Cl^e ^tate of I3ctu i^amp^l^ire^
MISCELLANEOUS
Provincial and State Papers
17S5-1800.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
^ VOL. XVI 1 1
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COMPILED AND EDITED BY
ISAAC W. HAMMOND, A. M.,
LIBRARIAN NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
" He -aiho takes no interest in the history of his ancestors does not deserve to be
remembered by his posterity^
MANCHESTER:
JOHN B. CLARKE, PUBLIC PRINTER.
1890.
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JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions of
the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hamp-
shire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened :
That His Excellenc)' the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with
the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person — and fix his
compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated—to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such por-
tions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New
Hampshire as the Governor may deem proper ; and that eight hundred copies of
each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows :
namely, one copy to each city and town in the State, one copy to such of the public
libraries in the State as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hamp-
shire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state libra-
rian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by
other States.
Approved August 4, 1881.
In accordance with the foregoing resolution, the Governor, with advice of the
Council, on the twelfth day of October, 1881, appointed and commissioned
Isaac W. Hammond as " Editor and Compiler of State Papers."
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
This volume completes the publication of the Miscellaneous Pro-
vincial and State Papers from 1725 to 1800. These papers were
selected by the editor from a mass of papers in the state house in
1880. The volume also contains all the "Belknap Papers" which
were not published in Vols. IV., V., and VI. The appendix con-
tains some documents, furnished by Hon. Horatio L. Wait, of
Chicago, relative to his Revolutionary ancestor, Joseph Wait, also
papers furnished by F'rank W. Hackett, Esq., concerning early
church affairs, etc., in Portsmouth. To both of these gentlemen the
editor is indebted for copies.
The editor regrets the size of the volume, but as he was many times
during its compilation earnestly requested by students of history to be
sure to leave out nothing that could possibly be of historical value, it
could not well be helped. If this volume receives as favorable
criticism at the hands of the public as have the preceding volumes
edited by him, the editor will feel that his labor has not been in vain.
Under Governor Sawyer's administration, a committee of the
Executive Council on the publication of the early province and state
papers was appointed, consisting of Hon. A. S. Batchellor and Hon.
John B. Smith, to which the Secretary of State was afterwards added.
Councilors Batchellor and Smith made the following report, which
was accepted by the executive body. As it contains full information
relative to the early provincial and state papers of New Hampshire,
and as it has not been heretofore printed by the State, the editor has
thought it advisable to insert it here. It shows exhaustive research
on the part of the committee, for which much credit is due them.
I. W. H.
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REPORT.
To His Excellency the Governor:
The committee appointed to determine what papers in the custody
of the secretary of state, or elsewhere, shall be included in a further
continuation of the publication of early state and province papers
heretofore undertaken, respectfully submit the following report :
The work of publishing the early province and state papers of New
., Hampshire has progressed in accordance with the provisions of
several public resolutions of the Legislature. These resolves, in the
order of their enactment, are appended to this paper.
Dr. N. Bouton edited ten volumes, seven of which related to the
period between 1623 and the American Revolution. One volume,
the eighth in the series, contained papers which related principally to
the time of the Revolution. The ninth volume was devoted mainly
to town papers of the period prior to the year 1800. It also contained
important documents relative to the work of the early constitutional
conventions. The tenth and last volume of Dr. Bouton's work
contained valuable papers relating to the controversy with Vermont,
the results of the first census enumerations, and the journals of
constitutional conventions.
It appears that Dr. Bouton published the journals of the assembly
(with the exception of the House Journal, 171 1 to 1722), and other
contemporary papers, without assuming a large discretion to make
abstracts from and condense the original text, until his work had
been brought down to the year 1754. At this point, with the
consent of the Governor, he began to make omission of such matter
as he deemed of minor importance (see vol. 6, preface p. 3, and note
on page 320). He continued on this method until the end of volume
8. We regard this as a very unfortunate change in the plan of the
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work. It is not possible for the most learned editor to anticipate
what part of such records will be deemed especially important and
valuable by those who will have occasion to consult them in an
indefinite future.
The omission of material parts of such a record from printed
copies is a source of endless inconvenience ; for, however full and
judicious a mere abstract may be, its incompleteness renders it
untrustworthy, and often that which is most sought for by those
engaged in historical research is hidden in the rejected manuscript.
No period of our history is more important than that from 1754 to
1784, wherein Dr. Bouton's work is fragmentary. It should have
included all the manuscript records we have relating to the French
and Indian War, the agitation and controversy which preceded the
Revolution, and all relating to the Revolution itself, in all the phases
of its inception, progress, and consummation.
Much of the official correspondence and other papers illustrative of
the period, has been printed in subsequent volumes, edited by
Mr. Hammond.
The publication of the journals of the council and legislative bodies
was not attempted by Dr. Bouton, later than November, which was
the end of the political year 1782-83. The state government, under
the constitution of 1784, did not go into operation till June, 1784.
We see no good reason why the journals and contemporaneous
official papers from November, 1783, till June, 1784, should not be
published in the series. From June, 1784, till June, 1793, was a
period of great importance and interest in the history of New Hamp-
shire. In that time occurred the federal and state conventions, from
which came the federal union ; and, in the same time, questions of
internal policy and of government, all of vital importance to the
young State, were discussed and settled. All available town papers
in the state archives have been published to the year 1800. The
rolls of the soldiers of the Revolution have also been given in the
same series. It seems very desirable that the matter still unpub-
lished, and which relates principally to civil administration and
constitutional development, should be arranged and printed as a
continuation of the series on a logical and comprehensive plan.
REPORT. VII
The material for the additional volumes may be classified and
described in parts.
1. The Charters of Towns. — A great portion of the territory
of this State, and a part of what is now the State of Vermont, were
granted in townships by the royal governors of New Hampshire.
These charters or grants are recorded in five volumes. They contain
the names of the original grantees, and a plan of each grant with
courses and distances duly indicated. These instruments are the
sources to which the owners of real estate must revert to complete
the abstracts of title in almost every town in the State. There is
but one copy of these records. It is not good policy to hazard the
existence of all this important title evidence upon the preservation of
these manuscript volumes from fire and other forms of destruction or
defacement. They are a part of the documentary history of the
towns. When published in this series of state papers, they become
freely accessible in the public offices and public libraries of every
municipality. As a useful and appropriate feature of such a publi-
cation, copies of the early township maps might be included in the
books. A sample of such illustration may be seen in the Vermont
governor and council records, Vol. VIII. p. 430.
A few of the grants in New Hampshire were by Massachusetts
authorities, and a considerable number of townships in Vermont were
New Hampshire grants. These should all be included in the contem-
plated work, because they are necessary for purposes of completeness>
and the increased demand thereby occasioned would amply compen"
sate for the small additional expense to the State.
2. The journals of the councils and assembly for the sessions in
which they have not yet been reprinted, and those which have been
reproduced in a mutilated form, are in order for publication in
volumes of this series, so that this class of the early papers may have
place in the work. They should be brought down to the year 1 800,
and thereby the records of legislation will have been made equally
accessible with the contemporaneous records of local affairs, already
given in vols. 9, 11, 12, and 13, which are limited to a period prior to
1800.
3. The laws of the Province subsequent to 1771, and of the State
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from 1775 to 1800, are not accessible, except in a few places, and it
is doubtful if a complete series is now in the possession of any single
custodian. The public acts were in many of those years published
separately in sheets, and no complete set of the printed laws can be
found. The exception in article twenty of the bill of rights in the
state constitution, limiting or qualifying the right of trial by jury,
renders it necessary for the courts and the people generally to con-
sult the statute law existing prior to the adoption of that instrument,
whenever the usage or custom as to modes of trial is in question. It
is right and expedient that the laws of the period should be in printed
form convenient for the use of the public. This would be effected by
publishing in this series all the acts and resolves subsequent to 1771
in the order of their enactment. The manuscript records in the office
of the secretary of state, all authenticated publications of those acts,
and the contemporaneous compilations should be consulted for that
purpose. Careful annotations, having reference to alterations and
repeals of these acts, are always important in such works, and
thorough indices are indispensable.
4. The miscellaneous papers are not readily classified, being partly
related to legislative and partly to administrative matters, but they
are an important element in the archives. They grew out of the
civil, military, and diplomatic relations of the colony and early state
government. There are minutes of the council, messages of the
governors and the replies thereto, records of the correspondence and
controversies with adjoining provinces about boundary lines and other
matters, that are still accessible. Papers are received also from time
to time from England, which relate to New Hampshire as a colony
of Great Britain. This division includes matter which cannot rea-
sonably be omitted from the series. A considerable part of vol. 17
was devoted to this class of papers, and more will be given in vol. 18,
now in preparation.
5. Another class of papers which should be included in this
publication consists of the records of the provincial council while
acting as a judicial tribunal. This matter is subject to frequent
reference for the information it contains as to the jurisprudence of
the colony. In its present form it is available for use only by the
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expenditure of much labor and time. It is not necessary that names
of parties should be given in all cases to the annoyance of any who
may be sensitive on matters of ancestral record. With judicious
editing of the material, it would be a publication of great legal and
historical value.
The prefatory statements in the seven volumes edited by Mr.
Hammond give all necessary explanation of the plan, scope, and
progress of his own work. There is no better method of ascertain-
ing its character and quality than by a critical examination of the in-
dexes and text. We have no hesitation in asking a full application
of these tests of merit.
A few more volumes will complete the work to the year 1800.
We have no doubts as to the expediency and necessity of an active
and immediate prosecution of it to a consummation worthy the ster-
ling history of the State.
We were formerly at a disadvantage in the hands of national
historians, journalists, and general writers, in the presentation of our
part in the military events of the colonial and revolutionary period,
and in the development of civil government in the original States.
The cause of this lay in the inaccessible condition of our state
archives. General and school histories seemed to depreciate or to
ignore New Hampshire as a factor in the Revolutionary struggle.
The publication of the rolls of our soldiery in the war for inde-
pendence has occupied more than three thousand pages of the work
under review, and the evidence of the patriotic effort and sacrifice of
the people of New Hampshire can no longer be discredited. That
evidence is now in the principal libraries of the country.
The deficiency in authentic and accessible printed works, in which
the civil history of the State can be sought from the original records
and writings for the period from 1754 to 1800, still exists in too large
measure. Those who have in charge the compilations relative to the
recent national centennial celebrations are in confusion and error on
many points of New Hampshire history touching those events. The
recommendations here made point to full and effective remedies of
this deficiency. A reasonable pride in the record which our State
has made in the building of the American republic, we are confident
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will refuse to allow our early records to be kept longer in the
seclusion of musty manuscripts and in exposure to decay and
destruction.
As one result of our observation and examination of this subject
we are able to state confidently that the present official custodians
have guarded the public archives with jealous care, and yet, notwith-
standing all that can be done in the way of precaution on their part*
the defacement of constant use and the possibility of unforeseen
accident convince us that a certainty of perpetuating the contents of
these early records comes only from the multiplication of copies by
publication.
The dangers to which we refer are those to which all public books
and papers existing in single manuscript originals are subject from
the inevitable effects of time and the possibility of accident.
Eventually the matter of a general index to the whole work will re-
quire consideration. The index in each one of the first ten volumes is
very incomplete. Investigators find it necessary to search the text for
the contents of the volumes, when anything of detail is wanted, — any-
thing beyond what is matter of very general reference. The index
work in the eight subsequent volumes is very complete and satis-
factory. Besides a general prefatory table of contents, we have an
index of names of places and persons in each book. Whether upon
the completion of the entire work contemplated a general index
should be prepared and published, or whether a separate index of the
Bouton volumes is desirable, are questions not now urgent. If the
journals and other papers published by him in an incomplete form
should be given in full hereafter in the series, the publication of a
general index would best be deferred. Meantime the index cards
prepared and used by the compiler in the current volumes should be
preserved for use in any general index that may possibly be author-
ized in the future.
Note. — The original report, of which this is a copy except as to some imma-
terial changes in phraseology, was adopted by the executive council to which it was
submitted, in May, 1889.
^ ., j A. S. BATCHELLOR,
Loimaiojs, j JOHN B. SMITH.
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
^ PART I.
Vote relative to building a state house, 1725
Copy of a letter to Governor Vaudriel, 1725
Summons to Samuel Emerson, 1725
Governor's order in favor of Richard Wibird, 1726 .
Proceedings in Council relative to Samuel Thing, 1726
Memorial of John, son of Sir Charles Hobby, 1726 .
Memorial of Samuel Waldo, 1727 ....
Proceedings of the Council and Assembly, 1728-29 .
Proclamation of peace with the Indians, 1727 .
Copy of commission to Lt. Governor John Went worth, 1727
Warrant for arrest of Benjamin Rust, for slander, 1728
Copy of letter to Lt. Governor Dummer, 1728 .
Petition from Sarah, widow of Rev. N. Rogers, 1729
Petition from John and Tamson Tibbetts, 1729
Governor Jonathan Belcher's commission, 1730
Instructions to Governor Belcher ....
Proclamation concerning the king's woods, 1730
Memorial from deacons of Boston churches, 1730
Petition from military officers, 1730 ....
David Dunbar to a deputy-surveyor, 1730
Governor's orders to examine Fort William and Mary, 1730
Anthony Reynolds appointed a collector at Piscataqua, 1731
Petition from the Quakers, 1731
Expenses of committee on boundary line, 1731
Richard Wibird's commission, 1731 .
Letter from Secretary Waldron to Secretary Willard, 1731
The Governor's coming into the Province, 1731
Instructions to Governor Belcher, 1732 ....
Benjamin Gambling's mandamus, 1732 ....
Proceedings in Council, May, 1732 .....
Theodore Atkinson's account of powder money, 1732
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Committee appointed on boundary lines, 1733 .
Governor's order to the committee on loan, 1733
R. Waldron to N. Oilman concerning intemperance, 1733
Instructions to Governor Belcher, 1733 ....
Depositions about lumber trouble, 1734 ....
Peter Greeley's deposition, 1734, .....
Proclamation relative to riot at Exeter, 1734
Proceedings in Council concerning the riot, 1734
Letter from Belcher to Dunbar, concerning a warrant, 1734
Copy of Exeter forged letter to Sir Charles Wager, 1734 .
Report of committee on condition Fort William and Mary, 1735
Dedimus, Nath. Sargent, Paul Wentworth, and B. Thing, 173
Quakers' petition concerning oaths, 1736
Commissioners on boundary line recommended, 1736
Communication from Mass. on boundary line, 1737
Petition of appeal, John Thomlinson to the King
Answer to the foregoing .....
Extract from charter of Kingswood, 1737 .
Letter of marque to Captain Joshua Newbold, 1739
Land grants to members of the Legislature, 1739
Documents relative to the province seal and its use
Testimony of Secretary Waldron
Deposition and letter of Richard Waldron, 1738
Waldron to Atkinson, November, 1738
Governor's orders respecting the seal, 1732-34 .
President Walton's demand of the seal, 1739 . .
Secretary Waldron's answer to the foregoing .
Application to have seal affixed to documents, 1739
George Jaffrey to Richard Waldron, 1739
Richard Waldron to George Jaffrey, 1739
Petition relative to affixing seal to documents, 1739
Order of the committee of Council, December 9, 1738
Governor's order relative to the seal, 1739
Petition of Thomas Packer for copies of depositions, 1739
Governor's order to Waldron in answer to above, 1739
Rindge, Packer, and Atkinson for seal, 1739
Instructions to privateers in war with Spain, 1739
Committee to invoice stores at the fort, 1740 .
Instructions relative to war with Spain, 1740
Governor's proclamation concerning the war, 1740
Instructions to Governor Belcher, May 20, 1740
Proclamation to encourage enlistments, 1740 .
Account for the intended West Indian expedition, 1740
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Instructions to the Governor, about money, 1740
Separation of New Hampshire from Massachusetts, 1740
Governor Belcher's address to the Assembly, 1740-41
Copy of Admiral Vernon's letter, 1740
Petition of John Eyre, 1740-41 ....
Account of John Rindge for expenses in England, 1740-41
Quakers' petition relative to taking oaths, 1741
Governor Belcher to commissioners of trade, 1741
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Richard Wibird appointed member of the Council, 1741
Thomas Wentworth to Governor Wentworth, 1741 .
Ex-Governor Belcher to Board of Trade, 1741 .
Petition for a township from Methuen, 1741
Report of committee on boundary lines, .
Memorial from justices of the Superior Court, 1741 .
Costs in case of Phillip Kenniston ....
" " Sarah Simpson ....
" " Penelope Kenney ....
Action of the Legislature on the foregoing, 1741
Bill for repairs on Fort William and Mary, 1741
Letter from Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 1741-42
Petition relative to Governor Vaughan, 1742
Act granting assistance to church in New Castle, 1742
Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 1742 .
Authorizing commissioners to build a road, 1742
Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 1742 . . . 142-
Report of the Board of Trade on New Hampshire Acts, 1743 146-
Attorney-General Livermore's opinion, 1743
John Thomlinson to Theodore Atkinson, 1737-38
Mr. Paris to John Thomlinson, February 4, 1737
Thomlinson to Atkinson, February 10, 1737
Atkinson to Thomlinson, May 16, 1738
Thomlinson to Atkinson, July 14, 1738
September i, 1738
February 8, 1738
February 23, 1738
April 4, 1740 .
June 23, 1740 .
Atkinson to Thomlinson, August 4, 1740 .
Thomlinson to Atkinson, September 20, 1740
Atkinson to Thomlinson, November 26, 1740
" " " December 20, 1740
Thomlinson to Atkinson, February 6, 1740-41
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Thomlinson to Christopher Rymes, February lo, 1740-41 . 169
" " Atkinson, March 21, 1740-41 . . . .170
Atkinson to Thomlinson, May 31, 1741 171
" " " July II, 1 741 172
Thomlinson to Atkinson, July 13, 1741 173
Atkinson to Thomlinson, May 19, 1742 174
July 19, 1743 175
" " " May 26, 1742 . . . . .176
Thomlinson to Atkinson, July 14, 1742 177
Atkinson to Thomlinson, July 26, 1742 178
" " " September 9, 1742 . . , .180
Thomlinson to Atkinson, November 27, 1742 . . . .180
Atkinson to Thomlinson, December 18, 1742 . . . .181
" " " February 8, 1743 . . . .182
" " " February 6, 1743 . . . .183
Thomlinson to Atkinson, February 20, 1743 . . . .185
March 18, 1744 185
" " " March 22, 1743-44 • • • .186
Atkinson to Thomlinson, May 19, 1744 187
Thomlinson to Atkinson, October 3, 1744 . . . .188
Atkinson to Thomlinson, November 16, 1744 . . . .189
List of men taking the ;^25,ooo loan, 1743 . . . 191-195
Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 1743-44 • • 196-201
Committee's report relative to men raised in 1743 . . . 201
Warrant for arrest of Cyprian Jaffrey, 1 744 .... 202
Bill for powder furnished a detachment, 1744 . . . . 203
Bill for repairs at Fort William and Mary, 1744 . . . 204
Letter from Governor Clinton to Governor Wentworth, 1744 . 205
George Jaffrey, Jr., relative to court records, 1744 . . . 206
List of men sent to manage gondolas, 1744 .... 206
Matthew Livermore's memorial, 1744 ..... 207
Receipt for an Indian delivered to Colonel Willard, 1744 . . 209
Material for Fort William and Mary, 1744 .... 209
Account for repairs on Fort William and Mary, 1744 . . 209
Governor Shirley to Governor Wentworth, September 25, 1744 210
October 16, 1744 . 212
" " " " " January i, 1744-45 212
" " " " " January 7, 1744-45 213
" " " " " January 15, 1744-45 214
Governor's order to enlist a scouting party, 1745 . . .214
Orders to Captain Meservey to enlist men, 1745 . . -215
Shirley to Wentworth, February 25, 1744-45 . . . .216
Petition of Abraham Trefethen of New Castle, 1745 . .216
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Shirley to Wentworth, March i, 1744-45 .
" " " March 4, 1744-45 .
Atkinson to Thomlinson, March 29, 1745 .
Message from the House to the Governor, 1745 . . 220-
General Pepperell's order relative to attack on Louisbourg, 1745
Report of committee on men raised for scouting, 1745
Shirley to Wentworth, April 15, 1745
", " ' _ May 5, 1745 _ .
Petition from soldiers' wives for aid, 1 745
Crew of the ship Endeavor, 1745
Benjamin Thomas, wounded soldier, 1745
Proclamation for enlistment of seamen, 1745
Shirley to Wentworth, June 17, 1745
" " " July 6, 1745 .
" " " July 10, 1745 .
Thomlinson to Atkinson, August 5, 1745 .
Lt. Governor Phipps to Governor Wentworth, August 14, 1745
" " " " " " August 19, 1745
Shirley to Captain Bradbury, July 22, 1745
George Creighton's leave of absence, 1745
Committee to examine accounts of ship Bien Aime, 1745
Report of the committee on Louisbourg prisoners, 1745
Statement of condition of men at Louisbourg, 1745 .
List of Greenland impressed men, 1745
Petition of Benjamin Lewis, Louisbourg soldier, 1745
Robert Tufton Philbrook's account, 1745 .
Atkinson to Thomlinson, November 13, 1746 .
Petition from Louisbourg soldiers, 1745 .
" " Joseph Sleeper, Louisbourg, 1745
Soldiers' losses at Louisbourg, 1746
Petition of Edward Card, Louisbourg soldier, 1745
" " Moses Meader of Durham, 1745-46.
" " Edward Hopkins of Portsmouth, 1745-46
Shirley to Wentworth, January 12, 1746 .
" " " January 27, 1746 .
Petition of Timothy Clement of Concord, 1746
" " " Mary Welch of Portsmouth, 1746
Joseph Sleeper's statement, 1745-46 .... 256-
Petition of Francis Mason of Stratham, soldier, 1745-46
Louisbourg soldiers' petition, Hampton men, 1746 .
Petition of Hugh Montgomery, 1745-46 .
" " Benjamin Thomas of Portsmouth, 1746 .
Louisbourg soldiers' petition, Portsmouth men, 1745-46
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Petition of Sarah Trefethen, soldier's widow. 1745-46 . . 263
" " Zachariah Foss of Portsmoutli, soldier, 1746 . 264
" " Deborah Tucker and Hannah Kenniston, 1746 265
" " Lt. Edward Brooks of Portsmouth, 1745-46 . 267
Louisbourg expedition account, 1745 ..... 268
Thomas Millet, relative to sloop Abigail, 1746 .... 269
Petition of Lt. Jonathan Oilman of Keeneborough, 1746 . . 269
" " Tabitha Cass, soldier's widow, 1746 . . . 270
" " James Wood, 1746 271
" " Mary, widow of Jeremiah Marston, 1746. . . 272
" " Benjamin Kemming of Exeter, 1746 . . . 273
" " Joseph Rawlins, Louisbourg soldier, 1746 . . 273
Major Oilman loses his coat at Louisbourg, 1746 . . . 274
Petition of Ezekiel Oilman of Portsmouth, 1746 . . . 274
John Ooffe's account and memorial, 1746 .... 275
Petition of Oeorge Thompson, 1746 ...... 276
" " Lt. Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington, 1746 . . 277
" " Theodore Atkinson about his slave, 1746 . . 278
Louisbourg soldiers' petition for allowance, 1746 . . . 279
List of rations not received by the above . . . . .281
Petition of William Prescott, Louisbourg soldier, 1746 . . 282
" " John Oriffith, Jr., Louisbourg soldier, 1746 . . 282
" " Deborah, widow of Nicholas Dunn, 1746 . . 283
" " John Ladd, relative to his son, 1746 . . . 284
Memorial of Spencer Colby, mariner, 1746 .... 285
Certificate of Dr. Benjamin Rowe, 1746 . . . . . 286
Summary of Louisbourg petitioners, 1746 . . . 286-288
Walter Warren's account ........ 288
Atkinson to Thomlinson, recommending Capt. Sherburne, 1746 . 289
Oeneral Pepperell's orders to Captain Sherburne, 1745 . . 290
Warren and Pepperell's certificate, 1746 ..... 290
Shirley to Wentworth, September 13, 1746 . . . .291
Petition from Louisbourg soldiers, 1746 ..... 292
Widow Sarah Jackson's petition, 1747 ..... 294
King's instructions to Oovernor Wentworth, 1746-47 . . 294
Mark Hunking Wentworth's bill, 1747 ..... 295
Letter from Captain Stevens to Oovernor Shirley, 1746-47 . 295
William Johnson to John H. Lydius, 1746-47 .... 296
Action of Mass.s relative to Crown Point expedition, 1746-47 . 297
Shirley to Wentworth, February 7, 1746-47 .... 298
" " " February 8, 1746-47 .... 298
" " " February 9, 1746-47 . . . 299-301
Thomlinson to Atkinson, February 24, 1746-47 . . . 301
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Shirley to Wentworth, March lo, 1746-47 .... 302
Major Thomas Davis, relative to government stores, 1747 . 303
Soldiers' petition for further allowance, 1747 .... 304
Petition from wives of soldiers, 1747 ..... 305
" " Lt. Eliphalet Daniels, sloop Warren, 1747 . . 306
Petition from Samuel Drown, 1747 . . .... 307
Bill for nursing Samuel Drown, 1747 ..... 307
Petition from Lt. John Flagg of Portsmouth, 1747 . . . 308
Theodore Atkinson to Thomas Jones, 1747 .... 309
Atkinson to Thomlinson, June 6, 1747 .... 310-312
Connecticut resolutions on Crown Point expedition, 1747. 312-314
Gov. Law to Gov. Shirley on Crown Point expedition, 1746-47. 314
Colonel Stoddard concerning the " Six Nations," 1747 . • 3'5
Shirley to Wentworth, about the " Six Nations," 1747 . . 316
Petition of Robert Miller, Louisbourg soldier, 1747 . . -3^7
Supplies sent to New Hampshire soldiers, 1747 . . .318
Shirley to Wentworth, October 12, 1747 . . , . -319
" " " November 3, 1747. .... 319
" " " November 9, 1747. .... 320
" " " November 24, 1747 .... 320
Knowles' and Shirley's letters, 1747 .... 321-323
Extracts from Duke of New Castle's letter, 1747 . . . 323
Shirley to Wentworth, October 29, 1747 .... 325-327
" " " January 17, 1747-48 .... 327
" " " February 2, 1747-48 .... 328
Commissary Penhallow's petition, 1748 ..... 328
Shirley to Wentworth, March 1.5, 1748 .... 329-331
Summons to the Council, to Court of Admiralty, 1748 . -331
Shirley to Wentworth, April 26, 1748 331
Memorial of Captain Joseph Sherburne, 1748 . . . 332-334
Letter from Captain Sherburne to Admiral Warren, 1748 . 334
Soldiers at Fort William and Mary, 1747 ..... 336
Shirley to Wentworth, May 31, 1748 ..... 337
Shirley to Wentworth, on the Albany affair, 1748 . . -337
Court of Massachusetts relative to the " Six Nations, " 1748 . 338
Instructions to Governor Wentworth, 1748 .... 339
Fragment endorsed " W. to S.," July 8, 1748 . . . 341-351
Shirley to Wentworth, August 24, 1748 351
Order to Captain Job Clement, 1748 352
Shirley to Wentworth, September 27, 1748 .... 352
" " '* November 7, 1748 353
" " " November 28, 1748 . . . -353
Precept for election of Assemblymen, 1748 . . . 354-356
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ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
Shirley to Wentworth concerning some Indians, 1749
Duke of Bedford to Governor Wentworth, 1749
Document relative to Fort Dummer, 1749
Plan of the Fort, by M. Patten .
Wentworth to Shirley, August 27, 1749 .
Answer to the foregoing, August 28, 1749
Copy of warrant, 1749 ....
Report of committee named in warrant, 1749
Proclamation relative to peace with the Indians, 1749
Lt. Governor Phipps, relative to exchange of prisoners, 1749
Instructions to Governor Wentworth
Quakers in militia companies
Thomlinson to Atkinson, November 18, 1747
" " " November 22, 1748
" " " March 15, 1748-49
" " " November 27, 1749
" " " March 4, 1750 .
" ♦' " March 29, 1750 .
Atkinson to Thomlinson, May 26, 1750 .
His Majesty's instructions, 1750
Governor Wentworth to the Duke of Bedford, 1750 .
Duke of Bedford, transmitting act of Parliament, 1750
Petition of Jonathan Stanhope, 1750
Acts approved by the Privy Council, 1750
Warrant for expenses of Canada expedition, 1750
" " re-imbursing New Hampshire, 1750
Thomlinson and Trecothick to Atkinson, 175 1
" to Atkinson, September 21, 1750 .
" to Atkinson July 19, 175 1
Trade between New Hampshire and West Indies, 1751
Depositions of Nath. Jones, Samuel Frost and John Briard
Depositions of Matthias Haines
Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 175 1
Thomlinson and Trecothick to Atkinson, 1752
" to Atkinson, March 2, 1752 .
John Greenwood to Richard Waldron, 1751
Waldron to Greenwood ....
Greenwood to Waldron, about Mrs. Mason, etc
Waldron to Greenwood, 1752 .
Greenwood to Waldron, March 16, 1753
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Waldron to Greenwood, March 27, 1752
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ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
XIX
Earl of Holderncssc to Board of Trade, 1752
To Governor Phipps about murder of Indians, 1752 .
Action of the House on the foregoing-, 1752
Land grant from Massachusetts to Jonathan Belcher
Petition of Daniel Rindge for compensation
Soldiers' petition ^r their pay, 1753
Soldiers' certificates, 1753 .....
Deposition of John Hodgdon, soldier, 1753
Communication from selectmen of Northfield, Mass.
Petition of Captain Phinehas Stevens, 1753
" " Timothy Clement of Haverhill, 1753
Power of attorney to John Thomlinson, 1754
Resolve of the N. Y. Assembly on Indian affairs, 1754
Petition for division of Province into counties, 1754 .
" of Sheriff Thomas Packer, 1754 .
*' of Robert Hale, 1755 .
Proclamation against Indians, 1755 .
Memorial of Kneeland and Russell, printers, 1755
Governor's orders to Colonel Hindsdale, 1755
" " " " Gilman, 1755
Atkinson to lliomlinson, December 9, 1755
Petition from towns for assistance, 1756
Atkinson to Weare, court matters, 1756 .
Chaplain Emerson's petition, 1756 .
Thomas Rowe's statement, 1756
Abiathar Sanborn's statement, 1756
Wages and rations, Crown Point expedition, 1756
H. P"ox's letter to Governor, Crown Point expedition, 1756
John Carty, wounded soldier, 1756 ....
Charges on money sent to the Provinces, 1756
Account of gold and silver purchased for New Hampshire,
I^ilot's commission, 1756 .....
John Shepard taken prisoner, 1757
Petition of Erancis Tucker, assistant commissary, 1757
" " Joseph Avery, Eort Edward soldier, 1757
" " Mason Rendall, taken prisoner, 1757
' " Benjamin Carpenter, prisoner, 1757
Pitt to Governor Wentworth, 1757
Memorial of William Clifford, 1757 .
Material at the Eort, 1757
James Nevins appointed collector of customs, 1757
Lord Loudoun to Governor Wentworth, 1757 .
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ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
Governor Went worth to General Webb, 1757 .
" " " Sir Charles Hardy, 1757
Earl of Holdernesse to Governor Wentworth, 1757
Letter from Captain George Christie, Fort William Henry
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Capture of Fort William Henry, 1757
Captain Christie to Governor Wentworth, 1757
Captain Ladd's account, 1757 ....
Lord Loudoun to Governor Wentworth, 1757
Secretary Pitt " " " 1757
Governor Wentworth to Lord Loudoun, 1757
Secretary Pitt to Governor Wentworth, 1757 .
Captures by English privateers, 1757
Atkinson to Thomlinson, 1758
1758
" " Trecothick, Apthorp and Thomlinson, 1758
Commissary King's certificate, 1758
Ebenezer Copp's deposition, 1758
Soldiers' petition, 1758 ....
Allowance to soldiers, 1758
Soldiers' petition, 1758 ....
Petition from officers in Colonel Meserve's Regiment, 1758
Hercules Mooney's loss at Fort William Henry, 1758
Ensign John Moor's loss at Fort William Henry, 1758
Impress order, 1758 .....
Clement March's bill, mustering men, etc., 1758
Petition relative to Charles Row, 1758
^Expenses of two funerals, 1758
Bill for care of Lt. Wilder Willard, 1758 .
Secretary Pitt to Governor Wentworth, 1758
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Petition from Pickering and Spear, 1759 .
Proclamation relative to enlistments, 1 759
Enlisting orders to Colonel Weare, 1759 .
Lord Loudoun to General Pepperell, 1759
Names of substitutes for Quakers, 1759 .
Colonel Schuyler's account, 1759
King's in.structions concerning courts, 1758
General Amherst to Governor Wentworth, 1759
s " " " " " 1759
Atkinson to Trecothick and Thomlinson, 1759
Certificate concerning Isaac Towle, 1759 .
Account of the Canada expedition committee, 1759
1757
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455
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464-466
467-469
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470-474
474
475
476
476
477
478
479-482
482
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
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500
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ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
XXI
Petition of Susanna Johnson, 1760 .
Petition from Lebanon, Conn., men, 1760
Instructions about raising troops, 1760
Petition of Elijah Denbo, 1760 ....
Account of Thomas Packer, 1759
Soldiers' petitioij to reduce sutler's accounts, 1760
Certificate of impressment, 1760
Recommendation from Governor Wentvvorth, 1760
Petition from Morrison and Pickering, 1760
Atkinson to Trecothick, Apthorp, and Thomlinson,
Petition from selectmen of Holden, Mass., 1761
Soldiers' petition, 1761 ....
Account of Thomas Packer, 1761
Account for printing paper money 1761
Ransoms of vessels taken by French privateers, 176
John Sanborn's certificate, 1761
Petition of Moses Swett, 1761 .
Governor Wentworth's proclamation, 1761
Petition of Nathaniel Thing, 1761
Petition of Joseph Swett ....
Deposition of Timothy Blake, Jr., 1761
Petition of Samuel Hobart, 1761
Petition of mast contractors, 1761
Bill for victualing soldiers at Sudbury in 1757
Instructions to Governor Wentworth, 1761
Atkinson to Thomlinson, 1761
1761 .
Nevin to Atkinson, 1761 ....
Commission to administer oaths, 1762
Notification in regard to Court of Inquiry, 1762
Petition from three soldiers, 1762
Account for building Governor's boat, 1762
Atkinson to Thomlinson, 1762 .
1763 .
Petition of Nathaniel Porter, 1763
'' " Richard Bartlett, 1763
Colonel Bedel's letter asking for relief, 1763
Petition for a road to Coos, 1763
Atkinson to Thomlinson, 1763
" " Trecothick and Thomlinson, 1763
Letter from Jacob Bayley, 1764
" " Timothy Walker to James Nevin, 1765
Defence of Governor Wentworth, 1765
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. 546
547-549
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551-553
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. 556
• 557
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xxti
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
Atkinson to Trecothick and Thomlinson,
1765 .
1766
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Petition of George Meserve, stamp commissioner, 1766
" " Daniel Sanborn, 1766 ....
"^Atkinson to Wentworth and Trecothick, 1766 .
Proclamation of Governor John Wentworth, 1767
Address of welcome from the Council, 1767
Action of the House in regard to counties, 1767
Report of committee on counties, 1767
Atkinson to Trecothick, 1767 .....
Deposition of Isaac Colton about counterfeiters, 1768
Report of committee on road from Durham Falls to Coos,
Petition from the House to the King, 1768
^ " " John Wendell of Portsmouth, 1768
* Petition of James Hudson, salt manufacturer, 1769
Proclamation in regard to deserters, 1769 .
Petition of Samuel Hall for damages, 1769
" about county lines, 1769
" of Dr. Hall Jackson, 1769 .
Deserters from ships in Boston Harbor, 1770 .
Proceedings of the House sent to Agent Trecothick
Committee to examine bills of credit, 1770
Instructions to Governor Wentworth, 1770
Dissent of Peter Livius from vote of Council, 1771
Trecothick to Atkinson, 1771 .
Writ for election of representatives, 1771 .
Road from Pemigewasset River to Dartmouth Coll.,
Complaint from custom-house officers, 1771
Proclamation in regard to foregoing, 1771
Memorial of John Cochran, 1771
Committee on Fort William and Mary, 1772
Strafford and Grafton county petition, 1772
Instructions to Governor Wentworth, 1772
Road from Conway to Connecticut River, 1772
Petition from James Breckenridge, agent, 1772
Memorial from province treasurer, 1772 .
Proceedings of House in regard to road, 1772 .
Lord Hillsborough to Governor W^entworth, 1772
John Cochran's promise, 1772 .....
Hubartus Neal's report on road, 1772
Governor Wentworth conveys his defence, 1772
Memorial of Peter Livius, 1772
Depositions of Theodore Atkinson, 1772 .
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. 611
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. 613
. 614
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623-625
625-628
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
xxrii
Deposition of Peter Gilman and Thomas W. Waldron, 1772 . 628
" from the Council, 1772 ...... 629
Memorial from the Council, 1772 ..... 630-636
Letter accompanying- the memorial, 1772. .... 637
A fragment . '' . . . . . . . . . 638
Livius versus Moffat at Court of Appeals . . . 639-641
Memorial from justices of Superior Court, 1772 . . . 641
Petition to change county lines, 1773 ..... 642
Report on Conway, Connecticut River road, 1773 . . 643-645
Letter of introduction to John Pownall, 1773 .... 645
Barlow Trecothick to Lord Dartmouth, 1773 .... 645 ,
Testimonial from inhabitants of Portsmouth, 1773 . . . 646"
'' '■' "• " Francestown, 1773 . . . 647
Petition for protection of fish, 1773 ...... 648
Testimonial from Dartmouth College, 1773 .... 649
Summons to Captains Stickney and Chandler, 1773 . . . 650
Road from New Britain to Hanover . . . . . -651
State of the light-house at the Fort, 1773 . . . . 651 ,
Statistics of the Province, 1773 ...... 652
Petition of Joseph Senter, 1774 ...... 652
New Hampshire House to Mass. House, 1774 .... 654
Memorial from justices of Superior Court, 1774 . . • 654
Southern boundary of New Hampshire, 1774 . . . • ^55
Grafton County justices, 1774 ....... 656
Hillsborough County justices, 1774 ...... 656
Colonel Atkinson's orders to Captain Dennett, 1774 . . 657
" " " Lt. Beck, 1774 .... 657
Letter from Paul Wentworth of London, 1775 .... 658
Rules and regulations of a militia company, 1775 . . . 659
Address to King from Provincial Congress, 1775 . . 660-663
Deposition of William Pearn and Jacob Sheafe, Jr., 1775 . . 663
Minutes of Council, May 29, 1775 66^
" " " May 29, 1775 664
Governor Wentworth to Theodore Atkinson, 1775 . . . 665
Committee to remove records, 1775 ..... 665
Governor Wentworth to Theodore Atkinson, 1775 . . . 666
Atkinson's proposed answer to the committee, 1775 . G66-&J%
" answer as delivered, 1775 ..... 668
Atkinson accountable for books of charters, 1775 . . . 669
Atkinson's account to the Governor, 1775 .... 669
Records removed from office of recorder of deeds, 1775 . . 670
Atkinson to Governor Wentworth, 1775 ..... 671
Wentworth to Atkinson, 1775 672
XXIV
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
Captain Barkley's conditions, 1775 ...... 672
Atkinson to Wentworth, 1775 ....... 672
Wentworth to Atkinson, 1775 ....... 673
Answer to the foregoing, 1775 ....... 673
George Jaffrey to Noah Emery, 1775 ..... 674
Atkinson to the captain of the Koyn, 1775 . . . . 674
Wentworth to Atkinson, 1775 ....... 675
Governor's proclamation, 1775 ....... 675
'' " 1776 6']6
Counterfeit money, 1776 ........ 6'j']
Act to estabhsh the legaHty of certain taxes, 1776 . . . 679
Justices of the peace for Rockingham County, 1776 . . . 680
Justices in the State of New Hampshire, 1776 . . 681-684
Naval office table of fees, 1776 684
Lead mine discovered, 1776 ....... 685
Chief Justice Weare's certificate, 1776 ..... 685
Act regulating election of county officers, 1776 . . 685-687
Protest of Benjamin Giles and others, 1777 .... d^j
Petition of Thomas Casey, 1777 ...... 688
" " James Richardson of Dover, 1778 .... 689
Business letter to Joshua Wentworth, 1778 .... 690
Petition from town of Westmoreland, i'j'j'i .... 690
" for liberty to choose a minister, 1778 .... 691
Minutes of Council, 1778 ....... 692-694
Petition of Joseph Davenport, agent, 1778 .... 694
Letter from J. Fisher to his wife, 1778 ..... 695
Petition from Londonderry, 1778 . . . ' . . . 696
Vote of the town on the foregoing, 1778 ..... 697
Eben Hazard to the House of Representatives, 1778 . . 697
Certificate from selectmen of Boothbay, Mass., 1778 . . 698
Petition from Murray and Brown of Boothbay, 1779 . . 698
" from Jonathan Ingersoll of Salem, Mass., 1779 . . 699
" for roads, 1779 ....... 700-702
" of the heirs of John Griffith, 1779 . . . 702-704
" of Sarah Wills, of Portsmouth, 1779 .... 704
" from slaves, 1779 ...... 705-707
Minutes of court, 1776, 1780 707-709
Olcott and Woodward to Colonel Chase, 1780 .... 709
Samuel Hunt declines a commission, 1780 . . . .710
Petition of Patrick McDonnell, 1780 710
Report of a committee . . . . . . . -711
State accounts to February 9, 1782 . . . . . .712
Memorial of Nathaniel Peabody, 1782 . . . . .713
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
XXV
7«3
784
Petition for re-incorporation of Monson, 1782 .
Eleazer Russell to Mcshech Weare, 1 782 .
Letter in regard to ship '' Ellen,"' 1782
Another about the same affair, 1782
Petition for increase of currency, 1782
John Sullivan to John Langdon, 1782
Petition from inhabitants of Cheshire County, 1782
" John Hale, of Hollis, 1783 .
Receipt from Stephen Gorham to John T. Oilman, i
Certificate from Stephen Gorham, 1783
John Prentice to Speaker Dudley, 1783
Precept for representatives, 1783
Nominations for sheriff and judges in Grafton County,
'•'• " " " " " Cheshire County
Recommendations for Cheshire County judges
Credentials of Marbois L'Etombe, 1784 .
Monsieur Toscan, vice-consul at Portsmouth, 1784 .
Monsieur Toscan's credentials, 1784
Abiel Foster and Pierce Long, delegates to Congress, i
Jonathan Child to Meshech Weare, 1784 .
Petition to tax non-resident proprietors, 1784 .
Memorial from committee for adjusting accounts, 1784
Petition for road from Merrimack to Connecticut River, i
Joseph Gilman to President Weare, 1784 .
Letter from Loan Officer Gilman, 1784
Elisha Payne accepts election to Congress, 1784
Letter from Adams, Franklin, and Jefferson, 1784 .
Recommendations for officers of a regiment, 1784 .
Letter from De Marbois to Congress, 1784
Joshua Wentworth to Ebenezer Thompson, 1784
A fragment of testimony ......
Petition for increase of currency ....
Sale of excise on spirituous liquors, 1785
Petition in favor of Colonel David Webster, 1785
Letter from John Sullivan to the Senate, 1785
Petition of Treasurer Gilman for larger salary, 1785
Taverns and retailers licensed in Strafford County, 1785
Report of committee on accounts, 1785
Letter from treasury board at N. Y., 1785
" " Stephen Gorham, 1785 .
Petition to make real estate a legal tender, 1785
Report of committee on accounts, 1785
" " road committee, 1785
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784
714-716
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7 1 8-720
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721
723
723
725
726
726
726
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729
730
730
731
732
732
733
733
735
736
737
739
739
741
741
742
743
744
744
745
746
747
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751
752
753
754
755
756
757
XXVI
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
Account of New Hampshire taxes, 1785 . . . ,
Joseph Pearson resigns from committee on accounts, 1785
Certificate in regard to General SulHvan's account
Letter from Loan Officer Gihiian, 1786
Monsieur Ducher, vice-consul at Portsmouth, 1786
An act of repeal, 1786 .....
Leverett Hubbard to President Langdon, 1786
Circular in regard to French and Dutch loans, 1786
Admission of town inhabitants, 1786
Eben Hazard to Jeremiah Libbey, 1786 .
Letter from Postmaster Libbey, 1786
Intention to leave the State, 1786 .
Concerning the Mason- Allen controversy, 1786
1786
Petition from heirs of Allen, 1786
Report of committee on standards, 1786 .
Postmaster Libbey to Samuel Dearborn, 1786 .
Report of committee on continental accounts, 1786
Joshua Wentworth to President Sullivan, 1786
Report of committee on accounts, i y^6
Elisha Payne's letter of excuse, 1786
Petition for pardon, from Exeter prisoners, 1786
State's quotas for Indian warfare, 1786
Instructions to officers, 1786
Petition of Benjamin Dearborn of Portsmouth, 1786
Major McGregore recommended, 1786
W. Sargent to President Sullivan, 1786 .
Protest of George Gains and others, 1786
Militia arrangements for Cheshire County
Petition of James and William Sheafe, 1786
Report of committee on Sheafe petition, 1787
'' " " " unimproved lands, 1787
Removal of Commissioner Gorham, 1787 .
Samuel Hobart's proposal, 1787
Courts in Hillsborough County, 1787
Extract from Nicholas Gilman's letter, 1787
Petition for road from Barnstead to Northwood, 1787
" " organization of alarm company, 1787
Samuel Hobart's petition, 1788
Petition for a new county, 1788
" " a company of horse in Twelfth Regiment, 1788
" " protection of fish, 1788 .
J. Gilman transmits his public accounts, 1788
759
760
760
761
761
762
764
765
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
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772
77^:^
774
774
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779
780
780
781
782
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788-790
790
791
792
794
794
795
796
797
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
XXVII
Accounts of confiscated estates, 1789 ..... 798
Joseph Blanchard's survey of waste lands, 1789 . . . 799
David Hide's petition, 1789 ....... 800
Report of committee on road from Barnstead to Northwood . 801
Memorial of Archibald McMurphy, 1789 ..... 802
John Hubbard recommended, 1789 ...... 803
Petition of three men to be restored to office, 1789 . . . 804
" " Lemuel Sargent ....... 804
Dissent of James Sheafe and others, 1 790 .... 805
New Hampshire " State Advertiser," 1790 .... 806
Report of committee on waste lands, 1790 .... 807
Memorial of Samuel Hobart of Exeter, 1790 .... 809
" " Joseph Whipple, 1790 . . . . . .810
Letter from Joseph Whipple, 1790 . . . . . .811
'' to Joseph Whipple, 1790 . . . . . .812
Resolve of the House in regard to pensions, 1790 . . -813
Petition of Charles Henzell of Portsmouth, 1789 . . .814
Joshua Wentworth's certificate, 1789 . . . . .815
Charles Henzell's bill against the State, 1790 . . . .816
Articles of agreement, 1790 ....... 816
James Sheafe's letter of transmittal, 1790 .... 818
Petition of Ozias Silsby, post-rider, 1790 . . . . .818
Report of committee on county lines, 1796 . . . 819-821
Samuel Livermore, member of Congress, 1790 . . . .821
Titus Salter's agreement, 1790 ..... 821-823
Letter from John Langdon, 1791 . . . . . 823-825
Petition for a new county, 1791 . . . . . .825
Letter from Joseph Whipple, 1791 ...... 826
" " 1791 827
Petition for a half -shire, 1791 . . . . . . 828-830
" " aid to duck manufacturers, 1791 .... 830
Resolve of Massachusetts House, 1791 . . . . -831
Memorial of Robert L. Fowle, 1791 . . . . • • 832
Report of committee on Odiorne's petition, 1791 . . . 833
Memorial of Samuel Hobart of Plxeter, 1791 .... 833
John T. Gilman to President Bartlett, 1791 . . . . 834
Colonel Shepard claims a general's commission, 1791 . -835
Records of candidates for " " 1791 . . 836
Letter from Tench Cox, 1791 .... ... 8^/
Petition for road from Concord to Durham, 1791 . . . 838
of Mary Tufton Mason, 1791 839
James McGregore, commissioner of claims, 1791 . . . 840
Petition of Dudley B. Hobart of Exeter, 1792 . . . .841
XXVIII
ABSTRACT OF GENERAL CONTENTS.
Ratable polls in New Hampshire, 1 792
General Bellows's resignation, 1792 .
Stephen Harriman's statement, 1792
Statement from selectmen of New London, 1792
Act to establish Washington County, 1792
Petition for a lottery, 1792 ....
Report of Treasurer Oilman, 1792 .
Sir William Pepperell's petition, 1792
Road from Concord to Durham, 1792
Petition for road from Dover to Northwood, 1792
" " " " Chester to Walpole, 1792
" from Page and Morris, 1792
" from William Gardner, 1792
Road from Dover to Northwood, 1792
" " Conway to Shelburne, 1792
Report of road committee, 1792
Petition for more courts, 1793 .
Papers received from Colonel McGregore, 1793
Petition of Samuel Morey, 1793
Petition for more courts, 1793 .
Memorial of Jabez Parsons and others, 1793
More facts relative to the same matter, 1793
Instructions from Secretary of War, 1794
Memorial of Jabez Parsons, 1795
Petition to construct canals, 1795
" for protection of fish, 1795 .
" to clear Piscataqua River, 1796
" of Tom Powers, 1796 .
Letter from Oliver Whipple of Hampton, 1798
Petition from proprietors of "Paddy Seine," 1798
" for a new road, 1798
James McHenry to Jacob Sheafe, 1798
Nathaniel Head's commissions, 1798
Petition for road from Lancaster, 1798
Turnpike from Charlestown to Surry, 1799
Road from Enfield Pond to the "Burnt Lands," 1799
Proceedings in memory of Washington, 1799 .
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APPENDIX.
Captain Wait's weekly return, 1759 •
" " monthly return, 1759
Wages of Captain Wait's company, 1759
Captain Wait's bill for allowance, 1761
" " men sent to Detroit,
Article from Edes' " Boston Gazette," October 2, 1775
Orders to Lieutenant-Colonel Wait, 1776
" from Benedict Arnold, 1776 .
Colonel Wait's account to General Sullivan, 1776
French Canadians in Colonel Hazen's regiment
Rev. Joshua Moody's account, 1676 .
Rates for Great Island, 1677 ....
Summons to delinquent rate payers, 1678
Nathaniel Fryer's account, 1679
John Brewster's order, 1679 ....
Bill of Robert Elliott, 1680 .
Mr. Moody to the selectmen, 1680 .
Shipping at Portsmouth, 1681 .
Letter of Elias Stileman, 1682 ....
Notice to rate payers, 1682 ....
Letter of John Light, payment of town rate, 1682
" Splan Lovell, 1682 ....
Bill of Obadiah Morse, 1682 ....
Governor Cranfield's proclamation, 1682 .
Permit to call a town meeting, 1683
Order of Governor and Council, 1683
Summons for contempt, 1683 ....
Order of justices of the peace, 1684 .
John Pickering's bill, 1705 ....
Letter to Colonel Hilton about powder supply, 1705
Report on school-houses, 1716 ....
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVINCEandSTATE PAPERS.
OF THE ^
UNIVERSITY
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCE AND STATE
PAPERS.
[continued from volume XVII.]
[The references at the beginning of the documents (2-144, etc.)
are to volume and page of " Miscellaneous Province and State Pa-
pers," in the office of the secretary of state, where the originals may
be found. — Ed.]
[ Vote relative to Building a State House.\
[Copied from the Hibbard Manuscripts, Vol. III., p. 167, New Hamp-
shire Historical Society.]
In Coun' May 26"^ 1725 —
Forasmuch as the sitting of the General Assembly and holding y®
Court of Justice at a Common Inn or Tavern as has been heretofore
used within this Province is not onely a dishonour to the Goverment
but attended w*'^ Inconveniencies too well known to need a mention :
-^;^<^ whereas the s'^ Dishonour and Inconvenience may both be rem-
edyed by building a State house for holding the s'^ General Assem^
and Courts in which may be done without any charge to the Province
in the following manner (viz') By depositing so much money in the
hands of a Committee as shall be sufficient to defray y*" charge of
building s'^ house, which s'' sum to be sunk by burning thirty pounds
annually till the whole shall be Consumed — Eighteen of the said
thirty pounds to be paid out of y^ excise and the remaining twelve
out of y^ Treasury yearly which now is and for a Considerable time
past has been paid to the Proprietor of Tavern Rooms for y^ use
thereof — Therefore
2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
Voted That a Committee be Immediately chosen to Consider of &
make a Plat for y^ s"^ house, & report it to y^ Gen^ Assembly, for their
approbation in order to their Chuseing a Committee to agree w^'^
workmen to build y^ same : And further that when this Province
shall be so enlarged, as the Gen^ Assembly shall see meet to divide
it into two Countys, a State house shall be built for y'^ new County
at the Province Cost
Rich^ Waldron Cler : Cou.
Eod'" Die/
In the house of Representatives Read and Non-concurred
James Jeffrey CI'' Ass'"
[I fail to find any mention of the foregoing in the printed Council
records. The Assembly record of May 27, 1725, is as follows. — Ed.]
A message to the house by Geo Jaffrey Arch'^ Macpheadris & Jn°
Frost Esq''* with a Vote of Council for building a State house at
Portsm° which was immediately returned by Cap' John Gillman «& M'
John Sanburn non concurr'd.
[2-144] Copj' of a Letter to Governor Vaiidriel.
[Handwriting of Secretary Waldron.]
Sir In Consideration of the Treaty at Utrecht and the alliance and
firm amity which is now Subsisting between our Masters I could
never have thought that our heathen Enemy the Indians had any
Countenance or Encouragement In the Prosecution of their unjust
warr ag;*' us from Canada were it not too obvious to be doubted or
that those men of blood were Shelter there had they not from time
to time fled thither & been Secured from our Pursuers, and I hope
Sir that upon a review of those things you may be of opinion that
what has been hitherto done on the part of y*^ French in that matter
is not justifyable by the law of Nations, and thereby be Induced to
forbear the like for the future, and Indeed Sir I am not a little Sur-
prised that you detain any of the Subjects of King George or Suffer
them to be detained Prisoners in Your Goverment which have of late
been Captivated by the Indians & led thither but I presume for y^
reasons iDcfore Exprest It will be no more so, and that all y*^ Captives
now at Canada will be immediately deliver'd to M'' Theod'' Atkinson the
bearer hereof who is now going In behalf of This Goverment by My
order & in the name of my Soverign Lord King George to demand
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 3
them as his Subjects at your hands, and To remonstrate to you the
Inconveniencys which probably may attend your further Encouraging
& protecting y^ vowed & open Enemys of y'^ King of Great Brittain
to whom be pleased to be referred
[The letter was sent to Governor Vaudreil, of Canada, by Theodore
Atkinson, who was appointed by Lieutenant-Governor Wentworth, in
accordance with a vote of the Assembly of December 12, 1724, to join
commissioners from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and
New York, to go to Canada and remonstrate with the Governor for
-violation of the treaty of Utrecht. See Vol. IV., pp. 163, 174. — Ed.]
[2-144]
\_SHi)inious to Savincl Emerson to Anszvcr for Obstmctiiig a Dep7ity
Surveyor, 1725.]
Pro : of ] To The Sheriff of The S'^ Province His Und"" Sheriff or
N-Hamp"" j Deputy Greeting
Pursuant to an order of His Hon'' the Lieu' Gov'' You are hereby
required in His Majestys name immediately on receipt hereof to
Summon Cap' Sam^ Emerson of Dover Gentleman to appear at the
Council Chamber in Portsm° before his Hon'' y'^ L' Gov'' tomorrow at
10 oclock beforenoon, to answer y*^ Complaint of Ich^ Chesley of S'^
Dover yeoman, for obstructing him y*^ S*^ Chesley in y^ Execution of
His office as Deputy Surveyor of y^ woods Sometime within a Month
past at Dover aforesaid w* is Contrary to y*^ Peace of our Sovereign
Lord y^ King His Crown and Dignity. Dated at y*^ Council Cham-
ber in Portsm° aforesaid y'^ thirtyeth day of Decem'' 1725
Rich^ Waldron Cler Cou
Make return of y^ Precept w''' yo"^ Doings at time & place above
mentioned — R Waldron Cler Cou
Provenc of New Hamsher Desembr the 31 1725
with obdenc of to this within presep I hath Summuns Ca' Samuel
Emerson Rich"^ Ward Dep Sher
[2-145] \_Goveriiors Order in Favor of R. IVibird, 1726.]
Pro : of \ By The Honourable John Wentworth Esq'' Lieu' Gov""
K : Hamp'' j and Commander in Chief of the Said Province
Pay unto Richard Wibird Esq"" out of the Treasury — thirty three
4 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
pounds three Shillings and ten pence for Sundry disbursm'* on the
Brigantine Squirril, and for the voyage to Casco upon the ratification
with the Indians for which this Shall be your warrant. Given under
my hand at Portsmouth the 20"^ day of August 1726
J : Wentworth
To M'' Treas"^ Penhallow N-Hampshire
[2-146]
\Proceedings in Council relative to Samuel Tiling, not Printed in
Coimcil Records, 1726.]
Pro : N. Hamp'' At a Council at Portsm° Sep* 26, 1726 —
Present in Coun^
His Hon"" Jn° Wentworth Esq"" L* Gov''
Mark Hunking \ R. Wibird \
Geo : Jaffrey > Esq"^^ A. Macphedris > Esq""^
Shad^ Walton ) Jn° Frost )
Jotham Odiorne Esq"^
Upon Complaint of Nathan Taller Benj-'^ Sanburn and Sam' Stevens
ag** Sam' Thing Esq"" for mal-administration in his office as Justice of
the Peace (as at large on file) The Case being opened by y^ Kings
Attorney in behalf of the Complain'^ and the respond' being fully
heard in the premises — It is resolved that the following Minute of
Council be publickly read at y^ board in presence of the s*^ Justice
Thing (viz*) That the Compl'^ have fully made out and proved their
Charge exhibited ag^* him, and forasmuch as y^ said Justice Thing
stands now convict, of perverting y^ law and mal-administration (ui his
capacity afores*^) in sundry Instances as Expressed in the s*^ Complaint
It is Ordered nemine contradicente, That the s'' Sam' Thing Esq"" be
suspended from y'^ place and ofifice of a Justice of peace and he is hereby
suspended from exercising the said place & ofifice for y^ space of 3
m° next Coming. And forasmuch as it is suggested to y^ board that
these are not the first Instances of the s'' M"" Things misfeasance and
illegal proceedings in his Justiciary administration It is further ordered
that his suspension afores"^ be continued from y® end of y^ s"^ 3 m°
during y'' Pleasure of y^ L* Gov"" & Council unless at y*" Expiration
y'''^of he appear at y^ board & vindicate his character especially in y^
matter of Foulsham & Morgan (mentioned by y^ Kings attorney):
and that y^ respond' pay Costs am° to J[^-^. 8 —
R. Waldron Cler Cou,
[Endorsed] Minute Coun. 7'"' 26 1726
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CLVL PAPERS. 5
[A number of depositions, copies of warrants, and minutes of the
proceedings of the justice's court, held by said Samuel Thing, accom-
pany the foregoing. — Ed.]
[2-156] {^Memorial of Johu, Son of Sir Cliarlcs Hobby, 1726.]
Province of New Hampshire, Novemb'' : 22 : A. D. 1726.
To The Honble John Wentworth Esq"" L' Gov"" and Commander in
Chief & y^ Honble the Council & Representatives in General Court
Assembled
The Humble Memorial of John Hobby Son and Heir of S"" Charles
Hobby — Sheweth —
That your Memorialist has by Descent from his s^ Eather S"" Charles
Hobby a just right to half y^ Lands of this Province w'^'^ he purchased
of M"' Thomas Allen Son and Heir of the Honble Sam^ Allen Esq"" —
And now forasmuch as the main & principal parts of it are actually
settled by the Labours and at y^ great expense of y*^ blood and treas-
ure of the present inhabitants, Your Memorialist is therefore willing
to make them very easy in their possession however they were induced
at first to possess themselves wrongfully of them — My business
therefore at this present is to move this Honble Court in behalf of
the Inhabitants of y^ [this] Province to consult some proper methods
whereby y'^ Inhabitants may be Intirely contented and at the same
time I may not be utterly disinherited and lose my patrimony among
them —
This is an affair will doubtless be best Compromised in peace, both
for y^ safety of our estates and satisfaction of our Consciences and
the Issue may be Gods blessing upon our Labours & the security of
our persons from his Chastisements by the barbarous Heathen The
only thing I can suggest at present as a leading step to it will be (if
this Honble Court think well of it) to have a Committee of some
moderate & discreet persons appointed by this Court in behalf of the
Inhabitants that we may freely and friendly debate the matter make
mutual offers & proposalls for an accommodation & when we conclude
if the matter be pleasing to y'' Inhabitants we shall ratifie them. —
And I hope this Honble Court will see the persons appointed (if
they come into the proposal now made) be men of peace and moder-
ation willing to administer Justice altho' some temporal damage is
sufered by it for I determine to govern my self by such advice, and
if it be possible to prevent any further Contest & so I rest y^ Propo-
sal! before your Honour & y* Honble Court &c
John Hobby
6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
[The foregoing memorial was read in Council November 23, and
sent to the House. November 24, the matter was considered in con-
ference of the Council and House. November 29, "The vote of the
Councill of the 25''' Inst. Relating to M''John Hobbys Memorial was
Read & Nonconcurred " There is no record of said vote of Council in
Vol. IV. In General Assembly, November 30, action was taken as
follows. — Ed.]
The Memorial of John Hobby Esq having been Considered in this
House The House are of opinion y' the Laws of the Province are
Sufficient to determine any controversy with respect to any title of
land lying w^'^in the Same and it being unpresidented for this House
to take any Cognisance where the Title of land is determinable by
the Courts of Common law within this Province, Therefore Voted —
That the said Memorial be dismist — 9^'" 30^^ 1726
Jam Jaffrey Cler. assem.
In Coun. Eod die — Read and Concurred
R. Waldron Cler. Cou.
[2-158]
\_Mcinorial of Samuel Waldo concerning some Masts alleged to have
been Cut in Rochester, 1727.]
Province of New 1 To the Hon''^'' John Wentworth Esq^' L' Gov'' &
Hampshire ss. j Commander in Cheif & the Hon^^^ the Councill
of the said Province
Samuel Waldo of Boston in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay
Merch* : Humbly Sheweth
That Ralph Gulston of London Merchant hath contracted with the
Right Hon^^^ the Lords of y^ Navy board to supply y^ Royall Navy
for ffive years now in being And y'' Pef hath y*^ Royall Licence pur-
suant for the cutting of White Pine Trees in the Province of New
Hampshire, or elsewhere, by y^ Procurement & for y'^ use of the said
Ralph Gulston, and the s^ Gulston understanding that one Hanson &
Company having in the year 1725 within the Province of New Hamp-
shire cutt down Thirty four White Pine Trees without the bounds of
any Town now settled, but pretending the same to be in the Bounds
of a certain Township called Rochester but not settled & whereof the
Gov"" of New Hampshire has reserved the White Pines for his Maj-
estys Service, & this they have done without the Royall License, &
against the form of a certain act of Parliament, made att a Session of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCLVL PAPERS. J
Parliament held att Westminster in the Eighth year of his present
Majestys Reign, Intitled an act giveing further encouragement for y^
Importation of Navall Stores, &for other purposes therein mentioned,
& that there is Thirty Three Masts & Bowspritts from 22 to 35 Inches
Diameter made from said Trees lying in Portsmouth within this
Province, Whereupon the said Ralph Gulston Insisteth that by force
of the Act of Parliament aforesaid all the said Masts & Bowspritts
made from y*" said Trees are forfeited, & ought to be siesed for the use
of his said Majesty, & that I should do every thing therein proper
both for y^ Intrest of his Majesty & also to prevent his private dam-
age who has made the Contract afores^'
Wherefore y'' Pef in behalf of the said Ralph Gulston humbly
Prays yo"" Hon""^ : & this Hon^''' board that he may so farr obtain
your Hon'* ffavour and assistance, since the Deputy Surveyor of His
Maj*>'^ Woods [Robert Armstrong] refuseth utterly to Intermeddle
therein, as that by the order of this Hon^'^ Board the said Masts &
Bowspritts may be seized as forfeited as aforesaid, as bemg cutt and
gotten without the Royall Licence, against the Act of Parliam' afore-
said, & the Provision & Reservation of the Govern^ here, & that the
Attorney Generall of this Province of New Hampshire may be directed
to file an Information against them, att the adjournment of the Sup""
Court next, & purrsue the same to effect, & y'^ Hon''^ most humble
Pef as in duty bound &c.
S^ Waldo
[Endorsed] Province of N. Hamp'' Received the within Memorial
from Mr. Richard Waldron this f^ Day of March 1726-7 —
[For legislative action, see Vol. IV., pp. 14, 15. — Ed.]
[The following are from copies obtained in London by the New
Hampshire Historical Society, from copies transmitted by the provin-
cial Governor. The editor has selected such portions as are not
printed in Vol. IV. of this series, — Ed.]
Prov : of N. Hamp'" At a Gen^ Assem^ '^ adj' thursday Apr' 25''^
1728
Present His Hon"" John Wentworth Esq"" L^ Gov""
Mark Hunkin \ Rich^ Wibird ^
Geo : Jaffrey > Esq""^ Joth. Odiorne > Esq'^
Shad^ Walton ) H. Sherburne j
8 MISCELLANEOUS PROVI^■CL\L PAPERS.
A message to the board '^ Mess''^ Tibbits & Thing with a vote for
repeaHng y* powder act which was returned "^ Mess''^^ Jaffrey and
Sherburne with orders to acquaint the House His Hon"' could not
repeal the act unless a better method of supplying y^ fort with pow-
der could be projected.
Adjourned til tomorrow 9 a Clock A. M.
[May 17, 1728. In addition to Vol. IV., p. 297.]
A message to the board ^ Mr. Dennet with a vote for a Commit-
tee of Audit namely Mess""^ Thing Pierce and Atkinson w*^^ was Con-
cur'd & y^ Gent" appointed on y'^ part of y^ board are Mess""^ Wibird
Frost and Sherburne.
[April 25, 1729. In addition to Vol. IV., p. 537.]
His Excellency was pleased to communicate to the Board a Vote of
the General Assembly of the Massachusetts appointing Commission-
ers in behalf of that Go verm* to joyn such as might be chosen by
this to settle the divisional line of the two Provinces which was read
& sent down by the Clerk.
A message to the House by the Clerk with the Petition of Cap'
Paul Wentworth and others pra3nng for a Parish in the northerly j^art
of Dover.
By the same Message a Petition in behalf of several Indians Pray-
ing an equivalent for the guns taken from them by this Goverment.
A message to the Board by Mess"^ Atkinson and Mathes with the
Petition of Cap' Wentworth and others (sent down this day) with a
vote of the House for appointing a hearing on said Petition on
Wednesday next and notifying the selectmen of Dover thereof which
was consented to In Coun'
[May I, 1729. In addition to Vol. IV., p. 539.]
To His Excellency William Burnet Esq"" Cap' General and Commander
in Cheif in and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp'' and
Vice Admiral of the same
The answer of the House of Representatives to your Excellency's
speech of the 22^^ April
May it Please Your Excellency — At the opening this Session you
was pleased to mention your inclination to have met us before had
not the difificulties your Excellency met with in your other Goverment
prevented you, which difference your Excellency was pleased to say
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXL\L PAPERS. 9
was SO far accepted in yo'' Excellency's favour, as that you had the
approbation of the Lords Commissioners for Trade & plantations for
declining- to accept of money from the Assembly there on any terms
different from those in your Excellency's Instructions — Now Inas-
much as we are altogether unacquainted with controversys between
yo"" Excellency and the Assembly of your other Goverment, and the
different Circumstances we are under from them both by reason of the
charter and the ability of that people beyond that of our own together
with your Excellency's demands upon each of us, which will scarce
bear any proportion Therefore we hope your Excellency will not take
it amiss if we think it not parallel Your Excellency's demanding one
fifth part as much of us as you do from them who by a modest com-
putation is twenty times as great both in polls & estates — Now we
humbly crave leave to say that ever since we have had the favour of
a Goverment we have given abundant satisfaction to our Governors
from time to time by our usual allowances to them and without dis-
pute have been generous to the utmost of our ability and what your
Excellency demands of us is more than what ever hath been de-
manded before and as we have been always ready upon all occasions
to manifest our loyalty to our King in supporting our Governor so we
hope we shall pass such votes as your Excellency may accept — We
do and always shall with the utmost sense of Gratitude acknowledge
any the marks of your Excellency's favour to us, and return you
hearty thanks for the tender your Excellency was so good as to make
of your endeavours to bring the controversy between yo"" Excellencys
Goverments relating to the lines to a happy conclusion
And"' Wiggin Speaker
[Friday, May 2, 1729. In addition to Vol. IV., p. 539.]
A message from the House To the Board by M"" Dennet with Cap^
[George] Walker's Petition and vote thereon for granting the
prayer thereof. —
By the same message the following report and vote came to the
Board — Whereas the Petition of Eben"" Easman and Rich'^ Hazen
Jun'' in the behalf of themselves and several others of Haverhill
[Mass.] seting forth the difficultys they laboured under by reason of
the disputes and uncertainty of the lines of the two Provinces and
that the Goverment of the Massachusets has chosen a Committee to
Joyn w**^ a Committee which might be chosen in this Province to meet
and consider and settle &c.
The consideration of the Petition and premises being referr'd to us
the subscribers as a Committe we make our return as follows — (viz')
That as to the lands which they set forth their long possession
lO MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
which they have had, we are of opinion that the common law must
decide that which supports every mans right in his property and to
cHusing a Committee to Joyn w* the Committe from the Massachu-
sets, we have submited that matter to the King and hope His Majesty
will in a short time will it
And for the present it would be fruitless for us to meet for there
has been several Committes appointed but could never agree where
to take their departure to run the west line and altho' their own
Charter is in plain words with latitude and longitude yet they insist
on a Crooked line, & unless they will prefix the certain place where
to begin and so run a West line we suppose it not agreeable to their
Charter and we are of opinion that the place which was the intent
and meaning of the charter to begin on the north side of Merrimack
river by the sea and run three miles north and then a west line and if
they will comply with that, That then there be a Committe of this
Province chosen to joyn w'^ their Committe to run s^' line and that
line to stand 'till his Maj*'*"^ pleasure be known
Nath' Weare Shad--^ Walton
Josh^ Pierce Joth. Odiorne
In the House of Represent^ May 2'^ 1729 — The within return was
read and voted that it be accepted and sent up for Concurrence
Jam^ Jeffrey Cler : Assem.
In Council Eodem die — Read and Concurred
Richard Waldron Cler. Cou.
A message to the House by Mess"^^ Jaffrey and Wibird with the
vote of the House sent up yesterday for setling a salary on His Ex-
cellency for three years yet to come concurr'd with in Council with y*
following amendment viz* inserting after y^ words — yet to come or
during His Excellencys continuing Governor.
[May 15, 1729. In addition to p. 550, Vol. IV.]
Col° Westbrook is desired to Inquire of Cap' Nathaniel an Indian
or any other Indian Eastward concerning the river Merrimack, how
far upward or Westw'^ it held that name amongst them &c.
[2-160] \Procla)nation of Peace ivitJi the Indians^ ^7^7-]
By The Hon^^*^ John Went worth Esq"" Lieu' Gov"" & Comand"" In Chief
In and over His Maj''^^ Province of N. Hamp'' In N. England —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. II
A Proclamation of Peace: —
W/u'iras Articles of Submission and Pacification were entered into
w"^ this Goverment upon }'■= fifteenth of Dec*" 1725 by Delegates in
behalf of y^ Penobscut Tribes and other Tribes of Eastern Indians
w* s'^ articles were upon y^ fifth day of August then next following
ratified and confirmed before me at P'almouth by y'^ Chief Sachem of
the s^ Penobscut Tribes and other Principal Indians in y*^ name of
that & y'^ other Tribes which s'' articles have been again and further
ratified before me at s'^ Falm° on y'^ 21^' day of the month of July last
past by Moxus Chief Sachem of y^ Norridgwock Tribe, Animuit
Captain and Councell"" of y*^ Arrasaguntecook, alias S' Francis Tribe
in his brothers absence ; and Nemmagen and Watzarabouet Two Cap-
tains and Councellors and two of y*^ Chiefs of the Wauwenock Tribes,
and Awemonet y*^ Chief Sachems Son and other Principal Indians of
each of y*^ villages for y"" selves and their Tribes w'*^ all signs of sin-
cerity and marks of good & friendly dispositions in y^ s^ Ind"^ —
I have therefore thought fit (with y^ advice of His Maj^'" Coun^) to
make y^ same known by y*^ Publick Proclamation Hereby strictly
commanding and requiring all His Majestys good subjects in this
Province to live in peace and amity with y^ s^ Indians and not to
Commit any acts of Violence or Hostility ag^' y™ but on y^ Contrary
to afford y™ all necessary Comfort & assistance as occasion shall
require —
Given at y*^ Coun^ Chamb"" in Portsm° y'^ fourth day of August 1727
and in y^ 14*'^ year of y® reign of our Sovereign L'^ George by y^
Grace of God of Great Brittain France and Ireland King Defend"" of
y^ faith &c — J. W.
By order of His Hon"" y^ L* Gov"" with y*^ advice of y® Coun^
R. Waldron Cler. Cou.
God Save the King
[2-161]
\Copy of Commission to Lieut. Gov.JoJin IVcjitzuorth, October ij, 1727.}
George R. —
Seal George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brit-
ain France and Ireland King Defender of y'' faith &c —
To Our Trusty and well beloved John Wentworth Esq"" Greeting
We Reposing especial trust and confidence in your loyalty courage
and prudence Do by these Presents Constitute & appoint you to be
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•our Lieu' Gov'' of our Province of N. Hampshire in New England in
America, To have hold Exercise & Enjoy the said place and office
during our Pleasure \v*'' all rights privileges and profits perquisites
and advantages to the same belonging or appertaining. And further
in case of y*^ death or absence c^f our Cap* General and Gov'' in Chief
in & over our said Province of New Hamp'' in New England now &
for y® time being, We do hereby authorize and em^Dower you to execute
and perform all and singular tne powers & directions contan'd in Our
Commission to Our said Captain General and Gov"" in Chief according
to such Instructions as are already sent on or shall hereafter from
time to time be sent unto him or as you shall receive from us, and
from our said Captain General and Chief Governour of our said Prov-
ince of New Hampshire now and for the time being ; and all and
singular Our officers and Ministers and loving subjects of Our said
Province, and others whom it may Concern are hereby Commanded
to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accord-
ingly.
Given at Our Court at S' James's y*^ seventeenth day of October
1727. In y^ first year of Our reign —
By His Majt''=« Command —
Holies New Castle
John Wentworth Esq'' L' Gov'' of N. Hamp''
[2-162] {^Warrant for Arrest of B. Rust for Slander, 1728.]
Pro : of ) To the Sheriff of the S'^ Province His Und'' Sher or
N. Hamp'' \ Deputy Greeting —
Information being Given to His Hon"" the L* Gov'' and the Hon*^^*
board That Benj^ Rust of Portsm° in y^ Province afores'^ Innholder
Did on or ab' y^ 16* Instant Jan''^' at y^ house of Thom^ Harvey in
Portsm° and at Sundry other times and Places in a most Scandalous
vile and malicious Manner IVIisuse y*^ Name and Character of the S*^
L* Gov'' and Council as such by Publickly declaring them to be Cursed
Dam'd Rogues, & that they had not done him y^ S'^ Rust Justice, that
they had no Power That they were no more a Court than y^ Devil
That he would Pull them down, that he would head a Comp^ to tare
them to peices, Dam'd their Legislative Power, and S"^ they would go
to Hell and all this with a mixture of the most Impious & Profane
language &c^
These are therefore (In His Maj''^^ name) Pursuant to an order of
His Hon' the L* Gov'' and Council to require you forthw*'' to appre-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLVL I'AI'EKS. 1 3
hend y"-' body of the S'^ Benj-'^ Rust if he may be found within yo""
Precinct and him bring before The Hon*^'"-' the Council board to be
Exam'd in y^ Premises and Dealt with according to his deserts for
which This Shall be yo*" Warrant, and make return of yo"" Doings
herein together with this warr^ Dated at y*" Council Chamber in Portsm
the 24^'^ of Jan'^y 1727.8 annoq Regni Regis Georgii Secundi primo
R Waldron Cler Cou
[See Vol. IV., p. 15. — Ed.]
[2-163]
Pro : of ) To the Goal Keeper of His Maj"'=^ Goal in Portsm" within
N. Hamp'' \ the Province afores"^ Greeting —
Benj^ Rust of Portsm° being Convened before His Hon"" The L^
Gov"" and Council to answer for a Vile and Scandalous abuse of them
as Such on or ab' y^ 16^'^ Instant as in y*^ Warr' is at large Exprest.
You are therefore hereby required in His Maj''^^ name Pursuant
to an ord"" of His Hon'' The Lieu* Gov"" & Council To receive y*" S^
Benj^ Rust into y^ S'^ Goal and him Safely keep and there detain til
Delivered by order of this board. Dated at y*^ Council board in
Portsm° y^ 24"' of Jan'^ 1727.8 annoq R'" R'^ Georg : Secund Primo
R Waldron Cler Cou
[2-165]
\_Co/>j' of Letter to Lie2itenant-Governor Dnmniey — Boundary-Line
Troubles — In Hamhvriting of RicJuird Waldron, 1728.]
Sir I rec'^ Yo""^ in relation to the process ag^' M"" Peasly which I laid
before His Maj'""^^ Council here who werre of Advice that forasmuch
as y^ affair of y*^ partition line of y*^ Two provinces is before His
Maj'^'' la Coun^ & y^ Determination thereof dayly Expected, and In
Complyance w"^ yo'' request The Same Should be Continued til Our
next Term, and It is done accordingly. I heartily Wish Yo"" Gen^
Assemy had not been so forw'' In Sending a band of armed men into
the bowels of this Goverm* to drive and hale our People w*'' force &
arms into yo'' Province w<^^ was y^ Ground of this pres' dispute. Indeed
I could hardly Think Such an unprecedendal proceeding could have
been Countenanced much less Commanded but I hope these will be
y^ last Complaints concerning that matter — As To y'= Settlem' of
Haverhil bounds upw'^ of 50 years agoe by y" Gen' Assem^ whereof
y*^ represen. of N H were a part, To Infer from these that an under
Sher : may Come Eleven miles on this Side Merrimack & Execute a
J4
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Warr* (from a Justice in Essex) because w^Mn y^ so settled bounds of
y^ Town is strange I Conceive It may be as well Argued that he may
come into Dover or portsm° their boundarys being determined for y^
bounds of Those Towns were Settled at or about y® Same time & by
y^ Same authority yo"" Gen^ Assem. when N-Hamp' rep. were a part
and Then Sir To what purpose is y^ Kings Commission for this
Province, but not to multiply words in an affair w* we may hourly
Expect to have Our Masters Royal resolution upon, I therefore onely
add that as I have Interposed in this matter at yo"" desire & y^ Case
is Continued, you will be pleased to favour me in y^ like request & for
y^ like reason & Cause a Stop to be put to a process now on foot ag^^
Some of Our people which is to be bro't forw'^ at yo"" next Court In
Essex and am
Sir Yo"" Very Obed' hum''^ Serv^
[No signature.]
[2-167]
Lt'sf of Gov. Bnrnctf s Jjistices, 1729.
Shadrach Walton
Richd Wibird
Henry Sherbon
John Plaisted
Sam^ Thing
Nath^ Sargent
James McKeen
Paul Gerrish
James Clarkson
Jabez Smith
George Jaffrey
John Frost
Rich"^ Waldron
James Davis
Maj. John Gillman
John Penhallow
Joshua Peirce
Paul Wentworth
Jonathan Sanborn
Thomas Westbrook
Jotham Odiorne
Peter Weare
Nicholas Gillman
Andrew Wiggin
Sam' Winkley
John Downing
Sam' Tibbits
Ebenezer Stevens
[2-169] \_Petitionfroin Sarah, Widoiv of Rev. N. Rogers, 1729.]
Province of ) To his Excellency William Burnet Esq'' Cap' Generall
New Hampsh'' \ & Commander in chief in & over S"^ Province &
to the Hon'^'^ the Council & Representatives now conven'd in Gen-
erall Assembly
The Petition of Sarah Rogers Relict widow & administratrix to the
Estate of the Rev'^ M"" Nath^ Rogers late of Portsm" in y^ Pro :
aforesaid deceas'd Sheweth
That y^ S*^ M"" Nath'' Rogers in the Spring & Fall of Sundry years
whilst Coll" Dudley was Governour of this Province did entertain the
S"^ Governour Dudley at his house during the respective Times of his
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 1 5
t:ontinuance in the Province at the Instance & request of the Gover-
ment amounting" in all to eleven Sessions of the Gen" Court — yet So
it is that neither the S'^ Nath" Rogers in his life time nor your Peti-
tioner Since his Decease have receiv'd any Satisfaction or Allowance
for the Same altho' allowances have been always usual in Such Cases
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that y"" Excellency & the
j^Qj^bie |-|-jg Councill & Representatives would be pleas'd to consider
her hard Case & make her such an Allowance as Shall to you Seem
most just & reasonable & your Petitioner Shall always pray &c —
Portsm° May 6"' 1729 Sarah Rogers
Read & ordered to lye for Consideration til y® next Session
In the house of Representatives X'' y^ 1 8^'' 1 729 Read & ordered to
lye for Consideration till the Spring Session, and that the Clerk of
the ass"' Endeavor in the mean time to get Information from the Late
Treas'' Penhallows accounts how Gov"" Dudley was Subsisted Dureing
his Goverm* — James JefTry CI"" ass'"
[In General Assembly, April 30, 1731, the foregoing claim was
"voted to be dismiss'd." — Ed.]
[2-170]
\Pctition of John and Tamson Tibbetts, relative to tzvo of tJieir Chil-
dren who zvere taken Prisoners by the Indians, 1729.]
To his Exel"*^ William Burnet Esq"" Cap* Gen" & Commander in Chief
in and over his Maj^'^* Province of New hampshire in New Eng-
land, & To the hon^'^ the Councill, & House of Representatives
Conven'd in Gen" Assembly —
The Humble Petition of John Tibbets, & Tamson Tibbets his wife
Most humbly Sheweth —
That your Petitioners hath been at a Verry great Expence besides
their Trouble & Travel in Going to Canada for the Redemption of
Two of the Children of yo"" Petitioner Tamsen Tibbets, (formerly
Tamsen Bam) That were taken Captives by the Indians in the late
Warr, and Sold to the French, And whereas your Petitioners Did
formerly Petition the hon'^^'^ the liu' Govornor Wentworth for a Brief :
And the Good People of this Province were so Kind that there was
given one hundred and Eleven Pounds, or very neare it : Yet so it is
That your Petitioners being verry Poore ; and there Remaines yet to
l3e paid for the Ransom of their Children the sum of two hundred
& fifty pounds this Money, which they are unable to pay. If they
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should sell all they have in the world, And therefore they Most hum-
bly Pray help and Relief : in the premises as yo"" Excellency &
honors in Wisdome shall see Most meet : (the accompt of our Charge
& Expence being Ready to be shown if Desired.) And your Peti-
tioners as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c —
aprill the 30^'' 1729
In the house of Representatives the above Petition Was Read :
and voted that it be Dismis'd May 2^ 1729 : — for that y^ Pef has had
a Brief* allready
& the accompt is verry Extravagant —
James Jeffrey CI'' ass''
[2-171] A Count of my Charges of a Jurny Canade
1727 April 30
£
S
D
To my Charg from home to albany ....
10
—
NE
To my Charg 6 Days at albeny of Thatt money
2
—
—
To my Whole Charg of Going ovr y^ Lake and mons
19
J7
—
To Shomble^ fort Confind 4 Days ....
I
—
To Pilets from Shombele to Canade
2
II
NE
To firridg ovr Laprare
00
10
—
To our Bording 2 months at 30 Livrs Each — Can-
edy money 120 Livers
10
00
—
To Bording 2 Children 21 D att a i Livr.
3
10
—
To Interpators 42 Livers .....
I
18
4
To Pasport 6 Livers
10
—
To Provisons for our Return 40 Livrs
3
6
8
To Clothing our Captives 30 Livrs ....
2
10
—
To Paid for Coming ovr the Lake 54 Livrs
4
10
—
To our Charg at albeny ......
2
4
—
To our Paseg to new york .....
2
10
—
To our Charg In New york
6
—
—
To our pasheg from york to Boston
4
—
NE
To our Charg at Boston
2
10
NE
To Ransom of our Two Children from The Indans
1270 Livres .......
105
10
—
£
179
12
0
* License to collect contributions for a specified purpose.
2. Chambley.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 1/
Prov^: of New ) M-- Jn° Tibbetts & his wife M« Tamson Tibbetts
Hampsh'' ) personaly appering made oath that Thay had ad-
vanced the Several Sums above mentioned, on there Jorny to Caniday
for the Redemption of Two of There Children as allso for the
Ransom of The Same
apr' 30 : 1729 — R Wibird Jus' p
[2-176]
\_Jo}iatJicxn Belcher s Commission as Governor of Neiu HampsJiirCy
Jannary 20, 1 730.]
George The Second By the Grace of God of Great Brittain France
& Ireland King, Defender of the Faith &c. — To our trusty &
welbeloved Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Greeting Know you that wee
reposing Especial Trust & confidence in the Prudence Courage &
Loyalty of you the Said Jonathan Belcher of our Especial Grace
certain knowledge and meer motion Have thought fit to constitute
and appoint and by these presents Do constitute and appoint you
The Said Jonathan Belcher To be our Governor & Commander in
Chief of our Province of New Hampshire within our Dominion of New
England in America During our will and Pleasure and Wee do hereby
Require & command you to do and Execute all things in due manner
that shall belong unto Your said command and the trust wee have
reposed in you according to the Several powers and Directions granted
or appointed you by this present commission and the Instructions &
authorities herewith given you or by Such Further Powers instruc-
tions and Authorities as shall at any time hereaff be granted or ap-
pointed you under our Signet and Sign Manual or by our order in our
Privy Council and according to Such reasonable Laws and Statutes
as are now in Force or hereafter shall be made and Agreed upon by
you with the advice and consent of our council and the Assembly of
our Said Province and Plantation under your Government in Such
manner & Form as is hereafter Expressed And our will & Pleasure is
that you the said Jonathan Belcher (after the Publication of these our
Letters Patents) do in the first Place take the oaths appointed To be
taken by an act passed in the first year of the Reign of our Late
Royal Father King George the first Entituled (an act for the Farther
Security of his Majestys person & Government and the Succession of
the crown in the heirs of the Late Princes .... Sophia being Pro-
testants and for Extinguishing the Hopes of the Pretended Prince of
Wales and his open and Secret Abettors) As also that you make and
Subscribe the Declaration mentioned in an act of Parliament made in
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the twenty Fifth year of the Reign of King Charles the Second En-
tituled (An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from
Popish Recusants) and Likewise That you take the usual Oath for
the due Execution of the office & trust of our Governor and com-
mander in chief in and over our Said Province of New Hampshire as
well with regard to the due and impartial administration of Justice as
otherwise And further that you Take the Oath required to be taken
by Governors of Plantations to do their utmost that the several Laws
Relating to trade and the plantations be observed which Said Oaths
& Declaration our Council in our Said Province or any three of the
Members thereof have hereby full Power and Authority and are
required To tender and administer unto you and in your absence unto
our Lieutenant Governor if there be any upon the place. All which
being duely performed you shall administer unto Each of the members
of our Said council as also to our Lieutenant Governor (if there be
any upon the Place) the Oaths appointed by the Said act Entituled
(An Act for the Farther Security of his Majesty s Person and Gov-
ernment and the Succession of the crown in the heirs of the Late
Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing The hopes
of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his Open & Secret Abettors)
as also to cause them to make & Subscribe the aforementioned declar-
ation And to administer to them the Oath for the due Execution of
their Places & trusts And wee do hereby give and grant unto you
full Power & authority to Suspend any of the members of our Said
council from Sitting Voting and Assisting therein if you Shall find
Just Cause for So doing And if it shall at any time happen That by
the Death Departure out of our Said Province Suspension of any of
our Said Councellors or otherwise there shall be a Vacancy in our Said
council (any three whereof wee do hereby aj^point to be a Quorum)
Our Will and Pleasure is that you Signify the same unto us by the
first Opportunity That We may under our Signet & Sign Manual
constitute & appoint others in their stead But that our affairs at that
Distance May not Suffer for want of a due Number of Councellors if
ever it shall happen that there be Less than Seven of them residing
in our Said Province Wee do hereby give and grant unto you the said
Jonathan Belcher full Power and Authority to choose as many Per-
sons out of the Principal free holders Lihabitants thereof as will make
up the full Number of our said Council to be Seven and no more,
which Persons so chosen & appointed by you shall be to all intents &
Purposes Councellors in our Said Province until Either they Shall be
confirmed by us or that by the Nomination of others by us under our
Sign Manual and Signet Our Said Council shall have Seven or more
Persons in it And We do hereby give & grant unto you full Power
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. I9
and Authority with the Advice and Consent of our Said Council from
Time to time and as need shall require to Summon and Call General
Assemblies of the Said Freeholders and Planters within your Gov-
ernm' in manner and Form according to y® Usage of our Province of
New Hampshire And our Will and Pleasure is that the Persons
thereupon duely P^lected by the Major Part of the Freeholders of the
Respective Counties and Places and So return'd shall before their Sit-
ting Take the Oaths appointed to be Taken by the said Act Entituled
(An Act for The Farther Security of his Majestys Person and Gov-
ernment and the Succession of the Crown in The heirs of the Late
Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing the hopes of
the pretended Prince of Wales and his Open & Secret abettors) as
also make and Subscribe the forementioned Declaration which Oaths
& Declaration you shall Commissionate fit Persons under our Seal of
New Hampshire to tender and administer unto them and until the
Same be so taken and Subscribed no Person shall be Capable of Set-
ting Though Elected. A.nd We do hereby Declare that the Persons so
Elected and qualified shall be called & Deemed the General Assembly
of that our Said Province and Plantation and that you the said Jona-
than Belcher with the Consent of our Said Council & Assembly or
the Major part of them Respectively shall have full Power and Au-
thority to make Constitute and ordain Laws Statutes and ordinances
for the Publick Peace welfare and good Government of Our Said
Province and of the People and inhabitants Thereof and Such others
as Shall resort thereto and for the benefit of us our heirs and Succes-
sors Which Said Laws Statutes and ordinances are not to be repug-
nant but as near as may be Agreeable to the Laws and Statutes of This
our Kingdom of Great Brittain Provided That all Such Statutes &
ordinances of what nature and duration Soever be within three months
or Sooner after the making Thereof transmitted unto us under our
Publick Seal of New Hampshire for our Approbation or disallowance
of the Same as also Duplicates thereof by the next Conveyance And
in Case all or any of the Said laws Statutes and ordinances not before
confirmed by us shall at any time be Disallowed and not approved and
so Signified by us our heirs or Successors under our or their Sign
Manual and Signet or by order of our or their Privy Council unto you
the Said Jonathan Belcher or to the Commander in chief of our Said
Province for the time being Then such and so many of the said Laws
Statutes and ordinances as shall be so Disallowed & not approved
shall from thenceforth Cease determine & become utterly void and of
none Effect any thing to The Contrary thereof notwithstanding And
To the End that nothing may be passed or Done by our said Council
or Assembly to the Prejudice of us our heirs & Successors Wee will
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and ordain That you the said Jonath" Belcher shall have and Enjoy a
Negative voice in the making and passing of all Laws Statutes and
ordinances as aforesaid and you shall and may Likewise from time To
time as you shall Judge it Necessary Adjourn Prorogue and disolve all
General assemblys as aforesaid And our Farther will and Pleasure is
that you shall and may keep and use The public Seal of our Province
of new Hampshire for Sealing all things Whatsoever that Pass the
Great Seal of our Said Province under your government And Wee Do
farther give and Grant unto you the said Jonathan Belcher full Power
and Authority from time to time and at any time hereafter by your
self or by any other To be Authorized by you in That behalf to admin-
ister and give the aforesaid Oaths appointed to be taken by the said
act Entituled (An Act for the Security of his Majestys Person and
Government and the Succession of the Crown in the heirs of the Late
Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing the Hopes
of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his open & Secret Abettors)
To all and every Such Person or persons as you shall Think Fit who
shall at any time or times pass into our said Province or shall be resi-
dent or abiding there And we do by these Presents give & Grant
unto you the said Jonathan Belcher full power and Authority with the
Advice and Consent of our Said Council to Erect Constitute and Es-
tablish Such & So many Courts of Judicature and Public Justice
within our said Province and Plantation as you and they shall think
fit & necessary for the hearing and determining of all Causes as well
criminal as Civil according To Law and Equity and for Awarding of
Execution thereupon with all reasonable and necessary Powers author-
ities Fees and Priviledges belonging thereunto ^ and also to appoint
and Commissionate fit Persons in the Several parts of your Govern-
ment to administer the Oaths appointed To be Taken by the afores"^
act Entitled (An Act for The further Security of his Majestys Person
and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the heirs of the
Late Princess Sophia Being Protestants and for Extinguishing the
hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his Open & Secret Abet-
tors) as also to tender and Administer the Aforesaid Declaration unto
such Persons belonging To the said Courts as shall be obliged to take
the Same And we do hereby Authorize & impower you to Constitute
and Appoint Judges and in cases Requisite Commissioners of Oyer
& Terminer Justices of the Peace and other Necessar}^ officers and
Ministers in our Said Province for the better Administration of Justice
and putting the Laws in Execution And To Administer or Cause to
be Administred unto Them such Oath or Oaths as are usually given
for The Due Execution & Performance of Offices and places And for
the clearing of truth in Judicial Causes And Wee do hereby give and
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 21
Grant unto you full Power and Authority where you shall see Cause or
shall Judge any offender or Offenders in Criminal matters or for any
Fines or Forfeitures due unto us fit Objects of our Mercy To pardon
all Such Offenders and to remit all such Fines and Forfeitures (Trea-
son & wilful Murder only Excepted) In which Cases you shall Like-
wise have power upon Extraordinary Occasions To Grant reprieves
to the offenders until and to the intent our Royal Pleasure may be
known therein And Wee Do by these Presents Authorize and
impower you to collate any Person or persons to any Churches Chap-
pels or other Ecclesiastical Benifices within our said Province as often
as any of them shall happen to be void. And Wee Do hereby give
and grant unto you the Said Jonathan Belcher by your self or by your
Captains and Commanders by you to be Authorized full power and
Authority to Levy arm Muster Command & Employ all persons what-
soever residing within our Said Province and Plantation and as occa-
sion Shall serve To March from one Place to another or to Embark
them for the resisting and withstanding of all Enemies Pirates and
Rebels both at Land and sea and to transport such P'orces to any of
our Plantations in America If Necessity shall require for the Defence
of the Same Against the Invasion or attempts of any of our Enemies
and Such Enemies Pirates and rebels (if there shall be occasion) to
Pursue and Prosecute in or out of the Limits of our Said Province
and Plantations or any of them and (if it shall Please God) them to
vanquish apprehend and take and being taken According To Law to
put to Death or keep & preserve alive at your Discretion and to Exe-
cute Martial Law in time of invasion or other times when by Law it
may be Executed And to do and Execute all and every other thing
and Things which to our Governor & Commander in Chief doth or
ought of right to belong And Wee Do hereby Give and grant unto
you full power and Authority by and with the Advice and Consent of
our Said Council of New Hampshire to Erect raise and build in our
said Province and Plantations Such and so many Forts & Platforms
Castles Citys Boroughs Towns and Fortifications as you by the advice
afores"^ shall Judge necessary and the same or any of them to Fortifie
and Furnish with Ordinance ammunition and all sorts of arms Fit and
necessary for the Security and Defence of our Said Province And by
the Advice afores'^ the same Again or any of them to Demolish and
dismantle as may be most Convenient And Forasmuch as Divers
Mutinies and Disorders may happen by Persons Shipped and Em-
ployed at sea during the Time of war and to the End that such Per-
sons as shall be shipped and Employed at Sea During the time of
War may be the better Governed and ordered Wee do hereby Give
and Grant unto you the Said Jonath" Belcher our Governor and com-
22 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
mander in chief Full Power and Authority to Constitute and appoint
Captains Lieutenants Masters of ships and other Commanders
and Officers and to Grant to such Captains Lieutenants Masters
of Ships and other Commanders and Officers Commissions
To Execute the Law Martial according to the Directions of
an Act Passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of
King Charles the Second Entituled An Act for the Establishing
articles and Orders for the regulating & better Government of his
Majestys Navys ships of war and Forces by Sea During the Time of
War And to use such Proceedings Authorities Punishments Correc-
tions Executions upon any Offender or offenders which shall be
mutinous Seditious disorderly or any way unruly Either at sea during
the time of their abode or Residence in any of the Ports Harbours or
Bays of our said Province or Territories as the Cause shall be found
to require According to Martial Law and the said Directions Dur-
ing the time of war as aforesaid Provided That Nothing herein Con-
tained shall be Construed To the Enabling you or any by your
Authority To hold Plea or have Jurisdiction of any offence Cause
Matter or thing committed or Done upon The High sea or within any
of the Havens Rivers or Creeks of our Said Province or Territories
under your Government by any Captain Commander Lieutenant Mas-
ter Officer Seaman Soldier or other Person Whatsoever who shall be
in actual service or Pay in or on Board any of our ships of war or
other Vessels acting by immediate Commission or Warrant from our
Commissioners for Executing the Office of our high Admiral or from
our High Admiral of Great Brittain for the Time Being under the
Seal of our Admiralty But That such Captain Commander Lieutenant
Master officer seaman Soldier or any oth'' Person so offending shall be
Left to be proceeded against And tried as the Merrits of their offences
shall require Either by Commission under our great seal of Great
Brittain as the Statute of the Twenty Eighth of King Henry the
Eighth Directs or by Commission from our Said commissioners for
Executing the office of our High Admiral or From our high Admiral
of Great Brittain for the time Being according to the fore mentioned
Act Entituled An Act for the Establishing Articles and orders
for the regulating and better Government of his Majesties Navies and
ships of war and Forces by Sea and not otherwise Provided also That
all Disorders and misdemeanours committed on shoar by any Captain
Commander Lieutenant Master Officer Seaman Soldier or other Per-
son Whatsoever belonging to any of our ships of War or other Vessels
Acting by immediate Commission or Warrant from our said Commis-
sioners for Executing the office of our High Admiral or from our
Hicfh Admiral of Great Brittain for the Time Being under the seal of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 23
our Admiralty may be tried and Punislied a'cording To the Laws of
the Place where any such Disorders Offences & Misdemeanours shall
be so committed on shoar notwithstanding such offender be in our
Actual Service and born in our Pay on Board such our ships of war
or other Vessels Acting by immediate Commission or Warrant from
our said Commissioners for Executing the Office of our high Admiral
or from our High Admiral as aforesaid so as he shall not receive any
Protection for the avoiding of Justice for such offences Committed
on shoar from any Pretence of his Being imployed in our Service at
sea And our Further will and Pleasure is That all Public Monies
raised or to be raised within our said Province be issued out by warr'
From you by and with the Advice and Consent of our Council and
disposed of by you for the support of The Government and not oth-
erwise And we do Hereby Likewise give and Grant unto you full
Power and Authority by and with the Advice of our Said Council To
agree with the inhabitants of our Said Province for such Lands Tene-
ments and Hereditaments as now are or hereafter shall be in our Power
to Dispose of And them to Grant to any Person or Persons for such
Terms and under such Moderate Quit Rents services and Acknowledg-
ments to be thereupon reserved unto us as you by and with the advice
aforesaid shall think fit which said Grants are to pass and be Sealed
by our Seal of New Hampsh"" and being Entred upon record by Such
Officer or Officers as you shall appoint thereunto shall be Good and
Effectual in Law against Us our heirs and Successors And Wee do
hereby give you Full power to order & appoint Fairs Marts and Mar-
kets within our said Province as you with the Advice of our said
Council shall think fitt and to order and Appoint such and so many'
Ports Harbours Bays Havens and other Places for The Convenience
& Security of shipping and for the Better Loading and Unloading of
Goods and Merchandizes in such and so many Places as by you with
the advice and consent of our said Council shall be Thought Fit and
Convenient and in them or any of them To Erect nominate and ap-
point Custom Houses Warehouses and offices relating thereunto and
them to alter change Place or Displace from time To time as with the
advice aforesaid shall be thought fit And farther our Will and Pleas-
ure is that you shall not at any Time hereafter by Colour of any Power
or Authority granted or mentioned to be Granted take upon you to
give grant or Dispose of any office or Place within our said province
which now is or hereafter shall be granted under the Great Seal of
Great Brittain any Further than that you may upon the vacancy of.
any such office or Suspension of any officer by you put in any Person
to officiate in the interval until the said place be Disposed of by us or
our heirs or Successors under the Great seal of Great Brittain or That
24 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
our Directions be otherwise Given Therein. And we Do hereby
require and Command all officers and Ministers Civil and Military and
all other Inhabitants of our said Province To be obedient Aiding
and Assisting unto you the said Jonathan Belcher in the Execution
of this our Commission and of the Powers and Authorities Herein
contained and in Case of your Death or absence out of our said Prov-
ince unto Such Person as shall be appointed by us to be our Lieuten-
ant Governor or Commander in chief of our said Province To Whom
Wee Do therefore by These Presents Give and Grant all and Singu-
lar the Powers and Authorities aforesaid to be Executed and Enjoyed
by him During our Pleasure or until your return to our said Province
And if upon your death or absence out of our said Province of New
Hampshire there be no Person upon the place Commissionated or
appointed by us to be our Lieutenant Governor or Commander in
Chief of our said Province Our Will and Pleasure is that The Eldest
Councellor whose name is first Placed in our said Instructions to you
and who shall be at the time of your Death or Absence residing within
our said Province shall take upon him the Administration of the Gov-
ernment and Execute our said Commission and Instructions and the
Several Powers and Authorities therein Contained in the same man-
ner and to all intents & Purposes as other our Governor and Com-
mander in Chief should or ought to Do in Case of your absence until
your return or in all Cases until our Farther Pleasure be known
therein. In Witness whereof wee have Caused these our Letters To
be Made Patents Witness our Self at Westminster the Eight and
twentieth Day of January in the third Year of our Reign.
By writ of Privy Seal
Bisse and Bray.
True Copy.
Rich"^ Waldron Cler : Cou.
[2-184] \Tenth Instruction to Governor Belcher?^
10 — You are to Signify Our pleasure unto the Members of Our Said
Council that if any of them Shall hereafter absent themselves from
our Said Province and Continue absent above the Space of twelve
months together without leave from you or from the Commander in
Chief of the Said Province for the Time being, first obtained under
your or his hand and seal ; or Shall remain absent for the space of
two years successively w^^out our leave given them under our royal
Signature their place or places in Our Said Council Shall immediately
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 2$
thereupon become void, and that We will forthwith appoint others in
their Stead —
Copy of the lo"' Instruction from His Majesty to His Excellency
Gov'' Belcher Taken from the original body of Instructions
^ Rich'i Waldron Sec-^
[2-185] {^NijictccntJi Instruction. J
His Majtys 19^'^ Instruction in respect to Paper money —
It is therefore his Majtys Will & Pleasure That you do not give
your assent to, or Pass any Act in the Province of New Hampshire
under your Government whereby bills of Cred' may be Struck, or
Issued in Lieu of money, without a Clause be Inserted in Such Act
declaring that the Same Shall not take Effect until the s"* Act Shall
be approved & Confirmed by his Maj'^ his heirs or Successors Except
only for the Annual Support & Service of the Goverment Exceeding
Six Thousand pounds in Such Paper bills & you are to take Especial
Care that no more than Six thousand pounds of Such Bills be ever
Current at one & the Same Time
— Copy —
[2-186] 22^ Ijistruction —
Whereas Acts have been pass'd in some of Our Plantations in
America for Striking bills of Credit and Issuing out the Same in
Lieu of money in order to discharge their Publick Debts, and for
other Purposes, from whence Several inconveniencys have arisen It
is therefore Our Will and pleasure, that you do not give your Assent
to or Pass any Act in our Province of New-Hampshire under your
Government whereby Bills of Credit may be Struck or Issued in lieu
of mony, without a Clause be inserted in Such Act declaring that
the Same Shall not take Effect, until the Said Act shall be approved
and Confirmed by us Our heirs or Successors, Except only for the
annual Support and Service of Our Goverm' not Exceeding Six thou-
sand pounds. In Such paper bills, and this Permission to continue
onely until our further Pleasure Shall be known thereupon. And you
are to take especial care that no more than Six thousand pounds of
Such bills be ever Current at one and the Same time
True Copy ^ Rich"^ Waldron Secretary
26 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[2-188] 23 Instruction —
And whereas we are Informed that Several Bills of Credit, are
already Issued and Standing out upon the foot of certain Acts here-
tofore pass'd for that purpose, whereby particular funds are provided,
for the calling in and Sinking them. You are hereby especially
directed to take care, that the Said Bills be called in and Sunk
according to the Periods and provisions of the respective Acts by
which they were Issued
True Copy of His Majestys twenty third Instruction to His Excel-
lency Gov'' Belcher Compared with the original
19 Richd Waldron Cler. Cou
[2-190] His Majesties 24^'^ Instruction
" You are allso to take care, that no private Act, whereby the
property of private persons may be affected, be passed, in which there
is not a Saveing, of the Right of His Majesty, his heirs & Succes-
sors, all bodies Pollitic & Corporate, and of all other persons Except
Such as are mentioned in the Said Act, and those claiming by from
& under them. And further you shall take care that no Such private
Act be passed without a Clause, Suspending the Execution thereof,
until the Same shall have received His Majestys Royall approbation,
it is likewise His Majestys Will and Pleasure, that you do not give
your assent to any private Act, until prooff be made before you in
Council {& entered in the Council books) that public Notification was
made of the partys intention to apply for Such Act, in the Several
parish Churches where the premises in question lie : for three Sun-
days at least Successively, before any Such Act shall be brought into
the assembly, and that a Certificate under your hand be transmitted
with, & annexed to every Such private Act, Signifying that the Same
has passed through all the forms abovementioned "
Examined
Theodore Atkinson Secy
The first Clause in His Majestys 14"' Instructions —
" You are to observe in the passing of all laws, that the Style of
enacting the Same be by the Governor, Council, & assembly"
Theodore Atkinson Secy
MISCELLANEOUS PROVI^XIAL PAPERS. 2/
[2-192] 2f^ Instruction
And We do hereby particularly require and Enjoy n you upon pain
of our highest displeasure to take care that fair books of accounts of
all receipts and payments of all publick moneys be duely kept and the
truth thereof attested upon oath ; and that the said books be trans-
mitted every half year or oftener to our Commissioners of our Treasury
or to Our high Treasurer for the time being, and to Our Commission""^
for Trade and plantations, and Duplicates thereof by the next Con-
veyance in which books Shall be Specified every particular Sum rais'd
or disposed of together with the names of the Persons to whom any
payments Shall be made, to the end we may be satisfyed of the right
& due application of the revenue of Our Said Province w"^ the Proba-
bility of the Increase or diminution of it under Every head or article
thereof
True Copy
Rich<^ Waldron Sec"^
[2-193] 29 histriiction
And our further Will and Pleasure is, That in Every Act which
Shall be transmitted, the Several dates or respective times when the
Same pass'd the Assembly The Council and received your Assent, be
particularly Express'd and you are to be as Explicit as may be in your
observations (To be sent to Our Commissioners for trade and planta-
tions) upon every Act that is to Say, whether the Same is Introduc-
tive of a new law, declaratory of a former law, or does repeal a law
then before in being — and you are likewise to Send to Our Said
Commission""^ the reasons for the Passing of Such laws unless the
same do fully appear in the Preamble of the Said Act
True Copy
Rich'' Waldron Secretary
[2-194] 30''" Instruction
You are to require the Secretary of Our Said Province or his
Deputy for the time being to furnish you w''" Transcripts of all Such
Acts and Publick orders as Shall be made from time to time together
with a Copy of y'' Journal of the Council, and that all such transcripts
and Copys be fairly abstracted in the Margins to the end the same
may be transmitted to us and to Our Commissioners for trade and
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plantations as above directed which he is duely to perform upon pain
of Incurring the forfeiture of his place
True Copy
Rich"^ Waldron Secretary
[2 — 195] 31 Instniction
And you are also to require from the Clerk of the Assembly or
other proper officer Transcripts of all Journals and other Proceedings
of the Said Assembly fairly abstracted in the Margin's To The end
the Same may in like Manner be transmitted as aforesaid —
True Copy
Examin'd "^ Rich"^ Waldron Secretary
[2-196]
G R 36 Tnstructioji To His Exccll'^^ Gov'' Belcher
Loc Sig And whereas We are willing in the best manner to provide
for the Support of y'' Goverm^ of our Said Province by Set-
ting apart a sufficient allowance to Such as Shall be Our Governor L*
Gov"" Comand'' In Chief or President of our Councill, residing for
y^ time being within the Same, Our Will and pleasure therefore is
that when It shall happen that you Shall be absent from Our Said
Provinces of< the Mass'' Bay and New-Hamp"' of which We have
appointed you Governor, Our full moiety of the Salary and of all per-
quisites and Emoluments whatsoever, which would otherwise become
due unto you Shall during the time of your absence from our said
Province be paid and Satisfyed unto Such Governor L* Gov'' Com-
mand'' in Chief or President of Our Council who Shall be resident
upon the place for y^ time being which We do hereby order and allot
unto them towards his maintenance and for the better Support of the
dignity of that Our Goverment Provided nevertheless, and It is our
intent and meaning that whenever you Shall think it necessary for
our Service to go into Our Colony of Rhode-Island to view and reg-
ulate y'^ Militia whereof We have appointed you our Cap" Gen^ &
Comand'' In Chief or whenever we Shall think fit to require you by
our Especial order to repair to any other of our Goverm** on y^ Conti-
nent of America for our particular Service that then and in Such
Case you Shall receive yo'' full Salary perquisites & Emolum'^ as if
you were then Actually residing w*''in our Province of y^ Mass^ Bay &
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 29
N-Hamp"" or Either of them, any thing in these our Instructions
to y*^ Contrary in any wise notwithstanding
True Copy
R Waldron Sec'-y
[2-198] \Forty-sccond Instnictioii.'\
42. And to prevent arbitrary removals of Judges & Justices of the
peace you shall not express Any limitation of time in the Commis-
sions which you are to grant with the advice & Consent of our Said
Council to fit persons for those imployments Nor shall you execute
yourself or by Deputy any of y'^ said offices nor suffer any "^son to
execute more offices than one by Deputy
[2-199] 44 Instruction —
You are to Transmit unto Us and To Our Commissioners for Trade
and Plantations, with all Convenient Speed a particular Account of
all Establishm^s of Jurisdictions Courts offices and officers Powers
authoritys fees and Privileges granted or Settled within Our said
Province together with a List of all the Officers employ'd therein,
and an Account of all publick Charges relating to the said Courts, to
the end you may receive Our further directions therein, and you are
likewise to Transmit Exact and Authentic Copys of all proceedings
in Such Causes where Appeals Shall be lodg'd before us in Our
Council —
True Copy
Examin'd ^# Rich^ Waldron Sec-^^
[2-200] 5 1 Instruction —
G R
Loc And our Will and Pleasure is that appeals be permitted to
Sig be made in Cases of Errors from the Courts in our said
Province of New-Hampshire, unto you and the Council there,
and in your absence from our Said Province to Our Commander in
Chief for the time being, and our Said Council in civil causes, wherein
such of our said Council as shall be at that time Judges of the Court
30 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
from whence Such appeal shall be made to you our Governour and
Council or to the Commander in Chief for the time being & Council as
aforesaid, Shall not be admitted to Vote upon the Said Appeal ; But
they may nevertheless be Present at the hearing thereof, to give the
reasons of the Judgment given by them in the Cause wherein Such
Appeal Shall be made. — Provided nevertheless that in all Such ap-
peals the Sum or Value appeal'd for exceed fifty pounds Sterling,
and that security be first duely given by the Appellant to answer
such Charges as shall be awarded in Case y^ first Sentence be affirm'd
True Copy from the original Body of Instructions To His Excel-
lency Gov"" Belcher Examin'd May 17 1732
19 R Waldron Sec-^
[2-201] 52 lustnu'tioti
And if either part shall not rest satisfyed with the Judgment of
you or the Commander in Chief for the time being and Council as
aforesaid ; Our Will and Pleasure is that they may then Appeal unto
us in Our Privy Council ; Provided the sum or value so appealed for
unto Us do exceed Two hundred pounds sterling ; and that such Ap-
peal be made within fourteen days — after sentence ; and that good
security be given by the Appellant that he will effectually prosecute
the same and answer the condemnation As also pay such costs and
damages as shall be awarded by us in case the sentence of You or the
Commander in Chief for the time being and Council be affirmed and it
is our further will and Pleasure that in all cases where by Your Instruc-
tions you are to admit of appeals to Us in our Privy Council Execu-
tion be suspended until the final Determination of such appeals unless
good and sufficient security be given by the Appellee to make ample
restitution of all that the appellant shall have lost by means of such
Judgment or Decree in Case upon the Determination of such Appeal
such Judgment or Decree shall be reversed and restitution awarded
to the Appellant
[2-203] \Fifty-sixtJi Instruction?^
George R
Locus 56. And whereas the Surveyors General of our Customs in
Sigilli the Plantations are impowered in Case of the Vacant of any
of our Officers of the Customs, by Death Removal, Or oth-
erwise to appoint other Persons to Execute Such offices, Untill They
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 31
Receive Further Directions from our Commissioners of our Treasury
Or Our High Treasurer, or Commissioners of our Customs for the
Time Being, but in Regard the Districts of the S'' Surveyors General
are very Extensive, and that they are Requir'd att proper Times To
visit the officers in the Several Governm'^ under their Inspection, and
that it may Happen, that Some of our Officers of the Customs in
the Province of New Hampshire, may Dye att the Time the Surveyor
General is Absent in Some Distant Part of his District, So that he
Cannot Receive Advice of Such Officers Death, within a Reasonable
Time, and thereby make Provision for Carrying on the Service by
Appointing Some other person in the Room of Such officer who may
Happen to Die. Therefore that there maybe no Delay Given on Such
Occasion, To the Merchants in their Dispatches or Masters of Ships,
It is Our Further will and Pleasure, in Case of Such Absence of y^
Survey"" General, or if he should happen to Die, and in Such Cases
only That upon the Death of any of our Collectors of Customs within
that Province, You Shall make Choice of a Person of Known Loyalty,
Experience, Dilligence, and Fidelity, to be Employd in Such Collec-
tors Room For the Purposes Afors"^ Untill The Surveyor General of
our Customs Shall be Advised thereof, and Appoint Another to Suc-
ceed in Their Places, Or that Further Directions shall be given
therein, By Our Commissioners of Our Treasury Or by Our High
Treasurer, or by the Commissioners Of Our Customs For the Time
Being which shall be first Signify'd, Taking Care that you Do not
under Pretence of this Instruction, Interfere with the Powers and
Authorities given by the Commissioners of our Customs to The Said
Surveyor General, when he is able to Put The Same in Execution —
A True Copy taken from the body of the Kings instructions to
Jona Belcher Escf Governour of New Hampshire —
July 12: 1731 — J Belcher
[2-204] 7Z Instruction
You shall take an Inventory of all Such Arms ammunition and
Stores as are remaining in any of our Magazines or Garrisons in our
Said Province of New Hampshire, and transmit the Same to Us, and
To Our Comissioners for trade and Plantations, with all Convenient
Speed and the like Inventory afterwards half yearly, and also a Du-
plicate thereof to Our Master General or Principal officers of our
Ordinance which Accounts are to Express the Particulars of Ordi-
nance Carriages balls powder and all other Sorts of Arms and am-
munition in our Public Stores at your Said arrival and so, from time
32 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
to time, of what Shall be sent to you or bought with the public mony,
and to Specify the time of disposal and the occasion thereof
True Copy
Examin'd '^ Rich*^ Waldron Secretary
[3-1] \_Proclaviatio7i concerning- the King's Woods, 1730.]
[Copied from the Original.]
By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Captain General & Gov-
ernour in Chief in and over His Maj'ties Province of New Hamp-
shire in New England —
A Proclamation to prevent the Destruction or Spoil of His Majesties
Woods. —
Forasmuch as the Preservation of His Majesties Woods within this
and the neighbouring Provinces is highly necessary for furnishing the
Royal Navy, and divers Acts of Parliament have been accordingly
from time to time made & pass'd for that end ; notwithstanding which
and the care of this Governm^ to prevent & punish the Destruction
and spoil of His Majesties Woods, many evil minded Persons have
broke thro' the restraints of the Law in that behalf ; and have for
their own private gain made great wast of such trees as might be fit
for His Majesties service But Inasmuch as it may be presumed that
some Persons have Trespassed on His Majesties Woods thro Ignor-
ance, and not being duly apprized of the Laws in that case made &
provided ; and more especially of two Acts of Parliament, the one
made in the eighth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the first ; and the other in the second year of His present
Majesty's reign ; In the first of which entitled an act giving further
encouragem' for the Importation of Naval Stores, and for other pur-
poses therein mentioned It is Enacted " That from and after the
Twenty first day of September one thousand seven hundred & twenty
two, no Person or Persons within the Colonys or plantations of
Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, the Massachusetts Bay & Province of
Mayne, Rhode Island, & Providence Plantations, the Narraganset
Countrey, or Kings province, and Connecticut in New England Sr New
York & New Jersey in America, or within any of them do or shall
presume to cut, fell or destroy any white pine trees, not growing
within any Township or the bounds, lines, or limits thereof in any of
the s'^ Colonies or plantations without His Majesties Royal Lycense
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 33
for SO doing, first had & obtained ; on pain that every Person so cut-
ting- felling and destroying such pine Trees, or who shall be aiding and
assisting therein, or in drawing away such pine trees after the same
shall have bin cut, felled or destroyed, shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay the severall and respective sums following that is to
say. For every white pine Tree of the growth of twelve inches Diam-
eter, & under, at three feet from the Earth, the sum of five pounds,
for every such tree from twelve inches, to eighteen inches diameter
the sum of Ten pounds, for every such tree from eighteen inches to
four and twenty inches diameter the sum of twenty pounds, and for
every such tree from four & twenty inches diameter & upwards the
sum of fifty pounds ; which several penalties & forfeitures shall &
may be sued for within six months after the offence committed by
plaint or Information upon the oath of one, or more credible Witness
or Witnesses before the Judge of the Admiralty or his Deputy,
within the Colony or plantation where such pine tree shall be cut,
felled or destroyed, one moyety of such penalties & forfeitures to be
to His Majesty, his heirs & successors; the other moyety to the
Informer, who shall sue for the same ; and in case any Dispute shall
arise whether such tree, when cut, felled or destroyed was growing
within any Township, or the bounds, lines or limits thereof as afore-
said the proof shall lye upon the owner ; and on Conviction of such
offender for such offence as aforesaid if he shall refuse or neglect
to pay the penalty & forfeiture thereby Incurred by the space of
twenty days after such conviction ; That then such Judge or his
Deputy shall & may by Warrant under his hand & seal, cause the
same to be levied by distress and sale of the Goods of the offender, ren-
dering the overpluss (if any be) to the owner ; and when no sufficient
distress can be found such Judge or Deputy shall commit the offend-
ers to Prison >vithin the Colony or Plantation where such offence
shall be committed, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize during
such time as such Judge or Deputy shall appoint, not exceeding
twelve months, nor less than three months ; or until such offender
shall pay the penalty or sum of money so recovered and after such
payment made shall likewise find sufficient security for his good be-
haviour during the space of three years, to be accounted from the
time of such Conviction ; and it is hereby Declared, That all white
pine trees Masts or Loggs made from such trees, which from and
after the s'^ one & twentyeth day of September one thousand seven
hundred and twenty two, shall be found cut or felled without such
Lycense as afores'^ in any of His Majesties sd Colonies or plantations
shall be forfeited and seized for the use of His Majesty, His Heirs
and Successors, any former Law, usage or custom to the Contrary
notwithstandinof " —
34 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLA.L PAPERS.
And in the other act of Parliament, which was pass'd in the second
year of His present Majesties Reign Entitled an act for the better
preservation of His Majesties Woods in America, and for the En-
couragement of the Importation of Naval Stores from thence & to
Encourage the Importation of Masts Yards & Bowsprits from that
part of Great Britain called Scotland, among other things are con-
tained the followmg paragraphs viz —
"Whereas by an act pass'd in the eighth year of His late Majesties
Reign Entitled an act, giving further Encouragement for the Impor-
tation of Naval Stores, and for other purposes therein mentioned It
is Enacted, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, within any of His
Majesties Colonies [Then follows a repetition of a portion of the
foregoing.]
And whereas since the passing the said act, great Tracts of Land,
where trees fit for masting grow, have been, in order to evade the
provisions of the s'^ act erected into Townships ; now for the better
preservation of white pine trees in his Majesties s'^ Colonies for
masting His Royal Navy
Be it Enacted by the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the advice & consent of the Lords Spiritual & Temporal & Commons,
in this present Parliament assembled & by the authority of the same ;
That from & after the twenty ninth day of September next, no
Person or persons within the sd Colonies of [Same as the foregoing]
or within any of them, or in any other Province or Country in Amer-
ica, that now belongs, or hereafter shall belong to the Crown of Great
Britain, do or shall presume to cut, fell or destroy any white pine
trees, except only such as are the property of private persons ; not-
withstanding the sd trees do grow within the limits of any Township
laid out, or to be laid out hereafter in any of the said Colonies or
plantations — without His Majesties Royal Lycense for so doing first
had and obtained, — And whereas their late Majestys King William
& Queen Mary for the better providing & furnishing Masts for the
Royal Navy, in and by their Charter dated at Westminster the seventh
day of October in the third year of their Reign Granted to the Prov-
ince of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in America, Did
reserv^e to themselves their heirs & successors all Trees of the Diam-
eter of twenty four inches & upwards at twelve inches from the
ground growing upon any soil or Tract of Land within the sd Prov-
ince or Territory, not then before granted to any private Person : In
order therefore to make the sd Reservation more effectual Be it fur-
ther Enacted by the Authority aforesd That no Person or Persons
whatsoever within the sd Province of the Massachusetts Bay or New
England do or shall presume to cut or destroy any white pine trees of
the Diameter of twenty four inches, or upwards at twelve inches from
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CLVL PAPERS. 35
the ground, not growing within some soil or Tract of Land within
the sd Province granted to some private person or Persons before the
seventh day of October which was in the year 1690 without His Maj-
esties Lycense first had and obtained ; And every Person so cutting
feUing or destroying such white pine trees, not being the property of
private Persons in any of the Colonies abovementioned, and likewise
every Person cutting or destroying any white pine trees of the Diam-
eter of twenty four inches & upward at twelve inches from the Ground,
growing on any Tract of Land in the Province of New England or
Massachusetts Bay not granted to some private person or persons
before the seventh day of October 1690 ; or who shall be aiding or
assisting therein, or in drawing away the sd pine trees after the same
shall have bin so cut or felled, shall be subject to such and like for-
feitures, & penalties respectively, as are jorovided in the aforesd act
of the eighth year of His late Majesties Reign for & against such
Persons as fell cut or destroy any pine trees, not being or growing in
any Townships within any of the sd plantations ; the sd forfeitures
to be Recovered and applied in the same manner, as in the sd act is
particularly set forth and Enacted" —
I have thought fit by the advice of His Majesties Council of the
said Province, to Publish the paragraphs of the Acts of Parliament
above recited which Concern His Majesties Subjects in this Province
hereby requiring them strictly to conform themselves to the sd Acts
of Parliament, and to observe the several restrictions and Injunctions
contained therein ; and forbidding all Persons whatsoever, upon pain
of incurring the penalties therein provided, to cut fell destroy or carry
away any trees whatsoever that are in the afore recited Statutes, or
otherwise by Law reserved for His Majesties use — And all Justices
of the Peace, Sheriffs, Constables, and other officers are hereby Com-
manded, as they tender their duty to His Majesty to see to the due
Execution of the sd Laws according to the Duty of their respective
ofifices as also to be aiding and assisting to the Surveyor General of
His Majesties Woods, or to His Deputy or Deputies in the said office
for the seizing and securing all such trees as shall be cut contrary to
Law, and for the apprehending and prosecuting such persons, as shall
presume to Transgress the said Acts of Parliament, and all other
acts referring to the preservation of His Majesties Woods.
Dated this thirtieth day of October 1730 In the fourth year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of
God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the
Faith &c. " J. Belcher —
By His Excellencys Command with the advice of the Council.
Rich'' Waldron Cler. Cou.
God Save the King —
36 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-2] \Memorial from Deacons of Bostoji Churches, 1730.]
To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq'' Captain General and Gov-
ernor in Cheif in and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire in New England — The Hon^^^ His Majestys Council and the
Hon'^''^ House of Representatives of the said Province In General
Court assembled Novemb"' 19 : — 1730 —
The Memorial of the Deacons of the severall Churches within the
Town of Boston in the Massachusetts Province —
In most humble wise Sheweth — That your Memorialists have for
some time past received in their respective Church Boxes the free
contribution of the People a number of torn and broken Bills of
Credit on the province of New Hampshire and no Person being here
appointed by your Excellency and Honours for the exchanging
thereof so that the respective Churches in Boston labour under great
inconvenience for want of the improvement of the said Bills And as
the want of a person for the exchange of such torn and useless Bills dos
discourage and in some measure impead the support of the Gospell
among us And has a tendency to lessen the credit of the said Bills
on the said Province of New Hampshire —
And your memorialists therefore most humbly pray your Excellency
and Honours would be pleased to take the premises into your serious
consideration and pursue such measures for our Relief therein as in
your great wisdom and Justice you shall see meet. — And your
memo^^ as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c —
Jon^ Williams ) Deacons on behalf & at the Desire of all other the
Dan^ Henchman \ Deacons of the respective Churches in Boston —
[In General Assembly, November 26, 1730, " Read and laid aside."
— Ed.]
[3-3] {Petition from Military Officers, 1730.]
To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Governour and Com-
mander in Gheif in and over his Majesties Province of New Hamp""
to the Honourable the Councill and Representatives in gen' Assem-
bly convened — The Petition of sundry the Military officers in the
Province of New Hamp"" Humbly Sheweth — That by one Act of this
his Majesties Province of New Hamp'' entitled an act for the Regu-
lating of the Militia the Preamble of which runs in the following
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 37
words, vizt. Whereas for the Honour and service of his Majesty and
for the service of tliis his Province against any violence or Invasion
whatever, it is necessary that due care be taken that the Inhabitants
thereof be armed trained and in a sutable posture and readiness for
the ends afores^ : and that every person may know his duty and be
obliged to perform the same — It is hereby enacted, That all male
persons from sixteen years of age to sixty shall bear arms and duly
attend all military exercises and musters of the Troops and Compa-
nies where they are listed and belong — and by the afores'^ Act there is
a Penalty of Five Shillings and no more laid upon such as are delin-
quents of their duty according to that Law, which sum is by experi-
ence found not to be sufficient to answer the end, since the value of
money is so very much depreciated and the good design of the Law
is frustrated which evil, your Petitioners apprehend might be remedied
by increasing of the fine upon delinquents.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Plxcellency and
the Honourable assembly will please to pass an Act for the increas-
ing of the fine upon such Delinquents, to such a sum as in your
wisdome you shall think fit — and your Petitioners shall ever pray as
in duty bound &c.
21, November, 1730.
Co' Peter Weare Maj'' Jos : Sherburn
Cap^ Step" Greenleaf Cap^ Nath' Mendum
Cap* Joseph Tilton Cap' Jona^" Marston
Cap* Benj. Pearkins Cap' Sam' Banfell
Jona Sanborn
[3-4] IDavid Dunbar to a Deputy Surveyor^ 1/30.]
Fredericks fort Nov"" 25''' 1730
S"" L''pon y'^ Recommendation of Gov"" Wentworth I last year gave
you a deputation to take care of y^ woodes Since which M"" Waldo
has complained of me in Enland for giving so great a liberty to y^
country people for Logging. That y*^ undertakers for y® mast Con-
tracts had much Difficulty in getting trees fitt for y« Kings service.
Whereupon I have reed an order to recall y Liberty I then gave &
not to suffer any trees to be cut for the future but such as grow
upon Antient private property. I have upon receipt of y* order
published y^ advertizment which I send you hear inclosed and which
I suppose you had before from M"" Slade from Piscatua what makes
38 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
me send these again is y' I hear that you and M"" Parker have lately
Licensed people to cut trees as last year which is not now in my
power to do and your License will not save em upon Tryall. There-
fore I desire you will give em Notice of y"" mistake and recall y''
License And I do hereby order and direct you and M'' Parker whom
I deputed att North Yarmouth to seize and mark all loggs and boards
at any mills without any exception & keep an ace* thereof y' y*^ own-
ers of such mills may prove such to have been cutt upon private
proprietys which was so before y^^ October 1690 —
If M"" Slade is in y' Neighborhood pray give him this and keep a
coppy of it and give another to M"" Parker and desire him to examine
at M"" Wyers Mill at North Yarmouth if y^ 20 Loggs remains there
which wear seized by my Brother and condemned at a court of Ad-
miralty at Boston in Summer last I intend in a fortnight or 3 weeks
to call at Casco and at y^ Mills & see you and M"" Parker can do his
Majesty any service I shall continue y"" Deputations and reward you
for it —
I am S^ your most Humble Ser'
David Dunbar
A true coppy of Coll. Dunbars Letter to one of his Surveyors "^
Tho^ Jouxson
[See Vol. IV., p. 599, etc. — Ed.]
[3-6]
\_Governor Belcher s Orders to Examine and Report the Condition of
the Fort, 1730. From the Origijial.^
Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Governor and Commander In Chief In and
over His Majestys Prov. of New Hamp"" In New England, To John
Wentworth Esq"" Lieu' Gov'' of the said Province and Rich'^ Wibird
Esq"" John Frost Esq"^ and Theo'"'' Atkinson Esq'' — You are hereby
required with all convenient dispatch to repair to William and Mary
Fort at New Castle, and to examine into the state and Circumstances
of the said Garrison, & report to me what additions and repairs are
necessary for the Honor and Service of His Majesty, and the benefit
and advantage of the Province. You are alike required to make a
particular inquiry into the stores of the said Garrison and report to
me what guns powder and all other stores of war are now belonging
& appertaining to the said Fort ; and let me have your report within
thirty days from the date hereof without fail — Given under my hand
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 39
at Portsmouth, the second clay of December, in the fourth year of
His Majestys Reign Annoq. Domini 1730 —
J. Belcher
[The committee reported as follows. — Ed.]
[3-7]
An Account of the Stores of Fort William and Mary, taken by
order of His Excellency Jon"* Belcher Esq''Governour and Commander
in Chief of His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, this 17''' Day
of December 1730 — Viz.
26 Small Arms i New Flag
1 Broad Pendent i Old Drum i Rim
20 Demi-Canon 8 Sakers 12 Field Pieces
2 Minion i Whole Bbl powd"" i Half Ditto
1 Half Ditto almost full 2 Ream & 8 quire of Brown paper
16 Quire of Cartridge Ditto 24 Crab Hand-Spikes
2 Ditto Broken 43 Leaden Aprons
8 Large Iron Crows 22 Coper Ladles 1 1 Worms
230 4"" Shot 28 Rammers and Spunges
763 Demi-Canon Shot 266 Culverin Ditto
I Loggerhead 3 Chests containing 18 Boxes of Patridge Shot
13 Boxes and Some loose Shot 970"' of Iron
40"^ Match 84^^^ Sheet Lead 22^'' Leather
I Butch Barrel Some old broken Lanthorns
I Large Pitch pot i Boat and Anchor i Pick Axe
43 Cartridge Boxes 3 Priming Horns Some priming Wire —
N : Castle December 17"^ 1730 —
Received of the Committee the above written Stores for which I
am accountable.
19 me Sha'^: Walton
[3-8]
[A nthony Reynolds Appointed Collector of Cnstonis at Piscataqua, 1 73 1 . ]
To all People to zvhome These presents shall Come. We
Seal the Commissioners for managing and Causing to be levyed
and Collected His Majestys Custom subsidies and other
Dutys in that Part of Great Britain called England send
Greeting ; Knoiu Yee That we the said Commissioners have by
virtue of an act of Parliament made in the twenty fifth year of the
40 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
reign of King Cliarles the second Entituled an act for the Encour-
agement of the Eastland and Greenland Trades, and for better secur-
ing the Plantation Trade ; and in Pursuance of the authority aud
directions to us given by the Right Hon'^'^ The Lords Commissioners
of His Majestys Treasury Deputed and impowered ; and do hereby
Depute and impower Anthony Reynolds Esq to be Collector and
Surveyor of all the rates and Dutys & impositions arising and Grow-
ing due to His Majesty at Piscataqua in N. Hamp'' and the Depend-
encies thereon In America by virtue of the said act whereby he hath
power to enter into any ship bottom boat or other vessel ; as also into
any Shop House Warehouse Hostery [?] or other place whatsoever
to make diligent search into any Trunk Chest Pack Case Truss or
any other parcel or package whatsoever for any goods wares or Mer-
chandize prohibited to be imported or exported or whereof the Cus-
toms or other Dutys have not been duly paid, and the same to seize
to his Majestys use, and also to put in Execution all other the lawfull
powers and authoritys for the better managing or collecting the said
Dutys in all things Proceeding as the law directs, hereby Praying and
requiring all and every His Majestys officers and Ministers and all
others whom it may concern to be aiding and assisting to him in all
things as becometh. Given under our hands & seal at the Custome
House London y^ 31"' day of March in y^ 4*'' year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord King George 2^ Annoq Domini 1731 —
B. Fairfax J. Evelyn
Charles Peers John Hill
Registered in y'^ Secretarys Nov' 15 : 1731.
f R. Waldron SeC-^
These may Certify whom it may Concern, that on the fifteenth day
of the present month Anthony Reynolds Esq at Portsm° within His
Maj'>'^ Province of N. Hamp"" was sworn into y^ office of His Maj'y^
Collector of & for the s"^ Province and y^ dependencys thereon, as
witness my hand y^ nineteenth day of Nov' 1731 in y^ fifth year of
His Maj'^ reign Rich'^ Waldron Sec'y
Copy of Certificate sent y® Gov' y® day of y^ date
[3-9] [Petition from the Quakers, 173 1.]
Dover the 26''' of y® 2'^ mo : 1 73 1 —
To Jonathan Belcher Esq' Govener and Commander in Chief (under
God) in and over y^ provinces of y^ Massachusetts Bay and New-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCL\L PAPERS. 4I
hampshair in Newengland and to y*^ Councel and house of Repre-
sentatives in Newhampshair afores^ —
Whereas we y"" people Comonly Called Quakers did in y" 2'' mo-
1729 offer a petition to y'' Govener humbley Requesting that we
might not be imposed upon when we are Chosen Counstables to
gather the taxes or assesments that are from time to time assesed
upon the inhabitants for y° support of y'^ prisbetrain minestry and did
not mention the Councel and house of Representatives in s^ petition
for which Reason y*^ Gen' Court would not act thereon — We do
therefore humbly Crave that you would be pleased to consider of this
matter for altho we are exempted in y"^ Law from paying any part or
proportion of such taxes or assesments yet nevertheless we are Re-
quired when we are Chosen Counstables to Leve and Collect y^ same
of others which is contrary to our principles to pay such taxes neither
can we gather y*^ same of others : whereupon we have been and are
Likely to be under great sufferings notwithstanding we Refuse not
neither do we desire to be excused from serving Counstables in any
other part of the office whatsever — we desire that you would be
pleased to pass an act by which we may be Released from being Com-
peled or Required to do that which is Contrary to our principles
Relating to y^ matter above mentioned which is the humble Request
of your friends Comonly Called Quakers
Signed on behalf and by order of y® Society aforementioned —
Peter Varney John Canne
In Counc' May 3^^ 1731 — The above Petition read and Voted, That
in any Town w^'^in this Province where a Quaker shall be chosen a
Constable another Person (not of that Denomination) shall be chosen
a Collector of the Ministers Salary and that the Petitioners have
leave to bring in a bill accordingly
Sent down for Concurrence — Rich'' Waldron Secretary
In the house of Representatives May y*^ 4*'^ 1731 P. M. the above
vote Read and Concurred with this amendment — Viz' that another
■^son be chose Constable instead of Collector
James Jeffrey Cler. Ass"^
In Coun' May 5''^ 1731. Read and Concurred with the amendm' —
Rich'' Waldron Secretary
May 5''' 1 73 1 I assent to the votes on the other side
J. Belcher
[The act is printed in Vol. IV., p. 597. — Ed.]
42
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3"!^ {Expenses of CoDiniittec on Boundary Line, 173 1.]
Province of New Hamp"" to the Comittee that went to Newbury on
the affair of the Lines
To Sundry Expences pd at Collings .
To Sundry Expences pd at Greenheffs & ferriage
To Sundry Expences })d at Graves's
To Cash p'^ at ColHng on return
To horse hire p'^ M"" Benj"* Rust for a Servant
To Cash pd By Henry Sherburn Esq at ColHngs's
To Coll Shurburne four Days at 10/
To Rich"^ Waldron Esq Do
To Benj" Gambling Do
To Nath' Wear Esq Do
To Theod"" Atkinson Esq Do
To 2 Horses for 2 Servants
D^
Errors Excepted
May 13'^ 1 73 1.
£0. 3.
0
5. 19.
— 16.
4
6
I. 5.
— 15-
— 16.
—
2.
2.
I.
ID.
;^2I.
5. 10
Theodore Atkinson
in behalf of s*^ Committee
[3-12]
[Commission from Governor Belcher to Richard Wibird, dated July
12, 1 73 1, to be collector of customs at Portsmouth until further
orders. — Ed.]
[3~i3] [Richard Wibird's Commission, August, 1731.]
Prov : of 1 By his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Governor
N. Hamp : J and Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Prov-
ince of New Hampshire aforesaid —
To Rich'^ Wibird Esq"" Greeting — Pursuant to y^ power %l authority
in and by his Majestys Royal instructions to me granted that in case
of y^ death or absence of y*^ Surveyor Generall of his Majestys Cus-
toms within this District, & the death of any Collector of y" said
Customs within this Province I should make choice of any person of
known loyalty experience diligence & fidelity to be employed in the
room of such deceased Collector untill y® Surveyor Generall of his
Majestys Customs shall be advised thereof and appoint another to
succeed in his place or that further directions shall be given therein
by y^ Right Honorable the Commissioners of his Majestys Treasury
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 43
or high Treasurer or by the honorable the Commissioners of his
Majestys Customs for the time being.
I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint you y'' said Rich^ Wi-
bird to be Collector & Searcher within the Province of New Hamp-
shire afore said the late Province of Main (now County of York) and
Port of Newbery & any of y^ Creeks and Havens thereto belonging
& by virtue of these presents you are to collect all the rates dutys &
impositions arising & growing due to his Majesty within this destrict
aforesaid until! further order & you have hereby power to enter into
any ships bottom boat or other vessel as allso into any shop house
warehouse hostery or other place whatsoever, to make diligent search
into any chest pack case truss or any other parcel! or package what-
soever for aney goods wares or Merchandize prohibited to be imported
or exported or whereof y*^ Customs or other dutys have not been duly
paid & y*^ same to seize for his Majestys use allso to put in execution
all other lawful! powers and authoritys for y^ better managing or Col-
lecting y^ said dutys & I do hereby authorize & empower you y*^ said
Rich"^ Wibird to be y^ receiver of Greenwich Hospital! money direct-
ing that you demand and receive according to y^ act of Parliament in
that case made and provided and that you account for and pay y'= same
pursuant to y*^ said act & further I do hereby authorize & impower
you to make a Deputy or Deputys as occation may require the person
or persons whom you shall appoint Deputy being a man or men of
loyalty experience diligence & fidelity & for whom you shall be an-
swerable and whosoever you shall so depute shall have full power to
exercise all ye powers & authoritys contained in this Commission to
you. And you are to proceed in all things as y*^ law directs and all
his Majestys officers & all others whome it may concerne are hereby
required to be aiding & assisting to you in all things as becometh —
Given under my hand and seal y^ fourth day of August Anno Domini
1 73 1 Annoq : R"' R'® Georgis Secundi quinto.
J. Belcher
[3-14]
[Richard Wibird's bond in five hundred pounds sterling, for the
faithful performance of his duty in the office of collector. Signed by
Jotham Odiorne as surety, and witnessed by Eleazer Russell and R.
Wibird, Jr. — Ed.]
[3-15]
[Copy of commission to Ellis Huske to be naval officer for the same
territory as is embraced in the foregoing commission to Mr. Wibird.
Dated August 4, 1731. — Ed.]
44 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-15] \_Lcttcr from Secretary Waldron to Secretary Willard.\
Sir — I am Commanded by His Excellency w**^ the advice of the
Board to send you the inclosed Copy of a Vote of our General As-
sembly Pass'd this day — It is desired that the same may be imme-
diately on the receipt of it laid before His Hon"" the L* Gov'' and
Council of your Province, and that we may know by tuesday noon or
night (by an Express) whether the Mass-'' Committee will meet ours
at y^ time and place in the vote mentioned.
I am Sir your most ohed* humble Serv^
Rich^ Waldron
M-" Sec'y Willard Portsm" 7^^ 24: 1731.
[See Vol. IV., pp. 608-615. — Ed.]
[3-16]
\Manuscript Document Endorsed " TJlc Governor s Coming into y^
Pj-ovincc — printed Sept. 14: 1731."]
Province of New Hampshire Sep' 14: 173 1.
This day came hither His Excellency Our Governor whose arrival
amongst us had been for some weeks very much wished for : His
entrance was attended with all possible demonstrations of joy & sat-
isfaction being met on the Borders, & ushered into the Province by
seventy horse besides the blew troops (& exclusive of the Gentlemen,
who waited on him, from his other Goverment) which was a handsome
appearance for so poor & little a Province, the like whereof has hardly
ever been seen here w* loudly speaks the affection of the People, and
the heartiness of his PZxcellency's welcome to this Goverm'
The evening preceeding his Excellencys arrival His Hon"" C L*
Gov"" departed y^ prov., his motion was sudden, he imbark'd on board
a fishing schooner. Turned out of y® river, & is generally supposed to
be gone to Pemaquid —
[A feud existed between Governor Belcher and Lieutenant-Governor
Dunbar, which may account for the departure of the latter from the
Province on the eve of the arrival of the Governor. See Vol. IV,, p.
599. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN-CL\L PAPERS. 45
[3-19] \_Ki)ig's Instructions to Governor Belcher, 1732.]
In Additional Instruction to our Trusty and welbelovcd
Loc : Sig Jonathan Belcher Esq Our Governour and Commander in
Chief in and over Our Province of New Hampshire in
George R New England in America or to the Commander in Chief
of Our Said Province for the time being. — Given at Our
Court at S* James's the 5"' day of May 1732 in the fifth year of Our
Reign —
Whereas Complaint hath been made unto Us, by the Merchants of
Our City of London, in behalf of themselves, and of Several others
of our Good subjects of Great Britain trading to our Plantations in
America, that greater dutys and impositions are laid on their Ships
and goods than on the Ships and goods of Persons who are Natives
and inhabitants of the Said Plantations It is therefore Our Will and
Pleasure That you do not upon any pretence whatsoever on pain of
Our highest displeasure give your assent For the future, to any law
wherein the Natives or inhabitants of the Province of New Hamp-
shire under your Government, are put on a more advantageous footing
than those of this Kingdom It is further Our Will and Pleasure
that you do pay due Obedience to the Instructions already given you,
whereby you are expressly forbid to pass any Law by which the Trade
or Navigation of this Kingdom may be any ways affected, hereby
declaring it to be our Royal Intention that no duties shall be laid in
the Province of New Hampshire under your Government, upon Brit-
ish Shipping or upon the product or manufactures of Great Britain
upon any pretence whatsoever
GR
True Copy ^ R Waldron Sec-^^
[3-20] [Benjamin Ganibling s Mandamus, 1732.]
P -n Trusty and wellbeloved we greet you well. Whereas
it has been humbly Represented unto us by our Com-
missioners for Trade and Plantations, that there were four vacancies
in our Councel of our Province of New Hampshire in America, occa-
sioned by the death of John Wentworth, IMark Hunkins Archibald
MacPhedris and Samuel Penhallow Esq'^ and at the same time pro-
posed that our Trusty and wellbeloved Benjamin Gamblin Esq might
be appointed to supply one of the said vacancies, he haveing been
recommended to them as a Person every way qualified for that trust
46 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
which Representation being laid before us in Council we have thought
fit to approve thereof ; Our will and Pleasure therefore is, that forth-
with upon Receipt hereof you swear and admit him the said Benjamin
Gamblin (of whose Loyalty, Integrity and ability we are well satisfyed)
to be one of our Council of our said province of New Hampshire in
the room and place of any one of the four persons above named, and
for so doing this shall be your warrant and so we bid you farewell —
Given at our Court at S* James's the Fourth day of Aprill 1732 in
the fifth year of our reign —
By His Majesty's Command —
Holies New Castle
July 31 1732 Benj=^ Gambling Esq"" Sworn & admitted a Councill""
and this Copy taken from the original mandamus
[3-21] ^Proceedings in Council, Alay, 1732.]
Portsm° in New Hampshire May ult. 1732.
This day His Maj'>'^ Council being convened Pursuant to His Ex-
ce\Y^'^ ord'' to y^ president at the House of B. Gambling Esq' in this
Town (who is not capable of going to the Council House by reason
of bodily Indisposition) His Majestys Royal Mandamus under his
Majestys signet & sign manual bearing date at S' James's y^ 4 day of
April last To His Excellency the Gov'' for admitting Rich"^ Waldron
Esq & the said Benj'' Gambling Esq to be of His Maj'^^ Council
within the s'^ Province was opened & read in the s^ Council where-
upon the said Waldron & Gambling being readmitted and confirmed
members thereof pursuant to a form'' Instrum^ Took y^ proper oaths
& resumed their places.
Those Gentlemen were of y^ Board before at y* time by y^ imme-
diate appointm^ of His Excellency (Pursuant to a former Instruction)
to make up the number of Councellors seven.
[The foregoing is in Secretary Waldron' s hand. Only a small por-
tion of the Council records from 1722 to 1742 were found by the
editor of Vol. IV., consequently all authentic scraps containing min-
utes of Council proceedings between those dates, that are now being
found, will be printed in this volume. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
4;
[3-22] \TJicodorc Atkinsoii s Account of Poivder Money.]
An Acco' of Powder money rececl By Theodore Atkinson according
to an act of the Generall Assembly In May 1727 —
£60. -
40. 10. —
21. — —
65.
17. 10 —
14. — —
30.
1727 — To Cash p^ M"' Ben^ Wentworth for Powder
Treasurer Jaffrey for do.
Sam' Stevens for one bb' Powder
Leiu' Gov'' Wentworth .
Joseph Jackson
Gillbert Macphedris Twice
Will"^ Wentworth .
To 230"^ powder del^ the Gunner by Coll
Sherburne being for Cap' Burrows
To Cash pd Coll Walton
To Comissions @ 5 "^ c* on £,2'j%. 19. —
To do
To do
To do
To do
To do
To do
34. 10. —
10. 16. —
13. 18. \\\
^307-
04.
Hi
By John Parsons
^10.
—
By W"^ Tuck .
4-
19.
—
By John Ober .
4-
9-
By John Breed
5-
5-
—
By John Rigs .
6.
0.
By Zac* Stone .
6.
18.
—
By Nich'^ Groves
5-
9-
By John Stevens
5-
1 1.
—
By Mich' Bowdin
7-
By Hugh Woodbury
4-
10.
—
By Joseph Breed
7-
4-
By Solomon Davis
7-
10.
—
By George Giddings
5-
8.
By John Wharff
7-
13-
—
By George Tuck
7-
—
By Ralph Ellenwood
9-
—
—
By Israel Ober
6.
—
By John Gage .
7-
10.
—
By Sam' Stevens
10.
—
By Dependence Ellen
^ 7-
13-
—
By RoV Stone
7-
10.
By Abner Young
10.
10.
—
By Cap' Rowell
6.
—
By W"' Whipple
12.
—
—
By Ebenez"" Soams
6.
—
By Cap' Richard Cutt
- 4-
—
—
By Sam' Mitchell
5-
—
By Cap' Reid .
• 7-
10.
—
By Peter Adams
2.
10.
By Will'" Rix .
3-
10.
—
By Cap' Trott .
4-
10.
By W" ffrost .
4-
10.
—
By Ebenez"" Soames
6.
—
By Cap' Reid .
7-
10.
—
By Cap' Reid .
15.
—
By Ca]3' Wakefield
8.
—
—
By 230"^ powder of
Cap' Borrows
dl'' by Col. Sherburn
. . . . I
34-
10.
—
[Total]
-278.
19.
—
Rest Due to Ballanc
:e .
48.
5-
Hi
;^307- 4 iij
May 17''' 1732 Sworn to in the house of Representatives
James Jeffry ClC Ass""
48 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
In the house of Representatives this account Read and accepted
May 17*'' 1732
James Jeffry ClC Ass'"
Eodem die Errors Excepted
^ Theod-^ Atkinson
[3-24]
[Benning Wentworth's mandamus to be a member of the Council.
From Queen Carohne. " Given at the Court at Kensington the fifth
day of September 1732 in the sixth year of His Majestys reign —
By Her Majestys Command Holies New Castle."
Wentworth was sworn and admitted October 12, 1734. — Ed.]
[3-25]
[The same relative to Theodore Atkinson, dates included. — Ed.]
[3~27] \Coniviittce Appointed on Boundary Lines, 1733.]
Whereas the late assembly made choice of Cap' John Rindge as
their agent at the Court of Great Britain giving him as full Power as
in them lay to represent them & in their behalf to make remonstrance
to his Maj. in Council & solicit for a speedy settlement of the Bound-
■ary Lines between this & the neighbouring Province & in as much
as there is at present no Comittee appointed to transmitt him such
occurrences as may be necessary to forward that affair therefore voted
That the Honble Andrew Wiggin Esq Speaker of this house M''
Benning Wentworth & Theod"" Atkinson Esq Cap' George Walker M""
Sam' Palmer Col. Peter Wear Esq & Paul Wentworth Esq be a Co-
mittee of this house to transmitt to the s^ agent such occurrences
evidences & arguments as shall be expedient for the forwarding the
settlement of the Lines above mentioned either now or in the recess
of the assembly —
In the House of representatives March f^ 1732-3 the above vote
read & voted nemine contradicente
Geo Walton CI'' protem^'
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 49
[3-28]
[^Governor's Order to the Committee for the p{^i 5,000 Loan, 1733.]
Gentlemen — The time being expired for the I'ayment of the
fifteen thousand pounds loan, and not half of the sum being yet paid
to the General Assembly to be burnt, tho it was provided in the act
past the fifteenth of May 1729, That the then outstanding debt
should be paid, one third at or before the twenty fifth of July 1729,
another third at or before the twenty fifth of April 1730, and the last
third at or before the twenty fifth of April 1731, and that they who did
not make the first of those payments, should have no benefit of the
said act but that extents should goe against the lands of such delin-
quents, yet so it is, That many Persons made default in complying
with the said first Payment notwithstanding which no extents have
been made upon the mortgaged lands of such delinquents, according
to the said law ; and since the time limited in the said act expired,
near two years more has passed away, and the mony is not yet paid
in by one half. It is therefore my express order and direction by and
with y® unanimous advice of y^ Council that you do forthwith, laying
aside all excuse, and without any further delay, render me an exact
accompt of the state of that loan, from your last account, and that
you strictly persue the rules and directions of the Law in making sale
of the mortgaged lands, so that the outstanding bills of that loan,
may be with all possible dispatch consumed to ashes, according to the
tenor of the Law, His majesty haveing been pleased to Command
me to see the same effectually done, even according to the Periods
and Provisions of the s"^ acts
Dated y^ 13 day of March 1732-3 and in the sixth year of his
Majestys reign —
[Copy, no signature.]
By His Excellency's Command w^^ advice of y^ Council
R. Waldron
To the Gen^ Committee for managing y^ fifteen thous^ pounds loan
in New Hamp"- [See Vol. IV., p. 668.]
[3-29]
[Governor's warrant to Ichabod Roby, of Hampton, to enlist a
company of cavalry in Hampton and Rye, for Col. Henry Sher-
burne's regiment, 1733. — Ed.]
50 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS,
[3-29]
[Mandamus to admit Joseph Sherburne as a member of the Council
in place of Richard Wibird, deceased, dated August 20, 1733. He
was sworn into office January i, 1733-34. — Ed.]
[3-30]
[Mandamus to admit Ellis Huske as a member of the Council,
dated August 21, 1733. Sworn January i, 1733-34. — Ed.]
[3-30] [R. Waldroii to N. Gihnan, concerning Intempera?icc.~\
Dear Sir I thank you for your favor by the carrier & in particular
for y^ good opinion & kind wishes therein expressed touching myself,
but more especially for your zeal & testimony ag^' a raging immorality
— As a multiplicity of tippling houses are some means, as you say, I
fear of promoting vice, so undoubtedly a restrainiiig the number
would in some measure check its growth, & yet so much is rum become
the Sumum Bonum of many that I apprehend the scarcity distance
or dearness, or any other difficulty attending the acquisition of it
would rather enhance its estimation than wean the wicked topers from
their Idol, while it is upon y^ face of y" Earth. It will be had by some
mauger y^ means of man Grace or miracle & naught else in my opinion
can effect your wish, however as I have y^ pleasure of thinking with
you that y'' fewer the retailers the better my small interest & influence
will be heartily improved to discountenance the growing evil as far as
retrenching y^ number of licentious taps will contribute to it I have
been of opinion & publickly declared it near 2 years ago y' our licensed
houses were too many by (at least) one half — I wish you all possible
happyness & with proper respects to your self spouse & family
I am yo'' affect, friend & most humble Serv*
R. W. 7^'- 3 1733
[Endorsed] Copy to M'' Nich° Oilman Aug-"' 3 1733 —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 5|
[3-31]
\I}ist7'nctions to Governor Belcher, concerning the Snji'eyor-Geiieral of
Cnsto7ns, 1733.]
George R. Additional Instruction to Our Trusty and well be-
loved Jonathan Belcher Esq'' : Our Governor & Com-
Loc. Sig. mander in Chief in & over Our province of New
Hampshire In New England In America, or to the
Commander In Chief of our said Province for the time being:. —
Given at our Court at S' James's the thirtyeth day of November
1733 In the seventh year of Our Reign.
Whereas, We have thought it for Our Royal Service that all the
Surv'eyors General of Our Customs in America for the time being
should be admitted to sit 8: vote in the respective Councils of the
several Islands & Provinces within their Districts as Councillors Ex-
traordinary, during the time of their Residence there, now we do
hereby constitute & appoint John Peagrum Esq"" Surveyor General of
our Customs in the Northern District of our Dominions in America,
and the Surveyor General of our Customs within the said District
for the time being to be Councillors Extraordinary in our said Prov-
ince of New Hamp"" & it is our will & pleasure that he & they be for
the future admitted to sit & vote in our said Council, as Councillors
Extraordinary, during the time of his or their Residence there ; It
being our royal Intention, if through length of time the said John
Peagrum, or any other Surveyor General, should become the Senior
Councillor In our said Province, that neither he nor they shall, by
virtue of such Seniority be ever capable to take upon him or them
the administration of y** Government there upon the Death or absence
of any of our Governours & Commanders in Chief, or Lieutenant
Governors ; but when ever such Death or absence shall happen the
Government shall devolve upon the Councillor next in Seniority to
the Surveyor General, unless we should hereafter think it for our
royal service to nominate the said John Peagrum, or any other of our
said Surveyors General, Councillors in Ordinary in any of our Gov-
ernments within their Survey, who shall not in that case be excluded
any Beneiit, which attends the seniority of their rank in the Council
— It is likewise our Will & Pleasure, & you are hereby required, by
the first opportunity, to move the assembly of our said Province under
your Government, that they provide for the Expence of making Copies
for the said John Peagrum & the Surveyor General of our Customs
in our said Province for the time being, of all acts and Papers, which
bear any relation to the duty of his office & in the mean time, you
52 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
are to Give orders that the said John Peagrum, or the Surveyor Gen-
eral for the time being as aforesaid, be allowed a free Inspection in
the publick offices within your Government, of all such acts and
papers' without paying any Fee or Reward for the same.
G. R.
Copy Rich'^ Waldron Sec''^
First entered in y^ Secretarys office 17 Ocf 1735, & burnt,* and
entered again June 22, 1737.
R. Waldron Sec-'y
Mr Surveyor Peagrum sworn into the Council June 25, 1737.
[Endorsed] Mand^ for Surveyor of the Customs to be a Councill'
9^^: 30: 1733:
[3-32]
[Commission to David Dunbar to be " Captain of His Majesty's
Castle William and Mary upon New Castle." Not executed. Dated
1733. — Ed.]
[The following papers relating to some trouble the surveyor of the
king's woods had, in an attempt to confiscate for his majesty's use
some boards at Copyhold mill, now in the town of Brentwood, show
the sentiments of the people of those days relative to the act of the
British parliament, forbidding the cutting by any person of pine trees
" fit for masting our Royal Navy " ; and the fact that they had the
courage of their convictions. It may be seen that even at that early
day the people of Exeter did not hesitate to rebel against crown offi-
cers who were attempting to enforce obnoxious decrees. In this case
Dunbar labored under great disadvantage, as Governor Belcher was
his bitter enemy, and enjoyed nothing better than to see him hu-
miliated. The depositions following should probably be taken with
some allowance, although the men were undoubtedly roughly handled,
and convinced that they were not engaged in a popular undertaking,
or one in which they cared to continue. — Ed.]
[3-36]
The following depositions were taken at Exeter April 24*'' 1734?
Before Nich* Gilman John Gilman Bar"^ Thing John Penhallow Esq""^
Jus* of y^ peace —
* When Secretary Waldron's house was burned, May, 1736.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 53
James Pitman on oath S'' (being sent up by His Hon"" Col: Dunbar
to Exeter with several others on His Majtys Service) at the House of
Sam'Gilman in said Exeter as he was with some of His Company going
to bed about thirty men broke into the Room, & put out their candles ;
& Immediately fell upon him, Benj'' Dockum, Benj^ Pitman, & Robert
Gallaway & did then & there Beat us & Dragged us about, & at length
got us to the Head of the chamber stairs & pulled us down, one over
another headlong 'till they got us to the Door & pulled us out
then with a clubb did knock him down upon the Ground giving him
several blows with w* was in great danger of his life having rec"*
several wounds, & lost a great deal of blood, he endeavoured to git
away as well as he could, & James Dudley followed him to the House
formerly Stephen Dudleys & told him he would be the death of him,
afterwards he was guarded by Cap' Gilman to the House of one Mar-
shall where he lodged —
James Pitman [Benjamin] on oath said, That being in the House
as aforesaid, with Benj* Dockum & Robert Gallaway in the kitchen,
about 9 of y^ Clock in the evening three men Bolted into the Room
& took said Gallaway by the hair of the head, & were dragging him
to the door, with that he stept in to his assistance & called said Dock-
um, & Dockum went off to call M"" Justice Gilman, who came in &
commanded the peace, & ordered the People home, & bid us go to
bed, & we went up in order to go to bed & then about 30 men broke
in upon us & pulled us down stairs headlong & beat us, & struck us
a great many blows, & struck him with clubbs, & being in danger of
being murthered, he ran to the House of one Marshall a Hatter &
burst the door open, & more than a doz" men followed him, & swore
they would murther him, & being so terrified he was hid by the
woman under the coverlid, & the men came into the House & made
search for him, & set a Guard round the House in order to find him —
Henry Marshall made oath that he & his wife were in bed when
said Pitman came to his House for safety & soon followed a great
number of men to our great surprize & demanded Pitman but he de-
nyed that he was there, they then threatened him, but their voices
seemed disguised, & they continued round the House some hours to
our great terrour.
[The following men also testified in the matter :
Robert Gallaivay "made oath to what Benj^ Pitman swore to."
Joseph Cross stated that he was knocked down with a club, other-
wise abused, and his life threatened ; that he got away and hid behind
a fence until morning;.
§4 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Walter Alston, that he was struck by one William Graves, and
others, in the street.
Williavt Stiggins and William Tarrat, that hearing the cry of mur-
der they got out of the house and mixed with the crowd, escaping
thus from injury.
Negro Peter, that he was forewarned and kept out of the way.
Benjamin Dockiim corroborated the testimony of James and Ben-
jamin Pitman, and stated that he hid under a wharf until the tide
came up, and then under a pile of boards until daylight. — Ed.]
Joseph Miller swore to the truth of what Dockum did, of what hap-
pened in the chamber & till he was pulled out of the House, & after
that they took him by the arms & legs, & dragged him to the bank
where was a pile of boards over which they threw him, & down the
bank about fifteen foot, by which he rec'^ a great hurt in his back,
where he lay 'till next morning being afraid to be seen again least he
should be murther'd, but being hard of hearing could not understand
their discourse afterwards. —
» Copy John Penhallovv Jus : pee
[3~37] \Peter Greeley s Depositio7i.'\
April y*^ 25'*^ 1734/ On y® 22*^ of this instant April as I was a riding
in compiney with Simon Gilman of Exeter he asked me some Questions
about Buring of Boards to wich I answered him I knew nothing of it
he then tould me he would tell me somthing if I woold not tell of it
agan he then began and sade that the Peppele of Exeter had hired
three Neatock [Natick] Indines to kill Colonell Dunbar Mr Adtkeson
[Theodore Atkinson] and my self as we were going up to y*" Black
Rock mill the Indins had gote thair money for thear work all Ready
and ware suplid with a Quart of Rum each of them every Day by them
that Hiered them and that theare was two men Gon up to freetown
[now Raymond] that night wheare y^ Indons wated for thear orders
and that y^ two men had cared up a Gallon of Rum with them to give
sd Indins that they should not fale of thare work — he allso aded
that y" Indins as sune as they have dun thay are to go Right away to
Neatock where they wold not be discovered
Peter Greley
Province of ) Portsm° April 2&^' i734,Then the above named Peter
New Hamp"" \ Greely made oath to the Truth of the foregoing
Deposition
Cor : John Penhallow Jus : p*
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 55
[Greeley was one of Dunbar's assistants, and the probability is that
Oilman's tale was a successful attempt to frighten him away from
Blackrock mill. — Ed.]
[3-38] [^Proclamation relative to a Riot at Exeter, 1734.]
By His Excellenxy Jonathan Belcher Esq. Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New Hamp-
shire. —
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas The Surveyor General of His Majesty's Woods on the
Twenty sixth of the last Moneth represented at the Council Board,
that he had been insulted by a number of armed men to him unknown,
at Copy Hold Mill in Exeter, and that afterwards he had hired ten
men to go to the said Mill to pile & mark with the broad arrow a
Parcel of Boards that were cut out of forfeited logs, and that the said
hired men had been beaten & abused by a great Company of men
armed with Clubs & Staves to the number of about Thirty, and that
the Boat employed in that Service was cut to pieces and some of the
Sails Spoiled, & others Stolen ; And Whereas the said Surveyor Gen-
eral hath suggested That there is a conspiracy against his Life by
some wicked & evil minded Persons, who have hired diverse Indians
to destroy him, of which Design he has received a Written Testi-
mony. —
I have therefore thought fit with advice of His Majesty's Council
to issue this Proclamation, hereby requiring all Majesty's Judges,
Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs and Constables in their respective
offices, and all other His Majesty's good Subjects to make diligent
search and Inquiry after and use their best endeavours for the dis-
covery of the Persons or any of them who were concerned in the
Insults or assaults abovementioned, or in destroying the said Boat, or
Spoiling or Stealing the Sails belonging thereto, or in any Conspiracy
or design against the Life of the said Surveyor General, as also to
discover the said Indians, who are said to be hired to execute such
villanous purposes ; and I do hereby strictly charge the Grand Jury
of the said Province diligently to inquire into the Premises, that so
the offenders may be brought to condign Punishment ; and I do hereby
also declare, That whosoever shall detect the offenders above men-
tioned or any of them, shall receive all proper marks of the Counten-
ance & Favour of this Government, and if any of the offenders shall
deliver themselves up to Justice, they shall be pardoned Provided
they discover their accomplices —
56 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
And I do hereby further require all His Majestys officers Civil &
Military, and all other His good subjects within this Government to
be aiding & assisting from time to time as need shall require to the
Hon*^^® David Dunbar Esq Surveyor General of His Majesty's Woods,
and his deputies and assistants in the Execution of their office, and
that they strictly observe all acts of Parliament for the Preservation
of His Majesty's Woods, and that they endeavour by all proper means
that the Violators of the said acts be brought to Justice, and more
especially that Prosecution be made against all Persons, who shall
presume to cut into Boards, or any other ways manufacture such Trees
or Logs as are by Law forfeited and condemned to His Majesty's use.
Given at the Council Chamber in Portsmouth this sixth Day of May
1734 Annoq. R' R^^ Georgii Secundi Magnae Britanni?e &c Sep-
timo. —
J. Belcher
By Command of His Excellency with advice of the Council.
Rich^ Waldron Sec''y
God Save the King. —
\Procecdings in Council concerning the Riot.'\
^Prov : New Hamp'' — At a Council held at the House of M' Gam-
bling in Portsm° on Monday May 6, 1734
Present, Mr President Walton
Jotham Odiorne "^ TEph-'' Dennet
Henry Sherburne ! p rs J Josh^ Peirce
Rich*^ Waldron f i Jos : Sherburne
Benj^ Gambling ) (^ Ellis Huske
Mr Presid' laid before the Board an order from His Excellency the
Gov'' to him of the 2^ of the present month directing him to convene
the Council, to have their advice upon a proclamation relating to a
late notorious riot at Exeter which order being read the proclamation
which was sent with the said order was laid before the Board and read
also, to which the Council did advise & consent unanimously, and
order that the same be forthwith made publick in the usual manner —
[Endorsed] Minute of Council ab' riot May 6"^ 1734.
[3-40]
[Governor Belcher's warrant concerning the king's woods, dated
September 9, 1734. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 57
[3-41]
[Appointment of John Grey to be collector of customs at "the
port of Piscataqua, Province of Main alias County of York in the
absense of Anthony Reynolds P^sq'' gone to England for the settle-
ment of his private affairs." The commission was signed by "Jn"
Peagrum," and dated Portsmouth, October 8, 1734. — Ed.]
[3-42]
[Copy of the Governor's warrant to George Jaffrey and Joshua
Peirce, directing them to assist the surveyor-general in seizing any
logs or boards which had been cut from trees that were unlawfully
felled, dated October 24, 1734. — Ed.]
[3-43]
\_Governoi' Belcher s Letter to Dunbar concerning the IVarraj^t.]
Sir, — I had sent you the Warrant I told you of before now, but
that I waited for an attested copy of what past in Council, the Day I
came from Portsmouth, and I now inclose the ]\linutes & War^^ as they
have some Relation to one another : — The Exeter Justices doubting
their Power of pursuing my Warr' : of 9 : Sepf : in the manner you
propos'd to them in your Letter of 27 : of same month — I laid the affair
before His Majesty's Council, upon which there arose a long & Solemn ^
Debate, and upon the vote the Council fell into the same opinion with
them, tho' four Gentlemen were on the other side of the Question,
two of which only are in Commission of the Peace, So I have directed
a new War* to those Ju.stices (with others) and now inclose it to you ;
of whom I expect from their Duty to the King (as well as from the
great interest you have in them) That they will execute the War' in
all lawful Ways they can ; when I propos'd to you the is.suing of a
fresh Proclamation in favour of the Royal Woods you said you tho't
that, or even an Act of Parliament, would be of little service — If
you can think of any Thing else proper for the Gov"" : to do, I .shall
on all occasions chearfully join all the Power & Authority I have for
promoting His Majesty's Interest & Honour, and am Sir, your Hon-
our's humble Serv^ant J- B.
Boston Ocf : 31: 1734 —
A True Copy J. Belcher
L" Gov"" : Dunbar
58 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
[3-45] \Pocuvie7it Endorsed.'\
Copy of Exeter forged letter to S"" Charles Wager —
Honorable S"^ — Finding that you have ordered the Judge & Advo-
cate of vour Court of Admi'^ in N : England to come down into this
Prov : to inquire into the riot and assault y* was some time since
committed in this Town upon your Surveyor D-nb-r and his officers
in y® execution of their office. — And we have just cause to fear that
we and our relations and friends will be mightily accused to your
Honour : — Therefore we have enclosed these to a relation in London
& have desired him to wait upon your Honour with it to acquaint
your Hon"" with the plain truth of the matter, and we hope from
which your Hon"" : will believe us innocent, We must confess to your
Hon"" that we and most of our friends and relations are concernd in
Saw Mills, and in former surveyors times we were indulged by them
& their officers in cutting all sort of Mast Trees that lay the most
convenient for us, and to be sure we have made great distruction of
the finest white Pine Trees, but as soon as D-nb-r came amongst us
he and his officers attempted to restrain us by seizing our logs &
prosecuting us in the Court of Admiralty : But at the same time
our Chief Gov"" M"" Belcher privately gave us all possible encouragem'^
to go on telling us that we had the most right to those Woods and
that we ought not to be restrained & those Laws made to restrain us
were wicked and iniquitous Laws and charged us not to regard them
or mind that Irish Dog of a Surv"" or his Deputys for altho' He must
make a shew of assisting y*^ Surv'' as He was commanded yet he
would manage it so with a majority of his Majesty s Council of this
Prov : & all y^ Justices of the Peace (who durst do nothing but what
He directed) that we should not suffer & further to encourage us to
cutt & destroy His Majestys Mast Trees & to insult y® Surv"" D-nb-r
he made several of us Justices of the Peace, Officers of y^ Malisha
&c. And that petition we some time since sent home complaining
of your Surv"" He had drawn up for us at Boston & sent down to us
to sign, which we durst not but do and a great many other things he
hath done to encourage us to insult & abuse y'^ Surv"" & his Deputys
& He still continues to encourage us Sr now tells us not to regard or
fear any thing from the inquiry that is now making for he says he shall
write to your Hon'' about it, and boasts that he hath such an influence
over your Honour y' you will believe every thing He writes you. —
But we have write your Hon"" the plain honest truth & we here also
promise for our selves & our friends & our relations y' we will for the
future be directed by your Surv""^ what trees to cutt so we hope your
hon"" : will believe we have been mislead & will not suffer your offi-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS. 59
cers of your Court of Admiralty to pull us to pieces & ruin us & our ^
Familys as Gov"" Belcher hath been y^ principal cause of our acting
as we have done. — And we also hope & beg y' it may be a secret
that we have wrote to you on this affair so long as Gov"" Belcher
remains Gov"' over this Prov : of N : Hamp"" for were he to know
it he is of such an implacable temper y' he would not stick at
any thing to ruin us and we most heartily pray God he may not
long continue over this Prov : of N : Hamp' for if this Prov : should
continue under him much longer it must be absolutely ruin'd & all
His Majestys Woods destroy'd And whatever may have been told
you to the contrary we can assure you that there is no part of His
Majestys Dominions in North America y' hath any Mast Trees in any
degree like what grows in this His Majestys own Prov : of N : Hamp''
& more particularly upon this River of Piscataqua either .for quality
or bigness for severall of us have travelled thro' all the Wood Lands
as far as thro' N : Scotia & there is nothing like the Woods of this
Province : & no body knows or understands y'^ woods better than we
do that have been bred in them : And if your Hon"" should have any
Doubt of y** truth of what we here write you there is severall Gent"
both of this Prov : and of the Prov : of y^ Mass^ Bay now in London
y' knows all those things very well, particularly M'' Sam'^ Waldo who
is M' Gulstons Agent for procuring Masts for the Royal Navy & M""
Wentworth of this Prov : — and we have onely to pray your Honour
to pardon this freedom we have taken of writing to your Honour
concerning those things whereof we are accused. — And we are in
behalf of our selves & a great number of our misled friends & rela-
tions — Your Honours
Most Obedient humble Serv*®
J. Gilman Jos : Lord
Geo : Gerrish Peter Thing
Jn" Hall
Township of Exeter in the Prov : of N : Hamp^ the 5"^ of May 1739 *
For the Hon'^'^ Sir Charles Wager at the Admiralty Office London
Copyed y^ 6'^ & 7'^ of October 1 739 —
[The foregoing was plainly the work of Dunbar, who used all the
means' in his power to supersede Governor Belcher ; and the Gover-
nor used his best endeavors to secure the removal of Dunbar. — Ed.]
* [Evidently should be 1734. — Ed.]
6o
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-46]
[Copy of commission to William Parker, Jr., to be a notary public
in place of James Jaffrey, " whose commission for that office is hereby
superseded." The term of the office was "during pleasure," Com-
mission dated October 24, 1734. — Ed. J
[3-47]
{Report of Committee on the Condition of Fort William and Ma7y.]
Province of New Hamp'' May 8* 1735
Wee whose Names are hereunto subscribed being appointed to
view the Fort W'" and Mary which we find in a very Ruinous Decay-
ing Condition and not in a Posture of Defence and as we understand
it was the mind of this house the Present Circumstances of the
Province would not admit of a Complete Repair we not undertake to
Calculate what the Rebuilding of the Walls and Bastions &c and stores
would cost, but onely what is now of Present Necessity and are of
opinion that there be Provision made for Repairing the Gun Wheels
and Platforms within the Fort directly, and our Calculation of the
Cost is as followeth — viz :
4 Gun Wheels (a): 70/ ....
[Torn] three inch pine Plank
100 Oak Sleepers 24 foot Long .
Spikes and Labour ....
4 BB' turpinetine to the Gun Wheels
1 BB : train Oyl
A New Pennant .....
Powder-house Floor 30/ Labour & 50/
14.
0. 0
37-
10. 0
40.
0. 0
22.
10. 0
14.
0. 0
3-
0. 0
8.
0. 0
4-
0. 0
;^I43-
o. o
The Platform
Rotten and are
stone —
to y^ Westward of the Fort on the Point we find
of Opinion that it would be best to Repair it with
John Sanburn
Josh=* Peirce jun'
Jonathan Chesle
MISCELLANEOUS PROVI\CL\L PAPERS. 6l
[3~49] [DediniHS, from the Original, 1735.]
Loyal Av. Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Governor & Commander In
MoRT Chief, in & over His Majesty s Province of New Hamp""
in New England
To the Justices of His Majesties Inferior Court of Common pleas
for said Province or any Two of them Greeting. — Whereas Nathan-
iel Sargent Paul Wentworth and Bartholomew Thing Esq""^ are ap-
pointed special Justices of the Inferior Court of Common pleas, by a
Commission bearing even date with these presents, & sent you here-
with —
In order therefore to enable the said Nathaniel Sargent Paul Went-
worth & Bartholomew Thing Esq''^ duely to execute the office of
special Justices as aforesaid. — You are hereby authorized & required,
to administer to them the oaths appointed by law, to be taken instead
of the oaths of allegiance & supremacy, as also the office oaths, &
likewise to cause them to repeat & subscribe the Declarations by law
also required, & return this with your doings hereon into the Secre-
tarys office within three months. —
Given under my hand & seal the twenty seventh day of November
1735, & in the ninth year of His Majestys Reign. —
J. Belcher —
By His Excellencys Command —
Rich'^ Waldron Sec^'
[3~50] {Quakers^ Petition concerning Oaths, 1736.]
To Jonathan Beltcher Esq"" : Governor and Commander in Chief
(Under God) in and over the provinces of the Massachusets Bay and
New-hampshair in Newengland and to the Counsel and house of Rep-
resentatives in Newhampshair afores^ — We the people Com only
Called Quakers in this province when we are Chosen in any office in
town affairs and are notified to appear before som magistrate to be
Qualified for y'^ true performance of our duty in such office we are
Required to Qualify by an oath which is Contrary to our principle
and that which we Cannot Conform to tho we sufer greatly for it :
notwithstanding we are willing to serve our Respective towns and
have sought to be Qualified as we have been in other Causes but it
hath been Refused altho we do not desire the pennalty should be any
whit less upon us if we be unfaithful in such office then if we swore
with an oath. —
62 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
We humbly desire that you will be pleased to Consider of this mater
and provide som way by which we may not be imposed upon as afores"^
so shall our prayers be to y'' Lord for you that he may direct you to
do Justice and Equity — We Remain your Loveing friends — Signed
on behalf and by order of our monthly meeting held at Dover on y^
ly^ day of y^ 2^ mo. 1736
T5 Ebenezer Varney
^ John Canne
April 2()^ 1736 — In the house of Representatives the within
Petition was Read and considered upon and Voted that the Prayer of
the Petition be granted and that the Pef^ have Liberty to Bring in
their Bill accordingly —
James Jeffry CI"" Ass""
In Council Eod. die Read & Concurred —
Rich'^ Waldron Sec'^'
Consented to — J. Belcher
[Not printed in journal of the House in Vol. IV. — Ed.]
[3~5i] {Comviissioncrs on Boundary Line Recommended^
[Endorsed] L'*'^^ of Trade nomination of Commissioners for the line.
To the Right Hon^^^ the L^*^^ of the Committee of His Maj*>'^ most
Hon""^^ privy Council
My Lords Agreeable to your Lordships order of reference dated
24 of January last, we have considered of proper persons to be ap-
pointed Commissioners for marking out and settling the boundaries
or dividing lines between the Province of the Mass^ Bay & New
Hamp'' and for that service we take leave to name to your Lordships
George Clark, Francis Harrison, Cadwalder Colden, Abraham Van-
horn, & Philip Livingston Esq''^ of the Province of New York : John
Anderson, John Hamilton, John Wells, John Reading & Cornelius
Van-horn Esq'"^ of the Province of New Jersey ; William Skene, Wil-
liam Shirreffe, Henry Cope, Erasmus James Phillips Esq"" & Maj""
Paul Mascarine of the Province of Nova Scotia, being the five eldest
Council'^ in their respective Provinces And Sam^ Vernon, John Gar-
diner, John Potter, Ezekiel Warner, & George Cornel who were the
eldest Councillors for the Colony of Rhode-Island in the year 1734,
& may probably be so stil, tho they chuse their Councillors annually
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& we have no list of Councillors in that province of later date —
These Persons we think may he least liable to exception being men
of distinction in their respective Provinces. — We are my Lords Your
Lordships most obedient & most humble Serv^^
Whitehall April i, 1736 —
P Fitz Walter Edw^ Ash R. Plumer
'-opy J Pclham A. Croft M. Bladon
[Vol. IV., p. 848.]
[3-52]
[Dedimus to swear Thomas Peirce and Nathaniel Rogers as special
justices of the court of common pleas, dated December 3, 1736, signed
by Governor Belcher, with impression of seal in wax. — Ed.]
[3-53]
[Precept for the election of members of the House of Represent-
atives, dated February 14, 1736-37. — Ed.]
[3-54]
[Dedimus to swear Joseph Sherburn, Ellis Huske, Paul Wentworth,
Bartholomew Thing, and Nathaniel Rogers as special justices of the
court of common pleas, dated May 31, 1736, and signed by Governor
Belcher, with fine impression of seal in wax. — Ed.]
[3-55]
[Communication fropi MassacJiusetts concerning Boundary Lines, I737-]
'Massa:!^} Salisbury Aug : ,3. .737
Hon^^^ Sir — I am commanded by the General Court of this Prov-
ince to send you the Copy of an order referring to the Settling the
Boundary &c which I have herewith inclosed & sent you by the Bear''
hereof accordingly — I am Sir yo"" most obcd' humble Servant
Simon Frost D. Sec^
to M^ Sec''>' Waldron
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At a Great and General Court or Assembly for His Majestys
Province of the Massachusetts Bay held at Salisbury by adjournment
Aug: lo"^ 1737) & continued by further adjournm'^ to August the
13th 1737.
In the House of Representatives :
Whereas upon the Recommendation of the Hon^^** His Majesty's
Commissioners for marking out and settling the Boundaries with New
Hampshire, this Court passed a vote appointing a Committee to con-
fer with a Committee that may be appointed by and on the part of the
Province of New Hampshire in order for an agreement upon some
Plan which may be thought proper to be exhibited by the two Prov-
inces to the Hon*^'^ Court of Commissions for giving a right under-
standing in the affair of the Controverted Boundaries, and this Court
being very desirous that a speedy and just Decision may be put to
the said Controversy.
Ordered That the General Assembly of the Province of New Hamp-
shire now convened be forthwith informed of the Proceedings of this
Court herein and to move they would raise and impower a Committee
to confer with the Committee of this Court in the Premises, and that
report be made respectively to both General Courts as soon as may be.
In Council Read & Concur'd
Consented to J. Belcher
Copy Exam'^ '^ Simon Frost Dep* Sec"^
[3-56] \Petition of Appeal. John Thovi/inson to the King.']
[The following is an important document relating to the boundary
controversy between New Hampshire and Massachusetts. It is not
dated, but must have been presented between November, 1737, and
August, 1738, according to a statement in this document. — Ed.]
To the Kings most Excellent Majesty in Council. The hum :
Petition of Appeal of John Thomlinson Esq"" Agent for the House of
Representatives of your Majesties province of New Hamp : for and
on behalf of your Maj. and of your Loyal Subjects of the Province
of New Hampshire —
Sheweth — That your Majesties said province of New Hamp'' Ex-
tends from sea to sea in America, that is to say from the Atlantick
sea or Ocean on the East part to the south sea on the West part, or
at least so farr as your Majesties Other Government Extends towards
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS, 6$
the south sea and is bounded on the South side by the Great Charter
Government of Massachusetts Bay — That the Governm' of the whole
Province of New Hamp'' is in your Majestic, and altho the Heirs or
Representatives of Sam' Allen do Claim a small Limitted part of the
soil there yet by very far the greatest part of the soil of that province
is also in y"" Majesty — That after bearing a Continued Seres of En-
croachm'^ and oppressions for a great Length of time from the over
grown Province of the Massachusets Bay the Representatives of
you Maj* small province of New Hamp' Appointed M*" Rindge their
Agent and he at Exceeding great Charges for about five years to-
gether Carried on a humble Application to your Majestic that a Com"
might Issue for settling the Bounds between the said two provinces
in which fair and Reasonable Request he met with such numerous
and Expensive Oppositions from the Massachusets Agent who had
directions to spare no Expence whatever to Oppose the Issuing such
a Com° and who most Exactly followed his Instructions therein that
the said M'' Rindge with the greatest Difficulty got thro' the same
the Rather for that the whole Expence on the part of New Hamp"^
lay on the Assembly there and your Maj'^ GoV of New Hamp. being
a Massachusetts Man and also Gove"" tho' by a distinct Com° over the
Massachusetts took Effectual Care during that application by his own
Proroguing and disolving the assembly of New Hamp"" and by oppo-
sition from the Council of New Hamp"" which he had from time to
time Recomended to prevent any money being Raised by the Publick
there for Carrying on that publick service in order to Distress and
Weaken and if Possible to put a total stop to that Application — But
at length your Majesty's Com° under the great seal for settling the
Bounds Issued and was sued out at the Expence of New Hamp'' in
the 9'*^ day of April 1737 — Which Com° directed the Como""" to hold
their first Meeting on the first of Aug^ 1737 and Contained many
other directions and '^ticulars to the following effect. — That in case
either of the provinces should neglect to send to the Com''^ at their
first meeting the names & places of abode of two of their Publick
Officers on either of whom or at whose place of abode any notice
summons or finall Judgm' of the Com""^ might be served or left and in
case either of the said provinces should also neglect to send to the
said Com""- at their first meeting a plan and full state of their Demands
or pretentions in Writing discribing where and in what places the
Boundaries at the Southern & Northern parts of New Hamp'' ought
to begin and what course and how farr the same ought to Run
respectively that then the said Com""^ in either of these Cases sh'' pro-
ceed Exparte. — And another direction was therein Contained that
when the Com""* sh*^ have made their final determination a Copy thereof
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sh*^ be sent to such publick Officers in each Respective Province with
notice of another Meeting to be held by the Com''^ at a distance of time
not less than Six Weeks or more than three Months at which Meet-
ing either of the provinces who sh^ find themselves Agrieved might
Enter their Appeal to your Majestic in your privy Council with a
declaration what part of the Determination of the said Com''^ they
abided by or Appealed from
But if neither of the said Provinces should enter their Appeal or
Exceptions against the Com'^^ determination at such last meeting that
then and in such case no appeal or Exception should be afterwards
Received or Admitted and such Determination of the Com"^^ when
Confirmed by y® Majesty should be final and Conclusive to both the
s*^ provinces. — That Previous to the Issuing the s'^ Com° your Maj^
by y"" order in Council of the 9*^ of Feby. 1 736 persuant to a Report
from the Com^^of Council for plantation affairs were pleased to direct
the Issuing of such Com° and all the particular Clauses which such
Com° sh^ Contain and Especially those above ment"^ and your Majesty
was further pleased by y"" said order in Council to Command that to
the Intent the good purposes proposed by that Com° might not be
frustrated by any failure in the Execution thereof your Com"^^ for
Trade & Plantations should send a Letter to the Gov"" of the Massa-
chusetts Bay and New Hampshire Requiring him to Recomend to the
Respective Councils and assemblys of said provinces to appoint two
of their Publick officers to send their names and places of abode to
the Com""^ of their first Meeting together with such a state of their
demands as before Mentioned and that such Gov"" sh^ also acquaint
them that in case of their omission so to do the s^ Com""^ were Im-
powered to proceed Exparte. — That accordingly the said Lords Com""^
for Trade did write Letters and duplicates of the same and enclosed
Copys of your Majestys s'' Order therein unto M"" Belcher as Gov'' of
the Massachusetts Bay and also unto him as Gov"" of New Hamp""
And he Rec*^ the said Letters and orders Enclosed long before the
first of Aug' namely upon the 22 of April 1737
That Previous to y Majes^ making such order the Lords of Trade
had proposed by a Report to y*' Majes® privy Council that during the
Meeting of the Com'^^ the Gov"" sh^ keep the Respective Assemblys
setting or under short Prorogations that they might meet within 20
days after such determination delivered as afores'^ in order to deter-
mine what to do thereon. — But upon Considering the same in
Council the Agents of the Massachusetts Bay made specious objec-
tions thereto before the Lords of the Council that such a direction
w'^ create a great & heavey Expence to their province and for that
Reason they strongly desired that they might not neither was it any
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 6/
part of }'■■ Majesties Royal Directions Altho y' Petitioner most hum-
bly Conceives that that would have been a part of your Majest* Gra-
cious Directions if what has since happened could have been foreseen
That the Cora" Arrived in good time and your province of New
Hamp'' caused it to be duly notified to Each one of the Com''^ and a
Large Quorum of them meet at Hampton y^ place appointed upon
the first of Aug' last That the s"^ GoV Belcher and the Province of
the Massa'* Bay Contirived every means in their power to Brake thro'
your Majesties Express Orders Signified by the Lords Com"^ of Trade
to him the said Gov"" and founded upon your Majesties Order in Council
Copys whereof were Enclosed in their Letters to the said M"" Belcher
And some of the means used thereto were that the Assembly of New
Hamp"" were on the i'*' of April 1737 prorogued by M"" Belcher to the
O-^ of July and upon the 6'^ of July were again prorogued by M'
Belchers Proclamation dated at Boston to the 4'^ of Aug' w^'' would
be three days after the time that the state of the Provinces demands
were to be given in to the Com'^ with the name of two persons to act
before the Com""* for New Hamp"" and in Default of which the Com""^
were directed to proceed Exparte and as if this had not been Enough
by M"" Belchers order from Boston the assembly of New Hamp"" on the
4'*^ of Aug' were again prorogued to the iQ-^ of Aug' and this in Defyance
of your Majesties Royal orders sent so long before to him so that it
became utterly Impossible by the act of the Gov'' of the Massachusetts
Bay alone for the Assembly of your Majesties Little province of New
Hamp'' much less for the whole Legislature to meet to make up a
state of their demands as to Choose two persons to act for them and
present the names of such persons and such state of their demands
to the Com""^ of their first Meeting or to consider or prepare one single
moment in any manner whatever for their Defence —
That under this most Extraordinary Scituation of the people of New
Hamp"" did as much as they could and there being a Com"''' of the House
of Representatives subsisting which had formerly Corresponded with
your Pef about getting out and Presenting the said Com° they signed
and presented to the Com""^ at their first meeting on the said first of
Aug' a demand in Writing in the behalf of your Majesty and also in
behalf of your province of New Hamp'' that the Southern Boundary
of New Hamp'' sh^ begin three miles North from the Middle of the
Channel of Merrimack River where it then Run into the Atlantick
Ocean and from thence a straight Line West up into the main Land
towards the South Sea untill it meet with your Majesties other Gov-
ern' : and that the Northern Boundary of New Hamp'' should begin
at the Entrance of Piscataqua Harbour and to pass up the same into
the farthest head thereof and from thence North west ward as far as
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the British Dominions Extended and the West half of the Isle of
Shoals
That the said Com^®^ : did also Choose and Nominate to the said
Com"'^ two persons as Agents for New Hamp"" : namely Mess''^ Wal-
dron & Russell the Secretary and Sheriff of New Hamp""
That the Com""^ seeing the Difficulty which the Massachusetts Gov""
had put New Hamp"" under did Receive that nomination of the two
persons on the part of New Hamp"" and did also Receive & Record
that Claim & demand on their part And the said two persons pro-
tested and Insisted before the Com''® that as the Massachusetts Bay
had in no manner whatsoever presented to the Com''® any State of the
Massachusetts Claim or pretentions at the Com""® first meeting or for
a considerable time after that the Com"'® would proceed Exparte and
not Receive the same afterwards it being so directed by yo'' Majesties
Com''® But the Com''® did Receive a state of the Massachusetts pre-
tentions some time afterward as also severall matters as Evidence to
support the same which the Agents on the part of New Hamp"" ob-
jected to and were not proper Evidence to be Rec^ : That after the
Assembly of New Hamp'' were permitted to sett on the said lo"^ day
of Aug' which was nine days after the Com''® first meeting M'' Belcher
made a speech to them taking notice that the Com''® were arrived and
telling them that the first thing the Assembly had then to do was the
Choosing and appointing two officers on whom notice from the Com""*
might be left — But the Assembly Carefully avoided falling into that
scheme which if pursued had been to Render Invalid all that had been
before done in due and proper time and with the utmost Regularity that
the Gov'' himself was pleased to permitt to be used and therefore the
assembly adhered to the Com*^^ former Choice of the said Secr^ &
high Sheriff and on the 1 3 Aug' the Gov"^ prorogued the Assembly of
New Hamp'' to the 17* Aug' That in the Course of the Com''® pro-
ceeding they Required a Draught of the River Merrimack to be laid
before them on the 22^^ of Aug' and on the 20'^ of Aug' the Council
of New Hamp'' sent down to the Assembly a Draught of that River
with sundry votes of Council thereon for the Concurrence of the
Assembly which were Instantly Read and taken into Consideration
that moment & a vote formed thereon for Concurrence of the Council
but on the same day before the Assembly could Possibly have the
Concurrence of the Council M"" Belcher by a Message sent by the
Sec^ adjourned the New Hamp'' Assembly unto the 23"^ of Aug' which
was one day after the Com''® had appointed to Receive that Draught
And then when the vote of the Assembly alone was del"^ into the
Com''® the Agents for the Massachusetts Bay objected that that was
not the vote of the whole Legislature of New Hamp'' : That the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 69
New Hamp'' Assembly on the 25 of Aug^ sent up a Message to the
Gov'' and Council taking notice how the Com'"'* were delayed for want
of plans of two Rivers and praying the Gov'' and Council to pass
upon the votes Relating thereto w'^*' the assembly had sent up to them
the 20"^ Instant [See Vol. IV., pp. 742-3.] That the Majority of
the Council on the 25^'' of Aug' Voted to agree to the plan of Merri-
mack as produced by the Massa'^ and in order to give the Massachu-
setts all possible advantage the Council of New Hamp'' in their vote
discribed as if the whole water from the Atlantick sea [to] Winne-
piseokee pond was all and every part of it Merrimack River, which
vote they sent down for the assemblys Concurrence but the assembly
Instantly non concurred therewith and adheared to their own votes of
the 20''' Ins' [Vol. IV., pp. 743-4.] That on the 2 of Sepf 1737
the Com"'^ made up a Determination and stated that having taken
under Consideration the Evidences pleas and allegations offered and
made by each party a doubt arose in point of Law and that thereupon
they come to the Resolution That if the Charter of King William
and Queen Mary granted to the Massachusets Bay all the Lands that
were granted by the Charter of King Charles the first to the late
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay lying to the Northward of Merri-
mack River then they adjudged that a Line should Run parallel with
the said River at the Distance of three English Miles North from
the Mouth of the said River begining at the Southerly of the black
Rock's so called at Low water mark and from thence to Run to the
Crotch or parting of the said River where the River of Pemigewassett
& Winnepiseokee meet and from thence due North three English
Miles and from thence due West toward the South sea untill it meet
with his Majes' other Governm'^ which should be [the] boundary or
Dividing line between the said provinces of the Massachusetts Bay
and New Hamp'' on that side But if otherwise then they adjudged
& determined that a line on the Southerly side of New Hamp"" begin-
ing at the distance of 3 English Miles North from the Southerly side
of the black Rocks aforesaid at low water mark and from thence
Running due West up into the main land towards the South sea untill
it meet your Majest^ other Govern' should be the Boundary Line be-
tween the said provinces on the side aforesaid which point in doubt
the Com""' submitted to the Consideration of your Most Sacred Majesty
in your privy Council And as to the Northern Boundary between the
said Provinces the Court Resolved and determined that the Dividing
Line sh^ pass up thro the mouth of Piscataqua Harbour and up Quite
thro' the middle of the River into the River Newich Wannock part
of which is called Salmon Falls and thro' the middle of the same to
the further head thereof and from thence North 2 Degrees Westerly
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until 120 Miles be finished from the mouth of Piscataqua Harbour
aforesaid or untill it meets with your Majesties (pther Governments
and that the Dividing Line shall part the Isles of Shoals and Run
thro' the middle of the Harbour between the Islands to the sea on
the Southerly side and that the South Westerly part of the said
Islands shall lye and be accounted part of the province of New Hamp"^
and that the North Easterly part thereof shall lye in and be accounted
part of the province of the Massachusetts Bay and be held and En-
joyed by the said provinces Respectively in the same manner as they
now do & have heretofore held and Enjoyed the same And the Com""^
further adjudged that the Cost & Charge arising taking out the Com°
as also of the Com'' and their officers as of the two Clerks Surveyor
& Waiter for their Travelling Expences and attendance in the Exe-
cution of the same be equally born by the said provinces
After pronouncing which Judgment the Com''" Adjourned to Fry-
day the 14*^ of Octo : at that place at ten "Clock in the forenoon
(being six weeks) in order to Receive an Exception or Appeal which
either or both partys might have to the said Judgment
That the Gov' of the Massach'" Bay keept the Assembly of that
province Carefully sitting at Salisbury Close by the lines and they
upon the 5 of Sepf ReC^^ & Considered the Judgment of the Com''" &
sat the 5 6"" & 7 of Sep'' after that they had Rec"^ the same untill they
had fully Considered the same and untill such time as they of their
own accord moved the GoV to adjourn them as haveing no Business
left to do and then and not till then he accordingly adjourned them
to meet at Salsbury the 12 of Octo"" two days before the Com''" were
to meet But as to the New Hamp' Assembly the said Gov"" pro-
rogued them before such time as they co'^ see or so much as hear the
Com''" Judgm^ untill the 13 of Octo'' the day Imediately preceding the
Com''" last Meeting so that at the. utmost they could have but one
sino-le day to Consider the said Determination and which part of it to
Appeal from & by further Contrivance the Legislature of New Hamp''
were deprived of that short time also
For when the Assembly of New Hamp'" were met persuant to the
GoV" prorogation on the 1 3 of Ocf and in great hurry to Consider
the Com''" Judgment and prepare their appeal to be entered before
the Com'" the very next morning they on the said 13^^ & 14 of Octo.
formed a vote Relating thereto in nature of Exceptions to such part
of the Judgment as they in the little time they had to Consider
thereof thot' proper and sent it up with a message to the Council
Chamber but were told there was no Council setting for that the Gov''
on the 13"' of Octo. had adjourned the New Hamp'" Council untill the
14* of Octo. at three in the afternoon whereas the Com''" Judgment
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71
was to meet at ten in the morning and was himself gone out of the
province That the New Hamp"" Assembly waited for the Council on
the 14 of Octo"" till near sun setting when perceiving the Massachu-
setts Agents hurrying into the Com"^ with their Appeal in form the
Assembly of New Hamp"" ordered their Com'" to Hasten to the
Com''^ and file before them the vote of the Assembly as the New
Hamp"" Exceptions to the Com''^ Judgment it being the Last moment
for Delivery of the same
And by such votes or Exceptions the New Hamp"" Assembly hum-
bly Insisted that as the Massachusetts Bay, tho' Indulged by the Gov''
with all possible opportunity & convenience had not in due form filed
any state of their Claims or demands before the Com'^ they ought not
to have been heard the assembly objected also against the taking
any line whatever from the place called the Black Rocks which lay a
mile or more Northerly than the River Merrimack itself and likewise
against the Com""* adjudging to the Massachusetts Bay the half of
Piscataqua River when the same was not Included in their grant nor
had been ever pretended to or demanded by them their grant ex-
tending to Land only and not to the River and in generall Insisted
that the Bounds should be according to the Demands filed by New
Hamp'' Which Objections or Exceptions the Com'^ Rec*^ tho' the
Agent for the Massachusetts Bay very Demurely opposed the same
as not coming from the whole Legislature when their own Gov"" has
so contrived as to make that absolutely Impossible That on the self
same 14'*^ of Octob. when the Business was soon in manner afforesaid
the said Gov"^ sent a written messuage to the House of Representa-
tives in the Massa'^ Bay pretending he had been a sufferer by the
Continual sinking of the Bills of Credit and desired a Just & Right-
eous answer to his messuage the answer whereto was that the same
assembly of the Massachusetts in five day afterward voted him £333-
6. 8 in Bills of new Tenor being Equal to ;^iooo. of the Common
Bills of the Province as being sensible of the Extraordinary Trouble
and Expence his Excellency had been at in the service of the Prov-
ince &c in Terms very uncommon for that assembly and which as
your Pef humbly Conceives plainly shew what particular service they
thought merited that Hasty & Imediate Reward That During the
course of those proceedings the assembly of the Massachusetts Bay
voted about ;^2400. for the Expence of the Com" Voted three Agents
to prosecute their appeal Voted a sum no less than ;!^200O sterling
to be sent to Great Brittain to prosecute the same besides a provision
to be made for the Comfortable passage of one of their Agents hither
[to England] in all which they were suffered to make their votes
sufficient and Complect But when the assembly of your Majesties
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Province of New Hamp. voted sums to defray the Expence of the
Com''^ and their officers and voted to appoint an Agent and to Prose-
cute an appeal and to Raise some money in order thereto the Majority
of your Majesties Councillors in New Hamp. having been appointed
on the Recomendation of the said M"" Belcher and being Friends to
him nonconcurred in every single Instance
So that the said province of New Hamp'' were not able to obtain
so much as a Copy of the proceedings of the Com''^ but are totally
disabled to exert themselves in support of the Rights of your majesty
& the Province
That your Pef doth most humbly appeal to your IMajesty as well
in behalf of your Majesty as said province of New Hamp"" against the
Determination of the Com""* & the severall matters unduly Rec"^ by
them and humbly prays your Majesty to Redress all the same That
your Pef hath been necessitated to set forth these several proceedings
that in case any defect in Form should be found in the Appeal from
New Hamp'' your Majesty may be graciously pleased to Consider in
how surprising a manner your Loyall Little Province of New Hamp.
has been treated by the Gov"" who was pleased tho' very Improperly
to call himself a Common Father to both the Provinces notwithstand-
ing the signification of your Majesties Royall pleasure to him by so
many severall ways as by your Majesties Com''* for Trade & Planta-
tion by your Maj'* Royal order in Council and by your Majesties
Com° under the [seal of] Great Brittain
That your Pef prays your Majesty will be pleased to take into
your Royal Consideration how barefaced and surprising a manner the
said Gov"" Belcher who has had the Hon'' to have your Maj** Com°*
both as Gov'' of the Massachusetts and also of your other Distinct
province of New Hamp'' hath acted in this affair tending to the dis-
herison of your Majestic and to usurp your Majesties undoubted
property in fav'' to his Charter Governm' of the Massachusetts Bay
Also the proceedings of his Friends in the Council of New Hamp.
who sett there solely by y' Majestys appointment
And that your Majesty will be Graciously pleased to direct your
proper officers to take care of your Majesties Interest on this occasion
And that in case the said proceedings of the Com''* shall be sent
over to any of your Majesties officers your Majesty will be graciously
pleased to permitt your Petif to have a Copy of the same which are
very Long without Expence in order to defend the Rights of your
Subjects in New Hampshire
And that your Majesty will be most graciously pleased to hear this
affair & make such several orders and Determinations in the premises
for the settlinsr the Bounds of the said Charter Governm' and for the
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Relief of your subjects of New Hamp^'in all Respects and that in such
manner as to y"" Majesties Great Wisdom & Justice shall seem
meet —
And y"" Pef as in duty bound shall ever Pray &c.
John Thomlinson
[Endorsed] Thomlinsons Complt. — Copy —
[3-57] \_Aiisiucr to the Foregoing. Copy in Waldrou's Hand.']
Breif of an answer to John Tomlinson's Petition & Appeal to his
Majesty.
1 N. H. does not extend from Sea to Sea. Nothing is N. H. but
what was made so by the royal Grant to John Mason, which extended
but sixty miles from y'^ atlantic into the Country, and in all the Gov-
ernor's Commissions since that Grant, there has been onely the
northern & southern side bounds mentioned viz' from 3 miles to the
northward of Merrimack River & every part thereof to Piscataqua
River without saying any thing of Extent Eastward or Westward,
wherefore according to the most genuine Construction of the several
Commissions the extent of N. H. can be no longer E. & W. than
are the rivers of Merrimac on one side & Piscataqua on the other, or
at most but 60 miles
2 All that was ever called N. H. was Granted to M*" Mason, & if
the Grant was valid & legal the soil of that Prov. appertains to the
lawful heirs & assigns of the s'^ Mason, and His Maj'^ has no right
therein — N. B. If the soil is in part in the heirs of Sam' Allen,
and the residue in His Majesty w'^'^ is pretty plumply acknowledged,
what right has an agent of the representatives to dispute the prop-
erty or the boundaries —
3 Series of encroachments & oppressions (true eno') liut the
Gov'' as soon as he had opened his Commission used & Continued his
utmost endeavours to heal the differences which he found among the
Borderers, and which had been subsisting many years and carryed
often to much higher pitch formerly than latterly except a few years
ago that Col° Dunbar went with an armed force fi'om Deny and with
great wrath and assulted some Haverill Mowers, swearing death and
destruction to the Persons which made them flee for their lives.
Such an Instance of threatened violence there never was before or
since & that was on the part of N. H. — Also the expensive & nu-
merous oppositions from the Mass^ Agent that doubtless is right, but
that the Gov'' prevented the raising of money to carry on the affair
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by prorogations & dissolutions is equally vain & absurd when they
had sessions as frequent and of as long duration as any under the
adm" of former Governours
4 The Commission sued out at y^ Expence of N. H. How could
that be, if the Gov"" took effectual care as suggested in the next pre-
ceding paragraph to prevent the raising any public money. —
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, lo, II, 12, 13, 14^'' paragraphs are about y*^ Commission
& what passed at home previous and subsequent to it w* are facts I
cant speak to, neither am I able to undisguise the misreiDresenta-
tions —
15 Gov"" Belcher contrived to break thro' His Maj'^ Instructions
It is an audacious imputation but as his onely Gratis dictum, that he
did not is a sufficient answer
16 As to the prerogations from time to time they were fully an-
swered in the reply to y*^ Complaints of Wiggins & others, and the
assembly Singly and the Council and assembly joyntly had as many
opportunitys for doing what they tho't, and more than any Council
& Assembly have had before, but in plain truths the maj' part of the
Council & Most of the principal Members in the Assembly could not
think M'' Rindge's Capacity equal to an undertaking of that kind, &
had the utmost reason to Suppose both him & M^'Tomlinson w'"' some
Discontented designers in the province to be in a Combination to
Promote some selfish Schemes to the Part of the provinces under the
Specious pretense of Geting y^ line setled which had labord at cer-
tain seasons between 40 & 50 years under the Adm* of L* Gov"" Usher
Gov"" Allen L* Gov"" Partridge Gov"" Dudley — L^ Gov"" Usher again,
L* Gov' Vaughan Gov"" Shute U Gov"" Wentworth Gov"" Burnet L'
Gov"" Wentworth again, during which time all the Essays proved fruit-
less, tho the province sent home three or 4 Agents besides what they
Employed in Engl'^ & it is to be noted that 3 of the persons above
named were N. Hamp"" so that the affair had no better success when
a N H man was at y^ head of the Governm' than now Mass^ and the
N H Agents were once and Again advised by their Council learned
in the law to make no Stir about the line, for they had no right to
dispute it, 81 that it be their highest to hold their possessions as
quietly & Silently as possible as the most Effectual way of Securing
the title of what they enjoyed & the Gov"" apprehends that this was
one principal & weighty Consideration which occasioned the Coun-
cils acting in the affair, who were Gentlemen well knowing in y*" prem-
esis & throughly deleberated on them while the Maj"" part of those
who were for raising mony to Settle the line than planters or Comon
laborers in the field utterly ignorant of their interest & so easily Mis-
led bv the hissing of the snake in the Grass.
f ^^
l^N'iVERSITY li
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 75
The Council wisely considered the people of New Hamp"" never had
any grant or Charters for their province from the King, and tho't it
better to rest till some new scheme could be projected by Men of Ex-
perience & wisdom than to rush Precipitantly after blind leaders into
the dark track, which had proved a labyrinth to them near 50 years
— They concluded till they could make out a property in the soil they
must fail in setling the bounds, and that the property was in his Maj-
estys was the opinion of Gov'' Shute & the Council in his day and
of many others who accepted Six Townships under His Majesty by
the Grant of the s^ Gov"" Shute, since w*^'^ L^ Gov'' Wentworth granted
6 or 7 Towns more in His Majestys name & took care that himself &
4 or 5 of his sons with all the Council and every Member of the House
of Representatives of that day was a proprietor in every one of them.
This is said to shew the sense & opinion of the Gov'' Council &
Assembly at that time that the soil was His Majestys, and of the
same opinions continued the Council to last October when they ad-
vised the Gov"" to grant a new Township at the head of Rochester
formerly granted by Gov'' Shute & were afterward every man of them
Voted in & admitted associates with the proprietors of the said new
Town — and it may be further observed, that several of the Towns
granted by L* Gov'' Wentworth were granted home to Merrimack,
and the bounds of one of them (namely Barnstead) carryed several
miles on the South side of that. Those persons (say the Council) who
accepted Controversial lands in part of their Townships took 'em at
their peril and that it is of all things most unequitable, that the poor
distressed People who have no interest in the Grants which have prin-
cipally occasioned the Quarrel, should pay any duty to support it, fur-
ther the Council said a Contention about the line might probably give
a fresh alarm to the heirs or assigns of M"^ Mason, and bring on new
disputes with them, which probably might subject the prov : to new
and greater inconveniency on y*^ score than any heretofore — These
and many other considerations influenced the Council in their conduct
in this affair as the Gov'' was convinced by the whole tenour of their
Conversations and arguments at y*^ Board and not any bias to humour
the Gov"" as has been suggested contrary to sense & reason — But
yet the Council did once Joyn with Assembly to give 500;£' to
reimburse for expences past & to Grant 500 more to Defray the charge
of Com""^ if any should be appointed which some of 'em declared was
an offering violence to y'' reason and afterward the Council voted pay
for y^ Com''^ but y^ Assembly would not consent —
1 7 The petitioner says under this extraordinary situation &c — Ex-
traordinary situation indeed, that a poor little province (as he calls it
& rightly eno') should be so involved plagued & incumbered with
'j6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS,
the charge of a busyness, which the most wise & thinking people es-
teem an unjust burden on the people — But to recurr the petitioner
says a Committee of the House of representatives subsisting w'^'' had
formerly corresponded w*^ him about geting out and prosecuting y^ s*^
Commission presented unto y^ Com""^ a demand which is a most fla-
grant falsehood, that being done by a Committee appointed by the
General Court (viz') four Council''^ (not of y^ Gov^^ appointm') & 4 rep-
resentatives chosen y^ 2 April 1737
18 That the s'^ Committee did chuse 2 persons is false, it was the
Committee of y® Gen^ Court y* chose them
19 The Com"^ did receive the nomination of y^ two persons y' is
true but never made any use of y® persons & declared they would re-
ceive y® choice of y® Gen^ assembly if they w'^ choose
20 That the 2 persons protested before y^ Com'"'* is a downright
falsehood, they were never notifyed of their being chosen either by
the Commissioners or Committee, nor ever did one act in consequence
of the choice
21 The said Agent of N. H. objected, tho' in paragraph 17 tis s"^ a
Committee of y*^ House of represent made the demand
22 The Gov'' made a speech 10'^' of Aug"^ & recommended the
chusing 2 officers True —
23 The assembly would not chuse but adheard to the choice of y^
Committee, that is as true, & it is a manifest evidence the Settlem*
of the line was not so much at ye heart of the leaders of the flock as
was the design of rendering the Gov"" obnoxious to the K^ displeasure,
& making the matter of the line the handle for it, the whole tenour of
the proceedings evince the truth of the suggestion — For the assem-
bly well knew, the Com""* would have rec'^ a choice if they had seen
meet to make one at any time before there was occasion to make use
of the of^cers
[Endorsed] Answer to Thomlinson's Petition.
[3~59] \_Extract from CJiarter of Kingsivood, 1737.]
[Copy of a charter of a town by the name of Kingswood, by Jon-
athan Belcher. Dated October 20, 1737. The bounds were as fol-
lows : " Beginning at the Southeasterly corner of Barnstead and
from thence to run upon the same course as Barnstead Easterly side
line runs to Winnipiseokee pond, from thence upon a right angle till
it comes to the Boundary line between our said Province of New
Hampshire and that which was formerly called the Province of
Main, from thence as the said Boundary line runneth to the North-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
77
easterly corner of the Town of Rochester, from thence by Rochester
and Barrington head Hnes to the Bounds first mentioned." — Ed.]
A Schedule of the Persons names to whom the within Charter is
Granted viz^
Elcaz' Russell
Nath^ Rogers
Matthew Livermore
Thom^ Peirce
W" Parker
Benj^ Walton
Sam' Hart
Jos : Moulton
Jn« Cutt
Thom^ Wright
Jn° Ayers
Solomon Cotton
Dan' Jackson Jun'^
Sam' Sherburne Merc'
Henry Sherburne Jr. do.
W-" King:
Nath' Mendum
George Rogers
Joseph Whipple
Jn° Ross
Jn° Shackford Jun''
Jn" Wood
W" Frost
Benj^ Miller
Daniel Moulton
Benj'^ Gambling
Jn° Pray
Solomon Pike
Michael Whidden
Jn° Fellows
Thom^ Westbrook
Daniel Rogers
Charles Frost N. Castle Henry Sherburne
Jn° Dennet son of Eph^ Dennet Esq""
Sam' Sherburnelnnholder
Eliot Vaughan
Peter Greley
Ichabod Plaisted
Thomas Ncwmarch
Jn° Kennard
Moses Dennett
Joseph Langdon
Sam' White
George Peirce
Joseph Jackson
Moses Noble
J John Sherburne of
\ Little Harbour
John Sherburne son to
Joseph Snerburne Esq""
Jun'' of ye Plain
[3-60]
[Petition of Eleazer Bickford ; was in the expeditions to Cape Bre-
ton and Annapolis, in which he contracted a disease ; wanted an
allowance. — Ed.]
[3-60]
[Copy of a mandamus to admit John Rindge as a member of the
Council in place of Benjamin Gambling, deceased. Dated at Ken-
sington, England, July 22, 1738, and signed "By His Majestys
Command Holies New Castle." — Ed.J
[3-61] \_Letter of Marque, I739-]
Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Captain General and Governour in Chief
in and over His Majestys Provinces of the Massachuscts Bay and
New-Hampshire in New England in America and Vice Admiral of
the Same —
yS MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
To Captain Joshua Newbold Commander of the Ship Calia.
Whereas His Sacred Majesty George the Second by the Grace of
God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
Faith &c hath been Pleased by warrant under His Royal Sign Man-
ual, to authorize and Impower Me to issue forth and grant Letters of
Marque and Reprizal to any of His loving Subjects or others who shall
a])ply to me for the same, and whom I shall deem qualified in that be-
half, for arming and fitting out private Ships or Vessels of war for the
apprehending Seizing and taking the Ships Vessels and Goods belong-
ing to the King of Spain his Vassals and Subjects, or any Inhabiting
within his Countreys Territorys, and Dominions within the west
Indies. And forasmuch as, your s'^ ship Calia — being of the burthen
of ab* two hundred Tuns, mounted with fourteen Guns, and other-
wise armed ecquipped and furnished for the Service afore mentioned,
you have made application to me that you may have lycense and
Commission to attack. Seize, take, and make prize of, the Ships, Ves-
sels, and Goods belonging to the King of Spain his Vassals and Sub-
jects, Reposing therefore Special Trust and Confidence in your
Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, I Do by these Presents ac-
cordingly authorize, Impower, & Commissionate you the said Joshua
Newbold as Captain or Commander of the said ship Calia in and with
the same and Company to her belonging to apprehend, seize and take
the Ships Vessels and Goods belonging to the King of Spain his
Vassals and Subjects in what Place soever you shall happen to meet
them within the west Indies, their said Ships Vessels and Goods to
take and make prize of, and your said ship Calia's Company are
Commanded to obey you as their Captain : and your self in the Ex-
ecution of this Commission, to observe and follow the orders & In-
structions herewith given you ; and I do hereby request all Governors
and Commanders in Chief of any of His Majestys Territorys,
Islands, Provinces, or Plantations, where the said Captain or Com-
mander shall arrive with his said and men, and all admirals,
Vice admirals, and Commanders of His Majestys Ships of war, and
others, that may happen to meet him at Sea, also all officers and
Subjects of the Friends or Allies of His Sacred Majesty to permit
him the said Captain or Commander, with his said and men,
and the prizes that he may have taken freely and quietly to pass and
repass without giving or suffering him to receive any Trouble or
Hindrance, but on the contrary all Succour and assistance needfull.
Given under my hand and Seal at arms at Boston the eleventh day of
february 1739, in the thirteenth year of His said Majestys Reign —
By His Excellencys Command.
[No signature.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 79
[3-62]
\Certificate Relative to Land Grants to Me^nbers of the Legislature.']
Prov : of ) T.;r - ..
These may Certify that Lieu' Governor Wcntworth, with the ad-
vice of His Majestys Council (Governor Shute being gone to Eng-
land,) on the twentieth day of May — one thousand seven hundred
and twenty-seven, Granted five Townships, and every Member of
the House of Representatives at that time was made a Proprietor in
each of the said Townships, and that Andrew Wiggin Esq'' was then
one of the Representatives and one of the Grantees of Each of the
said Townships. —
Rich^^ Waldron Sec^'
[Endorsed] Certificate of Richard Waldron respecting grant of
Five Townships on the 20 May 1727.
17 May 173Q.
[3-63]
\Dociiments Relative to the Provijiee Seal and its Use. Testimony
of Secretary Waldro}i.~\
Rich^ Waldron Secretary of His Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire in New England Testifyeth that on or about the ninth or tenth
day of the present Month (at the request of George Jaffrey & John
Rindge Esq""®) he the Deponent went to the House of M"" James
Jaffry to compare & attest the Copys of the Assembly s Journals ;
That the said James Jeffry produced two bundles of papers which
he called the Journals of the Assembly, and began to read one of
them, while the Deponent look'd over and compared the other with
what the said Jeffry read ; That the Deponent observ'd several vari-
ances between what the said Jeffry read and what he the Deponent
look'd upon, and mentioned them to the said Jeffry, to which the
said Jeffry sometimes replyed that the Mistake was in the papers he
was reading, and then he amended it, and sometimes that the Mis-
take was in what the Deponent look'd over, & then the Deponent
amended it. That John Rindge Esq' took a turn at reading in the
same Papers, which the said Jeffry had begun, and when the Depon-
ent observed any Variances as he did sundry times to the said
Rindge the said Rindge & the Deponent made amendments some-
times in the papers read and sometimes in the papers compared as
80 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL'iL PAPERS.
the said Jeffry and the Deponent had done before ; In the next place
M"" Thomas Packer had a spell at reading in the said pap"ers, which
the said Jeffry & Rindge had been reading in before and the said
Packer amended the Papers he read several times and being once in
doubt whether what he read should be amended or that which the
Deponent was compareing, the said Packer said to the aforementioned
James Jeffry, Prithee Jemmy go look upon the Original and tell us
which is right whereupon George Jaffrey Esq"" (who was present)
said in a pet to the said Packer Is not what you are reading the
Original, to which the said James Jeffry answered no, and added
that he would go & look, and then went into another room and after
a short tarry return'd, and said : what M'' Packer was reading was
right, and the other must be mended. — The Deponent further saith
he firmly believes The interpolations made by the said M'' James
Jeffry John Rindge Esq"" and M"" Thomas Packer, in the papers read
unto him by them were not fewer than twenty and that he made
about the same number of Amendments on the Papers he compared.
He further saith that he often hath seen the Assembly Book in which
their Journals used to be entered. But the Copys he attested were
not compared with any Entrys in that Book (neither did he see that
Book on the aforesaid day) but with papers which the Deponent never
saw before that he knows of.
[3~63] [Depositioji and Letter of Richard Waldi'on.']
The Deposition of Richard Waldron Secretary of His Majestys
Province of New Hampshire In New England, Testifyeth that in the
month of April anno domini 1728, Andrew Wiggin Esq"" and M''
James Jeffry came to his house and desired him to give them a
Certificate with the Province Seal that the said James Jeffry was
clerk of the Assembly. That the Deponent answered they could
not but know that the Governor was appointed by his Comission the
keeper and user of the said seal, and therefore that they ought to
have applyed to him for it, the Deponent adding, that he supposed
this Application was made to him, on purpose to be denied by him
and then for them to make matter of Complaint of it against the
Governor that they could not get the Province seal : however he
further told them he would write to the Governor and acquaint him
with their application, and the Deponent did so within a day or two
after and received an Answer thereto from His Excellency which he
Communicated to them in a letter delivered with his own hand to
the said James Jeffry on the first day of May 1738. — Copy of which
Letter is as follows —
• MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 8l
" To Andrew Wiggin Esq and M'' James Jeffry
Gentlemen : You doubtless remember that when you spoke to me
at my house a Wednesday last the twenty sixth of last month con-
cerning a Certificate with the Province Seal I told you as it was then
Post day I expected an answer from His Excellency that night touch-
ing what you requested, and that if you should think proper to come
or send to me the next morning you might without any doubt know
the Governors pleasure on that and accordingly by the Post on the
said twenty sixth of April last I had the honour of receiving an an-
swer from His Excellency to what I had wrote him the week before
at your request, and His words are —
If the Speaker sends me an Attested Copy of the Vote of the
House of James Jeffry's being chosen their Clerk, and Jeffrys sends
me the papers to be annexed to his Certificate, I shall then sign a
Proper Certificate that he is Clerk and not before, for I dont know
that he is Clerk — I am Gent"^"
your humble Servant
Rich^' Waldron
Portsm" May i^' 1738
Superscribed To Andrew Wiggin Esq"" of Streatham M'' James
Jeffry of Portsmouth."
The Deponent further saith that from the time of the Delivery of
the said letter to the said Jeffry he the Deponent never heard one
word from the said Wiggin or the said Jeffry touching a Certificate
of the Province Seal, 'til the latter End of October last when the
said Wiggin and Jeffry came again to his house and desired him to
give them a Certificate with the Province Seal that the said Wiggin
was Speaker of the House of Representatives ; To which the Depo-
nent replyed that he was ashamed for them, That they should play
such mean and low games and make such trifHing and frivolous at-
tempts when they well knew it was not In his Power to grant what
they demanded ; Upon which M"" Wiggin asked the Deponent whether
he would write to the Governor for them to which the deponent
replyed he had wrote once for them already, and they might then
have had what he wrote for but they would not and now they might
write for themselves for he would not be their Tool again, since they
would not accept what he had wrote for in their behalf before. He
moreover told them the Governor would be in the Province in a few
days, and then they might personally apply to Him if they saw meet.
And the next week after this Conversation the Governor did Come
into the Province but they made no Application to Him that the De-
82 MISCELLANEOUS PROVLXc'lAL PAPERS.
ponent ever heard of during His Excellencys Stay in the Province
which was twenty days —
Richard Waldron Secretary of His Majestys Province of New
Hampshire in New England — Testifyeth That the Province Seal
has been in his Custody by order of His Excellency Governor Belcher
ever since His Excellencys takeing upon him the administration of
Government in this Province and the said Waldron can not call to
mind that ever he heard it was denyed to any Person that applyed to
His Excellency for it, Moreover that the Deponent has wrote to the
Governor more than a score of times (as he supposes) in behalf of
Persons that wanted the use of the said Seal and upon Every appli-
cation had an order to use it without the least demur or delay and
that the sending to His Excellency from time to time for His order
to use it has been always without any expence to the Person that
wanted it. —
The Deposition of Richard Waldron Secretary of His Majestys
Province of New Hampshire in New England Testifyeth that on or
about the thirteenth day of November last at Portsmouth in the
Province aforesaid he heard Theodore Atkinson Esq"" desire His Ex-
cellency the Governor to authenticate 2 copys of a Will for him with
Proper Certificates under the Province Seal the one to be sent to
England and the other to the West Indies — To whom the Gov""
replyed ; Let the Copys be given to the Secretary and it shall be done
immediately. That the Deponent heard nothing further of the said
Copys 'til he was at Hampton on the 20'^^ of said November waiting
on His Excellency out of the said Province when and where a Gen-
tleman delivered the Deponent a letter from the said M'' Atkinson
inclosing the two Copys which the Deponent Communicated to His
Excellency who was pleased to delay his proceeding on His journey
on purpose to sign the said Certificates after the Deponent had writ-
ten them —
Copys of the said M"" Atkinsons letter and the Deponents answer
to him are as follows : —
" S"" — I could not obtain the inclosed Copys til late last night which
obliges me to ask the favour that You'l give the proper Certificate
that His Excellency may sign them before he leaves the Town have-
ing now an opportunity to forward them, the necessity of the case I
hope will appollogize for it being out of time your favour in this will
be acknowleged by S'' Your most obedient humble Servant,
Nov'' 19, 1738. Theodore Atkinson
Rich'^ Waldron Escf
Superscribed To the Hon^^'' Rich^ Waldron Esq"" at Portsmouth." —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 83
r3~63] [IVa/dro/i to Atkinson, November, 1738.]
" S"" Yours of the 19"^ present with the two Copys of the late M""
Pikes Will I Received yesterday at Hampton from M"" Russel. — I
am afraid my asking His Excellency to sign the Certificates you de-
sired when he was on a journey, and with his foot in the Stirrup was
exposeing myself to the imputation of rudeness, however to oblige
you I ventured to do it and he condescended to grant the request say-
ing with all they should have been laid before him at Portsmouth or
sent to him at Boston and not bro't him to be signed in his chase you
have the said Certificates with the Province Seal affixed and the Copys
annexed to them herein inclosed which I hope will answer Your pur-
pose — I am S"" your most humble servant
Portsm° Nov"" 21 1738 Rich'^ Waldron
Theod'"'^ Atkinson Esq""
Superscribed — To the Hon'^''^ Theodore Atkinson Esq"" Ports-
mouth"
[3-64] \Governor s Orders respecting the Seal.^^
July 26 : 1732
It is my order y' y^ do not deliver the seal to the Lieu* Gov"" or any
body else, without my Special order
July 16: 1733
You are to observe my former order about the Prov : seal
Nov'' 26 1733
Tis my order that you dont part with the seal, or affix it to any
thing til said writing is first transmitted to me —
Sir, You are hereby order'd not to Suffer the Seal of the Province
to go out of your Custody or to affix it to any Writing without my
Special Leave and Direction
Given under my Hand at Boston April 21 : 1734 —
J Belcher
To the Hono^'^ Richard Waldron Esq Secretary of His Majesty's
Province of New Hampshire —
84 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3~65] \^Pi'esidcnt Walton s De^nand of the Seal, 1739.]
Province of New Hampshire April 26'^ 1/39
S"" Application being made to me by the Hon^^^ George Jaffrey
Andrew Wiggin Esq"^^ & M"" Thomas Packer for the Seal of the
Province to be affixed to y^ Journals of the House of Representatives
for said Province
And pursuant to Orders of the Right Hon'^^'^ the Lords of the
Comittee of Council for Plantation Affairs dated at White Hall the
9^'' of December 1738 and 30 January 1738 [O. S.] directing that the
same be authenticated by the Governor or Comander in Chief in the
said Province under the Seal of that Province
I do hereby as Comander in Chief (for the time being) in said
Province of New Hampshire ; demand the Public Seal of the said
Province and direct you to put the same Seal to the Journals of the
House of Representatives of said Province here presented by James
Jeffry Clerk of the late House of Representatives for said Province
and to authenticate the same in the usual form, the above Gentlemen
paying you your fees
Sha. Walton
To Richard Waldron Esq"" Secretary of the Province of New Hamp-
shire —
[3-66] \_Secrctary Waldrojis Answer to Foregoing.'\
Hon^^^ Sir, In answer to your demand of the Province Seal to be
annexed to the Assembly Journals I say if you'l please to order them
to be left with me I will forward them to his Excellency the Gover-
nor by an Express with all possible dispatch and with a proper Cer-
tificate annexed in order to be authenticated under the Province Seal
which is to be affixed by the Governor accordingly to the Express let-
ter of the Order from the Right Hon^'*^ the Lords of the Comittee of
Council which you referr to & not by you which Order is exactly
consonant to His Majestys Royal Commission which appoints the
Governor Keeper and User of the Province Seal, and I take leave to
observe to you the aforesaid order has no relation to me any other-
wise than to require me to furnish with Copys & to attest them w'^'^ I
was ever ready to do and challenge any man liveing to say the con-
trary, and am still ready to do so, and further I take leave to say if
you or the Gentlemen that have applyed to you will not accept the
offer I herein make the Application can be deem'd no other (in my
humble opinion) than a vexatious intention ag^* y^ Gov"" as sundry
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLYL PAPERS. 85
former applications of like sort have proved to be and not a real de-
sign of obtaining the Seal moreover I must crave your Leave to
express my Surprize at this Your extraordinary demand wherein you
call your self Comander In Chief when you well know, it has been
ever a settled point in the Province that no Le' Governor or Presi-
dent was or could be Comander In chief by the Kings Comission
while the Governor of the Province was at Boston and agreeable to
this you doubtless remember you have several times voted In Council
Your Self within this twenty years
I am Your Honours humble Serv^ R. W.
Ports'' April 26 1739 —
To the Hon^^^ M"" President Walton of New Hampshire —
This was read & delivered to M"" President Walton in Presence of
Mess'^ Geo. Jaffrey Andrew Wiggin & Thomas Packer '^ R. W.
April 26 1739
[3-67]
\_A tkinson and Others' Application to have the Seal Affixed to Certain
Doenfnents.~\
Province of Newhampshire April 27'^ 1739
S"" Pursuant to an Order of the Right Hon^''^ the Lords Comittee
of Council for Plantation affairs Dated at White Hall 30*"^ of Jan''
1738 [O. S.] Impowering us to Examine and take out any Copys of
Records &c. from the Journals of the House of Representatives of
the Province of Newhampshire, and Minuits or Orders of Council &c.
We have obtained a Copy of the Journal of the said House of
Representatives from the 25^'^ August 1730 to the 17''' day of Novem-
ber 1738 Certified by James Jeffry Cle"" of the Last assembly for
Said Province, Which ^ we have sent you : Desir-
ing you to authenticate the Same (so far as Relates to your office
of Secretary of s'^ Province) in order to be Sent his Excell>' by Some
of us (appointed as above) who are now Ready to go with the same
to Boston : to Desier his Excell^ to Signe the same and order the
Publick Scale of the Province to be put thereto.
Theodore Atkinson
J Rindge
Tho^ Packer
To Ric*^ Waldron Esq"" Secr^ of the Province of Newhampshire.
86 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-68] \_Geo7-o-c Jaffrcy to Richard Wa/droji.']
Sir In your answer to the Presidents Demand of the Province
Seal yesterday y*" 26* Inst, you were Pleased to offer to make a
Proper Certificate to be annexed to the Journalls of the Assembly
that they might be forwarded to His Excellency the Gov"" in order
to be authenticated under the Province Seal according to the orders
of the Right Honourable the Lords of y^ Comitte of Councill for
Plantation affairs Dat^ Dec'^ 9''' & Jan^ 30*'' 1738
The Said Journalls of y° assembly are now presented to you for the
Proper Certificate to be annexed to them That they may forthwith
be forwarded to His Excellency the Govern'' for the Purpose aboves'^
and that neither the Govern"" nor any Body Else may make the appli-
cation you in y°'' s'^ answer to the President Intimated. But be
assured the Real Designe is to obtain y'^ Province Seal absolutly in
obediance to the above said orders and not any Vexatious Intention
against His Excell^ the Goven"" from — S""
V very Humb' Serv'
Ge° Jaffrey
New Hampsh'' portsm° Ap"" 27''' 1739
To M"" Secretary Waldron —
[3-68] \Ricliard Waldron to George Jaffrey.']
Gentlemen In answer to your request I will draw a proper Cer-
tificate that M"" James Jeffry was Clerk of the Assembly & forthw*^
send it to the Gov"" by the post who will set out in an hour or two
I am Gent" Yo"" hum SeV R. W.
April 27, 1739
To The Hon^ie Geo Jaffery Esq-- & M"" James Jaffry —
[3-69]
\Petition to the Governor I'elative to Affixing the Province Seal to
Certain Documents.]
To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Captain Gen^ and Gover-
nour in Cheif in and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire now resident at Boston in New England —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL'^L PAPERS. 87
The Petition of George Jaffrey Theodore Atkinson John Rindge
and Thomas Packer of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hamp-
shire Esq"" —
Whereas the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Council for Plantation affairs by their order bearing date at the Coun-
cil Chamber Whitehall the g"' day of December 1738 Directing That
the Representatives of the s^ Province or their agent should be per-
mitted to search and take copy of minutes & proceedings of the Gov-
ernour and Council minutes and proceedings of the Council, minutes
of the Council in assembly, and also minutes & proceedings of the
assembly of the s^ Province, as to such points as they should think
necessary to Support their petition of Complaint now dependino-
before His Majesty in Council against your Excellency —
And whereas afterwards their afores'^ Lordships by their order
bearing date at the afores*^ Council Chamber the 30''' day of. January
1738, ordered That your pet'"^ George Jaffrey, Theodore Atkinson
John Rindge and Thomas Packer Esq""^ or any other Person to be
appointed by them, or either of them, be permitted to search for and
take out the Copy of papers as directed by the afore recited order of
the 9*^ of December and that the Secretary of the s"^ Province do
attest therin as true copys and that the Governour do affix the Seal
of the Province thereto upon paying the usual fees for the same,
whereof the Governour or Commander in Cheif and the Secretary of
the s"^ Province for the time being, as also all others whom it may
concern, are thereby ordered to take notice and Govern themselves
accordingly (as by the s'^ two orders herewith produced to your Ex-
cellency under the Seal of the Council office may more fully appear)
now your pef^ humbly shew your Excellency That by virtue of the
afores"^ orders they have taken a copy of the Journals of the House
of Representatives of the said Province from the 25'^ of August 1730
to the 17'^ day of November 1738, and the same is duly attested by
James Jaffrey Gent" the Clerk of the s'^ House of Representatives,
and that on the 26'^ day of this instant april in the absence of Your
Excellency and David Dunbar Esq^ His Majestys Lieut. Governour
of s^ Province, your pet"** applied to Shadrack Walton Esq*" President
of His Majestys Council for s*^ Province and Comander in Cheif in
the same, Praying him to cause the Province Seal to be affixed to the
aforesaid Copys of the s'' Journals, and his Honour in obedience to
the s"^ orders went with your pef^ to Richard Waldron Esq"" Secretary
of the s"^ Province, who your pef* apprehended, had the custody of
the s*^ Seal and ordered him to affix the Province Seal accordingly to
the s'^ Papers, and your pef^ at the same time produced to the s'' Sec-
88 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
retary the aforesaid two orders under the seal of the s^ Council office
and Tendered him the usual fees for the affixing of the s"^ Seal, but
the s"^ Secretary refused to affix the s^ Seal to the afores'^ papers upon
the s"^ Presidents order and returned for answer viz' In answer to
your demand of the Province Seal to be annexed to the assembly
Journals I say, if you'l please to order them to be left with me I will
forward them to his Excellency the Governour by an Express with all
possible Dispatch, and with a proper Certificate annexd to them in
order to be authenticated under the Province Seal — Now therefore
your pef^ are obliged thereupon to report to your Excellency at Bos-
ton humbly praying That your Excellency would pursuant to the
afores'i orders of the 30*'' of January cause the Publick Seal of the s"^
Province to be affixed to the afores"^ Copys of the s"^ Journals at Bos-
ton and Certify That the aforesaid James Jeffry is Clerk of the House
of Representatives in the usual form of such Certificates, and order
the afores'^ Secretary to attest the s'^ Certificate : or if the Province
Seal is in the Custody of the s'^ Secretary in the Province of New
Hampshire That your Excellency would be pleased to give your pef^
a written order to the s'' Secretary Directing him to affix the Prov-
ince Seal to the afores'^ papers and a duplicate thereof ; and also one
other order to the s"^ Secretary to affix the s'^ Province Seal to any
Deposition or other papers relating to the s^ Complaint now depend-
ing before His said Majesty, which shall be presented to him by your
pef^ for that purpose and your pef^ &c &c —
Geo : Jaffrey
Theodore Atkinson
J Rindge
Thos Packer
Portsmouth April 27''^ 1739
[3-70]
[Order of CoDiviittec of Council^ December 9, 1738.]
At the Council Chamber Whitehall the 9*'' of Dec'' 1738.
By the R' Hono^^'^ the Lords of the Committee of Council for
Plantation Affairs.
Upon a Motion this Day made to their Lordships by the Soil''
for the Petition of Complaint of the Repres^'' of the Province of
New-Hampshire against Jon^ Belcher Esq Gov'' of that Province ;
praying to be allowed Copys of several Proceedings of the Gov""
Council, & Assembly of the said Province relating to the said Com-
plaint, & to have the same authenticated under the Seal of the said
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. So
Province, upon paying the usual Fees for the same. — It is ordcr'd
by their Lordships, that the said Rep""^ of the Province of N. Hamp-
shire, or their Agent be permitted to search & take Copys of such
Minutes and Proceedings of the Gov"" & Council, Minutes & Proceed-
ings of the Council in Assembly, & Minutes & Proceedings of the
Assembly of that Province, as they shall think necessary to support
their said Compl* & that the same be authenticated by the Gov'' or
Comm'' in chief in the said Province for the time being, under the
Seal of that Province, upon paying the usual Fees for the same.
Whereof the Gov"" or Comm'' in chief of the s"*. Province for the
time being, & all others whom it may concern, are to take notice &
govern themselves accordingly.
[3-71] {Governor s Order relative to the Seal.^
S'' I have receiv'd by M'" Thomas Packer an original order, of which
the other Side is an exact Copy, as compar'd by the said M'' Packer
to which you are to conform yourself ; & having So done annex a
Certificate with y"^ Seal of the Province & Send it to me for my
Signing.
Given under my Hand at Boston, April 30, 1739
J. Belcher
To the Hono'''^ Richard Waldron Esq'' Secretary of His Majestys
Province of New Hampshire at Portsmouth.
if I have omitf^ the year in y^ order I sent you do you supply it
{Petition of Thomas Packer for Certified Copies of Depositions
Relating to the Boundary Line Controversy, 1739. From Hib-
bard Mss., Vol. III., p. 169.]
To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Captain General and Gov-
ernor in Cheif in and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire in New England.
Humbly Sheweth — Thomas Packer of Greenland within the
Township of Portsmouth in the aforesaid Province Esq'' That on the
Twenty fifth day of last April he this deponent together with George
Jaffrey, Theodore Atkinson and John Rindge Esq''* waited on Rich-
ard Waldron Esq"" Secretary of the said Province and by virtue of
go MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS,
two orders of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Council for Plantation affairs one of which is dated the Ninth Day
of December 1738, and the other of 'em the Thirtieth Day of Jan-
uary 1738, Both which the Petitioner hath already delivered to your
Excellency demanded of him Copies of the Minutes and Proceedings
of your Excellency and the Council of the said Province at Hamp-
ton in the Months of August, September and October, 1737, touching
the Settlement of the line between the said Province of New Hamp-
shire and the Province of the Massachusetts Bay which copies they
think necessary to support the Petition of Complaint of the late
House of Representatives of said Province against your Excellency
now depending before His Majesty in Council and that he would
affix the Seal of the Province of New Hampshire to the same — to
which the said Secretary answered that he had seen Coppys of the
said two orders of Council Twenty Days before and would give at-
tested Copys of the said Minutes and Proceedings : But could not
affix the Seal of the said Province to any Papers without your Excel-
lencys special Directions for so doing, having had orders from your
Excellency not to affix the same without your Directions : And your
Petitioner thereupon came to Boston to make application to your
Excellency touching the matters aforesaid, and hath also brought
with him Six Depositions tending to support the aforesaid Complaint
against your Excellency all taken at Portsmouth in the said Province
of New Hampshire, viz* One of them sworn by the aforesaid George
Jaffrey on the Twenty seventh Day of last April before Jotham
Odiorne Esq''. One of the Members of His Majestys Council and a
Justice of the Peace for the said Province : Two others sworn on
the same Day by the said George Jaffrey, and Theodore Atkinson
before the said Jotham Odiorne ; One other Person [Deposition ?J
on the same day by the said Theodore Atkinson, before the said Jo-
tham Odiorne and George Jaffrey, who is also another of the Mem-
bers of his Majestys Council and a Justice of Peace for the said
Province ; One other Person by the said John Rindge Esq"" on the
Twenty sixth Day of the same April before the said Jotham Odi-
orne and George Jaffrey, and one other sworn by the said Theodore
Atkinson, George Jaffrey, John Rindge and Andrew VViggin Esq""
late Speaker of the last House of Representatives of said Province ;
all which Depositions your Petitioner now produces to your Excel-
lency —
Now Therefore your Petitioner Prays, That your Excellency would
give him a written order to the said Secretary directing him to affix
the Seal of the Province of New Hampshire to the aforesaid Six
Depositions and to annex a proper Certificate to the same to be
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
91
signed by your Excellency certifying the said George Jaffrey and
Jotham Odiorne to be Justices of the Peace for the said Province
of New Hampshire &c. And also to any other Depositions, which
your Petitioner and the said George Jaffrey, Theodore Atkinson and
John Rindge or any of them shall offer to him for that purpose pay-
ing the usual fees for the same ; and also to affix the aforesaid Prov-
ince Seal to the beforementioned Copies of Minutes and Proceedings
of your Excellency and Council with a proper Certificate likewise
annexed thereto, to be signed by your Excellency, and also to any
other Copies of Minutes and Proceedings of your Excellency and the
said Council, or of the House of Representatives of said Province,
touching the matter of the aforesaid Complaint as your Petitioner
and the said George Jaffrey, Theodore Atkinson and John Rindge
or any of them shall offer to the said Secretary for that purpose, pay-
ing him the usual Fees.
