My Lord Bellomont formerly intended to build a Fort by King William's order near this place, and it went so far that even plate and furniture for a chappie there, were sent over from England, but the Design was laid by upon his Death, and has never been resumed since 'till now. The Assembly provided three hundred pounds last fall for this service, of which I then acquainted Your Lordships, but I have been obliged to lay out more than double that value upon my own credit,

to furnish necessaries and provisions, and hire workmen, & make Battoes to carry up the men, for it

Water carriage from our outmost Town called Schenectady to this place, which is about two hundred miles, except five miles, where they must draw their Battoes over Land, which is easily enough done, and this makes the communication much more convenient than by Land. is all

Smith Hist. N. Y. Ed. 1828, i. 253, represents the erection of the above Fort as having been begun in 1722; an error Gov. Burners despatch and the preceding Docs., correct the mistake and furnish the precise date.

which has been copied by McAuley, Dunlap and others who have followed him without enquiry.

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I hope the Assembly will

supply this Deficiency when they meet, but I was so convinced of the

benefit of the undertaking that I was resolved not to let it fail for want of a present supply of money.

am with great Respect,