Pitkin, William, fl. 1692 to Robert Livingston re: news of events in England

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GLC#
GLC03107.00221-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1692/09/29
Author/Creator
Pitkin, William, fl. 1692
Title
to Robert Livingston re: news of events in England
Place Written
Hartford, Connecticut
Pagination
1p. : address : Height: 33 cm, Width: 20.7 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

Pitkin sends thanks for all of Livingston's efforts on his behalf in the matter of runaway indentured servant Edward Blake. According to news picked up by Pitkin, the English have captured the French port city of St. Malo, complete with "very much shipping there," and King William's forces have defeated France at the Battle of Flanders. Pitkin claims that the deposed King James led a squadron of ships to Scotland, where they were defeated by a joint Anglo-Dutch fleet. Finally, Pitkin mentions a plan in which Captain Gilbert would lead a force of one thousand men into Canada to invade the French dominion. Docketed on address leaf.

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