Albany 3d. November 1760.

Sir,

Yesterday I was favored with Your Letter of the 2d. August; which You See has not reached me much Sooner than those You thereby Acknowledge did You: Your Observations upon the Neglect of the Post Office is certainly but too Just, and it were to be Wished that Your Remonstrances thereupon were followed by the method of Conveyance, You propose, as without it, the Intercourse must be very precarious.

The loss of Fort Loudoun, the first authentick Account of Which I had only Yesterday, is doubtless a very disagreable Event, and may perhaps Encourage those Barbarian Savages, to attempt Some Other Enterprise; but I am Confident, that if the Southern Provinces will Exert themselves, with a becoming Spirit & repell these Hostilities with that vigor which their own Interests and Safety requires, Georgia can not be losst, nor Carolina, be in any Danger: on the Contrary, from the Regular Forces already in that last mentioned Province, and the Thousand Men, I am Informed they were raising there in September I have not the least Doubt, but they will Compell the Indians to Sue for Peace.

I am, with great regard,

Sir,

&ca.