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MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SECOND SERIES
DOCUMENTARY
HISTOKY OF THE STATE OF MAINE
VOL. XII
CONTAINING
THE BAXTER MANUSCRIPTS
EDITED
By JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, A. M., Litt. D.
PUBLISHED BY THE MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AIDED BY
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PREFACE
THE present volume ( number twelve of the Document-
ary Series ) is the seventh volume of the manuscript
documents which I have collected from American and Euro-
pean archives. My design has been to continue the publica-
tion of these documents to the time of the separation of the
State from Massachusetts ; but it is doubtful if I shall be
able to do so. Should I not complete the task which I have
desired to accomplish, it is my hope that someone may think
it worthy of the labor required to finish it.
JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER.
Mackworth Island,
Sept. 1, 1908.
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
1749 June
June
June
June
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
1749-50
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Aug. 8«i,
6 Petition of John Mitchell of Wells and
Jacob Curtis of Arundel,
8 Report,
13 Answer,
23 Governor's Message, .
Petition of Humphry Hobbs,
8 Governor's Message, .
12 " " .
15 Answer to Governor's Message of
16 Vote,
Petition of Joseph Frye, .
22 Letter II. Pepperell to Brigadier Waldo,
21 " Francis Waldo to his father,
22 Petition of Jabez Fox, Atty.,
" Second Parish in Falmouth,
23 Speech of tbe Lieut. Govr, .
30 Letter N. Sparhawk to Brigadier Waldo,
4 " Enoch Freeman to Thos. Hutchinson,
6 " Chas. Procter to Sam1 Waldo,
7 " Isaac Winslow to Sam'l Waldo,
7 Message,
11 Votes,
12 Letter Eph. Williams Jr to Brigr Gen. Waldo,
15 " Jno Gerrish to Sam'l Waldo Esq.,
19 " Secry Willard to Gov. Shirley (in London),
23 tl Secry Willard to the Justices of the
Court,
28 Letter Thomas Henderson, ....
9 Message,
11 Letter Lawrence Barrow to Major Gen. Waldo,
23 " James Allen to Hon. Sam'l Waldo,
26 " Isaac Winslow to Sam'l Waldo,
3 " Isaac Winslow, ....
20 " Isaac Winslow,
" Chas Procter to Sam'l Waldo,
8 " N. Sparhawk,
19 " Isaac Winslow to Hon Sam> Waldo,
Answer to Petn of Second Parish of Falmouth
Petition — Wiscasset, ....
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1749-50 Mar. 19 Memorial, 51
1751 April 3 Report, 54
1750 Votes, on petitions of Capt Hobbs & Cap*
Pierson, 54
April 17 Vote, on petition of J. Molton & others, . 58
May 7 Letter Wm Sherriff to Secry Willard, . . 59
May 25 Inhabts of Sheepscot — Petition, ... 61
Petition of inhabitants of Kennebunk, . . 63
June 1 Letter Ez. dishing & others to Hon. Jeremiah
Moulton, 65
June 2 Answer, 68
June 8 Voted, 68
June 28 Message, 69
July 4 Letter Wm Shirreff to Josiah Willard Esqr, . 70
July 7 " Secry Willard to Capt. Thos. Saunders, . 71
July 26 " J. Willard, 72
Lt Lieut. Gov. Phips to Capt. Jabez Brad-
bury, 73
July 27 Letter J. Willard, 73
Aug. 2 " Thos. Fletcher to Lt Gov. Phips, . . 74
Aug. 3 " Thos. Fletcher to Capt. Thomas Hen-
derson, ........ 74
Aug. 20 Letter Thos. Fletcher to Lt Gov. Phips, . . 75
Aug. 21 Instructions to Capt. Thomas Sanders, . . 76
Aug. 29 Letter to Lord Colvill, 77
Sept. 3 Fort George in Brunswick, .... 78
Sept. 7 Letter Wm Phips to Lt. Gov. Phips, . . 79
" Wm Phips to Capt Lithgow, . . 80
" Capt. J. Bradbury to the Commanding
Officer at Pemaquid, 80
Sept. 10 Letter S. Phips to Jabez Bradbury, . . 81
" Sam'l Denny to L» Gov. Phips, . . 82
" to Col. Israel Williams, ... 83
" Lt Gov. Phips to Hon. Jera Moulton, . 84
Sept. 11 " J° Oulton to Lt Gov. Phips, . . 84
Sept. 12 " Lt Gov. Phips to Capt. W™ Lithgow, . 86
11 S. Phips to Capt. Jab. Bradbury, . 87
" Selectmen & al. of No. Yarmouth to Lt
Gov. Phips, 87
Sept. 14 Letter Lt Gov. Phips to Col. Ezekl Cushing, . 88
Sept. 21 " Thos. Chute to Major Freeman, . . 89
Sept. 22 " Col. Ezekl Cushing to Lt Gov. Phips, . 90
Sept. 26 Lieut. Governor's Speech, 81
Petition of Inhabitants on the Frontiers, . 92
Sept. 27 Letter Samuell Denny, ...... 98
Report, 94
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1750 8ept. 29 Orders L» Gov. Phips to Lt Col. dishing, . . 96
Letters Lt Gov. Phips to Col. Cushing, . . 97
Oct. 1 Message from the HonMe Board, ... 97
Oct. 3 Petition of Settlers & Inhabitants of upper part
of S' Georges River, 98
Petition of S. Whittemore & Israel Averell, . 100
Oct. 6 Letter W" Lithgow to Lt Gov. Phips, . . 101
Oct. 9 Governor's Message, 103
Letter Sr Wm Pepperrell to Hon Josiah
Willard, 103
Oct. 10 Letter Jabez Bradbury to Lt Gov. Phips, . . 104
" SecT Willard to Phinehas Stevens, . 105
Oct. 15 " SecT Willard to Capt. Phinehas Stevens, 106
" Secry Willard to Gov. W™ Shirley, . 107
Oct. 19 " Secry Willard to Sr W»u Pepperrell, . . 108
Oct. 23 " Phinehas Stevens to Lt Gov. Phips, . 108
Dec. 13 Certificate "New Town granted at the head of
the Town of Berwick," 109
John Wheelwright's Account with Truckmas-
ters, Ill
Jan. Letter Jos. da badis de St Castin to Lt. Gov.
Phips, . . . . . . . .121
Jan. 24 Committee on St Casteens Letter, . . . 122
Jan. 25 Report of Committee, 122
Letter Joseph da badis de Sl Castin to Lt Gov.
Phips, 123
Feb. 15 Report, 125
1750-51 Feb. 19 Letter Lt Gov. Phips to Jos. de badis de St
Castin, 126
Mar. 12 Letter Secry Willard to Major J. H. Lydius, . 127
128
129
129
131
134
134
136
136
137
137
138
138
139
140
140
1751 April 2 Message,
April 3
Memorial of Richard Hazzen, ....
April 4 Petition &c. Third Parish of Kittery,
Message,
April 11
Memorandum of Mr. Wm Pote,
Letter Thomas Fletcher to Capt. David Dunning,
" Thos Henderson to Lt Gov. Phips,
April 14 " Thos Fletcher to Capt \?m Lithgow,
April 15 " John North to Lt Gov. Phips, .
" John Oulton to Lt Gov. Phips,
April 16 " Enoch Freeman to Lt Gov. Phips, .
" Alexr Nikels to Lt Gov. Phips,
April 18 " Alexr Nikels to Jabez Bradbury,
May 1 Lieu* Governor's Letter to Capt. Nichols, . 141
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June
June
July
Deer
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Jan.
1752
Mar.
1753
April
April
1 Letter Secry Willard to Capt. W>» Lithgow
2 " Col. Moulton & others to Lt Gov. Phips,
25 Berwick Petition,
Petition of the Grantees of Land adjoining No
Yarmouth,
27 Depositions,
27 Letter Jno Oulton to L« Gov. Phips, .
28 " Ezeki Cushing to Lt Gov. Phips,
3 Record,
June
June
June
Aug.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
G Letter Wm Pepperrell, ....
6 Petition of Sir Wm Pepperrell, .
7 " of the Selectmen of Brunswick,
8 Letter Enoch Freeman to Lt Gov. Phips,
" Jabez Bradbury to Lt Gov. Phips,
Job Averell to Capt. Alexr Nickels,
Lt Gov. Phips to Capt. Wm Lithgow,
Lt Gov. Phips to Col. Ezkl Cushing,
Lt Gov. Phips to Col. Ezkl Cushing,
" Lt Gov. Phips to Capt. Jabez Bradbury,
" Lt Gov. Phips to Capt. Wm Lithgow,
25 " John Gatchel to Col. Ezkl Cushing,
26 " Enoch Freeman to Lt Gov. Phips,
" Jacob Wendell to Hon. Josiah Willard,
30 " John North to Lt Gov. Phips,
6 "Sir Wm Pepperrell to Lt Gov. Phips,
9 " Josiah Willard to Col. Israel Williams,
25 Answer to Petition of Third Parish In Kittery
10 Petition,
New Marblehead,
Second Parish in Falmouth,
Petition,
28 Lieut. Governor's Speech,
29 Phillipstown Petition, 177
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177
5 Letter Lt Gov. Phips to Capt. Jabez Bradbury,
24 " Gov. Shirley to Secry Willard,
25 " to the Agent in England, .
27 " L* Gov. Phips to the Board of Trade,
25 Monsr Longeiiil to Lt Gov. Phips,
14 Petition,
3 "
9 Letter Capt. Wm Lithgow to Lt Gov. Phips,
" John Lane to Hon. Josiah Willard, .
Bond of Joseph Plaisted to Sam'l Walton,
Petition of Joseph Plaisted,
27 Letter Gov. Shirley to Sec'y Willard,
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190
193
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201
202
203
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206
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1753 Adril 27 Petition, 210
June 12 " of the Inhabitants of Lands on Kenne-
bec River, 211
June Answer to Sheepscot Petition, .... 213
Letter L* Gov. Phips to Capt. Jabez Bradbury, 215
June 12 Lieut. Governor's Message, .... 216
Septr 7 New Casco Petition, 217
Answer, 220
Sept. 10 George Town Precinct, 220
Sept. 11 Message to the Governor, .... 221
Sept. 13 Answer to Message, 2l'4
Sept. 18 Letter .John Wheelwright to the Commrs, . 225
Oct. 23 "to Jerea Moulton, 225
" to Capt. John North, .... 226
Nov. 30 4i Nathi Wheelwright to Gov. Shirley, . 228
Dec. 5 Speech, 231
Dec. 13 Message, 232
Dec. 20 Report, 234
Dec. 21 Letter Josiah Willard to Capt. W'» Lithgow, . 235
1754 Jan. 3 " Secry Willard to Col. Preble, . . 236
Jan. 4 Message of Both Houses to His Excellency, . 236
Mar. 4 Letter Gov. Shirley to Capt. Phinehas Stevens, 241
Mar. 6 " Gov. Shirley to Capt. B. Muggeridge, . 242
Mar. 7 " Gov. Shirley to Capt. Berry & others, . 243
Mar. 13 Wiscasset Petition, 243
Mar. 18 Letter Gov. Shirley to Capt. Muggeridge &
others, 245
Mar. 28 The Governor's Speech, 246
Petition of Ezekiel Cushing & Wife, . . . 254
April 1 257
April 11 Letter Gov. Shirley to Bartholemew, . . 258
" Gov. Shirley to Capt Jonathn Bane, . 259
April 15 Commission to James Bain, .... 259
April 22 Letter Gov. Shirley to Gov. Wentworth, . 260
April 25 " Gov. Shirley to Capt. John North, . . 261
Mr. Franklin to Mr. Partridge, . . . 262
May 10 Letter Gov. Shirley to the Naval Officer at New-
bury, 264
Letter Gov. Shirley to Hon. Col. John Greenleaf, 265
May 15 " Capt. Chas. Morris, .... 266
May 23 First Parish in Wells — Petition, . . .267
Memorial, 269
" of Sam'l Goodwin 270
Answer to Petition of Ezekiel Cushing & others, 274
June Petition, 276
June 4 Extracts from Message, 278
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1754 June 4 Vote, 280
June 6 Message, 281
June 8 Col. Winslow's Memorial, .... 281
Message, 282
June 9 Communication from Selectmen of Boston, . 283
June 13 Message, 283
June 14 Report, 284
June 21 Letter T. Robinson to Gov. Shirley, . . . 285
July 8 " Gov. Shirley to Secretary Willard, . 286
Speech of the River Indians, .... 288
July 10 Message, 290
July 12 Letter Secry Willard to Gov. Shirley, . . 290
July 20 " Secry Willard to Gov. Shirley, . . 292
Aug. 19 Gov Shirley to Sir Thomas Robinson, . . 292
Jesuit of the Penobcots to the Jesuit of the Nor-
ridgewalks, 304
Aug. 20 Letter Secry Willard to Gov. Shirley, . . 306
Sept. 1 " Secry Willard to Gov. Shirley, . . 307
Sept. 3 " Gov. Shirley to Secretary Willard, . . 308
Oct. 4 Second Parish in Falmouth. Petition, . . 310
Oct. 11 Letter Lt. Jas Howard to Lt Gov. Phips, . . 312
Petition of Joseph Plaisted Admr , . . . 813
" of Ichabod Goodwin & Hannah Ayer
Admors, 317
Oct. 17 Wiscasset Petition, 317
Oct. 18 Speech Gov. Shirley, 320
Oct. 31 Message Gov. Shirley, 333
Nov. 6 " " " 833
Nov. 7 Order, 384
Nov. 11 Message, 835
Nov. 12 Letter Gov. Shirley to Capts Lithgow & Brad-
bury, 335
Warrant to Capt. Lithgow, 336
Nov. 21 Message, 336
Dec. 2 Extract of Letter from Capt. John Hamilton to
Dr Sylvester Gardiner, 337
Dec. 10 Message Gov. Shirley, 338
1755 Jan. 3 Letter Gov. Shirley to Capt. W™ Lithgow, . 339
Jan. 9 " Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 340
Jan. 18 " Gov. Shirley to Majr Denny & Capt.
Watts, 344
Letter Gov. Shirley to Capt. W" Lithgow, . 344
Feb. 3 Deposition of Abiel Goodwin, .... 345
Answer to petition of Joseph Plaisted, Adni°r, 346
Feb. 7 Governor's Speech, . . . . . . 350
Message, 362
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Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
April
April
April
April
May
May
May
May
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June 19
July
July 3
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" Tho" Fletcher to Gov. Shirley, . . 362
" Gov. Shirley to James Johnson, . . 363
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 364
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 374
Report of Committee, ..... 375
Letter James Howard to Gov. Shirley, . . 376
" Gov. Shirley to Capt. Wm Lithgow, . 377
" Gov. Shirley to Col. Ezekiol Cashing, . 879
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 380
27 Message, 383
28 384
2 Letter to Col. Ezekiel dishing, .... 385
" Alex' Nikels to Gov. Shirley, . . 386
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 387
" Mattheys Ramley to Gov. Shirley, . 390
11 T. Fletcher to Gov. Shirley, . . .391
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 391
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 393
" E. Freeman for Col. Ezkl Gushing to
Gov. Shirley, 396
Letter Gov. Shirley to Col. Ezkl Cushing, . . 397
" Gov. Shirley to Capt. Wm Lithgow, . 398
" Henry Little to C. C. Leissner, . . 398
" C. C. Leissner to Gov. Shirley, . . 399
" Josiah Beal to Gov. Shirley, . . .400
•' Benja Burton to Thos. Proctor, . . 402
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, . 402
9 Petition of Caleb Ilutchings, .... 405
Votes, 408
Message of the House to His Excellency, . 411
11 Report of Committee, 412
12 Message Gov. Shirley, 413
13 " " " 414
Message, 415
12 Order Govr Shirley to Col. Ezkl Cushing, . . 416
14 Letter Capt. Wm Lithgow to J. Wheelwright, . 416
" Tho. Killpatrick to the Gov. and Council, 419
Instructions, 420
Letter J. Willard, Secy to Jacob Fowles, . 421
Petition, 421
3 Memorial of French Inhabitants of Annapolis
River, 422
4 Council at Governor's House, Halifax, . . 433
14 " " " " . • 434
15 " " " " . . 435
25 " " " " 437
3 Letter Robt Monckton to Gov. Shirley, . . 443
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1755 July 11 Petition, 444
July 15 Letter to Capt. W"> Lithgow, . . . .444
July 18 Lt Gov. Lawrence to Sir Thomas Robinson,. 445
Letter Capt. Wm Lithgow to J. Wheelwright, . 447
" Capt. Wm Lithgow to Lt Gov. Phips, . 449
Aug. 0 Extract from Lt Gov's Speech, .... 452
Aug. 8 Letter Rob* Monckton to Lt Gov. Phips, . 453
Report of Committee, ...... 454
Aug. 9 Message, 455
Aug. 11 Lieut. Gov. Lawrence to the Governors on the
Continent, 455
Aug. 12 Order, 457
Aug. 15 Letter Capt. George Berry to Lt Gov. Phipps, . 458
Aug. 16 " Lieut. Gov. Phips to Capt. Wm Lithgow, 459
Aug. 18 " Lieut. Gov. Phips to Capt. W™ Lithgow, 459
Aug. 27 " Capt. Sam'l Goodwin to Lt Gov. Phips, 460
Sept. 4 " Capt. W" Lithgow to L* Gov. Phips, . 461
Sept. 9 " Capt. Wm Lithgow to Lt Gov. Phips, . 463
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
OF THE
STATE OK MAINE
Petition of John Mitchell of Wells and Jacob Curtis of Arundel.
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Captain General
and Governour in Chief The Honourable the Council
and the Honourable House of Representatives of His
Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New
England in General Court assembled
The Petition of John Mitchell of Wells and Jacob Curtis
of Arundell in the County of York Agents for the Petitioners
praying a New Parish may be Set off partly out of Wells and
part of Arundell
Most humbly Sheweth
That as the Seting off a New Parish as aforesaid will
greatly accommodate the Petitioners They therefore most
humbly pray this Great and Honble Court would be pleased
to favour the Petitioners so far as to appoint a Committee to
View the Situation and Circumstances of the said Parish if
there shall be occasion and make report thereon what they
Judge most reasonable to be done in the premisses The Peti-
tioners paying the Cost and Charge of the Committees Ser-
vice in the premisses and what shall arise thereon.
And Your Petirs as is duty bound Shall ever pray &c
John Mitchell
June 6th 174 9.
i Agents
Jacob Curtis )
2 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Report. June 8, 1749.
The Committee appointed to take under Consideration
the first Paragraph of his Excellencys Speech & make
report have attended that service and are humbly of
Opinion
That if upon Cap1 Saunder's return from the Eastward it
shall appear that the Indians have not agreed to send their
Delegates to Boston but continue to ask for a Treaty else-
where, his Excellency be desired either in Person or by
Commission to treat with said Indians in such Part of the
province as he shall think proper —
That if the Indians shall insist upon a Trade with the
Province his Excellency or the Commissioners be improved
in behalf of the Government to engage that A such Trade
shall be carry'd on with as great advantage to the Indians as
may be without Loss to the province & at any place or
places near the Sea & as far from our Settlements as shall be
thought proper but not farther Eastward than the Penobscot
Which is humbly submitted by order
Wm Pepperrell
In Council ; June 8. 1749 : Read & Sent down.
In the House of Rep™ June 8. 1740
Read and Ordered that this Report be accepted.
Sent up for concurrence
Joseph Dwight Spkr
In Council June 9. 1749 Read and Concur'd with the
Amendment at A
Sent down for Concurrence by Order
Wm Pepperrell
A That the said Indians shall be supplyd with Goods at
as cheap rates as they shall then be sold, in like quantitys in
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 6
the Town of Boston & that they shall be allowd the full
price their Peltry will sell for in Boston ; that the said Trade
provided the Indians will agree to it shall be carry' d on at
one place only not further East than Georges, but if the
Indians will not agree to one place only that his Excelly or
the Commissioners be then impower'd to consent to two places
& no more one at Georges the other at Richmond and his
Excellency be desird to give Order that Stores at the Truck
Houses at Saco & Brunswick be upon the Conclusion of Peace
transported to Boston as soon as may be.
In the House of Rep™ June 10, 1749. Read & Non-
concur'd and the House adhere to their own Vote Sent up
for concurrence
Joseph Dwight Spkr
In Council June 13, 1749. Read & Nonconcur'd and the
Board adhere to their own Vote. Sent down for Con-
currence by order of the board
J. Osborne
Answer.
In Council June:. 13th 1749
Read and Ordered that the prayer of the Petition be
Granted and that the Lands & Islands mentioned in the
Petition togather with the Gore of Land So called Lying
between North Yarmouth & Brunswick with the North East
part of the Island called great Sebaskadegon with the Inhab-
itants that are or may be Settled thereon be & hereby are
Erected into a distinct & seperate precinct to Enjoy all
powers and previledges as other precincts by Law do Enjoy.
& that Capt John Stover a principall Inhabitant there is
hereby Impowered to call the first precinct meeting sometime
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in ye month of July next for the Choice of precinct Officers
to Continue to ye Annuall meeting in March next.
Sent down for Concurrence by Ordr of the Board.
J : Osborne
In the House of Repves June 14, 1749
Read & Concur'd Joseph Dwight Sp*r
Consented to W Shirley
Governor's Message. June 23, 1749.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Repves
As you were present at the Interview between me & the
Indians of the Penobscot & Norridgewalk Tribes this Fore-
noon, and have heard what kind of Power they have from
their Tribes to treat with me ; and the Answers they made
upon some Points I mov'd to e'm, and are also appriz'd of
the Attack made three days ago upon Number Four by
some of the Indian enemy, which I receiv'd Intelligence
of in the Council Chamber, I shall be glad of your Opinion
& Advice how far & upon what Points it may be expedient
for me to treat with these Indians at present.
W Shirley
Council Chamber June 23d 1749.
In the House of Repves June 23, 1749
Read and Ordered that mr Speaker Col0 Appleton
Col0 Heath Col0 Willard Majr Lawrence Col0 Choate Col0
Storer Th° Foster Esqr & Mr Hall with such as the Honble
Board shall Joyn be a Commtee to take this Messe and the
Letters from Israel Wm8 Esqr and Caleb How under consider-
ation and report what they Judge proper for this Court to do
thereon. The Commee to sit forthwith
Sent up for concurrence J Dwight Spkr
In Council June 23, 1749 Read & Concur'd & Jacob
Wendell, Thomas Berry, Joseph Wilder, Samuel Watts,
OF THE STATE OF MAINE
James Minot, Andrew Oliver & Thomas Hutchinson Esq1
are joined in the Affair
J Willard Secry
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To His Excellency William Shirley Esqr Cap1 Generall &
Governour in Chief, The Honble Council and House of
Represent118 in Generall Court Assembled at Boston
Aug1 1749 —
The Petition of Humphry Hobbs, late Cap1 of a Company
of Voluntiers in the Service of said Province, in behalf of
himself, and said Compy /
Most humbly Shews, That your Petitioner himself has for
about Four Years Last past, been in the Service of this Prov-
ince ; and humbly hopes he has therein behaved to ye Accept-
ance of yr Excellency & this Honble Court ; and he can truly
say, he had no other View than to Oppose the Common
Enemy, in which he has never saved himself, but has always
been forward therein, and exerted himself to ye Utmost of
his Power, That in Consequence of the Encouragement given
by this Honble Court, he did ye Last Year Raise a Company
of Voluntiers, who are now all Dismis'd —
That your Petitioner and his Said Company, are very
desireous of Settling & bringing forward, a Town Ship, or New
Plantation in the frontier parts of ye Province, and if they
can obtain, ye Grant of a Tract of Land Sufficient for a Town
Ship, they are Willing to Subject themselves to a Regular
personale Settlement, In two Years from the Surveyors Return
& Acceptance of a plan thereof; and haveg nothing less in
View, — and being Really Willing to Settle a new Town
Ship, — they most humbly Pray that of your Excellency &
Honours Great Goodness, they may Obtain a Grant of Six
mile Square in some Sutable Place in the County of York,
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to be granted to yr Petitioners, & Such others as yr Excel-
lency & honou_ Shall Please to Admitt. Under such
Restrictions, & Conditions, of Settlements, as Shall be Just
& Reasonable, and as In duty bound Shall Ever pray &c
Humphry Hobbs
Governor's Message. Aug. 8, 17Jf9.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representves
There being divers of our Captives still in the hands of
the French & Indians of Canada ; And as I apprehend it
incumbent on this Governm1 ( especially in this time of
Peace ) to use all Means for their Recovery & Return home
to their Country, as well as for the Deliverance of the
Prisoners of the Six Nations in Canada ; Therefore I desire
you would consider these Matters, & advise what may be the
surest way to effect them ; and that you ( Gentlemen of the
House of Representves ) would provide for the Charge that
may arise thereon, if it may be thought proper to engage in
these Affairs
Gentlemen ; I would further recommend to your Consider-
ation the Benefits which may result to this Province by an
Interview with some of the Chiefs of the Cagnawaga Indians ;
And I would observe to you, if there be a Prospect that such
an Interview may be of Service to us, It ought to be speedily
undertaken lest the French make their Advantage by our
Delay ; And therefore I desire to know your Mind upon this
Affair as soon as may be.
W Shirley
Council Chamber 8 Aug8t 1749.
In the house of Reptve8 Aug1 9, 1749
His Excelcys Message of Yesterday, according to order was
read Again - and Ordered that Col0 Williams James Allen
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 7
Esqr and Mr Hall together with Such as the Honble Board
shall Join be a Comtee to take ye same into Consideration so
far as it is directed to Both houses and also ye Petn of
Phineas Stevens, and report as soon as may be what is propr
for this Court to do thereon.
Sent up for Concurrence
Joseph Richards Cler Dom Rep :
g Order
In Council Aug. 9 1749 Read and Concurr'd and Jacob
Wendell and Joseph Pyncheon Esq18 are join'd in the Affair.
Sam1 Holbrook D^ Secry
In the House of Reptlve8 Augst 10th 1749
Voted that Col° Choate & Mr John Tyng be added to the
Comtee appointed to Consider & Report upon his Excy8
Message of the 8tu Instant
Sent up for Concurrance J Dwight Spkr
In Council Aug: 10. 1749 Read and Concurr'd and
Sir William Pepperell and Sylvanus Bourne Esq" are added
to said Committee
Sent down for Concurrence
J Willard Secy
Governor's Message.
Gentlemen of the House of Represent™
The Secretary informs me that the two Houses have voted
to desire me to dismiss the Remainder of the Forces in the
Eastern Frontiers except the Garrison Soldiers, which will
make it necessary that a Guard shd be taken out of the
Militia in the Town of Falmouth to attend the Commis-
sioners in the designed Treaty with the Indians ; And there-
fore I desire you would provide for the charge of such a
8 DOCTJMKNTABY HISTORY
Guard. And I take this Occasion to acquaint you that I
shall appoint Sir William Pepperell & Thomas Hutchinson
Esq1 of the Council, & John Choate, Israel Williams &
James Otis Esqr8 of Your House to be Commiss18 for the
Service aforesd W Shirley
Council Chamber Aug4 11. 1749.
In the House of Represves Aug: 12 1749
This House having taken into Consideration the Message
of His Excellency the Governour of yesterday, Voted that
His Excellency be desired to give His Orders to the Com-
manding Officer of the Regiment of Militia in the Eastern
part of the County of York, that he detach Fifty Men
belonging to the Foot Companys of the Town of Falmouth,
to be put under the Command of a proper officer, And that
they attend the Commissioners appointed at the proposed
Interview with the Indians the 27th of September next.
And that there be allowed pay and Subsistance to the said
Soldiers for the time they Shall be upon Duty, as this Court
shall Order.
Sent up for Concurrence
J D wight Spkr
In Council Aug 12th 1749
Read and Concurr'd J Willard Secry
Consented to W Shirley
Answer to Governor s Message of Aug. 8, 1749. Aug. 15, 1749.
In the House of Represent™ Aug* 12, 1749.
The House taking into Consideration his Excellency's
Message of the eighth Currant, Thereupon Voted That His
Excellency be desired to commissionate two Gentlemen, that
shall be chosen by this Court, that they proceed to Canada
forthwith, whose business shall be to redeem Captives in the
hands of the French & Indians ; and to forward the Redemp-
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 9
tion of the Captives of the Six Nations in the hands of the
French ; — The said Commissioners to act in all these
Matters agreable to such Instructions as they shall receive
from this Court.
Sent up for Concurrence J Dwight Spkr
In Council Aug* 15. 1749 Read & Concur'd
S. Holbrook D* Secry
Copy examined g J Willard Secry
Vote. 1749.
In the House of Representatives August 16, 1749.
Voted, That upon the Ratification of the Peace with the
Several Tribes of Indians, a Trade be opened and carried on
with them at the Truck-Houses at Richmond and S* Georges.
That two Truck masters be annually chosen and appointed
by this Court who shall be under Oath and Bonds with Suffi-
cient Sureties, for the faithful Discharge of their Trust.
And Whereas there were Rules & Rates Settled by which
the Commissary General govern'd himself in carrying on the
Trade with the Indians in time of the last Peace with them,
and has conformed himself to the same Rules with respect
to the Goods lately Sent to those Truck Houses, and has
given directions to the officers there as to the prices of Goods
& Furrs accordingly Voted That the said Commissary Gen-
eral be directed ( as said Ratification of Peace shall be com-
pleated) to continue the Trade with the Indians in the Same
Method he has done, till the further Order of this Court.
And that private Trade with the Indians be restrained as
formerly.
Sent up for Concurrence J. Dwight Spkr
In Council Aug: 17. 1749
Read and Concurr'd Sam1 Holbrook Dty Secry
Consented to W Shirley
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Petition of Joseph Frye
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To His Excellency the Governor, To the Honourable His
Majestys Council & House of Representatives of said
Province in general Court Assembled
The Petition of Joseph Frye Humbly Sheweth
That under the Patronage of this Government He under-
took the Settlement of a new Township ( now called Frye-
burg ) at Pigwacket in the County of York, which being so
far in the Wilderness as to render the getting a Passage
thereto, that would make a Road for Wheel Carriages exceed-
ing Difficult. It cast a very gloomy Aspect upon the Under-
taking.— But, as Such a Road must first be had, or it would
be in Vain to Attempt the Settlement of the Place. Your
Petitioner and Associates exerted Themselves to the utmost
of Their Power to find a Passage that would Answer that
Purpose. — Made two Expensive Tryals on Different Courses,
and carried each Road the greatest part of the way thro' the
woods, and then mett Insuperable Impediments in Their way,
by means whereof Their Labour on those two Routs was
intirely lost, and They almost Discouraged — However Your
Petitioner used means which revived the Courage of His
Associates to abide by Him in a Third Tryal Pitched upon a
Time when He would go ( with two Men only ) to look out
the way and Accordingly went, and thro' much Difficulty
found a Passage thro' the Wilderness which He thought
might Possibly Answer and made Report thereof to his
Associates, who thereupon went with Him, clear'd, Bridg'd
& Causeway'd the same where it wanted ( except great &
Little Ossapee Rivers ) Then Measured the Road & found,
That from the Town then called Phillipstown ( which was
the Place of Their Departure) to Fryeburg was fifty four
miles. And also found the Cost They had been put to in
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 11
getting said Road ( Including the two fruitless Attempts )
Ammounted to upwards of four hundred Pounds Lawful
Money. —
Having then got a Road for Wheel Carriages ( tho' a very
Rough one in Some Places ) They proceeded to the Settle-
ment of the Place with all Possible Speed, and in about five
years after got upwards of fifty Families Settled therein. —
That tho' your Petitioner believes the People Settled there
are in general as Laborious a Set of People as have undertook
the Settlement of a Plantation in the Wilderness for many
years past ; Yet it's certain That Their Task in Subduing
Their wild Land, Building Mills, clearing Roads, building
Bridges &c &c &c within their own Department is as great
as in Their Infant State They are able to bear —
Notwithstanding which, as Their Lands will not Produce
all the absolutely Necessaries of Life, They have been Obliged
to maintain the greatest part of a Road of fifty miles in length
to get to the Sea-Coasts for those Necessaries that are Lack-
ing. This is such a great Addition to the Difficulties They
Labour under within their own Place as will ( except Relief
from this Court Presents ) Terminate in Their Ruin —
Your Petitioner and Associates having Labour'd under this
Difficulty for upwards of eight years, and finding They were
no Longer able to Support Themselves under it, and That
Falmouth (tho' fifty miles distant from Fryeburg) is the
most Convenient Sea Port Town for Them ; Your said Peti-
tioner ( hoping to obtain some Speedy help from thence ) Sets
out for Falmouth, where he arived the 15th of November
1771, and on the then next monday evening was favour' d
with the Company of a Number of the Gentlemen of that
Town, when he Laid before Them the Difficulties His Remote
Plantation Labour'd under for want of a Road to Them.
Shewing Them at the same Time, That the way to get the
most Convenient Communication opened between Falmouth
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and Fryeburg, was to open a Road from the North End of
Pearsontown - Road ( Steering about Northwest thro' a Tract
of unappropriated Wilderness Land belonging to the Prov-
ince ) to the falls in Saco River called the great Falls, and
then there would be only the width of said River to get into
the Road your Petitioner & Associates had open'd to Frye-
burg as above Related — Upon which, the Gentlemen, for
the immediate Relief of said Young Plantation, and in Con-
sideration of the Prospect of Advantages arising therefrom
to the Publick, open'd a Subscription for raising Money to
Clear, Bridge and Causeway a Road, the way your Petitioner
had Propos'd to Them, and immediately Chose a Committee
to Seek a Passage thro' the woods for that Purpose —
This Committee went on the Business for which They
were Chose, & after finding the way where the Road must
unavoidably go they measured and found the length of the
Road from the north end of Pearsontown Road to sd Falls,
would be fourteen and an half miles, and that it would go
the greater part of that Distance, on s*1 Tract of Province
Land. — The Subscribers being soon inform'd by their Com-
mittee what length of way They had to make sd Road They
Proceeded with all Possible Speed to opening the Same, and
( at great Expence ) have Clear'd it two Rods wide, and
altho' there were many bad Brooks & miry Places in their
way They have Bridged and Causeway'd the Same, so that a
Number of Loaded Teams that went from hence Traveled so
Comfortably thro' sd Road it has much Revived the Spirits
of the ( almost Discouraged ) Inhabitants of this young Plan-
tation for the Present — But here your Petitioner begs leave
to observe, That said Tract of Province Land turns out very
Different from what Sundry Persons have heretofore Con-
ceived of it, It having Lately been found to be Such a Moun-
tainous, Boggy, Ponded, and broken Fragment of Land, That
none who had grants of Land to lay out in that part of the
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 13
Province would Accept of but Chose to go many miles fur-
ther into the Wilderness than to take it. It's likely to lay
( no one can tell how long ) a Grievous Stumbling-Block in
the way of the back Settlements, as there is no Prospect of
it's ever being made a Township of whereby the Road may
be kept in Repair. So that the kindness of the Subscribers
aforesaid will not be of that lasting Advantage to the back
Settlements They Really Stand in Need of, Except your
Excellency & Honours would be pleas'd to grant said Tract
of Land to some Persons or other upon such Terms as will
Induce Them into an Obligation to maintain the Road thro'
it. — And as the said Subscribers In Consideration of the
Danger of the Road's not being kept in Such Repair as to
Answer the good Design of it, Have (since They open'd
Their Subscription ) manifested a willingness to bind Them-
selves to keep said Road in good Repair, Provided They
might have a Grant of said Tract of Province Land to
Defray the Charges of it, your Petitioner begs leave humbly
to Pray your Excellency & Honours, would ( on Their
Request ) be pleas'd to Grant it to Them for that Purpose —
And as in Duty bound will ever Pray
Joseph Frye
To His Excellency & the whole Court To whom the forego-
ing Petition is Addressed —
We the Subscribers who are Associated of the above Peti-
tioner, Proprietors & Inhabitants of the said Township of
Fryeburg, beg Leave to Declare, That the foregoing Petition
contains a True & just Representation of the Expence and
Difficulty of getting a Road to this Place, and the Expence
and Difficulties we have been put to, and Still Labour under
within our own Department. And upon the whole That our
Sufferings for want of help to maintain a Road to the Sea-
Coasts have been Such, as Constrains us to make known to
your Excellency & Honours, we are no longer able to Sup-
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DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
port our Selves under Them. And as the Subscribers men-
tion'd in sd Petition have been so Compassionate to us, as to
open the Road for our Relief, as therein Justly Set forth ;
and from Their Knowledge of our Inability to maintain said
Road in that Repair which is absolutely Necessary are willing
to bind Themselves to do it Provided They may have a Grant
of the Tract of Province Land the Road goes thro' to Defray
the Expence of such Repairs, We beg Leave humbly to Sub-
join our Prayer That the Prayer of sd foregoing Petition may
be Granted.
And as in Duty bound will ever Pray —
Ebenezer Farnum
Caleb Swan
Nathaniel Smith
David Evans
Jedediah Spring
John Bicknell
Benjamin Russell
Nath1 Merrill
John Evans
John Farington
Nathan Ames
Henry Gordon
Stephen Knight
Joseph Kilgore
Benjamin Kilgore
John Walker
William Wiley
Isaac Abbot
Hugh Sterling
Stephen Farington
Simon Frye
Joseph Frye Junr
Jonathan Dresser
James Swan
Ezra Carter
Moses Ames
Samul Ingalls
John McMillan
Joseph Pettengill
Ebenezer Day
Aaron Abbot
Timothy Bradley
Peter Chandler
Moses Day
Timothy Walker
Sam11 Osgood
Rachel Walker
Jo : Greely Swan
Ezekiel Walker
Richard Kimball
Isaac Walker
Samuel Walker
Hezekiah Aston
Peter Allen
John Stevens
Joseph Walker
Abner Charles
Abraham Bradley
John Webster
David Page
Daniel Em Cross
John Charles Junor Samuel Walker Jur
Letter H. Pepperell to Brigadier Waldo
Kittery Sep* 22d 1749
Honble Sr
By a Letter fr° you to Mr Sparhawk I am Informed
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 15
You Imbark Next Week for Lond0 Where I hope you will
See my Father who ( You Undoubtedly have Heard ) Went
in Grant, Be so good as to Excuse the Freedom I now take
in Prayg the Favour of you to Take the Trouble of the
Inclosed to Him, Give me Leave to Wish You Heavens
Protection in Your Voyage, All the Success You desire
Abroad, & a Safe Return to You Friends Again I am with
Compliments to Your Family & my Best Wishes to You in
Your Voyage Honble Sr Your Most Obed* & most Hle Ser*
H. Pepperrell
Brigadier Waldo
Letter Francis Waldo to Ms Father.
Boston Oct0 21° 1749
Honrd Sir
We have great Reason to flatter Ourselves You had a
Good Time off the Coast & that You are well advanced in
the Voyage, by the long spell of Fair Winds with us after
your departure from Nantasket. I therefore hope this by
Bradford will find You in good Health safely Arrived in a
short & agreeable Passage
Since you left Boston a Peace is concluded with the
Indians I was favour'd with the Treaty by Colo Cotton &
have sent You a Copy of it by Majr Gardner who desired it
unseal'd that he might Copy it on Passage
I have procured the Prov Seal to Woods Affa which with
the Acco* of Improvements at Falmouth is here inclos'd.
The Cop of your Case with Govr Shirley I fear cant be
obtain'd in season for this Ship oweing to Mr Winthrops
Absence from Town for a Week past he is expected to
morrow & will be / as he has often been / closely followed
to get it in readiness for this Vessell, this I hope will be sent
16 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
you without fail by Stransburry who sails next week. The
Geese you Order'd are on board Cap* Bradford under Mr
Gardners Care. Cap* Capham his Wife now informs is not
expected here this Winter, for woh reason I have made out
Three Copy of his Acco* & got Mrs Clapham to Certify to
him her having compar'd them with his Originall Accot/wch
I still keep / . These Copys I shall send him to Chebucta
in a day or two in Order for him to authenticate 'em, Mr
Winslow will write him directing his forward8 You one fr°
thence as soon as possible & sending the other two here to be
likewise sent You
The beggining of the Week coming I shall answer Your
Expectations & leave Boston for Casco Bay. The Scituation
of the Affairs of the House would not admitt of my going
sooner. We are now moveing The Furniture to Mr Wins-
lows, he was obliged to give Mr Barrell your Directions
/ relating the House & the security requir'd / in writing,
since which he has declin'd takeing it & is not a little angry
threatning to write Chauncey Townsend & send him a Copy
of the Extract. Mr Clarke is soon to come into ye House
I am Honred Sir Your Most Dutifull Son
Francis Waldo
P. S. I have the pleasure to acquaint you my Sisters
Winslows being Well bro* to Bed with a nother Girl & they
both are likely to do well My sister hanner is also well & in
high Spirits at my Lady Pepperrells Coming to Town who
expected to see her sister in Boston but arrived after She
was interr'd
Petition of Jabez Fox, Attv Nov. 22, 1749.
To the Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr Lieu1 Gover-
nour and Commander in Chief in & over His Maj-
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 17
esties Province of the Massachusetts Bay & the
Honble His Majesties Council for sd Province, as the
Supreme Court for Probate of Wills and Granting
Letters of Administration within the sd Province
Humbly Shews
Jabez Fox of Falmth in the County of York that in the
year 1744 he Exhibited a petition to this Honble Court in
behalf of Mary Westbrook Late of Portsmouth in the
Province of New Hampshire Decd then the widow of Tho8
Westbrook late of Falmth aforesd Esq1' Decd and Richard
Waldron of Portsmouth aforesd Esqr & Elizabeth his wife in
her right (by virtue of a power rec'd from the above sd
Mary Westbrook and Richard Waldron ) Setting forth in sd
Petition that the sd Tho8 Lately Dyed Intestate (Leaving
only one Child the sd Elizabeth ) Administration on whose
Estate was moved for by the sd Mary but was notwithstand-
ing granted to one Mr Enoch Freeman a meere Stranger and
not a principal Creditor from which Decree your Remon-
strants appealed to this Honble Court for the following
reasons ( first ) for that the Decree is Erronious and directly
against Law, the right of Administration being thereby
vested in the widow or next a kin to the Intestate or both as
the Judge shall See fitt, and if they Claim it no other can
have it Legally ( 2ly ) the Judge has no Discretionary power
but only as to Joyning the next akin with the widow, or not
as Occasion may require, therefore the Letting in a Stranger
is Illegal & Injurious ( 3ly ) the administration was Claimed
in behalf of the widow and a Promise Obtained of having it,
but yet it was afterwards granted as aforesd without any
notice given to any Concerned, wherefore your appellants on
Tryal Obtained a Vote from the Honble Board for a Rever-
sion of the aforesd Decree, of the aforesd Judge Wherefore
your Petitioner prays, that the Honble Jeremiah Moulton
Esqr Judge of Probate for sd County of York may be
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directed by this Honble Court to grant a Letter of Adminis-
tration to the above sd Richard Waldron Esqr and as in Duty
bound shall ever pray
Falmth Nov : 22 1749 Jabez Fox Attorney
Petition. Second Parish in Falmouth.
To the Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr Lieutenant
Governour and Commander in Chief in and Over his
Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-
England The Honble the Council and Honble house of
Representatives of the said Province in General
Court assembled at Boston the 23d day of November
1749
The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Second Parish in
Falmouth in the County of York
Most humbly Shew
That the said Parish Contains a Tract of Land of Ten
Miles in length and about five Miles in breadth and Suitable
for a Township on which is now settled about One hundred
and fifty Familys
That your petrs by long Experience have found Great
Difhcultys and many Inconveniencys by being only a Parish
and so part of the Town of Falmouth do Earnestly desire
that they may be Erected into a Township for the following
Reasons
First Because they are by the Water so Seperated from the
Town that they cannot Attend upon the Publick Town
Meetings without going some of them ten and some fifteen
Miles by land to said Meetings and for Want of their
presence many things are there done and Acted by the other
part of the Town very much to their damage
Secondly Because being only a Parish they cannot keep a
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 19
Constant School Among them for want of which their
Children greatly Suffer for tho they have paid Constantly
for the Support of a Grammer School yet they never have
Since they have been a Parish four Months of the Town
School or any money Granted by the Town to help them on
that Account Whereas had they been a Town they would
Constantly have Maintained a Schoolmaster Among them-
selves which they cannot do now but by Subscription which
hath been a very heavy burthen on Some particular persons
Your petitioners for these and other Reasons that might
be mentioned Most humbly pray This Great and HonbIe
Court would be pleased to Erect the said Second Parish of
Falmouth into a Township by the Bounds of said Parish
And as in duty bound Your pet18 will ever pray &c
Ezekiel Cushing ) Agents for
Christopher Stroot J the said Parish
In the House of Repves Decr 1. 1749
Read and Ordered that the Petitioners serve the first
Parish in the Town of Falmouth with a copy of this Petition
that they shew cause if any they have on the first tuesday of
next Sitting of this Court why the Prayer thereof should not
be granted.
Sent up for concurrence
Atf Roland Cotton Cler. Dom. Prep.
In Council Decr 1st 1749 Read & Concurred
Sam Holbrook Dep : Sec.
In Council: March 29. 1750, Read again with the Answer
of the first Parish in Falmouth, and Ordered that John
Greenleaf & John Otis Esq" with such as shall be joined by
the Honble House of Represent™8 be a Committee to consider
this Petition & Answer, hear the Parties, & report what they
judge proper for this Court to do thereon.
Sent down for Concurrence
J Willard Secry
20 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
In the House of Repves March 30 1750
Read and Concurd and Col0 Heath Capt Hobson and
Mr Bayley are Joyned in the Affair
Thos Hubbard Spkr pro Tempore
The Committee to whonie the Consideration of the within
written Petition was referred Having mett And considered
the Same togather with the Answer thereto And heard the
Parties thereon Are of Opinion That the Prayer of the said
Petition be so far granted That the Lands contained therein
be Erected into a Seperate Township And be invested with
All Town Priviledges they Maintaining and Supporting their
Equall part or Proportion of Keeping in repair the Great
Bridge built over the Main and Fore river in the within
named Town of Fallmouth till further order, if the Tole do
not prove sufficient to Keep the Same in repair g order of
the Committee : John Greenleaf
In Council April 19. 1750 — Read, & so far accepted as
that the Land contained in the Bounds mentioned in the
Pet" with the Inhabts thereon be erected into a distinct &
seperate Township, and vested with all such Powers &
Priviledges as other Towns within this Province do or by
Law ought to enjoy ; ( Saving that they shall continue to
join with the Inhabts of that Part of the Town of Falmouth
from which they are seperated in like manner as heretofore
the Select Men of Falmouth from time to time to regulate
all Meetings ) for the Choice of Repves ) — Provided the
Pet" pay their proportionable Part of the Repairs of the
great Bridge over the Fore River till the further Order of
this Court, in Case the Toll does not prove sufficient for that
Purpose ; & that the Pet" have leave to bring in a Bill
accordingly
Sent down for Concurrence
Sam1 Holbrook D* Secry
OP THE STATE OF MAINE 21
In the House of Repves Feb? 11. 1750
Read and Ordered that this Pet" and the Answer and
the Vote of Council thereon be revived and Concur'd and
the Petra are allowed to bring in a Bill accordingly.
T. Hubbard Spk1
Speech of the Lieut. Govr Nov. 23, 1740.
" Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives "
" I can now inform you that the Treaty proposed by the
Delegates of the Eastern Indians at the May Session, to be
held in the Eastern parts between this Government and
their Tribes, has been attended to by the Gentlemen I Com-
missionated, agreeable to the appointment of the Governour
before his Departure, and that the said Treaty was Con-
cluded in as full a Submission of the Several Tribes of
Indians to his Majestys Goverment by the Delagates, as 1ms
been Made by those Tribes in Former Treaties.
I desire therefore that you would Consider as soon as
May be whot is Necessary to be don by this Court ( More
Especially with relation to the Trade with the Indians ) for
fulfilling our Engagements to them in this Treaty which ye
Secretary will lay before you, or whotsoever else we can do
that may tend to render the Peace with them more firm and
durable : "
S Phips
Council Chamber November ye 23: 1749
Letter N. Sparhaivk to Brigadier Waldo.
Kittery Novemr 30 1749
Dear Sir /
I was duly favoured with yors just before you
embarked for London, which at your present distance don't
22 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
require a very particular Answer, permit me However to
Say, It would be a very great pleasure to me, to Oblige you
in Respect of yor Son Franks spending some time at my
Warehouse, But as Mr Colman & I Have agreed to part this
winter, & our Vessels are all dispatched, Goods sold, and
little to be done between us, But what we must negotiate
Our selves, I could propose no Advantage to Him, That
would be any Equivolent for His being in this Obscure part
of the World, In the Spring if I don't Embark for England
wch will depend much on the Advices I may receive from Sr
William, and I am not greatly disappointed in the Success of
my Applications to my Friends for Busyness on my Own
Acco1 It may be in my power to give him some exercise, wch
may be no disadvantage to him, I have lately been Eastward
where I found some difficultys Attending my proposed pur-
chase, which prove discouraging, and will render the
Instrument you were so good as to leave with Mr Winslow
of no use to me this I could not foresee, or I should not
have given you the Trouble of executing it, for which I Hold
my self much Oblidged as I do for your offers of Service at
London, upon wch I would take the freedom to Say that
inasmuch as you were pleased to inform me, that your
family in none of its Branches, would be injured or dis-
oblidged by your Influencing Commission Buying into my
Hands, as you might Have Opportunity, that on these Terms
I should greatly Esteem of your Interest & recommendation,
for Building ships, loading fish, Lumber or any other the
produce of N England, But an Agency for Some of the
Contracts at Home might be still more beneficiall, and as I
stand in a pretty near relation to Sir William, It seems to
me, if I was properly recomended at the Board of Ordnance
As His Son in Law, that the Supply of Chebucta & New-
foundland might be Obtain'd for me, Should it be in your
power to contribute any thing to it, which I doubt not at all,
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 23
if it don't interfere with any favourite point you are pushing,
I should Esteem it as a very convincing proof of your Friend-
ship, as I should your recomendation of me to Mr Townsend,
who may possibly incline to do busyness at Piscataqua, wch
might not be so convenient for a House at Boston to
negotiate nor could they in many respects so much to His
Advantage, As one that is always on the Spott, But not to
trouble you any further on these Heads, I now most Heartily
wish you may Have had an Agreeable Voyage to London,
and that with yor Two sons, to whom my sincere regards,
You are in perfect Health, in prospect, if not already
Obtain'd, of all the Success you could expect or even wish,
The Grand Affair I am exceeding Impatient & Sollicitous
about, and shall be quite big with the Expectation to Hear
of your gaining a compleat Victory g first spring ships, if not
sooner, I have wrote Sr William largely in relation to another
Bashaw, not farr off, praying that He / Sr Wn' / will give
him His quietus, & I Pray God He may, I am if He or some
other worthy Genn does not, fatall will be the consequence,
Let me therefore entreat you, to Afford your Assistance in a
Matter of so much concernm1 to a Multitude besides myself.
I Have begun a very agreeable correspondence with Mr
Winslow, in a great measure that I May have the pleasure of
Hearing often & particularly from the Ladys of yor family, &
I wish it was in my power to Advise you that Mr P lis
nuptials with Miss Hannah were consummated, But this is a
Happiness yl Its now said, we must wait for 'till Xmas, &
therefore may be a Subject for my next Address, In the
mean time let me Assure you, the present distance between
us, don't in any measure abate my concern for yor prosperity
& Happiness, & I am rather more fond than ever of convinc-
ing you that with all sincerity & respect I am Dear Sir Yr
most Affectionate & Obed1 Hum1 Serv1
N Sparhawk
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PS. As all Busyness directed to B C or myself after
this time, will be for Sole benefit of him to whom Its so
directed, }ou'l please to Observe this in any of your recomen-
dations of me :
Yo" N S
Letter Enoch Freeman to Tho» Hutchinson
Falmouth Dec1 4th 1749
Sir,
Last Octr Coll0 Moulton, according to the Advice that
had been given him ; received the Inventory of Coll0 West-
brooks Estate which I Exhibited to him and he Administerd
the Oath to me upon it, and as I had represented ye Estate
Insolvent, he fill up a Commission for three men to receive
the Claims, but before he Sign'd it, Mr Fox happen'd to come
in, and desir'd the Judge to Stop the Proceedings, till he had
once more Petitiond the Governour and Councill, hoping
Since Govern1 Shirley was gone that Governour Phips wou'd
determine the Affair in his Favour ; so the Judge Stopt and
I hear Mr Fox has sent his Petition, but I hope, as the
Counsillors are new ones, tho' the Same Men, & a New Gov-
ernour, that there will be no New Determination, without a
New hearing, especially as Madam Westbrook is Since dead ;
and Mr Fox, who was the only Instigator of the Appeal, I
say the only Instigator, for Mr Waldron did absolutely
decline it, in as much as he order'd his Son Richard ( who
had ye Keys of Coll0 Westbrooks House after he dy'd ) to
deliver the Keys to me, that I might take an Inventory &
proceed in the Administration, which I can prove; but Mr
Fox having taken Possession of Coll0 Westbrook's House as
his own Property pretending it stood upon Land he bought
of said Westbrook, & I having ousted him as I was Admin-
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istrator, he was so vext that he apply'd to Mr Waldron to
appeal from my Administrat" and with Difficulty brought Mr
Waldron to give him a Power of Attorney to appeal ; And
Mr Fox has Since dispos'd of his Right in said Land, so that
he has no Pretence of any Interest of his own to Serve ; And
I am persuaded Mr Waldron wou'd not take the Trouble of
Administring, and all that ever was Intended was to gratify
Mr Fox. Upon the whole I must desire that I may be heard
before a final Decision of the Affair is given.
Sir, as Travelling by Land is so Chargeable and by water
so hazardous, I have sent my Muster Roll of the Guard that
attended the Treaty with the Indians, also my Memorial and
Acco11 by a Friend that was bound for Boston without com-
ing my Self, least the wages that shou'd be granted me
wou'd not Amount to the Expence of a Journey, and the
Ballance turn against me, which wou'd be very hard ; how-
ever I hope the Honourable Court will do me Justice and the
men that have been under my Command — I hope Your
Honour will take no Exceptions at my troubling you with
these Lines for I really thought it proper for me to write
Something as I cou'd not be present my Self
You'l please to cover every thing that is amiss in, Sir,
Your Honour's most Sincere and Obed' hum1 Serv1
Enoch Freeman
[ Superscribed ]
To The Hourable Thomas Hutchinson Esqr
in Boston
Letter Chas Procter to Sam1 Waldo Esq
Halifax Decern' 6th 1749
Sir
I hope you will Excuse my boldness in troubling you
with a Line, Sr I hope you will not be offended at my Going
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to Chebucto, which I would not have Done had it not been
for two reasons, the first was that I had great Encouragment
of a Company of Rangers from Governor Cornwallis, which
he told me since I came down I should have had it if I had
been down Ten or fifteen days sooner, for he gave Two
Companys away in my Absence and he said by the Commen-
dation that he had of me, from Gentlemen that knew me,
that I was very fit for that Employment, But am not quite
out of hope yet for they say if he rais'd any more, I shall
have one, which I think We shall have business enough
before Spring, For the Priests & Indians met all together, to
plot some mischiefe as we suppose, the other was my Wife
was afraid as I Killed some Indians and the threatning if
ever they oust me, the would kill me, Sr I beg your favour to
assist me & Deliver the Enclosed to Mr Kilby, & make no
doubt by your Desire, that he will Settle my Acco* and —
allow the Charges of the Twenty pound Bills that his Clerk
protested, the Charges was forty nine pounds, Ten Shillings,
Which would be some help to a Broken Officer, Sir Your
family is all well for I had a Letter from Mr Winslow, to beg
the favour of one to Let me know the prise of Lumber &
Lime, wch I do by all opportunitys.
Boards bring five pounds Sterl g thousd and all other
Lumber Accordingly Lime being forty shillg8 g H Hd
Dear Sr if it fall in your way, that you fall in Com-
pany with any of the Gentlemen that has a hand in settling
this place, I hope you will be so good as to get them to
mention my name to Governor Cornwallis for some place of
whom I believe Mr Kilby is one that has a good Interest
with him please
Sr to give my Complyments to Cap* Waldo And to Mr
Reafe And Begs Leave to Subscribe my Selfe Yr Sincere
friend & Hum1 Serv1
Cha8 Procter
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Isaac Window to Sam1 Waldo Esq.
Copy via Liverpool.
Dear Sir Boston Decemr 7th 1749
My last was of Novr via Liverpoole, The Copy of
the Case I dont send now, as I think it best on all Accounts
to send it by Spinder a Snow of London that's expected to
sail in a Week & shall count it to the Care of Mr Stansbury -
The Govr I'm told goes in the same Vessell. I hope you
will not have occasion of it & that you'l not find it necessary
to enter into any tedious Contest on those affairs but that
you will be admitted to settle on ye footing of your Mus-
terolls. Affairs at ye Eastward go on as well as can be
expected for this Season, the Winter has began early &
threatens to be a severe one, I keep up a constant Corre-
spondence with my brother Frank ; He seems contented wtu
his situation and I have the pleasure to tell you he apply's
himself to business & has your Interest much at heart - He
writes me that his tarrying at Casco is well lik'd by ye people
he has to do with
He has collected some boards & expects if the Weather
dont prove too severe to get 60m at the wharf in a short
time. Govr Cornwallis's Agent here offers me to contract
for 20<£ for any Quantity to be did at Casco ; I think to
agree for w* we shall be able to get this Winter. & in the
spring if any advantage in carrying them to Halifax I shall
attend to it I shall also have the same regard as to ye
Article of Lime if I find it will answer. There has been
but 120hhds burnt this Winter. Mr Cooke Offers me his
share of the Works at 1500<£ wch I think to purchase if I
can bring him to 1000X I hear from Georges that ye Mill
at Madomock is going but that ye Millmen refuse supplying
the Inhabitants at B. Bay with Lumber wch they are in great
want of — I have wrote to Cap1 Fairfield & Henderson to
supply them wth what may be necessary to defend them from
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the Cold, Have also wrote Henderson to inquire what
Boards were cut of the Logs left by Cap1 Martyn & to keep
me acquainted with affairs there I am told that the Lotts
are most of ym fill'd up in the three Towns that are laid out.
I wish you may be able to procure a Number of settlers
from Ireland or Germany in ye Spring I had lately a Lr from
Mr Zouberbuhler at Louisbourg He had sold all ye Lumber
at abo1 70 Livers & was going to Halifax fm whence he pro-
pos'd remitting me Bills of Gov1 Cornwallis's - I have wrote
him to remit me silver, as its at present worth more in pro-
portion than bills, besides I'm loth to run the least risque of
bills Its said M1' C s has drawn 120 thousd pds Sterg
you know what publick bills are & can tell w' dependance
may be had on yr being paid please to write me yor opinion
of them & if my caution be unecessary to let it rest with you.
I have had no answer from Clapham to my Lr8 inclosing the
AcctB wch were to be sign'd by him, but I've repeated my
request y* he will forward them to you if oppertunity. There
is little or nothing new to write you of nor am I politician
eno' to write on publick affairs
Our Gen11 Court have not yet come to any resolves with
regard to the Silver in the Treasury, but it's generally sup-
pos'd they will not postpone ye Act for exchanging ye Bills
The Lieutn Govr has admitt'd B. Pemberton to the Naval
Office Your Old friend Lambert is dead, & Sir Harry Frank-
land has been dangerously ill but is grown better Its likely
that some of your ffriends of the Court may write you fully
on publick affairs, but least they shod not / as I imagine it
may be agreable to you to know how things go on / I will
take care to put some of them in mind of writing you I
dont hear any talk of an Agent I understand by Sam11 Cary
that Mr Bourryan has signify'd his inclinations to the Agency ;
& as I imagine you'l have no thoughts of it yourself, May it
not be of advantage to you your interesting your self in his
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 29
favour ; I shod think him a Likely person to purchase a share
in your Lands in case you think best to dispose of any I
suppose you are well acquainted wth him. I take him to be
a Gentleman of great worth, & from the uncomon friendship
he has shewn to some of our Country men who were intire
strangers to him I judge such a friend is worth securing As
I am desirous of writing you every thing y* comes to my
mind which may be any ways agreable or serviceable to you,
I hope you will be so good as to excuse both ye want of Con-
nection in ye Lrs I write you as well as the Liberty I take of
writing my opinion I shall only add that Mrs Winslow &
my Sister Hannah are both well & desire yr duty to you &
Love to yr brothers ; In wch I sincerely join & am with great
respect.
Boston 18° Decr 1749
Dear Sir
The preceeding is Copy of what I last wrote you to which
I have but little material to add, saving That by Mr Stans-
bury I have sent you the Copy of the Case in a parcell
directed to You containing 208 papers which wth 30 papers
Mr Winthrop delivd you before to carry with you He tells
me contains the whole Case —
Our Gen. Court its said are inclind to give a bounty on
Importation of Forreighners ; I hope it will be such as may
incline Gen1 in England to engage in the bringing Them from
Germany & Ireland Coll0 Wendell tells me That Hopes of
Holland keep severall large Ships purely for the Trade of
carrying passengers to Phila. & He promises he will write to
them encouraging their send8 a Number to the Eastward ; a
Correspondence wth Them on this Head may be of great Ser-
vice to You.
Mrs Winslow & miss Hannah present yr regard & Love to
You & yr Brothers wch with mine concludes me
Dr Sir Yor very affectionate & most humble Serv'
Isaac Winslow
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Message.
Gentlemen of the House of Represent™
I perceive by the Treaty held with the Indians at Falmouth,
that the Commissrs promised them to lay their Desire to have
a Truck Trade at Saco before the Court : I am inform'd that
many of the Indians have lately been into the Truckhouse,
and they are very uneasy that they can have no Trade, and
that there is danger of some bad Consequence arising from
this their Uneasiness ; At least I doubt not you will think it
necessary very soon to determine whether you will make any
Provision for a Truck Trade there, or not.
Council Chamber S Phips
7 Decembr 1749
In the House of Repves Decr 20 1749
Read and Ordered that the Commissary Gen1 be directed
to send down to Jonathan Bean Commander of the Truck
House at Saco a quantity of Goods, proper for the Use of the
Indians trading there to the Value of two hundred pounds.
The said Bean to be subject to such regulations as the
other Truck masters in the Provinces to be accountable to
this Court of the disposition of said Goods &c
Sent up for concurrence J Dwight Spkr
In Council Decr 20. 1749
Read & Concur'd Sam1 Holbrook Dep. Sec.
Consented to S Phips
Message.
Gentlemen of the House of Representves
I have received a Letter by Cpt Saunders from a Number
of Indians at S* Georges, in which, among other things, they
desire an Armourer may be kept there, to mend their Guns
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when out of Order; They moved the same thing at the
Treaty, and the Commissioners gave them Incouragem* that
they should be gratified therein : I desire you to take this
matter into Consideration ; and if you think such an officer
necessary at the Truckhouses, make an Establishment
accordingly.
Council Chamber Decemr 9 1749 S Phips
In the House of Repives Decr 22. 1749
Ordered that an Armourer be Stationed at Sl Georges
Truck House and that an Establishment be made accordingly.
Sent up for concurrence J D wight Spkr
In Council Decr 22 1749 Read and Concurrd
Sam1 Holbrook Dep Sec
Consented to S Phips
Att a Legal Parish meeting held in the Lower Parish of
the Town of Kittery December 11th 1749 —
Voted That Richd Cutt Esqr be a Moderator
Voted That the whole Soil of the lower Parish aforesaid be
Divided Into two Seperate Parishes in Equall halves for
Quantity And Quallity by A Committee to be Chosen in
some of the Neighbouring Towns for the same in the
County of York.
Voted That the Reverd Mr John Newmarch be Supported
by the whole Parish aforesaid as to Maintain ance Notwith-
standing a Division of said Parish —
Voted That there be Five men Chosen for a Committee to
Divide the afore said Parish —
Voted That Mr Sam1 Clark of York Humph* Chadburn
Esqr of Berwick Joseph Plasted Esqr of York Mr Ralph
Farnom of York and Collon1 Nathan1 Dunile of York be a
Committee to Divide the Afore Said Parish —
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Voted That Mr Walter Bryant be a Surveyor to wait on the
Committee aforesaid to measure over said Parish —
Voted That Mr Joseph Weeks and Mr Will"1 Dearing be
Chainmen to Carry the Chain for the aforesaid Surveyor —
Voted That John Gunnison Esqr Mr Thorn3 Cutt Nath1
Sparhawk Esq1 Rich11 Cutt Esqr Andw Pepperrell Esqr
Cap* Wm Wentworth and Mr Thorn8 Hutchin be a Com-
mittee to wait on ye Committee aforesaid
Voted That Richd Cutt Esqr goes to the Generall Court to
Get a Confirmation of what the aforesaid Committee Does
as to the Dividing the aforesaid Parish —
A true Copy of Record
Atter Elihu Gunnison Jr Parh Cler :
Letter Eph. Williams jur to Brigr Gen. Waldo Dec. 12, 17^9
Sir
I am in hopes these lines will find you in helth & high
Spirit, and Upon More Equal Ground with your Antagonist
than while in New England — And Not plagu'd with an
Ignorant Stupid parcell of plow Jogers to Liquidate your
Regiments Accounts — : May Heaven bless you And Suc-
ceed you in all your Attempts for your own, your Countrys
or Rigements good — if you Could imagine what pleasure
the reading a line of yours wou'd afford Me, you would Not
deprive me thereof which shall allways be Acknowleg'd with
the Utmost grattitude and if possible heighten the Esteem I
have for your Honour — who am Unworthy Sir to Subscribe
my self what in truth I am
Your Oblig'd most Obed1 most Humble Servt
Boston Decemr 12th 1749 Eph Williams jur
PS
Sir I must beg your Skill & Judment in the Choice of 3
Silver watches of the best sort I am informed one Mr Hughes
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 33
makes the best in London but this I Refer to your Honr bet-
ter Judment I have Desired Mr Kilbe to supply you with
what they Cost : E : W
The Honble Brigar Gene11 Waldo
[ Superscribed ]
To Brigadr General Samuel Waldo Esqr
In London
g favr of Col0 Williams QDC
Letter Jn° Grerrish to Sam1 Waldo Esrf
Bristol Decr 15th 1749.
Hond Sir,
I some time since Wrote to You, by the favourable Con-
veyance of my late good Friend Mr Vincint Briscoe, and
humbly begg'd an Answer, but have not received a line.
It is with the utmost Diffidence I now make this second
attempt, to Address so superior a Gentleman. Hope and
Fear, alternately play up and down, and place me in the
worst Condition in the World, which is, to be in Doubt.
As Sir, my Circumstances and present Situation, must be
well known at the New Engld Coffee House, in London, as I
have not received a Line from any of my Countrymen, which
is a very Great Check upon other Gentlemen ; I say, as this
is my unhappy Case, it is Matter of the higest Grief and Con-
cern to me, as well as, a full Demonstration That I am a
poor, little insignificant Thing of no Importance in these
Ends of the Earth. —
To be Dependent, to be really in Want, is surely to be in
a Deplorable Situation ! But if You Sir, think I am any
ways worthy of the least kind of Notice, on Account of my
Families and Friends in New England, It will raise my
3
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depressed Spirits, and lay me under everlasting Obligations,
With Greate Deference and Esteem I am, Sir, Your Most
Hum : Servant
Jn° Gerrish
N. B. I presumed to Write to Good Sir William Pepper-
rell, but am not Favour'd with an Answer. — I would to
God I could come to London - I should be much better off
I'm sure than I now am. —
Dear Sir, Deign to Favour me with a Line.
Sam1 Waldo Esqr
Letter Secty Willard to Gov. Shirley, ( in London )
Dece 19. 1749.
Sir On the latter End of the last Month six English men
in cold Blood murthered one Eastern Indian & dangerously
wounded two more, Five of the Men are taken & there is a
Proclamation for apprehending the other who is supposed to
be the Ringleader. I have inclosed the Proclamation with
the last Treaty with the Indians.
Letter Secry Willard to the Justices of the Court of Sessions,
Essex County.
Boston Decern1 23, 1749.
Gentlemen
I am directed by the Honble Lieuten* Govern1 & the Coun-
cil earnestly to recommend it to your Honours to give Special
Order for the safe Keeping in the Prison at Salem Obadiah
Albee Junr who is apprehended & committed by His Honours
Proclamation, as being strongly suspected of being princi-
pally concerned in the Murther of an Eastern Indian & the
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 35
dangerously wounding two others & that all means which
you may apprehend necessary be used to prevent his Escape.
Coll. Berry by whom this goes will be able to speak more
fully to you of this Matter. I am
Gentlemen Your Honors most obedient Humble Ser
To the Honble the Justices of the
Co. of Essex in their Gen1 Sessions of the Peace
Letter, Thomas Henderson
Fort Lucy Decr 28th 1749
Sir
I receiv'd your favour of the 5th Curr* with pleasure I
owne my duty was to let you know from time to time of the
Brigad8 affairs which there has been nothing material since I
left Boston.
There are several persons coming & is come to settle, these
that is come I have settled to ye best advantage both to ye
Brigad18 advantage & the good of the Settlers, I have recd
from Casco 8000 feet of refuse boards & what I have sold of
them has taken Notes of hand for them in Mr Waldo's name
at abo* 25 £ g thous*1, the Mills in broad Bay is going & has
cut several thousand of boards, but as I am credibly inform'd
Cap* Fairfield & Perkins profer'd every settler Mr Waldo's
part ( taking their Notes for the Quantity ) the price to be
left to himself, As to what y° Request abo1 the Settlem1, S*
Georges and Madomock is most partly taken up, and the Set-
tlers on the place, So that according to Mr Waldo's last Let-
ter & words to me, the next Settlem1 is to be above Sl Georges
Falls, where is a Navigable river to ye Falls & a fine Country
fitt for Farming on each side of a fresh Water river thirty
miles into the Country / the plan of which I believe you
have / So that if you incourage any number of People, that
must be the place, a fine Country with Meadows great Store
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& att ye Falls Mr Waldo designs to build Iron works with a
Saw Mill &ca.
"Where those that settles above the Falls may have ye ben-
efit of disposing of their Lumber both Wood & pine timber,
of which there is great plenty, Whether the Indians will
obstruct that Settlem1 as was ye case in Mr Belchers time we
know not ( but it's surely thought they never wod before )
Had they not been sett on by 111 Instruments not of their
own Colour, You shall not miss of having an Acco1 of every
thing material that comes to my knowledge, and by next
Spring hope to give an Acco* of a fine Settlem1, 1 am Sir with
my humble Respects to Madm Winslow, Mast1 Frank & Miss
Hannah,
Yor very hum11 Serv*
Thomas Henderson
Message. Janv 9. 1749/50
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Represent™8
You will perceive by the Journal of Cap1 Phinehas Stevens,
which I shall direct the Secretary to lay before you, that some
of the Indians belonging to this Province, & who had the
Misfortune, during the late War, to be captivated by the
French, have been sold for Slaves at Montreal.
As I am inform'd that those Indians were Freeman, I think
they have a good Claim to be treated as his Majesty's Sub-
jects ; & as they were Inhabitants of this Province they may
expect your immediate Care ; And I desire, Gentlemen, you
would Consider what is necessary to be done by you in order
to obtain their Release
Council Chamber Jany 9. 1749 S Phips
In the House of Repvea Jan* 9. 1749
Read and Ordered that Mr Speaker Col° Appleton and
Col0 Otis with such as the Honble Board shall appoint be a
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 37
Commee to take the within written Messa under Considera-
tion and Report what theyJudge proper for this to do thereon
Sent up for concurrence
Attr Roland Cotton Cler Dom Rep
In Council Jan? 10 1749
Read and Concurr'd and Tho6 Berry and Benja Lynde
Esq™ are join'd in the affair
Sam1 Holbrook Dep. Sec.
Letter Lawrence Barrow to Major Gen. Waldo
Bilbao Jan? 11th N. S. 1749/50
Sr/
Having done myself the Honour of congratulating you par-
ticularly on the great Share you had in the glorious Reduc-
tion of Cape Breton, which was attended with such happy
Consequences to Great Britain in particular as well as Europe
in general ; and redounded so much to the Honour & just
Praise of New England, that all those who were concern'd in
that noble Expedition, where Unanimity, Prudence & Forti-
tude was so apparently visible, will be remembered by Pos-
terity with the greatest Esteem & regard for those indefatig-
able Endeavours they there exerted in the Service of their
Country, among whom you stand so worthily Distinguished.
I now beg leave to congratulate you on your Arrival in
London, where I have desir'd my Brother Maurice Barrow to
wait on you in my Name, and if you are still concern'd in
Business, shall greatly esteem your Commands in the Fish
Trade; or your Influence in the same will be gratefully
acknowledg'd by myself & Mr Wood who is come over here
to settle with me ; and the Remittances or Returns for all
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Cargo's either you or your Friends may please to favour us
with shall be punctually comply'd with according to Orders
I am always Sr Yr mos Obliged & Most Obedient
hum1 Serv* Law : Barrow
Major General Samuel Waldo
Letter James Allen to Hon. Sam1 Waldo
Boston Janr* 23d 1749/50
Sir
I hope this will congratulate you, on your safe Arrival in
London, as also to your Success against Slr Plume.
Since you left us, we have found the Affairs of the Land
Bank Directors turn out more in their disfavour, than when
you were with us, on the Examination of that dark Scene,
for the perticulars of which, as also all our public Affairs, I
shall beg leave to refer to the Bearer my Brother, Whom I
must warmly recommend to your Favour, and beg you would
afford all the Assistance in your Power and that you will be
so kind as to supply him ( if he should want it ) with One
Hundred Pounds Sterlg on my Account.
If the Breaches between you and Sir Plume remain open
( for We are amus'd here, that an Accomodation between all
Parties is by the Friends on each side strenuously pusht ) I
believe you may be supply'd with Matter sufficient, to put it
out of his Power ever to repeat any ill treatment. Wishing
you Success in your Solicitations.
I am Sir Your most Humble Serv*
James Allen
Honble Sam1 Waldo Esqr
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Letter, Isaac Winslozo to Sam1 Waldo
( Copy g Davis )
Boston Jan'y 26th 1749
Dear Sir
My last was by a Snow Cap* Spinder in which I sent you
a Copy of the Case with the Govr under care of Mr Stansbury,
since which nothing material has occur'd in your affairs We
have had a great deal of Cold Weather which prevents col-
lecting any great Quantity of Boards at Casco, but as soon
as the rivers are open Mr Frank writes me he expects to have
abo1 100 thous'1 at the Wharf wch I shall send Vessells to
load them for Halifax if I find the price keeps up there, the
last Acco1 from thence was 3.10/
I have not yet heard from Zouberbuhler in answer to any
of mine & have wrote him often He is at Halifax where I
understand he carry'd with him a Cargo of goods in a small
Vessell which goods & Vessell are all condemn'd Its prob-
able he intends you to bear a part in his loss, & as I look
upon it your Effects in his hands must be in a dangerous
scituation, I have sent a power to Mr Aaron Porter a person
of good Character & Nephew to the Worthy Judge Sewall
wth directions to take care of & secure your Effects in the
best manner in case he finds any danger from Zouberbuhler's
bad management I hope the settlement at Georges will go
on well next year not only from what may be done towards
the Importation of Inhabitants by private persons but from
the Incouragement the Gen11 Court seems to give. A Comit-
tee from both Houses have reported a bounty of 5 Dollars a
head on all servants brought into the Government, & the
giving away two townships at the Eastward & two at ye
Westward, The sending the Province Ship to Holland or
Ireland is talk'd of & I'm fully of ye opinion something will
be done by the province towards the introducing a Number
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of Inhabitants Industry, Frugality & the Improvem* of our
Lands are universally talk'd of & agreed to be the only means
of keeping a Silver Currcy among us A Number of Gentlem
in Trade & others have form'd themselves into a society &
subscribed a sum of money to promote these good Ends ) of
wch I've the honour to be a member. From the whole it
appears to me something considerable will be done in the
Importation of Settlers as its the first thing necessary for the
publick Good & I hope it will not be esteem'd the Less so,
by Those in powr because it may be of service to your settle-
ments. The Gen11 Court have at last past an Act to explain
& confirm ye Act pass'd last sessions respecting our Currcy &
the silver comes out of the Treasury at ye 31st March —
Mr Bollan is chosen Agent for ye province & goes home in
the next ship. The Settlement of the Boundaries of ye Land
between the French & us & to prevent ye encroachments on
the Land of this province, is the principal reason given for
his going so soon & it's allow'd here y* he is well acquainted
with the affair having taken a great deal of pains when in
England & since he has been here to get a thorough knowl-
edge of it I understand the French claim as far as Kenebeck
river. Notwithstanding Mr Bollans relation to a certain
Gent™ I am perswaded that he will not be inclin'd to any
opposition to your Interest for the sake of pleasing him.
Some Gentm have in his private company introduc'd some
talk of the depending dispute between ye Govr & you & he
has prudently declin'd saying anything abo* it only that he
knew nothing of the affair. This has been attempted at dif-
ferent times by some ffrds of his & yours I think he is a
Gentm of Strict honour & I hope it will not be displeasing to
you, That I wish there may be a good understand8 between
you I shall write you again shortly by ye Bethel Cap* Ross
& shall only add that Mrs Winslow ye Baby & my sister
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Hannah are very well & present their duty & Love to you &
their Brothers wch be pleas'd to accept from
Dr Sir &c &c
Boston 3d Feb1? 1749
Dear Sir
The preceeding is Copy of what 1 wrote by a Vessell bound
to Holland wch was expected would touch at Dover, Since
that the Gen1 Court have rise, They have not given any
bounty on the Importation of Forreigners thou they have
given away two Townships one at the Westward, the other
at the Eastward, bordering on Kittery & Berwick, The two
Townships are said to contain 23 thousd acres & are to be
divided to 120 Familys.
This Grant was made in consequence of a Letter from one
Crellins a German in Philadelphia, who taking notice
of the Lieu1 Govrs Speach recomending the Incouraging For-
reigners to come among us wrote him a Lr offering his ser-
vices to introduce a number of Familys from Germany The
Genr Court have voted him 250 acres in each Town for his
Encouragement It's suppos'd that this Mr Crellins will go
over to Germany on this business & that he will be able to
procure a good number of people to come over here as he has
been employ'd many years at Phila. in this Way of business
& is said to understand it well. Please observe That this
Grant of the Court is not confm'd to any persons y* may be
introduc'd by Crellins nor is he to be under Engagement to
place them there as I apprehend ; I intend therefore to write
him what Encouragement I suppose you will give to any
Settlers he may introduce at Sl Georges Its probable he
will be here in the Spring & that I may by that time know
Yor resolutions wth regard to ye increasing the Number of
Germans having wrote you some time since on that head. In
the mean time I shall not neglect any opportunity of doing
42 DOCUMENT AKY HISTORY
every Thing in my power to promote yor Settlements I hope
y4 before next sumer is out, Affairs at ye Eastward will put
on a different Face, from the number of Vessells gone &
going for passengers & from what I suppose you will procure
sent over. My Brothr Josha T. Gunter & Sm Wentworth
have obtaind the Loan of the province Ship & She is now fit-
ting for Ireland but its doubtfull whether she will be in sea-
son for next Sumer I'm not certain whether you have so
good an Opinion of Germans, as }rou have of Irish settlers
but is there not a greater probability of extending yor Settle-
ments by introducing Germans, since They are more numer-
ous & as You have begun a Settlem1 with Them I shod think
it probable any of yr Countrymen that come this Way wod
incline to be with Them : I understand that Pensylvania
Government is quite fill'd wth Germans.
I have not yet receiv'd anj^ thing considerable of ye out-
standg Debts or bonds, nor has Frank of those due at the
Eastward. Scarcity of mony is the general Complaint but
when the Dollars are at Liberty I hope it will be better times
on this As well as on other Accounts. We are impatiently
waiting to hear of yor Arrival & hope it will not be long first.
I've only to add the duty full Regards of the Ladys under
my roof & y* I am wth like regard Dear Sir
Your most affectionate & very humb. Serv*
Isaac Winslow.
P S. Inclose you one of Claphams the other he sent you
from Halifax. I also inclose Copy of a Lr from Mr Crellins
to the Lieu1 Govr. What was acted upon it you'l see by the
votes of the House wcU I sent for to the printers but he tells
me Mr Allen has them for you.
I forgot to write You y* some Gen* this Sessions made
some Attempts to bring forward an Act for ascertaining the
Titles of Eastern Lands, by a Court to be erected for this
purpose — I think it must be a good thing in General as the
Disputableness of some Titles has probably been a hindrance
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 43
to the Settlem1 of the Whole It's what I understand has
been talk'd of for some years I shall be glad of yor opinion
upon it.
Inclos'd is Copy of a Lr from T. Henderson /
Boston 20° Febru? 1749
Dear Sir
I wrote you last week by the Bethel Cap* Ross Since
which I have the pleasure of your Letters by Cap1 Bowers
The Accounts You therein give of yor & our Broth" safe
Arrival & being in good Spirits the receptions You meet
with from Persons of the greatest Distinction as well as
others, & the probability of all Affairs turning out to yor
mind do afford us of yor Family here as well as yor other
Friends the highest Joy & Satisfaction —
You have herewith Mr Townsends accot8 as I find them in
yor Books The general Mem0 I shall inspect & shall observe
what You may have added that's new in yor last; The
Weather still continues exceeding cold at times That no
boards can be got down from the mills. Frank has abo1 40m
at Casco & as soon as the Weather abates I think to get a
Vessell to take Them in for Chebucta. I shall be glad to
hear you have made a Contract for Lumber & Lime. By
what I can learn from people who come from Halifax, They
will be able at least to lessen the Demand next sumer by yr
own mills, so y* if you contract for such a Quantity as may
be a two or three years supply it may be best. I have agreed
wth ]yjr (]00ke for his share of the Lime Works & Quarrys
for wch am to give him 1500X O. Tenr I shod be glad to know
What Compass it takes in, I mean the Land & rocks wch
were allotted for the business of the Works —
If I could have a Lr to Govr Cornwallis recomending the
preference of any Vessell I might send to Halifax to be
improv'd in the Governments service shod there be a demand
44 DOCUMENTAEY HISTORY
for any, or should there be a Demand for rum or any supplys
in the Ordnance Way I shall be greatly oblig'd for yor good
offices herein —
I wrote You that the province ship was lent to severall
Gen* here on a Voya. for Ireland. The difficulty of procur-
ing Timber will prevent her going till the Fall, So that they
propose wth the Leave of the Gen. Court to have the advan-
tage of collecting yr passengers ye Next Winter in Ireland.
I have not yet heard any Thing further from Mr Zouber-
buhler I have very seldom any Lrs from Majr Freeman, I'm
apt to think He dont well relish Mr Franks being at Casco &
It's probable He thinks an attention to yor affairs may not be
requisite. I have wrote to know what Cattle he sold, but
have had no Lr from him a great while, but shall write him
again to day.
As this is an uncertain Way of conveying a Lr to You I
dont write so fully as I might otherwise do. I shall only add
that your Daughters wtb our little one are all well :
We present you our dutifull regards & esteem our selves
under the greatest Obligations for yor kind Expressions of
Affection & esteem for Us. They intend to write you g next
ship The affair with Mr P 11 & Miss remains much as
you left It I have hitherto omitted saying any Thing of it
as I've been at a Loss what to say ; & Miss Hannah has been
of Opinion y* it was best to be silent on ye Affair at present.
Every post almost has bro* some apology for his not coming
& Mr Sparhawk still thinks favourably of him ; A short time
must I think determine his Intentions
I am with the sincerest regard Dear Sir
Yor most affectionate & very humb Servant
Isaac Winslow
PS. Be so good as to present our Love to the Cap1 &
Ralph & our Compliments to Sir William.
The honble Sam11 Waldo Esqr
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Letter, Chas Procter to Sam1 Waldo
Halifax March 19th 1749/50
You have hear Duplicate of mine of the 3d Decr last in
which I inform'd as followeth —
Halifax Decern1 6th 1749
Sir
I hope you will excuse my boldness in trobling you with a
line, &c.
please to Observe this in any of your recommendations of
me — Yors &c &c &c
Kittery Mar : 8 1749
Dear Sir/
The above & foregoing I confirm as copy of my last, since
Have Had the Inexpressible pleasure to Hear of yor safe
Arriv1 and Sr Willms at London. I congratulate y° on this
Kind Event of Providence, & upon the Hopes of your Suc-
cess with Mr S y, & your being rewarded for yor pub-
lick Services, wch is most just & reasonable, y* y° should be ;
One post is just going out, & I have this minute advice yl
there is a Ship Bound to Engld from Rhode Isld y* I can't
only just Hint at a few things Many are surprised y4 Mr
B — n should be chosen A 1, when two of the principle
Gen1 of the Country are at Home and y* Mr K y should
be dropped; Mr S j and His prime Minister T.
M n, wee owe our Acknowledging to for this. Doc1
Av — y of Lond° was put up at the same time with Mr B
& So was the Aforenam'd Mr M n. & there was no
choice, But A. came nearer to it much ( I Hear) yn B. upon
w<* h n Joyn'd his Interests with B. wch carry 'd in
favour of B. by a small majority I Hear the Country resents
this conduct. & intend an Alteration at the B d, that
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is somewhat general, I am told my Friends intend Me some
place this year in the C 1, & shall be glad y* y° & Sr Wm
may be in time to joyn your Friends in reEstablishing Mr
K y, & doing many other Services, I am sure y° are
En0 wanted, Pray make my Complim*3 to Mr K y. I
am quite impatient to Hear further from y° & Hope the Two
Bashaws, will have their Quietus, wch I should think y° & Sr
W might have force En0 to effect. I shall write y°
more at large g s° Conveyance from Boston. In the Interim,
Assure your self of my best wishes & respects & y* I sin-
cerely Am Dr Sir
Yr Affeca & most Ob* Hum1 S»
N Sparhawk
Pray make my Complim*8 to Your Sons —
[ Superscribed ]
To the Honble Brigadr General Waldo att London
Via Rhode Isld.—
Letter Isaac Winslotv to Hon. Sam1 Waldo
Boston March 19, 1749
Dear Sir
I wrote you lately by way of Ireland, & hearing of a Ves-
sell bound to Lond0 from N. port, I take this opportunity of
forwarding you a Lr from Mr Sparhawk under Cover to
Chris0 Kilby Esqr
The Weather is now become moderate, & by what Mr
Frank writes me, there will be a good Quantity of boards
collected this sufner; but there's a poor prospect at present
of a market for them ; They are sold here at 18X & expected
to be lower — At Halifax They are but S£ & by I/8 I have
from thence 12° Cur* They are over stock'd; I have found
That Casco is the best market for Them & have directed
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 47
PVank to make Sale of Them as soon as possible I wish you
would make an advantageous Contract both for Boards &
Lime ; Of Lime They expect to make near 2 thousd hod8 if
Theres a market for it Its but 30/ at Halifax & dull
I shall be glad of a Lr from some person of note to Gov1
Cornwallis recomending the taking off these or any other
Articles \vcU may be in demand. My being thus made known
to him may be of great advantage.
I want much also to have yor sentiments wth regard to the
introducing Germans from Pensylvania and from Holland to
Sl Georges
I had this day a Lr from Mr Crellins whom I mentiond to
you in my Last, He is coming wth a Design of embarking for
Holland on the affair of bringing over fforreigners He offers
me his service & writes me he'll try to divert this Way some
people in the settlemts in Pensylvania who talk of removing
to S° Carolina ; If he does I will try to get them to settle at
Georges.
As theres no great prospect of this Lr reaching the Vessel],
I conclude with assurances of my great regard & that I am
Dr Sr Yor most affectionate & very hum serv1
Isaac Winslow
P S. Mrs Winslow & miss Hannah are well & present
yr duty to you ; Yoivl please to make our Compliments to
the Cap1 to Ralph & Mr Bethune
[ Superscribed ]
To The honWe Sam11 Waldo Esqr
at London
Answer to Petn of Second Parish of Falmouth.
To the Honourable Spencer Phipps Esqr Lieut Gov-
ernour and Commander in Chief in and over His
48 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Maj8 Province of the Mass3, Bay in New England.
The Honble the Council and the Honoble House of
Representatives of the Said Province in General
Court assembled at Boston on ye 22d March 1749/50
We the Subscribers being impoured by ye first Parish in
Falmouth within the County of York & Province aforesd —
To make answer to a Petition of ye Second Parish within
said Town, exhibited To this Honble Court on the 23d day of
Novr last, that they might be made a Seperate Township, And
we are of opinion that it is a mannif est peice of Injustice for
them To indeavour To cast the heavy burden of maintaining
the Great Bridge built over the Main & fore River in said
Town as it was built for the advantage of both Parishes as
also for the whole County and repaired by both Parishes and
off which part they groan under as being Justly suggested
Too much for said Town to maintain wth the Sundry other
Great Bridges necessarily built within Said Town. And tho
they have exceeded the bounds of the Township granted by
the General Court To make them appear large Enough for a
Township having in their Petition by ye best information we
can get represented themselves to be almost Twice as large
in Extent then they really are and about as large as the Whole
Town and have also in their Petition unjustly reflected on
this part of the Town by insinuating that by their being by
ye Water prevented attending the Town Meetings many
things are acted and done to their Damage Whereas no
meetings are held here but when they may as easily attend
as any off of ye Neck — and by them always more Generally
attended than by the Inhabitants of the other parts of ye
Town, especially by those at New Casco and ye Rest living on
ye Eastern Side of Presumpscut River, for Whom it is much
more difficult to attend those Publick Town Meetings then
for those in the Second Parish and to obviate their Charge
abo* a School We herewith send a Copy of w* Sums of mony
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 49
the town has voted for Support of Schools since and in ye
year 1737 and the first Parish are willing that if the Second
be obliged to keep a Graramer School at Their own Cost
they be freed intirely from paying any Tax Toward Support-
ing one in the first Parish.
Yet if Yor Hon18 should judge it Proper To make them a
Seperate Township We in behalf of the aforesaid first Parish
Humbly pray that Yor Hon™ would oblige them to maintain
& Support their equal part or proportion To the aforesaid
Great Bridge until it is made a County Charge, or that we be
otherwise releav'd from said heavy Charge Thr° Your
Wonted Wisdom and Goodness — and beleive the first Parish
wod be as willing as the Second of Their being Sett off on
those conditions as many foreseeing Men belonging to said
Second Parish have expresd their uneasiness of Such a
Petition Wch if Granted would involve them as they fear
into Great Difficultys and much increase their Charge as
wel as ours
As in Duty bound shall Ever Pray
Cha8 ffrost Ja8 Fox Jn° Waite
Petition. Wiscasset.
To the Honbl6 Spencer Phips Esqr Lue* Gov1" & Com-
mander in Chief the Honble his Majestys Council the House
of Representatives of ye Province of the Maschusets Bay in
Generall Court Asembled at Boston by Prorogation to the
twenty Second day of March 1749.
The Humble Petition of us the Subscribers &c A Number
of Inhabitants to the Number of about Fifty Famelys who
have been for fourteen or Fifteen Years last Past Bringing
Forward a Settlement at a Place Called Whiscasick to ye
Eastword of Georgetown Within the County of York and
50 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Whereas we finde by Sad Experance that we in the sircum-
stances that we are in and for want of our being Erected
into a Township and being Invested with ye Powers & Priv-
alages that Other of his Majesty s Good Subjects do Injoy
Cannot Orderly Prosed to ye Calling Settling & Supporting
a Gosple Minister Employing & Mentaining a Schoolmaster
for ye Teaching our Children & Many Other 111 Conveyan-
ces not Nesasery to be Mentioned to Your Honours You
well Knowing what People meet with where Order & Gov-
erment is wanting This therefore waits on Your Honours
to Pray You to take ye Premises into Your wise Considera-
tion & If it may be Agreable to Your Pleasures that You
would be Pleased To Erect us into A Town or Otherways as
You shall think fitt & Invest us with the Powers & Privi-
leges as Other of his Majesty's Good Subjects do Injoy in
the like case. May it Please Your Honours Whereas We
Setled Under a number of Properiators where of Sr William
Pepperrill Baronite is one Known by the name of ye Whis-
casick Properiators & in Order to Include their Claim within
ye said town or Presinct which we Pray may be Called by ye
Name of Whitehaven this we would Humbly Propose that
ye Bounds thereof be Stated & described After ye following
maner Vix Begining at a Place Known by ye Name of
Sheepscutt Narrows thence Runing Northwest 5 Milds then
Runing three Milds & a half South West then Runing by
Georgetown Eastren line Untill it comes to ye Sea Then
begining at Sheepscutt Narrows aforesd & Runing South
East 2 Milds then South three Milds from thence South West
Untill it comes to ye Sea, takeing Jaremy Squam or Long
Island with all Other Small Islands that may fall within ye sd
bounds So may it Please Your Honours we have taken leve
to Propose & Wait Your Pleasure & as in Duty Bound Shall
Ever Pray &c
Jonn Williamson James Nelson Joseph Young Ju
OF THE STATE OF MAINE
51
Robert Foy
Elisha Kenny
John Gray
Thomas Young
Henery Hooman
Michall Sevey
Ambros Colby
Abraham Preble
John Rowell
David Danford
Moses Gray
William Hilton
Isaac Young
Ebenezer Gove
Jacob Metcalf
William Boyinton
Obadiah Allbec
James Peirce
Samll Trask
Robert Huper
Joseph Welch
Richerd Holbrook
Aron Abott
Robert Lambert
Sharabiah Lambert Ruglas Colby
Timothy Dunton Nathanel Runlet
Frances Gray
Joshua Silvester
Joseph Tayler
Joseph Young Jr
James Gray
John Baker
George Gray
Jonathan Howard
Jonathan Blackledge Andrew Bowman Caleb Boyinton
Benjman Colby
In the House of Repve8 April. 9. 1750
Read and Ordered that the Prayer of the Pet" be granted
and Col0 Storer has leave to bring in a Bill Accordingly
Attr Roland Cotton Clerk Dom Rep.
Memorial.
To his Excellency Thomas Pownall Esqr Commander
in Chief of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay,
The Honble his Majesty's Council & house Represent-
atives —
The Memorial of the Proprietors of the Kennebeck Pur-
chase from the late Colony of New Plymouth
Humbly Shews
Whereas the making strong Settlements on the Frontiers
of any Country is its principal strength, and best security.
That the river Kennebeck from its situation with regard to
Quebeck being nearly under the same Meridian, & the near-
ness of its head to Chaudiere River, which gives the English
an easy water Carriage to that Capital, has long been the
52 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
object of The attention of the French Court which by their
Commissaries at Paris in the Year 1750 laid claim to it
That on this consideration the Government of The Massa-
chusetts built Fort Halifax to secure that River and that
part of the Country from the French, and is still at consider-
able expence to maintain it
That this expence is greatly increased by the Transporta-
tion of Provisions so great away as from Boston to that Fort
Now your memorialists would beg leave to make a pro-
posal to your Excellency and Honours which if carried into
execution they humbly conceive will more effectually secure
that River & Country from the French ; would in a few
years lessen the expence of the Government, in maintaining
that Fort, and in the mean time create no additional charge
to the Government
The proposal is this That Yr Memorialists shall lay out
four Townships near Fort Halifax for the settlement of Fifty
families in each, and Grant each Family 150 acres of Land,
besides a home Lot of five acres, upon the following Con-
ditions, Viz. That each family should build an House of at
least twenty feet square on the house lot and clear the said
home Lot, fit for plowing and mowing within 3 years; or
that the fifty Families of each Township, should build six
large houses in a defensible manner of 80 feet in length, 40
feet in Breadth and eight feet stud, four of them at the four
corners of the five acre Lots, and two of them within said
Lots at places to be agreed on by a major Vote ; and to clear
the said five acre Lots as aforesaid : but the beginning of the
first settlement will be attended with the greatest difficulty :
therefore for the encouragement of the first hundred Families
that goes to settle the two first Townships in the manner
aforesaid
Your Memorialists would further humbly propose that the
commanding officer at Fort Halifax should be authorized by
a Law of the Province to inlist one hundred men, such as
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 53
shall be recommended by your Memoralists to do the duty of
Fifty private men at that Fort for three Years, or as long
after that time as the war with ye French and Indians shall
continue in the room of the Garrison now there, the said
hundred men to do duty alternately, viz 50 of them for one
week and the other fifty for the next succeed8 week, and so
by turns during the said term, the said hundd men to have
from the Government for three Years, the pay and subsist-
ence of the 50 privates now at that Fort.
That in case of an Attack by the French or Indians upon
Fort Halifax that the other 50 shall then repair to said Fort
and do duty therein during the attack and be allowed sub-
sistence for that time & that your Memorialists will oblige
themselves to make it a Condition of their Grant that if the
settlers of said Township shoud on occasion being warn'd by
the commanding Officer of that Fort, refuse or neglect to
repair to their said duty they shall thereby forfeit their
Lands so granted
If the Honble Court should think proper to come into this
proposal it is humbly apprehended it would be the means of
the said four Townships being soon well settled, and in con-
sequence thereof, the whole of the River for sixty miles
below being also well settled, which would in a more effect-
ual manner secure that said River and Country from the
French and lessen the expence of the maintenance of Fort
Hallifax, and in the mean time create no additional charge to
the Province, and besides these advantages it will in a good
measure prevent the Indians in that Quarter from disturbing
the County of York, and be a means of bringing them off
from their attachment to the French or obliging them to
remove to Canada especially the penobscotts whose usual
route to Canada is near Fort Hallifax :
Cha Apthorp Thomas Hancock
Silv Gardiner Willm Bowdoin
Benj Hallowell James Pitt
54 DOCUMENT AH Y HISTORY
Report.
The Comittee appointed on His Hon" Message yesterday
having considered the same, Report as their Opinion, That
His Honr be desired to appoint some sutable person with
proper Assistant to Repair ( as soon as may be ) to the River
Le Chock in the Eastern parts of This Province to make
Discovery whether any French Settlements are lately begun
and carrying on there ; in such way and maner as His Hon1
shall Judge most Convenient.
which is Humbly submitted p. order of ye Comte
John Hill
In Council April 3. 1751 Read & sent down
In the House of Replves April 3. 1751
Read and Ordered that the Report be accepted
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council April 3. 1751 Read & Con cur 'd
Sam Holbrook Dty Secry
In the House of Repves April 3. 1750
On the Petns of Cap* Hobbs and Cap1 Pierson Voted that
a Township C of Six Miles square on the North West Side
of the Line from Sebago Pond to the Head of Berwick
against Gorham Town be and hereby is granted to Cap*
Humphry Hobbs and Company and to Cap* Moses Pierson
and Company and those who have Signed his Petition
D Provided they take E in Associates of the Cape Breton
Men (so called) so as to make up the full Number of
One hundred and twenty. Conditioned to Settle said Town-
ship with Sixty Families within two Years from this time.
And Sixty nine more within Seven Years from the same
time with A dwelling Houses, and to bring to and Cultivate
five Acres of Land to each House within three Years from
the time of Settling. The said Settlers to make One hun-
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 55
dred twenty three Shares. One for the first Minister One
for the Ministry and one for the School. And to settle a
Learned Orthodox Minister within five Years. ( B And if
any Persons do not fulfil the Conditions of this Grant their
Lands to Revert to the Province )
Sent up for concurrence
Thos Hubbard Spkr pro Tempore
In Council April 7. 1750
Read & Concur'd with the Amendments at A. & B.
Sent down for Concurrence
Sam Holbrook Dty Secry
A dele & insert — a Dwelling House to each Lot
B Dele & insert
Provided always any thing in this Vote to the contrary
notwithstanding that the Fee of said Lands shall be & remain
in the Province until the Conditions of this Grant are ful-
filled by the respective Settlers and whensoever any Settler
shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the Province
Treasurer for the time being that he the sd Settler has
comply 'd with the terms requird for this Lott or Share a
Deed shall be given by said Treasurer ( who is hereby
requir'd & impower'd to execute the same ) conveying the
Right and Title of the Province in & to such Lot or share, to
such Settler his Heirs and Assigns for ever. And all such
Lots or shares as shall not be settled at the Expiration of
Seven Years according to the Terms of the Grant may &
shall be sold by the Province Treasurer for the time being
who is hereby impower'd to give a good and sufficient Deed of
same to such purchaser as may then appear their Heirs &
Assigns the amount of such Sale to be brought into the
Province Treasury.
In the House of Repsve8 April 9. 1750
Read and Nonconcur'd and the following Vote pass'd
Viz.
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Journal of the House of Representatives. Page, 221, 222.
Luna 9. Die Aprilis, A. D. 1750.
Sylvanus Bourn, Esq ; brought down the Vote on the
Petitions of Capt. Hobbs and Capt. Pierson, respecting a
Township. Pass'd in Council, viz. In Council April 7th
1750. Read and concur' d with the Amendments.
Sent down for Concurrence.
Read and nonconcur'd, and Ordered, That Col. Choate,
Mr. Allen, and Capt. Little, take the Vote of the House
under Consideration, and report what they judge proper
further to be done thereon.
Pages 226. 13 April A. D. 1750
The Committee appointed on the Petitions of Capt. Moses
Pierson and Capt Humphry Hobbs, prepar'd a Vote as taken
into a new Draft, which was accepted by the House, instead
of that which pass'd this House the 3d Currant ; and the
Grant of a Township was pass'd accordingly
Sent up for Concurrence.
Page 231. 17 April A. D. 1750.
The Committee for that Purpose appointed, reported
Amendments on the Grant of a Township to Capt. Pierson
and Capt. Hobbs ; which was read and accepted by the
House, and the Grant made accordingly.
Sent up for Concurrence.
Page 233, 236. 18 April, A. D. 1750.
The Grant of a Township to Capt. Peirson, and Capt.
Hobbs, read again, and is as follows, viz.
Voted. That a Township of the Contents of six Miles
Square on the northwest Side of the Line from Sabago Pond
to the Head of Berwick against Gorham-Town and Numb.
One, be and hereby is granted to Capt. Humphry Hobbs and
Company, and to Capt. Moses Pierson and Company, and
those who have signed his Petition, provided they take
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 57
Associates of the Cape Breton Soldiers, so called, not
excluding the Representatives of such as are dead, so as to
make the whole Number of Grantees one Hundred and
twenty, sixty of which to settle in distinct Families on said
Township within three Years from this Time, and sixty more
within seven Years of the same Time: Each Settler or
Grantee to give Bond to the Treasurer of this Province for
the Time being within twelve Months of this Time in the
sum of twenty Pounds, Conditioned that he will ( if of the
first Settlers) by himself or some other Person, build a
House on his Share eighteen Feet long sixteen wide and
seven Feet Studd, bring too and fit for plowing or pasturing
five Acres of Land within three Years from this Date ; and
if of the second Settlers to perform the same Condition
within seven Years of same Time, and cause a suitable
Meeting House for the publick Worship of God to be built
in the Township, and a learned orthodox Minister of good
Conversation to be settled among them within five years ;
the whole Township to be in one Hundred and twenty three
equal Shares, one for the Ministry, one for the School, and
one for the first settled Minister, the rest in equal Share3
among the said Grants : And in Case any Proprietor shall
fail of performing his Part of the Condition to be express'd
in his Bond as aforesaid, the Treasurer of the Province for
the Time being shall and he is hereby impowered and
directed, in his own Name for the Use and Order of this
Government, to put such Delinquent's Bond in Suit; and the
Share of such delinquent Proprietor is hereby declared and
made liable to an extent of Execution for the Satisfaction of
any Sum that may be by said Treasurer recovered on the
Settler aforesaid, where other Estate is not to be found, any
Conveyance of such delinquent Proprietor's Share to any
other Person or Persons that may have been made notwith-
standing : The said Township to be laid out in as regular a
58 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Form, and with as little Prejudice to the other Province
Lands as may be ; a Plan thereof to be taken by a skilful
Surveyor and Chairman on Oath, and returned to this Court
within twelve Months for Confirmation : and that Jabez Fox,
Ezekiel Cushing, and Enoch Freeman, Esqrs ; be a Com-
mittee to take the said Bonds, and transmit them to the
Treasurer of this Province, the Charge thereof to be born
by the Petitioners.
Sent up for Concurrence.
Vote, on petition of J. Molton £ others.
In the House of Representatives April 17th 1750
On the Petition of Jeremiah Molton Esqr and others
Offesers and Soldiers Imployd in the Reduction of Louis-
bourg and the desendants of such as are desesed
Voted That a Township of the Contents of Six miles
Square Adjoining to the Towship of Berwick and Philleps
Town in the County of York, Be and hereby is Granted unto
the said Jeremiah Molton and the Rest of the Petitionors
and thair asociats to be of the sd Louisbourg Soilders to make
up the Number in the whole one hundred and twenty
Grantees, in Equal shers Saving three sheres shall be Layd
out and asignd to the following uses to witt one for the
Ministry one for the schoole and one for the first minister that
shall settle in sa Township which is to be to his Heirs and
asigns, Sixty of the Grantees to Settele in sd township in
distinct famaleys within three years from this time and the
other Sixty within Seven years of the same time.
