New York 18th. March 1759

Sir

It having become necessary, by the demise of Brigr. Genl. Forbes, that an Officer of Rank and Experience Should without lose of time proceed to Pensylvania to take on him the Command of His Majesty's regular Troops and those to be raised by the Southern Provinces, to Act in Conjunction for the Security and defence of those Provinces, or Otherwise as Opportunities Shall offer or the Exiginces may require, I have thought it for the good of His Majesty's Service to Appoint Brigr. Genl Stanwix to that Command and he does accordingly set out to morrow for Philadelphia to take upon him the Same. I am therefore to request of you, that during Such his Command, You will upon every Emergent occasion Correspond & Cooperate with him in the Same manner as you are enjoined by Mr. Secretary Pitts Letter to do with me, which must prove of great benefit to the publick Service, as from my removal from hence into the back Country, whither I may be called soon, it might prove very prejudicial to the Safety and Security of the Southern Provinces to wait for the Answers to any of the Letters you may have occasion to write to me in relation thereto, and I have accordingly directed Brigr. Genl. Stanwix to Correspond & Cooperate with You in like manner.

I have further directed Brigr. Gen. Stanwix immediately upon his Arrival to call in all the outstanding Accounts of last Campaign and to cause them to be Settled and Satisfied in Such manner that neither the Inhabitants nor the Crown may be Sufferers; as this must Sufficiently evince the desire I have of doing the Inhabitants of Pensylvania all the Justice that lays in my Power, I dare trust they will no longer be so blind to their own Interest as to deferr granting the necessary Supplies for the raising & maintaining the body of Troops that is Expected they will furnish for the Operations of the ensuing Campaign.

Brigr. Gen Stanwix will likewise Consult you in regard to Indian affairs & do his utmust in Settling every thing to their Satisfaction and His Majesty's Indian Interest, in which I must beg of you, to give him all the Assistance he may stand in need of, and to furnish him with all the lights you are Capable of from your Experience in those matters.

N.B. The two last paragraphs to Govr. Denny only.

Circular To the Govrs. of Pensylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia.
March 18th 1759—

Signifying to them that Brigr. Genl. Stanwix is Appointed to the Command of the Southward & desiring that they will Correspond & Cooperate with them.
in M: G: Amherst's of March 29: 1759.