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As for what you received from James Alexander, Esq; Surveyor-General of New-Jersey, with respect
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to the Northern Bounds of that Province, is little to be depended on, as he is a Proprietor of Jersey, and doubtless is for extending that Province as far as he can, and perhaps beyond its true Bounds.
As many hundred Families, with myself, hold Lands in this Province by Patent from the Crown, some 40, 50, 60 and 70 Years, and have paid their Quit-Rents conformable thereto, which Patents are bounded on the South by the Division Line between New- York and New-Jersey; and as I apprehend, with some hundreds more, that the Proprietors of Jersey, have both formerly and lately made unfair At- tempts to extend their Province beyond its true Lim- its ; and as it plainly appears by your Map, that the Boundaries of that Province is extended, agreeable to the unjust Claim of the Jersey Proprietors ; I can- not but think, and not without Reason, that you have been set on foot by them, to make your Draught of those Provinces, in order, that they might have it to produce on any Controversy that should hereafter arise, concerning the Boundaries of the Provinces of New-York and New-Jersey; and as, perhaps, you might be a Stranger to, and unacquainted of, the Con- troversy that has, and still subsists between the Pro- prietors of Jersey and the People of this Province, concerning their Boundaries. I think it necessary to inform you, that no less than a thousand People, to- gether with myself, have concluded to have it argued before his Majesty and Council: And we further con- ceive, that you have in your Map extended the Lim- its of New-Jersey more Northerly than it ought to be
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laid down by many Miles ; which I presume will ap- pear before long.
Yours, A. B : for myself and many other Freeholders of the County of Orange, in the Province of New York.
New-York, May I. We just now hear, That the Snow Irene, Capt. Garrison,1 is arrived at Sandy Hook, from London, with upwards of One Hundred Passengers on board, of the Moravian Brethren
RUN away from Samuel Moore and Francis Blood- good, of Woodbridge, in New-Jersey, two Negro Men ; one of which is a lusty young black Fellow, named Mando, aged about 20 Years; the other a yellow Madagascar Fellow, named Tom, about 40 Years old, of a middle Size, well set, and can read : We hear he has got a sort of an Indenture with him, under Pretence of being free. Whoever takes up the said Negroes, or either of them, and secures them, so that his or their Masters may have him or them again, shall have Three Pounds Reward for each of them, and all reasonable Charges paid ; by us
SAMUEL MOORE, FRANCIS BLOODGOOD.
N. B. 'Tis thought they are gone towards Albany, and that there is another Fellow in Company with
1 The snow Irene was built in 1748 by the Moravians, "for the more easy convey- ance of their colonists to the American settlements." Capt. Nicholas Garrison (b. in 1701 on Staten Island) sailed in her on her first voyage, September 8, 1743. Five years later (Sept. 9. 1753) the Irene arrived at New York with the first steam engine ever seen in America-brought over by Josiah Hornblower and by him set up and ( perated at Col. John Schuyler's copper mine opposite Second River (Belleville) .- Josiah Horn- blower, and the First Steam Engine in America, etc., by William Nelson, Newark, N. J., 1883, pp. 14, 60.
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them, belonging to Samuel Nevill, short and well set, half Negro and half Indian, near 30 Years old.
The Managers of the Newark Lottery have began to roll up the Blanks and Prizes, and preparing to put the Numbers in the Wheels, so as to be ready certainly to begin Drawing on Tuesday the 16th of this Instant: There remains but a few Tickets in the Hands of the Managers, which continue to be sold as usual .- The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Week- ly Post Boy, May 1, 1749.
The Amwell Lottery is certainly to begin Drawing this Day, and will continue Drawing from Day to Day, till finished : The Printer hereof has yet four Tickets to dispose of .- The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, May 1, 1749.
To be Sold at Publick Vendue, on Wednesday the 3Ist of this Inst. May, at 10 of the Clock in the Morning, at the respective Premises, (the Vendue to continue till all is sold :)
THE Corner House on Burnet's-Key,1 wherein the Widow Susannah Lawrence now lives, being 33 Feet 4 Inches fronting Wall-Street Slip, and 29 Feet on Burnet's-Key, where it is intitled to Wharfage. . . If any Person incline to purchase all or any of the said Houses and Lots before the Day of Sale, they may apply to Peter Low in New-York, to Cornelius Low at Rariton Landing, or John Low at Newark, in East New Jersey, who will agree on reasonable
1 The petition for this dock was granted in 1722, the wharf being named after Wil- liam Burnet, Governor of New York and New Jersey. See sketch of the Adminis- tration of William Burnet, by William Nelson, in the Memorial History of New York, 1892, II., 166.
