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to be had in perpetual remembrance. He 

 was one of the fons of Dr. Thomas Burnet 

 (fo celebrated on account of his learning) 

 and feemed to have inherited the know- 

 ledge of his father. But his great 'afiiduity 

 in promoting the welfare of this province, 

 is what makes the principal merit of his 

 charader. The people of New Tork there- 

 fore ftill reckon him the beft governor they 

 ever had, and think that they cannot praife 

 his fervices too much. The many agro- 

 nomical obfervations which he made in 

 thefe parts, are inferted in feveral Englijh 

 works. In the year 1727, at the acceffion 

 of king George the II. to the throne of 

 Great Britairiy he was appointed gover- 

 nor of New England. In confequence of 

 this he left New Torky and went to Bojion^ 

 where he died univerfally lamented, on the 

 7th. oi September 1729. 



An affembly of deputies from all the 

 particular diftridts of the province of Ne'W 

 Tork, is held at New Tork once or twice 

 every year. It may be looked upon as a 

 parliament or dyet in miniature. Every 

 thing relating to the good of the province 

 is here debated. The governor calls the 

 aflembly, and diffolves it at pleafure : this 

 is a power which he ought only to make 

 «ife of, either when no farther debates are 

 R 2 neceflary,' 



