Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

Nicolson bid him to divulge such at long Island, I searched him for letters & secured him in the corp: de gard & demanded the letters of the other four, he deUvered them & s^^ they had no more but what was open I made them surrender their swords & sent out twelve men to search Merits houses for portmantles who brought me two which were open In which I found about 40 more directed most part to the opposers of our actions, whereupon I sent for the Comittie to read them & in the mean tyme I redoubled the allarum & sent for the two Merchants and Buckmaster about 500 men being couragiously in armes & they with severall were unarmed in their houses I sent for provisions to the baker by the fort a good friend of sir Edmond would not open the doore, I ordered to breake it, & being in watch they found & keept an exact account & so I should have been forced to continow till I was provided, if a souldier did not advise me that Capt Monveill headed my company which I sent, he arryving told me he onely enquyred at the ensign the reason of the allarume, I demanded if he would lett me have the provisions he had in the fort immediately he told me yea 12000 lbs bread six barrells pork 4 ban-ells pouder & so I released him & pressed noe furder for provisions but ordered to Churcher for strangers & sir Edmond in the night they brought phillip ffrance Robert