Each Grantee to give bond to the Secretarey of this provnce
for the time being, within twelve months of this time in the
sum of Twenty pounds Conditiond that he will ( if of the
first Sixty ) by him selfe or sum other person Build a house
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on his Share Eighteen feet Long Sixteen Wide and Seven
feet Stood bring to and fitt for plowing pasturing and mow-
ing five acers of Land within three years from this time, and
if of the Second Sixty to perform the Same Conditions
within Seven years of the same time and to Cause a Suitable
meeting house for the publick worship of God to be bult
and a Learned orthodox minister of Good Conversation to be
setteld in said township within five years.
And in Case aney Grantee shall fail of performing his
part of the Condition to be Exprest in his bond aforesd the
Secretarey of this provence for the time being shall and he is
hereby Impowered and directed in his own name but to the
Use and behoof of this provenc to put such delinquent
Grantees bond in Sute And the Share of such delinquent
Grantee is hereby declared and made lyable to an Exteent of
Execution for the Sattisfaction of any sum that may be by sd
Secretary Recoverd on the failuer aforesd when other Estate
is not to be found aney Conveyance of such delinquent
Grantees share to aney other parson that may have then ben
made Notwithstanding.
The said Township to be Layd out in as Reguler a form and
with as Litle preduice to the other provence Lands as may be
A plan theirof to be taken by a skillfull Surveyor and Chain-
men on oath and Returnd to this Court within Twelve
Months for Confirmation, and that John Hill Esqr Cap Batler
be a Committie to take the s(1 Bonds and to transmitt them
to the Secretary thaire Charge to be Born by the petitionors.
Sent up for concurrence.
Letter Wm Sherriffto Secrv Willard
Annapolis Royal 7th May 1750
My Son in Law Ll John Hamilton with a party of about
18 or 20 Men being as it was ordered Reconnoitring at the
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Grand Pree of Minas, & there surprised & taken by a much
superiour number of Indians the 27. of Nov1 last, & since
that several other unfortunate English Subjects, which as I
presume you have heard, I shall not, & indeed I cannot give
you any further Account of them than that they were carried
off to Chicanecto, as we have been informed :
And as I & others have upon application to His Excel-
lency Govr Cornwallis & obtained his liberty to act in our
private Capacities / & to use all possible means for their
Redemption, We have accordingly practised & done all in
our power ; but as yet to little or no purpose ; as they the
Savages insist upon having the Indian Girls first returned,
before they'll let them go, of which Girls, one being taken by
Coll0 Gorham in this River he has engaged to send
for her, provided the Governm1 doth not give her up in
exchange as customary in such Cases, & the other being a
Daughter of one Cap* Sam, who deserted from Coll0 Gorham,
& whom he the Coll0 tells us is allready return'd, by your
Governm* to your Eastern Indians, — but it having been also
reported here y* she was dead, which being doubtfull, is the
cause of my giving You this trouble) which I hope you'll
excuse upon such a pressing & necessary occasion; My
request thereupon being that in either of these two Cases
you would procure me a Certificate signed by Gov1" Phipps
yourself, & as many more as you may think proper, for I
presume you know their Credulity ; But if this Cap* Sam's
Daughter is still alive, & not return'd, my humble request is,
that his Honor the Govr & your Governm4 would graciously
condescend to give Her up or to send Her hither, to be
return'd to her Father, with that of Coll0 Gorhams, for the
purpose afforsd which being for the redemption of so many
English Subjects It's humbly hoped that a Christian compas-
sion towards them our unfortunate Bretheren, will move &
prevail with all those concerned with said Cap1 Sam's daugh-
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ter & the other to Join with & assist Us so nearly concerned
with these our poor distressed Prisoners, to recover them
from their cruel state of Bondage, which as we cannot other-
wise Effect, but upon those Terms I earnestly beg your appli-
cation & Interest & that you will favour me with an answer
& such necessary Certificates as are required, by the first
opportunity - all necessary expences shall be thankfully paid
& the favour most gratefully acknowledged by
Sir Your Most Obedient & most humble Servant
Wm Sherreff
[ Superscribed ]
To Josiah Willard Esqr Secty to His Majesty's
Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New
England Boston
At a Meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of
the Town of Wells Leagaly warned on the 14th Day of May
1750
Voted that the Inhabitants Liveing bet wen Kenebunk and
Mousom Rivers in Wells with the Lands and Estates of
Every kind Lying between sd Kenebunk and Mousom to the
head of the Township be and is Seet off as a Destinct Parrish
In order to Settle the Gosple amongst them.
A true Copey g Nath1 Wells Town Clerk.
Inhabts of Sheepscot - Petition.
To His Honnor Spencer Phips Leavetenant Governor
and Comander in and over his Majesties province of
the Massachusetts Bay in neAV England And to the
Honorable hous of Representitives in Generall Court
assembled Joyntly or severally
The Petition of us the inhabitants of Sheepscot on Sheep-
scot river, humbly sheweth
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The Great Difiquilty that we labour under for want of
being incorporated into town order which is in a great misure
a means very prejeduciall to our setlement and we having
Experienced the Great damage of not being numberous in
our lat warr with the indian Enemy is the Caus to ster us up
now to Give your honnors this truble neither Can we Expect
to be setled before we are put into a Capacity to setle a
minister & have the benefeit of the province laws to Rease
money to suport him neither Can we under our present sir-
comstance oblidge people to yoak ther hoggs or fetter there
horses that runs at large upon the Comons make highways or
Bridges or regullar ther fences so as that we may live peace-
ablely and Comfortablely together these things mentioned
and severall others which we labor under for want of being
incorporated and put into town order is so discourageing
that we Canot Expect to grow numberous for there is
hardly such a thing Can be Expected that any thinking
people will Com and setle with us under our present sircom-
stance for we Canot oblidge any man to doe any thing of
these above mentioned but what is right in his own Eye so
your honnors is soficient Judges of the defiquiltys we labour
under for want of being into town order
We pray that your Honnors would be pleased take our
Case into your wise Consideration and in your great Wisdom
inCorperat us into a town order by Granting to us to be
inCorperated begining at the narows or at Mose point that is
on the sheepscot river betwixt withcaset Bay and Sheepscot
and so upwards Eight mills or as far as the tid flows up
Sheepscot river with four Mills on Each sid of river and we
your petitioners as in duty bound shall Ever pray
Dated at Sheepscot May 25th 1750
William Clark James James Clark Jun
William Kennedy Alexr Nikels William Ross
Robert Hodge John B James Kennedy
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William Kennedy James Clark sign James Black
Samuel Burns Robert Coheran Robert G
James Hodge Timothy Wood John M
John Cuningham Samuel Kennedy William Hopkins
James Cuningham William McCleland James Anderson
Henry Little William C David Hopkins
Alexander Nickels William Hodg John Cuningham Ju
Joseph Anderson Samuel Anderson Samuel Nickels
Joseph Boys David Giveen James Giveen
James Hodge Henery Hodge James Nikels
petter petersons John petterson Willem Coheran
John Mayors Alexander Mayors
The Comittee to whom was Reffered the petition of Alexr
Nichols & others, Do Report as their Opinion, That the
Petition be so far Granted as that the Lands hereafter
Delineated & Discribed with the Inhabitants Dwelling
thereon be Erected into a Distinct & Seperate Township &
that a Bill be brought in for that Purpose, Begining at the
North East Comer of Wichcasset line Eight Miles, then
North East by North Six Miles, then Easterly on a Line
Parrellell with Wichcassett Head or Northerly line Eight
Miles, and from thence to the first mentioned Corner
All wc is Humbly Submitted Pr order Tho8 Clap
Accepted and the Commee are directed to bring in a Bill
accordingly.
Petition of inhabitants of Kennebunk.
Province of the
Massa : Bay
To the Honourable Spencer Phipps Esqr Ll Govern1" and
Commander in Chief, the Honble His Majesty's Council
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and Honble House of Representatives in Gen1 Court
Assembled May the 30. 1750
The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Place
called Kennebunk within the Township of Wells
Humbly Sheweth,
That your Petitioners dwell at a great Distance from the
Meeting House of the said Town viz. Some Nine and the
nearest between Six & Seven Miles therefrom, on Kennebunk
River the Easterly End of said Town, and have paid their
Proportion in the Taxes of said Town to the Publick Minis-
try, and have not any other Objection thereto than the Dis-
tance from the same, which is so great that our Women and
Children, must live without the Ordinances of the Gospel for
the most Part of the Year and the ablest of our Men, a great
Part of ye Winter unless we Support a minister amongst our
selves, which we have done almost Seven Years past in the
Winter Season, and also built a Meeting House, with but
little Help from ye sd Town.
That this Plantation of Kennebunk within the said Town
being a New and growing Place, consisting of thirty two
Familys, and the Inhabitants thereof yearly increasing, will
be greatly encouraged, and many others will probably be
inclined to Settle with us if the Gospel Ministry may be
established there
That the said Town of Wells, consisting but of one Parish,
and being, without the Aid of our Taxes, well able to Sup-
port their own Ministry, have in Compassion to us Voted
that the Inhabitants living between Kennebunk and Mousam
Rivers in Wells with the Lands and Estates of every kind
lying between said Kennebunk and Mousam to the Head of
the Township, be and is set off as a distinct Parish, in Order
to settle the Gospel amongst them.
That your Petitioners hope by ye Blessing of God on our
Endeavours we shall be able in some Measure to Support a
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65
Minister, if we may be discharged from the Taxes for ye Sup-
port of the Ministry of the said Town.
Wherefore your Petiti0 humbly pray that your Hon1- and
this HonMe Court who we doubt not are disposed to encour-
age true Religion in all Places will take our Circumstances
into your wise Consideration and relieve us by erecting us
into a distinct and separate Parish or Precinct by the Bounds
allowed and consented to according to the Vote of said Town
which we pray a Confirmation of
And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray —
Benja Coussens
Robard Cusens
Richard Thomson
John Wackfeld
Samuel Shackley
John Mitchell
Thomas Town
Jaems Wacfild
John Gillpatrick
Richard Kimball
Nathaniel Wakfield Samuel Littlefeild John Gilpatrick
Joseph Town John Butland John Webber
John freas Step Webber Joseph Wormwood
his
Jonathan Webber Stephen Titcomb John X Borks
mark
Samuel Emons Bentmion Wormwood Jerediah Wakfield
Rich'1 Boothby Nathaniel Kimball Thomas Kimball
John Maddock Thomas Cusens
Joseph Coussens
Jesse Town
Gilbins Wakfield
Stephen Larabe
Phillip Brown
Letter Ez. dishing <f* others to Hon. Jeremiah Moulton
Falmouth June 1, 1750.
Honble Sir,
We are now to inform you that we have come to an Agree-
ment to Settle our late Hond Father's Estate among our
Selves, with the Help of some Friends ; and as Soon as they
adjust, we Shall accomplish and finish our Agreement in
Order that the Will may be withdrawn by Order ; Therefore
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we pray that your Hon1" wou'd Still indulge us with Regard
to Said Settlement &c. And you'll thereby Oblige
Yor very hum1 Serv*
Ez : Cushing Robert Mitchell
Dominicus Jordan Clement Jordan
Jos : Prout
To the Honble Jeremiah Moulton Esq1 at York
Filed July 1, 1750
A true Copy Examd
g Simon Frost Regr
In Council June 6. 1754. Ordered that the Consideration
of this Pet" & Answer be refer'd to the second Wednesday
of the next Sitting of this Court.
Sent down for Concurrence Tho8 Clarke Dpty Secry
In the house of Reps June 11, 1754.
Read and Concurred T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council Novemr 14. 1754 Ordered that the Consider-
ation of this Petn and Answer be further refer'd to the second
Wednesday of the next Sitting of this Court.
Sent down for Concurrence Tho8 Clarke Dpty Secry
In the House of Rep8 Novr 15. 1754
Read & Concurred T. Hubbard Spkr
Mem0 Whereas we the subscribers Heirs and Children of
Dominicus Jordan late of Falm° Gentle" Decd viz1 Dominicus
Jordan, Nathaniel Jordan & Clem4 Jordan and Ezekiel Cush-
ing & Mary his Wife, Rob* Mitchel & Miriam his Wife and
Joseph Prout & Hannah his wife have this day mutually
agreed to make a final Settlement and Divition of the Real
Estate belonging to said Estate in Manner following viz1,
Dominicus to have all the land, Marsh & Meadow as
bequeath'd to him in the last Will & Testam* of his late
Decd Father — Nathaniel to have what bequeath'd to him,
and Clem* what bequeath'd him, Cushing what bequeath'd
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him, Mitchel what bequeath'd him and Prout what bequeath'd
him —
Dominicus Nath11 & Clemt to pay unto Cushing in land or
money what that one hundred & fifty acres of land & build-
ing except ye barn bequeathd to Prout should would now be
priz'd & valued more yn what y* is valued wch is bequeath'd
to Cushing and they three also to pay Mitchel in land or
money w* sd one hundred and fifty acres & buildings shall be
valued except ye barn more yn w1 is bequeathd to Mitchel/
Prout to take possession and injoy ye improvem1 of said one
hundred and fifty acres/ Cushing, Mitchel & Prout are
joyntly & Severally to bind themselves to pay unto Mrs
Joanna Jordan ye full value of w* ye income of said one hun-
dred and fifty acres & buildings, except ye barn w<h Prout
alone is to pay to their mother) unto their Mother for and
during her natural Life, from Year to Year as shall be Sett
and apprized by Mess" Cxtopher Stout & Jabez Fox Esq"
& Mr Rob1 Thorndick, who are also to apprize ye value of
said one hundred & fifty acres land & house, also wl bequeath'd
in ye Will to Cushing & Mitchel/ and it is further agreed
that upon such apprizem1 & settlem1 each shall have a quit
claim from ye others of ye Several Tracts respectively belong-
ing to them and ye will & Codicil then if possible to be taken
up and destroy'd so that said Estate Shall be settled as above
mentioned and no otherwise save that all the undivided land
yl is not above mentioned as w* belongs to us as Heirs of our
Great Grandfather Rob1 Jordan decrt and what also derives
unto us by our Fathers purchase of ye Heirs of John, Samuel
and Robert Jordan, Sons of our said late Grand Father ) wch
we now agree Shall be divided into Seven parts, Dominicus
to have two parts, Na one, Clem1 one, Cushing one, Mitchel
one & Prout one part — to all above written we hereby bind
and oblige our Selves our Heirs &c to each other that we wil
Stand by, fulfil and accomplish all above and agreed to
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respectively in ye penal sum of one thousand pounds lawful
money to be paid by him y* Neglects to performe & fulfil his
or their part to them that shall be agreed & suffer thereby &
perform their part.
Witness our hands & Seals this 1st June 1750
Mem0 it is further agreed y* Dominicus, Nath1 and Clem1
are to pay Cushing and Mitchel according to w* their respect-
ive proportions of & to ye Estate amonts to.
Copy —
" For Coln Ezekiel Cushing Esqr Falmouth "
Answer.
In the House of Repves June 2 1750
Read and Ordered that the Pet" with their Families and
Estates together with all the Lands lying between Kenebunk
and Mousam Rivers in Wells to the Head of the Township
of Wells as described in the Vote of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Wells be and hereby are Sett off a Distinct and
Seperate Precinct. And that the Inhabitants of said Pre-
cinct be invested with the same Powers and Priviledges that
Parishes are by Law invested with, or ought to Enjoy.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council June 14, 1750
Read and Concurr'd, J Willard Secry
Consented to S Phips
In the House of Repves June 8. 1750
Voted that the first or Lower Parish in Kittery within the
County of York Be & Hereby is Divided & Erected into two
Distinct & Seperate Parishes, and that the Dividing Line
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Between them be as follows viz Begining at a Large Smooth
Rock Lying in the Middle or Bottom of the Road from York
to Portsmouth Ferry at High Water Mark By sd Ferry at the
Westward Corner of sd Rock near sd Ferry House & from
thence to Run North fifty four Degrees East to York Bounds
and that all the Lands & Inhabitants Dwelling thereon, Lying
above or Northward of sd Line be the Middle or third Parish
in sd Town of Kittery and Be Invested with all the Powers,
Priveledges & Immunities that the Inhabitants of any of the
Parishes within this Province by Law are or ought to be
Invested with - And that all the Lands & Inhabitants Dwell-
ing thereon, together with all the Islands Lying Below or
Southward of sd Line Be the first or Lower Parish in sd Town
of Kittery and Be Invested with all the Powers, Priveledges
& Immunities that the Inhabitants of any of the Parishes
within this Province by Law are or Ought to be Invested
with - On Condition that the Revd John Mr Newmarch their
Present Pastor Be Supported & Maintained between them
In proportion to their poles & estates Notwithstanding their
Being Divided into Distinct & Seperate Parishes as Above
Said.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council, June 8th 1750 Read and Concurr'd
Sam1 Holbrook D* Secy
Consented to S. Phips
Message. « June 28, 1750. "
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.
You have made an Establishment for Officers and Soul-
diers in the Frontiers / & you are under an Agreement with
the Indians to supply them with Necessaries in a way of
Trade, but you have not made an Establishment as usual for
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a Sloop to be employ'd in the Service of the Province, for
transporting the Stores for the Soldiers & the necessary
Articles for carrying on the Trade. By the best Information
I can get, you will really be at less Expence by employing a
Sloop in the manner you have usually done, than you will be
in sending your Stores &ca on freight from time to time, But
if the Expence were something more, the Security against
Embezzlement & other Damages, will countervail it, but
what appears to me to be more material is this, I am well
assurrd, it is a thing very pleasing to the Indians, to have a
Sloop employ'd in the manner the Sloop Massachusetts has
been, & that this Intercourse between us & them, has a
Tendency to cement & strengthen the Friendship between us
and therefore I recommend it to you to make an Establish-
ment for such a Sloop as usual.
S Phips
Council Chamber June 28. 1750
Letter, Wm SJdrreff to Josiah Willard Esqr
Annapolis Royal 4th July 1750
Sir
I had the pleasure the 2d Instant to receive Yours of the
6th of May last with ye long wish'd for Certificates therein
Inclosd, for wch I know not how to Express for want of
Words my Gratitude either to Gov1 Phipps or Yourself for
so Remarkable a favour, than by thus Acknowledging the
Receipt thereof and returning my hearty thanks in behalf of
my Self and Others therein Concerned for the Receipt of the
Same.
I have not yet had any Opportunity to prove the Effect
and I heartily wish the Gentlemen of the Council and those
who have given the Certificates had been a little more
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Explicit or at least as much with respect to that Girle taken
here by a party of Col0 Gorhams men, as they are to that of
Cap1 Sams Daughter, the first being principally insisted on
and as for want of such an Explanation we cannot possitively
affirm that She is one of the Three return'd to Your Eastern
Tribes, which as it may perhaps Cause a further delay, I
shall Esteem it an Additional favour to be inform'd whether
she is one of those three thus return'd, or whether she is sent
to Hallifax ; as Govr Cornwallis and Cap1 Gorham has signi-
fied to me that she should be sent for, and as the Speedy
Redemption of Mr Hamilton and his fellow Sufferers do so
much depend thereupon, I hope You'l so far in friendship
Sympathy & Compassion further assist me being with great
respect
Sir Your most Obligd humble Servant
Wm Shirreff
P: S
Pray my Compliments as Opportunity may Offer to the
Gov1 and Gentlemen of the Council for their friendly and
Humane Resolution.
Josiah Willard Esqr
Letter, Secy Willard to Capt. Thos Saunders
Boston July 7, 1750.
Sir,
You are hereby directed as soon as the Commissary Gen-
eral has dispatched you to proceed with the first fair Wind
in the Sloop Massachusets under yre Command ( taking Cpt
William Lithgow with you ) to Richmond Fort, & after land-
ing Cpt Lithgow there go on to the Fort at Sl Georges River,
& upon your Arrival deliver my Letter to Cpt Jabez Brad-
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bury, & wait there till he shall put on board your Sloop any
of the Chiefs of the Penobscot Indians to bring them to Bos-
ton, & upon their Imbarking ( or upon Cpt Bradbury inform-
ing you that there is none likely to come this Tribe ) return
back to Richmond Fort & there take on board any Indians
that Cpt. Lithgow may put on board your Sloop & bring
them all to Boston or if Cpt. Lithgow shall inform you that
there is none likely to come at this time, you must Return to
Boston without them
By Order of the Honble the V Govr
Cpt Tho3 Saunders
Boston July 26, 1750.
Sir,
I have recd your Letter of the 4th Instant which I have
laid before the Lieuten* Govern1, & Council, who upon fur-
ther Inquiry about the Lidian Girl you mention have found
that she is now in Boston with Mrs Gorham, & the Council
have thereupon advised the Lieuten* Govern1" to send her to
Govern1 Cornwallis which they apprehend most agreeable to
his Majestys Order referring to Indian Prisoners, she being
taken as we are informed in the Government of Nova Scotia.
I herewith inclose you a Copy of his Majestys said order &
the vote of the Council above refer'd to. The Girl will be
forthwith sent to Hallifax, Which I thought proper to advise
you of that so you may make your earliest Applications to
Governr Cornwallis for the Relief you want in this unhappy
Affair
I am Sir Your very humble Serv*
J Willard
William Shirreff Esqr
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Letter, Lieut. Gov. Phips to Oapt. Jabez Bradbury.
Boston July 26, 1750
Sir
There is a Report here that a Brigantine from France full
of Passengers ( being Men Women & Children ) & bound to
Penobscot to make a Settlem1 there, was seen & the People
spoken with by one of our Fishermen near the Seal Islands,
& as it is said they informed the Fishermen that there were
four more french Transports that came out with them on the
same Intention : Therefore I desire & direct you forthwith to
lay out every way you can for the best Intelligence of this
Affair with all the Circumstances attending it & send it to
me by the first Opportunity
Your humble Servant
S Phips
Capt. Jabez Bradbury
Boston July 27, 1750.
Sir,
This comes to you at Mr8 Gorhams Desire ( Sent to me by
Mr Commissary Wheelwright ) to inform you that upon the
repeated Applications of Mr Sheriff of Annapolis Royal refer-
ring to an Indian Girl taken Captive by you as well as in
Pursuance of an Order the Lieut. Govr has received from his
Majesty to have all the Indian Prisoners taken in the late
War belonging to such Tribes as are in Alliance with or pro-
tected by the Crown of France deliver'd up & exchanged,
the Lieut. Governr with the Advice of the Council now sends
the said Indian Girl to his Excellency Governr Cornwallis to
be disposed of as he shall judge proper she having been taken
within this Governm* I suppose Governr Cornwallis has the
same Order from his Majesty ; However the Lieut. Govern1,
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sends him a Copy of his. A Copy of the Vote of Council
above refer'd to is herewith inclosed.
I am Sir Your very humble Serv1
J Willard
Col0 John Gorham
Letter TJios Fletcher to U Gov. Phips Aug. 2. 1750.
Sr
Just now we have Information privetly by an Indean
woman who has Expressed herselfe to Cap1 Bean with the
strongest asseverations That there are 60 Indeans from Ken-
edy at penobscott come with full purpose to take this fort,
burn and destroy the whole settlemts on this Rever: Cap*
Bean told her, the dangerous consequence both to Indians &
settlers of spreading a false report of this natur but she per-
sisted in it, and doubted not but in four days they would pay
us the Intended visit.
I can* help therefore with the greatest dispatch to Inform
yr honr of such a dangerous Cloud as threatens both the
Inhabitants lives, and this fort so weak and meanly provided
with men and necessarys agst such sudden unexpected storm
if this information be true which I submitt to yr Honrs deeper
penetration, And shall be ready upon all occasions to shew
how sincerely I am
Yr Hors Most dutifull Humble Ser1
Thomas Fletcher
S4 Georges Agust 2 1750
Se Georges Fort Augst The 3 1750
To Cap1 Thomas henderson Sir I Receved Yours and am
oblidged To You I shall Use all posable Endevrs for Entell-
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engence and Shall Let You Know If I Find Any Thing To
Depend on : And I Shall Take it as a faiovr That You Would
Let me Know if You find aney Thing more as I am Directed
by the Govrnor if possable To Know The Sartingty of The
Matter and Send to Boston : no more Sr
I am Your most homble Sarvent
Tho8 Fletcher
P8 Sr I Shold Think it Best not To Let The Indians
Know aney Thing of the matter at present I have a Prtic-
lour Frind among Them That I Think I can know Som Thing
of the Mater When I See him and I Expect I Shall See him
This Day or To morrow and You Shall Emeadatly know if I
find out aney Thing.
[ Superscribed ]
To Cap1 Tho9 henderson at Plesent Poynt
These —
Letter, Thos Fletcher to Ll Gov. Phips
Sl Georges Fort August ye 20th 1750.
Sir
According to Your Commands of July ye 26th I used all
Dillegance and Expadition for Intellegance of That Freinch
Ship. Accordingly Dispatched a man to the Mouth of pen-
obscot River, Who Could See nor hear Aney Thing of that
Ship: Nither Could hear aney Such Thing from the Indens.
But Since that I talked with ye Skipper of a fishing Schouner
Who Informed me that he had been on board a freinch Brig
off the fox Isleands with about thirty men bound as they told
him up the bay of fundy Supos'd to be a traiding Vessel
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this is all the information That I Could get Which Now I
transmit to your honour and am Sir
Your honours Most Deutifull & Hum1 Servant
Thomas Fletcher
[ Superscribed ]
To The Hon0 Spencer Phips Esqr at Boston
g Cap* Sanders
Instructions.
To Cap* Thomas Sanders Coniander of the Sloop
Massachusetts in the pay & Service of this Govern-
ment
You are hereby directed to enlist with all possible speed
so many Men as with the Number you now have on board
shall make your Compliment to be Twenty including Officers.
You are likewise to take on board so many of the Guns
which were put on Shoar from the Boston Pacquet & are
now under the Care of Jn° Wheelwright Esq. as shall make
with those you have on board Ten Carriage Guns & also
Ammunition & Warlike Stores proportionable.
And being thus fitted you are immediately to fall below
the Castle & to attend upon the Rl Hon1 the Lord Colville
in his Majestys Ship Success, a Cruize which he is about to
make at the Instance of the Ll Gov1 & Council in order to
prevent any Attempts that may be made by the French to
take possession of any Part of the Sea Coasts of this
Province or to carry on any Trade contrary to the Treatys
between the Crowns of England & France & also to protect
any part of our Settlements that may be annoyd by or in
danger of Enemys ~ And you are to follow all such Directions
as may be given you from time to time by his Lordship for
for each & any of the Provinces aforesaid
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 77
If upon your Arrival at S* Georges River you shall find
that any Hostilitys have been committed there & that an
Additional Number of Men is necessary for the Service you
may enlist any of the Inhabitants or other persons who shall
be paid in proportion to the Time they are in the Service.
Given &c Aug* 21, 1750.
Letter to Lord Colvill bound to the El ward Augst 29, 1750.
My Lord
I have received Intelligence divers ways of French
Vessels having been seen on the Coast of New England in
the Eastern part of this Province and I am very apprehen-
sive that they are endeavouring to bring forward a Settle-
ment within the Country of the Penobscot Indians or else in
or near the Bay of Funcly that so they may have a Sea Post
or Outlet from Canada in those Seasons of the Year when
the River S* Lawrence is innavigable. I am of Opinion & I
doubt not your Lordship will concur with me that all Possi-
ble Measures should immediately be taken to Prevent the
Execution of any Scheme of this Nature and as his Majestys
Ship under your Coiiiand is stationd here for the Protection
of his Majestys subjects and Territory's I think she cannot
be better employd than in a Cruize along the Sea Coast
examining every Port or Harbour between the River S1
Georges & the Province of Nova Scotia & I think it will be
for his Majestys Service that any French who may be
endeavouring to settle should be remov'd & that any French
Vessels or Effects which may be found on the Seas near
those Coasts should be taken into your Possession & carryd
into some of his Majestys Governments as it must be pre-
sura'd they are either designed to bring forward a Settlement
or carry on an illicit Trade in those Parts.
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To facilitate this Design I shall order the Sloop Massa-
chusetts in the Service of this Province to attend your
Lordship & to be under your Direction & Command & she
may be sent into any River Port or Harbour from time to
time on Discovery or any other Service you may think
proper when and where it may not be safe or convenient for
his Majestyes ship to be employd A skilful Pilot shall like-
wise be Provided who is well acquainted with the several
Harbours on the Coast
1 must further acquaint your Lordship that I have reason
to suspect that the French are endeavouring to instigate the
Indians to attack & annoy the Frontiers of this Province &
particularly the Fort & settlements on Sl Georges River
If upon your Arrival at the Mouth of S1 Georges River
you should have any Intelligence that the Fort or Inhabit-
ants there are distress'd by the Enemy I doubt not you will
employ his Majesties Ship & likewise the Sloop Massachusets
in the best manner in order to give relief & as the Circum-
stances of the Case may require
His Majestys Council of this Province concur with me in
Opinion upon the several Matters before mentiond & join
with me in wishing your Lordship Success
I am Your Ldships most Obed* Servant
Augst 29, 1750 [S. Phips]
To the R1 Hon1 Lord Colvill Comander of
his Majestys Ship Success
Poor state of Fort Greorge in Brunswick. Sept. 3, 1750.
A Mem° of the Poor State of Fort George In Brunswick.
4 Great Guns with 4 Carrages, Rotten & the Platform so,
that they are in Danger of fall8 thro, every time, they are
fired, only wth powder —
2 swivel Guns, what they Stand on, is Rotten.
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The hinges of ye Cellar Door broke & the Doors with ye
Steps Rotten, which Obliges us to Keep all ye Stores, in a
Warehouse, On ye outside of ye Fort wch is not so Convenient,
or Safe as if they were Kept within the Walls of s'1 Fort.
The General Court, hath been pleased to Reduce srt Fort
to 4 Men, what Defence Can be Expected from them, In Case
of an Attack from ye Enemy ? I fear but little, & yl they
will be soon Obliged to give them Selves up to ye Cruel
Mercys of their Enemies, which will be both hard & Dis-
honourable.
The Chimneys of yc house are like to fall & ye Windows
are smal & broken, being in Lead, every time the Guns are
fired, they are broke, more, or less, which makes me think yl
sash lights will be best, & Cheapest, in ye end.
That the aforesd State of the Fort, may be taken under due
Consideration is ye hearty prayer of
Yr Most Obe1 humble Ser1
Boston Sepr 3d 1750. J° Oulton
To the Honble Spenr Phips Esqr Lieu1 Govr &c.
Letter, W"1 Phips to Lieut. Gov. Phips.
Fort Frederick Septr 7th 1750
Hon" Sr/
This Waits on you with Duty, And serves To Inclose An
Express I recd this Morning from S* Georges, Which shews
ye Eminent Danger these parts are Exposed to ; And We
May reasonably Expect to Bear A part With our Neighbours
Notwithstanding We are so poorly provided with Necessarys
to Withstand ye Insults of ye Enimie haveing little Bettr then
half a barrell of powder and About thirty w* of Ball, Not
One flint Nor Candle Nor Any Necessarys Except Bread &
pork — Therefore I Beg your favour to take Care that We
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may have a supply of Amunition, flints, Candles Box of
Medicines, 1 Barrell of Pitch to Mend ye Boats or Any other
Warlike stores Convenient for A Garrison in our Condition
& likewise more Men if possiable.
Duty Love & Service to All
Wm Phips
To Cap. Lithgow
Having receivd Advice that a considerable Number of
Indians are upon our Frontier in Arms & there being great
reason to suspect their bad Intentions You are to keep the
strictest Watch that may be and for the strengthening the
Garrison under your Command I have the Advice of his
Majestys Council for your Enlisting Ten Men more for one
Month which I hereby direct you to do wth all possible Speed
and the Commissary Gen1 will furnish you with necessary
provision Ammunition & Warlike Stores. Be careful to give
constant Advice to me of every Thing material that may
occur relating to the Indians & let me know forthwth the
Condition of your Forts & Garrison.
I am Your Assured Friend
[S Phips]
( this Advised to be sent to Lithgow — Bean & — Phips)
( to Bradbury at Georges only with this Alteration )
I receivd your Letter of the 5. Ins1 & approve of what you
have done in giving Advice to the other parts of the Frontiers.
Letter, Capt. J. Bradbury to the Commanding Officer at
Pemaquid. Sept. 7, 1750.
Sir this Day I am Informed that Seventey Indians ar gon
from penapscot in order to fall on ye people at Sheepsgut ; I
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think it absolutly nessesary that you Inform them of thier
Danger as soon as posible they tell me y* the people on this
Side Damarscotey are Safe & that none will hurt them, the
above mentioned Indians ar from Canady, the ponapscots are
Still Disirous of Living peasably with us and have wrote
accordingly to the Governer
I am Sir your Humble Servt
September 7 1750 J : Bradbury
to the Comanding Officer at Pemaquid
Boston Sepr 10, 1750
Sir,
I recd your Letter of the 5th Inst4 & approve of what you
have done in giving Advice to the other Parts of the Fron-
tiers ; You are to keep the strictest Watch that may be ; and
for the strengths the Garrison under yr Comm'1 I have the
Advice of his Majty8 Council for your enlisting ten Men more
for one Month, wch I hereby direct you to do wth all possible
Speed And the Commy Gen1 will furnish you with necessary
Provisions, Ammunition & warlike Stores And by the sd
Councils Advice I further direct you to endeavour as soon as
possible to influence the End8 of the Arresaguntacook Tribes
to send two or three of their Delegates to Bost0 in order to a
Conference for preservg Peace & Friendship wth them, But if
you have no Opporty to see any of these Ind8 you are to
employ some of the Penobscots in a Messa to them on that
Subject. Be careful to give constant Advice to me of every
thing material y* may occur relating to the Inds, & let me
know forthwth the Condit" of your Fort & Garrison
I am Your assured Friend
Cl Jabez Bradbury [ S. Phips ]
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Letter, Sam1 Denny to Lt. Gov. Phips
Georgetown Sept. 10. 1750
May it please your honour this corns to inform your honour
that on the 8 Instant in the morning a number of indians
came upon the hows of cap* Wheton att Swan Hand and cap-
tivated 5 men 2 woomen and seven children and after plun-
dring the hous proseded to richman and burnt the dweling
hous and 2 stacks of hay belonging to ye widdow waymouth
then proseded to the garason and fout it sum time and Killed
a considerable number of cattel and we make no doubt but
the setelments at and nere wiscasick was attacked yesterday by
the numbers of guns hard by sum here in the morning untill
the wind shifted that might hinder the Reports reching us.
We are attempting to rais and fit out sum men to go in qust
of the Enemy or the relief of any that may be in distress
intend to set out this night I supposeing what we Know to be
done by them to be a suffisiant warant for such a proseding.
I propose to make one amongst them May God plese to ad
to our numbers by his presents with and blesing upon this I
hop lawful and lawdable undertaking, honored sir I ned not
inform you of the distresing condition that we are under on
this sudin rupture we are naked and bare therefore hop your
honour and the government will take our pitiable case into
your wise and compationate consideration and grant us such
Relief consarning the premises as our perplexed surcom-
stanses call for this being Just a hint of the case in grate
hast beg leve to subscribe my self your honours
Dutiful sart
Samuel Denny
p s I had like to have forgot to inform you that the
above Wheton and wife Escaped the Enimy by taking up a
bord of the flore in the rom where they ware in bed and git-
ting into the siller and there hiding themselves amongst som
casks untill the Enemy went of and they then went to rich-
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 83
man fort and there inform of the prosedings of the Enemy
that they saw and hard and amongst the rest report that they
hard on of their daughters requst of the Enemy for leve to
go into the hous and get a botel of milck for hir pore infant
about 7 months old which had ben wened 3 month by reson
of the pore state of helth of its mother which was granted
S D
To his honour the Left, governour
[ Superscribed ]
On His majestys sarvis
To The Honourable Spenser Phips Esqr Lef1 governour &c
att Boston
Letter to Col. Israel Williams
Boston 10 Sepr 1750
Sir
I have certain Advice from the Eastern parts of the Prov-
ince that Eighty Indians from the Borders of Canada have
been at Penobscot endeavouring to instigate that Tribe to
join with them in an Attack of our Settlements. The Penob-
scots have been at Georges to give Information hereof and
they write to me that they have endeavourd to diss wade
them from it but all they could obtain from them was that
they would not fall on any place Eastward of Damariscotty
And they were gone out before the 5 Inst. I am apt to
think these are the Indians you had advice were gone out
from Canada. However as we know they are abroad upon
no good Design we ought to be upon our Guard on every
part of our Frontier though I think the Eastern part of it
most in Danger.
I am Your Assured Friend
[S Phips]
Col0 Israel Williams
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Letter, IS Gov. Phips to Hon. Jera Moulton
Boston 10th Sepr 1750
Sir
I have certain Advice from ye East" Parts of the Provs
That eighty Ind8 from ye Borders of Canada have been at
Penobscot, endeavouring to instigate that Tribe to join with
them in an Attack of our Settlemts The Penobscots have
been in to Georges to give Information hereof ; & they write
to me That they have endeavoured to disswade them from it,
but all they could obtain from them was, That they would
not fall on any Place Eastwd of Damariscotty ; And they
were gone out before the 5th Inst*. I am apt to think these
are ye Indians, y* Col0 Israel William sometime ago
advised me were gone out from Canada: However as we
know they are abroad upon no good Design, We ought to be
upon our Guard on every Part of our Frontier, though I
think ye East" Part of it most in Danger —
I am Sir, Yr assured Friend & hum : Servant
[S Phips]
The honDle Jera Moulton Esqr
Letter, J° Oulton to Ll Gov. Phips
Fort George in Brunswick Sepr 11th 1750
Sir
Last night I got to the fort, & found some of ye Inhab-
itance glad to Come in & Cover them selves from ye Indians,
who hath fired at Richmond Fort, for 2 or 3 days last past,
kild many of ye Cattle, & taken 11 or 12 people off Swan
Island How soon it may be our turn, God only Knows, for
We are in a poor state of Defence, as I informed yr Honour,
in a few lines, wcb I gave to you, when I last waited on yr
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 85
Honour, in the Townhouse. Since my Return here, I find
more things needfull, than I thought of at yl time, by the
peoples being in Want of Powder & Ball, & praying for a
Supply from me, tho : I tell them I am short in Both them
Necessary Articles, they Insist on my giveing a part, wch
makes me beg yr Honr will do all you Can to forward as soon
as its possible.
Cap1 John Gatchell & Ebenr Standwood, Liev* Came here
last night & encouraged some Men to go after ye Indians wth
them, towards Richmond, but some of them was discouraged
by James Dunnings talk, & by his Brother, Cap1 David Dun-
nings not appearing at all, this last Man, I think, should have
been yc first, to Encourage others, & to give life to Such a
proceedg against our Enemies, who are keeping this Town, &
Topsham, in an Alarm, every hour, almost. So yl we are in
a Deplorable State, its now abl Eleven in ye Morning & a fire
made ab* a Mile distance, by our Enemies & seting a stack
of _ on fire, & Kiling Our Cattle In ye mids of this trouble I
am told Cap1 Woodside discourag'1 Mr Mugrage of North
Yarmouth from going Against ye Indians this puts me in
mind of y* Saying, A house divided Ag8t it self Cannot Stand.
On ye other hand, I think by ye Blessing of God & our Reso-
lutions, to help each other, this is ye best time to joyne
against our Enemy & to Over Come them while they are in
a Body, at some Certain place, For if they have time to dis-
perss, they are hard to be found, & then, its not in our power
to make yl Spite on them, as when they are in a Body, & we
Can Surprise them wth ye Greater N° wch is ye best opgtunity
we Can expect to Overtake them & to gain an advantage
upon them.
I am Concerned to see, & to hear, Such a division, in ye
peoples actions & thoughts, wch gives our Enemies ye Advan-
tage, & puts it ye more in their power to kill, or take, every
Single Family, this misfortune, by unity, might be avoided.
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If ye General Court, & yr honour give me power, to enter
any Number of Men, in the Service, I think, this time, will
give me an opportunity to get Volunteers, wch are much bet-
ter than any Imprest men, & to be Obtained at ye less Charges.
If your honour is pleased, to grant ye favour I asked it will
greatly Oblige
Hon™6 Sir Yr Most Obed* humb: Ser*
Jn° Oulton
To the Honble Spenr Phips Esqr
Liu1 Govr &c
Letter, Lt. Gov. Phips to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Boston 12. Sep. 1750
Sir
I received your Letter of the 7th Inst. Your Advices
agree with the Intelligence I had before from Sl Georges and
I approve of what you have done in giving notice to the
Inhabitants to be upon their Guard.
I have directed the Officers of the Militia that in case of
any gross Hostilitys being committed by these Indians that a
sufficient Number of Men should forthwith be rais'd to relieve
the Inhabitants & intercept the Enemy. If it should so hap-
pen you must endeavour notwUlstanding to keep the Nor-
ridgewocks in Peace wth us & inform them that what has
been done was for our own preservation & defence.
If the Aresaguntacooks should continue upon the Fron-
tiers until you receive this & you can have any communica-
tion wth them either immediately or by means of the Noridge-
wock Tribe you must endeavour to prevail on them to send
two or three Delegates to Boston in order to a Conference
here and I recommend to you all other necessary measures
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 87
for preserving peace that may consist wth ye Honour of the
Governm*
I am Your assured Friend
S Phips
Cap. W1" Lithgow
Bost0 12Sepr 1750
Sr
Upon receivg a Lr from Cl Wm Lithgow dated the 7th Ins1
confirm6 the Advice lately recd fr. you I have given Orders
to the Officers of the Mil* that in Case of any gross Hostili-
ties being comm'1 by these Inds y* a suffi1 Number of Men shd
forthwth be raised to releive the Inhab*8 & intercept ye Enemy.
If it should so happen, you must endeavour notwith stand8
to keep the Penobscots in Peace wth us, & inform them, that
what has been done was for our Preserv" & Defence —
I am Sir Your assured Friend
S Phips
Cpt. Jab. Bradbury
Letter, Selectmen $• ah, of North Yarmouth to Lt. Gov. Phips,
Sept. 12, 1750.
To the Honerable Spencer Phipps Esqr Commander in Cheif
( for the time being of the Province of the Massachusetts
Bay
Sr
We think it our Duty to Inform Your Honr of the Dis-
tressed Naked State of our Town being fronteir to and
Greatly exposed to the Indian enemy and having had very
latley certain Intelligence from his Majestyes fort at Rich-
mond of a Great Number of Indians captivateing fourteen
88 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Men on Swan Island near Said fort and Attacking said fort
Which being but about a Days travel to our town we have
Reason to fear a most fatal Stroke from that barbarous enemy,
we being but very few men in Number and not able to defend
our Selves, and obliged to Screen our selves as well as we
can in Garrisons and leave our Substance in the out parts of
our town to be destroyed and we must beseech your Hon1 to
take a paternal Care of us in this our Distressed State we
are your Honnrs most obedient Servants
North Yarmouth GilbertWinslow f Selectmen
Septemr 12th 1750 : Andrew Gray {of sd Town
Cornelius Soul Cap1
Jacob Mitchel Left
Edward King / Insign
[ Superscribed ]
To the Hon1 Spencer Phipps Esqr Commander in Cheif
of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay
Letter, IS Grov. Phips to Col. Ezek1 Gushing.
Boston 14 Sepr 1750
Sir
By a Letter from Major Freeman of the 11th Inst. I have
Advice of Hostilitys committed by the Indians against ye Fort
at Richmond & in several places adjacent. I hope as soon as
my last Orders came to you ( if not before ) that you causd a
Body of the Militia to be raisd & sent forth to intercept the
Indians who have done the spoil. If it should not have been
done I think it will still be necessary altho you should pre-
sume the Indians may be returnd to their own Country ; and
it is my Directions that immediately upon the receipt of this
you cause an alarm in the Towns of Falm° & Scarboro & One
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 89
hundred Men of your Regiment to march under the Com-
mand of an able & discreet Officer to scour the Woods above
Saco Truck House & from thence to S* Georges Fort that if
possible some of the Indians who have annoy'd us may be
intercepted & taken prisoners if may be or otherwise destroyd.
This appears to me & to his Majestys Council to be neces-
sary for the safety of the Inhabitants & preventing there
removal from their Settlements but at the same time I would
have the greatest Caution possible us'd that the Tribes of
Penobscot & Norridgewock may be distinguishd & not annoy d
since the Intelligence given by both those Tribes of the designs
of the Arresaguntacooks against us renders it probable that
they are desirous of remaining in peace with us Much will
depend on the prudence of the chief Officer in restraining his
Men from suddenly firing on any scattering Indian or Indians
that may be met with and endeavouring if possible to take
any other prisoners which likewise may prove the means of
redeeming our own people.
You may inform such of the Militia as you shall send out
that when the General Court meets I will recommend their
asking an allowance in proportion to their Service.
I am Your Assured Friend & Serv*
S Phips
Col0 Ezek1 Cushing
Letter, Thos Chute to Major Freeman
New Marblehead Septem 21st 1750
Major Freeman Sir
This comes to Inform you that this morning about nine
oClock, Mr Webb & his Son Seth was makg a Fence in his
Field by his house, & haveg left an Axe a few Rodds out of
the Field in the woods ; the sd Webb sent his son alone to
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fetch it and baveg recover'd sd Axe & returning with it to
his Father ; before he gott into the Feild, ye Indians Fierd
two Guns at him, and his Father & Mr Bodge heard him
Scream out for help ; and Immediately ye Indians yel'd out ;
& in a few Minuets about Eight or Ten Men Isued out of
the Garrison and went after them, But could not find the
Indians nor ye Young Man, But found his Axe, and where
ye Indians fierd on him, and we have yett about Fourteen
Men after them, we have heard Since the young Man was
Carried of near Twenty Guns which we Suppose ye Indians
is Fireing at our Cattle, for Severall of them is Come In as
if they were very much Frightd, So I thought it my Duty to
lett you know what Loss we have mett with ; that we might
have Some Care taken of us ; if you look on us as Kings
Subjects ; for every man does what is right in his own
Eyes.
From your Humbl Servant
Thomas Chute
Letter, Col. Ezl Gushing to L1 Gov. Phips
Falmouth Septr 22d 1750
May it Please Your Honour,
The foregoing is Copy of what came to Majr Freeman last
Night, and I have just now heard that they i e ye Indians are
killing Cattle at Brunswick ; I have prosecuted the Orders I
lately recd from your Honour and in a few Hours Expect the
Scout to march on ye back of our Frontiers ; and as there is
a Number of People at ye above Place of New Marblehead,
without any Officer, wou'd recommend it to your Honour
that the above Thomas Chute have such a Commission sent
him as may be proper to keep the People their in good Order
& Discipline.
This I thought proper to Acquaint Your Honour with, &
hope our men will be Soon reliev'd by others from ye
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 91
Westward, as Our Towns are left too Naked and Expos'd
upon so many men being drawn out of them —
I am Your Honours Most Obed* hum1 Ser1
Eze Gushing
[ Superscribed ]
On his Majesty's Service
To The Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr Lieu1 Govern1"
& Commander in Chiefe in & Over his Majesty's Province
of the Massachusets Bay in New England
Cambridge
g Cap1 John Cook
Lieut G-ovr's Speech. Sept. 26, 1750.
" Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives,
I was in hopes at the last rising of the Court that I
should not have been Obliged to Call you together again
until you could have Attended the Publick Business with
less Inconvenience to your private Affairs than I am sensible,
you can at present : But the Advices which I have received
from the Eastward of Hostilitys Committed by a Body of
Indians, supposed to be part of those Settled near the
Borders of Canada in captivating Several of our Inhabitants
and Attacking his Majesty's Fort at Richmond renders it
Necessary for you to Meet at this Time ; and I recommend
the Consideration of this Affair & what relates to it to your
first & Chief Attention "
» S Phips "
"Council Chamber September ye 26 1750.
In the House of Repres™8 Septr 27. 1750
Ordered that Mr Speaker, Judge Russell Col0 Clap, Capn
Bragdon & Cpt Williams with such as the Honble Board
shall Join be a Committee to take the first Paragraph of his
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Honour's Speech of the 26th Instant under Consideration, &
report what they Judge proper to be done thereon.
Sent up for Concurrence
T Hubbard Spkr
In Council Septr 27. 1750, Read & Concur'd & Jacob
Wendell, Jeremiah Moulton, Joseph Wilder & Thomas
Hutchinson Esq18 are joined in the Affair.
Sam Holbrook Dty Secry
Petition of Inhabitants on the Frontiers. Sept. 26, 1750.
To his Honour Spencer Phips Esq : Lieutenant Governor
& Commander in Cheif in and over his Majesties Prov-
ince of Massachusetts Bay and to the Honourable Coun-
cill and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled
We the Subscribers for ourselves & in behalf of the Rest
of the Inhabitants on the Frontiers in the Eastern Parts —
Humbly Show
The poor distressed Condition that our part of the Country
is in at present for we have had Seventeen People carried
away Captive by the Indians, two wounded & another mor-
tally wounded which we suppose to be dead before this Time,
One Garryson & likewise severall Houses & Hay in the
Marshes burned & other Houses Rifled, Great Number of
Cattle & Hogs killed, which has put our People in so much
Fear that we cannot go from one Garrisson to another with-
out going by night, neither are we able with safety to gather
in our Crops & if we lose our Crops we cannot live there
this Winter for want of Support for our Families and as we
are so naked no Vessels will come to carry us away, if we
are obliged to come off
We therefore hope that your Honours will be pleased to
take our poor distressed State into your wise Consideration
OF TELE STATE OF MAINE 93
& in your great Wisdom send us such a Supply of Men as
may cover our said Frontiers so that we may with safety
gather in our Crops & Pick up what of our Cattle the Indians
have left in the Woods & we your Petitioners as in duty
bound shall ever pray
Boston Sept: 26: 1750
James McCobb Alexr Nikels
David Duning Ebenezer Standwood
Samuel Kennedy John Gachell
James Campbell Joseph Orr
Georgetown Sep* 27 1750
To His Honour the Lef1 governour may it pleas your
Honour persuant to a warrant from the lef1 cor1 of this Regi-
ment we have raised 14 men and delivered them as pr order
to go with others as a scout but think it our duty to inform
your honour of the presant surcomstanses of this town the
Enemy is becum so bould that they are Entred into the very
bowels of this setelment on the 25 Instant in the night they
beset a house within call of the garason of samuell Denny
there being only one man in it who defended himself until
they brok in upon him then he got out at a back window and
fled but was so closly pesued that he was obliged to take the
river to swim to arrowsick Hand ( he being on parkers Hand )
but 3 of the Enemy persued him in a float and on coming up
with him he took hold of the float and overset them and then
swam on and made his Escape they set fire to the hous he
was in and burnt a hovel with a stack of hay we hope by
bloud and other concuring surcomstances that he killed one
of the Enemy this of the cominge of the Enemy amongst us
have put the Inhabitants into such fare that althow their
crops are perishing they dare not take care of them so that
unless spedily relieved the indian corn harvist must and will
be lorst — This Therefore waits on your Honour to pray
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that you would be pleased to take our presant distressed sur-
comstanses into your compationate consideration and grant
us such Relief consarning the premises as the nature of our
present surcomstanses call for —
pleas your Honouer the gentelmen the comition offisers
that ware to have signed to the above bein Just now out of
the way and the vesel Just going to Sail I can only say that
what is above Inserted are sartin facts and beg leve to sub-
scribe myself your Honours dutiful sar*
Samuell Denny
[ Superscribed ]
On His majesty sarvis
To His Honour Spenser Phips Esqr Lef* governour &c
att boston
Report.
The Committee appointed to take under Consideration the
first Paragraph of his Honours Speech & to make Report
having attended the Service are humbly of Opinion
A Dele That it is necessary an Act should pass this
Court for the removal of the two persons now confined in
his Majestys Gaol in the County of York for the supposed
Murder of the Indian at Wiscasset in order to a speedy &
impartial Trial in some other County in the Province
That a Letter be prepared before the Rising of the Court
& a proper person sent to the Governor of Canada informing
him of the Hostilitys committed by the Indians who live
near the Borders & are in Alliance wth the French and
demanding the Release of the Captives agreeable to the
Treaty between the two Crowns.
A Dele That his Honour the Lieutenant Governor be
desired to renew his Orders to the Commanding Officers at
S1 Georges & Richmond to propose to the Penobscots &
Norridgewocks a general Conference with their Tribes in the
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 95
Eastern parts of the Province the next Summer & that the
S1 Francois & Wowerrock Indians be included in it provided
that they cease from all Hostility s against our Frontiers in
the mean time, and that the said Officers be ordered likewise
to endeavour that some of the Aresaguntacooks may come in
as soon as may be in order to treat for the Return of the
Captives lately taken from us.
That Pay & subsistence agreeable to the past Establish-
ment for marching Forces be granted & allowd to the hun-
dred men rais'd by Ll Col0 Gushing & that his Honour be
desired to give Orders that said One hundred Men be
employe! for the protection of the Inhabitants in the most
exposed places in getting in their Harvest & that said Pay &
subsistence continue until the 20th day of October next & no
longer.
That like pay & Subsistence be allowed to ten men until
the 20th of October to be posted at Phillips Town for the
protection of the Inhabitants there.
Jacob Wendell by order
In Council; Sept. 28. 1750 Read & Sent down.
In the House of Repves Sep1 28. 1750
Read and Accepted with the Amend1118 Viz Dele at A.
Sent up for concurrence
T Hubbard Spkr
In Council Octobr 3. 1750, Read & Concur'd, and Thomas
Hutchinson Esqr with such as the House of Represent™
shall join be a Committee to prepare the Draught of a Letter
to the Govern1 of Canada accordingly
Sent down for Concurrence
J Willard Secry
In the House of Repves Octr 4. 1750
Read & Concur'd and Mr Gray and Thos Foster Esq1
are Joyned in the Affair.
T. Hubbard Spkr
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Orders, L* Gov. Phips to Ll Col. Cushing
Boston 29th Septemr 1750
Sir,
The General Court have Voted Pay and Subsistence for
One hundred & fifty Men for the Defence of Eastern Fron-
tiers including the One hundred Men, which I gave you my
Orders to raise, & which you inform me, were ready to march
the 22d Instant. Fifty Men I have given Orders to Col0
Moulton to raise in the Western parts of the County, &
to post them between Saco & Kennebeck Rivers. The whole
I put under your Direction. You are to cause them to con-
tinue in Service until the first day of November, & then to
dismiss them, unless you shall hereafter receive Orders from
me to the Contrary. And you are to Cause the said Men to
be posted between Casco Bay & S* Georges River including
the Settlemts there, & must distribute them for the Protection
of the most exposed Places, while the Inhabitants are getting
in their Harvest. You must cause fifty Men to be posted to
the Eastward of Damarascotty, Ten of them at the Mills at
Madamock, the remaining Forty to cover the Inhabitants,
while getting in their Crops & preparing their Habitations
against the Winter. You must also cause ten Men to be
posted at Phillips Town.
I shall send you blank Commissions for the Officers of ye8
two Companies which you take out of the Places where the
Men are raised not doubting they will be filled, with able &
discreet men who will oblige the Soldiers diligently & faith-
fully to attend their Duty. If you have Occasion for a Sur-
geon Mr Joseph Wise of Falmouth is recommended to me as
a proper Person & I desire he may be employed.
If you find it most for the Service to dismiss any Number of
the Men now raised ; You are hereby directed & impowered
to enlist or impress other Men in their room ; But must take
Care that none be dismissed till others come to relieve them.
Lieut* Colonel Cushing S Phips
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 97
Letter, IS Gov. Phips to Col. Cushing
Sir,
Having been applied to by Mr Apthorp that I would
appoint a Guard for protecting the Mast Men in your Parts
in drawing the Kings Masts to the Water & being Advised
by Gentlemen acquainted with the Situation of the Settle-
ments on your Front18 that the Matter may be effected with-
out the least Prejudice to the general Design of raising the
150 men under your Direction viz. the Covering of the
Inhabts in getting in their Harvest.
My Order to you is that if it appears to you that the Ser-
vice may be done without the lest Interfering with the gen-
eral Design of raising this Force as above mentioned that
then you detach a Number of Men not exceeding fifteen
under a proper O fricer to guard the said Mast Men ; for a
reasonable time within the Term of the Continuance of their
Pay & Subsistence. But if any Prejudice to the General
Service will ensue upon your appointing this Guard you are
not to do it.
" MestP from the Honhlc Board Oct. 1. 1760. "
In Council Octobr 1. 1750
Ordered that the following Message be sent down to the
Honble House of Represent™8 Viz
Whereas the two Houses on Friday last pass'd a Vote for
raising 150 Men for the Protection of the Eastern Frontiers ;
& on the Day following the House being again possessed of
the said Vote ( by Means only of a Message from his Honour
the Lieut. Govern1" proposing an Amendm* thereon) pass'd
a Vote for reconsidering the said Vote of both Houses &
inserted it on the same Paper ;
The Board apprehend that this Proceeding of the House is
98 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
irregular & very different from the usual Practice of the
Court, so that they cannot with any Propriety pass on the sd
Vote, And therefore desire that the Honble House would
reconsider their Vote of Saturday last, and so proceed on the
Affair as that the Intention of the Court for the Relief of the
Frontiers may be put in Execution as soon as may he
J Willard Secry
To the Honble Spencer Phips Esqr Lieu1 Governer &c
the Honble Councill and Honble House of Represent-
atives
The Humble peticion of the Setlers and Inhabitants of the
uper part of St. Georges River Humbly Sheweth
That we your Petioners by the late wars being forced
from our Settlements and Deprived of the fruit of our toyl
and Leabours (with Joy and gladness of heart Imbreased
the peace Concluded by your Honers with the Indians )
according to which articles we have behaved our Selves
Inafencively as good Subjects and friends to the Indians
themselves being Judges ) But Innocence being no Protec-
tion against Indians Resentment which Rarely or never
Destinguishes Betwixt the Innocent and guilty ) this late
unhapy Irupsion has Cast your Petion8 into the utmost
Distress and Confusion which must terminate in your petion8
temperall Ruin without the Speedy succour and Relief of
your Honr at the Head of so many Zealous patriots In Both
Houses —
The Blockhouse Being our only Safe Retreat in Danger
thither we fled with our familys which house not being Able
to Contain ( Had not Cap* Bradbury of his usall Goodness
and simpathy Receiv'd So many into the fort that his own
apartment is Crowded ) nor we to mentain such Anumber
No less than 171 Souls while Deprived of the fruits of our
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 99
Leabour and Benifit of our Cattle not Daring to Dig or Raise
our Roots or milk our Cows to Comfort our Crying Children
and if not soon Relieved must Leave our houses Leabours
and Promising Stock to the number of above 400 head of
Cattle ) to be Lodges fuel and food for our Enemys ) which
Discoragements are forcing Severall of our nubers to think of
transporting themselves Elsewhere to unEable Long to
support themselves and their familys ( and so of Consiquence
the Blockhouse by the Care of the Government Last war
mentain'd against, the Enemy must soon fall a sacrifise to
their present Rage and Revenge )
This May it pleas your Honers is our present Case which
we Humbly Submit to your wisdom and Deliberation the
only Sours from whence under God, we Expect Relief and
Remidy ) of those our presing Evells ( and Shall Carefuly
observe such orders and Directions as your Honers Shall see
fit to transmitt to us and If Encoraged we will venture our
Lives In the Comon Cause Reather than Desart the Intrust
of our Contry and prospect of so promising A Settlement —
50 we hope the premises Duely Considered will move pity
and procure sum Speedy Relief and your Honers Subscrib-
ing petion8 as In Duty Bound will for Ever pray &c —
51 Georges October 3d 1750.
Rob* Ruthrford Tho Kilpatrick Samell Bouges
Benja Burton finla Kelloch John Bouges
Rob1 McIntyer John Kelloch Sam11 Bouges Juner
Samuel Howard David Kelloch Lawrance Parsons
Alexdr Lermond Daniell Kedney Moses Robinson Junir
Alex Campbell John Brown John Melill
Boyce Cooper Benjemin Thompson John Catherwood
Tho8 Palmer John McIntyer Rob1 Catherwood
William James Thomas Greagg John McCarter
William James Junr Joseph Rives Danell farell
John Young Robert Speer John Scanlin
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DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Joseph Robinson
Moses Robinson
Haunce Robinson
John Robinson
John Sleater
William McClyr
Yar. Lewis
Thom8 Holdin
John mecCordy
Hugh Scott
Abraham All
John S
David Patteson
Samuel Creighton
Thomas Long
Jacob Hiler
Tho8 Neal
Dinis Conly
Daniel Lewis
Thos Mecordy
William Patteson
William Smith
J. Bradbury
Petition of S. Whittemore <f Israel Averell
To the Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr Lieutenant
Governour and Commander in Cheif in and Over his
Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay The
Honourable his Majesty's Council and House of
Representatives in General Court Assembled at Bos-
ton this fifth day of October 1T50.
Samuel Whittemore of Cambridge in said province Gent
and Israel Averil of Sheepscut in said Province Yeoman for
and on behalf of themselves and other the proprietors and
Inhabitants of the west side of Sheepscut River in the
County of York
Humbly Shew
That they have just now been Informed that there is filed
in your Honourable Court a petition or Memorial of One
Alexander Nichols and other Inhabitants of the east side of
Sheepscut River aforesaid praying for certain reasons therein
mentioned that they may be incorporated into Town Order ;
the granting of which petition Your Memorialists Conceive
will be very prejudicial And thereupon Humbly Pray Your
Honour and Honours that before any proceedings are had
thereon they may be Admitted to Shew Cause in your
Honourable Court why the prayer thereof should not be
granted and as in Duty bound shall Ever pray &c
Sam1 Whittemore Israel Averell
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 101
Letter, Wm Litligow to IS Gov. Pliipa Oct. 6, 1750.
May it pleas your Hon1/
two of ye Narrigewack Tribe Came here this Day, who
Inform*1 me, ye Canada Indians ware Return'd from our
frountiers, and that we might Now Safely venture out about
our Respective Busniss again, I asked them if we might Rely
on thare Information, and tould them that if our people
Should venture abroad as In peaseble Times, that ye Canada
Indians might thereby Take ye advantage of us by killing or
Captivating of us, which would turn ye Gourments Resent-
ment aginst them, for their false Inteligence, upon which thay
Inform'1 me that ye Gratest part of ye sd Canadiens had with
Drawn from hence about a fortnight ago, and that ye others
also Set of for Canada 4 Days Sence, and sd if here after,
there should be any mischeif Dun at ye Westward it was
unknown to them, and tould me If thay Should Com this fall
or ye Next Spring to Do mischeif thay would hi ye Like
manner, Give us Notice, I asked them Conserning ye Cap-
tives that was Carried away thay tould me that thay Saw
them all at Narrigewack, and those Indians had not killd any
of them, but Carried them Directly to Canada, I asked what
thay would Do with them, thay tould me thay belived thay
would Give them to ye French, I asked them Several Ques-
tions Conserning ye Canada Indians, as whather thay would
or would not, Com against us in ye Next Spring, or whether
thay thought thay would be peaseble for the Time to Com,
thare answar, was thay Could not tell, thay then asked me,
if I had any News, I then Red to them your Hon" Letters or
more properly those parts of yr Letters which gave them ye
most assurence of ye Governments Good Inclination Still to
maintain a Strict friendship betwen ye Narrigewacks and ye
penobscott Tribes and us So Long as thay Should be found
to be in our Intrest. thay then asked me if thay might be
safe to Come and Trade here as usuil. I tould them I
102 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
beleved thay might be Safe, agreable to ye Governours Letter
I had Just Red them, thay asked if I expected any more
News this Fall, I toul_ them I Did, and that thay Should
from time to Time Notise ( here ) of ye Goverments Good
Inclinations, towards them, & ye penobscotts, thay then tould
me that if ye Trad was Continuied here that thay Should
always Com here as usuiel.
this being ye present acCurrent with all Due Regards I
Humbly Begg Leave to Subscribe my Selfe your Hon" most
Dutifull Humble Serv1 to Command
Willm Lithgow
To the Honble Spencer Phips Esqr
Richmond Fort October ye 6th 1750
P. S ye Indians haveing Killd one of ye Country oxen I
want another to Suply his place other wise I know not how
we Shall furnish our Selves with wood In ye Winter
W L
our Number being now 24 men, with humble Submission,
I would ask whether or no it might not be for our Safety, to
Continue ye above sd Number till Such Time as we Can
Depend on a Settled peace, for if those Indians Should prove
treacherous and those other Indians Com and Joyn them,
towards ye Spring, thay might Easely Surprise us if we trade
with them, here being sum times thribble our Number within
the fort, which Cant be avoided, In those Cases.
[ Superscribed ]
On His Majesty's Service
To the Honble Spencer Phips Esqr Liv1 Governour and Com-
mander In Cheif In and over His Majesty's Provience
of ye Massachusetts Bay In New England
to be forwarded g Major Denny at Arowsick
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 103
« His Hon™ Message Oct. 9, 1750. "
Gentlemen of the House of Represent™8
You are sensible that I have given Orders to the Com-
manding Officers at Sl Georges & Richmond, to endeavour
that some Delegates from the Indians may be sent up to
Boston, in order to an Accomodation of the present Differ-
ences between this Province and them.
If any should come up it will be necessary some Provision
should be made for the Expence that may attend the Affair,
since no Treaty or Conference can at any time be had with
that People but some Present must be made them : I there-
fore recommend to you to consider what may be necessary
to be done by you in relation hereto.
October 9. 1750
S Phips
In the House of Repve8 Octr 11. 1750
Voted that if a Conference be had with any of the Eastern
Indians in the Recess of the Court That His Honr the Lieu*
Govr be desired with the Advice of the Council to make
them ( If they Judge Convenient ) suitable Presents not
exceeding the Value of one hundred pounds.
Sent up for concurrence
T Hubbard Spkr
In Council, Oct. 11. 1750 Read & Concurred
J Willard Secry
Consented to S Phips
Letter, Sr Wm Pepperrell to Hon. Josiah Willard.
Honr,le Sir
On the ninth instant I arrived here, being fifty Seven days
from London You have had later advice by Cap* Phillips,
who I understand is arrived with you.
104 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Sir Peter Warren has Sent under my Care by the Vessel I
eame in, two large black Stallions ( as he said ) to mend the
Breed of the Country.
I understand by him, that it was Part of the Money he
drew out, with Mr Agent Bollan, as Commissions for receiv-
ing the money due for the Cape Breton Expedition, which
he offered to make a Present to ye Province. He told me
he should be glad if the Government would make a Present
of the Remainder of ye Commission, to encourage ye Protes-
tant School in Ireland.
Sir Peter proposed that these Horses should be sent into
Several parts of this Province and that every one who brought
a Mare should pay so much as would Satisfie for looking
after the Horse.
I think one third Part of the Forces that went on ye Expe-
dition to Louisbourg were enlisted from ye County of York.
I should be glad if one of the Stallions might be ordered
there for some Time.
My Compliments to His Honour the Lieu1 Governor, The
Honble Council & the Honble House of Representatives.
Their Commands will be Obey'd by theirs and
Sir Your Most Obedient Humble Servant
Wm Pepperrell
Kittery Octobr 9th 1750
The Honble Josiah Willard Esqr
Letter, Jabez Bradbury to Ll Gov. Phips
S4 Georges, October 10th 1750
May it Please your Honour
Yesterday Came in here two of the Penobscots and this
Day Came Squadook, they tell me the Indians that Took the
People at Swan Island and other Parts, are gon of Satisfied,
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 105
haveing ( as they Say Paid themselves for the Mischief done
them at Wiscaset, and will hurt us no more, the Prisners are
all well on their way to Cannada being met by Som of the
Penobscots on their Return from thence.
I Communicated that Part of your Honours Letter Relat-
ing to the Arsaguntacooks waiting on Your Honour at Bos-
ton in answer to which Leive said had they bin Sent to
Sooner it might have Prevented the Late Mischief, and Aded
that an interview with the Arsaguntacooks woowenoks and
others might Set all Right againe.
the Inhabitants in this River are many of them Returning
to their houses, Relying on the Repeated Declarations of the
Indians to me, that they Shall be Safe there.
the Ten men inlisted by your Honours directions to me
(being inhabitants Expect to be dismist when the month
Ends that they may then Return to their Plantations.
I am your Honours Most obedient Humble Serv1
Jabez Bradbury
Letter, Secry Willard to Phinehas Stevens.
Sir,
The General Court having desired his Honour the Lieut.
Govr to send a Lett1 by Express to the Govern1 of Canada to
demand the Restoration of the English Prisoners lately taken
in the Eastern Parts with other Matters of Importance, His
Honr & the Council desire you to proceed to Canada on this
Affair as soon as possible & depend upon it that you will set
out without delay lest the Season for passing by Water shd
be lost. You have herewith enclosed the Lieuten1 Govern"
Letter to the Govr of Canada wth yre Passport; And the
Bearer of this will deliver you X25 lawful Money in Dollars
Wcb is advanced towards the defraying your Charges & the
106 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Charges of such Person as you shall engage to accompany
you in this Business which you are allowed to do. You
must stay in Canada till the Govern1, give you Dispatch with
a Passport for yre Safeguard in your return home.
You have herewith enclosed a Copy of the Lieut. Gov"
Letter to the Govr of Canada ; Wch may be of Service in yre
transact the Affairs & you must not by any means let it be
known that you have such Copy.
When the Money above mentioned is delivered you, you
must give the Bearer two Receipts of the same Tenor & Date
One for his own Security & the other for mine.
Letter, SecV Willard to Capt. Phins Stevens Oct. 15, 1750
Sir,
For your Information referring to the Prisoners taken
lately by the Indians in our Eastern Parts, I am to acquaint
you That five Men two Women & seven Children were taken
at Swan Island on Kennebeck River the Name of the Man
whose Family was taken is Whitten the Man him self & his
Wife escaped ; The Indians also took two men from Sheeps-
cot, viz. William Ross & his Son & one Young Man on the
Back of Casco Bay, whose Name is Webb.
I am directed by the Council further to instruct you that
you must use your Endeavours that the Charge of the Pris-
on" should be born by the Governor of Canada ; But if you
cannot effect that, You Must supply your self with Necessa-
ries for their Journey in as frugal a Manner as may be, upon
the Credit of this Governm*
Your humble Servant
Boston Octobr 15, 1750. J Willard
To Cpl Phineas Stevens
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 107
Letter, Secrv Willard to Gov. Wm Shirley 1750
Sir
I have recd two Letters from your Excy Dated the 16th &
26th of October last. In the first you are pleased to propose
my supplying you with a Number of Dollars out of the pub-
lick Moneys sent hither from Gl Britain to reimburse this
Province their Charge in reducing Cape Breton, & for my
taking your Bills in Exchange for it : I should have been
glad it were in my Power to assist yre Excy in any proper
way under yre Difficulties; But the State of the Case (of
which I suppose you are not acquainted with ) is this ; By
Act of the Assembly this Money was directed into the Hands
of the Province Treasurer, & was accordingly consigned to
him from Great Britain ; And it was apprehended by the
Council to be so entirely under his Care & Custody till the
General Court should give further Order about it that they
did not think it proper to direct it to be lodged in any other
Place than the Treasurers house tho they judged that not to
be the safest Place. The Matter being thus Circumstanced
Your Excellency will excuse me that I did not think it proper
for me to interpose in this Affair. But I am glad to under-
stand that your Excy is otherwise well supplied.
As to the two French Men mentioned in your other Letter,
after their Examination before me & the Council, they pro-
fess'd themselves to be Protestants & that their Design was
to settle in this Province & that they were ready to take the
Oaths of Fidelity to his Majesty ; And thereupon, I got the
French Minister in this Town to examine them touching their
Religion which he had done, & has returned a Certificate
that he verily believes them to be true Protes18
The Treaty between Commissioners for this Governm1 &
the Eastern Indians is now concluded, Wherein they have
made their Submission to his Majesty as in former Treaties ;
108 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
And I herewith inclose three printed Copies of the sd Treaty
to your Excy.
The Officer sent by Govern1 Shirley to Canada to demand
the English Captives is not yet returned, so that I cann't
expect him till the Lakes be so frozen as to make it safe
passing on the Ice. When he returns or any Advices shall
arrive referring to the Effect of his Negotion I shall inform
yr Excy thereof.
Letter, Secry Willard to Sr W"1 Pepperrell
Boston Octor 19. 1750
bir,
I have had the Honr to receive your Lett1 by the last Post ;
which I shd have acknowledged before now ; but I could not
find any Opportunity to lay it before the Lieut. Govern1 &
Council till this Day. After I had read it, & that Matter
contained in the Letter was discoursed of, I desired their
Orders respecting an Answer But as the Affair has a more
immediate Relation to the Gen1 Court & their Session not
being at a great Distance, the Board declined acting upon it.
I heartily congratulate My Lady Pepperil & you upon your
safe Arrival & hope to have the Pleasure of seeing you in
Town the next Month : With mine and my Wifes humble
Service to your good Lady I am
Sir Your most obed* Humble Serv1
Sir Wm Pepperrell
Letter, Phinehas Stevens to Ll Orov. Phips
N° 4 ye 23d Octr 1750
May it please your Hon1
I Recd your Honrs Letter to the Governer of Canada ye
22d Instant & at the Same time I Recd your Hon18 passport
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 109
and Instructions from the Secretary whereby I find that I
am appointed to proceed with the Same Directly to Canada.
I am Disposd to go as Soon as possible but winter being so
Near & the Affair so Unexpected It will Require sum time to
prepare My Self for such a fateagueing Journey, and having
a Direct Oppertunity by Liev* Isaac Parker I thought it
might not be Amiss (while I am a fixing my Self) to Let
your Honr know my Disposition, and as the Season is so far
Advancd that the bennefit of going by water will be very
Uncertain & if it fails there will be no Crossing the Lake till
the Latter end of Jany for the French have told me that they
Dont Look upon it Safe Crossing Upon the Ice till that time
I thought I would venter to beg Leave to propose to your
Honr whether it Might not Answer all Intents & purposes as
well to Defer the Matter till that time when the Journey
may Undoubtedly be perform'1 with Less Charge and more
Safty for then I Can proceed Directly to Canada and Return
as Soon as I git my Dispach but If I go now the Season of
the year will oblige me to Stay a Long time in their Country
which will be very Disagreeable to the French.
I should be very willing If it might Answer as well not to
set out till ye begining of Feb7 if not I will proceed and do
the best I Can.
I Remain your Hon18 Obedient Serv*
Phinehas Stevens
Certificate " New Town granted at the head of the Town of
Berwick. " Dec. 13, 1750.
This May Certifie the Great and General Court that Pur-
suant to their Vote pass'd in General Court in their Sessions
in May Last past Relating to the Settlement of the New
110 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Towns in the Province for Thirty Years last past and therein
Ordered the Clerks of the Several Towns Lodge in the
Secretaris Office attested Copies of Such Grants with an
Accompt of the Names of the Persons who have and who
have not fullfild the Conditions of the Same these are to
Certifie the General Court that the New Town Granted at
the head of the Town of Berwick within the County of York
there is settled fourteen Famalej's namely ( Nathan Lord
Josiah Chandler Ebenezar Moulton Tobias Leighton Ichabod
Goodwin Caleb Blodget John Lord Christpor Bradberry
Richard Cutt Junr James Frost Joseph Sayward Barsam
Allien Elisha Hill Samuel Came Esqr and many more of the
Proprietors have Cleard their Lands and Built their Houses
thereon and Settling Very fast and have ben at Vast Charge
in Clearing Ways and Building Bridges in Said Town and
in getting of Meeting House Timber to Build a Meeting
House which was Burnt with fire and the Proprietors are
about building another and as it is well known to the Great
and General Court Warrs and Roumers of Warrs has much
hendred and Backwarded the Settlements of the New Towns
Granted by General Court Sum years past which has Greatly
hendred the Settlement of the Town at the head of Berwick
it lyeing much Exposed and in the Rainge of the Indian
Enemy but if it Should plese God that Peace Should Con-
tinue, the above said Town will be soon settled notwithstand-
ing it has meet with such Disepointments and the said
Proprietors Humbley pray the Great and Generals Courts
favour for time past they not Complying in full with the
Conditions of the Gener118 Courts Grant herewith Committed
this in Behalf of the Proprietos of the above said Town and
Remain the Great and General Courts
Duitefull and Humble Servant
Berwick 13th Decembr 1750
y 126
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 111
Province Massachusetts for Goods bought & Consign'd ye
several Truckmasters
1749 Dr.
July 4th To Provn Bills pd for Blankets ")
& Shirts gave 6 of ye Penob-
scott & 3 of ye Narrigawalk
Tribes
To Ditto pd for sundrys Consd
Bradbury 21 0? 9
To Ditto pd for sundrys Consd
Lithgow 1273 2 1
7 To Ditto pd Rob1 Hill for 20
Baggs for Use of ye Indian
Trade S 20/ 20
pd D° for Carting J
300 bushells Corn [ 15
S 12d )
pd Lane for measurg
D° 3 2d 2 10
pd Sam1 Bridgham"^
105 yards Cloth 9 f39 7 6
7/6 for sacks •*
pd Jn° Bulfinch for \
making 12 Feather ) "
Sacks g Note
86 1 6
Septemr 27 To D° paid Box & Austin for
Coil of Spunyarn for Packing 8 18 7
Beaver
October 27 To D° paid for Sundrys con-
sign'd Bradbury 2602 7 5
To D° paid for Sundrys Con-
sign'd Lithgow 2543 6 11
To D° pd Wm Bowdoin 1 Scale
Beam 6 7 6
112
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
1749
July 4th
October 27
Novemr 2
January 29
March 20
21
o
P?
o 1 «d
^pd Jn° Daken for
Adjusting D° 2
pd Joseph Scott for
weights 11 12 6
pd Increase Blake
for fitting D° 7 16 6
GO
<T>
pd Jn° Durant
Cleansing Hatchets 1 10
pd Jn° Popkins D°
Traps &c 9 13
pd Thos Hubbard
Esqr2 brass Cocks 3 6
42 5 6
£8789 2~~9
Carried Over
By Province Bills recd of Treas-
urer g Warrant for Presents
made 9 Indians
By Jabez Bradbury g Invoice
By William Lithgow g d°
By William Lithgow g d°
By Jabez Bradbury g d°
By William Lithgow g d°
By Jabez Bradbury g d°
By Jonathan Bean g d°
By Provn Bills red of Ja8 Lamb
for 7 1-2 oz Goldthread &
twist return'd from Indian
Trade a 3 .. 10 / g oz
Cr.
126
2245
14 9
1378
12 8
2757
14 2
2725
2 10
244
16
1781
2
746
13 10
26 5
April 11
By William Lithgow g Invoice 2121 8 2
By Jabez Bradbury g d° 2911 2 4
£17064 11 9
Carried Over
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 113
1749 Dr.
To sum Brought Over 8789 2 9
Octobr 27th To Provn Bills pcl for sund?8
Cons'1 Lithgow 216 13
Decemr 31 To D° pd for sundrys consign'd
Bradbury 633 8
Janu* 29 To D° pd Rob1 Hill for 10 Baggs
for Use of Truckhouses §) 25/ 12 10
Febry 19 To D° pd for sundrys Consign'd
Bean 677 16 10
1750 To D° pd for sundrys Consign'd
April 6 Lithgow 1897 9 6
To D° for sundrys Consign'd
Bradbury 2569 8 8
11 To D° pd Rob* Hill for
Carting Corn 27 16 8
pd Jn° Bulfinch for
mak« Sacks 9 10
p'1 ThoR Hubbard
for sundrys g N1 5
42 6 8
To Jabez Bradbury for 12 Sword
Blades return'd §) 25/ 15
25 To Pro Bills pd for sundrys Con-
sign'd Bean 159 15 8
26 To D° paid for Sundrys Con-
sign'd D° 144 9 6
May 15 To D° paid for Sundrys Con-
sign'd Bradb>- 2934 14 10
To D° paid for sundrys Con-
sign'd Lithgow 2760 4 7
To Wm Lithgow for 80 Strings
Wampum & 7 Beaver Traps 118 10
returned
114
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
18
31
1750
April 25
26
May 18
To Pro Bills pd Isaac
Gridley for Spunyarn
for Packing Beaver 9 12 6
pd Treat for 1 Forge
Vice 12
pd R Hill for Cart-
ing Com 7 10
29 2 6
To Ditto paid Jn° Wheelwright
for hire of Stores for Indian
Trade
1200
22200 4 6
To Stock for Balla Carry'd there 1449 10 8
By Sum Brought Over
By Jonathan Bean g Invoice
By Jonathan Bean g D°
By William Lithgow g D°
By Jabez Bradbury g D°
£23649 15
2
Cr.
17064 11
9
167 10
143 17
6
3093 11
11
3180 4
23649 15
2
Peltry received from the Several Truckmasters
1749 Dr.
October 7th To Wm Lithgow for sundry
Furrs p Inv° 391 11 6
To Jabez Bradbury for D° g
Invoice 585 10 6
December 4 To Jabez Bradbuiy for D° g
Invoice 1387 11
To Wm Lithgow for D° g Invoice 1099 6 9
£3463 19 9
Carried Over
OF THE STATE OF MAINE
115
1749
October 13
By Province Bills recd Downe
Baxter & Grant 66 21 Feathers
a io/6
rec of Stinpson for 15 otters
§) £3 45
16 D° S 37/ 29 12
Cr.
347 11
5 D° Damag'd 20/
5
3 Minks d° a 10/
1
10
5 Martins a 20/
5
2 Mid* Bears 28/
2
16
4 D° a 25/
5
recd of Calef for 7
Siel Skins a 2/6
17 6
2 Ditto a 10/
1
1-2 Moose
1
4 6
1 Bear damag'd
recd of Sundry per-
8
sons viz
262 Spring Beaver
a 45/
589
10
25 Fall Ditto a 30/
37
10
20 Stage Ditto a 20/
20
40 Musquash 3 4/
8
1 Rackoon
12
25
By Provn Bills recd
of Sundry Per-
sons viz*
17 Spring Beaver
a 45/
38
5
24 Fall Ditto a 30/
36
202 1-2 Stage a 20
202
10
Decemr 12
By Pro Bills recd
93 18
3 10
655 12
116
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
of Sundry per-
sons viz*
2841 Feathers §11 0/6 149 2
717 1-2 fall Beaver
§130/ 1076 5
1 Moose 3
21 Stage Beaver S
20/ 21
440 Musquash §14/ 88
6 Rackoons, ordi-
nary §19/ 2 14
12 1-2 Spring Beaver
§) 45/ 28 2
6 1368 3 6
£2745 9
6
Carried Over
Dr.
1749
To sum Brought Over
3463 19
9
March 20
To Jabez Bradbury for
Sundry
Furs g Invoice
2414 12
£5878 12
6
3
Carried Over
Cr.
1749
By Sum brought over
1745 9
6
De€emr 12th
By Pro. Bills of Wendel Downe
Simpson & Co.
40 Otters Si 65/
130
40 D° a 52/
104
33 D° §1 37/
61
1
20 Martins §1 20/
20
6 Ditto §1 16/
4
16
10 Foxes §1 27/
13
10
2 Fishers §1 60/
6
44 Minks §1 14/6
31
18
OF THB STATE OF MAINE
117
January 29'
March 23d
1750
April 3
recd of sundry
17 Ditto a 8
By Pro Bills
Persons
4161-2lbs Fall Beaver S
30/ 624 15
5761 D° ordinary a 22/6 648
941 Stage a 20/ 94
273 D° ordinary S 15/ 204
20 Ordinary Musquash
ai8d
4 D° Fishers S 30/
6 16 378 1
By Pro Bills recd of sun-
dry Persons
8611 Feathers a 12/ 516 12
150 Spring Beaver a 45/ 337 10
1651 Fall D° a 30/ 247 10
5 Rackoons 3 12/ 3
45 Musquash 3 4/ 9
60 Ottors a 65/ 195
16 Red Foxes a 27/ 21 12
1 Black ditto 2
82 Minks a 14/6 59 9
1 Fisher 3
1 Catt 1 10
By Province Bills recd
of sundry Persons
613 1-2U Spring Beaver
45/ 1380 7 6
396 Fall D° a 30/ 594
61 Stage D° a 20/ _6 1980 7 6
Carried Over 8079 1
1396 3
1750
To Sum brought Over
Dr.
5878 12
118 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
May 6 To Jabez Bradbury for sundy
Furrs g Inv° 1812 6
To Wm Lithgow for sundry
Furrs g d° 2791 2 6
10481 15
3
31
To Stock for Ballance Carr'd there
3468 10
3
13950 5
6
Cr.
1750
By sum brought over
8079 1
May 12th
By Pro Bills, recd of
sundry Persons
7121 Feathers 9 12/ 427
10621 Spring Beaver a
45/ 1389
4
19
41 1-2 Fall ditto a 30/ 62
5
2878 19
15
By Ditto, received for
19
320 Spring Beaver a 45/ 720
16 Rackoons §) 15/ 12
56 Musquash §14/ 11 4 743 4
By Province Bills of
sundry Persons Viz1
2561 Spring Beaver S
45/
576
221 Fall d° a 30/
33
12 Rackoons a 15/
9
44 Musquash a 4/
8 16
By D° of Wendel, Downe,
Simpson & Gushing
220 Martins a 20/
220
10 D° ordinary a 12/
6
16 Red Foxes a 27/
21 12
4 D° ordinary a 15/
3
4 D° Grizzle a 55/
11
626 16
OF THE STATE OF MAINE
119
6
47
12
22
16
1
5
100
15
15
2
14
27
6
15
23
4 D° ordinary §1 30/
68 Minks S 14/
48 D° ordinary §1 9/6
5 D° hurt S 5/
31 Ottors a 65/
1 D° tainted
2 Catts §1 27/
9 Fishers 51 60/
3 Bears §1 45/
By Pro Bills recd of sun-
dry Persons Viz1
446 1-2 Spring Beavr S
45/ 1004 12
421 ditto ordinary
S 30/ 63
22 Fall Beaver a 30/ 33
38 D° ordinary a 20/ 38
3 Rackoons 8 15/ 2 5
21 Musquash a 4/ 4 4
477 4
1145 1 6
£13950 5 6
Stock for a Trade with the Indians
1746 Dr.
To Joseph Kellogg for his Acco1
of Treating Indians &c allow'd
him g order of His Excelly &
Council— 78 18 1
To John Dennis for allowance
made him g Petition to ye Gener1
Assembly 94
To Jn° Oulton for sundry Indian
Debts, Pawns, & other Articles
Return'd 269 4 9
To Josiah Willard for what ad-
vanc'd in Excha, between small
June 10th
Septemr 11
1747
July 31
Febra* 23
120
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
arms, Patarraroes & swivels g
memorial
56
1748
To John Noyes for what allowed
June 8
him g Petition to ye General
Assembly
116 13
10
Jami* 20th
To Ditto for a Loss sustain'd on
Blankets, being Rat eaten, and
Leakage of Mint water
16 8
631 4
8
1750
To New Acco1 for Ballance fur-
May 31
ther to Accompt for 21041 19
7
£21674 4
3
Boston May
31st 1750
Errors
Excepted g J° Wheelwright
1746
May 28th
1747
Novemr 28
1749
May 9th
July 4
Octobr 27
1750
April 6
May 31
By old Accompt for Balla ren-
dered the General Assembly
this day
By Pro Bills recd of J. Bradbury
for 3 Wolf Traps §) 50/
By Scarlet Broad Cloth sold
belonging to ye Trade being
part of what returned
By Province Bills recd of Treas-
urer g Warrant for Carrying
on ye Trade
By Sundrys return'dfrom Truck-
houses at leasing of ye Trade,
& sent ye several Truckmrs
upon opening ye same
By sundrys return'd from D° and
sent as above
By Pro Massachusetts for Bal-
Cr.
13324 6 4
7 10
9 12
3000
240
174 15
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 121
lance of that acco1
gain'd 1449 10 8
By Peltry for Bal-
lance of that ace1
gain'd 3468 10 3 4918 11
Septemr 21, 1750. £21674 4 3
Examined the within Acco1 and the Ballance due from Jn°
Wheelwright, the Officer, for managing, the Indian Trade,
which he, is further to Accompt for, is Twenty One thousand,
& forty two Pounds 19/7a Old Tenor
£21042 19 7 T. Hubbard g Order
Letter, Joseph da badis de Sl Castin to Lieut. Gov. PJiips
Jan'J 1750
Monsieur [ Jai 1 honeur de vous ecrire ] de vous
assurer que ie nes pa peu an pechi les Sauuage de S4
fransoi E de be quan cour qui ont fait Cou sur vous ce lotone
ges fait mon possible pour leur an pecher a ves nossauvage
de panavauke ges fau an pechi e coutes a cosse que ga ves
point prit des arme de contre vous autre las derniere gaire ni
les autre gaire ie suit bien es vous faire scavoire que ie pran-
dre poin_ des arme de contre vous autre Sy vous a ves gaire
a ves les Sauuage E fransoix cy vous vous les ma, Corder las
de mende que ie vous fait de vous soire bien me les ces libre
dan che moy e mem de vous soire bien me donner un Sauve
garde Sin nes de toute vostre conseille a fin que ie puit Etre
sur ie puit vous assurres que ges fait mon possible pour
meinteiner las pai antre nous je signis a ves du respec
Je suit Vostre e tres humble e tres aub6yssanc Serviteur
Joseph da badis de Sl Castin
Jy ioscer de vous de mendere credit a vos messieux ce qu
fournis au fore Sl gor un petibattimen de 15 ou 16 tonnot e
122 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
a ves une petit Cargaisson pour ce pren tant pour aller char
chere du Castor e dautre peltri du Cottes de leste au tre
mendis a los riviere Sl Jean pour vostre gauve ne men * Si
vous vous les ma Corder cette demende Je vous prit de vous
soire bien me randre reponce au f ranees vous aubligeres vostre
Serviteur.
" Committee on Sl Casteens Letter"
In the House of Repvea Jan? 24, 1750
Ordered that Judge Russell Cap1 Shirtleff and Cap* Bragdon
with such as the Honble Board shall Joyn be a Commee to
take the Letters of S4 Casteen, Sebooset and Kehoret Louis
son under Consideration and Report what they Judge proper
for this Court to do thereon.
Sent up for concurrence. T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council, Jan. 24 ; Read & Concur'd ; And John Wheel-
wright & Thomas Hutchinson Esqrs are joined in the Affair.
J Willard Secry
Report of Committee.
The Committee appointed to take under Consideration the
Letters of Casteen, Sebouset &ca having attended the Service,
are humbly of Opinion, That it may be convenient for his
Honour the Lieutenant Governour by a Letter to Casteen to
invite him to Boston and to assure him of Protection & Safety
on his Passage from Penobscot to Boston, &untill his Return
to Penobscot, & that his Honour with the Advice of the
Council endeavour to engage him in the Interest of the
* These five words, meaning for your government, are omitted in the
translation.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 123
English, by such ways & means as may consist with the
Honour of the Government, but not to comply with his Pro-
posal of furnishing a Vessel & Goods without the Consent of
the whole Court — The Committee are further of Opinion,
That there be allowed to Louis's Son Four Pounds to be
taken out of the Truck Trade, as a Token of the Esteem of
the Governm* not only for his own Declaration of Friend-
ship, but the many Instances of his Fathers good Affection
to us. All which is humbly submitted
J° Wheelwright g order
In Council Jany 25, 1750. Read and Sent down
In the House of Repves Jan? 30, 1750. Read and Ordered
that this Report be Accepted.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council Jany 30, 1750 Read and Concur'd
J Willard Secry
Consented to S Phi [is
Letter, Joseph da badis de Sl Castin to Ll Gov. Phips
" Jany 25, 1750/51 "
[ Translation ]
I do my self the Honour to write to you to assure you that
I could not hinder the Indians of the S* Francois & Becan-
cour who made a descent upon you this Fall. I did all I
could to hinder them with our Indians of Panavauke. I
would have hindred them from doing you Mischief. I was
not heard, because I had not taken up Arms against you in
the last War, nor in former Wars, I am glad to assure you
that I will not take up Arms against you, if you have a War
with the Indians and French If you will please to grant me
what I ask that you will please to leave me at Liberty where
I am and likewise to give me a Protection sign'd by all your
124 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Council that I may be secure. I can assure you I have done
all in my Power to maintain the Peace between us.
I conclude with Respect, I am your most humble, and
most obedient Servant
Joseph da badis de Sl Castin
If I might be so bold I would desire to be trusted by the
Gentlemen who supply fort S* George, with a small Vessel of
15 or 16 Tons and a small Cargo this Spring to go a trading
for Beaver & other Furs along the eastern Coast, otherwise to
the River S1 John. If you will grant me this Request. I beg
you would send me an Answer in French. You will oblige
your Ser* &c
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representves
Agreable to your desire, I sent his Excellency Governour
Cornwallis a Copy of the Declaration of Elisha Davis,
respecting the Designs of the French & Indians against
Checanecto ; and I have now receiv'd two Letters from him
upon that Subject ; which he desires I would lay before you :
And accordingly I now communicate them to you.
And I must earnestly recommend to you the serious Con-
sideration of the Contents of those Letters ; In which Gov-
ernour Cornwallis has in the most convincing light set forth
the great Dependance this Province has for its Safety on the
Preservation of Nova Scotia, especially that Part of it that
lies upon or near the Bay of Fundy ; For if the French should
make a strong Settlement on the South Coast in those Parts,
and thereby gain a nearer Communication with the Indians
on our Frontiers, & have the Opportunity of supplying them
with Warlike Stores, and other things The Probability in
that Case of the whole Province of Main as well as the Lands
between that & the River of S* Croix, being soon swallow'd
up by the French, is obvious to every Considerate Person ;
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 125
And the danger of this Event seems more apparent, from the
open and unreasonable Challenge of the French to the whole
Sea Coast from Kennebeck River to the Head of the Bay of
Fundy, a great Part of which is within the Jurisdiction of
this Governm* -
I leave it to you, Gentlemen, to consult what may be
proper for the Government to do at this Juncture that may
have a Tendency to promote the Safety and Prosperity of the
Province, which, as I said before, is much indangered by
these designs and Attempts of the French.
Council Chamber 11 Feb* 1750 S Phips
In the House of Repives Feby 12, 1750
Read and Ordered that Mr Speaker Mr Tyng Judge Rus-
sell & Cap* Brown with such as the Honble Board shall appoint
be a Comee to take this Messa and the Letters from Gov1
Cornwallis herein referd to under Consideration and report
as soon as may be what they Judge proper for this Court to
do thereon
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council Febry 12, 1750
Read & Concur'd, & Sir William Pepperil, Ezekiel Chever
& Joseph Pynchon Esqrs are joined in the Affair.
J Willard Secry
Report.
The Comtee appointed to consider his Hon" Message of the
11th Instant respecting Nova Scotia &c having considered ye
same with Governr Cornwallis's two letters therein referrd to,
are of Opinion that, the great Importance of securing Chig-
necto and the Bay of Fundy to the New England settlements,
Yet considering the Reduced state of this Province, A both
as to its Inhabitants & Money, by reason of their readiness
in sending great numbers of their Men in the Expeditions
126 DOCXJMENTAHY HISTORY
against Cuba, Cape Breton, and to reinforce Anapolis in the
last War, besides many more of its Inhabitants impressed on
board His Majesties Ships of Warr and others imployed on
our large Frontiers for our immediate defence ; And ye no
small expence wee were obliged to be at to defray ye Charge
thereof B and farther considering, that it is highly probable
this Government will be necessitated to furnish many more
of their Men in a Short time for ye defence of its frontiers
against ye Incursions of their Enemies as Governr Cornwallis
informs he is very apprehensive off, The Comtee are humbly
of Opinion that the C Impoverished state of this Province
will not admitt that any of its Inhabitants be sent to Nova
Scotia at their own Charge, Nor will the Safety of this Prov-
ince admitt it tho at the Charge of the Governor* there
which is Submitted
Wm Pepperrell by order of the Comitte
In Council Febry 15, 1750
Read & Ordered that this Report be accepted wth the
Amendmts
Sent down for Concurrence J Willard Secry
A dele
B insert and the Difficulty of raising of money at this
Juncture.
Cdele
In the House of Repves Feb* 16 1750
Read and Concur'd T. Hubbard Spkr
Letter, Lf Gov. Phips to Joseph de badis de Sl Castin
Boston Feb* 19. 1750/51
Sir
I have received your Letter by Cap. Bradbury which I
have communicated to the General Court of this Province
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 127
And at their Desire I now invite you to come up to Boston
with Cpt. Saunders, that so I may discourse with you upon
the Contents of your Letter & all other Matters that maj' be
thought conducive to continue & promote Peace between
this Governm1 & the Indian Tribes ; And you may depend
upon Protection & Safety.
I thank you for the Expressions of Friendship to the
English contained in your Letter & hope you will upon all
Occasions act agreable to your Profession.
I remain Your Friend & Servant
Letter, Secrv Willard to Majr J. H. Lydius
Boston, March 12, 1750/51
Sir
It appears by a Letter from Cap* Stevens to Col0 Williams
of Hatfield dated from your Truck house the 3d of Feby that
some Indians of the Sl Francois Tribe had been there & that
they express'd a desire of living in Peace with the English &
propos'd to come in to our Fort this Spring. If you have
opportunity of seeing any of those Indians you are desired to
encourage them to prosecute this their Intention & to assure
them in the name of this Governnr4 that if they will send to
Boston any persons impowered by their Tribe to treat with
us they may depend not only on safeguard and full Protec-
tion, from their coming upon our Frontiers until their Return
home but also upon a friendly Reception at Boston & kind
treatment while they remain here. If you can see none of
those Indians your self you are desired to write or send a
Verbal Message to them or to Cap* Stevens by him to be
communicated to the above purpose : And it must be left to
your prudence to conduct the Business in the best manner,
128 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
so as if possible to prevent the Designs being known to the
French who no doubt will be concern'd to defeat it. It
appears to be the easiest travel for that Tribe to come into
the Fort at Richmond or Georges from whence they may be
transported to Boston by Water but if they are fond of com-
ing in to the Westward it will be best not to cross their
Inclination.
I write this by Order of his Honour the L1 Governor &
the Council & am
Sir Your humble Servant J Willard
Majr John Henry Lydius
Message April 2, 1751.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Represves
Information having been given to me & his Majesty's
Council in the Recess of the Court by Mr Richard Hazen,
that the French were making Settlements upon a River called
Le Chock about five Leagues Eastward of Penobscot River,
The Council advised me to send some proper Persons to make
Discovery of the said Settlements, if any such there be, as
you will find by the Messages of Council accompanying this
Message ; But Captn Bradbury, who was to be entrusted with
this Business not having had a Passage home to Sl Georges
River, The Method designed for discovery is not yet put in
Practice.
Therefore I desire you would consider the Matter, & give
me your Advice thereon as soon as may be.
Council Chamber 2 April 1751 S Phips
In the House of Repves April 2 1751
Read and Ordered that Col Hinsdale Mr Bayley & Col°
Buckminster with such as the Honble Board shall Joyn be a
OF THE STATE OF MAESTE 129
Commee to take the Messa under consideration and report
thereon. The Comm* to Sit forthwith.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council April 2d 1751 Read & Concur'd & John Hill
& James Minot Esq™ are Joined in the Affair.
Sam1 Holbrook Dty Secry
Message April 3, 1751.
Gentlemen of the House of Repve8
I have received such Confirmation of the Intelligence of
the French setling at the River Le Chock, that it appears to
me necessary to proceed further immediately than barely to
make Discovery of this Matter.
And therefore I would recommend to you the making Pro-
vision for Cpt. Saunders's Sloop being forthwith sufficiently
mann'd arm'd & fitted for breaking up that Settlement before
the French there acquire more Strength.
Council Chamber 3 April 1751 S Phips
Memorial of Richard Hazzen
To His Honr Spencer Phipps Esqr Lieu* Govr and Com-
mander in Chief To the Honourable the Council and to the
Honrble the House of Representatives assembled at Boston
April 4th Anno Domini 1751.
The Memoriall of Richard Hazzen Humbly Sheweth
That your Memorialist did in the Months of October, Novem-
ber & December Last, with the utmost hazzard & difficulty
at that inclement Season of the year take a Survey of the
Sea Coast from the Mouth of Merrimack River to ye River
130 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
S* Croix & as far up into the Country as he possibly could
pursuant to a Vote of this Honrble Court
That he has compleated a Chart or Map thereof in the
most correct manner he is able to do, which he has brought
down & now Lyes in the Council Chamber.
Your Memorialist now prays this Honourable Court to
Consider his Services & make him a Reasonable Allowance,
& for your Honours as in duty bound he shall ever pray
Richard Hazzen
In the House of Repves April 5, 1751.
Read and Ordered that the Sum of fifty nine pounds Sixteen
shillings and four pence be allowed the Mem0 out of the pub-
lick Treasury in consideration of his services and expences
mentioned.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council April 5, 1751 Read & Concur d J Willard Secry
Consented to S. Phips
59 16 4
13 6 8 advanced before g cons1
46 9 8
Province of the Massachusetts Bay to Richard Hazzen Dr
October 1750 To Sixteen Days Service at g Day
Nov1 To 30 Days Service Surveying at g Day
Decr To 27 Days Surveying & planning at g Day
January To 26 Day8 D°
Feb: To 19 Days D°
Feb : 22d To 1 Journey to Boston to carry my plan &
waiting there 7 Days
To Drawing a 2'1 plan 25 Days at g Day
April 1* 1 Journey to Boston my time 6 Days at g Day
16 The whole time 156 Days at 50 Sh g Day 390: 00: 0
30 To my Expences in my voyage Eastward £ 26: 12: 6
27 To Cash paid a man for going to Black
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 131
26 point for plans of Mr Small
19 To his Expences
7 To cash paid a man to go to Mr John
25 Godsoe of Kittery for plans
6 To his Expenses
156 To Horse hire 2 journeys to Boston
To horse keeping 13 Nights at
To My Own Expences at
O: t
L : money 59: 16: 4
3
2
2
10
2
6
6
10
10
448:
12:
6
Petition, £c, Third Parish of Kittery April ty, 1751.
To the Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr Liev* Governour
and Commander in chief in and Over his Majty8 Province of
the Massachusets Bay in New England and to the Honoura-
ble his Maj8ty8 Council and the Honourable House of Repre-
sentatives for sd Province in General Court Assembled March
the 27th 1751
The Petition and Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the
Third Parish in the Town of Kittery in the County of York
Humbly Sheweth
That whereas in ye Year of Our Lord 1669 a grant was
made by ye sd Town of Kittery of one Hundred & fifty Acres
of Land for Each Division in sd Town in Some convenient
place or Places as may be found out by the Inhabitants of
Each Division & Appropriated for ye use of y* Ministry for
Ever; which sd Grant was long since laid out in the Lower
Division of sd Town Since called ye Lower Parrish in Kittery
of which Your Petitioners being Inhabitants & had an Equal
right with other Inhabitants in ye Priviledges of ye same And
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whereas in ye Month of June last Your Petitioners ware Set
off & made a Distinct & Seperate Parrish and Invested with
All ye Powers Priviledges and Immunities of any Other Par-
rish in this Province, And whereas Your Petitioners before
ye Seperation were Obliged by ye Major vote of sd Parrish to
pay their Proportion to ye Charge of Purchasing a house lot
for the Ministry Near the Meeting House in the Lower Par-
rish and of Building a House for the Ministry & a Barn Dig-
ing a Well & fencing a burying place with Stone wall Send-
ing home the Bell Twice to England to be New cast and
Diverse other Charges of which we are Now Divested of any
right or Priviledge in, to the Amount of at Least One Thou-
sand Pounds Notwithstanding all which the Inhabitants of
the sd first or Lower Parrish have in a Preposterous and
Clandestine Manner Entred upon the first Mentioned Grant
Appropriated for the Use of the Ministry broke over ye Line
Settled by this Court and hastily Erected a fence Enclosing
the whole without the knowledge of Your Petitioners till it
was done Intending to Divest them of their Just rights and
Priviledges the said first Parrish being Superior to them
Abundantly in Polls & Estates Your Petitioners having been
at ye Expence of Errecting a Meeting House Settleing and
Ordaining a Minister without any Assistance from ye first
Parrish which they might have Justly Expected considering
what they had done for them in that Respect —
Your Petitioners therefore Humbly Supplicate that Your
Honours would Interpose in their Affair, - Order that an
Equal right in ye sd Ministry Land be set off to them and
that the first or Lower Parrish refund and pay back to them
their Proportion of what was Taken from Your Petitioners
Towards Settling ye Minister in ye first Parrish as aforesaid
Or that this Great & Honourable Court would in their
known Wisdom and Justice Take their Distressing Circum-
stances into consideration & Grant Such reliefe in the Prem-
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133
isses as to them shall Seem Meet, And Your Humble Suppli-
ants As in Duty bound Shall Pray &ca
Dated at Kittery in ye Middle Parrish A prill ye 4th 1751
WIn Wentvvorth
Nicoles Weeks
Sam1 Haley
Andrew Lewis
Richard Pope
Charles Smith
John Hutchins
John Shapleigh
Nathaniel Leach
Henry Benson
Thomas Hutchings
John Healey
Nathel Fernald
Rob* Cutt
John Shepherd
Joseph Keen
John Godsoe
Joseph Curtis
Thomas Cutt
James Johnson
Jos Willson
Thomas Lewis
Tobias Fernald
Bengaman Hutchings Thomas Rogers
Enoch Hutchins Harkles Fernald
Joseph Weekes Sam11 Manson
Nathaniel Keen Samuell Johnson
Richard Rice Samuel Rice
In the House of Repve8 April 8. 1751
Read and Ordered that the Pet" serve the first Parish in
Kittery with a Copy of this Pet" that they Shew cause if any
they have on the Second tuesday of the next May Session
why the Prayer thereof should not be granted
Sent up for concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
In Council April 8. 1751 Read & Concur'd
J Willard Secry
In Council June 12, 1751 Read & Ordered that the Con-
sideration of this Petition be refer'd to the first Tuesday of
the next Sitting of the Court
Sent down for concurrence
Read and Concur'd
Consented to,
In Council Octobr 8, 1751
of the first Parish in Kittery &
Ordered that James Minot & Joseph Pynchon Esq" with
such as the Honble House of Represent™8 shall join be a
Comm* to hear the Parties consider the Petition & Answer
Sam1 Holbrook Dty Secry
T. Hubbard Spkr
S Phips
Read again with the Answer
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& report what they think proper for this Court to do thereon.
