The Maquase Desyre by arnouts Letter that the Magistrates of Albany and Shinnechtady would be pleased to assist them with Two or three pare of horses & 5 or 6 men to Ride the heaviest Stockadoes for there new Castle of Tionondage which they remove an English mile higher up & they will pay for it in due time
Which Request ye Court are willing to Comply withall to shew there good Inclination and true friendship they bear to y® s^i nation have Consented that three pare of horses & six men goe thither
Vizt of ye Troopers Jacob Lockermans of Capt Bleekers Company Dirk albertse Bradt & W" hendrickse who did voluntarily p'sent there service The Patroon a horse Cap* Gerritse a horse
88 ADMINISTRATION OF
OlF Capt Wendells Compy hendrick gerritse & Cornells Slingf; !ant; & hans Cross w"' 2 horses.
^ Albany y« 3^ of Sept 1689
Resolved by y® Civill & Military officers of yo Citty & County >' y« Bastions & Curtaines about the Citty be made & Repaired with al speed by y® Several Divisions of y« Companies & y* y" gates be Repaired ;
And yt To morrow there be a full Convention
Att a Convention &c at y« Citty Hall y® 4*^^ day of Septemb' in
ye First year of y* Reign of our Souveraign Lord and Lady
King William and Queen Mary of Eng^ France & Ireland &a
Defenders of y® Faith Ao 1689.
Present
P. Schuyler May Dirk Teunise )