As I understand Mr. Johnston has intimated to the Lords of the Treasury that I was so far concerned in the Mob of the 28th Augt. last as to occasion a second Demand upon him: I beg Leave to assure you and to declare that I was not either directly or indirectly any wise concerned with the Mob, but utterly detested and disapproved of the same. Before and during all the late Tumults here I have constantly given my opinion against all Mobs and Violences, all forceable Resistance of the stamp Act, all Coercion of the Crown Officers, and all attempts on the stamp papers. This I constantly did in my little sphere before I had the least notice: that Mr. Johnston had accused me; the first notice or apprehension of which I received in a late Journey into Connecticut from which I returned the 3d Inst. An unhappy Disgust conceived by the Chh. of Eng. against me as a Cong[regational] Minister is the true Reason of this malicious Aspersion on my Character. I take the Liberty to ask of you, Sir to make use of this Declaration to remove any ill Impressions which such malicious suggestions may Occasion in the Minds of their Lordships against me. I am Sir Your &c.