Given &c, this 15tii Day of feby Ao 1689.

Jacob Leislee To ye Civill & Military

Officers & Sherife for

the Queens County upon Long Island.

LIEUT. GOV. I.EISLER. 71

Fort William Febi-ury 15. 1689 Gentlemen, -- Whereas y^ ffrench have surprized Schanegtade, & killed & taken Prisonners the most of Their Ma^'^^ Subjects burning & destroying ye s^ Place: and fearing too great a Correspondency hath bean maintained between y^ s^ ffrensch & disaffected P'sons amongst us.

These are in his Mat>e» Name to will & require you to secure all Such Persons who are resputed Papists or Do any wise despise or reflect against this Governm* or hold or maintaine any Comissions from the Late Governr^ Col" Thomas Dongan or S"" Edmund Andros by Virtue of their Authority derived from King James the second & ye same Safely to Convey to mee forthwtli Given under My hand & seale this I5tli ifeby 1689 and in ye first yeare of Their Mat'^s Reigne.

Jacob Leisler

To the Officers Military & Civill & y^ Sheriffe of the County of Westchester Ye same to Richmond County Ye same to y® County of Suffolk Ye same to Kings County Ye same to ye Counrty of East Jersey Ye same to Queens County

BY THE LIEVT GOVERNOR & COUNCILL &ca.

Whereas y^ ffrench have destroyed the Inhabitants & their howses at Shanegtade Bearing away Provisions & other spoyles wth them wch sharply alarms that Post of albany although wee doubt not (by God's Providence & y® numbers upon ye Place) to secure the same agst whatsoever forces of ye s^ french Shall adventure to attack it Yet acording to our bounden duty to God ye Kings Interest & ye Safety & p^^servacon of ye good People of this Province; --