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    tis most humbly submitted to his Majesty to appoint what P. K. 0.

    more trustees and Governors he shall in his great wisdom Maryland, g.

    see necessary.

      With most humble Submission to Your Lordships great

    judgments, I think the most likely way for converting the

    Indians to the Christian Religion, and bringing them to live

    amongst us in a setled way, and learne our language in order

    to be made more useful to this his Majesty's Province, and

    putting a stop to the Papists, and Quakers and bringing

    them over to the reformed Religion, and to make those that

    are already Protestants better in their lives and morals; will

    be by erecting Free Schools, wherein both English and Indian

    boys may be bred up scholars, and fitted for his Majesty's

    Royall Colledge of William & Mary in Virginia. The Ac

    count of which is designed (God willing) to be given by us

    the trustees of the said Colledge, to his Excellency Sr Edmund

    Andros according to your Lordships directions to him. For I

    humbly beg leave to observe to your Lordships, that it is some

    charge to his Majesty, to supply these parts with Ministers,

    and Schoolmasters, his Majesty being graciously pleased to

    allow twenty pounds to each of them for their transportation,

    without which his Majesty's bounty, I suppose very few of

    them would be able to transport themselves. There is often

    very great want, and now especially of good Clergymen and

    Schoolmasters in these parts oi the World; and I will not

    venture to answer for some of their abilities, lives and conver

    sations

      I hope (God willing) to be able by the next Fleet to give

    your Lordships an account of a pretty good Church and

    School being nigh finished in this place.

      In No 2 is a List of the Names of his Majesty's Honourable

    Councill &c.

      Severall of the principal Inhabitants of this province are not

    qualified by Law to serve his Majesty in any Imployment,

    which makes it very difficult for me to supply them with good

    men. But the names of some are put down at the end of

    No 2 pag. 9, in which are the number of Taxables for the

    years 1694, 1695, 1696. It hath never yet been the Custome

    of this Countrey to distinguish the Taxables by Free men,

    Servants, and Negros, and tis not possible now to send them

    to your Lordships, but I intend to give Orders that the Taxables

    be so distinguished, and if I can to have the Number of Pap

    ists and Quakers. And in the said paper is an Account of

    what Indians reside in this province, as also Copies of some Fol 81

    late Orders about the Indians. We have had no further Fol: 82, 83,

    Treaty with the Sen niquos, Susquihanits, and Shevano Indians 84, 85

    since my last, but expect to hear further of them this May.