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Terms. The Title is indisputable .- The N. Y. Ga- zette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, May 8, 1749.
To be sold, a Tract of Land lying on the South Side of Rariton River, opposite to the City of Perth- Amboy, containing about 1000, or 1200 Acres both of Upland and Meadow, with a large Dwelling- House thereon, neatly finished, being forty six Foot in Length, and forty in Width, four Rooms on each Floor, Eight Fire Places, with suitable Convenien- cies, &c. One Barn, forty foot square, an Orchard of Seven Hundred Apple Trees, sufficient to make two hundred Barrels, if not more each Year, and in- creasing in Growth; 1000 Acres of the said Tract may be fenced with about one Mile and a Half Fence, exceedingly well timbered and watered, the other three Sides are inclos'd with water, viz. two Creeks and the Bay, there being convenient Land- ings for Exportation either to New-York or Amboy ; as also Fishing, Fowling, and Oystering in Plenty, all the Property being comprehended in the Patent thereof; Likewise a Prospect of a Sea Coal Mine,1 some whereof has been tryed. The said Plantation being fit either for a Gentleman, or Farmer for the Goodness of the Soil, and well situated for Business ; tis fine for Stock ; a large Part thereof Salt Meadow. Whoever has a Mind to purchase the same, may ap- ply unto George Leslie, who lives now thereon, and know further ; the Title is good .- The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy May 8, 1749.
1 Probably referring to occasional fragments of lignite found in the terminal mo- raine left behind on the recession of the last great continental ice sheet. No true coal, bituminous or otherwise, has ever been found in New Jersey.
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On Saturday next will be published, and Sold by the Printer here of.
Two SERMONS
Preach'd at BURLINGTON, in New Jersey, April 27th,
1749. The Day appointed by His Excellency the
GOVERNOR, and the Honourable the COUN- CIL, for a Provincial FAST,
Before the GOVERNOR and others, upon Texts Chosen by His Excellency
By GILBERT TENNENT, A. M. There is also in the Press.
A FUNERAL SERMON by the same Author, in which the important Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead is particularly considered.1
- The Pennsylvania Journal, May 11, 1749.
Mr. Parker,
If you have Room in your next Paper, please to in- sert the following Affidavit, and my Reasons for print- ing it therein, and you'll oblige your humble Servant, THOMAS BILLOPP.
WHEREAS Mr. P-p F-h,2 of New-Bruns- wick, in New-Jersey, hath taken a licentious Liberty to asperse my Character, by publickly and falsly re- porting, "That I was the Author and Contriver of Mr. Leonard's obtaining the Patent mentioned in said Affidavit; and that (as he was pleas'd to term it) with a View to take the Bread out of my Father's
1 Both these sermons are in the Library of Congress, at Washington, D. C. The latter was preached at Philadelphia, July 20, 1748. For full titles and collations, see Hildeburn's Issues of the Penna. Press, No. 1161 and No. 1158, respectively.
2 Philip French.
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Mouth" : Wherefore, in Justice to myself, and to un- deceive many others, I think I can do no less, than publish said Affidavit, and these my Reasons for so doing.
THOMAS BILLOPP.
New-Jersey, Somerset County, April ISth, 1749.
THEN appeared personally before me, John Corle, Esq; one of his Majesty's Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and Common Pleas, in and for said County, John Berrien; who being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, did de- pose and say, That at sundry Times long before and about the Time that Capt. Samuel Leonard obtained a Patent for the erecting and keeping a Ferry over Rariton River, on the East Side, opposite to New- Brunswick, that the said Samuel Leonard often com- municated his Intention, in that Affair, to this Depo- nent; and about the Time of his obtaining said Patent, told this Deponent, That he had not ac- quainted Mr. Thomas Billopp with any Thing re- lating to that Affair; and that he did not design to mention it to him, by Reason of his Relation, be- ing concerned in the Consequence; and that in Case Mr. Billopp should happen to be asked any Questions relating to that Affair, that he might answer justly, that he knew Nothing of it, and save himself from being blamed. And although it may not have been expressed by the said Samuel Leon- ard, verbatim, or in these very same Words; yet, notwithstanding in Substance this Deposition is
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positively and exactly the very Truth; and further this Deponent saith not.
JOHN BERRIEN.
Sworn before me JOHN CORLE.
-The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, May 15, 1749.
To Mr. A. B. &c.
AS you were interested in correcting the Error you apprehend I have made in my Map, I wish you had lost no Time, but informed me of your Claim and Reasons for supporting it ; for, I assure you, Noth- ing gives me Pleasure comparative to rectifying what I do amiss; especially where so many seem con- cern'd.