And yo"" Petitioner &c —
Boston May 7^^ 1739. Tho^ Packer
[3-72]
\Governor s Order to Secretary Waldrou in Answer to the Forego-
i'ig^ 1 739-]
Sir. According to an application made to me this Day by M*" Thomas
Packer for a Certificate that George Jaffrey & Jotham Odiorne Esq""*
are Justices of the Peace in the Province of New Hampshire you
are to make out such a Certificate, affix the Seal, & Send it to me to
sign, & upon any further applications for the Seal by the Gentlemen
mentioned in the Order of His Majesty's most Hono'^^'^ Privy Council
of 30* Janu* last you are to draw such Certificates as may be desir'd,
affix the Seal, & transmit them to me yourself, for I dare not con-
sistent with the Trust repos'd in me by His Majesty suffer such Cer-
tificates with the Seal annext to be transmitted me by any body but
yourself. — J. Belcher
May 7"' 1739 —
To the Hono''^'= M'' Secr^ Waldron of His Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire, Portsmouth —
Q2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-73] \_Rindge, Packer, and Atkinson for Seal, 1739-]
Portsmouth August 10*^ 1739.
In pursuance of the Order of the Lords Comittee of Council dated
Jany 30*'' 1738, We desire you will affix the Seal of the Province, to
M'' James Jaffrys affidavit that he waites on you with and Annex the
Said affidavit and Seal & your Certificate (that he has been Clerk to
the House of Representatives of this Province from the 25*'^ of
august 1730 to the 17* of November 1738) and that Jotham Odiorn
& ^Joshua Pierce Esq""" before whom the Said Jaffry was Sworn, are
Justices of the Peace for S"^ Province, and we will forward it to the
GoVtosigne J Rindge
Tho^ Packer
Theod Atkinson —
[3-74]
{Copy of Instrnctions for Privateers in the War with Spain, 1739.]
Instructions Given with Letters of Marque. —
George R — Instructions for such Merchants and Others who
shall have Letters of Marque or Reprisals for Pri-
L. s. vate Men of War against the King of Spain His
Vassals and Subjects or others inhabiting within
any of His Countries Territories or Dominions, by Virtue of Our
Comission Granted under our Great Seal of Great Britian bearing
date this twentieth day of July 1739.
Given at our Court at Kensington the twentieth day of July 1739,
In the Thirteenth year of our reign —
V^ That it shall be lawfull for the said Merchants and others
authorized by Letters of Marque or Reprisals for Private Men of War
to set upon by force of Arms and so subdue and take the Men of
War, Ships and other Vessels what soever. As also the Goods Mon-
ies and Merchandizes belonging to the King of Spain his Vassals
and Subjects and Others inhabiting within any of His Countries, Ter-
ritories and Dominions : But so as that no Hostility be Committed
nor Prize attacked Seized or taken within the Harbour of Princes or
States in amity with Us, or in their rivers or Roads within shot of
their Cannon.
2diy That the said Merchants and Others shall bring such Ships
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 93
and Goods as they have seized or shall so seize and take to such Port
of this our Realm of England or some other part of our Dominions
as shall be most convenient for them in order to have the same
legally adjudged in Our High Court of Admiralty of England or be-
fore the Judges of such the admiralty's Court as shall be lawfully
authorized within Our Dominions. —
T,^^y That after such Ships shall be taken and brought into any
Port, The Taker shall be obliged to bring or send, as soon as possi-
ble may be Three or Four of the Principal of the Company (where-
of the Master and the Pilot be always two) of every ship so bro't
into Port, before the Judge of the Admiralty of England, or His
Surrogate or Such as shall be lawfully commissionated in that behalf
to be sworn and examined upon such Interrogatories as shall tend to
the discovery of the Truth touching the interest or Property of such
Ship or ships and of the Goods and Merchandizes found therein :
And the Taker shall be further obliged at the time he produceth the
Company to be examin'd to bring and deliver into the hands of the
Judge of the Admiralty of England his Surrogate or others comis-
sioned as aforesaid all such Passes, Sea-briefs Charter-Parties Bills of
Lading Cockets Letters and other Documents and writings as shall
be delivered up, or found on Board any such ships ; the said Taker
or one of his Chief officers who was present and saw the said papers
and Writings deliver'd up or otherwise found on Board at the time of
the Capture making Oath That the said papers and writings are bro't
and deliver'd in as they were received or taken without any Fraud
Addition Subduction or Embezzlement,
4^y That all such Ships Goods and Merchandizes taken by virtue
of Letters of Marque and Reprisal shall be kept and preserved and
no part of them shall be sold spoiled wasted or diminished and that
the Bulk thereof shall not be broken before Judgment given in
the said Court of Admiralty that the Ships Goods and merchandizes
are lawful Prize ; and that no person or persons taken or surprised
in any ship or vessel as aforesaid though known to be of the Span-
iards Party shall be in cold blood killed mained or by torture or Cruelty
inhumanly treated contrary to y^ common usage and just permis-
sion in such cases ; And whosoever shall offend in any of the Pre-
misses shall be severely punished. —
5^y That the said Merchants Commanders of ships and others who
shall obtain the said Letters of Marque & reprisals as aforesaid for
Private Men of War shall not do or attempt any thing against the
true meaning of any Article or Articles Treaty or Treaties depend-
ing between Us, and any of Our Allies and shall not do or attempt
94 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
anything against Our loving Subjects or the Subjects of any Prince
or State in amity with us nor against their ships Vessels or Goods
but only against the King of Spain his Vassals and subjects and
others inhabiting within his Countries Territories or Dominions
their Ships Vessels and Goods. —
&y That after Condemnation of any Prize it shall or may be lawful
for the said Merchants and others to keep such and so many ships
Vessels Goods and Merchandizes as shall be condemned to them for
lawful Prize in their own Possession to make sale or dispose thereof in
open market or otherwise to their best advantage in as ample manner
as at any time heretofore has been accustomed in Cases of Letters of
Marque and Reprisals ; other than wrought Silks Bengalis and Stuffs
mixed with Silk or Iterba of the manufacture of Persia China or East
India or Callicoes painted dyed, printed or stained there which are to
be deposited for exportation according to the directions of an Act
made in the Eleventh year of the Reign of the late King William
Entitled an Act for the more effectual employing the Poor by encour-
aging the Manufactures of this Kingdom ; And that it shall be law-
ful for all manner of persons as well our Subjects as others accord-
ing to Law to buy the said Ships Vessels Goods and Merchandizes,
so taken and condemned for lawful Prize without any damage or mo-
lestation to ensue thereupon to the said Buyers or any of them by
reason of the contracting or dealing for the same.
7'>' That if any ship or vessel belonging to us or our Subjects
shall be found in distress by being in fight set upon or taken by
the Spaniards the Captain Officers and Company who shall have
such Letters of Marque and Reprisals as aforesaid shall use their
best endeavours to give aid and succour to all such ship or ships and
shall to the utmost of their power labour to free the same from the
Spaniards. —
8'y That Our Subjects and all other Persons whatsoever who shall
either in their own persons serve or bear any Charge or adventure or
in any sort further or set forward the said adventure according to
these Articles shall stand and be freed by virtue of the said Letters
of Marque and reprizals and that no Person be in any wise reputed or
challang'd for an offender against our Laws but shall be freed under
our Protection of and from all trouble and vexation that might in any
wise grow thereby in the same manner as any other our Subjects
ought to be by Law in their aiding and assisting us either in their
own Persons or otherwise. —
9^y That the said Merchants and others before the taking out
letters of Marque and Reprisals shall give notice in writing sub-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 95
scribed with their hands to Our Comissioners for executing the office
of our High Admiral of Great Britain or the Lieutenant or Judge of
the said Court of Admiralty or his Surrogate of the name of their
Ship and of the Tunnage and Burthen and the names of the Cap-
tains Owners or Letters out of the said Ship with the number of
men and the names of the Officers in her and for what time they are
victualled and also of their ordnance P'urniture and Ammunition to
the end the same may be registred in the said Court of Admiralty. —
lo'y That those Merchants Captains and others who shall have such
Letters of Marque and Reprisals as aforesaid shall hold and keep, and
are hereby enjoyned to hold and keep a Correspondence by all Con-
veniences and upon all occasions from time to time with Our Comis-
sioners for executing the office of High Admiral of Great Britain or
their Secretary so as from time to time to render and give unto them
not only an account or intelligence of their Captures or proceedings
by virtue of such their Said Letters of Marque and Reprisals aforesaid ;
but also of whatsoever else shall occur unto them or be discover'd or
declared unto them or found out by them by Examination of or con-
ference with any Mariners or Passengers of or in the Ships or vessels
taken or by any other ways or means whatsoever touching or concern-
ing the Designs of the Spaniards or any of their Fleets Ships Ves-
sels or Parties ; and of the Stations Seas Ports and Places and of
their Intents therein ; and of what Merchant Ships or Vessels of the
Spaniards bound out or home as they shall hear of ; and of what else
material in these Cases may arrive to their knowlege to the end
such course may be thereupon taken and such orders given as may
be requisite.
11. That No Commander of a Merchant Ship who shall have a
letter of Marque or Reprisals shall presume as they will answer it at
their Peril to wear any Jack Pendant or any other ensign or Colours
usually borne by our ships but that besides the Colours borne usually
by Merchant Ships they do wear a Red Jack with the Union Jack
described in the Canton at the upper Corner thereof near the Staff
and that one third part of the whole Company of Every such Ship or
Vessel so fitted out as aforesaid shall be land Men. —
12. That such Merchants Commanders of ships and others who
shall obtain such Letters of Marque and Reprisals as aforesaid shall
also from time to time upon due notice being given them observe all
such other Instructions and orders as we shall think fit to direct for
the better carrying on of this Service.
13. That all Persons who shall violate these Instructions shall be
severely punished and also required to make full reparation to Per-
96 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
sons injured contrary to these Instructions for all damages they shall
sustain by any Capture Embezzlement Demurrage or otherwise. —
14. That before any such Letters of Marque and Reprisals Issue
under Seal Bail with sureties shall be given before the Lieu* and
Judge of our High Court of Admiralty of England or his Surrogate
in the Sum of three thousand pounds Sterling if the Ship carries
above one hundred and fifty Men ; and if a lesser number in the sum
of fifteen hundred pounds sterling ; which Bail shall be to the Effect
and in the form following. —
Which Day Time and Place Personally appeard.
Who submitting themselves to the Jurisdiction of the High Court
of Admiralty of England, obliged themselves their Heirs Executors
and Administrators to our Sovereign Lord the King in the Sum of
pounds of lawfull mony of Great Britain to this Effect
That is to say whereas is authorized by Letters of
Marque or Reprisal for a Private Man of War to Arm Equip and set
forth to sea the Ship called the of the burthen of about
Tons whereof he the said goeth Captain
with Men ordnance ammunition and victuals to set upon by force of
Arms and to subdue seize and take the Men of war ships and other
Vessels whatsoever together with the Goods Monies and Merchan-
dizes belonging to the King of Spain or to any of his Vassals and
Subjects or others inhabiting within any of His Countries Territories
or Dominions whatsoever excepting only within the Harbours or
Roads within shot of the Cannon of Princes and States in Amity
with His Majesty. And whereas the said has a Copy
of Certain Instructions approved of and passed by His Majesty in
Council deliver'd to him to Govern himself therein as by the tenour
of the said Letters of Marque or Reprisal and of the Instructions
thereto relating more at large appeareth. If therefore nothing shall
be done by the said or any of his Officers Mariners or
Company contrary to the true meaning of the said Instructions, but
that the letters of Marque or Reprisal aforesaid and the said Instruc-
tions shall in all Particulars be well and duly performed and observed
as far as they shall the said Ship Captain and Company any way con-
cern : And if they or any of them shall give full Satisfaction for any
Damage or Injury which shall be done by them or any of them to
any of His Majestys Subjects or Allies or Neuters or their Subjects ;
And also if the said and his officers and Mariners shall
duly and truly pay or cause to be paid to His Majesty or to such Per-
son or Persons as shall be by His Majesty authorized to receive the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 9/
same the just Tenths or tenth part according to the due and legal
appraisment of all such Ships and Goods as shall be by them or any
of them taken or seized and shall be by due Course of Law adjudged
to be good and lawful Prize : and also shall duly and truely pay or
cause to be paid to His Majesty or the Customers or Officers ap-
pointed to receive the same for His Majesty the usual Customs due
to His Majesty of and for all Ships and Goods so as aforesaid taken
and adjudged for Prize : That then this Bail shall be void and of none
effect ; And unless they shall so do they do all hereby severally consent
that Execution shall Issue forth against them their Heirs Executors
and Administrators Goods and Chattels wheresoever the same shall
be found to the value of the said sum of pounds before
mentioned. And In Testimony of the Truth thereof they have here-
unto subscribed their names
By His Majestys Command —
Holies Newcastle —
Copy of what was Given in by His Excellency Governor Belcher
to register in the Secretarys office feb'^' i^' 1739-40
Rich'^ Waldron Sec^
[For other documents relative to the war against Spain, see Vol.
v., pp. 41-45, 47-52. — Ed.]
[3~75] \Instnictions to Privateers, November 26, 1739.]
At the Council Chamber Whitehall the 26'^ of November 1739 —
Present
The Lords of His Majestys most Honourable Privy Council —
Whereas there have been formerly great Irregularitys in the
L. s. manner of Granting Commissions in the Plantations to private
Ships of War, and whereas for preventing the like for the
future the Governors of His Majestys Colonys & Plantations in
America are particularly required by their Instructions to govern
themselves according to the Commissions & Instructions Granted
in this Kingdom — It is therefore this day Ordered in Council that
Copys of the Commissions & Instructions Directed by His Majesty
to be Issued here upon occasion of the present War with Spain Be
transmitted to the Governors or Commanders in Chief of all His
98 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Majesty s Colony s & Plantations in America for their guidance in
this behalf and for their more particular information herein — It is
further ordered that Copys of the Warrants issued by the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to the Judge of the High Court
of Admiralty here requiring him to Grant the Commissions afore
mentioned Be likewise transmitted to the said respective Governors,
Copys of all which are hereunto annexed —
W Sharpe —
[Form for Letter of Marque.]
By the Comissioners for Executing the office of Lord High Admiral
of Great Britain & Ireland &c^
Whereas by His Majestys Commission under the Great Seal of
Great Britain bearing date the thirtieth day of November 1730, We
are required and authorized to Issue forth and Grant Comissions to
any of His Majestys Subjects, or others whom we shall deem fitly
qualified in that behalf for the apprehending seizing & taking the
Ships Vessels and Goods belonging to Spain or the Vassals and Sub-
jects of the King of Spain or others inhabiting within any of his
Countries Territories & Dominions and Such other Ships Vessels and
Goods as are or shall be liable to Confiscation pursuant to the respec-
tive Treaties between His Majesty & other Princes States & Poten-
tates and to bring the Same to Judgment in His Majestys High Court
of Admiralty of England or Such other Court of Admiralty as Shall be
lawfully authorized in that behalf, for proceedings and adjudication
and Condemnation to be thereupon had according to the course of Ad-
miralty & laws of Nations with other Powers in the said Commission
expressed, a Copy whereof together with His Majestys Instructions
under His Royal Signet and Sign Manual remains with you ; these
are therefore to will and require you forthwith to Cause a Commission
or Letter of Marque to be issued out of the High Court of Admiralty
unto Commander of the Ship called the
burthen about Tons mounted with Guns
and navigated with men to set forth in warlike manner
the said Ship called the whereof the said is com-
mander and to apprehend seize & take the Ships Vessels and Goods
belonging to Spain or the Vassals & Subjects of the King of Spain
or others inhabiting within any of His Countries, Territories & Do-
minions & Such other Ships, Vessels and Goods as are or shall be
liable to Confiscation pursuant to the respective Treaties between His
Majesty and other Princes States and Potentates according to His
Majestys Commission & Instructions aforesaid — And you are to insert
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 99
therein a Clause enjoyning the s'^ — to keep an Exact
Journal of his proceedings & therein particularly to take notice of all
Prizes which shall be taken by him the nature of such Prizes the time
and Place of their being taken and the value of them as near as he
can judge ; as also of the Station, Motion & Strength of the Enemy
as well as he can discover by the best intelligence he can get ; of
which he is from time to time as he shall have opportunity to trans-
mit an Account to Our Secretary & to keep Correspondence with
him by all opportunities that shall present. — Provided always that
before you Issue Such Commission, Security be Given thereupon ac-
cording as is directed by His Majestys Instructions aforementioned
and hath been used in such Cases. —
The s'^ Comission to continue in force until further order : For
which this shall be your Warrant
Given under our hands and the Seal of the Office of Admiralty
this day of 17
To Sir Kenry Penvice Knight Judge of the High Court of Admi-
ralty
By Command of their Lordships.
George the second by the Grace of God King of Great Britain
France & Ireland Defender of the faith To all People to whom these
presents shall come Greeting — Whereas We by Our declaration of
the nineteenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord one thousand
seven hundred & thirty-nine for the reason therein contained have
declared W^ar against Spain and Whereas We by Our Comission
under Our Great Seal of Great Britain bearing date the thirtieth day
of November following have willed required & Authorized Our High
Admiral of Great Britain & Ireland &c^ for the time being and our
Comissioners for Executing the Office of Our High Admiral of Great
Britain & Ireland &c^ and the Comiss''^ for Excuting the s'^ office for
the time being or any three or more of them to Issue forth and Grant
Comissions to any of Our loving Subjects or others whom our High
Admiral aforesaid or our s*^ Comissioners for Executing the s'* office
and the Comissioners for Executing the same for the time being
shall deem fitly qualified in that behalf for the apprehending Seizing
and taking the Ships Vessels & Goods belonging to Spain or the
Vassals & Subjects of the King of Spain or others inhabiting with-
in any of his Countrys Territories & Dominions & Such other Ships
Vessels & Goods as are or shall be liable to Confiscation pursuant to
the respective Treatys between us and other Princes States and
lOO MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Potentates and to bring the same to Judgment in our High court of
Admiralty of England or such other Court of Admiralty as shall be
lawfully Authorized in that behalf for proceedings and adjudication
& condemnation to be thereupon had according to the Course of
Admiralty and Laws of Nations and with such Clauses to be therein
inserted & in such manner as by our s'^ Commission more at large
appeareth and whereas our s'^ Comissioners for Executing the Office
of Our High Admiral afores^ have thought fitly qualified who
hath equipped furnished and victualled a Ship called the of
the burthen of about Tons whereof he the said is
Commander and whereas he the said hath given sufficient
Bail with surties to Us in our s'^ High Court of Admiralty according
to the Effect 8i form set down in Our Instructions made the s^ thir-
tieth day of Nov"" one thousand seven hundred and thirty nine in the
Thirteenth Year of Our Reign a Copy whereof is Given to the said
Capt Know ye therefore that We do by these presents Grant
Commission to and do license and Authorize the said to set
forth in Warlike manner the s"^ Ship called the under his own
Command and therewith by force of Arms to apprehend Seize &
take the Ships Vessels and Goods belonging to Spain or the Vassals
& Subjects of the King of Spain or others inhabiting within any of
his Countrys Territorys & Dominions & such other Ships Vessels
and Goods as are or shall be liable to Confiscation pursuant to the
respective Treatys between Us & other Princes States & Potentates
& to bring the same to such Port as shall be most Convenient in
order to have them legally adjudged in Our said High Court of
Admiralty of England or before the Judges of such other Admiralty
Court as shall be lawfully authorized within Our Dominions w'^'' being
Condemned it shall & may be lawfull for the s"* to sell &
dispose of such Ships Vessels and Goods so adjudged & Condemned
in such sort & manner as by the Course of Admiralty hath been
accustomed Except in such cases where it is otherwise directed by
Our s"^ Instructions Provided always that the s^ keep an
exact Journal of his proceedings and therein particularly take notice
of all Prizes w^'^ shall be taken by him the nature of such Prizes the
times & places of their being taken and the values of them as near
as he can judge as also of the Station motion & strength of the
Enemy as well as he or his Mariners can discover by the best Intelli-
gence he can get & also of whatsoever else shall occur unto him or
any of his offic""^ or Mariners or be discovered or declared unto him
or them or found out by examination or Conference with any Mar-
iners or Passengers of or in any the Ships or Vessels taken or by any
other Person or persons or by any other ways & means whatsoever
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 1 01
touching or concerning the designs of the Enemy or any of their
fleets Vessels Partys & of their Stations Ports and Places & of their
intents therin & of what Merchant Ships or Vessels of the Enemy
bound out or home or to any other place as he or his officers or Mar-
iners shall hear of & of what else material in these Cases may arrive
to his or their knowledge of all which he shall from time to time as
he shall or may have opportunity transmit an Account to our High
Admiral of Great Britain for the time being or Our s^ Commission-
ers for executing the Office of Our High Admiral afores^ or the
Commissioners for Executing that office for the time being or their
Secretary & to keep a correspondence w^'' him or them, by all oppor-
tunitys that shall present and further provided that nothing be done
by the s'^ or any of his officers marriners & company con-
trary to the true meaning of Our fores'^ Instructions but that the
said Instructions shall be by them & each & every of them as far as
they or any of them are therein concerned in all particulars well and
duly performed & observed and We pray & desire all Kings Princes
Potentates Estates and Republicks being Our friends and allies and
all others to whom it shall appertain to give the s'^ all aid
assistance and succour in their Ports with his said Ship Company and
Prizes without doing or suffering to be done to him any wrong
trouble or hindrance We offering to do the like when We shall be by
them thereunto desired and We will & require all Our officers what-
soever to give him Succour & assistance as occasion shall require —
In Witness whereof we have caused the great Seal of Our High
Court of Admiralty of England to be hereunto affixed Given at
London the day of in the year of Our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and and in the year of Our
Reign —
Instructions Given with Letters of Marque.
George R.
Instructions for the Commanders of such Mer-
chant Ships and Vessels as may have Letters of
Marque or Commissions for Private Men of War against the King of
Spain his Vassals and subjects or others inhabiting within any of
his Countrys Territories or Dominions by virtue of Our Commission
Granted under the Great Seal of Great Britain Bearing Date the thir-
tieth day of Nov"" 1739 — Given at Our Court at S' James's the
Thirtieth day of Nov"" 1739 — in the thirteenth year of Our Reign —
I02 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[Then follow the articles of instruction, which do not differ mate-
rially from those printed in the document next preceding, and are
consequently omitted here. The document is signed " By His
Majestys Command — Harrington," and directed to Governor
Belcher. — Ed.]
[3-76] {Committee to Invoice Stores at the Fort, 1740.]
To The Honourable Joseph Sherburne and John Rindge Esq''^ —
You are hereby authorized and directed, to repair to His Majestys
Fort William and Mary on the Great Island, as soon as may be with
conveniency, and to take a view of the said Fort, and of all the stores
of war thereon, and report to me the state and condition of the
said Fort, & render to me an account of the said stores under your
hand.
And the Hon^''^ Shad^' Walton Esq"" Cap* of the said Fort, is hereby
ordered to receive you into the same, & to shew you the said Fort &
Stores, in order to your effectual executing this war*
Given under my hand at Portsmouth the thirteenth day of feb'^y
1739/40, & in the thirteenth year of His Majesty's Reign —
J. Belcher
[Committee's Report.]
In obedience & pursuant to the within order wee the Subscribers
Did repair to his Maj'^ Ffort William & Mary on the great Island
which with the stores therein was shewn to us by the Hon^ Shadrick
Walton Esq"" The state & acco* of which is as underneath viz* : The
walls on the S° part of the Ffort verry much Broken & decayed the
platform Rotten nine Gunns on that Line mounted and five of the
Carriages very much decayed —
4 gunns mounted next y*^ Aagg staff pointing to the S° and one of
the Carriages Rotten —
4 Gunns mounted at the E* end of y^ fort in good order — On the
N° side of the ffort 1 3 gunns mounted pointing up the river — the
platform on which they stand & the Carriges good —
At the W* end of the ffort on each side y^ gate a gunn mounted
but one of the Carriges Rotten —
Without the ffort Qffield pieces mounted in good order — The pow-
der house in good order to receive Powder, with one half bb' powder
only therein with a bundle match & about a Ream Catrige paper
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Nigh the powder house in the fort 4 pile of shoot about 1000 in N°
& in y® old Guard house about 200 Shoot for y*^ field pieces —
The old Guard house very much decayed —
The gunners house much out of repair —
17 Small arms one of which only fitt for Present use —
21 Cattrige boxes 8 formers' 12 Ladles 4 VVormes 7 Spunge heads
6 Ramer heads 2 boxes of patridge shoot 20 aprons for the gunns 7
iron Crows 7 Crab hand spikes — The Century boxes all gone
Ffort William & Mary ffebr>' : 14: 1739/40
Joseph Sherburn
J Rindge
['Round pieces of wood used in making gun cartridges. — Ed.]
L3-77] \_Instnictions relative to War zvith Spain, 1 740.]
George R Instructions for Our Trusty & Well-beloved Jonathan
Belcher Esq'' Our Governor & Commander in Chieff in and
L. s. over Our Province of New Hamp"" in New England in
America, or the Commander in Chief of Our said Province
for the time being.
Given at Our Court at S* James's the second day of April 1740 in the
thirteenth year of Our Reign. —
Having been called upon by repeated provocation to Declare War
against Spain, we are determined by Gods assistance in so just a
Cause to vindicate the honour of our Imperial Crown to revenge the
Injurys done to our subjects, to assert their undoubted Rights of
Commerce and Navigation and by all possible means to attack annoy
and distress a Nation that has treated Our People with such Insolence
and Barbarity
I. — We have therefore Given Orders for the equipping and setting
forth of an Expedition ags' the Territories of the Catholic King in
the West-Indies which will consist of a large Squadron of Our ships
of War and of a Considerable Body of Our land Forces with a suit-
able Train of Artillery Store Ships and Transports The Fleet to
be Commanded by Our Trusty and wellbeloved Edward Vernon Esq'
Vice admiral of the Blue Squadron of Our fleet and Commander in
Chief of Our Ships employed or to be employed in the West Indies,
and the land Forces by Our Right Trusty and wellbeloved Charles
104 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Lord Catchcart Major General of our Forces whom we have appointed
Our General and Commander in Chief of the said Expedition. —
We have also determined to raise a Body of Troops in our Colonies
on the Continent of North America to Joyn those to be sent from
hence at a particular Rendezvous which will be appointed for that
purpose and to act in Conjunction with them under the Command of
Our said General in such Dispositions as shall be made for our Ser-
vice. And altho' we have not tho't fit to fix any particular Quota for
Our Province of New Hampshire under your Government because
we would not set Bounds to their zeal for Our Service, yet consider-
ing the great number of Inhabitants in Our said Province and that
they have of late years been much increased — We doubt not in the
least but they will exert Themselves upon this occasion as far as the
Circumstances of the Colony will allow being assured They cannot
render a more acceptable Service to Us and to their Mother Country
or do any thing more essential for their own Interest. —
2. — It is Our Will and Pleasure, That you do with the utmost
Zeal and diligence promote and encourage so necessary a disposition
for which purpose you will forthwith summon all our Councillors to
attend you in Council and Communicate to Them these Instructions
That they may be the better able to advise and assist you in the Ex-
ecution of them and in the appointing of such officers for the Com-
mand of the several Companys to be raised as are known to be men
of Interest in their Country and well disposed to Our Service. —
3. — It Is Our Intention That the Troops to be raised in our Prov-
ince of N. Hamp"" shall consist of Companys of one hundred men
each including four Serjeants Four Corporals and two Drummers be-
sides their Commission Officers which shall be one Captain Two Lieu-
tenants and an Ensign. —
But we have reserved to our selves the nomination of the Field and
Staff Officers, and of one Lieutenant for each Company who will be
men of experience in Service and sent from hence for their assistance
to meet them at the General Rendezvous appointed in the West In-
dies. — Your Troops will likewise be furnished with one Serjeant for
each Company, by Draughts of old Soldiers out of the four Inde-
pendent Companys at New York, for which purpose the necessary
orders will forthwith be given : All the other officers are left to your
nomination and you will receive Blank Commissions under our Sign
Manual for Them, to be filled up with such Persons, as you shall
think proper- — taking the advice and even the recommendation of
our Council therein so far as may be consistent with our Service and
the dispatch requisite upon this subject.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. IO5
But if the number of blank Commissions sent you upon this occa-
sion shall happen to be more than the Companys raised in your Gov-
ernment do require you are hereby directed to return the remainder
by the first opportunity to one of our Secretarys of State and you
shall return a list of the officers whose names you shall have inserted
in any Commissions by virtue of these Our Instructions To whom
the same shall be delivered free of all Charges and without Fee Gra-
tuity or reward upon pain of Our highest Displeasure. —
4. — You are likewise Directed forthwith to Issue a Proclamation
giving notice of our Royal Intentions in this behalf inviting our good
subjects chearfully to enlist in our Service and assuring them That
the Troops to be raised in pursuance of these our Instructions as well
officers as Soldiers shall enter into Our Pay and enjoy the same rank
and pay with the rest of our British Troops so long as they shall con-
tinue in our service. —
5. — And that you may be the more fully informed of Our pleasure
with respect to the Troops to be raised in your Province we have
thought fit to declare That all the Serjeants Corporals Drummers &
private Soldiers shall be Entitled to receive our pay from the respec-
tive days on which They shall be enlisted pursuant to such Certifi-
cates as you shall judge sufficient for that Purpose, and that the
Commission officers shall enter into pay from the day their Commis-
sions bear date. — And they shall take Post and rank in the respective
Battalions into which they shall be formed according to the Date of
the Certificates by which it shall appear when each Captain respec-
tively had Completed his Levys. —
6. — And as a further encouragement to such officers and Soldiers
as shall engage in the present Expedition you may assure Them in
our Royal Name that the Soldiers shall not only be Cloath'd and
armed according to the samples that will be sent herewith and fur-
nished with Tents & entertained in our pay but that after their arri-
val at the General place of Rendezvous They shall be provided for
in every other respect as our British Troops That They shall like-
wise have their just share and proportion of all plunder or Booty
gained or taken from the Enemy according to Their services and if
by the Blessing of God upon our arms any of the Enemy's Lands or
Settlements shall fall into our hands Our American Troops shall
have a share thereof as well as the rest of our Forces in preference
to all other Persons that shall not have engaged in the present Expe-
dition.
7. — And we do further declare, That so soon as the present Expe-
dition shall be determined whatever the success thereof may be all the
I06 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Troops raised in Our American Colonys for this purpose, as well offi-
cers as Soldiers shall have free leave to return to their respective
Provinces and shall be Transported thither at our expence except
those only that shall chuse for their own advantage to settle or remain
in such places or Garrisons as may fall into our hands where they
shall receive all due Encouragement and the Soldiers whether they
remain there or Return home after the said Expedition shall retain
their Arms and Cloathing. —
8. — But we Trust and Expect That Our Assembly of New Hamp-
shire will provide victuals Transports and all other necessary's for the
Troops to be raised in our Province except their Cloaths Tents Arms
Ammunition and pay till their arrival at the General Rendezvous in
the West Indies from which time the said Transports shall enter into
our Pay.
And you are hereby directed without loss of time to recommend to
the said Assembly in Our Name to make such Provision that the Ex-
pedition may not be retarded for want thereof. —
9. — We recommend to you Also to Engage such Persons within
your Province in the present Expedition both for the Transport and
land service as have at any time been resident in or have a particular
knowledge of the Spanish Ports Coasts or Settlements in the West In-
dies and you may assure such as are able Pilots for the said Coasts
That their service shall meet with all suitable encouragement. • —
10. — And that nothing may be wanting on our part towards the
promoting and compleating of this important design we have thought
fit to appoint our Trusty and wellbeloved Major General Alexander
Spotswood to be Quarter Master General of all our Forces in this
Expedition, and to take upon him the Command Conduct Discipline
Disposition and Embarkation of our American Troops so soon as
they shall be raised. You are therefore from Time to Time to cor-
respond confer and advise with the said Major General Alexander
Spotswood in all matters that may tend to the promoting these Levys
and the Completion of our Design. —
II. — We have also thought fit to dispatch our Trusty and well-
beloved Colonel William Blakeney from hence whom we have ap-
pointed to be adjutant General of all our Forces to be employed in
the present Expedition with samples of Cloaths and also with arms
ammunition and other necessary's for the use of our American Troops ;
and whatever may be further wanting shall be sent them either before
their Embarkation or shall meet them at the General Place of Ren-
dezvous in the West Indies. And as we repose especial Trust and
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. lO/
Confidence in the said Col° Blakeney it is our Pleasure That you
should admit him also into all your Consultations relative to these
Instructions whenever He shall be within your Precincts.
12. — We depend upon your punctual Complyance with these our
Instructions We recommend the several matters therein contained
to you our Gov'' to our Council to our Assembly and to all other our
good subjects in New Hamp"" so far as may concern Them respectively.
And we do expect that you should, by the first, and every other oc-
casion that may offer send us a full and clear account of your pro-
ceedings herein by letter Directed to one of our Secretarys of State.
G. R.
[Endorsed] Kings Instructions dated April 2^ 1740 To Gov''
Belcher as Gov"" of N. Hamp""
Copy'd July 3, 1740 ^ R. Waldron Sec'y
[Sent to the House by Governor Belcher, August i, 1740. See
Vol. v., p. 69. — Ed.]
[3-78]
[Governor BelcJier s Proclamation concerning the War with Spain,
April 29, 1740.]
By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over His Majesties Province of New Hampshire
in New England.
A Proclamation.
Whereas His Majesty hath tho't fit to declare war against Spain,
and being determined by all possible means to distress and annoy the
Spaniards in the most effectual manner ; and particularly, by making
an attempt upon some of their most considerable settlements in the
West Indies, hath been pleased for that purpose to order a large body
of Troops under the command of the Right Honourable 1 e Lord
Cathcart a Major General of His Majestys forces with a Sufficient
convoy of men of war to proceed from great Britain to a proper place
in the West Indies to be appointed for that purpose there to be joyned
by the squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Vernon, and by
such a number of troops as may be raised in His Majesty's Colonys
and Islands in America to be commanded by the Honourable Colonel
I08 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Spotswood, an able experienced officer of Great merit, who has resided
amongst His Majesties subjects in America for twenty five years past
and has his estate fixed in this part of the world, and on whom therefore
the soldiers to be enlisted may depend for all acts of Justice and
kindness.
In obedience therefore to His Majesty's Commands to me given to
encourage the raising a number of troops within this Province for the
service aforesaid, and to make the proper dispositions thereunto — I
have tho't fit with the advice of His Majesties Council to issue this
Proclamation, to make known His Majesties gracious intentions and
declarations, for the encouragement of all able bodied effective men,
that are willing to enlist themselves in this service for the expedition
aforesaid ; That they shall be supplyed with arms & proper cloathing
and be paid by His Majesty, and have their share of any booty which
shall be taken from the enemy, be sent back to their respective hab-
itations when the service shall be over, unless any of them shall de-
sire to settle themselves elsewhere, and that His Majesty will order
a number of blank Commissions to be given by me to the officers
that shall command the troops to be raised in this Province. — And
for the better encouraging of this affair all Volunteers that shall en-
list and proceed in this service shall be exempted from all impresses
for three years next after their return. —
And all such able bodied effective men being His Majesty's Sub-
jects, who are willing to engage in the said service are directed to
enter their names with the Captains or Commanding officers of the
Companys of Militia to which they respectively belong, or where
they reside. —
Given at the Council Chamber In Portsmouth, the twenty ninth
day of April 1740, In the thirteenth year of the Reign of Our Sove-
reign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God, of Great Britain
France & Ireland King, Defender of the faith &c. —
J. Belcher
By order of His Excellency the Gov'' with the advice of the
Council — Rich-^ Waldron SeC^
God save the King
[Endorsed] Proclamation to encourage Volunteers to enlist into
His Majesties service Apr^ 29, 1740.
[The foregoing is copied from the original document. Other papers
relative to the declaration of war against Spain may be found in Vol.
v., pp. 41-52. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. IQQ
[3-79]
[Instructions to Governor BclcJicr to Issue Letters of Marque, May
20, 1740.]
By the Commissioners for Executing the office of Lord High Admiral
of Great Britain & Ireland &c.
Whereas by an act passed the last session of Parliament, en-
l: s: tituled an act for the more effectual securing and encouraging
the Trade of His Majestys British Subjects to America and
for the encouragement of Seamen to enter into His Majesty's service,
It is amongst other things therein enacted, That any Person or Persons
in any part of America or elsewhere by us impowered and appointed
shall from and after the fourth day of January one thousand seven
hundred and thirty nine [1740 N. S. ?] at the request of any British
owner or owners of any ship or vessel, giving such bail and security
as have been usually taken upon granting Commissions or letters of
Marque except onely for the payments of the tenths of the value of
prizes which shall be taken to the Lord High Admiral or Commis-
sioners for Executing the office of Lord High Admiral for the time
being cause to be issued forth in the usual manner one or more com-
mission or commissions to any Person or Persons whom such owner
or owners shall nominate to be Commander or in Case of death suc-
cessively commanders of such ship or vessel for the attacking sur-
prizing seizing and taking by and with such ship or vessel, or the
Crew thereof any place or fortress upon the Land or any Ship or
Vessel, Goods, Ammunition, Arms, Stores of War ; or Merchandizes
belonging to, or possessed by any of His Majesty's Enemys, in any
Sea, Creek, Haven or River : — These are therefore to impower you
Jonath" Belcher Esq'' Captain General and Governor in Chief of His
Majestys Provinces of the Massachusetts Bay & New Hampshire, and
by these Presents, We do impower and appoint you the said Jonathan
Belcher Esq"" to Cause to be Issued forth, pursuant to the said act, by
Warrant under your Hand and the Seal of the said Provinces of
Massachusetts Bay & New Hampshire directed to the Judge of the
Admiralty of the said Provinces, Commissions or Letters of Marque
at the request of any British owner or owners of any Ship or Vessel
to any Person or Persons whom such owner or owners shall nominate
to be Commander, or in Case of death successively Commanders of
such Ship or Vessel and to cause such bail and security to be taken
as is directed by the said act ; and moreover to Cause that in grant-
ing such Commissions or letters of Marque all other things be had
and done conformable to and as the said act requires. For which
no MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
this shall be your warrant. Given under our hands and the seal of
the office of admiralty, the 20"' of May 1740.
Th : Lytleton
Tho : Clutterbuck
H : Powlett
To Jonathan Belcher Esq'' Capt. General and Governor In Chief of
His Majesty's Provinces of the Mass^ Bay and New Hamp'' In
America —
By Command of their Lordships — J Burchet [?]
Copy from the original, examined March loth 1 740-1
^f^ Rich<i Waldron Sec'^'
[Endorsed] Instructions from the L'^^ of the Admiralty To Gov""
Belcher May 20 : 1740 —
[3-80]
\Govcrnor Belcher s Proclamation to Encourage Enlistments in the
Service against Spain, July 11, 1740.]
By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Governor & Commander
In Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New Hampsh*" in
New England.
A Proclamation.
Whereas His Majesty has been pleased by His Instructions to me
under His royal Sign manual, bearing date the second day of April
last to signify that in the prosecution of the war against Spain, he is
determined by GOD'S assistance in so just a cause to vindicate the
honour of His imperial Crown, to revenge the injuries done to His
Subjects to assert their undoubted rights of commerce & navigation
and by all possible means to attack annoy and distress a nation that has
treated his people with such insolence and barbarity ; and has therefore
given orders for equipping and setting forth an expedition against the
territorys of the Catholic King in the west Indies to consist of a large
Squadron of His Majestys Ships of war under the command of the
Honorable Edward Vernon Esq^ Vice Admiral of the blew Squadron
— and a Considerable body of land forces to be commanded by the
right Honorable Charles Lord Cathcart Major General of His Majes-
tys forces as General and Commander In Chief of the said expedition,
and that he has determined to raise a body of troops in His Colonys
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. Ill
on the Continent of North America to joyn the other troops at a
particular rendezvous which will be appointed for that purpose, and
to act in conjunction with them under the Command of the said Gen-
eral ; and that altho' His Majesty has not tho't fit to fix any particu-
lar Quota for this Province, because he would not set bounds to our
zeal for His service, yet he is graciously pleased to express His royal
confidence in us, that considering the great number of Inhabitance
in this Province, and that of late years they have been much in-
creased, we will exert ourselves on this occasion ; as far as the circum-
stances of the province will allow, assuring us, that we cannot render
a more acceptable service to him, and to our mother Country or do
anything more essential for our own interest. — And zvJiercas His
Majesty hath Commanded me that I do with the utmost zeal and dil-
igence promote and encourage so necessary a disposition, and that I
forthwith issue a proclamation giving notice of His Royal Intentions
in this behalf, and for inviting His good Subjects in this Province
chearfully to Enlist in that Service. — I have therefore tho't fit with
the advice of His Majestys Council to Issue this proclamation hereby
to make known His Majestys pleasure in this affair, and the following
encouragements He is graciously pleased to give to such able bodied
effective men as shall enlist in the said service (viz^) That each Com-
pany shall consist of one hundred men including four Sergeants four
Corporals and two Drummers, besides Commission ofificers, which
shall be one Captain two Lieutenants and an Ensign ; His Majesty
reserving to himself the nomination of the field & staff officers of the
said forces, and one Lieutenant for each Company to be a man of Ex-
perience, to be sent from Great Britain to meet the Company at the
General rendezvous, and that each Company shall be furnished with
one Serjeant to be drawn out of the old Soldiers of the independent
Companys in New York ; and that the rest of the officers are left to
my nomination, and I daily expect blank Commissions under His
Majesty's sign manual which will be filled up by me & delivered free
of all charge to such Commission officers ; That the Troops to be
raised in pursuance of these His Majesty's Instructions as well offi-
cers as soldiers shall enter into His Majesty's pay, and enjoy the
same rank and pay with the rest of His Majestys troops, so long as
they shall continue in His service ; That all the Sergeants Corporals
Drummers & private soldiers, shall be entituled to receive His Majes-
tys Pay from the respective days they shall be enlisted, and the offi-
cers from the day their Commissions bear date ; which officers shall
take post & rank in the respective battalions in which they shall be
formed according to the date of the Certificates by which it shall
appear when each Captain respectively had compleated his Levys ;
112 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS,
and as a further Encouragement to such officers and soldiers as shall
engage in this Expedition, I do assure them in His Majesty s name
that the soldiers shall not only be cloathed and armed according to
such samples as His Majesty has ordered to be sent from Great Brit-
ain and furnished with tents and entertained in His Majestys Pay,
but that after their arrival at the General place of rendezvous, they
shall be provided for in every other respect as His Majesty's British
Troops ; and that they shall have their just share and proportion of
all plunder or booty gained or taken from the enemy according to
their services ; and if by the blessing of God upon His Majesty's
arms any of the enemies lands or settlements shall fall into His
Hands, The American Troops shall have a share thereof as well as
the rest of the forces in preference to all other Persons that shall not
engage in this Expedition ; and that so soon as the said Expedition
shall be determined, whatever the success thereof may be, all the
troop raised in the American Colonies for this purpose as well officers
as soldiers shall have free leave to return to their respective Provinces,
and shall be transported thither at His Majesty's expence except
those only that shall chuse for their own advantage to settle or remain
in such places or Garrisons as shall fall into His Majestys hands,
where they shall receive all due encouragement ; and the soldiers
whether they remain there or return home after the said Expedition,
shall retain their arms and cloathing. — And particularly that all such
Persons as are able Pilots for the Spanish Coasts and harbours shall
meet with all suitable encouragement from His Majesty —
And to the intent that all Persons proposing to engage in the said
service, may have their election of the Captains in whose Companys
they would enlist ; I shall order the names of th-e Captains and other
Commission officers to be appointed by me for this service to be
printed in the weekly newspapers —
Given at the Council Chamber In Portsmouth the eleventh day of
July 1740 in the fourteenth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord
George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and
Ireland King, Defender of the faith &c —
J. Belcher
By order of His Excellency the Gov"" with the advice of the Coun-
cil-
Rich^ Waldron Sec^
God Save the King —
[Endorsed] Second Proclamation to Encourage Enlistments of
Volunteers ag^^ N Spain July 11, 1740 —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. II3
[3-81] [^AccoHut for tJic Intended West Indian Expedition^
The Accomptants make themselves Dr.
to the Province of New Hamp"" for the sum of Five Hun-
dred Pounds Cash Taken out of the Treasury by order of
the Gen' Court on the Intended Expedition to the West-
indies how they Discarge the same viz' :
1740 To Cash of M"" Treasurer Sherburne as p' Rect. 500. o. o
Contra Cr.
By CoF Joseph Sherburne . . . ^115. 3. i
By ElHs Huske Esq"^ . . . . 115. 3. i
By Cap* Tho^ WalHngford . . . 119. — —
By Hunking Wentworth .... 103. 6. 2
By p'^ Cap' John Eyre & his men & ^
other Expences on the Intended V . 47. 7. 8
Expedition to the Westindies j 500. o. o
Province New Hamp"' D"" to Cash p^ Soldiers that Inlisted them-
selves for the West Indies 1740
P'^ Cap' Jn" Eyre ^6. o. — P'' Jn° Loggin , 5-2. —
P'^ Jo. Prescut . 4. 16. — Jn° Hubart . 2. 10. —
W™ Wallingford 2. 10. — John Leighton . 2. 10. —
Tho^ Crocket . 4- iQ- — Mich' Fulker . 3- 12. —
Dan' Welch . :;. 6. —
35- 5- —
Y^ W Slay ton Exp^ 4. 2.
P^ the Comittee for attendance sundry times . . 8. —
£A7- 7-
[3-83]
\_Kings Instrnctions relative to the Valne of Foreign Coin, and Pro-
hibit i7ig the Issue of Bills of Credit, 1740.]
By the Lords Justices —
Jo : Cant Additional Instructions To Jonathan Belcher
Hardwick : C : Esq"" Governor and Command"" In Chief, in &
Wilmington, P : over His Majesty's Province of N. Ham"" in
Harvey C: P: S: New England in America — or to the Com-
Grafton mand' In Chief of His Majesty's said Province
Montague for the time being —
L : s : Given at Whitehall the fifth day of August 1740, in the
fourteenth year of His Majesty's Reign —
114 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS,
Whereas an act of Parliament was passed in the sixth year of Her
late Majesty Queen Ann, entituled an act for ascertaining the rates
of foreign Coins in Her Majestys plantations in America, which act
the respective Governors of all the plantations in America have from
time to time been instructed to observe, and carry into due execution,
& whereas notwithstanding the same, complaints have been made
that the said act has not been observed as it ought to have been in
many of His Majesty's Colonys and Plantations in America by means
whereof many indirect practices have grown up and various & illegal
currencies have been introduced in several of the said Colonys and
Plantations contrary to the true intent and meaning of the said act,
and to the prejudice of the trade of His Majestys subjects in conse-
quence of which, complaint was presented the last session by the
House of Commons to His Majesty that He would be graciously
pleased to require and Command the respective Governors of His
Colonys and plantations in America effectually to obser\^e His Majes-
tys Royal Instructions directing them that the act of the sixth year of
the reign of Her Majesty Queen Ann entituled an act for ascertain-
ing the rates of foreign coins in Her Majesty's Plantations in America
be punctually and bona fide observed and put in execution according
to the true intent and meaning of the s^ act.
It is therefore His Majestys Royal Will and pleasure, and you are
hereby strictly required and commanded under pain of His Majesty's
highest displeasure, and of being removed from your Government, to
take the most effectual care for the future, that the said act be punc-
tually and bona fide observed, and put in execution according to the
true intent and meaning thereof, and to the end that His Majesty's
•commands herein may be fully made known to all his subjects within
your Government, and that none of them may pretend ignorance
thereof, you are hereby further required and Commanded to publish
this Instruction in such manner as may best answer His Majesty's
gracious intentions herein signified. —
A7/d Whereas for preventing the many and great inconv^eniencies,
that had arisen in some of His Majestys Colonys and Plantations in
America by passing laws for striking Bills of Credit and issuing out
the same in lieu of money, the respective Governors and Commanders
in Chief of His Majesty's Colonys and Plantations for the time being
have been particularly instructed not to give their assent to or to
pass any such laws for the future, without a Clause be inserted in
such act declaring that the same shall not take effect until the said
act shall have been approved and confirmed by His Majesty His
Heirs or Successors ; and whereas notwithstanding such His Majes-
ty's commands to the said Governors in that behalf. Paper Bills of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. II5
Credit have been created, and issued in His Majesty's s'^ Colonys and
Plantations by virtue of acts of Assembly there making it obligatory
on all persons to take such Bills of Credit, in payment for debts dues
and demands — whereby the good intention of the aforementioned act
of the sixth of Her late Majesty Queen Ann for ascertaining the
rates of foreign coins in Her Majesty's Plantations in America has
been frustrated, and a great discouragement has been bro't on the
Commerce of this Kingdom by occasioning a Confusion in dealings
and a lessening of Credit in those parts, and whereas an humble ad-
dress was presented, the last session by the House of Commons, to
His Majesty that he would be graciously pleased to require and Com-
mand the respective Governors of His Colonys and Plantations in
America punctually and effectually to observe His Majesty's Royal
Instructions not to give assent to or to pass any act whereby Bills of
Credit may be issued in lieu of money without a Clause be inserted
in such act declaring that the same shall not take effect until the said
act shall be approved by His Majesty —
// is tJiei'eforc His Majesty s Will and Pleasure — and you are
hereby also further required and commanded under pain of His Maj-
esty's highest displeasure, and of being removed from your Govern-
ment punctually and effectually to observe His Majesty's Royal
Instruction not to give assent to or pass any act whereby Bills of
Credit may be Issued in lieu of money without a Clause be inserted
in such act declaring that the same shall not take effect until the said
act shall be approved by His Majesty His Heirs or Successors —
J C : H C : W P : H C-P-S : M :
Copy from the original Examined
^ Rich^ Waldron Sec^ Feb : 1 740-1
[Endorsed] Instructions ab^ Paper Bills of Credit Dated 5 Aug^' 1740.
[3-84]
\_Report Favoring the Appointment of a Governor for Nezv HavipsJiire
separate from Massachusetts, 1740.]
To the Right Hon''''= the Lords of the Committee of His Majestys
Most Honourable Privy Council
My Lords
Pursuant to your Lordships order of the 5'^ Instant we have taken
into our Consideration thp Petition of Joseph Gulston Merchant and
Il6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Contractor for supplying Masts for the Royal Navy, Benning Went-
worth one of His Majestys Council for the Province of New Hamp'^
and Richard Chapman and John Tomlinson Merchants in behalf of
themselves and sundry other Persons interested in and Trading to His
Majestys said Province of New Hamp'' humbly Praying for the rea-
sons therein contained that the said Province of New Hampshire may
be forthwith separated from being under the same Gov"" with the
Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and Directing us to call all Per-
sons therein Concern'd before us & to make particular enquiry
whether the sense of the Assembly has been accordingly taken upon
this point and make report thereof to this Committee together with
our opinion whether we still conceive it advisable for His Majesty to
Cause the Government of that Province to be separated from the
Massachusetts Bay — Whereupon we take leave to inform your Lord-
ships — That we have been attended on this occasion by the said
Petitioners and several others interested in and Trading to the said
Province of New Hamp"" together with M"" Paris their Sollicitor and
also by M"" Belcher* in behalf of the Gov'' of the Massachusetts Bay
and having heard what they had to offer, and an authentick copy of
the original vote of the Assembly of the i^' of August last under the
Seal of the Province having been laid before us in which they appoint
M'' Thomlinson their Agent and empower him humbly to represent to
His Majesty that this so long distressed tho' Loyal Province may at
last be made happy under a separate Governor from that of the Mas-
sachusetts Bay and that he would be graciously pleased to appoint a
Governor over this Province separately whose Inclination Sz; Interest
may be to keep it from sinking and to promote the prosperity and
welfare thereof which we apprehend is the only way to make it a
flourishing and useful Colony. — We cannot doubt but this is the
sense of the Assembly upon this head and therefore see no reason to
alter our former opinion that it will be for the good of that Colony
and for His Majestys service that the Government of New Hampshire
should be separated from that of the Massachusetts Bay.
We are My Lords your Lordships
Most obedient and Most humble Servants
Monson
Edw^ Ashe
Whitehall Dec"" 19''' : 1740 — R. Plumer
[The signatures have the appearance of autographs. The docu-
ment is indorsed in Waldron's hand, " Report for a separate Gov""
Dec'':i9, 1740." — Ed. |
* Governor Belcher's son^
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. II7
\Govcrnor Belcher s Address to the Assevibly, February 27, 1740-41.]
[Copied from the English Archives.]
His Excellency the Governor was pleased to open the Session with
the following speech to both Houses.
Gentlemen of the Council and of the House of Representatives —
I have received His Majesties Royal Pleasure in two additional In-
structions, one respecting the future of Bills of Credit in this Prov-
ince, the other for carrying into execution His Majesty's determination
in Council on the boundaries betwixt this Province and that of the
Massachusetts Bay which the Secretary shall lay before you.
As to the Instructions respecting the boundaries, I urged upon the
Assembly of the Massachusetts Bay in their late session to do what
was reasonable therein on their part but they came into no other res-
olution than to postpone the consideration of the matter to May next :
I therefore now earnestly recommend it to you as the first thing to
be done, to make provision for defraying the charge of carrying into
execution His Majesty's Royal orders in this behalf, and since the
season is so suitable for effecting the matter you ought to suffer no
delay in what is to be done on your part, when nothing shall be want-
ing on mine, to go through with the affair in the most expeditious
manner.
You well know the ruinous condition which the onely Fort in the
Province lies, and has done for many years past, and which I have
from year to year press'd upon the several Assemblys to make proper
provision for putting into a good state for defence, (tho' to little or no
purpose,) but I shall onely say to you, I think your own security at this
dangerous and critical conjuncture (of an expected French war) de-
mands your immediate care in this important article.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives you will look into the
state of the Treasury, and make the needfull supply for paying the
debts contracted by the Legislature and for the further necessary
support of the Government.
Gentlemen of the Council and of the House of Representatives —
I have lately received a letter from the Honorable Edward Vernon
Esq"" Vice-Admiral of His Majesty's Blew squadron and Commander
in Chief of His Majestys Ships in the West Indies, desiring no Ves-
sel may be cleared from the office in this Government that may have
provisions on board til they have given bond to land them in some
part of His Majesty's Dominions : This letter shall be communi-
cated to you and I shall not doubt your bringing forward a Bill to be
past into a Law to put an effectual stop to the exportation of any
•-^^ THE
RSITY
Il8 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
provisions from hence, but where security is given for landing them
in some of His Majesty's teritories.
You are not ignorant Gentlemen of a combination of Persons in the
neio-hboring Government, who are attempting to emitt a large quan-
tity of stamped paper to pass in lieu of money, to which they have
given the name of Manufactory Notes, and of these they have already
Issued something considerable.
The scheme projected for carrying forward this extraordinary affair
having been made publick I need not tell you upon how base and
fraudulent a foundation they have sent out their notes ; Nor are you
strangers to what has been done by the Government at home for
suppressing this unjust and unreasonable undertaking.
I therefore hope you will do what is necessary with you, to forbid
all Persons in this Government on severe penaltys from encouraging
or countenancing the said notes directly or indirectly.
Gentlemen If you have anything to suggest to me for His Majes-
tys service and the welfare of the Province I shall chearfully fall in
with such good purposes.
Feb: 27, 1740, i J. Belcher
[The foregoing is the speech referred to in Vol. V., p. 74, as "can-
not now be found." It was copied from the English archives, in
London, for the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1887. — Ed.]
[3-85]
\Copy of Admiral Vernoii s Letter, Mentioned in the Foregoing?^
Port Royal Jamaica 13*'^ Novemb'' 1740.
Sir/ An opportunity offering by one of our Contractors M"" Tick-
ells Vessells bound to New York, I could not slip the opportunity of
informing your Excellency of the arrival in these Seas not only of the
Large Squadron of Twelve Spanish Men of War from 80 to 60 Guns
but likewise of Two as large Squadrons of French Ships from Brest
& Toulon. I have also advice of as Large Reinforcements being
under orders for coming to join me ; so that in all human probability
the Fate of this war is drawing to a Crisis & Decision in these Seas.
— And as I think these Squadrons will rely on being supplyed with
Provisions from your Parts, either immediately from the French Ports
before we may come to a Rupture with them, or from Statia & Cu-
racoa afterwards ; and as any misfortune befalling us might be fatal
to Our Possessions in these Seas I cant omit recommending it to you
as most material for His Majestys Service to have no one permitted
at this Critical Juncture to clear out from your Government without
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. II9
giving sufficient Bond not to land his provisions at any French or
Dutch Settlements, or any other but His Majestys Colonies, where
all they can raise will probably be wanted for the subsistence of His
Majestys Troops. —
As the Publick Service sufficiently bespeaks your regard in this
particular I can in no Sort doubt of your exerting your utmost zeal
in it for His Majestys Service —
I am. Your Excellencys Most Obedient and Most humble Serv'
E. Vernon
I have the Favour of your Excellencys Letters & return you many-
thanks for your good offices to Cap* Percivall who arrived here hap-
pily to relieve our Necessities — As the Squirrel can be of no service
at your Port in the Winter and as she sails well, I purpose to keep
her for His Majestys Servdce here & shall return her in the Spring —
To His Excellency Jon^ Belcher Esq""
Copy Examined "^ Rich^ Waldron Sec'y
[Petitiott of JoJui Eyre for Pay for Time and Expense of Enlisting-
Troops for Cnba?\
To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Governour and Commander
in chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire ;
The Honourable His Majesty's Council, and House of Represen-
tatives for s'^ Province in general Court convened Feb^' 27'*^ 1740.
[1741, N. S.]
The Petition of John Eyre of Portsmouth in s"^ Province Gent'" —
Humbly Sheweth —
That when the late Expedition against the Spanish West Indies
was first proposed in this Province His Excellency the Governour
with the advice of His Majestys Council for s"^ Province, was pleased
to appoint y'^ Petitioner to be Cap' of the Company of voluntiers then
proposed to be raised for that service in this Province ; and accord-
ingly gave him proper beating orders and articles of encouragement
for enlisting a company of Voluntiers in this Province. That pur-
suant to the s^ appointment your Petitioner did beat up in the several
Towns in the Province where there was any prospect of success, and
made several journeys forth and back and was indefatigable therein
the better to effect the proposed enlistment, and also attended sever-
able publick musters of the Militia in many Towns in s^ Province,
ordered to appear in arms by the Collonels of the respective regiments
to facilitate the affair which y"" Peticoner was solicitously concerned
I20 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
should succeed. — That altho' all endeavours proved fruitless your
Peticoner had as much or more trouble in pursuing the affair and was
put to as great expence as if the design had been effected. — That
'tis a thing well known that the attempting to enlist a Company to
consist of an hundred voluntiers, if pursued with hopes of success
must be attended with considerable charge, and expence of time, es-
pecially in a place so exposed to danger in a time of war, as this
Province ; which with the consideracon of the Clime whither they
were to go if enlisted, undoubtedly occasioned a general reluctance in
the people against it. That in this affair your Peticoner spent seventy
days viz from August the 8''' : to Ocf : i6"^ : and the sum of Forty
five pounds iifteen shillings and nine pence to procure and encourage
the enlistment of Soldiers, for which, the Com'tee who were appointed
by this Hon^^* Court to defray the charge for the weekly support of
those that enlisted, have made your Peticoner no compensation over
and above the allowance granted to a common Soldier.
That your Petitioner cannot suppose that this Honourable Court
ever designed that any Person, who was heartily engaged for the suc-
cess of so laudable an undertaking even tho' it did not succeed,
should bear the necessary charge and expence thereof Himself or will
suffer him to be out of pockett for the same, which the afores^ Com'-
tee would undoubtedly have considered and prevented, had the power
to them been delegated — Wherefore your Peticoner humbly prays
that this Honourable Court, would take the premises under consider-
ation and make him such an allowance as may fully indemnify him,
and such further compensation as this Hon''''' Court in their great
wisdom and goodness shall think fit, and y"" Petitioner as in duty
bound shall ever pray &c. —
Portsm° March ^^ 1740. [1741.] John Eyre.
In Council March 13, 1 740-1 Read and Recommended —
Rich<^ Waldron Sec^
In the House of Representatives Ma' 13"' 1740-41.
The within Petition Read and Voted that the Petitioner be allowed
and paid the sum of twenty pounds out of the Treasury when the
Treasury is supplyed for the payment of all the other debts of the
Province James Jeffry CF Ass"'
In Coun' March 18, 1 740-1 Read and Concurred.
Rich'^ Waldron Sec>'
Same day Assented to — J. Belcher
[Captain Eyre was appointed August 14, 1740. See Vol. V., pp.
49, 211. — Ed.J
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
121
[3-88]
\^Acco?int of John Rindgc for Expenses in England as Agent on the
flatter of Boundaries. ]
1732 D"" The Province of Ncwhampshire.
London.
January 22
26
To Cash paid Postage & Expences
To Coach hire & Expences
To Cash paid for the Charter
To Expences with the Solicitor
To Cash paid for a map to annex to the
Petition
To Cash paid Postage & Expences
To d°paid Coach hire & Expences to S'James
To Coach hire & Expences
To Expences &Coach hire with the SoHcitor
To Cash paid M"" Paris [SoHcitor]
To d° paid Coach hire
23 To Expences going to the house of Lords
on the Sugar Colony Bill
Paid for too Plans of the Province of new Hamp''
To so much paid '^ M"" Thomlinson '^ his acc°
Feby
March
April
30
31
6
20
5
19
20
Exchange 450 '^ C
■^ Contra in New England
By Cash received of the Treasury
Ballance
C^
£
£
5
4
9
6
6
2
10
13
8
6
6
3
3
4
8
6
6
30
5
2
6
3
6
5
623
5
17
3
662
8
9
2980
19
A\
3643
8
ij
500.
3143
8
li
3643
8
I*
Portsm° Ocf 13, 1737 — Errors Excepted
J. Rindge —
Portsm° Nov"" 17, 1738 —
Prov'^^ of New ) Wee the Subscribers being a Comitte of auditt ap-
Hamp"" ( pointed by the Generall Assembly for y^ Province
afores"^ for examining and allowing of acc*^ have Examined the above
ace' both debt and Credit and find y^ same to [be] right cast and well
avouched by y^ oath of s"^ Rindge and acc'^ of Cap* Jn° Thomlinson
Esq"' and that there is now Due to s'^ Rindge from the s^ Province of
122 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
New Hamp'' the sum of three thousand one hundred fourty three
pounds eight shilhngs & a penny half penny as '^ y^ above ace'
Josh : Peirce ^
Geo. Walton I ^
e 1 c -4-1- / Comitte
ham' bmith [
J. Odiorne ]if )
In the House of Representatives Ma"" nth 1740-41
The above return read and accepted, and Voted that the Ballance
of said accompt being ;!^3i43. 8. i^: be allowed & paid out of the
publick Treasury as soon as Provision is made for the same
James Jeffry CI"" Ass"*
[3-89] [^Q?mkers' Petition relating to Taking Oaths, 1741.]
From Dover y^ 27* of y'' 12"* mo. 1 740/1 —
To Jonathan Beltcher Esq"" Governer & Commander in Chief (under
God) in and over the Provinces of the Massachusets Bay and New-
hampshire in Newengland and to the Counsel and house of Repre-
sentatives in Newhampshair aforsaid — We the People Comonly Called
Quakers in this Province when we are Chosen in any office in town
affairs and are notified to appear before som majestrate to Qualify for
the true Performance of our Duty in such office we are required to
be Qualify by an oath which is contrary to our Prenciple and which
we cannot conform to 'tho we suffer greatly for it — Notwithstanding
we are willing to serve and have sought to be Qualified as we have
been in other causes but it hath been Refused altho' we do not desire
the penalty should be any less upon us (if we be unfaithful in such
office) than if we swor with an oath —
We humbly desire that you will Consider of this matter and Pro-
vide som way by which we may be Qualifyed without being imposed
upon as aforesaid so shall our Prayers be to the Lord for you, that he
may direct you to do Justice and Equity — We Remain your Loveing
friends —
Signed in behalf of our friends & brethren
John Canne
by Otis Pinkham
In Coun' March 5''' 1 740-1 — Read and Recommended
Rich"^ Waldron Sec^
Mar. 5*'' 1740/41. In the House of Representatives
The above Petition Read : and Voted that the prayer of the Petition
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. I23
be granted, and that the Petitioners have Liberty to bring in a Bill
accordingly — James Jeffry CI"" Ass'"
In CoLin' March 6, 1 740-1
Read and Concurred R. Waldron Sec^
March 6, 1 740/1 —
I assent to the votes on the other side — J. Belcher
[^Governor Belcher to Lords Coininissioners of Trade and Plantations,
1741.]
[Copied from the English Archives in London for the New Hamp-
shire Historical Society.]
May It Please Your Lordships
Since I had the honour of writing you last, I have been to New
Hampshire, & met an Assembly there, and Communicated to them,
Such New Instructions, as I had receiv'd from their Excellencies, the
Lords Justices, One respecting the future Emissions, of Paper Cur-
rency, in that Province, the other for Carrying into Execution the
Kings Judgment, for Setling the Boundaries, betwixt this Province,
and New Hampshire, and I now send Your Lordships the Proceed-
ings, of that Session of Assembly, by which you will find, little mate-
rial done for His Majestys Service, or for that of the Province — the
Affair of the Boundaries, being of great Consequence, to both Prov-
inces, Your Lordships will see, I urg'd upon the Assembly, the
making Sufficient Provision, for that Service ; instead whereof they
would Vote only ;;^500 : which will not much more, than half com-
pleat the Work ; However I sent out Surveyors with proper Attend-
ants, on the several Lines, and am daily expecting their Returns, and
so soon as I receive them, they shall be transmitted to Your Lordships.
As the Assembly would do nothing towards the Payment, of the
Publick Debts, or for the Support, of the Government I Judg'd it for
His Majestys Honour, and Service, to Dissolve them, hoping, the
next may better Act up to their Duty — I am, with great Respect
My Lords, Your Lordships
Most Obedient and Most Humble Servant
Boston May ^'^ 1741. J Belcher
Lords Commiss""^ of Trade
124 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
\Govenior BclcJier to Lords of Trade, 1741, concerning Boujidary Lin"ci\
[Copied from the English Archives.]
May it Please your Lordships
I wrote you yesterday, to which I humbly ask your reference, &
that you would give me leave, to lay before you, a difficulty arisen
upon the Construction, of his Majestys Judgment respecting the
Boundaries, betwixt this Province & that of New Hampshire — viz'
on the following words. " TJiat the Northern Bonndaries of the said
Province of the Massachusetts Bay are & be a Similar Curve Line
pursuing the Course of Merrimack River at three Miles distance,
on the North side thereof beginning at the Atlantick Ocean, and
ending at a Point Due North, of a Place, in the Plan, returned by the
said Commissioners, called Pautucket Falls, and a Strait Line drawn
from thence dne West, cross the said River till it meets zvith His Maj-
estys other Governments'' — Your Lordships will please to observe
that it is called the NortJiern Bonndaries of MassacJinsetts, but not the
SotitheT'n of New Hampshire, nor the Divisional Line between the
two Provinces — from this, the People of both Provinces, say, the
Lands from the Northern Boundary of Massachusetts, till they meet
the Southern Boundary of New Hampshire, & so further Westward,
are not under any Jurisdiction or Government, nor can the Lands,
already ungranted, between those Lines, be granted for the Incour-
agement of New Setlers — if the matter therefore remains thus, it
may soon produce Disorders, & Confusions, among the Kings Sub-
jects, now setled upon some parts of those Lands, who look upon
themselves in a State of anarchy — As His Majestys Order, which
was the foundation for the Commission of making the late Settlement
of the Boundaries, declar'd, the matter was not to affect Property,
but Jurisdiction onely, I should be glad to know His Majestys Pleas-
ure, as to the Jurisdiction of all those Lands, and as to the Grant of
such of them as have not already been granted either by the Govern-
ment of the Massachusetts Bay : or that of New Hampshire, I mean
whether they are to be annext to either Province, or still remain by
themselves, for His Majestys further pleasure, this difficulty, My
Lords, seems to spring with the more force, from the very different
wording of the Judgment, from that of the other Boundary, where it
is said "And as to the Northern Boundary between the said Provinces,
the Court resolve and determine, that the Dividing Line shall pass "
&c. and again, that " the Dividing Line shall part the Isles of Shoals "
&c and that the S° Westerly part of said Islands, shall lye and he ac-
counted part of the Province of New Hampshire, and that the N°
MISCELLA-NEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 125
Easterly part thereof shall lye in, and be aecoujited part of the Prov-
ince of the Massachusetts Bay &c "
I humbly pray of your Lordships, that I may be set right in this
matter, by His Majestys Royal Explanation, to which I shall dutifully
conform myself, so far as it may concern me.
I have the honour to be with much Respect My Lords, your Lord-
ships Most Obedient & Most humble Servant
Boston May f^ 1741. J. Belcher.
Lords Commis''^ of Trade
[Endorsed] Rec^ July y^ V^ \
Read — y«9'h p74i
[3-91] [^Richard Wibird Appointed one of tJie Council, 1741.]
George R —
Trusty and Wellbeloved, WE greet you well. We being well Sat-
isfy'd of the Loyalty Integrity and Ability, of our Trusty and Well-
beloved Richard Wibird Esq'' have thought fit hereby to signify Our
Will & Pleasure to you, that forthwith upon the receipt hereof, you
Swear and admit him the said Richard Wibird to be one of our Coun-
cil of that Our Province of New Hamp'' in America in the room of
John Rindge Esq"" Deceased And for so doing this shall be your
Warrant. —
And So We bid you farewell. —
Given at Our Court at S' James's the twenty ninth day of April
1 741, in the Fourteenth Year of Our Reign
By His Majestys Command
Holies Newcastle
Rich*^ Wibird Esq"" to be of the Council of New Hamp""
To Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Jonathan Belcher Esq"" Our Cap*
General and Governor in chief of Our Province of New Hamp"^ in
America & in his Absence to Our Commander in Chief or to the
President of Our Council of Our S^ Province for the time being —
New Hampshire
Copy examin'd "^ Rich'' Waldron Sec''^
Rich'' Wibird Esq"" Sworn into the Council July 9'"^ 1741 by Col°
Henry Sherburn and Rich'' Waldron Pursuant to a Dedimus to them
from His Excellency the GoV
Attesf Rich'' Waldron Sec-'y
126 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-92] \_Thoinas WentivortJi to Governor Wentwort/i, 1741.]
From the Camp George Stadt on Cuba Aug' 12*^ 1741
S7 His Maj*'® having directed me to use ray best Endeavor to
recruit His Forces under my command in His Collonies in North
America I have appointed Cap* Winslow to repaire for that end to
your Province not doubting of your giving him all the assistance in
your Power to Levy Soldiers, not only for Compleating Coll Gooch's
Regim' but if Practicable to raise a greater Number Either to fill up
vacancys in the old Corps : & in the Marrines or to form another Bat-
tallion as it Shall be found best for his Maj"^^ Service
As I have here no means of Supplying the recruiting officers with
money you will S"" be pleased to give the aforesaid Cap* Credit for
Such Sums as may be wanted for that Service, and to draw on the
Right Hon^^^ Henry Pelham Esq'' the paymaster Gen' for the Said
use : as to. the particular Sums to be paid to the Said recruiting Offi-
cers I refer you to his Instructions which he will lay before you :
all Such as Shall Inlist themselves on this occasion will be Entituled
to the advantage offerred by his Maj*''= in his Instructions on the first
Raising of Coll Gooch his Regim*
I don't doubt S"^ but you will take the proper Measure for their
being transported hither to Support which charge I flatter my Self
the respective Provinces will make a Provision as all his Maj"^^ Do-
minions in the West Indies are particularly Interested in the Success
of this Expedition —
I am S"" your most obedient Serv*
Tho^ Wentworth —
The Hon'^''^ Benning Wentworth Eq"'
Copy
\_Ex-Governor Belcher to Board of Trade, Transmitting Hazen s and
Bryajifs Returns of their Surveys of the Botmdary Line, 1741.]
[Copied from the English Archives.]
May it please your Lordships
Since I had the honour of writing you last, I have received from
your Lordships, two Letters, Dated the 17 April, last, with two acts
of Parliament, which I have made public, both here, & at New Hamp :
The one prohibiting the Exportation of Sundry Sorts of Provisions,
till Christmas next — the other licensing the Importation of victuals
from Ireland %l^^ in time of Scarcity. I have now the honour to
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 12/
transmit to your Lordships the Returns made me by two of the Sur-
veyors, whom I sent in March last to mark out two of the Boundary
Lines relating to this Province & New Hampshire, according to His
Majestys Judgment, in Council, in that behalf — •
The one being Richard Hazzen's, with his Journal, The other Wal-
ter Bryant's —
I also employed M'' George Mitchel, upon what is called the Curve
line, from the Ocean to Pautucket Falls, but have had no return from
him, altho he has promist once and again to do it, without delay, yet
from his neglect the matter remains incompleat. Your Lordship will
herewith receive the Journals of the Houses of Representatives, of
this Province, from the first of their Session, to the time of my being
Superseded, in this Government, by His Majestys Royal Commis-
sion, To His Excellency William Shirley Esq"", the present Governour
of this Province — I wish great Prosperity to His Majesty's Govern-
ment, and People here, and lasting health and honour to your Lord-
ships, and Remain with great Respect, and Esteem —
My Lords, your Lordships Most Obedient
and Most Humble Serv'
Boston August 31 : 1741. J. Belcher
[Endorsed] R. Dec"- ii*^ late GoV Mass & N. H.
Letter from M"" Belcher, late Gov"" of ye Provinces of y^ Massachu-
setts Bay & New Hampshire, dated at Boston the 31^' of August 1741,
transmitting the Returns made by two of the Surveyors he sent in
March last to mark out two of y^ Boundary Lines of the said Province.
Rec^ Dec"" y^ ii^^^ ) 1741
Read Jan'ry 23"^ ] 1 741/2
Enclosing Plan by Richard Hazzen
Journal of Richard Hazzen ERTm7oEe53
Journal of Walter Bryant E R T m 70 E e 54.
[Bryant's journal is printed in Provincial Papers, Vol. VI., p. 349.
— Ed.]
[3-93]
\_Petition for Constituting a Tozvnship from tJic North Parish of
Methien, 1742, N. S.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap* General & Gover-
nor in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire
in New England And to the Honorable His Majesty's Council for
Said Province —
The Petition of Henry Saunders & Benjamin Corning a Committee
128 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
of the Late North Parish of Methuen (so called) in the Province of
the Mass^ Bay Humbly shews
That the Government of the Said Province of the Mass^ Bay Claim-
ting the Jurisdiction of the said Town of Methuen in y^ Year of Our
Lord 1735 upon the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of the said Town
Erected & Incorporated a Separate & distinct Precinct or Parish in
the Northly part of the said Town & Invested the same with the
usual Parish Powers & Privileges —
That thereupon the Parishioners proceeded to Build a Meeting
House Settle a Minister & to Levy Taxes upon themselves to defray
the Charges thereof by Authority of Law —
That Since the runing of the Boundary Line between this Prov-
ince and that — the Greatest part of the said Parish is found to lie in
this Province and all the Habitations of the said Parishioners (Eight
or Ten Excepted) fall within the Same — Whereby they Conceive
their Parochial privileges & all Authorities & powers they were In-
vested with or that they Conceived they were Invested with are Dis-
solved & Vacated which makes it Impracticable for them to Subsist
together in their former Relations or to manage their Parochial Con-
cerns
That this Situation of Affairs will soon break up the Settlement
there which will be no Service to this Government, & perhaps prove
the Ruin of many Private Families who are Settled there with Con-
siderable Cost to them Selves & who are Loyal Subjects to His
Majesty & may be Serviceable members of the Community wherein
they Live —
Wherefore your Petitioners in behalf of the said Parishioners (by
whom they are Constituted & Instructed) most Humbly Pray that by
your Excellency's Authority a Township may be Erected & Incorpo-
rated by the Following Metes & Bounds viz Beginning at the East End
of a Pond commonly called & known by the Name of the Captain's
Pond & from thence to Run to the Late Dwelling House of One Rich-
ard Petty now Deceas'd upon a Strait Line and from thence to the
North part of Policy Pond so called And So running by Said Pond
to the South West part thereof and then on a West Course until it
comes to Dracut Line & then by Dracut Line till it Comes to the
Province Line and So running by that till it Comes to the Place first
Mentioned — Which will Comprehend a Tract of Land of about five
Miles Square — That the same may be Granted to the said Persons
who were the Inhabitants of the Said Parish (whose Settlements will
be Comprized within the Said Boundaries) and to their Associates
(Saving the Rights of former Regular Grants & the Interest of Pri-
vate property) and that they may be Invested with the Legal Rights
MISCELLANEOUS PROVING L\L PAPERS.
129
powers & Authorities that other Towns in this Province hold & Enjoy
— Or in Such other manner as Your Excellency with the advice of
His Majesty's Said Council in your great Wisdom & Goodness shall
think proper to Relieve your Peticoners & their Constituents from
their Present Grievances And Your Petitioners for themselves & in
behalf of their Principals as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c
Henry Sanders
January 14^'' 1741. Benjamin Corning
[See Vol. v., pp. 183-187. — Ed.]
[3-94]
[Report of a Committee on SontJicrn Bounds of Towns on the Massa-
chusetts Linc.^
Province of 1 To his Excelency Benning Wentworth Esq Govern
New Hamp""/ our & Commander in Chieff in & over His Maj'^^
Province afores*^ — May it Please your Excelency
In Pursuance of your Excelency's Comission Under the Province
Seal Dated the 27th of ffeb''y Last appointing us Comissioners to
mark out the Southern Boundarys of as many Towns on the Boundary
Line between the Massachusets Bay & this Province as the Land &
Inhabitants would allow of untill we Crossed Merrimac river & alsoe
to View Dunstable first & Second Parish^ togeather with a Smal Part
of Lytchfield on the Western Side of S'^ river &c — We have been
thro the Severall Districts & have taken the best Information we
could obtain from the Principle Inhabitants for their General Accom-
modation & Do report that beginning at the S W — corner of South
Hampton on the Curve Line between the Province afores*^ & runing
on the S*^ curve Line till it Meets with Haverhill north west Line
runing from Holts rocks Into the Country may be one Town & from
Haverhills S"^ N West Line On the Curve Line afores"^ till it Inter-
sects the Line formerly between Methuen & Haver Hill So Called
one other Town Excepting out of their Township the Estates of Tim-
othy Johnson William Johnson & abiel Kelly which we Apprehend
may more Conveniently be annexed to the Third & next Town &
from the S'^ Line between Haverhill & Methuen to the Line formerly
the Bounds between S'' Methuen & a Place Called Dracut to be one
other Town & from the S"^ Last mentioned Line to Merrimack river
to be one other Town Then on the Western side of the river We
130 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
have Agreeable to our Comission Divided the Tract of Land Called
the first & 2'^ Parishes of Dunstable into four Townships Agreeable
to a Plan herewith returned — all which is Humbly Submitted to
your Excelency by May it Please your Excelency Your Excelency's
Most Obedient Serv'
[The foregoing is in the handwriting of Theodore Atkinson, and
not dated. — Ed.]
[3-95]
{Memorial of Justices of the Siipcrior Court relative to Costs of the
Trials of Philip Kcnniston, Sarah Simpson, aiid Penelope Kenney^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Captain General, Gov-
ernour and Commander in chief in and over His Majesty's Prov-
ince of New Hampshire in New England, To The Honorable his
Majesty's Council for said Province and the House of Representa-
tives in General Assembly conven'd —
The Memorial of the Justices of the Superiour Court of Judicature
for the Province of New Hampshire — Sheweth —
That in the Year 1737 one Philip Kenniston was tried for the Crime
of Burglary That the Jury found a special Verdict, That the Court
upon advisement was of Opinion that he shou'd be acquitted paying
cost, That there was a Bill Taxed amounting to Thirty Two pounds nine-
teen shillings and three pence an authentick Copy whereof is hereto
annexed That the said Philip was detained in Gaol for said costs until
he made his Escape by breaking the Gaol, and was afterwards Exe-
cuted in the County of Middlesex for a Burglary there by him com-
mitted that the said Bill of cost remains still unsatisfied —
That in the year 1739 Sarah Simpson widow and Penelope Kenny
Singlewoman were tried for destroying and murdering their Bastard
Children, and were condemned and Executed, That their Trials were
long tedious and attended with much Trouble and Difficulty
That the said Sarah and Penelope left no visible estate That Bills
of Cost were taxed in the whole amounting to the sum of Twenty
seven Pounds Four shillings Authentic Copies whereof are hereunto
annexed. That the said Bills of Cost remain unsatisfied —
That their Expences in the Trials of the said Sarah & Penelope
amounted to the sum of Twelve pounds Twelve shillings —
That in the year 1740 there were sundry Persons tried for passing
Counterfeit Bills of Credit on the Colony of Rhode Island knowing
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
131
the same to be Counterfeit and that Justice might be clone and his
Majesty's Subjects of this Province secured from being imposed on
(if not many of them from being ruined) Care was taken by the Jus-
tices of the said Court to prevail upon Two Gentlemen of Rhode
Island Two of the Committee for signing their Bills to be here to
give Evidence on the Trial, That an Express was sent from hence to
Salem for that end, the charge of which was Five pounds and that of
particular persons and which was for the good of the Province, That
the said Gentlemen were here at the Trial and That (notwithstanding
the Persons tried were acquitted yet it being proved that those Bills
were Counterfeit) a stop was put to their passing —
Wherefore your Memorialists pray your Excellency and Honours
and the House of Representatives to take this Memorial under Con-
sideration and to allow out of the Treasury what may be tho't rea-
sonable and your memorialists as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c —
Portsm" By Order of Court
February 6*'' 1741 Benj-'^ Gambling Clerk
[3-96]
\_Costs in Case of Philip Kamiston.~\
Superior Court at Portsm" in the Province of New Hampshire on
the first Tuesday of February 1737/8 — Dominus Rex v^: Philip Ken-
niston Bill of Cost against the Respond'
Bill of Cost before the Justice
Drawing Indictment
Entry
Jury .
3 Summons
Service
witneses attendance
attorney
Prison-keepers Fees
Attorneys attendance
Taxing
Exam'd '^ B Gambling clr-
Allowed
A True Copy Examd
. ;£,ii: 9:
3
3:
0
I : 12:
6
13:
0
3:
0
i: 15:
0
6:
0
12 :
0
14: 14:
6
I : 10 :
0
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£2,2: 19:
3
H Sherburne
B Gambling Clerk
132
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[Philip Kenniston was tried for burglary and convicted. He broke
out of jail and fled to Massachusetts, where he was tried for a similar
crime, convicted, and hung. — Ed.]
[3-97]
[Costs in Case of Sarah Shnpson.']
Superior Court at Portsmouth first Tuesday in August 1739 —
Dominus Rex — v* Sarah Simpson
Bill of Cost
Before the Justice Complaint & warrant for search
Serving warrant .......
Entring Complaint & taking Examination .
Constable searching & Guard ....
Mittimus and Service ......
5 women attending at examination Searching &c .
At this Court Drawing Indictment
Attorneys Fee .......
Entry &c ....... .
Summons for 20 witnesses .....
Service of Summons each 3 shillings .
19 witnesses attend : at this Court and before Grand Jur
Kings attorney attending 4 days ....
Petit Jury ........
Taxing ........
£0
9: o
3: o
15: o
o: o
6: o
10: o
3: o
12 ;
12 :
o ;
o
Exam-J f B Gambling Clerk
Allow'' Fourteen pounds ten shillings
A True Copy exam'd
16: o
8: o
14: 6
I
;^i4: 10: o
f H Sherburne
B Gamblino; Clerk
[Sarah Simpson was executed December 27, 1739, for the murder
of an infant. • — Ed.]
[3-98]
[^Costs in the Case of Penelope Kenney."]
Superior Court at Portsm° first Tuesday of August 1739
Dominus Rex v® : Penelope Kenny — Bill of Cost
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
133
Before the Justice Complaint & warrant for search &
attorneys Fee .....
Serving the Warrant .....
Entring Complaint & taking Examination .
Constable Searching & Guard
mittimus & service .....
5 women attend : at examination searching &c
At this Court Drawing Indictment
Attorneys Fee ......
Entry &c ...... .
Summons for 15 witnesses ....
Service of Summons each 3 shillings .
1 5 witnesses attend : at this Court & before Grand Jury
Kings Attorney attending 4 days
Petit Jury
Taxing .......
Exam^ '^ B Gambling Clerk
Allow'' Twelve Pounds Fourteen shillings
A True Copy Exam''
JL
io.
9
0
3
0
15
0
I :
0
6
10
3
0
0
0
0
0:
12
0
I :
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15
6
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ad Jury
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£
12 :
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f H Sherburne
B Gamblin
g Clerk
[Penelope Kenney was executed at Portsmouth December 27, 1739,
for the murder of an infant. — Ed.]
[3-98] [Actioji of tJic Legislature oji the Foregoing.']
ffeb 1 2th 1741 : In the House of Representatives voted there be
allowed and p'' the Sum of £,6$. 3. 3 for this Mem°
James Jeffry ClC ass"
In Counc' feb 18 1 741/2 Read and Concurr'd R Waldron Sec*^
Feb : 18 : 1741. assented to B Went worth
In the House of Representatives march 20''' 1741, upon Reconsid-
ering the vote of the 12'*^ Curr* Voted That the Sum of Twelve
pounds twelve Shillings be Alowd and Paid in addition To the Sum
of £6^. 3. 3 before Voted which is In full of the within memorial
and that the whole Sum be Paid out of the Tresurry To M"" Benj^
134
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Gambling Clark of the Sup"" Court and that he pay the Same to the
Severall Persons to whom It Respectively becomes Due :
James Jeffry Cle"' ass™
In Council March 20"' 1741 the within vote of this Day Read &
Concurrd Theod Atkinson Sec"^
march 22^^ Assented to
B. Wentworth
[3~99] {Bill for Repairs on Fort William and Mary^
Province of New Hampshire to Edw^ Toogood for work Done on
Fort W"» & Mary is
1722 D""
July y^ 3"^ to one Day & half my man Carrying Down Lime ;^-„ 7,, 6
to I Day my self getting of gundelo & telling
"Rficlcs
to 4000 & half of Bricks @ 26/ f M
7 to 2 days my self John 3 Days
14 to 6 days my self & 6 days John
21 to 6 Days my self 30/ & 5 John 20/
to 20 bushells of Lime .
to I hand barrow ....
28 to 12 bushells of Lime .
to 6 Days my self & 5 days John .
Aug^' 2^ to 3 Days my self & 3 days John Grifeth
to I Day my self at Newichawanick
to I Day my man at oyster river
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ffe^ the 1 2th 1741 : In the House of Representatives: allowed to
be p"^ only £2,, 10 in full of the accompt
James Jeffry ClC ass™
In Coun^ Feb 18 174 1/2 Read and Concurred
Feb : 18 : 1741 Assented to
R Waldron Sec'^'
B Wentworth
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. I35
^Letter from Governor WciitivortJi to Board of Trade, Marcli 6,
1741-42.]
[Copied from the English Archives.]
My Lords
I have by this conveyance, Via^ Bristol!, transmitted to your Lord-
ships, M"" Mitchells Survey of the river Merrimack to Pautucket falls,
which he has taken with the greatest Accuracy, and tho' it was im-
practicable to mark out a line, that in every part thereof would be
exactly three miles north of said river. Yet he has so punctually
complyd with His Majesty's determination in Council, that there re-
mains the same quantity of Acres to the Massachusetts, as tho' it
had been possible to have drawn a line three miles North of said
river, and the Advantage is, on the side of the Massachusetts, rather
than in favour of New Hampshire.
I must begg leave to inform your Lordships that M"" Mitchill is ap-
pointed by His Majesty Surveyor of the King's Lands in Nova Scotia,
and for that reason, and his Superior Skill in Surveying, he was
thought the most proper person to imploy in that part of His Majes-
ty's determination, in which there was the only difficulty which I
hope will give weight to his Survey in some certain bends of the river,
he has been under a Necessity to come Nearer than three miles, and
in other Suddain turns the Reaches described in his plan, extend Near
three Miles & a half North of the river, so that there is ample allow-
ances made from the Mouth of the river to the Pautucket falls, to the
Massachusetts, to avoid any further dispute with them
Your Lordships will please to observe that in the course of the
whole line from the Sea to Pautucket falls, there are only two houses,
& two barns intersected, which can by no means incommode the inhab-
itants, as has been represented, more than three parts of the inhabit-
ants from the Sea to Pautucket Falls since my Arrival have petition 'd
to be incorporated, into Towns & Parishes, inclineing rather to be
under the King's Government, than under the Charter Governm^ tho'
before, being influenced by some persons claiming large tracts of
Land in New Hampshire, they had petitioned to be under the Juris-
diction of the Massachusetts.
These particular proprietors. My Lords, were the only Abettors, of
the pettitions preferd to His Majesty by the Agent M"" Hutchinson,
whose Authority did not derive so much, from the general disposition
of the Inhabitants, as from the particular Views of those persons,
who have, without any Authority, but Superior power, possess'd
themselves, by Virtue of grants from the Massachusetts, within five
136 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
or Six years, of whole townships ; in the King's Government of New
Hampshire.
There is, My Lords, in none of these grants, any reserve made of
Pine trees fit for his Majestys use, which as they fall in New Hamp-
shire must effectually vacate the grants, Since I have discover'd this
fact I have, as far as my power extends, given the Necessary orders
to the deputy Surveyors of His Majesty's woods, to appoint proper
persons to take care that no waste be made in any of these townships,
in which I hope for your Lordships Approbation.
On the 12*'^ of Dec"^ past I arrived in New Hampshire, & the same
day I published His Majestys Commission with the Usual Solemnity
& as soon as the time would Admit, I met the Generall Assembly
which is now siting, after the business of this Session is over I shall
pay a due obedience to His Majestys instructions by transmitting to
your Lordships the whole transaction, & I shall in this, & in every
other respect endeavour to Approve my Self a faithfuU Servant to the
Crown, & while I do, I shall hope for your Lordships favour & pro-
tection. I begg leave to Subscribe my Self
My Lords Your Lordships Most faithfull humble Servant
Portsmouth March 6"' 1 741-2 B. Wentworth
The Right Hon*^' the Lords Commiss'^^ for Trade & Plantations.
[Enclosing Mr. George Mitchell's Survey of the Merrimack river.]
[3-100] [^Petition relative to Governor Vajighan, 1^42.']
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"^ Governor & Commander
in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire the
Honorable His Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for
said Province in General Court Convened
The Petition of William Vaughan of Damaris Cotty in the County
of York in the Province of Mass^ Bay Gent, Sole Exec"" of the last
Will & Testament of George Vaughan late of Portsm° In the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire Esq*" Deceas'd Humbly Shews —
That the said George Vaughan was Lieu* Governor and Commander
in Chief from Octob'' Anno 171 5 to the same Month Anno 1716
(Omitting the days in the said Month at the beginnmg & end of the
said Term) And afterwards Lieu* Governor under Governor Shute
about fifteen Months, during which time a just & Reasonable Claim
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 137
Accrew'd to him for his attendance upon the Affairs of the Govern-
ment & the ser\'ice done by him in that Station for an Adequate
Compensation —
That the Poverty of the Province & the Claims thereon in those
times were Such that the then House of Representatives acknowl-
edged they could not " Retaliate him according to the Willingness of
their Minds " — But made him a present only of One years income
of the Excise in Consideration of Services done before his Claim.
(Arising as aforesaid) and before his Command & charge of the Fort
which was about Eighteen Months and in which he was at Expence
himself for Servants Attendants & other Occasions but no allow-
ance made to this day for the same which Your Petitioner humbly
Conceives has not been the Case with Respect to any other Gentle-
man in such a Station or that has held those Posts in the Province
even from the beginning of times —
That the said George Vaughan having Occasion of money had (with
others) money out of the Treasury upon Loan giving his Bond for
Security which running upon Interest & not. yet paid amounts to a
considerable Sum & which when taken out of the Estate of the said
Deceased will greatly prejudice his Heirs —
That your Petitioner being a Minor in the times before Mentioned
& long after even till the Decease of his said Testator can give no
Relation of facts Respecting the Renewing the Said Claim or Shew
any Reason why it was not Satisfied in the Season of it or Since (Un-
less his s^ Testator tho't Discount was good pay) But however that may
be, as delay is no payment he humbly hopes it will not be be deem'd
too Stale a Claim to be demanded Especially Considering that is not
tho't to be the Case with Respect to the Debt demanded from the
Estate of the said Testator which is near about the same .Standing
— and there is no Difference in an Equitable Consideration, or with
Regard to Strict Justice, that there was Security in the one Case
whereby Compulsory methods might be pursued, and the other De-
pended only upon honour as to the performance thereof — and therefore
persuades himself from the Justice of this Honorable Court that as
they have tho't proper to Condescend upon Measures to Recover the
Debt due to the Government from said Estate they will also consider
the Grounds & Justice of the aforesaid Claim & make Such an allow-
ance for the Same as is Right & Equitable — And Accordingly most
Humbly prays the same may be done or that He may be Relieved in
Such way and manner as this Hon^'*" Court in their Wisdom & Good-
ness Shall think meet & your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever
pray &c
W : Vausfhan
138 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
In the House of Representatives March the 9th 1741. The within
Petition Read and Voted that the Said Vaughan be heard thereon
thursday next 3-0' the Clock afternoone
James Jeffry Cle''asse'"
In Coun^ March 11''' 1741 beforenoon Read and Conciirr'd
Rich^ Waldron Sec"^
Same day a : m : assented to B Wentworth
In the House of Representatives March ye 12th 1741 The within
Petition Read and the Petitioner heard by his Council and Voted.
That Mess""^ James Clarkson and Hunking Wentworth be a Commit-
tee of this House to Joyne Such as the Council Shall appoint, to In-
quire' into the Claims and accounts of M"" W'" Vaughan on ace' of
what was due to his father Geo Vaughan Esq"" while Liu' Govorn'' and
also to Enquire why the former assembly did not answer the Said Geo.
Vaughan Esq*" in his life time and make Report of their doings to the
Gen^ ass'" next Sessions of the Gen^^ ass'"
James Jeffry ClC ass""
[3-101]
[Act Granting Assistance to the Church in Netv Castle, 1742.]
Anno Regni Regis Georgii Secundi Magnae Britannise Francise et
Hiberinse Decimo Ouinto —
An act for the payment of the Sum of Forty Shillings Equall to so
much Proclamation money annually out of the Publick Treasury
towards the support of the ministry at New Castle in the Prov« of
New Hamp""
Whereas the meeting House at New Castle in this Prov^ is Conve-
niently Situated for the Soulders belonging to his Majestys Fort
William & mary to attend the Publick Worship of God at —
Be it therefore Enacted by his Excellency the Governour Council
and Representatives in Gen'^ Assembly Convened and by the author-
ity of the Same That there shall be paid annually out of the Publick
Treasury of this Province the Sum of Forty Shillings in Bills of
Credit Equall to Proclamation money or So much in old Tenor as
Shall be Equall thereunto towards the Support of the Gospell minis-
try at New Castle aforesaid and that the Same Shall be paid to the
Minister there for the time then being, and that the same fhall be in
full of all Demands Such Minister may have on this Province for any
Sum or Sums of money by Virtue of Any Act or Act^ or any Para-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 139
graph or Paragraphs of any Act or Acts heretofore made. And bee
it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid that the payment of
Said Sum shall be from the Tenth Day of January Last Past —
In the House of Representatives Ma"" 26th 1742 The above act
Read three times & past to be Enacted And"" Wiggin Speaker
[The minutes of the House of Representatives of that day state :
"A vote past to pay 40 s Proclam^ mony pr annum to New Castle,
But not ended." — Ed.]
\G0ver710r WentivortJi to Board of Trade, May 25, 1742.]
[Copied from the English Archives for New Hampshire Historical
Society.]
Portsmouth 25''' May 1742
My Lords
I take this opportunity by the Wilmington Mastship to transmit to
your Lordships, M"" Hazzens and M'' Bryants Survey, or plat, of the
Northern boundarys of the Massachusetts, and New Hampshire,
which was done at the Charge and Expence of New Hampshire only,
which with M'' Mitchell's Survey of Merrimack river to Pautucket
falls, (which I transmitted Via Bristoll & Cap' Pain) Compleats His
Majesty's order in Council, agreeable to His Royall determination.
I beg leave to observe to your Lordships that, this Survey, was
made entirely at the Expence of New Hampshire, notwithstanding
the order was given to the Massachusetts, who have hitherto refused
to pay the least obedience to the Royall order, neither have they to
this day paid any regard to His Majesties order in Council, for de-
fraying one half of the Expence of the King's Commission, and the
Commissioners expence which was to be born Equally between the
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, so that the whole burthen lies
on this little Province, which with the load of debt that arose from
defending the Province against the claims of the Massachusetts has
involved the Province so much, that the people are scarce able to
Support under the Charge of it, being never Suffer'd to raise any
publick money, till now, to defend themselves, but the whole expence
was Supported by private Subscriptions, which now remains to be
discharged
I have transmitted also by this Conveyance to your Lordships five
Acts passed in the last Session of the General Assembly Viz, (i) An
Act, for granting to his Majesty four thousand Seven hundred and
Twenty pounds, for the Supply of the Treasury.
140 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
(2) An Act for granting to His Majesty two hundred and fifty
pounds proclamation money towards the Support of His Majestys
Governor
(3) An Act to assertain the value of bills of credit Issued for the
Supply of the Treasury
(4) An Act to Assertain the fee of a Messuage and Tract of Land
Containing Twelve Acres, heretofore Mortgaged by William Vaughan
To George Walker
(5.) And An Act, for Emitting ;^2 5,000 in bills of credit Equal to
so much proclamation money upon loan, and granting the interest
that shall arise therefrom for and towards the Support of His Majes-
tys Government, as mentioned in said Act,
The two latter are of an extraordinary nature and for that reason I
have Ascented to them with a Suspending Clause till His Majestys
pleasure shall be Signified thereon.
The Act for Ascertaining a fee in a Messuage or tract of Land
from William Vaughan to George Walker, carried so much Justice in
it, and being so well known, that it passed the Assembly and the
Council almost unanimously, which induced me to Assent thereto,
tho', there was some doubt with me in point of Law, but in Equity it
was very Clear, and Walker can have no relief for about ;^i6oo this
Currency unless he is relieved by this Act, Your Lordships will see
by the proper notifications in conformity to His Majestys Instruc-
tions, and the hearing of the Case, by Council on both sides before
the Assembly and the Council, that the partys Concerned had time to
make a proper defence
What I have to offer to your Lordships, on the Act for emitting
;^2 5,000, on loan, is, that the money is put on a more Certain foot-
ing in respect to its fluctuateing, than any former emissions, and that
no merchant tradeing to this Province from Great Brittain, can in any
shape be prejudiced, should it fall in value, which I don't conceive
will ever be the case
This Government will have comply'd with all the acts for past
Emissions in December 1742, which none of the other Governments
have done.
The last thing I have to offer to your Lordships consideration in
behalf of the Act, is, that the Province is in a naked and defenceless
Condition, and Scarce make the appearance of a King's Government,
being destitute of a house for the General Assembly, or for the Gov-
ernor ; at least ^20,000, this currency will be wanting to put the fort
in a defencible State, Several block houses are wanting to defend the
infant Settleers and roads to and from the frontiers are absolutely
necessary, for the Effecting of which it will be impossible to raise
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. I4I
money on the poles and estates of the Inhabitants, which is the only
method of raiseing publick money and tho' the people are ready and
willing to grant a hansome Support to the King's Governor, yet con-
sidering the present debts of the Province, they are not able to do it.
Wherefore I should hope your Lordships will be moved compasion-
ately to consider the case of the Province in their present Situation,
and give countenance to this Act, in such a manner as in Your Lord-
ships wisdom may Seem most for His Majestie's Honour and the
welfare of this Province on which its future prosperity greatly
depends —
Agreeable to His Majesty's Instructions the Assembly have Set-
tled on me ;^250, proclamation money dureing my Administration and
;^250, more depends on the Success of the above Act, the assembly
have also made me two grants in the Treasury bill, of ;!^500, each this
currency, and ;^ioo, currency for house rent, all which with the
CEconomy will but Just afford me a decent Support ; I am hopeing
when the Contests with the Massachusetts are ended and the Prov-
ince Settled peaceably and quietly. The Province will be in a Condi-
tion to do more, if I can obtain the Royall leave therefore, in
obedience to His Majestys Instructions I have by a Committee of
His Majesty's Council taken an Account of the Stores in the P^ort,
and the state of the Artilery, which Your Lordships will find is not
any ways Sufficient to defend the Province, or the trade and naviga-
tion thereof, more especially the mast Ships that load masts for the
Royall navy are greatly exposed, by the naked and defenceless Con-
dition the fort is in, a great part of the Guns, and all the carriages
are useless, and unfit for Service, I would therefore hope His Majesty,
will take the defenceless state of this Province into Consideration
and grant Such Supplies of stores as in his great wisdom may be
thought necessary for its defence — I have the Honour to be
My Lords Your Lordships most faithfull Servant
B Wentworth
[Endorsed] Rec"^ August y^ 2^ ) Received from
Read — y^ 4''' ) '^ Cap* Thomlinson
New Hampshire — Letter from Gov"" Wentworth transmitting 5
Acts with his observations thereon, and inclosing
Plan of the Boundaries by R. Hazzen
Plan of the Boundaries by W. Bryant
142 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-102]
SJ^ommissioners to Survey and Mark a Road from Connecticut River
to Merrimack River, 1742.]
Province of New Hampshire
Srs You are hereby Impower'd at the most Convenient Season of
the year, to Imploy four faithfull men in whom you can Confide &c
to Survey & mark out a Suitable & Convenient Road from Connecti-
cut River beginning to the Northward of No 4 so called, allso to
remark a Suitable & Convenient Situation for the Erecting a fortifi-
cation on Said Connecticut River, & from said River to run due East
to the River Called Merrimack, if the Land will admit of it, if it will
not, then it may be varied to the Northward or to the Southward, so
as to make the road more Commodious, and you are directed to make
a return hereof unto the Secretarys office as Soon as you can with
Conveniency. Given at Portsmouth December y^ 4''' 1 742 —
B Wentworth
To Josiah Willard Esq"" & Ebenezer Hinsdell
\_Governor WentivortJi to Board of Trade, December 8, 1742.]
[Copied from Colonial Correspondence, Public Record Office of
England.]
Portsmouth December 8*'^ 1742
My Lords
I have the Honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordships
letter to me of 27^^ July past, and shall punctually comply with the
directions therein given, as soon as the officers of the respective
offices furnish me with their Accounts.
His Majestys Instructions direct that the proceedings of the General
Assembly should be fairly Entered in the Council Books, and that
the books lay on the Council table, for the perusall of His Majestys
Council, which I directed should be done, but the Secretary declared
that there was no book, or books belonging to the Council that he
knew of, & that hitherto the records of Council had only been kept in
loose papers, part of which were lost, & others destroyed by fire,
Upon which I prevailed on the Assembly to provide a Set of books,
& shall take care in future that every transaction shall be fairly en-
ter'd from my Arrival in the Government in Conformity to the Kings
Instructions
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. I43
What ])assed before my time I hope Your Lordships will not
expect from me.
In obedience to your Lordships Commands I shall transmit all Oc-
currances in the Government from the 17"' of March 1740, allso the
Naval Officers Accounts, who hitherto has only sent them to the
Commissioners of His Majestys Customs. The Receiver Generals
Accounts remain unadjusted, there being a dispute in some of his
charges between him & the Assembly, which being left to a Commit-
tee of both houses to adjust, I hope to have very soon Settled & de-
liver'd to me, also the receiver generall of the powder ; received from
November 1731 by Virtue of an Act of this Government, all which
shall be transmitted to your Lordships by His Majestys Ship the
Deptford, now loading masts for the Royall Navy in this Port.
The great Confusion I found in all the Offices in the Government
on my Arrival has hitherto prevented my com.plying with my duty,
and I would hope your Lordships will receive that as an excuse for
my delay, promiseing that when these disorders are regulated, I shall
punctually Comply with my Obligations in that respect
By His Majestys 42*^ Instruction I am ordered to take to my Assist-
ance the Surv^eyor General of His Majestys woods or his deputys, to
make inquiry after certain tracts of Lands within this Province, fit to
be reserv^ed as a Nursery for Masts, Yards & Bowsprits for the Royal
Navy, In obedience thereto I directed the Deputy Surveyors of His
Majestys woods to make a diligent inquiry, by themselves, & others,
from whom they could get the best information, and I now transmit
the said Deputy Surveyors report thereon to your Lordships ; On
w^hich report I begg leave to Observe, that tho' there is yet left in
New Hampshire a great quantity of trees, fit for His Majestys Use,
Yet there is not any great body in any one place, that I can yet dis-
cover, Except on a river called Piscataquoagg, which I am but this
day informed of and on that river and on its borders are Narraganset
N 3 & 5 New Boston, & Halestown, granted by the Massachusetts
without any reserve of Mast trees for the Royall Navy
I shall make it my particular care to make a further inquiry, regard-
ing a Tract of Land for a Royal Nursery, which I shall make a better
discovery of, when any New towns are Survey'd, and in all grants
that I make, I shall not only reserve all pine trees, but give directions
to the Surveyors who plan the towns out, to take an exact Account
of the certain Number of pine trees fit for His Majestys use, growing
within said township, which shall be inserted in the plan and lodged
in the Secretarys Office, & that the preservation of Such trees shall
be one tenure by which the grantees hold their Land, This is an Ex-
pedient I have tho't upon, & I hope it will greatly tend to the preser-
144 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
vation of His Majestys woods, & I shall be glad if it meets with your
Lordships Approbation.
In the years 1735 & 36 the Government of the Massachusetts
granted Near forty townships in the Lands then in dispute with New
Hampshire ; and altho' that Government claimed only three Miles North
of Merrimack, yet their grants extend more than fiffty Miles north
of the West line, from Pautucket falls, and I have good Authority to
represent to your Lordships, that all the Lands between Merrimack
& Connecticut rivers, that are fit for Settlements, are Erected into
townships by the Massachusetts, or granted to private persons or for
private uses, in none of which grants is there any reserve made of
Mast trees for his Majestys Use, Neither is there one of these towns
regularly Settled, Notwithstanding ; many of the Proprietors are pe-
titioning His Majesty to confirm said grants, others have refused to
joyn in the petition & wait the Event, and some few have petitioned
this Government for a Confirmation of the Massachusetts grants but
I am apprehensive it is not in my power to confirm any grant made
by that Government, If I govern my Self by His Majestys Instructions.
On my first Arrival, I was in Expectation of haveing the affairs of the
Government Settled before this day haveing informed your Lordships
in my first letter, that all the Inhabitants from the Sea to Pautucket
fails, had Petitioned, to be incorporated into townships. Accordingly
I began regularly at the Sea and incorporated one township by the
name of South Hampton, to the Satisfaction & Content of all the
Inhabitants, upon which some of the Inhabitants of the Massachusetts
Stired up a great Number of the Petitioners to this Government, in
Conjunction with some of the proprietors of the New Towns, to Pe-
tition his Majesty to confirm them in their grants from the Massa-
chusetts, which has created a great uneasiness in this Province and
tends greatly to prevent its increase, And unless it should be his
Majestys pleasure to put an end to Applications of this Nature, It will
be Impossible for me to carry His Royall Instructions into Execution.
New Hampshire sits down by His Majestys determination, & have
Shewed the greatest obedience thereto, by paying the whole Expence
of running & marking out the boundarys in Exact conformity to the
Royal determination, and therefore think it a great hardship, that the
Massachusetts should lead them into any New Charge, in a dispute
that had Subsisted near fourscore years and which has been so Sol-
emnly determined
But should it be his Majestys pleasure to condescend to any alter-
ation on the West line, I would humbly offer to your Lordships that
there should be also an alteration in the North line upon Newichwan-
nock river in favour of the Crown, as is marked in one of the Com-
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. I45
missio"^ plans herewith transmitted to your Lordships, by which will
be Secured to His Majesty in the bend of Newichwanock River, the
only & greatest growth of Mast trees in all America, which being
reserved might Serve the Royall Navy for generations yet to come,
in this bend of the river was Granted a township, called Towow
marked in the plan, & I am informed that According to the tenor of
the Grant it reverts to the Massachusetts for want of proper Improve-
ments, which I have Advised Governor Shirley of, and I am very
well assured he will not Strengthen that grant by any Act of His,
after the receipt of my letter, & if I am rightly Informed there is not
a Single house built, or one acre of Land Improved in the whole town-
ship : but the people to whom it was granted reserve this body of
timber not to be equal'd in any part of the world, for their own pri-
vate use, & claim it as a private property
My Lords
It is of the last consequence to the peace, as well as to the Strength-
ening the frontiers of this Province, that there should be a Speedy
Issue to the Applications of the Massachusetts, Haveing at this time
near forty Petitions from the Inhabitants of this Province, & the
Neighbouring Governments, for New Townships, but I have not ven-
tured to make one grant fearing I should interfere with the grants
made by the Massachusetts, & thereby lead the people into innumer-
able & endless contentions, I hope therefore your Lordships will
think it worthy your Consideration to give me directions how I shall
proceed in that matter, haveing hitherto Acted with the utmost cau-
tion, lest I should construe my Instructions beyond what was intended
to be his Majestys Will & Pleasure.
On the 15^^ of May 1742, I transmitted my reasons to His Grace
the Duke of Newcastle for Suspending Richard Waldron Esq"" one of
His Majestys Council, & should at the Same time have recommended
a person in his room but I thought it my duty to wait a proper time
for his Graces approbation, besides the reasons offer' d to His Grace,
that Gent" has allways been an opposer of His Majestys Interest in
the Kings words, an Enemy to the Constitution of this Government.
Imediately under the Crown, and from his behavior in every respect,
I could not confide in him to advise or Act where the Interest of the
Crown or Government lay at Stake ; I do therefore with your Lord-
ships Approbation recommend Theophilus Smith Esq"" a Native of
this Province, & a man of Good reputation & Estate to succeed
Richard Waldron Esq""
I have by this Conveyance Transmitted to your Lordships my An-
swer to the Several Queries relateing to New Hampshire, which I
have endeavoured to do from my own knowledge & the best informa-
10
146 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
tions I could have, in every particular. If I have omitted anything,
or have not been particular enough in my present Answer, I shall use
my diligence to Amend it in my Next. I begg leave to Subscribe
my Self, My Lords.
Your Lordships Most faithfuU Servant
B VVentworth
The Right Honourable the Lords Co, nissioners for Trade & Plan-
tations
[3-103]
[Report of the Lords of Trade and Plantations on sonic Acts Passed
by the Legislature of Nciv Hampshire, 1743.]
To the Kings most Excell' Majesty May it please your Maj'^^ —
We have had under our Consideration three Acts passed in your
Maj'''^' Province of New hampshire in April 1742.
We have also consulted M"" Fane,*one of your Maj*'^* Council at
Law upon the Said act, who has no Objection to any of them in Point
of Law, but we must beg leave humbly to represent to your Majestic —
That, in the Act Entituled, An Act for granting unto his most
Excell* Maj*'^, the sum of four thousand Seven hundred & twenty
Pounds in Bills of Credit on this Province Equal to So much Pro-
clamation Money, for Supplying the Treasury, for Discharging the
publick Debts, and for other Purposes in this Act hereafter mentioned
& for appropriating & Drawing in of the Said Bills into the Treasury
againe —
There is a Clause directing the different Times & Proportions of
Drawing in the Said Bills into the Treasury againe, whereby the first
payment, of any Part of those Bills is to be in May 1 744 : & the
last to be compleated in 1 749 : by a Tax to be levyed on Poles & Es-
tates, Real & Personal, of the Inhabitants, which is an anticipation of
the Taxes of the years 1744 : 45 : 46 : 47 : 48 : 49 : & will continue
the Currency of Some part of those Bills till the End of y^ yeare 1749
There is likewise a Clause whereby " The Inhabitants are allowed
to pay the Tax to be levyed on them for drawing in the Said Bills in
Commodities of y® produce or Manufactory's of this Province," which
Sort of paym' we apprehend may cause an annual Deficiency in Said
Taxes, But for as much as there is a Clause which provides. That
Such Deficiency Shall be made good, the Subsequent years, and as
the Sum Emitted by this Act do's not am° to that allowed for the
Curr' Service of this Province by your Maj''^^ Instructions, we would
ATKINSON AND THOMLTNSON CORRESPONDENCE. I47
humbly Submit whether the Said Act may receive your Majesties
Royal approbation —
That the Act Entituled An Act for ascertaining the Value of the
Money & of the Bills of Publick Credit of this Province granted this
present yeare for the Supply of the Treasury & for Securing the
Credit of the Said Bills : being calculated to Support the Credit of
the Bills, Emitted by the preceeding act, and relative to the Same,
We are humbly of opinion that, if your Maj'"*^ Should be pleased to
approve of the first act this also may receive your Maj*'*^^ Approbation —
That the Next act for Emitting the Sum of twenty five thousand
Pounds in the Bills of Credit on this Province Equal to So much
Proclamation Money, upon Loan, and for granting to his Maj'^*^ the
Interest that Shall arise thereby, for the purposes in the Said Act
mentioned : w^^ Sum is to be called in at different Periods, the last
Ending in the yeare 1752 : is intending to accommodate the Inhabit-
ants of New Hampshire with a Certaine Ouaintity of Paper Currency,
by a Governm* Loan at 6 '^ C upon Mortgage of their Real Estates,
& from the Interest arising thereby, to defray certaine Expences of
Governm' viz' Part of the Govern''^ Sallary, repairing & Building Forts
a State house, cutting Roads, Errecting a Light House, repairing the
Prison & other Publick Charges, which will Create a Paper Currency
in this Province much more Extensive than what is allowed by your
Maj"^ & Instructions, whereby they are restrain'd from having any more
than Six thousand Pounds Paper Bills Curr' at one and the Same
time, for which Reason we Cannot lay this Act before your Maj'^^for
your Royal approbation : However, we think our selves obliged to
inform you Maj'"= That we have been attended on this occasion by the
Principle Merchants Trading to the Province of Newhampshire, and
having had some Discourse with them upon the Said acts we find,
That they are of opinion " That the Sum of twenty five Thousand
Pounds proposed to be Emitted by those acts will not be more than
is absolutely necessary to carry on the Trade and Business of this
Collony, and will be the best means to prevent the base Papper Cur-
rency of other Provinces from becoming the Medium of Trade in this.
That they do not apprehend the distant Periods fixed for calling in
the Said Bills or any other Matters contained in those Acts, can
prejudice them, as the Act for ascertaining the Value of Money
and the Bills of Publick Credit, will remove the Evill which has hith-
erto, arose from the New England paper Currency by Securing any
Creditor the true Value of his Just Debt " —
" That they are also of opinion that the Speedy emission of Such
a Sum as is here proposed to be Emitted is absolutely necessary for
the Security of this Province and the Valuable Ships constantly
148 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Trading there with masts, yards, & Bowspits for your Maj*'^^ Royal
Navy and of the whole Trade and Navigation of this Collony as may
more fully appeare by a Coppy of their Representation hereunto
annexed" all which is humbly Submitted
Monson
Whitehall ffe^ 4th 1742/3 Edw^ Ash
M-" Bladen
R Plumer
Copy B Keene
A Paragraph of M"" Agent Thomlinsons Letter
The Loan Bill being contrary to the Gov""* Instructions, the Lords
cannot Lay it before his Maj'''= for his approbation, However they
have Annexed the Representation of the Principle Merchants
Trading to your Province to their Report and have prayed for a
Coppy of it, in Order to delay the Consideration of it untill
I can take the most adviseable Steps to have it properly con-
sidered by the Committee And I am not yet without hopes of Suc-
cess — I have also been at Some charge and a great deale of trouble
at the Council office, and board of Ordinance upon your application
for Stores, and his Majesties orders are that an Ingineere Should be
Sent, if not one in the Country already, to Survey the Fort and Guns,
and Send an account w^ Gunns will be proper to Send over, as they
Suppose the old Guns are not fitt to be trusted to, and also to Direct
you in repairing the Fort. This Report I must pay the fees of and
it had been Sent to M"" Basteed the Ingineere by this conveyance,
but choose to keep it here, until your Money Bill is considered, to
Shew what we are to do, and which we cannot do without his Majesty
Shall approve of the Loan Bill, I Shall not leave one Stone un-
turn'd to get this Bill approv'd however I may Succeed —
[Endorsed] Lord of Trade's Report on Three Money Bills : passed
in N. Ramps'^ in Ap"" 1 742 — & a Paragraph in M"" Agent Thomlin-
son's Letter — 4 Feb. 1742-3.
[3-104] [^Attorney-General Livennore s Opinion, 1743.]
Sr In obedience to his Excels* Command I have considered the
Querys and Table of Fees you Sent me, the Sixth Instant, and my
Opinion upon them is as follows, Namely as to the first Query which is
"Whether the Govorn''® assent to an Act for Establishing a new
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. I49
^' Table of Fees, Fines & Forfeitures will not Superseed alter or Re-
"peal Acts already in Force relating to the Fines & Forfeitures"
My opinion is, That the Govorn''^ assenting to Such an act, will
during the Continuance of Such act, Supersede all other acts in force
(at the Time of passing Such Act) relating to Fees Fines & Forfeit-
ures, but not Repeal them without Special words for that purpose —
As to the 2^ which is, "Whether a Publick act can be Drawn upon
" different matters without providing for the Same by different acts,
"and without intermixing in one and the Same act things that have
"no relation to Each other"
My Opinion is, that a Publick act may be Drawn upon Different
matters without providing for the Same by different acts but not
without intermixing in one and the Same act Such different things
as have no Relation to Each other —
As to the 3^^, Which is, " Whether an act can be drawn to alter the
" Fees already Established by Law and to fix a New Table (agreeable
" to the Table of Fees Exhibited by the Committee to the Gen^ Court)
" Such act appearing to be new in it Self & not mentioning any
"former act or acts, as will not Supersede or Repeal an act or acts at
"the Same time in force relating to Fees "
My opinion is, That Such an act cannot be drawn, but it will dur-
ing its continuance Supersede an act or acts in force at the time of
passing Such act, relating to Fees but not repeal the Same without
Special words for that purpose
Province of New hampshire December the 7"' 1743
The above I humbly offer as my Opinion upon the foregoing Que-
rys, and am his Excell^® most obedient humble Serv'
Matthew Livermore Att Gen^
To Theo^ Atkinson Esq"" Sec"^ for the Province of Newhamps''
Copia Exam'^ "^ James Jeffry ClC ass'"
YJoJin TJiomlinsoii to Theodore Atkinson.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 63.]
London, 21 Jan>' 17^7-^.
Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
Sir — I have now to answer your favours of the 9*'' & 14 of December
pr Capt. Romans, and shall send you those goods you write for by
one of the Spring Ships, but fears shall not be able to pay the draught
you propose sending on me of Eighty, for at present hath not the
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least prospect of coming into any money for either Mr. Wentworths
ship or his Cargoe, and suppose we could sell them I fear even then
he hath drawn more than they will neat, several of his bills I have
already sent back which I am surpri'^ at his drawing, for his Capt. and
his son could have told him how things were here — I am sorry for
him.
You nor any of my friends hath not been so kind as to take any
notice to me what you have done in the affair of the lines, I really
think that (at last) was Due to me, and without you are determined
to drop the affair you ought by the very first opportunity to have sent
me those materialls that the Assembly hath prepared : that we might
have been first in y^ affair, which is here a principle point, and the
Extra Treatment you have met w*'^ in the execution of his Maj'y^
Commission would have turned out (if I am not much mistaken) very
much to your advantage.
I dont know what the Coll" is about or does he seam Resolved, and
when I have put it to him If he would have the Gov"'' of N. Hamp-
shire, supposing we should obtain a division, he will not Resolve :
what other views he may have I know not. I heartily wish him well,
and I fear very much, he hath not a Right way of thinking or soliciting
in his own affairs, and I am afraid not any thing like the Interest I ex-
pected he had. However you will not take notice of what I say on
this head, least our enemies triumph, and it may still happen (if I
have any materialls soon from you) that he may come out Gov"" for
your Province. The Mass^ augmenting the number of their Agents
dont at all Discourage me, altho' they are endeavouring to play you a
sly trick I shall doe all I can to prevent it, Tho' they do not think I
have the least notice of it.
If when these come to hand, if you should have despatched papers
so as to be here in all this month. And as perfect as you could let me
have a list of such as you, Mr. Jeffreys Mr. Rindge &c, would have
in the Council & in the Room of whome : While I was at Bath I
heard that Gambling was dead, and wrote Coll. Dunbar how he should
put John Rindge in his Roome : But not being done when I came
to town I imediately got him recommended, and he will be approved
of by his Maj*y the next Council ; and I hope shall send his mandamus
by one of the first ships for Boston : how agreeable it may be to him
I know not, but I should think that in your present situation it were
incumbent on you and your friends, to write me as soon as a vacancy
happens in the Council, who you would have it filled up with. I hear
my friend Richard Wibird hath a desire, if you should think him
proper I will endeavour to get him Recommended to his Maj'^. Please
to give my service to him and let him know so much.
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I have just now heard that Rhoad Island designs to change their
agent, because the Massachusetts has appointed him one of theirs
(and I think they will be in the right of it) so I should be glad that
you would write to your friends at Rhode Island in my favour, I think I
am situated to doe them as much service as any body, it might at
least be a means of bringing me into some of the Business of that
country : I shall allways be ready to acknowledge all obligations of
that nature and am
Sir, your most Hum' serv'
John Thomlinson,
[The Belknap Papers are in the possession of the New Hampshire
Historical Society. A portion of them were printed in Vols. IV. and
v., and the remainder, which seem to be of equal value, will.be
inserted in this volume. — Ed.]
[Mr. Paris to Mr. TJw7nlinson, 1737.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 65.]
Sir — Two nights agoe I received great heaps of papers from you
about the lines & have since been 4 times at the Coll° office & Board
of Trade to discover what I could in this imperfect affair, But can-
not see the case (which has come over to the Board of Trade) till
after Tuesday next. Notwithstanding w'^'^ I have (as well as I can
without proper materialls) drawn up a long pet" of Appeal to his
Maj% and as the Massachusetts have not yet presented theirs I send
you the Dra' of it now to settle, and hope too shall have our Appeal
(as well as the Pettition from the New Hampshire Assembly) in be-
fore the Massachusetts gets theirs in. Had your principalis consid-
ered the great consequence & advantage of being first, surely in all
this time they would have sent you a copy of their proceedings, in
order to have enabled us to be first, but as it is I am forced to g'ess
at matters & affirm facts at adventure or upon dubious passages in
letters which is a sad way of proceeding, & I wish we dont mistake
some facts. They oblige us to make brick without straw.
I beg of you to write them immediately :
I am told the Com'^ adjourned their Com" to i aug. 1738. If it
be so I desire y' Principalis to get it adjourned from 3 months to 3
months. One Com"" is sufficient for that purpose by the Commission,
which can be no great expense, and one does not know what Turn the
matter may take, it may be sent to the Comissioners again — and
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then unless they keep this Com" alive by continuall adjournm*^ they'l
be put to the heavy charge of sueing out a new Commission again.
I wonder they would not send me my papers w'^'^ I sent them the *
1677 & 1678 and the first Com" to a Gov'' of New Hampshire &
the Att^ & Soli'' Genneralls opinion, &c. And above all things why
did not they send a Coppy of their own Appeal, for want of it I have
been forced to g'ess what that appeal was from loose passages in Mr.
Atkinson's Letter.
If we had treated this affair so on this Side it would never have
came to what it is now. As to the pretended votes of Assembly, I
never saw such irregular scrips of papers in my life, some signed some
not signed, none attested to be votes of Assembly.
This was in their power to have sent Regularly. But as they are
now sent its impossible to have one of them read. There are num-
bers of mistakes in them allso. Some dated in the beginning in 1735,
and at the end of the same paper in 1737.
Begg them imediately to order an exact coppy to be made of all
their votes (in genneral) from the 31 March 1737 down to the end of
Oct"^ I737> & to be made fair at full length,with the title of each days
votes to be copied out in one large Book, and to be copyed very fair
by a good hand, and at the end lett them be attested by y^ clerk of y®
Assembly and if you can't have the great Seal to them let them be
also attested by the Speaker of the Assembly, to be true coppys of
all the votes of the Assembly of N. Hampshire from such a day to
such a day contained in so many foregoing pages. It will be a sad
thing if you cannot get the Seal to them, and if not, I dont know we
shall be able to Read them here as Evidence.
The next best Authority (if we want the Seal) that I can think of
is, that some body coming hither should either Examine them with
the Minute Books (so as to be able to swear here that they examined
them themselves and that they were true Coppys, and that they saw
the Speaker & the Clerk of the Assembly sign them) or else to take
some passenger who is coming hither and let him see & attest to the
swearing by the Speaker & Clerk before some Magistrate whom he
knows has power to administer an oath, that the Speaker & Clerk did
make oath to the Truth of those Copys.
Had those votes come here Regularly and authentically his Excel-
lency wo'd have been shaken quite down in a few weeks by them.
You'l observe I have laid it on him pretty handsomely in my petition
to the King.
If your Friends are in earnest they ought not to loose one hour n
sending over all those matters in the manner I have mentioned.
[*One word I cannot make out. — Ed. ]
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 1 53
The votes as now sent are rather Historical Certificates of what
was done in Assembly and in Co" in New Hampshire, and what was
done in the Assembly of Massachusetts & before the Commiss''^ than
meer votes of the Assembly of New Hampshire
There is no minute of the proroguing the New Hampshire Assem-
bly on 2^ Sept. However to cure that let them send the whole Reg-
ularly as well what does not as what does relate to the matter.
I believe it would save you Trouble to send this letter immediately
to them, and am. Sir, your most obed' hum^ Serv'
Fred John Paris.
Surry Street, Saturday morning 4"^ Feb^ 1737 —
Surely to Copys of Minutes & Votes the Gov' would put the Seal
if desired.
To Mr. John Thomlinson.
\_ThomlinsoH to Atkinson. ''Copy '^ Shcphcardson.'"'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 6'j.'\
London, 10 Feb^', 1737 —
Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
Sir, — I wrote you largely last month by the way of New York so
shall not here trouble you with Business, defering that untill Capt.
Homans shall sail. What I chiefly design here is to press you and
Mr. Jaffrey to give your uttmost assistance to Messrs Wiggan and
Rindge, who will communicate to you my Letters &c. &c. by this
Ship, and that you will without any noise or contention goe directly
to work, and dont let any trifling difficultys prevent your doing di-
rectly all and every thing Mr. Paris hath given you directions about,
and let no reports or Terrors of your Enemies deter you, and the
order sent him, G. B. to answer your Memmorial was sent him for
very good purposes, howe'er he may take it, and let us but have
proper materials as you have had directions and dont be in any pain
about the success of your affairs upon the hearing, and be as carefull
as possible of giving any offence to y*= Gov"" in the mean time ; and
could you but be made truely Senceable of the good disposition that
appears in several of the Laws of his Maj'^'^ Privy Council to doe you
strict justice, you would Labour night and day untill you have p'fectly
done & dispatched every thing we want from you. You will com-
municate this only to Mr. Jaffrey, for I find secrecy and quietness is
necessary in all affairs of this nature, here, as I am sure it must be
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much more so in your present sittuation. I assure you nothing shall
fail here by my neglect. I am
Sir, your most Hum^ Serv*
John Thomlinson.
Pray send me the names of those Councillours that was present &
passed y^ votes for no appeal. It may be of use here.
I believe you may be easy about any land that hath been granted
away* since his Maj'>'^ Commission was obtained for settling the
Boundarys
* Suppose Kings-wood.
[Atkinson to TJiovilinson, 1738.I
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. G'i^
Portsm° New Hamp'" May 16"^, 1738.
Sir — Since my last I have had an opportunity to see how Gov""
Belcher & his friends rec'^ the copy of the Assembly's memoriall to
his Maj^y in Council. You will by this Ship see the Difficulty that
attended their affairs in geting the votes of the House certifyed &
after waiting 10 days were disapointed at Last, so that unless the
method they have taken will be allowed they have no way to prove
their allegations. The Gov^ Party at the same time have been very
Industrious in making his reply & if we are not wrongly informed
intend to prove this People here as factious not only now but in for-
mer administrations, that they were so in Gov'' Shutes & Burnets
time & that the Speaker that is now at the head of this memoriall was
displaced by Gov'' Shute & that he hath ever since carry'd on a mali-
cious party cause ; that he was Displaced by Gov'' Shute from the
Comission of Peace is certain & by a misrepresentation made ag*'
him which the very next time he came into the Gov'ment he was truly
sensible of & restored him, he was then only Capt. of the militia &
a Justice of the Peace & a Representative for the Town of Strathara.
Soon after this he was not only restored to his justice place, but had
a Coll. Comission of the Militia, a Judge of the Superiour Court of
Judicature — this from the Gov'' & Council, and soon after was cho-
sen Speaker of the House, which last he hath had the Hon"" to Sus-
tain by a great majority of votes ever since, tho' the Assembly hath
been so often disolved, — 'tis true GoV Belcher in a very Extraordi-
nary manner dismissed him from all his Imployments by a Letter read
in open Sessions, which Letter he hath Endeavoured to get a copy
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 1 55
of but 'tis not to be found. Coll. Dunbar had a copy of it & sent it
to the Board of Trade in which it would appear he never had the
advice of the Council but sent orders from Boston, ex mere motu.
As to the People of the Province being factious or contentious his
•Speech will contradict him. There he says that we had Done every
thing that could be expected from a Loyall People, & upbraided the
Massachusetts with the same, & I am sure never any compl' either
by or ag^' the people was ever before his Maj'^ till his administration,
his friends have been to the representatives to signe ags* the vote
wherein his administration was voted a grievance nem"^ Con. What
Encouragement they had at Dover and Exeter I know not, but I be-
lieve no other member of that house were they now sitting but would
vote the same. 'Tis industriously reported about the Govern'm* that
those Persons that signed the remonstrance would be sent to England
in Irons, this is Done in order to make them recant, however those
that signed it I believe will scarce be fearfull of what they have Done
they are are appointed by the House from several Towns, no two of
one Town & the number so large as seven, what is often a majority
of a House, that in case of any Dispute of its being the oppinion of
the Governm' it might not look like the oppinion of a few & the
Speaker of the House for that reason was appointed as one at whom
they seem to point their spleen in a particular manner, now he hath
been allways remarkable for his Loyalty & Duty to the King as well
as Love to his country, his family & Estate oblige him to the Lat-
ter & his Principles & Inclination to the former, he hath been con-
stantly in the House for more than twenty years w[h]ere he behaved
so well that he hath been for more than 1 2 years Speaker, in all the
changes we have had in that Time. I tho't myself obliged to write
thus much of Coll. Wiggin that you might know when he is repre-
sented in wrong colours.
I should be sorry if what the Comittee hath sent should be rejected
as not authentick. I think the most they complain of is in Gen"
terms his being arbitrary & Partiall — the first is plain by his dis-
posing of all Civil offices & Imployments without the concent of the
Council which he hath never asked since I have had the hon'' of a
place at that Board, & I believe were the Journalls of the Council
(which he does or ought to send home Quarterly or half yearly)
viewed, there would be no mention of the Council in any appointm'.
His Denying the Seal or putting such a Clog to it as renders it use-
less to the subject — his declaring himself the Judge of the Elections
& Ouallifications of the members return'd to serve in the House, be-
sides his many Dissolutions of the Assembly, which tho' absolutely
in his power, yet if Done to force the People into his way of Thinking
156 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
may be looked upon as arbitrary ; as to his being Partial!, the whole
of the affair at Hampton which Mr. Parris hath a just notion of will
make that point clear togeather with a natural reason for his being so,
for if the Massachusetts gives him ^£1000, to deny us an agent ? an
appeal, money & time — to allow them all those things he is paid for*
his partiahty. He did not meet the Assembly on the 3*^ of this Inst,
but gave out the House would be prorogued till July next but never
Issued his Proclamation in the newspapers, till the Day the House
were Prorogued to & then finding the Speaker & majority of the House
were in Town after the Time appointed for their meeting the Secre-
tary posted up his Proclamation upon the Door of the House 'tis be-
leived the Gov"" intended the Assembly should Drop by not meeting,
& that no Proclamation would have appeared had not the members
have been in Town, for not one of the Gov''* friends appeared.
Whether this was the scheme or not I know not but the Assembly
now stands Prorogued till the 1 3* July next, had they met they might
Probably have Enforced their Compl' * I presume Mr. Jaffrey &
Peirce writes you by this Ship to which I beg leave to refer you, —
& am. Sir, Your very Hum^ Ser\'*
Theodore Atkinson.
I hope the Jerseys being seperated from N. York will be a Pressi-
dent for us, their Constitutions were the same, ours widely differing.
[Endorsed] Letter to Mr. Thomlinson abo* Speaker Wiggins
* I have r'' of the Comiss'"^ & other affairs of the Lines, or at least attempted it, which now
lay shamefully unpaid & will continue so I fear while Gov'' Belcher sustains his Comission. I
write Coll. Dunbar which he will communicate.
\TJioinHnson to Atkinson, 1738. '' Copy pr. IV/iite."']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 72.]
London 14 July 1738.
Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
Sir — I have two of your favours since my last to you of the 2^
May and observes the contents, and as the Massachusetts agent &
Solliciter I believe designs to take the only advantage now left them
of Delaying the settlement of the Boundarys, pretty well Judging
what the consequence of the next hearing must be, That is, they will
let the whole year allowed for Appeals be Expired Before they pre-
ATKINSON AND TIIOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 1 57
sent theirs, altho' it came here with Coll" Ouinsey redy p'pared and
m.ght have been presented the next day, and they have allready by
their delay prevented us comming to a conclusive hearing until) late
in y^ fall. So I have Returned some papers to John Rindge, and
wrote him fully how to send them more complete, and at all events
have the Province Seal to them. Take the Gov"" in his own way, that
is get the Province Seal to those papers as I have Directed by all
means, and I hope you will give all the assistance you can in doeing as
I have directed John Rindge, which he will communicate to you.
Coll. Dunbar says he hath left with you the late Mast contract, and
that you will favour John Rindge with it a while to compare it with
some thing I have sent him. I shall shortly write you again and am,
Sir — your most hum^ Serv'
John Thomlinson.
P. S. If Benning Wentworth is with you pray give my service to
him and tell him that his Creditors here, as well as myself, was in
hopes that what Mr. Pollard wrote him to Cadiz, would have Brought
him this way for we are of opinion that if he was now here some-
thing might be done for him, and his Creditors are now signing a
Letter of Licence for twelve months which will be signed and in my
hands in a day or two, in order to Encourage him to come here, to
see if something cannot be done for him in one shape or other. Capt.
Pollard can tell him some thing of the affair.
[Superscribed] To Theodore Atkinson, Esq. at Portsmouth New
Ensfland.
\_JoJLn TJioinlinson to Theodore Atkinson, 1738.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. y2,.']
London i^' Sepf 1738
Sir — I have 2 of your favours of 26"^ June and one of 17"^ July
before me and note the Contents of the two former and have given
M'' Jones the Inclosed papers he says he hath sent you his account
curant and you will have mine by the next opportunity. I hope to
secure you M"" Wentworth's bill of ^80. I was affraid that his tim-
ber would have layn untill it had been all spoyld, for never was offered
one penny for it untill yesterday, and think now shall dispose of it at
a poor price, for long Credit ; but to a very good chapp, but we have
158 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
not absolutely agreed, but I think as good. I am obliged to you for
giving me every Information you can of the Massachusetts proceed-
ings that may any ways effect your provinces, but this a most redic-
ulous one and can do you no hurt alltho the Lawyers here say that y®
heirs of Allen hath a right to some part of your province, but how-
ever that be it will no ways hinder the Settlement of the Boundarys,
and pray don't be affraid that any tool of Belcher will be set over you
when the Governments are separated. — I observe what you say con-
cerning M"" Jaffreys, I have wrote to him & M"" Rindge on that head
in a few months now we shall have committees of council and we shall
I hope bring our troublesom affair soon to a determination and shall
do everything in my power to make you easy, and am most truly Sir
your most obedient hum' Ser*
John Thomlinson
Theodore Atkinson Esq""
[^John TJwvilinson to Atkinson, 1738.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 74.]
London 8 Feby 1738 —
Sir — This is a very busy time and not having any from you for
some time past I have only to reffer you to what I have wrote Mr.
Rindge on the Province affairs and for once let me Begg and Intreat
you to apply with as much diligence to doing what I have there
directed as you did while the Commissioners set at Hampton, and I
hope you will soon receive the fruites of your labour.
I cannot give you any particular acc^ how poor Pike's accounts will
Turn out here not being able to settle the ships affairs Mr. Parsons
hath only sent a little paper Book such as you roole up in your pocket
like a Tobacco pouch and a few loose salors reciepts Mr. Wentworth
nor myself cannot make any thing of it, w^e have had a great deal of
trouble in paying his Seamen I shall as soon as I can render you an
account of his affairs that shall come into my hands Mr. Wentworth
and myself hath opened severall letters that were Lodged at my coun-
try house for him, in one of which was a small bill from Mr. Shurtliff
and a memorand"^ for some things which shall ship him very soon. I
shall soon write you when I shall have more leasure I am in the
mean time Sir, your most hum' Serv*
John Thomlinson
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. I 59
\_T/io?nlinson to Atkinson, 1738. " Copy fr SJicphardsony~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 75.]
Lond" 23 Feby 1738 —
Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
Sir — I have just received Two of your favours pr. Capt. Romans, one
of which contains your remarks on the Committees of the Massachusetts
Bays proceedings on my Petition of Appeal in behalf of your Province.
I am sorry that there should be any mistake in s"^ Petition of any kinde
whatever, but that there is, it is solly owing to yourselves, for after
you had the proceedings of the Commiss''^ Ready to send home, you
must keep them by you, when at the same time you saw the Massa-
chusetts hurrying away theirs & Coll. Quinsey, so that the Petition
was obliged to be drawn from the best account we could gather from
letters, and other Loose accounts. I have wrote by three or four las
Ships to Mr. John Rindge which he will shew you. There you see
the True Sittuation of your affairs, and what you have to do, and if
you can do it, you may most faithfully expect all your wants redressed
directly, but if you do not & very correct & p'fect too, I will not tell
what you have to fear. I am sorry to say that every thing can be
sent home p'fect from the most Trifling Gov*^ his Majesty hath, and
not from yours. I know you plead difficulty, but that might be
pleaded in other places, and your great want is want of application,
both in considering & doing things, and I think I may without
vanity say that I have mett with & surmounted more difficultys here
and took more pains in your affairs here than all you together, and
Mr. Wentworth will one time or other make you senceable ; you
will doe well when you send the several papers (we expect from
you soon) to send with them Gov'' Clarks & Mr. Livistons letters
which you mention in your letters of the 23 January, or any other
proofs that the Commissioners had timely notice of their being to
meet at Hampton on the first of August, that is that they had the
Coppys of said Commission time enough and allso that Gov'' Belcher
had notice of the same before he adjurned your house of Represen-
tatives from the 6"' July to the 4*^ of Aug' and the trouble I now
give you in doing what you have directions about here, and in Mr.
Rindge's several letters, is the last and only trouble you can have on
your side the water, and I must expect that you and all of you, apply
dilligently to business and let me have every thing correct & perfect,
and as soon as possible Mr. Waldo hath wrote Mr. Shirley to give
you any advice and assistance, and to do it gratis, for he sees and
l60 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
knows the consequence it must be of both to your and his affairs.
Therefore I hope you will not at the very last Disapoint,
Sir, ycfur most hum^ Serv'
John Thomlinson.
\TJiouilinson to Atkinson, 1740.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. ']6?\^
London 4 April 1 740 —
Sir — These are to Inclose you Invoice and bill of Lading for some
Spanish and Swedish Iron I had shipt it all Spanish as you directed
only not any squares to be had of that sort so knew that you must
have square Iron there is double your Quantity on board of Both
sorts half consigned to M'' Rindge the other half yours so that you
must divide it exactly between you — as to Robert Pikes affairs it
will be utterly Impossible for me to settle them untill M"" Parsons
sends me his accounts, besides we have several Demands from S'
Christophers for stores and other things supply*^ him there but cannot
tell what was for the ship Charming Molly or what was for the other
Vessells that were consigned him while he was there or what was for
his own account the time and Circumstances of his death was a great
misfortune to his friends and some to his owners Tho not so much,
for had he lived the whole ship had been sunk and it is not much
worse as it is I have paid M"" Plumer his demand on me for your
Cloths being ^\6. 6. 6 But I cannot yet settle with y® People that
Bought M'' Wentworths Timber therefore cannot tell you how much
of his bill of Exchange to you I shall be able to answer they promise
now soon to do it and so scon as they do shall settle the whole ac-
count with him and acquaint you how that affair will turn out.
John Rindge will have acquainted you before this comes to hand
that your Boundarys are settled and how, and as soon as my Lord
President is well recovered to finish the report and have it confirmed
by his Maj^y in Council I shall have something more to write you, but
by your proceedings you don't seem to want any thing further, but
Rather Tacitly to desire, with your other countrymen, to continue
under the most acceptable administration of G. B. Surely if this was
not the case you would have directly done what I pressed you to do
in mine of the 20^^ of August and sent me that directly, and a vote
as soon as you could obtain one, I could have told you that Mr. B — r
would not let you have an opportunity to pass such a vote readily, he
ATKINSON AND TIIOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. l6l
knew better altho' you could not se it, I could see it at this distance, and
Therefore begg'd of you to do the best you could, and which he could
not prevent your doing, but your supineness answers his purpose
Quite as well. It may be If I had drawn a letter myself you might
have vouchsafed to have got some such slovenly Clerk as John Brad-
ford to have copy'd it, and sent it home barely Icgeable, and I have
abundant reason to wish I had done so, for If we had not had the
other Letter (Blind as it was) we should have suffered greatly, but
that cannot serve all purposes, however I hope now I shall have very
little more to trouble you for, and therefore shall not be again so dis-
apointed, or shall I say any thing more to you on this head, and am
Sir, your most hum^ Serv'
John Thomlinson
Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
[Superscribed] To Theodore Atkinson Esq"" Merch. In Portsmouth
New England '^ Cap^ Jones.
\Thoinlitiso7i to Atkinson, 1740.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 'j'j?\
London 23^^ June 1740
Sir — I have here to acknowledge your fav'' of y'^ 9 May, which as
soon as I received I communicated to Benning, who w^as with me,
very sorry for the loss of honest M"" Plumer, however we spent the
evening with his sorrowfull unkle and Brother, and put things upon
such a footing with them that we had great hopes of succeeding for
you, and agreeable to the scheme we had formed M"" Plumer went
directly to his friends the next morning upon this account, and they
went imeadiately to Sir Robert Walpole and to some others, but have
no Encouragement. But are told that they have so many to provide
for that it cannot be done, neither can it be obtained for a sum of
money but of the Person whome it shall be given to, and if so it will
not come at double the money that you propose, for it is Rated high
here, for after M"" Plumer had got it he was offered ^800 sterling
for it —
I have nothing to write but to refer you and my other friends in your
place to what I have formerly wrote them not having had one single
line from any of them this six months, only the Committees short
Letter, and short useless Vote, in which Vote, had they only said.
That for the service of his Maj^y and the good of the Province they
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desired to be made into a separate Governm' and they would give the
Gov'" whome his Maf>' should be pleased to appoint over them to the
utmost of their ability, &c. And the Committee wrote me agreeable
thereto, Then by this time you would have had B. W. with you, and
with such instructions as it would have been your own fault If you
had not very soon been upon as good a footing, as some of your
neighbours.
You had great and powerfull friends here, but they are greatly dis-
gusted at your woefull Indolence and neglect of doing what you ought
to have done, nay what you promised to do the first day the assembly
should sett, and how think you can any thing you promise be de-
pended on for the future, or how can I undertake again to engage
for you, and you must know, that your affairs now lays with the
greatest men in the Kingdom, and were they not as truly good as they
are great, with what face could I again solicit any favours for you,
that have thus Idly forfeited your interest, nay your Honour, and as to
you Sir, your friend & Brother. —
The extraordinary treatment I have mett with at this most critical
time from my Friends, that I have so great a regard for, warms me
so that I had almost forgot to give you a piece of history that I sup-
pose you yet know nothing of — Then you must know that the Gov''
when he was last amongst you, got a very long historical memorial &
panigerick upon himself, signed by six of the Council only, viz. S :
Walton, H : Sherborn, R. Waldron E. Huske : E. Dennett : J. Sher-
born : adress'd to his Majesty wherein they tell his Majesty the abso-
lute necessity of the Province of New Hampshire being Anex't to
the Massachusetts or at least being under the same Gov"" with the
Massachusetts, and therein advises his Maj^>' to give the Province of
New Hampshire to the Massachusetts and give the inhabitants of the
Province of New Hampshire in Exchange for those lands they are set-
tled upon. Lands on the other side of the Province of Main. It is a
very long memorial or I would have taken out a copy at the Council
office & sent it you.* But I have read it every word, and it appears
to me to be all of the Gov''^ Fabricating, exactly in his own style and
Phrase, and signed only by the aforesaid six Councilors, and it seems
plain to me to be of such a nature, that they durst not trust any body,
even their own officers with the contents, or they surely would have
had it better signed. For surely had any body who has any regard for
the Province or Themselves and Familys but even known that a peti-
tion was preparing, to pray his Maj'^ to tear them from their habita-
tions, their homes, and drive them into a Howling Wilderness, they
[* This memorial is printed in Vol. V., p. 915. — Ed.]
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would not have fail'd of raising such an Indignation against such
petition and its Wicked authors, as they most justly deserved, and
God knows what might have been the consequence, and I am very
glad it was kept so secret. Now as to the success of it here, you
must know that it was presented to his Maj'^ before his Maj'^ set out
for Hanover, and since iDcen read before the Lords of the Regency in a
General Council, where it met with the treatment it justly Deserved,
it being rejected with great warmth.
Surely in time your Province will see and know who are their great-
est enemies as well as who are their Best friends, notwithstanding the
many scandalous suggestions and lies they have industriously propa-
gated in print & othervvays, and it has been purely owing to your-
selves that they have not seen & known it already and I have from
your conduct conceived such an oppinion of you, Gentlemen, should
you now obtain every thing you now desire and want, that you will
not make such a right use of it as I could wish or might be expected
from you. You all greatly want application to Business as well as
method and I fear have not so good a Harmony as I could wish
amongst you, however I will still hope, and assure you that I am most
faithfully. Sir, your most obedient hum' serv'
John Thomlinson "
Theodore Atkinson, Esq."
\Copy of Letter from Atkinson to Thonilinso)i, 1740.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 78.]
Portsm" N. Engl'' August 4''' 1740.
Sir — When I wrote you Last by this Ship, I then determined to
leave the Province affairs to those that were less engaged in Difficul-
ties to Prevent their giving you a true state of affairs with us, yet
every ones mite is a tribute justly due, and nothing but the trubles
of my family occasion by the Loss of a fine girl of 15 months old
would have hindered my writing you. I am sorry you should think
so hard of us here as you say in your several letters, however many
things might be urged in Extenuation were our present Delays occa-
sioned by our neglects but these perticulars I shall not now enter
upon, but assure you I imagined every thing you wrote for was done
according to your desire tho' you wrote us word that the Papers we
sent were enough & tho't the others were only expedient not necessary
Such subscription can't be obtained without the Enemies knowledge
& gives room for their Petitioning ; this you see gave rise to the late
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Petitions from the several towns in favour of G. B. Administration.
Upon the whole I could were you to be my Judge clear myself from
the Imputation of leaving any one thing undon you Desired but this
I can't do without accusing those that tho't ourselves as it happens
too secure — we here never heard of the clause of the Lords Comiss''®
report recomending it to the Province to know their Inclination with
respect to a separate Governm* &c. All that you ever Desired was
such a Letter as you formerly had, & that if such a Letter or vote of
the House did not come in time you should be able to make a good use
of the former. However it was our happyness not yours (so imedi-
ately) that was in Question & therefore we should have don every
thing you pointed out to us & if we should finally be disapointed my
concern will be as much upon your ace* as our own because I know
you had our Interest as much at heart as we ourselves had. But now
to the affairs as at Present, I beg leave to tell you that you have had
a Letter Signed bv the Maj'' parte of the late Assembly sent you via
Boston & Duplycate thereof by other ships from hence that Letter
is not so full as one you'l receive from hence & owing Intirely to our
not knowing Particularly what would be wanting this that comes now
is Exactly agreeable to what you say was wanting. Since the sign-
ing thereof we have had an Assembly call'd & a vote of the House
as full as the Letter & only the Two Gillmans at Exeter desented
there were 19 members Present & but 20 in the Goverm' the absent
member was at Boston, his name is Gage a Dover member & hath
signed the Letter & had he been present would have voted for it so
that if these things come seasonably I am sure you have what is
requisite we are now holding an Assembly Peculiarly on the affairs of
the Levies & this is the first notice we have had (Except in the news-
papers) so that no bounty for Inlisting hath been granted by our
Province. There came over 30 Blank Comissions for this Continant
four of which were sent to Gov. Belcher. [No signature.]
\Thoinlinsoii to AtkinsoiiJ]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 79.]
London 20*^' Sepf 1 740 —
Sir — I had your favours by the Bladen, and have delivered the
several inclosed as directed, and have told your friend How that we
could not succeed in the scheme, therefore he must follow your other
directions to him. Indeed had I wanted money to pay for the Col-
lectors place I fear it would not have been easy to have to have got it
there, however the money should not have been wanting
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The King is now soon expected from Hanover which will bring the
nobility to Town, and then shall get your affairs finished, and I hope
to all your Satisfaction and I heartily wish you make good use of those
advantages you have been long struggling for, and have now in great
part obtain'd, but give me leave to say I at present very much doubt
it, for by what I have lately seen and heard some of you seems inclin-
able to quaril about the Bear's skin before he is catched, however, be
that to yourselves, I shall do every thing I can for you here and Ben-
ning I hope will have seen and Learned enough here to make you a
good Gov"" and prevent you makeing a bad use of those opportunitys you
may have of becoming a happy and flourishing people. I heartily
wish you such and am.
Sir your most obed^ hum' serv'
John Thomlinson
P. S. I shall send you those things you write for
To Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
\_Copy of Atkinson to Thonilinson.\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 80.]
Portsmo' Novemb"" 26* 1740
Sir — Your Letter to our Deceased friend Cap^ Rindge * enclosing
the Judgment of his Maj'^ in Council on our Lines arrived after his
Decease which not only deprived that Gentleman the Pleasure of See-
ing the finishing stroke to that Tedious & Expensive Dispute but
also [ ] to the rest of your ffriends from putting your Instruc-
tions into Practice.
Capt. Rindge's Death being so sudden & unexpected put his whole
family into such a melancholy Disorder that it was Impracticable for
the most familliar of his friends to mention to Mrs. Rindge any thing
of any sort of business till after his funerall or she was a little better
composed, as soon as there was room Mr. Wentworth gav^e us the
papers and an abstract of your Letter relating thereto & we have De-
termined to follow your directions in forwarding the necessary to his
Excellency in such manner as to prove the Delivery tho' we should
have been well satisfyed & Pleased had you detained them as you
seemed inclyned till there was an alteration in Goverm' many People
being now afraid of the Event of that affair being Executed by his
present Excellency, — however as you no Doubt saw some ill conve-
niency in Longer Detaining of it our Business is to see it don in the
best maner we can.
[*Capt. John Rindge died at Portsmouth, November 6, 1740. — Ed.]
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Brother Mark who shares Largely in the Loss of our ffriend is
suddenly left in the midst of an affair of Considerable Consequence
Striped not only of the advice but of the assistance of an able & ex-
perienced Partner — Cap' Rindge some few days before he dyed rec^
yours adviseing of the contracts being taken as it now stands and
was in treaty with M"" Harvey the builder for a ship & with those men
M'^ Wentworth hath since agreed with for masts at all which meet-
ino-s I was by Cap' Rindges Desire Present I heard him offer after
much talk £i6. '^ ton for the ship & he told me afterwards he be-
heved Harvey would not build her for that money I was with M"^
Wentworth when treating with Harvey who said he would not pre-
tend to build her under £i6. lo & I know he builds for M"" Went-
worth 10/ "^ ton cheeper than he would for another haveing built
largely for him I think they have agreed which I presume you will
be more perticularly informed of, the affair Contracting [ ] of
masts laboured under great Discouragements all the People that of
late years have been usually Imployed in trailing [?] masts being un-
der Engagements to M' Gulstons agents not only by contract but I
believe otherways rendered it impracticable to say any thing to them
& therefore there was a necessity of applying to others that formerly
have masted but found ways to leave that business while they could
save their estate which I fear those that continued longer will not be
able to do those men usualy [ ] for the sale agents have it not
in their power with out [ J to Procure the Larger Trees that I
am assured tho' tis Possible M"" Wentworth may have Contracted to
give something more than hath been Lately given which yet remains
a secret that by no means can be [ ] yet I am sure you will
meet with fewer disappointments, such as delaying your ships expen-
sive toes of masts from one port to another & will be served with
better masts and less lyable to exception at home.
[The remainder of this letter relates to the mast business, is illegi-
ble to a considerable extent, and not important. — Ed.]
{Atkinson to ThomIinson.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 84.]
Portsm° December 20'^ 1740
Sir — Since my last we have nothing remarkable in Publick Affairs.
I then sent you the Boston Newspapers to shew you that G. B. had
recomended the running the Lines &c. to the Boston Assembly I
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 167
am informed they intend to take no notice of the Kings Instructions
How far the Govern'' is concerned in that affair you may easily guess
we have sent according to your orders to Capt. Rindge the originall
Judgm* & alsoe our ace' of Expences in getting the Commiss''* upon
the Spot & expence while sitting togeather with the cost of the comis-
sion. These were d''^ by Capt Pollard the Notary who will transmit
you under his seal the Proof of such delivery — we hope, ere this the
Journal of the House in this Prov*^ when the Gov"" was last amongst
us is with you & that you have alsoe finished the grand affair in get-
ting us seperated from the Massachusetts Bay we are all sensible
nothing can make us either a flourishing or happy people 'til that is
accomplished.
As to the affair of Masts I have wrote at Large to the Surv"" Gen^
who I doubt not will inform you how that stands at Present but tis very
surprising to me that you should take the Contract for less than for-
mer Contractors have done which I find by compareing the Contracts
is considerable when tis Impossible to get masts for the same price
here the Cutters being obliged to goe vastly further for them than
formerly was usual they now goe so far into the Country for large
trees that they are two Days at least hailing one tree where formerly
they frequently hall'd Two Trees in one Day besides there are three
Contracts now subsisting which makes all our Country run into ex-
travegant Prices for tho' M'' Gulstons agents are not permitted to cut
any new Trees yet they have many to hall that were prepared last
winter & the winter before I shall Indeavour to Prevail with the
Persons to offer those Trees to your agent but I believe it will be to
no Purpose for those Trees are allready over paid for & if they should
parte with them they must goe Imediately Goal for what they could
expect from your agent would never pay them Debts — as to M""
Townsends affair I think he hath acted Inconsistently with his Inter-
est for he hath Imployed two setts of agents who I perceive Intend
to act seperately & have both applyd for Lycense & for the same
number of Trees I have wrote them that if I grant to one I shall
not to the other & that they must apply Joyntly other ways M'' Town-
send may Imploy 20 Different People & Cut all the masts in the
woods it would be friendly in you to advise M'' Townsend of this
mistake if Consistant with your Interest as I must support the In-
trest of your two Contracts I should be glad they might be so
managed at home as not to Interfere or be Inconsistant with each
other's Intrest —
We have for more than a month pass'd had a continual Easterly
wind with rain & it hath made such a fresh that the like was never
known. The bridges & mills in this Country are allmost all carry'd
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down stream, for 3 or 4 days past we have had frost & snow, there is
now a good snow on the ground & if the swamps are hard enough
will be fine hailing [of masts] I hope you will not be Disapointed in
some fine Trees which your workmen have allready got down. I
suppose Brother Marsh writes you particularly & fullv on this head.
The 17^*^ inst we had the most violent storm of wind & snow that
perhaps ever was known, there being many vessels, lost near 30 sail
ashore in Marblehead, & many of them stove in pieces. The gail
was short — from four o'clock in the morning till Eleven in the fore-
noon.
I hope the Bladen w^as not near at the Time — I hope you have
rec'd my acco' with Cap^ Went worths Bill of his Timbers sold & that
you from Time to Time receive my money of M"" Jones if you should
have any thing in your hands Desire you would Ship me in such
things as will best answer our Markets you being a better Judge than
I am — & let it come Insured Cap' [ ] writes you to pay one
hundred pounds sterling to my order when you are in Cash for him
Please to pay it to M"" Thomas Plummer it being on his Deceased
Brothers acco' I have advised him hereof who will call upon you —
I must beg the favour of you to get me a handsom ring 'tis for
Mrs. Atkinson as a memento of her daughter — Mary Atkinson dyed
the 20* day of July 1740 aged fifteen months, & let it come by
Brother Ben's [Benning Wentworth].
I am S"" with great esteem your most Oblig'd Humble serv'
A
\TJionilinsou to Atkinson^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. ^'&7\
London &^ Feb"^' 1 740-1
Sir — Your fav""^ of y^ 2'^ & 26''' of Nov*" are both before me, in that
of the 2^ you acknowledge the receipt of some of my Letters and say
that there is something in them too grave for a Joke indeed it was
my design to have it should be so but I do imagin it found you in a
much oraver Humor than I wrote it in or else two sinsrle words could
not have carry'd you into two long destinct desertations, as to my
mentioning your friend How, (as you say so emphatically) whatever
you may see more in friend How than Richard How is Just so much
more than I meant by it, and I could have wished you had read it in
the same temper of mind in which I wrote it, then you would have
saved yourself & me a good deal of needless trouble.
As to the other thing [that] has agitated you so much, I must de-
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clare that alltho I thought I had reason to say so much from what I
had then mett with from sundry letters & otherwise, yet I did not
mean to lay any particular Imputation upon you but only express
my fears that that was allready or might soon be the case.
for the rest — I shall refer you to Benning [Wentworth] when you
shall see him which I hope will not be long first, For his Grace the
Duke of New Castle has now actually promised him your Govern-
ment as soon as it shall be seperated, and which has been delayed
longer than we expect'' but we now are pretty sure that it will be done
by the beginning of next month.
Capt. Christopher Rymes is made a Councilor in opposition to H.
Sherburn after the Gov''^ agents had opposed it att the Council Board,
& they have yesterday recommended N : Gillman to succeed Mr,
Rindge, upon which I again recommended Mr. Richard Wibird lest the
Lords should be inclinable to accept of Gov''^' recommendation in his
turn, or at lest for once, and alltho' I had sent Benning to get Coll.
Dunbar before to go up and recommend Richard Wibird and which
he had done. But I thought it might be necessary to recommend him
also and that verbally, and at the same time to take occasion to ac-
quaint the Lords that he was a proper person to succeed Mr. Rindge
and which I did very fully and it is now left to their Lordships to
recommend one or the other and which I shall hear of in a few days.
I observe what you say in yours of the 22^^ relating to the mast con-
tract & your Brother [in-law] Mark Wentworth and you must know
that I had allways as good an oppinion of him as you or any body
could have.
I shall soon have the opportunity of writing you again, 'and am
Sir your most hum' Ser'
John Thomlinson
Theodore Atkinson Esq"" —
S^John Thomlinson to Christopher Rymcs. "■ Copy per Banfieldy^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 91.]
London, 10 Feb^ 1 740-1.
Cap^ Christopher Rymes,
Sir • — I have now to acknowledge your favour under cover to Mrs.
Sumers, and as we had the news of Mr. Rindge's death some time
before that came to hand. We had therefore agreed to joyne Charles
Apthorp with Mark Wentworth in the mast affair, and as to the
affair of recommending of his Majesty's Council you will find by my
last letters to you that was done before, and also that the Gov""^ agents
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opposed it & recommended your Brother S. Sherburn, but that is all
over and your Mandamus is in my Counting House, and which I shall
send you by Capt. Shepardson under cover to Mr. Charles Apthorp,
and how the GoV^ and his agents have recommended Nath' Oilman to
succeed my good friend John Rindge and I am Endeavouring to get
Mr. Richard Wibird to succeed him, and I have no doubt of doing it,
only this, that the Board of Trade or the Lords of his Majes'^'" most
hono^^'^ Privy Council may not care to set aside so many of the Gov"
recommending one after another ; however I shall do all in my power
to effect it. I must reffer you to Mr. Atkinson or Mr. Wiggan for
news of the Province affairs, and am
Sir, your most hum' serv'
John Thomlinson.
YTJionilinson to Atkinson^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 92.]
London, 21 March 1 740-1.
Sir — Since mine to you of the 6* of Feb>' my good Lord Prece-
dent has been very much out of order so that we have not had any
Committees and therefore nothing done in our affairs but as he is now
much better I hope soon to have it in my power to write you some-
thing agreeable. And I can now tell you that just as I last wrote the
Lords of Trade recommended Mr. Richard Wibird to his Maj^>' in
Council to succeed Mr. Rindge in the Council And as I expected the
Governors Agent has petition'd against him and prays that N : Gill-
man may be appointed and tells his Maj^y If Mr. Wibird is appointed
there will be a majority in the Council against the Gov'' But not-
withstanding this notable petition I think I can promise you and you
may venture to tell Mr. Wibird so, that I shall soon send him a Man-
damus. I have sent Capt. Rymes's by this Ship under cover to Mr.
Charles Apthorp and I hope soon to send you something of much
greater consequence, and altho' I have sometimes unavoidably fail'd
of my promises in point of time yet I think I have never yet finally
faild in any, and I hope never shall. Pray my service to all friends
and believe me to be —
Sir, your most hum' ser\'^
John Thomlinson
Shall send the druggs you wrote for by the next good opportunity
— you have allso John Minors & Henry Pursevalls Bond for i/"' to
Rob^ Pike
Theodore Atkinson Esq''
OF
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. I /I
[Atkinson to Thomlinson^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 97.]
Pr. Mast Ships Portsm° May 31^' 1741.
To Jn" Thomlinson
Sir— I have only time to acknowledge the rec' of yours of the 9'^
of April giving us the agreeable news of the success you had the
day before ags' your opponents before the Comittee of Council. This
letter I rec^ last night & this being Sunday have scarce seen How it
opperates on either side ; however this I am certain the Province nine
in ten at least receive it with the greatest joy. I hope you will carry
the affair thro' to your own Satisfaction as well as ours. My house
is now full of friends to learn the news, and if the ships don't sail
early in the morn§ shall write something more, tho' the convoy is now
to, the Mast Ships are now at Harbour mouth. G. Belcher hath not
been here since I wrote you last, so of course no alteration material.
I then wrote you a narrative of the Gen^ Court proceedings & that
three persons were appointed by the Gov"" as Surv""^ to run the lines,
that our Province furnished his Excellency ^500 tho' they at the
same time imagined it was never intended they should, but we tho't
the Execution should not be delay'd for want of money. The Line
between the County of York & this Goverm^ is run about 60 miles
into the wilderness, and the winter being breaking up diverted the
finishing of it ; — however that being a straight line I hope is run far
enough. This Line was run by one Walter Bryant and leaves the
noted White Hills in our Goverm *about 7 miles.
From Pentucket Falls Mr. Hazzen run the West Line allowing 10
degrees variation to Albany & crosses Hudson River about 8 miles
to the north ward of the City of Albany. Mr. Mitchell had the Sir-
cular Line to make out & in order thereto took upon the Ice, & since
that broke up on the shores of Merrimack, the exact Plan of the River
& is now soon going to mark out the Line on the Land. I know
there will be great difficulty in doing this it being utterly Impossible
to Do it according to the Letter of the Judgm' that is, to be three
miles Exactly Distant from the River, in some places where the river
takes sudden bend & makes a neck of land of 4 or five miles across
& yet Perhaps 7 miles long, so that there is no possibility of getting
within Three miles of the Point of such neck without being within
Two miles of the river on each side, as you proceed Downward I be-
lieve before Mr. Mitchell runs this line he will know the Gov''^
determination thereon. He at present Proposes if he runs it at all to
make straight lines from reach to reach, & if he runs nearer or
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further than 3 miles to make an exact allowance for the number of acres
in each Turn of the river : — thus at Present stands the affairs of the
Lines. The Massachusetts haveing Done nothing in the affair as yet
nor will they very soon ; for Wednesday was their Election when the
Land bank Gentry prevailed in the choice of Councilours, the Gov""
negatived eleven, as my friend writes me, some say more, he also
negatived the Speaker, Mr. Watts of Winnisimet & since has dis-
olved the Assembly, that that Government is in the greatest confu-
sion, these things have so lately occurr'd that I can't be so particular
as otherways I would but as to our own affairs, if you read the Judg-
ment of King's Council on the affairs of the Lines you'l finde the
Line of Merrimack & the West line after it crosses that river is said
to be the northern Boundary of the Massachusetts but not the South
Bounds of New Hampshire, nor is it call'd a Dividing Line, so those
people above the river are in a state of anarchy the Govern"" can have
nothing to say to them as Massachusetts men nor will he as New
Hampshire men for the reason above, now as to the Line on the other
side that in Comission''^ Judgment is said shall be the Dividing Line
between the two Provinces & his Maj'>' affirming of it makes it so, in
that there is no Dispute. The curve Line at Merrimack when 'tis
run if that can be will admit of no Dispute that having been always
our Line namely 3 miles north of the River, but as this last Line
cannot be run according to the Letter of the Judgment & the West
line above the river not allowed a Dividing line, we reap no benefit
by the whole affair at Present. Thus you see how the affair stands.
I don't care unless it be to Particular friends to give my real opinion,
but in some measure fall in with the Gov' &c. least he should grant
away the Land on the other side of the River, & this opinion keeps
him from it. Thus much for Publick affairs.
Theo. Atkinson
\Atkinson to TJiomlinsoii?^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L,p. loi.]
Boston, July 11^'' 1741-
Sir — I am now to acknowledge the re'= of your favour of the 9*
May, & accordingly have communicated it to Brother Mark & Sam^
Wentworth, my business in Town being on purpose & had Brother
Benning have drawn on us for the sum you say will be wanting we
should have readyly answered his Draught. However I have Marks
order to assure you, which I now Do that he will remit you one hun-
dred pounds sterling having ordered some effects by the way of the
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West Indies into your hands, however he will be so far as that sum
accountable to you & had I known of this ship being so near saleing
would have wrote you as he will pr. next, — My Brother Sam'
now orders the like Sum which you will herewith receive. Now
as to my self tho' I have lately made sum large purchases, (large for
me) & shall want money, yet I am content you charge me in case it
should be wanting, one hundred pounds. I take the affair in this
Light : that Brother Benning & the whole family would be under this
additional obligation that you must advance that sum for him, & that
as 'tis highly reasonable you ought to be made secure, we should all
of us gladly have done something of this sort before now, but I really
tho't he had some disposition of his affairs in Spain so as not to have
needed anything of this sort, however something in your Letter seems
to hint as if the want of some orders from hence would detain him
till you heard from home. I hope that will not be the case, if it
should Mr. Wentworth is Exceedingly to Blaim. in not giveing us
Timely advice ; you know my Inclinations by Letters I formerly
wrote you when he was in Spain to serve him in any shape. I hope
what I now write will be sufficient.
[Endorsed ] Copy to Capt. Thomlinson.
[Another letter, dated July 13, 1741, of the same import, is signed
Theodore Atkinson. — Ed.]
\TJiomHnson to Atkinson. Pr. Capt. Jones. '\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 103.]
London, 13 July 1741.
Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
I have here to Inclose you Bill of Lading & Invoice for the Drugs
you wrote for, which I hope will please the Doctor, I have been so
long without any from you that I have not any thing to say, only I
cannot help telling you that I have got Benning Wentworths Com-
mission finished & lock'd up in a fine Case in my Desk, you may see
the very words of the alteration we have made in my Letter to M""*
Rindge from whence you may reflect what little reason you had to be
frightened at the ridiculous suggestions of Mr. Belcher about your
Southern Boundarys, the Instructions to your Governor will now be
very soon finished, and then I hope he will soon be with his Family
174 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
& Friends. I suppose he writes you by this conveyance, therefore
for want of Time I must refer you to him for History.
& am, Sir, your most hum^ Serv'
John Thomlinson.
\_Atkiiison to TJiomlinsoJi^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 109.]
Portsm° May 19. 1742 —
Sir I have your ffav''^ of the 27''' November & 18 of March Last
Duplycated before me — in answer I must beg leave to refer you to
Gov"" Wentworths Letters who I know writes you fully upon Publick
affairs & shall only say that I hope if any Little odd Votes about our
adress is under your Just Censor we shall grow wiser as we grow older
& shall not always hurry things as has some time been the Practice
I observe you send my memorand"' by Cap' Godfrey which is
agreeable — I never had any Dependence upon ffriend Whitocts"[?]
estate but have been latly told & I think tis agreeable to what I have
heard him say that a was taken out against him but he paid
every Body 20 shillings for a pound & that in order to this he morte-
gaged some parte of estate which w^ revert to him in about seven
years this occasioned my writeings to you — I must now Desire you
would send me a Coat of a Drab Cloth made with a snug sleave for
riding in I would have a Cloth not apt to spot or fade — and a scar-
let rochlet these are for my own ware the measure I send enclosed
— and three pair of shoes for my son the length of his foot is the
line drawn on the other side his foot is slim I would have the heel
pretty high for our streets are muddy — you have alsoe Inclosed
Charles Mackees note for ;^5 : 17 : Ster. he is master of the Dept-
ford Store Ship the money is due to Cap' Stephen Greenlieff & he
desires you would Ship him the n' Proceeds in nails 20^ 10^ & Shingle
equal value of of each so that if you send me a cask of each of these
sorts of nails you may charge them to my acco' Sz: give me Cred' for the
note deducting your charge which Please to advise me of when you
send the nails — I have at last got my acco' from M"" Jones & finde in
June last the ball^ in my fav"" was ^116. 18. which I hope you have
rec^ I sent my Diary to Lady Day last, by the Deptford Cap' ffawler
which will amo' to about ^70. I some time since wrote you to ship
as you tho' Proper when you were in cash for me but I desire you
would not but when you have my Directions
I have but one thing more to recommend to your consideration &
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 1/5
that is your good offices to Mr. Brown. (') you know he has a large
family, having 8 children, & necessity hath put him upon building a
house, & tho' some of his Parish has promised to assist him in this
undertaking yet he will be oblidged to be at considerable cost before
he can get into it. I am in hopes with your recommendat" he may
have liberty to draw on the Society f) for something that will help
him, — besides, this year has been Exceeding expensive. Provisions
of all kinds haveing advanced near one hundred pr Ct. Pork has been
at 2od & 2s pr lb. beef at i5d, Indian corn i8s pr bushell and every
thing in this proportion.
You have now a Letter from M"" Mitchell Desiring your assistance
in the settlement of his acco* & recieving his money of M'' Jones I
imagine there will not be much Truble in the affair as you recieve
mine & I shall esteem it a favour don me if you serve him if his Pro-
posal is not Inconsistant with your Inclination M"" Jones in his last
acco* articles the money as rec'^ from the Coll which he did not use
to do but used to receive it at the navy office and acco' with us in that
man"" all the Deputys acco*^ are in this form & we are at a loss to
know why the stile is altered — I tho' this hint not amiss to you My
best regards to good M""^ Thomlinson & tell her I beg she would In-
tercede with Cap' Thomlinson to be more on horse back & less in the
stinking Cyty of London — I rejoyce with you both in the recovery
of your health & am S'
[From retained copy, no signature.]
May 2T)^ Since above Cap' Greenlieff Bro' me Cap' Adams's note
for ;Cs- 1 8- II which is for Purchasing the nails above mentioned I
wo"^ have a cask of each of those sorts sent me alsoe — Pray let me
have a p"" of Britches with my Coat I w"* not have a Darke Couller
^ Cap' Adams
[' Rev. Arthur Browne, rector of the Episcopal church in Ports-
mouth. ^ Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts. — Ed.]
\_Atki71sofi. to Thonilinsou.l^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. in.]
Portsmouth July 19''' 1743
Sir — The foregoing is a Copy of what I wrote you by Cap' Adams
I now Inclose you the Duplycate of Mackees note he gave 2 notes of
176 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
same Ten"" & Date for the same sum so that if either of them is sat-
isfyed the other must be Cancelled in which please to observe my
Directions in my last I am to acknowledge the rec^ of the box "^
ffoster which came to hand in good order & well liked of but there is
not the whole I wrote for I desired sundry books Particularly Stan-
hopes Thomas a Kempis a book I am Indebted here for & they are
not to be purchased & I must Desire you to send me a bundle of
ab' 8 score Iron Hoops fit for Cask ab* 34 gallons these I would beg
you would not forget for our hoops will not stand the year round in
my Cellar that I often loose the best of my Cyder I must once more
beg leave to refer you to Gov"" Wentvvorth for Provincial news and
am with regards to your good spouse & self
Yours &C T A
Pr Cap' Darling —
\_Atkiiisou to Thoinlhiso?!.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 112.]
Portsm° May 26^'' 1742
S"" — Better hands than mine gives you the State of Publick affairs,
you have a long letter from Gov Wentworth therefore nothing I hope
will be expected from me you will give me leave to recommend a
packet of Papers from Cap' Walker with a Power to use your endea-
vours in getting his Maj'ys asent to an act passed here in his favour
ab' an Explanation of Coll Vaughans Will he poor was ledd
into the Scrape by M'' W"" Vaughan & hath paid Dearly for it the
papers will speak for themselves only observe there was was an appeal
granted from the Sup'' Court of Judicature to the Gov^ & Council
where he had Judgment ags' him for the money but the Sec'rys house
was burnt & all records &c Consumed no copys could be obtained but
an Execution was Issued & I when Sheriff served it upon Cap' Walker
& got the money & paid Mr. Weeks & Apthorp after this the land
was Delivered to Cap' Walker by Mr W'^ Vaughan & when Cap'
Walker was about to sell some of the Land it was suggested that the
Premises was Intailed so no Purchas""^ appeared
Cap' Walker Petitioned the Gen^ Court in Gov"" Burnetts Days as
you'l see by a copy from the Clerk of the assembly but he dying soon
after Put a stop to the Proceedings Gov"" Belcher v/as Brother to
Coll Vaughan whose first wife was Gov"" Belchers Sister this to-
geather with a little Personall Disagreement M' Walker being of the
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. I 7/
assembly & not exactly sustaining the Gov"" Prevented his renewing
his Petition till Gov'' Wentvvorth came
yoLi'l see there were several hearings & notifications &c so that the
matter was not suddenly don he Desires your Intrest in the affair &
will reimburst any charge you Please to make for which I'll be an-
swerable & will upon your sending the acco* remit the money.
I expect a state of the Case from the Law""^ to Send but tis Possible
it may not be Exceeding correct which you are by the Power of attor-
ney to rectify as you think Proper
I have heard nothing from M"" Jones for i8 months past, neither have
I time to draw out my Diary by the ship but shall forward it by Bick-
ford who will sail in a little [while]
I have now sent you two mem° which I desire you would forward
so as to be here this fall one of them is for my sister Shurtleff as
you'l see by the Pilgrims Progress the other is for my self & Mrs
Atkinson I am S"" with great Esteen Yours
[From retained copy, no signature.]
"^ Cap' Darling in Mast ship
[Endorsed] Copy to Cap' Thomlinson "^ Cap' Darling in y^ Will-
mington 1742
\Thoinlitison to Atkinson. ~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 114.]
London, 14 July 1742
Theodore Atkinson Esq.
Sir — I have not yet had any of your favours. Therefore I don't
know what to say to you, or have I heard any thing from any of my
friends of your Province, since the Governor's arrival, except a short
letter or two from the Gov"" and letters on my business from Mark
Wentworth ; and I should be very glad to hear that you go on right.
I congratulate you on your promotion, and I hope you will Inherit
some of the virtues of your predecessor, as well as his post, particu-
larly his attention to, and assiduity in Business. I fear that you and
Mr. Brown & N. Sherborne are become followers of Mr. Whitfield.*
This news had no other effect on me than to make me Laugh. I
assure you that it did not surprise me when I first heard it in the New
England Coffee house, or has it since given me much concern, as I
[* Rev. George Whitfield was at Portsmouth at this time. — Ed.]
12
178 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
know and believe there are numbers besides yourselves, that are de-
sirous to get to Heaven by charms, Incantations or in a Sling — pray
Sir have you heard of a Committ that appeared here some months
since, and made a great stirr amongst some people. I assure you
there is now no more talk about it than about Whitfield. I leave it
to you to run the comparison to what length you please, and draw
what conclusions you please, your two friends may help you out at
a dead lift, especially the latter, as he has been a helpmate to many
a man.
You will by this time be likely to fall into another Error in think-
ing that I have much time upon my hands when I can truly assure
you that I have not — only time to add that I am most truly
Sir, your most obd^ hum''''' serv'
John Thomlinson.
[Superscribed] To Theodore Atkinson Esq'' In Portsmouth New
England f Cap^ Ellis Q D C
\_Atkinson to TJiomlinson.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 115.]
Portsm" July 26 1742 —
S'' I now forward a Letter to you from Cap' Tufton Incloseing
Sund"^ Bills Drawn on a Gentleman in Amsterdam the other Sett he
send in Different Ships from Sirranam he ordered his friend to ad-
vise you of the Payment & that he Should give you orders for the
money he being in arrears while he was in London gave his note to
a Gentleman there who Sent a Procuration to Mess'"'' Osburne & Ox-
naid & they put the note for ^75 in Suit I was bail & he went to
Sirranam Since is returned Sz: Bro' those bills to Discharge that Debt
I have now a Process ags* me as bail & to finish the affair he hath
Drawn upon you on that funds for ^^7 St', haveing Discounted the
rest %i I hope you'l be Able to pay the money thus it is that I be-
came an Indorcer on those bills I know he hath Justly paid the money
for them — as to Publick affairs I know the Governer writes you fully
on that head therefore I need say nothing on that head I now Send
M"" Jones my Diary for 3/4 of a year I hope he recieves & pays you
my money as it becomes Due tho' I have heard nothing from him
for near Two years — it may not be amiss to tell you that we have
put a Stop to Sund''^ masts being Laden on board a Ship of Mess''^
Wendalls Cap' Pearson Master who Last fall Applyd to me for Lib-
erty to Cutt Some masts for that End I then told him & the People
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 1 79
he Proposed to Contract with that I had no power to give Leave to
Cut on the * woods other then for his Maj*>'^ P^special Service to
the Contractors that * all Properties beyoned the reserv^ation I
had no thing to do with that I should * the trees when they were
Cutt unless they Got the advocate Gen"^ * sion with respect to
the Property in Such a manner that I could transmit * to the navy
board for our Justification Since which Cap' Pearson * Stated the
Case but have no answer from the advocate — M'' Wentworth * [I am]
Informed Hath bo' the masts into the Contract So that tho the
affairs * of Publick Service in Detering Persons from Cutting for
the future yet a * noise is made here & I am Informed that Com-
plaints will be made agan' * haveing Suffred Such Practices here-
tofore which is falce for its that Ship you was Concerned in I mean
the Bladen we had the then Advocates Oppinion in favour of the
Property those trees were cut from but these were cut upon very
modern Propertys for as the Case is Stated they Desend by the Grant
of the Town of Berwick & Say nothing of a Perticular Grant to any
Private person — they alsoe Intend to Examine was ther [whether ?
this Ship of Adams's is Loden for the Contract"" So that we have
great Threats to be unhorsed I hope if they Should Proceed we on
this Side the water Shall have an opportunity to defend ourselves I
can Justly & Truely Say I never directly or Indirectly reC^ any Bribe
or Gratuity to the Value of one Single Glass of wine in any affair of
the Survey'"'^ post more than what I have rec'^ for my Sallary &c from
the navy office upon this He put the forfeiture of my head tho' I have
had many Considerable Conditional offers made me — I have given
Coll Dunbar a Sketch of our religious Enthusiasts I fear in the worst
Sence of the word & Should have been more Perticular but M"" Marh
will be able to Inform you of the whole Process I believe Cap' Adam's
can do the Same I have a great desire to Convince Some of these
Deluded persons & these beg you would furnish me with Some books
proper to that End Such as Dr Calamys Caveat against New Prophets
& his reflection on S"" Rich*^ Bulkleys Answer to Several Treatises on
the Subject of New Prophets the Spirit of Enthusizm Exorcised by
Dr Hicks Owens Scene of Delusion the History of [illegible]
by a Lay Gentleman — or any Such Books — Pray Send me alsoe
Dean Stanhope's Thomas a Kempis — I am S""
M"" Waldron I am told is [word obliterated] home for a Pattent for
Sec""^' I hope this will bee ffrustrated not for y'^ Value but the will.
[* The manuscript is torn where the * occurs. The document is
endorsed, "Copy to Jn° Thomlinson Escf ^ Cap' Adams 1742." —
Ed.]
l80 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
\_AtkinsoH to T]iomlinso7i.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. ii6.]
Portsm° September 9*^ 1742
Sr — I wrote you some time Since & Inclosed you a Copy of a Bill
of Exch^ which could not be rec'^ for want of the Original which by
Cap* Morrs Consent I now Send you I Shall in the mean Time apply
to the Drawer at Jamaca for a further Set if this comes to hand
hope the money will be rec'd without, which pray advise of I alsoe
wrote you Some years Since That one John Whitock a Quaker made
a will Left me all he had & Exe"" he Dyed here about 10 years Since
he was an Inhabitant of a Place called [illegible] near Bristol & as I
am Informed hath Left Some thing Considerable there — there is
now a man here that knows his Estate & tell me that if I write to one
M'' Phelps a Lawyer he can give me Acco' I knew nothing of this
man till yesterday & he Promised me to Call this Day & give me a
more Perticular Acco' but disapointing me I can only Desire you to
write to s'^ Phelps on this head & by this ship I will Send you the will
Proved &'^ under Pro*^ Seal as allsoe Capt Pikes for Publick affairs beg
Leave to refer you to Gov"" Wentworth I am with Gre' Esteem your
Very Humble Ser*
Copy
N° 133 — Jamaca 6*"' Feb'y 1740 Exch« ^ ^63. Sterls
At Forty days after Sight pay this my third "^ Exch^ first or Sec-
ond not paid) to the order of M'' John Thomlinson for use of Theod"^
Atkinson Sixty Three pounds Sterling Value Reed of Sam^ Moor as
"^ advice from Sir your Humbell Serv'
Jn Tichelle
To Mess""* John Mason & John Simpson Merch'^ In London
Third Copy by Man of warr
\Thonilinson to Atkinson. Copy "^ CnnningJiani.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 117.]
London 27 Nov' 1742
Theodore Atkinson Esq'
S'' — I have your favour of the 9'^ Sept with a Bill of the same
tenour of that you some time since Sent me a Notarial Copy of but
finds that your Account has Credit in June 1741 for a bill of the same
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. l8l
Tenor & date & y' upon the receipt of w"='' Sum I paid ^loo Sterl
(as you order'd) to Thomas Plumer for your Acco' & which I wrote
you off, I have wrote to my friend at Bristol to make enquiry after
John Whitlock's Estate & he has wrote me y' he hears Whitlock died
Insolvent, but that he would make some further Enquiry, next Week
I hope I shall know the Fate of your money bills & also of your Ap-
plication for Stores, the latter is refer'd to the Board of Ordnance by
a Committe of Council the other night & if I had not had a good
friend at the Board nothing had been done in it as the Application
was Irregular, & as to powder none is ever granted they Say all the
Colonys must have a powder duty & altho such a duty might Affect
me as much as anybody yet I think you ought to pass An Act for
that purpose only let it be in as Easy a manner as possible y* it may
not be too great a Tax upon Shipping & I Shall Attend the Board of
Ordnance & Endeavour to obtain for you as much as I can I have
already taken such Steps w''^ respect to the money bills y' I have good
hopes of Success & nothing shall be Wanting on my part to get his
Majesty in Council to Approve of them —
I have not yet Seen M"" Vassalls, Auchmuty & some others who
are in Close Cabal with him I believe dont Care he should See me,
they will make the most of him however they threaten Your Gov"" &
province I am in no great pain about the matter any more than the
Trouble & Charge they may put me to, & the time of Attendance
which those short days J can very badly Spare from my own business,
however I will Spare time to render the province & my friend every
Service in my power & am very truly S"" your most hum^ Ser"
John Thomlinson —
London 14*'' Feb'"^ 1742
Sir I am now in the Country Just recovering my health and have
not Yours or M'' Mitchells Letters by me but I hope Shall Soon be
in Town to do Business and we Shall have now frequent oppertunitys
of writeing and Shall not fail of writeing fully to you both in the
meantime believe me to be Sir your most hum' Ser"
John Thomlinson
[^Atkinson to T/ioin/iuso7i.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 119.]
Portsm" December 18''^ 1742 —
S"" — On the other Side you have a Copy of what I wrote you by
Cap^ Bickford which I hope by this is arrived with you I have only to
1 82 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
ad that 'tis a long time Since I have had the favour of a Line from
you The mem"^ I Send by Darhng I have heard nothing of Pray if you
have not ahready Shipt it Let it come ^ first The Letter I then wrote
would Clear me of Whitfieldism I hope M"" Browns Carrecf will not
be Injured by Such aspersion I am sure he is far from Deserving
them that Ignis fatuous as you rightly calld it made a bustle as a
Commit & Threatned Church & State and is a Clog on both at Pres-
ent but I fore See no great Danger People are comeing to their right
minds again who ever Bro^ my name in Question must mean it as a
Joke for no body appeared So much against it from the first Appear-
ance till this moment as I have Don I have Sent a Small mem° by
Cap' Phillips to get for me I Desire you would Supply him to Ac-
compHsh it I am Sorry you met with Any obstructions in the re^ of
Adamss Cargoe M'' Mitchell & myself have wrote the Survey Gen
the Circumstances of those masts M' Wentworth Procured & he and
his People have made Sund"^' afhdavits thereon So that their Hon""^
will be able to See the Circumstances of that affair you have I know
all affairs of Governm' from his Excelency which Saves you the
trouble of reading anything of that Sorte from
Your oblidged Humbel Ser'
P S you have a letter from AL Cutt Shannon whose name is to a
Petition ags' M"" Walkers Act he tells he was against his names being
Entred in that List M"" Mitchell not having heard for Some time from
his Correspondent in London is Determined to ask the fav"^ of you to
negociate his affairs there I hope you will Serve Him therein —
[Endorsed] Copy to Cap* Thomlinson '^ Cap'' Phil Thomlinson
Decemb'' i8'^ 1742 —
\_Atkinson to TJiomlinson.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 120.]
Portsm°, Feby 8, 1743
Sir — I am too often tireing you with recommendations, & am
sorry for't, but yet gladly embrace this opportunity to recomend to
your assistance the church of England at Newbury — this carrys its
own apology & I apprehend I need say no more than to let you know
how you can be serviceable. These People that now Petition the So-
ciety have long rec'd their benefactions & have with much difficulty
attended the Public worship four miles from y"" homes ; in order to
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 183
remedy this hardship & by the consent too as I inform'd of Mr. Plant,
have at a great expense built a comodious church in the Town & very
conveniently located for all but a very few. They say Mr. Plant falls
from his promises to their great Disappointment, but those will be
proved to you from better hands. I shall only say that if the Society
had a perfect knowledge of the situation of the affairs in that place,
they would be convinced that their charity could not be better be-
stowed in any Town in New England. I need not tell you that New-
bury is a large Trading seaport where are a great number of strain-
gers continually, that the Church, where it now stands is of little or
no service being 3 or four miles of — This you know. The people of
the Town offer ;^20 per annum & the strangers contribution, if they
should be so happy as to succeed in their application. I hope Provi-
dence will soon afford to send them a minister of religion & Learn-
ing. They all depend much upon your judgment & assistance & that
they may not be disappointed is the hearty wishes of Sir, — Yours.
[Endorsed] Copy of a letter to Capt. Thomlinson about Church at
Newbury. ^ Cap' Phil Thomlinson 1743
[Atkinson, to Thomlinson^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 121.]
P ffeb-T 6 1743 —
S*' Inclosed you have the first of four Setts of Bills Drawn by M''
Brown on the Treasurer to the Society payable to me I have Indorsed
them to you In hopes you would Send me on acco* of those Bills
Such goods are Contained in the memorand"' Inclosed I Expect the
goods will be bor' according to the payment that will be made The
reason of this Projection is, M"" Brown is got a little behinde hand in
the Building his House in which he now Lives & tho Some of the
Parish hath done Some thing Considerable yet in order to make the
House Comfortable he hath been at a Considerable Expence I have
paid of his Debts & Propose to give him the Profit of his goods &
this way to reimburst my Self Now I can fore see no other risque
but Death if this Should hapen I Expect you Charge any arrears to
me the goods he Sends for he hath Provided Chaps to take on their
arrival — what I think would be y^ most Vendable & fech the Best
advance is — 2 Chests of the Cheapest Bohea Tea abo* lOC' Each
not Damaged 2 or 3 hund'^ of Pepper the remainder in Cotton &
Cheap Silk handkerchifs & Cheap Callicoes of good bright Cole''^ —
Let me have these goods Shipd on M"" Browns Acco' & Consigned to
l84 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
me And Let them be fully Ensured I would have an Equal Value
of Cotton & Cheap Silk handkerchiffs I would put you once more
in minde for Sending the nails I wrote for By Adams Voyage before
Last & Pray Let me know at the Same time weither you reed the
money for Cap' Adams's note & the Master of the Deptford Store
Ship on acco' of Cap' Greenleaff I must alsoe Desire you would
Send me the following reticulars
I Brass Kittle ab' 30 gallons
1 Suit of Black Cloath Cloathes for my Self fine firm well Dyed
Cloath
2 p* Cambrick thick fit for ruffling Linnen of 5/ '^ Ell
2 p^ Coursers Cost ab' 18 or 20/ Sterling "^ p^
I Case of Six rasors & p'' of good sissors & Strap I would have them
of the Best mettle
I now alsoe Inclose my Diary from Lady Day Last to Christmas
under the Scituation of our Imployment I know not who Else to
write to & Desire that you would Put it into the right Channel & also
receive my Sallary, that & my Sallary as you Judge most for my In-
terest you have Sufficient Power for this End —
I fear Poor Mitchell will be broken up I see nothing that can Pre-
vent it if his Bills that have Lain Long in London are finaly Pro-
tested he Tells me he is out of Two years Sallary & that he has had
no Acco' f jom his friend in London on whom these bills were Drawn
this 2 or 3 years So that he Is intirely in the Dark as to his affairs in
Engl^ he has now a family & and such an affair is y^ more Shocking
I made no Doubt as he is very Deserving you'l do him any good
office in your way — I beg Leave once more to referr you to Gov''
Wentworths Letters for Publick affairs and am your obleed Ser
T A
P S We now Inclose you our Joynt Letter which heretofore was
Directed to Coll : Dunbar but as we Imagine he may be gon to his
Governm' of S' Hellena we have Derected it under y® Cover to the
Comiss''^ T A
^ Cap' Darling —
& Duplicate ^ Thomlinson with this adition Viz
Portsm° ffeb'^y 7 1 743
S'' On the Other Side you have Copy of what goes '^ Darling I
have only to ad that this Incloses the 2^ Bills the first of are men-
tioned above & Desire your Complyance in what I recomended to
your Care relateing them
My best regards to M"'^ Thomlinson & Accept the Same your Self
from S"" Your &c A
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSOX CORRESPONDENCE. 1 85
\Thomli71son to Atkinson. Copy '^ Adams.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 122.]
Lond" 20 Feb 1743
Theodore Atkinson Esq''
S"" I have your Favour of the 26"'"Octo & I have not Received
your Money of the Master of the Deptford Store Ship neither have
I Seen him but Once & then he told me He was to send out Goods
to the Amount of this Note you have recommended three Gentlemen
to Me & tho its pretty plain that I am always willing to do any thing
I can to serve your Country Men yet I have not Time to squander
away in following them in such Wild schemes as they Generally are
freighted with from your Country & when they bring with them Ever
so slight a recommendation they generally take it for Granted that
the person to whom they are recommended is under an obligation to
assist them in all their Schemes I dont say this in order to reflect
on M"" Wise or M"" Peagrum for if I had not been particularly Engaged
I would have Endeavoured to have Servd M"" Wise as much as I
Could & as for M"" Peagrum He has not troubled Me upon His affairs,
but for what End such a Man as young Greenleaf could be Sent
home I am at a Loss to know & without any Money or Credit or Ca-
pacity for Business that I know off, indeed His Father or Himself
wrote me a Bombast Letter wherein I am desird to supply Him with
any money He should Want & it should be Repaid Me but when or
How I know not, but when I saw that you & His other Friends that
had mentiond Him to me had avoided 'giving him any kind of Credit
I did not Choose to do it. As you refer Me to what y*^ Gov"" writes
Me I must now for want of Time refer you to w* I have Wrote him
by this Conveyance & Am with great Truth & Esteem S^
Sir your most hu' Serv"
John Thomlinson
\Thomlinson to Atkinson.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 124.]
London 18''' March 1744
Theodore Atkinson Esq""
Sir I have here to Acknowledge your Favour of y^ 16''^ of Nov""
and have agreeable thereto carryd the Ballance of M'' Peirce Longs
Account to your Credet being £,2. 3. o And as for the Memerandom
you Mention you only referr to Some directions and paterns in A
1 86 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Bundle Sent by Cap' Adams, But Cap* Adams dos not know of Any
Bundle he had from you he has indeed Sent up two Bundles of old
Silk which he says M"" Yeomans Brought on Board And which M""
Yeomans remembers nothing about but there is not any directions
or paterns in, Therefore M""^ Thomlinson Cannot tell who they belong
to or what they are to be done with So if those Bundles belong to you,
pray let me know and what they are to be done with As to the other
part of your Letter I at present can Say little about for I am So much
keepd at home with a great deal of Gout and Some Business that I
have not an opportunity to run to the other End of the Town as I
used to do or can I find my Account in it so much as keeping at
home, As Soon as the Mast Ships Arrives And I have Letters from
Gov' Wentworth I shall put his and your affairs upon a right footing
with M"" Jones, I am with great Esteem
Sir Your hum^ Ser"
John Thomlinson
{Thomlinson to AtktJison. A Copy "^ Phillips.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 125.]
London 22"^ Mar 1743/4
Theod Atkinson
Sir — Your favour of the 6 Feby '^ Darling is before me & Note
its Contents the Bills on M"" Tryon are left for Acceptance at his
house, and I have ordered y^ goods you write for to be got ready to
Send you by Craigie, who will be in Boston I hope in a Short time
I shall write you fully by him Intrem I am —
Sir your most hu^ Serv"
P S Adams Note was passd to your Credit but y^ master of y^
Deptford store Ship would not pay his, Saying he had y"" orders to
Ship you y'^ Valine —
London 12 April 1744
Sir You have here Inclosed Invoice & Bills of Lading for all the
goods you was pleasd to order both on your own Ace* & them for M'
Brown and which is all Included in one Invoice & bill of Lading, the
reason of not Sending y"" Seperate is because M' Tryon would not
Accept M'^ Browns Bills, for he had just paid a Bill of M"" Browns, for
this very Quarter at Lady day, So that Next midsomer one of them
will be p'^, & the rest in Cource and as M'' Tryon was out of Town
when y*" Bills was left for Acceptance his Clerks Said, that they
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 187
would be good So that the goods were all agreed for money down,
that he might have y*^ advantage of the Sale of them, So that when
his Bills are paid your Acc^ Shall have C for them the last bill will
not be due before this time Twelve months So that you may let M""
Brown have y"^ goods or keep them your Self, as you Shall think
proper, what was Intended for him is markt B, and you may Easly
Calculate y*" Charges on them & Insurance, and Intrest of money un-
till y*^ bills become due If you let him have y^ goods, your dairy is
given to M"" Jones, & he says he will be able to pay Some Money for
your Account very Soon, my master M'' John Thomlinson is in y^
Country recovering on a late fit of the Gout, No doubt you will hear
before these reaches you that warr was declard here y^ Last day of
March against France So that '^ m^from your place is 23 "^ C & other
voyages in proportion you See what is given on Craigie & we warrant
with Convoy I am
Sir your most Obe* Servtt
William Richardson
[Captain Thomlinson's clerk.]
[Afkinson to Thonilijison.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 126.]
Portsm° May 19"* 1744 —
D"^ S"" I have yours of the 20"' ffeb"^ A Little Severe upon my
recommending Several Persons to your ffavour without being more
Explycit then I was it was their Seperate Desire that I would only
mention y'' Names to you that in case they Should hapen upon a
wrong Sent they might have your ffriendship Letting them know of
it I knew Little of Either of their Schemes & only guessed at their
aim as to giveing M"" Greenleeff Cred* He never applyd to me in that
Shape & I was told that his father had settled that point with M""
Rugg who I understood was his Patron & at whose request he went
home & they neither of them could have any other Defence upon my
Letter — I am Sorry any of them Proved Trouble Some to you &
more so if occasioned by my Letter —
now Let me Inform you that Gov"" Wentworth the Sur"" Gen" hath
Continued the Late Sur'' Generals Deputy M'' Mitchell & [illegible] at
Present come in gratis M'' Slade & my Self Club our Salarys with the
Su"" Gen^ till the ;!{^2O00 the G"" Pays is paid So I must Expect noth-
ing but my Travel Till that matter is Ended —
I Want to know what Prospect there is of a Settlem^ of Rob*^
1 88 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Peters Affairs I can get no manner of advice from the West Indies
there is money in M""^ Rindges hands but I dont care to meddle with
it till I know more of his affairs I now know of but one Debt Due
from his Estate which is to M"" Rich^ How but that cant be Settled
till the West India Acco* is Settled —
I hope you have Shiped M"' Browns goods & That they are Insured
— I must now beg the favour of you to Send me the Sund'^y men-
tioned in the Enclosed mem° — pray Let them come by Adams I had
much rather pay the Land Carriage in his Ship than have them come
by the way of Boston — I would be glad to have them Insured if the
thing be Practicable
The Suit of Cloaths in the mem° are regimentalls for my own Ware
the Govern'' haveing Contrary to my Inclination oblidged me to take
a Coll Comission as I was allways Determined in my own minde
never to ware Such Cloaths without Something to bear the Expence
being pushed to the Comission I have but Little what is necessary
but I would have no more Lace then what you think necessary being
a better Judge then I can be I would have the Sadie & furniture fit
for that Service but put me to as Little Expence in those Equipments
as possible Consistant with the affairs I would not have very vStif
Stout boots
We are in Dayly Expectation of a french War which will Exceed-
ingly [injure ?] this Country if not ruin it for we are really in a very
Defenceless Condition at Present — I Still Hope for better News
I am Your H S' T. A.
To Cap* Thomlinson Esq ^ Cap* Adams with y'^ mem°
May 14 1744
Since the above we have the news of War with france being Pro-
claimed by the Way of Glasco we yet have only the flying report
if it Should be So Let my goods Come Insured if that be not to be
Don now Wait till it is T A
YrJi07)ilinson to Atkinson. Copy '^ Hainmond.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 128.]
Lond° 3 Octo 1744
Theodore Atkinson Esq""
S'' — The above is Copy "^ Adams and I have only to Refer you
to what I have wrote Gov"" Wentworth on your publick Affairs & to
tell you y* only one of M"" Browns (') Bills you sent Me on M'' Tryon
ATKINSON AND THOMLINSON CORRESPONDENCE. 1 89
is p"^ which was for Fifteen pounds & which your Ace' has Credit for
& y' should not have been p'^ had it not been by an oversight of M""
Tryons, & the other Three will be sent you Back protested & that M""
Brown might have known, As those Bills were drawn by Him Con-
trary to y^ standing orders of the society (^) sent him & all y^ Mis-
sionarys, and not one of them that I know of Except M'' Brown &
Brockwell has Ventured to draw Contrary to those orders and had I
seen those Bills before they were Carried to M"" Tryon I should have
sent them back to you without so much as offering them for Accept-
ance as I shall always do when I have any of y"^ Missionarys Bills
drawn in that manner as I know it is not in M"^ Tryons power to pay
such Bills, M"" Brown is as sensible as I am of this and in What man-
ner he is to draw, & if dont observe it he must suffer by it & surely
so he Ought, I have only to add y* I am with much Esteem
S'' Your most hum^ Ser"
John Thomlinson
[' Rev. Arthur Browne, of Portsmouth. - Society for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. — Ed.]
[Atkinson to TJioviliiison.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 130.]
Portsm° November 16 1744 —
S"" I am now to Acknowledge your ffavour by Adams & by Craige
with Invoyce Scc^ of what I wrote for those by Adams I reed in good
order & approve well of tho' the furniture for my Horse being blue
%i'^ I Shall be Obleidged to Say is the fashion in London & you must
be answerable, Craige is but Just arrived & I have not got the things
round from Boston as yet the Master of the Deptford Store Ship has
playd us a trick he has neither Ship me any thing nor had orders for
So doing —
M"" Yeomans & other Passengers will be able to give a Better Acco*^
how the War affairs goes on in these parts than I can but I am per-
suaided unless Some other methods Are taken the next Summer we
Shall pay Dear for our Success the Last Canada & Cape Brit-
ton are too near without they were better neighbours the fort at
Crown Point being but about 70 or 80 Miles from our Settlements on
Connecticut river is by relation very Strong in which the french have
Three hundred men & are I am told building a fort on the opposite
Side of the River Principally I Suppose to Obstruct any attack the
IQO MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Place being narrow — Cape Britton will Destroy all our fishery as well
as we theirs, that we are hemmed in in a bad manner on both Sides
& tho' we have men Enough yet they are inexperienced in the Art &
regularity that is absolutely necessary to reduce those Places or even
to Defend our Selves in case of an Attack we have in our Papers ru-
mourd about that his Majesty Intended to Send us Some regular
forces Early in the Spring I wish he may I know there is the great-
est necessity for them I believe very good men might be raised here
that with a little Instruction would Soon be Disciplined for they all
well know the use of Arms & if it was Consistant with his Maj^y
Pleasure to Send Comissions to Persons here as has been usual I am
Sure great Numbers would Inlist Especially if they were assured
that their Station or Action was in the northern Climate I wish to
See recruiting officers here & as greatly wish to have a finger in it
upon a Proper footing I know youl not forget to mention me if a
Proper Opportunity offers — we are greatly in want of Powder &
Small Arms I hope Soon to See the Supply your Vigilence has Pro-
cured us and am S'' Your Very Humble S'
Theodore Atkinson
P : S : I have ord"^ M"" Jones, to pay 2/3 of my Sallary to the
Surv'' Gen^ So that he must Acco* with you for the other third & youl
Cred' my Acco with it I now Send my Diary to Michaelmass Last
as we cant live without our Mother Country I hope youl Ex-
cuse my Trobblesom mem° one of which I now Send — the Ladies
they are for Salute you & M""^ Thomlinson I Joyne with them & am
Yours T A
I must alsoe Desire you would Send me Pattern of Silk for a Gown
^ mem°
I have alsoe Sent by Cap* Adams a bundle of Silk gouns to be
Scouerd Dyed Sic"" My nece Mrs Osburne to whom they belong has
given Directions to the Dyer. Pray Let them be well done & re-
turnd — Advise me what M"" Longs ballance is —
[The remainder of the Thomlinson and Atkinson correspondence
will be printed in connection with other provincial papers in chrono-
logical order. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-105]
[List [of the Men zvho Hired the "^25000 Loan.''
210.]
See Vol. v., p.
Memorandum of those Persons that have hired the ^^25000 Loan
VIZ'
1743
Decern"' i
No
1 Tobias Langdon
2 Henry Sherburne Jun''
3 Hunking Wentworth
4 Cap' Thomas Wright
5 Daniel Peirce
6 Elisha Plaisted Esq""
7 Jacob Treadwell
8 Cap' Nathaniel Mendum
9 John Frost
10 Cap' John Knight
11 John BanfiU
12 Joseph Norton
13 Mark Hs Wentworth
14 Samuel Wentworth
15 Daniel Jackson
16 John Griffeth
17 Henry Sherburne Esq""
18 Theodore Atkinson Esq'
19 Thomas Ayres
20 Daniel Warner Esq''
21 Benj* Phillbrick
22 James Libbey
23 Cap' George Walker
24 Joseph Peirce Esq''
25 Joshua Peirce Esq''
26 Thomas Berry
27 John Dam
28 James Berry
29 Samuel Leavit
30 Simon Fogg
31 Zachariah Brown
No
i^ioo
32 Thomas Cram
^50
200
2il Samuel Gilman Esq''
200
150
34 Jonathan Dearborne
100
200
35 James Perkins
25
200
36 Joshua Wingate Jun''
25
50
■:
25
37 Edward Lock
50'
100
38 Benjamin Swett Jun''
50
25
39 Peter Gilman Esq''
200
75
40 Amos Knowles
100
50
41 Jonathan Hillyard
7S
50
42 Jotham Odiorne Jun' Esq
200
200
43 John Sherburne
200
200
44 Benj Swett
50
100
45 Jonathan Gordon
25
100
46 Abner Fogg
TOO
200
47 Joseph Sherburne Esq
100
200
48 John Bergen
25
50
49 John Leavitt
25
200
50 Obadiah Marsten
25
50
5 1 Nathaniel Webster
50
50
52 Jonathan Page
25
200
53 Moses Perkins
25
50
54 Nathaniel Drake
50
50
55 Shubal Sanborne
25
75
56 Phillip Towe
50
25
57 Joseph Wadleigh
TOO
75
58 Joseph Blake
50
150
59 John Robinson Jun'
50
■25
60 Walter Bryent
50
50
61 David Swett
50
3650
192
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
No
62 Nathan Sanborne
63 Thomas Webster
64 Samuel Marshall
65 Edmund Rand
66 Hezekiah Swain
67 Rob' Hinkson
68 George Janverin
69 Samuel Doe
70 Nathaniel Doe
71 Joshua Winget
72 Bradbury Green
73 Joseph Twambly
74 Samuel Chestley
75 Ezekiel Gilman
76 Joseph Rawlings
']'] Jethro Pearson
78 Jonathan Palmer
79 Caleb Kimball
80 Nicholas Smith
81 Jonathan Gove
82 Joseph Gilman
83 James Jetfry
84 Ichabod Tebbets
85 Richard Sanborne
86 Gershom Griffeth
87 Simon Gilman
88 Robert Perkins
89 Ellis Huske Esq
90 Jonathan Prescutt
91 Eliphet Daniels
92 Jacob Sanborne
93 Reuben Marsten
94 Jeremiah Bean
95 William Bennett
96 John Wedgwood
97 James Prescutt
98 Jonathan Swett
99 Theophilus Wadleigh
100 Jeremiah Prescutt
loi Richard Nason
102 John Sanborn
103 Joseph Hall
104 Nathaniel Healey
105 John Tebbets
106 Timothy Dalton
107 Daniel Marsten
108 Christopher Palmer
109 Joshua Brown
no Phillip GrifFen
111 Joseph Pike
112 William Clifford
No
^25
13 John Purmot
75
14 Thomas Mardain
25 1
15 Israel Gilman
50
16 Joseph Greeley
25 ]
17 Benjamin Mathes
25 ]
18 Dudly Hardy
25
[19 Jonathan Durgen
100
[20 Thomas Tufts
200
75
[21 Joseph Young
50
[22 James Tuttle
25
[23 Daniel Gilman
50 ]
24 Nehemiah Brown
200
[25 Benjamin Thomas
75
26 David Conner
25
[27 Benjamin Hobbs
2800
128 Benjamin Sanborn
^25
[29 Nathaniel Ladd
50
[30 Nathan Clough
25 ]
31 Cartee Gilman
100 ]
32 Joseph Fellows
50 J
12, Joseph Batcheldor Jun
25
[34 Jonathan Tilton
50
[35 Benjamin Perkins
25
[36 Richard Sinkler
100
yj John Gilman Tertius
200 ]
38 Samuel Wille
25
39 Jedidiah Prescutt
100
[40 John Conner
100
41 Isaac Libbey
75 J
[anyy<=2d [1744]
25
[42 Joseph Addams
25
[43 John Currier
25 J
44 Richard Hubbard
50
[45 William Shackford
75 J
46 Samuel Fabyan
75
[47 John Mackleroy
75
[48 Caleb Wakeham
25
[49 John Mason
25
[50 Benjamin Mason
50
[51 Joseph Bickford
25
[52 Elisha Swett
100
[53 Samuel Moore Esq""
50
[54 Enoch Sanborne
25
[55 Eliphelet Cromwell
25
[56 Benjamin Weymouth
25
57 Thomas Davis
25
58 Thomas Leighton
25 1
59 John Downing Esq'
50
160 Jonathan Clark
25
25
25
ISO
50
75
25
25
50
75
50
100
50
75
50
25
50
150
50
75
50
50
50
50
25
75
25
50
75
50
75
25
25
50
50
25
25
25
200
50
25
75
25
50
50
50
125
200
50
-2450
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVINCLVL PAPERS.
193
No
l6i Nicholas Gilman Jun"'
£7S
No
212
Benjamin Jenkins
;£50
162 John Huntoon
7S
213
Stephen Alarden
25
163 Daniel Young
50
214
Ebenezer Berry
25
164 John Young
25
215
Sam' & Jon* Piper
50
165 James Hearsay
50
216
John Wille Jun-- & Tho^ Wille 25
166 Solomon Cotton
50
217
Edward Taylor
50
167 William Loverin
25
218
Thomas Smith
50
1 68 John Hoeg
100
219
Theophilus Smith
100
169 Joshua Neal
25
220
John Talford
50
170 Aron Sleeper
25_
221
Joseph Atkinson
25
171 Nathan Swett
-5
002
Benjamin Thing
50
172 Joshua Woodman
25
223
John Ramsey
150
173 Elisha Winslo
50
224
John Underbill
25
174 Robert Martin
50
225
Edward & Joseph Small
25
175 Andrew Todd
25
226
John Sleeper
75
176 John Fifeild Jun''
25
227
Jonathan Sanders
25
177 Eleazer Coleman
100
228
Joshua Davis
50
178 WMlliam Chase
25
229
Andrew Wiggen Jun''
100
179 Noah Barker
50
230
Samuel Welsh
25
180 Robert Boves
125
231
Jonathan Thomj^son
25
181 Richard Dolloff
25
2'22
Benjamin Roberts
50
182 Jonathan Gilman
25
233
Abrabam Smith
25
183 Hugh Montgomery
50
234
David Hopkins
50
184 William Ayres
50
235
Andrew Thompson
25
185 Jonathan Lock
25
236
Samuel Graham
50
186 Jonathan Downing
25
237
John French
25
187 Benjamin Easman
50
238
William Frost
50
188 John Perkins
25
239
Walter & Sam' Neal
100
189 Joseph Wadleigh
50
240
Joseph Burley
75
190 Robert how Jun""
25
241
James Heath Jun""
50
191 Charles & John Cox
50
242
Hugh Ramsey
7i .
192 John Sanborne
100
243
Andrew Wiggen Esq""
[Torn]
193 Joseph Row
50
244
John Daverson
50
194 Clement Jackson Esq"'
50
245
Samuel & Jon" Sanborn
50
195 Joseph Scribner
50
246
Samuel Sanborn
196 Joseph Davis Jun''
25
247
Thomas Wiggen Jun""
197 Benjamin Davis
25
248 Stephen Thirsten
[Torn out.]
198 William Long
50
249
Samuel Ingols
199 Hubbard Stevens
25
250
Simon Wiggen
200 William Calf
50
251
Jonathan Rawlings
25
201 Hezekiak Blake
25
252
Hugh Willson
25
202 Samuel Renken
75
253
Jonathan Jones
25
203 Joshua Pickerin
25
254
Samuel Goodhew
50
204 Jedidiah Philbrick
100
255
John Willee Jun""
25
2050 256 John Sinkler
125
205 David M<=Clure
^25
257
Trueworthy Dudly
200
206 Benjamin Jewett
50
258
Samuel Houston
25
207 Richard Denbo
50
259
Alexander Walker
25
208 Daniel Sanborn
50
260
Richmond Henderson
25
209 Nathaniel Webster
25
261
Caleb Wakeham
25
210 Samuel Blake
25
262
John Salter
125
211 John Gilman Jun""
13
50
263 John Edgerly
50
194
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
No
264 Benjamin Young
^25
No
315
Nicholas Tuttle
^25
265 John Jennes
150
316
Nicholas Perryman
25
266 Stephen Pendergrast
100
317
Daniel Gale
75
267 Joseph Rawlings
50
Feby i
268 Ebenezer Down
50
318
George Veasey Jun""
125
269 John Downing Tertius
200
319
John Scribner
100
270 Abraham Nute
25
320
Mary Nason
25
271 James Cochran
SO
321
Charles BanfiU
25
272 James Varnum
50
322
Benjamin Cram
50
273 Reuben Chestley
50
323
Job Clements
75
274 Joshua Downing
50
324
Jethro & Richard Bickford
50
275 Ebenezer Davis
50
325
Ephraim Clough
25
376 Ebenezer Wentworth
25
326
John Wadleigh
25
277 Abraham&JethroBatchelder 50
327
Samuel Walton
100
278 David Vance
25
328
.-7 Doak
50
279 Samuel French
50
329
p Wallingford
200
280 Thomas Tuttle
25
330
0
200
281 Job Jennes
25
331
C Moulton
0
25
282 Samuel Varney
25
332
^ Dowmng
100
283 Nathaniel Varney
25
333
CD
0
SO
284 Paul Varney
25
334
•ii Leavit
3_,
SO
285 William Thom
25
335
1 1
SO
286 Timothy Johnson
50
2425
287 Nathaniel Sargent Esq""
100
336 Jacob Gale
^25
288 Joseph Astin
50
337
Nathaniel Hanson
SO
289 Elijah Tuttle
25
338 John Knight
SO
290 James Perkins
25
339
John Heraman
25
291 Samuel Easman
50
340
Zachariah Edgerly
25
2200
341
Nathaniel Lammus
25
292 Abner Clough
^50
342
Joseph Hall Esq
100
293 Clement Ham
25
343
Jeremiah Green
SO
294 John Heraman
100
344
Benjamin Batcheldor
25
295 Joseph Clark
25
345
Daniel Carter
25
296 Thomas Webster
25
346
Solomon Clark
25
297 Jonathan Corles
50
347
Orlando Bagly
25
298 John M^^Crelles Jun''
25
348
Nathaniel Wright White
25
299 Mark Giles
25
349
James Hobbs
100
30Q Mathew Neley
25
350
Jonathan Longfellow
25
301 Walter Bryent
so
351
John Loverin
100
302 Joseph Drew
75
352
Phillip Conner
50
303 Benjamin Hiliard
25
353
Thomas Varney
25
304 William King Esq
25
354
Noah Barker
25
305 Henry Dearbon Jun'
100
355
John Tebbets
25
306 Richard Hussey
150
356 Joshua Cromwell
25
307 John Jennes
25
357
Joseph Rawlins
25
308 Mark Jennes
25
358 Jacob Tilton
so
309 Joseph Richards Jun''
25
359
Richard Hazzen
so
310 James Place
25
360
Abraham Sanborne
so
311 John Goffe
25
361
William Pottle
100
312 Nathan Hoeg
25
362 John Watts
25
313 Joseph Garland
25
363
Nathaniel Bardet
25
314 John Tuttle
25
364
Richard Pashley
25
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
195
No
365 Joshua Jackson
366 Clement March Esq
367 Robert Light
^25
100
50
No
394 John Merrell
395 John Stuart
396 James Maxwell
50
^25
100
368 Abial Austin
50
397 Moses Stevens
25
369 Thomas Pickerin
370 John Woodman
371 Ichabod Kenney
50
75
25
398 John Knowles
399 George Jaffrey Esq''
400 Rev'i Nathanie' Merrell
25
200
25
372 John French
373 John Bickford
374 Richard Kelly
25
25
200
401 Rev^ Josiah Swan
402 Benjamin Miller
403 Moses Dennett
50
50
50
375 Isaac Clough
100
404 Samuel Hutchins
25
376 Daniel Cresey
yj'j Stephen Lang Jun""
378 Samuel Magoon
1950
25
100
405 Jonathan Woodman
406 Daniel Meader
407 Hatevil Leighton
408 John Leighton
25
25
25
379 John Sherburne
25
409 Samuel Weeks
380 John Wentworth Jun''
381 Solomon Davis
100
25
410 [Torn off to 420.]
420 William King Esqr
25
384 John Murro
385 Eleazer Coleman
25
25
421 Thomas Packer Esqr
422 William Parker Esqr
200
50
386 Richard Jennes
387 John Aiken
388 Samuel French Jun"^
389 Thomas Wathen
100
25
25
25
423 John Hight
424 Moses Hoyt
425 Thomas Peirce Esq
426 Cornelius Conner
25
50
25
25
390 Josiah Oilman
391 George Walton
50
50
427 John Gove
25
392 Samuel Weeks Jun''
25
— -
393 John Dusten
25
^21
425
The foregoing is a Copy contains the Persons names & the Sums
Each Person Borrovvd of the Twenty five thousand pound Loan —
June 2f 1745 Thpnrl AtVin.on \ Chairm^
of y^ Comitte
196 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
{Governor WentwortJi to Board of Trade, i'/44.]
[Copied from a Manuscript obtained in London by the New Hamp-
shire Historical Society, in 1888.]
Public Record Office of England
Colonial Correspondence — Board of Trade New Hampshire
Benning Wentworth to Board of Trade
23 January 1743/4
L. S.
[Endorsed] — New Hampshire — Letter from M'' Wentworth Gov''
of New Hampshire to the Board, dated at Portsmouth y*^ 23'''^ of
Jan-^ 1743/4
Rec"^ March 16'^ ) 1 743/4 Duplicate — (orig' not Rec'^ when
Read April 17''^ ] 1744 this came) p'' the Pelham Mast Ship
Cap^ P. Thomlinson
Portsmouth New Hampshire January 23^ 1743/4.
My Lords
In obedience to your Lordships Commands Signified to me the 14'*^
of July last, I shall endeavour to set the Impediments to the Settle-
ing and increase of this Province in the clearest light I am Capable
of. The first difficulty is, the Massachusetts claim three Miles North
of Merrimack from the Sea, to Pantucket falls, this claim that Gov-
ernment made before the Commissioners Court at Hampton and no
further North, notwithstanding which, the Towns of Salisbury, Ames-
bury, Haverhill, Dracut, and Dunstable, have heretofore extended
their grants of Common Land as they called
A. Disp7ites about tJie it, some five, others Seven, and Haverhill
Property of Lands and near Eleven miles North of Merrimack,
limits of ToivnsJiips on whereby the towns of Hampton, Kingston,
account of the Incroach- Chester and London Derry are incroached
7nents of the MassacJiu- upon, which occations a dispute between
sets Colony in the Prov- these Towns, as to the Property of the Land,
ince of N. Hampshire. this dispute between Hampton and Salis-
bury wnth the Eastern end of Kingston I
have been able to reconcile to the Satisfaction of all partys, and have
incorporated the Inhabitants into a Township, by the name of South
Hampton, but from the West end of South Hampton to Pantucket
falls, and from thence on a West line where it crosses Merrimack
River, there remains a Narrow Strip of Land on which may be near
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. I97
four hundred familys, settled in Virtue of Town and Provinciall
grants made by the Massachusetts to the people in possession, which
the Towns of Kingston Chester and London-Derry claim, by Virtue
of their Charters granted by New Hampshire, the Charter of Kings-
ton was forty eight years, and Chester and London Derry about
Twenty Six years Since; the Southern boundary of these towns was
to be the Province Line, which they now say, is the Similar Curve
line, by His Majestys determination. I was hopeing the Measures I
had taken with respect to South Hampton would have Influenced the
Settlers on this Strip of Land, and the Towns on New Hampshire
Side, to have entered into an agreement among themselves, but they
are obstinately Set on both Sides, and are dayly Commencing Law
Suits with one another, and unless they are restrained, the Conten-
tion will Issue in the ruin, both of the one and other party, The plea
the Towns holding under New Hampshire make, is, that while they
were under the Governor of the Massachusetts, they were prevented
from Improveing these Lands, tho' their claim was as good then as
now, which gave the people now in Possession an opportunity of
Improving which they were debarred of. The only relief I can
offer in behalf of these Inhabitants on this Strip of Land (if it
should be His Majesties Pleasure, and meets with your Lordships
Approbation) is, that I may have a Possitive, or prudential Instruction,
to Incorporate these Inhabitants, into as many townships, as the
Land, and their Circumstances will admitt of, Seting off to Each
family, a reasonable portion of Land, according to the Improvements
they have made ; or that New Charters be given to Kingston, Ches-
ter and London-Derry, leaving these Inhabitants out of their New
Charter, to be Incorporated into Towns ; neither of which can be
any Injury done Kingston Chester or London-Derry, since each of
these Towns will after that be made Larger, than the Towns, I am
permitted to grant by His Majesties Instructions.
My Lords From Pantucket falls to the Northward of the West
line, I am not apprehensive of any other Difficulty, than from the
grants made by the Massachusetts, of a great number of Towns
refer'd to in M"" Hutchinsons Petitions, and many other private grants,
in the same Lands, not taken any notice of in said Petitions, made
by that Government, which grants were made by the Governor Coun-
cil and Assembly, who have the power of granting Lands in that
Province, and were pretended to be made for services done the Gov-
ernment, which at that time had not so good an aspect, and looks
more like takeing Possession of the Kings Lands, at the time the
appeal was depending before His Majesty, than rewarding the persons
to whom the grants were made, for their Services, more particularly
198 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Since that Government might have made ample provision for the
persons who had done these Services in the Province of Main, where
they have more than one hundred Miles Square ungranted.
I have made the Nicest Enquiry how far the Grantees have pro-
ceeded to Comply with the Terms of the Grants, according to the
practice and Custom of that Government, and find that few or none
have Comply'd, and many of the Towns have not made the Least
advance towards it : where I have found any Inhabitants, I have In-
couraged them to remain on the Lands, untill His Majesties Pleasure
shall be known thereon.
Upon the grants of Townships on the West side of Merrimack,
and the private grants, lying between the Rivers Merrimack and Con-
necticut, I have demanded the advice of His Majesty's Council, Who
unanimously advised me to have no regard
B. The Gov'' desires to any grants made by the Massachusetts
tJie Boards directions in on those Lands, inasmuch as there was no
relation to Grants of reaserve made of the pine trees growing
Land made by the Mas- thereon for His Majesty's Service, and that
sachnsetts Gov^ to the the Grants were made even while the ap-
west^ of Merrimack Riv- peals lay before His Majesty : In which point
er in the Province of I am very clear my Self, but as I would act
N. Hampshire. Cautiously in this Case ; I shall hope to re-
ceive your Lordships directions therein,
which I shall esteem a better authority, than my own opinion, or the
advice of the Council.
The removal of this Impediment will have the greatest tendency
to Increase this Province, when the affairs of Europe are Settled, at
Present the Inhabitants are discouraged from making Settlements far
back. Least there should be a French war. But I am very Certain
that in four or five years after a General peace is Concluded, and all
Impediments removed. New Hampshire will near double her Inhab-
itants.
C. He complains of a By His Majesties Instructions I am re-
hardship in being re- strained from granting more than fifty acres
strained to the Small of Land to each person belonging to a fam-
Grants of fresh Land ily Servants Included, which I hope your
to nezv Settlers. Lordships will permit me to Say, is not so
well Calculated for the Northern Govern-
ments on the Continent, because few or none of our Inhabitants, have
any Servants Blacks or Whites, their familys consisting of the Man,
his Wife and Children, and therefore the practice of granting Town-
ships in this Government has allways been to grant Six Miles Square
to not less than Sixty Such familys, and not more than one hundred, Re-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. I99
serving in each Town five hundred acres for the Minister, and five
hundred acres for the School, the grantees being obhged in five years
after the Date of the Charter to Erect a House for the Public Wor-
ship, to clear and Improve Ten acres of Land, and build a House and
other suitable Conveniencies for each family and go on with addi-
tional Improvements, otherwise the Charter is Vacated, and the Land
reverts to the Crown.
The Increase of this Province is not so much owing to Strangers
comeing into it as to the Natural Increase of the Inhabitants, in this
manner, Such as have large familys of Children, and small Posses-
sions in the old Towns, sell these small tracts, and with the money,
purchase Cattle, and other necessaries, in order to make improvements
in the New Towns, for the benefit of their Children, and unless they
can have from three to five hundred acres to a family, they don't
think it a Suitable Incouragement, as the Lands before their Labour,
and Industry is Laid out upon it, is of Little or no Value.
As His Majesties 40^'^ Instruction now stands, it will introduce a
New method of Granting Lands in this
D. He says the old Province, which I conceive may hinder the
Manner of granting Settlement of the Kings Lands, as no in-
Lands to nezu Settlers conveniency has heitherto arisen to the
is innch the best for the Crown, in the manner Lands have hereto-
increase of People in fore been granted, it will be more Incourag-
N. Hampshire. ing to the Inhabitants to have the grants
made in the way they are already acquainted
with, (reserving the Quit rents to His Majesty, which I have taken a
great deal of pains to reconcile the people to,) Least Evil minded
persons should Lay Stumbling blocks in the way, in order to draw
them off to other parts, where they are under no restraint whatsoever.
I must beg leave to observe to your Lordships, that by His Majes-
ty's Instructions I am not permitted to grant Townships to any
Society of persons whatsoever, let the ad-
E. He wants pozver vantage be never so apparently beneficial to
to grant Townships to the Crown, I mention this because I have
Societies zvho ivould go had Sundry applications from persons of
from England & Ireland ability and Substance, (whose Inclination
on those Conditions. leads them to remove into this part of the
world) in the North of Ireland and in Eng-
land, who would oblige themselves to Settle and Improve Several
Townships, with Sixty familys Each, within five years of the date of
the Grant, and bring over Considerable Substance with them, in order
to Erect a Linen Manufactory, and the raiseing Hemp and
200 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Great advantages Flax. If I might be permitted to
Expected from Settling give Incouragement to these Gentlemen,
Toii'nships by English it would give a New Spring to this
and Irish who tinder- Province, and might be a means of Set-
stand hoiv to raise tleing a great part of the Kings Lands,
Hemp & Flax. which otherwise \\A\\ Lay uncultivated for
many years. The flourishing State of Penn-
sylvania is in a great degree owing to the Introduction of Strangers,
and the Natural Increase of our Inhabitants will make but Slow ad-
vances in cultivating that great body of Land to the Westward of
Merrimack, and to the Northward of the great Lake or Pond Wine-
piseoka, where the Lands are thought to be more Natural for raiseing
hemp and Flax than for Corn, and the present Inhabitants are wholly
unacquainted with Hemp, and very little with Flax, therefore I am of
the opinion that nothing will be more advantageous to the Crown,
than the Introduction of such people, the Kings Lands will be Sooner
Cultivated, and Improved, and the Quit rents more regularly paid,
and more Easily Collected.
The last thing I shall trouble your Lordships with, is upon the
Subject of quit rents, which By His Majestys 39*^ Instruction is Gen-
eral, and without reserve, in all grants to be
F. a Dijjiciilty ap- made by me. The original Grant from the
pears in Levying quit Crown of New Hampshire was to Extend
rents in the Lands -with- Sixty Miles from the Sea into the main
in the ancient bounds of Land, and the present Inhabitants haveing
New Hamp^ on which been at great Expence in defending this
he desires Instructions, grant, think that so far as that Grant Ex-
tended, the Land ought not to be Subject
to Ouit rent, there being no mention made of it in the first grant.
The assemblv has desired me to Satisfie them in that point, which
I have defer'd till I had Stated the Case to your Lordships.
That Tract of land from Merrimack river down to the Sea is gen-
erally granted into Townships, and from the South End of Winepise-
oka pond East to Newichwannok River, there remains only Land for
five or six townships according to the best accounts I can have.
And if it should be His Majesty's Pleasure to let the Quit rents
Commence to the Westward of Merrimack, the Crown could only
Loose the Quit rents of about five or Six Townships, and the diffi-
culties would be removed I should otherwise meet with, and the In-
habitants would have no great reason to Complain of any hardships
on that account.
The agent for the Province will receive directions from the Gen-
eral Assembly to use his endeavours to obtain a dismission of the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PATERS. 20I
Petitions presented by Thomas Hutchinson
G. The agent of the Esq'' at the Council office, and I hope your
Province ivill endeavour Lordships will take the difficulties, and Im-
to have 3'P Hutehinsons pediments I have mentioned under Consid-
Petitions elisniissed at eration, for the Situation the Inhabitants
tJie CoiDicil office. are now in, who hold under the Massachu-
setts grants on the Strip of Land, between
the Province line, and Kingston Chester and London-Derry, will
finally Impoverish both sides, they have already had some Tryalls in
our Courts, tho' Contrary to my advice, and the Jurys have allways
found against the Inhabitants in possession, under grants of the
Massachusetts.
I have in the best manner I could Stated to your Lordships, the
Impediments to the Increase of this Government, and the difficulties
I may Expect to meet with, in respect to grants of Land, and the
Quit rents arising to the Crown, all which I humbly Submit to your
Lordships, and beg leave to subscribe myself
My Lords your Lordships Most faithfull Servant
B. Wentworth
The Riofht Hon"*^ the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations
[3-1 1 1] \Co)nniittec' s Report relative to Men Raised in 1 743.]
Province of New Hampshire February 27"^ i744 —
In Pursuance of a Vote of the Generall Assembly bearing date
Jan>' 30'^ 1744 — appointing Us a Committee to enquire into the
Grants that have been made of Men in the Year past, for the defence
of the Government to receive the Muster Rolls consequent thereupon,
Examine them, & make Speedy Report unto the Generall Assembly,
In Order for their Allowance, having taken into Consideration the
same, make Our Report as follows — Viz*
That in May 23"^ 200 Men were granted for One Month
amos to ^^250 —
That June 23^^ 150 Men were granted half a month at 25/
as above
That July 16'^ 30 Men were granted One Month at 25/
That Aug 23^ 40 men were granted One Month at D°
That Dec"" 2l^' 21 men were granted Two Months at D°
w* amounts to in the Whole ^^487,, 10
97.>
10
37>>
10
56
—
52,
10
202 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
Upon Carefully Examining the Muster Rolls, wee also find that
there has been a number of Men under Command of Coll° Peter Gil-
man from 25"^ of May to the 23"^ July follow^ amounting to as by his
Acco' £90,, 17,, 5
also Coll° Joseph Blanchard at 25/ "f Each man "^ m°
according to the time being from 27"^ May to the
3^ Septem'' follow^ amo*^ to as '^ acco' 163,, 12,, 10
Cap* Henry Sherburn from 29*'' May to 26*^ Sep"" follow-
ing as by Two Muster Rolls amounts 88,, 12,, 6
Cap* John Gage from 30"' Aug* to 26"' Sep"" follow^ 15,, 10 —
Cap* Jon* Chesly for 16 days 29,, 16 —
Cap* Jerem'* Clough from 26 of June to 18''' Decem'' by
Two Muster Rolls 41,, oi„ 10
Benj* Mathews for Two Muster Rolls for 24 days
amounts to 14,, — ,, 6
Josiah Willard from 30*** May to 6*^ Sep"" follow^ amount-
ing to 113,, o8„ —
Amount of Muster Rolls ;£556„ 19,, i
John Downing
Sam^ Solly
Meshech Weare
John Fabyan
[3-1 12]
[ Warrant for the Arrest of Cyprian Jaffrey, for a7i Assault on a Mem-
ber of the House, iy/^^.'\
Province of ) To the Sheriff of the Province of New Hamps^ —
New Ramps'^ \ Greeting
Whereas Cyprian Jeffrey of Portsmouth in Said Province
L. s. Shopkeeper On the thirteenth Day of february Instant at
Portsmouth aforesaid made an assault on the Body of Tho-
mas Wallingsford of Dover in Said Province Esq"^ Then and now being
a member of the House of Representatives for Said Province during
the Sitting of the General Assembly of Said Province and him the
Said Thomas Wallingsford then and there Evilly treated affronted &
abused Which the Said House have Voted to be an Insult affront
And Indignity offered to the Said House And that the Said Cyprian
Jeffry should be forthwith bro't before the House to be Examined
touching the Premises and Dealt with According to the Laws & Cus-
toms in such case made used & Approved
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 203
You are therefore hereby Required in his Majestys Name to Ap-
prehend the body of the Said Cyprian Jeffry and him bring forthwith
before the House of Representatives aforesaid to be dealt with ac-
cording to the Said Laws & Customs And As to Justice doth Apper-
tain and for your so doing this shall be your Sufficient Warrant
Given Under My hand And Seal at Portsmouth aforesaid the 1 5'^^
Day of February in the 18'*^ Year of his Majestys Reign
N Rogers Speaker
Prov^ of ) March 4*'' 1 744
New Hamp'' ) I have taken the body of the within Named Cyprian
Jeffery And brought him before the Honorable House
Tho^ Packer Sh-"
[Mr. Jaffrey was released on making an apology before the House,
See Vol. v., p. 305. — Ed.]
[3-1 13] \Bill for Powder FiirnisJied a DetacJiine7it, 1744.]
In obedance to His Excelences order to me for Twenty five men to
march to Exeter Thay forth with marched, but found no powder Sent for
them, nor not any to be Bought upon applycation to the Select men of
Hampton town thay waire Emmedatly Supplyed with halfe a pound
for Each man amounting to Twelve pound & a halfe which I Rec^
and Sent to Exeter by m'' John Hobs thair Commander —
Hamp* June \'^^ 1744 Rec*^ 1^ Joshua Wingate
D'' The Province of New Hamps® to the Select Men of Hampton
1744 To 12 Pound & 1/2 of Powder Deliverd for his Maj-
estys Service By Order of Coll Wingate at 3^/ p""
Pound Amounting to ;^i : 17 : 6
In Behalf of the
Samuel Palmer \ c ^ ^ r tt
Selectmen of Hampton
Prov^ of N Hamp'' In the House of Rep*'^'^ Ap' y^ 10*'' 1745
Voted that y^ a'^'^' be allow'^ & paid out of the money in the Treasury
to defray the Charge of the war it amounting to one pound Seven-
teen Shillings & 6 Hen Sherburne Clerk
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurred
Theod Atkinson Sec'^y
Eod"" Die Assented to B Wentworth
War : 4*^* May
204 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-1 14] [Bills for Repairs at Fort William and Mary, 1244.^
1744 Province of Newhamps*^ To John Robinson Jun'' D""
to 4 Large Carriages & 4 prs Wheels (w, £12 '^re ^^48,, —
3 pre D° Smaller (§t £g„ pre £27,, —
4 Large Axeltrees @- 8/ ^ i„ 12,,
4 D° & 5/ Mending Rings 10/ £ — „ 15,,
to 10 dayes Work @ 15/ f^ 7,, io„
to 10 D" @, 15/ _ £ 7m io„
Expences in Drink £ — ,, 11,,
£9^,, 18
to 2 Small axeltrees @ 5/ Each 10
John Robinson
July 3^1 1744 Richard Galley
John Robinson & Richard Galley made oath that the Wheels Gar-
riages & axeltrees above Gharged were delivered at his Maj*y^ Fort
W™ & Mary — before — Sam®^ Oilman Jus : of peace
July 3 — 1744 allow'^
In the House of Representatives July 4*'^ 1744:
Voted/ That the within accompt be allowed and paid out of the
Publick Treasury, the Sum of Nienty three pounds Eight Shillings
(old tenor) in full of the within accompt and that it be paid out of
the Money Laid in for Repaire of Fort W™ & Mary
James Jeffry GlC ass"" —
Prov. New Hamp"" In Gouncil July 14''^ 1744 —
read & Goncurrd Theodore Atkinson Se"^
Eod™ Die Assented to B Wentworth
[3-115]
Stretham June y^ 18 — 1744
Then Received of And"" Wiggin Esq'' five pear of wheels and five
pear of Garriges and five Exeltrees Which I promas to Deliver at the
forte William and Mary at newcastel in Newhampshire for His Maj-
estys Use Received by me
Joseph Miller
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 205
[3-1 1 5]
Province of N Hamps"" to An^ Wiggin Esq"^ D""
^744
June 1 8 to I pre Large Wheels Carri^ & axel Trees
to 4 pre of Wheels (a £6 pre
to 4 axeltrees 2 at 8/ pre & 2 @ 5/
to Timber for 4 Carriages
to making 4 Carriages
to 2 dayes my Self & Horse
to Expences to the Workmen & Gundulow
to p'^ M'' Pottle for mending Hoopes for y^ Carriages
£62,, 13
And'' Wiggin
In the House of Representatives July 2^ — 1744
Voted/ That the above acc^ be allowed and paid out of the Publick
Treasury out of the Money Laid in for Repair of Fort W"' & Mary
the Sum of Sixty two pounds thirteen Shillings (old Tenor) —
James Jeffry Cle"" ass"
July 14''^ 1744 —
In Council read & Concurrd Theod Atkinson Se''^
Eod'" Die Assented to B Wentworth
£^2,
8„
£2A,
—
£ I,
6„
£12,
—
£\o,
—
£ 2,
, —
£ ,
, io„
5
9
[3-1 16] {Letter from G. Clinton to Governor Wentiuort/i.']
New York 2 July 1744
S'' I am fav*^ with yours of the 1 5*'' June & am obliged for your
Compliments upon My Safe arrival here,
I am glad to find your Governm* So readily inclin'd to Support the
common Cause, to which I Shall not faile to contribute all I can —
My Interview with the Indians was calculated for the advantage of
his Maj"" Collonies in Gen" and I hope my meeting them So early,
will answer the Expections I had therefrom,
But to prevent the Excursions of the French in to any of the
Northern Provinces from their Fort at Crown Point, it will be neces-
sary to build a Fort Some little distance from it, and Garrison it at
the Common Charge of the neighbouring Provinces, till measurs can
be taken Jointly to demolish that Fort & drive the French to the
other End of the Lake againe I am verry truly S"" your Excell>'*
most obedient humble Servant
G Clinton
His Excell^ Ben Wentworth Esq"" Copy
206 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-1 17] \George Jaffrey, Jr., relative to Records of Court.]
Province of New Hampshire, Portsmouth July y^ 13*'^ 1/44
To the Honourable The General Assembly of said Province now-
Sitting at Portsmouth —
The Memorial of George Jaffrey Jun'' Clerk of His Majesty's Su-
perior Court of Judicature &ca — Sheweth —
That on or about the Tenth Day of May last past, M"" Benjamin
Gambling being Clerk of said Court was then, by Sickness, rendered
unable to officiate in said Office, when the Honourable the Justices
of said Superior Court of Judicature did Appoint, and did Adminis-
ter the oath of Office of His Majesty's Superior Court of Judicature
to, your Memorialist ; and Sent a written Order to M'' Gambling late
Clerk, to deliver all the Records Files and Minutes belonging to the
Said Clerk's Office to me which were received Since M"" Gambling's
Decease. And that upon looking into the Record-Book the following
Omission of Recording in Said Book plainly Appear'd ; (viz*) That
there is no Judgement Recorded from February Term 1720, untill
August Term 1735, and none from August Term 1738, to this time
— which may be evident to the Honourable Assembly on viewing
Said Record-Book, which is ready to be produced before them if they
See meet. And that y® vacant Pages in Said Record-Book will not
Contain the Judgements unrecorded in y^ Minute Books and Files
now in Said Office ; and there is in the Office, only the said Book for
Records — And that all the Files and Minutes, with Said Record-
Book, your Memorialist Received (which at the Reception, were de-
clared to be the whole Number & Quantity that did Appertain to the
Clerk of the Said Superior Courts Office) all which are now carefully
Reposited in the Office of your Memorialist.
