ARCHIVES

OF THE

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

FIRST SERIES.

Vol. VIII.

This volume was compiled and edited by authority of the State of New Jersey; at the request of the New Jersey Historical Society, and under the direction of the following committee :

NATHANIEL NILES, Ch'n,
MARCUS L. WARD,

JOEL PARKER,

W. A. WHITEHEAD.

RELATING TO THE

COLONIAL HISTORY

OF THE

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,

EDITED BY

WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD,

Corresponding Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society; Author of
East Jersey Under the Proprietary Governments; Contributions
to the Early History of Perth Amboy and the Surround-

ing Country; Editor of the Papers of Lewis Mor-

ris, and of an Analytical Index to the

Colonial Documents of New
Jersey, etc., etc.

VOLUME VIII.

COMPLETING THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR

JONATHAN BELCHER.

1751-1757.

NEWARK, N. J. :

DAILY ADVERTISER PRINTING HOUSE.

1885.

LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY. a.41789 JUL 12 1000

SOURCES

WHENCE THE DOCUMENTS IN THIS VOLUME WERE OBTAINED.

Public Record Office, London, England.

Copies of Manuscripts of Governor Jonathan Belcher, in the New Jersey Historical Society Library.

Manuscripts of the New Jersey Historical Society.

Papers of Ferdinand John Paris, in New Jersey Historical Society Library.

Manuscripts of William A. Whitehead.

Papers of Robert Hunter Morris, in Library of New Jersey Historical Society.

Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York.

New York Colonial Documents in the office of the Secretary of State, at Albany.