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Portfmouth June 29 1691. 



Major Benj. Church. Sir, 



Our former readinefs to expofe your fclf in the Service 



of the Country againfi the Common Enemy; and par- 

 ticitlarly the late Obligations 101 you have laid upon us in 

 thefe Eaflern parts, leaves us under a deep & grateful fenfe 

 of your favour therein: And forafmuch as you were pleajcd 

 zvhen lasl here, to fignifie your ready inclination to further 

 Service of this kind, if occafion fJiould call for it; We there- 

 fore prefumc confidently to promife our fives complyance 

 accordingly; and have fent this Mejfenger on purpofc to you, 

 to let you know that notwithstanding the late overture of 

 Peace the Enemy have approved themf elves as perfidious as 

 ever, and are almofl daily killing and deflroying upon all 

 our Frontiers; The Govcrnour & Council of the Maffachu- 

 ietts have been p leafed to Order the Raifing of 150 Men to 

 be forthwith difpateffd into thefe parts ; and as we under- 

 fland have Writ to your Governour & Council of Plymouth 

 for further Afjifiance, which we pray you to promote, hoping 

 if you can obtain about 200 Men Englifh & Indians, to vifit 

 them at fome of their Head-quarters up Kenebeck River, 

 or elfe-where, which { for want of neceffaries) was omitted 

 lafl Year, it may be of great advantage to us : We offer 

 nothing of advice as to what Methods are mofil proper to be 

 taken in this affair, your acquaintance with our Circum- 



m This perhaps refers to the contri- them, from the committee of which 

 tuitions, which had before this reached Church was a member. 



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