Which State and Condition of the said Office as I now find it, I
think myselfe in Duty bound to make known to the honourable Gen-
eral Court Sitting in General Assembly ; as also to produce or relate
anything further appertaining to Said Office for their Consideration,
which they shall think meet to require —
All which is humbly presented to the Honourable General Assem-
bly now Sitting at Portsmouth —
By George Jaffrey Jun"" Clerk of His Majesty's Super"" Court
of Judicature &c^ within and for the Province of New Hampshire —
[3- II 9] \_List of Men Sent to Manage Gondolas.]
Portsmouth July i f^ 1 744 —
Sir, — I have your order of the 7*^ Ultimo Acquainting me that
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 20/
His Exccllencey desired I would send down propper men to manage
the Gondulo's for Transporting Sods to the Fort William & Mary,
which I have done Accordingly & here returne a list of theire Names
as below, And am, Sir, Your most h^''^ Serv'
June 20"^ James Clarkson
Richard Evens Samuel Lang Caleb Hacker
Eben"" Jackson Peter Mathews Thomas Harts Serv'
George Seaward William Adam Frances Gammon
George Huntriss Oliver Tucker David Gammon
John Cotton John Noble John Fickett
Nath' Melsher Sam' Triggs James Clarkson Jun''
Henry Bak Thomas Loud hired Henry Bak
Israel True Jotham Odiornes Serv' Tho'^ Hart Serv* for him
Cap' Nath' Jones Serv' John Shackfords Serv' Obediah Marshalls ditto
Joseph Gray Henry Bak for Caleb Ezekiel Gummer
Rowland Green
Samuel Monson
the Above men being Sent to the Fort As Above Served Seven
Days Each —
James Clarkson Serv' Jon^ Boothby was pressed by Major Green-
leaff 's order to y*" Fort as a Sold' and Served fifteen Days — July 19"^
there time is up —
[Endorsed] On His Majesty's Service To The Hon''''= Theodore
Atkinson Esq'' In Portsmouth
[3-120] \_Matt/unv Livernwre s Memorial, 1744.]
Province of ) To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Gov-
New Hamp'' \ ernour and Commander in Chief in and over his
majestys Province of New Hampshire in New England and Captain
General of the same To the Honorable his majestys Council for said
Province and House of Representatives in General assembly con-
vened —
The Memorial of Matthew Livermore of Portsmouth in the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire most humbly shews —
That Since your MemoriaHst has had a Commission to be Attorney
General for s'^ Province, there have been Sundry Persons Indicted for
Capitall offences and Sundry for Counterfeiting the Paper Bills of
Credit on this or the neighbouring Governments — That at one Term
one Thomas Molony was Indicted for the Murder of one John Dem-
edis and tryed for his life — at another Term one Stephen Pendergast
208 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
was Indicted for Rape and tryd for his life at another Term one
Kenniston was Indicted for a Burglary and tryd for his life — at
another Term two Persons were Indicted for the Burning a house at
Dover in s^ Province — at another Term four Persons were indicted
for the Murder of one Abigail Dent and Two of them Tryed for
their lives and at the same Term Two Negros were Indicted for Bur-
glary, one of which had two Indictments against him — at another
Term Two Women were Indicted for the murder of their Bastard
Children Tryd convicted and executed — at another Term A Negro
woman of Cap^ Sam' Banfill dec^ was tryd for her life for the murder
of her bastard child That at another Term one Chapman was Tryed
for passing counterfeit Money — at another Term Paul Giles and
Benjamin Gooch were Indicted for passing counterfeit paper Money
— and Gooch was tryd therefor — at another Term Reuben Daniel
and Benjamin Mathes were tryd for passing counterfeit paper money
— at another Term Salathael Denbo was Indicted for passing coun-
terfeit paper Money (besides sundry others whose names your Memo-
rialist can't call to mind) That Sundry of s'^ Trials were attended
with much trouble and difficulty to your memorialist, Especially the
Trials of the persons prosecuted for the murder of Abigail Dent
which, with the Special Courts for convening and examining Eviden-
ces took up a week at least — where your Memorialist was obliged to
attend — and of the two women that were executed, whose tr3'als
before the Sup'' Court took four days, besides several Special Courts
for examining witnesses where your memorialist attended — also the
Tryals of Reuben Daniel and Benjamin Mathes —
That the fee by law taxed in such Cases is by no Means Equall to
the burden and difficultys that attend them — Wherefore your Me-
morialist prays your Excellency and Honours to take this Memorial
under your wise and candid consideration and allow your memorialist
what may be thought reasonable for the afores'^ services —
Matthew Livermore.
Feb'^J' 22"^ 1743 —
In the House of Representatives ffeb^' 24th 1743/4
The within Memorial Read, and Unanimously Voted That in An-
swer thereto, There be paid the Said Matthew Livermore Esq"^ out of
the Publick Treasury (out of the Money Laid in for Support of Gov-
ernm^ & Contingencies &c''') the Sum of ten Pounds Proclamation
Money — James Jeffry ClC ass°^ —
In Council July 27*'^ 1744 —
the above Vote & read & Concurrd Thedore Atkinson Se'^y
Eod"" Die Assented to B Wentworth
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 209
[3-1 21] [Receipt for an Indian Delivered to Colonel Willard.']
July y^ 27th 1744 —
Reed this Day of Cap' Richard Jenneas & John Gage a Commitey
of the a Sembley of the Province of New hampshir an Inden (old
man) Neamed Massagunt Which I Promasto Carrey to fort Dummer
on Conetuticuet [Connecticut] River & Deliver him to Corn" Willord
for which Truble and Charge I have Reed Seventeen Pounds teen
Shillings of Gorge Jaffery Esq'' Trasurar for sd Province —
pr John Spafford
[3-1 21] [Material for Fort William and Mary, 1744.]
Kittery July i6 — 1744 The Provence of New Hamshear Dr
To solt marsh for sods for y^ fort W™ & Mary Containing
betwen two & three acors — 40. o. o
to Lodging y^ men that Cut y^ sods two weeaks & dres-
ing vitels &c — 5. o. o
45. o. o
Richd Cutt Ju^
In the House of Represen' July the 28th 1744
voted/ That the above accompt be allowed and paid out of the
Treasury, out of the Money for Repaire of Fort W™ & Mary the
Sum of forty five pounds (old Tenour) James Jeffry Cle"" ass™
Eod™ Die read & Concurrd Theod Atkinson Sc^"
Eod™ Die Assented to B Wentworth
[3-122] [Fort Account for Repairs, 1744.]
1744 Province of New Hampshire for Repairs of Fort William and Mary Dr
To His Ex<=y Entertaining Com-
mittee &'^^ at >^ Fort. £,7)0 „
To Nath' Mesen-y's Acco' 54,,
To Andrew Wiggen Esq"" for
Cariages 62,,
To Richd Colley & Robinson
for Ditto. 93,,
To John Jones's 2"* Acco'
6„
0..
0
0,,
0
To M^ Sparhawk
for coal.
8,,
o,»
0
IS..
3
To David Boys.
Acco'
42,,
15..
0
To Cap' Jennes.
DO
I.,
I0„
0
13..
1 0
To Jer* Neal
DO
3..
12,,
0
To Rob' Green.
D°
16,.
4,.
0
8„
, 0
To John Moffat Esq-" D°
4„
16,,
0
2IO
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
To Rich-i Cutt for Sods
To Charles Hoyt his Acco'
To W" Buckne'Us. D°
To John Jones. D°
To John Shackfords. D°
To W" Lock's, D"
To W" Caverly's. Acco'
To Thomas Bell.Esq''^D°
To M"" Battson's 2 Acco' D"
To Sundry Laborers.
To Stephen Marches. D"
To Moses Nobles. D°
To Tho' Harts. D"
To Nath' Furbers. D"
To ObediahMarshalls.D"
To W" Nears. D"
To John Randels. D°
To Will Jones's. D''
To Rich<^ Neal's. Account.
To M' Giddings bringin
down wheels
To John Randell's Acco'
45'>
o-
, 0
To Mess^* Wentworth
4-:
, 4v
, 0
& Gooch. D° :
18,,
12,,
, 0
To Nath' Lang for feriage
17..
5>'
0
To M'' Shores for D"
15^,
6„
0
To James Clarkson Esq""
21,,
0,,
0
To Jotham Odiorne Jun'' Esq''
;£28„
ID,,
0
To Richard Perrey his Acco' :
3ii>,
8,,
5
To Geo : Jaffrey Esq"" Sundry
61,,
10,,
0
Provisions as pr acco' i
319'^
, 14.
, 4
To Riben Snell.
43-
6,,
5
To Geo : Huntries.
6,,
12,,
0
To Sundry GundelomenEach
3-
5'.
12,,
10,,
0
0
257-
To Cap' Husk's Acco'
25"
16,,
0
To Geo : Jaffrey Esq"' 4 Days.
10,,
0,,
0
To Theo : Atkinson Esq"" 6
2
9,,
0,,
15-.
0
I
Days.
To Joseph Peirce Acco'
23,.
17,,
13-
6,,
0
0
0
To Mark H Wentworth Esq-^ :
I,.
Towl & C° Labourers.
21,
5'
o,
18,
61,
20,
15.
12,
, 10,
, o,
, 10,
. 9'
, 12,
, 10,
,10
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'88, 7, lo
— ,, I2,,Io
[Go2'. Williain Sliirley, of Afassac/utsetts, to Gov. Beiining Went-
zvorth, 1744.]
[The letters of Governor Shirley to Governor Wentworth are pre-
served in the "Belknap Papers " in the archives of the New Hamp-
shire Historical Society. A portion of them were printed in Vols.
V. and VI. of the Provincial Papers, and the remainder will be
inserted in this volume. — Ed.]
[^Shirley to Wentzvorth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 192.]
Boston Sep* 25, 1744.
Sir, I did not receive your favour of the '^ instant 'till the day
before I set out with some of my family upon a small Tour to Bristol,
■vych is the reason y* I have had no opportunnity of answering it 'till
now, w*^*^ I hope will not be too late for your purpose.
As to the intended emission of ^5500 in bills of Credit, tho' all
the appropriations of it are exceedingly good, yet I think it would
have been a very hazardous step for you to have consented to an act
for that purpose so soon after the very great Indulgence of the Crown
to your Assembly in permitting 'em to emit so large a sum as
25,000^*^ beyond what was limited by your former Instruction, without
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 211
a suspending clause in it at least to prevent it's taking effect 'till you
should receive his Maj'ys pleasure upon it : and if the assembly will
not agree to an act with such a clause inserted in it, and the Governm'
should be in absolute want of the bills of Credit I should think it
safe for you, when the bill had pass'd both houses to transmit a copy
of it home in order to obtain a new Instruction permitting you to
supply the Treasury w"^ that further sum in bills, but y' it would not
be advisable by any means to consent to the enacting of the bill with-
out a suspending clause in it.
The fund provided in the other vote for drawing in the 1 500^*^ in-
tended new emission is by no means a sufficient one, or more properly
speaking it is no fund at all for sinking the new bills : and there is
also another very essential fault in that vote : For the assembly
thereby assume to themselves the power of erecting forts & garrisons
in such manner as they think proper, whereas the disposition of that
matter both as to the manner of building, the materials, the time, &
place solely appertains to the Captain General, and the assembly have
no right to intermeddle in it, after they have rais'd the money, any
further than to appoint a Committee to receive & pay the money to
workmen & in purchasing materials pursuant to the directions of the
Kings Governour, I mean, after examining the workmen's acc'^
themselves, & y' they may purchase materials of whom they please,
& agree w'*^ what workmen they please in the most frugal manner for
the province, and to be accountable to the General Assembly for
their disbursements and application of what they receive ; in all w*
the sole direction of the manner y^ of building the fort or garrison
rests on the Captain General, & the Oeconomy [?] part of making
prices and agreem'^ w*^ workmen, artificers and tradesmen pursuant
to his directions, and receiving & paying the money rests in the Com-
mittee ; and this is the utmost length w'^'^ they ought to be permitted
to go, and all beyond that is incroachment upon the Kings prerogative.
At the request of the administrators of poor Capt" Prescot & for
the sake of his family I now take the liberty. Sir, of mentioning a
word concerning the Musquets & Bayonets lately belonging to his
Company w"^^ you have lay'd your hands upon for the use of the prov-
ince, in w"^'^ case it really appears to me plain y' the adm""^ ought to be
paid by your Governm^ for 'em or to have 'em returned ; as to the
property of the Muskets, by the express terms of the Royal Proclam-
ation for encouraging men to enlist for the service of the Cuba Ex-
pedition, at the end of the Expedition they belong to the soldiers, so
y^ such of 'em as were alive at the end of that Expedition or their
Representatives, if they are since dead, are intitled to demand so
many muskets of Prescots admin""* and as to the guns of such soldiers
UNI
212 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
of the Company who dyed before the end of the Expedition, upon
the best Information I can get, the Crown never demands an ace' of
'em in such case of the Capt" ; For as to the King the arms are sunk
upon the distribution of 'em and the Captains are accountable to the
Crown only during the keeping up of the Companies, and not after
they are disbanded ; and I really can't see upon what just grounds
your Government can take the arms from the adm""^ without paying
for 'em. I am w'^ much respect & esteem,
Sir Your Excellency's most obedient Humble servant
W. Shirley
His Excy Gov"" Wentworth.
[See Vol. v., p. 257. — Ed.]
[^Shirley to Weyitworth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 193.]
Sir, I have but one moment's time to acknowledge the favour of
yours w* my packet for w* I am extremely obliged, as also for your
care of my box —
I wish you a good Deliverance of Whitefield and a safe arrival of the
Gunpowder from the Board of Ordnance, and am w'^ great respect
Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant
W. Shirley
Boston October 16 — 1744
I sent M"" Bastides Letter to him —
Our Friend M"" Belcher I hear is upon the point of Marriage to a
Widow w"^ 6000.
His Exc^ Gov"^ Wentworth.
\Shirley to Wentzvort/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 199.]
Boston Jany i, 1744 [1745 N. S.]
Sir, Upon receiving your last favour I ordered the Secretary forth-
with to make out the proper warrants for you & your Deputies, as
Surveyor of his Maj'ys Woods, within the late province of Maine;
But he informs me it is necessary y' y"" Commission should be first
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 213
recorded in His office within this province ; For as all the others are,
and Col. Dunbar appears upon those records at present to be Surveyor
Gen^ it should appear in the same manner y^ he is superseded by your
Commission, before any act of Governm' can be properly done upon
your Commission : I believe this is right and if you will transmit
your Commission to your Brother or me by the next post I will de-
liver it with my own hand to the Secretary and will be answerable
for the return of it with the warrants to the post by his return.
I hope our friend M"" Yeamans kept his Christmas w"' his friends
in England, and wish you many prosperous new years in your Governm*
and y' this in particular may prove so ; and am
Your Exc>'^ most obedient Humble ser*
W. Shirley
Gov"" Wentworth.
\Shirley to Wentworth?^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 200.]
Boston Jan'y 7, 1744 [1745 N. S.]
Sir, On Saturday night Gerrish delivered w'"^ his own hand your
favour inclosing to me the Exemplifications of your two Commissions,
w'=^ I will return you by the same hand next week w'*" the proper
warrants — Gary's arrival here yesterday afternoon in 7 weeks from
the Downes has made my hands full of business at present, I hear
by him y* His Maj^^ ship Victory with Admiral Balchen & upwards
of 1 100 men, 200 of 'em being Gentlemen Volunteers was lost on the
Coast of France, and not a soul escaped the wreck ; our Troops in
Flanders are gone into Winter Quarters ; Prince Charles joined w**^
25, or 30,000 Troops of Poland has put the King of Prussia to a
continual retreat ; the siege of Coui is raised and the King of Sar-
dinia is in high spirits ; the Czarina has given assurances of making
all Engagem*^ good to his Maj^y and the Queen of Hungary in the
Spring, w'^ excuses for not doing it before ; The Dutch have not yet
declared, nor very near doing it ; and the report of Giberalter's being
besieged y* is groundless. I am w'"^ much truth and esteem
Your Excellency's most obed^ Humble servant
W. Shirley
His Exc^ Gov*" Wentworth
214 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
\SJiirley to IVeutzvorl/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 201.]
Boston Jany 15, 1744 [1745 N. S.]
Sir, I have now time only to send the inclosed, which the Secre-
tary has drawn in the usual form : if there is any thing further wanting
from me be pleased to let me know it, and it shall be forthwith trans-
mitted — The Secretary assures me y* there is no preced' of this Gov-
ernm*^ issuing out warrants to assist in the execution of any Commis-
sions without first recording the Commissions, & yMt would be deem'd
an Irregular thing to depart from it : However had there been any
Inconvenience, that could possibly have arisen to you by the record-
ing of these Exemplifications, w^'' to me are of the same force with
the Commissions themselves, I would have freely done it, but would
avoid giving any handle of cavil to opposers, as M'^ Whitefield calls
'em, without any necessity for doing it.
I shall have the honour of writing to you at large by next post,,
and am w''^ great esteem
Your Excellency's most obedient Humble servant
W. Shirley
His Exc^ Gov"" Wentworth
[3-124] {Governor s Order to Enlist a Sconting Party, 1745.]
Province of New Hampshire
To M"" Benj^ Mathews
You are hereby Authorized to Inlist nine Effective men & take
them under your Command, & march them forthwith to Newicwan-
nock river above the Mast men & from thence You are to march to
Winnipisseake pond, and after Scouting to the Northward of the pond
a day or two, You are to return to Newicwannock river & to Continue
Scouting
to the pond for the [Original torn.]
Includmg the dan — l o j
Comeing back
and Carefull in your Marches, and if it should so happen that you
make any discovery of the Enemy, you are Immediately to return
and Express an Account thereof to me, when the twenty Days are
Expired, you are to dismiss your men for Six Days, and give me An
Account of your March & what has happend — Given at Portsmouth,
at Arms [.?], Jan^ 11* 1745
B Wentworth
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 215
[3-125]
[^Orders to Captain Meseri^cy to Enlist Men for Cape Breton Expe-
dition, 1745.]
Province of New Hampshire
By his Excellency the Governour, I do hereby Authorize
L. s. & Im power Cap' Nath' Mesharvy — to beat his drums
within the Regiment of Militia, whereof Theodore Atkinson
Esq"' is Colonel, for the enlisting of Voluntiers for his Majesties Ser-
vice, in the Intended Expedition against the French of Cape Breton ;
for the Conducting of which Expedition, William Pepperrell Esq"" is
Commander in Chief, — And the said Colonel, with the other Officers
in the said Regiment, are hereby Commanded not to give the said
Nath^ Mesharvy any Obstruction or Molestation herein, but on the
Contrary to Afford him all the necessary encouragement & Assist-
ance for which this is a Sufficient Warrant.
And the said Nath^ Mesharvy is hereby required not to Suffer this
Warrant to go out of his hands, nor to give Copies of it to any Per-
son whatsoever, but after he has made the full use of it, to make re-
turn thereof into the Secretary's Office.
Given under my hand & Seal at Portsmouth the 14''^ day of Feb^
1744. In the Eighteenth year of his Majesties Reign.
B W^entworth
[3-126] [Same to Captain Ezekiel Gilman, Downing's Reg.]
[3-127] [Same to John Tufton Mason, Col. Atkinson's regiment.]
[3-128] [Same to Captain Henry Sherburne, Atkinson's regiment.]
[3-129] [Same to William Seward: Atkinson's regiment.]
This has the following return on the back : " By the Verter of this
Warrand I have Inlisted fortey-six men my selfe Exclewed
William Seaward "
[3-130]
[Warrant, same as the foregoing, to Samuel Leavit, in Col. Joshua
Wingate's regiment, with the following names on the back. — Ed.]
Jeremiah Marston James Marston Josep Hall
Moses Leavitt William Marston Josias Shaw
Nathaniel Moulton Joseph Redman Shubal Darbon
Jonathan Godfrey David Moulton Jabez Towl
Nason Cass John Blak iur Abner Samborn
John Marston Joshua Levit John Sleeper
William Huse William Vittum iur Nathaniel Mason
Daniel Tilton William Vittum Jeremiah Dow
Jeames Talor
21 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-I31J
[Warrant same as foregoing to Jonathan Prescott, of Wingate's
regiment, on the back of which are the following names :]
Ebenezer Gove Jonathan Cass Josiah Blake
Benjamin Cram John Fellowes John Moody
Theophilas Wadleigh [One name I cannot decipher.]
^Shirley to Went'zvoT't/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 209.]
Boston Feb''y 25. 1744 [1745 N. S.]
Dear Sir, The Scarcity of men in this province is at present so
great, occasioned by the Demand we have for 'em to man our own
vessells designed for the service of the Expedition, that I am oblig'd
to let Cap* Graves go from hence upwards of twenty men short of his
Complement, which I am sorry 'tis not in my power to help him to :
as the speedy and safe arrival of his ship with the Mast ship under
his Convoy is of great Consequence to his Majesty's ships at Jamaica,
if you could get that number of men for him or 'assist him in procur-
ing them it would very much promote his Majesty's Service, and be
esteem'd by me as a particular obhgation.
I am with Respect and Esteem Sir
Your Excellency's most Humble & obedient servant
W. Shirley
His Exc^ Gov"" Wentworth.
[3-133] {^Petition of AbmJiam TrcfctheJi of Nezv Castle, 1745.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esquire Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of New Hamp-
shire,
The Honorable his Majesty's Council, And House of Representa-
tives for said Province in General Court Convened Feb''y 28"^ 1745 —
The Petition of Abraham Trefithen of New Castle in s"^ Province
Gent'" Humbly Sheweth, That in the late Expedition against Louis-
bourg your Petitioner had beating orders (to enlist men in the service
against s*^ place) bearing date Feb'^ is"" 1745 that he was diligent in
the prosecution of s*^ affair till the 4'^ of March following during
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS.
217
which he was at considerable Expence and not succeeding here, Yet
His Honour Lieu' General Pepperrel was pleased to Constitute your
Petitioner by Commission under his hand and Seal bearing date Canso
April is^^ 1745 to take charge of a Company of men drawn from
Coll' Moore's Regiment of which Company he had the Command
from April 1$^^ to July 9* during which time he was alternately on
duty by night and day and faithfully discharged the Trust reposed
in him your Petitioner therefore prays this Honourable Court to take
the Premises under Consideration and make him such an allowance
in Common w''^ officers of his rank and Station as was agreed on by
this Hono'^' Court for their care and trouble.
And your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray — &c —
Abraham Trefethen
Portsm" Feb"^ 28"^ 1745 —
May f^ 1746 In Council read & Sent Down
Theod'^ Atkinson Se"^
A List of men in my Company — viz : of Abraham Trefithin —
Cap* Abraham Trefithin
L* Jonathan Oilman
Ens" Philip Yeaton
Davison Dudley
John Carty
Paul Nute
Amos Dolloff
Jonathan Leavitt
Morrice Fowhour
David Kinkett
Richard Waldron
Ichabod Hill
Joseph Atkinson
Joseph Barber
Charles Robinson
James Marsh
Benj^ Cummin
Hawley Marshal
Abner Hunt
David Gooding
Sam' Tobey
Benj^ Daniels
John Turner
Isaac Browne
Copia Vera John Eyre Adj' to s*^ Regiment
Read & Sent Down March i : 1745
Dismised
T Atkinson
Sir —
[S/a'r/ey to WaitzvortJi.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II,, p. 213]
Boston, March i, 1744
Gerrish your Express will deliver you the money you wrote for,
being five hundred and thirty or forty odd pounds New Tenour to be
2l8 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
paid to Mr. Jaffrey, he giving a rec^ the Tenour of w^'' I hope will
be acceptable to you, as also that of the Blank Commissions. As to
Provisions and hire of Transports, they shall be put to rights in any
manner agreeable to you, w* is all I can say in the prodigious hurry
I am now embarrass'd w'^ and am w'^ much truth
Your Excellency^ most Obedient, Humble servant
W. Shirley.
You may depend on the punctual performance of every tittle as to
the pay of the men and all other expence and charge.
His Ex'^y Gov"" Wentworth.
^Shirley to WcntzvortJi.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 215.]
Boston, March 4, 1744. [1745 N. S.]
Sir, As it will be uncertain where M'' Vaughan will be upon the
arrival of this I am obliged to trouble you with 100"" N. Tenour (by
the bearer) to pay to those men, w*^^ he shall have enlisted over &
above the 1 50 to be aggregated to your Regiment, and to desire him
to see y^ the men are march'd to Boston instantly to fill up the Incom-
plete Companies belonging to Colonel Hale's Regiment, w'^'' will be
there by the time those men get to Boston, or if he marches 'em to
Charleston it will do : I must refer you for every thing else at present
to M'' Bastide, who will dine w* you on Monday — I am sorry I am
obliged to trouble you w^'^ the Letter w* accompanies this, at this im-
proper time ; But I could not avoid, from the Importunity of the
Council, and expectation of the assembly, doing it longer — I will
write you further upon it by next post and must now subscribe my self
in much haste and Truth
Your Exc>'* most obedient Humble servant
W. Shirley
His Exc^ Gov"" Wentworth
[The men referred to in the foregoing were raised in New Hamp-
shire, over and above its own quota, to help Massachusetts fill its quota
for the Louisburg expedition. See Vol. V., p. 983. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 219
\Atkiiiso}i to TJio)>iIi)iso)i.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 132.]
Portsm" 29"' March 1745
Dear S"^
I now Enclose you a Set of bills Drawn by M'' Brown on the Sec-
retary of the Society in Lieu of those you Sent back Protested the
Parson is at a Loss to know the reason of their being Protested they
being Drawn in the Same form as those he formerly Drew he has
made Some alteration now I hope they will be Curr' & that you will
give my Acco' Creed' therefor — Intrest &c from a Parson I cant
take —
I alsoe now Inclose you Letter to M"^ Jones with my Diary to Lady-
day I hope you received those I Sent by Cap' Adams & that you
Duely receive my money from M"" Jones The inclosed is a mem° from
Doctor Peirce which I would have Sent by first opportunity & Charged
to me —
I must alsoe Desire you would Send me by one of the Mast Ships
to Chuse [?] or otherways if there is any Inconveniency a Q"" of a bb^'
of best Sportsman gunpowder for mine & friends use you will have
the News of the Province from the Govern'' & if I have time Shall
write you again before the Ship Sails
I am with regards Your
T A
You have alsoe Enclosed M"" Longs order which Please to Note
To Cap' Thomlinson by y^ Eltham Cap' Durell
were
""^ns
II bid.']
March 29"^ 1745
D--S--
I wrote you this Day by the Eltham Cap' Durel Incloseing my
Diary to Ladyday last & one Set of Bills Drawn as you See by the
Enclosed I hope the bills will now be paid I am in great hurry Occa-
sioned by our Late Embarcation ags' Louisbourge So must beg youd
Excuse me who am with Esteem
Your H S
T A
Pray Send me a Loose rideing Coat that will Stand rain & bad
wether of what Collour You think best
To Cap' Thomlinson
220 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[Messao^e, House to Governor, concerning the Fort Dnninier Cojitro-
versy, 1745. Copied from New Hampshire Historical Society's
Miscellaneous MSS., Vol. I., p. 64.]
f
May it Please Your Excellency
Your Excellencys manner of treating this House, the Representa-
tives of a Free People is intirely new unparliamentary & without
Precedent of which your Excellency's verbal & written Messages of
the 3^^ Cur' are not the first Instances. Your Excellencys Reflections
on the House are so Gross & Coarse that should we answer them in
equal Terms and Language it might be justly stiled unworthy and
unbecoming & till your Excellency pleases to point out particular In-
stances to support your high charges these Indignities according to
your Excellency's own Maxim must Center upon the author %i we shall
think ourselves & the People we represent highly injured —
We assure your Excellency that all Messages from this House are
the genuine sentiments of the House & flatter ourselves that if your
Excellency had duly deliberated on the Truths contained in our Mes-
sages & the Method of treating free Parliaments the Reflection on
this head would have been spared —
May it please your Excellency —
We are the Representatives of a free People who by the Blessing
of God thro' the happy Reign of His Present & late Majesty have
been strangers to arbitrary power having been thro' the Smiles
of Providence Blessed with Governors that have been tender of
the Privileges of the I^^Qple under whose happy Government this
House have enjoy 'd th^j^^^^g^-ilege of freely speaking their minds with-
out being taxed with un|j-coming Language and this makes any thing
that looks like an Invasion upon our Rights and Privileges the more
irksome and tedious to us — And as we are perswaded it will be very
pleasing to His Most Excellent Majesty whose Royal Example in this
matter as well as every other is worthy Imitation we pray that your
Excellency will shew some Regard to the Privileges of the People we
Represent which we see are in Danger of being swallowed up in the
Term Prerogative of which the management with respect to His
Majestys Royal orders relating to Fort Dummerand the unparalleled
proceedings in a late affair relating to the Parish of Brentwood now
before this House by way of Remonstrance for redress are too Flagrant
Instances —
"" We are sorry that your Excellency obliges us to this plain, but we
see absolutely necessary, way of justifying our conduct & Defending
the Rights and Privileges of the yet free People we represent & there-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 221
fore must proceed to say that His Excellency Governor Shirley on
the 25"' of February (') as appears by His Excellency s Letter before
this House transmitted to your Excellency a copy of His Majestys
Royal Order In Council of the 6*'' of September (^) for the Support-
ing & Maintaining Fort Dummer Ordering " The Governor or Com-
mander in Chief of New Hampshire forthwith to move the Assembly
in His Majestys name to make Provision for that service tho' this
Assembly was then sitting & had a Right by Virtue of His Majestys
said Royal order to be forthwith informed of it & tho' its plain by His
Majestys ordering the Government of the Massachusetts to take care
of said Fort till a final answer might be obtained from New Hamp^
That His Most Sacred Majesty Designed that this House should have
time to deliberate upon it yet this House was kept under short adjourn-
ments when they might have been sitting & considering of this Weighty
matter and not apprized of it by your Excellency till the 2^ of April
& tho' the Man of War had been expected every Day for a Month yet
this House was not moved by your Excellency to consider of this
weighty affair till she appeared off this Harbour and had sent in for
the Mast Ships to come out to her & then your F^xcellency was pleased
late in the afternoon after four of the clock tho' there was a House
in the forenoon which your Excellency was informed of by a Message
from them to send a Copy of His Majestys Order aforesaid with only
a verbal Message requiring the House to come to a speedy Resolu-
tion about it that your Excellency might transmit the same tO"
His Majesty when if the House had been prepared to Come to a Re-
solve & the ships could have got out they had not time to read over
the Papers and draw up a Resolution in Form — The House were of
opinion that His Majesty's Royal Orders were of such Importance as
that they ought to take time maturely to Consider thereof & therefore
determined to Consider and weigh things well before they came to a
Resolution on such an Important Point — But your Excellency by
your Several Verbal Messages so pressed them to an Immediate Re-
solve that they thought themselves obliged to send their Written
Message to your Excellency of the 3"^ of April (^) upon which your
Excellency instead of permitting them to adjourn themselves to three
of the clock as usual when they might have met & Debated on this
Matter adjourned them till five & then sent your Excellencys written
Message of the 3^^ (■♦) And when the House Considering the wind
was Contrary & had obliged the Fleet which had been under sail to
come to anchor again were about to adjourn themselves over the Fast
till Fryday morning your Excellency notwithstanding your great
(i) See Vol. v., p. 303. {2) See Vol. V., p. 301.
(3) See Vol. v., p. 305. (4) See Vol. V., p. 306.
222 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
earnestness for a Resolve of the House adjourned them till this day be-
ing Monday & thereby put it out of the Power of the House to do
anything with Respect to those Royal Orders till now —
These Tilings May It Please Your Excellency we think are matter
of Fact & such very Extraordinary ways of Proceeding as this Peo-
ple till very lately have not been acquainted with and may be justly
called great Infringements on their Rights — And now we desire that
the nicest Judges may say who has been trifling with His Majestys
Royal Orders & let the Blame lay in the right place —
As your Excellency is pleased to mention your Excellencys great
Industry in attending two days for a Resolve of the House &C. we
cant help taking Notice that this House received your Excellencys
Message with the Copy of His Majestys Royal Orders Relating to
Fort Dummer at twenty Minutes past four in the afternoon & we
believe attended in Council near seven — That your Excellency was
in Council the next day about Ten and attended till about two and
then adjourned the General Assembly till five & soon sent your Ex-
cellencys Message so that your Excellency did industriously attend
upon the House near six whole hours for their Resolve on a point on
which your Excellency is pleased to think the saving the most valua-
ble part of the Province depends —
We leave this for your Excellency to reflect upon & say that as
this Province have ever been remarkable for their Loyalty to His
Majesty so we are resolved to do all we can to preserve that Charac-
ter & we are so assured of His Most Gracious Majestys tender Re-
gard for the Welfare of this Peo])le that we know we cant do it in a
more agreeable way to Him than by standing up for our Rights &
Privileges — & therefore say that if your Excellency will give us
Leave and Time to consider of this Important Matter we will come
to a Resolution on it as soon as we can — But in the mean time must
say that if any Part of the Province should be lost for want [of] a
Resolve of this House to go by the Fleet now in Port waiting for a
wind the Blame must not lay on this House but must wholly lay
where His Majestys Royal Orders in Council lay all the Month of
March —
[The foregoing is endorsed, " House to Gov Wentworth " ; and
although not dated, was evidently prepared for Monday, April 8, 1745.
On Wednesday, April 3, the governor sent a message to the House,
which is printed in Vol. V., p. 306. Nathaniel Rogers and Henry
Sherburne, Jr., were appointed to prepare an answer. Meanwhile
the governor adjourned the General Assembly to the 8th. It is prob-
able that Rogers and Sherburne each prepared an answer, as one
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 223
•differing from this, which is printed in Vol. V., pp. 306-308, seems to
have been presented. The foregoing shows that the House did not
propose to be dictated by the Governor. — Ed.]
\General Pepper eir s Order relative to the Attack on Louisb?irg, 1745.]
[New Hampshire Historical Society's MSS., Vol. I., p. 65.]
Sir — Immediately on the Transports Anchoring (on board which
you are) in Flat Point Cove on the North East side of Chappeau
Rouge Bay in the Island of Cape Breton you are to Land your Com-
pany & attend Col° Bradstreet who is to Command the whole Detach-
ment Consisting of Eleven Companys in attacking the Royall Battery
of Louisburg in the prosecution of which you must Lead your men
on well armed with all the Resolution Necessary keeping their Spirits
intent on the work before them The plan for this attack you have
here with which under God I doubt not will succeed but in order
thereto you must keep 3'our men in the best order possible and all-
ways under Command that they may enter notwithstanding any
unexpected repulse or unforeseen accident on the consequence hereof
depends in a Great Measure the Success of the Expedition which I
doubt not the Goodness of our Cause and the Voluntary Dispositions
of the men will make this a happy Beginning of in hopes of which I
heartily wish you Success and am S''
Your humble Serv'
True Copy W™ Pepperell
[The address is wanting. — Ed.]
[3-134]
[Report of Committee on Men Raised for Seoiiting, 1745.]
We the Subscribers Being Appointed By the House of Represen-
tatives to Examine Into the Grants of Men in the Year Past And
Compare them with the Muster Rolls — Have therefore Examind
the Grants by the Memorandum from the Secretary And Report As
Follows, Viz' That from the 23^^ of May 1744 to the 24"' of Aug' fol-
lowing we find Grants for men to be kept in his Majestys Service On
the frontiers and at the fort To the Amount of 11270 Days. And
we Likewise having Examind the Muster Rolls already Bro't in find
224 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
that by the nearest Computation we Can make there has been in his
Majestys Service kept Out On the West Side of Merimack river men
to the amount of 6046 Days and on the frontier Between Merimack
and Newichewanack River Men to the Amount of 5849 Days which
is in the whole 625 Days more than allowd by the Grants Besides,
what have been kept at Fort William & Mary the Muster Rolls for
which are not Yet Bro't in And According As to Us Appears there
has been kept Out on the west Side of Merimack River Men to the
Amount of 2050 Days More than we Can find Grants for —
Which is Humbly Submitted By
Meshech Weare
Prov : of ) Peter Gilman
New Hamps^ ) Portsm° Apr' 10*'^ 1745
\SJiirley to Wentworthl\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 222.]
Boston April 15, 1745.
Sir, I have just receiv'd orders from his Majesty, which encourage
me greatly to proceed in carrying on the Expedition — Inclos'd are
orders from Commodore Warren to Cap' Durell to follow him with
his ship to Cape Breton, which when you have perus'd 'em, please to-
seal and deliver to Cap' Durell if he is still with you, or if he should
have been sail'd so short a time that there is any possibility of over-
taking him, please to send 'em after him instantly by some proper
vessell.
I received Cap' Warren's packet a quarter of an hour ago. I am
with much Esteem Sir
Your Excellency's most Obedient Humble Serv'
W. Shirley
His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq""
\Shirley to Wentworth^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 223.]
Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you that two Hours ago arriv'd
here his Majesty's ship the Princess Mary of 60 Guns, Capt° Edwards
Commander, who was sent in Company with the Hector a forty gun
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 22$
ship, Capt" Cornwal Commander, to assist in tlic Expedition against
Cape Breton, and was designed to proceed directly before Louisbourg
Harbour, but her Bowsprit being sprung she was forc'd to come in
here for another, w^'^ which Hallowell will furnish her tomorrow, and
M"" Apthorpe with provisions by the same time ; and I am in hopes
she will be dispatched from hence to join Commodore Warren in
three or four days with the Hector, who is hourly expected in — Capt"
Loring, by whom I sent my Dispatches to the Duke of Newcastle,
stay'd but twelve Hours in London before he was ordered to go on
board the Princess Mary : The Duke of Newcastle being out of
town, his Secretary, M"' Stone, instantly lay'd my Letters before his
Majesty, who upon reading 'em was pleas'd to express his approbation
of the Expedition, and send the Letters to the Lords of Admiralty,
whereupon a Board was call'd at eleven o'Clock at night — I un-
derstand their Lordships received the scheme with very great pleas-
ure, and ordered away these two ships upon the spot, and would
scarce give Loring leave to sleep, whom I sent home for a pilot
to his Majesty's ships, before he went on board Capt" Edwards.
I send this by Express after one of your provision vessells,
which I beg you will hurry away instantly that they may carry
my Letters to the Commodore and General.
I am Sir Your most Faithful Humble Servant
W. Shirley
Boston May 5, 1745.
I will endeavour to write by the post tomorrow — I have no
letters ; they are to come by Adams.
[ 3~ 1 3 5 ] \Petition from Soldiers' Wives for A id, 1 74 5 . ]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New
Hamp"" The Hon^^^ His Majesty's Council & House of Repre-
sentatives in Gen^ Assembly Convened June 7'^ 1 745 —
The Petition of Sundry Women whose Husbands are gone in
the Expedition against Louisburg Humbly Shews
That your Petitioners families are in Daily Want of Support &
are now destitute of the help they used to have by the Day Wages
of their Husbands on which only they Depended for Subsistence
— and tho' by the favour & goodness of the Gen^ Assembly Some
Allowance has already been made Since their Said Husbands De-
parture yet it being but Small was Soon Expended and as Your
15
226
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Petitioners hope the Wages is Still going on & Something is now
clue (on that Supposition) and as it Seems unreasonable that the
Families of those who Expose their Lives daily for the Good of
their Country should be left to Suffer by that means Your Peti-
tioners cant but Hope & Humbly Pray that Some farther allow-
ance may be made for the Support of their families & the Supply
of their precent Necessities for which they Shall as in Duty bound
Pray &c
hlr
her
Mary M Martin
pation X Hull
Marke
mark
elesebeth deaves
her
elesebeth wellch
marget + Dunn
leaDah bickford
her
her
mary M W Watters
Ruth X Spriggs
mark
her
Eliz^ + Jackson
mark
her
Ann X Broughton
mark
mark
mary huntris
Sarah Batt
Sarah partridge
her
mary X Green
mary huntris
mark
[3-136]
[Creza of the Ship Endeavour, 1745.]
A Portledge Bill for the Sloop Endeavour on Ace* of this Expedi-
tion June 19*^ 1745
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MEN'S NAMES.
Stations.
Wages per
Month
Advanced
Wages
Sum Total
Wages Due
Bount
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Sffl-SgS
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£
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John Wise
Master
3. 0. o.j 3. 0.
0
II. 9
8. 9.
I. 12. 6
John Leach
Pilot
2. 18. 0. 2. 18.
0
II. I. 4
8. 3. 8
I. 12. 6
John Forgoson
Mate
2. ID.
2. 10.
0
9. II. I
7. I. I
I. 12. 6
Nicholas Harford
Sailer
2. -
2. 0.
0
7. 12. II
5. 12. II
I. 12. 6
Benj=i Furbush
2. -
2. 0.
0
7. 12. II
5. 12. II
I. 12. 6
James Smith
2. — -
2. 0.
0
7. 12. II
5. 12. II
I. 12. 6
Daniel Emery
2. — -
2. 0.
0
7. 12. II
5. 12. II
I. 12. 6
46. 5. 5
II. 7. 6
Errors Excepted June 1745
Tohn Wise
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 22/
Province of N Hamps ) In the House of Representatives Cap' John
June 25 1745 ) Wise came into the House & made Oath
to the Truth of this Portledge Bill —
D Peirce Clk
Province of 1^ In the House of Representatives June 27''' 1745
N Hamps^^ ( Voted That there be allovv'd & paid out of y^ money in
y® publick Treasury for paying Soldiers & Sailors on y'^ Expedition
ag' Louisbourgh twenty one Pounds seventeen Shillings & eleven
Pence in full for this Portledge Bill.
D. Peirce Clk
Sent up by J Gage Escf
The Am° of what the Cap' Says is Due £46 5. 5 Deduct out for
Blankets & 20/ bounty pad each man which the Seamen ought not to
have .......... ;^io. 7. 6
also 40/ allowance to be paid to the Men or their Wives
&c by Vote of Gen^ Assembly . . . . . 14. o. o
24. 7. 6
The Am' £46. 5. 5
to be Deducted 24. 7. 6
21. 17. II
[The men were shipped March 4, and discharged June 19. — Ed.]
[ 3~ 1 3 7] [Benjam in Tliovias, Wounded Soldier, 1 74 5 . ]
Whereas Benj" Tho^ of Portsm" Receivd a wound in y"^ Exp"
Against Louis'' & Upon presenting his memorial representing his Cir-
cumstances had an allowance of iS'^/ per day for subsistance &
attendance for one m° from y^ time of his Arrival in this Province.
Memoral to his exelency Govrner & Comander In Cheafe over New
Hampshear &c — and to his maj'^^ Councell & the honerable house of
Representitives — the homble Requst of Benj^ Thomas of portsm°
being Sorely wounded at Saint peters in the present Expedition against
the french at Louisborge and am Sent home unable to helpe my
Se fe and by providance my famely unable to helpe me with Suta-
ble Support in my Low Estate and Corcomstances to aford me
Such Releafe as in y^ wisdom & goodness Shal think meet for the
Cure of my wounds if God Shuld bless means thairfor & I Remain
your Dutyfull Subject
Benj-'' Thomas
Portsm° June 21 : 1745
228 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3~'t38] \Proclamation for the Enlistment of Seamen, 1745.]
By His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain Generair&
Governor in Chief, in and over His Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire in New England —
A Proclamation.
Whereas the Hon'^^ Peter Warren Esq'^' Commander in Chief of His
Majestys Ships of War in the Expedition against Cape Breton, hath
taken a french man of War of Sixty four guns called the Vigilant,
which he purposes to put into Commission, & fit and man her for His
Majestys Service in Said Expedition, but for want of a Sufficient
Number of Seamen, he will not be able Effectually to Execute that
Intention, without assistance of men from His Majestys Governments,
the Incouragement Said Commodore gives for the Inlistment of
Seamen is, that they shall be Intituled to pay from the day of their
inlistment, & shall be discharged at Boston, at the End of the|Expe-
dition.
I have therefore tho't fit By & with the advice of His Majestys
Council to Issue this Proclamation, for the Information of Such able
bodyed Seamen, as may be disposed to Ingage in this Expedition for
the Common good of their Country of the Incouragement offerd by
Said Commodore Warren for that purpose as above mentioned, and
allso that they will be Intituled to the Shares of all Such prizes, as
will be taken dureing their Continuance in Said Service : Thereby
allso notifying all Such persons, that Subscriptions of Inlistments will
be taken by Thomas Packor Esq"" High Sheriff of the Province of
New Hampshire at Portsmouth, & they are desired to enter their
names with him as Soon as may be
Given at the Council Chamber at Portsmouth the da}^ of June
1745, in the 18* Year of our Soverign Lord George the Second, by
the Grace of God, of Great Brittain France & Ireland King, defender
of the faith &c
By His Excellencys Command B W
w*'^ the Advice of His Majestys Council
T A sy
Copy T A
God Save the King
Extract from Commodore Warren's Letter dated 22"^ May 1745, re-
lating To the Ship Vigilant —
She is a Bran new Ship and a very fine one and this her first Voy-
age I therefore propose to Commission her for the King my Master
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 229
Immediately and She with the Princess Mary will be a glorious Sec-
ond To me in a Line of Battle ; we Shatter'd her much in the En-
gagement but She has spare Stores enough to fit her out only difficulty
will be men, therefore must beg you would press men and send them
here and if any Voluntiers can be procured for her, both they and the
men press'd shall be Entitled to King's pay from the time of their
being prcss'd or enter'd As Voluntiers by you and all those that shall
come as Voluntiers by Certificate under your hand shall if they desire
it be discharg'd upon our arrival at Boston or when the Expedition is
over ; Her Complement Will be four hundred and Twenty men ; you'll
get as many as you can and with all possible expedition for much de-
pends upon That —
True Copy T Atkinson Se"^
Extract from Commodore Warren's orders to the Captains of the
Cruizers Employ'd in the Expedition
And whereas it is probable there may be some deserters from his
Majestys Ships both in the private Ships of war and among the
Troops Upon this Expedition that may be under the apprehensions
of being Taken up by His Majestys officers, I therefore for their En-
couragement To behave well upon this Expedition do assure them
That none of them shall be molested or touched but on the Contrary
if any of them that Happen to be under these Circumstances shall
distinguish themselves and make it known to me I will use my utmost
endeavours to have Their R — taken off in any ships they may have
left in order to their Recovering their wages and will if they desire it
promote them to Such offices in His Majesties Ships as they are
Capable of executeing.
A true Copy.
Theod"" Atkinson Se'^
[See Vol. v., pp. 102-3. — Ed.]
\Shirley to Wentiuorth^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 230.]
Council Chamber June i/*"^ 1/45
Paragraph of his Excellency Governor Shirley's letter, upon his
Excellencys complaining that the New Hampshire Regiment was put
on Extraordy duty, &c.
" I had not read your Excellencys favour by the Post, when I dis-
patch't my Express : I can't think Mr. Pepperell is capable of doing
230 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
injustice to tlie New Hampshire Regiment ; But I desire you would
be pleas' d to let your people know, that if any thing of that kind has
happen'd, I will be personally answerable for their good usage for the
future, and shall send Express orders for that purpose to the General.
Hope you will not fail to obtain 300 men at least, instead of 100, I
find my Assembly Exceedingly well inclin'd, and doubt not to inlarge
the numbers voted here very much the Expence of the ammunition to
be sent from hence, besides, will be very great. If you don't send at
least 300 men, we shall fall very short of the necessary number in the
Camp. I have a good prospect of a large number of seamen, besides
the Troops we shall send " —
W. Shirley.
{^Shirley to Weiitworth^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 233.]
Boston, July 6, 1745.
Sir — Commodore Warren having desir'd me to send him a set of
lower masts &c. for the Vigilant a 66 gun ship, and another set for a
40 gun ship, the Dimensions of both w* you will receive from Mr.
Hallowell the ship builder, and w'^'^ can be got in your Governm' only
in due time for his Maj*y^ service, w'^^ requires the utmost dispatch, I
would propose it to your Excellency, to impress (with the advice of
his Maj'y^ Council) such masts as are wanted for the abovemention'd
service ; and after having caus'd 'em to be valued in due form to de-
liver 'em to some person to be sent round here forthwith, in order to
be fitted and transported to the Commodore at Louisburg. Your
Excellency, I am afraid must excuse my enlarging till next week,
being in an infinite hurry. I am, w"' the greatest respect
Your Exc^^ most obed* Humble serv'
His Exc^ Gov'' Wentworth.
W. Shirley.
\Shirley to Wentwort/i.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 234.]
Boston July 10, 1745.
Sir, Yesterday I received your Exc>'^ favour in answer to my Ex-
press, and am together with Commodore Warren much oblig'd to you
for your care, and advice to ship the Masts ready made from Piscata-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 2$ I
qua to Louisburg directly, w='^ I think will be most for his Maj'ys ser-
vice, and desire the continuance of your care in doing it accordingly.
I suppose Adams will stay for the Eltham, w*^"^ is hourly expected
here to take the four mast ships lying in Nantasket under his Con-
voy : I was in hopes to have finished my dispatches for England to
have gone by this Express to Adams, But hope I shall be able to
reach him before he sails : They shall be finished by tomorrow when I
will send 'em so as to reach Adams by Saturday night at farthest ;
and would favour me so far as to prevail upon him to stay 'till that
time at least ; For it is of Consequence they should reach the Secre-
tary's Office — I believe in ab^ 12 days time or sooner you may have
Convoy from hence for your three Company's, in raising w'^'^ I wish
you good success and am w*** great regard Sir
Your Excellency's most Ob* Humble. ser\'ant
W. Shirley
His Exc^ Gov'' Wentworth
\Thonilinson to Atkinson?^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 135.]
London s''^ Aug' 1745
Sir I have not rece^ any of your fav""* Since I wrote you, ^ Cap'
Adams, Therefore I have here to Acqua' you that as Gov"" Wentworth
has not wrote latly to M"" Jones, I have not rec^ any Sallry of him for
your Ace' Or Can I Settle any thing with M"" Jones for Gov"" Went-
worth or any of his Deputys Salerys, as I ought to do, without Gov""
Wentworth will Constantly write Me & the Navy-Board after Every
quarterday, as both M'' Jones & My Self have wrote him, and by at
least three Conveyancies — I think I have not had one Line from him
Since Cap' Adams last Voyage I can only add that I am very much
Sir Your most hum^ Ser'
Theod' Atkinson Esq''
John Thomlinson
\Lieiitenajit-Gover7ior Phips to Governor Wentivorth.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 236.]
Boston, Aug^' 14, 1745
Sir — At the desire of his Majesty's Council & upon a Representa-
tion made by Lieutenant General Pepperell in his letter of the 6"^
Instant by a Vessel just arrived here, of the necessity of Recruits
232 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
for the Garrison at Louisburg & the danger of its faUing into the
Enemy's hands without them, I must earnestly request of your Excel-
lency that you would promote the raising as many men in your Prov-
ince as may be & that as soon as possible.
I shall do all in my power to have the number of Recruits Voted
for by our Assembly, (which was one thousand & whereof about seven
hundred are already gone) fully made up & sent forward without Delay.
Bv the Express Boat now arrived from Louisburg, we have certain
Intelligence that besides the first India man taken by Commodore
Warren's Squadron (of which we were advised the last Week) they
have taken another India man richly laden & a South Seaman with
^^400,000 Sterling in money besides a valuable Cargo of Merchandise,
all which were taken in sight of the Garrison ; so that it is Judged
the value of the Captures made on that coast by his Majesty's ships,
is near one million sterling (if not more) which it is probable would
never have fallen into our hands, if this Expedition had not been
attempted I am, Sir
your Excellencys most obedient humble servant
Phips
His Exc^' Gov' Wentworth
\Phips to WeiitwortJi?\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 237.]
Boston, Aug^' IQ* 1745.
Sir — The State of affairs between this Government and the East-
ern Indians being in such a situation as to make it necessary for the
better security of his Majestys Subjects on the Frontiers exposed to
their Fury, to declare War against them unless by their speedy Com-
pliance with the Demands of the Government they should prevent it :
I do now at the Desire of the General Court of this Province in their
late Session, hereby inform your Excellency of our Proceedings with
the said Indians in order to prevent a War, & the Unsuccessfulness
thereof, as you will find by the indorsed Copy of a Letter from Gov-
ornour Shirley to the said Indians, & another Letter from him to
Cpt. Bradbury commander of the Fort at St. George's River, direct-
ino- him to demand Satisfaction of them for the murthers committed
upon our Inhabitants by some of their People (joining with the other
Indians) & their burning their Houses, killing their Cattle, &c. with
Capt. Bradbury's answer to the last mentioned Letter.
And as the common cause requires the mutual Assistance of these
Governments in time of War & Danger, We Desire the Concurrence
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 233
& Assistance of your Government for prosecuting a War against
these Indians, when it shall be declared, and furnishing a Quota of
men for the Defence of the Frontiers in this & the other exposed
Colonies. I am, Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient Humble servant
Phips.
His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq.
\_SJiirley to Captain Bradbury.\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 239.]
Boston, July 22"^ 1745-
Sir — I have rec'^ your Letter of the 16''' Instant July giving me
an account of the Assault committed by the Indians upon your Fort
and other places near you Mr. Miliken tells me you are positive that
you saw some of the Penobscutt Indians among the Assailants &
particularly that you saw one of those that had been in under pre-
tence of Friendship to inform you of these Designs By your letter
you seem to apprehend that the Penobscutt Indians are generally in
these acts of hostility. However I think it will be best that if and
of the said Penobscutt Tribe shall appear near the Fort that you
hoist a Flag of Truce to call them in to an Interview with you and if
you can obtain any Speech with them, I would have you read my Let-
ter to 'em which I sent by Mr. Miliken and also tell them that I am
Inform'd of their violation of Treaty and that if the Body of the Penob-
scutts are Engaged with our Enemies, I shall immediately declare
War and pursue them with all the Resentment which so horrid an
act of Treachery and wickedness deserves ; but if they profess that
the Body of the Tribe are against these proceedings and are disposed
to peace, I expect And insist upon this proof of their sincerity, that
they deliver up those of their people as have been in arms against us
& have joined with the party of Indians who have assaulted us, & that
you will give them the space of seven days only for their either de-
livering up the murtherers or giving five Hostages of some of their
principal men to secure the Delivery of the said Indians in the space
of seven days more.
I am. Sir, your Friend & servant
W. Shirley.
P. S. Give me a full account of these affairs with all possible Dis-
patch.
To Capt. Jabez Bradbury.
Copy Exam^ pr. J. Willard, Sec'y.
234 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-140] \George CreigJiton s Leave of Absence.]
Louisbourg Sept"^ 3^ 1745
M"" George Creighton
As You have been Chosen by the Remaining Part of that Company
to which you Belong to Return to New England, in order to Procure
& take Care of Such things as their friends may See fit to Send
them, You have hereby Leave of absence to Return as aforesaid &
when you have Done that Business, (in which you are to use Dispatch)
proceed to this place by the first Convenient oppertunity to your Duty
Sam^ Moore
[3-141]
\Conimittee to Examine the Accoiuits of the Ship Bieii Ainie, 1745.]
' 1 . [By his Excelency the Governour
ipshn-e \ ■' ■'
Province of
New Ham]
To Richard Wibird, John Moffat & Joshua Peirce Esq""^
Seal Greeting.
I Desire & Appoint you to Examine the Accounts of Slops
& Stores Supplyd and work done for his Majesties Ship Bien Aime
Captain Richard ffarish Commander & to See that the Charge thereof
be Equal & reasonable According to the Usual rates & Prizes paid
here for the Like and alsoe to Consider of the Present Course of Ex-
change between the Currency of this Province & the money of Great
Brittain and make A report to me what Exchange you Judge Proper
& Equal upon the Bills to be Drawn upon the Comissioners ^f His
Majty^ Navy —
Given under my hand & Seal at Portsmouth the 5"^ Day of Sep-
tember 1745 & in the nineteenth year of his Maj^y* reigne
B Wentworth
[Committee's Report.]
Pursuant To your Excell>'^ order of The fifth Instant we have Ex-
amined & seen The Charge of The several Merchants & Tradesmen
that have supplyed His Majestys Ship Bien Aime with Necessarys
and For work done, and have Endorsed on Each Bill so much as we
allow Equal & reasonable amounting to y® Sum of Six Hundred thirty
Seven pounds Six Shillings of The old Tenor ; And That Six Hun-
dred pounds of The said Currancy for one Hundred pounds Sterling
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 235
is a proper & an Equal Exchange For Bills to be drawn on The Hon''''^
The Commissioners of his Majestys Navy For The same.
Given under our Hands in portsmouth New Hampshire This 7
September 1745. R Wibird
John Moffatt
Josh'^ Peirce
[The foregoing is from the original, on which is a fine impression
of the seal in wax. — Ed.]
[3-142] \Rcport of the Coviniittec on Loiiisboiirg Prisoners.~\
The Accompt of Richard Wibird Samuel Solly Thomas Bell &
Henry Sherburne Jun"" a Committee Appointed by the Genneral As-
sembly to take Care & Provide for the Transportation of the French
People brought hither from Louisbourg agreeable to Articles of Capit-
ulation, being 72 in Number —
1745 The said Com*^'^ Charge themselves with the following Sums
rec'^ viz*
rec^ from the Treasurer by Warrant from the Governor
rec"^ from ditto '^ ditto
rec'^ from the Com*'=^ of War i pair Stilliards
17 hhds 13 Teirces & 15 Barrells
I Ax
I Cabboose with 2 potts
^^2007: 10 —
The said Com*'^'^ Discharge themselves from the aforesaid Sums in
the following manner viz' —
paid Sundry Persons as '^ Acco* for Supporting &
Transporting the s'^ Prisoners Sent home to the
Commission^ . . . . . . . .1316 — 2
paid the Owner of the Sloop Speedwell
towards the hire of the said Sloop for
a Transport . . . . . 556: 13: i
paid Advance waiges to the men belong-
ing to said Sloop . . . . 134 —
690 : 1 3 : I
^2006: 13 : 3
I Go
vernor
1400 —
543 —
I.,
15 —
49..
15 —
12
—
64. 10 —
236
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Portsmouth New Hampsh'' Sepf 27*'' 1745
Errors Excepted R Wibird
Sam' Solly
Hen Sherburne Jr
Tho^ Bell
Prov^ of New )
Hampshire ) In the House of Representatives 4''^ Dec'' 1747
Voted That y*^ within Account be allow'd & that y^ within men-
tion'd Committee be discharged from y^ Several Sums therein Con-
tain'd D Peirce Clk
In Council December 11 1747 read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Se"^
1 1*'' Dec"" 1747 Consented to B Wentworth
[See Vol- v., p. 550. — Ed.]
[3-143]
The Accompt of Richard Wibird, Samuel Solly, Thomas Bell, &
Henry Sherburne Jun'' a Committee Appointed to take Care of &
Provide for the Transportation of Seventy French Prisoners brought
hither from Louisbourg to be Transported to France Agreable to the
Articles of Capitulation —
For their Support on Shoar viz*
paid Thomas Bell Esq'' his Acco* .
paid Richard Wibird Esq d° .
paid Docf Ross ......
paid Docf Rogers for Medicines & Attendance
paid Meshech Bell Interpreter
paid Atkins Kennard Trucks ....
paid George Massey ditto ....
paid Edward Pendexter d° . . . .
paid Ebenezer Wentworth ....
paid Joseph Moses ......
paid Widdow Greely house rent
paid Mark H Wentworth ....
Disburstments Provisions & Stores for the Voyage —
paid Richard Wibird Esq his Acco* .
paid Thomas Bell Esq ....
. 69
19
—
lOI
15:
II
10
2
—
6
7-
6
• 36
2
2
5
1 1
z
5
—
—
—
13
—
12
10
—
5
5
257
3:
5
ge —
141
: 6:
9
45
: 5:
4
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS
237
paid Henry Sherburne Jun'' ....
48:
19:
9
paid M"'" Wheelwright Cooper
40
—
—
paid Tobias Langdon
II :
10
—
paid Daniel Warner for i doz Bowls
I :
10
—
paid Samuel Waters
64:
19.
4
paid Charles Gorwood 9 water hhds .
13 :
10
—
paid John Seaward .......
0 •
5
—
paid William Caverly .....
—
15
—
paid John Bradford 3 water hhds . . . .
4-
10
—
'paid Rob' Hart for Cutts up Beef . . . .
2 :
8
—
paid Nath^ Mendum 3 water hhds
4:
10
—
paid James Ahern I2| days ....
7-
10
—
paid Oliver Tucker 1 2| days
7-
10
—
paid Henry Tucker 7 d°
3:
10
—
paid for i pair Stilliards .....
I :
15
—
paid for 1 7 hhds 1 3 Teirces & 1 5 barrels for water CasI^
49:
15
—
paid George Libbey
6
—
paid for i Ax
I
—
—
paid John Penhallow
2
—
—
paid Nath* Marshall
2 :
14
—
paid Abraham Senter .....
4:
16
—
paid Thomas Harts Bill .....
5 :
15
—
paid John Griffeth for Candles ....
ID :
15:
10
paid for Beef
105:
18.
9
paid for 10 barrels Pork .....
160
—
—
paid for Bread "^ Acco' .....
181 :
4
—
paid John Stoodly ......
6:
4
—
paid the Committee for their Trouble & Expences
. 105
—
—
paid M--^ Slayton
3
—
—
paid for 2 Iron Pots ......
4
—
—
paid for a Large Cabboose Iron Bars &c .
8
—
—
;^i3i6:
—
2
which is Sterling money at 500 '^ O disco*
• ^219
6:
8
for the hire of the Sloop Speedwell Marriners &c tc
)
Carry Prisoners to France ....
241
—
—
for an Interpreter to go with them .
15
—
—
^475
Portsmouth, New Hampshire New England September y^ 9'
Errors Excepted by Order of the Committee
R Wibird Chair Man
1745
238 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Province of | ^
New Hampsh"" ) The Hon^^^ Richard Wibird Esq Chairman of the
Com*^*^ Appointed by the Government, to make provision for Trans-
porting the Prisoners of Capitulation to Old France, Personally ap-
peard, before me, & made Oath, that the Respective Sums Charged
in the within Acco' were for the said Service, & that they are Just &
Equal, & According to the Usage & Custom paid by Merchants in
this place —
Portsmouth Septem'' y*^ 11"^ 1745
[3-144]
\^Statcincnt of the Condition of the JMcn at Lonisbonrg, 1745.]
To His Excellency the Governor, the Honorable the Council, and
House of Representatives, of His Majesties Province of New
Hampshire. —
As we are refer'd to, in the preceeding Memorial, to give further
Information, touching the State of our Soldiers ; and authorized
thereby, to Sollicit the Honorable Court in their behalf ; we humbly
crave Leave, to offer this, as a Supplement thereto. —
Besides the almost Naked Condition of those of our Troops, who
went first to Cape Breton ; Some of them are So enfeebled, by rea-
son of the Length and Hardships of the Siege, & for want of neces-
sary Comforts, in the Time of it, as renders them unfit for further
Service, till Recruited ; others are Languishing under Sicknesses, of
Various kinds, and most of them, are overrun with Lice, for want of
Change of Apparel, which renders their Case still more uncomforta-
ble, Whereupon, we humbly recommend, those Poor but brave men,
to your Excellency's & Honour's wise. Just, and Compassionate Con-
sideration, Earnestly beseeching, that Such of them as desire it, may
be immediatly dismiss"d, and bro't back to their Native Country, their
Families, & Friends ; that it may never be Said, they bravely fought
themselves into a Prison ; for, what Else can be Said of it If they are
Compell'd to tarry, after the Expedition is Ended, as we apprehend
it is, and that in a most Compleat and effectual Manner : For that,
His Excellencys Proclamation of the 2 of February Last, proposed
an Expedition, for the Reduction of the French Settlements, on the
Island of Cape Breton, & not for the garrisoning of them ; and the
Enlistment, was in Consequence thereof, (namely,) for Reducing, &
not for garrisoning, and we humbly appeal, to your Excellency's &
Honors Judgment, whether, reducing and garrisoning, be not two
things, quite different, and Distinct from each other ; and if so,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 239
whether the Troops of the first Embarkation, mayn't demand a dis-
charge, as a Right and Justice due to them, instead of SolHciting for
it, as an Act of Grace. But, on the other hand, if it Should be Said,
that by the Expedition was meant and intended, that Louisbourg
Should be garrison'd (in case of Success,) by those who should reduce
it ; It may be Answer'd, that Such Intention, cant Rationally be Ex-
tended further, than till other Troops, might be rais'd to relieve them ;
and more than three Months, is already Pass'd, Since the Surrender ;
a Space doubly Sufificient for that Purpose. —
We take Leave further to Propose, that in Consideration, the Plun-
der (which was expected would be great,) turns out, to be but a very
Triffle, they May have an additional Grant of Bounty, as a further
Reward, of their Toil, Hazard, and Bravery, as the Massachusetts
Troops have already had. —
As to those, whose Lot may be to tarry over the Winter, Whether
by Choice, or Compulsion, (if any Should be Compell'd so to Do,)
We humbly propose, that besides an Augmentation of their Wages,
and a Grant of Apparell, and Bedding, Suitable for the Climate and
Season ; they May have an Augmentation of their allowance of Rum
& Molasses, to half a Pint of Each, for Each Man "^ Day, and a
Couple of Quarts of Small Beer also, the Waters there, being exceed-
ing bad, and very unwholesome to Drink ; that there may be a Surplus
of Stores, of all kinds, to be Purchased of the Commissary, at a
Stated Price, and that there may be a Provision of Physic, as well as
of Food & Cloathing ; and that Each Cap* may have a Copy, of the
Invoices of the Stores & Cloaths Sent for the Soldiers, with the
Prices of those Commodities, that may be Sent for Sale ; that the
Care, the Justice, & the goodness of the Honorable Court, may be
made known to every individual Man. —
As the Season of the year is far advanced, and the Soldiers greatly
distress'd ; Some For Want of a Discharge, and other for want of
Necessarys and Conveniencies, to make their Lives Comfortable, We
humbly Pray, that what we have offered, may have the earliest Con-
sideration & Dispatch, that is Possible.
And your Memorialists as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray
T W Waldron
Portsmouth Sep* 24 1745 Jonathan Present
[3-145] \List of Greenland Impressed Men. ]
Provance of ) greenland September the 30 Da 1745
Newhampshare \ by his Exelency Mr Benning Wentworth order I
240
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Prest twenty men that belonged to my troop to onlode the store ship
but there was but Eighteen went and they say they did three Days
work. John Brackett Capt
thomas Runals
Joseph Nelson
John weeks
Samuell weeks
william hunt
Samuell Bruster
thomas arees
william Chase
John wiggin
nathaniel Brackett
nathan maston
Joseph melun
walker Lear
Samuell Gate
John Dam
nathaniel Shirborn
Joseph weekes
and John Avery who
they Chose to Reseve
their wa^es
1 8 Troopers 2 Days each at 3/ is — 5 — 8 —
Province of
N-Hampsh'^
Province of
N Hampsh'^
] Sep--— 30*— 1745 —
f Sworn to before y*^ House by John Avery
D Peirce Clk
In the House of Representatives Sep'' 30**^ 1745 —
Voted — That there be allow'd five Pounds Eight Shill's for y^
within mention'd Service Viz* fifty eight Shillings to y'^ Troopers &
fifty Shillings to M""^ Batson for Diet to be paid out of y^ money in
y^ Publick Treasury for y^ Defence of y^ Government —
D Peirce Clk
In Council Octo'^'' i 1745 read & Concurrd
Theod"" Atkinson Se"^
Eod'" Die Assented to
[See Vol. v., p. 379. — Ed.]
B Wentworth
[3-147] \_Petition of Benjamiji Lewis, Lojiisboitrg Soldier.^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' — Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire— To the Honorable his Majestys Council for said Province
and House of Representatives in General assembly Convened
Humbly Shews Benjamin Lewis of Portsmouth in the Province of
New Hamp'' That he hath been in the Service of his King and Coun-
try in the Expedition for the Reduction of Louisbourg in Coll : Sam"
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 24I
Moores Regiment That he arrived here about five weeks since, That
he was sick for a fortnight before his arrival and hath continued so to
this time, That the wife of your Petitioner is now also sick — y' your
Petitioner hath four Chiklren Small & not able to help themselves —
That your Petitioner, hath nothing for the Supporting of himself or
family nor for paying the Doctors Bill and that without some Relief
he must unavoidably suffer — Wherefore your Petitioner (In Forma
Pauperis) Prays Your Excellency and Honours to Grant him such
Relief as in your Great Goodness shall seem meet and reasonable &
your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray &c
Ocf i^' 1745 benjaman lewes
Province of )
N Hampsh'-' | In the House of Representatives Jan"" 3^ 1745
Voted — That there be allow'd to y^ within mention'd Benj^ Lewis
y^ Sum of four Pounds in Answer to y^ Prayer of y^ within Petition
to be paid out of y^ Money in y*^ Treasury for y'^ Use of y'^ Expedition
against Louisbourg — D Peirce Clk
Jan"^' 4^*^ 1745 In Council read & Concurrd
Theod Atkinson Se'^^
Eod'" Die Assented to B Wentworth
[He was allowed £4. January 3, 1746. — Ed.]
[3-148] {^Robert Tnfton PJiilbrook's Account, 1745.]
Provnce of new hamsher. Endeted to Robrt Tufton Philbrock
for mendeing gons for this Expditon march 1745
to mend a gon Sent by Cop harua [Harvey] . . 0-3-6
to mend & Clean 2 gons Sent by Cap Tufton . . 0-13-9
to mend & Clean & harden the locke of 7 gons . . i -13 - o
to mend & Clean 2 gons Sent by Cap harua . . 0-6-0
2-16-3
the fowiling percons whoos names are Ende^'' to Robrt Tufton phil-
brock for mening of gons in the Cost of the Compny
Cap whidens men —
danel alien . . 0-5-6 James maston . 0-2-6
Sergnt Shaw . 0-2-6 Jonthn maston . 0-2-6
John dunken . 0-4-6 Jam mouton . 0-2-6
16
242
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
giden hurel .
o
— 2
- 6
John adskon
o -
2
- 6
John pain
o
- 5
- 6
John dunkin
o -
2
- 6
Joseph Rodman
o
- 4
- 6
ben kenston
o -
2
- 6
Jose Rolens .
o
- 6
- 9
Joseph peava
o -
2
- 6
Jonthn Slepr
o
— 2
- o
John pery
o -
2
- 6
godfry
o
- 8
- 6
Sam Row
o -
2
- 6
ben dorton .
o
_ 2
- 6
Jabe Shaw .
o -
3
- 6
whitom
o
_ 2
- 6
abraham benet
o -
3
- 6
Cor more
o
-12
- 9
Eben Samborn
o -
3
- 6
2 gons by Slepei
willam Cucknet
o -
3
- o
for the Cor
another gon for the
o
-14
- 6
6 -
5
- 0
Cor .
0
— 2
- 6
to 3 hole days for the Servic of fleet after the above
work was don ........ i -lo - o
Rob Tufton philbrock
Samuel more
Province of |
N Hampsh'^ \ In the House of Representatives Octo'' 2^ 1745
Voted That Rob* Tufton Philbrick be allow'd Two Pounds Ten
Shillings & three farthings in full for his Accts for Mending y^ Vol-
unteers Guns &c to be p"^ out of y*^ Money in y^ publick Treasury for
y^ use of y*^ Expedition ag* Louisbourg — D Peirce Clk
In Council Eod'" Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sc^
Eod'" Die Assented to
[See Vol. v., p. 381. — Ed.]
B Wentworth
[Atkinson to Thomlinson.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 136.]
Portsm° Nov: 13 1746 —
S'' — Cap* Jos Sherburne who Incloses this together with Admiral
Warrens & Gen^ Pepperrells Certificate of his good behaviour while
at the Seige & in the City of Louisbourg hopeing your friendship
may obtain him some reward for his Eminant service don he has de-
sired me to mention to you that it would be gratefuU to every body
here could he obtain a recompence from the ordnance &c he Intended
to goe for England but being so usefull a man is Detained here on the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 243
Canada Expedition as Comander of one of the armed Vessells & is
now bound to Annapolis to the assistance of that Garrison with a
Comp" of Canada Soldiers fitted out by this Governm' I hope the
admiral will be at home he will easily get something I know he will
assist him as he knows how advantagious his services were
I am S"" Yours
D — d Cap' Sherburne
[Under same date]
Sir — I am now to acknowledge the rec* of your favour of the
by Adams, who is now at Boston, Capt. Gayton & the other
mast Ships not yet arrived, nor is Phillip Read. I hope she mist the
Breast Squadron on their return.
I wrote you via Boston & Inclosed my Diary to Lady Day Last
which fear is gone to france Shall soon Draw them out again & for-
ward them Inclosed you have a memorandum how the Silk gowns
left with you by Cap* Adams last voyage are to be managed the
owner desires yau would order them when Prepared In any Vessell
you think best to this Country
I have long since tho' my writing you on Publick affairs or the sit-
uation of our Provincial affairs would be rather troublesome or at
least quite unnecessary, but your complaining for want of Intelligence
Occasions you this. As to the reimbursement of the charge for
reduceing Louisbourg (Petitioned for) now under the guidance of your
solicitation, 'twas utterly Impossible any regular ace' of that Expence
could be forwarded to London at the time when you say the other
Governm'^ were ready with all the proper vouchers, it being late this
Summer before our Troops returned or many of our Transports were
dismist. I know the other Governm'^ were in the same situation.
The Committee are now finishing those Acc'^ & you will have them
properly vouched Whatever came before from any Governm' must
be either partial or lumped or guest at. I hope the Province will
meet with better fortune in the repayment of the Expence than the
brave men did in the Distribution of the Commissions. As to the
Canada Expedition — with us it stands thus — on the 9"^ of April last
his Grace the Duke of New Castle writs the Gov"" of his Majesties
Gracious Intentions in carrying on such an Expedition, this Letter
reached us the beginning of June, the Assembly not being then set-
ting the Gov"" imediately convened them & in his Speech opened the
whole affair. The Assembly Imediately voted the raising of 1000
men or more if they could be raised by the last of August with a
bounty to each effective man of £^0 currency & a blanket, and a
Committee appointed to take up Transports & provide Provisions,
beating orders were soon given out & about 800 men were ready for
244 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Embarking early in July & I am fully persuaded that the number
might have been made up looo, at any time in three days after.
Thus the men with Transports & Provision were all ready & very
impatiently waited till about the lo of September when we had the
news of the Brest Squadron being off Jabucto * a harbor on the Cape
Sable shoar, — this you must Imagine Put us into the greatest hurry
expecting a Discent every moment, We imediately employed every
body in building Batterys at the Great Island & in a few days got a
new battery from the Castle to the Sandy Cove to the westward of
1 6, 24 & 32 p"'^ these batterys will play upon any vessell a mile &
half before she comes to the Castle which is alsoe now in good
order, the guns all mounted on good Platforms. In this state
of fear & uncertainty we remained till about 25'^^ of October
when sundry prisoners taken by the Fleet were set at liberty, 2 or
three days after the fleet sail'd from Jabucta, these people gave an
ace* of the Duke Dinivels [?] pois'ing himself & that the 2* in command
afterwards stab'd himself — but was not dead as they understood but
never appeared after — that they gave out they were bound to
Annapolis Royal & after reducing that would winter at Casco bay &
early in the Spring destroy all New England. That the army &
fleet were very sickly having burryed 2000 in their Passage & 1800 at
Jabucta, that they had 4000 sick on board the Fleet when they sail'd
from that harbour. Upon this news we got ready our armed vessels
& Imbarked about 175 but we had advice in 2 or 3 days that the fleet
separated in a storm & all went oif this coast except 2 a 60 & 36 gun
ships who not meeting the Admiral after the Storm went to Annap-
olis where the Chester, Capt. Spry & Capt. Rowse & A small vessell
lay, who upon their approach endeavouring to obstruct their entry ran
on shoar & before she could get a float again the French made their
Escape but were pursued by the Chester but too late to come up with
them, the next day the Pilots the French took in at Jabucta were sent
to Menis with a Letter to the Commander of y'' Canadeans &c. that had
been then some time before Annapolis acquainting that they were
gon off & upon this intelligence the French decamped & went off to
Menis, thus you have the history of the Brest Squadron who had
they been followed by one third of Admiral Martin's Squadron would
have demolished the whole fleet they being in a most Dismal condi-
tion. They lost on 60 gun ship foundred in the passage, one other
lost on the Isle of Sable & a 50 gunship condemned & burnt at Ja-
bucta. The others when our Prisoners left them were in a most dis-
trest condition they taking most of the marriners out of the Trans-
ports to man the men of War, so that the much questioned weither
* Chebucto.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 245
they would be able to reach France & now Pray let me aske you what
is become of the Canada Expedition 'tis now the middle of Novem-
ber, we have not had one line from the ministry since the first letter
of the 9'^ of April last, we have in the 4 New England gov'"'® now
actually waiting near 5000 men. Perhaps 12 or 15 hundred will be
imployed at Annapolis Royal. Possibly the remainder may be im-
ployed ag*' Crown Point in conjunction with the men raised in the
southern Colonies. I wish they may be successful, but am not very
sanguine, the distance the Canon & mortars with proper utensils for
Intrenching must be Transported over an uninhabited country — so
great a distance together with all y*^ Provisions &c. I fear will be at-
tended with too much Difficulty in a winter season. If we in this
Province do not Joyn this attack we shall I believe be imployed in
searching & cutting a road from hence directly to Canada river which
may better be don at this season than any. I am still hoping Capt.
Gaiton (') may bring us some Instructions in relation to the Expedi-
tion, otherways our Situation will be but very indifferent. We are
now at such a charge as makes all wild. I begin to repent I ever In-
gaged in the Expedition, but everything is now at stake having prom-
ised the [menj that I would goe with them before they inlisted,
neither would any enter till my name was put into the Inlistments &
they are all thus inlisted. 'tis impossible to Imagine the fatigue I have
had with those people — not one commission officer & still 800 men
to be governed without any real authority or Power of punishing such
as deserved, besides the very great expense that has attended this
service that this state of inactivity has put me quite out of patience
as well as out at heals, 'tis true the Assembly made very generous
offers if I would engage in the Expedition & I believe would have
done every thing for my Hon'' & Comfort, but unless it is in my Power
to render them some service, I can hardly Expect any recompense for
my Time, Expence, & trouble. — gave an acco' of our purchasing Ma-
son's right, &c.
[Endorsed] — Copy to Capt.
Thomlinson, Nov. 13. 1746.
pr. Admiral Warren.
[3-150] \_Petition from LoiiisboiiTg Soldiers, 1745.]
To His Excellency Benning Went worth Esq'' Captain General, &
Governor In Chief, In & over His Majesties Province of New-
Hampshire, To the Honorable the Council, and General Assembly,
of the Said Province, In General Court Convened.
(i) This name is doubtful — perhaps Gaston or Gaiton.
246 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
The Petition of Sundry Soldiers, of the New Hampshire Regiment,
in the Expedition against Cape Breton, Humbly Sheweth,
That we were Part of the Number of Voluntiers, who undertook
the Storm of the Island Battery ; That we were taken Prisoners,
and continued so twenty one Days ; That we Lost with our Lib-
erty our Arms, and a Part of our Cloaths ; and that, instead, of hav-
ing an additional Reward, for our Services and Sufferings, in that
hazardous & desperate Attack, a considerable Part, of our Pittance
of Wages, has been hitherto withheld from Us to Pay for the Lost
Guns ; That we have been Sufferers in another Respect also, Viz' by
Short Allowance, the Account of which, is Contained in a Schedule
hereto annexed, together, with the Account of our Losses, in the
aforesaid Storm.
We therefore, humbly take Leave to Recommend to your Excel-
lency's and Honour's Wise, and Paternal Consideration, our unfortu-
nate Case, praying, that you will be Pleased, in your great Goodness,
to order the Guns we Lost to be Paid for, out of the Treasury ; and
that we may Recieve our full Wages ; Also, that we may be Paid, for
the other Losses we Sustained, In the aforesaid Storm, and May have
Some gratuity Likewise, for the extraordinary Risking of our Lives in
that bold Attack ; and that we may have a Grant of Pinch-Mony for
our Short Allowance, with Such Augmentation, as may in Some
Measure Compensate us, for our Sufferings, by want thereof, in the
Proper Place & Season ; or that your Excellency and Honors will be
Pleased to do for us, in any other way and manner, as may be most
consistant with your Wisdom & Justice. And your Petitioners Shall
ever Pray as in Duty bound
Waymouth ham Timothy Cotton
John Allcock Joseph ham
Sam" ffrost Leader Nelson
In Council Nov 28"^ 1745
read & ord"^ to be Sent to the House
Theod' Atkinson Se"^
In Council May f^ 1746
read & ordered to be Sent to the Hon'^'^ House
Theodore Atkinson Se^'y
alow'^ To the within Pef^
Waimouth Ham 2- 5- 6 Samuel frost 8- o
Timothy Cotton i- 14- o Leader Nelson i- 9- 6
John alcock 18- o Shadrack Wamouth i- 3- 7 J
Joseph Ham 14- 9
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 24/
[3~i50 \_Louisbourg Soldiers' Petition, 1745.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq^ Governor & Commander
in Chief in & over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire the
Hon^'"^ His Majesty's Council & House of Rcpresenta^ for said
Province in General Assembly Convened Nov"" 23"' 1745
The Humble Petition of Sundry of the Soldiers in the Late Expe-
dition against Louisbourg Shews —
That your Petitioners were before or Soon after their Return
from the said Expedition taken Sick of the Fever in which they Lay
a Considerable time under the Care of the Late Docf Rogers & by the
Blessing of God on his Administrations were Recoverd to Health —
That the said Sickness being very Grievous was attended with
great Expence besides the Doctors Bill which Considering his Appli-
cation your Petitioners think cant be Small tho' they know not what
it is & as they were then in the said Service (not being dismis'd) and
as the said Sickness was Probably bro't upon them by that Service at
Least made worse in it Self & worse for them to bear They most
Humbly Pray that an Allowance may be made them to defray the
Expence of the Said Sickness & to Alleviate their Sufferings & the
Burthens bro't upon their families by their Ingaging in the Said Ser-
vice and Yo"" Petitioners as in duty Bound Shall ever Pray &c —
John Deverson John Walden
Waymouth ham Edward Pendexter Jun""
Joseph Ham
Province of \ In the House of Representatives Jan''4"i 1745 Voted
N Hampsh'' j — That there be allow'd to John Deverson ten Pound
& to John Walden Weymouth Ham Edward Pendexter jun"" & Joseph
Ham each four Pounds in Consideration of their Sickness & Loss of
Time, to be p^ out of y^ money in The Treasury for y'^ Use of y^ Expe-
dition against Louisbourg.
D Peirce Clk
Eod"' Die read in Council & Concurrd
Theod"^ Atkinson Sc^
Eod'" Die Assented to
B Wentworth.
Warr' 6 Jan''>' 1745
248 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-152] [Joseph Sleepers Petition, Lonisboufg, 1745.]
November 25*^ 1745 —
To the most honrable Comitty of the Ginarell Cort of New ham-
shier I have sarved the provins from the 13 day of febreuary to 22*
of September Eight months and thre days and my demand I think is
sixty five pound I beg your hours would Consider me as I was left
with care over the companey for Cap*"^ Lad was confined and his com-
paney taken from him and comitd to my care by the cort marshell
Ever sins 27"^ of July I leve these things with your onrs considra-
shon for whome I shall Ever pray your humbl sevrent
Joseph Sleeper
In Council May 7'^ 1746 — read & Sent to the House
Theod-" Atkinson Se'^'
[3~i53] ^Soldiers' Losses at Louisboiirg.'\
Portsmouth Nov 26 1746
Memo of what I the Subscriber Lost at the attack of the Island
Battery the 26 of May last Viz
a Gun Valued at 35/ a Sword 12/6 a Cartouch box 3/ a
Great Coat Made of Duffels ab' one year old, 30/ ^4,, -„ 6
Province of N Hamp'' Dr To Waymouth Ham. back Allowance
To 46 Days of Peas to 40 Days of Rum & to 13 Days of Pork
Errors Excepted '^ Waymouth ham
Memo of What I the Subscriber Lost in Manner as above
A Gun which I bo't of M'' Mark H Wentworth, & for
which I gave him 75/ a Pistol which Cost Colo Meserve
30/ a Cartouch box 3/ a Knife 1/ J^^„ 9„
Province of N Hamp'' Dr To Timothy Cotton
To 35 Days of Rum
Errors Excepted ^ Timothy Cotton
Memo of What I the Subscriber Lost in Manner as above
A Gun Value 40/ Cartouch box 3/ a Sword 15/ — £2,, i8„ -
Prov N Hamp'- D-" to Jn° Allcock
To 40 Days of Rum ten Days Peas
Errors Excepted "^ John Allcock
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
249
Memo of what I the Subscriber Lost In Manner aforesaid
A Gun one of Prescuts Arms Commonly So Calld Value
75/ a Sword yjG a Cartouch box 3/ pair Mittens 1/6 a
Pair buckels 1/9 a knife 1/ £4,, 9,, 9
Province of N Hamp'^ D"" to Joseph Ham
To 40 Days Rum 9 days Pork 18 days Peas
Errors Excepted '^ Joseph Ham
'Memo of what I the Subscriber Lost In Manner aforesaid
A Gun 35/ a Cartouchbox 3/ a Hatchet 3/ a knapsack 2/6 jQi,, 3,, 6
Pro of N Hamp"" D"" To Sam' Frost
To 46 Days Peas 40 Days Rum 16 Days Bread & 13 Days Pork
Errors Excepted ^ Sam" Ffrost
Memo of what I the Subscriber Lost In Manner aforesaid
A Gun Value 75/ a Sword 12/6 a Knapsack 2/6 a Cartouch-
box 3/ two Powder Horns 2/ a pair of Stockings 3/9 a
Shirt Gotten New 1 1/3 Hat 3/9 a knife jg
Pro of N Hamp"" D"" To Leader Nelson
To 35 Days Rum
Errors Excepted '^ Leader Nelson
Province of )
N Hamp'' \ Nov 26 1745 then Waymouth Ham Timothy Gotten
John Allcock Joseph Ham Saml Ffrost & Leader Nelson Personally
Appeard & Made oath to the truth of their Annexed account to the
forgoing Petition both with relative to what they Lost at the Storm
of the Island Battery & their Short Allowance
Coram Sai.J Hart Jus' peace
Portsmouth November 24''' 1745
An Account of what I the Subscriber Lost at the attack of the
Island Battery at Louisbourg the 26"" of may 1745 Time I was
Taken Prisoner
to one Gun Prised at
Powder home 2/ [illegible] 12/
one hatich 10/ i pocket Book 3/
one Knife 3/6 i pr mittens 4/
to I pr silver Bouckels .
£
10
- 0
-
0
0
-14
-
0
0
-13
-
0
0
- 7
-
6
3
- 0
—
0
-£14 -14 - 6
250 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Province of Newhampsher Dr To Back alowince Which is Due
to 46 Days of pees 40 Days of Rum
to 16 Days of Bread 13 Days of poork
Errors Accepted By Shadrach Wamouth
Province of \ November 2 5*'M 745 then Shadrach Wamouth ap-
New Hamps j peared and Made oath that the within is a Just and
true acco* of what he Lost as Set forth and what is behind of his
allowance •
Coram Sam^ Hart Jus' peace
[3-154] \_Petition of Echoard Card, Louisboiirg Soldier.']
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain General &
Commander in Chief in & over His Majestys Province of New
Hampshire The Hon^'*^ His Majesty's Council & House of Repre-
sentatives for said Province in General Assembly Convened the
17*^ Day of Decemb'' 1745 —
The Humble Petition of Edward Card of New Castle in said
Province Mariner Shews
That Your Petitioner went in the late Expedition against Louis-
bourg as a Mariner under Cap* Furnald, in which station your Peti-
tioner faithfully discharg'd his Duty during the time he continued
therein — That after the forces were Landed when Cap* Brooks had
the Command of a Battery (called after his Name) given him by the
General, with a Liberty of Chusing his Second, he made Choice of
Your Petitioner, who accordingly quitted his duty on Board the Ves-
sel for that which was more difficult, attended with more hardship, as
well as more Danger —
That Your Petitioner Continued in this Station until Call'd & Or-
der'd to leave it & go as a Gunner to Cap* Mason, who had the Com-
mand of the Light House Battery, where your Petitioner Discharged
the Duty of that Post, during the Remaining part of the Siege —
Besides which Dangerous Services, Your Petitioner was with the
Said Cap* Brooks in the front of the Attack upon the Island Battery,
where they (with others) fought about four hours, in the most Immi-
nent Danger, that can Idc Conceived tho' by the Peculiar protection
& Safe gard of Heaven Your Petitioner met with no Personal Harm,
which Enterprise tho it faild of the Desird Effect, yet answer'd a
very valuable End in disheartening the Enemy by the Boldness &
Intrepidity of our Soldiers, from all which Extraordinary Service
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCL\L PAPERS. 2$ I
Your Petitioner Humbly Conceives he justly Merits a more ample
Reward than the Pay of a Private Mariner and therefore Prays that
he may be allowd the Pay of a Gunner as he did the Duty & under-
went the Danger & Hardship of that Ol^ce, & that he may Receive
such farther Recompence as in Your Wisdom & Goodness you shall
judge such Arduous & Dangerous Services justly Claim. & Your Pe-
titioner as in duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c —
Edward Card
In Council December 20'*^ 1845 read & recommended
Theod-" Atkinson Sc-t
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"^ Capt Genl' Governor &
Commander in Chief in & over His Majestys Province of New
Hampshire The Hon^^^ His Majesty's Council & House of Repre-
sentatives for Said Province in General Assembly Convened —
May it Please Your Excellency & The Hon^'*^ The other Branches
of the Legislature —
Having Read the Annexed Petition & as we are well knowing of
the facts therein Related (so far as they Regard the Petitioner) at his
Request we do hereby Certify the truth thereof, & if called are Ready
to give a Particular account of the Same
Witness our hands the 17"^ Day of Decemb"" 1745 —
Nathaniel Meserve Ezekiel Pitman
John Furnell Thomas Pickerin
William Seaward Abram Trefethen
John Hart
[He was allowed £4. extra for serv^ices as gunner, and j£i. 18. for
gun and cartridge-box. — Ed.]
[3-155]
[This document is a petition of William Fullerton, of Exeter, who
states that he was in the Cape Breton expedition ; was discharged by
Major Ezekiel Gilman, and returned home with Captam " Branscomb."
He was sick and under the care of Doctor Dudley Odlin, whose bill
he wanted the Province to pay. — Ed.]
[3-156] [Petition of Moses Header, of Durham, Soldier.']
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hamp-
252 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
shire To the Honorable his Majestys Council and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convend December ig^^ 1745 —
The Memorial of Moses Meder of Durham in New Hamp"" Most
humbly shews — That your Memorialist was one of the Volunteers in
the pay of this Province at the Reduction of Louisbourg — That
your Memorialist was sick before he left Louisbourg That your Me-
morialist arrivd at New Castle some time the latter End of august
last past and was confined there by sickness upwards of three weekes
That during his sickness there he was At the Charge of a Doctor four
Pounds four shillings old Tenor and Six pounds nine shillings like
money for necessarys and attendance — That your Memorialist hath
been able to do but little since he came home for the support and
Maintenance of himself & family wherefore your Memorialist prays
Your Excellency and Honours Consideration of this Memorial and
that you will be pleased to make him some Allowance out of the pub-
lick Treasury and your Memorialist as in Duty bound shall ever
pray &c —
moses meader
In Council Jan"^' 2 1745-6 read & Sent Down to the Hon''^® House
Theod"^ Atkinson Se"^
[He was allowed ;^5. in full, January 3, 1746. — Ed.]
[3~I57] {^Petition of Edzvard Hopkins, of Portsvionth.\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Captaine General, Gov-
ornour, and commander in Chief in and over his INIajesties Province
of Newhampshire in New-England, and to the Hon^^^ His Majesties
Council & House of Representatives now Convened in Genneral,
Assembly —
Edward Hopkins of Portsmouth in Newhampshire aforesaid hum-
bly Sheweth, That when the Expedition for the taking Cape Britaine
was preparing, he with Sundry others of the Town of Portsmouth
Enlisted for the Same —
And was active and did faithfull Duty acccording to the best of his
Abillity in every Station he was Commanded to till after the Reduc-
tion of the Place —
And in Some little time after at Louisbourge he was taken Sick —
and So Sent up in one of the Transports, and has laine in an Extream
and low condition Ever Since not being able to help himself in the
least Measure — has Spent in Subsisting him the Wages & Bounty
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 253
given him and has been on the Charity of well disposed persons for
Some time — And as he has done his Duty faithfully in Said Expe-
dition and this Illness proceeds from the Distemper there Rife amono-
the Troops he Most humbly Prays you Excelly & the Honourable the
Genneral Court, to allow him something towards his subsisting him-
self. As in your Wisdome Shall Seem meet, and your Petitioner as
in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray &c^
Edward Hopkins
Portsmouth Jan"" the first 1745/6
In Council Jan'^' 2^ 1745-6 read & Sent Down to the Hon'^'^ House
Theod"" Atkinson Se"^
[He was allowed ^.T. 10. — Ed.]
\_Shiidcy to Wentworth.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 241.]
Boston, Jany 12, 1746.
Sir — I am favour'd with yours by last Post, in answer to which, as
to the attempt upon Crown Point w'^^ your Excellency supposes to be
laid aside, it will proceed, if Connecticutt and the Southern Govern-
m'^ do not fail on their part. The General Assembly here is much
engaged in promoting it, and earnest in their requests on me to pur-
sue it : had it not proceeded, I would have endeavoured to assist in
your attempt ag^' St. Francois with two or three or more companies.
This proceeding ag^' Crown Point, between meetings at the Prov-
ince house to concert proper measures, preparing dispatches to go
Express to Connecticutt and New York, and the variety of Business
I have with the Assembly, together my dispatches for London
& Annapolis, none of all w'=^ would admit delay, necessarily occasion'd
my not particularly answering your two last letters before this Post,
w*^*" I hope you will therefore excuse. The first of those letters con-
tains an answer to mine upon the augmenting of your three hundred
Troops design'd ag^^ St. Francois, and am glad to find in it y' you
agree with me thereupon in sentiments, and are determin'd to aug-
ment 'em to 500 besides Voluntiers, and it is a particular pleasure to
me to find y' Col. Atkinson will go himself upon this P^nterprise, w'^''
I have also signify'd to the Governm'^ of Connecticutt and New York,
and gave 'em hopes y' your attempt upon St. Francois would have
kept time as near as possibly might be with that ag*' Crown Point,
w'^'^ would favour the success of both : As to your Excellency's
254 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
second letter, yet unansvver'd, the ace* of our men's marching to Menis
and the Deputies agreeing to furnish 'em w*"" three months subsist-
ence gives me great pleasure, and it seems to promise y* all things
will go right there. I think, as your Excellency observes, Capt.
Mitchell's cruise was an unfortunate one, and his coming back to
Portsmouth for the reasons he gives seems, I must confess, very ex-
traordinary. But your Excellency is the best judge of that. I will
endeavour to get some information from Capt, Stephens respecting
the situation & distance of St. Francois from Winnepesaket Pond,
and to have it sent you. It will be of great importance y* your forces
should have the best of pilots that can be procur'd.
As to what your Exc>' mentions concerning the pay of the forces,
I have made no drafts for that charge as yet ; and all that I can Say
at present is, y* it seems to me the several Gov"^ are warranted by the
Duke of New Castle's letter to draw for their own Troops ; and I
think the best method is to dispose of the bills to the merch'^ who
are the most proper persons to negotiate 'em, w""^ is the method I
have taken with respect to other charges of the Crown that have
arisen here.
Be pleas'd to excuse the haste of this scrawl and accept the Com-
plim*^ of the season, and an assurance y' I am,
Sir, your Excellency's most Obedient, Humble servant
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Gov"" Went worth.
\^Shirley to Weni'worth.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 242.]
Boston, Jany 27, 1746.
Sir. I had the favour of your Exc^' letter by the Post, and am
sorry for the bad ace' from Winnipisioka Pond. I have the same
doubt concerning the sufficiency of the officers commissionated by
his IMaj'y^ Governours for holding a Court Martial, before the arrival
of his Maj'y^ Commissions here, as you have ; tho' I have not the least
doubt but y* the 170 men who deserted from the rest of the Troops
at the Pond, are (if duly inlisted into his Maj'^^ service, as I doubt not
but they are) as much guilty of mutiny and desertion, as if their officers
had actually receiv'd the King's Commissions, and may be try'd for it
as soon as there shall be a proper Court Martial erected ; w'^^ doubt-
less your Assembly and other Branches of the Legislature may ena-
ble your officers to hold untill the arrival of his Maj*y' Commissions
&c. And I should think they would upon further consideration pass
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 255
such an act, w*^'' the particular circumstances of the case and the ne-
cessity of his Maj'y^ service plainly require. I don't otherwise see
how the officers can mentain a proper command over the soldiers. I
am sure the General Interest of your own and the other neighbouring
Governm'* w'^^ are very deeply concern'd in having your design'd
attempt ag^' St. Francois supported and successfully prosecuted, loudly
calls for such an one, especially as I have received advices from Gov""
Clinton by Express two days ago, y* he and his Gov' are determined
to join w"^ the Governm'^ of the Massachusetts and Connecticutt in
an attempt this winter upon Crown Point, and I expect the Gov"" of
Connecticutt will come to a Resolution tomorrow to join too : and all
three Governm'^ depend on your making the attempt ag°* St. Fran-
cois at the same time, w'^'^ seems to me likely to fail unless the As-
sembly will join in passing such an act as I have before mention'd,
and shall propose to mine forthwith to pass, least the same case
should happen among the Troops rais'd in my Gov' as has happen'd
with you. In the mean time, undoubtedly you may commit to Goal
such of your mutineers and Deserters, as you can prcperly lay hold
of, and secure 'em there, till there shall be a Court Martial for the
Trial of 'em.
The Inclosed papers will show your Excellency my method of En-
listing. I should think some proclamation warning the men to return
to their duty by such a day under pains of being prosecuted as De-
serters with the utmost severity, would not be amiss.
Excuse this hasty scrawl from
Sir, your Excellencys most Obedient, Humble servant.
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Gov"" Wentworth.
[3-158] {^Petition of TimotJiy Clevicnt, of Concord, 1746.]
To M*" Stephens Speaker of y*^ House
Sur this is to inform you that Sum Time in Januvvary and febe-
wary 1744/5 I went To winepesocky with Capt Chandler and I Caryed
a Set of Survaying Instrements with me & Took a True plan of the
pond according to a Mathematicall Rule and was at Considrable Cost
to my Chain men and allso to the Indon Cristo and when I Got home
It took me Several Days to Draw the Plan and to make the Remark
of Caring places and the Lik and I never Recived but about 3^ 10^
a Day old tennor : and I Sent the plan To His Excelency Supposing
that It might be of Great Sarvice to the Goverment and I was in
Hops that His Excelency or y® Honrable Cort would in their wisdom
256 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
and Charity a Low me Sumthing for the same and if they would
I Should be thankfull for it in as much as I am a poor man and Have
•a Great familey To maintain and if you would Move it to y^ Honrable
Cort : and they would alow me any thing and would Send it by Cap*
Goss I Shall be your Sarvant at all Times Redy and willing To Sarve
the Goverment as much as in me Lyes from
Tim*'^ Clement
Rumford febe^^' y^ 6^^ 1 745/6
[For roll of the company, see Vol. V., p. 754. — Ed.]
[3-159]
\P etition from Mary WelcJi, of Portsinouth, Soldier s Wife.~\
To His Excellency Benning Went worth Esq'^ Gover"" & Commander
in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampsh"^ the
Hon''^^ His Majestys Council & House of Representatives for Said
Province in Gen^ Assembly Convend Feb''^ 19*^ 1745 —
The Humbly Petition of Mary Welsh of Portsmouth in Said Prov-
ince Shews
That your Petitioners Husband John Welsh listed under Capt
George Meserve when Recruiting for Louisbourg & went with him
to that place & Still Continues a Soldier there — That he has Re-
ceivd only his Months pay & the bounty Money on which his family
has Subsisted Ever Since — But Your Petitioner having three Small
Children cannot any Longer Support her Self & them without help
— Wherefore She Prays that she may be AUow'd to take up the
wages due for his Service & that payment thereof may bee orderd Ac-
cordingly & Your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall ever Pray &c —
mary welch
In Council May 7*'^ 1746 read & Sent Down
Theod'- Atkinson Se-^
[Endorsed] Dismis'd having been answered.
[3-160]
\ Joseph Sleeper s Statement relative to the Trouble betzveen Colonel
Richmond and Captain Ladd at Lonisbourg.']
Kingston in the ^ To His Excellency the Governour and com-
Province of new I mander in chief in and over his Majesties Prov-
Hampshire [ ince of new Hamps''and to the Hon' Court and
Feb 15 1745-6 J Assembly thereof
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 257
The humble Petition of Joseph Sleeper is that as Cap' Daniel Lad
refused to order or Command his men any more by reason of a dis-
gust he met with from Collonel Richmond May i8"' on Saturday Cap'
Lad was in the Trench with the biggest Part of his Company and
going out of the Trench on Saturday morning he passed by Colonel
Richmond and gave no Account to him how many men he brought
out of the Trench the Collonel Sent after him and brought him and
his men back and Sent him with his men to a Guard House near the
Trench and then Cap' Lad was offended with Colonel Richmond and
Said he never would order his men any more nor have anything to do
with them any more and So did not order them any more till the 14"^
day of June we were ordered by the Colonel to go on Board the Man
of Warr then the Colonel asked him if he would go on Board the
Man of War he told the Col. he did not know he was not very well
but he consented to go with his men again July 27'^ Cap' Lad was
ordered into the Court Marshall I was Sent for into the Court to
give Account why I did not come into Court when I was Summoned
I told their Hon''^ I was not Summoned, So when they looked they
found my Name was not in the Summons then having asked me
what my Name was they Summoned me to appear in Court the next
Thursday at 9 a Clock to give Account what I knew concerning Cap'
Lad and Brigadeer Waldo told me Cap' Lad was confined to his
House not to go out any distance on any Account and I must Com-
mand and lead the Company into the City on Monday next at 9 of
the Clock and must order them from time to time and must obey Such
orders as came to me from my Superior Officers. Now when the
General told Cap' Lad that his men must unload a Sloop of Wood,
he replyed that his men did not chuse to work except they ware payed
for it ; then they Shall have none to burn Says the Generall We
will burn Coal Says Cap' Lad, the Coal Says the General is for the
Smiths, my men Says Cap' Lad cannot work they are So faint
they can't get their Allowance of Rum ; they must have no more Rum
they must have Molasses then Says Cap' Lad they must go to brew-
ing Beer So he would not Send any men. The Colonel Sent a War-
rant to him to Send fourteen men and an Officer with them to guard
a Sloop to Saint Peters to bring Wood but he refused to Send men
and burnt the Warrant — Now I beg that the Hon^^ Court would be
pleased to consider me in this Matter as I have been forced to do this
Service I think it is my undoubted Right to ask Some Satisfaction for
it I don't remember that ever Lieu' Dudly was in the Trench more
than twice I was forced to be most constantly with the men in the
258 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Trench I would humbly beg your Consideration on these things for
whom I shall ever pray
Joseph Sleeper
In Council May y^'^ 1746 read & Send Down
Theod"" Atkinson Se''^
Province of )
N Hampsh \ In the House of Representatives Aug* i^* 1746
Voted — That y^ Within Petition be Dismissd D Peirce Clk
[3-1 61] [Petition of Francis Mason, of StratJiani, Soldier.']
Province of \ To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Gov-
New Hamp^ j ernor & Commander in Chief in and over his Majes-
tys Province of New Hampshir And to his Majestys Honourable
Council And Hon'^'^ house of Representives convened in Generall
Assembly —
The Petition of Francies Mason of Stratham in s'^ Province Hum-
bly Sheweth, that your Petitioner, was one that went in the first
Embarkcation to Cape-Breton and was there at the taking of the City,
and behav'd as well as I could, and after that was taken Sick there ;
was Sick there a Month, and came home sick in M'' Parsons Vessel,
when Cap' Seward came home, and was Sick two Months after I came
a Shore & not abel to do any work, — about a month I lay Sick at
Ports"^° at m"^ Berrys under the care of Docter Rogers, & after his
Death, my friends remov*^ me to Stratham, where I lay under the
care of Docter Wiggin till I was better, I Pray your Excellency and
Honours would consider my Circumstances and Pleas to bestow upon
me what you in your Wisdom Shall think fit, To whom I Shall be
greatly Obliged, And for whom I Shall as in Duty bound ever Pray —
frances mason
Dated February the Eighteenth 1745/6
In Council May 7"' 1746 read & Sent Down
Theod'' Atkinson SC'y
Allowed £,2. 10. o.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 259
[3-162] \Loiiisboiirg Soldiers' Petition, 1746. Hampton Men.']
To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Govcrnour And Com-
mander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Province of New Hamps®
The Hon*^'" The Councill And House of Representatives in General
Assembly Conven'd Feb^ i8"' 1745 — [1746 N. S.]
Humbly Shews — Sarah Leavett widow & Relict of Moses Leavett
Late of Hampton Deceas'd And Josiah Shaw And Nathanael Moul-
ton of Hampton in Said Province That the Said Moses and we the
Said Josiah and Nathanael were Soldiers in the pay of this Province
at the taking of Louisbourgh, That we Cheerfully Underwent Any
Hardships Nor Did We Shun Any Dangers where it was Tho't we
might be helpfull for Accomplishing this Great affair And Accordingly
when it was Tho't needfull to make an Attack on the Island Battery
We the Said Josiah & Nathaniel And he the Said Moses Readily
Ventured our lives in that Dangerous Enterprise where tho' we Es-
caped with our lives were in the Utmost Danger of Loosing them
And after the Greatest tryal of this Sort were obliged to Submitt to
the Mercies of Our Enemies Where the Said Moses Lost a Gun of
About ten pounds Value old Tenor A Great Coat of about Eight
Pounds Value a Pistill Cartuse Box & Powder Horn And after his
Return home was Sick & Required tendance a Great while And I the
Said Josiah Lost a Gun of About ten pounds Value A Great Coat
About ten pounds Value a Cutlass a Leather Guncase a Belt Powder
Horn & Bullett Bag Amounting to the Value of About four Pounds
fifteen shillings And I the Said Nathaniel Lost a Gun About Eight
Pounds Value A Snapsack & Cartuse Box a Hatchet Bullet Bag & Two
Powder horns We Therefore pray Your Excellency & Honours to
take this Affair Under Your Consideration And Doubt not But it will
Appear Agreeable to Justice and Humanity that these Losses should
be made up to Us And such Allowance for Our Great Dangers &
Hardships as to Your Excellency & Honours Shall Seem Reasonable
For which as in Duty Bound We shall Ever Pray &c :
Josiah Shaw
Sarah Leavitt
Nathanel Mouton
In Council May 7*^ 1746 read & Sent Down —
Theod'' Atkinson Se'T'
alow"^ to wid° mary Levit for Sickness of her husband
& other Losses . . , . . . . .7-0-0
alow"^ Josiah Shaw . . . . . . . .3-0-0
alow"^ Nath' moltin . . . . . . . . 10 - o
26o MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[3-163]
\Petitioii of Hugh Montgomery. Had a Son Killed at Loitisboiirg.^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'^ Governor & Comman-
der in Chief in & over his Maiestys Province of New Hampshire
The Honb'^ his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for
said Province in General Court Assembled the 18^^ Day of Feb''
1745. 6
The Humble Petition of Hugh iviontgomery of Portsmouth in said
Province joiner Shews
That Your Petitioner is advanced in years & almost past his La-
bour & has been disabled also by a fall which has Render'd him more
incapable of Labour than he might otherwise have been had no Such
Accident happened — That your Petitioner had a Son bro't up to his
Trade, & was Master of it, who went in the Late Expedition against
Louisbourg Who was Kill'd in the attempt upon the Island Battery
where he lost his Arms & all that he had with him, & afterwards all
that he had in his Tent was taken away by unknown hands, which
Arms have been paid for (tho' lost) by a deduction out of the Wages
allowd to your Petitioner for his Service —
That the Death of his said Son is a very heavy and Grievous loss
to your Petitioner, not only with Respect to his Relation to him &
the strong ties of Natural Affection (which in this Case were Increased
by a Constant dutiful behaviour) but in Special, with Regard to the
profit of his Labour in the Prime time of his Service, being about
Nineteen Years of Age when he listed and the Particular Circum-
stances of your Petitioner, his said Son being his Chief Support the
staff of his Age, & the main Stay of his Famity, by the Remarkable
Diligence & application of the Youth in his Business, & his thorough
Mastery of it
That Your Petitioner humbly Conceives it not only agreeable to
Natural Justice to make such as hazarded their lives for the Service
of their Country in so Eminent & Extraordinary a manner, or the
Relations of those who died in the Service, a Generous Reward pro-
portioned to the Hazzards & Benefits of the Event, but also Agreea-
ble to the Practice of all other Places in this & the like Cases, Es-
pecially where families are Reduced to a State of Indigence by the
Loss of their Relatives — and therefore it Seems a Singular Instance
of Severity & unkind usage to make those who lost their Arms in
that Desparate attempt on the Battery afores^ to pay for them which
is in Effect Punishing instead of Rewarding those who laid down
their lives for their Country (and what Effect this may have on others
may be worthy Consideration) nor are those who died so, in this Par-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 261
ticular Instance the less to be Consider'd, because they did not Suc-
ceed in the Enterprize since they shew their good Will & Courage for
the Public service & thereby Intimidated the Enemy — But however
others may fare Your Petitioner Humbly Conceives the Peculiarity
of his Case Claims the Attention of the Government and therefore
He Humbly Prays Such an allowance may be made to him in Con-
sideration of the Premises as in Your Wisdom & Goodness you shall
Judge fit and Your Petitioner as in duty Bound shall ever pray &c
Hugh Montgomery
In Council May 7'^ 1746 read & Sent Down
Theod"- Atkinson Se'^
[He was allowed ;^i 5. — Ed.]
[3-164]
[Petition of John Sleeper, of Hampton, dated February 18, 1745-
46. He stated that he was taken sick after he came home from Lou-
isbourg, and wanted an allowance. He was allowed his doctor's bill,
£1. 5. o. — Ed.]
[3-165]
[Petition of Shubael Dearborn, of Hampton, Louisbourg soldier,
dated February 18, 1745-46. Came home sick in September, 1745.
He was allowed ^3. o. o. — Ed.]
[3-166]
[Petition of Joseph Redman, of Hampton, Louisbourg soldier,
dated P'ebruary 18, 1745-46. Came home sick in July, 1745. He
was allowed £2. 10. o. — Ed.]
[3-167]
[Petition of Benjamin Thomas, of Ports^noiitJi, Louisbourg Soldier,
1746.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor & Commander
in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of Newhampshire The
Hono^'® his Majestys Council & House of Representatives for %^
Province In General Court Assembled y'^ 18* Day of ffeb"" 1745. 6
The Humble Petition of Benj" Thomas of Portsmo"' In s'' Province
ffelt Maker Shews
That your Petitioner being Intirely Deprived of the use of his
262 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Arm with Regard to his trade by that Unhappy Shott att the Late
Expedition And Whereas out of y'' Goodness you have Been pleased
to allow Me Monthly Subsistance untill the 25 of March next I would
pray your Hon""^ to Setle Something on me Anualy that May putt me
in Some way to Gett bread for My wife And Children, without being
always A trouble to your Hono''^ or A Burthen to the town Which I
Leave to your wisdom & Goodness ass you Shall Judge fite And your
Petitioner as In Dutty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c
Benj thomas
P N Hamp"-
In Council May f^ 1746 read & Sent Down to the Hon'^''^ House
Theod-^ Atkinson Se^
Allowed ;^20. o. o in the Room of a Pension to be in full for Sat-
isfaction for his Wounded arm & to have no future allowance on that
Ace* from the Gen Assem
[3-168] \_Lonisbourg Soldiers Petition. Poi'tsmouth Men.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq^' Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hamp"^
To the Honorable his Majestys Council for Said Province and
House of Representatives in General assembly Convened Feb"^
18"^ 1745 —
Most Humbly Shew George Dam George Huntris Henry Sleeper
David Decker and Michael Martin all of Portsmouth in the Province
of New Hamp' That they each of them were at the Reduction of
Louisbourg in the Pay of this Province, That they each of them were
sick and at much expence Since their Return Home, Namely George
Huntris three weeks George Dam five Weeks Henry Sleeper Six
Weeks David Decker Eight Weeks and Michael Martin Seven Weeks
— Wherefore your Petitioners respectively pray your Excellency and
Honours to Grant them Such Relief as May be tho't reasonable and
Just and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray —
Georg Dam David Dacker
George Huntris Michael Martin
Henry Sleeper
In Council May 7*^ 1746 read & ord'^ to be Sent Down
Theod"" Atkinson Sq^
Allowed Deaker 3-7-0 d° H Sleeper i : 17: 6
d. Geo. Dam 1-5-0 d° Mich. Martyn 2 : 5:0
d° Geo. Huntriss -15
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 263
[3-169] \Louislwurg Soldiers Petition. PortsinoutJi Men.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governour & Comman-
der in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hamp'' To
the Honorable his Majestys Council & House of Representatives
in General Assembly Convened Feb'>' i8"^ 1745
Humbly Shew Michael Whidden of Portsmouth in the Province of
New Hamp'' Joyner and Joshua Jackson of the Same Place Black-
smith That they each of them were at the Reduction of Louisbourg
in the pay of this Province That your Petitioner Michael was sick at
Louisbourg and since his Return home has been and still is lame irv
his right Knee and under the hands of a Doctor and is unable to
work — That your Petitioner Joshua receivd a blow on the Small of
his Back from a Cannon Shot while in the Trenches, whereby he was
much hurt That thereby he is much disabled from working at his
trade and business — Wherefore your Petitioners respectively pray
your Excellency & Honours to Grant them Such Relief as you shall
Judge Reasonable and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever
pray &c
Mich' whidden Joshua Jackson
In Council May 7*^ 1746 read again & Sent Down
Theodore Atkinson Se^
Allowed 30/ to Jackson Allowed 40/ to Whidden
[3-170] [Petition of Sarah Trcfethen, Soldier s Widow.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hamp'"
The Honorable his Majestys Council and House of Representatives
in General Assembly Convened Feb'^^ 18"' 1745
Most Humbly Shews Sarah Treferren widow of Henry Treferren
late of New Castle in said Province dec'^ — That her dec'* husband
was at the Reduction of Louisbourg in the pay of this Province, That
soon after her said husband returnd home he was taken sick, of which
Sickness he dyed in about ten days That he left your Petitioner with
a number of Small Children, That after the death of your Petitioners
husband, the whole Family, one excepted, was taken Sick whereby
your Petitioner was put to great Straits & difficultys, that she hath not
wherewith to pay for the Funeral charges & Doctors Bills — where-
fore your Petitioner humbly prays Your Excellency and Honours to
264 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Grant her such Rehef in the Premises as you shall Judge Reasonable
& Your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever Pray &c —
Sarah treffen
In Council May 7*'' 1746 read & Sent Down
Allowed ^3.. 0.. o — Theod' Atkinson Sc^'
The Wido"-' of Henry Trefferren Deceas"^ Dr 1745
To Sund>' Prac^ for her Husband & Fam^>' at Sund>' times
Ams to 55/ Proc^ Money £2,, 15,, o
Equal to 220/ Old Tenor £i\„ o„ o
New Castle ]
Feb''>' 14*'' 1745/6 \ E-" Excep<^ ^ N Sargent j : p
12/3 of the above allowed in another acc^
[3-171]
[Petition of Elizabeth, widow of William Ham, of Portsmouth,
who died at Louisbourg. — Ed.]
[3-172]
\_Petition of ZacJiariali Foss, of Portsvioitth, Louisbourg Soldier, 1746.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor & Commander
in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire the
Hon*^'^ His Majesty's Council for Said Province & the Hon"^'^ House
of Representatives for the Same in Gen' Assembly Convened Feb'^^
19''^ 1745 . 6 —
The Humble Petition of Zachariah Foss of Portsm° in said Prov-
ince Mariner Shews —
That your Petitioner was one of the Persons who first Engagd in
the Enlistment against Louisbourg & Exerted himself to the utmost
of his Power to Induce others to List in doing of which he Spent full
forty pounds old tenor of his own Money
That His Excellency was pleased to give your Petitioner a Com-
mission to be Lieu* of the Sloop Abigail under the Command of Cap'
Jn° Furnald as well as a Warr' to be Pilot thereof, in both which Sta-
tions Your Petitioner acted & Discharged his Duty with Diligence &
fidelity — by Reason whereof he had a Double duty & Some part of
the time had not Opportunity for Sleep above two hours in the four
& twentv for ten or twelve Days together
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 265
That your Petitioner always attended whenever the Boats were Sent
on Discoveries, was at the Reduction of S' Peters & on many other
Important & Dangerous Services as a Lieu' besides attending his
Duty in both Stations on Board, whenever the s'' Vessel was orderd
on any Cruise
That your Petitioner Conceives the hard Services which he went
thro' in the said Expedition was a means of breaking his Constitution
& bringing on that Sickness whereof he has lay con find for three
Months & of w^'' he is not yet perfectly Recoverd, for all which he
has had no allowance Excepting what was allowd him as a Pilot
wherefore he humbly Prays, that his Case may be Consider'd that he
may be allowd the pay of a Lieu' as he had the Commission & did
the duty thereof {at least for the time he did So) — and that something
may also be allowd to defray the Extraordinary Charges & Expences
Occasiond to him by his Long Sickness & he shall as in Duty Bound
Ever pray &c
Zech : Ffoss
In Council May 7"' 1746 read & Sent Down
Theod'' Atkinson Se'^
Allowed £S'- o : o
[3-173]
[Petition of Samuel Edgerly, of Exeter, Louisbourg soldier.
Stated that he was taken sick. He w^as allowed £6. for Doctor
Dudley Odlin's bill. — Ed.]
[3-174]
[Petition of Deborah Tucker and HannaJi Kenniston, Soldiers
Widows, 1746.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq*" Governor & Commander
in Chief in & Over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire the
Hon^'*^ his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for Said
Province in General Assembly Convened Feb'^ 19"' 1745
The Humble Petition of Deborah Tucker & Hannah Kenniston
Widows Shews —
That your Petitioners late Husbands viz Lewis Tucker & John Ken-
niston were Sailors on Board the Commodore Jn" Furnald Commander
in the Late Expedition against Louisbourg but after their arrival there
266 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
went a Shoar & Served as Soldiers where the said Kenniston was
Soon Killd & the said Tucker Hvd to Return but Died in a few
Days afterwards — That the allowance made to them has been only
as Soldiers at five pounds per month without any Consideration of any
Services they did as Seamen, and a deduction has been made for the
Guns which they had of Eight pounds each & your Petitioners not
allowd to have the property in them nor Liberty of Disposing of
them —
That your Petitioners have Several Small Children Each of them
& are in necessitous Circumstances being destitute of the Supplies
& Supports w* they used to have & the above allowance being but
Small they Humbly Pray that their Circumstances may be Considered
That an allowance may be made to the said Deborah for the Doctors
Bill & Funeral Expen^ of her Said Husband & the said Hannah some
Consideration for the forwardness & Service of her Said Husband &
to Each of them Something for the Service of their Said Husbands
as Mariners and an allowance for their Said Arms which they are
Ready to Return or at Least Liberty to dispose of them (tho' that
would be troublesome & not answer the End of 3^our Petitioners pres-
ent necessities) and they Shall as in duty bound Ever pray &c
Deborah Tucker ) wrote by
Hannah Kenniston ) their desire
P. N : H :
In Council May f^ 1746 read & Sent down to the Honble the
Council Theodore Atkinson, Se"^'
alow'^ to Deborah Tucker : 3. 0-0
This may Certifie That the within Named Lewis Tucker & John
Kenniston Serv"^ as Soldiers & Seamen As within Express^ under my
Comand John Furnell
[3-175]
[Petition of Richard York, of Exeter, Louisbourg soldier. Stated
that he was taken sick and sent home. He was allowed £<). — Ed.]
[3—176]
[Petition of Jonathan Partridge, Ship-wright, of Portsmouth, Louis-
bourg soldier. He was allowed £'^. 2. 6. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 267
[3-178]
[Petition of Ensign Christopher Huntress, of Newington, Louis-
bourg soldier. Asked an allowance for sickness, &c., and received
£2. o. 6. — Ed.]
[3-179]
[Petition of Lieutenant Edzuard Brooks, of PortsmoutJi, of the Sloop
Abigail, Louisbourg Expedition.']
To His Excellency — Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap' General Gov-
ernor & Commander in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of
New Hampshire The Hon"^^^ His Majesty's Council & House of
Representatives for Said Province in General Assembly Conven'd
Feb 21' 1745 —
The Humble Petition of Edward Brooks of Portsmouth in Said
Province Mariner Shews
That your petitioner went in the Late Expedition Against Louis-
bourg as the first Lieu' on Board the Sloop Abigail under Cap' Fur-
nald, & an Ensign when on Shoar, for which Offices the Cap' General
was pleased to give Your Petitioner Distinct Commissions, whose Am-
bition it was to Act Worthy of them, & to Demonstrate that they
were not 111 bestow'd —
That your Petitioner fir'd with Zeal for the Success of this Grand
Enterprize, Exerted himself with all Possible Diligence, & Animated
others to the utmost of his Influence, with good Success and Consid-
erable Service for the General Good of the Cause, as is well known
to all who had any part in the Action.
That your Petitioner had the Charge of one Battery & another dur-
ing the whole time of the Siege, where he was greatly Expos'd to the
fire of the Enemy, & the Cold Damps of the Trenches. And was one
among those who Propos'd to take the Island Battery every time they
proposd it And Particularly in the last Attempt had the Command
of those who Ingag'd in that Affair, & may without Vanity Presume
to Say that had those who were not in Command, perform'd their
part as well as your Petitioner, they had undoubtedly {at least in all
Humane Probability) Succeeded in the Attempt
That after the Place was taken your Petitioner went to France with
Prisoners a troublesome fatiguing Voyage & was long detaind There
without Liberty of going on Shoar, in which as well as in other parts
of this Campaign, Your Petitioner Endurd much hardship, which laid
the foundation of that Sickness of which he had like to have Died, &
which cost him near twenty pounds Sterling in London — That your
268 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Petitioner Conceives the Success of this Expedition was in a Great
Measure (under the Divine Providence) Owing to the Bravery & Cour-
age of the Men Ingagd in it, and Nothing more Intimidated the En-
emy, than that Bold Attempt on tlie Island Battery, & the Intrepid
behaviour of the Soldiers there and that Such who thus behave Claim
of Justice a proportionable Reward and that the Public Good will be
thereby promoted this Hon^^^ Court need not be told —
Wherefore Your Petitioner Prays that he may be allowd a Quantum
Meruit for his Extraordinary Services in this Expedition, that the
Charges of his Sickness aforesaid may be defray'd & not Sufferd to
lye on him, and that Such Rewards & Compensations may be made
him as in your Wisdom & Goodness you shall think meet & he shall
as in Duty bound Ever Pray &c — Edw^ Brooks
In Council ffebry the 21 1745 read & reccomend —
Theod"" Atkinson Se''^
In Council May 7**^ 1746 read again & Sent Down
Theod"" Atkinson Se*^
Dismist •
[3-180] \LouisbHrg Expedition Account ?[
1745 Province of New Hampshire to Sundry Persons D""
To Jonath" Partridge for 16 Days work at the^
time of Siege Against Louisbourg &c Graving I Jon Partridge
ferry Boats Making Bottoms for Mortors Mend- I ;Q
ing Gins & Laying Platforms for Guns &c @ J
I Grind Stone Press'd for Service of Grand Battery
To Edw^ Pendexter Jun'' for 10 Days Ditto on Ditto Edward
Pendexter
To Shad^ Way mouth for 10 D°- D°- Shadrack wamouth
To Nath^ Meserve Jun"- 6 D°- D°- Nath^ Meserve Jun""
To W"> Walden 10 D° - D°-
this work wos all Don By theas men I kno of nothing thay Reseved
for Satisfaxion for the Same
19 me Nathaniel Meserve
[3-181]
[Petition of Samuel Blake, of Kensington, whose son Samuel was
in the Louisbourg Expedition. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 269
[3-182]
[Petition of Eleazer Bickford, Cooper, of Durham, Louisbourg
soldier. Stated that he was taken ill, and wanted an allowance. He
was allowed £,2. — Ed.]
[3-183] [Thomas Millet, relative to Sloop Abigail, 1746.]
Where as the Sloop Abigail whereof I am owner is now Stoped in
the Port of Piscataqiia by order of the Governour in order if wanted
to be Imployd in the Service of the s"^ Governm^ of New Hamp"" &
She being Laden & wanting Sund"^ Stores for any Voyage I have
under these Circumstances obtained his Excelencys Lycence that this
Sloop may Proceed to Boston with Intent to fit her there & I now
Promise & Engage that the s"^ Vessell Shall returne to this Port again
as Soon as the Nature of the Voyage will Permit the Danger of the
Seas Excepted March the 9'^ 1 746 —
Tho^ Millet
[3-187]
{Petition of Lieutenant Jonathan Gilinan, of Keeneborongh, Louis-
bonrg Soldier.^
To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor & Commander
in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire To
the Hon'^'^ his Majesty's Council and house of Representatives
Convened in General Assembly —
Humbly Sheweth Jonathan Gilman of Keenborough in the Prov-
ince aforesaid Gent — That in the Month of February 1744 he En-
listed himself into the Company of Volunteers under the Command
of Cap' Ezekiel Gilman and Proceeded with him in the Expedition
against Cape Breton as far as Canso in the Station of a Common
Souldier, at which place General Pepperrell on the fifteenth day of
April 1745, was Pleas'd to Give your Petitioner a Commission for a
Lieutenant of a Company of Marines under the Command of Cap^
Abraham Trefithen and Obediently Served as Such Dureing the
remainder of the Expedition For which Service Your Petitioner
Humbly hopes and Desires that Your Excellency and hon""^ will be
pleas'd in Your Great wisdom and Goodness to Allow him to have
and receive of the Treasurer of this Province the Same wages That
other Lieutenants in the Expedition had from the afores^ fifteenth
270 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
day of April — Your Petitioner having as Yet received Nothing but
Common Souldiers pay — Jonathan Gihnan
Dated April 8**^ 1746.
In Council May y® 6 1746 read & Sent down to the House
Theodore Atkinson Se*^
Aus' 2'^ Dismiss'd D Peirce Clk
[3-188]
{^Petition of Tabitha Cass, Widow of a Louisbourg Soldiet', 1746.]
To his Excellency Benning Went worth Esq'' Govern our And Com-
mander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Province of New Hamps^
in New England The Hon^^-^ His Majestys Council And House of
Representatives in General Assembly Conven'd May &^ 1746 —
Humbly Shews Tabitha Cass of the Parish of Kensington in Prov-
ince aforesaid Widow & Relict of Jonathan Cass Late Deceas'd That
your Petitioner's Husband was aVoluntierin the Pay of this Province
in the Expedition for the Reduction of Louisbourgh Where the Hard-
ships and Difficulties he met with so Destroyed his Health that when
he Return'd the Last of August past he was obliged to be Carryed
from the Vessell to his House being unable to walk himself and so
Remained Sick and under the Doctors hands till the I3''' of Sep""
when he Died, That Your Petitioner was obliged to Expend a Great
Deal in the time of his Sickness for Necessarys for him. Besides
the Doctors Bill herewith Sent, That Your Petitioner is in Low Cir-
cumstances and has a Large family of Children to maintain. I there-
fore Rely on the Goodness of Your Excellency and Honours to Grant
me allowance of the Doctors Bill and for Such allowance for Neces-
sarys and funeral Charges & Such like Expended As in your Great
Wisdom & Goodness you shall think the Circumstances Require and
your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall ever Pray &c :
Tabitha Cass
Docf^ bill allowed & paid May 1 2 1 746
In Council read & Sent Down Theodore Atkinson Se'^'
allow'^ 5„ o„ o —
[3-189]
[Petition of Abigail Thomas, widow of John Thomas, a soldier in
the Louisbourg expedition, in Captain Sherburne's company. She
was allowed £,2. o. o. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 2/1
[3-190]
[Petition of John Hicks, Louisbourg soldier. He was taken sick
and discharged in consequence. His doctor's bill, amounting to J^2.
10. o. was paid. — Ed.]
[3-191]
[Petition of Samuel Kenniston, who stated that his son Samuel
was in the Louisbourg expedition under Captain Furnald, and that
he, Samuel, Sr., served also as a sailor. — Ed.]
[3-192]
[Petition of Philip Johnson, Louisbourg soldier, discharged and
sent home sick. Allowed ^2. 10. o. — Ed.]
[3-193]
[^James Wood's Petition, relative to Care of Sick Soldiers at Louis-
bourg.^
Province of New-Hampshire.
To His Excelly Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap' Gen^ & Gov"' in Chief
The Hon^^^ The Council & House of Representatives in Gen' Court
Assembled The 6*'' Day of May 1746.
The Petition of James Wood, Humbly Sheweth,
That yo'' Petitioner having served His Majesty in the Capacity of
a Surgeon to the Regiment Commanded by Col° Samuel Moore, In
the Late Expedition against Cape Breton, and Continued in said
Service untill the beginning of April last, at which Time Yo'' Pef
was sent Home with the Care of Several Sick Men.^ And Whereas
Doct"^ Joseph Pierce Chief Surgeon to s'' Regiment r^turn'd Home in
December last, Yo"" Pet"^ from that Time, untill the middle of March
had the Sole Care of the Men belonging to the afores'' Regim* on Ac-
count of Docf Alexand"" Clark's being sick during s"^ Time, who was
appointed Chief Surgeon in the Room of the afores^ Docf Pierce,
But by reason of the Great Numbers that were Sick, together with
the Extream Cold Season ; Yo"" Pef underwent very great Hardships
& Fatigue. Therefore, Most Humbly Prays Yo"" Excell^ & Hon"^^
would be pleas'd to take the same into Consideration, and Grant unto
272 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Yo'' Pef such an Allowance over and above his Stated Pay for s"*
Extraordinary Services, as in Yo"" Great Wisdom shall seem meet.
And Yo"" Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever pray &c.
Ja : Wood
In Council May 10''' read & ordred to be Sent Down
Theod'' Atkinson Se"^'
[He was allowed ^^5. — Ed.]
[3-194]
[Petition from Mary, Widozv of Jereviiah Mars ton, tvho was Killed
at Lonisbonrg.\
Province of ) To his Excellency Bennin Wintworth Esq Gov-
New Hampshier \ erner and Commander In Cheif in and over his ma-
jestyes Province of New Hampshier in New England and to the
Honourable the Councel and house of Representitives In General
Assembly Convened Novem^'' 20* 1745
The Humble Pitition of Mary Marston wido Releit of Jeremiah
Marston of Hampton in Said Province Deceased Most Humbly Shew-
eth that the husband of your Pititioner the Said Jeremiah Marston
Did go Vollinteer in the Expedition against Louisbourg — and Did
find him Self a gun — and that the husband of your Pititioner the
Said Jeremiah Marston was Killed a fighting with the french and In-
dians in the woods- at Some Distance from the City of Louisbourg
and that there his gun was Lost
Your Pititioner Humbly Prays that your Excellency and Honours
would take this Pitition in to Consideration and order that the Said
gun May be Paid for : as In your grate wisdom shall seem meet —
and your Pititioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray
Mary Marston
And as the Said Jeremiah Marston had of the Province a sword &
hatchit Cartouc^-Box and snapsack which were all Lost at the Same
time when he was Killed a fighting as afore said your Pititioner
Humbly Prays your Excellency and Honours that the Pay for them
may not be Charged to his account out of his wages
Mary Marston
In Council May 7"' 1746 read & Sent down to the House
Allowed £i„ o^ o^ Theod"" Atkinson Se'^y
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 273
[3-195] [^Petition of Benjaviin Keniming^ of Exeter, Soldier.']
To His Excellency Banning Wcntworth Esq'' Cap*^ General Governor
& Commander in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire The Hon'^'^ His Majesty's Council & House of Repre-
sentatives for Said Province in Gen^ Assembly Convened May 7"^
1746 —
The Humble Petition of Benjamin Kemming of Exeter in the
Province afores'^ Shews
That your Petitioner was one of the Soldiers in the Late Expedi-
tion against Louisbourg in the Company of Cap' Trueworthy Dudley
& did his duty there till about Six weeks before he came home (which
was Sometime in October) when he was taken Sick with the Distem-
per then prevailing there & came home Sick & Continud So for more
than two Months time after he came home all which was attended
with great Expence & Charges to Your Petitioner as well as Loss of
time — and farther thro' his Incapacity to Look after his things by
his Said Sickness Before he got home he lost his gun which Some
Illminded Person Clandestinely took from him — Wherefore he hum-
bly Prays that You would Consider his Case & make him Such an
Allowance to defray the Charges afores'^ & the Loss Occasioned by
the afores"^ visitation of Providence as in your great Wisdom & Good-
ness you Shall think proper and Your Petitioner as in Duty Bound
Shall Ever Pray &c — Benjamin kimein
In Council read & Sent down to the House
May 7*^ 1746 Theod' Atkinson Se-'y
Allow'^ 50/ for Sickness
40/ for Gunn
£4- 10- o
[3-196] [Petition of Joseph Rawlins, Louisbourg Soldier.]
To the Honr^' Hous of representives of this province of new hampsher
Gent'men
Whereas I was in the Late Expidition against Cap briton and in
order to subdu the Eneimis of our king and cuntery and bring them
in obedence to his magesty the first day of may Last as we Sayled
into caprous bay we saw a numbr of our Enemis Com down to the
water Side to molist us or keep us from Landing we got ashore as
quick as we could I carred my owen gon and a pistil from hom with
274 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
me and at the time of Landing the bushes being thick I Lorst a
pistill value four pound at our first Landing which I pray you to con-
sider and alow me what you think fit for S'^ pistill and fourther pray
you to consider and allow me Somthing If you Se fit for the pain and
Loss of time which I have sastaind by a wound I Res*^ the 7"" of June
Last past which your petishiner as in Dutey bound Shall Ever pray
Joseph Rawlins
In Council May 7* 1746 read & Sent down
Theod'' Atkinson Se"^'
Allow'^ I. 10. o
[3-197]-
[Petition of Edward Hopkins, of Portsmouth, Louisbourg soldier,
for further allowance. — Ed.]
l^AfaJor Gihnan Lost his Coat at Lo7iisbo7i)'g.'\
May y^ 9^"^ 1746
Gentelman this is to put you in mind of y^ Loss I mat with att
Lousborg by having my Coat blown away in y^ barel of pouder, hoping
that you will Consider me who am your humbel servent
Ezek^^ Oilman
allow"^ 5. o. o
[3-198]
[Petition of Abraham Morgan, of Stratham, states that his brother,
John Morgan, of Kingston, was in the Louisbourg Expedition ; came
home and died. — Ed.]
[3-199]
[Petition of Lieiitenant Ezckicl Pitman, of Portsmouth, Lo7iisbonrg
Soldier^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq'' Captain General & Gov-
ernor in Cheif in & over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire
& to the Hon'^'^ His Majestys Council for Said Province & House
of Representatives now Conven'd in General Assembly —
Humbly Sheweth Ezekiel Pittman of Portsmouth in the Province
of New Hampshire, That he listed in His Majestys Service as Second
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS. 275
Leiu* under Cap* John Mason & went on the Expedition ag' Louis-
burgh. That after the first Leiu' M"" John Hart Come home he Acted
the Space of a fortnight as first Leiu' and that after Cap' Mason went
to France which was ab' y^ 20''^ of July he had the whole Charge &
Care of the Company as Captain & having no Officers under him for
the Space of Three months, was Obliged to Do threeble Duty which
greatly Exposed your Petitioner So that he was grievously Afflicted
with the Distemper Raging in the place & thereby forced to Come
home. That after your Petitioner Came home he was Confined By
reason of Said Sickness the Space of a month & is not yet thoroughly
Recovered. That your Petitioner has been paid Off only as a Second
Leiu' at 40/ ^ month
Wherefore Your Petitioner humbly prays the Consideration of your
Excellency & Hon*^ that he may have a reasonable Augmentation of
his Wages for his Extraordinary Service & a proper allowance for
Loss of time &: Charge of Doctors & Your Petitioner Shall ever pray
as in Duty Bound — Ezekiel Pitman
In Council May 15'^ 1746 read & ordred to be Sent Down to y®
House Theod"" Atkinson Se"^
alow"^ 2. o. o
[3-200] \_JoJin Gaffes Account and Memorial, 1746.]
Dec*"" 18*'' wated till y'' 23 at which time I Rec"^ His Exel"^ orders for
Inlisting 20 Efective men which I did and at the Same time
cared up the ammunition
Feb>' lo'*^ came down accordin to his ExeP'^ order to Give an accompt
of my march and the 19'** the assembly voted 10 men more
to be added to my Scout and the Gove""" Gave me an order
to Inlist or Impress them and Carred up the ammunition
for 30 men
March 29**^ came Down again to Give the Gov""" an accompt of my
marches at which time his Exel"=y Gave me orders to go
Imeadatly to cantuerbury to Dismiss the men which I did
by y^ 5th of apriel
to M"" James Jeffery for drawing my muster Rols
To His Exelency Govener the Hon^'*" the Counsel and House of Rep-
estetive In Gen^^ Cort convened
The Petion of John Goffe Humbley Shueth that your Petitioner
has ben at a Grate charge as by the accompt above and prays that your
276 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Exel'^y and honrs would make him Som allowence and your Pett"'' as
In Duty bound Shall Ever Pray
may y^ 22'"^ 1746
To 4 Jorneys down to the Bank* by order
Each jorney 10^ Extro'y charges —
To carreing up ammunition for 20 men
To carreing up ammunition for 30 men
A Comp*
Province of ) In the House of ■ Representatives May 2y^ 1746
N Hampsh"" \ Voted — That Cap* Goffe be allow'd fifty Shillings in
full of y^ above account to be pd out of y^ Money in y^ Treasury for
y® Defence of Government — D Peirce Clk
In Council Eod'" Die read cS: Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec'^
Eod'" Die Assented to B Wentworth
John Goffe
"2 —
0- 0
I -
0- 0
I -
5- 0
f
John Goffe
[4-1]
[Petition from Daniel Doe, of Durham, dated May 23, 1746. He
stated that he was in the Louisbourg expedition under " Capt' John
Furnel " ; was taken sick with a fever and sent home. He was al-
lowed jC2. 10. o. to pay his doctor's bill. — Ed.]
[4-5]
[Bill of " Nathanael Lang Junr, ferray man " for ferrying men to
the fort at New Castle, dated June 2, 1746. Allowed ;^3. 3. 6., De-
cember II, 1747. — Ed.]
[4-6]
\^Petitio7t of George TJiompson, Louisbourg Soldier^ zvho zuas subse-
quently Impressed, 1746.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap* General Governor
& Commander in Chief in & Over His Majestys Province of New
Hampshire the Hon*^'^ His Majestys Council & House of Represen-
tatives for Said Province in General Assembly Convened — July
i^* 1746 —
Humbly Shews George Thompson of Portsmouth in Said Prov^
Joiner That he was one of those Soldiers in the Late Expedition
[* Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth.]
o.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 2//
against Louisbourg that made the Attack on the Island Battery in
which he lost his Gun (tho' he fought the Fort with another which
belonged to some other Person disabled) & was one of those who thro'
the favour of Heaven got off without Personal Damage. —
That he was Sent to france in one of the Transports & after his
Arrival at Portsm° in England from france was pressd on Board His
Majesty s Ship the Princess Royal (notwithstanding he had Commo-
dore Warrens Protection) & then turn'd over to His Majestys Ship
the Grand Turk a twenty Gun Ship in which he was Sent out upon
a Cruise in which Ships he Servd about ten weeks & left the Ship he
was last in at Lisbon & at his Arrival at Boston was again pressd on
Board Cap* Rouse where he Servd Eleven Weeks & then left him —
That this Pressing from first to Last was Contrary to the Promises
made to the Persons who went in the said Transports & Considering
their Services & Sufferings therein was Cruel (Sc hard usage and Es-
pecially as your Petitioners Case was being Oblig'd to make his Escape
at any Rate to Obtain his Liberty by which he lost his Clothing & all
that he had Except the few Rags (& their usual Inhabitants) on his
Back Wherefore he humbly Prays he may have the Compassion of
this Hon*^'^ Court that as his fortune in this Expedition has been So
Peculiarly hard he may have Some farther allowance made him (hav-
ing had only the Common Wages to the time he was put on Board
the Transport) & that his Repeated Misfortunes may be Alleviated
by Such a Recompence as in Your Great Wisdom &: Goodness You
Shall think meet & your Petitioner as in duty Bound shall Ever
pray &c Gorg Tomson
In Council July 2^ 1746 — read <S: Sent Down
Theod Atkinson Se"^
alow'^ £8. o. o
[4-7] \_Pctitiou of Lieiiteiiaiit Ezckiel Worthett of Kensington.'\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"^ Cap' General & Com-
mander in Chief in & Over His Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire the Hon^'^ His Majestys Council & House of Representatives
for Said Province in General Assembly Convened July 3'''' 1746 —
The Humble Petition of Ezekiel Worthan of Kensington in S"^
Prov : Gent. Shews —
That he went to Louisbourg a Lieu' of Cap' Jonathan Present's
Company under whom he Served in that Office until his Decease But
278 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
from the time of his being taken Sick & afterward to the time of the
Discharge of the said Company Your Petitioner did the Duty of a
Cap* of Said Company whereby his care & Labour was greatly Increased
and the difficulties of Duty much greater than they would have been
had he been only a Lieu' under so good a Cap* as the said Present
was —
■ Wherefore your Petitioner Humbly Prays that as by the afores"^
means a greater Burthen fell on him (as he did the duty & had the
Care of a Captain to the Said Company (which was as large as any
there) for the whole time afores'^) so he may be allowd the full pay of
a Captain or the same which his Captain had or was to have had if he
had Livd and Your Petitioner as in duty Bound Shall ever Pray &c —
Ezekiel Worthan
In Council July 3"^ 1746 read & ordred to be Sent Down to the
Hon'"''' House Theodore Atkinson Se'^'
Province of ) In the House of Representatives August i^' 1746
N Hampsh ) Voted That the within Petition be dismissd
D Peirce Clk
[4-8]
[Petition of Daniel Bean, of Kingston, dated July 4, 1 746. Stated
that he was taken sick at Louisbourg and sent home ; wanted an al-
lowance. — Ed.]
[4-9]
[Memorial of Henry Marshall, Louisbourg soldier, who stated that
he was charged for more equipments than he and his son, also a sol-
dier, received. Allowed. — Ed.]
[4-10]
\^Petition relative to a Slave of Theodore Atkinson ivJio was in the
Lonisbo7irg Expedition^
Prov : of \ To His Excelency Benning Wentworth Esq Gover-
New Hamp"" \ nour &c^ To the Hon''^^ his Maj'y Council And tO'
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 2/9
House of representatives for S'^ Province in General Assembly Con-
vened Humbly Shews —
The Memorial of Theodore Atkinson That A Slave of his as a Vol-
untier was in the first Embarkation ags* Louisbourg as a Soldier in
Cap' Masons Company whose name in the Muster roll is John Glos-
ter — That When the S"^ Slave Enlisted your Petitioner Purchased A
Gun at the Price of Twelve pounds old Ten'' for S'' Gloster which he
carryd with him and at the Attack of the Island battry his S'^ Gun
was Shot to peices with a Cannon ball — that your Petitioner nor the
the S^ Slave had any other gun given in the room thereof as was the
case with many nor any allowence therefor wherefore he Prays the
Consideration of this Hon''^* Court in Premises
Theodore Atkinson.
In Council July lo*^ 1746
read & ordred to be Sent Down to the House of Represent^
Theod"" Atkinson Sc^
Allowed ;^3 : o : o
[4-1 1]
\Loiiisboiirg Soldiers Petition for an Allozvance for Rations not
Received, Jnly, 1 746. ]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap* General & Com-
mander in Chief the Hon''^® His Majestys Coun' & Representatives
for the Province of New Hampshire in General Assembly Con-
vened July 1746
The Humble Petition of Sundry Persons Soldiers in the Late Ex-
pedition against Louisbourg Shews
That the Great Labours & fatigues which your Petitioners {with
others in the said Expedition) Endured are so well known that they
would not Spend time here to Enumerate them But their Sufferings
for want of the necessaries & Comforts of Life have not been so
much Spoken of —
That your Petitioners have kept an Account of the Days they had
not their allowance which was Intended for them & the kind or Qual-
ity of what was wanting an Account of which is hereunto Annexed
and as Your Petitioners have done Penance for want of what this
Hon'^'^ Court designd they should have & which they Expected to
have had —
28o
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Your Petitioners Humbly Pray that they may have a Suitable Con-
sideration not only according to the value of those Deficiencies but
Some Reasonable Compensation for their Sufferings for want thereof
& which they think they have a just Claim to as Smart money — Or
that they may be Considered in Such way & manner as in Your Great
Wisdom & Goodness you shall think fit & Reasonable & Your Peti-
tioners as in Duty Bound Shall ever Pray &c —
John Dam
Henry Sleeper
George Huntris
Samuel huntris
George dam
John Abot
David Gardner
Samuel Tobey
N Hamp'' In Council July ii 1746
read & ordred to be Sent Down to y
[See next document. — Ed.]
Edward Shurbne
John Brewster
George Perkins
Mich" Whidden
Peter Greley
Benjaman lewes
Joseph Ham
Shadrick Wamuth
Hon'^^'^ House
Theodore Atkinson Se"^
[4-12]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
\^List of Rations not Received. ~\
281
The Names of Sundry of the Soldiers in the Late Expedition
against Louisbourg with the Number of Days of their Back allow-
ance —
Number of day
s each
Rum
bread
Meat
Shadrach Weymoth
46
16
13
Benjamin Lewes .
46
23
23
James Nelson
46
16
13
Joseph Ham
46
16
13
John Dam
59
10
10
George Huntress .
57
8
0
Samuel Toby
41
9
0
Joseph Downing .
50
0
0
George Perkins
30
35
0
David Decker
50
0
0
Samuel Huntress .
60
16
8
Henry Sleeper
60
16
8
George Dam
60
16
8
David Gardner
67
27
27
Eliphalet Ring
60 ' 16
8
Thomas Haley
60
16
8
John Herd Hubbard
53
19
14
John Grove .
59
7
7
Michael Whidden
55
12
12
John Brewster
58
16
16
Edward Sherburne
47
14
14
John Abbot
55
12
12
Peter Greley
46
16
13
But 5 Gallons of Molasses for Six men for the whole time & no
Butter nor Suguar
282 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[4-13] \_Williain Prcscotf s Petition. Louisbo2irg Soldier. '\
To His Excellency Banning Wentworth Esq"" Govornour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of Newhamp-
shire in New England and to His Majesties Council for Said
Province & House of Representatives now Convened in General
Assembly
William Prescot humbly Sheweth —
That he Inlisted into his Majesties under Cap* John Light and with
him proceeded to Louisbourgh, and after Some time there was Seiz'd
with the Severe Fevor that reigned at y*^ Place and after the Height
of the Fevour abated, The Humor fell into his Leggs aud feet in
Severe fevors Sores, that turnd to Mortification, whereby your Pe-
titioner hath lost his Right Legg and two of his Toes of the Left
foot whereby he is rendered incapable of Labouring for his Living —
Your Petitioner humbly Prays yo"" Excellency & the Hon*^'^ Court
to Commisserat his Circumstances and allow him Some Pension as
your Exc^y and the Hon^'^ Court in yo"" Wisdom Shall See meet So
prays your humble Petitioner
his
July 29 1746 William + Prescot
Mark
In Council July 29"^ 1746 read & ord"^ to be Sent down to y^
Hon"^^^ House Theodore Atkinson Se""-^'
allowed ^30. o. o for loss of his leg &c in full & no future allow-
ance.
[4-14]
[Petition relative to Nathaniel Lamson, of Exeter, Louisbourg
soldier. — Ed.]
[4-15] [Petition of JoJin GriffitJi,Jr., LonisbourgP\^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"^ Governour and com-
mander in Chief in and over his Maj'^^^ Province of New Hamp-
shire to the hon'^^^ his Majes*^ Council for Said province and house
of Representatives now Convened in Generall .Assembly —
John Griffeth Jun'' humbly Sheweth —
That your petitioner Served as Clerk in his Majestys Service at the
Reduction of Louisbourg in Cap* Joseph Sherburns Company — and
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 283
after Reducing the Said place your petitioner Endeavourd for a Dis-
charge but could not obtain it but had leave of the commanding offi-
cers there to come home to Transact some Affairs Relating to the
company and to procure and bring Down Necessaries for them which
as Soon as your petitioner had Done and Procured he Return'd to
his Duty at Louisbourg again.
Yet So it is your Petitioner is given to Understand that he is
Struck out of the Muster Roll from the time he first came home
altho he Did his duty In every respect as Sent : and return'd again
as he was Oblidged —
Your Petitioner humbly Prays your ExcelP' And the hon''^'' Court
that he may be allow'd his full w^ages being allways in his Duty the
whole time. — And your petitioner as in Duty bound Shall Ever
pray &c John Griff eth j''
July 30"" 1746
In Council July 30"^ 1746 read & ordred to be Sent down to the
Hon^^^ House Theodore Atkinson Se''^
Dismissd : D Peirce Clk
[4-16]
[Petition of Samuel Blake, of Kensington, whose son Samuel, a
minor, was in the Louisbourg expedition. He stated that his son
was taken sick, and that he hired a man to take his place. He wanted
an allowance, and presented affidavits of " Mary Lilly & Hannah
Clough," who nursed him. He was allowed £,2. 10. o. — Ed.]
[4-17]
\_Petition of Deborah, Widozv of Nicholas Dunn, of Portsmonth,
Killed at Louisbourg^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Governor & Commander
in Cheif in & Over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire. To
the Hon''''' His Majestys Council for Said Province & the Hon'''^
House of Representatives in General Assembly Conveened July y^
31' 1746
Humbly Shews Deborah Dunn widow Relict of Nicholas Dunn
late of Portsmouth in Said Province Carpenter, that the Said Nicho-
las her Late husband was a Voluntier in the Expedition against Lou-
isburgh — That he was one of the Bold Adventurers in the Attack
of the Island Battery where he was killed & his Gunn, hatchet Snap-
284 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
sack, Cartooch Box & Cloaths all Lost to the value of Thirty Seven
pounds four ShilP That Your Petitioner is a poor helpless widow &
Nothing but her hands to gether Living, She therefore prays the
Consideration of Your Excellency & Honours & humbly hopes for a
Suitable Satisfaction for So great a Loss & Your Petitioner Shall ever
pray as in Duty Bound —
her
Deborah -f Dunn
mark
Mem° of the things Lost viz' —
9,, o,, o I Coat . . . 5
I Gunn .
I Knapsack .
I Cartooch Box
I hatchet
5 p*" hose
3 p"" breeches .
3 Jackets
alow^ 15-0-
o,, 10,, o I Shirt ... 2
o,, 12,, o I p"" Silver buckles
o„ i2„ o Cost , . . 3„ io„ o
4„ o,, o I hatt ... 2
6
4 £l7-- 4: o
[4-18]
\Petition of Jolin Ladd relative to his Son, Jonathan Ladd, Lo7iisbo7irg
Soldier.^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Govornour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over his Maj*'*^^ Province of Newhampshire,
in New England, And to His Maj'''^^ Council for Said Province and
House of Representatives Now Convened in General Assembly ■ —
John Lad humbly Sheweth —
That his Son Jonathan Lad went to Louisbourg in his Maj''*^® Ser-
vice in the Capacity of a Physitian and in his Return was taken Sick
of the Distemper that Reign 'd at Louisbourge, and was Landed at
Portsmouth in a verry weak and low condition, not being capeable of
going any farther, where your Petitioner was oblidged to be at Con-
siderable charges Extraordinary while he Lived and after his Death
for his Burial —
Your Petitioner humbly Prays your Excell^ and this Hon^^'^ Court
for Some allowance towards the Charge and Expence that he has been
at, as in Your Wisdome Shall Seem meet —
So prays your humble Petitioner &c^ — John Lad.
August the 2^ 1746
In Council Augs* the 2d 1746 read & Ordred to be Sent Down to
y^ Hon'^i^ House Theod^ Atkinson Se-^
allowed ;^5,, o,, o
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 28$
[4-19]
[Memorial of Thomas Card, of New Castle, Louisbourg soldier, for
allowance for back rations. — Ed.]
[4-20] \]Mei)iorial of Spencer Colby, Louisbourg Mariner. ]
To His Excellency Benning Went worth Esq"" Cap^ General Governor
& Commander in Chief in & Over his Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire the Hon'^^'^ His Majesty's Council & House of-^Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly Convened August ii"^ ^746 —
The Humble Petition of Spencer Coleby Mariner Shews That your
Petitioner went in the Late Expedition to Louisbourge a Mariner on
Board the Sloop Abigail Cap' Jn° Furnald Commander — and Soon
after our Arrival there your Petitioner went on Shoar with leave of
his Said Commander to Assist in working & fighting with the Cannon
at the Batteries Your Petitioner having been before used to the Man-
agem^ of those Instruments of War and to the utmost of his power
Servd in that Station at the first the third & Light House Batteris
from the time afores*^ to the time of the Surrender of the City
That as men Skilld in the Managem' & proper use of that part of
the Artillery were but few Your Petitioner Apprehends that his Ser-
vice in the Said Station was of much more Consequence & advantage
to the Business then in hand, than that of a Mariner only & as he
discharg'd his duty with Care & fidelity Humbly Conceives he his
Services Claim a Greater Reward than a Mere Mariner —
Wherefore he Humbly Prays that he may have an Additional Al-
lowance in Consideration of his Said Services having had only Mari-
ners Wages & he Shall as in duty Bound Ever pray &c —
Spencer Colby
Your Petitioner begs leave to add that thro' a Mistake in the pay-
ment he has Receivd only twenty five ShilP per Month as will appear
upon Examination Spencer Colby
We the Subscribers Certify that we know that the above named
Spencer Coleby was at the above named Batteries Assisting as a Gun-
ner in which Art he had the Reputation of being Well Skilld in
which Station he behaved very Well & was very Serviceable & Shew
himself to be a Man of Skill Courage & Fidelity & we are humbly
286 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
of Opinion that his Merit in the Said Expedition justly deserves a
farther Consideration & Reward than that of a Mariner only
Nathaniel Meserve Sam' Moore
Jn° Tufton Mason Edw'^ Brooks
John Furnell James Whidden
Zechariah Foss
alow £s„ o„ o
[4-22]
[Petition of Caleb Sanborn, of Hampton Falls, dated August 12,
1746, wtio states that his apprentice, James Lowell, was at Louis-
bourg, and came home sick. He was allowed £2. — Ed.]
[4-23]
[Petition of Adjutant John Eyre, of Portsmouth, dated August 20,
1746. He wanted an additional allowance, and also pay for recruiting
men for the Cuba expedition in 1740. " Aug'' 23^^ 1746 Voted Dis-
miss'd." — Ed.]
[4-24] {Certificate of Dr. Benjamin Row.]
In the year 1746 In June & July I Benj^ Row was Employd as a
Physician for John the Son of Joshua Prescutt the next day upon
his Return from Cape Breton he Came home 111 Contracted his Ill-
ness I Imagine at Cape Breton and after Some time Removing the
Disease from his Bowels it Settled in his hips and there Remaind
while the fall and then it gatherd forward and formd it Self into an
abcess i was again Consulted and did not Care to open it but advis^
to Send for Docf Hale to advise with me and he Came and Insisted
upon his being Carried to newbury and accordingly he was Carried
over and there died — for what i did first In June & July i was payd
out of the province Treasury and afterwards not applying anything
only my advice the young man Being poor i askt him nothing for it
Benjamin Row physician & Chirugeon
[4-25]
Province of
N Hampsh"" / In the House of Representatives Aug* 12*^ 1746
Whereas y^ following Persons Voluntiers in y^ late Expedition
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against Louisboiirg have Petitioned y® General Court for some Allow-
ances in Consideration of their Losses Sickness &c Suffer'd in S*^
Expedition as represented in their respective Petitions on File —
Voted — That there be allow'd to S^ Persons y'^ Sums as carried
off to each Man's Name following Viz'
To Phillip Johnson "~| ... £,2 - 10 -
V Greenland
)> Portsmo
John Hicks
Samuel Keniston
Weymouth Ham ^
Timothy Cotton
John Alcock
Joseph Ham
Samuel Frost
Leader Nelson
Shadrach Weymouth
Hugh Montgummery
George Tomson
Ezek' Pitman
Shubal Dearborn ^
Joseph Redman > Hampton
John Sleeper j
Joseph Rawlins Exeter
Joshua Jackson Portsmo
Samuel Edgerly Exeter
Tabitha Cass Kensington
Jonathan Patridge Portsmo .
Nich^ Dunn's Widow Portsmo
Era® Mason Stratham .
Moses Leavit's Widow Hampton
Josiah Shaw Hampton
Nath' Moulton Hampton
Dan' Doe Durham
Eleaz'' Bickford Durham
Sam' Blake Kensington
Abraham Morgan Stratham
Lewis Tucker's Widow N Castle
Rich^ York Exeter
Henry Triffethen's Wid'^ N Castle
Christo'' Huntress Newin^ton
Maj"" Ezekiel Gilman Exeter
Michael Whidden Portsm° .
David Decker Portsm°
Geo Dam Newinsfton .
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To Geo Huntress Portsmo .....
Henry Sleeper Portsmo .....
Michael Martyn Portsm° .....
Zach'* Foss Portsm° ......
Benjamin Kimmings Exeter for Sickness & Gun
Jeremiah Marston's Widow Hampton .
John Tomas's Widow Kittery ....
Benj Thomas of Hampton instead of a Pension
for his arms being wounded on y^ Expedition
ag' Louisbourg & to have no other Allowance
for y'^ future . . . . . . . 20
Joseph Lamson Exeter in full for Doctors Bill &c 3 - 3 -
Theod"" Atkinson Esq"" for Jo" Gloster's Gun . 3
William Present of Epping in full for y*^ Loss of
his Legg at Louisbourg & to have no future
Allowance ....... 30
William Fullerton Brentwood in full for Nursing
Doctoring &c . . . . . . . 6 - 5 -
Cap^ Jo" Ladd of Kingston for Expence of the
Sickness & Funeral of his Son Doc'' Jonathan
Ladd return'd Sick f" Louisbourg five Pounds
Tho^ Card of New Castle .....
Solomon Pinkum Dover in full for his Petition
Spencer Coleby ......
Israel Hodgsden Newington ....
;£229 - 4 - 4I
D Peirce Clk
In Council August 22^^ 1746 — read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Se''^
Eod™ Die Assented to
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[4-27]
[Petition of Walter Warren, of Portsmouth, gunsmith, who asked
pay for tools lost in the service at Louisbourg. He presented a bill
as follows, and was allowed £,2. i. 9, May 29, 1746. — Ed.]
June Y^ 1=^* 1745
The Provience of Massachusetts Bay to Walter Warren D""
To I hamer 7/ £-„ 7 -
To I D" 4/ - , 4 -
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289
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To I hand-bill 25/
To a Instrument for making Tumblers 30/
To I Slite Saw 12/ .
To I Three Square file 5/ .
To I D° 2/6^ .
To I Round file 2/ . . . .
we hose names are hereafter written do attest that the abov^"^
Warren was ordered by the Genneral peperiel with The Tooles a
bovementiconed to assist in mending y^ armes as an armerir and thet
y^ tooles above s"^ belonging to y'' S"^ Warren was wore out and Lost
in the Service of the provience afores"^
A j John Bell armorer
( Edmond Bemis armerr''
Suffolk ss Boston Octo^'' 14 1745
Walter Warren appearing made Oath that the within Acco' is just
& true & that the within tooles was used & delivered to the within
named John Bell & that they were valued at the within prices being
in the whole four pounds seven shillings & six pence old Tenor
Jura coramm Habijah Savage J Pac
[4-30I
[Atkinson to TJiomlinson, recommending Captain Joseph S/icrb?irnc.']
Portsmouth 13*'^ November 1746
S"" Cap* Joseph Sherburne who Incloses this together with Admi-
ral Warrens & General Pepperrells Certificates of his good Behaviour,
while at the Siege & in the City of Louisbourg, hoping your friend-
ship may Obtain him some Reward for his Eminent Service done, he
has desired me to Mention to you that it would be gratefull to Every
body here could he Obtain a recompence from the Ordnance &c —
He Intended to go for England but being so usefull a man is De-
tained here on the Canada Expedition as Commander of one of our
Armed Vessells & is now Bound to Annapolis to the assistance of
that Garrison with a Company of the Canada Soldiers fitted out by
this Government, I hope as the Admiral will be at home he will Easily
get Something, I know he will Assist him as he knows how Advan-
taerious his Services were
I am Sir y"" Obliged hble Serv'
Theodore Atkinson
To John Thomlinson Esq""
Copy
19
290 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[4-30] {General Pepperreir s Orders to Captain Sherbnrne^
To Cap* Joseph Sherburne
Seal I do hereby Authorize and require you to take upon you
the Command of the Cannon at the Advanced Battery, and
to Order and Direct Concerning them, as you shall Judge -most for
the Annoyance of the Enemy for which this Shall be your Sufficient
Warrant and all Officers under me are to pay due regard hereto —
Given under my hand & Seal at the Camp before Louisbourg the
i7"May of Mav 1745 —
Copy ' W™ Pepperrell
[4-30] {Warren" s and Pepperreir s Certijieate.']
Whereas during the Siege of Louisbourg Captain Joseph Sherburne
was a very Active Officer, & had the Command of the Artillery at
one of the Batterys, & on the Surrender of the City, We thought fit
to Constitute & Appoint the said Cap' Joseph Sherburne, Store keeper
to his Majesties Office of Ordnance within the Garrison for the time
being
These are therefore to Certify the Right Honourable, the Lieuten-
ant General, and the rest of the Principal Officers of his Majesties
Ordnance, that in Pursuance of such Appointments and Directions,
the said Cap* Joseph Sherburne, Acted in the above-mentioned Capac-
ities, & has so Continued to do to this time, with the Strictest Fidelity,
Industry, & Care, and to our entire Satisfaction, And We beg Leave
to recommend him to the Hon*"'^ Board of Ordnance to receive such a
Recompence as to them Shall Seem good
Louisbourg 31^' May 1746 P Warren
Copy W'" Pepperrell
[4-31]
[Petition of Richard Brewster, of Portsmouth, soldier in the Louis-
bourg expedition. He stated that he was at the storming of the
" Island Battery," where he lost his equipments, for which he asked
pay and was allowed ;£o. 16. 9. — Ed,]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 29I
[^S/iir/cy to ]VeHtzvo)'t/i.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 243.]
Boston, Sep* 13, 1746.
Sir — I here inclose you copies of Mr. Mascarene's letters to
me, the particulars of w*^'^ w*"^ the imminent danger of Nova Scotia
are confirm'd by other letters from officers of good judgm' there, and
the ace'* mention'd in my message to the Assembly, a copy of w* I
also inclose with one of their answers to me to accompany Mr. War-
ren's and my joint Letter to you, for your Excellency's Information
in the several steps I have taken, and design to take in this affair : I
mention'd this matter to the Assembly not that I think, strictly con-
sidering it, I wanted their consent to my sending part of the King's
troops in this Province rais'd for the Expedition ag*' Canada, for the
protection of Nova Scotia ; But as I had before led the Assembly
myself into an Expectation of sending all the Massachusetts levies
upon the Expedition ag^' Crown Point (which they had set their hearts
upon) and they had been at a very great Expence in the Bounty given
by 'em for encouragement of men to Inlist, and afterwards in billet-
ing 'em, and providing transports, upon the view of their being em-
ployed in a different service, I thought it but reasonable and what
would most likely prevent any obstructions in his Maj*>'* Service, to
say to the Assembly what I did in my inclos'd message to 'em ; and
you will perceive y* their answer is fram'd to avoid the charge of
Transports and other vessels, and provisions, whilst the Troops shall
be employ'd in this service ; w'^^ they therefore affect to observe con-
cerns his Maj'>'^^ Interest greatly, without mentioning their own, tho'
most immediately and deeply concern'd in the fate of Nova Scotia :
On the other hand indeed they take upon themselves several articles
of expense in the Crown Point Expedition as what they look on more
immediately the affair of the Colonies. As to my taking upon my-
self the care of furnishing Transports and provisions for this service,
I hope I shall be at no difficulty to find persons here, who will readily
take my bills upon the Governm' at their own risque, as I should think
you might in your Governm* if your own Assembly would take that
Expence upon 'em. Thus I have mention'd every thing I can think
of in this affair necessary for your information as to what I have
done in it, and propose to do ; and send you the inclos'd papers to
make use of or not, as you shall judge most for his Majesty's service ;
and it seems to me y' it never imported us more since our first entring
into our respective Governm*^ to exert ourselves in any part of our
duty y" it does in this. Your Excellency in particular as Governour
of New Hampshire & Surveyor General of his Maj'y^ Woods has a very
292 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
great charge under y"" care, and I am firmly persuaded, your Zeal for
his Maj'y^ service is equal to it.
I take very kindly your Excellency's condolence upon the death of
my wife, in whom I have lost a very dear companion and most valuable
friend, and I think I may say as great a treasure of good qualities and
happiness, as a woman can bring to her Husband. I hope I shall
make a right use of this afflicting visitation of the Divine Providence
to my family. Indeed it seems remarkable on occasion of Expedi-
tions, I having in the beginning of that ag^* Cape Breton lost my
daughter Bollan : whom I esteem'd a very valuable part of my fam-
ily, and now in the beginning of this ag"^' Canada, (w'='' I believe I may
have been something instrumental in by my letters to the ministry)
the partner of my bed.
As to yourself, Sir, I wish you an uninterrupted enjoym' of the
comforts of your family upon all occurrences of life being with much
truth and respect
Your Excellency's most Obed' Humble servant
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Governour Wentworth.
P. S. I am very uneasy ab* the ace' brought by Capt Norton now
with you of 3 1 sail of Topsail Vessels being seen standing towards
the Cape Sable shoar, as we have no English vessell yet arrived here.
[4-33] {Petition from Several Loiiisbourg Soldiers. '\
To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in And Over his Majestys Province of New
Hamps^ The Hon*^'^ his Majestys Councill And House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly Conven'd Nov"" the 25'^ 1746
Humbly Shew Your Petitioners
That in the Reinforcement for Louisbourgh in Which we Went un-
der the Command of Cap* Jonathan Prescutt We Each of Us Pro-
vided Our Selves with a Gun at Our Own Expence And never Re-
ceiv'd Any on the Province Account of Cap* Prescutt or the Com-
mittee of Warr Or Any other Person Notwithstanding which when
the Muster Roll was made up we were Each of Us thro' some Mis-
take Charged with a Gun of fifty shillings price And the same has
been Deducted Out of Our Wages And Tho' we have taken much
pains to find Out the Mistake And have it Rectified Yet we Cannot
Obtain it — We therefore Pray your Excellency & Honours that the
affair may be Inquired into And that Justice may be Done us that we
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 293
may not be Obliged to pay for Guns which we never Receiv'd And
Your Petitioners As in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray &c :
Bradbury Green Benjamin Tilton
benamin Cram Nathan Rowe
Joshua Gilman Daniel ward
Hannah Moulton widow of Simon Moulton Deceas'd Humbly
Shews That her said Husband was also in Cap* Prescutts Company
in the Reinforcement And provided himself with a Gun : But is
Charged with one as the above Petitioners are And therefore prays
that her Case may be Considered And She Reliev'd with the Others
Hannah Moulton
Province of } November y'^ 21""' 1746
New Hampshir ) then Leu' Bradbury Green Sarg"' Benjamin
Cram Sar""' Benjamin Tilton Sarg"* Joshua Gilman and Nathan Row
personaly appearing made oath that when they went in y*^ Reinforce-
ment for Leuisburgh under Cap* Jon^ present thay neither of them
Receiv'* a Gun on y'^ province Account of Cap' present or y^ Com*^
of warr or any person whatsoever But provided themselves with Guns
at their own Expence — Sworn Before me
Ichabod Robie } Justice of peace
province of ) November y^ 24"' 1746
New Hampshir ) then Daniel Ward personaly appearing made oath
y* when he went in y^ Reinforcement for Luisburgh under Cap'
Jonathan present he neither Recev^ a Gun on y^ province accompt of
Cap' present or y^ Com'^ of warr or any person whatsoever But pro-
vided himself with a Gun on his own Expence Sworn Before me
Ichabod Robie } Justice of peace
Prov^ of New )
Hampshire ) In the House of Representatives 27"* May 1747
Voted — That each of y^ within Petitioners be allow'd fifty ShilP
in full Satisfaction for y^ within Petition to be pd out of y'^ money in
y^ publick Treasury for ye Use of y'= Expedition ag' Louisbourg
D Peirce Ck
Eod'" Die In Council read & Concurrd
Theod'' Atkinson Sc^
Eod'" Die Assented to B Wentworth
294 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[4-34] \_Widozv Sarah Jacksoii s Petition, 1747.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor and Comman-
der in Chief in & over his majestys Province of New Hampshire,
The Honorable his Majestys Council and House of Representatives
in General assembly conven'd the Second Day of December 1746 —
The Memorial of Sarah Jackson of Portsmouth in the Province of
New Hamp'' Widow most humbly shews That Your Memorialists
husband Ebenezer Jackson was one of the Voluntiers in the Pay of
this Province at the siege of Louisbourg That about a month before
the surrender thereof to the English, her said husband receivd a
Wound, of which he dyed in four or five days. That your memorial-
ist has been Since bro't into very difficult circumstances and is at this
time in Such Circumstances by reason of the Scarceness and dear-
ness of Bread corn and firewood and of many other of the necessarys
of Life, besides that She now has and for some time past has had a
Sick child — Wherefore Your Memorialist prays your Excellency and
Honours Consideration of the Premises — and that you will in your
great Wisdom and Goodness grant her Some Relief —
Sarah Jackson
In Council Decem 3 1746 read & ordred to be Sent to the Hon''^^
House Theod Atkinson Sc^
Prov^ of New 1
Hampsh"" J In the House of Representatives May 27*'^ i747
Voted That this Petition be dismissed — D Peirce Ck
[4-35] \^Kings Instructions to Governor Wentzvort/i, 1747.]
His Majesties 66^^ Instruction to Gov"" Wentworth
66 And Whereas there is no Power given you by your Comission
to Execute Martial Law in Time of Peace upon Soldiers in
Pay Yet nevertheless it may be necessary that Some care be
taken for the keeping of Good Discipline amongst those that
his Maj'y may at Any Time think fit to Send into the S*^ Prov-
ince (which may Properly be Provided for by the Legislative
Power of the Same) you are therefore to recomend unto the
General Assembly of S*^ Province that (if not already Don)
they Prepare Such Act or Law for the Punishment of Mutiny
Desertions & false Musters and for the Better Preserveing of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 295
good Discipline amongst the s^ Soldiers as may best answer
those Ends —
Copy Examined '^ Theodore Atkinson Sec''^'
[Endorsed] Copy of His Majesty's 66^^^ Instruction to Gov. Went-
vvorth delivered the Assembly Jan. 23, 1746-7.
[See Vol. v., p. 857. — Ed.]
[4-36] [Afark Hunking WcntivortJi s Bill.']
1746 Province of New Hampshire Dr
To 2 padd Locks delivered the Governour 9/ ■ £> „ 18,, -
32 Ash handspikes for use of Cumberland Fort
^1^ 4 -
To use of my Store at Point Graves for Ordinance
Stores out of Cap^ Hammond from June 23"^ 1 745
to Septem"" 24"' 1746 is 15 m" & i day @ 50/ . T^y,, 12 -
I C Bricks for forge at New Castle . . . ,, 12 -
Portsmouth Decem"" 11''^ 1746 —
Errors Excepted for My Master M"" Mark Hs Wentworth
■^ Joseph Langdon ]■■
Sworn before y^ House by Jos Langdon
ProV' of New )
Hampshire \ In the House of Representatives 27''' May 1747
Voted — That there be allow'd ten Pounds ten Shillings & Six
Pence in full of this Account to be pd out of y^ money in the pub-
lick Treasury — D Peirce Reed""
May 30"^ 1747 read & Concurrd Theod"" Atkinson SC^
Consented to B Wentworth
\_Lctter of Captain P/iineas Stevens to Governor SIiirley.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 244.]
May it pleas your Excelency — I Rec^ a Letter from the Secr'^
Where in I am desired by the first opertunity to Lett your Excelency
know what i Judge to be the Distance betwixt St. Francis in Cannada
and Winnepesocket Ponds, and upon what point St. P'rancis Bares
296 MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCIAL PAPERS.
from s^ Ponds Winnipesocket Ponds I never saw and so am not Ca-
pabel of making so good a judgment as otherwise I might have don.
But according to the best Information I have had from the Indians I
judge it to be near 200 Miles Distant from s^ Ponds, and as for the
point it bears I think it must be one or two points to the Westward
of the North. But I am humbly of oppinion that those ponds are
Quite out of the Rode that Leads to St. Francis
I am your Excelency's most obedient Se'
Phineas Stevens.
Rutland, Jan>' 27, 1746 [1747 N. S.]
[Endorsed] Capt. Stephens Acc^ of the Course & distance to St.
P'rancis. 1 746.
[Superscribed] For His Excelency William Shireley Esq"" in Boston
\]ViUiavi Johnson to John H. Lydias, Croivn Point.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 245.]
Mount Johnson January 26, 1746-7.
Sir — By yours rec'^ last night by Brant I find you intend shortly
for Boston, and as I cannot have the pleasure of seeing you before
you sett off, I wish you a prosperous Journey & safe return, two days
ago I rec'^ a Letter from Mr. Clinton telling me the forwardness of
the New England Troops & desiring me to prepare as many Indian
Warriors as possible to assist our Forces in the Reduction of Crown
Point which I heartily wish to see ; and should not make the least
doubt of it , were our people so active as our neighbors the New Eng-
landers, who daily sett us good examples had we the grace to follow
it, I have now sent several of my officers among the upper nations
to prepare them, but have fixed on no certain time fearing a disap-
pointment. I have had the two next Castles Assembled yesterday,
and do assure you that nothing could give me more pleasure than to
see the willingness they shewed of Joining us whenever required,
the sooner they say, the better, for they are almost in despair, or out
of patience, so long waiting. I make not the least doubt of bringing
as many in the field as will be sufficient for that Enterprise, I only
wish our Forces were all so ready & willing. I am much hurry'd, so
have only time to assure you of my best wishes for you, Mrs. Lydius
&c. And am. Sir, your most humble serv*
Wm. Johnson.
To Mr. John H. Lydius, at Albany.
Copy exam^ Pr. J. Willard, Sec^'.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 297
[Acfiou of Massachusetts relative to Croivn Point Expedition. '\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 248.]
May it please your Excellency
The two Houses have before them your Excellency's Message of
this Day, in which you are pleased to desire to know their sentiments
respecting an attempt against Crown Point, which message they have
maturely considered and deliberated upon.
It appears by the advices which your Excellency has received and
the Representations which have been made by Mr. Lydius, that the
Troops rais'd in the Southern Governments are generally in good
health and spirits, and that there is at this time an uncommon dispo-
sition in the Indians of the Six Nations (who have heretofore been
wavering) to engage against the French enemy, and it maybe of very
ill consequence if this disposition be not cultivated & Improved.
A sufficient quantity of Provisions & stores for the Troops of this
Province are now lying ready at Albany, where they have been trans-
ported at Great Expence, and as the Forces raised in the several gov-
ernments are not like to bedismiss'd, it makes but little difference either
to his Majesty in their pay, or to the several governments in case they
continue their subsistince, whether they proceed or are suffered to
lye still ; — your Excellency will please to add to these considerations,
That altho' the season is far advanced, yet Providence by continuing
the great cold & Frost necessary for the undertaking, seem in this re-
spect to favour & smile on us, and notwithstanding it has a very un-
pleasant aspect that the Government of Connecticutt who have for-
merly shown themselves ready & Zealous to forward his Majesty's
service, should now discover a great backwardness to promote this
design, so as to make their assistance doubtfull, yet upon the whole
both Houses are of opinion that the Troops cannot be better improved
than in the proposed attempt, which has a great prospect of advancing
his Majesty's Interest, and is employing them in the Immediate ser-
vice for which they were raised ; for if the Almighty should grant
success, the Reduction of Canada, if it shall be his Majesty's pleasure
to give his orders for an Expedition the next year, must be very much
facilitated.
In the House of Repr''^ Feb. 6, 1746 —
Ordered That Mr. Speaker, Mr. Welles, Mr. Sparhawk, Col. Choat
& Col. Heath with such as the Hon'^''^ Board shall appoint be a Com-
mittee to wait upon his Excellency with the foregoing Message.
Sent up for concurrence T. Hutchinson, Spk*^
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In Council Feb^ 6, 1746 —
Read & Concurr'd, & Sir William Pepperall, Josiah Willard, Jacob
Wendell, James Bowdoin & Andrew Oliver, Esqrs. are joined in the
affair. J. Willard, Sec>^
Copy Examin'd J. Willard, Sec^'
[Indorsed] Com^" of both Houses of the Mass' Gov""' answer to
Gov"" Shirley's Message on the Expedition, ag*^ Crown Point Fort —
Feb. e^ 1746 —
\SJiirley to WcntivortJt.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 249.]
Boston, Feb>' 7, 1 746 —
Sir — By my last advices from Albany I find the condition of the
Troops of the Southern Colonies now on Hudson's River as to their
state of health & numbers & the strong disposition of the Indians
of the Six Nations to join with us in the attempt against Crown Point
& the Danger of utterly losing those nations & their falling off to the
French (which will be of the most fatal consequence to all the North-
ern English Colonies) to be such, that I am now fixed in my Resolu-
tion to push forward this Enterprise with all imaginable diligence ;
and as the Government of Connecticut have declined to join their
Forces with ours, which will much lessen the number we expected, I
must earnestly desire your Excellency to send forward to our Rendez-
vous on Hudson's River as many of the Troops of your Governm* in
his Maj'>'* Pay as you can furnish out for this service (in case you have
laid aside your design ag^' St. Francois) the Success of this Enterprise
being of the utmost Importance, I trust you will do every thing in
your Power to promote it. You have herwith inclosed a Copy of Mr
Johnson's Letter to Mr. Lydius & of the advice of our Assembly to
me in this affair.
I am, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient Humble Servant
W. Shirley
His Exc^' Benning Wentworth, Esq.
[Shirlej' to Weiitzvort/i.']
[Ibid.]
Boston, Feb>' 8, 1 746 —
Sir — Before I had receiv'd these last advices from New ^i'ork I
was going to inclose to you the Resolve of the Governm* of Connect!-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 299
cutt and Gov'^ Law's Letter (w'^'^ indeed I now do) and to acquaint you
thereupon y' I had lay'd aside the thoughts of making an attempt
upon Crown Point ; but upon receiving the last advices, this affair
has taken a new turn ; and I must own y* upon scanning every cir-
cumstance of it, and all the probable Events I am clearly of opinion
y' this Enterprise is the most adviseable scheme for his Maj'^'^ Service
and the good of the Colonies, that can be attempted to be carryed
into Execution at this juncture ; and I am perswaded, if the winter
holds on according to the present prospect, we shall most probably
succeed ; especially if we could be assisted with 500 men from your
Excellency, in case of your not proceeding to St. Francois, even if it
was to be attempted only by the Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Levies.
I inclose you Capt" Stephen's answer to me concerning the road to
St. Francois &c. and I find it is Col. Stoddard's and other Hampshire
Gentlemen's opinions y* you will not find your way to St. Francois
unless you proceed by way of Connecticut river.
I am in haste, Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient Humble servant
W. Shirley.
\_S/iir!e)> to lVcntivorth.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 250.]
Boston February 9, 1 746 —
Sir — I have this morning receiv'd advices from Lieutenant Gov-
enour Mascarine, That Mons'' Ramsay who was posted at Menis with
about 600 Canadeans & Indians, is upon the news of the arrival of
our re-inforcement, retired from thence to Schiegnecto, and Col"" No-
ble with a Body of five hundred men consisting principally of some of
those Troops I sent from hence (with the rem"" of yours) is now at
Menis : But the Reports of the numbers of the Enemy (being repre-
sented as much superiour to Col° Noble) makes him cautious of pursu-
ing them without some further re-inforcement. I am inform'd that
the Enemy will not be able to get off before April ; and I hope our
Troops will be strong enough to hinder their Retreat 'till the English
can have some further Strength from these Colonies. It appears to
me by what advices I have had that if it had not been for the mis-
fortune that happen'd to the Rhode Island Companies & to my last
Company bound to Annapolis who were cast away at Mont Desert,
and above one half of them drown'd & frozen, and the New Hamp-
300 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
shire Company under Capt. Mitchell (instead of returning to Annap-
olis from St. John's according to order) going back to New Hampshire,
our Troops would have either entirely drove the French Forces into
the woods where they must perish if they stay long, or have made
them Prisoners of war ; and as your Fxcellency is sensible this is a
matter of the utmost Importance to the safety of Nova Scotia, & for
securing our Conquest of Cape Breton, and the season is advancing
when the Navigation in those Parts will be much safer than it has
been in the months past, I must earnestly desire your Excellency in
case you find any difficulty of sending your Troops in the King's Pay
to Crown Point or St. Francois, you would not fail of sending them
as soon as they may be got ready to Annapolis Royal for this neces-
sary Service : And I must urge this with the greater Importunity be-
cause (having already upwards of seven hundred men in Nova Scotia)
I am not able to spare a man more, the Remainder of our Troops
being absolutely necessary to be employed for the Reduction of Crown
Point, to which place I have given orders they should march with all
possible Expedition. I shall also press the Government of Rhode
Island to order the Companies raised in that Government (for the
Expedition) to Annapolis. If we can make ourselves strong enough,
I hope your soldiers will be detained but a short time on this service :
However I shall continue the Massachusetts Troops there in hopes
of a Reinforcement from you : And I must desire (which I hope I may
rely upon) that at all Events whether you send any Troops to St.
Francois or not, your Excellency will not fail to send to Annapolis at
least that Company, which Cap' Mitchell by a very gross breach of his
orders brought back to Portsmouth ; in which he seems to every per-
son that has heard of it to have deserted his Duty in a bad manner.
. . And I should think, tho' as your Excellency observes, the
Blunder with regard to the French, snow is not to be remedied, yet
as the other part of his and Captain Furneys misbehaviour may, by
sending 'em to Annapolis again, that you will be of opinion it will be
greatly for his Majesty's service in all respects (indeed it may be so
beyond Expression with respect to giving a finishing stroke for the
security of Nova Scotia by taking Monsieur Ramsay in the Toil we
have now got him in, or perhaps securing that Province from the Dan-
ger of a superiour Force in the P^nemy) to send that Company at
least and arm'd vessel to Annapolis forthwith — but I hope indeed
you will not fail sending two or three Companies. I don't think your
Excellency need regard the Expence of it as doubtless you may be
very secure in finding Provisions and Transports at the Expence of
the Crown for the Troops you send to Annapolis, which I do ; and
you have a fine opportunity now put into your hand of employing
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 3OI
your Troops most beneficially and acceptably to his Maj*>', and I in-
treat you to consider of it thoroughly. Had I not been so ingaged
as I am in the attempt against Crown Point before I had receiv'd
these advices, I would have broke through every thing to have se-
cur'd this Point in Nova Scotia.
I desire to hear from your Excellency without fail by the return of
the Post, and Am with the greatest Respect,
Sir, Your Excellency's most Obedient Humble Servant
W. Shirley.
His Exc>' Benning Went worth, Eisq.
P. S. Tho' the sooner your Troops arrive at Annapolis the better,
yet if they get there by the second or beginning of the third week
in March, it will do ; and the best way will be for 'em after just call-
ing at Annapolis to go up the Bay of Fundy, and destroy the French
shipping at Schiegnecto, w='' may be done without hazard or Difficul-
ty : and I will endeavour to cut off the Enemy's getting off by way
of Vert (') by engaging Mr. Knowles to equip a proper force there,
I once more entreat you not to fail, you are secure in doing any
thing in this branch of the service at the expence of the Crown : It
is of so great Importance to his Maj'>' and the Nation in general as
well as to these Colonies.
[ (') Vert Bay, or Green Bay, between Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wick on the northern coast ; longitude 6^° 54' W. ; latitude 46° N
— Ed.]
\_Thonilinson to Atkinson. Copy "p Snelling.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 137.]
London 24"^ Feb^ ly^Gj"/
Theodore Atkinson Esq""
Sir — I am now to Acknowledge your favour of 1 3"^ Nov"^ and
sent your diary to M"^ Jones & on y'' iq^'^ Ins^ he paid me £172. 5. 6
for your Acco' and it accordingly has Credit for the same I have sent
M'' Sherbourns papers to the board of Ordnance but whether or no
anything can be done for him I Cannot say. I Observe what you say
on Government affairs and just as I apprehended it so it has hap-
pened. His Majesty s in Concill has agreed to have all the Acco'^ of
the severall provinces of New England audited by the Lords Com""^
for Trade and plantations and the Secretary of War in order to be
302 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
provided for & paid this Session of Parliment & the Agents for the
Massachusetts, Connecticut & Rhoad Island have laid their Acco^^ be-
fore them and I suppose will soon be finish'd & paid at the same time
how much like a fool I must look that has no Acc°' of any kind to
shew so I Suppose the Consequence will be the other provinces will
be paid & you Excluded or at least have to go thro' the whole trouble
and Charge of anew selectation the next Session of Parliament and
then not succeed and whose fault will it be for if I am not furnished
with proper & necessary materials I may attend indeed with my fingers
in my mouth but what can that avail I Can only be sorry for you &
asham'd for myself I am sure I have given you Notice enough for
this year past & told you all along what I feard would be the Conse-
quence I am
Sir Your Hum Serv'
John Thomlinson
\_Shirley to lJ^ent7vort/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 251.]
Boston, March 10, 1746 —
Sir — I have but just time before the Post goes, to acknowledge the
receipt of your Excellency's favour by the return of my Express ; and
to inclose a copy of my last advices from Gov"" Mascarene, hoping y*
I may depend upon your Excellency's complying with his proposal of
your sparing the New Hampshire Brig now detain'd at Annapolis for
want of anchors, and y' you will send anchors to her as soon as possi-
ble, y' she may be employ'd in the sendee there together w"^ the de-
tachment of Capt. Sherburne's men now there. This seems in your
Excellencys power independent of every body ; and I shall despair
of the security of Nova Scotia this Spring, if this assistance towards
it is not granted. By my last Letter from Mr. Knowles, I find it is
absolutely out of his power to send any vessell to Bay Verte in time,
so y^ I shall be under a necessity, I believe, of fitting out a sufficient
strength by Sea from hence for that part of the Service, w^'^^ is a ma-
terial one indeed ; and this I am absolutely determined to do, even at
the Expence of the Crown (if it can't be done otherwise by me) pro-
vided your Excellency will send your other Brig (I think it is) now at
Piscataqua, to assist. If these two things are done without delay,
tho' your Excellency should meet with difficulties in every other re-
spect, we might possibly make a shift.
I doubt not of finding merch^^ here to take your Excellency's publick
MISCELLANEOUS I'ROVINCLVL PAPERS. 3O3
bills for any sum you shall not be able to procure in your own
Governm*, and hope you will not spare your assistance on acc^ of your
being oblig'd to draw bills to defray the expense.
I have not time to add more now y" y* I am w''' great regard,
Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient Humble Serv''
W. Shirley
Be pleas'd to let me hear from your Exc>' soon as you shall from
me.
Every thing depends upon dispatch, w'^'' if we don't use, we shall
be too late.
His Exc> Gov"" Wentworth.
[4-38]
[^Ma/or TJiomas Davis, relative to Government Stores at Winnipe-
sccnkee Lake, 1747-]
May Please your Excellency
Rochester April i8''' 1747
Pursuant to your orders I came here the 1 5^'' ins' — I have to the
utmost endeavoured to discover the persons who had been to the
Pond, and Loaded themselves there with Government's Stores, Being
in the way & waiting for my men to come to me here, who are not
yet got here, being but 9 of my own men and thirteen pressed With
some that return'd from the Pond are found Possess'^ of Kettles &
Axes the Names of Sund''>' men enclos'd are those who have been at
the Pond, Which I enclose your Excellency that they may be bro' to
Justice, these are considirable of the number that Went to the Pond,
but wanting in the whole — As I have no reason but to think your
Excellency will take proper notice of it. It is my Opinion it would be
most proper to call them to Acco* here, than to bring them out of a
Frontier place ; I have the melancholy acco' of four men being killed
at Sanco & Dunston Tuesday and Wednesday Last — I think proper
to Scout about Rochester 'till Monday when I hope to have more men
to march with me to the Pond — Interim — With Duty —
Your Excellencys
Most Obed'
& Most Humble Serv*
Tho^ Davis
P. S the Last men that came from the Pond heard the Discharge
of 1 1 Guns Thursday Last I enquired and dont hear of any Hunter's
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
being out — I Would Begg your Excellency to Let Col° Atkinson
come to Examin these men
Thom^ Hamock
Stephen Berry
Richard Wentworth
John Hamock
Peter Wallingford
Solomon Tibbet's
William Tibbets
Benjamin Tibbet's
Thomas Kenny
Nathaniel Tibbets
John Speering
Stephen Tibbets
Ephraim Berry
James Place
Jonathan Young
John Place
Jonathan Hodsdon
Solomon Perkins
Benjamin Perkins
James Bussell
Joseph Evens
Paul Nute
James Nute
Spencer Allen
Isaac Bussell
Jonathan Twambley
John Mills
Noah Cross
John Harden
Peter Cook
Abraham Cook
Daniel Cook
John Hodsdon
M^Crelis
Edw'^ Burrough's
Samuel Twambley
John Leighton
John Blagdon
John Blagdon
Stephen Harford
Joshua Foss
James Lock
Ithamer Seavey
Abraham Pearl
Benj^ Richards
Diamond Pearl
Samuel Merry
Benjamin Merry
[The foregoing is the letter referred to in Vol. V., p. 490, as " not
now to be found." See also p. 865, same volume. — Ed.]
[4-39] {^Soldiers Petition for fnrtJicr Allozvance, 1747.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Capt Gen" & Govern'' &
Commander in Chief in & over his Majesties Prov : of New Hamps :
in New England, And to the Hon^'^ his Majesties Council & House
of Representatives in Gen" Court Assembled — March y^ day, 1 747
The Petition of the Subscribers (being Soldiers in the Service of
the Government, under Cap^ Daniel Ladd) Humbly Sheweth That
Whereas your Petitioners haveing Served our Country as aboves^
And have receiv'd pay, but not to our Contentment, there being as
yet (in our Humble Opinion) Considerable due to us According to
the Acts of this Hon^^^ Court viz : Some wages, & some Billeting
money or Rum money Therefore Wee Humbly pray that your Excel-
lency & Hon''^ would be pleasd to Consider of our Case & allow us
our reasonable & Just Due of Wages & Billeting money according to
our time of Service and According to the Acts of this Hon"^'^ Court,
& So y'' Petitioners as in duty Bound Shall ever pray &c
John Griffin was in the Service Three months Excepting 9 days
Sick And as soon as I w^as able went Immediately to my duty again,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 3O5
& have receive! 12: 4: o Billeting money & 14 : 11 : 4 wages old
tenor
Orlando Carter was in the Service Two months & Three days
have received ;^8 : 6s: od Billeting money & £12: lys : ood
wages -^- old tenor
Israel Clifford was in the Service three months, Excepting 9 days
Sick and as soon as was able went Immediately to my Captain and
Duty again I have Receved 12 : 12:0 old tenor Billiting money and
no wages. John Griffin
Orlando Carter
Israel Clifford
[4-40]
[Petition from the Wives of some Soldiers ivJio were taken Prisoners
from the Sloop War7'en.~\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain General Gov-
ernor & Commander in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province
of New Hampshire the Hon^''^ His Majesty's Council & House of
Representatives for Said Province in General Assembly Convened
Apr i^^ 1747.
The Humble Petition of Ann Brotton Sarah Tucker and Sarah
Meserve Shews.
That your Petitioners were very nearly Affected by and Concerned
in the Loss of those Men Lately belonging to the Sloop Warren un-
der the Command of Cap^ Mitchell One having a Son & the other
two their Husbands among the Captives — That your Petitioners
Families (which are Chargeable) depended on their Respective Rela-
tives aforesaid for their Subsistence and their Wages in the Service
was the only Means of the Support of themselves & families —
That they had been a Considerable time in the Service before they
were taken for which the Wages Remains due and as it is Yet uncer-
tain what is become of them whether living or dead and if living are
in a State of Captivity Occasion'd by their Entering into the Public
Service it Seems to your Petitioners but just & Equal that their
Wages Should be Continued till their Return Or if they are dead till
there shall be certain News thereof, And as Your Petitioners families
are in'^very Necessitous Circumstances They Humbly Pray that the
Wages of their Said Respective Relatives may be paid to this time
that they may be Continued in pay till their Return if living or till
the News of their Death and in that Case that some Consideration
20
306 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
may be had of the unhappy loss to your Petitioners & some Gratuity
or allowance made to them on that Account — Or that you would
Grant them Such Relief under their Afflictive Circumstances as in
your Great Wisdom & Goodness you See Meet & your Petitioners as
in Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c
her mark
Ann^G Brauton
Sarah Tucker
Sarah Meserve
[See next paper. — Ed.]
[4-41] [Lieiitenajit Eliphalet Danic/s, Sloop Warren.']
To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq'' Govornour and Com-
mander in Chief, in and over his Majesties Province of Newhamp-
shire in New England and to the Honour'^''^ Council for Said Prov-
ince & House of Representatives now Conven'd in General
Assembly —
Liu* Eliphalet Daniels humbly Sheweth —
That he was in the Province Service under the Command of Cap'
John Fernald in the Sloop Warren Sent to Annapolis in Nova Scotia
last fall, and being on Duty at S' John River was commanded to take
Some hands with him & go down y^ River to a Snow that came into
Said River. Some time after them (or to See what She was) and
in atempting the Same when the Boat came within faire musket Shot,
the Said Snow fired Severl Volleys on them whereby your Suppliant
was wounded in the Head with a Musket, and Several holes thro the
Boat (Som of which they plug'd up with thowel Pins) the Boat being
almost full of Water they got to the Snow and in getting into Said
Vessell your Suppliant put his Right Shoulder out and tho' Several
Surgeons has tryed to Set it. Yet it remains out to this day whereby
your Supliant is rendered incapable of Subssisting himself, and also
that he has been at great Expence in England
Your humble Petitioner most humbly Prays yo'' Excellency & the
Rest of the Hon*^^^ General Court, to consider him, and Something as
yo'' Excellency & Hon''* Shall See meet — and your Petitioner as in
Duty bound Shall Ever Pray &c
May 28*'' 1747 Eliphalet Daniel
In Council June 2^ ^747 — read & Sent down to the Hon^^^ House
Theodore Atkinson Se'^y
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS. 307
[4-42] {^Petition of Samuel Droivn, Woimded Soldier. '\
Prov. of ) may y'^ 28"" 1747
Newhamp'' \ To the Honorable House of Representatives Conven'd
in General assemble —
the humble Petition of Samuel Drowns Latly in y*-" Service of this
province in that part of the Scout at Rochester (which was Sent from
Durham) & then & there wounded by y^ Indian Enemy & now Ex-
trem 111 at portsm° & being under Low Sircumstances Borth of
Body & purse & being wounded in the province Service Beg you
would make Some provision for me to prevent my Soffering & for my
Comfortable Sorport & in So Doing your humble petetion Shall ever
pray Samuel Drown
Prov<= of New )
Hampshire ( In the House of Representatives 28*'' may 1747
Voted — That the Petitioner be taken Care of at the Expence of y®
Province til further order that Eleaz"" Russell Esq"" be of this House
to join such as may be appointed by y^ Honb^ Council to take proper
& suitable Care of him 'til further order in y*^ most frugal manner
with Power to draw Money out of y^ Treasury to defray y*^ Expence
thereof to be accounted for to the General Assembly —
D Peirce Clk
In Council Eod"" Die read & Concurrd & Rich"^ Wibird Esq added
to the Comittee on the Part of the board —
Theod"" Atkinson Sec'^'
In Council Eodem Die Consented to B Wentworth
[4-43] [Bill for Ntirsing Sa7mtel Drown.^
The Province of New hampshire Debtor To Elizabeth Drown for
Nursing of Sam' Drown in y'^ year 1747 When he was wounded by
the Enemy and Carred Down to Portsmouth twelve Weeks) and mary
Drown attended him at the Same time and Place Eight weeks we Ex-
pect the Common wags that Is allowed for nurssing
P^lizaeth drown
Mary X Drown
her mark
Province of |
Newhampshire \ May y^ 14''^ 1748 Then The above said Elizabeth
Drown and Mary Drown Made oath to the Truth of the above acompt
by them sined Coram Sam' Smith Jus* of Peacis
308 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Prov^ of New )
Hampshire \ In the House of Represents 19"^ May 1748 Voted
That EHz"' Drown be allow'd twenty ShilHngs & Mary Drown ten
Shillings in full of y® within Account to be pd out of y^ money
in y^ publick Treasury D Peirce Clk
In Council May 25'*^ 1748 read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Se'^
Eodem Die Consented to B Wentworth
[4-45]
\_Petitioji from Lieutenant John Flagg, of Portsvionth, Lonisbo2irg
Soldier, 1747.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esquire Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire,
The Honourable His Majesty's Council, And House of Represen-
tatives in General Court convened June the first 1747 : The Petition
of John Flagg of Portsmouth in s*^ Province Gent" Humbly Sheweth,
That in the late Expedition against Louisbourg your Petitioner
originally went down to that Siege in the Capacity of a Lieutenant
under the Command of the Honourable Coll° Samuel Moore, and in
the Company whereof William Seaward was Captain, that your Peti-
tioner did then and there faithfully perform, the dutys of his Office
and abode there all the winter and till the Eighteenth day of June
following on which day he returned home — That from The Eighteenth
day of October the Care and charge of the men that remaind there
belonging to the Companys of Cap* Seaward, Cap* Whidden & Cap*
John Furnall, devolved upon him your Petitioner the aforementioned
Officers leaving Louisbourg and returning home to New England ;
That the Soldiers of the s*^ Companys were on the Eighteenth day
of October put under his care and continued so till the Eighteenth
day of June following That your Petitioner did regulate them & Ex-
ercise them as in the Capacity of a Captain during the Term afores^
Your Petitioner therfore Humbly prays this Honourable Court to take
the Premises under Consideration and allow him such wages as were
allowed to officers in that Station from the Eighteenth day of Octo-
ber to the Eighteeenth day of June 1746 during which Term your
Petitioner performed in the Station of chief Commander over the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 3O9
men remaining out of those three companys afore mentioned, And
your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray
John Flagg
Portsm° June i^' 1747
In Council June 2^' 1747 read & ordred to be Sent down to the
Hon*^'^ House — Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
[4-46]
[Petition of Charles Hight, of Portsmouth, sail-maker. He wanted
pay for a gundelo which was impressed in the government service.
It was referred to the committee of war. — Ed.]
[4-47]
[Petition of Stephen Greenleaf and James Stoodly, " Late owners
of the Sloop Speedwell," which was chartered to carry prisoners to
France. They wanted an allow^ance for depreciation of the paper
money with which they were paid. — Ed.]
[Theodore Atkinsoji to Thomas Jones^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 138.]
June 5^'^ 1747
M*" Jones — "^Cap* Gaiton & one other Ship
I have none of your ffavours Since 4^'' Decem 1745 which makes
me Imagine my Diary for that year might fall into the Enemies
hands tho' I Sent Duplycates but by the way of Boston & am uncer-
tain what Ships they went in Least this Should have been the case
I now Send you a Duplycate authenticated anew togeather with my
Diary for last year youl See I have not finished for the year 1745
Exactly at Lady Day but the year 1746 Comences where that Leaves
of So that I Imagine it will be no Objection tis Possible those I
formerly Sent may be otherwise if So & you have rec'^ the money I
must Loose the 3 Days Pray Let me hear from you as often as you
receive my Diary at Least and as I now write for Goods to be Sent
out I may want money in Cap' Thomlinsons hands therefore hope he
will not be long without it Pray in your next Tell me how Coll
3IO MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Dunbar is I wrote him a long Letter under your Cover when I wrote
you but Possibley that might find the way to france too if my Diary
did — I am —
P S Cap^ Thomlinson advised me of the money you paid him on
my Acco* — £, 172 : 5 : 6
[Endorsed] Copy to M'' Tho' Jones
\Atkinsoji to Thomlinson. '\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 139.]
Portsm° June 6 1 746 —
[Inserted in a different hand, "it should be 1747."]
S' I now Acknowledge your ffavour of the 24*^ ffeb"^ '^ Cap* Snel-
ling and am Sorry our Pro"-' gave you So just an occasion for Either
the Comp' or reprimand in this I can Excuse my Self being Employd
in the back of the Country to Search the woods build forts &c^ where
I Spent almost the whole Winter at the head of the Canada Soldiers
of which Expedition we are officers & men almost Tired haveing been
in Suspence now one year & the only Letter in New England about
that affair from the ministry was the 9*'^ of April 1746 the men not
Permitted to Enter upon other business Least orders might arive &
haveing rec"^ not one Penny of Waiges, & but J^% '^ man old Ten"^ Bil-
liting Except when upon Actual Service they had allowence their
Constant Apply cation is to me and I have Assisted them by Little &
Little till they have Draind me of all my money &c''' that I have in the
world So that really the Easiest & most Satisfactory Part of my
Time has been when I was in the woods about Winipisseoce Pond
tho' I Lodged every night upon 4 or 5 feet of Snow & every other
Part of my Entertainm' Equivolent here I had no Duns for money
& for that reason was Quite Content with Soldiers allowence when I
could not get Bear or Beavour & what will become of us God knows
I wish I was Prophet Enough to Save my Self whole & have loooo
times repented my being Perswaided into an Inlistment however tis
now too Late & I must make the best on't the Indians from Canada
are all around us from East to West in Small Parties & Harress us
much & So I give you no further Trouble on Publick affairs as you
have a Comittee to Correspond with you & Gov'' Wentworth I am
Perswaided writes you at Large S'' I now Send you a mem^ for Sund''^
things which I would have put up at the best rate & Sent this fall
the most of them are to Set my Sister Shurtleff into Some Little
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 3II
business She haveing Lost her husband this Spring * Pray Let what
ever you Ship for me be Insured that in Case of any Accedent I may
not be a Looser — I now Send to M'' Jones my Diarys for 2 years Last
Past as Supposeing those for 45 misscarryd I have wrote him Press-
ingly to Pay the money to you as Soon as Possible Pray when you
have Leizure Let me how Cap' Pikes affairs Stands with you the Leg-
atees here being often with me on that head — as alsoe wither you
have ever rec^ any thing of Macry on acco' of the notes I Sent you
he was then Master of the Deptford Store Ship — I have one other
favour to beg of you that you would Enquire into an arrearage that
has been Long Due to me from the Custom House for Service as
Collector here my Demand is as follows Viz —
for 3 quarters Sallary Comenceing the 2(f^ of September
1736 to the 25"' June 1737 is 3 Quarters of a year at
;^ioo Sterling is . . _ ^75 —
The Customary Charges for Incidents those three Ou""^
as "^ acco' Examined & allow^ by the Survey"" Gen'^ &
Sent to the Comissioners attested .... ;^47 —
for my Sallary as above from the 8*'' of may 1740 to the
25 December following is 2 O""* & 49 Days . . 62,, 8 -
for the Customary Charges as '^ Acco' allow'' &c^ as above 35,, 19
^220,, 7 -
I am aware that it may be attended with Difficulty to obtain Some
Part of this Viz the Incidents beecause those things are usually taken
out of the Kings 3^^^ of fines & forfeitures here but as there was none
in that Time in this Port I hope I may now be Indulged with an order
on Some of the Collectors here that has an over Plus M"' ffranklin I
know now has & I know would be glad of Such Orders as to my
Sallary I know no objection in y^ way why I Should not have that
Pray Expend Any Part of it in obtaining it & whatever you do will
be agreeable to me —
at the Bottom of the Inclosed mem° Is Some things for my own
use which Send with the Mechandize Let it be Insured as above
If M""^ Osburnes old Silk gouns are not Shiped Pray Let them be Sent
with these things tho' I have been So Long I cant Leaf off without
recommending to your ffavour Thomas Brown the Eldest Son of our
Minister who Served with Cap* Adams in your Employ — by his Car-
rector he is worthy of your favour in Puting him abaft the Mast I
know he has refused Preferrnc" here to Continue in your Employ &
* M"" Shurtleff died in May 1747. [This memorandum is in a dif-
ferent hand. — Ed.]
312 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
I believe Cap' Adams will give you a good Carrector of him I am S''
P S. M"' Jaffrey & others here Complain much of your Haberdasher
that his goods are Put up too Dear & not of the best Ouallity I hope
their Information will Prevent any over Charge —
Sent "^ Cap* Gaston & Duplycate by Cap' Peirce in Cap' Bart —
\Coniiectiait Resolutions relative to the d'own Point Expedition, 1747.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 246.]
Anno Regni Regis Georgii 2"^' 20™°
At a General Assembly holden at New Haven in his Majesty's
Colony of Connecticut in New England in America (by special order
of his Honour the Governour) on Wednesday the 28"^ Day of January
annoq. Dom, 1746-7.
This Court being called by special orders of the Governour of this
Colony, His Honour was pleased to lay before the Court diverse Let-
ters lately received from his Excellency Governour Shirley, the Re-
solves of the Legislature of the Province Massachusetts Bay, as also the
opinion of the Committee of the Council for the Colony of New York,
with an extract of a Letter from his Excellency Governour Clinton
relating to an Expedition proposed against the French Fort at Crown
Point to be carryed on by the Forces lately raised in these American
Governments by his Majesty's special order for an Expedition against
the French Settlements in Canada, & Recommended the matters in
said Letters & Resolves to the consideration of this Assembly at this
time for which purpose he had now called them to meet.
And thereupon this Assembly having taken into consideration the
said affair and duly weighed the same, It appears to this Court : —
That a Winter Champain will be attended with many & great Diffi-
culties Hazards & Fatigues which will greatly dispirit & Dishearten
the Troops & may make them uncapable of the services necessary to
render success even probable, and that as the small pox has been &
according to the best accounts that can be had still is among the
Troops of the Western & Southern Colonies, so their joining with
the New England Troops will most probably bring that Distemper
into the whole army, and if so be likely to defeat the whole Design :
That (this Government supposing this Expedition which was in
agitation last Fall was wholly laid aside, and knew not but that it was
until it was too late to carry Subsistence & other necessarys by water
to Albany for the Troops raised in this Colony, have not carried the s'^
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subsistence and necessaries to said place) It is now impracticable by
Land Carriage at this Difificult Season within so short a time as is
proposed and is necessary should be done in case of a procedure, to
supply the Connecticutt Troops with such provisions and other neces-
saries as they will certainly want over and above what they can be
supplied with from the Massachusetts Stores according to a Resolve
of the Legislature of that Government, which this Assembly grate-
fully acknowledges.
That it is very uncertain whether the western and Southern Colo-
nies will join in this Expedition, for that the Governourof New York
being by Committee of Council advised to assist in the affair on con-
dition Connecticutt joins with the Massachusetts, but what assistance
he can afford is uncertain, and inasmuch as that Committee signify
their opinion to be that the undertaking is Hazardous and Difficult,
seem only to advise Governour Clinton to assist that he or that Gov-
ernment might not be left alone & be liable to Blame in case of a
miscarriage.
That there wants some general agreement & plan for conducting,
governing & carrying on such an Expedition, and that in case such
an attempt at this juncture and season and under the present situa-
tion of affairs should so far weaken or destroy the Troops raised for
the Expedition against Canada, that by them no assistance can be
afforded in that Expedition the next Summer in case his Majesty
should require them, This Colony are apprehensive they might incur
his Majesty's Displeasure as well as be instrumental in preventing
the Reduction of Canada.
That under all circumstances success appears at least very doubt-
full at this season, and in case the attempt should fail the ill & un-
hapi^y Consequences thereof are too well known & numerous to need
mentioning.
Therefore this Assembly (who have his Majestys Interest really at
heart & would exert themselves to the utmost in this important affair
could not see it practicable and adviseable at this time) are of opinion
that it is not Expedient to attempt at this Season to provide &
Transport Subsistence and other necessaries for the Connecticutt
Troops to go on an Expedition to Crown point, and do therefore for
the present suspend proceeding therein.
But inasmuch as it appears to be of very great importance to Re-
duce or Demolish said Fort, This Assembly declare their readiness
chearfully to exert themselves to the utmost of their powers for the
Reduction or Demolition of that Fort, in conjunction with his Ma-
jesty's other Governments, as soon as the season & other circum-
stances will permit, and do thereupon Resolve that his Honour the
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Governour with advice of the Committee of Warr Appointed to assist
him, be, and he is hereby impowered and desired, that in case the
Troops raised in this Colony for the Expedition against Canada, by
any proper orders be called or ordered forth into his Majesty's service
against the French before the session of this Assembly in May next,
to give orders to the Comissaries appointed by this Court to make
provision for that Expedition to deliver the Stores now in their hands,
and also to provide & furnish what further may be wanted for the said
Troops Subsistance and other necessarys for such time as he shall be
advised to, and to provide for the Transportation thereof according to
such Directions as he shall by advice as aforesaid think proper to give.
A true Copy of Record
Teste, George Wyllys, Sec''^
\_G0ver710r Lazv to Governor Shirley. Croivn Point Expeditions^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 247.]
New haven, January 30"^ 1746-7
Sir — According to your desire I have called our Assembly together
& laid before them several matters contained in the Expresses received
from your Excellency respecting the proposed Expedition to Crown
point & recommended the matters to their deliberate consideration ;
— on which they came to a resolve, a copy whereof I have herewith
inclosed by which your Excellency will better see the sense our As-
sembly have of that matter than by any account I could otherwise
give.
Your Excellency will see of what Importance the Assemby judge
the Reduction or Demolishing of that Fort is, & therefore tho they
cannot see it advisable at this season to proceed ; yet they have made
provision in case any Door shall be opened for that purpose. I must
therefore (as I am greatly desirous that place may be wrested out of
the hands of the French) earnestly desire your Excellency to acquaint
me of it in case you should have any Intelligence relating to this
Grand affair. I am with great respect
Your Excellencys most obedient humble servant
Jon*'' Law.
His Excellency Governour Shirley.
Copy Examind per J. Willard, Sec^.
[Endorsed] Gov. Law's Letter to Gov'' Shirley, 30''' Jan, 1746 —
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[Colonel Stoddard, concerning the '^ Six Nations,'' 1747.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 252.]
Extract from Col° Stoddard's Letter to his Excellency Governour
Shirley dated Northampton May 13^'^ 1747
I send you the Letters lately receiv'd from Albany, by which your
Ex'cy will perceive that the six Nations are thoroughly engaged, and
that most of them together with some others of their Allies are likely
to join in our Service ; I think with your Excellency & the Council
that the encouraging these Indians is a thing of great Importance.
The several Governm^^ have been endeavouring for near three
Years past to persuade those Tribes into War wherein they had not
any Concern but to serve their Friends, and they seem generally got
into it, and have left their hunting & other means of living, & ex-
posed themselves & Families for our sakes, & can we expect they
should fight for us, & devote themselves to that Service, & we suffer
-them to starve, or can we expect that they go a Warfare for us at
their own Charge, or can we expect that Col° Johnson & M"" Lydius
should pay the reckoning ; They have taken a great deal of Pains to
get the Indians into the War, & have effected more than the Gov-
ernm'^ did in a Course of Years, & can it be thought that they should
spend all their Substance in rewarding the Indians for their Service ;
It will cost them about 6 or ^700 to fit out 100 Men for War (in
York Money) as may be seen by Lydius Letter of March 26'^ And
how many hundred will soon be out, & how many times they will go
out this Summer, others can guess as well as I.
To Let the Design drop now we have a hopeful Prospect of dis-
tressing our Enemy would be fatal, for the Indians may well say, as
they often suspected before hand, that our design was to get them
into the W^ar, & then leave them in the Lurch ; and then we should
fail of their Assistance, and no wonder if they should reconcile them-
selves to the french, which they would be glad of, & then take Part
with the french against us ; for the Indians are of such a Humour
that if we deal justly & kindly by them, they will put their Lives in
our hands, but if we deal deceitfully with them, that will soon raise
an Abhorrence of us : Col° Johnson & M"" Lydius are now under a
Necessity of going forward & fitting out the Indians, so long as they
have any substance remaining, & when that is gone the Affair will be
at an End.
Therefore I see no way but for the several Governm'* to send Sup-
plies of Money or Goods to enable those Gentlemen to carry on the
War; I think it altogether just that the several Governm'^ do con-
tribute towards the Charge, & doubt not but several of them would
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chearfully agree to it upon proper Application being made to them ;
And 'tis probable that the Money so expended would do us twenty
times as much Servdce, as what we have heretofore expended in the
War. Were it in my Power I would send a thousand Pounds in our
new Bills or in suitable Goods to those Gentlemen for their present
Necessity, this would revive their drooping Spirits (whilst they are
full of Expectations of being undone) & would greatly animate the
Indians ; such Causes ought not to be Starved for want of a little
Oyl to keep the W^heels in Motion.
Examined ^ J Willard Secry
\_Shirley to WeiitzvortJi, concerning the " Sir A^atioHS."'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 253.]
Boston May 1 8"> 1 747. —
Sir, These are to inform your Excellency that by Dispatches I
have received from Albany & Northampton, I find that the Indians
of the Six Nations are generally spirited to go to War against the
French of Canada, that divers Parties are now out & others daily
offering themselves, which is a Point the Governments of New Eng- '
land (especially those of the Massachusetts & Connecticutt) have
been labouring to carry ever since the first of the War, And if this
Spirit be duly cherished & properly managed & directed, it may, by
the blessing of God, prove of unspeakable Benefit for the Safety of
these Colonies, I refer your Excellency to an Extract from Col° Stod-
dard's Letter* to me for a more particular Account of this Affair:
Only I would observe that Col° Johnson & M'' Lidius whose Influence
on the Indians has brought about this great Event, are under such
Engagements as they are not able to fulfill without proper Supplies
from these Governments ; And if for want of that the Indians should
suffer any Disappointment, it is more than probable that they will be
disgusted at their being left in the Lurch by us, & will fall intirely
into the Interests of the French, which will be more fatal to these
Colonies, than anything that has yet befallen us. Now as there is
no General Court in being in this Province, we can do Nothing at
present for the furnishing these Gentlemen ; tho' Our General Court
have intrusted M"" Lidius with this Affair, & have undertaken to sup-
ply him with a considerable Sum for this Service, & he has made his
Draughts for the Payment, which will be done ; but the Parties of
[* See document next preceding. — Ed.]
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Indians come so fast upon him & M"" Johnson to be fitted out for this
Service, that what the will receive at present from this Governm' will
be a very inconsiderable part of what they are under Engagements
for, & the Gentlemen seem to apprehend that there is great Danger
of their being ruined, & the Common Cause suffering the greatest
Damage that we can conceive of, unless they be releived from these
Governments.
I doubt not. Sir, but your General Assembly will in this Critical
Conjuncture, readily make proper Supplies for the Encouragem' of
the Indians of the six Nations for prosecuting this War, & for keep-
ing these Gentlemen in heart till an Agreem' may be made between
the Governm'^ to apportion the Charge that has arisen or may arise
in this important Affair, among themselves ; And I shall lay this
Matter before the General Court at their first Meeting, & I am fully
persuaded they will chearfully fall into all the Measures necessary for
promoting this important Interest — You will please to lay these
Matters before your Assembly as soon as possible, & let me know
their Resolution on this Affair. I am with great regard Sir
Your Excellency's most Obedient Humble Serv'
W Shirley
P. S. I shall write to your Exc^ fully upon other matters by next
post W. S.
His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq""
[4-48] [^Petition of Robert Miller, Louisbourg Soldier, 1747.]
To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'" Captain General And
Governour and Commander in Chief in And Over his Majestys
Province of New Hamps^ the Hon''^^ his Majestys Council and
House of Representatives In General Assembly Convened July 14
1747
Humbly Shews Robert Miller of Hampton falls in the Province
aforesaid
That your Petitioner at the Unfortunate Attack of the Island Bat-
tery in the Siege of Louisbourgh Met with a Shot by which he lost
one arm which Renders him Incapable of Labouring for the Support
of himself & a Large family the Only way he had to maintain them
That Your Petitioner before his going to Louisbourgh was an Inhab-
itant of this Province But went in the pay of the Massachusetts Gov-
ernment for which Reason your Petitioner Apprehended that what
Pension Gratuity or allowance he might hope to Receive for this
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Great misfortune of the Loss of his Arm Ought to be paid by the
Massachusetts and Accordingly Petition'd that Court for Rehef But
was Denied Any because He Belonged to New Hamps"^ I Would
therefore Pray Your Excellency & Honours that you would take my
Case into Consideration And Do what You may think proper that I
may have Relief from the Place where it Ought to Come That if it
appertains to this Province Your Excellency & Honours would Grant
me Such As in Your Great Wisdom You shall think proper And if it
doth not Appertain to this Province that you would Grant Me Such
assistance as you shall think proper towards My obtaining of it that I
may not be shut Entirely Out Between the two Provinces and Your
Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray &c :
Robert miller
In Council July the i6 1747 read & ordred to be Sent Down to
the Hon^i^ House Theod"^ Atkinson Se'-y
[4-49] \_Snpplics Sent to Nczv Hampshire Soldiers, 1747.]
Inv° of Sundrys Shipt on board the Sloop Augustus Dav"^ Dungham
for New York Consign'd to M"" Gulian Verlank Merch* there on Ace'
& Resque of y^ Prov^ of New Hampshire & by order of M"" Secretary
Atkinson to be reship'd by M"" Verplank for Albany to y'^ Adress
there of Coll" Johnson & Jn° Hen^ Lydius Esq""^
Boston July 15 : 1747 —
One Large Case & one Bale Cont^*
8 p^^ Blue Broad Cloth q' 187 J y^^ @ 60/ .
8 p" half thick viz' 7 blue i red q' 262 y''^ best Sort
2 p« Cont^ 30 Stript Duffell blankitts @ 80s ^ p"-
A Large Case 8 Y^=^ Crocus & Carts on board
Cash p'^ Cap' Dungham fre' to York .
Com° @ 5 f C .
Errors Excepted
SHipp'd by the Grace of God, in good Order and well Conditiond
by Samuel Wentworth in and upon the good Sloop call'd the Au-
gustus whereof is Master, under God, for this present voyage, David
Dungham and now riding at Anchor in the Harbour of Boston and
by God's Grace bound for New York to say, one Bale & one Case On
Acco' as "^ Inv° & goes consigned to M'" Gulian Verplank to be re-
shipd for Albany to Coll° Johnson & J. H. Lydius Esqrs being mark'd
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and number'd as in the Margin * and are to be deliver'd in the like
good Order and well Condition'd, at the aforesaid Port of New York
(the Danger of the Seas only excepted) unto Gulian Verplank or to
his Assigns, he or they paying Freight for the said Goods Nothing
having pd it at Shiping ^ii , lo - with Primage and Average ac-
custom'd. In witness whereof the Master or Purser of the said Sloop
hath affirm'd to three Bills of Lading, all of this Tenor and Date ;
one of which Bills being accomplish'd, the other two to stand void.
And so God send the good Sloop to her desir'd Port in safety. Amen,
Dated in Boston July 15, 1747 Davin Dungum
[^Shirley to Wentworth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 254.]
Boston October 12. 1 747.-8
Sir, Your Excellency has a Letter in answer to mine from you in
Gov^ Knowles's Letter to you, w'^'^ makes it unnecessary for me to say
any farther, except y' I shall hope for the Assistance of your Opinion
and Advice in the several points before M'^ Knowles and myself.
I am in haste, the Express stays by for this, with much truth and
Esteem
Sir, Your Excellency's most Obedient, Humble serv'
W Shirley
His Exc>' Gov' Wentworth.
\_Shirley to We/itzuort/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 255.]
Boston, Nov"" 3, 1747.
Sir — Since my last by Express I have received an answer to
every part of Mr. Knowles' And my Joint letter from Rhode Island ;
and as the method of the inclosed Muster Roll seems to me, what
may save your Excellency and ourselves trouble, I have inclos'd it for
your perusal, y* if you approve of it, you may make use of the same
method. Be pleas'd to return me the Muster Roll by the Post with-
out fail.
I am w''' much truth and esteem
Sir — Your Excellency's most Obedient, Humble Serv*
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Gov'' Wentworth.
* To Coll" Johnson & C° at Albany
320 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
{^Shirley to Wentiuorth, 1747.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 256.]
Sir — I receiv'd your Excellencys favour by the post, in w'^'' you
say you have sent me back the Rhode Island Muster Roll, but you
have omitted it thro' hurry, I suppose, and would beg you to do it by
the return of the Post. I shall want 5 setts of the Muster Rolls. I
will write your Excellency more fully by Captain Huske when Mr.
■ Knowles returns from Nantasket, where he was gone when your
Packet was deliver'd me.
The News your Excellency mentions to have received by my Ex-
press, wants confirmation. I pray God, it may prove true at least in
part in the End.
I am w^'^ great regard and Esteem
Sir, Your Excellency's most Obedient, Humble servant,
W. Shirley
Boston, Nov. cf" 1747
His Exc^ Gov'' Wentworth.
\_Shirlcy to Wentworth, relating to Soldiers Pay, Riot in Boston, etc.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 257.]
Boston, Nov"" 24, 1747.
Sir — Since my last to your Excellency, Mr. Knowles and I have
receiv'd a letter from Gov'' Clinton, wherein he acquaints us y' he has
hitherto paid the levies of his own Governm', Maryland, Virginia
and Pennsilvania after the rate of 6^^ Ster., pr day over and above
their provisions, w*^'^ have been allow'd 'em, and y' he shall pay 'em
the remainder now due 'em at the same rate : whereupon Mr.
Knowles and I think the rate of paying the Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Rhode Island levies is so far fix'd by Mr. Clinton's
having proceeded thus in paying off the Western Levies y* we think
any abatement in the pay of the New England levies, or Stoppage for
provisions or billeting money allowed 'em by the Colonies, would raise
the utmost discontent among the soldiers here, and be greatly preju-
dicial to his Majesty s service in New England in any future Expedi-
tion, And have therefore determined y' the levies of the three before
mention'd New England Coknies shall be pay'd off at the rate of 6d
pr day Ster. clear of stoppages for provisions or billeting money al-
low'd 'em by those Governm'* : which determination we the more
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 321
readily come into, as we find it is agreeable to your Excellency's opin-
ion signifyed to me in one of y' late letters.
We have had in this Town an Insurrection and most rebellious rout,
of w^'' I will give you a particular ace* in my next, as also an answer
to all other matters not answered here, and to Mr. Atkinson's Que-
ries, for omitting which now I hope for your Exc>'"^ Excuse, having
been interrupted in my business by the late Tumult for some days.
I should be glad if possible to receive the acc*^ of your Levies be-
fore Mr. Knowles sails and the Express goes to England, w^^ last will
be in all next week ; and the former I believe by Saturday or Sunday.
I am, with very great respect. Sir,
Your Excellencys most obedient Humble Servant
W. Shirley
His Exc^' Gov"" Wentworth.
P. S. Mr. Knowles has been some time on board the Canterbury
in Nantasket, which is the reason of his not joining in this Letter.
\ Document Endorsed : " Gov'' Kjiowles & Shirley s letters on the Dnke
of New Castles letter 30*'' Mcxy 1747."]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 258.]
Boston, October 10*'' 1747- —
Sir The Inclos'd is an Extract from a Letter from the Duke of
Newcastle to Governour Shirley Signifying His Majestys Commands
to us upon the several Matters Containd in it, In Obedience to which
we must desire You'l be pleas'd to Transmit to us by return of this
Express or as soon after as You can Muster Rolls or Lists of the
several Officers and Soldiers raisd within Your Government for His
Majestys Service and days on which the Soldiers were Inlisted into
it (which last may be best done by Attested Copies of the Enlist-
ments themselves) also an Account of the Deaths of such of the
Officers and Men which have happen'd since they enter'd into the
Service with the respective Times when they happen'd as also of the
Dismissions and Desertions of any of the Soldiers and times of their
being discharg'd or deserting together with an Account of their Fur-
loffs which have been granted from time to time to the Soldiers or
any of them & for what time as also upon what Command or Duty
the Officers and Men have been respectively employ'd since the Time
of their entering into the Service together with a Muster Roll or List
of the Officers and effective private Soldiers now remaining in the
21
322 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
Service all which Rolls Lists and Acco'^ we desire may be duly Cer-
tify'd by the proper Officers under their Hands upon Oath taken be-
fore Yourself and Attested by Your Excellency also that You wou'd
Transmit to us an Acco"^ of the Charges of the Cloathing, Arms and
Accoutrements of the Soldiers and of all other Expences which have
been Incurred on Account of the Expedition and are not to be de-
fra'yd by the Colony under Your Excellency's Governm' from the
time of their being Levied to the time of Your Attesting the
said Accounts together with the Vouchers thereof all duly Certify'd
upon Oath by the proper Parties before You and a Copy of the Proc-
lamation Issued by Your Excellency for the Encouragement of Troops
Inlisted into the aforesaid Service with Copys of the Votes of Your
Assemblys touching the Bounty & Subsistance of Provisions granted
by them for the Troops, And we must further desire that Your Ex-
cell^' wou'd in Pursuance of His Majesty's Orders Communicate to
us Your Sentiments and Opinion as to the manner of Discharging
these Officers and Soldiers & upon what Foot it may be best done
having due regard to His Majestys Commands to us for doing it in
the most Frugal Manner and his Expectations in this Affair, and this
we desire Your Excellency wou'd forthwith do as a great Charge is
running on till the Soldiers shall be dismiss'd by us. —
We must also desire Your Excellency in Obedience to His Ma-
jestys Commands to recommend it to Your Assemblies to furnish Such
Sums of Money or Creditt as may be wanted to pay off the Soldiers
which Your Excellency will perceive by the Extract of the Duke of
Newcastles Letter is to be provided for by Parliam* as soon as the ac-
count of the whole Charge Incurred by raising the Levies shall be
Transmitted to His Grace by us and forthwith to let us know Your
Excellencys Opinion of the Success of such an Application, as also
to let us know whether You have Advanc'd any and what Sums of
Money to the Officers and Soldiers or any of them on Account of
their Pay and after what Rate and to what time they are paid in full.
And as Your Excellency perceive We are Commanded by His Ma-
jesty to retain such a Number of the American Levies in his Pay as
we shall judge Sufficient for the Security of Nova Scotia against the
Enemys Attempts untill a Reinforcement can be sent thither from
Great Brittain the Preservation of which Colony is of the greatest
Importance to the Safety and Welfare of all His Majestys Northern
Colonies, And also that M'' Shirley is Orderd by His Majesty to Com-
pleat his Own and Sir William Pepperells as likewise Lieu' General
Phillipp's Regim' out of those Troops we hope Your Excellency will
Assist the Officers who shall be sent to raise Recruits for those Pur-
poses into Your Excellencys Government with Your Influence and
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS.
323
Authority and Contribute every thing in Your Excellencys Power to
their Success and the promoting of His Majestys Service —
We think it Clear that tne Arms and Accoutrem'^ of the Soldiers
are to be return'd and where the Men have lost them their Value
must be Stopp'd out of their Pay, or rather the several Captains are
to be Call'd upon for the Arms of their respective Companies and are
Chargeable therewith, which You will be pleas'd to Consider, And
we must desire Your Excellency will forthwith let us know Your
Opinion of what pay it may be reasonable to Allow the Officers as
well as Men for their Service. —
We are Your Excellencys
most Obed' Hble Servants,
W Shirley
Cha* Knowles
His Exc^ Gov'' Wentworth
[Extracts from Duke of Nczv Castle s Letter.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 259.]
Extracts of a Letter from His Grace the Duke of Newcastle to
Governour Shirley, dated 30''' of May 1747.
" His Majesty has been pleas'd to direct me to Signify to You His
pleasure that you should immediately appoint a Meeting with Com-
modore Knowles at such place as shall be agreed upon, & Consider
with him the present State of Nova Scotia & Louisbourg, and take
the proper measures for the Defence of those places.
" It is His Majesty's pleasure you should Endeavour to [complete]
from out of the Americans which are now rais'd for His Majesty's
Service Sir William Pepperells Regiment and your own. —
" Lieu^ General Phillips Regiment is I am afraid very weak I will
however send him His Majesty's Orders to send what Recruits can
be got from hence, and you will also Endeavour to have his Regiment
compleated out of the Americans. —
" It is also His Majesty's pleasure that M"" Knowles & you should
Consider what Number of Americans will be really wanted for the
Service abovementioned, and the King would have you retain so
many as may be absolutely necessary for that Service, & no more,
and the King hopes that a small Number of Americans with His
Majesty's Forces which you have may be sufficient for that purpose,
324 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
as the Expence of those Americans is very great ; And as to the
Americans in general except only such as may be wanted, for the Ser-
vice abovementioned, It is His Majesty's pleasure that you in Con-
junction with Commodore Knowles should thank them in such manner
as you shall think proper, & immediately discharge them upon the
best & cheapest foot you can, and in order thereto you will Consult
with the respective Governours upon the manner of doing it, and you
will transmit to His Majesty an immediate Account of what you shall
do therein. —
" As it is His Majestys Intention that the Americans should be
immediately discharged, except only such few as are mentioned above,
the manner of discharging them, the Satisfaction for their Time &c ^
must be left to Commodore Knowles & yourself ; The King however
is perswaded you will do it as cheap as possible. —
" And as these American Troops have done little or no Service
hitherto, It is to be hoped they will not expect to be paid in the man-
ner they would have been had they actually been Employed on Ser-
vice And it seems highly reasonable that such of these Troops as
have remained in the provinces where they were Enlisted should be
contented with less Pay than such of them as may have march'd into
other Provmces.
" When you and M"" Knowles shall have mett and fully Considered
the Service to be undertaken in the manner above directed and shall
have Agreed what Number of Americans it will be necessary to keep
in pay, for that purpose, It is His Majesty's Pleasure that you should
procure an Account of the whole Expence incurred on Account of
the American Troops from the time of their being levyed, to the
time of their being discharged, and when the same shall be fully Ad-
justed and Liquidated you will transmit it to me with the proper
Vouchers from the several Governours that it may be laid before Par-
liament to the End that Provision may be made for the payment, and
in the mean time in order to prevent any Complaint amongst the
Men that have been Enlisted (as well those that shall be discharged,
as those that shall Continue in Service) for want of immediate Pay,
you will recommend it to the Governours of the Provinces where
these Levies have been made to procure Credit from the respective
Assemblies for that purpose, which His Majesty hopes may be done
without Difficulty. —
A Copy W Shirley
Cha^ Knowles
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[Shirley to Went'Wort/i.~\
[Belknap Papers Vol. II., p. 260.]
Boston, October 29*^ I747-
Sir — Mr. Knowles and I have received your Excellency's Letter
dated the 23*^ Instant ; and as very great Expence to the Crown is
running on whilst the Accounts of the Forces rais'd within your Ex-
cellency's Government for the Expedition against Canada are prepar-
ing and adjusting, we think it our indispensable Duty to send you the
inclos'd discharge of 'em, which we desire your Excellency would
have Publish'd among the Levies in such manner as you shall think
proper.
You will perceive by the Extract of the Duke of New Castle's
Letter, which we inclos'd in our last, that it is his Majesty's pleasure
the Levies should be discharg'd in the most frugal manner, so that it
is doubtless his Expectation that all such of 'em as have not march'd
out of the Province or Colony, where they were rais'd sho'd be paid
off at the rate of the ordinary Establishment for all his Majestys
Regiments of Foot, viz. the private men at the rate of 6d Sterling
pr. day, out of which a stoppage must be made of ^d for their Provis-
ions. ... so that there will remain to be paid in money to them
only 2d Sterling pr day ; the corporals after the rate of ^d pr day,
out of which a stoppage of 4*^ for their Provisions, so that ^d Sterling
pr day will remain to be paid in money to them ; the Serjants after
the rate of is Sterling pr day, out of which a stoppage must be made
of ^d for their provisions, so that there will remain 8c/ Sterling pr day
to be paid to them ; and this is agreeable to the Terms of their En-
listment, in w'^'^ no more is promis'd than the usual pay of his Ma-
jesty's Troops, viz. 6d Sterling & pay for a private man, S^^for a Cor-
poral and 12^:/ for a Sargeant ; out of which they find themselves with
Provisions ; and where Provisions are found for them, as in the case of
Lieut. Gen' Phillip's Regiment posted in Nova Scotia & Newfoundland
a stoppage of 4^ Sterling pr day is made out of their pay for it : and in
this case it makes no difference with respect to the soldiers that Pro-
visions have been generally found for 'em at the charge of the Colo-
nies where they were rais'd and not the Crown's : For that was not
given them as the Bounty of the several Colonies but was required by
his Majesty from those Colonies to be done in ease of the National
Expence, and as what was their reasonable part of the charges to be
incurr'd by the late intended Expedition, set on foot chiefly for the
mimediate benefit of the several Colonies concern'd in it ; and con-
sidering these Troops have not march'd out of their respective Colo-
nies, they have no pretence to expect more than what was promis'd
326 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
'em by the Terms of their Enlistment and ought to be satisfied
with that.
As to all those Levies, which have march'd out of the sev^eral prov-
inces where they were rais'd, except those sent to Nova Scotia an
allowance of 2d Sterling pr Day extraordinary to them upon that
consideration will be sufficient ; but as to those Troops which were
sent to Nova Scotia, or Imbark'd for that Province, tho' they had the
misfortune thro' Shipwreck & Sickness not to arrive there, Mr.
Knowles and I think they ought to have on account of their Service
& hard Duty, which occasion'd 'em a greater Expence of cloaths &
other things than the rest of the Troops had, 6d sterling pr. day
above their Provisions from the time of their Imbarkation for Nova
Scotia, till their return to their respective Colonies ; before and after
which times a stoppage must be made out of their Pay for their Pro-
visions, and they receive no more in money than 2d ^x day, and the
several Levies are to be paid off accordingly after those Rates.
As to the method of paying off the men when they are discharged
it appears to Mr. Knowles and me, that there are but two ways of
doing it. viz. Either by procuring money on Credit from your As-
sembly, which we are commanded by his Majesty to recommend to
you, or else by borrowing money of the merchants upon publick Bills
payable when the Parliament shall make Provision for defraying the
Charges incurr'd on account of these Levies, which Bills Mr. Knowles
and I think should be sold for the highest Exchange that can be got
for the benefit of the men, but not at a lower rate than ;!^700 pr Cent
advance in Bills of the old Tenor, or ;^8oo of that currency for ;^ioo
Sterling ; and if both these methods should fail then we can't see
what more can possibly be done than to give the men Certificates of
what is due to 'em at the time of their being discharged with a
promise of paying 'em as soon as possible : But we hope there will
be no necessity of having recourse to this method.
Mr. Knowles being very much Engag'd in the Business of his
Squadron which detains him great part of his time at Nantasket, has
desir'd me to take upon myself the Settling of the Terms for paying
the men off, and as he is under orders frem the Lords of Admiralty
to repair to Jamaica to take upon him the Command of his Majesty's
Ships there, and designs to Sail in about a fortnight, we shall be glad
to proceed as far as possible in Execution of his Majesty's orders
Committed to our joint care before he goes : And besides, if the acc^*
are not transmitted home in time to be lay'd before Parliament this
Session, it may occasion a Delay in raising the money for defraying
the charges.
Since Mr. Knowle's and my joint Letter to your Excellency I am
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 32/
Inform'd by Mr. Secretary Willard that upon the first raising of
Troops in this Province for the Expedition against Canada in Queen
Anne's time, Her Majesty expressly promis'd (among other things)
as an Encouragement for Volunteers to Enlist, that they should retain
their Arms which had been provided for 'em by the Crown : But as
the Expedition did not proceed that year, and the Queen sent Orders
to Disband those Levies, which was done, this Government then
thought proper (notwithstanding the Queen's express promise, and
those Troops had march'd out of the Province to be ready to proceed
by Land to Canada) to make the Soldiers deliver up their arms as
they had not actually proceeded to Canada, in order to be kept for
the Service of the Expedition when it should be prosecuted : which
seems to be a case where the men had far greater reason to expect to
retain their arms than they have in this, especially as the Duke of
New Castle in his Letter to me of the 30**^ of May, only says that
his Majesty had lay'd aside the Design of the Expedition for the
present.
It was necessary to transmit to your Excellency the terms for the
payment of the men and non-commission'd officers together with the
enclos'd discharge of 'em ; As to the officers it may be time enough
to send you Mr. Knowles' & my opinion of the Terms on which they
should be paid off by the Post following, he being now at Nantasket ;
with regard to myself I must in the mean time say, that I think they
ought to have the full Sterling pay which the officers of his Majesty's
other Troops in their Ranks receive.
I am with very great regard, Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient Servant
W. Shirle}-.
His Excellency Gov'' Wentworth.
[Endorsed] — Gov"" Shirley, 28"' Oct° 1747, on the Dismission of the
Canada men & their Pay.
\Shirley to lVenliuort/i.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 261.]
Boston, Jan>' 17, i747-[8.]
Sir — I ask your pardon for letting the last post slip me without
acquainting your Excellency y' I appointed a Muster Master for the
Troops rais'd here, Tho' he w^as not inserted in my list. I will let
you know the Exchange at w'^'' I pay the men by next Post ; and
should have sent Answers to Col. Atkinson's Queries by this, but y'
328 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the copy of 'em w*^'' Pollard gave me are at present shipt among such
an heap of papers y*^ I can't readily find 'em. If Col. Atkinson will
be at the trouble of sending me a copy of 'em, least Pollard should
have lost his, I will answer 'em by next Post — being w^'' great esteem
y"" ExcelP'® most obed' Humble servant —
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Gov'' Went worth.
\_Shirley to Wejitzuorth.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 262.]
Boston, Feby 2, 1 747-8
Sir — I was favour'd with your Excellency's by Col. Atkinson, and
gave him as particular Answers to his several Queries and verbal Ques-
tions as I could : and have only to add I pay the men off here after
the rate of 750 pr cent advance, and shall make it up to 'em 800 pr
cent advance, if I can sell all the Bills at that rate as I believe I shall,
and contingent expenses will allow it.
I should be extremely glad to have all your Excellency's Acc'^ to
transmit home by the ship after next, otherwise I am affraid we shall
lose a session for the raising of the money by Paiiiam*
Inclos'd is the Amount of the Anchors w* I sent for your Province
Vessels to Annapolis Royal, upon Mr. Mascarine's advice of its want-
ing 'em. And y' the service suffered by it, and would beg the favour of
your Excellency to send orders for the discharge of it.
I am to ask your pardon, I believe, for a demand on your part upon
this Province, for an article or two w^'^ Mr. Wentworth here called on
me several times ab'' but is not yet adjusted. I shall take care to
have it done forthwith, and, am with great respect and Esteem,
Sir, your Excellency's most obedient Humble serv^
W. Shirley
His Exc^ Gov'' Wentworth.
[4-54] \Coi)Wiissary PenJialloivs Petition, 1748.]