Sent down for Concurrence. J Willard Secry
In the House of Repves Oct1 9. 1751
Read and Nonconcurd and Ordered that this Petn be dis-
miss'd.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council Oct0 9 1751
Read and Concurr'd J Willard Secry
Consented to, S Phips
Message
In the House of Repves April 5. 1751 - Ordered that the
following Message be sent to his honr the Liev* Gov1
May it please your honr
The House have Considered your Hon" Message to them
of the 3d Instant, Do look upon it as a matter of uncertainty
as to the French's making any Settlements at the River
Lachoak, are Therefore of the Opinion that the orders yr
Honr has already given to Cap1 Bradbury will be Sufficient
to make discovery whether the French are making Settle-
ments there or not, and untill the House can be more fully
Satisfied of that fact they cant think it necessary to make
Provision for sending Cap* Sanders, with an arm'd force to
that place
T. Hubbard Spkr
Message April 11, 1751.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives
It appears by Cap* Stevens's Journal, which I have caused
to be laid before you, that it is the Gov1 of Canada's Inten-
tion, that the Captives, which have been redeemed by the
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 135
French from the Indians, should be sent to Crown Point this
Spring, in Expectation that there will be provision made for
the repayment of the Money winch has been advanced for
the release of these unhappy Persons, & the necessary Cloath-
ing they have been furnished with.
I must therefore recommend it to you to take such Meas-
ures as may be for the Honour of the Government, & may
procure the Return of the Captives as speedily as possible.
Council Chamber April 11. 1751 S Phips
In the House of Repives April 12. 1751
Read and Ordered that Mr Speaker Mr Tyng and Cap1
Williams with such as the Honble Board shall Joyn be a
Commee to take this Messa under consideration and report
what they Judge proper for this Court to do thereon
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council April 12 1751 Read and concurr'd and Jacob
Wendell and Tho8 Hutchinson Esq18 are join'd in the affair.
J Willard Secry
The Committee appointed to consider the foregoing Mes-
sage of his Honour the Ll Governour having attended the
business are of opinion that it is not convenient for the Gov-
ernment to be at the Expence of redeeming the Captives, or
to be at any Charge for their Cloathing while in Canada it
appearing to the Committee that it has not been the practice
in Cases of the like nature heretofore & it may be of very
bad Consequence to introduce it now — Which is humbly
submitted
Jacob Wendell by order
In Council April 24 1751 Read and sent down
In the House of Repives April 25. 1751
Read and not accepted and Ordered that the Secretary be
directed to write to the Relations of the Captives in Canada,
advising them of the probability that said Captives will be
136 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
brought to Crown Point some time in the next month, that
so the said Relatives may make provision for the Redemption
of said Captives.
Sent up for concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
In Council April 25, 1751 Read — Concur' d
Sam1 Hubbard Dy Secry
Consented to ; S Phips
Memorandum of Mr Wm Pote
Frenchman's Bay. ye Entrance is Between ye N' Easterly
Part of mount desert & Schooduct which are about Six
Leagues Distance one from ye other E B N, & W B S, up
in sd Bay are many Pleasant Islands Uninhabited, at ye
head of it are two Good harbours & Some French Inhabitants*
at this Place my Pilate James Mourton Informed me were
two French Ships of War.
Sr Your most humble & obedient Serv*
Will111 Pote Jnr
To the Cheif Engenr &c &c &c
Letter, Thomas Fletcher to Capt. David Dunning April 11, 1751
To the Commanding Officer at Pemmaquid
Sr/ I Just Now Had News from a Frenchman that the
Canada Indains are Gone out and will Strieke on ye Eastren
Fronteers I Beleave that its true for ye Man Gave me a
String of Wampum to Confirm the truth of it and I think it
absolutely Necessary that People Should Immediatly secure
themselves as speedly as thay Possably Can -
From yr Humle Sr" Thomas Fletcher
Sl Georges Fort Apriel 11 1751
For Capt David Dunning at Brunswick
To the Commanding Officer at North yarmoth To be
forwarded to the Commanding officer at Newcastle.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 137
Letter, Thos Henderson to U Gov. Phips
Sl Georges April 11th 1751.
May It please your Honnour /
I have Inclosed sent your honour The coppy of the Intelli-
gence I received Just now from the Commanding offisar of
Sl Georges Fort, I am now going to broad Bay and all the
Inhabitants to give the nessary warning. The case is very
shoking, there is about one hundred familys In this settle-
ment that with much Difickualty for want of Provisions was
Indeavoring to plant for a feuter season which No doubt
( weare they not Interupted ) would turn to good ace* But if
they are forsed to garrison as I beleive will be the Case by to
morrow noon, they have nothing to live upon not One day,
haveing chearfully lived on clambs this montli Past, I take
upon me to give your honour this Information In behalf of
the Inhabitants and prays yr Honour may Seariously take
our condition into consideration and use such speedy meas-
ures for our relief as your Hounr in your Wisdom thinks
proper, wee are all willing to stand and maintain ye frunteers
if Inabled by yr Hounor and the Legislator, I am Iloner* sir
your most Humble & obediant sarvant
Thomas Henderson
Letter, Tho3 Fletcher to Capt. Wm Lithgow Apl 14, 1751
To ye Commanding officer at Fort Georg Sr/
I Just now Had newes from a French man that the Canada
Indians are Gon out, and will Strike on ye Eastren Froun-
tiers, I beleive that it's True, for ye Man Gave me a String
of Wampum to Confirm ye Truth of it, and think it abseluetly
138 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
neseoery that ye peopele Should Immediately Secure them
Selves, as Speadely as thay possibly Can.
From your Humble Serv* Tho8 Fletcher
a True Coppy yours to Serve Willm Lithgow
Richmond April ye 14th 1751
PS Sr pray Send Coppys of this to all ye ajecant places
to your Garrison
Letter, John North to Ll Q-ov. Phips
Fort Frederick Aprill 15, 1751
May it Please yr Honr/
Last Friday I recd an Express from ye Commanding Officer
of S* Georges Which I Inclose to yr Honr ; & Likewise I sent
Coppys of ye same' to Damariscotta, Sheepscut, Kennebeck,
Richmond & Brunswick ; that the Inhabitants, Might be on
their Guard ; — they are Generally Gone to Garrison , in Very
Malloncolly Circumstances ; their Winter Stores Expended ;
& No Liklyhood of Planting their feilds or Lumbering to
support their family s. — Being Not Able to Withstand ye
Insults of ye Enemie.
Your Honr Is Well Acquainted with ye Helpless Condition
of this Fort, haveing But Six Men to Defend it ; Which A
very Inconsiderable Number for so Large a Fort, I Beg Leave
to Offer these things to yr Hon™ Consideration
And am your Hon™ most Humble and Obedient Serv*
John North
Letter, John Oulton to Ll Gov. Phips
Fort George in Brunswick Apr: 15th 1751
Honble Sir
The Inclosed pap : I just now recd from Cap* Wm Lithgow,
Copies of the same hath been sent to the Inhabitance, two or
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 139
three dayes agone, which hath Occasioned great fear among
them, And to that Degree, many of them are distressed in
their mind I wish it may not be so in their Bodys also by
some Evil Action from ye Indian Enemies from whoes Cruel
Actions, God Almighty deliver us all, for we are in a poor
State of Defence without farther help from ye Province, in
wch I hope, yr Honour will not be wanting, in your endeav-
ours to give us all ye assistance you Can, in order to protect
us from our Enemies.
The state of this Fort, for want of Repairs & more Men, I
lately sent to Mr Wheelwright, for him to put yr honour in
Mind, of what I gave you in Sepr last, wch I hope will be
taken into Consideration of the General Court, with all due
respects, I am
Yr Honours Most Obed1 Humb : Ser1 Jn° Oulton
Letter, Enoch Freeman to IS Gov. PJiips.
Falmouth April 16th 1721
Sir
The Inclosed I just recd from ye Lieut1 of Saint Georges
Fort, and I thought it proper to Express it to Your Honour
as it is ; and I hope it will arrive to your Honour before the
General Court rises, that his Majestys Subjects, on the East-
ern Frontiers, may have that Immediate Care taken of them,
their present Danger calls for ;
Sir, it is a melacholly Scene to behold So many People
drove off from their Planting &c and not know what to go
about for a Living.
But it gives Some Encouragement, that we may rely on
Your Honour's Goodwill & Best Endeavours for the Frontiers
I am, Your Honour's Most Dutifull and Obed* hum1 Serv*
Enoch Freeman
To ye Honble Spencer Phips Esqr Lieut* Govr &c —
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Letter, Alexr Nikels to Lt. Grov. Phips
To his Honnor Governor ffips
Sir inclosed you have the Copy of an Express sent to us by
Incin Flatcher of St : Georges fort and we are now all heaped
up into Garyson and Dars not go out looking Every day
when the Indians will strak and the thing that most discorges
us is that we have a report hear that there has been an
upwards of a hundered Canada Indians at St : Georges and
that they have had stors out of the truk hous I Canot think
the report is true but it would be a good thought to look into
it for if it be a lie as I supos it is people will not be so much
discorged we hop to hear from your honnor som thing that
will be Comfortable to our aid if need be and your speedy
answer will very much incorg us in thes remot parts of the
willdernes from your Humble servant at Comand
Alexr Nikels
Sheepscot April the 16th 1751
[ Superscribed ]
To his Honnor Governor ffips
at Bostou or Cambridg
Letter, Alexr Nikels to Capt. Jabez Bradbury Apl 18, 1751.
Cap1 Jabez Bradbury
Sir
Wheras there Came an Express from Incine fflatcher of
your fort at St: Georges to my hand bearing Date the 11th
of this instant wherein he assurs us that the Canada Indians
was gon out and would sertainly strake at the Eastern fron-
tiers it his put us all into Garyson therefore I would have
you to warn the Penabscot and noragewalk Indians to _ of
from Coming near us at this tim for as we are all heaped up
OF THE STATE OF MAESTE 141
into Garryson and dars't do no manner of busyness for our-
selves we think most proper for our own Defence and the
good of the province to raise all the men can be spaired out
of our Garysons and go out upon the back sid of our settle-
ment to see if wee Can meet them in the woods give them a
little of there own play untill we have aid from the province
and if you will please to let those Indians that is our Suposed
friends have warning to keep out of our way it will very
much oblidge Sir your loveing friend
Sheepscot April the 18th 1751 Alexr Nikels
A true Copy of my letter sent to Capt : Bradbury to be
Comunicated to his Honnor Spencer Phips Esqr Comander
in chief &c.
" Lieuten1 Grovernrs Letter to Cpt Nichols May 1, 1751 "
I have received from you a Copy of your Letter to Cap1
Bradbury. I question whether the Report of the Canada
Indians coming on our Frontiers is true I think it probable
they are gone to Nova Scotia. I have sent Belts of Wam-
pom to the Penobscots Norredgewock & S* Francois Tribes
& expect they will meet in the Summer in order to confirm
the Peace between us and though upon every appearance of
Danger I would have the Inhabitants on the Frontier be con-
stantly on their Guard, yet I cannot approve of sending out
Men to give the Indians their own Play as you express it for
you cannot distinguish between Fiiends & Enemys & by this
means may involve the Government in a War which other-
wise might have been avoided. I therefore expect that for
the present you desist from your proposed measures unless
the People should be actually attackd And be careful from
time to time to advise me of any thing remarkable that may
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occur that I may give such further Orders as may be
necessary.
Letter, Secrv Willard to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Boston 1, May 1751
I am directed by his Honour the L* Governor & the Coun-
cil to acquaint you that a Vote has pass'd the hond Board
authorizing you to distribute out of the Truck Trade a Sum
not exceeding Fifty pounds lawful money among the Indians
of the Noridgwalk Tribe or the Sl Francois Tribe if any of
the last mentioned should come Down into your Fort and in
doing this you must endeavour to engage the Men of greatest
influence among the Indians that so they may be kept from
any hostile Acts until the time of the Proposed Conference
with them. It is likewise thought convenient by his Honour
& the Board that you should caution the Inhabitants against
firing upon any Indians unless there be good Evidence of
their having a design to attack the English. A great deal
depends on a prudent discharge of the Trust reposed in you
at this Juncture it being of very great importance that Peace
should be maintaind by all ways I mean consistent wth the
Honor of Government I am Sir, Your humble Serv*
J Willard
To Cpt. William Lithgow
The same to Cpt. Jabez Bradbury, only Penobscot for
Norridgewalk & Seventy for Fifty
" Letter, Col. Moulton $• others to L* Q-ov. Phips
May 0, 1751.
Sr
Yesterday were bro1 by Virtue of a Warrant from Sam1
Denny Esqr of Georgetown, and comitted to His Majts Goal
here, two Men who are vehemently Suspected to have mur-
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 143
ther'd the Master & two Men, belonging to a Vessel bound
from Cherry Point in Virginia, to Clement's Bay in Mary-
land, Sometime in February last, as mention'd in the Weekly
Post Boy afterward. - Altho Majr Denny took the Examina-
tion of one of the men namely Geo : Willson upon oath, yet
he acquainted us that the Information was so imperfect that
it was not proper to Send it, and refer'd him to be examin'd
here.
Accordingly he offer'd himself to be Evidence for the King,
and declare the whole Truth, if he might not be tried for the
said murthers. - We gave him our Word, that we wou'd
recomend him to the Favour of ye Governm1 upon that Con-
dition ; finding it impossible to get Sufficient Evidence for
the Trial & condign Punishm* of so barbarous Murthers
without him. And being carefully examin'd he made the
inclosed Declaration upon oath which (as yor Honr will per-
ceive ) gives the most violent Suspicion.
After we had examin'd Willson Separate, we proceeded to
examine Sutton, who undoubtedly gave evasive and false
answers to Questions put to him, and by his Behaviour as
well as by the different Accots these persons gave of them-
selves when examined by the Justices in New Hampshire,
and other Circumstances concurring, we have great Reason
to believe one or both of them were Actors in that cruel &
inhumane Tragedy, we have therefore committed them both
to the Stone Goal but have ordered William Sutton to be in
Irons, and in a Separate Room until the Order of Governm*.
We have Subjoin'd to the Declaratiou of the Facts attend-
ing the Tragedy an Acco4 of Some persons they met with and
Places where they lodged on their Travels, in order that Evi-
dences to prove, that these men were the Identical persons
that comitted those Murders, may be obtained.
It is very probable that part of the Cloathing these men
have now on did belong to the Master of sd Vessel.
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But as these Facts were committed in a Bay in Virginia
we are not certain whether, it was within the Body of a
County and must be tried there, or whether it was upon the
High Seas, and so may be tried by a Court of Admiralty
specially appointed by Virtue of an Act of Parliament made
in ye Reign of K : Wm ye 3d
Wherefore we now give your Honr and the Honble His
Majts Council this Information with the papers inclosed, to
the End that such proceeding may be had concerning them
as the uncommon Case calls for.
We shall be very glad that Something may be concluded,
as Soon as may be, because Sutton Seems to be a person able
to carry on deep Stratagems, and his Guard have inform' d
us, that he would have undoubtedly, kill'd some of them in
order to escape ; There being but few apartmts in Goal, and
other Prisoners there, are afraid of his doing Mischief.
We are Your Hon18 most obedient and most humble Servants
Jer: Moulton
York May 2, 1751. Simon ffrost
Dan1 Moulton
The Honble Spencer Phipps Esqr L* Govern'
Berwick Petition. May 25, 1751
To the Honourable Spencer Phips Esq1 Lieutenant Gov-
ernor & Commander in Chief in & Over his Majesties
Province of the Massachusetts Bay and to the Honour-
able the Council and House of Representatives of said
Province in Gen11 Court Assembled May 1751 —
The Petition of Benjamin Chadbourn, William Gerrish
James Gerrish, John Thompson junr and Moses Butler
Selectmen of the Town of Berwick in the County of York
for and in Behalf of said Town Humbly Sheweth
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 145
That the freeholders & Inhabitants of said Town of Ber-
wick upon Due warning given Met on the Eleventh day of
March last past to Choose Town officers as Usual at which
time ye Town Made Choice of a Person for their Clerk who
refused to take the Oath Required by the Act made for
Drawing in the Bills of Credit &c — whereupon the Town
proceeded to and did make Choice of Another Person for
Town Clerk who likewise refused to take ye said Oath —
then the Town Adjourn'd their Meeting to the 26th of said
Month of March at which time some Difficulties Ariseing
about the Choice of Town officers ye sd Town Adjourn'd their
Meeting to the fifteenth day of April last & then Met but
meeting with more Difficulty they Adjourn'd their Meeting
to y9 29th of April when being Met they Chose all their offi-
cers to Serve the Town the Current year but several of their
officers being absent at the time of their being Chosen when
Summoned to be Sworn refused to take the Oath aforesd
which made it Necessary to have Another Meeting Called to
Choose others in ye room of those before Chosen who refused
to serve & Accordingly there was Another Town Meeting
Caled for that Purpose & held on ye 21. of May Instant
when ye Town made Choice of such officers as were wanting
But some Doubt has Arisen & - is Moved by some of the
Inhabitants that the Town had No Lawfull Athority to
Adjourn their Meeting Thou Actually Caled & held Several
Dayes in the Month of March but by reason of some Misun-
derstanding Amongst ye People the Town officers were not
all Chosen till ye 29th of April last which Meeting was held
by Virtue of the same Warrant that Called ye Meeting on ye
Eleventh of March — and being held by Virtue of that War-
rant by Adjournments Agreed upon by ye Town from time to
time & being Customary to Adjourn Meetings by Votes was
Amongst us supposed to be Lawfull and Could Not hurt or
Injure Any Man — and as ye Peace & Quiet of the Town
10
146 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
depends Much upon ye Officers Chosen their being Established
that they may attend their Duty in their respective offices
for the Public Good —
We therefore humbly pray that if this Honble Court shall
Judge that the Adjournments of ye Town Meeting from ye
Month of March into the month of April for finishing the
business of ye Town Meeting to be Illegal it May be Attrib-
uted to our Weakness & forgiven and that this Honourable
Court will be pleased of their Great and wonted Goodness to
Confirm ye Votes for ye Choice of Town officers Made at the
Several Meetings Aforesaid or Grant them such relief in the
Premises & Direction & authority for any further or other
Proceedings therein as this Court in their Great Wisdom &
Justice shall Seem Meet and yr Petitioners shall pray &c —
Moses Butler
Berwick May 25, 1751 Benf Chadboum
Wm Gerrish
John Thompson Jur
James Garish
Select
men
In the House of Rep™ June. 6. 1751
Read and Ordered that the Prayer of this Petn be so far
granted as that the several Votes herein mentioned relating
to the Choice of Town officers be and hereby are confirmed -
And that the said Town officers be and they hereby are as
much Obliged ( to all intents and purposes ) to Serve in the
respective offices to which they were Chosen as though they
had been Chosen in the Month of March last
Sent up for concurrence
Attr Roland Cotton Cler Dom Rep
In Council June 6, 1751 Read & Concurr'd
Sam1 Holbrook Dty Secry
Consented to S Phips
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 147
Depositions, May 27, 1751.
The Deposition of Gideon Man, Benjamin Welch & Lem-
uel Bolles all of North Yarmouth, Testifie & Say That We
being in Company with Several others yesterday morning
Looking for three Children (viz Joseph Chandler Son of
Edmond Chandler Solomon Mitchel & Daniel Mitchel Sons
of Benjamin Mitchel ) that were then Missing we discover'd
where the Indians by their Tracts & by a Musquash Skin
made into a Case & us'd by them as we Suppose & drop'd
when they Lay behind a Fence by the Road we Saw where
they Took the Boys & follow'd their Tracts both Indians &
boys together for some considerable Way where they Carried
them off.
Gideon Man
Benjamin Welch
Lemuel Bolles
And further the said Benjamin Welch & Lemuel Boles
Say that they in Company with several others in pursuit of
the Indians came to the place of Edward King of sd Town &
in his Inclosure we found a yoke of Oxen of his Shot (as we
Suppose by the Indians ) & Some part of the meat cut of &
carried away.
Benjamin Welch
Lemuel Bolles
York ss. North Yarmouth May 27, 1751.
Personally appearing The above named Gideon Man, Ben-
jamin Welch and Lemuel Boles made Oath to the Truth of
the above Depositions by them Severally Subscribed.
Before me, Samuel Seabury Justs Pacis
Letter, Jn° Oulton to & Grov. Phips
Fort George in Brunswick May 27th 1751
Honble Sir
Yesterday abl 4 a Clock in y* afternoon Came here Daneil
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Pall from North yarmouth, who Informed me of ye Indians
takeing & Carrying away, wth them three Boys, ye night
before. Some Men went after them & by their track did
suppose there was about ten or twelve of them. This puts
all these parts in An Alarm, not knowing, where they will
be next. We are in a poor State of Defence for want of
Repayrs, as I gave yr Honour an account of in Sepr last, &
since yS I begd Mr John Wheelwright to put yr Honour in
mind of it. Its a poor State we are in, & every day makes
things worss & worss. For our firing off, two Great Guns,
only with Powder, gave our platform & Carrages such a
shake yl I thought both would have fell down, & am sure it
will be so, when we Come to use them wth Shot, therefore I
pray yr Honour will lay this affair before ye General Court,
that I may have orders to doe what is needful If thats
Obtained, I beg yr honour will Let me have ye orders as
soone as possible, with all due respect I am
Yr Honours Most Obed* humb. Ser*
Jn° Oulton
Letter, EzeW Gushing to Ll Gov. PUps May 28, 1751.
Honor* Sr
I have just now recd Intelligence of the Indian Enemy's
taking three Boys Prisoners at North Yarmouth as Likewise
of their killing a yoke of oxen the Particulars of the affair
your Honour may informe your Self by the enclosed Evi-
dences of Several Persons belonging to Said Place. I have
nothing further that is remarkable to acquaint your Honour
with, I subscribe myself your
Honours most obedient Humble Serv*
Ezekiel Cushing
Falmouth May 28th 1751.—
OP THE STATE OF MAINE 149
To His Honour Spencer Phips Esquire Comander in Chief
in and over his Majestys Province of the Massachusetts
Bay The Honourable his Majestys Council and the
Honourable House of Representatives in a General
Court Assembled May 29. 1751.
The Petition of the Subscribers Grantees of a Certain
Tract of Land adjoyning to North Yarmouth
humbly Sheweth That
Your Petitioners have Spent a great Deal of Time and been
at considerable Expence in bringing forward a Settlement as
may appear by the Account hereto annexed and had com-
pleated the Settlement according to the Conditions of the
said grant if they had Not been hindred by the Breaking out
of the War and after the End of the French War We Con-
cluded to proceed to Settlement but the Indians Making
further Disturbance discouraged Your Petitioners from Pro-
ceeding they having Granted the Sum of three Pounds ju3t
before the last Disturbance made by the Indians upon Each
Right.
Your Petitioners Therefore pray that your Honours would
please to grant a further Time for Performing the Con-
ditions of their Grant and your Petitioners as in Duty bound
shall ever pray &c.
Daniel Witham] Comteeof
Phile11 Warner >■ the
Sam11 Stevens Grantees
An Account of the Proceedings of the Grantees of a
Certain Tract of Land adjoyning to North Yarmouth con-
ditionally granted to Some Inhabitants of the Town of
Glocester, by the great & General Court at their Sessions in
the Year
The said Grantees have raised And granted at Severell
Times the Sum of Twenty two pounds thirteen Shillings and
four Pence upon Each Right amounting to the Sum of one
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thousand Three hundred and fifty nine Pounds one shilling
All Which has been paid except the last grant of three
pounds a Right granted In the Year 1749 when the indians
making Disturbance the Affair was not pursued according to
the Design.
A Way has been cut thro' the Woods about a Dozen
Miles and two or three large Bridges & fourten more Cart
bridges but smaler been built ; A Saw Mill has been raised
and finished and set to Work Which cost about four hun-
dred Pounds in the Year 1743.
and fifteen Frames of Houses raised, There have been four
fields of Corn the Rye, & many Loads of hay Cut on sd Land
& Catle keep there one Winter
Phile" Warner dark
Glocester May 25th 1751
Record.
at A Legale Parish Meeting held In ye Lower Parish In
Kittery June 3 1751 Voted That Sr Wm Pepperrell Barn*
be Desiered to Goe to the Generall Court to Make Answer to
A Petition Sent In to said Court Apr1 4th 1751 by ye Inhab-
itants of the Third or Middle Parish In Kittery Afore Said.
A True Copy of Recod
Attr g Elihu Gunnison P : Clr
Jur
Record.
At a Legal Parish Meeting held in ye Lower or first
Parish In Kittery June 6th 1751.
Voted That ye Parish Clerk Informs the Inhabitants of the
Medill Parish that ye first Parish has Desired Sr Wm Pepper-
rell to Petition to ye Generale Court for a Continuance of
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there Petition to Prevent their Being at ye Charge of Send-
ing An Agent untill the Affaire Can be heard.
A True Copy of Recod Attr
Elihu Gunneson: P: Clr
Jur
Letter.
Kittery June 6th 1751.
Honourable Sir
Inclosed you have a Petition wch I beg ye favour of
you to present to ye great & general Court.
I am sorry ye Parish made choice of me to answer it,
under ye present distressing circumstances of myself & family
but if the Court would be pleased to put it of for some
Longer time, I should indeavr to attend, to prevent the
Parish being put to any further trouble & charge
I am Your Most Humble Servant
W"' Pepperrell
The Honme Josiah Willard Esq1
Superscribed to
The Honourable Josiah Willard Esqr
Secretary of the Province of
Massachusetts Bay In Boston
Petition of Sir Wm Pepperrell June 6, 1751
To the Honble Spencer Phips Esq1 Lieu1 Governour &
Comander in Chief in & over His Majesty's Province
of the Massachusets Bay in New England & to the
Honble His Majesty's Council & the Honble House of
Represenves for Said Province in Gen1 Court Assembled.
The Petition & remonstrance of William Pepperrell
Humbly Showeth
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That whereas on ye 218t may last past the first Parish of
Kittery was served with a copy of a Petition to the Great &
General Court signed by Mess18 William Wentworth Thomas
Cutt, Joseph Curtis & others, and also with a Citation from
ye said Honble Court on the 11th of this Ins1 to Shew Cause
why ye sd Petition should not be granted, and whereas the
said first Parish of Kittery have chosen me their agent on
that occasion, and such being the dispensations of Divine
Providence towards me and my family as to render it almost
impracticable for me to attend my duty in this affair or the
more important affairs of the Province, till my mind is in
some greater measure relieved, of wch the third Parish in
Kittery have been duly notified.
Your Petioner therefore Humbly requests that your Hon-
ours in your great goodness would be pleased to protract the
time for a hearing, to the next sessions or to such future
time as your Honours shall judge proper, when your Petioner
begs leave to Assure your Honours, that he shall be able to
Show not only the unreasonableness of their Petition in
general, but ye there are many things therein Asserted as
Facts which have Little or no foundation in Truth.
I am with all Duty & Esteem Your Honours Faithfull
and Most obedient Humble Servant
Wm Pepperrell
Kittery 1st Parish June 6th 1721
" A Petn of the Selectmen of Brunswick June 7, 1751. "
Province of the Massachusetts Bay In New England
To the Honble Spencer Phips Esqr Liv1 Gov: for the
time Being: and Honble Councel & Honble house of
Representatives In general Court Assembly May 29*
1751
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 153
The Petition of the Inhabitants of the town of Brunswick
In the County of York
Most Humbly Sheweth
That John Martin An Inhabitant of sd Town : In the Late
Excursion of the Indians : on the tenth of September last as
he was at his Labour : In his own field was taken & Carri'd
to Canada : & Sold to Joseph Cadiit for Two hundred livers :
for which sume : sd Cadiit accepted his Note of hand by
which means : he was permitted to Return to his family :
& now Expects a Demand will be made of sd sume the pay-
ment of which : we are perfectly Sensible : Is not In his
power : being In Low Circumstances : haveing a family of
seven Children most of them young & unable to Soport
themselves :
And further yr Petitioners Beggs Leave to Inform your
Honr & this Honble Court on the Day aforesaid viz : the
tenth of September last, Wm Ross & his son John Ross of
Sheepsgut as we are Informed were also Carried into
Captivity by a Company of Indians : & sold at Canada :
having Endured Hardships by the way by reason of his
Lameness : Suffering much : as to his Estate by having his
house, & furniture, burned by the Indians : Last war : and
what afterwards he procured by his Industrey : was Burned
by the Indians in their late Excursion: Sd Ross Leaving
Behind him : a wife & four Children one of which is Dead
and his wife : for the Soport of her self & family was obliged
to remove from Sheepsgutt aforesd to her fathers Garrison
In Brunswick aforesd
Therfor yr Petitioners Humbly supplicate : yr Honr & this
Honble Court : praying thy would : In there grate wisdom &
goodness provide : for there Releif & liberty : which there
present Distressed Cases : Calls for : we Sopose that peti-
tioners of this nature, have been preferred to this Honble
Court: & vl Some members of this Honble Court: have
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objected, against giveing Rerleif To the Distressed Captives,
by saying y* It would be of Bad Consequence : It would still
give Encouragement : to the Indians & french to go on In
the same method : to Distrees the Subjects : & Insult the
Province: we would humbly offer our Reasons to obviate
these objections : the Government May Relive, the Dis-
tressed Captives : In Such a manner : that may Never Come
to the Knowledge of the french & Indians : But provideing
the Gov* In there grate wisdom Should see meet : It should
Come to there knowledge we Humbly Conceve there might
be then remonstrances made to the Government at home :
that some orders might be obtained by the King of france to
the governent of Canada : that for the future there might be
a stop put to these Violations & Incursions : made on there
frontiers, we begg yr honrs : would forgive this freedom,
Humbly Conceveing : You will Do that : that will be for the
Honr of the Government for the Releif of Distressed Cap-
tives : as yr petitioners In our present Circumstances Are
not able to afford them Releif
And yr Petitioners As In Duty bound shall Ever Pray
John Minot
Robert ffinney
Isack Snow
Select men
" of Brunswick
Letter, Enoch Freeman to L* Grov. Phips
Falmouth June 8th 1751
Sir
This Day the Indians kill'd and Scalpt one Joseph Burnal,
about half a Mile off of Pesumpscot Mills, in the Road lead-
ing from thence to North Yarmouth an honest Blacksmith,
his horse also was found dead by him, with four Bullet Holes
thro' him. This Action is so perfidious I have hardly
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Patience enough to relate it; that when our People think
they may go Safely about their Business ( as we hear a Treaty
is concluded upon, & that till then all Hostilities were to
cease ) shou'd be Suddenly & unexpectedly Shott down ;
their Scalps tore off their Heads, and their Bodys left on the
Ground in Gore presently a Neighbour or Friend is as Sud-
denly Surpriz'd with the Sight ; Immediately the Towns are
Alarm'd, then every one quits his Business, Some fly into
Houses & Garrisons for Safety, others muster and range in
Vain thro' the Woods after the Murderers, & then all Busi-
ness laide aside for a while, not knowing where to be Safe,
to the unspeakable Damage of the Publick as well as partic-
ulars ; untill Necessity forces 'em out into Danger again. —
And if the Governm1 dont take some Speady Measures to
help us, we are ruin'd, and I must leave it to their Super
Wisdom to project some Effectual way to relieve us, who
live, or rather have a being on the Frontiers —
Your Honour will please to Excuse all Impertinence in
Your Honours Obed1 hum1 Serv*
Enoch Freeman
His Honour ye Lieut1 Govern1 & Commander in Chief, &c
[ Superscribed ]
On his Majestys Service
To the HonWe Spencer Phips Esqr Lieut1 Governour &
Commander in Chief of the Province of the Massachu-
setts Bay &c at Cambridge
g Mr Dan1 Godfry
Letter, Jabez Bradbury to & G-ov. Phips
S4 Georges July 8th 1751
May it Please your Honour
This day one of Squadooks Sons told me there was a
french Ship Lately arriv'd at Sl Johns River had brought two
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hundred workmen in order to Complete a Fort they were
building nere the mouth of that River & that they had also a
great number of Great Guns & said they were told by the
French that the debate between the English and french Con-
cerning Nova Scotia was Setled by Governer Shirley, he also
told me he had seen Indians from Cannade who Said when
the Indians thear, Recived the Belt Sent from this Govern-
ment, they Presented it to the L* Governer of Cannada who
Comended them for so doing, and that he advised them to be
at peace with the English, he also Said the french were gon
out with a great number of Men in quest of som foreign
Indians who had Lately kild or taken Seventeen men in one
of their frontier Setlements near the Lake, there being no
particular day set, & being often askt by the Indians when
they shall waite on your Honour here, I have venterd to tell
them that by the 15th of Agust they may Expect to Se your
Honoer with A Number of Gentlemen of the Council agree-
able to the Interview Proposd by your Honour.
I subscribe my self your Honours most obedient humble
Serv* Jabez Bradbury
May it please your Honer Since I wrote the above I Ricivd
a leter from the Jesuit to your honour & another from the
Indians to me in which they Say they Shall be Ready to
waite on you at this Place at the time apointed which will be
the Eighth of August, their letter to me was Sind by
Sebooset, Loran Squadook & Sundry others of their most
Considerable men
I am as above your Honours most obedient Humb1 Serv*
Jabez Bradbury
Letter, Job Averell to Capt. Alexr Nickels
Sheepscut July ye 9th 1751
Captn Nickels Sir Whereas by your Pamphlet which you
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and your Squire drew in my Absence and has carried into
Court : you have so far insinuated the wrong done to your
good name by the paper I carried into Court so as to impose
so far upon the Honourable Court as to appoint a Committee
to examine into the affair : this is therefore to inform you
that it is now my turn to summons your whole Company or
who I please to Boston to answer to such Questions as I
shall ask them and that before your face, therefore if you
dont come directly with some of the most Credible men in
your Company and settle that affair so that it proceed no
further : I will assure you that I will present you for selling
Rhum more then twenty times and your father also.
this from Stand by the truth Job Averell
[ Superscribed ]
To Captn Alexander Nickels Junr
at Newcastle
Letter, Ll Gov. Phips to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Boston July 12, 1751.
Sir
You must acquaint such of the Indians as you may have
Opportunity to see, that I am exceedingly surprised that
after a Treaty had been appted between this Gov1 & them,
one Englishman shd be kill'd while travelling upon the Road,
& three Children captivated, & that I expect that the Indians
of the Penobscots & Norridgewalk Tribes shd use their utmost
Endeavours that those Children be brought to the Treaty &
delivered up.
Your Friend & Serv* S. Phips
Cpt. Wm Lithgow - at Richmond Fort
The same to Cpt Jabez Bradbury at the Fort at Sl Georges
River
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Letter, Ll Gov. Phips to Col. Ezkl Cushing. July 15, 1751.
Sir,
I have receive! such Advices from Cap* Lithgow at Fort
Richmond as gives too much reason to fear that the Indians
of Norridgewock & Penobscot as well as those who are near
to Canada design to break with us & that the People on the
Frontiers are in danger of being suddenly attack' d by them.
You are therefore immediately to give notice to all exposed
places to be on their guard & not only to be careful for their
own defence but to use their utmost endeavours if possible
to intercept or destroy any Indians that may be coming in an
hostile manner against them & it might prove extreamly ser-
viceable if any of them could be captivated & I doubt not
the persons who should effect it would receive an handsome
reward from the Government. At the same time as we have
no certainty of the Disposition of the Penobscots and Nor-
ridgewocks, caution should be used that where any Indians
shall come in peaceably & no Hostilitys be offerd by them
they should still be treated as Friends that so if possible
peace may be preservd. And as you will probably have fur-
ther Intelligence before this comes to your hands of the steps
taken by the Indians & may hereafter receive Advices before
they can reach me I must leave it in a great measure to your
prudence to give Orders from time to time that reprizals may
be made on all such Indians be they more or less as may
attempt or evidently design to annoy us & that you cause
men to be raised accordingly ; & at the same time to avoid
all Hostilitys against such Indians as are willing to remain
in peace & shall appear in a friendly manner. And that you
may be the the better prepared in case of an Attack I think
it convenient & it is my direction to you that you forthwith
enlist the 50 Men for whom an Establishment has been made
by the Court to attend me at the proposed Interview & that
they be kept in constant readiness to march against any of
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 159
the Enemy who may come upon our Frontiers & if you have
reason to suspect any partys to be lurking about with a
design to annoy us I would have you employ the whole or
any part of said Men to go in search of them & if possible
intercept or destroy them.
If you should receive any Intelligence which may look as
if the Penobscots and Norridgewocks designd to attend the
Interview at Georges & that our present suspicions are not
well grounded you must be very careful that nothing be done
to hinder them as I have great hopes that a War may be pre-
vented if we can have a Meeting with them.
Camb. July 15, 1751
Letter, Ll Gov. Phips to Col. Ezkl Gushing
Boston July 23, 1751
Sir
I have directed Cpt. Lithgow to have his Garrison recruited
with ten Men ; And lest he should not be able to enlist them,
I have informed him that I would give you orders to raise
them, and therefore I hereby direct & impower you to raise
ten Men for Recruiting the Garrison at Richmond Fort or so
many as Cpt. Lithgow shall want to make up that Number.
By my advices from Cpt. Lithgow I find things on your
Frontier to be in a very dangerous State ; And therefore I
must repeat my Orders to you that you do every thing neces-
sary for the Protection of the Inhabitants & repelling & pur-
suing any Indians that may assault them. Sir Wm Pepperil
complains that Care is not taken to have some of the West-
ern Parts of the Co. of York that ly exposed advertised of
the Appearance of an Enemy in the more Eastern Parts You
will therefore take Care that Intelligence be given to all
exposed Places.
Coll Ezekiel Cushing.
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Letter, Ll Grov. Phips to Capt. Jabez Bradbury
Boston July 23, 1751.
Sir,
I wrote to you the 16th Instant & sent you a Copy of a
Letter I had recd from Cpt. Lithgow. Since that I have
recd your Letter of the 12th Instant with one from the Penob-
scot Jesuit written at the Desire of the Indians of that Tribes ;
which represent the pacifick Spirit of the Penobscot Indians.
This morning I recd an other Letter from Cpt. Lithgow giv-
ing an Ace1 of Mischiefs done by a great Number of the
Indians, & probably divers of the Norridgewocks.
These different Accts of things from those several Quarters
& differ* Behaviour of the Indians appear very hard to be
reconciled. I have therefore thought it necessary to send
Cpt. Saunders to S* Georges & Richmond that I may have
as early Intelligence of Affairs as may be in some Hopes that
the Norridgewocks upon Consultation with the Penobscot
Men may be brought over to their Sentiments. You must
send me the fullest Accounts of these Affairs you can possi-
bly obtain & particularly of the time the Indians may agree
upon for the Treaty if they keep staunch to their Resolutions
for Peace ; It must be considered that these late Managemts
of the Indians have necessarily set back our Preparations for
the Treaty ; Besides you must inform the Indians that L*
Govr Mascarene will appear there in behalf of the Province
of Nova Scotia. Give as quick a Dispatch to Cpt. Saunders
as may be.
Cap* Jabez Bradbury
Letter, Lt. Gov. Phips to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Sir,
I have recd your Letter of the 9th & 15th Inst* & am sorry
to find we have so much reason to fear that the Norridgewock
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are in Confederacy with those of Sk Francois : My last Advices
from Cpt. Bradbury gave me considerable Encouragem1 to
hope that the Storm might blow over. In the mean time it
seems very difficult to reconcile the different Conduct of the
Penobscot & Norridgewock Indians as you will see by Cpt.
Bradburys & the Jesuits Letters Copies of wch you have
herewith inclosed.
I have considered the small Number of your Garrison &
the Difficulty of yre Duty as you have represented it &
accordingly direct & impower you to enlist Ten Men for the
Reinforcem1, of yre Garrison, and shall write to Coll. Cushing
to give you any assistance necessary for raising the Men.
I trust in your Faithfulness & Prudence for the right
Managem* of affairs in this difficult Situation. You will let
me have Advices from time to time of every thing of moment
that may occur. I shall send Cpt. Saunders imediately to Sl
Georges River to have further Intelligence of the Disposition
of the French Indians & I shall order Cpt. Bradbury to
advise you of w* may be necessary you shd know relating
thereto for regulating your further Conduct.
Yr Friend & Servant
S. Phips
P. S. You must acquaint me in your next what Treaty
or Copy of a Treaty was brought into your Fort & delivd up
& by what Indian.
Cap* Wm Lithgow
Letter, John Q-atchel to Col. Ezkl Cushing July 25, 1751.
Hond Sr/
This is to acquaint you that yesterday a number of Indians
attacked some of our people as they were mowing : & Carried
Seven Into Captivity viz : Edmund Hinkley Isaac Hinkley
Gideon Hinkley Sam11 Lumbers : Sam11 Whitney & his Son
ll
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Sam11 Hezekiah Purrenton & 1 : there Goeing of : killed &
wounded upwards of twentey Cattle, and Carried of upwards
of four Cattle We Judge there Number to be Betwixt
twentey & Thirtey: We are In A Distressed Condition &
without we Are Speedily Helped Are afraid must Abandon
Our Settlement, this Is the Substance from Yr Hum. Serv*
John Gatchel
Brans* July 25th 1751
P: S: these above mentioned persons all belonged to that
part of the town Called New Meadows.
Letter, Enoch Freeman to Lt Gov. Phips
Falmouth July 26th 1751
Sir,
The moment Coll0 Cushing Sent me the Inclosed, and as
he was not well, desir'd me to Express it to your Honour,
which I have done by one Mr Daniel Tucker -
It is needless to represent to your Honour the Distress
and Difficulty of our Frontiers, as I am Sure your Honour,
can not be insensible of it — and indeed as we hear an Acco1
is lately carry'd to Your Honour of the Peaceable Disposition
of the Indians, we Apprehend it wou'd be fruitless, so only
in Duty Bound, Send the Inclos'd Letter from Cap* John
Gatchel of Brunswick to Coll0 Cushing -
I am Sir Your Honours Most Dutifull & Obed* hum1 Serv*
Enoch Freeman
Letter, Jacob Wendell to Hon. Jbsiah Willard
Albany July 26th 1751
Mr Secretary
Sr Agreable to the desire of Brigadeer Dwight & Coll0
Partridge I have waited here untill the return of Cap* Van
Shaial & Mr Abeel from Crown Point, which was yesterday
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in the afternoon with Tenn Prisoners att the eastward in our
Province Viz* Lazarus Noble with his wife and four Children
w"1 Jabez Chub and Ann Holmas all taken from Swann Island
near Richmond, and William Ross and his Sonn John taken
at Sheepscutt, with one Scotch woman, these were all that
were att Crowne Point Two Children more of Lazarus Nobles
Were expected there dayly as they Tell me but were not
come, when they came from thence, So could not Stay for
them we were Oblidged to send five hundred Dollars to Pay
for these Tenn and John Martin redemption from the Indians
& Clothing before they would Suffer these to come away
which mony I have been Oblidged to borrow there, and also
the Charge of Sending Twice and bringing them from Crowne
Point here ) I have this day been Providing them with Shoes
&ca necessary for them and having rested here a little, have
agreed to send them early in the morning in a Battoe about
Thirty Myles down ye River to a Place Called Claverack,
and from thence to be Carryed in a waggen to Sheffield
where have given them a letter to David Ingersoll Esqr &
Cap' Ashly &ca to gett horses for the woman, and Children
to carry them to Westfield, where „ have given them a letter
to the Justices & Military officers to Send them forward to
Brigadeer Dwight, who will forward their goeing to Boston
& There I have directed them to Apply to Yourself for
assistance to be Sent to their respective Places of Abode,
they have Signed the Promisary note the Commissioners sent
by Cap1 Van Shayel for them to Sign at Crowne Point, and
they seem to be Truely Thankfull for their Deliverance out
of Captivity. I Purpose now the begining of next week to
Sett out for Boston Through Connecticut, and hope to be at
home the week after next, with due respects to His Honnour
the Liev* Governour and the Council I remain Thier And
Honble Sr/ Your most Humble Servant
Jacob Wendell
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P : S : wee gott Two Belts made here, and thinking they
may be wanted to Send to the Eastward have Sent them by
Mr Noble to Deliver to Your Self
Honble Josiah Willard Esqr
[ Superscribed ]
To The Honourable Josiah Willard Esqr
Secretary of the Province of The Massachusetts Bay
att Boston
Letter, John North to Ll Gov. Phips
Fort Frederick July 30th 1751
May it Please yr Hon1
The Last Evening Captn Sanders Put in here for a Har-
bour, Who Informs that the Indians on Last Thursday took
seven Men & Kill'd A Number of Cattle at New meadows ;
Last Saturday and Sabbath We heard severall Allarms, But
Cant Give An Ace4, of What Mischeif Done —
On the 21Bt Ins* I recd An Express from yr Honr for Captn
Bradbury, it happen'd there was a Shoop Bound to Broad
bay in our Harbour, Otherwise I should be Oblidged To Hire
Men & Boat ; As I was the Last Time I sent your Hon™
Letters to Georges.
Therefore I Beg Leave To offer to your Hon" More
Decerning Judgment, the necessity of Sending or Ordering a
Good Boat & Oars ; & Men so that I May be Enabled to
Discharge that Duty, yr Honr Was Pleased to Confer on Me ;
As Becomes a Soildeir —
If your Honr Thinks proper to Add to our Number I shall
be Exceedingly Obliged to yr Honr to send Western Men;
for Our Inhabitants here has so much planting Lumbering &
Stock to provide Hay for, they Cant Attend their Duty, I
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 165
send yr Hon" Table by Cap1 Sanders & Beg Leave to Sub-
scribe Your Hon" Most Hum16 & Dutyfull Serv*
John North
Letter, Sir Wm Pepperrell to L% Gov. Phips Aug. 6, 1751.
Sir
I have received your Hon" favour of ye 31. of last month
wherein I am directed to Enlist fifty Able bodied Men out of
the Regiment under my Command and to send them to Fal-
mouth, to be under the Direction of Col0 Ezek1 Cushing —
upon Sight of wcb I sent for Cap1 John Harmon who I think
to be a good officer and directed him to Enlist ye said men I
Likewise wrote to all ye Cap*8 in this Regiment to assist him
& hope yor orders will soon be comply'd with, altho Men in
this part of the County are Very Scarce by reason that maney
was Lost at Louisbourg, Meanus & going there, and the last
year when there was an impress here Several young men
run out of this part of the County to New Hampshire &
there continue. I am of opinion that several parts in this
Regiment ly's as much exposed to the Indians as the other
doth. I should be glad to know what must be don if the
Men will not Enlist.
your Commands Shall be Obeyd by
Sir your Hon" Most Obed* Humble Servant
Kittery August 6th 1751 Wm Pepperrell
His Honr Lieu* Gov1 Phips
[ Superscribed ]
On His Majestys Service 2/6
To the Honourable Leiu* Gov1 Phips Commander in Chief of
His Majesty8 Province of the Massachusets Bay
att Cambridge
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Letter, Josiah Willard to Col. Israel Williams
Boston Aug. 9, 1751.
Sir,
I am directed by the Lieut. Govr & Council to inform you
that after all the solemn Professions of the Penobscot Indians
to maintain the Peace, & their great Desires to meet the
Lieut. Gov1 at S* Georges & attend the proposed Treaty
there, for confirming the same. This morning we have cer-
tain Advices from Opt. Bradbury that a considerable number
of the Penobscot Indians had joined with those of Se Francois,
& that in a Day or two they would set upon the English
inhabiting on S* Georges River. This Advice I am Ordered
to send you & to desire that you would in the most suitable
manner apprize the Inhabitants above you & other Places
about you that may ly exposed to an Enemy, of this State of
affairs, that so they may provide for their Defence ; & par-
ticularly that you would give Intelligence of these Matters
to the several Garrisons at Number Four, Fort Dummer &
Fort Massachusets, or else where in yre Neighbourhood there
may be any Soldiers in the Pay of the Province.
I am Sir your very humble Serv1
J Willard
Col0 Israel Williams
Answer to Petition of Third Parish In Kittery. Sept. 25, 1751.
To the HonDle Spencer Phips Esqr Lieutenant Governour
and Commander in Chief in & over, His Majestys
Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England,
and to the Honble His Majestys Council and the Honble
House of Representatives for said Province in General
Court assembled. -
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The first or Lower Parish of Kittery having been served
by Order of the Great & General Court with the Copy of a
Petition & Remonstrance of the third Parish in said Town
which said Parish have preferred to your Honours bearing
Date ye 4th April 1751, And the said first Parish having also
been ordered by your Honours to shew Cause why the
Prayer of sd Petition should not be granted, In Obedience to
the same beg Leave to observe.
That in the Year of our Lord 1660 before Berwick was
taken off from Kittery and erected into a Township, the said
Town of Kittery was divided into three parts, and in about
nine years after, the sd Town of Kittery made a Grant of 150
Acres of Land to each Division for the use & Service of the
Ministry for ever, And that in Process of time when the
lower Division came to lay out their Grant of said 150
Acres It so happened that it interfered with other Grants
that were laid out prior to this, by wch means there is left
remaining of said 150 Acres but about 80 Acres, which is
all that the now first Parish of Kittery can claim or do
possess in virtue of sd Grant : and which, at the Settlement
of our Senior Pastor the Revd Mr Newmarch, was voted to
him " during his Ability to Preach and no longer, and after-
" wards to succeed to the Minister that should be next called
" & settled in his Room. " as by a Vote of the old Parish
may fully appear. In which Vote the Petitioners were as
active as ourselves & they can by no means pretend yl ye
Minister they claim it for is Mr Newmarches Successor.
Accordinly when we proceeded to settle the Revd Mr Stevens,
the sd Land was taken into Possession by him not in a pre-
posterous & clandestine Manner as the sd third Parish
unjustly alledge ; But after several publick Meetings legally
called & held, when among other things the Matter was fully
considered & treated, and which gave opportunity for some
of the Leading Men of the third Parish to give their Attend-
168 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
ance, which they accordingly did, & consequently the third
Parish had notice enough of our Proceedings. But we beg
further to observe to your honours, that if the sd third Parish
Had remained with us, they might have enjoyed not only
the said 80 Acres of Land but every other Benefit & Privi-
lege in common with us. But such was their Disposition
for many years past that nothing would content them but a
new Parish for which they used any Methods that they
thought likely to accomplish their End & having long kept
us in very unhappy Circumstances harrassing of us by num-
berless Meetings at all Seasons of the Year to the great
Damage of the Inhabitants in general, and to the great
hindrance of the Success of the Gospell among us, and being
left without any Prospect of reistablishing the publick Wor-
ship of God which by their Counter-acting us in all our
proceedings for obtaining help, was for a long time most
shamefully neglected.
We were obliged to come into an Agreement with them
for dividing the then lower Parish of Kittery into two
seperate Parishes, and it was voted to be done by five Men
chosen for that Purpose in the following Manner viz1 " the
" whole Soil of the lower Parish of Kittery to be divided
" into two equal Halfes for Quantity & Quality " which Vote
being given to the said Referees as the sole Rule of their
Conduct, we fully expected that a due Regard would be paid
to it, But from an undue Influence that some of the Inhabi-
tants of the third Parish had upon some of the Referees, or
rather from their very greatly mistaking ( as we humbly con-
ceive ) the natural & intended meaning of the Words, their
Report was given very greatly to the Prejudice of the l8t or
lower Parish, which however for peace sake we acquiesced
in, in hopes that the small Pittance or Scantling allotted us
the ancient and Mother Parish might have been enjoyed by
us with all its Privileges & Immunities as free from Molles-
OF THE STATE OF MAHSTE 169
tation as we thought our confined Bounds had secured us
from their Envy, But herein we are disappointed, and as our
last Resort humbly intreat your Honours will in your great
Goodness Wisdom & Justice interpose on our Behalf & con-
firm to us what we enjoy or grant us the favour of a Commit-
tee of the Honourable Court to make a Division agreeable to
the Vote of the Parish for that Purpose. But to proceed —
The Petitioners will still appear more unreasonable if its
consider'd that their Parish is capable of Enlargement and
will undoubtedly have a large Augmentation of Families
from the second Parish, there being many of them who live
quite convenient to that Meeting House while they are at a
much greater Distance from their own, Whereas the first
Parish is bounded by the Sea & can expect no such advant-
age. We are sorry that we have Occasion to take Notice of
their most egregiously misrepresenting things to your Hon-
ours, to instance in some only, They declare that they were
obliged by a Major Vote of the Parish to pay their Pro-
portion of purchasing a House lott for the Minister which is
so far from the Truth, that it was purchased by a Subscrip-
tion made by the Inhabitants dwelling in the present
Confines of this Parish. The same we can truly assert con-
cerning the building of two Meeting houses ( one of which
was destroyed by Lightning) within about thirty Years,
excepting what was given by two or three of the Inhabitants
of the third Parish, or their Predecessors, for which they had
Pews, and have sold them, so that they have had in Common
with us, with only the Expence of a few Repairs, what
brought an almost intolerable Burthen upon us. Some
Years since the third Parish erected a Meeting house for
their own Conveniency, to which some of the Inhabitants of
this Parish handsomely contributed, as they did, for purchas-
ing a Bell likewise, for it, without having so much as one
Pew to reimburse any part of the Charge. Moreover there
170 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
has for a long time been constant preaching in said Meeting
house and the Expence thereof born by us in the same Pro-
portion as Mr Newmarches Sallary. Its true that one hun-
dred Pounds was paid out of the common Stock towards the
Building a house for the Minister, but the Residue of the
Expence was discharged by Subscriptions among ourselves,
& in which they had no part, there was a Little Barn raised
& something more done to it at the Expence of the Parish
but has never been finished to this Day the Burying Place
also was in like manner walled, and they & their Ancestors
have used it in common with us & ours, & they may still
use it for themselves & Families. — When they please — The
whole Charge of this was about <£40 Old Tenr We must
acknowledge our Bell was once recast at the Expence of the
old Parish, but that they were concerned in the Expence of
purchasing the first Bell or recasting it when melted by the
Lightning we must absolutely deny ( for half the First Bell
was given by Coll0 Pepperrell deceased, and they that sub-
scribed to build the Meeting House in the room of that
which was destroyed by Lightning, paid for the other half )
And it will be as difficult for them to prove their paying a
share of a thousand Pounds, in such ways as they assert in
their Petition, as to clear themselves of the Imputation of
being a very contentious People, to say no worse of them.
On the whole considering that they & their Predecessors
have had Meeting Houses built for them for near 100 Years
without any considerable Charge to them, And the other
Facts that have been & may be established, and especially
considering that it was a kind of force Upon us that they
were sett off and that it has been (if we are not very much
mistaken ) almost an invariable Practice of the Great &
General Court in Cases parallel to this to confirm to the
Ancient or Mother Parish as well the Parsonage House &
Land as the Meeting house itself.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 171
We doubt not your Honours will consider their Petition
as impertinent and Groundless as it is false & vexatious and
accordingly dismiss it, Ordering your humble Respondents
Cost. And as in Duty bound shall ever pray.
Wm Pepperrell
Kittery Septr 25th 1751
Petition.
To the honble the Ll Governour & Commander in chief the
honble his Majestys Council & House of Representates
of the Prov of Massa Bay in General Court assembled
Octor 2, 1751 —
Humbly Shews Tho8 Sanders Command1" of Sloop Massach8
That your Memorialst for divers years past has been em-
ploy'd in the Service of the Province, upon an establishment
of monthly wages for the Sloop as well as for himself &
Company & made up the Rolls accordingly & expected
upon all occasions to be at the call and under the direction
of the Government, but it so happen'd that in month of July
1750 an offer being made to carry Down to the several Forts
& Garrisons & likewise to bring back from them all nec-
essary Stores & Articles relating to the Trade with the
Indians at a lower rate than the Establishment your Mem-
orialist was upon ; rather than leave the Service of the
Province in which he had been so long employ 'd he under-
took to carry all necessary Supplys to & bring all necessary
Articles from the Garrisons aforesaid during the Term of
one Year from the 4th July 1750 & expected at any time
when the Sloop was not wanted in whole or in part in the
Service aforesaid, that the whole or part thereof might be
improved for his own benefit, But on the 30th day of August.
1750 your Memorialist received Orders from his Honour the
172 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
L* Governour to attend with his Sloop on his Majestys Ship
Success the Rl honble Lord Colvill Commander, along the
Sea Coast as far as Penobscott, in which Service he continued
19 days & afterwards your Memorialist receiv'd other Orders
to attend the Indians at S* Georges & up to Boston in which
Service he continued 21 days — Now as your Memorialist
humbly conceives that he has fully comply'd with his
engagem18 to the Province to supply the several Forts &
Garrisons as aforesaid & that the other services above
mention'd have been performed over & above what he con-
tracted to do, and he has thereby been deprived of the bene-
fit he might otherwise have receiv'd from the Sloop during
that Term of time ; — therefore prays that your Honours
would allow him to make up his Roll for the 19 days & the
21 days aforesaid, both for Wages & subsistance, he having
purchas'd Provisions during that Term, both for himself &
Company without any Charge to the Province — Or that he
may be otherwise reliev'd as to your Wisdoms shall seem
meet & as in Duty bound shall pray
Thos Sanders
In the House of Repves Oct1 10 1761
Read and Ordered that the Prayer of the Petr be granted
and the Petr be allowed to make up a Muster roll for the
forty Days mentioned accordingly.
Sent up for concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
In Council Octr 11 1751
Read and Concur'd J Willard Secry
Consented to S Phips
New Marblehead.
To his Honour Spencer Phips Esqr Lieutenant Governer
and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesties
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 173
Province of the Massachusets Bay The Honble his Maj-
esties Council & Honble House of Representatives of sd
Province in General Court assembled at Boston the 27th
day of March 1751
Whereas this HonWe Court have Directed the Several
Clerks of the Townships lately Granted To Deposit into the
Secretarys Office attested Copies under Oath of all the
Original Grants together with a List of the Names of the
Grantees and who have fulfilled the Conditions of their
Grants
And whereas I the Subscriber am at present Clerk to the
Grantees or Proprietors of a Township Granted to Sixty of
the Inhabitants of Marblehead in the County of Essex, and
laid out on the Back of the Towns of Falmouth and North
Yarmouth in the County of York (now commonly Called
New Marblehead ) I hereby Humbly Informe your Hon™
That in Obedience to Your Orders Did lay before this Honble
Court an attested Copy ( being under Oath as Clerk ) of the
Original Grant with the Names of the Grantees, on the Second
friday of the last May Sessions.
But at Present I cannot attest who have fulfilled the Con-
ditions of the Grant. By Reason of the great distance of sd
Township from the place where I Dwell and the Danger of
going to sd Township, when the Indians are Lurking about
and last fall carried away ( or killed ) a young man from sd
Township and since the late Orders of this Honble Court, it
being a Dificult Season of the Year, and I being advanced in
Age to above Sixty Years Humbly Begg That this Honble
Court would Excuse me at present And not impute my
Omission as don in Contempt to your Honrs for I always
have, and Ever shall, count it my Duty to Obey your Orders,
and shall count it a great unhappiness to Incur your Dis-
pleasure But if the Grantees at their next Annual meeting
See meet to Chuse me for their Clerk ( the year Ensueing )
174 DOCUMENT AEY HISTORY
and my Abilities and Oppertunity permitt, I will go to Said
Township and take an impartial Account of what is don on
Each Home Lott and lay before this Honble Court ( at next
may Sessions ( if Required ) an attested Account on Oath of
Each Proprietor who have fulfilled the Conditions of their
Grant.
And am as in Duty Your Honrs most Huble & Obedient
Serv1 Willm Goodwin
Second Parish in Falmouth.
Anno Regni Regis Georgii Secundi Vicesimo Quarto. ~
An Act for Erecting a new Town within the County of
York by the Name of
Whereas the second Parish ( so called ) in the Town of
Falmouth in the County of York, is competently fill'd with
Inhabitants, who labour under very great difficultys by
reason that they cannot attend upon the Publick Meetings
of the Town without going some of 'em ten, and others
fifteen Miles by Land, and for that they cannot keep a con-
stant School among them, for want of which their Children
greatly suffer in their Education, tho' they pay their propor-
tionable part of the Charge of maintaining a Grammer
School in the other part of the Town and would be glad now
wholly to maintain a Schoolmaster if they could be Sett off
as a Town by themselves, and having thereupon made
application to this Court, that they may be Sett off a Distinct
and Seperate Town, & be Vested with all the Powers and
Priviledges of a Town. -
Be it therefore Enacted by the Lieutenant Governour,
Council and Representatives, that the said Parish ( commonly
called the Second Parish in Falmouth) be and hereby is
Sett off and Constituted a Seperate Township by the Name
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 175
of the same being on the South side of Four River
so called in Falmouth, and runs up said River towards
Stroutwater River until it comes within half a Mile of the
mouth or Entrance of said Stroutwater River and then runs
on a due West Course or Line across to Scarborough Line
Containing about Ten Miles in length and five Miles in
breadth.
And that the Inhabitants of said Lands be and they
hereby are Vested with the Powers Priveledges and Immun-
ities that the Inhabitants of any of the Towns in this
Province are or ought by Law to be Vested with ~ Provided
also that they pay their part of the Repairs of the Great
Bridge over the four River in the same Proportion as they
pay to the Province Tax till the further Order of this
Court. ~
In the House of RepveB March 29th 1751.
Read a first time
P. M. a Second and third time and pass'd to be Engross'd
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council April 2 1751 Read a first time,
P M — Read a second time & Pass'd a Concurrence
J Willard Secry
Petition.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
To the Honble Spencer Phips Esqr Lieutenant Governour
& Commander in chief ; To the Honorble his Majestys
Council & House of Representatives for said Province
Humbly Sheweth
The Memorial of the Proprietors of that Tract of Land
lying on both sides of Kenebeck River which was granted to
the late Colony of New Plymouth in their Charter.
176 DOCUMEKTAHY HISTORY
That your Memorialists are concerned in the Event of the
Petition of the Settlers at Witchasset as the same is within
the Limits of your Memorialists Patent and as your Memo-
rialists are satisfyed that Erecting them into a District will
serve the Interest of the Settlement, they beg leave to joyn
with the Petitioners in praying this Hon1 Court that the Set-
tlement at Witchassett may be erected into a District and
further your Memorialists would represent to your Honours
that many other settlements are making & will soon be made
in the Neighbourhood of Witchassett which will soon be
under the same necessity of being formed into distinct Dis-
tricts with proper Extent & Limitts And that if Witchasset
should be made a District according to the Bounds proposed
they will be Twenty Miles in Length on both sides a Navi-
gable River which length & Situation your Memorialists
humbly conceive will be not only inconvenient hereafter to
the Petitioners but will be an impediment to the Regular &
proper formation of other Towns & Districts in their Vicin-
ity. Your Memorialists therefore humbly pray a Committe
may be appointed to Enquire into the Situation & Circum-
stances of the Lands thereabouts & Consider what Bounds
will be proper for such District & that the same may be the
Bounds by which the Petitioners may be incorporated and
your Memorialists shall ever Pray
David Jeffries Jacob Wendell
Jaz Fox Wm Brattle
Cha Apthorp Thomas Hancock
James Pitts Robert Temple
Ed Tyng Silv. Gardiner
Joshua Winslow Willm Bowdoin
Benja Hallowell James Bowdoin
John Jones
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 177
Extract from D Govr's Speech. May 28, 1752.
" Agreeable to the desire of the two Houses the last year,
I have sent Gentlemen to Canada, in order to obtain the
release of those unhappy persons who were carried into cap-
tivity, and I hope the negotiation will be managed with
prudence and attended with success."
"S Phips"
"Concord Council Chamber May ye 28th 1752"
Phillipstown Petition " May 29, 1752:'
To His Honr Spencer Phipps Esq1 L' Govern1 & Com-
mander in chief in and over His Majesty's Province of
the Massachusetts Bay.
The Honble His Majesty's Council & the Honble House of
Representatives in Gener1 Court Assembled May 27th 1758-
The Subscribers most humbly shew, That the Prop" of a
Large Tract of Land Eight Miles Square situate at the
Inland head of the Town of Wells commonly called by the
Name of Phillips town beginning at a Small Pine Tree stand-
ing upon the North Corner of said Wells Township & on the
South West side of Kennebunk River upon the North End
of a Rockey Hill which Tree is marked four sides thence
South West by Wells bounds Eight Miles to a Pitch Pine
Tree mark'd four Sides & with the Lettr N. upon the North
side & being upon the West Side of a Marsh or Fresh
Meadow called Merryland Meadows & runs from thence
North West Eight Miles to a great Hemlock Tree marked on
four Sides standing three Miles to the Northward of Bonne-
beege Hills, thence North East Eight Miles to a Large White
Oak Tree mark'd on four Sides & thence South East Eight
12
178 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Miles to the Pine Tree began at- in Ordr to bring forward
the settlement thereof for a Township agreeable to the intent
of Majr William Phillips in his first Granting the same ) did
Grant to Forty Persons One Hundred & Thirty Acres each
being part of said Tract upon certain Conditions of their set-
tling the same ) That there are now in consequence thereof
some of our Families to the Numb1 of more than Twenty
settled upon the said Tract & upwards of 100 Souls most of
whom thro' the Assistance & protection afforded them by
this Province have stood it out all the last War without the
loss of even so much as One Person to the great encouragem1
of not only your Petitioners but many others who frequently
are coming to settle In the said place & building there which
give hopeful prospects of a Flourishing settlement in a Few
Years if still Suitably encouraged and would in process of
Time not only be of service to the Neighbour Towns as a
Barrier to them in Case of an Indian War but 'tis hop'd to
the Province in General, That their Greatest Difficulties at
present is their being under no proper regulation of an
Incorporated Town or Precinct, so no powr or Priviledge of
Raising money and Obliging the Nonresident Settlers &
Prop" to pay their proportion for the Support and Mainte-
nance of the Gospel among them so necessary for the preven-
tion of Irreligion & profaness as well as for the Edification of
such as are Religious and well dispos'd And such other
necessary changes ariseing in makeing & keeping in Repair
necessary and convenient Highways &c
Wherefore your Petitioners pray this Court to take the
Premisses into consideration & of their wonted goodness &
Parental care for such Infant Settlements Incorporate them
into a Town or Precinct & Grant ym such Powers & Privi-
ledges as have been usual for such ~ or Provide such other
way & means for the effectual redress of their inconveniencies
aforesaid And Incourage the srt Settlem1 as this Court in their
OF THE STATE OP MAINE
179
Wisdom shall Judge most fit & reasonable & Your Petitioners
as in duty bound shall ever pray
John Frost
Moses Fowler
Thomas Donnell
Dan1 Moulton
John Stanyan
John Garey
Jeremiah Dunham N
John Low Jonathan J
Robert Miller John Urin
James Chadbourn James Chadbourn Junr
John Chadbourn Joshua Chadbourn
Jeremiah Moulton testo Eph Low
Benja Holt
Sam11 Staples
Joshua
Jos : Simpson jur
Sam11 Willson
Jonathan
Sam11 Cane
Edward Waterhouse
Letter, Ll Gov. Phips to Cajjt. Jabez Bradbury
Concord June 5, 1752.
Cpt. Jabez Bradbury
I have received a Letter from Squadock the chief of the
Penobscot Tribe, Requesting that I would appoint a Time
for Meeting them at Sl Georges ; I have taken the game into
Consideration with the various Circumstances attending this
affair; And forasmuch as I cann't understand that the Nor-
ridgewock Tribe have come to any Resolution to attend with
their Delegates at the proposed Treaty and the Small Pox
being still rife in the Town of Boston, It cannot be conven-
ient to meet the Indians till the Fall of the Year, when I
hope all Hazzard of Carrying the infection among them will
be over, and the Penobscot Indians will have further Oppor-
tunity to bring in the Norridgewocks to the Treaty, without
which there can be no Safety in a Treaty with the other
Tribes : Therefore you will acquaint the Indians ; that as
soon as they can firmly engage the Norridgewock Tribe to
180 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
join them in this Treaty & let me be informed, I will appoint
a Time in the Fall of the Year, to meet them either in Per-
son ( if my Health & the Affairs of the Governm* will allow
me) or by Gentlemen I shall Commissionate for this Service:
And I expect that you punctually advise me of all Matters
relating to this affair, as you have Occasion & Opportunity.
Letter, Gov. Shirley, in London, to Secry Willard
S* James's Street June 24, 1752
Sir
I take the first Opportunity of writing to you after my
Arrival here from Paris. — The Negotiation in which his
Majesty did me the honour to appoint me one of his Com-
missarys is not yet brought to a Conclusion. — We have on
our part set forth in a Memorial delivered to the French
Commissarys in January 1750/1, the Proofs & Evidences of
what we Claim to be the true ancient limits of Nova Scotia
or Accadie in Consequence of the Treaty of Utrecht and
endeavoured to support the Right of the Crown to that
Country according to those Limits ; And in particular we
have claimed all that Territory lying between the Rivers
Kennebeck and Pentagoet commonly called Penobscot,
bounded northerly by the River Canada, as being part of
New England by ancient Original Right, and afterwards
ceeded to us by France at the aforesaid Treaty, as what they
pretended to be and called Part of Accadie ; insisting upon
our Double Title to it by ancient Right and by Virtue of the
Treaty.
Some Months after the French Commissaries delivered to
us a Mem° containing the pretensions of France to the Island
Sl Lucia one of the four Carribee Islands in dispute between
the two Crowns.
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 181
In October 1751 they likewise delivered us a Memorial
of near 260 Pages an appendix of upwards of 100 the latter
consisting of Copies of ancient Records and other Instru-
ments, in answer to our Memorial upon the limits of Nova
Scotia or Accadie.
In this Memorial which abounds with Sophistry & Misrep-
resentations, they have in particular cited out of Escarbots
History of New France published about the Year 1616, Laets
History of America called Novus Orbis &c printed in 1617,
Champlains Voyages into New France published about 1631,
and the Sieur Denys's Discription of the Coast of N° America
printed between 1670 and 1680, many Independent Passages
and Expressions and the Scope of the whole is to prove that
Nova Scotia is " Un Nomen Air " an imaginary Country, the
ancient Accadie as to its Sea Coast is Confined between Cape
Sables and Cape Canceau, expressly excluding the Islands
of Canceau ; and as to its Inland Limits they contend, it
never had any settled ones ; that those are to be now
assign'd by the Commissarys, but that they cant extend as
far as Annapolis Royal, which they insist is not within
Accadie.
A few Weeks after the delivery of this Memorial we
received from the Secretary of States Office our Answer
to the French Memorial upon the Right of Possession to the
Island of Sta Lucia, as it was settled by the Lords CommissrB
of Trade and delivered it to the French Commissarys.
As to the French Memorial made in Answer to ours upon
the Limits of Nova Scotia or Accadie, it consists of such a
Variety of Arguments and pretentions, the Appendix to
which it refers is so large, and a careful Perusal of every
part of the four Authors, from whence the Citations are
made, wch is relative to the Points in dispute, was a work of
such length, that a thorough Examination of the whole and
digesting a proper Reply to it took me up several Months.
182 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
I have since my Arrival here delivered it to Lord Hallifax,
who has read it thoroughly, and laid it before the Board for
their Settlement of it in which a Considerable progress is
made, and I am perswaded it is there made to appear from
the very Instruments and Authoritys, to which the french
Commissaries appeal to prove the Contrary, that the Limits
of Nova Scotia or Accadie extend from the River Pentagoet
to the Southern Bank of the River Sl Lawrence, and that
the Country between Kennebeck and Pentagoet, as far
back likewise as that River, appertains of ancient Right to
the Crown as part of New England as it does also by the
Treaty of Utrecht.
The French Commissaries have assured me they are pre-
paring a Reply to our Answer to their Memorial, setting forth
their Pretensions to the Island of Sta Lucia, a Work in which
if I mistake not the English Right to that Island they must
find themselves gravelled.
After these Replications are given in on both sides, it is to
be hoped that things may be brought to a Conclusion, and
that peremptory Terms on the part of His Majesty may be
insisted upon.
If it was proper to have sent you Copies of the Memorials
& Papers whilst these Points are negotiating between the
two Crowns, I should have done it; but must defer com-
municating them untill my return to Boston, which I cant
yet fix, being willing to continue here untill the Settlement
of these Affairs, if Possible, as I hope my stay may be of
Service to the Province in bringing them to an happy Issue,
for which my best Endeavours shall not be wanting.
You have not heard lately, I believe any mention made of
Crown Point ; but I shall not cease representing to the Min-
istry the necessity of the French Fort at that Place's being
demolished, as well on Acco1 of preventing the Defection of
the Indians of the Six Nations to the French, of which there
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 183
will be extream danger in case they shall be suffered to
remain in Possession of it, as of many other Mischeivous
Consequences of it to his Majestys Colonies in general in
time of War.
I informed you soon after my Arrival here that I had made
application to the Duke of Bedford, then one of his Majestys
Secretary s of State for other Copies of the Pictures of the
Royal Family, which the Province lost when the Council
Chamber was burnt, as also for Ordnance which were sent
from Castle William upon the Expedition against Cape
Breton and never returned, with his Grace's favourable
answer, but my own Constant Employment in preparing the
American Accounts of the Expences there incur'd in the late
intended Expedition against Canada and daily attendance at
the Board of Trade, his Grace's continual Engagements in
Business, and his Majestys early departure in the Spring for
his Germain Dominions hindered that Matter being effected
before I went to Paris.
I have since my return applyed to the Earl of Holderness
who succeeds the Duke of Bedford in his late Department of
the Secretarys Office and he has referred me to Mr Pelham,
with whom I shall now solicit the Affair.
If you will let me know wherein I may in any other Points
promote the service of the Province with his Majestys Min-
istry here during my Stay, the Council and Assembly may
depend on my most hearty endeavours for doing it. - Wher-
ever I am that Object shall always employ my attention with
a most affectionate Regard for their Welfare.
I am with a real Esteem Sr Yr most humble servant
W Shirley
184 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Letter to the Agent in England,
Boston June 25, 1752.
Sir
I am directed by the Gen1 Court of this Province " In
" order to the obtaining a Reimbursm1 of the Expence at Fort
" Dummer & other Charges without the Line, now lying
" before the Rl honble the Lords Conimrs for Trade & Planta-
tions for their Consideration, To write to you & inquire of
"you into the State of that Affair, & to direct you to use
"your Endeavours for obtaining a Reinibursm* of the sd
" Charge, agreeable to the Accots exhibited, & also of the
"further Expence on the Garrison at Fort Dummer, & other
" Charges without the Line from the last Acco1 to this time."
You have been so far concerned in this Affair already, &
so often solicited this Reimbursm1 in the sev1 offices of State,
that it will be altogether unnecessary to give you a Detail of
the Proceedings thereon as they have appeared to this Gov-
ernm* by Advices from yourself & other Gentlemen concerned
therein.
However it may not be amiss to put you in mind of the
firm Ground laid for our just Expectation of having a full
Satisfaction of this Expence, from his Majtys Royal Word &
Promise as contained in his Order in Council to Govr Shir-
ley, pass'd the 6th of Sepr 1744 ( a Copy of wcU I now send
you to save you the Trouble of searching for it in the Coun-
cil Office ) And it was only in Conformity to his Majesty's
Pleasure therein signified, & a firm Reliance on the Inviola-
bleness of his Royal Engagem18 that this Province have A
advanced such large Sums of Money for maintaining that
Fort & paying & Subsisting the Garrison there,- B Other-
wise the Fort had been slighted soon after the running of
a new Line, which took it out of the Province of the Massa-
chusetts Bay & included it within that of New Hampshire. B
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 185
You may remember that upon the Board of Trade & Plan-
tations sending Govr Shirley a Copy of Govr Wentworth's
answer to the Memorial of our Gen1 Assembly on this Sub-
ject, with divers Votes & Orders of New Hampshire Gov-
ernm1 Govr Shirley made a large Reply to the said Answer,
& shewed the great & palpable Mistakes contained therein,
made evident by divers Testimonies upon Oath ; And upon
a full Consideration of this Matter ( as we are informed ) the
Board of Trade & Plantations came to a Resolution to rep-
resent to his Majesty the Justice of our Demands for a Reim-
bursm* of our Charges aforementioned : But Mr Tomlinson
( as we have heard ) having private Notice of this Resolution
before it was fully executed, obtained a Suspension thereof
till he could convey to Govr Wentworth a Copy of Govr
Shirleys Reply, & receive his Answer : Which was done ( as
I remember ) near two years since, So that there can be no
Pretence for any further delay ; and after all that may be
alledged in favour of New Hampshire, this must be allowed
as an irrefragable Argum1 to support our Claim, that when
the whole Case has been laid before his Majesty so long since,
His Majesty's Pleasure has not yet been signified on this
Affair till which time it was expected that this Governm1
should support Fort Dummer & the Garrison there upon the
Encouragem1 given in his Majty'8 Order in Council aforemen-
tioned, as appears by the Words in the Close of said Order ;
And therefore it is expected that you use your utmost
Endeavours as soon as may be that this Affair may be deter-
mined in favour of this Province, either that the Money
expended may be repaid by the Province of New Hampshire
(wch it is highly propable their Gen1 Assembly will never
comply with) or upon Failure thereof that C a sufficient
Quantity of Land in those Parts be assigned over to this
Province according to his Majtya Order in Council aforemen-
tioned ; C and in D this Reimbursm* either of Money or E
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Lands, It seems a Point of Justice not only to satisfy for the
Charges hitherto incur'd, but likewise to provide for the con-
stant and growing Charge for time to come.
The commissary General will send you the Accots of the
Expence arisen upon the Matter, since the making up of the
last Acco1 now lying before the Board of Trade & Planta-
tions, where I presume all the other Papers in the Case are
now lodged.
If Govr Shirley should be now in England, It might be of
great Service for facilitating this Business to have his Inter-
position & Assistance in the Affair, or if he be still in France
to have his Letters to the Right honble the Lords Commiss18
( especially considering the Weight that has been & will be
laid upon his former Representations of the State of this
Matter ) which I beleive he is very willing to support ; and
you may soon obtain such Letters from him.
You will be able to make the best Judgment which will be
most expedient whether to solicit the Paym* of the Charges
at Fort Dummer & the other Charges of defending the
Frontiers of New Hampshire separately or conjunctly.
continued to advance ) i. e. in place of A
Dele ) i. e. leave out B.B.
Such an alteration may be made in the new established
Line as that the People of this Province may not for the
future be held to defend the Lands of New Hampshire.
D in case of a. i.e. substitute "these words" in place of "this"
E Dele. i.e. leave out "either of Money or Lands."
Letter, L Gov. Phips to the Board of Trade, June 27, 1752.
My Lords,
In Pursuance of his Majestys Instructions to me as Com-
mander in Chief of this Province That in all Matters where
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 187
in His Majestys Service & the Advantage of this Province
may be concerned, I should make direct and immediate
Applications to your Lordships & In Compliance with the
Desire of the Council & House of Represent™55 of this Prov-
ince, That I would represent to your Lordships the State of
the Affair referring to the Support of Fort Dummer & the
Garrison there, & the just Claim this Province has to a Reim-
bursem1 of the Charges they have been at therein ; I now
make my Applications to yre Ldship9 on this Affair and I would
accordingly inform your Lordships that by reason of the run-
ning the Line or Boundary between this Province & the
Province of New Hampshire Agreable to his Majestys Order
in Council for that purpose & the LaDd whereon Fort Dum-
mer stood having thereby been taken into the sd Province of
New Hampsh. Governr Shirley at the beginning of ye French
War apprehending that this Province would no longer main-
tain a Fort removed out of their own Jurisdiction, repre-
sented to his Majesty the great Importance of that Fort ( by
means of its Situation ) for the Safety & Preservation of his
Majestys Colonys in New England for Annoying our Ene-
mies on our Western Borders ; Whereupon by his Majestys
Order in Council pass'd the 6th of Septemr 1744 it was deter-
mined that the Governm1 of New Hampshire shd maintain
the said Fort & Garrison, & the Govern1 of said Province
was directed forthwith " to move the Assembly there to make
a proper Provision for that Service, & that upon their Refusal
His Majesty would find himself under a Necessity of restor-
ing the said Fort to the Massacht8 with a proper District con-
tiguous thereto ; " And in the same Order " Govern1, Shirley
was required to represent to the Assembly of this Province
the Necessity of Continuing to provide for the Security of
Fort Dummer until a final Answer can be obtained from New
Hampshire & his majestys Pleasure further signified thereon."
Upon Govr Shirleys receiving his Majestys Order, ( suppos-
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ing Governor Wentworth had a Duplicate thereof ) wrote to
him to inform him that upon the Governm* of New Hanip-
shires Compliance therewith & his Excys having a Garrison
ready to take Possession of Fort Dummer he would Order
the Commander there to deliver it up to the Commanding
Officer of such Garrison & at the same time sent orders to
his own Officer to deliver up the said Fort accordingly, But
afterwards Perceiving by the Votes of the Assembly of the
Province of New Hampshire that they peremptorily refused
to make any Provision for the Support of Fort Dummer &
being inform'd that was done of y* Nature was in a private
way he immediately sent Orders to the Commander of the
said Fort to countermand the first Orders ; And upon a
more careful Inspection of his Majestys Orders aforesaid, he
observed that it was therein recommended to this Governm1
to provide for the Security of that Fort till his Majestys fur-
ther Pleasure be signified thereon.
In the year 174 the General Assembly of this Province
Address'd his Majesty to give Orders that this Province may
be reimbursed their Charge in supporting said Fort according
to his Royal Pleasure signified as above.
In the Year 1743, the Right Honble the Lds Commiss" for
Trade & Plantations transmitted to Gov1 Shirley, Gov1 Went-
worths Answer to the Claims of this Governm*, for Reim-
bursem* for his Reply thereto, Upon examining of which
Govern1 Shirley observed that the whole was founded upon
evident Mistakes in respect to the Facts therein recited very
injuriously to this Province & no way consistent with the
true State of Things ; and that the Provision afterwards
made by New Hampshire Assembly was for a short Term, &
the Pay & Subsistence allowed for that term so low that it
was in a manner impossible to get one single Man to enlist
upon those Conditions ; so that the Consequence of deliver-
ing the Fort to New Hampshire would have been the slight-
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 189
ing or ungarrisoning of it either immediately or after a very
short term & his Majestys Order would have been wholly
frustrated.
I cannot help observing to your Lordships that besides this
Garrison at Fort Dummer this Province during the War not
only Posted men from time to time in the settled Towns of
New Hampshire near the head of Merrimack River upon the
Representation of the Inhabitants that they were neglected
by that Government and must forsake their Settlements, and
also kept Forces to scout from Connecticut to Merrimack
River but have likewise maintained a considerable Garrison
at a Fort called No. 4 which lyes about 40 Miles above Fort
Dummer on Connecticut River and is the nearest Fort or
perhaps settlement to Crown Point of any in his Majesty's
Dominions and is of such importance that the Assembly of
this Province have been prevailed on to subsist a Small num-
ber of Men there after the War ceased until this day but I
am doubtful whether by and by they will not think much of
this Charge and the Fort be deserted and if the French in
such case should take possession of it they would afterwards
have as good reason to maintain this possession as they now
have that of Crown Point which thirty years ago was sup-
posed to be and undoubtedly was part of his Majestys terri-
tories & included within the Charter of this Province as much
as No. 4 was at that time or is now within the bounds of
New Hampshire.
It was certainly a good projection of the Government of
this Province several years before the alteration of the boun-
dary to settle to Lines or Rows of Towns of 6 miles square
each between Merrimack & Connecticut River which great
Numbers of particular persons had Grants of on Condition
of settlement and in every Township more or less was done
towards a settlement & the Proprietors were at considerable
Expence but after the alteration of the Province line notwith-
190 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
standing the Provision made in the Order of Council for mak-
ing out the Commission for the determination of said Line
that private property should not be affected the Grantees of
this Government were threatned molested & sued by the peo-
ple of New Hampshire & discouraged from going on with
their settlements ( though in some of them they had houses
and Mills and an House for Publick Worship) until the
French War broke out when they were entirely deserted. In
some few of these and other Townships under the like Cir-
cumstances the Grantees from this Government after the
Peace repossess'd themselves of their Settlements & hold
them but the greatest part of the Lands have been canton'd
out by New Hampshire & persons lay claim to them under a
title from that Government, yet there is not the least proba-
bility of any settlement and the only use at present is for
persons to Land jobb if I may be allowed the Expression and
in future time nothing but Contention about Title must be
the Consequence while the main End and design viz. the
Settlement of the Country & fortifying the Frontier against
our overreaching & most dangerous Enemies are wholly
neglected.
Letter, Monsr Longiicil to IS Gov. Phips.
Mountreal July 25 1752
Sr
As Commander in chief of Canada, by the Death of Monsr
the Marquis de la Jonquiere I have the Honour to answer
your Excellency's Letter to that General of ye 14 of April
last.
The respective Orders given by Kings of France, & of
Great Britain, for the mutual Exchange of Prisonners had
their Effect in the year 1750, and Mr Stouder your Deputy
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 191
from the Government of New York, returnd with all the
English Prisonners which were in this Government since the
War, An Account of which the late Marquis de la Jonquiere
sent to the Court of France.
Tho' these Exchanges were entirely finished, and the Sieur
Stouder had given it under his hand in writing, Nevertheless
I have had the Pleasure to receive Messieurs Phineas Stevens
and Nathanael Wheelwright, commissioned by your Excel-
lency for the Release of the same Prisonners.
You will see, Sr, by the annex'd Declaration that they have
had an intire freedom of Searching for such, and that they
have been Supported by my Authority to obtain such as are
in this Colony in the Hands of the Indians, or of the French
who had ransom'd them. They bring back nine with them
and as to those who remain behind you will see by the afore-
said Declaration, the Reasons, which prevented these Gentle-
men the Deputys from bringing them away.
This is very certain, that not one English Prisonner taken
by the French during the War, remains in the Colony ; They
were all sent away in 1750 as I have just had the honour to
observe to your Excellency. They were all very well treated
during their Abode in this Country, and upon their Release
no Ransom was demanded.
The Prisonners in Question at present, were not taken by
the French, but by the Indians since the War And if the
Persuasions of the late Marquis de la Jonquiere, and mine
could have made any Impressions upon these, they never
would have proceeded to have taken these Prisonners what-
ever Grounds they may pretend to have for it : or at least
they would not have hesitated about setting them at Liberty.
But you know Sr the Indians of Canada, as those every where
besides, are intirely free, and will not be accountable for their
Actions to any one ; accordingly it was not in my Power to
make them restore the English whom they had adopted in
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their Villages. Those whom your Deputys bring away with
them, would probably have undergone the same Lot, If some
Frenchmen out of Humanity had not got them out of the
Hands of the Indians, by paying a Ransom which your Dep-
utys have repay'd, as they justly ought when they were
acquainted with the state of the Case.
There is no Indian a Prisonner in this Colony. I never
knew there were any Indians, subject to the English Govern-
ment. This were a wonderful Novelty, with which the
French never dare flatter themselves. The Indians of this
Colony owning no Authority and having no other Laws but
their Passion or Caprice.
The Abenakes of S* Francis have spoke to Mr Stevens
your Deputy in a manner that leaves no Room for Doubt in
this Respect. I had no Part in their Words, I was only a
Witness : And have to please the Gentlemen your Deputys,
caus'd their Speech to be copied, and a Copy given them,
attested by me. If you are inclined Sr to Answer it, you
may direct it to me, and I will see that it comes to the Hands
of the said Abenakes.
I beg your Excellency would be persuaded, that so long as
I shall have the Government in this Country and at all other
Times, I shall continually do my utmost to promote that
good Intelligence which ought to be maintain'd between us,
and to convince you that I am with all Respect
Sr your most humble and most Obedient Serv*
Longueil
S : Phips Esq1 Lnt Governour &
Commr in Chief at Boston.
OP THE STATE OF MAINE 193
Petition.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To the Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr Lieutenant Gov-
ernour and Commander in Chief in and over sd Province
To the Honble his Majesty's County for the same & the
Honourable House of Representatives
Humbly Shew
The Proprietors of that Tract of Land lying on Both sides
of Kennebeck River which was granted to the late Colony of
New Plymouth in their Charter & afterwards by that Colony
granted to Antipas Boys & others Together with Sundry of
the Principal Settlers & Residents within the Limits of said
Tract
That the Inhabitants of said Tract had formerly the Privi-
lege of holding a Court within that District & were vested
with a peculiar Jurisdiction of matters arising among them
in Subordination to the Government of the late Colony of
New Plymouth that of Later Times the Courts of Justice
held in and for the County of York have exercised Juris-
diction not only over your Petitioners Tract aford but
also over all Lands lying to the Eastward thereof to
the utmost Limits of this Province Eastward but how or
by what Law they became possessed of that Jurisdic-
tion Your Petitioners could never yet be able to Discover
That the great Distance that Suitors, Witnesses & Jurors
have to Travel from said Tract to York together with the
Badness & Danger of the Roads thither are a great Difficulty
and Burden to your Petitioners the Settlers on said Tract
which together with the perplexity arising from the Doubt-
fullness of such Courts Jurisdiction over them and Danger
that the Judgements obtained in such Courts in Local
Actions arising among them may some time or other be
called in Question and Reversed are a great Discouragement
13
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to your Petitioners in their Settlement and that it would
very much Facilitate and Promote the further peopling and
Improving said Tract and Render the Expensive Efforts of
Your Petitioners the Proprietors to Settle the same more suc-
cessful if said District was erected into a Distinct County
Your Petitioners therefore pray your Honour and the Hon-
ourable Houses would please to take the premises into your
wise Consideration, and make your Petitioners Tract aford a
Distinct and Seperate County with the usual Privileges and
Jurisdictions of a County or otherwise relieve Your Peti-
tioners upon the premises as Your Wisdom Shall Direct and
Your Petr8 &c
John Jones Jacob Wendell
Edward Winslow Jonathan Fox
Edwd Tyng Cha Apthorp
Thomas Hancock Gershom Flagg
John Goodwin
Richd Foster
John Tufts
Benja Pollard
David Jeffries
Thomas Walley
Joseph Dowse
Alex Campbell
John Winslow
Willm Bowdoin
Jaz Fox
James Pitts
William Taylor
his
Wm C Corns
mark
Patt Drumond
James Bowdoin
Wm Brattle
Nathaniel Thwing
Robert Temple
Samuel Goodwin
Silv. Gardiner
Jonathan Reed
Thomas frost
Eleazer Harlow
his
George GM McGlotton
mark
Isaac Foster
Thomas Williams
Joseph Winslow
Sam11 Hinkley
James Thompson 32 Habijah Weld
Settlers
James Grace Nathanel Berry
Nath11 Larrabee John Wright
his
Joseph U Buber George Harward
mark his mark
William Vincent Michael X Thornton Joseph Lankester
bis mark
John O Oliver Shubel Hinkley Ephraim O
mark
William Reed Alexander Cannbell Junr John Snell
William Bryen
Samuel Towle
Ebenezer Hinkley
James Cunningham
David D uning
his
Martyn N Hayley
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195
Jacob
James Howard
William C
Moses Waymoth
Micheal Malcom
his
James W Young
mark 26
Philip Call Junr
John Mcfarland
John Spaulding
E
Samuel Howard
Joseph Peirce
Da Joy
Philip Call
Patreck Rodgers
bis
Daniel Savage
John Howard
William Stinson
S Wh
Allen Malcom 17
David
Thomas Parker
John John Hein Harring
mark
John Mcfarland Junr Thomas Means
JohnLarmond
Ralph Kendall
William Jones
Elias Cheney
Townsend Smith James Huston
William Huston John Cheney
Benjamin Kendall Michael Jones
Andrew Reed William Jones Junior Richard Jones
Athony Chapman David Reed William Montgumry
Ichabod Smith Robert Montgumry John Wadleigh
his
John W William Blackston
his
Tho8 S Storer
mark
John Rollings
Joshua Smith
his
Simon X E
mark
Samuel Hall
Alexdr cy Erskin
mark
Lemuel P
Morgan Caffry
Robert McGuthry Stephen X Hosdon
mark
Elisha Clark Nath11 Winslow
Nathaniel Winslow juner
Kenelm Winslow John Gray
James Grant
Alexr: Nikels
Robort Lambort
Henry Little
Elijah Grant
bis
Robert Montgumry jur
his
Ichabod X Linscot
his mark
Tho8 )( Ielley
mark
Samuel Herdie
his 22
William W Hilton
mark 25
William Rackleff
Elisha Winslow Willem Jones
Alexander Nikels Juner Elisher Kenny
John Nikels
Nathaniel Rumlet
John Balentin
John Tomson
James Clark
Ephiram Grant
Peter Peterson
Thomas > Murphey Andrew Grant
mark
Sheribiah Lambert William Clark John Decker the 2 Juner
James Clark Jur John Sutton
John Cuningham
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Sara11 Trask
Samuel Anderson
William Boyinton
David Given
George Gray
Joseph D
Caleb Boyinton
John Decker
Joseph Young jur
John Rowell
Alexander Ewing
Daniel Lankester
Alexander Potter
his
JohnX
mark
John Malcom
William Pumory
his
Joseph X Jack
mark
James Whidden
Robert Speer junr
his
William § Reed
mark
John Phelan
Tobias Ham
24
Robert Duning
Sam11 Standwood
James Wooden
WTillm Standwood
Robert Willson
John Smart
John Mallett
Robert Smart
Joseph Anderson
Joseph Hodsden
John McNear
Sam1 Chapman
his
James /// forster
mark
Joseph tayler
James Day
Joseph Young
John Pope
Joseph Ewing
Samuel Blanchard
Ebenezer Gove
James Hodg
Samuel Trask Jr
William McCleland
Robert Hooper
Joshua Silvester
Moses Gray
his
R R C Cobee
mark 28
John Mcphetres 27
John Carlton
Charles robertson
Benjamin Thompson Ebenezer Smith
his
Thomas Stinson jr William 0 Musterd
mark
Isaac Savage
James Potter
his
Jams X Stinson
marke
John Dunlap
EzraD
Will"1 Speer
Timothy Whidden
James Duning
William Malcom
John Williams
Judah Chase
Will"1 Woodside
Thomas Stan wood
Alexander Willson
William Ross
Robert Giveen
Andrew Eliot
Nathnel B
his
Robert R Dunlap
mark
Miles Goodwin
Joseph Smith
Lazrus Noble
Rob* Speer
Samuel Allen
John Martine
Ebenezer Stanwood
James Douglass
David Standwood
Wm Woodside Juner
John Reed
Hugh Willson
James Elett
James Doyle
Thomas McGregor
OF THE STATE OF MAINE
197
his
John v^ Saward Nehemiah Ward W Weber
mark bis
John Jonanthan Webber John O Orr
his mark
Joshua [] Gray Samuel Clark Benj Bunker
mark his
James Hewey
John Starbird
Tho" Skofield
Abijah Young
Joseph Orr
Isaac H
his
John X Burke
mark 27
Elisha Allen William Mc X Neff
his mark
Will"1 W Alexander James Alexander
mark
John Alexander William Simpson
Edward Cuningham William tarr
his
John Mathews Joshua |X Crommell
mark
John Malcom George Combes
David Jenkins
John Jorden
his
Alexander thompson Joseph S Thompson Cornelius thompson
mark
Isaac Snow James Thompson
Benf
Peter Comes
his his
Selvanus X Comes Patrick O Wals
mark mark
David Trufant Peter Combes Jr
John S
John Snow
his
Corneales ) Keaff
mark his
Samuel |
his mark
Samuel (
mark
Stepn Gatchell
his
Nathan el X Geleson
mark
John Gatchell Juner
his
John Gatchell
his
Robert X Sedgley David Dorghty
mark
Nath Donnell Anthony C jr.
his
Anthony C Timothy T Rardaon Tarrance T McMacken
mark mark
Timothy Tebbets Jonathan Philbrook Peter Woodward
his
Sepren Cornish Job Philbrook John X Aston
his mark
Isaiah Crooker John () Cornish Elijah Crooker
mark 18
Joshua Lumbert Benjamin Pumeroy Beniaman Whitney
23
Samouel Wels John Stinson James Blethen
his
Philip Hodgkins Joseph Mackentir John W onle
his mark
Joshia W Day Stephen Greenleaf Daniel Lankester
mark his his
Francis Wyman junr Stephen -*- Day Will™ X Korday
his mark mark
Elihu X Lankester James Beueridge Nathaniel Wyman
mark
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his
Cornelius Hall John O
his mark his
Mathew ®1 Whelan Patrick X Murry
mark mark
William Johnson Sam11 Hinkley
Simon Burtton
John Mcfadin
James Mcfaden
William Marshall
John Blethen sen George McKinney
his
John <» Flan Franses Wyman
mark his
Nikolas Rideout Robort P Poor
his mark
Andrew A Bennett James Johnston
mark
Obadiah Call
his
John X Dun
mark
William Sewall
his
James Q Newbury
mark
Phinehas Parker
William Philbrook
William Sprouel John Gray
Richard Greenleaf Robert Sprouel
James Sprouel Simon Crosby
his
James X Thornton
mark
Thomas Percey
his
Timothy X R
mark
James Diamond
Matthew McKenney
John Blethen. 2
James mcfaden Juner
David Gustin
Phill : White
John Cleverly
his
Timothy (X) Dunton
mark
Stephen G
James Morton
Samuel Greenleaf
John MeKown
his
Joseph Greenleaf Daniel Gray Cornelius < Thornton
his his mark
John O Dun Thomas ^ Hutchinsons Aaron Abbot
mark his mark his his
Kingun ®~ Erskins John X Getchel henery X
mark his mark
Walter Cean Isrel^^hunewell
his mark
Daniel W McKenney James Crocker
mark
Joseph A
bis
Charles Glidden George C Calwell
mark
James Miller
James Savage
Solomon Walker
moses hilton
his
John 0 Spied
mark '2.Z
Thomas Partridge
Elisha Winslow
Samuel Kelley
his
George C Clark
mark
Joseph Withum
his
Cornelious C Jones John Leeman
mark
Robert Foy Thomas Humphry
Charls Blagdon
John McFarland
Samuel Barter
Samuel McCobb
mark
Francis Young
John Hiscock
James Stinson
Joseph Hussey
Ebenezar Leeman
Ephraim mcFarland
his
James X Brewer
mark
15
23
23
18
21
23
18
23
25
27
24
24
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 199
John Beath Samuel Barter jr William Moor 27
his
James X Brewer juner Willim fullertown John Orr 28
mark his
Willm Fullerton Juner Daniel Leneken Walter W Beath 25
his mark
Joseph X Leneken Andrew Mcfarland Robert Wylie 22
mark his
Willim Wylie Andrew Reed Benjamen X Linnaken 26
his mark
Clarke X Linnaken Arthur Percey 17
mark
409 409
32
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In the House of Repves Novr 28 1752 Read and Ordered
that the Petrs Serve the Prop" and Inhabu of the within
mentioned Tract of Land ( non Pet" ) with a copy of this
Petn by inserting the Substance thereof in one or more of the
publick Newspapers ; that so they may shew cause if any
they have on Wednesday the 27th of Decr next if the Court
be then Sitting, if not, on the first fryday of the next sitting
of this Court why the Prayer thereof should not be granted.
Sent up for concurrence.
T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council Decern1 14, 1752
Read & Non Concur'd J Willard. Secry
Petition.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To the Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr Lieu1 Governour
& Commander In Chief In & over sd Province the Hon-
ourable his Majesty's Council & House of Representa-
tives In General Court Assembled at Concord May
1752
The Petition of the Subscribers Grantees of a New Town-
ship or Tract of Land of the Contents of Six Miles Square
200 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Lying In the County of York adjoyning to Goreham Town
so Called for themselves & Partners
Humbly Shew,
That in the month of April 1750 they obtained a Grant of
sd Lands on Certain Conditions of Settlement as gr sd Grant
herewith Exhibited appears one of the Conditions whereof
was for Settleing Sixty Familys &c thereon within three
years from sd Grant
that as there has ben no Settled or Establised peace with
the Indians ( as was then soon Expected ) sine the Time sd
Grant was made & as they have Committed many hostilities
In the Eastern parts of this Province where this Land lyes,
the Grantees have & Still are under very Great Discourage-
ments nor dare they at present Venture to Settle in so
Remote a place till a peace is Concluded on, & as that place
would be a Very Good Barrier to those parts of the Province
were it well settled they most humbly pray the wise Consid-
eration of your Honour & this Great & General Court on the
premises & Grant them a Sutiable Gard while settleing
which if they obtain they will be Very Speedy in, or that a
Longer time for bringing forward that Plantation may be
alllowed & that they may obtain the same favour as was
Granted to Goreham Town who had a Fort built them at the
Charge of this Province for their Defence or otherwise to
Releive your Petitioners as your Honour & Honours In your
Great wisdom shall See meet & your Petitioners as in Duty
Bound shall Ever pray
Humphry Hobbs William Peabody James Marble
Robert Bancraft ThoB Robinson Ezra Putnam
David Kenney Nathaniel Peabody juner Miles Putnam
Isaac Peabody Bray Willkens Jur Enos Knight
Samuel Symonds Ephraim Jones as attorney to Jonathan
Farrar & Thomas Brown Enos Town Samuel Butterfield
Charl McLane Samuel Commings Beniaman Taylor
Joseph Tullor Joseph Buffom
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 201
In the House of Repves Jan* 3 1753
Read and in answer to this Pet" Ordered that the Pet8 be
allowed the further Term of two Years from April next for
the Settlement of the Sixty families therein mentioned
Sent up for concurrence,
T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council January 4, 1753
Read & Concur'd
Tho8 Clarke Dp* Secry
Consented to S Phips
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgow to Ll Gov. Phips March £, 1752
May it please Your honr
Three of the Nerrigewalk Tribe has been here This winter
who says The others of This Tribe will be here This Spring
& That They will attend The Conference, Your honr
Directed me The Last Spring to Deliver The Nerrigewalk
Tribe wth Those of ye Canady Indians as a present from Your
honr fifty pounds Lawfull Money wch I then apprized Them
of and at The Same Time aGreed wth Them That They
Should not Receive ye Same Until The heads of Their Tribe
ware present, wch ware Then in Canada as They Then
Informed me, So That I have not had as Yet An Oppertunity
of Seeing Their Chiefs, and Thereby have Omitted Deliver-
ing Them The promised Bounty, Looking upon it as Lost to
ye province to Deliver it to a parcel of Insignificant fellows.
The above Three Indians has Enquired of me if they should
have The above sd Bounty when They Come here In The
Spring, not wth Standing They have The Last Summer Com-
mited Several Acts of Hostility aGainst us, as one of The
above Mentioned Indians has allready Told me, I Gave Them
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Encouragem* That They might Yet Receive it wth This pro-
vise, That Thay would for ye future behave Themselves In
Such a manner Towards us as That wee might Depend on
what They sd from Time to time, and That They would also
use Their Endeav18 to perswade Those of ye Canada Indians
to Dissist wch might Yet have an Inclination to Continue
The war wth us, upon wch They Told me ye Canada Indians
would Do us no more Misscheif, I Then tould Them I would
a Quaint yr honr of what we had been Talking of, and shall
Accordingly wait for Further Directions whether I may Give
Them The above sd present or not, I Know They will Expect
it, and will Think Them selves much Imposed On if they
should not Recieve it, notwithstanding Their past ill Behavr
Seeing ye pennobscott Indians has already Received Theirs.
This being The present wch Accurs to me I humbly Begg
Leave to Subscribe my Self
Your honrs Most Dutifull Serv1 to Command
William Lithgow
To The Honourable Spencer Phips Esqr
Fort Richmd March 9th 1752
[ Superscribed ]
On his Majestys Service
To The Honoble Spencer Phips Esqr Leiu1 Governor and
Commander in Cheif In and Over his Majestys Province
of the Massachusetts Bay In New England —
To the Care of Jn° Wheelwright Esqr
pr Cap* Steenson
Letter, John Lane to Hon. Josiah Willard.
Honoured Sir
after my duty to youer Honr I Beg Leave to
Returne you my most hearty thankes for youer Honrs
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 203
kindness to me I Pray god to Reward it into youer Hon"
Bossom I Beg Leave to Acquaint youer Hon1 That Sir
William Pepperrill Desired me to writte to the Leiv1
Governouer to tell him that he should Look upon it
as a faviour dun to him if he would be pleased to give me
the Comand of Pemiquid Fort if it Be not Disposed of I Beg
youer Honouer will be my frind in that afair and Be so good
as to deliver my Litter to the Leiv* Governouer.
