By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] Whereas His Most Excellent Majesty hath received advice, that several ships of force, fitted out of Scotland, were designed to settle themselves in some parts of America; and lest the same should derogate from the treaties His Majesty hath entered into with the crown of Spain ... Given at Fort William Henry in New-York the 15th day of May, 1699 ... - Bellomont, Richard Coote, (Printed by W. Bradford, printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, in New-York,,, 1699)