Wee shall not be ready this two or three wcekes five Shipps of Warr being to be fitted besiiles victuallers ffire Shipps & Tenders butt Persons Seerae to be so generally Spirited that supos.^ all Imaginable application will be made to forward y^ undertaking. C611''*='

LIEUT. GOV. LEISLER. £61

Kendall is arrived Govern'^ att Barbadoes from whence a Considerable ffleet is gone downe to attack S* Christophers: We are glad to hear that y® Mary landers are in their way towards you & Connecticot Souldiers w^h you, it will be of very great Concerm^ that you so farr gratifie them in their field officers as not to frustrate yr designe God gives Direcion & success in All: Sir

Yo^ Friends & Serves (Signed) Simon Bradstreet Go^ in

Copy y^ name of y® Councill.

FRAGMENT OF A LETTER SUPPOSED FROM LEISLER TO CONNECTICUT, ABOUT JUNE 1690.

* * * * should furnish them, but they rather take that for their excuse to goe home, yesterday they came before me all five in a mutinous way before the whole company threatening the next morning to lay doun their armes and desert the Kings garrisone, which in consideratione of new England I passed by & have proposed to send the bearer on purpose who is to bring me an answer that I may know if you please that I release them & list so many others for Connecticott collony account for the price agreed by the Committee, so I have listed five in the roume of the other five whereof I wished long since I had had your approbation I spoke with M^ Trobridge who advised me to keep this till I had your order I have writt you about the eight confined persones whom I have released upon their petitione, whereof the coppy is here enclosed, the s^ confinement hes & now causes great quietness in the toun & country, some of the Inhabitants after the s'^ petitione left it to the counsell of warre who would not medle with it fearing to discontent some that were not at home & had not signed, but I took it upon myselfe & administered to them the oath & released them, severall of the s<* so confined thought themselves agrieved & desired the admittance to speake with me, whereof Capt Tuder thought himselfe the clearest, I represented to him that by the proclamationes they were hectord