Extract tf^A Lttttr frtm an Artilltry Officer, dated Fort St.David's, Jan. 7, 1749, * ,
... Gover- nor of the Fort can, and he receives and hears all Petitions without their going thro' a Secretary. I must tell you: a Story of him; Benjamin Wilcox, a Matross, who behav'd remarkably brave at the taking of Fort Ariacopang, receiv'd there many Wounds ...