To* His E^xcellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of New Hampshire, The
Honorable his majestys Council & House of Representatives in
General assembly Conven'd
The Petition of Samuel Penhallovv of Portsmouth in the Province
of New Hampshire most humbly sheweth — That your Petitioner was
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 329
voted by the General assembly of this Province to be Commissary to
go with the Voluntiers raise! in this Province for the Expedition
against Canada — That he was to have Ten Pounds "^ month — That
he Seryd in that Capacity from the fifteenth day of July 1746 untill
the thirty first day of October 1747 being Sixteen Months three weeks
& four days amounting unto the Sum of one hundred and Sixty nine
Pounds — That your Petitioner could not engage in any other busi-
ness untill he was dischargd from his duty as commissary afores'^
which was not untill the 31^' day of October 1747 — Wherefore your
Petitioner most humbly Prays your Excellency & Honours to allow
him the S^ Sum of one hundred & Sixty nine Pounds for his Service
aforesaid and your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall ever Pray &c —
Samuel Penhallow
March 8'"' 1747 [1748]
In Council read & ordred to be Sent to the Hon''^*' House March
10"^ 1747 Theodore Atkinson Se"^
[^S/iirley to IVeutiuort/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 263.]
Boston, March 15"^ 1747-8
Sir — I am favour'd w"' your Excellency's by the last Post, inquir-
ing after the Pay, which Mr. Knowles & I have allow'd Pilots retain'd
for the Expedition. But as I had not retain'd any, it did not occur to
me, so that we did not think of it, & I don't find that article charg'd
in any acc^^ that have been transmitted to me yet : But doubtless it
is a proper one.
Having sold the bills w'^'' I have drawn for the Pay of the men at
800 pre cent advance, I have paid 'em hitherto at the Rate of 850 for
100, reserving the other 50 as a fund for contingencies, such as Med-
icines &c. w'^'^ could not otherwise be paid off ; & what overplus there
may be, if any, shall be in the end distributed among 'em, w*^'^ I men-
tion to your Excellency having before wrote that I thought they must
have been paid off at 8 for i only concerning w'^'^ I had a long contest
w**^ the Buyers of the Bills.
This will be deliver'd you by Lieut Gerrish, who informs me that
he has enlisted three men out of Berwick for Annapolis Royal, who
have pay due 'em in the Expedition ag''' Canada for service in Col'' At-
kinson's Regiment : & I shall be oblig'd to your Excellency if you will
order 'em to be forthwith paid that they may go upon Duty. Their
names are Moses Ward, Walter Abbot and John Goodwin.
330 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
He also informs me that your Excelly would not permit him to en-
list a man within your Governm* for his Majesty's service at Annap-
olis : In w^'' I have told him that I believe he misunderstood you, &
Strictly charg'd him not to report it, as what I apprehended must put
an Intire stop to raising men for his Majesty's service in all other
Governm'^ upon the Continent. Your Excell^ has seen his Majesty',s
Orders to Mr. Knowles & me for retaining a number out of the
American Levies sufficient for the Defence of Nova Scotia w'^'^ he &
I determin'd could not be less than 500 ; & I have since very lately
receiv'd the most strict orders from his Majesty that can be conceiv'd
to use my utmost Endeavour for the security of that Province : I sup-
pose those Orders can't be constru'd to mean that I sh'd raise all the
men within my own Government, nor is it reasonable I should or
practicable if I was to attempt it ; & I suppose his Majesty's Right
to raise men within all his Colonies for his service is not doubted ; It
has not yet been disputed by any of his Governours in the case of
Sir Wm. Pepperill's & my Regiment : and Gov'' Thomas allow'd the
Officers of four Regiments to recruit, as I am inform'd within his
Governm* at the same time, viz. Gov"" Trelawney's, Gen' Dalzell's,
Sir Wm. Peppereirs & my own ; so clear was he in that point, nor
did I in the least discourage Recruiting for Dalzell's Regiment within
my own Government when Sir Wm. Pepperell & I had but just begun
to raise men for our own Regiments. I might add that your Excel-
lency is sensible that the Province under your own Government is
principally interested in the preservation of Nova Scotia, & on that
account ought to contribute its proportion of men towards it, w*'^ this
Province : But that will not be the case ; — For I have hitherto en-
listed for Nova Scotia wholly within my own Government, and I have
raised there between 2 & 300 men, and it is not probable that Lieu-
tenant Gerrish would have pick'd up 20 of your men, if he had been
permitted to have enlisted within your Excy^ Government.
I would desire nothing of your Excellency that sho'd put you to
the least Inconveniency ; & can't but hope that raising a few men in
your Province for his Majesty's service upon this occasion will not.
Nor should I have given you this Trouble if I was not apprehensive
that your Excell^^ Refusal to suffer any men's being rais'd there for
this particular service would be of the most prejudicial consequence
to his Majesty's service in general upon all occasions, for Soldiers
within every one of his Colonies upon the Continent ; For every Gov-
ernment will think they have an equal Right & the Same Reason to
hinder the enlisting of Soldiers for the King's service with your Ex-
cellency, & probably follow your Example & so the King would be
shut out from raising men for the Preservation of any part of his
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLVL PAPERS. 331
American Dominions, vv'^'' he certainly has as good a Right to do
within his Northern Colonies, as within any other part of his Do-
minions.
I am with great Regard, Sir,
Your Excellencys most Obedient Humble Servant,
W. Shirley.
P. S. I shall take it as a favour, if your Excellency will give Lieut
Gerrish leave to make trial for a few men for the sake of avoiding
much greater disservice to his Majesty's Interest, y" even the want of
the men, w'^^ he may pick up in your Government would be.
His Excellency Gov'' Wentworth.
[4-55]
[^Snvwious to the Coitncil to Attend a Court of Admiralty in Fan-
eiiil Hall, 1748.]
Province of the 1
Massachusetts Bay | By his Excellency the Governour, To the
Honourable the Members of His Majesty's Council for the
Seal Province of New Hampshire & Each and Every of them
Greeting.
You are hereby Summoned to appear at the Courthouse in Faneuil
Hall Boston upon Tuesday the third day of May next at ten o'Clock
in the forenoon at a Court of Admiralty then & there to be held for
the Tryal of Richard James who stands charged with the Murther of
one Thomas Lewis upon the High Seas within the Admirals Jurisdic-
tion on or about the twenty fifth day of December last.
Given under my hand & Seal at Boston aforesaid the fourteenth
day of April in the twenty first year of the Reign of our Sovereign
Lord King George the Second, Annoq Dom. 1748:
[The foregoing is copied from the original. — Ed.]
W Shirley.
[Shirley to IVentioorth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 264.]
Boston, April 26, 1748.
Sir — Being oblig'd to send to the Duke of New Castle's office
all the accounts and vouchers of the Expense of the late intended
Expedition ag*"* Canada, pursuant to his Maj'^'* commands to Mr.
332 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Knowles and me to collect and transmit 'em to his Grace, by the first
opportunity, w'^^ will be in ab' seven days, I should be glad if your
Excellency would furnish me with such Rolls, acc^^ and vouchers in
this affair as you shall think proper to transmit home of the Troops
rais'd within the Province under your own Governm^ by the return
of the Post.
I wish your Exc^ joy of Mr. Knowles success ag'^' Port Louis, (')
and the prospect there is of opening all the French Ports on that
side ; as also of the confirmation of Admiral Hawke's Squadron hav-
ing taken the Magnanimous from the French.
I am, in haste with great regard Sir,
Your Excellencys most Obedient Humble servant
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Gov"" Wentvvorth.
[4~57] \_Meino7'ial of Captain Joseph Sherburne, 1748.]
Province of ) To the Honourable House of Representatives,
New Hampshire j of his Majesties Province of New Hampshire, in
New England, (Guardians, of the Rights and Privileges, of the Inhab-
itants, within the same) now Convened in General Assembly. —
The Memorial & Request, of Joseph Sherburne, of Portsmouth,
within said Province. —
Humbly Sheweth,
That in the Year 1744, when an Expedition was set on foot against
Cape Breton, the said Joseph voluntarily enter'd into that Service,
and went thither. Master of a Transport, with Troops & Stores. —
That Soon after the Landing of the Troops, on that Island, a Siege
was form'd, against the city of Louisbourg, in which, the Memorialist,
had a full Share of Action, being Order'd by the General, to quit his
Transport, and take upon him the Command, of the Cannon in the
Advanced Battery, as by a Copy, of the Generalls Warrant, for that
Purpose, hereunto Annexed, may Appear ; in which Command, he
humbly hopes, he neither disgraced himself nor Dishonoured his
Country. —
That, some little time after, the General honoured him, with a Cap-
tains Commission, for a foot Company, to Reward his faithfull Ser-
vices, as a Canoneer, and for his further Encouragement, to Continue
in that Hazardous Command. —
That after the Surrender of Louisbourg, he was Appointed Store
keeper, to his Majesties Office of Ordnance, within that Garrison ;
(i) Port Louis, a maritime town of Guadaloupe, West Indies,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 333
as by the Copy of a Certificate, from the General, & Admiral, here-
unto Annexed, may also appear, which says, he was a very Active
Officer, and Acted, with the Strictest Fidelity, Industry, & Care, &
to their Intire Satisfaction. —
That upon his return from Louisbourg where he had Wintered, he
found his Country, beating to Arms, in Order to raise a Force, for an
Expedition against Canada ; and thereupon (at the Request of his
Excellency the Gov"") he enter'd a Second time, into his Majesties
Service, tho' he was then bound another way, to Seek a better Rec-
ompence, for his past Services, than he could expect to Obtain, in
New England, which Design, he then laid aside, purely for the sake,
of Serving his Majesty and his Country, in the new Expedition, and
at the Desire of his Excellency, as aforesaid, which will in some
Measure Appear, by the Copy of a Letter, from M"" Atkinson to M""
Thomlinson (in favour of the Memorialist) which is also hereunto
Annexed. —
That his Excellency first, gave the Memorialist beating Orders ;
then a Commission to Command an Armed Brigantine, in an Expedi-
tion, against his Majesties Enemies, particularly the french Settle-
ments in the Gulph of S* Laurance, Quebec, and Mount Royal, &
elsewhere ; and afterward a Second Commission to be Captain of a
Company, destin'd for the Succour of Annapolis Royal, by which, he
was vested, with a double Command both by Sea & Land ; That he
did go to Annapolis, pursuant to the Governors Order, where he
pass'd his Musters & has Certificates thereof, both from the Gover-
nor, & Commissary of War, ready to be laid before the Honourable
House, if required. Notwithstanding all which & a variety of Orders,
which he received from his Excellency, in his double Capacity, of
Captain both by Sea & Land, & the most ready & Punctual Obedi-
ence, which he paid to them. — Yet so it is, that he was lately In-
formed, by the Hon^^^ M"" Atkinson, Pay Master of the Troops, that
his Excellency had determined, that his, the Memorialist's Pay should
be that of a Lieutenant & no more ; which must be Acknowledged to
be such a resolve, as is eno' to Awaken Indolence, & Make, even
Indifference it self Sanguine ; however he Chooses to Waive any
Remarks, that would Aggravate the Unkindness, with which he has
been used. Upon the whole the Memorialist Humbly prays the Ad-
visement of the Honourable House in the Premises, And that they
will be pleased, to become Intercessors, in his Behalf, that he may not
be disgraced, and degraded. Undeservedly, nor deny'd the pay to
which his Commissions Intitle him, namely that of a Smgle Captain
at Least, to which he humbly Apprehends both by the rules of War
& Common Justice, he has an Undoubted Right. And if their
334 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Endeavours should prove Successless here, he further prays that they
will be pleased, to recommend the Affair, to his Majesties Royal
Consideration, whose Principle it is, to reward the Brave, and the
Deserving ; and from whose Justice, and Goodness, he han't the
least doubt, of having his Grievance redress'd
And the Memorialist shall ever pray as in Duty Bound —
Jo'' Sherburn
Portsmouth May ii*'' 1748.
[4-58]
\Copy of Letter from Captain Sherburne to Admiral Warren, 1748.]
To the Right Honorable Sir Peter Warren Knight of the Bath, and
one of the Lords of the Admiralty
Sir, After craving your Leave, to congratulate your Advancement,
to the high Station, in which His Majesty has been pleased to place
you, as a reward of your Merit, since I had the Honour of serving
His Majesty under you in the City of Louisbourg ; I humbly intreat,
that you will be pleased to allow me, to lay before you the injurious
and undeserved Treatment (to say no worse of it,) which I have lately
met with here ; and that you will condescend, to favour me with your
Patronage in order to my obtaining relief. —
The Case stands thus
Upon my return from Louisbourg I was bound immediately to Bos-
ton to wait on you, and with your Countenance and Permission, to
take a Voyage in the Chester to London, to seek a recompence for
my Service as Store keeper to His Majesty s' Office of Ordnance at
Louisbourg, pursuant to the Certificate and recommendation which
you and General Pepperrell, were pleased to give me for that pur-
pose, and to offer my self to enter anew into His Majesty's Service,
in such Office, as you should think me worthy to sustain, and would
be pleased to bestow upon me —
But I was no sooner got to Piscataqua Than the Gov"' of this prov-
ince desired me to engage in the then intended Expedition ag^* Can-
ada, with a promise that I should be established a Captain in the said
Expedition when his Majesty's blank Commissions should arrive,
which were then daily expected, and in the mean Time he gave me a
Captains Commission for an armed Brigantine, and another for a foot
Company, Copys of which are herein inclosed, however when the
Expedition was given over, & the Forces were dismiss'd, and pay Day
was come, I was told by the Gentleman, who was Colonel and pay
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 335
Master of the Regiment that the Governor had determin'd, I should
have no more than a Lieutenant's Pay, tho' I had two Captain's Com-
missions then in my Pocket which I received from him as before
mention'd, and tho' I had never given the least Shadow of Offence to
the Governor, nor faild in any Point of Duty that I know of, nor can I
devise any reason for it, but that, he might promote other persons,
that were more his Favourites and oblige them vinth the Money nor
could I be admitted into the Governor's presence to plead my right,
tho' I had several Times desired it. — Whereupon I apply'd to the
General Assembly, desiring them to become Intercessors for me, that
I might not undeservedly be reduced and disgraced, and deny'd the
pay to which my Commission entitled me, which I understand by the
Governor's Friends, has made him still more obstinate. A Copy of
the Memorial is herein also inclosed, which is a full opening of the
Scene, and on which, I humbly beg that you'l be pleased at a liesure
Minute, to cast a favourable Glance of your Eye, and to indulge me
with your Interest, in obtaining Justice in my behalf.
The notice you was pleased to take of me at Cape Breton, moved
me to make this Application to you but more especially, the universal
Character you bear of being a Patron to the distress'd ; a rewarder of
the well deserving, and just to all mankind. —
I am conscious that I have fail'd (in some respects) in the Manner
of my Address, which I hope you will be pleased to excuse, when you
consider I was bred a Tar and not at Court, and that I am quite un-
acquainted with the Mode of making an Application to Such a Supe-
rior. I am Sir,
your most obed' most obliged, and most devoted humble Serv*
[Endorsed] Copy to Adm' Warren Ap^ 1748- —
336 MISCELLANEOUS PROVLNCIAL PAPERS.
[4-59] ySoldiei's at Fort William and Mary ^ ^747-]
1747 A List of Soldiers belonging to the Fort
Names
Entry
Bread
Pork
Rum to Dec ye 8th
Cap' Tho^ Bell
March 25*
3651"
3651"
258 Gills
Rich'J Perrey .
— 25
365
365
258
JosP'^ Langmaid
— 25
365
365
258
Benj* Bell
— 25
365
365
258
John Neal
— 25
365
365
258
W™ Perrey .
— 25
365
365
258
Benj^ Yeaton
from June i^'
to Dec'' 25
268
268
258
Barn* Crucy
to Dec"" 25
345
345
258
Alcock Stevens
March 25
36s
365
258
Meshech Bell
Sam'^ Rogers .
Feby I
53
53
James White .
March 25
365
365
258
Christo Indian
Nov'' I
145
145
38
The Victualling Acco* of Cap' Thomas Bell Esq"" for the Soldiers
at Fort William & Mary from the 25''^ of March 1747, to y'^ 25"' March
1748 Dr
To Bread 4410^''
Pork 4410
Rum 3 1 34 Gills is 97 & I ga^^ & 6 Gills
This Accompt Cr
By 5 hh^^ Bread Rece^ from Cann^ Stores n" . . . 1866^^
By 5 hh^^ D° from y^ Treasu-" 1901
B I hh^ B° from D° 428
4195''
By 22 bb^ Pork D° ..... 4430"^
By 971 gall & 6 gills Rum D° .... 3134 Gills
Province of )
New Hampsh"" j June 3^ 1748. I acknowledge to have received from
George Jaffrey Esqu"" Treasurer the above mentioned Bread Pork &
Rum for the Use of the Soldiers at Fort William & Mary to the
twenty fifth day of March last
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 337
[^Shirley to Wetit^vorth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 264.]
Sir — I shall be oblig'd to your Excellency if you can assist me in
the recovery of the within nam'd men. I beg pardon for troubling
you with the inclosed Scrawl. But the Vessell being to sail for Eng-
land this morning I have not time to transcribe it, or to add more y"
y' I am with great regard and esteem,
Sir — your Excellencys most obedient Humble Servant
Boston, May 31, 1748 W. Shirley.
His Excellency Gov"" Wentworth
[The following names are on the back of the foregoing. — Ed.]
Capt. Light Capt. Hanson & wife
Capt. Chesley about Oilman's affair.
\_SJiirlcy to Wentworth, on the Albany Affair.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 265.]
Boston, June 11'^ 1748.
Sir — His Excellency Governour Clinton having appointed an in-
terview with the Indians of the six Nations, to be held at Albany the
tenth of July next, wherein matters of great Importance to the Safety
and Welfare of all his Majesty's Colonies in North America will be
transacted, I have at the desire of the General Assembly of this Prov-
ince ( a copy of whose vote I inclose you) as also of Governour Clin-
ton, and in consequence of his Majesty's commands to me to join
with Gov"^ Clinton in this service, determined (God willing) to be pres-
ent at the Interview, attended by Commissioners from this Province ;
and as a full Representative by Commissioners from all the Northern
Colonies will have a great tendency to render our Negotiations with
the Six Nations successful, and fix them in his Majesty's Interest,
and engage them in carrying on the War against his Majesty's Ene-
mies, and as other matters may be transacted at the said Congress
which may be for the lasting Security & advantage of these Colonies,
I do now upon my own meer motion, and the solicitous desire I have
that his Majesty's service upon this Continent may be consulted in
the best manner, and the Interest of all his Colonies there be most
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338 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
effectually secured, as well as at the request of the General Assem-
bly, earnestly desire your Excellency would cause Commissioners to
be sent from your Governm' to be present at the afores^ Interview,
and to consult & join with the other Commissioners therein transact-
ing the several matters contained & proposed in the inclosed Copy of
the before mention'd vote. I shall write to all the rest of the English
Governours from New Hampshire to Maryland — and am with great
regard, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient Humble servant
VV. Shirley.
I have not time to add, except y' I should be glad y'' Exc>' would let
me have the Expedition Acc'"^ w'^'^ you design to transmit home.
His Exc-' Gov'' Wentworth.
[Proceedings of the General Conrt of MassacJiusetts relative to the
''Six Nations" 1748.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 266.]
The Committee appointed to take under consideration those parts
of his Excellency's speech which relate to the meeting of the Com-
missioners lately held at New York, and to the securing the Indians of
the Six Nations, as also his Excellency's Message of the 31^' May,
are humbly of opinion.
That it is not expedient for the Court at this time to come into any
new Resolutions respecting the Result of y^ Commissioners who
lately conven'd at New York — But, that it is of great Importance to
this Governm* as well as to those on whose Borders the Six Nations
of Indians are situated, that measures should now be taken for pre-
serving said Indians in their good affection to his Majesty's Subjects,
and attachment to his Interest ; and that the Treaty or Interview
proposed by his Excellency will, in all probability, greatly tend to
strengthen such affection & attachment ; and as this Government
have generally appeared by their Commissioners at such Interviews,
the Committee are of opinion that three Gentlemen be now chosen
by this Court to attend his Excellency the Governour, and that they
be impowered, in case any Bounty or Reward shall be found necessary
in order to encourage the Indians to acts of Hostility against the
F'rench over & above what may be allowed by his Majesty, to engage
for the Same on the part of this Government, agreeable to such In-
structions as they shall receive from the Court for this Purpose.
The Committee are further humbly of opinion, that the Gentlemen
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 339
sent from this Government be instructed by the Court & fully im-
power'd (with the approbation of his Excellency the Governour) to
join with any other Governm*^ who shall be present at this Interview,
in humbly representing to his Majesty, the distressed state of their
Governments by means of the French in Canada, the necessity of
the reduction thereof, and the inability of the several Governments
to effect the same at their own charge, and humbly praying his Ma-
jesty's favour in allowing forces to be raised in America for this pur-
pose at the charge & in the Pay of the Crown, and to order such a
number of his Maj'^'^ ships to be sent up the River St. Lawrence as
may be thought proper.
And that his Excellency be desired immediately to advise the sev-
eral Governments as far as Maryland of this Interview, that as many
may be present as possible.
Jacob Wendall, by order.
In Council June 8, 1748, Read & sent down.
In the House of Represent^" June 8, 1748, Read & Ordered that
this Report be accepted, & that Mr. Tyng, Col° Heath & Capt. Row-
ell, with Such as ihe Hon*^'*^ Board shall join, be a Committee to wait
upon his Excellency & lay the same before him accordingly.
Sent up for concurrence. T. Hutchinson, Spk""
In Council June 10, 1748 Read & concurr'd & Sir William Pep-
perell & Sam' Danforth Esq. are joined in the affair
By order of the Board,
Wm. Pepperell.
Copy Examin'd pr. J. Willard, Sec^.
[4-64] \_IjistriictiONS to Governor WentwortJi, 1748-]
By the Lords Justices —
Gower C P S.
Bedford Additional Instruction to Penning Went worth Esq'
Montagu His Majesties Governor and Commander in Chief in
Pembroke and Over the Province of New Hampshire in New
England In America, or to the Commander in Chief of the
Seal said Province For the time being —
Given at Whitehall the Thirtieth day of June 1748 — In
the Twenty Second Year of His Majesties Reign —
340 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
Whereas it hath been represented unto his Majesty that you hav-
ing in His Majesty's Name, and by virtue of your Commission, issued
a writ to the Sheriff of the Province under your Government, com-
manding him to make out Precepts directed to the Select men of Cer-
tain Towns, Parishes, and Districts therein mentioned. For the Elec-
tion of fit Persons, qualified in Law, to represent them in the general
Assembly Appointed to be held at Portsmouth within The said Prov-
ince on the 24^'^ day of January 1744/5 (By which writ the Towns of
South Hampton and Chester, and the Districts of Haverhill, and of
Methuen and Dracut, and the District of Rumford were impowered
to Choose Representatives as aforesaid) The said General Assembly
did refuse to admit the Persons duly Elected to represent the said
Towns and Districts, To sit and vote in the Choice of a Speaker, And
whereas the Right of sending Representatives to the said Assembly
was founded originally on the Commissions and Instructions given By
the Crown to the respective Governors of the Province of New Hamp-
shire, and His Majesty may therefore lawfully extend the Privilege
of sending Representatives to such New Towns as His Majesty shall
judge to be worthy thereof —
It is therefore His Majesties Will and Pleasure, and you are hereby
directed and Required to dissolve the Assembly of the Province Un-
der your Government as soon as Conveniently may be, and when
another is called to issue His Majesties Writ to the Sheriff of the
said Province commanding him to make out Precepts directed to the
select men of the Towns of Southampton and Chester, the Districts
of Haverhill and of Methuen and Dracut, and the District of Rum-
ford, requireing them to Cause the Freeholders of the said Towns
and Districts To assemble to Elect fit Persons to represent the said
Towns and Districts in General Assembly, in manner following. Viz'
One for the Town of Southampton, one for the Town of Chester, one
for the District of Haverhill, One for the District of Methuen and
Dracutt, And one for the District of Rumford, And It is His Majes-
ties further Will and Pleasure, That you do support the Rights of
such Representatives when Chose, and that you Do likewise signifie
His Majesties Pleasure Herein to the Members of the said General
Assembly. —
Extract of that part of His Majesty's Additional Instruction, de-
termining the Right of sending Representatives to such New Towns
as His Majesty shall judge worthy thereof, To be In the Crown —
Copy Examin'd '^ Theodore Atkinson Sec''^'
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 34 1
[4-65]
[A Fragment, Dated July 8, 1748, Endorsed'' IV. to 5."]
As to y*^ Present of Plate &'^' I have said eno' of it, & had it not
been necessary, to convince you of w' pass'd between You & M""
Dvvight on y' Occasion as to y'' Perquisites, in w'^'' I doubted not his
Integrity in an impartial Acco* of, I should not have mentioned it,
w* I have said as to it's being a Secrett to some, I had a Particular
Caution given me especially not to mention it to two of my Captains, &
if this was not from Your Excell^ w'^'^ I am not certain in, it was from
one of y^ Family, Y"" Ex : well knew S'"^ before you wrote y*^ Letf y*
no compulsive Methods were taken to effect y<= Point, & y'''=fore w*'^
humble Submission I think y' Brigd'' Dwight & myself were not well
treated, in y'^ Suggestion y* y*^ false & scandalous Reports, w*^^ were
spread were owing to our Extorting y® propos'd Contribution from y^
Officers upon hearing of w'^'^ you are pleased to say, I well knew, you
instantly desired us both to return y*^ Notes we had taken, should that
Talk be ever reviv'd w'^'' I hope it will not, & least y"" Ex : should again
call upon us for a Narrative of y^ proceeding, I must say y' y^ Town
had it for a full Month before my officers Letf to me on y^ head was
wrote w'^'' was y^ 25 Feb''>' & on y^ 14 March you ordered y^ Notes to
be return'd, & after y^ Letts'" I wrote you on y'^ 1 5 March, y' y'^ Offi-
cers would upon y'' offer of being return'd refuse y*" taking y"', w* I
did think might be y*^ Case, nothing was said about y'" by y"" Ex : or
y'^ officers, or any in y"^ behalf till Col" Bourn ask'd me if I had Or-
ders from y"" Ex : to return his Sons Notes, w^^ I afterw*^ had y^ writ-
ten Order for, & sometime after y' M"" Shirley came w''' L' Noble, &
desir'd I would give up his, & M'' Kent afterw^^ came from y"" Ex : for
his, y^ others I deliver'd back without any other Orders than those
contain'd in y''^of y*^ 14 March ; y^ I know not of any other refusal than
y', or y*" saying much less insisting on y*^ Return of y'^ Notes after-
wards, so y' You did never particularly say one Word, & consequently
never prest y^ Return of y'" upon me y^ I know of, very contrary to
my Expectation & w^ I had given y'' Ex : reason from mine of y^ 15
to expect, several of y^ Officers came soon after and asked for theirs,
I dont mention these particulars out of a Repugnancy to y"" Ex :
Declarations on y* head, but y' you may not think or depend on my
knowing or saying more of y*" affair than I have here mentioned, w'
y' Ex : might say to Col° Dwight I am unacquainted with, so can only
answer for myself.
Y"" Ex : is pleas'd to say You are very sensible of my former At-
tachm' to you, & y*your Attachm' to my Interest has been reciprocall,
I am sensible of every Obligation I am under to Y"" Ex : & do keep
342 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
in my mind an exac!; Account of Debt & Credit, the ballance I be-
lieve is well known to y^ World, tho' I never took pains or gave hints
except when I thought myself injured by y"" Ex : & y' to you only, to de-
monstrate in whose favour it was, I thank you for every favour that I
have receiv'd & others that you were inclin'd to do me, & w'^'^ you
would have done to y^ Preservation of my best Interest & Estate had
not y^ Western Torrent prevented ; The Instance you are pleased to
hint of my quarrelling with you upon I should willingly have excus'd
ever saying anything farther about, but I am forc'd to say y* I paid
a good Price for y* favour w*^*' I take to be my Sons Com" while I was
at Louisbourg, & an extravagant Purchase was afterw'^^ made of it by
his application & industry here in Drawing of my Tenants who were
indebted to me above ;£4000 Sterls, w* had they had the Protection,
due all y^ Kings Subjects under your Governm^ His Maj'^"* Interest,
the real Service of y*^ Province & my own particular Interest would
have been greatly promoted. My Son has been many Years of Age
to Act for himself, & from y'^ Accounts I have had of his Conduct,
he has done no dishonour to the Com" to w'^'^ w'^^out raising a Man on
his or my part he had certainly a much better pretension to, than any
Cap' y' was on y^ Louisbourg Expedition : I have forgott no favours
I ever receiv'd from y'' Ex : but every one I ever did for you, w*^^ I
confess were short of my Inclinations, are, I think quite forgotten.
I am sensible that a Mans upbraiding another of a favour done him is
paying himself ; I shall not treat y'' Ex : in this wise, but as I have
an Expectation of some Reparation from your Ex : its necessary that
I let you know w' you may possibly be desirous I should forget as you
have done : I could if I was ill natur'd retort on y'= frequent passages
in y"" Ex : Letter of y"" exposing y"" Fortune & Interest, but I am con-
scious y"^ Ex : knows my meaning. I would expose Fortune & Inter-
est & even Life to serve any Man, that I thought myself as much
indebted to as once I expected to be to y"" JLxf^' Modesty will not
permit my going into particulars.
You are pleased, S''' to do me great Honour in saying that the Con-
tinuance of my Friendship you shall be glad of, but if it is not to be
purchas'd without incurring His Maj'>'^ Displeasure by a breach of
your Trust it is w' You wont do to gain or keep the good Will of any
Person whatever, if I ever offered an}' thing to y"" Ex : y' particularly
related to y^ Trust His Maj'-^' has repos'd in You it was the Cover of
his expos'd Subjects on y^ Eastern Frontiers, who were equally enti-
tled to your Protection with y^ other Inhabitants of this Province, y*
his Maj'y has pleas'd to put under Y' Governm' & Command, how
far you made a point of it your Ex : well knows, but this I can't think
is w' you now hint at, but y' of your having my Vouchers & y''^ given
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up too in y^ precipitant Manner your Letf of yesterday requir'd w"^''
must be without any Precautions for my own Preservation, was very
extraordinary, wou'd your Ex : have me think that his Maj'y ever
expected from y"" hands my Vouchers w'^'' if you did not obtain, you
should incur his Displeasure, Sure S'"" such an Impression can never
be made on me.
In Return to what I have said of my having given full Demonstra-
tion of my Attachm' to you, & y' at no small Expence of my private
Fortune in G. Britain you are pleas'd to say " I cant allow S'"" that I
am one Penny in your Debt for any Expence on my Account there;
you was upon your own Business ; and as to any Extraordinary Ex-
pence you might be at in two Journeys to Sussex, two to Coventry,
Sundrys to Barnet, Postage Coachhire & Waterage on Account of my
Service, you have charged me in your last Account from England for
them ;£'20„ 8,, 6 w'^'' you indeed say they exceeded " Let the Con-
sequence of my reply be what it will, I must tell y'' Ex : y' had your
Circumstances been equal to the Com" his Maj'>' favour'd you w"^ w'^''
I assert to you & can prove was obtain'd purely thro' my means &
Application, I should expected from y^ Opinion I then had of your
Generosity & Gratitude that you were a larger Sum than the Penny
in my Debt for Expence purely on your Account in England, I was
not on my Business or my own Account, nor did negotiate any dur-
ing the whole time of my being there, except w' was intended purely
for your Benefit, tho' at y"^ same time, I had a View to y*" Protection
of my own Property, \v^^ had been unjustly invaded ; You know I
could have made Terms with M"" Belcher, before I embark'd, but you
persuaded me not to Trust him, & my own Resentm' hurryed me on,
or I should have been I verily believe in much better Circumstances
than I at present am, I can very easily prove to y'' Ex : by living
Witnesses that I had no other Business in England than Yours, & y'
I apply'd myself steadily thereto, & omitted nothing that I thought
just & reasonable for y"" Service w*^*^ y"^ Ex:^ I believe once thought,
the L""^ w* you easily prevailed on me to deliver up, on my Return,
must have, if you were now to inspect them, convinc'd you, y* you
had such Sentiments of me, why these L""^ were burnt by you I know
not, if those I from time to time sent y"" Ex : had y'' same Fate I can
furnish y"" Copy for your Speculation, & I have y^ Pleasure to tell you
that I this Morning found Duplicates, or Triplicates of every Letf
you wrote me, while I was at London, to y*^ Number as M"" Lebloud
tells me of One hundred & Fifty two, thereby I can evidence to y*"
Ex : y* you had different Sentim*^ of my Services to w* You now Ac-
knowledge, I have already said I had no Business of my own to Carry
or Detain me there, I told y*" Ex : before I embark'd my Intentions
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in your Favour, & did expect to be back'd by some power full
Interest of y"^ Friends, but was greatly disappointed & had not I
assure You any Assistance from them, but on y^ Contrary they were
timorous of y^ Consequence of your Appointment and would do
nothing the Duke said if anything amiss should happen it would be
retorted by the Antiministerial men,
You were a Sus — x Man, in short every thing that was done. You
know already & possibly may not have forgot from w' Quarter it came ;
As to my Service I now leave you to judge as'you please, but I must
do Justice to M"" Kilby in assuring you his Application in your behalf
was of y^ greatest Importance, he may have been rewarded, I am not.
The latter Part of this Paragraph importing my Charge in y^ last
Acco'® I sent you from England of ;£20,, 8„ 6, y'' Ex : sure has not
lately seen y^ Acco*^ for I deny there being any such pittyful Article
of Charge therein, I have the Original now before me the Debt
am° to ^664,, ii„ 6 & y^ C* to £68^ — dated London Sep'' 24, 1741,
and at y® foot thereof is inserted " Note I have charged nothing for
my Journeys to Sussex, two to Coventry, Sundrys to Barnet, nor any-
thing for Postage, Coachhire & Waterage w*^^ except y^ Journeys I
kept no Account of & they am° to much more than this Ballance "
and if this Article stands in y^ form w*'' y"" Ex :, I am surpriz'd that
you should so misrepresent it, — I hinted y® y* you might not think I
used your Money, & at y^ same time to let you know, y' w" y"" Cir-
cumstances would admit of it that I should expect a reasonable Al-
lowance for my Services, w'^'^ were evidently employed for yours, & y^
Reason I did not make any Charge was, that I knew of a Certainty,
y* you could not afford to make me a Reimbursement, or even an Ac-
knowledgement y' could be suppos'd equal to y"" tho' I had a good
Opinion of y"" Ex : Generosity, & did expect at some time or other I
should have a grateful Return, but y** is not y'^ first disappointm' I
have met with, Y'' Ex : might have gone from y*^ last Account I sent
you from England to one I delivered you here, ye afores"^ Sum of
Debt Sl Credit are I find continued w^'^out a Ballance drawn, & to y^
D"" is added a Charge of £t, , 13 — for Postage of your Com° to y^
Mast Ship 52I oz w'^' y^ Box 16^ Porters'' of y"^ Com° 1/ 2 Letf-^ 8^
w'^^ reduces y^ Ball'^'^ to ^16,, 15,, 6 Sterls & yt Ballance if I did not
Respond in y^ Account we afterw^^ settled was owing to forgetfulness
& not a Design of taking this as an Adequate to all my Expences on
y'' i\ccount w" I told you y*' Expence of y*^ Journeys only am" to a
much larger Sum for my Extra Expences amount to much more than
y^ Sum even at Cobham, in going to Visit good M"'^ S who you
knew well y'^ Situation of w" I arriv'd in England ; the poor Lady
was greatly dispirited, had been in Quest of a thing of about ;;^200 —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 345
a year, & given over all Expectation of Success, & y"" Ex : knows well
y' She was so willing to accept of anything, that after I had carryed
the Affair of your acceding to y^ Governm' so farr, as y* y'^ was a
good Prospect in My Imagination of Success, she would have given
up y" Pretent^ to it for y'^ Chief Justiceship of Gibralter, w*''' I had
difficulty in bringing her off from, in fine S"', none of y'' Friends in
England had y'= like Sentim^^ of my Services as you declare, and there
are many Gentlemen ai..ong y'' Friends will think I deserved a much
larger Sum, than was ever proposd to M'' & he will I am sure
also think so "You are jaleased further to say" But then again if
you will Consider y' you took up ^300 Sterl" of M'' Chauncey Town-
send in England on Pretence, as you exprest y'sclf in y*" Acco^'' of my
Occasions wanting it & upon my Credit but in reallity for your own
Service, which I paid him instantly on your desire & took an Obliga-
tion to him upon myself in a manner w"^'^ no Person would choose to
be obliged in, & for w"^'' you paid him no Interest for y*^ four Months,
at y*" End of w"^ it was payable I believe it may fully ballance the Ac-
count, but if that does not there are many Services w'^'' I never charged
you for in Your Absence, w* would greatly over Ballance Accounts "
Sure S'"" You could never have said these things without an Expecta-
tion of an Answer, to y^ first part of this Paragraph be pleas'd to
take this, that on y^ i8 Aug^* 1739 at y'' desire & for your Honour I
paid a protested Bill of yours of ^152,, 7 — Sterl^ to Mess""^ Lane &
Caswell & receiv'd no more than /^loo Sterls to enable me so to do,
so y* I was in advance of ^52,, 7,, Sterls on y^ Acco' about two Years,
y^ Interest of w* was more than equivalent to y^ ;£300 for 4 months
to M"" Townsend, but y"" you say I paid him no Interest for, nor do I
suppose you did, for he absolutely refus'd to take any Interest or
Consideration for that time, unless y"" Ex. or myself, would send him
some of our wild Geese in lieu thereof, Y"" Ex : has receiv'd of me
y*^ Principal & I will engage to satisfy M'' Townsend for y^ Interest,
w" I see him if he pleases to accept of it, w'^'' I am very certain he
will not ; w" I took y^ Money it was near Winter & uncertain whether
I might reach y^ Coast or not, & I having no Confidence y* y" young
people I left in y*" managem' of my Affairs would remit him y* Money
as soon as my Engagem' might require, I represented to him, y' it
would be as well for your Interest as mine to ha,ve y' Loan, w"'out w'='^
I could not w^'* Honour leave England, & as I had y*-' Charge of sev-
eral Affairs y* respected you this Suggestion was not a bare Pretence,
In fine S'"" necessity of taking y° Money was brought upon me
purely on your Ace' as you then knew, tho' you have suffered your-
self since to forgett y' y" three Years time I expended in England
must be attended with great Expence, & y' it was purely my Zeal for
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y^ Service of You & your Family, w*^"^ then needed every good office
I could do 'em, that occasioned my Voyage there, & brought on me
tribble y^ Expence of y^ Sum, w'^'^ I expected You, as you were then
Gov'' of y*^ Province, would not have hesitated one Moment to reim-
burse him, and as I had expended more than thrice that Sum in Eng-
land on your Ace', & as I finally succeeded in my Attempts in your
Favour I expected y' you would have thought it y*^ least You could
do, in answering y' Sum on your own AccS & y* I should never have
heard anything more of it, unless your Desire y* I would consent to
your taking it upon y'self, & discharging me from that Demand, as
had y^ Case been mine as it was yours, I affirm I should without hes-
itation have done, y'^ only Enducem'to my telling you it was properly
my Debt, was y' I feared if I had insisted y* it was or ought to be
yours, you might have deferred y'' Remittance untill a personal Inter-
view or Settlement between us, & M"" Townsend by y^ means be kept
out of his Money, Y"" Ex : can't suppose y' y^ Sum was taken upon
yo'' Credit from a Person y' knew nothing of you, I doubt not I could
easily procure from him a Certificate accordingly But if you thought
otherwise Your Obligations are to him, & I am content. I think I
made y"" Ex : in y'^ Application no small Complim*, but how y"" Ex :
can charge me with Interest on y'' Sum borrow'd of my Friend, I
can't conceive unless you paid it, & in y' Case I will readily reimburse
it, as I will do if you afford me no Money y^ Ballance of y^ Sterling
Account which I did not know was due, nor am I sensible it yet is,
untill I enquire into y^ Sum I gave you my Bond for, w*^*^ included y^
;^300 : your Ex : can't think I ever intended to have accepted this
pittifull Ballance of ^i6. 15. 6 for my Expence & Services on y""
Ace' at London ; no S'"" I scorn it, & will never give You an Oppor-
tunity of Ballancing y'^ Ace' w"^' me in such wise as you now pretend,
& if in y"" Law or any other Practice you have any Subsisting demands
on me, I begg to know w' it is, & you shall not be an hour w"^out your
Pay, if I find its not part of y^ many little Demands, w'^'' to my Re-
membrance you were paid while I was in England — You never
brought me in a Bill w"^out my paying it, & moreover I gave you a
large Portion in Eastern Lands without any Consideration, w* if you
apprehend of no Consequence as I really Think from your little No-
tice of y' Country is y^ Case, I wdll be glad to receive them back in
lieu of y^ great Expence of time & Money I was at on your Acco" w'^'*
from your Letf^ M'"'^ Shirleys & mine, & many living Witnesses at
London I can now convince y"" Ex : I have good Pretence to & in
Justice and Equity I think you can do no less, & y' I ought to insist
for a Consideration as I now do, & you are well able to pay. If y""
Ex : has so happy a Way as this you have laid down to me of Bal-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS. 347
lancing Acco'% if you could live but 50 years, & were disposed for
Trade, you would infallibly make all America if not Europe, your own
Property.
You afterwards are pleas'd to go on to say '' You was & still are
heartily welcome to such Triffles as I have just now mentioned I as-
sure y"" Ex. y*^ Triffle is so small y' I can't perceive it, or I would
thank y"" Ex. for it, if it was worth Acceptance, sure S'"" it is much
more imaginary than y'^ Obligation you are pleased to say I mentioned
to you, w'^'^ you are pleas'd to say, w^'^out a just ground on my part,
you'll not take upon yo"" self : I should be glad to know if there is any
thing that's in y^ Power of Man to do, that can enduce y"^ Ex : to
think it an Obligation — tho' after all You say, " I freely acknowledge
many Proofs of your Attachm* to me there tho' I can't allow your being
out of Pocket one Penny forme," this is no more surprising than many
other Declarations cf your Exc : ; I never, I assure y"" Ex: laboured
a Day more heartily in the Service of my own Family, than I did three
Years in Yours, therefore Judge who will, whether y^ Consequence
thereof would not be attended with a Penny disburs'd out of Pockett,
I can't suppose y' y® Numbers of L""* I received from you while in Lon-
don w'*^ a Number of Proofs of your (I won't say imaginary) Zeal &*^' for
his Maj''>'^ Service, L''^ inclos'd to great Numbers of different People,
Certificates &" Cost me less Money than y'^ poor Ballance w'^'' I before
noted, I hope You'll in due time have a proper Idea, of w* I have done
for your Service, & from y^ Papers found y^ Morning I shall no doubt be
able to give you, (when Ive leisure as its possible I may hereafter have
much) y^ needfuU Specimens to convince you y* I was not so insignifi-
cant to Your Interest as you & only You S'"' can imagine, for I am
certain all your own Family y' were at y' time capable of Speculation
must know & have Sentiments of these things different from what
Y"' Ex. now expresses, sure Miss Wilmott who wrote many of your
L"^ may Refresh Y*" Ex : Memory about some things That may have
slipt it, & to her for y^ present I begg leave to Appeal and could She
be prevailed on to think herself a proper Person I would submit the
whole to her determination, & be ever silent hereafter or form my
Expectations from her declarations, which must be y' your Exc: is at
least very forgetfull.
I am obliged to y"" Ex : for proposing to make me such an Allow-
ance for my trouble in paying of my Regiment as would be satisfac-
tory to any reasonable Gent", w^'^out interfearing w* y^ Kings or
Soldiers Right, also for y^ Command you bestow'd on me after my
Return from Louisbourg ; on w^'^ Occasion you are pleased to remark
as follows " And I must needs say, that considering your late Regi-
ment was ready raised to your hands before you return 'd to Boston
34^ MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
trom Louisbourg or it was known whom I should appoint to Com-
mand it, & did not as I ever hear'd add ten Men to it of your own
raising & y' M"" Knowles & I have given you a Certificate for Pay
of 30/ Sterls '^ Day for your Command as General — over & above
Your Pay as Colonel of your late Regiment, I am sure you will have
no Reason to complain of y'^ amount of your Pay & Perquisites &
that I have not had a just Regard to your Interest as well as savings
for y*^ Crown," I apprehend S'"" upon a Scrutiny into y*^ Rolls y"^ Ex :
will find y' scarce one halfe of y® Regiment was raised on my return
from Louisbourg on y^ 26"^ of June, & y* you may remember my
Serviceableness in raising no very small part of your Regiment there,
and sure I could not be here at y^ same time I was doing duty there,
& after my return I made no such Attempt to y*^ raising my Regi-
ment here, nor was it necessary, & I shoulcl not have taken the En-
listm' of a Man, had not one or two P^ellows insisted on enlisting
with me & no other Person, but at Louisbourg y'' Number I enlisted
was not limitted to so few as 20 times ten & unless I had there ap-
pear'd in behalf of your Regiment ; prompted thereto by specious
Promises. You would have had as few Men there as I raised for my
late Regiment here, if y'' Ex : had bestow'd y^ Command on y'' Offi-
cer who rais'd y*^ most Men, One y' is now a Subaltern would proba-
bly have had it, but I apprehend y"" Ex. must be sensible y* y® Eyes
of y*^ People were on me for y® Command, & I am very much obliged
to M'' Warren which I shall always acknowledge for his Friendship in
this Affair, tho' I cant suppose I then needed an Advocate w'^ y'' Ex:
I am also obliged to y"" Ex : and M"^ Knowles for y*^ Pay given me
of 30/ "^ Day, tho' I then was & still am of Opinion that Allowance
to me was not equall to y*^ Pay I might have expected w^'^ I appre-
hended should have been at least 50/ Sterls more a Day, w'^'^ had it
been accordingly given me, I should not have had a less right to y^
Perquisites of y^ Regiment w* is all I now claim, & if your Ex.
abridge me in any Reasonable part thereof, I apprehend S'"' it will be
a Violation of y^ Publick Trust as well as a manifest Injustice to a
private Man, & upon y^ y"' Ex. declaration that Affair will at Present
rest.
The Paper I mentioned to y"" Ex. I cant suppose if mixt w* y"" other
Papers will be found before yo"" Departure, but if in yo' Absence M'"
Shirley has y"" directions for searching for it, & letting me see it Can-
cell'd I shall esteem of y^ favour.
I am sorry y' I have been under a Necessity of going into y^
Length, but if it convinces y"" Ex : y' you are mistaken in any one
Point, more especially my London unrewarded Services I shall have
therein ample Satisfaction, and if y*^ Concessions I have made should
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLVL PAPERS. 349
have y^ further & more desired Effect of y^ Adjustm' of all y*^ De-
pendancys of y'= late Regim' & y' no future Cavils or Uneasiness may
arise I shall think myself happy Truth y"" Ex : has often formerly said
will have its weight, & I hope you have latterly experienc'd so, tho'
you have in a few Instances been pleased to quarrel with me for too
closely adhering to it on some points in a former Letf as well as late
one to you ; If I have been at this Juncture too free in declaring my-
self you'll I hope excuse me & if I have discovered any Warmth y""
Ex. has given y® sole Cause therefor & will I hope overlook it.
In fine S"" I think I have offered a Complyance w*^ every reasona-
ble thing you can propose, & by giving y"" Ex. all the Pay Rolls I have
fully done my part already, y"^ giving Bonds I never intended, engaged
or agreed to do, w*^^ is an unreasonable Demand in this Case, but if
y*^ attested Copy of y'^ Vouchers will answer every Purpose y"" Ex. in-
tended thereby — w*^'* if customary or required in Great Britain to
be given in You shall have to send there, w" I have compleated my
Paym^ and moreover on your giving me sufficient Bonds of Indem-
nity you shall in y' Case also have y*^ Originals w" y*^ Pay of y*^ Regi-
ment is compleated and as I am by y*^ Act of Parliam* a principal
Party I cant think either of these can with any Propriety or right in
y"" Ex : be Demanded of me, I am not a Clerk or Agent to y'' Ex. in
y^ Affair, but have yet y^ Power of Acting as Colonel of a Regiment
in every thing depending, tho' you are pleased to say I have not. V
Ex. on Acco^ of y'^ Regiments being broke may as well dispute my
right to my own Pay. If as I said in my former an Inspection & y^
nicest Scrutiny of any Persons you shall appoint as to y^ genuiness
of y^ Ballance of my Acco^ of ;^i8o5. ii. 4f Sterl^ w'^'' some days
since I exhibited to y'' Ex. by M'^ H — in order to obtain a Reim-
bursem* of y' Sum w'^'' I am actually in Advance will answer your
Ends you shall have all y^ imediate Satisfaction you please on y' head,
w"^"" is as great a Concession as I can possibly offer towards making y'
Ex. easy in this Affair ; V Ex. declaring y^ I have no Right to my
own Vouchers is I think as extraordinary in its Nature as any thing
I ever heard of, sure no Person on Earth can think y' any other than
myself has y^ least right to them, tho' a Sight of y"" I have not deny'd
nor ever will I to anyone, I have done nothing thro' y*^ whole Course
of y* Affair, But I can justify to his Maj'>', who I can't suppose will
ever think on these Affairs, should they come before him as y"" Ex.
does all y* I expect is, y* y"^ Ex. now makes good to me y^ deserters as
well as dead Mens Pay, & y^ y^ remaining honour of y^ Regiment rest
with me, as to any Extraordinary Allowance You propose for y« trou-
ble You may justly apprehend I have had in paying of y^ Regim*, I
can't fairly expect any, therefore I utterly renounce any thoughts
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thereof being satisfied with my Perquisites, which I will not share
with any One.
I have since writing y'^ foregoing receiv'd Y'' Exc^^ of this date in re-
turn to y*^ few Lines I wrote you Yesterday Morning desiring you would
be pleased to explain y^self as to y*^ Pay of y'^ Deserters Which had I
receiv'd in time might have govern'd me in my aforegoing Answer, &
drawn our depending Affairs nearer to a Close — but I find nothing
in Y"" Ex. Letf but yr Expectation of my final Resolution, whether I
will account with you or not, & a Recital of w^ I wrote y"^ Ex. ; &
you finally conclude y' you look upon that Letter of mine to be no
Answer, ■ the Purport of it carry'd no such Appearance, & I should
have been surpriz'd if you had taken it to be an Answer, but I am
much more so y' y"" Ex. is thus unkind in keeping from me y"" real In-
tention to w* I am as much a Stranger as y*^ dead of my late Regim*
are, how long I shall continue so is not easy to judge, but y^ Mystery
will doubtless be known at London where I shall as soon as possible
make y*' needfull enquiry w' I have done to deserve this uncommon
cruel, and unkind Treatm^ I am in the meantime with all due re-
spect
Yo"- Ex. Most Faithful & Obedient Hum^^^ Serv'
Boston July 8'^' 1 748
P S Your Ex. would not answer me as to y® Affair of y^ desert-
ers, but M'' Hutchinson tells me y^ you Sc M"" Knowles settled y' Af-
fair, & y* no Pay is to be allowed for them, I was as much deceived as
impos'd' on in this Affair, w'^'^ its very strange should be to y^ very day
kept a Secrett from me ; the Reason of its being so I can no other
ways Account for, than that y"" Ex. must know I would not have con-
cern'd myself w'"^ y® Paying the Regim^ in w'^'* I have spent above
Eight Months time, w'^^ Confinem* has brought me into such a Habit
of Body, that I shall never get rid of — The dead Mens pay will not
be of y*^ Consequence of ^100 Sterl^ that unless I condescend to
realize a part of y^ Contingency s w"^'^ God forbid, I shall not receive
Porters Wages by this Scheme which I have a Right to dissent from,
Y"" Ex. well knows what pass'd between us on this Head, and that I
am actually deceived herein,
I can't think y^ Affair was known to M"" Knowles I take him to
be a Man of more Generosity & Honour than to have omitted inform-
ing me of it ; I believe that M'' H is mistaken & y' its done since
y^ declining y"^ ;^I400 present ; when that was agreed on, I am per-
suaded You promis'd me & Col" Dwight every Perquisite incident to
a Regim* & y^ you dont deny, tho' you say you don't remember. But
you must needs think S^'', that had such a determination as this of
stripping us of y^ Benefit of Deserters been taken previous hereto,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 35 I
& it had been known to Brig : Dwight & myself, the Contribution
towards your Sumpture, & defraying y*^ Expence of your pious Deeds,
& charitable Designs part of w*^'^ last was enjoyn'd you, you are pleas'd
to say, by your late (most excellent) Lady in her last Minets, would not
have rose as it did ; I can't suppose S'"" it would have amounted to
more than one of those Trififlcs, to w'^'^ you told me I was welcome,
be pleased to know that y"^ whole of y' Subscription was owing to our
favouring it, w*^'' you could not have expected had your Scheme about
y^ Deserters been known.
M"" Hutchinson was with me this Evening & assure mc that you
are determined not to send home y*^ Vouchers, & y^ you are convincd
there is no Occasion for it, & y' I may rely on it y' you want them
only for your own Satisfaction, should I give y™ to y"" Ex : tis possi-
ble you might afterwards determine otherways, for if you have y'" &
do not send y'" home accordingly ; how can you dispence w'"^ y^
Promise You have given y^ Paymaster Gen' or y^ Injunctions of his
Maj*y on y* Head communicated as you are pleased to say by his
Grace y*" Duke of New Castles Letter — But I think Y"" Ex"^' may
possibly have y^ Views of paying off y*^ remaining Living Dead, &
Deserters yourself, by your now afresh desiring a List of the Men
unpaid, which I cant with Safety or Propriety give Y"" Ex :, but will
myself when I am enabled by V Ex. or otherways to do it, Pay all
those that have just Claims their full due, & for y"" remainder, I shall
choose to be determined in Great Britain.
[S/n'r/i'j' to WcHtzcort/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 267.]
Boston, Aug''' 24, 1748
Sir — I am sorry to hear by my sons y'they left you indispos'd with
a flux, and hope you are by this time recovered
The occasion of my troubling you with this, is to desire the favour
of you to furnish me with the accounts of the charges incurr'd on
account of the late intended Expedition ag^' Canada in your Excel-
lency's Government, y' I may transmit 'em to the Secretary of State's
office liquidated and adjusted according to his Maj'^^ orders signify'd
to Mr. Knowles and me in the Duke of New Castle's letter, as soon
as will suit your conveniency : For I am uneasy lest I should be blam'd
for delay in the execution of those orders.
Mr. Clinton and I parted with the Indians at Albany as fair as could
possibly be expected : But I doubt the two Castles of the Mohawks
352 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL^L PAPERS.
will regret the opportunity being taken away by the peace, of reveng-
ing the loss of some of their principal men.
I beg the favour of you to make my Compliments Acceptable to
Col. Atkinson, and am w''' great regard and esteem, Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient, Humble Servant
W. Shirley.
His Exc>' Gov'' Wentworth.
[4-66] \_Order to Captain Job Clement^
Portsm° September 26 1748
S"" I am Comanded by his Excelency the Governour to Inform you
that tis his Orders that on the 30*^ Instant you Dismiss the men un-
der your Comand from the Service and that you take no more Pro-
vision from the Store then may be absolutely necessary for carrying
them to their respective Places of Abode or from whence they were
Impressed
By his Excelencys orders from Your ffriend
Theodore Atkinson
the men must be upon Duty till the last of this month & then
Discharged —
To Cap* Job Clements at roster [Rochester]
[S/iirhy to IVentzvort//.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 268.]
Boston, Sepf 27, 1748.
Sir — Having reason to be under some concern from my last let-
ters, least inconveniences should arise from my delay of transmitting
home the acc*^ of the Expedition ag*"* Canada, w'^'* wait only for your
Excellency's, I hope you will excuse me, if I beg the favour of you
to quicken those of your Troops ; and to let you know I was oblig'd
to send an excuse to the Secretary of State for my delay by the last
ships ; and y* I must at all events send the ace* home by the mast
ships, whether your Excellency's are ready or not ; and you will be
pleas'd to consider, it will take me up some time to extract, and
liquidate yours, and reduce 'em into a part with the others, before I
can transmit 'em. I am with great regard.
Sir, your Excellencys most obedient. Humble servant,
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Gov'' Wentworth.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 353
\_Shirley to WentwortJi.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 271.]
Boston, Nov"" 7, 1748.
Sir — I would beg the favour of your Excell^ to deliver the inclos'd
to my Son and Mr. Mark Wcntworth ; and take this opportunity of
acquainting you y' Major Oilman presented three Muster Rolls of a
Company mention'd to have been muster'd by him as Captain, under
the seal of this Province with Certificates for me to sign, certifying y*^
the attestation of Colonel Moulton before whom they were sworn as a
Justice of the Peace, was such an one as ought to have Credit given
to it, and also several papers purporting to be copies of your Excelly*
Orders to him to raise a company, examin'd by Notary Publick Moul-
ton, & others sworn before him, to be certify'd by me in like manner
under the province Seal ; w'^'^ as I took to be irregular, I refused sign-
ing ; whereupon he went and demanded the Province seal to be put
to 'em of the Secretary, by a notary publick, w^'' was refused then by
him, and Oilman has got the demand and refusal exemplified by the
Notary Publick ; and had his papers afterwards put under the notary
publick's seal — all w* I thought it would not be improper for me to
apprise your Exc^ of, as I suppose his papers are design'd to be made
use of ag^' you in England. I am with great regard and esteem
Sir, your Excellency's most obedient. Humble servant
W. Shirley.
I suspect an old friend of yours to have instigated Oilman to make
a demand in form of the province Seal.
His Exc^ Oov"" Wentworth.
\_Shirley to Wentivorth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 272.]
Boston November 28"" 1748
Sir — The Secretary of this Province having by order of the Oen-
eral Assembly sent your P^xcellency their Proposal for a meeting of
Commissioners from the several Oovernments in New England, for
agreeing" upon such matters in relation to the money allow'd by Par-
liament for taking Cape Breton, as may be for the Publick Benefit ;
and the affair being of great moment & the season requiring that it
should have the quickest Dispatch that may be, I must intreat your
354 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Excellency to let me have your answer thereupon as soon as may be.
So far is the Secretary's. I would add y' I believe as this meeting
of the Comm"'^ is proposed among other things to agree upon a Scheme
for putting an End to the paper Currency : Your Exc>'^ showing your-
self active in it would be acceptable at home.
I am with great w'** great regard & esteem
Sir, vour Excell^'^ most obd' Humble servant
W. Shirley.
His Excel>' Gov' Wentworth
[4-67] [Precept for the Election of Assemblymen, 1748.]
Province of \ George the Second by the Grace of God, of Great
New Hamps'' j Brittain France And Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith &c% &c^
Province To the Sheriff of Our Province of New Hamps'' afore-
Seal said Greeting
We Command You forthwith to make out Precepts
Directed to the Select Men of Portsmouth, Dover, Hampton, Exeter,
(Newcastle & Rye Joyntly) Kingstown, Hampton Falls, Newington,
Stratham, Londonderry, Durham, Greenland, Newmarkett, South
Hampton, Chester, Haverhill District, (Pelham & Methuen Joyntly)
The Towns of Dunstable, Merrimac, Holies, Monson, And Notting-
ham West Joyntly, And the District of Rumford, All within Our
Province of New Hamps® aforesaid. Requiring them to Cause the
Freeholders of their Respective Towns, Parishes and Destricts, As
before Recited, Legally Qualified, to assemble at Such time & place
As they the Select Men shall respectively Appoint, Excepting New
Castle & Rye whose freeholders Legally Qualified Are to assemble
at New Castle Also Excepting Methuen & Pelham, whose freeholders
are to assemble at Pelham, And Excepting the Towns of Dunstable,
Merrimac, Holies, Monson, And Nottingham V/est, whose freeholders
Are hereby Directed to assemble at Dunstable, The Said freeholders
being Notified fifteen days before the day of their Meeting Then
and there to Elect fit Persons Qualified By Law to Represent the Said
Towns, Parishes And Districts, in General Assembly, by Us Ap-
pointed to be Convened and Holden at the Court House in Ports-
mouth on Tuesday the Third day of January next at ten of the Clock
in the forenoon. Viz' Three persons for Portsmouth, Three for Dover,
Two for Hampton, Two for Exeter, Two for New Castle & Rye to
be Chosen at a Meeting of both Towns or Parishes Joyntly at New
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 355
Castle, One for Kingston, one for Hampton falls, One for Nevvington,
One for Stratham, One for Londonderry, One for Durham, One for
Greenland, One for New Markett, One for South Hampton, One for
Chester, One for Haverhill District One for Pelham & Methuen, to
be Chosen at Pelham by the freeholders of Pelham and Methuen
Joyntly, One for the Towns of Dunstable, Merrimac Holies Monson,
And Nottingham West, to be Chosen at Dunstable by the freeholders
of Said Towns Joyntly And One for the District of Rumford — And
to Cause the Persons Elected by the Major part of the Electors pres-
ent at Such Elections to be then forthwith Summoned by One of the
Constables of the Said Respective Towns Parishes And Destricts to
Attend on Said Service in the General assembly at the time And
Place herein prefixed. And so De Die in Diem, during their Session
or Sessions And to Return the Said Precepts with the Names of the
Persons so Elected to your Self whereof you are to make a Return
together with this Writ And your Doings thereon Under your hand
into the Secretarys office at Portsmouth aforesaid On or before the
aforesaid third day of January Next at ten of the Clock before noon
In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Seal of Our Said
Province to be hereunto affixed Witness Benning Wentworth Esq""
Our Governour And Commander in Chief in and Over Our Province
of New Hamps^ aforesaid the 12*^^ Day of Dec"" 1748 in the Twenty
Second year of Our Reign
B Wentworth
By his Excellencys Command with the advice of his Majestys
Council • Theodore Atkinson Sec''^
Province of ) Jan>' 3^^ 1 748 Pursuant to the Kings Writ Under
New Hamps"" j the Seal of the Province aforesaid to me Directed I
have Issued precepts to the Select Men of the Several Towns &
Precincts Named in Said Writ, And the Persons Returned are as
follows Viz^
James Clerkson Esq"" ^
M"" Henry Sherburne Merch' > Portsmouth
Eleazar Russell Esq"" )
Tho* Millet Esq"^ )
Tho^ Davis Esq"" > Dover
Cap^ John Wentworth )
M' Joseph Philbrick j ^t
Richard Waldron Esq"" ( ^
Peter Gilman Esq"" ( t^ . ^
M"" Zebulon Giddingce i
356 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. .
Tho^ Bell Esq^ I ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^
Rich^ Jenness hsq^ ) ■'
Ebenezer Stevens Esq'' Kingston
Meshech Weare Esq"" Hampton falls
John Knight Jun"" Newington
Moses Leavett Esq'' Stratham
John Macmurphy Esq"" Londonderry
Jonathan Thomson Durham
Clem^ iviarch Esq'' Greenland
Edward Hall Esq"" Newmarkett
Samuel French South Hampton
Abel Morss — Chester
Haverhill District
Tho^ Packer Esq'' Pelham & Methuen
f Dunstable
Merrimac
Joseph Blanchard Esq''< Holies
Monson
^Nottingham West
John Chandler Rumford
Tho^ Packer She""
Copy Exam'^ M Weare ClC Dom. Rex —
[4-71] \^Shirley to WentwortJi, concerning some Indians7\
Boston June 3^^ 1749
Sir, The Occasion of this Letter is to acquaint your Excellency,
that there are now in Boston nine Indians, six of the Penobscot
Tribe & three of the Norridgewalk, with whom I have had divers
publick Conferences, who declare themselves to be sent hither by the
Indian Tribes of S' Francois & S' John's River, as well as their own,
& impowered by those Tribes to assure us of their Disposition & De-
sire to make Peace w* the English Governments, and to appoint a
time of Meeting for such Treaty ; And I have accordingly appointed
the 27* of Sepf next for the time of their Meeting us at Falmouth
in Casco Bay. And as this Governm' apprehends that it will be of
great Advantage for the Success of this Affair, that all the neigh-
bouring Governm'^ concerned in the late War should be represented
by their Commiss'^ at this Treaty, I desire that your Excellency would
please to send Commissioners from New Hampshire to join in the
Negotiations in behalf of your Province. — As it has always been the
Custom to make Presents to the Indians upon the Conclusion of a
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 35/
Treaty, We have provided for such Presents as we judged necessary
for our selves, I shall write to the Governours of Connecticut &
Nova^Scotia. I am with great regard
Sir, Your Excellency's most Obed' Humble Serv'
W Shirley.
His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq""
[4-72] [^Diike of Bedford to Governor Wentivort/i.']
Whitehall 4"' August 1749.
Sir In consequence of the Agreement between the Crowns of
England & Spain by which it was Stipulated that all Hostilities in
the American Seas, shou'd cease between the two Nations Six Weeks
after the King of Spain's Accession to the Preliminary Articles on
the 28*^ June 1748. — which Term consequently expired on the 9*^ of
August following. His Catholick Majesty has been pleased to direct
a general Order to be sent to all His Governors, requiring them, to
make restitution of all English Prizes taken after the said 9"^ day of
August 1748. as will more fully appear by a Copy of the said general
Order which I herewith transmit to you authenticated by a Notary
Publick. I have His Majesty's Commands to Signify His pleasure to
you, that you do give publick Notice of the said Catholick Kings said
general Order to all His Majesty's Trading Subjects under your Gov-
ernment, and likewise that you do assist to the utmost of your Power,
all His Majesty's Subjects who may have any Claims on this Occasion
I am Sir Your most Obedient Humble Servant
Bedford
P. S. You will likewise receive herewith inclosed a Translation of
His Catholick Majesty's General Order to his Governors.
Gov"' of New Hampshire
[_Copy of a Docutnent Presented to the New Hampshire Historical Soci-
ety, in 1875, by Robert C. Mack, Esq., relative to Fort Dnviiner.']
[MS. Collections, Vol. I., p. eS.]
Monday August 21 1749
Set out for Fort Dummer and reacht as far as Dunstable to Coll"
Blanchards & Cap* Goffe as Far as Groton —
To Expences
at Smiths ferredges . . . . . , . o. 2. 6
at Tho^ Parkers . . . . . , . . o. 4. o
358
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at Cap* Cummings ferredges . . . .
Shooeing my horse at Deacon hall [?] .
at underwoods .......
Lodged at Coll" Blanchards
Tuesday 22^^ at kenndles . . . - .
at Moores ........
at Narragansett N° 2 Daniel Hore .
att Nitchawoag at Farnsworths to Entertainment
at Squire prentices ......
at Moores Groton o. 15. o Ditto o. 3. o
at kenndles Dunstable ... . .
at Lovewells o. 5. o — at underwoods o. 10. 6
0.
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6
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16.
0
2.
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0
0.
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0
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0
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9. 19. 5
Monday Sep'" 3^^ 1749
Set out for portsmouth and reached as far as Kingston that Day.
To Expences
at Cap* Talfords o. 14. o — at Cap* Lights o. 2. 6
at Greenland o. 8. o — at M''^ Priests o. 4. 8
Ditto [Mrs. Priest's] o. 8. o — at M*"^ Feasies o. 9. o
at Chases o. 16. o — at Judgkins 2. 10. o .
at M''^ Blairfields [.^] o. 10. o — at Moreys 3. o. o .
16.
12.
17-
10.
Cap* Goffe at Moores at Groton .....
at Squire prentices 3. 15. 6 — Ditto prentices's o. 9. 6
at paquag o. 16. o — at Nitchawoag farnsworths o. 12. o
at Lieu* hores Narragansett N° 2
at Judkins® 2. 3. o — at Graves^^ o. 6. o
9. II.
at habbaka o. 4. o — at Graves^ o. 16. 6
at Blairs ......
Paid by
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2
I.
2.
0
4-
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0
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8.
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0
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o. 5. o
M-- Tho« Parker
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
359
[Plan of the Fort, by M. Patten. Rednced.]
17H
I
4*-
E. 3SN.
40
2
0
78
T
E. 30 N.
3
4
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The Perade
E.36N.
The phisognomy of Fort Dummer
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8
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to the
gate
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I.
Stockadows round the Fort
1. Major Willards house Built by y^ province a Cannon Mounted in it.
2. Built all the out side by y^ province.
3. Lieu' Butlers house.
4. Coll" Willards house.
5. Province house a Cannon mounted in it.
6. Citydale. [143^2 ^^^^ square.]
7. Coll" Willards house — Built by y'= province.
8. ~ " "~
9-
10.
II.
Coll" Willards house.
Sam' Ashleys house.
Coll" Willards house.
Watch Box.
Fort Dummer ^ M: Patten — August 26: 1749
August 30 : 1 749
N. 38 W. Beginning at the S. W. Corner of the fort running Sun
wise 22 feet Bredth of Coll" Willards house 4 feet notch then the
same point 68 feet to Maj"" Willards house — The Maj""^ house parelel
360 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
with the Col'^ 22J feet — true [?] angle at the Corner of the Maj'®
house I7|feet 4I Squar inward then E : 38 : N : 40 feet 7 feet notch
inward Squar then E : 30 : N : 78 feet 2 feet 9 inches Squar out-
ward then E 36 N. 22 feet to the N : E : Corner — then S. 36 E. 18
feet W. 36 S. ii| S. 23 E. 6^] feet. From Coll" Willards E. 35 N :
108 feet 42 feet from Coll" Willards house to the Gate South Side
— 24 feet Back from Maj"" Willards house to the West Gate
Coll" Willards house 32 feet in Length
[Matthew Patten ana John Goffe were residents of Bedford. They
were probably sent to Fort Dummer by the Governor or Legislature.
In the original the descriptions, i to 11, are written on the plan. — Ed.]
[ Wentworth to SJiirley?^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. IL, p. 274.]
Portsmouth, August 27, 1749.
Sir — By his Majestys Instructions I am commanded upon Extraor-
dinary Emergencies in my Government to consult and advise with
the King's Governors in the neighboring Provinces ; and as your
Exc^ is bound for Great Britain it will be highly necessary & for his
Majestys immediate servdce, that before your departure, you should
be fully acquainted with the dispute subsisting between the Assembly
of this Province & the King's Gov'' inasmuch as the Dispute princi-
ply relates to the Establishing the King's Authority in my Govern-
ment. In obedience therefore to His Majesty's Commands I must
insist on an Interview with your Excellency before your Embarking
for Great Britain, at Portsmouth or any other place you may think
more proper, but as I have many records of the General Assembly to
lay before you, & many more you may Occasion to call for, it can't be
so well attended at any other place. I shall hope for your answer by
the return of my Express, & to have the exact time of your being on
the lines of this Government. I am. Sir
Your Excellency's most obed' & humb^ servt
B. Wentworth.
\_Ansiver to the Foregoing.l
[Belknap Papers, V^ol. II., p. 275.]
Boston, Aug^' 28, 1749.
Sir — I am sorry your Exc^ should imagine I could sail for Eng-
land without giving you timely notice to favour me with your com-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 36I
mands, and I hope you are persuaded y* it will be a singular pleasure
to me to have it in my power to do you any good offices, which I
shall not fail in doing when it is.
Your letter will be in time, I believe, to reach me by the next
Sunday come Sen'night, altho' it would be safest to have sent it by
next post : But the service of my own Governm* and my short stay
make it absolutely impossible for me to have an interview w"^ you
before the Man of Warr sails ; and I find as things turn out, if I lose
my passage in that, I shall lose it for this year ; therefore hope your
Exc^ will excuse me ; and y* your commands may be communicated
to me in a letter.
Wishing you all health and happiness, I am with great regard and
esteem. Sir,
Your Exc^^ most faithfull and obedient servant —
W. Shirley.
His Exc^ Gov"" Wentworth.
My[service to Col. Atkinson and your Bro. Mark.
\Copy of Warrant, 1749.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 276.]
Province of
New Hampshire
To Jotham Odiorne Nath' Meserve, & Henry Wallace in
Seal Portsmouth.
The Hon''^ the Commissioners of His Majestys Navy, have-
ing by their letter to Mess'"^ Apthorp Wentworth & C° bearing date
Navy office 19'^ Nov'' 1748 ; Signified their desire that the said Ap-
thorp Wentworth & C° should Supply His Majestys Navy Stationd
at Antigua, under the Command of Cap' Francis Holbourn, with Such
Naval Stores, as the Storekeeper should give orders for, & Inasmuch
as Cap' Holbourn has by His letter to Said Gentlemen dated on
board His Majestys Ship the Tavistock, in Carlile Bay at Barbados
July the 20''' 1749, given orders, for Sundry Masts & other Naval
Stores —
You the said Jotham Odiorne, Nath^ Meserve & Henry Wallace are
hereby desired, to Inspect the Accoants, that shall be laid before You
by the said Apthorp Wentworth & C° of the Cost & Charges of the
Said Naval Stores, Represented to Me to be Shipt on board the Snow
Lorrain George Meserve Master for English Plarbour on the Island
362 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
of Antigua and report to me whether the Cost & Charges are Just
& Reasonable, accordmg to the prices paid in this place for the vSame
Species of goods, allso to settle & adjust the fr* for the said Naval
Stores and the usual & Customary Exchange between this place &
Great Brittain in order to the Said Apthorp Wentworth & C° being
reimbursed the amount of their Account, by bills on The Hon^* the
Com'"'^ of His Majesty s Navy, & report to me your doings hereon
Given under my hand & Seal at Portsmouth Oct° the 10^'^ i749
B Wentworth.
\_Report of Coviniittcc Named in tJie Fo7r going, 1749.]
[Ibid, p. 277.]
Pursuant to your Excellencys Order of 10*'' Oct° Having examined,
the foregoing Mess''* Apthorp Wentworth & C°* Acc^ of Navall stores
purchased by them for His Majestys Service Onboard the Snow Lo^-
rain George Meserve Master for English Harbour in Antegua, as ap-
pears by the bills Laiding and Invoice Exhibited to us — Do find the
whole to be just and reasonable — Charged, according to the rates and
prices, such goods were at Amounting to One thousand, three hun-
dred thirty one pounds Seventeen shillings & five pence Old tenor,
and that two hundred pounds Antegua Currency, is no more than the
Just pay for the height of said goods ■ — We Judge it Just and equal,
that the Bills to be drawn On the Hon'^'^ the Commissioners of His
Majestys Navy, be at the rate of Nine hundred & fifty pounds Old
tenor for One hundred pounds sterling, the same making thereby One
Hundred & forty pounds, three shillings and Eleven jDcnce Sterling —
Witness Our hands — Dated att Portsmouth October 18*'' 1749- —
J Odiorne
Nath Meserve
H : Wallis
[4-73] {Proclamation relative to Peace zvith the Indians, 1749.]
Province of ) By his Excelency Benning Wentworth Esqr Cap-
New Hamp \ tain General Governour & Commander in Chieff of
his Majesties Province of New Hampshire afores"^
A Proclamation —
Whereas at the request of the Indians of the Ponobscot Noridg-
wolk Arrasagontacook & Wowenoch and other Tribes of Indians
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL" PAPERS. 363
Inhabiting within his Majesties Territorys of New England who have
Lately been at war with this Province — A Treaty was begon & held
at Casco bay upon the fourteenth of October Last between Comis-
sioners by me Appointed and Impowered for that Purpose and the
Indian Chieffs & Deligates & other Indians of & from the afore Said
Tribes and upon the i6^'^ of the Said month Articles of Peace &
friendship between this Government and the Said Indians were
Agreed upon & finally Settled —
I have therefore tho* fit with the Advice of his Majesties Council
to Issue this Proclamation that all Persons within this Government
may be Duely Informed of the Peace concluded as afores^ hereby
Strictly Commanding all his Majesties Loveing Subjects to Observe
Inviolably the Said Treaty of Peace & friendship and not to Comit
any Acts of Violence, or Hostilities against the Said Indians or
give them any Trouble, or mollestation but on the Contrary afford them
all necessary Comfort and Assistance as Occasion may require —
Dated at the Council Chamber in Portsm° the 13*'' Day of November
Annoq Domini 1749 B Wentworth
By his Excelencys Comand with advice of Council
Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
God Save the Kins^
[Copied from the original. — Ed.]
[4-74]
[Lieutenant-Governor P hips, relative to ExcJiange of Prisoners. '\
Boston Novem'' 9^'' 1 749. —
Sir, I am informed that his Excellency Governour Shirley had
setled an Agreement with the Governour of Canada so far as related
to this Government that the Charge of transporting English Prison-
ers should be defrayed by the English Governments and the charge
of transporting French Prisoners by their Government, and that upon
his Excys informing the Governours of the neighboring Colonies, the
most of them had signified their approbation of this method, I am
likewise informed that in the Year 1746 there were brought into this
province in a Flagg of Truce sent by the Governour of Canada called
the La vierge de Grace a great number of English Captures some of
them being Europeans but the most of them belonging to the Eng-
lish Province's and Colonies in America, and that about the same time
364 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
his Excellency had sent a Flagg of Truce to Canada with French
Prisoners at the Expence of this Government, and that his Excellency
sent circular Letters to the Governours of the English Colonies afore-
mentioned with Lists of the several Prisoners belonging to their re-
spective Governments wherein he informed them that as soon as the
Acco'^ of the charges of the Flaggs of Truce & the proportion of the
several English Governments thereto were Adjusted he wou'd send
them to the said Governours that so they might Reimburse the Gov-
ernour of Canada what Charges he had been at for transporting the
English Prisoners belonging to their Government Soon after this the
Court house in Boston was Burnt & therein all the Papers relating to
the fitting out the French Flagg of Truce, which made it necessary
that those Accounts shou'd be had from Canada in order to State the
particular part each of the English Governments ought to bear to the
Charge of Transporting their Prisoners ; and I find the said accounts
sent here a little before Governour Shirleys Departure and an Acco*
has been stated between the said Governour Shirley, and the Gover-
nour of Canada, and sent to Quebec by a person gone there for the
Redemption of Captives and the Governour of Canada has been As-
sured that all Possible care should be taken for Recovering from each
Governm' their proportion of the Charge. I shall now Send Your
Excellency a Copy of the Account by which you will perceive the
number of Persons belonging to Your Governm' is six and the pro-
portion of the charge ;£^I74. 8. 5. which I must Pray Your Excel-
lency would cause to be paid into my hands as soon as may be, and the
same shall be remitted to the Governour of Canada, and I doubt not
Your more ready Compliance when You consider as appears by the
Account that this Province will be Obliged to Pay in proportion be-
yond any other Governm* as the greatest part of the Charge of the
Europeans & other uncertain Persons both in this Vessell & another
sent to Louisbourg will fall upon them.
I am Sir,
Your Excellency's most Obedient & most hum^'^ Servant
Phips
A List of Prisoners which arriv'd at Boston from Quebec in the
Ship La Vierge de Grace, belonging to the Province of New Hamp-
shire viz*
David Woodall Caleb Burbank Benj'' Woodall
Thomas Woodall Alexander Roberts Caleb Wade
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
365
A List of the Newhampshire men that Came in the schooner Suc-
cess Cap' Drake —
James Dunlap Mathew Tobin
Antip^ Gillman John Gale
Joseph Paul 10 W"^ M'Dugle June 8"'
Ruben Stevens Solomon Smith
5 Edward Webber Mich' Johnson — '^ Cap' Nicholds
William Bell Jonathan Barker
James Clemment Benj Glazier
The Charge of the Ship La Vierge de Grace amounted as appears
by the Contract to loooo Livres, each Livre being valued at ten shil-
lings of the Currency of New England makes the sum of . ^^5000
The Proportion of each Concern or Interest in said ;^5ooo is as
follows
59 Massachusetts Bay
44 The same taken at Nov;
29 New York .
6 New Hampshire
6 Pensilvania .
6 Rhode Island
2 Connecticutt
2 New Jersey .
I Bermuda
I Annapolis Royal
I Shirley Galley
9 Maryland
17 Europeans .
1 1 Taken in Nova Scotia
6 uncertain
a Scotia
2180
843
174
174
174
58
58
29
29
29
319
494
261
174
2
2
I
I
I
15
2
12
8
172
Errors Excepted
5000 : —
Boston Septem'' 12"' 1749
Jn" Wheelwright Comiss'^^ General
[4-75] [Kt?io-'s histi'itctions.']
His Maj''>'^ 36 Instruction to His Excelency B Wentworth Esq
36 You Shall not remit any fines or forfeitures whatsoever above
the Sum of Ten pounds nor Dispose of any forfeitures what-
soever Until upon Signifying unto the Comissioners [of his
366
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Maj''y^ Treasury — or the high Treasurer for the time being &
to his Maj''^^ Comissioners for Trade & Plantations, the Nature
& Offence, & the Occasions of Such fines & forfeitures with
the Perticular Sums or Value thereof (which you are to Do
with all Speed) You Shall have reed his Maj^^^ Directions
therein and you may in the mean time Suspend the Payment
of the Said fines & forfeitures
Copy Ex'^ T Atkinson Sec'^
[4-76]
\_Qiiakers in Militia Companies^
A L In Cap^ Waldron Company
Edmond Hodgdon Richard Cook Stephen Hanson
John Cook Daniel Cook Elijah Hanson
Silas Hanson
A
WiP Huzey
Paul Huzey
Wil"' Huzey Jun""
Daniel Roberson
Jonathan Varney
Stephen Varney
Nathan Varney
Daniel Varney
Moses Varney
Joshua Varney
Tobias Varney
Joseph Varney
list of the People Caled
Sam^ Varney
Solo" Varney
Tho^ Hanson
Tho* Hanson Jun''
Ebenez"" Varney
Jeridiah Varney
Tho* Varney
Nicolas Varney
John Varney
Timothy Varney
Jacob Sawyer
Silvenus Huzey
Quakers —
Bed-Feild Sawyer
Tho* Varney
Ezeikcl Varney
Zaccheus Varney
Paul Varney
Zacheus Purirnton
Tobias Twombly
Aaron Hanson
Joseph Hanson
Benj^ Leigton
Joh° Hanson
Richard Waldron Cap*
[4-77]
Cap' Stepen Roberts Company A list of The People Called Quakers -
John Kenny
Moses Roberts
Elijah Tuttle
John Astin
Paul Astin
Tho^ Astin
Stoten Astin
Joseph Astin Jun""
Ambros Bantom
John Twombly
Maul Hanson
Zaccheus Alen
John Tuttle 3"^
Paul Tuttle
Silas Tuttle
Ebenezar Tuttle Jun''
TimothyRoberson Jun"^
John Kenney Jun''
Moses Varney
Umphrey Varney
Benj^ Cromel
Paul Astin
Heard Roberts
Benj^ Roberts Jun""
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 367
James Vainey wil'" Jenkens Elijah Ivstcs
Elijah Varney Benj-^ Gear Sam' Star : But
Timothy Roberson Joseph Runells Tho^ Tuttlc
Tho^ Kenney Joseph Tibbets John Tiittle
Sam' Pink-ham John Pink-ham
Shadrach Hodgdon L' In Cap' Roberts Company In Dover
\Tho»ili)ison to Atkinson. Copy "^ Bradford?^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 140.]
London 18 q'"" 1747
Theo Atkinson Esq""
S' — Since my Letter to you of 13"' Aug' I have not had any of
your favours, or have I yet done any thing with M"" Brounker, altho'
he has promised to Meet me but I know he has been very busy and
SO have I with a great many troublesome affairs and especially in ex-
amining your province Acco'^ together w"^ the lords Commiss""^ of
Trade and plantations & the R* Hon'^'^ the secretary of Warr, there
are some palpable Errors therein & great differences between some
particular charges and the Vouchers for the same, I have said &
done everything in my power to Sett them right, & have hopes that
your province will fare as well as the rest I hope soon to Inform you
more of this affair and Send you the province Acco'^ of what I am
in disburse for the province, and which I now Cannot do as I have
not time to spare or a hand in my Counting house time to Draw
out, You have here Invoice & Bill Lading for the Goods you wrote for,
I hope they will arrive safe & please I shall be glad to hear they do
I am S"" Yo"" hum' Servant
John Thomlinson
\TJtovilinson to Atkinson.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 141.]
London y^ 22'' of Nov"" 1748
Sir I am now to Acknowledge Your Favour of y^ 21^' of Septem-
ber, and as Soon as the powers you Mention come to* My hands I
Shall Endeavour to do the Necessary, As to the Bills that the offi-
cers have drawn, I find Some of them have been at My house Since
368 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
my Sickness, but Nothing can be Said to them imtill provision is
Made for payment of the fforces raisd for that Expedition. I hope
Your Government has Sent Me By the Mast fleet Such power of At-
torney and Letter as I wrote to the Committee for, to Enable me to
receive for them the ;£i6355. Voted by parliament, And I have wrote
the Committees again on that Affair, About 14 days Since M"" Jones
paid me for Your Acco' ;£'i52,. io„ 2, which he Says is what is due
to You to Lady-day last. And Your Account has Credit for the Same,
And You will See it by your Account which M'' Jones Sends you by
this Conveyance, I am daily in Expectation of the Mast fleet, by which
I Expect to hear farther from you. And Am with great Esteem —
Sir Your Most hum^ Ser'
To Theodore Atkinson Esq''
John Thomlinson
\TJiomliiison to Atkijison. Copy ^ Clark.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 142.]
London y^ is*'' Mar : 1748/9
M"" Theodore Atkinson
Sir — Since mine on the otherside I have Your Letter of y^ 21^* of
Nov'', inclosing Your power of Attorney and Several orders &c, They
must all be dormant for Some time For altho I have Your province
Accounts, Yet I can do nothing with them untill all the Accounts
come from M"" Shirley, Then they are order'd to be Audited by the
Lords of Trade, & the Secretary of War as the Louisbourg Accounts
were, and as Soon as it Shall be agreed what Sums are due to Each
province, for the Charges they have been at in the intended Expedi-
tion Against Canada, including officers pay, then the whole Sum will
be provided for, & paid to the Agents for Each Collony, when he
Shall be properly empowerd to receive the Same by proper powers of
attorney for that purpose, under the Seal of their respective Collonys,
and it is my opinion, that if the Accounts comes from M'' Shirley
Ever So Soon, that not any thing can be done this Session of parlia-
ment, and Therefore there will be time Enough for you to Send me
before next year, a Compleat List of the officers of your regiment,
and the Time they Servd, and the Money due to Each of them, and
this will be so absolutely necessary that I cannot tell how the Money
due to them can be known, or ascertained, without it, and Such List
must be duely Authenticated by you, and the Gov"", and then I Shall
know what Each officer will have due to him when he Comes to
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 369
demand, or draw for his pay, I have wrote to Gov"" Wcntworth
concerning Fort Dinner, And which I hope he will I'^meadiatly Com-
municate to the Council, And Assembly, And I hope he and All of
you will agree imeadiatly to do Every thing that I have there Advised,
and whatever Else may Occurr to you, to prevent the Mischief aim'd
at you —
You have by this Ship the Goods You order'd, I hope they will
come Safe to hand and will be Agreeable, I Shall be glad to find
they are so, and am w*'^ Great Esteem
Sir Yoiu" most hum' Ser*
John Thomlinson
Lett the Chaplain & Surgeon if Any, be included in the above
List of officers
[Mr. Thomlinson's letter of August lo, 1749, and Mr. Atkinson's
of October 19, 1749, are printed in Vol. VI., pp. 886-2, and one from
I\Ir. Thomlinson to Henry Sherburne, Jr., dated November 13, same
year, on p. 888. — Kd.]
\TJiovilinson to Atkinson. Copy '^ Doivers.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 147.]
London 27"' Nov"" 1749
Theo*^ Atkinson Esq*"
Sir — I am to acknowledge your favour of — And as the Canada &
other American affairs are now auditing, & I have so many different
concerns therein, I have not more time than to tell you, that I will do
all in my power, to serve your Province & you & all concern'd in this
affair to my utmost. I have sent to Governour Went worth M'' Paris's
directions for such Papers as will be necessary for your Government,
to send properly authenticated, to extricate you from this load, which
the Province of the Massachusetts Bay are about to Lay upon you,
as you will see by those Papers sent you by M"" Paris, and if the as-
sembly should not be in temper to act with the Governour & Councill,
I shou'd think that the Governour & Councill shou'd expert them-
selves in this Important Crisis. That all those Paper Proofs may be
here before it is too Late — I shall do all I can in this affair, if you
do but send me the proper Materialls, & am w*'' great Esteem,
Sir Y"" humble Servant
24
370 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[P. 148.]
LoncP Feb>' 20^'^ 1749 [1750 N. S.]
S"" On the other Side is Copy of my Last, Since w* am favourd
with yours of the 17 & 20''' Octob'' & have Shipt the things you
Wrote for, as "^ Inclosed Invoice & Bill of Lads Last M° I reced of
M'' Jones ;2^38. 16. 10 w'^'' have Carried to y"" Credit w<='^ he Says is
what was due to you to Mids'' last. The Papers you Sent me on M'"
French's Appeal, I have put into M'' Paris'es hands, with directions
to retain the Attorney & Soil"" General in the Cause, and which I un-
derstand he has done, and has Since Sent Me the Inclosed papers, to
Shew you what is Necessary for you to do farther in this Case, and
w* I would have you get done & Sent to me as Soon as possible, I
am with great Esteem —
Sir Your most hum' Ser*
John Thomlinson
\_TJiovilinson to Atkinson.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 153.]
London y'^ 4*'^ of March 1750
Theodore Atkinson Esq''
Sir — Since my last to you I have had your Sundry P'avours of
y i8*'\ 28''\ of Aug' 3'^ Sep"" & 20''' of June by Cap' Hunking, and ob-
serve what you Say on your Governments affairs, I am sorry to find
thing continue So that you must in the End Suffer for it, Tho the
Government here has not yet taken into Consideration the State of
your Province, and Some other Provinces in North America yet the
time must come, and I think cannot be far off, And what can you
Expect, When I am at the other End of the Town at any of the great
■offices, And only Mentions your Province, I am frequently told you
are in a State of Rebelion, And This Winter I have been frequently
calld up on behalf of your Province, & not only on Account of P'ort
Dummer & Frenches Appeal (and which I fear you will Suffer in, for
want of the papers that M' Paris has So long Since wrote for) But the
West India Planters & Merchants have been pushing hard to Obtain
a Law to prohibit all Commerce & Trade whatsoever, between the
Brittish Northern Collonys, and all Foreign Sugar plantations, under
the Sevearest penaltys, and whether or no they have yet done with
it, I cannot tell, But Shall watch their Motion, And now there's a
Bill ready to be Brought into parliament, for regulating & Restrain-
ing &c the paper Bills or Bills of Credit Subsisting and passing in
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 37 1
Rhode Island, & the other three New England Governments have for
this lo or 14 days Been obliged to Attend upon that Affair, what the
Act may Bee if this Bill pass into an Act, I cannot particularly Say,
But at present it is to prevent the Making Issueing &c, any More
paper Bill or Bills of Credet, without being Authorized thereto by
his Maj'>' &c and on Some other Stipulated Emergencys, — And for
the Calling in dischargeing & Sinking all paper Bills of Credet now
Subsisting & passing, of what kind or denomination what Soever, at
the periods Such Bills were to be called in By the Act by which they
were Made & Issued, And to prevent any paper Bills of what kind
Soever for the future from Being a Legal Tender — And that all pay-
ments Shall be Made in Silver Money at And after the rate of Six
Shillings for a Sevill pillar or Mexico peice of Eight of Seventeen
peney weight, and So in proportion for any Smaller peices of y*^ Same,
or other Silver Coin, — and how Specialtys Are to be paid &c &c, —
After the Merchants and others that were possessed of the Bills &
Cirtificates drawn &c, for the Money Granted to the province of the
Massachusett-Bay, had been long Solliciting the Lords of his Maj*-'*'
Treasury for the payment of the Same, they were Told By their Lord-
ships in Sep''' Last, that if I would take the Trouble of takeing the
Money, and paying the Same, it Should be Issued to me in the Month
of Oct'", and notwithstanding the Trouble I then foresaw, and have
Since Experienced, yet to oblige their Lordships, and the Merch*^ I
consented, and the latter End of Oct^' the money Granted for the
Massachusetts-Bay was jDaid me. And also what was granted to the
Province of New Hampshire, I have now paid Away the greatest part
of the Money granted to the Massachusetts-Bay, And have allso paid
what demands has Appeard for the officers of your regiment, And
shall before this Month is out, Send you All the papers And Accounts
relating thereto, And also the province Ace" Currant, that they May
See what Cash they have here in My hands. And May Agree to Call
in And sink their paper Bills, (as the other provinces has done) That
would be the most Agreeable thing they could do, And Indeed it is
here Expected that they will do it. But if your Assembly will not do
it, I hope they will not let (about) ^30000 Ster Lye Dead, But will
Send proper directions and powers to Me to Lay it out in Some of
the Funds, where it may Bring An Annual Income to the province,
and not Lye dead as it otherwise must do, and Concequently be a
Loss of ^900 Sterling or thereabouts '^ Annum I hope all partys
will agree in Makeing So considerable a Saveing to the publick. —
I find that you have Sent to the Massachusetts Government for
Authenticated paper, as M"" Paris had directed, relating to the dispute
about Fort Dummer, And that you have been denighed them, altho
372 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
you offerd to pay for the Same, for God Sake, why did not you de-
mand them by a Notary publeck, and in Case of refusal he the Said
Notary Should have properly Set forth his demand. And their refusal
and you Should have Had the same properly Authenticated by y^
Said Notary, & Sent directly, And that Should now be done with all
Speed And sent here, or that affair will be heard, and what can be
done without any proper Vouchers, for if you had sent Such proofs of
the other provinces refuseing you those papers, as above, I should
have gott an order of Council for them, and the Cause put off untill
they had them, But a Bare Say in a Letter, that those papers were
refused you, will not do, I can assure you I would do Every thing in
My power to Serve the province, But I cannot do more than I can,
And to tell you the truth, I am quite wiried, and disheartend in
Every affair where I appear for your province, and I fear that must
be the Case, untill your assembly complys with his Majestys Addi-
tional Instruction, your province used to Stand in a quite different
Light, and I most heartily wish to See it do So again. And Am with
great Truth
Sir Your Most hum' Ser^
John Thomlinson
To Theodore Atkinson Esq"" Secritary to his Maj'>'^ Province of
New Hampshire
\TJioinlinsoji to Atkinson^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 154.]
London y'^ 4*'' of March 1750
Sir I have Just now Wrote to you on Affairs relating to the Gov-
ernment, I am now to take notice of your own private affairs I find
that when I settled with M"" Sherbourne for M" Pickerings pay, I have
ommitted Stoping your demand of ^5 : 14:0, when he came to Set-
tle his own. And M"' Pickerings, we were in a great hurry. So that
neither I or any Body in the Counting house once tho't of your paper
of demands on y^ Several officers, As it was laid By with other papers
till the Money Should be paid by the Government, neither did know
of or Stope Either from M*" Sherborns or M'' Pickerings one "^ Cent
for fees &c at the Offices, which we are obliged to Stop out of all the
others, as you will See by the province Account w*^"^ I Shall Soon Send
you, that the fees &c paid Amounts to that —
I have Settled with and paid, the Rev*^ M"" Browne for himself and
his Son, And he dont Chose to Allow you the ;^I5 you Charge, But
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 373
has had the Whole, and Says that he will Settle that affair with you,
& he goes in this Ship, I think all the other Articles we Shall Carry
to your Credit, —
Last Month M"" Jones paid me for your Ace" ^146. 15. 2 which
you have credit for, he desires me to tell you, that yoar& M"" Mitch-
ells diary are And will Continue to be Stop'd, So long as you Swear
to yours before M"" Mitchel, & he to his before you, I am Sorry you
have no other justice in the province —
Cap' Hunking is Saild for Antigua, and I have told him that if he
draws on Me for ^20 on your Account I shall pay it, You have
herewith Bill of Loading for y^ Goods you orderd for J Simpson But
The Linins You order for M'' Simpson are on Board Cap' Lewis, As
Soon As these Ships are gone Your Account Shall be made out, And
you Shall have it, And the province Account Also, I am with great
Esteem —
Sir Your Most hum' Ser'
John Thomlinson
To Theodore Atkinson Esq""
\TJionilinson to Atkinson. Copy '^ Spcndcr.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 156.]
London 29"' Mar. 1750
The° Atkinson Esq''
Sir — Since the above, am without any of yours, therefore have
only to advise you, that the Parliament has voted the Money to be paid
for the Canada Expedition, but when it will be Issued, Can't yet
inform you, but hope it will soon, when shall write you again, Interim
I am, Sir, Your hum' Servant,
John Thomlinson
London y*" 10"' of May 1750
Sir The Money Granted by Parliament as Above is not yet Issued,
Tho I Expect it daily to be done, and then I hope I Shall be able to
get what is Voted to your Regement, as for what is Voted to the
province, I Suppose it must lye in the Treasury as the Sum that was
Voted for Louisbourg does, for want of my haveing proper powers to
receive it, I find that Both the Provinces & Regiments Account Are
greatly Shortned, but Cannot yet give you Ace' in what particular,
But the whole Granted to your province & Regement is only ^21446,,
10,, 10, As Soon As the Money is Issued I possible may be Able to
374 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Send you the particulars which were not Allow'd to the province,
As to what is done in the Account you Sent me of the pay &c due
to the officers of your Regement, I have An Account what is done
in that, Viz' the Two Captain Wentworths are Struck out, And Cap'^
Gilhiian & Sherbourne are put in their Roome, And Nothing Allow'd
to the Muster Master, or Any other Charge whatever, only the offi-
cers pay with the usual deductions, I hope very Soon to get the
' Money, And then Shall Send you the Whole Account, that you may
See what is due to your Self & Every Other Officer, I want much
to hear what you are doing in your province Since what was wrote
by Dowers, I wish you may do right & Am
Sir Your Most hum' Ser*
John Thomlinson
\Atkiiison to ThomlinsoiP^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 157.]
Portsm" May 26"' 1750
S'' His Excelency the Survey'' General of the woods has communi-
cated to me his Letter to you of the 26"^ of March last takeing notice
of an Agreement he has made with M"" Amhurst who is to be Suc-
ceeded as one of his Deputies by his Son ffoster and that the Pur-
chase from M'' Amhurst is ^^300 Sterling — If I understand it I am
to pay the one half and our Sallarys to be Equally Divided as he
mentions to you with which I am Content but as I have only Seen
his Letter & have had no talk with him on this head cannot give the
necessary Directions till I See him he not being in Town & the Post
just going out So y' I hope you will follow y^ Directions in his Let-
ter or Such further Instructions as he may give till I can know his
mind more fully — we have By a Ship from Bristol an Acco' of a
Parliamentary Provision for the Df reaying the Canada Expence &c I
hope you have got thro' that affair I much want to have it finished
as far as I am Concerned — there is one thing that I formerly men-
tioned to you that I hope you have not omitted — that is to Procure
Some orders about the Powder & Small arms that were returnd & not
Expended it Lays here in a very odd manner and cannot be Disposed
of without orders from home God know when our Assembly will
come to any usf ull Action for tho' I believe they See their mistake Still
they are obstinately Pursueing the first blunder tho' I hope not with
So much ranchor — yet it will be necessary that the Dispute be De-
termined at home in Such a manner as will Leave no room for further
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL I'APERS. 3/5
Dispute here — the Waiges allowd to the Surgeons Mate in my regi-
ment Doctor Miller I have Purchased & paid him here So you must
Creed* my Acco* therefor — Pray Let me Have a List of what Each
officer will have net in your hands after the Deductions of alsorts are
made & how the Deductions Arises that I may Settle with those to
whom I have advanced the money here I am S""
[Endorsed] Copy to Cap^ Thomlinson Via Boston 1750.
[The following is a copy of a document in Atkinson's hand attached
to the foregoing. — Ed.]
Dated 26 March 1750 Comn'cated 25 May 1750
Coll Atkinson has now 1/3 of the Sallary as one of Deputies as it
Stood in Coll Dunbars time & that is to be Divided between him &
my Son Foster as is also the Sallary of fosters as M'' Amhursts Suc-
cessor between them which Please to observe & Carry one half of
Each to the Creed* of their respective Acco''^ as you receive it from
M"" Jones who will have orders to Pay it to you as he receives it they
will both write you on this head agreeable to this & that no Disapoint-
ment may arise to M"" Amhurst for want of your being in Cash for
these Gentlemen you may Pay the Sum herein agreed upon — Viz
;!^300 Sterling or any part out of my Sallary which I am hopeing
will be Clear by this Time I referryou to the above Gentlemen & am
[4-78] His Majesty s ^2^ Instrnction.
" And whereas His Majesty hath thought fit by His Commission, to
direct, that in Case of your death or absence from the said Province,
And in Case there be at that time no person upon the place Commis-
sionated or appointed by His Majesty to be his Lieutenant Governor
or Commander in Chief, the Councillor whose name is first placed in
His Majestys Instructions to you, & who shall be at the time of your
death or absence resideing within the said Province of New Hamp-
shire shall take upon him the administration of the Government, &
Execute the said Commission and instructions, and the Several
powers & Authoritys therein Contained, in the Manner thereby
directed,
" It is nevertheless His Majestys express Will and Pleasure, that in
Such case the S"^ President shall forbear to pass Any Acts, but what
are Imediately Necessary for the peace & Wellfare of the said Prov-
ince without His Majestys particular order for that purpose. And that
^-jG MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
he shall not take upon him to dissolve the assembly then in being,
nor to Remove or Suspend any of the Members of the Said Council,
nor any Judges, Justices of the peace, or other officers Civil or Mili-
tary, without the Advice & Consent of, at least Seven of the Council :
And the said President is to transmit to His Majesty, and to His
Commissioners for Trade & Plantations, by The first opportunity, the
Reasons for Such alterations, Signed by himself, & by the said
Council."
Exam"^ Theodore Atkinson Sc^
His Majesty s 46"^ Instruction.
" And you are with the Advice & Consent of His Majestys Council,
to take Especial Care, to Regulate all Salarys & fees, belonging to
places, or paid upon Emergencys, that they be within the bounds of
Moderation, & that no exaction be made upon any Occasion whatso-
ever, As allso that Tables of all fees be publicly hung up, in all places
where Such fees are to be paid, And you are to transmit. Copies of
all Such tables of fees to His Majesty, and to His Commissioners for
trade & Plantations as aforesaid."
Copy Ex^ Theodore Atkinson Se''^
[4-79] {^Instructions relative to Grants, 1750.]
His Majesties 38"^ and 39''^ Instruction.
And Whereas it has been found by long experience. That the set-
tling Planters in Townships hath redounded very much to their ad-
vantage, not only with respect to The assistance they have been able
to afford each other In their Civil Concerns : But likewise with re-
gard To the Security they have thereby acquired against the Insults
and Incursions of neighbouring Indians, or other Enemies, His Ma-
jesty has therefore thought fit, for His Service, that Townships should
be Settled on the Frontiers of your Province, and that each Township
may Consist of about Twenty thousand acres of Land, but not to Ex-
ceed Six Miles square, and in each such Township, A proper Place shall
be laid out for the Scite of the Town itself, where any Planter, be-
sides fifty Acres of Land for each Person in his family, shall have sett
out a Lot or Footland For a Town Plouse, and that no Town be set
out or any Such Lands or Lots granted untill there be fifty, or more
Families ready to begin the Settlement, and that so Soon, as any such
Township has got one hundred or more Families Settled therein, it
MISCELLANEOUS PR()VI\CL\L PAPERS. 377
shall have and enjoy all the Immunities and Privelidges, as do, of
Right, belong to any other Parish Or Township in the said Province.
39''' And whereas by your Commission you are, with The advice of
His Majesties Council there, Impowered To agree with the Inhabit-
ants of the said Province For such Lands &c &c Tenements and He-
reditaments, as now are, or hereafter shall be in His Majesties Power
To dispose of, and them to grant to any Person or Persons for such
Terms, and under such moderate Quit Rents, Services and acknowl-
edgments, to be thereupon reserved unto His Majesty, as you, by the
advice aforesaid. Shall think fit. It is nevertheless His Majesties ex-
press Will and Pleasure, that you do not make any grants of Lands
to any Person whatsoever under a Less Quit Rent Than one shilling,
Proclamation money, for every hundred Acres of Land so granted ;
except for the first Ten Years, during which Term, the Grantee shall
be exempted from the payment of Quit Rent, And that in all Grants
of Land, a Clause be inserted to reserve all white, or other Sort of
Pine trees fit for masts, of the Growth of Twenty Four Inches Di-
ameter, and upwards, at twelve Inches from The earth, to His Ma-
jesty, His Heirs and Successors, for the Masting His Royall Navy ;
and that no such Trees Shall Be cut, felled or destroyed, without his
Majesties License For so doing first had and obtained, on penalty of
the forfeiture of such Grant, and of the Land so Granted, reverting
to the Crown, and of all other Pains and Penalties, as Are, or shall
be enjo3'n'd or inflicted by any Act or Acts of Parliament, passed in
the Kingdom of Great Britain ; and that,* another Clause be inserted
therein, to oblige The Grantee to settle, plant, and Cultivate, at least,
five Acres of Land, in every fifty Acres so granted, in five Years
after the Date of his Grant, and to Continue such Settlement and
improve the same by Additional Cultivation on Penalty of the for-
feiture of his Grant, and of the Lands reverting to the Crown, To
be granted to such as will effectually plant and Cultivate the same —
Copy of his Maj'^^ 38"' & 39''' Instructions to his Excelency Ben-
ning Wentworth Esq Govern"
Examined ^ Theodore Atkinson Se''-^'
[4-81] \_Gpvenior Wentivorth to the Duke of Bedford.']
Portsmouth January 10''' 1750
May it please Your Grace,
as Soon as Your Graces Commands of the 14'" of april last came
to my hands, encloseing an Act of Parliament to which His Majesty
378 MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCLA.L PAPERS.
had been pleased to give His Royal assent, to encourage the impor-
tation of pig & bar Iron from His Majestys Colonys in America to
prohibit the Erecting of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or roll-
ing of Iron, or any plateing forge to work with a tilt hammer, or any
Furnace for makeing Steel in any of His Majestys Plantations, I
caused the said Act to be published in the most public manner, &
Issued my orders to the respective towns within my Government, to
Lodge in the Secretarys office within a time therein limited. An Ac-
count of all Such Mills or Engines, as by a Copy of the Said order,
& my Certificate Annexed will appear, besides this General order I
have made a more particular enquiry, & I am fully Satisfied there is
not within the limits at New Hampshire any Such Mill or Engine,
and but one Forge that makes bar Iron.
I think it my duty to inform Your Grace That the assembly, neither
will proceed to the Choice of a New Speaker, nor receive the New
Members, called in Consequence of His Majestys additionall instruc-
tion given at Whitehall June 30^^ 1748-
The Conduct of the assembly herein, I have fully represented to
the R* Hon^'^ the Lords Commiss""^ for Trade & Plantations, who have
wrote me that no time was lost in transmitting the Account thereof
to your Grace to be laid before His Majesty for His further directions
therein, which I am hopeing soon to recieve, in the mean time by
the Advice of His Majestys Council, I keep the General assembly
under short Adjournments & Prorogations.
I am my Lord
your Graces most faithfull Serv*
B W
His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
[4-82]
\Dukc of Bedford, trans7)iitti7ig Act of Parliament to Prevent the
Manufacture of Iron and Steel in the Colonies.^
Whitehall 14'^' April 1750
Sir. The King having given his Royal Assent the last Sessions
of Parliament to an Act, Entituled an Act to encourage the Impor-
tation of Pig & Bar Iron from His Majesty's Colonies in America and
to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or
rolling of Iron or any plateing Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or
any Furnace for making Steel in any of the said Colonies ; " which
Act is to take place the 24^^ of June next, and His Majesty's Governors
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 379
in North America liavin<4- particular Instructions given them
therein, I have the King's commands to transmit it to you to the end
that you may have the same duely pubhshed & observed throughout
your Government.
I am Sir
your most obedient humble Servant.
Bedford
Gov of New Hampshire.
[4-83]
{Petition of JonatJian Stanhope, relative to Indians, 17 50.]
To His Excellency Ben ning Wentworth Escj'' Cap' General & Gover-
nour in cheif in & Over his Maj^'^ Province of New Hampshire in
New England, the Hon*"^^ the Council & General Court Or Assem-
bly for Said Province
The Petition of Jonathan Stanhope of Sudbury in the Province of
the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Humbly Sheweth/.
That Your Petitioner has Very often Served his Maj'^ in the Wars
with the French and Indian Enemy, & been Engaged in Several fights
Against Said Enemy in the Said province of New Hampshire, In one
of which fights Viz' on May 2^ 1746, your Petitioner (then Under
the Command of Maj"^ Josiah Willard) killed one Indian & at the Same
time Shot, & broke the Arm of Another Indian
That on June 19''^ 1746, At a place called the Dug- Way in Number
4. yo"" Petition"^ being one of the Troop Who under the Command of
Cap' Josiah Brown [of Sudbury] Engaged a party of the Enemy,
Received a very grievous Wound in his Arm, by A Shot from Said
Enemy, by means Whereof Your poor petitioner has Suffered Ex-
treme pain, & after the best Means to Obtain healing, Still remains
Under much pain, & is rendered Utterly Uncapable to labour And
so Wholly cut off from the Ordinary way of Subsisting himself in the
World, Nor has Yo' Petif^ Such An Estate in the World as Will af-
ford him a comfortable Support, without bearing hard upon his
Children.
Your Petition'' humbly Prays Your Excellency And this Hon*^'^
Court to take his distressed Condition into Your Wise & compassion-
ate consideration And Grant him Such Relief, under the Same, either
by An Allowance out of the publick Treasury, or a grant of Land out
380 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL^L PAPERS.
of the unappropriated Lands of the Province As in Your Excellency's
And Hon''^ Great Wisdom and Justice Shall be thought fit
And Yo"" Petitioner Shall Ever Pray &c
Jonathan Stanhope
Sudbury April the 7'^ 1750 —
These Certifie that the Within Pettetioner Was under my Com-
mand & In the Engagement Rec'^ his Wound at No : 4 : as within
Exprest Sac. Josiah Browne Cap'
[4-84] \Acts Approved by the Privy Conncili\
At the Council Chamber Whitehall
Seal the 31^' day of May 1750
Present
Their Excellencys the Lords Justices
Arch Bp of Canterbury Duke of Richmond Earl of Harrington
Lord Chancellor Duke of Argyll Henry Pelham Esq''
Lord Privv Seal Earl of Sandwich
Lord President M"" Comptroller
Earl of Cholmondeley Horatio Walpole Esq""
Lord Anson William Pitt Esq""
Whereas by Commission under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
the Governor Council and Assembly of His Majestys Province of
New Hampshire, are Authorized and Empowered, to make. Consti-
tute and Ordain Laws, Statutes and Ordinances, for the Publick
Peace, Welfare and good Government of the said Province ; which
Laws, Statutes and Ordinances are to be, as near as conveniently may
be, agreeable to the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom, and are to
be transmitted to His Majesty for His Royal Approbation or Disal-
lowance : — And Whereas in pursuance of the said Powers, two Acts
were passed in the said Province in September 1743, and July 1745,
which have been transmitted Entitled as follow — Viz'
" An Act for the better executing An Act for emitting the Sum of
Twenty five thousand pounds in Bills of Credit on this Province
equal to so much Proclamation Money upon Loan and for granting to
His Majesty the Interest that shall arise thereby for the purposes in
the said Act mentioned." —
Passed in September 1743.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 38 1
"An Act in Addition to An Act entitled An Act for emitting the
Sum of Twenty five thousand pounds in Bills of Credit on this Prov-
ince equal to so much Proclamation Money upon Loan and for grant-
ing to His Majesty the Interest that shall arise thereby for the
purposes in the said Act mentioned, And an Act entitled An Act for
the better executing An Act entitled An Act for the emitting Twenty
five thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit on this Province equal to so
much Proclamation Money upon Loan and for granting to His Ma-
jesty the Interest that shall arise thereby for the Purposes in the said
Act mentioned."
Passed in July 1745.
Which Acts, together with a Representation from the Lords Com-
missioners for Trade and Plantations thereupon, having been referred
to the Consideration of a Committee of the Lords of His Majestys
most Honoble Privy Council for Plantation Affairs, The said Lords
of the Committee did this day Report their Opinion to their Excel-
lencys, that the said Acts were proper to be Approved — Their
Excellencys the Lords Justices taking the same into Consideration,
were pleased, with the Advice of His Majestys Privy Council, to De-
clare their Approbation of the said Acts ; And pursuant to their
Excellencys Pleasure thereupon expressed, the said Acts are hereby
Confirmed, finally Enacted, and ratified accordingly — Whereof the
Governor or Commander in Chief of His Majestys Province of New
Hampshire for the time being, and all others whom it may concern,
are to take Notice and Govern themselves accordingly. —
W : Sharpe
[Copied from the original. — Ed.]
[4-85] \Warrant fo7' Expenses of Canada Expedition, 1750.]
After our hearty Commendations, Whereas by Letters of Privy
Seal bearing Date the 7'*^ Day June 1750 grounded on the Clause in
an Act of Parliament pass'd last Session for Appropriating the Sup-
plys, & on a report made to us the 28th day of February 1749 Sign'd
by yourself, the Lords Commissions for Trade and Plantations, & his
Majestys Secritary of Warr, Wee are among other things Authoriz'd
& Impower'd to Issue our Warrant or Warrants to the Pay M"" Gen-
eral of his Majestys Fforces for the time being, for the paying out of
any Money in his Hands, Applicable to this Service unto such Person
or Persons as shall appear to be properly Entitled to receive the same
382 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the several Sums stated to be remaining due for the Expences
incurr'd in his Majesty's Provinces of North America on an Expedi-
tion Intended against Canada, & for Assistance sent to Nova Scotia,
& on other Extraordinary Occasions According to the Acco* Uquidated,
settled, & adjusted in the said Report, & in the said Letters of Privy
Seal relation being thereunto had may more fully & at large Appear
And Whereas, the Summs remaining due to be paid for such Ex-
pences incurr'd in the Province of New Hampshire do amount in the
whole to ;^2i446,, 10,, io| According to the Acco' in the said Report,
contain'd a Copy of which is hereunto annex'd & wee upon taking
into Consideration your Memorial of the 30th Aug' 1750 are of Opin-
ion that the said sum may properly be paid to John Thomlinson of
London Merch* who as Agent to that Province, appears to be duly
Authoriz'd for this purpose, to be by him distributed paid Over &
Apply'd in Discharge of the Bills of Exchange, Certificates or other
Authentick Claims liquidated in the annex'd Acco* according to the
said Acco' & Conformable to the said Report. These are therefore to
Authorize & require you to pay or cause to be paid out of any Money
in your hands Applicable to this Service the said Sum of ;^2i446,,
io„ lOj without Deduction unto the said John Thomlinson or his
Assigns to be by him Distributed paid over & apply'd in full discharge
of all the said Several Expences, Claims, & Demands Accordingly.
And for so doing this with the Acquittance of the said John Thom-
linson shall be as well to you for the Payment as to his Majesty's
Auditors, & all others concern'd for allowing the same upon your
Acco* a Sufificient Warrant —
Whitehall Treasury Chambers the 25''^ October 1750
H. Pellham
To Our very loving ffriend W'" Pitt Esq' Pay G. Littelton
M"" General of his Majesty's fforces — J. Campbell
An Account of the Expences which have arisin within his Majes-
tys Province of New Hampshire, On the Intended Expedition against
Canada, Assistance sent to Nova Scotia, & other Extraordinary Ser-
vices liquidated & adjusted —
To DisburStmentS on the Levying arm- Summs Charg'd. Summ Liquidated
ing & Cloathing a Regim' raisd within
the said Province for the service of
the Intended Expedition, & sending a
Detachm* of the said Regiment to the
succour of Nova Scotia, & for other
Contingent Expences
£ s d
£ s d
4967. 4. I Of
5593- 5- 3i
MISCELLANEOUS FROVIXCLVL PAPERS. 383
To the Pay of the Non Commission summs charg'd. Summ Liquidated.
Officers, & private Soldiers of the said
Regim' rais'd within the Province N.
Hampshire for the Intended Expedi-
tion against Canada, with the Usual
Deduction of One Shilling in the
Pound & one Days Pay '^ Ann. of
Each Man for Chelsea Hospital! . 9859,, 7 9859,, 7
To the Pay of the Commission Officers
of the said Regiment with the usual
Deduction of One Shilling in the
Pound, & one Days Pay ^ Ann. of
each Officer for Chelsea Hospitall . 6472. 3. 6 5994- 4-114
/'3 1 29S. 8. 1 1 ■{ 2 1446. I o. I o J
[4-86]
[ IVan-aiit for Rc-inibnrsing Nciv Hampshire for Expenses of Cape
Breton Expedition, 1750.]
GEORCiE R.
Our Will & Pleasure is that by Vertue of our General Letters, of
Privy Seal bearing Date the 26th Day of June 1727, & in pursuance
of the Clause for Appropriating the supplys granted by Parliam' for
the Service of the Year 1748 contained in an Act pass'd in the
Twenty first year of our Reign whereby it is enacted, that out of the
said Supplys a Sum not exceeding ;£i6355,, 13,, 4 shou'd or might
be Issu'd or apply'd for Reimbursing to the Colony of New Hamp-
shire their Expences in taking & Securing to the Crown of Great
Britain the Island of Cape Breton, & its Dependences, you Issue &
pay, or cause to be Issued & paid out of any Treasure that is or shall
be in the Receipt of our Exchequer Applicable to the Uses afore-
mentioned unto our Trusty & Wellbeloved John Thomlinson of Lon-
don Merch'or his Assigns, who as Agents for the said Colony of New
Hampshire is duly Authoriz'd for this purpose, the said Sum of
^£16355,, 13,, 4 without Deduction in full Satisfaction & Discharge of
all the Expences the said Colony was at in the said Expedition as
stated in the Accounts thereof, which were examin'd by our Com-
mand, & laid before our House of Commons, & are approved by us,
which said Sum is to be reced by the said John Thomlinson without
Account Imprest or other Charge to be set on him in our Exchequer
384 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
for the same, & for so doing this shall by your Warrant, Given at our
Court at S' James's this 19**" December 1750 in the 24th year of our
Reign By his Majesty's Command
H. Pelham
G. Lyttelton
J. Campbell
To the Commissioners of our Treasury — Geo. Grenville
\TJionilinson and Trccothick to Atkinson. Copy '^ Bruce. ~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 159.]
London 20th Septem"' 1751
The° Atkinson Esq-"
Sir — Our last was of the 14th Aug'' '^ Hallowell, since which we
are favour'd with yours 26th July, & 2d Aug^ & note your Directions
about the Ballance of your Acco', which we hope to render you "^
the next Conveyance as the Settlement with M"" Killby is now com-
pleated — the Ballance shall be laid out in Stock as you desire — Our
J. T. has been at the Custom House on your affairs, & has sent your
Power of Attorney — your Sallery will be reced very soon as it only
waits for the Comptroller's Examination of your Accounts The Bills
for £,20 — in favour W"' Pearson, & for ^18. 10/ drawn by Hinox &
Co. of Madeira are paid, & plac'd to your Acco^ The Sundrys you
order are getting ready and shall be shipt you by Cap" Winslow, who
we Expect will sail in about 10 or 14 Days —
The New Hampshire Acco*^ are dayly expected from Barbadoes,
when they come to hand, shall Immediately render Cap" Pike's Acco'.
the Papers Inclos'd relating to Jon^ Greens Prize Money shall be
taken due care of — -There is a Ballance of ;^2. 10. 2 due to Cap"
Davis which shall be shipt him with your Goods agreable to his
Order — We are very sorry to find that the Disorders in your Gov-
ernment still subsist, but are not without hopes that some Measures
will be taken soon to put an End to them — We are with great Re-
spect, Sir, Your most hum'^ Servants,
Thomlinson & Trccothick
London 7"' October 1751
Sir The Bearer Cap' Winslow having filled his Ship before your
small Articles could possibly be got ready, we can only inclose your
Inv° & Bill Lading for three Casks Nails by him and £2^^,, 2,, 3'^ the
Box cont= the remainder of your Order is ready, & will be shipp'd
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 385
you on the four Brothers Cap' Smith, who we hope will sail very soon,
as he is to take in all the Goods shut out of this Ship — we shall then
write you again, interim we remain very respectfully —
Sir your most Humble Serv'^
Thomlinson & Trccothick
8"^ Oct^
we have prevailed on the Cap'" to take your Box & have included
it in the Bill Lading — in it are 4^ doz Gloves for Cap" Tho^ Davis,
also a p"' Stays & a Scale for Coll*-' Meserve, who arc to pay you their
proportion of the Charge on yo'' Box —
\_T//ojfi/i!ison to Atkinson.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 161.]
London y^ 21^' of Sepf 1750
Sir Since my last I have not Any of your Fav''* to Acknowledge,
or have I time by this conveyance to do more than only tell you, that
I am now well assured that the Money granted for the intended Ex-
pedition Against Canada, will be Issu'd in all the next month, when
I shall receive what is due to you And the other officers of Your
Regiment, Your Accounts will have Credit for the Same, And shall
not fail to advise }"0u thereof, And Am with great truth & Esteem —
Sir Your most hum' Ser'
John Thomlinson —
\Thovilinso7i to Atkinson. Copy "^ Olivci'.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 163.]
East Barnet 19"^ July 1751 —
Theodore Atkinson Esq''
Sir — I have your ffavour of the lo"" April here with me, & tho' I
have wrote you in C° with M' Trecothick, yet I have some things to
mention to you that are not Compting House affairs : All your Papers
were lost that were sent by M"" Solly, so I hope you will send Dupli-
cates as well as the Papers M"" Paris & I have wrote for, respecting
the Dispute of Fort Dummer, or Authenticated Proofs that they are
deny'd you by the Government of the Massachusetts Bay — The gov.
ernment here will have nothing further to do with any Dispute abt
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386 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the money granted, & paid on Acco' the affairs of Canada & Louis-
burg, I apply'd to the Treasury for their Lordships Directions (to
send to your Province) how the Money shou'd be apply'd for sinking
the Paper Money of your Province : I was given to understand that
it was Expected it shoud be apply'd by the Province to the calling in,
& sinking the Paper Money of the Province, but they wou'd not give
me any Directions about it : I told M"" Secritary West that the Par-
liament in the Granting the said Money, have given the Lords of the
Treasury a Discretionary Power, & therefore I begg'd to have some
Directions how it was to be apply'd : he answer'd : they had paid
me the Money, & wou'd have nothing further to do with it, thus the
Case stands, & as I wrote you the Province has now near ^30,000
Neat Money (all ffees & Commissions paid) laying dead ; lock'd up in
the Bank, & if your Government won't agree to do what is here ex-
pected from them, that is, to do Justice by calling in and sinking
your Paper Money ; They shou'd consider the Province's Intrest so
ffar as not to let a Sum of Money lay dead but give orders that it
may be Invested in some Government Fund, here, as it will bring in
an Interest of near ;^900 "^ Ann. Sterling : I dare not Venture to
lay out a Farthing of it without an Act of the Legislature of your
Province, & that cannot be done neither till the other Members are
admitted, for I find if the Governer attempts to transact any kind of
Business with the House, untill those Members be admitted, it must
be at his Peril and as this Money lays Entirely at my Disposal, I won-
der my ffriends in your Province are not affraid of my running away
[with] it, however if the House of Representatives wou'd be so
wise as to admitt the new Members (as they must be oblig'd to do, &
I think, now before long) & proceed to Business Properly ; I shou'd
think they wou'd chuse a comittee to be join'd to a Committee of his
Majesty's Councill, & call in, and sink the Paper Money, and give the
Possessors thereof Bills of Exch^ for the Respective Sums so bro't in
by them, at the rate of Exchange as the Massachusetts have done,
and advise me properly of such Sums drawn on me, & they shall be
paid punctually, or if they think proper to order me to buy Silver,
& send it over, I shall readily do it : but the former Method will be
saving Freight, Insurance, and other charges — An Act has
pass'd this Session of Parliament for regulating and Restraining the
Paper Money in N E : I have herewith sent you the same : It is not
(in my Opinion) so perfect as was design 'd, but it was the best, & all
we cou'd get, & I hope it will be strictly observ'd, & whatever you,
and others, knowing in Money Affairs, shall find wanting in this Law,
Pray let me know before the next Sessions of Parliament The West
India Planters and Merchants attempted at the Board of Trade &
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCLVL PAPERS. 387
House of Commons to obtain a Prohibition of all Trade between the
Northern Collonys & the French & Dutch Sugar Collonys : ffor my
Part : that tho' a West India Merch' I saw this Attempt in such a
Light, that in Spite of all Connections with the Sugar Islands,
and the large Property I have therein, I oppos'd it Openly with all
the power and Interest I was Master of and declar'd I did it out of
Principle, & as a Private Merch' tho I was oblig'd to attend it as an
Agent, but as an Agent I was oblig'd to do as the others did, that is,
to ask for time to be Instructed from my Principal and upon that
Point we got it put off for this year, and I was in hopes the West-
Indians, from what they met with in this Application, would not have
had any ffurther thoughts of applying, but last Week I was serv'd with a
Notice that they design to apply next Sessessions that we may want no
proper Instructions from our respective Provinces, therefore have
sent you a Copy of said Notice (as Secretary) and I hope you & all
the other Provinces will send proper Directions to their Respective
Agents to be here in Octo"" next, and I shou'd be glad that you and
the other Gentlemen of your Province wou'd get me an Acco. how
many Ships & Vessels have gone (in a year ffor 6 or 7 years back,
distinguishing each year) directly from your Place to our own Sugar
Islands, and come back directly from thence with Sugar Rum, and
Molasses, and (as near as you can) the full Quantitys they have
brought with them from thence of those Commoditys. and I wou'd
also have you send me (as you have it from M"" Wentworth's, M"^
Odiorne's, M"" Moffatt's and M"" Warner's Books) the low Price that
their Lumber & Pish have sold for in our West India Islands these
two last years, and the high Prices they have been oblig'd to pay for
their Sugar, Rum, & Molasses in our Sugar Collonys, & also let me
know if the Masters of these Ships cou'd have so much Molasses as
they wanted in any of our own Sugar Islands, and let me have all
these Papers properly Authenticated & they will be of great use in
this affair, and you must also send me a Particular Acco* of all the
Various Uses Molasses are put to in your Fishery, in your Shipping,
and Trade and by the Artificer, Farmer, Mast Cutters Labourer, &
Soldier, and the fatal Effect it must have upon N E in Generall, and
upon your Province in Particular to be prevented from being supply'd
with a proper Quantity of Molasses, & at as cheap a Rate as possible
and that our own Sugar Collonys cannot supply you with the Quan-
tity you want, or will they let you have any if they can avoid it,
therefore if you shou'd be restrain'd from having it from the French,
and Dutch in your own Navigation, & in return ffor your Lumber,
and refuse Fish, the French will not only supply their own, & the
Dutch Sugar Collonys with Lumber, and Fish in their Navigation,
388 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
and cannot be prevented, as the Coasts of N E. are of such vast Ex-
tent, and full of Creeks, and Bays, of good Arbours, &: so near Cape
Breton : I think all Partys, and ever)^ body concerned in Trade, or in
the Wellfare of the Northern Collonys, and not only in your Province
but in every Province of North America, shou'd apply strictly to the
Providing these Acco*^ & whatever Matters, and things they may
think will be of service in preventing this evil design'd them, and
supply their Agents therewith properly, & in time, & [Torn.] your
Province will not be wanting in doing what I here advise [Torn.] else
you may think needfull and for my Part I shall not be wanting in
making the best use of them in my Power — My Books will now very
soon be settled to the ist this Month, the time of the Commence-
ment of my Partnership with M"' Trecothick, and then 3^ou, and every
body else I have dealings with will have your Accounts. When I
wrote you by the first Spring Ships I then told you that you shou'd
soon have all the Officer's Acco^' belonging to your Regiment, and
also the Province Accounts, and you shou'd have had long since, only
here is M"" Killby and some others, who have Demands, and tho' they
might have settled with me, & had their Money any time since the
1st Nov'' yet have not done it : I want very much to settle those Mat-
ters, and get rid of the Money, and have all Acco^^ finish'd and am
very Truely Sir your most humble Servant
John Thomlinson
[Page 165, Atkinson to Thomlinson, concerning Mason's purchase,
is printed in Vol. VI., p. 893. — Ed.]
\Dcpositions relative to Trade and Commerce betzveen Nezu HainpsJiire
and the West India Islands, 175 1.]
[Copied from Hibbard Collections, Vol. III., pp. 172-3.]
The Deposition of Philip Reed and David Horney both of Ports-
mouth in the Province of New Hampshire in New England mariners
who Testify that they have been masters of vessells, the said Reed
for more than twenty & the said Horney for near thirty years last
past and have been well acquainted with the Trade between the
Northern Colonies and the West India English Islands & especially
from New Hamp"" aforesaid that there are more than Six Vessells now
Trading from this Place to the West Indies that return directly back
here again for one that there was when these Depon^^ first were
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIKXTAL PAPERS. 389
acquainted with the Trade that they have been most of the time above
mentioned employed in this Trade and know that there is a great
Difference in the Price of the Goods w"^'^ is carried to the said Islands
from the North as Lumber Provisions tSc fish from what it was ten
years ago those goods being now Generally so Plenty there that they
dont sell for half the price they formerly did & sometimes for less
than the prime cost and the West India goods as Rum Sugar and
mollases cost now more than Double what they did a few years since
& mollases can scarcely ever be had at the English Islands only what
they purchase & import from the P'rench & Dutch Islands with the
Lumber & other Produce of the Northern Colonies. That the mas-
ters can very seldom get as much mollases as the owners order at any
Rate the English in the said Islands Distilling much more than for-
merly and the demand from the North greatly Increasing That there
is every year a growing Demand for all West India goods in the
Northern Colonies as they Increase vastly more than the Settlements
in the West Indies and those goods being us'd in the fishery Lumber
Business «S: other Laborious Services in Great Quantities in all the
Northern Colonies. That the English Islands cannot afford a suffi-
cient supply especially of mollases to the said Colonies at such j^rices
as they can possibly purchase and that it cannot be got of the Pro-
duce of those Islands. And the said Horney adds that when he has
been at Martineco he has seen the English Traders from Barbadoes
come with Provisions & traded for french Goods —
Philip Reed
David Horney
\Pepositions of NatJianicl Jones, SaviucI Frost, and John Briard.'\
Nathaniel Jones *S: Samuel Frost both of said Portsmouth Testify
that they have been masters of vessells for several years past That
they have been chiefly employed in the West India Trade, and John
Briard another master of a vessell for more than Ten years who also
Testifies and says that Lumber fish & Provisions are now generally so
plenty in the West Indies sent there from the Northern Colonies that
those goods do not sell for half the price they us'd to do Seven or
Ten years since. That the price of Rum Sugar & mollases is more
than Double what they us'd to be at the said Islands, & the ;Demand
in the Northern Colonies vastly greater than usual so long since that
mollases cannot be got at the English Islands only as tis Imported
from the french, Dutch & Danes that this is a frequent Practice the
390 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
West India Traders sending the Produce of the Northern Colonies
to purchase their mollases & selling it to the Northern Colonies That
Rum Sugar & mollases is sold at Portsmouth for more than three
times as much as it was Ten years ago That the Consumption of
those goods is Increasing in the Northern Colonies every year That
mollasses could not be had at any Rate if there was none Imported
but what might be had from the said Islands of their own manufac-
ture That all these goods are of absolute necessity & especially
mollases to the People in the Northern Colonies in allmost every
branch of their Business ■ — Nath' Jones
Sam' Ffrost
Jn° Briard
\_Deposition of Alatthias Haines.']
[Ibid, p. 173.]
Matthias Haines of Portsmouth in New Hamp"" in New England
on oath Declares that the foregoing Deposition is True the said
Hains haveing been master of a vessell Tradeing to the West Indies
from Portsmouth aforesaid for many years last past
Matthias Haines
[The foregoing depositions were sworn to by the several signers,
at Portsmouth, October 29, 175 1, before Samuel Hart. — Ed.]
\_Govenior Wentzvoj'tJi to Board of Trade and Plantations, 1751.]
[Copied from the English Archives for the New Hamioshire Histori-
cal Society, 1888.]
Public Record Office of England
Colonial Correspondence — Board of Trade — Nezv Hampshire
Benning Wentworth to Board of Trade 23 March 1 750/1
L. S.
Endorsed — New Hampshire. Letter from M"" Wentworth Gov""
of New Hampshire, dated at Portsmouth y^ 23'"'^ of March 1 750/1
giving y*^ Board an Account of the Boundaries & Situation of that
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 39I
Province, & transmitting Copies of some Papers relating to the Con-
tinuance of his old Dispute with the Assembly about the choice of a
Speaker, — & admitting New Members, &c. Rec'' July y^ 13*'' 175 1
Read April 29''' 1752
Enclosing John Tufton Mason to Thco : Atkinson, deed, 30 July
1746 — J. Tufton Mason, deed, 11 Dec. 1750 — Wentworth's message
to As.sembly 28 Sept. 1750 — Assembly's message to Wentworth 3
Oct. 1750 — Wentworth's message to Assembly 4 Oct. 1750 — Para-
graph of Charles II's commission to Ed. Crantield 9 May 1694,
Portsmouth March 23'' 1750.
May it please your Lordships
In obedience to your Lordships Commands, I herewith transmitt,
a plan of the Province of New Hampshire, which I think is as per-
fect as it could be done, with respect to the Geography The Histor-
ical description of the Old Province of New Hampshire will be short
as it was originally a Grant made by the Council of Plymouth to
Captain John Mason, bearing Date November y^^ 1629 ancl contains
all that Part of the main land from the middle of Merrimac River
Northwards along the Sea Coast to Piscataqua River, and up said
River to the Further head thereof, and from thence Northwestward
untill three score Miles be finished From the Entrance of Piscataqua
River, and allso from IMerrimac through the said River to the
Furthest head thereof, and thence in to the Land Westward, untill
three score miles be finished, and from thence to Cross over land to
the three score Mile End accounted from the Entrance of Piscataqua
River, which said Portion of Lands, the said Mason called by the
name of New Hampshire.
In 1679 His Majesty King Charles the second took all that part of
New England, Then and since known by the name of New Hamp-
shire into His own immediate Government, and by Letters Patent
Commissioned a President [John Cutt] and Council to take upon them
the Government of New Hampshire, Declaring therein that the Gov-
ernment had never been yet granted, and therefore Creates, and gives
the power of Government over the said Tract of Land granted to
Mason to the said President and Council. This my Lords is the
state of New Hampshire with regard to the grant made by the Coun-
cil of Plymouth to Mason in 1629.
Upon a long dispute between the Massachusetts Bay and New
Hampshire, on P^ebruary 9'*^ 1736 His Majesty was pleased by His
order in Council, to direct that a Commission should be prepared and
passed under the great Seal, authorizing Commissioners to mark out
392 MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCLA.L PAPERS.
the Dividing line between the Province of the Massachusetts Bay and
New Hampshire, giving Liberty to either party therein, who thought
themselves agrieved to appeal therefrom to His Majesty in Council.
In pursuance of His Majesties Said Commission, Commissioners met,
and reported their Determination specially, upon which both Provinces
appealed to His Majesty in Council, and after all parties had been heard
their Lordships were pleased to report to His Majesty as their opin-
ion, That the Northern boundaries of the Massachusetts Bay, are
and be a Similar Curve Line, Pursuing the Course of Merrimac River at
three Miles distance from the North side thereof. Beginning at the
Atlantic Ocean, and Ending at a point due North of a place in the
plan returned by the said Commissioners called Pautucket falls, and
a strait Line drawn from thence due West, cross the said River, till
it meets with His Majesties other Governments, and that the rest of
the Commissioners said report or determination be affirmed by His
Majesty. In 1739 His Majesty was pleased with the advice of His
Privy Council to approve of their Lordships opinion, and to Confirm
it accordingly ; In Consequence thereof the lines have been marked
out and transmitted to your Lordships.
It was likewise His Majesties Pleasure to put all the Lands between
the Province of the Massachusetts Bay and the Province of Main, to
the Westward of Mason's grant under my Government, and the de-
scription of New Hampshire at this time is especially in the words of
His Majesties said determination. Whereas in all former Commis-
sions from the Crown to my predecessors, it was onl}'' called our
Province of New Hampshire.
Your Lordships will be pleased to observe by the plan, that the
Eastern boundary on the Atlantic is very narrow. It not being more
than sixteen miles and a half from the mouth of Piscataqua Harbour
to Merrimac River, but as the Course on Merrimac is West, and the
General course of Piscataqua River tends to the Northward, it is Ca-
pable of making a Government of equal Consequence to the Crown
as His Majesties other Governments, If the new Settlements are not
interrupted by a war. For during the Continuance of a war our num-
bers decrease, The young men chooseing rather to go into the Mer-
chants Service by Sea, than to hazzard their lives in making settle-
ments on the Frontiers, where they must be Exposed to the Indian
Enemy.
New Hampshire is Lock't in between the Government of the Mas-
sachusetts Bay, and the Province of Main, and not being able to
extend its Western settlements more than thirty miles from the sea
while the dispute of boundaries was Subsisting with the Massachu-
setts Bay, no encroachment has been made by the French, which are
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 393
the only Subjects of any foreign Prince that borders on, or can pos-
sibly Interfere with the settlements of His Majesties Subjects in the
Province of New Hampshire.
The only settlement the French have made, nearer than Mount
Real and Ouebec, is the Fort at Crown point, at or near the mouth
or Entrance of the great lake Chamblea, which according to His
Majesties determination of the Western boundary of this Govern-
ment, must fall in New Hampshire, its situation is about one. hun-
dred and fifty miles from the sea, and bears according to the best
information I can procure nearest West Northerly from the Entrance
of Piscataqua Harbour.
As I have related to your Lordships everything I could collect
respecting my Government, in conformity to the Commands I re-
ceived, so I think it my duty to be particular in observing the altera-
tions that have been made from time to time in Masons original grant
since 1629 more especially as I think the last alteration in the Prop-
erty affects the Crown in the revenue that would have otherwise
arisen from the Quit rents, and when your Lordships have Considered
the Circumstances attending the several Conveyances, which I shall
endeavour to set in as clear a Light as possible you may judge whether
the Crown has the right of Soil, as well as Government, which I
conceive it has, and therefore previous to the last Conveyance and to
prevent all future disputes, I used My endeavours with the Assembly
to purchase for the Crown not only Masons right but Aliens right
allso. In which I could not succeed, my reasons for it will appear
under Masons Conveyance to Allen.
King James the second November 3'' 1620 Grants to the Council
of Plymouth the Continent Called New P2ngland situate between the
Lattitude of forty and forty eight degrees North.
November 7''^ 1629, The Council of Plymouth Grants to Captain
John Mason that Tract of Land Between Merrimac and Piscataqua
River, allso Sixty Miles into the Country —
June y^^ 1635. The Council of Plymouth Surrendered their Char-
ter to the Crown.
November 26''' 1635 Captain John Mason makes his will and soon
after dies in England, bequeathing among other Legacies, the grant
made by the Council of Plymouth of New Hampshire, to his Grand-
son John Tuffton to hold to him, and the heirs of his body Lawfully
begotten, the remainder to Robert Tuffton.
Captain John Mason left Issue one daughter, who married Joseph
Tuffton Esq'' in England, by whom he had two Sons John Tuffton
and Robert Tuffton — John dies without issue, and in 1675 S'' William
394 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Jones and S"" Francis Winninton the then attorney and Solicitor Gen-
eral, gave it as their opinion that Robert Mason, who by the will of
Captain John was to Change his name from Robert Tuffton, to Rob-
ert Mason, had a good and Legal right to the Lands Conveyed by
Cap' John Mason which were Called New Hampshire.
In 1686 Robert Tnffton Mason sells to Usher and others Six miles
on each side Merrimac River beginning at Souhegan river on Merri-
mac, and ending at the mouth of Winnepisseoke pond, being part of
the original grant, and entailed, by the said John on the said Robert.
About this time Robert Tuffton Mason dies and leaves issue two sons
John and Robert. This Tract of land is commonly called the million
acre Grant or purchase.
In 1690 — John and Robert joyn in sueing out a Common Recov-
ery in Westminster Hall, at Michaelmas Term, declaring the land to
be in the County of Kent, By which the Entail was dock't, and they
both sell to Samuel Allen Esq"" of London, the whole of the Grant
made to Captain John Mason of New Hampshire, — Soon after John
the Elder died without Issue, Robert died about 1699 and left one
Son and three Daughters, the Son John Tuffton died in 1718 and left
two Sons John Tuffton and Thomas Tuffton. — John Calls himself
John Tuffton Mason but without any act of Government for the
addition.
In 1698 — Samuel Allen sues several of the Inhabitants of the old
Towns of New Hampshire, but was Cast in both Courts. He then
appeals to Her Majesty in Council, and upon hearing both parties,
the judgment of our Courts was affirmed by Her Majesty Queen Ann,
In 1701 Octo'' 14''' — Samuel Allen mortgages the whole of His
interest to Usher with Liberty of Redemption till October 14''' 1703
— But it never was Redeemed ; about this time Samuel Allen dies
and Leaves Issue one Son Thomas Allen.
In 1706 Thomas Allen only son and heir to Samuel Allen sells one
quarter part of his interest in New Hampshire to S"" Charles Hobby,
allso one quarter part more to Carleton Vanburg for the account of
S"" Charles Hobby, by which S'' Charles became one half owner of
New Hampshire, But never in his Life time sued for possession nor
his Heirs since his decease.
In the year 1716 — Governor Shute in His Commission from the
Crown was impowered to Grant the waste and unimproved Lands in
New Hampshire, and all succeeding Governors have done the same,
as Settlers appeared to Cultivate the Lands, so that it appears to me
that the Crown has been in possession of this Government from the
year 1698, which was the last demand made in the law by those that
held under Mason's grant from the Council of Plymouth, untill John
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 395
Tuffton, who has taken upon him the name of John Tuffton Mason,
who is one of the Surviving Grandsons of Robert Mason and one of
the surviving sons of John Tuffton who died in 171 8 The said John
sues out a common Recovery in our Courts in June 1746 — and sells
his right to sundry persons as by the deed herewith transmitted to
your Lordships will appear.
September 30''^ 1749 The said John Tuffton, or John Tuffton Ma-
son makes another deed of Conveyance by his attornies, ratifieing it
11"' December 1750 to the same persons and some others with an
Enlargement of his Claim, as by that deed allso herewith transmitted
will fully appear both of which were given in Consequence of the
Common Recovery in 1746.
This new Proprietor appears upon the advice of the Lawyers, who
say, that the Common Recovery sued out in Westminster Hall at
Michaelmas term by John and Robert Mason, previous to the Con-
veyance made by them to Samuel Allen Esq'' was Illegal, for that it
could not be done in England, but must be done in the Country
where the Estate was, For which reason they, the Gentlemen of the
Law, advised Cap^ John Tuffton Mason to sue out a Common Recov-
ery in our Courts which he has accordingly done, and the sheriff has
given him possession, and he Conveys his title to the Lands to the
persons mentioned in the above deeds.
I have my Lords taken a great deal of Pains, and spent much time
in Collecting every Circumstance attending the original Grant to
Mason from the Council of Plymouth, and the purchasers under him,
to this time, from which I shall hope for His Majesties further Com-
mands, more Especially as the last purchasers from John Tuffton
Mason, have taken upon them to grant Lands and Lay out Town-
ships, to the Westward of the old Towns, which the people at present
are very fond to take up, as it exempts them from paying the quit
rents, reserved by His Majesty in the grants to be made by me : It
was my resolution when the purchase was first made, to have com-
menced an action against the New purchasers. But upon advising
with the Kings attorney, I found that it was his opinion that the Ju-
ries would allways give their virdicts in favour of the proprietors. So
I thought it best to procure the Deeds, and prepare every other circum-
stance relative to the claim, and transmitt them to your Lordships
for your Consideration.
If the Common Recovery sued out in England by John and Robert
in 1690, is Legal, then the right is in the heirs of Samuel Allen, and
as M"" Allen gave a large sum of money, viz' Five thousand pounds
Sterling, Three thousand Pounds whereof he paid down and gave his
bond for ^2000. the remainder, I should think he could not part with
396 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
such a sum of money without the opinion of the ablest Lawyers,
that his title was Legal. By the Common Recovery made in West-
minster Hall by John and Robert of whom he purchased, esteeming
it to be so, was my reason for advising the assembly to purchase Al-
len's right at the same time that they could have purchased Mason's,
The Heirs of Thomas Allen would have sold at a Reasonable price,
and Mason sold his right for about one hundred and thirty pounds
Sterling, reserving two fifteenths to himself.
I have been useing my endeavours with the new purchasers to make
a Tender of their purchase to the Crown, Some are for it. But the
majority are for reserving it to themselves. So I have no further
expectation to have it done in that way, which will make it necessary
for me to have your Lordships Directions herein for my future
Conduct.
From the first Constitution of this Government in 1679, i^ has either
been under the Government of the president of the Council, a Lieu-
tenant Governor, or the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay.
So long as the President of the Council or the Lieutenant Gover-
nor presided, the Assemblies from time to time made great encroach-
ments on the Prerogative, For unless they would Condesend to the
Assembly in all points though never so inconsistant they could not
obtain any grants from them for their services, and from the beginning
of Queen Ann's reign untill the year 1741 the Governor of the Massa-
chusetts Bay was allso Governor of New Hampshire, \yhen the
Assemblies had great opportunities of invading the prerogative allso,
The Governor only coming into the Province once a year. Hold-
ing a General Assembly for the most part not exceeding fifteen days,
in which time the Governor received his Sallary, and then returned
to his other Government where his greatest proffitts arose, under
these disadvantages in 1741 I arrived in my Government where I
scarse found the shadow of Prerogative, but the whole was changed
into the priviledge of the People.
I have endeavoured gradually to introduce the rights of the Crown,
but have as constantly been opposed by the Assemblies, and it would
have been less difficult for me to have established the Kings authority
where there never had been any Government before, than to bring
these people off from practices they have so long exercised and in a
manner without Controul.
In such a Country as this, it is no difficult matter for two or three
desining persons, under pretence of defending the liberties of the
people and opposing the Kings Governor, to obtain followers. This
is the Case with the present Assembly, which principally consists of
such as are very little acquainted with men or the world, and so easily
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 397
led aside from their duty by specious pretenders : The present fac-
tion in the Assembly is carried on by Richard Waldron Esq'' and Two
or three more Richard Waldron Esq*" was suspended from His Majes-
ties Council in 1741, for detaining a Letter to me on His Majesties
Service from General Wentworth who Commanded His Majesties
Land Forces in the West Indies, desiring me to procure recruits for
the army under his Command, My reasons for suspending him I
immediately transmitted to His Majesties principal Secretary of State,
and to your Lordships board, and it not having been His Majesties
pleasure to restore him to his Seat in the Council, he in the last
Election obtained a choice in one of the Inland Towns for a repre-
sentative, and by his acceptance of that choice and being sworn into
the Lower House, he has resign'd his seat in Council, by which there
will be another vacancy, among others I shall hereafter mention,
During the dispute with the present assembly I have spent a good
deal of time in searching the Council Records and examining the
Commissions from the Crown to my Predecessors ; among which I
find a Clause in King Charles the Second's Commission to E. Cran-
field Esq', That every Member of the Council suspended by the Gov-
ernor, or displaced by the Kmg shall be incapable during such
vacancy, and after being so displaced, to be a Member of the General
Assembly ; The aforesaid Paragraph authenticated by the Secretary
I herewith transmitt to your Lordships ; from which the original
Commission may be refer'd to.
By the advice of His Majesties Council I have kept the General
Assembly under short adjournments and prorogations, which the
council thought the surest way to bring them to a sense of their duty.
But I dont see it is like to have any good effect on their behaviour,
for they seem rather inclined to hazzard His Majesties Displeasure,
than give up the points of proceeding to the choice of a New Speaker
and admitting the New Members, which the leaders have pursuaded
the people to believe was an encroachment on their Privileges ; My
two last Messages and their answer to the former I herewith trans-
mitt to your Lordships, But as I am in daily expectation of receiv-
ing His Majesties further Commands, upon the representations I
have heretofore made, whereby I may be reliev'd from my present
anxiety, I shall not further particularize.
By the death of George Jaffrey Esq"" President of the Council, allso
by the death of Jotham Odiorne and Joseph Sherburne Esq""^ there
are three vacant seats in the Council, and by the resignation of Richard
Waldron Esq"" who has taken a seat in the Assembly, If your Lord-
ships should think him unworthy of his seat hereafter, there will be
four vacancies, which I meet with difficulty to fill up.
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The allowance made by the Assembly being but Five shillings a
day for a Councellors attendance, and if he lives out of town he will
be in debt Twenty shillings for each days attendance, Besides Giving
his time to the public, For which reason It is Difficult to find suitable
persons that will pay the Fees of the offices in takeing out their
Mandamus, Which I am to be assured of before I recommend Them
— And I am the more at a loss at this Juncture, as the Gentlemen
concern 'd in Mason's Purchase were the persons best qualified, and
On Whom I depended to fill up the present vacancies In His Majes-
ties Council, But as there are three In the Council Allready concerned
in that purchase Viz' Theodore Atkinson, Richard Wibird and Samuel
Solly Esq""^ I dont think it for His Majesties Service to increase their
power at the Council board, Untill I receive His Majesties Commands
Concerning the said purchase ; But if your Lordships Should Be of
the opinion that the appointment of the Gentlemen concern'd in that
purchase would not Affect His Majesties Interest, I should recom-
mend to fill up The vacancies any of the following Gentlemen, who
Are men of the best Estates we have, and I think I Can place Con-
fidence in them to do the Kings Business in all regards, But where it
affects Mason's Purchase, Viz' Joshua Peirce, Mark Hunking Went-
worth, George Jaffrey, Thomas W^allingford Jotham Odiorne, and
John Moffatt Esq'* allso Daniel Warner and Joseph Newmarch Esq"
The two last Are no ways concerned in Mason's right.
The next obstruction that I am like To meet with is, with the Gov-
ernment of New York concerning the Extent of the Western and
Northern boundary of this Government. By His Majesties Com-
mission the boundary fixed between New Hampshire and the Massa-
chusetts Bay is a West Line untill it meets with His Majesties other
Governments, and to determine where the West line Interferes with
the Government of New York, Governor Clinton and I Have agreed
to submitt it To His Majesty without having any Controversy, and
To make our respective representations to your Lordships and to His
Majesties Principal Secretary of State.
As the Extent of Western and Northern boundary of New Hamp-
shire intirely depends On His Majesties pleasure, I need only Inform
your Lordships that Commissioners from the Crown Have settled the
boundary between New York and Connecticutt at Twenty miles east
of Hudson's River. The Massachusetts Bay have allow'd the Gov-
ernment of New York To extend their Claim Allso Twenty Miles
East of Hudson's River, and Have carried on their settlements, in
Conformity Thereunto, one Renesslaer, Claims twenty four Miles
square on the East, and Twenty four Miles Square on the West side
of Hudson's River, a Tract Of land sufficient for thirty two Town-
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ships of Six Miles square Each, and comprehends more good land Than
any other subject in His Majesties Dominions ; But Renesslaer has
not thought fit to Contend with The Massachusetts for the four miles ;
Presumeing it will Be His Majesties pleasure that a North and South
Line Should divide both the Massachusetts and New Hampshire From
the Government of New York, I have Extended the western boundary
of New Hampshire as far West As the Massachusetts have done
theirs. That is within Twenty Miles of Hudsons river. It will allso
be for the peace and benefit of both Governments if it should Be His
Majesties pleasure to determine the Northern As well as Eastern
boundary of New York. That it May be ascertained how many Miles
North of the City of Albany that Government extends. As it will
In its Northern and Eastern boundary, Interfere with the Western
boundary of New Hampshire Which will keep both Governments
from extending Their settlements beyond their own boundaries, and
be Easily submitted to. Before the Inhabitants have Improved the
Lands ; In virtue of Grants from Either Government.
It will be necessary to inform your Lordships that the Government
of New York was Founded on a Grant made by the Crown to the
Duke of York, and that it was to commence at the Sea and Run sixty
miles North into the Country ; which line Will cross Hudsons river
about twenty miles South of the City of Albany.
Another difficulty I labour under in The administration of my Gov-
ernment, is. That while the appeals from both the Massachusetts Bay
And New Hampshire were depending before His Majesty, The General
Assembly of the Massachusetts Granted in the years 1735 and 1736
upwards of thirty New Townships, the Conditions of which Grants,
were. That the Grantees should settle the said Townships within
three years after the date of their respective Grants, But by the neg-
lect of the Grantees The Conditions have been fuUfill'd by few or
none, and in Consequence of these Grants many of the Proprietors
of these Towns, have petition 'd to have their Grants Confirnrd by
me, which I have offer'd to Oblige them in, on Condition of reserving
to His Majesty the quit rents appointed to be reserved by My In-
structions, and reserving allso all white pine Trees growing on said
Lands fit for masting the Royall Navy, There being no reservation
made of said pine Trees in the Grants made by the General Assem-
bly of The Massachusetts. But hitherto none of the Grantees Will
accept of my Grants on those Conditions, and if The original grantees
and those possessing under Them Should still refuse, It wifl be for
His Majesties Service That your Lordships take this matter under
Consideration, and give me such directions therein, as may Put these
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Tracts of Land under immediate improvement. As for the Inter-
sected Towns formerly Compiain'd of by The possessors holding un-
der the Massachusetts I have With great difficulty Incorporated all
such Towns to Their intire satisfaction, Except part of Northfield
and that being a large Town, There is a sufficient Quantity of land
lying within the boundary of the Massachusetts for a Township of
more than six miles Square, That part which falls in New Hamp-
shire has not more than four or five settlers on It, and without the
Limits of Masons Grant, Which is the reason I apprehend those In-
habitants Have not applied to be Erected into a Township, There
is allso about sixty thousand Acres of Land Situate on the Western
side of Connecticut river. Which was purchased by private persons
from the Government of Connecticutt, which that Government Had
laid out to them by the Government of the Massachusetts Bay, as an
equivalent for two Or three Townships which the Massachusetts pur-
chased from the Connecticutt Government, This Sixty thousand
acres is under no Improvement, and the proprietors not being obliged
To any time, it will lay unimproved, and free from any quit rent, Un-
less I receive your Lordships Commands to lay it out into Townships,
under the same Limitations with His Majesties other Lands adjoyn-
ing to it.
The map of the Province comes In a Long box directed to your
Lordships, and as the French are our near neighbours to the North-
ward, I thought it not improper To add the great Lake Chamblea
which is In part settled by the subjects of the French King, It is
put down with as much exactness As the situation of our affairs
would admitt of.
Since my Message to the Members of the General Assembly of
October 4"' 1750 which they have not thought proper To give any
answer since to, There has Scarse Met a Quorum to enter upon busi-
ness, though I have kept Them under monthly adjournments to this
Time, and the Secretary has Constantly enquired from them whether
they were Disposed To enter uj^on the affairs of the Province. From
the present disposition They are in, I am persuaded unless I give Up
the point of negativeing the speaker, and of the new Members they
will continue The disputes, Untill they are compell'd by His Majes-
ty's Commands'to Own His Authority, — I am —
My Lords Your Lordships Most faithfull Servant
B Wentworth
The Right Hon^'*^ the Lords Commissioners For Trade and Planta-
tions.
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\TJi07nlinson & TrccotJiick to Atkinson. Copy '^ Captain JoJinson.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. i66.]
London 3^ Mar : 1752.
The" Atkinson Esq'
Sir — Annexed is Coppy of our last since which we arc favour'd
with your Letter in C° with M"" Dan : Pierce relating to Mason's Right,
which shall (if possible) be answer'd by this Conveyance — We have
also reced your Favour of 30th Novem'' & now Inclose you the Ac-
counts of the Several Officers in the Canada Expedition with whom
you were concern'd, the Ballance of their respective Accounts Amount-
ing to £S97- 12/ 7i & Lieu' Gerrish ^8„ 2,, 10'' is carried to yours,
which is drawn out, & but for the Hurry we are now in, had been
render'd you by this Conveyance, but shall certainly come very soon
& for the future annually we received of M"" Jones for your Acco*
the 4th Ultimo ;^I47„ io„ — & have paid M*" How ;^ii„ 13,, 4 being
the Ballance of your Account with him — We note the Shoes sent
you were too high priced : they were made by Hose of Lombard
Street, who is reckon'd the best maker in England, & tho' we think
him very dear w^e are forced to Employ him in most of our orders for
private use — the Boots you order'd were also made by him, & come
■^ this .conveyance pack'd in a Box of M*" Went worth's, you are
charg'd for them 30/, & have credit for 2^1 received '^ the Wilming-
ton from M*" Nelson — Your Candlesticks are made but having no
Entry of Plate in this Ship, we are oblig'd to keep them for some
other — We are very sorry to find the Linnens were not to your Sat-
isfaction which will not hereafter be the Case as we have fallen into
another method of procuring Garletts, & all sorts of German Lin-
nens, in "^ticular the former we now ship of the right Lloyd's Fab-
rick, & upon at least as good Terms as they are shipped by that or
any other House, and before we wou'd venture to advise our Friends
of it, have been at the pains of making a Tryall of them, & submitted
them to the Examination of our Friend Cha^ Apthorp Esq"" who ad-
vises us they are Superiour to those he Imported at the same time,
& has order'd a large quantity this Spring that we hope in future to
give full Satisfaction — We remain very Respectfully
Sir, Your most Humble Servants
• Thomlinson & Trecothick
We paid some time since ^20 on your Account to Cap" Hunking.
26
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London 25"^ March 1752
Sir The foregoing is Copy of our last, since w^"^ we have not rec"^
any of your Favours — inclosed is your Acco* Cur* with M"" Thom-
linson as it stood 30*^ June last, when his Books were closed, the Bal-
lance being ;^I258,, 8,, 7 in your Favour is transferred to the Credit
of your Acco' with us, w* is debited for the Goods shipp'd you '^
Briard, Hallowell & Winslow, as also for the Stock bo't & the Bills
p'^ as you have been advised — the Ballance now due to you shall be
invested in Stock the first favourable Opportunity — Your pair of
Candlesticks come '^ the Bearer in a Box of M"" Thomas Oxnaids
who has promised his Care of them they cost as at foot £16,, 8/ 3"^
& we hope will please — We remain
Sir your most Humble Serv*^ —
Thomlinson & Trecothick
S
a p"^ Table Candlesticks & Noss^ 46°^: 14!^"' @ 7/4
engraving emp^ Arms & Crest 7/ p* of Debenture 2/
deduct drawback
17.. 2,
9.
3
17.. II.
I. 3.
3
i6„ 8, 3
[A letter from Thomlinson to Atkinson, dated March 6, 1752, con-
cerning Mason's claim, is printed in Vol. VI., p. 895. — Ed.]
\TJiomlitisoJi to Atkinson. Copy "^ Captain Jo/inson.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 168.]
London 2d Mar: 1752.
The° Atkinson Esq'
Sir — I have now before me your Letter of 29th Novem"" respecting
our Publick affairs, & I am sorry to find the Province Money is like
to continue in my hands, when it ought to be applyed in one Shape or
other, as I formerly wrote you, for the benefit of the Creditors of the
Province, & I all along desired it might, & Expected pro[vince] orders
& Directions thereon, & was in hopes all your Disputes (as you call
them, but called Rebellion here) wou'd have subsided, in order that
the Government of New Hampshire might have availed themselves
of the benefit of this Money in one or other of the Ways I first pro-
posed to you — I observe that my Friends with you suppose " That I
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find some way or other to make use of this money to my own advan-
tage, & that is the Reason (as they are pleas'd to say) you have had
no Determination of your affairs before this." I find my Friends
(as you call them) are no Changelings I am very sorry they will con-
tinue obstinate beyond all Conviction Did not I write to you (as
Secritary of the Province) as soon as I knew the money was to be
paid me, desiring that the Government wou'd order the application of
the money, as they shou'd find wou'd be most for the C & advantage
of the Province, & as soon as I had reason to think they wou'd not,
did not I apply to the Lords of his majestys Treasury, that they wou'd
(in consequence of the discretionary power the Parliament had given
them) order the application thereof, & told them that if I had known
they wou'd not have done it, I wou'd not have reced the money
then pray what cou'd I have done more than I have done to have got
the money properly out of my Hands, & then as to my making use
of this money for my own Interest — I hope those Friends of mine
do not think I want Money to carry on my business, & as I am neither
Stock-jobber nor Usurer, I know no other way of making advantage
of it. But by laying it out in the Funds, & then if any Dii^cultys
or Troubles had arisen here, such Funds might have fallen 5 or 10 '^
Cent in price & your Money at the same time might have been called
for, & I must have been obliged to have sold out, & have set down
with the Loss : 'Tis true as things have happen'd I might have made
money of it, but I have in this affair been too Scrupulously nice, as I
don't Care to run too great risques, or have I been accustom'd to have
money in my hands called for, without being prepared to pay it, but
however as you' are determin'd still to compell me to be your Banker,
I will tell you all plainly that if I can find any method of making a
certain advantage of this money or any part of it, without running
too great a risque, I will Endeavour to do it, for as I am allways able
and ready to pay you the whole Principal money due to the Province
at the least proper Notice that is all that is Expected or required of
me & that you have not yet had a Determination of your affairs here
is by no means owing to any want of my Solliciting it, for I have
frequently pressed the affair as far as I cou'd with any Decency, &
am now Endeavouring to get it done, & am in hopes it will be soon
done, & tho' I am no party in this Dispute (as you call it) or can the
manner of doing it Effect me one way or other provided it is done
Effectually to promote the Quiet, good order & Government of y®
Province & yet I cannot help knowing what is to be done, & that will
be Enforcing his Majesty's Instructions in the Strongest & most Ef-
fectual manner it can possibly be done in, for before that Instruction
i prepared, the affair was most maturely & Solemnly considered
404 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
by the Lords of Trade, & their Council, then by his majesty s [Attorney
&] Sollicitor General, & by his Majesty in Councill, & that it is not
comply'd with has made all your Friends in the Administration (that
I know) your Enemies, & talk of your Province in such Terms as
I shall not here mention, & blame the whole of the People, for tho' it
may only be part of the Assembly that opposes this Instruction, yet
they are the Representatives of the People, & as the Case now stands,
if I was furnish'd with proper Materialls to bring on your Case respect-
ing Fort Dummer or your Appeal I shou'd not care to bring on the
one or the other, if it cou'd be avoided — you say the prevailing
maxim with you is rather to have two Priviledges taken from you,
than give up one : Surely you mistake the nature of the present
Question, for surely his Majesty's Instructions are calculated to Ex-
tend and Enlarge the People's Priviledge : In Sep' 1749 I reced a
Letter from Henry Sherburne Esq'' complaining in this Strain, in
ans'' to which I wrote fully of every Circumstance & thing that I had
heard or seen relating to this unhappy affair, in hopes to set him
right, but I have not had a Line from him ever since that time : I
shall herewith send you the Coppy of the said Letter, it will at least
convince you that I was willing to spare no Trouble or Pains to have
your Differences accommodated, especially when I tell you that I
wrote that long Letter at a time when I had the utmost Hurry of
business upon my hands, & not in the best State of Health — The
West Tndia Planters & Merchants have at last dropped their Appli-
cation for a Prohibition of Trade between the northern Collonys &
the Foreign Sugar Collonys, & I think will not take it up again in
Haste : I at first saw it to be a Scheeme big with [evil] to the north-
ern Collonys, & the Trade & Navigation of those Kingdoms, & that
its consequences wou'd greatly hurt the Sugar Collonys Themselves,
& at the same time wou'd Encrease the Trade & Navigation of the
French, & therefore notwithstanding my Connection with the Sugar
Collonys & the large Property I have in them, I, in the Character of
a West India * oppos'd this Application at the Board of Trade
& * the Parliament * into it, & am glad to find my labours
[were not in vain.] I have anything * Publick affairs : I shall
write to you in C° on your private Business, & therefore I shall here
only tell you what I flatter myself will not be disagreable to you, &
that is that I can with Truth and Pleasure say (and I thank God for
it) that I have for some time past 81 do now enjoy as good a State of
Health, as when you knew me, only I am above 26 years older, &
therefore obliged to take a little more care of myself, and which I
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 405
suppose is your Case, however I shall be allways glad to hear of your
Wellfare, & am with great Truth and Esteem —
Sir, Your most Humble Servant
John Thomlinson
* Here the manuscript is torn.
[4-87] [Jo/m Gf-eemvood to Ric/iard Waldron, 175 1.]
Hon^ and Dear Sir/
I should long ago have comply'd with your Request, had anything
offered worthy your Notice, but being loth to trouble you with my
impertinence only, I have defer'd it, hoping some News wou'd pre-
sent that I could inform of, to be entertaining, tho Nothing but your
Command would induce me to lay my Scrawl before one who y®
World acknowledges to be a Master of Eloquence — This will only
inform you I have had my health ever since I left Portsm° and that
I have again Engaged in Buisiness but my tho'ts have not yet left
their roving Ideas — Tis now very Sickly in Boston many Sudden
Deaths, among which is M"" Calef Lymans — a Gent™ of Superior
Powers an intimate of Doctor Perkins's, who gives him y® following
Character — "a man of as much real Vertue and Goodness as ever
trod y^ Earth,"
Tis reported in Town that y*" Prince of Orange died y^ 14'^ of Oc-
tober it comes by a Vessell 8 weeks passage from Bristoll and is
Creditted — I could inform you of many Little Domestick affairs,
but as you a Stranger to y^ Partys it wou'd only inipose on y"" Pai-
tience My Mother Joyns with me in presenting my Compliments to
]y[dm Waldron Whom I shall Allways bear in Mind with y^ Greatest
sence of Gratitude and Should be glad of an Opper^ to make You
sensible how strong my Affections are rivetted in Yours & Mad""^
favour, My Respects to M"" Thomas & George — with a Desire
Should you need any Services done in Boston that you would freely
command me — Who has y® Honour to be Sir Yr
Obe* Hum'^ Ser'
Boston 16 Dec'' 1751 — Jn° Greenwood
To y« Hon^^ Rich^ Waldron
406 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[4-88] [ Waldron to Greenwood. From Copy.]
Sir Yo'' Favour of y^ 16 Dec'' I rec'^ y^ last Day of y* Month, I
know not by whom it came nor where it halted, it was bro't me by
one of my Neighbours, who said he had it from a Stranger whom he
knew not. —
I am glad to hear you enjoy your Health, and hope it will long
continue
I am rejoyced also, that you are again engaged in Busyness which
I likewise hope will be profitable and lasting, and divert you from
further Thoughts of traveling into foreign Parts, having so masterd
yo'' profession that I am perswaded y* our Counti^ will furnish you
with Employ without the hazard & Expence of seeking Busi-
ness in distant I am sorry for the Sickness at Boston and the
Deaths you mention It will always rejoyce me to hear that you and
your Family are safe from the Arrows w* fly in y^ Dark and the Pes-
tilence which wasteth at Noon Day, —
As to yo"" Compliments to me and M"^^ Waldron, give me leave to
say your painting is a little too strong : if you recieved any Civilities
from us, you were indeed [Torn.] but they were not worth an Ac-
knowlegement the Expressions of your kind Disposition and
the tender of your good Offices, in any Affairs that we may have at
Boston are very obliging which we acknowlge with gratitude. Noth-
ing has occur'd in Town since you left us that is worth yo"" Notice, at
least that I know of
I suppose you hold a Correspondence with some of the young Genf^
in Town of your Acquaintance who inform you of the Occurrences
at Balls and Assembly's at Partys of Pleasure and in other Gay
Scenes of Life, which are out of my Sphere. —
I should be glad, if you would tell me what you hear of the Dutch
Lady from Surcutum particularly whether she is coming this Way ;
also if you will give me the very first Intelligence you can get of my
Lords Arrival, what my Lord is doing, and whether likely soon to
return and in what Circumstances
With mine and M""^ Waldrons Compliments to the good Lady your
Mother, and y'' self, I am S' Your most humble Serv'
R W.—
P : S Cap^ Waldron is at Cochecho George gives his Complim*^
We hear my Lord is arrived
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[4-89] [Greemvood to Waldron, concerning Mrs. Mason, etc.]
Sir/ I can now give you some Acc't of her Unhappy Ladyship —
M"^ Mason — Several Vessells have lately Arrived from Surranam —
by which I hear, she intends to take passage y^ first opper^ in y^
Spring, that she is Just recovered from y^ Sm' Pox, — that She lives
Dependant on her Friends — after tiring one, has recourse to another
— The Gent"' that gave me this Acc^ is in high rage against my
Lords Conduct & Says many bitter things — wou'd have gone on —
hadn't I told him my Lord was in London — and not so proper With*
he was here, The Gent™ didn't see M""^ Mason after She had rec'"^ y^
letter I forwarded f" m""^ Wilson giving her an Ace'' of Affairs here,
— perhaps that may Alter her intentions & Oblige her to be further
beholden to y*^ good nature of My Lords Enimies — Did my Lords
Purse Equal his Spirits I believe you wou'd not think y^ foil's Tho't
f°* Tamerlane Misaply'd —
From Heaven it Self,
I would not on Such terms receive a Benifitt
But spurn it Back upon y"= Givers hand.
Does M''^ Mason take a Gent™^ Advice (gone f'" hence) intended to
give her. She will follow him, tho' it be where (to use his own Words)
Orpheus went to bring blck Euridice — By y^ last Ship We heard of
my Lords being in high Spirit, I soon intended Wait on y'^ Earl,
Success & Prosperity Attend him — By presenting my most sincere
regards to y*^ most Valuable of her Sex, & family Which I hope this
will meet in health You will Oblige Sir
Your Obedient Ser* to Command
Boston March 2"^ 1752
Tn° Greenwood
[4-90] [JJ^a/dron to Greenwood. From Copy, 1752.]
Sir The Advice you give me touching the Dutch Lady is quite
obliging. —
Alass ! To what a low Ebb of Fortune is she fallen to be now in
a State of Dependency on her Friends, who but 2 or 3 years agoe,
almost supported America, out of her own privy Purse. —
I believe it will be a difficult Point for her to determine, whether
to pursue my Lord to England, or to cutt off his Retreat to N E : or
to abide in her own Country, Each of the Ways seems to be big
408 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
with Difficulties. — but I leave her to the Guidance of her Destiny. —
We have from a London Evening Post, what you'l find in the in-
closed Scrap, which seems to be in my Lords State. —
As you get any further News either of him or her, I hope you will
give it me, also what you hear of my Lords Mother —
M""^ Waldron says you mistook your Complim* to her, supposing
your Self addressing a fine young Lady &C'' We both salute you
with our heartiest Wishes for your Prosperity
I am Dear Sir your very humble Serv*
R W March 6 1752
[4-91] \_GreciniJood to Waldron?^
Parimaribo 16* March 1753 —
Dear Sir/
Agreeable to my Promise I now Let You know that I am Safely
arrived at Surrinam Which I find to be amost agreeable Place, and
goes Greatly Beyond y® fancifull Idea of y® most Fruitfull imagina-
tion as to Beauty of y*^ Streets & y® Pleasantness of y^ Whole Country
— Rows of Orange Trees adorn both Sides of Way as You Walk,
which makes y*^ Whole Town a perfect Garden — Time may Discribe
y^ Whole at Large. — I never Enjoy'd my Health better in my Life
— and as to y* Heat of y^ Climate, tis all a Joke, tis not so Hott
since Eve been here, as Eve found it with us in June — M"^ Mason is
in Health, and Desired When I wrote, to remem"" her to you & Md"*
I shall Write you as I become more Accquainted with y^ Place, &
people — W^hich to me at Present, are very kind & Courteous — • I fell
imediately into a very Genteel employ at a Good price, so if health
continues I hope I shant repent my coming to this place — Eve had
y^ pleasure of Couzen Henrys Company ever since Eve been here —
& wish his Owner had sent him a Voyage — more to Henrys as well
as his own Profitt — Pray Excuse y^ freedom with which I write —
& think that I am in a Country, where more freedoms are Used than
with us in New England — few of y*^ Gent"^ here Scruple being seen
Swinging in a Hammock with a Black or Gold colour'd Girl — Which
I think are prefarable to 3^^ Whites in General — • With my Compli-
ments to M^'" & your Sons — I am Sir Your Most Hum^ Ser^
Jn° Greenwood
Nothing w"^ give me more Pleasure than a line from Squire Waldron —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 4O9
[4-92] \Gircnivood to Waldrou, 1752.]
Sir/ I have made all the inquir}' that y'^ Shortness of the time
wou'd allow of concerning my Lord — but cant hear y^ least Lisp of
what you write, his Brother knows Nothing of it — M"" Griffin & M''
Sam' Wentworth are y° Only Gentlemen — that my Lord ever held
an}^ correspondence with and they are Strangers to y^ Glad Tydings
— Neither can I hear of any body that has had one Line Since his
Departure —
His Brother that went to y'' Westindies is long since returned —
and left his Mother well at his Aunts Who on her first Arrivall wou'd
not know her — but on her mentioning things She knew every body
Else were Strangers to — She Embraced her as a Sister — Where tis
probable she will Spend her Days —
I expect Daily to hear of M''^ Masons Arrivall for every Vessell
that arrives tells of her Embarkation in y<^ Spring from that place —
I suppose She will wait y^ Oppertunity of coming with Cap' Smith
who my Lord tho't was y^ first that graced his head with a pair of
horns —
Last Wednesday saild from this place Cap' Henry Winslow of
Portsm" Bound for So-Carolina, in a very fine Ship belonging to M""
Joshua Winslow, but he had y^ Misfortune to run Ashore on Cape
Codd where he lost y'' Vessell but is Saved with his Crew — Another
Vessell inward bound came Ashore bottom upward, one that Sail'd
with him — has met with Misfortune, As we know by things on y^
Beach from her but cant tell whether She Weather'd y'' Cape or is on
farther Down — Fryday came into Nantasket a Mast Ship bound to
portsm" that was blown of Last fall to Antiqua — The small Pox Sir
— is in 16, or i8 families — to be Depended upon and by tomorrow
noon t'will be transplanted to above treble that Number — I am now
Drinking Tea with two Young Gentm — that receive the Puss tomor-
row with y^ Multitude tis Generaly aproved, & will be almost Uni-
versally Practiced, I have Devoted my time for y^ Present, to y^
Service of my friends that are to have it, which are very numerous,
I expect to be worn out — I dont intend to endanger my friends by
my Letters I shall take all y° Care imaginable to avoid Infection —
& Shall Desist writing to you. Without your Desire to y^ Contrary —
I have sent you a Print of y^ Coast lately Published which is tho't an
Accurate Draught — t'was done by an Acquaintance of mine &
Should any of y"" Friends want they may be Supply'd by letter — my
Compliments to Madam & be pleased to let her know my Mention in
my last was y^ Real Sentiments of my Soul, & that no Young Lady
is capable of inspiring those Ideas, that was raised by her Superior
& Shining Accomplishments
4IO MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Be pleased to Excuse inconection and every other fault — I told
you before I was in Company, here's Severall Women Present, What
with their Tounges & what with y^ Subject that employs them I'm
quite incapacitated to write to a Gentleman of y"" Penetration Your
usuall Candour will excuse it —
I am Sir Y"" Most Obe* Ser' to command
Monday 23 March — 1752 — Jn° Greenwood :
PS — Tuesday Morns — Sir since I wrote y® Above — y^ 16 — I
mentioned is Multiplied to — nigh 40 — by y^ Common way —
My Lords aunt made Tom Martin a Compliment of a Likely Ne-
oTo man —
[4-93]
\From Copy of Letter, Waldron to Greemuood, MarcJi 27, 1752.]
Dear S'"
It is quite a Melancholy Account you give me in yo"^^ of y*-' 23 Curr*
— I pray God have Mercy on your Town I am obligd for the News
you told me of one Kind and another, and sh^ be exceeding glad to
maintain an epistolary Correspondence with you but I think, I dare
not receive another Letter from Boston, during the Rage of the Pes-
tilence there. —
As to my Lord, I am persuaded somebody had a Letter by the last
Ship, which gave a Hint in his favour but by whom it was sent or to
whom, I know not, perhaps from J. Huske to his Uncle Plaisted, but
this is only a mere Conjecture
I am told our Gov^ and Majestrates are taking all possible Care to
prevent the bringing in of the Small Pox amongst by securing the
Port, and Land Passage also —
I give you my hearty Thanks for the Map you sent me —
I wish you Health and Strength to be a Comfort to your Friends
in their Distresses, and with mine and M''^ Waldrons best Respects,
and Wishes for your Prosperity and Happyness I am S"" your most
humble Serv' R W March 27 1752 —
[4-94] [ Waldron to Grccinvood^
M"" Greenwood
I can't understand that the last ship bro't a Single Line ab' my L'^
to any of his Friends in these parts, which I believe was no small
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 4II
Disappointm* to some of them. — I have had a Whisper, that a Bos-
ton Gent was inform'd by a Letter from London, which came in
Smith that my L^ was like to Succeed but such a Hint seems too
slender a Foundation to build upon. —
Pray inquire about him and hand me what you can pick up —
Be pleased to tell me also how tis in Boston in regard to the Small-
Pox ; for tis commonly said here, that what yo"" Town Clerk publishes
is not altogether to be depended on —
I wrote y° y^ 6 Curr' — With mine and M"'^ Waldrons Complim*''
I am S"" Yo"" most humble Serv^ •
R W March 20 1752
[4-95]
\_Earl of Holdenicssc to Lords of Trade and PIa]itations.'\
Whitehall 30^'' March 1752
My Lords
An humble Representation, having been laid before the King, set-
ting forth the present flourishing State of His Majesty's Colonies in
America, as well with regard to Number of Inhabitants, as to the In-
crease of Trade, in those Parts of His Majesty's Dominions, & that
it is highly necessary, that the greatest Care & Attention should be
had, to the Good Government of, & regular Administration of Justice,
in the said American , Colonies, His Majesty was graciously pleased,
to refer the said Representation to a Committee of The King's Most
Honourable Privy Council, directing them, to consider of the prop-
erest Means of obtaining this desireable End, & the said Committee,
having made thereon their humble report to the King, His Majesty
was pleased, to direct an Order of Council, a Copy of which is here-
with enclosed, & to which, your Lordships will please to conform
yourselves hereafter.
And whereas your Lordships are hereby directed to prepare a
Draught of an Additional Instruction, to be sent to the Governors of
all His Majesty's said Colonies & Plantations, directing them, to cor-
respond for the future, with your Lordships only ; excepting in such
Cases, as may require His Majesty's more immediate Directions ; I
have His Majesty's Command, to signify to your Lordships, that it is
the King's pleasure, you should transmit to one of His Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, in order to their being laid before the
King, all such Letters, as shall, for the future, be addressed to you,
from any Governor or any other Person or Persons, acting as such, in
412 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, which may
in any wise, relate to His, or Their Conduct towards the Governors
or other Chief Officers, of any Foreign Prince, Power or Potentate
whatsoever; As also such Letters as may relate to the Transactions
of any Foreign Governor, or other Officer, towards them, or any of
His Majesty's Subjects, under their Direction & Regulation ; And
also, that your Lordships should, in like Manner, transmit unto one
of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a Draught of such
Answers, as you shall prepare, to be given to any such Letter or Let-
ters, as shall fall within the abovemention'd Description, in order to
its being laid before His Majesty for His Royal Approbation ; and
your Lordships are hereby directed not to transmit to any of His
Majesty's Governors, or other Person or Persons, acting as such, any
Orders or Directions, relating to His or their Conduct, so far as it
may affect, or be anywise construed to affect, any Foreign Prince,
Power, or Potentate, whatsoever, untill the same shall have received
the King's approbation, signified to your Lordships by one of His
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. As to all other Matters of
Correspondence, which shall from hence forward pass, between your
Lordships and the respective Governors in America, you will please
to proceed in the usual Manner.
And whereas your Lordships are further directed, by the said Or-
der of Council, from Time to Time, as Vacancies shall happen by
Deaths or Removals, to present unto His Majesty for His approba-
tion, the Name or Names of such Person or Persons, as your Lord-
ships, from the best of your Judgment and Information shall think
duely qualified, to be Governors or Deputy Governors, or to be of His
Majesty's Council, or of His Council at Law, or Secretaries in the
respective Plantations ; And likewise to present to His Majesty, for
His approbation, the Names of all other Officers, which have been,
or may be found necessary for the Administration of Justice & the
Execution of Government there, excepting only such, as are, or may
be, appointed for the Direction and Regulation of His Majesty's Cus-
toms & Revenues, & such as are or may be, under the Directions &
Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. I have the
King's Directions, to inform your Lordships of His Royal Intention,
as to the Manner of your Proceeding herein, Viz' That in all such
Cases, where the Names of proper Persons for any of the Offices
abovemention'd, have usually been laid before His Majesty in Coun-
cil, Your Lordships, are to follow the same Method for the future &
in all other Cases provided for by this Order of Council, your Lord-
ships are to transmit to One of His Majesty's Principal Secreta-
ries of State, to be by Him laid before theKing, for His Majesty's
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 4I3
approbation, the Names of such Persons as you shall Judge the most
Capable, of Executing any such Office or Trust as specified in the
abovemention'd Order of Council.
I am
My Lords
Your Lordship's
Most Obedient
humble Servant
Holdernesse.
Lords of Trade.
[4-96]
[^Document endorsed " Letter to D- Gov^ PJiips relating to the MiirtJier
of the 3 Indian Children at Port Reservay — Rec'' d Aug : 30 1752"]
Hampton Aug. 13, 1752. —
Sir, The other Day when I was at the Sholes I hear'd it publicly
said among the People there that two Schooners belonging to Richard
Talpy and Henry Carter went into Port Reservay the 7, of June 1752.
Invited three Indians on Board and in the night Thomas Horn jun""
William Caswel and Peter Barter Jun"^ kill'd them, if your Honour
wants more public Knowledge of the Affair, send over and there you
may hear enough thereof at the Sholes.
Please to cause the above to appear in public print that all may be
on their Guard.
I have sent the same to Governour Wentworth and to Governour
Hobson.
Hampton Aug. 13. 1752. I am your Honour's and Country's
Friend & humble Serv' P. I.
P. S. If but one Officer goes over the Murtherers can easily es-
cape for the Sholes lay partly in each Province
N. B. 13 Hands in both Schooners —
The above was superscribed as following viz.
To His Excellency
Spencer Phipps Esq""
Lieu' Governour of the
Massachusetts Bay O. D. C. —
Copy Examined ^ Era : Foxcroft Ass'
414 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[4_Q7] [Acfiou of House of Representatives on the Foregoing.']
Province of
New Hamp''
In the House of Representatives Sep"" 30^^ 1752 Voted that the
following be an answer to his Excellencys message of yesterday by
Richard Wibird Esq"" If your Excellency thinks it Expedient to Is-
sue a Proclamation for apprehending the Persons mentiond in the
Letters Signd P : I. as murtherers, the House Consent that a Re-
ward of Fifty Pounds New Tenor be offerd to any Person or Persons
who shall apprehend the said Persons in this Province — And they
are Convicted — But the House are of the opinion that the most
likely way to have them apprehended would be to Send an officer or
officers to apprehend the Persons suspected before a Proclamation is
Issued — Matthew Livermore
Clerk
[4-98]
[Copy of grant of land by the government of Massachusetts, in
1735, to Governor Jonathan Belcher, "in consideration of the services
of his late Brother M"^ Andrew Belcher, deceased, in the Canada Ex-
pedition Anno 1690." The land is described as follows. — Ed.]
At a Great and General Court or Assembly for his Majestys Prov-
ince of the Massachusetts Bay in New England — begun and held at
Boston upon Wednesday the 28^'^ Day of May 1735, and Continued
by several Adjournments to Wednesday the 19**^ of November follow-
ing. —
January 6"^ 173 5- Two Plats of Land on Connecticut River laid
out by Ebenezer Hinsdale, and Chainmen, on oath, containing in the
whole one Thousand Acres intended for the fuUfilling of a Grant
made by this Court in the year 1734, to his Excellency Jonathan
Belcher Esq'' the larger Tract Containing six hundred acres and be-
ginning at two Butter Nutt Trees mark'd IB. and standing on Con-
necticut River at the lower End of the third Interval Meadow on the
East side of the River from Cold River, thence East one hundred and
thirty four Perch to a Corner, then North Four hundred and seventy
perch to another Corner ; then West ninety five perch to a Butter
Nutt Tree mark'd IB, on the Bank of the River ; & from thence down
along the River to the Butter Nutt Tree where it began. —
The other part containing four hundred acres lying opposite to the
former and beginnino- at two white Pine Trees mark'd IB. about one
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 415
hundred and thirty Perch above the brook in the lower Part of the
second Interval Meadows on the West side of the River, below the
Great Falls ; [now known as Bellows Falls] thence West two hundred
and twenty perch to a Corner, thence East 13° 30' North, two hun-
dred and seventy Perch to a Pitch Pine Tree on the Bank of a River,
thence up the River to the Place first mentioned ; the Courses being
taken by the Needle. —
[4-99]
[Petition of Andrew Belcher, of Boston, dated November 18, 1752,
asking to have the grants mentioned in the foregoing confirmed by
the government of New Hampshire. — Ed.]
[4-100]
\_Pctition of Daniel Rindgc, for Conipcnsatio)i for Money expended by
his Father in the Boundary Line Controversy^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap' General Governor
& Commander in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire in New England. —
The Humble Petition of Daniel Rindge of Portsmouth In Said
Province Merchant in behalf of himself & Brethren Children of John
Rindge Late of Said Portsmouth Esq'' Deceased Shews —
That Your Petitioner's Father the Said John Rindge Deceased was
Greatly Serviceable to this Province in the Affair of bringing forward
& Carrying On the Process for Settling the Boundary Lines between
this & the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, & in Negotiating other
Matters which he Apprehended to be for the Interest of this Prov-
ince. — And for that Purpose advanced Large Sums of money in
England to the Great Detriment of his Private affairs, whereby he
very Considerably Sunk his Estate, & Lost many Advantages which
he Might have made to himself, and for the Interest of his Family. —
That the Payment made by the Government here Since his De-
cease, was far from being an Adequate Satisfaction for the Damages
he Sustain'd by Serving the Government in the Manner aforesaid, for
he lay out of the Money all his Life time afterwards, nothing being
paid till after his Decease — and not till near Seven Years were
Elapsed from the time the Money was advanced, and tis Needless to
Observe to Your Excellency how greatly Prejudicial it must Inevita-
bly prove to a Man in Trade Here, to advance a Large Sum in Ster-
ling Money in Great Britain, & be paid only according to Exchange
41 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
in bills of Credit here Seven Years afterwards, even with the Lawful
Interest, & more So if that was not paid — So that upon the Whole
Your Excellency will undoubtedly Judge that had our Father never
been Concernd in the Premises, it would According to all Human
Probability have been much better for us. And Your Excellency is
too Well Acquainted with the Prevailing Temper of the Assembly,
to Suppose there is anything farther, to be Expected from their Gen-
erosity & Sense of the Service aforesaid, if they were to be in the
Warmest Manner Solicited, & therefore your Petitioner can have no
Hopes but from Your Excellency's Consideration of, and Justice in
the Matters aforesaid. Wherefore Your Petitioner Humbly Prays you
would be pleased to Grant to him & his Brethren a Tract of Land
Sufficient for a Township on Some Part of Baker's River So Call'd to
hold to them their Associates Heirs & assigns on Such Terms & Con-
ditions as may be a Sufficient Encouragement for them to Make a
Settlement And Your Petitioner as in duty Bound Shall Ever Pray
&c —
Daniel Rindge
[4-102] \_SoUiiers' Petition foi' their Pay, I753-]
To His Excellency Bennin Wintworth Esq"" Captain General Gover-
ner and Commander in Cheif in and over His Majestyes Province
of New Hampshier in New England and to the Honourable the
Councel and house of Representitives in General Assembly Con-
vened
The Humble Pitition
of us the Subscribers Most Humbly Sheweth that your Pititioners
were Souldiers in his Majestyes Sarvice a scouting in the fronteers
of this Province by order of this Goverment in the Last summer of
y*^ Late Indian War and as we have not as yet been Paid for said sar-
vice is a hardship upon us We Humbly Pray that our wages May be
Paid to us as soon as posable and that your Excellency and Honours
would Allow us some Intrest or advance on our wages by Reason of
our Staying so long for it as to your Grate wisdom and goodness shall
seem Meet and your Pititioners as in Duety bound shall Ever Pray
Province of New Hampshier Nathniel Mason John Shaw
March y*^ 6* 1753 Eliphalet Sanbun Daniel Samborn
We the Subscribers in be- Nathenel Batcheldr John Elkins
half of the rest that went Simon godfree John Mason
out of Cap' Marstons and Joseph Low Nathan Blake
Cap* Hobbs Company Sam^ Shaw
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 417
[4-104] \Soldiers Certificates. ^^
Dover March 19**^ 1753-
This is to Sertifie whome it may concern that I have Serve y^
province under the command of Cap" Jobe Clement for the Space of
one month as Soldier in y*^ province Service In the year one thousand
Seaven hundred & forty Eight
His
Samuel W Wamoth
mark
Provance )
N Hampsher \ Dover March \^^ 1753
Samuell Wamoth Came and made Oath that He Had Served in the
Scout one month in the yere 1748 under Jobe Clements Cap at
Rogster — — Son be for me Tho^ Wallingford Js Pec —
[4-104]
The Deposition of Henery Bickford of full aige Testifieath and
Saith, that I The Deponant Well knew that my son Aron Bickford
under aige : was prest by Capt Joseph Hicks of Dover : and sent to
Rochister and was under the Command of Capt Job Clements untel
the first Day of October 1748 : and I the Deponiant, Well Remember
that the Time my son Was in that Sarvicewas three months and sum
Days, and furder Sayeth not : Henry Bickford
Provance of |
N Hampsher \ Dover aprell &^ 1753
Henery bickford Came and mad oath to the a bove Depshon and
that it is jest and true
be for me Thomas Wallingford Js Pec
[4-105]
Ebenezer Jones Came in to the Scout at Rogestr under the Com-
mand of Cap' Job Clements august 9'^ 1748 and Continued till the
30 day of Sep' next Ensuing. Ebenezer Jones
Provance of )
N Hampsher \ Dover aprell 27"^ 1753
Ebenezer Jones mad Oath to the truth of the a bove a Count by
Him subcribed that is jeast and True be for me —
Tho^ Wallingford Js Pec
27
4l8 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
[4-105]
Ephraim Ricker and Joseph Dowins Came in to the Scout at Rog-
ester under the Command of Cap' Jobe Clements August i'^ : 1748
and Served one month Eich man
His
Joseph — Douns
mark
Epharim Ricker
Provance }
N Hampsher \ Dover Aprell 2g'^ 1753
Eparam Rickrs and Joseph Douns Came and mad Oath to the Truth
of what is Riten be for me Tho^ Walhngford Js Pec
[4-105]
Province of
-ovince of \
N : Hamp"" j In the House of Representatives May f^ 1753 —
Daniel Allen made oath that he was in the Service under Cap' Job
Clements dec'^ in the year 1748 the Space of nine weeks in the Room
of a pressd man five weeks at one time and four at another —
attest Matthew Livermore — Clerk —
[4-106]
Greenland June 7'^ 1753
Then John Allen Appeared & Made Oath y' he was Aleaven days
in y^ Sarvis of this Goverment Scouting in y^ fruntears Under the
Comand of Cap^ Joab Clements in y^ year 1748
Corom Clem' March Jus. Pea
[4-106] .
Province of
New Hamp"" ( June the 19"'/ 1753 then James Kenniston Made
Solomn oath that he in the year 1 748 Served a Soldier one Month at
Barrington under Cap' Clemons and has Never had one Penny of the
Country Wages for sd service
Sworn before Moses Leavit Jus : Peace
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 4I9
{4-106]
Province of ]^
New Hamp'' J June the 20'''/ 1753 then Benjamin Folsom appeared
& Made solomn oath that in the year 1748 he served a soldier Nine-
teen Days at Barrington in sd Pro : under Cap' demons, and has
Never had one Penny of the Country Wages for said Service : & at
the same time he was servant to his Master Moore
Sworn before Moses Leavit — Jus : Peace
[4-10S] [Deposition of John Hodgdon, Soldier, 1753.]
The Depotition of John Hodgdon a solder at Rochister under Cap'
Jobe Clements Testifieath and saieth That I the Deponant was hiard
by Cap' John Newmarch at Portsmouth and Cap' Sherborn of the
plains to Sarve at y^ above sd Rochister and a Cordingly I the Depo-
niant went from Portsmouth To Rochister may the fourth and faith-
fully atended the Dutey untell the Last Day of September Insuing
his
John + Hodgdon
mark
Province of )
New Hampshire ) Dover June the 6"^ 1753 —
then mr John Hodgdon made solemn oath that the a bove written
Depotition is Just and true and he the Deponiant being Cearfully
Cautiond to Declare the truth —
Coram — John Gage Jus' Peace
[4-109]
\Communication from the Selectmen of Northfield, Mass., concerning
Title to Land.~\
S"" We Are Informed that Sundry Persons are Designing to Peti-
tion Your Excellency for Some Lands that We Apprehend we have
a Legal & Just Right to as well as the Possession of, & are Included
in Northfield Origenal Grant from the Gen^ Court of the Province of
the Massechusetts Bay, tho' upon the Late Running of the Line they
happen to fall within the Province of New Hampshire — We Should
have Prefer"^ a Petition to your Ex'^y for a Grant of those Lands could
we have tho't it proper & Necessary.
But the Grant of the Town of Northfield being made before the
Vacation of the first Charter to the Province of the Massachusetts we
Judg'd we had an Indisputable title to those Lands — But if We are
420 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Mistaken we hope & Desire Your Excellency to Inform us by the-
Bearer hereof. We are your Ex'^y Humb Serv'^
Eben"" Alexander ^ Selectmen
Northfield June i6'^ I753- Azariah Wright Vof the Town
Joshua Lyman j of Northf*^
His Ex«=y Ben Wentworth
P : S : herewith is Inclos*^ a Coppy of the Grant of the Town of
Northf^
\Petition of Captain Phinchas Stevens for the Establishment of a
Trading Honse, 1753.]
[Hibbard MS. Collection, Vol. III., p. 171.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Cap' General Governer
and Commander In Chief in & over his Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire, The Honorable His Majesty's Council & House of
Representatives for Said Province in General Assembly Convened
June 26*'' 1753 —
The Memorial of Phinehas Stevens of a Place called Number four
in said Province Gent. Shews
That your Memorialist being well acquainted with the Situation &
Circumstances of the Western Frontiers of this Province the Great
Difficulty & charge which would inevitably arise in Case of an Indian
War, to Enable the Infant Settlements there to sustain the shock &
maintain their Ground, and the Great Detriment it would be to the
Province in General to have those Settlements broken up — Begs
leave humbly to Suggest —
That your Memorialist is also well acquainted with the Genius
Manners & Interest of the Indians who live near, hunt, or upon other
occasions resort in Si about those Parts — and has often Remark'd
that a Present Interest & advantage has as great an Influence upon
them, as upon any others of mankind and more firmly Attaches them
than any other motive whatsoever —
That no means has been found so Effectually to dispose them to
Friendship with the English, as the Establishing a Public Fair Trade
with them at Houses appointed for that purpose, by the Government,
supplied with sortable vendible goods among them, at such easy Rates
as no Private Person can afford, under such Regulations as will create
a confidence in them, that they are in no danger of Imposition ; the
Terms of Traffick being stated & known on both sides — which
method has been Experienced in the Neighbouring Government, to-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 421
answer such valuable ends as to be a sufificient Inducement to con-
tinue the Trade from the year 1726 to this Time, and tho' as they
have stated it they make no Profit upon the Goods supplied the In-
dians, yet by the Profit made on the Goods Received this trade sup-
ports itself & Ballances all out sets. —
That a Truck House erected a little above the outmost Settlement
in this Province on Connecticut River suitably Fortified P\irnished &
Regulated, as it would be o!: Singular advantage to all the new Settle-
ments near so it would more Remotely be Beneficial to all the Fron-
tiers, and the first Expence of it would not amount to the charge of
Six months War ; which would be all that would arise by it, for as
said before the Ballance of the Trade would fall in favour of the
Province. —
That amoung the many advantages which such a Trade would pro-
duce the Preventing war & Bloodshed ought not to be forgotten —
there is this also which your Memorialist begs leave to observe ; that
it will Conciliate the minds of the Indians to the Extending the
English Settlements farther into the Country, bring them to a Greater
Familiarity, and Remove at least in some Good Measure those
Groundless Jealousies which the French find it their Interest to Raise
.& Foment, and by Degrees may prove a means of uniting them to
our Interest Intirely. But if there was nothing more than Length-
ening out the Peace & giving a further opportunity of advancing the
settlements it would be a sufficient motive to establish such a Trade
as your Memorialist Concieves — all which he Humbly Submits to
your Excellency's & Honours Wisdom — and Begs leave to Subscribe
himself Your Devoted Servant
Phineas Stevens
[Captain Phinehas Stevens was one of the grantees of the town of
Charlestown, under the original grant from Massachusetts of Decem-
ber 31, 1735. He distinguished himself by his bravery in defending
the fort there against an attack of the French and Indians, April 4,
1747. — Ed.]
[4-1 II]
{TinwtJiy Clement, relative to a S^irvey of the Lake, 1753.]
To his Excelency Benning Wentworth Esq'' and to the Hona''^''' Coun-
cill and to the Rest of the Hon^^ Court In the Province of New-
hamshier — Gentelmen —
The Petition of Timothy Clements Resident in Haverhill Humbley
sheweth —
That wheairas your Poor Potitioner Did in the Year 1744/5 i^ List
422 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
under Leu* John Chandler of Pennycook for to scout In the woods
in his Majesties Sarvice for two month : and soon after Co' Rolf In-
forms him that His Excelency with sum of the Hor*"' Councill Desired
Him to goo him Self and Survay or take a Plan of winepesocky Pond
and that He or whosoever should Goo should be honarably Paid for
Doino" the Same upon which account the s"^ Clements With the
advice of Co' Rolf thinking it might be of Creator Sarvice to the
Province in many Respects To tak a Plan of the Pon'' than To goo
as a solder : the s'' Clements Hired a man to goo in his Place and
Stead In His Majesties sarvice and He himself went To sarve the
Province and when he came to the place or Pond he agreed with Two
Perticular Hands to Cary the Chain Round the whole of y*^ Pond So
that He might be the more sartain of Rendring a True Plan to His
Excelency or the Government and accordingly He Has Taken and
Drawed it of and sent it to the Governour or Council by Co' Rolf in
y^ year 1745 that is a True Plan of the Bignes of the Pond and of
Each angle that it made from the merideon which Plan the s'' Clem-
ents is Ready to make oath to at any time and he never Had any thing
of the Province But Twenty four Days a Lowance which was a bout
Equal to the money He Paid out so that He never Has yet had any
thine for forty Days Sarvice that he Did Eaight years ago for the
o-ood of the Province as he thought By good advice (now If His Ex-
celency and the Honarable Council with the Rest of the Honrable
Court would Se cause to make him a just and Resonable alowance for
so many Days Sarvice in Such an Imployment as Survaying and find-
ing Him Self it would Greatly oblige Him who Has bin Your faith-
fu" Sarvant an so Remains Timothy Clements
Haverhill July y^2d 1753
Prov N Hamp"" In Council July 11 1753 read & ordred to be
Sent down to the hon'''^ the House of represent^
Theodore Atkinson Se""-^
[4-112]
Province of \ In the House of Representatives January the Sev-
New Hamp'^ j enteenth 1754 —
Voted that there be paid unto M'' Timothy Clements the Sum of
Twenty Pounds new Tenor out of that part of the Interest of the
twenty five thousand Pounds Loan appropriated for Cutting Roads
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 423
Imploying proper persons to Search out and take Plans, in full for
his surveying and taking a Plan of Winncpissiokce Pond
Matthew Livermore — Clerk —
In Council Jan"^' i8''^ 1754 read & Concurr'd
Theodore^Atkinson S'^
In Council Jan^ 26 B Wentworth
[4-1 1 3 to 116]
[Petition of Joshua Prescott, of Kingston, whose son John was
taken sick at Louisbourg, and died after his return. He wanted Dr.
Eliphalet Hale paid for attendance on his son. tl The petition was dis-
missed May 4, 1754. — Ed.]
[4-1 19] [Copy of Poivcr of Attorney to John Thovdinson.']
Know all Men By these Presents That We Theodore Atkin-
son Richard Wibird Meshech Weare Esq''^ and Henry Sherburne jun""
as Trustees for the Province of New Hampsh'''' and a Committee for
this Purpose Specially Appointed Have made Ordained Constituted
& Appointed and by these Presents Do make Ordain Constitute &
Appoint John Thomlinson of London Esq'' and in Case of his De-
cease his Executors or Administrators Our true & Lawful Attorney
for us & in Our Names & trust aforesaid & on Our behalf for the use
of Said Province to Accept all Such Annuities as he or they have or
Shall Purchase with the Money belonging to Said Province for and
to Cause the Same to be Enterd in the Transfer Books (or other
Books and at Any Office or Place proper for the Same) to & in the
Names of us the Said Theodore Atkinson Richard Wibird Meshech
Weare & Henry Sherburne Jun"" as Trustees for the Province afore-
said in Such Way and Manner as that it may Appear That the Said
Annuities and all the Interest Profit & Advantage that Shall Arise
thereby belongs to Said Province, Giving and hereby Granting unto
the Said John Thomlinson full Power and Authority to Receive the
Said Interest and dispose of & Apply the Same as We the Said
Trustees or the Major part of us or Our Successors in the Said Trust
Shall from time to time Direct him Pursuant to Such orders Relating
to the Same as We Shall Receive from time to time from the General
Assembly of Said Province, And to Do or Cause to be done all other
Acts matters & things needful in the Premises as fully & amply in
Every respect as if We were Personally Present. All which We do
424 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
hereby and Will allow Ratify & Confirm In Witness whereof We
have hereunto Set our hands & Seals the twentieth Day of April
Anno Domini 1754. —
Signed Sealed & Deliverd In Presence of us
[See Vol. VI., p. 273. — Ed.]
[4-120]
[^Resolve of the Nezu York Assembly concerning Indian Affairs. '\
Assembly Chamber the 17"" April 1754 —
Resolved that in as much as the Securing the five Indian Nations
and those in alliance with them in the British Interest is of the
utmost Consequence to all his Majestys Colonys on the Continent ;
and as they have requested to have Forts Built among them to Secure
their wives and children when they go out to War in behalf of the
British Nation and as the Building Such Forts and Some others on
the Northern Parts of this Colony will cover ; and in a Great Measure
Secure the Settlements of Severall other of his Majesty Colonys
against the Incursions of the French, and their Indians ; His Honour
the Lieutenant Governor be humbly addresd to use his Endeavours
with the Neighbouring Governments to Joyn with this Colony in the
Expence of Erecting and Maintaining Such Forts and to assure him
that this House will readily come into any well concerted Scheme for
that purpose —
orderd that M"" Thomas and M"" Miller wait on his Honour with the
s*^ Address By order of the Gen^ assembly
Ab"' Lott Jun-" CI
New York 20* April 1754 —
A true Copy E.xam^ ^ Geo Banyan D. Secr'^
A true Copy Examd "^ M : Livermore clerk
[4-121]
[^Petition for a Division of the Proi'ince into Tzuo Coiuitics, 1754.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Gov"" &c. The Hon^ his
Majestys Councill & House of Repres'''" In Gen" Assembly Con-
vened at Port.s° y^ 9*'" of Ap' 1754 —
Wee the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Province of New Hamp"^
on the west side of Merimack River —
Would most Humbly Remonstrate —
That the Extent of the Settlements in this Province is upwards of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
425
One Hundred miles Westward from Portsmouth the place where all
the Courts are held —
That the Difficulties of travil & expence to & from Portsmouth on
all County Emergencyes Lays the Western Inhabitants under Insu-
perable Disadvantages As well As the Occasion of great delay to the
Partys & Jurors who Necesarily Attend the Courts of Judicature, by
Which the Province is Greatly Impoverished
That we Humbly Apprehend these Greivances might be in some
Good Measure Redress'd by Dividing the Province into two Countys
which also wou'd be Ameans of a Great Increase of Inhabitants &
Improvements in the Western parts of this Goverment. —
Wherefore we Humbly pray that Your Excellency Sz Hon''* would
take the premises into Consideration & Divide the Province into two
Countys by Such Dividing line & with Such Powers And Authoritys
As in Your W^isdome shall be tho^ Best, and as in Duty Bound Shall
pray —
Hugh "'^Gunis
Job Burns
Samuel Killpatrick
Matthew Little
John Moor
William Petterson
James Walker
James Kennedy
Noah Thayer
James Lyn
Job Bell
Will" Boies
John Ouig
william meedel
Benj : Smith
Daniel moor
Willem moor
Sam^ Patten
William Holms
Robert Homes
James Little
Will*" Barnet
f ranees Barnett
Robert Walker
Richar mcallster
Robert Gillmor
David Burns
John Patterson
John Littell
John Moor Jun""
John Bell Jun""
Moses Barron
[See Vol. VI., pp. 342, 346. — Ed.]
\_Sheriff Thomas Packer, relative to the Rescue of Anthony Boiven,
and a Prisoner at Gosport, 1754.]
[From Hibbard Collection, Vol. III., p. 174.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Cap' General Governor
& Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New
Hamp'' the Hon'^''^ His Majesty's Council & House of Representa-
tives for said Province In General Assembly Conven'd Novemb'
26'h 1754. —
The Humble Petition of Thomas Packer Esq"" Sheriff of said
Province Shews. —
That your Petitioner Immediately upon the Rescous & Escape of
Anthony Bo wen out of his Majesty's Goal (a fact well known) gave
426 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
orders to all his under officers with a Promise of a suitable Reward
to apprehend and secure him that he might be bro't to Justice Pur-
suant to which three of said officers in October last at Londonderry
took the said Bowen (he walking openly in the streets there) and had
him in their custody at Sam^ Rankins a Public House in said Town
and while one of said officers came to your Petitioner then in said
Town at about Miles Distance to inform him what was done there
came into the Room near twenty armed men & with menaces & Im-
precations violently Rescued the said Bowen out of the keepers hands
& carried him off in a very few minutes after the Messenger to your
Petitioner was departed to inform him as aforesaid — and as these
Rescuers were unknown to the said keepers your Petitioner could not
as yet take any steps toward bringing them to Justice.
That your Petitioner having lately had an Execution for a large
Sum on a Judgment obtained at the last Super"" Court by Jona^ Moul-
ton jun"" of Hampton against Zach"" Foss and Edmund Grouard both
of Portsmouth Committed to him to serve the said Foss kept close
while in Town and lately sailed for [the name is partly gone ; it is
Ch ck] and the said Grouard Residing at Gosport your Petitioner
supposing he would not be seen by him made a Deputation to M""
Joses Philbrick of Rye to serve the said Execution upon said Grouard
and accordingly the said Joses on the 25th Instant took the said Grouard
at said Gosport and was bringing him away from thence when a num-
ber near fifty men & many of the Principal Inhabitants there arose
& Rescued him out of the said officers hands whereby he has Escaped.
That it appears there is a very Mobbish tumultuous Spirit prevail-
ing in the Common People in many Places in this Province & espe-
cially Inclining them to Resist & Oppose all the Officers of Justice
for several Instances of this nature have lately happened Notwith-
standing the late good Law for duly Punishing such offences which
is little regarded as none have yet suffered by it. —
That your Petitioner concieves he need not say much to Represent
of what Importance it is to the Public Weal that he and his officers
should be duly supported Protected & Encourged in the Execution of
his Office It being the end of the law without which all Preceeding
Process will be only a Burden — And as the apprehending & bringing
these offend'"'' at Gosport to Justice will be attended with great Ex-
pence your Petitioner humbly prays that he may have the Countenance
of the Government so far as to be aided with a Competent Sum of
Bills of Credit out of the Public Treasury or other ways at the charge
of the Government that he may be able to Provide that assistance
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 42/
which shall be found necessary to this end and without which it can-
not be done — And as in Duty Bound yo"" Petitioner shall pray &c
Tho'* Packer Sheriff
Province of New Hamp"" In Council December 12"^ 1/54 — read
& ordered to be sent to the Hon^'^ House —
Theod"" Atkinson Scc'ry
[4-1 22 J
[Robert Hale relative to an Expedition against the Frene/i, 1755.]
Province of | To the honorable the House of Representatives
New Hampshire ( in General Court now assembled March 19, 1755 —
The Memorial of Robert Hale humbly shews That y^ Memorialist being
commission'd by the Gov'' of the Mass^ Bay to repair to this Province
to sollicit this Governm' to unite wdth that & some neighbouring ones
in an Expedition (the particulars relating to which have been laid be-
fore this House by his Excellency Gov. Wentworth) & this having
join'd with the upper House by a Com'^^ to consider s*^ Expedition,
the s^ Com*^^ made report to raise 600 men as the Quota of this
Province in s'^ Expedition which report your Mem°is informed by the
Secretary was only so far accepted as to raise only 400 men, which
y^ Mem° is apprehensive may tend very much to the Disadvantage of
all the Gov'^ Concerned & may probably be attended with fatal Con-
sequences, wherefore y^ Mem° not only in faithfulness to his Trust
but from a real concern for the Good of the community of New Eng-
land as a Member of the same, desires to be heard before this honor-
able house on the Subject of s^ Report, hoping he may be able to
throw such a light on the affair as will readily show the Expediency
& even necessity of reconsidering their Vote on S'^ Report & of ac-
cepting the report as it at first stood & as in Duty bound shall ever
pray Rob : Hale
[See Vol. VI., pp. 356, 362. — Ed.]
[4-123] \_Pr0cla7nati0n against some Indians, 1755.]
By his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain General Gover-
nour and Commander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Province
of New Hampshire in New England & Vice Admiral of the Same
A Proclamation
Whereas the Indians of the Norridgwock, Arresaguntacook, We-
wenock And Saint John's tribe And the Indians of the other tribes
428 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Inhabiting in the Eastern and Northern Parts of his Majestys Terri-
tories of New England, the Penobscot Tribe only Excepted Have,
Contrary to their Solemn Submission Unto his Majesty, Long Since
Made and frequently Renewed, been Guilty of the Most Perfidious
Barbarous And Inhumane Murders of Div^ers of his Majestys Sub-
jects —
I have Therefore tho't fit to Issue this Proclamation and to Declare
the Indians of the Norridgewock, Arresaguntacook Weweenock And
S* John's Tribes And the Indians of the other tribes now or Late
Inhabiting in the Eastern and Northern parts of his Majestys Terri-
tories of New England And in alliance and Confederacy with the
Above Recited Tribes, The Penobscots only Excepted to be Enemies
Rebels and Traitors to his most Sacred Majesty — And I do hereby
Require his Majestys Subjects of this Province to Embrace All op-
pertunities of Pursuing, Captivating, Killing And Destroying All and
Any of the aforesaid Indians, the Penobscots Excepted
Given at the Council Chamber in Portsmouth the 3*^ Day of July
1755 In the 29''^ Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George
the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain, France and Ire-
land King Defender of the faith &c^ B Wentworth
By his Excellencys Command with Advice of Councill
Theod"" Atkinson Sec"^'
God Save the King
A true Copy from the original — Exam'^ "^
Matthew Livermore clerk of the House of Representatives
[See Vol. VI., p. 410. — Ed.J
[4-124] [Memorial of Kneelaiid & Russell, Printers. '\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor and Comman-
der in Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire
the Hon^^^ His Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for
Said Province in General Assembly Convened the 3'^'^ Day of July
1755 —
Humbly Shews
Daniel Kneeland & Joseph Russell both of Boston in the County
of Suffolk Printers That they upon a Prospect that their Business
would meet with Encouragement here have taken a Journey to Inquire
into that Matter and find many Gentlemen Disposd to promote the
Same But as their Removal with their Tools & Implements together
with the Loss of time before they can in that Case be Re-Settled
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 429
will be attended with Considerable Expence they are unwilling to Run
the Risk of a Removal (as they are but beginners in the World)
without first Obtaining Some Assurance of the favour & Countenance
of the Government here both with Regard to their having the Benefit
of all Such Service as the Governm^ Shall have Occasion of in their
Way & of Such Assistance in Setting up as in Your Great Wisdom
& Goodness you Shall Judge proper — wherefore they Pray that they
may know whether they may Depend upon any Aid in these Respects
& Especially the Latter which will be Suiatably acknowledged by
Your Humble Memorialists — Daniel Kneeland
July f 1755 — Joseph Russell
In Council read & ordred to be Sent Down
Theod'' Atkinson Se''^
[4-125] [Governor's Orders to Colonel Hinsdale^
Portsm° Novemb"^ 13'^ 1755
S"" The Enclosed Letter to Coll : Peter Gillman Contains Gov""
Wentworths orders to Leave forty of his Men (on their return home),
for the Present Protection of the frontiers of this Province on Con-
necticut river he the Gov"" Proposes 20 of them to be Posted at
Charles Town aP N° 4 — 10 at Bellows's fort & 10 at Hindsdale & fort
Dummer not always to be in Garrison but frequently Employd in
making Discoverys of the Enemy if Any Approach the Settlem'
there abouts — as Soon as M"" Neal returnd I made it my Bussiness
to Obtain the guard for your Parts tho' I hope there will be no At-
tempt on you this Winter at least — If any thing Should Prevent
Coll Gillmans regiment's return you will be Safe ; while the Army is
at Lake George but I am apprehensive (tho' we have no late News)
that they will not be Long Detaind — his Excellency is quite (at
Present) incapacitated to think or Transact Bussiness Occasiond by
the Death of his Lady who Left him after about Ten Days illness of
the Dead Palsy) on the 8* Instant and is not yet Interrd So that you
may think under these Circumstances I have had a Difficult Task To
obtain His Grant tho' otherwise I might have met no Difficulty —
the Governour is almost Inconsolable — tis now your Part to See
these orders Dilivered to Coll Gillman on his return to Deerfield or
other Parts of Connecticut If he Should not return that way in Per-
son the orders will be as Prevalent to the Commanding officer of his
regiment as if he was there in Person —
430 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
I am with Proper Salutations to M""' Hinclsdale Your most Obedient
Humble Serv' Theodore Atkinson
P S — you are by no means to forward Coll Gillmans Letter to
Hudsons river but diliver at Connecticut river
[Endorsed] Copy to Coll Hindsdale to receive 40 men of Coll Gill-
man N° 13, 1755 ^ Capt. Neal
£4-126] [^Orders to Colonel Gilman.'l
Portsm° November 14''' 1755
S"" The Council haveing advised his Excellency Governcur Went-
worth to Detain forty Effective men a Detachment from Your regi-
ment to be Left as a guard to the frontiers on Connecticut river I
have it (in Consiquence thereof) in Comand from his Excellency to
Acquaint you thereof & his orders are that you Detach forty Young
men or those that have no families unless others are Desireous of the
Post for that Service You are also to Appoint Three Prudent men
of that Number as Sergeants to have y^ Care & Command of them
— as they Are to be Seperated into three Cores Viz 20 at Charles-
town 10 at Walepole & thereabouts 10 at Hindsdale & thereabouts
You Are to Cause these men to be Dilivered to Coll Hindsdale at
Hindsdale who has orders for their further Disposition — His Excel-
lency is Prevented writing you himself by the Inconsolable Condition
he is at Present in Occasioned by the Death of his Lady who was
Suddenly Seized with the Dead Palsy & Survived the Stroke about
10 Days and Died is not yet Interrd So that Agreable to his orders
to me you are to Observe the above orders as from himself — I Dont
Enter into the affair of Crown Point am Sorry that heavy Expedi-
tion is like to Prove abortive but glad that neither your nor the Prov-
ince of N Hamp'' are any ways to blame We have no news here
remarkable by the Last Letters from England a Declaration of War
was Dayly Expected but on the 16"^ September not Declared — IVP^
Gillman (on whom I have ordred this Express to call) & the rest of
your family were well yesterday as are your other friends for any thing
I have heard M"" Speaker Sherburne has bad an ill Turne but is get-
ting the better of it I am By his Excellencys Command — Your
most Obedient Humble Serv*
Copy— T A SeC^
[Endorsed] Copy to Coll Gilman to Detach 40 men for frontiers
N° 13, 1755 — ^ Cap' Neal Express
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 43 1
[An extract from the following letter is printed in Vol. VI., but as
it is an important document, it was thought best to print it in full.
— Ed.]
\Atkmsoji to Thoutlinsoji.\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 170.]
^ Portsm° December 9*'^ 1755-
S"" — I am now set down to write you a longer Letter than I ever
tho't to Trouble you with again having long since Determined to
leave affairs of Government to be handed you by his Excellency Lest
my Conjectures should militate with what he wrote you but as he I
fear neither writes you so often or so fully as I could wish and as you
in your Letter of the 7* of October (which I rec'd by Cap* Seward)
mention what he wrote you of the 3 Qf Sept"^ rivits my opinion that
I might some times Conjecture Different froin the Gov"^ tho' in mat-
ters of suits there could be no Disagreement I am at a loss to know
what his Excellency founded the Councils & Houses refusal upon (it
must be upon some Private Conversation) the first time the Gover-
nour mentioned a reinforcem' to Gen'^ Johnson's army to the Gen^^
Assembly was the 2^ September in the afternoon the 3^ it was under
Consideration the 4"' they voted the raising 1 50 men the 5'^ they
augmented the number to 300 & Passed an act to make ^15000 to
Pay the Charge so that if ever any of his Maj'^^ Provinces were
allert in his service twas N Hamp'' in that affair at Least But because
you should know in General what we have done in that Expedition I
will begin with the first Notice we had of it in this Province
upon the 1 1 Day of March last Coll Hale of the House of y'^ Mass.
came to town with a Comission from Govern'' Shirley to Communi-
cate the grand Scheme of the Crown Point Expedition a Secret that
the Mass^ Court had Bound themselves by oath not to Divulge for
some months before he Communicated it to Gov"" Wentworth & his
Excellency to the Council & assembly useing the Precaution of an
oath in the Lower house this Gentleman bro* the Quota each Gov-
ernment were to bear from his own Court ready assigned thus 600
men from New Hamp"" 1200 from Boston 500 Rhode Island 1000
Connecticut 800 N York we could not compare our Quota with any
the Governm'^ to be Concerned so well as the Mass* with whom we
never bore more than i/io & we have been often Concerned in Ex-
peditions together in the Louisbourg Expedition we raised 500 the
Mass^ allowed it to be more than our Proportion & as they could not
easily raise the number they Designed which we understood was 3000
Gov'' Shirley Desired Gov'' Wentworth to retain 3 Companys of the men
432 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
he had raised & that they should be in the Pay & Subsistance of the
Mass^ who was also at the charge of the Transports &c they were
in the N. Hamp"" regiment but were really at the Expence of the
Mass^ which shows what they tho* a Proper Quota and tis certain that
Governm^ has lo times the men that this hath still they doom'^ us one
half the Number they Proposed to raise when this was mentioned
to M'' Hale he said their Province had raised a regiment for Gov""
Shirley another for S''W'"Pepperell 2 others for an Expedition to Nova
Scotia therefore they ought to be Considered with respect to the
Quota of men we told him in those four regiments there was more
than a Duble Proportion of N Hamp*" men & tho' they might have
the Credit of raising those regiments they had not a Proportion of
Mass^ men in them which was really the Case he then said if more
than an exact Proportion of our men did not take on us the Expedi-
tion there would be an end & that if we would find 5 or 600 men he
would engage that they should be Subsisted with Provisions without
any Cost to this Governm' upon this N. Hamp"" Voted 500 men
raised them had them in the woods 2 months before the other Prov-
inces got their men upon Hudsons river all this time we victualed
our own men our regiment under the Comand of Coll Blanchard
remained 3 weeks at Albany before Gen" Johnson could employ him
otherways than in guarding the Provisions up where he spent 500
Sterling In supporting his regiment notwithstanding the Mass^
Promises and all the Provisions Philadelphia had given which would
have subsisted the then army more than two months, at last our
regiment was ordered up and was subsisted out of the common stock
— Coll Blanchard had the Post & Command of fort Edward on the
carrying Place, the York regiment & his own under his Command
there — In the engagement with Gen" Diescau about 80 of our men
with about 40 Yorkers many of which last was of little service tho'
others of them behaved well I say this small Party under the Com-
and of Cap' Foulsom of N Hamp'' not of Megennis as was at first
mentioned tis tho' kill'' more of the Canadians & Indians than was
kill^ at Gen" Johnsons Camp — they Continued an obstinate Engage-
ment with more than one thousand indeed all that retired from before
Gen" Johnsons Camp Kill'' great numbers of the enemy recovered
about 1200 Packs beat off the Enemy carryed their own wounded
men to the Camp This engagement lasted about three hours when
night came on and the French & Indians went off & left all — after
this our regiment were ordered to the Camps at Lake George & were
never put upon Duty but in the Scouting way which thev Performed
in so acceptable a way that no duty but that was required of them —
Some of our men has been several times Down to the sates of Crown
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 433
Point fort — once they kill'' & striped a soldier within a few rods of
the Gates & bro* off his scalp & Gen" Johnson could or would have
had no Intelligence had it not been for our men These things I
mention that you might have the Truth at least for your own satis-
faction — I refer you to an attested copy of our first regiment being
raised which was the report of a Comittee accepted by both Houses
& Consented to by the Governour and which was in every particular
Complyd with & so was the second regiment of 300 men under the
Comand of Coll Gilman who were as good men as Coll Blanchards
tho' they had not the opportunity to Convince the world of it —
The Expedition is now at an end — why - I cant tell Provisions
or rather the Transportation of them from Albany was wanting I
can tell why methinks that should have been first made sure — to rally
again in the spring will not be in our Power I fear We have no
money & so much in debt that if we should attempt another Emis-
sion of Paper twould not Pass
what means may be found out is not with me even to guess our
men are still willing to Pursue the enemy & now think they could
have gone to Crown Point and have taken the fort if they had had
but 4 Great Guns and would have taken the rout from Connecticut
river directly without ever going near Albany and the men think our
regim^ would have been quite sufficient but the Delay alarm'd all
Canada & gave them time to meet our army before they had got half
way to the Intended Place of Action — So there is two forts built at
this vast expence & if they are of any future service New York Gov-
ernm* may reap some advantage but no other Governm* in the least
— I refer you to the enclosed and am S"^ — Yours T A
P. S. Pray send me on the Province acco* to whom charge it four
reams of best foolscap paper for Transmitting the journals &c home,
& four reams of a lower sort for writing votes &c — Let them be Cutt
— 4 or 500 quills 6 papers Ink Powder I have the leave of the Court
to send for these tho' not a formal vote let them come early in the
Spring in some Vessell bound to this Port if any if not to Boston —
Copy of the Committees report of the 1 5'^ March & am° out of
Journal of Gen" Assembly 23 4 & 5 September 1755 —
[Endorsed] Decemb'' 27'^ 1755 Copy to M"" Thomlinson Private
letter about the Crown Point Expedition — Sent by Cap' Penny —
27
434 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[4-127]
{^Petition fnnii Tozvns in the Western Part of the Province for
Assistance, 1756.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap' General Governor
& Commander In Chief in & Over His Majesty's Province of New-
Hampshire The Hon*^'*^ his Majesty's Council & House of Repre-
senta^ in General Assembly Conven'd the 3'''^ Day of January 1 756 —
The Humble Memorial & Petition of Josiah Willard Benjamin Bel-
lows & Isaac Parker in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Towns of
Keene, Swansy, Winchester, Walpole, Putney, & New Charles Town
all in the Province of New Hampshire, Shew^s —
That the Towns aforesaid are Situate on the Frontiers of the Prov-
ince aforesaid, and tho they are very Considerably Improvd So as to
Raise all the Necessary Provisions for the Inhabitants, yet are now
but Weak handed many of their ablest Men having Listed in the
Late Expedition & are Still absent — And by their Situation the Said
Inhabitants are Greatly Expos'd to Danger from the Incursions of
the French & Indian Enemy from whom there Seems to be a Greater
Probability of an Attack now (as the Season Favours their Travelling
and the Course of their Inroads on the Settlements on Hudson's
River if not wholly Prevented is Greatly Impeded by the Operations
of the Last Summer & the Posting of Soldiers in proper places) than
at any time Since the Last War. — That the Said Inhabitants have
at their Own Expence Built Good Forts which woud be Sufficient for
their Defence with a Competent number of Men which they did &
Defended their Settlements while they got their Daily Bread at the
Peril of their Lives During the Last War But as there Seems to be
no other Rout for the Enemy to take or at Least not any where they
are Invited by an Equal Prospect of Success, As there is no Room
to Doubt of their Inclination or Vigilance to Improve Every Oppor-
tunity to Annoy us, nor of their Ability to Execute their Schemes
for making a Descent upon Our Settlements, which they Look upon
with a very Envious Eye, the Said Inhabitants Cant but Apprehend
their Danger Greater now than Ever — This Fear is Ouicken'd also
by the Remembrance of their Great Sufferings During the Last War
& which they begin now to feel again with others of the Same kind
Coming upon them with Double Weight — For besides the Loss of
many Lives w'^'^ they then Sustain'd, it is not a most uncomfortable
Situation to be kept always in fear of being Ambushd to have Life
Continually hang in Suspence & Doubt, from those who Lye in Wait
to Destroy — to fear being Suddenly Dispatched or Captivated by a
Barbarous Enemy when about Business in the Secure Retreat they
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 435
have — that the very Water they use is Purchase! with the hazzard of
their Blood as well as their Bread at the Peril of their Lives and to
have no Prospect of Help nor Asylum to fly to for Safety This State
of Life Every One on the Least Attention will See is most Pittiable
— But Experience only can give a just Idea of the Misery attending
it — That the Great Advantage of Extending Our Settlements &
Enlarging our Borders Arising Even to those who have no Im-
mediate Interest in the New Settlements & Even to the whole Com-
munity are too Numerous to be Particulariz'd & too Obvious to need
it, nor is the Opposite Case of Contracting Diminishing & Driv-
ing in those Employ'd in making New Settlements Of Striking the
Disease Inward upon the Vitals & bringing it nearer the Heart So
Remote & Improbable as not Worthy of Notice or too Inconsiderable
to be fear'd — That the Said Inhabitants Weary of Such a Precarious
Condition will not Endure it much Longer but Will & must Quit
their Habitations tho' they now begin to be Pleasant (in other Re-
spects) as Well as Profitable yet they had Rather part with all than
Risque their Lives in the manner aforesaid for they may well on this
Occasion Adopt those Words Skin after Skin — Even all that a Man
has will he give to Redeem his Life But whether this will be for the
Public Good — whether the Advantage Arising to the Province by
Maintaining & Supporting these Settlements will Countervail the
Charge is what your Petitioners would Humbly Suggest to be Con-
sidered And which Way Soever it Shall be Determined they Pray
they may have an Explicit & Speedy Answer That they may not be
kept in Expectation till they have no Way of Escape — till they are
either Killd Captivated or have their Substance Destroyd And as they
Apprehend the Danger Great w'^^ is Impending they Pray Your
Speedy & wise Resolution upon the Premises and they Shall as in
Duty Bound Ever Pray &c — Josiah Willard
Benj^ Bellows
Isaac Parker
In Council Jan''>' 2'^ 1756 read & recomend & Sent Down to the
Hon*"^^ ye Assembly Theodore Atkinson Sec''^
[4-128] [Atkinson to Weave. Co?irt Matters.']
Portsm" Jan'^ 16''^ 1756 —
S"" I have this moment re'^ a Letter from his Excellency In which
he Presses & Insists upon my Setting in the Superiour Court & that
I would Endeavour to Prevail with you to Do the Same I am Ap-
prehensive he will mention the Circumstances of that Court where
436 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Some care will be taken to make the Justices an Adequate Allowance
I wish our Assembly had Prevented him by doing Something I am
much Concernd at the Delay in that Court tho Concious the fault
does not Lay with the Bench However I have Determined to Set if
you will attend also for at Least a Court or Two tho' have by no
means alterd my oppinion with my resolution & therefore I hope &
must Pray your Consent to Set Pray Let me hear from you as you
have not now those frequent Calls from your family you had when
you came to this resolution I hope you will be Prevaildupon to Con-
tinue to Act which will under my Circumstances Obleedge
Your most Obedient Humble Ser*
Theod"" Atkinson
[Superscribed] On his Majy^ Service To the Hon"^ Meshech
Weare Esq"" at Hampton falls
[4-1 31] \Chaplain Emcisoii s Petition, 1756.]
Province of ) To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq. Cap-
New Hampsh^ \ tain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief In
and over His Majesties Province aforesaid — To the Hon'''^ his Majes-
ties Council, and House of Representatives, in General Assembly
Convened.
The Petition of Daniel Emerson, late Chaplain in the New Hamp-
shire Regiment. — Humbly Shews
That Your Petitioner did proceed with the Regiment under the
Command of Colonel Blanchard. And that for his Necessary Con-
venience rode on horseback — that his horse by himself or some of
the Regiment was frequently employed till the day of the Ingage-
ment with the Enemy was at Lake George, & that day his horse
Strayed away, or by some person without his privity, was taken from
Fort Edward, and that he hath not since come to the Possession or
knowledge of him — that his Saddle & bridle was left at Fort Ed-
ward when he Marched to Lake George, and that on his return, on en-
quiry could not find them So that this Misfortune & loseing a horse
of the value of Twenty two pounds ten shillings New Tenor. And
a Saddle & bridle of the value of Five pounds, new Tenor has be-
fallen Your Petitioner and left him under Necessity to purchase at
Albany another horse Saddle & bridle (at a dear lay) to get home —
Wherefore Your Petitioner prays that Your Excellency & Honours
will Consider him in the premises. And that out of bis Small Grant
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 437
for wages such a Considerable Sum may not fall on him, but that he
may be favoured with the Justice & Clemency of this Hon^'* Court, so
far as to be reimbursed the value of his horse, Saddle, & bridle afores'^
And Your Petitioner, as in Duty Bound, Shall ever pray
Feb"^ 20''' 1756. Daniel Emerson
In Council Feb'^y 20 1756 read & ordred Sent Down to the Hon*''^
House Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
Province of /
New Ramps'" \ In the House of Representatives April 16"* 1756 —
The foregoing Petition being read —
Voted, That the prayer thereof be granted, & that the Sum of
Twenty Seven pounds Ten Shillings be paid the Said Petitioner out
of the money In the Treasury for the Crown Point Expedition, That
If the horse. Bridle, or Saddle, be found, that they be Deliverd to
the Committee of Warr or their order for the use of the Government
Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod"" Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec''>'
Consented to B Wentworth
[Rev. Daniel Emerson was of Hollis. He was allowed ^27. 10.
— Ed.]
[4-132] \Thonias Rozvs Statement. Soldier, 1756.]
I the undernam'd Soldier Enlisted under Cap' Joseph Eastman and
Drafted to L' Gerrish at my Return home from Albany was taken
Sick at Dierfield the 2(f^ of October after my Sickness proceed on
my Journey ariv'd at my home the 12 Day of November 8 Days of
Said time I have been at my own Expences which I leve to y^ Dis-
cretion of y^ Gentleman of y*" Assembly or y^ Committee of War to
be Allowed for Tho' Row
[4-132] \_Abiathar Sanborn s Statement. Soldier, 1756.]
I Abiather Samburn September y^ 12''' after a fit of Sickness at
the flates near Albany Proceeds homeward have been at Dearfield
under Doctor ariv'd at my home y« 26 Instant which I Leave to the
Discretion of y^ Gentlemen of the Assembly or the Committee of
438
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
War to be Allowed for my Expences a Coming home Said time — -
Abiathar Samburn
in Cap* Tash^ Company
L4-133] [ Wages and Rations, Crown Point Expedition, 1756.]
Province of
N hampshire
Allowance of wages for a Regiment of 500 Men for the Intended
Expedition to Crown Point —
Colonel of s*^ Regiment .
Lieu' Colonel of D°
Major of D°
one Commissary to D° .
one Captain of 50 Men Off"" included
one Lieu' for Such a Company
one Ensign for D° .
provided Such Captain Lieu' and \
Ensign raise a Company of 50 men \
one Chaplain for s'^ regiment .
one Adjutant for Ditto .
One Chirurgeon for D° .
I. D« Mate for D° .
3. Serjeants to Each Company to Each
4. Corporals to Each Comp>' to Each
I. Drum Major ....
I. Common Drummer to Each Comp^
For Each private Centinal
one Armourer for s'^ regiment
for his Assistant
Cap' Lieu' to the Colonel
Commissary to y^ Hospitel
2 Lieu'^ to Each of y^ Field officers Company,
that the 2^ Lieu' in the Col° Company and
y^ two Lieu'^ in y^ Lieu' Colonels and Major
Company . . . . . . . 10. 2. 6
Allowance at y^ Place of Rendezvous, viz
Each man 14 ounces Bread p Day Each man' 2 Oz.
14 D° Pork p d'' i'
I Jill Rum p D°
\ peas or Bean p D°
^ Sugar p week
N Tenor
£16.
30
0
- p Month
25
10
-
15
3-
9
15
3-
9
10
2.
6
6
IS-
0
^18
6
IS
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28
2.
6
15
0
-
5
8.
0
4
14.
0
5
. 8.
0
4
14.
0
4
10.
-
II
• 5
-
5
12.
6
15
3-
9
8
8.
9
p week
p D°
Ginger
i' flour
I. pint Indian Meal p D'^
4. Oz. Butter p D°
I. pint Molasses p D°^
Theod"" Atkinson of the Com'^^
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 439
[//. Fox to Governor, relative to the Canada Expedition, 1756.]
[Copied from the original in Hibbard MSS., Vol. II., p. 98.]
No: I :/ Whitehall March 13"^ 1756
Sir. The Earl of Loudown, whom the King has appointed, com-
mander in Chief of all his Forces whatsoever, in North America,
being preparing to set out, with all possible Expedition together with
two Regiments of Foot, a Train of Artillery, and a sufficient Quan-
tity of Warlike Stores, which His Majesty has been pleased to order
for the Publick Service, in those parts, I am Commanded to signify
to you the Kings pleasure, that you should be ready to give His
Lordship, and the Troops from England, all the assistance in your
Power, on their arrival in America, agreeable to the Orders, sent you
in Sir Tho^ : Robinson's Letter of Ocf : 26'^ 1754) ^^d you will cor-
respond with, and apply to the Earl of Loudown, on all occasions, in
the same manner, as you were directed to do with the late General
Braddock, and Maj"" Gen^ Shirley.
It being of the Greatest Importance that the King's Regiments
already in North America (as well as the three stationed in Nova
Scotia, as the Four in the Province of New York) should be recruited,
as soon as possible, to their full complement of 1,000 Men each. It
is His Majesty's pleasure, that you should forthwith call together the
Council & Assembly of the Province under your Government, and
that you should press them, in the strongest manner, to make the
most early, and effectual Provision for raising and assisting, His
Majesty's officers to raise, such a Number of Men, as shall be suffi-
cient to recruit the King's Regiments now stationed, or to be stationed
in North America, up to their Establishments, and you will acquaint
them, that the King, in order to encourage His Faithfull Subjects to
engage in a Service, so essential for their own Defence, and preserva-
tion, does consent, that such Recruits, shall not be obliged to serve
any where but in North America : That they shall be discharged
when Hostilities shall cease ; and that each of them shall have a
Grant of 200. acres of Land free from the payment of Quit Rents
for Ten Years, either in the Province of New York, New Hampshire, or
Nova Scotia, at their own Choice, which Lands shall be granted them,
on producing their Discharge from the Commander in Chief to the
Governor of either of the said Provinces respectively ; and, in Case
they should be killed in the service, their Widows, & Children, shall
be entitled to the said Lands, in such Proportion as the Governor, &
Council of the Province wherein such Lands lye, shall direct.
You will acquaint the Council & Assembly with His Majesty's
great Goodness, in having recommended their Case to the Considera-
440 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
tion of His Parliament, who have granted the sum of p^ii 5,000 to be
distributed, in such Proportions, as the King shall think proper, to
the Four Provinces of New England, and those of New York, and
New Jersey, and thereby enabled His Majesty, not only to manifest
His sense of their past Services, but also to encourage them for the
future to exert themselves in the service with spirit and vigor : That
His Majesty therefore expects that they will Heartily and Zealously
concur in every Measure, which shall be thought advisable for carry-
ing on the War in North America, and that they will forthwith raise
the same Number of Men, in each Colony, as were raised last year
(whereof as great a Proportion as may be to consist of Rangers) to
act in Conjunction with the Kings Troops, in such operations, as shall
be undertaken for annoying the Enemy, and recovering His Majesty's
just Rights ; This Service will be the less burthensome to them as
the raising of the Men, their Pay, Arms, & Cloathing, will be all that
will be required of them.
Measures having been already taken for laying up Magazines of
Stores, and provisions of all kinds at the sole Expence of the Crown,
and you will use your utmost endeavours to induce the Council &
Assembly to give the necessary orders for raising their Quota of these
Men, with the greatest Expedition, so that they may be ready to
March to such place as the Commander in Chief shall upon his
arrival direct.
It is also His Majesty's pleasure that you should particularly recom-
mend it to your Assembly to make provision out of such Funds as
already exist, or may hereafter be raised for the Kings service, for
Repaying the Masters of such Indented Servants as shall engage in
His Majesty's Service, the Money paid by the said Masters upon the
Original Contract, in proportion to the time such Indented Servants
have to serve ; and you will at all times discourage the harbouring
concealing or assisting such as shall desert the Service, and also use
all means for discovering and apprehending such Deserters. You
will likewise use your best endeavours to prevail on your Assembly
to appropriate such part of the Funds now raised, or which shall be
raised for the Publick Service, to be issued & applied to the general
Service, in such manner as the Commander in Chief shall direct.
The King would have you recommend it in the strongest manner to
your Council, & Asembly, to pass effectual Laws for Prohibiting all
Trade & Commerce with the French, and for preventing the Exporta-
tion of Provisions of all kinds, to any of their Islands or Colonies.
I am. Sir, Your most Obedient Humble Servant
H. Fox
Governor of New Hampshire
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 44I
[4-134] {^Jolin Carty, Wounded Soldier, 1756.]
Province of \ To his Excelency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap'
New Hamp**. \ Generel Governor &' Commander in Chief in & over
His Majesties Province of New Hampsh"' to the Honorable His Ma-
jesties Counsil & house of Representitives in General Assembly Con-
vened this Twenty Third Day of March 1756 :
The Humble Petition of Me the Subscriber one of the volintears
in the Late Expedition Under the Command of Corn" Blansher Esq""
Showing that Your Petitioner was in the ingaigment under the Com-
mand of Capt. Nath" Folsham wair he was wounded in Said fight, and
was Sent Down to Albeny wair I Staid untill I Gott So well as to
Ride home and I thought it would be moste for the Intrest of the
Goverment for to Come home and Save the Charge of my vittels, and
in the Ingaigment I Splete My Gun So that I am Not only a Sufferrer
By My wound but By the Lose of my Gun also : warfore Your Peti-
tioner Prays that his Case may be Considered and that Sume Proper
alowence be Maid him as in Your Grate Wisdom Shall See Meet &
Your Petitioner as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray. —
John carty
N. B. this man had of the Committee of war . , ;^io —
D" of the Treasurer 5^ New Ten"" ... 20 —
not Deducted, out of the Wages on y'^ Roll . ^30 —
Province of 1
New Hamps"" j In the House of Representatives April 16'^ 1756
Voted, That the Within Named John Cartty (the petitioner) be Al-
lowed In full for Smart money, & pay for his gun, fifteen pounds, to
be paid out of the money In the Treasury for the Crownpoint Expe-
dition. Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod'" Die
read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Se"^
Consented to B Wentworth
[4-140] \CIiarges on Money sent to the Provinces, 1756.]