I Beg youer Honou" Prayers for me that all my Heavey
aflictions may be sanctifyed to me for my Everlasting good -
I am youer Hon1"8 Most Duetyfull and Obd Serv*
John Lane
[ Superscribed ]
To The Honourable Josiah Willard
Post paid
Know all men by these presents that We Joseph Plaisted
of York in the County of York Esqr Jonathan Bean and
Henry Simpson both of York aforesaid Gentlemen are holden
& stand firmly bound & obliged unto Samuel Walton of
Summersworth in the Province of New Hampshire Gentle-
man in the full & Just Sum of Forty Pounds Lawful Money
of the Province of the Massa Bay in New England To be
paid unto the said Sam1 Walton his Exec" Admrs or Assigns
To the which payment well & truly to be made we bind our
selves our Heirs Exec" and Admin" Joyntly & severally in
the whole & for the whole firmly by these presents. Sealed
with our Seals Dated the Fifteenth Day of June Anno
Domini 1752. & in the 26th Year of the Reign of our Sover-
eign Lord King George the Second over Great Britain &c.
Whereas the said Samuel Walton at his Majesty's Supe-
riour Court of Judicature held at York within and for the
County of York on the second Tuesday of June instant
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Recovered Judgment in an Action or plea of the Case against
the said Joseph Plaisted for the Sum of Fifteen Pounds four
shillings & two pence lawful Money Damage and Costs of
Courts.
And Whereas at the Time of making up said Judgment,
which was on the Day of the Date hereof the said Joseph
Plaisted informed the said Court he would prosecute a Writ of
Review of the said Action to Effect at the next Superr Court
of Judicature to be holden at York within & for the County
of York on the second Tuesday of June next & moved the
Court that the said Jona Bean & Henry Simpson might be
allowed as Sureties for the said Joseph Plaisted and they
were accordingly approved of by the said Court —
Now The Condition of the aforewritten Obligation is such
That if the said Joseph Plaisted shall and do prosecute a
Writ of Review of the said action to effect at the said Supe-
riour Court of Judicature to be holden at York in June next
as aforesaid and shall Answer & pay to the said Samuel
Walton the Sum recovered as aforesaid with Interest there-
for after the Rate of twelve p. Cent per annum and Double
the Costs arising on such Review if the Judgment be not
thereon reversed in whole or in part or otherwise satisfyed &
if reversed in part only shall then pay the said Walton
what remains due by force thereof and is not reversed by the
Judgm* that may be given on such review or otherwise satis-
fied together with Interest therefor after the Rate of six per
Cent per Annum then the afore-written Obligation to be void
& of no effect, but in default thereof to remain in full force
and virtue
Signed Sealed & Delivered r Jos : Plaisted (seal)
( the five last printed Lines < Jonathan Bean (seal)
in the Condition being first v. Henry Simpson (seal)
erased )
in presence of Noah Emery Caleb Emery
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 205
The aforegoing, is a true Copy of the Origin1 exhibited to
me and the rest of the Commissioners for Examining the
Claims on the Estate of Joseph Plaisted Esq1 decd by Moses
Carr for himself & the other Exec" of the Testament of
Samuel Walton within mentiond decd —
Attest Dan1 Moulton
York ss/ To the Honble the Justices of the Court of Gen-
eral Sessions of the peace Holden at York within and for the
County of York on the first Tuesday of April 1753.
The Petition of Joseph Plaisted of York Administrator of
the Estate of Joseph Plaisted Esq, late of York in said County
Decd —
Humbly Sheweth that the said Joseph Plaisted Esq was
Sheriff of said County several Years and while he was Such
Viz. in the Year 1750, one Stephen Peirce of York aforesaid
Cordwainer was attached and Imprisoned in York aforesaid
at the Suit of Samuel Walton of Summersworth in New
Hampshire Gen4 to Recover one hundred pounds old Tenor
Equal to XI 3-6-8 Lawfull money and broke Prison &
escaped, since which the said Samuel Walton brought his
Action against the said Sheriff and recovered his Damages &
Costs which ought to be paid by the County for ye Insuffi-
ciency of the Goal therefore Your Petitioner prays ye advisem1
of this Court concerning the premises & that ye Costs and
Damages aforesaid may be paid out of the County Treasury
and Your Petitioner shall pray &c
Joseph Plaisted
Copy Examd g Jn° ffrost Cler.
York ss. At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace
held at York within and for the County of York the first
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Tuesday of April 1753. Red and the question being put
whether the prayer of the petition be granted it pass'd in the
Negative, and Ordered that this petition be dismiss'd
Attest Jn° ffrost Cler
Copy Examd g Jn° ffrost Cler
Letter, Grov. Shirley to 8ecy Willard
S4 Jame's Street April 27, 1753.
Some Days ago I obtain'd an Order from Ld Anson to
Capt Montague of his Majesty's Ship Port Mahon which is
appointed for the Newfoundland Station this Year, to set me
down at Boston before he proceeds upon his Station, his Ship
will 1 beleive sail in 14 or 15 days.
I have petitioned the King in Council for 11 Canon of 24u
Ball which Number will compleat the Royal Battery at Castle
Willm with suitable Guns, & for two Mortars with a propor-
tion of Ball, Shells & all other Stores except Powder, which
last it is a settled Rule not to grant, upon my apprizing Mr
Sharpe Clerk of the Council of my Petition, I had the Dis-
couragem1 to hear that a Fortnight before Mr Pelham had
absolutely rejected a Petn from the Province of Maryland to
have 300 Musquets replaid, which they had furnish'd the
Soldiers raised for the Canada Expedition with out of the
Province Stores, but upon my delivering it to my Lord Pres-
ident his Lordship was pleased to receive it very graciously
& tell me it should be granted, & in order to give it the
greatest Dispatch, he has referr'd it to the Board of Ordnance
for an Estimate of the Ordnance Stores prayed for, to be
directly made out without making any Report of their Opin-
ion upon the Substance of fitness of the Petition as is the
usual Manner of those Referrences, & which frequently occa-
sions delay & difficulties.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 207
Upon getting this Referrence from the Council to the
Board of Ordnance, I delivered it my self to Sir John
Legonier, begging the favour of him to order it to be dis-
patch'd, the Easter Holydays have delayed it, but I am prom-
is'd by the Secry of the Board, that the Estimate shall be
finish'd this day & be signed by Sir John & the Principal
Officers of the Board in time to be returned into the Council
Office on Tuesday next.
I have taken Care to get the Freight of these Stores
included in the Board of Ordnance's Estimate which is not
usual & I flatter my self with the Hopes of obtaining an
absolute Order for the Delivery of them before I imbark, &
for their being forthwth transported to Castle William at the
Expence of the Crown, & to have the next good Merchant
Ship bound for Boston fixed upon for bringing them. I
mentioned the Carriage of them to Ld Anson but he told me
the Kings Ships never carried Ordnance Stores upon such
Occasions. & that besides the Port Mahon was loaded wth a
great Quantity of Provisions.
I thought it was most adviseable to pospone an Applica-
tion for the Pictures of the Royal Family in the Room of
those which were burnt in the Council Chamber untill the
Ordnance Stores were secured for the Province, being
unwilling to run the least Risque of that Application's inter-
feering with the other more essential one, but as soon as an
absolute Order is passed for the Stores, I will apply to Mr
Pelham for the Pictures.
The Application for a Reimbursem1 of the Remainder of
the Slopps bought by the Province for the New England
Soldiers in the Expedition against Cap' Breton, and made
use of by Mr Knowles during his Administration as Govern1
there for the Soldiers of the Kings Regiments stands still for
the Arrival of some Evidence from Boston which Mr Bollan
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hath sent for to ascertain the value of them, as does the
Affair of the Townships controversied between the Province
& Colony of Connecticut, & of the new Line claimed by the
Colony of Rhode Island for Evidence from the Records of
the two Colonies, which in my Opinion is absolutely neces-
sary to be procur'd if possible before those Matters are bro't
to a Decision before the King in Council, or at least to have
a Denial from the Assemblies of those Colonies to let the
Massa Agents in New England search & take Copies of their
Records in Order to intitle the Provinces Agent here to pro-
duce Copies of its own Records, which can't be regularly
admitted as Evidence in its own Case, untill the Province is
denied Copies of the Rhd Isld & Connecticut Records upon
the Point in Question : Mr Bollan was in hopes of receiving
those Papers by the last Ships, When he is furnished with
'Em I am persuaded no Pains nor good Conduct will be
wanting to establish the Provinces just Right in these Dis-
putes, which to me appears clear & evident, & that the pre-
tensions of both the Colonies are unreasonable & vexatious.
As to the Provinces Demands against that of New Hamp-
shire on Account of their maintaining Fort Dummer during
the War, Mr Bollan had obtained before he brought over the
Money granted the Province by Parliam* for the Reimbursm*
of their Expences in the Expedition against Cap' Breton, a
Report from the Board of Trade in favour of it : but soon
after Mr Bollan was imbarked for Boston the Agent of the
Provce of N: Hampshire preferred a Pet" to the King in
Council to be heard against the Report, and an Order of
Council was thereupon made that the Matter should stay
untill the Lords of Council should call the Agents of both
Colonies before them, it is necessary to stay a decent Time
out of Respect to that Order, without moving by a Petn on
the Part of the Provce to have the hearing brought on, When
that is done Mr Bollan will move it, & I hope there can be
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 209
no Danger of having the Report of the Lords Commiss^, of
Trade confirmed.
There is an Appearance that the Settlem* of a Line between
the Province & N. York may be soon brought on.
The finishing Memorial upon the Limits of Nova Scotia
as claimed by his Majesty to extend as far as the Southern
Bank of the River S* Lawrence hath been some Months
transmitted by Lord Holderness to the Court of France. I
dont hear that any further Step hath been taken between the
two Courts for the settling that most essential Line for the
Security of all the English Northern Colonies. But I flatter
my self that in the Opinion of all His Majestys Ministers,
the English Right to the Limits ( which they claim ( particu-
larly with Respect to the Ancient Limits of the Province ) is
asserted in the clearest & most convincing Manner, even
upon the Foot of the French Records & Histories which
themselves have produc'd to maintain their Pretensions in
their Answer to our first Memorial & that there is not the
least Colour or Shadow of Argument or rather Sophistry wch
they have advanced left unanswered & unconfuted.
I cant conclude without observing that when the Supply
for the Maintenance of Nova Scotia came on in the House of
Commons to be debated it was not only unanimously voted,
but with the most visible Satisfaction on the Countenance of
every Member that was ever known there upon any such
Occasion, most explicit strong Declarations were made by
the Mr r in favour of its Support & of the Importance
of it to the Nation & the Parliamentary faith was plighted
for it as much as could be done by his Declaration — These
Proofs of the Spirit & Sense of the Parliam* upon this Point
gave a most sensible Pleasure to all here who have the Inter-
est of the Colonies at Heart & I cant but hope that they will
be soon seconded with effectual Measures for removg the
French from their Incroachments & securing the Possession
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210 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
of the Places where they are made to ourselves, as the Noble
Lord to whom the King has committed the cheif Care of the
Settlem1 of Nova Scotia wants neither discernm* Spirit nor
Inclination for doing it. —
I hope to have a happy Sight of the Provce in a few Weeks
& am Sir
Your most humble Servant
W. Shirley
Petition
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To the Honble Spencer Phipps Esq1 Lieutenant Governour
& Commander in Cheife To Honourble his Majestys
Council & House of Representatives for said Province
in General Court Assembled the 30 May 1753
Humbly Sheweth
The Memorial of the Proprietors of that
Tract of Land lying on both Sides of Kenebeck River which
was granted to the late Colony of New Plymouth in their
Charter —
That your Memorialists are concerned in the Event of the
Petition of the Settlers at Sheepscot alias New Castle as the
same is within the Limitts of your Memorialists Patent, and
as your Memorialists are satisfied that the Erecting them into
a District will serve the Interest of the Settlers, they beg
leave to joyn with the Petitioners in praying this Honourable
Court that the Settlement at Sheepscot may be Erected into
a District, & therefore your Memorialists would present to
your Honours that many other settlements are making & will
soon be made in the Neighborhood of Sheepscot alias New
Castle which will soon be under the same Necessity of being
formed into distinct Districts with proper Extent and Limitts
OF THE STATE OF MAESTE 211
and that if Sheepscot should be made a District according to
Bounds proposed it will have a Large River in the Body of
said District and will incommode a Tract of Land between
Sheepscot River & the River Kenebeck which is about seven
Miles on the East of which Rivers Settlements are now
making and will soon want to be formed into a District.
Your Memorialists therefore pray that only the Land between
Sheepscot & Damariscotta Rivers may be made a District
and your Petitioners shall ever pray &c
Wm Brattle Robert Temple Cha Apthorp
Thomas Hancock Will"1 Bowdoin David Jeffries
John Jones Silv. Gardiner Edwd Goodwin
James Pitts Samuel Goodwin
Petition of the inhabitants of Lands on Kennebeck River.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To the Honourable Spencer Phipps Esq. Lieu1 Govern' &
Commander in chief of his Majesty's Province of the
Massa Bay aforesaid, The Honble His Majesty's Council,
and the Honble House of Representatives in Gener1 Court
assembled May 30th 1753.
The Subscribers most humbly shew
That they are Inhabitants of those Lands on Kennebeck
River bounded Southerly on Winnigance River, Easterly on
Kennebeck, Westerly on Steven's Rivr and Northerly on
Merry Meeting Bay, in length about nine miles, and in
breadth about three ; which about Fourteen Years since being
Inhabited but by about Six or Seven Families, were annex'd
by this Court to George Town, since which they have
increased to the Numr of about Forty Families and made
considerable Improvements. That they Labour under the
Greatest Difficulties in Attending the Publick Worship of
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God at George Town, in that they not only Live remote from
thence, but are obliged to cross Winnigance River at least
three-quarters of a Mile, where the Tide is very rapid and
the Ice in cold season's in very large quantities by means
whereof the Ancient People Women & Children can scarce
ever Attend the Publick Worship of God, so necessary to
their well being.
Wherefore Your Petitioners most humbly pray this Hon-
ourable Court to take the Premisses into Consideration and
of their wonted goodness and Paternal care for such infant
settlemts Grant and Order them a Distinct Precinct or Parish
to be set off by the aforesaid bounds and Grant them such
Powers and Priviledges as have been usual for such or pro-
vide such other ways and methods for the redress of their
Inconveniences aforesaid as this Court in their Wisdom shall
Judge most fit and reasonable.
And Your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray.
Jonathan Philbrook Seiyr Joseph Gray
Benjamin Brown Joseph Berry
Philip Hodgkins Humphrey purinton
Mikel Thornton Humphrey Purinton
Jonathan Philbrook Junr Thomas Joy
Bryant Robertson John Tar
Daniel Brown
William Philbrook
Simon Burton
Moses Hodgkins
Benj Lemons
James Thornton
James Brown
Benja Ring
Daved Purinton
Joshua Philbrook
Ebenezer Hinkley Josear Weber
John Solivern John ONeal
Samuel Meloon Juner N. Donnell
George Williames David trufant
Samuel Meloon Sener
John Wise
Hezekiah Purinton
Juner John Lammon
Benjamin Thompson
Shubel Hinkley
Samuel Brown
William Johnson
Thomas Foot
Job Philbrook
James Mecib
Abel Eaten
Isaiah Crooker
William Marshall
Nathanel Berrey
Joshua Coomes
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 213
In the House of Repves June 12, 1753.
Read and Ordered that the Petrs serve the Town Clerk of
the Town of George Town with a copy of this Pet" that so
the said Town shew cause if any they have on the Second
Wednesday of the next Sitting of this Court why the Prayer
thereof should not be granted.
Sent up for concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
In Council June 12, 1753 Read and Concur'd
Thos Clarke Dp^ Secry
In Council, Sept. 7, 1753. Read again with a Copy of
the Vote of the Inhabitants of George Town pass'd at a
Meeting held the 10th of July last ; And it appearing that
they had no Objections to make thereunto ;
Answer to Sheepscot Petition.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To the Honoble Spencer Phips Esqr Lieutenant Governour
& Commander in Chief of the Province aforesaid The
Honoble his Majestys Council & Honoble House of Repre-
sent™8 in General Court assembled June 1753
The Answer of the Proprietors of the Lands on the West
side the River Sheepscutt, to the Petition of the Inhabitants
on the East side of said River praying to be sett off & incor-
porated into a District,
Humbly Shews.
That the Respond18 are alike sensible with the Pet™ of
your Honours tender Regards for them in the late Indian
War & with great Thankfullness now mention it ; but as to
the Reasons Offered by the Petrs to induce Your Honours to
incorporate them into a District according to the Bounds set
forth in their Petition the Respond*8 humbly apprehend are
214 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
not only weak & without foundation but shou'd they prevail
wou'd be very inconvenient prejudicial & grievous to the
Respond18 which will appear in the following particulars
First In the proposed Bounds the Land on the West side
the River is cut & divided into several Gaps & parcels leav-
ing one Peice & taking the next which will make great
Confusion among the Owners.
Secondly The River being considerably Wide must neces-
sarily create us vast trouble & difficulty to attend the
Publick Meetings of the proposed District & the other Busi-
ness thereof it being at some seasons impracticable to pass &
Repass the River.
Thirdly Should the Peace continue as we are a large Tract
on the West side the River & conveniently situated for a
District we propose shortly to Petition Yr Honours for that
purpose.
Fourthly The Petitioners have never Consulted with the
Respondt8 relating^ their propos'd District nor have they
ever applyed to us to join with them in Petitioning Your
Honours
For these & many other Reasons we could offer to Yr
Honours, to show forth the great grievance the Granting the
prayer of the Pet18 would be to the Respond18 we humbly
pray the said Petition may be Dismissed but should Yr Hon-
ours in Your great Wisdom see meet to Grant the prayer
thereof We humbly pray that all the Lands belonging to the
Respond'8 & extending five miles West from the River may
be included in said District & that a Bridge may be
erected across the River to enable- to pass over it with
safety, & also that the meeting house may be set in the
Center of the proposed District, but upon considering our
Circumstances We humbly hope Yr Honours will Dismiss
said Petition.
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 215
And as in Duty Bound shall ever pray
Sam1 Whittemore Joseph Roberts Thomas Richardson
Isaac Kenney Sam11 Burt Benjamin Richardson
Charles Coffin Israel Auerell John Cookson
Letter, Ll Gov. Phips to Capt. Jabez Bradbury
Sir,
I herewith inclose my Letter to you of the 5th of June last
that so you may the better consider how far the Disposition
& Conduct of the Indians may agree with my Demands &
Expectations respecting their bringing in the other Tribes of
Indians to the proposed Interview at Sl Georges. I found it
necessary to put off that Meeting by reason of the Small Pox
then raging at Boston ; but that Reason now almost ceasing
being greatly at an end removed by the Distempers being in
a manner removed from thence Boston there being but four
Persons in Boston sick of it as I am informed it is probable
that in a few weeks more there will not be one.
I therefore direct you to acquaint the Indians that I pur-
pose, that the Commissioners shall attend that Affair some
time in the Month of Septem1 or October next as shall best
suit their Convenience, & I therefore expect they state the
particular Time, But at the same time I insist upon it that
they bring in the rest of the Tribes ( especially those of Nor-
ridgewock ) to attend at the Treaty wthout which it will be
to little Effect to send the Commissioners down to attend at
the Treaty. I expect that you pursue this Matter without
Delay, & give me the earliest & fullest Intelligence you can.
You must let the Indians know that the Presents have been
all this while at Sl Georges & so in no Danger of Infection.
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Lieut. GW'S Message June 12, 1753.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives
It has always been allowed that the Settlement of the
Eastern Parts of the Province would be greatly for his
Majtys Service, as well as the more immediate Advantage of
the Inhabitants of this Government, but yet there does not
seem to have been proper Care taken to remove the Obstacles
to this Settlement. The two principal & perhaps only
material ones are, the exposed Situation of that part of the
Country to the Indian Enemy in Case of a Rupture, and the
great Controversy about Titles by reason of different Claims
to the same Tracts of Land.
With respect to the first I do not see but that it must
remain in some measure, but then it is to be considered that
any new Settlement on the back of the old will be no more a
Frontier than the old are at present ; and by covering the old
Settlements you will encourage the filling them with Inhab-
itants, & greatly strengthen the whole. But with respect to
the latter, It undoubtedly is in the Power of this Court to
remedy it ; What appears to me the most unexceptional way
is, the Appoinm* of a special Court for setling the Titles,
allowing sufficient Time for every Claimer to exhibit his
Claim & excluding for ever all such as shall not appear
before the limited Period, and after the Expiration of the
Term the said Court proceed to determine the Validity of each
Claim : This will be a work of time, & I can't expect to live
to see any great Effect of it, but it will be a great Satisfac-
tion to me if during my being in the Chair, I may be any
ways instrumental of laying the foundation of future Benefit
to my Country.
Council Chamber S Phips
12 June 1753
In the House of Repves June 15 1753
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 217
Read and Ordered that the Speaker Mr Welles and Cap*
Livermore with such as the Honble Board shall app* be a
Commee to take this Message under Consideration and
Report at the next sitting of this Court what they Judge
proper to be done thereon
Sent up for concurrence
Attr Roland Cotton Cler Dom Rep
In Council June 15, 1753 Read and Concurd & Andrew
Oliver & Thos Hutchinson Esqrs are joined in the Affair
Tho8 Clarke Dp^ Secry
Consented to S Phips
New Casco Petition «Septr 7, 1753:'
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Governour &
Commander in Chief over said Province, the Honble His
Majesties Council & House of Representatives in Genrl
Court assembled Septr ye 5th 1753
The Petition of the Inhabitants of New Casco Lying
between Northyarmouth and the Easterly side of Pre-
sumpscut River and of a few Families in a Bend of Said
River and on the Westerly Side thereof being about Sixty
Families in the whole and all belonging to the First Parish
in the Town of Falmouth in the County of York
Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioners living very distant from
the Place where the publick Worship of God is carried on in
the said first Parish in Falmouth, have for a great Number
of Years Laboured under much Difficulty to attend the same.
For that the greatest Part of them are Obliged either to be
at the Pains of travelling Eight or Nine Miles by Land
which is impracticable for most in their Families to do ; or
218 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
else they must be at the Fatigue of going partly by Land
and then four or five miles by Water across the Bay, which
by Reason of Ice and Snow in the Winter, & high Winds
and Storms in Other Seasons of the Year, and the Tides not
serving half the Time makes it extremely difficult, and some-
times very dangerous passing and repassing to the Place of
publick Worship in the first Parish in Falmouth as aforesd —
In Order to prevent which great Difficulty and Trouble
your Petitioners have within a few years been at the
Expence of Building a Meeting House in a Place convenient
and commodious for them to attend the publick Worship of
God in ; and at the extraordinary Charge of hiring Preach-
ing among themselves from time to time. And that they
might have the Gospel regularly setled among them, and be
releived of their Aggrievance and Difficulty ; are Obliged to
resort to this Honble Court for Redress.
Humbly beseaching your Honours would please to take
their Case into your wise Consideration, and set them off a
distinct Parish by themselves, and that the Bounds of said
Parish may be three Miles and three Quarters Southwesterly
from Northyarmouth Line and to run through the Town into
the Country and into the Sea paralel with the dividing Line
between Falmouth & Northyarmouth.
Or otherwise set off a sufficient Number of them with
their Substance to whom it may be convenient to attend the
publick Worship of' God, in the Place where the said Meet-
ing House is now erected, as to your known Wisdom shall
seem meet „
And yor Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever pray
Jeremiah Pote Danforth Phipps Nathaniel Noyes
George Knight Nathan Noyes Ichabod Clark
Samuel Stapell Gowin Wilson Jur James Buxton
Benjamin Godfrey Jona Underwood Richard Pumury
Richerd Merrill Jona : Stubs Richeard Pumory Junr
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Richard Stubs Joseph Tornpson Benjmn York Junr
James Wyman Jim Nath1 Tompson Benjmn York
Sam11 Noyes Edmund Titcomb Thomas Tucker
Roland Davis John Merrill William Bucknam
Edmund Titcomb Benjamin Merrill John Hunt
Benjmn Blackston Samuel Crocket James Wyman
Benj Davis John Calley James Merrill Junr
Gowin Wilson James Merrill Nath1 C
Joshua Merrill William Ingersoll Zachariah field
Henry Totman Joseph Wilson Elisha Baker
Benjamin Blackstone Junr Will Bartoll Thomas Hunaford
William Knight George Cutter Parcivell Clark
John Adams
In the House of Representatives Septr 10 1753
Read & Ordered that the pet" Serve the Clerk of the
First Parish In Falmouth with a Copy of this Pet" that they
Shew Cause ( if Any they have ) on the Second thursday of
Next Sitting of the Court why the prayer thereof should not
be granted.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council Septenber 11, 1753 Read & Concurd
Tho8 Clarke Dp1* Secry
In Council Decr 17. 1753 Read and Ordered that the
Prayer of the Petrs be so far Granted as that the Inhabitants
on the Easterly side of Pesumpscot River be set off as a
seperate Parish begining at North Yarmouth Line near the
Sea, and from thence running by the Bay to Pesumpscot
River, and thence up said River as far as the Westerly Side
of Mr James Winslows Sixty Acre Lot on which his now
dwelling House Stands, and from thence to run a Northwest
Line to the head of the Township Including Mackworths
Island, Clapboard Island and Little Jabeeg ; and as many of
the Inhabitants of the first Parish in Falmouth as shall see
Cause, that live on the Westerly side of said Pesumpscot
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River convenient to said Parish have Liberty to Join with
them with their Estates on which they dwell within twelve
Months, they transmitting into the Secretarys Office a List
of their Names for Confirmation within said Term And That
the said Inhabitants be vested with the Powers and Privi-
leges which other Parishes within this Province do, or by
Law ought to enjoy,
Sent down for Concurrence
Tho8 Clarke Dp1* Secry
In the House of Rep8 Decr 18 1753
Read & Concurred
T. Hubbard Spkr
Consented to W Shirley
Answer.
Ordered that the Petitioners & their Lands as bounded in
the Petition be set off as a separate & distinct Parish or Pre-
cinct, And that the Inhabitants enjoy & be vested with the
Powers & Priviledges of other Precincts in this Province.
Sent down for Concurrence J Willard Secry
In the House of Repves Sep1 7, 1753
Read and Concur'd T Hubbard Spkr
Consented to W Shirley
Q-eorge Town Precinct.
Anno Regni Regis George II Vicessimo Septimo
An act for erecting Part of George Town in the County
of York into A Presinct Whereas it hath been represented
to this Court, that that part of the Inhabitants of Georg
Town aforesaid Living on the Westerly Side of Long beach
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 221
in said Town, Labour under Difficulties by reason of their
not being Set of as A Sepperate Presinct.
Be it Enacted by the Governour Council and House of
Representatives, that part of the said George Town with the
inhabatants thereon be and hereby is Erected into A Presinct
Bounding as following, Southerly on Winnigance River
Easterly on Kenebeck River, westerly on Stevens River, and
Northerly on Merrymeeting Bay in Length about Nine miles,
and in Breadth about three miles, and that the said Presinct,
be and hereby is invested with all Priviledges Powers and
immunities that Presincts in this Province by Law do or may
enjoy.
In the House of Representatives September 10 1753.
Read a first Second & Third Time & passed to be
Engrossed
T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council September 11. 1753
Read a first and second time & Pass'd a Currence to be
Engrossed
Thos Clarke Dp1* Secry
Message to the Governour Sept. 11, 1753.
May it please your Excellency,
It having been represented to the General Court in a
Memorial from Benjamin Mitchel and Lazarus Noble that
the said Memorialists had been to Montreal in search after
three Children of theirs who were taken Captives by the
Indians in September 1751 at Swan Island & elsewhere, and
that they were received by the Governor there with some
shew of Friendship, who gave them his word that their
Childen should be released to them the next day: but
instead of conforming thereto, he sent express orders early
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the next Morning that they should depart for New England
immediately, or he would imprison them„ accordingly intimi-
dated by that cruel Threat, they departed without their
Children, and are lately returned from thence,
This Conduct of the French Governor is not only against
the Laws of Nature and Contrary to the Treaties of Peace
subsisting between the two Nations, but a Contempt of this
Government.
It is against the Laws of Nature, as he forcibly detains the
said Children from their Parents, regardless of the warm
Affections which such a relation mutually inspires, and
unreasonably deprives those of their Liberties, who have by
Nature a right thereto.
It is contrary to the Treaties of Peace subsisting between
the two Nations, which provide that all Prisoners shall be
mutually restor'd : And,
It is a Contempt of this Government, as the said Memor-
ialists went under the Patronage thereof, and with Letters
from our then Commander in Chief.
Such Conduct ; no People, who have felt what Liberty and
Freedom mean, and are capable of resenting Injuries, can
Tamely submit to ; and such, this People, under the Conduct
of Your Excellency, will never submit to.
This House therefore requests of your Excellency, that
your Excellency would write to the aforesaid French Gover-
nor on this Head ; and in such Terms as your Regard to the
Liberties of Mankind, and Abhorrence of all Infringements
thereupon, shall dictate.
This House also requests of your Excellency that your
Excellency would give it in Charge to those whom you may
appoint Commissioners for the approaching Interview with
the said Indians, that they may remonstrate to them the
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Injustice & Basenes of their Conduct, in taking away and
detaining said Children, contrary to the Treaties of Friend-
ship, subsisting between us, and their repeated promises to
restore said children and that the Commissioners insist on
their performing what they have so long, and thus repeatedly
promised. And
Whereas the said Indians at the last Interview expressed
an uneasiness about some intended settlements up Kenne-
beck River above Richmond Fort ; to remove which- Com-
missioners then promised them to examine into that Affair :
in Consequence of which a Committee of both Houses at the
Session in April last was appointed to consider the Com-
plaints of the Eastern Indians touching the English Claims
and Settlements on Kennebeck River above Richmond Fort ;
who having notified the Claimants and examined the Indian
Deeds and other Evidence of Titles which they produced,
reported
That by the Deeds produced under the hands of the
Sachems of that Country in the Years 1648 and 1653, and
others about those times, the Indians sold to the English,
not only the Lands below, but also the. Lands above Rich-
mond Fort, all along the River Kennebeck.
That Settlements were only made by the English, many
Miles above Richmond Fort, and those Settlements continued
for a considerable time.
That the Indians in their Treaties with the English in
1693, in 1713 and in 1717 agreed that the English should
quietly and peacably enjoy all their Rights of Land, &
former Settlements and Possessions in the Eastern parts of
this Province and that the English should in no ways be
molested or disturbed therein, and that Cap* Lithgow & the
other Commanding Officers in those parts, be directed to use
their best Endeavours to keep the Indians quiet until the
Commissioners from this Government shall meet them in the
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Fall of the Year ; and to let them know that such Commis-
sioners will then lay before them the English Claims to their
Lands and endeavour in a friendly manner to accomodate the
the matter with them."
This House therefore prays your Excellency to give your
Commissioners Instructions to lay this matter before said
Indians at the approaching Interview, that it may be accomo-
dated in a friendly manner with them.
In the House of Represent. Septr 11, 1753
Ordered that the foregoing Message be sent to His Excelcy
the Govr & that Col Winslow Cap1 Chandler Cap* Fry Cap1
Williams & Mr Hall be a Comtee to Wait upon his Excelcy
therewith -
T. Hubbard Spkr
Answer to Message. Sept. 13, 1753.
Gentlemen of the House of Represent™8
I have considered your Message delivered to me on Tues-
day last, particularly that Part of it which relates to the
Commissioners in the intended Interview with the Eastern
Indians Giving them Satisfaction as to the English Claims of
Lands on Kennebeck River ; and altho what you have sug-
gested may be very proper to be urged & insisted upon by
the Commissioners, yet I apprehend it will not be sufficient
to satisfy & quiet them nor to answer the Promise made
them the last year by the Commissioners then sent down,
according to the Understanding the Indians had of it :
And therefore I would propose that as many of the
Original Deeds as may be obtained be put into the Hands of
the Commiss" that shall meet the Indians this Fall & by
them laid before them & then brought back & returned to
the Owners
W Shirley
Council Chamber Sept. 13, 1753.
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Letter, John Wheelwright to the Commrs to treat wth Eastern
Indians.
Boston Septemr 18th 1753
Honourable Srs
These serves to Wish you a pleasant passage & a happy-
Interview with ye Eastern Indians & a safe returne to Boston
againe, and least you in yor discourse with them, be Enqured
of ye several prises of Furrs Allowed them in away of Trade
& what they gave for our goods in lieu thereof ; in L* Gov-
ernr Dummers time which they seem to make their Baises in
every Treaty. I have furnished you therewith, as Also ;
what they have allowed for yr ffu^rs now, & what they give
now for our goods, you'l find upon ye whole near 30 j> Cent
Cheaper to ye Indians than it was in L* Govern1 Dummers
time ; to avoid any Trouble to yor honours I have given Cap*
Saunders a list of every Article, and hope it will be sufficient
& agreeable to yor honours from
Yor honrs most hum serv* at Command
Jn° Wheelwright
Letter to Jereh Moulton
Boston October 23, 1753
Jeremiah Moulton Esqr
Sr I am directed by the Governor and Council to forward
you the Inclosed wan* which is Issued against one William
Lowd of Muscongus Island on the Comp* of one Elizabeth
Burns of Muscongus which they expect you to direct to such
of your Officers as will Effectually execute the same for
which he is to take Necessary Assistance.
It is proposed that this Man should be Carryed before
Justice Denny as being the Nearest Magistrate & as it is
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Necessary for the Woman ( who is a near Neighbor to the
said Lowd) to be present its expected that the Officer Notify
her when he Executes the Warr* that Cap* North Agreeable
to his Orders may Transport her to Arrowsick.
Letter, to Capt. John North
Boston Octr 23, 1753
Cap* John North
Sr I am directed by the Govr & Council to acquaint you
that there's a Warr* Issued ag8t one Wm Lowd on the Comp*
of one Eliza Burns & that on his being Apprehended you are
directed to Transport the said Eliza Burns & her two Sons
in your Boat to Arrowsick.
This is to Notify the Freeholders and Other Inhabitants of
the first Parish in the Town of Falmouth, Qualify 'd for vot-
ing according to Law, to meet at the Town House in sd
Parish, on Wenesday the 21st Day of November Ins* at 2
oClock in the Afternoon to act on the Article folio wing -viz*
To see whether the Parish will on the Second Thursday of
the next Sitting of the Gen1 Court make Answer to the
Petition of the Inhabitants of New Casco exhibited the 10th
of September last
" praying to be sett off a distinct Parish " and what
Method said Parish will proceed in to shew Cause ( if any
they have ) why the Prayer thereof should not be granted
Falmouth 17th Nov1 1753
By Order of the Comittee
Step" Longfellow Parish Clerk
Falmouth 21 Novr 1753 — Pursuant to Order I have
Notify'd the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the first
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 227
Parish in the Town of Falmouth Qualify'd for voting
according to Law to meet at Time and Place, and to act on
the Article within mentioned —
Stepn Longfellow Parish Clerk
At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the first Parish
in the Town of Falmouth, held at the Town Hall in said
Parish Novr 21. 1753 -
Mr Joseph Tompson was chosen Moderator Voted — The
Honble Jabez Fox Jedidiah Preble Esqr, Messrs John Waite
Joseph Tompson, William Bucknam & Danforth Phipps be
a Committee, to see whether they can fix upon the dividing
Line, between the Parishes, so as to accomodate both Parties,
and make Report at the Adjournment of this Meet-
ing ~ Voted — The Above Comittee imploy a Surveyour &
Chainmen in the abovesd Business ~
Voted — This Meeting be adjourned to the 28th of this
Month to this Place, at 2 oClock in the Afternoon —
Falmouth 28th Novr 1753 — The Parish being met according
to Adjournment — the Comittees Report was read, which
was as follows —
Falmouth Novr 23d 1753
The Comittee to whom was referred the Consideration of
the Petition of the Inhabitants of New Casco, report that
they are of Opinion that all the Inhabitants on the Easterly
Side of Presumpscot, be sett off as a separate Parish, begin-
ning at Northyarmouth Line near the Sea, and from thence
running by the Bay to Presumpscot River, & thence up sd
River as far as the Westerly Side of Mr James Winslows
Sixty Acre Lot of Land on which his now dwelling House
stands, and from thence to run a North West Line to the
Head of the Township, including Mackworths Island, Clap-
board Island, and little Jabeeg ; and as many of the Inhabit-
ants of the first Parish in Falmouth as shall see Cause, that
live on the Westerly Side of sd Presumpscot River conven-
o
o
B
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ient to sd Parish, have Liberty to Join with them with their
Estates on which they dwell, within twelve Months from the
Abovesd Date —
Jaz Fox 1
Jedidiah Preble
Jn° Waite
Joseph Tompson
William Bucknam
Danforth Phipps
Voted — unanimously that the Above Report be accepted.
Voted — That the Parish Clerk transmit a Copy of the
proceedings of this Meeting to the Gen1 Court, the Second
Thursday of the next Sitting thereof for their Confirmation.
Recorded p. Stepn Longfellow Parish Clerk
A true Copy from Falmouth l8t Parish Records Lib0 1°
Fol° 52. 53 -
Attr Stepn Longfellow Parish Clerk
Letter, Ninth1 Wheelwright to Gov. Shirley Nov. 30, 1753.
Sir
I had the Honour the 11th of November past, to acquaint
your Excellency of my arrival at Albany, which place I left
as soon as possible, and made all the dispatch I could on my
Journey, and voyage to Canada.
Permit me to advise your Excellency by this opportunity,
that I arrived with Mr Lydius, and my servant, Yesterday
noon, at Montreal ; we were imediately conducted by the offi-
cer who was sent with us from Fort Sl Frederick, and intro-
duced by him, to the General, Monsieur Le Marquis
Duquesne, who asked me my business, I acquainted him
that I was sent by Your Excellency to have the Honour to
deliver him a Letter, which he received, and imediately retired
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 229
into his cabinet, he soon return'd saying the Letter was in
English and that he would send for some person to translate
it. Then very genteely told me as I was not a Stranger, I
might go and repose myself, and procure Lodgings where I
pleased, after dinner he sent an officer Monsr Sl Luc la corne,
who is my particular friend, and much in favour with the
General, this Gentleman surprized me with a message from
his Excellency, that he had been informed, that the last time
I came into the country, I had with me an Engineer, who
passed for my Domestick, and that I had, with his assistance,
taken a plan of this City, Quebec, and the River, I assured
the Gentleman it was false, and that some ill minded busy
person, must have raised the report, to prevent my having
an opportunity to execute the Commission I had the honour
to receive from your Excellency, and desired he would assure
the General the truth of this, He did, and was kind enough
to Acquaint me in the evening, that the General had your
Excellency's Letter translated, and would see me in the
morning, when he sent for me, as soon as I paid my respects
to him, he desired me to withdraw with him into his cabinet,
where I had the Honour to converse with him more than an
hour, without Interruption. He very genteely told me he
was charmd to have an opportunity of a Correspondence with
your Excellency, and that he would answer Your Excellency's
Letter very particularly ; he was surprised at Your Excel-
lency's mentioning his not answering Mr Phipps his Letter,
which he assured me he never received.
He then said, he had been inform'd that I came into the
Country the last time with some other design, than for pris-
oners, but he was now perswaded to the contrary, and did
me the Honour to say I might Stay a Convenient time to
accomplish my affairs, that I should be at Liberty, and should
want no assistance he could give me, that I should go when
it was agreable to me, to three Rivers, Sl Francois to Bacon
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court, with an Interpreter, to endeavour to get those Cap-
tives. He also gave orders to Monsr Sl Luc : to go with me
to Monsr De pain, and acquaint him, that it was his orders,
that I should have free Liberty to see, & Converse with the
English Boy, Mitchell's Son, at all times, and as often as I
pleased. I saw the Boy but had not time to say much to
him, permit me to assure Your Excellency I shall omit no
opportunity, to endeavour to reconcile him to return to his
Parents — Mr Nobles child, which Monsr Ange Charly has
the care of, & which he assured me with great grief, the last
time I was in the Country was dead, is now at three Rivers
at the Convent —
I hope Your Excellency will be satisfied with my conduct,
and permit me to assure you, that I shall be very circumspect
in my behaviour, and shall punctually observe your Excel-
lencys Instructions ; Should your Excellency have any fur-
ther commands during my stay in Canada, and should send
your Letters to Coll. Lydius at albany, he may have an
oppertunity in the winter of conveying your Letters to this
place —
The Inclosed Letter, I had the honour to receive from the
General, in answer to that I had the Honour to receive of
your Excellency and deliver'd him —
Your Excellency will I hope forgive the Liberty I take to
inclose a Letter for my good Father —
Your Excellency will excuse my giving You a particular
account of the Country, they have had a plentiful summer, &
a very fine harvest in this part of the Country —
Permit me that I have the honour to be with utmost
Respects Your Excellencys most Obedient and most humble
Servant
Montreal Novr 30th 1753. Nat Wheelwright
His Excellency William Shirley Esq'
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Speech. Dec. <5, 1753.
" Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives
During the Recess of the Court I have comply'd wth the
Requests contain'd in the several Messages, wch You sent me
in your last Session.
Pursuant to your Vote of ye 7th & Message of ye lltb of
Septr desiring me ( if I could not attend the Buisness myself )
to appoint Commissioners to meet the Eastern Indians, & to
distribute the Annual Presents of this Government to them
in the most advantageous Manner ; Also that I would give it
in Charge to the Commissioners, to remonstrate to the
Indians at their Interview with them, the Injustice & Base-
ness of their Conduct in carrying away & detaining the
Children of Benja Mitchel & Lazarus Noble, contrary to the
Treaties of Friendship subsisting between us, & their
repeated Promises to restore the said Children ; & to insist
on their performing what they have promiss'd ; Also that
they should lay before the Indians the just Right of the
English to all the Lands along the River Kennebeck above
ye fort at Richmond, & to use their best Endeavours to make
them acquiesce in ye Settlements intended to be made there ; &
appointed Commissioners, who proceeded upon that Buisness
to S4 Georges & Richmond forts, wch particular Instructions
relating to the beforemention'd Points : & the Result of
their Interview & Conference wth those Indians, as also the
Effect of the Letter wch I wrote to the Indians by those
Gentlemen, to apprize them of the base Practices of their
Jesuit Priests to create Jealousies & a Misunderstanding
between them & this Gov1, will appear in the Copy of the
Conference, between them & the Commissioners wch together
with a Copy of my Letter to ye Indians, I shall order the
Secretary to lay before You.
And in Compliance wth your Request in that part of the
said Message, wherein You desire me to write to the Govern-
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our of Canada upon his delivering two of the above
mention'd Children of Benja Mitchel & Lazarus Noble, who
were found in the Possession of some French Indians at
Montreal, by their fathers, whom the French Governour
refus'd to permit to treat wth their Masters for their Redemp-
tion, but oblig'd to depart instantly out of the Country; I
have wrote to the said Govarnour, & in strong terms
remonstrating ag* this Proceeding as a Violation of the
Amity now subsisting between ye two Crowns, & an Infringe-
ment of the natural Rights & Liberties of Mankind, & have
demanded of him to deliver up those Children & whatever
other Captives, appertaining to this Gov*, might be found in
Canada, to Mr Nath1 Wheelwright, whom I have commis-
sion'd to deliver my Letter to him ( a Copy of wch shall be
lay'd before You) & to demand Restitution of the said
Children "
Message. Dec. 13, 1753.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Represves
In nxy Speech to you at the Opening of this Session I
urged your making Provision for the Speedy & effectual
Repairs of the several Forts on the Frontier of this Province,
& the Finishing of them with suitable Artillery & other
Stores of War.
Since that time I have been informed that the Commissrs
for the Interview with the Eastern Indians the last year,
appointed by the Lieut. Govornour then Commr in Chief,
agreable to Instructions receiv'd from him, viewed the sev-
eral Forts in the Eastern Parts & at their Return made
Reports of the Condition they were then in ; The Substance
of which is contained in the Schedule I now send you ; By
woh you will find the decayed & ruinous Condition of those
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Forts : And it being more than a Year since that Survey
was made & no considerable Repairs made since, We must
conclude they are in a much worse Condition now.
Therefore, And in Consideration of the present hazardous
Conjuncture of Affairs as I particularly represented to you
in my Speech I am obliged to repeat my Desires to you that
no time may be lost for putting those Forts into a good
Posture of Defence. And in particular that Care be taken
that the small arms be good & substantial. And I would
further recommend to you that hereafter Reports may be
made of the said Forts from time to time, on the first Decay ;
which will save a Charge to the Province, & may prevent
their falling into the hands of the Enemy upon their being
assaulted in their weak & decayed Condition.
And as it is of great Importance that good Interpreters of
the Indian Language be retained in the Service of the
Province, And as I have been informed that Walter McFar-
land, now Interpreter at Richmond Fort, is very capable of
that Business I hope you will give sufficient Encouragem*
for his Continuance therein.
Council Chamber 14 Decr 1753 W Shirley
In the House of Repv Dec1 14 1753
Read & Ordered that the foregoing Message from his
Excelcy be Committed to the Comtee Appointed upon that
part of his Excelcy8 Speech Respecting Fortifications &c to
Consider & report thereon
Sent up for Concurrence
T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council December 14. 1753
Read and Concurd
Tho8 Clarke Dpty Secry
Fort S1 George, wants some Repairs, on the Eastern Wall
particularly, & if the same was shingled or clabboarded
234 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
directly On the inside as well as Outside it would be of
great Service.
In this Garrison there are 10 Cannon of various sizes
from 8tr To 12tr Ball but very poor— 2 Cohorn's, ab* 40
hand Granadoes, & near 100 small Arms, but very poor.
Fort Frederick. The Walls in generall are good, want some
small matter of pointing — the platforms much out of
Repair — Glass very defective &c
In this Garrison are 17 Cannon, viz1 9.91 2.41 1.31 15.11
which are good, 27 Small Arms very poor 40 hand Gran-
adoes Shott & Artillery for the Cannon, Enough.
Richmond Fort, wants much repair, especially the Barracks,
No Chimney at present in the Guard room, the Cells of
the Mansion House are rotten, as well as part of the Walls
of the Garrison, being laid under ground.
If the Walls of this Garrison also, were shingled or
clabboarded 'twould be of great Service.
In this Garrison are 5 Cannon, Viz1 1.121 1.41 3.11 but
very poor
No Artillery i. e. Spunges, Ladles, Rammers &c About 30
small Arms, but very poor
Report.
The Comtee on his Excellency's Message of 14th Instant,
beg Leave to report in part — Viz*
That his Excellency the Governour be desired to give
Orders, that Walter McFarland the present Indian Inter-
preter at Richmond, repair directly to Boston, in order to
perfect himself in Reading, writing & Cyphering, the Cost of
which, together with his Boarding for 3 or 4 Months, to be
at the Charge of the Province And that Robert Dewee who
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 235
hath some knowledge of the Indian tongue be sent to Rich-
mond & be employed as Interpreter, during the Absence of
the said Walter.
Jacob Wendell by order
In Council Decemr 20, 1753 ; Read & Sent down
In the House of Representatives Dec1 20 1753.
Read & Accepted Sent up for Concurrence
T Hubbard Spkr
In Council Decern1 21. 1753 Read & Concur'd
Tho8 Clarke Dp^ Secry
Consented to W Shirley
Letter, Josiah Willard to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Boston Decr 21, 1753
Sir,
This is to acquaint you that at the Desire of the two
Houses the Governor orders that you send your Interpreter
Walter McFarland to Boston as soon as may be in Order to
perfect him self in Reading Writing & Cyphering, the Cost
of which as also of his Board for three or four Months will
be born by the Governm1 And His Excellency also orders
that Robert Dewee ( a Negro Man who hath some Knowledge
of the Indian Tongue) be employed as Interpreter at your
Garrison during the said Walter McFarlands Absence.
I am Sir Your humble Serv1
J Willard
Capt Wm Lithgow
A Paragraph of a Letter To Dr Gardiner dated in Frank-
fort in Kennebeck river Decern1 26, 1753
" There has a very Bad affair happen'd here ( as I'm
" inform'd )
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" There are Two Indians killed on Montinicus Island by
" the man that was Order'd of from it a few Days Ago.
" One Wright came up & informed Capt Lithcow of it &
" Said he knew the Two men that saw it Done - & help'd to
" bury them there, & their Guns, but he wou'dn't tell their
" names - The Indians are ignorant of it at present But when
they know it, they will revenge themselves, I am afraid, &
we may Look out, for we are but Weak ) If this be true, I
think, Such Villains ought to dye without pity.
It is said the man that Did it is now at Small point.
Letter, Secry Willard to Col. Preble
Boston Jan* 3, 1754.
Sir
His Excellency orders me to send you the inclosed Com-
mission, & to desire you to proceed to Fort Hallifax without
Delay unless your Want of Health or other Circumstances
should prevent your Going thither, And that you would, in
such Case, forward the Commission to Cpt. Lithgow by the
first Opportunity you have without considerable Charge to
the Province, For His Excellency will send an Exemplifica-
tion of said Commission by Cpt. Saunders who is now ready
to sail.
[ Indorsed ]
The Secrys Letter to Coll. Preble
Jan. 3, 1754.
Message of Both Houses to His Excellency Jan. 4, 175/f..
May it please your Excellency,
It is with great Gratitude, that We acknowledge the many
Instances of his Majestys paternal Care, for the security of
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 237
his good Subjects of this Province, more especially that
of late, signified to your Excellency by a Letter from the
Earl of Holdernesse, one of his principal Secretarys of State
( a Copy of which your Excellency hath been pleas'd to lay
before us ) that you should be upon your Guard, and put the
Province under your Government, into a Condition at all
Events to resist any hostile attempts which may be made
upon it.
In Pursuance of this Letter, Your Excellency having
recommended to us the repairing and strengthning the sev-
eral Forts and Garrisons of this Province and putting the
whole into a proper State of Defence, we have accordingly
made provision for doing it,
But upon this Occasion we beg Leave to represent to your
Excellency that his Majestys Subjects of this Province, have
at all times exerted themselves, even beyond their Ability's
not only for the Defence and Security of his Subjects and
Territorys, but even in making valuable acquisitions to his
Majestys Crown, the several Instances of which during the
late War, we need not repeat to your Excellency, they hav-
ing been done upon your Recommendation and under your
Direction.
The Consequence of this, we flattered ourselves, would
have been an effectual Security against future Danger from
any Incroachments or Invasions of our French Neighbours,
But, it is with great Concern, that we find the French have
made such extraordinary Encroachments, and have taken
such measures, since the conclusion of the late War, as
threaten great Danger, and perhaps in Time, even the entire
Destruction of these Provinces ( without the interposition of
his Majesty ) notwithstanding any provision we can make to
prevent it.
This Colony by the great Number of Men, it supplied
and lost in the Reduction and securing the Island
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and Forts of Cape Breton ; the Troops sent from hence by
your Excellency, from Time to Time for - Relief & Protec-
tion of Annapolis — Royal, without which the whole
Province of Accadie or Nova Scotia, must have fallen into
the hands of the French ; the Expence occasioned to it by
the late intended Expedition against Canada, as also for an
attempt against Crown-point, which was rendered fruitless by
other Governor's not Joyning with us ; And by our great
Expence, both of Men and Money, during the Course of the
late War, in providing for the Security and Protection of our
large extended Frontier, and otherwise, is so much reduced,
as to be less able to defend itself, against any Attacks, that
may be made upon it, in case of a Rupture between the Two
Crowns ; Whereas on the other hand, the French are in a
much Better Situation to annoy it, than they were at the
Commencement of the late War, For They have since the
Conclusion of the Peace, erected a Fort on the Isthmus of
the Peninsula near Bay-Verte, by means of which they main-
tain a communication by Sea with Canada, S* John's Island,
and Louisbourg, and at about thirteen Miles distance from
that Fort, they have built a Block-house, & at three miles
from that, another large strong Fort, situated within half a
Mile of the Bason of Chegnecto, in the Bay of Fundy, and
thereby have secured a Communication between that Fort
and the River Sl Johns on the West side of the said Bay.
Near the Mouth of Sl John's River they have possess'd
themselves of two Forts formerly built by them, whilst they
had a right to hold Accadie, the nearest of which to the Sea,
they have likewise ( since the Conclusion of the peace repair'd,
fortify'd with Cannon and Garrisoned with regular Troops,
and have erected another strong large Fort at Twenty Leagues
Distance up the River — have ( according to the best Intelli-
gence) made very considerable Settlements upon it, and by
these means they have secured the Indians inhabiting that
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River, computed at between four and five hundred Famitys,
in their Interest, and carry on an exclusive Furr Trade with
the French at Louisbourg, thro' the Bay of Fundy, where it
is well known, French Ships of War, have constantly enter'd
since the Conclusion of the Peace and loaded with Furrs to
a great Value, at the Mouth of that River, which Trade the
English were in possession of until the late War.
Thus by their Encroachments since the Conclusion of the
Peace, the French have possess'd themselves not only of the
Isthmus of the Peninsula of Nova Scotia, with Bay-Verte in
the Gulf of Sl Lawrence on the one side, but of the River of
Sl John, with the whole West side of the Bay of Fundy on
the other, where the Crown heretofore used to maintain a
Fort during their possession of Accadie or Nova Scotia.
How fatal the consequence of these Encroachments may
be, if the French should continue in the possession of them,
till a rupture happen between the two Crowns, not only to
the Eastern parts of his Majestys Territory's within this Prov-
ince, which border upon Nova Scotia, and in particular to his
Majestys Woods, from whence greatest part of the Maste
Yards and Bowsprits, with which his Royal Navy are sup-
ply'd, and which would feel the immediate Effects of these
Encroachments ; but also in time, to the whole of this Prov-
ince and the rest of his Majestys Territorys upon this Conti-
nent, your Excellency is so well apprized, that we need not
set them forth here.
Whilst the French held Accadie under the Treaty of S'
Germain, they so cutt off the Trade of this Province & gall'd
the Inhabitants with Incursions into their Territorys from
their Forts at the River Pentagoet & S' Johns, that Oliver
Cromwell the then Protector found it necessary for the safety
of New England in 1654 to make a Descent by Sea, into the
River of Sl John and dispossess of that & all their other
Forts in Accadie. And after that Province was restor'd to
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the French in consequence of the Treaty of Breda in 1667
by King Charles 2d this Colony felt again the same mischeiv-
ous Effects, from their possessing it, insomuch, that after
forming several Expeditions against it, the Inhabitants were
oblig'd in the latter End of the War in Queen Ann's Reign,
to represent to her Majesty, how destructive the possession
of the Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia, by the French, was to
this Province and to the British Trade, whereupon the British
Ministry thought it necessary to fit out a formal Expedition,
against that Province with English Troops and a consider-
able armament of our own, under General Nicholson in 1710,
when it was again reduced to the Subjection of the Crown of
Great Britain, but by the late Encroachments of the French,
especially upon Sl John's River & the West side of the Bay
of Fundy, which borders on this Province, we are in case of
a rupture liable to feel, more mischeivious Effects than we
have ever yet done, unless his Majesty shall be graciously
pleas'd to cause them to be removed. Besides these late
Encroachments, whereby we may be more immediately
expos'd on the Eastern parts of the Province, there is another
( tho of a longer standing ) from whence we have been greatly
annoyed, in the late War, in the Western parts of it, and
from whence we shall always be exposed to the greatest Dan-
ger on that side, without some further Check, than there is
at present : - We mean the Fort at Crown point.
This, May it please your Excellency is the Rendezvous for
all their Forces, the Grand Magazine for their Stores of all
Sorts and the place to retreat to on every occasion, when
they think proper to make any Incursions, upon our Western
Frontier, or any other of his Majestys Provinces to the West-
ward ; So that if the French are suffered to continue in the
posession of that Fort, without another being erected to curb
it, will ( in our apprehension ) greatly endanger the Loss, of
the Indians of the Six Nations, to his Majesty, & thereby dis-
tress all the Provinces.
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Being thus expos'd on every side - having a large Frontier
to defend, the doing of whieh hitherto, has been a great
Expence of Blood and Treasure to us, we are very sensible
of the Necessity of his Majestys Colonys affording each other
mutual Assistance, and we make no doubt but this Province
will at all times with great Chearfulness, furnish their just
and reasonable Quota toward it ;
All which we beg your Excellency would be pleas'd to
represent to his Majesty in such manner as you shall think
most proper.
Wm Pepperrell by order of ye Comittee
In Council Jany 4, 1754 Read & sent down
In the House of Rep Jany 4th 1754
Read Accepted & Ordered that Mr Speaker Mr Wells Col
Worthington Col0 White & Col Partridge with Such as the
Honourable Board shall Join be a Committee to wait upon
his Excellency the governour with this Message.
Sent up for Concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
In Council Jan? 4 1754 Read & Concur'd & Benja Lynde
& Samuel Watts & John Chandler EsqrB are joined in the
Affair
Thos Clarke Dpty Secry.
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Capt. Phinehas Stevens
Boston March 4, 1754.
Sir, you have herewith inclosed a Copy of a Vote of the
General Court of this Province for Withdrawing Pay & Sub-
sistence from the Garrison at the Fort at Number 4 under
your Command; So that you must now look your self &
Company to be discharged from any duty there by Vertue of
any Commission you have from me, or the Commander in
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Chief of this Province in my Absence, And of this you must
forthwith acquaint your Company.
Whatever great Artillery, Small Arms & other Stores of
War at your Fort belong to this Province you must take
them into your safe Custody till you receive Advices from
the Commissary General of this Province, & then deliver
them to him.
I am Your assured Friend & Servant
W Shirley
Cpt. Phineas Stevens
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Capt. B. Muggeridge
Boston March 6, 1754.
Captn Benjamin Muggeridge
As I apprehend it for his Majtys Service that one Person
shall have the chief Command of the Independent Companies
forthwith to be raised for the Protection of the Eastern
Frontiers, I have appointed Captn George Berry for that Ser-
vice, & on any of the Forts being attack'd our Inhabitants
killed or their Houses burnt by the Enemy in that Frontier,
when you have done all in your Power to cut off their
Retreat pursuant to my former Instructions, if you find them
withdrawn you are in that Case forthwith to proceed to Rich-
mond Fort, & to follow the Orders of the said Captn Berry
in marching up Kennebeck River for making Discoveries so
far as the River Chaudiere ( of any french Fort or Settlement
attempting to be made, & for destroying the Indians & their
Settlements.
I am Your Friend & Serv1
W. Shirley
The above Circular Letter was also sent to Capts Dunning
Hunter Nichols & Wright
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Letter, Gov. Shirley to Capt. G. Berry $ others
Boston March 7, 1754.
You are hereby directed after you have raised the Com-
pany mentioned in my Instructions to you to take Care that
the Men are all of them forthwith Provided with one Pound
of Powder six Flints & two Pounds of Ball, as also with
Swan or Bear Shot, the three former of Which Articles You
are to demand of the Select Men of your Town who are
hereby ordered to deliver the same into your Custody, to be
distributed to your Company upon their setting out on their
March, and if the Town have not a Stock sufficient, the Men
must forthwith purchase the needfull Quantity & they shall
be allowed by the Governm1 for what they shall expend of
the Same in this Service ; And in Case you shall not make
any March in the said Service, you must return the Ammu-
nition wch you shall receive out of the Town Stock to the
Select Men at the End of the said Service, — You will be fur-
nished with Provisions for the Service at Richmond Fort, as
also wth what further Ammunition you may want for your
Compa & as to the Provisions which you shall have need of
in your March thither, the Men must provide for themselves
& they shall be allowed for it by the Province
I am Yr Friend & SeiV W S
To Cap18 George Berry Benja Muggeriddge David Dunning
Adam Hunter John Wright and Alexander Nichols
Wiscasset Petition. March 13, 1754.
To his Excelancy the Governour Council & House of Repre-
sentatives of the Province of the Masechusets Bay in
Generall Court Assembled at Boston 29l May 1754 —
The Humble Petation of us the Subscribers &c a Number
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of Inhabitants to the Number of about fifty Families who
have been for near twenty Years last past Bringing Forward
a Setlement at a Place Called Whiscasick to the Eastward of
Georgetown within the County of York and Whereas we
finde by Sad Experance that we in the Sircumstances that we
are in and for want of our being Erected into a Town or
District and being Invested with the Powers & Privaleges
that Other of his Majesties Good Subjects do Injoy Cannot
Orderly Prosede to the Calling Setting & Supporting a Gos-
ple Minister Employing & Mentaining a School Master for
teaching our Children & Many other Ill-conveniences not
Nesasery to be Mentioned to Your Excelancy & Honours
You well Knowing what People meet with here where Order
& Goverment is Wanting This therefore waits on Your
Excelancy & Honours to Pray You to take - Premises into
Your Wise Consideration & If it may be Agreable to Your
Pleasures that You Would be Pleased to Erect us into a
Town or District & Invest us with the Powers & Priveleges
as Other of his Majesties Good Subjects do Injoy in the like
case May it Please Your Exelancy & Honours whereas we
Setled Under a Number of Proprietars ( Whereof Sr William
Pepperrill Barenite was one ) Known by the name of the
Whiscasick Proprietors & in Order to Include their claime
within the said Town or District which we Pray may be
Called by the name of White haven this we would Humbly
Propose that the Bounds thereof be Stated & Decribed after
the following manner Vix Begining at a Place known by the
name of the Upper Part of Sheepscutt Upper Narrows two
Milds and a half Northeast from Whiscasick Point thence
Runing Northwest five Milds then runing South west untill
it comes to the eastren bounds of Georgetown then Runing
by Georgetown Eastren line untill it comes to Wadleys or
Moun Swag Bay then begining at Sheepscutt Narrows aforesd
& Runing South East two Milds & a Half thence South so
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245
far as that a North West line will strike the lower end of
Jeremy Squani or Long Island Including all the Islands
within the above Bounds So may it Please Your Excelancy
& Honours we have taken leve to Propose and wait Your
Pleasure & as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c
dated at Whiscasick March ye 13th 1754
Jonn Williamson
William Alford
David Danford
Robert hooper
Nat11 Lamson
Robert Mclean
Tho8 Kenny
Joshua Tufts
Joseph Taylor
John Baker
Isaac Young
James Bruer
Elisha Renay Juii"
Hate Evil Coson
Edward Coson
Ambros Colby
Richard Holbrook John Cuningham
John Chapman Sam11 Chapman
Elisha Kenney Daniel Tibits
George Gray
John Gray
Obadiah Allbee
Obadiah Allbee Junr
John Wilks
Dan1 Tibits
Joshua Silvester
John Alley
Jonathan Blackledge
Joseph Young
32 in all.
Sir
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Capt. Muggeridge $• others
Boston March 18, 1754
It is highly probable that I shall have some Important ser-
vice wherein to employ the Independent Companies on your
Frontiers as soon as the Rivers are clear of Ice ; And Altho
the matter is not yet fixed and determined, yet I think it
necessary that you and the other Officers should have this
General Intimation, and accordingly I direct you to intimate
the same to the Men in your List, that so they may be ready
for Service (if it should be proceeded in at the Shortest
Warning ; Let them know that they will be Well paid for
the Time wherein they will be engaged ; which probably will
be but short and that; And that necessary Provisions &
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Ammunition will be laid in for them : In the mean time you
will take Special Care to hold your Company in readiness to
March upon the Service of your present Commission accord-
ing to the Instructions already sent you
I am Yr Friend & Serv1
W Shirley
Capts Muggeridge David Duning Adam Hunter
John Wright, Alexander Nichols
The Governor's Speech. March 28, 175J/..
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives
I having received, in the Recess of the Court, some Dis-
patches which nearly Concern the Welfare of the Province,
I thought it Necessary to require a General Attendance of
the Members of Both Houses at this Meeting of the Assem-
bly, that the Matters Contain'd in them may have as full &
Speedy a Consideration, as the Importance of them Seems to
Demand.
By Accounts sent from Richmond Fort, & Declarations
made before me & his Majesty's Council by two of the Set-
tlers at Frankfort upon the River Kennebec, I am informed,
that in the Summer before last, a Considerable Number of
French settled themselves on a Noted Carrying Place, made
Use of by the several Indian Tribes inhabiting that part of
the Country, in their Passage to & from Canada, being about
10 or 12 Miles Wide, which Separates the head of the afore-
said River from that of the River Chaudiere, wch last falls
into the Great River S* Lawrence at four miles & an half
Above the City of Quebeck : And [ from a Canada Indian,
who quitted that City about 3 years ago, an Acco* of his hav-
ing incurr'd the Displeasure of the late Govr, & hath since
resided in the Eastern parts of this Province for Protection.]
I have received further Intelligence that the French are
settled very thick for 12 Miles on Each side of said River
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 247
Chaudiere at About thirty miles distance Above the Mouth
of it, and in the Mid-way between the River Sl Lawrence &
the beforementioned Carrying Place; and the Captain of
Richmond Fort in his Letter dated 23d of last Janry, Informs
me, that the Norridgewalk Indians have Declared to him
" that they had given the new french Settlers upon the Car-
" rying Place, Liberty to hunt any where in that Country, as
" a Recompence for the great Service, they will be of to them,
" in a time of War with the English, by supplying them with
" Provisions & Military Stores." —
The same Officer further Acquaints me in another Letter
dated Febry 11th, that several Indians of the Arressigunticook
& some of the Penobscot Tribe, amounting together with the
Norridgwalk Indians to Sixty Effective Men, besides Boys,
Capable of Using Arms, were then lately arrived in the
Neighbourhood of the French under his Command ; & that
thd they assembled there on pretence of writing a joynt Let-
ter to me, as they have done, Yet he had reason to expect
from their Haughty Insolent Behaviour, the repeated open
Threats of some of them & private Warning from Others,
that as soon as the Rivers should be free from Ice, they would
Commit Hostilities against the English upon that, & the
Neighbouring Rivers ; in which they intimate, they are to be
Assisted by a Number of French from Canada, disguis'd like
Indians ; And in another Letter dated the 10th of March, he
acquaints me that the French Priest, Missionary to the
Indians of the River Kennebec appeared to him to be contin-
ually Using Artifices to Excite the Indians to prevent Our
Settlements from being Extended higher up it ; to set them
at variance with the English ; & dispose them to a War with
them this Spring. —
Most of these Accounts are Confirm'd by the Declarations
of the before mentioned Settler at Frankfort, with these
Additional Circumstances, that the french Priest hath been
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very inquisitive after Roman Catholick Families in that Set-
tlement, & Used Endeavours to draw off some of the Inhab-
itants into the Service of the French, particularly for Build-
ing a Chapel & a Dwelling House for himself upon that
River, About three or four Miles above Cushana, & at the
Distance of 24 from Frankfort and been very industrious to
Perswade them that it was within the French Territories :
and the Indians have further Declared, that they have been
instigated by the Governor of Canada to hinder the English
from settling upon any part of the River: which is Strongly
confirm'd by a Deposition of Captn Lithgow, made in AugRt
last.
Upon this Occasion, Gentlemen, I sent as soon as might
be, with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, the necessary
Reinforcements of Men & Stores to all the Eastern Forts ;
issu'd Commissions for raising six Indian Companies in the
Townships & Districts next Adjacent to them with Orders
for Officers & Soldiers to hold themselves in constant readi-
ness to march, upon any Alarm, to the Succour of any neigh-
bouring Fort or Settlement, which may be Attack'd ; to cut
off the Enemy in their Retreat ; & in Case, they shall find
that the Norridgwalk Indians have committed Hostilities, to
break up their Villages & settlements upon Kennebec, & to
kill or Captivate all they can meet with of their Tribe; I
likewise Ordered an Officer, commissioned by me for that
Purpose, to Proceed by the first Opportunity, to the Suppos'd
Place of the New french Settlement, in Order to discover the
Certainty & Circumstances of it, & to require the French
Commandant to retire & withdraw the People under his Com-
mand from that Spot as being under his Majesty's Dominion
& within the Limits of this Government. —
And I doubt not, Gentlemen, from your Distinguished
Zeal for the Defence of his Majesty's Territories, & the Pro-
tection of his Subjects within this Government upon all Occa-
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sions, but that upon a Refusal of the French to comply with
that Requisition, You will make sufficient Provision for ena-
bling me to Compel them, with the Arm'd Force of the Prov-
ince, to free it from their Incroachments.
The Concern, Gentlemen, \vch You Express'd in your Mes-
sage to me at Our Meeting in December last, upon your
Apprehensions of the iminent Danger, which the Province
was in, from the French's having fortifyed themselves upon
the River of S* John's close to Our Borders, leave me no
room to Doubt of your being sensible of the fatal Conse-
quences in General, that must Attend the Incroachments,
which it seems plain, they are now pushing into the Heart of
the Province (as the General Court in a Vote pass'd the 16th
of Janry 1749, justly calls the River Kennebec) unless they
are timely remov'd. —
But it may not be improper for me to Observe to You in
particular, that it Appears from an Extract wch I have lately
caus'd to be made of some Original Letters taken among
Father Ralle's papers at breaking up the Indian Settlement
at Norridgwalk in 1724, & which Pass'd between him, Father
Lauverjat Priest of the Penobscot Tribe, & Father La Chasse
Superiour of the Jesuits at Quebec, during the Indian War
in the Years 1723 & 1724; That the Head of Kennebeck
River, near which the Indians have declared the French have
made a new Settlement, was the Centre of most of the Tribes
then at War with Us, & the general Rendezvous of all that
came to the Eastern Parts : The Hurons, the Iroquois of the
falls of Sl Lewis, The Tribe of S4 Francis, ( or Arressigunti-
cooks ) and the Indians of the Seigneurie ( as the French call
them ) of Becancour on the one Hand us'd to Assemble with
the Norridgewalks here, from their several Settlem18; and the
Penobscotts from their River, on the other: here they held
their Consultations, & from hence issu'd out in parties united,
or Separate, as best suited them, against the English ; hither
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they retired after Action, & brought their Wounded for
Relief ; & here, if they met with Provisions, they far'd well ;
if not, they Suffer' d greatly for want of them.
It Appears further from these Letters, that the several
French Missionaries chiefly conducted and managed this
War ; that they had the Care of Supplying the Indians with
the necessary Provisions & Stores for Carrying it on ; were
Employed to make them persevere in it, & to push them on
to their boldest Enterprizes ; that they Transmitted Acct8 of
their Proceedings to the Governor of Canada thro' the Hands
of the Superiour of the Jesuits at Quebec, thrd whom like-
wise they received their Directions from thence ; as the Govr
of Canada seems to have done his, upon this Occasion, from
the Court of France.
And I Would further Observe, that this Route affords the
French a shorter Passage for making Descents from Quebeck,
upon this Province, & destroying the whole Province of
Main, with the King's Woods there, And in the Government
of New Hampshire, than any other whatever from Canada.
These Advantages, winch the Possession of this River
would give the French over this Province, make it easy to
Account for their Constant Endeavours ever since the Treaty
of Breda, at which it was determin'd, in the most Solemn
manner between the two Crowns, that the River Pentagoet
or Penobscot was the Boundary between New England &
Accadia or Nova Scotia, to Extend their Limits by Claim
upon all Occasions, ( as in fact they have done ) to the East-
ern side of the River Kennebec ; thd they never Attempted,
untill within these few Years, to pass Over the River Sl Law-
rence within the extent of this Province.
I am Satisfyed, it is needless for me Gentlemen, to Urge
any thing more, to Shew how necessary for the Safety of
this Governm1 it is, that we should Secure to Ourselves the
Possession of this important River, against the Incroachments
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of the French, without Delay : and I think the present Situ-
ation of Affairs in that Country must Convince You, how
vain a Scheme it would now be, to have your sole Depend-
ance, for gaining this point, upon making Annual Presents
to Indians who appear to have Enter'd into an Offensive
Alliance wtb the French against You ; & have Shewn evident
Marks of a Disposition to put the River into their Power.
How different are such proceedings from those of the
French? Whilst we have been suing in Vain to a few
Indians for their Permission to settle Lands within the
undoubted Limits of this Province, & wch themselves can't
deny to have been purchased of their Ancestors ; and have
in Effect promis'd them a Yearly Tribute to restrain them
from Committing Acts of Hostility against Us ; The French
have marched Armies into Distant Countrys of Numerous &
powerfull Tribes, which without any Colour of Right they
have invaded ; They have forbid them to make further Grants
of any of their Lands to the English and are still building
Strong Forts with an Avow'd Intent to drive them off from
ye Lands already granted to them, & to Exclude them from
all Commerce with those Indians, whom they have threatned
with Destruction, if they shall presume to interfere in their
Favour.
It is time Gentlemen, for You to Desist from having your
"" Chief Dependance upon temporary Expedients, which seem
rather to have expos'd the Government to the Contempt of
these Indians, than to have conciliated their Friendship to it ;
and to take Counsel in part from the Policy of Our Neigh-
bours.—
Vigorous Measures against the French, in Case they shall
refuse to quit his Majesty's Territories within this Governm* ;
without being compell'd to it by Force ; building a Strong
Fort Near the head of the River Kennebeck, above the Set-
tlements of the Norridgewalk Indians ; & pushing on Our
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own Settlements upon it, in a defensible Manner, would
effectually Rid the Province of the Incroachments of the
former, & either hold the latter in a due Dependance upon
Us, Or Oblige them to Abandon the River.
And further, by making Ourselves, through this Means,
Masters of the Pass, which was the General Place of Rendez-
vous, during the Indian War in 1723 & 1724, of all the
Tribes engaged in it, both in their Incursions, & Retreats
We should have it in Our Powor to Curb all those Indians
for the future, and in a great measure prevent them from
attempting to make Depredations in Our Exposed Settlements.
I must further Observe to You upon this Occasion, Gentle-
men, how Dangerous Delays to make Suitable preparations
for removing the French would be.
How Practicable was it at first to have put a Stop to their
Proceedings in Building their Fort at Crown point? And
You can't but remember what Mischievous Effects of the
Neglect to do that, in the beginning, were felt by this, & the
Province of New York, in the Ravages which they suffer'd
from thence during the late War. —
The first Incroachment made by the French, since the Con-
clusion of the Treaty of Aix la Chappelle ; upon the River
S* John's, consisted of a small Party under a Lieutenant's
Command: But by remaining there a short time, they are
now Increas'd to a formidable Number, have fortifyed them-
selves upon that River with a Garrison near the Mouth of it ;
And insolently Exclude the English from Trading upon it,
within the Undoubted Limits of his Majesty's Territories.
A Short Delay to dislodge them from their Incroachments
near the River Kennebeck might give them an Opportunity
of making themselves Masters of that River likewise, in the
End ; And in that Case we may Expect soon to see another
Fort Built by them near the Mouth of it and the French in
Possession of all the Sea Coast between that and the River
Sl John's.—
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Gentlemen —
I have Other Matters of Importance to lay before You ;
But as those I have already mentioned, require a most Speedy
and Mature Consideration, & I would not in the least divert
your Attention, from providing for what is immediately nec-
essary to be done for the Safety of the Province; I shall
defer communicating them to You for a few Days : But must
not Omit to put You in mind now, that in the Year 1744,
500 small Arms wch had been then lately purchased in Eng-
land for the Defence of Castle William, were taken out of it
for the Service of the Expedition against Cape Briton, &
have never since been replaced ; which the Condition of the
Stores of that important Castle, requires to be done as soon
as possible; And as I much doubt whether the Governm*
hath a sufficient Quantity of good Effective Musquets to fit
out 300 Men upon any Emergency, And I fear many of the
private Arms in the Province are old & scarcely fit for Ser-
vice against'an Enemy; I think that 500 more small arms at
least should be provided without Delay.
To Apprize You that, tho' I have sent Orders to Cap1 Lith-
gow for putting Fort Richmond into as good a posture of
Defence as the ruinous State of it would Admit, wch the
imminent Danger it may be in from a Sudden Attack made
necessary for me to do, yet I can't but think that all Money
expended upon the Repairs of it Above what the present
Emergency makes absolutely necessary will be an useless
Expence to the Province, it being so far Decayed, as not to
be Capable of being made Strong by any Repairs whatsoever :
Cap1 Lithgow's Letter of the 26th of Febry to the Commis-
sary General/ wch with all Other necessary papers shall be
lay'd before You by the Secretary/ will give You a Particu-
lar Ace1 of it's Rotten, decay 'd State, & of the Inconveniance
of it's present Situation
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives. —
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I hope you will proceed in the Consideration of these Mat-
ters with that Unanimity & Dispatch wch his Majesty's Ser-
vice & the Safety of the Province requires ; And that You,
Gentlemen, of the House of Representatives will make the
necessary Supplies.
W Shirley
Council Chamber, March 28th 1754
Petition of Ezekiel Cushing £ Wife.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To the Honble William Shirley Esq1 Governour & Com-
mander in Chief in and over said Province. To the
Honble His Majestys Council & House of Representa-
tives,
Humbly sheweth, Ezekiel Cushing of Falmouth Esq1 &
Mary his Wife that Dominicus Jordan late of Falmouth decd
died seized & possessed of a Considerable Real & Personal
[ Estate ] & left three Sons & two Daughters besides your
Petr Mary, that sometime before his Death it is supposed
that he executed an Instrument in form of his last Will &
Testament & the fifth Article thereof purports a Devise of
Three Hundred Acres of Land of little Value, to your
Petitioner Mary entail, that some time after an Instrument
purporting to be a Codicil to the said Last Will as it is
therein called was made, in which Codicil as it is called
there is a Ratification of the greatest part of the afore-
said Will, but an Express Exception (out of the Rati-
fication ) of the Devise to your Petr Mary, and it goes on
& devises away one half thereof & is silent as to the Remain-
der so that your Petrs were left out & omitted in the sup-
posed Will & Codicil taken together & their said Father as
to them what ever he might be to others Intestate, And this
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 255
was with your Petr8 Mutter of just Objection against the
proving of the aforesaid Nominal Will & Codicil, and was of
no great Force that to prevent any Dispute your Petrs & the
other Heirs entered into the Agreement a Copy whereof is
herewith exhibited. In which it appears to be the Intent
of the Parties that all Pretensions under the Will & Codicil
should be given up & the Estate shared pursuant to the
Agreement therein contained, & the Will Codicil if possible
to be withdrawn from the Probate Office & destroyed, & this
was further Ratified by the Letter signed by the Heirs &
directed to the Judge of Probate, a Copy whereof is likewise
herewith exhibited, And there was further a Parole Agree-
ment between all the Heirs that in Case it should be necess-
ary that they should all join in petitioning this great &
General Court to direct & enable the Judge of Probate to
suffer the Heirs to withdraw & cancell said Instrument.
Yet so it is that the Judge of Probate apprehending &
justly too that he had no Power to suffer the Will & Codicil
to be withdrawn, & to hold the Partys to a Specific Execu-
tion of their Contract hath proceeded to approve the Will &
Codicil so called as the last Will & Testament of your Petr8
Father and there being no Method at Common Law for your
Petitioners to hold the Partys to a Specific Performance of
their Agreement according to the Tenor thereof without the
Interposition of this Great & General Court }'our Pet" must
be without Remedy & unjustly suffer.
It is therefore prayed that your Honour & their Hond
Houses would take the Premisses into your Wise Considera-
tion and Order the Agreement aforesaid to be lodged in the
Probate Office of the County of York & direct & impower
the Judge of Probate for that County to settle said Estate
according to the Tenure of said Agreement each Person
there giving Security for the payment of such Sums & to
such Persons as pursuant to the Tenor of said Agreement
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they were to pay & giving such Release & Discharges as
they by said Agreement were to give, The Nominal Will &
Codicil & the Probate thereof as the last Will & Testament
of your Petitioners Father Notwithstanding, or otherwise
releive your Petitioners upon the Premisses as in your great
Wisdom shall appear most just & Reasonable. & Your Pet"
(fee-
Boston March 29. 1754
Eze. Cushing
Mary Cushing
In the House of Representatives, March 29. 1754
Read & Ordered that the Petitioners serve the adverse
Party Dominicus Jordan, Nathaniel Jordan, Robert Mitchel
& Miriam his Wife, Joseph Prout & Hannah his wife with a
Copy of this Petition that they shew Cause (if any they
have ) on the second Fry day of the next May Session why
the Prayer thereof should not be granted.
Sent up for Concurrence
T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council March 29. 1754 Read & Concur'd
Tho8 Clarke Dp1* Secry
A True Copy Examined
g Thos Clarke Dpty Secry
this may Certifiy that I have notifyed the above named
dominicas Jordan and nathanel Jordan and Clemmen Jordan
and robert michael and meriani his wife by reading the above
Coppey to them and I have Cytyes with them of the same for
me Joseph mariner Constable
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Petition "April 1, 1754"
To His Excellency William Shirley Esqr The Honourable
his Majesty's Council & the Honourable House of Rep-
resentatives
Humbly Shews
That your Petitioners are Inhabitants of a Tract of Land
on Kenebeck River included in the Grant from the late Col-
ony of New Plymouth to Antipass Boies & others Situate &
Bounded as follows Viz. beginning at a Point of Land called
Baxters Point and thence proceeding South Easterly by the
Water called Tuessick Gutt to a place called Hells Gate and
from thence to a Point called Hocomoco Point and continu-
ing along by the Water to a Place called Phipp_ his Farm
and then going up Mountsweag Bay to Mountsweag River,
Including a Small Island in said Bay called Oak Island and
proceeding up said Mountsweag River one Mile and an half
above Tappings Mills so called to a White Pine Tree marked
B I and from said Pine Tree Westerly across the Land to a
Point called Hutchinsons Point in Kenebeck River, and
thence proceeding Southerly on Kenebeck River to Tuessick
Point aforesaid Including Lyndes Island so called in said
Kenebeck ; Purpose by Divine Permission and the Smiles of
your Excellency & Honours accompanying our Endeavours
to have the Gospell Preached among us and for the Encour-
agement of which the Proprietors above Mentioned have
made a Grant of Three Tracts of Land of One Hundred
Acres Each Tract, One for the first settled Minister, One for
the Ministry and the other for a School Lott.
We most humbly pray your Excellency & Honours will
Grant that the said Lands & Islands before Mentioned may
be incorporated into a Township or District by the Name of
with all the Priviledges & Immunities ariseing
therefrom and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall ever
Pray &c.
17
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John Wright
Elijah Grant
James Stinson
Joseph Paine
Zacheus hebberd
James
John Wright Junr
Edward Savage
Samuel Blanchard
Ebenezer Smith
James B
John Gray Thomas Stinson
thorn as Stinson Junr Solomon Walker
Joshua Farnam
Daniel Savage
Henry Edgar
Phin8 Nevers
James Savage
Daniel Lankester
John Carlton
Joshua Bay ley
Isaac Savage
Nathan Lankester
Elisha Nevers
Joseph Wright
William Sewall
John Gordy
Jonathan Carlton
Nathaniel Webb
Ebenezer Brookin
Richard Greenleaf
Georges bolton
John Andrews
Daniel Lankester
Jam8 Gilmor
Stephen Greenleaf Joseph Greenleaf
Samuel Greenleaf Simon Crosby
Samuel Wright William Gilmor
William Pumery Ezra D
45 Inhabitants Signers
York ss/ Aprill 1 1754
Then Cap1 John Right personally appeared and made
solom oath that the persons that have signed the within
petition are inhabitants on the tract of land therein
described.
Sworn to before
me Samuell Denny Jus18 peace
Letter Gov. Shirley to Bartholemew, an Indian.
Boston April 11, 17 [54]
Good Friend,
I have received your Letter by Mr Hancock And
in Answer to it, I would have you proceed, as soon as the
Season will possibly admit of your Travelg to the Head of
Kennebeck River & the Carrying Place between that &
Chaudiere River & make all the Discoveries you can of the
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 259
French Fort there & the Situation & Strength thereof; &
upon your Return go directly to Cpl Lithgow, & inform him
very particularly of all the Discoveries you shall have made
in Order to his sending the same to me, I have directed Cpt.
Bane to supply you with what small Matters you may need
for your Convenience as you Desire : Your son hath the
Countenance of being a brave Boy ; I will take good care of
him and do what I can I doubt not of your fidelity to me,
and you may depend upon my favour and protection accord-
ing to your Good Services.
Bartholemew
Letter Gov. Shirley to Capt. Jonathn Bane.
Boston April 11, 1754.
Sir, You must as soon as possible deliver the inclosed Let-
ter to the Indian Bartholemew & have it carefully interpreted
to him, enjoining the Interpreter the utmost Secrecy &
Observing the same Order your self. Bartholew desires you
would trust him some small Supplies which he will pay for as
soon as he is able : And I desire you would supply him
accordingly.
Cpt. Jonath" Bane
Commission to James Bane April IS, 175 4-.
By His Excy Wm Shirley Esqr Captn Gen1 &c
To Mr James Bane Greeting
I do hereby direct & impower you forthwith to proceed
up Kennebeck River & so to the Carrying Place between the
head of Kennebeck River & the Head of Chaudier River
( taking with you for Guides or Assistants two other Persons
( either English or Indians as you shall think best ;) And in
260 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
your Passage thither, keep your selves concealed from any
Discovery of the French or Indians as much as possible, &
endeavour to find out the Certainty of the Report we have
had of the French building a Fort or making a Settlement at
the said Carrying Place : If you find a Fort or Settlem* there
or near that Place you must go as nigh to it for viewg as you
can without Hazzarding a Discovery, that so you may give
the exacttest Ace* that the Matter will admit of, respecting
the Situation & Strength of the said Fort or Settlement &
more especially if there be any Eminence of Ground near it
that may command the same ; You must likewise take spec-
iall Notice of the Land lying on Kennebeck River between
Cooshnuck & Taconick, falls on both sides of the River, &
what the Soil is & what Growth of Timber there is upon it
particularly near Taconit falls ; And you must also observe
the Falls of the River between those Places & how far it is
practicable & in what manner as well as in what Season of
the Year so as you may best judge to convey Provisions &
other Goods from Cooshnuck to Taconick: Make all the
convenient Dispatch you can on this Affair; & Return
hither & make Report to me of your Doings herein.
Given under my Hand & Seal at Boston the fifteenth day
of April 1754 in the 27th Year of his Majtys Reign.
W Shirley
Letter Gov. Shirley to Grov. Wentworih.
Boston April 22, 1754.
Sir,
In my last Letter to the Indians, met together on
Kennebeck River, in Answer to their Letter to me ; I
acquainted them that the publick Business of the Province
would not allow me to see them at the latter Part of the
Spring but if nothing necessarily prevented I would meet
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 261
them some time in the Summer & would let them know by
you the particular Time & Place I should determine upon
for the Meeting: Upon Discourse with divers Persons
acquainted with the Indians Affairs I find that it is not
probable that their Hunting will be over till towards the End
of May, so that the Middle of June may be as proper a Sea-
son as any for the Indians as well as for me ; And therefore
I purpose after the most necessary Business of the Gen1
Court shall be Dispatched which may be done in a few
Days if Nothing extraordinary shd prevent, to meet them at
Falmouth ; And I accordingly hereby direct you to inform
all the Indians on your River, that you can convene, That I
do appoint the 15th Day of June for the Time of Meeting
them, & Falmouth to be the Place of Meeting ; And that I
do expect as general a Meeting of their Tribe as can be
assembled, so that all Matters between us may be amicably
agreed upon & Settled, And that I desire that they would
bring in as many of the Sl Francois Tribe as can attend,
especially of their Chief Men.
Letter Q-ov. Shirley to Capt. John North.
Cpt. John North,
Agreable to the Request of Plymouth Proprietors
(as they stile themselves) that I would give you Leave to go
in their Service upon a Survey for the Proprietors & Inhab-
itants I do hereby permit you to proceed on the said Busi-
ness accordingly.
Your Friend and servant
Boston April 25, 1754.
Sir
I do hereby Order you to send a sufficient [ number ] of
Men well armed & appointed in Whale Boats up Kennebeck
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River under the Command & Direction of Cpt. Samuel
Goodwin, so far as Taconeck Falls, to view the Land there-
abouts, & particularly to observe what Timber may be there
suitable for the Building a Fort : If they meet with Indians
in their Way they must offer no Violence to them, except
they obstruct their proceeding & then to act only in their
own Defence & to press forward Notwithstanding.
Mr Franklin to Mr Partridge.
Copy of a Letter from Mr Franklin to Mr Patridge dated
Philadelphia May the 8th 1754
Sir
With this I send you a Paragraph of News from our
Gazette, with an Emblem printed therewith, which it may be
well enough to get inserted in some of your most publick
Papers.
In haste I am your most humble Servant
B : Franklin.
Philadelphia 8th May 1754.
Friday last an Express arrived here from Major Washing-
ton with Advice, That Mr Ward, Ensign of Captain Trent's
Company, was compelled to surrender his small Fort in the
Forks of Mohongehela to the French on the 17th past who
fell down from Nenango with a Fleet of 360 Batoes &
Canoes upwards of 1,000 Men, & 18 Pieces of Artillery,
which they planted against the Fort ; and Mr Ward having
but 44 Men, & no Cannon, to make a proper Defence, was
obliged to surrender on Summons, capitulating to march out
with their Arms &ca, and They accordingly joined Major
Washington who was advanced with Three Companies of the
Virginia Forces, as far as the New Store near the Allegheny
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 263
Mountains where the Men were employed in clearing the
Road for the Cannon, which were every Day expected with
Colonel Frye & the Remainder of the Regiment.
We hear further, that some few of the English Traders on
the Ohio escaped, but it is supposed the greatest Part are
taken, with all their Goods & Skins to the Amount of near
20,000 Pounds. The Indian Chiefs however have dispatched
Messages to Pennsylvania and Virginia, desiring that the
English would not be discouraged, but send out their
Warriours to join Them, and drive the French out of the
Country before they fortifie, otherwise the Trade will be
lost, & to their great Grief, an eternal Separation made
between the Indians & their Brethren the English. It is
farther said that beside the French that came down from
Nenango, another Body of near 400 is coming up the Ohio,
and that 600 French Indians of the Chippaways & Ottaways,
are coming down Siota River from the Lake, and many more
French are expected from Canada ; The Design being to
establish Themselves, settle their Indians, and build Forts,
just on the Back of our Settlements, in all our Colonies ;
From which Forts, as they did from Crown Point, They may
send out their Parties to kill & scalp the Inhabitants, &
ruin the Frontier Counties, Accordingly we hear that the
Back Settlers in Virginia, are so terrified by the murdering
and scalping of the Family last Winter, and the taking of
this Fort, that they begin already to abandon their Planta-
tions, and remove to Places of more Safety. -The Confidence
of the French in this Undertaking seems well grounded on
the present disunited State of the British Colonies, & the
extreme Difficulty of bringing so many different Govern-
ments and Assemblies to agree in any speedy & effectual
Measures for our common Defence and Security, while our
Enemies have the very great Advantage of being under one
Direction, with one Council & one Purse. Hence, and from
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the great Distance of Britain, they presume that they may,
with Impunity, violate the most solemn Treaties subsisting
between the Two Crowns, kill, seize, & imprison our Traders,
& confiscate their Effects at pleasure, (as they have done for
several Years past,) murder & scalp our Farmers with their
Wives & Children, and take an easy Possession of such
Parts of the British Territory as they find most convenient
for them, which, if They are permitted to do, must end in
the Destruction of the British Interest, Trade, & Plantations
in America.
Letter, Gov. /Shirley to the Naval Officer at Newbury.
Boston May 10, 1754 :
Sir,
I am informed that there are several Vessels in the Har-
bour of Newbury, bound for Louisbourgh & ready to sail
thither, And forasmuch as it may be prejudicial to this Gov-
ernm1 for any Vessel to proceed thither or to any other of
the French Settlements in these Northern parts :
I do hereby direct you not to give any Clearances to any
such Vessels or any other Vessels which you may have strong
Reason to suspect are design'd for such Places th6 they may
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 265
offer to take out Clearances for other Places ; & this to be
till my farther Order to take off this Suspension
I am Sir Your humble Servant
W. Shirley
Naval Officer at Newbury
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Hon. Col. John Grreenleaf.
Boston May 10, 1754.
Sir,
1 have been informed that there are several Vessels in
Newbury near sailing for Louisbourgh or other French set-
tlemtB & some French men going Passengers in them in which
case there will be danger of Intelligences being carried to the
French of our Designs & Preparation in Relation to Kenne-
beck River &c, whereupon I have directed the Naval Officer
at Newbury not to give Clearances to any such Vessels till
my further Order : And I must desire you to inquire into
this Matter & let me know what Men are going in any of
these Vessels & with their Names & Characters as soon as
may be ; And that you would see the Masters of such Ves-
sels who may be stop'd & let them know that this Restraint
shall be taken off as soon as the Affairs of Governm* will
admit of it ; wch I hope will be in a very short time.
You will be pleas'd in a particular manner to forbid the
Masters of those Vessels in my name to carry off any French
Men without my further Orders.
I am Sir Your very humble Serv*
W Shirley
To the Honble Coll. John Greenleaf
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Extract of a Letter from Cap1 Charles Morris dated at
Halifax May 15, 175^.
I think it Necessary to Inform your Excellency of some
Reports that have been made at different times of some
Expedition concerted by the French.
Last Winter a French Schooner came from Cape Sables
into Lunenburg who Reported that a Schooner put in there
who had been to S* Johns River with Arms Ammunition
Stores & provision for a number of Indians who were to
assemble there this Spring and also Reported that Eighty
Indian Canoes were sent last fall to the Bay of Vert for some
Expedition it was thought by them to dislodge the People at
Lunenburg but that I Apprehend impracticable besides I am
Apprehensive from the behavior of the Dutch who have often
declared with great Confidence that the Indians will never
molest them, and that it is more than probable they have
secretly been Assur'd by the French that they shall not be
molested, and that therefore they must have some other
design.
The Indians not being assembled at Coopegate at this time
of the Year nor been on the Sea Coasts this Season as usual
it is generally believed they are at the Bay of Vert.
But what weighs more particularly with me is the Infor-
mation one Deschamp a french Neuter in the English pay,
and who lives with his family at Lunenburg gives me who
says he is informed that the Indians are Collected together,
& are to join the S1 Johns Indians and the others to go West-
ward ; he also Informs me That a French Neuter, Inhabitant
of the North Shore, his Name I forgot generally Commands
the Indians, and that he has 40 or 50 of them that is Neuters
that have accompanied him in his Attack at Dartmouth and
generally goes with him, that he is a bold enterprizing Fellow.
Upon all which it appears to me they have some Grand
design against the Eastern Settlements of New England,
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 267
perhaps to break up all to the Eastward of Kennebeck, which
is the Western Limits of the French Claim. I have also
heard there is to be a grand assembly of Indians sometime
in June ; it may be expected about that time they will make
some attack there. I thought proper to advertise your
Excellency of this as all the Circumstances taken together
seem to concur in such an Intention.
Attest. J Willard Secry
First Parish in Wells Petition. May 2%, 175Jf.
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Captain General
& Governour in Cheif in and over the Province of the Mas-
sachusetts Bay, The Honourable his Majesties Council & the
Honourable House of Representatives for said Province now
sitting in Boston. —
The humble Petition of the Freeholders & other Inhabit-
ants of the first Parish in the Town of Wells, humbly sheweth,
that the Committee for calling Parish meetings thro' a mis-
take betwixt the old & New Stile have neglected to call their
annual meeting for choosing Parish Officers in the Month of
March but deferr'd it to April whereby we apprehend that
we are not qualified to choose our Parish officers for the
present year to the great Damage of the Parish, we there-
fore most humbly pray, that you will take our present diffi-
cult Circumstances into your Consideration & enable the
Parish to meet & choose their Parish Officers & pass votes
relating to the supporting the ministry & other necessary
Affairs of said Parish as other Parishes qualified by Law
notwithstanding this Omission —
And your Pettionrs in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray —
Wells May 23th 1754—
bis
Wm X Hilton Samuell Stewart John Storer
mark
268 DOCUMENTABY HISTORY
Joseph Winn John Littlefield jr Daniel Chaney
Isaac Littlefield James Littlefield John Bourn
Jonathan Littlefield Jeremiah Littlefield Jr John Storer Junr
John Maxell James Davis Benjman Stevens
Jacob Perkins John Heard Hubburd Josiah Credford
Benjamin Jacobs Jeremiah Stewart Charles
Eliab Littlefield Samvell Treadwell Sam11 Emery
John Stevens Nathaniel Hill Benjamin Kimball
Joseph Littlefield Sam11 Hatch Nath1 Wells
In the House of Representatives June 1, 1754
Upon the petn of the Inhabitants of the first parish in
Wells
Ordered that the Prayer of the Petition be granted and
that the Parish Committee for sd Parish the Last Year be &
hereby are Directed and Impowred to Issue their warrant to
some Inhabitant of said Parish, Requiring him to warn and
give Notice to the Inhabitants of said Parish Qualified by
law to vote in Parish Affairs to Assemble themselves together
at such time and place in said Parish as by said warrant shall
be appointed to make Choice of such officers for said Parish
as shall be Necessary and according to law ought to be
Chosen yearly for the Transacting the Affairs of said Parish
and the said Inhabitants so met are hereby Impowred to
make Choice of such officers. And such officers so Chosen
having ( first Taken the oath's injoyned by law ) shall have
the like Power in their Respective offices as by law they
would have had on their being Chosen according to the
Directions of the Law in the month of march and Qualified
as aforesaid.
Sent up for Concurrence
Attr 01r Partridge Cler Doin Rep
In Council June 1, 1764 Read & Concurd
Tho8 Clarke Dp1* Secry
Consented to W Shirley
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Memorial.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Captain General
and Commander in Chief the Honble The Council and Honble
House of Representatives of the Province aforesaid in Gen-
eral Court assembled at Boston - Twenty ninth day of May
1754 —
The Memorial of the Proprietors of the Township for-
merly Granted by this Great and Honble Court to Jonathan
Powers and others lying on the back of North Yarmouth in
the County of York
Humbly Shews
That your Memorialists before the last War proceeded so far
in the Settlement of sad Township as to lay out Homelotts
of Sixty Acres to a Right and to build a Commodious Meet-
ing house for the Publick Worship of God & Erected houses
on their Homelotts conformable to the Conditions of their
Grant which was attended with very considerable Charge
and were proceeding to Clear the lands but before they were
Able to Accomplish the same the War broke out and the
said Meeting house & other houses so built were burnt .or
Destroyed by the Enemy and so your Memorialists were
Obliged to Leave the Settlement of the same to a future
time —
That your Memorialists have been at Great Charge in lay-
ing out a New division of Homelotts in said Township not
more then ten acres to a lott that they Might Settle more
Compact and Defenceable And have this present Year
Erected A New Meeting house fifty foot long & twenty five
feet Wide in said Township in the Center of the last men-
tioned Homelotts which has cost a Considerable sum And
were Ready to proceed in the Settlement of said Township
Conformable to the Conditions of their Grant and should
270 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
have perfected the same before the time limitted by your
Excellency and Honours —
But so it is may it please your Excellency and honours the
late Rumour of War with the Indians has Retarded the Set-
tlement your Memorialists humbly Conceiving that if they
had proceeded in the Affair before it was known whether the
Indians would Continue peaceable or not they should have
been in Great hazzard of their lives. And as the time
Allowed by your Excellency and honours is very near
Expired —
They therefore most humbly pray that such a further time
for the Settlement of said Township may be allowed them as
your Excellency and honours in Your Great Wisdom shall
see Meet — and as in duty bound &c
John Hill n -n the name & by order
Joshua Henshaw V f the p rietor8
Willm Story )
In the House of Representatives Novemr 5, 1754 —
Read & Voted that the pet" & others in whose behalf they
petition be Allowed further time not exceeding one year to
Compleat the settlement of the Township in the petition the
order of this Court in April 1753 Notwithstanding
Sent up for Concurrence
T. Hubbard SpkT
In Council Novr 6, 1754
Read and Concur'd
Tho8 Clarke Dpty Secry
Consented to W Shirley
Memorial of Sam1 Goodwin 1754
To His Excellency the Governour The Honourable the
Council and House of Representatives
The memorial of Samuel Goodwin most Humbly Shews. —
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 271
That your Memorialests is represented to your Excellency
& Honours by a late Memorial signed by Jona Williamson &
Oathers Vastly injurious to His Character representing him
as one that Has Induced Sundry Persons by Threats &
Promases to Sign a Petition to your Excellency & Honours
tending directly against the Safety of the Inhabitants of
Whischatset and to the Great hindrance of Religion and good
Order in these parts: He now begs leave to in forme your
Excellency How Grosly mistaken those who Prefer'd said
memorial are, both as to your Memorialists Conduct &
the Consequance of Granting the Petition of a Very large
Majority of the People for Erecting two Townships Peti-
tioned for by John Wright & Others and your Memorialist
& others. First in Regard to the unfair Perswasions and
Threats Practised upon some of the People Your Memorialist
begs leave to Assure your Excellency & Honours that He
was so far from using those Means that He sent the Petition
for Frankfort by one of the Complainants Viz" Robert Lam-
bert & Gray to whome it was Read, to Mr William
Groves to Show to the Inhabitance on the 25th Day of may
last in Order that they might have a fair Oppertunity of
Duly Considering the same and the Consequences that would
follow in Case the Prayer of it should be Granted and to
avoid the Clamour & Misrepresentation of some who are
Extreamly forward to catch at Trifles if they think they will
be any wise Conducive to spot your Memorialists Character
Traduce the Cause he has as an agent Engaged in Vainly
imagining by such artifices to help out there own Title, but
that your Excellency & Honours may be Convinced that your
Memorialist is innocent of the Fault he is accused off he begs
leave to lay before you the Deposition of mr Jonathan Reed
by which it will Evidently appear that your Memorialist's
Transactions toward the People at Witchassett on Sheepcut
River were Open and fair & what they Did was voluntary &
Neither Perswaded threatned or Bribed into it —
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And as to Utility to the Publick of Granting the Prayer
for the Townships Petitioned for by John Wright your
Memorialist thinks it Cant be Disputed but it must be Vastly
Greater then Granting the Liberty of Erecting a Town by
the Name of Whitehaven Considering that those two Town-
ships first mentioned are both of them on a Neck of land
between two Large Rivers : in Every respect both for the
Safty & Ease of the Inhabitants & must if made into Towns
be a Great Means of Preserving the People from any Attacks
of the Enemy for Each part of these Towns will always be
ready to succor the other haveing No large River to Cross
which must always be judged a hindrance in Case of an
Alarm, Wherefore your Memorialist Conceives that its clear
the Granting these Towns is what will undoubtedly both
secure & render the Greatest Part of the People Easy not
only with Regard to the Indian Enemy but with Respect to
Divine Service which the Inhabitance of said Towns will be
better accomodated by their Situation —
Now your Memorialist begs leave to lay before your
Excellency & Honours the Difficulty & Dangers that would
unquestionably Arise if the Prayer of Williamson & Others
Petition for Erecting the Town of Whitehaven be Granted,
its Length will be about thirteen Miles & in breadth Nine
and the spot Pitched upon for the Meeting House is teen
miles from some of the Inhabitance Not only so but its Cut
into two parts by the River Sheepcut runing through it and
some part of it lies Easward of the River Damerescotta so
that they will have two Navagable Rivers to Cross one a
mile Over to Geet to the meeting House or to Give their
Assistance to the Other parts of the Town if attacked all
which will more clearly appear to your Excellency & Hon-
ours by Examining a Plan of those Parts : —
As to that part of the Memorial of Williamson & others
wherein they Endeavour to move your Excellency and Hon-
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ours by seeting forth they have Cleared lands &c, when Duly
Considered it will appear of no Great Consequence since your
Memorialist Could if Judged Needfull Mention Many things
Done & at the Great Expence of the Plymouth Propreetee
who your Memorialist begs Leave to Observe have a Clear
and just Title to the lands they Clame ( as he Conceives ) &
will turn out so when Ever that point Comes fairly to a
Tryal, and as to their alledging that if the Prayer of sundry
persons who have taken up under the Plymouth Proprietors
should succeed the memorialist would be intirely ruined &
their Settlement: your present Memorialist would only
Observe its Only their Naked say without one single Reason
to Inforce it. they further go on & say it would be a Means
of Exposing them to the Indain Enemy but leave your Excel-
lency & Honours to guess in What Manner not pointing out
any thing in Perticular, therefore Desarves No Other Answer
from me then a flatt deniall ; they also Tell your Excellency
& Honours they have been a longe time desirous of haveing
the Gospel settled amongst them and so is your Memorialist
& the Company for whorae he acts being in Great Hops that
will be a means of reclaiming some of them for which Reason
they are Endeavouring to Settle in such manner that it may
not upon every litle Rupture with the Indains be unsettled
as heretofore but in short that the Country may be settled to
the advantage of his Majesty the Inhabitants & this Province
in Generall —
Your Memorialist has but one thing more to Obsarve upon
the said Memorial which is ; for want of proper persons to
Signe the same they have picked up some persons that Live
out of the Intended town of White heaven And after all
their number & weight fall Vastly short to those who Oppose
there being not more then seventeen if so many in Number
within the Limits of Frankfort and I yoirr Memorialist &
Petitioners are sixty besides the four Complanants
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Upon the whole not withstanding their pretended regards
to Religion their Desier of Order & Government their false
notion of the Right of the Plymouth Proprietee and their
unjust Insinuations of the Bad conduct of your Memoralist
there Dose not appear any just grounds as your Memorialist
Humbly Conceives to Induce your Excellency & Honours
Either to Grant the prayer thereof or Deny that of those who
petitioned with Wright & your Memorialist for Towns which
would Certainly be most beneficial for those parts wherefore
your Memorialist Prays your Excellency & Honours in your
Known Wisdom & Zeal to the Publick Welfare Would Grant
the same And as in Duty bound Shall ever pray
Samuel Goodwin
Answer to the Petition of Ezekiel Cushing <|* other.
