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CONTENTS.

-Memorial responsive to the representations made by

those concerned in the disturbances in New Jersey..

12.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of
Trade-relating to Lewis M. Ashfield, David Ogden,

etc...

18.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Benjamin Frank-

lin-about an electrical apparatus....

18.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Lord Halifax in

relation to the objections to the appointment of Mr.

Ashfield to be one of the Council....

18.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Colonel Brattle-

about the non-success of his electrical cure

Pemberton not going to England in the interest of
the new College..

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21.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Colonel John

Alford-about the prospects of the College..

21.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Mr. Walley, re-

ferring to the deficiency in the Treasury; the new

28.-Message from Governor Belcher to the Legisla-

30.-Letter from Robert Hunter Morris, Chief Justice

of New Jersey, to the Lords of Trade-relating to

the constitution of the Council of the Province..... 13

4.-Memorial of Richard Partridge, agent for New Jer-

sey, to the Lords of Trade-relative to the state of

the Council of that Province....

12.-Message of Governor Belcher to the Council and

Assembly of New Jersey-on the passage of a bill

for the support of government...

14.-Letter from Governor Belcher to his nephew, Mr.

Foye-about the character of the Legislature which

has just adjourned..

March 11.-Order in Council for the improved government of

the Colonies....

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1752-Mar. 12.-Additional Instructions to the Colonial Governors

relative to the revision and transmission of their

12.-Report of the Lords of Trade to the Lords of the

Privy Council-relating to the improper publication

in New Jersey of an order to their Lordships, and to

some proceedings of the Assembly of that Province. 28

20.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Mr. William

Morris-about the establishment of a library at

30.-Letter from the Earl of Holderness to the Lords of

Trade-enclosing Order of Council of March 11th,

8.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Richard Par-

tridge-Mr. Ashfield acquitted............

11.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Andrew Johnston,

one of the Council, and Samuel Nevill, Judge of the

Supreme Court-relating to the imprisonment of

Simon Wyckoff...

14.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Judge Nevill-

about the riot at Perth Amboy.

14.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Mr. Secretary

Read-about riot at Perth Amboy.

17.-Letter from Judge Samuel Nevill to Governor

Belcher-informing him of the result of the trial of

Lewis Morris Ashfield...

24. Minutes of a Council held at Elizabethtown, April

24th, 1752, in connection with the riot at Perth Am-

boy on the 13th April-with several other papers re-

ferring to the same event.....

1.-Extract from a letter of Governor Belcher to the

Lords of Trade, referring to the riot at Perth Amboy 52

1.-Extract from letter of Governor Belcher to Rich-

ard Partridge, about the riot at Perth Amboy.... 52

7.-Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council

for Plantation Affairs, referring to the Lords of Trade

a report of His Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor-

General, about the riotous proceedings in New Jersey 53

19.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of Trade

-about proceedings of Council...

20.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Richard Partridge

-about Provincial matters...

3. Circular letter from the Lords of Trade to the Gov-

ernors in America, recommending strict adherence to

their instructions..

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9.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of

Trade-transmitting the accounts of various officers. 65

23.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Rev. George

Whitefield, England-upon religious topics.....

24.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Countess

Dowager of Huntington-inclosed in the foregoing.. 87

30.-Letter from Governor Belcher to President Burr-

complimenting him on his marriage...

July 23.-Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council-

upon the draft of commission for inquiring into the

grievances in New Jersey...

26.-Letter from Governor Clinton, of New York, to

Robert Hunter Morris, in England-leave of absence

desired....

3.—Letter from Governor Belcher to Mr. Shippen, of

Philadelphia-about sending an agent to England to

solicit aid for the College....

5.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Lord Chancellor

Hardwicke—about orders from the King, etc...---

5.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Earl Granville-

asking for continued confidence...

6.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Lord Halifax-

about the affairs of the Province....

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11.-Message of Governor Belcher to the Council of New
Jersey-relating to the admission of Lewis M. Ash-
field as a member of that body...

13.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of

Trade-urging the transmission of orders from the

King, for the preservation of good order in the

"10,11.-Minutes of the Council of New Jersey-enclosed

in the foregoing letter.....

19.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Messrs. Belcher

and Foye, Massachusetts, about the promotion of

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24.-Letter from Governor Belcher to Colonel Alford,

of Boston, thanking him for a subscription to the

College-the manufacture of glass, etc..... ...... 109

Sept. 15.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of Trade

-relative to his not admitting Lewis Morris Ashfield

to a seat in the Council.

15.-Notes of Mr. Warrell, the King's Attorney-General

-upon the Trial of Mr. Lewis Morris Ashfield..... 112

16.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of

Trade-in reference to the suggested revision of the

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1752-Nov. 24.-Letter from John Ayscough, Secretary to Governor

Clinton, to Robert Hunter Morris, about Provincial

Dec. 25.-An account of the quantity of Pig and Bar Iron

imported into England from the Colonies, from

Christmas, 1749, to Christmas, 1752......

1753-Jan. 17-19.-Letter from Governor Clinton, of New York, to

Robert Hunter Morris-referring to Chief-Justice De

Lancey, Mr. Chambers and others....

18.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to Governor

Belcher-disapproving of his course towards Mr.

22.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of

Trade-about proceedings of the Legislature... 125

28.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of

Trade-had admitted Mr. Ashfield to the Council,

although not in accordance with his Sixth Instruc-

tion, a copy of which he incloses - - - - -

7.-Opinion of the Lords of Trade on the Bounda-

ries between New York and New Jersey...

13.-Letter from Robert Charles, Agent for New York,

to Governor Clinton-about the boundaries between

New York and New Jersey...

--Argument that the forks of the Delaware are the

true limits of New Jersey on the north...

25.-Letter from the Lords of Trade to Governor Belcher

-desiring him to give all possible assistance to the

Missionaries for propagating the Gospel in New

--Question answered referring to the boundaries be-

tween New York and New Jersey.

—.—Representation of the Lords of Trade to the King,

relative to the repeal of an act passed in 1747-8, for

running a partition line between New York and New

8.-Letter from Governor Belcher to the Lords of

Trade-transmitting several documents connected

with the meeting of the Legislature of New Jersey in

May and June, and commenting on the state of the

18.-Letter from Ferdinand John Paris to Robert Hunter

Morris-complaining of being left without assistance

in securing the approval of an Act relative to the

boundary between New York and New Jersey...... 152

18.-Circular letter from the Lords of Trade to the Gov-

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