To Gov^r of Maryland

Albany Nov^r 16^th 1755
Dear Sir,
I receiv'd your Letter of the ninth Instant, and it gives me
great Concern to find you had been so long at New York in
expectation of meeting me there, & that at last you was oblig'd
to return to your Governm^t without seeing me: Nothing but
the necessity of unforeseen Business of the greatest Conse-
quence, w^ch hath inevitably detain'd me here, & will do so five
or six days longer, should have occasion'd this disappointment
to yourself & me. Notwithstanding that it may seem unreasonable, to the last

Degree for me to request you to take the Trouble of a second
Visit to New York, yet your presence there, as is herein after
desir'd appears to me to be of so great Consequence that I
venture to make it.
The Inclos'd will shew you what I am order'd to do by the
Lords Iustices; I think the concerting a general plan of Opera-
tions for the ensuing year a work of very great Consequence to
his Majesty's Service & all the Colonies, and will be the most
effectual means for putting an End to Mischiefs now reyning
in your own Government, & preventing the like for the future;
and I can't but think if you can possibly attend the Council I
shall hold at New York on the first or second of December,
if possible, without very extraordinary Inconveniencies &
Danger's arising to your Province from your Absence for a few
Days, it would greatly promote the publick Good, & be well
taken by his Majesty's Ministers: If this Opportunity is lost
a Congress of Gov^rs can't be had this year; & his Majesty's
Service, I am perswaded, must suffer greatly for want of it.