Resolved since Capt Leysler and ye Military officers of y« Citty and County of N: Yorke have not been Pleased to Return y« Least answer to ye Convention upon there Letter and Resolve of ye 4th Instant but sent a Letter to Capt wendel &Capt Bleeker signed by Leysler alone which is openly Read, ye Purport of which Cheeffly tends to Desyre them to Induce the Common People to send Two men to assist them in there Committe, and ;;(IvisG them further y* he sends them 40 lb match out of there Majts Stores and Two Imndred lb of Pouder belonging to ye mer-
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chanls of albany Item 4 small Gunns, but as for money they Receive none, neither is itt in there Power to Command any of there Militia for our assistance alledgeing yt ye great slight there People Rec'd when here Deprives them to oblige Volunteers, Insisting again for y* Sending doune of Committes to consult wth them and shal then according to there Capacities Resolve for ye Publick good.
That some oy' methods may be used for ye Procureing of men if Possible from N: England or Elsewhere for ye Defence of there Majts Intrest in this County, and if Christians cannot be procured yt some Indians may be gott ^^ al speed.
Ordered yt Rob* Sanders use his Endeavor to procure the Indians of ye Long Reach Wawyachtenok and Sopus to come here to lye out as skouts upon ye borders of this County & y* he have Letters of Recommendation to ye Justices of ye Peace of ye County of Ulster to assist him in Perswading of s^ Indians