Letter 2867

[fol. 289] Worthy Sr I hope you Received my Last Letter seny by the Neptun Capt Winter Commander who sailed the 12th of July Last And should be glad to Receive one from you I Now send you the Malancholly account of our great Misfortune that befell us Teusday the 28th of August The Particulars I Refer to the Inclosed Publick News Paper What Relates to your affairs Here is; I Hear that all the Works & Buildings at Midestone & Knowles are Intire flat Down at to the Ground; & so are most of the Work through out the Island & in some Places the Canes not only Eradicated but carry’d a way with the Rivers wch have Thrown such vast quantitys of River stones & sand upon Lands that Joines to them that they can never be Planted in Again I do not know who Looks after your Interest in sixteen Mile Walk for Major Rose is Gone a Crusing in a Man of Warr for His Health & Pleaser Its Remarkable that Port Royal hath sufferd in a Particular Manner Four times in Thirty years viz: in 1692 the Dreadfull Earth Quake that separated it from the Rest of the Island in 1702 A Dreadful fire that Left but one House standing upon the Place in 1702 A Violent Storm but then the Wall Newly Built kept of the sea in 122 [sic] A much Greater storm wch Laid it under Water several Feet and had it not been for a New Line of Fortification Called Honour Line Built by His excellency our Present Governor Sr Nicholas Lawes wch Broak off the South Westerly Wind & sea the Place has Irrecoverably been Lost This is all I Can Inform you at Present I always Remaining your most Humble servant to Command at all times Henry Barham Sept 13th 1722 St Iago de la Vega