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This is by Cap^t Basler in the Vanherek,
with the Experiment & two Fier ships of the
Jamaica Squadron put in here on their return
home and taking in wood & water were [att]
the taking the forts & destroying the French
setlem^tt on the windward port of Hispaniola
thence to Jamaica, where left all well,
for the soldiers, much diminished by sicknes,
and have since lost their Comandore Wilm[illegible]
Dyed att Sea, neare Florida. all continues
well here, & nothing new since the fleet
sailed in June, but some small alarmes
by strange Indians on the fronteers. and
by Advice of the Councill, the Gen^ll Asembly
by Proclamation Prorogued from the 31^st
Instant to the 23^th of Aprill, by w^ch time
hope His Majties further Comands P'ticulary
relating to y^e quota of men for assistance
^{Mr Blathwayt} To New York, [diferenced] as by my former
from other Colonys, [& losse] to his Maj^tys
Revenue, by such to be sent on demand, as
comanded & now to be by y^e 1^st of May.

The 23^th instant wee had newes, by way
of New England, of the taking of n[illegible], &
C[assa]ll, and good senses of His Maj^tys forces,
by land, and sea upon w^ch [y^e] C[illegible] y^e J[ams]
in the [Batery] att James town (where the
Gen^ll court then sitting) to be fined, when
his Maj^ties Health & continued good s[ens]es
drunk y^e Cap^t Hary [Bearly] in y^e sloop
fitted out to Cruise, seems to be very
diligent to find out ilegal traders —
for whom, & others lesser Incoragem^t, I have
I have also given my share of all seis[ures]
they shall make, or discover, [illegible]cured
them, of all nessesary assistance, for [p'se
cusion] or other wayes as ocation & hope
none will Escape, for the future [then]
formerly from hence In my former
I gave you an acc^t of Coll^o [Daniell Park],
being made of the Councill, [illegible] in which
there being [yett] b[illegible] [sight, &] of them some
old, & lame. I have now taken on Coll^o
Ri: Johnson, was sworn [att] the board
the 28^th instant, for whom I also
pray his Ma^tys Comands, and orders
for said station, [And][illegible] continued
favor, for what else may be for his
Maj^ties service, in this colony, and am

30 Octob: 1695
from S^r E Andros