An Acco' of general Expences p'^ on ^115,000, rec'^ Out of the
Treasury 12*'' March 1756, to be remitted to North America —
P<^ fees at the Exchq--. to the Auditor ;Pel [.?] ofifice )
& Tellers on ^115,000 @ li f C'* "^ ^ & [ £719,, 9„ -
more 14/ for Sign Manual & Warrants . . )
442 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
at the Treasury for Sign Manual & Warrants & ^
Order for the Above money and for writing the > 9,, 5., 6
Bond , . . . . )
W™ Tatcham Expences & Charges Who Conducted ) 1 9 c
y^ m°, to portsm° \ ~„ S„ 2
To the Guard with the money to portsmouth . 37)) i -
To The Serjeant of y^ Guard for his trouble & Ex- )
tra Care ........) "
P^ prem'^ ^30,000 Ins*^ at y^ Roval Exch^ a 2^^
Guin. ^ C^ & Policy £7?>7„ 14,^,6, Deduct Dis" V
count 5 "^ C' ;^37. 10/ Leaves . . 750. 4. 6 j
P"^ Jn° Hutchinson for prem* ^85,000 ^
Insur^ by him @ 2i '^ Guin. '^ C* > 2232. 3
& 4 Policy's ) 2982,, 7„ 6
Paid Cap* Cornish fr' ;^ 109. 82 5 being y^ W^ Sum 1 ^
Shipt at I ^ C J ^°9N.
5.)-
for Bills of Lading ...... ,, 2,, 6
;^"4859„ i6„ 8
Of Which
Massachusetts Bay is
Charg
;ed with
TTs being .
;^^2282„ 0„ 2
Connecticutt
2 6
TT5
1098,, 15 -
New York
15
TT5
633,) 17). 8
New Hampshire
Tf5
338)) i„ 6
Rhode Island
7
lis
295,, i6„ 4
New Jersey
5
TT5
2II„ 6„ -
;£4859,, i6„ 8
And Each province is Interrested in the Insur* in the same proportion
Errors Excepted London 5*^ April 1756 —
J. Hanbury
For Jn° Thomlinson Barlow Trecothick
Copy from the Original
Att' Andrew Clarkson Clerk to y^ Ass™
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 443
[4-142]
\_Aa'o?(nf of Gold and Silver PiircJiased for Nezv Hampshire, 1756.]
London 3^ of Apr" 1756. —
Mess''^ John Thomlinson & John Hanbury
D"" to How & Masterman for Cost of Sundry Parcells of Silv''
& Gold viz^
pack'^ in 8 Chests Mark<^ N Hampsh'' N° i to 8 Inckisive
Spanish Mill'^ peices of Z\% bought of
Sundry persons & at diferent prices ozs s d
but the whole reduc'd to an Average 8,000 @ 5/3 -\\ ;^2,i23„ 8„ 9
5 Bags ;^iooo Each i Ditto 5i6,,o,, 10 pack^ in one
Chest Mark^ N Hampsh'' N : A„ —
3,061 peices of Portugall Coin'd Gold each peice weigh'd
seperatly at least 9"^'"' 5^"' at the Currant value of 36/0
apiece — ;^5.509" i^,, o
Six pounds four Shillings & ten pence more in Gold,
Silv"" & Copper Coin to Compleat the proportion or-
der'd '^ Mess'^ Thomlinson & Hanbury for this
province — 6,, 4,, 10
;^7>639n 9m 7
For our Commission on procuring the Silv"" Examening
& weighing it & the Gold (each peice of Gold having
been weigh'' by us seperatly) & packing the whole
@ ip^ C'' 9„ ii„ o
9 Strong Iron bound Chests @ 2/6 Each i,, 2,, 6
porterage, Cartage, Old & new Baggs, Tape
& Sealing wax &c o,, 12,, 2
;^7>650„ i5» 3
Charges paid by J : Thomlinson & J : Hanbury vizt
paid as '^ Acco* of general Charges herewith sent, for
Fees at the Exchequer & Treasury & for Insurance
Freight & other Expences on the whole ;^i 15,000
issued to us ;£4859,, 16,, 8, of w"^^ your proportion
is 8/115"'^ being— 338,, i„ 6
hire of six Waggons to carry 249 Chests of Treasure
to Portsmouth £^Af, 12/ being 4/4I "^ Chest — the
above 9 Chests amo' to i,, 19,, 6
7990,, i6„ 3
444 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Remains in hand towards your proportion of the Charges
of passing the Acco'^ when proper receipts are re-
turned from America, for which we are accountable
to the province of New Hampshire 9,, 3,, 9
London 5"^ April 1756 p^Soog
Errors Excepted J Hanbury
For John Thomlinson Barlow Trecothick
This day personally appeared before me, John Hanbury of London
Merchant, who did solemnly affirm that the within Account of Gold
& Silver bought & Expences paid thereon to the Amount of ^7990,,
16,, 3 out of ^8000 put into his Hands jointly with John Thomlinson
of London Merchant, to send to the Province of New Hampshire is
just & true & that he hath not for himself or any person for him re-
ceived or is to receive any Proffit or Advantage whatsoever by this
Transaction — J Hanbury
Affirmed the 5'^ Day of May 1756 before me S. Bethell Mayor
At the same time appeared before me Barlow Trecothick of Lon-
don Merchant & made Oath, that John Thomlinson having been for
some time past confined by Sickness, he hath acted in the above-
mentioned Affair on his Behalf ; that the said Account is just & true
& that he hath not for himself or for the said John Thomlinson or
any person for either of them directly or indirectly received or is to
receive any proffit or Advantage whatsoever by this Transaction —
Barlow Trecothick
Sworn the 5"^ day of May 1756 before me
S. Bethell Mayor
[4-145] \_Pilofs Covnnission, 1756.]
Province of
New Hampshire
Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain General & Commander
Seal in Chief of His Majestys Province of New Hampshire
To M"" Eliphalet Danniels
I do hereby Constitute & Appoint you the Said Elip' Danniels a
Pilote of the Schooner, Little Easter, Daniel Moses Master taken
into His Majestys Service for transporting part of the forces raised
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CLVL PAPERS.
445
in this Government to Albany — that were raised forTthe Crown point
Expedition ; Giveing & granting unto you the Said EH : Danniels, all
& Every perquisite & Emolument thereunto belonging" for which this
is your Warrant
Given at Portsm" at Arms June the first 1756
B Wentworth
[4-150J
[Petition of Ephraim Philbrick, dated November 30, 1756, who
stated that he was in the service at Fort William and Mary and was
wounded while blasting rocks. He received an allowance. — Ed.]
[4-154]
Acco^ of Sundrys taken from John Shepherd by the Enemy —
I Gun .
I Bever hat .
1 p"" Silver Buckles
2 Waistcoats .
I Sword
Sundry other Cloathing
LawfuU money
Allowance for Billittine;
Errors Excepted
Portsm° Jan>' 26, 1757
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John t
Shepherd
[4-155]
\JoJin Shcpai'd, Taken Prisoner, 1757.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Governor The' Hon'^''^
his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives of the Province
of New Hamp'' in General Assembly convened Jan^ 26**' ^757 —
The Petition of John Shepherd Humbly Sheweth
That Your Petitioner in the Late Expedition, had the misfortune
to be Captivated by the Enemy, who took from him his Gun & Cloaths
as Particularly mention'd in an acco* Inclosed
446 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
He therefore Prays an Allowance for the Loss he has Sustain'd, as
Likewise for his Billeting for the whole of the time he was under Pay
John Shepherd
Prov of New )
Hamps"" } Portsm° Jan^ y^ 2^"^ 1757
Read in Council & ordered to be Sent Down
R Wibird Pro Secr^
Province of )
New Ramps'" \ In the House of Representatives Jan^ 27"' 1757 —
Voted That there be Allowed to Cap' John Shepperd Forty five
Pounds, hi full for this Petition & the Acco' hereto Annexed to be
paid him by the Committee of Warr for the Expedition to Crown
point Andrew Clarkson Clerk
Eodem Die In Council read & Concurr*^
R Wibird Pro Secr>'
Consented to B Wentworth
[4-156] to Cap' John Sheperd
you are in pourd in his magestys name to In List As maney abel
boded men as shall volenterly in List in to his magestys Serves to
Serve in north amereca During this present rebeluen if not Dis
Charged Sooner the meen thus raisd is to bee forned in to Comenys
Consisteng of one Cap' one Lutenent one Insine three Sargents three
Corprels and i Drume and the men thus raisd is to bee on the Same
futing that his magestys ragler trupes and to bee Sub Get to the ruls
and Disiplen of war and you are to obay all Such orders as you Shall
from time to time receve from mee or any your Super ofecer for tim
beeing and the Men is raisd and musterd before edward winslo Esq
you are to have a Comishen acording to your Success and the ofesers
under your Comand —
and this Shall bee to you and them a sufishent warent given at hed
quarters this forth Day of november —
[This manuscript is endorsed, "John Shepards Orders This paper
is said to have been found in the pocket of John Shepard " — Ed.]
[4-158]
\Francis Tucker, Assistant Commissajy of Sudsiste/icc.^
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Governour and Com-
mander in Chief in and over His Maj'^^ Province of New Hamp'' and
to the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives —
The petition of Fran'^ Tucker Humbly Sheweth that your petitioner
Inlisted him Self as a Common Soldier on the Expedition against
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 447
Crownpoint and that your Petitioner on that Expedition did not only
assist M"" George King Comis''y for the New Hampshire Forces but
did act as Comis'^y of the hospital allmost all the time until the Army
was dismist and your Petitioners pay is No more than Eighteen
pounds 1^ Month Prays that your Excell'^y and Honours would take
it under Consideration and Allow him what you in your great Wis-
dom Shall think fit
and your Petitioner Shall As in Duty bound Ever pray
Jany 27''' 1757 Fran= Tucker
Prov : of New i
Hamps'' i Portsm° Jan^ y^ 27"^ 1757
In Council red & Sent Down R Wibird Pro Sec^
[4-159] [Joseph Avery, Fort Edivard Soldier, 1757.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" The Hon'''® his Majes-
ty's Council & House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened Jan^ 28"^ 1757 —
The Petition of Joseph A vary Humbly Sheweth
That the son of your Petitioner Joseph Avary jun"" (a Soldier in the
Late Expedition in Cap' Ezekiel Worthens company) was on his
return from Fort Edward taken sick at Glasgow —
That your Petitioner on the news Immediately Hired a horse &
went & brought him home —
He Therefore Prays Such Allowance for his Expence & Trouble as
you in your good Consideration Shall think proper to Grant him —
first To Travelling one hundred Mile & Expences Going & com-
ming ^5-00-0 New Tenar
Secondly he being Sick at home for y® Matter Of a Month which
I leave to your honours And Discretion.
Joseph Avary
Prov of New )
Hamps'' \ Portsm° Feb^ y 4''^ 1757
In Council read & order'' to be Sent to The Honour' House
R Wibird Pro Secr^
Province of )
New Hamps"" \ In the house of Representatives April 29"" 1757 —
Voted That there be Allowed five pounds In full for this petition
to be paid Out of money In the Treasury for the Crown Point Expe-
dition Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eo'" Die read & Concurrd
Theod'' Atkinson Sec'^y
Consented to B Wentworth
448 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
[4-160] {Mas on Rendall, Taken Prisoner, 1757.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor & Commander
in Chief In & Over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire,
The Hon^^^ his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives in
General Assembly Convened Feb"^ 3^^ 1757' —
The Humble Petition of Mason Rendell Shewes
That your petitioner was an Inlisted Soldier in the Last Years Ex-
pedition Against Crown Point under Cap* John Shepherd In Col°
Nathaniel Meserve Esq'' Regiment Who had the Misfortune to be
pursued by the Enemy with Cap' Shepherd, Who Striped himself as
Naked as he was born Save his Shirt, in order the better to make his
Escape by Running Your petitioner after being with the Enemy
Some time, made his Escape, and Running Stove and broke his Gun
& by the Assistance of a kind providence got Safe Back to the Army
Again but in the Condition as is here Represented, by which means
your petitioner is a Sufferer, the Acco' of perticulars as "^ Acco'
here Enclosed, Your petitioner would not have Troubled this Hon*^^^
Court with this petition, Where he not Obliged by Necessity, Where-
fore your Petitioner prays you'd take the same under your Wise Consid-
eration, & Grant him Such Relief, as you in your Great Wisdom Shall
See meet & your petitioner as In Duty Bound Shall Ever pray &c
Mason Rendel
Prov : of New |
Hamps"" \ Portsm° Feb^ y^ 3*^ 1757
In Council read & orderd to be Sent down
R Wibird Pro Secr^
Province of )
New Hamps"" \ In the House of Representatives Feb^ 4''' 1757
Voted That there be Allowed Seven pounds In full for this Peti-
tion & Acco' & paid to Mason Rendell Out of the money In the
Treasury for the Crown point Expedition
Andrew Clarkson Clk
In Council Eodem Die read & Concurr'^
R Wibird J"" Secret
Consented to B Wentworth
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[4-162] [Benjaniin Carpejiter, Priso?icr.'\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Cap* General Governour
(^ Commander In Chief In & Over His Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire, The Hon^''' His Majesty's Council & House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly Convened Feb^' lO^ ^7S7 —
The Humble Petition of William Glidden, Shews That Your Peti-
tioner had a Servant, Viz* Benjamin Carpenter, Who was an Inlisted
Soldier In Cap* John Shepherds Comp=* In the Late Expedition to
Crown point Who had the Alisfortune to be Captivated & carried to
Canada, at which place he died, By which providence Your petitioner,
has Sufferd greatly, by the Loss of his Gun, & All his Cloaths, Who
Went from home Very well Clothed, Acco* of perticulars is Annexed,
Your Petitioner prays youl take his Condition under Your wise Con-
sideration, & Grant him such Releife as you In your great Wisdom
Shall think proper & Your petitioner as In Duty Bound Shall Ever
pray William gleden
Province of 1
New Hamps'' j In the house of Representatives Feb^ 23^^ 1757
Voted, that there be Allowed to William Gleden Eight Pounds In
full for this petition & Acco* hereto Annexed & paid Out of money
In the Treasury for the Crown point Expedition
Andrew Clarkson Ck
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theod"" Atkinson Se''^
Consented to B Wentworth
[W. Pitt to Governor Wentworth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 278.]
Whitehall Feb: 4"^ 1757
Sir, The King, having nothing more at heart than the Preserva-
tion of His Good Subjects & Colonies of North America, has come
to a Resolution of acting with the greatest Vigour in those Parts, the
ensuing Campaign, and all necessary Preparations are making for
sending a considerable Reinforcement of Troops, together with a
strong Squadron of Ships, for that Purpose ; And in order to act
Offensively against the French in Canada.
It is His Majesty's Pleasure, that You should forthwith call together
Your Council & Assembly, and press them, in the Strongest manner.
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450 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
to raise, with the utmost Expedition, a Number of Provincial Troops,
at least equal to those raised the last Year, for the Service of the
ensuing Campaign, over and above what they shall judge necessary
for the immediate Defence of their own Province ; and that the Troops,
so raised, do act in such Parts, as the Earl of Loudoun, or the Com-
mander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces, for the time being, shall
judge most conducive to the Service in general; — And the King
doubts not, but that the several Provinces, truly sensible of His Pa-
ternal Care, in sending so large a Force for their Security, will exert
their utmost Endeavour to second and strengthen such Offensive
Operations, against the French, as the Earl of Loudoun, or the Com-
mander in Chief, for the Time being, shall judge expedient ; and will
not clogg the Enlistments of the Men, or the raising of the Money
for their Pay &c^ with such Limitations, as have been hitherto found
to render their Service difficult & ineffectual — And as a further En-
couragement I am to acquaint You, that the Raising of the Men,
their Pay, Arms, & Cloathing, will be all that will be required on the
Part of the several Provinces, Measures having been already taken
for laying up Magazines of Stores & Provisions of all kinds, at the
Expence of the Crown
I cannot too strongly recommend it to You, to use all Your Influ-
ence with Your Council & Assembly, for the punctual & immediate
Execution of these His Majesty's Commands.
I am Sir, [Autograph, " W. Pitt," torn off.]
P S : Your Letter of Ocf 21^' has been received.
Gov'' of New Hampshire.
\Pitt to Wentivorth.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 279.]
Whitehall Feb: 19"^ 1757.
Sir, Having in my Letter of the 4*^ hist, informed you, that it was
the King's Intention, to send a strong Squadron of Ships of War to
North America, I am now to acquaint You, that His Majesty has
been pleased to appoint Rear Admiral Holburne, to command the
said Squadron, & it is the King's Pleasure, that, in Case any Naval
Assistance shall be wanted for the Protection of Your Government,
you should apply for the same to the said Rear Admiral, or to the
Commander in Chief, for the time being, of His Majesty's Ships, in
those Seas, who will send You such Assistance, as he may be able to
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 45 1
do, consistently with the Service, with which he is charged, by His
Majesty's Instructions; and you will regularly communicate to the
said Commander all such Intelligence, as shall come to Your Knowl-
edge, concerning the Arrival of any Ships of War, or Vessels having
Warlike Stores on Board, &: likewise all such Advices, as may con-
cern their Motions & Destinations, or may in any manner relate to
that Part of His Majesty's Service, with which the Commanders of
the King's Ships should be acquainted ; And for the better Execution
of the Orders, sent You in this Letter, you will be diligent in Em-
ploying proper Persons, and Vessels, not only to procure You the
earliest Intelligence, but likewise to be dispatched, from time to time,
to the said Commander of His Majesty's Ships, with such Accounts,
as You shall have occasion to communicate to him.
It is also His Majesty's further Pleasure, that you should use all
legal Methods, whenever the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's
Ships shall apply to You, to raise such a Number of Seamen, from
Time to Time, as shall be wanted' to recruit the Ships in North
America. I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant,
W : Pitt
Gov'' of New Hampshire.
[4-166]
[Petition of John Tibbetts, dated February 17, 1757, soldier in the
Crown Point expedition. — Ed.]
[4-167]
[Petition of Jonathan Sargent, dated February 19, 1757, soldier in
the Crown Point expedition. — Ed.]
[4-169] [BeiiJajHin Clifford, Died in the Sen'ice.']
To the Hon' Committee of war Kington March 1757
The Memorell of Will'" Clifford Shueth that he had a Son in the
Late Regiment in Cap' Winslows Company whos name was Benj^
Clifford and that he Died thear & that his Gun was returned into the
Store which Gun was Worth Twenty five Pounds and also a Kenduce
box worth Twenty five Shillings one pair of Buckels when he went
away one hanchife worth forty Shillings one hatchet worth Twenty
452
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
five Shillings which Things Your Memoreles hath not Ever had any
alowence for and as the Gun was Returned into the Store with the
othe Guns he Humbley hops You Hon'' will think he ought to be paied
for them and make him that allowence as you in Your Wisdom Shall
Think Just and Resenobel and in Your So Duing You will Grately
oblige your Memoreles —
Gun .... ;^25 : o -
Reduce box
Buckels
hanhife
hatchet
Old Tenor
1:5-
1:0-
2-0 -
1-5 -
30 10
William Clifford
Province of }
New Hamps'' \ In the House of Representatives Feb''>' 23^ 1758
Voted That this Acco', Amounting to Seven pounds Twelve shil-
lings & Six pence, be Allowed & paid to W™ Clifford or his order Out
of money In the Treasury for Defraying the Charge of the Late Ex-
peditions
;C7,, 12,, 6 Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sc^
Consented to
B Wentworth
[4-170]
[Materia/ at the Fort, 1757.]
A State of the fort & battery at New Castle
at Cumberland Battery
8 32'^ Carriages quite useless
I 24 Cariage good
3 4 Carriage good
the Platforms for these guns in a very bad State
the Battery Calld Prince of Wales
12 good guns the Carriages useless
3 New guns & Carriages good
10 New guns & Carriage good faceing up the river
17 on the ground or all one
The fort S West Corner
I 12^*^ Pounder Platform rotten & the ambrazure tumbling Down
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South Side 7 24"^ Platform Carriages & guns in order
1 . o /fib )
Circular battery r. '^' " [ Platforms wants some mending
By the flag Staff 3 24^'' in good order but this Part of Fort quite Weak
North Side 2 4'^ in good order & 7 24''' the Carriages at portsmo
Some of the Platforms wants Plank and the Ambrazures & wall
but weak
West Part by the gate i 6"'
all the Wall going to the Well tumbling Down & that the gate must
be made New —
We the Comitte appointed by Vote of Assembly the 17''' Instant
to Examine the State of his Majesty s fort & batterys at New Castle
find the Same much out of Repair more Especially the Platforms &
Carriages which it Seems to us should be Immediatly repared & that
the Hon'"''^ House may be the better able to Judge on our opinion we
have herewith Presented a State thereof all Which is humbly
Submitted |3y gj^ij Comitte
Tv/r K o. .... Tho^ W Waldron ! . ^^ order
March 25 1757 ( of the Comit :
[See Vol. VI., p. 585.— Ed.]
[Jam^s Ncvms Afpohitcd Collector of Custo^ns, 1757.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 280.]
Sir Having by the Inclosed to M'' Lechmere Surveyor General of
the Northern part of America acquainted Him that We have in Pur-
suance of a Warrant from the Treasury, Issued Our Deputation to
M'' James Neven to be Collector and Surveyor of the Customs at
Piscataway in New England in the room of Samuel Solly who is
thereby Superceded, We desire the Favour of Your Excellency in
Case of M"" Lechmere's Absence to give directions for M"" Neven to
be admitted to the said Employ upon his Executing the Bond En-
closed in the Letter to the Surv"" Gen' and taking the Oaths Enjoined
by Law and grant him a Certificate thereof to be transmitted to Us. —
We are Sir Your Excellency's most Obedient Humble Servants
Custom House London B Hotham
3d Mar: i757, — C^ Mead
Ent'd J P. W S
P Pach
His Excellency The Govern"^ of New England —
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\_Lord Loudoun to Governor Wentzvorth?^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 281.]
New York April 1757.
Sir By Letter Just received from Number 4, of the 20''^ I am
inform'd of the Indians making an Attack on that Fort, and that
none of your People were then arrived, which I own surprized me
very much, as Colonel Atkinson had promised me that 200 of them
should March directly to take possession of the Place.
Delays in our Trade produce the most dreadfull Consequences, and
it's impossible for any OiTficer to carry on the Service when he cannot
depend on the Troops Obeying the Orders he gives, I can have no
doubt of the Colonel having acquainted you with what was settled
between us, and of Your having given the Orders, but should be glad
to know from whence the disappointment has happen'd.
I know nothing yet of the 100 Men of Your Troops which I
ordered to Long Island, The remainder of Your Troops will meet
with Orders at Number 4, when they arrive there.
I am with great regard Sir Your most Obedient Humble Servant
Loudoun
I beg you will make my Compliments to Colonel Atkinson
To His Excellency Governor Wentworth —
\_Govcrnor Wentzvorth to General Webb.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 282.]
Portsmouth May 20^^ 1757
Sir, Pursuant to directions from His Excelly the Earl of Loudoun,
I herewith transmitt you my Standing orders on the Collonells of the
Respective regiments within my Government, To afford you such aid
as His Majesties Service may from time to time require without any
further Orders from me.
As the Milatory force is under my Direction, and are to Obey such
orders as they Receive from me nevertheless they Cannot be Com-
pelled to undertake a long March Without Blanketts Subsistance and
other Necessary Stores which upon recieving Lord Loudoun s letter
I thought it for His Majesties Service to desire that the Assembly
would make the necessary provision for. A Committee of both Houses
was accordingly Chosen to report in What manner the provision was
to be made But instead of makeing a proper grant for the Service it
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 455
appears to me that they are averse to send any Succours, even upon
the greatest Emergency that you can have any dependance upon as
you will Observe by the report of the Coms" a Copy of which I here-
with transmitt you, and Shall transmitt a duplicate of the Same to the
Earl of Loudoun, I wish you a prosperous Campain and am S""
Your most Obedi' hum^''^ Serv' B W
Maj^ General Webb
\_Governor Wentzvorth to Sir Charles Hardy.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 282|-.]
Portsmouth May 20^"^ 1757 —
Sir, I had the Honour to receive both your Letters of the 30''' of
April and 2^ of May, the Former incloseing the minute of Council
Relative to the Embargo, which I shall endeavour to Conform to as
near as the Circumstances of the Government will admit of, The
latter transmitting M"" Secretarye Pitts packett, for the Care of which
your Excellency will now be pleased To recieve my thanks —
I Congratulate you on the advancement His Majesty has been
pleased to confer on you in the Royall Navy, wishing you all imag-
inable success in the present undertaking I am
Sir your Excellencys Most Obedient and Most hum'''^ Servant
B W
His Excellency Sir Charles Hardy
\_Earl of Holdernesse to Governor JVentzcort/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 283.]
Whitehall May 20''^ 1757
Sir, The inclosed Extract of a Letter from Vice Admiral Towns-
hend, to M"" Clevland, with the Affidavits thereunto annexed, will
inform you of the Pyratical Behavour of several Privateers, fitted out
in North America, towards the Spaniards in the West Indies, partic-
ularly of the Peggy of New York, one Hadden Master, and of a
Privateer from Halifax, commanded by one Snooke. — It was with
the greatest Indignation, that His Majesty received this Account of
Proceedings, on the Part of His Subjects, not only contrary to all
Humanity, and Good Faith, but to the general Instructions given to
456 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
Privateers, and in direct Breach of the Additional One of the 5*^ of
Oct° last, with regard to Spanish Ships ; And the King, being deter-
mined, that the most rigorous Justice shall be put in Execution against
such notorious Acts of Violence, has directed the Gov^ernors of New
York, and Nova Scotia, to commence Prosecutions against the Own-
ers, Masters, and Securities of the Two Privateers abovementioned ;
And It is His Majesty's Pleasure, in case Either, or Both of them
shall put into any Port within your Government, that You do cause
them to be detained, giving immediate Notice to the Governor of
New York of the Arrival & Detention of the Peggy, Hadden, Mas-
ter ; and of That from Halifax, commanded by Snooke, to Gov^"" Law-
rence, in order that They may send you such Directions thereupon,
as They shall judge most expedient for the Execution of the King's
Commands, signified to Them upon this Occasion.
Tho' the Additional Instruction abovementioned of the 5'*^ of Ocf
last, has been already transmitted to you from the Council Office, I
send you herewith some printed Copies thereof, and am to signify to
you His Majesty's Pleasure, that you be particularly careful not only
to deliver the same to all Persons, who shall hereafter take out Com-
missions for Privateers, but also that, whenever any Privateers come
to the Ports in your Government You do make Enquiry, whether
They have already received the said Instruction, and in case You
have Reason to think They have not, you will cause a Copy thereof
to be delivered to the Commanders of such Privateers, and, at the
same time, acquaint them that the King is determined to require the
most exact Obedience, thereto ; and that the severest Prosecutions
will be carried against Those, who shall, in any manner, act contrary
to the same, and thereby endanger that Harmony, which His Majesty
is so desirous to preserve with the Court of Spain.
I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant
Holdernesse.
Gov"" of New Hampshire.
\Captain Gcoj^ge Christie. Fort William Henry InvestedP[
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 284.]
Albany August ^^"^ 1757.
Sir I reffer you to my Letter yesterday by Express, informing you
of Fort William Henry being invested, with a large Body of the En-
emy to the Ammount of Eleven thousand Men Thirty Six Pieces of
Cannon, and five Mortars or upwards —
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 45/
I have this moment another Letter dated the 4"^ at 8 at Night, from
Forte Edward; which says the firing of great Gun's and small Arms,
Continued all that Day very Briskly, but ceased, at sun sett, as it
had done the day before —
The General once more Commands me to Acquaint you, that if you
do not order your Troops, in motion, this Country must be lost — I
can add nothing farther But that I am with respect —
Sir Your most Obed' hble serv'
G Christie A. D. O. M G
& Captain in 48'^ Reg' Com= in Albany.
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Governor of New Hampshire
[Ibid., p. 285.]
Albany 8^^ August 1757.
Sir I have this moment received an Express from General Webb,
desiring I would again write to you to forward Troop's with all Expe-
dition (which is now the 4**^ Time) for without an Immediate supply,
the whole Country must be deserted, and given up to the Enemy
Nothing but an Immediate Retreat from Fort Edward (if you don't
Put in the General's power to proceed to the relief of Fort William
Henry, (which still makes a brave Defence) by Assisting them w'^
Numbers) can save them from being cut off, by the superior strength
of the Enemy —
I Am sure Sir : I can use no Arguments with you so strong for
relief ; As this one Argument that Numbers, and Expedition will
Save our Country which is now in the Utmost danger —
I write this by order of the General, and am with Respect
Your most Obed' and most hble Serv'
G Christie A. D. Q. M. G.
& Captain in 48"^ Reg' Com^ in Albany
To His ExceRy Bening Wentworth New Hampshire
[Ibid., p. 286.]
Albany August 10'*' 1757 —
Sir — I Wrote you 8'^ to it, and to my Several Other Letters I
reffer you — And am now sorry to tell you, that Fort William Henry,
after an Obstinate and Gallant defence made by it, as well as the
Troops in the Lines, were obliged at last, to give way to Numbers,
& Capitulated yesterday Morning, about Seven O'Clock
458 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
The particulars I can't yet Inform you of, having received this Cer-
tain Acco' of the fact this moment — And think Proper to Acquaint you
therewith, to Animate the Spirit of a Nation, which seems ripe for
Destruction — to rise in their own Defence
You Sir will judge what a small body of Troops may do. Elevated
with Success, Unanimous in their Councels, aud quick in their Exe-
cution if not timeously Prevented —
I can say no more, but there is a Necessity, for Men to be sent
properly Provided with Arms, and Ammunition, with all Expedition
— Otherwise, no Man can tell the Consequence —
General Webb is still at Fort Edward, with the Troops left there,
and the Militia he is Collecting as fast as Possible — Let us save that
Sir Otherwise New York itself may fall, and then you may judge the
fate of the Continent —
Your most Ob* Serv*
G Christie A. D. O. M. G. Cap : in 48*'^ Reg*
^Capture of Fort Willia7>i Henry, 1757.]
[Ibid., p. 287.]
Albany 1 1*'' August 1757 — Five in the Morning
Sir Yesterday I informed you that Fort William Henry had Capit-
ulated the day before, in the Morning, and that it was in the hands
of the Enemy — It is some Alleviation of our Misfortune, that Fort
William Henry was Commanded by a Brave Officer, and a Man of
great honour Lieu* Colonel Monroe of the 35*^ Regiment, and well
seconded by another of great Experience, Lieu* Col^ Young, by a
Noble, and Gallant Defence they made Against such a vast body, of
the French Regulars, and savages, so well provided with Artillery,
and who used it with great success, without Intermission, Intitles
them to Great Merit and does much honour to his Majestys Arms, by
an honourable Capitulation they obtained, to march the whole Gar-
rison away upon Parole, not to bear Arms, for Eighteen Months.
Such things we have been strangers to here but such was the Spirit
of the Commander, and Such the Ardour of our Men — They were
not Dismayed by Numbers, and rather prefer'd dicing to a Man, than
become Prisoners, at the mercy of a Savage, and Cruel Enemy, who
Endeavoured to shew their Disposition, upon the rear of the Con-
quered, Contrary to their faith. Contrary to every Principle of honour,
they sent a large Body who way layed the Garrison (tho' the French
sent a Guard but gave Orders for it to go but a few Miles with the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 459
Garrison) and killed, and scalped a great many, Strped all our brave
Ofificers, with many other marks, of Cruelty, sufificient to Rouse this
Nation from its Lethargy, Otherwise the Enemys Conquests, and
Cruelty, will not end there —
General Webb, has not yet been able to muster Six Thousand Men
at Fort Edward, where he expects to be Attack'd every Minute — A
Small Number to save a Country
Therefore Men Properly provided, with Arms & Ammunition is
what I repeat to you once more, are wanted with the Greatest Expe-
dition, to Prevent the Down fall of the British Government, upon
this Continent
I am with respect Your most Obed^ hble serv'
G Christie A. D. O. M. G. Captain in the 48"^ Reg* Sic.
P. S I have just now learned from Authority that our Cannon And
Mortars, most of them had bursted, and our Ammunition near Ex-
pended, before any Proposal was made for a Capitulation, by the
Garrison ; Col^ Young is wound"^ and Col' Monro' Came in Strip'd at
the head of his brave Garrison to Fort Edward, which is not yet
Invested
To His Excellency Bening Wentworth Governor &c^ New Hampshire
\Captain CJiristie to Governor WenHvorth?[
[Ibid., p. 288.]
Albany 14"^ August 1757.
Sir Last Night I had an Express from General Webb with a Letter
from Capt" Bartman, his Aid De Camp in which is the following Par-
agraph, wrote by the General's Order, dated at Fort Edward 13''*
Curr* Viz'
" And desire you will send to Stop the New England, and other
"Militia, from Proceeding untill we can be better able to judge, from
"the Motions of the French, whether their Coming up will be
" Necessary —
From the Above you will judge of the proper measures to betaken
with the Militia, which can best fulfill the General's Intention — I
have few other Particulars, with respect to the Garrison of Forte Wil-
liam Henry, more than I Communicated to you in my Letter the 11''^
Current, only I was Misinformed, with respect to Colonel Monro's
coming in, for Neither he nor Colonel Young with a Number of their
460 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Officers, are yet Come But we have hopes they are in the hands of
the French, — Great numbers of the Garrison Came into Fort Ed-
ward, and many gone through the Woods towards New England — All
confirm the Massacre Committed by the Indians, with the Connivance
of the French the most Barberous crueltys Committed in their Sight,
and Presence, Contrary, to a Solemn Treaty and Capitulation, ex-
changed between M : Montcalm and Colonel Monro' ; wherein Offi-
cers and Soldiers were to march out, with all their Baggage, Drum's
beating : Colour's flying : and One Piece of Cannon (A Six Pounder,
which Montcalm, made Colonel Young a Present of, for his Gallant
behaviour in the Lines) Likewise in the Capitulation says, the Garri-
son to have, for their brave Defence, all the honours, which that of
Minorca had —
Many Officers came in has Authantick Copys of it, which will be
a lasting reproach, on the ffrench Nation, for the most barefaced, and
Barberous breach of Publick faith — I am with Respect
Your most Obed* hble serv'
G Christie A. D. O. M. G. Captain in 48'^ Reg*
His Excellency Bening Wentworth
[4-173] [CaptatJi Ladifs AccoH7it.~\
August the 22 Day y^ 1757
Ana Compt Exhibitd by y^ Subscriber — for the Soport of Souldjer's
under my Command while Detand at Londondary and for Sickness
at Nombor four —
-^ 3 d
Paid at mr Blayrs at Dery for vitlin Eleven Souldjers — 05 = 08 = 00
at mr Tools at Kingstown 00 — 16 — 00
at maj"" Balluees [Bellows] for my self and two men and 3
Horses Sent with an express from N° 4 03 :=; 17 := 00
Paid for the Soport of the Sick for Rum and Shugar — 06 = 07 = 00
at N° 4 Paid for menden muUien Davises Gun 02 — 00 — 00
Paid for the Hier of a hose from N°4 to the Grat mad-
dows for to Carry meddicens to the Sick — 02 — 00 — 00
September the 25 Day my Hose being Presed from me
at N° 4 and sent of with an express to Porthmouth
and Gon Seven week from me or til Novmbei the
1 2 day for His serves 30 =r 00 = 00
the whol of my account is in old tenor ^50= 8 = 00
Trueworthy Lad
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 46 1
Sence I have Returned Horn and have Reeved my Hose those
Passons that Keept my Hose while He was Gon from me in the Ser-
ves Have sent to me and have Charged me for Hose Keepen old
tenor ;^22 = 1 8 = o
Trueworthy Lad
Province of )
New Hamps"" ( In the House of Representatives March 30^'' 1758
Voted That there be Allowed to Cap* Trueworthy Lad five pounds
In full for this Acco*, & paid Out of money in the Treasury for the
Last Years Expedition, Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council March 30"' 1758 the within Vote read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec''>'
Consented to B Wentworth
\_Lord Loudoun to Governor Wcnttuorth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 289.]
New York September y^^ ^7S7-
Sir As I find that after the Surrender of Fort William Henry,
Major General Webb had on finding a very great deficience in the
Number of the Provincial Troops under His Command, Assembled
for the defence of those Provinces, Partly — from those rendred un-
capable to Serve at Present from the Capitulation, and Likewise from
desertion, made a demand from You of a Number of Men to Com-
pleat Your Quota.
As I have now arrived here with a considerable Body of His Majes-
ty's Forces, and as I am willing as far as it is Consistant with the safety
of those Provinces, and the Good of the Service, to save every Expence
Possible to the Provinces, I shall not now insist on Putting them to
that Expence, but must Insist on your taking all Proper Measures to
Prevent and discourage all further desertion from the Troops of Your
Province, till the Time I find I can with safety dismiss them which I
will do as early as Possible.
But to Enable me to Part with Your Troops the Earlier and to
secure the Back Settlements, and to Annoy the Enemy, it will be
absolutely necessary that I should be furnished with a number of
Rangers, to Continue with me the whole Winter, to be disposed of
for those Purposes, the necessity of this Measure will I dare say ap-
pear to You, and I have the Pleasure to acquaint You, that Lieuten-
ant Governor Delancey has already agreed with me, to furnish for
462 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the Province of New York, Two Companys of 100. men Each, and
to take Care to have them Composed of Proper Persons, for the Na-
ture of the Service, both Officers and Men by which Proportion Your
Quota will Amount to Fifty Men.
I must beg that there may be no delay in Your giving your Orders
on this Subject, & that In case there's not Proper People to be found
among Your Troops for this Purpose, You will be so good as to give
directions to have them from the Frontiers, where the Men are Inured
to this sort of Service
I am with great Regard Sir Your most Obedient Humble Servant
Loudoun
P. S. I need not recommend to You, to see Your Men well pro-
vided with Good Warm Winter Cloathing
To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq''
[Secretary Pitt to Governor Wejitzuorth.']
[Ibid., p. 290.]
Whitehall, Sepf 16*^ 1757.
Sir, Mons' d'Abreu, Envoy Extry from His Catholick Majesty,
having lately delivered divers Complaints of Violences & Depreda-
tions (particularly mentioned in the inclosed Paper) committed by His
Majesty's Subjects in America, against those of Spain ; I am to
inform you. That The King seeing, with the highest Disapprobation,
the daily Growth of such Scandalous Disorders, and having nothing
more at Heart, than to stop the Progress of Practices, which, if not
repressed, must involve His Majesty in Odious Disputes with all the
Neutral Powers in Europe, is determined to exert the full Authority
of the Law, in Vindication of the Justice of His Crown, & of the
Honor of the British Nation ; And, in this View I am hereby to
signify to you His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do enforce with the
utmost Vigor, the Observance of the additional Instruction of Ocf
the 5^'' to all Privateers, & employ uncommon Care & Diligence,
effectually to prevent, &, if possible, to cut up, by the roots, all Ex-
cesses & Enormities, alledged to be committed in Violation of the
just Freedom of Navigation of His Cath'' Majesty's Subjects ; And,
Whereas, with regard to all Spanish Vessels, bound to a Port of Spain
in America, the Case of Contraband cannot exist, it being self-Evident,
that no Effects whatever, carried by a Nation to It's own Ports, can,
in any Case, fall under that Description ; It is His Majesty's Pleasure
that you do give the strictest Orders, that no Spanish Ship, under
MISCELLANEOUS TROVINCIAL PAPERS. 463
those Circumstances, be disturbed or molested in their Navigation ;
and that in Case of Outrages, or Depredations, committed on the
same, you do your utmost to discover all such Violators of Justice,
and Disturbers of the Harmony subsisting between the Two Nations,
and to bring the same to condign and exemplary Punishment.
I am Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant.
[A note by Dr. Bouton reads, "The signature was torn off by some
person unknown." — Ed.]
\Governor Wentwort/t to Lord Loudon n.~\
[Ibid., p. 291.]
Copy of my letter to L'^ Loudoun 21' Sep'
Portsmouth Sep' 21' 1757
May it please Your Lordship
I had the Honour to receive your Lordships letter of the 7"^ of
Instant under Governor Pownalls Cover, & shall use my utmost
endeavours that a proper Company of rangers shall be raised, to Con-
sist of Fiffty men, which is the proportion your Lordship has assigned
this Government — but as the men fittest for that service are now
Actually abroad, or rendered Incapable of bearing Arms by the
Capitulation at Fort William Henry, it will be Impossible to raise
Suitable men to be on that duty ; until the Muster rolls are made up,
& the Men paid off, which cannot well be done, until Coll" Meserves
return.
Upon adviseing with Some of His Majestys Council, & the leading
men in the Assembly in whom I could Confide, on the .Subject of
your Lordships letter another difficulty arose in regard to raiseing the
Company of rangers at this Juncture, that near one third part of
Coll" Meserves Regiment that were posted at Fort William Henry
were either killed or Captivated, And it was their opinion that if I
convened the assembly & proposed the Grant of fiffty men as rangers
now there was a great danger of looseing the grant, wdiich I thot
would be Injurious to His Majestys Service therefore it was Advised
to let the Matter rest for the present, until this Misfortune had be-
come a little more familiar ; to this may be added that at the requisi-
tion of Major General Webb I have raised two hundred & fiffty men,
to be posted at N° 4 or Charlstown on Connecticut River, under the
Command of Major Thomas Ta.sh, to make Coll° Meserves Regiment
464 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Compleat, from the loss of that Number at Fort William Henry and
these measures I am hopeing, will meet with your Lordships Appro-
bation — I am my Lord
Your Lordships most obedient humble Servant
B Went worth
The Right Hon*^^*^ John Earl of Loudoun
[Sccjrfajy Pitt to Governor We?itit>ortk.'\
[Ibid. p. 292.]
Whitehall Dec"" 30"^ 1757.
Sir, His Majesty having Nothing more at heart, than to repair the
Losses, and Disappointments, of the last inactive & unhappy Cam-
paign ; and, by the most vigorous, and extensive Efforts, to avert, by
the Blessing of God on His Arms, the Dangers impending in North
America ; And not doubting, that all His Faithfull, and Brave Sub-
jects there, will chearfully cooperate with, & second, to the utmost,
the large Expence, & extraordinary Succours, supplied by this King-
dom for their Preservation and Defence ; And His Majesty consider-
ing, that the several Provinces, in particular, from Proximity, &
Accessibility, of situation, more immediately obnoxious to the main
Irruptions of the Enemy from Canada, are, of themselves, well able
to furnish, at least, Twenty Thousand Men, to join a Body of The
King's Forces, for invading Canada, by the Way of Crown Point, and
carrying War into the Heart of the Enemy's Possessions, And His
Majesty not judging it expedient to limit the Zeal, & Ardor of any of
His Provinces, by making a Repartition of the Force, to be raised by
Each respectively, for this most important Service ; I am commanded to
signify to You the King's Pleasure, that You do forthwith use your ut-
most Endeavours, & Influence, with the Council & Assembly of your
Province, to induce Them to raise, with all possible Dispatch, as large
a Body of Men, within your Government, as the Number of It's In-
habitants may allow ; And, forming the Same into Regiments, as far
as shall be found convenient, that you do direct them, to hold them-
selves in readiness, as early as may be, to march to the Rendezvous
at Albany, or such other Place, as His Majesty's Commander in Chief
in America, shall appoint, in order to proceed, from thence, in con-
junction with a Body of The King's British Forces, and under the
Supreme Command of His Majesty's said Commander in Chief in
America, so as to be in a Situation to begin the Operations of the
Campaign, by the i^* of May, if possible, or as soon after, as shall be
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 465
any way practicable, by attempting to make an Irruption into Canada,
as above, by the Way of Crown Point, and, if found practicable, to
attack either Montreal, or Quebec, or Both of the said Places, suc-
cessively, with the whole Force in one Body ; or, at one, & the same
time, by a Division of the Troops into separate, and distinct Opera-
tions, according as His Majesty's said Commander in Chief shall, from
his Knowledge of the Countries, through which the War is to be
carried, & from emergent Circumstances not to be known here, judge
any of the said Attempts to be practicable.
And the better to facilitate this important Service, The King is
pleased to leave it to You, to issue Commissions to such Gentlemen
of your Province, as you shall judge, from their Weight, and Credit
with the People, & their Zeal for the Publick Service, may be best
disposed, & enabled, to quicken, & effectuate, the speedy Levying of
the greatest Number of Men ; In the Disposition of which Commis-
sions, I am persuaded, you will have nothing in view, but the Good
of the King's Service, and a due Subordination of the whole, when
joined, to His Majesty's Commander in Chief ; And all Officers of
the Provincial Forces, as high as Colonels inclusive, are to have Rank,
according to their several respective Commissions, in like manner, as
is already given, by His Majesty's Regulations, to the Captains of
Provincial Troops in America.
The King is further pleased to furnish all the Men, so raised as
above, with Arms, Ammunition, & Tents, as well as to order Provis-
ions to be issued to the Same, by His Majesty's Commissaries, in the
same Proportion, & Manner, as is done to the Rest of the King's
Forces ; — A sufficient Train of Artillery will also be provided, at
His Majesty's expense for the Operations of the Campaign ; And
the Ship, that conveys this, carries Orders for timely providing at
The King's Charge, with the utmost Diligence, and in an ample man-
ner. Boats, (S: Vessells, necessary for the Transportation of the Army
on this Expedition. — The Whole, therefore, that His Majesty ex-
pects and requires from the several Provinces, is, the Levying,
Cloathing, and Pay, of the Men ; And on these Heads also, that no
Encouragement may be wanting to this great, and salutary Attempt,
The King is farther most graciously pleased to permit me to acquaint
you, that strong Recommendations will be made to Parliament, in
their Session next Year, to grant a proper Compensation for such
Expences as above, according as the active Vigour, and strenuous
Efforts of the respective Provinces shall justly appear to merit.
30
466 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Altho' several Thousand Stands of Arms will be forthwith sent
from England, to be distributed to the Troops, now directed to be
raised in the Northern and Southern Provinces ; Yet, as It is hoped,
that the Numbers of Men, levyed in all parts of America, may greatly
exceed the Quantity of Arms, that can at present be supplied from
England ; It is His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do, with particular
Diligence, immediately collect, and put into the best Condition, all
the serviceable Arms, that can be found within your Government, in
order that the same may be employ'd, as far as they will go, in this
Exigency.
I am further to inform You, that similar Orders are sent, by this
Conveyance, to Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
York, and New Jersey ; — the Southern Governments are also
directed to raise Men in the same manner, to be employ'd in such
offensive Operations, as the Circumstances, and Situation of the En-
emy's Posts, in those Parts, may point out ; which, it is hoped, will
oblige them so to divide their Attention and Forces, as will render
the several Attempts more easy & successful.
It is unnecessary to add any Thing to animate your Zeal, in the
Execution of His Majesty's Orders on this great Occasion, where the
Safety and Preservation of America, and of Your own Province in
particular, are at Stake ; And The King doubts not, from your known
Fidelity and Attachment, that you will employ Yourself, with the
utmost Application, and Dispatch, in this urgent and dangerous Crisis.
Altho' the Knowledge of an Intention to invade Canada is appre-
hended, to be not only unattended with any Inconvenience, but neces-
sary to be propagated in the Provinces, in order to give Success to
the Levies ; yet, as Secrecy in all Enterprizes on particular Places is
of the greatest Importance, The King is persuaded, that you will use
all proper Discretion in communicating, by Name, any of the imme-
diate Objects, before pointed out, farther than to such Persons, to
whom it may be necessary, for the Good of the Service, confidentially
to entrust the Same. I am Sir
Your most obedient Humble Servant
W: Pitt.
Governor of New Hampshire.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 46/
\_Fro)n a Docitj/ioit iji French, Endorsed " Captures viade by the Eng-
lish Privateers on the Snbjeets of His Catholic Majesty, lys?-"
Translated by Otis G. Havunojid.']
[Ibid., p. 293I ]
ABSTRACT OF SEVERAL I^7URIES INFLICTED UPON SPANISH VESSELS
AND SUBJECTS BY ENGLISH PRIVATEERS IN AMERICA.
The packet-boat Nuestra Senora del Pilar, commanded by Miguel
Casanas, going from Vera Cruz to Guaira, was met and stopped by
an English frigate mid-way between Monserrate and Guadaloupe, on
the 27th of February. The English commander set the packet-boat
at liberty and also gave it a passport for its security. But eight hours
afterwards, it was met by an English privateer, who, having taken on
board Captain Casanas, sent some English sailors on board the Span-
ish vessel. They entered the ship armed, plundered the coffers, bag-
gage and effects which they found, and took possession of 900 piastres,
two chains of gold, 50 piastres in current money, and even the buckles
and wearing-apparell of the Spanish sailors, also holding a consulta-
tion to decide whether they should sink the vessel. The names of
the privateer and its commander are not known, nor is the armament
of the vessel.
The Governor of St. Domingo, having need of some provisions for
the laborers of the new settlement of Semana, permitted Francois
del Valle to go with his vessel to Gaurico ; and he, not being able to
find provisions in that port, took some merchandize to exchange for
supplies at Curazoa. As he was going to Curazoa, he was met by a
privateer from New York, who took possession of the Spanish ves-
sel, and maltreated the crew, saying that he did the same with every
other vessel which came from a port belonging to the French, es-
pecially as he believed that already war had been declared with Spain,
and he wished to take the first step. Finally he took with him the
Spanish Captain and two of the crew, putting the others ashore in
the Port of the Ysabella ; they do not know the name of the privateer.
The packet-boat, Nuestra Senora del Pillar, of the Company of
Barcelone, going to St. Domingo, was obliged, on the 28th of March,
to enter the Bay of Montechristi. The same day, it was met by an
English vessel, Captain Robert Funclan, who without heeding the
remonstrances of the Spanish commander, opened the dispatches of
the Court for the Governor of Puerto Rico ; and after he had read
them, he gave the vessel an escort which conducted it to the said Bay.
Two English privateers, which were crossing towards the Islands
of Mono y la Mona, attacked a Spanish packet-boat, named Nuestra
468 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Senora de las tres Fuentes, alias the Pastora, commanded by Captain
Don Alonzo Diaz, who was going to Vera Cruz. They spoke to him
in French, and obUged him to "lay to" his vessel, notwithstanding
he told them that it was a dispatch-boat with the dispatches of the
King. Nevertheless they sent some Englishmen on board the Span-
ish packet, whose crew were put ashore on the Isle de la Mona. They
took on board, the Spanish Captain with his papers and dispatches,
which they opened and read, destroying several patents and orders of
the Court of Madrid. They also took all the coffers, baggage, and
other effects belonging to the Spanish officers, and the most of the
cargo. The privateers belonged at Antigua ; the names of the com-
manders were Benjamin Rady and Charles White, and those of the
proprietors, John Dearmen Nantes, and William Sechel. Our Gov-
ernor of St. Domingo wrote to the Governor of Antigua, to reclaim
the vessel, and to demand the punishment of the privateers ; to which
was returned a very satisfactory answer, the Governor offering to
punish the guilty and sending back some of the property which had
been stolen.
Another privateer captured and took to the Isle of St. Christopher,
the Spanish vessel Sabana, commanded by Don Joseph de Inchaurra-
ga, which was making a voyage from Guaira to St. Domingo, with a
cargo of cocoa ; and, although he set it at liberty again, he had the
boldness to open the packets of letters of the Governor of Caracas.
Another privateer met a small Spanish vessel, which was sailing
without cargo, from Puerto Rico to St. Domingo, stopped and kept
charge of it for six days, maltreating and plundering the whole crew.
It is known also that another Spanish vessel, which was going from
the Port of Coro, in the Province of Venezuela, to the Spanish
Island, was taken by English privateers.
Pedro Mandaro Peregrin, a native of Havana, and Pedro del Mura
of the Port of Principe, left Havana to carry lumber for the service
of the King ; they were encountered by a privateer from New York,
whose men abused them and plundered all they could find.
The vessel Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, commanded by Don
Fermin de Sansinenea, going from Puerto Rico to Mayaquez, was
met, on the i8th of December, by two English privateers of Santa
Cruz, one named Joseph Cornell, whose men abused the captured
crew and put them in irons while they plundered the vessel, and then
set them at liberty ; the Spanish Captain presented himself to the
commander of the privateers, who for his answer, gave back a blow
of his sword.
The Spanish packet, Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, commanded
by Don Alexandro Joseph Savinon, which was going from the Isle of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 469
Teneriffe to Puerto Rico, was taken by an English privateer, near the
Isle of St. Christopher, (in its voyage to Maracaibo) and conducted to
Antigua, The commander of the privateer and a few of his friends
made it appear that they meditated some evil design against the per-
sons whom the said vessel was carrying to St. Domingo. After the
captives had been taken to Antigua and presented to the Governor
of that Island, the packets of letters were opened, and after they had
been read, they were resealed with the seal of the said Governor, and
the prisoners were then set at liberty, without any reparation, merely
being told that the men who had captured them were robbers of the
sea or pirates.
The vessel Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, commanded by Don An-
toine Ugarte, who was going from the Port of Coro to Puerto Rico
and St. Domingo, was taken by an English privateer, which abused
them and compelled them to take fourteen French prisoners, which
they carried to Puerto Rico.
Another vessel, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores S*^ Barbara, Captain
Don Matheo Moragas, going from Puerto Rico, was taken by three
English privateers, two belonging in Antigua, and the third in St.
Christopher ; they put in chains the whole Spanish crew, and put the
question to one sailor named Julian Ladron, to make him reveal where
he had concealed the money, and where it was ; they finished by com-
pelling the sailors to sign a paper, certifying that they had been very
well treated, and that not the least injury had been done them; the
commander of one of the privateers was named John White.
{^Atkinson to TJwnilinson^ 1758.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 171.]
Portsm° Jan^'y 27"^ 1758 —
S' Your Sons Letter to Dan" Peirce Esq of this town Dated the
22^ March 1756 is the Occasion of this & to let you know how, and
what your Interest is in Masons right Thirteen Gentlemen (after M""
Mason had Docked the Entail) Purchased all the right He had to this
Province Land reducing it into fifteen Equall Shares 2 of which Capt
Mason reserved or had Deeds back of the Purchasers for, one of
those Two rights he told me was Designed for you & we always took
in that Light and was his real Intent but before we knew any thing
of it he Sold one of the rights In Moity to 2 Gentlemen as Soon as
we were Apprized of this we applyd to him to make good his Promise
470 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
he had then but one whol Share Left and would Part with but half of
it which we Purchased of him this Deed A Copy off record you
have Enclosed the original Left with M"" Jn Wentworth for you the
Society in order to make up your Part Equal with theirs have (ever
since they Pericevd Mason had not reserved you a whole Share) Laid
out a Lott for you in every town so that in al our Late Grants & Di-
vissions you have one Lot & one half — now in many of these Towns
Improvements are bringing forward & we have Generaly tho' it ad-
vantagious to give a Certain Quantity of our Own Lotts to Encour-
age Settlers as for Instance where I have 350 Acres in one Lot I
make a Dedd of 50 or 60 acres to Porson he Imediatly Entring &
Building a House &c^ & Putting a family in it which Inhances the
Value of the residue Now in that Parte of your right that you Enjoy
with Cap' Mason No Person can Act for you in making Such Deeds
and agreements Dan" Peirce Esq is Impowered by Cap* Mason to
act for him & if you give the Proper Power & Directions to any Per-
son here to do also for you twil I believe be for your advantage not
only where you are Concerned with Mason but when you are Sole
you must remember that in all our Surveys we Lay out the 15 Shares
& tho' Some Shares are Owned & kept by 4 or 5 Persons we make
but one Share which the owners Subdivide as they think Proper
thus Stands, the State of Masons right as far as we have made Grants
or Quit-claims —
[Endorsed] Copy Letter to Cap' Thomlinson '^ Cap' Nevin Jan'^
28* 1758 —
[Atkinson to Thomlinson, concerning Fort William Henry Campaign ?\
[Ibid., p. 172.]
Portsm° N H Jan^' 28"^ 1758
S'' Tis so long Since I have rec*^ any of your favours that this
Seems Like commencing a Correspondence but I am Apprehensive
as M"" Sherburne is Sick M'' Wibird & Wear not in Town you will by
this Ship have nothing from the Com"^^ appointed your Correspond-
ents by this fleet I was unwilling (tho' I omitted my own concerns)
you Should have room to Think your Self neglected by your friends
here I (tho I have Little to write & Less than Little that is Agrea-
ble) could not contentedly Let the Ships Sail without a Line We
See the Sun returning towards in its Longest Strides & the Time for
Action in this Clime almost at the door but what the Campaigne of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 47I
the Ensueing Sumer is to be or where is quite a Secret with us I
believe its Destination originates with you if Lord Loudoun knows,
he only knows on this Side the water We here Expect he will make
Some Demand for men from this Governm' and do not Expect a
Shorte Proportion as his Lordship is very Desireous of our Province
Soldiers being men Generaly Enured to the Hardships attending
Marches in the wilderness — & this Province has ever been & Still
are willing to bear their full Parte according to their abilities but how
to Pay the men the Ensueing Campaign is quite beyound the Kenn
of my Sight the three Last Sumers Expence have so Inhanced our
Publick Debt that I think is next to Impossible to be again concerned
wee have besides the Sterling money we have Drawn on you for &
what his Maj^^ Sent to New York already Expended upwards of
p<^ 1 00-000 N Ten"" in Paper this method of Paper Currency will do
no Longer & while other Governments have Silver we cant Expect it
ever will Serve us only wee have now Proposed to Draw on you for
;!^2000 Sterling to Pay of the remains of the Last Sumers Muster
rolls & I dont Expect a man will Engage this Sumer without we Pay
him in Silver — last Summer Lord Loudoun carryd with him to Halifax
no other Provincials but what went from this Province besides the 3
Company of rangers & 100 Carpenters in his Majestys Pay whose
officers & men are all of this Governm' he Detached with Coll Me-
serve 100 men of the regiment raised & paid in this ProV^ this cost
us a great Sum of Sterling money by Drafts from Halifax &c'' the
rest of the regiment Except thirty then on a Scout were posted at
fort W™ Henry & there in a most unheard of manner in Defiance of
those Sacred things calld Articles of Capitulation either hurryed into
Captivity or Striped naked these men the Prov*" Justly think ought
in some measure to be made whole which has & will Enhance our
Debt you will See by this what our 3 years Defensive Campaings
has bro' us to it has rendred Quite uncable of Assisting: in our offen-
cive Projection & without Such an attempt & that Attempt too nearer
their heart than Crown Point We Stand a Very Precarious Chance I
own I was always averse to the Crown Point Expeditions & to Spend
2 or 3 years of Such an Expence both of blood & Treasure as that
has Cost I Still think a very Indifferent Aim if we had that Place
twould cost full as much to keept as it does to Support & maintain
jebralter the Pasage from S* Johns near Mount Royal being Intirely
by water & thro' a Lake Navagable for the Largest Ships while on
the Contrary the Difificulty of Transporting Supplys thro" Hudsons
river are quite Insurmountable as there are in the Pass many & Long
carrying Places & where the Passage is thro" the river they are Often
rapid & Shoal & Lyable to be Perpetually harrassed by the Enemy
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Indians therefore I really am in hopes we Shall have no more Crown
Point Expeditions — as to' Canada I do not Pretend to know enough
of the Navigation of that Gulf to judge of the Safety of men of
Warrs Cruising thereabouts but believe there is no Uncomon danger
in going where they might Intercept the french Store Ships & had
that been don either Last Sumer or the Summer before you might
have Purchased Crown Point with a bb'^ of Flower & tis Certain they
are at Canada Exceeding Short of Provisions at this Time — Lord
Loudoun with Whom I have had an opportunity of Conversing I be-
lieve to be a very Suitable Person to Execute the Trust & Comand
appointed him he Certainly is active & Indefatigable does bussiness
I think in an Easy Expeditious maner So far I think we have room
for hopes that Some thing advantageous will be done for as every
thing we Enjoy Seems now to be at Stake & we are all willing to
Push on to a Decision but without money — & we have none — what
can we do — I mentioned above our Projection for drawing on you for
;^2000 Sterling as we Shall want more than that Sum to Ballance the
Last years Expence & if we Should not obtain the Gov""^ Consent to
the affair we Shall be in the greatest Dilemma — the House Proposes
by a Peremptory Vote to Enable the Comittee or the Treasurer to
Draw on you for that Sum to Sell the Bills to the Possessors of our
Paper Bills & with that to Pay off the Expence Sc by an other Vote
to Lay a Tax for the Collecting So much Paper as the amount of
those Bills to be this year Bro* into the Treasury which Somm So
Asesssed & Collected to be burnt to Sink So much of the Paper
money heretofore Emitted for the Intended Expedition ags* Canada
All which is Agreable to our Acts when that money was Emitted that
whatever Sum the King gave us Should Sink so much of that money
— Since these Votes have been Calculated I have not had an opor-
tunity to Converse with the Gov'' upon them but my fears Arise from
a very great shiness he has to assent to any Vote &c^ that he thinks
Clashes with the Act of Parliment made in relation to the Paper
money & these fears I think carrys him into too rigid a Construction
of that Act I have not the Act by me but remember the Governour
is Prohibited assenting to any act or Vote that Shall have a Tendency
to Deminish the Value of the Bills — But if not withstanding the
Bills do depreciate it I think can never be deemd a breach of the Act
to acknowledge it which is what the Legislature is obleidged every
day to in Paying any off the Servants of the Governm* as for Instance
the first Crown Point Expedition in 1755 We Issued a Paper Currency
15/ N Ten'"or ;^3-old T. which in the face of the Bills its Said Should
be Equal to a Spanish Milld Dollar we then agreed to Pay a Private
Soldier ^13: 10: of s^ Bills or near thereabouts '^ month that
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 473
Emission so depreciated that when the muster rolls came to be Set-
tled the Pro^' made them up at ^15 within about Six months — in the
year 1756 the Second Crown Point Expedition We gain Struck off
an other Emission from the Same Plates and being Sensable that the
money had fallen in Value we then gave the men £18"^ month & So
in the Last year of the Same Bills we gave them ;^25- besides other
allowances & thus it is for every other Service now the Governour
thinks he cannot consent to a Vote to Exchange these Bills without
tis agreable to the Sum mentioned in the face of them & your own
reflection one moment will Convince you that if we cannot now Sell
our Sterling money at the Common Exchange between this & Lon-
don we can never redeem these Bills & at the Same time you'l See
the Injustice done the Province in this Scheme — I hope the Gover-
nour will mention this to the ministry & that they will give him an
Instruction whereby he will without fear of Any resentment be En-
abled to Concnt to y^ Exchanging at least Some Necessary Proportion
of them for our Sterling money the Bills at Some reasonable rate I
know I should advance my Private fortune if this Scheme was to take
Effect but I cant Contentedly gain that at the Injury of the Province
— we are now come to a Crisis with respect to our Paper money as
well as in almost every thing Else and this Critical Time I cant think
you can do the Pro'' a greater p' of Service than Endeavouring to
Obtain Such an Instruction as will Enable the Govern"" to Consent to
the Exchange of the Paper as the assembly has or Shall Propose in
this Equitable way
I hope in this Long narrative I have not Interfered with any thing
you may have of the Governour if I have what I have wrote will
easily be erased — I would mention one thing more on an other head
in which I am Sure the Govern'' and every body will joyn that is that
you would Endeavour to have our Council filld up I Imagine his
Excellency will by this opportunity recomend our Present Collector
Capt Nevin as one who I believe will Generally be agreable but Pray
what can be the reason that Mark Hunking Wentworth Esq does not
fill one of the Vacancys I know twould be agreable not only to the
Governour but to every well wisher in the Province & every thing
bespeaks a Seat at that board for him if his Brother thro' any Punc-
tilio of relationship has not recomended him in form to the board
Yet I know he is Desireous of his being one — Coll Sherburne is now
Dead & M"" Solley if his health admits will go in this fleet which
reduces the Number to Seven that tis with Difficulty at Some times
we can make a Quorum four of this Seven Living at a Distance from
Portsm° and as the Council is a Court of Appeals where it often hap-
pens that some of the Council are Concerned related or Sot in Judg-
474 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
ment in the Lower Courts cases are often Suspended and Continued
for a long time for want of a Competent Court so that there really is
a necessity for an additional Number of Councellors — The Acts that
were recomended to your Care to get his Maj'>'^ Consent to the Ap-
pointm^ of Jurors the Assembly are Dayly Enquireing after but have
nothing from you on that head Tis Time Now to tell you that I am
respectfully
Your Most Oblidged Humble Serv^ T A
Sent by Cap* Nevin
\_Atk/nson to Trecot/nck, Apthorp, and TJw7nlinson?\
[Ibid., p. 173.]
Portsm° August 25 1758
S'^ I recievd yours of the 28 Feb"^' by Cap* Darling Enclosing
Invoyce & Bill Lading for Sundrys (with Charges thereon) amo*s to
;^i8: 12: 10 which your Acco* has C red* for Except this Letter
tis Long I have been without any of Your favours neither have I
had any from M"" Jones who I imagine has paid Sundry Sums Since I
have had any acco* but Expect the Ball*^^ in my favour I would there-
fore Desire you would keep in your hands, to the Value of One hun-
dred Pounds Sterling a little more or Less & what in your hand in
my favour more than that Sum I would have Lend out in Purchasing
the Value in Some Stock or fund I imagine they are now Low &
tis a good time to Purchase in this is upon a Supposition that Cap*
Nevin has not recievd on my Acco* any considerable Sum from
you — I hope by Smith I shall receive the Sundrys I Sent for by
Cap* Nevin &c^ —
As I am now finishing all my old Acco*^ Should be very Glad to
have Cap* Pikes acco* in Some Sorte adjusted & those other things I
have heretofore mentioned concerning the Canada Expedition acco**
with M"" Thomlinson — We have no News but what will be more Au-
thentically hand^ you from the Proper officers than I can Pretend
to & to which I beg Leave to refer you * & Am
Gentlemen with great respect
Your most Obedient Humble Serv*
Theodore Atkinson
*We have in this Pro^ done our utmost the Expedition we are con-
cernd in has hitherto been very unfortunate which is greatly agre-
vated by bur having spent more than our all and can do no more our
Treasure will not hold out to pay our Engagements We are still
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 475
willing but have not money nor Credit to Enter another Campaign
— Pray Send me the Perticulars in the Enclosed mem" & let my In-
terest be fully Insured so as to make me whole in case of a Loss —
I am Gents etc.
Mes''^ Trecothick Apthorp & Thomlinson '^ Cap' Darling
P. S. I have Ventured to Desire Cap' Darling to Diliver you a
Packquet Directed to James Nevin Esq marked under the Seal N°(i)
if he should be stil in London Please to Deliver it to him in Case
he Should be come off then Please to open it & Diliver those Papers
that relate to the Custom House to his friend at that Board — and
those that relate to the Hospital at Greenwhich to that Board and
Pay there the Ballance'of £,6 : 17:4: Sterhng which Charge me with
this will greatly oblidge Gentlemen
Your Humble Ser' T A
As I Expect Cap' Nevin is in London I dont write the Several
offices which will I hope Excuse me in case he Should become off
which Please to acquaint the Boards off Gentlemen — Nov : 14"^ 1758
T A
The above is a Copy of what I wrote ^ Capt Darling Since which
have reed the Sundrys You Ship'd me by Smith which were agreable
Except the Worsted Hose Some of them much moth Eaten I must
now Desire you would Send me the Perticulers in the Enclosed mem°
haveing made Som Addition to what I wrote for 25 August M'' Frail
now going home tells me there are frequent Opportunitys of Buying
Carpets at Vendue much Cheaper than at a Warehouse & that he
will Purchass me one if So he will advise you of it & in that case
Please to pay him the Cost of one but dont miss Sending me one
with the other things in the Spring I cant conclude with out men-
tioning the Loss of our much & Justly Esteemed friend M" Apthorp
all which I grieve — I am Gent" Yours T A
Send y^ Copy of what went by Darling in the Norwich & the Copy
of that of the 14"' November by Cap' Grainger
[4-175] \_Commissary Kings Certificate.]
Portsmouth 22"^ Feb^ 1758 —
These Certify that the Effects which Serj' Grow of the New
Hampshire Regiment died Possessed of at the Flatts, consisting of a
Gun Blanket and some Cloathing, are not now to be found
Nath^ Grow Geo : Kins:
4/6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[4-177] \Ebenezer Copp' s Deposition, 1758.]
Province of \ The Deposition of Eben"" Copp of full age who
New Hampshire \ Testifys and Says that In the year 1755 he Inlisted
under Cap'° Joseph Eastman and he took an Inlistment from Said
Eastman to Inlist men for him and that he Inlisted John Goodwin
and others and that he never gave Said Goodwin any Money as an
Inlisted man nor never knew nor heard that he took any from Cap*
Eastman altho I was with Said Goodwin the most of the time he was
In the Service which was about 6 weeks I also under Stood that
Cap*" Eastman gave them leave to Return home from Rumford
the deponent further Saith that he Received of S"^ Eastman Money
To Bear their Expences from Chester to Rumford which is all the
money I Paid for him Ebenezer Copp
Province of |
New Hampshire \ Hampstead March 22 — 1758
then the above named Ebenez'' Copp made Solemn Oath to the
truth of the above Deposition
before — John Johnson Jus* Peace
Province of \
New Hampshire \ Hampstead March 22 : 1758
Then John Goodwin Made Solemn Oath before me the Subscriber :
that he neiver Receiv"^ any money of Cap* Joseph Eastman as an In-
listed Soldier in the year anno Dom 1755 : Either for bounty or ad-
vance pay as a Soldier
, before John Johnson Jus* Peace
[4-178] [Soldiej's Petition, 1758.]
To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq"" Captain General Gov-
ernor & Commander In Chief In & Over His Majestys province of
New Hampshire the Hon*^'^ his Majestys Council & house of Rep-
resentatives In General Assembly Convened March 22^^ 1758 —
The Humble Petition of Benjamin Glazier James Clement Reub'^
Stevens Partrick Tobin and Michael Johnson In Said province, Shews,
That Your petitioners were Enlisted Soldiers In this Governments
Service Under y^ Command of Cap* Money & Bayley in the Last
Years Expedition, & had the Misfortune After y^ Capitulation of
Fort W" Henry to be made prisioners of Warr, & Carried to Canady,
from thence was sent to Louisbourgh, from thence to Halifax, & So
o Boston by which Misfortune, Your Petitioners Were greater Suf-
terers then their fellow Soldiers, Besides Our Loss of time for which
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 47/
they humbly Acknowledge to have Rec^ a Gratuity for In Common
with the Rest, Wee Lost Sundry Valuable Cloaths &c An Account
of all Which You have herewith presented. Wherefore Your Peti-
tioners humbly beg that you Will take their Case under Consideration,
And Grant them An Allowance therefor, or Such Other Relief As
You In Your great Wisdom Shall think proper. And Your petitioners
As In Duty Bound Shall Ever pray &c
Informa Pauperis Benjamin X Glaizer's
mark
Hercules Moony for Michael Johnson
by his order
Patrick : Tobin
Jacob Bayley for Clement & Stevens
Province of "I
New Hamps'' /In the House of Representatives March 24^'' 1758 —
This petition & the Accounts therein mentioned being read
Voted That there be Allowed as a Gratuity for their Loss & Suf-
ferings to Each of the petitioners Eighteen pounds fifteen Shillings,
Except to James Clement, & he to Receive Twenty two pounds
Twelve Shillings & Tenpence halfpenny, (the Whole being Ninety
Seven pound Twelve Shillings & Tenpence half penny & paid Out of
money in the Treasury for the Last Years Expedition
JL97,, I2„ io| Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council March 24*"^ 1758 read & Concurrd
Theod"" Atkinson Sec"^
Consented to B Wentworth
[4-180]
[Memorandum of losses by Jonathan Barker at Fort William Henry.
He was taken prisoner and kept two months. — Ed.]
[4-181]
[Power of attorney, Jacob Hancock, of Hampstead, to Jacob Bay-
ley, dated March 29, 1758. — Ed.]
[4-182] [Allowance to Soldiers.']
Province of )
New Hamps"" ( In the House of Representatives April 20"^ 1758
Whereas Caleb Daulton, & Robert Kannady's Wages In Cap'
Richard Emarys Roll was Stoped, by Vote On Said Roll As being
478 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Deserters In former Expeditions, & it Appearing to the house that
they were not Deserters, therefore — Voted That the Treasurer Pay
the Said Daulton &. Kannady or their Legal Representatives their
Wages, as Carried off Against their Names In said Roll, Excepting five
pounds five shillings to be Stoped Out of Michael Daultons Wages,
it being for a former Bounty he Rec^ & that he give the province
Credit for the Same, Also Voted that the Treasurer Pay David Web-
ster or His Legal Representative in Cap* Anthony Tools Muster Roll
two pounds twelve Shillings & Six pence, it being for So much Stoped
Out of his Wages In said Roll, Which ought not to have been. The
Votes On said Rolls to the Contarary Notwithstanding. —
Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council 21 : April 1758 read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Se'^'
Consented to B Wentworth
[4-183] \_So/dters Petition, 1758.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governour & Comman-
der In Chief in & over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire,
the Hon^^^ His Majesty's Council, & House of Representatives, In
General Assembly Convened Mar'' 31, 1758
The Petition of Jacob Bayley of Plastow In said Province, for & In
behalf of himself as "^ the Annexed Account Jacob Handcock, Josiah
Heath and John Goodwen, All Soldiers In the Last Years Expedi-
tion, humbly Shews. —
That Jacob Hancock was an Enlisted Soldier in Cap* Mooneys Com-
pany & after the Capitulation, was made prisoner & Carried to Cannady,
from thence Sent to Louisbourgh, & from thence got home (by the
way of Hellifax, & Boston,) In Jan^ Last — that Josiah Heath, was a
Soldier in the Last year under my Command & had the misfortune,
at the Siege of Fort William Henry to be Shot thro the foot, by w'^'^
Accident your petitioner has been a Very great Sufferer In Loss of
time &c,
John Goodween was Likewise a Soldier under my Command In the
Last years Expedition, Who behaved himself Well But So it is that
his Wages are now Stoped by Vote on the Roll, As a Deserter In
Captain Eastmans Company In the Year 1755 & your petitioner
thinks he Can make it Appear to Your Honours that he was not a
Deserter, Wherefore Your Petitioner humbly Prayes, their Cases may
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 479
be taken under Consideration, & that Your honours will Grant them
Such Releif as you In your Great Wisdom Shall think proper & Your
Petitioner shall Ever pray &c —
Jacob Bayley for himself and In
Behalf of Jacob Hancock Josiah
Heath & John Goodwin by Power
of Atorney
Province of \
New Hamps"" J In the House of Representatives May 6''' 1758
Voted That there be Allowed to Jacob Hancock Eighteen pounds
fifteen Shillings, to Josiah Heath Eighteen pounds fifteen Shillings
to Cap^ Jacob Bayley fourteen pounds Eleven Shillings & Six Pence
— to be In full for all Allowances Whatsoever & paid to them, or
their order's Out of money In the Treasury for the Last Years Ex-
pedition, And that the Treasurer pay John Goodwen his Wages as
Carried off Against his Name In Cap* Jacob Bayleys Roll, the Vote
on Said Roll Notwithstand^ it Appearing that he was not a Deserter —
Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
Consented to B Wentworth
[4-184]
[Memorandum of Benjamin Mooney's losses at Fort William
Henry. — Ed.]
[4-185]
[Inventory of clothes taken from Captain Jacob Bayley after the
capitulation of Fort William Henry. — Ed.]
[4-1 86]
\_Petitioii from Officers in Colonel Meserves Regiment. '\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain General Gov-
ernour & Commander In Chief In & Over His Majestys Province
of New Hampshire the Hon''^^, His Majestys Council & House of
Representatives In General Assembly Convend the 16''^ day of
March 1758 —
The Humble Petition of John Spear John Parker Jonathan Young
& Hercules Mooney All Officers in the Last Expedition in Coll°
480 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Nathaniel Meserves Regiment, under the Command of his Excellency
the Earl of Loudoun Shews, That Your petitioners had the honour
of being In the Seige of Fort W'" Henry which was Obliged to Yeald
to a Superiour force of the Enemy by Capitulation, & So March Out
with the honours of war &c, All Which Rules, Agreements & orders
were broken through, by which Infidellity Your petitioners Ware Very
Great Sufferers more then In Common with their private fellow Sol-
diers, for which wee as In Common with them Acknowledge Your
honours Kindness to us, but as the Reason & Nature of the Service
Requires that all Officers be at more Expence in Cloaths &c then Any
private Soldier So wee presume your honors will think that the Case
was So with us, (& In fact was) Acco* of all which Expences you have
herewith presented from Each of us, & praying that you will take
under Consideration the Case of your Misfortunate petitioners, &
Grant them a Quantum Meruit, or Such Other Relief as you In your
great Wisdom Shall think proper & your petitioners as In Duty Bound
Shall Ever pray &c John Spear
John Parker
Jonathan young
Hercules Mooney
Province of )
New Hamps'' ) In the House of Representatives April 21'^' 1758 —
This petition being read
Voted That there be Allowed to Cap' Hercules Mooney Sixty Seven
pounds five Shillings, to John Spear Twenty Nine pounds five Shil-
lings, to John Parker Fifty three pounds Ten Shillings, To Jonathan
Young Twenty five pounds Ten Shillings, to be In full for this peti-
tion, & the Acco'^ here with presented & In full of all Losses, of
Cloaths, Guns, &c Lost at fort W" Henry, & In full for all Allow-
ances to the Above Gentlemen Watsoever, they have^ had two
months & a half pay Allowed Each of them before,
Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec'^
Consented to B Wentworth
1757 An Acco'of Sundrys Lost by Lieu' Jn° Spear at Fort Edw^ —
Viz'
To I french Gun, Seamed Barrell - . . . -£12,, 10 -
I Sword £10 : o/. i Coat Superfine Cloth ;^20 . 30,, o -
I Devonshire Kersey Ditto ^y : 10/ i p"^ plush
Breetches 75/. . . . . . . . ii„ 5,,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 48I
I p' Broad Cloath Breetches 50/ 4 Linnen Shirts
@ 50/ I2„ io„ -
3 p*" hose @ 20/. I p' Indian ditto 30/ i p"" Moga-
sins 15/ 5» 5m -
I p"" Shoes 25/. I Beaver Hatt 100/. i Handkf 30/. 7„ 15 -
1 green Broad Cloath Jacket £y„ 10/ i woorsted
Cap 11/ 3 8„ i„ 3
New Tenor ......
2 y^^ Swan Skin @ 20/
Portsmouth March 16,, 1758 —
Errors Excepted
1757 An Account of Sundrys Lost by Ensign Jon-'' Young at Fort
Edw^ Viz'
To I Broad Cloath Coat & Jacket ....
To I Coat & Jacket of Homespun ....
To 3 Shirts £,^, One Hatt 85/ 2 p"" Hose 40/ i Sword
100/
2 p"" Breetches @ 30/. 2 handkf s & my Blanket 90/-
New Tenor £66,, 15,, -
Portsmouth March 16. 1758
Errors Excepted "^ Jonathan young
1757. An Acco* of Sundrys Lost by Adjutant Jn° Parker at Fort
W" Henry
To One Gun ^12,, 10/ i Coat ^12,, 10/. i Jacket
^7m 10/. ... - ^32,, 10 -
I p'' Cloath Breetches 90/ i p"" plush D° 125/. 5
Shirts ^'ii„ 10/. — 22,, 5 -
I Hatt £7,101, 4 p*" Hose @ 20/. i p"" Shoes 30/,
I p*" Indian hose 30/. . . . . . . 14,, 10 -
One Green Cap 15/ . . . . . . ^^ i^ _
I Silver Lace & Button — . . . . . i„ 17
To a Regimental Suit w^*^ I give 32 Dollars — is — . 48,,
£^7„
6„
0
0
0
-)>
89>,
6„
3
John Spear
k^oung at Fort
^30,,
I0„
i9m
5m
-
7>,
10,
New Tenor p^ii9„ 17 -
Portsmouth March 16. 1758
Errors Excepted '^ John Parker
31
482
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Province of
New Hamps'' \ Portsmouth March 1758
Then John Spear, Jonathan Young & John Parker, Appeared be-
fore me One of his Majestys Justices of the peace, & made Solom
Oath to the Truth, of their Several Acco^^ by them Subscribed
Before Joseph Smith
[4-187] {^Herctilcs Moojiey^s Losses at Fort William Henry.']
1757 An account of Sundrys lost by Hercules Moony at Fort Wil
liam Henry —
To I Coat Jacket and Breeches ..... ^£2^,
I home Spun Coat Jacket & Breeches . . . 13,
I holland Jacket ....... i,
3 Cotton Shirts ....... 5,
3 Linen Shirts ....... 8,
I Silver mounted Sword ..... 20,
I Gun ^14 I Beaver hatt ^yj . . . . 21,
I Beaver hat half wore £2,, 10/ i Bed Sack £2il • 5»
I Drum & Sticks £s 2 p' Shoes £2,, 10/ . . 7,
4 p"" Stockins ^2/ i Teapott 30^ .... 3,
I Pewter Platter 20^ i wigg £2)1 ... 4,
I New Handkerchief 30/ i Silver neck buckle ;^i/ 2,
1 Dollar 30/ new Tenor Bills £6„ 5/ . . . 7,
Cloth for Indian Stockins £2! Blanket £2! . 4,
2 Wosted Caps £il — . . . . . . i.
o„
io„
10
10
10
o
10
15
New Tenor ....
Portsmouth March 24*^ 1758
Errors Excepted
Sworn to In the house April 21 1753
Att'
• ^129,, 5„ o
p Hercules Moony
A Clarkson Clerk
[4-188]
\_Ejisig!i John Afoors Losses at Fort William LLenry.'\
the Loss I met with at fort W Hennery Last August by the Enemy
one new Nub"" Cloath Coat worth 80^/ Superfine
Cloath Jacot worth AeO£l and a pair of Deer Skin
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 483
Briches 30;;^/ 150-0-0
2 pair of Shues £,61 "^ pair one other Jackot ;£\2 . 024 - -
one Good beaver Hat ^^30 one Gun worth 9 Dollors . 084 -0-0
one wigg that Cost me before I marcht in y^ Spring 3
Dolrs and one pesteren — . . . . . 019-4-0
Seven Dollors taken out of my pocket by Indiens and
£4/ old Ten"" 046 -0-0
Two Shirts fine Linning ...... 024 -0-0
April y*^ 11^" 1758 True accompt Erors Excepted
347-4-0
John Moor
Provence of
New Hampshir \ April y* 11*'' 1758 parsonaly appeared the above
named John Moor and maid Solemn oath to the Truth of the above a
compt and that he lost the above articles & thing by the Enimy at
the brest work at fort wil Hennery Last august
before John Goffe Justice of Peace
Province of )^
New Hamps"" j In the House of Representatives April 22^ 1758 —
Voted That there be Allowed & paid to Ensign John Moor, or his
order Thirty Six pounds fourteen Shillings In full for this Acco' & all
Allowances to him, (having had two Months & a half pay before) Out
of money in the Treasury for the Last Years Expedition —
Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theod"^ Atkinson Sc^
Consented to B Wentworth
[4-189] [Impress Order, 1758.]
Province of 1 To the Hon^'« Meshech Weare Esq [Torn] Regim^
New Hamp'' j of Militia in Said Province
Pursuant to An Act made & Past this 22 Day of April (an abstract
of which you herewith will receive) it is my Express order that you
without loss of Time Consult the most effective Measures for Im-
pressing for his Maj^^' Service to be Employd in an Expedition against
the French at Canada under the Comand of his Excellency James
Abercromby or any other Commander in Chieff his Majesty may
Appoint Eighty five Effective able bodied men which are to be under
484 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the Command of Such regimental officers as I Shall Appoint takeing-
care that each man is Provided with Sufficient Arms Powder home &
Shot bagg also with a Safe case for the Lock of his Gun and that if
any of the Arms are Spoilt in the Service or Lost the Person to whom
they belong Shall have an Allowance made them in Sterling money
& if you finde it necessary to make a regimental Muster for this Ser-
vice you Are to keep the muster on for Two Days & not to Impress
the first Day thereby giving the men Time Voluntaryl)'- to Enlist
themselves and the Second Day you are to Compleat the Eighty five
men herein ordred Including those that have Enlisted (under Persons
that have my beating orders) and those that have Enlisted the first
Day out of your regiment & make returne to me of Each man by
the 28*'' Instant
Given at Portsm° at Arms April 22"^ 1758 —
B Wentworth
By his Excellencys Com'^
Theodore Atkinson Sec''^
[4-190]
[Inventory of Lieutenant John Hazzen's losses after the capitula-
tion of Fort William Henry. — Ed.]
[4-191]
[Inventory of Captain Richard Emery's losses after the capitula-
tion of Fort William Henry. — Ed.]
[4-192]
[The same relative to Joseph Pearson. — Ed.]
[4-193] {Clement March's Bill, Mustering Men, etc.]
April 7* The Province of New Hamp"" To Clem' March D""
To two Days & my Expences to muster Philip
Johnsons men Sz: Swaring of twenty one — 2 : 10 : -
1 1*^ To my Going to Stratham to muster W™ Moors
men & Swaring them my Expences & hors — 1:10:-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 485
To one Day to Go to y^ Govcrnours to make a
returne of the men — . . . , -: 15 : _
To one Day Sum years ago to Sell y'= Excise - : 12 : -
To one Day Sum years ago to Get y^ brick
House Shingled for the Governour to live in - : 12 : -
£S-- 19: -
Greenland May 24"' 1758
Errors Excepted p'' Clem^ March
Province of \
New Hamps'' \ In the House of Representatives May 27^'^ 1758
Whereas the Like Acco', Passed this House the 12*^ Day of Jan^
Last & Sent up by Sam' Emerson Esq"" w'^'' Acco' is mislaid, therefore
Voted That if Said Acco* be not paid, that it be Nul & Void, &
that there be paid to Col° Clement March Esq*" five pounds Nineteen
Shillings, Out of money In the Treasury for Contingences, but if
the Acco* pass'd y^ 12''' of Jan>' Last be paid, then the Vote On this
Acco' to be of no Effect Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec*^
Consented to B Wentworth
[4-194]
[Inventory of losses sustained by William McDougall, of Bedford,
after the surrender of Fort William Henry. — Ed.]
[4-196] [Relative to Charles Rozv, zu/w Died of Small-Pox.'\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' Captain General and
Governor in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire in New England, The Hon'^'^ his Majesty's Council and
the Hon'^'^ House of Representatives in General Court Assembled
September A. D. 1758 —
The most Humble Petition of the Select Men of Tewksbury in the
County of Middlesex in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in
New England Humbly Sheweth —
That where as Charles Row of the Province of New Hampshire
above Said : a Soldier who was taken Sick with the Small Pox (on his
return from Fort W'" Henry) in the Town of Tewksbury afore Said
486 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
on the Twenty Sixth Day of August A. D. 1757 : and Departed this
life on the Third Day of September following —
which has put the Said Town of Tewksbury to the Cost & Charge
of Fifteen Pounds Twelve Shillings one Peny & one farthing Lawful
money as will appear by our particular account we have Sent to your
Excellency & Honors —
The Petitioners therefore Humbly pray your Excellency & Honors
to alow our Said account which is Justly due to the Said Town of
Tewksbury, which will greatly oblidge us your most Humble Peti-
tioners as in duty bound Shall ever pray.
Dated at Tewksbury Tho'' Marshall ^ The Select
Sep'y^22"'^ 1758 — Abraham Stickney > Men of
Jn° Chapman j Tewksbury
Province of )
New Hamps"" \ In the House of Representatives Octob'' 5, 1758
Voted, That there be Allowed Fifty pounds In full for this Petition,
& the Acco* therein Referd to, & paid to the Select men of Tewks-
bury or their Order Out of money In the Treasury for the Late Ex-
peditions Andrew Clarkson Clk
In Council Eod"^ Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sc^
B Wentworth
[4-197 & 198]
[Accounts for care of Charles Row. — Ed.]
[4-199]
[Memorandum of Philip Johnson's loss at Fort William Henry.
Ed.]
[5-1] \_Expcnses of tJie Funerals of Two Foreigners, 1758.]
Darby Colman of Cork in Ireland Now Lays Dead att John Kings
Innholder in Portsm" New Hampshire And Bro't into Town By Cap*^
Lampfear from Guinne July 28* 1758 — Sick and Lame
To 9 weeks 4 days Victualing & attendance from July
28"' to octob' 2^ following @ 8^ p'' week . . £,^6„ 12,, o
£^2„
i5>, o
10
6„ io„ -
8)) — „ —
I2„ — „ -
6,, — „ -
42„
I0„ 0
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 487
To a pair Stockings 60/ p'' washerwoman 63/ . . 6„ 3,, o
Charges Biiring Darby Cohnan viz'
for a Coffin .....
for a sheet & Cap ....
Diging y^ Grave & Bellman .
Six pair Gloves for y^ Bearers
Liquor att y® funeral
old Tenor ^125,, 5,, o
Portsm° octob'" iq**^ 1758
his
Errors Excepted p"" John -[- King
mark
George Bradley of Leverpool Now Lays Dead att John Kings Inn-
holder in Portsmouth New Hampshire, And Bro't into this Town By
Cap* Lampfear from Guinne July 28'^ 1758 — Sick & Lame —
To 1 1 weeks 4 days Victualing & attendance from July
28*^ 1758 to y^ 16*'' of October following @, 8p^ p"" week £,()i„ 8,, 00
to p"^ washer woman washing shirts 8z: stocking . . 3,? 3,, o
For Buring George Bradley — viz' £9^,, ii„ o
for a Coffin
sheet & Cap ....
Diging Grave & Bellman
Six pair Gloves for y^ Bearers
Liquor att the funeral .
£io„ —
6„ TO,, -
8)) — )> —
T ^ —
6„ — „ - 42,, io„ o
old Tenor £^37„ i
Portsmouth octob"" ig**" — 1758
his
Errors Excepted p"" John -| King
mark
[5-2] \_Liciitenant Wilder Willard.'\
Province of |
New : Hampshire \ D"" to Moses Evans of Northfield Dec"" 2^ 1758
To Nursing Lieu' Wilder Willard in the Province^ Service in the
late Canada Expedition in Cap' Todd^ Company & Col° John Harts
Reg' who was Sick with me from the 6'^ Day of Nov"" to the first Day
488 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
of Dec'" as he were Returning Home from s"^ Expedition, 3 Weeks &
3 Days. —
viz^ House : room, Subsistance, Beding, fire wood. Candles, Sugar,
a Nurse, Subsisting the Nurse & for other Necessary Tendence, @
;£l„ io„ o Lawfull Money of the Massachusetts, &c
Moses Evans
\Sccretary Pitt to Governor Wentzuort/i.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 294.]
Whitehall 29*^ Dec^ 1758.
Sir, In transmitting to you the inclosed Duplicate of my Letter of
the 9'^ Instant, I have the King's particular Commands to renew &
enforce, in the strongest Manner, the Necessity of a punctual Com-
pliance with the Orders there contained ; And you will Accordingly
urge, in the most expressive Terms, to the Council & Assembly of
your Province, the Importance of their exerting Themselves in the
present critical & decisive Moment, in which their own Interests &
Security are so nearly concerned, that it would seem superfluous to
add the further Motives of their Duty to the King, and of the Grat-
itude they owe to this Country, for the very great Expence, & Suc-
cours, supplied, for their immediate Defence, & for the future Safety
of all their Rights & Possessions in America ; And the Levying the
Men, to be furnished by the several Provinces, without any Delay, &
in such Time, that They may not fail to be at the Rendezvous, that
shall be appointed for them, so as to be ready to commence the Op-
erations by the first of May, is so essential, as well for preventing the
extraordinary Efforts, which, it is supposed, the Enemy is preparing
to make, to stop the further Progress of His Majesty's Arms in
America, as for pushing, with Success, the ensuing Campaign, that it
is the King's Pleasure, that you do employ the utmost Diligence, &
every Means in your Power, to forward, & expedite this Service in the
most effectual Manner, & to avoid any Disappointment happening
from the Slowness of the Levies, or from the Men, who shall be
raised, not proceeding, in due Time, to the Rendezvous. — With
regard to the Expences, incurred by your Province, for the last Cam-
paign, I am further to Acquaint You, that as soon as the Agents of
the respective Provinces, duely authorized, shall produce the neces-
sary Documents, the same will, without Delay, be recommended to
Parliament, for a reasonable Compensation, agreable to the Gracious
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 489
Assurances, which The King was pleased to allow me to give, in my
Letter of the 30"' Dec'' last Year. I am. Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant, W : Pitt.
Gov'' of New Hampshire.
[Ibid., p. 295.]
Whitehall Janry 26"' 1759.
Sir, I am directed by M'' Secretary Pitt to send you the inclosed
Gazette, that you may be informed of the Orders therein contained,
with regard to the Mourning for Her Royal Highness the Princess
Royal of England, and Princess Dowager of Orange. I am. Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant Rob' Wood.
Gov'' of New Hampshire.
[Ibid., p. 296.]
Whitehall: Feb'^ 5'^ : 1759.
Sir. The King having been pleased to appoint Rear Admiral Saun-
ders to be Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Ships, employed
or to be employed in North America, I am to signify to You the
King's Pleasure, that you do transmit to Rear Admiral Saunders all
Intelligence relative to his Department, in the same Manner, as you
was directed to do, by my Letters of the 19'^ Feby & 30*'' Dec"" 1757,
to the former Commanders in Chief of his Majesty's Ships ; And it is
also the King's pleasure, that you do, on any Application from Adm'
Saunders or the Commander in Chief of the King's Ships, use all
legal methods to Supply him with such a Number of Sailors, & Work-
men, from your province, as he shall at any time require for his
Majesty's Service. I am. Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant, W : Pitt.
Gov'' of New Hampshire.
[Ibid., p. 297.]
Whitehall : 10"' : March : 1759.
Sir, I am directed by M"" Secretary Pitt to send you the inclosed
Extraordinary Gazette, which will inform you of the Success of his
490 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Majesty's Arms in the Reduction of the Town & Fort of Bassterre
at Guadalupe, & there is Reason to hope, that we shall shortly have an
Account of that Island being in the Possession of his Majesty's
Forces. I am. Sir
Your most obedient humble Servant Rob' Wood
Gov'' of New Hampshire.
[5-4] \Petition frovi Pickering and Spear, 1759.]
Province of ) To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq""
New Hampshire \ Cap* General Governour and Commander in Chief
in and Over his Majestys Province aforesaid and the Hon'^''^ His
Majestys Council and House of Representatives in General Assem-
bly Convened, January, 19"^ I759 —
John Pickerin of Portsmouth, and John Spear of Londonderry both
in the Province of New Hampshire Gentlemen Humbly Shew, as
follows, viz. Your Petitioners being officers in the Regiment Raised
in this Province for the Reduction of Canada in the year 1758, of
which Regiment John Hart Esq^ was Colo'^ John Goffe Esq' was
Leiu* Colo" and John Titcomb Esq"" was Maj"" and the Said John Pick-
erin was first Cap* and the said John Spear, was first Leiu* and ac-
cording to Custom in Martial affairs they pray to Rise in Rank as
Vacancys happen either by Death or dismission of any of their Supe-
riour officer or officers. That the Leiu' Coll^^' of said Regiment was
Discharged from said Regiment as being unable to Serve thro' bodyly
Indisposition and they are informd that Maj'' Titcomb is made up in
the Staff Roll of said Regement as Leu* Coll'^ and is to Receive pay
as Such from the time that the Said Col]° Goffe Came from said Reg-
ement. and Your Petitioners pray as the Said Maj''is advanced they
also may be advanced as to their pay. viz. The said John Pickerin
being the first Cap* in Said Regement. prays that from the time of
the dismission or discharge of the Said Coll° Goffe and the advance
or Rise of the Said Maj"" Titcomb to Leu* Coll" he the Said Pickerin
may be Allowd Maj''^ pay not only to the time that he was Tryd by a
Court Martial (for Some pretended Misbehaviour, words and Actions
done and Spoken in Great haste) and Cashsheird. but also for the
time that the Said Regiment, was made up for afterwards. But if
Your Excellency & Honours should be of Opinion that the Said
Pickerin Ought not to be made up & allowd as before desired (which
he hopes you will See proper to allow) He farther prays that he may
be allowd pay as a Capt" untill the time of making the Muster Roll,
his being Cashshierd as aforesaid Notwithstanding.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 49I
and the Said John Spear also prays for himself, that on the prem-
esses aforesaid as he was first Leiu' in the Said Regement, that he
may be advanced to be a Cap' or to have Cap'^ pay allowd him from
the time of the advancement of the Said Maj"" Titcomb untill the time
of making up the pay for the officers of said Regement. But if Your
Excellency and Hon""* should not Grant the Same nor Suffer Cap^
Pickerin to have Such Wages as Cap' as he has desired, (which he
prays may be done.) the Said John Spear prays that he may be allowd
Cap'^ pay from the time of the dismission of the Said Cap' Pickerin
untill the time of making the Muster Roll as aforesaid —
and Your Petitioners further propose to Your Excellency and hon-
ours that if the premisses aforesaid should be tho't not to be Equitable
that you will act agreeable to the practice of Other Regements in the
Mass^ Goverm' and others, which we apprehend to be Right of the
Like proceeding Relative to the Same matters, and was Accordingly
practised by them in the Same Year, and make up the pay for three
Field officers in the said Regiment and advance Each one according
to his Rank in Rise — and Your Petitioners shall as in Duty bound.
Ever Pray — John Pickerin
John Spear
[S~7] \Proclamation relative to Enlisting Men, 1759.]
Province of New Hamp""
By his Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq Captain General &
Commander in Chieff in and over his Majtys Province of New Hamp-
shire in New England —
A Proclamation —
His Maj'y having nothing more at Heart than to Improve the great
Advantages gaind the last Year as well as to repair the Disapoint-
ment at Ticonderoga is Determined by the most vigorous & extensive
Efforts with the Blessing of God on his Arms to avert the Danger
that may threaten North America from any future Irruptions of the
French, at the Same Time relying on his faithfull Subjects in North
America to co-operate with & Second to the utmost of their ability
the Large Expensive & extraordinary Succours Supplyd by Our
Mother Country for our Preservation & Defence
And whereas the Legislature of this Government has resolved to
Enlist & Pay one Thousand men to be Employd in this Undertaking
I Do hereby Promise & Engage that all Such Able bodyed Effective
men as Shall Inlist under Persons that receive beating orders from me
492 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Shall be Intituled to the following Pay gratuitys and rewards (Viz) Each
non Commission officer & Private Soldier Shall recieve at the Time of
his Enlistment Twenty two Shillings & Six pence Sterling as a Bounty
and after he Passes Muster & before he marches a further Bounty of
thirty Seven Shillings & Six pence to Purchass Proper Cloaths and
also a good Blanket & that Each Private Shall also receive Thirty
Shillings Sterling '^ month for the Time he shall be in the Service —
and further that all Such Effective men who Served in the Pay of
this Province the Last Campaign & Shall Voluntarily Enlist in the
Ensueing, Shall receive fifty four Shillings Sterling as half Pay for
four months —
That they Shall not be Detaind in the Service longer than nine
months but Shall be Sooner Discharged if the Intended Expedition
Shall be Sooner over
And that Each man Shall receive one months Pay advance And
that no Soldier that Shall Enlist & Proceed on Said Service Shall be
Liable to have his Body Arrested Stayd or Imprisoned dureing the
Continuence of the S'^ Service upon mean Process or Execution for
any less Sum than Ten Pounds Sterling due to one Plaintiff Those
that find themselves Arms
and I hereby require all officers Civil & Military to use their utmost
Influence in Encouraging & Promoting this Service So Essential to
the Liberty & being of this Country —
Given at the Council Chamber in Portsm° the 15* Day of March
1759 in the 32^ Year of the reign of Our Soverign Lord George the
Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King
Defender of the Faith &c^ B Wentworth
By his Excellencys Comand Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
God Save the King- —
[5-8] {^Enlisting Oi-ders to Colojiel Wea^'c, 1759.]
Province of \ Benning Wentworth Esq'' Captain General and
New Hampshire j Commander in Chief of His Majesties Province of
New Hampshire —
To the Hon'^^^ Meshech VVeare Esq^ —
You are hereby directed to enlist Or draft, out of the regiment un-
der your Command, Eighty-five effective men, to be Employed under
the officers I shall appoint in an Expedition against Canada, of which
Expedition His Excellency Jeffrey Amherst Esq"" is Commander in
Chief —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 493
And the more Effectually to Expedite the above Servies, you are
hereby allso directed to Order a muster of the regiment under your
Command to begin on Monday the Sixteenth of April Next at Such
Places, as you shall Judge least Burthensome to the whole, and to
follow the methods Contained In the Acts you have rec"^ to compleat
the Quota of men assigned your Regiment, for the above Service,
makeing your return to me, by the i8'^ day of April Next —
Given at Portsmouth at Arms the 27**^ day of March 1759 —
B Wentworth
[5-9]
[Petition of Joseph Estabrooks, soldier. Dismissed Jan. 29, 1760.]
[5-10]
[Petition of William Watson, soldier. Dismissed Jan. 29, 1760.]
[5-1 1] {Lord Loudoun to General Pepperell.~\
London May 17*^ 1759
Sir I had the honour of your Letter of Dec"^ 29"^ 1758 relating to
the 300 Suits of Cloathing delivered to Colonel Webbe's Regiment
at New York for which you demand payment.
I lay'd your Letter before Martial Lord Ligoneer and Lord Vis-
count Barrington Secretary at War.
and I am desired by them to inform you that the Government
having given you the usual Assignment of Off reckonings to pay for
your Cloathing, it was absolutely at their Disposal for the Use of any
of his Majesties Forces. I am Sir
Your obedient humble Servant Loudoun
To Lieutenant General Sir William Pepperell
[Ibid.]
London 7^^' July 1759
Sir I have the Honour to acquaint you that after near Two years
attendance on Lord Loudoun in America, & on the Secretary at War
in London, that your Late Regiments Affairs seem now to be nearly
494 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Closed ; Notwithstanding I did immediately on my Arrival in Eng-
land, give in my Acc^^ as paymas"" & closely attended Lord Barrington,
yet no Step has ben taken to Clear us till a few days ago ; when I
received a Card from M'' Caleraft to call on him & assist in making
out A Noneffective Ace', which I immediately did, & signed it three
days ago : in which Ace* I have inserted the several Charges made
by you for Raising the Regim*, which were not Credited in Cap'
Descury the late Paymas''^ Acc'^ & I hope in a few days more to be
able to give you the agreable ace' of its being passed, & the Kings
Warrant granted to Clear us. —
I hope you do not impute my not writing sooner to you, to any
want of Respect, but really the Truth is that I had nothing to Com-
municate to you worth puting you to any Expence in Postage. I
understand that no Levey money will be granted for raising the Reg-
im' but the Non Effective money will be applyed to that use, so that
I am afraid there will be no division of Non Effective money to the
Captains. I am with my best Respects Sir Your Obliged and
Most Obedient humble Servant Cha Craven
Sir W"* Pepperrell Barr'
[5-13]
\^Names of Men who Sei'ved as Substitutes for Quakers, 1759.]
Province of ) These May Certifie that the following List Contains
Newhamp'' \ the Names of the Persons who ware hired to Go in the
Expedition against Canada in april 1759 in the Room and Stead of
the People Called Quakers belonging to the fourth Regiment of foot
in Said Province, and the Names of the Said Quakers, and the
Names of the Parrishes to which they belong, and the Sum Stirling
which was Given to Each Person So hired
viz Dudley Becket in the Room of Jacob Smith Jun'' of
Brintwood 9 - 4-0
Jonathan Edgerly in Stead of Joshua Bean of ditto — 9 - 4-0
Jeremiah Gilman in Stead of James Bean Jun'' of ditto - 9 - 4-0
david dollof in Stead of Jeremiah Glidden of ditto 8 - 16-0
Moses Gilman in Stead of Daniel West of ditto 8 - 16-0
45 - 4-0
Benjamin Cass in Stead of Jeremiah Dow of Eppin - 9 - 12-0
John Dow in Stead of John Martin of ditto -9-12-0
19- 4-0
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXL\L PAPERS. 495
It was adjudged the proper turn of the above Named Jacob Smith
Jun"", Joshua Bean, James Bean Jun"", Jeremiah GHdden, Daniel West,
Jeremiah Dow, and John Martin, to Go in the above mentioned Ex-
pedition and they Refusing, and being of the People Called Quakers,
the Several Persons Named in the Same line with Each of them, ware
hired, and Proceeded, in their Stead, for the Sum Stirling Set against
Each of their Names Sam" Oilman ColP
[5-14] \Colo}iel ScJiuy lev's Acco?mt. Rafisonis.'\
1758 The Province of New Hampshire D'
Livres
Octob"" 30 To Cash Paid the Ransom of Lydia Stibbings of N" 4 400
Nov' i^t To D° pd f D° of IVP^ Moore 400
To D° p<^ f D° of M-^^ Jem : How . . 600^
To D° f D° of her Son William . . 800 1
To D° "# D° of her Sons Squire & Caleb 1200 f ^^"^
To d° paid sundry Express "^ D° . . 170J
To D° paid an Express sent to M""^ Grout . . 70
@ 107 Sts Liv^ 3640
is Sts 159,, 5„ -
To Cash advanced M''* Eunice Gaffield last Year In Canada
— 56 Dollars @ 4/8 f Doll Sts .... 13,, i„ 4
Sterls— ^172,, 6„ 4
Province of )
New Hamps"" \ In the House of Representatives Octob'' 10''' 1759
Voted That this Acco' of Col° Peter Schuyler Esq"" Amounting to
One hundred & Seventy two pounds Six Shillings & four pence Ster-
ling be Allowed & paid by Sterling Bills to be Drawn by the Com-
mittee heretofore Imployed to Draw Sterls Bills, payable to Peter
Schuyler Esq"", & Remitted to John Schuyler Esq"" at Second River
In East New Jersey Agreeable to his Letter to his Excell>' dated
Crown Point Sep"" if^ 1759 & Also that on the Receipt of said Bill that
any Obligations Gave by Any or all the persons named In Said Acco',
be made Over Payable to the Treasurer of Said province for the time
being for Acco' of Said province Andrew Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Se''^
Consented to B Wentworth
496 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[5~I5] {^King s Instructions concerning Courts, 1758.]
George R —
Additional Instruction to Our Trusty & well Beloved
Seal Benning Wentworth Esq'', Our Governor & Commander in
Chief In & Over Our Province of New Hampshire In New
England In America. Given at Our Court at S* James's the 22^ Day
of December 1758 in the Thirty Second Year of Our Reign.
Whereas it hath been Represented unto us, that the General As-
sembly of Our Province of New Hampshire having Refused to Com-
ply with the Earnest Recommendation of you Our Governor, that
they would make provision for the payment of Competent Salaries to
the Chief Justice & other Justices of Our Superior Court or Court of
Kings Bench within Our Said province ; the Said Justies had there-
upon resigned their Commissions, & no Other person being Willing
to Accept the Like Commissions, Our Said Court must thereupon
have Ceased, & Our Governm*, have fallen into a State of the Great-
est Confusion, had not you our Governor, for the prevention of So
great An Evil, Agreed to Allow the Chief Justice of the Said Court
the Yearly Sum of Forty pounds Sterls, Out of your own Salary,
untill our Royall Pleasure Should be known thereupon, (In which In-
stance of your Zeal for our Service and for the Welfare of our said
province, We are Graciously Pleased hereby to Signify to you Our
Royal Approbation of your Conduct.) And Whereas it is essentially
Necessary to the Regular & Impartial Administration of Justice,
(which is an Object of the highest Importance to the Peace, Security
& prosperity of Our Loving Subjects,) that the Judges In our Sev-
eral Courts should have Appointments adequate to the Dignity, Fa-
tigue & E.xpence of their Stations, It is therefore Our Will and
pleasure, & you are hereby Authorized & Directed earnestly to
recommend it, in Our Name, to the General Assembly of our said
Province, that they do forthwith make provision for Competent Sala-
ries to the Chief Justice & Justices of our Superior Court or Court
of Kings Bench in Our s^ provinre : ^ further you are to Acquaint
the s'^ Assembly, that We do not only Expect from them a ready
Complyance in providing Such Salaries in future, but Also that they
take a Speedy & Effectual Care for the Repayment to you our Gover-
nour Of all Such Sums as Shall Appear to have been paid by you
Out of Your own Appointments as a Salary to the Said Chief Justice,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CL^L PAPERS. 497
in Consequence of their Refusal to Comply with your Request to
them In that behalf. G R
Vera Copy from the Original taken Portsm° Octob"" lo, 1759 —
Att* Andrew Clarkson Clerk to the
House of Representatives —
[See Vol. VI., p. 721. — Ed.]
\G cue ral Amherst to Governor Wenttvorth, 1759.]
Camp at Crown Point 13"^ Aug' 1759 —
Sir Since I have been in possession of this Ground One of my
particular Attentions has been, to Improve the Advantages it gives
me, of most Effectually Covering & Securing this Country, & Open-
ing Such Communications as will Render the Access between the
provinces & the Army easy, Safe, & Short ; Accordingly I Sent to
explore the Otter River, in order to Erect such Posts on Each Side
of it as will Obstruct all Scalping parties from going up that River
to Annoy any of his Majesty's Subjects, that may now Chuse to
Come & Settle between N° 4 & that ; but I Cannot Say that that
River by any means Answers the Idea I had Conceived of it from
discription & Report, Wherefore I Shall defer the work I Intended,
untill I have had the Whole Survey'd, which I have order'd to be done.
Mean while I am to Inform you, as I do by this Conveyance the
Gov'' of the Massachusetts Bay, that When these Posts are Estab-
lished upon Otter River I Shall Expect, that Each of your provinces,
instead of Garrisoning N° 4. Fort Dummer, Canoe meadow, Great
Meadow, &c, with two Companies of 100 men Each, & Officers In
proportion, You do Each of you Send a Like Company of 100 Men
& Officers In proportion to the Posts upon Otter River, whereby their
being thus Collected, they will be of Infinite greater Security to the
Whole Country than by being dispersed as they were at the Above
mentioned Places, which, from my being here, are Already Out of all
kind of Danger, & therefore I have ordered those Companies to Joyn
their Respective Regiments,
And for the Easier Communication of Your two provinces with
this Post, I have Already for these Some Days past had a Number
of men in the Woods, that Are Employed In Cutting a Road between
this & N° 4, which will be finished before You Receive this ; to Com-
pleat it quite up to Pennycook, which must be Still of Greater Ad-
vantage to Your province. Whom I doubt not but will Very Gladly
32
498 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Improve so favourable & promising An Oppertunity, the Rangers
Who Are busy on the Road to N° 4. are Ordered to Mark the Trees
In the proper direction, So that your people will have only to Cutt
them, to make the Communication open between Pennycook & N° 4.
Which I Would have You to Recommend to them to Set about
without delay — I am. With great Regard Sir
Your most Obed' hble Serv' Jeff : Amherst
P S. Enclosed I Send you a Copy of the Cartel Concluded between
us & France, which I Received Yesterday from the War Office —
J:A
His Excellency Gov"" Wentworth
Vera Copy from the Original Att* Andrew Clarkson
Clerk of the House of Representatives —
[Ibid.]
Camp at Crown Point, 30**^ Aug' 1759 —
Sir As the Assembly of your province has made provision for
their Troops, only to the i^' of Nov"", After which I am Sensible, it is
not Very practicable to Carry on Any Operation's in these Northern
parts of America, Yet as from the Events of the Campaign, it may
happen those Troops cant be discharged soon Enough to Reach their
Respective habitations by that time, I Could therefore wish you would
Move your Assembly to make a further provision for them for the
Whole of that Month, by the latter end of which, I Should hope they
may all get home, as I do not propose to keep any of the Provincial
Troops After the Operations of the Campaign, & the Necessary
Works for Ensuring its Conquests are Compleated ; and that I do not
Intend to keep any of them for Garrison Duty (Except a Company
of One hundred Men of the New Hamps'' Troops, & a Like Company
of the Mass^ Forces, in Hew of those you & they had at Fort Dummer
&c|& N° 4 which as I mentioned to you in my letter of the 13''^ Aug',
I Shall detain to Garrison the Posts on the Otter River) of which you
may Assure the Assembly from me, & therefore I doubt not, but they
will, both for the Good of the Service, & the Encouragement of their
men. Readily & Chearfully Concur in making this Necessary further
provision. I am with great Regard Sir
Your Most Obed' hble Serv^' Jeff : Amherst
His Excellency Gov"" Wentworth
Vera Copy from the Original Att' Andrew Clarkson
Clerk to the house of Representatives
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 499
\A.tkinso7i to TrecotJiick & TJi07nlinson, 1759.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 173.]
Portsm° October the 27*^ 1759
S'' In mine of the 25"' August 1758 I Desired you would invest
what money you then had of mine in your hands, in some of the
Funds that I might have interest for it as I imagined the Stocks were
pritty Low and a good Time to Purchass in to this I have not been
favourd with your answer I hope notwithstanding tis done pray
what Sum soever I may have in your hands Let be Laid out in that
manner keeping ;z^ioo a Little more or Less in your Custody for my
Acco^ I want much to have Cap' Pikes Acco* somehow Settled &
those other affairs of the Canada Expedition Perticularly what the
Ballance of L' Coll John Wentworths & Insign Hugh Hall Went-
worths Ballances Are — My Son has wrote M"" Inman for a Suit of
Cloathes Pray Pay him for them when he Calls upon you — Inclosed
is a Letter to M'' Jones with my Diary to Micaelmass Last Pray
forward it — I now inclose you a memorand which Pray Ship me '^
the first in the Spring Insured to Piscataqua The Takeing of Quebeck
gives New Spirits tis a Glorious Conquest Gen" Wolfe is much &
Deservedly Lamented if the Weather Should force Gen" Amherst
into Winter Quarters too soon to accomplish the reduction of the
whole Contry it must be an Easey Conquest the next Year tho'' I am
not without hopes of its being happly finished this fall the Gen" is
Parted Some time from Crown Point, & with his Naval force has De-
molished Two of the four French Veils of fore that were in that
Lake & has taken a third the one remaining will not tis tho^ Attempt
Any Opposition to the Gen" Progress a Little Time will inform us
of the Consequence of his Attempt I am Gentlemen
Your most Obedient Humble S' T A
To Mess''^ Trecothick Apthorp & Thomlinson
M"" Inman will call on & Deliver you with my Sons Cloath a Suit
for my Self which Pray Pay him for —
Send me also 2" best green Tea in Canisters also hair Covers for
I Dozen Chairs 2 of which are arm Chairs Put them up in a round
Port mantle Trunk made Strong & Covered with Seal Skins I would
have the Trunk just big enough to Pack up these Perticulars
2 Suits Cloaths 12 Chair Bottoms
2" Green Tea i Trunk
Copy "^ mast fleet
500 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Portsm° December 26- 1759
Gen"men the above is Copy '^ the Mast Ships which I hope has
reach your hands before this & that you have Executed the Contents
I have nothing further to add but that I am with much respect
Your Obleedged Humble Serv'
^ his Maj'y^ Ship the Boston
[5-16] \Coiicerning Isaac Towlc, I759-]
These may Sertefy that Isaac Towl as he Says was a Soldier under
the Command of Cap' Alexander Tod of Lundon Darry in Co^ Goofs
Rigement the S"^ Towl Says he was Sick at Blanford with the mesals
he Came to my house July y'^ i - 1759 and was Sick at my house
Seven weeks with a pleurisi feaver and the Slow feaver folowing
after it Lenester Nov"" y** j by me
18 1759 ( Thomas Green M D —
[5-17] \_Accon71t of the Canada Expedition Committee, I759-]
The Accompt of Richard Wibird Esq'' Chairman of the Committee
for the Expedition Against Canada, 1759, —
The Said Accomptant Charges Himself with the Several Sums
Received as follows
1759 The Ballance due to the Province in 1758
Acco* Bro* forward — ......
Receiv'd of the Treasurer pr the Governours Warrent
Ditto of ditto pr Ditto, paid Col° Warner .
Ditto of the Comm*" for drawing Bills. One Sett of
Bills for ;^3 II , , 1 4/ in favour of Rob' Saunders Esq""
Ditto of Ditto — 3 Setts Bill in favor J. Sherburne —
Ditto, of Cap' Tho^ Tash, his Ball"* due pr Ace' Settled
Ditto, of Cap' Jn° Knight for a horse Sold
Ditto. Jos. Hanson Esq'' his Ball^ due to Province
Ditto of Doc'' John Lamson his Ditto
Ditto, of Palatiah Russell — his d° — ... 9,, 15,, 2|
Ditto, of Tho^ Bell Esq-- for Blackets for Soild--^ at y^ Fort 2,, 8„ -
D° M'' Zebulon Giddings his Ballance Rend'red Out-
standing in the Acc° for y^ year 1756 ;^389„ io„ \\
— New Tenor — is 62,, 6„ 5
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501
Provisions DI'^ into the Kings Stores by the Commis-
sary in the year 1756 — ..... 274,, 10 -
A Ballance Rendred outstanding in John Knight Esq""^
hands ^45,, 10 N T— .... is 7,, 5,, 7^
£2001,, 17,, 9|
The Said Accomptant Discharges himself from the Aforesaid Sums
by the following payments —
1759
Paid Joseph Sherburne his Acc° for Blankets &ca
D° D"" John Lamson pr Rec^
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Nath' Rand
John Wendell
Thomas & Jos.
Benj-'' Jennins
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Bill
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Solomon Loud's
Ezekiel Gummer
Thomas Loud
Joseph Loud
Edward Loud
John Pike
John Peirce
Jonathan Ayers
Geo. Ayers
Charles Treadwell
Benj^ Akerman
John Nelson
Bill
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D° Woodbury Langdon
D° Richard Champney
D° Cap^ Gregory Purcell d°
D° Ebenez' Jose d°
D" John Sweet d°
D° Benj^ Jennins d°
D° Mark H Went worth EsqM"
D" Samuel Rankins d"
D" John Griffeth d°
D" Samuel Tripe d°
D" D"" Joshua Bracket d°
D° Noah Lovewell an Express
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
D° Robert Saunders Esq"^ of Albany for Supplys for
the Regiment pr the Col° Draft
D° John Carkins Acc° 7/ Seth Johnson d° 24/
D° John Penhallows Acc°
D° John Nevvmarch Esq"" d°
D° Nath' Barrel! d°
D° Samuel Penhallow d°
D° John Nutter d°
D° Col° Daniel Warner Esq'' d°
D° Richard and Thomas Wibird Esq' d°
D° Jacob Sheaff d°
D° Thomas Parker d°
D° Henry Sherburne Esq''for Blankets Stocks^ & ca
D° John Knight Esq' d°
A Ballance Outstanding in m"" Zebulon Gidding
hand — ... . , •
Paid Andrew Clarkson for Copies &ca 60/
A Bill of Exchange Drawn by M"" Kilby, 10*^
March 1758 in fav"^ of Col° Atkinson for the
Provisions Dl'' in the Kings Stores 1756. said
Bill now in the hands of Col° Atkinson, for
£274,, 10/
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Portsmouth December 19*'^ 1760 —
Errors Excepted p*" R Wibird Chairman of the Committee
Province of )
N. Hampsr \ Portsm° Feb : 18*^ 1761
We being a Committee appointed by the General Assembly to Ex-
amine the Accounts of the Committe for Transacting affairs relating
to the Expedition against Canada have carefully Examined this Ac-
count of Richard Wibird Esq'' Chairman of said Committe for the
Year 1759 & find the Same well vouch'd & right cast and that there
is a Ballance thereon in favour of the Province of two hundred Seventy
nine pounds ten Shillings & five pence Sterling to be carried forward
to y^ Acc° for the Year 1760
^279,, 10-5 Jos: Newmarch "^
Tho^ W Waldron ! ^
T\/r 4-1, T-T, 4- ? Committee
Mathew 1 hornton [
A Clarkson J
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 5O3
Province of )
New Hamps"" ) In the house of Representatives Feb^ i8"^ 1761
This Acco' being Read & the Report thereon
Voted That this Acco' be Accepted & Allowed, that the Committee
be discharged from the Respective Sums therein Charged Against
them, & that the Ballance be Carried Forward to their Sterl^' Acco^
for the Year 1760 A Clarkson Clerk
In Council Feb''>' 19 1761 read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
Consented to B Wentworth
[Petition of Susanna Johnson, 1760.]
[Copied from Hibbard Collection, Vol. III., p. 178.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in & over His Majesty's Province of New Hamp-
shire the Hon''''^ his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives
in General Assembly Convened the 2^ of Feb"^ 1760
The Humble Petition of Susanna Johnson Widow Relict of James
Johnson Late of Charles Town in said Province Gent. Deceas'd
Shews —
That your Petition"" with sentiments of the Highest Gratitude
woud Remember & acknowledge the Bounty of the Assembly of this
Province in the year 1755 to the Deceas'd granted for the Redemption
of his Family then in Captivity which by the Deceit & Perfidy of the
French did not attain the Good End Proposd. But how that money
was applied and what was the Event of that affair, has been laid be-
fore the Committee of War and may appear by Papers now in the
Secretary's Office —
That your Petition"" was afterward separated from her Husband
after a whole years Imprisonment in a close & Loathsome Jail & sent
to England with two of her children & a sister as Prisoners, to be
exchanged, while her Husband & two other of her children remaind
in Canada — That while your Petition"" was in England He found
means of obtaining his Liberty & Returnd to New England as she
also did after passing thro' a variety of Scenes and many misfortunes.
But two of their children Remaind Prisoners in Canada.
That as the greatest calamity of all to your Petition"" M"" Johnson
Fell in that unhappy attack on Ticonderoga under General Aber-
cromy. Since which Col° Schuyler has Redeemd her son who was
504 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
one of the children above mentiond and makes a Demand on her for
that & some other Claim as appears by his account of sixty pounds
nineteen shillings N. York Currency — Besides which one John H.
Lidius sends her an account against the Deceas'd for sundrys sup-
plied him in the time of his Captivity amounting to ;£i2. 14. 8 York
Money —
That your Petition''^ other child (a daughter) still Remains in
Canada and unless she should have been taken out of the hands of
the French by the late, or shall be by some future Conquest, must
Continue with them (to the Great Grief of your Petition"") for she
has no means of Redeeming her —
That your Petition'' Considering that the Deceasd was a Person
very Serviceable to his Country in General & Died in Defence of it
was encouragd by sundry Gentlemen of Note to Petition the General
Court in the Province of the Massachusetts to Grant her some Relief
under her Desolate & Oppressing Circumstances But they Refused
because the Deceased was an Inhabitant of this Pi^ovince. — Where-
fore your Petition"" most Humbly Prays your Consideration of the
Series of Afiflictions which have attended her and which have been
occasiond by the Common Enemy whose outrage has fallen so
heavily on her, and especially that her principal means of Subsistance
as well as the greatest comfort is taken from her — And of your great
goodness & commiseration make her such a grant as may enable her
to discharge the said Demands (the evidence of which she has ready
to present when calld for) with the charge & expences of her Jour-
ney to obtain it — or grant her such other Relief in the Premises as
to your Wisdom and Benignity shall seem Proper and she will as in
Duty Bound Ever Pray &c — Susanna Johnson
In Council Feb^ 2'^ 1 760 — read & recommended & ordered to be
sent down to the Hon^'^ Assembly
Theodore Atkinson Sec""^'
Province of ) In the House of Representatives Feb'y y'=6''" 1760 —
N. Hamp"" ) The Petitioner being heard on this Petition
Voted — That there be paid to her out of the money in the Treasury
forty one pounds Sterling for the uses in the Petition mentioned
H. Sherburne Speaker
In Council Eod™ Die — read & concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec''>'
Consented to • — B. Wentworth.
[See Vol. VI., p. 738 Also Farmer & Moore, Vol. I. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
505
[Petition from Lcbaiioii, Connecticut, Men for a Grant of Land at
Little Coos, 1760.]
[Copied from Hibbard MSS., Vol. III., p. 179.]
To his Excellency Bennin^ Wentworth Esq"" Governour & Coman-
der in Chief in & over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire
in New England —
Whereas your Excellency hath issued a Proclamation setting forth
that there is a large Tract of unsettled Land lying in your said Prov-
ince, called & known by the Name of Little Cowoss to which your
Excellency hath been pleased to invite the Inhabitants of said
Province & the Neighbouring Governments to settle : and that if sixty
good & wholesome Inhabitants shall appear to settle said ungranted
& uncultivated Land, they shall have a Grant & a good Title made
to them of a Township six miles square in or on said Little Cowoss
— Therefore we the Subscribers, Inhabitants of Lebanon in the Col-
ony of Connecticut, desirous to settle on such Land, take leave hum-
bly to Petition your Excellency for a Grant & a good Title to be
made to us of a Township as aforesaid in s^ Little Cowoss, under the
Regulations of other Townships granted by your Excellency — and
M"" Ebenezer Case is named & appointed our agent, to appear for us
& transact therein fully & amply on our Behalf —
Relying on your Clemency & Goodness
We are Your Excellency's most obedient humble servants
Peletiah Bliss
Azel Fitch
Oeates Williams
Jos : M^Kaul
Jesse Heath
Jon'^ Goodwin
Eliph^ Huntington
Benajah Strong
Hez"^ Waters
Moses Waters
Elijah Tisdale
Caleb Hide Jun""
Josiah Wilson
Israel Loomiss
Daniel Loomiss
Is : Loomiss Jun""
Dan" Dewey
Beriah Southworth
Peter Porter
Daniel Shaw
Abram Loomiss
Tho"" Loomiss Jun""
John Strong
Elijah Strong
John Whitney
Eb : Gary
Eliph^ Marsh
Oliver Huntington
Nath' Bliss
Abel Buell
Is : Gillit
James Huntington
Josiah Taylor
Eliezer Robinson
Zebulon Case
Elisha Doubleday
Amos Robinson
Ezek : Loomiss
Abel Marsh
Eb : Bliss Jun""
Elisha Marsh
Ezek : Loomiss Jun""
Nath' Porter
Jere : Mason
Robert Thompson
Eb : Fitch
Jos : Moulton
Isaac Bailey Jun""
Elijah Hide Jun""
]ox& Clark
Elijah Sprague
506 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
Oliver Webster Eb : Case Jon^'' Clark Jun''
James Clark Jesse Dean Sam" Bailey
John Taylor Daniel Moulton Sam'^ Gillit
Phin^ : Clark Jos : Marsh Isaac Bailey
A True Copy — Attested f. Eben"" Case Clerk
At a meeting of a Number of the Inhabitants of the Colony of
Connecticut Convened at Lebanon in said Colony on the 8th Day of
December 1760 in order to obtain & settle a Township in the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire on Connecticut River — M'' Ebenezer Case
was chosen their agent & desired forthw*'^ to make proper application
to the Governor & Council of the Province of New Hampshire to
obtain a Grant of a Township in said Province on said River at the
Cost of said Company Ebenezer Case Clerk
Lebanon Dec'' 8^^ 1760 —
\_Ijisiructiofis to Governor Wentzvorth hi regard to Raising Troops. '\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 298.]
Whitehall Janry 7"^ 1760.
Sir, His Majesty having Nothing so much at Heart, as to improve
the great & important Advantages gained the last Campaign in N°
America, and not doubting, that all His faithful and brave Subjects
there will continue most chearfully to co-operate with, and second to
the utmost, the large Expence & extraordinary Succours, supplied by
this Kingdom, for their Preservation & future Security, by compleat-
ing the Reduction of all Canada; And His Majesty not judging it
expedient to limit the Zeal and Ardor of any of His Provinces, by
making a Repartition of the Force, to be raised by Each respectively,
for this most important Service ; I am commanded to signify to you
the King's Pleasure, that you do forthwith use your utmost Endea-
vours and Influence with the Council and Assembly of your Province,
to induce them to raise, with all possible Dispatch, within your Gov-
ernment, at least as large a Body of Men, as they did for the last
Campaign, and even as many more, as the Number of its Inhabitants
may allow ; and forming the Same into Regiments as far, as shall be
found convenient, that you do direct Them to hold Themselves in
readiness, as early as may be, to march to the Rendezvous at Albany,
or such other Place, as His Majesty's Commander in Chief in America
shall appoint, in order to proceed from thence, in Conjunction with
MISCELLANEOUS PROVI^•CIAL PAPERS. 50/
a Body of the King's British Forces, and under the Supreme Com-
mand of his Majesty's said Commander in Chief in America, so as to
be in a Situation to begin the Operations of the Campaign by the
first of May, if possible, or as soon after as shall be in any way prac-
ticable, by an Irruption into Canada, in order to reduce Montreal, and
all other Posts belonging to the French in those Parts, and farther to
annoy the Enemy in such manner, as His Majesty's Commander in
Chief shall, from his Knowledge of the Countries, thro' which the
War is to be carried, and from emergent Circumstances not to be
known here, judge to be practicable ; And the better to facilitate this
important Service, the King is pleased to leave it to you to issue
Commissions to such Gentlemen of your Province, as you shall judge,
from their Weight and Credit with the People and their Zeal for the
Publick Service, may be the best disposed, and able, to quicken and ef-
fectuate the speedy levying of the greatest Number of Men ; in the Dis-
position of which Commissions, I am persuaded you will have Nothing
in View, but the Good of the King's Service, and a due Subordina-
tion of the whole, Avhen joined, to His Majesty's Commander in Chief ;
And all Officers of the Provincial Forces, as high as Colonels, inclu-
sive, are to have Rank, according to their several respective Commis-
sions, agreable to the Regulations contained in His Majesty's Warrant
of the 30''' Dec"" 1757.
The King is further pleased to furnish all the Men, so raised as
above, with Arms, Ammunition & Tents, as well as to order Provis-
ions to be issued to the same by His Majesty's Commissaries, in the
same Proportion and Manner, as is done to the rest of the King's Forces.
A sufficient Train of Artillery will also be provided, at His Majesty's
Expence, for the Operations of the Campaign ; And the Ship that
conveys This, carries Orders for timely providing, at the King's
Charge, with the utmost Diligence, and in an ample Manner, Boats,
& Vessels, necessary for the Transportation of the Army on this
Expedition. The whole therefore, That His Majesty expects and
requires from the several Provinces, is, the Levying, Cloathing and
Pay of the Men ; And on these Heads also, that no Encouragement
may be wanting to this great and salutary Attempt, the King is far-
ther most graciously pleased to permit me to acquaint You that strong
Recommendations will be made to Parliament, in their Session next
Year, to grant a proper Compensation for such Expences as above,
according as the active Vigour & strenuous Efforts of the respective
Provinces shall justly appear to merit.
It is His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do, with particular Diligence,
immediately collect, and put into the best Condition, all the Arms
issued last Campaign, which can be, any ways, rendered serviceable,
508 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
or that can be found within your Government, in order that the Same
may be employed, as far as they will go, in this Exigency. — I am, at
the same time, to acquaint you, that a reasonable Supply of Arms
will be sent from England, to replace such, as may have been lost, or
have become unfit for future Service.
I am farther to inform you, that similar Orders are sent by this
Conveyance to Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey,
and Massachusetts Bay : The Southern Governments are also directed
to raise Men, in the same Manner, to be employed, in such offensive
Operations as the Circumstances and Situation of the Enemy's Posts
in those Parts may point out, which, it is hoped, will oblige them so
to divide their Attention and Forces, as may render the several At-
tempts more easy and successfull.
It is unnecessary to add any thing to animate your Zeal in the
Execution of His Majesty's Orders on this great Occasion, where the
future Safety and Welfare of America, and of your own Province in
particular, are so nearly concerned ; And the King doubts not, from
your known Fidelity & Attachment, that you will employ yourself,
with the utmost Application and Dispatch in this promising and
decisive Crisis. I am with great Truth & Regard, Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant W Pitt
Gov'' of New Hampshire.
[5-18]
[Account of Richard Wibird. chairman of the committee for the
Crown Point expedition, 1757.- — -Ed.]
[5~'^9j \_Petition of Elijah DenboP\
To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq Captain Generall Gover-
nour & Commander in Chief in & over his Majesties Province of
New Hamp"" the Hon^'*" his Majesties Council & House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly Convened, Jan''^ 23^^ 1760
Humbly Sheweth Elijah Denbow your Petitioner was a Soldier in
the Crown Point Expedition in the Year 1757 in the Company whereof
Hercules Mooney was Captain that your Petitioner was taken at Fort
William Hen'">' the said Year & carried to Mont Royal where he was
about three weeks & from thence was carried by the Indians into the
Indian Country where they kept him about a fortnight & then he
made his Escape from them & Returnd to Mont Royal from whence
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCL\L PAPERS. 5O9
he was Immediately transported down to Quebeck where he was
Twenty one Months ten of which he was in Prison & had the Small
Pox ; & from thence he made his Escape down the River S* Laurence
to Loiiisbourg, & sufferd too many hardships to be here Enumerated.
For all which time & Sufferings Your Petitioner prays such Rccom-
pence as in your great Wisdom & Usual Clemency you think sufficient
& Your Petitioner as in duty Bound shall ever Pray.
Eliger Dcnbo
Province of }
New Hamps'' | In the house of Representatives Jan^ 26"^ 1760 —
This petition being Read
Voted That there be Allowed & paid to Elijah Denbo or his order
one hundred Twenty Eight pounds two Shills^ & Six pence NewTen""
Out of the Crown point mony In the Treasury for the Expedition In
y* Year 1757 & be In full of this petition A Clarkson Clerk
In Council Jan^'y 26 — 1760 the within Vote read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec''^
Consented to B Wentworth
Mem° When the War* is made out on the Treasurer, a Stopage is
to be made by him, for what he rec'^ on his Arrival by the Gov''^ War' —
[5-20]
[Captain Alexander Todd, and John Logan, a member of his com-
pany, testify that Logan lost a gun, and also did not receive a month's
advance wages. Allowed twenty-seven shillings sterling for advance
wages January 29, 1760. — Ed.]
[5-21]
[Petition of Samuel Richardson, a soldier in Captain Ladd's com-
pany, Colonel John Hart's regiment, for allowance to cover expense
incurred by sickness, and for continuance of wages until recovered.
Allowed seventeen shillings six pence, new tenor, January 29, 1760.
— Ed.]
510 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[5-22]
[Richard Sargent, a soldier in Colonel Hart's regiment, asks for
allowance for loss of a gun valued at four dollars, and that the allow-
ance be paid to Captain Trueworthy Ladd. Witnesses, John Eastman
and Willins Collins. Dismissed, January 29, 1760. — Ed.]
[5-23] \_Accou?it of TJwmas Packer.^
The Account Curr* of the Province of New Hampshire with Thomas
Packer Esq'' Paymaster to the New Hamp'' Regiment in 1759.
D"" The Accountant Chargeth Himself with the Following Sum —
viz —
^759
April To Cash Receiv'd of the Province Treasurer
'^ the Governors Warrant — . . . ;;^2400,, 6,, 6
Sterling
1759 The Accountant Dischargeth himself In the Following Man-
ner viz —
By Cash paid to Eighty five Souldiers, belonging to
Coll° Wallingfords Regiment Raised this Year For
the Intended Expedition against Canada, at Three
pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence '^ man For
Cloathing & first months Advance pay — . . ;^286,, 17,, 6
By Cash paid to Twenty Six Souldiers belonging to
the Same Regiment & raised for Said Expedition,
at Six pounds one Shilling & Six pence "^ man,
for Cloathing, First Months Advance pay, & Bounty
for being on the Service the last Year — . . 157,? 19 -
By Cash paid Ninety one Ditto belonging to Coll°
Samuel Oilman's Regiment, raised for the Same
Service, at three pounds Seven Shilling & Six pence
"^ man, for Cloathing & first Month's advance pay — 307,, 2„ 6
By Cash paid Twenty four D° belonging to the Same
Regiment & raised for the Same Expedition at Six
pounds one Shilling & Six pence 'p man for Cloath-
ing First Months Advance pay, and for being in the
Service the Last Year — ..... 145,, 16,, o
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 5II
By Cash paid one hundred & fifteen D" belonging to
Coll" Ebenezer Stevens's Regiment, raised for the
Same Service at Three pounds Seven Shillings &
Six pence "^ man, for Cloathing & first MonthsAd-
vance pay — . . . . . . . . 388,, 2,, 6
By Cash paid Seven D" belonging to the Same Regi-
ment and raised for the Same Service, at Six pounds
one Shilling and Six pence "^ man for Cloathing,
first months Advance pay, & for being in the Ser-
vice the last Year — ...... 42,, 10,, 6
By Cash paid Seventy Seven D° belonging to ColP
Andrew Todd's Regiment, & raised for the Same
Service, at three pounds. Seven Shillings & Six
pence 1? man, for Cloathing & first Months ad-
vance pay — 295,, 17,, 6
By Cash paid one man belonging to the Same Regi-
ment & raised for the Same Service for Cloathing,
First months advance pay, and for being in the
Service the last Year — . . . . . 6,, i,, 6
By Cash paid One hundred D° belonging to Col' Zac-
cheus Lovewell's Regiment, & raised for the Same
Service, at three pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence
■^ man for Cloathing & first Months Advance pay — 337m 10,,
By Cash paid Two men belonging to the Same Regi-
ment & raised for the Same Service at Six pounds
one Shilling & Six pence '^ man for Cloathing,
first Months Advance pay, & for being in the Ser-
vice the last Year — . . . . . . 12,, 3,, o
By Cash paid to Six men belonging to Col' Theodore
Atkinson's Regim^ & raised for the Same Service,
at three pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence "^ man
for Cloathing, and first Months Advance pay — . 20,, 5,, o
By Cash paid three men belonging to the Same Regi-
ment, & raised for the Same Service at Six pounds,
one Shilling & Six pence "^ man for Cloathing first
Months Advance pay & for being in the Service
the last Year — i8„ 4,, 6
By Cash paid Sixteen Men belonging to Col' John
Downing's Regiment, & raised for the Same Ser-
vice, at three pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence
^ man for Cloathing and first Months Advance pay 54,, o„ o
By Cash paid two men belonging to the Same Regi-
ment & raised for the Same Service, at Six pounds
51,2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
one Shilling & Six pence '^ man, for Cloathing
First Months Advance pay & for being in the Ser-
vice last Year — ....... 12,, 3,, o
By Cash paid thirteen men belonging to Col^ Meshech
Weare's Regiment & raised for the Same Service,
at three pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence '^ man
for Cloathing & first Months Advance pay — . 43,, 17,, 6
By Cash paid Eight men belonging to the Same Reg-
iment & raised for the Same Service, at Six pounds
* one Shilling & Six pence '^ man for Cloathing, first
Months Advance pay & for being in the Service
the last Year — ....... 48,, 12,, o
By Cash paid Joseph Ham & W'" Roberts their En-
listing bounty 22/ 6° Each . . . . . 2,, 5,, o
By Cash paid M'' Noah Emery for his Assistance in
paying of Col^ Oilman's Regiment & Drawing a Fair
Copy of the Several Rolls for the Governor . , 2,, o,, o
By my Expences doing the aforesaid Services Riding
twice to Litchfield, Twice to Dover and Exeter and
a Fourth time to Kingston ..... 6,, 10,, o
By my Commissions in paying the aforesaid Sums
Riding Several times round the Government, to pay
Each man his Respective Sum aforesaid, at Two &
an half '^ Cent — 56,, 5,, o
By Cash p'^ to Cap* Caleb Clark by the Governors
Order— 75,, 12,, o
2203,, 14,, o
By Ballance paid the Treasurer of said Province 116,, 12,, 6
2400,, 6„ 6
Portsmouth February 7'^ 1760 — sterling
Errors Excepted ^ Tho^ Packer
Paymaster to Col° Zacheus Lovewells Regiment
Province of
New Hamp"" \ Portsmouth Feb>' 9 : 1760 —
We being Appointed by the Hon''^^ Assembly to Examine the within
Ace* have Examined the Same & find it well Vouched & Right Cast
Tho^ W Waldron ) .,
Mathew Thornton \ ^omimtt^e
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLAL PAPERS. 513
Province of \
New Hamps'' J In the house of Representatives Feb^ i6'^ 1760 —
Voted. That there be Allowed to Thomas Packer Esq"" Fifteen
pounds Sters In full for his time Trouble & Expences In paying this
AccoS & paid him Out of mony In the Treasurey for that purpose,
And further Voted that he be not Intiteled to Receive the said Fif-
teen pounds till he has produced to the Hon^'^ Theodore Atkinson
Esq'' Sec''y the Treasurers Receipt for Sixty four pounds fifteen Shil-
lings Sterls mony paid by him to Ballance this AccoS and that the
Treasurer Give the province C for the same —
^15 — Sterle A Clarkson Clerk*
In Council Eod™ Die read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Sec''^
Consented to B Wentworth
[5-24]
[Petition of Four Soldiers for Reduction of Sutler s Accounts. '\
To the Honorable the Generall assembly, or the house of Represent-
atives, of the Province of New Hampshire —
Humbly, Shew, Bily Dudly, Stephen Fogg Benjamin Kimball all
of Exeter and Josiah Judgkins of Kingston all within the Province
of New Hampshire That (Thomas Stone) (a Servant of the said Bily,)
the said Stephen Benjamin Kimbal, and (Richard Tucker, a Servant
of the said Josiah) Were Soldiers in the Expedition in the Service of
this Goverment in the year, 1759, ^^^1 that they were Supplyd
with necessaries by Sundry Suttlers that Suttled for said Regiment,
and all said Persons were in the Company of Cap* Samuel Folsom
and Some of said Servents gave orders on the Treasurer, for Wages,
and Run in debt to said Suttlers, viz — Hall and Dresser, and the
said Petitioners apprehend that the said acc*^ are Exhorbitant and un-
just, and they have desired the said Hall and Dresser to give a Copy
of their Acc*^ to your Petitioner but were Refused and Your Petition-
ers have no Remidy unless aided by the Hon''''' assembly. Wherefore
they Humbly pray that your Hon""* will take the Same into Consider-
ation both of the said orders and Supplys by the Suttlers, and
Especially as their money is not paid by said Cap' P^olsom, that order
may be made that the money Charged by said Suttlers, may not be
paid until this Hon'^ house are Satisfied about the premises or Grant
514 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Such other aid as in Your Wisdom shall seem meet & as in Duty-
bound your Petitioners Shall as in Duty bound Ever pray —
March 27, 1760 — Bile Dudley Benj^ kimball
Stephen Fogg Josiah Judkins
[Here follow the detailed accounts of supplies received from the
above-named sutlers, by Benjamin Kimball, Stephen Fogg, and
Thomas Stone. — Ed.]
[5-30]
[Major Samuel Moor, of Colonel Zaccheus Lovewell's regiment,
petitions that an exorbitant charge of twenty pounds made him by
the Colonel for tent expenses may not be stopped out of his wages,
and that they may be allowed to settle it between them. Hearing
appointed for April 8, 1760. — Ed.]
[5-31] {Certificate of Impressment.']
Prov^ of — ) April 9'*^ 1 760 I do hereby Certyfie that Pursuant
New Hamp"" \ to the Governors orders to the Several Cap* of horse
Cap' Jona" Moulton imprest two of his Troopers to gaurd me this day
from Hampton Falls to Portsmouth and from there to Newington
ferry who attended the Servis I being by the Governors order on the
buissiness of murstering and paying of the Soldiers raised this pres-
ent year for the Reduction of Cannada the Troopers that attended
me ware W"" Prescot and Sam" Prescot — att Tho^ Packer
[5-32] \Certificate of Impressme7it.\
Province of /
New Hampsh'" ( April 11'^ 1760 I do hereby certify That pursuant
to the Governors orders to the Several Cap'^ of horse Cap' William
Weeks imprest two of his Troopers to guard me this Day from Ports-
mouth to Exeter, who attended the Service — I being by the Gover-
nors Order on the Business of Mustering & paying off the Soldiers
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 515
raised this present Year for the Reduction of Canada — the Trooper
that attended me were John Fabian & John Gee Pickerin —
Attest — Tho^ Packer
besides these Josiah Clark Greenleaf Clark two from Odlen one
from Stevens is 5
these 3 Certificates — 6
II @ 6/ 5 ap
[5~33] \Ccrtificatc of Impressment ?[
Prov^ of ) Ap' 18"" 1760 I do hereby Certify that Pursuant
New Hamp' \ to the Governors orders to the Several Cap' of horse
Cap* Anthony Towl imprest two of his Troopers to guard me this
day from Londonderry to Lytchfield who attended the Servis I being
by the Governors order on the buissiness of mustering and paying
the Soldiers raised this Present year for the Reduction of Cannada
the Troopers that attended me ware John Underbill and Theoph^
Sargent — att — Tho^ Packer
40V N T-- Each
[5"~34] {^Recommendation from Governor Wentzvorth^
Portsm" 14*^^ May 1760
Sir The Inclosed, I this minute recieved from M""* Mitchell, an un-
fortunate distressed Widdow, who for Services done the Province by
her deceased husband pleads hard for her due, and that Justice may
be done her, it is my orders that you Lay this letter with hers before
the assembly, who I persuade my Self will make her an Equitable
grant, more especially Since her distressed circumstances call for it
I am S"" Your most hmb Serv' B Wentworth
The Hon^' Th"- Atkinson Esq^
[See Vol. VI., p. 752. — Ed.]
[5~35] {Petition of William Morrison ajui EpJiraim Pickering.']
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq*" Governor & Commander
in Chief in & over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire the
Hon*"'^ his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for said
Province In General Assembly Convened May 15"^ 1760 —
The Humble Petition of William Morrison & Ephraim Pickerin
5l6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Shews — That Your Petition'''' had Each of them a Servant in his
Majesty's Service the last year under Cap' Johnson Wilham Brooks
the Servant of said Morrison 8i Jethro Dam the said Pickerin's —
That there is a Sum due to Yo'' Petition''^ on the Muster Roll or a
Sum due for their Respective Wages which Your Petition''* humbly
Conceive they have a Right to Receive but the Treasurer Refuses to
pay the Same Suggesting that he is forbid So to do — Wherefore
Your Petition"^^ humbly Pray that this matter may be Considered and
the Respective Sums due as aforesaid paid to them or that Justice
may be done herein in Such Way & Manner as in Your Great Wis-
dom & Goodness You shall Judge Proper & they Will as in Duty
Bound ever pray &c william morison
EPhraim pickrein
In Council May 15''' 1760 read & ordred to be Sent Down to the
Hon^^^ House Theod"" Atkinson Sec''^
[Endorsed] Read Jan^ 29*^ 1761, & June 18 1761 — the Treasurer
himself Settled & p"^ Morrison, & pickeren their money May 27'^ 1762.
[Atki)iso7i to Trecothick, Apthorp, & Thomlinson.\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 174.]
Portsm° New Hamp'' Decemb"" 29"" 1760 —
Gentlemen
On the 27'^ of Octob'' last (by the Wenchester) I wrote you relative
to my affairs as D^ Survey'' of his Majesty s Woods to which I now
beg leave to referr you I now Enclose you a Copy of M'' Jones Acco*
the last I rec'^ from him by which youl observe not only the Method
he kept his Acco'^ in which was very clear & the Several Articles ex-
plain themselves Those Sums he gave Credit for by B — Wentworth
Esq is an allowence the Govern"" made me for Setting as Chieff Jus-
tice of the Superior Court here — Those Articles which he debts me
with are an Allowance made the Survey"" General out of My Sallary
at first & has been by him Charged me all along being the | of the n*
Proceeds of my Sallary after deducting the fees Agency &c^ — And
in this Method I Should be glad You would keep the Acco'* in
future I imagine his Excellency now writes you & as he tells me he
has Left it to M"" Thomlinson to appoint an Agent suppose it will fall
under your Care as he Seems to decline Bussiness of this Kind Youl
Please to Observe I have forwarded Two Diarys that I have no Acco*
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 517
of One for Seven Quarters between th(i 23^ Day of Decemb'' 1757 &
28'*^ Sepf 1759 N" of Days 341 This was forwarded & Duplycated
by the Mast Convoy the 27"^ Octob"" 1759 The other Diary I for-
warded by the Wenchester Convoy to the Mast Ships on the 18"^ of
October last 1760 this Diary comenced the 4"' of Octob"" 1759 &
Ended the 26 Sepf 1760 & Contained 184 Days you'l also Observe
that M'' Jones gives me Cred' for my Sallary to Midsumer 1758 only
so that up to Christmass Last 1760 I have Two cS: half years Sallary
due as also the Govern''^ AUowence of forty Pound '^ year from
Midsum"' 1758 is as above 2J years to X'mass last all which Am°^ to
;^52 5 — this I hope youl meet no difficulty in recieving and Charge
me the fees &c^ &c^ — I am in hopes M'' Jones rec'^ the first of s^
Diarys & Accounted with You before his Death for it «Sc for Sallary
&C''' the Other you may no doubt have of his Executor which Pray
inquire After & Present for want of his Acco' <& Your Acco' Curr' I
am Sadly at a loss to know how my affairs Stand I observe by M""
Thomlinson Acco' of Sales of Some of the Provinces Stock he Sold
for ;^83 I hope you Invested my Ballance when the Stock was Low
& that as Soon as you recieve the remainder of M"^ Jones Executor or
from the Navy office you will immediatly Purchas me the Value in
Some or Other of the Publick or Stocks in the above I must beg
your Perticular care & favour me with a Line & if your Time will
alow let me have also your Acco* Curr* wishing you may Enjoy the
Pleasure of the Season conclude me — Gen'
Your most Obedient Humble Serv'
2 ^D°^^ 184 } ^' 525 days at 6/ 8 f D- .... £171
2\ years AUowence of the Govern"" at ^40 ^ an™ . . 100
2\ years Sallary to Christmass Curr' ..... 250
Send me 2" best green Tea & i p^ Donlap for Servants Sheeting
Jan'^y 10 — 1761 In the Duplycate by Darling I added as your
Cred"" my acco' with the Gov""^ Allowance of ;^io ^ D™ youl Naturally
Deb' his Acco' therefor
Gentlemen the above is Copy '^ hisMaj'>'^ Store Ship Crown who is
Stil here (I wish in a Place where She might be Serviceable) this
I Propose by Cap' Darling & have only to repeat my Desires of your
Care in what I ask above & that I may soon hear from you and am
Your most Obleedg'^ Hum'''*' Ser'
Copy T A
5l8 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[5-36]
[A long detailed bill against the Province, by Daniel Warren, for
supplies and sundry charges against Fort William and Mary. — Ed.]
[5-37]
[Letter relative to a proclamation of the Governor, ordering all
officers to keep their posts until the arrival of orders from the King ;
also calling a meeting of the Council, and directing the publication
of the proclamation. No date or signature. See Vol. VI., p. 750. —
Ed.]
[5-38]
[Thomas Bell's account against Fort William and Mary, January i,
1761. — Ed.]
[5~39] {^Petition from Selectmen of Holden, Mass.]
To His Excelency Governour Wintworth Esq'' Captain General in
Cheif in and over His majestyes Province of Newhampsher in New-
england the Honorable his maj'^ Councel and House of Repre-
sentatives In General Assembly Convened
The Petition of the Select men of Holden in the County of
Worcester Humbly Sheweth
That Whearas Daniel Wintworth Stephen Glasur otes Stagpol
Timothy Davis all provinceshals of the Govermente of New hampshire
as they Ware on their Way from Crown poynt Homeward in the
Evening of the Thirtyeth of^ November Laste Paste as it Happened
feel in at the Howse of James and Jonas Gray of Holden and Being
Infected With the Small Pox and other Distempers and Could Note
Travil or be Removd aney further With Saftey and we Your Excel-
encyes Petitioners Being by a Cirtain Statute in ower province Law
obliged to Take Care of Such Sick persons Your Excelencyes peti-
tioners upon the firste Notes Came and prevailed With Jonas Gray
to Leave His End of the Howse for an Hospitil and to Disperse With
His Wife and Sister and Brother among the Neighbours allso ap-
poynted M"' James Boyd to provide Carfull Nurses and things for
their Comforte Who faithfully Discharged His Duty in that Regard
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVINCLA.L PAPERS. 519
by providing Good Nurses and Everey thing Neadfull for their Corn-
forte While Liveing and at their Death ordered them to be Deasently
Laid out With Clean Sheets and Capes and Good Coffins and in a
Deasente and Christinlik manner Buried the Dead and allso Took
Good Care that the Surviver Namely Timothy Davis Should be Weel
Tended While Restored to Helth and Clensed and a pase Given Him
in order for His Safe Returne Home to His own Land all Which
Causte and Charge we Your Excelencyes petitioners are made Debter
for as by the Several accounts to be Exibited Will moore fully appear
Thearfor We your Excelencyes petitioners Humbley [pray] that the
Same may be Granted and allowed in ower favour in Such money as
is pasable in ower Govermente and Delivered to ower faithfull frind
m"" James Boyd Whome We Constitute in ower Name and Sted to
Recive and Give Discharge for the Same to Gether With Such
allounce for His Trouble as Your Excelency Shall in Wisdom think
Juste in prseing the petition and upon Your Excelencyes Compli-
ance Hear With Your petitioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever Pray
Holden Jan'^ the 12: 1761
Israel Davis ^01 ^
-D- u ] TTi Selectmen
Richard Flagg '^ .
Samuel Heywood f tt ij
Bezaleel Fisk J
of
en
Province of the
Massachusetts Bay
Worcester ss January 12*'^ 1761 Israel Davis Richard Flagg Sam-
uel Heywood and Bezaleel Fisk within named appeared & acknowl-
edged the within petition and Instrument to be their Voluntary act
and Deed Before me Jn° Stone Justice of the peace
Province of )
New Hamps'' f In the house of Representatives Feb^ 17, 1761 —
This Petition being read & the Sundry Acco^^ Relative thereto
Voted, That the prayer of this petition be Granted & the Several
Acco*^ therein Referrd to amounting to ;£,30, 18/ i*^ proclamation
money with 30/ more like money to Said Boyde for his Trouble, the
whole amounting to Twenty four pounds Six Shillings & three far-
things Sterl^ & paid to Said Boyd mentioned In said petition, or his
ord"" Out of mony In the Treasury & Charged to the Expedition Acco^
for the Year 1760 -S: In full for s^ petition.
;£'24,, 6„ o| SterlK A Clarkson Clerk
In Council Feb''>' 18 1761 read & Concurrd
Theod"" Atkinson Sec"^
Consented to B Wentworth
520 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[5-45] {^So/diers Petition.']
Province of ) To His Excellency Banning Wentworth Esq""
New Hampshire \ Captain General Governor & Commander In Chief
in and over his Majestys Province of Newhampshire To the Hon^^^
his Majestys Council and house of Representatives for Said Province
Convened in General Assembly Jan''>' 20 1761
Most Humbly Sheweth The Subscribers Soldiers in the Service and
Pay of this Province in the Expedition against Canada in the year 1760
That whereas in the year 1759 Several of the Captains of Compa-
nys in the Canada Expedition for that year were allowed to Draw
moneys out of the Treasury and Pay Off their Respective Companys
By means whereof & of Sundry Stoppages (as we apprehend Un-
justly) Made By Some of Said Officers, We have Reson to think that
great Injustice was done to Some of the Said Soldiers
Wherefore your Petitioners Humbly Pray that your Excellency &
Hon"" will Consider of the Premises and order that the Captains of
the Companys in the Said Expedition in the year 1760 may not Re-
ceive the Pay for their Respective Companys But that the treasury of
the Province may be ordered to Pay the Said Souldiers as Usual The
whole of their wages that is due to them Unless the Captains &
Sutlers Shall Render a Particular account under oath for what De-
mands they may have against any of the Soldiers, and that Such
further order may be taken Concerning the Premises as to your Excel-
lency & Honours Shall seem most Proper —
And your Petitioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c —
Stephen Fogg James Chase John Kimball
James mash John Bowden Ju'' Abraham Webb
Lemuel Davis Jon^ Young Alexander magoon
Hugh Johnson Jon^ Piper Joseph Thing Ju^
Samuel Davis Abraham Sharef Josiah George
Joseph Giles Daniel Young Benj^ Clifford
John Purmort Ebenezer Smith Joseph Malem
Bile Dudley Nicholas Gorden
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 521
[5-46] \_Acco!iiit of T/uvnas Packer^
D"' Province of New Hamj/ Acco^ Currant with Tho^ Packer Esq''
Paymaster and muster master To the New Hamp'' Regim' 1760 —
1760 Ap' The accomp' Charged himself e with The Following Sums
v^z' —
To Cash Received of the Treasurer p"" the Gover""^
Warrant To Pay the Soldiers their Cloathing Boun-
ty and First months advance pay Sterling mony — ^5130
May 1 76 1 To D° D° p-" D'^ 54
Sterling mony — .... ;^5i84: o: o
1 76 1 Jan"^' 9*^ To Cash rec^ of the Treasurer p"" the
Gover""^ Warrant To pay Cloathing Bounty and first
months advance pay . . . . . . 6:15:0
^5190: 15:0
Ballance due — ..... 16,, 15,, 7
^5207,, io„ 7
1 760 The accomp' dischargeth himself in the Following maner vz^ —
By Cash Paid one hundred and thirteen Soldiers raised
this Present year for the Reduction of Cannada out
of CoP Atkinsons Regim' Hatch man the Sum of
6 : 15:0 Sterling mony to buye Cloaths and for his
first months advance wages — ....
By D° D° one hundred and Seventy one out of Co'^
Wallingfords D° the Sum of 6 : 1 5 : o D° D° D° .
By D° D° Seventy Five D° D° out of Co" Weares D°
The Sum of 6 : 15 : o D° D° D° .
By D° D° one hundred and Twenty Six D° D° out of
Co" Gilmans D° The Sum of 6 : 15 : o D° D'' D° .
By D° D° one hundred and Forty D° D° out of Co"
Stevenses D° The Sum of 6 : 1 5 : o D° D° D°
By D° D° Eighty one out of Co" Todds D° The Sum
of 6: 15 : o Do D° D°
By D° D° Forty one D° D° out of Co" Lovewells D'^
The Sum of 6: 15 : oD° D° D° ....
By D° D° Cap' Todd Five Soldiers mony 6 : 15:0
Eatch p"" The Gov''* order the Said Soldiers belong-
ing to Co" Todds Regim' ..... ^33 : 15 : o
£7^2:
15: .
^1154:
5 : <
£So(>:
5: «
^850:
10 : (
^945
^546:
15: (
£276:
15 : <
£27 —
27 —
■\: 10 : o
522 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
By D° D° Lieu' mooney four D^ D° D° D° p' D° The
Said Soldiers belonging to Co" Wallingfords Regim' —
By D° D° Capt Lovewell four D° D° D° D° p^ D° The
Said Soldiers belonging to Co" Lovewells Regim* — '
By D" D° four D° D° p-" D° To Co" Goff the Said
Soldiers belonging to Co" Lovewells Regim* —
By D° D° Cap' Hazzen Two D° D° p-" D° the Said Sol-
diers belonging to Co' Stevenses Regiment —
By D° D° John Robinson a Soldier belonging to Co"
Stevenses Regim' p'' the Gov""^ order — 6 : 15:0
By Loss in Divideing the above Sum among the Sol-
diers —
1 761
Jan"^ 22"^ By Cash p'^ Hercules mony for his son Jona- ^
than his bounty and advance wages ' ^ '
By 36 Days Expences at 10/ p'' Day — 18 —
By 36 Days Service my Selfe and horse to pay 767 Sol-
diers 6: 15:0 Sterling mony Eatch man at p"" Day —
Allowance for Eleven Troopers that Attended him
@ 6/5 3: 10: 7
£$207,, io„ 7
Portsm° Jan''y 29"" 1761 Errors Exepted
f ' Tho^ Packer
Province of \ Feb^ 7 1761 We the Subscribers being Appointed
New Hamp"" ) a Comitte to Examine the Within ace' & the Vouch-
ers thereof Have Examined the Same & find them well Vouched &
right Cast Which is humbly Submitted
T3 Tho^WWaldron ) ^
^y Mathew Thornton | Committe
Province of )
New Hamps^ \ In the house of Representatives Feb^ 14'^ 1761 —
Voted That this Acco' be Allowed & the Ballance Amounting to
Sixteen pounds fifteen Shillings & Seven pence Sterlg & paid to
Thom^ Packer Esq"" or order Out of mony In the Treasury & Charged
to the Expedition Acco' for 1 760 & that he pay the Several Troopers
their Allowance
£i6„ 15,, 7 A Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod*" Die
read & Concurrd Theod"" Atkinson Sec"^
Consented to B Wentworth
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 523
[5-47]
[Petition of Hezekiah Jenness, of Captain Jacob Tilton's company,
Colonel John Goff's regiment, for allowance to cover expense of
twenty dollars, incurred by sickness ; also for twenty-five shillings for
loss of his gun. — Ed.]
[5-48] [^Account for Printing Paper Moncy.'\
Province of New Hampshire to the Committee for Imprinting
Seven thousand pounds Sterls Agreeable to Act of Governm' passed
Feby 1759 —
To the Hon^^® Henry Sherburne Esq'' 4^ Ream paper |
@ 181 f Ream— ^ j- 4>, i
To Daniel Fowle for Imprinting ;^7ooo '^ Agreem' 7,, -
Expenses at the press 15/. Give the Boys 10/ — i,, 5
Allowance to M"" Newmarch One of the Committee — 3,, -
d° to Andrew Clarkson Another of y^ Com^ — 3,, -
Sterls— ;^i8„ 6 -
N. B. this 7000, Dated Jan^ i, 1761
Portsmouth Feb>' 12"^ 1761 —
Errors Excepted "^ Jos : Newmarch
Province of "I
New Hamps^ j In the house of Representatives Feb^ 12*^' 1761
This Acco' being Read —
Voted, That the Above Acco' Amounting to Eighteen pounds Six
Shillings Sterlg be Allowed & paid to the Hon^^^ Joseph Newmarch
Esq"", or his order. Out of said Emission now In the Treasury
;^i8„ 6 A Clarkson Clerk
In Council Feb''>' 13"' 1760 —
read %l Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sec''^
Consented to B Wentworth
[5-50]
[Daniel Warner's account for " Building the House & Carrages
&^ at Fort William & Mary." — Ed.]
^24 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[5-51]
\Poc2inient in Ft'ench relative to Ransoms of Vessels takeft by French
Privateers. Tra?islated by Otis G. HammoTid.'\
Memorial for the S"" Pecarrere, privateer of Bayonne.
That Count de Guerchy is charged by the Court with employing him-
self in the service of the British Ministry, to obtain the necessary orders
addressed to the Governor of New England, to procure to S"" Pecarrere,
privateer of Bayonne, the payment of two bills of ransom which
are due to him from the proprietors of two English vessels of the
said place, taken the 14th of April 1761 by the Frigate "I'Auda-
cieuse," which he had armed for privateering, and of which he had
given the command to Captain Veillon. The first of these prizes
was the " Hampshire," Captain James Guppey, belonging to S'' James
Garv'in, merchant of the Port of Piscataqua in New England. The
second, named the "Deborah," Captain Barthemy Gooning, belonged
to S"" Henry Carter, merchant of the same Port.
The Captains ransomed their vessels by means of two bills, which
they passed on Captain Veillon, one for the " Hampshire " of ;£300
sterling payable to Captain Francois at the rate of 24^ of France for
a pound sterling ; the other, for the " Deborah," of ;!^500 steriing
under the same conditions. For the security of these bills, each
of them gave Captain Veillon a man from his crew. These hostages
were taken to Capt. Francois, where they died, notwithstanding all
the care which was taken for their welfare : S""^ Garvin and Carter
having ascertained this, have constantly refused and still refuse to
pay the bills given by the Captains in their solemn agreements. All
the solicitations made in regard to this, by Mess""^ Mesuieres and
Clarisse, correspondents of S"" Pecarrere, have been useless and with-
out effect.
The refusal of S""^ Garvin and Carter is ill founded ; it is not surely,
the existence of hostages which confirms the validity of these bills
of ransom. The receivers did not require the signatures to be wit-
nessed, supposing that they could take the ransoms of the Captains,
and the false indications which they could give in regard to their proprie-
tors, as well as their place of residence. These are also the consider-
ations for which the love of liberty made him interest himself in the
payment of the ransom agreed upon, and in the paying themselves,
in case of the insolvency of part of the proprietors. One would re-
gard them on the same footing as the endorsers of a bill of exchange,
whose death can neither destroy the validity of the engagement, nor
retard the payment of it.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 525
The Comte de Guerchy entreats his Excellency My Lord Halifax,
to have the kindness to grant assistance to Sieur Pecarrere in obtain-
ing the satisfaction which he has the right to expect, and in order to
bring it about that he may, the Comte de Guerchy has gone to render
to the Court an answer on that affair, which the Court has particu-
larly requested him to do.
[5-52] \_JoJni Sanborn s Certificate^
Stratham Febry y^ 9''' 1761 —
This is to Sartefie that mr John Sanborn on a Jorney to albany in
Shearfield met with one Josiah Swett Belonging to Cap' Jacob Til-
tons Company in Co'^ Goffs Reg* finding him in Destress Being Broak
out with y^ Small pox Lent him Three Dolars —
Atest pr me John Samborn
Province of ]^
New Hampshir j Stratham Febuary y^ 9'^ 1761
Then The above Named John Sanborn Personally Appeared and
Made oath to the truth of what is Above written ; unto Which he
has Subscribed his Name to be the truth and Nothing but the
truth ; —
Sworn Before me And'' Wiggin Justis Peace
[5-52] \_Petition of Moses Swett, 1761.]
To his Excellency Benning Wintworth Esq"" the Hon^'^ his Maj ^*^
Council & house of Representatives Convened —
The Pettion of Moses Swett humbly Shueth that he had a Son in
the Lat Expedition which he fitted out with thing for the Sarvis, &
on his Return home by the way of albeny in Shearfield was taken
with the Smallpox & was met with by one John Samborn, finding him
in want Lent him three Dolers and Got him into a house where he
Sune after Died. Your Petitioner therefore humbly prayes that You
would Make him Such a Lowence for the three Dolors & Loss of
Close as You in You Great Wisdom Shall See Meet and Your Petti-
oner in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray —
Exeter P'eb>' 1761 — Moses Swett
Province of ) In the house of Representatives Ap' 21, 1761.
New Hamps^ /
Voted that there be Allowed & paid to Moses Sweet or his order
Eighteen Shillings Sterlg Out of mony Li the Treasury for the Last
526 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
years Expedition & be In full of this petition for Doc''^ Bill p^ or Any
other's Whatever on Acco' of the Said Sweet
187 Sterlg A Clarkson Clerk
In Council April 25''' 1761
read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
Consented to B Wentworth
[5~53] \Governor WeiitwortJi s Proclamation.^
By His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Cap^ General Gov-
ernor & Commander in Chieff in & over his Majestys Province of
New Hampshire in New England
A Proclamation
His Majesty having Nothing so much at Heart, as by the most
vigorous Prossicution of the War, to reduce the Enemy to the Ne-
cessity of Accepting a Peace, on Terms of Glory & advantage to his
Majestys Crown & Beneficial in particular to his Subjects in Amer-
ica : And as Nothing can so effectually contribute to that great and
Essential object, as the King's being enabled to Employ as immedi-
ately as may be, Such Part of the regular Forces in North America,
as may be adequate to some great & Important Enterprise against
the Enemy, and it being his Majestys Pleasure, that in order the
better to provide for the full & entire Security of his Majestys Do-
minions in North America ; and perticularly of his Majestys Con-
quests there, during the absence of Such Part of the regular Forces
as may be Employd in s'^ Enterprize ; that this Government furnish
two thirds of the men that were Employed the last Campaign. And
whereas the Legislature of this Government, has resolved to Pay
Five Hundred & Thirty four, able bodied & Effective Men, Officers
included, to be employd in Securing his Majestys Conquests already
made on this Continent, under Such Gen^^ officer as is, or may be
Appointed by his Maj*-^, to take the Command of them til the fifteenth
Day of November next if not sooner Dismiss'd
I do hereby Promise & engage, that all Such able bodied effective
Men, as Shall enlist under Persons that recieve Beating orders from
me. Shall be entituled to the following Pay, Gratuitys & rewards Viz
That each Non Commission officer & Private Soldier Shall receive
Thirty Shillings Sterling as a Bounty, & after he passes Muster
& before he Marches, a further Bounty of Two Pounds Ten Shil-
lings Sterling to Provide himself with Cloaths and also a Blanket
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 52/
and that each Private Shall receive Thirty Shillings Sterling '^
Month Wages That they Shall not be detaind in the Service longer
than the fifteenth Day of November next, ^nd that Each officer &
Private recieve one months Pay advance before Marching
And Further that no noncommission officer or Private that Shall
Inlist & Proceed on Said Service Shall be Lyable to have his Body
arrested Stayd or Imprisoned during the Continuance of Said Ser-
vice upon mean Process or Execution for any less Sum than Ten
Pounds Sterling due to one Plaintiff. —
That all that find Arms & bring them into the field, shall recieve
for each firelock that is Spoiled or lost in Actual Service, twenty five
Shillings Sterling.
and I hereby require all officers Civil & Military to use their utmost
Influence in Encouraging & Promoting this Essential Service
Given at the Council Chamber in Portsm° the 23^ Day of April in
i^' Year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by
the Grace of God of great Britain France & Ireland King Defender
of the Faith, &c B Wentworth
By his Excellencys Command
Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
God Save the Kins:
[5~54] [Petition of Nathaniel Thifig, 1761.]
Province of \
New Hampshire \ To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq""
The Honourable His Majestys Council & House of Representatives —
The Petition of Nath" Thing Humbly sheweth — That whereas said
Nath'^ Thing Voluntarily Enlisted himself a Soldier in the Service
of this Government & Served as such in the New Hampshire Regi-
ment in Cap' Marstins Company 1760 That on his return from said
Service he was taken Sick at Keen with the small Pox & Ordered to
a Pest House in Swanzey the Expence of which is in Account Ex-
hibited herewith — Your petitioner Humbly prayeth your Honours to
take into Consideration the Extra Expence of the Petitioner as 'p
ace' may Appear & make him such Allowance as you in Your Great
Wisdom shall think Proper — and Your Petitioner as in Duty Bound
shall Ever pray —
his
Dated Exeter May 25"^ 1761 Nathaniel + Thino-
Mark ^
Test Peter Gilman
528 MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCL\L PAPERS.
Province of )
New Hampshire/ In the house of Representatives May 27 1761
This petition being read
Voted, That there be Allowed & paid to Nath^ Thing or his ord^
five pounds ten Shillings Sterlg out of mony In the Treasury for the
last years Expedition, & be In full for this petition & the Account
herewith presented. A Clarkson Clerk
£S„ 10/ Sterlg
In Council June 2^ lySi
read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Se^
Consented to B Wentworth
[5~56] \_Petition of Joseph Sivett^
To His Excellence the Govener Benning Wintworth Esq"" Captain
Genereal and Commander in Cheaf in and over his Majesty Province
of New Hampshir in New England and to his Majestys Honoreble
Council and Genereal Assembly Convend at Portsmouth your Poti-
sinor Humbly Sheweth that he was in his Majestys Serves at Crown
Point the Last years Campain in Cornel John Gouff Esq"" Rigement
and Carried with me a horse and Left him at the Block house at
Wintworth ferry so Called and that on the fall Major Samuel Gerrish
was ordred from Crown Point with inveleads from Every Rigement
of Provincials for the Block house and when Major Gerrish arrived at
the Block house there was many men Left in the Woods unable to
travil among them was Left Jeremiah Davis of Captain Jacob Til-
tons Company for which Major Gerrish ordred Ensign Berry to Send
a horse for Said Davis and he Did Send mine and She was Lost in
that Serves which Will appear by Timothy Blacke Dipposion
I Humbly pray that your Honours will take this under your wise
Consideration and Do as in your Grate Wisdom Shall think Proper
and I as in Duty Bound Shall Ever pray
Joseph Swett
[5-57] {Deposition of Timothy Blake, Jr.']
Timothy Blake jn"" of Hampton falls of LawfuU Age Testifies and
Says That he this Deponent being a Soldier in the Service of this
Province the last fall About the beginning of Octob"" According to
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 529
the best of his Remembrance he was at Wentworths ferry so Called
on Connecticutt River, And Ensign Joseph Swctt had a horse there
under the Care of Ensign Berry And this Deponent well Knows that
Maj"" Sam' Gerrish Borrow'd said Horse of said Ensign Berry in Order
to go and Bring one Jeremiah Davis belonging to Capt' Tiltons Com-
pany who was unable to travail Down to Connecticutt River : and
said Horse was Sent for to bring said Davis But the Horse was lost
in that business And Could not be found while this Deponent tarried
there or Since that he has heard of But Was looked upon by all that
were there to be Wholly lost timothy Blake ju
Province of )
New Hamps'^ \ May 26, 1761 Then Timothy Blake ju"" made Sol-
emn Oath to the truth of the Above Deposition by him Subscribed
Before Meshech Weare Jus^ of Pea
[Endorsed] Voted dissmissed June 18, 1761.
[5-58]
[Petition of Ephraim Wentworth for allowance for gun and clothes
lost by his son Grant, and for expenses of his son's sickness. Al-
lowed five pounds, eleven shillings, and one penny sterling. May 28,
1761. — Ed.]
[5-59] \_Petit20Ji of Savuiel Hobart.~\
To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain Gen" Com-
mander in chief in & Over his Majestys Province of New Hamp-
shire, The Hon" his Majestys Council, and House of Representa-
tives
The Petition of Samuel Hobart humbly shew'" That your petitioner
was in this Province service in the year 1759 purchas'd himself a
horse to carry his necessary baggage to the army, & upon the march
lost him, & towards the close of the Campaign, your petitioner was
taken sick at Oswego when the Reg' was discharg'd, they brot him to
Albany where they left him Incapable of helping himself by reason
of sickness, after your petitioner recruited so as he was able to ride
tho't it best to buy a horse which he did, and proceeded homewards,
was not able to ride more than Eight or nine miles in a Day, coming
thro' the green woods, your petitioner mist his way, mir'd his horse,
& was oblig'd to leave, & Finally lost him, not being able to Travil
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530 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
was oblige! to hire a man & horse to bring him to his own house and
was sick three months after he came home —
Wherefore your petitioner humbly prayeth your Exc^ and Honours
would grant him something for his Loses and Necessary Charges &
Expences, and he, as in duty bound shall ever pray —
Samuel Hobart
Province of ] In the house of Representatives May 2(f^, iy6i —
New Hamps'' j This petition being Read —
Voted That there be Allowed & paid to M"" Sam' Hubbert or his
order two pounds four Shillings & Tenpence Sterlg out of mony In
the Treasury for the Last years Expedition & be In full of said
petition
44^10*^ A Clarkson Clerk
In Council June 2'' 1761
read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sec'^'
Consented to B Wentworth
[5-60]
[Petition of Hezekiah Ward, of New York, sutler to Colonel
Goffe's regiment, asking that the sum of £76. 5. 2 sterling due him
from deserters be paid him by the Province. Granted June 2,
1 761. — Ed.]
[5-62] \^PetJtioJi of Mast Contractors?^
Province of ] To his Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq"'
New Hampshire j Governour of s'^ Province — the Honourable his
Majesties council and assembly of the same in general court
assembled Portsmouth
The Petition of the subscribers Humbly sheweth That some of us
have for several years past & are now under contract to furnish masts
yards & Bovvspritts towards supplying his majesties Navy & others of
us Employed & Interested in the s'^ service — that we have met with
great losses from Time to Time in endeavouring to transport ye same
down merrimack River by reason of the several Falls & Rocks which
render y^ s^ Transportation both costly & hazardous that it would be,
as we Apprehend of great & general advantage not only to ourselves
but the Publick that the complained of obstructions might be re-
moved towards Effecting which several of us have done considerable
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
531
by blowing away part of some of the most prejudicial Rocks but for
want of further Ability we have been forced to desist & leave ye
matter but barely attempted & far from being prosecuted to a suffi-
cient degree to Answer y*' End For remedy whereof we Humbly pray
that a Lottery may be Authorized by this government under y*" direc-
tion & management of such persons & subject to such regulations as
your Excellency & Honours shall see meet to appoint & that a mod-
erate proportion of y^ moneys the several Tickets may sell for may
be appropriated & applied to the sd Purpose & your Petitioners as in
Duty bound shall ever pray
Peter Coffin
Jeremiah Eastman
Will"' M-^Ilvaine
Ebene Hall
Richard Hasseltin
Joseph Hall
Moses Merrill
Eliphilet Danford
Samuel Martaine
William Peters
John Martain
Thomas Saltmarsh
John Webster
John merrill
James Cochran
Dainel foster
Joseph Easman
Benj^ Rolfe
Ezra Carter
Jeremiah Stickney
George Abbott
Jacob Shutz
John Fife
David Evens
Benjamin Easman
Benjamin fifield
Thomes Easmen
John Steel
Samuel Osgood
Benjmain Osgood
Epram Carter
P3benezer virgin
Joseph Eastman
Jonathan fifield
John Webster Junr
Moses Eastman
Timethey Bredley
Nathaneel Eastman
Timothy walker
[Endorsed] Voted dissmissed June 18'^ 1761 —
[5-63] [Bill for Victualing Soldiers at Sudbury in 1757.]
Those men whose names are under writen Eat at the house of M""
Jona : Rice, Inholder in Sudbury on their return from Fort Willim
Henery after it was in the frenches Possession in August 1757
Robert Drout Samuel Darlen Joseph Wormwood
Mark Laton Elemuel Tricke Robart Morrel
In Col° Goufe's Regiment in Cap' Moore's Compeny.
These are Newhampshear Souldrs
Joseph Kille
Obdiah Davis
William Heath
Benjimine Heath
Jediah Pete
Joshua Webstur
Jonathan Bartlet
Jonathan Heath
Nathan Gile
Moses Folinsbe
Ebenezer Eaton
To Col" : Goufes Regiment in Cap' Jacob Baleys Compeny.
John Crocket
Asahel Harriam
Abal Hadly
Samuel Hilton
Jonathan Smith
532 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Hezeciah Swain Samuel Hardy Daniel Darlin
John Darrlin
In Colo : Goufe's Regiment in Cap* Richard Emerys Comp :
A true Copy of the account
by Rebecah Rice Book keepr
To Mag"" : Gillman
[Endorsed] Robert Rice acc't — ordered to lay June 19*'^ 1761
[The men were charged for " one meal o. o. 6" each. — Ed.]
[5-64] {Instructions to Governor WcntzvortJi.\
Instructions from King George 3'^ to Benning Wentworth Gov"" of
New Hampshire. — Dated June 30"^ 1761.
1. — To take upon him the Government & call together the Coun-
cil, viz' Theodore Atkinson, Richard Wibird, Sam' Smith, John
Downing, Sampson Sheaff, Daniel Warner, James Newmarsh, Mark
Hunking Wentworth, James Nevin, William Temple, John Nelson,
and Henry Apthorp Esq""^ —
2. — The Gov""^ Commission to be published and he and the Council
to take the Oaths, & subscribe the Declaration.
3. — The Gov"" to administer (or cause it to be done) the Oaths to
all Members & Officers of Council & Assembly, Judges, & all Persons
holding Places of Trust or Profit, — & cause them to make & sub-
scribe the Declaration : — without which they are not to be admitted
into any public office.
4. — The Gov"" to communicate to Council such of these Instruc-
tions wherein their Advice & Consent are mentioned to be requisite,
" as likewise all such others from time to time as you shall find con-
venient for our Service to be imparted unto them."
5. Council to have Freedom of Debate. —
6. Though three of the Council are mentioned in the Commission
to be a Quorum, the Gov"" is not to act with less than five except upon
extraordinary Emergencies.
7. A Vacancy happening in Council the Gov'^ is to transmit to the
Commissioners for Trade the Names of three Inhabitants of the
Province " whom you shall esteem the best Qualified for that Trust."
8. When the Gov"' supplies any Vacancies in Council (as his Com-
mission allows) he is to send their Names & Qualities to the Com-
miss""^ for Trade, to be laid before the King.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 533
9. In the Choice & Nomination of all Officers " you are always to
take Care that they be men of good Life, well affected to our Gov-
ernment, & of Abilities suitable to their Employment."
10. The Gov'' not to augment or diminish the Number of the
Council; — not to suspend any Members without good Cause & the
Consent of the Majority of Council, signified in Council, after due
Examination ; — in Case of Suspension, the Gov''^ Reasons for it, —
the Charges & Proofs, — & the Counsellor's Answers, to be entered
in the Council Books ; & Copies transmitted to be laid before the
King. — But if the Gov"" has Reasons for suspending a Counsellor,
"not fit to be communicated to the Council" he may suspend him
"without their Consent," sending the Commiss'' for Trade an Ac-
co' of it, with his Reasons, to be laid before the King.
11. Any Member of Council absenting himself from the Province
for more than a Twelvemonth, without Leave from the GoV under
his hand & Seal ; — or remaining absent two years without Leave
" under our Royal Sign Manual," his Place shall thereupon become
void. If he absents himself from Council without just Cause, after
being summoned & persists in it after Admonition, the Gov"" may sus-
pend him.
12. " You shall take Care that the Members of the Assembly be
elected only by Freeholders, as being more agreeable to the Custom
of this Kingdom, to which you are as near as may be to conform
yourself in all Particulars."
13. Salaries of Members of Assembly to be reduced to such a
moderate Proportion as may be no Grievance to the Country. —
14. A Letter of Summons to a Counsellor, signed by the Gov"" or
Secretary, to be as binding as a Writ is in common Cases ; & if they
neglect to comply with it, except only in Times of General Assem-
bly, then to be liable to the ordinary Forms of common Process.
15. No Protection from Arrests allowed to a Member of Assembly
further than in his Person, and that only during the Session of the
Assembly ; — & the Assembly not to adjourn themselves, except de
die in diem, without Leave from the Gov"" —
16. " You are to observe in the passing of all Laws that the Style
of enacting the same be by the Governor Council & Assembly ; You
are also as much as possible to observe in the passing of all Laws,
that whatever may be requisite upon each different Matter be accord-
ingly provided for by a different Law, without intermixing in one &
the same Act such Things as have no proper Relation to each other ;
and you are more especially to take Care, that no Clause or Clauses
be inserted in or annexed to any Act which shall be foreign to what
the Title of such respective Act imports ; and that no perpetual
534 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS,
Clause be part of any temporary Law, and that no Act whatever be
suspended, altered, revived, continued, or repealed, by general Words,
but that the Title and Date of such act so suspended, altered, revived,
continued, or repealed, be particularly mentioned and expressed in the
enacting Part."
17 — The Gov'' not to give his Assent to any Law enacted for a
less Time than two Years, except in particular Cases, — not to enact
any Law to which the Royal Assent has been once refused, without
express Leave ; — nor give his Assent to the Repeal of any Law
passed in his Governm* unless it contains a Clause suspending its
Execution until the Royal Pleasure be known.
18. No Bill of an extraordinary Nature to be passed without a
Clause suspending it as above. " And it is our Express Will & Pleas-
ure, that no Duty be laid in the Province under your Government
upon British Shipping, or upon the Product or Manufactures of Great
Britain ; and that you do not upon Pain of our highest Displeasure
give your Assent to any Law whatever wherein the Natives or Li hab-
itants of New Hampshire may be put on a more advantageous Foot-
ing than those of these Kingdoms."
19. No private Act affecting the Property of private Persons to be
passed without a Clause saving the Right of all others, — & another
suspending it as above. — The Gov'' not to consent to private Acts,
until Proof be made before him in Council (& entered in the Council
Books) that public Notification was made of the Partie's Intention to
apply for such Act, " in the several Parish Churches where the prem-
ises in Question lye, for three Sundays at least successively " —
20. In all Acts for levying Money or imposmg Fines or Penalties,
express mention to be made that they are granted or reserved " to Us
our Heirs and Successors, for the pubhc uses of that Province, &
Support of the Government thereof as by the said Act shall be di-
rected." — The Gov"" not to pass any Act whereby the Revenue may
be lessened "without our especial Leave or Commands therein."
21. The Gov"" not to suffer any public Money to be issued other-
wise than by Warrant under his hand, by & with the Advice & Con-
sent of the Council ; " But the Assembly may nevertheless be per-
mitted, from time to time, to view & examine the Accounts of Money
or value of Money disposed of by Virtue of Laws made by them,
which you are to signify unto them, as there shall be occasion."
22. " You are not to permit any Clause whatsoever to be inserted
in any Law for levying Money or the Value of Money, whereby the
same shall not be made liable to be accounted for unto Us, & to our
Commissioners of our Treasury, or our high Treasurer for the Time
being, and audited by our Auditor General of our Plantations or his
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 535
Deputy for the Time being, And We do particularly require & enjoin
you upon pain of our highest Displeasure to take Care that fair Books
of Accounts of all Receipts & Payments of all public Monies be duly
kept, and the Truth thereof attested upon Oath, & that the said Books
be transmitted every half year, or oftner, to our Commissioners of
our Treasury, or to our high Treasurer for the Time being, and to our
Commissioners for Trade & Plantations & Duplicates thereof by the
next Conveyance, In which Books shall be specified every particular
Sum raised or disposed of, together with the names of the Persons to
whom Payments shall be made, to the End We may be satisfied of
the right and due Application of the Revenue of the said Province,
with the Probability of the Increase or Diminution of it, under every
Head or Article thereof."
2T,. " And it is our express Will & Pleasure that no Laws for rais-
ing any Imposition on Wines or other strong Liquors be made to
continue for less than one whole Year, as also that all other Laws
made for the Supply & Support of the Government shall be Indefi-
nite and without Limitation, except the same be for a temporary Ser-
vice & which shall expire & have their full Effect within the Time
therein prefixed."
24. " Whereas several Inconveniences have arisen to our Govern-
ments in the Plantations by Gifts & Presents made to our Gov""^ by
the Gen' Assemblies ; You are therefore to propose unto the Assem-
bly at their first Meeting, and to use your utmost Endeavours with
them, that an Act be passed for raising & setling a Public Revenue
for defraying the necessary Charges of the Government of the said
Province ; And that therein Provision be particularly made for a com-
petent Salary for yourself as Gov'' & Commander in chief of the said
Province, & to other succeeding Governors & Commanders in Chief,
for supporting the Dignity of the said Office, as likewise due Provis-
ion for the contingent Charges of the Council and Assembly, and
for the Salaries of the respective Clerks, & other Officers thereunto
belonging as likewise of all other Officers necessary for the Adminis-
tration of that Government. And particularly that such Salaries be
enacted to be paid in Sterling or Proclamation Money, or in Paper
Bills of Credit current in that Province, in proportion to the Value
such Bills shall pass at in Exchange for Silver, that thereby the re-
spective Officers may depend on some certain Income, & not be liable
to have their Stipends varied by the uncertain Value of Paper Money ;
And that in such Act all officers Salaries be fixed to some reasonable
yearly Sum, except the Members of the Council & Assembly, and the
Officers attending them, or others whose Attendance on the public is
536 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
uncertain, who may have a reasonable Pay established per Diem, dur-
ing their Attendance only ; and when such Revenue shall have so
been settled & Provision made as aforesaid, then our express Will &
Pleasure is, that neither you the Governor, nor any Gov"" Lieu' Gov''
Commander in Chief or President of the Council of the said Prov-
ince of New Hampshire for the Time being, do give your or their
Consent to the passing of any Law or Act, for any Gift or Present
to be made to you or them by the Assembly, & that neither you nor
they do receive any Gift or Present from the Assembly on any Ac-
count or in any Manner whatsoever upon Pain of our highest Dis-
pleasure, & of being recalled from that Government." —
25. The Act of Queen Anne for ascertaining the Rates of foreign
Coins in the Plantations to be punctually observed & executed.
26. The Gov"" not to consent to any Law " whereby the Natives or
Inhabitants of the Province of New Hampshire — may be put on a
more advantageous Footing than those of this Kingdom, or whereby
any Duties shall be laid upon British Shipping, or upon the Product
or Manufacture of Great Britain upon any Pretense whatsoever."
27. — " It is our Will & Pleasure that you do not give your Assent
to or pass any Law, imposing any Duties upon Negroes imported into
our Province of New Hampshire, payable by the Importer, or upon
any Slaves exported, that have not been sold in our said Province &
continued there for the Space of Twelve nionths. It is our further
Will & Pleasure that you do not give your Assent to or pass any Act
whatsoever, for imposing Duties on the Importation of Felons from
this Kingdom into New Hampshire."
28. Authentic Copies of Laws to be transmitted within 3 months
after their being enacted — for "our Allowance or Disapprobation of
the same."
29. Laws transmitted to be fairly abstracted in the Margin: — the
Gov"" to be explicit in his Observations upon the Laws — & to send
the Reasons for passing them. —
30. The Secretary to furnish Transcripts of .Laws & Copies of
the Journals of Council to be transmitted.
31. The Clerk of the Assembly to furnish Transcripts of all
Journals & other Proceedings of the Assembly, to be transmitted.
32. The Gov to examine what Duties are payable on Goods im-
ported, — to suppress the engrossing of Commodities, & to improve
Trade by setting proper Regulations with Advice of Council ; — to
send to England yearly or oftner a particular Account of all Laws
which have been passed. Manufactures set up, or Trade carried on,
"which may in any wise affect the Trade & Navigation of this King-
dom."— " And it is our express Will & Pleasure, that you do not
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 537
upon any Pretense whatever, upon Pain of our highest Displeasure,
give your Assent to any Law or Laws for setting up any Manufac-
tures and carrying on any Trades which are hurtful and prejudicial to
this Kingdom, and that you do use your utmost Endeavours to dis-
courage, discountenance, and restrain any Attempts which may be
made to set up such Manufactures or establish any such Trades."
33. The Gov"" to call a Court of Exchequer as often as may be
needfull, & inform " whether our Service may require that a constant
Court of Exchequer be settled & established there." (The Business
of this Court was to recover the King's Duties.) E. H.
34. No new Court of Judicature to be erected nor one already es-
tablished to be dissolved.
35. Justice to be administered impartially & without Delay.
36. Appeals to be allowed — from the inferior to the supreme
Court, consisting of Gov"" & Council, — & from them to the King in
Council in Cases in which the Sum exceeds ^500 Sterling.
37. Appeals to the King in Council to be permitted in Cases of
Fines imposed for Misdemeanors, provided the Fines amount to
;!<^ioo Sterling.
38. The Gov'' may not remit any Fine above the Sum of ;2^io, nor
dispose of any Forfeitures without the King's Directions.
39. Forfeitures or Escheats not to be disposed of until the Sheriff,
with a Jury, have enquired into the Value of them &c. —
40. The Gov'' not to appoint any Person to be a Judge or Justice
of Peace without the Advice & Consent of at least three Members
of Council in Council ; — nor may he execute either of those Offices
personally or by Deputy. The Commissions for them to be during
Pleasure.
41. The Gov'' not to displace any Officer without good & sufficient
Cause
42. " You shall not suffer any Person to execute more Offices
than one by Deputy."
43. The Gov'' with Advice of Council to regulate all Salaries &
Fees ; — Tables of fees to be hung up in Offices, — & Copies of
them sent to England.
44. Absentees executing Offices in the Province by Deputy the
Gov'' to enquire into the Capacity of the Deputies, and represent
what he thinks fit to be done ; — to suspend for Misbehaviour, &c —
45. Gov'' not to grant or dispose of any Place usually granted
under the Great Seal of England, or Warrant from the King.
46. Officers of Customs not to serve on Juries, in the Militia, or
Parochial Offices.
47. The Gov'' may appoint a Collector of Customs in Case &c.
538 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
48 — " the Surveyor Gen' of our Customs for the Northern Dis-
trict, & the Surveyor Gen' of our Customs for the Time being to be
Councillors extraordinary in our said Province." If the Surveyor
Gen' should happen to become Senior Counsellor, he shall not take
upon him the Administration of Government, in Case of the Death
or Absence of the Gov"" but it shall devolve upon the next senior
Counsellor.
49. Surveyors of Land to be appointed & sworn — " and you shall
likewise take Care that a general Survey be made of all our said
Province, and of each County, with the several Plantations and For-
tifications on it, & that an exact Map or Maps thereof be transmitted
to our Commissioners for Trade & Plantations."'
50. The Gov"" to transmit to England a particular Account of all
" Establishments of Jurisdictions, Courts, Offices and Officers,
Powers, Authorities, Fees & Privileges " in the Province ; &c —
51. Townships to be established on the Frontiers — each to consist
of about 20,000 Acres — not to exceed six Miles square — in each a
proper Place to be laid out " for the Scite of the Town itself, where
any Planter, besides 50 Acres of Land for each Person in his Family,
shall have set out a Lot or Footland for a Town House, & that no
Town be set out, or any such Lands or Lots granted until there be
50 or more Families ready to begin the Settlement, & so soon as any
such Township has got one hundred or more Families settled therein,
it shall have and enjoy all the Immunities & Privileges as do of
Right belong to any other Parish or Township in the said Province."
52. No Lands to be granted under a less Quit Rent than 1/ Proc"
for every 100 Acres, except for the first ten Years, during which
Time no Quit Rent is to be paid — " In all Grants of Land a Clause
to be inserted to reserve all white or other Sort of Pine Trees fit for
Masts, of the growth of 24 Inches Diameter and upwards at 12 Inches
from the Earth, to Us our Heirs & Successors, for the Masting our
Royal Navy, and that no such Trees shall be cut — without our Li-
cence — on Penalty of the P'orfeiture of such Grant, & of the Land
so granted reverting to the Crown ; & of all other Pains and Pen-
alties as are or shall be enjoined or inflicted by any Act or Acts of
Parliament passed in the Kingdom of Great Britain" — Another
Clause to be inserted " to oblige the Grantee to settle plant & culti-
vate, at least three Acres of Land in every 50 Acres, so granted, in
five Years after the Date of his Grant, & to continue such Settlement
& improve the same by additional Cultivation, on Penalty of the For-
feiture of his Grant & of the Lands reverting to Us, to be regranted
to such as will effectually plant & cultivate the same."
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 539
53. No Grants of Land to " be made to any Person but in Propor-
tion to his Ability to cultivate the same, & that proper Clauses be
inserted for vacating the said Grants on failure of Cultivation, or Pay-
ment of Quit Rents reserved thereon ; & you are hereby directed not
to grant to any Person more than fifty Acres for every Man, Woman
or Child of which the Grantees Family shall consist at the Time such
Grant shall be made.''
54. The King's Share of the Forfeiture incurred by Persons de-
stroying the Woods, to be given to the Informer.
55. The Gov"" to report Tracts of Land fit for Nurseries for Masts.
56. Acts of Parliament for preserving his Majesty's Woods to be
strictly complied with.
57. The Gov to act as Vice Admiral.
58. Admiralty Fees to be the same as in Great Britain.
59. Commissions for Privateers to be such as those given in
England.
60. In all Matters relating to Pirates, the Gov"' to regulate himself
by Law & his Commission.
61. The Gov"" (as Vice Admiral) to account with the Receiver Gen^
of the Admiralty for Monies received.
62. "You shall permit a Liberty of Conscience to all Persons (ex-
cept Papists) so they be contented with a quiet & peaceable Enjoy-
ment of the same, not giving Offence or Scandal to the Government."
63. " You shall take especial Care that God Almighty be devoutly
& duly served throughout your Government, the Book of Common
Prayer as by Law established, read on each Sunday and Holliday, and
the Blessed Sacrament administered according to the Rites of the
Church of England."
64. " You shall be careful that the Churches already built there be
well & orderly kept, and that more be built as the Province shall by
God's Blessing be improved, and that besides a competent Mainte-
nance to be assigned to the Minister of each Orthodox Church, a
convenient House be built, at the common Charge, for each Minister,
and a competent proportion of Land assigned him for a Glebe and
Exercise of his Industry."
65. " You are not to prefer any Minister to any Ecclesiastical Ben-
efice in that our Province without a Certificate from the Right Rev'^
Father in God the Lord Bishop of London, of his being conformable
to the Doctrine & Discipline of the Church of England, & of a good
Life & Conversation, & if any Person preferred already to a Benefice,
shall appear to you to give Scandal, either by his Doctrine or Man-
ners, you are to use the proper and usual Means for the Removal of
him."
540 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
66. Every " orthodox Minister" to be one of the vestry in his own
Parish, & no vestry to be held without him, except in case of Sick-
ness, or his omitting to attend after being summoned.
6y. " You are to enquire whether there be any Minister within
your Government who preaches & administers the Sacrament in any
orthodox Church or Chapel, without being in due Orders, and to give
an Account thereof to the said Lord Bishop of London."
68. "And to the End the ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the said
Lord Bishop of London may take Place in that Province, so far as
conveniently may be. We do think fit that you do give all Countenance
& Encouragement to the Exercise of the same, excepting only the
collating to Benefices, granting Licences for Marriages and Probate
of Wills, which we have reserved to you our Governor & Commander
in Chief of our said Province for the Time being:."
69. " We do further direct that no Schoolmaster be henceforth
permitted to come from England, & to keep School in the said Prov-
ince, without the Licence of the said Bishop of London, and that no
other Person now there or that shall come from other Parts, shall be
admitted to keep School in that our said Province of New Hampshire
without your Licence first obtained."
70. A Table of Marriages established by the Canons of the Church
of England to be hung up in every orthodox Church & duly observed,
& the Gov"" to try to get a Law passed (if not already done) for the
strict Observation of the said Table.
71. Laws to be passed for the punishment of Blasphemy &c. &c.
& vigorously executed. — Schools to be erected — & the Conversion
of Negroes & Indians encouraged.
72. An Acco* of the present Number of Inhabitants to be sent to
England, & of their Increase & Decrease annually, — and how many
are fit to bear Arms.
yT,. All " Planters Inhabitants & Christian Servants " to be well
provided with Arms, — listed under good Officers, — & trained as
often as thought fit.
74. Great Care to be taken that Trainings &c be not an unneces-
sary Impediment to the Affairs of the Inhabitants.
75. Martial Law not to be executed upon the Inhabitants without
Advice of Council.
y6. Gov"" to recommend to the Assembly a Law for punishing Mu-
tiny & Desertion amongst the Soldiers in Pay. —
yy. Gov"" to transmit an Account of all Forts & Fortifications
built, or necessary to be built, — Arms, Ammunition & Stores belong-
ing to the Province — these Accounts to be very particular. —
y8. Storehouses to be built for keeping Arms &c.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 54I
79. An Account to be transmitted informing how the Act about
Powder Money has been executed — what Quantities have been an-
nually collected for the last 7 years — & Gov"^ to see that the Duty be
well collected in future — & to transmit every six Months an Acco^
of Powder collected.
80. The Gov"" to cause an exact Survey of all Harbours to be made,
& with Advice of Council to erect Forts in them, & to move the As-
sembly to pass proper Laws for the Purpose.
81. To assist other Plantations upon Application from their Gov"
in Case of Distress.
82. Gov"" to signify to Merchants &c, to be very cautious in Time
of War how they give any Account to their Correspondents of the
Condition of the Province ; — and to direct Masters of Vessels by
whom he sends his Letters to have them always ready for sinking.
83. Gov"" to endeavor to hinder all Trade & Correspondence with
the Enemy in Time of War.
84. Gov'' to send from time to time an Account of the Wants &
Defects of the Province — what are its chief Products — what new
Improvements are made, or may be made — or advantages gained by
Trade — & how " We may contribute thereunto."
85. Gov"" may do any Thing for the advantage of the Province,
with Advice of Council, — but not make War without the King's
particular Command ; except it be against Lidians upon Emergencies ;
the Council consenting.
86. Gov"" not to go to England without Leave.
87. Gov being absent, & no Lieu' Gov' appointed, the eldest Coun-
sellor to preside, but not to pass any Acts except such as are immedi-
ately necessary, without the King's Order, — nor to dissolve the As-
sembly, — nor remove or suspend any Counsellor or other Ofificer
without Advice of at least seven of the Council.
88. The Gov"" being absent one half of his Pay & Perquisites to
belong to the Person administering the Government in his Absence.
89. All possible Encouragement to be given to the Fishery.
90. Gov'' to transmit particular Accounts of all his Proceedings.
[Atkinson to T/ioniii)ison.\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 175.]
Portm° N Hamp'' August 19"' 1761
S"" Your last favour informed us of the order that all Officers were
to renew their Commissions &c^ & twas kind & I am Obleedged to
542 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLA.L PAPERS.
you for takeing care to renew my Mandamus as one of his Maj*^*
Council Sure I am in doubt weither I Should have done as much my
Self had I been with you as I find much Trouble & Little Profit in
that office
You mention also 3'our being calld upon to renew my Pattent for
Sec"^ of this Province this has Occasioned my mentioning that Affair
to Gov'^ Wentworth tis a Post I have long wished to be Clear of & he
now only waits the arival of his New Comission when he Proposes to
grant a Comission of Secretary to my Son and told me he would
write you to get him Somehow confirmed at home I would by no means
have him be at the Expence of a Pattent unless that office was At-
tended with more Proffit for the future than it hath been in Time
Past but if y^ fees for taking out the Comission are Light I should be
Obleedged (if you would enquire & the Solicitation is not too Trou-
blesome you would obtain it for him — M"" Nevin who will deliver you
this has often mentioned this Affair & thinks it might be more Prof-
fitable than here to fore and as he perfectly knows my & my Sons
Mind in the Premisses he will be kind enough to Inform you of our
Sentiments without my Troubling you with any further Perticulars to
him give me leave to referr you & believe me with much Esteem
Your most obleedged Humble Serv'
PS I hope to forward Pro^ Acco'* of Expence at the reduction of
Canada by this fleet
\Atkinso}i and Wcntzvorth to Thomlinson.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p, 175 J.]
Portsm° New Eng'^ Ocf 28*'' 1761
Sir We are appled to by Mess'' Daniel Peirce, Clement March —
and Daniel Rindge for a Letter of Credit upon London to defrey the
Expence of an appeal to His Majesty in Councill from our Superior
Court in Cause whereof they have the Management & Direction as
being Agents for the Proprietors of a Town called Bow in our Prov^
against one Rolfe and others. And according to their request We
pray the favour of you to advance on that behalf Such Sums of
money as the Exigency of the cause may require for which we will
be answerable
We are Sir Your most Obed^ & hble Servants
Theodore Atkinson
Mark H G. Wentworth
John Thomlinson Esq.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 543
[Nevin to Atkinson.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 176.]
London Nov"' 14''' 1761
Dear Sir
in my last to your Son I promised to write my Next to you, which
I am Not as yet furnished with Materials for Doing, However as the
last Vessel for this Season Sails this week, I would not Omitt writting
to my 2^ Best friend in this world.
The Day after that which M'' Thomlinson wrote to the Gover"" Con-
cerning your Son, I arived at Barnet. He Shew me the Copy of that
Lef, & thought he had Done right. He Alledged the Dearness of
the Patten because he had pay'd ^190 for the renewal of his Ow^n
Patten for the Lordship Of the Manner he Lives in, & Alledged Our
pople were too Poor to pay the Fees of Such an Office, He Soon
Saw y' this reasoning was wrong, & Agreed with me to Mete him At
the Treasury Next Board Day, where he had Not been but Once in
Six months, as he told me, & that he Could get the Affair Done for
Asking, this I Doubted, but Said Nothing, Only Begged that he
would not Mention it to any Body But Lord Egermont or Lord Sands,
we Mete & went into The waiting room together, he Sent for M""
Pownall, I then Went Down to the Coffe house where he was to
Come & give An Acco" of His Success, He Came in an Hour &
told me that it was Agreed the Young man Should Keep the Office
as it was, & that if he was any ways made Uneazie in it, that he
Should have a Patten at any time. I was Not Pleased but Said
Nothing, I then went back to the Office & Could not Find that he
had Seen any Body but M-" P", I must Soon wait On M-" Pownall &
Shall than hear more of it & will Again bring it About S"" William
Stanope is my Friend that I never Askt any favour of, he is inti-
mate with L^ Egermont I am Shure he will not refuse me, it is Said
that the Board of trade Has Lost all its power & it is Said
I Beleve with truth, that L'^ Egermont as M' Pitts Succesor Does
not Chuse to Doe Much But I hope by Christmas all will be Setled,
& we Shall Know Where to Apply. Good O^d M'' Tomlinson is
Very much Broken Down & Past his Labour, I wish you may think
of his Son For Your Agent, he is now Sick at Bath but upon the
recovery
I find your Assembly Sent their Address to His Majestic & am
told M"" Pitt was Soe Busie that he Orderd it to the U' Bute Whoe
read it, & Askt if their was Noe Gov' in the Province, upon Being
told there was, refused Presenting it in A time of Harmony & Una-
nimity as he Exprest it. Pray D'' S"" is Your Opinion Or the Gov-
ernours riahtest of H : Sherbourn.
544 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
The N : Hampshire Address is not yet presented but will be Soe
Soon As Young M"" Tomlinson Comes to town.
Ill will, Had Caryed A Report to the Offices that the Gov'' had
Maried A Dirty Slute of a Maid, I was Askt About it by pople of
Figure. I told it as I think it really was. & the Gov'' was Aproved
of I Often See my L'^ Mason. He is noe Changling, I have been
much Diverted With him, he is Making out Instructions for his Bro""
Tufften whereby He is to turn all the Pople off his Land in the
Maschat^^ as he Says he Never Dockt the Entail, & About Another
thing for a Gent" in your Province more Merry than that, which I
hope to Devert you with.
As all the papers is Soe full of M"" Pitt I need Say nothing About
him Only that I am Convinced he will have the B rightest Char-
acter on the English Annells, I hope the pople will let him Injoy
his Honest Mind, & noe more Drage him on the Stage, we are left
with A Good King & Free Parliment, all is tired of A German war
& Sums Determined to have Done with it, which must bring on A Peace
for Reasons you Know.
Your Agent Tells me that two Gentlemen has Contracted To Sup-
ply Masts from Conecticut river I have noe Opinion of y* Undertak-
ing, that they will fall throu, I beleve, & wish, for the Sake Of M""
Mark.
Poor Barons has had A tryal of three Days at the Board of Cus-
tomes. Most pople thinks he will be Cast, not knowing the Case, all
the Complaints Against him would make A Volume in folio, his
Justification is in 2 Sheet of Large Post, Close wrote, I am not of
Opinion that he will Be Dismised, Althoe a Gen" tells me that he is
promised to Succeed Him. the Board has Wrote to M"" Temple that
he may Report upon His Case ; but it Seems Some person is in Such
A Hurry to get the Office, that they will not wait for the report, Soe
I hope in the End baulk Themselves, I ask Pardon for taking up
your time. Pray Give my Love to Your Lady & Son & Believe me
in Sincearity & truth to be Your Obledg^ & Most Obed' Humble
Ser' Ja^ Nevin
Nov"" 17 M'' Barorts affair is not yet Done. A Petition from Many
Gentle Men in Bosten is Just Come to Hand. The Gov"^ Barnet in
his Lef to the Board Says that all the Petitioners are Rascals &
Smuglers This has Occasioned the Board to Send for The March^^
of Reputation here, to know the truth of the Gover""^ Assertion, The
Board has been 9 Days One this Affair, & had Scense of iniquity
Opened to their Sun. it w^as Said Barons friends had Deserted him
but I beleve noe further then they Ought. I mean to Stand or fall
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL-VL PAPERS. 545
by his own Merits — He may be removed from Bosten, but I Belive
he will be Provided for D'' S"" Dont you think the Flame which is
Kindled at the Board here, will Return to NewEngland & Scorch
Some Body
[5^65] \Conimissio}i to Adniiiiistcr Oaths.']
George The Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain
Seal France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c
To Our Trusty and Well Beloved Theodore Atkinson,
Richard Wibird, and John Downing Escf'^ or any two of them
Know Ye That We reposing Especial Trust and Confidence in
Your Loyalty Ability and Integrity — Have (by and with the Advice
of Our Trusty and Well Beloved Benning Wentworth Esq"" Our Gov-
ernor Captain General and Commander in Chief in and Over Our
Province of New Hampshire in North America) Authorized and di-
rected And by these presents Do Authorize and direct You the said
Theodore Atkinson Richard Wibird and John Downing or any two
of you to Administer to Each of the Assembly as are or shall be re-
turned by Our Sheriff of Our said Province to Serve in General
Assembly, the Oaths appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of
Allegiance and Supremacy, and so toties quoties untill all the said
returned Members have taken the said Oaths, And you are to Cause
them respectively to Subscribe the Test and Declaration, Of all
which you are to make Return into the Secretary's Office of Our
said Province —
In Testimony whereof We have Caused the Seal of Our said
Province to be hereunto affixed Witness Our aforesaid Governor
Benning Wentworth Esq' the Twenty Eigth day of January in the
2^ Year of Our Reign Annoque Domini 1762.
By His Excellency's ) B Wentworth
Command — \
Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
[5-66] \Notificatio}i in Regard to Court of Inquiry, 1762.]
Province of
New Hampshire
It haveing been Represented to His Excellency The Governor,
that divers of the Captains of Colonel Goffs Regiment in the year
35
546 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
1760, after they had recieved the full amount of their respective Com-
panys billeting some had unjustly detained it from their men, others
had paid them a part, & taken receipts in full, for the whole in order
therefore to redress this Grievance so highly Injurious to His Majes-
tys Service, I am directed by His Excellency to Acquaint the above
Said Captains that unless they forthwith produce fair, & upright dis-
charges from their men, a Court of inquiry will be appointed to ex-
amine & enquire in this Scene of dishonesty, in the mean time all
Such officers and Soldiers as have been defrauded, are directed to
lodge a list of their Names in the Secretary's office as soon as may
that Justice may be done them — T A S^
Portsm° March 1762
M'' Secretary
The above Notisification is to be in M'' Fowls fryday paper & Sign'd
by you "^ my order B Went worth
[5~67] {Petition of Three Soldiers, 1762.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq*" Captain General Gov-
ernor & Commander In Chief In & Over His Majesties province
of New Hampshire, the Hon*"^® his Majesties Council & house of
Representatives In General Assembly Convened May 26^^ 1762.
The petition of Eben"" Spencer & Rich"^ Hull & Ichabod Bussell
in the province of New Hampshire
Humbly Shews that your petitioners Inlisted themselves as Sol-
diers In this Governm^ service the 13 Day of March 1760, under the
Command of Col° Jn° Goffe Esq"' In Cap^ Eph"* Berrys Company &
proceeded with & did their Duty In said Regim' By Obaying & Ex-
ecuting all orders & Commands Whatsoever laid on them, & After
their returne to Crown point from Montreall, & Working there a
Considerable time, & Accidentally hearing Some words that passed
between the Oilicers Intimating that, the Ends they were Sent for was
over & hinting as if the Soldiers Could not be held to Stay, & by the
perswasions of Others, We Inadvertantly Came home about One
month before the Regim' was dismissed. After which we Applyed to
the Treasurer for our Wages Expecting to Receive them as Our
fellow Soldiers did, but to Our misfortune the Treasurer told us we
were returned Deserters & there was no pay for us, & Your petitioners
being Indigent persons, humbly prays the Advisem^ of your honours
herein & that you'l take there Case into your wise Consideration, &
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
547
Grant them Such ReHef therein as you In your great Wisdom Shall
think proper, & your petitioners as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray
&c — Ebenezer Spencer
Richard Hull
Jona''' Chesle for & in be-
half of Ichabod Buzel
[Endorsed] read June 3^ & orderred to lay
[5-68]
\Accoinit for the Governor s Boat.~\
M7 Samuell Ham of Portsmouth Bote Bilder will agree To bild a
Bote and Finish and compleait for the sumes hereunder menshanind —
Twentey for feet long and six & half wide at Seventeain
pounds p"" foot ........ ;^4o8 - o
To Nails Twio Thousan at ;^i8
To the Smiths Bill .
To the Joiner Bill bord'^ and Brad^
PainingI .....
Terkumtime oyle and oacom .
To 6 ores and painting .
Z^ -
50 -
70 -
l^ -
22 -
40-0
£^72,, o
Six hundred & thirty pounds old Tenor for aboat of the Same di-
mentions as the old boat, & of the Same molds —
630 boat builder
lining oars 4,, 10 -
Launching 6
Kintrs Arms 20
R W
£660,, 10
allowd Six hundred & Sixty pounds 10/
Reed in full of this Bill two huded & thuty pond old tener
Sam^ Ham
To work on the Govener Boat
To I days work Silf and Boy ...... £g : o
To tirpentim oukum . , . . . . . 6:0
Portsmouth aprel y*^ 16 1762
Recived Sam' Ham
548 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS,
1 76 1 M"" Samuel Ham To William Fullerton D""
Ocf To Painting the Governour^ Pinnis — . . £16 : o : o
To Painting the King Armes in the Back Board 25:0:0
Errors Except p' Will'" Fullerton
Septem"" 16 ) His Exelencey Bening Wentworth Esq'' D'' to Gideon
1 76 1 \ Goodwin
to forty Seven Nails which Nails @5. . . .;^ii:i5:o
to Drawing and Riveting twelve Bolts . . . 6:0:0
to Carpenters Work 3 : 10 : o
;^2i : 5:0
Errors Excepted '^ Gideon Godwin
[5-69]
D'' Provence To Thomas Bell For Supplyes of his Magisty Fort
W" & Mary By the Governers Order For the Year 1761 to Jenerwy
the I' 1762 —
To Ten Cord wood @ i6£ "^ Cord .... ;^i6o„ o„ o
To Six Gallons Tran^Oyle @ 60/ ^ Gallon . . i8„ o„ o
To one pound of Week Yarne @ 30/ '^ pound . . i„ 10,, o
To Paid Gideon Goodin (w, his Bill . . . . 21,, 5,, -
To Paid Sam" Ham his Bill 15., o„ o
1759 Omitf^ Stephen March Ace' Pair of Rudder \
Irons for the Fort Boat j 4.. io„
Old Tenor ^220,, 5,, o
To the Acco' given In for the Cost & Charge for a
New boat for the fort — Old Ten"" .
660,, 10,, -
880,, 15
N Ten^ ;^220„ 3,, 9
Errors Excep"^ f Tho^ Bell
Province of )
New Hamps^ \ In the house of Representatives May 28''' 1762 —
This Acco' & the Vouchers therefor being read — Voted That this
Acco' be Allowed Amounting to two hundred & Twenty pounds three
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 549
Shillings & Nine pence New Tenor & paid to Thorn' Bell Esq' or his
order out of money In the Treasury
jQ22()„ 3,, 9 N Tenor A Clarkson Clerk —
In Council May 29 — 1762 read & Concurrd
Theodore Atkinson Jun"" Sec"^
Consented to B Wentworth
[A tk 171 son to Thoni/inson.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 178.]
Portsm° July 24 — 1762
S"" I am to acknowledge the rec' of your favour of the last
Enclosing Your Letter to the Comittee doubt not but we here Shall
follow your Directions injoyning Your Son in the Agency with you
as I am perswaded the Province will not willingly Part with you &
therefore hope you will prevail on him
I have been often Importned to Desire your recomendation of my
Son for one of his majestys Council here but have heither to Deferrd
it til the Govern"" Mentioned it he if he does not forget will write
you on that head I think he is full Young for that preferment but I
percieve that is not A Material objection on your Side the waters in
favour of this Solicitation I woud remind you that what Estate he
has is chieffly in this Pro" — he is also Secretary & of Course must
Attend the Council in their Meetings & be privy to all their Tran-
sactions & Determinations & therefore its very convenient for the
Secretary to be also of the Council I mentioned this affair for your
Consideration & if you have not Some Material objection I should be
glad you would Prevail so far as to me a Mandamus for his admis-
sion —
I should be glad and Esteem it a favour if you would Let me know
the Am° of Fees &c^ of a Pattent for Secretary of this Province &
whether a Mandate by Prevy Seal Directed to the Governour here to
make out a Patent here under y*^ Pro" Seal will not be as Effectual as
if under the Broad Seal of England M"" Fisher our Present Naval
officer bro' such an order under the Seal & Sign Manel & a Pattent
Issued here by which he now acts the reason I Desire this favour is
because I have tho*^ thro' you of applying for a Pattent to Establish
him in the Secretarys office that he may not be moved at the Pleasure
of another Governour
550 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Pray S'' Let me have your advice on this Affair or Act in it as you
may think adviseable & for my Sons Interest — I wish with you & as
Sincerly for Peace Pray God Send one that may be Hon'"'^ & Lasting
this Concluds me with much Esteem Your most obleidged &^
forwarded by T A
Portsm° May 13 — 1763 — Via Boston or N York
S'^ I duly rec'^ your ffavour of the 1 1 Novemb"' last and Acknowl-
edge your kindness relative to the Applycation & recommendations
of my Son as Secretary & for a Mandamus to a Seat at the Council
Board here & hope soon to have a result of Both I Still think the
Privy Seal to the Govern'' here would be A Saving of much Expence
& would be as Effectual for the Secretarys office as the Broad Seal in
that Case would be but that I must leave to your better Judgment &
Pray the Continuance of your favour of y*" Prossicution to obtain both
those Posts I mention this because I am apprehensive there will
soon be Some applycation to fill up that Council from other Persons
& I should be Sorry My Son should Miss a Seat there & therefore I
must once more Interseed with you to Push those affairs as to your
Interest in Masons Propriety that you mention in your Letter you
know you are Entituled to J a Share by a Deed we Purchased of M""
Mason which lefts you into one 30''' part of the whole Purchase & I
always tho* (& it was so determined) that your Deed from Maj'' Mason
was to have been for one whole Share or one fifteenth Part of the
whole but he had before I or any of your friends here knew of it
Conveyd one half to other Persons Since that came to our knowledge
we have constantly voted you in all our Grants a whole Share so that
in those Townships you have a full right & a half right which upon
the whole will make your Interest at least equal to any one Proprie-
tors — this Interest M"" Wentworth & my Self Agreable to your Let-
ter of attorny & agency constantly take care of as of our own &
Shall Continue So to do the thing is now worth much of your No-
tice & is of Value & growing more So I Should therefore be sorry to
hear you had Parted with it I wish your Health & Happyness &
Am with much Sincerity
Yours —
Portsm° New Hamp'' July 20^^ 1762
We duly rec"^ yours of 20'^ Jan''^ by Jacobson which Informs us of
your recieving AV ;!£^ 15000 — for this Province Proportion of his
Maj^>'^ Bounty
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 55 1
\^Atkinson to Thovi/2)ison.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 177.]
Portsm° [Torn] 1763
S'' I am indebted for your Favour of the 4''^ November last En-
closing a Letter to the Com"^'^ which has been communicated & from
whom you will soon have dispatches — I am obleidged for your favour
relative to my Sons recomendation hope you will have no reason to
regret —
My Son by this Ship forwards the Vote And Act of Assembly Ap-
pointing your Son joyint Agent with you with Power to Act Seper-
atly in case this Vote with the House was with Difficulty obtaind the
jMembers Apprehensions were that it would be disagreable to you
this occasioned the Com^^® to lay before them your Letters approving
such Appointment — there is a Commission made Out for your Son
but as that is matter of Form only & adds no Force Or Power but the
Vote & the Act Speaks for them Selves & his Power & Assurance
will be Complete without other formality —
Your Part of Masons Propriety is worth your regards & agreable
to your Letter of Attorney Brother M — H — Wentworth & my Self
Shall take all necessary care of your Interest therein —
Gov"" Wentworth for Two months Past has by the Gout been de
prived of the use of his Limbs & confind^ to the Bedd he is now on
the recovery & I hope will soon be Able to write you
[5-71] [Petition of NatJia)iiel Porter^
To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Escf Captain Gen" Gover-
nour & Commander in chief of his ]\Iajestys Province of New Hamp-
shire— The Honorable his ^Majesty's Counsel,[and House of Rep-
resentatives —
The Petition of Nath^ Porter Humbly Sheweth That whereas your
Honours Petitioner did in year i 761, Supply a number of the Soldiers,
belonging to this Province with goods & Refreshments at Crown
Point, agreable to Major Emerys desire, he then being Commanding
Officer of said Soldiers, many of whom have continu'd in the Service
ever since, and so dispos'd of their wages, that your Honours Peti-
tioner has ben kept out of his Just dues & demands, Avhich is greatly
to his disadvantage & loss, he therefore prays that he may have a
Stoppage in the pay Rolls for the last Campaigs, or some other way
552
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCIAL PAPERS.
found Out, as your Honors in their great Wisdom shall think fit, so
that he may have his Just dues from said Soldiers, and your Petitioner
as in duty bound shall ever pray —
Portsmouth Jan>' 5^^ 1763 Nath^ Porter
In Council Jan'">' 14'^ 1763 Read & Order'd to be sent down to the
Hon''^^ Assembly T Atkinson Jun'' Sec"^'
[Endorsed] voted Dissmissed Jan>' 14"' 1763 —
[5-72] \^Siitlers AccouJit against Various Men, 1761.]
A List of mens Names & the Sums Who Are Indebted to Mess''^
Porter & Caldwell, Sutlers, Who Supplyed them In the Year 1761,
with Necessarys &c — Viz —
In Cap' Samuel Gerrishes Company —
John Martain Sterlg;!^7,, i6„ - Jon^ Murry Sterlg4„i4„
Joseph Bussell
Seth Thompson
Jonathan Huntriss
Thomas Ransom
John Davis
Silas Flood
James Kelly
Robert Oilman
John Critchett
i„ io„
3n 9m
Sam' M'^Crease or M'^riss i „
4..
»>
5..
William Plumer
Amos Roe
John Oilman
Thomas George
Pero Hall
Rich*^ Ransom
James Beverly
Samuel Kenny
4
I
I. 8
2,, 10
9.. 7
i7m 6
3. 6
8„ 10
3.. 5
In Captain Tilton Company Viz
I,, 14,, o Josiah Weeks
,, 4,, 10 George Berry
,, 01,, 2 Phillip Yetton
In Captain Neh^ Lovewells Company — Viz'
Benjamin Davis i,, o,, 7 Amos Kenny
In Captain Hazzens Company — Viz'
William Heath o,, 14,, 4 Robert Speer
In Captain Marstons Company Viz' —
Benj^ Smart i,, 6,, 8 Dennis Sullivan
2„
5m
6„
» 4
i„ 19'.
i„ 5m
3m
Im
7m
John Jones
Benj^ Kenniston
William Beard
o„ 19,,
2„ i„
Im 3m
Sterling
Examined '^
D : Warner
. 1 Committee for
/ Exs muster Rolls
7
3
i„ 10
8„ II
3
Im I3m 9
2,, 18,,
;^62„ 17,,
UNIVERSITY
OF
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 553
Province of | In the House of Reijresentatives Feb>' i^^ 176^
New Hamps"" \ The foregoin^^ Acco' being Read & M"" Porters peti-
tion Relative thereto, & he being Admitted into the house to Inforce
the prayer thereof the house took the matter under Consideration &
the prayer thereof Appearing Reasionable therefore Voted That the
prayer thereof be granted So far that the Treasurer be & he is hereby
Impowered to make the Several Stopages as mentioned In the within
list Amounting to Sixty two pounds Seventeen Shillings Sterlg if
due on the Rolls for 1762 for & On Acco' of Mess'^^ Porter & Cald-
well, & Whereas the Said Porter & Caldwell did In the Said Year
1 761 Supply many Others with Necessaries Whose Names Are Not
in the foregoing List & whom they Settled with & took their orders
for their Respective Ballances on the Treasurer, which Rolls were
paid off & Nothing Stoped for s*^ Orders it is therefore further Voted
that the said Porter and Caldwell be Allowed to Lodge Said orders
with the Treasurer In order to be Stoped Out of their Respective
Ballances due them on the Rolls for 1762 & the Treasurer is hereby
Authorized & Impowered to make Such Stopages the Vote on Said
Rolls Notwithstanding
Sixty two pounds Seventeen ) A Clarkson Clerk
Shillings Sterling — j
£62,, 17. Sterls —
In Council Feb'^>' 4'^ 1763 Read & Concurr'd
T Atkinson Jun"" Sec"^
[5-73] {Petition of Richard Bartlett.']
To His Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq' Governour & Commander
In Chief In and Over his Majesties province of New Hamps'' the
Hon^'^ his Majestie's Council & house of Representatives In Gen-
ral Assembly Convened Feb^ 1*' 1763 —
The Humble Petition of Richard Bartlet of
Shews That your petitioner has been In the Service & pay of this
GovernmS for more than two years last past, In which time he Acted
as Docters Mate or as an Assistant In Said Capacity to the Regim'
& Always was made up on the Rolls as a private Soldier & Never
Received Any Other Pay for S'^ Services, & In the year 1761 he was
made up as Such to the 1 5"' day of Nov"" & by Lieu* Co" Bayleys Or-
ders was left at Crown Point as an Assistant to take Care of the Sick
belonging to the New Hampshire Regiment, the Doct^ Mate being
Returned home & by said Bayley was promised a Gratuity for Said
554 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Service Otherwise your petitioner would Not have Stayed, but have
Returned home with the Regim*, But So it was that your petitioner
Stayed at Crown point, to take Care of the Sick, by Which means
your petitioner did not get home till the i^'day of March following —
Wherefore your petitioner prayes that your honours will take his
Case into Consideration & Grant him an Addequate Allowance for
Said time, Acting In Said Capacity, —
And Your petitioner as In Duty Bound Shall Ever pray &c —
Jacob Bayley for and In
Behalf of Richard Bartlet
Portsm" Jany 28 1763
This Certifies that Richard Bartlet of Cap' Hazens Company in
the year 1761 was made up on Said Roll till Novem"" 15"^ 1761, & no
longer Geo : Jaffrey Paymaster
this Certifys that Richard Bartlet Returned home Crown Point
March i^' 1762 and not Before Jacob Bayley
Province of "I
New Hamps^ j In the house of Representatives Feb^ i, 1763
Voted That there be Allowed & paid to Said petitioner or his ord""
Ten pounds Ten Shillings Sterlg In full for s"^ petition out of money
In the Treasury for paying of the Troops the Last Campaign
A Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod'" Die Read & Concurr'd
T Atkinson Jun'' Sec''>'
Consented to the within resolve of both Houses.
B Wentworth
[5-74] \Colonel BedeVs Letter asking for Relief.^
Sir I Expected long before this time. Some Release from you on
account of Sustenance & as my Dependance was, & you have De-
laid coming we Suffer much on that account & I hope & shall Expect
Shortly to hear from you, & if it's Posable Receive Something for
our Support as the Place at Present is very Scarce for Nesasary
Comforts
& hoping you'l consider our wants & make quick Despach to Re-
leive I am S'' yours
Timo Bedel
Crownpoint February 22'*^ 1763
M^ Abraham Oathout
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 555
[5-75]
[Account of Thomas Bell against the Province for supplies fur-
nished to Fort William and Mary. Allowed the full amount, £,6. i6.
6 sterling, June lo, 1763. — Ed.]
[5-76] [Pctitioji for a Road to Coos, 171 3.]
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq"" Captain Gen" Gov-
ernour & Commander in chief in & over His Majesty's Province
of New Hampshire, The Hon""^ his Majesty's Council & House of
Representatives in General Assembly convend.
The Petition of us the Subscribers humbly Sheweth, that Where-
as, we together with a Number of other People are making a Settle-
ment at Cooss, & as Sundry Townships are granted, both above &
Below Cooss, & at Pemegewaset, where People are Now Setteling, it
will Be of great Service to those Towns to have a Road from the
Settled part of this Province, to Cooss as well as a great Benefit to
the Goverment in general, we apprehend when those places are Set-
tled there will be much provision's to Spare which must of course go
down the River, unless a Road is kept open this way. The way we
have Tho't of the Roads going is, to set out from Dover or Durham
& so thro' Barringtown Barnstead Gilmantown, & to Cross Winnepesa°*
Branch at the Wares, Thro' Salem Holderness the four Mile Town-
ship (so Call'd) Rumney the Township not granted, into Haverhill to
Coass, which is the only place a Road can be got thro' to the River,
for Several miles up or Down, by Reason of Large Mountains, which
ley both above & below the way prepos'd, that if your Excell^ &
Honors would fix on Some methods whereby this desir'able End may
be accomplished, by Taxing the Towns thro' which said Road is Car-
ried, or any other method whereby the Road may be compleated,
which we humbly conceive will greatly Serve the publick, as well as
your Humble Servants, who as in Duty Bound shall ever pray
Portsm° June 2'^ 1763 Jacob Bayley
John Hazen
In Council June 2^ 1763 Read & Order'd to be sent down to the
Hon^'^ House T Atkinson Jun"" Sec ^
556 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Province of I
New Hamps"^ \ In the house of Representatives June 7'^^ 1763 —
This petition being Read
Voted That the prayer thereof be Granted So far that the petitioners
be Allowed to Bring In a Bill to Answer the Ends proposed
A Clarkson Clerk
In Council Eod"" Die read & Concurrd T Atkinson Jun"" Sec"^
[5-77J
[Letter from Stephen Johnson, of Leominster, Mass., to Dr.
Nathaniel Peabody, of Plaistow, in regard to a debt to Thomas Wood.
— Ed.]
\_Atki71son to T/ioi)ili)ison.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 179.]
Portsm° October 21-1763
D"" S"" I am now to acknowledge the rec' of your Favour of the 27 of
June which reachd my hands Yesterday I gratefully observe the Con-
tents relative to the Secretarys office & am obleidged to M"" Thomlinson
for the Trouble occasiond him in that affair but the Fees of y*
Pattent vastly exceed my apprehension & therefore at Present I lay
aside the Tho*^ of any Solicitation if I had had no other Inducement
than Fees & Perquisits I should not have held the office one Year
neither should I have willingly consented to my Sons takeing it but
twas the Gov''^ Pleasure to permit my resignation upon those Terms
only & finding it agreable to the Pro^' in General was realy my
motive & not any lucrative view — under this Situation twould be ex-
travigantly beside the Mark to advance 200 or ;^300 for the Pur-
chas of a Post that all its income would not Pay a Comon Interest —
I have now don with the tho* of Prossicuting that affair any further
at Present Your Sons writes that we have a further allowence made
us out of his Maj'y^ gratuity for the Expence of the year 1760 but
that it was to be refunded us from Pensilvania & Connecticut I supose
by his Letter Connecticut will be paid into your hands & that as soon
as the General Assembly Setts the Proper inquiry will be made after
Philodelphias Proportion when doubtless you will be informd of the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 557
Event Now D"" S"" Let me beg the Favour of your wonted free & Can-
ded Advice to the Bearer M"" John Wentworth my Brother Marks
Eldest Son he will want nothing more than your Common Civility &
I am Sure youl have Pleasure in every favour of that kinde you be-
stow upon him as you will I am perswaded find him a worthy agre-
able Young Fellow I know your Directions will have a proper influ-
ence & in it youl greatly obleidge not only me but all your Friends
here I Propose if I have Time before he leavs us to furnish him with
Some Mem" relative to the Settlement of all my Small acco'^ in Lon-
don in which he will also need your assistance which leavs me no
more to add but that I wish you every Blessing & am with great
Esteem your much obleidged &
Most Obedient Humble Ser'
T A
Sent by M"" John Wentworth via Casco Bay — Jn° Thomlinson Esq
\_Atkinso7i to Trcxothick &• TJioinlinsoii.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 183.]
Portsm° Octob"" 21 — 1763 —
S'^ I am not without some apprehensions that I shall Tire you with
my Importuning requests to regulate my acco* in Such a Manner
that it may be fully adjusted I know I have Tiezed you often on this
Head forgive me I am old & would not willingly leave anything un-
settled to my Executors that Needs my own adjustment there are in
your last Acco^ Curr' many things that I objected to and desired
your alteration Since which I have not been favourd with any of
your Favours My Kinsman John Wentworth by whom you will re-
cieve this is taking a Trip to England I know I need not recomend
him to your House youl finde him deserving every Favour granted I
have requested him to Put you in minde of my acco' which the mul-
tiplicity of your Bussiness of greater Moment may have occasioned
you to omit those (such as mine) of less concern tho of Some impor-
tance to me I must therefore beg you would give me Leave to urge
that you would make the Proper alterations in my Acco' that I may
no more Trouble y^ on thishead I have desired M"" John Wentworth
to purchas Some perticular things for me & to apply to you for the
reimbursm' which I hope you will pay I have lately given Cap' Di-
mond who is gon to Cadez & Meditaranean to Shij:) me Some wine
&c^ & have also wrote to Mess'^ Hill & Lamar of Madara to Ship me
558 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
a Pipe of wine & to Draw on you for the am' pray Hon"" those
drafts —
I hope you have Shipd me the Sundrys I wrote for the ig^^ of
April last tho I have not a Line in Lorin nor Hunter I now Enclose
you a Mem° which Pay Send the Contents by the first Spring Ship
& let them be fully Insured
I am Yours T A —
Sent by M"" Fisher
[5-78]
[Account of Thomas Bell for supplies furnished to Fort William
and Mary, anounting to ;£50. 9 sterling. Allowed May 8, 1764. — •
Ed.]
[5-79]
[Account of John Thomlinson, Sr. and Jr., with the Province, April
13, 1764. — Ed.]
[5-80]
[Account of Richard Wibird, chairman of the committee on the
expedition of 1762, and the auditors' report thereon. Allowed May
8, 1764. — Ed.]
[5-81]
\Letter from Jacob Bayley to the General Court in Regard to Road
to Coos.]
Gentlemen,
You may remember that I once offered a Petition to this honour-
able Court, requesting that a Road might be made from Dover or
Durham to Connecticutt River at Coos : and your Honours were
pleased to come to a Resolution that said Road should be made as
petitioned for. But as there were some Things left undetermined in
Regard to the Method how said Road should be compleated untill a
future Opportunity, it still remains as first resolved ; the Reason of
which, I humbly conceive, is for want of some Motion to your Hon-
ours. I have, indeed, rested too long without making the Motion to
you, in Order to bring about so good an End. Therefore beg your
Honours would consider our Situation being a small and poor People
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 559
at a great Distance from any other Settlement, unable to make a
Road ourselves, still we cannot do without one. You may also think
of how great Advantage it will finally be to the Government as it will
greatly forward the Settlement of other Places between you and us,
as also above and below us on the River. At present People of Note
will not venture out so far as the Road is so very bad, whereas, if
there was a good Road, we should doubtless, have good, able Men
settle in this Country about us, and the Land filled with Inhabitants
in a little Time, yea so much sooner than otherwise, that the public
Taxes on a few of these Towns would soon refund all the Money the
Province needs to be out for such Road. Besides, the Trade of this
Part of the Govement will not be inconsiderable for our Lands pro-
duce Corn and other Provisions in Plenty if well cultivated, for which
we shall want West India and English Goods, which now we are
obliged to give Cash for in Boston, cart them to Northfield, (which is
as far from Boston as we are from Portsmouth) and then we have a
long Water Carriage. There has been brought here of Such Goods,
since last Spring, to the Value of a thousand Pounds lawful money :
in Return for which P\irs are the chief, which are our Money.
Would therefore pray this honourable Court to proceed to chuse a
Committee to look out said Road, make and compleat it with all
proper and convenient Dispatch, at the public Charge, or otherways
as you in your Wisdoms shall think best. Wish to see it soon accom-
plished, and beg to be forgiven if I have said any Thing intruding on
the Courts Honour, would recommend our Case to your Honours as
Children to their Fathers, and would rest in all dutiful Obedience,
your humble Petitioner Jacob Bayley
Newbury Dec"" 25''' 1764
[Endorsed] Read Jan''>' ly^^ 1765 — orderd to lay till the morning
[Seep. 555. —Ed.]
[5-82] [Letter frofn TiniotJiy Walker to James NevinP\
Portsmouth Jan 5 1765
sr The Principal part of my business in Town is to obtain if pos-
sible an Incoporation — M'' Scales^ Petition for New Hopkinton is
nearly similar to ours & probably will keep pace with it — there are
two years arrearages viz our part of y^ currant charge for year which
should have been paid Dec*" 1763 & D" in December 1764 which no-
body has power to assess or collect which if required Immediately to
560 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
be paid will occasion very great distress to y'^ Poor amongst us for
that part of y'^ large arreage which they are now endeavouring to pay
will I am well perswaded be y® utmost they can grapple with at pres-
ent would therefore with all due deference suggest & move that what
should have been paid in 1763 may be added to the Tax to be paid in
I "jGG & what was due in 1 764 be added to y*^ Tax in i 'j6'j & y^ Treas-
urer be ordered to Issue his warrant accordingly — if carter & Virgin
their Petition should come up to Council you' be Kind Enough to
forward it so far as you think Right
I am s"" your most obedient Humble Serv'
Tim" Walker
Honorable James Nevin Esqr
[5-83]
[Vote of the General Assembly applying the sum of ;£300, appro-
priated by the Province towards the restoration of the " philosophical
apparatus " of Harvard College, destroyed by fire, which sum was not
needed for that purpose, to repairing the loss to the library of that
institution. — Ed.J
[5-84-87]
\_Endorsed, " Copy of defence of Gov. B W — presented to t/ie Marq :
Rockingham f / W — 1765 — "]
My Lord
Your Lordship having honor'd me with a permission to lay before
your Lordship a State of the Complaints offer'd against Governor
Wentworth, as Governor of New-Hampshire and as Surveyor Gen-
eral of his Majesty's Woods in North America ; both which Com-
missions he hath long been honor'd with and discharg'd his duty in
them with undeniable assiduity, inflexible honor, and a share of Suc-
cess, that the increas'd. state of the Province while under his Com-
mand will amply evince ; But as these Services are unknown, many
Parts of his Conduct misrepresented, and many allegations offer'd,
which, altho' intirely void of Truth, appear almost, if not altogether,
to have effected his Dismission from his Majesty's Service ; and will
mark with disgrace, the last Period, of a Life long extended in the
most zealous & upright execution of his duty to his King and Coun-
try : I must therefore beg Leave to avail myself of your Lordship's
Condescension, & proceed to mention such Complaints as have come
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 56 1
to my knowledge, and to make such answer to them ; as my Memory
can furnish me with, being too far distant from proper Materials ; to
form a regular defence — As the two Commissions are actually dis-
tinct & unconnected, except accidentally being confer'd on the same
Person, for the convenience of Government at that time ; I wou'd ask
Leave to consider them separately, and first as Governor — The ob-
jections are a neglect of correspondance with the public boards where
his Duty directs — 2<">' numerous grants of Lands — at the same time
of Property & Incorporation with too vague a reservation of Pine
Timber to the Crown — And receiving large Sums for such Grants,
a Reservation to himself of 500 Acres of Land in each Township,
and the same Names being inserted in different Grants — 3^^'^ Passing
Acts of Assembly, relative to private Property, without a suspending
clause till his Majesty's Pleasure was known ; and delaying to trans-
mit these Acts and others for a much longer time, than his Duty ad-
mits. — To the first Objection permit me to observe ; That M"" Went-
worth is far advanced in Years, very much troubled with the Gout,
which often renders him incapable of writing for many Months to-
gether, & yet does not prevent his attending to Provincial Duty,
which is not the least impeded thereby ; add to this the uncertainty
of conveyance, & the very frequent Miscarriages of Letters, that
must be entrusted to the care of Ship Masters, in such long Passages,
& therefore may be more his Misfortune than Neglect —
Governor Wentworth by his Instructions is directed to incorporate
Crown Lands into Townships & to grant the Soil to people who will
settle these tracts ; in the execution of this Part of his duty he has
erred in Form only, by making the same instrument a Charter of in-
corporation, & a Conveyance of the Soil ; this evidently appears to
be only a Misconstruction of the litteral meaning of the instructions
and has not, or can hereafter be of any prejudice to the Country, or
his Majesty's Service, but on the contrary, I presume will benefit
both, by preventing a needless multiplication of Forms & instru-
ments ; from which matters of contention might daily arise — As
the settlement \: population of the province appeared to be the design
of this instruction, which cou'd be no otherwise effected, than by grant-
ing the Crown Lands under proper restrictions, to Settlers ; to com-
plain of M'' Wentworth's making these grants, is in fact, a Complaint
against him for doing his Duty, in obedience to his instructions, & I
imagine he wou'd herein merit the Defence rather than censure of
Administration ; especially when the advantageous Terms of those
Grants are consider'd for the better explanation of them, it may not
be amiss to describe how they are obtained & the general Conditions;
upon the petition of Sixty or Eighty Men, for a township of six Miles
36
562 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
square q* about 27,000 Acres of Land, which they are desirous to cul-
tivate ; the quantity aforesaid is regularly survey'd, and granted to
the Petitioners & their Heirs forever, reserving a quit Rent to the
Crown, in proportion to the goodness of the Soil «S: Convenience of
its Situation ; also a reservation for all white Pine Trees fit for
Masts — The Grantees at different Periods, are obliged to have a
certain number of Families, on the Township ; & in ten Years to have
at least 60 Families, actually residing, to have a Place of Protestant
public Worship & a Minister with a regular Salary, also a Grammar
School ; to have roads of communication c^^en'd & kept in repair at
the town expence : all which terms are to be performed under Penalty
of total reversion of the title to the Crown ; & I know of none that
are allowed more than 12 Years from the date of their Charters, to
perform the terms : (time of War with French and Indians excepted)
in which nothing can be done, being exposed to their barbarous In-
cursions ; indeed this last War all the young Men, who are generally
the People that have Resolution enough to begin new Settlements,
went chearfully & voluntarily into the Army, at request of his Ma-
jesty's Generals ; that render'd it impossible for them to comply with
the Limitations, &: it wou'd surely have been an unparallelled in-
stance of Cruelty, & perhaps Injustice, to have neglected this pro-
visional caution, to secure their property from destruction, which they
otherwise must hazard at the same time, they are exposing their
health, strength, & Life in a ready & brave Defence of the Country.
