Lord the King & the welfare of the province which are to be treated accordingly And that wee doe expect the s'^ John Allan shall be secured in order to be proceeded against for his traitorous offence which w^e doe hereby engage to make out & evince whenever the Governor & magistracy of Connecticott shall advertise us having herewith sent a coppy of his fact committed dated at ffort william in New york March first 1689 & in the second year of his Ma^'es Reigne.

A speedy answer hereof is expected before the ship departs, this now lying in yo^ Province not ours

By order of the Governor & Councill

Superscribed To Jacob Milborne CI. Cone.

The Honbie Robert Treat Governr of Connecticutt

LIEUT. GOV. LEISLER. 79

* THE GOV. & COUNCIL OF CONNECTICUT TO THE LT. GOV. AND COUNCIL OF NEW YORK IN ANSWER TO THE PRECEDING.

Hartford March 5th 16^9-90 Gentlem° -- We haue receiued & perused your angry letter, stuffed with unjust collumniateing charges, as if we treated you att New Hauen with contempt & disdayne, as when itt was don with all imaginable canSor & amity & w''' all due obseruance to his Majesties interest in these parts of America, utterly abhorringh the thought of abetting any Rebells & did w^h all integrity of spirrit to our greate cost and charge, send comission'^s last summerr to york and «ouldieTs to countenance King W™^ &, the protestant interest ; and when you was nott [in] a capassity as wee were informed, to send men to Albany to defend his Majisties interest & to secure his good subjects there against the comon Enemy, being ignorant of any diuissions att the entring uppon that designe & much urged and solicited by the people there and the fiue nations, as well as the Comissioners of Boston and Plymouth to afford assistance to them, wee fully informed your Comrs att New Hauen, that wee apprehend itt most conduceable to the peace of the country and the Kings interest, that such men should be continued in place att Albany that may best maintaine a good correspondence with the Moehauks & other fower nations in amity with the English, which should be preferred before all annumossityes in this critticall juncture, and aduised you all to moderation and good compliance.