Book excerpt: Excerpt from Work and Materials for American History You are not ignorant, I know, yt his Royall Highness with a vast expence gained (85 hath since maintained. From the Dutch a province by them called the Manados, since in his Highness possession New Yorke, which of late is most shamefully given up to the Dutch. The occasion whereofi shall briefly relate to you. Upon the 11 of July last Cornelius Everson with eight ships of Warr a fire ship attacked 0r Virginia fleet at the appointed rendezvous for their returne home neer Poynt Comfort at y9 same place had the same success as in the yeare 67 (burning taking 19 sayle) onely ye convoyes escaped Capt. Gardner by his resolute good behaviour gained not onely from his friends but enemyes an hon'able report. The enemy having there thus effected their designs resolved to goe unto Dela ware Bay to wood and water, but finding no suf ficient Pilotte ln their fleet for y place Sc having severall psons of this place prisoners y were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.