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Captain Gen1
and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys
Province of the Massachusetts Bay to the honble his
Majestys Council and house of Representatives in Gen1
Court Assembled the thirtieth day of May Anno Domini
1754.
The Answer of Dominicus Jordan & others to the petition
of Ezekiel Cushing & other humbly Sheweth —
That the said Petitioners are Mistaken in saying that their
Father Dyed intestate as to them. By the 12th of Wm 3. C.
7. Any Child or Children not having a Legacy (or Devise)
in the Will of their Father or Mother, every such Child shall
have a proportion of the Estate of their parents given & set
out Unto them as the Law Directs for the Distribution of
the Estates of Intestates. This Provision as the preamble
showeth is grounded upon supposition That such Child is
Omitted, not from an Intention to Disinherit him but by
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Accident. The Question is then if upon said Will, Codicil
& the Law of the Province the petitioners Wife can be
Considered as so Omitted, as to Intitle her to the Benefit of
the Above provision.
By the Fifth Article of the Will there is a Devise to Mary
Cushing the petitioners wife, of Three hundred Acres of
Land province Grant Laid out above Goreham town on the
Western side of Presumscut River in the County of York
to hold to the Sd Mary & the heirs of her Body & in the
Codicil the Divisor saith he Ratifys & Confirms his Sd Will
Excepting among Other Things the Fifth Article which as
hath been Observ'd is a Devise to sd Mary, and as to the
Three hundred Acres in said Fifth Article Devised, the
Devisor by sd Codicil deviseth one half thereof to Joanna
Prout & the heirs of her Body, had he by the Codicil
Devised the whole three hundred Acres to sd Joanna there
might be some reason for the petitioners Inference that their
Father as to Them died Intestate. But as the Will & Codi-
cil Stand your Respondents conceive there is no Possibility
of such Construction.
However Supposing that the Father Died Intestate as to
the petitioners your Respond18 Offer the following Reasons
Ag* the prayer of the petition.
First. The several Devises mentioned in sfl Will & Codi-
cil are very Express & Clear Estates Tail & the setting the
Will aside as is Contended for would be Contrary to the
Intent of the Devisor & very Injurious to the Heirs in Tail
who were no Parties to said Agreement Exhibited with the
Petition.
Secondly. Said Agreement is very Loose & Unintelligible.
Thirdly. It was not Absolutely agreed that sd will should
be given up & Destroy 'd But Only Conditionally that if it
might be Done Agreable to the rules of Law -
Fourthly. Granting the Prayer of the Petition Woud Be
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Making the Judge of the Probate absolute Judge &
Chancellor of said Agreement and giving him as great or
greater Power than ever The Lord Chancellor of England
Exercised in the Like Case.
Fifthly. Said Agreement is under the hands & seals of
the Partys and they are Bound in the penalty of a Thousand
Pounds to perform it & if there is any Breach of Contract
there is Undoubtedly a Remedy by the Course of the Com-
mon Law, wherefore the Respond* prays that he may be
heard before Your Excellency & Honors or a Comtee &c ~
and that sd Petition may be dismissed & your Respond8 as
in Duty Bound &c.
Dominicus Jordan
In behalf of himself & Joanna Jordan
Nath1 Jordan
Clement Jordan.
Petition. June, 17 5 If.
To His Excellency William Shirley Esqr The Honourable
his Majestys Council & the House of Representatives
Humbly Shews
That your Petitioners are Inhabitants of a Tract of Land
included in the Purchase made by Antipass Boies and others
from the late Colony of New Plymouth, lying between the
Rivers Kenebeck & Sheepscott and bounded as follows:
Begining on Kenebeck River at the North Bounds of the Lot
of Land laid out and Granted to John Tufts by the Plymouth
Proprietors and runing from thence East South East to
Sheepscot River, from thence down said River to the North
Bounds of a Tract of Land which John Wright, Thomas
Stinson and others Petition the Great and General Court to
be made a Township or District, from thence by the North
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277
Boundary Line of said Township petitioned for by said
Wright and Stinson &c. to Kenebeck River, being a North
West Coarse, thence up said River Kenebeck to the Bound-
ary first mentioned ; purpose, by Divine permission and the
Smiles of your Excellency & Honours accompanying our
Endeavours to have the Gospell Preached amongst us than
which nothing will tend more to forward the settlement of
said Plantation and for the encouragement whereof the Pro-
prietors above mentioned have made a Grant of Three Tracts
of Land, One of One hundred Acres for the first settled Min-
ister, One of Two Hundred Acres for the Ministry and one
other of One hundred Acres for a School Lott. We most
humbly pray your Excellency & Honours will Grant that the
said Lands before mentioned may be incorporated into a
Township or District Including Swan Island in said Town-
ship by the Name of Francfort with all the Privilidges arising
therefrom, and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever
Pray &c
Francfort June 1754
Jaques Bugnon
J F
Miles Goodwin
Abram Wyman
David Joy
Uzziah
Obadiah Albee
bis
Robert X Lambort
mark
Michel Stuffing
Jean gorge Goud
Daniel Goud
Samuel Goodwin
John Tufts
Elisha Kenny
Jonas Jones
Sam1 Chapman
Louis Cavalier
his
Sherrebiah X Lambort George Peckin
his mark
John C Chapman
mark
Daniel Malbon
N pochards
Johann Jacob P
Johannes
S
his
Francis O Gray
mark
Sam11 Marson
his
John H N Harris
mark
Samuel Ball
Will1" X Mitchel
mark
Jean George J
his
John O Spalding
mark
Naphtali Kincaid
his
Joseph T McFarland Henry Parry
mark
John Cheney Nathaniel Rundlet
Elias Cheney Abram Preble
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his his
Amos X Parris Jonathan Rand jr George X
mark mark
Samuel Samuel Silvester Charles Estienne Houdelette
bis
John Sutton
John N McCoye
mark
Johannes
Abram poehard
Caleb B
Lazarus Noble
Moses Gray
George Gray
John Deekor
Timothy W hidden
William Boynton
Samuel
Obadiah Call
James Whidden
John B
his
John X Getehel
mark
Extracts from Message of June ^, 17 54.
" Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives
" I have Order'd the Secretary to lay before you a Letter,
which I received yesterday from the Captain of Richmond
Fort, by which you may further judge what Grounds we
have to suspect the Disposition of the Norridgwalk Indians
towards us, and how much they are devoted to the French :
Nor should We, I think, entertain a better Opinion of the
penobscot Indians, if they are consenting to the erecting of a
french Fort in their Quarters, wch ( according to Captn Lith-
gow's letter ) it is said, the Governor of Canada proposes to
build there :
Upon the Intelligence, wcb I referr'd to, in my late Speech
to You, ( who is well acquainted with Penobscot River )
before I received this Letter, to George's Fort, with Orders
to the Commander of it to fit him out with two Whale Boats,
& directed him to proceed up that River to the spot where,
by that first Intelligence, it was suppos'd, the French may be
now actually building a fort, and to meet me at Falmouth, &
let me know the Certainty of this Report.
I was of Opinion, Gentlemen, during the late War, that it
would be of great Consequence for securing the penobscot
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Indians in our Interest, as well as curbing them in any hos-
tile Attempts against us, that a Fort should be built by the
Province, where it is said the French either now are building
one or design to do it soon ; & I accordingly towards the
Conclusion of the War, press 'd the Assembly at two several
times, to make provision for erecting & maintaining one
there : & as it must greatly endanger the Safety of our East-
ern Frontier, if the French are suffer'd to build a Fort in
that place, which is also within the undoubted limits of this
province, I purpose, if they have already built one, or are
attempting to do it, to use my Endeavours to cause them to
be dislodg'd by the party, which will go with me to the
Eastward.
The repeated Advices, Gentlemen, we have received in the
Course of the last four Months, from those parts, concerning
the Designs of the French & Disposition of the Indians, must
abundantly convince us, how highly necessary it is that the
Service, wch I am now going upon at the Desire of the late
Assembly, should be effected without Delay ; and on the
other hand, how mischievous the Consequences may be, if
for want of a sufficient Force, we should fail in the Attempt
& be Obliged to retreat before a Superior one of the Indians
& French, which it seems not only possible but very probable
We may meet with ; especially, if the Intelligence wch I have
lately received from Nova Scotia, & have already communi-
cated to you, is well founded, viz1 that the Cape Sable & Sl
John's Indians with some French of Schiegnecto among 'em
are certainly engaged in an Attempt agst the English, & ( as
it is there said), are proceeded to the Westward of that
Province with a Design to fall on the eastern Settlements of
this, & that they would strike the blow in this Month.
I can't therefore but think Gentlemen, that it would be a
point of prudence, & what highly deserves your Considera-
tion, that the number of 500 Men ;tt first propos'd for the
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beforemention'd Service, should be augmented to such an one
as may secure it from being defeated.
The additional Expence, which this would Occasion to the
Province, will bear no proportion to the Mischiefs that would
ensue from such a Misfortune.
If the Result of your Deliberations, Gentlemen, should be
agreeable to my sentiments upon this Emergency, as I hope
they will ; I must recommend it to you, Gentlemen of the
House of Representatives, to lose no time in making provision
for a suitable Augmentation of our Forces
W Shirley
Council Chamber June 4th 1754
Vote.
In the House of Represent June 4th 1754
The House having taken into Mature Deliberation his
Excellencys Message of this Day to both Houses respecting
An Augmentation of the forces Ordered to Attend his Excel-
lency to the Eastern parts of this Province & to build a Fort
on Kennebeck River &c
Voted that his Excellency the Cap1 General be desired
forthwith to give Orders for the Enlistment of Three Hun-
dred men Including Officers in Addition to the five Hundred
men already Enlisted that the Officers & Soldiers be Under
the Same Restrictions & Subsistance & to Continue in the
Service for the same term of time
Sent up for Concurrence T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council June 5, 1754 Read & Concur'd
Thoe Clarke Dp^ Secry
Consented to W Shirley.
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Message June 6, 17 5 if.
Gentlemen of the House of Represent™3
I think it necessary that a Quorum of his Majesty's Coun-
cil should attend me to the Eastward and I have ordered
suitable Accommodation to be made for them, and also for
several Gentlemen of your House whose Company I have
desired and who have signified their readiness to go with me
and if there be any other Gentlemen of the House who incline
to accompany me upon its being signifyed to me, I will give
further Orders for their accommodation likewise.
Council Chamber June 6, 1754 W Shirley
Col. Winslouis Memorial, June 8, 175if.
A Return of Effective Arms belonging To Col0 John
Winslow's Regiment viz*
Cap* Eleazer Melvins Company 41
Cap1 John Johnson 15
Cap' Humphry Hobbs 32
Cap1 William Flint 37
Cap1 Thomas Cobb 37
Cap1 William P 10
Cap* Phineas Osgood 19
Cap1 Joseph Wilson 6
Total 197
June 8th 1754 John Winslow
To His Excellency William Shirley Esqr Capn General &
Commander in Chief in & Over his Majtya Province of the
Massachusetts Bay &c
The Memorial of John Winslow Col0 of the Regiment Now
raised for the Defence of Eastern Frontiers of this Province,
Shews —
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That upon the Examination of the Arms of sd Regiment
There is only one Hundred & Ninty Seven Effective as by
the above return : & Wanting to Compleat the First five
Hundred men, Voted to be raised for sd Regiment, Three
Hundred & Three : Your Memorilist Therefore Humbly
Prays your Excellency that the same may be Provided for sd
Regiment in Such Maner as your Excellency Judges Proper
and he as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray
John Winslow
Message. " June 8, 1754"
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
I have this Morning receiv'd a Memorial from Col0 John
Winslow (whom I have appointed the Chief Commander of
the Forces raised and to be raised for the Service Eastward)
Wherein he signifies to me, That upon the mustering the five
hundred men first ordered to be raised there are only one
hundred and ninety seven men, that come provided with
Effective arms ; So that there will be wanting Three hundred
and three Arms for Equipping the men already rais'd besides
the Deficiency that may happen among the Three hundred
still to be Rais'd, as you will find upon reading the said
Memorial which I herewith send to You.
Now Gentlemen, I know no other way of Supplying this
great Deficiency upon this Emergency than by Borrowing so
many Arms as will be needful, out of the several Town Stocks
with the Engagement of this Court to restore the same after
the Service shall be over in as good Condition as they were
received in or making the whole good, both as to number &
Quality ; If you can find out any better way it will be
acceptable to me ; but something must be forthwith Effectu-
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ally done by this Court in this important Service else it will
be otherwise greatly impeded if not utterly frustrated.
W Shirley
Communication from the Selectmen of Boston.
Boston June 9th 1754
Sr
The Committee of the Honourable House of Representa-
tives having applyed to the Selectmen of this Town for the
use of the Fire Arms belonging to the Town of Boston for
the forces rais'd and to be rais'd by the Province for the ser-
vice Eastward in answer to their desire have Ordered me to
write you that upon perusing the letter of the late Honoura-
ble Col° Fitch the Donor of said Arms to the Town, & the
Vote of the Town thereupon ( which Vote is inclosed ) the
Select Men tho they would do every thing in their power to
forward this service, yet apprehend they cannot part with
said Arms without the Consent of the Town, especially when
many of their poor Inhabitants in case of an Attack from the
Enemy cannot be any ways supply'd, then by these Arms,
which perhaps may be attended with fatal consequences to
the Town, they therefore doubt not but the Honourable
House will excuse them for not complying with their
Request
By Order of - S
Ezek1 Goldthwait Town Clerk
To the Honourable Thomas Hubbard Esq1 Speaker of
Honourable House of Representatives to be communicated.
Message.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
According to your desire to me express'd on the Memorial
of Cap1 Elisha Chapin I shall give Orders for the Reinforce-
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ment of the Garrison at Fort Massachusetts with five Men,
and considering the Importance of that Fort and its great
Distance from any of our Settlements it would have pleased
me if you had made Provision for a few more Men there.
Upon this Occasion I must put you in Mind of the haz-
zardous Condition Fort Pelham and Fort Shirley are now in
if there should be any sudden Assault from the Indians on
that Frontier ; We must expect that the first thing they will
do would be to burn those Forts which they might easily do
in their present circumstances.
Therefore I must recommend it to You that Provision be
made that some better Care may be taken for preserving
them
W Shirley
Council Chamber June 13th 1754
Report.
The Committee upon His Excellencys Message of the 12th
Ins1 respecting the Eastern Frontiers beg leave to report in
part, That they are humbly of Opinion That for the Encour-
agement of Volunteers to enlist & form themselves into Com-
panys to penetrate into the Indians Country in order to
Captivate & Kill the Indians of any of the Tribes this Gov-
ernment have declared War against, That Thirty days provi-
sions shall be given to every & all the Companys raised as
aforesaid provided That none of the said Companys shall
consist of less then Thirty Men & that the said Companys
shall be held to perform a Scout of at least Thirty days upon
every March unless some special reason for the good of the
Service shall appear for their returning in, in less time, And
that the officers of Each Company shall be also held to keep
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 285
a Journal of Each of their marches or Scouts, & exhibit
them in Course under Oath to the Captain General.
And that for Every Captive taken by the said Companys
or by any other party or detachment of any of the Companys
which shall be brought into Boston and delivered up to the
Government, shall be paid out of the Publick Treasury to
the said Company, party, or detachment or their Attorny, the
sum of Two hundred and Twenty pounds. And for every
Scalp that shall be brought in and produced as aforesaid the
sum of two hundred pounds - And that His Excellency the
Captain General be desired to grant Commissions to such
person or persons as shall appear & offer to raise a Company
or Companys for said service provided His Excellency shall
judge them suitably quallifyed for the purpose. And that
His Excellency be also desired by proclamation to give the
Encouragem1 of the sum of One hundred & ten pounds for
every Captive, & One hundred pounds for every Scalp as
aforesaid including the Bounty or encouragement given to
private persons not in the pay or Subsistence of this Govern-
ment in the Vote of the Court passed the 14th Ins1 relating
to scalps & Captives that shall be taken and brought in as
aforesaid by any such private person or persons who may on
any Emergency or otherwise, either Captivate or Kill any of
the said Tribes of Indians. All wch is humbly submitted
g order John Hill
In Council June 14th 1754 Read and sent down
Letter T. Robinson to Gov. Shirley.
Whitehall June 21st 1754.
Sir,
Having received your Dispatches of the 19th of April,
and 1st of May last, with their several Inclosures, and having
laid the same before the King, I am to acquaint you, that
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His Majesty extremely approves the Resolution which has
been taken by the Assembly of your Province, in Conse-
quence of the Proposal recommended by you, to use their
best Endeavours to drive the French from the River Kenne-
beck ; and I am at the same time, to inform you that His
Majesty is graciously pleased to authorize and direct you, to
proceed upon the Plan, and to pursue the Measures, which
appear, by your Speeches to the Assembly, and their Answer
thereto, to have been so well calculated for that Purpose ; I
am likewise to assure you, as a Mark of His Majesty's partic-
ular Attention to the Welfare of His loyal Subjects in New
England, That Every Thing recommended by the said
Assembly, will be fully considered, and that immediate
Directions will be given for promoting the Plan of a General
Concert, between His Majesty's Colonies, in order to prevent
any Encroachments upon the Dominions of the Crown of
Great Britain.
It is with the greatest Pleasure that I take this early
Opportunity of giving you the Satisfaction to know the very
favourable Manner, in which the Account of your prudent
and vigorous Conduct as well as of the Zeal and Activity of
Those under your Government, have been Received by the
King, which cannot fail to excite and encourage Them in
taking such farther Steps as will, most effectually provide
for their own Security, and will give a proper Example to
His Majesty's Neighbouring Colonies.
I am, Sir Your most obedient humble Servant
T Robinson.
Governor Shirley
Letter Gov. Shirley to Secretary Willard.
Falmouth, Casco Bay, July 8th 1754
Sir,
The Speaker, to whom I am much oblig'd for his
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Assistance in the publick business here, and the pleasure of
his Company both which I shall miss upon his leaving me,
doth me the favour to be the Bearer of this.
As he is able to give you a perfect Ace* of the Issue of
the Conference with the Indians, who met me here, and the
result of the Interview, I referr you to him for it ; It hath
been, I think, favourable, beyond even our Expectation ; and
may, I hope have good Consequences for the Tranquility of
the province, and the General service : It certainly will if
Indian Faith may be in the least depended upon.
Mr Danforth, Mr Oliver and Colonel Bourn are to imbark
this day with the Speaker, and some other Gentlemen of the
House for Boston, and Mr Fox is extremely ill, so yl there
will be wanting four Gentlemen of the Council to make up
a Quorum upon any Emergency of publick business : I must
therefore desire you to let Mr Wheelwright, Mr Cheever,
Colonel Minot, and Colonel Lincoln know that their
Attendance upon it here will be requisite ; and y* I hope
they will not fail of letting me see them here, as soon as may
be : They will have an Opportunity of coming in the Ship
which I have order'd to wait upon the Gentlemen of the
Council and Mr Speaker and the Gentlemen of the House,
who go to Boston, and to attend upon Mr Wheelwright and
the other three Gentlemen to bring them hither.
I desire you will transmit to me what publick Letters you
shall judge proper to be communicated to me here : It will
be a great pleasure to me to hear from time to time, how
matters go on ; and to receive your letters upon any subject.
I am, with truth, Sir, Your faithful Friend and Humble
Servant
W Shirley
The Honble Mr Secretary Willard.
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Speech of the River Indians.
(At a Meeting at the Courthouse in Albany 8 July 1754.)
Fathers
We are greatly rejoiced to see you all here, it is by the
will of Heaven that we are met here & we thank you for
this Opportunity of Seeing you altogether as it is a long
while since We have had such an One.
Fathers. Who sit present here, we will just give you a
short relation of the long friendship which hath subsisted
between the White people of this Country & Us.
Our forefathers had a Castle on this River, as One of them
Walked out he saw something on the River, but was at a
loss to know what it was, he took it at first for a great Fish,
he ran into the Castle and gave Notice to the other Indians,
two of Our forefathers went to see what it was and found it
a Vessel with Men in it; They immediately join'd hands
with the people in the Vessel and became Friends; The
White people told them they should not come any further
up the River at that time, and said to them they wou'd
return back from whence they came & come again in a years
time, According to their promise they return'd back in a
years time, & came as far up the River as where the Old
Fort stood, Our forefathers invited them ashore & said to
them here we will give you a place to make you a Town, it
shall be from this place up to such a Stream (meaning where
the Patroons Mill now stands ) & from the River back up to
the Hill, Our forefathers told them tho' they were now a
small people they wou'd in time Multiply & fill up the Land
they had given them, After they were ashore sometime, some
other Indians who had not seen them before, looked fiercely
at them, And Our forefathers observing it, and seeing the
White people so few in number, least they shou'd be destroy'd,
took & sheltered them under their Arms, but it turn'd out
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that those Indians did not desire to destroy them, but wished
also to have the said White people for their friends, at this
time which we have now spoken of, that the White people
were but small, we were very numerous & strong, we
defended them in that low state, but now the case is
alter'd you are numerous & strong, we are few and weak ;
Therefore we expect you will Act by us in these Circum-
stances, as we did by You in those we have just now related ;
We view you now as a very large Tree, which has taken
deep root in the Ground whose branches are spread very
wide, we stand by the body of this Tree, & we look round &
see if there be any who Endeavour to hurt it, and if it should
so happen that any are powerful enough to destroy it, we
are ready to fall with it. gave a Belt
Fathers, You see how early we made friendship with you,
we tied each other in a very strong Chain that Chain has not
yet been broken, We now Clean & Rub that Chain to make
it brighter & stronger, & we determine on our part that it
never shall be broken, and we hope you will take care that
neither you nor any One else shall break it, and we are
greatly rejoiced that peace & friendship have so long sub-
sisted between Us. gave a Belt.
Fathers. Don't think strange of what we are about to say,
We would say something respecting Our Lands ; When the
White People purchased from time to time of Us, they said
they only wanted to purchase the Low lands, they said the
hilly Land was good for nothing and that it was full of Wood
and Stones, but now We see people living all about the Hills
and Woods ; altho' they have not purchas'd the Lands ;
when we enquire of the people who live on these Lands,
what right they have to them, they reply to Us, that we are
not to be regarded, and that the Lands belong to the King,
but we were the first possessors of them, & when the King
has paid us for them, then they may say they are his ; Hunt-
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ing now is grown very scarce, and we are not like to get our
livings that way therefore we hope Our fathers will take
Care that we are paid for Our Lands that we may live
gave a Belt.
Made a present of a Bundle of Skins.
Message. July 10, 175//-.
Gentlemen of the House of Represent™8
Col° Winslow ( the Chief Commander of the Forces raised
for the Eastern Service ) has represented to me by His Memo-
rial ( which I now lay before you ) that many of the Soldiers
have Families, & are not able to leave with them what is
necessary for their Support in their Absence ; and that others,
tho' without the Charge of Families yet are destitute of nec-
essary and sufficient Cloathing, And that therefore the
Advance of one Month's Pay will be a great Releif &
Encouragem* to them.
And as I am informed these Soldiers are good effective
Men and likely to do Service on this Occasion, I must rec-
ommend it to you ( Gentlemen ) as a Matter I apprehend
much conducing to the publick Benefit to make Supply for
the proposed Advanced Wage's accordingly.
W Shirley
July 10, 1754.
Letter, Secry Willard to Gov. Shirley.
Boston, July 12, 1754
Sir,
I have recd your Excellencys Letter by Mr Speaker Hub-
bard, & desire to join with you & all the rest of the Gentle-
men in offering humble & thankful Acknowledgem* to
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Almighty God for conducting the great & important affairs
you have been engaged in by his unerring Wisdom & for
giving Success to them in his great goodness & Power, And
I pray God that we may long reap the good Fruits of this
happy Event.
I was surprized to find that your Excellency had recd Noth-
ing from me, Having sent a Letter to you ( & therein inclosed
a Commission for Calling Courts Martial ) by one Gage Mas-
ter of a Sloop belonging to N° Yarmouth who sailed from
hence the 29tb of June. And this Commission thus miscar-
rying I have now enclosed an other Draught, both of them
Agreable to the established Form taken from a Copy of Sir
Wm Pepperils which he was pleased to send me since your
Excellencys Departure.
I have sent to all the Gentlemen of the Council you men-
tion strongly urging them immediately to prepare for a Voy-
age to Casco, they all make their Excuses : And as to Mr
Wheelwright it seems to me that it is necessary he shd attend
the Business of his Office in Town & it appears probable that
some further Supplies may be wanting for the Forces that
cannot be effectually provided & sent forward with the need-
ful Dispatch by any Body but himself. I have written to
Coll. Greenleaf & Coll Royal & press'd their Attendance at
Falmouth, & shall do every thing in my Power that your
Excy may have a Quorum of the Council to assist you.
I have had no publick Letters of any Moment come to my
Hands since your Departure. I have Nothing from any of
the Commissrs at Albany : I hear no more from thence than
that all the Commiss1"8 were arrived & had several Meetings
to consult upon the general Design of their Congress but had
come to no Determinations ; That the Indians were generally
arrived after long waiting for them. If any Intelligence
comes to my hands of Matters of Importance worth troubling
yre Excy with I shall not fail to transmit them to you. I
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wish your Excellency the Protection of the Divine Provi-
dence & Success in all your Affair ; & a happy Return hither ;
And am with great Respect
( Sir ) Your Excys most ob* humble Serv*
His Excy Governour Shirley
Letter, Seery Willard to Grov. Shirley.
Boston July 20, 1754.
Sir,
I have just now received your Excellencys Dispatches by
Mr Gerrish, and the acquainting me with his Charge to return
with the utmost Expedition I would not detain him one
Minute longer than is necessary.
I am glad to hear of the good Posture of our Affairs upon
Kennebeck River, And I hope the Divine Province will still
favour them. We have had the same Rumours of a French
War you mention, but they are little credited here I have
sent my Letter from your Excellency, to Mr Shirley, to
acquaint your Family with your affairs, & have also desired
to know whether there was any thing they wished to send
by this Post ; But Mr Shirley not being at Home, Mr8 Wil-
mot informed Mr Clark that they had forwarded every thing
they had to send to Your Excellency by Cap* Inches, who
sailed this Noon. I am with great Respect,
Sir Your Excellencys most obedient Humble Servant
Josiah Willard
Grovr Shirley to Sir Thomas Robi?iso7i.
Falmouth in Casco Bay August 19th 1754
Sir,
In a former Packet, which I had the Honour to transmit
to the Earl of Holdernesse, I acquainted his Lordship that
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upon having reciev'd Advice from the Commander at Fort
Richmond, upon the River Kennebeck within the limits of
this Government, that some of the Norridgwalks a Tribe of
Indians Inhabiting that River had given him Intelligence,
that the French had the Summer before last made a consid-
erable Settlement upon a carrying place near the head of it ;
that this was done with the allowance of those Indians in
consideration that the French had agreed to supply them
with Arms, ammunition, and other stores in Time of War
with the English, and yet that Tribe and another call'd the
Arssegunticooks, or Sl Francois Indians, assisted by other
Indians from Canada, and a great number of French in
Indian Disguise ( a practice not uncommon with the French )
would fall upon the New England Settlements this Summer ;
which last circumstance seem'd Confirm'd by the insolent
behaviour of the beforementioned Tribes, who appear'd to be
upon the brink of committing Hostilities, I lay'd these
accounts before the Assembly, and urg'd them to make pro-
vision for raising Forces to remove the French from this
Incroachment on his Majestys Territories in case they should
refuse to quit it upon a peaceable Summons, as also for
building a new fort as high up Kennebeck River, as should
be found upon a Survey of it to be practicable at present, in
order to prevent the French from taking Possession of any
part of it, and either keep the Indians Inhabiting it in a due
Subjection for the future, or oblige them wholly to abandon
it.
I further acquainted his Lordship, that the Assembly in
answer to what I recommended to them sent me a Message
of both Houses wherein they desir'd me to take measures as
soon as might be, for removing the French from their before-
mentioned Settlement, and building a new fort as high up
the River as I should think proper, praying me to take those
matters under my immediate direction, and for that purpose
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to make a voyage to the Eastern parts of the Province, prom-
ising that for the safeguard of my person in effecting the
Service, they would make Provision for raising 500 men
( which they soon afterwards augmented to one for 800 ) and
desiring me, in case I should judge that proper, to have an
Interview and Conference with the Indians upon my Arrival
in those parts.
In consequence of this Message, Sir, I rais'd 800 men and
having sent Orders to the Commanders of the Eastern Forts
to notify the two beforementioned Tribes of Indians, and
another called the Penobscots to meet me here, the middle of
June last, I embark'd with the Forces as soon as the other
Business of my Government would permit for this place,
where I arriv'd the 26th of June accompany'd by Colonel
Mascarene, who had been appointed by Governour Hopson a
Commissioner on the part of Nova Scotia, to join with the
Government on any Interview with the Eastern Indians ; and
upon my arrival I was met by three Commissioners from the
Government of New Hampshire, which I had notify'd of my
intended Interview with the Indians, for the same Purpose.
As it could not be doubted but that the building a new
fort, and making the propos'd march to the head of the
River, and extending the English Settlements upon it would
be very disagreeable to the Indians, I determined to get an
Interview with them, if Possible, before I proceeded in the
intended Service ; that appearing to be the only chance,
there was to prevent an impending War with them : on the
other hand the two Priests of the Norridgwalk and Penob-
scot Tribes, both French Jesuits, who notwithstanding the
Indians had all accepted Presents from this Province, and
ratify'd former Treaties of Peace with it the last fall, and
press'd me by letters to have a personal Conference with
them in the Spring, had so wrought upon their dispositions
in the Winter, that the Norridgwalks and Arssegunticooks
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seem'd, as I before observ'd to be upon the point of breaking
out into Hostilities before we had taken the resolution to
erect the fort, and reconnoitre the River and Carrying place
at the head of it, now redoubled their Efforts to prevent the
Indians from coming to a Conference with us : and they had
so far succeeded, that the Penobscot Tribe, which was the
only one of the three I had hopes of gaining an Interview
with let me know in a letter from them before I left Boston,
that they would not meet me at this place, and the Norridg-
walk and Arssegunticook Indians had shew'd such signs of
their making a sudden stroke upon our most exposed Eastern
Settlements, that the Settlers upon Kennebeck River had
betaken themselves to their Garrisons and those upon Sl
George's were preparing to do the same.
However, contrary to my Expectations I found upon my
Arrival at this place, that several of the Norridgwalks had
been assembled here some days to meet me ; which was prin-
cipally owing to the accident of their Priests having left them
about 20 days before to go to Canada, and the miscarriage of
a letter from the Penobscot Priest to their Priest, which the
Commander of Sl George's fort had found means to intercept
& send me.
As to the Arssegunticook Indians, who have their head
Quarters near the Southern bank of the River Canada, and
are generally reckon'd among the French Indians the Com-
mander of fort Richmond and the Norridgwalks themselves
inform'd me, that a party of them now lurking in the neigh-
bourhood of fort Richmond had declar'd in answer to my
letter of Notification to them to meet me, that they would
have no Interview with the English until they had (to speak
in Indian Phrase) wip'd away the Blood of two Indians
belonging to their Tribe, who had been unfortunately kill'd
within the Government of New Hampshire above a year ago ;
and the New Hampshire Commissioners acquainted me, that
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some of that Tribe had about three weeks before carry'd off
a whole family Captive, and Pillag'd and burnt two houses
within that Province ; so that there was not the least Expec-
tation of their sending any of their Tribe to the Interview.
As to the Penobscot Indians I was inform'd by a letter,
which I found at my Arrival here, that they had reciev'd
Messages inviting them to join with the French Indians in
taking up the Hatchet against the English, which matter they
had under consideration ; and by another letter which I found
here from the Commanding Officer of Fort S* George, that
they were soon to hold a Grand Council upon what I had
orderd him to tell them in Answer to their letter of refusal
to meet me here, but that he was almost sure they would
persist in their former Resolution.
In this Letter, Sir, I found inclos'd the beforemention'd
letter from the Penobscot missionary to the Jesuit of the
Norridgewalks a Copy of which I send you at full length, as
I think it may give a just notion of the principles and
Intrigues of the Jesuit missionaries here, what lengths they
would go for the sake of saving one of their missions which
is in danger of being lost to them ; even such as would
embroil all Parties in War, and which they are affraid should
be discover'd by the Indians, or even the French Government.
As the Penobscots are esteem'd the most Powerfull of the
Eastern Indians, and have ever appear' d the best affected of
those Tribes towards the English I determin'd to use my
utmost Efforts to draw them hither from their Priest, and
have a Conference with them: Accordingly I dispatch'd a
Vessel to S1 George's River to bring them to Falmouth, with
a letter acquainting them that upon their own request made
to me in the last Winter, that I would have an Interview
and Conference with them in person this Summer, I was
come so far as to brighten the Covenant Cham with them,
and was surprized at not finding them here upon my arrival
as I did the Norridgwalks.
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That I expected them to attend me at Falmouth without
delay and should look upon their refusal as a renouncing of
all amity with the English.
At the same time, as the Norridgwalk Indians were the
original proprietors of the Lands upon Kennebeck River and
the only Indians now interested in them, and I had reason to
expect that the presence of the Penobscots would embarrass
our Conference concerning the intended march fort, and
further Settlements up the River, I determin'd to have a
seperate Conference with the Norridgwalks, and dispatch
them from hence before the Arrival of the Penobscot Indians
here.
I shall not trouble, You Sir, with the particulars of the
Conference with the Norridgwalk Indians, but mention only
so much, as will shew what were the principle points and
result of it.
Upon acquainting them with our intended proceedings and
the true motive of them which I told them was to secure the
River Kennebeck against the French, who had of late built
several forts within his Majesty's Territories upon this Con-
tinent ; & not with the least view of incroaching upon their
lands, they at first told me in a peremptory manner, that they
would not consent to it, that they lik'd well the Treaty
which U Governour Dummer had made with them, and the
other Eastern Tribes in 1725 and 1726, and they would
stand by it, they acknowledg'd that Richmond fort was King
Georges, & said, all below it belong'd to the English, but all
above it to them.
In answer to this I told them I did not ask their Consent
to the building the new fort or extending the English Settle-
ments upon the River Kennebeck but only appriz'd them of
our intentions, that they might not conceive any false
Alarm at our proceedings ; That all Princes had a right to
build forts for the protection of their Subjects within their
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own Territories as they pleas'd ; they well knew the French
King did so; that the Building this Fort would not affect
their properties in any lands upon the River ; That by Govr
Dummer's Treaty, which they just now express'd their
Satisfaction in they had acknowledg'd their " Subjection to
" King George, submitted to be Governed by his Laws, and
" desired to have the Advantage of them " whereby the
English and they were become Brethren, and King George
their common father; and that he had no other view in
building this fort than the protection of his Children, Indians
as well as English against the French ; and they might have
the Benefit of it as well as we if they pleas'd. I remind'd
them of the Calamities which going to War with the English
had brought upon them : That in the year 1724 the English
broke up their Settlement at Norridgwalk destroy'd near half
their Tribe, and drove them intirely off the River Kennebeck
whereby according to the Rules of War receiv'd and practic'd
by all Indians the English gain'd from them by right of
Conquest all their Lands upon the River, and that it was
wholly owing to their kindness for them that they were
suffer'd afterwards by Gov1 Dummer's Treaty to return to
their Possessions there.
I shew'd them that above 100 years ago the English had
purchas'd all the Lands of their forefathers as high up that
river as a branch called Wesserunskik, being near 100 miles,
by Deeds which themselves had at the Treaty last Year
acknowledg'd to be genuine, and that by Virtue of those
purchases the English had made Settlements at Cushenoc
and Taconnett; being about forty miles above Richmond,
the Ruins of which were still visible, and particularly at
Taconnett they had built a Truckhouse above one hundred
Years ago where a greater Trade was carried on by them
with the Indians for Beaver and Furrs than is now at all the
Truckhouses in this Province, as themselves well knew by
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Tradition from their forefathers, and have likewise acknowl-
edge, and I shew'd them that by Ll Govr Dummer's Treaty,
under which they hold all their Lands upon the River, it was
Stipulated by the Indians that the English should quietly
enter upon and hold all their former Possessions and Lands,
which they had purchas'd of the Indians without any moles-
tation from them, so that the English had full as good right
to extend their Settlements as far as their Ancient Posses-
sions and purchases reach'd, as the Indians had to hold the
Land which were upon that River beyond them: and I
demanded of them if they would now ratify L* Govr Dum-
mers Treaty, which they had just before told me they would
stand by, and the Treaty of Peace concluded between them
and the English in 1749. To this they readily answer'd me,
that they were willing and desirous ; whereupon I acquainted
them at our Meeting the next morning, that the Instruments
of Ratification were prepar'd; but advis'd them to consider
well before we proceeded to execute them whether they were
absolutely determin'd to observe them ; That they had better
not sign them than to do it, and break faith with us ; For if
after concluding this Treaty they should be guilty of another
breach of their faith we should never trust them again : I
told them we had now fully open'd our hearts to them, and
hop'd they would hide nothing which was in theirs from
us, and if their hearts were as right towards us, as ours
were towards them, we would interchangeably sign the
Ratifications.
Their Speaker then stood up and declar'd in the Name of
them all, that the English should be welcome to build their
intended forts upon the River Kennebeck, and to extend
Settlements there as far as their Ancient Possessions and
purchases reach'd, and only desir'd I would let them know
how high up the River I design'd to erect the fort : which I
told them : they made professions in the most solemn man-
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ner, that what they had last said was spoke in the sincerity
of their hearts and let me know that the Arssegunticooks
had sent messages to the Penobscots, inviting them to join
with them in taking the Hatchet up against the English.
We then sign'd the Ratifications ; after which I let them
know that as a Testimony of the good Disposition of the
English towards them, if they would send any of their
children to Boston to be Educated in the English Language
the Government there would be at the Expence of maintain-
ing and Educating them in a proper manner, and would send
them back to their Parents whenever it should be requir'd ;
and that I proposed this to them as the means of cementing
still a closer Friendship and perpetuating Peace between
them and the English.
Upon this proposal three of their Young men of about 16
years of age immediately offer'd themselves to me in the
presence of the rest to go to Boston ; and one of their noted
captains, who had before accepted a Commission from the
French, desir'd leave to send two of his Sons to be educated
in Boston; which I readily promis'd and sent the three
Young men there two days after : the day following I dis-
patch'd all the Norridgwalk Indians back to Kennebeck
River and caus'd the forces to embark and proceed upon the
intended Service : and I heard the Indians shew'd signs of
satisfaction at their arrival there in particular that they have
discover'd and have brought back to the Commander of the
Forces, two Deserters who were going to Canada.
The next day the Vessell, which I had sent to S* George's
River to bring hither such of the Penobscot chiefs, as that
Tribe should delegate to come to the Conference return'd
with fourteen of them : and the next morning I open'd the
Conference with them.
I acquainted them with what we design'd to do upon the
River Kennebeck, and what had pass'd between me and
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the Norridgwalks upon that Subject, telling them that
though I was sensible that they had no property in that
River, Yet I thought fit, as they were our Friends, to apprize
them of what we intended to do there with the motives of
our proceedings : They did not discover the least uneasiness
at what I said, and in their answer only desir'd I would
build no fort higher up Sl Georges River, than the present
Fort, assuring me that they would not suffer the French to
make any Settlement, or set up any fort upon their lands,
and profess'd in the Strongest terms a sincere Disposition to
cultivate a perfect harmony with us.
They shew'd themselves very ready and desirous to Ratify
the former Treaties of Peace ; which was done ; and in four
days after their arrival here I sent them back to S* George's
in perfect good Humour, having first made them the same
offer of maintaining and Educating any of their Children at
the Charge of the Province that I had to the Norridgwalk
Indians ; Whereupon two of their Young men desir'd leave
of me to go to Boston to learn the English Language, and
one of their Chiefs offer' d to bring his Son there the next
Spring and leave him to be educated.
The Arssegunticooks still stand out and the only expe-
dient, which occurr'd to me for putting a stop to their
Hostilities, was to observe to the Norridgwalks and Penob-
scots that by L* Govr Dummer's Treaty with them, the
Arssegunticooks and other Eastern Tribes ; to which Treaty
the Government of New Hampshire was a Party, it is stipu-
lated between the English and Indians, " That if any
" Controversy or difference at any time thereafter should
" happen to arise between any of the English and Indians for
" any real or supposed wrong or injury done on either side
" no private Revenge should be taken for the same, but a
" proper application made to his majesty's Government upon
" the place for Remedy or Redress thereof in a due course of
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Justice," and that by the Treaty of Peace made in 1749
between the same English Governments and Indians those
Tribes engaged " That if any Indians should at any time
" thereafter commit any Acts of Hostility against the English
" they would join their Young men with the English in
"reducing such Indians to reason."
I then observ'd to them that three Commissioners from the
Government of New Hampshire were, in Conformity to those
Treaties, now came to meet the Arssegunticooks, in order to
give and receive Satisfaction for Mischiefs done on either
side ; but that the Arssegunticooks have absolutely refus'd
to appear here, and insist upon taking their own Revenge on
the English, have actually carry'd off one family Captive
pillag'd and burnt two houses and were watching for opportu-
nities to commit further Hostilities.
Wherefore, as the English had on their part observ'd the
beforemention'd Treaties, and the Arssegunticook Indians
had broke them, and absolutely refus'd to submit to them,
We had, I told them, a right by Virtue of those Treaties to
call upon them to join their Young men with ours to reduce
the Arssegunticooks to reason, which I now demanded of
them.
This was a very serious affair with them, and seem'd to
Embarrass them ; the Norridgwalks Indians in their Confer-
ence Assur'd me, they had already put a Stop to the Hos-
tilities of the Arssegunticooks until their return to Norridg-
walk, that they were sure they would commit none before
they call'd upon them there, and that then they would use
their best endeavours to restrain them from committing any
further; and undertook, if they should fail of success, to
give the English notice before they did more mischief ; The
Speaker of the Penobscots in their Conference with me,
assurd me that himself would at their return to Penobscot
go to the head Quarters of the Arssegunticooks, and make
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them call their Indians in, from committing Hostilities
against the English.
I let both these Tribes know, that we should depend upon
their effecting this, and if they did not, that we must insist
upon their joining with us to reduce the Arssegunticooks to
reason.
This is the Issue, Sir, of the Conferences held here, and I
hope the effect of them may be to Divert the Indians from
further thoughts of War at present, and make them acquiesce
in our New forts and Settlements upon the River Kennebeck,
which, it seems clear to me with regard to the Indians, we
have a just right to carry on ; and let their Disposition be
what it will, that it is necessary to be done for securing the
Possession of this most essential River against the Incroach-
ments of the French, whether present or future ; of which
there appears to be no End upon this Continent.
As to the progress which is made by our forces upon the
River Kennebeck, I shall defer, Sir, giving you an acco* of it
'till their return to Taconnett.
I dont, apprehend much danger, that the French will
attempt to give them any Interruption in their march or to
molest us in carrying on the two forts on the River : How-
ever as the Governour of Canada's receiving frequent
accounts at Quebeck of our number and motions, could not
be avoided, and the French may possibly be elated with their
late success upon the Ohio against Col0 Washington, whose
forces consisting of about 4 or 500 men, I hear they have
defeated : I am determin'd to remain here until their return,
and our works upon the River shall be either Compleated, or
so far advanced, as to be out of danger, that I may be ready,
in case of any unforeseen Emergency to support the 800
Men, we have now upon the River, with 500 more which I
should not much doubt in such case to be able to raise forth-
with in these parts, where 1 have taken oare to have a Corps
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de reserve left for that purpose, and to keep a Quorum of his
Majesty's Council with me, as their Advice to me for taking
any extraordinary measures, which the present Service may
require, will be agreeable to the Assembly : and as Expresses
by Whale Boats are continually passing and Repassing
between me, the forts, and forces now on their march, I hope
sufficient precautions are taken to prevent surprises, and
Secure the Success of the Service I am en^ao-'d in.
I am with the Highest Respect Sir, Your most humble and
most Obedient Servant
W. Shirley
The Jesuit of the Penobscots to the Jesuit of the Norridgwalks.
Mon Reverend Pere
P- X. Vous avez tort de craindre 1' Anglais,
il n'en veut qu'a vos terres, non a vos vies, si vous vouliez
neanmoins tenter clefendre vos terres, vous serriez les victimes
de vostre temerite : il faut que Narantsaug1 et Pananamprsqe2
agissent de Concert : sans cela les Norrantsuaniens3 ou an
moins la mission de Narantsuag est Perdue; la coup est
decisif ; il faut icy beaucoup de prudence ; tachons vous et
moy de ne pas paroitre dans cette affaire ; il faut que vous
aidions nos sauvages sans nous brouiller ni avec le francois,
ni avec l'anglais quay que nous agissons contre lun et contre
l'autre ; la Conduite de l'un et de Fautre n'est pas droite
devante Dieu ; vous ferez bien de ne pas faire le voyage de
Quebec, envoyez y' a 1' ins^u de 1' Anglais J'y envoye, en part
demain, voici la Parole que je fais porter au General * Mon
Pere,
1 Norridgwalk.
2 Penobscot.
3 Norridgwalks.
* The appellation always used by the Indians when they speak or write to the
Goveruour of Canada.
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" Je viens vous ex poser ma misere ; 1' Anglais prend mes
" terres et je suis trop foible pour luy resister, nos Armes ne
" sont point egales ; il me montre des Canons, et une
" quantite prodigieuse de Guerriers, puis je manquer d'en
" estre accable" et detruit meme ? J'ay toujours cru, que
" mon Pere me defendroit si je venois a estre vivement
" Attaque." N- B
II faut que vos Gens aillent porter la meme Parole,
vous voiez que les miens n'ont Parle au nom des vostres,
quils ne promettent point de paper 1' Anglais ; si les vostres
promettent de paper 1' Anglais, et qu'ils le frapent les
premiers nous les abandannons si au contraire L'Anglais
frape le premier, nous le fraperons vivement ; exbortez vostre
peuple a ne pas s'exposer, mais a s'avoir de Courage ;
s'ils quittent leur terres pour un moment ils les perdent
pour toujours: il paroit par les discours de ceux du
fort Sl George que si le pannaunmpsquiens1 veut defendre
les terres de narantsuag l'anglais ne les prendra point,
il faut done que vos gens paroissent ne pas craindre
FAnglais ; je n'ose pas les Solliciter, ni leur parler pour
Narantsuag, si les affaires tournoient mal, on ne me jetteroil
pierre : que vos gens ne plaignent point leurs peines ; quils
ne cessant de porter icy des paroles, et faille des inter-
rogationes il est necessaire qu'ils vienent nous dire, de
parler a 1' Anglais ; on le fera'sils viennent : qu'on disc
a 1' Anglais que les Pannaumpsqeins ne veulent Pont que
les Narantsuaniens aillent a Maigan2 comme J'entends dire
que l'Anglais le demande. Je suis dans l'union de vos
s.s. s.s. avec une tres profond respect.
N. B. It appeared upon the Conference with the Penobscot Indians that the
above letter, which the Jesuit sent in their name to the French Governour, was
wrote & sent without their Knowledge.
1 Fenobscots.
3 Falmouth in Casco Bay.
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Mon Reverend Pere Votre tres humble et tres Obeissant
Serviteur
R Gounon J.
A Pamiauampsqe le 4 Juin 1754
(Penobscot)
Je vous prie mon Reverend Pere, de representer a vostre
peuple quil perd ses terres (en Confidence 'sil est possible ou
au moins avec finesse ) de s'adrasser au Francois pour le
secourir ; il perdra ses terres certainment, et fera oblige de
vivre ca et la' miserablement dans les villages de Becancour
et Sl Francois ; qu'il ne quitte point ses terres s'il ne veut
tres miserable
Superscribed
A Mon Reverend Pere Mon Reverend Pere Andrau
Missionaire de la Compagnie de Jesus a Narantsuag
And upon the Outside are the following lines which
appear to have been wrote after the letter was Sealed up.
L' Anglais nous appelle Maigan nous leur avons repondu,
que s'l avoit quelque chose a'nous dire quil viendroit nous le
dire chez nous ; nous serions bien fachez que Narantsuag
alat a Maisfan.
Letter, Secry Willard to Gov. /Shirley.
Boston August 20, 1754
Sir,
Mr Shirleys Journey gives me an Opportunity (which I
have not had since I last wrote ) of Writing to your Excel-
lency, I have been extreamly concerned lest you should want
a Quorum of the Council to assist you in so crital a Con-
juncture ; And have strongly solicited every Gentleman of
the Board that I thought was in Circumstances that would
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 307
any way admit of his going to Falmouth, but I found the
difficulty in a manner insuperable : However, I understand
that Cpt. Watts set out for Falmouth this morning And I
hope He will carry Sir William Pepperil with him ; and if he
shd Your Excy will be pleased to remember that he is not
yet qualified as a Councellor Cpt. Chever ( whom I have been
for above a Fortnight past been endeavouring to get away )
will I believe embark To Morrow. I herewith send your
Excy a Copy of a Letter I wrote to you by one Cpt. Killeran,
lest any Accident should prevent his getting into Falmouth.
I wish your Health & further Success in your Affairs. I am
with great Respect
Sir, Your Excellencys most obedient Humble Servant
Josiah Willard
Letter, Secry Willard to Gov. Shirley.
Boston Sept. 1st 1754
Sir
This afternoon I received by Express from Coll. Israel
Williams the two inclosed Letters. I presently procured a
Meeting of the Boston Councellors who were of Opinion that
I should write to Coll. Williams to let him know their Mind ;
viz, That he had Power by Law to do every thing he should
judge needful for the Defence of His Majestys Subjects in
those Parts & for the Repelling Pursuing & Killing the
Enemy, till he should receive Your Excellencys Orders in
this affair : & that I shd immediately send these Letters by
Express to your Excy & Copies of them to Governor Went-
worth for his Information. Which I shall accordingly do.
I have recrt yre Exeys Letter by Mr Shirley as also your
Power respecting Registers which I shall execute agreable to
your Intention I heartily sympathize with your Excy under
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the sorrowful Providence of your dear Daughters Death. I
am with great Respect
Sir Your Excys most obedient Humble Serv*
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Secretary Willard.
Falmouth Casco Bay Septr 3d, 1754.
Sir,
Finding it Necessary for the Publick Service, upon which
I came down here, that I should Visit the two Forts At
Cushenoc and Taconnett before I retur'd to Boston, I sent
for Captain Sanders and imbark'd on Board the Province
Sloop on Fryday 30th of August Ab* 5 in the After Noon.
Finish'd my buisness at those two places and Arriv'd at this
place where I have likewise some buisness to Settle, Ab1 10
o'Clock last Night, having for the sake of Expedition pro-
ceeded from Taconnett to Falmouth in the Castle Pinnace,
and left the Sloop to follow me with Severall of the Gentle-
men who Accompany'd me in this Town ; and I shall in a
Day or Two after the Arrival of the Sloop be Able I hope to
imbark for Boston, where I purpose to be by Monday or
Tuesday Next, At Furthest.
When I came on Shoar here, last Night I mett an Express,
w*11 Maj1' Freeman had Dispatch'd to follow mee with Your
Letters, to Taconnett, upon the point of putting off in a
Whale boat for that purpose ; But I was so fatigu'd and it
was so late at Night, that I could not finish my Dispatches
for the Boston Express before this Morning.
I extremely Approve of Your calling together the Mem-
bers of his Majesty's Councill Residing in Boston to Con-
sider in my Absence, what steps ware proper to be immedi-
ately taken upon Occasion of the late Hostilities Mentioned
in your Packet to have been Committed by the Indians upon
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the Western Frontiers, and of their Determination in the
Affair, what I have thought Necessary for me to Add by way
of Directions to Colonel Williams upon this Emergency is
contain'd in the inclos'd Orders to him, which I would have
you immediately communicate to such of the Council, As Can
be forthwith conven'd At Boston ; And if Any Necessary
Measures for the immediate protection of the Western Fron-
tier, hath escaped my thoughts, or is not Sufficiently pointed
out in the Orders, I desire the Council would supply the
Defect by a letter to be wrote by your Self in pursuance of
a Vote of Council : And transmitt the same by Express to
Colonel Williams.
I have had the pleasure to find from the Accounts, which
General Winslow gave me at Taconnett of the behaviour of
the Norridgwalk Indians at the March of our Forces thrd
Norridgwalk, and the Messges which they have lately Sent
to him in form by two of their Deligates, that there is an
appearance of A Sincere Disposition in them to preserve
peace and good Terms with us ; And I can't think there is
any Danger from the Penobscots : I beleive their Pacific
Declarations upon the Interview were Sincere, and that they
left this place fully determin'd to Maintain Friendship with
Us.
As to the Arseguntecook Indians ( Who I understand are
the Principal Actors in the late Mischief) Governor Went-
worth had several Days before I left Boston Acquainted me,
that they had then actually Committed Hostilities within the
Province of New Hampshire ; And they would not Appear
at the Interview But Declared (as the Norridgwalk Indians
them selves inform'd me upon the Conference ) that the rea-
son of it was, that they had not yet wip'd off the Blood of
the two Indians of their Tribe Kill'd Abl a Year ago within
the Government of Piscataqua, hower I flatter'd myself that
I had ingag'd the Norridgwalks and Penobscots to Use their
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Utmost Efforts to prevent them from doing further Mischief.
To enter into the detail of what passed between me and those
Two Tribes, upon this Article At our conference would take
up too much time here.
I Design to call upon them by one express Transmitted to
General Winslow, & another to Cap1 Bradbury, in a Strong
Manner to make good their promises of puting an Effetual
stop to the Hostilities of the Arsegunticooks, and the other
Indians Concern'd with them, or Instantly to furnish a Num-
ber of their Young men to be joyn'd with ours, for reducing
those Indians to reason, in pursuance of their Treaties with
us in 1726, & 1749.
In doing of this I shall Consult the Gentlemen of the
Council and Act with their Advice, You know what pains I
have taken to keep a Quoram of them with me ; but those I
have here fall Very short of that Number.
I hope I have by my late Visit to Cushenoc and to Tacon-
nett Secured every thing to be done, that can be, during the
stay of any of the Forces there, for the Advantage of the
Province and Answering the great Ends of his Majesty's Ser-
vice, which were propos'd by this Expedition.
I am Sir, your most Assur'd Friend and Servant
W Shirley
My Secretary, Mr Price being left behind
me, to follow in the Sloop, I am oblig'd
to take up with a worse Scribe.
Mr Secretary Willard
Petition of Inhabitants $ Freeholders of the Second Parish
in Falmouth.
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Cap1 Gen1 & Gov-
ernour in Chief in and over his Majesty s Province of the
Massachusetts Bay & to the Honourable his Maj18 Council &
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 311
ye Houble house of Representatives in & for said Province —
The Humble Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants &
freeholders of the Second Parish in Falmouth Sheweth —
That the said Parish is of large Extent and the Greatest
Number of the Inhabitants live at Great Distance from the
place of Public Worship Some five, Some six, seven & some
Eight Miles, so that few of the Persons in the families are
able to Travel to Meeting — the children have but little
Oppertunity to attend and have seldom any benefit by ye
Publick worship & there being a sufficient Number of Inhab-
itants in said Parish to Maintain two Ministers of the Gospel
the Inhabitants who live Most remote and heretofore intended
to Petition to be Divided and set off a separate & distinct
Parish & before they did it the Rev'1 Mr Allen Minister of
the said Parish Died and Now there is no Minister in ye Pal-
ish — And your Petitioners Apprehend that if the Parish
should be divided it may prevent Much Difference about
Calling and Settling Another Minister and if divided yl each
Parish would more Easily Agree in the Calling and settling
Ministers for themselves — wherefore your Petitioners Hum-
bly pray that your Excellency & Hon18 will Consider their
Case & order ye Parish to be divided into two Distinct Par-
ishes or Districts, that each may Provide for themselves
which will be a Means to Preserve them in Quietness And
each parish better Accommodated and yor Pet" shall pray &c
4Ul Octor 1754
bis
W1" Wentworth Paul Jemeson Ju Stephen — Jordan
mark
Ich Trundy Jun Henry Jackson Moses Hanscom
Robert Jameson Juner Benjamin Small James Jordan
his
Samuel Condon James Abbot Elisha X Dugles
his mark
Moses M Hanscom senior francis Maxwell James Leach
mark his
Robert Jordan alexander Fauset John X Coffea
his mark
Joh N Jordan Juner Peter D Sholders George Welch
mark
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Dominions Jordan John M Creaght Robert Mitchell
Robert Jemeson Sen Thomas Jordan Nathanael Staple
Elisha Bragdon Joseph Gam man Jeremiah Jordan
Nathanael Jordan Jeremiah Jordan tartus William Maxwell
Jeremiah Jordan in William Porterfeld Jos Calef
Daniel Robinson Vallentin Munmers Patrick Maxwell
Nathaniel Jordan in Abraham Briant James Jordan Jim1
William Plommer Sam11 Webb Joseph Dingley
Humphrey Richards John Boswoll George Simonton
Solomon Jackson John Jordan in Samuel Jordan Ju
John Robison James Maxwell Noah Jordan
Samuel Jordan Edward Avery Christopher Mitchell
William Small John Trundy Clement Jordan
Richard Clark Peter Starrat Richar Jordan
Patrick Porterfield Henry Mackney
In the House of Representatives, Novemr 13, 1754
Read & Ordered that the pet18 serve the s'1 second parish
with this petition by leaving a Copy thereof with their Clerk
that they shew Cause (if any they have) on the second
Thursday of the Next Sitting of the Court why the prayer
thereof should not be granted
Sent up for Concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
In Council Novemr 14, 1754 Read & Concur'd
Tho8 Clarke Dp1* Secry
Letter, Lieut. Jas Howard to Ll Gov. Phips
Fort Richmond Ocbr 11th 1754
May it please your Excellency ( Agreeable to General
Winslos Orders to me ) I have taken the Command of Fort
Western But find aneedsessity of Coming here when the
Indians Com to Trade ( Which is But Seldom ) those that
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 313
Com here tell me that there is several of the Naridgwalk
Indians gone to Canada and When they Left naridgwalk
they Intended To Joyn the Arsegonticooks, to Commit hos-
tilities on our fronteers to the Westward, I intend to spend
part of my time here and part at Fort Westren till finder
orders from your Exellency (or till Capt: Lithgows Return
From Boston) But alwise will keep one of my sons ther
and the other here which is Carefull young men and well
Aquainted with Garison affaires, till your Exellency pleas to
order otherwise —
I have sent your Exellency a barrel of potatoes per this
Bearer Cap1 McFadien which I pray your Exellency to Exept
From
your most dutifull most obedient and humble servant
James Howard
Petition of Joseph Planted Admr
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Captain General
and Governour in chief in and over his Majesties Province of
the Massachusetts Bay & to the lIon,,le his MajtB Council and
House of Representatives for said Province in Gen11 Court
assembled October 16, 1754
The Petition of Joseph Plaisted of York in the County of
York, yeoman Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Plaisted
late of said York Esqr Dec'1
Humbly Sheweth,
That in Janry 1750, the said Joseph Plaisted Esq1 being
Sheriff of said County of York One Stephen Peirce of York
aforesaid Cordwainer was arrested & Comitted to ye Goal of
said County in York by Virtue of A writ of Attachment at
the suit of Sam11 Walton of Sumersworth in New Hampshire
Gen1 for one hundred Pounds Old Tenor due by a note of
314 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
hand which writ was returnable at the Infer1" Court of Com-
mon pleas held at York aforesd on the first Tuesday of April
1751, at which Court in April 1751 the said Sam11 Walton
upon said writ recovered Judgment against ye said Stephen
Peirce for ye sum of X13.G.8 Lawfull money Damages & One
Pound 10/2 for cost & had Execut" upon said Judgm1 which
was return*1 in no part satisfyed — But before the sitting of
ye Court into which the said writ of Attachment was return-
able the said Stephen with the assistance of some Evil Minded
Persons Broke through the Stone wall of the Prison took out
the Iron Grate of the window in the Night time About ye
20th of March 1750/51 & he the said Stephen (together with
another Prisoner Committed there for fellony ) Escaped from
the said Goal Against the will of the said Joseph Plaisted
the Sheriff and Could not be recovered Notwithstanding the
said Sheriff used his utmost Endeavours to retake him —
After the return of the Execution aforesaid Namely on ye
20th day of December 1751 the said Sam11 Walton Purchased
A writ Against ye said Joseph Plaisted Esq1- then Sheriff of
said County of York & Caused ye same to be served return-
able at the Inferr Court of Common Pleas at York in Janry
1652, to recover against the said Sheriff ye aforementioned
damages & Cost at which Court Judgm* was rendered for ye
said Sheriff to recover Against ye said Sam11 Walton cost &
Said Walton Appealed to ye Super1 Court of Judicature held
at York for said County in June 1752 & upon that appeal
the said Sam11 Walton recovered Judgment Against ye said
Joseph Plaisted Esqr for ye sum of £ 15.4.2 damages & Cost
£5.8.3, at which Judgment the said Joseph Plaisted Esq1
thinking himself Greatly wronged And Injured for that the
Escape of the said Stephen was Not a Voluntary Escape as
to ye Sheriff Nor a Negligent Escape but by and with the
Assistance of others to ye Sheriff unknown who with force
and Strong hand in Riotous manner in the Night brake
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through the Prison wall by means whereof ye said Stephen
Escaped and not by or with ye will or Negligence of ye Sher-
iff and for which the said Sheriff Humbly Conceived he was
Not Answerable or liable by Law to make Good the Damages
Any More than he was Obliged to build A Goal at his own
Cost and thereupon with ye leave of the HonWe Supr Court
Pursuant to Law gave Bond to review the said Action at the
then Next Superr Court of Judicature to be held at York for
said County soon after which he was taken sick & Languished
untill about ye 25 August 1752 when the said Joseph Plaisted
Es<jr Dyed not having served a writ of review of that ease
for want of opportunity and afterwards Namely about ye
begining of January 1754, the said Sam11 Walton Dyed the
said Judgment not being Satisfied nor the action reviewed
Since which ye Admrs of the said Sam11 Walton have claimed
of your Petitioner Admr of Jos: Plaisted Esqr dec'1 y' sums
recovered by said Judgm1 which your Petitioner thinks he
Ought Not to be Obliged to pay —
your Petitioner prays leave further to observe that since
the death of the said Joseph Plaisted Esqr your Petitioner
for Preventing of any farther Cost or Trouble about ye Case
apply'd to ye Court of Gen11 Sessions of the Peace for said
County held at York on ye first Tuesday of April 1753.
Shewing forth the Premisses that the said Escape was through
the Insufficiency of the Goal praying that the said Court
would Order satisfaction to be made out of the County Treas-
ury — but they refused to Do it —
So your Petitioner is without remedy unless aided by this
Honble Court about and Concerning the Premisses — The
Adminr8 of said Waltons Estate live in New Hampshire can
Impower Attorneys in any part of this Government to sue
upon that Judgment & your Petitioner Can't bring a writ of
review or if he Could Purchase such a writ cannot git it
served because the Party against whom it must be brought
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is Not an Inhabitant or Resident in this Province — the Case
is shut up against the Estate of said Joseph Plaisted Esq*
Dec'1 without having the liberty of such Tryals as ye law-
allows others to have and this Not from any fault or neglect
on ye part of said Sheriff or his Adminr —
Wherefore your Petitioner humbly prays that he may be
Enabled by the Authority of this HonbIe Court to have his
remedy Either Against the County Treasury for all his Dam-
ages and Costs or that he may be Enabled to Review the
aforesaid Action to reverse the said Judgment of ye Super1
Court in June 1752 Against the Adminrs of said Waltons
Estate and that your Petitioner may not be in any Manner
Obliged to pay the sums in said Judgment mentioned untill
he shall have Reasonable Opportunity to have a Trial upon
a Writ of review — or that he may have such other relief in
the Premisses as to this Honble Court in their Great wisdom
and Justice shall seem meet — and your Petit1- as in duty
bound shall ever pray.
Joseph Plaisted Administrator
In the House of Representatives Novr 14, 1754.
Read & Ordered that the petr serve the adverse party viz
the administrator of Samuel Walton decd with a Copy of the
Petition that he shew cause ( if any he have ) on the first
friday of the next sitting of the Court why the prayer
thereof should not be granted.
Sent up for Concurrence T. Hubbard Spk1
In Council, Nov1 15, 1754. Read & Concur'd
Tho8 Clarke Dp1? Secry
In Council Feby 12, 1755 Read again together with the
Answer of the Executors of Sam1 Walton decd & Ordered
that John Greenleaf & Benja Lincoln Esq18 with such as the
honble House shall join be a Comtee to consider this Petn hear
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 317
the Parties & report what they judge proper for this Court
to do thereon — Sent down for Concurrence
by Ordr of the Board
J Osborne
In the House of Represent Feby 12, 1755.
Read & Concurred & Col. Hale Mr Bradbury & Mr Niles
are Joined in the Affair.
T. Hubbard Spkr
Petition of Ichabod Goodwin §■ Hannah Ayer Admors
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To his Excellency William Shirley Esq1 Captain General,
Governour in Chief in & over said Province, The Honble his
Majestys Council & House of Repve8 in Gen1 Court assembled
October 17th 1754
The Petition of Ichabod Goodwin & Hannah Ayer (late
Hannah Scammon) Admors of the Estate of James Scammon
late of Biddel'ord deced Intestate
Humbly Shew
That the Estate of said Intestate is Represented Insolvent,
;is appears by the Certificate annexed. Wherefore the Pet"
humbly pray Your Excellency & Honours would be pleas'd
to Authorize & Impower them in their said Capacity to Sill
the whole of said Intestates Real Estate, in order to pay &
Discharge the Debts owing from said Estate as far as the
same will extend, and yr Pet'8 (as in duty bound) will pray
Ichabod Goodwin for Self & Ayer.
Whiscasett Petition. Oct. 17, 1751/..
Prov. of the Massachusets Bay
To his Excellency Wm Shirley Esqr Cap1 General & Govr
in Chief &c To the honble Council & House of Repre-
sentatives in General Court assembled
318 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
The Memorial of us the Subscribers Inhabitants of
Whiscasett & Mounsweg Bay at the Eastward part of the
Province
Humbly Sheweth
That with great Labour & Expence we have subdued &
Cultivated our Lands, have increased in Number, so as to
stand it out against the Enemy the Last ware ; have had a
Minister Preaching with us for more than five Years last
past, have assisted him Acording to our Ability, in building
him an house & Should have setled him among us, but that
of Late a number of Gentlemen calling themselves by the
Name of the Proprietors of the Plymouth Purchase, have
claimed our lands & by their Agent Samuel Goodwin Partly
by Promises & Partly by Thretnings, have Prevailed on a
considerable Number of the Inhabitants (without the least
Pretence of Right as we Concive) to take up under them,
So that we are thrown into great Confusion & Disorder &
notwithstanding the Proprietors, we hold under, have
assigned Three Publick Rights in the town one of which was
for a Meeting House to be set upon & by their Help &
Assistances we Should before now have proceded to build
one but We are prevented by the sd Goodwins perswations
on a Number not to go foward with it, but to joyn with
Frankfort in making one town which he Hatters them with
the Notion of its being the Shire Town, upon the Dividing
the County & hath prevailed on Sundrey of the Inhabitants
to sign a Petition to the Great & Gen1 Court for this pur-
pose which should it be Granted will entirely destroy this
Settlement (perhaps, the best below Casco Bay to the East-
ward) as it will expose us much even to our Indian Enemys
& we be Altogather without a Minister : Besides this there
can be no Reason for it as there is Land Enough to make
two Large handsome Townships & Whiscaset hath at present
upwards of Seventy famelys and lays as compleat as most
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places for either a Town or a District. We have all along
been desireous of haveing the Gospell setled among us & for
that End have chearfully expended of our Substance for the
Support of it being perswaded that Religion lays the
Foundation of all other Happiness, we have for a Consider-
able time had a Minister with us, who has Cherefully
Submitted to the hardships of a place just beginning, in
Common with ourselves in hopes that by & by, he should
fare better, for this end he hath joyned us once & again in
Petationing the Gr* & Generall Court to be erected into a
Town or District in Order to Preserve the Rules of Morality
& Religion amongst us & More especialy the due Observation
of the Lords day which for want thereof is Shamefully
Neglected but if we should after all be United with Frank-
fort all these good Purposes must be Defeated & Whiscasett
ruined.
We therefore most earnestly intreat Your Exce1 &
Honours to take these our distressed Circumstances into
Your most wise Consideration & if it be agreable to Your
Wisdom & Goodness that you would be pleased to form us
into a Town or District agreable to our former Petition &
Plan now lying before this Honbl(' Court, whereby we appre-
hend your best Purposes respecting ourselves as well as the
Community will be Answered but the Contrary (we fear)
will be our Ruin — and as in Duty bound shall ever pray
Joha" Williamson Frances Gray Robert H
John Bladgdon Timothy Dunton Thomas Murfey
Lemuel Norton Richard Greenlif Michall Seney
John Perce Jacob Metcalf Thomas McKenney
Job Averell Ebnezer Gous Israel Averell
Joseph tayler David Danford Samuell Greenlif
Thomas Williamson John Rowell Joshua Sylvester
Patrick Bryant Richard Flolbrook William Clark
Joseph Young William Cliford Isaac Young
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Samuel Trask Juiir Sam11 Kincaid Henery Slooman
John Gray Israel Honowell Elisha Kenney
John Alley Samuell Barlo John Kinnicon
37
We whose names are Underwritten being over Perswaded
by the Insenuations of Sam11 Goodin to Sighn a Petation to
be Joyned with Frankford not Duly Considering the 111
Efects that would Attend it. Desire y* the Prayer of that
Petation may not be Granted
Obediah Allbee William Boyinton Robert Lambert
Sam11 Chapman
4
37 41 In all.
Speech Oct. 18, 1754.
Gentlemen of the Council, & House of Representatives
1 In Compliance with the request of the late Assembly
contain'd in the Message of both Houses to me on the 9th of
April last and your own Vote pass'd in the May Session
following, I caus'd Eight hundred men to be rais'd for the
Services therein mention'd, and soon after the rising of this
Court imbark'd, in company with them, for Falmouth in
Casco-Bay, where I had separate Interviews and Conferencee
with the Norridgwalk & Penobscott Indians; After the
former of these was finish'd I caus'd the forces & Workmen
to proceed to the River Kennebeck for building a New Fort
there above that at Richmond, with orders for a Detachment
of five hundred of the former to march to the Head of that
River, and the great Carrying-place between that and the
River Chaudiere, and to remove any French Settlements
which might be found and took, as much as was possible, the
Execution of these several Matters under my immediate care
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and Direction, according to the particular Desire of the
Assembly express 'd in the beforemention'd Message to me.
2 You are already, Gentlemen, fully acquainted from the
Printed Copies of the Journal of my Proceedings at Fal-
mouth before and at the time of the two Conferences ( which
for saving Your time at this Session I order'd to be print'd
& distributed among You for your perusal during the Recess
of the Court) with the Intelligence, I reciev'd soon after my
Arrival there, of the Practices of the French Jesuit of the
Penobscott Indians for preventing that Tribe, and the Nor-
ridgwalks from meeting me, and the Influence, his Artifices
had upon the Penobscotts ; as also of the feign'd Letter
written by him in the Name of that Tribe to the Governour
of Canada with a view of exciting him to send Forces to
oppose the march of our Troops, on pretence of their being
sent to dispossess the Indians of their Lands ; & likewise
with the Particulars and Result of the two Conferences, I
had with the Norridgwalk & Penobscots, and the Reason
why I chose to speak with those Tribes separately : I shall
therefore refer you for an Ace* of these matters to that
Journal.
3 The Place, which I pitched upon for erecting the new
Fort and for my better Information caus'd to be Survey'd,
together with the Navigation of the River between that &
Richmond, as also the Lands adjacent, and to have a Plan
taken of it, before I left Boston, is a Fork or Point of Land
form'd by the Meeting of the Rivers Kennebeck & Sebastoo-
cook, the latter of which empties itself into the former at the
distance of abl three quarters of a Mile from the falls at
Taconnett.
4 This Spot, which is thirty-seven Miles higher up the
River Kennebeck than the old Fort at Richmond, & the
utmost extent, to which it was adviseably or safe to carry a
fort up that River at first, is computed to be not quite fifty
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322 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
miles distant from Penobscott, and, as measured by the
Chain & Compass, is not more than thirty-one from Norridg-
walk by Water, and twenty-two by Land, and is on many
Acct8 the most advantageous one for the situation of a Fort,
between that & Richmond.
The only known Communication, which the Penobscotts
have with the River Kennebeck & Norridgwalk Indians
Inhabiting it, is thr6 the River Sebastoocook, by means of a
Carrying-Place which they cross within ten Rods Distance
from Taconnett Falls ; and their most Commodious Passage
from Penobscott to Quebec lies thro Kennebeck to the River
Chaudiere ; so that a fort situated here not only cuts off the
communication of the Penobscotts with the Norridgwalks,
but with Quebec likewise, through their easiest Route to it ;
and, as it stands at a convenient distance for making a
sudden & easy Descent upon their Head Quarters, is as
strong a Curb upon their Tribe, as it is upon that of the
Norridgwalk.
6 But as the River Kennebeck is not Navigable for
Sloops beyond Cushenock, and the Navigation between that
and Taconnett, being eighteen Miles, is for much the greatest
Part of it so incumber'd with Shoals & Rocks and strong
Currents occasioned by frequent falls, that the Transporta-
tion of Bulkey & Heavy Stores is impracticable ; unless
perhaps in the Time of the Freshetts ; not only the Carrying
up a Fort as high as Tacconnett, but the supporting it when
built, appear'd to be attended with insurperable Difficulties,
unless a large Defensible Store-house should be built at
Cushenoc to lodge the Province Stores at in their Passage to
Taconnett.
6 To Remedy this, the proprietors of some Lands upon
Kennebeck River, commonly call'd the Plymouth Company,
made me an Offer, that if I would cause the intended Fort
to be erected at Taconnett, they would at their Expence
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build at or near Cushenoc, as I should order a House of
Hewen Timber not less then ten Inches thick, one hundred
feet long, thirty-two wide, sixteen high, for the reception of
the Province's Stores, with Conveniences for Lodging of the
Soldiers, who may be placed there by the Government; and
would Picket it in at thirty Feet distance from every Part of
the House, and build a Block house of 24 feet Square at two
of the opposite Angles to be mounted with four Cannon,
agreeable to a Plan ready to be exhibited when it should be
call'd for ; the Governm1 to protect the people while employ'd
in building the said House : wch Vote & Plan shall be com-
municated to you.
7 This Offer I readily accepted for the province ; and
that Company hath built a fortify'd Store house at Cushenoc
according to the said Plan, which will not only serve to
lodge the publick Stores in, but add to the Defence and Pro-
tection of the River, & greatly incourage Settlements upon
it : and to make it still more beneficial, I have caus'd a Road
of Communication between Cushenoc and Taconnett to be
clear'd for Wheel Carriages, whereby the Transportation of
Stores by Land from Fort Western at the former to fort
Halifax at the latter, in the space of one day, will be render'd
practicable, and the want of a convenient carriage by water
supply'd.
8 A Plan of Fort Halifax Gentlemen shall be likewise
lay'd before you : It is capable of entertaining four hundred
men, and being Garrison'd with an hundred is of sufficient
Strength to withstand any Assault wch may be reasonably
expected to be made upon it, either by Indians or French
with Small Arms.
9 As it is over look'd by an Eminence from behind
within Cannon Shot, I should have chosen & had sent orders
to have it plac'd there ; But finding upon Examination that
the Carriage of Stone sufficient for the foundation of a fort
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of the Dimentions at first projected up to that Spot, with
three Teams of Oxen, would have taken up above five
months, or that it could not have been compleated before
next Summer would be far advanc'd ; that one erected there
would have cost above double the Expence of the present
fortification ; and considering the difficulty wch the French
must have to transport Cannon or Mortars by land to
Attack it, there is but little danger of their Attempting to
do that soon ; I order'd Major General Winslow to proceed
in Carrying on the fort upon the point of Land, where it is
now built, and which had been at first unanimously fix'd
upon by himself & his principal Officers in a Council of War
as the best platt for the situation of it near Taconnett ; And
I doubt not but it will effectually Answer the Service for
which it is design'd in every respect.
10 In the mean time, to secure it against a Surprize of
this kind, I have caus'd a strong redoubt of 20 feet square
in the second Story, picketted round, to be built upon that
part of the Eminence wch over look the Country round, and
tho at present mounted with only two small Cannon of two
pounds ball each, and Swivel Gun, and Garrison'd with a
Serjeants guard of 12 Men, is made capable of mounting
upon occasion five large Cannon, and holding fifty men.
11 The March from Taconnett was perform'd by 500
Men on both sides the River Kemiebeck up to the great
Carrying-Place at the Head of it, and as far as the first Pond
upon that wch is computed by the Indians to be half way
over it ; to wch Bounds I thought it most adviseable to limit
the March : it was seventy five miles in length, and in going
from Taconnett took up ten Days & a half but the return
from the head of the Pond to Taconnett was perform'd in
four Days & a half : In this March the Country and River
was measur'd & Survey'd by Chain & Compass and a Plan
taken of it, which I shall order the Secretary to lay before
you.
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12 No signs of any French Settlement were found:
However I can't but think, Gentlemen, for several Reasons
that the Information given us by the Indians concerning
that Matter was founded upon what they had heard the
French declare, they had a design to do, and ( it seems very
probable ) would have attempted before now, if they had not
been hinder' d by having so much Business upon their hands
in the Ohio.
13 As many unforeseen Events might happen in the
course of this Expedition, which would require further
immediate support, & fresh orders to be sent, It seem'd to
me requisite that I should remain as near at hand, as might
be to provide for all Emergencies ; especially as it was
impracticable to prevent intelligence from being carry'd to
the Governour of Canada, of all our motions, & the Strength
of our Forces ; and a report of Warr's having been lately
declar'd in England agl France prevail'd at that time : I
therefore propos'd this for the consideration of his Majesty's
Council then with me at Falmouth; who Unanimously
Advised " that I should remain at Falmouth until the
" Troops should return from their March, and as long after
" as I should judge, his Majy* service requir'd my stay, upon
" the advices I should recieve from Major General Winslow."
14. This Gentlemen, was agreeable to the late Assem-
bly's request to me, that I would make a Voyage to the
Eastern parts, & then take the immediate care & direction of
these Affairs upon me ; Wherefore I determin'd to stay at
Falmouth & retain a Quorum of his Majy8 Council to
Assist me with their Advice in all cases which might require
it : and for maintaining as constant & expeditious a corre-
spondence with the General & Officers of the Forts upon the
River Kennebeck as was possible, I settled a Route for
Expresses by Whale boats to be continually passing &
repassing between Falmouth & Taconnett upon all needful
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occasions, by which means I might recieve Dispatches from
Fort Halifax in about Twenty hours, and return my orders
thither in twenty four : How necessary this was to be done,
the frequent Dispatches, which pass'd between me and the
General, and in his absence between me and Major Fry
shew'd us more & more : The service of the Expedition
must have been at least much retarded, and attended with
more considerable Expence, if not insuperable difficulties, in
some material parts, without it ; and after all this ; and the
Opportunity, I had of conferring with the General at Fal-
mouth soon after his return from the March, I found it
necessary for me in order to secure in the most effectual
manner the Execution of some principal parts of the Service,
to make a Visit to Fort Western & Fort Halifax which I
did : — I think every thing which could be propos'd to be
done within the time for wch the Troops were rais'd, is
executed in the best manner it can be expected.
15 The General's Journal Gentlemen of the proceedings
from the day of the Troops sailing from Casco Bay, being
the 4th of July to the time of their landing at Cushenoc and
his ace4 of their proceedings afterwards to the end of them,
and of the state in wch he left Fort Halifax contain 'd in his
letter to me dated the 218t of Septemr ( Copies of both which
the Secretary shall lay before you ) will I am pers waded,
satisfy you how well the Troops employ'd their time :
I should not do Justice to the Officers in general, if I did
not express to you my Approbation of their Behaviour in the
whole Course of the Service : But the extraordinary Vig-
ilance, Activity, and good Conduct of the Chief Commander
in every part of his Command, and of his principal Officers,
in performing the several Parts of their Duty under him ;
particularly in the Transportation of the Cannon & Military
Stores from Cushenoc to Taconnet, and the March from
thence to the Middle of the Carrying-place, and back to Fort
Halifax, merit an especial Regard.
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16 As to the nine Days which the Troops remain'd
incamp'd on Bang's Island from the Time of their Arrival at
Casco-Bay, to the Day of their Imbarkation to Kennebeck ;
I did not think it proper that they should proceed to execute
any Part of the intended Service, before I had finish'd the
Conference with the Norridgwalk Indians : — Tho I had
determin'd to have the march made to the Head of Kenne-
beck River and half-way over the Carrying-place, and to
have Forts erected at Cushenoc & Taconnett, whether they
gave their Consent or not ; yet that might have given them
or the French too much colour to have tax'd us with Steal-
ing an Opportunity to march thrd the Country of the Nor-
ridgwalks, & build Forts upon the Kennebeck whilst we had
drawn them to Falmouth, and engag'd them in a Treaty
with us there : such a Reproach would have ill suited the
Honour of this Governm1 ; whereas now we have obtain'd
their declar'd Consent in a formal Treaty, not only to our
doing this, but to the making new Settlem18 upon the River ;
to all wch they were ever before, and even at the beginning
of the late Conference, greatly averse : and besides, I am
perswaded that this Appearance of the Troops at Casco con-
tributed not a little to our gaining this Consent from them.
17 In Effecting these Services, Gentlemen, I have been
as good an Husband for the Province as I could without
hazarding the Success of them by an ill tim'd parsimony : I
dismiss'd the Ships wch was taken up to carry me and such
of the Gentlemen of both Houses, as thought fit to accom-
pany me to Falmouth and Attend the Conferences there
with the Indians, as soon as it had carry'd those Gentlemen
back to Boston, and brought others to his Majys Council to
Falmouth; and equal Care was taken in dismissing the
Transports after the Soldiers were landed at Cushenoc, no
more of which were retain'd than what it was judg'd
necessary to remain there for receiving the Supplies of the
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Provisions and other Stores for the Troops and Materials for
building Fort Halifax; the Troops were likewise Discharg'd
from time to time as soon as ever the Service would admit
it; and although the Expence of this Expedition will exceed
the Sum, which was at first rais'd for the Service of it, yet I
hope the good Fruits of it will make the Province a con-
siderable Gainer by it in the end.
18 Though the Troops, Gentlemen, found no French
Settlement to be removed ; yet by their late march on both
sides the River Kennebeck to the Head of it and the first
Pond on the Carrying-Place ; you have probably prevented
them from Attempts to make one there ; and gain'd the
knowledge of a River & Country, which it behov'd you as
nearly to be acquainted with, as perhaps any other River in
the Province, and of which you knew very little before,
higher up than Richmond Fort : and by these means and the
building of fort Halifax you have made a considerable pro-
gress towards opening the most easy & short Passage of any
in New England to Quebeck by the River Chaudiere, and
may by another easy advance up the Kennebeck make your-
selves so far Masters of the principal pass to Canada, as to
have it in your power not only to break up the French
Settlemts upon the Chaudiere But to make a sudden Descent
upon Quebec it self, with a Stronger Force than the
Canadeans can soon raise to assist it. You are now in
Possession of that Part of the River Kennebeck, near which
was the Place of general Rendezvous for the Eastern Indians
inhabiting as far as the River Sl Francois & the Village of
Becancour in time of War, and from whence the Province
felt continual Devastations in its Eastern Parts by their
Incursions in 1723 & 1724 ; by having erected fort Halifax
in the Heart of the Norridgwalk Country, and so near the
head quarters of the Penobscotts, have put such a curb upon
both those Tribes as must render them much more depend-
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ent upon this Governm* than they have hitherto been and
thd the good Effects of this Expedition should even reach
no further than the present time (which I am perswaded
will not be the case ) yet I might venture to say that it has
sav'd the Province more than the whole Charge of it will
amount to ; For if it is consider'd what was the Spirit of the
Eastern Indians in the Spring of the Year ; excited by our
neighbours of Canada, and the French Jesuits sent from
thence among them, and some unhappy Quarrells which had
given the Indians some Colour for their mischievous Inten-
tions. It must be acknowledg'd that in this ill Situation of
our Affairs, there was not the least probability that any other
Expedients could have prevented the miseries and much
greater Expence of a General War with the Eastern Indians
from the beginning of the Summer, than that which we have
put in practice.
19 I have one more Advantage still to mention, wch will
Arise to the Province from this Expedition, I have the
Pleasure to let you know from a Letter wch I have had the
Honour to receive very lately from the Rl Honble Sir Thomas
Robinson, one of the Majy8 principal Secretaries of State, wch
Shall be communicated to you, that you have the utmost
Reason to be assur'd that the part which this Governm1 hath
acted in it, will meet with his Majy8 Royal Approbation ; and
recommend the Welfare of the Province greatly to his
immediate attention.
20 And now Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
I hope you will chearfully & immediately make the Supplies
necessary for paying off the Soldiers employ'd in this Service,
all which are now Disbanded, except 120, which I have
retain'd out of the Impress'd Men, and old Garrison at
Richmond fort as necessary at present for the Forts on Ken-
nebeck, viz* 100 to Garrison Fort Halifax and 20 for Fort
Western ; together with all other just Debts wch have
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attended this Service, as well as other Services for the Sup-
port of the Governm1 and the Necessary Defence of the
Inhabitants, particularly what has been unavoidably occa-
sion'd by the Assaults made by the Canada Indians on our
Western Frontiers, during my absence in the Eastern parts ;
& wch was needful for securing the People on that Frontier
against the depredations of the Indians.
21 The Informations I had reciev'd of those Disasters &
the orders, I gave thereupon shall be lay'd before you : and
in a special manner I must recommend to you to provide for
the establishment of the Garrisons I have left on the Kenne-
beck for the Defence of the two Forts there, and to secure to
us the Possession of that River, as also for maintaining the
Scouts propos'd by Col° Israel Williams in his letter of 12th
of Septr last ( which shall be lay'd before you ) to be kept
up between fall Town and Hudsons River for the protection
of the Western Frontier : and as some particular persons in
those parts have been at great Expence in fortifying their
Houses and thereby actually made a stand ag8t the Enemy
wch is of publick Service, I would recommend it to you
Gentlemen, to make them some Allowance for this extra-
ordinary Expence, that they may not be ruin'd by it.
22 I shall order the Treasurer and Commissary General
to prepare the Acct8 of what has already been expended and
what still remains due to defray the whole Debt contracted
by the Governm*.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives I
shall now lay before you a Journal of the Proceedings of the
Commissioners of several Provinces & Colonies in the late
Convention at Albany, wherein (besides their Renewal of the
League with the Indians of the Six Nations ) is contain'd a
Representation of the dangerous State his Majesty's Domin-
ions in North-America are in, by reason of the Encroach-
ments & Power of the French, & their growing Influence
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over the Indians ; with a Scheme by the said Commissioners
projected & Agreed upon for such an Union between all the
English GovernmtB in North-America, as was by them judg'd
necessary for their mutual Defence : This is an Affair of such
moment, as will require your most deliberate Attention & the
Speediest Dispatch to ripen it for the seasonable Considera-
tion of the Parliam1 of Great Britain, whose Authority is
judg'd requisite for Effecting & Consolidating so desirable an
Union.
24 I think it material to lay before you an Extract from
a private Letter wch hath been communicated to me, dated at
Oroh' quanghe the 14th of Septr last, in wch among other
Things there is this Paragaph, " Our Indians inform us that
" the French spare no pains to disengage the Six Nations
" from the English, & attach them to their Interest, — = That
" the Governr of Canada has sent six Battoes into their
" Country with Goods, two to the Oneida's Castle two to the
" Cayouga's, & two to the Onondaga's, and that a French
" Priest lately sent a Belt of Wampum to Oneidy, to prepare
" the way of his Reception among them. The Priest tells
" them that he compassionates their Ignorance, & is desirous,
" with their leave, to come and Instruct them in the
" Christian Religion."
If the last Circumstance, Gentlemen, is true we must look
upon it as done with the privity at least if not by the
Direction of the Governm1 of Canada, and if the French are
suffer'd to put in practice this Artifice among the Indians of
the six Nations, we may give them up as entirely lost to the
English.
25 I therefore think it my Duty to observe, that it is a
most unwarrantable Practice in the French under the pre-
tence of Gospelizing the Indians to send their Missionary
Priests into his Majy8 Territories and the Countries Subject
by Treaties to his Dominion, in order to Debauch the Indians
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there in Alliance & Friendship wth the English from their
Fidelity & Attachmts to him ; and engage them in Acts of
Rapine & Slaughter agl his Subjects ; It is to the suffering
of this, that we chiefly owe the Mischiefs & Dpredations, we
have for so many Years felt from our Eastern Indians : And
I think it high Time that some publick Notice should be
taken of this Practice to the Governm1 of Canada, express-
ing a proper Resentment at this injuria Treatment and I
should be glad of your Advice upon this Matter.
Gentlemen of the House of Representyes
26 I hope you will proceed in raising the necessary
Supplies with the same Spirit of Unanimity and Dispatch
wch was exerted in providing for the Service of the late
Expedition ; it would be extremely happy at this Con-
juncture if you could agree upon such Ways & means of
gathering in the Taxes as would be the least exceptionable
to the People in General, as well as what would secure the
Sums wch the Funds ought to produce.
Gentlemen I am sensible it is still a Busy Season for
Husbandry Affairs, & therefore would not detain you at this
Session longer than the Business to be done in it shall
require your Attendance.
W Shirley.
Council Chamber October 18th 1754
In the House of Representatives Oct0 19th 1754
Ordered that Mr Speaker Mr Wells Col Partridge Cap1
Tasker Col Choate Col Clap Mr Quincy with such as the
Honrble Board shall join be a Comtee to Make answer to those
parts of his Excellency's Speech which are directed to both
Houses.
Sent up for Concurrence
T. Hubbard Spkr
In Council October 19, 1754 Read and Concur'd and
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 333
John Osborne, Jacob Wendell, Samuel Watts, Ezekiel
Cheever, Andrew Oliver and Thomas Hubbard EsqrB are
joined in the Affair.
Tho8 Clarke Dp'* Secry
Message.
Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives
I thank you for Your Advice delivered to me by your
Committee. The sense, You therein Express of my Atten-
tion to his Majestys Service and the General Interests of his
Governments on this Continent as well as to that of this
Province in Particular, in the Course of the late Expeditiou,
as also of the Success which hath hitherto attended it give
me very great Satisfaction :
I shall with great Pleasure exert my best Offices to pro-
cure for you all needful Assistance, as to the charge which
you have been or may be at in consequence of this Expedi-
tion or any future Instance of your Zeal for his Majesty's
Service :
I am perswaded what you have now done is for the Safety
not only of this, but, all his Majesty's Governments in North
America.
W Shirley.
October 31st 1754
Message.
Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives
I have lately received Dispatches by Express from the
Commanding Officer at Taconick, Informing me that the
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Indians fell upon a Party of that Garrison sent out to load
with Loggs for the use of the Fort at a small distance from
it, and killed and scalped one of the Soldiers, and carried off
four more as Prisoners one only escaping to the Garrison:
The Letters relating to this Affair and other Matters of
Importance the Secretary will lay before you.
This Act of Barbarity and Treachery in the Indians gives
a new aspect to our Affairs and Interests in the Eastern
Parts & will require new Measures for our Security I would
therefore desire you to take them under your Consideration
and give me your Advice thereupon ; As also for the
Effectual Security of the Western Frontier.
November 6. 1754
W Shirley
Order.
In the House of Represent Novr 7tb 1754
Ordered that Mr Speaker Col Choate & Mr Wells with
such as the honble Board shall Join be a Committee to take
Under Consideration his Excellencys Message of yesterday
& Letters Accompanying & make Report & that Said Com-
mittee sit forthwith
And further Ordered that said Committee prepare a
proper Message to the Governor desiring him to Stop the
present to the Eastern Indians which was ordered them this
Session.
Sent up for concurrence
T. Hubbard Spk'
In Council Novemr 7, 1754 Read and Concurd and
Andrew Oliver and Benjamin Lincoln Esq18 are joined in the
Affair
Tho8 Clarke Dp** Secry
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Message.
Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives
I must desire you would give tlie utmost Dispatch to the
Affair I laid before you in my Message sent you on Wednes-
day last occasioned on the Attack made by the Indians on
some of the Garrison of Fort Halifax and the Disaster
ensuing thereupon.
I stop'd the Country Sloop and the Commander of Fort
Halifax ( who is embarked aboard her ) till I could determine
what Orders to give, on this Occasion. The Sloop being
loaded with the Winter Stores for Several Forts in the
Eastern Parts must go first to Sl George's and Pemaquid to
be discharged of some part of her Loading before she will be
able to go up to Cushenock with the Stores for Fort Halifax
&c, For these & other Reasons wch must be obvious to you,
I hope you will give this Business immediate Dispatch.
W Shirley.
Novemr 11.17 64
Letter, Gov1" Shirley to Capts IAihgow if Bradbury.
Boston Novr 12, 1754.
Sir
I do hereby direct you constantly to maintain a Corre-
spondence by Letters with Cpt. William Lithgow Com-
mander of His Majestys Fort Hallifax, by sending to him
without Delay all such Advices as may come to your Hands
which relate to the Affairs of the Frontiers & on which
Intelligence the Safety of his Majestys Forts & also of his
good Subjects on the Frontiers of the Province may depend ;
And that this Correspondence may be mutual I have directed
Cpt. Lithgow to send you Intelligence from time to time in
like manner as you are hereby directed to send him
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And I would have you make the best inquiry you can,
whether the Norridgwalk, or Penobscot Indians were con-
cern'd in, or consenting to the Mischief lately done by some
Indians at Fort Halifax or whether they were privy to it and
had an Opportunity of warning the English of it, before it
was done : and let me know your Opinion concerning it, by
the first Opportunity, after you have had due time to inquire
into it.
Warrant to Capt. Lithgow, Nov. 12, 17 5 If.
William Shirley, Esq1 Captain General & Governor in
Chief in & over His Majestys Province of the Massachusetts
Bay in New England To William Lithgow Esqr Greeting.
Whereas it may happen that the stated Number of Soldiers
at the Garrison at His Majestys Fort Hallifax under your
Command may by Death or other Accidents be diminished ;
In such Case, if you cannot make up the established Number
by enlisting Voluntiers sufficient & well qualified for that
Service ; You are hereby impowered & required from time to
time in any Part of this Provce to impress into his Majestys
Service such a Number of able bodied effective Men as shall
Make up such Deficiencies; For which this shall be your
sufficient Warr*
Given under my hand
W. Shirley.
Message.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
It is proper that I should Acquaint you that Maj'r General
Winslow to whom I gave the Chief Command in the late
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Expedition to the Eastward is so situated in his Majesty's
Service, that it would be improper for him to be made up in
the Roll of pay with the other Officers of the Regiment ; His
good Conduct and Indefatigable Vigilance in that post are so
well known to you that I doubt not you will think they
claim a suitable recompence for his services ; I must there-
fore recommend it to you to make him such an Acknowledge-
ment for them, As will at the same time be for the Honour
of the Province, and Encouragement of Gentlemen of
Abilities to serve it, to enter into its Service upon future
Occasions with the same Spirit, and Zeal which he did.
W Shirley
November 21, 1754 Council Chamber
Novr 21 1754
Extract of a Letter from Capt. John Hamilton to Dr Sylvester
Gardiner
Extract of a Letter from Capt. John Hamilton dated
Chignecta 2rl Decr 1754 to Docter Silvester Gardiner in
Boston-
" De Loutre expects war in the Spring or Summer as he
" says,~They say he is gathering the Indians together-
" I suppose if he expects a French war, they will not begin
" Hostilities before. I hear they expect a number of Large
"& some small Canon- Also two or three hundred Soldiers-It
" is reported they also design to make very considerable
" Outworks to their forts " — " I hear the French are very
" Vext at the Forts up Kennebeck River-One of them told
"me it was only 37 or 40 Leagues from Quebec-" I fancy
" shou'd there come a war they will have a Visit that way,
"and some part of the ill treatment returned they have
22
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" shewn our Colonies-The French lost a fine 74 gun Ship in
"the Harbour of Quebeck this last Fall in a Storm- "They
"report here that a Canada Mulatto named Picort shewed
" Gov Shirley the way to the River Chaudiere, and that there
"is a Number of Indians hunting after him to put him to
"Death"-
Message. Bee. 10, 1754-
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives
One James Johnson who was taken Captive by the Indians
at Number Four the last Summer and by them carried to
Montreal and sold to the French there havg purchased his
Freedom is now come to Town and brings Intelligence of a
Design formed by the French for Attacking Fort Halifax
with Five hundred French and Indians who were assembling
at Quebec ( as he apprehends ) before he left Mont Real : It
being of the utmost Importance that we should secure that
Fortress at all Hazzards ; and that we should be speedy in
sending succours to that place, and in taking measures for
Bridling the French and Indians who may make attempts on
that River against us.
I would therefore propose to your Consideration in this
Affair that I should forthwith send Orders to the Captains of
the Independent Companies in the Eastern Frontiers to
assemble without delay such Numbers of Men in their
Companies as will make a Body of Men not less than five
hundred to be ready at the Fort not only to secure that but
also upon a Repulse of the Enemy if it should please God so
to Order it to pursue them upon their retreat :
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This Matter & the success of our Conduct therein and the
probable lasting consequences thereof are such that we can-
not be at too great Pains and Charges to secure the Interest
depending thereon.
W Shirley
Council Chamber Decern1" 10 : 1754
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Capt. Wm Ldthgoiv
Boston Jany 3, 1755
Sir
You have herewith inclosed an Exemplification of a Comm"
I have issued to Col0 Jedediah Prebble & to you in Case of
his Declining the Service therein enjoined :
I do therefore hereby direct you forthwith and without
waiting for the said Col0 Prebble or any Advice from him,
to make Provision for strengthning the Fortresses mentioned
in the Comm" by cutting & drawing of necessary Timber, &
fitting of it for the proper Work ; And if Col0 Prebble do
not soon repair to Fort Halifax, you must proceed to the
Compleating & finishing of the sd Work accord8 to Order
without delay.
I have ordered forty Men to be drawn out of the indepen-
dent Companies in the Eastern Parts as Recruits to the Gar-
rison at Fort Halifax, to be continued in the Service there
untill the 10th of March next, & then to be discharged, unless
at that time there should appear any extraordinary Hazard
from the Enemy, In wch Case you must retain them there
untill such Danger be over.
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You must employ these Recruits, & by turns the Rest of the
Garrison, in Scouting for Discovery of the Enemy, as also
for obtaining a better Knowledge of the Country ; The man-
ner of reforming this Service for the best Advantage I leave
to yor Discretion.
The Indian Bartholomew has a great Mind to come to yor
Garrison, & to do Service there, & more especially as a Pilot
in the Woods ; And I shall send him accordingly : I doubt
not but you will use him in such manner as to confirm him
in our Interest, & yet not to put any Advantage in his hands
to hurt Us, If he prove false ; Wch I verily beleive he will
not. You must put him upon Soldiers Pay yet excuse him
from ordinary Duty, but employ him in Scouting, as occasion
may require.
Letter, Capt. Wm Litligow to Gov. /Shirley, Jan. 9, 1755.
»
May it pleas your Exellency
the Souldiery of Fort Hallifax Is In a most Deplorable
Condition for want of Shoes Stockings Beding and Bodyely
Cloathing &c - as I have Signified In my Letter of ye 20th
Decr and it is with the greatest Conserne that I am obliged
farther to Acquainte Your Excellency that we have scarce
30 men In this Fort that are Capable of Cutting or Hailing
Wood for the Suply of this Fort and it Is with grate Difi-
cualty thay Can Supply them Selves with Wood from Day
to Day the Snow is So Deep, it is 3 foot at this Place, and
haveing no Snow Shoas and our being In a manner naked it
Is out of our power ware we In Health to Keep Scouts
aBroad or even to Send a guarde with those men that Halls
Wood neither Can thay Carry their arms with them being
hard put to it to wallow through the Snow with their Sled
Load of Wood, and its hard Service for those men to Suply
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them Selves and ye Involleeds with firing which Takes up
two intier Barricks, we have now but 4 Weeks allowance of
Bread In this Fort, one fob of Rum and one D° of molassas
and god knows how or when we Shall be able to gitt any
Suplyes from Fort Westeren on account of ye Snow is so
Deep, I Left Fort Hallifax ye 4th Instent to See if ye River
was passable on ye Ice with one Souldier for Company, and
also to try if I Could Collect Som Leather or Shoas for a
present Relife, till more shall be Sent, which I have got, and
have Imployd 2 shoamakers to work it up, we Came all the
way on the Ice which we found to be very Week betwen
Fort Hallifax and Western on account as I Supose of ye
grate Body of Snow which Lyes on it which hinders its frees-
ing, the Ice there Is Sunk with Snow & Water about 2 foot
& halfe Deep, ye under Ice was So weak that we Broak throw
Sundery Times, and it was with grate Dificualty & hazad of
of our Lives that we got to Fort Western, whare we was
Detained by a Storm 2 Days. ye 8th Instant we arived at
Richmond Fort, where I thought it my Duty to wright Your
Excellency this Letter, —
I think it was a very bad affair that ye Barricks had not
been left In Better order, and that thare had not been more
Suplyes laid up in this Fort whilst the River was open, if it
was bad Carrying ye stores then, I aver it8 ten Times worse
now, and I feer will Contineue So this Winter, for I Doubt
ye River above Fort Westeren will be hard to freeze, on
account of ye Strong Current that Runs there, and as to ye
Cutt Rodes being of Service, it would now take 50 men, and
Ten yoack of oxen 2 Dayes to Brack it, und after it was
broaken it would Choack up with ye first wind that Blew,
Som of ye gullys now are Drifted 10 or 15 foot Deep with
Snow, that I think it will never be of much Service to us In
transpoarting our provisions, till Such Times as ye Countery
Settles and more teemes frequents that Road then what may
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be allowed for Fort Hallifax, but these Dull Complaiutes
avales us but Little, to extracate us out of our present Diffi-
cultyes it Remains now to think of ye best way by which that
garrison Can be relived, and I would with Submission offer
your Excellency my Humble oppinion upon ye matter, which
Is that your Excellency give the Indipendent Companys or
other forces that may be Raised as Succers for the Defence
of this River, orders to provide or Impress Horces or other
Cattle with provinder, and Slades or Caires, and those Cattle
to be employ*1 In hailing the Stores and other Suplyes that
may be Soon Landed In this River ( for the Suply of Fort
Hallifax ) up to Fort Western, farther I belive Cattle will be
of no Service, on account of ye Rivers being Daingerous for
Cattle to Travel on, as I have alredy observed, and then a
proper Number of good men with Snow Shoes may be
employed In Carrying up provisions from Westeren to Fort
Hallifax, and after ye Road is beten well, and the Involleeds
that may be able to Travel after being Shod &c for them to
march Down ye River and tarry with ye provisions which will
Save a grate Deel of featigue of Carrying of ye provisions to
them, and that thare be good men placed at Fort Hallifax In
their Rooms I should ere now have Dissmised Som worthless
Fellows which Dos little other Duty then Eates their allow-
ence, Could thay Traveled Home for thay will never Do any
Service here or any whers else, this garrison, I think has its
full Share of Such Cretures that Resembels men In nothing
but ye Humain Shape, but Say Som, Such will Do for P'orts
whare thay have nothing to Do but Eate & Sleep, as it
seems to be ye opinion of those that Hiers or Empresses
them, or at least thay Croud Such Into ye Service to be
maintened at ye publick Expence to Save themselves the
Charge Such men would be to ye Towns they are Sent from,
now ye Consiquence of this management will be that this
winter it will requier one hundred or 2 good men Constently
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Carrying provisions from Fort Western to Fort Hallifax for
them selves and those that Canot Do their own Duty, as I
have Just mentioned, which very much Discouriges good
men, and Cloges ye Service which In my Humble opinion
Requires ye governments perticular Notice, we very much
want a Sortment of Suiteable Hearbs for the Sick, our Doc-
ter has left us and we have no one here that knows ye use of
our meadisons, a grate many of our men has ben sick and
Contineues So, but non of them has yet parfectely Recovreed
to their former healths, nor will not I belive this Winter, the
men In General Seems to be very Low In Spirets, which I
Impute to their wadeing So much In the Walter In ye Sumer
and Fall which I belive has very much hurt ye Circulation of
their Blood, and filled it full of gross Humers and what has
aded to their misfortune is their being much streightned for
want of Room, and Bad Lodgings.
