Fitzgerald described Lanin as "a pretty good scholar" who might forge a pass, in a runaway advertisement. (1)
(1) “Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey [1751-1755],†William Nelson, ed., Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 19 (Paterson, New Jersey: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1897), 380-381, citing The Pennsylvania Gazette, 25 July 1754.