Forasmuch as it is of high Concern to preserue his Ma^'^s City and County of Albany from the rage and mischief of the French & their adherents, who to o'' sad experience haue made divers attempts upon the skirts of the same: Wee doe therefore Order, and hereby it is ordered that the Posts of Schanechtede, Connestigioene, and the halfe Moone be forthwith supplyed with proper numbers of men to defend the same, and that none do presume to })ost any other forces saving at the three places afores'^ at their

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utmost perill Given under o^ hands this 12*'^ day of May in the second yeare of his Ma^'cs Raigne Annoq Dora 1690: To all whome this doth or may concerne

By the Com'-s for Albany &ca

Whereas it is judged necessary for to defend Schanechtede and to that purpose it is likewise found requisite that a Fort shall be erected to defend y^ Inhabitants and oppugne the Enemy if should attack the same.

These are in his Ma*'^^ name to require you Cap'' Sander Glen & all Officers & Inhabitants belonging to y^ said Schanechtede and adjacent Parts, with the Souldiers there in Garrison, to build a substantiall Fort of due magnitude and strength upon that part or parcell of ground (called by the name of Cleyn Isaacs) and that all are aiding and assisting therein according to their abilitye to dispatch and compleat the same, as they will answer the contrary at their utmost perills Given under o'" hands this 13^^ day of May in the second yeare of his Ma^'^s Reigne Annoq Dom 1690: