* Gentlemen -- We humbly beg your pardon for our intruding thus far on you, and having the honour to account you our particular friends, we have with the more boldnesse presumed to trouble you, humbly requesting you to do us this Charitable favour to deliver this enclosed addres of y® Militia and other inhabitants of our City of New York to his Majisty King William, in doeing which you will highly oblidge us, and if a seasonable word might be put in on our behalfe as your selves shall best think fit. Inclosed is also Coppies of several papers and affidavits, which you may please to peruse, and make use of as you shal best see convenient. We will not doubt by your assistance of a favourable reception, the bearer hereof Capt. John Sellock who has bin an eye witness in this affair can give you a particular ace*, of all circumstances and has promised to assist in all he can. If this affair require any disbursement as you shall se convenient it shall be gratefully repaid by us. Thus not doubting

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to prevail so far on y"" good natures we take leave to Subscribe

our selves

In New York 11 June 1637 Your humble servants

To our friends Jacob Leisler, ,

M^ Gerard Van heythuysen A. D. Peyster

M"". Henry Limrey Charles Lodwick

M"". Nicolas Cullen Jun^. J Bruyn

M^ Valentine Croeger. N. W. Stuyvesant.

* LEISLER TO MAJOR GOLD

A. 1689 the 2 [12?] June in N. Yorke Major Nathan Gold. -- Sir yours of the 5 of Instand is come safe to my hand wherein I understand you autoryse our action in securing the fort which w^e gat in our possession the last of May, God be tankt without Bloodshed, but y^ Govern'" and Councell with all there createaures have use all means in maginable to discourage all the well maendet habitants, so that in 2 days, half of the people were afraid and specialy my Compani, ware the work with all the art inmaginable for to divert them, but the 2 June at night I entred in y^ fort to ye gard with aboute 50 men, about 30 men absented themselfs for faer, they lett me enter without any condition for hoes account.