Thus it plainly appears, that M'' Wentworth has taken the most pru-
dent Method to render usefull, vast tracts of unimproved lands, to
promote an immense & valuable Population, & produce a very con-
siderable revenue to the Crown; without the least burthen on, or
discontent to the Subject. That M"' Wentworth has interested him-
self 500 Acres in each township, perhaps may be fact ; and admit-
ting it to be so, I am at a Loss to find the impropriety of it — As he
has not granted any particular priviledges or exemptions to his part,
he must comply with the general Conditions, that other Grantees do,
and consequently be as usefull as any other of them, in promoting
the Cultivation of the Wilderness ; if this is effected, the end of Gov-
ernment seems to be answered, & it cannot possibly be of any Con-
sequence in which of his Majesty's Subjects the Property is vested,
unless any one Man has so much as to make him the object of future
Apprehension ; against which distant inconvenience his Attention
to the interest of that Country, as well as this, has also provided ; b}^
not granting large tracts, to any single person ; for it is very evident,
that having small Estates in different Parts of the Country will never
give great Power or Influence ; I confess it is beyond my penetration,
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVINXLVL PAPERS. 563
why a Governor who has served his Majesty faithfully & honorably
27 Years, with a most inconsiderable precarious allowance from the
impoverished Colonists: shou'd be the only one of his Subjects ex-
cluded from the expected benefit of these Lands, under such benefi-
cial Terms to the Crown & Community ; or how this cou'd either be
made or accepted seriously, as a Complaint. It is also said M''
Wentworth has received large sums for these Grants, to which I
wou'd make the same Answer, he has made to the Lords of Trade &
Plantations, that of some he leceived no fees of Office, and of others
only such as their restricccd Circumstances admitted witnout Incon-
venience ; I am very sorry that a regard to truth obliges me to ac-
knowledge their general Poverty must have render'd any of them too
trifling to merit his Attention, much more to prevail on him to do
wrong. The indeterminate reservation of Timber lit for Masts —
Yards — & Bowsprits for the Royal Navy, seems to have great
Weight against him, but like other groundless objections, (I flatter
myself) will vanish on examination — The Clause of reservation in
all the Charters is — " That all white pine Trees fit for masting the
Royal Navy be absolutely reserved to his Majesty, any Thing in this
Charter to the Contrary, notwithstanding ;" it is objected that this
mode of Reservation Leaves it to the Judgment of the Grantees,
w^hat Trees are reserv'd,, and therefore exposes the Service to great
Detriment, How it can be so accepted, I can't conceive, or in what
Way this expression can preclude the force of Proof ; for certainly, if
the Trees cut are proved to be fit for masting, then the Delinquent
is open to the Law^, if they are not, he is free from offence & wou'd
be equally so, in respect to this Case, however the Clause might have
been expressed, If it is not full enough it must immediately appear
to be only an inaccuracy of expression into which he was introduced
by an Act of Parliament, 8"" Geor : 2^ Chap : 12''' — The very words
of which he has used — And will I presume be his best Plea — I
must beg your Lordship's Patience, while I observe, in answer to
some Gentlemen who say that all Pine Timber whatever shou'd have
been reserved to the Crown That it is not so, in the various Acts of
Parliament, made to preserve the Woods in America, & particularly
in that before cited, which (I think) is the last enacted upon this
occasion — If it was, the Country must remain forever uncultivated &
uninhabited ; & be a sure Cover for ravenous wild beasts & more de-
structive Savages, from whence they might daily make distressing
incursions on the Lives & Property of the industrious Peasant whose
Labor now^ is remitted for the Manufactures of Great Britain, but
must then be turned to his own Defence, barely procuring a scanty
hard subsistance & utterly deprived of all hope of convenience to
564 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
himself or utility to the Mother Country : as it wou'd be impractica-
ble in most Parts of New Hampshire to clear an Acre of Land, or even
a Spot to build a House upon ; without cutting down some kind of
Pine trees, of which there are many Sorts as intirely useless for
masting as an Apple or Peach tree — Therefore (I presume) it will
not be denied, but that such an indiscriminate reservation wou'd in-
tirely frustrate the intention of all Grants, & the Royall instructions
relative to them, & save nothing to the Crown ; all which Inconven-
iences Governor Wentworth has prevented, by a prudent Use of the
expression in the aforesaid Act of Parliament, as a Reservatory
clause in all his Charters —
That one Man being interested in many Townships, appears wrong
is from not knowing the cause — The Head of a Family may have
4-5- or 6 Children & as many white Servants — He therefore gets
his own Name inserted as a Grantee in as many Townships, & as
these People grow to a proper Age, they are settled by his assistance,
on these respective Lots, none of them exceed 360 Acres ; but a
small Reward at last, for a Life of hard Labor & Danger in a Wilder-
ness, remote from the pleasures & Conveniences of Society — The
Appearance of the last Complaint is very much against the Gover-
nor, into which error I fear he has been led, by attending to the well-
known Maxim of civil & natural Law, that Consent of Parties takes
away error, & I hope it will prove that this suspending Clause in pri-
vate Bills, has been neglected, only where the Parties have agreed &
the Sanction of an Act of Government was no further necessary,
than to oblige them to perform their Contracts & to prevent future
Disputes — If so, it can not be objected as more than an oversight,
which hath nor cannot produce any bad Effects ; as to Omission of
transmitting the Acts in time — The answer to the i^^ Objection ; is
also an Answer to this — I had thus far gone thro, & I hope thus far
vindicated M"" Wentworth's Conduct from the malicious insinuations
of some and the mistaken Censures of others ; & flatter'd myself
that even Envy cou'd not have invented more, or cruel Hatred taken
ungenerous Advantage of the Absence of a very valuable old Gentle-
man (whose greatest Crimes is the want of Friends, to bring all his
Conduct into full View) to propagate new Calumnies against him :
but I was this Day surprised with an Information, that M"" Went-
worth had made his Government a Family Affair, & that no Justice
or Emolument was obtained by any others ; no other than an accusa-
tion of so dishonorable a kind, & so infamously false shou'd have in-
duced me at any Rate to have presumed further on your Lord-
ship's Goodness, already I fear too much trespass'd upon, by this
long detail : it shall be my Care to be as brief as possible — The fact
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 565
asserted is totally false, but as it is improbable I shall find the
Author of this detraction ; permit me, to assure your Lordship ; that
only three of Governor Wentworth's Relations have any Places of
Profit in the Government, & but one of them of any considerable
Value, I believe the total Advantage may be as follows — One of
7o£,, One of 6o£, & one of 140;^ p'' Ann : while he has constantly
imployed all others of the Province in the most honorable an lucra-
tive Places ; even those that were continually obstructing his meas-
ures, with Acrimony & Enmity, generously rising superior to all pri-
vate considerations, in the disposal of Employments ; making no Dis-
crimination but of merit, except against his own Family, who he
ever cautiously excluded, only in the small appointments before men-
tioned — This I know to be fact, & wish an Opportunity to defend
it, as such ; against the Person who has said the contrary — Gov-
ernor Wentworth has extended his Delicacy in this Point to an un-
reasonable Degree — My Father who never wanted or accepted of
any Place in the Province, except being of his Majesty's Council, to
which he was appointed here, without his Knowlege, altho he had
the greatest private claims, on his Brother's Affection, and equal
public expectation, his general charge for the support of which for 20
Years past has been 6c this Day continues to be far the greatest in the
Province. At my request he Sollicitted the Governor to grant me &
others a Township, upon the same Terms others were granted : which
he refused & to this Day has never granted, for no other Reason than
my Connections with him ; neither has he granted to me any Place
of Honour or Profit, or has he to any other of his Relations, save
those aforenamed — Altho' it gives me great Concern to know that
his Dismission is determin'd, Yet it has this Circumstance of Pleas-
ure to me & I am sure it will be to him ; that I have the Happiness
of vindicating his Conduct from dishonor, to your Lordship ; which
will blunt the edge of Misfortune : Upon observing the indispensable
Length of my Defence of M"" Wentworth as Governor, I am almost
deter'd from attempting any Thing in his favor, as Surveyor General
of the Woods ; but as this Post is not yet torn from him_, and of the
two is far more eligible ; I will presume to beg your Lordship's Favor,
in permitting me to add a very short defence of his Conduct against
the three Objections offer'd — The first is, that the two Places are
incompatible, to which it may be said, if he is deprived of the Go\'-
erment, this oannot be again urged. 2'"> that there are 4 Deputys
allowed Salarys & at his appointment. That M"" Wentworth appoints
only Men of low Caracter pays no salarys, but permits them to pro-
cure payment by Sale & Waste of the Kings Woods — To which I
reply & will most readily maintain ; the whole assertion is false —
566 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
the four Deputys are regularly appointed and do actually receive the
several Stipends as provided by Government, without M"" Wentworth's
intervention or even Knowledge — Three of these Gentlemen I am
well acquainted with, & know them to be Men of fortune Honor &
Reputation — Viz' Theodore Atkinson Esq'' Theodore Atkinson Jun""
Esq'' & Captain Bradstreet — the fourth M"" Armstrong I am not per-
sonally acquainted with, but imagine he must be a Gentleman of
Character, as I know he was recommended to M"" Wentworth, by
some Noblemen of this Kingdom, tho' I can't readily recollect who —
3'^'y the Surveyor is charged with a Neglect of Duty ; This is suffi-
ciently refuted by the Appeals now depending in Docters Commons
against him, for Judgments obtain'd by Admiralty process in New-
England, for seizures in the execution of his office — All the public
Papers of Boston & Portsmouth in New-England, of 1760, i, 2 & 3,
will be his Evidences, in most of which are Advertisements of trees
seized by him and the claimants notified to defend in Admiralty —
Thus every attempt against the Surveyor is evidently unsupported,
but on the contrary I with great Pleasure assert ; — That he has done
his duty herein with all the Care, Caution & Vigilance of a good
Officer, in which I am well knowing, having assisted my Father in his
Business for 7 Years, who is Agent to the mast contract, and thereby
necessarily acquainted with every Circumstance relating to this Office.
The hardship of depriving M'' Wentworth of this Place will exceed
every Thing but the Malice of his enemies, as it is well known that
in consideration of it, he rested his claim on the Crown of Spain for
56000 Dollars, which was thought necessary by Administration for
the service of Government ; He also paid Colonel Dunbar (who then
held the Place) 2000 £, for his resignation which was admitted in
favor of M'' Wentworth — Thus it appears that he paid very dearly
for it, and that had he only received his Demand, the PrinciiDle & In-
terest of it to this time, wou'd have produced a real Estate of much
greater Value — On the contrary he has been expending it hitherto
in Support of the dignity of his Majesty's Commission as Governor,
altho' not confer'd on him with that Design, but sold as an advanta-
geous Composition for the public, & now likely to be converted into
a ruinous bargain for him — The other Governors of his Majesty's
Provinces (I mean those presiding under his Royall Commission) have
Salarys & Emoluments from 1000 £ to 3000 £ p'' Ann : while M""
Wentworth has almost at his own expence, supported iiis Commission,
of equal Rank, and with equal Honor to any one on the Continent ;
I wou'd not have presumed to have mentioned this, tho' an interesting
Circumstance, were not many Gentlemen of Reputation now returned
to England, who will readily confirm it from their own Knowledge —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 56/
His Services during the War ought not to be forgot or unknown —
When Troops were demanded from the different Provinces, during
the whole Course of the War, the Proportion expected from New
Hampshire w^ere always in the field by the Time appointed so great
was his Care, that his Regiment was never deficient, but frequently
exceeded in Numbers — And it was universally admitted they were
the best Troops in the Provincial Army — I know he received many
Letters of thanks from the Generals for his Attention to the Service
in this Point ; And his Officers have also been distinguished by many
honorary Rewards, bearing Inscriptions to this Purport. These, My
Lord, are but a very small part of what Truth wou'd command to be
related in his favor, and still a more inconsiderable proportion of what
occurs to explain his Conduct in Government ] But this has already
increased to a Lenght which forbids further addition ; into this excess
I have unwarily fallen by a desire to prevent the blasts of P^nvy &
Calumny fixing undeserved reproach upon the last Days of an aged,
honorable & meritorious Life ; (too much secured in consciousness of
Integrity & innocence to suspect necessity of Defence) altho' it may
be impracticable to avert the Loss of Emoluments, to which he has
every Right of Possession, Purchase & Service. — It now remains for
me to sollicit pardon for so great an intrusion on your Lordship's
time ; and to beg leave to have the Honor to subscribe myself with
the greatest Respect
My Lord Your Lordship's
most dutifull and most obliged Servant
New Bond street lo^^ Mch 1765 J W
To The right Hon*^'^ The Marquiss of Rockingham.
[^Atkinson to Trccothick and TlioiiilinsonP\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 180.]
Portsm° N H June 7'^ 1765
S"" I am now to acknowledge rec' of your Favours of the 23^ of
March & 10 of April last & have rec"^ the Sundrys by Hixon those
by Jacobson not yet reshipd to Piscataqua —
I now Enclose (according to your Directions) My Diary as D Sec""--'
to the 25^'' March last made out in the usual form & hope youl meet
no uncomon Difficulty in raiseing the am° — I suppose you rec^' the
Sallary at the Time you did the Travelling Charge as they are too
closly connected to have a Stopage upon one without the other —
568 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
We are allarmd with the News of Govern'' Wentworths being Sup-
perseeded Perhaps in both his Employments if this removal is Oc-
casioned by any Complaints that may have been Entered ags' him I
am in hopes he will have a Day allowd him to Clear himself from any
male administration in either I am fully convinced this would be
neither a Difficult or Disagreable Task to him but if it is ex more Motn
he must submit without y' Favour —
I long to hear from M"" Thomlinson especially in answer to the
Com'^" request to be informed what the Province Interest in the
Stocks will now Sell for that we may keep within Bounds in our
Drafts on them there is a Vote of Assembly Enabling the Agency to
dispose of that Interest to Enable the agency to Pay the Com'^^^ Bills
which Vote I suppose will be forward Soon to them we being now
obleidged & determined to Sink all our Paper Currency as soon as
Possible Twill be extream difficult under our Present Situation but
it will be attempted —
by the Price of the 2p^ Yard wide Garlix you Sent me by Jacobson
1 fear they are rather too coarse for my own ware which they were
intended for I must therefore beg you would Send me '^ first 2p^ of
y'^ wide Irish Lining Cost about 3/9 or 4/ ^ Yard of a good Fabrick &
2 Doz" Ivory Handle Knives & 2 Dozen forks for my own Use — I
have directed Cap* Will"^ Crowley to call on you for the Payment of
the amount of one hh'^ rum Shipd me from Jamaica he Charges me
;^I4,, 10,, — Jamaica Money that being reduced according to Exch*
Between Jamaica & London is what youl be good enough to pay him
& Charge me with —
I think there is at last a Prospect of your finishing the long subsist-
ing affair with M"" Sam" Went worth if the Project takes Effect shall
draw on you to Discount with him ;^250,, — Sterling — lam now
got to the 17"^ June & have finished the above affair & now referr
you to M"" M Hs Wentworth for the Perticulars I hope the Thorne
taken out of your foot will not be too deeply Impressed where it now
rests
Agreeable to what you & M"" Wentworth writes me I hope my
acco*^ Stand right in your Books & that you have receivd the Ballance
from M"" Joness Executors «S: if I Should have any Money then in
your hands pray Shipe me 3 bW"^ Nails Viz i — 20^^ — i — \o^ — &
I — 4"^ but not unless I am in Cash with you
I am Sirs Yours
T A
Mem° to Ship Insured to T A
2 p^ y"^ wide Irish Linen
2 Doz Knives Ivory Handles 2 D° fforks
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXL\L PAPERS. 569
3 Small bb^ Nails 1-20^ — i D'^ iC^ — & i D° 4'^ — Provided as
mentioned in my Letter above
Let them be marked T A Z —
S"^ I am indebted for your Favour of the 27 March by Cap' Turner
enclosing Bill of Lading for one hh^ rum which I duly rec^ this
June the more obleidged for in as much as I neglected to furnish you
with A mem" I have by this Ship wrote Mess""^ Trecothick & Thom-
linson to pay you the acco' yC^4 '■ 10 : — Jamaica Currency which I
am perswaded youl meet no Difficulty in receiving youl therefore ad-
just with them the Difference of Exchange & Ballance my Acco' I
am with much Gratitude & great respect
Your Obleeged Humble S'
June 12 — 1765 T A
Copy by Cap' Hagget
[5-88]
[Samuel Ham's account for building a boat for Fort William and
Mary. Allowed June 28, 1765. — Ed. j
\Atkinson to Trecothick and T/ioi>ilinson.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. L, p. 182.]
Portsm" April 18"^ 1766
Gentlemen I have only to beg your Favour in Ship for my Acco'
the Sundreys in the Enclosed Mem° I should be glad to have them
Directly to this river but if not let them be Ensured here we are Stil
waiting & hoping a repeal of the Stamp Act Stc"* &c''' we in this Prov-
ince have kept off all the irregularity too much practized in many
other Places tho as much against the Stamp as any I hope & Doubt
not this Province will gratfully resent any Fav"^^ they may receive
either from his Maj'>' or the Parliam' as yet we have rec'^ no certain
intelligence of the event of the our affairs pending before his Ma-
jesty or Parlim' but your Letter to M'' Wentworth gives great hopes
Yours &c^
A piece if not too long of Thick Strong Warm Stuff for Negro
Fellows outside Clothing — not apt Stain or Change Coll""
3 p^ of Strong Lining for Negroes Shurting
570 MISCELLANEOUS PROVI^XIAL PAPERS.
I guilt frame for a half length Picture to lessen the freight let
it be taken asunder before Shiping
4" green Tea
2" D° Hyson Let these perticulars be well wraped in Corms &
the Case fill up with good Corks for Bottles & Insured to Piscata-
qua —
I wrote you of the 18* April Last in which I Enclosed A mem°
for Sundy Perticulars for my Families Use hope you rec*^ if that Let-
ter miscarryed you have herewith a Copy of what I then wrote for
which youl obleidge me in Shiping — togeather with an additional
mem° Enclosed which I desire you would Ship me as Soon as you
conveniently can that they may not be late on the Coast I now En-
close you my Diary as Deputy Surv^ey"" & as it is drawn in the usual
Method hope youl meet no Difficulty in Crediting my Acco* there-
with I heartyly wish Some deffinitive Determination on the Appeal
from the decree of the Court of admiralty relative to the Masts
Seized at Casco bay his Maj*^'^ Interest will greatly be greatly Af-
fected by that Decission The officers have now very heavy Actions
pending in the Comon Law Courts & have hitherto been Continued
in hopes of a Decree from home but how Long we Shall the C*^ will
be prevaild upon to grant Such Imparlences is very uncertain the
* now rolling of y^ * is reversed heavy * will Soon be
bro* ags* the officer The Acts declaring the Depende" of the Coll"^'^
upon the Mother Country & repeal of the Stamp Act have been
Proclaimed Here & met the resentment you wished We have no
tho* that the repeal was obtained tho fear or that the King & Par-
lim* was drove into &c^ all this originated on y"" Side the Water We
are here to a Man Loyall Quiet & Dutyfull & Shall ever remain so
while realy Enjoy the Priviledges of Englishmen at Present in this
Part we are gratfull &c^ tho" Seldom or never hear a word about the
Stamp Act unless when we mention Some Friend w^hose assistance
&c^ &c^ Yours T A
June 2^^ 1766
Mes""^ Trecothick & Thomlinson
Sent by Cap Eve Via Liverpool & Duplycated by Cap^ Showers
direct
* These words are illegible. — Ed.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 571
[5-89]
\_PctitioH of George Meserve, Statnp CoDiDiissioner at Ports)noHtJL.\
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Escf Captain, General, Gov-
ernour, and Commander in Chief in and over His Majestys Province
of New Hampshire in New England — His Majestys Hon''''^ Coun-
cil and the Hon*"'"^ house of Represeatatives —
The humble Petition of George Meserve of Portsmouth in said
Province Shews — That the last Year when the Act of Parliament
for granting and Applying certain Stamp Duties &c, was passed.
Your Petitioner being in London — was Honoured with the appoint-
ment of Distributer of Stamped Parchment Vellum and Paper for
this Province, and in Order to execute the Duty of his Office was
under a Necessity of Returning to New England much sooner than
he otherwise should have done — That he Arrived here early in Sep-
tember last, when he found the whole Continent in a state of the Ut-
most Confusion and disorder on Account of the said Act of Parlia-
ment— That by Reason of his appointment to that Office he has
been most shamefully and Scandilously Insulted, and abused : and
from the Repeated threats daily uttered against him has been keept
in Constant fear of his life and property — That every means that
envy and Malice Could devise has been taken by some People in the
Province to Render him Odious and Contemptible, and to make him
the Object of Inveterate Malice & hatred. Insomuch that till the
Account arrived of the Repeal of the said Act he was Afraid to En-
gage in any business, or take any Measures for the Support of him-
self «S: Family — That by Reason of the aforementioned abuses his
Charector has been greatly injured and his business greatly Suffered
— That Your Petitioner encouraged by the Right Hon'''^ M"" Secre-
tary Conways letter to the Several Governours in this Continent, and
from the Fourth Resolve of the Parliament of Great Britain in their
present Session makes this Application to your Excellency & Hon-
ours and to pray that your Excellency & Honours would be pleased
to take the premises under Consideration and grant him a Compensa-
tion from the Government for the Injuries he has Suffered as Afore-
mentioned & your Petitioner will ever pray &c —
Portsm° N Hamp.s"" June 22"^ 1766 George Meserve
Province of ) In Council i' July 1766 —
New Hampshire \ Read & Ordered to be sent down to the Hon-
ourable house &: an enquiry recommended
T Atkinson Jn' Secret
572 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Province of )
New Hampshire ) In the house of Representatives July 3"^ 1766.
Voted — That Col° Peter Oilman, Col° Clement March, Col° John
Wentworth Col" Meshech Weare Esq'"'' & Cap* John Giddinge be a
Committee of this House to Join with such as shall be Appointed by
the Honb^ Council as soon as may be to hear the petitioner and make
strict Enquiry into the Matters Alledged by the petitioner and to
make Report to the General Assembly —
M. Weare Clerk
In Council Eodem Die —
Read & Concured and the Honb^^^ Peter Livius Daniel Peirce &
George Jaffrey Esq"" added on part of the Board
T Atkinson Jn"" Secr^
According to the foregoing appointment the Committee have heard
what M' Meserve had to Offer in support of his Petition which consist-
ing only of general assertions without any proof of particulars & it Ap-
pearing by his Own Confession that (tho Often threatned as he
said) he had not Suffer'd any real damage from any Open Act of
violence either in his person or Substance ; and that when insurrec-
tions were suspected at different times, Guards were appointed to
protect him, & to prevent any injury to him ; It is the Opinion of
the Committee that M'' Meserves Case does not Come within the true
intent & meaning of the recommendation of the honourable house of
Commons & IM"" Secretary Conways Letter, as we conceive the said
recommendation has reference, not to those who have been abus'd &
threaten'd on Account of their unpopular office, but to those only
who have suffered evident damage either in person or Substance
from some Overt Act of violence of the People, which M' Meserve
confesses was not his Case ; and it is our Opinion that Considering
the late dangerous times of Calamity & Licence the Government did
what was in its power to prevent any Violence, & that the happy suc-
cess of the Measures for the End was very much Owing to the gen-
eral good disposition of his Majestys faithful Subjects in this Prov-
ince ; And further we think that if M"" Meser\'e had Otherwise the
clearest title to the respectable recommendation he Assumes, & to
which we desire to pay the highest regard, Yet he would have ren-
dred himself unworthy that recommendation by the Illiberal uncivil
& rude manner he has made return to the Condescention of the gen-
eral Court in Appointing a Special Committee to hear him. Upon
the whole having carefully read & Considered the Resolves of the
honourable house of Commons & M"" Secretary Conways Letter, We
are of Opinion that M"" Meserve has not Provd that he has Suffer'd
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 573
any thing especially within the Purport and meaning of the said re-
solves & from the tenor of his petition and his Manner of support-
ing it, we beg leave to recommend the dismissing it,
July the 9''' 1766 sign'd by an unanimous order
of the Committee
Peter Livius Chairman
In Council July 9*'^ 1766
read and Accepted & Order'd that the Petition be dismiss'd & sent
down to the House for their Concurrence
Theod"" Atkinson pro Secret^
Province of ]_
New Hamps^ j In the House of Representatives July 9"' 1766
The Above Vote of Councill Read And Concurd
M Weare CI-"
[See Vol. VII., pp. 100-103. — Ed.]
[5-92]
{Petition of Daniel Sanborn for License to Bnild a Dani.^
To his Excellency Penning Wentworth Esq"" Captain General Gov-
ernor & Commander in Chief in And Over his Majestys Province
of New Hamps^ The Honourable his Majestys Councill and House
of Representatives in General Court assembled June 27'^ 1766
The Petition of Daniel Sanborn of a Place Called Sanborn Town
in said Province Humbly Sheweth
That Your Petitioner hath at a Great Expence to himself Erected
two Mills a Sawmill & Gristmill On a Part of Winnipisioke River so
Called in Doing which Your Petitioner had Regard not only to his
own Profit, but also the Incouragem* And benefit of Settlers there.
That when your Petitioner Built said Mills he Apprehended that
Building the wing of a Dam a little way into said River would have
been Sufficient to Supply Water for said Mills. But in this your Pe-
titioner finds himself Disappointed, and that he shall in a Great meas-
ure Loose his Cost in Erecting said mills And the Advantage they
would be to Others, Unless he may be Allow'd to Erect a Low Dam
Across said River, which he Apprehends may be Done in such A
Manner as will be no ways Prejudicial Either to the free Passage of
fish up and Down said River or any Other necessary use thereof, by
building the Dam Slooping Each way and Lower in some Places so as
to give Sufficient Depth of water for the free Passage of fish and
574 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Other things, which your Petitioner would not impede on any Con-
sideration being fully Convinced of the Great Advantage of their hav-
ing a free Passage. Your Petitioner hath not the least Doubt but
your Excellency and Honors will Readily Permit him to do what is
Necessary to his Reaping Any profit from the Great Expence he
hath been at that shall not be Injurious to Others, And Humbly Sub-
mits the matter to be Under the Direction of this Honourable Court,
And Prays Your Excellency And Honours that a Committee may be
Appointed to view the Premisses and make Report, And that such
further Directions may be Given And Methods Established for your
Petitioner's Relief As to your Excellency and Honours in Your Great
Wisdom Shall Seem meet And Your Petitioner As in Duty Bound
Shall Ever Pray &c
Eben"" Samborn Atturney on
behalf of Said Daniel Sanborn —
Province of New Hampshire
In Council July the 2"^ 1766
Read & order'd to be sent down to the hon'^'^ house
T Atkinson Jun Sec"^
[At^hisfl/i to WentivortJi & TrecotJiick.\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 184.]
Portsm" July 12 — 1766
Gentlemen We have now the Pleasure to Enclose you Copy of
a resolve of the Legislature here appointing you joynt & Seperate
Agents for this Province at the Court of Great Britain with or with-
out, Mess""^ Thomlinson hope no refusal will prevent us the Favour of
Your Interest in that Capacity we also enclose three Seperate Ad-
dresses To His Maj^y — The Lords Spiritual & Temporal & to the
House of Commons — by which youl See how the repeal of the Stamp
Act was resented in this Pro^' as the Votes are unanimous we hope if
we may have errd in any mater of Direction or Form twil be over-
look'd & imputed to our not being acquainted with the Method of
such Addresses we assure you they Speak the minde of the Province
you'l therefore make the proper Use of them —
Some Acts were tho* of & all the Brances of the Legislature here
appeard Desireous of Passing such Acts for Preventing illicite Trade
as recomended but the multiplicity of Bussiness that Lay before the
Court & the shortness of the Session occasioned by the Early Har-
vest it was deferrd for the Present —
Accept our gratefull Thanks for your Spirited & kinde assistance
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 575
in the affair of the repeal til you have it in a more Gen'' Address
which was Designed you —
VVe must beg your Endeavours relative to the obtaining our Quota
of the Money Granted for our Expences in 1756 and Pray let us
know what our Money in the funds Sell for that we keep within
Bounds in our Drafts »S: what may be in the agents hands from Time
to Time
When the former Agents Sent a Standard of weights & measures
they omitted Some perticulars which the Treasurer often Wants &
are as the Mem'' below which youl please to order the Shiping of as
also the last \^oll'" of the Statutes one being printed Since we had the
former We are &c^
^ order TAG. M —
I Gall" Pott Winchester Measure
One 2 quart D° — D°
I Sett of Money Scales & weights
the last Voll"^ Statutes of EngF
Copy —
[5~93] \_Pr0cla7nati0n of Goverjior John Woittvorth.^
By his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Captain General Gover-
nor & Commander in Chief in & Over his Majesty's Province of New
Hampshire in New Eng^
A Proclamation. —
His Majesty's Royal Commission Constituting & appointing me
Governor & Commander in Chief in & Over his Majesty's Province
of New Hampshire in New England in America, having been this
Day Publish'd within the s"^ Province. —
I do therefore declare & Publish that all Officers, Civil & Military
within the s*^ Province be & are Continued in their Respective Offices,
trusts & Employments. & are directed & Requir'd to Use & Exercise
all & Singular the powers & authorities to their Several ^: Respective
Offices belonging (untill further Order) of which all Persons are Com-
manded to take Notice, &: to Conform themselv^es accordingly. —
Given at the Council Chamber in Portsm" the 13'*^ Day of June in
the Seventh year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the
third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France &: Ireland King,
Defender of the Faith (Sec'' J Wentworth
By his Excellency's Command
T Atkinson Jun Sec'^
God save the Kinjr. —
576 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
[5-94]
[Address of Welcome from the Council to Governor Jo/ui Wentworth.~\
May it please your Excellency.
We his Majesty's most dutiful & loyal Subjects, the Council of his
Majesty's Province of New hampshire, in General Assembly Con-
vened ; desire leave to return your Excellency our most humble
thanks for your gracious Speech from the Chair ;
On this first Public Occasion of approaching your Excellency, Per-
mit us to offer our most sincere & joyful congratulation's on your
happy Accession to the Government of this free, loyal &: united Peo-
ple, & to express our hopes of a Steady, just & mild Administration
under your influence, hopes the more strongly entertained by us from
our sense & reverence of your Personal good Qualities, & from
a thorough Perswasion & full Confidence in your Excellency's Public
heartedness. —
It fills our mind with inexpressible joy, to find the Pleasing hopes
we have conceived, confirmed c\: Strength'ned by your early demon-
strations of Affection to your Country, and by your Excellency's first
solemn declaration from the Chair to the General Assembly, of your
diligent attention & ready Concurrence to every Subject of Impor-
tance to the Prov"
Justly sensible of the inistimable blessings of a free and well or-
derd Government, we shall on all occasions most heartily and Chear-
fully second your Excellency's good Purposes ; and to the utmost of
our Power, endeavor by all Constitutional means to preserve the honor
& dignity of the Crown, to Advance the welfare of the Province, and to
promote the Ease & Reputation of your Eccellency's Administration —
Your Excellency's Prudence and Goodness, have pointed out to us
the most agreeable means of Promoting these very desirable ends, by
Recommending to us Unanimity, Wisdom, & Application ; herein you
set us a most inviting and Powerful example, which we shall endeavor
to Emulate by Performing every thing on our Part to Strengthen and
improve our happy situation. —
May Sacred &: unerring Wisdom direct you in improving the op-
portunity you Enjoy, of being the instrument extensively and Effect-
ually to diffuse the benevolent Purposes of a most gracious Sover-
eign ; may your Administration be long and happy, & may it ever be
commemorated with Gratitude. —
Council Chamber, Portsm°
July 3'''^ 1767 — By Order of Council.
Theod''^ Atkinson jun"" Sec"^
Copy. Examined '^ T Atkinson Jun Sec"^'
[See Vol. VII., p. 126. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 577
[5~97] [Action of the House in regard to Counties.']
The House taking into further Consideration the Dividing the
Province into Countys Came to the following Determination Viz
Whereas a Vote lately pass'd in this house for dividing this Prov-
ince into four Countys the limits of which were Expressed in the
Vote which this house Apprehended would be agreeable to & Most
Convenient for the People But the Hon'^'^ his Majestys Council sup-
posed it would be Attended with too great Charges & did not concur
with Said Vote But Voted that the Province should be divided into
two Countys only making Merimack River the dividing Line This
the house having Duly Considered & find it would not Answer the
End Proposed by Dividing the Province into Counties which is the
Ease of the People In general which in the Case of two Counties
only would be very little to a great Part of the Province
Upon Reconsidering this Matter the house (who with great Reluc-
tance) find themselves under a Necessity of Differing in opinion from
the Hon'^^'^ Council which they Conceive arises from their more Inti-
mate knowledge of the Minds of their Constituents there Concerns
& Connections than the Council Can be reasonably Supposed to have
& on this principal Only they are induced to Dissent from the Vote
for two Counties only & to prove their Desire to agree with the Coun-
cil as far as is Consistant with their Duty to those they Represent
they are willing to Divide Into three Counties only since their first
Proposal is not Acceptable Therefore
Voted That this province be divided into three Counties the Sev-
eral Courts both the Superior & Inferior Courts to be held in the
Several Parts of Each County in such place As will best accomodate
the Inhabitants as shall be agreed upon by the General Assembly
The Bounds of the Counties to be as follows Viz
The first County Bounding Northerly by Piscataqua River at the
Mouth thereof & up the River to the line between Durham %l New
Market & by that line & the line between Durham & New market &
by that Line & the line between Durham & Notingham & between
Notingham & Barington & between Chichester & Barnstead & 13e-
tween Gilmanton & Canterbury to Winipisiokee River then Down
Said River into Merrimack River & Down the Same to the Dividing
line between this Province And the Massachusetts Bay then Easterly
following the Said Dividing line to the Sea then by the Sea to the
Mouth of Piscataqua River where the bound began with that Part of
the Isles of Sholes which is in this Province
The Second County Bounding Southerly, by the Northerly line of
the first County to the Mouth of Pemigawassett River then up Said
578 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
River to Bakers River & up the Same to the head of the South
Branch thereof then on a Streight hne to Connecticutt River on the
South Side of the Town of Orford all on the North or Northeasterly
side of Said line to belong to the Second County
The third County to Contain all the Land on the westerly side
Merrimack River lying in this Province Not Contained in the other
Counties
& that Colo Weare Colo Wentworth & William Parker Esq""^ be a
Committe of this House to joyn such as shall be Appointed by the
Hon'^^'^ the Council to bring in a bill for this Purpose
Copy Exam'' M Weare CI"" of the House of Representatives
[5-98]
[Report of the Connnittee on Division of the Provinee into Countiesi\
The Com'^'' of both Houses Chosen for to Consider of and Settle
the most Convenient Lines for Dividing the Province into three Coun-
ties and the most Convenient times and Places for holding the Courts
Have Considerd that Matter and beg leave to Report That the Lines
Proposed by the Vote of the House of the 28'^ of Aug^ Last may
Answer at Present with the following alterations viz' That there be
Added to the North County the Towns of Chichester and Canterbury
And Also where Any Town is Divided by Pemigawassett River or
Bakers River the whole Township shall belong to the North County.
As to the Other two Counties that the hnes Remain As Proposed in
said Vote of the house Saving that the Townships of Nottingham
west Litchfield And Derryfield be Added to the Western County if
tho't most Convenient And that the whole of the Township of Bow
belong to the Eastern County And that there be held in the North
County One Superior Court And One Inferior Court And one Court
of General Sessions of the peace in the Town of Dover And one In-
ferior Court And One Court of General Sessions of y^ Peace in the
Township of Rochester Yearly
In the west County that there be held one Superior Court And
One Inferior Court And one Court of General Sessions of the Peace
in the Township of Merrimack And one Inferior Court And One
Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the Township of Walpoole
Yearl}^
In the Eastern County that there be held One Sup'' Court And
One Infer' Court And on Court of General Sessions of the Peace in
the Town of Portsmouth : One Inferior Court And One Court of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS, 579
General Sessions of the Peace in the Town of Hampton One Supe-
rior Court And One Inferior Court x^nd One Court of General Ses-
sions of the Peace in the Town of Exeter One Inferior Court And
one Court of General Sessions of the Peace in the Town of London-
derry Yearly As to the times of holding the Courts Referd to further
Consideration
By ord"" of y^ Comi"'^
D' Warner
In Council Septem"^ 23'''' 1767.
Read & Concurrd — so far as relates to the Lines for dividing the
Province into Three Countys, but the Council cannot with Honor join
with the Honorable Assembly in Voting the Constituting & Estab-
lishing of Courts & the times & Places of their Sitting in the several
Counties Proposed, as that would be an Infringement on the Prerog-
ative of the Crowm, & Vested by his Majestys Commission in his Ex-
cellency with advice of his Majestys Council, & with whom the Intire
right of such Nominations & Appointments Constitutionally Appur-
tain. T : Atkinson Jun Sec'^^
[See Vol. VII., p. 141. — Ed.]
[^Atkinson to Trecothick^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 185.]
Portsm° N Hamp'' Novem"" 24"" 1767
S'' We are now to acknowledge the rec' of your Fav'' of the
incloseing the Province Acco^ & acquainting us of the Sale of the
Province Interest in the Stock we are Daayly takeing up our Paper
Currency & Shall freequently be Drawing but Shall take care not to
over draw — we Shall embrace the earlyest oportunity in Laying your
Letters & Acco^^ befor the General Assembly at their next Setting
when we imagine they will Settle them to mutual Satisfaction the last
Period for redeeming our Paper Currency by the Acts for Emitting it
is the 25 of December next when we Shall be Able to assertain what
may be then out Standing & if our Present Tax & the money in
England will not redeem the whole the Gen" Assembly must en-
deavour after some Expedient to effect that end — we must now re-
peat our Desires that you would Send on the Province Acco^ Insured
the following Perticulars Viz the last Volls of the Statutes of England
which was Printed after those you formerly Sent us Also A Ream of
Best Fooles Cap Paper Cutt
580 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
500 Large Wafers for Prov*^® Seal bigness of Patern
1000 best Quills —
50 Sheets or Skins of Parchm* or Vellum for writing Comissions on
a Sett of Small Money waits for a Standerd for the Treasurer & a
p'' Small money Scales
Also a Strong Steel Screw Press for making the Impression of the
Province Seal you See the bigness by the Patern T A
Copy by Salter D W — J S —
Portsm" May 5*^ 1768 —
S"" I have only to ad that we shall conform our future Drafts to
your last Acco' & Shall not draw for more than in your Hands the
former Agents Acco' being in a Com'**'^ hands to Examine & report
upon to the Gen^' Assembly at thier next meeting which is one day this
Month when we shall write you fully on those Acco^^ We pray what
we wrote for by Salter as above may be Ship'^ Yours
Copy '^ Cap' Chivers T A
[5-99]
[Deposition of Isaac Colton, of Springfield, Mass., About Coim-
terfeiters. ]
Province of "I The Declaration of Isaac Colton of Springfield in
Mass'^ Bay j the County of Hampshire & Province afores'^ Gent :
That some Time in the Summer last past he was at a Place called
Chesterfield in the Province of Newhampshire to demand a Sum of
Money due to him from one Joshua Howe. That the said Howe is
a person who has been convicted of counterfeiting Money and after-
wards broke Goal as the Declarant has been informed and verily be-
leives. That the said Howe told the declarant one Thomas Colton
had stolen a set of Tools and Stamps from him the said Howe and
was gone to Rhode Island as the said Howe believed to one Esquire
Casey at Little Rest, and the said Howe further said that after his
breaking Goal he was at Esquire Caseys and from him and his
Brother he the said Howe had received 500 Dollars for instructing
them in making Money that the said Howe carried a German with
him who came from Philadelphia and whilst the said Howe was at
Caseys the said German disappeared and Casey told Howe had run
away but that the said Howe had since heard the German was at
Mohawk River at Work for Casey.
The Declarant further saith that he afterwards went to little Rest
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 58 1
while the Court was sitting there and was at Esquire Caseys house
and asked the said Caseys Wife if Thomas Colton had been there
and she replied he had and mentioned the Time which was soon
after the Time Howe said the said Colton had stole the Tools and
Stamps.
The Declarant further says that soon after Esquire Casey came
home and the Declarant lodged at his House and asked the said
Casey whether he understood the Transmutation of Metals. The
said Casey replied that he understood it but he had lost his House
some Time ago and was not able to be at the Expence and that it
would require a steady fire of three Months. The Declarant further
asked Casey if Howe had been there. Casey answered Yes. The
Declarant then asked Casey whether Howe understood Transmuta-
tion. Casey replied he pretended to but others understood it better
than he.
The Declarant further saith that he saw at the same Time at Little
Rest Noah Colton brother to Thomas Colton and Noah told the de-
clarant that the said Thomas had been at Little Rest and said Noah
further said that he said Noah had been up at the Mohawk River
upon Business Esquire Casey was concerned in there
Isaac Colton
Sworn to the 27 February 1768
Before T Hutchinson Ch : Just :
Province of ) The Declaration of Isaac Colton of Springfield in
Mass" Bay ) the County of Hampshire & Province aforesaid Gent :
That in the Month of July last he was at Chesterfield anew Settle-
ment in the Province of New Hampshire adjoining to Connecticut
River, where he saw one Brown who the declarant was in-
formed and verily believes lives at Dover in New York Government
near Hudsons River. That Brown told the declarant he had been to
Cohass on the West Side of Connecticut River to Glazier Wheeler
and that the said Brown had paid Wheeler 60 Dollars viz in two Pay-
ments of 30 Dollars each for tools and Stamps which Wheeler was
making for the said Brown which Tools and Stamps the Declarant
understood and verily believes were designed for counterfeiting
Money. The Declarant further saith that soon after he saw Wheeler
and Brown together at Chesterfield and after they had parted with
each other the declarant asked Brown if he had got the Tools.
Brown replied no, Wheeler had not steel enough and he expected to
have finished them at Chesterfield but he was afraid it would make a
582 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Noise. The Declarant further saith that he was again at Chesterfield
aforesaid in the Month of November last when and where he saw one
Lieutenant Snow of said Chesterfield who told the Declarant the
said Brown was gone home to New York and had carried with him
the compleatest Press and set of Tools he the said Snow ever saw.
The said Snow thereupon took a Dollar out of his Chest and asked
the Declarant if he thought it was a good one. The Declarant re-
plied he thought it very good. The said Snow then said it was one
of Glazier Wheeler's make and had not more than a quarter part
Silver in it and the said Snow being asked by the declarant how he
knew it replied he knew it very well. The said Snow's Wife being
present asked her Husband why he would tell of it he replied he
knew Colton and he would not discover them. The said Snow fur-
ther said to the declarant that one Sawyer was gone with Brown to
assist him and understood making Money as well as Howe did
Isaac Colton
Sworn to the 27 February 1768
Before T Hutchinson Ch : Just.
[5-100] \AnotJier One.^
Province of 1 The Declaration of Isaac Colton of Springfield in the
Mass*^ Bay /County of Hampshire & Province aforesaid Gent.
That one Joshua Howe divers Years since was prisoner in his Ma-
jesty's Goal at Springfield having been convicted of making and ut-
tering" false or counterfeit Spanish Dollars. That the said Joshua be-
ing indebted to the declarant, who was keeper of the Goal aforesaid,
for Prison Charges he offered to give the declarant a Deed of a Tract
of Land in Westmorland in the Province of New Hampshire which
the declarant accepted, but soon after found that the Land belonged
to the Brother of the said Joshua. That the said Joshua finding the
Fraud to be discovered gave the declarant his promissory Note for
forty Pounds lawful Money. That within the Space of twelve
Months the last past the Declarant has been several Times at West-
morland aforesaid in order to recover his Debt from the said Joshua
& particularily was there on Thursday the 18 Instant, and has always
found the said Joshua there were he lives in a small House with ^a
Wife & two Children. That the declarant saw a Number of Peices
of Money in Imitation of Spanish Cobbs or hammered Pieces of
eight in the Hands of the said Joshua which the declarant is very
certain were all Counterfeit and the said Joshua told the declarant
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCLA.L PAPERS. 583
he would run them over again & put in something which would make
them of a better Colour. This the declarant saw in June last. The
Declarant further saith that in November last he saw two Stamps
for making Pieces of Money called Pistarines — which the said
Joshua took out of his Chest and by the ratling Noise he verily be-
lieves there were divers other Stamps mixed with them. And when
the declarant was at Westmorland the i8 Instant he saw the said
Joshua Howe have a small Bar of Metal which the declarant verily
beleives was bad metal and mixed for the Purpose of making Coun-
terfeit Money. That at the same Time viz. the i8'^ Inst, one Benja-
min Leonard of Springfield went to Westmorland with the declar-
ant and came from thence in Company with him as did also one Joel
Ely of the said Springfield. That the said Benjamin Leonard was
in private with the said Howe at Westmorland and soon after the
said Leonard shewed the declarant a Dollar which, Leonard said,
Howe paid him and afterwards three more Dollars which the declar-
ant told the said Leonard were counterfeit. The declarant at the
same Time saw Leonard have a small Bar of the Base Metal which
he said he had from Howe and thereupon the declarant told
Leonard that the Dollars were the same Sort of Metal with the
Bar. The Declarant also saw the said Joel Ely, since their be-
ing at Westmorland together, and some Day in the last Week, at
Springfield, have in his Hands two small Bars of this same Sort of
Metal which the said Joel said he had from the said Howe.
The Declarant further saith that one Snow of Chesterfield was at
Westmorland the last Time the Declarant was there. The Declar-
ant does not know his Christian Name but he is called Lieut' Snow.
That the said Leonard Ely & Snow were often in private together.
That the said Snow said he had been at a great Deal of Expence for
Howe to procure him Tools & that about a Fortnight before he had
paid four Dollars and a half for one Tool to draw Bars just the Thick-
ness of a Dollar The said Snow mentioned the Name of the Tool
but the Declarant has forgot it.
The Declarant further saith that the said Joshua Howe has told
him at Westmorland aforesaid that the said Joshua Howe with one
Quarter part only of Silver could make Dollars that would never be
discovered that he had a Press at a small Distance from his House
for making Money and the said Howe urged the declarant to procure
a Quantity of what he called Drugs which he said might be had at
the Apothecarys for giving a bright Colour to the Metal
Isaac Colton
Sworn to the 27'^ Feb: 1768
Before T Hutchinson Ch Just
584 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[S-ioi]
[Captain Thomas Bell's account for " Graveing the Castle Barge
and Gather things found the Boat." Allowed May 26, 1768. — Ed.]
[5-106]
{Report of Committee on Road from DurJiam Falls to Cods?^
Province of \ Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of
New Hampshi"" ( Said Province passed in the forth year of his Ma-
jesty s Reign appointing and impowering Us the Subscribers as a
Committee to Lay out & make Return into the Secretarys office of a
good passable high Way from Durham P"alls to Cohos in Said Prov-
ince
Agrable to Said Act we have laid out & marked S'^ Way beganing
at durham falls & from thence Runing to Madbury Meeting House
from thence about N. W. to Barrington then thr° Barrington by Levi
Daniels house — from thence over the Bridge at Bow Pond Mill from
thence about N W to Barnstead and then thro' Barnstead as the
High Way is Cut to Gilmantown from thence thro' Gilmantown by
the South Side of the Rev'^ M"' W"" Parsonses house thence about N W,
to a Hemlock tree Marked with the Letter H then as Said way is
Marked to Lemuel Rands House from thence as Said way is Marked
to Joseph Badgers Jun"" Land that he is now Clearing from thence to
the Bridge or Wares as the Road Was Before Laid out from thence
thro' New Salem about N W. to Land Call'd the Gore from thence
thro' Holderness by the house of Sam" Livermore Esq' from Said
Livermores to Bryent Swaineys from thence West about thirty De-
grees N. to Pemidgwasset Rever then across Said Rever to Plymouth
about thirty Rods above David Websters house from thence by Said
Websters house as the way now is to Bakers Rever at the wading
Place from thence to Campton and thro' part of Campton to Rumney
as the way is now Marked, then thro' Rumney as Said Road is Marked
out to Wentworth then over Bakers River About one Mile below
the falls from thence as Said Way is Marked to Warren and Runing
thro' Said Warren about North West as Said Way is Marked to Pier-
mont then thro' Piermont as Marked to Haverhill and to the Oliverian
Mills in Haverhill and from thence Northerly to Cap' John Hazzens
at Said Cohos. — -In Laying out Said Way we have Strickly Pursued
the Prescriptions and Directions Given us in Said Act except Where
Mountainous Land & other impediments Obliged us to Deviate there
from July 13''^ 1768 Rich^ Jenness t \ Committee
John M'^Duffee \
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 585
[5-107]
\Pctitioji from the House of Rep7'esentatives to the Kijig.'\
To The Kings most Excellent Majesty —
The Humble Petition of the House of Representatives of your Ma-
jesty's Province of New Hampshire — Shews That your Majesty's
Loyal and Dutiful Subjects the Representatives of your Province of
New Hampshire, with the most profound Humility, and the deepest
Sense of Duty and affection Beg leave to Supplicate your Majesty, and
to present our most Gracious Sovereign a View of the Grievances &
Distresses under which your Majesty's good Subjects of this Province
at present Labour —
We Esteem it the happy Priviledge of all your Majesty's Subjects
in all the Difificulties & Distresses they feel wherein your majesty
may give Relief, to have free Liberty to approach the Royal Presence
with those Supplications which they hope will prove Effectual —
And we do not P2ntertain the least Fear or Suspicion that your re-
mote American Subjects are or ever will be excluded from that Priv-
iledge —
We most heartily and Sincerely profess our Allegiance to your Ma-
jesty of which we trust our Conduct & Behaviour has always given
the clearest Evidence, the Obedience & affection of the People of
this Province to your Majesty and your Royal Predecessors, has we
apprehend never been called in Question, or in any Measure doubted. —
Our Ancestors from England transplanted themselves to this Coun-
try at their own Expence, they brought over with them their Natural
allegiance to the Crown of England with an inseperable unalienable
Right to all that Protection of their Liberty & Property to which all
Liege Subjects of the British Empire are Intitled. — After they had
Conquered the Savages of the Wilderness at an almost incredible
Expence of Blood & Treasure & Settled themselves in a Country
which on their first Arrival they found a howling Wilderness — your
Majesty's Royal Predecessors as a proper Reward of their Labour &
Peril in extending the English P^mpire were pleased to grant them a
Power of Legislation, limited to the approbation or Disallowance of
the Crown with the Power & Priviledge Essential to British Liberty
of raising internal Taxes by their own Representatives, which Privi-
ledge & Right, they, from the first erecting a Government here, and
we after them have enjoyed till the late Acts of Parliament, Enacted
for the Sole & Express Purpose of raising a Revenue in America, —
Which Acts we wou'd humbly Represent to your Majesty are Subver-
sive of those Rights & Liberties which our ancestors so dearly pur-
chased. —
586 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
We do by no Means dispute the Authority of the British Legisla-
ture, we have ever been & Still are Obedient to all acts of Parliament
regulating the affairs of your Majesty's Subjects in general & the due
Administration of Justice without Complaint. — But we cannot but
be Sensibly Affected with the Loss of that Advantage, without which
we are no longer free men, nor can have any Claim to the peculiar
Glory & Boast of the Subjects of the British Empire, which is the
Absolute Disposal of their Own Property, But these Acts tax us
without our own Consent & Deprive us so much of Our Property as
in Virtue thereof is taken from us without our Voice and Contrary
to our Priviledges as Englishmen. And we humbly apprehend our
Complaint in this Respect cannot justly be imputed to us as a Fault
or tending to Disloyalty or Disaffection to Government for we hum-
bly apprehend we Should be unworthy the Character of your Majesty's
Subjects and Englishmen if we had not Sensibility to perceive the
happy Constitution of Government we live under & to deprecate the
Loss of it. —
The Assemblies of this Province have Always readily complied in a
Constitutional way with every Requisition from your Majesty to Con-
tribute to the utmost of their ability for the Defence of any of your
Majesty's Dominions, and we beg leave to represent to your Majesty
the Hardships and Impropriety that our Property Shou'd be granted
by the House of Commons of Great Britain in which we are not nor
can be represented who bear no part of the Burden of the Taxes they
are pleased to grant to be levied on us & who by their local Situation,
& want of a Seasonable intimate knowledge of the Circumstances of
this Country are unlikely to fix upon the most Expedient &: equitable
Method of levying Taxes here. —
We humbly Apprehend that Taxes being imposed on us by way of
Duties on any of the necessaries of life or in any other Manner
whatsoever without our Consent must necessarily Terminate in the
total Loss of our Liberty and Distruction of our Property — And
most Humbly beg leave to Suggest that in ev'ry Instance, wherein
your Majesty's Subjects are unconstitutionally deprived of their just
Rights your Majesty's Government is weakned. —
Wherefore in full & humble Confidence of your Majesty's paternal
& impartial Regard to the Happiness and Tranquility of all your Sub-
jects, We are Encouraged to make this humble Application, and to
intreat your Majesty would be graciously pleased to take our Petition
into your wise Consideration, &: grant us Such Relief therein as to
your Royal Wisdom, Shall Seem Meet, And we Beg leave to add that
it is our earnest Prayer to the Supreme Governour of the Universe
that all kinds of Blessings may be granted to your Majesty and your
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 587
Royal Offspring And that all your Subjects may be long happy under
your Auspicious Reign. — October 29"^ 1768 —
By Order of the House of Representatives
A Copy — P Oilman Speaker
N. B The Original went ^ Cap' Scot Via Boston -^
[5-108]
\_Petition of John Wendell, of Portsviouth, in Behalf of the Inhabit-
ants of the Nezv Hatnpshire Grants.]
Province of ) To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Captain
New Hamps^ ( General, Governor & Commander in Chief, in, and
over his Majesty's Province aforesaid, & Vice Admiral of the same in
Council
The Petition of John Wendell of Portsmouth in the Province afore-
said Esq"" as Agent to the Committee, appointed by the Voices of
more than One thousand Grantees, claiming Lands under New Hamp-
shire Grants on the Western Side of Connecticutt River which by a
late Order of his Majesty in Council were annexed to the Government
of New York, Unto Your Excellency and the Honourable Council
humbly shews ;
That your Petitioner's Constituents and their Principals, have pre-
ferred their Petition to his Majesty in Council, by their other Agents
William Sam^ Johnston & Samuel Robinson Esquires, setting forth
the many hardships they labour under, and the Interruption they
have met with in the Settlement of their said Grants : and as Your
Petitioner has since heard of the Death of Samuel Robinson one of
their said Agents, he greatly fears the Cause of his Constituents and
their Principals will suffer, as his personal Evidence was necessary,
as well to support their Allegations, as to vindicate his own Reputa-
tion, which had been injuriously attacked, and to remove any Preju-
dices that any such Imputations may have made in the Minds of y«
Ministry, purposely thrown out to discredit him and his Cause. —
Your Petitioner in his said Capacity begs Leave to represent unto
Your Excellency and the Hon'^'^ Council, that his Constituents and
their Principals consist of more than one Thousand Families, who have
removed themselves from y® full setled Towns in his Majesty's other
Governments to seek their Support by Cultivating of the unimproved
Lands in the inhospitable and savage Wilderness : they had not the
Presumption to doubt the Right of the late Governor of New Hamp-
shire to grant them these Lands, as they always understood them to
588 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
be within the Jurisdiction of this Province, and they cannot but ex-
press their Grief and Concern, that his Majesty has been pleased to
annex their Grants to the Government of New York, as their local
Situation from the Metropolis of y^ Province, is too distant for the
due Administration of Justice and the other Purposes of Govern-
ment ; besides the Monopolies of such large uncultivated Tracts of
Lands granted to a few Men reduces the Settlers to a State of Vas-
salage and Dependancy : Your Petition'' in his said Capacity is au-
thorized to assure your Excellency & Honours : that they and their
families had rather remove themselves than remain under the juris-
diction of a Government, the Constitutional Form of which, is greatly
different from that which they have been accustomed to. But if it
should be the Will & Pleasure of their gracious Sovereign to rean-
nex them to his Government of New Hampshire, they beg leave to
assure your Excellency & Hours they will diligently apply themselves
to a Settlement of their Grants and very soon make a respectable
Appearance, to the Advancement of his Majesty's Revenues and the
Enrichment of their present poor families Your Petitioner prays Your
Excellency and Honours to lay the state of their Grieviances before
his Majesty and his Council, & to interceed in their Behalf, that if
his Majesty should be pleased to determine their said Grants shall
continue within the Province of New York : That in that Case the
Governor of that Province should be directed to regrant the same to
the Original Grantees, without any further Expence : which if he
should be allowed to create by heavy Fees, will have a Manifest Ten-
dency to compleat the Ruin of many poor, indigent & distressed
families now labouring under the most afflicting Discouragements :
through from the known Clemency of their august Soveriegn, they will
presume to hope a Redress of all their Grieviances, especially if coun-
tenanced by your Excellency and honours just and kind Representa-
tion of their righteous Cause,
Your Petitioners begs leave to assure y"" Excellency that it is the
present Ambition of his Constituents and they wish for nothing more
ardently than that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to suffer
them to reap the Benefit of y'' Excell'^^'^ mild Administration of Gov-
ernment for which happy Event, he and they as in duty bound shall
ever pray — John Wendell
Portsm° Nov^ 30*'' 1768.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 589
[5-109] [Petiticvi of Ja)ncs Hudson, Salt Manufacturer.^
Province of New Hampshire —
To his Excellency John Wentworth Escf Governor & Commander
in Chief of the Province aforesaid to the honourable his Majesty's
Council & House of Representatives the Petition of James Hudson
humbly sheweth that for a number of Years your Petitioner has been
much employ'd in prepareing the way to Manufacture Salt in this
Country that in England he has been at Expence of time & Money
in acquainting himselfe with that Art that he has erected very large
& Commodious Buildings for carrying on the said buisness that he
has for more than two Years been immediately engaged in the Buis-
ness & has made considerable Progress therein in somuch that he
has been able to supply a great number of the Inhabitants of New
Hampshire as well as the Massachusetts with their Salt which is in
great Estimation that he is detirmind to pursue his plan & if pos-
sible to enlarge his Works which he apprehends must prove very
beneficial to the Province of New Hampshire as he is quite contigu-
ous thereto Wherefore he humbly Prays your Excellency & Hon-
ours will favour his undertaking & grant him such assistance as in
your Wisdom shall seem Meet and as in duty bound will ever pray
James Hudson
In Council Jan^ 19, 1769 Read & orderd to be sent down to the
Hon'^'^ House recommended Geo : King D Sec^"
[Endorsed] Dismiss'd
[5- no] \Pr0cla7nati0u i?i. Regard to Deserters.^
Province of New 1 By his Excellency John Wentworth Esq : Cap-
Hampshire — / tain General Governor and Commander in chief in
and over His Majesty's Province aforesaid in New England and Vice
Admiral of the same —
A Proclamation —
Forasmuch as I have received a Complaint from his Excellency Ma-
jor General Gage, commander in chief of all his Majesty's Troops in
America, and from Brigadier General Pomroy, commanding his Ma-
jesty's regular Troops now station'd at Boston, that sundry Private
Soldiers belonging to the Regiments under his Command, had de-
serted therefrom, and made their Escape ; and had been concealed &
entertain'd in some parts of this Province, particularly in and about
590 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Londonderry, which being a direct violation of the Law, and greatly
prejudicial to his Majesty's Service — to prevent which evil and un-
lawful practice —
I have thought fit, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Council
to issue this Proclamation, hereby prohibiting all Persons, within this
Province concealing, harboring or entertaining any of the said Sol-
diers, as they would avoid Prosecution, and the penalty prescrib'd by
the Law in such Cases, also hereby strictly enjoining and requiring
all officers Civil and Military and all other his Majesty's Subjects
within this Province to use their utmost endeavors to apprehend any
and every Deserter from his Majesty's Troops that are or may be
concealed within this Province — And that no Person may be igno-
rant of the Law, I have orderd and directed that the clauses of the
Act of Parliament for punishing Mutiny and Desertion — be printed
and Published with these Presents.
Given at the Council Chamber at Portsm"* the 2y^ day of March in
the Ninth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third
by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King De-
fender of the Faith &c^ and in the year of our Lord Christ 1769
By his Excellency's Command J. Wentworth
with advice of Council.
T Atkinson Jun Sec'^
God save the King.
[5-111]
{^Petition of Sanniel Hall of Ports}noutJi,for Dmnages.']
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Governor & Commander in
Chief in & over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, the
Hon*^'^ his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for said
Province, in General Assembly conven'd the 15*^ Day of March
1769 —
The humble Petition of Samuel Hall of Portsmouth in said Prov-
ince Truckman. — Sheweth — that Your Petitioner hires & improves
the Land where & near the Gallows was erected on which Ruth Blay
was executed & had the Year past made a considerable Quantity of
new fence & Stone Wall, that by Reason of the great Crowd of
People & Dirtiness & Wetness of the Season his fence was broken to
Pieces, & Stone W^all thrown down, his Meadow Ground Poached &
trod to pieces by the Horses, & great Damage done by Reason of the
said Execution to the said Lands & fences not less than ten Pounds
MISCELLANEOUS PROVLN'CL\L PAPERS.
591
That it is a great Hardship that your Petitioner Should be a Suf-
ferer by the Execution of a Criminal, the Charge of which is defrayed
by the Public — Wherefore he humbly prays that his Case may be
considered & Damages allowed him as aforesaid.
Samuel Hall
Province of )
New Hamp"" ] In Council March 29'^ 1769
Read & Order'd to be sent down to the Hon'''*' House
T : Atkinson Jun Sec''>'.
Province of )
New Hamps^ ( In the House of Representatives Ap'' 4^"^ 1769
The Above Petition Read And Considerd, And Voted That it be
Dissmiss'd M Weare CI""
[5-1 12] [Petition About Boundary Lines for Counties. '\
To the Governor, Council and Assembly of the province of new
Hampshire
We Inhabitants of part of the Society Lands Hillsborough &
Heneca in said Province Are Humbly of Opinion that fixing the
boundaries of the second County so call'd in this Province, was
the Effect of Great Prudence & consultation they agreeing Extreemly
well with Nature —
We therefore Pray that there may not be one Town Annexed to
this County as We are conscious that such a thing if Done will be
Attended with sundry Inconveniences — We as in Duty bound will
ever pray — Dated April 10^'' 1769
Amos Goold
Ebenezer Gile
Joshua Gile
Noah Gile
Johnson Gile
David McKillips
Ezekiel Stone
Willam McLeen
Daniel Weily
John Boman
Henery Cood
Ephraim Abott
Ephraim Clark
Ben" Clark
Joseph Clark
John Sargent
Josiah Ward
Jacob Whitcomb
Adonjiah Tyler
Silas Barns
James Joslin
William Presbory
William Eastman
Eliakim How
thomas Stone
Thomas Stone
John mills
Aiexender Robson
wilaim Robeson
Joseph Robeson
John mcCalley
Isaac Baldwin
James Taggart
Samuel Bradford
Timothy Bradford
Joshua Estey
Jonathan Dam
Benj'^ Lovejoy
Samuel Bradford Jun
592
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Robert Taggart
Daniel m^^murphy
James Nichols
fileip neley
William Pope
Abijah Lovejoy
James Stone
Jeffery donough
Archibald taggert
William Williams
William forsaith
Joseph Mills
Nathan Taler
Samuel Bradford 3"^
Benj" Lovejoy Jun
wilaim Clark
Isaac Andrews
Anthony moran
Toshua Meed
[5-1 14]
\_Petition of Dr. Hall Jackson of Portsmouth for Alloivance for
Money Expended for a Sick Soldier.~\
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq^ Captain General, Governor,
and Commander in cheif, in and over his Majesty s Province of
New Hampshire and Vice Admiral of the same — And to the Hon-
orable his Majesty s Council of said Province
The Petition of Hall Jackson of Portsmouth in the Province of
New Hampshire Physician, humbly sheweth, that on or about the
sixth Day of May last past, one James Killpartric (formerly a soldier
in his Majestys jy^^ Regiment but discharged for being under sized as
appear'd by certificat from Col° : Armiger) came to the house of your
Petitioner in his way to the Eastward, in a most pitiful! and necessi-
tous condition, having several large and deep Abscesses on different
parts of his Body, and an African worm of several feet in length in each
of his Legs, attended with a continual Fever, that he was absolutely in-
capable of proceeding any further on his Journe}', and must have
perished in the street (the weather being very Stormy) had not your
Patitioner with the advice of the Honb'*^ Theodore Atkinson Esq""
put him to some lodgings, as no person would entertain him on his
own Account, that your Petitioner provided him a place at M"" Alix-
ander Hunter's, That during his stay, he was confined to his Bed
for the most part of the time with a continual, and violent Fever, all
of which time your Petitioner attended him as a Surgeon opened his
Abscesses, extracted the worms from his Legs, provided him with
Medicines, and compleated his cure so that he departed the Province
in perfect health tho' incapable of paying one farthing of the ex-
pence ; whereby the whole charge of his Sickness has fell on your pe-
titioner, as he was obliged by his promise to pay the said Hunter for
his nursing and Diet, That your Petitioner is advised by a Law in-
serted in the new edition of the Province Laws, page (195), that
such expence shall be paid out of the Province Treasury, by warrants
from your Excellency, & Honours ;
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 593
Your Petitioner therefore, most humbly prays that your Excellency
and Honors would take this into your consideration, and grant such
relief as in your wisdom you shall think meet —
Hall Jackson
1769 Docf Hall Jackson to Alixander Hunter D''
May To 7 Weeks nursing and Dieting one James Killpartrick a
June stranger, by his desire and request @ 12/
&c lawfull Money ^4-4-
Portsmouth November 30"^ 1769
Errors Excepted ^ Alex"" Hunter
James Killpartrick to Hall Jackson D'
To 7 Weeks Attendance and Medicines &c £,\„ 10,, o L M^
Portsmouth Nov"" 30 1769
Errors Excepted '^ Hall Jackson
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[6-2] [Proceedings in the House, Sent to Agetit Trecotliick.'\
A motion was made that the Address to his Majesty which was
prepared some time past but has not yet been Sent should now be
forwarded to the Agent with a letter to him Directing him how to
proceed with the same the Question being put it passd in the Affirm-
ative
the Address is as follows
[Here follows the petition as given under date of October 29, 1768,
page 585 of this volume. — Ed.]
the following letter to the Agent was Sent with the Address Viz
Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth April ii'** 1770
Sir the Assembly of this Province being Sensible of the Burdens
and hardships which his Majesty s good Subjects here as well as in his
other Provinces & Colonies have sustaind by the late Acts of Parlia-
ment which have Succeeded the Stamp Act thot it their duty to their
Constituents to Present their Humble Petition to his Majesty to Rep-
resent their Sense of the Situation they were in by the Operation of
those Acts. That it was matter of great grievance & humbly to pray
for that Relief which as Loyal & dutiful Subjects from his Majestys
known Clemency & goodness they had just grounds to Expect and did
Accordingly prepare the address herewith presented but by some Ac-
cident Occurring it was not Sent at the time Designed yet they
judged it proper to send it to you now & ordered me so to do with
this Instruction as their Agent that if the Acts Referrd to are re-
pealed to Suppress it — If not to present it That if it has no other
Effect it may at least Demonstrate that we have Sensibility feel the
Oppression and are much Aggrieved as well as others with the weight
of the General Burden — and hope it may Serve as a Remembrancer
that we Acted in Concert with our neighbors to Obtain a Removal of
the burdens under which we groan and it is their Earnest Request
that you use every Loyal Measure for Obtaining the Desired Relief
I am Sir Your most Humble Serv'
by order of the house of Represent
Barlow Trecothick Esq*"
A Copy of Record in the journal of the house of Representatives
for the Province of New Hampshire attest William Parker Cler.
May it Please your Excellency
Enclosed is the Petition prepared & Sent to the Agent & the Let-
ter accompanying of it To which no answer has been sent even so
598 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
much as Acknowleging the Receipt which the house think a great
neglect & Slight of them & Discovers a kind of Contempt — the
Speakers name was not Enterd to the letter because it was not
Signed when the letter was Enterd & was forgotten afterwards or
was not Signed when the Clerk was in Town M"" Wear being then
Clerk I am Your dutiful & humble Serv'
his Excellency the Gov"" — William Parker
[^3] [^Committee to Examine the Bills of Credit.^
Province of New Hampshire
In the House of Representatives Dec"" 17'*^ 1770 Voted That Jacob
Sheaff John Sherburne Samuel Hobart Esq""^ be a Committee of this
House to Join with Such as Shall be Appointed by the Hon'^'® his
Majesty s Council to count the Bills of Credit of this Province which
are now in the Treasury to be burnt & lock up the Same in the Prov-
ince Strong box & make report to the General Assembly as Soon as
may be Sent up by J\laj'' Wright
[On the reverse is written]
An Act to Authorize the Treasurer of this Province to Borrow
Money for y^ Use of y^ Province to Redeem the Bills of this Province
which yet Remain in Possession of Private persons, And to Apply
the same Accordingly — And to give Notes of hand as Treasurer in
behalf of the Province to Secure the repayment of the Money which
shall be so Borrowd And Also to Authorize the Treasurer to give his
Notes as therein Directed for Redeeming any of Said Bills which the
Sum that shall be so Borrowd will not be Sufficient to Redeem —
[6-32^] \_Instyiictions to Governor WentzvortJi, 1770.]
George R
Additional Instruction to Our Trusty and Welbeioved
Seal John Wentworth, Esquire, Our Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over Our Province of New Hampshire in
New England in America. Given at Our Court at St James's the
Tenth day of December, 1770, in the Eleventh Year of Our Reign.
Whereas a Proclamation was issued by You Our Governor of Our
Province of New Hampshire on the 2^ of March 1769 for ascertain-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 599
ing the Value of Gold and Silver Foreign Coin current in the said
Province ; and whereas it appears, that the said Proclamation is not
warranted by the Act of Parliament, passed in the Sixth Year of the
Reign of Her late iVIajcsty Queen Anne, entitled " An Act for ascer-
taining the Rates of foreign Coins in Her Majesty's Plantations in
America", and is therefore void in Law without Revocation ; It is
Our express Will and Pleasure, and you are hereby required and en-
joined to take such Measures, with the Advice of Our Council for
the said Province, as shall be necessary and effectual for putting an
immediate Stop to the Operation of the said Proclamation ; and if it
shall appear to you and to Our said Council and Assembly to be ne-
cessary to make Provision by Law for the preventing any Prejudice to
private Persons from any Transactions which may have passed under
Colour of the said Proclamation, It is Our Will and Pleasure, and
We do hereby permit and allow, that you do give your Assent to such
Law, as shall be passed by the said Council and Assembly for that
Purpose./ G. R.
[6-4]
[Thomas Bell's account for supplies furnished to the Fort, January
9, 1771. Allowed April 2. — Ed.]
[^5] \_DisseJit of Peter Liviiis from Vote of Council, 1771.]
Province of \
New Hampshire \ In Council 19^'' March 1771. —
The Governor having desird the advice & consent of Council
for the granting to his own use thro' the intervention of other
Persons, all those Lands that were granted or reserved to the late
Governor, The Grants thereof being, as the Governor alledg'd, void
& of no effect in Law : & the Council having accordingly advis'd &
consented thereto, I do dissent from the said Advice & Consent for
the following Reasons —
i^' Because these grants were made at different times in a long
course of Years, being the fruits of twenty five Years Service of the
late Governor, & supposing them void it would be out of all Reason
that they should be all granted in one hour to any other Person
2^ Supposing these Grants void in Law, Apices Juris non sunt
Jura, & it would be most agreable to the gracious & mercifull manner
6oO MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
in which his Majesty deals with his Subjects, & especially with his
Servants, rather to confirm & ratify the grants made to the late Gov-
ernor in his lifetime, than for a defect in form to vacate them, & grant
the Lands to another,
3^^ Because these Grants have not been vacated in a due Course of
Law & the Council is not a Court to declare them void.
4'h Because many Purchasers under the late Governor have made
great Improvements, & several have laid out their whole Substance on
some of these Grants, these Men after many Years toil & Labour on
the Lands would be ruind should the Lands be granted to another
5"^ Because the Opinion & Reasoning of Counsel learned in the
Law has been read for vacating these grants, while no Counsel has
been suffer'd on the part of the Purchasers of the late Governor, & it
is very improper to give Judgment on hearing only one Side.
0^ Because the Grants to the late Governor are not void in Law !
The Custody of the Great Seal of England does not incapacitate the
Keeper thereof from receiving a Grant under the Great Seal, neither
can the Custody of the Seal of this Province incapacitate the Gov-
ernor or Keeper thereof from receiving a Grant under the same Seal,
especially as there is no other Method in this Province of making a
Grant from the Crown.
7* Because by the Royal Commission the Governor with the ad-
vice & consent of Council is impowerd to grant the Crown Lands,
with the Council & Assembly he can make Laws & levy money &
appropriate it even to his own use, as is every Year done in every
Government on this Continent in the matter of the Governor's Sal-
ary : Yet if this position be true that the Governor cannot make a
Grant or appropriation to himself but what is & ought to be declar'd
null & void. All the Governors who have receivd any Money in this
way, have receiv'd it illegally, & ought to refund it which nobody I
suppose will afifirm
For these Reasons I humbly conceive it utterly inconsistent with
that Loyalty & Fidelity which is suppos'd to have brought us all
hither, & with the Justice we owe all Men, to advise or consent in the
manner desir'd ; Forward as I have ever been to support the Dignity
& necessary powers of Government, I cannot assist in rendering the
Royal Authority subservient to private &, as I think, unworthy pur-
poses : & I pray these my Reasons of Dissent may be enterd on the
Journals — ' Peter Livius
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Province of )
New Hamp"" ] In Council 15''' June 1772 —
Peter Livius Esq'' having dissented from the Proceedings of the
Council on the 19''^ of March 1771 and his Dissent being admitted on
File, the Council, though they will not at present condescend to enter
into a full Refutation of each Particular therein minutely, yet think
it necessary to take some Notice thereof, and therefore resolve.
That M" Livius has wholly misrecited the Questions laid by his
Excellency the Governor before the Council for their Advice, and
that it appears to the Council that the said AP Livius did in this In-
stance wilfully depart from the Truth with Design to form a Pretense
of placing the Conduct of His Excellency the Governor & Council
in this transaction in a disadvantageous light, and that he was actu-
ated in making & framing his Dissent by that Principle only in a
]\Ianner unworthy of a Member of the Council Board.
That the said Dissent contains Allegations, Insinuations & Reflec-
tions which are untrue, unjust and unbecoming ; Therefore that the
sense of the Council may accompany this Dissent, Resolved unani-
mously that this Minute together with the exact Questions proposed
by His Excellency the Governor to the Council, and upon which only
they did advise, be annexed thereto, and be signed by the Secretary
of the Province, and every Member of the Council who was present
when the said Questions were proposed : — And likewise that they
may be a standing Justification of his Excellency the Governor and
Council from the Falsities and injurious Aspersions uttered and in-
tended against them by the said M"" Livius in his Dissent.
The following is an exact Copy of what passed between his Excel-
lency the Governor & Council on the ig^^ oi. March 1771, recorded
by the Secretary of this Province, & now perfectly remembered and
confirmed to be just and true by each Member of this Board then
and now present, —
His Excellency the Governor informed the Board that in sundry of
the Charter Grants of Townships of His Majesty's Lands in this
Province, there were reserved five Hundred Acres for the late Gov-
ernor Penning Wentworth Esq"" in each of the said Townships, then
asked the Opinion of the Council, whether the said Reservations
being made to the said Penning Wentworth conveyed the Title of
said Tracts to him the said Benning Wentworth .' to which the Coun-
cil gave it as their Opinion that it did not convey the Premisses they
being made to Himself: — His Excellency then asked the Council if
they would consent to and advise him to grant the said Tracts to
602 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
such of his Majesty's subjects as should settle and cultivate the Same
&ca — ^Q which the Council did consent and advise
Theodore Atkinson Daniel Peirce
D' Warner Geo : Jaffrey
Jonathan Warner Daniel Rogers
Daniel Rindge
This certifys that the Extract above referred to is a true Copy from
the Journal of the Proceedings of the Governor and Council of the
Province of New Hampshire
examin'd by Geo : King Depy Sec^
[6-6] \Lcttcr ft'oui Trcco thick to Atkinson, lyyi.]
London 25"^ April 1771
Theodore Atkinson Esq
Sir I have the pleasure to acquaint you, that after much repeated
Solicitation I have at last obtained a Vote of the House of Commons
for the Sum of ;^6oo9,, 13,, 3 to reimburse the province their ex-
pence so long since incurred as 1756 — which will be paid some time
this year — at the Treasury they say not till Autumn — but you
shall have imediate Advice of the payment & of the deductions —
The Earl of Loudon to whom this demand was last referred has
been so particularly civil to the province that I think it my Duty to
inclose you a Copy of his Report, remaining with great Respect &
Esteem —
Sir ¥■■ most obed' hum' serv'
Barlow Trecothick
[6-7]
\^Wnt for Election of Representatives, and Sheriffs' Report, 1771.]
Province of New Hampshire ) George the Third by the grace of God
in New England — \ of Great Britain France & Ireland
Seal King defender of the Faith &c,.
To the Sherif of our province of New Hampshire aforesaid.
We Command you forthwith to make out Precepts, directed to the
following Towns, Parishes and Precincts — Viz' Portsmouth, Hamp-
ton, Dover, Exeter, Newcastle & Rye jointly, Kingston, Hampton
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 603
Falls, Newington, Stratham, Londonderry, Durham, Greenland,
Newmarket, South Hampton, Chester, Plaistow & Atkinson and
hampstead jointly. Holies, Sommersworth, Merrimack, Rochester,
Kensington, Barrington, Salem & Pelham jointly, Amherst and Bed-
ford jointly, Keene, Winchester, Charlestown, Nottingham West and
Litchfield jointly,
all within our province of New Hampshire aforesaid, requiring
them to cause the Freeholders of their respective Towns, Parishes
and Precincts as before recited, legally qualified to Assemble at such
Time and place as the Select Men shall respectively appoint ; Except
the following Places viz' Newcastle and Rye whose Freeholders
legally qualified, are to assemble at Newcastle — and Plaistow, At-
kinson and Hampstead whose Freeholders are to Assemble at Hamp-
stead, also Salem and Pelham whose Freeholders are to assemble at
Salem — also Amherst and Bedford whose Freeholders are to assem-
ble at Amherst — also Nottingham West and Litchfield whose P'ree-
holders are to assemble at Nottingham West,
The said Freeholders being notified Fifteen days before the day of
their Meeting, then and there to Elect fit persons qualified by Law
to represent said Towns, Parishes and precincts in General Assembly
by us appointed to be convened and holden at the Court House in
Portsmouth aforesaid on Wednesday the Twenty second day of May
next, at Ten of the Clock in the, forenoon — Viz' Three persons for
Portsmouth, Two for Dover, Two for Exeter, Two for Hamp-
ton, Two for Newcastle and Rye to be chosen at Newcastle, One
for Kingston, One for Hampton Falls, one for Newington, one
for Stratham, one for Londonderry, one for Durham, One for Green-
land, One for Newmarket, one for South hampton, one for Chester,
one for Plaistow, Atkinson and hampstead, one for Salem and Pel-
ham, One for Holies, One for Barrington, One for Somersworth, One
for Merrimack, one for Nottingham West and Litchfield, one for
Amherst and Bedford, One for Rochester, one for Kensington, One
for Keene, One for Winchester, One for Charlestown,
And to cause the persons so elected, by a Major part of the Elect-
ors present at such Elections to be summoned by one of the Consta-
bles of said places respectively to attend on said Service in General
Assembly at the Time and place herein before appointed, and so de
die in diem during their Session or Sessions, and to return the said
precepts with the Names of the respective persons so elected, to your-
self— whereof you are to make return, together with this Writ under
your hand, into the Secretary's Office at Portsmouth aforesaid and of
your doings thereon, on or before the aforesaid 22'"^ day of May next.
604 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of our said prov-
ince to be hereunto affixed Witness John Wentworth Esq' our Gov-
ernor and Commander in chief in and over our province aforesaid,
this 19'*^ day of April in the Eleventh year of our Reign Annoque
Domini 1771 J' Wentworth.
By his Excellency's Command with advice of Council
Theodore Atkinson Sec"^
Province of | Pursuant to the aforesaid precept to me directed I
New Hampshire \ have Issued precepts to the Several Towns Par-
ishes & precincts as in this writ directed & commanded who have
each made return unto me of the Several Persons whom they have
elected to serve in the aforesaid General Assembly viz*
Portsm" W" Parker Esq'' Jn° Sherburne Esq"" & M'' Jacob Sheafe. —
Hampton Christopher Toppan Esq'' & Josiah Moulton Gent"
Dover Otis Baker & John Gage Esq''^
Exeter Cap' John Giddings & John Phillips Esq""
New Castle & Rye Thomas Bell Esq'' for new Castle Rich*^ Ginings
Jun"" Esq''
Kingstown Co" Josiah Bartlet Esq'' —
Hampton falls Capt. Jonathan Tilton
Newington Major Richard Downing Esq'^
Stretham Andrew Wiggin Esq"" —
London Derry Colonel Stephen Holland Esq''
Durham Doctor Ebenezer Tompson
Greenland Clemont March Esq'' —
Newmarket Cap* Isrel Gilman —
South Hampton Capt Eliphalet merrill —
Chester John Webster Esq'' —
Plaistow (Sc Atkinson & Hampstead Cap' Jonathan Carlton
Holies Maj'- Sam" Hobart —
Somersworth Co" John Wentworth —
Merrimack Cap' John Chamberlain
Rochester Decon James Knowles
Kensington Benj^ Row Esq'' —
Barrington Leu' Sam" Brewster —
Salem and Pelham Maj'' Joseph Wright
Amherst and Bedford Colonel John Goffe Esq :
Keene M"" Benj^ Hall returned by Jn° Parker Sheriff of the County
of Rockingham y^ 20"' May 1772 —
Winchester — Colonel Josiah Willard Esq :
Charlestown M'' Simeon Olcott —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 60$
Nottingham West And Litchfield James Underwood Ksq"^
all the persons aforesaid I hereby return to be the Persons elected
for the severall Towns ag^ which their Names are placed — Given
under my Hand at Portsm" the 22'' Day of May AD 1771
Tho^ Packer Sh^
[6-8]
\_Road from Peviigeivasset River to DartmojitJi College.^
Province of New Hampshire Ocf y^ 30'^ 1771
Pursuant to our Appointment by Act of Assembly we have laid
out and Marked a Road from Pemigewasset River to Dartmouth Cpl-
ledge in the following Manner Viz We Began at David Websters by
s*^ Pemigewasset river, running from thence W. 32° N. 280 rod to a
Hemlock tree. From thence W. 22° S. 68 rods to a spruce tree. From
thence W. 5° N 3 quarters of a Mile to David Nevins. From thence
W. 15° S. 70 rods to Silas Browns From thence S. 40° W. 75 rods to
a Birch tree, from thence S. 18° W. 56 rods to the Widow Snows,
from thence W. 40° S. 4 miles to the line between Plymouth and
Cokermouth From thence W. 60 rod to Sam^ Hazeltons. From
thence W 12° S. 100 rods to a Birch tree From thence S. 45° W.
66 rods to James Goulds From thence W. 13° N. 254 rods to Eben-
ezer Melven. From thence W. 32° N. 4 Miles and half to a Beech tree.
From thence W. 10° N. 260 rods to the line between Cokermouth
and Dorchester, from thence W. 260 rods to a Birch tree. From
thence W. 23° S. i mile to a Birch tree. From thence W. 4 Miles to
a Hemlock tree. From thence W. 15° N. i mile and 3 quarters to a
Hemlock tree standing in the line of Canaan and Hanover, from thence
N. 43° W. 190 rod to a Hemlock tree, from thence W. 30° N. 180
rod to a Hemlock tree from thence W. 15° N. i mile and half to a
spruce tree. From thence W. 10° S. 200 rod to a Maple tree on
Moose Mountain, from thence W. 3° N. 2 miles to the spot appointed
for a Meeting House in Hanover From thence W. 3" S. 4 miles and
half to the Colledge. The whole Computed at 30 Miles and 3 quar-
ters. And is laid for 3 rods wide —
John House
Jonathan Freeman
and for David Hobbart
[6-9]
[A plan of the above road on a scale of one inch to a mile, by Jon-
athan Freeman. — Ed.]
6o6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-10] {Coviplaiiit from Custom House Officers, ij'/i.'\
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq Cap* General Governor and
Commander in Chief, in and over the Prov^ince of New Hampshire
&c &c —
We the Subscribers Principle Officers of his Majesty's Customs in
this Province beg leave to inform your Excellency that on the 26"' In-
stant Richard Keating Master and Commander of the Brigantine
Resolution then in this Port, Came to this his Majestys Custom house
and entered said Vessel from S' Lucey & S' Martins, but did not
enter One hundred hogsheads of Molasses or thereabouts then on
board with design to defraud the King of the duties due thereon in
Consequence of which we Seized said Brigantine and the Molasses
then on board agreable to the Laws, and put the Officers belonging
to the Customs in possession of said Vessel and goods to Secure
them — that on the 29*'' Ins* between the hours of Eleven and Twelve
O Clock at night there entered on board of said Brigantine a Numer-
ous Company of Men in disguise Armed with Clubs, and wrested
said Vessel out of the hands of the proper Officers then on board,
turned Some of them out of the Vessel and Confined others in the
Cabbin, then proceeded to unload and Carry away the Molasses afore-
said— Wherefore we pray that your Excellency will be pleased to
take some method that Said Rioters may be discovered and appre-
hended in order that they may be delt with agreable to the laws in
that Case made and provided —
Custom house Piscataqua Geo Meserve Collect
October 31^* 1771 Rob Traill Cmp
[6-1 1] \_Goveruors Proclamation in regard to the Foregoing.~\
Province of New ) By his Excellency John Wentworth Esq :
Hampshire j Captain General Governor & Commander in
chief in and over his Majestys Province aforesaid & Vice Admiral of
the same.
A Proclamation.
Whereas I have this day received an Information or Complaint, ex-
hibited by the Collector and Comptroller of his Majesty's Customs
for the port of Piscataqua, in the said province. Setting forth, " That
" on the 26*^ October instant, Richard Keating, Master & Commander
" of the Brig' Resolution then in this Port came to his Majesty's
Custom House & enter'd said Vessel from S* Lucia & S* Martins,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 607
" but did not enter One hundred Hogsheads of Molasses, or there-
"abouts, then on board, with design to defraud the King of the Du-
" ties due thereon ; In consequence of which they seiz'd said Brig'
" and the Molasses then on Board, agreeable to the Laws, and put the
" Officers belonging to the Customs in possession of said Vessel &
" Goods to secure them and that on the 29"^ ins' between the hours of
" Eleven and Twelve o'clock at night, there enter'd on Board said
" Brigantine, a numerous Company of Men in disguise. Armed with
" Clubs and wrested said Vessel out of the hands of the proper Offi-
" cers then on board, turned some of them out of the Vessel, & con-
" fined others in the Cabbin, then proceeded to unload & carry away
" the Molasses aforesaid, Wherefore they pray'd that some method
" might be taken in order to discover and apprehend any of the
" Rioters aforesaid, that they may be dealt with agreeable to the Laws
"in that Case made and provided " —
I have therefore thought fit by and with the advice of his Majesty's
Council to issue this Proclamation hereby promising and engaging a
reward of Two hundred Dollars to be paid out of the Treasury of this
Province to any Person or persons who shall voluntarily inform of,
and discover any of the principal Actors or Abettors of the aforesaid
illegal, & riotous Transaction, so that they may be convicted thereof;
& in case such person or persons who shall inform as aforesaid shall
be a party, concerned therein (except the Principal) they shall hereby
be exempted from any prosecution for the same, —
Given at the Council Chamber in Portsm° the 31*' day of October
in the Twelfth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the
Third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King
Defender of the Faith &c. Anno Domini 1771.
By his Excell^>'"^ Command | J' Wentworth
with advice of Council — f
Theodore Atkinson Sec'^
[6-12] \_Mevioyial of JoJdi Cochran, 1 771-1
Province of \ To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Cap-
New Hampshire /tain General, Governor & Commander in Chief of
said Province, in Council
The Memorial of John Cockran Esq"" Commandant of His Majesty's
Fort William and Mary — humbly sheweth —
With due submission Your Memorialist begs leave to represent the
State of the said Fort — that the Wood-buildings within the Garrison
are very insecure against Fires especially the Dwelling House in
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which he & his Family reside, the Chimney being in bad Condition,
as is evident by a recent Accident, when it took fire, & put them in
eminent danger — Also the Soldier's Barracks in which They are
oblig'd to keep constant Fires, being so contiguous to the powder
Magazine renders their Situation extremely hazardous ; and much
more so on Account of the powder Magazine itself which is greatly
out of repair : Besides the small Number of Soldiers in Garrison who
are quite insufficient, not only for Garrison Duty, but especially shoud
any Accident of Fire take place — And even these Men on present
pay cannot be expected to remain after their Time expires (which will
be in the Spring) at the low rate of Wages & billeting now allow'd —
He would Also represent the great Want of suitable Boats for the
Use of the Fort — the Old Barge being much damag'd by a late
Storm, when a Vessell in the Harbour runing foul, drove her from her
Moorings and stove the Boat almost to pieces, so as to render her
unfit for repair —
Wherefore Your Memorialist prays your Excellency would take into
Consideration the dangerous Condition of the Fort while these
Things are wanting — that some provision may be made therefor and
an Addition to our Number of Soldiers with further Allowance for
billeting & Wages — which will animate us in the future steady At-
tention to our Duty — And Your Memorialist will ever pray &c^
Copy John Cochran
Fort William & Mary 20''' December 1771 —
[6-13] \Covnnittec on Fort William and Mary ?\
Province of )^
New Hampshire j In the House of Representatives January 2^ 1772 —
Voted That CoP Phillips, Col' Toppan and M"" Sheafe be a Com-
mittee of this house to Joyn with Such as the Hon*^'^ Council Shall
apoint to Examine the acco'^ of the Charge for Repairs of the Fort
William and mary to Liquidate & adjust Said acco^'' according to Jus-
tice and make Report as Soon as may be
Sent up by D-^ Row Attest W" Parker Cler
Province of ) In the House of Representatives Jan''>' 20"^ 1771
New Hampshire \ [1772]
Voted on the Petition of Londond Petion"" be dismist
Thursday Jan"^ 16'*^ 1772 — Journal & all papers much exposed by
being left on the Table — & the Lobby door Open — O Strange —
Jacob hope he see better times by & by
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 609
[6-14]
[Petition to Make Strafford a7id Grafto)i Acting Counties?^
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esquire Captain, General, Gov-
ernor and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province
of New Hampshire in New-England and Vice Admiral of the
Same ; And to the Honorable His Majesty's Council of said Pro-
vince convened in the Council Chamber at Portsmouth January
22*^ — I 772
This Memorial of the Subscribers most humbly Shews,
That since the Province was divided into Counties, the Counties of
Strafford & Grafton have greatly increased in Inhabitants and Ag-
riculture — That the Division of the Province into Counties daily
calls for special Laws suited to County Conveniences, which are not
(perhaps cannot be) so framed, as to suit the Interest of inactive
Counties ; but carry their Riches into active ones. A recent Instance
thereof, is, a Law made this Year, pointing what Money is paid at
the General Quarter Sessions for Licences, Fines &c, (not peculiarly
reserved to the King) into the County Treasury, for County Uses —
That if the Counties of Strafford & Grafton were acting Counties,
it would greatly facilitate the Peopling the Government, and be a
Means of adding Strength, Riches and Obedience thereto, when Law
is duly administred in the Interior Parts of the Province —
Whether the holding County Courts on the Eastern Banks of Con-
necticut River in the County of Grafton would not produce some
pleasing, and real Advantages to the Government, is most humbly
submitted to your Excellency's & Honors better Judgment : and we
pray to be excused for giving this Hint ; %i the rather as it is without
Representation —
The Collecting County Taxes from a People who do not conceive
of any Advantage they receive therefrom, serves only to agitate the
Mind on disagreeable Objects — And We have understood that a
Second Tax of this Nature, is to be issued in February next —
The Town of Dover provided Timber some time since, for building
a Town House ; which is still unused from a Principle (adopted since
the County Act took place) that a Structure more noble, and Con-
venient for that, and holding County Courts, could be built under one
Roof, with a Considerable saving to both the Town and County —
Not to weary your Excellency & Honors with a further Detail of
Matters ; — As we conceive the Intention of the Silence of those
Counties by the County Act, has been fully attended to ; We most
humbly pray, that you would be pleased in your wonted Goodness, to
39
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Enfranchise the said Counties of Strafford and Grafton with the
Priveledges of acting Counties, (or Strafford at least) and your Peti-
tioners as in duty bound will ever Pray &c*
John Gage Otis Baker Samuel Brewster
Jn° Went worth Ebenezer Tom son James Knowles
[6-I4j] \Insintctions to Governor Wentivorth, 1772.]
George R. Additional Instruction to Our Trusty and Welbeloved
(L. S.) John Wentworth Esq' Our Gov"" and Commander in Chief
in and over Our Province of New Hampshire in New England in
America, Given at Our Court at S' James's this fourth Day of Feb-
ruary 1772 In the twelfth Year of Our Reign.
Whereas Laws have been passed in some of Our Colonies and
Plantations in America, by which the Lands, Tenements, Goods,
Chattels, Rights & Credits of persons, who have never resided within
the Colonies where such Laws have been passed, have been made lia-
ble to be attached for the recovery of Debts in a manner different
from that allowed by the Laws of England in like Cases, and Whereas
it hath been represented unto us that such Laws may have the conse-
quence to prejudice and obstruct the Commerce between this King-
dom & Our said Colonies and to affect the public Credit ; It is Our
Will and pleasure that you do not on any pretence whatever give your
assent to, or pass any Bill or Bills in Our Province under your Gov^
by which the Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels, Rights & Credits
of Persons who have never resided within Our said Province shall be
made liable to be attached for the recovery of Debts due from such
persons, otherwise than is allowed by Law in Cases of the like nature
within this Our Kingdom of Great Britain, until you shall have first
transmitted unto Us, by one of Our Principal Secretaries of State
the Draught of such Bill or Bills & shall have received Our Royal
Pleasure thereupon, unless you take care in the passing of such Bill
or Bills, that a Clause or Clauses be inserted therein suspending and
deferring the execution thereof, until Our Royal Will and Pleasure
shall be known thereupon. G R.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
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[6-15]
[Petition for Road from Conway to Connecticut River, 1772.]
Province of ] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Captain
New Hampshire J General Governor & Commander in Chief and the
Honorable His Majestys Council
The Petition of the proprietors of Lancaster Northumberland Shel-
burn &c Humbly Sheweth
That your petitioners own lands between Conway and the upper
Cohass & upon Connecticut River in said Cohass, which are Granted
to us under terms of cultivation vs: settlement in which duty they are
insuperably obstructed for want of Roads from Conway to Connecti-
cut River on the east of the White Hills, whereby communication
may be made to Portsmouth about One Hundred Miles nearer than
by the present, or any other course. By such Road only can that
Country be settled — Wherefore your Petitioners in behalf of them-
selves & the other proprietors of the aforesaid & adjoining Country,
pray Your Excellency c^v: Honors would be pleas'd to order the Sur-
veyor General of Lands for this Province to survey & mark a proper
road & issue such further order for making it passable as to your
Excellency & Honors shall seem requisite to relieve your petitioners
& advance the general good of the Province & your petitioners as in
duty bound shall ever pray &c
Portsmouth March 2 1772
D Peirce Rob* L Fowle John Penhallow
Nath' Treadwell Js. Rindge John Hurd
M W^eare A R Cutter Thomas Macdonough \
Jacob Treadwell Dan' Fowle Agent for Paulsburgh >
Jn° Martin Jotham Rindge and Maynesburgh )
[6-16]
Ed.
[Bill from Thomas Martin, against the Province, of ;^3. 18. 2.
[6-17]
\Petition from James Breckenridge, Representing Inhabitants of New
HavipsJiire Grants, 1772.]
Province of New ) To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Cap'
Hampshire \ General, Governor and Commander in Chief in
and over his Majesty's Province aforesaid, the Honourable his Majes-
ty's Council & house of Representatives in General Assembly Con-
vened
6l2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
The petition of James Brackenridge of Bennington, now within the
Jurisdiction of the Government of New York, in behalf of himself
and some thousands of Inhabitants, settled between Connecticut
River and a North line drawn, at Twenty Miles Eastern distance
from Hudson's or Albany River — Humbly Shew
That your Petitioners Entered upon & became Setlers and Inhabi-
tants of a Considerable part of the said land Claiming the same by
virtue of Charter patents issued by the Governor and Council &
under the seal of New Hampshire aforesaid, that they began in the
year 1749 and Continued their improvements & Cultivations from
that time when the said patents issued till the year 1764 — when they
were happy in the Enjoyment of the produce of their farms, and
never had the least Notice or Mistrust that Either the title, to the
land or the Jurisdiction of the Government would Suffer any Altera-
tion, neither did the Government of New York give the least warn-
ing, till his Majesty's aforesaid determination in the year 1764, at
which period began our Misfortune and Loss of all Quiet, our Situa-
tion since that time has been a Continual scene of trouble & Affliction
Occasioned by their frequent Lawsuits, Indictments, Imprisonments
and Locations &c^
Your Petitioners further beg leave to Inform your Excellency and
honours that they have some time since petitioned his Majesty for
Redress, but imagine our petition being from persons in a private
Station had not Sufficient weight to Reach his Majesty's Royal Ear,
We would therefore humbly beg your interposition in Addressing his
Majesty in our behalf that he would be Graciously pleased to Confirm
our titles to the Land, and Restore the Jurisdiction of the Govern-
ment to his Most Loyal & Most dutiful Subjects of the Province of
New Hampshire, And the Petitioners as in duty bound will Ever
pray &c —
Portsmouth, May 19^'' 1772, in behalf of the Petitioners
James Breakenridge
In Council May 20. 1772
Read and ordered to be sent down to the Hon''''' Assembly
Geo : King Dep^ Sec^
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[6-18] \Mc))iorial from tJie Province Treasurer.']
Province of \ Treasurers Office June 3"^ 1772 —
New Hampshire j To the Honourable General Assembly now
Sitting —
The Province Treasurer beg's leave to represent to the Hon'''® As-
sembly, that by their Vote pass'd upon his last Accompts rendered
the 26''' of May last — the Treasurer is injured by reducing the Arti-
cles he charged to the Province, for his Service as Treasurer the last
year, for providing a Secure place for the Province Money, and an
office for transacting the buisness of the Treasury, and Supplying
Fewel and other Articles for the Use of the Treasury, and also for
reducing the Article of a Small Charge for extra — Service of Ex-
changing Money and issuing Notes &c. In Consideration of the At-
tendance given for the Buisness of the Treasury, and risk of Loss,
in receiving and paying the Sums which pas't through the Treasury
last year ; and the Expence of those Articles necessary for the Official
Service of the Province Treasury, more especialy if compared with
the common allowance for Similar Articles in any other Situation or
Character — the Sum Charged by the Treasurer in his last Accompt
to the Province, will appear to be greatly Short and much less than
he think's in right and Justice he ought to have for the Same and the
Treasurer humbly hopes the Hon'^''^ Assembly will, upon further
Consideration think that the Sum's charged to the Province in his last
Acco* is, at least, due to him for the Services, Risk, and Expence,
necessary to the Province Treasury. In granting the Sums mentioned
to the Treasurer for his Service as Treasurer for the last year — will
oblige their respectfull Humble Serv^
Geo : Jaffrey Treas'' —
[6-19] \_Proceedings of the House in regard to Road, \'J'J2.'\
Province of )
New Hampshire ) In the house of Representatives June 9"' 1772.
Upon a motion being made The house took under Consideration
An Extract from the minutes of his Majesty's Council Relative to a
Petition Sign'd by D Peirce & others Bro' down from the Hon^'^
Board accompanying the Said minutes Respecting a Road to be made
from Conway to Connecticut River on the East of the White Hills
&c — Voted That the Petitioners have Liberty to bring in a Bill for
clearing and making passable a Road from Conway to Connecticut
River on the East of the white hills where Said Road can best be
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made and to Subject the Proprietors of the Several Townships or
Tracts of Land already granted to Clear and make passable Said
Roads thro' their Respective Townships or Tracts, and if Said Road
Shall pass thro' any imgranted lands the Proprietors of Lancaster
Northumberland & Shelburne may cause the Same to be Clear'd and
made passable at their own charge & render an account of the Cost
thereof to the General Assembly, which Account being allowed the
Grantees to whom Said Lands may hereafter be granted Shall pay to
Said Lancaster Northumberland & Shelburne their part of Such Ac-
counts in Proportion to the part they Shall Obtain of Such granted
Lands thro' which the Road passes — W"" Parker Cler
In Council eodem die Read & concurd
Geo : King D Sec^
[6-20] \Lord HillsborongJi to Governor Wentzvort/i, 17^2.]
Extract of a Letter from Lord Hillsborough to Gov"' Wentworth
dated the y^^ August 1772.
The Letter which you will receive by this Packet from the Board
of Trade in Consequence of the Charges exhibited ag^' you by M""
Livius, and the Nature of those Charges, at least so far as they relate
to the personal Injury & Oppression of which he complains, make it
equally unnecessary & improper for Me to take any steps at present,
with Regard to that Gentleman's seat at the Council Board —
\_John CocJiraii s Promise^
I promise to Deliver Hannah Lesslee a deed of all the Land I
Bought of her Provided she pays to me (Within three Years from this
date) the sum of Fifty four Pounds Lawfull money with Lawfull In-
trest for the Same from this Seventeenth day of October 1772
John Cochran
[6-21]
[Peter Gilman's account " for Sundry Supplys & Disburstments on
the Repairs of the House & Powder Magazine & other repairs in
Fort W"" & Mary at Newcastle," to November 27, 1772. "Voted &
allowed at it stands" — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCLAL PAPERS. 6l$
[6-22] {^Hubartns NcaVs Report in regard to Road, 1772.]
Province of ^ In Pursuance to the Rcquast of the Gentelmen
New Hamp"" V Committee apponted by General Court of Said
Rockingham ss j Province, I have Explored the Land for a Road from
Conway to Northumberland or Lanchaster and find there may be had
a Good Road from Said Northumberland near the Westerly Side of the
Mountin that is near m"" Paverlys House and Extends Southerly, the
Said Road May Leave Lanchaster on the Beach Ridge about two or
three miles below m"^ Paverlys or from near m"" Pages old mills in
Lanchaster and Run South about thirtey Degrees East on Good Land
for a Road free from hills Swamp or boggs to Durand, near the North
End of the White Hills then to Run about S 45°, or fifty Degrees
East, about three miles and on Good Land for a Road to the Midel
of the North Easterly Side of the White hills, then to Run as at first
S 30° East betwen the Said White hills and a hill in the addetion of
Shaburn on Good Level Land to the Bageg Road marked and Cutt
out from Said Conway to Shalburn
then to folow that Road as it is marked, and Cutt out Except Some
Short turn Where it may admitt of Some amendment to be made ;
to Said Conway Line
this Road Will be on the Easterly Side of Isreals River, and Will
not Cross any other River or Stream, that W^ill be atanded with any
Defficulty in fordeing it at any Season of the year, Except a few Day
When all Small Stream full of Water When the Snow is Going; off
I have in Exploring the Lands for this Road made Such Remarks
in my travels that I can at any time find Where to Lay out the Road
When I am Desired
and am Gentelmen your most obedent Humble Servent
Newmarket Dec''4'^ 1772 Hubartus Neal
[6-23]
{Governor Wentzvorth, conveying his Defence against the Charges made
by Peter Livins. In the Handwriting of TJieodore Atkinson.']
May it please Your Lordships.
In Pursuance of Your Lordships Commands of the 29*'^ of July
last, I now beg leave herewith to lay before Your Lordships my An-
swers to the several Charges, exhibited against Me by Peter Livius
Esq"", supported by such Affidavits as appeared to be necessary to
Justify my Conduct, and to clear me from any Male - Intention in
the points that are complained of.
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It will Appear by the Deposition of M"" Livermore Attorney Gen-
eral of this province, who has a Share in the Management of M""
Livius's Affairs, that I made Application to every Body that I could
conceive would interfere in this matter in order to interchange Depo-
sitions with them as Directed by Your Lordships ; But there being
Nobody to Appear on behalf of M'' Livius, nor to Complain for them-
selves, although I waited two Months for such Appearance. I thought
it my Duty to postpone my Answer no longer, and hope Your Lord-
ships will proceed to the Consideration of the Case^ in which the Ut-
most fairness has been Observed — Hoping Your Lordships will see
Reason to judge favourably of my Conduct, I humbly beg leave to
Subscribe myself with the greatest respect and Deference,
Your Lordships Most Obedient and Most Devoted humble Serv'
J : Wentworth
Portsmouth New Hampshire i8 Dec*" 1772.
To the R' Honble The Lords Commiss""^ for Trade & Plantations.
[6-24] \Defcncc of Governor WentivortJi.\
The Hon*^^^ Peter Livius Esq. having dissented from the Consent &
advice of his Majesty's Council given to His Excellency the Govern''
upon Two Questions he Propos'd to the Council on the 19"^ of March
last relative to Sundry Tracts of His Majesty s Lands within this
Province which had been granted by the late Govern'' the Hon"^'*^ Pen-
ning Wentworth Esq deceased to His Majestys Subjects under certain
Conditions of Culture Quit Rents &c^ in which the Conditions Stip-
ulated not being performed a forfeiture ensued & the Lands to revert
to his Majesty to be by Him regranted to Such of His Subjects as
Should effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same &c^ these Tracts were
Surveyd & alloted to the Grantees & are of the Contents of about Six
Miles square each & a Plan thereof made & entered on the Back of
each respective Charter in which Plans the Said late Govern'" ever
marked the Places were the S^ 500 Acres so reserved should be laid
out in Severalty — Now all these reservations (except perhaps 2 or 3
he Exchange for some conveniency for other Lands &c^) remain to
this Day without any Culture or Lnprovem' — it hap'ned Some Days
before the Said 19"^ of March the Governor Met the Council on some
other affairs when something was mentioned about the S^ reserved
Lands but no Question put to the Council or any thing definitive
passed thereon but it was determined to lay under Consideration til
the next Meeting of the Governor & Council which hapned on the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 617
afores"^ 19"' of March when his Excellency asked the Council if they
were prepared to give their advice on the Premisses who answered
that they had Considered the Premisses & were ready His Excel-
lency then introduced his Questions with a relation of the Circum-
stances of the S'' reservations Then (in the following Words) asked
the opinion of the Council Viz. " Whether Said reservations being
"made to the S'^Benning Wentworth conveyd the Title of the Said
"Tracts to Him the S'' Penning — To which y'^ Council gave it as
"thier Opinion that it did not convey the Premisses they being made
"to himself — His Excellency then asked the Council if they would
" consent to & advise him to grant the Said Tracts to such of his
"Majestys Subjects as Should Settle & Cultivate the Same to which
"the Council did consent & advise — Peter Levius Esq dissenting "
— thus far the Minutes of the Council — but M"" Levius (not content
with his Dissent only & that from all the rest of the Council then
Present) insists upon what he calls his Previledge of entering the
Reasons in writing on File for so doing and having Since offered the
Same in order thereto occasions the following remarks the least ob-
servation on which will Shew that he has been beating the air hav-
ing blended the Two Questions Proposed by the Govern'' & reduced
them into one and otherways grossly perverted the plain meaning of
Both — He preface's his written reason afore Said for his Dissent
with what he Says the Govern'' asked the Council & their answer in
the Words following Viz
Province of ) In Council 19''' of March 1771
New Hamp"^ ) " The Govern'' having desired the advice & Consent
" of Council for his granting to his ozvu Use thro the Intervention of
" other Persons all those Lands that were Granted or reserved to the
" late Govern'' the Grants thereof being as the Governor Alledged Void
" & of none Effect in Law and the Council having accordingly ad-
" vised & Consented thereto — I do dissent from the S'^ advice &
" Consent for the following reasons " — But before any obserations
are made upon the Catalogue of reasons it will be Proper at least to
compare what his Excellency did propose to the Council for thier ad-
vice & what M'' Levius Says the Govern'' proposed and what the
Council did accordingly Consent to & advise such comparason will
demonstrate the Cavil of his whole proceedure as well as the disin-
genuous perversion of the Quotation to which he refer'd —
I reason M"" Levius's iirst reason for his Dissent runs thus Viz —
"Because these Grants were made at Different Times in a long
"Course of years being the fruits of 25 Years Service of the late
"Govern'' & Supposeing them Void it would be ont of all reason
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"that they should be all granted in One Hour to any Other Per-
" son " —
In remarking on this (i^') reason we would by no means be under-
stood to cast any reflections upon the conduct of that Hon^^® Gen-
tleman our late Govern'', He is dead but when living was like other
Mortalls liable to make Mistakes — but this (i^*) reason seems calcu-
lated rather to excite Pitty & Compassion than to Shew any Toller-
able arguments as a reason for his Dissent it makes no difference
whether the Fruit for Services was 5 Years or 25 in Collecting if
thereby no Title was conveyd neither is there any odds wether the
Prernisses are All granted in one Hour or one Year if they should
be granted to other Persons but why M'' Levius excludes the late
Govern''^ Family does not appear he has don it, if there is any thing
in this his first reason, for not any Thing looks that way either in
the Questions put to the Council or thier advice to His Excellency
thereon (see the Councils advice above) for any Thing therein con-
taind no reason can be given why the Family may not now (as well
as others) obtain Grants of these Lands, — They cannot indeed
expect it by way of Fruit for long Services as Govern"" that having
been Annually Satisfied thro Other Channels The Councils Advice
was to grant the Premisses to such of his Majestys Subjects as
should Settle & Cultivate the same which advice is agreable to the
Kings Commission to the Govern"" & from which there can be no
legal Deviation —
2^ rea Viz " Supposing these Grants Void Apices Juris non sunt
" Jura and it would be most agreable to the gracious & mercifull
" manner his Majesty deals with his Subjects & especially with his
** Servants rather to confirm & ratify the Grants made to the late
" Govern"" in his life Time than for a Defect in Form to vacate them
" & grant the Lands to another " —
2 remark — That his Majesty is gracious & mercifull to his Sub-
jects & Servants is justly acknowledged but M'" Levius would be at a
loss to produce one Listance where Land granted under perticular
Conditions as Paying Quit Rent & of certain degrees of Culture &
improvement with a Perticular Clause in the Deed that upon Falure
of performing the Conditions Stipulated the Title should revert to
the King with an express right of re-entry & to be Granted to such
of his Subjects as should fullfill & perform the Stipulated Conditions
&c^ especially as this Case stands where the late Govern"" was both
Grantor & Grantee & at the Same Time Guardian of the Kings right
to Lands in thi? Province & had Silently permitted the Breach of
every Condition in these Charter Grants to lay unobserved so many
Years even M"" Levius would meet Difficulty in producing a Parallel
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Case not only mercifully to forgive the neglect but graciously Grant
the Lands to the Same Person as the Fruits of his long Service but
if his Majesty (on being solicited would be prevaild upon so to do
he hath not delegated such Authority to his Govern'' & Council here
their Power in these Cases are fixed in the Kings Commission to the
Govern'' & must be the rule observed without any alteration this rule
they have followed tho M"" Levius in his Latin Phrase would induce
the World believe that Apices Juris the Tricks & Qticrks of the
Law (a Course Complimen) was what prevaild with the Govern'' &
Council in the asking & giving the above mentioned advice —
3^ reason " Because these Grants have not been Vacated in a Due
" Course of Law and the Council is not a Court to declare them
"Void" —
3^ remark Here the Dissentient Still moves on in the Shade of his
first Mistake not attending to the real opinion of the Council (Viz)
that the Said reservation made by the late Govern'' to himself did
not convey the Premisses meaning that no Title by Virtue of Said
reservation ever existed — not a Word of vacating — to Vacate a
Thing that never had a Being is a Contradiction in Terms — By the
Second Paragraph in this 3^ reason if he means that the Govern"" &
Council is not a Court to declare &c^ tis odds but the Loyalty & Fi-
delity he mentions may be «S; (in Some Measure) will be Questioned
whenever he attempts to devest or Infringe the Authority of the
Govern'' & Council as a Court of Appeals who are allso by Law of
the Province a Constituted Court of Chancery & have from the
Early Days of the Province exercized that Authority — but in these
Cases the Govern'' & Council as such are the Guardians of the Kings
Property in this Province & had right & Authority to do what they
did in the affair
4^*' reason " Because many Purchasers under the late Govern''
" have made great Improvem'^ & Several have laid out thier whole
" Substance on Some of these Grants, these Men after many Years
" Toil & Labour on the Lands would be ruined should the Lands be
" granted to another —
4 remark This is groundless &: altogether without any Foundation
those Tracts (except 2 or 3 which the late Govern'' for Some Conven-
ience might Exchange for other Lands in the Townships) have re-
maind exactly in the State & Condition they were in at the Time of
granting the Charters without the least Cultivation or Improvem* or
even paying the Taxes or other Charges &c^ & have long retarded
rather than forwarded the Settlement of the respective Towns if
those Lands that have been Purchased by Exchange as above & are
improved & Setled doubtless the Possesor will (if desired) be Quieted
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by receiving a Grant of such Premisses without being ruined or
loosing the fruit of thier Long Toil & Labor —
5^y "Because the Opinion & reasoning of Council learned in the Law
" has been read for vacating these Grants while no Council has been
" Suffered on the Part of the Purchasers of the late Govern"" & tis
"very Improper to give Judgment on hearing only one Side
5 rem Whoever reads this (5^^) reason must Imagine that there
was a Suit at Law in hearing before the Govern"" & Council as a
Court of Appeals & that the Party had had the Benefit & advantage
of the Opinion & reasoning of Council Learnd in the Law while
no Council had been Sjijfcrd on the Parte of the other & this he
says is very Improper Xq give (not an Opinion) but a Judgm^ on hear-
ing only one Side «S:c^ this 5*'' needs no other Notice to be taken of
it than recuring to the Preface &c^ of these remarks when the whol
affair is Truely Stated & only observe that the Intent, the Meaning,
& the wording of this (5"") reason Contain such Gross unwarrentable
& unworthy reflections upon the Govern"" & Council that even M""
Levius will be at a Loss how properly to apologize therefor —
6 reason "Because these Grants to the late Govern"" are not Void in
"Law — The Custody of the Great Seal of England does not inca-
"pacitate the Keeper thereof from recieving a Grant under the great
"Seal neither can the Custody of the Seal of this Province incapaci-
"tate the Governor or keeper thereof from recieving a Grant under
"the Same Seal especially as there is no other Method in this Prov-
"ince of making a Grant from the Crown"
6 rem'^ The first Part of this (6"") reason is only beging the Ques-
tion — the remainder consist in runing a Parallel between the Custody
& Method of useing the great Seal of England & the Custody &
Method of Useing the Publick Seal of this Province — and however
widely these differ in these respects yet the Dissentient makes them
Tally and agree in every Part (observe) the great Seal of England is
never affixed to any Grant &c''' but by express order under the Prevy
Seal his Majesty in Council having first had the proposed Patent
(when drawn) laid before him & having approved the Same an order
Issues under the Privy Seal to affix the great Seal & this done the
Grant &c^ becomes Patent now these Patents ever bare Test of the
King (thus) Wittness Our Self at &c^ in this whole Proceedure not
so much as the Name of the Keeper of the great Seal is Mentioned
neither has he any Privity or Concern in this Patent unless perhaps
in Grants where he is mentioned as a Grantee & in this Method of
Proceedure he may with great Propriety be a Party & is no way inca-
pacitated to receive the Kings Grant Now observe the Difference In
this Prov^ the Govern"" by his Commission is expressly appointed the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 621
Keeper of the Publick Seal & to Use the Same for Seahng all
Things whatsoever that Pass the Great Seal of our S"^ Province — &
by one other Paragraph in his Said Commission he is impowerd &
authorized to grant his Majestys Land in the following Words, Viz —
"And We do hereby likwise give & Grant unto you full Power &
"Authority by & with the advice of our Said Council to agree with
"the Inhabitants of our Said Province for such Lands, Tenements &
"hereditaments as now are or hereafter shall be in our Power to dis-
"pose of & them to grant to any Person or Persons for such Terms
"&vnidersuch Moderate Qicit Rents, Services &• Acknowlcdgvients
'^ to be thereupon reserved unto ns as Vou by and with the Advice
" afore S^ Shall think fitt which S'^ Grants are to Pass & be Sealed by
"Our Seal of New Hampshire and being entered upon record by such
"officer or officers as you Shall appoint thereunto shall be good &
"Effectual in Law against us our Heirs & Successors" The State
of the afore S'^ respective Seals &: thier Use thus Truely Stated
Speaks for it's Self, it needs no Explanation or Comment the late
Govern"" had Power to Grant but under Such Moderate Quit Rents
Services & Acknowledgments as he the Governor & Grantor should
agree with the proposed Grantees for — Ask M"" Levius who in these
Cases of the 500 Acres was the Grantor he would doubtless answer
the late Govern"' ask again who was the Grantee he would readily
Answer the late Govern"" (or he ought to withdraw his Dissent & his
offerd reasons) ask again what agreem' the late Govern' & Grantor
made with himself as Grantee, ask once more whether he ever (in the
English Dominions) heard of a Deed or Grant of Freehold Land
made & Executed without at least Two Parties as Grantor & Grantee
P'eoffor & Feoff e &c''^ this Vindication of the Dissentient's Seems
rather Mockery & Jest than reason & deserves to be so esteemd &
regarded —
7 reason " Because by the Royal Commission the Govern"" with ad-
"vice of Council is impowered to Grant the Crown Lands, — With the
"Council & assembly he can make Laws & Levy Money & appro-
"priate it even to his own Use as is every Year done in every Gov-
"ernment on this Continent in the Matter of the Govern""^ Sallary —
"Yet if this Position be true that the Govern"" cannot make a Grant
"or appropriation to him Self but what is & ought to be declared
" Null & Void — All the Govern""^ who have rec'' any Money in this
"Way have recieved it illegally & ought to refund it which no Body
" I Suppose will affirm " —
7 remark In this article (as M"" Levius observes) Tis True the Gov-
ern"" with advice of Council can grant the Crown Lands, but then
they must be granted upon such Conditions Services &c^ as are men.
622 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
tioned in the Kings Commission which being complyed with is his
authority & the Grant Valid but if it deviates therefrom 'tis Void &
sooner or later will be declared so the King by his Instructions &
Proclamation has directed the Govern"" to make Grants to disbanded
officers Viz to a Disbanded Lieutenant 2000 Acres now suppose the
Govern"" should make one of these Grants such a Leiu^ of 4000 &
should reserve 2000 of it to his own Use in this Case there must be
something more than Apices Juris to make such Grant Valid so as to
convey a Title to his reserved 2000 Acres — These sorte of Grants
the Dissentient compares with the Acts or Laws of the Province for
granting to his Majesty a Tax for a Supply of the Treasury in these
Acts or Grants there ever is a Clause that this Supply shall be drawn
out of the Treasury by a Warr' from the Governour with advice of
Council & counter Signed by the Secretary & those Warr*^ (by an
Other Clause in these Acts) are to be drawn Agreable to the Acts
Votes or Orders of the General Assembly &: these Orders or Warrants
are the only Vouchers for the Treasurers Acco'% every Article in his
Acco* without the Support of Such Voucher is disallowed & the
Treasurer refunds — not the Govern"" who can no more use the Kings
Money in the Treasury than a Stranger nor is there any Inststance of
the Governor exerciseing such Authority this is the Method by
which the Money is & ever hath been Issued from the Treasury &
tis Strange that a Member of this Board should be in the least De-
gree Ignorent thereof —
The Dissentient in his Epilogue discovers an Intention to cast an
odium on the Governor & Council "His Words are as follows Viz —
"For these reasons I humbly conceive it utterly inconsistent with
"that Loyalty & Fidelity which is Supposed to have bro' us all hither
"& with the Justice we owe all Men, to advise or Consent in the
"Manner desired ; Forward as I have ever been to support the Dig-
"nity (S: Necessary Powers of Governm' I cannot assist in rendring
"the Royal Authority Subservient to Private & as I think unworthy
" Purposes & I Pray these my reasons may be entered on the Jour-
"nals — Peter Livius
7 remark Would not Every Person that reads this 7 article Suppose
that the Govern"" desired & the Council in Consiquence thereof had
passed some resolves that are utterly inconsistent with the Loyalty
& fidelity they owed the King & to the Justice due to all men — how-
ever humbly he conceivd & bro' forth this Epilogue still with all his
Humility its' stuffd with the grossest & Vilest reflections utterly in-
consistent with the Truth & this too thrown out upon them in the
Capacity of the Govern'' & Council collectively the last Paragraph of
this Famous or rather infamous Performence seems calculated to
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acquaint the world how forward he had ever been to Support the Dig-
nity e\: necessary Powers of Governm^ — what Aid or whether any
(by his being forward) was afforded the Support he mentions has
never that We know of been taken Notice of & now rests upon his
Ipse dixit unless it is in the last words of His illeberal performence
where he Says (Viz) "I cannot assist in rendring the Royal Authority
"Subservient to private & as I think unworthy Purposes" — And I
Pray my reasons may be entered on the Journalls
Here again he crowds in his reflections on the Governour & Coun-
cil for having rendred the Royal Authority subservient to Private
and as he thinks unworthy Purposes this is an Other Instance how
he has supported the Dignity & necessary Powers of Government
[6-26]
\_Memorial of Peter Livius, ivitli Charges against Gov. Wentworth.
Copy in Handwriting of Theodore Atkinson. ^\
To the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plan-
tations —
The Memorial of Peter Livius Esq of His Majesty's Council for
the Province of New Hampshire — most humbly Sheweth —
1 That John Wentworth Esquire now Governor of the Said Prov"
with the Advice & Consent of His Council, but without the interven-
tion of a Jury or any previous legal Process, has deprived the Gran-
tees under the Crown of Many large Tracts of Land, and granted
them to other persons upon Suggestion only, that the first Grantees
had not performed the Conditions of their Grant, as may be seen by
the Journalls of the Said Council. —
2 That by an Act of the General Assembly a Certain Duty was
granted on foreign Shiping for Providing the Fort in New Hampshire
with Powder which Duty is there commonly called Powder Money —
that Since the Year 1741 no Acco^ has been rendred of it; although
large Sums have been received and are Generally supposed to have
been appropriated to the use of Private Persons that in the Year 1768
the assembly passed a Vote for an Inquiry into the State of this
Money to which Vote the Council would not agree & entered the
reasons of their nonconcurrence on the Journals. —
Your Memorialist thinks the Said Nonconcurrence very improper
desired that he might also enter the reasons of his Dissent which the
Governor & his Council refused : as may be seen by the Journals of
the General Assembly now in the office here of the 7"' & 9"^ June and
26th August 1 768 —
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3 That in the Twenty Six Years of the Administration of the late
Governor Wentworth (Uncle to the present) many Townships of the
Crown Lands each of the Contents of Six Miles square were granted
to Persons who engaged to settle them, and in each of the said Town-
ships 500 Acres were granted to the late Governor on the Same Con-
ditions with the other Grantees ; the late Governor died in the Au-
tumn 1770 without Descendants and Devised the whole of His Estate
to his Widow — That in the beginning of March 1771 the Present
Governor proposed to his Council to advise & consent to the grant-
ing to himself, but thro other Persons all the Lands which had been
as afore Said Granted to his Predecessor alledging that the former
Grants being made immediately to the late Governor were Void, and
the Lands remained as if no Grant had ever been made of them ;
Your Memorialist observed to him that it would Appear very strange
on the Journals, that the Governor should desire these Grants for
himself ; The Governor allowed that it would, and added that therefore
the Entry need only be, that the Council did advise & Consent to the
Granting these Lands to any of the Kings Subjects — Your Memo-
rialist made this observation in hopes that the Governor would have
felt the Impropriety of doing, what he allowed unfit to appear, when
done ; but he did not seem to feel it ; and in answer to Some objections
concerning the Invalidity of the former Grants, he ordered to be read
a long reasoning & oppinion of a Lawyer at Boston against the Grants
— Your Memorialist then observed that although the Council had no
legal Power to give Judgment in such Cases ; yet (if they would as-
sume the Power) Your Memorialist desired that as they had in effect
heard Council on the one Side they would Also suffer Council on the
Other — this was refused and at subsequent Day it was Voted, as the
Governor desired, — That all the Council, (your Memorialist excepted)
were nearly connected and related to the Governor. That it Appeared
to your Memorialist a very extraordinary Case, that the Title of the
Kings Subjects should be thus prejudiced without Judge or Jury
without Tryal of any kind, without hearing or even giving her notice,
when at the Same Time Council was admitted against her — That
Your Memorialist therefore tho* it his Duty to protest but his Protest
was never suffered to be entered on the Journals nor even to be put
on File 'till near Twelve Months after — That the annexed is a Copy
of the Said Protest —
4 That in Consiquence of the opposition he was thus in Duty
obliged to make your Memorialist has been very injuriously treated,
and at one Time recievd much personal abuse from the Governor but
your Memorialist restrained himself by his respect for Government by
his Consideration of the ill effect of Any publick resentment at this
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Time in New England & by his great Confidence in the Kings Justice
5 That an Action bro' in the Common Pleas of the Said Province
by Two Executors of Benjamin Plummer against the Executors of
Sarah Went worth the Judges were several Times changed til a Judg-
ment upon a Particular Point was at Length obtained in favour of the
Governor ; — That the Said Action tho brought in other Names was
for the Benefit of the Governor who had bought the Bond on which
the Action was founded as will appear by the Persons now in London
who bought the Bond for him. That your Memorialist could have
mentioned several other illegal & unworthy Acts, but he forbears,
taking up too much of Your Lordships Time —
6 That Your Memorialist thought to have further proved severall
of the Facts above mentioned by referring Your Lordships to the
Copy of the Journals of the Council which he expected to have found
in this office but to his great surprize he finds that the Governor the
better to keep out of Sight the Practices of himself and his Council
has even ventured to disobey his Majestys Instructions & has not
Sent the Copy of the S^ Journals of the Council altho' the Same In-
structions (as your Memorialist is authentically informed) are regularly
Obeyd by the rest of the Kings Governors abroad —
That upon Considering the whole of the Governor's Conduct, there
Appears to have been formed a connected and deep laid System of
injustice for by the Council's being filled up with his relations by their
precluding from the journals the Protest's of the few who might con-
tinue Loyal, and in contempt of the King's Command by their keep-
ing it in their Power to alter the Journals of the Council the Governor
has been able to do whatever he Pleased without any Possibility of
the Kings Ministers being informed of his enormities thro the usual
Channels Your Memorialist therefore finds himself obliged as the
Kings faithfull Subject & more Especially as a Person in Trust for
the Government of the Said Province to give Your Lordships Notice
of such extraordinary Proceedings in full Confidence they will be
speedily & effectually redressed — Peter Levius
[6-27] {^Depositions of TJicodorc Atkinson.\
Province of New Hampshire ss Portsmouth December 1772
The Deposition of Theodore Atkinson of Portsmouth in the Prov-
ince afore Said Esq Testifieth & Saith that he hath been Secretary of
the S"^ Province from the Year 1741 to the Present Time excepting a
Space of about Seven Years when his Son Theodore Atkinson jun""
40
626 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Esq succeeded him in that office & held the same 'tell the Year 1769
when he Dyed & when the Deponant was again reinstated in that
office & now Continues in it, that during the whole Time the records
of the Said Office were kept in an Apartment of the Deponants dwell-
ing House and all the Bussiness of recording done there, That while
the office was under the Deponants Immediate Care both before &
offer his Son's Executing that office the records in every Branch were
faithfully & regularly kept & never suffered the least Deviation from
the Sence & Meaning of the Votes in the Original Minute Book from
whence the records were transcribed that the Usual Method was after
y^ Council came to a Determination to pass a resolve or Vote for one
of the Board or the Secretary to draw the Vote which was frequently
altered & amended 'till agreable to the Board & then Voted & entered
in the Minute Book from thence it was regestred in the Journal Book
& became Matter of record — and the Deponant further Testifieth &
Saith that upon the 19^'^ of March 1771 the Governour (with Sundry other
Matters he then laid before the Board) mentioned the State of the 500
Acres of Land reserved for the late Governor Benning Wentworth
Esquire in the Sundry Charter Grants of Land in this Province —
That the Deponant hath critically compared the first Entry in the
Minute Book with the record as it Stands in the Journal & they are
Literally the Same except one Word Viz in the Minute Book it stands
thus His Excellency acquainted the Board — In the Journal it Stands
thus " His Excellency Informed the Board that in Sundry of the
" Charter Grants of Townships of his Majestys Lands in this Prov-
" ince there were reserved 500 acres for the late Governour B —
"Wentworth Esq in each of the Said Townships- then asked the opin-
" ion of the Council whether the S'^ reservations being made to him
" the said B — Wentworth convey'd the Title of Said Tracts to him
" the said B : Wentworth — To which the Council gave it as their
" Opinion that it did not convey the Premisses they being made to
" himself — His Excellency then asked y^ Council if they would con-
" sent to & advise him to grant the Said Tracts to such of his Ma-
" jestys subjects as should settle & cultivate the Same To which they
" did consent & Advise — Peter Livius Esq dissented — here the
affair rested 'till the 26"' of March 1771 when the following Minute
was made in Council (Viz) " The Hon^'*^ Peter Livius Esq this Day
" Produced his reasons of Dissent from the Councils advise & Con-
" sent relative to the Land granted by the late Governour to himself
"entered 19^^ Inst which were ordred to be filed accordingly After
this nothing was Past or entered in the Journal of Council relative to
the reasons of M"" Livius's Dissent "till the 23 of Jan''>' 1772 when the
Council met (M"" Levius being Present) "His Excellency acquainted
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*' the Board that he had been Informed that Copies of the Dissent of
*' the Hon^''^ Peter Levins Esq filed (the 26 of March 1771) respect-
" ing the reservation of 500 Acres by the late Governour to himself
" in every Township which he granted — had been circulated by M""
** Livius in A Manner injurious & Derogatory to the Honour of the
" Governour & Council whereupon the Council desired his Excellency
*' to Suspend the Consideration thereof until Wednesday the 26 of
Feb"^' next — Agreable to which the Council Met & amoung Other
Things " His Excellency the Governour moved respecting the Circu-
"lation of M' Livius Dissent (entered the 23^^ Jan''>') that the True
" Minutes of Council as the Same is recorded in this Journal from
"the original Minutes of the 19^'' of March 1771 relative to the late
" Governour's 500 Acres reservations be copied & Attested by the
" Secretary & the Several Members of the Council Board Concerned
" in the Proceedings of that affair and annexed with Some Short
*' Preface to M"" Levius's Said reasons of Dissent as a full & sufficient
answer thereto to which the Council did Consent " — J/'' Levins being
Present in Council after this nothing relative to the affair of M'
Levius's Dissent appears on record 'till the 13 of June 1772 (when
the Council being met) the following Vote of Council Past Viz —
" The Council this Day thot proper to answer the reasons of Dissent
"filed the 26 of March 1771 by the Hon''^'= Peter Levius Esq from the
" Proceedings of his Excellency the Governour &. Council on the 19*^
"of March 1771 in the Matter of the 500 Acre reserv^ations by the
" late Govern"" B : Wentworth Esq &c^ And to order that the S*^
" answer be Annexed to & filed with the S'^ reasons of Dissent the
" Same being previously read & unanimously approved of & attested
"by the Signature of the Several Members of the Council" &c^ in
the foregoing Deposition is containd the whole that ever passed in
Council relative to M"" Levius's Dissent Copyed litterally from the
Journal without the least alteration except as above excepted And
the Deponent further Testifieth that he never was directly or indi-
rectly desired or asked to make or cause to be made the least alter-
ation of or in any of the S'^ records or any Other by any Person or
Persons whatever but that the records remain quite clear of all such
Practices
Prov« N H
The Deposition of Theod'' Atkinson Esq Secretary of ye Province
afore S'^ Testifyeth & Saith that from the year 1741 when he was
first Appointed he constantly Copyed the Journal of the Council
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(when Setting without the General Assembly) at y^ End of the Ses-
sions or once a year at least & dilivered the Same to the Governor
as he understood to Send to England but that when he delivered a
Copy of that Journal in June 1760 the late Governor told him twas
not worth his while to make such Copys for the future without his
Special Directions & the Deponant further Testifieth that he does
not remember he ever made any Copys of that Journal after that he
understood by his Son who succed him as Secretary that he never
made any Such Copys, that your Deponant has carefully examined
the S'^ Journal & cannot find any Mem° in the Margin of the S'^ Jour-
dal (which was ever the Practize) & when Such Copys were made
out & delivered to the Gov^ & this the Sole reason no such Copies
were made out since the Time of the Present Governour
T A Copy
Sworn to before Sam'^ Penhallow Esq Decemb"" 1 772 —
[6-28]
^Deposition of Peter Gilnian and TJwjnas IV. IVa/dron.]
The Deposition of Peter Gilman and Tho^ Westbrook Waldron
Two of His Majesty's Council for the Province of New Hampshire
in New England Esq"""^ Testifieth and saith : That we were respectively
admitted and Sworn of his Maj'^^ said Council after the Time in
which the several Charges in M"' Livius's Memorial to the R' hon*^'*
The Lords of Trade and plantations, are represented to have been
done. That they do not know that Gov'^ Wentworth ever personally
insulted or abused M' Livius, but that he treated M'' Livius and the
other Members of the Council indiscriminately w"^ respect and Civil-
ity That it appears to them the Gov'' has taken the most liberal
Measures for preserving the prerogatives of the Crown and the good
order and well being of the province since their being admitted of
said Council Also that we do not know that any Minutes of Council
have been left open or of any views to alter, erase or conceal any
part of their proceedings, either by the Gov"" or Council or that we
are conscious of any attempt or intention in the Gov"^ to influence
the Council or any of them in any Matter or thing whatsoever
Peter Gilman
Tho^ W"^ Waldron
Province of New Hampshire Portsm° i^' Dec"" 1772.
Then the above named Peter Gilman and Tho^ W'^ Waldron Esq"
personally appeared before me the Subscriber, one of His Maj'>'^ Jus-
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tices assigned to keep the Peace thro'out the s'^ Province, & being
both duly sworn made solemn Oath to the Truth of the foregoing
Deposition. Wyseman Clagett
(Copy.)
[6-29] {^Deposition fro))i Seven Mcvibeis of the Council.']
Province of New ) The Deposition of Theodore Atkinson, Daniel
Hampshire \ Warner, Jonathan Warner, Daniel Rindge, Daniel
Peirce, George Jaffrey and Daniel Rogers, of His Majesty's Coun-
cil for the said Province P^squires, Testiiieth and saith. That We
know of no Townships within the said Province, to the regranting of
which we did Consent & Advise, upon forfeiture thereof, without
previously having the clearest Conviction, either from Publick notori-
ety, or particular Testimony, that the Lands were vacant by reason
of Non-compliance with the Conditions of the Grant ; That we do
not know or remember of any Instance wherein any person did or
had reason to complain of Land being so regranted, upon which
such Person had made Improvement or Settlement agreeable to
Charter, and where there had been room to suppose, or it was under-
stood that Settlements were begun on any Township, Notifications
was usually given in the Publick Papers, before the regranting there-
of, that the old Grantees might have an Opportunity of appearing
before the Council, to shew what Improvement, if any, they had
made ; to which proper regard was always paid, and the old Grantees
were always treated with Indulgence when they could offer a reason-
able excuse for their delinquency, and there seemed to be a prospect
of their proceeding to the Settlement of the Land in a reasonable
time, And We consider'd this mode of regranting forfeited Lands,
which has been of long Usage, to have an effectual tendency towards
Peopling the Province, and consequently of Promoting his Majesty's
Service. The Council did not consent or Advise the regranting of
the Five Hundred Acres mentioned by M'' Livius 'till the Nineteenth
day of March A. D. 1771, at which Time the question being put by
his Exc^' The Council did advise that the said Five Hundred Acres
should be granted to such of His Majesty's Subjects as would settle
& cultivate the same.
That M'' Livius's Dissent was produced to the Council thq Twenty
sixth March 1771, and was admitted to file then, as appears by the
Records of the Council, and that the reason why it was not allowed
to be enter'd at length in their Records was, because the Council
upon examination found that no Reasons of Dissent had ever been so
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recorded at length, but only filed in the few Instances of any that had
been made, and the same regard was paid to this Dissent of M"" Liv-
ius Altho' we think the Council would not have acted inconsistent
with their Duty in rejecting it intirely because the Allegations con-
tained therein were not True.
That We are not knowing to, or conscious of any ill treatment
being shewn to ]\P Livius on account of his opposition in the Coun-
cil, nor of any personal abuse given .him by the Gov"" unless his Ex-
cell'^y'* telling him, that his reasons of dissent were not true, could be
construed an Abuse We ever observed that the Governor had
treated M'' Livius with the same Civility he had used to any of the
rest of the Council We further declare that we have not had in
view on any occasion in any of our proceedings or Deliberations to
keep it in our Power, to alter, erase or falsify any Records of the
Council to screen any part of the Governour's conduct, as suggested
by M"^ Livius or on any other Occasion whatever And that we never
apprehended or had reason to apprehend that there was any Disposi-
tion in the Governour to commit any Act of Injustice to any of his
Majesty's Subjects or to exercise his Authority in pursuing any
Measures for his own private advantage in prejudice of his Majes-
ty's Service.
Theodore Atkinson D. Warner Geo : Jaffrey
Jonathan Warner Daniel Rindge Daniel Rogers.
Daniel Peirce
Province of New Hampshire )
Rockingham ss: ) Portsm° Dec"" 4'^ 1/72.
Then the above named the hon^ Theodore Atkinson, Daniel
Warner, Jon^ Warner, Daniel Rindge, Daniel Peirce, George Jaffrey
and Daniel Rogers Esq""^ personally appearing made solemn Oath to
the Truth of the foregoing Deposition by them subscribed.
(Copy) Sworn to Before Samuel Penhallow Justice Peace
[6-30] \Meviorial frovi the Coimcil7\
Province of New Hampshire :
To the right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations
The Memorial of his Majesty's Council, for the Province of New
Hampshire humbly sheweth
That his Excellency John Wentworth his Majesty's Governor of
the Province aforesaid, having laid before the Council, a Copy of a
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Memorial of Peter Livius Esq"" one of his Majesty's Council for said
Province, complaining to your Lordships, that the said Governor had,
(with the advice and consent of Council) been guilty of much male
administration in the Government, and instancing in six particular
Articles, in avering which, (to say no worse) he is guilty of a vile Cal-
umny. We therefore humbly beg your Lordships favor, in indulging
us with your patience, while we set the Affairs thus complained of, in
a true Light before your Lordships —
And with respect to the first Article "That John VVentworth l^sq"
now Governor of the said Province, with the advice and consent of
/lis Council, but without the intervention of a Jury or any previous
legal process, has deprived the Grantees under the Crown, of many
large Tracts of Land, and had granted them to other Persons, upon
Suggestio)i only that the first Grantees had not performed the Condi-
tions of their Grant, as may be seen by the Journals of the said
Council."
To this Article we beg leave to observe, that the Authority for
granting his Majesty's Lands in this Province, arises from the words
of his Majesty's Commission to the Governor, which says "And we
do hereby likewise give and grant unto you, full power and authority,
by and with the advice and consent of our said Council, to agree with
the Inhabitants of our said Province, for such Land; Tenements,
and Hereditaments, as now are, or hereafter shall be, in our power to
dispose of, and them to grant to any Person, or Persons, for such
Terms, and under such moderate Ouitrents, Services, and acknowl-
edgments, to be thereupon reserved unto us, as you by and with the
advice aforesaid, shall think fit ; which said Grants are to pass and
be sealed &c "'
This has been the standing Authority, for granting the King's
Lands in this Province, ever smce it had a seperate and distinct Gov-
ernor from the Massachusetts, and in pursuance of this Power, the
Lands here, have without any material alteration been granted, and
upon such Terms & conditions, as were stipulated, between the Gov-
ernor with the advice of Council, & the Grantees which were gener-
ally for Tracts of about six Miles square. — The first Article in the
Conditions, of the Grants issued by the late Governor, hath ever been
as follows viz* "To have and to hold said Tract of Land, as above
expressed, together with all privileges and appurtenances, to them
and their respective Heirs, and Assigns, upon the following condi-
tions, viz' i"^' That every Grantee his Heirs or Assigns, shall plant
or cultivate five Acres of Land, within the Term of five Years for
every fifty Acres, contained in his or their Share, or proportion, of
Land in the said Township, & to continue to improve, and settle the
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same, by additional cultivation, on penalty of the forfeiture of his
Grant, or Share, in said Township, to us our Heirs and Successors,
to be by us or them, regranted to such of our Subjects, as shall effect-
ually settle & cultivate the same"
This was ever the agreement between the late Governor, and the
Grantees. In the Grants made by the present Governor, the Article
of cultivation aforesaid, hath sometimes been a little varied, and the
Grantees obliged to perform a progressive Settlement, as that ten
rights shou'd be settled in two Years, and twenty more in four Years
&c, but in these Cases a forfeiture of the Land ensued, upon a breach
of the covenanted Conditions of culture, and his Majesty had the same
right of reentry, and regranting the Land, expressly reserved in every
such Grant ; & whenever Complaint was made by those of the Grant-
ees, that were settled and resident on the Land, that their Partners
had neglected to enter, and improve &c, and that the Burthen was
heavy for those that had performd, to do the duty of cutting roads
building Mills &c, and therefore prayed, that the Shares of the Delin-
quents, might be regranted to such of his Majesty s Subjects, as
wou'd settle & cultivate the same — Upon these Petitions, Notifica-
tions issued when there was any doubt, and a day was appointed, for
the Delinquents to appear and shew cause, why their Shares shou'd
not, agreable to the Charter be forfeited, and regranted, and such
Persons as did appear, were ever heard before the Governor and
Council, and a determation was made, who had, and who had not,
forfeited, and their Charters issued accordingly — This hath been the
method pursued, of which we never heard the least Complaint of in-
justice, or even hardship, from any Person in any such forfeiture,
who had complied in any measure agreable to the Charters. The
impracticability of M'^ Livius's implied mode, tends directly to divest
the Crown, of the express right of regranting, and essentially to injure
the Province, by discouraging its improvement and cultivation, which
evils are incompatible, with our duty to his Majesty, however they
may coincide with Mr. Livius's views. —
The next Charge is, First that the Council nonconcurred a Vote of
the House of Representatives, for enquiring into the State of the
Money levied on foreign Shipping, here commonly called powder
Money, and secondly that M'' Livius did not agree with them in Sen-
timent, (as he seldom did, where the Prerogative was in question)
and that he was refused liberty, of having his Dissent entered upon
the Journal of the Council &c
It seems it is matter of complaint with this Gentleman, that the
Council differ from him in opinion. He forgets that old Adage,
"Ouot Homines, tot sententia" and recollects not, that such a Vote,
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wou'd be giving up a Prerogative, enjoyed by the Crown ever since
Charles the i*^ We suppose that the sole supreme Command, of all
Forces by Sea, and Land, and of all Forts, and places of strength,
with their Stores and Munition, ever were and are the undoubted
right of his Majesty, and his royal Predecessors, and that both or
either House of Parliament, can or ought not to pretend, to the same
— And as the Act that grants the duty, is on Vessels not owned in
this Government, for the express purpose of supplying his Majesty's
Fort, and Fortifications, within this Province, we humbly conceive,
that his Excellency being his Majesty's Representative, has the sole
right of disposing, and is the only proper Judge on this side the
Water, of the application of the same, & is accountable only to his
Majesty therefor. Therefore without giving up an undoubted Pre-
regative, we cou'd not as we apprehend concur said Vote ; We would
further observe, that this point has been contested with former Gov-
ernors, and We know of no Instance of its being given up, they
always avering, that the House had no right of enquiring into it, and
we think it our duty, still to persist in the same opinion, until we
shall be convinced by his Majesty, or your Lordships, that we are in
the wrong. We know of no Instance of private appropriation, as M""
Livius maliciously insinuates, but on the contrary, that a Process at
Law has been instituted, and judgment recover'cl against the late
Governor's Heirs, by his Excellency the present Governor's order,
which we apprehend effectually secures that Revenue, from being
converted to private Purposes. We believe that if M"" Livius had not
had a greater regard for popularity, than for Loyalty, your Lordships
had not been troubled with this Article ; We therefore beg leave to
refer your Lordships, to the Journal of the General Assembly, (now
in your Lordships Office) for the Votes of Council, on the 7''' & g^^ of
June, and 26''' of August 1768, and for M"" Livius's protest thereto,
and humbly rely upon your Lordships approbation of the Councils
behavior therein, —
The third Charge of the s'^ Memorialist against the Council, is so
complicated, that it is difficult to elucidate it, & to assign that part of
the Obloquy to the Council, which M*" Livius designed for them, but
as far as We can judge, he means to fault us, for advising the Grant
of several Tracts of five hundred Acres, in sundry Townships the
Fee of which the Memorialist pretended, was in the Devisee of the
late Governor Wentworth
We wou'd observe in answer That if what M"" Levius asserts is just,
viz' " That in each of the said Townships, 500 Acres were granted to
the late Governor, on the same conditions with the other Grantees,"
that unless there were five Acres of every fifty, on each of these
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Grants, cleared and settled in every five Years, from the date of the
Grant, they were like the other granted shares forfeited, and of course
they revert to his Majesty, to be regranted to such of his Subjects,
as shou'd settle and cultivate the same. And neither M"" Livius or
any other Person, will say there was any, (the least) improvement, or
one Tenant upon any one of the said 500 Acres, within this Province,
unless upon one or two, which the late Governor exchanged with some
other Grantees ; neither did he ever pay any part of the Charges, that
attended the Settlement of any of the said Townships : so that the
late Governor's Devisee, has no just cause of complaint, being treated
as all other Grantees have been, agreably to the condition & reserva-
tion in the Charters, of his own signing and his own exacting, from
other Grantees — As it plainly appeared to the Council, that the res-
ervations in the late Governor's Grants of 500 Acres to himself, cou'd
not convey any Fee or right in those reservations to himself, or any
other Person, but that those 500 Acres still remained the Fee of the
Crown, it was unnecessary to hear Council on that point.
M'' Livius in the third Article of his Memorial asserts, that in the
begining of March 1771, the present Governor proposed to his Coun-
cil, to advise and consent to the granting to himself, but thro other
Persons, all the Lands, which had been as aforesaid granted to his
Predecessor, alledging, that the former Grants being made immedi-
ately to the late Governor, were void, and the Lands remained as if
no Grant had ever been made of them, and that at a subsequent day
it was voted as the Governor desired, which is in fact false, for after
some conversation upon the matter, the Question proposed to the Coun-
cil was to this effect, "Whether the reservations to the late Governor
in the Charters, did convey the Title to him " upon which some Mem-
bers of the Council desired time to consider of it, and accordingly
the meeting of the Council was appointed, on the 19*^^ of March,
when they did vote upon the above Question in the negative ; and did
advise the granting the same, to such of his Majesty's Subjects as
would settle and cultivate the same. And we believe it may be
asserted, that his Excellency owns not one Acre of the said Lands,
not any Record appearing thereof, without which by a Law of this
Province, the Fee cannot be effectually vested in the Grantee.
In the fourth Article M"" Levius complains in General Terms, that
he had been very injuriously treated, and at one time received much
personal abuse from the Governor, but as he mentions no particular
Time when, or place where, nor any particulars of what was said or
done, Your Memorialists can only say, that they never perceived, or
heard, any Affront or personal Abuse offered him by the Governor,
unless the Governor's telling him, that his reasons in his dissent were
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not true, could be construed an abuse, when the Governor's assertion
was true ; And we know of no abuse, at any time offered to M"" Liv-
ius by the Council, while they were siting
In the sixth Article of the Memorial he says, he thought to have
further proved several of the Facts abovementioned, by refering
Your Lordships, to the Copy of the Journal of the Council ; but to
his great surprize, he finds that the Governor, the better to keep out
of sight, the practices of himself and his Council, had even ventured
to disobey &c
Your Lordships have the Copy of the transactions of the Council,
ever since the appointment of our present Governor, and if your
Lordships shou'd condescend, to let M'' Livius when he pleases, have
the perusal of them, 'tis odds but he will daily surprize your Lordships,
with Complaints, containing as much veracity, and of as much conse-
quence, as the above : We are told by the Secretary, that the late
Governor for sundry Years before his death, did not forward Copies
of the Councils Journal, and that we suppose the reason, the present
Governor omitted it. This part of the Charge, the Governor will
doubtless inform y"" Lordships of, but that such omission, was to keep
out of sight, any male practice, is utterly false : and we perswade our-
selves, that your Lordships upon perusing the said Journal, will find
no Traces of any thing like M"" Livius's Suggestion : As the Memo-
rialist in his Obloquy is so general, your Lordships will pardon us, if
we descend into some particulars, in vindication of our injured Honor,
and Loyalty. It is with pleasure we reflect, upon the increase of his
Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, for five or six Years last past
in Inhabitants, and cultivation, arising " in a great degree from the
benefit accruing from the administration of our present Governor,
who has been aided and assisted by us, (as far as in us lay) in his
Measures, ever conducive to the welfare of the People, and the real
benefit of the Crown — The Peace, Quiet, & Loyalty of the People
of this Province, plainly evince (if we may be allowed to express it,)
that his Majesty's Council of this Province, have not been negligent,
of the Interests of the Crown, or the real Liberties of the People —
And we conceive one part of M"" Livius's charge against us, is for our
just attachment to the King's Prerogative, and our Loyalty to the
Crown, in the Instance respecting the Powder Money
In every Case that has been before us, far from promoting any
Family interest or Connection, that scarcely a Case has arisen where
it was concern'd —
In those Cases where we have sat & judged as a Court of Appeals,
where any Family Interest could with any Shadow of justice be sup-
posed so far from promoting it, we from real conviction have given
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our judgment directly against it. In one Case we upon examination
found less due, than two Juries had given : in another, we determined
directly (so apprehending the Law,) against the President of this
Board
M'' Livius appears to be chagrined, and complains of it as a fault,
that the Council is filled up with what he calls his (the Governor's)
Relations, but if M"" Livius recollects, those Members appointed &
sworn in since the Governor's arrival into the Province, are under no
Family connection whatever M'' Rogers excepted
M"" Livius's conduct during the time of the Stamp Act, we think
will unfit him for the Complaint of disloyalty.
We defy him or any other Person, to point out any circumstance,
which will prove or in any respect indicate, any combination to es-
tablish a System of injustice, as he falsely suggests, or any one in-
stance, of any alteration of the Council Records, or bare intention of
such an Act, as he would insinuate ; neither can we imagine there
cou'd be any motives existing for such Conduct, even were we not
bound by oath, to truth & faithfulness in all our proceedings, which
M'' Livius in his Memorial, upon his bai-e word unworthily, and wick-
edly insinuates, we have sacrificed to partial Interests
These imputations we humbly conceive, are highly injurious to us,
and not less detrimental to his Majesty's Service in this Province,
tending to alienate and disquiet the Minds of the People, to annihi-
late that confidence and respect necessary to Government, and which
we think is due to us, both in our Charecter and Conduct, and by cir-
culating such suppositious Complaints, to disseminate a most repre-
hensible Spirit of abuse, which this Province has hitherto happily
escaped —
Events so replete with licencious Mischiefs, so destructive to legal
Subordination, and so utterly inconsistent with justice, truth and pol-
icy, that we cannot but Flatter Ourselves, the attemps and their
zvoftJiy Author in this Case, will meet condign Contempt due to such
unjustifiable pursuits
We would submit these considerations to your Lordships Wisdom,
and doubt not but your Lordships, will conceive of us and our pro-
ceedings, as equity and justice shall require : As we have conducted
upon those principles, we desire to be justified by them alone, and in
consequence thereof, to stand unimpeached to the World, & approved
by your Lordships
Theodore Atkinson Daniel Peirce
D' Warner Geo : Jaffrey
Jonathan Warner Daniel Rogers
Daniel Rindge
Portsmouth New Hampshire 2G-^ December 1772.
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[6-31] \_Lcttcr Accompanying the Mcviorial.'\
Portsm" New Hamp"" Dec 28. 1772
Sir. The inclosed Sheets contain a IMemorial signed by Seven of
his Majesty's Council of this Province, to be laid before the Right
j^Qj^bie ^j^g Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations
The end proposed by this Step, is to wipe off some gross asper-
sions, which IVP Livius one of the Council, in a Memorial &c lately laid
before their Lordships, has in the most illiberal Manner, cast upon the
Governor and Council, asserting that they had been guilty of much
male administration, in executing the trust his Majesty had reposed
in them, by their several Appointments
You'll observe, that the number of his Majesty's Council now in
this Country is ten, seven of which have signed the inclosed Memo-
rial, the other three are viz* Mark Hunking Wentworth, Peter Gil-
man, and Tho^ Westbrook Waldron Esq""^ Mr Wentworth (The Gov-
ernor's Father) seldom attends the Council, and was not present
when any of the Affairs complained of, were under the Councils con-
sideration, and Mess''^ Gilman and Waldron were admitted to a Seat
at the Board, since the last Article in the Complaint.
M"" Livius did not leave this Country in the most honorable way,
he went off incog : , few if any knew of his design'd departure, per-
haps not more than three or four if so many : No sooner did he arrive
in London, but he began his wonted practice, where his absence
forced him to leave off here, and with the news of his Arrival, we
receiv'd a Copy of his infamous Memorial, which if read by a Stranger
(that would possibly be induced to believe his assertions) would think
this Government composed of the most abandoned Wretches on the
Globe, for in the conclusion of his Memorial he says thus, "That
upon considering the whole of the Governor's conduct there appears
to have been formed a deep laid System of injustice" &c Now in all
this Complaint, he does not pretend, that he suffered the least injury,
either in his Person, his Charecter, or Estate, therefore upon his own
Account, he could have no right of Complaint, and no other Person
here ever did complain, and we can assure you, he has not directly or
indirectly, any Power, or instructions, from any other Person, but all
this arises out of his own troublesome inclination. In this proceed-
ure, he has not as the Proverb goes, been "fishing in troubled Wa-
ters", but troubling Waters that were in themselves clear. He has
not agreable to their Lordships directions, appeared in person, nor
has he substituted any one in his room, to examine the Records,
swear evidences &c, & nobody here after the strictest inquiry, is
authorised to appear in that behalf
638 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Upon the whole You'll Please to Enter the Inclosed at the Planta-
tion office wether M"" Levins Should or should not withdraw his
CompP & desert his Cause which is left to your Prudent Determina-
tion —
I am S"" with the greatest respect & in behalf of & at the request
of the Memorialists
Your most Obliged & Most Obedient Humble Serv'
Barlow Trecothick Esq Theodore Atkinson
Portsm° N. H Decemb"" 30 — 1772 —
S'' The enclosed is a Memoral executed by 7 of his Maj'^^ Council
of this Province at the request of the Memorialist I beg your perusal
& if in your way your assistance in forwarding a hearing before the
Lords of Trade youl See it is rather an Answer to the Memorial of
M"" Levius (who in a Very Secret Man"" left this Country) than to ask
any new Favour or to Commence a Comp? — I must beg leave to
referr you to M'' Levius's Memorial lodged in the Plant" office for a
Sight of it as also to M"" Trecothick for Perusal of the directions Sent
him relating the Premisses M"" McDonough now in England has Evi-
dences we Suppose sufficient to Support the Hon'' Integrity & Loyalty
of both Gov'' & Council which he will also Shew you and as you Are
one of the Council here we give you this Trouble & hope Your Assist-
ance in the Premisses I am at the request of the Memorialists &
with humble Esteem
Your most obed' Humble Serv'
To Paul Wentworth Esq T A Copy
[6-32] [A Fragnie7it.']
His Excellency asked the Council if they had come to Any Deter-
mination or had formed any replycation to the reasons offered by M""
Leviuss for his Dessent from the resolve of the Council of the 17"^ of
March last relative to the 500 Acre Lotts of Land reserved by the
Late Govern"' in the Several Patent or Grants of his Majesty s Land
in this Province &c^
They answered they had not — because upon reading M"" Leviuss
Preface to his reasons & in which he pretends to have recited the
Question put by y'' Excellency to the Council and their answer thereto
he has so mutilated the Questions & so prevaricated in rehearsing the
Councils answer or resolves that not any Person by reading them —
can discover any Lawdable reason for his so amusing himself we
would therefore ■ recomend that a Copy of the Journal of Council of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 639
the S'^ 17 of March relative to his Excellencys Said Questions & the
Councils Answers thereto be Transcribed on the Back of M"" Leviuss
Performance called his Dissent
[6-33]
\ Endorsed '' Liviiis Versus Moffat at the Court of Appeals. ''^
They have assign'd three causes in Arrest of Judgment
I*' That the Action is misconceived 2^ That no Action but Action
of Account Lays between Partners in Trade. 3^ That the facts con-
tained in the declaration are not sufficient foundation for a Verdict —
We will first show that we had our Election either of Case or Ac-
count : I Salk. 9. I Showers. 71. The plaintiff paid the def a large
Sum to trade with on the def'^ promise to account & pay the N*
pceeds j^g ]-|^g j^qj- [jonc it — that is the Substance of our declaration
& is exactly Similar to the two precedents quoted.
But they say that by our being partners in Trade no Action but
Account is maintainable — That is not the Case, the utmost that can
truly be said on this head is in Woods Inst : 558 "In advancement
of trade One Merch' shall have Account against the other, naming
him Merch* & shall charge him as Receiver &c^ This by the Law
of Merch*^" for otherwise he could not have an Action of Account
against one not truly his Bailif Receiver or Serv' — but it does not
say that he may bring no other Action & the Cases cited show that
he may —
Conscious that this must fail them they mention the matter of
Coke Littleton concerning Join tenants or tenants in Common that
if one Jointenant receives the whole profits the other had no Remedy
but to catch it as he could till the 3 & 4 of Anne ch : 16 which gives
the aggrieved Jointenant Action of Account, they would be very
hard put to it to show that this Act is in force here so that according
to their Account the plantiff has no remedy contrary to the general
Maxims — that every Wrong has a Remedy — that the def in destroy-
ing the pl^^^ Writ must furnish him with a better or the Court will
sustain that which the plaintiff has chosen &c^ They should have
remember'd that this position of Coke Littleton from its repugnancy
to Natural Justice, has been much doubted and they cannot show one
writ abated in conformity to it : & they might have seen too that M""
Moffatt is not charg'd as Join tenant but as having rec*^ a Sum of
Money which he has never repaid or accounted for.
But was it evident from the Declaration that the parties were Join-
tenants, & was that saying of Coke Littleten ever so well confirm'd
640 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLA.L PAPERS.
for Law in the Sense they would have it M"" Moffatt's express prom-
ise to pay the N' P'^'^'^'^^ & the Plaintiffs trust & Confidence in conse-
quence thereof as laid in the declaration would be sufficient foundation
for an Assumpsit — In the i. Salk. 27 such a promise & trust cur'd
even a Nudum pactum & removd the want of a Consideration, being
a good foundation for an Action where otherwise there would have
been none — so it is here. Besides they should have look'd a little
further in their Coke Littleton — 200 a & b, & they would have found
that if one Jointenant consumes the whole Stock, the other may bring
Trespass & they might have observ'd that M"" Moffatt is charg'd with
making away with Stock & block.
The Reason why Lord Coke says that a Jointenant has no Remedy
against his Partner is that he is seiz'd per my & per tout & might take
the profits without tort, & there being no Contract to render any part
he could not be forcd to it by Law which requires either Tort or
contract to proceed on, but this has generally been thought too refind
for the practice of Courts whose End is Justice, as a Contract seems
to be implied when one takes the others part Share. — but be either
way it cannot effect this Case where an express Contract is laid :
Much more might be said, but surely it needs [not]
We shall now show that Judgment could not be arrested for this
cause even if we had brought a wrong Action because we could then
never bring the right Action That IVP Livius paid M"" JMoffatt a Large
Sum of Money is undeniable here is the rec' for it — That M"" Moffatt
ought to make M"" Livius Satisfaction for this Money is surely as evi-
dent — That he has left the Country to avoid doing this is as notori-
ous as can be — & now when M"" Livius applys to the Justice of the
Province for a Judgment that if possible he may secure something
even this is embarrass'd — The Gent" on the other Side in order to
darken the plain Equity of the Case endeavour to mix & confound
the Matter with points of Law the usual refuge of a bad Cause, which
are the more perplexing because in this Case they are no way appli-
cable Thus they hope by a Multitude of Words to make y"" Ex H
lose Sight of the Question the point in Issue but it is so plain & vis-
ible that I think it must be impossible — * The whole lays in a very
few words if we had not been thus drawn by their Story telling into
this Length — M'' Livius in his writ says M"" Moffatt promisd to acc^
with him & pay him — that he has broke His promise to his damage
So much — Now whether this promise was to acc^ or to build a Ship
he is equally answerable in Damages for the breach — To this prom-
ise as laid M"" Pickering here pleads that he did not promise so that
the Question is whether he did or did not promise & by what they
themselves have confessd they did promise in the very manner they
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 64I
are charg'd so that your Ex'^y & honors cannot but find the Issue for
the plaintiff so that all that remains is to Estimate Damages M""
Moffatt rec'^ ^1150 surely he ought to repay that And he ought at
Least to pay legal Interest — when your Ex : & H'^ consider the In-
justice in keeping the Plaintiff so long out of his money — the put-
ting him to this difficulty in going thro all the Courts — the reviling
& abuse he has unjustly rec^ & the great risk he has run & the great
Doubt whether he ever shall receive any part of his money all to-
gether justly entitle him to Bottomry interest but this he think proper
to waive while the Case is on this Side of the Water — but he ex-
pects from your Ex'^y & honors Justice & Judgment for the Legal In-
terest — that is an Affirmation of the Judgments in the two Other
Courts with additional Interest & Costs & this assuredly he must
obtain
[6-34] \^Mei}iorial from the Justices of the Superior Court.]
Province of ] To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq"^ Captain
New Hampshire > General Governor and Commander in Chief in
Hillsborough ) and over the said Province.
Humbly shew, the Justices assigned to keep the Peace of Our Sov-
ereign Lord the King within the said County whose Names are sub-
scribed.
That The Hon^'^ the Justices of His Majesty's Superior Court of
Judicature for said County, did at September Term 1772, order and
adjudge. That one Joseph Kelly sho'^ pay a Fine to the King of Ten
pounds Lawful money for a certain Assault and Battery committed
on the Body of One John Holland, together with Costs of Prosecution :
— On which said Judgement the said Kelly is still held a Prisoner.
And Whereas the said Kelly is in indigent Circumstances, and utterly
unable to satisfy the said Judgement, and his Prison Charges must in-
evitably fall upon the County, who, on that Account are unanimous
in their Desire of releasing him so far as is in their Power, And also
as Your Petitioners most humbly Conceive That the long Imprison-
ment of said Kelly has been a much greater Punishment than the
payment of the said Fine (had that been in his Power)
We therefore, truly sensible, and relying on Your Excellency's At-
tachment to the Interest of Your Government in General as well as
this County, and Your benevolent Disposition to relieve the unhappy,
642 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
of which You have given such ample Testimony in Your whole Ad-
ministration most humbly intreat Your Excellency to remit said Fine.
And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever pray &c.
Wyseman Clagett Zaccheus Cutler Sam" Cumings
Joshua Atherton John Shepard jun Samuel Wentworth
E' G' Lutwyche Sam' Hobart James Underwood
Moses Nichols
[6-35]
[Thomas Bell's account for sundries on Fort William and Mary,
January 6, 1773. Voted and allowed. — Ed.]
[6-36] \Pctitioii for CJiaiiging County Li)ies, 1773.]
Province of \To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Captain
New Hampshire j General Governour and Commander in Chief &c
&c &c And to the Honourable his Majesty's Councill and House
of Representatives for said Province
The Petition of the Subscribers being Inhabitants of Londonderry
and other Towns adjacent to the County of Hillsborough in said
Province most humbly sheweth That the Towns of Londonderry
Windham Pelham Salem Pembrook & Concord are very remote from
the Places of holding Courts and that they reap little or no advantage
by the Deviding the Province into County's as the Said Devision now
Stands. That the County of Rockingham is at Present too Large,
and the County of Hillsborough too Small for the publick good All
which is too obvious and plain to need proof ; the Petitioners there-
fore pray the advisement of your Excellency & Honours on the Prem-
ises, That the aforesaid Towns may be annexed to the County of
Hillsborough And that Some part of the Courts of Said Hillsborough
may be held at Londonderry, And that two Superior Courts may be
held in A year for Said County And your Petitioners as in Duty
bound shall ever pray &c
January 25*'' 1773 —
Mathew Thornton Robert Mountgomery William Cunninham
William Wallace Hugh mountgomery Artur Reid
Joseph Cochran James m'^keen thomas Willson
William Cochran David m'^keen Alexander Nickles
William Thornton David Crais^e Samul Do2:e
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
643
John Cochran
John M^Crtney
James Alexander
William Alexander
James Miltmer
Elijah Cochran
Daniel Miltimor
John Gunion
John Gregg
Benjamin Gregg
John Patten
Matthew Clark
David Anderson
Rabeul Anderson
James Vance
John Vance
John Mitchell
James Wallace
Andrew Clindinin
william Clindinin
And one hundred
&
tions herewith to be exhibited
Will'" Vance
James Patterson
John Stueart
John Stueartt Jun""
george Herron
John Moor
Thomas Hudson
David Clendinin
Robert m'^farland
John Karr
Samuel Karr
John Stinson
James Stinson
Nathan Stinson
Daniel Runnels
Matthew Reid
James Dinsmoor
Robert Wallace
Alexander Leslie
John Kelsy
eighty one others who
Roger Magrath
Parker Dodge
Robert M-^Curdy
John M^Cordey
Robart Gilmore
William Gilmore
Thomas Cristy
Gorge Moore
Hugh Dunklee
John Brown
John Gilmore
Jonathan Gilmore
Roberet Hountter
Mo^ Barnett
Will"^ Rodgers
Rob' Barnett
James Barnett
Sam" Alison
Andre'"' Alison
John Barnett Jun*"
have subscrib'd peti-
Province of )^
New Hamp"" j
In the House Represent January 29''' 1773
Voted that the Petitioners cause the Substance of this Petition to
be printed in the New Hampsh"^ Gazette three Weeks successively
that any person having any Objection may be heard thereon the third
day of the Sitting of the Gen' Assembly after the first day of April
next William Parker Clerk Assembly
In Council Feb>' 6 1773 Read and nonconcurd
Geo : King D Sec^
\_Rcport of Committee on Road from Conway to Connecticut River,
I773-]
Province of 1 To His Excellency John Wentworth Esquire
New Hampshire j Governor in Cheif in & over said Province,
The Hon' the Council, and House of Representatives in General
Assembly conven'd the 26 January A D 1773 —
The Report of Ammi R : Cutter, Jacob Treadwell, and Thomas
644 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Martin, all of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham & Province
Aforesaid, As a Committee Appointed by an Act of s"^ Province to
Survey, lay out, & make passable, a road from Conway to Connecticut
river on the East side of the White Hills — Sheweth —
That your Committee have caused said road to be explored accord-
ing to the SurV'Cyers report or return hereto annexed — for which
they have Advanc'd about Twenty pounds lawfull money, that when
Appoint^ they did not A.pprehend that said road would run through
so large a tract of land ungranted, as they Since find it must, nor
that the expence of Surveys laying out, and making the s^ road,
through said ungranted lands wonld amount to Two Hundred pounds
lawful money, as they now Judge it will — which sum by s^ Act we
as a Committee aforesaid will be Obliged to pay, and to wait the re-
payment thereof, untill S'^ ungranted lands shall be granted besides
being Chargeable with Advancing the expence of making the rest of
the road through the granted lands. — your Committee conceive that
the method pointed out in said Act to oblige the proprietors of the
several Townships or tracts of land allready granted to advance the
money Necessary to make said road through the ungranted lands to
be very burthensome to, and will very much discourage and impede
the Settlement of such Townships, as the respective proportions of
the charge of s'^ road will not be very inconsiderable to s'^ proprietors
of the several Townships thro which it will run, that your Committee
are very Apprehensive that if some other method is not provided to
defray the charge of making s^ road through the &^ ungranted lands.
Your Excellency & Honours benevolent, beneficial, & publick designe
in ordering said road will be defeated —
The great Necessity, conveniency & extensive benefit & usefull-
ness of such road to this Government in general, as it will tend to
encourage & increase the rapid Settlement of it, and to facilitate the
transportation of the produce of the out towns to the Market towns in
the Government, cannot be denyed by any conversant with its Sit-
uation & Circumstances — The Government of the Province of the
Massachusetts Bay, being deeply sensible of the sound policy of
encouraging the making roads in the new Towns Adjoining to the
eastern lines of this Goverment, have lately orderd roads in the
several towns Aforesaid to be made at the Charge of that Govern-
ment, (as your Committee have been informed) with a view to induce
the inhabitants in the new towns in the easterly part of this Govern-
ment to trade with the Inhabitants of that. —
That your Committee humbly conceive the maks said road through
those ungranted lands to be an Object that merits the effectual &
early Attention of this Government, and as the money to be advanc'd
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 645
will be Apply'd to promote so valuable a purpose, and the repayment
Secured by s'^ act, when s'^ lands shall be granted ; they humbly rec-
ommend that the Government would Advance such a sum of money
as Your Excellency, & Honours, may Judge expedient for the defray-
ing the Charge of making s^ road through s^ Ungranted lands, to be
repaid for the use of the Governm' when said lands shall be granted
— from our enquiry and repeated Communications with many the
most Considerable Freeholders in this Province we find it is very gen-
eraly thought to be a Matter of great importance, desire, & almost
Necessity for the good of this province that this road should forth-
with be made — and that it would be highly Satisfactory, as well as
Advantageous to have it Accomplish'd by a loan from the Treasury
as above Suggested — All which is humbly Submitted —
A R Cutter J
Jacob Treadwell > Committee
Th° Martin )
[6-38] \_Letter of Introductio)! to JoJtn Poivnall, i/"/^.]
Dear Sir. I beg leave to introduce to you the Bearer M' M*=-
Donogh, secretary to Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire, from
whom he brings, agreeably to the Orders of your Board, a full and I
think conclusive Refutation of the several Charges preferred against
him.
It will I know give You satisfaction to see these Aspersions wiped
away & the Governor's Character replaced in the Light you have so
often taken Pleasure to observe to Me it stood at the Board.
I have been confined to my bed several Days, but as soon as I am
able shall wait on You, & whenever this Business comes before the
Board I hope to attend it, as the Governor seems to Me to have been
very greatly traduced. I am, sir,
Y"" Most ob* hum serv*
London i^' Feb^' 73. signed(,) B. Trecothick
John Pownal Esq""
[6-39] {^Barhnv Trecothick to Lord DartmoutJi, 1773.]
My Lord,
Weakness after an Illness which has confined Me to my Bed for
some Days past, deprives Me of the Honour I had intended Myself
of waiting on your Lordship this Morning to introduce the Bearer
646 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
M'' Macdonogh private secretary to Governor Wentworth of New
Hampshire, sent home by his Excellency with a Defence against the
Charge brought against him before your Lordships Predecessor in
Office, which seems to have been stated with the Acrimony usual in
Persons conceiving" themselves injured and to have made some Im-
pressions to the Governor's Prejudice — I am assured a candid Hear-
ing of the Merits, such as I know your Lordship always gives, will
effectually remove them.
the General Esteem Governor Wentworth has acquired by the
Rectitude of his Conduct, during the Course of his Administration,
& the freqent Expressions of Approbation from his superiors here
are strongly in his favour ; And I hope in this Instance also he will
appear to have acted upon Principles of Justice & Honour,
Im with the greatest Respect My Lord
Your Lordships most obedient humble Serv^
London Feb>' i^' I773- Barlow Trecothick
[6-40] {Testimonial from Iiihabitajits of Portsmo?ith.'\
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Captain, General, Governor
& Commander in chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of new
Hampshire and vice admiral of the same.
May it please your Excellency —
The Inhabitants of the Town of Portsmouth being assembled at
their annual meeting, beg leave to address your Excellency, and to
express their Sentiments upon a Representation they hear has been
made to the Lords of trade by Peter Livius Esq"" against your Excel-
lency very injuriously as they think, for they have had occasion both
in their corporate & private capacity to apply to your excellency to
appoint special Judges in the several courts of Law, and have ever
found your Excellency ready & willing to appoint honest & impar-
tial Men without Favour or Affection to either of the Parties apply-
ing, and we are so far, from knowing and being Privy to your Excel-
lency's stoping or giving any Hindrance to the course of Justice dur-
ing your administration that we most heartily wish his Majesty may
be pleased to continue your Excellency in the chair for a long time
to come, that we may go on to reap the fruit of your publick Spirit,
and strenuous Endeavours for the welfare of this Province, and his
Majesty's Interest in General.
We shall only add our Wishes that your Excellency will continue
to promote and encourage the settlement of the new Townships in
this Province, & countenance Learning, and usefull Knowledge as
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 647
you already very abundantly have Done, and that you may hereafter
meet your Reward.
The foregoing address being read several Times.
Voted unanimously
That the same be Presented to his Excellency Gov-
ernor Wentworth by the select men who are Desired to wait upon
him with the same. —
Portsmouth March 26'^ '^771-
a true Copy Attest John Penhallow Town Clerk
[6-4 1 ] [ Testimonial frovi Franccstoivn. ]
Province of \ We the Subscribers Inhabitants of Francestown
New Hampshire > In the County aforesaid, being credibly Informed
Hillsborough ss ) that Peter Livius Esq'' has presented a Memorial to
the Lords of Trade &c
Seting forth among other things that your Excellency and the Hon-
ourable Council Has formed Such a deep laid Scheme of Injustice,
that the Streams of Justice by reason thereof is much obstructed.
We the Inhabitants of Said Francestown being truly Sensible what
great obligations the People of this County and the Province in Gen-
eral are under to your Excellency for the many Instances of goodness
to them, Since your Excellency's advancement to the Chair of Gov-
ernment in promoting and encouraging every useful Science and use-
ing Your utmost endeavours to have Justice properly administred
among the People. We therefore Beg leave to assure your Excel-
lency that we will ever be ready to bear Testimony against all Such
unjust and Groundless aspersions of your Excellency's Conduct, and
think ourselves bound in duty to give our Voice publickly in favour
of your Excellency's Administration ever Since you came to the
Chair that we had the greatest reason to be Satisfied therewith. And
we beg leave to Add that it is our earnest desire that Your Excellency
may be continued in the important place you now fill, for many years
to come as an extensive Blessing to this Province.
John Ouigly ) ^ ,
John Dickey ) ^^'^^^
William Lee ) "^^"
Agree'd that the Select Men Sign this paper in behalf of the Town
at the request of the Inhabitants and Chose John Quigly to Wait on
his Excellency with the Same
Francestown April the 12^*^ A : D : 1773
648
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-42]
[Petition for Protection of Fish, 1773.]
To his Excellency John Wetworth Esq Governor in Chief, in and
over his Majesty's province of New Hampshire; the hon^'® his
Majesty's council and house of representatives, in general assem-
bly conven*^ May anno Domini 1773.
Your petitioners humbly shew That whereas the Shad and Salmon
fishery in merrimack river within this province has formerly been of
vast benefit to those who live not very remote from said river, and a
great encouragement and support to new settlers in the country ;
which fishery has in years past been very much decreased by the
needless and extravagant methods people have practised by building
dams, fixing weares and drawing long nets or sceines &c^ in said river
whereby the fish have been so much harrassed, catched and destroyed
in passing up and down said river, to and from winnipissokee pond
that we have great reason to fear that the said fishery will be wholly
destroyed unless some proper methods are taken to prevent & remove
those impediments
Wherefore we your humble petitioners pray that your Excellency
and honors would take the matter under your wise consideration and
make such provisions for the regulation of said fishery as in your great
wisdom may be adjudged proper and convenient —
And your humble petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c*
Jacob Ayer
James Shepard
Jonathan Duston
David Bradley
Israel morrill
David Dexter
Nath" Walker Jun'
Nathaniel Bradley
Simon Ayer
Peter Ayer Jun
Dan. Den. Rogers
Jonathan Shepard
Moses Dow
Peter Ayer
Thomas Cotthe
Dudley Tyler
Jesse Duston
James Pike
Lewis Page
David Geoi'o-e
Nath^ Saltonstall
Nathe' Walker
John Wingate
Tho* Cogswell
W™ Wingate
Samuel George
Simeon Pike
John George
Enoch Page
Parker Noyes
Joseph Grele
Parker Jaques
John Goodridge
Humphrey Moody
Moses Moody
Moses Morse
Oglander Boistern
Eben Davies
Nathan Hoag Jun
Henry Hale
Elias Sargent
Tho^ Rowell
Ebenezer Colby
James Kimball Jur
James M'^Hard
Ebenezer Runils
Jonathan Nelson
Nathaniel Clark
John Cogswell J
Ammi R mooers
Philbrick Colby
Samuel Midelton
Nathaniel Eaton
Benjamin Gushing
William Hierlihy
Nathaniel Bodge
Mitchel Whittier
Moses Bradly
Stephen webster
Philip Haseltine
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
649
Enoch Bartlet
Isaac Osgood
John White
Thomas West
Cornelius Mansis
Moses Clements
Daniel Bradley
Ebenezer Davies
Charls Davies
James Carr
Joseph moody
Richard Colby jr
Nathanil Cheney
Daniel Colby
Nathan Morss
Jon^ Webster 4'''
Timothy Eaton
James Haseltine
Jn" Wiear
Moses Webster
[6-43]
\_Tcstinio}iial from DartmoutJi College.']
To His Excellency John Wentvvorth Esquire, Captain General, Gov-
ernor and Commander in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province
of New Hampshire, and Vice Admiral of the same.
May it please your Excellency.
The President and Tutors of Dartmouth College for and in behalf
of the same, sensible of the aspersions said to be contain'd in a rep-
resentation before his Majesty by some evil minded Persons against
your Excellency's Character and Administrations, and being informed
the articles of charge there entered are represented as Facts gener-
ally known and observed in this Province.
We beg leave in this manner dutifully to assure your Excellency we
fully believe them groundless false and injurious, and that they are
considered as such by all who have had opportunity and have been
disposed impartially to view those disinterested principles which have
ever influenced your Excellency's Administrations — We are assured
the Inhabitants of this Province esteem themselves happy that his
Majesty has been pleased to place you at the head of Affairs here,
and hope for a long continuance of the same signal Favor of Heaven,
as the wisdom and integrity of your Excellency's conduct has ever
merited their highest Regard — And in justice to your character we
are bound to say, that so far as we know, tis the voice of all who have
been acquainted with your Excellency's conduct, that you have ever
made it an invariable rule to maintain a just balance between the pre-
rogative of our rightful Sovereign and the liberty of these his happy
Subjects, being equally attached to the interests of the one and the
welfare of the other — that your study has been to appoint worthy
and impartial Men to public Offices of Trust and Authority — and
your zeal and engagedness not only to advance the settlement of this
Province, but to encourage & promote good literature in it has been
conspicuous to all.
650 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
We confidently trust the calumnies and machinations used against
you will only serve to render your Excellency's name more conspicu-
ous, and that the devices of those who have set themselves against
you (which we consider only as a base attempt to subvert our present
peace & harmony) will be utterly frustrated
That the great Governor of the Universe will be pleased long to
continue your Excellency in the Chair — that we may unremittedly
enjoy the same happiness and peace in our public Affairs as has been
conspicuous ever since your Accession thereto — and that you will
continue to smile on this infant College which you have hitherto zeal-
ously promoted and encouraged, is the earnest wish and prayer of,
hon*^ Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient and most humble Servants
Eleazar Wheelock President
Beza Woodward ^
John Wheelock > Tutors
Silvanus Ripley j
Dartmouth College in Hanover in the Province of New Hampshire
May 3^^ Anno Domini 1773.
[6—44] "[^Summons to Captains Stickney and Chandler, 1773.]
Provence of "]
New Hampshr Vss To Cap*"^ Thomas Gastrekney and Abiel Chand-
Rockingham j ler of Concord in S^ County Greeting
You are Hereby Required in his Majestyes Name To
Seal meet me at the House of m"" Roberts M'^Gragors Inholder
In Goffe Town on Tuesday the 1 5'^ Day of June next at ten
of the Clock forenoon to Confer & Give In Charge Such orders as by
us and the major part of us then present Shall be Judged Meet for
the better ordering & Settling the Several Companys in the Rige-
ment of which I am CoP and make Return to me as the Law Directs
Here of fail not upon your Perril Given under my Hand & Seal at
derryfeild the 14'^ Day of May In the 13*^ year of his majestyes
Reign anno Que Dom 1773 John Goffe Col' 9 Rig'
[6-45]
[Judge John Pickering's opinion upon the escape of sundry prison-
ers from Amherst jail. May 22, 1773. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 65 1
[6-46] [Minutes of ^^ Road from Nciv Britton to HanovcK']
Minute of the New Road from New Britton to Hanover from The
rode on the west side of Merrimac River a Httle north of Sanburns
Norwesterly thro' Britton Newcheshire Alexandia & The Gore to
M"" Hoits 13 Miles thro' Part of Grafton to Cardegan 4 Miles thro'
Cardegan to Canaan 4 Miles to the Center of Canaan 3 Miles all a
Northwesterly Course from Thence to the Governors Road North (as
the Road now is 2 Miles. But as the road is from the middle of
Canaan Southwesterly to the Middle of Lebanon by the River 18
Miles from thence to Dartmouth 4 Miles How the Road may be got
thro' from the Middle Canaan thro' Hanover to the College in a dif-
ferant place from whence the Governors road is over Moose Mountain
I Cannot tell from Merrimac River to the Middle of Canaan May be
Had without difficulty and be made a Good road for Carriages and is
24 Miles from Thence to the College by Lebanon is 22 miles by the
Governors road I suppose is about 14 but in order to go to Haverhill
at Cohorse the Rode must go from Canaan Northerly thro' Dotches-
ter and so strike Connecticut River some where at the North Part of
Lime or in Thetford which will shorten the way from Cohorse to
New Britton Many Miles from where they now Travil thro' Plymouth
& as well Be much better This is the state of the road as well as I
can Judge from My own Knowledge & The best Information I can
git from Your humble Ser' Elisha Paine
To M^ Hoit
[6-47] \_State of the Light Ho?ise at the Fort, 177'^.^
Fort William & Mary July 23'' 1773 —
May it please your Excellency
I beg leave to Report the state of the Light house —
the late Act that was made for the beter Support of the Light has
been, and is (as yet) Lisufficient for the purpose Intended — I have
Allway's been, and am now, in a Considerable Advance for the Light,
and its not in my power to Continue and Keep up the light any
longer, unless that your Excellency will be please'd to Order me a
Supply of twenty pounds for that use, Otherwis shall be under the
disagreeable Necessity of leting the light House stand useless —
I am with the Greatest Respect
Your Excellencys Most Obed' Humble Servant —
John Cochran
652 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-48]
[Governor John Wentworth's bill of costs at the Board of Trade,
in the case Livius vs. Wentworth. — Ed.]
[6-49] [^Statistics of the Pivviiice, i77?)-'\
The Province of New Hampshire, by a Calculation made from the
Provincial plan, as laid down by Cap' Holland, the bounds of which
are Ascertained as described by Patent
Contains ....... 9296 Square Miles
Which reduced to Acres gives . . . 5,949440
Deduct for ponds and Rivers .... 1 00000
Remains 5,849,440 the
Total Content in Acres exclusive of Water
Portsm"" N Hamps : 6th Nov"" 1773. Geo : Sproule
[6-51] [Petition of Joseph Senter of Moulto7iboroiigh.'\
To His Excell"^y John Wentworth Esq Captain General, Governor
and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of
New Hampshire & Vice Admiral of the Same
To the Honourable His Majestys Council & To the Hon^^^ House
of Representatives all in General Assembly convened ;
The Petition of Joseph Senter of Moultonborough in the Province
aforesaid Esq"" unto Your Excellency & Honours humbly Shews. —
That your Petitioner was appointed by an Act of this Hon^ Court,
together with Samuel Shepard & David Copp, "To lay out and mark
"a Road from his Excell'^J'^ House in Wolfeborough, through that
"Township, Tuftonborough, Moultonborough, New Holdernes.s, to
" Pemigewasset River at the Charge of this Province, — That in Obe-
dience to said Act, Your Petitioner & Associates did proceed to lay
out, & mark the said Road, & made a Plan & Return thereof, which
was accepted by this Hon"^ Court, of which public Notification in the
prints was afterwards given for the Several Towns to clear out the
same, for Passing & Repassing agreable to s"^ Act, But None of said
Towns or their Proprietors took any Notice thereof, and the Space
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 653
of Six Months & more having elapsed after said Road was marked
out, His Excellency sent his Warrant under his Hand and Seal, au-
thorizing & commanding Your Petitioner forthwith to make said
Road, through Moultonborough and to make Return thereof ; In
Obedience to His Excellencys Command, your Petitioner proceeded
upon said Business, but was so impeded & Obstructed for Want of
Hands to Labour, that he could not carry it through, The People in
Moultonborough being all imployed by Coll° J : Moulton, who greatly
disapproved of said Road, which has since been enfenced by some
Person or Persons unknown to y"" Petitioner, — And Your Petitioner
has been necessitated to hire Labour from other Townships at a
greater Expence, and has proceeded to work on s'' Road to the
Amount of Twenty Two Pounds Eleven Shillings & three Pence
Lawf- Money, but as he meet with so many Difhcultys, and not hav-
ing it in his Power or Ability to hire necessary Hands to Accomplish
his Instructions from His Excellency, Y'' Petitioner humbly prays the
Advisement of this Hon^'^ Court on the Premises, And to grant him
the Repayment of his Advances, and such an Additional Sum out of
the Province Treasury, as will enable him to enforce the said Act,
against the Obstructions of any Person or Persons, who either
through Interest or Influence should refuse Obedience to an Act of
this Hon*^^*^ Court, without shewing Cause for the same ; Your Peti-
tioner humbly submits this his Petition to the Consideration of Y""
Excell'^y and Honours to grant him such Relief thereon as in your
Wisdom you may think will best Conduce to Answer the Prayer
thereof, And as in Duty bound Y"" Petitioner will ever pray
Portsm° Feby i^' 1774 Joseph Senter
Province of ) In Council Feb^ i^' I774 —
New Hampshire ) Read and ordered to be sent down to the Hon^^*
Assembly Geo : King D Sec^
Province of ) In the House of Represent Feb 2^ 1774 this Petion
New Hamp'' ) was Read & Voted that the Petitioner Notify the
Clerk of the Proprietors of Moultonborough by Serving him with a
Copy of this Petition that they may be heard thereon on the third
day of the sitting of the General Assembly after the first of March
next W"" Parker Cler Assembly
In Council Feb^ 4''' 1774 Read and concurd
Geo : King D Sec^
654 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-52] [^N'ew Hampshire House to Massachusetts Ho2tsc.'\
Portsm° New Hamp'' f^ Feb^ 1774.
Sir By Reason of several Prorogations The House of Representa-
tives of This Province have not had an earlier Opportunity of Con-
sulting together since the receipt of Your Letter & the Resolves
Accompanying the same of the 3d of June last the Contents of which
they now Observe, highly approving & Con curing therewith —
By the best Intelligence we can Obtain it Appears that the British
Ministry are resolved (in a great Degree if not fully) to Enslave the
Inhabitants of the Colonies in America Subject to the Crown of
Great Britain if by any Means they can Effect it, which much Con-
cerns the Americans to withstand & Prevent
The proposed Method of Union in all the Colonies hath ever Ap-
peared to us (since the first recommendation thereof) to be Absolutely
Necessary, for which purpose this House Adopted the Resolves of
the very respectable House of Burgesses in His Majestys Ancient
Colony of Virginia, and Chose a Committee of Corrospondance Con-
sisting of Seven Persons in May last as you'l please to observe by
the Inclosed Extract You may therefore Depend on the ready Con-
currance of this House with the Measures tho't Necessary to be pur-
sued by the Other Colonies in the Cause of Liberty — We would
gratefully Acknowledge the Prudence & Vigilance of the Patriotic
Houses of Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay in so early taking and
sounding the American Alarm — Be Assured also of our Assistance
(small as it may be) by Contributing all in our Power to promote a
General Union thro' the Colonies, which we hope will be so Strongly
Cemented as not to be Easily Dissolved —
In the Name & by Order of the House &c J W Speaker
The Hon*^'^ Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Province
of the Massachusetts Bay
[6-53] {^Meviorial fro7n Justices of the Superior Court, 1774.]
Province of ) To his Excellency John Wentworth Esquire Cap-
New Hampshire \ tain General & Commander in Chief in & over
his majestys Province of New Hampshire & vice Admiral of the
Same —
Humbly Represent the Justices of the Superior Court of Judica-
ture &c now Sitting at Portsmouth within & for the County of Rock-
ingham that David Foulsom of Newmarket in Said County Gen* was
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 655
Indicted for forging Two Setts of Bills of Exchange & At this Same
Term voluntarily Came into Court Confess"^ the Charge & Humbly
pray"^ the Mercy of the Court after which a Great Number of the
most Respectable Gentlemen in the Province appeared & Certified
The Court that he was Ever before a person of an unblemished Char-
acter was Remarkable for his Integrity & uprightness & That he has
Ever appeared Really penetent for the Crime wdiich they apprehend
his Imbarressed Circumstances Induced him to Commit that his
youth & want of Experience with many other alleviating Circum-
stances plead So Strongly in his favour That though in Stricness of
Law we must pass Sentence upon him for the Crime yet we Humbly
apprehend him worthy of the Royal mercy and Accordingly Recom-
mend him to your Excellencey for a pardon
March i8th 1774 — Theodore Atkinson
]\Ieshech Weare
Leverett Hubbard
William Parker
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"' Captain General Governor
& Commander in Chief in & over his majestys Province of New
Hampshire & vice Admiral of the Same
We the Subscribers Barristers at Law of the within Mentioned
Superiour Court most Humbly beg Leave to Recommend the within
named David Foulsom as a proper Subject of the Royal mercy
March the 18^'' 1774 — Jn° Sullivan
John Lowell
John Pickering Jun""
\_South Boundary of New HanipsJiire, April 8, 1774.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 319.]
M"" Sproule's account of an examination of the south boundary of
New Hampshire.
The point at Hinsdale where the Southerly Line of the Province
of New Hampshire strikes Connecticut River, Lies in 42° — 43' —
59" North Latitude and the Pine tree from whence this line begins
lies in 42° — 41' — 2"; (both Latitudes are deduced from accurate
Astronomical Observati^ taken by M"" Wright) but had this line
been run on a due West coure deducting the Variation of the Needle
656
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the point where it meets Connecticut River should lie in the same
Parallel of Latitude with the Pine Tree ; now it appears the differ-
ence of Latitude is 2 Mile and 57 Seconds of the Equator, and the
extent of the Line from the Pine Tree to Connecticut River is found
to be 55 Statute Mile from an actual Survey ; these lines form the
Base and Perpendicular of a Triangle containing 59872 Acres which
Quantity of Land the Province of New Hampshire would have Gaind
had this line been run on a due West course from the Pine Tree,
exclusive of Variation Geo : Sproule
Portsmouth 8'^ April 1774
[6-54]
[Governor Wentworth's subsequent bill in the case, Livius vs.
Wentworth. — Ed.]
[6-55]
\Grafton County Justices.^
List of The Justices (Now Living) For the County of Grafton vz'
— The Hon'ble
John Hurd
Moses Little
Asa Porter
Theodore Atkinson
Daniel Warner
Daniel Rogers
Peter Gilman
Thomas Westbrook
Eleazer Wheelock
John Fenton
Mark H*^ Wentworth Samuel Livermore
Jonathan Warner Bezaleel Woodward
Daniel Rindge Israel Morey
George Jaffray
Portsmouth 5* September 1774 —
John Wheatley
Joseph Peverley
WaldronDaniel Brainerd
Joseph Holbrook
Seth Wales
Samuel Gilbert
Thomas Merrill
John Goff
Esquires
attest John Fenton O
[6-56]
YHillsboroiigJi County Justices. ^
A List of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of
Hillsborough 12^^ of September A D 1774
John Goffe, Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, John Hale, John Shep-
hard Junior, Reuben Kidder, Samuel Hobart, Samuel Blodget, Mat-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 657
thew Thornton, Stephen Holland, Samuel Wentworth, Matthew Pat-
tin, James Scales, William Clark, Ezekiel Chase, Jeremiah Page,
James Underwood, Benjamin Page, Robert Fletcher, Andrew Ful-
ler, Moses Nichols, George Jackman, Ebenezer Harnden Goss,
Zaccheus Cutler, Isaac Andrews, Joshua Atherton, Samuel Cum-
ings, Joseph Kimball, John Fenton.
Stephen Holland Clerk
[Colonel Atkijison's Orders to Captain DeJinett.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 299.]
Province of New Hamp""
To Cap^ John Dennet & the Commission Officer of the First Regi-
ment of Militia in the Province of New Hampshire —
Gentlemen You are without Delay to Enlist or Impress Thirty effec-
tive men to Serve his Majesty as a Guard & Protection to his Fort Wil-
liam & Mary at New Castle, and Make Return Imediatly to me of your
doings therein with the Names of the Persons So inlisted SiC"* that Pro-
vision may be made for their being regularly placed in the Said Gar-
rison for all which this is Your Warrant
I am Gentlemen Your ffriend &c^
Theodore Atkison Col"
of the first regiment &c*
Dated at Portsm° in the Prov« afores'^ the 15^*^ of Decem'' 12
o Clock at Noon
\_Colonel Atkinson'' s Orders to Lieutenant Beck.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 300.]
To Lieu' John Beck — Greeting —
You Are to Notify & Warn all the Commission officers of the first
regim' of militia in this his Majestys Pro of New Hamp"" that are at
Present within the Town of Portsm° to attend on me at my Dwelling
House or at the Council Chamber & this without Delay there to re-
ceive such further orders as may Issue
I am y"" ffriend ^'^
T A Col^ of the S^ first regim'
Portsm° Xb"" 15 1774 — 7 oCl"" A :\I
42
658 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-57]
[Report of a " Committee of both Houses appointed to consider of
a Method for making a New proportion to be a guide for paying
Taxes in this State." — Ed.]
[6-58] [Letter from Paul Wentzvorth of London.']
Poland Street London the 13'^ Jan'> 1775.
Hon*^'*^ Sir. On the application of some poor distressed people on
the west side of Connecticut river, deserving the pity of all men,
and the protection of the Assembly of New Hampshire ; a vote was
passed to desire my assistance ; but unfortunately in a form, which
rendered it unfit to the purpose of qualifying me, as it was intended,
to render them service — ■ I shou'd have reaped the honor of express-
ing my acknowledgments to you, Sir, in behalf of the house, sooner;
If I had not expected the instructions, which was to have followed
the note.
I was therefore constrained to suppress any appearance of the
authority from the assembly ; clogged, as it was with a precautionary
restriction, which might have been (perhaps better) taken care of
another way — and wanting both instruction and matter, to support
the claim of your province to the jurisdiction. I did, however, make
out a petition shewing the rights, and oppressive treatment of these
people, and subjoined, a little irregularly indeed, a state of your
claims to the jurisdiction, by way of information, reflecting some light
on the good faith and equity of the title under which they settled.
It is too long to charge you with, but I shall endeavor to send a copy
of it to Governor Wentworth among his dispatches. These lesser
concerns have been lost in the more important affairs of America,
giving the fullest occupation to that department ; but I conjecture
that the little share I took in them, procured to me the nomination
of the Congress, (at the instance of Mess""^ Sullivan & Folsom) to
the honor of delivering their petition to the King, which I was
obliged to decline, for reasons which I hope will appear to be well
founded to those gentlemen ; to which I added in my letter to D'
Franklin, that without having any qualifications at all, that I knew
of, I should not only take a very exceptionable part in regard to M""
Trecothick, who is still agent though he has withdrawn himself from
all business ; and of the legislature of your province, from whom I
never had any authority, & regularly to represent them in any capa-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 659
city. I thought to lay before you Sir, so much of this affair, and to
take leave to refer you, if needful, to my letter to your delegates of
the congress. I would avoid any solicitation of the honor of repre-
senting the interests of New Hampshire, but if fit opportunity
offer, and my poor abilities may be in any degree usefully imployed,
as their specific agent, or more liberally in the higher concerns of
conciliating the interest of America with that of Great Britain, on
the constitutional ground and safety which I trust is the wish of both
parties — most readily shall I endeavour to shew my Zeal in so great
a cause.
I have the honor to be Honorable Sir
your most obedient and very humble servant
(signed) P. Wentworth
\_R?i/es and Regii/atious of a PortsinoutJi Militia Company?^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 301.]
We the Subscribers being Desirous of Attaining the Military Art,
Do Agree on the Following Rules & Regulations Viz* —
i^* That W'C wall meet at some Place that shall be agreed on by the
Company every Monday & Thursday Evening for the Purpose
aforesaid —
2"^^^ That on the First Monday Evening in every Month (After the
Exercize is over) we will choose a Proper Person to Instruct
and Preside over the Company also a Clerk and any Other Offi-
cers that may be Judged Necessary —
3'^^y That we will Pay obedience and Strict Attention to such as we
shall Appoint from Time to Time to Instruct & Command the
Company —
Portsmouth Decem'' 20''' 1774 —
April 6^ 1775 The Company taking into Consideration the Short-
ness of the Evenings and their Numbers being so much Increased
that it is inconvenient to Exercize any longer within Doors There-
fore Voted —
That after the 10"' Day of April Instant we will meet on the Parade
or some other Convenient Place on Monday and Thursday Mornings
Precisely at Sunrise —
Voted that Docf Hall Jackson Mess""" James Sheafe Geo Hart Geo
Gains & Jeremiah Libbey be a committee to wait on the Hon*"'^ The-
odore Atkinson Esq'' CoP of the Regiment to which we belong and
660 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Request the favour of him to grant us liberty to beat a Drum to call
the Company together, and Also to Present to him a Copy of our
rules and Regulations that he may be convinced that we are not a
Company detach'd from his Regiment and Command —
Portsmouth April f^ 1775 —
a True Copy attest J. Libbey C
[6-59]
\Addirss to the King, from the Provhicial Congress, May, 1775.]
To the Kings most excellent Majesty
Most gracious Sovereign
We your Majesty's faithful subjects of the colonies of New hamp-
shire, Massachusetts bay & Rhode island and Providence Plantations,
Connecticutt, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of
New Castle, Kent & Sussex on delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina, in behalf of ourselves and the inhabit-
ants of these colonies, who have deputed Us to represent them in
general Congress, entreat your Majestys gracious attention to this our
humble petition.
The Union between the Mother Country and these colonies, and
the energy of Mild and just government produced benefits so remark-
ably important, and afforded such an assurance of their Permanency
and increase that the Wonder and envy of other Nations were excited
while they beheld Great Britain riseing to a power the most extraordi-
nary the World had ever known.
Her rivals observing that there was no probability of this happy
connection being broken by civil dissentions and apprehending its
future effects if left any longer undisturbed resolved to prevent her
receiving such continual and formidable accessions of wealth and
strength by checking the growth of those settlements from which they
were to be derived.
In the prosecution of this attempt events so unfavourable to the
design took place, that every friend to the interests of Great Britain
and these Colonies entertained pleasing and reasonable expectations
of seeing an additional force and extention immediately given to the
operations of the Union hitherto experienced, by an enlargement of
the dominions of the crown, and a removal of ancient and warlike
enemies to a greater distance.
At the conclusion therefore of the late War, the most glorious and
advantageous that ever had been carried on by British Arms, your
loyal colonists having contributed to its success, by such repeated and
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 66l
strenuous exertions, as frequently procured them the distinguished ap-
probation of your Majesty, of the late King, and of parliament, doubted
not but that they should be permitted with the rest of the empire to
share the blessings of peace and the emoluments of Victory and con-
quests— While these recent and honourable acknowledgments of their
merits remained on record in the journals and acts of that august
legislature the Parliament, undefaced by the imputation or even the
suspicion of any offence, they Were alarmed by a New system of
statutes and regulations adopted for the administration of the Colo-
nies, that filled their minds with the Most painful fears and Jealousies ;
and to their inexpressible astonishment, perceived the dangers of a
foreign quarrel quickly succeeded by domestick dangers, in their judg-
ment of a more dreadful kind.
Nor were their anxieties alleviated by any tendency in this system
to promote the Welfare of their Mother Country. For tho' its effects
were more immediately felt by them, yet its influence appeared to be
injurious to the commerce & prosperity of Great -Britain.
We shall decline the ungrateful task of describing the irksome Va-
riety of artifices practiced by many of your Majestys Ministers, the
delusive pretences, fruitless terrors, and unavailing severities, that
have from time to time been dealt out by them, in their attempts to
execute this impolitic plan, or of traceing thro' a series of years past
the progress of the unhappy differences between Great Britain and
these colonies, that have flowed from this fatal source.
Your Majestys Ministers persevering in their Measures and proceed-
ing to open hostilities for enforcing them, have compelled us to arm
in our own defence, and have engaged us in a controversy so peculiarly
abhorrent to the affections of your still faithful colonists, that when
we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues
what may be the consequences our own particular misfortunes are
accounted by us, only as parts of our distress.
Knowing, to what violent resentments and incurable animosities,
civil discords are apt to exasperate & inflame the contending parties,
we think ourselves required by indispensable obligations to Almighty
God, to your Majesty, to our fellow subjects and to ourselves imme-
diately to use all the means in our power not incompatible with our
safety, for stopping the further effusion of blood, and for averting the
impending calamities that threaten the British Empire —
Thus called upon to address your Majesty on affairs of such Mo-
ment to America and probably to all your dominions. We are ear-
nestly desirous of performing this office with the utmost deference
for your Majesty : and we therefore pray, that your royal Magnanim-
ity and benevolence may make the most favourable construction of
662 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXL\L PAPERS.
our expressions on so uncommon an occasion. Could we represent
in their full force the sentiments that agitate the minds of us you, du-
tiful subjects, we are persuaded, your Majesty would ascribe any seeming
deviation from reverence, in our language and even in our conduct, not
to any reprehensible intention, but to the impossibility of reconcihng
the usual appearances of respect with a just attention to our own pres-
ervation against those artful and cruel enemies, who abuse your royal
confidence & authority for the purpose of effecting our destruction.
Attached to your ]\Iajestys person, family and government with all
the devotion that principle & affection can inspire, connected with
Great Britain by the strongest ties that can unite societies, and de-
ploring every event that tends in any degree to weaken them, We
solemnly assure your Majesty that we not only most ardently desire
the former harmony between her and these colonies may be restored,
but that a concord may be estabHshed between them upon so firm a
basis, as to perpetuate its blessings uninterrupted by any future dis-
sentions to succeeding generations in both countries, and to transmit
your Majestys name to posterity adorned w*^ that signal and lasting
glory that has attended the memory of those illustrious personages,
whose Virtues and abilities have extricated states from dangerous
convulsions, and by securing happiness to others have erected the
most noble & durable monuments to their own fame.
We beg leave further to assure your Majesty, that notwithstanding
the sufferings of your loyal colonists during the course of the present
controversy, our breasts retain too tender a regard for the kingdom
from which we derive our origin to request such a reconciliation, as
might in any manner be inconsistent with her dignity or her welfare —
These related as we are to her, honour and duty as well as inclination
induce us to support and advance ; and the apprehensions that now
oppress our hearts with unspeakable grief once removed, your Majesty
will find your faithful subjects on this continent, ready and willing at
all times, as they have ever been, with their lives and fortunes to
assert and maintain the rights and interests of your Majesty & of our
Mother country.
We therefore beseech your Majesty that your royal authority and
influence may be graciously interposed to procure us releif from our
afiflicting fears & jealousies occasioned by the system before men-
tioned, & to settle peace through every part of your dominions, with
all humility submitting to your Majestys wise consideration, whether
it mav not be expedient for facilitating those important purposes that
your Majesty may be pleased to direct some mode by which the
United applications of your faithful colonists to the throne, in pursu-
ance of their common councils may be improved into a happy and
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 663
permanent reconciliation ; and that in the mean time measures be
taken for preventing the further destruction of the lives of vour
Majesty's subjects ; and that such statutes as more immediately dis-
tress any of your Majestys colonies be repealed : For by such ar-
rangements as your Majesty s Wisdom can form, for collecting the United
sense of your American people, we are convinced, your Majesty would
receive such satisfactory proofs of the disposition of the colonists
towards their sovereign and the parent state, that the wished for op-
portunity would soon be restored to them, of evincing the sincerity of
their professions by every testimony of devotion becoming the most
dutiful subjects and the most affectionate colonists.
That your Majesty may enjoy a long and prosperous reign and
that your descendants may govern your dominions with honor to
themselves &: happiness to their subjects is our sincere and fervent
prayer
[6-60] \Deposition of William Pearu and Jacob SJicafc, Jr.']
The Deposition of William Pearn & Jacob Sheafe Jun of Ports-
mouth, Merchants, who testify, and say that when Cap' John Conk-
lin was last at Portsmouth being about three Weeks past, the Depo-
nents agreed with said Conklin to take a Quantity of Provisions,
which said Conklin, then engaged to bring into this port as soon as
he Could. The Reason of the Deponents then engaging said Provis-
ions was the great Want of them in this Town, and further saith^not
Portsmouth 29"' May. 1775 — Will™ Pearn
Jacob Sheafe jun''
Rockingham ss Portsm° May 2(f^ ^77 S- Then the abovenamed
W™ Pearn and Jacob Sheafe j"" personally appearing made Solemn
Oath to the Truth of the above Deposition by them Subscribed Be-
fore Sam^ Penhallow J Peace
[6-61] \Minntes of Council, May 29, 177 S-]
At a Council held at Portsmouth the 29*'' Day of May 1775.
Present The Governor Jonathan Warner Daniel Rindge George
Jaffrey John Sherburne Esq""^
His Excellency having acquainted the Council that the Secretary
& depy Secretary were out of Town nominated John Fisher Secretary
pro hac vice
to which the Council did advise and consent and the Oaths of office
664 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
were accord^ administred M"" Jac. Treadwell and M"" Jacob Sheaffe
Jun"" present a Memorial from themselves & others Merch^^ Free-
holders & other Inhabitants of this Town setting forth that two Ves-
sels laden with Provisions contracted for by some Merch*^ for the
Supply of the Inhabitants were detained by His Majesty's Ship
Scarborough to be sent to Boston &c^ & praying that His Exc^ &
Hon""^ would interfere to liberate said Vessels & Cargoes — The
Memorialists declare themselves very apprehensive of the most
alarming Consequences from this Measure that in the present imme-
diate Want of Provisions in this & the neighboring Towns the im-
mediate assembling of large Bodies of People is to be apprehended
and fatal Consequences dreaded.
[6-62] \Miiintes of Council, May 29, 1775.]
Province of Newhampshire —
At a Council held at Portsmouth the 29''^ Day of May 1775 —
Present His Excellency the Gov*" in Council —
[The foregoing document is here repeated, and to it is appended
the following :]
The Council having fully considered and deliberated upon the
Matter are of opinion, That the Poor of this and the neighbouring
Towns are in the greatest want of Corn and other Provisions — and
it appearing that the Cargoes of said Vessels had been contracted for
for their relief and sustenance and also for the supply of the Inhab-
itants The Council are convinced there is the greatest Reason on
these Accounts to apprehend the most violent outrages and tumults
of the People will immediately follow this Detention of their Provis-
ions the Consequences of which will be most probably very fatal to
His Majesty's Service, by bringing into the most imminent Danger
the Lives and Properties of His Servants which ought by all means
to be prevented if possible
The Council therefore think it is their Duty to advise Your Excel-
lency will be pleased to acquaint Capt. Barkley of these circum-
stances, not doubting but he will perceive that No general Orders can
be intended to authorize him to cut off the Provisions actually pro-
cured for the necessary Sustenance of the Poor and Inhabitants of
this Town, or impower him to interrupt the peaceable Subjects of
His Majesty in this Province in pursuing their lawful Commerce.
Copy from the Minutes of the Council of His Majesty's Province
of Newhampshire
examined by J Fisher Secretary pro hac Vice
OF
: UWIVE
^*S=;^^- MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 665
[_Goir?yu}r Wcntzvortli to TJicodore Atkinsou.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II,, p. 302.]
Castle William and Mary 17"' June 1775 :
Dear Sir, Captain Barkley has this morning seized the Sloop
King fisher, Jon-"^ Eaton master, laden with thirteen hogsheads &
three tierces of Molasses, bound from Newbury to Piscataqua ; for
breach of Acts of trade. This Sloop run into Little Harbor and un-
laded Eight Cash into a Gondula, without entering or reporting at
the Custom house — Cap' Barkley sends information to the Custom
house & directing to have Vessel & Cargo forthwith libell'd in the
Court of Vice Admiralty, This is not therefore any Stoppage upon
his general orders relative to Provision vessels &c — but wou'd have
taken place any time heretofore, I therefore hope, it will be so con-
sider'd & occasion no disturbance in town.
We shall rejoice exceedingly to see you in this our pleasant retire-
ment, where we breath a good air & some safety from unreasonable
Attacks.
M""^ W & our son are pretty well we unite in best Respects to
you — I am with great regard
My dear Sir your very faithful
J' Wentworth
j^Qj^bie Theodore Atkinson Esq.
\Committec to Remove the Records, 1775.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 303.]
In Provincial Congress at Exeter the 28'"^ June 1775
Whereas in the present unhappy Situation of Affairs in this Col-
ony it is thot by this Congress that the public Records are not safe
in the Town of Portsmouth
Therefore resolved that William Weeks Stephen Evans & Sam^
Dudley Esq""^ M"" Samuel Brooks & Lieu' Thomas Bartlett or the
major part of them be a Committee to proceed to the Secretary of
this Colony the Clerk of the Superior Court the Recordor of Deeds
the Register of the probate of Deeds &c and the Clerk of the infe-
rior Court for the County of Rockingham & take Charge of all the
public Records in their respective Offices both provincial & those for
the County of Rockingham & remove the same to the Town of
Exeter & that they desire the Officers Keepers of the aforesaid
666 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Records to remove to Exeter & there take Charge of their Respect-
ive Records But if the aforesaid Officers should refuse to remove
to Exeter then said Committee are hereby empowered to give
Receipts for said Records & to indemnify the Several & Respective
Officers [Torn] delivering the same
Extracts from the Minutes
Attest E Thompson
Copy examined by Sam' Brooks
[Governor Wentivorth to Theodore Atkinson.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 304.]
Castle W"^ & Mary July i^^ 1775.
Dear Sir, I have occasion to inspect the books of Charters in the
Secretary's office, & to make some minutes out of them, I desire
you'l deliver them to the bearer for that purpose, and I will be re-
sponsible for their safety & return into the Secretary's office — M''*
Went worth join with me in due regards to you, we also present the
same in behalf of our boy Charles Macy, who promises to make a
good Fisherman & perhaps a good Gunner — I am
Dear Sir yours %iQ?-
[Signature of J. Wentworth torn off. — Ed.]
j^Qj-^bie Theodore Atkinson Esq :
[Secretary Atkinsoii s Proposed Anszver to the Coinmittee.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 305.]
Portsm° New Hamp'' July 4*'' 1775 —
Gentlemen of the Com*"
I have Seen your appointment & Directions from the Provincial
Congress to receive from me the records & files of the Secretarys
office this Delivery by me would be a Transaction that I dare not be
a Voluntier in — My appointment is by His Majesty's Special Com-
mission to be Secretary of this Province & to hold the Same during
his Majestys Pleasure & my residence in the Same by which appoint-
ment I execute that office in the different Branches of Duty Viz as
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. ^y
recording the Transactions of tlie General assembly — & of the Gov-
ern"" & Council when they meet on any other or Special Occasion
also when they Set as a Court of Appeals from the Courts of y«
Comon Law in this Province or from Sentences of the Courts of Pro-
bate of Wills &c^ — I am also to give every Vessill a Certificate &
Passport that She is regularly cleared outwards these are all Sepe-
rate Branches of the Secretary's Office. And I am under oath to
keep the Same agreeable to the Directions of the Law in all Things
where unto that office hath relation & thus the records &c^ are com-
itted to my Care & Trust %lz^ now Gentlemen Consider My Situa-
tion — If I am active & Voluntarly diliver these archives so committed
to my Care without Proper Authority am I not Criminal — In this
Province I know there is not above one Single President of this Na-
ture (& that not a Parallel) this happened in Govern'' Cranfield Time
or Soon after he abdicated the Chair of Government of this Province
— a Number of Men armd attack'd the Secretarys Office (one Cham-
berlain then Secretary) and forced from him all the records & files
thereof not only what is now esteem'd the Secretarys Office but also
what is now called the recorders such as Deeds & conveyances of
freehold estates — also those of the Court of Probate of Wills &c^ —
& the Several Courts of Common Law — General sessions of the
Peace &c^ &c^ what Confusion this Transaction occasioned is not to
be concieved — all the archives of the Pro" was held in the Hands of
the Multitude and which so remaind til the Glorious Revolution in
King William & Queen Marys Time when a General Amnesty took
Place &c^ Src"" &c^ — notwithstand those records & files have never to
this Day found the Way to their respective offices but Still remain
(what is left of them) in that confused Condition to this Time and
doubtless many Widows & Orphans as well as others have met great
disadvantages & Sufferd much loss — If you turn your tho*^ to the
Present Distressing Situation of N America —
Two armies of Twelve or fifteen Thousand Men Each & both his
Majesty Subjects now encamped within Cannon Shot & each other
alternatly Spiling the Blood & Spreading the Carnage of their Fellow
Subjects these I think call for all our tho'^ & Endeavour how to
extrecate us without haleing into Action any affair not likely to Con-
tribute to the first & grand affair of Peace & Harmoney between great
Britain & America — If you examine the Transactions of the Nei-
bouring Province for Presedents your Search I imagine will be fruit-
less — General Gage has been personally at Salem and tho he disap-
proved the Transaction of the Town Meetings he never pretended to
intermedle with the records — Cambridge Whose Situation is in the
Midst of the Dispute nor Concord tho that town has been Plundred
668 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
yet the County or Town records remain unaffected — for these rea-
sons I cannot think any such Power as takeing the records from the
usual Places Scc'^ was Delegated to you in Your appointment I have
been thus prolix in giving the reasons why if the record of y^ Sec^^
office are taken out of my Possession by you they will be taken with-
out my Consent or approbation I am Gentlemen Yours
A rough of a Letter Proposed for the Congress at Exeter or y*
Comittee July 5''' 1775 but not forwarded —
\_Secreiaiy s Ansiver Delivered to the Commit tee.~\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 306.]
Portsmouth N H July 6* 1775
Gentlem In Answer to your request Touching my Dilivery of the
records, and files, belonging to & now in the Secref^^ office of this
Province I beg leave to Acquaint you that I am by his Majestys
Special Commission Appointed Secretary of this Province during his
Majestys Pleasure & my residence in the Province — and Agreable
thereto I was Admitted & Sworn into that office & had the keeping
of Archives belonging thereto dilivered to me & put under my Direc-
tion & in my keeping you cant but See my Honour & my Oath for-
bids my consent or even Connivance in Such a Dilivery unless accom-
pany'd with his Majestys Supersedeas or my not being rasident in
the Province Gentemen the Difficulties I may Say the Distresses
in the Province and indeed of the whole Continent are Such that
every Cause of additional Perplexity need be avoided I have Gentle-
men no tho^^ of attempting to maintain the Security of the records in
my Custody by force this I know would have no good Effect my
Aim is only to remove the Grounds of Complaint y* may be entered
against me for either Neglect or Male Practice in the Execution of
my Said office I am Gentlemen with Proper regards —
Your Humble Serv'
Copy Theod"" Atkinson
Copy deliverd to Maj"" Weeks & the rest of the Com'®^
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 669
[Secretary Atkhiso)i Accountable for the Books of Chartcrs.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 307.]
In Provincial Congress at Exeter the y^^ July 1775
Whereas this Congress have resolved it as their Opinion that all
the public Records of this Colony were at this time unsafe in the
Town of Portsmouth & that the same should be removed to the Town
of Exeter All which records have in consequence thereof been re-
moved by a Committee appointed for that purpose as far as came to
their knowledge except the Books of Charters of the several Town-
ships in this Colony Therefore it is now resolved that the Hon^^®
Theodore Atkinson Esq Secretary of the Colony is accountable to
the People for said Records and that he ought without delay to deliver
the same to the Committee
Extract from the Minutes
Copy Attest"" Noah Emery Dep^ Sec^
S'' the Above is Copy of what I rec'^ from Maj"" Weeks on of the
Comittee that required the records ^lc" the other Day I made the
Same answer to him that I did to the Com'^^ the other Day Viz that
I could make no Delivery — if they took them they must be answer-
able Maj"" Weeks Seemed Sorrowful that he was appointed &c^ —
Monday July 10 — 1775
To his Excellency the Gov^ "^ M"" M'^Donough ~
\_Atkinsons Account to the Governor.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 308.]
Portsm" N Hamp"" July f^ 1775
S"" Your Excellency will give me Leave to acquaint you that on the
4"^ Ins^ I had a Visit as Secretary from a Com^^^ appointed by the
Provincial Congress of this Colony held at Exeter when they Shew
me their appointm' & requested the Dilivery of all the records & files
in the Sec'"^'* office I told them it would be ags* my Hon"" & my Oath
of office to be a Voluntier in such dilivery after an Hour's moderate
Conversation & without any heat the Com''^'^ left me & I was in hopes
I should not have had any further Visit from them but on the 6 Ins'
they came again and urged the Dilivery I Stil refused as before &
told Them They well knew it was not in my Power to defend the
office by force of Arms if they took the records &c^ or any of them
they must be answerable they then Entrcd the office & took All the
670 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Files & Records belonging" to y® Sec^>'^ office Except those books in
which was recorded the Several Charter Grants of Land which were
with your Excellency to take some Minutes from the Com*^^ offered
me their rec* agreable to their orders from the Congress but I refused
being otherwise concerned than barely as a Spectator they then
Cleared the office of All the Books & Papers & Transported them to
Exeter & where they are (as I am Informed) remain til further order
that I have Stated the facts as they Occurrd & I am May it Please
Your Excellency
Your Excellency most obedient Humble Serv^
Gov-^ Wentworth T A
[6-63]
{Removal of Records from Office of Recorder of Deeds, 1775.]
Province of \ To his Excellency John Wentworth Esquire Gov-
New Hampshire \ ernor of said Province The Hon''''' the Council
& House of Representatives
Humbly Sheweth Joseph Peirce of Portsm" in the County of
Rockingham & Recorder of Deeds for said County that on the 4'**
Day of July 1775 William Weeks Samuel Dudley Esquires & Sam-
uel Brooks came to your Petitioner & informed him that they with
others were a Committee appointed by the Congress for this Prov-
ince then setting at Exeter to take into their Possession all the Pub-
lick Records in said Portsmouth & to remove them to Exeter — Your
Petitioner objected to the removal & told the Committee he was ap-
pointed to his Office by the General Assembly of this Province &
was answerable for the safekeeping of the Records committed to
his Care, to which they answered that they were appointed to take
the Records and were determined to do it — And in the Afternoon
of the same Day Said William Weeks & Samuel Dudley came again
to your Petitioner's Office, and the said Weeks went immediately to
one of the Cases wherein were Part of the Books of Records & took
hold of a Book to remove it, upon which your Petitioner asked him
if he was still determined to move the Records, to which he replied
they were — Then your Petitioner told him the said Weeks that the
Petitioner was appointed by the General Court & under Oath & large
Bonds for the safe keeping of the Records, the said Weeks replied
that many of the Representatives were of the Congress & knew it
very well — The Petitioner then desired said Weeks to consider well
what he was about, for it was expressly against the Petitioner's Con-
sent — Your Petitioner was then informed by said Weeks that if he
MISCELLANEOUS PROV1NCLA.L PAPERS. 67I
attempted to hinder the Removal of the Records, they, meaning the
Committee, would come the next Day with a sufificient Number of
Men to remove them
But notwithstanding the repeated Denial of your Petitioner and
Remonstrance against the Removal of the Records, the said Weeks
declared that the Com^^ were appointed by the Congress & would
execute their Trust, and accordingly they said Weeks & Dudley with
two other Men, who were waiting with a Cart at the Door, proceeded
& took away all the Books of Records belonging to the Office of
your Petitioner to Carry, as they said, to Exeter — And after on the
6^^ Day of the same ^'lonth the said William Weeks & Stephen
Evans Esq''' M"" Sam'^ Brooks & M"" Thomas Bartlett came to the
Office of your Petitioner & against his Will & express Refusal took
away all the Files & Papers of Record in his Possession, to carry as
they said to Exeter —
In such a Situation your Petitioner conceives it his Duty to give
the earliest Information of the above facts to your Excellency &
Honours that you may pass such Order thereon as in your great Wis-
dom you shall judge proper, and prays that you would secure him
from all Damages on Account of the Records being so removed, &
from any Risk while the Records so remain out of his Possession —
And your Petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray &c
Portsm° 15''' July 1775 Joseph Peirce
[Atkinson to Governor WentwortJi, 1775.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 309.]
Portsm" Monday July 17 — 1775
S"" On Saturday last at half after one o'Clock the House adjourned
till Three in the afternoon — the Council did The Same — near five
the House again adjourned till 3 this afternoon when I understand
by some of the Members they Propose to make a Quorum to receive
your Excellencys further Directions — which was bro' me by M"" M'^-
donough after the adjournm' & the Members Dispersed & of Course
your Excellencys mesage not dilivered — I Propose late this after-
noon to deliver it if the Speaker should be in Town or they Should
make a House If that Proceed'' & should not meet your Plxcellencys
approbation you' Please to Let me have your further Directions — I
am may it Please your Excellency
Your Excellencys most obedient Humble Serv*
Theodore Atkinson
Govern'' Wentworth
6/2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[W^ntzaort/i to Atkinson.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 310.]
Fort William and Mary July 21st 1775
Sir, Captain Barkley (at noon) gave me the inclosed paper, which
I hope may effect a continuance of the boat fishery. You are sen-
sible that I have not any powers to alter or direct in this matter, the
execution of the Restraining Act, being committed to the Navy &
Custom house.
I am with due Regard & Respect
Sir, your most obedient servant
J' Went worth
The Honorable Theodore Atkinson Esq — ■
\Captain Barkley s Conditions.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 311.]
Captain Barkley will suffer the open boats of the Town of Ports-
mouth & the Country to go a Fishing for fresh fish only first having
a permit from him, for that purpose, provided the Town of Ports-
mouth will let His Majesty's Ship under his Command be supplied
with Fresh Beef as usual ; at the common market price & our boats
to pass & repass without Molestation
Scarborough July 21^' I775-
{Atkinson to Wenttvorth.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 312.]
Portsm° N H August 11"' 1775
S*" Immediatly after I recieved your Excellencys Letter of Yes-
terdays Date (which was about 10 oClock this Morn?) relative to the
Inhabitants of this Town fireing on Cap^ Barkley's Boat I sumoned
the Council to meet at 12 but did not make a Quorum til this after-
noon when the Council was Truely Informed that a Town Meeting
was Immedately Notifyed & a very full Meeting of the Inhabitants
appeared & regularly & Deliberately Passd a Vote with a large & un-
common Majority in which they disapproved the Transaction &c^
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL-VL PAPERS. 6/3
your Excellency herewith hath the Vote of the Meeting attested —
and alsoe the Minute of Council —
Your Excellency will Please to bare in mind the Phrase of Currat
Lex has been Some Time past interrupted the Kings attorny gave
it as his oppintion that y"" Present Situation was too uncertain & un-
steady to enter any Actions in the Common Course of Law & which
advise was then approved — and I see no reason why the Same Cause
should not Produce the Same Effect now as then.
[IVcn^zc'ort/i to Atkinson.']
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 313.]
Fort William & Mary 17^^ August 1775.
Sir, I desire that you will summon the Council to meet here this
Afternoon at 4 o'Clock, if possible, if not at Nine O'Clock tomorrow
Morning without P'ail, having Occasion to lay some Matters concern-
ing His Majesty's Service before them for their Consideration &
Advice — Please to send Me an Answer as soon as may be.
I am Sir,
Your most obedient Humble servant
J' Went worth
The Honorable Theodore Atkinson Esq""
[^A}iszuc)' to the Fore going ?\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 314.]
Portsm° August 17 — 1775
half after 4 oClock P— M —
S^ I this Inst' recivd your Excellencys Comand, of this Day but
too late to Summon the Council to attend y"" Exy at Fort W™ &
Mary but Shall endevour to do it so as to attend on y"^ Excellency on
the Morrow as you order I am Your Excellencys
most obedient Humble Serv'
T A
43
6/4 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-64] [George Jaffrey to Noah Emery, 1775.]
Portsm° Aug^' 28*'^ 1775 —
Noah Emery Esq''
S"" This day I received a Copy of a Vote of Provincial Congress
of y« 25^^ Inst' attested by you as Deputy Sec''^', requiring me to lay my
Treasury Acco*^ before the Congress, (in order that the Same may be
Settled/on Tuesday next if the Congress be then Setting, and if not
then Setting, on the Second day of the Sitting of the Congress after
that time, — I should be obliged to you for your favour of informing
the Congress, that for Safety, I had removed my Accounts and pa-
pers from my house, that I could not readily have them on any Occa-
sion, or So Soon as to comply with the Request of the Congress at
the times proposed in their Vote — as a Provincial Officer, constant
and invariable Custom necessarily obliges me, to render my Treasury
Acco'^ to the General Assembly, who with the Other Branch of the
Legislature Settle those Acco'" by which Method of Settling the
Treasurer's Acco*' they only, with consent of the third Branch of
Legislature can give the Treasurer a Discharge — So that any Settle-
ment by the Congress, would not prevent the Requisition of a Settle-
ment by the general Assembly and the other Branches of Legisla-
ture— it would be a Case very Singular and unknown, that the
Treasurer should be accountable, to two Seperate and different Au-
thorities in the Same Province, & what was never required of any
Officer — and as the Session of the general Assembly is near at hand,
and no Injury can Occurr to the Province by my accounts being Set-
tled by the only constitutional Authority for that purpose — I hope
the Congress will candidly consider the Situation of the Province
Treasurer, and be Satisfyed with the Settlement of his Acco'" by the
general Assembly — your good Offices in that Respect with the Con-
gress, will much Oblige S""
your most Obed' Serv'
Geo : Jaffrey
[See Vol. VII., pp. 578, 607. — Ed.]
\Atkinson to the Captain of the Boyn, 1775.]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 315.]
Portsm° Aug' 29 1775
Sir Sometime since the Ship Elizabeth arrived in this Harbour
from Granada & was stopped by Capt Barclay Commander of his
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 6/5
Majestys Ship the Scarborough for having as he said ordnance stores
on board & was from hence by him carried to Boston The freight to
a Considerable amount she had on board belonged to different mer-
chants in this Town. The want of having certain necessary Papers
Completed prevented the owners of the freight or their Agent from
taking Passage in one of those Ships to Boston. They have thot it
absolutely necessary to take this only method of Sending M"" Hale the
Bearer of this to Boston to personate the owners. I therefore think
it reasonable that he be permitted to pass to Boston & desire the
Boat & hands be suffered to return —
With much respect I am Your Obed' Humble Serv'
Copy Theod"" Atkinson, Pres
To the Commander of his Majestys Ship the Boyn in Nantasket road
Boston
{Governor WoitivortJi to Atkinsoii.'\
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 316.]
Gosport 21*' September 1775.
Sir Being just arrived at the Shoals, and press'd for time ; I can
only desire that the inclos'd proclamation for proroguing the General
Assembly to the 24''^ April next, may be forthwith published and made
effectual to it's intent. M"" King will transmit me the Copy of Cap*
Gamble's patent, properly countersigned — M''^ W & her son, her
mother & brother were well at Boston yesterday morning, & desire
their regards to you.
I am in haste. Dear Sir, your most obedient humble Servant ;
J' Went worth
Honorable Theodore Atkinson Esq.
[ Governor' s Proclamation^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 317.]
Province of \ By the Governor,
New Hampshire \ A Proclamation.
Whereas the General Assembly is now under Adjournment to
Thursday the 28"* instant, and it appearing to Me no Way conducive
6'j6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
to His Majesty's Service or the Welfare of the Province that the As-
sembly should meet on that Day, but that it is expedient to prorogue
them to a further Time ;
I have therefore thought fit to issue this Proclamation proroguing
the Meeting of the General Assembly appointed to be held at Ports-
mouth on the 28*'' of September instant, to the 24*'' Day of April next
at ten o' Clock in the Forenoon, and the General Assembly is hereby
prorogued accordingly to that time, then to meet at the Court House
in Portsmouth aforesaid ; And hereof all Persons concerned are to
take Notice and govern themselves accordingly.
Given at Gosport the Twenty first Day of September in the fifteenth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the
Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King, Defender of
the Faith &'^^ and in the year of our Lord Christ 1775.
J' Went worth
By His Excellency's Command
Theodore Atkinson Sec^'y
God Save the King:.
[6-66]
[Account of seamen of the ship " Prince George," Captain Richard
Emmes, October 27, 1775. — Ed.]
[6-67-75]
[Accounts of the committee for exporting provisions. This com-
mittee consisted of Messrs. Cutts, Sherburne, and Long. — Ed.]
\Governors Proclamation. ]
[Belknap Papers, Vol. H., p. 318.]
Colony of New-Hampshire.
By the COUNCIL ^z//^ ASSEMBLY,
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Congress of this Colony have, agreeable to a Recom-
mendation from the Honorable Continental Congress, resolved
on, and form'd themselves upon a Plan of Government by a Coun-
cil and House of Representatives ; which Plan has been published
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 6/7
and dispersed through the Colony, and is to be in Force during the
present Dispute with Great-Britain, unless otherwise advis'd by the
Continental Congress : — conformable to which said Plan of Govern-
ment, the Council and Assembly have chosen, and appointed the
proper Officers for the Administration of Justice, in the several Coun-
ties, who are to be sworn to the faithful Discharge of their several
Trusts ; — It is therefore expected, that no Person or Persons, claim,
or exercise any civil Authority, but such as are, or may be appointed
as aforesaid, on the Penalty of being deemed inimical to their Coun-
try.
Provided nevertheless, and this Proclamation is intended not to in-
terfere with the Power of the necessary Committees of Inspection, or
Safety, chosen in the several Towns through the Colony, by Virtue,
and in Consequence of, any Recommendation or Resolves of the Con-
tinental Congress, — Whereof all Persons concerned, are to take due
Notice, and govern themselves accordingly.
And at the same Time it is earnestly recommended, that in this
distressing Day of public Calamity, when our Enemies are watching
all Opportunities to ensnare and divide us, every one would strive to
prevent, and if possible, to quell all Appearance of party Spirit, to
cultivate and promote Peace, Union and good Order, and by all Means
in their Power, to discourage Profaness, Immorality, and Injustice.
By Order of the Council and Assembly at Exeter, the 19th Day of
March, Anno Domini 1776.
M. vVeare President of the Council.
E. Thompson, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
Portsmouth, Printed by Daniel Fowle.
[6-76] \Connterfeit Money, 1776.]
Rindge May y^ V \y'j6
M""^ Elen Parker Saith that She took a bill out of her Son Samuel's
Chest and burnt it — being asked why She burnt it — She Said that
Sam" Said it was a Counterfiet bill and She burnt it So that it might
not Do any hurt — being asked when She burnt it She Said She
burnt it to day Elen Parker
the Above was Declared before part of Rindge Com'^^
attest Edw^ Jewett Com^«« Clerk
678 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Rindge May y^ 7*^ 1776
I See M"^ Jona* Parker J'' quick after he came home (after the
Committees had Adjourned thier meeting) and S'^ parker Said that
the Committee had used him dam*^ 111 for Setting on the business
Concerning his Persing the bad Money in his Absence
Enoch Hale
the above was Declared before y^ Committee
Attest Ed\w^ Jewett Com*" Clerk
Rindge June y* i^' 1776
I the Subscriber being Present when Lieu* Abel Stone told Sam"
Parker that he had taken a bad bill off him y*' s'^ parker. S"^ Parker
Said he took the bill at Cooppers of Anotomy, & upon s"^ Stones giv-
ing s"^ Parker the bill he the s*^ parker said that he would go & get
some Money of his brother & pay it
Jehoshaphat Grout
the Above was Dclr'^ before Rindge Committee
Attest Edw° Jewett Com*« clerk
I Benjamin Lovering of Rindge in the county of Cheshire and
Province of New Hampshire, aged Twenty two years, do hereby de-
clare, that some time in latter part of the month of March last, being
at the house of Jonathan Parker Jun* Esq"" of Rindge aforesaid, I acci-
dently had the Top of a New Hampshire Bill where he saw it, and
he asked me what it was, before he Inspected it. I told him it was
the Top of a Bill I picked up at Exeter, says he what was it cut off
for, says I, I suppose to put on the Top of another Bill, says he
do you suppose any Body did ever do any such a thing, I told him I
Imagined they had, says he if any Body should do any such a thing,
they will see the Divel, (speaking in a heat,) and further says I am
sure they will meet with Trouble, and Says he I hope nobody will do
it : To which I am Ready to give my Oath.
Rindge May the 30*'' 1776. Benj^ Lovering
the above was Declerd before Rindge Com'^^
Attest Edw^ Jewett Committees Clerk
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 6/9
[6-78] [^Ac^ to Establish the Legality of Certain Taxes, 1776.]
In the Year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy
six
Colony of New Hampshire —
Seal An Act to remove any Doubts that have, or may arise con-
cerning the Legality of any Taxes granted by the late Con-
gress for this Colony ; and to enforce the payment of Taxes in future.
Whereas Doubts have arisen about the Legality of the Taxes
granted by the late Congress, or Congresses for this Colony ; and
about the legal Method of collecting & levying the same, and of other
Taxes in future ; to remove which, and to direct what legal method
shall be pursued for collecting and levying Taxes for the future.
Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives for
this Colony in General Court assembled That all Taxes heretofore
granted by any Congress for this Colony, shall be and hereby are
declared good and legal : And That the several Constables, Collectors
of Taxes in their Respective Towns and Parishes or the Treasurer of
this Colony for the time being, are hereby required and directed to
take use & pursue the same Method for the collecting and levying of
any such Taxes or any other Taxes that may be legally assessed in
future, as the Laws of this Colony provide and direct for the collect-
ing and levying of Taxes within the same. Provided nevertheless
that all Warrants or Processes for the collecting and levying any
Taxes for the future shall be made to conform in Stile to the Law of
this Colony directing what Stile shall be used under the present form
of Government thereof : And that all Warrants and Processes for the
collecting or levying of Taxes that have been herefore issued accord-
ing to the form of Law Used & practiced in this Colony shall be good
and valid notwithstanding any thing herein contained. —
In the House of Representatives June 25'^ 1776.
The foregoing bill having been read three Times Voted That it pass
to be Enacted — P White Speaker —
In Council June 28''' 1776 This Bill read a Third Time voted
That the same be Enacted
E Thompson Sec"^ M Weare President
[6-79]
[Vote of the House to emit "Twenty Thousand one hundred &
Sixty pounds Lawful Money upon the Credit of this Colony for the
use & Service thereof," July 3, 1776. — Ed.]
680 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-80] [Justices of the Peace for Rockingham County, 1776.]
