pondiac & the Westeren Indians from coming to meet me, & Mr. Crawford2 found it a difficult Task to efface the impressions which their Stories had left on the Minds of ye Indians.
The Same Schemes were practiced to retard or prevent Mr. Cole3 from going to the Illinois, and a certain Josephe Chapaton an Inhabitant of Detroit offerred Godfrey his Conductor 3000 Livres, if he would quit his Service, & prevent his getting anybody to conduct him to that place, but all did not do.-
I have received a letter from Capt. Howard4 by which he tells me that the Indians are extremely desireous to have the Post at La Baye 5 reestablished and have urged it much, if it be so, I shall be glad to be informed whether You think it would be proper to repair it, & put a small Garrison into it, for my part I think it a post of verry great importance on many Accttts., & that it will be usefull to us if the Indians are desireous of its being reestablished as has been reported to me.- I am
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with the most perfect Esteem |
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Dear Sir |
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Your
most Obedient |
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W. JOHNSON |
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His Excellency
GENRL. GAGE-
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INDORSED: |
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Sr. Wm.
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1 In William L. Clements Library; a portion of the autographed draft of this letter was printed in Johnson Papers, 5:3462-763.
2 Hugh Crawford was sent to accompany Pontiac.
3 Edward Cole, commissary for Illinois.
4 Captain William Howard, commandant at Michilimackinac.
5 Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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