In ye Spring of ye year must be sent to Fort Western 10
Lodes of English Hay, for the Suply of ye oxen that must
Hall ye Timber for ye bulding at Fort Hallifax, — other wise
we Can not go on with ye Buldings there, I have Imployd 3
Carpinters this Winter to prepair Timber for the above
Buldings, I have agreed with two of them for <£30 g month,
and one for £20 - old Tenr till ye Last of march, and after
that 30/ - g Day till ye Last of May.
I would again Recomend to your Excellency ye 8 flat Bot-
tomed Botes Carrying 2 Tuns Each, which I mentioned In
my Last Letter that they be sent to Fort Westeren as early
as possible ye Next Spring, to Carry up our Stores to Fort
Hallifax, which I am fully Satisfied must be ye way by which
we can be Supply*1 at this Fort, I add no farther then we will
Do ye best we Can to Subsist till we have more Help.
with Submission I beg Leave to Subscribe my Selfe —
Your Excellencys most Dutiefull obedient Serv1
Willm Lithgow
Richmond Fort Janr ye 9th 1755
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Letter, Gov. Shirley to Majr Denny $ Capt. Watts.
Boston Jany 18, 1755
Gentlemen,
There being Want of sundry Stores of Provisions &
Cloathing for the Garrison at Fort Hallifax, which the Com-
missary General is ordered to send to Arrowsick, to be from
thence transported to Fort West" It will be necessary that
the said Stores should immediately upon their Arrival at
Arrowsick sent forward to Fort Western, I have therefore by
my Warrant herewith inclosed impowered & directed you to
see this Matter effected : If it should so happen that any of
the Recruits I have ordered for Fort Hallifax should be pass-
ing up the River while you are providing for the Conveyance
of these Goods you may commit the Safeguarding of such
Goods to the Officer of such Recruits otherwise to proceed
in that Article (as well as the Rest) according to the Direc-
tions in said Warr*
I am, Gentlemen, Your Assured Friend and Serv'
Majr Samuel Denny & Cap* John Watts
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Boston Jan. 18, 1755.
Sir,
I have recd your Letter of the 9th Instant by Express &
am sorry to understand by it that the Garrison at Fort Hal-
lifax are in such a weak Condition by reason of Sickness &
Want of Clothing, & that you find so much Difficulty to
have Things conveyed to you from Fort Western.
Besides the Stores sent you by Cpt. Saunders who sailed
from hence about Ten Dayes agoe, I have with the Advice of
the Council ordered the Commissary General immediately to
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take up a Sloop & send you a full Supply both of Provisions
& Clothing : And I have directed Major Denny & Cpt.
Watts of Arrowsick to impress Horses Cattle & Carriages
necessary & a Guard of Men for their safe Conveyance &
send up the Stores to Fort Western : If the Time will admit
after the Receit of this Letter you may give those Gentlemen
particular Directions in the Managem* of this affair. I much
approve of your Scheme for Remedying the many Evils &
Inconveniences you complain of : And have given Orders for
the Building Four flatt bottomed Boats immediately the rest
will be built in Season. I have the utmost Confidence in
your Vigilance Prudence & Resolution, for the Maintaining
& Ordering the important Fort & Garrison under your Com-
mand, And desire you would always impart your Sentiments
to me with the utmost Freedom on the Affairs committed to
your Care.
Let me hear from you by every Opportunity ; and be
assur'd that I greatly approve of your good Conduct and am
Sir, Your most assured Friend and Servant
P. S
Send me an Ace1 of the State of the Garrison under your
Command by every Opportunity. I am determin'd to rem-
edy in the most Effectual manner the mismanagem13 you
complain of.
The particulars of what I have ordered to be sent are
inclosed. Your Express arriv'd here last night at 8 o'clock.
Cap1 Wm Lithgow
Deposition of Abiel Groodwin.
The Deposition of Abiel Goodwin of York in the County
of York Testifieth & saith that the next day after it was
reported that Sam1 Ball & Stephen Pearce had broake out of
York Goal which the Depon1 thinks was some time in March
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1750/51 He was sent for by the then Keeper Mr Sheriff
Plaisted since deced to mend the Breach, upon which he the
Depon1 immediately came & did it —
And upon Examining the Breach found it was at One of
the Windows where the Wall as lie Judges was about Two
Feet & an half thro' The Window was Double Grated with
Iron Grates placed into Iron Bars One set of Grates & Barrs
being placed in the Inner Edge of the Window & Secured in
the Oak Plank with which the Walls are Cealed The other
set of Grates & Barrs was about Midway of the Wall and
secured in the same.
The manner of the Breach as the Depon1 Judges was thus,
The prisoners first got out the Inner Sett of Grates & Barrs
whether by the help of a stick of Wood which he saw there
in the Goal or otherways he cant tell but to the best of his
remembrance one of the Grates was broake with the help of
which as the Depon1 Judges they Pickd out the Stones &
Lime between the Oak Cealing aforesaid & the next pair of
Grates ( the Stones being in the Middle of the Wall some-
thing Small ) and made such Way as to Slip the Barrs into
which the Grates were plac'd on end and so made way to
creap out.
York Feba 3d 1755. Abiel Goodwin
York ss/ Feba 3d 1755
Then Mr Abiel Goodwin personally appearing solemnly
made Oath to the truth of the within written Deposition by
him Subscribed
before Dan1 Moulton Jus : Peace
Answer to the petition of Joseph Plaisted, Admor
To His Excellency William Shirley Esq1 Captain General
& Governor hi Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of
OP THE STATE OF MAINE 347
the Massachusetts Bay, The Honble His Majesty's Council &
House of Representatives for said Province in General Court
Assembled Feb 4th 1755
The Answer of George Walton Esqr Moses Carr & Eliza-
beth Walton Executors of the Testament of Samuel Walton
Late of Somerworth in the Province of New Hampshire
Gent. Deceas'd, To the Petition of Joseph Plaisted of York
in the County of York, Yeoman, Administrator of the Estate
of Joseph Plaisted Late of York aforesaid Esqr Deceased, To
be Enabled to Review an Action Prosecuted by the said
Samuel, against the said Joseph Plaisted Deceased, as Sheriff
of the said County of York for an Escape of one Stephen
Peirce &c.
The Respond18 Humbly Conceive it is not Reasonable to
Grant this Petition so far as concerns them,
l8t Because there was a fair Tryal upon the Appeal, when
full Evidence was Committed to the Jury of the Relative
facts, (as the Respond18 have been Informd by those who
heard it ) which in Case of a New Tryal, cant Possibly be
done, for the Respond18 are wholly Strangers to the Circum-
stances of the Escape, as well as to the Names of the Wit-
nesses by which the Proper proof was made, the Testimonies
being given Viva Voce in Court, & no footsteps Remaining
how or where to Come at them. — the Principal of which
were Persons then Living at the Prison, are Long Since
Removed by Death or otherways. — The main Reason urg'd
by the Petitioner, to Inforce his Petition, is that the Escape
he mentions, was neither Voluntary nor Negligent in the
Late Sheriff. — Now 'tis Impossible to know whether this
is true, without knowing the manner & Particular Circum-
stances of the Escape, the Proof of which will lay upon the
Part of the Original Pla1 and he is gone, and the Witnesses
too, by which that Proof was made, the Granting the Review
Pray'd for will be in Effect, Reversing the Judgment, it is
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therefore Humbly Submitted whether it is Just, to Grant a
trial where both parties cannot have an Equal Chance of
finding out the true Merit of the Cause. —
2ly Upon Supposition that the said Escape was either Vol-
untary or Negligent, the Respond*8 Presume, it woud not be
tho't Reasonable to Grant this Petition — Now besides the
Common Report here without doors, & the Account given by
those who heard the Trial, the State of the Case as Set forth
by the Petitioner contains Strong Presumtive Evidence,
that it was at least a Negligent Escape ■ — For he says
Judgment was Renderd for the Original Pla1 and that the
County would not Relieve Him &c, it must therefore be
Presum'd That there was Satisfactory Evidence given to the
Jury on the last Tryal ( for at the first Court as the Respond18
are Informed, the Pla1 as was then the Common Practice
Produced no Evidence ) That this was one or the other of
those kinds of Escapes, and this Presuption is much Cor-
roborated, by the Issue of Petition1*8 Application to the Court
of General Sessions of the Peace for said County, Several of
the Justices of which Court had been acquainted with the
Nature of this Escape, & well knew what it Ought justly to
be Denominated — For it Cant be Conceivd, had the case
Really been as the Petitioner Represents it, that, That Court
Considering the Provision made by the Province Law in Such
Cases, woud have Rejected his Motion —
But the Case in truth (as the Respond18 have it from
others) was thus, the Prisoner was a Shoe-maker, the Sheriff
Permitted him to Work at his Trade in the Prison, had his
Tools & Billets of Wood for his fire, by which he Cut away
the wood, & wrenched out the Grates in the Window, of the
Room in which he was Confind, at which Window he made
his Escape — the Suggestion therefore of Riotous assistants,
with force of strong hand breaking through the Prison Wall,
& that he got out of the Prison by that means is without
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foundation, which many of the said Justices knew, by what
they heard in the time the fact was done, & afterwards on
the Trial. — Which was Doubtless the Reason of the Ses-
sion's Denying Relief —
3ly No Action will lye ag* a Sheriff's Exec18 or Administra-
tors, after his Decease for Such an Escape Committed in his
lifetime, the Law Presuming they cannot be Privy to, or
knowing of, the facts necessary to be provd in his Defence. —
The Reason as the Respond18 Humbly Conceive, is the same
here. — it is therefore Submitted whether it be Reasonable
to Grant a Special Tryal, where the Common Law woud Not
give an Action. — Near two Years were Elapsed after the
Said Judgment, before the Decease of the Said Samuel Wal-
ton, no new Difficulty has accrewed by his Decease with
Respect to Serving a Writ of Review, but had this Petition
been Presented in his Lifetime, lie coud either have attended
himself, or given necessary Instructions to others, So that
they might have been able, to have maintaind & Defended
the last Judgment in no part Erroneous, which the Respond18
Conceive is quite Obvious, cannot now be done, with any
Prospect of the same Success. —
4ly The Delay of this Motion so long, is some Objection
against it, the Said Sam1 Walton had had no apprehentions
of it in his time, Considered the said Judgment as part of
his Personal Estate, & Doubtless had Some Regard to it in
the Disposition of his Estate ■ — But what is more, it Consid-
erably affects the Administration of the Respond'8 for the
Reversion of this Judgment, may Occasion a Real Insolvency
after they have paid off three fourths of the Debts of their
Testator, & make them Consequentially, guilty of a Waste,
and so Involve them who are Strangers, in Losses, without
any fault of their own — as to that Part of the Petition
Desiring a Remedy against the County Treasurer the Respond*8
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have nothing to Say — But upon the whole as to the Review
Prayd for, Submit it, That the Petition is unreasonable.
Geo: Walton ^
Moses Carr \ Executors
Elisabeth Walton )
Governor's Speech. Feb. 7, 1755.
Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives
The Occasion of my convening you after so short a
Recess is to acquaint you with an Enterprize which I am
concerting Measures with the Honble Colonel Lawrence Lieu?
Governor & Commander in chief of the Province of Nova
Scotia to execute this Spring.
You will find in your Journals of the last Winter Session,
that the late Assembly by their Message to me in Answer to
that part of my Speech which lay'd before his Majesty's
Orders signify'd to me by the R* Honble Earl of Holdernesse
then his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the South-
ern Department whereby I was order'd to remove the French
from any Incroachments they should attempt within the
Limits of this Province, desir'd me to represent to his
Majesty the fatal Mischiefs wch they apprehended his Maj-
esty's Subjects there and in his other Colonies of New
England as well as that of Nova Scotia were threaten' d with,
If the French should be suffer'd to continue their Incroachm18
upon the Isthmus of the Peninsula of that Province & Sk
John's River in the Bay of Funda.
Accordingly Gentlemen, I transmitted to the Earl of
Holdernesse a Representation which appears to have been
lay'd before his Majesty from a Letter, I had the Honour to
receive from the R* Honble Sir Thomas Robinson dated 21st
June 1754, which I communicated to you at your last
Session, and wherein after declaring his Majesty's Royal
OP THE STATE OF MAINE 351
Approbation of the Zeal and Vigour of this Government in
his Service shewn in fitting out the Expedition on the River
Kennebeck, I had his Majesty's Orders to acquaint you that
the several Matters I had represented on your Behalf should
be consider'd, and to Assure you of his Majesty's particular
Attention to the Welfare of his good Subjects in this
Province.
Since that in the latter End of October last, I had the
Honour to receive another Let from Sir Thomas Robinson
dated 5th of July 1754, repeating his Majesty's Royal
Approbation and Encouragement of the proceeding of this
Government in the before mention'd Expedition, and par-
ticularly acquainting me, that it was his Majesty's Pleasure,
that I should concert with Colonel Lawrence the most proper
and speedy Measure for taking all possible Advantage in
Nova Scotia, of the then suppos'd Absence of the Indians
out of it, in case Mr Lawrence should have Force enough to
attack the Forts erected by the French in those parts with-
out exposing the English Settlements, and that by his
Majesty's Order he had sent Col1 Lawrence a Copy of this
Letter, that it might serve as his Majesty's Instruction to
him as well as to myself, inclosing to me in it a Copy of his
Letter to Colonel Lawrence upon the same Occasion.
To prevent any Disappointment which might arise from
the Miscarriage of Colonel Lawrence's Packet to Halifax by
some Accident, I took the first Opportunity of transmitting
to him Copies of my own, and acquainting him with my
Readiness in obedience to his Majesty's Orders to enter into
a Concert with him of the most proper Measures for execut-
ing the Service injoin'd us, and to give him all the Assist-
ance in my Power for effecting it.
These Copies arriv'd at Halifax before the Original
Orders ; But before the Arrival even of the Copies, Colonel
Lawrence had wrote a Letter to me dated the 5th of Last
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November, in which he acquaints me, " that being well
" Inform'd that the French have Designs of incroaching still
" further upon his Majesty's Rights in that Province, and
that they propose, the moment they have repair'd the
Fortifications of Louisbourg, to attack Fort Lawrence at
Chiegnecto, he thought it high time to make some Effort to
drive them from the North side of the Bay of Funda : But
as it was impossible for him to collect Men enough to execute
that Design, without weakening the Metropolis and exposing
the Settlers in that part of the Provinoe to the Insults of the
French [Inhabitants] " and Indians, that he had sent the
Bearer Lieu? Colonel Monckton to sollicit my Assistance and
to Advise with me how such an Undertaking might be carry'd
on with the greatest privacy, & Effect: That he had his
Directions to propose to me the raising two thousand Men,
wch if it could be done early in the Spring would, he
believ'd, with what Regular Troops he should be able to add
to them, be sufficient to do the Business: That I must
undoubtedly be sensible what an Advantage we shall gain
upon the French by attacking them first, more especially as
their chief Dependance is the Indians, and the revolted
French Inhabitants, from the District of Schiegnecto, who
most probably would leave them, when they shall find they
are unable to keep their Ground, and who would infallibly
Assist the French, if they should begin with us, That these
Considerations had induc'd him to put this Design in Execu-
tion as early in the Spring as may be, before the Ships of
War shall arrive at Louisbourg from France ; that they
would be in the greatest Want of provisions & Warlike
Stores ; and what he flatter'd himself would greatly favour
the Design at this Juncture, was the Incroachments, the
French had made upon the Ohio, to " which place their
" Force & Attention seem'd at present to be intirely drawn
"off."
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He adds, among other cogent reasons for carrying this
Design into Execution this Spring "that the most pressing
one " was self preservation, being ( as he had observ'd
before) well inform'd that the French were meditating an
Attempt on his Majesty's Fort at Schiegnecto to be executed
as soon as their Affairs would Admit of such an Enterprize ;
and that he was further induc'd to give Credit to this
Information, because he well knew the Difficulties, the
French labour under at present for want of Land to put the
revolted Inhabitants upon, whom they are now Oblig'd
chiefly to maintain at the French King's Charge, & that for
Want of a free Navigation in the Bay of Funda, they were
put to such Streights for provisions, that they dare not
collect the Inhabitants in Bodies near them for fear so great
a Consumption would cause a general Famine and Oblige
them to quit the Country : That he had taken the Precaution
of sending two arm'd Vessels into the Bay with possitive
Orders to prevent any Corn's being carry'd to the French
from Pisiquid, Minas or Annapolis Royal, for which purpose
the Council of that Province had pass'd an Act laying a very
heavy Penalty on the Exportation of Grain without a Permit
from him.
I thought it proper to point out to you, Gentlemen,
Colonel Lawrence's beforemention'd Reasons for prosecuting
the propos'd Enterprise this Spring ; — other Motives by
which he has acted in it you will find set forth in an Extract
of his Letter, which I shall Order the Secretary to lay before
you as I shall the Letters of Sir Thomas Robinson's to both
of us.
I would add some further Arguments for doing it, which
appear to me of great Weight.
I think, Gentlemen, there is strong Reason to apprehend
that when the French shall Attempt to extend their Incroach-
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ments upon the Peninsula, they will endeavour to carry them
as far as Annapolis Royal.
We certainly know that the Court of France in the
Memorial of their Commissaries upon the limits of Accadie -
deliver'd to his Majesty's Commissaries at Paris in 1750
claim the whole country to the Westward and Southward of
the River S* Lawrence as far as the Kennebeck on one side
of the Bay of Funda and Annapolis Royal on the other, and
they may with the same Pretensions seize upon it as far as
Annapolis Royal, as they have already done upon the
Isthmus & S* John's River.
It seems not to be doubted but that they are under a
Necessity of extending their Incroachments as far as Minas
in Order to find room for the revolted Inhabitants of
Schiegnecto to resettle upon Farms ; and as it would greatly
facilitate their doing that, if they could by any means induce
the Inhabitants of Minas and Annapolis River to Join with
them; wch would give the French an Addition of upwards
of 4000 fighting Men, with the most fruitfull part of the
Country, and consequently an exceeding strong hold upon
the peninsula ; it can't but be a prevailing Motive with them
to Attempt it ; especially as upon the raising of two English
Regiments in their Neighbourhood, they must be doubtless
alarm'd for the Safety of their Present Possessions unless
they shall strengthen themselves in them by gaining such an
Addition of fighting Men and Country for their Subsistence
as I have mention'd.
The proper Opportunity, Gentlemen, of their availing
themselves of these advantages must be unquestionly before
his Majesty's Troops in Nova Scotia shall be reinforced, and
whilest the present Strength of the French upon the Isthmus
is sufficient to oblige his Majesty's Garrison at Schiegnecto
to abandon their Fort there which is doubtless in their
Power to do at present.
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If the French should Attack Fort Lawrence this Spring
before the Governour there shall receive a reinforcement it
is well known that the Garrison in it could not hold out a
day against a very few small Cannon, & the Forces of every
kind which the French could muster against it upon the
Isthmus ; The best that could be hop'd for in such Case is
that the Garrison might possibly make a good Retreat, which
it is greatly to be fear'd would of itself encourage the
Accadians of Minas & Annapolis Royal to join with their
revolted Brethren of Schiegnecto, in openly declaring for the
French ; If that should not effect it ( w,;h seems scarcely to
be doubted) the Appearance of two or three French Ships
of War in Bay Verte or the Bay of Funda at the same time
certainly would.
If the French should succeed in such an Attempt & not
content themselves with the Acquisition of what they insist
they have a Right to take from us by any kind of Violence
without being guilty of a Violation of the Treaties of
Utrecht and Aix la Chapelle to proceed to what they must
call Acts of Hostility as soon as they shall judge they are
strong enough on this Continent to venture upon them, it
seems no difficult Matter for them to find an Opportunity of
landing a number of Troops upon the Peninsula, wch in con-
junction with the Force they will then have there, will
enable them by a sudden Blow to remove the present English
Garrisons & Settlements & make themselves Masters of the
whole Province of Nova Scotia, the Rivers of Pentagoet and
Kennebeck, and the Eastern parts of New England as far as
the River Merrimac ; all which would give them a Country
& Sea Coast capable of subsisting a large Body of Forces at
Land, and together with Louisbourg, stationing a Naval
Force sufficient to dispute the Mastery of these Seas ; If this
should happen to be the case, it must be the Work of a long
& expensive War to retrieve the Blow ; if that could ever be
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done ; if it should not be retrievable ; I believe every
Member of this Assembly would join with me in pronounc-
ing that New England would in a short time be lost to the
French.
I can't think it is an Extravagant Supposition, Gentlemen,
to say that this may possibly prove to be the case if timely
and Vigorous Efforts are not us'd to stop the French
Incroachments upon the Peninsula : If we may judge, how
determin'd the French are to make themselves Masters of
Nova Scotia from the lengths they have gone to seize on the
Ohio & Country adjacent in Manifest Violation of the above
mention'd Treaties, why should we think it improbable that
they will go the same lengths in Nova Scotia ; They have
not only form'd a Line of Circumvallation round the British
Dominions from Cape Briton to the Gulf of Mexico, but
have settled a Communication between Louisbourg & Quebec
across the Isthmus of the Peninsula over the Bay of Funda
& thro' the River S* John's : a large Empire is now at Stake,
wch they have long had in View & have been steadily
pursuing upon an uniform Plan from the beginning; If they
should gain it, they would thereby la}' a surer foundation for
establishing a general Dominion by Sea as well as Land, wch
hath been for many years the Grand Object of their Councils,
than it is in their Power to do by any other Measures:
Nova Scotia is the Northern Key of this Continent, wch if
they could be Masters of, would open an Entrance for them
to pour in their Troops from France at Pleasure ; it is like-
wise a fertile Soil which would enable them to subsist a
large standing Body of Regular Forces, which it is not in
their Power to do without it : It seems therefore reasonable
to expect that they are meditating some sudden Blow to
seize upon the whole of it.
In a late Letter, which I have receiv'd from Colonel
Lawrence he informs me that he is preparing new Batteries
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for the reception of Mr La Galissioniere at Halifax : That
Gentleman is universally reputed to be the Projector of the
present French Schemes upon the Ohio for the junction of
Canada with the Missisippi ; and to have the principal Share
in the Direction of their Councils for the Affairs of Canada
abroad & their Marine at home ; It is easy to be believ'd
that the Court of France should have no other Views in
equipping their late Armament from Toulon than to chastize
the petty State of Tunis, & afterwards exercise their Mari-
ners, or that an Officer of Mr La Galissioniere's Character
& Importance, should be sent out upon no other Command.
Let us not flatter ourselves too much, Gentlemen, with
our boasted Superiority of Numbers to that of the French
upon this Continent: what hath that hitherto avail' d some
of our most populous & rich Western Colonies ; how long
are we sure of preserving that Advantage over them.
If the French should maintain their Ground in the West-
ern parts of his Majesty's Territories here ; they must in all
probability by the End of the Year or Spring following have
gain'd the whole Body of Indians inhabiting that Country,
& the whole Six Nations over to their Interest, & establish
a line of Forts upon the Great Lakes & Rivers close upon
the back of the English Colonies from South Carolina to
New York.
It may be computed that in the four first of these Colonies
reckon'd together there are full as many Negro Slaves
capable of bearing Arms, as there are white fighting Men ;
very dangerous Conspiracies of them unarm'd & unsupported
by any other Force, for making a General rising against their
Masters have not been unfrequent in these Colonies ; one
happen'd not above fourteen Years ago in the City of New
York, tho' the Slaves in it are but few in proportion to the
Number of the white Inhabitants : In Jamaica a Body of
fugitave Negroes held out several Years against the whole
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force of the Island : when those of the four most Western
Colonies shall be intic'd with large promises by the French
from without, who are able to protect, and instigated by their
Emissaries within, to rise against or desert their Masters, is
not there the utmost Reason to Apprehend that they would
seek the first Opportunity of doing it.
It is well known how much those four Colonies abound
with Roman Catholicks, Jacobites, & transported Convicts,
who far from being to be depended upon against the Enemy
would doubtless, many of them, instigate the Slaves to rebel,
and perhaps join with them : To all these may be added the
Great Numbers of Foreigners scatter'd thro' these four
Colonies, several of them Roman Catholicks, & all of them
indifferent about changing the English for a French Govern-
ment, provided they could be eas'd of their present Quit
rents, and have their Grants of Land inlarg'd to them.
As to the Province of Pensilvania, th6 their Negro Slaves
bear no proportion to the white Inhabitants, yet their
Governm1, is compos'd chiefly of persons, whose religious
principles hinder them from putting their Country into a
posture of defence against an Enemy, & a third part of the
Inhabitants consists of Strangers whose Attachment to the
English Government may for the Reasons before mention'd
be suspected in a time of Distress.
Should the French when Augmented by the Indians, and
a further Reinforcem* from France erect their Standard in the
Settlement wch they have already begun to make on the
Back of our Western Colonies, might they not draw together
a Force superior to theirs ?
If it should be demanded how the Body is to be subsisted
would it be impracticable for them soon to possess them-
selves of one or two fertile Provinces in the Heart of his
Majesty's Western Colonies capable of supporting them upon
the Lakes and Rivers, and in the Country adjacent, wch of
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itself must, if cultivated become in a short time one of the
finest Granaries & Countries for breeding Cattle & other live
Stock in the World.
We ought not to look upon this, Gentlemen, as a Scheme
merely visionary ; Instances of very sudden Revolutions
have happen'd in powerful States from Causes less visible or
probable than what may be assign'd for this : one proceeding
from the Causes I have mention'd must in its Nature be such ;
& when conducted by People of so enterprizing a Spirit, &
so rapid in their Motions, as the French would not be
unlikely to succeed : such a Scheme is suited to their
Genius, & to their original plan of making themselves
Masters of this Continent.
I have enter'd so far into a Consideration of the State of
the Western Colonies and the bad Consequences, wch have &
may still further attend the progress w,h the French have
been suffer'd to make in their Incroachments upon them, in
order to shew the Necessity of putting a speedy End to their
Incroachments in Nova Scotia, wch they have carry'd on
already to more dangerous lengths than is consistent with
the Safety either of that Province or the Colonies of New
England.
It is happy for us that we have now a fair Opportunity
Offer'd of ridding the Province of its dangerous Neighbours,
with all the Mischiefs that threaten'd it from their remaining
so near: dislodging the French from their Forts upon the
Isthmus & S1 John's River, and driving them out of Nova
Scotia would immediately cutt off their Communication
between Louisbourg & Canada across the Peninsula and Bay
of Funda, and break a principal link in the chain of Forts
with which they have surrounded the English Colonies ; it
would be wounding the Serpent in the head, disconcerting
their Scheme in its most essential part.
By this Means we might, Gentlemen, if the Eastern
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Colonies could unite in improving the remainder of the Year
in proper Operations, establish such a line of English Forts
from the Isthmus to Crown Point as would be an effectual
Bridle upon the French Settlements on the River Canada,
and put it into our Power to make a sudden descent into
Quebeck and Montreal at one and the same time: 1 need
not Observe to you how good an Effect this must likewise
have upon the Circumstances of the Western Colonies by the
powerfull Diversion it would make of the French Forces
upon the Ohio for the defence of their two capital Cities in
the very Heart of Canada; and how happy an Influence it
must have in our favour upon all the Indians on the
Continent.
It is upon these Considerations, Gentlemen, that I have
determin'd to endeavour to raise two thousand Men in this
& the other Colonies of New England to be join'd with so
many of his Majesty's Troops in Nova Scotia as Colonel
Lawrence can spare for the Service, without exposing the
English Settlements within his Goverment, in an Attempt to
drive the French out of that Province : This Body of Forces
will be rais'd under my Commission as their Colonel, with
Major General Winslow for their next Commanding Officer ;
they will receive the King's Bounty Money, pay uniform
Cloathing (the most proper that can be got here) and
Arms, & have every thing provided for them which is
necessary for their comfortable Subsistence, and the preserva-
tion of their Healths during the time of their Engagement in
the Service which will expire at the End of the Year for
which term they will be enlisted, tho' I hope the Service may
be effected in a few Months, in wch Case they or most of
them will have their Dismission sooner, & provision made for
conveying them back to their Habitations.
You must be sensible, Gentlemen, how much the Success
of this Expedition will depend upon it's being kept secret
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from the French ; It is for this Reason that I have delay'd
beginning to enlist the Men untill six Weeks before it is
propos'd they should imbark for the Bay of Funda, wch I
hope may be a sufficient time for compleating the levies & all
preparations for their Imbarcation, In the mean time such
preparations have been making as were consistent wth the
privacy requisite in the Case & I have upon this Occasion
borrow'd from Ll Govr De lancey a Train of Artillery, the
same I did from Govr Clinton upon the Expedition against
Louisbourg: Col1 Lawrence & myself have both of us solic-
ited for a Naval Force from Engld to Assist in the Service,
& to protect these parts against any French Ships of War
wch may be sent to Act offensively against them : We have
also wrote to Commodore Keppell upon this Occasion ; and
no Precaution that it is in my Power to take for the Support
of this Expedition upon any Emergency shall be wanting.
Colonel Lawrence, Gentlemen, proposes that the Gov1 of
Nova Scotia should bear the Expence of this Enterprize : I
am sensible of the Charges this Province hath been at upon
the late Expedition on the Kennebeck, & shall not press you
to contribute more towards it, than what yourselves shall
Judge necessary for you to do for the Honour of the Prov-
ince wch is deeply interested in the Success of it, & as a
Mark of your Encouraging it in wch I hope you will all
heartily join.
It is prudent that as little should transpire of this Design
as is possible, for wch Reason I doubt not but you will take
the same Measures for binding your several Members to
Secrecy, as was done in the Expedition against Louisbourg.
Whatever Intelligence I have received during this recess
worthy of your Notice, I shall lay before you together wth
the Business necessary to be dispatch'd this Session tomor-
row morning or in the beginning of the next Week : and will
not detain you longer than to acquaint you Gentlemen of the
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House of Representatives that I have comply'd with your
Request to me in writing to the Rl Honble Lords Commis-
sioners for Trade & plantations, upon the Subject of the
Excise Act.
W Shirley
Council Chamber Feby 7th 1755
Message.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Represent1"58
As I apprehend it absolutely necessary for prosecuting the
Expedition agreed upon by the Governments of New Eng-
land, that a standing Commee for laying in all warlike Stores
& other matters requisite to be done in the Recess of the
Court, should be immediately appointed, as was in the Case
of the Expedition against Cape Breton.
I desire that you would proceed as soon as may be to
chuse such Committee.
W Shirley
Letter, Tho8 Fletcher to Gov. Shirley Feb. 13, 1755.
May it please Your Excelency I have Received advice from
the Chefs of the Penobscot Tribe and tho* proper to inform
Your Excelency They told me that in the Spring there would
be a great number of Canada Indians at their Village; I
asked them what they thot their buisness was they said they
Could not tell but they thot to do mischeif ; I asked them
what Place they would be most likely to do mischeif at they
said Georges for that the french for years past had done all
they could to break the Peace that now Subsists between
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Your Excelency And us a few days ago the trench sent us A
hatchet urged us to take it and strike the English We told
them we should not whilst the Kings were at peace and they
were angrey and threatened us they also said their Jesuit is
gone to Passamaquda and Sl Johns to Stir up them tribes of
Indians to war they also told me to be carfull And tell the
people not to go out to there buisness as useuall after the
rivers are broke up ; they also told me the french had lately
wrote them that there are Six men of war Going against Sl
Johns In the Spring ; two from England ; two from Boston ;
& two from Halifax, — I told them I knew nothing of it ;
they said if such A thing should be they should look upon it
as going Against them for that they had given the french
leave to live there. It being all the Inteligence that I could
get at present; I beg leave to Subscribe my self Your Excel-
ency8 most obedient Humble Servent
Tho8 Fletcher
S* Georges fort Febr ye 13th 1755.
Letter, Grov. Shirley to James Johnson
Boston 15 Feby 1755
Mr Johnson
There have some Things happen'd in our publick Affairs
since your going from Boston with my Lett18 to the Govr of
Canada of ye Motions of the French of Canada for further
Invading his Majestys Territories on the Frontiers of New
York & New Hampshire as make it unsafe for you ( as well
as for the Publick ) to proceed at present on your Journey to
Quebeck; And therefore I expect that you do forthwith
upon Receiving this Letter return back & lay aside any
Thoughts of going forward on this Journey till you have my
Leave or the Leave of Governor Wentworth to whom I shall
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write & inform him of what I have undertook to do in this
Matter ; In which His Majestys Service is so much concernd
Your Friend & Servant
W Shirley
James Johnson
Letter, Oapt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, Feb. 20, 1755.
Sr may it please Your Excellency.
I have Recd your Excellencys Letters of Janr ye 18th 1755
and have observed ye Contents of them, which gives me Grate
Satisfaction to find your Excellency has ben pleased In So
Generous a manner to Comply with my proposals Respecting
the Boates and ye Transportation of ye Supplyes from Arou-
sick to Fort Western, which Supplyes I understant is soon
to be Landed there, also I would Informe your Excellency
nothing Gives me more pleashure then that your Excellency
is pleased to approve of any of my Conduct ( being Sensible
of my owne Incapassiety for ye trust your Excellency is
pleased to Repose In me ) which I Can't but owne is not
extraordinary.
but this your Excellency may asure your Selfe so far as I
am Capaible, will Do ye Best to answar your Excellencys
expecttations In every particular, Relating to my present
Station of Life, which has given me no Small Consern, and
Can asure your Excellency I have not had one Days Rest In
body or mind Since I left your Excellency last Fall, which
may seem extraordinary to any elce, but your Excellency
who Dos not Considder ye truble we had with ye Hay In ye
Fall which was Landed at Richmond Fort from whence we
ware obliged to Carry it In gundelows to Fort Western and
Sundery Times Drove a Shore in our passige there by Ice and
had like to have Loast Boath Hay & gundelows, which gave
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us Considderable Toyle, and all on account of ye Hays not
being sent Timeoniously, as also the other various Circum-
stances of ye Situation of Fort Hallifax.
but I am grately incouriged from your excellencys grate
Wisdum & goodness, that our present Dificultyes will be In
a Shorte Time (in Som meashure) abated, here I Can Informe
your Excellency that I have Recd ye Supply Sent Last by
Cap* Sanders which ware Landed at arousick 20 miles below
Richmond Fort on ocasion of ye Ice, from whence we gunde-
lowed them to ye Chops of merry meeting Bay, and after
haveing Lodged ye above Supplys there the men being much
fetigued in that piece of Service, ocasioned me to aply to
Cap1 Hunter of Topsham and Cap1 Duning of Brunswick two
Independent Captains, for ther assistence to helpe me in
Transpoarting ye above Supply es as also to assist in Carrying
ye provisions from Fort Western to Fort Hallifax, which
garrison was almost Destitude of provisions & Cloathing, my
applycation to ye above Captains, was before we had ye
account of your Excellencys Resolve for Reinforcement of
the Garrison of Fort Hallifax with 40 Men, which ware to
be Drawen out of ye Several Independent Companys, and
Consiquentely I had no Right (but as needsessiety obliged
me) to Requier their help as above, but notwithstanding,
thay very Redely Came and brought with them 19 men out
of their Sevaral Companys, which Continived 21 Days In
the Province Service, and at ye expiration of those Days thay
ware Discharged In which Time by their assistinc, with ye
help of two Horses which I Impress11 we Carried to Fort Hal-
lifax all those Suplyes which ware left at ye Chops of mery
meeting Bay, and after I had Distributed ye above shoas
stocking Blankets Beds &c which ware exceedingly wanted
there I then Could muster about 40 affective men at ye above
Fort, which I Imployd by Turns with those of Cap1 Duning
& Hunters men, and have Lodged Intierly all ye Suplys In
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Fort Hallifax that belonged there, So that we have now about
2 months and half of provision for that Fort, our next
Reliefe I would Informe your Excellency will Intierly
Depend on the Boats I proposed, if those be not Sent before
ye above provision is expended, the Fort may be Lost for
want of Supplys which we Cant purchis no other ways with-
out vast expence to ye province, and grate Hazed of mens
Lives, on this Depends ye presarwation of Fort Hallifax, and
as ye enemy will have grate advantage on account of ye Difi-
culty of ye River, which Seems to Invite them as it ware, to
oppose our going up & Down sd River which I make no
Doubt is their Designe, and as we may expect a powerfull
party of Indians Joyned by the French to oppose ye Trans-
poaxting of our Stores, therfor I think those Stores must be
guarded by a Strong party of our Side, In order to give ye
Enemy a Smart Repulce if thay should attact us in this
maner, and I expect no other then thay will, this affair will
Requier ye utmost Caution and Disspatch, to prevent yd
Enemys being more numerous, which a long Succion of such
Service might produce, if ye men and Boats be ordered to
Fort Western In Due Season which ought not by no means
to exceed the middle of Aprill at farthest, the gitting up ye
Stores will be Soon Compleeted (that being the best Season
for this Service) and ye province soon eased of this extrordi-
nery expence, I would not perscribe to your Excellency what
number of men might be Suficent to asscort those Stores in
their Transportation, but Say we expect a party of French &
Indians to attact us this Spring, and by the advice of ye
Indians, to ye French, thay Cant be Ignerent but this must
be ye most proabable way by which thay Can make ye most
Considderable Impression on us, therefor I would here Rec-
ommend this thing to your Excellency In a perticular maner,
lest it should miscarry, and be followed by ye loss of ye Fort,
as also a grate many Lives Secrificed to ye Inhumainaty of ye
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Indians, — now in answar to yp proposals boath of your
Excellency, and ye Honorable Court viz* to fortify Hallifas
agains the Battery of Small Canon, In Such parts as may be
exposed most to ye aproach of ye Enemy &c —
and here with grate Submission (to all my Superiours In
Judgment, as well as on other accounts) offer your Excellency
my Centiments on ye present Fort under Considderation —
In ye lirst place Fort Hallifax is so placed under a Hill
which Rises neer a 100 feet higher then ye ground whare it
Stands which will Render srt Fort very Costely to fortifie it
agreable to your Excellencys Instructions, and I must Con-
fess I know of no other way to Comply with ye above
Instructions, then either to eract a Wall which must be
Canon proof, and no less then 16 foot High, and this Wall
must be no less then 200 feet Long to Incumpass halfe the
fort which is Exposed to ye Hill, or to Cover those Barricks
alredy built, as well as those to be arected for ye officers, and
Recption of Stores, by another Timber Wall at a proper Dis-
tence and filld betwen with Clay, and this must be Dun on
all parts of those Buildings expos'1 to ye Hill which will be
about one halfe of those buildings that must be thus Secured,
to answar any end against Canon, now if ye Height of ye Hill
be considdred, I think it will be alowd the Wall must be ye
height I have proposd and y° Houses to be fortified up to ye
Wall plates, or eves, which eves are about Eight feet high, —
and as to there being a proper place for another Ridoubt on
ye Hill which your Excellency desiers to be Informed of, I
have Survaied ye ground, and find there is, now Considdering
ye additional Buildings which Can be no less then 2 Houses
at Least of 44 feet Long, for ye officers & Reception of Stores
&c and 3 Small Block Houses to be erected in ye halfe moons
or places of arms for the Defence of ye piquit Work, as also
for ye Centreys to Stand guard in, and all these to be fortified
as above, the expence of which with ye additional Cost of
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another Redoubt on ye Hill, will be Considerable, and after it
is Dun in this manner which is the Best meathod I Can think
of, it will be an Irregular ill formed assemblige of Buildings,
as ever was huddled togather, to be Called a Fort, and will
be hard to Defend all those Buildings on account of their
Irragulariety, and the large Surcomference of ye pequite
Worke, now as this Fort has no other Defence by Canon,
then a Right Defence, which is next to no Defence, In forti-
fication I would with Submission aske your Excellency
whither I might not entirely allter ye present forme of Fort
Hallifax, and make a Regular Fortress of it, with either 2 or
4 Flanks agreable to Coll0 Mascorreens Draft which will be
Cheper In ye end to ye province then to finish it as tis begun,
and for this Reason, because ye vast number of pequites that
now Incompasses the present buildings will forever want
Reparing wharas if it was made a Compact Fort of about 100
foot Square with but only 2 flancks would then affoard 5
Times ye Room it now Contains, and would be five Times
esier of being Defended then what it will be if it is finished
as 'tis- begun, now if this Should be agreable to your Excel-
lency, to have it Built in ye manner I have proposed, ye
Blocks of ye present Buildings will be all Servisable that
thare will be no Considerable waist in them now as I know
not what objections may be offred against this proposal of
mine, and Canot well answar them befor thay are offred with-
out being very tedious, by wrighting but I am fully per-
swaided had I an opertunity I Could fully Satisfie either
your Excellency, or ye Honerable Court or any others, that I
am Right in my proposal of Building it in this maner, and
that ye Cost will be but a trifle more in this way, then to
finish it as begun, but was this affair entirely at my opsion, I
would pay no Regard to ye Buildings Called Fort Hallifax,
but would at all adventure erect such a Fort as I have pro-
posed on ye eminence which would Save ye Cost of another
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Redoubt, and might be made with a very little Cost proof
against any Canon, or any attempts ye French ever would
make to Distroy it, was it placed here ye 2 flancks next ye
plane onely need to be mad Canon proof for in them would
be Room anought to Contain all ye Souldiery which would
be Requisite to Defend ye Fort, thus I have given your
Excellency my very best opinion how the Fort ought to be
Dun, in three ways either to finish it In ye forme it is begun,
or to alter the present Situation and make a Regular Fort of
it where it now Stands or Build it on the Hill.
I think I am no ways Rash in my Judgment. I have
thouroughly waighed all I have offred, and I Belive no body
has thought more on those affairs then I have Dun, not but
if thay had, might have advised better then I Can pretend
to, and as for your Excellency or ye Court to Supose this
Fort Can be Compleeted In two monthes Time it is Impossi-
ble, ware it to be attempted by a Regiment of men & ye Best
officer In yp province to head them, unless all ye meterials
ware on ye Spot - which will Requier to Compleet this Work
450 Tuns of Timber for ye Walls, Boards & planck &c - 40
or 50 Thousend Shingles and 40 Thousent Brick besides
Stone, I Could have had all this Timber on ye Spot by ye
latter end of march, had I had oxen to have hailed it, but as
thare was no possibility for us to git ye Hay up ye River, I
was therefor obliged to order matters accordingly, and if I
had Imploy'1 Workmen to have Hewen all ye above Timber
it must have Remained In ye Woods, So that this Could have
ben of no Service to ye thing, for I am sure ever I Can Secure
Hay & oxen ye Timber Can be Hewn as fast as it Can be
haled, and ye same guard will Do to Cover boath ye Carpen-
ters and Teems, at ye same Time, which will be best on all
accounts, now as there is but a very few Brick that is not
alredy put to use, they Cant be Burnt or made, till the
Wather be Seasonable for Such Busniss, and as we have no
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Stones but what must be fetched aCross ye River which Cant
be Dun also till ye Wether is Warm, and ye River fallen. —
had ye 40 Recruites Came at ye Time ye Court prescribed,
our provisoions would have ben expended before we Could
have possibely got more, for which Reason I Discharged
Cap1 Hunter & Duning with their men, who ware willing to
have then furnished me each of them, with their Coto of
men, agreable to your Excellencys Instructions, and Cap*
Hunter was to have tarried with them, During your excel-
lencys pleasure as their officer, and as He is a Compleet Car-
pinter, and perfitely well Skilled In Logg Work, I then
agreed with Cap* Hunter that He Should bring With him,
out of Cap1 Dunings, & His Companye, booath their Cotoas
men, of Such as war Skilled boath with ye Broad & narrow
Axes, In order to procure Timber for ye Works, but I tould
Him not to Com, till I had Informed Him I had got Som
Hay up to Fort Hallifax, which we Should have then hailed
had ye Wather permited, Since thay war Disscharged I have
ben able only to Secure 2 Loads, on account of ye Rivers
braeking up, now I have apointed Cap1 Hunter to be with
me ye 18th of febr and I expect Him Accordingly thare has
an afair hapned betwen Coll° Cushing of Falmouth, and ye
Independent Captains, which Captains looks on't to be a very
grate hardship (after haveing ben at a Considerable Lose of
Time and other expences, to Rais their Companys, and Con-
tinuely hold them In Rediness, to march upon any Imer-
giency) for the above Coll0 to order them to Impress their
owen men thay have thus held In Rediness, and turne them
over to another officer of Coll° Cushings appointing, which
thay think is not Consistent with any Instructions thay have
ever yet Recd from your Excellency, and more especialy as
thay Do not belong to Coll0 Cushings Regiment, unless it is
your Excellencys pleasure first to Recall or make voide those
Independent Commissions, or to put them under ye Command
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of sd Coll0 In which Case thay will be Redy to follow his
Direction as thay have allways ben Redy to follow your
Excellencys, there for thay think it a hardship to be Diss-
graced In not haveing the privilige of goaing som or other
of them, with their own men, which was ye grate Inducement
that Inclined their men, to Inlist under them, which they
Humbely pray your Excellency to take this matter Into your
Wise Considderation, and alow them Still ye advantige of
marching with their owen men, which thay say thay will Do
Cheerfully when ever it is nessecery, or your Excellency
Gives Command. —
I must Say this In favour of Cap* Hunter & Cap* Duning
in ye Time we ware gitting up ye Stores, thay Boath of them
exerted them Selves, to ye utmost of their power, by Incour-
ieging their men, and hailing themselves with their men
Constentely up & Down ye River, which was excessive hard
Service, and more proper for Horces then men, which I
belive nobody will Denye for men to hall lodned Sleds 40 or
50 miles which is that Disstence from merry meeting Bay to
Fort Hallifax, I mentioned this affair to your Excellency
Respecting ye above Collonel, by ye Requist of Hunter &
Duning, and I would Intreet your Excellency In behalfe of
Cap* Hunter, that He may be Continued to have ye Com-
mand of those men He brings with him Dureing His stay at
Fort Hallifax, which I think will answar a good end. —
what I have Said Respecting Fort Hallifax, as to ye man-
ner in which I think it ought to be finished, or Rather
Intirely new Built which will Requier the above Meteiriels
to finish it with, and as those Cant be got to ye Spot till well
towards ye Summer or in that Season for ye Reasons afore-
mentioned, the whole of gitting those articles, with that of
Transporting our Stores &c will be attended with ye utmost
Hazid of mens Lives, if Due provision be not timeoniously
made, for if ye enimie once Surprize any of our guard (as
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thay must be Scatterad in various places at ye Same Time, In
order to Carry on ye Work to purpos ) In Such Case it will
be very Dificualt for me or any other, to preswaide either ye
Workmen, or force ye Souldiers into ye Woods any more, till
we are Reinforced by a Strong party, which will still Retard
ye Work, Disspirite our people, and grately Incourige ye
enimie, now we have ye Same work to Cary on this Spring
and part of ye Sumer, as ye army was Ingaged in last Sumer
with this Diffrence, here is now twist as much Work to be
Dun to Compleet ye Fort, as what was Dun to it last Sumer,
and I thinke ye Times this Spring may Justely be allowed to
be twist as Daingerious from ye enemie as thay ware last
Sumer. —
thus I have endevared to give your excellency a true Rep-
resentation of this affair to ye best of my skill, and Shall
Depend on your Excellency for all proper assistince, all which
I Humbely Submit to your Excellence's most Wise Consid-
deration —
now in answar to your Excellencys Letter of Janr ye 31 as
to ye Joynery and Carpinter Work Insid of ye Buildings and
flours Cabins Windo Shutters for Close quarters, and ye Like,
I have Constently this winter Imployd 3 Carpinters, In ye
Woods, and In Stormes when thay Could not go a Broad to
Work, have Imployd them In Doaing those sundery Jobbs as
your Excellency prescribed In sd Letter all that I Can Say I
Dun ye best In my power Considdering all ye Dificualtys I
labour under as above, and as for ye Enemys, being at grate
pains to hall their Canon up ye Hill, and thereby be lyable to
ye Battery of ye Canon of our Redoubt &c, thay will have no
occasion to hall their Canon up sd Hill, as thay may Com any
other way to ye Top of ye Hill without assending that Steep
Side next ye River, and as your Excellency has Injoyned me
to Stay as much as possible at Fort Hallifax, for Sundery
Reasons Specefied In your Excellencys Letter, now I was
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thinking if 'twas your Excellencys pleasure to place an active
man In Cap1 Lanes Room, that was Capable of Directing In
Case of an attact, I Could manig all ye Carying on of ye
Buldings by ye help of ye Carpinters, but as Cap1 Lane has
for this Winter past, ben Constently Confined Either to His
Bed or Room has not ben able to Act in any bnsniss Relate-
ing to ye affairs of sd Fort, and I think His Infirmites are so
grate that He never will be Capable of Doaing Service here
or any where elce, unless it would please Gode to Renew him
In all His faculties. His Son who Is one of our Livtenants
has been Confined To His Room ever since ye General Left
this place, who seems to be very Causious of ventering
abroad, lest He should thereby Impair His Health, He eates
His allowence and looks Harty and well, for one to heer
Cap* Lane talke if thay Did not See Him by his Bould flights
and positive assersions, would take Him for a Collonel of
Draggoons, then He is ye most extreordinery man I have met
with, for His grate Condisension Complacence and good
mannars, which He endeavours much to affect, but I must
look on those pretences of His, to Serve as a Clooke to Cover
Somthing that is low and unmanly, which might be Instenced
ware it not too tedious in short Cap4 Lane and His 3 Sons
two of which I belive Dos not exceed ye years of thirteen
has not been of any Service sence I have been Conserned at
ye above Fort then four siphores, So that I think I stand In
need of som good officers In their Room ( mr Rogers one of
our Leivtenants is Lately Ded ) In which Case I Could ye
better be spared from ye garrison, and as my family is In ye
utmost Distress on account of ye enemy which would very
much Incline me to Tarry heer, till such Time as ye Fort was
prepared for ye Reception of ye Same, and as all my affects is
at Richmond Fort and also being Chargible with 8 or 9
thousend pounds worth of good_ belonging to ye Truck
Trade which will be absolutely nessecery for me to Return
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erly In the Spring otherwise there may be Considderable loss
on them boath to ye province and my selfe, if thay are not
soon Returned, which absollutely Demand my presence at
Richmond, but these things your Excellency will be a perfite
Judge of, and shall humbely pray your Excellencys Deter-
mination as to finishing ye Fort &c, as Speedy as possible,
lest we should Do Work that might not turn to so good
advantage. I Beg leave to Concluid my selfe your Excel-
lencys most Dutifull obedient Serv1
William Lithgow
Richmond febr 20th 1755
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgow to Grov. Shirley. Feb. 21, 1755.
May it please your Excellency /
this moment Cap1 Hunter arived here and with Him brought
14 men, out of his & Cap1 Dunings Company es, agreable to
what I have said In my other Letter.
one thing I forgott to Informe your Excellency of which
is I have be obliged Constently to alow those men that hailed
ye fire Wood Stores to Fort Hallifax a Certin quantity of
Rum other wise it would not have ben In my power to have
Dun what is Dun that Service being excessive Hard for my
part I thought it very nessecary to Incourige them thus, and
for their farther Incourigement I was obliged also to informe
them thay undoubtedly would be Considered by ye province,
and well paid for such extreordinery Service. In my opin-
ion what Service has been dun here this Winter, is no ways
Inferiour to that was Dun last Sumer, Considdering ye miss-
erable Sircumstances of ye Souldiery and ye fewness of ye
number that was Capaible of indureing, which I Humbely
Recommend to your Excellencys Consideration In behalfe of
those men, from Nicholes Hunter & Duning, three Tndepen-
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dent Captains I have Rec(t 23 men of ye 40 Recruited ordred
by your Excellency, and as I apprehend of Dainger at pres-
ent not to be extreordinery till such Time ye Rivers Brackes
up the Dammige may be no grate at present, but as soon as
ye Rivers are open then we may expect a visit from our
enemy, I belive your Excellency will think ( In ye multitude
of Busniss ) this way of my Writeing very tedious which I
hope your Excellency will forgive being well Sensible I Can
preforme no better. I would humbely Intreet a Speedy
answer.
Respecting what I have said Conserning the Fort &c
which your Excellency will Imedietly know what answar to
send, If I have been but Inteligeble, best by not knowing
your Excellencys Resolve to my preposals as to ye Fort we
might Do Som Worke that might not turne to so good
Account, with grate Submission I beg Leave to Subscribe
my selfe your Excellencys
most Dutiefull Humble Serv1
Will"1 Lithgow
Richmond febr ye 21d 1755
I supose ye Honable Court woud alow but four Botes firs_
to See if thay might Do, but this will Retard ye Transportta-
tion of ye Stores twist long as if we had 8, the Reason I
asked for 8 was because I think ye Dainger in that Service
will be very grate therfor I was for ye utmost Dispatch.
The Committe_ to whom was Refer'd the petition within
mentioned having fully Considered the Same with the papers
Accompaing it Are of Opinion that the prayer of the petition
be So far Granted that the petitioner in his Capacity aforesd
be Impower'd to bring forward a writt of Reivew at the next
Superiour Court to be holden for the County of York in an
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action wherein the Sd Joseph Plaisted Decd was the Original
Defendt Against the Exec18 of the Testament of Sam1 Wal-
ton Decd and all further proceedings On the former Judg-
ment in the mean time be Stay'd
g Order John Greenleaf
In Council Febry 21, 1755. Read and Ordered that the
above Report be Accepted & that the Petr in his Capacity
aforesaid be and hereby is impowered to bring forward his
writ of Review at the next Superiour Court of Judicature to
be holden at York within and for the County of York of the
action mentioned in the Petition against the Executors of
the Testament of Sam11 Walton decd and the Justices of the
said Court be and hereby are impowered and directed to hear
and Try the same enter up Judgement and award Execution
thereon and the Execut" and all other Proceedings on the
former Judgement are staid in the mean Time provided the
Petr give Sufficient Caution to the Sheriff of the County of
York to Respond what may be finally adjudged due wth
interest from this day until Paid.
Sent down for Concurrence
Tho8 Clarke Depty Secry
In the House of Rep Febry 21, 1755. Read & Concurred
Consented to W. Shirley
Letter, James Howard to Gov. Shirley.
Fort Western March 5th 1755
May it plese you_ Excellency, I am very Loath to trouble
you at this time Knowing you are in acroud of Business at
this Junctor, but Beges your patiance to hear me a little,
the provence Guns we have hear are not to be Depended on,
therefore I pray you:l order Som better, it is Very probable
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 377
we shall have som of our franch and Indian Enemies to Visit
us this Sprin_ and our Number of men is Small the Ground
about our fort is Very advantagous for our Enemies, now as
our Enemies are Knowing to this and Expects a great Quan-
tity of Stores here now Whither these may not be motives to
Excite them to make heir first and most Resalute atteck
here and By that means think they may Get Cannon to anoy
the other Forts, I Desire not to be teadious or troublesom to
Your Excellency But Leaves it to your wise Consideration
Whither we Do'nt Stand In need of more men and more and
better Guns Seeing I Expect to have orders to send a detch-
ment of my men upon Several occasions perticularly to
Guard up the Sloops with the Stores, and this detchment
must be the Best of the men, and our Enemies Who
Can Ly within one hundred and fifty yard of our Fort In
one of the Gulies and we Cannot anoy them from our forts,
and they Seeing us go out so Whither it may not Indenger
the forts being Taken —
We have no Coulars for this Fort.
I Conclud With Wishing His majesties arms Success and
Victory, Both by sea and Land and you health and prosper-
ety I Beg Leave to Subscribe myself your Excellency s most
Dutifull most obedient and Humbl Servent
James Howard
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Boston March 8, 1755
Sir
I have recd your sev1 Letters of the 20th & 21st of Febry
and am well satisfy'd with the account of your proceedings
Great Diligence, and Good Conduct : The most important
Affair of Strengthning the Works at Fort Hallifax so as to
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make them Proof against a Battery by Cannon ( as you have
observed ) cann't be performed at this Season & therefore I
shall have Time to consider & advise upon it that it may be
done in the best Manner, & therein I shall have Regard to
your Sentiments in this Matter as you have largely express'd
them in your Letters ; In the Interim, let no Time be lost
for finishing the Inside Work So that the Quarters for the
Soldiers may be made warm & comfortable ; Upon wch their
Health & Serviceableness does much depend ; And also you
must take Care that the particular appartments for your own
Family be well fitted that so you may not be always under
the Difficulties you complain of by reason of the Distance of
your Family from you : And to remove the Inconvenience
arising from the Care you have of the Safety of the Province
Goods provided for the Indian Trade, the Commissary Gen-
eral will take them out of your Hands & so discharge you of
that Care & Burthen so that Fort Hallifax may be the more
the sole Object of your Attention ; & that when the Season
of Danger arrives you may have Nothing to divert you from
Imploying your self to the utmost in the Defence of that
Place : for my Dependence is much on your personal
Presence there.
The four flat bottomed Boats first ordered are now almost
ready, two of them are building at Brunswick & the other
two will be sent by Cpt. Saunders on his next Voyage which
will be very soon : And the Commissary is order'd to provide
two more as soon as possible ; And to have all of them armed
with four Swivel Guns each.
Whatever Assistance you shall find wanting from time to
time you must require it from the Commanders of the Inde-
pendent Companies : Cpt. Dunning, & Cpt. Hunters Services
are very acceptable to me, & shall endeavour that they be
properly considered & y1 those officers & their men be duly
satisfied for their Pains & Time spent therein. I have con-
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 379
sidered the Uneasiness you express ab* officers & Men belong-
ing to the independent Companies in relation to Coll. Cush-
ing's Conduct especially in putting them under the Command
of other Officers than their own : And I shall write to Coll.
Gushing on this Point, that so this Grievance may be
redress'd : I have well weighed what you have mentioned
concerning Cpt. Lane & have determined to make some
other Provision for him, & have directed him to leave the
Fort & come to Boston as soon as possible And have thought
proper to appoint a second Captn under you & now inclose
you a blank Commission to be filled up by you with Cpt.
Dunning or Cpt. Hunters Name or of some other Person in
whom you may have most Confidence of his supplying your
Absence with the best Abilities for the Duties of his Post
As to all other Matters in your several Letters which don't
require an immediate answer, I shall further consider of
them, & determine what Orders to give you thereupon, and
am
Your most assur'd friend and Servant
Cap1 Wra Lithgow
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Col. Ezekiel Gushing.
Boston March 8, 1755
Sir
I have received an Account that the Officers & Centinels
belonging to the Independent Companies on the Eastern
Parts are dissatisfied that when they hold them selves in
Readiness for every Call for the Defence of his Majesty's
Forts &c. in Cases of immediate Danger that they should by
your Orders be impress'd for the usual Service of the Fron-
tiers & put under the Command of other Officers than their
own.
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Therefore, tho I do not intend they shall be wholly taken
off from your Command, but that upon any extraordinary
Emergency you should still draw them out for Service with
the rest, yet in other Cases you must look upon them as
Reserves for immediate Service according to my Orders to
the several Captains ) as occasion shall require. And when
the Exigency of the Case may demand your putting them
upon any Service necessary for the general Defence of the
Frontiers let them be put under their own Officers ;
I thank you for the care you took of my money and orders
for L1 Malcolm and am
Sir, Yr most Assur'd Friend and Servant
Coll. Ezekiel Cushing
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, March 22, 1755
May it please your Excellency/
I Recd yours of March ye 8th have observd ye Contents and
must acknowlige your Excellencys grate goodness to me
therein, ye Inside of ye present Buildings of Fort Hallifax Is
Dun so far as to accomadate ye Souldiery In their Lodgings
have made planck Sutters for all ye Windows & Doors &c —
which was all I thought Requisite till I had your Excellencys
Determination In what manner ye Fort shall be finished, In
Regard of macking it proof against Canon &c — as to my
owne apartmen_ I Can Do nothing at present In finishing it
for ye Reason it is not Builte which I acquainted your Excel-
lency of In my Last Letters, and as your Excellency has ben
plesed to enjoyne my personel presents at Fort Hallifax so
Closly, Shall be obliged to Remove my Family there at Con-
siderable Dissadvantige there being no place Suitable for the
Recption of them, nor Can it be, till your Excellency Is
pleasd first to Determin In what manner ye Fort Shall be
OF THE STATE OF MATKE 381
Dun, for as it stands now for its Sittuation and Deffencible-
ness, I must say In my Humble opinion, it is one of ye most
Extreordinery Fortresses for ordinereyness, I have Ever herd
of or Seen, In ye Compass of my Small Knolige or acquaint-
ance, but I am Sensible it has got a name of being Somthing
of a fortress, which Can be of no advantag to me, and have
Sincerly from my Hart wished it had answred its Charracter,
for my part I never Determin to amuse your Excellency with
falce pretences or flattery, by macking Light of this or that
or ye other thing and turn it off as it war with a wins awa,
In order thereby to gain applaws either from your Excellency
or ye Hoiible Court, no I allways Determin truely to Repre-
sent all publick things within my province to your Ex< ;el-
lencys wise Consideration, and if any Disspuite thereon arise
am very willing to Stand ye Sensure of my Cap* general or
any other that has a Right to Call my Conduct In question,
1 think this was ye Case last Sumer or Somthing like it, your
Excellency I belive has ben Informed there was a good Fort
and a fine Rode Cut from Fort Western to Hallifax which
neither of them I think Can in no ways answar such a ( liar-
recter. — I am useing ye utmost of my Endeavours In pro-
viding Timber for ye Building and Strenghtning ye Sundery
parts of sd Fort. —
I should be glad to know who ye Sundery Captains of ye
Independent Companys are, and how far thay are obliged to
assist me in Time of need, if these things be not Duely Stated
by your Excellency, and ye Sundry Commdrs of those Com-
pany- have not perticular Directions from your Excellency
to follow my Direction so far as their Service may Consern
Fort Hallifax it will answar no end, for thay may be for
Determining ye Number of men I shall apply for and therby
frusterate my Designes, which thay Cant be so good a Judge
of. I am glad and thankfull to your Excellency for ye pro-
vision made Cap1 Lane & Family, for I think He is an object
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of Chariety and hope He may Deserve it. His Circum-
stances was such I Could nott In pitty to Him, take ye Com-
missary ship from Him, but have allowed it Him although I
think He Deserves it not from me, if it be true He wrote
your Excellency Som Time Last winter In Som Such words
as these, we are all In good spiriets and we have Dun So and
So, and we are Determined to loos our blood In ye Defence
of this Fort in Case of an atact from ye French &c before we
yeald. Such Swelling languig as this from a man In His
Circumstances seems very unacountable had it ben Delivered
by any but Him Selfe, for god knows He has ben ye most of
this Winter Confined to His Barick, and also one half of ye
garrison by ye Scurvey and other ails, has not ben able to go
a Broad upon any Duty for ye Winter past, which Can be
menifestly proved — which is a flat Contridiction to what
He wrote your Excellency, but I may be missinformed but
your Excellency Is best Judge wheither He wrote thus or
not. I have wrote ye Commissary genrl for a Supply of all
Sorts of nessecarys for Fort Hallifax to Last sd Fort nine
months, and if He thinks proper to Send Such a Quantity,
at one ( as I think is best ) I Determin as ever ye Botes
arives with ye provisions to Transpoart forth with to Fort
Hallifax, so that we shall not be Constentely obliged to go
up and down this River — which would give ye Enemy a grate
advantage of us, In this affair will lye our grate Dainger, and
this Service will Requier a prity Strong guarde what to man
ye Boats and to go by Land to prevent a Surprize, for this Is
ye way I apprehend ye Enemy will attempt our Distreuction,
In ye first place, by Cutting off our men that guard ye Stores
and then attact ye Fort, I shall Do ye best I Can to frustirate
ye Enemy in their Designs, I have now on ye Eminence 200
Tuns of Hewen Timber have ordred it Cut In such a manner
as will Suite ye Building of ye Fort In any way your Excel-
lency is plesed to order it, I am Determined to erect another
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 383
Redoubt on ye eminence Canon proofe that will be Capable
of Containing a Suffiency of men to Defend it against a Con-
sidderable army that may be furnished with grate artilery, I
have thought this Can be of no Dissadvantige for if your
Excellency Determins to have ye Fort built on ye Hill I Can
but Joyne ye Fort to ye Redoubt which will make a good
flanke whare it now Stands, there must be a Redoubt a
Rected that will Command ye Hill, other wise it will be in
ye power of an Enemy to Surprise it at their pleasure when
ever thay may think proper to make their aproach with
Canon.
I have also a 100 Tuns of Board Loggs & boalts for Shin-
gles ye most of which I have gotten hailed by Hand, 1 want
ye assistence of oxen & Hay prodidiously had I that, Should
have no ocasion to go Into ye Woods for Timber after y'
Snow was off ye ground, I shall want Hay very much for y'
oxen, and would pray ye Commissary to Send 10 'Funs,
which must be Deliver'1 at Fort Western other wise it will
be Spoilt by Landing it at Sundery places wharby it will be
Runied by Rains, I add no farther then pray god give your
Excellency pationes and Continue you In Wisdum, to Direct
In all ye affairs you are Ingaged In for your Hon1" and ye
good of ye people whom you govern, &c —
I Remain your Excellency- faithfull Serv*
William Lithgow
Fort Hallifax March 22d 1755
Message.
Gentlemen of the House of Represent™8
This accompanies a Memorial of Major Enoch Freeman
Commander of the Fort at Falmouth, setting forth the
Repairs necessary to be made at the said Fort, and Stores
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Wanting there, and praying that the Fort may be repaired,
& the stores supplied at the publick Charge, & the rather
because of the Expence of Stores at the time of my Interview
with the Eastern Indians.
This Request seems reasonable to me, and therefore I must
recommend it to your Consideration.
W Shirley
Council Chamber March 27, 1755
Message. March 28, 1755.
Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives
You desired in your Vote pass'd at the close of the last
Session that upon my being informed that the Governments
of Connecticut Rhode Island and New Hampshire consented
to the proposed Expedition to Crown Point I would forth-
with issue my Proclamation for raising the Provinces Quota
of the four thousand men exclusive of the Eight hundred
men proposed to be raised by New York &c.
The advices I have received from New York give me no
encouragment to hope that any men will be raised by that
Government but we have all imaginable reason to expect that
they will bear their part of the burthen of the Expedition by
furnishing mony or providing Warlike and other Stores for
the service of it. 1 shall therefore give Orders for raising so
many men over and above the twelve hundred first proposed
as shall be thought the proportion of this Province to the
deficiency occasioned by the Failure of New York. I sup-
pose it to be about three hundred men but if you are inclined
to be more exact in ascertaining the number and will signify
it to me I shall be ready to comply with your desire.
The Loyalty and Zeal for his Majestys Service which you
have shewn upon this and other Occasions affords me the
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 385
greatest satisfaction. I am sensible that you must find a
great deal of difficulty in defraying the charges that must
attend your measures but yet I cannot help recommending to
you to go one step further as the most likely way to render
those you have taken before more effectual, I mean to give
some encouragement for an Attack upon your avowed and
barbarous Enemies the Indians of the S* Francois Tribe who
have treated you with such perfidy and cruelty that I think
you ought to revenge it as far as is in your power, and the
surprize which this attack must give to the French will
undoubtedly draw off a part of their force from their other
Frontier Settlements. The manner and degree of this
encouragement I leave to your consideration.
W Shirley
March 28, 1755.
Letter to Col. Ezekiel Cuslung.
Cambridge April 2, 1755
Sir
Cpt. Lithgow Commander of his Majestys Fort Hallifax
having represented to the Governor, before his Departure,
the Necessity of having a very strong Guard to secure the
Provisions Ammunition & other Stores to be sent to that
Fort, at this Season especially the Hazzard being greater than
at other times ; & it being probable that the sd Stores will
soon arrive ( if not already arrived ) in Kennebeck River.
have therefore thought fit with the Advice of his Majestys
Council ( Copy whereof you have herewith inclosed ) to direct
you forthwith to consult with Cpt. Lithgow what Part of the
Independ1 Companies in your Regiment will be sufficient or
if the Whole be necessary ; or if the whole be not sufficient,
what Number is needful to be added And to give out your
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Orders accordingly that so there may be such a Guard to
attend the Conveyance of these Stores that the Enemy may
have no Advantage over us at this Conjuncture.
I now send you a Warr* for Impressing Men for this Ser-
vice, Wch you are to use if necessary, & not otherwise. The
Commissary Gen1 is ordered to send Provisions & Ammuni-
tion for the Guard
Your assured Friend & Serv1
W Shirley
Col. Ezekiel Cushing
Letter, Alexr Nikels to G-ov. Shirley April 9, 1755.
May it please your Excelencie
In Complyance with your Excelencies instrucktons to me
by Coll: Cushan which I recived by mr: John Malcom the
last Day of Janwary and persuant thereunto I listed seven
men upon the first day of febriwary and as soon as the wather
would permit I proceed with my seven men to richmont and
from there traveled along the river to fort Weston and from
there to fort halyfax and returned with my seven men and
got horn the fift day of this month April for there was no
apearance of any danger from the Enemie that we Could
percive —
Capt : Lithgo tells me that your Excelencies instructions
to him is to requir asistance when need shall be of us
the independent Companys and as it is likly his demand will
be about the tim of our sowing and planting of our fields on
aCount that about that tim of the year that river will be of
aproper Hight for tranceporting of the suplys from fort
Weston to fort Halyfax I pray your Excelencie to take this
into your wise Consideration and as we are apoor people And
our liveing depends on our planting and sowing in the proper
season and should we be frostrated of it at the proper season
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 387
we Could not posiblely subsist unless it should be your
Excelencies pleasur to put as many of us under Constant pay
as would be soficent to man them boats and any people might
do for a gaurd to gard us whill we were about it for if our
people be not under som such obligation it is not posible to
retain them from Costing or fishing or going else where and
then when I am Called with my men they are many of them
out of the way but if I have them under Comand that I Can
keep them so as to have them all ready when your Excelen-
cie may please to Call us upon any Imergencie that may
hapen these being what ofers at present from your Humble
ser* at Comand
Alexr Nikels
Newcastle April the 9th 1755
[ Superscribed ]
To His Excelencie William Shirley Esqr
Cap1 Generall and our Comander in Chief
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgoiv to Govr Shirley April 19, 17or>.
May it please Your Excellency,
I think I have gotten Timber suficient to Build a Redoubt
34 feet Square 2 Storey High Canon proof which Will
Commd ye Eminence aginst a Considerable army, that might
be furnished with Canon —
I have Determined to make ye Wall of srl Redoubt 5 feet
Thick of Square Timber Locked togather with oack Tyes at
proper Distences this will be less Cost then a Duble Wall
filled with Erth which would Soon Rott ye Timber, I have
also gotten Timber suficent to Builde a Small Square Fort of
about 80 or 90 feet Square with ye help of those Small Block
Houses general Winslow erected, I propose to Joyn this Fort
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to ye Larg block House that now Contains ye Canon, which
block House will answer for one of ye Flanckers, this with
one Flancker more att opsite angles, with ye help of 2 Watch
Boxes at ye other 2 opsite angles will aforde a very good Sid
Defence, a Draft of which I have Inclos'd your Excellency,
the Incorrectness thereof I hope will be excused as I had no
Scale but that of a Carpinters Square, ye above Redoubt with
this Fort Is vastely ye Chepest way I Can think of to finish
those Works for a grate many Reasons that might be offored,
Shall only give your Excellency one, the picquites that now
encompasses those Buildings, are upwards of 800 feet In
Length, a grate many of which will soon fall, being not in
som places Sett Scercely In ye ground thay are Considerably
Racked alredy, and I feer thay will fall this Spring, now the
Reparing of those piquites once added to that of Building
Houses for ye officers and stores, will Cost more then ye Fort
I have proposed which Fort will stand a 100 years if kept
Shingled or Clapboarded, and will be vastly more Defencible
as it will be Small, for Certinly 320 foot which Is ye Compass
of ye Fort I propose, Is easeyer of being Defended then that
of 800 foot as it now Stands pequited, which will forever
want Repareing and no way Defencible, this small Fort will
upon ocasion Lodge 200 men Comfortebly as also ye Stores,
I Did not think it metieral to Lay Down ye Sundry appart-
ments of ye Barricks In ye Inside, as also ye placeing of
Chimneys and gate way &c —
my Reason for placeing this Fort below Contrary to my
opinion is In order to Save those Buildings alredy erected
which would be Lost ware it placed on ye Eminence. I
shall truble your Excellency no farther Respecting this Fort
at present, but Say I have given my best opinion and am
fully perswaided those meathods I have here proposed will
be far Chepest and answar ye End of ye government better
then any other way thay can finish it In, I would Beg your
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Excellencys aprobation on this affair, and am now obliged
for want of Instructions, and Least ye Carpinters Should be
idle to Set them uppon ye above Redoubt, and Should also
Sett them upon ye Lower Fort had I your Excellencys opin-
ion our Number now at this Fort Dos not Exceed 74 men
Including officers out of which I Cant muster upwards of
40 effective men, and as it will be highly nessary to hold
possion of ye New Redoubt as ever ye Wall Is Raised 4 feet
High which will Require no less then 20 ye best of our men
to assist and guard ye Workmen, and as Brick must be made,
Stone provided all which I think will Require a Reinforce-
ment of good men besides those Employ'1 Transporting ye
Stores, for which Service I have agreable to your Excellencys
Direction, apply"1 to ye Indipendend Comm'lr8 - also to Coll°
Cushing for a 150 good men that is Capable of marching
from Western to P'ort Hallifax as also manigen of Boats that
Carry ye provisions I have apointed ye first of May old stile
for those guards to be at Fort Western by which Time ye
people will have finished ye most of their planting &c —
if those guards Should fail me at that Time it will be out
of our power afterwards to Transpoart ye provisions on
account ye River will be then fallen that ye Botes will not
have water to float them, the 2 Botes Com from Boston will
no ways answer ye end, being vastely too bigg, So that I
have non to Depend on but 2 built at Brunswick, I wanted
8 Botes 30 feet Long 2 feet Deep 6 feet wide flatt Botoms,
now out of this Number Shall have but two, must be obliged
to press Canoes, thought thare was gentlemen anought In
Boston who ware perfetly well aquainted with this River,
who Could have Dirrected ye Building of proper Botes for
this purpose, had I not thought so, should have shaped a
piece of Wood in ye forme of one of those Botes, and Sent it
for a pattron, all which I Humbly leve to your Excellencys
Wise Considderation and pray a Speedy answar Respecting
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ye Fort, with all Submission Beg leave to Subscribe my Selfe
your Excelloy Dutifull Serv1
William Lithgow
Fort Hallifax April 19th 1755
If your Excellency thinks proper to Retain a Number of
men at Richmond Fort I should think it a grate favour to be
alowd ye apointing ye officer that Commds those men on
account my Stock and Improvements must be left thare
Will"1 Lithgow
Letter, Mattheys Ramley to Gov. Shirley April 2fy, 1755
Sir/
I beg leave to return Your Excellency my Humble Thanks
for Your Kindness in providing this Settlement with Amu-
nition.
I am Sorry to be Obliged to Trouble Your Excellency in
Praying Your Assistance for fire Locks, there being ab1 150
able men in this Settlement, and 75 of them being without
Arms, and not Capable to purchase the same, should there be
any rupture, it would be a Damage to this part, for so many
People to be ruined, or Obliged to break up for the want of
Arms to Defend them selves.
likewise think the Amunition recd not sufficient for so
many People.
I likewise Pray Your Excellencys order for putting some
Men in pay, in order to protect the Garrisons at present and
I shall in Duty bound remain
Your Excellencys most Submiss full Servant
Mattheys Ramley
Broad Bay Aprill 24th 1755
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Letter, T. Fletcher to Gov. Shirley, May 9th 1755.
May It please Your Excellency
The Cheifs of The penobscot Tribe on the Six Instant
Gave me an Account that a Bodey of the Noridgwalk and
Assagntoocook Indeans are Going AGainst The people On
Kennebeck River Where Apon I Eraadetley Dispatched An
Express to the Commanding officer at Said place, On the
Eight Instant Came and Told that the Sl Johns Indians Are
Coming aGainst this place with In a Short Time —
I Would Beg Leave If Your Excellency Thinks proper To
Go Out and Trey to Meet with Them As These Indians
have promessed me Thay will Tell when Thay are Cuming
and What way This the penobscots Desired me to Write
Your Excellency we Declare that we will Not have Aney
hand In Sheading English Blood and Desire To Know what
You will do Consarning us —
I Beg Leave to Subscribe my Self Your Excellency- Most
Obedient humble Sarvant
T. Fletcher
S* Georges May 9th 1755
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, May 11, 1755.
May it Please your Excellency/
the accounts we have from Sl Georges, Respecting ye Xor-
rigewack, Arssegunticoocks, & S* Johns Indians, Coming
against ye people of Kennebeck, and ye ajacent Frountiers,
has Alarum'd the Inhabitence of those places (whare I
Expected to be furnished with men to Guard & assist with
Transporting the province Stores to Fort Hallifax) to such a
Degree, that I feer I Shall be Dissapointed of a Sufficient
Number for the above Service, I have apply'd to Coll0 Cush-
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ing for 200 men on this ocasion, which number I think is
full Scanty, Inasmuch as we may Reasonably Expect to have
to Deel with the whole, or the major part of ye above Tribes
of Indians, as thay are very Sensible of the grate advantage
thay will have on us In our Transporting the above Stores
which will be an affair of Some Contineuence and Grate
fetigue. — it is my opinion that Som of ye penobscots will be
active with those other Indians let their pretentions be what
it will, 'tis their grate Intriest to Keep up a Shew of Friend-
ship att S4 georges, thereby the better not only to Supply
them Selves with nessaceryes, but all those Indians who will
be active against us —
I have gotten Timber Sufncent to Finish Fort Hallifax
according to a plan I sent your Excellency about ye latter
end of inarch which Draft I would Humbely Refar your
Excellency to, and pray a Speedy answar, to sd plan, wheither
your Excellency aproves thereof or not, I am sure this way
will be of less Expence to ye province, then to finish it ye
way it now standes, as I have Signified In ye Letter which
Inclos'd sd plan to which I would also with Submission Refer
your Excellency.
I have Dismised 15 or 16 Invaleds from Hallifax have had
none In Returne, Save one man, our Number there is about
70 men, a grate many of which is but Indiffrent, and Several
Sick, we have medisons but know not ye use therof haveing
no Directions for ye applyecation thereof, or Docter, to Dress
a wound In Case of an Ingagement.
for want of your Excellencys Instructions, and from what
your Excellency mentioned Conserning a Redoubt being
Built that would Commd ye Eminence, and least ye Work-
men Should be Idle not haveing ye above Directions in Time
have begun a Redoubt In a Suiteable place 34 feet Square 4
feet & 9 Inches the Walls thickness, 2 Storey High Hip
Roofe Watch Box on ye Top, to be Surrounde- at proper
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Distance with open piquites, this will be Canon proof the
first Storey is Raised the Wall Square — Timber, tyed with
oack Dufftails, this Redoubt will Command ye Eminence, as
also the falls and all ye Cleer Land to the wastward of ye
falls —
it is Erected on ye Hiest Known Estward of ye Cutt Path
that assends the Eminence. In this Building it will be very
nessacery two pieces of Good Canon Carrying 14 or 18 pound
Shot Each, be placed therein, those Canon Should be well
fortified and Long as ye Wall is thick, we Can make the
Carriges here which we Can Suite to ye Height of ye
Embrasures —
1 would Humbely pray your Excellencys Wise Considera-
tion on ye above perticulers with an answer to your Excel-
lencys, most Dutifull Humble Serv1
William Lithgow
Richmond may 11th 1755
P S Coll0 Gushing has given orders for ye Impressment of
100 men, Som of which is this Day arived but I Cannot
proseed to ye transporting ye Stores till ye whole Num-
ber be Compleet, feering an ambuscade, as I am per-
swaided ye Enemy Designs Such a thing.
W. Lithgow
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley, May 13, 1755.
May it Please your Excellency
on Monday ye 11th Instant the Indians has taken or killed
two men belonging to Fankfort, one Named John Tufts, the
other Abner Macon ; the Indians was Seen by a Boy Belong-
ing to ye above Tufts go Into His masters House, and heard
his master Crye for quarter, ye Boy being at Som Distance
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from ye House mad His ascape to this Fort and gave ye above
account, upon which I Sent out a party of men to make Dis-
covery, and as thay got to ye above sd House, it was all in
Flaims, thay Tracked a Considerible Number of ye Enemy,
but Saw non —
I have applyfl to all ye Indipendent Captains for their
assistence to Transport ye province Stores to Hallifax, who
tells ye messingers I Sent that Thay Could not possibley git
any of their men to Com with Them for that Service, So
that I expect to have none of their assistince —
Coll0 Gushing has given orders for ye Impressment of one
Hundred men by my applycation to Him for ye above Ser-
vice, fifty of which is arived at this place, but are poorly
fixed with armes, I have Demanded of sd Collonel two Hun-
dred men, as ye Indipendend Companyes will not apeer, but
know not if He will Send them: which Number of 200
(Exclusive of the Souldiery at Fort Hallifax which Is about
70 men & officers) I humbley Conseve to be full Scantey as
ye Enemy well knows ye path we must Infalibely use the
whole Time of our Transporting sd Stores, which will be a
Work of Time, to Carry up sd River, 9 or 12 months Provi-
sions to Fort Hallifax, for my part I must Confess I think it
would not be prudent to undertacke such a Haszous piece of
Service under ye above Number of 200 men, and I think
noboday will Denye by Saying ye above Named is too many,
if thay Do but first throughely weigh all ye hazous Circum-
stances that will attend ye above Service. — it is as if we
Should Draw out 200 men and Expose them to the view of
ye Enemy, and Say to them Can you out of all ye Tribes of
Nerrigewack, arsseguntecoocks, S* Johns, and penobscott
Bring a Sufficent Number to uppose us in our present Expe-
dition, if you Can now is your Time, this I apprehend to be
a true Representation of this matter, and am perswaided ye
Indians Knowes it as well as we Do, and if Thay Come to
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attact us in this present Busniss, tbay will be all active
against us, ye penobscotts not Excepted, let their pretence be
what it will. In ye year fifty 80 of ye arssegunticoock or Can-
ada Indians, Captivated Sundry as also Kill'1 som of ye peo-
ple of this River as well as Cattle and Burnt Houses, which
then ye penobscots & Nerigewacks Denied haveing any Hand
In that Mischeif, till afterwards ye Nerigewacks acknoliged
to me, thay ware almost all active then, as also ye penobscots
Confessed to Cap1 Bradbury, that Ten of their Tribe Joyned
ye above Canada Indians In that affair, it will be the same
Case now but with this Diffrence thay will be more unanni-
mous, I appointed ye 10th Instent for ye two Hundred men
to be at Fort Western which I Delayed a fortnight longer to
give ye Inhabitence opportuniety to finish Sowing & planting
their Fields, as thay and I had Consulted, ye Time now Is
elapsed that thay Should be here, and as I am aprehencive
thay will Suerly Dissapoint me, I thought it my Dutey to
acquaint your Excellency herewith, and if Somthing be not
Imedietly Dun Fort Hallifax will be out of Provisions by ye
latter end of this month. —
all which I Humbley Submitt to Your Excellencys Con-
sidderation, and Humbely pray thare may be Somthing Sped-
ly Dan that may be affectual to Remidate ye above Dificulty,
which Your Excellency will be the only Judge of. —
I have packed up ye province goods which will be Sent by
ye Return of Cap1 Sanders, and am Determined to abandon
Richmond Fort as ever ye Forces arives, unless your Excel-
lency gives Contrary Directions, if it Should be ye govern-
ments pleasure as it is warr, to post a few men at this Fort
I would pray to have ye Direction of such Number, as my
Improvements here base Cost me a grate Deel, and as I must
leave my Cattle here also for want of pasturige at Fort Hal-
lifax, or Hay to subsist them on, which is ye Reason I would
Desier ye Direction of ye above Number, —
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I beg Leave to Subscribe my Selfe your Excellencys most
Dutifull Serv1
Willm Lithgow
Turn over
P : S I have Sent Several Letters to your Excellency,
Respecting How Fort Hallifax Shall be finished to which
Letters and plan Inclose In one of those Letters how I
thought best, and most for the advantage of ye province to
finish sd Fort, I would Humbley Refair your Excellency to
sd Letters and plan, and pray an answar thereto.
W Lithgow
Richmond Fort may 13th 1755
Letter, E. Freeman, for Gol. Ezkl Gushing, to Gov. Shirley
Falmouth May 15Ul 1755
Sir
Cap* Lithgow writes me that on ye 11th Instant, the Indians
burnt a House on Kenebeck River & carry'd away or kill'd
two men, a more particular Acco1 whereof, I presume he has
wrote Your Excelly, And he Acquaints me, that the Inde-
pendent Companies, refuse to appear and Assist in Guarding
the Province Stores up to Fort Hallifax ; Whose Captains
had Orders from me (pursuant to Orders I had receiv'd from
his Honour the Lieut1 Govern1) to march their whole Com-
panies upon that Business ; but Cap1 Lithgow giving me to
understand that 150 men at least wou'd be necessary; &
there was so little Dependence on the Independent Com-
panies (whose principal View seems to be, that they might
be Skreen'd from all military Duty) I order'd a hundred men
to be rais'd out of this small Expos'd Regiment, and Sent
'em to Cap1 Lithgow, Expecting ye Remaining fifty wou'd
appear from Some of Independ1 Companies but they not fur-
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nishing a man, Cap1 Lithgow now requests that there may be
200 men with all possible Speed, for he cannot act with
Safety, without that Number but I am not able to Send him
any more from hence almost all our men able to perform that
Service, being gone to Sea fishing &c. —
I am Your Excelly,s most Dutiful & Obed1 hum Serv1
Enoch Freeman
in Behalf of Coll0 Ezekiel dishing
His Excels Wm Shirley Esq
Letter, Gov. Shirley to Col. Ezkl Cashing
Boston May 19, 1755
Sir
I have reccl Letters from Cpt. Lithgow giving me an
Account of the State of the Garrison at Fort Hallifax that their
Provision is near expended, & that there can be no Safety
of Conveying the Provisions now lying at Fort Western
with any Guard [less] than of Two hundred Men, that there
is but One hundred as yet provided & that the Season of
Conveying the Provisions will very soon be over: You must
therefore at all adventures with Dispatch make up your Men
Two Hundred & take Care that the said Guard be immedi-
ately employed in the said Service, & that the}' be not dis-
charged without my Express Order ; For I shall give Orders
for the raising One Hundred Men more out of Sir Wm Pep-
perils Regiment to be added to the said Two hundred but
they cannot be soon enough on the Place for that particular
Service of Guarding the Stores Therefore I must depend
upon your being thorough in this Business, the Consequence
of a Miscarriage herein will be very fatal, And to ease you
in this Affair I shall give you a Warr* to impress some of
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these Men out of the independent Companys which must be
done with as much Equality as may be.
I am Sir Your Friend & Servant
W Shirley
Col0 Ezek1 Gushing
Gov. Shirley to C'apt. Wm Liihgow
Boston May 20, 1755
Sr
Your Letters of the 19 April and the 13th instant I have
received and in answer thereto It is my direction that you
go on with the Redoubt without Loss of Time as to your
Proposals for the Alteration of Halifax it is an Affair that
requires some Consideration And I shall send my Orders to
you as soon as I am able to advise with the General Assem-
bly in that particular.
I have directed Col0 Cushing at all Events to make up the
Number of Men you have requested to Two hundred and
have likewise given Orders to the Commanding Officer of
the Western Regiment in the County of York forthwith to
impress One hundred Men these Forces are to be sent to the
River Kennebeck and there to be employed according to your
Directions for the Safe Conveying the Publick Stores to Fort
Halifax and such other Duty as I shall hereafter direct.
Copy of Letter Henry Little to C. C. Leissner June 4, 1755.
Copy.
Yours received this Instant Cap1 Nickels not being at home
for he is been gone this 12 Days to Richmond for to help
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with their Stores I'll send you as full an Account as I can
for I was One of 12 Men that went out to the Place where
the Men was at work, there was Sixe Men and three Boyes
went out to another place about a Mile and a halfe from the
Town Garrison with 8 Yoack of Oxen, they toock two Men
and two Boyes One Ould Man Named John Cuningham and
William Ross with two of his Sons, this Ross is Lame and
was taken with One of the said Boyes before to Cannada the
other Boye hid in the Bushes till we went to the Pace, they
fired at one of our men that had a Gun but did not hurt him
neighter did they hurt any of the Oxen, they empted out
about a Bushel of Pease out of a Bagg and caried of the
Baggs and some Pease, You must Note that this Boy was
one of the three Boyes that assisted with the fore Men. You
may Depend that we will send You an Ace1 from time to
time as we can &c
dated New Castle 2th June 175.")
signed Henry Little
Letter, C. C. Leissner to Gov. Shirley, June 4, 1755.
Sir
I beg leave to Communicate Your Excellency inClosed a
Copy of a Letter, which I received Yesterday by an Express
from New Castle, Your Excellency will See by that, the mis-
chief which has allready been done, so little distance from
this Settlement; Your Excellency will likewise hear the
Ace1 which some Indians lately brought in to S' Georges
Ford, before Cap* Sander_ was out of that river ; and as we
expect every moment that the Enemy will fall on us, &
being, (as in a former Letter mentioned) with out fire Arms,
the inhabitants have prevailed on me, to Pray Your Excel-
lencys Assistance therein, as they otherwise would be all
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Killed, or destroyed : I have in a former letter given Your
Excellency an Ace*, what a Great Number of People being
Settled in this Bay, which are all resolved to do so ; but at
present it being impossible, to Keep them from going about,
as their Necessaty Obliged them to do so, therefore Humbly
Pray Your Excellency, to consider our Unhappy Situation,
and to Order a party of them in pay, that we may have a
regular Protection.
I Subscribe my Self in Duty bound
Your Excellencys most Submissfull Servant
C. C. Leissner
Broad Bay 4th June 1755
[Superscribed]
William Shirley Esqr Cap1 Generall and Governor
in and over his Majestys Province of the
Massachusetts Bay in New England
Boston
Letter Josiah Beat to Grov. Shirley, June 5, 1755.
Honored Sir
I under Stand By mr freaman how teels me I
must Not Saile oute of falmouth With My Schooner teel
further orders Sir I no your Excelency has arite to Lay
Imbargo on all Vesells and had. that Been the Case I should
Not took this Libarty to Rite your Excy made agood acte
Concaring the Coram88 with the french which is full aNuf to
hindar any one of Beinge So Base as to Brack that Good
Law May It please your Excly If thare is aney truth in Man
Kind I have No more thorts of Goinge to Louiesbouge then
I have of Beinge made Kinge Nor of Droundeinge My Self
for I am Detarmened Never to have aney more tradinges
with them Nither in peace or Wor as for this Schooner"
OP THE STATE OF MAINE 401
Intirley Belongs to Col1 Jedidiah Prebele Esq and my Self
and he and I Concluded Before he went to anopeles rioyal or
Elswhare that I Should fix hir oute and Sell her If posabele
or Send hir to the Westandeys and I am Willinge to Belade
ounder Bonds for all I have in the world that If I go to
Louisbouge or to have aney Commers with the french to
Looues It all or Even to Loues my Life I have made
prepperation with a Sloop I have to fix hir oute as aprivet
teear as Sune as Worr is Declared and that is all the wayes
I inteend to Beconcarned with the french as Longe as I Live
I am Readey to Sarve the Goviement In aney publick afare
with this Schooner and am willinge to Venter all my Entrest
to purteeck this Goviment I Should Be glad If your Excly
would Lay me ounder Bonds Reather then to Stop the
Schooner for It Will Be a grate Damedge to Coll Prebele
and my Self Dear Sir Excues my Boaldness In Riteinge in
this Broacken Marner and you will Give Honor to yor most
Humbell Sarvant
Josiah Beal
falmouth June 5 : 1755
[ Superscribed ]
For Excelency William Shirley Esq
In the House of Reprs June 9, 1755.
Read and Ordered That Mr Frost, Cap1 Milliken and
Mr Sparhawk with such as the Honle Board shall join, be a
Comtee to take this Letter, and the affair referred to therein
under consideration and report what they think proper to be
done thereon.
Sent up for Concurrence
T Hubbard Spkr
In Council June 9th 1755 Read and Concurrd ; and John
Greenleaf & John Hill Esq18 are join'd in the Affair
Thos Clarke Dp^ Secry
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Benya Burton to Thos Proctor
Sl Georges June 6th 1755
Dr Brother /
Yesterday about nine of the Clock we heard about 15 guns
fired and after that Cap1 Bradbury fired an Alarm upon
which three men went up to the fort to hear what was Done
and there is two Scotchs Lads Killed or taken : but we
supose Killed: the_ were Brothers: there Sir names is
Brown —
there was three more up the River the same time but at
Sum Distance from them viz mr Larmond Archbald Gamble
& Son but Got Safe home — those are our good frends the
Penobscuts so Exstold by our B: E Comander here I hope
the Goverment will now Doo Sumthing to prevent our Ruin
by a Savage Enemy.
I Remain your Loveing Brother till Death
Benja Burton
[Superscribed]
To Cap* Thomas Proctor in Boston
neer the Orringe tree
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgow to Gov. Shirley June 8, 1755
May it Please Your Excellency /
with submission, I would acquaint you, that there Is now
Lodged In Fort Hallifax a Sufficency of all Sorts of provi-
sions to Subsist ye garrison there posted, till ye middle of
next February, I should have Convayed ye whole of ye Stores
theither had ye Rive_ permitted, but being Dissapointed by
ye Forces not appering at Fort Western according to the
Time perficed which was ye 10th of May, and thay not apper-
ing till ye 22d of ye same month, by which Time the River
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was fallen that we Could not go up but 5 Trippes ye last of
which we Could not Carry our Boates more then halfe
Lodned, for which Reason, as also Considdering that ye
Expence of such a guard would be grate to ye province I
accordingly Dismissed those Forces Judging it no ways for
ye advantige of ye government to Keep them Longer then we
Could go up ye River with lodned Boates, the above five
Trippes was proformed In Ten Days goin up one Day &
Coming Down ye next, the Wether being Drye Rested nott
one Day Except ye Sabath, and as your Excellency was
plesed to give me ye Direction of all those Forces and least
any Dificulty Should arise for want of my presents I Contin-
ued with them boath In their goaing up & Down ye River, ye
first 3 Trips we mad, our Number of men Consisted of 150
halfe of which was Imploy'd In ye Boates So that I look on't
we ware but very Weake as ye men In ye Boates Could not
have ben of a mediet Service, as their armes ware Stowed In
Such a manner to Keep them Drye So that thay Could not
be prepaired as those on ye Land had we ben attacted, ye
Last Two Trips our Number was Incresed to about 200 men
Including 20 men out of Fort Hallifax & 6 out of Fort Wes-
teren, as for the 100 men your Excellency ordred from the
Western Regiment, Commanded by Sr William peperel - did
arive here till we ware obliged to quitt the Service, this Last
Company Consisted of 80 men Commanded by Captn Brag-
don, and as I understood your Excellency might have far-
ther Service for this Last Company after ye Stores ware Con-
vay'd to Fort Hallifax, I Endeavoured to perswaid Cap1
Bragdon to proseed to Fort Hallifax to assist In guarding ye
hailing of Timber thare, which now Lyes in y° Woods and
Can't be hailed till a Suficent guard be Sent for that Service
as also for gitting Stones for ye foundations and Cellar of ye
above Fort but as there was no perticuler Directions from
your Excellency Respecting this Last Company any farther
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then assisting with the Publick Stores, and that Sarvice
being Just finished as thay Came, sd Captn Bragdon Returned
with ye Rest of ye Forces and is gon to york from whence
he Came with out Doaing any other Service.
I would one more with Submission Intreet your Excel-
lency that there may as Speedy as possible, be Directions
Sent wheither or no Fort Hallifax may be Built according to
ye plane I sent your Excellency, and also as I Could not pre-
vaile of Cap1 Bragdon to Tarry to waite your Excellencys
farther Directions as Signified In your Excellencyes Last
Letter to me of May ye 20th that there may be a guard ordred
for the hailing the Timber, provideing Stone, Burning Brick
&c — which will be absolutely needfull, and without a proper
Reinforcement to attend on ye above Service, those things
Cannot be Dun — , as ye year is now far advanced it will
Requier ye utmost Dilligence to prepair ye Fort Suitable for
Defence, & the Reception of ye Souldiery, which had I had
your Excellencys Instructions two monthes ago I Should
have had it by this Time pritty well forward — all which I
would humbely Recommend to your Excellencys Wise Con-
sideration, for if I was sure Your Excellency with the Hon-
ourable Court would not order Fort Hallifax to be Built
Boath Defencible and Comfortable for ye officers and Soul-
diers that must Remaine there I would pray your Excellency
that I may be Dismissed Reather then to Live Such a miss-
erable Life as I have Dun for this Six monthes Past, which
I believe all will acknolige that is acquainted with the Bus-
niss that I am now engaged In —
the Redoubt will be Dun all to Covering and Building the
Chimney and flouring &c — In about a Weeks Time, this
must be Surrounded with open palisados at aproper Distence
to Defend it from ye Enemies fireing of it. —
I had Determined to move my Family to Fort Hallifax
but found it Impossible as there was no Room, for we have
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 405
filled 2 of ye Baricks with Stores and had we Carried all ye
Stores up Should have filled ye other 2 or neer upon it, that
ye Souldiers would have been forced to have Lodged out of
Doores, but its no Disadvantige my being at Richmond as I
Conceive at present, as I have been obliged to apply to ye
Sundry officers for assistence from Time to Time, which I
Could have not Dun to so good advantage had I been Con-
stently at Fort Hallifax —
Shall truble your Excellency no farther then Beg Leave
to Subscribe my Selfe your Excellencys
most Dutifull Servant
William Lithgow
Richmond June ye 8th 1755
P S ye Boates which I gave a pattron by forming a piece
of wood, to mr mood_ of Brunswick answars ye end
very well, but ye two Built in Boston may be Recalled
as being of no advantage here, So that we had but 3
Botes In Steed of Six that would answar, and had we
had ye number I prescribed, Should have Convay'd ye
whole of ye Stores as Soon as what we Did, was obliged
to gitt Whail Boates at Falmouth and Canooas, we had
good Success never hurt one of our Boates, or wett one
mouthfull of y8 provisions
W L
Petition.
To His Excellency William Shirley Esqr Govern1- &
Commander in Chief of his Majestys Province of the
Massachusetts Bay & the Honble his Majestys Council
& the Honble House of Representatives in General
Court assembled
The Petition of Caleb Hutchings humbly Sheweth, That
in the year 1745 He was a Soldier in the Expedition against
406 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Louisbourg And in the Year 1746 was chosen cne of the
Constables for the Town of Kittery, & in the Latter part of
that Year ; the Selectmen sent your Petitioner a List of the
Vessells said to belong to said Town & directed him to
collect a Tax upon the Tonnage thereof amounting to the
Sum of £21-11-6 & to pay the same to the Honble William
Foye Esq Province Treasurer provided that your Petitioner
should receive a Warrant from the said Treasurer for his so
doing.
Now may it please your Excellency & Honours, Your
Petitioner never received any Warrant from the said Treas-
urer for this purpose, However being desirous of discharging
his Duty in the Premises in the best Manner in his Power
He applied to the Persons to whom the Vessells belonged
which were contained in said List, & demanded the Sums of
them according to the Same who refused to account with &
to pay your Petitioner the whole or any Part thereof alledg-
ing that they were not obliged to pay the Same by any Act
of this Government ; for that the Law for granting unto his
Majesty Six pence g Ton on all Shipping entering into Port
or Harbour within this Province, plainly exempted all such
Vessels as did not enter into any Such Port or Ports ; But
entered only into Ports within some other Government;
which Latter was the Case with these Vessels & had entered
only in the Port of New Hampshire, where they had been
subjected for the Payment of all Customs & Provincial
Dues -They farther alledged that if Kittery was a Port it
was given in Commission to the Collector of his Majesty's
Harbours in New Hampshire & that all Vessells which had
belonged to said Town for upwards of 100 Years had
entered & Cleared there accordingly, And that one of the
Vessels in your Petitioners said Tax List was impressed
from Kittery by the Governm* of New Hampshire (the Year
she was taxed) to carry Stores to the Garrison at Louis-
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 407
bourg in the New Hampshire Regiment Viz1 A schooner of
75 Tons Nahum Ward Master & that the Snow-Robert
Oran master abl 130 Tons was a new Vessell fitted out the
Latter End of the Year 1745 & was taken in the Year 1746
by the French & Carried into Martineco, & that the Snow
John Jones Master about 140 Tons sailed a new Vessell in
the Year 1746 from Piscataqua & in returning to said Port
foundered but a few Leagues from said Port & Vessell &
Cargo were both Entirely lost- Now may it please your
Excellency & Honours such being the Circumstances & Fate
of the greater Part of the Vessells in my said Tax List, I
could not find that I had any Remedy against the Vessells or
the Owners of the same, But Notwithstanding there has
lately issued from the present Province Treasurer an Execu-
tion against your Petitioner for the aforesaid sum of
£21-11-6 which has been served upon your Petitioner by
the Sheriff of the County of York & your Petitioner not
being in Circumstances to pay the same, & apprehending if
he was, that it does not of Right belong to him pay the
Same, & being now out of Goal only by the Indulgence of
the Sheriff till he could make application to your Excellency
& Honours Humbly begs your Excellency & Honours would
graciously be pleased to take his distressed Circumstances,
his Innocence ; into your Consideration & afford him such
Relief, as in your great Wisdom Goodness & Compassion
you shall see meet, & as in Duty bound shall ever Pray
Caleb Hutchings
In the House of Rep™ June 9. 1755.
Read, and Whereas it Appears to this Court that the
Select men of the Town of Kittery mistook the Law in
levying an assessment upon the Vessels referred to in this
Petition ; and that the Petr had no Authority to collect the
same : Therefore Ordered That the Province Treasurer be,
and he is hereby directed to withdraw his Execution which
408 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
he has issued against the Petr and that he discharge the
Town of Kittery of the sum of Twenty one Pounds eleven
shillings and six pence New Tenor which they stand charged
with in his Books for the aforesaid Assessment.
Sent up for Concurrence
T Hubbard Spkr
In Council June 9. 1755
Read and Concurred
Tho8 Clarke Dep^ Secry
Consented to
W Shirley
Votes.
In the House of Representatives, June 9, 1755.
Voted, That his Excellency the Captain-General and
Governour, be desired immediately to declare War against
the Arasaguntacook Tribe of Indians ; and all other the
Tribes of Indians, Eastward and Northward of Piscataqua
River, the Penobscott Tribe only excepted.
That his Excellency be desired to inform said Penobscott
Tribe, that this Government is sincerely desirous to maintain
Peace and Amity with them, and to take into their pay and
Subsistence, all such of their Tribe as are ablebodied effective
Men, capable of bearing Arms, and will act offensively with
us, against those Tribes of Indians, who in the most auda-
cious and perfidious Manner, have violated their solemn
Treaties of Peace with us ; and upon which, by all the
Treaties now subsisting between us and the Penobscott
Tribe, they are obliged to take up Arms as aforesaid ; and
that upon their so doing, this Government will, at their own
Charge, take Care of, and Support their Invalids, Women
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 409
and Children, if they will come amongst us, and put them-
selves under our Protection.
That for the Defence of the Eastern Frontiers, a marching
Army be raised by Inlistment, consisting of 300 Men, exclu-
sive of Officers ; that they be constantly employ'd in Scout-
ing, and that their Destination be as follows :
That Fifty Men be employ'd in Scouting from Lebanon to
Saco-River : Sixty Men from Saco-River, to New-Boston, by
the Way of Pearson and Hobbs Town, and New-Gloucester :
Ninety Men from New Boston to Frankfort : One-Hundred
Men from Frankfort to the Truck-House on St. George's-
River.
That the Pay for the Officers and Soldiers, be the same as
is now Established for the Officers and Soldiers in the
intended Expedition against Crown Point, and the Subsist-
ence the same as was allowed to marching Forces during the
last War : And a Bounty of three Dollars to be given to each
Soldier that may inlist and find his own Gun.
That the following Bounty be granted and allowed to be
paid out of the publick Treasury, over and above the
Encouragement aforesaid.
For every Male Indian Prisoner above the Age of Twelve
Years, that shall be taken and brought to Boston, Fifty
Pounds.
For every Male Indian Scalp, brought in as evidence of
their being killed, Forty Pounds.
For every Female Indian Prisoner, taken and brought in
as aforesaid, and for every Male Indian Prisoner under the
age of Twelve Years taken and brought in as aforesaid,
Twenty-five Pounds.
For every Scalp of such Female or Male Indian under
Twelve Years of Age, brought in as evidence of their being
killed, as aforesaid, Twenty Pounds.
That there be but two Commission Officers, viz. a Captain
410 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
and Lieutenant to a Company of not less than forty-five
Men ; that the Establishment be for five Months, to com-
mence from the twentieth Day of June Instant and no
longer; that the Pay and Subsistence of the Soldiers that
may be inlisted as aforesaid, commence upon the day of their
Inlistment, and that an Establishment be made accordingly.