Your thinking I was employ'd by the Jersey Propri- etors to make my Map false to serve their Purposes, I excuse ; because you do not know me: But I am sorry my Faults (if such they be) should draw your Censure on the Gentlemen whose Regard for the Publick was their only Crime.
The Division Line, that you object to, has been long ago laid down to the same Latitude, both on North River and Delaware, as I have done it. Mr. Popple, Secretary to the Lords of Trade and Planta- tions, furnished no doubt with all their Records, who published his Map under the Inspection of that hon- ourable Board, I have chose to follow ; and little im- agined but I might have escaped your Censure as well as he.
If the two Points of Latitude, 41º on North River, and 41° 40' on Delaware, be not the proper Points of Division, what are so ?
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If those Latitudes are the proper Points of Divis- ion, What Observations have been made? with what Instruments ? what Calculations, and by whom ? to warrant the correcting those I have inserted ?
Pray be very particular, for I am strongly persua- ded from more Reasons than Mr. Popple's Authori- ty, that I am right; and the Omission of the slight- est of your Arguments may cause me not to be con- vinced of my Error. I would have you take Notice, that your having Patents, and paying Quitrents to the Crown, I esteem no Reasons for altering my Opin- ion.
If you have not Time to copy your Draughts and Papers, I should be glad you would favour me with the Original (Postage paid) and you may depend on their safe Return, and Contents kept secret as far as you require. If you send me Copies, let them be attested by some Gentlemen of Note, lest I should make Alterations upon less Authority than I ought. And these Certificates, I may demand, I hope, with- out Offence, since you directed to me by Name, and concealed your own.
I intend to wait till the next Return of the Post for your Answer, which I expect in a private Way and not in print; for I have no Interest in the Contro- versy.
Yours L. EVANS. Philadelphia, May 11, 1749.
-The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, May 15, 1749.
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RUN away from Francis Bloodgood, a Madagascar Negro Man name Tom, of a middle Size, well set, and near 30 Years old ; he speaks pretty good Eng- lish, and can read : we hear he has got a sort of an Indenture, whereby he pretends to be free : Had on when he went away, a lightish colour'd Great Coat, a plain brown straight-bodied Coat, red Waistcoat without Sleeves, Buckskin Breeches without a Seam between the Legs, and a coarse grey Cap. Whoso- ever takes up and secures the said Negro, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds Reward, and all reasonable Charges paid ; by me FRANCIS BLOODGOOD.
N. B. As he is a cunning Fellow, the Person who takes him up is desired to be cautious, lest he de- ceive them.
-The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, May 15, 1749.
Custom-House, Rhode Island, May 12. Cleared Out, Parker and Smith for Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post- Boy, May 15, 1749. No. 756.
Philadelphia, May 18. 1749.
Stray'd or stolen, on the 10th day of this instant May, at night, out of the pasture of Mary Eves, county of Burlington, and in the western division of the province of New-Jersey. a small bay mare, brand- ed on the near buttock, trots, her mane hanging all to the near side. Whoever takes up and secures the said mare, so as the owner may have her again, and the thief, if stolen, so as he may be brought to jus- tice, shall have Forty Shillings reward, or Twenty
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Shillings for the mare only, and all reasonable char- ges, paid by
JOHN HUDSON. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 18, 1749.
Custom-House, Rhode Island, May 19. Entred in, Gibbs from Amboy. Cleared Out, Briggs and Van- rick for Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post Boy, May 22, 1749. No. 756.
ALL Persons who are possess'd of Amwell Lot- tery Tickets in this Government, and are fortunate ; are desired to apply To-morrow, or as soon as possi- ble after it, to the Printer hereof, and receive their Money : For a List of the Prizes in the said Lottery, see the Supplement to this Paper.
N. B. The Supplement, containing Nothing but said Lottery Numbers, is of no use to any Person but those concerned, who may have it for sending for.
We hear the Newark Lottery is drawn, but the Numbers are not yet come to Hand .- The N. Y. Ga- zette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, May 22, 1749.
Just Published, By GILBERT TENNENT A. M. A SERMON upon the GENERAL JUDGMENT, Preach'd at Maidenhead, in New-Jersey, May 17th, 1749, before the SYNOD of NEW YORK.1-The Pennsylvania Journal, June 1, 1749.
Custom-House, Rhode Island, June 2. Cleared
1 The title was : "The Terrors of the Lord. A Sermon upon the General Judg ment." See Hildeburn, No. 1160. Maidenhead is now Lawrenceville, between Prince. on and Trenton.
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Out, Gibb for Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post-Boy, Fune 5, 1749. No. 758.
