540 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1692-1694.

Liber K.

sembly & assist us with money at your distance for those uses
it will be more Convenient for you at Present I do presume
by this time your Excellency has received her Majestys Direc-
tions for our Assistance I am
Your Exc^llcys most humble Serv^t
Ben Fletcher

At the same time also was produced & read this foll^o Copy
of a Letter from the Queen to the Gov^r of Pensylvania &c^a
mentioned in the foregoing viz^t

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Mary R
Trusty and well Beloved we greet you well Whereas it
hath been represented unto us in Council in Behalf of our
Province of New York in America that the same having been
at great expence for the preservation and defence of Albany
its Frontires against the French by the Loss of which Province
the Inhabitants of Maryl^d & Virginia would not be able to
Live but in Garrison & having hitherto preserved that Post
the burden whereby is now intollerable to the Inhabitants
there we think it reasonable & necessary that our several
Collonies & Provinces of New England Virginia Maryland &
Pensylvania should be aiding & assisting from time to time to
the Gov^r or Commander in chief of our said Province of New
York in the maintenance & defence of it during the present
war & accordingly our Will & pleasure is that upon the appli-
cation of the said Gov^r or Commander in chief you do imme-
diately send him such aid or assistance in men or otherwise
for the security of our said Province from the attempts of the
French or Indians as the Conditions of the plantations under
your Governments shall permit & our further pleasure is that
as soon as Conveniently may be you agree with the Gov-
ernors of New England Virginia & Maryland unto whom we
have sent the like Directions upon a Quota of Men or other
assistance to be given by each Colony or Province for the
defence of New York, as Occasion may require the same &
that you return a speedy Acco^t of your proceedings herein to
the end such further Directions may be given as shall be
necessary for securing the Fort of Albany & the Province of
New York from the attempts of our Enemys in those parts
And so we bid you farewell Given at our Court at Whitehall
the 11^th day of Oct^r 1692: In the fourth Year of our Reign
To our Trusty & well By her Majestys Command
Beloved Benj^a Fletcher Esq^r Nottingham

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Our Captain General &
Governor in Chief in & over
our Province of Pensylvania