Also Voted, That Fort-Halifax, and the Store-House at
Cushnoc be Garrison'd with eighty Men, and no more.
Fort at Brunswick : Five Men and no more.
Fort Frederick at Pemaquid, with Twenty Men and no
more.
The Truck-House at St. Georges's, with Forty-three Men,
and no more.
The Truck-House at Saco, with fifteen Men and no more.
Also Voted, That Richmond-Fort is of no Service for the
Defence of the Eastern Country, and therefore that the
Captain-General be desired to dismantle the same, give
Orders for the Removal of the Province Stores which are
there. And
That his Excellency the Captain-General be desired to
give Orders that all those Men who were impressed to Guard
the Province Stores up to Fort-Hallifax be dismissed upon
their having performed that Service.
And for an Additional Security to the Western Frontiers :
Voted, That there be Four Men at Fort-Dummer, and no
more.
At Fort Massachusetts : Forty Men, and no more.
At Pontoosuck : Eleven Men, and no more
For the three Garrisons at Charlemont : Twenty four Men,
and no more.
At the three Garrisons at Colerain : Twenty-four Men,
and no more.
At the two Garrisons at Fall-Town : Fourteen Men, and
no more.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 411
At Northfield and Greenfield : Twenty Men, and no more.
And that the Pay of the Officers and Soldiers in the
several Forts and Garrisons, be the same as was provided by
the last Establishment made for said Forts and Garrisons.
And that if in the Judgment of the Captain-General, he
shall hereafter find it necessary that there be a Number of
Men employed in Scouting between the Rivers of Connecti-
cut and Merrimack : That he be desired to raise thirty Men
by Enlistment, and destine them there for that Purpose for
the Time aforesaid, and that the same Pay, Subsistence
and Bounty, be allowed them as are allowed to the marching
Forces proposed to be raised on the Eastern Frontier : and
that an Establishment be made accordingly.
Sent up for Concurrence
T. Hubbard Speaker
In Council, June 10 1755 Read and concur'd
Thomas Clarke, Dep. Secry
Consented to
W. Shirley
Message of the House to His Excellency. June 9, 1755.
May it please Your Excellency
The House of Representatives having taken under their
Consideration the Several Independent Companys in the
County of York, and Apprehending that the design of Your
Excellency in priviledging those Companys from Other Ser-
vices was, that they might be ready On any sudden Emer-
gency to render the Government Service, & thereby prevent
the Necessity of an Impress on such Occasions. Now May
it please Your Excellency ; It Appears to this House that
412 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
the said Independent Companys were lately called upon to
Guard the Stores Sent to Kennebeck River, for Fort Halli-
fax, and refused to Appear, or engage in that Service, which
Occasioned a large Number of the Inhabitants of most of the
Towns in said County to be impressed ; which impress has
been attended with very great inconvenience to the Inhabit-
ants in general, & has proved very grievous distressing to
them :
And whereas The said Independent Companys by their
being exempted from any other dutys, have rendered the
duty of the Other inhabitants more frequent and burthen-
some
We beg leave to desire Your Excellency will be pleased
to order all the said Independent Companys to be disbanded,
that they may be alike liable with the Other Inhabitants to
be called upon when the Exigencys of the publick service
may require it.
In the House of Representatives June 9, 1755.
Voted, That Mr Sparhawk, Coll Cotton, Mr Bradbury Mr
Folger and Mr Steele be a Committee to wait upon the Cap1
General with the foregoing Address.
T. Hubbard Spkr
The Committee to whom was referred the letter from
Josiah Beal to the Captain General for their consideration of
the same. Beg leave to Report that they are unanimously
of the Opinion, that it will not consist with the safety of the
Government in the present Conjuncture of Affairs to permit
the said Beal to proceed to Sea in the Vessell He now
Comands or in any other, A and that therefore the Captain
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 413
General be desired to take effectual measures to prevent the
same at all Events
All wch is Humbly Submitted
g John Greenleaf
A for two Months ) Per order
next coming J
In Council; June 10, 1755. Read & Ordered that this
Report be accepted, with the Amendm1 Sent down for
Concurence
J Willard Secry
In the House of Representatives June 11, 1755.
Read and Concurred T Hubbard Spkr
Consented to W Shirley
Message. June 12, 1755.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Represent™9
This accompanies divers Letters I have received from the
Eastern Frontiers, all on the Subject of their Danger from
the Indian Enemy, & the Releif they need.
I desire you would take them all under Consideration, and
give me your Advice upon these Affairs, and what you judge
proper to be done therein, and that you would make what
Provision is necessary 'for this Court to do, for the Effecting
of such things as may be requisite for the safety of his Maj-
esty's Subjects in those exposed Places, if you shall find the
Provision you have already made will not be sufficient.
And I would especially recommend to your most deliber-
ate Attention ; the State of Fort Hallifax in all its Circum-
stances, as represented to me in Capt" Lithgow's Letter,
which I now lay before you, & his former Letters upon the
same Subject, which I communicated to the late Assembly,
and I suppose now ly upon their Files.
414 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
These matters are of such Importance, as will not admit of
any Delay in our Resolutions thereupon.
W Shirley
Council Chamber June 12: 1755.
In the House of Reps June 12, 1755.
Read and Ordered That Thos Foster Esq1 Mr Sparhawk
and Mr Tyng with such as the Honle Board shall join be a
Comtee to take his Excellency's Message aforegoing together
with the several Letters accompanying the same under Con-
sideration, And report what they think proper for the Court
to do thereon as soon as may be.
Sent up for Concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
In Council June 13, 1755 - Read & Concur'd & John Hill
& James Minot Esqrs are joined in the Affair.
Tho8 Clarke Dp^ Secry
Message.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives
Mr Fletcher Lieutenant of the Garrison at Sl Georges
River has made a Proposal to me to have a Party of about
thirty Men ; to scout on that Part of the Frontiers near that
River, and to intercept the Indians in their Coming down
upon the English there : His Project seems to me very likely,
if well prosecuted to be attended with Success ; but it being
something different from the general Plan for the Defence of
the Eastern Frontiers, & the Prosecution of the Indian
Enemy.
I desire that you would examine Mr Fletcher, and if you
can be satisfied of the Expediency of his Proposal, I doubt
not but you will give him, and the Men that may engage
with him, in this Design, all necessary Encouragement.
W Shirley
Council Chamber 13 June 1755
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 415
Message
Gent, of the House of Representves
I observe in the Orders, now given for supplying this Gov-
ernni* with Fire Arms from Great Britain you provided for
Five hundred in the whole less than you judged necessary
in the last Summer Session.
Indeed you passd a Vote at that time for Making Five
hundred Arms in this Province, But altho it is now near
seven Months since that Determination I cannot understand
that any further Measures have been used to furnish the
Govern m' with Arms in that Way. And it cannot be
expected that so many Arms will be manufactured here in
any good Season for the Occasions of the Governm1
Besides it was observed by Major General Win slow that
the Locks of those Arms borrowed of the Town of Boston
for the late Expedition on Kennebeck River which were
made in this Country were the very worst they had among
those Forces.
I would not be understood in the least to discourage this
Manufacture within the Province, but apprehend it may be
of great publick Benefit if it be carried on under due Regu-
lations, especially that the Arms may pass thr6 a skilful &
faithful Survey ; For Nothing can be more cruel to our Sol-
diers nor more injurious to ourselves to put into their Hands
such arms as will fail upon any hot Engagement,
Upon the whole Gentlemen, I hope you will take effectual
Care to make up your Compliment of good Fire arms as you
first determined in time to be ready for any sudden Emer-
gency at this critical Conjuncture, and for that purpose. send
Orders to Mr Agent Bollan to increase the Number he has
bespoke to 2500 Stands of Arms, and to ship them here by
the earliest Opportunity
416 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Order, Gov. Shirley to Col. Ezk1 Gushing June 12, 1755.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
By His Excellency the Governor To Coll. Ezekiel Crush-
ing Greeting Forasmuch as it appears to me that in the
present Circumstances of the Eastern Frontiers It is not for
the publick Service to Keep up the Independent Companies
on the said Frontiers
I do therefore hereby discharge the said Independent Com-
panies from any special Duty as such & from any Exemption
from the ordinary Military Service they were before obliged
to, And I do hereby accordingly direct you and the standing
Military officers under your Command to exercise the same
Authority over the several Persons belonging to the said
Independent Companies as before the time when they were
first formed ; And do also hereby require them to conform
themselves thereunto accordingly ;
And you are hereby directed to notify the Commanding
officers of the said Companies hereof by sending them attested
Copies of this Order ; Hereof fail not.
Given under my Hand & Seal at Boston the 12th day of
June 1755 in the 28th Year of his Maj^8 Reign.
W Shirley
Letter, Capt. Wm Lithgoiv to J. Wheelwright June llf, 1755
HonWe Sr/
these Serves to Inclose an Invoice of Sundry Furs which
I hope will Com Safe to Hand, I had no oppertuniety to
Send them g Sanders, thay have ben packed about a mounth,
I have ye province Truck goods packed almost Pray you
order by whome I Shall Send them, as I under Stand Cap*
Sanders is bound to New York. I Intreet you put His
OF THE STATE OP MAINE 417
Excellency In mind if In Boston, or ye Court if He is absent,
that I may have Imediate Directions How to Finish Fort
Hallifax, wheither it may be Dun according to ye plan I Sent,
which I am perswaided will be most to ye advantage of ye
Province, or if I must follow my first orders which I am
Sure will be to the Dissad vantage of ye Province, His Excel-
lency has ye plan which He Informed me In His Letter to
me of may ye 20th that He would Exhibit the Same to ye
Court when assemblyed and accordingly give me His Direc-
tions I have sent three Letters, praying I might have nesscery
orders Respecting ye above Fort, the Work men now are
almost Idle for want of Instructions, pray thay may now be
Scut that Somthing may be Dun to Render ym boath Defence-
able and Comfortable for ye officers and Souldiers ye ensew-
ing Winter that so the garrison posted there may not be
Crouded this Winter as thay ware Last which was ye ocasion
of ye Death of 4 or 5 of them as also ocasioned grate Sick-
ness which Rendred ye men almost Incapable of Duty as I
have Leargely In Sundry letters heretofore expressed, -
I have laid In a Sufficiency of provisions of all Sorts In
Fort Hallifax to Subsist 80 or 90 men till ye middle of Febr
next, we had extrordinary Success Carry up ye provisions
going up one Day and Down ye next Carryed up five freights
In Ten Days, the Wethers being Drye Rested only ye Sabath,
we never wet one mouthfull of ye provisions or hurt one
Boate In our going or Comeing, I Continued With ye guards
Constently my Selfe, thay go as well as a Whale Boate and
when Lodned Draws 18 Inches Water, will Carry 25 bbs
pork & Bread had we had the Number of Such Botes as 1
mentioned to ye government, Should have Convayed up y®
whole of the provisions at five Trips, we Should have Dun
it as it was, had ye guards ben Raised according to ye Time
I preficed, which was ye 10th of may, but not Coming till ye
22d of ye same month by which Time the River was fallen
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418 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
to Such a Degree that ye last of ye Trips we went up, Could
not Cary ye Botes more then halfe Lodned, and as ye River
fell 6 Inches In 48 hours Could not go any more unless ye
men had Constently waided which would have Rendred halfe
our men Incapable of action In Case ye Enemy had atacted
us, upon ye whole finding ye Dificultys so grate on account
ye Rivers falling so fast as above and ye Expence of ye guard
would be grate to ye province and Could Do but little Ser-
vice for ye Reasons above mentioned, accordingly I Dissmised
those guards, the York Company Came Just as we had fin-
ished, and Returned home without Doaing farther Service,
I would have had Cap1 Bragdon Left part of His Company
to guard ye hailing of Timber Burning Brick fetching Stone
for the above Fort, which would have answred well as thay
ware here and not to Return to York without Doaing any
more then Coming and going the providing of those metirels
as above is of absolute nessiety and must have a Reinforce-
ment of 30 or 40 men for this Service and pray your Honr
mention these things to ye Court.
the Canon I will Send up by ye vesels you order to fetch
ye goods belonging to ye province,- a Reinforcement to guard
ye Hailing Timber Burning Brick &c, and Direction Respect-
ing ye Fort, must be Sent otherwayes the Workmen must lye
Idle, let me Beg you communicate those thing™ to ye govern-
ment, that I may have Imedietly Directions about those
affairs. Sr with all Due Regards I Beg leave to Subscribe
my selfe your Hours
most Humble Servant
Will"' Lithgow
P. S I have sent by patterson 31 pieces of gold all In
papers marked according to ye value the whole amounting to
four Hundred Sixteen pounds Nine Shillings & a Leven
pence old Tenr £416: 9: lla which Sum I pray you examine
if it be Right as I have Expressed, and then Deliver the
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 419
Same to ye Honble Mr Speaker Hubbard, that he may Dis-
charge Sevairal Demands, that is made on my muster Roal,
which He is Knowing of,- I have also Sent to mr Richard
Hootton 120z 8dwt 12qr of gold weighed In bulk and expect
He will Recive it accordingly, thare is 31 pieces of gold
also of this end one and a halfe pistereen ye whole amount-
ing to £491: 16: 6 old Tenr which also pray you See if it be
Right and then Delr ye Same to mr Hootton. —
this gold is in a Little Striped Bag by its Selfe, —
W: L
Letter, TJio. EMlpatrick to the Governor $■ Council.
June Uth 1755
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To his Excellency William Shirley Esqr Cap1 General And
Governer in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of the
Massachusetts Bay in New England, together with the Hon-
orable counsel & house of Representatives.
May it please your Excellency & honnor8 to take into
Consideration our present, Dificult And dangerous circum-
stances Our woods round our garrisons are crawling with
lurking Enemies Watching our motion So that we are in con-
tinual fear and Danger, As is Evident by their late Clandes-
tine attempts, for after their killing & barberously using &
Sculping one boy, they at the same time killed or carried
captive another, and Soon after have killed one man, & car-
ried another captive of the dutch at broad Bay, And within
two days after Carried a man & A boy Captive from pleas-
ant point So that no place is free, by Reason of which we
fear our Garrisons will Soon be attacked By them, which are
poorly provided to make any proper Resistance or probable
defence, being but poorly Mand, ill Provided with arms &
420 DOCUMENT ABY HISTORY
a munition, And provisions to defend Our selves, and fami-
lies, So that without some Speedy Assistance we must fall a
prey into the hand of our Enemies, or leave the Countrey to
them —
This is the truth of our present Circumstances & Situation,
Which I humbly offer to Your Excellency & honnour", on
whose Wisdom and Compassion (under god) our dependance
is -
And begs leave to subscribe, My Self, Your Excellency*,
and Honno" Most obedient humble Servant _
Blockhouse Sl Georges 14th June 1755
Tho Killpatrick
Instructions
Boston June 19, 1755.
Sir
Having Commissioned you to be Captain of a Company of
fifty Voluntiers to be constantly employed as a Scout from
Lebanon to Saco River ;
You must take care to enlist into your Company none but
able bodied effective Men, & that they be well appointed as
to Arms & Ammunition, & you must keep in constant Duty
of Scouting (saving what time may be necessary for natural
Refreshment) & you must consult & pursue the best Meas-
ures you can for the surprizing Captivating & Destroying the
Indian Enemy ; but must kill none in cold Blood or after
you have made them Captives.
You are not so strictly obliged to keep the Rout between
Lebanon & Saco but that upon advices of any particular
Advantage likely to be had by your going out of those Lines
some little Distance & Time you have Liberty to improve
such Advantages as they may occur.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 421
You must keep as exact a Journal of your Proceedings as
your Circumstances will admit of And see that your Lieuten1
do the same & that Copies thereof be returned into the Sec-
retarys Office to be laid before me once a Month if you have
Opportunity to send them.
Letter, J. Willard, 8ecy to Jacob Fotvles Esq
Boston June 19, 1755
Sir
I am directed by the Governor and Council to desire that
upon the Arrival at Marblehead of Benjamin Diamond &
William Reading two Masters of Fishing Vessels, or either of
them they forthwith attend the Board to give in their Infor-
mation respecting a French Fleet they saw to the Eastward,
And that in the mean time you take the Depositions of John
Vickary & Jonathan Breed two other Masters upon oath
respecting that Matter & send the same to my office.
I am Sir Your humble Serv1
J Willard
Jacob Fowles Esq1
Copy'd
Petition.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay
To the Honourable Spencer Phipps Esqr Lieutenant Gov-
ernour of the province aforesaid and Commandr in Cheif and
to the Honble his Majestys Councill for said province —
Humbly prayeth
Thomas Cushing of Boston in the province aforesaid, That
Your Honours would be pleased to grant him Your permis-
sion to send to Halifax in his Majestys province of Nova
Scotia a Quantity of provissions and live Stock for the Supply
422 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
of his Majestys Fleet now there, Upon his Complying with
the Terms by Law Required, And Your petitioner as in duty
bound shall ever pray &c
Thomas Cushing
Boston July 1755
At a Council holden at the Governors House in Halifax
on Thursday the 3'1 July 1755. (to July 22-1755 )
Present.
The Lieutenant Governor
Benj. Green ~]
Jn° Collier
Will™ Cotterell rCounc"
Jonn Belcher
J
The Lieutenant Governor laid before the Council the two
following Memorials, Signed by the Deputies and a number
of the french Inhabitants of Minas and Pisiquid, and
delivered to Cap1 Murray the Commanding Officer there, by
whom they had been Transmitted to His Excellency.
" Aux Mines le 10. Juin 1755.
" A Son Excellence Charles Lawrence Ecuyer, Gouverneur
" de la Province de la Nouvelle Ecosse en Accadie &c
«&c &c
41 Monseigneur "
" Les Habitans des Mines, de Pisiquid et de
" la Riviere aux Canards, prennent la liberte de s' approcher
" de Votre Excellence pour luy temoigner combien ils sont
"sensibles a la Conduitte que le Gouvernement tien a leur
" egard, II paroit Monseigneur que Votre Excellence doutte
" de la Sincerity avec laquelle nous avons promis d'etre fidels
" a La Majeste Britannique. Nous supplions tres humble-
" ment Votre Excellence de considerer notre Conduitte
"pass^e, et voira que bien loin de fausser le Serment que
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" nous avous prettes, nous avons maintenus dans son entier,
" malgre les Sollicitations et les Menaces et payantes d'une
" autre Puissance. Nous sommes Aujourd'huy Monseigneur
" dans les meines dispositions, les plus pures et les plus
" sinceres de prouver en toutte Circonstance une fidelite, a
" toutte epreuve pour La Majeste, de la meme facon que
" nous l'avons fait jusqu'ici, tant dit que La Majeste" nous
" laissera les memes libertes qu'elle nous a accordes. A ce
" sujet, nous prions instamment votre Excellence de vouloir
" nous informer des Intentions de La Majeste sur cet Article,
" et de vouloir bien nous en donner des Assurances de La
" part."
" Permettrez nous s'il vous plait Monseigneur d'exposer
" icy les Circonstances genantes dans lesquelles on nous
" retiens, au prejudice de la Tranquility dont nous devons
" Jouir Sous pretexte que nous transportons notre Bled ou
" autre denrees a la pointe de Beausejour, et a la Riviere S1
" Jean, il ne nous est plus permis de faire le moindre trans-
" port de Bled par eau dune Endroit a l'autre, Nous supplions
" Votre Excellence de croire que nous n'avons jamais trans-
"porte aucune Provision de vivre, ni a la pointe ni a la
" Riviere Sl Jean. Si quelques Habitans refugies a la pointe
" ont ete saisies avec des Bestiaux, nous n'en sommes
" aucunement Coupables, d'autant que les Bestiaux leurs
" appartenvient en particulier et qu' ils les conduisoient sur
" leurs Habitations respectives. quant a nous Monseigneur
" nous n'avons jamais delinque sur ces sortes de matiere, par
" consequent nous devrions, ce nous semble, n'en etre pas
44 punis, au contraire nous esperons qu'il plaira a votre
" Excellence nous rendre la meme liberte que nous avions
" Cij devant en nous rendant l'usage de nos Canots, soit pour
"transporter nos besoins d'une Riviere a l'autre, soit pour
" faire la Peche et par la subvenir a notre Nouriture, Cette
"permission ne nous a jamais ete otee qu'a present, nous
424 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
"esperons Monseigneur, qu'il vous plaira nous la rendre
"surtout en Consideration de quantite des pauvres Habitans
"qui seroient bien aise de substanter leur famille avec le
44 Poisson qu'ills pourroient prendre."
" De plus vos Fusils, que nous regardons comme nos
"propres Menbles, nous ont et6 encloes malgre qui nous
44 sont d'un dernier necessity, soit pour deffendre nos
" Bestiaux qui sont attaques par les Betes Sauvages, soit
" pour la Conservation de nos Enfans et de nous memes, tel
4k Habitan qui a ses Boeufs dans les Bois, et qui en a besoin
" pour ses Travaux, n'oseroit s'exposer a aller les chercber,
" sans etre en etat de se deffendre et de se conserver, il est
" certain Monseigneur que depuis que les Sauvages ne fre-
" quentent plus nos Quartiers, les Betes feroces sont
41 extremmement augmentees, et que nos Bestiaux en sont
" devor^s presque tous les Jours, dailleurs les Armes que
"l'ont nous enlevent, sont un foible garant de notre fidelity,
44 ce n'est pas ce fusil que possede ni Habitan qui le portera
"a la Revolte, ni la privation de ce meme Fusil que le
14 rendera plus fidel, mais sa Conscience seule le doit engager
44 a maintenir son Serment."
44 II paroit un Ordre de par votre Excellence dorm 6 au
44 Fort Edward le 4me Juin 1755 et de la 28me Ann^e du
44 regne de sa Majeste, Signe A. Murray, par lequel il nous
44 enjoints de transporter les Fusils, Pistolets - au Fort
" Edward, il nous paroit Monseigneur qu'il nous seroit
44dangereux d'executer cette Ordre, (dans le suppose qu'il
44s'en trouva encore quelques uns qui auroient echap^s a la
44 recherche exacte que Ton en a faite ) avant que de vous
44 representer le danger auquel cet Ordre. nous expose, les
44 Sauvages peuvent venir nous menacer et nous avons fournis
44 des Armes pour les tuer, Nous esperons Monseigneur que
44 bien loin de nous le faire executer avec tant de danger,
44 qu'il vous plaira au contraire d'ordonner que Ton nous
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" remette ceux que Ton nous a enlevees et nous procurer le
" moyen par la, de nous conserver nous et nos Bestiaux."
" En dernier lieu, il nous est douleureux Monseigneur de
14 nous voir eoupables sans le scavoir, un de nos Habitans de
"la Riviere aux Canards, nomine Pierre Melancon, a et6
" Saisi et arrets avec la Charge de son Canot, avant d'avoir
41 entendu aucun Ordre portant deffence de ces sortes de
" Transports. Nous supplions a ce Sujet Votre Excellence
" de vouloir nous communiquer son bon plaisir avant de nous
44 confisquer et de nous mettre enfaite. Ce sont les Graces
" que nous attendons des bont^s de Votre Excellence, et
" nous esperons que vous nous ferez la Justice de croire que
"bien loin de vouloir transgresser nos Promesses, nous
44 les maintiendrons en assurant que nous sommes tres
" respecteusement
" Monseigneur Vos tres bumble et tres obeissants
" Serviteurs.
Signed by Twenty five of the said Inhabitants.
"Aux Mines ce 24. Juin 1755."
44 Son Excellence Charles Lawrence Ecuyer, Gouverneur
" de la Province de la Nouvelle Ecosse ou Accadie, &c
44 Monseigneur,
" Tous les Habitans des Mines, de Pisiquid et de
u la Riviere aux Canards supplient Votre Excellence de
44 croire que si dans la Requette qu'ils out eu l'honneur
44 de presenter a Votre Excellence, il se trouvoit quelque,
44 faute, ou quelque manque de respect envers le Gouveme-
4< ment, que c' est contre leur intention, et que dans ce cas
44 les Habitans qui Ton Signe ne sont plus Coupables que les
44 autres. Si quelque fois il se trouve des Habitans embar-
44 assees en presence de Votre Excellence, ils supplient tres
44 humblement de vouloir excuser leur timidity ; et si contre
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" notre attente il se trouvoit quelque chose de dure, sur la
" ditte Request, nous prions Votre Excellence de nous faire
" la Grace de pouvoir expliquer notre Intention. Ce sont les
" faveurs que nous esperons qu'il plaira a Votre Excellence
" de nous faire en la suppliant de croire que nous sommes
" tres respecteusement "
" Monseigneur Vos tres Humbles et tres obeissants
" Serviteurs "
Signed by Forty four of the said Inhabitants in the Name
of the whole.
The Lieutenant Governor at the same time acquainted the
Council that Cap* Murray had informed him that for some-
time before the delivery of the first of the said Memorials,
the french Inhabitants in general had behaved with greater
Submission and Obedience to the Orders of the Government
than usual, and had readily delivered in to him a considera-
ble number of their Fire Arms, but that at the delivery of
the said Memorial they treated him with great Indecency
and Insolence, which gave him strong Suspicions that they
had obtained some Intelligence which we were then ignorant
of, and which the Lieutenant Governor concieved might
most probably be a Report that had been about that Time
spread amongst them of a french Fleet being then in the Bay
of Fundy, it being very notorious that the said french Inhab-
itants have always discovered an insolent and inimical dispo-
sition towards His Majesty's Government when they have
had the least hopes of Assistance from France.
The Lieutenant Governor likewise acquainted the Council
that upon his receipt of the first Memorial, he had wrote to
Cap1 Murray to order all those who had Signed the same to
repair forthwith to Halifax to attend him and the Council
thereon, and that they were accordingly arrived and then in
waiting without.
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The Council having then taken the Contents of the said
Memorials into Consideration, were unanimously of Opinion
That the Memorial of the 10th of June is highly arrogant
and insidious, an Insult upon His Majesty's Authority and
Government, and deserved the highest Resentment, and that
if the Memorialists had not submitted themselves by their
subsequent Memorial, they ought to have been severely pun-
ished for their Presumption.
The Deputies were then called in and the Names of the
Subscribers to the Memorial read over, and such of them as
were present ordered to answer to their Names, which they
did to the Number of Fifteen, the others being sick ; after
which the Memorial itself was again read and they were
severely reprimanded for their Audacity in Subscribing and
presenting so impertinent a Paper, but in Compassion to their
Weakness and Ignorance of the Nature of our Constitution,
especially in Matters of Government, and as the Memorialists
had presented a subsequent one, and had shewn an Appear-
ance of Concern for their past behaviour therein, and had
then presented themselves before the Council with great
Submission and Repentance, The Council informed them
they were still ready to treat them with Lenity, and in order
to shew them the falsity as well as Impudence of the Con-
tents of their Memorial, it was ordered to be read Paragraph
by Paragraph, and the Truth of the several Allegations
minutely discussed, and Remarks made by the Lieutenant
Governor on each Paragraph to the following Effect, viz1
It was observed in answer to this Paragraph of their
Memorial of the 10th of June,
"That they were affected with the Proceedings of the
" Government towards them."
That they had been always treated by the Government
with the greatest Lenity and Tenderness, That they had
enjoyed more. Privileges than English Subjects, and had been
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indulged in the free Exercise of their Religion, That they
had at all Times full liberty to consult their Priests, and
had been protected in their Trade and Fishery, and had been
for many Years permitted to possess their Lands ( part of
the best Soil of the Province ) tho' they had not complied
with the Terms, on which the Lands were granted, by Tak-
ing the Oath of Allegiance to the Crown.
They were then asked whether they could produce an
Instance that any Privilege was denied to them, or that any
hardships were ever imposed upon them by the Governmen.t
They acknowledged the Justice and Lenity of the Gov-
ernment.
Upon the Paragraph where
" They desire their past Conduct might be considered."
It was remarked to them that their past Conduct was con-
sidered and that the Government were sorry to have occasion
to say that their Conduct had been undutiful and very
ungrateful for the Lenity shewn to them. That they had
made no returns of Loyalty to the Crown or Respect to His
Majesty's Government in the Province. That they had dis-
covered a constant disposition to assist his Majesty's Ene-
mies, and to distress his Subjects. That they had not only
furnished the Enemy with Provisions and Amunition, but
had refused to supply the Inhabitants or Government with
Provisions, and when they did Supply, they have exacted
three times the Price for which they were sold at other Mar-
kets. That they had been insolent and idle on their Lands,
had neglected Husbandry, and the Cultivation of the Soil,
and had been of no use to the Province, either in Husbandly,
Trade or Fishery, but had been rather an obstruction to the
Kings Intentions in the Settlement.
They were then asked whether they could mention a single
Instance of Service to the Government. To which they were
incapable of making any Reply.
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Upon reading this Paragraph,
" It seems that Your Excellency is doubtful of the Sincer-
" ity of those who have promised Fidelity, That they had
" been so far from breaking their Oath, that they had kept it
" in spight of terrifying Menaces from another Power."
They were asked what gave them occasion to suppose that
the Government was doubtful of their Sincerity? and were
told that it argued a Consciousness in them of insincerity
and want of Attachment to the Interests of His Majesty and
his Government. That as to taking their Arms, they had
often urged that the Indians would annoy them if they did
not assist them, and that by taking their Arms by Act of
Government, it was put out of the Power of the Indians to
threaten or force them to their Assistance. That they had
assisted the Kings Enemies, and appeared too ready to join
with another Power, contrary to the Allegiance they were
bound by their Oath to Yield to His Majesty.
In answer to this Paragraph,
"We are now in the same disposition, the purest and sin
u cerest, to prove in every Circumstance Fidelity to His Maj-
" esty, in the same manner as we have done, Provided that
" His Majesty will leave ns the same Liberties which he has
"granted us."
They were told that it was hoped they would hereafter
give Proofs of more sincere and pure dispositions of Mind,
in the practice of Fidelity to His Majesty, and that they
would forbear to Act in the manner they have done, in
obstructing the Settlement of the Province, by assisting the
Indians and French to the distress and Annoyance of many
of His Majesty's Subjects, and to the Loss of the Lives of
several of the English Inhabitants. That it was not the
Language of British Subjects to Talk of Terms with the
Crown, to Capitulate about their Fidelity and Allegiance,
and that it was insolent to insert a Proviso, that they would
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prove their Fidelity Provided that His Majesty would give
them Liberties. All His Majesty's Subjects are protected in
the Enjoyment of every Liberty while they continue Loyal
and faithful to the Crown, and when they become false and
disloyal they forfeit that Protection.
That they in particular, tho' they had acted so insincerely
on every Opportunity, had been left in the full Enjoyment of
their Religion, Liberty and Properties, with an Indulgence
beyond what would have been allowed to any British Sub-
ject, who could presume as they have done, to join in the
Measures of another Power.
They were told in answer to the Paragraph where,
"They desire their Canoes for carrying their Provisions
" from one River to another and for their Fishery."
That they wanted their Canoes for carrying Provisions to
the Enemy, and not for their own use or the Fishery, That
by a Law of this Province, All Persons are restrained from
carrying Provisions from one Port to another, and every
Vessel, Canoe or Bark found with Provisions is forfeited,
and a Penalty is inflicted on the Owners.
They were also told in AnsAver to the following Paragraph,
" They Petition for their Guns as part of their Goods, that
" they may be restored to defend their Cattle from the Wild
" Beasts, and to preserve themselves and their Children,
" That since the Indians have quitted their Quarters, the
" Wild Beasts are greatly increased."
That Guns are no part of their Goods, as they have no
Right to keep Arms. By the Laws of England, all Roman
Catholicks are restrained from having Arms, and they are
Subject to Penalties if Arms are found in their Houses, that
upon the Order from Cap1 Murray many of the Inhabitants
voluntarily brought in their Arms, and none of them pre-
tended that they wanted them for defence of their Cattle
against Wild Beasts, and that the Wild Beasts had not
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 431
encreased since their Arms were surrendered. That they
had some secret Inducement at that Time, for presuming to
demand their Arms as part of their Goods and their Right,
and that they had flattered themselves of being supported in
their Insolence to the Government, on a Report that some
French Ships of War were in the Bay of Fundy. That this
daring Attempt plainly discovered the falsehood of their
Professions of Fidelity to the King, and their readiness has
been visible upon every Intimation of Force or Assistance
from France, to insult His Majesty's Government, and to
Join with his Enemies, contrary to their Oath of Fidelity.
Upon reading this Paragraph
" Besides the Arms we carry are a feeble Surety for our
" Fidelity. It is not the Gun that an Inhabitant possesses
"which will lead him to Revolt, nor the depriving him of
" that Gun that will make him more faithful, but his Con-
" science alone ought to engage him to maintain his Oath."
They were asked what Excuse they could make for their
Presumption in this Paragraph, and treating the Government
with such Indignity and Contempt as to expound to them
the Nature of Fidelity, and to prescribe what would be the
Security proper to be relied on by the Government for their
Sincerity. That their Consciences ought indeed to engage
them to Fidelity from their Oath of Allegiance to the King,
and that if they were sincere in their Duty to the Crown,
they would not be so anxious for their Arms, when it was
the pleasure of the Kings Government to demand them for
His Majesty's Service.
They were then informed that a very fair Opportunity
now presented itself to them to manifest the reality of their
Obedience to the Government by immediately taking the
Oath of Allegiance in the Common Form before the Council.
Their Reply to this Proposal was, That they were not come
prepared to resolve the Council on that head. They were
432 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
then told that they very well knew for these Six Years past,
the same thing had been often proposed to them and had
been as often evaded under various frivolous pretences, that
they had often been informed that sometime or other it would
be required of them and must be done, and that the Council
did not doubt but they knew the Sentiments of the Inhabit-
ants in general, and had fully considered and determined
this point with regard to themselves before now, as they had
been already indulged with six Years to form a Resolution
thereon. They then desired they might return home and
Consult the Body of the People upon this Subject, as they
could not do otherwise than the generality of the Inhabitants
should determine, for that they were desirous of either refus-
ing or accepting the Oath in a Body, and could not possibly
determine till they knew the Sentiments of their Constitu-
ents. Upon this so extraordinary a Reply they were
informed they would not be permitted to return for any such
purpose, but that it was expected from them to declare on
the Spot for their own particular, as they might very well be
expected to do, after having had so long a Time to consider
upon that point. They then desired leave to retire to con-
sult among themselves, which they were permitted to do,
when after near an hours Recess, they returned with the
same Answer, That they could not consent to take the Oath
as prescribed, without consulting the general Body, but that
they were ready to Take it as they had done before, To
which they were answered, That His Majesty had disap-
proved of the manner of Taking the Oath before, That it
was not consistent with his Honour to make any Conditions,
nor could the Council accept their Taking the Oath in any
other way than as all other His Majesty's Subjects were
obliged by Law to do when called upon, and that it was
now expected they should do so, which they still declining,
they were allowed till the next Morning at Ten of the Clock
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 433
to come to a Resolution. To which Time the Council then
adjourned.
At a Council holden at the Governors House in Halifax
on Friday the 4th July 1755.
Present
The Lieutenant Governor
Benj : Green ~]
Jn° Collier I
Will- Cotterell j*0011110"
Jonn Belcher
The Council being met according to Adjournment, the
french Deputies who were Yesterday ordered to Attend the
Council were brought in. and, upon being asked what Reso-
lution they were come to in regard to the Oath, They
declared they could not consent to Take the Oath in the
Form required without consulting the Body. They were
then informed that as they had now for their own particulars,
refused to Take the Oath as directed by Law, and thereby
sufficiently evinced the Sincerity of their Inclination towards
the Government, The Council could no longer look on them
as Subjects to His Britanick Majesty, but as Subjects to the
King of France, and as such they must hereafter be treated.
And they were ordered to withdraw.
The Council after Consideration were of Opinion That
directions should be given to Captain Murray to order the
french Inhabitants forthwith to Choose and send to Halifax,
new Deputies with the general Resolution of the said Inhab-
itants in regard to Taking the Oath, and that none of them
should for the future be admitted to Take it after having
once refused so to do, but that effectual Measures ought to
be Taken to remove all such Recusants out of the Province.
The Deputies were then called in again, and having been
informed of this Resolution and finding they could no longer
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avail themselves of the Disposition of the Government to
engage them to a dutiful behaviour by Lenity and Perswa-
sion, Offered to Take the Oath, but were informed that as
there was no reason to hope their proposed Compliance pro-
ceeded from an honest Mind, and could be esteemed only the
Effect of Compulsion and Force, and is contrary to a Clause
in an Act of Parliament, S Geo: 2. C. 13, whereby Persons
who have once refused to Take the Oaths cannot be after-
wards permitted to Take them, but are considered as Popish
Recusants; Therefore they would not now be indulged with
such Permission. And they were thereupon Ordered into
Confinement.
At a Council holden at the Governor's House in Halifax
on Monday the 14th July 1755.
Present
The Lieutenant Governor
Benj: Green
Jn° Collier
Will- Cotterell j-Councr"
Jonn Belcher
The Lieutenant Governor acquainted the Council that he
was instructed by His Majesty to Consult the Commander in
Chief of the Fleet upon any Emergency, that might concern
the Security of the Province, and that he intended to send
the following Letter to Vice Admiral Boscawen and Rear
Admiral Mostyn.
"Sir"
" His Majesty's Council being appointed to meet at my
" House to Morrow at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon to
" consider what Steps it may be proper to Take for the
" Security of the Province against any Attempt that may be
" made to annoy us from Canada or Louisbourg in case of a
" Rupture, or any violent Measures the French may Take by
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 435
" way of resenting the Check that has lately been given to
'< their Encroachments."
" I am to acquaint You that it is both agreable to the
" Instructions I have received from His Majesty, and at the
" earnest Request of His Council for this Province, that I
" beg the Honour of your Company and Assistance at our
" Consultation.
" Signed Chas Lawrence."
"Halifax 14th July 1755."
"Vice Admiral Boscawen.1'
A Letter of the same Tenor and Date to Rear Admiral
Mostyn.
The Council returned His Excellency Thanks, and were
very desirous that the Admirals might be Consulted.
At a Council holden at the Governor's House in Halifax
on Tuesday the 15th 'July 1755.
Present
The Lieutenant Governor
Benj: Green
Jn° Collier
Will" Cotterell \CimUr"
Jon" Belcher J
The Honble Vice Admiral Boscaweu and Rear Admiral
Mostyn being also Present in consequence of the Lieutenant
Governor's Letter.
The Lieutenant Governor laid before the Admirals the
late Proceedings of the Council in regard to the French
Inhabitants, and desired their Opinion and Advice thereon.
Both the Admirals approved of the said Proceedings, and
gave it as their Opinion, That it was now the properest Time
to oblige the said Inhabitants to take the Oath of Allegiance
to His Majesty or to quit the Country.
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The Lieutenant Governor then communicated to the
Council, a Letter by him received from Cap* Rous, informing
him that the French at the River Sl Johns had, upon his
appearance with His Majesty's Ships under his Command,
before the Fort there, Retreated therefrom, after having first
rendred the Cannon useless, and destroyed by Fire, all the
Wood work thereof &c, and desired the Opinion of the
Council in regard to the most proper and necessary Measures
to be immediately taken, in order to prevent the French
from availing themselves any further of their late Possession
thereof, and of Securing the said Territory and the Indian
Inhabitants thereof to His Majesty's Obedience. Upon
which the Council were of Opinion that less Inconvenience
would be occasioned by suffering the said Fort to remain in
its present Condition during the present Circumstances of
the Colony, than by undertaking immediately to repair and
Garrison the same.
The Council then took into Consideration the Number and
State of the Troops in this Province, the Impossibility of
Compleating the intended augmentation at present, and the
Number of French Troops that had got into Louisbourg and
the River of Canada, in the Ships that had escaped Admiral
Bosca wen's Fleet.
And then the Question was proposed whether it would
not be absolutely necessary for the Good of His Majesty's
Service, and the Security of this His Province, to retain in
pay the Two Thousand New England Troops now under
the Command of Lieutenant Colonel Monckton on the
Isthmus of Chignecto.
It was unanimously the Opinion of His Majesty's Council
and all present that they should be retained at least untill
the Augmentation was compleated, or further Orders should
be received from England, and it was Resolved that the
Transports should be immediately discharged to avoid any
unnecessary Expence.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 437
At a Council holden at the Governor's House in Halifax
on Friday the 25th July 1755.
Present
the Lieutenant Governor
Benj: Green
Jn° Collier
Will"1 Cotterell
Jn° Rous
Jon" Belcher
The HonMe Vice Admiral Boscawen and Rear Admiral
Mostyn being also Present.
The Lieutenant Governor laid before the Council the fol-
lowing Memorial which he had received from the french
Inhabitants of Annapolis River.
"A Son Excellence l'honorble Charles Lawrence Ecuyer
" Lieutenant Governeur et Commandant en Chef de la Prov-
" ince de la Nouvelle Ecosse pour la Majeste Britanique et
" Colonel d'un de ses Regiments d'lnfanterie &c &c &c "
" Monseigneur "
" Aussitot que nous avons recus les Ordres de Votre
"Excellence dattez du 12me Jour de Juillet 1755, nous nous
" sommes assemble le Dimanche 13. Jour du present Mois
" pour faire la Lecture a tous les Habitans de vos Ordres,
" Voulant toujours nous tenir sous une fidelle Obeissance ;
" nous avons deliberez tous en Generale d'un Consentement
" unanime de porter tous nos Armes a feux a Monsieur
"Handfield notre tres digne Cammandant quoique nous
" n'ayons jamais en la Volontez de nous en servir contre le
" Gouvernement de Sa Majeste, Ce qui fait que nous n'avons
" aucuns Reproche a nous faire a ce Sujet ny dans toute la
" Fidelite que nous devons au Gouvernement de Sa Majeste,
" Car Monseigneur nous pouvons bien assurer Votre Excel-
" lence que plusieurs d'entre nous ce sont risque la Vie pour
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" donner Connoissance au Gouvernment de l'ennenris, et
"aussi lors qu'il a etez necessaire de Travailler pour 1' entre-
" tien du Fort d' Annapolis et autre Travaille necessaire au
" Gouvernement, nous nous y avons porter de tout notre
" Coeur, et nous somnies pret a continuer avec la meme
" Fidelity ; et aussi nous avons fait l'election des Trentes
" homines pour aller a Halifax auxquels nous recommandons
" bien de ne rieu dire on faire qui soit contraire au Conseille
" de Sa Majesty, mais nous leurs enjoignons de ne contracter
" aucuns nouveaux Serment, nous sonnnes Resous et en
" volentez de nous entenir a celuy que nous avons donnez
" et auxquels nous avons etes fidelles autant que les Circom-
" stances 1'ont demander, Car les Ennemis de Sa Majeste
" nous ont solicite a prendre les Armes contre le Gouverne-
" ment, mais nous n'avons en garde de la faire."
Signed by Two hundred and Seven of the said Inhabitants.
The Lieutenant Governor also acquainted the Council
that, in Consequence of the Order of Council of the 4th Inst,
the said Inhabitants had sent down Deputies with their
Answer in regard to their Taking the Oath of Allegiance to
His Majesty, and that they were now waiting without.
The said Deputies were then ordered to be called in, and
being asked what they had to say, They declared that they
appeared in behalf of themselves and all the other Inhabitants
of Annapolis River, That they could not take any other Oath
than what they had formerly taken which was with a Reserve
that they should not be obliged to take up Arms, and that if
it was the Kings Intentions to force them to quit their Lands,
they hoped that they should be allowed a convenient Time
for their Departure.
The Council then asked them several Questions concerning
the Allegiance they so much boasted of in their Memorial,
;tnd the Intelligence which they say they have given the
Government, of which they were desired to mention a single
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 439
Instance whereby any Advantage had accrued to the Gov-
ernment, but this they were unable to do ; on the contrary it
was made very evident to them that they have always
omitted to give timely Intelligence when they had it in their
Power, and might have saved the Lives of many of His Maj-
esty's Subjects, but that they had always secretly aided the
Indians, and many of them had even appeared openly in
Arms against His Majesty. They were then told that they
must now resolve either to take The Oath without any
Reserve or else to quit their Lands, for that Affairs were
now at such a Crisis in America that no delay could be
admitted, That the French had obliged us to Take up Arms
in our Defence against their Encroachments, and it was
unknown what Steps they might Take further, for which
reason, if they (the Inhabitants) would not become Subjects
to all Intents and Purposes, they could not be suffered to
remain in the Country. Upon which they said they were
determined, One and All, rather to quit their Lands than to
Take any other Oath than what they had done before. The
Council then told them that they ought very seriously to
Consider the Consequences of their Refusal. That if they
once refused the Oath they would never after be permitted
to Take it, but would infallibly loose their Possessions ; That
the Council were unwilling to hurry them into a Determina-
tion upon an Affair of so much Consequence to them, and
therefore they should be allowed till next Monday at Ten of
the Clock in the forenoon to reconsider the Matter and form
their Resolution ; when their final Answer would be expected.
And the Council then adjourned to that Time.
At a Council holden at the Governor's House in Halifax
on Monday the 28th July 1755.
Present
The Lieutenant Governor
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Benj: Green ~]
Jn° Collier
Willm Cotterell ^Councr'
Jn° Rous
Jonn Belcher J
The Honble Vice Admiral Boscawen and Rear Admiral
Mostyn being also Present.
The Lieutenant Governor acquainted the Council that the
Deputies from Pisiquid, Menis and the River aux Canards,
were arrived and had delivered the following Memorials.
" A l'honorable Charles Lawrence President du Conseil du
" Roy, Commandant en Chef de la Nouvelle Ecosse, Lieuten-
" ant Gouverneur d'Annaplis Royal, Lieutenant Colonel d'un
" Regiment d'lnfanterie."
" Monsieur "
" Les Habitans de nos Departements ayant et6 informe par
" Monsieur Murray Commandant le Fort Edward a Pisiquit,
"que nous les Habitans de nos Departements ayant aparoitre
" quelque hommes devant Monsieur le Gouverneur a Halifax
44 pour repondre a la demande a nousfaite en vertus d'un
" Serment que Ton nous assure que Son Honneur Exige de
" nous, les Habitans de nos Departements en general prenne
" la liberte de represents qu'apres avoir pretty Serment de
"fidelity a Sa Majeste Britanique avec toutes les Circon-
" stances et les Reserve sur vente a nous accorded au Nom
" du Roy par Monsieur Richard Phillips Commandant en
" Chef dans la ditte Province laquelle nous avons observe
" notre fidelite d'autant plus qu'ils nous a etc" possible depuis
" un nombre d'annees en Jouissant paisiblement de nos droits
14 Suivant la Teneur de notre Serment en toute sa Teneur et
44 reserve, et nous ayant toujours appuie sur notre Serment
44 de fidelite tant pour sa Teneur que pour l'observation, et
" nous sommes resons tous de bon Consentement at de voy
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 441
" de ne prendre aucun autre Serment, nous avons pretes le
" Serment de fklelite de bon foy, nous somines tres Contemps
" et satisfaire, Nous esperons Monsieur que vous aure la
" bonte d'ecoute" nos Justes raisons et en Consequence Sup-
" plie tous d'une Voy unamine son honneur d'avoir la bonte"
" de delivre" nos Gens qui sont tenu a Halifax depuis quelque
" Temps en ne pouvant meme scavoir leur Situation qui nous
"paroit deplorable, Nous avous toute Confiance Monsieur
" que Son honneur aura bont^s pour nous de nous accorde
" les graces que nous avous 1'honneur de vous demands tres
" humblement, et nous prieront pour la Conservation de Son
" honneur."
"Pisiquit 22. Juillet 1755/'
Signed by One hundred and Three of the said Inhabitants
of Pisiquid.
"A Son Excellence Charles Lawrence Ecuyer Gouverneur
" Generale et Commandant en Chef la Province de la Nou-
" velle Ecosse en l'Accadie et Colonel d'un Regiment au
" Service de La Majesty dans la ditte Province."'
"D'autant quil s'est repandue un Bruit parmis nous les
" Habitans francois de cette Province, que Son Excellence
"le Gouverneur exige de nous un Serment 'd Obeissance
" conform e en quelque facon a celuy des Sujets Naturels de
"Sa Majesty le Roy George Second, et qu'en consequence
"nous avons une Certitude Moralle que plusieurs de nos
" Habitans sont retenue et gen^e a Halifax pour ce Sujet."
" Si les Intentions de Son Excellence sont cette qu'icy
" dessus envers nous, Nous prenons la liberty de represents
" a Son Excellence tous en generalle, et au Nom de tous les
" Habitans, que nous et nos Peres ayant pris pour eux et
" pour nous un Serment de fidelity qui nous a et6 approuve*
u plusieurs fois au Nom du Roi, et sous les Privileges duquel
" nous avons demeure fidelle et Soumis, et protege* par Sa
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" Majesty le Roy Britanique, Suivant Es Lettres et Proclani-
" ation de Son Excellence Monseigneur le Gouverneur Shir-
"ley, En datte du 16 Septembre 1740, et du 21 Octobre
" 1747, Nous ne commetrons jamais l'inconstance de prendre
" un Serraent qui change tant soit peut les Conditions et les
" privileges dans lesquels nos Souvereins et nos Peres nous
" ont place" pas le passe."
" Et comme nous pencons ben que le Roi notre Maitre
"n' amies et ne protege que des Sujets constents fidelle et
" franc, et que ce n'est qu'en vertu de sa bonte et de la
" fidelite que nous avons gardds envers Sa Majeste qu'elle
" nous a accorde et continue l'entire possession de nos bien
"et l'exercice libre et publique de la Religion Romaine."
" Ainsi nous voulons continue dans tous ce qui sera dans
" notre pouvoir a etre fidelle et soumis ainsi qu'il nous a ete"
" accorde" par Son Excellence Monseigneur Richard Phillips."
" La Charite pour nos Habitans detenue et l'innocence que
" nous croyons en eux, nous oblige a supplier tres humble-
"ment Son Excellence a se laisser touchy de leurs Miserres
" et leur donner la liberte" que nous demandons pour eux
"avec toute la Sonmission possible et le Respect le plus
" profond."
Signed by Two hundred and Three of the said Inhabitants
of Menis and the River aux Canards.
The said Deputies were then called in, and peremptorily
refused to Take the Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty.
The Deputies of Annapolis also appeared and refused the
Oath. Whereupon they were all ordered into confinement.
As it had been before determined to send all the french
Inhabitants out of the Province if they refused to Take the
Oaths, nothing now remained to be considered but what
Measures should be taken to send them away and where they
should be sent to.
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After mature Consideration it was unanimously agreed
That, to prevent as much as possible their Attempting to
return and molest the Setlers that may be set down on their
Lands, it would be most proper to send them to be distrib-
uted amongst the several Colonies on the Continent, and
that a sufficient number of Vessels should be hired with all
possible Expedition for that purpose.
Letter Rob* Monckton to Grovr Shirley.
Fort Cumberland Camp July 3d. 1755.
Sir
I had the Pleasure Yesterday of hearing of Majr
Bourn's safe Arrival at Boston with dispatches for your
Excellency.
And have now to inform your Excy that upon Cpt"
Rouse's appearing before Sl Johns with the Ships under his
Command; and sending his Boats to reconnoitre (from
whence he was to send me word, Whether or no the French
had any Ships of War there ) that the Officer commanding
in the Fort immediately set fire to all the Magazines &
Houses in the Fort; Burst all their Cannon & destroyed
every thing in & round it — So that I shall now wait here
for Col° Lawrences farther Orders.
Capt" Rouse likewise writes me that there were about a
hundred Indians who seem'd inclined to Peace, & offered to
send four of their Chiefs for that Purpose.
The French retir'd up the Rivers, & by what I can learn
are gone to Canada.
I have now, Sir, in my Possession one Chief and another
of their Chiefs Sons, whom they had sent me before this
happened as Hostages for their good Behaviour Having sent
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a Person to them to know whether they were for Peace or
War — the first of which they very wisely prefer'd.
I must beg of your Excellency to let the inclosed be
forwarded, and as I suppose your Excy will be informed by
Col° Lawrence of what he intends further, must beg leave to
wish your Excy all Success, & Subscribe my self Your
Excy's much obliged & Obedient humble Servant
Rob1 Monckton
His Excellency Governour Shirley
Petition.
To the Honble Spencer Phips Esqr Lieu1 Gov1 & Com-
mander in Chief in & over His Majestys Province of the
Massachusetts Bay, & to the Honble His Maj8 Council
The Petition of Cap1 John Blake of Boston
Humbly Shews,
That the Inhabitants at Halifax are in all probability in
Want of Fresh Provisions, but more particularly his Majestys
Fleet now there, and Other Shipping Expected there-
Wherefore Your Petitioner humbly Begs your honours
will be Pleased to Permit your Petr to Carry or Send down
Provisions to Halifax, first giving Bond for that Purpose —
and Your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever Pray &c —
John Blake
Boston July 11, 1755
Letter to Capt. Wm Liihgow.
Boston, July 15. 1755
Sir
As the General Court of this Province in their late
Session have made the Establishment of Wages & Subsistence
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 445
of the Garrisons at Fort Hallifax & Fort Western for Eighty
Men & no more in both the said Forts ;
You are hereby directed forthwith to reduce the said
Garrisons to the said Number of Eighty Men accordingly to
each Fort its proper Proportion, & retaining such Men as
are most fit for Service
Your Friend & Serv1
To Cpt. Wm Lithgow
L* Govr Lawrence to Sir Thomas Robinson
Halifax 18th July 1755.
Sir
Since my last of 18th June 1755, sent express by Lieuten-
ant Cunningham, the French have abandoned their Fort at
S* John's River and as far as it was in their power demol-
ished it : As soon as the Forts upon the Isthmus were taken,
Captain Rous Sailed from thence with three Twenty Gun
Ships and a Sloop to look into S* John's River, where it was
reported there were two French Ships of thirty Six Guns
each : He anchored off the Mouth of the River and sent his
Boats to reconnoitre, they found no Ships there, but on their
appearance the French burst their Cannon, blew up their
Magazine, burned every thing they could belonging to the
Fort and Marched off : the next Morning the Indians invited
Captain Rous on Shore, gave him the strongest assurances of
their desire to make Peace with us ; and pleaded in their
behalf that they had refused to assist the French upon this
occasion, tho' earnestly pressed by them : I expect some of
their Chiefs here in a very few days.
As the French Inhabitants of this Province have never
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yet taken the Oatb of Allegiance to bis Majesty, unqualified,
I thought it my Duty upon this occasion to propose it to
them, and as the Deputies of the different Districts in Mines
Bason were attending in Town upon a very insolent Memo-
rial they had delivered to the Council, I was determined to
begin with them ; they were accordingly summoned to appear
before the Council, and after discussing the Affair of the
Memorial Article by Article, the Oath was proposed to them ;
they endeavoured as much as possible to evade it and at last
desired to return home and consult the rest of the Inhabit-
ants that they might either accept or refuse the Oath in a
Body ; but they were informed that we expected every Man
upon this occasion to answer for himself, and as we wou'd
not use any Compulsion or surprise, we gave them twenty
four hours time to deliver in their answer, and if they should
then refuse, they must expect to be driven out of the Coun-
try, and tho' they should afterwards repent of their refusal,
they would not be permitted to take the Oath. The next
Morning they appeared and refused to take the Oath without
the old reserve of not being obliged to bear Arms, upon
which they were acquainted that as they refused to become
English Subjects we could no longer look upon them in that
light, that we should send them to France by the first oppor-
tunity, and till then they were ordered to be kept Prisoners
at Georges Island, where they were immediately Conducted,
they have since desired to be admitted to take the oath, but
have not been admitted, nor will any answer be given them
untill we see how the rest of the Inhabitants are disposed ; I
have ordered New Deputies to be elected and sent hither
immediately, and am determined to bring the Inhabitants to
a Compliance or rid the Province of such perfidious Subjects.
I will do Myself the honour Sir, to transmit you a Copy
of the proceedings of Council upon this affair, by the first
Opportunity, as also Duplicates of my last Letters, which at
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 447
present we have not had time to prepare, and we cannot
delay the Vessel which sails suddenly and unexpectedly.
I am with all possible respect Sir
Your most obedient and most humble Servant
Cha8 Lawrence
Letter Oapt Wm Lithgow to J Wheelwright .
Richmond July 18Ul 1755
HonWe Sr
In my Letter of June 27th which you Communicated
to His Honr & Council, they answered me Respecting
Reliveing the Soldiers nex_ august, but did not Say wheither
I Did Right or wrong In my Detaining the whole of the
men, as we could not go on with the Work without them, so
then I prayed ye Honble Courtes approbation upon what I
had Dun In that matter, but have had no answer thereto, so
that I have ben at a Loss to know what to Do, howesever I
have since Reduce_ the garrison to 90 men, lest I might
give offence, ye building Fort Hallifax by this will be
Retarded unless I have assistence of some of the marching
Companyes, which your Hon1" Signified I was to be assisted
by Cap* John Smith & Cap1 Goodwin, Smith I have seen
( but not goodwill ) to whom I Communicated 3rour Letter,
He Sayes His Instructions Is to go no farther then Frank-
ford unless it's His own Pleasure howesever I prevailed on
Him to help to Drive up Som oxen to Hallifax, and Sayes
He shall be willing to assist In this manner If He has orders
for it, which I pray your Honr mention that Such orders be
given to any of those Companyes that Comes to Frankford,
to assist by turnes or that thare be a Detachment Sent out of
Each of those Companyes as His Hon1 may Judge most
proper, when Ever I may have occasion To hall Timber Dig
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stones Burn Brick Cary up workmen &c~ all which will
Requier a Strong guard, as this Work is not under ye Com-
mand of ye Fort, other wise it will be Impossible to Carry
on this buisness, the Soldiery is very uneasy on account
thay Cant be Relived, two of them has Diserted notwith-
standing I Communicated to them what His Honr directed
you to Right Conserning thair being Relived after ye Courtes
setting 6th of next aug* my Dismissing those 34 men has
mad ye others ten times more uneasy then thay ware before,
In Dismissing them, that is by small parties by 7 or 8 at a
Time, and som Space betwen Each of their Dismissions,
and all by their owen Request, as that their affairs Suffered
at ye westward or that their Wives being sick, fathers,
Brothers being Dead or Dying and ye lick excuses, for if I
had Dismissed them all at once I belive ye garrison would
have generly Raised in mutiney, and all gon off, & Dont no
but this may yet be the Case, if Somthing be not Speedily
Dun, all which I think Deserves a Due Consideration for if
such things are Delayed too long the Consiquences are very
bad.
Doo let me Intreet your Honr to set forth all those per-
ticulars to ye Court, or to His Honr that thay may be
accommodated, Inclosed you have an Invoice of Sundry
Provienc good & ye 2 Canon, here will want a Barn Built at
Cusnock, to Put ye Province Hay In other wise thay will
loose Soon more then such a Building is worth, all these
things I have Constenlity & truely Set forth to ye Honble
Court, Som perticulars thay are pleased to answar, & others
neglect, or Disregard, but let me beg for gods Sacke, that I
may have assistence that so ye Fort may be Complected for
till that Time I shall have no Peace night or Day, your Hon
may Remember my Instructions Came but ye other Day, and
with them orders to Reduc_ ye garrison to 80 men, and with
them four Distinct Postes to be Defended, viz1 at Teconet 3
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 449
Cusnock one, So that thare will be but 20 men I_ a Fort,
for I supose its well known that Fort Hallifax Is not Com-
pact but built In 3 Distinct Parts, and would beg to know
if it may be Reasonibley thought, that men Can be Spared
Suficentily Out of those four Distinct postes, to guard ye
hailing Timber & Digging Stone at a Distence from ye »fort
and go up & Down ye River ocasionely which must be ye
Case till ye thing be Compleet. worthey Sr Excuse my lenth
of Letter, but I Cant help it, having so much to Say,
Sr with all Due Regardes I beg leav to Subscribe my Selfe
yours &c
Will"1 Lithgow
P. S. thare Is yet 10 men as I supose to be Dismissed
pray I may have Direct orders if I must Dismiss then, Should
have Dun it ar now, had it not ben for the maney obsticles I
have alredy mentioned W — L —
I have Dun Every thing for ye province to ye Best of my
Judgment.
0
Letter W'n Lithgow to U Gov. Pkips. July 18, 1755.
May it Please your Honour
In my Letter of June 27u' 1755 I informed the Honbl6
Council of the Needsisety I was under of Retaining Som of
the Soldiers which ware to be Dismissed according to the
Late astablishment of the Court which was 80 men for Fort
Hallifax & Fort Western, I also acquainted ye Court In sd
Letter of the various Sortes of Work that was to be Carried
on, viz1 as fetching & Diging Stone a Cross ye River, and
hailing Timber out of the Woods, all which Is very
Hazadous being not under the Command of the Fort,
and will Requier a guard of no less then 30 men ( as I
supose ) to Cover those that Digs ye Stones & halls the
Timber to Render Work Tollerable Safe, these ware Som of
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the Reasons I gave In sd Letter why I was for Retaining the
men, and then prayed the Honble Courts approbation on my
proposal whether I should Retain or Dismiss the above men,
but as yet have had no answar wheither I Did Right or
wrong, but Since Feering I might give your Honr offence,
or ye HonWe Court, I then Dismissed 16 men, & as I have
had no answar as above, have given orders that thare be 18
more Dismissed from Fort Hallifax & Western, so thare will
now Remain but 90 men Including officers, so that thare is
now but 10 men to be Dismissed to Reduce the Number to
ye astablishment, if ye Honourable Court Included the officers
In ye 80 men, which I am not Certin of, as it has ben usiual
hitherto In all my Directions for to Reduce the garrison
under my Commtl to Such a Number Including officers, —
now as the Number Is Small at Fort Hallifax being but
Sixty men, 20 being posted at Western & 10 men at Rich-
mond to guard the publick Stores thare which Cant be
moved to Fort Hallifax till it Be In a Capassiety to Recive
them & the River admitt of Carrying them up, which would
have ben Dun In ye Spring had not all ye Spare Rooms ben
filled with provisions, as I have alredy Signified To His
Excellency and He approved thereof, and had I Dismantled
Richmond Fort In ye Spring as my Inclination was & Is for
so doing Could it have ben Dun with ye least Conveniency I
am sure long are this Time, the proprieators Buildings
Called Frankfort would have ben by ye Indians Burnt, as
thay have once attempted it soon after thay took 9 men from
thence, had I not after ye Inhabitance Disarted posted a
Serjent & 5 men In sfl Fort, which has Continued ther ever
since, which has hitherto encouraged ye Inhabitence Tarry-
ing otherwise thay would have Removed to Boston & it was
with much adoo I could perswaide them to Tarry, at all, I
thought it Best to protect this Place ( although ) I had no
Directions therefor, then let ye Indians Burn it and Drive
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of the Poor people, which I amagin would have been matter
of a Brag In Canada, upon the whole, I have acted with all
the prudence & Caution I was master of Respecting' all
those affairs ye government has Intrusted me with, and hope
shall be able to give them a Satisfactory account of all my
proceedings, which has given me the gratest fitegue &
Consern of any thing I yet have ben Conserned with - thus
I have ben as perticular as I Could Judging it my Duty so
to be, as your Honr now a gain has the Charge of ye govern-
ment, & as ye Number of men at Fort Hallifax is Small
being but 60 men & ye Duty hard haveing 3 postes to
Defend viz1 two Redoubtes on ye Eminency, & ye main Fort
Below, and So much Work abroad that it Can not be Dun
without grate hazad of mens Lives, as I humbely Conseave,
and if it8 ye Courtes Determination to have ye other 10 men
Dismissed I would pray it may be Signified and I would
make this proposal with Submission to your IIonr that orders
be given to all ye marching Companys that Comes to Frank-
ford that whenever I have occasion for their assistince
Either of one Company, or a Datchment out of the saveral
Compunys to guard by turnes as ocasion may Require, till -
Timber be hailed,' Stones fetched & Brick Burnt for ye
foundation & Chimneys of ye Sevarel Building of s'1 F , or
any other waves as your Honr In your grate Wisdom may
think most proper till Such Time ye Fort be Compleet,
which I hope will be this Fall, If I can have proper
assistence, I have ben obliged to go up & Down this River
Lately three time with but a very Small Scout, once with 4
Sawyers, & twist with oxen, which Could not be Dun at
once and shall have soon a gain ocasion to Cary up Som
Carpnders as soon as we are Redy for them, as also macons
when the Breck is Burnt & Stones prepared which would
not Doo to keep them till we are Redy for them to go to
work.
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all which I humbely Submitt to Your Honours Wise
Considderation, and pray thare may be Something Dun as
Spcedly as possible, to Prevent our Daly Hazad of being
Kill'1 or Captivated, & I belive theres nobody but will allow
it to be Considderable Daingerious to go up this River Som
Times with 15 & Som Times with 20 men, as has often ben
the case 40 or 50 miles In an enimes Countery from Inhab-
tience, & 20 miles of which we must go by Land the Rivers
not being Navigable for Boates this Season of ye year, I add
no farther but with all Due Submission Beg leave to Sub-
scribe my selfe }^our Honours most obedient & most Dutifull
Serv1
Will"1 Lithgow
Richmond July 18th 1755
P. S. Cap1 John Smith Came here ye 16th Instent with a
party of 30 men, with much adue I prevailed upon Him to
Drive up a yoack of oxen to Fort Hallafax being apprehen-
cive He might Dissoblige ye government by going up this
River farther then He was ordred which He Sayes was no
farther then Frankfort,
W— L —
Extract from Lf Govs Speech: Aug. 6, 1755
" Gentlemen of the Council & House of Representatives "
" Our Frontiers have met with as Little disturbance from
the Indian Enemy as we could well expect; An unhappy
affair has increased the difficulty of retaining & securing the
penobscot tribe, but whilst there is any hope left of doing it,
consistent with the honour of the Government, it is prudence
to continue our endeavours for it."
S. Phips
Council Chamber August ye 6, 1755
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Letter, Rob1 Monckton to IS Gov. Phips
Fort Cumberland Camp August ye 8th 1755
Sir
I have the Honour of acquainting you, that by two Sloops
Discharged from this Service, I have sent Eighty two Men -
Discharged from His Excellency Govr Shirley's two New
England Battrs — They being unfit for farther Service, At
least for some time —
And have given Directions to Mr Hancock, to assit such
as have any Distance to go, in getting them home —
1 was in hopes Sir, to have been able to inform you of my
having Engaged the Indians of S* Johns River in a Peace Hut
when those, I sent for, Arriv'd, I could not get them to the
Fort, they being afraid to trust us — Sending me Word,
that some Indians had lately been scalp'd near Georges Fort,
that were Trading & Friends —
This Sir was the Reason they gave — Upon which I sent
them back the Only one of their Chiefs that I had in my
Possession - not thinking it worth while to detain a Single
one — Which had such an Effect upon them that four out
of Nine were coming in, But were Stop'd by the Others —
Nevertheless they sent me Word, that as I had return'd
them that Man, they would not doo any thing against us for
a Year —
From these Circumstances Sir, I am still in hopes that
they will come in — for as they are a Warlike Nation, it is
much better to gain them, than to let the French have them.
About a Fortnight ago, One of Col. Winslows Batt" was
kill'd, & his Head Cut off, Near Our Fort at the Gaspereau
by some Mickmack Indians that came over from S' Johns
Island —
The Day before Yesterday Sir, I receiv'd Orders from Ll
Govr Lawrence, to secure all the French Inhabitants of this
Isthmus, in Order for their being sent out of the Province.
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I have Nothing farther Sir to add at Present, But that the
Troops in General are Healthy, & that Ll Col. Winslow with
four Companys, Embarks in three or four Days for Pisiquid.
1 am Sir With much Respect
Your most Obedient & HumWe Serv1
Rob1 Monckton
His Honour Ll Govr Phipps
The Committee appointed upon his Honour's Speech beg
leave further to report.
That they are humbly of opinion that his Honour the Lieu*
Governour be desired to commissionate two or three Gent"1
to repair as soon as may be to the Truck House at Sl Georges
to confer with the Penobscot Indians & to endeavour by all
reasonable methods to give them satisfaction for the injury
they have received from one of our scouting Parties : and to
renew and confirm Peace & Friendship betwixt Us & them
upon such terms as shall appear most conducive to our
mutual Safety while we are in a State of War with some of
the other Indian Tribes, and agreeable to such Instructions
as they may receive from this Court — which is humbly
submitted
Ezek : Cheever g order
In Council Aug. 8, 1755 Read and sent down
In the House of Rep8 Aug1 8, 1755.
Read and after a Considerable Debate thereon, the Ques-
tion was put Whether the house Accept of this report, And
it passed in the Negative
T. Hubbard Spkr
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Message.
Gentlemen of the Council & House of Represveg
By the Letters from Cpt Lithgow, which I have laid before
you, You will find the Difficulties he is under in Reference
to the Men belonging to Fort Hallifax, who have been long
in Garrison there, & are in Expectation of being soon relieved
by others to be sent in their room ; I desire you would con-
sider the Affair & advise me in what Manner it would be
most convenient the said Soldiers should be raised ; And also
that you would consider such other Parts of those Letters us
may require the Directions & Orders of this Court for the
better strengthening & finishing the said Fort ; all which
Matters I apprehend to be of that Importance as to require
the immediate Attention of this Court.
S Phips
Council Chamber August 9, 1755
Lieut. Grovr Lawrence to the Governors on the Continent.
Halifax 11th August 1755
Sir
The success that has attended his Majesty's Arms in driv-
ing the French from the Encroachments they had made in
this Province furnished me with a favorable Opportunity of
reducing the French Inhabitants of this Colony to a proper
obedience to his Majestys Government or forcing them to
quit the Country. These Inhabitants were permitted to
remain in quiet possession of their Lands upon condition they
should take the Oath of Allegiance to the King within One
Year after the Treaty of Utrecht by which this province was
ceded to Great Britain : with this Condition they have ever
refused to comply without having at the same time from the
Governor an assurance in writing that they should not be
456 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
called upon to bear Arms in the defence of the Province and
with this General Phillips did comply of which step his Maj-
esty has disapproved and the Inhabitants pretending there-
from to be in a state of Neutrality between his Majesty and
his Enemies have continually furnished the French and
Indians with Intelligence, Quarters, provisions & Assistance
in annoying the Government and while one part have abetted
the French Encroachments by their Treachery the Other
have countenanced them by Open Rebellion, and three Hun-
dred of them were actually found in Arms in the French
Fort at Beausejour when it surrendered.
Notwithstanding all their former bad behaviour, as his
Majesty was pleased to allow me to extend still further his
Royal Grace to such as would return to their Duty, I offered
such of them as had not been openly in Arms against us, a
continuance of the possession of their Lands, if they would
take the Oath of Allegiance unqualified with any Reserva-
tion whatsoever, but this they have most audaciously as well
as unanimously refused, and if they wou'd presume to do
this when there is a large Fleet of Ships of War in the Har-
bour and a considerable land force in the Province what
might not we expect from them when the approaching Win-
ter deprives us of the former, and when the Troops which
are only hired from New England occasionally and for a
small time have returned home.
As by this behaviour the Inhabitants have forfeited all
title to their Lands and any further favour from the Govern-
ment ; I called together his Majesty's Council, at which the
Honble Vice Admiral Boscawen & Rear Admiral Mostyn
assisted to consider by what means we could with the greatest
security & effect rid Ourselves of a set of People who would
forever have been an Obstruction to the intention of Settling
this Colony and that it was now from their refusal of the
Oath absolutely incumbent upon his to remove.
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 457
As their numbers amount to near Seven thousand persons
the driving them off with leave to go whither they pleased
wou'd have doubtless strengthened Canada with so Consider-
able a Number of Inhabitants and as they have no cleared
land to give them at present, such as are able to bear Arms
must have been immediately employed in annoying this and
the Neighbouring Colonies — To prevent such an inconven-
ience it was judged a necessary and the only practicable
measure to divide them among the Colonies, where they may
be of some use as most of them are healthy strong People ;
and as they cannot easily collect themselves together again,
it will be out of their power to do any mischief and they may
become profitable, and it is possible in time faithfull Subjects.
As this step was indispensably necessary to the security of
this Colony whose preservation from french Encroachments
the prosperity of North America is esteemed in a great meas-
ure dependent, I have not the least reason to doubt of your
Excellencys Concurrence and that you will receive the
Inhabitants I now send and dispose of them in such manner
as may best answer our design in preventing their reunion.
As the Vessels employed on this Service are upon Monthly
hire I beg the favour of you to expedite as much as possible
their discharge and that they may be furnished with a Cer-
tificate of the time thereof agreable to the form enclosed.
Order.
In the House of Rep" Aug4 12, 1755.
Ordered, That M1 Hall, Mr Witt and Cap1 Leach with such
as the Honble Board shall join be a Committee to take under
Consideration his Honours Message of the ninth Curr* and
report what they think proper for this Court to do thereon.
Sent up for Concurrence T Hubbard Spkr
458 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
In Council Aug: 12th 1755
Read and Concnrr'd and Samuel Watts, and Benjamin
Lincoln Esq18 are join'd in the Affair.
Tho8 Clarke Dpty Secry
The Committee appointed to take under Consideration His
Honours Message within mentioned having considered the
same beg leave to Report, as their opinion That his Honour
the Commander in Chief be desired to give Orders for the
Inlisting a Number of Men to the amount of Eighty includ-
ing those who are already at Fort Halifax whose Time of
twelve Months from their Impresment is not yet expired and
that for Encouragement to such as shall Inlist for twelve
Months there be allowed to each able Bodied Effective Man
A Bounty of three Dollars.
The Committee being unacquainted with the State of the
said Fort are not able to report any thing in regard to the
Finishing of it.
All which is Submitted
p. Sam Watts g ordr
August 13 1755.
In Council Aug. 13, 1755. Read and Sent down.
In the House of Represent: Aug1 13, 1755.
Read and the Question was put Whether the House accept
the first Paragraph of this Report? It passed in the Affirm-
ative.
The Question was then put whether the House Accept of
ye second paragraph of this report? it passed in the Neg-
ative.
Letter Capt. Q-eorge Berry to U Gov. Phipps
May it Please your Honour
Immediately upon my receiving my Commission I endeav-
oured to inlist Sixty men & soon filld up my Compa agreable
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 459
Thereto and have ever Since been on my Duty in marching
& Scouting according to orders received from His Excellency
Wch has prevented my going to Boston in order to receive
the one hundred & Eighty Dollars bounty money voted for
said Sixty men —
Therefore now Humbly pray that Your Honour would
ordr That the Same may be delivered To Mr John Marston,
that the Soldiers may be paid accordingly
by Your Honours Most Obedient and very Humble Servant
George Berry
Falmouth Aug1 15th 1755
To the IIonoble Spencer Phipps Esqr
Letter, Lieut. Gov. Phipa to (J apt. Wm Liihgow
Boston Aug. 16, 1755
Sir,
I herewith inclose the Copy of a Vote of the General Court
respecting a Guard for Conveying Provisions &c to Fort
Hallifax, & for guarding your Workmen in providing for the
strengthening & Finishing the said Fort. I have sent Orders
to the several Commanders of the Companies out of which
these Thirty men are to be detach'd (Viz Cpt. Sam1 Goodwin
7, Cpt. John Smith 7, Cpt. Tho. Fletcher 8, & Cpt. Alex.
Nichols 8, to draw their respective Quotas & without Loss
of Time to send them to you : And if you find any delay in
this matter in any of the officers you must quicken them, &
you must improve the Opportunity of this Guard to have
your Works well strengthened & finished.
Letter, Ll Gov. Phips to Capt. Wm Lithgow
Boston Aug. 18 1755
Sir
Upon my Message of the 9th instant to the two Houses
they appointed a Committee, who reported their Desire that
460 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
I would give orders for inlisting a Number of Men, to the
Amount of 80 including those who are already at Fort Hali-
fax, whose Time of 12 Months from their Impressment is not
yet expired; and That for our encouragement to such as
shall enlist for 12 months there be allowed to each able
bodied effective Man a Bounty of 3 Dollars ; which Report
the House of Repftves accepted of, but by reason of the
Hurry of Business, that Vote was not Sent up to the Board
But I make no doubt the Court at their next Sitting will
readily compleat the same ; If therefore any of the Men with
you will enlist a new for another 12 months let me know of
it by the first opportunity and how many they are ; and as
soon as the said affair is compleated I will Order the Bounty
Money to be sent them.
I am your Friend and Servant
To Captn Lithgow.
Letter, Capt Sam1 Goodwin to 2/ Gov. Phips
Frankfort August ye 27th day 1755
May it Please your Honour I Received yours of the 16
of August 1755 : on ye 22th Instant in the Evening and
obsarve the Contents, and Chearfully Obay your Honours
Commands and Should have Sent Seven men Only but that
they ware very unwilling to Goe to Tarre there without I
was with them and a number of workmen Came to Goe up
to Fort Hallefax and not having a sufficient Gard, and by
the advice of Capt William Lithgow I have Deteacht one
halfe of my Compeny, with the Leve" one Sargent & a Cor-
poral, to Goe up as a Gard with the said work men, and am
to be Releaved by Capt Alexander Nickels jur in a short
time if this will be agreabl to your Honour & the Honourabl
Court I will Continau to Afford Capt Lithgow, all the assist-
tb
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 461
ance I Possable Can or any thing to Sarve the Provinc in my
Power — And I will undertake to Transport the Province
Stores from Fort Western to Fort Hallifax with Cap* Nickels
Company and mine with the assistance of the Soldiers at
both Forts : and not put the Provinc to any further Expenc
if that will be of any Sarvice Or as your Honour shall think
Proper : I have & shall Reconiter the woods Continauly.
And by all I can larne most of the Indains is Drawn off to
assist the French at Crown Point, for we have an acco" from
the Indains that Comes in at Sf Georges Fort that there will
be no Damage Don this two months. Only there is Six
Indains Out from there that will Do Damage if they Can,
and there was Eleven Discoured at Sheepscut by one Mr
Winslow last week and was followed by upwards of a hun-
dreed men & non has been heard of since I am Sir as in Dute
Bound your Honours most Dute full most Obediant and very
Humble Sarvent
Samuel Goodwin
Letter, Capt Wm Lithgoiv to Ll Gov. Phips Sept. 4, 1755.
May it Please your Honour /
I Recd your Honours Letter of ye 16th aug1, as also y* votes
of ye House of Represves, the Contents of which, I shall Do
ye utmost of my Indeavour to observe — as thare is Som
Busniss Shortely which will be absolutely nessacery to be
Dun here and as those affairs will Requier your Honours as
also ye Honble Courts Considerations thereon I Judge it no
less then my Dutey here to Informe your Honr therewith In
Time, that thare may be no Delay when oppertuniety pre-
sents to preforme, ye following busniss which Is as followes,-
that as Soon as Fort Hallifas Is In a proper Condition to
Recive ye Stores of all Sort now Lodged in Richmond &c —
462 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
which will I Expect be In Such a Condition by ye Last of
September or begining of Octor by which Time it is usual
for this River to be Raised to a proper pitch by ye Fall Rains
to go up ye same with Boates, and as those Boates are now
Redy, and fources now in ye provience pay, will be a good
oppertuniety to Gary up a Considerable quantiety of Stores
&c — and as this Busniss Requires a Strong guarde, being
Dun In Time, will Save ye Rasing New forces, as has be_ Dun
heretofore, — unless it Should be Delayed till In ye Winter,
but as ye Current Runs Down very Strong ye River Dose not
freez sufficiently ye latter end of Janr and as ye Weather &
Ice Is not to be Relyd on I should vastely prefer Water Car-
riege, this we have alredy experienced and find it answared
our expectation, not but ye Winter Is also a Suitable Time
and ought also to be Improv'd but not Intirely to be Relied
on, ye Spring Fall & Winter are ye onley Seasons that Can
be Improved In Carying stores to ye uper Fort, and Such
Stores ought to be placed at Fort Western for this purpose
at proper Times which I will Endeavour to advise ye Com-
missary general, of Such Times, now as this Busniss ( as long
as ye War Continiues ) will be attendended with grate Hazad,
as ye Indians well Knowes our Sircumstances In this pertic-
ular, In my Humble opinion it will Requier no less then Two
Hundred good men for to man ye Boates and guard ye Shore,
So that If it Is or Should be your Honours pleasure to give
necessecery orders that Such a Number attend on this Bus-
niss I will nottifie Such Fources of ye Suitible Time and Sett
a Day when thay may appeer all at ye Store House, and if
thay will be punctual to Com at ye Time appointed this piece
of Service will be very Soon ended, what mad ye Charg
amount so high ye Last Spring In Carrying up ye Stores was
on account ye guardes Did not Com all to gather, but ware
Longer a gathering, then Doaing ye Worke, which Continiued
but Ten Dayes, I would not be understood here to prescribe
OF THE STATE OF MAINE 463
or Direct In this affair, but only mention those Things In ye
way of my Dutey, for your Honours Timely Consideration,
other wise this may be attended with more Cost, to ye pub-
lick, and be followed with 111 Consiquences.
all which is Humbely Submitted to your Honours Wise
Consideration.
with all Due Submission I beg Leave to Subscribe my selfe
your Honours most Dutiefull Humbl Serv1
Richmond Sep1 4th 1755 Willm Lithgow
the true Coppy of Samuell Goodwins Express sent to him
from Cpt William LithgOw.
Frankfort September ye 11, 1755
Cap1 William Groves or the Commanding officer on Sheeps-
gntt River on the East side of Frankfort Sir I Reed the fol-
lowing Express from Cpt Lithgow this morning in the Woods
about Seven miles from our forth at half after teen a (lock
and think it my Duty to Inform you Gentlemen & Every
Person I possible Can therefore I Desire you to forward it to
the Commanding officers at Newcastle and Wallpole Pema-
quid Broad Bay and Georges for you may Depend upon it
that they Indians will Strike some Where Very soon & I
believe in a body I am Ready with my Company to assist all
in my power and am Gentlemen your assured friend & very
humble Servent
Samuell Goodwin
Fort Hallifax Sep1" ye 9th 1755
Cpt Goodwin Sil-
as wee Ware a Coming up ye River Between Cushnock &
fort Hallifax we aspide Sundry Tracts of Indians and it
appeared by said Tracts they were a Going Down said River
464 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
the above Tract Were Discovered on the Westren Side of
Said River & further a very large Tract was Discovered up
Sebastoocook River which Tract Came into one of ours that
was made last Week by some of our pepole that Went to
Vew the Grass on the Entervale upon the Whole Its Judged
by us all the Enemy is Gone Down the River in order to fall
on the Inhabitants and as this is our opinion we thought it
our Duty on the acount of the Exposed Inhabitants to
Inform you here with in order you may aprise all the Exposed
Places Sir I Remain your Very Humble Servent
William Lithgow
INDEX.
Abbot, Aaron, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14; signed petition
for Wiscasset, 51; signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 198.
Isaac, signed petition for Frye-
burg, 14.
James, signed petition for Fal-
mouth, 311.
Abeel, Mr. , 162.
Abenakes, the, 192.
Acadia, 180, 181, 182, 238, 239, 250,
354, 422, 425.
Acadians, the, 355, see also under
the French.
Adams, John, signed New Casco
petition, 219.
Aix la Ohapelle, 252, 355.
Albany, 228, 230, 291, 330.
Court House, 288.
Patroon's Mill, 288.
Albee, Obadiah, signed Wiscasset
petition, 51.
Obadiah Jr., to be kept as a
prisoner, 34; accused of mur-
der, 34, 35.
Alexander, James, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
197.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
Alford, William, signed Wiscasset
petition, 245.
All. Abraham, signed petition for
St. Georges, 100.
Allbee, Obadiah. signed Wiscasset
petition, 245, 320; signed Ken-
nebec petition, 277.
Obadiah Jr., signed Wiscasset
petition, 245.
Alleghany Mountains, the, 262.
Allen, Mr. , 42, 56.
Rev. , 311.
Elisha, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
James, 6, 38.
Peter, signed petition for Frye-
burg, 14.
Samuel, signed Kennebec petition,
196.
Alley, John, signed Wiscasset
petition, 245, 320.
Allien, Barsam, 110.
Ames, Moses, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Nathan, signed petition for Frye-
burg, 14.
Ammunition, arrived at Boston,
76; at Fort George, 77, 234;
needed at Fort Frederick, 77,
78; to be forwarded, 81 ; needed
at Fort George, 85; wanted for
Castle William, 183; petitioned
for, 206; at Fort Frederick,
234; at Richmond, 234; for the
independent companies, 243,
245, 246; the French supplied
the Indians, 247, 266, 293; sent
to the Eastern forts, 248; re-
placed at Castle William, 253;
arms of Col. Winslow's regi-
ment, 281, 282; given to Col.
Fitch, 283; gathered at the
Mission, 305; sent to Tacon-
net, 326; needed at Fort West-
ern, 376; needed at Broad Bay,
390, 399; from Great Britain,
415; delay in furnishing, 415;
poor locks, 415; number of
arms increased, 415; needed
at St. Georges, 419, 420; the
French supplied the Indians,
428, 429.
Anderson, James, signed Shecp-
scot petition, 63.
Joseph, signed the Sheepscot
petition, 63; signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 196.
Samuel, signed the Sheepscot
petition, 63; signed the Ken-
nebec petition 196.
Andrau, Pere, 306.
Andrews, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 258.
Ange, Charly, Mons., 230.
Annapolis River, 437, 438.
Royal, 59, 70, 73, 126, 181, 238,
354, 355, 401, 442.
Anne, Queen, 240.
Anson, Lord, 206, 207.
Answers to, governor's message,
8; Falmouth ^petition, 47;
Sheepscot petition, 213; Cush-
ing's petition, 274.
Appleton, Col. , 4, 86.
Apthorp, Mr. , 97, 344.
30
466
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Apthorp, continued.
Charles, a Kennebec proprietor,
53, 176; signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 104, 211.
Armourer, desired by Indians, 30;
at truekhouse, 31; at St.
Georges, 31.
Amis, see under Ammunition.
Arresaguntacooks, the, 81, 86, 89,
105, 247, 259, 293, 295, 300, 301,
302, 309, 310, 313, 391, 394, 395,
408.
Arrowsic, 93, 226, 364, 365.
Arundell, 1.
Ashly, Capt., 163.
Aston, Hezekiah, signed petition
for Fryeburg, 14.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
197.
Auerell, Israel, see Averell.
Austin, , 111.
Autographs, see Marks.
Aux Mines, 422.
Averell, Israel, petition of, 100;
signed answer to Sheepscot
petition, 215; signed Wiscas-
set petition, 319.
Job, signed Wiscasset petition,
319; letter of, 156.
Avery, Edward, signed Falmouth
petition, 312.
Ayer, Hannah, 317.
B
Bacon Court, 229.
Baker, Elisha, signed New Casco
petition, 219.
John, signed Wiscasset petition,
51, 245.
Balentine, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
Ball, Samuel, signed Kennebec
petition, 277; broke out of
jail, 345.
Bancroft, Robert, signed petition
of a new town, 200.
Bane, James, commission to, 259.
Bang's Island, 327.
Barlo, Samuel, signed Wiscasset
petition, 320.
Barrell, Mr. ■ , 16.
Barrow, Lawrence, letter of, 37.
Maurice, 37.
Barter, Samuel, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Samuel Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 199.
Bartholomew, an Indian, 258, 259,
340.
Bartoll, William, signed New
Casco petition, 219
Batler, Capt. , 59.
Baxter's Point, 257.
Bay of Fundy, 75, 77, 124, 125,
238, 239, 240, 350, 353, 354, 355,
359, 361, 426, 431.
Bay Verte, 238, 239, 266, 355.
Bayley, Mr. , 20, 128.
Joshua, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 258.
Beal, Josiah, 400, 412.
Bean, Jonathan, 74, 80, 112, 113,
114, 203, 204.
Beath, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 199.
Walter, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 199.
Beausejour, 456.
Becancour, 123, 249, 328.
Bedford, Duke of, 183.
Belcher, Mr. , 36.
Jonathan, 422, 433, 434, 435, 437,
440.
Belts, 156, 164, 289, 280, 331.
Bennett, Andrew, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
Benson, Henry, signed Kittery
petition, 133.
Berry, Col. ■ , 35.
Capt. George, 242, 243, 468.
Joseph, signed the Kennebec
petition, 212.
Nathaniel, signed Kennebec
petition, 194, 212.
Thomas, 4, 37.
Berwick, 31, 41, 54, 56, 58, 109,
110, 144, 145, 146, 167.
Bethune, Mr. , 47.
Beveriflge, James, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
Bicknell, John, signed petition
for Fryeburg, 14.
Biddeford, 317.
Bilboa, 37.
Black, James, signed Sheepscot
petition, 63.
Blackledge, Jonathan, Wiscasset
petition, 51, 245.
Black Point, 130, 131.
Blackston, Benjamin, signed New
Casco petition, 219.
Benjamin Jr., signed New Cas-
co petition, 219.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Bladgdon, John, signed Wiscasset
petition, 319.
Blagdon, Charles, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
INDEX
467
Blake, Increase, labor at Truck
House, 112.
John, petition of, 444.
Blanchard, Samuel, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 190, 258.
Bletlien, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 107.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
198.
John Jr., signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198.
Blockhouses, see Forts.
Blodgot, Caleb, 110.
Boards, 27, 35, .39, 43, 46, 47.
Boats, wanted at Fort Western,
343; to be built for the forts,
345, 364; nearly finished, 37S;
to be armed, 378; built at
Boston, not correct shape,
389, 405; model of the proper
kind, 405.
Bodge, Mr. ■ , 90.
Bollan, Mr. , 40, 107, 208, 415.
Bolles, Lemuel, 147.
Bolton, George, signed Kennebec
petition, 258.
Bonnebeege Hills, 177.
Boothby, Richard, signed Kenne-
bunk petition, 05.
Borks, John, signed Kennebunk
petition, 05.
Boscawen, Vice Admiral, 434,435,
430, 437, 439, 450.
Boston, 2, 3, 5, 15, 16, 23, 25, 27,
29, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 43, 46,
48,49,52,71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 81,
84, 86, 87, 88, 93, 96, 100, 103,
105, 106, 108, 120, 122, 120, 127,
128, 129, 130, 140, 142, 151, 157,
159, 163, 164, 166, 172, 173. 179,
182, 184, 192, 206, 207, 208, 215,
225, 226, 234, 235, 230, 241, 242,
243, 245, 258, 259, 200, 261, 204,
265, 267, 283, 285, 287, 290, 292,
295, 300, 306, 307, 308, 309, 313,
321, 827, 335, 339, 344, 303, 377,
379, 389, 397, 398, 405, 409, 415,
416, 417, 420, 421, 422, 443, 444,
450, 459.
Council Chamber, 182, 207, 216,
224, 233, 254, 280, 281, 284, 332,
337, 339, 362, 384, 414, 452, 455.
Orange Tree, the, 402.
Town House, 85.
Boswoll, John, signed Falmouth
petition, 312.
Bouges, John, signed petition for
St. Georges, 99.
Samuel, signed petition for St.
Georges, 99.
Bouges, continued.
Samuel Jr., signed petition for
St. Georges, 99.
Boundaries, 187, 208, 209.
Bounties, for captives and scalps,
285, 409; to soldiers, 409, 460.
Bourn, Col. and Maj., 287, 443.
John, 268.
Sylvanus, 7, 56.
Bourryan, Mr. , 28.
Bowdoin, James, Kennebec pro-
prietor, 176; signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
William, Kennebec proprietor,
53, 177; signed Kennebec pe-
tition, 194, 211; mentioned,
111.
Bowers, Capt. , 43.
Bowman, Andrew, signed Wiscas-
set petition, 51.
Box and Austin, 111.
Boyes, Antipas, 193, 257, 270.
Boyinton, Caleb, 51, 195.
William, 51, 196, 278, 320.
Boys, Joseph, 63.
Bradbury, Mr. , 317, 412.
Christopher, 110.
Capt. Jabez, signed petition for
St. Georges, 100; letters of,
80, 104, 155; mentioned, 71,
72, 73, 81,87,105, 111, 112, 113,
114, 116, 118, 120, 126, 140, 141,
142, 150, 157, 160, 161, 164, 166,
179, 215, 310, 835.
Bradford, Capt. , 15, 10.
Bradley, Abraham, signed Frye-
burg petition. 14.
Timothy, signed Fryeburg peti-
tion, 14.
Bragdon, Capt., 91, 122, 403, 404,
4 IS.
Elisha, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Brattle. William, signed Kennebec
petition, 170, 194, 211.
Breed, Jonathan, 421.
Brewer. James, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
James Jr., signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 199.
Briant, Abraham, signed Falmouth
petition, 312.
Bridges, 20, 48, 49, 110, 149.
Bridgham, Sam!., 111.
Briscoe, Vincent, 33.
Bristol, 33.
Broad Bay, 35, 137, 164, 390, 419.
Brookin, Ebenezer, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 258.
Brown, , brothers killed, 402.
468
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Brown, continued.
Capt. , 125.
Benjamin, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 212.
Daniel, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 212.
James, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 212.
John, signed St. Georges peti-
tion, 99.
Philip, signed Kennebunk peti-
tion, 65.
Samuel, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 212.
Bruer, James, signed Wiscasset
petition, 245; see also Brewer.
Brunswick, petition of, 152; men-
tioned, 3, 78, 84. 90, 136, 138,
147, 153, 161, 102, 364, 378, 389,
405, 410.
Bryant, Patrick, signed Wiscasset
petition, 319.
Walter, surveyor, 32.
see also Briant.
Bryen, William, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Buber, Joseph, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Buckminster, Col. , 128.
Bucknam, William, signed New
Casco petition to divide the
parishes, 227, 228.
Buffom, Joseph, 200.
Bugnon, Jacques, 277.
Bulfinch, John, 111, 113.
Bunker, Benj., 197.
Burke, John, 197.
Burnal, Joseph, killed, 154.
Burns, Elizabeth, 225, 226.
Samuel, 63.
Burt, Samuel, 215.
Burton, Benj., signed petition for
St. Georges, 99; letter of, 402.
Simon, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 198, 212.
Butland, John, signed Kennebunk
petition, 65.
Butler, Moses, signed Berwick
petition, 144, 146.
Butterfield, Samuel, 200.
Buxton, James, signed New Casco
petition, 218.
B , Bay, 27.
B , Mr., 45.
B , Caleb, signed Kennebec
petition, 278.
B , James, signed Kennebec
petition, 258.
B , John, signed Sheepscot
petition, 62; signed Kennebec
B , John, continued.
petition, 278.
B , Nathnel, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
0
Caditt, Joseph, purchased John
Martin, 153.
Caffry, Morgan, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
Cagnawagas, the, 6.
Calef, Jos., signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Calendar, the New Style, 267.
Call, Cbadiah, signed Kennebec
petition, 198, 278.
Philip, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Philip, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Calley, John, signed New Casco
petition, 219.
Calwell, George, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Cambridge, 100, 140, 155, 159, 165,
385.
Came, Samuel, 110.
Campbell, Alex., signed petition
for St. Georges, 99; signed
Kennebec petition, 194.
James, signed petition for the
frontier, 93.
Canada, 6, 8, 74, 77, 81. 83, 84, 91,
94, 95, 101, 105, 106, 108, J 09,
134, 135, 136, 141, 153, 156, 158,
177, 183, 191, 201, 202, 206, 228,
230, 232, 288, 246, 247, 250, 263,
278, 293, 295, 300, 303, 304, 313,
321, 325, 32S, 331. 332, 338, 357,
359, 360, 361, 303, 399, 434, 443,
451, 457.
River of, 180; see also River St.
Lawrence.
Canadians, the, 328, 338; see under
French, the.
Cane, Saml., signed petition for
Phillipsburg, 179.
Cannbell, Alexander Jr., signed
petition for Kennebec, 194.
Cape Breton, 37, 54, 57, 107, 126,
183, 207, 208, 238, 253, 356, 362.
Cape Canceau, 181.
Cape Sable, 181, 266.
Indians, 279.
Capham, Capt. , 16; see Clap-
ham.
Capt. Sam, an Indian, 60, 71.
Carlton, John, 196, 258.
Jonathan, 258.
INDEX
469
Carr, Moses, 205, 347, 350.
Carriages, 10, 11.
Carribee Islands, the, 180.
Carter, Ezra, 14.
Samuel, 28.
Casco, lumber at, 27; boards at,
35, 39, 43; best market for
boards, 40; influence of tbe
troops at, 327.
Bay, 1G, 90, 100, 227, 280, 292,
305, 308, 318, 320, 320, 327.
River, 227.
Catherwood, John, signed St.
Georges petition, 99.
Robt., signed St. Georges peti-
tion, 99.
Cavalier, Louis, signed Kennebec
petition, 277.
Cayougas, the, 331.
Cean, Walter, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Certificate of New Town, 109.
Chadbourn, Benjamin, signed Ber-
wick petition, 144, 140.
James, signed Phillipstown peti-
tion, 179.
James Jr., signed Phillipstown
petition, 17'.).
John, signed Phillipstown peti-
tion, 179.
Joshua, signed Phillipstown
petition, 179.
Chadburn, Humphry, on commit-
tee to divide Kittery, 31.
Chandler, Capt., , 224.
Edmond, 147.
John, 241.
Josiah, 110.
Joseph, 147.
Peter, 14.
Chaney, Daniel, signed petition
for Wells, 208.
Chapin, Capt. Elisha, 283.
Chapman, Athony, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 195.
John, signed Wiscasset petition,
245; signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 277
Samuel, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196, 245, 277; signed
Wiscasset petition, 320.
Charlemont, 410.
Charles II, 243.
Abner, signed Fryeburg petition,
14.
John Jr., signed Fryeburg peti-
tion, 14.
Chase, Judah, signed Kennebec
petition, 190.
Cbaudiere River, 51, 242, 246, 247,
Chaudiere River, continued.
258, 259, 320, 322, 328, 338.
Cbebucta, 10, 22, 20, 43.
Checanato, 124.
Cbeever, Mr. , 287.
Ezekiel, 125, 333, 454.
Chegnecto, 125, 238, 430.
Cheney, Elias, signed Kennebec
petition, 195, 277.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
195, 277.
Cherry Point, 143.
Chever, Capt. , 307.
Chippaways, the, 263.
Choate, Col. , 4, 7, 50, 332, 334.
John, 8.
Chubb, Jabez, 163.
Chute, Thomas, to receive a com-
mission, 90; letter of, 89.
Clap, Col. , 91, 332.
Clapham ) ^
Clapman j ' '
.Mrs. , 16
see also Capham.
Clarke, ;Mr. — , 16, 292.
Elisha, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
George, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198.
Ichabod, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 218.
James, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195; signed Sheepscot
petition, 63.
James Jr., signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195; signed Sheepscot
petition, 62.
Percival, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 219.
Richard, one of the committee
to divide Kittery, 31; signed
the Kennebec petition, 197;
signed the Falmouth petition,
312.
Thomas (Deputy-secretary), 66,
201, 213, 219, 220, 221, 233, 235,
241, 250. 268, 270, 280, 312, 316,
333, 370, 401, 408, 411, 414, 408.
William, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 02; signed Kennebec
petition, 195; signed Wiscas-
set petition, 319.
Claverack, 163.
Clements' Bay, 143, 144.
Cleverly, John, signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
Cliford, William, signed Wiscasset
petition, 319.
Clinton, Gov. George, 361.
470
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Cobb, Capt. Tbomas, 281.
Cobee, R., signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Coffea, John, signed Falmouth
petition, 311.
Coffin, Charles, 215.
Coheran, Robert, signed Sheepscot
petition, 63.
William, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63.
Colby, Ambros, signed Wiscasset
petition, 51, 245.
Benjamin, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51.
Ruglas, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51.
Colerain, 410.
Collier, Jno., 422.
Colman, Mr. , 22.
Colors wanted at Fort Western,
377.
Colville, Lord, 76, 77, 78, 172.
Combes, ) George, signed Kenne-
Comes, J bee petition, 197.
Peter, signed Kennebec petition,
197.
Peter Jr., signed Kennehec peti-
tion, 197.
Selvanus, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 194.
see Coomes.
Commings, Samuel, 200.
Concord, 177, 179.
Condon, Samuel, signed Falmouth
petition, 311.
Congress at Albany, 291.
Conly, Dinis, signed St. Georges
petition, 100.
Connecticut, 163, 208, 384.
River, 189, 411.
Convicts, transported, 358.
Cooke, Mr., 27, 43.
Cookson, John, 215.
Coomes, Joshua, signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
see Combes.
Cooper, Boyce, signed St. Georges
petition, 99.
Coopgate, 266.
Cooshnuck, see Cushnoc.
Cornish, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 197.
Stephen, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
Cornwallis, Governor, 26, 27, 28,
43, 46, 60, 71, 72, 73, 124, 125.
Coson, Edward, signed Kennebec
purchase, 245.
Coson, continued.
Hate Evil, signed Kennebec pur-
chase, 245.
Cotterell, William, 422, 433, 434,
435, 437, 440.
Cotton, 15, 412.
Roland (Clerk), 19, 37, 140.
Country, a new one desired, 194.
Cousins, "1 Benj., signed petition
Coussens, / for Kennebunk, 65.
Joseph, signed petition for Ken-
nebunk, 65.
see also Cusens.
Cradford, Josiah, signed petition
of Wells, 268.
Creaght, John M., signed Fal-
mouth petition, 312.
Creighton, Samuel, signed St.
Georges petition, 100.
Crellins, Mr. , 41, 42, 47.
Crocker, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Crocket, Samuel, signed New
Casco petition, 219.
Cromwell, Joshua, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
Oliver, 239.
Crooker, Elijah, signed Kennebec
petition, 197.
Isaiah, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197, 212.
Crosby, Simon, signed Kennebec
petition, 198, 258.
Cross, Daniel, 14.
Crown Point, 135, 136, 162, 163,
180, 189, 238, 240, 263, 360, 384,
409, 461.
Cuba, 120.
Cunningham, Lieut. , 445.
Edward, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
James, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63; signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
John, signed Sheepscot petition,
63; signed Kennebec petition,
195, 245; taken prisoner, 399.
John Jr., signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63.
Currency, 28, 40.
Curtis, Jacob, petition of, 1.
Joseph, signed petition of Kit-
tery, 133, 152.
Cusens, Robard, signed Kenne-
bunk petition, 65.
Thomas, signed Kennebunk
petition, 65.
see also Cousins.
Cushan, Col., 386.
Gushing, , 118.
INDEX
471
Cushing, continued.
Col. Ezekiel, agent for second
parish of Falmouth, 19; to
settle estate of Dominicus Jor-
dan, 65, 06, 67, 68; heir of Jor-
dan, 66, 67; letters of, 65, 90,
148, 396; memoranda of, 66;
petitions of, 254, 256; men-
tioned, 58, 88, 89, 95, 96, 97,
158, 162, 274, 370, 379, 380, 385,
386, 389, 391, 892, 393, 394, 396,
397, 398, 416.
Mary, wife of Ezekiel, 66; heir
of Dominicus Jordan, 66, 254,
275; not in her father's will,
254; desired her rights, 255,
256; petition of, 254; petition
granted, 256.
Thomas, petition of, 421.
Cushnoc, \248, 260, 298, 308,
Cooshnuck, / 310, 322, 323, 326,
327, 335, 410, 448, 449.
Cutt, Richard, moderator, 31; on
division of Kittery, 32; to
obtain confirmation of acts of
committee, 32.
Richard Jr., 110.
Robert, signed petition for Kit-
tery, 133.
Thomas, signed petition for Kit-
tery, 133, 152; mentioned, 32.
Cutter, George, signed New Casco
petition, 219.
C , Anthony, 197.
C , Arthur Jr., 197.
C , Nathaniel, 219.
C , William, 63.
D
Daken, John, 112.
Damariscotta, 81, 83, 84, 96, 138.
River, 211, 272.
Danford, David, signed petition
for Wiscasset, 245, 319.
Danforth. Mr. , 287.
Dartmouth, 266.
Davis, , 39.
Benjamin, signed Kennebec pe-
tition, 219.
Elisha, gave information con-
cerning Indians, 124.
James, signed Wells petition,
268.
Roland, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 219.
Day, Ebenezer, signed Fryeburg
petition, 14.
James, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Day, continued.
Joshia, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
Moses, signed Fryeburg peti-
tion, 14.
Stephen, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
De Pain, Mons., 230.
Dearing, William, chainbearer, 32.
Decker, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 196, 278.
John 2nd, signed Kennebec pe-
tition, 195.
De Lancey, Lt. Gov. James, 361.
De Loutre, , 337.
Dennis, John, 119.
Denny, , (Justice), 225.
Samuel, house attacked, 93;
letters of, 82, 93, 94; men-
tioned, 102, 142, 143, 268, 314,
345.
Deny, Sieur Nicholas, his descrip-
tion of America, used to prove
a boundary, 181.
Deschamp, Monsieur, 266.
Dewee, Robert, negro and inter-
preter, 234, 235.
Diamond, Benjamin, to be de-
tained, 421.
James, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, IMS.
Dingley, Joseph, signed Falmouth
petition, 312.
Dollars, 42.
Donnell, Nathaniel, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197, 212.
