A Company of Maquase who were come here for y® assistance of there Majes Subjects Standing upon y« hill neer ye fort and being Spectators to all these tumolts Sent word by hille Pieterse ye Interpreters Sister to ye fort to acquaint ye May^^ and ye oy' gent" that Since they were in a firm Covenant cliain with us, and Seeing y* y* People of N: Yorke came in a hostile manner to Disturbe their Brethren in y® fort which was for our and there Defence, Desyred y* y« said hille should tell them if any of

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those men came without y« gates to approach y® fort they would • fyre upon them and charged there gunns,

Upon which the members of y^ Convention then p'sent in y« fort caused this following Protest to be Read off one of y« Mounts

Fort albany y® 15 'h day of novemb*" 1689 • Whereas one Jacob Milborne hath with a Comp^ of armed men, come up to there Maj^s fort in a hostile manner with full arms and Demanded Possession thereof from y^ Mayr of y« Citty who has ye Command of y® same, who Declared to keep said fort for there Maj^s William & Mary untill there orders comes but y® said Jacob Milborne as a Tumultuous & Mutinous Person doth Proceed to occasion great Disturbance to there Maj^^ Liege People, by again faceing to y^ fort with Loaden arms. Especially so many heathens to witt Maquase being y^ Spectators thereof who seems to be upon y® Point to undertake some Dangerous Design, The Convention of y® Civil & Military officers of y« Citty & County of albany now p'sent in y® fort doe therefore Protest hereby in their Maj^* King William & Queen Maryes name before god and y^ world against y® s** Milborne and his Seditious Troops, for all Dammages Murthers Bloodsheds Plunderings and oy>^ mischieffs which may Ensue by his Rebellious actions and charge him & them forthwith to withdraw themselves from there s^ Maye« fort