The above is a coppy of myne last by John Moll to which I referre myselfe since I have received news from Albany as by the coppy of the enclosed your Hon^ may see, whereupon we have answered & according to our capacity have complied with their desire as by the enclosed copie of my letter to them, and ance have verball newes that the people that came from the Indianes report that there is killed & taken by our Indianes of the french & their Indianes above 500 & the informatione of the three men killed was false, the place called Schorachtoge belongs to the Magistrates there, who doe still Justice for their Mamies King ■william & Queen Mary by the oath they have suorne to the late King James it is the uttermost frontiers & there are six or seven families all or most rank french papists that have their relationes at Canada & I suppose settled there for some bad designe &are lesser to be trusted there in this conjuncture of tyme then evei

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before the bad creatures amongst us gives me great occupatione, I have released the eight confined upon their requiest after I had administered to them the oath of fidelity to their ma^ies King william & Queen Mary in this City, & about us we are now God be thanked very quiet, and every one since the s^ confinement conforme themselves in watching & fortifieing to the plurality, I have formerly urged to inform your Hon"" that Coll: dongan in his time did erect a Jesuite. College upon cullour to learne latine to the Judges west Mr Graham Judge palmer & John Tuder did contribute their sones for some time, but no boddy imitating them the collidge vanished I recommend your Hon"" againe to spare us for their ma'ies use some great gunes & watt pouder your Hon"" can spare & an anajver about our record & your Hon"" good advice I shall think myselfe much obliged & after respects remaine &c If your Hont^ cannot spare me so much pouder then one tunn of salt peter