Shelburne, announcing the trial and execution of one Seymour for murdering an Oneida Indian.. 28.-Account by Governor Franklin of the Standing the names of a Commission, just arrived, for settling the line between New York and New Jersey.... 28.-Petition of Peter Hasenclever & Company to the Earl of Shelburne, praying that they may be allowed to purchase lands at St. Maurice ... "-Feb. 21.-Letter from Governor Franklin to Secretary Shel- burne, relative to the annual charges in the Province, as well as to the Quit-Rents ..... -April 2.-Order referring the petition of Mr. Wilmot, Agent for New Jersey, to the King, for alterations in the burne, transmitting a list of the fees taken in the dif- ferent offices in the Province of New Jersey... 13.-Order in Council approving of fourteen Seals for the several Colonies in America... 16.-Report of the Lords of Trade of the Establishment of the Salaries of Governors, Judges and other principal officers of justice in the American Colo- 30.-Letter from the Board of Admiralty to Secretary Shelburne, relative to the establishment of Admiralty. -May 23.-Letter from Secretary Pownall to Mr. Wilmot, rel- 3.-Representation from the Board of Trade, relative 10.-Letter from Gov. Franklin to Benjamin Franklin 625 25.-Report of the Attorney and Solicitor General to the Lords of Trade, relative to an act for preserving ships which may happen to be forced on shore, or stranded upon the coast of England or of its Colonies 628 26.-Order in Council approving the draft of the Com- mission to settle the boundary between New York "-July 18.-Letter from Secretary Shelburne to Gov. Franklin, for avoiding obedience to an Act of Parliament in re- gard to punishing mutiny and desertion ..... 1767-July 24.-Draft of an Instruction to the Governors of North -Aug. 26.-Order in Council approving an Instruction requir- ing the Governor of New Jersey not to assent to any law touching the number, duration, etc., of the 6.-Letter from Governor Franklin to Secretary Shel- burne, acknowledging the receipt of an act for grant- NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. Letter from Thomas Pownall, Lieutenant-Governor of New Jersey, to the Secretary of the Lords of Trade. Sir, [From P. R. O. B. T., New Jersey, Vol. 8, I. 47.] New Jersey: TRENTON Sept 23d 1757. I beg Leave to acknowledge the Receipt of Your Letter dated Whitehall June the 3d enclosing a Copy of the Resolutions of the House of Commons of the 23d of May last. The Sence of that Honorable House will have little effectual Influence here, unless the People have Reason to think that such a Resolution is introductory to some Act of Parliament, that may restore the Kings Government, to the just Form in which His Majesty has, by His several Charters and Commissions, established them. And under the situation that His Majesty's Governors are at present, the Bringing any of the Crown's Rights into Dispute with the People is the sure Way to lose them. I hope however, that I shall be able to maintain the Administration of my Government in as good a Form as I received them from the Hands of my Predecessors. I have the Honor to be, Sir, Your most obed' & Most humble Servant, T. POWNALL.' To J Pownall Esq. Secretary to ye Rt Hon Board of Trade &c be Letter of Lieut.-Gov. Pownall of New Jersey to John Reading, President of the Council-on leaving the Government in his hands. Sir, [From P. R. O. B. T. New Jersey, Vol. 8, I. 56.] TRENTON Sept: 23d 1757. Being appointed by His Majesty's Commission to me as Lieutenant Governor of His Province of New Jersey to administer (in Case of the Death of the Governor in Chief) the Powers contained in His Majesty's Commission & Instructions to His Governor; and knowing how essential to the Peace & Property, and consequently the Liberties of the Subject, a due Execution of the Powers of Government as granted by the Crown to this Province is, I did immediately repair to this Province upon my first hearing of the Death of Governor Belcher. The Government must 1 THOMAS POWNALL, of Everton house, Bedfordshire, was son of William Pownall, Esq., and was born in 1720. He was brother of John Pownall, the Secretary of the Lords of Trade, through whose influence he was appointed, in 1755, LieutenantGovernor of New Jersey, Governor Belcher at that time being quite infirm. He succeeded Mr. Shirley as Governor of Massachusetts in 1757, and on Governor Belcher's death that year, visited New Jersey in order to assume the government of that province also, but finding it impracticable to retain the administration of both provinces at the same time, he returned to Boston. In November, 1759, he was nominated for the government of South Carolina, but he does not appear to have entered upon the duties of that office. He returned to England in June, 1760, and is not mentioned as having again visited America, with whose history, geography and polity he had made himself thoroughly acquainted and wrote several works thereon. He became a member of Parliament, and filled several other important positions, and died on the 26th of February, 1805, in the 85th year of his age.-Dr. O'Callaghan in N. Y. Col. Docts., Vol. VI., p. 1009.—ED. |