Whereas the Lottery of Mr. John Tenbrook at Rari- ton Landing, was to have been drawn in December last, but by Reason of several other Lotteries on foot before that, it was then postpon'd; but Notice is hereby given, That the Numbers will be put in the Wheels, on Monday the 12th of June next, so that the Drawing may begin the next Day, if full, other- wise the Money to be returned; which it is hoped will not be the Case, as it is as well calculated as any yet ; there being three extraordinary Prizes in it; and those of the real Value they are set up at; and but 8 per Cent. Deduction :- Tickets are to sold by the Managers, Messrs. Dumont's at Rariton, Mr. Joseph Furman at Middletown, and by Mr. John Richard and Mr. Philip Livingston in New-York ; 14 s. each, Money at 8 s. per Oz .- The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Fune 5, 1749.
Philadelphia, Fune 8. 1749.
Run away from Nicholas Bearcraft of Hunterdon County, a Black Wench, named Hecatissa alias Sa- vina, Country born, about 27 Years of Age, short Stature, gloomy down Look, often troubl'd with the Cholick, it is thought she may be gone towards Ma- ryland. Whoever takes up and secures said Wench, so that she may be had again, shall have Twenty Shillings Reward, and reasonable Charges, paid by NICHOLAS BEARCRAFT. -The Pennsylvania Journal, Fune 8, 1749.
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Philadelphia, June 8. 1749.
Run away on the 2 1st of last month, from the sub- scriber at the Union iron works,1 in Hunterdon coun- ty, and province of West-New-Jersey, a servant man named Nicholas Cowalt, born in Holland, aged about twenty-five years, has a down look, brown complexion, thin visage, wears his own hair, he is an ill-looking fel- low, much addicted to swearing when in liquor ; he can talk high Dutch, and is very apt to change his name: Had on when he went away, a coarse brown broad- cloath coat, an oznabrigs shirt, a pair of wide ozna- brigs trousers, a new pair of pumps, with steel buck- les in them, blue mill'd yarn stockings, an old castor hat, and a red silk handkerchief. Whoever takes up the said servant, and brings him to the Union iron . works aforesaid, shall have Five Pounds reward; but if secured in any goal, so that his master may have him again, or if brought to Messieurs Allen and Tur- ner, in Philadelphia, shall have Three Pounds reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
ALEXANDER MURRAY. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, Fune 8, 1749.
Run away, about a fortnight ago, from the sub- scriber in Trenton, a Negroe man, named Peter, about 19 years of age : Had on a brown kersey coat, somewhat ragged, old hat, new shoes and stockings, has with him a large brown dog, with a short tail, un- derstands farming in all its branches, talks good English, and is this country born. Whoever takes up and secures said Negroe, so that his mistress may
For a notice of the Union Iron Works, see page 159, ante. 37
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have him again, shall be well rewarded, besides what the law allows, by
ELISABETH BILES
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, Fune 8, 1749.
Run away on the 28th of last month, from Patrick Brown, of Lebanon, in the county of Hunterdon, and province of West-New-Jersey, an Irish or High- land servant man, named Daniel Macdonald, about 18 or 20 years of age, of short stature, middling well set, of a fair complexion, down look, bashful counte- nance, and has short thick brown hair : Had on when he went away, a thick felt hat, almost new, a whitish kersey double-breasted cape-coat, with white metal buttons, a little flower'd on the top, an. ozenbrigs shirt, tow linnen trowsers, and an old jacket of a bluish colour, good shoes, and large white buckles, had no stockings except he stole them. Whoever takes up and secures said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall have Three Pounds re- ward, and reasonable charges, paid by
PATRICK BROWN. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, Fune 8, 1749.
To be SOLD
A Tract of 441 acres of good land upon Salem Creek, near the town; also another lot of 40 acres, in Maidenhead, upon Assancunk1 Creek, within five miles of Trenton. Any person inclining to purchase, may be further informed, by applying to William
1 Now known as Stoney Brook, which is a translation of the Indian name; the lat- ter is derived from achsun. softened into assan, stone, and the locative unk, with the euphonic and connective c-stony place.
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Morris, jun. of Trenton .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, Fune 8, 1749.
For the BENEFIT of the PUBLICK,
Notice is hereby given, That the new streight road from Philadelphia to Burlington is now open'd and clear'd ; the distance from Burlington to Coopers Ferries being but 16 miles, and the whole good ground for a road. The advantages of it to all trav- ellers from Philadelphia eastward, are too obvious to need description .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, Fune 8, 1749.
Philadelphia, Fune 8. The Map of Pennsylvania, New-Jersey and New-York Provinces by Mr. Evans we hear is now printing of, and will be soon pub- lished .- The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, June 12, 1749.
