The time is very short, since it is the twenty-seventh inst, they must be at Westchester ; but they look for some forbearance and delay from your goodness in case, notwithstanding their diligence, they may not be able punctually to answer. It is not through any unwillingness to exert themselves to meet it, but you know their strength as well as I. Notwithstanding, despite their poverty and misery, they will never lack in submission to the orders on behalf of his Majesty, both for the public good and interest. This they protested to me, and I pray you to be persuaded thereof. I am with respect, and I pray God for your prosperity, Wr,

1 our very humble and very obedient servant,

D. BONREPOS,

Address, a Monsieur, Pastor of this French Colony.

MoNRIEUR DE L/EISLAR,

Lieut. Gouverneur pour le Roy d'Angleterre, du fort, William a la Nole York."

Nothing is known in regard to the Rev. David Bonrepos' ministry or character. He must have resigned his charge here in 1694, for the Rev. John Miller describing the Province of New York in 1695, says: " There is a meeting-house at Richmond, (Staten Island.) of which Dr. Bonrepos is the minister." Upon the 9th day of March 1696, "David

a Doc. ntst. N. Y. vol. 1. p. 29S.

b Iu 14(i0 Jean de la Baume appears as Seigneur de Bonrepos and de Valusln, vovcz tome vlj de cette histoire, p. 45, 420, Tom viij. c Doc. Hist. N. Y., vol. 11., p. 304.