In testi-

62 ADMINISTRATION OF

mony wnereof wee have caused y^ seall of o'' said Province to Be affixed att fort William the 18*^ day of January 1689 & in y« first yeare of o^ Reigne

Jacob Leisler

\* Here follows another Commission to hold a Court of Oyer and Terminer in Queens County on 29"^ Jan'y 1689. It is of similar tenor & date to the above & is addressed to Peter De La Noy Mathias Harvey, John Tredwell, Nathaniel Denton, Nathaniel Coole, John Town send Senior & John Simmons Senior or any five of them.

LEISLER TO JACOB MELYN.

Anno 1689 : the 24th January in will : fort MoNs: Jacob Malline -- Yours by the pretended post peri is come to myne hands with the printed papers, for your brother which shall be send I give you many thanks for the charity you have towards me, that you receive no reports to any prejudice ag' me, I have stopt peri in his returne home, and found myne letter to your Governor broke open & abused, I intend he must keep me here company for a while, thei'efore send one post of purpose that his letters may goe forward I have found amongst his letters severall seditious one which hes caused me to secure & confine Bayard, William Nicholls & the ferry mans wife Van Cortland & his wife have made their escape, the bearer Mr Elkona pembrock hes the coppy of some of their letters to whom I crave refcence of what is past since he hes been present, & for the service of the Country undertakes this voyage to inform the honest well meaned people verbally what is passed I desire if you please the continuance of your intelligence Either to me or the Mayer, wee are soe occupied by the wicked people that I must breake of and after myne respect remaine Your friend & servant