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I hope this will finde you well returned to Lond[torn]
nothing new here since mine of the 20th of July
all well in those parts, but the 2^d instant alarms
on the upper parts of Yorke River when a
young man barbarously wounded, one of his fings
cutt off almost his arme by the wrist several
wounds in his body & his head [illegible]ed by some
(as it is thought) strange Indians & so left as
Dead but came to himself & got home in the
night, in the morning on [notice] the neighbors
got together & sent to the Rangers in
those Parts who went out but could not finde
[now] since any thing heard of those or any strange
Indians but found in the place where the
wounded man lay a Tomahawke bloody & a
small sticke with marks which our Indians doe
say is off the Sonoras of which I gave York
notice & orders to all outparts & the rangers to
be the more vigilant to prevent the like or any
surprize

By M^r Andito^rs accot you'll see the Revenue
shorte of the necessary charge of the Governm^t
& assistance given New Yorke for which pray ^{Mr Blathwayt} y^or favour to the Lords of the Treasury out of their
Ma^ties quitt rents here And again if not passed
for the 500£ which in May last by unanimous
advise of the Councill in Maryland I received on
acco^tt of my charges & services as Commander in
Chiefe there, being parte of Mony in M^r Paltor's
hands [Collector] of Patuxon, pursuant to an order
of Councill my warrant & receipt for it

I have ordered a review & muster of all the
Militia in the several Parts, of which some
Returns already made how armed & provided,
and I intend soon again to see myself. I am

Virginia 12 Septemb^r 94
From S Edmund
Andros
Rec^d 5 Nov: 1694

A young man left [As] dead by the Indians on the
frontiers
the [Revenues] in debt [He
Desires] the charge may b[e]
tranferred upon the [Q rents]
and allowance for £500
Rec^d from Maryland