A List of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Rock-
ingham as they are Entered in the General Commission of the Peace
bearing date the fourth day of July Anno Domini One thousand
Seven hundred and Seventy Six.
of the Quorum
The HonW«
Nov''
Meshech Weare
Matthew Thornton
WilUam Whipple
Nathaniel Folsom
Josiah Bartlett
Ebenezer Thompson
John Wenlworth
Wyseman Clagett
Jonathan Blanchard
Samuel Ashley
Benjamin Giles
John Hurd —
Nov 28"'
Leveret Hubbard
Samuel Penhallow
John Dudley
"Hunking Wentworth
Jonathan Warner
William Weeks
Walter Bryant
Richard Downing
Benjamin Rowe
Phillips White
Timothy Walker Jn"'
Jonathan Moulton
Joseph Smith
William Moore
John Webster
John Leavitt
Samuel Sherburne
Peirse Long
Enoch Coffin
Samuel Jenness
Amos Seavey
Winthrop Gove
Enoch Brown
Moses Barnett
O
Portsm"
Porism"
Raymond
Portsm"
Ports m"
Greenland
Newmark'
Newington
Kensington
S Hampton
Concord
Hampton
Newmarket
Stratham
Chester
N Hampton
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Epping
Rye
Rye
Seabrook
Poplin
Londonderry
of the Peace
David Gilman
Josiah Moulton
Samuel Cutts
Henry Prescott
Noah Emery
William Parker J"'
Samuel Dudley
Richard Bartlett
Samuel Emerson
Nathan Bachellor
Nathaniel Bachellor
josiah Gage
Jeremiah Clough
Archelaus Moore
Samuel Mooers
Robert Wilson
Ebenezer Stevens
Samuel Little
John M-^Clary
Nicholas White
Joseph W^elch
Timothy Ladd
James Betton
Benjamin Butler
David Lawrence
John Bell
Daniel Ladd
Jeremiah Eastman
Joseph Dow
John Simpson
Nicholas Gilman
John Rice
John Cram
John Wendell
Samuel Weare
James Stoodly
Pembrook
Hampton
Portsmouth
New Castle
Exeter
Exeter
Brintwood
Chester
Loudon
Kingston East
Pelham
Canterbury
Canterbury
Candia
Chester
Kingston
Hampstead
Epsome
Plastow
Wyndham
Wyndham
Nottingham
Epping
Londondeny
Deerfield
Deerfield
Hampton
Newcastle
Exeter
Exeter
Chichester
Portsmouth
Hampton falls
Newington
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
68i
Colony of New Hampshire Rockingham ss
Exeter Feb''>' i' 1776 The Hon''^'' PhiUips White Esq"" was Sworn
as Judge of the Probate &c for the County of Rockingham before the
Hon'''^ M Weare & N Emery Commissioners
Eod"' die W'" Parker ]n^ Esq"" was Sworn as Register of the Probate
&c for the County of Rockingham before M Weare, P White & N
Emery Commiss''* —
June 12^'' 1776. The Hon'^''^ Meshech Weare Esq"" was Sworn as
Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for the Colony of
New Hampshire before P White c\: N Emery Commiss''^ — and The
Hon'''^ Matthew Thornton & John Wentworth Esq""^ were Sworn as
Justices of Said Court before M Weare, P White & N Emery Com-
miss"^^
June 19'*^ 1776. Deacon Samuel Brooks was Sworn as Recorder
of Deeds &€ for the County of Rockingham before M Weare & N
Emery Esq"'^ Commiss''^
July 4^'' 1776. D'' Joshua Bracket was Sworn as Judge of the
Court Maritime for the Colony of New Hampshire — before M
Weare & N Emery Esq"^^ Commiss""^
Coroners for Rockingham
George Gains
Portsmo
Josiah Clark
Nottingham
Samuel Folsom
Exeter
Ezekiel Worthen
Kensington
Amos Coffin
Hampton
John Graham
Chester
Hubartus Neal
Newmarket
Sam'i Allison
Londonderry
Jonathan Swain
Raymond
Jesse Merrill
Salem
Nehemiah Wheeler
Epping
John Morrison
Wyndham
Jonathan Eastman
Jeremiah Lock
R/e
Abraham Bachelder
Simon Wiggin
Stratham
Benjamin Little Jn"^
Daniel Page
Deerfield
Jonathan Eatton
Plastow
John Fabyan
Newington
Simonds Seccomb
Kingston
Stephen Ames
HoUis
John Nutter
Newington
[6-81] [/ustices ill the State of Neiv Hampshire?^
Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature —
The Hon^''= Meshech Weare Esq"" Matthew Thornton Esq"" Leverit
Hubbard Esq' & John Wentworth Esq"" George King Esq"" Clerk
Sam" Livermore Esq' Attorney Gen^ Nich^ Gilman Treas*"
Ebenezer Thompson & Wyseman Clgett Esq'" Special Justices
of s^ Court —
682 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham —
The Hon^'« Josiah Bartlet J
Nath^ Folsom > Esq""^ Justices
John Dudley )
Samuel Hale
Noah Emery Esq"" Clark
John Parker Esq Shireff
Philips White Esq'' Judge of Probate
William Parker Jun'' Esq"" Register
M*" Samuel Brooks Recorder of Deeds
M"^ Joseph Oilman County Treasurer
Inferior Court for the County of Strafford
the Hon' George Ffrost ^
Otis Baker 1 -r- r<; t ^•
T , -Di > Esq"^^ Justices
John Plummer [ ^ ■^
Moses Carr J
Ebenezer Thompson Esq'' Clerk
Ichabod Rollings Esq"^ Judge of probate
John Wentworth J'' Esq"" Register
Thomas W Waldron Esq"" Recorder of Deeds
Thom^ W Waldron Esq"" County Treas""
Inferior Court for the County of Hillsborough
The Hon''''^ Jonathan Lovevvell ")
James Underwood I ^^ , y <_•
;V- 4.1, TT / Esq'^ Justices
limothy rarrer f
Jeremiah Page j
Robert Fletcher Esq'' Clerk
Matthew Patten Esq' Judge of Probate
Jonathan Blanchard Esq"" Rigester
Nahum Baldwin Esq"" Treasurer for y^ County
Moses Kelly Esq'' Sheriff
Inferior Court for the County of Cheshire
The Hon'^i^ Samuel Ashley^
Beni'^ Bellows 1 t- „ t ^•
c 1 /-u / Esq"^^ Justices
Samuel Chase [ ^ -^
Benj^ Giles J
Enoch Hale Esq"" Sheriff
Thomas Sparhawk Esq Judge of Probate
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 683
Ichabod Fisher Esq"" Register
Thomas Sparhawk Esq'' County Treasurer
Benjamin Bellows Esq"" Recorder of Deeds
Inferior Court for the County of Grafton.
The Hon^'* John Hurd Esq"" Bezaleel Woodard Esq""
Elisha Pain Esq"" Samuel Emerson Esq"" Justices
Israel Morey Esq"" Judge of Probate
Elisha Pain Esq"" Register of Probate
Jotham Cummings Esq"" Sheriff
John Hurd Esq"" Register of Deeds
Justices of the Peace Throughout the State
The Hon^'^ The Members of Council & Judges of the Superior
Court & Wisemen Clagget Esquires
Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham
Hunkin Wentworth Samuel Penhallow, William Weeks, Rich-
ard Downing, Benjamin Rowe, and Philips White Esq""^ John
Dudley, David Oilman, Noah Emery, William Parker Jun"", Sam-
uel Dudley, Richard Bartlett, Samuel Emerson, Nathan Bach-
elder, Josiah Gage, Timothy Walker Jun'', Jeremiah Clough,
Archelaus Moore, Samuel Moore, Robert Wilson, Ebenezer Stevens,
Samuel Little, John M'^Clary, Nicholas White, Joseph Welch, Tim-
othy Ladd, James Betten, Benjamin Butler, David Lawrance, Wil-
liam Moore, John Webster, John Leavitt, Samuel Hale, Woodbury
Langdon, Mark Wiggin, Josiah Adams, Samuel Philbrick Geo Gains
Justices of the Peace for the County of Strafford
Ichabod Rawlings, Ebenezer Smith, Daniel Beede, Joseph Senter,
Thomas Persons, Joseph Sias, Solomon Emerson, Simeon Deerborn,
John Wentworth Jun'^, Valentine Mathes, William Chamberlin, Her-
cules Mooney, John Tasker, John Garland, Stephen Evans, Otis
Baker, John Plummer, George Ffrost Moses Carr Hercules Mooney
Esq""^
Justices of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough —
Matthew Patten, Jonathan Lovewell, Jeremiah Page, Timothy
Farrer, Henery Gerish, Moses Nickols, James Underwood, Isaac An-
drews, Joseph Bean, George Jackman, Joshua Bayley, Francis
Blood
684 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Justices of the Peace for the County of Cheshire
Benjamin Bellows, Samuel Chace, Benjamin Giles, Francis Smith,
William Haywood, Thomas Putnam, Nathaniel S. Prentice, Isaac
Wyman, Calvin Frink, Ephraim Baldwin, Heber Millar, Obediah
Wilcox, Joseph Greenwood, Lake, P
Justices of the Peace for the County of Grafton
Israel Morey, Bezaleel Woodward, Daniel Brainard John Wheatley,
Joseph Peverley, Timothy Bedel, Samuel Emerson, & Charles Johnson
Barristers at Law Samuel Livermore Esq' William Parker Jun"^
Esq'' John Pickering Esq"" Jonathan Mitchell Sewall Esq"' John Went-
worth Jun'' Esq'' Oliver Whipple Esq""
practiseing Attorneys — Joshua Atherton Esq'' Eben"" Champney
James Underwood Jun''
[6-81] \Naval Office Tabic of Fees, iyy6.]
Naval office Newhampshire September 1776
For Entering every Ship or Vessel from Massachu-
setts coast ways —
For clearing to Ditto —
For Entering from any other of the American states
For clearing to Ditto —
For Entering Every Ship or Vessel from a foreign
Voyage —
For clearing to Ditto —
For Every Register —
For Recording every Register —
For endorsing every Register —
For every Bond —
For a bill of health —
For a coket —
For a permit to Unload —
For every pass for the Forts —
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[6-81] \Lead Mine Discovered^ ^77^-]
The Board having Information from Deacon Knowles that a cer-
tain M'' Jon^ Door of Lebanon in the province of Main has found out
and is knowing to a good Lead Mine in some part of the neighbour-
ing unsettled Lands, & that said Door is wilHng to make Discovery
thereof, for a reasonable Reward, & the public Benefit recommend to
the Honble House, that some trusty person be nominated as a Com-
mittee with Deacon Knowles to call upon M"^ Door and desire he
would shew them to the said Mine, to bring away some part of the
Ore for Tryal, & if it should prove good, to engage upon the honor
of this Gen' Assembly, that he shall be well satisfyd for his Trouble
& the Discovery —
In Council Sept 20"" 1776 —
[6-82]
[Joseph Oilman's bond for ;^4,ooo, as treasurer of Rockingham
county, dated November 14, 1776. Bondsmen, Nathaniel Folsom
and John Dudley. — Ed.]
[6-83] [Chief Justice Weave's Certificate, 1776.]
Exeter Novem"" 29^"^ 1776.
This certifies that John Ayer of Pembroke complained to Wyse-
man Clagett Esq"^ against one James Ryan for passing Money Emit-
ted by this state Altered to higher Sums than Originally made
And Said Ayer appeared careful & very Industrious in prosecuting
said Affair for the publick Good. In Consequence of which Comp^
Said Ryan was Apprehended, & convicted before the Superior Court
of the Fact M Weare Chief Justice of s"^ Court
[6-84] {Act regulating Election of County Officers. \
In the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Seventy
Six —
State of New Hampshire —
Seal An Act for regulating the Choice of County Treasurers
and Recorders of Deeds in the several Counties in said State
Whereas in the Form of Government established by the late Con^
gress it is directed that the Council & Assembly should ascertain the
686 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
Manner of choosing County Treasurers & Recorders of Deeds for
the several Counties in said State by the People of Each County re-
spectively.
Be it Therefore Enacted by the Council & Assembly and by the
Authority of the Same, That at the Annual Meeting of each Town
and Parish in the respective Counties (if in the Month of March) or at
some other Meeting to be appointed for said Purpose, to be held in the
Month of March, Each Voter shall bring in one Vote for a County
Treasurer & one Vote for a Recorder of Deeds, for their respective
Counties, and that the Votes for a County Treasurer be sealed up in
one Paper, and the Votes for a Recorder of Deeds in another, and
certified thereon, which are Votes for a Treasurer, & which for a Re-
corder, by the Town or Parish Clerk, who shall return said Vote so
sealed up & certified, to the Clerk of the Court of General Sessions
of the Peace to be holden next after the said Month of March within
and for such County — which votes shall be sorted by a Committee to
be appointed by said Court who shall make known to said Court what
Person has the highest number of Votes for each of said offices, and
such Person shall by the said Court be declared to be chosen to said
offices respectively & be entered in the Clerk's Book accordingly.
And in Case there is an equal number of Votes for any Persons who
have the highest number, the Choice shall be determined by the Votes
of the Major Part of the Justices of said Court present
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that in Case
of Refusal, Death or other Incapacity of any such Officer, the said
Court shall issue a Precept to the Selectmen of each Town & Parish
in such County requiring them to call a Meeting (according to law) of
their Town or Parish respectively to chuse another in the manner be-
fore directed
And that the said Court shall appoint a Committee which in Case
of Death or other incapacity of any such Officer shall receive into
safe keeping all Records & Papers belonging to the said Office so va-
cant, which Committee shall be under Oath for the faithful Perform-
ance of said Trust —
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all such
Recorders of Deeds before they be Qualified for said Office shall give
bond to the Speaker of the house of Representatives for the time
being (for the use of this State) with two sufficient Sureties in the
Sum of Two Thousand Pounds — for the faithful Performance of said
Trust — And that all such County Treasurers before they enter upon
the Duty of said Office shall give bond with two sufficient Sureties
to the Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for such
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 68/
County in the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds — (for the Use of such
County) for the faithful discharge of said Trust —
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Per-
sons who now hold such Offices shall hold & execute the same until
such further Choice be made & declared pursuant to this Act —
In the House of Representatives Dec"" ii^'' 1776 —
The foregoing bill being read a third time, Voted that the Same
Pass to be Enacted — " Sam' Cutts Speak' f Temp^
In Council December 13''' 1776 This Bill was Read a Third Time,
and Voted that the same be Enacted M Weare President
[6-85]
[Report of " Committee of both Houses appointed to Consider of
a Method for making a New proportion, to be a guide for paying
Taxes in this State," 1777. — Ed.]
[6-86] {Protest of Benjamin Giles and Others, 1777.]
State of New Hampshire To the Honorable Council and House of
Representatives now Convened at Exeter
Humbly Sheweth that We your Petitioners (Real friends and well
wishers to the peace and Unity of the United States of America, and
to this State in particular) are under fearfull apprehensions that a
Vote passed Yesterday by the Honorable House of Representatives,
will be, we fear attended with far Worse consequences than a former
in the opinion of the disaffected party of Grafton County hasty Meas-
ure adopted by a late Assembly which is recent in the minds of your
Hon''% for in the present critical situation of affairs when a Strong
Jealousy Possesses the minds of all with respect to right Liberty and
freedom. Wee your Petitioners are humbly of Opinion, that to en-
deavor to subject near one half of this State not only into a Comply-
ance with the main body of the former Laws but also into a Comply-
ance with the detested practice of carrying the same into Execution,
will we fear irritate the minds of a great part of the (present Peace-
able) inhabitants of this State it being a Yoke which neither we nor
our Fathers were able to bear, — And also your Petitioners are Hum-
bly of opinion that if the former Laws of this State and the manner
of executing the same, were in every View Just and most consistant
688
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
with the rights and Priviledges of the People (tho the contrary is ev-
ident) that in such a day it would not be prudent to force a Comply-
ance by a bear Majority in the House, and more especially when the
Evil proposed to be remedied may as well be prevented in a way
agreeable to the whole — and further for the Satisfaction of all, and
to remove every ground of Suspicion Your Petitioners earnestly de-
sire such Laws may be adopted and such Enacted as may be for the
peace and Safety of the Community, Establishing every Individuals
right and property, and that we abhor the most distant thought of a
State of Anarchy but as the Execution of Law heretofore has been
so oppressive to the subject wee now dread the consequence, and pray
that before Law fully takes place a more just Righteous and less bur-
densome way of conducting tryals at Law be adopted, and if other-
wise, Some of your Petitioners at least, according to the instructions
of their Constituents do hereby Enter their protest against theafores^
Vote if Concur'd by the Honorable Council, having this Aspect we
fear and dread Viz: a greater disunion then there is at present ; hop-
ing this honest and plain representation will be considered as it is in
truth (not from an Esteem of popularity or being thought Singular
or Overbearing) but in the integrity of our hearts dreading the Con-
sequences &c Submitting these hints to your Hon""^ Superior Wis-
dom for Consideration, and direction in the present Case, and hoping
some happy Expedient may be the Consequence, &c
Your Petif^ as in duty bound shall Ever Pray
Exeter April 9"' 1777 Benj" Giles in behalf of his Contituents
W"^ Shattuck Caleb Duston
Dav'' Taylor Asa Davis
Christopher webber James Gibson
Stephen Ames Francis Blood
Francis Worcester
Daniel Brainerd
Obadiah Willcox
John Putney
[See Vol. VHL, p. 538.]
[6-88]
^Petition of Thomas Casey, 1777.]
The Petition of Thomas Casey
Humbly Sheweth that your Peti"" & Wife tooke Passage on board
the Brig* Susanna from London bound to Halifax (in order to recover
his Property their) but on his Passag^e to S'^ place was Taken by the
Privateer M'^Clary & brought into Portsmouth in this State. Now
your Peti' has an Opportunity to go in a Small Vessell belonging to
Capt Pursue that bro't a Number of Prisoners that ran away from
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS. 689
Halifax, & belonging to this & the neighbouring States, therefore
humbly begs sufferance to go in s"^ Vessell — the peculiar Situation of
my Wife would render our longer tarry Here truly miserable — Your
Peti'' therefore begs your Honours will Indulge him in the above re-
quest, and as in duty bound will ever Pray
Portsmouth Dec"" 8, 1777 Thomas Casey
[6-89] \Petition of James Richardson of Dover, 1778.]
To the Hony the Committee of Safety for the State of New Hamp-
shire, Sitting at Exeter
The Petition of James Richardson of Dover in the County of
Strafford and State afores^ — Esq"" — Humbly Shews —
That at the Superior Court held at Said Dover in November Last
by Adjournment your Petitioner was Sentenced to Suffer Four
Months Imprisonment, and to pay a Fine of Three Hundred and
Fifty Pounds, Lawful Money for the Use of this State, and to pay
costs of prosecution and Stand committed untill Sentence of Said
Court should be Complyed with —
That the Term of Four Months above mentioned is elapsed, and
he is now held for the Fine and Costs only and that every Attempt
to Collect a part of his Debts, Sufficient to Defray Said Fine and
Costs has hitherto proved fruitless whereby your Petitioner is greatly
Disappointed and much mortified, he having been at considerable
Expence in Employing persons for that purpose
That he has the best Encouragement could he attend the Business
in Person of getting a Sum Sufficient for the above purpose, having
Dealt Largely with Persons in the Western parts of this State, who
are unwilling to advance Money before the Accompts between him
and them be adjusted and as your Petitioner conceives that the
State would be Benifited by Said Sum being soon paid, he therefore
prays your Honours, to Release him from his Confinement for Such
a Term as you Shall think proper to Enable him to Satisfy the Judg-
ment of Said Court — your Petitioner being Ready to give such
Caution as your Honours Deem fit for the Payment of Said Fine and
Costs or in Default thereof for his Return to Prison at the end of Said
Term And as in Duty bound he will ever pray &c
Dover IMarch 18'^ 1778 James Richardson
44
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[6-90] \Bnsi71ess Letter to Joshua IVeutzuort/i.]
Boston April 2^ 1778
Joshua Wentwortb Esq*"
Sir M' Edmund Roberts leaving with us two Barrels Green Tea
to be disposed off at eight Dollars a Bottle — we have tryed all in
our power but cannot obtain it — Teas being very plenty here at
present — if we could not procure 8 Dollars a Bottle — M"" Roberts
desired us to ship the same to you at portsmouth — as Vessells from
your place may Arrive here & go away again without our known ig it
— shall therefore be glad you would give an Order to some Coaster
coming this way & we will deliver the same —
We are Sir Yr, most hum^ Serv'^
Bowdoin & Read
[6-91] \Petit ion from Tozvn of Westmoreland, 1778.]
To the Honourable Counsel and General Assembly for the State of
New Hampshire
The Petition of the Town of Westmorland humbly sheweth that
the Select Men of the Town of Westmorland aforesaid for the Year
Anno Domini 1775 did not by Reason of the unsettled state of Gov-
ernment give to the Constable of said Westmorland a Good and
Legal Warrant to Collect and gather the Rates or Taxes that Ware
Committed to him to Collect and some of the Inhabitace of said Town
Refuseing or Neglecting to pay their taxes : by which means the
Towns Debts are not wholly paid and Discharged which is a Damage
to the Town, the Town therefore pray that the Honourable Court
would make an Act or Law to Authorize the Town to impower some
Person to Collect the rates or taxes of those Inhabitance who have
and Still do neglect or Refuse to pay them or otheways act thereon
as the Honourable Court in their Wisdom shall think proper —
Westmorland May 16 : 1778 Joseph Burt \ Select
Ephraim Stone j Men
in Behalf of Westmorland
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
691
[6-92] \_Pctition for Liberty to Choose a Minister.^
To the Honorable the Councell & House of Representatives of the
State of New-Hampshire in General Assembly convened at
Exeter, your Petitioners humbly shew &c
Whereas we the subscribers, have for many Years past, been Pa-
rishioners under the late Rev'^ David McGregor by Virtue of an
Agreement between the first & second Parishes of Londonderry,
which was afterwards enacted into a Law, as may more fully appear
— We your Petitioners, humbly pray that the benefit of s'^ Act, may
yet extend to us so long as the present Minister of the first Parish
sur\dves ; as he never was our Choice, we cannot accept of him as
our Minister for several Reasons ; therefore we pray that Liberty
may be granted us to hire a Gospel - Minister equal to our propor-
tion of Tax ; from time to time, as may best suit your Petitioners, or
otherwise go where we can be most edify'd, and pay there, till circum-
stances alter, and Your Petitioners humbly conceive that the present
is not a convenient time for establishing Parish Lines — We submit
the Matter to your Honors, and as in duty bound shall ever pray —
Londonderry May 19'^ 1778-
John Wallace
John Gregg
Samuel Gregg
James Adams
Robert Morison
James Miltimore
Robert MacMurphy
Robert Archibald
John Nesmith
Matthew Clark
Jonathan Gillmor
Jonathan Adams
Rob' Smith
William Alexander
Robert M'^Farland
John m'^keen
John m'^keen Juner
William m'^keen
Joshua Lankester
Adam Taylor
Samuel Tyler
James Paul
David Paul
John Taylor
James Taylor
John Taylor Junr
William Taylor
John Taylor
David Taylor
John Karr
Robert Wallace
Robert m'^keen
[6-03]
[Another exactly like the foregoing and signed by the following
James Dinsmoor
James MacKeen
David ]\IacKeen
John Hunter
Daniel Hunter
John Gunyan
James Adams Jun""
Rob' Adams
James Clark
Jonathan W^allace
W™ MacMurphy
Mary Reid
James Willson
William Miltimor
Samuel Marsh
John Hopkens
Margret Nesmith
Benjamen Nesmith
George Clark
W^illiam Gregg
George Gragg
John Hopkins
Rob' Hopkins
Joseph Gregg
692 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-94] \_Miwttes of Council, 1778-]
Minutes of Council May 20'^ 1 778 —
not members enough to make a Quorum —
Thursday May 21*' not Members Enough to make a Quorum —
Friday May 22^ 1778 Vote for the Board of War to recieve
;^ 1 5000 to be Accounted for bro't up read & Con"^ — order m'^ out —
Vote on the petition of Moses Hills who prays for a Divorce from
his Wife — that he be heard thereon the 2^ Wednes^ of next session
bro't up read «&: Con'^
Vote to hear the Petition of Jn° Gage on the first Friday of next
session bro't up read & concur*^
Vote for a Com^ to consid'' of the petition of Reuben Welman
bro't up read and Con'' & M"" King & M' Wentworth added
Vote for a Com^ to consider of the petition of Dan' pierce bro't up
read & Con^ & M' Walker & M-" Blanchard Added —
Vote for a Comm^ to consid"" of Jn° Robbe's Ace* bro't up read &
Concur'd & M"- Wentworth & M^ Blanch^ Added
Vote for a Com^ to consid"" of Damage done houses used as Bar-
racks at New Castle ^l" bro't up read and Con'' & M"" King Added
Vote for the Board of War to load Waggons back from the army
with Flour bro't up r'' and Concur'd —
Vote on the petition of Rachel French & Enoch Noyes giving
leave to them bring in a Bill bro't up read & Con''
Vote to pay the Roll of Cap' Dan' Shattuck amounting to ;;^49-5
-9 bro't up r"^ & Con'' order made out —
Vote to pay the Ace' of Anne Runnels amounting to ^14-6-
bro't up r'' & Con'' ord"" made out
Vote appointing Noah Emery Jn"" Commissary to the State br' up
r'' & Con'' —
Vote directing Amos Dakin to pay into the Treas" 38 Dollars for
Rent of Sam' Tarbells Estate in Mason bro't up read & Con''
Vote for Maj'' Gains and Cap' Blunt to take care of Masts belong-
ing to the State bro't up r'' & Con''
Vote for a Committee to settle with Cap* Janverin for the Income
of his Island used by the State bro't up r'' & con^
Vote adding Jon^ M Sewall to ye Committe to prepare a Bill for
Confiscating Tories Estates bro't up r'' & Con^ —
Vote for a Com^ to draw a Bill to confiscate estates bro't up r^ and
Con-i & M"" Thomson & M"" pickering Added
Vote for the Chief Justice of the Sup"" Court to receive out of the
Treasy £,60 — the puisne Judge £,^0 Each & the Clerk ;^6o to be
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Severally Acc'^ for bro't up read & Concur'' & orders Made out for
the whole —
Saturday May 23^ 1778 —
Vote appointing a Com. to consider of the petition of London-
derry bro't up read and Concur'd —
Vote to pay the Roll of Cap"^ Levi Durant Amounting to ^31,,
16-8. bro't up read and Concur'd & order made out
Vote to hear the Petition of Barton pollard on 2'^ Thursday of next
Session bro't up r^ & Con'^
Vote to hear the Petition of James Bell on the 2^ Wednesday of
next session bro't up r^ & conc'^ —
Vote appointing a Com^ of Safety bro't up r'^ & Con'' —
Vote for pay of the 2 houses bro't up r'' & Con"^ —
Vote to pay Jerem*^ Dow jCsS for a Journey to Merrimac bro't
up read and Con*^ — order made out
Vote to pay the Ace' of Sam" Snell for taking care of a Sick sol-
dier Amounting to ;£ig-4- bro't up r'' & Con<^ order made out —
Vote determining that one John Robbe a Soldier wounded at Ben-
ning" was intit'' to 4- pay and for a Grant of ;^30 to be made him in-
clude what he has r"* bro't up r"^ & Con'^ — order made out —
Vote to pay the Balance of the Ace* of M"" John Smith for assisting
in drawing out the Continental Ace* amounting to ;!^59,, 14-0 bro't
up r^ and Con'' order made out
Vote for Noah Emery Esq' to recieve out of the Treas^ ;^20 to be
accounted for bro't up r'' and Con'' — order made out
Vote to pay the Ace' of Minos Daniels door keeper of the Assem-
bly ^2-0-0 bro't up read and Con'' — order made out
Vote directing John Parker Esq"^ Sheriff of the County of Rock""
to deliver the Estate of Co' Stephen Holland to the care & possession
of the Selectmen of Londonderry
An Act to Repeal an Act for prohibiting Vendues read three
Times & voted that the same be Enacted —
An Act in Addition to the several Acts for Establish^' An Equita-
ble Method of Making Rates of Taxes read three times <S: Voted that
the Same be Enacted —
Vote appointing John Taylor Oilman Receiv"" of Taxes &'^ bro't up
r'' & Con^
Vote determining that Lie' Dan' M'^Murphy of Cap' P^lliots Comply
Col' Hobarts Reg' in G Starks Brig'' who was wounded in the Battle
of Benning" comes clearly under the Resolve of Congress li:'^ — to
recieve ^ pay bro't up read and con'' —
694 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Vote Adj the G Assembly to the 2^ Wednes^ in Aug* next bro't
up r'' & Con'^
M Weare nil ' M-" Ashley 11 11
M' King 1 1 II M"" Wentw^' 1 1
M-- Walker 11 1 1 M' Blanch^ 1 1
M'' Thompson nil M"" Patten i
[^95] \_Petition of Joseph Davenport, Agent, 1778.]
State of New Hamp''^ To the hon^^'' Committee of Safety for said
State —
Humbly Sheweth Joseph Davenport Agent for the Grantees of the
Township of Lyncoln in y*" County of Grafton and State afores"^
That the said Grantees on the 3P' day of January 1764 at very con-
siderable charge obtained from the former Governor Benning Went-
worth a Grant of the lands within the limits of said Township upon
the Conditions and Reservations in the same Grant specified. — That
afterwards about the Year A D 1769 the late Governor John Went-
worth without any Notice to the Grantees of s*^ Lyncoln, without
Judgment of Law, or formality of Trial, pretending the former Grant
of said Lands was forfeited, regranted the same with other lands ad-
joining by the Name of Morristown to persons not named in the first
Grant. — who claiming Title thereto in consequence of said regrant
have entered and made some Settlements thereon and seem deter-
mined to hold said lands from the first Grantees. By means whereof
much Uneasiness and Dispute have arisen between the first and sec-
ond Grantees to the great hindrance of the Settlement of s"^ lands, to
the Injury of the first Grantees, and Disturbance of the public Peace.
Which unhappy Dispute Considering the present unsettled State of
legal Proceedings in the County of Grafton afores'^ will probably be
of long duration, and the said first Grantees deprived of their just
Right ; unless your honors by Virtue of the Authority Vested in you
in Consequence of a late Vote of the General Assembly of this State
speedily interpose — Wherefore Your Petif prays that this matter so
interesting to said first Grantees and important to the pubHc, may
be taken into your serious Consideration, and that you would direct
to such mode of Proceedings as may effectually restore them to their
former Possession of said lands & enable them to enjoy the same
agreeable to the Design of the original grant without further Inter-
ruption And your Petif as in Duty bound will ever pray &c
July loth 1778 Joseph Davenport
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 695
[6-96]
[Committees of the House at August session 1778. — Ed.]
[6-97]
[Vote of the inhabitants of Kingston, recommending Major Samuel
Philbrick for appointment as Justice of the Peace, August 31, 1778
— Ed.]
[6-98] ^Letter from J. Fisher to His Wifc\'\
New York 13''' Octo'' 1778
My dear Love
I was preparing to have come to you, my dear Children Parents
and Friends in obedience to your and their kind wishes and to gratify
my own most earnest Inclinations. But I unhappily find myself
under the necessity of returning to England where the very ill State
of my Brother's Health and the critical Situation of his Affairs which
you know are of the last consequence to me require my immediate
Presence and Attention. I am unable however to bear in my pres-
ent Health and Spirits the Idea of another Separation from all I hold
dear how short soever it may be ; I therefore must entreat you will
not lose a Moments time in coming to me with such of my dear Chil-
dren as you think proper and our good parents think most adviseable.
On this occasion you will consult your own Feelings and Happiness
— the Comfort and Consolation of our Parents during our Absence
which I trust will not be long, and the welfare, Education, and Ao-e
of our dear Children. I shall consent to and be happy in whatever
will make you so, and I therefore leave the whole arrangement to
you, our indulgent Parents and kind Friends. — with respect to the
Furniture you will do as you think best, only you will remember that
we shall want Beds on our Passage, which you will put on board the
Flag, with what other things you may think proper, useful, and save
us Expence during our Stay in England. It is of absolute Necessity
also, that you bring with you our two Servants, Esther and John
Haley, without whom you and the Children cannot do on your Pas-
sage and it is impracticable to get any Person here ; whether you will
bring them with you to New London, or send them by the Flag, tho'
I should think the former preferable, must be left to our friends
Judgements. I imagine however, that you had better bring with you
696 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
or rather send before you to New London to the Care of Nathaniel
Shaw Esq^ a Waggon with our Cloaths Hnnen &*^ under the Charge
of Michael, or John Haley, but all this I must leave to better Judges
of Convenience, our Friends, on whom my own sincere Regard and
Esteem leads me to depend that they will give you every kind Aid
and assistance for your Expedition and Accommodation. For I must
urge you in the strongest manner to make all possible Dispatch, as
the Season of the Year is already so far advanced, and I fear losing
a very safe and commodious Conveyance. I propose therefore meet-
ing you at New London the last Day of this Month, by which time
at farthest I hope you will be able to arrive there. This is a most
severe and trying disappointment to me who depended so much on
embracing my loved Parents and Friends, and again renewing those
happy Hours with them which my Heart is so much bent on enjoy-
ing, and which a tedious absence had so long deprived me of. — I
I have sent by M"" Hale a few things for my poor little ones — I have
also sent to my good Father and Mother a few Articles that I thought
might be acceptable to them and my Friends. I beg my best Re-
spects to all those whose Friendship and Regards will be ever dear
to me. — My most grateful Duty to our Parents to whose tenderness
and Indulgence I owe so much and for whom I feel on this occasion
more than I can Express. Embrace for me my dear Children Adieu
my dear Love. God bless, keep, and direct n^ou.
I am ever, your truly affect^ faithful Husband
J Fisher
[6-99] \P etition from Lojidondeny, 1778.]
To the Honorable the Council, and House of Representatives of the
State of New-Hampshire convened at Exeter, this Petition humbly
sheweth &c.
— Whereas, the Town of Londonderry was formerly divided into
two Parishes, we the Subscribers living on the Westerly side of the
present line, on Account of local Circumstances, find it inconvenient
to continue in the West - Parish ; and therefore humbly pray that
we may be annexed to the Easterly Parish — And your Petitioners as
in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.
Londonderry 3P' October 1778
Nathaniel Aiken Andrew todd
James Aiken John Bell
James Ewins Jonathan Reed
James Ewins Jun"' John Aiken
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 69/
[6-100] [ Voh- of the Tozun 0)1 the Foregohig.']
Londonderry Nov"" y'^ 2'^ — 1 778
Gentlemen of the Council and House of Representatives by these
few lines we would let you know that we Rec'^ your Citation to ap-
pear and Shew Cause if any we had why the Prayer of a Petition of
a Number of the Inhabitants of this Town Now in Court Should or
Should not be Granted and we haveing Laid the matter before our
Constituents in a Legal Town meeting Partly for that Purpose Called
and held it was voted unanimously that the Same be Carried into final
Execution Saving only that it is humbly Conceived that the Division
line between the two Parishes in this town which was made on a Cer-
tain occaision will not a Present answer well which we humbly Sub-
mit to your hon""^ wisdom —
and we remain your Hon" Humble Servants —
By order of the Selectmen
James Nesmith Ju*" Select Clerk
[6-1 01] \Eben Hazard to the House of Representatives.']
Portsmouth Dec"" 21^' 1778
Gentlemen, Agreeable to my Promise made the Committee of the
House respecting the Establishment of a Post Office at Exeter, I have
conversed with M"" Noble upon the Subject, and find it will not be in
my Power at present to comply with the Wishes of the Honorable
House. Newbury Ferry, at this Time of Year, so often delays the
Rider, that it is with Difficulty he can arrive here in Season for the
Eastern Post, and, should he ride through Exeter, the Difficulty
would be much encreased, if a seasonable Arrival would not be ren-
dered impracticable thereby. For these Reasons, Gentlemen, it will
be out of my Power to do any Thing respecting this Matter, notwith-
standing my ardent Desire to gratify the House in their reasonable
Request.
Some Gentlemen of the Committee hinted at the Expediency, if
not Necessity, of a Post from Portsmouth to the interior parts of the
State, for the Purpose of circulating the Laws, and Intelligence with
Regularity and Exactness ; which they apprehended would be very
beneficial to the Towns which lie at a Distance from the Continental
Post Road, and advantageous to the State in general. Should your
Honors think fit to adopt such a Plan, it will give me particular Pleas-
ure to contribute any Assistance in my Power towards forming and
completing it in such a Manner that the Rider to Portsmouth may
698 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
correspond exactly with the Continental Post, and the Riders through
the interior Parts of the Country with each other, which will prevent
Confusion and Delays. — And, as soon as the Emoluments of the
General Post Office are sufficient to defray the Expences I will rec-
ommend it to Congress to take that Road also under their Charge,
whereby it will become a Continental, instead of a State Expence. —
I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient & very hum' Serv^
Eben Hazard
[See Vol. VIII., p. 815. — Ed.]
[6-102] {Certificate from Selectmen of Boothbay, Mass?^
To all whom it may concern
This may certify that the bearers hereof Mess""^ Samuel Brown &
John Murray have for many years been inhabitants of this town ; re-
puted men of integrity; and approved friends of the liberties of
America, and being now bound to the westward on the business of
procuring bread-corn to supply the distressed inhabitants of this town
at the present season of extremity, are hereby recommended to the
countenance & protection of Government & to the encouragment of
all friends of their Country especially in whatever may be necessary
to promote the design of their journey, the failure whereof would
greatly aggravate the distresses of many poor families in this place :
Given at Booth bay the 30''^ of December 177S by
W" M^Cobb ' I Selectmen of
Edw'' Emerson \ said town
T"° Murrav ^ ^^^^°^ °^ ^^^^
^ ■' j Church there
[6-103]
[Petition from Murray and Broivn of Boothbay, Mass., i'/'J().'\
To the Honorall the Council & Honor' the house of Assembly of the
state of New Hampshir : The Petition of Samuel Brown & John
Murray Humbly sheweth
That your Petitioners are inhabetents of Boothbey in the County
of Lincoln & state of Massachusetts bay that Severity of the drought
in Summer las* has Cut off the Crops in Said Town to so Great a de-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 699
gree as has reduced the inhabetents thro the Present winter hopeless
unless Sum supplies of bread Corn Can be Purchase'' in these Parts
and Conveid to them
That for this Purpose your petitioners at the Earnes^ entreaty of
thecr Neighbors have made a tedious & difficult jorney to this place
at an inclement season and Driven by land a Number of live Stock
wherewith to procure the Supply They Expected : that haveing by
this means purchased a Small quantity of Corn They were about to
Convey it by water to the said place of their abode — but are alarmed
by Credible information that all Exportation of that Necessary Ar-
ticle is Prohibited by a law of this state : that Should Such a law
operate to the Frustrating the desingn of this jorny it would be at-
tended' with distressfuU & runious Effects to your petitioners & many
Famelys in said Town who under divine Providence have No other
hope of Supply for this winter —
That your Petitioners trusting they Can produce sufficient testimo-
nials of their being in pursuit of No Fraudelent or unworthy purpose :
and Confiding in the justice and Generosity of this Honorall Court
have therefore adventur'' to lay themselves at the feet of your Honors
praying that you would be Pleased to Take their Case into your wise
Consideration and Grant them a permision to Export to Boothbay
the quantity of Corn they have procured and your Petitioners as in
Duty bound shall Ever Pray &c
Exeter January 1779 Samuel Browne
John Murray
[6-104] [Petition of Jojiathan Ligersoll, of Salem, Mass.'\
To The Honerable Committee of the State of New Hampshire —
The Petition of Jonathan Ingersoll of the State of Massachusetts
Bay — prayeth leave to Acquaint your Hon''^ that Sum time in Janu^
last he Contracted with m"" Noble in Portsmouth for three sets of
mast and yards for three Privateers s^ Ingersoll had Building, in Salem
at that time, which s'' Ingersoll, prays that he may have leave to Car-
rey them to Salem, as he hath brought a Sloop for that purpos, so
that he may be able to send the s^ Privateers on A Cruze —
As in duty Bound shall ever pray Jon'"* Ingersoll
Portsmouth March 4''' 1779
700 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[6-105] [Petition for Roads, lyyg-l
State of New ) To the Hon^^^ Council & House of Representatives
Hampshire ] in General Assembly convened
The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Gilmanton Moul-
tonborough, Conway, Wolfborough, Meridith, Sandwich & other
Towns & Places adjacent, Humbly shews, that your Petitioners, ever
since, their first Settlements, in this Quarter of the State, have not
only been at the Cost & Expence of making Roads through the
Towns they respectively belong to, but in carrying on their Business
to the Metropolis of this State, have been exposed to the Hardships
& Fatigues, of travelling, through Woods & unsettled Lands, be-
longing to the Proprietors claiming under John Tufton Mason, Esq''
without any Roads properly laid out or in anywise made sufficient
for Transportation or Travelling, & even most of the Cost which has
been laid out, has been done by many of your Petitioners as their
Circumstances were most pressing to use it, & what greatly adds to
the Difficulty of not having good Roads, is the pressing Necessity of
transporting Provisions from this to other parts of the State for the
Support of its Inhabitants in this difficult Time of War — The Pro-
prietors of said Land are many of them residing without the united
States & those resident therein, refuse & neglect to make good
& sufficient Roads through their aforesaid Land — Wherefore your
Petitioners humbly pray your Hon*"'^ Court to apoint a Committee to
lay out a Waggon Road from New Durham to Winnepisseoke Pond
at Merrymeeting where Lieu* Charles Rogers now lives, thence from
said Roger's to Wolfborough, & also another Road from said Rogers
to Gilmanton, Ci: that your Hon''^'' Court would order, that the said
Roads be laid out bridged & made sufficient for Transportation with
Waggons at the Cost of the Owners of the Land through which said
Roads be laid, in Manner & Form as your Honours see fit & your
Petitioners in Duty bound shall ever pray. —
March t8'^ 1779 —
Moses Ames Moses Day Robt Harrold
Samuel Walker Ebenezer Day John Dolloff
Samll Osgood Hezekiah astin Barns Hezeltine
Joseph Walker Henry Gorden James Osgood
John Chandlr William Steel Jedidiah vSpring
Job Eastman Daniel Farington Jeremiah Page
Nathan Ames Abraham Russell John Osgood
David Evans And'' M'-millan Hugh Sterling
Joseph Frye Tho^ Merrill Nathaniel Smith
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
701
Nath* Merrill
Isaac Walker
Ezra Carter
Richard Kimball
Ezekiel Walker
Benj'^ Russell
John Farington
William Wiley
Stephen Knight
State of
New Hamp""
Joseph Emery
William Merrill
Richard Eastman
Thomas Chadbourn
John Pendexter
Ebenezer Burbank
Joshua Heath
Enoch Webster
Abiel Lovejoy
Benjamin Osgood
David Page
Henry Lovejoy
Sam" Walker
Stephen Farington
John Stevens
Joseph Walker
John Bucknal
In the House of Representatives March 15^'' 1/79
Upon reading and considering the foregoing Petition —
Voted. That the Petitioners be heard thereon on the first Thurs-
day of the next Session of the General Assembly, and that in the
mean time the Petitioners cause the substance of the Petition &
order thereon to be published in the Portsmouth News paper three
weeks successively, That any person may then appear & shew cause
if any they have why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
Sent up for Concurrence —
John Dudley — Speak"^ ^ tem —
In Council the same day read and Concurred
E Thompson S'^^
List of sundry Names to several other Petitions of the same Tenor
& date of the foregoing —
John Sinclair
Thomas Lucus
William Lucus
James Conner
James Lucus
Sam' Tibbits
Math^^ Stanly Parker
Eben"" Medar
Reuben Libby
Robert Estes
Joseph Larvey
Ithiel Clifford
Sam' Clifford
Jon'' Lucey
John Lucker
Sam' Tibbits Jun''
Moses Wingate
Joseph Kinnison
Jon^ Lary
Joseph Leavitt
William Rogers
Moses Ham
Benj=* Blake
Jon^ Moulton
Eben"" Chamberlin
Cornelius Cooke
James Jackson
John Dudley
Israel Glines
Joseph Richardson
Sam' K el ley
W'" Eastman
Bradbury Jewell
Jonathan Megoon
John Sanderson
Nath' Shannon
Sam' Meloon
Stephen Adams
Enoch Blake
Amos Sandborn
Sandborn Chandler
Peter Garland
John Wallis
John Fowler
Jon^ Moulton Jun'
702 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
John Fullerton W"" Plaisted Amos Whipple
Moses Sarney Timothy IMedar James Brown
Thomas Piper Abraham Prebble Nath^ Ambrose
Robert Calder Nath^ Burdeen John Moulton
George Ghn John Moulton
[This petition is repeated under date of March 13, 1780, with the
following names attached :]
Jon^ Moulton Edward Moulton Ebenezer Smith
Sam' Pierson Matth'' Stan>' Parker Jeremy Bryent
Jos. Moulton Jun'' Simeon Dearborn Jer^ Eames
[6-106]
\^Petition of tlie Heirs of JoJin Griffith of PortstnontJi, 1779.]
State of New ) To the hon''''^ Council & House of Representatives
Hampshire \ for said State in General Assembly convened at
Exeter March A D 1779 —
Humbly shew John Griffith of Boston in the County of Suffolk
and State of the Massachusetts Bay Gent. John Grant Mariner in
behalf of his Son Nathaniel a Minor Sam' Penhallow & William
Knight Esq" Guardians for two of the Children of Samuel Griffith
dec^ Richard Champney Esq"" & Elizabeth his wife, William Gunni-
son Cordwainer and Hannah his wife, Israel Oat and Sarah his wife,
and John Grant Jun'' all of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham
and State of New-Hampshire, — Isaac Williams Trader and Sarah
his wife, Sarah Griffith Widow, late wife of David Griffith dec*^ in
behalf of two of her Children Minors — Edmund Roberts Mariner
and Sarah his wife and Gideon Lampson Taylor & Elizabth his wife
all of Exeter in said County of Rockingham, That John Griffith late
of Portsmouth aforesaid Esq'' dec"^ did in and by his last Will and
Testament bearing date the second day of January A D 1775 (among
other things) Give and Devise, unto his Son John Griffith one of
your Petitioners, on sixth part of all the Testator's real Estate in Fee-
unto John Grant Jun"", Hannah Grant (now Hannah Gunnison) Sarah
Grant (now Sarah Oat) and Nathaniel Grant, Grandchildren of the
s"^ Testator, one sixth part of said real Estate in fee — unto Elizabeth
Griffith (now Elizabeth Lampson Abigail Griffith and Deborah Grif-
fith, Children of the said Testator's Son Samuel Griffith deceas'd one
sixth part of said real Estate in Fee — unto Elizabeth wife of the s^
Champney one sixth part of s'^ real Estate in Fee — unto his (the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CLA.L PAPERS. 7O3
Testator's Son) David Grififith aforesaid one sixth part of said real
Estate in Fee — And unto the s^ Testator's Daughter, Sarah, wife of
the s'^ Isaac Williams the other sixth part of said real Estate in Fee
— The whole of which Estate consists of two old Houses & two small
Lots of Land situate in Portsmouth aforesaid — As the said Houses
without immediate Repairs, must soon become of very little — Value,
and as the s'^ Lots are small and cannot be divided without greatly
damaging the whole y"" Petitioners conceive it would be most for the
Interest of all the Devisees to have the said Houses and Lands sold
by the Executors of said last Will for the Use of the said Devisees
the Executors first giving Bond to the Judge of Probate &c — for the
County of Rockingham to account for the Monies said Houses and
Lands may be sold for. Wherefore, your Petitioners humbly pray
that said Executors may by Act of the Legislature of this State be
impower'd to sell the same houses and Lots of Land, (for the most
they will fetch) for the benefit of the s^ Devisees upon said Execu-
tors giving Bond to account as afores'^, and your Petitioners as in
Duty bound will ever pray &c —
John Griffith Sarah Oat
John Grant Jun'" Sam" PenhalloW 1 Guardians to two minors
rt • ^ A r^v. WTm Tr • ^ i. > children of Samuel Grif-
Rich'^ Champney W"" Knight j fethDeceas'd
Elizabeth Champney Isaac Williams
W'illiam Gunnison Sarah Williams
Hannah Gunnison Gid Lamson
John Grant Elizabeth Lamson
State of New )
Hamp'' \ In the House of Representatives March 12'^ 1/79 —
Upon reading and considering the within Petition — Voted. & or-
dered that the Petitioners be heard thereon before the General
Assembly on Tuesday next, & that in the mean time the Petitioners
give due notice thereof to Sarah Griffith Widow and Administratrix
of David Griffith deceased, and Sarah Roberts that they may then
appear & shew Cause if any they have why the Prayer thereof may
not be granted —
Sent up for concurrence — John Langdon Speaker
In Council the same day read and Concurred
E Thompson S*^^
704 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
State of 1
New Hamp"^ j In the House of Representatives March i6*^' 1779 —
Voted. That the prayer of the foregoing Petition be granted, &
that the Petitioners have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly —
Sent up for Concurrence —
John Dudley — Speaker pro tempore
In Council March 17*^ I779 read and Concurred with Alteration
that the whole of said premisses be sold at Vendue except the right
of the heirs of David Griffeth deceased to one of said Lots — Viz
that Lot laying on the highway leading from the pound to Picker-
ings mill so called — And that in said lot the right of said heirs be
sett off to hold to them in Severalty in such a manner as to Accom-
modate a way to pass and repass from said highway to a lot adjoin-
ing said other Lot belonging to said heirs in a Separate right of
their said Father — Sent down for concurrence
E Thompson Sec^
State of )
New Hamp' ) In the House of Representatives March 17*'^ 1/79 —
The within Amendment made by the hon*''^ Council was read in
the House and Concurred —
John Dudley Speak'' pro temp^
[6-107J
[Protest of Benjamin Partridge, captain of schooner " Molly,'"
against the action of Eleazer Russel, naval officer at Portsmouth,
who refused to give Partridge a clearance and permit to sail for
Boston, May i, 1779. — Ed.]
[6-108] \Petition of Sarah Wills, of Portsmouth.']
To the Hon^'^ the Committee of Safety for the State of New Hamp-
shire—
The Petition of Sarah Wills of Portsmouth Sheweth —
That your Petitioner being an Orphan & destitute of Friends or
Relations that are able to maintain her here, or afford her sufficient
help to provide a Maintenance for herself, is desirous of going to
New York, where her Friends are & who have sent for her to come
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIiNXIAL PAPERS. yO$
to them — She therefore prays your Honours would grant her Leave
to take Passage in the Flag now bound to New York & your Peti-
tioner shall ever pray &c Sarah Wills
Portsmouth May 3"^ 1779
[6-109] {Petition fi'OJii Slaves, 1779.]
State of New Hampshire
To The Hon'''® the Council and House of Representatives of said
State now siting at Exeter in and for Said State —
The Petition of Nero Brewster, Pharaoh Rogers, Romeo Rindge,
Cato Newmarch Cesar Gerrish, Zebulon Gardner, Quam Sherburne,
Samuel Wentworth, Will Clarkson, Jack Odiorne, Cipio Hubbard
Seneca Hall, Peter Warner, Cato Warner, Pharaoh Shores Winsor
Moffatt, Garrott Colton, Kittindge Tuckerman, Peter Frost & Prince
Whipple, Natives of Africa, now forcably detained in Slavery in
said State most humbly Sheweth, That the God of Nature, gave
them, Life, and Freedom, upon the Terms of the most perfect
Equality with other men ; That Freedom is an inherent Right of the
human Species, not to be surrendered, but by Consent, for the Sake
of social Life ; That private or publick Tyranny, and Slavery, are
alike detestable to Minds, conscious of the equal Dignity of human
Nature ; That, in Power and Authority of Individuals, derived solely
from a Principle of Coercion, against the Will of Individuals, and to
dispose of their Persons and Properties, consists the compleatest
Idea of private and political Slavery ; That all men being ameniable
to the Beity, for the ill Improvment of the Blessings of his Provi-
dence, They hold themselves in Duty bound, strenously to exert
every Faculty of their Minds, to obtain that Blessing of Freedom,
which they are justly intitled to from the Donation of the benefi-
cient Creator ; That thro' Ignorance and brutish Violence of their
native Countrymen, and by the sinister Designs of others (who ought,
to have taught them better) and by the Averice of both ; They,
while but Children, and incapible of Self-Defence, whose Infancy
might have prompted Protection, were seized imprisoned and trans-
ported from their native Country, where, (Tho' Ignorance and In-
christianity prevail'd) They were born free, to a Country, where (tho'
Knowledge, Christianity and Freedom, are their Boast) They are
compelled & thier unhappy Posterity to drag on their Lives in miser-
able Servitude ! — Thus, often is the Parent's Cheek wet for the Loss
of a Child, torn by the cruel hand of Violence from her aking
45
r
OF THE "*^ \
UNIVERSITY 1
OF /
706 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Boosom ! Thus, often, and in vain, is the Infant's Sigh for the nur-
turing Care of its bereaved Parent ! and thus, do the Ties of Nature
and Blood, become Victims, to cherish the Vanity and Luxery of a
Fellow Mortal ! Can this be Right ? — Forbid it gracious Heaven ! —
Permit again your humble Slaves to lay before this Honarable
Assembly some of those Greivances which They dayly experiance
and feel ; Tho' Fortune hath dealt out our Portions with ruged hand.
Yet hath She smiled in the Disposal of our Persons to those, who
claim us, as thier Property ; of them, as Masters, we do not com-
plain : But from what Authority, they assume the Power to dispose
of our Lives, Freedom and Property, we would wish to know ; Is it
from the sacred Volumes of Christianity ? Where we believe it is not
to be found ! but here hath the cruel hand of Slavery made us incompe-
tent Judges, hence Knowledge is hid from our Minds ! Is it from the
Volumes of the Laws ? of these also. Slaves can not be Judges, but
those, we are told are founded in Reason and Justice ; it can not be
found there ! Is it from the Volumes of Nature ? No ! Here we
can read with others ! of this Knowledge Slavery can not wholly de-
prive us ; Here, we know that we ought to be free Agents ; Here,
we feel the Dignity of Humman Nature ! Here, we feel the Pas-
sions and Desires of men, tho' check'd by the Rod of Slavery !
Here, we feel a Just Equality ! Here, we know that the God of
Nature made us free ! Is thier Authority assumed from Custom ?
if so. Let that Custom be abolished, which is not founded in Nature,
Reason nor Religion ; Should the Humanity and Benevolence of
this Honorable Assembly restore us to that State of Liberty of which
we have been so long deprived. We conceive that those, who are
our present Masters, will not be Sufferers by our Liberation, as we
have most of us spent our whole Strength, and the Prime of our
Lives in their Service ; And as Freedom inspires a noble Confidence
and gives the Mind an Emulation to vie in the noblest Efforts of In-
terprize, and as Justice and Humanity are the Result of your Delib-
erations ; we fondly Hope that the Eye of Pitty and the Heart of
Justice may Commiserate our Situation and put us upon the Equality
of Freemen and give us an Oppertunity of evincing to the World
our Love of Freedom, by exerting ourselves in her Cause, in oppos-
ing the Efforts of Tyranny and Oppression over the Country in
which we ourselves have been so long injuriously inslaved —
Therefore your humble Slaves most devoutly Pray, for the Sake of
injured Liberty, for the Sake of Justice, Humanity, and the Rights
of Mankind ; for the Honour of Religion, and by all that is dear,
that your Honours would graciously interpose in our Behalf, and
enact such Laws and Regulations, as you in your Wisdom think
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
707
proper, whereby we may regain our Liberty & Be rank'd in the Class
of free Agents, and that the Name of Slave may not more be heard
in a Land gloriously contending for the Sweets of Freedom ; And
your humble Slaves as in Duty bound will ever Pray
Portsmouth November 12^'' 1779
Seneca Hall
Peter Warner
Cato Warner
Pharaoh Shores
Winsor Moffatt
Garrett Colton
Kittindse Tuckerman
Peter Frost
Prince Whipple
Nero Brewster
Pharaoh Rogers
Romeo Rindge
Cato Newmarch
Cesar Gerrish
Zebulon Gardner
Ouam Sherburne
Samuel Wentworth
Will Clarkson
Jack Odiorne
Cipio Hubbard
State of }
New Hamp'' \ In the House of Representatives April 25'^ 1780
Upon reading and considering the Petition
Voted. That the Petitioners be heard thereon before the General
Assembly on the first friday of their next Session, & that they in
the meantime cause the substance of the Petition and order of
Court thereon to be published three Weeks successively in the New
Hampshire Gazette that any person or persons may then appear &
shew cause why the prayer thereof may not be granted —
Sent up for concurrence
John Langdon Speaker
In Council the same day read & Concurr'd
J Pearson D. Sec^
[6-1 II]
[Committee appointed to nominate candidates for Secretary of
State, and State Treasurer, December 17, 1779. — Ed.]
[7-1]
^Mhmtes of Court 1 776-1 780.]
Minutes of Judgments rendered against sundry Persons convicted
of counterfeiting money or of having or passing counterfeit money
before the Superior Court of Judicature in the several counties from
the year 1776 to 1780
In the County of Rockingham.
1776 Sepf James Ryan was convicted of passing counterfeit
708 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
money — Judg' That he be whipped twenty stripes &c That he pay a
fine of ten pounds for the use of the State & Costs of prosecution *
& stand committed till sentence be performed. * not taxed
1777 Sepf Term Stephen Holland for counterfeiting and passing —
Judg' That he be imprisoned three months, that he pay a fine of two
thousand pounds and costs of prosecution * and stand committed till
sentence be performed. * not taxed
1778 March Term George Wood — for passing, — Judg* That he
be imprisoned six months, that he pay a fine of fifty pounds and costs
of prosecution and stand committed till sentence be performed
1780 Sepf Term David Carr — for passing — Judg* That he pay a
fine of one thousand pounds & costs of prosecution taxed at twenty
seven pounds & stand committed till sentence be performed
In the County of Hillsboro'
1776 Sepf Term William Stark was indicted for passing Counter-
feit money & bound by recognizance to appear at that term but made
default — John Stinson of Dunbarton was his surety — A Scire facias
issued against Principal & Surety & at Sepf Term 1778 they were
again defaulted whereupon judg^ was rendered that they should pay
the sum of one hundred pounds & Costs of prosecution taxed at
thirty four pounds seventeen shillings & sixpence — Execution issued
March 8'^ 1 779 but has never been returned. Thomas Cumings was
indicted for the same offence & bound for his appearance — but made
default — Samuel Cumings and William Pool were his sureties — A
Scire facias issued against the three but at Sepf Term 1778 they
were all again defaulted whereupon judgment was rendered against
the said Thomas Cumings for the sum of one hundred pounds or the
sureties for fifty pounds each & costs taxed at thirty five pounds five
shillings & sixpence — Execution issued against Pool for fifty pounds
& the Costs June loth 1779 but has not been returned —
1777 Sepf Term John Holland was indicted for counterfeiting —
& being bound for his appearance made default Robert Reed & Israel
Town were his sureties & were likewise defaulted — The Principal was
bound in one thousand pounds & the Sureties in five hundred pounds
each — These forfeitures were never exacted.
1778 Sepf Term John Hitchcock convicted of passing &c Judg'
That he pay a fine of fifty pounds & Costs taxed at twenty five pounds
eight shillings & sixpence that he be imprisoned three months &
stand committed till sentence be performed.
Jonathan Gove convicted of having, passing &c — Judgment that
he pay a fine of seven hundred and fifty pounds & Costs taxed at
twenty six pounds twelve shillings & sixpence & that he be imprisoned
for six months & stand committed till sentence be performed —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 7O9
In the County of Cheshire.
1780 October Term John Noyce Matther convicted of passing &c —
Judgment That he pay a fine of one thousand pounds and costs of
prosecution and stand committed till sentence be performed.
In the County of Strafford.
1777 May Term James Richardson convicted of passing &c Judg-
ment That he pay a fine of three hundred & fifty pounds, That he be
imprisoned four months and pay costs of prosecution and stand com-
mitted till sentence be performed.
Extracted from the Records by
Nath' Adams Clerk
[7-2]
[Petition of Lemuel Doe, of Bristol, Mass., for permission to take
corn and sheep from New Hampshire to Massachusetts. — Ed.]
\Co7m}iissioners Olcott and Woodivard to Colonel Chase ^
[Chase Papers, p. 45.]
Philadelphia Feby 4"^ 1 780 —
Sir — On our way we received no money from Plainfield and but
little from Cornish we have been obliged to borrow already and must
borrow considerable more — hope therefore you will use your en-
deavor that the money be collected for Cornish & Plainfield propor-
tions before our return that we may then be able to discharge the
pecuniary obligations we have laid ourselves under in the public cause
— The matter has been entered upon by Congress but we do not ex-
pect a determination untill after the Agents for the States arrive,
none of which have yet come to town — our coming will be in vain
unless we can tarry to make thorough work of the matter in which
case I doubt not it will be useful — As to an issue we cant yet
guess —
We are Sir your most obedient humble Servants
Cornish ^180 — Peter Olcott
Plainfield 180 — Beza Woodward
Col" Chase
710 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
[Colonel Olcott and Mr. Woodward were chosen, at a meeting of
the committees of associated towns in the northern part of New
Hampshire grants, to look after their interests in the matter of dis-
puted jurisdiction. See Vol. X. — Ed.]
[7-4] \_Sanmcl Hunt Declines a Commission^
Charlestown Decemb'' 13. 1780
Honr'^ Sir
Some time past I Rec'^ by the hand of a Traveler a Commishon
wherein I was appointed to the Command of the Sixteenth Rigment
of this States molisha. I am Verry far from Slighting any Honour
Done me by so Respectable a body as the General Coart but as I have
No Tallant well a Dapted to the Military Department & by accept-
ance may Prevent Some worthy gentleman from the Command who
will be able to fill that ofhce to the Honour of the State & Likewise
agreable to his own inclination I have inclosed the Commishon pray
you to accept of my Resignation Hon^ Sir I am with the greatest
Respect your Verry obedient & Verry Humb^ Sert
Sam^ Hunt
to the Honble Meshck Ware President
[7-5] \Petition of Patrick McDonnell, 1780.]
To the Honorable Council and House of Representatives for the
State of New Hampshire in General Assembly convened at Exeter
the 20'^^ day of Decb"" AD 1 780 —
The Petition of Patrick M'^Donnald a Native of Ireland humbly
sheweth That your Petitioner in the Course of the month of Octb""
last, was taken on his passage from Newfoundland to Barbadoes, &
brought as a Prisoner into the Port of Piscataqua. That charm'd
with the Cause of American Freedom, and influenced by a desire to
assist, in establishing that standard of Liberty to which he is con-
vinced Numbers of his hapless Countrymen will in time flock for
shelter, he is anxious to become a Subject of this State, to share the
Blessings of American Freedom. He therefore humbly prays that
your Honors would admit him to take the Oaths of Allegiance, and
to become a Citizen of your happy Republick and your Petitioner as
in Duty bound shall ever pray —
Patrick macDonnell
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCLAL PAPERS. /I I
State of New \
Hampshire j In house of Representatives Dec"" 22^ 1780
Upon Reading and Considering the within Petition
Voted that the Prayer thereof be granted and that on his taking
the Oath of Allegiance he be Liberated
Sent up for Concurrence John Langdon Speaker
In Council the same day read & Concurred
E Thompson Sec"^' —
[7-6]
[Proposals to ride post by Samuel Robinson, of Exeter, July 19,
1781.— Ed.]
[7-7^ {Report of a Committee. '\
This Commited to a Committee of five —
With respect to the 3^^ Article the committee are of opinion that
it will be expedient for Congress to leave it to the option of all officers
entitled to halfpay either to preserve their claim to that provision as
it now stands by the several resolutions upon that subject or to accept
in lieu thereof years full pay to be paid to them in one year after
the conclusion of the war in Money, or place in good funded security
bearing an annual Interest of six '^ Cent : — provided that the al-
lowance to Widows & Orphans of such officers as have died or been
killed or may die or be killed in the service during the war shall re-
main as established by the resolution of the
With respect to the 4 & 5'^ Articles the Committee by leave to
delay their report untill they have obtained more precise information
than they now possess upon the subject. —
Vl^^
[Order on the treasurer for forty-nine shillings, by Ephraim Adams
in favor of John Odlin, January 18, 1782. — Ed.]
712
[7-9]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
\State Accounts to Feb. 9, 1782.]
ACCOUNT OF OBLIGATIONS FOR MONIES DUE TO THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
1775
May 20
John Clark payable to Mess''^
Nich^
Oilman & En
och Poor ^5.8.0 for Bath & Lyman
" 26
Ephraim Wesson
d«
^7.10.0 for Haverhill
« a
Richard Young
d»
3. — . — for Piermont
a <i
Israel Morey
d"
4.10. — for Orford
June 14
Ebenezer Burbank
d«
3 — 15 . — for Conway
(I «
Henry Elkins to Nicholas Oilman
20"' Powder
" 20
Benjamin Titcomb d"
30"^ Powder
" 24
Nathan Goss d"
4..10..0 for Rye
" 30
James Jones \ ^^
Isreal Marden j
6..6..0
1776
Jonathan Hale principal"!
June 29
T Hurd 1 .. I Nich^ Oilman Treas'"
Israel Morey r"""^^'^^ j
: /200..0..0 for Haverhill & Bath
J"^y 3
Jonathan Chandler
d»
50..0..0 for PieiTnont
Samuel Curry
d"
5.. — .. — New Holderness
"
Abner Fellows \
Eliph' Gale /
d"
4..6..0 Alexandria &
"
New Chester
«
Israel Morey
d"
50..0..0 Orford
2
Moses Dow ~| p, ,
Elisha Bean / ^
Beni^ Hickcox ) ^
Tho^ Bartlet | Campton
d«
250..—..—
Edmund Elliot, Thornton J
" 2
Michael Dwyer "1
Alexander Crai[ge] /
d"
45.. — .. — for Rumney
" 5
Elisha Bingham )
Samuel Jones j
d"
5.. — .. — Enfield & Canaan
" 11
Joshua Heath
d»
40.. — .. — Conway
" II
Ebenezer Kendal \
Stephen Ames j
d»
12.. — .. — Cockermouth
" 25
Jonathan Moulton
d»
70..-
-.. — Tamworth & Moultonborough
Sep"" 24
Benjamin Folsom
d»
lo..4..oon Interest
Dec"' 12
Jacob Bayley
d»
250.. — .. —
1777
June 28
M?se^°KLr}[""S™=]"
Successor
54..6..oon Interest
1778
Jany 31
Richard Jordan \
Hawley Marshall j
d"
200
July 14
William MoCoy | ^.^^^, ^.^^^^^ ^^^^,
Levi \\ arner j
20.. — .. —
1782
Feb? 9
Cap' John Dennett, his Order for
^30.. — .. — on the Committee of Safety.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 713
[7-10] [^Memorial of Nathaniel Pcabody. ]
State of New \
Hampshire \ To the Hon'^'^ the Council & Hon'''*^ House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly Convened at Concord March Ses-
sion 1782.
The Memorial of Nath' Peabody Humbly Sheweth that on y^ 30*'*
of March 1779, your memorialist had the Hon'' of being appointed a
delegate for Said State to the Congress of the United States, which
trust he accepted, and by direction of the General Assembly, after
making the Necessary preparation for the undertaking, about y^ i^'of
June then Next your memorialist Set off, & made y*^ best of his way
for Philadelphia, where he attended the business of his mission, and
endeavoured faithfully to discharge the duties of his high trust with
fidellity, and as he hopes in some degree to the approbation of his
fellow Citizens till the month of April 1780. When your memorialist
had the farther Hon*' of being appointed one of a Committee from
the Hon^^^ Congress, to repair to Head Quarters in order to transact
Certain important matters assign'd them that near the latter end of
Said month of April your memorialist, with the other members of the
committee proceeded to H. Quarters where he was detaind to com-
pleat the business of his mission, and to make a proper report thereon
to Congress, till y^ 12^'' of Nov'' 1780. After which your memorial-
ist lost no time in sending forward the said report, & other public
papers, with an accompt of the Said committees expenditures during
Said employment ; to Congress and prepare for his return to this
State which by reason of your memorialists ill State of health at that
time was not compleated till about the 25*'' of Nov'' & on the 27"' he
Set off from Head Quarters and arrived home y'^ 10*^ day of Dec""
1780 — And your memorialist begs leave in this place Just to men-
tion that during his residence at Head Quarters diverse important
matters Came before the Committee, in the decision of which this
State was deeply interested.
That your memorialist expended large Sums of money &c for his
Comfortable Support whilest in the employment afores^ (exclusive of
his expences when on committee at H. Quarters which he relieth on
y^ United States for reimbursing) and hath received Considerable
Sums in money &c to account for with this State —
That on the alarm June y*^ cf" 1780, your memorialist was induced
to send from Head Quarters his Chest, containing the most valuable
part of his Clothing, with a variety of valuable papers among which
was his account of expenditures from the time of his entering the
Service of this State as afore^ to the time of entering on the busi-
714 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
ness of Said Committee with most of the Necessary vouchers there-
for— that altho your memorialist hath been at great trouble & ex-
pense in searching for said Chest, he hath not been so happy as to
recover y^ Same or any part of its Contents — whereby he is ren-
dered unable to State his account with this State in the usual form
until he can procure his papers afores^
Wherefore your memorialist requesteth this Hon^'^ Court to take
the premises into Consideration and determine what Sum in Specie
he shall be allow'd p"" diem for his time &: all expences during his
being on the employment of this State, and a Suitable Compensation
for his time, only, whilest in the business asign'd the Committee as
afores*^, and that he be allow'd to Credit this State for whatever
Sums of money &c that hath been advanced him for that purpose on
account according to the real value thereof (as near as can be ascer-
taind) when compared with Silver & Gold at the times and places of
expenditure, in order that his said account may be Settled & Closed,
by the Hon'^^'^ Com"^ of Safety, in the recess of the Court, or Such
other way as this Hon'^^'^ Court Shall Judge more Eligible —
And as in duty bound Shall pray
Concord M*^ 26. 1782. Nath> Peabody
[7-1 1 ] [Petition for the Re-incorporation of Monson, 1782.]
To the Honerable Council and House of Representatives in General
Assembly conveined for the State of Newhampshire the Second
Tuesday of June 1782.
The Petetion of the Subscribers
Humbly )
Shews \ That your Petitioners Inhabit on a tract of Land Lying
Between sowhegan River and the Town of Hollis (According to its
first Charter) — which tract was once incorporated into a Township
by the Name of Monson but at the time such incorporation took
place, the inhabitants thereof were but few in Number and Unable
then to Suport the charge of a Town and Commonly Attended pub-
lic Worship at Hollis and Amherst.
That about the year 1 770 — a proposal was set on Foot for Mon-
son to be divided and by New Charters anexed to the Said Towns
but notwithstanding the same was considerably Opposed by many of
the Inhabitants Both of Monson and Amherst the same has taken
place and your Petitioners have been at much Public Expense|in
said Towns by Reason of their being anexed to them —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 715
That the Contents of Monson are at least five miles Square and
the Land as good as Land Generally is in this part of the Country —
and is now become considerably Settled and increases dayly — in
Improvement and inhabitants, and are are now Able to Reap the
Benifit of an incorporation if they might Obtain such a favour as they
now Consist of at least eighty five Families —
That your Petitioners are not unacquainted of a certain Petition
Now being before this Assembly Signed by a Number of persons
residing in what was formerly Monson, Joined by a Number living
in Amherst (According to the first Charter) Praying for Certain mat-
ters as in the said Petition is Mentioned — and as the Matters Con-
tained in these Petitions are of much importance to both setts of
Petitioners a Consideration of this their Request Previous to a final
determination, of the Petition above Alluded to may Produce Such a
Law as will reconcile all parties and promote their Weal Peace and
Concord —
Your Petitioners therefore most Humbly pray, that your Honers
will take the Premises (in all its parts) under your wise Consideration
and Give them Leave to bring in Such a Bill as will Place the Antiant
Town of Monson in its former Situation as to Boundaries, and invest
them with such Priviledges and immunities as other Towns in this
State hold and do Enjoy — Your Petitioners cant think a Motion of
this kind will be Opposed by either of the Towns, of Hollis or Am-
herst, as they are Large both as to Extent and inhabitants, & Should
your Petitioners be so fortunate as to have a Bill Passed in their
favour as to an incorporation they will be Willing Still to pay towards
Suporting the Gospel in the respective Towns they now belong
to till they shall Maintain Preaching among themselves a very
Considerable part of the time — and as this Honerable Assembly
can have no other thing in view but the Peace & good Order of all
parts of the State they represent your Petitioners are encouraged to
hope for a grant of their Request in Such a way and Manner as Shall
Seem Meet to Your Honers — and Your Petitioners, as in Duty
Bound Shall Ever pray &c
Dated Amherst May 23^^ 1782
Josiah Kidder Juner Robert Perkins Joshua Clark
Nehemiah French Timothy Emerson John Whiting
Benj^ Messer Silas Spaulding Josiah Kidder
Joseph french Jonas Shattuck Daniel kidder
Joseph Hood Ebner gibson Jon^'' Danforth
Ivory Hovey Eleazer Usher Jotham Stearns
William french Jonathan Lovejoy Thomas F2merson
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Oliver Bowles David Dunckle John Button
Jerathmeel Colburn David Wallingsford Abraham Leman
William French jr Simeon Blac Jonathan Spaulding
William Patten Juner John Stearns Jun'' William Peacock
John Stearns Edward Foster Benjamin Emerson
Timothy Emeson Juner Stearns Needham
We the Subscribers think the foregoing requested incorporation
will be more for our and the public good than the privileges asked for
in a former petition now depending before this honorable House to
which we were Subscribers, and therefore humbly request that the
Same may be granted in preference to the matter contained in the
said former Petition. Stephen How
Dated May y^ 23^ 1782 Samuel How
[7-12] {^Eleazer Russell to Meshech Weave, 1782.]
Sir The Law of the State and my duty direct me to apply to you
in affairs that relate to the Naval office and Some late occurrences
make Such an application now necessary.
My Study has been to look after the Vessels that export corn &
provisions to the eastern country lest they Should be carried to the
enemy, and there is reason to fear it is often the case. Some of the
Vessels that come here from the eastward are frequently taken by the
British ; Sometimes they ransom or purchase their Vessels, and
return again upon the Same trade, and dont appear to be the poorer
for the loss ; by this means the enemy get Supplied. When they go
Safe no people are more punctual in conforming to the Law, or in
bringing certificates to cancel their bonds
There are also a number of Vesels that come into this port under
pretence of making a harbor, and Sometimes lay several Days, and
there is no Doubt that much provisions is carried to them by night,
in Small boats, in a way that cant be detected, and no one knows
where they go. This perhaps might be remedied by a Sufficient
guard at fort point, on Great Island, and no Vessel Sufferd to go out
without a pass, as the Law directs ; But when I apply to the Cap'" of
the Forts upon the Subject, he tells me there is not hands enough
to man a boat, & by that means many Vessels come and go without
being examined at the office.
Many advantages would result from that point's being fortified —
the harbor wants a guard — on the first instant a Brig from Cape
Ann, then at anchor there, was attempted at 1 1 °clock at night by a
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVINCLA.L PAPERS. /I/
six oar'd barge ; the Brig happend to be provided with Small arms,
and had more men, & the boat left them & went out of the harbor.
The 7*'^ Inst a Small armd Shooner was in the port and her peo-
ples behaviour was very Suspicious — the masters of Some Vessels at
anchor there went on board her, and they gave an odd & very contra-
dictory account of themselves and when the examiners went on shore
to inform, the Schooner pushd out to Sea. I had these facts from
persons personally present.
Occupying Fort point woud be keeping possession of the Juris-
diction of the river, which Newhampshire ever had ; tho it is now
often disputed by individuals of the other State, who claim a right
of going to Kittery and Berwick without being subject to the Laws
here — but it is a point I have never given up.
From my first appointment to this ofifice, it has been my constant
aim to fix Such rules ; agreeable to law; as shoud be safe for Gov-
ernment, easy to individuals, and to the persons that may Succeed
me — For there had as good be no Law if it is not conformd to ;
But have never Straind the law beyond its litteral meaning or car-
ried things to extrems. I have Strech'd my thots forward to the
time when it maybe necessary to lay duties for the public good — Have
fixed my attention to the Smaller Vessels which at Such a time will
be the greatest transgressors, and aimd at keeping them Steady to
the rules of law noiv that they might not complain of order then,
and call it innovation. Difificult has been the task — But till lately
I have succeeded far beyond expectation, thro all the uproar and tur-
bulence of the times.
Now there are three or four people that murmur at the rules.
They are employd in the coasting business, in transporting mer-
chandise from State to State, aud want a pass to run a year without
being examined — If it was allowd to a few, all would demand it,
and there would be an end to looking after corn, provisions, and pro-
hibited goods. These people now delay to enter their Vessels in
Season, and tho the penalties of the law are high they are Some-
thing intricate and many innocent people who are freighters woud
be principal Suffers — would not lower penalties, clearly expressed
answer a good end }
Two or three of the people alluded to Shew Some uneasiness
about fees. When the Naval office was first orderd, by a resolve of
the Gen^ Court, early in the year 1776 no fees were mentiond, and
I was advised by the State committee to make out a list for the Sev-
eral papers to be used, that was moderate, which I did, and first shew
it to the merchants then in trade, who thot it full low — It afterwards
had the Saction of the Hon'^'^ committee of State.
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When the office was establishd by Law in Nov"" 1778 this list was
before the Hon'^'^ General court ; and on account of depreciation
they were pleasd to order three for one. When paper money ceasd
to circulate, I knew not what to do. To reduce the law fees by the
Scale of depreciation brot them very low, and producd fractions
that I coud never make even change Therefore I recurd to the
original list which is now enclosd, & it has Since been my rule. Im
far from wishing any thing unreasonable or exorbitant, but with that
authority woud be pleasd by a resolve to say what shall be legally
taken — I have not a desire that the enclosed list should be advanced,
but reducd if thot too much — but only that I ma}' not be a judge
in my own case. For much as I have Sufferd by depreciation, and
the Sale of estate in consequence of it, to help make out a living, Im
not averse to Suffer with the public.
You will please Sir, to Judge what of these affairs is proper for
the Hon^^® General Court to know and to believe that I am with
great personal regard
your Dutiful & most obed^ Serv'^
Portsmouth 10^'' June 1782 E Russell
Hon'^^^ Co" Weare
[Translation.]
[7-13] {^Letter in Regard to the Ship ''Ellen,'' 1782.]
Fort Royal, Grenada June 15* 1782
Sir I have received the letter which you have done me the honor
to write me, that of the Chevalier de la Luzerne, the copy of the
petition of Mr John M^Clintock & that of the Extract from the
Minutes of Congress, which were all enclosed : If I have deferred
so long to give you the Account you ask of me of the reasons which
induced me not to deliver the ship Ellen and her Cargo to the re-
volted Crew (of whom the Sieur M'^Chntock was one) who took posses-
sion of her & brought her on the coasts of this Island, It was be-
cause I was obliged to look over the whole of the proceedings
Here is an Account of the facts upon the examination of the great-
est part of the Crew of that Vessel, who agree pretty well together,
& which M"" M'^Clintock has not Candidly stated in his petition to
the Council of N. Hampshire
On the 17*'' of March 1780, appeared at the head of the Island
a Vessel without a flag, it passed pretty near the land, & the battery
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS. 719
of Grand pauvre fired a gun for her to hoist her colors, she had
none but Enghsh ones which were hoisted reversed, in order to shew
that she was a prize, the Vessel passed without any difficulty with
her flag reversed to the next battery, that of Gouyave, which is at a
very little distance from the former, a gun was immediately fired, &
the Vessel was hailed, in order to know who she was & whence she
came — It was answered that she came from Cork and was a prize,
She was ordered to anchor, to put her boat to sea and send her pa-
pers, which was executed, but the men who were in the boat were
arrested when they came ashore, & M"" Gautier, a Captain of the
Militia of that quarter with twelve or fifteen men went on board,
where they were received without any resistance, took possession of
the Vessel, and had her brought to the port of this Island the same
day at about four o'clock. The S"" Gautier who imagined he had made
a prize, remained on the Vessel, without thinking of making his decla-
ration to the Admiralty, & you may remember, Sir, that you was
obliged to interpose y'' authority, in order to make him leave the
Vessel with his people, & return the papers which he had in his pos-
session.
On examining and questioning Six of the crew, I found that the
Vessel was called the Ellen, that she was from the port of Nevvry in
Ireland, & had left Cork the 19"" Jan>' 1780 to go to Barbadoes and An-
tigua, that her Crew consisted of one Frenchman, three New Eng-
landers, two Irishman, three Scotchman, a passenger & the Captain
also an Irishman, that eight of those men vizt the Frenchman, the
three New Englanders, the two Irishmen, and two out of the three
Scotchmen had made a plot to take possession of that Vessel, that
they had effected it in sight of Barbadoes, and had conducted the
Vessel on the coasts of this Island, where M'' Gautier of the
Gouyave Militia had taken possession of her, and brought her into
this port
You see, Sir, that the revolt on board could not be effected by New
Englanders only, but by a Frenchman, two Irishmen & two Scotch-
men, that in this manner, I could not give the price of this Vessel &
her Crew to the insurgents.
I could not give the prize to the Frenchman because according to
our Laws, all prize made without a commission belong to the Lord
high admiral, who in this case always gives up his right. I could not
give it to the two Scotchmen or to the two Irishmen, because thereby
I would have authorized a crime punished with death among all Na-
tions, there were none then but the three New Englanders who had
some right to it but being the smallest number, they followed the fate
of the majority ; Besides, I could not grant to them alone what they
had not taken alone : I could not srrant it to all.
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It is very certain that had they all been New Englanders, I would
not have failed to allow them the prize, as I had already done in sev-
eral Circumstances & particularly in the case of a Ship which some
new Englanders had taken at Barbadoes, at the time of the Marquis
de Bouilles second Voyage to that Island.
In this Circumstance I thought it my duty to adjudge the Vessel
and her Cargo to the King & my Lord High Admiral — the funds
have been carried to the Treasury, & I am ignorant of their destina-
tion.
In similar Circumstances the Admiral has very often if not always
given up his right, or at least given a proportionable reward, & I make
no doubt that on the representations of the Ambassador with Con-
gress, to my Lord Admiral, the New Englanders will be excepted &
rewarded.
I will observe to you, Sir, that the S"" John M'^Clintock has told an
imposition in his Memorial, in pretending that he has been closely
imprisoned for eight days, the New Englanders have only been in
prison three days with every thing allowed them to which men who
are not criminal are entitled, after which time they were left abso-
lutely free, & at liberty to embark on Vessels of their own Nation at
their choice. It is also a lie to pretend that they were flattered with
the hopes of having their share of the prize, since I myself declared
the contrary to them in causing the above mentioned reasons to be
explained to them, as well as the hopes they might form* from the
kindness of the Lord High Admiral
a true Copy I am with respect &c
signed Durat signed Aubert
[7-14J {^AnotJicr about the Same Affair.^
Grenada, June 17'^ 1782
Sir, I have received the Letter which you have done me the honor
to write to me, dated Dec'' y'' 1 1^*" of last year, and the petition of the
Sieur M'^Clintock to the Council of New Hampshire ; I enclose here
a Copy certified by the Seneschal of Grenada, who is also a Judge of
the Admiralty, which contains the motives of my Judgment — I have
the honor to observ^e to you that in this Colony the same laws are
followed as in the other French Colonies, & particularly those of the
Admiralty, on which the Administrators have little influence ; but the
money arising from the prize in question having been put into the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 721
King's Coffers, to be distributed in France among those who have a
right to it, all further claims must be laid either before the Council
of captures, thro' the jMinister of the Marine or directly before the
Lord High Admiral of France who alone have a right to alter or
break the local decisions of the Courts of Admiralty.
I am with respect &c
signed, Durat.
[7-16]
[Action of the House accepting the resignation of Chief Justice
Weare, who retired on account of age and infirmity. — Ed.]
l7~i7] [Petition for Ijicrcase of Oirrency, 1782.]
To the Honorable Council & House of Representatives in General
Court Convened
The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth
That for want of a Currency the People of this State are really re-
duced to a most deplorable situation that with all their industry are
unable to carry on any Commerce or Trade even with their Neighbors
to pay any debt, tho' never so Just or trivial — And by reason of the
scarcity & exhorbitant prices of Salt and other necessaries of Life
the Small Quantity of Coin that was formerly amongst us is thereby
taken away — And unless there can be some Medium for Trade Your
Petitioners must of Consequence fall victims to their Creditors &
both they and their Families a Sacrifice to Beggery & Want by being
depriv'd not only of the conveniences, but of things absolutely nec-
essary for the Support of Life itself
This is most severely felt both by Farmers and Tradesmen the
former being obliged to trust the fruits of his Industry to his famish-
ing Neighbor without the least hopes of a recompense and the latter
after having expended all his property for Stock must distribute it to
his needy customers for promises which they (though ever so willing)
are unable to perform
As a consequence of the above recited grievances we are threat-
ened with speedy and inevitable ruin by the multiplicity of Lawsuits
which with the extravagancy of Lawyers fees in many instances tend
to the Destruction of the unfortunate Debtors and will if not speed-
ily mitigated end in the utter annihilation of all good order and har-
mony in this state
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
These are a few of the many grievances which the good People of
this State Labor under and cannot be unknown to the Honorable
Court and our Eyes are to you Gentlemen, as the Guardians both of
our Liberties & Properties to you we humbly look for redress — in
you we trust & confide — and as in duty bound shall ever pray &c
November 12'^ 1782
W™ Livingston
Samuel Smith
William White
David Scobey
Sam" Nutt
Will'" Nutt
Simon Dodge
Jacob Ober
William Blair
Jonathan Major
Robert Walker
Philomar Perkins
John Taplein
W™ Peterson
Hugh Blair
Robt Willson
Barnebus M'^Ginnis
Robert Hogg
Abner Hogg
Robert Low
Thomas M'^Colom
Jn" Little
Jos Farmer
W"^ Hogg
Tobeas Butler
John Wilson
Samuel Wilson
W"^ Beard
Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker Jr
Aron Solev
Nehemiah Dodge Jr
James Gregg
Lesly Gregg
[7-18-19]
[To two other petitions of the same tenor and date, are affixed the
following names.]
Elisha Dodge
John McMillan
Hugh Ramsey
Alexander Kelso
Ebenezer Batcheller
John Batcheller
Nathan Jones J""
Arthur Dennis
Tho^ Aiken
William Montgomery
Andrew Wilkins
Timothy Jones
John Donovan
Nenian Aiken
EH Wilkins
George Cristy
Jesse Cristy Jun
Samuel Stickney
Benj^ Dodge
Thomas Karr
Josiah Abbott
Jn° C M<=Neill
Antipas Dodge
Joseph M'^Clure
Thomas Brown
Jn" Little
Jos Farmer
Robert Campbell
Hugh M^Millen
James Cochran
Josiah Warner
James Caldwell
Silas Walker
David M-^Cleary
Samuel Morison
Nathaniel Dodge
Enoch Dodge
Elisha Dodge Jr
Robert white
William White Junr
Archibald m'^allster
John Wells
David M'^glaughlon
Benj'' Dodge
Daniel M'^millan
Jn° Little
Jos Farmer
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 723
[7-20] \_JoJni Sullk'an to JoJni Langdon, 1782.]
Exeter November i^^^ 1782
Sir I had the honor of Petitioning the hon^'" assembly at their
last Session to obtain Liberty for Mrs. Holland to visit her Children
in this State — but the prayer was not then granted and the reasons
for refusal I have not been able to Learn. — I have received a recent
application from Colo Holland to renew my requisition which should
be glad to Lay before the House together with some reasons which may
convince the assembly of the propriety of my application & possibly
induce them to comply with my request — I should Esteem it a par-
ticular favor if the House will permit me to lay my reason before
them this afternoon —
I have the honor to be with the most perfect Esteem Sir your most
obedient Servant Jn° Sullivan
f^Qj^bie John Langdon Esq'
[7-22] {Petition from In/iabiiants of Cheshire County, 1782.]
State of New Hampshire
To the Honourable the Council and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened for said State
The Petition of the Subscribers, Freeholders, and Inhabitance of
the County of Cheshire Humbly Sheweth —
That your Petetioners together with Other Inhabitance of this State
Labour under great and almost Intolerable Grieveances for want of
Currency ; there being among us not One fourth part of hard money
for a medium of Trade. Our Distance from the Seaports and our
Scituation in many Respects such that it is impossible for us to Ob-
tain hard money in a way of trade — the consequence is that Law-
suits are Daily increaseing and Lawyers (tho often Necessary) take
Exhorbitant fees by means of the Laws being imperfect (in that
Respect) all which Grievences have a tendency to stir up mobs,
Riots, Anarchy & Confusion — We therefore humbly pray that your
honours in your Wisdom will Devise means by which said Greivances
may be Redressed by makeing State Securities Live Stock and Con-
try Produce of all Kinds a Lawfull Tender to answer all Executions
Levied on Debtors = said Securities Computed at their Nominal
value and Contry produce to be apprised by Substantial men ; also
to provide a way whereby Debtors may Discharge their Debts without
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
paying such Exhorbitant fees to Lawyers that in many instances
Amount to Double the Debt One Reason (Among many others) is
that the Lawyers Draw pay for the attendance and travel of Each of
their clients During the whole time of the Siting of the court even
in the Cases not Disputable and Doubtless in many other Instances
your honours will find upon Examination that Lawyers fees ought to
be abridged — and that no Debtor (where the Case is not Disputable)
shall be obliged to pay any cost ariseing in any suit for Debt Except
the court fees already provided — and that in Disputable Cases where
the plaintiff is obliged to attend — the court before whom the Case is
tried shall order and Determine the sum to be paid unto the plaintiff
for his attendance according to the Time Travel and Expences of said
plaintiff which shall be paid by the Defendant and also that the fee
Table may be Regulated we therefore pray your honours to take
the same under your wise Consideration and grant us Such Releif
therein as you shall think best and we as in Duty bound shall Ever
pray —
Decem'' i6 1782
Stephen griswold
Sam" Daniels
Benja" Parker
Thaddeus Metcalf
Michal Metcalf
Jonathan Bailey
Jesse Clark
Josiah Ellis
Abijah Wilder
Joseph Parker
Nath' Bingham
Ichabod Smith
John Griggs
Benja Hall
Caleb Tucker
Benja" Willis
Ezra Harvey
Aaron Willson
Thomas Fisher
Josiah Willard
Laroy Emes
Jonas Prescott
David Nims J""
Ebenezer Carpenter.
Timothy Ellis jr
Abijah Metcalf
Ichabod Fisher
Elisha Briggs
[7-23]
[Resolve of the House, Feb. 27, 1783, "that the present govern-
ment be continued in full force till the tenth day of June 1784, not-
withstanding a general pacification should take place in the mean
time ; provided, a permanent plan of government for this State,
should not be established antecedent to that period." — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 725
[7-24] [^Petition of John Hale of Mollis, 1783.]
To the Hon^'^ the Council & house of Representatives for the State
of New Hampshire in General Assembly Convened at Concord
the 19'^ day of June in the year of our Lord 1783 —
The Petition of John Hale of Hollis in the County of Hillsborough
& State aforesaid Esq'' —
Humbly sheweth That about P'ifteen months ago, he purchased a
Certain tract of land in s'' Hollis, being part of the Confiscated Estate
of Breed Batchelder Late of Packersfield in the County of Cheshire
and now an Absentee, and Gave his Security to Docf Nath' Breed
the agent to said Confiscated Estate for the purchase sum of Said
Estate, amounting to Upwards of One hundred pounds — at the same
time the State owed your said petioner three hundred & thirty eight
pounds Eleven shillings — and that he Expected to offsett so much
of the debt due to him as aforesaid, as the said purchase money
amounted to, notwithstanding which, and altho' the said Trustee well
knew that the Publick were indebted to your Petioner : he the said
trustee Commenced a Suit against him at the Inferior Court held at
Charleston in April Last for about Twenty pounds being part of said
purchase money, which action is now pending, and your petitioner is
in daily Expectation of being sued for the residue. —
That your petitioner attended three years as a Surgeon in the first
New Hampshire Regiment, whereby he neglected his private avoca-
tions and is not now able to pay the said demand without your hon-
ours interposition without which your petitioner must be Greatly
injured wherefore he prays that an order may Issue to said Trustee
to discount the whole of his demand, and to withdraw his said action
he paying costs, and that your said petitioner may have an order
upon the Treasurer for the Remainder of the debt due to him from
the State as aforesaid, and he as in duty bound will Ever pray.
Concord June 19''' 1783. — John Hale
[7-25-26]
[Action of the House on the recommendation of Congress in
regard to the division of expenses incurred for the common good of
the States, June 20, 1783. — Ed.]
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[7-27] [Receipt from Stephen Gorham to JoJui T. Gilvimi.']
State of New Hampshire Exeter 14'^ July 1783.
Received of John T. Gilman Esq Administrator on the Estate of
Nicholas Gilman Esq late Commissioner of the Continental loan office
in said State. Two Million Nine hundred thousand Two hundred
thirty One Continental dollars of the Old Emission being in full for
the balance of this State's quota of a requision of Congress of the
18"^ March 1780 for sinking the same — which money I have de-
stroyed agreeable to a resolution of Congress of iS"" September 1782.
and for which I have signed triplicate receipts of this tenor and.
date — Stephen Gorham Commissioner
2,900,231 dollars for settling the Public Accounts in y® State of
"■■■■""■ ''■■""■" New Hampshire
[7-28]
[Account of John Balch, post-rider, to Aug. 15, 1783. — Ed. J
[7-29] [Certificate from Stephen Gorham, 1783.]
State of N Hampshire Exeter 10"^ Septem'' 1783.
This Certifies that by a Return from the Treasury of the United
States dated 22<^ August 1782. It appears that Nicholas Gilman
Esq (then) Loan Office, of the State of New Hampshire transmitted
to the Treasury the sum of Two Million two hundred Ninety Nine
thousand seven hundred and Sixty nine dollars —
Stephen Gorham Commissioner
[7~30] [John Preiitice to Speaker Dudley, 1783.]
Londonderry 3"'^ November 1783 —
The Hon^^* John Dudley Esq"" Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives— Sir I Just rec'^ the Inclosed Notification informing that the
Petition of the Hon^ General Sullivan respecting Ebenezer Hogg is
to be heard on Wednesday next I would inform the Hon"^ Assem-
bly that the said Hogg attended all the last Week or on the Day ap-
pointed— is now gone to Rhode Island & Cannot be notified — I am
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
727
obliged to attend the Supreme Court at Salem in the County of
Essex & Cannot attend your Hon''^ Wherefore in his behalf beg
your Hon""* to postpone the hearing to some future Day that Hogg
himself may be present & have a fair Trial^from your most obedient
humble Servant John Prentice
[7-31]
\Precepts for Rep res eniatives, 1783.]
State of ]
New Hamps"" \ In House of Representatives Dec'' 30''' 1783 —
Voted that Precepts be Issued to the Several Towns & places in
this State for the purpose of Calling Representatives Agreeably to
the New Constitution
One
(viz)
To Portsmouth for Three
Newington &
Greenland
New Castle j
& Rye i
North Hampton — one
Hampton falls \ ^
Representatives
One
& Seabrook
Stratham — One
Exeter — One
Kensington — One
Hampton — One
South Hampton
& East Kingstown
Kingstown — One
Brentwood — One
Epping — One
New Markett — One
Nottingham — One
Deerfield — One
Chichester )
Epsom & > — One
Allenstown )
One
Dover — One
Durham — One
Northwood ) ^
& Pittsfield / ~ ^"^
Canterbury & \ /-x
Northfield— j ^"^
Loudon — One
Concord — One
Pembroke — One
Chester — One
Candia — One
Raymond
& Poplin
Hawke & )
Sandown \
Hampstead ■
Plastow &
Atkinson |
Newton —
Salem — One
Londonderry for Two
Windham —
Pelham — One
— One
One
One
Nottingham West — One
Litchfield —
Derryfield —
Dunstable — One
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
One
Summersworth — One
Rochester — One
Barrington — One
Sanborntown — One
Gilmantown — wne
Lee — One
Madbury —
Merridith & \
New Hampton \
Sandwich & ) q
Tamworth \
Moultonborough ^
Tuftonborough
Wolfborough-
& Ossipee Gore- j
New Durham
New Durham Gore
& Barnstead-
Wakefield ^
One
One
Middletwon >■
& Effingham j
Conway
Eaton
Burton & f
Locations J
One
One
Henniker —
Hillsborough
New Bradford
New Boston — One
Francistown —
Weare — One
Hopkinton — One
Dunbarton
& Bow —
Salisbury — One
Boscawen —
Fisherfield
Perrystown
& Warner
New London
Andover —
& Gore —
One
— One
— One
One
Merrimac 1 ^^
& Bedford / ^^^
Goffstown — One
Hollis — One
Amherst — One
Raby& )_Q^^^
Mason )
New Ipswich — One
Duxbury &
Mile Slip
Wilton — One
Lyndsborough — One
Temple &
Peterborough Slip
Peterborousrh
& Society land
— One
Hancock ^
Antrim & > — One
Dearins:
/
Charlestown — One
Alstead — One
Keene — One
Swanzey — One
Richmond — One
Jeffery — One
Winchester — One
Westmoreland — One
Chesterfield — One
Rindge —
Walpole — One
Clairmont — One
Cornish &
Grantham
Newport &
Croydon —
Windal & } _
Unity i
Acworth 1
Lemster & > — One
Marlow j
Surry ■ —
Gilsom —
One
One
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
729
J
— One
Plainfield — One
New Holderness^
Campton j
Thornton ]
& Lincoln
Franconia
Plymouth
Rumney —
Wentworth J
Newchester )
Alexandria > —
& Cockermouth )
Belhan Alias Enfield
Canaan —
Cardigan —
Dorchester —
& Grafton —
Hanover — One
Lebanon
Lime &
Orford '
Piermont
Haverhill
Warren &
Coventry
— One
One
>One
— One
— One
— One
Stoddard & \_
Washington j
Dublin &
Packersfield
Marlboroug &
Fitzwilliam —
Protectvvorth —
Hinsdale —
One
— One
One
One
Bath —
Lyman —
Landaff —
Gunthwait —
Apthrop —
Lancaster —
Northumberland
Stratford —
Dartmouth —
Cockburne —
Colburne —
Sent up for Concurrence
John Dudley Speaker
In Council the same day read
& Concurrd
E Thompson S'^^
)
[7-32] ^
\^N'ominatio7is for Sheriff and Judges in Grafton Connty.'\
Nomination for Judges of the Inferior Cort in the County of
Grafton by us, Representatives for s'^ County Viz
Elisha Payne Esq'' i' Beeza Woodward Esq"" 3
Sam^ Emerson Esq"" 2^ Davenport Phelps Esq"' 4
Jon^ Child William Ayer
John Young Rus' Freeman
Tim° Bedel
Nomination for Sheriff of s'^ County of Grafton Tim° Bedel Esq""
Haverhill
Jon^ Child R. Freeman
John Young William Ayer
Elisha Payne
730 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7~33] \_Noniinations for Cheshire County.']
The Representatives for the County of Cheshire met together and
Nominated the following Persons for Civell Officers for S"^ County if
His Excellency and the Honourb'^ Councell See fit to appoint them
VZ —
Judges for the Court in S'^ County as follows
the Honb'' Semion Olcut Esq of Charleston Honb'' Sam" Ashley
Esq Claremont
Honb^ Benj'' Bellows Esq Walpole & William Haywood Esq""
Charleston
Sam" Hunt Esq. Sheriff Charleston
Thomas Sparhawk Esq. Judge probate Walpole
Calven Frink Esq Regester Probate Swanzey
Joseph Bort Westmorland George Kimball Charleston
Isaac Hammond Swanzey Silas wright
& Daniel Chase Concord for S'^ County & also Moses Smith Jun.
Coronor
[7-34] [^Recommendations for CJieshire Connty Judges.^
To his excelency the Governor and Council for the State of New
Hampshire
Whereas the Justices of the peace within and for the County of
Cheshire, have ben informed, that the Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County and one of the side Judges, have resigned
their Offices therefor We the Subscribers, have thought fit to rec-
ommend, the Honourable Sanford Kingsbury for Chief Justice of
the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, And Frances Smith
Nathaniel Sartal Printice and Lemuel Holmes as assistant Judges ;
Said Kingsbury is recommended for Chief Justice by the request of
M-- Smith.
W" Ripley Silas Mack Roswell Hubbard
Elihu Stevens James Wellman James Egerton
Daniel Grout Ambrose Cossit Stephen Powers
Elijah Frink Josiah Stevens Elijah Grout
Tho^ Penniman
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 731
[7~35] [Credentials of Marbois and V Etombc?^
By the United States in Congress assembled. —
It is hereby made known, to all whom it may concern, that full
Credence & Respect are to be paid to the Sieur de Marbois Coun-
cellor to Parliament, as Consul of France for the States of Pensyl-
vania and Deleware and Consul General for the thirteen United
States of America.
Which States are called upon respectively, by virtue of the powers
delegated by the Confederation, to the United States in Congress
assembled, to furnish the said Sieur de Marbois with their exequator
or notification of his quality, delivering one copy thereof to the said
Sieur de Marbois and causing another to be published in one or more
gazettes. —
Done at Annapolis this eleventh day of February in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty four and of our
Sovereignty & Independence the Eighth. —
By the United States in Congress assembled
Cha^ Thompson Sec^ Thomas Mifflin
Entered and Recorded "^ Joseph Pearson D Sec^
By the United States in Congress assembled.
It is hereby made known, to all whem it may concern, that full
credence and respect are to be paid to the Sieur de L. Etombe as
Consul of France for the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island —
Which States are called upon respectively, by virtue of the Powers
delegated by the Confederation to the United States in Congress as-
sembled, to furnish the said Sieur L. Etombe with their Exequator
or notification of his quality delivering one copy thereof to the said
Sieur L. Etombe and causing another to be published in one or more
gazettes —
Done at Annapolis this eleventh day of february in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four and of our Sover-
eignty and Independence the Eighth. —
By the United States in Congress Assembled.
Cha^ Thompson Sec^ Thomas Mifflin
Entered and Recorded ^ Joseph Pearson D Sec^
732 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7-36]
\C0m7nissi011 of Monsiew Toscaji as Vice-Cons?il at Portsmouth^
[Translated from the French by Otis G. Hammond.]
Commission of Monsieur Toscan as Vice Consul at Portsmouth in
New Hampshire.
This day, the twenty fourth of August one thousand seven hundred
and eighty three, the King being at Versailles, wishing to provide
for a Vice Consulate at Portsmouth in New Hampshire, and desiring
favourably to treat Monsieur Toscan, by the good accounts of his
zeal and ability which have been rendered to His Majesty, has ap-
pointed and established him Vice Consul at Portsmouth subordinate
to the Consulate of the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island, to protect his subjects who are engaged in commerce
to the said place and to fulfill the functions assigned to Vice Consuls ;
His Majesty intending that he may enjoy the honors, authorities and
prerogatives pertaining thereto, and the appointments which there-
unto belong — His Majesty enjoins the sailors, traders and others of
his subjects to recognize Monsieur Toscan in the said capacity of
Vice Consul at Portsmouth — His Majesty orders Monsieur de L.
Etombe, Consul for the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire
and Rhode Island to cause the notification to be executed, and to reg-
ister in the Chancellor's office a copy of this commission, which he
has signed with his own hand, and caused to be countersigned by my
councillor in all his councills, the Minister and Private Secretary of
State and the Financier. Louis
C Ml C Chartries
Entered & Recorded '^ Joseph Pearson D Se"'^
\_Mousieur Toscaii s Crede}itials.~\
By the United States in Congress assembled.
It is hereby made known, to all whom it may concern, that full
credence and respect are to be paid to the Sieur Toscan as Vice Consul
of France at Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire ; which
State is called upon by virtue of the powers delegated by the Confed-
eration to the United States in Congress assembled to furnish the
said Sieur Toscan with their exequator or notification of his quality,
delivering one copy thereof to the said Sieur Toscan and causing an-
other to be published in one or more gazettes —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 733
Done at Annapolis this eleventh day of February in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four and of our
Sovereignty and Independence the eighth.
By the United States in Congress assembled
Cha^ Thompson Sec^ Thomas Mifflin.
Entred and Recorded "^ Joseph Pearson Dep Sec^
[7-37]
[^Commissions to Abicl Foster and Pierce Long as Delegates to
Congress. ]
The Sovereign and Independent State of New Hampshire,
To the Honorable Abiel Foster Esquire, Greeting :
We the said State, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your
wisdom, virtue & fidelity, do, by these presents, constitute and ap-
point you the said Abiel Foster Esquire a Delegate to represent this
State in Congress untill the first Monday in November next, agree-
able to the rules and regulations established by law.
And we do hereby vest in you all the powers, authorities, rights
and privileges appertaining or belonging to this your appointment :
you governing yourself from time to time agreeable to such orders as
shall be transmitted to you by authority of our General Court.
Witness Meshech Weare Esquire, our President and Commander
in Chief in and over the said State, as given under his hand and the
great Seal of the State this day of Anno Domini 1784 and
in the ninth year of our Independence. M Weare
By His Excellencys Command
Joseph Pearson Dep. Sec^
S. Ap
[On the reverse, in the same form and under the same date, is a
like commission to Pierce Long Esquire. — Ed.]
[7-3 S] [Jonathan Child to Meshech Weare, 1784.] -
Lime 27"^ of March 1784
Respected Sir
I am made acquainted by Cap* Green that the receipts I gave the
Collecttors of the Several Towns in the county of Grafton in Oct 1780
734 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
by your order were matter of lenghthy altercation in the assembly the
last Sesions but were finally allowed by them but nonconcurr^ by the
council the reasons given I understand were that I had not Settled
my acc'^ your honour will remember the letter you Sent me dated
Tanu' 27'^ 1 78 1 desireing me without loss of Time to repare to Exetor
in order to Settle my accounts as commisary or the State would be in
dano-er of loosing there amount, I without the least unnesesary delay
thro^uo-h much difficulty & Expence waited on the assembly & coun-
cil with my accounts and proper receipts from M"" Emery that he had
reciv'd proper receipt of Purchases and Delivery the whole amount
of what I wanted Settled also a Schedule of the money, I had reciv'd
with the coUecters names the Sum receiv'd & the Towns name they
belonged to after I had bin detain'd about a weak at my own exspence
I was dismis'd without aney thing done on the matter with this Ex-
scuse that I could not be Settled with for want of my receipts as it
was not cartain but I might have receiv'd more money than I had
credited to the Towns now the Towns cannot be credited by my re-
ceipts untill I am Settled with. I know not what to do I know it is
impossible for me to be Settled with untill my receipts are accepted
and receiv'd therefore to make another Jorney untill that is done will
be as fruitless as the former I persued your orders with the greatest
attention and exactness that my abillities would admit of but why
this conduct in the council is to me very Surprising I have bin ever
Ready for Settlement only waiting to know that my receipts were in
the Tresury untill that is done things must remain in the presant un-
happy Situation thus I have stated the facts as they really are I un-
derstand I am much blamed in the case but I am happy to know for
my Self that it is a groundless charge and I think every one who can-
didly views the cause will exscuse me from blame and place it where
it belongs am Sir with the greatest respect your honours Most Ob*
Hum^^ Servant Jon^ Child
PS I Send the Schedule of the recipt flattering my Self that the
matter will be determin'd this Sessions
M Weare Esq-"
[7-39]
[List of States complying with the act of Congress of April 30,
1784. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLVL PAPERS. 735
[7-40]
[Copy of the ratification of the definitive treaty on the part of
Great Britain, exchanged with that on the part of the United States,
May 12, 1784. —Ed. J
[7-41] S^Pctitioi to Tax Noii-Rcsidcnt Proprietors, 1784.]
To the Hon^ the Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of New Hampshire now siting at Concord June 8^'^ 1784
the Petition of the subscriber in behalf of the Towns of Bath Ly-
mon Landaff Concord alies Gunthwaite Apthorp Lancaster Northum-
berland Stratford Dartmouth Cockburn and Colburn — in the County
of Grafton and State aforesaid — Humbly Sheweth
That at the commencement of the Late war, the said Towns by rea-
son of many Imbarrasments had but few settlements, and that the
most of the Inhabitants were under very low circumstances, Notwith-
standing they were willing to do their proportion in Defending them-
selves & Cuntry against the Common Enemy, that they have undoubt-
edly actually Done at least as much as any Part of the State accord-
ing to their ability — in Defending as aforesaid
that they have never had any settlement with the State for the
same, and it seems to be Impossable to Come to any accurate settle-
ment therefor, that under Every surcomstance of affairs, your Peti-
tioner Conceives that inasmuch as the greatest Part of the Lands in s^
Towns are owned by Nonresidants, a great part of which Live out of
this State — if a Ballance was struck Between the State and the In-
habitants as far as it Respects the inhabitants aforesaid, untill the first
Day of Jany 1784 — and that they have Liberty to tax the Nonresi-
dant Proprietors and owners of Lands in the Towns aforesaid for any
sum that may appear (under Every surcomstance) to be Due, it would
be very Just and likely to be attended with good Consequences —
Your Petitioner would therefore pray your Honours to take the
matter under Consideration and Make such order thereon as your
Honours in your wisdom think Just, and your Petitioner will Ever
pray &c J Young
[7-42-3-4]
[Commissions to administer oaths, made out to the following per-
sons : throughout the State, John M'^Clary, Francis Blood, Joseph
Badger, Nathaniel Peabody, and Moses Chase. Rockingham County,
736 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Josiah Bartlett, John McClary, Samuel Penhallow, and George Atkin-
son. Strafford County, John Wentvvorth, John Plummer, Joseph
Badger, and Ebenezer Smith. Hillsborough County, Matthew Thorn-
ton, Samuel Dana, Jeremiah Page, and Robert M'^Gregore. Cheshire
County, Benjamin Bellows, Simeon Olcott, Benjamin Hall, and Dan-
iel Newcomb. Grafton County, Samuel Livermore, Charles John-
ston, Samuel Emerson, Moses Dow, Elisha Payne, and Bezaleel
Woodward. — Ed.]
[7-45]
\_Mcniorial from the Committee for Adjustuig Aeconiits.'\
A Memorial of the Committee for adjusting the Accounts between
the State of New Hampshire & the United States, beg leave to
acquaint your Excellency & Honors That several difficulties arise in
settling the said Acct^
1 What time the Interest on Sums advanced by Congress shall
be reckoned, whether at the time the Order Issued from the Treasury
at Philadelphia or at the time it was received of the Loan Officer in
this State.
2 Whether the money advanced by the State, sent to Gen' Schuy-
ler, in hard money shall be charged at the time it was received out of
the Treasury and' the Interest cast accordingly
[The above Article 2 has a line drawn through it, and is marked
"allowed." — Ed.]
3^ Whether the Depreciation made up to our Officers & Soldiers
shall be charged yearly from 1777, 1778 & 1779 ^^ by a resolve of
Congress of June 1783 it is order'd that Interest shall be charged
from the time of payment, the Committee suppose that the State
ought to be Credited for Service performed at the time of Service &
Interest after. —
4^^ That the Baggage Horses in the several Marches from the sev-
eral Towns in the Western part of the State on the Alarms from
Tyconderoga in 1777 are not allowed by the Commissioner in full —
as he thinks they ought to be calculated by the Resolves of Congress
for Regimental Waggons, whereas the Troops marched through a
Country where Waggons could not be employed, to advantage — the
difference between the different method of settlement being a Con-
siderable Sum —
5*^. Horses for the Volunteers to Rhode Island charged in the
Rolls at 10^ per man, not allowed by the Commissioner — on the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 737
same principle as above, the Regimental Waggons should, only, be
allowed.
6. That the Committee were authorized by a Resolve of the Gen-
eral Court, to call in such assistance as they should think proper to
compleat the above Accounts, they wish to know how & what price
said assistants shall be allowed and paid —
7^^ Horses to Volunteers to Saratoga, when General Burgoyne in
1777. The Horses allowed on settlement by the General Court were
reduced to about 7 Men, tho' each man (almost) was provided with a
Horse — this the commissioner proposes to settle on the General
proportion of Baggage Waggons —
All which is humbly Submitted by —
Joseph Gilman in behalf of the Committee.
E.\-eter July 28, 1784.
[7-46]
{Petition for Road from Merrimack to Connecticut Rivcr.^
To his Excellency the President, the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in general assembly, to be holden at Portsmouth on the
third w^ednesday of October instant.
The petition of the subscribers inhabitants in said state humbly
shews that the communication and traveling between the western
part of the state and the ports & market towns in the eastern part is
greatly impedied and prevented, for want of a good and passable road
from merrimack river, to Connecticut river, at or near Dartmouth
College — being about the center of the state north and south ; and
that the inhabitants in the several towns through which the roads
now go from principles of interest and convenience to themselves
only lay out the roads in such manner and way as that the publick
are greatly injured thereby which inconvenience will not be remedied
unless a disinterested committee should lay out said road : and your
Hone" petitioners would further observe that in case a proper road
was layed out for the purpose aforesaid and made convenient for
passing, that the trade and commerce in the state would be greatly
increased and other valuable and salutary purposes answered thereby.
We therefore humbly pray your Hon""^ to appoint a judicious and dis-
interested committee to lay out a good waggon road or publick high-
way begining at the publick road in Boscawen (called the river road)
and from thence in the most convenient and direct way to Connecti-
cut river at or near Dartmouth College having respect in laying said
738
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
road both to publick & private interest and vested with power to esti-
mate and apprize the damage that may accrue by laying said road to
any particular person or persons if any there should be in the opinion
ofjsaid committee considering the advantage and disadvantage arise-
ing thereby And that upon a proper return and survey of said road
being made that the several towns or proprietors through which said
road shall be layed be at the expence and cost of clearing and making
the same conveniently good and passable for teeming and traveling
— and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray. Dated
October 15'^ 1784
J Wheelock Benj" Coult 2^
Eben'' Brewster
Abel Wright
Elisha Payne Jun""
Hab'' Turner
Dyer Willes
Aaron Stores
Sam' M^luer
Darius Dewey
Daniel Gould
Benj Plumley
J° Lewis
Jeriah Trescott
Ebenezer Fitch
Elijah Huntington
Silvanus Ripley
B Woodward
Joseph Lamb
Daniel Smally
Dan' Porter
Nathan Cobb
Benj™ Coult
Asa Holden
Moses Brigham
George Eager
Daniel Clapp
Joseph Lee
Eleaz : Wheelock
James Wheelock
Daniel Tiffany
James Eddy
Joel Tiffany
Nicholas Gilman
Lemuel Holt
David Eaton
Thadeus White
Luther Lincoln
Josiah Snow Jun"'
Selah Alvard
Joshua Woodward
John Payne
Park Smith
Enos Kellog
Edward Smith
John Walbrdge
Adam Rice
Ezra Carpenter
Benoni Dewey
Jabez Bingham
Nathe' Brown
Zenes Colman
John Crane
James Murch
Joshua Cusman
Dan Shaw
David Chandler
Elezer Hill
Isaac Barron
Thaddeus White Jun''
John Smith
Gideon Tiffany
Jon^ Child
W™ Child
Nath : Adams
Rufus Baldwin
Azariah Bliss
Stephen Bliss
W™ Dana
Ebenezer Bliss
John Sharp
Edm"'' Freeman
Thomas Bingham
Jonathan Sprague
Th° Martin
Mark H^ Wentworth
Ichabod Nichols
John Peirce
Jeremiah Libbey
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 739
[7~47] \^JoscpJL Gilnian to Presidc7it Weave, 1784.]
Exeter Octo"' 19"' 1784
Sir Stephen Gorham Esq^ Commission from Congress for set-
tling the Accomits between the United States & the State of New-
Hampshire, not thinking himself authorized to allow some of the
Charges made by the Committee appointed by this State, (either by
his Instructions or Resolves of Congress), the Committee think it
their duty to lay the same before your Excellency — The Charges
referred to are Bounties or additional Wages paid to General Starks
Brigade in the year i J^J. —
Pay allowed Volunteers to Rhode Island in the year 1778, for their
Horses —
Interest charg'd on depreciation paid the Continental Troops in
the years 1777 & 1778, which Interest, the Committee are of opinion
ought to commence at the end of said Years, instead of which the
Commissioner insists, that Interest on those years service ought not
to commence till the beginning of the year 1780, the time when
depreciation was ordered to be made up.
In behalf of the Committee, I am your Excellency's most obedient
Servant Joseph Gilman
To His Excellency
M, Weare Esq'' President.
[7-48] \Letter from Loan-Officer Gilman, 1784.]
Continental Loan Office 1
State of New Hampshire J Exeter Ocf 20"" 1784
Sir By a Resolve of the General Court of the y^^ Nov"" 1783 the
Cont^ Loan Officer in this State (for the time being) is Directed "to
Issue Certificates for the payment of Monies Loaned at his Office &
owned by the Citizens of this State computing the same for as many
full years as may be due on each respective Certificate prior to the
28^*^ Day of February 1783, first Liquidating the Interest due on
those securities by 'the Cont''^ Scale of Depreciation — and by an Act
of the General Court passed June ii'*' 1784 the Loan Officer is di-
rected to issue Certificates for the Interest due on all Monies Loaned
at said Office in this State, belonging to the Inhabitants thereof cal-
culating the Interest due on said Loan Office Certificates until the
28'^ Day of Feb>' last according to the Conl''^ Scale of Depreciation. —
740 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
The United States in Congress by their Act of the is**' of January
1784 Resolved that the Interest which has or may become due on
Loan Office Certificates bearing Date between the first Day of Sep-
tember 1777. & the first Day of March 1778 is not is not Subjected
to any Depreciation " and by another Act of Congress of the 28'*^
April 1784, It is (among other things) Resolved "That the Holders
of Loan Office Certificates shall be at liberty to carry them to the
Office from which they Issued and the Holders of Certificates of
other Liquidated Debts to cary the same to the Loan Office of that
State wherein the Debt was Contracted and to have the Interest due
thereon Settled and Certified to the last Day of the Year 1782. for
which Interest the Loan Officer shall give a Certificate in such form
& under such Cautions & Instructions as the Superintendent of
Finance shall transmit to him " — It will be readily perceived that
these Resolutions of the General Court & those of Congress cannot
both be complied with, by the first provision is made only for those
Loan Office Certificates which are Owned by the Inhabitants of this
State & the Interest of Certificates Issued between the first Day of
Sept"^ 1777 & the first Day of March 1778, are subjected to the Scale
of Depreciation — By the Resolutions of Congress no distinction is
made between Certificates whether owned by Inhabitants of this
State or not ; the holders of Certificates of other Liquidated Debts are
intitled to Interest, & the Interest on Loan Office Certificates Issued
between the first of Sepf 1777 & the first of March 1778 are not sub-
jected to Depreciation. —
I would not presume to Dictate in this matter but, (perhaps) it
might be best the Resolutions before mentioned should be so far
altered as that the Loan Officer should follow the Directions of the
United States (as this appears to be the intention by the Original
institution of those Offices and is the case in all other States as far
as I am informed) excepting as to the time to which Interest shall be
paid as many persons have already Receiv'd pay up to the time af-
fixed by the State. It might be attended with difficulty to Refuse
those who are yet behind —
I inclose your Excellency a Letter which I lately Reciev'd from
the Superintendant of Finance to which I have delayed giving an
answer untill I am informed whether the Hon^'^ Court make any
alterations in their Resolutions or not. —
with the greatest Respect I have the Honor to be
Your Excellency's most Obed* serv*
Nat. Oilman
His Excellency Meshech Weare Esq*"
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 741
[7-49] \_Elis/ia Payne Accepts Election to Co7igrcss.'\
State of New Hampshire — Portsmouth 8"' Nov'' 1784
Sir by your Excellency'^ direction am informed, that the Hon*^'®
Legislature of this State have ben plesed to Hon"" Me with an ap-
pointment of one of the Deligates to Represent this State in Con-
gress, for which I beg leive to present them My Most gratefull and
sincere acknowledgments —
from a consciousness of My inability to serve, and other imbaris-
ments in the way, could redily excuse Myself from undertaking :
and only from a consideration of the importence of the State® being rep-
resented in Congress, and the dificalty of obtaining it by Gentl" of
More distinguished abilitys, am persuaded by any Meens to accept
of the appointment. —
Relying on the candor and kinde assistance of the Citizens of the
State, whom I have the Hon'' to represent, with difidence do under-
take to discharge the important Trusts, so far as My previous en-
gagements and unequal ability will admit of —
with due regards am Sir Your Excellency'
Most obedient and very Hum'^''^ Servt
Elisha Payne
His Excellency M^ Weare Esquire
[7-50]
[Extract of Letter From Adams, Franklin, and Jefferson, 1784.]
Extract of a Letter from the Honble John Adams, Benjamin
Frankhn & Thomas Jefferson dated at Paris November ii'*^ 1784.
" A Letter received from the Count de Vergennes & another from
Mons' Grand to Doctor Franklin of which No 21 & 22 are Copies
give us reason to apprehend an uneasiness in this Court lest we
should fail not only in the punctual payment of the interest on their
particular Loans, but should permit the payment on the Dutch Loan
which this Court guarantied, to fall in the first instance upon them.
This circumstance under the present probability of a War in Europe
might be really inconvenient to them and give unfavourable ideas of
the sense we entertain of their past favours. Congress will know
whether measures have been taken to make timely payments here,
and they can best judge of what exertions the States are capable for
reducing their foreign debt even faster than their stipulations require.
A hearty disposition in the people goes far towards making them
equal to whatever it is their duty and interest to do ; and we cannot
742 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
help supposing that if our Countrymen would boldly look that part of
their foreign Debt in the face, which they have a right to discharge,
if they would view it and view themselves they would find they
could master it, perhaps with a single effort. Of this we can assure
them that nothing would produce such a revolution in the opinion
entertained in Europe of their powers, of their justice and of the
tone of their Government. If a reputation for equity and gratitude,
if a demonstration of our resources and of our resolution, if the subjec-
tion of the riches of Europe to our wishes on any future emergency may
be bought at half a Guinea a head cannot our Countrymen be roused
to make the purchase .'* Add to this that it would command for us a
respect which might save us in the end millions of money and tor-
rents of blood. Congress we hope will pardon us these reflections —
we are on a field where every circumstance tends of produce them.
Our instruction as to a gratification and indemnification to John Bap-
tist Pequet has not yet been complied with — M'' Grand's Letter will
assign the reason —
The honor of our Country as well as our own feelings will not per-
mit us to pass unnoticed that we are now depending for daily subsist-
ance on the bounty of a Subject of this Kingdom : A bounty which
he tells us in his Letter "qu'il sera force mettre des bornes" (he will
be forced to set bounds)". We trust that Congress will be so good as
to order us effectual and instantaneous relief from this situation — .
[7-51] {Recommendations for Officers of a Regiment.']
State of New Hampshire ) To his Excellency and the Honoura-
Westmorland Nov"" 23=^ 1784 \ ble Councill of S"^ State Sirs Wee
the Subscribers understanding your honours for the wellfair of the
State would wish to have the Best Inteligence from the Several Re-
mote parts of the State who is Best Qualified & will give the best
Sattisfaction to the Community for Officers in the New arandgment
we therefore wish to be Indulg"^ to Inform your Honours of our
Opinions Respecting a New Regiment Taken off the Sixth Regi*^
Now Consisting of Chesterfield Westmorland Surry and Hindsdale
Wee therefore after Due Consideration for the Pollicy of the State
the peace and Sattisfaction of the Regi' in General and by What we
Can find out for the Sattisfaction of the persons hearafter named
would Wish to Recommend to your Honours the Following persons
for Field Officers Viz Co^° Sam^ King of Chesterfield Commander
Cap' George Aldrich of Westmorland L* Co^° Cap' Joseph Burt of
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVINCL\L PAPERS.
743
Westmorland First Maj'' and Cap* Johnathan Smith of Surry Second
Maj all which we humbly Submit to your Excellency and Hon-
ours Wisdom not Doughting your herty Dissirs to Do Honour to the
State & give Sattisfaction to the Subjects thereof Wee therefore Do
beg Leve to Subscribe our Selves your most Obedient Humble Ser-
vants —
Cyrus Shattuck
Samuel Comins
Selectmen
for
Hinsddale
Selectmen
for
Surry
William Hutchins 1
John Doolittle j
Benj^^ Haskell J
Peter Stone >
Amos Hubburd \
Selectmen
for
Westmorland
Selectmen
for
Chesterfield
[7~5-] {^Letter fro7n Dc Marbois to Congress, 1784.]
Note
The Chevalier de la Luzerne & since his departure the Undersigned
Charge des affaires of his Majesty have received frequent Orders to
press the Officers Agents & other Accountants employed for the ser-
vice of the Land & Sea forces on this Continent during the late war,
to render their Accounts. These Agents and others delay render-
ing their Accounts for divers causes ; but most of them alledge the
difficulty they meet tvith in bringing to account the Agents or Co7're-
spondents in America whom they have employed. They add that tvhen
process is commenced for settling the Accounts between them and the
Americans, the latter avail themselves of the slozvness in the usual
forms of Justice in order to gain time, and fatigue their adversaries
with all sorts of delays, until their affairs indispensibly call them to
France & force them to submit to an unjust accomi)iodatio7i —
Whatever may be the grounds of these allegations the Undersigned
has the honor to inform Congress that the French Agents employed
on this Continent by refusing to render their Accounts put it out of
the power of the Treasurers General of the Departments of War &
Marine to settle theirs, and of consequence that the distribution of
prizes cannot be made to the Officers & Seamen of the different
Squadrons. To remove every pretext or excuse from the Agents,
the Undersigned entreats that Congress would be pleased to consider,
whether it might not be proper for them to recommend to the several
States, the passing of Laws for determining in a summary way in
their supreme Courts, the differences of this nature which exist, or
may arise on Account of the Fleet and Army of his INLijesty, during
the late war. If Congress shall think proper to adopt this measure
744 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the Undersigned entreats that they would be pleased not to delay the
recommendation to the several States which are now assembled in
their Legislative Capacity, and he considers this as the principal
means of executing the orders which he has received not to admit of
any farther delay of the Agents of the French Fleet and Army in
rendering their Accounts —
Philadelphia i'' December 1784. (sign'd) De Marbois
(Copy)
[7~53] \^ Joshua WentwortJi to Ebenezer Thompsoji.']
Portsmouth Dec"" 18''' 1784
Sir, I receiv'd your favor of yesterday's date, Informing the Honor
confer'd by His Excellency the President of this State & the Hon^^^
Council, by the Appointment as a General Officer in the Militia —
This Instance of their attention of so high a Promotion cannot fail
of my most respectful acknowledgement of the Honor done me —
Yet Sir I must with regret beg of you to acquaint His Excellency
& the Hon^'^ Council that I cannot accept the Command, being sen-
sible of my inability to discharge the Necessary Duty, & the annual
infirmity which attends me —
I remain with respectful Compliments to His Excellency & their
Honours the Council
Sir, y"" most obedient & very h^ Serv'
Josh. Wentworth
Hon^'^ Ebenenez Thompson Esq.
[7~54] \A F^'<^g^Ji'^iit of Testimony?)^
Cap' French brought in and examined, acknowledges his fault in-
formed that Cap* Stone was at his house last monday morning in
told him that he was informed by Col° Peabody that the Gen' Court
had passed an Act granting Liberty to the Refugees to return to this
State and that the state was going to purchase their Estates for them
— He y® s"^ French further said that to the best of his remembrance
the said Stone told him that Peabody said he had his Information
from members of the Gen' Court
Maj"^ Cochran on examination said that he never was with the Con-
vention party until Wednesday last that he has to Say in Justification
of his conduct, that the people Assembled voted him an officer of
the party and urged him until he accepted —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 745
Cap* M'^Kean on examination said that he was not of the party
that, he came into the Town Sometime before the party arrived,
that he protested against their proceedings that Maj"" Katcheldor, John
Gregg and Samuel Morrison were P^vidences of his objecting against
their Conduct — Evidence that he brought grogg to the guard at the
east Door.
Henry Batcheldor on examination said that he had no though of
insulting the Court when he came from home, but acknowledged
that he was with the party but was not armed.
Cap' Cochran on examination said that he had no knowledge that
the party was going to offer any insult : that he rode into Town with
the party only to make a larger appearance that the Gen' Court might
see who wanted redress of grievances, full evidence that he called
for assistance when he was taken.
Ens" Cotton on examination said that he had no kind of concern
with the party in any way or manner. —
David Batcheldor on examination said that he was with the party
but that they proceeded entirely contrary to his notion, for he was
entirely against their bringing arms
full proof that he said that unless the Gen' Court would grant
their Petition he would Starve them till they would comply & much
more
Wm Knowlton on examination said that he was foolishly drawn
into a Scrape, and that he meant no injury to the Court
John Gregg on examination said that he was with the party that
he came from home unarmed, but acknowledged that he armed him-
self by the way, and kept with the party and was active with them —
it was proved that he damn"^ the Gen' Court and said they were
worse than the Refugees &c &c
[7-55] [^Petition for Increase of Cttrrejicy.~\
To the Hon'^'^ the Council & House of Representatives in General
Court convent at Concord, State of New Hampshire —
The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of said State humbly
sheweth, —
That it is with real reluctance, and not with the Spirit of Osten-
tation, We now look up to your Honors, as the Guardians of our
Rights, for the redress of Grievance — That we profess ourselves to
be liege Subjects of the State to which We belong, — F'ellow Citi-
zens in the Cause of freedom & Mankind. That as such We are
746
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
ever willing to pay our just Debts when requir*^, and to live on
terms of justice and equality with our Neighbors. — But that at
present the Quantum of our circulating Medium is so small, espe-
cially in this part of the State, and the number of prosecutions so
multiplied, that the whole Currency, it seems, scarcely pays the con-
tingent charge of Law suits. That We humbly conceive our Burden to
be insupportable, unless some remedy be speedily apply'^ for our Releif,
similar to that adopted by the Legislature of Massachusetts, whereby
Stock of various kinds, Farm produce, State Security &c are made a
Tender in lieu of Silver & Gold, — or otherwise as your Honor
shall see fit, — so that the honest Husbandman may not be under
the fatal Necessity of reducing his innocent Offspring to beggary by
the cruel process of Executions & Vendues ! — We earnestly, &
with filial respect, implore redress ; — & your Petitioners, as in duty
bound, shall ever pray. —
Noah Johnson
david Nage
William Presson
Benjamin Wells
Peter grene
Ebben Bery
Joseph omoa
thomas m'^Cluer
Daniel Wheeler
Stephen Webster
Paul Wells
Moses French
Thomas Boynton
Peter Stearns
Daniel W^ebster
David Lade
Joseph Senter
Josiah Brown
Jonathan Crawford
Benj" Goold
Peter Mayhew
John Jones
Nathan Davis
thomas Ramsey
David Craig
Winthrop Wells
Timothy Ingalls
Jonathan Robbins
Epraim Keys
Benjamin Rise
[7~56] [Sa/e of Excise on Spirituojis Liquors^ i/^S-]
Sir This may certify, that at a Public Vendue holden at the
dwelling house of Cap' Amos Fisk Inn-holder in Haverhill in the
County of Grafton, on tuesday the twenty fifth day of January in-
stant. The Excise on Spirituous Liquors in said County, for the
Term of one Year, commencing the first day of October last, was
bid off to Ebenezer Green of Lime in said County Esquire, for the
sum of Eighty pounds lawful money, and he has given a bond with
two sufficient Securities — Freeholders & Inhabitants of said County
— Conditioned for the faithful payment of said sum
Dated Haverhill ) Timothy Bedel \
25''' Jan>" 1785 \ "^ Charles Johnston > Committee
Moses Dow j
His Excellency Meshech Weare Esquire President —
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747
[7-57]
\Petition in Favor of Cohvicl Dm' id Webster of Plymo?tth.'\
To his Excellency the President and the Hon'^''^ the Council of the
State of New Hampshire
The Petition of the subscribers in the County of Grafton — hum-
bly Sheweth
That whereas Col' David Webster of Plymouth was appointed
Sheriff for said County in a critical Period of political affairs, & has
executed said office, with Fidelity to his Country, & to this State in
particular, — as well as to very general approbation of the Inhabi-
tants of said County of Grafton : — that by the disposition of his
affairs to serve the public in this capacity it would be detrimental to
his Interest, & unless the public good plainly pointed the preference of
some other to succeed him it would appear implicit inattention to the
merit of said Webster's good behavior, to be neglected now : —
that it would tend to embarass the settlement of affairs commited
to him, & in part executed, & make much additional Cost, under
which the County already groans, to have said affairs committed to
another for further execution : — that it is very improbable if any
other, not so firmly attached to the American Cause should be ap-
pointed to succeed him, that it would give so general satisfaction as
said Webster has done —
We therefore pray your Excellency & Honors that said David
Webster may be appointed Sheriff for said County of Grafton, & we
shall as in duty bound ever pray &c
January 22,''^ 1785 —
Moses Baker
Jabez Church
Gershom Burbank
Abel Willey
John Southmayd
Nathaniel Dupper
Samuel Holmes
Edmund Marsh
William Page Jun""
John Holmes
Uriah Foss
Abel Willey
Jared Church
John Clark
Elias Cheney
Oliver Tayler
Moody Cook
Jonah Chapman
Janathan Cone
Cutting Cook
Hobart Spencer
William Baker
Timothy In galls
John Foss
wiliam alliot
Francis Worcstor
Josiah Brown
Samuel Stearns Jun""
Josiah Brown Jr
J. Robbins
Carr Huse
748 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7-58] [Letter from Joh?i Sullivan to the Senate, 1785.]
Durham February 14''' 1785
To the honorable the Senate of the State of New Hampshire —
Gentlemen, I understand that the Committee^ Report in my favor, at
the last Session, was postponed ; upon some person^ suggesting that the
former Committe had allowed me more than a dollar per day, for my
services in Congress in the years 1 780 & 1 78 1 . In order to remove this
difficulty I inclose you a Certificate, to prove what every member of the
Committee must know; & what was openly reported in the House at
the time (myself being present.) The members of the House were much
incensed, & ordered the Report to be recommitted : and lest it should
be suggested, that the second Committee allowed more ; your own
Records will prove that the Second Committee (consisting indeed of
nearly the same persons) reported less than the former —
I am convinced that there is not a person on Earth, that can Seri-
ously say, that one Dollar per Day is Sufficent for my Loss of time,
and the fatigue, and trouble, I had in the Service, and I should be
exceedingly grieved if it could be believed, that I deserved less than
those who served with me & after me : I am willing to allow their
Talents Superior to mine, but they could not have the same or even
an equal burthen — The Journal of Congress will show that I had the
burthen in all affairs which respected the Army, you know yourselves
that I had alone to oppose New York in its Claim to Vermont — you
have allowed the others five Dollars a Day I have offered to receive
the same, & make a deduction in favor of the state of two hundred
Dollars ; although every person must know that five hard Dollars
will purchase more at this Day than it would at that time ; now if the
present Report is rejected can any possible reasons be assigned for
refusing my other offer .'*
I am perswaded that those who have been uniform in their opposi-
tion to my claim, only expect that they will eventually drive me to
the necessity of appealing to the public ; & thereby oblige me to
render myself obnoxious to the Legislature : but in this they will
find themselves mistaken ; for although I have procured all the mate-
rials for a publication and only waited for the decision of the assem-
bly at this Session I only mean to state facts as they really are and
by pointing out the Conduct of one or two Individuals acquit both
branches of the Legislature from voluntary Injustice — I have been
exceedingly surprised to hear that it has been whispered in the Sen-
ate that Congress presented me with thirty pounds for my Expeces
in securing the Arms and Artillery at Fort William & Mary ; when
others expended more money than I did in getting them secured ; If
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLA.L PAPERS. 749
I was even to allow this to be true, it would hardly excuse the state
for not doing me Justice because Congress had done me more than
Justice —
But the fact is otherwise the taking the Artillery &c was inci-
dently mentioned in my Letter to Congress claiming my allowance
for expences in seperate Departments, my Letter was refered to a
Committee who reported twelve hundred Dollars for that & one hun-
dred Dollars for my trouble and expence in taking the Cannon &ce ;
I immediately opposed it, & solicited Judge Livermore to assist me ;
I urged to Congress that as Forts had been dismantled in Rhode
Island ; & many other places ; it would open a Door for new Demands ;
& assured them that I had not the most distant view of receiving a
farthing.
But the members said that as the allowance was so exceeding
small they were determined to vote the whole in preference to send-
ing out the Committee a second time — These facts Judge Livermore
who I suppose is now on the spot can attest, so that all the allowance
made me for a seperate Command in Canada, Chatham, princetown,
Hanover, Rhode Island, and the Indian Country amounted to thirteen
hundred Dollars which is a Little more than General Schuyler has
Drawn every four months since the war commenced, for remaining
at Home basking in the Sunshine of Ease, without an officer to dine
with him, & very often without a Soldier to Command. — while we
pay our proportion of expences to others, can it be called good policy
to Look with Envy on the small pittance granted to those of our own
state, & even endeaver to make it have an influence where it ought
not. But if I was called upon I could easily prove that no man in
New Hampshire spent the hundredth part so much as I did in Secur-
ing those stores, I paid every farthing of expense in the Evening at
Tiltons, before the Company set off ; & the whole while we were at
great Insland, myself, three Clerks, a hired man & team ; were several
Days employd in cutting the Ice out of the River, getting up the
Gundaloes & Depositing the stores ; during all this time my House
was like an open Tavern ; & Even after that, when the plan was laid
to Entrap me, & send me in the Scarborough to Great Britain ; I
had great numbers of people coming & offers their services to de-
fend me, & it can Scarcely be supposed that I sent them away hun-
gering & Thirsting — any person who remembers the year 1775 must
know that I was the object of British vengeance, that I was the first
officer broke, & Even that the Convention of the state (sitting at
Exeter) would not adopt the proceedure, or Justify the Act ; I readily
allow that other Gentlemen were at the Expense of taking a hundred
Barrell of powder, & that when we arrived at Portsmouth with the
750 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Cannon &ce, the Gentlemen of that Town gave us a treat but I think
the Gentleman who has been uniform in his opposition to my demand,
never gave us any treat unless threatening us with a Halter may be
called such ; I grant that other persons spent time and money, but
whoever supposes that any other person spent the hundredth part as
much as I did, must know but little of the proceedings. I however
never claimed a Compensation nor was it by Congress granted as
such. I am sorry that its being mentioned in the Senate Laid me
under a necessity of removing the Influence which such a hint might
have upon the minds of your honors —
Surely no person ought to Envy me the gains I have received from
the public : I am the only officer in America that has received no
depreciation, am Totally Cut off from the Commutation & have
rested easy with the nominal sum in paper Bills ; although all the
officers that served with me ; my own Aid de Camp & even my ser-
vants have Long since drawn their Depreciation, & for several years
have been receiving the Interest. I know that this ought to have
no weight in settling my Account but it will at least prove that
Congress have not been over generous to me — I must beg your
honors to pass upon my affair at this session. Either for or against
me ; I have laid out of the whole more than three years as I have
never yet taken a penny I think my Demand of two Dollars a day
is reasonable & cannot but flatter myself that your honors will either
grant it, or settle my Account in the other method proposed. I have
the honor to be with the most perfect Consideration
Your honors most obedt Servant
]n° Sullivan
The Hon^^^ Senate of New Hampshire —
[7-59] [Petition of Treasurer Gilman for Increase of Salary. \
Treasury Office )
New Hampshire \ Concord Feb^ 23^^ 1785
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, for the
State of New Hampshire in General Court Convened.
Gentlemen On the 12* day of June 1783. I was Honored with
an Appointment as Treasurer of the State, which Accepted in Ex-
pectation that I should have such Allowance made me as would Com-
pensate for my services and the great Responsibility of office —
Some time in NoV 1783, a Grant was made of 180^ Expressed
to be "for my service as Treasurer for the Term of One Year" this
was such a sum as I thought very Inadequate & have never taken
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 751
the Order for, although I supposed that Vote was for my service &
the ResponsibiHty of Office, and that I should be allowed such sum
In Addition thereto for Clerks, Office Hire, Firewood &c as should
be thought Reasonable —
I have now before me a Vote of the Honorable Court allowing the
sum of 240^ for my service use of office pay of Clerk and all other
Charges whatsoever for the Current Year — This sum is not Equal
to what I supposed was Intended for the last Year, for after I have
paid for such Assistance as I have been Obliged to have in Order
the have the Business well done, and have paid for Firewood &c I
shall have a very small sum left for my Own services & the Respon-
sibility of Office — as to the manner in which the Business is done I
shall not say anything but leave it to those who are Conversant
in the Office — I have a gratefull sense of the high Trust Reposed
in me and am willing to Continue in the office provided I could have
an allowance Adequate to my time and attention thereto & for Neces-
sary Assistance and the great Risque which I have in Receiving and
paying such large sums & for which I am Accountable — I am very
sensible that I must depend on the allowance which the Honorable
Court have or may see Cause to make me for my past services, but I
cannot think of doing the business any longer for the sum proposed,
and now Request that some other person may be Appointed to suc-
ceed me in office and that such directions may be given to a Final
settlement of my Accounts as the Honorable Court may think
proper —
with due Respect I have the Honor to be
Gentlemen Your most Obed' serv'
J. T. Oilman Treas""
[7-60]
[Credentials from President Weare to the Swedish consul to
America, Charles Hillstedt, March 19, 1785. — Ed.]
[Tavsr;is and Retailers Licetiscd in Strafford County?^
Oct°Termi784 — Enoch Folsom \
Taverns Licenced Asa Folsom > Lee
Antipas Oilman Gilmantown Richard Martin j
Joseph Plummer \ ^ , John Blydenburg Durham
John Cloutman j Micajah Purintun Dover
7S.2
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Peter Ciishing
Wentworth Twombly
Ephraim Chamberlain — Gore
Jan^ Term 1785 —
Jon^ Ham — Rochester
Charles Hodgdon Barnstead
Simon Torr — Rochester
June Term 1785 —
Benj" Tripp Durham
Joshua Woodman Meridith
Noah Dow Gilmantown
Eliphalet Mace Moultonborough
John Goodwin Rochester
Henery Woods Eaton
John Weeks Lee
William White Lee
Stephen Wentworth Rochester
Thomas Shannon Dover
George Leighton Meridith
Jeremiah Folsom Durham
Silas Drew Barrington
Andrew Horn Sommersworth
Jonathan Gage Dover
William Harper Sandbontown
Miles Runnells Lee
Isaac Waldron Barrington
Retailers Licenced —
Amos Cogswell — Dover
Benj Colby Sandborntown
Maul Hanson Madbury
T. u 4. Jon^ Drew Barrington
Rochester<T. , , tt ?^
Nich^ Hanson — Dover
John Hubbard Sandborntown
William Horn Dover
Benj Stevens Durham
Jan>' Term 1785 —
Tho^ Tash New Durham
John Bickford Barnstead
Sam' Hale Barrington
Howard Henderson Rochester
Joshua Merrow Rochester
June Term 1785
John Smith t,^ Durham
Ezra Green Dover
Beard Plummer Rochester
Eben'' Thompson Durham
Elijah Allen Wakefield
Theophilus Hardy Durham
James Smith Durham
Benj Burly Sandwich
W"^ Ballard Durham
Elijah Caitland Lee
W"' Shannon Dover
Ichabod Tebbetts
John B"" Hanson
Michael Reed J- Dover
Bragg
Sam'
Benj Peirce
John Kimball
J
Meridith
[7-62]
\Report of Cojuviittcc on Accounts, 1785.]
The Committee to examine, how far the accounts with the Com-
missioner for the United States are proceeded toward a Settlement
Having convers'd with one of the present Committee appointed to
the settlement of said accounts, and find they are in forwardness
to a close — the reason of there not being compleated has arrisen on
principles of large advances by this State to the United States which
cou'd not be admitted by the Commissioner without further Instruc-
tions, and many other Obstacles, which render'd an adjustment im-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 753
practacable, but very lately the Commissioner has receiv'd other In-
structions which may obviate the Difficulty's
Therefore your Committee beg leave to report as their opinion,
that the Committee already impowered, be continued, with Liberty
to hire one or more Clerks to assist in the completion of a settlement
with the Commissioner. And that the same Committee be impow-
er'd to settle all such accounts that may be necessary for the settle-
ment of accounts with the United States, and certify the same to the
President & Councill for their concurrence, and on their approbation,
the President give order for pay. or receiving ballanccs which may
be found due — And there being many articles charged by this State
to the United States, to which no value is affixed, that the said Com-
mittee be empowered to set a price on each & every such article,
equitably between this State and the United States — And that the
said Committee be fully impowered on the part and in behalf of this
State to settle & close the accounts between this & the United
States, and where doubts shall arise in cases not particularly provided
for by Votes, Resolves or Acts of this State, that they apply to the
President & Councill, and that they be impowered to direct therein —
Josh Wentworth for the Committee
State of \
New Hamp"" j In the House of Representatives June 24^^ 1785 —
The foregoing Report having been read & considered — Voted
that it be received and Accepted —
Sent up for Concurrence
Christo'' Toppan Speaker P. T —
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J Pearson D Sec^
[7-63] {^Letter from Treasiiry Board at New York, 1785.]
An Extract from a Letter (of July 21'* 1785) Receiv'd from the
Honorable Board of Treasury at New York. —
"Without immediate Exertions on the part of the several States,
"the Union cannot subsist for the want of means to defray the ordi-
"nary expence of the Civil Establishment."
" This, Sir, you may be assured is a lamentable Truth ; the conse-
"quences are too obvious and dreadful to enlarge on." —
" It would be so disgraceful in the several States not to raise Taxes
754 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
"sufficient to pay the Public Officers necessarily employed in settling
"the Claims of their Respective Governments, and Citizens, that we
"cannot persuade ourselves that the State of New Hampshire, would
"chuse to be Ranked amongst the Delinquents." —
An extract from a Letter of Aug' i', 1785.
" The present State of the Finances calls for immediate exertions,
"without Speedy and ample Relief, our Credit with Foreign Nations
"must be destroyed and Union Endangered for want of means of de-
" fraying the ordinary Charges of the Civil establishment " —
Nat. Oilman Commis"
of the Conti L. Office.
[7-64] {Letter from Stephen Gorham, 1785.]
Exeter i^' September 1785 —
?^ Gent" I received your fav"" of the 13'*" of last month and have
again applied to the Treasurer to furnish me with a more particular
account of the moneys paid to the receiver of Continental Taxes —
which is herewith enclosed — The State sometime past directed the
Treasurer to pay Ten thousand dollars to the order of the late super-
intendant of Finance in consequence of which the receiver drew
orders on the Treasurer to the amount of four thousand Six hundred
and Seventy nine dollars 8/90 which orders I have seen, they are
indorsed in full, but the money was paid at several different periods
— and it is impossible to determine the precise time of each pay-
ment —
As to the State accounts I have made use of Every method in my
power to have them forwarded, and I wrote the V^ January last to
the superintendant of Finance, it is far from being my wish to pro-
tract the settlement, but the same difficulty exists that did then —
which is that very little time, and attention is paid to the business by
the committee — . If I should get the accounts from the State — I
could easily arrange and enter them — but the difficulty is, I cannot
get them, at the last session of the General Court, the President
and Council were appointed in part, to Superintend the settlement
from which I have great hopes, that something effectual will be done
— As the dispatch of the business is of the utmost importance to
the union, it will afford me great pleasure to be able to finish
and close the accounts — without being hindred by unnecessary
neglect and delays — and you may rely on my constant endeavours
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 755
for that purpose — Enclosed is a Register of certificates issued in
the month of August —
(Copy) I have the Hon' to be — &c —
Hon^'^ Board of Treasury signed Stephen Gorham
[7-65]
\^Petitio)i to Make Real Estate a Legal Tender, 17S5.]
To the Honourable, Senators, and House of Representatives in Gen-
eral Court to be Conven"^ at Concord on the third Wednesday of
October next.
May it Please your Honours
We your humble Petitioners, being Inhabitants of the State of
New-Hampshire beg leave to lay before your Honours the distressed
Scituation of the People in the upper part of this State, and permit
us to be Humbly Importunate on the Subject.
The People in the late war have Contracted a large debt great
part of the People Contracted the Debts they are now Distressed for
to Support the war, and many have lent the Publick large Sums of
Money in order to carry on the late war to Effect, in Expectation of
Recieving the Same again when they needed it, but the Scarcity of
Money (we humbly Conceive) hath prevented Public Payments, on
the Expectation of which they Contracted debts (with their Neigh-
bours) whereby (in this very great Scarcity of money) Individuals are
cruelly Sued, Perplexed, Harressed, and brought almost to dispair.
nothing but gold or Silver (which is not to be had) or the Imprison-
ment of the Debtor, will Satisfy a great part of the Creditors. Num-
bers of Gentlemen of handsome Fortunes Obliged to leave their
Familys, Farms, and Stocks, without any overseer or Labourer and
imbrace a loathsome goal, and many more in Daily Expectation of
Shareing the fate of their Neighbours, and at the Same time have in
their hands a Plenty of Real and Personal Estate and ready to deliver
the Same, besides the great Cost they are put to by unnecessary law
Suits and Great fees when there is not money in Circulation to pay
one fourth part of the Cost.
We therefore in a Dutiful manner Pray this Honourable Court
that, there may be an Act passed that the Estate of Debtors may be
a Lawfull tender in Case of Suit to be taken at the apprisal of Indif-
ferent persons under Oth also that the fee Table may be Revised, that
Attorneys fees and Entry of actions may be Reduced, and the fees
756
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
of Jurors, and Evidences be Raised, or that you would Grant Some
other ReHef in Such a manner as this Honourable Court in their
great wisdom Shall think Expedient, as in Duty Bound will ever
Pray
Sep' 10*'^ 1785
Nath^ Russell
Francis Towne
Samuel Whitney
Salmon Stone
Nathaniel Thomas
John Gills
Jabez Russell
Solomon Cutler
Jos : Mulliken
Jeremiah Chapman
Thomas Demary
Jonathan Lake
Seth Payson
Daniel Lake
James Crumble
Jonathan Putnam
Nath^ Ingalls
Samuel Walker Jun""
Sam^^ Walker
Levi Whitney
Asa Sherwin
David Hale
Jonathan Sherwin
Amos Town
Benj^ Davis
Henry Smith
Benj^ Foster
Rich^ Kimball J^
Isaac Wood
ephraim Hunt
Caleb winn
Joseph Plats
Thomas Tolman
Isaac griswold
William Bankes
Matthias Felton
Phin Farrar
Moses D Field
Joseph Blood
Benj^ Osgood
Jedediah Tayntor
Daniel Ashley
Cornelius Sturtevant
James Sawyer
Joseph Willson
Caleb Tucker
W™ Bragg
Bartho Dwinell
JosephHammondJuner
Jed'^ Sawyer
Abel Perkins
Thomas Piper
James Philbrick
Benj^ Bancroft
Jereh Norcross
Josiah Ingalls
Jacob Gould Jun
Daniel Lake jur
Andrew Kimball
Jacob Gould
Lemuel Kimball
Samuel Russell
[7-66]
[Report of Covimittee on Accounts, 1785.]
State of New \ We the Subscribers being appointed a Committee
Hampshire, j by Vote of the General Court of said State to exam-
ine the Accounts &c between this State & Col° Samuel Hobart beg
leave to report that we have carefully examined said Acco'^ and find a
Ballance of Three Hundred Eighty Seven pounds four shillings &
Sixpence Lawful Money due to said Samuel Hobart —
We also find that there is now in the hands of said Hobart Seven-
teen hundred and twelve pounds of ungranulated powder belonging
to this State —
Also that there is in the hands of s"^ Hobart Sixty Six pounds five
Shillings & Six pence paper money of the old Emission being a Bal-
lance of a pay Roll now due to Soldiers — We beg leave further to
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 75/
observe that the above Ballance has been due upwards of five Years
& that Interest ought to be allowed upon it —
Exeter Sep^ 25, 1785 Jn° Parker ^
Tho^ Odiorne > Committee
Geo Gains \
[7-^7] \Report of Road Committee, 1785. J
The Committee appointed by the Honourable General Assembly
to lay out a public Road from the River Road in Boscawen to Con-
necticut River at or near Dartmouth Colledge, beg leave to report
the following Return, viz. begining at Dartmouth Colledge thence
southeasterly nearly as the Road is now trod about three Miles to
where the Bridge formerly stood over Mink Brook on Eleasor Hills
Land, thence south about eighteen Degrees east to Lebanon Line as
now spotted, thence nearly on the same course to the Road by Clap
Sumner's House, thence easterly as the Road is now trod to Col°
Paines House, thence nearly on a straight Course to the Road be-
tween Philip Paddlefords House and Barn in Enfield, thence as the
Road is now spotted to Col° Paines House in Enfield, thence on the
Road as now trod to Elijah Paddlefords House, thence South sixty
eight Degrees east to the Road as now trod, thence in said Road to
the spotted Line about fifteen Rods from Nathaniel Hovey's Sugar
Camp, thence on said spotted Line to Masiom River in Canaan,
thence nearly on a straight Course to the Bridge over Mud Pond
Brook, thence as the Road is now trod about ten Rods, thence on a
straight Course to the Road by Eleasor Scofields House, thence in
said Road as now trod to Grafton Line, thence on a straight Course
to a Stump three Rods to the South of Joseph Beans Barn, thence
straight to a Stump four Rods to the North of Resolve Mattersons
House, thence straight to the Road as now trod, thence in said Road
to the Path that leads to Cardigan, thence on a straight Course to the
Road by Jonathan Nichols's House, thence nearly as the Road is
now trod to Cap^ Joseph Hoyts, thence nearly as the Road is now
spotted through Alexandria & New Chester to Benjamin Scyllas
House in Andover, thence straight (leaving John Sawyer's House
three Rods to the North) to the Road as now trod, thence by said
Road to the Bridge over ragged Mountain Brook, thence nearly on a
straight Course to a Stake three Rods to the South of Simeon Con-
nor's Barn, thence on a straight Course to the Road by Josiah Scri-
bers House, thence in said Road to a Beach Tree marked E. thence
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straight about seventeen Rods across L* John Roes Land to the Road,
thence in said Road to Benjamin Huntoon's House in Salisbury,
thence on a straight Course to the Road between John Gales House
and Barn, thence in said Road about twenty Rods, thence on a
straight Course by the West side of Anna Fifields House to the
Road, thence in said Road to a Stake opposite Joseph French's House,
thence on a straight Course to the Road between Samuel Scribners
House and Barn, thence in said Road to a Stake four Rods to the
east of L* John Pearsons House, thence straight to Andrew Bohon-
nens House, thence following the old Road east of Jacob Bohonnens
House to the Road as now trod, thence in said Road about ten Rods,
thence straight to the Bridge over the Mill Brook, thence in said
Road to the Bridge by Abel Tandys House, thence nearly as the
Road formerly went by the west end of Simon Wadleys House,
thence southeasterly about eighteen Rods to a Stake by the Road as
now trod, thence in said Road to a Stake twenty five Rods short of
Edward Eastmans Corner, thence on a straight Course (leaving said
Eastman's House to the West) to the Road as now trod, thence in
said Road to the easterly side of John Bowens Land, thence southerly
on said Bowens Land by L* Robert Smiths Land thirty eight Rods,
thence Southeasterly on as Straight a Course as the Land will admit
of to Stirrup Iron Meadow Brook nearly as the Road is now spotted,
thence by said spotted Road to Boscawen Line, thence on the Road
as now cut out to the River Road in Boscawen near Col° Henry Ger-
rish's House — Said Road to be four Rods broad —
Concord October 26"^ 1785 — Tim'' Walker ~j
Ebenezer Smith > Committee
Henry Gerrish J
State of New )
Hampshire / In the House of Representatives Ocf 28'^ 1785.
The foregoing report being read & considered. Voted, that it be
receiv'd & accepted —
Sent up for Concurrence Jno Sullivan Speaker
In the Senate the same day read and concur'd
E Thompson Sec'^y
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
759
[7-68] lAciOu/it of Nczv HainpsJiire Taxes, 1785.]
State of New Hampshire, their Acd of Taxes exclusive of specific
Supplies —
Old Emission New Emission
Cr Dollars Dollars
By am^ paid on quota of 95,000,000 dollars'^
required, by sund-^' acts of Congress as > 1,612,450
per Statement herewith N° 10 — )
By am' paid on their quota of 200,062,775 ( ^37- 000
dollars, as ^ State of said emissions N"3 ^ " '^'
By am' paid on their quota of 8,000,000 doll""
specie to 26"' Feb' 17S5 —
By Moiety of 8,000,000 doll''*' suspended by
act of Congress of 27''' April 1784 —
By am' paid on their quota of % required 27"'
Sep' 1785, of the suspended Moiety Viz'
In Loan office Certificates Issued on bank )
paper, for payment of Interest ^ *
In Specie
By Ball : to be brought into the Trea^' 3,712,550. 311,946. 414,854. 82
8,200,000=311,946 = 609,333 —
Specie
Dollars 90""
7679-8-
186,799
Old Emission
Dr Dollars
To their quota of 95,000,000 doll''* required^
by sundry act of Congress, as per statement y 3,000,000
herewith — N*" i — \
To their quota of 10,642,988 doll''" new emis-
sions, and 80,000 Specie, required by sun-
dry acts of Congress as "xi Statem' N" 2
To their quota 8,000,000 doll''* required by }
acts of Congress of 30"' Ocf 1781 — \
To their quota of 200,063,775 doll''^ Old Emis-
sion as per state of said emissions N" 3 —
To their quota of 1,200,000 dollars required
by act of Congress 4'*' Sepf 1782 —
To their quota of 2,000,000 doll''" required by
act of Congress 16"' Ocf 1782 —
To their quota of | of the suspended Moiety
of 8,000,000 dollars required by Act of
Congress 27"' Sep' 1785 —
To Ball : as above bro' down
5200,000
. Emission
Dollars
Specie
Dollars go""'
311,946 - 2,319
373.598
5,000
80000
105,416
8,200,000= 311,946 = 609,333
3,712,550 = 311,946, 4i4,854.'_82
(Copy)
Registers Office New York 30^'' Ocf 17S5.
Stated to this day
Joseph Nourse Register
760 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Mem° I have Examined the Continental Treasury books & find
21,956 New Emission dollars of the State New Hampshire xd there
by the paymaster Gen^ M"" J. Pearce —
[7-69]
[Resignation of Joseph Pearson from the Committee on Accounts.^
To the Honorable the Senate & the House of Representatives in
General Court convened at Concord Nov'' 8'^ 1785 —
At the earnest request of the Committee of Safety, sometime in
the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty four, the Subscriber
was prevailed upon to assist the worthy Committee appointed to
settle Continental Accounts, since which time he has been continued
in that business by votes of the Hon^'^ Court; but as that business is
incompatible with the duties of the Secretary's office, must therefore
beg leave to resign the Trust repose in.
Your Honors Most Obed' & Most Humble Servt
Joseph Pearson
His Excellency The President of the State of New Hampshire
[7-71] {Certificate in Regard to General SullivaJis Account.l
we Certifie That when the Committee appointed to settle the Ac-
count of Major General Sullivan for his services in Congress in the
years 1780 & 1781 made their report they were inquired of in the
House of Representatives what was allowed to said Sullivan on the
settlement for wages Exclusive of Expences & they informed the
House that they allowed one Dollar per Day for his wages & no more
To the best of our remembrance Sam' Gilman
John Calfe
Tho^ Bartlet
I being one of the Committee to settle the above mentioned Ac-
count Certify that one Dollar a Day only was allowed said Sullivan
for his wages on our report Enoch Coffin
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 76I
[7-72] [Letter frovi NatJianicl Gilman, Loan Officer, 1786.]
Continental Loan Office \
New Hampshire j Exeter January 2"*^ 1786. —
Sir By the Ordinance of Congress of September 27"" 1785 the
Cont^ Loan Officers were directed to make Report to the Legisla-
ture of the Respective States to which they belong, of the Sums by
them paid for Interest on Continental Securities to Jan^ i^' 1786.
agreeably to which I have made out, and now inclose your Excel-
lency, a General Account of Certificates by me issued, from the time
of my appointment as Loan Officer to December 31^' 1785 inclusive,
with due Respect I have the Honor to be
Your Excellency's Most Obed' serv*
His Excellency Nat. Gilman
President Lan^don
[7-73] [Monsieur Ducher as Vice Consul at Ports7nonth.'\
New York — 8th January 1786
The general Consulship of France )
for the United States. — \
Sir His Majesty having made choice of the Sieur Ducher, to dis-
charge as agent, during the absence of M. Toscan, who is gone to
Boston, the functions of the Consul at Portsmouth, and having
ordered me to install him in that Office ; I have the honor to ask
your Excel'^y to grant to this agent under these circumstances all the
necessary support to the functions of Vice Consul with which he is
invested, and, to please to announce him in this quality to the Exec-
utive Council, and civil Officers of the State of New Hampshire. —
I am with true respect — Sir —
Your Excellency's m' humble & most ob' Serv'
de la Forest
His Excellency the Governor of the State of New Hampshire
[7-75]
[An Act to establish the relative price of bread and flour, 1786.
Ed.]
762 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7-y6] [An Act of Repeal, 1786.]
State of ) In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
New Hampshire \ hundred & Eighty Six —
An Act for repealing an Act passed the ig*'^ of November 1778
entitled " An Act to prevent the return to this State of certain per-
sons therein named and of others who have left or shall leave this
State or either of the United States of America & have joined or
shall join the Enemies thereof."
Whereas the Reasons which occasioned the passing of said Act
have ceased & the continuing the same in Force may prove injurious
to the State, Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened that the said Act & every part and Clause
thereof be & they hereby are repealed ; and that the persons therein
named & others who have left this or any other of the United States
except such as during the late War held military Commissions under
the King of Great-Britain or have voluntarily borne arms against
America may return to this State and reside therein without hin-
drance or molestation.
Provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed to extend to
the restoring to such persons any goods, chattels or Estate which
have been actually confiscated by the Laws of this State.
And be it further enacted, that such persons returning or coming
into this State as aforesaid shall within ten days after their Arrival
take the Oath of Allegiance before the President or one of the ad-
visary Council for the time being & lodge a certificate thereof with
the Secretary that the same may be entered on record after which
such persons shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of
the other Subjects of this State.
And be it further enacted that all and every person or persons who
during the late War left this or any of the United States and have
not received such -Commissions from the King of Great Britain or
borne arms as aforesaid may & hereby are impowered to prosecute
persue and defend Suits and Actions & to convey transfer and dis-
pose of their Estates real & personal any Law or Act of this State
to the contrary notwithstanding.
[7-77^
[Petition of Moses Woodward of Portsmouth, for larger allowance
for services as commissary of prisoners, February, 1786. — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 763
[7-78] \I^everett Hubbard to President Langdon, 1786.]
S"" If I am rightly inform'd, the conduct of the late President
Weare and his privy Council in changing some of the Judges in this
State has been very generally disapprov'd of. If your Excellency is
in this sentiment, and a sufficient number of the present Hon'^ Coun-
cil should be of the same opinion, a melancholy opportunity by the
death of the worthy Judge Whipple presents itself to repair the injury
done to one of the old discarded Judges of the Superior Court. A
word to the wise and good is enough. I am with the greatest respect
and esteem, your Excellencies most obedient humble Ser' —
Portsmouth Feb^ y^ ^^ 1786 Leveret Hubbard
To His Excellency President Langdon.
[7-79]
[Circular in Regard to French and Dutch Loans, 1786.]
Circular Office of Sec^' of Congress
Feby 15"^ 1786
Sir I have the honor of forwarding to Your Excellency herewith
enclosed an Act of the United States in Congress assembled, respect-
ing the System of general revenue, recommended in the Act of the
18'*^ April 1783, and a schedule of the French and Dutch Loans,
shewing the periods of their redemption with the annual Interest
payable thereon, until their final extinction, for which provision is
yet to be made. — I also enclose a copy of the Act of the 18"'' April
As the United States in Congress assembled are exceedingly anx-
ious that the several States should come to a decision on the subject
as soon as possible. Your Excellency, I hope, will take the earliest
opportunity of laying the enclosed papers before the Legislature of
Your State. —
with the greatest respect I have the honor to be
Your Excellencys Most Obedient & Most humble Servant —
Cha"" Thompson
His Excellency the President of New Hampshire —
764 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7-80] \_Admission of Town hihabitants, 1786,]
State of ) In the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
New Hampshire \ hundred & Eighty Six.
An Act in addition to an Act directing the admission of Town
Inhabitants.
Whereas the said Act hath not sufficiently provided against per-
sons secretly entertaining strangers in their houses till they become
inhabitants which by another law of this State they are allowed to be
in twelve months by which means many persons become inhabitants
of towns before they are known to live in the town by the officers
whose care it is to take notice of such matters ;
For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the Senate and house of
Representatives in General Court convened that the inhabitants of
the several towns within this State and parishes having the privileges
of towns who shall receive admit and entertain any person or per-
sons, not being inhabitants of such towns or parishes either as
inmates boarders or tenants, in the house where such person or per-
sons dwell or in any other house whatsoever within this State or
under any other qualifications whatsoever for more than the space of
three months and shall not in writing under their hands give an Ac-
count to one or more of the Selectmen of such town or parish of all
such person or persons so received admitted or entertained by them
with the time they first received them and the place from whence
they last came together with their Circumstances as far as they know
them, shall for every such neglect forfeit and pay the sum of twenty
shillings to be recovered by bill plaint or information before any jus-
tice of the peace or any court of record within this State proper to
try the same, the one half of said sum to be employed to and for the
use of the poor of the town or parish where such Offence shall be
committed, the other half thereof to him or them who shall inform
and sue for the same, and they shall be liable to answer all Charges
that may arise in said town or parish by receiving admitting or enter-
taining such person or persons as aforesaid, to be recovered by the
town treasurer or where no treasurer is appointed by the Selectmen
who are hereby respectively empowered to bring an Action for the
same accordingly.
And be it further enacted that all Costs and Charges arising by
warning any such persons as are not inhabitants entering the Caution
or carrying them out of town shall be defrayed and paid by those
who received and entertained such person or persons in their houses
as aforesaid and shall be recovered as aforesaid for the uses aforesaid
and the town treasurer or Selectmen aforesaid are hereby respec-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 765
tively directed and ordered before they bring their said Action, to
exhibit to such who receive and entertain any person or persons in
their houses as aforesaid an account of the Charges arising thereby
and upon refusing to pay the same within five days, they shall be
liable to pay said Charges and be deprived of any benefit by their
notification though given within the three months aforesaid any law
usage or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
State of \
Newhamps"" j In the House of Representatives Feb^ 22^^ 1786 —
The foregoing Bill having been read a third time
Voted that it pass to be Enacted —
Sent up for concurrence — Jn° Sullivan Speaker
In Senate Feb''y 23"^ 1786 read and Non-concurred
E Thompson Sc"^
[7-81]
{^Endorsed "M' Hazards Letter to M' Libby Postmaster, 1786."]
New York March 22^^ 1786
Dear Sir As the Resolve of your State now stands it appears to
me to be a direct Interference with the Powers the Confederation
vests in Congress respecting the Post Office, and therefore I think it
would be improper for any Officer under Congress to be concerned
in the Business it relates to. — Had the General Court resolved
merely that the Line of Posts they mention was necessary, — that
the Postmaster at Portsmouth (with the Concent of the Post Master
Gen' of the United States) be requested to assist in Making the
Establishment so as to tally with the Continental Posts, and to Su-
perintend the riders until a Continental Establishment can be made ;
— & that the Gen' Court will find means to defray the Expense of
the Establishment now proposed; — there could be no Objection to
their Plan but in its present Form, I view it in a very different Light.
— I would write to the President upon the Subject but have not Lei-
sure being engaged in preparing for a Journey to Philadelphia
I am D' Sir
Your very hum Servt
[7-82] [Letter from Postmaster Libbey, 1786.]
Portsmouth April 27''' 1786
S"" When I was made acquainted that I was Appointed Post Mas-
ter General for this State, I, Informed your Excellency & the hon'''*
•jG^ MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Councill, that I should Inform the Post Master General of the United
States, of the Act respecting Posts and the Appointment in Conse-
quence, that If he should not think it Inconsistent with the Conti-
nental Office I would Accept the Trust. I, Accordingly wrote him
on the Subject, and have rec"^ his Answer, (a Copy of which is In-
clos'd) which prevented my Acceptance —
I have at your Excellencys desire engaged with M"" Bean to ride
from this Place to Amherst untill the Court meets in June, and M''
Robert Means of Amherst has at my request engaged with a M''
Munro to ride from Amherst to Charlestown & Cornish for the same
time. • —
I have deliverd to each of those persons an Order of Ten pounds
which your Excellency gave me on the Treasurer, the Other Orders
are Still in my Possession and are ready to be deliverd in any way
your Excellency may please to Order
Had I been at liberty to have Accepted the Appointment, there
has not yet appeared any Suitable Persons, that would Engage to ride
the Other Stages mentioned in the Act, some Alterations it appears
might be made in the Act that would Accomodate the People & be
carried into Effect with less Expence to the State than the mode
pointed out in the Present — but that your Excellency & the Hon*"'^
Court will Judge of
I am Your Excellencys Most Humble Servant
Jeremiah Libbey
[7~^3] \Intention to Leave the State.]
State of New 1
Hampshire j Durham April 29*'' 1786
The Subscriber who hath long been a Subject of said State, hereby
makes known that it is his Intention soon to l^ave this State in order
to reside at Demasarge, a Dutch port on the Continent of America
for the purpose of trade and commerce. Joseph Leigh
This paper was filed with me on the day of the date thereof —
Attest E Thompson Sc'^
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. ']()']
[7-84] \Concerning the ]\Iasoii-Allcn Controversy. '\
To the honorable the General Court, for the State of New Hamp-
shire to be convened at Concord on the first Wednesday of June
next, humbly Shews
That whereas this State (or at least a great part of it :) are in the
greatest Confusion, respecting the Matter of those pretended Claim-
ants of Lands, the Heirs of Samuel Allen, & the Masonian Proprie-
tors ; and no honest Subject, or any other person, dar'st purchase
from either, & so the Settlement of this State is greatly impeded ; &
it appears by the best Information we can obtain, from History, or
Conversation with the best Judges we have met with, that the Title
of either party, is very Suspicious, & not upon the best Foundation :
But we beg Leave to say, that we look upon it to be a Matter of the
utmost importance, that there should be some Method contriv'd, to
bring this Matter to a speedy, & permanent Conclusion : that any
persons wishing to settle the Waste Lands in our state, may be
encouraged ; & able to obtain authentic Titles. If the property is
in either, we sincerely wish it may be determined without delay : but
if the Right of property, is really in the State, — that it may be de-
voted to the State's service. If after a strict and candid inquiry,
either the Masonians, or the Heirs of Allen, should be just owners ;
we earnestly pray that the Lines may be fairly run according to their
Grant, that they may have their Right ; & if they are honest Men
they can wish no more. We sensibly feel the Distress, this Matter
has already occasioned in the Minds of many of the good Subjects of
this State, & exceedingly fear the fatal Extremity, to which it most
Certainly must lead, & pray the speedy & kind Interposition, of the
Guardians of our State may avert & ward off, the fatal Blow. & we
further pray that the Navigation Act, may be suspended in its fur-
ther Operation, until all the States in the Union, shall unanimously
Join — All which is humbly submitted, by the Agents or Deligates
from ten Towns in the County of Hillsborough, in Convention legally
assembled at Goffs Town, on the last Wednesday of May, Anno
Domini 1786, and Your petitioners will ever pray, at the Desire, & in
behalf of the Convention. —
Sam' Caldwell} Chairman
Voted That Capt" Daniel Warner be desired to forward this peti-
tion to the honorable Court, & make answer to any Questions that
may be asked him, relative to the subject Matter thereof.
Jon* Gove Clerk
768 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7-85]
[Petition of Adam Babcock of Boston for allowance for deprecia-
tion, June, 1786. — Ed.]
[7-86] \Mason-Allen Controversy, 1786.]
State of New Hamp''
To the Honerable the General Court of Said State to be Convened
at Concord on the first Wensday of June A D 1786
A Petition in behalf of the subscribers Inhabitants of S^ State
Humbly Shews) that the bare Discovery of our Shore and Harbour
in our humble Oppineion never gave the Britesh Prince or parliment
a Just Right to Grant aney part of this State to Cap* Mason : nor
aney other person : as it was never theirs Either by purchess or Con-
quest : but the first adventerors Who was our Ancestors purchesed
of the native Lords of the Soile & Defended it with their blood &
treasure : but Cap* Mason obtained from the Usorped authority of
the britash Court : A Grant of Sixty mils from the sea as described
in Said pattan : which his Heirs Sold to Col^ Allen Likewise a pre-
tended heir of the Said Mason Sold it again to the Masonien propri-
ators as they Call themselves who took possession thereof and have
Extended their teritory fare beyond the Limets the patton Can Ever
Support : and have drawn a Curve line without aney foundation for
Such a pretence : and thereby have Swept in a Large quatity of land
which is the Property of the State : and the Heirs of Allen hath for-
bid all persons from purchising of s'^ propriators : Likewis they forbid
all from purchessing from the heirs of Allen as in Either Case it
would be purchessing a quaril which the Law forbids and Greatly
Retards the settlement of the State : and as we are Called upon for
Large Sums of money to discharge our proportion of the Expence of
the late ware : and a Considerable Revanue might be Raised by the
Sale of Said lands : Said line has Ever been Rune Exparty : we look
to your honours as the Gardeens of our Rights & property Where-
for we pray that a Committee be appointed to Rune out s'^ patton
and Establish the lines thereof to prevent trespassers from Roobing
the state of its property : and that the Unimproved Land without s^
patton line now in the possesion of Said Claments may be Sold to
Redeem our publick Secquritys or in Such other way as your wisdom
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769
may See meet & we
pray —
Benjamin Gregg
John Gilmor
Joseph Boyd
Dan' ]\Iiltimor
James Dinsmoor
Daniel M'^farland
Wilhm Boyd
David M^Ckier
Jonathan Nesmith
William Duncan
John Dickey
Robe''" Patterrson
Samuel Gregg
Isaac Patterson
Abram Dunlap
Alex"" Jameson
Eben"^ Cotton
Thomas Aiken
Samuel Dinsmoor
Nenian Aiken
your petitionars as in Duty bound will Ever
John Cumings
Isaac Davis
Abraham Davis
Phi"" Ames
James Duncan
James Aiken
John Stewort
Nath' Davidson
Tho^ Nichols
Richard m'^Allester
Thomas Stuart
Nathan Taylor
Sam' Moore
James Carr
James Wallace
William Holms
James Gregg
Hezekiah Wilkins
John Duncan
Asa Merrell
John Warren
James Nesmith
Robert Smith
John Stewart Jun""
Heanry Bagly
Lemuel Curtice
William MCleary
Boyd Hopkins
Thomas M*^Colom
John Moor
William Campbel
William Gregg
Robert M^keen
Daniel Miltimore
James Gregg
John Gregg Junr
Alex-" Laptil
John Smith
Robert Dinsmoor
Soth Hadley
V7-^7]
\_Pctition frovi Heirs of Allen, 1786.]
To the Hon'ble Senate & House of Representatives of the State of
New Hampshire
Humbly shew the Subscribers Agents of the proprietors claiming
under Samuel Allen Esq"" deceased — That owing to a variety of
causes, the heirs of said Allen have been prevented from asserting
their claim to the lands in this State formerly granted to John Mason
& afterward sold by him to said Allen — That great part of said
Lands have been conveyed by persons calling themselves the propri-
etors of Mason's patent — & that considerable tracts have been
entered upon & improved by Citizens of this State without any title
That the heirs aforesaid & their assigns being disposed to set up
& maintain their right to those lands which remain unimproved in the
hands of the said proprietors of Mason & to those only, have released
all their right to any lands within said patent except what remains
unimproved & claimed as in the hands of said Masons proprietors —
770 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
But finding that the extent of the Sixty miles from the Sea being
the length of said patent has never been assertained with certainty,
it is impossible for them to know which of the reserved and unim-
proved lands aforesaid they can make claim unto without injuring
the State or individuals.
Wherefore they most humbly pray Your Honors to appoint a Com-
mittee to run out & ascertain the head line of said Patent in such
way & manner as your Honors shall think most for the benefit of the
State & least injurious to individuals
Your petitioners are far from wishing to alter the boundaries of
Townships, or to interfere with private property, by running said
line, but only desire to know within what limits they may safely
claim the waste lands, reserved & claimed by the masonian proprie-
tors aforesaid, & are therefore ready to agree to any measures which
your wisdom may devise for securing the property & labor of indi-
viduals & for establishing the former lines of Townships bounded on
the line of said patent as heretofore run —
And your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray &c
June 12'*' 1786 — Jno Sullivan
Peter Green
Sam' Lauchlen
Agents for Prop^^
Claimino^ under Allen
[7-88] \_Report of Ccvniniitcc on Standards, 1786.]
The Committee appointed to devise standards for the Troops of
this state beg Leave to report. That the field of the flag be a Dark
purple on a white ground — an oval shield in the middle encircled
with Laurel ; within which is to be the following Device viz a Man
Armed at all points in a posture of defence his hand on his sword the
sword half drawn The Motto
Freedom not Conquest
Thirteen silver Stars dispersed over the field of the Standard &
properly arranged so as to encircle the device & Motto
The Number of each Regiment to be marked on its standard —
The standard of the Light Horse & artillery the same except the
device on that of the horse is to be a Man on horse back completely
Armed with his hand on a pistol And the Device of the Artillery
a Cannonier in uniform with a Lighted match stands near a field
piece properly pointed and the motto the same as for the Horse &
foot before mentioned
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. "JJl
For alarm companies the standards are to be the same only instead
of being Numbered the words Alarm Company are to be on the
Flagg of the standards John M'^cleary
State of )
New Hamps' \ In the House of Representatives June 23"^ — 1786 —
The foregoing report being read & considered —
Voted, that it be received & Accepted
Sent up for Concurrence John Sparhawk, Speaker P. T. —
In Senate June 24'^ 1786 read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[September 19, 1787, a standard was ordered to be procured for
each regiment. — Ed.]
[7-89] \^Postniaster Libbcy to Samuel Dearboi'u^
Post Office Portsm° July. 1786
M' Samuel Dearborn.
The President & Councill having appointed you as a Post Rider for
the State, and your having Accepted said Trust you are to follow
such directions as you may receive from this Office untill the Meeting
of the Next General Assembly. The rout which you are now to
pursue is as follows, you are to set out from this Office every other
Monday, and proceed thro Newmarket, Durham, Dover, Rochester,
Wakefield, Ossipee, Gore, and Tamworth, to Moultonborough, thence
thro' Meredith, Gilmantovvn, and Barnstead, Barrington, and Dover
to Portsmouth —
All Letters which you may receive on the road, or that are com-
mitted to your Care, you are carefully to Deliver as directed, (the
Postage of the same being paid,) any Letters which you may have
rec'^ & cannot deliver on the Road You are to lodge them in this
Office and all Letters delivered on the road or Other Business trans-
acted relating to the Office, you are regularly to render me an Ac-
count of on your Return, to this Office — your strict attention to, and
punctual performance of the several dutys respecting a Rider is re-
quired Your Humble Servant
Jeremiah Libbey —
the Rates of Postage is Inclosed —
772 IMISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7-91] \Rcport of Committee on Contiiiental AccountsP\
Exeter July 7th 1786 —
Sir the Committee on the Continental Accounts beg leave to ac-
quaint your Excellency, that two Clerks, at least, are necessary to
bring said Accounts to a speedy close. — The Committee supposed
that by several Votes of the Gen^ Court, particularly one passed June
23*^ 1785 they were fully authorised to employ one or more Clerks as
they should find necessary and consequently to agree with them for
their pay. —
The Committee employed ^V John Morrison as a Clerk, and at
the time inform'd him, that Nine shillings "^ day had been allowed,
and that we supposed that sum would be allowed him — by the Gen^
Court. — But on presenting his Acct at the late Session, the hon^'^
House of Representatives saw iitt to reduce his Account from ;^22,,
10,, o to ;£i5,, o,, o which last Sum they Voted should be paid by
an Order on the Treasurer — which Vote was not concurred by the
Senate but ordered to lay till the next session of the General Court.
Your Excellency, if you see fit, will lay the matter before your
Council, and give such advice and directions in the premises, as your
Excellency & Honors shall think proper
Joseph Gilman in behalf of the
Committee on Continental Accounts
P. S. The Accounts cannot be brought to a Close, unless the Com-
mittee have means put into their hands to call in assistance — With
proper assistance I think the Accounts might be finished in the
course of three or four months —
Joseph Gilman
One of the Committee
To His Excellency John Sullivan Esq""
President of the State of New Hampshire —
[7-92] \Joshua WentzvortJi to President Sullivan.^
Portsmouth Aug^' 29. 1786
Sir I was honor'd with your Excellencys Letter of yesterdays
date, directed to Mess"" Langdon, Sparhawk, Sheafe & myself —
I immediately communicated the Contents as you desired, their
determination they will undoubtedly make known to your Excellency.
— I can reply only for myself that it is entirely out of my power to
proceed on the necessary and important business, it would give me
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS. 773
great satisfaction to attend the Convention but I hope two of the
Gentlemen will attend, who are appointed, as I view the state of our
Commerce almost at an end, and if some measures are not adopted
to secure what little remains and open a door to further advantages
these Eastern States will consequently be ruined, & the whole Con-
federacy broken up. — as in my opinion the Union can only be sup-
ported with honor, but by Commerce, it is the spring and life of the
Most respectable Nations, and beside the honor & dignity of America
depend on her asserting the right of sovereignty, and not suffer any
Nation on earth to Ligislate for her, — at present Great Brittian
does. — I remain respectfully
Y'' Excellency's most obedient & very hble serv'
Josh. Wentworth
His E.\cell'^>' Presid' Sullivan
[7~93] \_Report of Coviniittcc on Accounts, 1786.]
The Committee to examine the situation of the Accounts between
the United States & this State, have particularly enquired of M""
Gorham the Continental Commissioner & the Committee on the part
of the State for adjusting those accounts, and find the state of them
as follows, which they beg leave to report with other remarks. —
The accounts are settled up to the last of the year 1777, exclusive
of what may be allowed of those demands which are now making from
the Towns in the State for Alarms &c^ —
M"" Gorham, admits a charge of Alarms against the United
States —
The Militia Rolls after January i yj^ are now in the hands of the
Committee for examination & copying. —
It is supposed the full & compleat close of the Accounts may re-
quire Six months, and to ficilitate which, it is necessary Josiah Gil-
man Esq be released as one of the Committee on acco'^ now rendered
from some Towns (and of those that will be rendered) whereby his
attention may be particularly called to the Continental accounts —
A dificulty has arrisen on the depreciation of pay to Col" Longs
Regiment granted the last session of the General Court, the Conti-
nental scale not allowing depreciation until Sepf 1777, and the Regi-
ment alluded to were discharged in August the same year Therefore
a reconsideration of the Vote is recommended
A large sum of money has been paid by the State for hire of horses
employ'd by the Voluntiers for a more expeditious mode of Joining
774 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
His Excellency the President when he Commanded at Rhoad Island,
who, were requested to proceed with horses & payment garranteed
by the Executive department of Government in August 1783. —
This charge made by your Committee on the Accounts is not agreed
to by IVP Gorham, as no Resolve of Congress will Warrant it — yet
your Committee suppose it of such Consequence as may require an
application to Congress for an allowance of this charge —
The Committee beg leave further ; to recommend an Advertize-
ment, calling upon each Town to bring in their accounts for any
demand they have against the State during the late War on or before
the day of 1786 or they shall be excluded from payment —
which is submitted iDy Josh* Wentworth for the Committee
September session 1786
[7~94] [Elisha Payne s Letter of Excuse, 1786.]
Lebanon September 5^'' A D 1786
Sir, Not only duty, but inclination would be a sufficient induce-
ment, for my attending the Hon^''' Senate in their Sessions at Exeter
the current weeks were it not for the previous engagements I am
under, which will not admit of my dispensing with — on any princi-
ples of reason or consistancy. (which to trouble your Excellency with
the particulars [will] be needless) I heartily wish not only unanimity
and agreement to attend both branches of the Legislature ; but also
wisdom and publick rectitude to influence in the important matters
that may come under their consideration —
I am Sir with due regard
Your Excellency's Most Obedient & very Humble Servent
Elisha Payne
In Senate Sept 7* 1786
Voted that the within is not a satisfactory Excuse,
J Pearson Sec^
[7_g5] [^Petition for pardon from Prisoners at Exeter, 1786.]
To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable the House of Rep-
resentatives now convened in Exeter —
We your humble Petitioners now justly held Prisoners in Exeter
goal being truly and most sincerely repentant for the most atrocious
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLA.L PAPERS. 775
crime by us committed in imbodying disorderly, and surrounding the
Meeting-house in this town to the great detriment of order and Gov-
erment and the ahiiost unpardonable insult of your most respectable
body, and being now also impress'd with the truest compunction of
heart for every the least offence committed by us against any particu-
lar Member of the Hon^^ House or Inhabitant of this town, confess-
ing ourselves guilty of the greatest and most agravated offence
possible for men to commit — Do most humbly cast ourselves at your
Honors feet imploring your mercy and forgiveness for these our afore-
said misdemeanors — All which confession we are heartily desirous
to testify before your Honors. —
John m'^kan Thomas Cotton
James Cochran Jr John Gregg
Caleb Smith jr David Batchelder
Sargent Walls
State of )
New Hamps'' \ In the House of Representatives Sepf 23^^ 1786 —
Upon reading and considering the foregoing petition,
— Voted that prayer thereof be Granted, & that his Excellency
the President give order for the release of s^ prisoners. —
Sent up for Concurrence John Preston Speaker P. T.
In Senate Sept 23 1786 read and non concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[7-99] [States' Quotas for Indian lVar/a;r, 1786.]
By the United States in Congress assembled. October 20*** 1786. —
The Committee to whom was referred the Letter from the War
Office with papers enclosed containing intelligence of the hostile in-
tentions of the Indians in the Western Country having reported
"That the Uniform tenor of the intelligence from the Western
"Country plainly indicates the hostile disposition of a number of
" Indian Nations particularly the Shawanese, Puteotamies, Chippa-
"was, Tawas and Twightwees —
"That these Nations are now Assembling in the Shawanese towns
"and are joined by a banditti of desperadoes under the name of Min-
"goes and Cherokees, who are outcasts from other nations, and who
"have associated and settled in that Country for the purpose of war
" and plunder
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"That they are labouring to draw in other nations to unite with
"them in a War with the Americans —
"That it is expected one thousand Warriors will soon be collected
"in the Shawanese towns from whence they have already dispatched
"parties to commence hostilities. —
"That from the motions of the Indians to the Southward as well
"as to the Northward and the exertions made in different quarters
"to stimulate the various nations against the Americans there is the
"strongest reason to believe that unless the speediest measures are
"taken effectually to counteract and defeat their plans, the War
"will become general, and may be attended with the most dangerous
"and lasting Consequences. —
"That the Committee therefore deem it highly necessary that the
"Troops in the service of the United States be immediately aug-
"mented, not only for the protection and support of the frontiers of
"the States bordering on the Western Territory and the valuable
"settlements on and near the Margin of the Mississipi, but to estab-
"lish the possession and facilitate the surveying and selling of those
"intermediate lands which have been so much relied on for the reduc-
"tion of the debts of the United States" — whereupon
Resolved Unanimously that the Number of One thousand three
hundred and forty Non Commissioned Officers and Privates be raised
for the term of Three Years unless sooner discharged, and that they
together with the troops now in service be formed into a Legionary
Corps to Consist of 2040 Non Commissioned Officers and Privates,
That the Additional Troops be raised by the following States in the
following proportions to Wit
New Hampshire 260"^
Massachusetts . 660 11^4- pa t-n
Rhode Island . j^o r"^^"^^>^ ^ ^^^^"^^>^ ~
Connecticut . . i8oj
Maryland and Virginia each 60 Cavalry making 120
That the Secretary at War inform the Executive Authority of the
Respective States in which the troops are to be raised, the number
and Rank of Commissioned Officers to be furnished by each State in
proportion to the Men —
That the Pay and allowances to the Troops to be raised by this
Resolve be the same as established by the Act of Congress of the
12^^ April 1785. —
That the said Troops shall be subject to the existing Articles of
War or such as may hereafter be formed by Congress or a Commit-
tee of the States. —
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777
That the Board of Treasury contract for a supply of Clothing and
Rations at such places, and in such quantities, as the secretary at
War shall judge necessary.
Resolved Unanimously That the States abovementioned be and
they are hereby requested to use their utmost exertions to raise the
quotas of troops respectively Assigned them with all possible expedi-
tion — And that the executive of the said States be and hereby are
requested in case any of their Legislatures should not be in session,
immediately to convene them for this purpose, as a delay may be
attended with the most fatal consequences.
Ordered that the Board of Treasury without delay devise ways and
means for the pay and support of the Troops of the United States on
the present establishment and report the same to Congress, —
Cha^ Thompson Sec^
October 21^' 1/89
On the Report of the Board of Treasury pursuant to the orders of
yesterday to devise ways and means for the pay and support of the
Troops of the United States on the present establishment —
Resolved Unanimously That the several States in the Confederacy
be and they are hereby required to pay into the Federal Treasury on
or before the first day of June 1787 their respective Quotas of the
sum of Five hundred and thirty thousand Dollars in Specie, which
quotas are
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island .
Connecticut .
New York . .
New Jersey .
Pennsylvania .
18.603
79,288
11,395
46,746
45,368
29,415
72,504
Delaware .
Maryland . .
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
7,950
49^979
90,630
38,478
33,973
5.671
Which sums when paid shall be passed to the Credit of the States
respectively on the terms prescribed by the Resolve of Congress of
the 6 day of October 1779, and that the Monies arising from the said
Requisition be and hereby are appropriated for the pay and support
of the Troops on the present establishment. —
Resolved Unanimously that the Board of Treasury be and they are
hereby authorized and directed to open a Loan immediately to the
amount of Five hundred thousand Dollars at Six per Cent p. Annum
on the Credit of the foregoing Requisition, which they are hereby
authorised to pledge to the Lenders for the faithfull reimbursement
of the monies Loaned with the Intrest thereof —
Cha^ Thompson Sec^
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[7-101] \I)istructions to Officers, 1786.]
Instructions to senior officer of the troops to be raised in New
Hampshire by virtue of the act of Congress of 20*^ of October 1786.
Sir As commanding officer of the troops to be raised in the state
of New Hampshire you are to superintend the recruiting of men for
the service of the United States. In the execution of this duty you
will yourself pay the greatest attention to the following instructions
and enjoin on your inferior officers the most rigid observance thereof.
Neither negroes mulattoes or Indians shall be enlisted in the ser-
vice of the United States. Every man under five feet six inches in
height shall be refused. No man under sixteen or above forty five
years of age shall be inlisted. Every man who shall be inlisted must
be robust and perfectly formed with respect to his body limbs and
organs and in full health.
Any officer who shall inlist men contrary to the above instructions
shall be obliged to pay the expences which the United States may
incur by such enhstment.
No inlistment shall be deemed valid except the person inlisted shall
sign his name before a witness and take the oath as directed by the
articles of war before a majistrate.
The Clothing arms and accoutrements shall be forwarded to you as
soon as possible, and also a sum of money for to pay half a months
pay to the men on their being inlisted and sworn. The officers and
men will be completed with a months pay previous to their marching.
A contract for furnishing your recruits with rations will be also
formed as soon as possible.
The highest exertions and best arrangements must be made to
obtain the full number of men immediately.
You will establish a proper rendezvous for the reception of your
recruits. You will for this purpose hire some convenient building
at a certain rate per month, You will also obtain some fuel taking
care to keep only the number of fires which shall be absolutely neces-
sary.
You must also purchase some straw, bowls and camp kettles for cook-
ing. I have written to his Excellency President Sullivan to furnish you
money for the advance pay of the men and for the purchasing these
small necessary articles which shall be reimbursed to him.
You will inform me weekly of your actual success and prospects in
recruiting.
In every expenditure you will consider economy and an attention
to the public interest as essentially connected with your reputation.
The accounts of your disbursements must be kept in the fairest
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCL^L PAPERS. 779
manner — no expenditures will be allowed unless accompanied by
authentic vouchers. You must therefore take receipts for the arms
clothing and every other supply as well as of the money advanced.
You will introduce the best economy and discipline among the
recruits in every department. Having formed your system of con-
duct and made proper arrangements for its execution in the first
instance you will find an ease and harmony resulting therefrom which
cannot be afterwards attained and established on a tolerated licen-
tiousness among the recruits. And as it is presumed that every
officer who now enters the service intends to elevate himself by a
military behavior those only will be countenanced and encouraged
who shall make the good of the service and the honor of their coun-
try the objects of their pursuits.
As soon as his Excellency the President shall transmit to me
official information of your appointments the Commissions for your-
self and the other officers shall be forwarded to you.
His Excellency the President will furnish you with the establish-
ment of the pay, subsistence & forage allowed to the troops in service
of the United States
Given at the War Office This 21^' day of October 1786
J Knox
[7-102]
\Petitio)i of Benjai?tin Dearborn of Portsinonth, 1786.]
State of New-Hampshire
To The honorable Senate and House of Representatives convened at
Portsmouth in said state, the second Wednesday in December 1786.
The Petition of Benjamin Dearborn of Portsmouth aforesaid
Printer, humbly sheweth, That at a session of the honorable Court in
February last your petitioner prayed to have secured unto him, his
heirs and assigns, an exclusive right of making a certain Balance or
Scales, by him invented ; but as the Scales were not shewn to the
Court, their final determination was not then given : Your petitioner,
convinced of the readiness of this respectable Body to give every
encouragement to usefull improvements, has also invented, at much
expense of time and money, a Steelyard, and an. Engine for throwing
Water, each on a new construction, and prays to have secured unto
him and his heirs or assigns for the term of twenty-one years, the
exclusive right of making and selling Scales, Steelyards, and Engines
on the principles of those by him invented ; the Engines with one or
780 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
more barrels, and with or without condensed air, and each of the
beforementioned articles with any improvements he may make on
them, and that they be not allowed to be used in this State for the
term aforesaid, without his Seal or Stamp.
And your Petitioner further prays for leave to produce to this hon-
orable Court the before-mentioned inventions, and that they will
secure to him an exclusive right to the Privileges aforesaid, and that
he may have leave to bring in a Bill accordingly.
and your Petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray
Benjamin Dearborn.
[7-104] YMajor McGregore Recommended^
Londonderry 26'^ Dec"" 1786
Sir — Im informed that a Maj'' takes the command of the Troops
requir'd by Congress from this State — Wou'd inform your Excel-
lency that Maj'"' David McGregore late a Captain in my Regiment
has signify'd to me a desire of engaging in the Corps now to be raised
if his present rank wou'd not be degraded thereby. Too much can-
not be done for the worthy Officers and Soldiers who have distin-
guished themselves by their alertness Skill and Military knowledge
in bringing about the late revolution of which the gentleman abov^e
Mentioned is undoubtedly one — As to his skill in military knowledge
there is no doubt of it. his well known bravery I have Off ten been
witness to these added to his other aquirements and good qualitys are
such as I have no doubt will render real service to his Countrey and
do honor to the State to which he belongs. Shou'd he meet with
your Excellency s approbation and have the appointment agreeably
it wou'd add to the many Obligations you have laid me under
I am with the highest Esteem
Your Excellencys most Obed' Hble Serv'
His Excellency 1 Geo. Reid
Jn° Sullivan j
[7-105] [ W. Sargent to Prcside7it Sullivan.']
Boston 28''' of December 1786 —
I have the Honor Sir to forward you a Packet which was handed
me at New York & at the same time take the Liberty of asking your
Attention to one for the French Consul at Portsmouth —
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Through the Influence of the Honorable Col Long & M"^ Liver-
more (to whom I request you would be so obliging as to present my
Respects) I was appointed a Surveyor of the federal Lands for the
State of New Hampshire & it therefore is incumbent on me to in-
form your Excellency that there is Laid out & divided into Town-
ships agreeably to the Ordinances of the honorable Congress upwards
of eight hundred Thousand Acres of Land It was almost as late as
September before we got to Business & on the 28"' of October the
Wyandote Nation prohibited our further Surveys, which with an
Alarm that deprived us of nearly twenty Days Service will I hope
account satisfactorily for the small Progress we have made —
It will give me very great Pleasure to make any particular Commu-
nications to your Excellency relative to our Business, or to receive
your Commands
I have the Honor to be with very much Respect
Your Excellency s most obedient Humble Servant
W. Sargent
[7-106] \P rot est of George Gains and Others.']
We the subscribers beg leave to enter our protest against the pass-
ing the bill Entitled an Act to quiet all Bona fide purchasers of Lands
between a line crossing over lands upon a straight course from the
North extremity of the East Line of Mason's Patent being sixty miles
from the Sea on a Straight Line and running to the extremity of the
Western Side line of said Patent &c for the following reasons viz*
because the first paragraph in the bill gives no security to any Gran-
tees therein mentioned but seems to be calculated to quiet fears
which the bill has a direct tendency excite — while many other
Grantees of lands within said Lines entitled to the benefit of the
bill, were any intended, are entirely omitted.
2^ because the second paragraph of said bill, were it enacted would
be a great encouragement to Trespassers and Intruders, as it gives
them a preference to the honest peaceable subjects of the State —
while it would endemnify them against all damages which otherwise
might be recovered of them for trespassing on private property — •
and because the said second paragraph takes it for granted that the
lands therein mentioned belong to the State and is in effect and con-
sequence a pre-adjudication of the Title to the same, in favor of the
State, while the State sits as sole judge and arbiter in its own cause.
3^^ We protest against the third paragraph as its obvious tendency
782
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
must be, to deprive the subject of many forcible arguments in sup-
port of his claim, alter the real, present circumstances of his cause,
much to his prejudice, while it creates a prepossission in favor of
the State and looks like preparing a Jury for the decision of the
cause. — In accord the subscribers protest against the bill in gross,
the genius and tendency of which, they conceive, derogatory to
the Legislature and subversive of the constitutional rights of the
subject.
George Gains Amos Dakin
John Pickering Francis Worcester
John Sparhawk Thos Crawford
Charles Barret
[7-107] \_Militia Arrange7nents for Cheshire Co?intj'.]
the Representatives for the County of Cheshire have met together
and arang'^ the Rigiments in S'^ County in the following manner —
and also have Nominated the Persons placed at the Wright hand of
Said Rigiments for field ofificers of S^ Rig'^ Provided his Excellency
and the Honourable Councell Should approve of them —
Rindge
Jeffery
Fitzwilliam
Dublin
Marlboro.
& Packerfield
Names of Towns in Each Regiment
Mg'' Rand of Rindge Colo
Jedediah Sango L' Colo Jaffery
Dont agree about the Rest it Said the Hon-
ourb^ T Blood Esq'' is well acquainted with S'^
Res' —
Names of Towns in the Senior part of the Sixth Rig' —
Winchester j Reubin Alexander Colo Winchester
Richmond Oliver Capron Lt Colo Richmond
Swanzey Davis Howlet m'' Keen
Keen & Gilsom j Josiah Richardson Keen
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS.
783
Names of Towns in the Remainder of the Sixth Rig*
Hindsdale
Chesterfield
Westmorland
& Surrey
Samuel King Col° Chesterfield
Gerge Aldrich Lt Colo Westmorland
Joseph Burt mg Westmorland
Jonathan Smith mg"" Surrey
Walpole
Charleston
Unety
Ackworth
Lambster
Alsted
Morlow
Washington
Stoddord
Claremont
Cornish
Plainfield
Grantham
Protectworth
Crydon
New^port
Windall —
Names of Towns —
Christopher Weber Colo — walpole
Amos Shephard Lt Colo — Alsted
Josiah Gouldsmith walpole
Salas Wrio-ht — Stoddord
Names of Towns
Jonathan Chase Colo — Cornish
Sam" Ashley Jn"" Lt — Claremont
Moses Whipple — Crydon
Joseph Kimball — Plainfield
[7-108] \_Petitioii of James and William S/icaffe.'\
State of NewO To the honorable Senate and House of Represent-
Hampshire j atives for said State in General Court convened at
Portsmouth 2^ Wednesday of Dec. 1786
Humbly shew James Sheafe and William Sheafe both of Portsmouth
in the State of New Hampshire Merchants, that their Brig Jane &
Elizabeth John Fraser Master saild from Portsmouth in said State on
the 9'*" day of Feb^ A D 1786 with a Cargo of Lumber for the Island
784 MISCELLANEOUS PR0VI^XL4L PAPERS.
of Tobago, in her way thither, she made the Island of Barbados, the
Cap* of the Brig wishing to learn the Markets among the Islands stood
in for Carlisle Bay in Barbados, and while the Brig w^as standing off and
on the Bay, she was seized by Horatio Nelson Esq"" Commander of
the British Ship of War Boreas, and by his Officers and People she
was brought into the Harbour to Anchor and all the People belong-
ing to the Brig were ordered out of her — all the Chests and Trunks
on board were broken open and the Vessels Papers and Accounts,
and also the Cap'^ own private Accounts & Papers were all taken
away — all these proceedings being within the space of one hour
after the Brig's first appearing in the Bay — Cap' Fraser produced
the fullest proofs that the Brig and Cargo were American Property
and belonged to the Subjects of the United States ?iX\^ demanded his
Vessel to be restor'd to him. Notwithstanding which, on the 30th
March last the said Nelson caused the Brig and Cargo to be libelled in
the Court of Vice Admiralty at Barbados. For importing Goods & Com-
modities contrary to the British Acts of Trade"' — At the same time
your Petitioners (had the Vessel been tried) would have clearly
proved that there was no Importation made, or attempted to be
made — The libel was receiv'd and filed and some proceedings had
thereon in said Court but no decisive trial could be obtaind — After-
wards on the 20'*^ da}^ of May last the said Nelson finding that he
could not get the Vessel condemned at Barbados, sailed from thence
in the Boreas and forcibly carried off the said Brig from the custody
of the Court, declaring he would carry her to every British Island in
the Westindies and then to England, rather than fail of getting her
condemned — Cap* Fraser finding the Brig carried away in the man-
ner aforementioned, not knowing to what place she might be carried,
and despairing of redress, after waiting seventy days at Barbados
returned to Portsmouth
Your Petitioners again employed Cap* Fraser to return to the
Westindies and furnishd him with Money to stand trial if he could
find the Brig at any of the Islands, but he must have perished in a
Hurricane on the 2^ Septem'' on his way from Tobago to Barbados.
Your Petitioners having a valuable Brig of 192 tons burthen and
Cargo which together they estimate at ^2,000 Sterling while em-
ploy'd in a lawful trade seized and taken from them by mere dint of
power, without colour of law, have no where else to look for redress
but to this honorable Court —
Wherefore they pray that your Honors would interpose in their
behalf and represent their case to the United States in Congress
Assembled and request Congress to instruct their Minister at the
Court of London to demand restoration of your Petitioners property,
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVIN'CL^L PAPERS. 785
taken from them by lawless power or otherwise grant redress to your
Petitioners in such manner as your wisdom may dictate and your
Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray —
Portsmouth Jany 2'^ 1787 James Sheaf e
William Sheafe
[7-109] \Rcpoyt of Committee on Sheaffe s Petitio}iP\
The Committee on the petition of Mess""^ James Sheafe and Wil-
liam Sheafe beg leave to report that an attested copy of the petition
and order of Court thereon be delivered to the Delegates for this
State, and that they be desired and instructed to represent to Con-
gress the manner of the seizure and condemnation of the said Brig-
antine and Cargo, and move Congress to instruct their Minister at
the Court of London to demand Restoration of or Compensate for
the said Brigantine and Cargo seized and condemned contrary to the
Laws of Nations and of Trade, w^hich is submitted by
Josh Wentworth for the Committee
State of )
New Hamp"" \ In the House of Representatives January ii"" 1787
Upon reading and considering the foregoing Report Voted that it
be received and Accepted
Sent up for Concurrence John Langdon Speaker
In Senate Jan^ 12*'' 1787 read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[7-1 10]
\_Report of Committee on Unimproved Lands, 1787.]
The Committee on Ascertaining the Waste or un-improved land
belonging to the State report that they recommend that a bill be
brought in appointing and fully Authorizing a Committee to Settle
and Ascertain the W^estern line of a tract of land originally granted
to Cap' John ]\Iason commonly called the Masonian line. That said
Committee agree with the Owners or Claimants of said Grant in
running, marking & establishing said line in such way and Manner
as they may Mutually agree. But in case the said owners or Claim-
ants, & the said Committee should not agree in settling said line,
that then the Comm'*^ proceed to run and Mark said line agreeably
50
y86 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
to the tenor & construction of the original Grant or Grants of the
same, and make report thereof to the General Court.
They further recommend that some Court be perticularly impow-
ered, or a new Court erected to try and determine all matters relative
to the performance, or Non-performance of Charter Conditions of
lands, Granted in this State known by the name of Kings Grants.
And that as soon as such Court be authorized or erected, that the
Attorney General be directed from time to time, as the General
Court shall think proper to Summon before said Court the owners
or Claimants of Such Granted Towns or located lands, as the said
General Court shall Suppose deficient in performing their respective
Charter Conditions to show cause why their said lands should not be
declared forfeit ; and to Obtain before said Court an Equitable deter-
mination thereon Elisha Payne}for the Comm'^^
State of "1^
Newhamp'' j In the House of Representatives Jan^ 9"' 1787
Upon reading and considering the foregoing Report Voted that it
be received and accepted and that a Bill or Bills be brought in Ac-
cordingly
Sent up for concurrence John Langdon Speaker
In Senate Jan> 11''^ ^J^y read & concurred
J. Pearson Sec^
[7-1 11] \^Revioval of Covufiissioner Gor/iam.^
State of New 1
Hampshire / Portsmouth Jany. 16^'' 1787
Sir The Legislature of this State view with great surprise, the
order of the Board of Treasury for the sudden removal of Mr. Gor-
ham, the Continental Commissioner appointed to settle the public
Accounts of this State, from his Office at a time when those accounts
are in a fair way of settlement ; the whole compleated to the close of
the year 1777, and the papers & Vouchers for several years after
examined and 'in perfect readiness for Settlement — The trouble &
expence of attending a Board of Commissioners at a Distance, with
all the papers and vouchers from a State which on every call of Con-
gress has been zealous to contribute largely in supplying men, money,
& provisions, cannot be considered as an object of small importance,
and even when this is done the Commissioners will be under a Ne-
cessity of detaining any agent that may be appointed, until they can
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. yZj
by examination make themselves as fully acquainted with the nature
of those Demands as M"" Gorham, who has spent a long time in gain-
ing an adequate knowledge of them. — The reason why much time
has already been spent in bringing those Accounts to a close cannot
be a matter of surprise when Congress reflect that at the early peri-
ods of the late War this State exerted itself in supplying men &
provisions for the Army, repeatedly furnished Militia to guard the
almost deserted Lines of our Encampments, in the year 1777 almost
of itself stopped the progress of a large body of troops penetrating
into this State and contributed much toward capturing the forces
under General Burgoyne & in 1778 sent a large force to assist in
reducing the British Army at Rhode Island & through the whole war
in all other respects kept up their quota at least equal with the other
States — and in addition to this it ought to be considered that we
had extensive frontiers to guard and owing to a dispute between this
State & Vermont to Counties out of five were for a long time led to
acknowledge the Jurisdiction of Vermont and deny that of New
Hampshire, which prevented our receiving any assistance from those
two Counties, and now renders our public Accounts very intricate &
perplexing — these difflculties having however with great Labor &
assiduity been almost overcome and the nature of them fully under-
stood by your Commissioner, the Legislature cannot without pain see
him remov'd and the State compelled at a Distance from the files &
Records of the State to wade through the same scene of difficulties
and embarressments before Gentlemen who cannot without the Loss
of much time & Expence have the Demands in the same train for
Settlement as they now are. —
Congress will therefore pardon the earnest solicitation of the Leg-
islature to have M"" Gorham continued in Office until the Accounts
can be closed, if not inconsistent with the views and designs of Con-
gress respecting the public Weal which will prevent not only a delay
of Settlement but very great and unnecessary expence to the State
State of )
Newhamp"" \ In the House of Representatives Jan^ 17=: '^J'^l
The Committee for Draughting a letter to Congress respecting the
Continental Commissioner on Accounts reported the foregoing,
which having been read and considered
Voted, that it be receiv'd & Accepted, & that the President be
requested to forward a Copy of the same to Congress as soon as may
be —
Sent up for Concurrence John Langdon Speaker
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J. Pearson Sec^
788 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[The committee to draft this letter were : Senate, Mr. Atkinson &
Mr. Wentworth ; House, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Langdon, and Mr. Spar-
hawk. — Ed.]
[7-1 13] \Savincl Hobarf s Proposal, 1787.]
State of New Hampshire Exeter 6th March 1787
Whereas there remains in my possession a quantity of Gun Pow-
der, ungranulated I hereby agree with Christopher Toppan & Joseph
Oilman Esq"" A Committee appointed by the Gen^ Court, that I will
granulate and deliver to them Nine hundred & fifty Pounds weight,
of Powder by the first day of June, they allowing me what remains
for my trouble —
The above Powder is to be made as good as the Materials will ad-
mit of, & to be delivered at my Powder Mill, they to find Casks
Sam' Hobart
[7-1 14J
[Estimate of supplies needed for the Lighthouse, June 2, 1787.
Ed.]
[7-1 1 5]
\Petition in Regard to Courts in Hillsborough County, 1787.]
To the Honurarable the Senate and the Honourable the House of
Representatives to be Convean'd in Concord on the first Wednes-
day of June 1787 the Petition of a Number of Towns in the
County of Hillsborough Humbly Sheweth
that Whereas wee your Humble Petitioners belonging to the
Northern part of the Said County of Hillsborough Humbly Con-
ceieve our Selves to be Greatly agrieved on the account of the Courts
of Law being held Wholy So Near the South part of Said County
Wee therefore Humbly pray your Honours to take the Matter into
your wise Consideration and Grant us Relief by the Removal of
Said Courts in the Centre of Said County or otherwise Grant that
wee May have the Priveledge of a half Sheare Town as Near the
Centre of the North Half of Said County as Will Best Commode
the Inhabitants thereof Which being Done Will Greatly add to the
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
789
Conveniency and advantage of
in Duty bound will Ever pray
Dated June 5*^ 1787
your Humble Petitioners and Wee as
Henry Gerrish
George Jackman
Jonathan Straw
Eben"" Webster
David Pettengil
Jn° Goodenow
John Currier
Daniel Flood
Joseph Moody
Jonathan Weare
in behalf
of
Boscawen
in behalf
of
Salisbury
in behalf
of
Warner
in behalf
of
Sutton
in behalf
of
Andover
f in behalf
[ Hopkinton
I in behalf
> of
I Henniker
I in behalf
. ^^
) Hillsborough
( in behalf
Sam^ Brockelbank < of
( Newlondon
Benj^ Wiggin
Robert Wallace
Joseph Gibson
Rich'^ Bartlet
Benj" Peirce
State of }
New Hamp'' \ In the House of Representatives June 16 1787
Upon reading & Considering the within Petition/, & the Report of
a Committee thereon./
Voted that the Petitioners be heard before the General Court on
the third Wednesday of their next Session & that in the mean Time
the Petitioners Cause the Substance of the petition & Order of Court
thereon to be published three Weeks successively before the Setting
of Said Court (in one of the New Hampshire Newspapers) that any
Person or persons may then appear & shew Cause if any they have
why the prayer thereof should not be granted.
Sent up for Concurrence John Sparhawk Speaker
In Senate the same day read and concurred
J Pearson Sec^
State of \
New Hamp"" j In the House of Representatives Feb'' 9'^ 1788
upon hearing and Considering the Petition of Henry Gerish Esq""
and others Voted that the prayer thereof be So far Granted as that
the Courts be held in future in the Center of S'' County instead of
being held in Amherst as hertofore Done & that the Petitioner
have Leave to bring in a Bill accordingly at this or the Next Sessions
Sent up for Concurrence Tho^ Bartlett Speaker
790 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
In Senate Feby 12 1788 read & concurred with this amendment,
that instead of all the Courts being held in the Centre of the
County, one term of the Superior Court and two terms of the
Inferior Court of Common pleas and two Terms of the Court of
General Sessions of the peace annually be removed from Amherst
and held in such Town in the Northerly part of the County as will
be most convenient for the inhabitants.
Sent down for Concurrence J. Pearson Sec^
State of )
Newhamp"" \ In the house of Repres*^^" Jan^ 6 1789
upon reading & considering the within petition voted that the
prayer thereof be so far granted as that they have a half-shire Town
in the Northern part of Said County & that Jonathan Gove M""
Cyrus Baldwin Capf^ Charles Barrett Col : Eben' Webster & M^
Levi Harvy be a Committee at the cost of the petitioners to view
the Situation of the County of Hillsborough & report in what Town
they think proper that the Courts Shall be held for the northern part
of Said County & make their Report to the General Court at their
next Session
Sent up for Concurrence Tho^ Bartlett Speaker
In Senate Jan^ 8 1789 read & concurred J Pearson Sec^
[7-116]
[Resolve of the Massachusetts Senate, instructing the Governor
in regard to suppressing the rebellion of insurgents, together with a
list of the names and residences of the insurgents, June 25, 1787. —
Ed.]
[7- II 7] [Extract from Nicholas Gihnan s Letter.']
Extract of a Letter from the Honorable Nichols Gilman Esq""
Dated Philadelphia Septem^ 3^ 1787
Although this Letter is not meant to be addressed to the Public,
I beg your Excellency will suffer me to mention a matter in which I
conceive the Interest of the State to be so much concerned that I
cannot omit it, though I should subject myself to the imputation of
meddling in matters that do not immediately concern me, — It is re-
specting the domestic Debt. — I find many of the States are making
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 79I
provision to buy in tlieir Quota's of the final Settlements, and I must
ardently wish that the Towns in New Hampshire may be so far awake
to a sense of their Interest as to part with their property freely in
order to purchase their several Quota's of the public Securities now
in circulation, while they are to be had at the present low rate ; which
is in this place, at two shillings and six pence on the pound. If they
suffer the present opportunity to pass, and we should be so fortunate
as to have an efficient Goverment, they will be obliged to buy
them of Brokers, Hawkers Speculators & Jockeys, at six or perhaps
at eight times their present value. I know your Excellency is well
aware of the danger the people are in of suffering through their un-
willingness to pay taxes, but perhaps if they were fully sensible of
the measures that are pursuing in other States, it might operate as
a new incentive to an immediate exertion —
[7-1 19] \_Pctitioji for Road from Barns tend to NortJnvood^
State of New ) To the Hon*"^*^ Senate, and House of Representatives
Hampshire J for said State convened in Portsmouth the 5"^ day
of December 1787 —
Humbly shews the Subscribers, Inhabitants of said State, that the
road (commonly called the Province road) laid out from Durham to
Cohos is in some part thereof so incumbered with hills Rocks &c as
to be almost impassible for loaded Waggons which hath occasioned
the produce of the Northwestern part of the State to be transported
into the Massachusetts although at a far greater distance than the
Market Towns in this State.
That a road may be made from Barnstead across a corner of Pitts-
field to the main road in Northwood which would very much remedy
the aforesaid inconveniences, that the distance from the province road
in Barnstead (in the way proposed) to the main road in Northwood is
not more than four miles, that private persons hath looked out and
done considerable in learning the same and that it is capable of being
made an excellent Waggon road, & will Shorten the travel to Ports-
mouth five or Six Miles & will in their opinion if effected be the
means of bringing the produce of that part of the Country to our
own Markets which now go out of the State.
Wherefore they pray that an Act may be passed appointing Jona-
than Clark Esq"" of Northwood, Col° Richard Senkler of Barnstead,
and Cap* Reuben Hill of Lee a Committee & to impower them or
the Major part of them to lay out by metes & bounds a highway as
792
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
shall seem most convenient to them from the main Country road in
Northwood to the province road in Barnstead, And when they have
laid out and Marked the Same that they Notifie the Selectmen of
the Towns of Northwood, Pittsfield and Barnstead respectively to
clear and make the same a good Waggon road as soon as may be,
And in case said Selectmen, or either of them shall neglect to per-
form the same for the Term of Six Months after such Notice said
Committee proceed to do the same themselves, and be entitled to
recover All the Reasonable expences they may be at on said road
with cost of prosecution of such deficient Selectmen. And your
Petitioners as in duty bound will pray &c —
Portsmouth December 5"^ 1787
Jn° Sullivan Sam^ Lane Jun"" Joseph Badgir Jun""
Eben"" Thompson Joseph Tilton Chas. Robinson
Ebenezer Smith Moses Baker Benjamin Weeks
Reubin morgin Jon^ Robinson Noah Weeks.
State of )
Newhamp'' ( In the house of Representatives Dec'' 15 1787
Upon reading & Considering the foregoing petition voted that the
prayer thereof be granted & that the petitioners have Leave to bring
in a Bill accordingly at this or the next session.
Sent up for Concurrence Tho^ Bartlett Speaker
In Senate the same day read & concurred.
J. Pearson Sec^
[7-120] \Pctitio}i for Organization of Alarm Company. '\
To the Hon''''^ the Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of New Hampshire in General Assembly convened at Portsmouth
on the fourth Wednesday of January 1787
The Petition of a Number of the free citizens of New Hampshire
Humbly Shews
That notwithstanding its well known that the Alarum Companys of
the State of New Hampshire are in part Composed of Men of the
first Character in the State. Yet it must be acknowlidged by every
impartial descerning Spectator that their present situation is truly
Humiliating. It is or should be a Military Maxim That no Subordi-
nate Officer should have the Command of Different Military Corps
at one and the same time (the Alarum companys without dispute
differ much from the Trainband both as to Duty and Organiziation)
The Officer who Commands different Corps will naturally pay more
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
793
attention to one than the other and he will be very ready to give the
preeminance to the most active and Numerous part of his Command.
Hence the Alarum Companys will undoubtedly be either very much
neglected or when put upon duty with the Trainband will be placed
at the most disagreeable Posts. Nor is there the least prospect of
the Commanders of S'' Companys being ever promoted which every
one must allow is anough to damp the Spirit of any Good Officer Es-
pecialy when he sees himself liable to be Commanded in some future
time by Officers who now are of an inferior Rank. We therefore Pray
That your Hon''^ would Consider of the matter and either put S*^
Alarum Companys into Brigates & Divisions by themselves that they
may be Commanded by Brigadiers & Maj"" Generals of their own and
be in Subordination to none but the Commander in Chief — or any
other way your Hon^ in your Wisdom may see best so that That Class
of men who are Constituted of those who hold & have held many of the
first Posts of Honour & Trust in ye State and who have the Seniority
both as to Age and Merit may at least be put upon as Respectable a
footing as any of the Militia in the State. And we as in Duty bound
will ever Pray
Deerfield Decemb' f^ 1787
Tho^ Jenness
William Mudget
Joseph Hilton
Dalton Simpson
Jeremiah Holman
Edmund Chadwick
Daniel Currier
Stephen Wille
John Sandorn
Levi Wille
John mead
John Prescutt
Adonijah morrill
Levi Seva
William Mudget
Joseph Currier
James Kenniston
Simon Batchelder
David Batchelder
Steaphan Prescott
Dudley Leavitt
Moses Leavitt
Joseph March
Ezekiel Gilman
Nathanael Bachelder
And'' Freese
Benjamin Stevens
W'" Smith
Ebenezer Tilton
Eliphalet Lord
Phinehas Tilton
Samuel Blue
Isaac Sheperd
Nathaniel Green
Samuel Wedgwod
Robey Marston
Ezra True
John Simpson
True Brown
David Marston
Josiah tilton
Jonathan Blue
Daniel Tilton
Benjamin True
Samuel Collins
Samuel Bachelder
osa marston
John Avry
Simon Marston
Samuel Tilton
Joseph True
Jeremiah Meloon
Winthrop Bickford ju
Nathan Avery
Jeremiah merrill
John M^Crilles
Daniel Moor
John Bachelder
James dearborn
James Neal
Simon Marston
Parkar Chase
Jonathan Judkins
John Jones
Samuel Prescott
Abraham Prescutt
Morse Pearson
794 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLA.L PAPERS.
[7-122] [Samuel Hobarf s Petition, 1788.]
To the Honorable the Senate, & House of Representatives for the
State of New Hampshire
Humbly sheweth Samuel Hobart of Exeter in said State — That
in consequence of an Act made by this Hon^'*^ Court at Charlestown
last fall, in which the building of Slitting Mills was encouraged —
That your Petitioner was induced to erect Slitting works, and accord-
ingly has got said works allmost compleated — but finds himself in a
difficult situation on account of the scarcity of Cash.
He has orders on the Treasurer of said State for Monies due to
him for more than Eleven years ago, some of which he was obliged
to dispose of, at one half of the Original value, in order to procure
Articles for said works.
He begs leave to shew that the Import duties & Excise are so
appropriated that it is out of the Power of the Treasurer to pay his
orders in cash, & that it is impossible for him to compleat his works
without cash —
Wherefore your Petitioner prays the Hon''''' Court to let him have
an order on some of the Excise Masters for any sum, not exceeding
what the state is indebted to him, or in such other way as your Hon-
ors may think fit, so that he may be enabled to compleat his works
as soon as may be, & he as in duty bound prays —
Exeter Jan^ 31*' 1788 Sam' Hobart
[7-123] \_Petition for a Neiv County^ 1788.]
To the Hon'''^ Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court Convened at Portsmouth the 5"' day of P^ebruary A D
1788 —
Humbly shews Timothy Walker of Concord in the County of
Rockingham Esq' In behalf of the Inbitants of said Concord that
the Inhabitants of said Concord are Subjected to considerable
inconvenience, and unnecessary expence by reason of their remote
Situation from the County Courts That they apprehend the like
Inconvenience is felt by a Number of Towns in the Counties of
Rockingham Hillsborough and Strafford which Towns formed into a
New County might be sufficiently large, and the Inhabitants thereof
much better accomodated than they are at present. And being
fully convinced of the disposition of the Legislature, to promote to
the utmost of its Power, the convenience & Happiness of the Citizens
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXL^VL PAPERS. 795
of the State he is encouraged to pray in behalf of the said Town of
Concord that the following Towns may be formed into a New County
Namely Concord, Pembroke, Bow Dunbarton, Weare, Hopkinton,
Henniker, Hillsborough, Fishersfield, Sutton, Warner, Salisbury,
Andover, Sanbornton, Northfield, Canterbury Loudon, Bradford
Allenstown, Chichester, & Pittsfield, And Invested with the Powers
and Privileges which are enjoyed by the other Counties in said State
— And as in duty bound will ever pray
February 5^'' —1788— Tim° Walker
[7-125]
[Letter from Treasurer J. T. Oilman to President Sullivan asking
for increase of salary. He was granted ^120 for salary and ;£iio
for incidentals. — Ed.]
[7-126]
\Petition for a Company of Horse in \2tJ1 Reginient.\
State of Newhampshire
To the Honourable the Senate and house of Representatives in
general Court to be convened at Concord — Your petitioners the
Subscribers Humbly Sheweth — that where as the General Court
Some time Since Saw fit in their wisdom to pass an act for Raising
Several Regiments of Lighthorse which your petitioners Conceive to
be of pubHck Utility to this State and Soon after our hearing that
Said licance was granted we assembled together from the Several
Companeys in Col° Rands Reg^ Sufficient for a compleate Company
of horse and agreed to acquipt our Selves accordingly but upon the
appointment of the ofificers it So happened that their was only one
Subbaultorn officer appointed within the bounds of Said Regiment
and he at a vary Remote part thereof which intirely Defeated the
Intentions of Your petitioners
Wherefore Your Petitioners Humbly pray that your Honours
would grant leave for Raising another Companey of Horse in the
Twelfth Regiment Commanded by Col° Rand in order that your
Petitioners may have the pleasure of acquipting themselves for that
Service and if it be consistent with Your honours pleasure please to
let it be an Independant Company Under the Immediate Command
of the Brigadeer but if otherwise let it be Annexed to Col° Greenes
or Col° Phelps Regement and Your petitioners as in duty bound Shall
Ever Pray
May y^ 14'^ 1788
796
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Joseph Wilder
Ebenezer Ripley
Jonathan Lawrance
Reuben Nurs
Kedor Collings
Isaac Robins
Abijah Woodard
Asa Comings
Nethal Joy
Sam" Buss
Simeon Butters
Benj'' Dole
Ephraim Buss
Simson Stewart
John Joslin
Nathan Cutter
James Stevens
Ventia Barns
Thomas Button
John Buckley
Robert Harkins
Abel Paine
Gorden Davis
Sam^ Foster
Alex"- Milliken
Peter Jones
Simeon Bullard
Samuel Emery
Moses Stickney Jun''
Amos Darling
Joisah French
George Farrar
James Brewer
Samuel Rockwood
Ebenezer Nurse
Edward Foster
Simon Crosby
Barachick Scot
Ephraim Boynton
Isaac Moon Farwell
Charles Bowker
John Briant
Jonathan Taylor
Lemuel Maynard
Hiram Dean
Moses Cutting
Daniel Farrar
Joseph Haskell
Tilley Richason
John Hale
Abijah Carter
Jacob Gould
Enos Lake
Moses Cutter
Willem Eamory
[7-127]
\_Petition for Protection of Fish, 17S8.]
State of New hampshire ) To the Hon'^'^ the Gen^ Court of the State
Lancaster may 17*'' 1788 ) of Newhampshire —
The Petition of the inhabitants of Lancaster Dartmouth Northum-
berland and Stratford and others inhabitants on Connecticutt River
above Charlestown —
Humbly Sheweth, — that there is a Create Number of Parsons
that Live on & Near Connecticutt River, that make it their Business
In the time of the year that Salmon are going up Said River, to Set
Nets or Seens acrost the River in the Neight & other times, which
Stop all the Salmon, and also Put or Place in weres a Sort of Pound
or Pots in the Very Perticular Places where Salmon Pass or git up
the Rapids in Said River and Perticularly in the Create falls at wall-
pole Called Bellow* falls, where a Number of Parsons have combined
together, and have Placed in their Pots or Pounds in the only Places
where the Salmon Can Pass or git up Said falls, as there is But one
or two Places that they Can any ways Pass ; which in all provability
will Stop Every Salmon, as they have almost Done it in years Past,
that those Parsons among us who used to Stabb with their Spears 18
or 20 Salmon in a Neight, they Can Now Scarsely See a Salmon to
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 797
Catch, and if there Cant be Some Stop to those obstructions — we
that are Settling and Cultivateing through Every hardship the New
lands, & at a greate Distance from the Sea Coasts, must be Deprived
of what the alwise being has in his wisdom Provided for us, therefore
your Petitioners — Prays that your Honours would Take it under
your wise Consideration, and Pass Such act or acts that will Prevent
any and all Such Stoppages of the Salmon being made in Connecti-
cutt River through this State — and your Petitioners will Pray —
Edw^^ Bucknam Joseph Brackett
Jonas Baker Walter Philbrook
Samuel Johnson Francis Willson
John Weeks
[7-128]
[Resignation of Jeremiah Smith as captain in Colonel Green's
regiment, June 12, 1788. Accepted. — Ed.]
[7-129] \_J. Gibnan Transmits his Public Acco?{nts.~\
Exeter October 3^ 1788
Dear Sir I now send you by the Bearer Mr. Nathaniel Parker,
the remainder of our public Accounts — for the Vouchers you will
please to give a descriptive Receipt — I should have come to Boston
myself had I been well — I must refer you to JVP Parker for any par-
ticulars you may be at a loss about, he has been in the Office with
me a considerable time, is very intelligent, & doubt not will give you
full satisfaction — Inclosed with this are two Copies of Accounts —
And Copies of two Notes hand sign'd Noah Emery j' who was A D
0 G & acted under W Hatch of Boston — On one of the Accounts
1 have mentioned the money advanc'd toM"" Emery to enable him to
forward Beef Cattle. I have not made a formal Charge of either,
not being authoriz'd to do it ; but suppose from the conversation that
passed when you was here they will be considered as a charge against
the United States — I believe you will find the Accounts explicit, no
pains have been spared to make them so — hope they will meet your
approbation —
I am with Sent^ of esteem. Your Obed' hum' Servant
J. Gilman
E. Haskel Esq"" Boston.
798 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
[7-130] \_Acco!/;its of Confiscated Estates, 1789.]
An account of the several sums which the trustees of the estates
of the absentees from the county of Hillsborough have been credited
for, in the settlement of their administration accounts, or which, they
have been ordered by the judges of probate in said county, to pay
into the treasury, to be laid before his excellency the president of the
state of New-Hampshire, agreeably to an act passed the sixth day of
February last.
Nahum Baldwin esq trustee of Zacheus Cutlers estate according
to the late Judge Blanchard's certificate, paid into the treasury the
several sums following, to wit,
Lmy
1 78 1 — June 6''' In continen' Bills ;^35023.i7^ 466-19-3
" 14"^ in d° d° 453- , = 6-0-9
23 in specie ...... 33-17-11
Aug^ In bills issued by act of s"^ state . . . 590 — ,, — ,,
1784 Ap^ 3"^ In sjDecie 59-19 — »
1785 June 13^*^ In D° 18-2-
1787 Jan^ 9* In certificates interest due ) ^
on publick securities ( " "
Aug^ 2^ in certificates ...... 134-4-
;^ I 369-2-1 I
Rob' Fletcher esq — trustee of the estate of Edward G : Lut-
wytche, in his account of his administration of said estate, was
allowed by the late judge Patten the following sum of ;^6527-8 as
paid into the treasury July 9''' 1781, carried out in silver m"-;^2i3
— In which account there is enclosed a copy of a receipt from the
late treasurer N : Oilman esq — dated February 3^ 1779 for the sum
of ^692-2- arising from the sale of said Lutwytche's effects —
Stephen Harriman trustee of the estate of William Stark esq —
late of Dunbarton in said county was allowed his administration
account by the late Judge Patten for a journey to Exeter to pay the
ballance remaining in his hands in bills of new emission viz — ;£58o-
3-6-
Said Harriman trustee of the estates of Jn° Stinson Jun and Sam'
Stinson both of Dunbarton was allowed by Judge Patten for a Jour-
ney to Exeter to pay the ballance remaining in his hands according
to his administration account viz in bills of new emission ^257-3-1 1|-
Oliver Holmes trustee of the estate of Jn° Quigley made a charge
of ;^2i-o-o as paid into the treasury.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 799
Said Holmes claimed an appeal from the late Judge Blanchard's
decree upon his administration account, which appeal is now pending
in the supreme court of probate.
No return has been made into the probate office, by Richard
Cutts Shannon esq — trustee of the estates of Samuel Cummings and
Benj" Whiting of his administration of said estates.
No return has been made into said office by Ebenezer Champney
esq — trustee of the estates of Benj" Whiting, Samuel Cummings
and Samuel Tarbcll of his administration of said estates.
Sam^ Dana Judge of Probate
Original ex^ per W"" Gordon regis
[7-131]
[John Calfe declines an appointment as state treasurer, Jan. 6,
1789. — Ed.]
[7-132]
[William Gardner accepts an appointment as state treasurer, Jan.
7, 1789. —Ed.]
[7-133] \^Joseph BlancJiarcf s Survey of Waste Lands. '\
Meredith Apr' 9'^ 1789.
Sr Agreeable to the desire of the Committee for Asertaining the
waste lands in this State I proced''^ to Col'' Smiths when I met CoP
Hoit. the Next day began the Journy arived at Jm^ Eames, the
14'^^ march, he was in nowise prepar'd for the voige and said he did
not Expect us up — his Sons were in the woods, and it Took several
days to furnish Provisions hands &c — on the 18"^ we set out
— proceeded up the River and in fifteen days returned to his
house I have made a Course plan of the work for the Committes
amusement till I can make a Compleat return we Obtain'd the best
information we Could get of the Northwest Branch which is call'd
Halls Streem, that Streem I pursued to its head from which place
the Heighth of land is discernable and very plainly Tends from the
head of this Streem N. E, but no mountains appear westward Nor
Northward the Snow was at least four feet Deep — at the head of
8oO MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
this Streem where we made Good Marks &c. — I also Siirvey'd the
main river Eight miles further up formed Stewart Corner and Can-
ada line went up Indian Streem Several miles till I Concluded Halls
Streem to be the most Eligible — these Streems are all Laid down as
far as I pursued them and by the Accounts of Hunters (who appear
to be well acquainted with that part of the Country) the mane
Branch Comes from the east and will Extend beyond New Hamp-
shire East line the upland in that County (People Say) is Generally
Good the intervale on Halls Streem is Poor that on Indian River is
better but not of the first Quality — the intervale on the Great River
against Colbrook and Stewart is large and very Good and holds about
the distance of nine miles Streight — there is no Mountains in those
parts which makes me think the Country worth Notice I Shall be at
Concord at the General Court and Supose the Committee will all be
present and then the Acco' may be Settled return made &c. — till
which time am y'' Most Ob* & very Hum' Serv*
Joseph Blanchard
Must beg youd excuse this Scantiety Letter and the Scralling hand
I drew it with in intent to Copy it but had not paper.
[7-134]
[Colonel Aaron Kinsman resigns his commission, June 10, 1789. —
Ed.]
[7-135] [David Hides Petition, 1789.]
State of New Hampshire — To the Hon^'^ Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court
Convened —
Humbly shews David Hide that he is owner of a major part of a
Township of Land lying in the County of Grafton granted by his
Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq'' heretofore Governor of the
Province of New Hampshire by the name of Dryden which was
bounded upon a Township by the name of Preston and the bounds
of said Preston depended upon the bounds of other Townships some
of which Townships were enlarged after the first grant thereof, and
the Lands granted by the name of Preston have been regranted by
another name — by reason of the premises there is great difficulty in
ascertaining the true bounds of the said Township of Dryden, which
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCL'VL PAPERS. 80I
has much retarded the settlement thereof : And your Petitioner fur-
ther shews that by a late Law of this State the Superior Court are
impowered to try forfietures of Charters, whereby the proprietors of
said Dryden are in danger of loosing theire said Land unless they com-
ply with the condition of their Charter which is not safe unless the
bounds can be ascertained by Law : Therefore your Petitioner most
humbly prays your Honours, that there may be a true and legal sur-
vey of the Towns of Lancaster, Stoneington alius Northumberland,
Woodbury alius Stratford, Preston and Driden, or any other Towns
that may be thought necessary, or otherwise grant him some relief
touching the Premices as your honours in your great wisdom shall
think expedient — And your Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever
pray &c. — David Hide
Concord June 15"' 1789.
[7-136]
\_Report of Committee 011 Road from Barnstead to Nort/nvood.^
State of New Hampshire —
We the Subscribers being a Committee apointed by the General
Court to Lay out & Cause to be made Passable a high way from the
Province Road so-called in Barnstead to the main Cuntry Road in
Northwood have Laid out Said Way & bounded the Same as follows Viz
Beginning at the Province Road in Barnstead aforesaid near the Cor-
ner of Sam^ Chesleys Orchad then runs about South & by East 188
Rods as the Road is now Cleard to the Line of Pitsfield then about
South Sowwest 64 Rods to the Road Leading by W"' Chases then
to follow Said Rode about South two miles & Sixty Rods to Benj*
Lampres house then to follow the old Road about South & by west
half a mile to the main Road in Northwood afores'd Every Part of
Said highway is Laid out four Rods wide to be two Rods wide on
Each Side of the Center of the way as it is now Cleared Laid out by
us this 17"^ day of June 1789 Jon^ Clark
Reuben Hill
Daniel Beede
Thomas Stickney
Sam' Chamberlin
51
802 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7- 1 3 7j [ilA'w/^/vVr/ ^/ A rchibald McMurphy, 1 789. J
To the Honerable the Senate and House of Representatives now
Convened at Concord for the State of New Hampshire
The memorial of Archabald M'^Murpliy of Londonderry humbly
shews —
That when the General Court was Setting at said Concord in the
month of June 1786 they tho' it worthy of their notice that there
should be an examination Made of all the waste lands in this State
the boundaries assertained and the Quantity known and it was agreed
that I should be a Committee Chosen for that purpose to Consist of
one from each County and was to be nominated in the following
manner viz* the members of each County to assemble by themselves
and name the person they tho* best and make report to the House
which was accordingly done and were as follows — from Strafford
Col° McDuffee — Hillsborough Cap* Emerson — Cheshire Cap* Stiles
— Grafton Col° Johnston and for Rockingham your ]\Iemorialist —
which Report was unanimously Receiv'd by a full House the Ma-
jority of your Committee agreed to report in part that in their Opin-
ion the first Step to be taken would be to i\scertain the bounds of
Masons patent so called and then they tho* they would be in a fair
way to pursue the Business in a regular Manner accordingly the
Honerable Court made Choice of a Committee for that Special pur-
pose viz. the Honorable Josiah Bartlet — Col° M'^Duffee and your
Memorialist with full power to Compleat the Business agreeable to
the Order of the Honorable Court at the June Session 1787 —
Your Committee made Report of their proceedings and requested
their Honors further direction in the premises — they gave positive
directions the way & Manner the line should be Run and made a
Grant of one hundred pounds to be paid out of the Special Tax for
the year 1786 which Order your Memorialist Rece"^ to be Accounted
for — every effort being used it Could not be Collected — your Me-
morialist having on hand Some money he Rece"^ by way of Impost
expended that, and when that Source faild he put his hand in his pocket
for the remainder to Compleat the business, but being Called upon
at the office to make payment of the Sum he collected and by the
Assistance of his Friends made payment to the State of all he
receiv^ in that way and your Memorialist paid all the Expence to
Compleat the whole Business excepting a few Shillings previous to
his receiving aid from the State.
That your Memo^* Rece'^ State Orders for the Ballance of the
Hard money Acco* and also for the wages Allow'd him for said Ser-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 803
vice which Orders he now has on hand — neither can he Procure hard
money for them without Allowing a very Considerable discount —
He therefore most humbly prays that Your Honers will indulge
him so much as to Allow him to Receive the Said Ballance and the
money Allowed him as Wages — out of the Hard money which is
due to the State arising by the Sale of those Lands to the Masonian
Prop^ in Lieu of those State Orders with Interest thereon and also
for his time in now Attending on your Honers — and your Memo^*
as in Duty bound shall Ever pray.
Dated at Concord June i8 : 1789 Archibald M*=Murphy
[7-140] \_JoJni Hubbard Recommended^
Walpole July f^ 1789
Sir In Answer to your Excellency's desire of me to Signify who
in my Opinion would be Sutable to fill the Judge of Probates place in
this County now Vacant by the resignation of Judge Sparhawk I
should think John Hubbard Esq"" of Charleston might do very well
for if he is not at present acquainted with that Branch of Law he
might soon obtain a General insight into it, and in more Difficult
cases he has Judge Olcott and M'" West nigh at hand to repair to for
Derection — and I take him to be an honest upright man who would
do the thing that is Just in all cases, and would give General Sattis-
faction —
I am with Esteem Your Excellencys very Hum^'^ Serv'
John Bellows
N B my Brother the General has Wrote to the purport but I
understand his Letter is like to Miscarry as I understand by the
bearer of this that the Post had not receiv^ it this day and sets off
tomorrow morning — J. B
His Excellency John Sullivan and Council
[7-141I
[Samuel Hunt also recommends John Hubbard for judge of pro-
bate for Cheshire county, July 9, 1789. — Ed.]
804 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[7-142] {^Petition of Three Men to be Restored to Office?^
State of New "I To his Excellency John Sullivan Esq'' President of
Hampshire j the State of New Hampshire the petition of Ela
Dow Jonathan Clough and Thomas Cotton Humbley Shews.
That whereas it was suggested that we said Dow Clough and Cot-
ton were Guilty of Ading assisting and abiting the Insurgents at Exeter
in Septem"" 1 786 in Consequence of which we said Dow Clough and Cot-
ton with maney others were arested and a Court martial appointed for
our Trial that at the meeting of the Honourabel Court ye 22*^ of Novem""
1786 we attended in order to have gone to Trial but the Hon'^'^ Court
Adjourning prevented the trial at that time upon adjournment in
Decem"^ 1786. I Ela Dow was Sick Thomas Cotton appeard before
the Court to know when our trial was likely to come on when it was
Conceived our trial would take })lace on friday we Clough and Cotton
made preparations to attend on Thirsday afternoon but on Tuesday
there Came on a violent Snow Storm which made the passing Ex-
treemly Dificult. However the Honourabel Court Martial in their
that wisdom thought fit to Dismiss us from our Respective offices and
when the proceedings of the Hon^^^ Court martial were Laid Before the
Honourabel Legislature of Said State the Hon^^ Co" Calfe Sent to me
Ela Dow informing me that he thought it by all means advisabel for
me to attend the general Court but unfotunatly the young man my
apprentice and Brother in Law then Lay Dead and the Day appointed
for his funeral was the Day I should have attended the Hon^' Legis-
lature we Doubt not but that the Hon^^ Court martial acted accord-
ing to the Strictest Rules of Justice and a Becoming Zeal for the
Support of goverment and we aquiese in their Proceedings, yet we
flatter our Selves that Even Your Excellency has a Simpthy with
us in our present Situation and pray your Excellency to Restore us
to our Respective offices again if it Can be Done Consistent with
Honour and the good of goverment and as in Duty Bound Shall
pray &c
Dated at Sandown December 21^' 1789 Ela Dow
Jonathan Clough
Thomas Cotton
[8-1] [^Petition of Lemuel Sargeut.~\
To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of New-Hamp-
shire, now sitting at Exeter.
The Petition of Lemuel Sergeant, of Rockingham, in the State of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CLA.L PAPERS. 805
Vermont, otherwise in the County of Cumberland, in the State of
New York Humbly Sheweth,
That your Petitioner, for a Number of Years last past, and during
the unsettled and precarious Situation of the Polity and Jurisdiction
of these States, did erect, at a great Expence, a House of Entertain-
ment, and build a Boat for the Accommodation of Gentlemen travel-
ling to and from these neighboring States, at a Place on Connecticut
River, called Bellows's-Falls ; the Convenience whereof, to the Public,
is manifest, as the Boat receives and discharges Passengers immedi-
ately in the Road, without the intervening Obstacles of Gates,
Bars, &c.
That the aforesaid Situation is the most direct Line of Communi-
cation between the interior Parts of the Western Grants, and the
Eastern States ; and, that since the Settlement of Peace, Boundaries,
&c the Jurisdiction of the River is allowed to be in your Honorable
Body ; and your Petitioner, in his present Jurisdiction, has no legal
chartered Right to ferry in the said River.
