Father de Lamberville has been so kind as to be the bearer of from me on the 6 th June last ought to suffice, Sir, to put you perfectly in possession of my intentions. It would be unnecessary that I should make any other reply to your last of the 22* of May, were it not that I was very glad hereby to prove to you again that I shall always feel a great pleasure in seizing every opportunity to shew that I am tell

Sir,

Your very humble & very obedient Servant.

COL.

DONGAN TO M. DE DENONVILLE. t

Lond. Doc. V.

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Par. Doc. III.

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New York, 27th July. 1686. Sir

-- had the honour

to receave two letters from you one dated the 6 th and the other the

20 th of

June last and in them I have found very much satisfaction by the hopes of a good correspondence with a person of so great merit worth and repute spread abroad, in the army in which I served. Believe it it is much joy to have soe good a neighbour of soe excellent qualifications and

temper and of

humour altogether differing from Monsieur de la Barre your predecessor who was so furious and hasty very much addicted to great words as if I had bin to have bin frighted by them. The Indians perad venture might justly offend him for they as you well remarke are not people of the greatest a

and reputation, but certainly I did not amiss in offering sincerely to compose the difference and I went expressly to Albany to do it and yet no suitable returns were made by him for it. I doubt not but your Masters inclinations are very strongly bent to propagate the Christian Religion credit