Since I received your Letter of y® 8th instant is arrived here severall sloops from albany but none of yours w<=^ puts us in the greatest consternacon as ever we where ye more because C adversaries have not only in y® towne but all y® Country over to o^ great grief spread abroad that nothing was done but drinking and that thereby when ye Indians where there was caused Sutch disturbance that ye widdou Scuyler beat Cap" Milborne & that you where all three forced to fly out of ye towne & where gone to Esopes & Peter Scuyler vrsiS in y* fort w'*i great many Incredible refiecions w^li daily are reproached to our People to o"" great grief and Sorrow we Know that it is there daily practise to throw Scandal and Lyes upon us to render us odious they have formerly endeavored to posses

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y« whole Countrey I was become a dronkerd we doubt not but when we shall have Letters from you we shall be put of y® dark we are now In we durst not be inquisitive after newes therefore we have sent to Esopes, where we expected you would go so Soone y^ business was settled at Albany & you could Spare time hoope you are gone again to Albany where this may find you all in good health & have given order if you were departed to Sent it w^'^ one a purpose that you might know the malice of o'' adversaries & to take away all what may give umbrage to refleckt so wickedly as they do heer now It is nor kan not be believed by us but Impossible to stop there Lying mouths I desire a speedy answer of all transacions ' when y« gen^i march Is Intended who you propose for major also forme of commission for him what for Instrucions is need to be given what People Is like to be had at Sopes & albany to compleat o^ nomb^ of four hundred what quantity of People of o''^ are dead w^h there names & pray send me downe again all y® Letters w**» ye answers I have send you by Mr.