Thomas, signed Phillipstown
petition, 179.
Dorghty, David, signed Kennebec
petition, 197.
Douglass, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
Dover, England, 41.
Downe, Wendel, paid, 116, 118.
Dowse, Joseph, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Doyle, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
Dresser, Jonathan, signed for peti-
tion for Fryeburg, 14.
Drumond, Patt, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Dugles, Elisha, signed Falmouth
petition, 811.
Dummer, Gov. William, 225, 297,
298, 299, 301.
Dun, John, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198.
Dunham, Jeremiah, signed peti-
tion for Phillipstown, 179.
472
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Dunile, Nathaniel, one of the com-
mittee to divide Kittery, 31.
Duning, \ David, 93, 135, 136, 185,
Dunning, / 194, 242, 243, 246, 365,
370, 371, 374, 378, 379.
James, discouraged men from
enlisting, 85; signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 196.
Robert, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Dunlap, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
Robert, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Dunton, Timothy, signed Wiscas-
set petition, 51, 319; signed
Kennebec petition, 198.
Duquesne, General, the Marquis,
228.
Durant, Jno., 112.
Dutch, the, 266, 419.
Dwight, Brigadier, , 162, 163.
Joseph, Speaker, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9,
31.
D , Ezra, signed Kennebec
petition, 196, 258.
D , Joseph, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
E
Eaten, Abel, signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Edgar, Henry, signed Kennebec
petition, 258.
Elett, James, signed Kennebec pe-
tition, 196.
Eliot, Andrew, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
Em , Daniel, 14.
Emblem, Join or Die, 262, 264.
Emery, Caleb, 204.
Noah, 204.
Samuel, 268.
Emons, Samuel, 65.
England, 22, 29, 40, 45, 76, 184,
186, 276, 325, 361, 363, 430, 436.
English, the, captives still with
Indians, 6, 8, 60, 106, 135, 153,
154, 163, 177, 190, 191, 202;
the Kennebec a water carriage
for, 51; St. Castine desired to
be in the interest of, 122, 123;
Indians would live at peace
with, 127; to be careful about
firing at Indians, 142, 158; the
right to St. Lucia doubted,
180, 182; the French hold no
prisoners taken from, 191;
basis of their claim to the
English, the, continued.
Kennebec Valley, 223, 224,
231, 248, 298, 299; lost trade
with Indians, 239, 252, 298;
gall'd by the French, 239;
Indians not to look for as-
sistance from, 247; fears that
the Indians will attack, 247,
248; a rendezvous for the
enemies of, 249; Indians not
to grant lands to, 251; losses
in the west, 263; Indians to
join, 263, 302; Indians against,
279; Indians gare permission
to build forts, 299; desired
the Indians to send children to
Boston schools, 300, 301; In-
dians to report intended hos-
tilities to, 302, 303; want land
not lives, 304, 805; should be
left to strike first, 805; French
induced Indians to desert, 331,
332; did Indians have an op-
portunity to warn, 336; two
regiments of, needed, 354; de-
signs of the French against,
355; settlers in Pennsylvania
may not favor, 358; should es-
tablish a line of forts, 360; In-
dians urged to strike, 862, 363;
mentioned, 127, 156, 259, 293,
298, 302, 306, 415, 427, 429.
Erskin, Alexander, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 195.
Erskins, Kingun, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Escarbot, see Lescarbot.
Essex County, 34, 35, 173.
Evans, David, signed Fryeburg pe-
tition, 14.
John, signed Fryeburg petition,
14.
Ewing, Alexander, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 196.
Joseph, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
E , signed Kennebec petition,
195.
E , Simon, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
P
Fairfield, Capt. , 27, 35.
Falls of St. Louis, 249.
Fall-Town, 330, 411.
Falmouth, militia to go to, 7, 8;
seaport for Fryeburg, 11;
Joseph Frye sought assistance
in, 11, 12; home of Thomas
INDEX
473
Falmouth, continued.
Westbrook, 17; second parish
of, desired to be a township,
18, 174, 311; no school in sec-
ond parish, 19; to answer peti-
tion of second parish, 19; com-
mittee to consider petition, 19,
20; second parish incorporated,
20, 21, 174, 17">; answer of first
parish, 47, 48; objections to
separation, 48 ; home of Domin-
icus Jordan, 66; alarm to be
sounded at, 88 ; home of Joseph
Wise, 96; New Casco desired
to separate from, 217; warned
to appear in town meeting,
226, 227; New Casco set off,
227, 228; Indians to meet at,
261, 297, 320, 321, 327; Shirley
to meet Lithgow at, 278; called
Maigan, 305; Rev. Allen died
at, 311; Shirley advised to re-
main at, 325; Shirley met Win-
slow at, 326; ship dismissed
which carried the governor to,
327; Freeman's vessel detained
at, 400; boats sent to Richmond
from, 405; mentioned, 15, 18,
24, 48, 65, 90, 139, 148, 154, 163,
173, 174, 219, 227, 254, 286, 292,
308, 325, 327, 370, 383, 396, 401,
459.
Great Bridge, 175.
Petition of Second Parish, 18,
310.
Town House, 226, 227.
Farell, Daniel, signed St. Georges
petition, 99.
Farington, John, signed Fryeburg
petition, 14.
Stephen, signed Fryeburg peti-
tion, 14.
Farnom, \ Ebenezer, signed Frye-
Farnum, J burg petition, 14.
Joshua, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 258.
Ralph, one of the committee to
divide Kittery, 31.
Farrar , 200.
Fauset, Alexander, signed Fal-
mouth petition, 311.
Feathers, 115.
Fernald, Harkles, signed Kittery
petition, 133.
Nathaniel, signed Kittery peti-
tion, 133.
Tobias, signed Kittery petition,
133.
Field, Zachariah, signed New Casco
petition, 219.
Finney, Robert, signed Brunswick
petition, 154.
Fire-locks, 390.
Fisheries, 22, 37, 428, 430.
Fitch, Col. , 283.
Flag, see Colors.
Flagg, Gershon, 194.
Flan, John, 198.
Fletcher, Lieut. , 414.
Thomas, letters of, 74, 75, 76
136, 137, 362, 391; mentioned!
140, 459.
Flint, Capt. William, 281.
Folger, Mr. , 412.
Foot, Thomas, signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Fore River, 20, 49.
Forster, James, signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 196.
Forts, need repairing, 232, 233,
284; to be repaired, 237, 253;
built by the French, 238, 239,
293; ammunition sent to, 248;
to be built on the Kennebec
River, 251, 320, 321, 327; French
at Kennebec River, 252; those
of the French to be examined,
259, 260, 262; captured by the
French, 262; French to build
in the west, 263; French to
build near Richmond, 27«; to
curb the Indians, 279, 280, 295,
297, 298, 299, 303, 322, 324;
Indians displeased because one
was built, 294, 301; to be built
at Cushnoc, 323; officers of to
correspond with governors,
325; to be provided for, 330;
those who fortified their
houses to be reimbursed, 330;
the government to be kept in-
formed of the conditions of,
335, 345; French object to, 337;
to be kept ready for an attack,
338, 339; the needs at Fort
Halifax, 340, 341, 343, 344;
those erected by the French to
be attacked, 351; at Louis-
bourg being repaired, 852; new
batteries at Halifax, 356, 357;
French to establish a line of,
357; English should establish
a line of, 360; how to improve
one at Richmond, 367, 369, 370
372, 387, 389, 392, 393, 396, 398,
404, 417, 447, 448; small quar-
ters at Halifax, 405; arms
needed at St. Georges, 419,
420; number of men to be re-
duced, 445, 447.
474
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Fort at Beausejour, 456.
at Brunswick, 153, 410.
at Charlemont,410.
at Colerain, 410.
at Crown Point, 182, 240, 252.
at Cushenoc, 308, 410, 441).
at Fall Town, 410.
at Falmouth, 383, 384.
at Frankfort, 450.
at Gaspereau, 453.
at Georgetown, 82, 93.
at Greenfield, 411.
at Mohongehela, 262.
at New Castle, 399.
at Northfield, 411.
at Pemaquid, 203, 410.
at Pontoosuck, 410.
at Richmond, 82, 87, 88, 91, 102,
128, 157, 158, 159, 1G0, 202, 223,
231, 233, 234, 242, 243, 240. 247,
253, 278, 293, 295, 297, 312, 320,
321, 328, 329, 341, 343, 3C4, 3G5,
373, 390, 395, 396, 410.
at Saco, 410.
at St. Georges, 71, 74, 75, 76, 78,
79, 84, 89, 98, 99, 124, 128, 136,
137, 138, 139, 140, 147, 157, 161,
233, 278, 295, 290, 303, 402, 410,
414, 420, 453, 461.
at St. John's River, 156, 436, 443,
445.'
at Schiegnecto, 353, 354.
at Taconnett, 308, 322, 334, 448.
Castle William, 183, 207, 253.
Cumberland Camp, 443, 453.
Dummer, 166, 184, 185, 186, 187,
188, 189, 208, 410.
Edward, 440.
Frederick, 79, 138, 164, 234, 410.
Halifax, 52, 53, 236, 323, 326, 328,
329, 335, 336, 338, 339, 340, 341,
342, 343, 344, 365, 306, 367, 370,
371, 372, 374, 377, 378, 380, 381,
382, 383, 385, 386, 389, 390, 392,
394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 402, 403,
404, 405, 410, 412, 413, 417, 444,
447, 449, 450, 451, 452, 455, 458,
459, 460, 461.
Lawrence, 355.
Lucy, 35.
Massachusetts, 166, 284, 410.
Number Four, 166, 189, 241.
Pelham, 284.
St. Frederick, 228.
Shirley, 284.
Western, 312, 313, 323, 326, 329,
341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 364, 365,
366, 376, 381, 383, 386, 389, 391,
395, 397, 402, 403, 444, 449, 450,
461, 462.
Foster, Isaac, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Richard, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 194.
Thomas, 4, 414.
Four River, 175.
Fowler, Moses, 179.
Fowles, Jacob, 421.
Fox Islands, the, 75.
Fox, Jabez, attorney for Mary
Westbrook, 17; desired to stay
proceedings in settling West-
brook's estate, 17, 24, 25; why
he took the Westbrook house,
24; sold his land, 25; an ap-
praiser, 67; a Kennebec pro-
prietor, 176; signed Kennebec
petition, 194; petition of, 16;
mentioned, 58, 227, 228.
Jas., signed answer of Falmouth,
49.
Jonathan, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 194.
Foy, Robert, signed petition of
Wiscasset, 51; signed Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
France, 73, 76, 154, 180, 190, 191,
209, 250, 325, 354, 356, 357, 433,
446, 453.
Frank, Mr. , 39.
Frankfort, 235, 246, 247, 248, 271,
273, 277, 318, 320, 393, 409, 447,
450, 451, 452, 460.
Frankland, Sir Harry, 28.
Franklin, Benjamin, letter of, 262.
Freas, John, signed petition of
Kennebunk, 65.
Freeman, Mr. , 400.
Maj. Enoch, letters of, 24, 139,
154, 162, 306; mentioned, 17,
44, 58, 89, 90, 308, 383.
French, the, held captives, 6, 8, 9,
60, 106, 135, 153, 163, 177, 190,
191, 192, 302; may treat with
the Cagnawagas, 6; held In-
dian captives as slaves, 36;
claimed the Kennebec Valley,
40, 52, 180, 182; a proposed
protection against, 53; sent
settlers to Penobscot, 73, 77;
report not true, 75; Saunders
to prevent their settling or
trading, 76, 134; to be watched
by Colville, 77; may be insti-
gating Indians, 78; to receive
captives, 101; designs against
Cecanecto, 124; may settle
near Bay of Fundy, 124; other
designs of, 124, 125, 134, 263,
266, 355; at Le Chock, 128,
INDEX
475
French, the, continued.
134; may prevent peace with
Indians, 128; at Frenchman's
Bay, 130; at St. John's River,
150; in pursuit of Indians, 156;
claimed St. Lucia, 180, 182;
use works of Deny, Leat and
Lescarbot to prove boundary,
181; may take Fort Dummer,
189; held Crown Point, 189,
240; said all prisoners had
been returned, 191; humanity
of, 192 ; encroachments of, 209,
237, 238, 239, 240, 240, 247, 248,
249, 250, 251, 252, 203, 293, 297,
352, 350, 358, 363, 455, 457; se-
cured the interest of the In-
dians, 238, 239, 247, 251, 278;
in better condition than the
English, 238, 251; gall'd the
English, 239; Acadia lost by
and restored to, 239, 240; a
menace to the English, 24U,
248, 350, 359; in command of
Indians, 247, 206; disguised as
Indians, 247, 293; instigated
Indians, 248, 250, 362, 303;
ordered to leave the Kennebec
Valley, 248, 249, 251, 280, 293;
the fort of to be examined,
259, 200, 262; Ward surren-
dered to, 262; Indians and
English against, 263; in the
west, 263, 266; on English ves-
sels, 265; sent ammunition and
supplies to the Indians, 266,
293, 331, 428, 429, 439; to build
fort on the Kennebec, 278, 279,
293, 320; their influence over
the Indians, 294, 295, 296; In-
dians to prevent further settle-
ments of, 301 ; to be removed,
320, 350, 359, 360, 442, 443, 446;
underhanded work of, 321, 331 ;
prevented the Indians attend-
ing the conference, 321; no
settlement found of, 325, 328;
influenced Indians, 329, 330,
331; priest sent belt, 331; the
influence to be stopped, 331;
will not begin hostilities, 337;
objected to fort on the Kenne-
bec, 337; lost a fine ship, 338;
purchased captives, 338; to
attack Fort Halifax, 338; their
forts to be attacked, 351, 359;
design to encroach on English
territory, 352, 353, 354, 355;
should be attacked first, 352;
depended on Indians, 352; on
French, the, continued.
the Ohio, 352; to attack Schieg-
necto, 353; want land, 353;
present strength of, 354, 355;
Acadians will declare for, 355;
may hold New England, 350,
359; line of circumvallation,
356, 357; may gain all the In-
dians, 357; will establish aline
of forts, 357; may influence
slaves, 358; may be masters
of the continent, 359; urged
the Indians to strike the Eng-
lish, 362, 363; Freeman would
not trade with, 400, 401; ca]>-
tured Ward's schooner, 407;
have a fleet at the eastward,
421, 426, 431, 433, 445; did not
assist the enemy, 423, 438; not
responsible for what others
did, 423; want the privilege of
transporting, 424; want their
guns, 424, 426; submissive,
426; insolent, 426, 427, 428,
431, 446; had more privileges
than the English, 427, 42S;
undutiful, 428; assisted the
enemy, 428, 429, 439; refused
to take the oath, 431, 432, 433,
438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 445, 440;
Acadians treated as French
subjects, 433; penally for not
taking the oath, 433, 439, 442;
to send new delegates to Hali-
fax, 433. 440; tied from St.
John's River, 430, 443, 445;
troops at Louisbourg, 430; did
not take arms against the
English, 438; retired to Can-
ada, 443; kept as prisoners,
445, 453; Indians gone to
assist, 401 ; mentioned, 54, 109,
123, 134, 154, 150, 238, 242, 2 18,
251, 200, 292, ^90, 297, 298, 303,
307, 323, 324, 325, 327, 330, 352,
357, 359, 360, 361, 366, 369, 370,
382, 385, 434, 435, 436, 439, 450.
French Boundary Commission, 180,
181, 182.
Frenchman's Bay, 130.
Frontiers, distressed condition of
the, 92.
Frost. Mr. , 401.
Charles, 49.
James, 110.
John, 179, 205, 206.
Simon, 60, 144.
Thomas, 194.
Frye, Capt. , 224.
Col. , 262.
476
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Frye, continued.
Maj. , 326.
Joseph, petition of, 10; to settle
a new township, 10; built
roads, 10, 11, 12; sought assist-
ance in Falmouth, 11, 12; de-
sired governmental help, 13.
Joseph Jr., signed Fryeburg
petition, 14.
Simon, signed Fryeburg peti-
tion, 14.
Fryeburg, settled by Joseph Frye,
10; road needed and built at,
10, 12, 14; distance from Phil-
lipstown, 10; fifty families at,
11; distance from Falmouth,
11; the nearest seaport, 11, 12;
desired help from the govern-
ment, 13; petition of, 13.
Fullertown, William, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 199.
William Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 199.
Furs, 416.
F , J., signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 277.
G
Gachell, see Gatchell.
Gage, Capt. , 291.
Gamble, , 402.
Archbald, 402.
Gammon, Joseph, signed Falmouth
petition, 312.
Gardiner, Dr. Sylvester, a Kenne-
bec proprietor, 53, 176; signed
Kennebec petition, 194, 211;
mentioned, 235, 337.
Gardner, Maj., 15, 16.
Garey, John, signed Phillipstown
petition, 179.
Garrisons, see under Forts.
Gaspereau, 453.
Gatchel, "> John, signed petition
Gachell, J for frontiers, 93; letter
of, 161, 162; signed Kennebec
petition. 197, 198, 278; men-
tioned, 85.
John Jr., signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
Stephen, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
Geleson, Nathaniel, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
George II, 174, 203, 297, 298, 441.
Georges Island, 446.
Georgetown, 49, 50, 82, 93, 211,
212, 213, 220, 221, 244.
Germans, 41, 42, 47.
Germany, settlers from, 28, 29, 41.
Gerrish, Mr. , 292.
James, signed Berwick petition,
144, 146.
Jno., letters of, 33,34.
William, signed Berwick peti-
tion, 144, 146.
Gilmor, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 258.
William, signed Kennebeo peti-
tion, 258.
Gilpatrick, John, signed Kenne-
bunk petition, 65.
Giveen, 1 David, signed Sheepscot
Given / petition, 63; signed Ken-
nebec petition, 196,
James, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63.
Robert, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Glidden, Charles, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Gloucester, petition of the people
of, 149.
Godfrey, Benjamin, signed New
Casco petition, 218.
Godsoe, John, 131, 133.
Gold pieces, 418, 419.
Goldthread, 112.
Goldthwait, Ezekiel, 283.
Goodwin, Abiel, deposition of,
345, 346.
Edward, 211.
Ichabod, 110, 317.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
194.
Miles, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 196, 277.
Samuel, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 194, 277; memorial of,
270, 274; letter of, 460; men-
tioned, 211, 262, 318, 320, 459.
William, letter of, 174.
Gordon, Henry, signed Fryeburg
petition, 14.
Gordy, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 258.
Gore, the, 3.
Gorham, 54, 56, 200, 275.
Capt. , 71.
Mrs. 72.
Col." John, 6o', 71, 74.
Goud, Daniel, signed Kennebec
petition, 277.
Jean George, signed Kennebec
petition, 277.
Gounon, R., letter of, 304, 306.
Gouve, Ebenezer, signed Wiscasset
petition, 51, 319; signed Ken-
nebec petition, 196.
INDEX
477
Grace, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Grammar Schools, 19, 49.
Grand Pre, 60.
Granaries of the west, the, 359.
Grant, Andrew, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
Elijah, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 195, 258.
Ephiram, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
James, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Gray, , 271.
Andrew, selectman of North
Yarmouth, 88.
Daniel, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198.
Frances, signed Wiscasset peti-
tions, 51, 319; signed Kenne-
bec petition, 277.
George, signed Wiscasset peti-
tions, 51, 245; signed Kenne-
bec petitions, 196, 278.
James, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51.
John, signed Wiscasset peti-
tions, 51, 245, 320; signed
Kennebec petitions, 195, 198,
258.
Joseph, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 212.
Joshua, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
Moses, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51; signed Kennebec x>eti-
tions, 196, 278.
Greagg, Thomas, signed petition
for St. Georges, 99.
Great Ossapee River, 10.
Great Sebaskadegon, 3.
Green, Benjamin, 422, 433, 434,
435, 437, 440.
Greenfield, 411.
Greenleaf, Col. John, 19, 20, 205,
291, 316, 376, 401, 413.
Joseph, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 198, 258.
Richard, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 198,258; signed Wiscas-
set petition, 319.
Samuel, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 198, 258; signed Wiscas-
set petition, 319.
Stephen, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 197, 258.
Gridley, Isaac, 114.
Groves, William. 271.
Gulf of Mexico, 356.
Gulf of St. Lawrence, 239.
Gunnison, Elihu, 32, 150, 151.
John, 32.
Gunter, T., 42.
Custin, David, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
G , Robert, signed Sheepscot
petition, 03.
G , Stephen, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
H
IIai.ey, Saml., signed petition for
Kittery, 133.
Halifax, 25, 27, 28, 39, 42, 43, 45,
46, 47, 71, 72, 266, 351, 357, 363,
367, 421, 426, 433, 435, 440, 441,
444? 445, 447, 455.
Covernor's House, 122, 433, 434,
435, 437, 439.
Lord, 182.
Hall, Mr. , 4, 7, 224, 457.
Cornelius, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198.
Samuel, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Hallowell, Benjamin, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 53, 17<i.
Ham, Tobias, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
Hamilton, Mr. , 71.
Lieut, and Capt. John, 59, 60,
337.
Hancock, Mr. , 258, 453.
Thomas, a Kennebec proprie-
tor, 53, 176; signed Kennebec
petition, 194, 211.
Hanscom, Moses, signed Falmouth
petition, 311.
Moses (Senior), signed Fal-
mouth petition, 311.
Harlow, Eleazer, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Harmon, Capt. John, 165.
Herring, John, signen Kennebec
petition, 195.
Harris, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 277.
Hart, J. J., clerk, 110.
Harward, George, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 194.
Hatch, Samuel, signed Wells peti-
tion, 268.
Hatfield, 127.
Hay, English, 34:5, 364, 369, 383.
Hayley, Martyn, signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Hazen, Richard, 128.
Healey, John, signed petition for
Kittery, 133.
478
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Heath, Col. , 4, 20.
Hebberd, Zaclieus, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 258.
Hells Gate, 257.
Henderson, Capt. Thomas, letter
of, 137; mentioned, 27, 28, 43,
74, 75.
Henshaw, Joshua, 270.
Herdie, Samuel, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
Hewey, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 107.
Hiler, Jacob, signed St. Georges
petition, 100.
Hill, Elisha, 110.
John, report of, 284; mentioned,
54, 59, 270, 401, 414.
Nathaniel, signed Wells petition,
263.
Robert, 111, 113, 114.
Hilton, Moses, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
William, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51; signed Kennebec
petition, 195; signed Wells
petition, 267.
Hinkley, Ebenezer, signed Kenne-
bec petitions, 194, 212.
Edward, captured, 161.
Gideon, captured, 161.
Isaac, captured, 161.
Samuel, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 194, 198.
Shubel, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 194, 212.
Hiscock, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Hobbs, Humphry, desired land, 5,
6; petition of, 5; petition
granted, 54, 56; grant to,
amended, 56; mentioned, 200,
281.
Hobbstown, 409.
Hobson, Capt. , 20.
Hocomoc Point, 257.
Hodg, ) Henry, signed Sheepscot
Hodge, ) petition, 63.
James, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63; signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Robert, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 62.
William, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63.
Hodgkins, Moses, signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Philip, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 197, 212.
Hodsden, Joseph, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 196.
Holbrook, Richard, signed Wiscas-
set petition, 51, 245, 319.
Samuel, secretary, 7, 9, 19, 20,
37, 54, 55, 69, 92, 129, 133, 146.
Holderness, Earl of, 183, 209, 292,
337, 350.
Holdin, Thomas, signed St. Georges
petition, 100.
Holland, 29, 39, 41, 47.
Holmes, Ann, 163.
Holt, Benjamin, signed Phillips-
town petition, 179.
Honowell, see Hunewell.
Hooman, Henry, signed Wiscasset
petition, 51.
Hooper, Robert, signed Kennebec
petition, 196; signed Wiscas-
set petition, 245.
Hooten, Richard, 419.
Hopes, , 29.
nopkins, David, signed Sheepscot
petition, 63.
William, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63.
Hopson, Governor, 294.
Horses, 104.
Hosdon, Stephen, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
Houdelette, Charles Estienne,
signed Kennebec petition, 278.
How, Caleb, 4.
Howard, Lieut. James, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 195; letters of,
312, 376.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
195.
Jonathan, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51.
Samuel, signed St. Georges peti-
tion, 99; signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Hubbard, John Heard, signed
Wells petition, 268.
Samuel, deputy secretary, 136.
Thomas, bill paid, 112.
Thomas, speaker, 20, 21, 31, 54,
55, 66, 68, 69, 92, 95, 103, 121,
122, 123, 125, 126, 129, 130, 133,
134, 135, 136, 172, 175, 199, 201,
213, 219, 220, 221, 224, 233, 235,
241, 256, 270, 280, 283, 290, 312,
316, 317, 332, 333, 334, 401, 408,
411, 412, 413, 414, 419, 454, 457.
Hudson's River, 330.
Hughes, , watchmaker, 32.
Humphry, Thomas, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
Hunaford, Thomas, signed New
Casco petition, 219.
Hunewell, Israel, signed Kennebec
INDEX
479
Hunewell, Israel, continued.
petition, 198; signed Wiscas-
set petition, 320.
Hunt, John-, signed New Casco
petition, 210.
Capt. Adam, 242, 243, 24G, 3G5,
370, 371, 374, 378, 37!).
Huper, Robert, signed Wiseasset
petition, 51.
Hurons, the, 240.
Hussey, Joseph, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Huston, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, i9o. Caleb
Hutchings, jQJi*ri^s, petition of,
405; discharged, 406, 407.
Benjamin, signed Kittery peti-
tion, 133.
Enoch, signed Kittery petition,
133.
John, signed Kittery petition,
133.
Thomas, signed Kittery petition,
133.
Hutchinson, Thomas, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 198; letter of,
35; mentioned, 5, 8, 24, 32, 92,
95, 122.
Hutchinson's Point, 257.
H , Isaac, 197.
II , Robert, 310.
II n, Mr., 45.
Ielley, Tiios., signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
Inches, Capt. , 202.
Indians, the, to send delegates to
Boston, 2, 81, 8G, 94, 103, 127,
215, 225; to treaty elsewhere,
2; concerning trade with, 2, 3,
9, 21, 69, 101, 102, 111, 121, 225,
239, 252, 208,312; not satisfied
with the treaty, 4; captives in
the hands of, 6, 8, 60, 02, 94,
101, 105, 106, 135, 147, 148, 153,
154, 157, 163, 164, 177, 100, 101,
221, 222, 229, 230, 231, 232; in-
terview with desired, 6; pri-
vate trade with restrained, 0;
peace concluded with, 15, 21;
plotting mischief with priests,
26; killed Proctor, 26; desired
an armourer, 30, 31; killed by
Albee, 34, 35; uncertain if they
will attack settlements, 36; in-
fluenced by instruments, not
Indians, the, continued.
of their color, 36; held as
slaves by the French, 36; cap-
tured Hamilton, 50, 60; why
they will not release captives,
60; pleased with the sloop, 70;
intercourse with strengthens
friendship, 70; to be brought
to Boston, 72; at Penobscot,
74, 80, 83, 84; to capture fort
at St. Georges, 74; the French
may instigate, 78; gone to
Sheepscot, 80; desired peace
with the English, 81, 443, 445;
raids on Richmond and Swan
Island, 82, 84, 87, 88, 01, 104,
16,3, 221; attacked fort at
Georgetown, 82; emissaries
from Canada stir up trouble,
83, 84, 01, 94; soldiers in pur-
suit of, 85; men hesitate about
going against, 85; militia to
go against, 88, 89; near Mar-
blehead, 89, 90, 173; killed
cattle at Brunswick, 00; car-
ried away captives, 02, 105, 106;
at Parker's Island, 93; killed
at Wiseasset, 94; hostility to
those near Canada, 94; re-
turned to Canada, 101; killed
the county's oxen, 102; took
prisoners at Sheepscot, 106;
costs of presents for, 112;
would live at peace with the
English. 127; report that they
are on a raid, 136, 137, 139, L40;
the friendly to keep away, 141;
may have gone to Nova Scotia,
141; money to he distributed
among. 142; the English to he
careful in attacking. 142, 158;
captured boys, 147, L48;
tracked, 147; killed oxen in
North Yarmouth, 147; raids
on Brunswick and Shee:
153, 161, 162, 163, 164, 461;
killed Burnel, 154, 157; gave
belt to governor of Canada,
156; the French seeking, 156;
ready to make treaty, 156, 160,
170; did not keep the treaty,
557; must return the stolen
children, 157; fears that they
will break with the English,
150, 247; to be watched, 158,
150, 160,161; hard to reconcile
the conduct of, 160, 161; prep-
aration for treaty set bade,
160; brought treaty to fort,
161; to attack St. Georges, 166;
480
DOCUMENTARY HISTOKY
Indians, the, continued.
because of small-pox the treaty
deferred, 179, 180, 215; cap-
tured prisoners against advice
of the governor, 191; the
French not accountable for
acts of, 191; the French ran-
som prisoner from, 192; none
held as prisoners in Canada,
192; own no authority, 192;
presents for, 201; object to
settlements, 223, 224, 231; in-
tended interview with, 224, 225,
231, 232, 261; killed at Montin-
icus, 236, 295, 309; in the in-
terests of the French, 238, 239,
247, 251, 278, 295; trade exten-
sively with the French, 239,
252; the French may influence
the Six Nations, 240; gave the
French liberty to hunt, 247;
pretence of, 247; the French
sent ammunition to, 247, 266,
293; may fall upon the English,
247, 293; artifice of priests,
247; instigated by the French,
248, 250; six companies to be
raised, 248; not to grant land
to the English, 251; have no
respect for the government,
251; to be curbed, 252, 328;
met at Kennebec River, 260,
261 ; to meet at Falmouth, 261 ;
sent encouragements to the
English, 263; will not molest
the Dutch, 266; designs against
the English, 266, 267; met Gov.
Shirley, 287, 320, 321, 827;
speech at Albany, 288; greeted
new comers, 288, 289; asked
to a conference, 294, 296; a
fort disagreeable to, 294;
French keep them from con-
ference, 295, 321; influenced
by the French, 294, 295, 296,
329, 330, 331; want blood
wiped away, 295, 309; raid of,
296, 302; the most powerful
tribe of, 296; vessel sent for,
296, 300; at the conference, 297;
fort to protect, 298; had but
little trade with the English,
298; gave the English permis-
sion to build forts, 299; asked
to send children to English
schools, 300, 301; satisfied
with the conference, 300, 301;
to inform the English of in-
tended hostilities, 302; hostil-
ities in New Hampshire, 309,
Indians, the, continued.
310; trade at Fort Richmond,
312, 313; a fort to intercept,
322; gave false information,
325; consented to new settle-
ments, 327; influenced by sol-
diers, 327; place of rendezvous,
328; curbed, 328; to be kept
dependent, 328, 329; the
French sent supplies to, 331;
a priest sent to, 331; raid on
Taconnet, 333, 334; their
treachery gave a new aspect,
334; raid near Fort Halifax,
335; which tribes were con-
cerned in the raid, 336; gath-
ering for war, 337; to kill
Picost, 338; captured Johnson,
338; to attack Fort Halifax,
338; to do scouting, 340; the
French depend on, 352; the
French may govern all, 357;
can be influenced by forts, 360 ;
urged to strike the English,
362, 863; gave intelligence of
proposed attack on St.
Georges, 391, 392; Penobscots
will not join in the attack, 391 ;
not to be trusted, 392, 395, 402;
raid at Frankfort, 393, 396;
knew the weakness of the Eng-
lish, 894; raid of, 1750, 395;
near New Castle, 399; brought
intelligence of intended attack
on Broad Bay, 399; raid near
St. Georges, 402; the Penob-
scots, treacherous, 402; war
declared against, 408; peace
with the Penobscots, 408;
asked to join the army, 408;
scouts to intercept, 414; as
they decrease wild animals
increase, 424, 430; assisted by
the French, 428, 429, 439, 456;
about one hundred inclined to
peace, 443, 445; prisoners with
Monckton, 443, 453; took pris-
oners at Frankfort, 450, 451;
to confer, 454; hesitated about
peace, 453; scalped at St.
Georges, 453; killed a man
near Gaspereau, 453; gone to
assist the French, 456, 461;
mentioned, 7, 25, 53, 69, 98,
102, 104, 110, 119, 123, 124, 127,
149, 150, 154, 162, 165, 200, 213,
215, 216, 222, 223, 236, 242, 259,
260, 270, 272, 273, 279, 284, 291,
294, 301, 303, 308, 323, 324, 328,
INDEX
481
Indians, the, continued.
330, 351, 352, 366, 367, 370, 385,
392, 413, '420, 429, 436.
Indians, Canadian, 101, 137, 140,
191, 201, 202, 246, 330, 362, 395;
see also Indians, French.
Cape Sable, 279.
Eastern, 21, 34, 60, 71. 103, 107,
223, 225, 231, 232, 296, 297, 301,
328, 329, 332, 384, 408.
French, 161, 232, 263, 295, 296;
also called Indians, Canadian.
Friendly, 141, 248.
River, 288.
St. Johns, 266, 279, 391, 394.
Seigneurie, 249.
Ingalls, Samuel, signed Fryehurg
petition, 14.
Ingersoll, David, 163.
William, 219.
Instructions to Saunders, Capt.
Thomas, 76.
Interpreters to be retained, 233,
234, 235.
Ireland, settlers from, 28, 29, 39,
42, 44, 46, 104.
Irish, the, 42.
Iron works, 36.
Iroquois, the, 249.
Islands of Canceau, 181.
Jack, Joseph, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
Jackson, Henry, signed Falmouth
petition, 311.
Solomon, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Jacobites. 358.
Jacobs, Benjamin, signed Wells
petition, 268.
Jamaica, 357.
James, William, signed St. Georges
petition, 99.
William Jr., signed St. Georges
petition, 99.
Jameson, Robert Jr., signed Fal-
mouth petition, 311.
Jaremy Squam, | 45>
Jeremy Squam, J
Jean, George, signed Kennebec
petition, 277.
Jeffries, David, a Kennebec pro-
prietor, 176, 211; signed Ken-
nebec petition, 194.
Jemeson, Paul, signed Falmouth
petition, 311.
Robert, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Jenkins, David, signed Kennebec
petition, 197.
Jesuits, 156, 160, 161, 231, 249, 250,
294, 296, 305, 321, 329, 331, 363.
Johnson, James, signed Kittery
petition, 133; captured, 338;
mentioned, 363, 364.
Capt. John, 281, 408.
Samuel, signed Kittery petition,
133.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 198, 212.
Johnston, James, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
Join or Die, 262, 264.
Jones, Cornelius, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Ephraim, attorney, 200.
John, Kennebec proprietor, 176,
211 ; signed Kennebec petition,
194.
Jonas, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 277.
Jonathan, 200.
Michael, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Richard, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
William Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
Jonquiere, Gov. Jaques Pierre
Taffand, Marquis de la, dead,
190; exchanged prisoners, 191 ;
objected to taking prisoners,
191.
Jordan, Clement, to settle estate
of Dominicus Jordan, 66, 68;
heir of Dominicus Jordan, 66,
67; signed Falmouth petition,
312; answered Cushlng's peti-
tion, 276.
Dominicus, his estate to be set-
tled, 65, 66, 67, 68; his heirs,
66, 67; executed a will, 254,
256.
Dominicus Jr., to settle his
father's estate, 66, 67, 68; an
heir, 66, 67; opposed to Eze-
kiel Cushing, 256; answered
dishing, 274, 276; signed the
Falmouth petition, 312.
James, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 311.
James Jr., signed Falmouth
petition, 312.
Jeremiah, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
31
482
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Jordan, continued,
Jeremiah (tartus), signed Fal-
mouth petition, 312.
Joanna, 276.
Mrs. Joanna, widow of Domini-
cus, 67; her share in her hus-
band's estate, 67.
John, heir of Dominicus, 67;
signed Kennebec petition, 197;
signed Falmouth petition, 312.
John Jr., signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 311.
Nathaniel, heir to Dominicus,
66, 67, 68; opposed to Cush-
ing, 256; answered Cushing,
276; signed Falmouth petition,
312.
Noah, signed Falmouth petition,
312.
Richard, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Robert, heir of Dominicus, 67.
Robert Jr., heir of Dominicus,
67; signed Falmouth petition,
311.
Samuel, heir of Dominicus, 67;
signed Falmouth petition, 312.
Samuel, Jr., signed Falmouth
petition, 312.
Stephen, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 311.
Thomas, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Joy, David, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 277.
Thomas, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 212.
Judges, the Plough, 32.
J , Jonathan, signed Phillips-
town petition, 179.
K
Keaff, Corneales, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 197.
Kedney, Daniel, signed petition for
St. Georges, 99.
Keen, Joseph, signed Kittery peti-
tion, 133.
Nathaniel, signed Kittery peti-
tion, 133.
Kehoret, 122.
Kelley, Samuel, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Kelloch, David, signed St. Georges
petition, 99.
Finla, signed St. Georges peti-
tion, 99.
John, signed St. Georges peti-
tion, 99.
Kellogg, Joseph, his bill paid, 119.
Kendall, Benjamin, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 195.
Ralph, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Kennebec, 138, 322, 327.
Proprietors, memorial of, 51;
petitions of, 176, 193.
Purchase, protected by the Eng-
lish, 52; distance from Boston,
52; proposed to lay out four
townships in, 52.
River, 40, 51, 52, 53, 96, 106, 125,
176, 180, 181, 182, 193, 210, 211,
221, 223, 224, 231, 235, 242, 246,
247, 248, 249,"250, 251, 257, 258,
259, 260, 261, 266, 276, 277, 280,
286, 292, 293, 295, 297, 299, 300,
303, 320, 321, 322, 325, 327, 328,
330, 337, 351, 354, 355, 361, 391,
396, 398, 412, 415.
Kennebunk, set off from Wells, 61,
64, 68; supported their own
minister, 64; built a meeting
house, 64; objected to helping
support minister in Wells, 65;
petition of the people of, 63.
Kennebunk River, 61, 64, 68, 177.
Kennedy, James, signed Sheepscot
petition, 62.
Samuel, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63; signed petition for
the Frontiers, 93.
William, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 62, 63.
g^'} David, 200.
Elisba, signed Wiscasset peti-
tions, 51, 245, 320; signed Ken-
nebec petitions, 195, 277.
Isaac, signed answer to Sheep-
scot petition, 215.
Thos., signed Wiscasset petition,
245.
Keppell, Commodore , 361.
Kilbe,|Mr> 26 33
Kilby, /
Christo, 46.
Kilgore, Benjamin, signed Frye-
burg petition, 14.
Joseph, signed Fryeburg peti-
tion, 14.
Killeran, Capt. , 307.
Kilpatrick, Tho., signed petition
for St. Georges, 99; letter of,
419.
Kimball, Benjamin, signed peti-
tion of Wells, 268.
Nathaniel, signed petition of
Kennebunk, 65.
INDEX
483
Kimball, continued.
Richard, signed petition of Frye-
burg, 14; signed petition of
Kennebunk, 65.
Thomas, signed petition of Ken-
nebunk, 65.
Kincaid, Naphtali, signed petition
of Kennebec, 277.
Saml., signed petition of Wis-
casset, 320.
King, Edward, ensign, 88, 147.
Kinnicon, John, signed petition of
Wiscasset, 320.
Kittery, to be divided, 31; Rev.
Newmarch to be supported at,
31; committee to attend to the
division of, 31, 32; Richard
Cutts to attend the General
Court, 32; boundary of, 41;
lower parish incorporated, 68;
bounds of the new parish, 69;
to support their own minister,
69; third parish set off, 131,
132; trouble over ministry
land, 132, 167; the first parish
summoned, 133, 152, 107; Pep-
perrell to make answer for,
150; hearing postponed, 152;
answer to petition of the third
parish, 166, 171; divided into
three parts, 167, 168; Caleb
Hutchings, constable of, 406;
tonnage tax on ships at, 406;
the selectmen mistook the
law, 407, 408; petition of, 131;
mentioned, 14, 21, 45, 104, 131,
165, 167, 171.
Knight, Enos, 200.
George, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 218.
Stephen, signed Fryeburg peti-
tion, 14.
William, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 219.
Knowles, Gov. , 207.
Korday, William, signed Kennebec
petition, 197.
K y, Mr. , 45, 46.
La Ciiasse, Father, 249.
Le^hock } River' 128' 129, 134,
La Corne St. Luc, Monsieur, 229,
230.
Laet, Joannes de, his Novus Obis
used to prove a boundary, 181.
Lamb, Ja., 112.
Lambert, , dead, 28.
Robert, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51,320; signed Kennebec
petition, 195, 271, 277.
Sheribiah, signed Wiscasset peti-
tion, 51; signed Kennebec peti-
tions, 199, 277.
Lammon, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Lamson, Nathl., signed Kennebec
petition, 244.
Land Bank, the, 38.
Lane, , paid for measuring, 111.
, son of Capt. Lane, 373.
Capt. John, desired to command
at Pemaquid, 203; letter of,
202; mentioned, 373, 379, 381.
Lankester, Daniel, signed Kenne-
bec petitions, 196, 197, 258.
Elihu, signed Kennebec petition,
197.
Joseph, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 194.
Nathan, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 258.
Larmond, Mr. , 402.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
195.
Larrabce, Nathaniel, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 194.
Stephen, signed Kennebunk peti-
tion, 65.
Lauverjat, Father, 249.
Lawrence, Maj. , 4.
Lieut. Gov. Charles, of Nova
Scotia, letters of, 484,445,455;
mentioned, 350, 351, 353, 356,
360, 361, 422, 425, 437, 440, 441,
443, 444, 453, 457.
Leach, James, signed Falmouth
petition, 811; signed petition
for Kittery, 133.
Lebanon, 409, 420.
Leeman, Ebenezer, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
198.
Legonier, Sir John, 207.
Leighton, Tobias, 110.
Leissner, C. C, letter to, 398; let-
ter of, 399.
Lemons, Benj., signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Leneken, Daniel, signed Kennebec
petition, 199.
Joseph, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 199.
Lermond, Alexander, signed St.
Georges petition, 99.
484
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Lescarbot, Marc, his Historic used
to prove a boundary, 181.
Letters of,
Allen, James, 38.
Averell, Job, 150.
Beal, Josiah, 400.
Berry, Capt. George, 458.
Bradbury, Capt. Jabez, 80, 104,
155.
Burton, Benj., 402.
Chute, Thos., 89.
Cushing, Ezekiel, 65, 90, 148, 39G.
Denny, Samuel, 82, 93, 94.
Fletcher, Thomas, 74, 75, 76, 136,
137, 362, 391.
Franklin, Benjamin, 262.
Freeman, Enoch, 24, 139, 154,
162, 396.
Gatchel, John, 161.
Gerrish, Jno., 33.
Goodwin, Capt. Samuel, 460.
Gounon, R., 304, 306.
Hamilton, Capt. John, 337.
Henderson, Thos., 137.
Howard, Lieut. James, 312, 376.
Hutchinson, Thomas, 35.
Killpatrick, Tho., 419.
Lane, John, 202.
Lawrence, Lieut. Gov. Charles,
434, 445, 455.
Leissner, C. C, 399.
Litbgow, Capt. William, 101, 201,
340, 364, 374, 380, 387, 391, 393,
402, 416, 446, 449, 461.
Little, Henry, 398.
Longueil, Charles le Moyne, 190,
191.
Monckton, Robert, 443, 453.
Morris, Capt. Charles, 266.
Moulton, Col. Jer., and others,
142.
Nikels, Alex., 140, 386.
North, John, 138, 164.
North Yarmouth Selectmen, 87.
Oulton, John, 84, 138, 147.
Pepperrell, H., 14.
Pepperrell, Sir Wiliam, 103, 165,
Phipps, Lieut. Gov. Spencer, 73,
77, 78, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 97.
126, 141, 157, 158, 159, 160, 179,
186, 215.
Phipps, William, 77.
Proctor, Chas., 25, 45.
Ramley, Mattheys, 390.
Robinson, T., 285.
St. Castin, Joseph de Badis, 121,
122, 123.
Sherriff, William, 59, 70.
Letters of, continued.
Shirley, Gov. William, 180, 206,
241, 242, 243, 245, 258, 259, 260,
261, 264, 265, 286, 293, 308, 335,
339, 344, 363, 377, 379, 385, 397,
398.
Sparhawk, N., 45, 46.
Stevens, Phineas, 108.
Waldo, Francis, 15.
Wendell, Jacob, 162.
Wheelwright, Jno., 225.
Wheelwright, Nathaniel, 228.
Willard, Josiah, 34, 71, 72, 105,
106, 107, 108, 127, 142, 166, 235,
236, 290, 292, 306, 307, 421.
Williams, Eph. 'Jr., 32.
Winslow, Isaac, 27, 29, 39, 41,
43, 46.
Lewis, Andrew, signed petition
for Kittery, 133.
Daniel, signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Thomas, signed petition for Kit-
tery, 133.
Yar., signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Lime, 26, 27, 43, 47.
Lincoln, Col. , 287.
' Benjamin, 316, 334, 458.
Linnaken, Benjamin, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 199.
Charles, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 199.
Linscot, Ichabod, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 195.
Lithgow, Capt. William, letters of,
101, 201, 340, 364, 374, 380, 387,
391, 393, 402, 416, 447, 449;
mentioned, 71, 80, 86, 87, 111,
112, 113, 114, 118, 137, 138, 142,
157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 223, 235,
236, 248, 253, 259, 278, 313, 334,
335, 336, 339, 344, 377, 379, 385,
386, 395, 396, 397, 402, 413, 444,
455, 459, 460, 461.
Little, Capt. , 56.
Henry, signed Sheepscot peti-
tion, 63; signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195; letter of, 398.
Little Jabez Island, 219, 227.
Little Ossapee River, 10.
Littlefield, Eliab, signed Wells
petition, 268.
Isaac, signed Wells petition, 268.
James, signed Wells petition,
268.
Jeremiah Jr., signed Wells peti-
tion, 268.
John Jr., signed Wells petition,
268.
INDEX
485
Littlefield, continued.
Jonathan, signed Wells petition,
268..
Joseph, signed Wells petition,
268.
Samuel, signed Kennebunk peti-
tion, 65.
Livermore, Capt. , 217.
Liverpool, 27.
London, 15, 21, 23, 27, 33, 34, 37,
38, 45, 46, 103, 180.
Board of Trade, 183.
New England Coffee House, 33.
St. James Street, 180, 206.
Whitehall, 285.
Long Island, 50, 245.
Long, Thomas, signed St. Georges
petition, 100.
Longfellow, Stephen, 226, 227, 228.
Longueil, Gov. Charles le Moyne,
2nd baron, letter of, 190, 192.
Loran, 156.
Lord, John, 110.
Nathan, 110.
Louis, 122, 123.
Louisbourg, 28, 58, 104, 165, 238,
239, 264, 265, 352, 355, 356, 359,
361, 400, 401, 406, 407, 434, 436.
Low, Eph.. signed Phillipstowu
petition, 178.
John, signed Phillipstowu peti-
tion, 179.
Lowcl, William, 225, 226.
Lumber, 22, 26, 27, 28, 36, 43; see
also Timber.
Lumbers, Saml. , captured by In-
dians, 161.
Lumbert, Joshua, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
Lunenburg, 266.
Lydius, Col. John H., 127, 128, 228,
230.
Lynde, Benjamin, 37, 241.
Lynde's Island, 257.
M
McCartek, John, signed St.
Georges petition, 99.
McCleland, William, signed Sheep-
scot petition, 63; signed Ken-
nebec petition, 196.
McClyr, William, signed St.
Georges petition, 100.
McCobb, Samuel, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
McCordy, John, signed St. Georges
petition, 100.
McCoye, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 278.
McFaden, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
James Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
McFadin, Capt., 313.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
198.
McFarland, Andrew, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 199.
Ephraim, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198.
John, signed Kennebec petitions,
195, 198.
John Jr.. signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Joseph, signed the Kennebec
petition, 277.
Walter, interpreter, 233, 234,
235.
McGlotten, George, signed the
Kennebec petition, 194.
McGuthery, Robert, signed the
Kennebec petition, 195.
Mackentir, ) John, signed the St.
Mi Intyer, /Georges petition, 99.
Joseph, signed the Kennebec
petition, L97.
Robert, signed the St. Georges
petition, 99.
McKenney, ) Daniel, signed the
.Me Kinney, /Kennebec petition,
198.
George, signed the Kennebec
petition, 198.
Matthew, signed the Kennebec
petition, 198.
Thomas, signed the Wiscasset
petition, 319.
McKown, John, signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 198.
McLane, Chad., 200.
Robert, 245.
McMillan, John, 14.
McNear, John, signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 196.
McNeff, William, signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 197.
McPhetres, John, signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 196.
Matken, Tarrance, signed the
Kennebec petition, 197.
Mackentir, see Mclntyer.
Mackney, Henry, signed the Fal-
mouth petition, 312.
Macon, Abner, 393.
Macworth's Island, 219, 227.
Madamock, ) 9_ „r qr>
Madomock, H''*'
Maddock, John, signed petition of
Kennebunk, 65.
486
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Maigan, 305, 30G.
Main River, 20, 48.
Maine, Province of, 250.
Malbon, Daniel, signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 277.
Malcom, Allen, signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 195.
Lieut. John, signed Kennebec
petitions, 196, 197; mentioned,
380, 386.
Michael, signed the Kennebec
petition, 195.
William, signed the Kennebec
petition, 196.
Mallett, John, signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 196.
Man, Gideon, deposition of, 147.
Manson, Saml., signed Eittery
petition, 133.
Manufacture of gun locks, 415.
Map of sea-coast, 130.
Marble, James, 200.
Marblehead, 173, 421.
Mariner, Joseph, 256.
Marks of,
Alexander, William, 197; Aston,
John, 197; Beath, Walter, 199;
Bennett, Andrew, 198; Borks,
John, 65; Brewer, James, 198;
Brewer, James Jr., 199; Buber,
Joseph, 194; Burke, John, 197;
Calwell, George, 198; Chap-
man, John, 277; Clark, George,
198; Cobee, R., 196; Coffea,
John, 311; Comes, Silvanus,
197; Coins, Wm., 194; Cornish,
John, 197; Cromwell, Joshua,
197; Day, Josiah, 197; Day,
Stephen, 197; Dugles, Elisha,
311; Dun, John, 198; Dunlap,
Robert, 196; Dunton, Timo-
thy, 198; Erskin, Alexander,
195; Erskin, Kingun, 198;
E , Simon, 195; Flan, John,
198; Forster, James, 196; Gel-
eson, Nathaniel, 197; Getchel,
John, 198, 278; Gray, Frances.
277; Gray, Joshua, 197; Hans-
corn, Moses, 311; Harring,
John, 195; Harris, John, 277;
Hayley, Martyn, 194; Hilton,
William, 195, 267; Hosdon,
Stephen, 195; Hunewell, Israel,
198; Hutchinson, Thomas, 198;
Ielley, Thos., 195; Jack,
Joseph, 196; Jones, Cornelius,
198; Jordan, Stephen, 311;
Keaff, Corneales, 197; Korday,
William, 197; Lambort, Rob-
ert, 267; Lambort, Sherrebiah,
Marks of, continued.
277; Lankester, Elihu, 197;
Leneken, Joseph, 199; Linna-
ken, Benjamin, 199; Linnaken,
Clark, 199; Linscot, Icha-
bod, 195; McCoye, John, 278;
McFarland, Joseph, 277; Mc-
Glotton, George, 194; McKen-
ney, Daniel, 198; McNeff,
William, 197; McKen, Tar-
rance, 197; Mitchell, William,
277; Murphey, Thomas, 195;
Murry, Patrick, 198; Musterd,
William, 196; Oliver, John,
194; Onle, John, 197; Orr,
John, 197; Parris, Amos, 278;
Poor, Robert, 198; Rardaon,
Timothy, 197; Reed, William,
196; Sedgley, Robert, 197;
Seward, John, 197; Sholders,
Peter, 311; Spalding, John,
277; Spied, John, 198; Stinson,
James, 196; Storer, Thos.,
195; Thompson, Joseph, 197;
Thornton, Cornelius, 198;
Thornton. James, 198; Thorn-
ton, Michael, 194; Wals, Pat-
rick, 197; Whelan, Mathew,
198; Young, James, 195; ,
George, 278; , John, 196.
Marsdon, Samuel, signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 277.
Marston, John, 459.
Marshall, William, signed Kenne-
bec petitions, 198, 212.
Martinique, 497.
Martin, John, captured by Indians,
153; ransomed, 163; signed
the Kennebec petition, 196.
Martyn, Capt. , 28.
Maryland, 143, 206.
Mascarene, \ Gov. Paul, of Nova
Mascorreens, J Scotia, 160, 294, 368.
Massachusetts Bay, Province of, 1,
10, 17, 18, 48, 49, 52, 61, 63, 87,
88, 91, 92, 100, 102, 111, 120,
130, 131, 149, 151, 152, 155, 164,
165, 166, 173, 175, 177, 184, 187,
193, 119, 202, 203, 208, 211, 213,
217, 243, 254, 267, 274, 281, 310,
317, 336, 347, 400, 405, 419, 421,
444.
Masts, 97, 239; see also Timber.
Mast men, 97.
Mathews, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 197.
Maxell, John, signed Wells peti-
tion, 268.
Maxwell, Francis, signed Falmouth
petition, 311.
INDEX
487
Maxwell, continued.
James, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Patrick, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
William, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Mayors, Alexander, signed Sheep-
scot petition, 03.
John, signed Sheepscot petition,
63. ,
Means, Thomas, signed Kennehec
petition, 195.
Mecib, James, signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Mecordy, signed the St. Georges
petition, 100. .
Meeting houses, to he built in new
township, 57, HO; at New
Casco, 218.
Melancon, Fierre, 425.
Melill, John, signed petition for
St. Georges, 99. , ,
Meloon, Samuel, signed petition
for Kennebec, 212.
Samuel Jr., signed petition for
Kennebec, 212.
Melvin, Capt. Eleazer, 281.
Memorials, of Goodwin, Samuel,
270, 274; Hazzen, Richard,
129- Kennebec proprietors, 51;
Winslow, Col. John, 281, 282.
Menis, see Minas.
Merrill, Benjamin, signed New
Casco petition, 219.
James, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 219.
James Jr., signed New Casco
petition, 219.
John, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 219.
Joshua, signed New Casco peti-
tion, 219.
Nathaniel, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14. ... . x,
Richard, signed petition for New
Casco, 218.
Merrimac River, 129, 189, 855, 411.
Merry Meeting Bay, 211 221, 36o.
Merryland Meadows, 1<7.
Messages of,
Honorable Board, the, 97.
House of Representatives 134.
Phins Lt. Gov. Spencer, 30, do,
69 103, 124, 125, 128, 129, 134,
216, 455. _
Shirlev. Gov. William, 4, 6, 7,
2327278,281,282,283,290,333,
334, 335; 336, 338, 302, 383, 384,
413, 414, 415.
Message to the Governor, 221.
Metcalf, Jacob, signed the Wiscas-
set petition, 51, 319.
Mit macs, the, 453.
Militia, see under Soldiers.
Miller, James signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Robert, signed Phillipstown peti-
tion, 179.
Milliken, Capt. , 401.
Mills, 27, 35, 43, 190.
Minas, 60, 165, 353, 354, 3o5, 422,
425, 440, 442.
Basin, 446.
Ministry land in Kittery, 132, 107.
Mi not, Col. , 287.
James, 5, 133, 414.
John, 154.
Mississippi River, 357
Mitchell, Benjamin, 147, 221, ^u,
231, 232. .
Christopher, signed petition for
Falmouth, 312.
Daniel, 147.
John, 1, 05. oo .
Miriam, wife of Robert, 66; heir
of Dominicus Jordan, 66; sum-
moned, 256.
Robert, to settle estate of Domin-
icus Jordan, 66, 67, 68; heir of
Dominicus Jordan, 60, 67, 256;
signed Falmouth petition, 311.
Solomon, 147.
William, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 277.
Monckton, Lieut. Col. Robert, let-
ters of, 443, 453; mentioned,
352, 436.
Monseag, 1 Bay 244, 257, 318.
Moun Swag, j
Montague, Capt. , 200.
Montgumry, Robert, signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 19o.
Robert Jr., signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
William, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
Montinicus Island, 230.
Montreal, 36, 190, 221, 228, 230,
232, 338, 360.
Mood, Mr. of Brunswick, 405.
Moor, William, signed Kennebec
petition, 199.
Morris, Capt. Charles, letter of,
Morton', James, signed petition for
Kennebec, 198; mentioned,
136.
Mose Point, 02.
488
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY"
Mostyn, Rear Admiral, 434, 435,
437, 439.
Moulton, Daniel, signed petition
for Phillipstown, 179; men-
tioned, 144, 205, 346.
Ebenezer, 110.
Jeremiah (Col. and Hon.), to
administer the estate of
Thomas Westbrook, 17, 24;
the petition of granted, 58,
signed petition for Phillips-
town, 179; letter of, 142; men-
tioned, 17, 65, 66, 84, 92, 96;
225.
Mount Desert, 136.
Mousam River, 61, 64, 68, 257.
Muggeridge, Col. Benjamin, 242,
243, 245, 246.
Mugrage, Mr. , 85.
Munmers, Valentin, signed peti-
tion for Falmouth, 312.
Murfey, \ Thomas, signed peti-
Murphey, J tion for Kennebec, 195;
signed petition for Wiscasset,
319.
Murray, Capt, , 422, 426, 430,
483.
Patrick, 198.
Muscongus Island, 225.
Muster Rolls, of the guards at In-
dian treaty, 25; with Waldo
in England, 27, 32; to be made
up for extra days, 172; de-
mands on Lithgow's, 419.
Musterd, William, 196.
M. , John, 63.
M n, T., 45.
N
Nantasket, 15.
Narantsaug, 304.
Mission, 304.
Narrows, the, 62.
Naval Officer, the, 28,
Neal, Thos., signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Neck, the, 48.
Nelson, James, signed petition for
Wiscasset, 50.
Nenango, 262, 263.
Nevers, Elisha, signed petition for
Kennebec, 258.
Phins., signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 258.
New Boston, 409.
New Casco, 48, 217, 226, 227.
New Castle, N. H., 136, 157, 210,
387, 399.
New England, 1,
48, 61, 77, 91,
152, 16G, 180,
207, 208, 222,
336, 350, 355,
400, 419, 436,
New Gloucester,
New Hampshire,
185, 186, 187,
205, 208, 250,
309, 313, 315,
407.
18, 22, 32, 33, 37,
102, 125, 131, 151,
182, 187, 202, 203,
239, 266, 286, 328,
356, 859, 360, 362,
456.
409.
17, 143, 165, 184,
188, 189, 190, 203,
294, 295, 301, 302,
347, 363, 384, 406,
New Marblehead, 89, 90, 172, 173,
174.
New Meadows, 162, 164.
New Plymouth, 51, 176, 193, 210,
257, 276.
New Store, the, 262.
New Town, certificate of, 109.
New York, City, 357, 416.
Province of, 191, 209, 252, 357,
363, 384.
Newbury, 264, 265.
James, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 198.
Newfoundland, 22, 206.
Newmarch, the Rev. John, of Kit-
tery, 81, 69, 167, 170.
Nichols, "I Capt. Alex , signed peti-
Nikels, / tion for Sheepscot, 62,
63; signed petition for the
Frontiers, 93; signed petition
for Kennebec, 195; letters of,
141, 386; mentioned, 100, 141,
156, 157, 242, 243, 246, 374, 398,
459, 460, 461.
Alex. Jr., signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
James, signed petition for Sheep-
scot, 63.
John, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 195.
Samuel, signed petition for
Sheepscot, 63.
Nicholson, , 240.
Niles, Mr. , 317.
Noble, Lazarus, 163, 164, 196, 221,
230, 231, 232, 278.
Mrs. Lazarus, 163.
Norrantsuaniens, the, 304, 305.
Norridgewock, 101, 142, 249, 298,
302, 304, 309, 313, 322, 327, 328.
Norridgewocks, the, 4, 86, 89, 94,
101, 111, 140, 141, 142, 157, 158,
159, 160, 161, 179, 201, 247, 248,
249, 251, 278, 293, 294, 295, 296,
297, 300, 301, 302, 304, 309, 313,
320, 321, 322, 327, 336, 392, 394,
395.
INDEX
489
North, Capt. John, letters of, 138,
104; mentioned, 226, 261.
North Yarmouth, 3, 87, 88, 136,
147, 148, 149, 154, 173, 185, 217,
218, 219, 227, 269, 291.
Northfield, 411.
Norton, Lemuel, signed the Wis-
casset petition, 319.
Nouvelle Ecosse, 422, 425, 440.
Nova Scotia, 72, 77, 124, 125, 126,
141, 156, 160, 180, 181, 182, 209,
210, 238, 239, 240, 250, 279, 294,
350, 351, 354, 355, 359, 360, 421,
422, 425, 440.
Noyes, John, paid, 120.
Nathan, signed petition for New
Casco, 218.
Nathaniel, signed petition for
New Casco, 218.
Saml., signed petition for New
Casco, 219.
Number Four, 338.
N , signed petition for Phillips-
town, 179.
O
Oak Island, 257
Ohio River, 263, 303, 352, 356, 357,
360.
Oliver, Mr. , 287.
Andrew, 5, 333, 334.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
194.
O'Neal, John, signed Kennebec
petitions, 197, 212.
Oneidas, the, 331.
Onondagas, the, 331.
Oroh'quanghe, 331.
Orr, John, signed petitions for
Kennebec, 197, 199.
Joseph, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 197; signed petition for
the Frontiers, 93.
Osborne, J., clerk, 3, 4, 317, 333.
Osgood, Capt. Phineas, 281.
Samuel, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Otis, Col. , 36.
James, 8.
John, 19.
Ottaways, the, 263.
Oulton, John, on the poor condi-
tion of Fort George, 78; paid,
119; letters of, 84, 138, 147.
Oxen, killed by Indians, 90, 102,
147, 148.
O , Ephraim, signed petition
for Kennebec, 194.
— , John, signed petition for
Kennebec. 198.
Page, David, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Paine, Joseph, signed petition for
Kennebec, 258.
Pall, Daniel, reported raid of In-
dians, 147, 148.
Palmer, Thomas, signed petition
for St. Georges, 99.
Pananamoresqe, 304, 306.
Panavanke, 121, 123.
Pannaumpseqeins, the, 305.
Paris, 180, 354.
Parker, Lieut. Isaac, letter sent
by, 109.
Phinehas, signed Kennebec peti-
tion. 198.
Thomas, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Parker's Island, 93.
Parris, Amos, signed Kennebec
petition, 278.
Parry, Henry, signed Kennebec
petition, 277.
Parsons, Lawrence, signed peti-
tion for St. Georges, 99.
Phineas, letter of, 108.
Partridge, Col. , 162, 241, 332.
Mr. , 262.
Olr., 268.
Thomas, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198.
Passamaquoddy, 363.
Paterson, Petter, signed petition
for Sheepscot, 63.
Patterson, , 418.
John, signed petition for Sheep-
scot, 63.
Patteson, David, signed petition
for St. Georges, 100.
William, signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Peabody, Isaac, 200.
Nathaniel Jr., 200.
William, 200.
Pearce, Stephen, 345, 347.
Pearson, 409.
Pearsontown, a road to be built
from, 12; distance from Saco
Falls, 12.
Peckin, George, signed Kennebec
petition, 277.
Peirce, James, signed Wiscasset
petition, 51.
Joseph, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Stephen, 205, 313, 314, 315.
490
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Pelham, Mr. , 183, 200, 207.
Pemaquid, 33, 80, 81, 203, 410.
Pemberton, B., 28.
Pennsylvania, 42, 263, 358.
Penobscot, 2, 73, 74, 80, 83, 84, 122,
142, 272, 304, 322.
River, 75, 128, 180, 249, 250, 278.
Penobscots, the, 4, 72, 77, 81, 83,
84, 87, 89, 94, 102, 104, 105, 111,
140, 141, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161,
166, 179, 247, 294, 295, 296, 297,
300, 301, 302, 305, 309, 320, 321,
322, 328, 336, 362, 391, 392, 394,
395, 402, 408, 454.
Pentagoet River, 180, 182, 239, 250,
355.
Pepperrell, Lady, 16, 108.
Andrew, 23, 32.
H., letter of, 14.
Col. William, deceased, gave bell,
170.
Sir William, arrived in London,
103; to make answer for Kit-
tery, 150, 151; trouble in his
family, 151, 152; did not wish
to serve, 151, 152; enlisted sol-
diers, 165; his answer for Kit-
tery, 166, 171; letters of, 103,
165; petition of, 151; men-
tioned, 2, 7, 8, 22, 23, 34, 44,
45, 46, 50, 108, 125, 126, 159,
203, 241, 244, 291, 307, 397, 403.
Perce, John, signed Wiscasset pe-
tition, 319.
Percey, Arthur, signed petition
for Kennebec, 199.
Thomas, signed petition for
Kennebec, 198.
Perkins, , 35.
Jacob, signed petition for Wells,
268.
Peterson, Peter, signed petition
for Kennebec, 195.
Petitions of,
Averell, Isaac, 100.
Berwick, 144.
Blake, John, 444.
Brunswick, 152.
Curtis, Jacob and others, 1
Cusbing, Ezekiel and wife, 254.
Cushing, Thomas, 421.
Falmouth Second Parish, 18, 310.
Fox, Jabez, 16.
Frye, Joseph, 10.
Fryeburg, 13,
Gloucester, 149.
Hobbs, Capt. Humphrey, 5.
Hutchings, Caleb, 405.
Inhabitants of the Frontiers, 92.
Petitions of, continued.
Kennebec, people of, 63, 276.
Kennebec proprietors, 176, 193,
211, 257.
Kittery, 131.
Mitchell, John, 1.
Molton, J., 58.
New Casco, 217.
Pepperrell, Sir William, 151.
Phillipstown, 177.
Plaisted, Joseph, 203, 205, 313.
St. Georges, 98.
Saunders, Capt. Thos., 171.
Sheepscot, 61.
Wells, 267.
Whittemore, Samuel and others,
100.
Wiscasset, 49, 176, 243, 317.
Pettengill, Joseph, signed petition
for Fryeburg, 14.
Phelan, John, signed petition for
Kennebec, 196.
Philadelphia, 29, 41, 262.
Gazette, 262.
Philbrook, Job, signed Kennebec
petition, 197, 212.
Jonathan, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197, 212.
Jonathan Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Joshua, 212.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 198, 212.
Phillips, Capt. , 103.
Gen. , 466.
Richard, 440, 441.
Maj. William, granted and named
a township, 178,
Phillipstown, distance from Frye-
burg, 10; desired to be incor-
porated, 177; petition granted,
178; town named, 178; disad-
vantage of not being a town,
178; petition of, 177; men-
tioned, 58, 95, 96.
Phipps, , 80.
Danforth, 218, 227, 228.
Farm, 257.
Lieut. Gov. Spencer, 73, 77, 80,
81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 97, 126,
141, 157, 158, 159, 160, 179, 186,
215; letters of, 459; messages
of, 30, 36, 69, 103, 124, 125, 128,
129, 134, 135, 216, 455; speeches
of, 21, 91, 177, 452, 453; men-
tioned, 16, 18, 24, 31, 47, 49,
60, 61, 63, 68, 69, 70, 74, 76, 78,
82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 96,
97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 108,
INDEX
491
Phipps, Lieut. Gov. Spencer, con-
123, 129, 130, 131, 134, 13G, 137,
138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 146,
147, 148, 149, 151, 154, 155, 164,
165, 166, 172, 175, 177, 190, 192,
193, 199, 201, 202, 210, 211, 213,
229, 312, 421, 444, 449, 454, 458,
459, 460, 461.
William, letter of, 79.
Physician, a, needed at Fort Hali-
fax, 342, 392.
Picort, a Canadian guide, 207.
Picture of Royal Family, burnt,
183; new ones desired, 207.
Pierson, Capt. Moses, his petition
granted, 54, 56; grant to
amended, 56.
Pigwacket, new township at, 10.
Pines, 36.
Piscataqua, 23, 309, 407.
River, 408.
Pisiquid, 353, 422, 425, 440, 441, 454.
Pitts, James, a Kennebec proprie-
tor, 56, 176, 211; signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 194.
Plaisted, Joseph, one of the com-
mittee to divide Kittery, 31;
petition of, 313; answer to
petition, 346.
Joseph, 203, 204, 205, 314, 315,
316, 346, 347, 376.
Pleasant Point, 75, 419.
Plommer, William, signed Fal-
mouth petition, 312.
Plough Judges, the, 82.
Plume, Sir , 38.
Plymouth Company, the, 322.
Proprietors, the, 261, 273, 271,
276, 318.
Purchase, the, 318.
Pochard, Abram, signed Kennebec
petition, 278.
N , signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 277.
Pollard, Benj., signed Kennebec
petition, 194.
Pontoosuck, 410.
Poor, Robert, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Pope, John, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Richard, signed petition for Kit-
tery, 133.
Popkins, Jno., 112.
Porter, Aaron, 39.
Porterfield, Patrick, signed Fal-
mouth petition, 312.
Porterfield, continued.
William, signed Falmouth peti-
tion, 312.
Portsmouth, 17.
Ferry, 69.
Ferry House, 69.
Pote, Jeremiah, signed petition
for New Casco, 218.
William, memorandum of, 136.
Potter, Alexander, signed petition
for Kennebec, 196.
James, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 196.
Powers, Jonathan, 269.
Preble, Col. , 236.
Abraham, signed the Wiscasset
rietition, 51; signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 277.
Jedediah, 227, 228, 339, 401.
Presumpscot Mills, 154.
River, 48, 217. 21!*, 227, 275.
Price, Mr. , 310.
Priests, 26, 245, 294, 20."), 331, 428.
Proctor, Charles, letters of, 25, 45.
Capt. Thomas, 402.
Protestants, 107.
Prout, Hannah, wife of Joseph, 66;
heiress of Dominicus Jordan,
66, 256.
Joanna, 275.
Joseph, to settle estate of Domin-
icus Jordan, 66; heirof Jordan,
66, 67, 256.
Pumeroy,
Benjamin, signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 197.
Pumory,
Pumury,
Richard, signed petition for New
Casco, 218.
Richard Jr., signed petition for
New Casco, 218.
William, signed petitions for
Kennebec, 196, 258.
Purinton, \ David, signed Kenne-
Purrenton, J bee petition, 212.
Hezekiah, captured, 161; signed
Kennebec petition, 212.
Humphrey, signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Humphrey Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 212.
Putnam, Ezra, 200.
Miles, 200.
Pyncheon, Joseph, 7, 125, 133.
P , Mr., 44.
P , John Jacob, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 277.
P , Lemuel, signed Kennebec
petition, 195.
P , Capt. William, 281.
492
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Q
Quan Couk, 121, 123
Quebec, 51, 229, 246, 249, 250, 303,
322, 328, 337, 338, 350, 800, 303.
Harbor, 338.
Quincy, Mr. , 332.
K
Rackleff, William, signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 195.
Ralle, Sabastian, 249.
Ramley, Mattheys, letter of, 390.
Rand, Jonathan Jr., signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 278.
Rangers, see under Soldiers.
Rardam, Timothy, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
Reading, William, 421.
Rease, Mr. , 26.
Reed, Andrew, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195, 199.
David, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 185.
John, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 196.
Jonathan, signed petition, for
Kennebec, 194 ; mentioned, 271.
William, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 194.
William (second), signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 196.
Renay, Elisha Jr., signed petition
for Kennebec, 245.
Report of, Hill, John, 284.
Pepperrell, William, 2.
Rhode Island, 45, 46, 208, 384.
Rice, Richard, signed petition for
Kittery, 133.
Samuel, signed petition for Kit-
tery, 133.
Richards, Humphrey, signed peti-
tion for Falmouth, 312.
Joseph, clerk, 7.
Richardson, Benjamin, 215.
Thomas, 215.
Richmond, 3, 9, 71, 72, 81, 83, 84,
85, 87, 88, 94, 103, 128, 138, 163,
233, 234, 235, 253, 320, 321, 322,
374, 375, 398, 405, 410, 447, 461,
463.
Rideout, Niklas, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Right, Capt. John, 258.
Ring, Benj., signed petition for
Kennebec, 212.
River, Le Chock, 54.
of Canada, 360, 422, 425, 436, 440,
442; see also River St. Law-
rence.
River, continued.
St. Johns, see St. Johns River.
St. Lawrence, 77, 180, 182, 209,
246, 247, 250, 295, 354, 360; see
also River of Canada.
Rives, Joseph, signed petition for
St. Georges, 99.
Roads, needed and built in Frye-
burg, 10, 11, 12, 14; cost of, 11;
expensive to maintain, 11, 12,
13; from Pearsontown, 12; be-
tween Cushenoc and Taconnet,
323; between Forts Halifax
and Western, 381.
Roberts, Joseph, 215.
Robertson, Charles, signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 196.
Bryant, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 212.
Robinson, Daniel, signed petition
for Falmonth, 312.
Haunce, signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
John, signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Joseph, signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Moses, signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Moses, signed petition for St.
Georges, 99.
Thomas, 200, 285, 329, 350, 351,
353.
Robison, John, signed petition for
Falmouth. 312.
Rodgers, Patrick, signed petition
for Kennebec, 195.
Rogers, Lieut. , 373.
Thomas, signed petition for Kit-
tery, 133.
Rollings, John, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
Roman Catholics, 358, 430.
Ross, Capt. , 40, 43.
John, taken prisoner, 153, 163.
William, signed petition for
Sheepscot, 62; taken prisoner,
153, 163; signed petition for
Kennebec, 196; mentioned,
106, 397.
Rouse, Capt. , 436, 443, 445.
Rowell, John, signed Wiscasset
petitions, 51, 319; signed the
Kennebec petition, 196.
Royal, Col. , 291.
Rum, 44, 157, 374.
Rumlet, I Nathaniel, signed peti-
Rundlet, | tion for Wiscasset, 51;
signed petitions for Kennebec,
195, 277.
INDEX
493
Russell, Judge , 91, 122, 125.
Benjamin, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Rutherford, Robt., signed petition
for St. Georges, 99.
R , Timothy, signed petition
for Kennebec, 198.
Saco, 3, 89, 410.
Falls, 12.
River, 12, 96, 409, 420.
St. Castine, Joseph de Badis, de-
sired a vessel, 121, 122, 124;
his letter considered, 122; in-
vited to Boston, 122, 126, 127;
no vessel for him, 123; letters
of, 121, 122, 123.
St. Croix River, the, 124, 130.
St. Francois, 229.
Indians, the, 95, 121, 123, 127,
141, 142, 161, 166, 192, 249, 261,
293, 385.
River, 328.
St. Georges, the limit of trading
places with the Indians, 3, 9;
an armourer needed at, 30;
same sent, 31; supplied with
settlers, 35; concerning set-
tling Germans at, 47; settlers
from Pennsylvania desired at,
47; Indians to attack, 74, 362,
363; ammunition needed at;
79, 80; Indians at, 83, 84, 86,
Col. Gushing to march to, 89;
part of petitioned for assist-
ance, 98; stores sent to, 335;
the Indians near pretend
friendship, 392; men in truck
house at, 410; scouts to be
sent from, 414; mentioned, 27,
39, 41, 94, 103, 104, 128, 136,
137, 138, 139, 155, 159, 160, 161,
164, 172, 179, 215, 231, 295, 301,
391, 461.
Falls, 35, 36.
Ford, 399.
River, 35, 71, 77, 78, 96, 98, 105,
157, 166, 296, 300, 301, 399, 409.
Truck House, 410, 454.
St. Johns, 363.
Island, 238, 453.
River, 122, 124, 155, 238, 239, 240,
249, 252, 266, 350, 354, 356, 436,
443, 445, 453.
St. Lucia, Island of, 180., 181, 182.
Salem, 34.
Sam, Capt., , an Indian, 60, 71.
Saunders, Capt. Thomas, sent east-
ward, 2; reported that an
armourer was needed, 30; to
bring Indians from Richmond
and St. Georges, 71, 72; to
cruise in the east, 76; to watch
the French, 76; can enlist men
is necessary, 77; instructions
to, 76; sent among Indians,
160, 161; at Fort Frederick,
164, 165; in command of the
Massachusetts, 171; supplied
forts, 171, 172; attended Lord
Colvill, 172; brought delegates
to Boston, 172; to make 110
roll for extra pay, 172; carried
supplies to Fort Halifax, ;!44;
landed supplies at Arrowsie,
365; to convey boats, 378; to
bring back the province goods,
395 ; bound for New York, 416 ;
petition of, 171; mentioned,
72, 76, 127, 129, 134, 225, 236,
308, 399.
Savage, Daniel, signed petitions
for Kennebec, 195, 258.
Edward, signed petition for
Kennebec, 258.
Isaac, signed petitions for Ken-
nebec, 196, 258.
James, signed petitions for Ken-
nebec, 198, 258.
Savages, see Indians.
Saw Mills, 36, 149.
Saward, John, 197.
Savward, Jose pi 1, 110.
Scalps, bounty for, 285, 409.
Scammon, Hannah, 317.
James, 317.
Scanlin, John, signed petition for
St. Georges, 99.
Scarborough, 88, 175.
Schiegnecto, 279, 352, 353, 354, 355.
Schooduct, 136.
Schools, 18, 19, 49, 50, 55, 57, 58.
Schooners, see Vessels.
Scott, Hugh, signed petition for
St. Georges, 100.
Joseph, 112.
Scouts, 330, 340, 420.
Seabury, Samuel, Justice of the
Peace, 147.
Seal Islands, the, 73.
Sebago Pond, 54, 56.
Sebasticook River, 321, 322.
Sebooset, 122, 156.
Sedgley, Robert, signed petition
for Kennebec, 1!>7.
Seney, Mitchel, signed petition for
Wiscasset, 319.
494
DOCUMENTABY HISTORY
Settlements on the frontier, a bar-
rier, 61.
Settlers wanted from Ireland and
Germany, 28, 29, 41, 42; boun-
ty for, 29; vessels kept for, 29;
arrived, 35; government ex-
pects to pay bounty for bring-
ing, 39, 40; no bounty for, 41;
from Pennsylvania and Hol-
land, 47; Crellins to go to Hol-
land for, 47; to be located near
Fort Halifax, 52; under Hobbs
and Pierson, 54, 55, 57; govern-
ment requirements, 57, 59.
deeds for, 57; French send to
Penobscot, 73, 75.
Sevey, Michell, signed petition for
Wiscasset, 51.
Sewell, , 39.
William, signed petitions for
Kennebec, 198, 258.
Shackley, Samuel, signed petition
for Kennebunk, 65.
Shapleigh, John, signed petition
for Kittery, 133.
Sheepscot, petition of the people
of, 61; desired to be incorpo-
rated, 62; to be incorporated,
63; boundaries of, 63; rumor
that Indians will attack, 80;
home of Israel Averil, 100;
Indians took a prisoner at, 106 ;
Indian raid on, 153; mentioned,
138, 140, 156, 163, 210, 211, 461.
Narrows, 50, 244.
Eiver, 61, 62, 100, 211, 213, 214,
272, 276.
Sheffield, 163.
Shepherd, John signed petition
for Kittery, 133.
Ships, see Vessels.
Shirley, Gov. William, letters of,
180, 206, 241, 242, 243, 245, 258,
259, 260, 261, 264, 265, 286, 292,
308, 335, 339, 344, 363, 377, 379,
385, 397, 398; messages of, 4,
6, 7, 232, 278, 281, 282, 283, 290,
333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 362, 383,
384, 413, 414, 415; message
answered, 224; order of, 416;
speeches of, 246, 254, 320, 350;
warrant of, 336; mentioned,
1, 4, 5, 9, 15, 24, 107, 108, 156,
184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 217, 220,
228, 235, 254, 257, 267, 268, 269,
270, 274, 276, 280, 281, 285, 286,
290, 292, 300, 307, 310, 313, 317,
338, 346, 362, 364, 374, 376, 380,
386, 387, 390, 391, 393, 397, 399,
Shirley, Gov. William, continued.
400, 401, 402, 405, 408, 411, 413,
419, 441, 443, 444, 453.
Shirreff, William, letters of, 59, 70;
mentioned, 72, 73.
Shirtleff, Capt. , 122.
Sholders, Peter, signed petition
for Falmouth, 311.
Signatures, see Marks.
Silver, worth more than bills, 28;
amount in the treasury, 28.
Silvester, Joshua, signed Wiscas-
set petitions, 51, 245; signed
the Kennebec petition, 196.
Samuel, signed the Kennebec
petition, 278.
Simonton, George, signed the Fal-
mouth petition, 312.
Simpson, Henry, 203, 204.
William, signed the Kennebec
petition, 197.
Sioto River, 263.
Six Nations, the, 6, 9, 182, 240, 330,
331, 357.
Skins, sent as presents, 290.
Skofield, Thomas, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
Slaves, Indians held as, 36; bear
arms, 357; uprisings of, 357;
the French can instigate, 358.
Sleater, John, signed petition for
St. Georges, 100.
Slooman, Henery, signed Wiscas-
set petition, 320.
Sloops, see Vessels, 401.
Small, Mr., 131.
Benjamin, signed petition for
Falmouth, 311.
Small Island, 257.
Point, 236.
Small pox in Boston, 179, 215.
Small, William, signed petition
for Falmouth, 312.
Smart, John, signed petition for
Kennebec, 196.
Robert, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 196.
Smith, Charles, signed petition
for Kittery, 133.
Ebenezer, signed petitions for
Kennebec, 196, 258.
Capt. Goodwin, 447, 452.
Ichabod, 195.
Capt. John, 447, 459.
Joseph, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Joshua, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Nathaniel, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
INDEX
495
Smith, continued.
Townsend, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
William, signed petition for St.
Georges, 100.
Snell, John, signed petition for
Kennebec, 194.
Snow, Isaac, signed petition for
Brunswick, 154; signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 197.
John, signed petition for Kenne-
bec, 197.
Soldiers, part of them to be dis-
missed, 7, 8; pay and subsist-
ance of, 8; muster-roll of
treaty-guard, 25; Proctor to
have command of the Rangers,
26; to be enlisted to do duty
at Fort Halifax, 52, 53; to re-
ceive land, 54, 56, 57, 58;
established on the frontiers,
69, 70; Saunders to enlist, 77;
Bradbury to enlist, 81; more
to be raised if needed, 86, 96,
97, 280, 284, 294; militia to
attack Indians, 88, 89; to be
paid for defending the frontier,
96; dishing to enlist, 158, 159,
165; Lithgow to enlist, 161;
needed at Fort Frederick, 164;
Pepperrell to enlist, 165; Har-
mon to enlist, 165; scouts out
from the Connecticut to the
Merrimac River, 189; at Fort
Number Four, 189; reimburse-
ment of pay to, asked for, 207,
208; to be discharged, 241;
Berry in command of indepen-
dent companies, 242, 243; Vir-
ginia forces, 262; to be paid
in advance, 290; to remove
French settlers, 320, 360 ; house
to be built to lodge, 323;
marched up the Kennebec,
324, 328; sailed from Casco
Bay, 326; discharged, 328;
appropriations for desired 329,
330; number of in the service,
329; scouts to be maintained,
330, 340, 409, 411, 420; en-
camped at Bang's Island, 327;
their influence at Casco, 327;
attacked at Taconnet, 334; to
be impressed, if necessary,
336; to be recruited from Fort
Halifax, 339; Indians to have
the same pay as, 340; in poor
condition, 340, 341, 365, 374;
cannot do scouting, 340; to be
raised to drive away the
Soldiers, continued.
French, 360; more needed at
Fort Halifax, 365; run for, 374;
their quarters to be improved,
378, 380; independent com-
panies desire constant pay,
386, 387; Lithgow levied inde-
pendent companies, 391, 392,
394; invalids dismissed, 392;
Gushing ordered to impress,
393, 3G4; few at Fort Halifax,
394,451; permitted to do their
planting, 395; independent
companies refuseed to guard
stores, 396; schemes of inde-
pendent companies, 396; car-
ried supplies to the river, 402,
403, 404; small quarters at
Fort Halifax, 405, 417; to de-
fend frontier, 409; pay of, 409,
411; bounty of, 409; officers
of, 409, 410; independents to
be dismissed, 411, 412, 410;
under Monckton, 436; uneasy,
448; on dismissing, 448, 449,
450; to replace those at Fort
Halifax, 455, 458, 460; money
to be sent to pay, 459.
Solivern, John, signed petition for
Kennebec, 212.
Somersworth, 347.
Soul, Capt. Cornelius, 88.
South Carolina, 357.
Sparhawk, N., letters of, 21, 45,
46; mentioned, 14, 32, 44, 46,
401, 412 414.
Spaulding, John, signed Kennebec
petitions, 195, 277.
Speeches of,
Phipps, Lieut. Gov. Spencer, 21,
91, 177, 452.
River Indians, 288.
Shirley, Gov. William, 246, 254,
320, 350.
Speer, Robert, signed petition for
St. Georges, 99; signed Ken-
nebec petition, 196.
Robert Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Spied, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 198.
Spinder, Capt. , 27, 39.
Spring, Jedediah, signed petition
for Fryeburg, 14.
Sproul, James, signed petition for
Kennebec, 198.
Robert, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 198.
496
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Sproul, continued.
William, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 108.
Squadock,|104 15B 150 17g
Squadook, J '
Stallions, 104.
Standwood, Saml., signed Kenne-
bec petition, 196.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Stanwood, David, signed Kennebec
petition, 196.
Ebenezer, signed petition for
Frontiers, 93; signed petition
for Kennebec, 196; mentioned,
85.
Thomas, signed petition for
Kennebec, 196.
Stanyan, John, signed petition of
Phillipstown, 179.
Stapell, Samuel, signed petition
for New Casco, 218.
Staples, Nathaniel, signed Fal-
mouth petition, 312.
Samuel, signed Phillipstown pe-
tition, 179.
Starbird, John, signed Kennebec
petition, 197.
Stansbury, Mr. , 16, 27, 29, 39.
Starrat, Peter, 312.
Steele, Mr. , 412.
Steenson, Capt. , 202.
Sterling, Hugh, 14.
Stevens, Capt. , 127.
Rev. , 167.
Benjamin, signed petition for
Wells, 268.
John, signed petition for Frye-
burg, 14; signed petition for
Wells, 268.
Capt. Phineas, 7, 36, 105, 106,
109, 191, 192, 241, 242.
Samuel, signed petition for
Gloucester, 149.
River, 211, 221.
Stewart, Jeremiah, signed petition
for Wells, 268.
Samuel, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 267.
Stillffing, Michael, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 277.
Stlmson, , 115.
Stinson, James, signed Kennebec
petitions, 196, 198, 258.
John, signed Kennebec petition,
197.
Thomas, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 258; mentioned, 276, 277.
Thomas Jr., signed Kennebec
petitions, 196, 258.
Stinson, continued.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
Storehouse, see under Forts.
Storer, Col. , 4, 51.
John, signed petition for Wells,
267.
John Jr., signed petition for
Wells, 268.
Thomas, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 195.
Story, William, 270.
Stouder, Mr. , to bring pris-
oners from Canada, 190, 191.
Stout, Cxtopher, an appraiser, 67.
Stover, Capt. John, to call a town
meeting, 3.
Stroot, Christopher, agent for
Falmouth second parish, 19.
Stroudwater River, 175.
Stubs, Jona., signed petition for
New Casco, 218.
Richard, signed petition for New
Casco, 219.
Summersworth, 203, 205, 313.
Sutton, John, 195, 278.
William, 143, 144.
Swan, Caleb, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Island, 82, 84, 88, 104, 106, 163,
221.
James, signed petition for Frye-
burg, 14.
Jo: Greely, Bigned petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Sylvester, Joshua, signed petition
for Wiscasset, 319.
Symonds, Samuel, 200.
S , John, signed petition for
St. Georges, 100; signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 197.
S , Wh., signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
S y, Mr. , 45.
T
Taconnett, 298, 303, 308, 309, 319,
322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 333, 444.
Falls, 260, 261, 321, 322.
Tafts, John, 393.
Tapping's Mills, 257.
Tar, John, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 212.
William, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 197.
Tasker, Capt. , 332.
Tayler, Joseph, signed petitions
for Wiscasset, 51, 319; signed
petition for Kennebec, 196.
INDEX
497
Taylor, Benjamin, 200.
Joseph, signed petition for Wis-
casset, 245.
William, signed petition for
Kennebec, 194.
Tebbets, Timothy, signed petition
for Kennebec, 197.
Temple, Robert, signed Kennebec
petition, 194; mentioned, 176,
211.
Thomas, , 200.
Richard, signed petition for Ken-
nebunk, 65.
Thompson, Alexander, signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 197.
Benjamin, signed petition for St.
Georges, 99; signed petition
for Kennebec, 196, 212.
Cornelius, signed petition for
Kennebec, 197.
James, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 194, 197.
John, signed petition for Ber-
wick, 144, 146.
Joseph, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 197.
Thorndike, Robert, an appraiser,
67.
Thornton, Cornelius, signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 198.
James, signed petitions for Ken-
nebec, 198. 212.
Michael, signed petitions for
Kennebec, 194, 212.
Three Rivers, 229, 230.
Thwing, Nathaniel, signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 194.
Tibits, Daniel, signed petition for
Wiscasset, 245.
Timber, 260, 261, 338, 343, 382, 383,
387, 392, 393, 403, 404, 418, 447,
449, 451; see also Lumber.
Titcomb, Edmund, signed New
Casco petition, 219.
Stephen, signed petition for
Kennebunk, 65.
Tomlinson, Mr. , 185.
Tompson, Joseph, signed petition
fr New Casco, 219; mentioned,
227, 228.
Nathl., signed petition for New
Casco, 219.
Tomson, John, signed petition for <
Kennebec, 195.
Tonnage tax, on ships at Kittery,
40.
Topsham, 85, 365.
Totman, Henry, signed petition,
for New Casco, 219.
Toulon, 357.
Towle, Samuel, signed petition
for Kennebec, 194.
Town, Enos, 200.
Jesse, signed petition for Ken-
nebunk, 65.
Joseph, signed petition for Ken-
nebunk, 65.
Thomas, signed petition for Ken-
nebunk, 65.
Townsend, M , 23, 43.
Chauncey, 16.
Township, No. Four, 338.
No. One, 56.
Townships, given away, 39, 41;
the original grants must be
preserved, 173.
Trade, Indians to be engaged in,
2, 3, 9, 21, 69, 101, 102, 111,
121, 225, 239, 252, 298, 312;
private restrained, 9; Spar-
hawk to engage in, 22, 23; in
fish by Barrow, 37, 38; with
Halifax, 39; will be encour-
aged by good currency, 40;
French not permitted to trade
in the province, 76, 77; bags
to be used in, 111; thread
returned from Indian, 112;
the French hold the trade
with the Indians, 289, 252;
the English lost trade with
Indians, 239, 252; formerly
large with Indians, 298; at
Fort Richmond, 312; provis-
ions made to hold, 378; grain
not to be exported, Freeman
and the French, 400, 401 ; the
French protected in, 428.
Trade, Lords Commissioners of,
181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187,
188, 189, 208, 362.
Trask, Samuel, signed Wiscasset
petition, 51; signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 196.
Samuel Jr., signed Kennebec
petition, 196; signed the Wis-
casset petition, 320.
Treadwell, Samuel, signed peti-
tion for Wells, 268.
Treaties, of 1749, 302; Aix la
Chappelle, 252, 355; of Breda,
240, 250; Dummers, 297, 298,
299, 301; of St. Germain, 239;
of Utrecht, 180, 182, 355, 455.
Trent, Capt. , 262.
Troops, see under Soldiers.
Truck houses, 3, 9, 31, 89, 113,
120, 127, 298.
Masters, 111.
32
498
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Trufant, David, signed petition for
Kennebec, 107, 212.
Trundy, Ich. Jr., signed petition
for Falmouth, 311.
John, signed petition for Fal-
mouth, 312.
Tucker, Daniel, 162.
Thomas, signed petition for
New Casco, 219.
Tuesick Gut, 257.
Point, 257.
Tufts, John, signed petitions for
Kennebec, 104, 277; mentioned
270.
Joshua, signed petition for Wis-
casset, 245.
Tullor, Joseph, 200.
Tyng, M , 125, 135, 414.
Edward, a Kennebec Proprietor,
176; signed the petition for
Kennebec, 194.
John, 7.
U
Underwood, Jona., signed the
petition for New Casco, 218.
Urin, John, signed petition for
Phillipstown, 179.
Utrecht, 180, 182, 355, 455.
Van Shaial, Capt. , 162, 163.
Vessels, kept for trade and to
carry passengers, 29; to be
sent to Halifax, 39; to be sent
to Holland and Ireland, 39;
gone and going for passengers,
42; to carry boards, 43; for
Ireland, 44; needed as a trans-
port, 70; sent by the French
to Penobscot, 73, 75, 77 ; bound
for the Bay of Fundy 75; to
protect the people and terri-
tory, 77, 78; none to take
people from the frontiers, 92;
desired by St. Castine, 121,
122, 124; not to be sent to
Castine, 123; murder on one,
143; boat needed at Fort Fred-
erick, 164; not to be cleared
for French settlements, 264,
205; first seen by Indians, 288;
sent to bring Indians, 296;
returned with Indians, 300;
dismissed at Falmouth, 327;
sloop bound for Halifax, 335;
fine one lost by the French,
338; arrived at Louisbourg,
352; sent to Bay of Fundy,
353, 355; men of war against
St. Johns, 363; embargo on
Freeman's schooner, 400; he
will become a privateer, 401;
tonnage to be taxed at Kittery,
406; impressed at Kittery, 406,
407; captured by the French,
407; tax on unlawful, 407;
cannot carry provisions, 417;
French fleet at the eastward,
421, 426, 431; forfeited for
assisting the enemy, 430; the
French had none at St. John's
River, 443; those at Halifax
need provisions, 444.
Bethel, the, 40, 43.
Boston Packet, the, 76.
Massachusetts, the, 70, 71, 76,
78, 171.
Port Mahon, the, 206, 207.
Spinder, the, 27.
Success, the, 76, 78, 172.
Vickery, John, 421.
Vincent, William, signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 194.
Virginia, 143, 144, 262, 263.
W
Wadlkigh, John, signed petition
for Kennebec, 195.
Waite, John, signed answer for
Falmouth, 49; mentioned, 227,
228.
] Gilbins, signed peti-
tion for Kennebunk,
65.
Wacfild
Wackfeld
Wakefield
Wakfield
J
Jaems, signed petition for Ken-
nebunk, 65.
Jerediah, signed petition for
Kennebunk, 65.
John, signed petition for Ken-
nebunk, 65.
Nathaniel, signed petition for
Kennebunk, 65.
Waldo, Capt. , 26.
Frank, 15, 22.
Hannah, 16, 23.
Brig. Samuel, to go to London,
14, 15; in London, 21, 23, 32,
37, 43, 45; asked to select
watches, 32, 33; his settle-
ments prosperous, 35; to build
iron works and saw-mill, 36;
asked to assist in the fish
trade, 37; his vessel and goods
condemned, 39, mentioned, 25,
INDEX
499
Waldo, continued.
27, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 44, 45,
46, 47.
Waldron, Mrs. Elizabeth, 17.
Richard, 17, 18, 24, 25.
Richard, Jr., 24.
Walker, Ezekiel, signed the peti-
tion for Fryeburg, 14.
Isaac, signed the petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
John, signed the petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Joseph, signed the petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Rachel, signed the petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Samuel, signed the petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Samuel, Jr., signed the petition
for Fryeburg, 14.
Solomon, signed the petitions
for Kennebec, 198, 258.
Timothy, signed the petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Wals, Patrick, 197.
Walton, Elizabeth, 347, 350.
George, 347, 350.
Samuel, 203, 205, 313, 314, 315,
316, 347, 349, 376.
Wampum, 113, 116, 137, 141, 331.
Ward, Mr. , Ensign, 262.
Capt. Nathan, 407.
Nehemiah, 197.
Warner, Philo, signed petition for
Gloucester, 149; clerk, 150.
Warren, Sir Peter, 104.
Washington, Maj. George, 262, 303.
Watches, silver, 32, 33.
Waterhouse, Edward, signed peti-
tion for Phillipstown, 179.
Watts, Capt. John, 307, 344, 345.
Samuel, 4, 241, 333, 458.
Waymouth, , widow, 82.
Moses, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 195.
Webb, , 106.
Mr. , attacked by Indians,
89.
Nathaniel, signed petition for
Kennebec, 258.
Samuel, signed'petition for Fal-
mouth, 312.
Webber, John, signed petition for
Kennebunk, 65.
Jonathan, signed petition for
Kennebunk, 65; signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 197.
Stephen, signed petition for
Kennebunk, 65.
Weber, Josear, signed petition for
Kennebec, 212.
W., signed petition for Kenne-
bec, 197.
Webster, John, signed petition for
Fryeburg, 14.
Weeks, Joseph, signed petition for
Kittery, 133; a chain bearer,
32.
Nicoles, 133.
Welch, Benjamin, 147.
George, 311.
Joseph, 51.
Weld, Habijah, 194.
Wells, part of, desired a new
parish, 1, 61, 64; Kennebunk
set off, 68; petition of, 267,
268; mentioned, 177.
Mr. , 217, 241, 332, 334.
Nathaniel, 61, 268.
Samuel, 197.
Wendell, Jacob, Kennebec pro-
prietor, 176, 194; letter of,
162; mentioned, 4, 7, 29, 92,
95, 135, 235, 333.
Wentworth, Gov. Benning, 185,
188, 260, 307, 309, 363.
Samuel, 42.
William, 32, 133, 152, 311.
Wesserunskik, River, 298.
Wcstbrook, Mrs. Mary, 17.
Mary, 17, 24.
Col. Thomas, 17, 24.
Westfield, 10:;.
West Indies"! 401.
Westandeys /
Whaleboats, 261, 278, 304, 325,
405, 417.
Whalley, Thomas, signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 194.
Wheelwright, John, letter of, 225;
mentioned, 73, 76, 114, 120,
121, 122, 123, 139, 148, 202,
287, 291, 416, 447.
Nathaniel, 191, 228, 232.
Whelan, Mathew, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 198.
Wheton, Capt. , of Swan
Island, house attacked, 82;
escaped with his wife, 82, 83.
Whidden, James, signed Kenne-
bec petition, 196, 278.
Timothy, signed Kennebec pet-
ition, 196, 278.
White, Col. , 241.
Phil., signed Kennebec petition,
198.
Whitehaven, 50, 244, 272.
Whitney, Benjamin, signed Ken-
nebec petition, 197.
500
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Whitney, continued.
Samuel, captured by Indians,
161.
Samuel, Jr., captured by In-
dians, 161.
Whittemore, Samuel, 110, 215.
Whitten, , 106.
Wilder, Joseph, 4, 92.
Wiley, William, signed petition
for Fryeburg, 14.
Wilks, John, signed petition for
Wiscasset, 245.
Willard, Col. , 4.
Josiah, Secretary, letters of, 34,
71, 72, 105, 106, 107, 108, 127,
142, 166, 235, 236, 290, 292,
306, 307, 421; mentioned, 5, 7,
8, 9, 19, 59, 61, 68, 70, 71, 74,
95, 98, 103, 104, 119, 122, 123,
125, 126, 130, 133, 134, 135,
151, 162, 164, 172, 175, 180,
199, 202, i 203, 208, 266, 286,
287, 308, 310, 413.
William, George, signed petition
for Kennebec, 212.
Col. Isaac, 4, 6, 8, 33, 83, 84, 91,
127, 135, 166, 224, 307, 309.
John, signed the Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Thomas, signed the Kennebec
petition, 194.
Col. William, 330.
Williamson, Jonathan, signed the
Wiscasset petitions, 245, 319;
mentioned, 50, 271, 272.
Thomas, signed the Wiscasset
petition, 319.
Willkens, Bray, Jr., 200.
Wilmot, Mrs. , 292.
Willson, \ Alexander, signed the
Wilson, / Kennebec petition, 196.
George, 143.
Gowin, signed the New Casco
petition, 219.
Gowin, Jr., signed the New
Casco petition, 218.
Hugh, signed the Kennebec pet-
ition, 196.
Joseph, signed the Kittery peti-
tion, 133; signed the New
Casco petition, 219; men-
tioned, 281.
Robert, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 196.
Samuel, signed Phillipstown pe-
tition, 179.
Winn, Joseph, signed petition for
Wells, 268.
Winnigance River, 211, 212, 221.
Winslow, Mrs. , 16, 22, 23, 26,
461.
Mrs. , 16, 36, 40.
Edward, signed petition for
Kennebec, 194.
Elisha, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 195; mentioned, 198.
Frank, 27, 36, 43, 44, 40, 47.
Gilbert, selectman of Yarmouth,
88.
Hannah, 29, 36, 41, 44.
Isaac, letters of, 27, 29, 39, 41,
43, 46.
Mrs. Isaac, 29, 47.
James, 219, 227..
John, signed Kennebec petition,
194.
Gen. John, Memorial of, 281,
282; mentioned, 224, 282, 290,
309, 310, 312, 324, 325, 336,
360, 387, 415, 453, 454.
Joseph, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 194.
Joshua, Kennebec proprietor,
176.
Kenelm, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
Nathaniel, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
Nathaniel, Jr., signed petition
for Kennebec, 195.
Winthrop, Mr. , 15, 29.
Wiscasset, part of, desired to be
incorporated, 50, 244, 245, 318;
319; opposition to same, 320;
petition of, 49, 176, 243, 317-
petition granted, 51; men,
tioned, 63, 82, 94, 105, 176, 271.
Bay, 62.
Head, 63.
Narrows, 244.
Proprietors, the, 50.
Wise, John, signed Kennebec pet-
ition, 212.
Joseph, surgeon, 96.
Witham, Daniel, signed petition
for Gloucester, 149.
Joseph, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 198.
Witt, Mr. , 457.
Wood, Mr. , 37.
Timothy, signed petition for
Sheepscot, 63.
Wooden, James, signed petition
for Kennebec, 196.
Woodside, Capt. , 85.
William, signed petition for
Kennebec, 196.
William, Jr., signed petition for
Kensebec, 196.
INDEX
501
Woodward, Peter, signed petition
for Kennebec, 197.
Wormwood, Bentmion, signed pe-
tition for Kennebunk, 65.
Worthington, Col. , 241.
Wowenocks, the, 95, 105.
Wright, John, signed the Kenne-
bec petitions, 194, 258; men-
tioned, 271, 272, 276, 277.
John, Jr., signed the Nennebec
petition, 258.
Capt. John, 242, 243, 246.
Joseph, signed the Kennebec
petition, 258.
Samuel, signed the Kennebec
petition, 258,
Wylie, Robert, signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 199.
William, signed the Kennebec
petition, 199.
Wyman, Abram, signed the Ken-
nebec petition, 277.
Francis, signed the Kennebec
petition, 198.
Francis Jr., signed the Kenne-
bec petition, 197.
James, signed the New Casco
petition, 219.
James Jr., signed the New
Casco petition, 219.
Nathaniel, signed the Kennebec
petition, 197.
W , John, signed the Kennebec
petition, 195.
York, 31, 69, 144, 203, 204, 205,
346, 376, 418.
County, 1, 5, 8, 10, 17, 18, 31, 48,
49, 63, 58, 66, 68, 94, 100, 104,
131, 144, 153, 159, 173, 174,
193, 200, 203, 204, 205, 217,
220, 244, 258, 269, 275, 313,
314, 345, 346, 347, 375, 376,
398, 407, 411.
Goal, 142, 143, 313, 315, 345, 407.
Benjamin, signed New Casco
petition, 219.
Benjamin, Jr., signed New Casco
petition, 219.
Young, Abijah, signed petition
for Kennebec, 197.
Francis, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 198.
Young, continued.
Isaac, signed Wiscasset petition,
51, 245, 319.
James, signed Kennebec peti-
tion, 195.
John, signed petition for St.
Georges, 99.
Joseph, signed petition for Ken-
nebec, 198; signed petition for
Wiscasset, 245, 319.
Joseph Jr., signed petition for
Wiscasset, 50, 51; signed peti-
tion for Kennebec, 196.
Thomas, signed petition for Wis-
casset, 51.
Z
Zouberbuhler, Mr., 28, 39, 44.
, Benj. signed petition for
Kennebec, 197.
, Charles, signed petition for
Wells, 268.
, David, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
, George, signed petition for
Kennebec, 278.
, Henry, signed petition for
Kennebec, 198.
, Jacob, signed petition for
Kennebec, 195.
, James, signed petition for
Sheepscot, 62.
, James signed petition for
Kennebec, 258.
, James B., signed petition
for Kennebec, 258.
, Johannes, signed petition
for Kennebec, 277, 278.
, John, signed petition for
Kennebec, 196, 197.
, Jonathan, signed petition for
Phillipstown, 179.
, Joseph, signed petition for
Kennebec, 198.
, Joshua, signed petition for
Phillipstown, 179.
, Samuel, signed petition for
Kennebec, 197, 278.
, Uzziah, signed petition for
Kennebec, 277.
, William C, signed petition
for Kennebec, 195.
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