JOHNSON, Sir WILLIAM (1715-1774), Indian Superintendent. Autograph draft letter (unsigned) TO GOVERNOR THOMAS GAGE (1721-1787), Johnson Hall (near Johnstown, N.Y.), 23 November 1769. 2¼ pages, folio, slight fold separations, neat repairs. A lengthy, revealing letter, the year after Johnston successfully negotiated the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, to the British commander-in-chief in North America. Johnston offers candid commentary on aspects of Indian policy, in the wake of mounting troubles on the frontier fed by Spanish and French agents. Johnson, long the principal negotiator with the Iroquois and other tribes, complains that he has been forced to spend his own funds in the public service. He agrees with Gage that "the Virginians...will not go to any Expences. And as to the disorders and Licentiousness on the Southern frontiers I see very little prospect of their being put to an end. The civil power is at present nothing" there, and he fears this "will result in a general Rupture with the Indians." The French, in their contacts with the tribes, "will doubtless place the dispute between them and the Spaniards in such a light as not to prejudice their grand object." He expects soon "to hear the results of the Congress at Onondaga [New York] which opened several days ago," and describes his efforts to "prevent an Immediate prospect of a Union" between the western Indians and the frontier tribes." -- JOHNSON, John (1742-1830). Autograph letter signed ("John Johnson") to an unidentified correspondent, La Chine [Canada], 28 February 1798. 2½ pages, folio. Fine. From exile in Canada, the loyalist son of Sir William writes on the proposed sale of some land he owns, for which he expects an offer "from Albany shortly," asking what others would give "to get the Indian title extinguished, which is what must be done," adding confidently that the Seven Nations [Iroquois] "cannot do anything of any consequence without our knowledge." (2)