RUN away on Sunday the 28th of May last, from Thomas Clark, at Little Egg Harbour, a Negro Man named Titus, aged about 27 Years, near Six Foot high :- Speaks good English, and can read ; Had on a check Flannel Shirt, a grey Jacket, and a large Pair of Trousers : He was brought up in Lime, in Con- necticut, and is supposed will make that Way. Who- ever takes up and secures him in Goal, and gives Notice to his Master, or to the Printer hereof, shall have Twenty Shillings Reward, and all reasonable Charges .- The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, June 12, 1749.
Custom-House, Boston, June 7. Cleared Out.
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Woodman for New Jersey .- The Boston Weekly Post- Boy, Fune 12, 1749. No. 759.
ALL Persons who have been fortunate in the Am- well Lottery, and expect to receive their Money of the Printer hereof, have this notice given them, that they must apply in Ten Days from the Date of this Paper, or they will be obliged to attend to the re- spective Managers for their Money ; the Printer being desirous of having that Affair settled out of his Hands .- The N. Y. Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, June 19, 1749.
Custom-House, Rhode-Island, June 16. Entred In, Brigs from Amboy, Cleared Out, Van Emburgh for Amboy .- The Boston Weekly Post-Boy, June 19, I749. No. 760.
Philadelphia, June 29. 1749.
In pursuance of a decree of the court of chancery of the province of New-Jersey, on the first day of the month called August next, will be exposed to sale, by Joseph Murray, and John Kinsey, as executors of the last will and testament of Thomas Byerley de- ceased, for ready money, the half parts of two tracts of land, situate in the counties of Morris and Hun- terdon, known by the name of Byerly's lands, the said half parts containing about 11,000 acres. The title and boundaries may be known at the time of sale, or before, from the said executors
JOHN KINSEY.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 29, 1749.
Run away, on the 20th inst. from George Marpole,
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of Geshen Neck, in Burlington county, a Spanish mullattoe servant man, named George, is short, thick, and well set, with thick curl'd hair : Had on when he went away, a green cloth jacket, half worn beaver hat, check shirt and trousers, new shoes, with brass buckles, and 'tis thought he has taken other clothes with him. Whoever takes up and secures said ser- vant, so as his master may have him again, shall have Thirty Shillings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
GEORGE MARPOLE.
N. B. Said fellow formerly ran away from Charles Read, of Burlington, and went a privateering, and may attempt to get on board some vessel ; therefore all masters of vessels, and others, are warned not to take him on board, or harbour him, at their peril.
- The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 29, 1749.
New-York, June 16.
We have Advice from New Brunswick, that on Monday Morning last, Abundance of dead Fish ap- peared floating down Rariton River, which increased till next Day, when Numbers of them were drove ashore, and began to putrify ; and 'tis imagin'd, that if the Inhabitants don't take speedy Measures either to burn or bury them, they may cause such a Stench as may produce Diseases :- 'Tis conjectur'd that the excessive hot Weather of the Day before has occa- sioned their Destruction as we have since heard, that many died at the same Time in Elizabeth Town Creek .- The Boston Weekly Post-Boy, Fuly 3, 1749. No. 762.
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To Doctor William Douglass, Author of the Summa- ry, Historical and Political, &c.
SIR.
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While I cannot but commend your Industry and Ingenuity, in collecting such a Number of Facts, and making so many just and useful Remarks and Obser- vations, as I find in your HISTORY, I hope you will ex- cuse me, if I tell you of a plain Mistake in your No. 35. Page 547. In giving an Account of the State of our University at Cambridge, you say, "The College " lately is upon the decline, as are the servile Arts "and Sciences. Anno 1746 only 12 Students com- "menced Bachelors." It is 'strange, Sir, that you, ' who have a penetrating Sagacity and are Eagle-ey'd, ' in many other Things, should impute that remarka- ' ble small Commencement, to a Decline in the Col- ' lege, and a neglect of the Arts and Sciences at that ' Time; when the true Reason of the Paucity of ' Graduates then, was so obviously from another ' Quarter.
'It could not, surely, have escap'd your Memory, ' that Mr. Whitefield came here in 1740. He had be- 'fore sufficiently discover'd his Aversion to Head ' Learning, and Letter-learned Rabbies.
' Tennant soon followed Mr Whitefield's Heels, 'and roar'd more fiercely than his Master, against ' Colleges, Human Reason and Good Works. He al- ' so (unpolite as he was) drew away much People after ' him; and to shew that College Learning was un- ' necessary and hurtful, he told a long Story in a Ser- ' mon at the Boston Lecture, of an ignorant Exhort-
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