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My Father gives His Duty to His Royal Majesty, and desires he would send with all possible Dispatch, Ships with proper officers, to build a Fort here; by which means the French King's Scheme will be frustrated, & my Father will use his utmost Endeavours; and assist in building the said Work, & will likewise give orders, for getting Shells ready to burn for Lime, by the time the English Ships can arrive on the Coast, as Likewise Stone, and every thing that is necessary for the building of the Fort. Which I hope His Majesty will consider of, and send ships, or otherwise we cannot prevent the French King's Design, as he will, and has in a great measure gained the Affections of the Phantees by bribing them. Thus My Lord, I have done my Duty to you, and have given all the Intelligences I possibly could; concerning the French, and always shall be proud, to serve His Royal Majesty, as a Loyal Subject, and do Wish it had been in my Power, to Avert the First Design of the French, in coming here; and hindered them, even from a Possibility of attempting to build a Fort, which do assure your Lordship, would give me the Greatest Pleasure. [[catchword]] My Lord [[/catchword]]
