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relacon to the good of Maryland which please assuredly to
believe from S^r Y^r most assured
To the hon^ble Coll William Digges humble servt.
Secretary of the Province of Nicho: Spencer
Maryland.

M^r John West
S^r Just now came M^r Holliday and severall other Gents
and it is certaine that there is nine thousand French and
Senecoes at Cap^t Bournes upon the Clifts in Anne Arundell
And desired you and all others Christian peoples assistance
Therefore pray faile not to send downe with that speed you
can to your greate men below to send help for Capt Bourne
and all his family cut off It is my advice if they to make what
way they cann to meete at M^r Greenfields on patuxen side
where you will find further advice which is all being in hast from
Your freind
March 25^th 1689 John Addison

Capt Lawrence Washington
On the twentieth of this instant I was informed by one
Henry Norris that Maj^r Bell liveing at the head of Patuxen
River above thirty miles above him had discovered a fort of
foreigne Indians being in number as he could guesse ten
thousand and this Instant I was informed by William Newman
and I saw the said Newman have from under on M^r Hutch-
insons hand there was landed on the west of the mouth of
Patuxen River about Nine thousand Indians that the above
said persons did informe me and likewise that they had killd
one Capt Bourne and severall others This being from
Given by me the Subscriber this Y^r servt John Courts
26^th of March 1689 and in the 23^d houre of the day.

Liber B.
P. R. O.

May it please y^r hon^r
Your letter came to my hand on Wednesday night last late
but so soone as I understood upon what accompt it was I got
boate and hands and went over in the night Yesterday Coll
Spencer Coll Lee and Coll Allerton sate in Council for the
Virginians were actually in Armes horse and foote They had
a greate deale reason of feare when they were sent such Let-
ters as the Enclosed Coppies which I tooke from the originals
sent to Coll Spencer M^r Iustass Courts left his house and
Run to Virginy But it is my opinion if old Henley had left it
on such frivolous occasions our Iustass had not bin Master of
a house The Virginy Gentlemen are mightily disturbed at
them for their sillynesse in comeing and writing to Virg^a after

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