Sr-s Your reall frind to serve your Jacob Leisler Mdressedj To The Honobie The Commission's Cap^ John De Bruyn, M^" Johannes Provoost and Major Jacob Milborne Esq^^^ In Albany

LEISLER TO THE GOV. OF BERMUDAS.

Albye de 8 July In forth William. R HoNNO^° S» -- Your Letter off the 12 June I have receuet also the 10 Barrils Pouder wnth Cold not haue been disposed off heer being feri Cors Canon Pouder one offit being feri wek the rest for that sort feri goed w^ith I haue receuet In the fort for his Maiestes Eus, being feri muth obliged for your honnors Kare by 1 From this mark to the end is in Lcisler's handwriting.

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with you haue largly Tistified your zeale to ther Maieste Service. En your afFectioned kaindnes to the Honnor Interest En Welfar off this his Maieste province their Maiest^ Concell heer Joyne with me in the retorne off ouer most harty tanks to your for this your Kare an Testemony off Kindnes to this governement with Is also a reall Service to their Maieste En I assure you both 1 and the Consull will be glat off one oportunite to retorne ouer gratefull aknoledgm*^ to you for it Inclosed Is a bill off Loding En Invoice of 32 halff Barills goed floer weigs according the Inclosed Invoice with was all we Cold get fright for It Is shipt for the Province risco En accound your honnor Is desired to Cas the same to be Disposed to ther most advantage En to Satisfay your selbst En what ma be wanting shall be footh with send your honnor the Barer being Intend to retorne Spedely with whome your honor It hartely Desierd to to send vs the other 10 Baril off them your honnor Mention whe ar present Ingaget In an acktuell whar whit the French off Cannade war we have send one arme off 1800 Indians En 600 Christian beseits one Esquader by See by with we Spend a greath dell off amonition the Small Bermoedes Sloop, with w^he have Commandet for his Maiestes vs to going with ouer Esquader for to allarme Cannadee by water will we shall plas God atak them by land has In the mouth off Canadee river ficht En taken a ship off abouth 300 tons montet with 10 gons Loaden with salt En fish the said Esquader have Destroit port royall St John Whar the have taken a Ship mor with 10 gons 2 kuthes one Bark all ritchly Loaden In the ship whas the fransh Kings store off amonition En other abilemens off whar Clods for the soldier whe haue been a will pestert oppon this Cost with severall fransh wc?sell who Comitet severall outrages wherby whe have ben allarraed till whe wher Informet off ther strengt when whe haue sent out a squader En Cleerd the Cost whe where also obliged to make one Imbargo for severall resons with still Continues only noo having gath In the Crop the Cost being Clerd ouer arme opon the march Boston having mad one Imbargo opon forfeitur off Uessels an Cargo till xd Considermg the Dependence severall off maiestes government have opon vs En Boston whe have se Cas to give liberte for som wessellp En specialy to suth that have ben fre to render his Maieste