He therefore prays your Honors, that through your Wisdom, and
Desire to promote the amicable Commerce and friendly Intercourse
of the respective States, you will grant him such Liberties, Privileges,
and Immunities, by Way of Charter, up and down said River, for the
Distance of two Miles, as shall be a sufficient Warrant and Protection
from any Damage or Prosecution which may be commenced against
him for ferrying upon the Waters of the said River.
And your Petitioner, as in Duty bound, shall ever pray, &c
Lemuel Sergeant
[8~3] \^Dissc7it of James SJicajfe and Others, 1790.]
Dissent
I*' Because we apprehend it to be more consonant to the dignity
and wisdom of this house, & more consistent with our publick trust
fairly to meet & decide a constitutional question, than to put it over to
a period when the present house will not have it in their power to
determine it & when many evil consequences resulting from uncon-
stitutional proceedings that are now dreaded will have then taken
place —
2nd — Because we find ourselves called on by our duty rather than
inclination at this present time to declare in the most unequivocal
terms that we consider the two offices held by his excelly, namely
that of Presid' of this State and district Judge of the federal court,
8o6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
to be incompatible, inconsistent with, & subversive of our happy con-
stitution which we wish to transmit from our hands pure, & unsullied
to exculpate ourselves from being accessaries, to measures which
might have been prevented, we think it our duty solemnly to protest
against them, especially against the dangerous precedent of one per-
son, holding the aforesaid offices, being at the same time a legislator
in Newhampshire, & Judge of the federal Court under the authority of
the United States, where as judge he may explain & interpret laws,
which as legislator he assisted to make & as an executive officer was
to carry into effect — which mixed authority we conceive tends di-
rectly, to a consolidation of both governments — to blind powers that
should be seperate, to create diffidence, & distrust in the minds of the
people, when unanimity and confidence in the government are abso-
lutely necessary —
J any 1790
James Sheafe Tho^ Crawford
John Hodgdon Jeremiah Smith
W Paee
[8-4] [^Nezv Hampshire State Advertiser, 1790.]
To the Hon^'*" the Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of Newhampshire, in General Court convened, this fourth Day of
January A D 1 790 —
Humbly Shews George Jerry Osborne of Portsmouth Printer,
That he has exerted himself equally with any of his Cotemporaries
to furnish useful Matter for Publishing a weekly Paper, which he
flatters himself, has been as correct, and entertaining to Individuals,
& respectable in the State, as any Publications of the kind ; for the
Truth of which he appeals to the Candour of this Hon^'® Court, Not-
withstanding which he finds himself, excluded by Law% from every
Advantage to be derived from Printing Advertisments of a Public
Nature, and the State in no wise benefited thereby ; He therefore
supplicates your Honours, that a State News Paper may be insti-
tuted, by your Patronage, under the Title of The New Hampshire
State Advertiser, in which all the Advertisments of a public Nature
may be inserted, and that your Petitioner, (while his Exertions meet
the Approbation of the Public & your Honours) may have the Bene-
fit of Printing said Paper, on the following Conditions
I-* The Title to be the Property of the State, and the Paper to be
printed by your Petitioner, at his own Expence and Risque, under
the Direction of the general Court —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 807
2^ The Paper to contain all the Acts & Resolves of the Court, as
they may be from Time to Time passed, & the Ordinances of the
feoderal States &c —
3'^^y It shall be printed weekly in large Paper, and Good Types —
4'^ The Advertisments to be inserted upon moderate Terms —
S^^y The Secretary & Treasurer of this State, & every incorporated
Town, to be furnish'd with the said Paper, (to be deliver'd at the
Printing" Office) either weekly Quarterly or Yearly, as will best Suit
their Convenience, at the Printer's expense. —
Should your Petitioner be privileged with Printing a Paper upon the
above Principles, his utmost Exertions will not be wanting to render
it it a Sourse of intelligence Entertainment, both honorary to the
State and beneficial to Individuals. — It would be affrontive to the
good Sense of this Hon*^'^ Body to make any Proposals, which they
must know could not be comply'd with, without Injuring Individuals,
and oblige your Petitioner at some after Sessions of this Court, to
apply for Relief & Assistance, — Your Petitioner further begs Leave
to prepose for your Consideration, to print the Acts Resolves, Jour-
nals of the Assembly, Treasurers Blanks &c, at the following reduced
Rates, (he finding Paper) viz. the Acts & Resolves @, /2^ per Sheet,
the Journals of the House & Senate (a) /2,^ the Sheet, and the Treas-
urer's Blanks @, 6/ per hundred, and other Work in like Proportion ;
By which Reduction, it will evidently appear that there will be a
great Saving, to the State, and an Object worthy your Attention,
Your Petitioner humbly submits, his aforesaid Propositions to this
Honorable Court and as in Duty bound will ever Pray
George Jerry Osborne
State of ]
new Hamp"" j In the house of Representatives Jan"" 4*'^ 1790
upon Reading and Considering the Petition & proposals of George
Jere Osborne Voted that it be Refered to the Committee on the pro-
posals of Henry Ranlet
Sent up for concurrence Jacob Abbot — Speaker P T —
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[8-5] ^Report of Coniniittec on Waste Lands.']
We the Subscribers A Committee for assertaining the Waste
Lands in the State of New Hampshire have proceeded to Run the
Line on the Easterly Side of Said State the Same Course that the
8o8 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Line was formerly Run and Spotted between this State and the
Massachusets we Begun to measure and Spot at the North East Cor-
ner of (Shelburn in this State) and measured on to the Waters of
Umbagogue Lake which is Sixteen Mile and two hundred forty Rods,
then across a branch of Said Lake 54 Rods then fourteen Rods on
the Land to a River that is 6 Rods wide and Runs Westerly into Said
Lake, then measured on the Land one mile 226 Rods to Said Lake,
then a cross the w^ater 40 Rods then over a neck of Land 16 Rods to an
arm of Said Lake then a cross the water 235 Rods, then we Continued
on our Course 195 Rods to Said Lake then a cross Said Lake about
three and half miles then we measured and Spotted 2 miles 226 Rods
to Margallaway River that Runs about South West and is about 10
Rods wide Empt* into Amerscogin River a litle below Said Lake, then
we measured on our Course one mile and 70 Rods and Crossed Said
margallaway River again which will more fully appear by the Plan here-
with exhibited we Continued on our Line measured and Spotted to
the High Lands that Divide the water that fall into the River S*
Larance and the waters that fall into the Atlantick ocean from the
North East Corner of Said Shelburn to Said High Lands is 54 Miles
and we marked a tree at the end of Every mile except where miles
end on water from one to 54 miles inclusive where we marked a
Large Burch that Stands on Said High Lands thus N E. 54. M.
NEW. HAMPSHIRE. 1789, for the North East Corner of New
Hampshir and piled Stones Round Said tree, then from Said North
East Corner where we marked the Burch we measured and Sptoted
Southwesterly and westerly along on Said High Lands about Six
mile then we Run about west measured and marked a tree at the end
of every mile from Said Burch marked 54 mile at the North East
Corner of Said State, from i to 17 mile and 200 Rods to the head of
the Northwest Branch of Connecticut River and marked a fir tree
N H. N W. 1789 for the North west Corner of New Hampshire,
then down Said River or Northwest Branch to the main River about
15 mile where Said branch falls into the Main River about half a
mile Below Latitude 45° North which will more fully appear by the
Plan the Mountains Streams, and waters are laid down on the Plan
very accurate where the Line we Run Crossed them but where they
were at Sum distance from our Line we laid them down by Conjec-
ture
Portsmouth January 6**^ 1790 — ]n° Sullivan "^
Eben"" Smith ! ^
T 1 r- ^ AT <-u TLj -4- > Committee
Joseph Crane J ^ ^ ^ Nathan Hoit f
Jer** Eames ) ^ ]er^ Eames J
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 809
[8-6]
[Resolve of the House that the acceptance of a commission as
chief justice of the superior court, by John Pickering, renders him
incapable of holding a seat in the Council or Senate. — Ed.]
[8-7] \_Mc7norial of Satnncl Hobart of Exeter^
To the Honorable the Senate, and House of Representatives for the
State of New Hampshire
The Memorial of Samuel Hobart of Exeter humbly sheweth, that
he lately erected a Furnace & Slitting mill in said Town, that when
he began said works there was due to him from this State upwards
of ;^500 — in Speice, on which he chiefly depended to enable him to
Compleat said works, but to his great misfortune, he could not get
his money out of the Treasury, & therefore must either dropt his
works or Sell his orders on the Treasurer at a very great discount in
order to raise Money, in this Situation he thot it wod be more for
the public good to pursue & compleat the works, & trust to the Can-
dour & Justice of the Gen' Court to make it up to him, & so pro-
ceeded, & in Selling his orders he lost ;^I59 — by which he is much
imbarrassed —
He begs leave further to shew, that he has got works almost com-
pleated to make refined Iron, & is erecting another large Air Furnace,
both he expects will be compleated within Six months, provided he
can have his loss aforesaid made up to him — he also begs leave to
shew that it is reasonable that all the hands that is necessarily em-
ployed, in his Slitting Mill & Furnace, when they are at work. Should
be excused from Military duty & attending as Jurors — wherefore he
begs the attention of the Honorable Court, that they would take his
case under their wise consideration, & grant him such relief as they
shall think reasonable & Just, & he as in Duty bound prays —
Jan^ 14^^ T790 Sam' Hobart
State of \
N Hamp"" j^ In the House of Representatives Jan' 15"' 1790
upon reading & Considering the foregoing Petition voted that it be
refered to the Committee on encouragement of manufacturers & that
they report thereon
Sent up for Concurrence Tho^ Bartlett Speaker
In Senate the same day read & Concurred
J Pearson Sec>'
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The Committee on the petition of Col° Hobart agree to report that,
that part of his Petition which respects his hands employ 'd in his
SHtting Mill & Furnace being excused from Military duty & Attend-
ing as Jurors be granted
Christo'' Toppan for the Committee.
State of I
New Hamp'' \ In the House of Representatives Jan^ 22*^ 1790
The foregoing report having been read and considered voted that
it be received and accepted —
Sent up for Concurrence Tho^ Bartlett Speaker
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[8-8] S^Mcviorial of Joseph Whipple, 1790.]
State of New Hampshire
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen-
eral Court convened at Portsmouth
The Memorial of Joseph Whipple of Portsmouth in the County of
Rockingham in said State
Humbly Shews — that in the Year 1786 Your Memorialist was
appointed by the Legislature Import officer for the State, and
empowered to Collect Impost Duties on all goods & Merchandise
Subject by Law to Such Duties — that he undertook the charge and
executed it to the best of his power and ability — that at the time of
passing the Act laying such Duties there was no Sum Stipulated as
a Compensation for the Services of collecting said Duties — that your
Memorialist has at several times requested such allowance should be
fixed by Law. — that a vote passed the House of Representatives in
January 1789 directing a Committee to "Consider of the propriety of
calhng on the Impost officer" — that no Committee ever called on your
Memorialist, but without information decided on an inconsiderable
and inadequate recompence & reported the Same, as your Memorial-
ist has been informed — that the operation of the Impost Laws on
any future importations of Goods having ceased by the Organization
of the Federal establishment for collecting Impost Duties it becomes
necessary for the Settlement of said Impost OfTficers Accounts &
making suitable allowance for his Services that the Legislature
should give directions for that purpose.
Your Memorialist therefore requests that the Hon*^'^ Legislature
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would take such order in the premises as they shall think proper for
settling said Accounts & determining on such recompence as shall
be just and reasonable. Joseph Whipple
[8-9] {^Letter from Joseph Whipple.]
Portsmouth Jan>' 25, 1790
Sir Last week I presented a Memorial to the Legislature request-
ing that they would be pleased to direct the proper Measures for
Settling my Accounts with the State & deciding on the pay for' my
Services as Collector of Duties on goods Imported — a Committee
was appointed & I am informed reported, — And that the report now
lays before the Hon*^'^ House. — I beg leave Sir through you to
request the attention gf the House to said Memorial & report, as it
will be attended with great inconveniency to me to attend the Court
in any future Session — and it must also add to the embarrasment of
the public Accounts to procrastinate the settlement of any that are
ready for it —
I must remark on the report as it has been stated to me, that the
sum reported is by no means a recompence for the Services, which
must be imputed to the hurry in which the Committee reported with-
out being duely informed of the Services incident to the office, some
of which I will ask permission to describe, — The Duties of my office
required that I should review the Manifests of the Cargoes of all
Vessels arriving in the port — receive or Secure the duties on all
goods imported by Water or by Land — that I should appoint Depu-
ties in every part of the State where goods are imported — that I
should examine & search for suspected concealments of goods — that
I should seize all goods illegally imported & prevent every kind of
fraud attempted on the Revenue — this was a task more Arduous
than was annexed to any office in the State. — In the execution of it
I had to contend with the adverse humour of every anti-Revenue,
anti-patriotic — & selfish person in the State who imported goods —
I appointed nearly 30 Deputies with whom I had to corrispond —
and to instruct in every particular in the execution of a Law which
was deficient in its energetic principles — and defective in the most
essential qualities — In obedience to the Law and in the faithful dis-
charge of the duties incumbent on me — I had to contend with some
of my Townsmen & those who I esteem'^ my friends — & to inforce
obedience to the Laws at the risque & loss of their Friendship &
good will — And in spite of my endeavors to consiliate the disposi-
tions of every importer to a Law that was held necessary & proper
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by the Legislature Actually made many of those my enemies because
I would not suffer the Laws to be trampled upon & the Revenue
deprived of its dues —
Under these circumstances I beg the indulgence of the Hon*^^^
House in the short time of their session, & that they will direct a
recommitment of the report & descide thereon.
I have only to add that I undertook & executed the office without
a previous Stipend for the Services, in the fullest confidence that the
Legislature would not avail itself of an uncontrouled power in affix-
ing such reward for Service after the performance of them as
should be unreasonably inadequate & unsatisfactory to the party who
had no power to oppose tho' equally interested in the decision — I
am with great respect to you & the Hon^^^ House
Sir Your Most Obed* Servt.
Joseph Whipple.
Hon"^ Thomas Bartlett Esq'
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[8-10] {^Letter to Joseph Whipple.']
Extracts from a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to J.
Whipple. —
" Herewith you have Copy of the Act for the establishment &
support of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys and public Piers — Amongst
other things contained in it, you will perceive that it is made the
duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide by Contracts to be
approved by the President of the United States, for rebuilding when
necessary & keeping in repair the Lighthouses, Beacons Buoys & public
Piers in the several States, and for furnishing the same with all
necessary supplies ; and also to agree for the Wages, or hire of the
persons appointed for the superintendance Sr care of the same." —
" It is only necessary for me to remark that the Law Contemplates
the providing for keeping in repair those establishments ; by which
were probably intended agreements for certain fixed periods of time
at determinate rates. — This with regard to S it is presumed will
be easy and proper ; but it will not I apprehend be practicable with
regard to repairs "
" The officer who had the Command of the Eort being no longer
continued by your State in that Situation you will appoint any other
person whom you may Judge proper to take immediate charge of the
Lighthouse, the Compensation to him you will Settle, and I have no
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doubt you will agree upon moderate terms. The rate formerly allowed
by the State ought not I conceive to be exceeded, but it will be well
to attend to such reduction of them as may be reasonably made "
" I must observe that as the expences of the Lighthouse establish-
ment are only to be defrayed by the United States to the 15"^ of
August next* (1790) if the respectives do not in the meantime make
cessions of them to the United States ; your Contracts for the pre-
sent must not extend beyond the above mentioned day."
" You will notice the clause in the Law which renders necessary
the transmission of the Contracts made, they are to be enclosed to
me that I may lay them before the President of the United [States]
for his approbation."
[8-Ti] \_ResolTe of the House in Regard to Pensiojts.']
State of New Hampshire
In the House of Representatives January 25*^ 1790
Whereas Justice requires that the Invalids in this State should be
paid agreeably to the Resolve of Congress of the 11*'' of June 1788.
And that those who have received in payment of Sums due to them
as Invalids Notes and Certificates of this State should have some
allowance therefor : — And whereas it would facilitate the payment
of the outstanding specie Taxes if the Orders for such arrears and
allowance should be received in payment of said Taxes therefore
Resolved by the Senate & House of Representatives in General
Court convened that the arrears of pension due to InvaHds in this
State be paid agreeably to said Resolution of Congress And that the
paymaster of the Invalids in this State give Certificates for such
arrears in such sums as may be convenient to those concerned And
the Treasurer and the several Constables and Collectors in this State
shall receive such Certificates in payment of any Specie Tax out-
standing. And those who may have received State Notes or Certifi-
cates of this State in payment of the sums due to them as Invalids
shall have the following allowance or additional Grant to be paid as
the arrears before mentioned namely on all sums paid them for pen-
sion between the last day of July one thousand seven hundred and
eighty five and the last day of July 1786 five Shillings on the pound
— And on all sums paid them for the two years next following Six
Shillings and eight pence on the pound and on any payment that
*The Act for the Support of Lighthouses &c was afterward extended to the i-'«
of July 1 791.
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may have been made from the time last mentioned to the fourth of
March 1789 Eight Shillings on the pound —
Provided always that the arrears and allowance aforesaid shall not
be paid to any Order already drawn by any Invalid but shall be paid to
the Invalid or Person entitled to the same in person or to his or
their Order drawn after the passing of this Resolve the said Invalid
or Person intitled to the pension producing such evidence & Certifi-
cates of his being so intitled as by law is required
And the paymaster on certifying as aforesaid shall take Receipts
in full from the Invalids or perso^ns intitled to receive such pension
up to the time to which he shall certify as aforesaid —
Sent up for Concurrence Tho^ Bartlett Speaker
[8-12] \Petition of Charles HeH:::el/ of Ports^nouth.]
State of New ) To the Honorable Senate and House of Representa-
Hampshire \ fives in General Court Convened on the 24'^ Day
of December 1789 —
The Petition of Charles Henzell of Portsmouth in said State
sheweth, that previous to the late Revolution, which restored Inde-
pendence and happiness to America, he had purchased an Island
lying in the Harbor of Piscataqua containing about twelve acres with
the buildings thereon, consisting of a dwelling house and a large
three-story Warehouse & Wharfe — That at the commencement of
the war he was in England from whence after repeated attempts he
found it almost impracticable to return to this Country — He how-
ever at length embarked from England with his effects for Holland
and France ; in which two Countries, under the directions of Doctor
Franklin and Commodore Gillon, he spent the greatest part of four
Years in rendering services to this Country, for which he neither
wished nor ever received any pay — Impatient at length to return to
America, he, Anno Domini 1781, made the attempt by the way of
the French west Indias and from thence with property to the amount of
1 500 pounds he embarked on board an American Ship for Portsmouth ;
but was captured on his voyage by a British Man of War, stripped
of his property and himself carried a prisoner to Charlestown South
CaroHna, where he remained untill an exchange took place when he
was landed in Virginia in which State and Maryland, (confined the
greatest part of the time by disorders he contracted during his im-
prisonment), he continued till the summer of A. D. 1786, when he
returned to this State — Having previous to his leaving this Country
employed the Honorable Joshua Wentworth as his Agent he, on
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applying to him for the Rents of his lands and buildings, was in-
formed that the aforesaid Island and wharfe and buildings thereon
had been occupied by this State from April A. D. 1775 : to April A.
D. 1783. That the Warehouse had been used as a Barrack for pris-
oners and other purposes ; and the dwelling house for the Guards and
other troops ; and that the stone wall, built at great expense on said
Island, was taken down and used by the Troops for constructing a
bridge — He was then and still feels happy in reflecting that any
part of his estate had been beneficial to a cause in which he had
made great personal sacrifices. And altho' his buildings were ex-
ceedingly injured while used for the aforesaid purposes and were also
the whole time taxed for the support of the War — Your petitioner
would perhaps have never solicited payment therefor, had it not been
for his great losses ; and that others whose property was used for
similar purposes had been long since compensated therefor — As
therefore he presumes the wisdom and Justice of this State will not
require more from him than them, or place him on a worse footing
than others of her Subjects, he humbly prays your Honors would
consider his account herewith presented, and give orders for the im-
mediate p.ayment thereof Had an Individual in the absence of your
Petitioner occupied his Estate, he should have known what measures
to have pursued to obtain payment — In the present case he is happy
in being told, that he hes entirely at the mercy of this honorable
Court, for were compulsory measures in this instance practicable he
is convinced that the Honor and Justice of this Honorable Court
would render them unnecessary — With the warmest attachment to
your persons & Government he begs leave to subscribe himself
Your Honors very obedient servant 8: faithful Subject
Charles Henzell
[8-13] [Joshua IVejitzoort/i s Certificate.^
I Joshua Wentworth of Lawful Age testify & say that Captain
Henzels Island & other interest in this Town were under my care,
during his absence and that during the late war, the State of New
Hampshire Improved his Island dweling house & Warehouse for the
use & service of s^ States Troops & for barracks Prisoners of those
taken by land & Sea & in his opinion the rent of the whole is justly
worth fifteen pounds a year, exclusive of extraordinary Damage
which to his best Judgment was worth an additional sum of five
pounds "^ year to reinstate the buildings = & further saith not —
Portsm" June 9, 1789 — Josh. Wentworth
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[8-14] \_Charles HenzelVs Bill to the State. '\
The State of New Hampshire to Charles Henzell — D"".
To the use of my Island in Piscatiqua"^
Harbor, containing twelve Acres, from \ r ^
April 1775, to April 1783, is 8 years at {^^ " "
^5 pr year — j
To 50 Rods stone wall taken down ^
& used in constructing abridge at 6/ > 15 ,, — ,,
pr rod J
To the Rent of my large 3 story Ware- \
house on said Island for prisoners, 8 > 120,, — ,,
years at ;^I5 — )
To extra damages to the same above / ^
the ordinary use — j -4 >> >>
To the rent of my dwelling house on |^
said Island 8 years at ^5 pr year j 4 » .,
^239 „— „
February 2"^^ 1788
Errors excepted —
2^ March 1790
Received Several Orders amounting to sixty pounds in full of the
within Account in behalf of Charles Henzell Esq
Nahum Akarman
[8-15]
[Charles Henzell authorizes Mr. Ackerman to receive the amount
due from the State, March i, 1790. — Ed.]
[8-16] \_Articles of Agreement, 1790.]
Articles of Agreement, Indented Made Concluded and fully agreed
upon, the Eleventh Day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Ninety — Between Titus Salter of Portsmouth in the County of
Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Gentleman, of the One
Part — ■ (and Dudley Odlin Esq'' of Exeter, and James Sheafe Esq'' of
Portsmouth aforesaid (on the Part) and in Behalf of the State of New
Hampshire, aforsaid) Of the Other Part, as followeth — viz'.
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Imprimis — The Said Titus Salter for the Consideration hereafter
in these Presents mentioned, and Expressed — for himself his heirs
and Assigns & every of them, Doth Covenant Promise and Grant, to
and with the Said Dudley Odlin & James Sheafe P^sq"'^ on the Part of
New Hampshire as aforsaid — and their Successors and every of
them by these Presents — That he the said Titus Salter will Supply
and Support the Light at Fort William & Mary with Wick Yarn Oil
and Attendance and take the Care of all the Military Stores and Or-
dinance, and hoist the signal for Topsail Vessels — and hail them
when they Pass the Fort for a Time to Commence from the Date of
these Presents — and to Continue untill the further Orders of the
Great and General Court of Said State —
In Consideration Whereof the Said Dudley Odlin & James Sheafe
Esq""^ in Behalf of the State aforsaid Do Covenant Promise and Grant
to and with the Said Titus Salter by these Presents that they the
Said Dudley Odlin & James Sheafe Esq''^ or either of them (in Behalf
of the State aforsaid) Shall and will well and truly Pay or Cause to
be Paid unto the Said Titus Salter, his heirs or Assigns In Orders
(or order) on the Treasurey of the State aforsaid at the rate of One
Hundred and Seventy five Pounds Lawfull Money of Said State per
Annum (or in that proportion for a Longer or Shorter Terme that he
the Said Titus Salter may Supply take the Care off &c. In Witness
whereof the Parties to these Presents have Interchangably Set their
Hands and Seals hereunto the Day and Year first Above written
Signed Sealed & Delivered
In Presence of Titus Salter
John Goddard James Sheafe
Matt. S. Marsh for himself &
Dudley Odlin Esq.
[8-17] ^ James Shcajfe s Letter of Trmisviittal.^
His Excey
Sir/ I have the honor to enclose to your excellency the contract
made agreeably to an order of court for supporting the light and tak-
ing care of the military stores at fort william & mary — The terms
proposed by Cap* Salter were the most advantageous to the state I
therefore closed with them by which means a savings will be made of
upwards of ^300 to the state — The attorney's fee for drawing the
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contract was paid by Cap' Salter and I have no bill to present for
any expence attending the transaction of this business.
I have the honor to be with great respect
yr Exce^'^ most obedient hum' Serv't
Portsm° June 1790. James Sheaf e
[8-18] {Petition of Ozias Silsby, Post-Rider.]
To the hon'^'^ Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
New Hampshire Convened at Concord June 9'^ 1790 —
The petition of Ozias Silsby of Acworth humbly sheweth
That your Petitioner has Rode Post for upwards of Twelve Months
past from Exeter & Portsmouth to Charlestovvn No 4 — by the way
of Londonderry, Amherst Hilsborough & returned by the way of
Keen Peterborough Amherst &c — During which time hath renderd
the State every service in his power — for which he has Rec*^ Six
Pounds only Which he concieves not Adequate to the Services ren-
dered the State & the small number of News papers he has been able
to dispose of will not enable him to continue in the Business & to
induce your honors to grant him sufficient encouragement in future
he would humbly propose to ride through the State so as to destribute
all the Public Acts Laws & other public papers for the State by the
Rout your honors think best — Provided he can recieve a reasonable
compensation for the service — He therefore prays your honors to
take his purpose into your Serious consideration — And if you think
proper to establish a Post that he may have the preference And also
might recieve some further compensation for his past servises —
And your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray —
Ozias Silsby
Treasury Office \
New Hampshire J June 10'^ 1790
I hereby Certify that M"" Ozias Silsby hath at sundry times taken
public papers from this Office such as Warrants for Taxes — Extents
&c directed to Col° Samuel Hunt Sheriff of Cheshire County —
W"' Gardner, Treas""
State of New Hampshire \
to Ozias Silsby D"" J Concord June 10''' — 1790 —
To business of a public nature such as taking Charge of Proclamations
Letters to & from Col. Hunt High Sheriff of the County of Cheshire,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 819
return of votes for President & Senators, Precepts for Taxes &c —
Likewise Letters from the Secretarys Office to the several Printers
in this State for which I have not Rec'^ any compensation to the
amount of Nine Pounds — Ozias Silsby
I July 1790
Received orders on the Treasurer amounting to six pounds —
Ozias Silsby
[8-19] \_Rcfort of Coniviittec on Coufity Lines. \
The Committee appointed to report their opinion respecting an
alteration in the lines of the several Counties in this State, and
whether any and what alterations are necessary, beg leave to report
as follows :
The County of Rockingham to be bounded in the following man-
ner, beginning on the northwesterly corner of Summersworth on the
line between the State of New Hampshire and the Province of Mane,
then to extend on the westerly or head lines of Summorsworth, Do-
ver, Madbury & Lee, until it strikes the south-easterly corner of
Barrington, thence on the line between Nottingham and Barrington
till it come to the head line of Barrington, thence upon the line be-
tween Northwood and Chichester till it strike Epsom corner, then on
the lines between Epsom and Chichester, Pembrook and Allenstown,
till it come to Chester line, then on Chester's north and westerly
lines until it meet the line of Londonderry, then on the northerly
and easterly lines of Londonderry, til it reach Pelham line, thence by
the east line of Pelham, until it reach the line of Massachusetts,
thence easterly on the Massachusetts line to the sea, thence by the
seacoasts to Piscatiqua harbour ; thence up the river on the line be-
tween the Province of Mane and New Hampshire to the place begun
at. The County of Strafford to be bounded as follows, beginning on
the head line of Summorsworth on the line between the Province of
Mane and New Hampshire, then to extend northerly on said line to
the northeastly corner of Conway, then by the north line of Con-
way, and the north and west lines of Burton unto the north line of
Sandwich, thence by the north and west lines of Sandwich unto New
Hampton, then by the north and west lines of New Hampton to
Pemissewosset rivor then down said river unto the crotch of the
same, thence up Winnepesockee rivor to the line between Gilman-
town & Northfield thence by the westerly lines of Gilmantown, Barn.
820 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Stead and Barrington to the southerly corner of said Barrington, then
by the easterly lines of Barrington and Rochester to the place
begun at.
The County of Hillsborough to begin at the south east corner of
Pelham on the line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire,
then westerly on said Hne unto the southwesterly corner of New Ips-
wich, thence on the line between Hillsborough and Cheshire Counties
to the southwesterly corner of Antrim, then on the southerly lines of
the towns of Antrim, Deering, Weare and Dunbarton til it strike
Merrimack River on Chester line ; thence southerly by Chester line
until it strike the northwesterly corner of Londonderry, then on the
northerly and easterly lines of Londonderry, Windham and Pelham
to the place begun at. A New County to consist of the following
towns from the County of Rockingham (viz) Chichester, Pittsfield,
Loudon, Canterbury, Northfield, Pembroke, Bow, and Concord ; also the
following towns out of Hillsborough County (viz) Dunbarton, Weare,
Deering, Antrim, Cammel"s Gore, Hillsborough, Hennikar, Bosca-
wen, Warner, Bradford, Fishersfield, Sutton, Salisbury, Andover,
Kyersarge Gore and New London. The County of Cheshire to
remain as it now stands except taking off the towns of Plainfield,
New Grantham and Protectworth which are to be annex'd to the
County of Grafton. The County of Grafton to begin at the South
westly corner of Plainfield on Connecticut river, and to extend up
said river to the northwesterly cornor of Piermont, then on the north-
erly line of Piermont, Warren, Trecothick then by Thornton &
Campton easterly lines, til it strike Holderness, then on the easterly
and southerly lines of Holderness to Pemissewossit river thence
down said river to the northeasterly corner of Andover, then on the
line between Andover and New Chester to Kyersarge-Gore, then
on the northerly and westerly lines of Kyersarge Gore and New
London, til it strike the southeast corner of Protectworth, then on
the southerly lines of Protectworth, New-Grantham and Plainfield to
the place begun at. The other new County to begin on the south-
westerly corner of Haverhill at Connecticut river, thence up said river
to the head of the northwesterly branch of the same til it strike Can-
ada line, then on Canada line to the Province of Mane, then southerly
on the Province of Mane to the County of Strafford, then on the
northerly lines of the Counties of Strafford and Grafton to the place
begun at.
All which is humbly submitted by
Tho^ Bartlett by order and
in behalf of the Committee. —
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State of New Hampshire
In the house of Representatives June 16"' 1790. —
Upon reading and considering the foregoing report ; voted that the
secretary be requested to furnish the several printers in this State
with a Copy of said Report as soon as conveniently may be, and that
the several printers be requested to print the same in the several
Newspapers three weeks successively ; and that the further consider-
ation of said report be postponed until the next Session —
Sent up for Concurrence — Tho* Bartlett Speaker
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[8-20]
[John Pickering accepts commission as chief justice of the supe-
rior court, August 23, 1790. — Ed.]
[8-2 1 ] \^Saniucl Livcrmore, Meviber of Congress?^
Concord 12th November 1790
Sir I have just rec*^ by son a commission prsuant to the law of
the state appointing me a member of Congress, Which appointment I
accept : and shall devote my abilities to serve the state and the con-
tinent in said office. Permit me to return through you my gratefull
acknowledgements to my fellow citizens for this repeated mark of
their confidence & esteem.
I have the Hon' to be your Excell>'^
most obed' Servant
Samuel Livcrmore
His Excellency the Presid' of Newhampshire.
[8-22] \Titns Salter s Agrcancnt, 1790.]
Be it remembered that on this eighteenth day of November 1790
it is agreed between Titus Salter of Portsmouth in the County of
Rockingham & State of New Hampshire on the one part, And Alex-
ander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury Department for the United
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States on the other part in manner following — Viz^ The Said Titus
Salter for the Consideration hereafter mentioned doth for himself his
heirs executors & Administrators covenant & agree with the said
Alexander Hamilton his Successor or Successors in said office, that
he the said Titus Salter shall & will defray all the expences & charge
that hath arizen for the support maintenance & repairs of the Light-
house Situate on the Island of New Castle in said State of New
Hampshire at the entrance of the River Piscataqua from the fifteenth
day of Aug^* 1789 to the present day, and also that he will provide at
his own proper charge & cost all necessary supplies for the future
support & maintenance of said Lighthouse untill the first day of July
1 791, that he will by himself or some carefull person give proper
attendance on said Lighthouse, and in the Night time from the set-
ting to the rising of the Sun keep the same constantly lighted, & in
the best manner that its construction will admit of, and make use of
no other Oil than Sermacoti, or Hakes Oil, & keep on hand att all
times a quantity thereof, not less than one hundred Gallons wdth a
proportionate stock of the best wick, and Suitable Brushes for clean-
ing the Lanthorn —
And Said Salter doth also agree to cause all such repairs to be made
on said Lighthouse as shall be deemed necessary, and previously
approved of & directed by the Superintendant of said Lighthouse for
the time being —
In Consideration of which the Said Alex. Hamilton doth for him-
self his Successor or Successors in said Office Covenant and agree
with the Said Titus Salter his ex''^ & Adm'' well & truly to pay unto
the Said Titus Salter his ex"^ & Adm""^ the Sum of Five hundred fifty
five Dollars & Ninety Nine Cents in Manner following viz
On the first day of December next the sum of
On the 15*^ day of Dec next the Sum of
On the 3 1 day of Dec. next the Sum of
On the 3 1 day of March next the Sum of
And on the 30 day of June next the Sum of
275-94
42.15
79-30
79-30
79-30
And such further Sum as shall be the amount of such necessary
repairs on said Lighthouse as shall be previous to the Making thereof
approved & directed by the Said Superintendant. —
And for the true performance of their respective Covenants to
these presents bind themselves in their Several Capacities aforesaid
each to the other in the final sum of Six hundred Dollars. —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 823
In Witness whereof the said Parties have hereunto interchangably
set their hand & Seal the day & year afore mentioned.
Signed &c. in presence of
E. Russell Alexander Hamilton
Th. Chadbourn by Joseph Whipple
(Copy) Titus Salter
Seperate Agreement
I hereby agree that when the President of the United States shall
approve the Contract made by me for the Support of the Lighthouse
in this State from the is^^^ of Aug"^' 1789 to the i" of July 1791
Amounting to the Sum of 555 Doll. 99 cents — that the Sum pay-
able to me out of the same is to be ^',',"' agreeable to the estimate
annexed hereto, & the remaining Sum of Doll. 174.78 cents shall be
retained in the hands of J. Whipple for the payment of Advances
made by Col. Supply Clap for Supplies for said Lighthouse before
the Same came under my care in March last & for which Said Whip-
ple is to Account with the State. Dated the 18 day of Nov. 1790
(Copy) Titus Salter
Another Separate Agreement Specifies that the Contract shall be
void if not approved by the President of the United States, & that
no payment shall be made till Such approbation shall be Signified —
The estimate on which the Sum of sSi-j^ig- Doll^ payable to Cap'
Salter, & I74y^ Dollars payable to the State is founded will be com-
municated at any time — the present moment will not admit of copy-
ing it.
[8-23-4-5]
[Certificate from Oliver Peabody, Eliphalet Giddings, and Ephraim
Robinson, selectmen of Exeter, in regard to nails manufactured by
Samuel Hobart, and papers relating to bounty on the same, Decem-
ber, 1790. — Ed. J
[8-27] \_Lcttcr from John Langdon, Member of Congress. '\
Philadelphia Jan^ 7*'' 1791.
The Acts of Congress as they are passed from time to time are no
doubt transmitted by the President of the United States to the Leo--
islature of New Hampshire ; the Proceedings of Congress in Gen-
eral are published in most of the Newspapers throughout the Un-
ion ; the frequent Communications from our Members of Congress
824 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
are therefore less necessary — but as the Legislature of our State
will be in Session at the Receipt of this it may be of use to in-
form your Excellency and Both Houses, of Several Bills which are
now before Congress ; one for a duty on Imported Spirits, and that
which is distilled within the States, or rather a general Excise ;
another for the Establishment of a National Bank ; the first of these
will no doubt Affect the Excise of New Hampshire and perhaps
make it Necessary to Repeal our Law, the excise Laws of all the
States (except New Hampshire) are Repealed as I am informed.
It is very generally Agreed that there must be a National Bank,
the General principals of which are containd in the Inclosed Bill,
which may undergo some Alteration, tho' I dare say the Principals
will be preserved — the great Utility of Bank Bills which will be
Rec"^ in all the States, for imposts. Excises &c will easily be per-
ceived ; to go into a particular detail of the many Advantages Ariseing
from a Bank, in which the General Government will be the greatest
Stock holders, would far exceed the limits of a letter, and perhaps
would be improper If this Act for Establishing a Bank should pass
this Session of Congress (which I have no doubt but it will) I would
beg leave to Submit it to the Wisdom of our Legislature, whether it
would not be greatly to our Advantage if the State should become
Stock Holders — If my memory serves me there is now in the Treas-
ury of New Hampshire, between thirty and forty thousand Dollars
of Continental debt, also from twenty to thirty thousand dollars in
Specie ; these with any little Addition that might be made from
Monies that may Come into the Treasury from outstanding Taxes ;
would make a handsome Stock to be subscribed to the Bank the
Devidend of which would be paid half yearly ; and would in all prob-
ability Yeild from Eight to Nine "^ Cent "^ Annum Advantage ;
the Original Stock would always be at the disposal of the State and
would undoubtedly sell for Specie at par, at any time when our Gov-
ernment should think proper to part with it ; and in all probability it
would soon sell above par, the State therefore can run no Risque of
looseing — In my Opinion it would be a happy Circumstance, if the
General Government — the Several States and Individual Citizens of
the United States, could hold the principal part or the whole of the
Stock of this Bank, rather than let foreigners step in and Reap the
Advantage should the Bank in this City conclude to place their Cap-
ital in this National Bank the whole Subscription would be soon
Compleated, as three quarters of it is to be in the funded debt of
the Union ; It is of great importance to our State, that we endeavour
by every means in our power to bring back from the Seat of General
Government as much money as we can ; the State being Stock hold-
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 825
ers in the Bank will Assist in this Business, this together with the
Interest paid to our Citizens by the General Government, and some
other Advantages which may Turn up in the Course of the proceed-
ings of Congress, would Counter-ballance the Monies Raised by Im-
posts and excises and sent out of the State —
I trust your Excellency and the Hon'^''^ Legislature will not think
me impertinent If I take the liberty of Indulging a hope that the
light House at Newcastle will be Ceded to the United States during
the present Session, and Indeed I could wish that the point of land,
where the old fort Stood would be also Ceded, as a Battery might be
placed there to protect our harbour, and Commerce at the Expence
of the Union, which would be of Advantage to the State, and no
Possable danger can Arise from it.
If these hints S"" should be thought of any importance they will be
Attended to in the Course of the Session, if not they will be passed
over ■ — I am sensiable I shall be Excused for the liberty I have taken,
as it proceeds from the Sincere desire I have to Serve my State —
I have the Honour to be very Respectfully
your Excellency's Most Obed' Servt.
John Langdon
The President of the State of New Hampshire
[8-28] {^Petition for Neiv County, 1791.]
To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of New Hampshire in General Court convened — Humbly
shew the Subscribers that, the towns hereafter mentioned are situate
in the extremities of the several Counties of Rockingham, Hillsbor-
ough, Strafford and Grafton ; and all public records kept, and Courts
of law held at so great distance from them that the Inhabitants
thereof are deprived of many privileges, which other Citizens of the
State enjoy viz. The important privilege of trial by a Jury of the
vicinage, which in their present situation they must altogether forego
or the otherwise so great privilege be rendered very burthcnsome ;
and the records being kept at so great a distance makes the necessary
resort to them very expensive and grievous ; likewise all probate
matters, as proving wills, taking letters of Administration &c. the
expence of carrying Witnesses so far to try causes, not to mention
the exorbitant fees for travil tax'd by Sheriffs and parties in their
bills of cost, are accumulated sources of complaint. Wherefore the
aforesaid Inhabitants having a proper sense of their grievances and
826 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
considering that it is in the power of your Honors to reheve them, to
whose justice they appeal, have duly impowered your petitioners to
make their complaints known to your honors, humbly conceiving that
as "Government was instituted for the public good" they have an
equal right with other Citizens of the State to all advantages and
benefits resulting from Society — Wherefore the Subscribers, in
behalf and by the authority of their several and respective towns,
humbly pray your honors that, the towns of Concord, Canterbury,
Chichester, Bow, Loudon Pembroke, Pittsfield, Northfield in the
County of Rockingham — the towns of Andover, Boscawen, Hopkin-
ton, Salisbury, in the County of Hillsborough — the towns of San-
borntown in the County of Strafford and the town of New Chester in
the County of Grafton be severed from the aforesaid Counties and,
with any other towns your honors may think fit to join be erected
into a new County with all the privileges enjoyed by other Counties
in this State ; and that the County Courts may be held at such place
as a Majority of the County may think proper and have leave to
Bring in a Bill to this Session or Some other accordingly — or to
relieve us in Some other way as you Your honors in Your Great Wis-
dom shall Seem meat and we as in duty bound will Ever pray —
Concord Jan^ 24 1791
Tim° Walker ] Eben-" Webster ) ^^^ Salisburv
Reuben Kimball Vfor Concord John C : Gale \ ^
Asa Herrick j
N:t7j;::?' I '- «™" L":^ M°C?mes I f- Canterbury
Sam^^ M=Connell|for Pembroke Joshua Morse }f or Hopkinton
willam Boyntonjfor Loudon Reuben Whitcher}for Northfield
Peter Sleeper}for New Chester Jonathan Leavittjfor Chichester
W; Harper ) ^^^ ganborntown J°^^^^^^^ Weare}for Andover
W" Chase )
[8-32] {^Lctter from Joseph Whipple.]
Portsmouth March 18"^ 1781 —
Sir I had the Honor to receive you letter of the 17''' instant en-
closing the Act for Ceding the Lighthouse Fort &c to the United
States —
You request to be informed of the purpose of my Agreement with
Cap* Salter for the Care of the Lighthouse & the directions I have
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 827
received from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on
that Subject.
For your information I have now enclosed you the Copy of my
agreement with Cap' Salter. — My directions from the Secretary are
contained in Several letters from him — which being too lengthy to
admit of Copying at present, they shall be communicated to your
Excellency at any convenient time — the extracts from them which I
now enclose I apprehend will be Satisfactory. —
I do not conceive that by the Acts for supporting Lighthouses, &
the Several letters which I have received relating to tJiat in this
State, any other mode could be adopted to secure past expences, than
by Co)itmct ; In order therefore that the State should have the ben-
efit of the reimbursement of the expences that had accrued for its
Support from the 15'^ of August 1789, I included in the Contract the
whole expence from that period, stating the estimate, so, as to admit
of a ready discrimination between the expences advanced by the
State & those to be defrayed by Cap' Salter. —
In conformity with the law I have transmitted the Contract, that
it may be laid before the President of the United States for his appro-
bation — which If not approved will be void, — this approbation has
not been signified to me, — it cannot therefore be considered at pres-
ent in force, — though I have no reason to doubt of its being ap-
proved, when business shall admit of attention to it. —
Any further information that my be desired on this matter, in my
power to give, shall be communicated with pleasure.
I am. Sir, with esteem & respect
Your Excellencys Most Obed' Serv'
Joseph Whipple
His Excellency President Bartlett
[8-33] [Afiothcr from Joseph Whipple.]
Portsmouth, May 11"' 1791 —
Sir I have lately received notice that the President of the United
States has confirmed my Contract with Titus Salter for the Support
of the Lighthouse, and as in my agreement with Cap' Salter, a reserve
was made of Such part the Amount of Supplies as had Accrued prior
to his Contract, — I conceive that it would be proper, some person
should be appointed in behalf of the State to attend my Settlement
with him & receive such part as shall appear due to the State Accord-
ing to the terms of my agreement
828 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
My Contract with Cap^ Salter was retrospective the term com-
mencing the 1 5"^ of August 1789, tho' the Contract was dated in
Nov. 1790, & is founded on a Minute calculation of every expence on
the Lighthouse from the first mentioned day, exclusive of any charge
arizing for his care of the Fort, so that the State will receive every
Shilling of expence advanced for the Lighthouse, — but the contract
being made with Cap* Salter it is necessary that he should give the
proper Receipts on the payment. —
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your Excellencys Most Obed* Serv'
Joseph Whipple
His Excellency the President.
[8-35] \Petitio7i for a '^ ha If -shire,'" 1791.]
To the Honourable Senate & House of Representatives for the State
of New • Hampshire Now held at Concord this first Day of June
1791.
We the subscribers of the Town of Hopkinton Henniker Dunbar-
ton Bradford Fishersfield And Elsewhere Humbly wish to Represent
to your Honours that it is our desire that we might have the half
shire in the westerly part of Hopkinton or in Henniker we think in
Justis it belongs to us and we are sensible that it will accommodate
the people at Large Better than any other place in the County of
Hillsborough and that it will be a great Saving of Expense to the
people at large If your Honours think fitt to order the Court House
and prison to be in the westerly part of Hopkinton they can be well
acomodated with such Necessaries as are Requisite this is Conspic-
uous to Every Disinterested person that Either of the above places
is proper for the seat of the County from this principle we are further
Stimulated to pray and intreat your Honours that you would once
more Take the matter into your wise Considderation when on doubt
the result of your Deliberation will be that the westerly part of Hop-
kinton is the Spott most Elligible for the Seat of the Court House as
well as most For the Honour of the County for whose Benefitt
it is Erected
Joseph Gibson John Gail Jacob Straw
James Wallace Gideon Wood Jacob Straw 3
Matthew Dickey Timothy Gibson Robert Rogers
Timothy White Oliver Patch Joshua Sawyer
Robert Campbel Joel Hayger Jonathan Gordin
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
829
Noah Amsden
Samuel Smith
Nathaniel Harthorn
william Morrison
Daniel Whitman
Joshua Parker
David Chadwick
Eben'' Harthorn
Joseph Chadwick
thomas Stickney
David Ardway
Thomas Chase
Benjamin Hoyt
Jacob Clark
William Tyler
Abraham Rowel
Jacob Rowel
Oliver Noys
Jacob Stephens
Joseph Baily
John Choat
Jos Choat
Stephen Hammon
Nicholas Colby
Thadeus Ladd
Stephen Adams
Levi Bailey
David Connor
Solomon Child
Abra Morrison
Reuben Currier
Solomon Johnston
David M^Killips
John Emerson
Samuel Eastman
John J Connor
Ezra Tucker
Benone Tucker
Gideon Adams
Moses Adam
Jasper Temple
John Whitman
Elisha Barnes
Eben'' How
John Chadwick
Moses Resor
Samuel Kimbal
Joseph Lewis
Eliakim How
amos Gould
Jeremiah Flanders
Ambros Chase
Abel Gorden
John Goodman
Wm Stanley
Jonas Bowman
Neth Eaton
Ebenezer Phillips
Stephen Hammon Jun
Aron Eastman
Samuel Connor
Moses Connor
Eliakim Howe Jun.
Joseph Cockron
Zachariah Pike
Joseph lia.gor
Joseph Patterson
Asa Dunbor Eager
Levi Straw
Joshua Kimbal
Amos Gordin
Moses Dusten
Jacob Sibly
Daniel Chase
Stephen Lewis
Moses Whitaker
Nathaniel Fulsom
Timothy Flanders
Enry Hunt
Aron Adams
Samuel Andrew
Samuel Page
Thomas Baily
Tho^ Mehard white
Isaac Pasley
Richard Cressey
Elipheld Holmes
william Gould
James Davis
Daniel Tyler
Eben"" Eaton
Samuel Hanzel
Moses Longe
Eliphelet Colby
Mos Bailey
william March
John Kimbal
Joseph Connor
Moses fifield
Robert Morrison
Jeremiah Emerson
Jona Saywer
Daniel Colby
John Tucker
these names under written are Inhabitants of the town of Bradford
Enoch Hoyt
Daniel Young
Tim° Clements
Dan^ Davis
Samuel French
Nath' Presbrey
Bartho^ Cressey
James Presbury
Abel Gorden
Davis Sweet
Jonah Presbury
Joshua Eaton
Isaac Davis
Jacob Stevens
Samuel Cheney
830
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Will™ Pressbiiry
John Gorden
Abra™ Smith
John Brown
George Presbury
Eliphalet Brown
Joshua Andrew
those names Under written are Inhabitants of the town of Fishersfield
Bond Little
Charles Colburn
Samuel palmer
Thomas Little
William Brown
Levi Hastings
John Vance
Joseph Webster
James Vance
Ichabod Haskel
Hesikiah Emerson
William Cross
William Emery
William Leach
Josiah Emry
Caleb Atwood
Joseph Pilsbry
Charles Hogg
Samuel palmer
Caleb Atwood Jun''
Coobit Atwood
John Atwood
Nicholas Buswell
Henry Blake
Samuel Straw
Joseph Hastings
Ereprel Hadley
Moses Jones
Joseph Clark
[8-36]
\_Pciitio7i for Aid to Duck MamifactHrers.~\
To the Honourable
State Convened
Senate & House of Representatives in this
Your Petitioners thinking their prayer perfectly agreeable to reason
and equity, would by the permission of this Honourable Court hum-
bly shew — That at a session of this Honourable Court in February
1789 in order to facilitate and establish duck manufactories within
this State a bounty was offered to any person or persons who shou'd
erect the first buildings suitable for that purpose. In consequence
of which your petitioners have deeply interested themselves in this
business & have been at great expence to effect so valuable a pur-
pose— But finding ourselves under every disadvantage subsequent to
the undertaking & thinking it perfectly reasonable your petitioners
were induced to pray for such encouragement as other States afford
— It is needless to trouble this Hon^'^ Court with an enumeration of
losses & disappointments that ever attend the introduction of Man-
ufactories into any Country especially where proper workmen are not
to be obtain'd as in the present instance — And it is well known
that the great article of our consumption is the produce of our own
State the value of which has increased 30 ^ C since the erection of
this Factory, and shou'd the increase and prosperity of Manufactories
be esteemed an acquisition to this State, should they be thought pro-
ductive of any real benefit — or shou'd the promotion of Industry & its
salutary effects be considered as an object worthy of attention, we doubt
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS. 83 1
not but this Hon^'''^ Body will grant an adequate compensation — and
in that way which shall be most agreeable to themselves — An equal-
ity with the State of Massachusetts is all the indulgence we wish for ;
and if that indulgence is withheld, notwithstanding the great atten-
tion, perseverance and expence that has been paid to obtain a compe-
tent knowledge of this business, it must now of necessity in a great
measure be relinquished — But if consistent and agreeable to the
minds of this Hon^'^ Court to adopt any measures whereby this
most useful art may be promoted ; may we not speedily behold
the cultivation of our flax revive — our Navigation cloathed with our
own manufacture — Idleness will flee away instead of our cash which
will increase & enrich our Country & individuals will become sharers
in the public good — By the Resolutions of the Gen' Court of Massa-
chusetts of 1788-1789 & 1790 it appears that they have given a
Bounty of eight Shillings "^ Bolt for every Bolt of Duck made with-
in Said State, which operates as a heavy tax upon your petitioners in
the sale of their Duck — And the removal of which by granting a
similar bounty wou'd not only be an inconsiderable & almost imper-
ceptable expence to the State, but a great and lasting benefit.
Which is the prayer of your humble & Most Obedient petitioners
Exeter June 3'''^ 1791 Tho^ Odiorne
Geo. Odiorne
[S-37] [Reso/vi- of Massaclmsetts HoHse.'\
Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
In the House of Representatives June 14"" 1791
Resolved that His Excellency the Governor be & he hereby is re-
quested to send Copies of the Act lately passed by the Legislature
of this Commonwealth for the preservation of Fish in the Connecti-
cut River, to the Supreme Executive power of the States of New
Hampshire & Vermont & to request the said States to adopt similar
measures for the preservation of Fish in the said River — The State
of Connecticut having adopted similar measures for the same
purpose —
Sent up for Concurrence David Cobb Spk""
In Senate June 4*'^ 1791 Read & Concurred
Sam' Phillips Presid'
Approv'd John Hancock
True Copy Attest John Avery Jun'' Sec^
832 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[8-38] {Memorial of Robert L. Fozule.]
To the Honorable Senate, and Honorable House of Representatives,
of New Hampshire
The Memorial of Robert Lewis Fowles, respectfully sheweth, That
in the Year 1777, he left in the Towns of Exeter, and Portsmouth, a
compleat set of Materials, for carrying on the Printing Business ; a
Variety of Books, stationery, &c. &c. All which he sometime after-
wards understood, the Gentlemen then in Power, took Possession of,
as forfeited ; which was consistent to War, and Revolution Principles,
to which he has no Objection, or any Thing to offer to this honorable
Court. — But, when he after the Peace applied, to the Public Offices,
for a Certificate of those Transactions, he was astonished to find, no
Record was to be found, on which the Secretary, or any other officer,
could give such Certificate — of Course, no Compensation from the
Court of Great Britain, for that Part of Your Memorialists' Claim,
can be procured, for the Want of such Official Certificate — Your
Memorialist taking it for granted. That no personal Prejudice, at
this Period of Time, is retained against him, prays the Court will
take the Case into Consideration and pass such Order thereon, as
may impower the Secretary to give such Certificate under the Seal of
the State, as will be accepted in Great Britain, and induce them to
make him Compensation, for the Loss of Said Materials, &c. and
likewise for his loss of Business, as Governments Printer previous
to the Revolution, which when considered with your Memorialists
other concerns, he presumes, is not rated too high, at ;^300 Cur-
rency per Ann. —
Your Memorialist has a Family in this State, on whom any Com-
pensation that England shall make, will be here expended. —
This Memorialist has only to add That his best Wishes are, that
the United States, in general & this, in particular, may enjoy Peace,
and flourish, under the Grand Federal Government, to the latest
Period of Time — Rob* L Fowles
State of New Hampshire —
In the house of Representatives June 7* 1791 —
Upon reading & considering the petition of Robert L. Fowle
voted That it appears the Said Robert L Fowle kept a printing
Office at Exeter and carry ed on the printing business there by pub-
lishing a public Newspaper and printing Acts, Laws and other papers
for this State — That he left this State in the year 1777 and that
agreeable to the confiscating Act this State took possession of his
MISCELLANEOUS I'ROVINXLAL PAPERS. 833
printing materials, books &c — and that it does not appear that any
part thereof, has been restored to him —
Sent up for Concurrence William Plumcr Speaker. —
In Senate the same day read & concurred J Pearson Sec^
[^~39] \R.cport of Committee on Odio rue's Petition.']
State of New Hampshire —
In the house of Representatives June 9"' 1791. —
The Committee on the petition of Thomas Odiorne and George
Odiorne reported, That there be granted and paid out of the Treasury
of this State a bounty of seven shillings for every piece of Topsail
Duck and other stouter sail Cloth, which shall be hereafter manufac-
tured within this State being twenty four inches in breadth and thirty
nine Yards long, and that the Commissary General, be and hereby is
appointed an agent who is authorized to appoint one or more agents
under him to inspect the same, who on application of any manufac-
turer of Duck or Sail Cloth within this State attended with a Certifi-
cate from the Selectmen of the Town where the said manufacturer
resides of his being bona fide the manufacturer of the said Duck or
sail Cloth, or that the same was manufactured by some person or
persons acting for or under him shall proceed to inspect the same,
and if found good & merchantable as aforesaid shall give a Certificate
thereof to the person applying as aforesaid, which certificate shall
entitle the person presenting it to the bounty above mentioned,
which bounty shall continue and be in force until further order of the
General Court and that the President with advice of Council shall
give order for payment of the bounty on the proper Certificate's be-
ing produced —
Which report was read & considered, received & accepted —
Sent up for concurrence William Plumer Speaker —
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[8-40] \_Me7n0rial of Samuel Hobart of Exeter.]
To the Honorable the Senate, and House of Representatives for the
State of New Hampshire
The Memorial of Samuel Hobart of Exeter in said State humbly
53
834 MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS.
sheweth — That an Act passed the General Court of said State in Sep-
tem"" 1787 for the encouragement of building Slitting Mills &c, & for
the improvement of which it was thereby enacted that Nail works
should be erected at the Prisons in the several Counties in said State,
as soon as might be, and that the Prisoners in the several prisons
should be employed in making Nails And your said Memorialist
placing full confidence in the Authority of this State, that said Act
wo'd be carried into effect in all its parts, did erect a Slitting Mill in
Exeter aforesaid which was compleated in Septem"" 1788, to the full
satisfaction of the Hon'ble the Justices of the Sup"" Court of said
State, who were appointed by said Act to examine the same — but
notwithstanding the said Slitting Mill has been built & finished
almost three years, yet the nail works in the Several Counties have
not been built as is required & directed by said Act (nor any one
Step taken towards it), by means whereof your said Memorialist is
greatly injured, having no constant employment for said Mill, it is
almost useless to him. — Wherefore he prays the attention of the
Honorable Court to this matter, that they would be pleased to order
that nail works sho'd be erected at the several Prisons in the respec-
tive Counties immediately, agreeably to said Act, — and that your
Honors would further be pleased to make him some reasonable com-
pensation for the damages he has Sustained by reason of the non
compliance of said Act on the part of the State, & devise such ways
& means as shall be adequate to said Act in promoting & increaseing
this usefuU & necessary branch of business, and he as in Duty bound
prays.
Concord June Q^*" I79i- — • . Sam' Hobart
[8-42]
[Letter from Joseph Whipple in regard to his contract with Cap-
tain Titus Salter, June 20, 1791. —Ed.]
[8-43] [/. T. Gilman to President Bart/ett.]
Exeter June 28''' I79i-
Sir I have Received a Letter this day from my Brother Nich^
who is in Boston, of which the following is an Extract — " On my
Arrival here I was much disappointed in finding that all the Money
which the Sec>' of the Treasury allowed to be deposited in this Bank
in order to facilitate Subscriptions to the Bank of the U. S. had been
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 835
paid in" — "It is the prevailing Opinion here that the whole Capital
of the Bank will be kSubscribed within a very short time & I think
the Opinion is pretty well founded" "I understand that the ^tock-
Holders of the Boston Bank in their Corporate Capacity have agreed
to subscribe to a Considerable Amount & if the other Banks have
done the Same I should not be surprized if the u'hole Capital should
be taken up within two or three weeks" —
as the man who is to Convey this, is waiting I have not time to
add but that I am
With the greatest Respect
Your Excellencys most Obedient Servant
J. T. Oilman
His Excellencv President Bartlett.
[8-45-46]
[Samuel Ashley resigns from his position as judge in his county
court, July 12, 1791, and recommends Thaddeus Af^Carty as his suc-
cessor. — Ed.1
[8-47] \Colontl Shtpard Clai}>is a Generars Covn)iission7\^
Alstead July 24''' 1791 —
May it Please your Excellency —
the friendship and attention your Excellency has been Pleased to
honor me with must be my Apology for the freedom I am about to
take, I was informed by Esq'' Holmes that general Chase has Re-
signed his Command of the brigade and that CoI° Aldrich and myself
are in nomination One of whom to take Said Command — I have
Since been Called upon by general Bellows for my Protentions I
Accordingly gave them to him — Pardon me Sir for indeavouring to
make a true Statement of Our Protentions to your Excellency — may
I*' 1775, I had the honor of an Appointment of a Lieu' in the Service
of the United States I went to Canada and was at the Reduction of
Saint Johns and montreall and Returned in the Spring 1776 — ■ in my
Absence there was an Act Past to Raise more Troops to go to
New York — and that all the Officers that went to Canada Should
have the Offer of Commanding the Troops that was to be Raised and
Each Officer to hold the Same Rank that they held when they was
Commissioned to go to Canada — I Accepted and we Raised a Com-
pany and went to New York — in January 1777 I moved into the
836 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
State of New Hampshire and may 4"^ 1777 I rec^ a Captains Com-
mission and went to Ticonderoga — march 16''' 1782 I Rec'^ a Maj""
Commission and December 25*'' 1784 I Rec*^ a Lieu* Col° Commis-
sion, and march i'' 1776 I Rec"^ a Col° Commission — I will now
State Colo° Aldrich Pretentions as he gave them to general Bellows
he Rec'^ a Lieu' Commission on January i^' 1776 — he Rec*^ a Cap-
tains Commission October 14''' 1776 and Served that tour and then
he was Out of the Line of Officers in Command Till December 25'^
1784 — when he Rec*^ a Lieu' Col° Commission — for there was a
new Arrangement Took Place through the State when the 6'*" Regi-
ment and the 16'^^ was Supposed to be two Large — the general
Court took Part of the 6^^ and Part of the 16* Regiment which I
have the honor to Command and made a new Regiment with the
Rank of the 2^' Regiment of which King was Appointed head Col°
King died and November 3*^ 1785 Aldrich Took the Command of
Said Regiment — now I believe it must be Acknowledged that Con-
sidering the Rank of Commissions as I have Out Ranked Col°
Aldrich the greatest Part of the Time and until he was Appointed a
head Col° and the Rank of my Regiment and my Continuance in
Command from may i^' 1775 — Down to the Present Day — my
Steadfastness in the Cause of my Country and what I have Suffered
in fatigues and Also in the Loss of my Property by the war — Al-
though it is not a Lucrative Post — yet I am Led to believe that
your Excellency and the Hon*^^ Council will not think me to forward
in Claiming it as my right — Sir I have the Honor with Due Respect
and the Highest Esteem to Subscribe myself your Excellency^
most Obedient and very Humble Servent
Amos Shepard
His Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq"" Kingstown
N. B. Enclosed I Send to your Excellency the Pretentions of the
Captains that hold the highest Rank in the 16''^ Regiment — and
Also a Recommendation for an Ensis:n.
[8-48]
\_Records of the Candidates for Gencrars Coniinission.~\
Sam^ Holmes hath commissions as follows viz,
A Lieutenancy — Dated July 22°^ 1773 —
D° in alarm list — Dec"" 20'^ 1781 —
A Captaincy — March 25''' 1785 —
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Peter Sleeper hath Comissions as follows (viz)
An Knsigncy Dated June 14, 1774.
A Lieutinancy — Sept. 5, 1775
D° —
A Captaincy — March 25, 1785 —
Col" George Alclrichs Pretensions.
Commissions Dated as Follows Viz —
Lieutenant Dated July 20"' 1775 in Col° Reeds Regiment
i^' Lieutenant Dated Jan>' i^"^ 1776 in Col° Reeds Regiment
Captain of an Independant Company under Maj'' Whitcomb Dated
October 14"^ 1776 —
Lieutenant Col° of Militia Dated Dec'" 25''^ 1784 —
Col° of Militia Dated Nov"" 3^^ 1785
Col° Amos Shephards Pretentions —
2"^ Lieutenant 1^' Comp>' i" Regiment in Connecticut Dated i*' day
of May 1775
Cap'^ of Militia Dated 4'*^ day of May 1777
First Maj-" of Militia Dated 16"' day of March 1782.
Lieutenant Col° Militia Dated 25 Dec'" 1784.
Col° of Militia Dated March i^' 1786 —
[8-49] {Letter from TencJi Cox, 1791.]
Philadelphia July 30''^ 1791
Gentlemen I did myself the honor duly to inform you of the
receipt of your power and instructions to subscribe one hundred and
fifty shares to the Bank of the United States in behalf of the State
of New Hampshire, and of my intention to hold the papers until I
should have seen the business adjusted and had caused the state of
the market for Bank Stock to be duly examined. There was a re-
mote possibility that in the necessary excision of the subscriptions
offered the first day some shares might be left, which becoming the
right of subsequent applicants, might enable me to procure some of
those which I was authorized to obtain for your State I quickly
found that the demand for Bank Stock was such as to extinguish all
hope of obtaining it on the original terms, with an allowance of a
moderate commission to the person who might be employed to pro-
cure it, for this kind of operation could not be executed by me under
the law establishing the Treasury Department. I find also that the
fractions of subscriptions, Avhich were necessarily cut off from the
whole of the appliers in the morning of the 4th of July, and which,
838 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXIAL PAPERS.
when thrown together made up a few hundred shares, were absorbed
by the applications made in the subsequent part of that day. I had
not the honor of your letter till the ninth of instant, and many appli-
cants from the 5th to the 8th being disappointed by the prior sub-
scribers, my hope from the surplus above mentioned was at an end.
I now therefore return the papers transmitted to me, very sincerely
regretting that it was not possible to execute the business. It will
not fail however to afford consolation to the Government and People
of New Hampshire, that this little disappointment arises from the
high degree in which a confidence in our national ability, wisdom and
integrity exists in the minds of our fellow-citizens and of the people
of several rich and intelligent foreign nations.
With the highest respect I have the honor to be Gentlemen
Your most obedient & most humble Servant
Tench Coxe
To his Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq"" President and John T. Gil-
man Esq'' Treasurer of the State of New Hampshire.
[8-51] [Petition for Road from Concord to Durham.']
State of New Hampshire
To the Hon^'^ Senate and the Honorable House of Representatives
for said State in General Court convened on the last Wednesday
in November 1791 —
The Memorial of sundry Inhabitants of said State who humbly
conceive that in very many instances, the Roads in this State that
communicate with the Sea Coast, are crooked and very indirect, and
that the Trade & business of the inland country, may be greatly facil-
itated by Straightening, and of consequence shortning the same. —
That the Goods & produce transported to and from Boston, to
Concord, & which supply the Country W'est, & Northwest from
thence, — That a Good road may be had from Concord to Durham
falls in thirty miles ; — That if it should Still be found necessary to
transport heavy Articles to and from Boston to Concord, & other
parts from thence within Land — the proposed Road will Save the
expence of Forty five Miles Land carriage to the consumer; — All
which is clearly Demonstrated by an actual Survey, a Plan of which
is ready to be produced to your honors, which some of your petition-
ers have been at the Expence of obtaining, for all which & many
other reasons, unnecessary for us to suggest to your honors, — We
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLVL PAPERS. 839
humbly pray your Honors will appoint a proper Committee with full
powers, to look out survey and Establish a Public road from Durham
falls, directly to Concord as near straight as the nature of the Land
will admit, or take such other order, as your Honors may conceive
most for the jDublic good, Novem'' 28"^ 1791 —
William Duncan Jeremiah Libbey Abel Harris
Robert Harris Daniel Kindge John Goddard
Tim" Walker Thomas Sheafe W"^ Gardner
Reuben Kimbal Samuel Hill
The committee on the within petition report
That a proper committee be appointed with full powers to look out
survey and establish a public road from Concord to Durham falls and
to Newmarket bridge and shall direct what Compensation shall be
made to any individuals injured by the road running thro' their
Lands —
the expences and time of said committee shall be paid by the state
and all other expences of laying out & maintaining said Road shall
be defrayed as the Law in such cases directs — The Committee beg
leave to report the annexed Bill
James Sheafe for the Com®
[8-5 2] {^Petition of Mary Tiifton Maso//.]
State of New 1 To the Hon''^^ the Senate and House of Representa-
Hampshire J tives now in General Court convened in Portsmouth
in said State.
The Petition of Mary Tufton Mason of Bugden in the County of
Huntington in Great Britain, Widow and Relict of John Tufton Ma-
son Esq"" deceased Humbly sheweth.
That your Petitioner being appointed Sole Executrix of the last
Will and Testament of said deceased, caused the proper Copy thereof
to be filed in the Register's Office of the Court of Probate for the
County of Rockingham, as he had estate here to be administered
upon — That Doctor Na^h' Appleton Haven hath applied to said
Court for administration on said Estate with the will annexed, and it
hath been granted him. —
That it has so happened from the absence of your Petitioner's
Agent and other causes, that this has been done without her knowl-
edge or that of her Agent until after the time allowed for appealing
from that Decree granting Administration was closed.
840 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
That this is evident to the satisfaction of the said Haven, who
therefore joins his consent with her desire that she may have liberty
granted her yet to appeal from said Decree to the next Superior
Court to be holden in said County, the foregoing accidental Lapse of
time notwithstanding —
Wherefore she prays your Honours to order and enact that She
may yet have Liberty to take out an Appeal from^said Decree,
(giving bond to prosecute it) to Said next Superior Court, as the Su-
preme Court of Probate, and enter and prosecute said appeal as tho'
taken out in time — And She as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c
Portsmouth DeC^ 7^'' 1791. Tho" Martin Attorney
to the said
Mary Tuft on Mason
I hereby agree to the foregoing Representation, and consent that
an Appeal as aforesaid should be granted —
Nath^ A. Haven.
State of New Hampshire —
In the House of Representatives Dec'' 9"^ 1791
Upon reading and considering the within petition voted that the
prayer thereof be granted and that a Bill be brought in accordingly —
Sent up for Concurrence William Plumer Speaker
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J. Pearson Sec^
[S~53] \_Javies McGregore, Commissioner of Claims. '\
Portsmouth Dec'' 7"^ 1791
Sir In pursuance of the trust reposed in me as one of the Com-
missioners for stateing & proveing the Claims of this State against
the United States, I on the 25''' day of October last called upon M""
Woodbury Langdon (who was then in this Town) for information re-
specting the progress that had been made towards a Settlement of our
Accounts and what further steps were necessary to be taken on the part
of the State to procure them Justice, his answer I think was that he
neither knew the State or me in the bussiness and that he sliould make
no communications to me upon the subject if I was then a little sur-
prised at this answer I cannot help saying, that I am much more so
upon being informed by a friend in Philadelphia that he M' Langdon
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCLAL PAPERS. 84 1
was at this time for our use furnished by the Board with a Memoran-
dum of the Vouchers wanting to ascertain our \arious claims — In
consequence of AP Langdon's reply I imedeatly wrote AP Smith to
procure from the other Gent" join'd in the Commission the necessary
information and I now do myself the honour to inclose for the infor-
mation of your Excellency and the Hon" Legislature a Copy of the
Report of the Commissioners upon the subject — From the time I
was honour'd with this appointment I have paid verry particular atten-
tion to its duties and alth" deprived of the assistance of the other
Gentlemen who were appointed to Act with me in this bussiness, the
vouchers to support the most considerable part of the charges said to
be unsupported are nearly ready to go forward, some part of the arti-
cles of charge yet unproved may I conceive be so explain'd by Re-
solves of the Legislature and other Documents as to gain a strong
probability of their admission, whilst a smaller number from partic-
ular circumstances must remain unsupported I wou'd beg leave to
suggest to your Excell>' whether there would not be a propriety in
sending forward the Accounts and Vouchers now nearly ready as
soon as may be and would ask direction with regard to the mode of
forwarding them as they are original papers and of the last impor-
tance to the State —
such further information which I have received upon the present
situation of the claims of the different States as may be proper I am
ready to communicate
haveing the Honor to be with the utmost respect
Your Excellencys Most Obed' & Verry Humb' Serv*
James Macgregore
His Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esquire Presedent of the State of
New Hampshire
[8-57] [Petition of Dudley B. Hobart of Exeter.^
To the Honorable the Senate and House of representatives for the
State of New Hampshire
Humbly sheweth Dudley Bradstreet Hobart of Exeter in said
State, that he is come into possession of the rolling, plating, slitting
mill, & furnace lately erected in said Exeter, that said works were
well constructed and finished to answer the end for which they were
made — but the scarcity & high price of iron in this State, has ren-
dered the works of but little value either to the publick or the
842 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL\L PAPERS.
owner, more particularly because the owner was not able after build-
ing said works, to furnish a sufficient stock to carry them on with
advantage, — And as your petitioner has lately come into possession
of said works, & is desirous of improving them to his own as well as
the publicks advantage, Humbly prays the honorable Court to Assist
him in this Necessary business, by the loan of three Hundred
pounds for two years (by his giving sufficient security for the same)
which he is persuaded will enable him to make the works of publick
as well as private utility — And your petitioner as in duty bound
prays Dudley B. Hobart
Exeter Jan>' 3'''^ — 1792.
\RatabIc Polls in Nezv Hampshire.^
[Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 320.]
Sec>'^ Office March 12^'' 1792
Dear Sir In compliance with your request of the 3° Inst' after
spending several days in searching the files books &c the only num-
ber of Rateable Polls which are to be found in my Office from 1742
to 1773, are as follows Viz —
5,172 Rateable Polls in A D 1742 no return from Nottingham Bar-
rington & Gosport
6,392 d° A D 1753
11,964 d° A D 1767.
13,853 d'' A D 1773 — Whether 5 or 6 times the Number of Rate-
able Polls will give the number of the People with any degree of cer-
tainty, am at a loss to say — in A D 1775 the N° of People were
computed to be 82,200 — Should have inclosed a copy of the petition
of the Insurgents Convention for paper money, could it have been
found — I suppose it is in the possession of the Clerk of the House
of Rep' —
I am, wnth all due sentiments of Esteem & Respect Dear Sir
Your Most Obedient and Most Humble Servant
Joseph Pearson
ReV^ M^ Jeremy Belknap —
[A note in another handwriting, reads, "The number of ratable
polls in 1732 was 2946. — Rec'^ in Sec>'' Office, 1830." — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXL-\L PAPERS. 843
[8-60] \Gcncral Bellows'' Resignation.']
Walpole May i 5"' 1 792
May it please your I'^xcellcncy —
As I have stood in the Military line some years and the old age
says " Young men for War " I have thoughts of resigning my Mil-
itary Commission, that some Younger and better Qualified Officer
(of which I am Conscious there maney) may take it — In a time
of peace it is requisite that men of Activity and Military Talents be
Employed, to form the Militia for Actual service if war should arise, and
as there are men of this Description as I apprehend Superior to my-
self in that Department and who take delight in the Employ, you
will therefore be pleased to Accept of my Resignation and confer the
post upon some one whom it belongs and will fill it better
I am with due respect
Your Excellency^ most Obedient Hum^' Serv*
Benj^ Bellows M Gen^
His Excellency Josiah Bartlett Esq""
Resignation Not accepted — J. Bartlett
[8-61] [^Stephen Harrivian s Statement^
Hopkinton may : 18: 1792
To Tho^ Bartlet Chogsweel 8z: maj'' Holms Esq'' Sirs I Have
been accuesed of making Sum mistake in y" Calculation in y^
Paper I gave to you I will alow I may have Don So in y^ 3
towns which I Devided, Part to be Reconed one way & Part to be
Reconed another way, which I ded according to my own Judgment
or my amajanation at that time : I may have Errored Some Small
matter in that Enstance but otherways I Challinge y'^ wholl County
to make it appear other ways than what I have Represented to your
Honours in y^ writing which I deliverd to you —
and Concerning y^ South Part of y^ County it is well Known that
almost y^ wholl if not Quite y*^ wholl of y^ Said South Part must
Travel 7 or 8 miles further to get to warner then to get to Either of
y^ other Placeses in Nomination
844
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
at m"^ wegofenses those that Can o:et Easear to his house then at m''
Emersens are as follovveth
goffstown
Bedford
meremick
Dunstable
Notingham
Litchfield
Derefield
derefield goar
at Emersons
Amhurst
Duxbury & mile Slep
francistown
Hancock
Holies
Lynesbourgh
Lynesbourgh goar
mason
New Ipswich
New Boston
Petersbourgh
Raby
Sharon
Sosiety Land
Temper
wilton
at Emersons
Nearer then m*^heards
or hanaker is
goffstown
Bedford
meremick
Dunstable
Notingham west
Litchfield
Derefield
Derefield goar
about |- wied
and all y® Remainder are So Near of a Distance I Cannot tell
which would be y^ furthrest Travel to get too.
The above Sirs is as Neare a Scatch of y^ matters as I Can Posable
Recolect, from your most obedient Humble Sarvent
Stephen Harriman
[8-62]
[Frojfi Sclectineti of Neiv London, 1792,]
to the commetee Lately chosen by the general Cort of the state
of New Hampshier to Vue the northely part of the County of Hills-
bourigh to pick A place for the Cort-House — we beg Leave to in-
form your Honours that the whole of the traviling from this town to
Hopkinton Concord or Ambers is through warner from your Humble
Servents Benj* Woodbury \ Select
Newlondon may 28*'^ 1792. Joseph Colby > men for
Thomas Currier ) Newlond on
[8-64] \Act to Establish Washington County.']
State of New Hampshire
In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety
two
An act for erecting a County by the name of Washington
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in gen-
eral Court convened that there be erected within this State a County
MISCELLANEOUS PROVlXCL\L PAPERS. 845
by the name of Washington to be bounded as follows viz begining on
the southeasterly corner of l*2aton on the line of the State thence on
the southerly line of Eaton to the easterly line of Tamworth thence
on the easterly lines of Tamworth to the northeasterly corner thereof
thence on the northerly line of Tamworth and Sandwich to the Hne
of Campton thence on the easterly lines of Campton Thornton and
Goffs location to the northeasterly corner of said location thence to
the northwesterly corner thereof thence on straight line to the north-
easterly line of Franconia thence on the northerly line of Franconia
to the northeasterly line of Concord (alias Gunthwait) thence on the
northerly and north westerly lines of said Concord to the bounds
betwixt the towns of Littleton and Dalton thence on the line betwixt
said Littleton and Dalton to the westerly bank of Connecticut river
thence up said river on the westerly bank thereof to Canada line as
settled by the treaty of peace with Great Britain — Thence on said
Canada line until it strikes the line between this State and the State
of Massachusetts thence on said line to the bounds first mentioned
And all the lands and water included within the bounds aforesaid
shall be and hereby are set off from the several Counties to which
they now belong, and erected into a seperate County by the name of
Washington.
And be it further enacted that the Court of common pleas for the
County of shall be holden at on the first tuesdays of
February and May annually and at on the first tuesdays of July
and October annually — And the Superior Court of Judicature shall
be holden at Conway and Lancaster alternately begining at the first
— on the first tuesday of June annually —
Provided nevertheless that until the first day of January which shall
be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety
four the aforementioned lands shall remain and belong to the Coun-
ties unto which they now respectively belong, to all intents and pur-
poses the same as if this act had not been made —
[8-65] {^Pctition for Lottery, 1792.]
To the Honorable Senate and house of Representatives of the State
of New Hampshire conveined at Dover June ii"^ 1792
The Petition of the Trustees of Atkerson, Amherst, New Ipswich,
and Charlestown Academies — Humbly sheweth —
That the Legislature of said State have at different Periods passed
846 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Acts incorporating- the Acadimes aforesaid for the purpose of In-
creasing Piety, Industry, Learning, and useful Arts — And whereas
the good Intentions of the Legislature in establishing said Acade-
mies, will so far as it respects some of them be greately lessened, and
to others wholly lost if no plan can be devised to increase their Funds,
and lay a more permanent foundation for their support, and as all
other means have proved ineffectual, the Trustees from a Sense of
their duty apply to your Honours to grant a Lottry, or Lottries for
the purpose aforesaid, to raise such sum or sums, and under such
regulations & restrictions as your Honors shall think proper for the
immediate relief of Some, and to increase the usefulness of others ;
as from an examination into their situation may appear just and rea-
sonable—
The Trustees will not at this time trouble your Honors with the
reasons that Accur to them, of the propriety. Justice, and policy of
giveing substantial encouragement for the support of those Semina-
ries agreeable to the Spirit of the Constitution, as they are too obvi-
ous to escape your Honors notice —
Your Petitioners Conceive it therefore only necessary to prove the
facts before stated which they pledge themselves to do if they can
have opportunity —
Your Petitioners therefor pray Your Honors to grant them the
priviledge of raising a sum of Money by Lottery for the Aforesaid
Purpose, or give them such other relief as your Honors in your wis-
dom shall see fit And your Petitioners as in Duty bound will ever
pray
Dover June 11 "" 1792
John Calfe in behalf of the Trustees of Atkinson Academy,
Josh^ Atherton for Amherst Academy
Charles Barrett for New Ipswich Academy
W. Page for and in behalf of Charlestown Academy
Your Committee, on the Petition of the Trustees of Atkinson,
Amherst, New-Ipswich and Charlestown Academies, Are of opinion
that to promote the Education of the Youth of this State is an object
worthy the attention of the Legislature, — And in Order to enable
the Trustees aforesaid to prosecute their plan — that they be allowed
to Raise the sum of three thousand pounds by Lottery, at the expence
of the said Trustees under such Regulations as the Legislature shall
direct. John Bellows for the committee
[Endorsed] report rejected —
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[8-66] \JR.eport of Treasurer Gihuaii, 1792.]
State of New Hamp^ Dover June 14"' 1792
The Treasurer of the State being appointed by a Vote of the Gen-
eral Court of the 5'*^ clay of January last "to Receive from the proper
Officers and forward on to Philadelphia such Vouchers as have been
collected for the purpose of supporting the Claims of this State
against the United States and having this day Received a Vote of
the General Court Requesting a Report on that Subject, Respect-
fully Reports, That he called upon James Macgregore Esq"" under
whose care those Vouchers were, and was informed that they were
not Arranged in such manner as would be Necessary and that it
would Require some considerable time to prepare them — Since M""
Langdon (One of the Commissioners) Returned home, and Congress
adjourned, so that the papers could not be sent to the care of the
Representatives, as directed in the Vote of Court, The Treasurer
supposed a short delay would not be injurious, but informed M"" Mac-
gregore that he would Receive them as soon as they were Ready —
Within few days M'' Macgregore has informed that the Arrange-
ment of those Vouchers is not Compleated —
If the Honorable Court should not think proper to make any other
Arrangement Respecting this business, as soon as the Vouchers can
be Obtained they shall be Immediately forwarded to the Commis-
sioners— J T. Oilman
To His Excellency the President the Honorable the Senate and The
Honorable the House of Representatives
^^-^j'] {Sir William PepperelVs Petition?^
State of New ) To the Hon'''*' the Senate and House of Representatives
Hampshire \ in General Court convened at Dover in said State ;
The Petition of Sir William Pepperrell of London in the Kingdom
of Great Britain Baronet Humblv sheweth,
That your Petitioner's late brother Andrew Pepperrell Esqr late of
Portsmouth in said State, by his last Will and Testament after a
number of Legacies and bequests made your Petitioner his residuary
Legatee. — That in this residuary Legacy and Devise was included
the Remainder in fee of a Farm in Newmarket and of certain Lands
in Nottingham, Chichester and other Lands in said State, which
lately belonged to Sir William Pepperrell late of Kittery in the
County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Baronet de-
ceased, and were by him devised to the said Andrew in fee, after the
84B MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
decease of Lady Mary Pepperrell and Madam Elisabeth Sparhawk. —
That Your Petitioner who was Executor as well as residuary Legatee,
caused said Will to be duly proved ; administered and paid the Debts
and Legacies, both' in England and the United States to a large
amount ; and this he did in great measure out of his own monies, not
entertaining when he did it a doubt of receiving the residuum of the
real as well as personal Estate, according to the Tenor of said will.
Nor had the said Andrew who made his will, and died in England,
any idea of there being the least difficulty in your Petitioner's hold-
ing said Lands as appears by making his will in manner aforesaid by
the advice of learned Council there. But your Petitioner is now
instructed that not being a Citizen of the United States, he cannot
take and hold said Estate in remainder by virtue of said will ; nor
receive the benefit, intended as the counterbalance of the bureien,
which he has already sustained, unless aided by the equitable inter-
position of your Honours. —
He therefore prays your Honours, to pass an Act enabling him and
his heirs, to take and hold said Remainder in said Lands, by virtue of
said will, for the special purpose of selling and conveying the same,
to any person capable of taking and holding the same as an Estate of in-
heritance ; and fully to authorise and empower Your Petitioner or his
heirs, at any time within five years after his children shall arrive at
full age, or after the decease of the said Madam Elisabeth Sparhawk, to
sell and convey said Remainder in said Lands, and give the same
title thereto, as he could have done had he been a Citizen, to any Cit-
izen of this, or any other of the United States. Or otherwise relieve
him in the premises, as to your wisdom shall seem meet, and he as in
duty bound shall ever pray &c &c. William Pepperrell
Dover June 14^'^ 1792 by his Attorney
Dan' Humphreys
State of New Hampshire —
In the House of Representatives June 18"^ 1792. —
The Committee on the petition of William Pepperell reported that
the prayer of said petition be so far granted that the petitioner have
leave to bring in a Bill for the purposes mentioned in said petition.
Which report was read & considered received & accepted —
Sent up for Concurrence Jn" Sam Sherburne Speaker
In Senate June 19 1792 read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 849
[8-68] [Road from Concord to Durham.^
We the subscribers having been appointed a Committee by the
General Court of Newhampshire on the tenth day of December
Anno Domini 1791 with full power and authority to survey and lay
out a public road or highway from Concord in the county of Rock-
ingham to Durham-falls in the county of Strafford and from New-
market bridge to join the aforesaid road both in the shortest and
most convenient rout and to make a true plan thereof : and we hav-
ing duly attended on the business of our appointment and completed
the same, now beg leave to report as follows —
In the first place we have surveyed and laid out a highway leading
from Durham falls aforesaid to Concord aforesaid in the following
manner — viz — Begining one rod westward of Durham bridge and
thence running North fifty degrees west twenty rods ; thence N. 15
deg. W. 24 rods — thence W. 27 deg. N. 28 rods — thence W. 39
deg. N. 76 rods — thence N. 38 deg. W. 42 rods — thence W. 35
deg. N. 10 rods ■ — to the place where it leaves the present road —
thence W. 5 deg. N. 100 rods — thence W. 32 deg. N. 20 rods —
thence W. 14 deg. N. 32 rods — thence W. 4 deg. N. "jG rods —
thence W. 17 deg. N. 14 rods — thence W. 2 deg. N. 14 rods — thence
W. 7 deg. N. 114 rods — where it joins the now road at the end of a
causeway near John Thompsons — thence W. 29 deg. S. 10 rods —
thence W. 5 deg. S. 100 rods — thence W. 10 deg. S. 75 rods — thence
west 5 deg. N. 48 rods — thence W. 23 deg. N. 128 rods — thence
W. 12 Deg. N. 45 rods to the road leading to Lee meeting house —
thence leaving Lee road, N. 22 deg. W. 42 rods — thence N. 40 deg.
W. y6 rods — thence W. 3 1 deg. N. yG rods — thence W. 6 deg. S.
28 rods to where it leaves the present road at Wheelwright pond —
thence VV. 6 deg. S. 46 rods — thence W. 14 deg. N. 20 rods to
where it joins the present road — thence W. 14 deg. N. 68 rods —
thence W. 17 deg. S. 38 rods — thence W. 24 deg. N. 20 rods —
thence W. 38 deg. N. 78 rods — thence W. 3 deg. N. 80 rods to
where it leaves the now road by Daniel Shaws — thence W. 3 deg.
N. 100 rods to the road again — on the line of Barrington — then,
leaving said road, W. i deg. S. 120 rods to the line of Notingham —
thence in the same direction two rods thence north 43 deg. W. 200
rods and being parallel with the line between Nottingham and Barring-
ton — thence W. 22 deg. N. 100 rods to the place where it strikes
the road leading from Lee to Northwood — thence W. 10 deg. N. 30
rods — thence N. 41 deg. W. 20 rods — thence W. 39 deg. N. 16 rods,
thence W. 2 deg. S. 14 rods ^ — thence W. 19 deg. N. 44 rods to an
oak tree at Caleb Jollets — thence across Cap Leather's land W. 10
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deg. N. 18 rods — thence W. 10 deg. S. 8 rods — thence W. 8 deg.
S. 18 rods — thence W. 2 deg. S. 32 rods — thence W. 9 deg. S. 10
rods — thence \V. 19 deg. S. 12 rods — thence W. 13 deg. N. 14 rods
— thence W. 38 deg. S. 20 rods to the present road again — thence
crossing said road W. 6 deg. N. 32 rods — thence W. 7 deg. S. 46
rods to the road again by Charles Stevens's — thence W. 23 deg. N. 39
rods — thence N. 25 deg. W. 23 rods — thence W. 20 deg. N. 99 rods
— thence W. 32 deg. N. 52 rods — thence N. 35 deg. W. 32 rods —
thence W. 43 deg. N. 81 rods — thence N. 39 deg. W. 65 rods to
Major Jonathan Cilleys — then, leaving the present road and running
N. 34 deg. W. 232 rods to the road again — thence N. 37 deg. W.
295 rods — thence N. 30 deg. W. 85 rods — thence W. 30 deg. N. 57
rods — thence N. 30 deg. W. 50 rods — thence, Jeaving the road, N.
42 deg. W. 140 rods to the road again — by Cap Furbur's mill —
thence \V. 5 deg. S. as the road now goes 42 rods — thence N. 45
deg. W. 76 rods — thence N. 44 deg. W. 516 rods — thence W. 21
deg. N. 68 rods — thence W. 14 deg. N. 128 rods — thence W. 34
deg. N. 300 rods — thence W. 33 deg. N. 164 rods — thence W. 27
deg. N. 66 rods — thence W. 23 deg. N. 31 rods — thence W. 14 deg.
S. 27 rods — thence W. 4 deg. S 30 rods — thence W. 12 deg. S. 81
rods — thence W. 13 deg. N. 47 rods — thence W. 28 deg. N. 48 rods
— thence N. 53 deg. W. 54 rods — thence N. 15 deg. W. 30 rods —
thence W. 37 deg. N. 30 rods — thence N. 20 deg. W. 32 rods —
thence N. 33 deg. W. 47 rods to Col Johnsons at the narrows — thence
W. 5 deg. N. 130 rods — thence W. 14 deg. N. 128 rods — thence W.
7 deg. N. y6 rods — thence W. 41 deg. N. 36 rods — thence W. 7 deg.
S. 34 rods — thence W. 8 deg. N. 32 rods — thence N. 30 deg. W. 22
rods — thence N. 32 deg. W. 18 rods — thence W. 34 deg. N. 26
rods — thence W. 8 deg. S. 22 rods — thence W. 31 deg. S. 44 rods
— then W. 29 deg. S. 14 rods — then W. 12 deg. S. 54 rods to where it
leaves the road leading to M'^Clary's mill — thence W. 1 5 deg. S 24 rods
— thence W. 24 deg. N. 40 rods — thence W. 24 deg. N. 14 rods —
thence W. 28 deg. N. 36 rods — thence W. 14 deg. N. 70 rods —
thence, crossing Pittsfield road, W. 24 deg. N. 30 rods — thence W. 4
deg. N. 20 rods — thence W. 11 deg. S. 8 rods — thence W. 10 deg.
S. 22 rods — thence W. 3 deg. S 32 rods — thence W. 31 deg. N. 18
rods — thence W. 7 deg. S. 48 rods — thence W. 31 deg. S 24 rods
— thence \V. 14 deg. S. 114 rods — thence W. 21 deg. S. 90 rods —
thence W. 12 deg. S. 60 rods — thence W. 14 deg. N. 40 rods into
the road near Lockes mill leading from Epsom to Chichester —
thence W. 29 deg. N. 44 rods — thence W. 1 1 deg. N. 88 rods — thence
W. 23 deg. N. 120 rods — thence W. 31 deg. N. 88 rods — thence N.
23 deg. W. 66 rods — thence N. i deg. W. 54 rods — thence N. 24
MISCELLANEOUS TROVINCIAL PAPERS. 85 1
deg. \V. 106 rods to Suncook river — thence crossing said river W. 5
deg. N. 82 rods — thence W. i6 deg. S. 38 rods — thence W. 26 deg.
N. 128 rods — thence, leaving said road, W. 18 deg. S. 84 rods to
the line of Chichester — thence in the same course t,6 rods — thence
W. 5 deg. S. 254 rods — thence W. 10 deg. S. 170 rods — thence W.
40 rods — thence W. 5 deg. N. 20 rods — thence W. 13 dug. N. 40
rods — thence VV. 18 deg. N. 30 rods — thence W. 25 deg. N. 23
rods — thence N. 40 deg. W. 36 rods — thence W. 27 deg. N. 60
rods — thence W. 26 deg. N. 18 rods — thence W. 2 deg. N. 50 rods
to Nathaniel Morrils — thence W. gdeg. N. 68 rods — thence W. 14 deg.
N. 92 rods — thence W. 92 rods — thence W. 30 deg. N. 40 rods to
Suncook river — thence W. 14 deg. S. 440 rods — thence VV. 3 deg.
N. 206 rods to Cap' Reuben Kimball's — thence W. 30 deg. S. 92
rods to IMerimack river, thence crossing said river in the same course
144 rods — thence \V. 40 deg. S. 40 rods — thence W. 28 deg. S. 260
rods — thence W. 20 deg. S. 20 rods — thence W. 2 deg. S. 20 rods
to the main road in Concord about 40 rods north of the Court house
— the aforesaid highway to be 4 rods wide on the north easterly side
of said described line —
And in the second place we have surveyed and laid out a highway
from Newmarket to the road above laid out in the places and courses
following viz — Begining one rod westerly from Newmarket Bridge,
thence running N. 20 deg. W. 56 rods — thence N. 10 deg. W. 140
rods — thence N. 40 deg. W. 80 rods to the meeting house — thence
N. 10 deg. W. 40 rods — thence N. 5 deg. West 40 rods — thence N.
28 deg. W. 64 rods — thence N. 13 deg. W. 48 rods — thence N. 29
deg. E. 46 rods — thence N. 52 deg. E. 46 rods — thence N. 39 deg.
E. 16 rods — thence N. 3 deg. W. 58 rods — thence N. 54 deg. W.
y6 rods — thence N. 10 deg. W. 60 rods — thence leaving the pres-
ent road near Doc' Kidders W. 3 1 deg. N. 1 1 rods — thence W. 6
deg. S. thirty seven rods — thence W. 31 deg. N. 17 rods — thence
W. 2 deg. W. 18 rods — thence W. 41 deg. W. 60 rods — thence W.
40 deg. N. 18 rods to the road again by Cornett Smiths — thence
W. 16 deg. N. 36 rods — thence N. 32 deg. W. 66 rods — thence
W. 25 deg. N. 60 rods — thence N. 40 deg. W. 100 rods — thence
W. 40 deg. N. 42 rods — thence W. 8 deg. N. 18 rods to the up-
per meeting house in Newmarket — thence on the same course
18 rods — thence W. 23 deg. N. 60 rods — thence N. 30 deg. W.
54 rods — thence N. 33 deg. W. 62 rods — thence N. 43 deg.
W. 112 rods — thence N. 7 deg. W. 72 rods — thence North 5
deg. E. 34 rods — thence leaving the now road, at the corner of Cap'
Tuttles orchard thence N. 33 deg. W. 100 rods to the road again —
thence crossing said road in the same direction 134 rods to the road
852 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
again — thence N. 15 deg. W. 80 rods — thence N. 44 deg. W. 140
rods — thence N. 41 deg. W. 60 rods to Lamprey river — thence N.
27 deg. W. 100 rods — thence, leaving the road and running in the
same direction y8 rods to the road again — thence crossing the road
in the same course 22 rods to EHjah Cartlins tavern — thence W. 42
deg. N. 79 rods — thence W. 4 deg. N. 25 rods — thence N. 33 deg.
W. 90 rods — thence N. 8 deg. W. 82 rods — thence W. 1 5 deg. N.
40 rods — thence N. 43 deg. W. 25 rods — thence W. 40 deg. N. 90
rods — thence N. 42 deg. W. 27 rods — thence W. 37 deg. N. 65
rods — thence N. 33 deg. W. 88 rods — thence N. 13 deg. W. 18 rods
— thence N. 3 deg. E. 11 rods — thence N. 4 deg. E 20 rods —
thence N. 45 deg. W. 44 rods — thence N. 27 deg. W. 43 rods —
thence N. 31 deg. W. 18 rods — thence N. 37 deg. W. 30 rods at
which place it joins the road laid out as aforesaid from Durham to
Concord — the said highway to be 4 rods wide on the easterly line
described as aforesaid : and in the opinion of your committee the
roads surv^eyed and laid out as above described, are the most
eligible that the nature of the country through which they are in-
tended will admit of — and we report them so accordingly —
Joseph Badger Jr. ^
Henry Gerrish > Committee
Nathan Hoit J
And we the Committee aforesaid by virtue of our said commission
have determined that the compensation following shall be made to
the several persons thro' whose land the road laid out by us as afore-
said pass, for the injury they may receive in consequence thereof —
viz —
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853
Persons Names
Towns
Sum allowed.
Number of Rods of
Land pa&s'^ thro' —
To Walter Bryant Esq
Newmarket
^20,,0,,0
72
Winthrop Smith
Newmarket
— 4o,,o,,o
^^H
Elijah York
Lee —
— 25,,0,,0
50
Cap Tuttle
Lee —
— 25,,0,,0
50
Ichabod Hilton
Lee —
— 36,,i6,,o
134
Samuel Matthews
Lee —
— 7„i9"6
34
James Jenkins
Lee —
— io,,6,,8
49
Hunkin Dame
Lee —
— 2,,0,,0
22
Jonathan Warner Esq.
Durham —
— 66, ,5, ,0
190
Col : Stephen Evans
Durham
— 2,,IO,,0
10
John Thompson
Durham
65,,o,,o
170
Aaron Hanson
Lee —
18,, I, ,6
66
Daniel Shaw-
Lee —
7,,i6,,o
24
John Wendall Jun
Lee —
6,,o,,o
76
William Elliot
Barrington
3.>o,,o
12
Thomas Langley
Barrington
9"2,,0
36
James Glass
Barrington
20,,0,,0
100
James Glass Senr
Notingham
8,,o,,o
100 half width
Bum ford
Barrington
3'.o,,o
100 D''
Runnells
Barrington
I,,2„6
60 D"
Thomas Packer
Notingham
i5,,o,,o
100 whole width
Cap. Leathers
Notingham
4.,o,,o
162—
Maj'' Jonathan Silley
Nottingham
28—16—0
222
Jacob Davis
Nottingham
2—8—0
3^
Anthony Pickran
Nottingham
12— 16— 0
104
Ephraim Pettengale
Epsom
9 — 0 — 0
100
Jethro Pettengale
P^psom
2—12—0
30
Solomon Drew
Epsom
8—0—0
98
64
Ephraim Lock
Epsom
5 — 0 — 0
Jethro Blake
Epsom
8—16—0
84
Isaac Libbee
Epsom
6 — 0 0
80
Samuel Lock
Epsom
2 — 2—0
46
Batchelor
Chichester
4 — 10— 0
89
90
50
George Serjeant
Chichester
3 — 0—0
Jabez Green —
Chichester
2 — 12 — 0
William Seavy —
Chichester
15—0—0
III
Nathaniel Mo'rrill
Chichester
II — 10 — 0
52
78
Malch Hanes
Chichester
3 — 10—0
Also Reserving to the Several persons through whose Land Said
Road Shall pass all the wood and timber there is on Said Road Ex-
cept So much as Shall be wanted to Repair Said road, the foregoe-
ing in our best Judgment is a Just Estimate of the Damage it may
do the Several persons through whose Land the road Shall Pass &
we Report the Same accordingly. —
June 16^*^ 1792 Joseph Badger Jr^
Henry Gerrish > Committee
Nathan Hoit
854 MISCELLANEOUS PROVIXCL\L PAPERS.
State of New Hampshire
In the House of Representatives June 21^' 1792 —
Upon reading and considering the following report of the Commit-
tee appointed by the General Court on the 10'^ Day of December A
Domini 1791 to survey and lay out a public road or highway from
Concord in the County of Rockingham to Durham-falls in the County
of Strafford and from Newmarket bridge to Join the aforesaid road
&c. voted that the same be received & accepted with this alteration
that said road shall not be considered as laid out any farther in Ep-
som than from Chichester line to Suncook bridge then to follow the
old road as now used till it comes to Northwood road near M'^Clary's
Mills then to follow said road thro' Epsoni agreeable to the report of
the Committee —
Sent up for Concurrence Jn. Sam Sherburne Speaker
In Senate the same day read & concurred
J. Pearson Sec^
[8-69] \_Pctition for Road from Dover to Northzvood^
To the Honourable the Senate, and House of Representatives, in
General Court convened at Dover, the first Wednesday of June
1792 —
The Memorial of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Towns of
Dover, Rochester, Barrington, Madbury & others — Humbly shews,
That the Legislature, at a late Session, with a view to the public
Good, and the general Interest of the State, in facilitating transpor-
tation within the same, appointed a Committee to look out a road
from Concord in the County of Rockingham to Jon^ Clark's in North-
wood & thence upon a direct line to Durham.
That said Committee in prosecuting that Business, have found,
that the distance from said Clark's to Dover is but one Mile further
than to Durham, and the ground capable of being made a much bet-
ter road at less expence —
That a direct Communication with Concord and the neighbouring
towns, will be of immense consequence to the Towns in this Quarter,
and an important acquisition to the internal trade of a State which
has so little Connection with the Sea as ours — and will probably
confine within ourselves that Commerce, from which a neighbouring
State derives at present a great advantage. Your Memorialists would
presume that an object of such Magnitude, will interest the Minds of
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
855
a Legislature, attentive to every thing which can tend to promote the
Commerce, Agriculture, Riches, & prosperity of a State : and they
pray that your honors would take the premises into your wise Con-
sideration, and for the above reasons & those which prevailed at a
former Session, you would appoint a Committee to look and lay out
another road from Dover to meet the former, at said Clark's in North-
wood, in such way & manner as you in your great wisdom shall think
Meet, and your Memorialists as in Duty bound will ever pray &c —
Otis Baker
Benj^ Titcomb
Ezra Green
W™ K : Atkinson
Prentiss Mellen
Ed Li verm ore
John Odiorne
Jon^ Rawson
Moses Wingate
Moses Canney
Sam' Wentworth
Cha^ Clapham
Benj* Dean
Eben"" Tebbets
Isaac Watson
John Phillips Oilman
Abraham Duncan
John Remick
Jn° Rindge
Nath' Weld
Janvrin Fisher
David Boardman
Mark Walker
Timoy White
Sam' Bragg
James Smith
Isaack Gould
Elijah Perkins
Caleb Hodg-don
Vaughan Jones
Philip Harty
James Calef
Asa Tufts
David Place
Abr-" Waldron
Jonathan P'lagg
Daniel Hussey
Paul Hussey
Isaac Waldron Jr
David Waldron
Stephen Lamos
Moses Roberts
Smith Emerson
State of New Hampshire
In the House of Representatives June 21'' 1792.
Upon reading and considering the within petition voted that Jo-
seph Badger J"" Henry Gerrish and Nathan Hoit Esquires be a Com-
mittee at the expence of the petitioners with full power and authority
to lay out a public road or highway from Dover to join the new laid
out road at or near Jonathan Clark's Esquire's in Northwood and
report thereon at the next Session —
Sent up for Concurrence Jn° Sam Sherburne Speaker. —
In Senate the same day read and concurred
J Pearson Sec>'
[8-70]
[Plan of the above road on a scale of two hundred rods to an inch,
by Henry Gerrish, surveyor. — Ed.]
856 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[8-71] \_Pctition for Road fro7n Chester to Walpole.']
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the
State of New Hampshire in Gen^' Court Convned — the Petition of
the Subscribers — Humbly Sheweth that a road Laid Out and made
Passable from Chester through Derryfield and Goffstown to Walpole
to Hale's bridge would be of Great Public Utility — therefore your
Petitioners being Emboldened and incited thereto by the Address of
His Excellency made to your Honors this Session of which you have
Expressed your Approbation and Resolution of Pursuing — we most
humbly Pray your Honours that a road may be Laid Out and made
Passable from Chester through Derryfield and Goffstown to Walpole
— And that a Committee may be Appointed for the Purpose of Sur-
veying and Laying Out Said Road in the most Convenient Place for
the Public intrest and as in Duty bound will Ever Pray &c —
Exeter Nov"" 23*^ 1792
Ed Livermore Archelaus Temple John Hogg
Sam^ Dana James Flanders Jon^ Steele
Dan' Warner Jer*^ Eames David Starret
olover Holmes Francis Epes Joseph Herrick
James Whittemor Eben'' Webster
The Committee on the within Petition, report ; that a Committee
be appointed for the purposes within mentioned. —
John Bellows for the committee
[8-72] {^Petition from Page and Mom's.']
To the Honorable Senate & House of Representatives Conviened at
Exeter Dec'^ 5'** 1792
The Petition of William Page and Lewis R. Morris Humbly
sheweth
That they have long had it in contemplation to render Connecticut
river Navacible for Boats by Bellow's falls to effect which purpose
they found it necessary to cut a cannal and erect locks on the west
side of the river, did therefore apply to the Legislature of Vermont
and have obtained from them a grant for that purpose, but in order
to complete the business, and render it safe for the undertakers find
it necessary to obtain a similar act from the Legislature of New
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 857
Hampshire — they therefore pray your Honors to pass such an act
& your Petitioner's as in duty bound will ever pray
Exeter Dec'' S'*" 1792 W Page for himself
and in behalf of
Lewis R Morris
[S-73] {Petition of Williavi Gardner, 1792.]
To the Honorable The Senate and House of Representatives in Gen-
eral Court now convened at Exeter.
The Petition of William Gardner, late Agent Clothier, in the State
of New Hampshire, Humbly Shews,
That on the 11''' day of September 1777— Your Petitioner was
written to by the Honorable Committee of Safety then sitting at
Exeter, requesting in the most pressing manner, a supply of Cloath-
ing for the Troops of the New Hampshire line, who had evacuated
Ticonderoga, setting forth that they were in a deplorable condition —
being almost Naked — having nothing but the Canopy of Heaven
to cover them — and that many of whom had Died solely for the want
thereof.
That Your Petitioner being deeply impressed with their melan-
cholly situation, and wishing to alleviate their wants as far as might
be in his power, enduced him to wait on the said Committee of Safety,
and laid before them a true Statement of the Cloathing he was pos-
sessed of — and what further supply might be had provided they
would furnish him with a sum of Money adequate to the exigences
of the case —
The Committee of Safety so far complied, as to give an Order on
the Treasurer for Three thousand Pounds, which was paid ; and
your petitioner immediately on receiving the same, set about prose-
cuting the business in question ; and such was his dispatch, that in a
few days after the requisition was made by the said Committee of
Safety — he actually sent off to the Army under care of a suitable
person, sundry Waggons containing a good supply of excellent
Cloathing, consisting of Coats — Vests — Overalls — Shirts & Shoes
amounting to Six thousand three hundred twenty four Pounds three
shillings & seven pence half penny, exclusive of the expence of
transportation — which Articles, he gave positive directions to be
appropriated to the particular use of the New Hampshire Troops —
and which were accordingly delivered.
858 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
That notwithstanding the Troops had the benefit of the Money ad-
vanced by the s'^ Committee of Safety, yet your petitioner was held
accountable to the State, that the money should be returned on his
being reimbursed by the United States : — but such was the de-
ranged situation of our public Affairs at that time that he could not
procure reasonable Remittances to enable him to replace the Money,
or even to pay for the purchases he was continually making, on
Credit, for the Army ; which articles were sent on as fast as they
could be procured, frequently as far as Valley Forge — he being dis-
posed to serve the public to the utmost in his power — having zeal-
ously embarked in the cause of liberty.
Your Petitioner finding his situation such, that he could not make
speedy payment to the State, and having at that time a quantity of
excellent Fire-Arms in his hands, which were left with him by a
French Gentleman for sale — and knowing the State were in want of
that Article, induced him to offer them in payment, at a lower rate
than could be afforded — which offer was accepted, and a Committee
appointed to receive them viz* Supply Clap & George Gains Esq'■^
who took into their possession as many as amounted to Two thousand
three hundred & thirty three pounds — leaving a balance of Six hun-
dred & sixty seven Pounds due to the State, which they might also
have had, but the Committee were limited as to the number.
Your Petitioner during his Agency was under continual embar-
rassments for Money to discharge the demands against him in behalf of
the Public — which was the sole cause of the balance aforesaid remain-
ing unpaid : although it would have been received at the Nominal value
any time prior to the passing the Depreciation Act, allowing it to
have been due from him as an Individual — much more Just to have
received it from him as a public Agent, especialy when the State had
the benefit of it.
That on the settlement of his Account with the United States, a
Balance was due to him of Seventeen Thousand One hundred & fif-
teen pounds three shillings & seven pence half penny — which your
petitioner was obliged to receive at the rate of Seventy for one in
Final settlement Notes signed by Benjamin Walker Esq'' Commis-
sioner for settling Cloathing Accounts.
By virtue of the power vested in the Commissioners for settling
the State Accounts — Your petitioner applied to them on the sub-
ject of Settling his Account — laid a true statement of the case be-
fore them, and offered payment for the balance due the State at the
same Rate he received his balance from the United States : — but not-
withstanding the Committee say, they are convinced of the truth
of his statement — yet did not conceive themselves at liberty to
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCL'\L PAPERS. 859
adjust the Account according to the mode pointed out — at the same
time recommended that application be made for your honors
sanction.
Your Petitioner therefore prays that he may have the hberty of
paying the balance which remains due to the State, in like manner
as he received payment from the United States ; which, considering
the benefit derived (through him) by the New Hampshire Troops — ■
he conceives himself Justly entitled to — And Your Petitioner will
ever Pray — W" Gardner
Portsmouth December 6^^ 1792. —
[8-74] [Road frovi Dover to NortJnvood.'\
Agreeable to An Order of the Hon" General Court passed at
Dover in June Last Appointing We the Subscribers A Committee
to Layout A Road from Said Dover to the main Road in Northwood
And haveing attened Upon Said Buissness do hereby Return Said
Road As follows viz —
Begining at the Courthouse in Said Dover And thence Running
South 6"] degrees West 18 Rods thence North 83^^ West 36 Rods
Nearly As the Road is Now trod And Improved, thence North yy^
West 58 Rods thence North 89=^ West 46 Rods thence South 55^^
West 72 Rods thence South 85^ West 44 Rods thence South 68^
West 54 Rods thence North 75'' West 40 Rods thence North 39=^
West 86 Rods thence North 78^^ West 72 Rods thence South 74^ West
40 Rods thence South 79^^ West 40 Rods thence North 85*^ West 32
Rods thence North 53"^ West 68 Rods thence West 72 Rods thence
South 73^^ West 52 Rods then Left the old Road And Runing South
73^ West 14 Rods to Madbury Line thence South J'^^ West 26 Rods
thence North 64"^ West 182 Rods to the old Road by maul Hansons
Barn thence North 16"^ West 92 Rods thence North 63'^ West 122
Rods thence North 44'^ West 60 Rods to moses Renneys thence N
43^^ West 100 Rods thence North 61"^ West 126 Rods thence North
51'^ West 56 Rods to Barington Line thence North 51^ West 216
Rods thence South 82^ West 68 Rods thence North 54'' West 140
Rods to Isaac Waldrons thence North 6%''' West 80 Rods thence
North 42^^ West 72 Rods thence North 21^ West 28 Rods to Bar-
ington meetinghouse thence North 39"^ West 46 Rods thence North
48^ — West 36 Rods thence North ly^ West 80 Rods thence N 31^
West 36 Rods thence North 5^ West 40 Rods thence North iS''
West 'j6 Rods to Abraham Waldron's thence North 47^^ West 218
860 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Rods thence North 75^ West 46 Rods thence North 64^ West 20
Rods West 60 Rods thence North 65"^ West 60 Rods thence North
68*^ West 60 Rods thence South 76'^ West 150 Rods thence South
60^ West 30 Rods thence South 72^^ West no Rods to the province
Road thence South 83'' West 42 Rods thence North 6"]^ West 32
Rods to Major Samuel Hales thence North 15^ West 40 Rods thence
North Ji^ West 16 Rods South Aff West 16 Rods thence South J'j^
West 48 Rods thence South 72^ West 38 Rods thence North 71'^
West 212 Rods thence North 82'' West 54 Rods thence North 47"^
West 68 Rods thence North 6^^ West 40 Rods thence South 89^
West 116 Rods thence South 6cf West 90 Rods thence South 88"^
West 48 Rods thence North ji^ West 94 Rods thence North 26^
West 80 Rods to Cap* Caverleys thence North 55'' West 70 Rods
thence North 67^ West 124 Rods thence North 75^ West 80 Rods
thence South 82"^ West 55 Rods then Left the provence Road And
Runing North 85^^ West 52 Rods thence South 74^ West 20 Rods
thence South 80^^ West 56 Rods thence South 63^^ West 48 Rods
thence South 44^^ West 52 Rods thence South ']']''' West 46 Rods
thence North 82^^ West 28 Rods thence South 62^ West 38 Rods
thence South 39'^ West 46 Rods thence South 59^^ West 42 Rods
thence South 79^ West 40 Rods to Northwood Line thence South
79"^ West 41 Rods thence South 79^ West 38 Rods thence South ^6^
West 468 Rods to Northwood Road between Coll° John Harvey
house And Barn the aforesaid Road is four Rods Wide Being two
Rods on Each Side of the Above Discrbed Line
Which is humbly Submitted together With A plan of said Road
Accompanying the same
Barrington Sepf 15"" 1792 Joseph Badger Jn"" \
Henry Gerrish — \ Committee
Nathan Hoit — )
State of New \
Hampshire j In the House of Representatives Dec"^ 6 1792
The foregoing Report having been read & Considered Voted that
it be received and accepted.
Sent up for Concurrence John Sam Sherburne Speaker
In Senate Dec 7, 1792 read and concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[8-75]
[Report of "committee to consider the time proper for the revised
constitution to take effect." — Ed.]
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINXLVL PAPERS. 86r
[8-76] [Road from Coinvay to Shelburne.']
Agreeable to An Order of the Hon" General Court passed in De-
cember S'"" y"" 1 791 Appointing Us the Subscribers A Committee to
Lay Out A Road from Conway to Shelburne And Report A Plan of
the Same) And Also At June Sessions 1792 the Above Said Com-
mittee Where Desired to obtain Information Respecting the propriety
of Laying A Road from Said Shelburne to Percy And Report the
Same at the Next sessions of the General Court And haveing At-
tended LTpon Said Business do Report A Plan of Said Road from
Conway to Shelburne As is herewith Exhibited Said Road is Layed
out four Rods Wide, And haveing Also veiwed And obtained In-
formation Respecting the propriety of Laying A Road from Said
Shelburne to Percy do Report As our opinion that A good Road may
be had from Said Shelburne to Percy And Think it would be for the
Public good for Said Road to be Layed out
Which is humbly Submitted by your Humb'^ Servants —
Nathan Hoit \
Eben"" Smith > Committee
Joseph Badger Jn )
State of New "1
Hampshire j In the House of Representatives Dec"" 19*'' 1792
Upon reading and considering the foregoing report Voted that the
same be received & accepted — & that a Bill be brought in accord-
ingly —
Sent up for Concurrence J. Macgregore Speaker P T
In Senate Dec 24 1792 read & concurred
J Pearson Sec^
[8-77] {^Report of Road Covniiittec.']
Exeter Decemb"" 21' 1792 —
Sir We beg leave to observe to Your Excellency, and the Hon^'«
Legislature, That in pursuance of a Vote of the Gen' Court of the
21' of June 1792. the undersign'd employ'd themselves for several
days in y^ Month of Sep' last exploring the Country from Amoskeag
brido-e through Derryfield, Londonderry, Windham, & Pelham to the
State line on the way to the bridge at Pautuckett falls, And in view-
ino- the Several different roads and Routs Shewn and Recommended
862 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
by the Inhabitants Hving on & Near the respective routs — by which
we are fully of Opinion that a road may be obtained by a Shorter
rout, and better traveling, than any one now used
But for want of An Actual Survey and accurate admeasurement, of
some of the proposed routs, the undersigned have Not as yet been
able to make their final determination upon the premises, However
if the Hon''^ Legislature Judge it expedient to give, a Longer time,
till June Next to accomplish the undertaking we will endeavor to
Compleat y^ business of our Said Mission. —
With sentiments of respect. We have the honor to be
Your Excellency s Most obed* and Very HumV Serv'^
Nath' Peabody
Robert M'^Gregore
His Excellency President Bartlett — James Gibson
[8-/8] {^Petition for More Courts, 1793.]
To the Honorable the Senate and the house of Representitives in
General Court convened at Concord on the first Wednesday of
June 1793
This petition humbly sheweth that the subscribers, inhabitants of
Canterbury, Loudon, Northfield, Bow, Pembroke & Concord, Labour
under many difficulties By reason of the Courts of Judicature being
held at the extreme end of the County Viz —
it — That the Inhabitants are obliged to travel from 40 to 60 Miles
to attend said Courts —
2^ — That by Reason of such distance, the said inhabitants are
subjected to a heavy & unreasonable Tax. —
3d — That said inhabitants do not obtain equal Justice, by Reason
of their not having Jurymen from said Towns —
4th — That the distance from the place where the said Courts are
held is such, that the Justices Residing in Said Towns cannot con-
veniently attend the Court of Sessions also many other Difficulties
which can plainly be made to appear ; and as your honors at their
last Sessions in December last taking under your wise consideration
the many difficulties the Inhabitants in the extreem parts of the
County of Hillsboro' labour'd under, saw fit to Grant them redress,
Your petitioners therefore pray your honors to Grant them redress
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 863
in like manner, or in sueh other way as your honors think Best, &
your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray —
Anthony : S : Stickney Robert Curry William Stickney
David Kimbal Jn" Bryent David George
Charles Glidden Samuel T Oilman P. Green
Stephen Haines perkens pike Rich"^ Bartlett
Nath Witcher Josiah Ambrose Peter Green Jr
Thomas Curr}^ David Gregg Tim° Walker
[8-79] [Papers Received frotn Colouel J\Tc Greg ore.]
A List of papers reed of Col Macgregore Jan^ 29''' 1793 — and are
as follows viz —
Book P — marble cover — page i. Acc° for Town Bounties &c.
d° O. D"" Ace' for pay of Militia that turn'd out on the battle of
Lexinton
E. Haskells receipts • — sundry papers del'^ by Joseph &c page i —
Fernalls minutes — page i — Remarks on the Acc"^ &c — including
answers to remarks &c —
Sundry papers indorsed — Copy Letter to E. Haskell Esq Com,
Oct° 4-1788
D° Amt Yc for ^^^ the Commissioners —
D° Ace* of N. Hampshire taxes these accounts to be made out
forthwith by the Hon State Com'^-
D° Statement of Account settled with IVP Gorham — 1779 Money
paid by Col° Scammell p'^ 1776 & 1777 450 Dollars ^'p'^''
D° N° 2 Charges exhibited by the State of N. Hampshire Not
Stopped
D° Copy -Ace' for monies to be charg'^ the N. Hamp Line by J
Pearce P. M. General
D° N" 3 Acco' of Monies to be charg'^ to the New Hamp*^ Line —
D" Copy Ace" of Town bounties p*^ by Towns Classes &c to Cont^
Soldiers in militia in course of late War 1782
D° Town Bounties &c —
D° Ferralls Letter to J. T. Oilman —
D° Allow"^ 1783 Copy of Ace' sent to John Peirce Esq Pay M.
General
D° J. T. Oilman letter —
D° Gen' ^/^ of Expenditures
D° Ace' Bounties p'^ by Towns &c to Con' Soldiers Wrapper (says)
Sundry papers —
864 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
E. Haskell Esq. rec'^ by M'' Boyer Sept 17 1788 — Bounties Yc
;^ii5683„ i2„ 8
E. Haskell Esq. Rec^ May 3^ P. M —
Maj' Haskell Rec^^ July 11. 1788 —
E. Haskell — 5 May 1788 —
Boston Sep"" 22^^ 1787 — Royal Flint Esq —
Durham Aug. 3. 1789 — Exc^ Presid' Sullivan —
Boston July 16^'' 1787 — Royal Flint Esq —
June 3^ 1784 Commissioners for Settling Ace" vs United States —
E. Haskell — Sept f 1788
Joseph Oilman Esq Auditor of Accounts public Services New
Hampshire &c —
Letter from Col" Langdon of the 28''^ of July 1777 —
Letter from J. Howell N York —
Letter from Col° Jn" Langdon — 1777 Ap^ 29''' about flints —
Flints & Lead of John Langdon — 1777 —
Col° Langdons Letter — Jany 17^'' 1777 — Lead & flints
[8-80] \JoscpJi Cillcy Declines a Connnission^
Nottingham feb'' 20'^ 1793-
Sir. I have Information by the Secretary that I am appointed to
Command one of the Divisions of Militia
for which appointment I Returne Your Honour and the Honourab'^
Counsel My Sincere thanks &c
But for Reasons which I Do not Choose at Present to mention I
must decline Excepting the appointment
I am S"" with Due Respect
Your Excellency Most obedent and verrey Humb' Sarv'
Jo^ Cilley
[8-81] \_Lettcr from Secretary of War Knox.]
War Department 23'' May 1793
Sir/ I am directed by the President of the United States to ad-
dress your Excellency on the following subject. A Case has lately
occured in this vicinity which required the interposition of the gen-
eral Government, and as similar cases may arise in other places, it is
necessary that some uniform, adequate and prompt remedy should be
provided and operate throughout the United States —
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVIKCL'VL PAPERS. 865
An armed Vessel of one of the powers engaged in the present war
captured a Ship of another, lying the Bay of Delaware and conse-
quently under the protection of the United States. Both duty and
honor required that the Government should cause the captured Ves-
sel to be restored, which the Minister residing here of the power
whose Vessel commited the oppression, has very readily undertaken
to have done —
But as this remedy may not be adapted to any case and especially
to distant ones, some other is to be resorted to of more universal
application —
The capture of Vessels being generally the consequence of an
attack or combat, and that by an armed and foreign force is in its
nature, if committed within our territory, a military aggression and
to be repressed by the military force of the Nation —
The standing power of the Union is its Militia, and this is every-
where at hand to meet every violation of the National protection —
To your Excellency therefore as the head of the Militia of the State
of New Hampshire the president of the United States confides the
charge of interposing in all cases of hostility between the belligerent
parties within the protection of your State ; desiring that you would
be pleased with the aid of your Militia, to detain the parties first ag-
gressing, until you could communicate the case to the President, with
the evidence in writing which may establish the facts for his ultimate
decision thereon. This you may be assured of receiving with all the
dispatch circumstances may admit — I have the honor to be with
great Respect
Your Excellency's Most Obed hum Servant
A Knox sec^ of War
His Excellency
The Governor of the State of New Hampshire
[8-82] {Petition of Samuel Morcy, 1793.]
To the Hon'^^'^ the Senate, and the Hon^'° the House of Representa-
tives in General Court conven'd :
the undersigned, begs leave to request, that you would Grant unto
him, and such Persons, as have or may with him associate, for that
purpose, and to his and their Heirs and Assigns forever, the exclu-
sive Privilege of opening a Communication by Water, and Locks and
Canals, between the Waters of the River Piscataqua, and those of
Winnepossoke Lake, in the most direct way, combining shortness of
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866 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
distance with prefference and convenience of situation, and to be
continued from thence, into, and through the Waters of Squam Lake,
in Hke manner — Your Petitioner sensible of the magnitude of the
undertaking, very desirous to promote, and not wilHngin any manner
to retard it ; is wiUing, that in passing the Act, Granting the same, it
shall be conditional, that if on examining the premises at the end of
two Years, by a Committee from the Legislature, it shall not be
found to be in a likely way to be compleated, it shall then revert back
to the State, to be Granted to others, or otherwise, as you in your
Wisdom may think best, and your Petitioner as in duty bound will
ever pray — Samuel Morey for himself
Concord June 12''' 1793 — and Associates.
[8-83] ^Petition for More Courts, 1793.]
To his Excellency the Governor the Honourable the Senate and the
Honourable the House of Representatives of the State of Newhamp-
shire in General Court Convened at Concord on the first Wednesday of
June Anno Domini 1793 — the petition of us the Subscribers Inhab-
itants of the County of Cheshire in Said State humbl}^ sheweth —
that the inhabitants of Said County of Cheshire labor under many
inconveniences by reason of the present arrangement of the Judicial
Courts — that the Superior Court which is by law held at Charles-
ton on the third Tuesday of may by reason of the limited time can-
not by any means complete the business Necessary to be done at
Said Court which we concieve might be remedied by having that
term altered to the next week after may term in the County of Graf-
ton and we also concieve that such an alteration would be agreeable to
the Justices of Said Court — also many inconveniences arise from
the present arangement of the Courts of Common-pleas in Said
County — the sitting of Said Court at Keene on the third Tuesday
of march commonly brings it to the most uncomfortable time for
travelling — and the sitting of Said Court at Keene on the third
Tuesday of June of Course according to our Constitution comes
when the General Court is in Session and is a great inconvenience
to many members who has often business and would wish to attend
Said court of commonpleas —
Wherefore your petitioners pray that the Sitting of the Superiour
court of Judicature which is by law to be holden at Charleston on
the third Tuesday of may annually — and that the Sitting of the
inferiour Court of Commonpleas may be holden on the fourth Tuesday
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 86y
of each month annually in which they are now by law established to
be hoklen in Said County and your petitioners as in duty bound will
pray
Eleazer Jackson Sam : Stevens Sam" Twitchell
Jedediah Philbrick Nath' S. Prentice Phinehas Farrar
Dan' Hawkins Dan' Kimball Jeremiah Stiles
Moses Tyler Joseph Burt thomas Bellows
Nahum Parker Abel Parker
[8-84] '[Memorial of Jab e::: Parsons and Others.^
State of ) To the Honorable the Senate and House of
New Hampshire \ Representatives of said State In Gen" Court con-
vened at Exeter the 25*'^ Day of December 1793 —
The Petition and Memorial of Jabez Parsons for himself and others
Humbly Sheweth —
That by reason of the wrong location, alterations, and extention,
of the grants, of the Townships, of Lancaster, Stoningtown, and
Woodbury, in the upper Cohos — The principle part of the lands,
granted to the Proprietors, of the Townships of Preston, and Dryden,
were taken up, and covered by the Alterations, and extention, of the
aforesaid grants, before a reasonable, or legal time was given said Pro-
prietors, for making settlement — And although they were at the ex-
pence of sending a Committee, from the State of New York, for the
purpose of locateing and loting, thier said Townships, they were pre-
vented, by the embarrased, and confused situation, of said grants —
And that by these means, the Inhabitants, and owners of the lands
in that part of the State, have been, and now are, prevented, from
prosecuting to effect, their respective Settlements — That the Inhab-
itants, and Proprietors, of the first mentioned grants, — have at great
expence, and under innumerable difficulties, and hardships, com-
menced, and carried on a settlement, in that remote part of the State,
far advanced into the wilderness — At a time when those Lands were
considered, of little or no value. And the chief object of Government
was then, to encourage and cause settlement to be made in the inte-
rior part of the State, and for which purpose, and to accommodate, the
said Proprietors to pursue thier settlements, the above mentioned al-
terations were made At a time, when great inaccuracies were com-
mited in the business, as no survey of the River was then made, on
which the said Townships were bounded, which inaccuracies, cannot
now be rectified, so as to have the boundary lines, comport with the
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respective Charters — And although those difficulties have, on account
of the situation poverty or inattention of the Inhabitants and owners,
Seemed for a long time to slumber — still they exist — That your
Petitioners about three Years since, Made a large purchase in the
Township of Preston, and of the principle part of the Township of
Dryden — that the persons of whom we purchased, were possess'd of
fair grants or Charters of said Townships, and of Deeds from the
original grantees of the same — And from the recommendations given
of the lands, by persons, on whose information we could depend, pur-
chased with an entire view, of making settlement thereon. Not be-
ing acquainted with the Mode, which had been practiced, of granting,
altering, and regranting, of land in the State, or of the situation, in
which those grants, have for a long time, been suffered to remain,
And did not apprehend, the difficulties, that we have since realized,
and are now realizing, being frustrated in our views, and designs, of
establishing respectable and commodious Settlements, under the pro-
tection, of a Government, where all the privileges, of well founded
societies, would be secure and permanent — To accomplish which ob-
jects we have removed from great distances, and have been at much
trouble, and expence, in making Roads, loting, clearing, and cultivat-
ing the lands, in building Mills, and puting the Towns in a condition
for Settlement, and in geting on a number of Setlers, in all which we
have done more since our residence there, than had been done in
twenty years before — Although we have been under the embarrass-
ment, of interfereing with the grants, made to the Proprietors, of the
Townships, of Cockburne, Colebrook, and Stuart, which has discour
aged, many adventurers, from making settlement. Still as those
Grants, were of a later date than ours, we felt safe, in pursuing our
settlements, untill the last season, when the owners of the last men-
tioned Townships, came forward ; with an intention, of commencing
Suits against us ; as being tresspassers, upon thier lands ; and Stated,
that we were not on the lands, granted under the Preston, and Dry-
den Charters — but that the alterations and extention, of the grants
aforesaid (which were done & made after the date of thier Charters)
covered the lands, granted under our said Charters — And after con-
sidering the ill consequences, that would attend a settlement, by a
Law desicion, came to an agreement, not to have any Suits com-
menced, untill we could have an opportunity, to satisfy our Selves,
respecting the situation, of the different grants ; or of devising some
other method, to bring to a Settlement, those disputes ; which if car-
ried to thier full extent ; would envolve the Inhabitants, and Proprie-
tors, of all the above mentioned Towns, and many others, for the
extent, of fifty miles, on the River ; in one general Calamaty ; and
MISCELLANEOUS PKOVINXIAL PAPERS. 869
totally frustrate, the further settlement, of that part of the State, for
a long time ; And prove as injurious, to the State at large, as to the
Inhabitants in that quarter, or your Petitioners — Therefore, under
these apprehensitions, your Petitioners as Citizens feel themselves
deeply interested in these Events, As they had fondly, Anticipated,
the future advancement, and benifits, of those Settlements — And
therefore, feel a disposition, as far as possible, to promote, an Accom-
modation of the disputes ; and to make any reasonable sacrifice, to
accomplish it — Although, we have the fullest confidence, in the le-
gality, and Validity, of our Grants ; which were made, by Governor
Benning Wentworth ; Yet as the establishing, and Ascertaining them,
in a course of Law, will be attended, with immence trouble, and ex-
pence, and opperate, to the real injury, of the Proprietors, and owners,
of the other Grants — Who have already, many of them, endured a
greater share of hardships and inconveniencies than has been the
Common lott of your Citizens, which inconveniencies and hardships,
were gradually wearing a way, and more hopefull prospects, were
opening, and the Settlement began rapidly to increase, and the pros-
pects were fair, for having large numbers, Settled immediately, in that
quarter ; who were making purchases, and preparing, to move thier
famalies — All which is now suspended, on account of the vexatious
situation, into which, they must involve themselves — And from which
your Petitioners, are under an immediate necessity, of extrecating
themselves, (and if it cannot be effected by no other means) must re-
move to a new Situation where the advantages of being nearer to Navi-
gation and of having Titles regularly established, will induce us to make
a new effort, to establish, a Settlement, for our selves, in company
with many of our Connections, in Connecticut, who are wealthy, and
would immediately, enter upon, and soon compleat, a large and re-
spectable Settlement, and establish tradesmen schools Meetings &c
So that we may reap immediate advantages, therefrom, ourselves, and
for our Children ; all which advantages, the afore said Inhabitants,
have for a long time, been in a great measure destitute of, and which
under the present Situation, of those Towns, it is to be found, they
will for a long time, continue to be —
We therefore humbly emplore, your Honors, to take the matter
into your wise consideration, and interpose, as far as is consistant,
with the interest, Justice, and Policy of the state — And avert the
evils, that are drawing very near, to those new, but promising Settle-
ments— for the Idea, of leaving those disputes, which (have been
caused, by the errors, of the Royal administration of Government) to
be Settled in Courts of Law, to attend which, many of the Inhabi-
tants, and Proprietors, must go more than a hundred miles ; which
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under thier weak, and impoverished circumstances, would be to them,
to lose all sight of Justice ; let thier claims, stand ever so fair — There-
fore, to remedy all the afores^ difficulties, your Petitioners begg leave,
to make the following proposals — That under the conditions, and for the
purposes, hereafter mentioned — To have a grant made to them and
to thier Heirs and Assigns for ever — of all that Tract of Land, Sit-
uate in the County of Grafton, and lying between, the Townships of
Stuart, Colebrook, part of Cockburne, and W"^ Erwings grant, west,
and the district of Main East, and North and South between the grant,
made to the Trustees, of Dartmouth Colliege, and a line runingfrom the
South east corner thereof East 8° South to the said district of Main
which will be at right angles with the province line, and North of the
Townships, of Errold, and Millsfield, and if the last does not close
with the said Erwings grant, to have a line drawn, from the North
West corner of said Millsfield, to the South east corner of
the said Erwings grant ; including by estimation. Forty Six thou-
sand And eighty Acres ; the greater part of which Tract, is
Mountainous, broken, and unfit for settlement ; and was it not for
the Intervales, that lie on the Streams, it would be no object ;
and except a road is opened, from Connecticut River, through it, its
situation for a long time would be unfavorable for if not, forbiding
Settlement ; And if the said Tract contains more than the estimation
(when measured) Nine pence '^ Acre, shall be paid, for the overplus ;
and if it falls short, nine pence "^ acre, shall be deducted from the
sum, contained in this proposal ; which is as follows, (viz) i=^* That
your Petitioners shall in a legal manner, acquit to the State, all thier
claims, to the grants, made to the Proprietors, or the Townships, of
Preston, and Dryden ; the canceling of which grants, will bring to an
end, all the disputes, and enterfering claims, in all the above men-
tioned, and many other Towns (which are and will be effected, by the
afore said alterations) And in which the advancing settlement is of
the greatest consequence to the State ; 2^^^ that they will open, and
make passable for teams, at thier own expence, a Road from Connect-
icut River to Amoroschogin River ; which will, in concert, with the
roads now opening to the eastward ; be the best communication, to
Water transportation ; and by communicating, with the roads, open-
ing into the Province of Canada, greatly benifit the Settlements, of
the northern part of the State ; and render the Situation, of the re-
maining public lands, much more eligible ; and greatly enhance thier
value — 3^^'^ that they will have fifty famalies, Settled on the Prem-
isses, within four years, unless prevented by a War — 4*^^ that they
will, upon the execution of the grant, pay and secure to be paid in
MISCELLANEOUS PROVIN'CIAL PAPERS. 8/1
four years four thousand Dollars, & at the expiration, of which four
years, the said road. Shall be compleated — Which, with the forego-
ing conditions, shall be the full consideration for the same —
And whereas, the several objects, which are comprehended m this
Petition, and Memorial, will affect the Inhabitants aforesaid, Your
Petitioners, and the State at large, in a very serious Manner, Your
Petitioner, is induced to hope ; that your Honors, will take the mat-
ter, into your wise consideration ; and advert, to the consequences, of
suffering the above stated disputes ; being carried to the fatal extent,
to which nothing short, of your Honors, interposition, can prevent —
And to contrast, those evils, with the hopefull, and flourishing Situa-
tion, to which that quarter of the State, would soon arive; under the
Political protection, and encouragement, of the Legislature — As rich,
flourishing, and productive Settlements, would in the eyes of reason,
soon be established : And by having the communications, which are
formed, by the hand of Nature, opened, and put into good condition,
would endue, and controul, the Inhabitants, who are now settled, and
who may hereafter settle, either in the State of Vermont, or the Prov-
ince of Canada, adjoining; to fall back, into this State, for thier sup-
plies ; and pursue those communications, which would be the best,
and longest adhered to ; and thereby secure lasting advantages to the
state, by Attracting and riveting, the Friendship, and Interest, of the
Inhabitants, of the very great settlements, that will in a short time
be made, in those neighbouring States ; and which, if the present op-
portunity to secure, is neglected, will be lost to the State ; As great
efforts are making, to open communications, towards Ouebeck, and
to attract the attention of Settlers, and to turn the trade, and inter-
course that way ; which if not counteracted, will be no little disad-
vantage to the State ; as the lands, in that Province, are to be ob-
tained, only on condition of making Settlement ; and many valuable
Inhabitants, with thier property, will be lost to the State ; as well as
the real advantage, of securing the Friendship, of the Inhabitants, of
those settlements, by the ties of interest, and intercourse — These
considerations, with the Idea, of releaving, the aforesaid Inhabitants,
from thier present, and long endured, embarassments ; confirming
peace, and opening a door, for immediate, and productive acquisitions,
to the State — will, we doubt not, induce your Honors, to grant the
prayer of your Petitioners, or in some other way, give relief and rem-
edy the Evils, which, are here but faintly represented — and your Pe-
titioner as in duty bound will ever pray —
Jabez Parsons
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[8-85] [More Facts relative to tJie Same Mattel^]
V^ — Stonington was granted October 20''^ 1761 And was to begin
about thirty miles from the mouth of Amonusic River, making a skip
of 30 miles from any other grant on Connecticut River And was to
extend six miles on said River and far enough back to make the
contents of six miles square, 2^ Woodbury Preston and Dryden were
granted June 2G^ 1762 each lying six miles on the River and to ex-
tend far enough back to make the contents of six miles square Wood-
bury bounding on Stonington Preston on Woodbury & Dryden upon
Preston 3'^'>' Lancaster was granted July 5'^ 1763 and was bounded on
Stonington And to extend about Seven Miles below on the river and
to extend back far enough to make Six Miles Square — 4"''>' Cockburne
Colebrook & Stuart Towns were granted December i^' 1770 — lying
above the other Townships & not bounding on any other grant & to ex-
tend about four Miles each on the River and far enough back to contain
six miles Square each, this was the state of the first grants that were
ever made — But when Stonington was laid out it was begun
about a half farther up the River than it was bounded by the
Charter, which likewise carried Woodbury Preston & Dryden as
much farther up. this appears by Guildhall being moved down by the
disicion of a Court of Law three Miles & half, which was bounded
thirty Miles from the mouth of the said Amonusic and was laid out
upon the other side of the River directly opposite to Stonington —
The next error in course is an alteration that was made in Stonington
Charter which appears by the Records now in the Secretaries Office
the boundary lines of which have been scratched out and in several
places holes scratched through the leaf and the lines wrote over agin,
And the plan of the Township in the Book of Charters has been
scratched out laid down in a different form so as to extend Nine Miles
on the River instead of Six — by these alterations the Woodbury
Proprietors were encroached upon, which occasioned a lawsuit between
them, And the Proprietors of Stonington got a New Charter by the
Name of Northumberland dated January 25^^ 1771 bounded in the
same manner as Stonington was after the alterations were made, and
is expressed to be the same as was known by the Name of Stoning-
ton — The controversy between the said Proprietors was taken out of
Court and submitted to & settled by Governor John Wentworth, And
the Proprietors of Woodbury had a New Charter given them by the
Name of Stratford dated May 26* 1773 And enlarged so as to con-
tain 48603 Acres, but the North bounds are expressed in the Charter
to be the North bounds of Woodbury — these enlargements with the
three Miles & half lost in the wrong location took up all the land ex-
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cept about three miles on the River between Stratford and Cockburne
which vacancy or gore was granted to Seth Wales in May 1 773 with-
out any reference being had to the Preston & Dryden grants, the Pro-
prietors of which coukl never determine with any certainty where to
lay out thier Said Townships on account of all those grants below be-
ing in Controversy Although they kept up thicr Proprietory Meetings
Annually And appointed the proper Officers to transact thier busi-
ness, which appears by thier Records, as does thier sending up a Com-
mittee to lay out thier Said Towns, in which they were prevented by
these Contests — After these disputes were settled between Stoning-
ton & Woodbury Proprietors. then the Proprietors of Preston &
Dryden, laid out thier said Towns begining at the North line of Strat-
ford which by that Charter was called the North line of Woodbury,
And extended Six miles up the River each agreeable to thier Charters,
and which now covers the grant of Seth Wales^ and a part of Cock-
burne Colebrook and Stuart, P'rom which may be seen the present
Situation of those grants, and from the established maxim of the
oldest grants being held good in Law, the Charters of Stratford
Northumberland and Wales*^^ grant must be set aside, then the Char-
ter of Stonington reduced to its first boundaries, the consequence of
which will be to fall back three Miles & half upon Lancaster and Lan-
caster as much upon Dalton and how much farther, it will opperate
below I have not Informed myself. And Stonington being reduced
from nine to six miles on the river must extend back on some other
grant far enough to get the contents of six miles square, this will re-
move Woodbury more than its width and by being reduced to six
miles on the River will with Wales*^^ grant make room for Preston and
Dryden, between Woodbury and Cockburne, but in making these al-
terations so as to have the oldest grants take thier respective places
as Chartered no less than eieht or ten Towns must be altered.
[8-86]
[Peleg Sprague recommends Samuel Crosby, of Charlestown, for
register of deeds for Cheshire county, January 26, 1794. — Ed.]
[8-87] \^[nstmctio7is frovi Secretary of War, 1794.]
Instructions to M"" Bachet de Rochefontaine acting as temporary
Engineer in the Service of the United States.
In pursuance of the directions of the President of the United
874
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States you are hereby appointed an Engineer for the purpose of for-
tifying the ports & harbours herein after mentioned Viz' New Lon-
don in the State of Connecticut, Newport in the State of Rhode
Island, Boston, Marblehead, Salem, Gloucester & Portland in the State
of Massachusetts and Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire.
You are therefore immediately to repair to the Ports to be fortified
in the said States respectively & in case the Governors should be
near any of the said ports you are to wait on them and exhibit these
instructions.
But if the Governors should be at any considerable distance from
your route, you are respectfully to notify them of your appointment,
enclose them a copy of these instructions and inform them that you
have repaired to the ports aforesaid in order to make the necessary
surveys and investigations relatively to your mission, which you will
submit to their consideration and take their orders thereon.
As soon as you shall receive their approbation of your plans, you
are to construct the works and to execute them with all possible vigour
& dispatch.
The following is an extract of the estimate on which the appropri-
ations for the fortifications have been founded.
The proportion of the expence for the harbour of Portsmouth is as
follows — Viz^
A parapet for Nine pieces 281, ,25
DC
Embrazure & platforms for nine pieces @ 40.73 . . 3<5o„5 7
A Redoubt 650,,
Embrazures & platforms i6o„52
A Magazine • 200,,
Block house or Barracks 500,,
Pickets, Pahsadoes & contingencies 375,,
Dollars 2 5 27,, 34
It will be readily perceived by the lowness of the estimate that the
parapets of the works intended to be erected are to be of earth or
where that cannot easily be obtained of an adhesive quality, the para-
pets may be faced with strong timber and filled in with such earth as
can be had. — It is however conceived that in most cases earth may be
procured, & that a parapet made thereof will not only form a solid de-
fence but even be durable if the earth be tenacious, & properly sloped
& sodded inside and out and the seed of Knot Grass sown so as to
bind the sods & earth together.
It is however apprehended that the embrasures made in this man-
ner would suffer from the explosion of the powder from the Cannon,
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& that therefore where the batteries are not en barbette, that the em-
brasures ought to be framed with Joist and faced with plank of two
inches thick.
When the Batteries are to be erected on points of land, Islands or
other places at a distance from the Town's intended to be defended,
they ought to be covered or secured by a Redoubt or enclosed work
in which the Garrison should reside constantly either in a Barrack or
a strong Block house as shall be judged most expedient; — But in
general as the Garrisons will be weak in numbers a lUock house
mounting one or two small pieces of Cannon in its upper story will
be more secure and therefore to be prefered. — These however ought
not to be much if any exposed to the fire of heavy Cannon ; — A
l^lock house will not contain more than fifty Men, if the Garrison
therefore should be enlarged tents must be used.
The redoubts in general ought to be of a size to contain five hun-
dred Men, so as to resist a sudden enterprize of an Enemy — and
perhaps the idea ought to be embraced in the first instance that they
should be of such extent as to enable the Garrison to resist in some
tolerable degree a Bombardment.
But it is not proposed at present to erect such casements excepting
for a Magazine, which must be formed of massy timber & be six feet
thick on the roofs exclusive of the earth, and jointed & Caulked in
such a manner as to be perfectly tight, — Care must be taken to have
these Magazines properly ventilated and free from dampness : — They
are to be of a size sufficient to one hundred & fifty rounds of powder
for each piece of Cannon intended to be served from it : — The spot
at which a Magazine of this nature shall be fixed will require great
judgement so as to combine security against an enemy either open or
subtle or any danger from common accidents.
Your judgement will also direct what parts of your works shall be
protected by fraize, & what by palisadoes, or whether your redoubts
shall have embrazures, or fire en barbette, with small Cannon, — As
the redoubts are to cover the batteries, they would certainly secure &
resist better without embrazures — the batteries are to annoy.
The choice of the Ground on which the batteries & works are to be
erected with all the combinations & effects depending thereon will
rest upon your judgement under the directions of the Governor ! —
It has not been intended by anything herein specified to point out
the particular manner in which the work should be erected — Out-
lines only have been given to serve in regulating the expence which
is limited by the sums before mentioned.
Some person in whose ingenuity & industry confidence can be
placed will be appointed at the said ports respectively to superintend
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the actual execution of the works according to your directions: —
Arrangements will also be made by him or some other person to ob-
tain the necessary workmen implements & materials which will be
required in this business : — But everything must be previously calcu-
lated and estimated by you.
You are to deliver to the Governors copies of all your plans, sur-
veys, & soundings &c. and also to transmit copies of the same to
this Office — You are also to make a weekly report to this Office o(
your proceedings.
A reverbatory furnace for red hot balls must be erected for each
battery ; you are hereby authorized to have made in all cases where
your judgement shall direct new semicircle carriages for Cannon —
now used on the Sea Coast of France instead of the old Garrison
carriages — This improvement firing en barbette will prevent the ne-
cessity of embrazures which in most cases serve no other purpose but
as a trap to catch the enemies balls & kill the defenders of the bat-
tery ! — It is true the expence will be greatly enhanced by adopting
this improvement, but this will be lessened in some degree by saving
the expence of the embrazures & platforms.
It will be proper in most cases where the earthworks are to be
erected to have them done by contract. I have written to the Agents
upon this subject and I also request your attention thereto. It is
probable that one or two Sub Engineers may be appointed under your
orders as your line will be very extensive.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 29"' March 1794.
signed A. Knox
Secretary of War.
[8-88]
[Joseph Peirce resigns his office as justice of the court of common
pleas for Strafford county, also his commission as lieutenant colonel
commandant of the 27th regiment of militia, April 20, 1794. — Ed.J
[8-89]
[Samuel Hale resigns his office of senator from the fifth district,
June 14, 1794. — Ed.]
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[8-91] \_J\lciiioi-iaI of Jabcrj Parscvis.'\
The Hon"^' The Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of New Hampshire convened at Concord —
The Memorial of Jabez Parsons of Colebrook in said State — Hum-
bly Sheweth That at the last Winter Session of the Hon''' Court
holden at Exeter — He presented a Petition and Memorial to the said
Court — seting forth certain difficulties and imbarrisments which the
Proprietors and Inhabitants had for a long time experienced in a
number of the upper most Towns on Connecticut River within said
State, ocasioned by the alteration and wrong Locations of the Char-
ters of said Townships, which has been the means of retarding the
settlement of that part of the State, and has been particularly inju-
rious to your Memorialist who with his Connections had undertaken
to bring forward a respectable settlement in that quarter — And to
accommodate the said difficulties your Memorialist made certain pro-
posals for a Tract of unappropriated Land, seting forth the mutual
advantages that would attend such a Compromise, both to the State
& individuals — All which were taken into Consideration by the Hon'''
House, and a very respectable Committee appointed to examine into
the several matters set forth, and report their opinion thereon. And
your Petitioner after stating the Circumstances of the business to the
said Committee requested them if they were of opinion that the pro-
posals merited the attention of the Legislature, to report for the Peti-
tioners a day of hearing at the then next session of said Court, that
they might have opportunity to make the necessary preparations for
compleating the settlement, which the Committee were pleased to
comply with, and after the business was thoroughly investigated in the
Hon''' House the report of the Committee for a day of hearing was by
a very full vote accepted — But by reason of the late and hurrying
stage of the business of the session the Honb' Senate did not attend
to said Memorialist — which discouraged your Petitioners from pur-
suing thier plan of accommodation any farther, and different measures
have since (by some concerned) been adopted — But as the difficulties
then set forth in said Memorial still exist and the ill consequences
which were represented as resulting therefrom are actually taking
place — Your Petitioner is induced once more to request your Honors
to grant a day of hearing on the Premises at the next session of the
General Court — That the Interposition of the Legislature may be
regularly applied for, in a Case where the sacred testimony of the
Records of the State or late province of N. Hampshire are called in
question. That in the mean time some releaf may be anticipated, and
the growing evils both to the State and Individuals averted — And
your Memorialist will ever pray — Jabez Parsons
Concord 12''^ January 1795.
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[8-94]
[Order from John T. Gilman to Supply Clapp to deliver arms to
Captain Sheaffe's company, March 24, 1795. — Ed.]
[8-96] \Petition to Construct Canals, 1795.]
To the honorable the Senate & to the honble the House of Represen-
tatives of the State of New Hampshire in General Court assem-
bled at Hanover June 1795.
The subscriber in behalf of himself and others whose names are
hereto subjoined, most respectfully represents.
That among the Number of great Objects that at the present
period of Enterprize & Exertion, have arested the Attention of Indi-
viduals, the Business of Canals holds out more of public Utility than
any other. The Removal of the Obstructions occasioned by the Falls
of the important River of Merimack, must in this, & other Views,
be an interesting Plan to the Citizens of New Hampshire. Your Pe-
titioner therefore in behalf of himself & Associates begs leave to
sollicit the Aid of this honorable Court to authorise & enable them to
clear the Falls (at their own private special Expence) upon the Meri-
mac River from the Isle of Hookset Falls to the Entrance of the
East Branch of said River, & from thence to construct and open such
Canals up the East Branch of said River to Winnipissiokee Pond, as
shall render the navigation for Boats & Rafts safe & convenient from
said Pond to Isle of Hookset Falls aforesaid, and for their purpose
to incorporate them with such Privileges & on such Terms & Con-
ditions as this honorable Court shall think proper.
Sam' Blodget James Sullivan Sam' P. Kidder
for himself and William Tudore W'" Blodget
Moses Gill Perez Morton Benj^ Blodget
Tho^ Russell Peter Gillman Abiel Smith
[8-97] \Petition for Protection of Fish, 1795.]
State of New Hampshire
To the honorable, the Senate and house of Representatives in Gen-
eral Court convened, at Hanover the third day of June 1795 We
your Petitioners humbly sheweth —
That whereas in the Clause of an Act in addition to, and in amend-
ment of an Act, entitled an Act to prevent the destruction of Salmon,
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879
Shad and Alewives in IMenimac River &c. Wc find people are tol-
erated to set and continue wares, sienes, nets and fishpots in Merri-
mac River, u'hile in other Rivers and w^aters falling into said Merri-
mac River, people are wholly depriv'd the privilege of setting or
continueing any ware, siene, net or fishpot at any time. By reason
of which unequitable privileges, and the obstruction of Salmon, Shad
&c. in said Merrimac River, we humbly pray, that the said Clause
(Viz.) That no person or persons shall, at any time set or continue
any ware, siene, net or fishpot in any of the Rivers or waters afore-
said wherein salmon, shad or Alewives have heretofore usually passed,
except the said River Merrimac on penalty of forfeiting &c. May be
repealed, amended, or at least the words except the said River Mer-
rimac expunged
So as in duty bound we ever pray
Hopkinton May 1$^^ 1795.
John Bailey
Joseph Patterson
Moses Tyler
Stevens Gould
Joseph Hastings
Bodwill Emerson
Benj^ Homes
Parker Merrill
Zebulun Rowe
Elias Gould
moses Hills
John Chadwick
Thomas Story
Jacob Straw
Tho^ Burnham
Daniel Hale
David Cow
Ezekicl Straw j""
ICliphclet Homes
Benj'"^ Mackay
William Swain
Ezra Morrill
John Clement Jr.
Amos Dow
Jonathan Chas
Joshua Morse
Timothy Darling
Joseph Towne
Jedediah Hastings
Henry Blake
Simeon Dow Jr.
David Prowler
Joshua Lovejoy
Samuel G. Towne
James Clough
Benj'^ B. Darling
Moses Shaw
Nathaniel Colby
David Herrick
Daniel Allen
Levi Hildreth
Peter Darling
Moses Darlinir
[8-99]
\_Petition to Clear Piscataqita Rii'er.]
To the Honourable the Senate, & House of Representatives in Gen-
eral Court convened, at Exeter, on the first Wednesday of June
1796
The Representation & prayer of the Subscribers Inhabitants of the
County of Strafford most respectfully shews —
That Peace & good government being now happily established, the
Arts of peace will of course present themselves to the Legislature
for their patronage & encouragement. Our Sea Coast being of nar-
row extent, and the River Piscataqua being of primary Consequence
88o MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
to the Trade of the State, any improvements, which shall render the
Transportation on that River more cheap, easy, and convenient, must
be attended with immense Advantages to the public at large. At
present, Vessels of any considerable burthen, cannot pass up the river,
to load or unload, within the Distance of Two Miles of Dover land-
ing where the Tide flows, and which is the Receptacle of a very con-
siderable part of the Lumber and produce exported by water from
this State. This Obstruction is occasioned by the Rocks, & old sod-
den pieces of Timber, logs &c in the Channel which without much
difficulty might be removed could some plan be adopted to defray the
Expence. That it has been computed, that the Sum of about One
Thousand pounds, applied in this way, would render the river naviga-
ble, for Vessels of fifty or sixty Tons burthen, the many & prodigious
advantages of which to the public must be obvious to every one who
is conversant with the Geography & Trade of New Hampshire — But,
as the Emoluments that would arise from clearing the River would
be principally of a public Nature, it cannot be expected that Individ-
uals, tho' well wishers to the plan, should take upon themselves this
Burthen without some further Assistance ; and they can therefore
only recommend it, as a subject for the wisdom & consideration of
our legislators, the watchful Guardians of our Interest and the public
Good. And as we have no doubt it must appear to your Honors on
further investigation that the accomplishing this Object will probably
be attended with the beneficial consequences which we anticipate, we
earnestly entreat, that some mode by Lottery, or otherwise, may be
devised for carrying it into Effect. Perhaps a Lottery can never be
o-ranted at a better Time than the present. The plenty of Money so
universally diffused throughout this State, & especially the situation
of the River as it respects the State of Massachusetts, together with
the Spirit of Enterprize and adventure which prevails in both will
ensure a rapid sale of the Tickets —
Never, (once only excepted), has application been made to the Leg-
islature for the grant of any Lottery by which this County was to re-
ceive any particular benefit ; They have been frequently granted in
other parts of the State for the purpose of making and repairing bridges,
& in the Cause of Science Commerce now lays in her equal Claim to your
patronage — She Urges, that Agriculture, Manufactures, the Sciences
and herself are mutually dependent, each on the other — that they
thrive and flourish, or languish and expire together, and that in mak-
ino- such grant in such Manner, with such Managers and under such
Restrictions as your wisdom shall suggest, not only the Mercantile
Interest will be promoted, but the Husbandman, Mechanic, and man
of Science will be sharers in its Benefits.
June P^ 1796 —
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88 1
Otis Baker
Theoph^ Davis
Eben"^ Tebbets
Steph" Evans
Michael Reade
Henry Mcllen
Tho^ Footman
Cha^ Clapham
Ezra Green
Peter Man
Philemon Chandler
James White
Oliver Crosby
Williem Nuton
Jeremiah Home
VV-" Pitt Moulton
Mark Walker
Thomas Sheafe
Benjamin Peirce
W"^ Hale
Edw*^ Sise
James Jewett
Benj* Remick
Joseph Gage
John Titcomb
Vaughan Jones
John Waldron
W" K. Atkinson
Sam' Wentworth
Amos Cogswell
Asa Tufts
Jabez Dow
Stephen Patten
Duglis Stacpole
James Smith
Janvrin P^isher
Phebin H olden
Abraham Duncan
Evens Wentworth
Joseph Stacpole
Elijah Perkins
Moses Powel
Nathen Ela
Isaiah Gould
James Chase
John Gage the 3'''^
Rich^ C. Shannon
W" Home
John Remick
Joseph Smith
David Copp
Amos White
John Riley
Aaron Wingate
James Baker
Reuben Ricker
Benj^ P'rench
Richard Waldron
John Kimball
James Libbey
Stephen Davis
Ichabod Horn
Samuel Bragg J""
Moses Sawyer
William H. Clark
Enoch Clement
Robert Gray
David Jewett
Thomas Folsom
John Friend
Stephen Patten J""
W'" Shannon
[8-100]
[Report of the committee to consider the resolves of the House of
Delegates, in Virginia, respecting alterations in the federal constitu-
tion, June 8, 1796. — Ed.]
[8-101]
[^Petition of Tom Poivcrs, 1796.]
To his Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council of the
State of New Hampshire.
In the utmost distress and Agony, not only on Account of the de-
plorable and most lamentable state in which by his own folly and ig-
norance of the Laws he now stands, as an apparent candidate for the
world of Spirits and into which he at this time has a prospect to enter
56
OF THE ^
UNIVERSITY
OF
882 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
and explore on the 28"^ of July instant ; and which, without your in-
terposition, he enivatably must ; but also on Account of the irrepara-
ble injury which the public, but more especially Miss Sally Mcsscr SiW^^i
her particular friends and relatives have sustained, by means of the com-
mission of a crime by this suppliant more black than he is ; most humbly
sheweth, Tom Pozvars, a poor and unfortunate /mc'wt'r in the Goal in
Haverhill in this State ; which place of confinement, though to those
more fortunate might seem unpleasant, to him appears a Paradise,
when compared to that situation which at this time appears shortly to
await him ; by considering which you will easily perceive the degrees
of G-ratitiide which by every friend to Humanity, but more especially
this tvretchcd suppliant ought to be Acknowledged, for those few
days which by your attending to his former petition, he has been per-
mitted to live ! Almost totally ignorant of the nature of the crime for
which he is condemned to die, an ignominious death, he run into the
error ; and as the Juingry Bird is caught in an evil net, and as the
starving fish is taken with the Hook concealed under the bait ; so is
he taken in an evil net, and caught with the Hook which, till it was to ^
late, was from him concealed.
If to take the life of Tom Pozvers could in the least remove the in-
jury sustained ; the greatest satisfaction might be taken in his Exe-
cution ; but if it cannot, you will be pleased to consider, whether to
pnnish for the sake of punishing, is Characteristic of goodness and
a temper of mind which is virtuous. —
To protect the fair from the abuses in future, of Tom Pozvars, if
to you it should be doubted whether he has been sufficiently taught
the consequences, so as to prevent him from again abusing any of
them ; it will doubtless appear that he ought not to go at large ; yet
will you deny but that in all Ages of the world very great Ojfenders,
have by moderate discipline been reformed, and made good members
of society ; true it is that not much service to the community could
ever have been reasonably expected from Tom Pozvars ; yet you will
consider him within the reach of that Universal Governor, who is able
to turn the hearts of the wicked of all Ages, sex, and degrees, and
make them as good Members of the great Body of the people as from
their situation in life is possible ; and in all cases, is not a reformation
the end of the law .''
If poor Tom Pozvars, an infant in Law, and who at that time was
totally ignorant of your Laws, for the first and only offence that has
been attempted to be proved against him ; ought to be hanged by his
Neek till he is dead? what kind of punishments in similar cases ought
to be inflicted upon those of more experiance, and Adult years, and
who have had and still have a voice in making Laws, by which to be
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 883
tried for the Commission of criincs ? — If it is both impolitic and un-
just to put to death, as some say it is, your BrotJicrs and Sons for the
commission of the same kind of crimes for which Tom Pozvars is
under sentence of Death ; how much more excusable is Tom who
never has, and who on Account of his infancy and co/oj; never could
have had, any voice in making the Laws by which he is condemned to
die ?
If ToDi Pozcars who is an infant, and not in strictness a Man as is
mentioned in your Laws* could declare to all the World in as strong
and unequivocal terms as Languag'e is capable of describing, that if
his Life could be spared, he would never again commit a Crime of the
kind for which he has been condemned to Death ; and of which Crime,
that is the Act, he acknowledges himself Guilty ; or that he would
never knowingly commit any Crivie ; he would expect not to be be-
lieved, further than the nature and circumstances of his case, and the
situation in wdiich he is now involved by means of his igjiorance of
the Laws, must be convincing, that by ivofnl experience he has been
taught the nature of the crime, according to your Laws ; and like the
Burnt child who most fears and dreads they?;r, he would be most
likely to, and in all probability would avoid, again, running into an
error of that nature, which would to himself work the greatest of in-
juries; that is to say, if his Life is worth enjoying. —
Will you consider that no situation in life can possibly /r^7'(?/{r a
youth, black or white, Bond or free of but in his Twentieth year, if
out of a state of delirium, to leap off the stage of life into an Eter-
nal State, from whence no one has ever brought back any tidings !
yet if in your Opinion, under every view of the case, divesting your-
selves of all personal prejudices, which at the first Blush must natur-
ally rest upon your minds, on Account of the Jieinousness of the
cri^ne ; that a complete denization of Tom Poivars would be unsafe
on the part of the public ; still is it not possible that you may so far
make him free, as under certain restrictions and limitations, to save
his Life ; and thereby convince the world that punishment is your
strange work. —
Tom Powars has not asked seventy times seven to be forgiven, but
takes encouragement from the goodness of the Governor and people,
among whom his Lot has fallen to live and perhaps die, to pray with
all fervent prayer and supplication to be once pardoned. — What honor
or happiness can accrue to the people by causing the ground of New
Hampshire to be stained w'lXh the Blood oi black Toin Poivars?
Though there can be no crime in remembering an injury and
guarding against others ; is it not God like to forgive, if it can be
* See StaUite for punishing Rape.
884 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
done with safety to the community, even black Tom Poivars ? — Will
your Excellency and Honors suffer this suppliant to remind you, that
within a few years past a precedent for pardoning has been set you by
the Governor and Council of a Sister state, a Man, after having been
Convicted of Murder and for which he has been sentenced to be
hanged according to the Laws of the State till he was dead ; was re-
prieved, and for doing which the Governor and Council were highly
applauded ; and To7n Powars is willing to submit to the impartial
public generally, and to you in particular whether the crime for which
he is condemned to die, is more vialicious than Murder ! — Does the
safety of your people so much depend upon the ignominio7is death of
poor black Tom Poivers, a Lad of Nineteen, and who has been so se-
verely disciplined, that no one in the common exercise of common
reason, can be in the least afraid of his injuring any of your good
people in future, if you should condescend to save his Life ; that he
must inevitably be put to Death ?
To tire your patience would be in vain with a multitude of words
and repetitions and though it may add nothing to his Salvation, you
will, no doubt excuse him if he has already said many things which
in your opinion might have been omitted ; and consider his case, and
though he is black Tom Pozvars, do to, for and by him, as you would,
as rational Men, would wish to have done to, for and by a Son of
yours, should it chance to be your and their misfortune ever to be
placed in a similar situation. — Liberty is desirable and every
person on Earth it is agreed by the Americans, hath a right to be
free, until he may forfeit that right. — Life is much more desirable,
and most certainly every creature hath a natural right to live, until
he shall voluntarily relinquish that right ; and can you be certain of
the degrees of consciousness and knowledge necessary in order that
a Creature should actually be a volunteer in resigning to the public
his Life } — If you cannot, or if you are not certain whether Tom
Powars did or did not at the time of committing the Deed, for which
he is under sentence of Death ; possess such a degree of knowledge
and consciousness as to make him a Volunteer ; in that case will you
not be at a loss to determine whether he ought, or ought not to die
for committing the Deed .'' — If you are in the least uncertain respect-
ing these points, does there not appear to be some doubt, whether he
in justice ought to be put to death }
If this is the case is there not a possibility, nay a probability, of
erratically judging "^ — and in all cases where there is room left for
erring, to err on the side of Humanity would seem most virtuous. —
Wherefore this suppliant looks up to Your Excellency and Honors,
who ought never to be Actuated from passion, but who should be all
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 885
compassion, as to his last resort for his Life ; and with a Heart filled
with Gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, who inspires
the Children of Men, and fills their Hearts with pity towards the dis-
tressed ; and who hath once moved you, for a few days, to save him
from an loitiniely death, and most humbly implores forgiveness of
the crime for which he is condemned to die. — Your forgiving even
Tovi Poivars it appears to him can be no crime, and he would bl/ish
to ask forgiveness if he had an idea that he deserved to be hanged ;
yet had he at the time of the commission of the crime known the
consequences of it, he could not have plead the same excuse ; but he
has now been taught, by sad experience, that, of which at the time,
he was totally ignorant. If you cannot, consistant with your feelings,
when divested of prejudice, as no doubt you are or will be, before you
pass upon this all important question ; and when you consider that
though to err is human, that to forgive is divine, and consistant with
the duty which you owe your fellow Men ; permit Totn Poivars to go
at large, which he prays you to do ; will you suffer him to live by re-
maining in his present situation hand cuffed and chained in prison,
till he can have an Opportunity to dispose of himself on board some
Ship or Vessel, there to remain for life ; or in some other way to dis-
pose of himself, by his own Indenture, to be safely conducted out of
America, to some persons or people who willingly receive him ; or in
some other way release him from the sentence of death which has
been passed upon and against him, as to you may appear most eligi-
ble ; and he will never forget to be, while Life shall endure, a strict
enquirer into, and a pious observer of the Laws of the people amongst
whom he may chance to live ; and to praise and adore the Supreme
Governor of all flesh, for inspiring your hearts with such portion of
the Godlike temper, which caused you to love and practice Mercy,
and abhor sacrifice.
To this supplication, which by a friend to humanity, and who, with-
out fee, or any prospect of reward, has wrote it ; I Tom Powars sub-
scribe my name ; in the fullest hope and expectation of success ; and
to whom I feel myself much more grateful than to those who for the
sake of gain have extorted from me writings and which contrary to
their promises were to my very great grief published before my death.
Done at Haverhill in the Jail July 14"' 1796 and while confined in
a Diingeon, in Chains 2in(\ fetters of IroJi, there to remain impatiently
waiting an Answer, which will to me be of more consequence than
the whole world ! ! Tomas Powers
In the presence of "I tt 1 • ^
Joseph Burnham / ^''^''' P^^^°" ^^^P^^'
886 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[8-102]
[John Dudley resigns as justice of the superior court, February i,
I797- — Kd.]
[8-103]
[Moses Woodward resigns the command of the first regiment of
mihtia, June 10, 1797. — Ed.]
[8-104]
[Report of " the Committee to report what method shall be taken
by the State for recovering Guns Bayonets &c belonging to this State
which Col° Jonathan Went worth received by President Sullivan s or-
der in 1787, and such as have been delivered to any person or persons
which have not been returned and what shall be done with the old
Iron now on hand belonging to the State," December 8, 1797. — Ed.]
[8-106]
[Daniel Newcomb resigns as judge of the superior court, January
31, 1798. — Ed.]
[8-108] {Letter from Oliver Whipple, of Hampton.^
Hampton April 2^ 1798
May it Please your Excellency,
You will not, I presume, deem it improper, or disrespectful, to ad-
dress you on a Subject, which I have had no Oppertunity to do, in a
private Conversation. I wish S'' to State to you some Facts, which
you have never yet known the Motives or Truth of, and to take of
from your Mind, any unfavourable Impressions that you have, received
thro' the Medium of certain Individuals, and family Connections,
which have for a Series of Years been perticulorly & assideously in-
imical to me* I do not know, that I ever offended them, but my Spirit
would not submit to pamper their Vanity, or give Aid to their ambi-
tious Views to monopolize the Imployments of State. — It is true, I
have been peculiarly unfortunate in my Family affairs, but when the
Motives are considered that led to this distressing Event ; which were
Interest, the Gratification of an inorelenate Passion, & Joined, at that
* I mean a Person who inhabits next door to me.
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Time, to the most inconsiderable & extravigant Folly ; it will not be
wondered at, by a thinking & dispassionate Public, That a Man of
Feeling and Sentiment, should agree to permit a Bill to pass against
him, in a Court of Law, that would throw a Shade on his Character,
rather than live in a continued Snarl, hostile to every delicate Feeling,
& Sentiment, and to those expected Beatitudes of the connubial State :
This S"" is the real Cause why I permitted a Bill of Divorce to take
Place against me, when no P>edence, or even Malice itself could not
have effected it, had an opposition been made to the attempt. But tho'
this Concession in me to become in some Digreecriminal, for the Sake
of the Blessings of Peace, is now bro't up against me, as an unprin-
cipled and immoral Man, by the Gentlemen that hold the Honours of
the State, Yet S"" when you view the Epilogue To this Tragedy, you
will see & be convinced ; That the Ground of this rash Proceedure
against me, was like a baseless Fabric, and the Return of a now co)i-
vinccd, dispassionate Thinking & dutiful Woman, has more Force &
Effect, than a Thousand Writs of Error, to reverse the Sentiments
of the Public, founded on a Judgment consented to, without having
its Evedences & Principles searched out. I will not S"" entertain you
longer, with this Story of my Misfortune, it awakes afresh a thousand
painful Ideas in my mind, & must hurt the delecate & sentimental
Feelings of yours. Here I wish to drop the Curtain of Oblivion &
close the Scene. That I must struggle with This Misfortune forevei*,
would be, as intollerable, as to rool the Stone of SissipJuis, it is greater
than I can bear, nor will susceptable & generous minds, impose it on
a kindred Spirit. Methinks I have a Gleam of hope yet left in New-
hampshire, I do not (tho' oppression & Misfortune will make a man
very humble) consider myself among the least of her Sons, & I think
I can say, with Truth that no Accusation can be Justly bro't against
my Character, as a dishonest Man, either in my Profession, or against
my Ability in those Offices of Trust & Confidence, which I have had
the Honour to sustain in this State, and that I have with Zeal (and I
hope not without Knowledge) supported the Laws & Constitutions of
our feoderal and State Governments. From these Considerations I
claim nothing, it was, and shall be my constant Duty & Purpose to
support them. PVom this Review of Things, You will pardon me,
when I suggest to your Excellency, that there are two Vacancies in
the Supreme Court of this State, that it is probable, that the Gentle-
man, who now holds The office of Attorney General of the State,
may be honour'd with the appointment of a Judge. Should that take
Place, the office of Attorney General will of Course be vacant.
Should your Excellency & Council, think me worthy to sustain that
office, I shall deem myself honour'd, & should indeavour to honour
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
the office, by every Possible Exertion to prosecute its Duties, with at-
tention, Punctuallity, Integrity and AbiHty. — I have spent upwards
of twenty Years in this State, and wish to spend the Residue of
Years in it, but if there is no hope, no Gleam, to give a Spring to
lawdable Enterprise, I must retire to more clement Skies, check Am-
bition for the Present, and only lament it will not be in my Power to
be servicable to the worthy Citizens of Newhampshire
I am S'' your Excellency's most
obedient & very humble servant
Oliver Whipple
His Excellency Governor Gilman.
P S. Many worthy Characters, & Friends to you, in Portsmouth,
whom you are not at a loss to know, wish this Event to take Place,
and have, some of them, offered to sign a Recommendation for the
purpose. The western Part of Newhampshire, I know would not be
displeased, should such an Event take Place. You may communicate
This to the hon'ble Council should you think proper, I am S'' with
Esteem &c &c O Whipple
[8-109]
[William Robbe, Jr., and Andrew Poor, imprisoned in Amherst for
debt, pray for a revision of the state laws in regard to imprisonment
for debt, June 4, 1798. — Ed.]
[8- no]
[William Gordon resigns the office of register of probate, June 9,
1798. —Ed.]
[8-1 11] {^Proprietors of ''Paddy Seine,'' 1798. J
To the Hon''^^ Seneate and House of Representatives, to be convened
at Hopkinton in the County of Hillsboro' and State of New-Hamp-
shire, on the first Wednesday of June, 1798 —
Humbly shews your Petitioners being Proprietors of the Paddy
Seine (so called) which Seine, was first Erected by the first Settlers
Londonderry, and drawn on the West bank of Merrimack River a few
Rods above the mouth of a Brook known by the name of Naticook
Brook, which Brook has lately been frequented by Alewives. But
never was known to be frequented by Salmon or Shad —
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 889
And as the Meshes of said Seine are made so large that it never
takes any Alewivos, but the pass out of said Seine without any in-
terruption, and Competent Judges of fishing say the Seine being
drawn above said Brook, has a great tendency to cause the Alewives
to take the Brook instead of detering them — And as the General
Court of the State of Newhampshire, at their last Session at Ports-
mouth, passed an Act prohibiting any Seine being drawn within fif-
teen Rods of any Brook mouth, where Salmon, Shad, or Alewives —
which Act being much to the damage of your Petitioners, and not of
any benefit to the State — Therefore your Petitioners pray that Nat-
icook Brook may be Exempted from the force of said Act — And
your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray —
Samuel Gibson John IVP^Gillvary Oliver Roby
Daniel Bixby James Thornton Hugh Nahor
Joseph Nichols David Ouig Samuel P'orster
State of New I
Hampshire j In the House of Representatives June 12'^ 1798
Upon hearing and considering the foregoing petition and the Re-
port of a Committee thereon voted that the Prayer thereof be so far
granted that the petitioners have leave to bring in a Bill at this or the
next Session of the General Court & authorizing them to draw their
Seine on the same ground which they formerly occupied, provided it
be not within two Rods of the mouth of Naticook brook —
Sent up for Concurrence John Prentice Speaker
In Senate the Same Day Read & Concurred
Nath' Parker D^ Sy
[8- 1 1 2] [Petitiofi for a Neiv Road, 1 798. ]
State of New ) To the Honorable the Senate and House of Rep-
Hampshire \ resentatives in General Court convened
The Petition of the subscribers in behalf of themselves and others
— Humbly Sheweth —
That the most Northerly Towns in Said state lying on Connecti-
cut River have ever been since the commencement of their Settle-
ments, and now are under great imbarrassments for want of Estab-
lished Roads — and as no Suitable Persons are or have been Author-
ized to effect the laying out and making the Roads passable — And
to appropriate the money which has or may be raised for that purpose
— and those difficulties which are pecular to those Towns or places
890 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
having originated from the Lands being claimed under different Ti-
tles or Grants and which difficulties Still remain and the Towns or
places being mostly in an Unorganized State — And although con-
siderable money has been expended it has been done to little effect —
and several attempts have been and are now making which promise
but little success
Therefore your Petitioners concieve it would be greatly for the In-
terest of the Publick greatly for the benefit of the Inhal3itants, And
not to the injury of the Proprietors to have a Committee appointed
to lay out a Publick road from the northerly part of Stratford as near
Connecticut River as would best accommodate the Public and to be
continued through Lands Claimed under the Dryden Charter, under
the Grant made to Seth Wales and under the Cockburne Colebrooke
and Stewart Grants — And altho considerable money has been ex-
pended on Said Road by the Proprietors of Dryden Cockburne &
Colebrook, Still there is no Road established by Proprietary Author-
ity Nether has any thing been done by Authority under either of the
Said Grants — Therefore to Comprize the various attempts which are
now making to effect said Business into one Sistem We request your
Honors to appoint Benjamin Strong Esq"" M"" Jeremiah Eames Jun""
and M'' Joseph Holbrook a Committee to lay out the Road as afore-
said from the Northerly part of Stratford to the north line of Stew-
artstown being about twenty miles as in their opinions will best ac-
commodate the Public And to cause the Same to be made passable
for Carriages — And Also that a Tax of three Cents p"" Acre be
granted on each of the Towns or places through which Said Road
Shall pass — which three cents Shall include any money already
Granted by the Honorable Court, or by the Authority of the Towns
or Proprietors and not yet appropriated and that the Said Committee
may accept and account any money so raised or to be raised not yet
appropriated towards the said Tax of three cents, And they being dis-
interested and not residing in any of the Said Towns or Places, may
at thier discretion allow and pay for any work already done for the
benefit of the Public on Said Road to those who exhibit Satisfactory
vouches therefor — And after Said Road shall be made to their ac-
ceptance if there remains a surplus of money they may provide under
the direction of the Proprietors if they see cause to give direction to
lay out other Roads for the Benefit of the Settlement of Said Towns
or Plans — Providing with what labour the Inhabitance have and may
agree to do on Said Road the Proprietors or owners Shall have four
months to work out their respective proportions of the money it may
take to complete Said Road — And for the surplus of the money so
to be raised (if any) to be laid out in other Roads as aforesaid, in one
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 89I
year after the expiration of Said four months — and that the Com-
mittee may be Authorized to proceed in the Same way as is provided
by law for the proprietors to Collect Taxes, and make Sale of the de-
linquent Proprietors or owners lands who Shall be delinquent at the
end of Said four months — And in the Same manner for the collec-
tion of what may be delinquent at the end of the other year And
that Said Committee Shall give Bonds and be Sworn to the faithfull
performance of Said Business and be paid out of the moneys to be
raised as aforesaid for thier Services. Or that your Honors — in your
wisdom will direct Some other measure to be taken to give releaf in
the Premises — and your Petioners is in Duty bound will ever pray —
Hopkinton June 13, 1798 — Jabez Parsons
Chancy Curtis
[8- II 5] \_Ja)nes McHenry to Jacob Sheaffc.']
War department July 2^ 1798.
Sir, It has been suggested to me that you would chearfully giv^e
your assistance in such measures as the Government of the United
States at present find practicable for the defence and protection of
the Town and harbour of Portsmouth.
By a return in this Office it appears that there are at present at
Portsmouth, three thirty two pounders, four twenty four pounders
and one eighteen pounder — Most if not all these Cannon require to
be mounted. You will therefore permit me to request that you will
without delay offer to receive proposals and contract for as many
carriages as may be wanted to mount the Cannon. You will be par-
ticular in the Contract to secure to the United States well seasoned
timber — iron work of proper strength, that all parts of the Carriage
be well seasoned and that the work be completed in as short a time
as possible — I assure myself that the whole will be done upon the
most reasonable terms. You will transmit me a duplicate of the Con-
tract when entered into that money may be forwarded to enable you
to comply with it.
You will be pleased to consult with and take the opinion of the best
informed military characters and Mechanics as to the Sum it will re-
quire to complete the works and finish the Buildings at Portsmouth
and inform me whether a contract can be made to finish them —
I am Sir with respect Your obed' servant
Mr. Jacob Sheafe James M'^Henry
Portsmouth N. H.
892 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
[8- II 7] \NatJianiel HcacV s Covwiissions?^
Sir the folowing is a Statement of the pretentions which I have
in my Care Viz
2^ Lieutenant Dated march 15'^ 1775
2^ \J — Dated 6 December 1775
i^t L^ — Dated March 4^^ 1779
Cap' — Dated June 7'^ 1780
Capt— D°— July 19''^ 1781
Capt — D° — May 2^ 1 78 5
\} QoY — D° — Jeanuary i8''' 1790
Col° — D° — March 26 1793
a Coppey of the Dates of the Comisions which I have had the
Honer to hold
from your viry humble Servant Nath' Head
Pembroke Sep' 5'^ 1 798
General Thomas Bartlet
[8-1 18]
[Petition for relief, from Andrew Poor, imprisoned for debt, No-
vember, 1798. — Ed.]
[8-1 19] \Petition for Road from Lancaster ?\
State of newhampshire
To the honerable the sinate and house of Representatives in General
Court conveind at Concord Nov"" 1798
Humbly shews —
the Subscribers being inhabitants of the County of Grafton in said
State
that the Settlements on Connecticutt river above Haverhill have of
Late greatly increased and a road from Lancaster leading thro" Whit-
field Peeling and Thornton to Plymouth will be near thirty miles
Shorter than the road by Haverhill —
That the Towns of Peeling & Thornton have of late been at a very
considerable expence in making Roads thro' them and are ready to
mak such Roads passable for Teames Could they be Carried through.
As to Lancaster your Petitioners conceive there can be no dificulty
as their Settlements are already advanced almost to their South
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 893
bounds — but their being no Settlements in Whitfield and but few on
the lands through which the road must pass from Whitfield to the
road that will lead from Peeling to new Concord, — the aid of this
Court is wanted to I^ffect so valluable a purpose
Your Petitioners therefor })ray, that your honors will appoint and
authorize Some proper persons to Look out a Road from Lancaster
passing thro' Whitefield so as to Strike the aforesaid Road Leading
to new Concord in the most conveniat place So as a road may be as
direct as the land will admit and grant a tax on the lands thro' which
it shall pass from the South bounds of Lancaster to the aforesaid
road — in order to raise money to defrey the expence that will be in-
curd in the business amounting to Such a Sum as your honers may
think will be needed to compleat such Road in Such a manner as the
public may be Served thereby to be raised and Collected as may be
thought advisable and Lay'd out under the direction of Such persons
as your honers may think proper to appoint
and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c
Joseph Blanchard
Edw"^^ Bucknam
[8-120]
[Report of committee on statement and communications of the
commissary-general, December 6, 1798. — Ed.]
[8-1 21]
[John Prentice resigns as judge of the superior court, December
10, 1798. — Ed.]
[8-122]
[Arthur Livermore accepts the same appointment, December 22,
1798. — Ed.]
[8-123] [Turnpike froDi CJiarlcstoivn to Snny.]
To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives of the State
of New Hampshire, in General Court assembled —
The Petition of the Subscribers for themselves and their associates
Humbly Sheweth —
That the Road from Charlestown to Keene is travelled to Boston
and the easterly part of Massachusetts by the Inhabitants of the
894 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
Northerly part of Vermont and New Hampshire ; That the Country
in the vicinity of Connecticut River is rapidly increasing and an im-
portant traffic is carried on with Boston ; That the road aforesaid
between Surry and Charlestown is at present circuitous, very uneven,
and unsafe and improper for the large portion of travelling which it
receives. That a direct Road may be laid out over much better ground
which will save six or seven miles in distance — The expence of mak-
ing said Road will be too important an enterprize for private liberality,
or for the several Towns thro' which it will pass to accomplish with-
out an incorporation — Wherefore your Petitioners pray that they
with their associates may be incorporated into a Society, for the pur-
pose of erecting a Turnpike road from the North part of Charlestown
near William Henry's Tavern in the most direct way to Asa Wilcox's
Tavern in Surry. — and that said Society maybe invested with neces-
sary power for carrying the enterprize into effect — and as in duty
Bound will ever pray — John Chamberlain
June i^' 1799 — Samuel Mead
Daniel Perin
State of New \
Hampshire j In the House of Representatives June ii**^ i799-
Upon reading and considering the foregoing Petition and the Re-
port of a Committee thereon, Voted that the Petitioners be heard
thereon before the General Court on the second Wednesday of their
next Session, and that the Petitioners cause that the substance of
said Petition and the order of Court thereon be published in the
Walpole Newspaper and in the New Hampshire Gazette three weeks
successively, commencing six weeks prior to said day of hearing —
also serve the Selectmen of the Towns through which the Road may
pass with a copy of said Petition and order of Court thereon six weeks
prior to said day of hearing, that any person or persons may then ap-
pear & shew cause, if any they have why the prayer thereof may not
be granted —
Sent up for Concurrence — John Prentice Speaker
In Senate the same Day Read and Concurred
Nath' Parker D^ Sec^
A True Copy Attest Nath' Parker D>- S^
Cheshire ss — Jnly 30'*^ ^799 — I have served the Selectmen of
Surry, Alstead, Langdon and Charlestown, with an attested Copy of
the within petition, and order of Court thereon —
Isaac Temple
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 895
[8-124] \_Roa(l from Enfield Pond to the Burnt Lands.']
To the honorable Senate & honse of Representatives of the State of
Newhanipshire in General Court convened — Humbly shew Aaron
Kinsman of Hanover in said State and others his associates
That the roads now travelled across the height of land so called
from Enfield pond to the burnt land (so called) in Alexandria are very-
bad & circuitous — that a committee appointed by a considerable num-
ber of inhabitants of Lebanon Hanover & Enfield have viewed the
various routs now used and which have been proposed from said pond
to said burnt land and measured them, and they find that a course
from the head of said pond to the country road now usually travelled
from Grafton to said burnt- land through part of Enfield Grafton
Springfield New London & Alexandria will diminish distance from
about eighteen to about thirteen miles and admit of being made a
better road than those now used, and the land feasable for settlement
— that said short distance passes through skirts of towns in three dif-
ferent counties, which renders it difficult to have one laid there by
order of the Courts of common pleas and the remoteness of a princi-
pal part of the inhabitants of those towns from the course where such
road might most conveniently pass would render it inconvenient for
them to make & keep it in repairs.
Your petitioners therefore pray that they & their associates, may
be incorporated for the purpose of making and repairing a road from
the head of Enfield pond to the country road near said burnt land in
such rout as may combine in the best manner goodness of way with
nearness of distance ; and that they be authorized to receive such toll
from passengers on said road as may become a reasonable compensa-
tion for making & keeping it in repairs, and that they be vested with
all the powers necessary for their carrying said objects into effect in
the best & most expeditious manner
And as in duty bound will ever pray &c
June 5''' 1799 —
Aaron Kinsman Richard Lang
William Johnson Andrew Bowers
Asher Allen Luke Wilder
Sam' Lothrop
State of New \
Hampshire \ In the House of Representatives June 14''' 1799
Upon Reading and Considering the foregoing petition and the Re-
port of a Committee thereon Voted that the petitioners be heard
thereon before the General Court on the second Wednesday of their
896 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
next Session and that the petitioners, cause that the substance of
said petition and order of Court thereon be published three weeks
successively in the Concord Newspaper printed by George Hough
commencing six weeks prior to said day of hearing also cause that the
selectmen of each Town through which the Road may pass be served
with a Copy of the petition and order of Court thereon the same term
of time prior to said day of hearing that any person or persons may
then appear and shew cause if any they have why the prayer thereof
may not be granted —
Sent up for Concurrence John Prentice Speaker
In Senate June 15'^ 1799 Read & Concurred
Nathi Parker D^ S^
State of New )
Hampshire ) In the House of Representatives Dec'" 18'^' 1799
Upon hearing and considering the foregoing petition Voted that
the prayer thereof be so far granted that the Petitioners have leave
to bring in a Bill for said purpose
Sent up for Concurrence John Prentice Speaker
In Senate the Same Day Read & Concurred
Nath' Parker D^ Sec>-
[8-125] [Proceedings in Alemory of Washington.']
Exeter, December 31^' i799-
On thursday last a report reached town of the death of Gen' Wash-
ington, on the 14''' current. The universal wish, that it might prove
unfounded, was attended with an anxious apprehension, that it would
be confirmed. The Boston Papers, that arrived in the evening, ter-
minated the public suspence by an authentic account of the truely
distressing event. On the morning following, the bells were ordered
to be tolled thro' the day ; & a deep gloom seated itself on the coun-
tenances of every description of citizens.
The General Court, being in Session here, suspended their ordinary
proceedings ; & appointed a committee " to take into consideration &
report the method most proper to be pursued, to manifest the deep
impression, which the important event of the death of Gen' Washing-
ton had occasioned." On their report were founded the following
resolves.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 897
" The Legislature of the State of New Hampshire being oppressed
with an occurrence no less afflicting, than the death of Gen' Wash-
ington, the illustrious Patriot, who, under divine providence, led our
armies to victory, our statesmen to political light, & our country to
prosperity, with hearts deeply penetrated, feel the loss of him whose
name alone " was a host "
" Therefore Resolved, That each member of the Legislature, in
testimony of the high respect, they bear to his memory, & of the deep
impression made on their hearts by this irreparable loss, go in mourn-
ing for the term of three months.
" Resolved That the Legislature form in procession, tomorrow, at
II, o'clock, & proceed to the meeting house; & that the Rev'' M'
Rowland be requested to officiate on the occasion."
A committee was accordingly appointed to make the necessary ar-
rangements, & to establish the order of proceedure — Another com-
mittee was directed to procure a black curtain for the window behind
the Speaker's chair —
On Saturday morning, at an hour previously fixed at the request of
the two houses, his Excellency Governor Gilman, attended by the
Council, Secretary & Treasurer, escorted by a committee appointed
for the purpose, met them in the Representatives' Chamber. After
a short interval of " expressive silence," the President of the Senate
addressed his excellency in the following words — viz.
May it please your Excellency,
"With unequivocal sincerity & the deepest regret, the Legislature
of New Hampshire sympathize & condole with you on the loss of our
beloved Washington who did so long, in war & in peace, sustain our
nation ; in war unequalled, in peace unparallelled, & in the affections
of his county unrivalled." — To which address his Excellency returned
the following answer — viz.
" M"^ President & Gentlemen of the Senate, M"" Speaker & Gentle-
men of the House of Representatives,
Your respectful attention on this melancholy occasion is recieved
with the most grateful affections.
Well may we bewail together our great loss by the death of the il-
lustrious & dearly beloved Washington ; a loss not only to our coun-
try, but to the world of mankind.
His highly exalted virtues & extraordinary services must render his
memory very precious : & while with the deepest sorrow we mourn,
let us pay due attention to the Rich Legacy of advice he has given
us — imitate his virtues — & endeavour to follow, so far as opportu-
nity offers and our abilities will admit, the great example of patriotism,
which he exhibited."
57
898 MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS.
At II. o Clock, his Excellency with the Hon. Council, and both
branches of the Legislature, with their officers, and a numerous train
of citizens, with scarfs on their arms, moved in solemn procession to
the meeting-house by a circuitous route, in the following order, viz.
1. A military escort, formed of the students of the Phillips Exeter
Academy in uniform, with proper badges of mourning.
2. The Committee of Arrangement.
3. His Excellency, the Governor.
4. The members of the Hon. Council, two & two.
5. The Clergyman of the town & Preceptor of the Academy.
6. The Secretary & Treasurer.
7. United States officers Civil and Military
8. The President of the Senate.
9. The Members of the Senate & Deputy Secretary, two & two.
10. The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
11. The Representatives, two & two.
12. The Clerk & Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives.
13. The Selectmen of the Town of Exeter.
14. Private Citizens. —
the exercises in the meetinghouse (the pulpit, communion table &
front gallery of which were hung with black,) were a hymn, a perti-
nent prayer, & an appropriate piece of music, well performed. These
exercises being ended, the Executive, & members of the Legislature
with their officers returned in the same order to their respective
chambers, & adjourned to the monday following.
The whole proceedings, on this most interesting occasion, were dis-
tinguished by a gravity & solemnity, which demonstrated that these
marks of respect to the memory of our illustrious fellow-citizen were
not, as is frequently the case, a mere unmeaning ceremony ; but true
& lively expressions of the veneration, universally felt for his charac-
ter, & of the regret, with which every heart was penetrated by the
news of his decease.
Altho' it would be equally ill-judged & unavailing to attempt a pre-
mature suppression of the manly grief, which now swells the public
bosom, it may not be impertinent to suggest these consolatory ideas,
that our departed benefactor & friend did not survive his usefulness
and reputation ; but died with all his " ripen'd " honors full upon
him " — & that he has left behind him a character, which, while it re-
flects a lustre on the country that gave him birth, on the age in which
he liv'd, & on human nature itself, will descend, unrivalled in the past
annals of mankind, to the latest generations of men,
MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS. 899
State of New \
Hampshire j In the House of Representatives Dec"^ 30**^ ^799
Voted that one hundred Copies of the foregoing together with the
farewell address of General George Washington at the time he re-
signed the Chair of Government be printed and that one Copy be
given to each of the Students of Phillips Exeter Academy. — Sent
up for Concurrence John Prentice Speaker
In Senate the Same Day Read & Concurred
Nath' Parker D^ Secy
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
[These documents are copies from the original papers of Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Joseph Wait, of the Continental Army. The originals
are in the possession of Hon. Horatio L. Wait, of Chicago, III, to
whom the editor acknowledges indebtedness for copies. — Ed.]
[I]
\Captain Waifs WccJdy Return ^^
A Weekly Return of Cap' Wait's Company of Rangers, Aug' 19'
1759-
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[ Wages of Captain Waifs Company^
Account of Cash paid the Following Recruits by Captain Joseph
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John Wamping £
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Works Napkins
Wm. Pomary
Daniel Hammer
Michael Doran
Isaac Sansiman
Isaac Whisk
Beriah Thomas
Assel Andrews
Jermy Shantop
Daniel Evans
James Powas
Charles Sharper
Daniel Neepash
Samuel Gilbert
David Way
John Domorat
Amias Holdrage.
Samuel McKeen
Daniel Webster
Joseph Chandler
Samuel Asherof
Lewis Webster
Zariah Prindell
Job Beebe
Stephen Pratt
Titus Lyner
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Bathuel Norton
David Wild
John Gibson
Samuel Edwards
Wm. Boardman
Joseph Robin
Charles Sharper
Daniel Neepash
John Bellotte
David Jones
Jos'ph Coeheets
John Demirat
Francis Brown
Timothy Hearrenton. . .
Benjamin Dulos
Isaac Park
Elisha Griggs
William Afillar
Elijah Wood
Ambrose Lewes
John Hicks
Abiather Williams
Isaac Bellote
James Branagin
John Demirat
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[5] {Captain Wait's Mai Sent to Detroit.]
907
List of Cap* Waits Company that were on Detachment with
Major Rogers to Detroit.
James Morrison
Joseph Irwin
WilHam Brown
Ambrose Lewis
Works Napkin
Dan' Nepash
W'" Cooper
Daniel Whiteham
Rich"^ Green
Lawr'^'^ Verestoot
Abel Cross
Timothy Brown
Dan' Webster
Elijah Wood
Sam' Bryant
Joseph Blanchard
Abraham Fowler
Dan' Addleton
Samuel Edward
Titus Liner
Fred'' Cahow
John Truesdell \ c -t / I^^
Caleb Austin / ^^''^ \ Re
W'" Turner
James Campbell
David Way
John Fletcher
Isaac Wisk
Francis Snow
W'" Moses
Elias House
Reuben Farington
Sam' Asherast
James Maxwell
Thomas Converse
Sam' Rose
W"" Morey
Sam' Squire
Daniel Dee
Fennel Stevens
John Green
Job Beeby
Gilbert Kennedy
Hector M^Neal
Beriah Thomas
avid Wild.
Reuben Clark.
Corn' Vandebara
Benj. Dunlap
Nath' Evans
Asacl Andrews
Dan' Woodward
Jam^ Phillips
Benj" Bragg
Aaron Reed
James Boyd
Adonijah Edward
Gideon Allen
John Tooly
Robt. Jaquish
W"" Sattally
James Buller
Dan' Bagonet
Elias House
Jos. Chandler
Bethuel Norton
Dan' Charles
Derry Jellison
{ Sam' Hopkinson
Left at I Fred'^ Groundwart
Niagara \ John Nimrod
I Tho^ Wedge
i^Tho'^ Walbridge
Sam' Arnenash
( Isaac Mocase
Left at I Josiah Brown
Oswegatch}- -^ Dan' Evans
I Ezra Prindle
I^Phinehas Leech
[6]
\From Edes' Boston Gazette, Printed at Watertown, Oct. 2, 1775.]
Orford, N. H., Sept. 12.
Last Thursday, began their march from Haverhill, Coos, Col. Tim-
othy Beedel, with his three companies of Rangers, in order to join
General Schuyler in his expedition against St. Johns, &c. Also
908 APPENDIX.
marched at the same time part of a company under the command of
Capt. Veal, who is one of the Green Mountain Boys, enhsted by
Lieuts. Allen and Scalley. Said company consisted of men from
these parts. Likewise marched this day an independent company of
volunteers, under the command of Major Israel Curtis, of Hanover,
which he raised on hearing that troops were wanted to go to the
westward. They were enlisted, equipped themselves, and marched
in three days. This shows their warm zeal for their country's de-
fence.
[7] [^Orders to Lieutenant Colonel Wait.']
Colony of )
New Hampshire \ In Committee of Safety Jan^ 21*'' 1776.
To Joseph Wait Esquire Greeting
You being appointed Lieu* Colonel of a Regiment of Rangers to
be Commanded by Timothy Beedle Esq^ to Serve in the Northern
Continental Army.
You are hereby authorized & Desired Immediately to proceed on
the Inlisting the said Regiment, the Several Companys to Consist of
Eighty Six able bodied effective men including four Sergeants four
Corporals one Drummer one fifer, well accoutred with Arms & Blan-
kets, untill the first day of January next unless Sooner Dismissed
And you may Assure the Said Regiment that the pay will be the
Same as the Other Continental Troops and that they shall Receive
two Months pay advanced when they pass Muster
By order of the Committee
M. Weare Chairman
[8] \_Orders from Beticdict Arnold.]
Montreal June 10. 1776
Colonel Moses Hazen, Commanding at Chamble Is hereby Ordered
to take into Store, at his Post Any Goods which L' Colonel Wait,
thinks Proper to Order into S^ Stores, & Col' Hazen is ordered to
furnish hands for that Purpose.
B Arnold B G^
APPENDIX. 909
[9] \Colonel Waifs Account to General Sullivan.\
Mouth of Onion River, July 11''' 1776.
Sr Arrived here four days ago, found here two rafts of timber,
proceeded to a bay two miles north found one raft there drove on
shore, gave orders to float it into the mouth of the river and form the
whole into one raft. Went up the river to the mill which cannot be
worked as the dam is partly gone. Found there as T judge about
1200 feet of good pine boards which can be purchased and delivered
at the Falls 8 miles from this at five dollars per thousand. Likewise
with little cost the mill may be put to work and the boards delivered
by the inhabitants (could they be protected) as they have teams now
on the spot, at the place and price above mentioned, returned last
evening, found the rafts put together and this morning set them
afloat to proceed to Crown Point, but onexaminingfind a sand bar at
about 100 rods distance from shore that cannot be passed with the
raft, there is in the raft about 128 sticks of fine oak timber on an
average I judge near 20 feet in length, and 15 inches in diameter —
if it should be necessary to carry it to the Point, I judge 20 battoes
would tow it down with less trouble than it can go any other way.
Should I be continued on this command it would be more agree-
able to have a detachment from one corps and that for a longer time,
as the men here are not victualed only two days we shall stand in
need of provision should we tarry longer as the men have been kept
at the mouth of the river and have no convenience for cooking, they
are short and some of them unwell, in particular Maj. Sedgwick who
desires liberty to return
In case battoes are sent down after the timber it would be necessary
that they should be furnished with cordage.
Yesterday about 12 o'clock discovered a large smoke on the west
shore about five miles inland, supposed to be set by a party of the
enemy, if so and they are going'to the point, they will pass back of
the mountain.
In my passage up the river found a party of near one hundred of
Col. Warner's men who refused to go on the north shore to protect
the inhabitants, and by their motion believe they have gone home by
this time.
Likewise saw two men from the Cahoos plantations who say it is
determined there to assist in building a line of block houses to this
place, should it be agreeable they beg your Honor would inform
them of what may be the resolve on that head and they will exert
giO APPENDIX.
their utmost to execute it. Should I continue here longer should be
glad of a few candles. I shall now move from this up to the Falls
and employ my people in getting down the boards to this place and
wait your honors further orders.
Am with respect your honors most
Obt. humble Servt.
Joseph Wait
His Honor Gen. J. Sullivan.
APPENDIX. 91 I
[A list of the French Canadian names in Col. Moses Hazcn's regi-
ment, with corrections and pronunciation by C. H. Farnham, of
Boston, Mass. The page and number of each name refer to Vol.
XVII. of this scries. — Ed.]
Note. — These rolls evidently suffered from at least three causes
of errors : i. Imperfect recognition of sounds ; 2. Defective pho-
netic representation of syllables ; 3. Indistinct writing. It was in-
evitable that men ignorant of the French language should fail to
recognize and represent some of the vowel and nasal sounds peculiar
to that tongue, and that they should confound the labials b and p, f
and V ; the dentals t and d, s and c ; the palatals 1 and r ; the guttur-
als g soft and j, and c hard with g hard ; and distinct writing was
probably not more common then than it is now. These errors have
been both puzzling and demoralizing to the editor ; they have made
it impossible to be perfectly certain of many names and they have
led him to make some guesses that may seem at first sight to be
rather far-fetched. These questionable names, however, are marked
with a star that the reader may regard them merely as probable sug-
gestions. But they are not wanting in some reasonable foundation,
for they all are to be found in the Abbe Tanguay's genealogical dic-
tionary of French-Canadian families, or among that people at the
present day. It is probable that some of the men wished to hide
their identity, moved by the general policy of loyalty to England,
which had been secured from the Roman Catholic church. At all
events, one of them enlisted under a nickname, Pret-a-boire, and
another, Ossy (coming after another man also named Frangois)
seems to have turned himself into a joke, and Vinclair (clear wine)
and Robinet (stop-cock) are very likely noms de guerre.
The phonetic representation of the pronunciation is made accord-
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lish dictionary. In French the emphasis or accent is so generally on
the last syllable that it is thought unnecessary to indicate this feat-
ure of pronunciation. It may be further remarked that the French-
Canadians have departed from the traditions of their mother-tongue
in sounding the final consonant of nearly all their surnames.
C. H. FARNHAM.
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APPENDIX. 917
[The editor is indebted for the following papers to Hon. Frank W.
Hackett, of Washington, D. C, who has spent much time and labor
in securing these copies. His letter is self-explanatory. — Ed.]
Washington, D. C, October 2, 1889.
Isaac IV. Hammond, Esq., Editor and Compiler of State Papers,
Concord, N. H. :
My Dear Mr. Hammond, — While at Portsmouth, in the summer
of 1883, I had an opportunity to copy certain old papers (about the
region of 1680), which are valuable in our state history, as well as to
people of New Hampshire descent. I take pleasure in inclosing
herewith transcripts of many of these copies that I have prepared
with much care to have them accurate. You are at liberty to use
them, in whole or in part as you shall think proper, in editing the
State Papers. They have never before been printed, so far as I
know, save that I furnished a few of them a few years ago to the
columns of the " New Hampshire Gazette," at Portsmouth.
The originals I found in an old wooden box {marked " First
Parish" ) in the attic of the vestry of the North Church, along with
books of early records of that parish. They were in loose packages,
bearing no marks of ever having been arranged in order. Many of
them, it is plain to see, properly belong to the files of the town, and
some are of considerable interest aside from the circumstance of
their age.
By the courtesy of the church authorities I was allowed to take
the copies, and I believe that my work can be relied upon as very
nearly exact in the matter of names and dates ; at least I tried to
make it so.
These papers ought, in my judgment, to be printed so as to be-
come in this form accessible to the many interested parties who will
from time to time wish to consult them ; and I know of no place so
fit for their preservation as in the State Papers which, permit me to
say, you are editing so faithfully and so ably.
Yours truly,
FRANK W. HACKETT.
\^Rev. Joshua Moody s Account. '-^^
Town of Portsmo D' to Jo : Moodey
1676
To haleing and pileing ye Bricks for y^ Chimney 00-16-00
To Bricks (all Silver) 05-07-06
* In Mr. Moocly\s hand, small, neat, and legible.
giS
APPENDIX.
To nailes for ye scaffold, shingles & nailes
To silver for makeing ye chimneys & some work ov"" &
above
To Help about ye chimneys, Diet & wages
To Lime, mantle Tree, planks to lay under Mantle Trees
To more Diet & wages
To Joyners work & carpenters, make^ up stairs y' w^
pulled down & ptitions in ye House . . . cover-
ing ye Roofe Boards — & nailes, Boards also for ye
Barn w*** some work done to ye Cellar, wages & Diet
1678
To new hinges for Doores & new Cellar door, staires into
ye dairy & new glasse
3 mo 24 To new Raile for ye Porch & staires p F. Mercer
00-08-06
06-08-00
07- I 6-00
02- I 0-00
02-05-06
09-02-00
00-16-02
00-15-06
Mem Great part of this acc° was silver out of my purse
most of ye remaind'' as Money Elias Stileman Com
[Endorsed] M"" Moodys Accopt about his house p: 1678
[Rates for Great Island, 1677.]
The Ministers Rate for ye year 1677
James Robinson's* Rate for ye Minister 1677
Rate e ** for ye minister the 28 Nov"" 1677 In Portsm° by ye
selectmen
M"- Nath : ffryer
M-^ Robt Ellet
M-- Henry Russell
Edw: Beale
Jas Robenson
Maj'' pendleton
Wm Rogers
Jno Kettle
Goodm : Rider
Arth"" head
Geo Harris
Jno Amerseen
* James Robinson was
for Strawberry Bank.
3-00-00 Jos : Messeet 5
2-10-00 James payn 6
00-10-00 Aron fferris 6
00-08-00 Math : Estes 10
00-10-00 Sam : Robey 6
00-00-00 Ed : Cator 10
00-06-00 Jno Clarke 10
00- 8-00 George Walton senr for
00- 0-00 the town
6 George Walton Jun''
7 M"- Wintworth
12-6 M-- Herbert
I-
constable for Great Island in that year ;
* * Word illegible, possibly " levie."
00- O
5
05
05
Edward Melcher
I-
APPENDIX.
919
Hum[)h : Spencer
06
Domcnicus Jordan
4
Wm Lux
6
Jno [overwritten]
5
M'' ffran Tucker
15
Hen : Elkins
4
Wm : Hoskins for the
Jno : Warrick
4
town
10
lulw : Rendle
4
Nic Hoskins
05
Jno Davis [Word follows
5
Gabriyer Boniton
like "Elder."]
6
[" Hugh " erased]
M-- Geo : Woollis
16
W"^ Briarde [Broade ?]
10
Wm Wallis
5
W"^ Row
10
James Rendle
II
Jo Harvey
10
Jno Odiorne
12
EHas Stileman
15
Ens : Drake
8
Ric Stileman
I -00
Jno Berry
2 or 3
Stephen Grassam
05
Josh : Berry
3
Dan Dornion [Dunyan ,
n II
Wm Berry
4
old Dormer
04
James Berry
5
Jno Lock
09
Jno ffoss
5
Tho. Jones
07
An° Brackett Sen"-
18
And Cranch
07
Antho Brackett Jun""
0-
James Johnson alias ye
ffrancis Ran
10
widow
5
Tho Barnes
5
James Leech : & his
W" Seavey Sen^
I- 5
— el sonn
10
Tho : Seavey
8
Jno Abbett
7
M-- Ric : Tucker
00
M"- Jeffery
2 : 10
Ric : Slooper
I -00
Jno Sharpe
5
Tobi Lear
I-
Jno parker
7
Ric : Goss
5
Ric : palmer
5
Xtop-- Noble
3
Ric: Abbett
6- 6 Tho. Creher
6
old phillips
3
Tho : Moses
10
Ric : Harvey
6
fferdina Hooss (
DO-OO
Jno Luwis
12
Jos Walker
8
phil : foxell
05
Sam Sherburne
6
Goodm Hodsdon
05
M-- Hen : Sherburn
II
Wayman Bicton
6
Jno Homes
4
M"" Edw : Cawner
7
Wm Brukin
8
M"" Taprill for town
6
Hen : Savidge
16
M' west for town
5
Hugh Lear
8
Henry Trefferne
0-
Ed : Bickford
5
M'" Jno Jacob
10
Rob : purington
7
Job Rennolds (?)
5
Mark Hun kins
14
Ru : Rogers
07
Ric : Shortridge
03
Jno Jorden town
5
And : Sampson
00
920 APPENDIX.
Jno Davis ye doctor so franc Rand Junr 5
called 05 Tho Rand 5
henre Byk [Beck] 5 Tho or Jno peverly 5
John Bomen 7 Dan : cambell 3
\_S71mmons to Delinquent Rate Payers.'\
To the Constable of Portsmouth or his deputy
You are required in his Majestys name forthwith to summon those
men whose names are underneath expressed to apear before us the 4 :
of March next in the morning At the house of John Patridges To An-
swer for there not paying the Ministers & Towne rate some years
past, hereof fail not at yo"^ pill & make a trew retourne hereof & this
shall be your sufficient warrant
F'ebry : 26, i67f Tho : Daniel in the behalf of
the rest of the Selectmen
John Mardyne John Berry
James Berry Jos : Berry
Francis Drake Sen'' John ffoss
Nath Drake Jas Bracket
William Wallis Tho : Seavey
Tobias Lear Xtopher Noble
John Peverly John Read
John Holmes John Bonman
William Brabin Edward Bigford
Hugh Towne Richard Shortridge
Richard Jose
[Endorsed] I doe make William. Richards to bee my lawful dep-
utie to summons all the psons within named in my behalf dated the
third of March i67f by mee John ffabins Constable of portsm°
[Endorsed] Jno ffabins to summons persons before ye selectmen
1678
[Nathaniel Fryers Aeeount.]
the town of posmouth Dr
23 September (?) 79
then mad up ... . with the selectmen and Rest dew to Nath ffryer
as in town Buck
To 40 ped Samuell winford By order selectmen Francs
Tucker constabl 2- 0-0
APPENDIX. 921
to len . . . cloth to Goode Samson By order of the se-
lectmen for the poor man thear o- "j-d
To so much desbusted for keeping Good Lake [or, Lock]
and 2 children and provescns to carrey them to man-
hegen [Monhegan] 1-15-0
To ferreg for my hors And selfe for going to Sande Beach
twis to taek the list of mens estates 2-6
1 2-1 3-0
Jany 12:81 Errors excepted
Nath ffreyer
[John Brczvstcr s Ordcy.\
Gentlemen
Please To paye to William Vaughan or his order the ball of
my Accopt. w"^ ye Tovvne of Portsm° beinge ffive Pounds Ten shill
as Mony and place it to my Accompt w"' the Towne wch w"' my
Respects Remaine your Lo. ffriend
)iis
John X Brewster
mark
To ye Selectmen of Portsmouth
now in beinge
March: 5'^^ 1679
[Endorsed] from ye Selectmen from goodm Brewster
entered
{Bill of Robert Elliott:]
1680 The Towne of Portsmouth To Robert Elliott Dr
6 yds holl Canvas to Andr Sampson 00-12-00
2 yds Cotton 00-06-00
1 68 1 I gallon rumm 00-03-00
4 yds lynnen c 2/6 00-10-00
I Coffin 00-08-00
I gallon Rum for the buriall 00-03-00
So much paid old Bond's salery i-oo-oo
12^ pork Goodwf wastcoat for peter 00-04-00
922 APPENDIX.
6 yds lynncn to make him a shirt and i pr drawers 00-12-00
11' pork to goody wastcoat 00-03- 8
I p stockins 00-03-00
4- 4-
Robt ElHott
Mr Robert ElHots Accopt brought in 12^'' 8ber 1681
\_Mr. Moodey to the Selectmen.^
These may certify the Hon'^ selectmen of Portsmouth that James
Rendle hath acconted with mee for his Rate in 79 the sum of twenty
five pounds twelve shill. having paid mee some & given mee his Bill
for ye rest an uncomfortable Trade, how'' I am
Yor^ Jo. Moodey
Ports 29 (9) 1680
ySJiipping at Portsmouth.']
Accompt ye sllipinge at Portsmo Great Island
mr ffryer ^
c^, . e - T- 4- nir Hinks 1
Ship Surrey 25 Tunes at 10 sp ^^^ Martin ( ^^
mr Ellett j
Ketch or as Master : mr ffryer owner 8 Tune
Ketch Nonesutch George Ellet m'' t / 1- 6 Tune
° mr Jafery J
Ketch Adventure Mathew Eslis m'' ^ rr T > 10 Tune
mr Jafirey -^ \
Mr Ellet | ) ye l
Ketch Ritch'^ Master Cobbett Mr Cobbett i [ 07 Tune
Barbados -1 )
Kettch of mr went worth 8 Tune
Jno Cutt J ^
01. • T-v T i-T- rr 1 Rich'^ Walden ^ ! o t-
Ship Dove Jethro ffurber ^ , H 11 ^ J 80 Tunes
Wm Vaughan ^ j
Ketch Diligence ye Executors of ye Late president 10 Tune
APPENDIX.
923
Ship Hoopwell mr Mousell yc i to Ditto is
ketch Dover Pierce Master Richard Waklen owner
Ship Fortune Jno Jacson
Ketch Swallow Thos : Concll
Ketch Indevor Jno Hunkin
Ketch ffriends Indevor
Ketch Prometheus
Ketch Delegens
Surrey Ketch
Sloop Roose
Tho^ Harveys Ketch
Ship Sam" Jno Cutt Master
I Capt Thos Daniell
^ Sergeant Jn" Hunkin
^ Capt Daniel
^ Srgent Hunkin
i Mrs Elenor Cutt
^ Srgnt Hunkin
^ peter coffin
I to m^ Hull
I to Wm Vaughan
^ Srgente Hunkin
i_
4
1
4
1
mr Robert Ellett
widdo Jose
wm Vauchan
^ to Madeira
J- to Capt Daniell
10 Tune
1 5 Tune
25 Tune
10 Tune
12 Tune
12 Tune
1 5 Tune
i to Wm
Vaughan ^
Wm Vaughan
Ditto
s is -9 Tuns
1^ mr martin
i mr Jno Cutt
5 Tune
5 Tune
10 Tune
th is 6 Tune
ye Reste Elsewhere
Johanna m"" Leverett owner
of Ditto
Ritch'^ m"" Snell master Capt Daniell
-p, ic r r- ii n\ Capt Daniell 1"'^
Dolfin. m' Cowell (?) ■ ^ •*
Prosperous — Capt Daniell owner
Neptune Ditto owner
Gabrill Ditto owner
Ship
Ketch
Ship
Ship
Ketch
Ketch
Sloop
Jno Partridge Caitsh
^*'' elsewhere
290
40 Tune
10 Tune
28 Tune
15
Tune
10
Tune
4
Tune
5
Tune
4
Tune
116
2QO
406
[Endorsed] Accompt Tunnidge ye Shipinge Auguste 168 1
924 APPENDIX.
\_Lettcr of Elias Stilcnian, as to his rate.~\
To y^ Selectmen of Portsm''
Gent I cannot but wonder that I must be every bauled at by the
Constable for my rate when you know I have pde it already with you
& you ovv me a considerable summe pray let the constable be allowed
it yt I may no more be troubled & take care to satisfie y® ball due to
29 Mar: 1682 y'' servt Elias Stileman
[Notice to Rate Payos.^^
The Trustees or overseers of this town having lately received an
order from our honored Gove"" for makeing a Province Rate. These
are therefor to give notice to all the inhabitants of this Towne that
they bring in a list of all there males above sixeteen years old, to-
gether w'h there estates to the house of John Partridg on thursday
com seventh night being the eighth of ffeburaye next ensuing the
Date heare of : or in the meane time to Any of the trustees
Portsmouth this "^ me John ffletcher by order of
26*^ of January 1682 the rest of the Trustees.
[Endorsed] An order to bring accop of estates 1682
[Letter of John Light, Payment of Tozun Rate.]
W ffletcher
S"" these may acquaint you that John Davis of Litle harbour have
allowed into m"" W'" Vaughan for ye towne rate the summe of five
shillings in ffish Y' to serve you
Jan : 23 1682 John Light
[Letter of Splan Lovell/\\
To the Trustees for ye Town of Portsm°
Gentl/ please to pay to ye Bearer Jno Denit the summe of Twenty
pounds of that — which is due to mee from the Town, & charge it to
ye acc° of yo"" serv'
7 January 1682 Splan lovelle
pd '^ a noote Drawne on mr Jaffery
* This paper is undoubtedly an original that was once posted, it bearing the
marks at the four corners of having been torn off.
t Lovell was a glazier. This note is elegantly written in a small hand.
APPENDIX. 925
[Bi// of ObadiaJi I^^orsc.'\
Dec' : 30, 1682 ff A Iron for a Scnk ff M'' Mody 00-04-00
1682 ff Mending henges ff Meting-housc 00-01-00
ff A Iron, ff the hour-glass 00- J 0-00
ff 200 bricks Dehvered at my Shop 00- 4-06
;!^oo-i9-o6
by Me : Obadiah Mors
\Gov. CranfielcV s Proclamation.^
New Hampsh in |
New England ( By the Govern"'
Whereas there was an Act made by the General Assembly in ye
year 1682, for defraying the necessary occasions of the respective
Towns in y^ sd Province ; And to the end the several Towns therein
may be in a posture to defend themselves against His Mat'' Enemies
whether Indians or Others, there being no provision made for pon-
der, bullet or other amunition : Therefore I Edward Cranfield Esq""
His Mat^ Lieuten* Govern"" & Commander in chief of this sd Province,
having also Power to exercize the Authority of Capt'" General therein
by vertue of His Mat'' Royal Commission ; Do, in pursuance thereof,
in His Mat^ name require & command you the Trustees or Overseers
of the Town of Portsm**" forthwith to provide Pouder, bullet & other
amunition, in such proportion as may be requisite to make a defensive
war against the Indians or other His Mat'' P^nemies to march in pur-
suit of them, according to His Maf" sd Comission And that y^ same
Pouder, bullet & other amunition may y*^ more effectively be made use-
full for y'= defense of His Mat^ Subjects you are in His Mat^ Name like-
wise hereby required, To deliver the same or any part thereof, upon
y^ order of John Tufton Capt for the said Town of Portsm'^ or
the Capt"" for the S'^ Town for y'' time being, or his Lieuten' or En-
sign, or any two of them (whereof ye Capt" to be one) to whom &
at what time soever he or they shall send ; You taking his or their
receit for y'= quantities so delivered ; which shall be sufificient War-
rant. Given under my hand & seal this ig"^day of ffebr. 1682. And
in the 36''" year of y'^ Raign of our Sover Lord King Charles y'=
Second EDW CRANFIELD (seal)
To the Trustees or Overseers of y^ Town of
Portsmouth, for ye time being.
[Endorsed] The Governors order for getting Ammunnission.
926 APPENDIX.
\^Pcrinit of Justices of tJic Peace to Call a Toivn Meeti?ig.'\
Whereas the Trustees or overseers of the Towne of Portsm° have
Moved to us under written for Callinge of a Publike Towne Meetinge,
To Make Choise of Trustees, or overseers, Constables, Wedawardens
Clarke of ye Market Sorthers and sealers of Lether and other
offissers neidfull for ye Towne, for ye yere Insuinge, or to Agitate
anny Towne Conserncs that Maye Presente And whereas There is
an order of Counsell Dated the 3*^ Daye of March 1682 That ye
Trustees or overseers of ye severall Townes Presume not to call a
Publicke Towne Meeting aboute Anny Towne busnes, without leve
from ye Justis or Justises of ye Pese of ye said Respective Townes,
wee under written Doe give Leve to The Trustees or overseers of
ye Towne of Portsmo : To call ye Towne together ffor the Ends
aforesaid when they thinke it Moste Convenyente. Dated In Portsm°
In ye Provinces of New Hampsher The 27'^ of March : 1683
Nath ffryer ) . ^^ r
W'" vaughan \ ^ ^
Thes are to give notis y' ye Trustees of this toune having Lisense
granted you to Call a generall town meeting all ye Inhabitants of this
Towen are desired to Met at ye Meeting House one ye 11 of April
being wensday come seavnth night About 9 : of ye Clock In ye
morning
[Endorsed] The Justices permit to call a Town meeting 1683
\_07^dey of Governor and Coujicif 1683.]
New Hampshire By y*^ Govern"' & Councel
Whereas it was represented by the Trustees of Portsm"^ that sev-
eral necessary charges for ye Highways Releef of the Poor & y'^ like,
as have arisen since the Gover''s being here for the S*^ Town of Ports-
mouth, are fit & necessary to be defrayed
Ordered by the Govern"^ & Counsel that the said Trustees have
power (& are hereby impowered) to issue out mony to ye value of
sixty pounds for the uses as aforsd And are hereby ordered to bring
in their Accounts thereof by Christmas day next insuing
Ordered, That y*^ Trustees of Hampton & other y'^ Towns & places
within the S'^ Province have the same power respectively Dat ye
lo''^ of Decemb 1683 Edw Cranfield
[Endorsed] Governor & Counsells order to disburse monye : 1683
APPENDIX. 927
\^SNi/i)noNS for Contempt, ]Uc.\
New Hampshire
To John fflctchcr Samuel Kayes Phillip Lewis & John Pickcrin<;
Trustees or overseers for i^ortsm"'
In His Mat^ name you & every of you are hereby required ui)on
sight hereof to appear before the Hon''*'' the Governour of the sd Prov-
ince : To answer for not obeying but contemning the warrant of the
Justices of Peace for warning the inhabitants witliin ye Town of
Portsmouth in the S^ Province to work upon mending ye Highways
&c Hereof fail not. Dat y'^ 8'^ of Septemb"" 1683
By order R : Chamberlain Seer
To the Provost Marshal, or his Deputy to Sumon y*^ above named
Persons
[Endorsed] The Govcrnours summons to ye Trustees 1683
\^Ordcr of Justices of the Peace. ^
New Hampshire
To Samuell Wentworth, John ffletcher, Sam" Keyes and others the
Trustees or overseers of the poor of the Towne of Portsmouth
Wee his maj^ Justices of the peace doe hereby order you the said
Trustees forthwith to pay unto Deborah Munden six pounds for her
care and attendance upon Sarah Winslow * one of the poor of the
said Towne who hath not wherewithall to maintain her self, and that
you also provide some fitt person to look after her during her illness
hereof you are not to fail Given under o"" hands and seals the loth
day of May 1684 Robert Mason (seal)
Walter Barefoote (seal)
Rich'' Chamberlain (seal)
James Sherlock (seal)
[Fon/i of Certificate given to an Assemblyman for Jiis pay."]
Province new hampsher
Theis may sertifie home it doth or may consci^ne That Mark Plunk-
ing hath served in Generall Assembley for ye Provnce above sd : att
* See N. H. Historical Society Collections, vol. viii. p. 207, for deposition of Deb-
orah Munden and Nathan Bedford in this case. Sarah Winslow was burned.
928 APPENDIX.
Sundry times: since ye 8^^ of febeuary 1703^ twenty three days •
taken out of ye assembley book this 20"' of March i/of as witness my
hand — John Pickerin
speaker
[Endorsed] my sertevicat for serving in ye assembley for ye town
of portsmo : 1703
\^JoJiu Pickering s Bil/.'\
to ye selectmen of portsm"
gentellmen there is dew to me from youer selffs in behalff of the
towne : for bread & flesh for eight men (out of my owne store) ten
days provisions, vz each man ten pound of bread & 7 pound & ^ of
pork apece, To say in all sixty pounds of pork & eighty pounds of
bread : pies to give me an order for it to m'' penhaloo who I believe
is in the towns debt this being the needfull at present from your
frend to serve
June 24 : 1 705 John pickerin
[Letter to Col. Hilton About Poivder Supply.]
Portsm*^ Nov'' : 9-1705
CoU"^ Sr according to your desire These are to acquaint you y' we have
been takeing care to informc ourselvs where our towne stock is & w'
quantity of amunition, as yet have found but one barril of Powder :
we have bought about one hundr: & -^ of lead, are taking ye most
speady care we can for more : about 14 years since : our townsmen
raisd upward of thirty pound to add to ye stock of ammunition w'^'^ was
commitedto such Gentlemens hands y' we have not yet had opertunity
to discours w''' : thus we subscribe ourselves s"" yours to serve
Jos Perse in behalf of
ye Reste of ye Townsmen
[Endorsed] Copia of what ye Townesmen wroate Colon" Hilton
9th 9ber 1705
APPENDIX. 929
\Report on School-Zwuscs."^]
To the free holders of the Town of I'ortsni"
Forasmuch as wee the subscribers were appointed at the last anni-
versary meeting a Committee to consider what might most tend to
the advancing of learning in erecting of schools, and represent the
plans that might bee most convenient in order thereunto
Doe report as f olio wet h
That there is absolute necessity of two school-houses, to bee forth-
withe established for reading, writing and cyphering ; that one of
ym bee nere the old meeting hous in the place where the former was,
and the other between m"" Brewsters and m'' Nelson's
March 29 1 716/7 Sam" Penhallow
Thomas Westbrook
Tobias Langdon
W" Cotton Junr
* In Mr. Fryer's account, dated May, 1678, is an item : " To paid John Denet (?)
to make shutters and Benches for our school house." March 16, 1682, J no. Denet
did work on the " skoole house."'
The following is without date: "Voted that there be two school mast'rs settled
in ye Towne on the North side of ye Mill Dam a Gramer Schole where shall be
taught Latin, writeing & Cyphering & ye Bible to be read twice every day On the
South side of the Mill Dam to be taught Reading Writeing & Cyphering
the (iramer schole mast'rs to have ;i^io per annum the other -40- per annum
pd by ye Town, every Lattin scholer to Pay to ye Mast'r 20 s p annum overplus
for his Incouragement."
INDEX
INDEX OF TOWNS, PLACES, ETC.
Acworth 728,783,818
Albany (Burton) 728, 819
Albany, N. Y 16
171, 296-298, 312, 315
316, 318, 337, 351.399
432, 436, 437.441, 445
457,502, 506, 525, 529
Alexandria 651, 712, 729, 757, 895
Allenstown 727,795,819
ALstead 728, 783, 894
Amesbury, Mass 196
Amherst 603, 650, 714, 728
766, 789, 818, 844, 888
Amherst Academy 845
Ammonusic River 872
Amoskeag Bridge 861
Andover 728, 757, 789, 795, 820, 826
(New Breton.) 651
Androscoggin River. 808, 870
Annapolis, N. S 'j'j
243. 253, 289, 299, 302
306, 328, 329,333, 365
Anotomy 678
Antrim 728, 820
Apthorp (Littleton) 729, 735
Archives of England, copies from. ...117,
123, 124, 126, 135
139, 142, 196, 390
Atkinson 603, 727
Atkinson Academy 845
Baker's River 416, 578, 584
Barnstead 75, 76, 555, 577, 584,
728, 752, 771, 791, 801, 819
Barrington ^^ , 418, 419, 555, 577,
584, 603, 728, 752, 771,
819, 842, 849, 854, 859
Bath 712, 729, 735
Bay of Fundy 301
Bedford 360, 485, 603, 728, 844
Belknap Papers, copies from. . . . 149, 151
153. 154, 156-161, 163-166
168-178, 180-183, 185-189
Belknap papers, copies from. 2 10, 212-214
216-219, 224, 229-233
242, 253, 254, 291, 296-
299, 301, 302, 309, 310
312, 314-316, 319-321
323, 325. 327-329, 331
337,338,351-353,360-
362, 367-370,372-374
384, 385,401, 402, 431
449,450,453-459,461-
464, 467, 469, 470, 474
488,489, 499, 506, 516
541-543, 549, v^^^ 556
557, 567, 569, 574, 579
655, 657, 659, 655, 666
668, 669, 671-676, 842
Bellows Falls 415, 796, 805, 859
Bennington, Vt 612, 693
Benton (Coventry) 729
Berlin (Maynesburg) 611
Berwick, Me 179, 329, 717
Blackrock Mill 54
Blanford 500
Boothbay, Mass 698, 699
Boscawen 728, 737, 757
789, 820, 826
Boston, Mass.. 16, 36, 155, 164, 186, 189
218, 228, 243, 269, 277, 296
309, 318, 320, 331, 334, 347
356, 363, 405, 406, 410, 411
414, 415, 428, 431, 476, 478
544, 550, 558, 566, 587, 589
663, 675. 702, 704, 761, 768
797, 834, 838, 864, 874, 893
896
I'joundary Line, N. H. & Mass. ... 13, 42
48, 62-64, 89, 117, 121
123, 124, 126, 129, 139, 144
154, 156, 171,196,391, 415
Bow 542, 578, 728, 795, 820, 826, 862
Bow J^ond 584
Bradford 795, 820, 828, 829
(New Bradford) 728
934
INDEX.
Brentwood 52, 288, 494, 680,
Bristol, Mass 210,
Brookline (Raby) 728,
Burton (Albany) 728,
Cambridge, Mass
CampbelPs Gore (Windsor)
Campton 584, 729, 820,
Canaan 605, 651, 712, 729,
Candia 680,
Canoe Meadow.
Canso, Me
Canterbury 275, 577, 578,
727, 795, 820, 826,
Cape Ann
Cape Breton, N. S.77, 189, 215, 223-
228, 238, 246,
252, 258, 269,
273, 286, 292,
332, 335. 353.
Cape Cod.
Cape Sable 244,
Caprus Bay
Captain's Pond
Captives, Indian
Cardigan (Orange) 65 1 , 729,
Casco, Me 4,
Casco Bay 244, 356, 363, 557,
Chambley, Can
Chambley Lake
Chapeau Rouge Bay
Charleston, S. C
Charlestown 429,
463, 503, 603, 725,
730, 766, 783, 794,
803, 818, 866, 873,
(No. 4.) 379, 420, 429,
460, 463, 495, 497,
Charlestown Academy
Charlestown, Mass
Chebucto Harbor
Chelsea Hospital
Chester 196, 340, 354, 476,
680, 681, 727, 819,
Chesterfield 580, 581, 728, 742,
Chichester 577, 578, 680,
795,819, 826, 847,
Claremont 728, 730,
Cocheco
Cockburne '(Columbia) 729, 735,
872,
Cockermouth (Groton) 605, 712,
Colburne (Colebrook) 729,
Cold River
Colebrook 800, 868, 872, 877,
727
709,
844
819
667
820
845
757
727
497
269
680
862
716
•225
251
271
300
383
409
292
273
128
15
757
' 38
570
908
393
223
814
430
728
796
893
454
498
,845
218
,244
383
603
856
783
727
850
783
.406
868
890
729
735
.414
(Colburne) 729, 735
Columbia (Cockburne) 729, 735, 868
872, 890
Conajoihery 903, 904
Concord 255, 642, 650, 680, 727, 730
794, 820, 826, 838, 844, 849
862, 896
Concord (Penacook) 422, 497
(Rumford) 476
Concord, Mass 667
Connecticut River 142, 144
189, 198, 209, 414, 421
429, 430, 433, 463, 506
529, 544, 558, 578, 581
609,611-613,643, 651
655, 658, 737, 757, 797
80S, 820, 845, 856, 870
872, 877, 889, 892, 894
Conway 611, 613, 615, 643, 700
712, 728, 819, 845, 861
Coos 581
(Haverhill.) 555, 558, 584, 791
Copyhold Mill 52, 55
Crown Point 189, 205, 245, 253, 255
i 291, 296-300, 312, 314
i 393.430.431.437.438
I 441, 445-449. 451. 464
: 471. 495. 497-499. 508
509, 518, 528, 546, 551
553. 909
Coventry (Benton) 729
Cornish 709. 728, 766, 783
Croydon 728, 783
Dalton 845, 873
Damariscotta, Me 136
Danville (Hawke) 727
Dartmouth (Jefferson).. 651, 729, 735, 796
Darmouth College 605, 649, 651
737. 757. 870
Deerfield 437, 680, 727
Deerfield, Conn . 429,681,844
Deerfield Gore 844
Deering 728, 820
Delaware Bay 865
Demsarage 766
Derry y;^, 460
Detroit, Mich 907
Dorchester 605, 651, 729
Dover 3,8, 14
155, 164, 208, 288, 354
367, 417, 512, 555, 558
602, 609, 689, 727, 751
771, 819, 854, 859, 880
Dover, N. Y 581
INDEX.
935
Dracut, Mass 128, 129, 196,
Dryden 800, 867, 872,
Dublin 729,
Du<j;-\vay
Diinbarton. ..708, 728, 795, 798, 820,
Dunstable (Nashua, etc.)
196, 354, 357, 727,
Dunston
Durand (Randolph)
Durham 251, 269,
287, 307, 354. 555,
577, 603, 727, 751,
791, 838, 849, 854,
(Oyster River)
Durham Falls 584, 839,
Durham Falls Bridge
Duxbury (Milford) 728,
East Kingston 680,
Eaton 728, 752,
Effingham
Ellsworth (Trecothick)
Enfield. -712, 729, 757,
(Relham)
Enfield Pond
Epping 288, 494, 680, 681,
Epsom 680, 727, 819,
Errol
Essex, Mass
Exeter 52-58, 155, 164, 203,
265, 266, 273, 282,
354, 512-514, 579,
665, 668-670, 678,
681, 689, 696, 697,
711, 727, 734, 774,
804, 809, 816, 818,
832, 833, 841,
340
890
782
379
828
129
844
303
615
276
558
771
864
134
849
849
844
727
845
728
820
895
729
895
727
850
870
14
251
287
602
680
702
798
S23
877
Forts, Batteries, etc.
Prince of Wales Battery.. . .
William & Mary. .38, 39, 52
117. 134, 138,
204, 205, 207,
336, 445, 452,
548, 555, 558,
607, 608, 614,
657, 665. 673,
William Henry 456-
463, 471,
484-486,
Four Mile Township
Frances town 647,
Franconia
(Morristown.) ,
Fremont (Poplin)
452
, 60, 102
140, 148
209, 224
518, 523
569, 599
642, 651
748, 817
•459, 461
476-482
508, 531
555
728, 844
729, 845
694
680, 727
Falmouth, Me 11, 356
Faneuil Hall 331
Fishersfield (Newbury) 728
795, 820, 828
Fitzwilliam 729, 782
Forts, Batteries, etc.
Chambly ... 16
Cumberland 295, 452
Dummer 209, 220, 257^ 359, 369
370, 385, 404, 429, 497, 498
Edward.. 432, 436, 447, 457-460, 480
Gouyave 719
Grande Pauvre 719
Island Battery 246
248, 250, 259, 260, 267
277, 279,283, 290, 317
Light-House Battery 250, 285
Gilmanton 555, 577, 584
700, 728, 751, 771, 819
Gilsum 728, 782
Glasgow 447
Gloucester, Mass 874
Goffe's Location 845
GoiTstown 650, 728. 767, 844, 856
Gore 651, 728, 752, 771
Gosport (Star Island) 425, 676, 842
Grafton 651,729, 757, 895
Grantham 728, 783
(New Grantham) 820
Great .Meadow (Westmoreland) ..460, 497
Great River 800
Green Bay 301
Greenfield (Lyndeborough Gore) 844
Greenland 239, 287
354, 358, 603, 680, 727
Greenwich Hospital 43
Groton
357
(Cockermouth) 605, 712, 729
Guildhall, Vt S72
Gunthwaite (Lisbon) 729, 735, 845
Hale's Bridge
Halcstown (Weare)
Halifax, N. S 455,471,476,
Hall's Stream
Hampstead
Hampton 49, 67, 82,
Hampton Falls.
196,
287,
680,
Hancock..
Hanover.
513'
477,603,
;, 83, 156,
203, 259,
354, 426,
681, 727,
■286,317,
528, 602,
.605, 650, 651, 729,
....856
143
478, 688
•••••799
680, 727
158, 159
261, 272
579, 602
886, 926
354, 436
680, 727
728, 844
895, 908
936
INDEX.
Harvard College 559
Haverhill 421, 555, 584, 651, 712
729, 746, 820, 882, 892
(Coos) 555, 558, 584, 791, 907
Haverhill District 354
Haverhill, Mass.. 9, 13, il, 129, 196, 340
Hawke (Danville) 727
Henniker 591, 728
789, 795,820,828, 844
Hibbard Papers, copies from.. .1, 89, 388
390, 420, 425, 439, 503, 505
Hill (New Chester) 712, 729, 757
820, 826
Hillsborough. 59 1, 728, 789, 795, 818, 820
Hinsdale 429, 430, 655, 729, 742, 783
Holden, Mass 518
Holderness 555, 584, 820
(New Holderness) 652, 712, 729
Hollis 354, 437, 603
681, 714, 725, 728, 844
Hooksett Falls 878
Hopkinton...728, 789, 795, 826, 828, 844
(New Hopkinton) 559
Hudson (Nottingham West) 354, 578
603, 727, 844
Hudson River 171, 298, 398, 430
432,434, 471, 581, 612
Indian River 800
Indians, Arrasaguntacooks 362, 427
Cherokees 775
Chippewas 775
Mingoes 775
Mohawks 351
Natick 54
Norridgwock 356, 362, 427
Penobscot 233,356,362,428
Puteotamies 775
Shawanese 775
Six Nations 297
298, 315, 316, 337, 338
St. John's 427
Tawas 775
Twightwees 775
Wowenock 362, 427
Wyandote 781
Isle of Sable 244
Isles of Shoals 70, 124, 413, m , 675
Israel's River - . 615
Jaffrey 7^8, 7S2
Jefferson (Dartmouth) .651, 729, 735, 796
Keene 728, 782, 818. 866, 893
Keeneborough 269
Kensington 268, 270, 277, 283
287,603, 680, 681, 727
Kingston .... 196, 274, 278, 288, 354
358, 423, 460, 512, 513
602, 680, 681. 695, 727
Kingswood 76, 154
Kittery, Me 717, 847
Lake George 429. 432, 436
Lamprey River 852
Lancaster . . .500, 611, 614, 615, 729, 735
796, 801, 845, 867, 872, 892
Langdon 894
Landaff 720, 735
Laprare River 16
Lebanon 651, 729, 757, 895
Lebanon, Conn 505
Lebanon, Me 685
Lee 728, 751, 791, 819, 849
Lempster 728, 783
Leominster, Mass 556
Lincoln 694, 729
Lisbon (Gunthwaite) 735, 845
Litchfield 129, 512
515, 578,603, 727, 844
Little Coos 505
Little Harbor 665, 924
Little Rest, R.I 580
Littleton 845
(Apthorp) 729, 735
Loans, Public... .49, 140. 147, 191,380
Londonderry 196, 354
426, 460, 490, 500, 515
590, 603, 608, 642, 680
681. 691. 693, 696, 727
802, 818, 819, 861, 888
Loudon 680, 727, 795, 820, 826, 862
Louisburg, N. S. .216, 219, 223, 225, 227
230-232, 235, 236, 238
240, 242, 247, 248, 250
252, 256, 259-274, 276-
279, 281-290, 292-294
308, 317, 323, 332, 334
341, 364, 368, 373. 386
423, 431, 476, 478, 509
Louisburg Harbor 225
Lyman 712, 729, 735
Lyme 65 1 , 729, 746
Lyndeborough 728, 844
Lyndeborough Gore (Greenfield) 844
Kearsarge Gore (Wilmot) 820 | Madbury 584. 728, 752, 819, 854, 859
Keene 434, 527, 603 i Magalloway River 808
INDEX.
937
Manchester (Dernfield) .
650, 727, 856,
Marblcliead, Mass 168,
Marlborough 729,
Marlow 728,
I\Iasiom River
Mason 692, 728,
Maynesborough (Berlin)
Menis 244, 254,
Meredith 700, 728, 752,
(New Salem) . . .
Merrimack. ..354, 578, 603, 693, 728,
IMerrimack River 10, 13, 67, "jt^,
129. 135' 139' 142,
171, 196, 224, 391,
530. 577' 648, 651,
820, 851, 878, 879,
Merrymeeting
Methuen, Mass 127, 129, 340,
Middleton
Milan (Paulsburg)
Mileslip (Milford) 728,
Milford (Mileslip) 728,
(Duxbury) 728,
Mill Brook
Millsfield
Mink Brook
Mississippi River
Mohawk River
Money, Bills of Credit, etc.. 113, 117,
140, 147, 210, 371,
Counterfeit 580, 582, 677,
Monhegan
Monson 354,
Montreal, Can 465, 507, 546,
Moose Mountain 605,
Morristown (Franconia)
Moultonborough
700, 712, 728, 752,
Mount Desert
Mount Real
Mount Royal 333, 471,
Mud Pond' Brook
Nantasket 231, 320, 321, 326,
Nantasket Road . . .
Narragansett 143,
Nashua (Dunstable)
196, 354' 357' 1^7,
Naticook Brook
Negros, Peter
Nelson (Packersfield) 725, 729,
New Boston 143, 728,
New Bradford (Bradford)
New Britain (Andover)
Newbury (Fishersfield) 728, 795, 820,
60
57S
861
874
782
783
757
844
611
299
771
584
844
124
144
424
in
888
700
354
728
611
844
844
844
758
870
757
776
580
123
380
678
921
714
835
651
694
652
771
299
393
508
757
409
675
358
129
844
888
54
782
844
728
651
828
Newbury, Mass 42, 43, 182,
Newcastle 38, 138, 204, 216,
263, 276, 285, 287,
354, 453' 602, 614,
680, 692, 727, 822,
New Castle (Great Island)
716, 91S,
New Charlestown
New Cheshire
New Chester (Hill)
729, 757. 820,
New Concord
New Durham 700, 728,
New Durham Gore
New Grantham (Grantham) .
New Hampton 728,
New Haven, Conn
New Holderness (Holderness)
712,
New Hopkinton (Hopkinton)
Newichwannock River
134, 144, 200, 214,
Newington 267,
354, 603, 680, 681,
Newington Ferry 514,
New Ipswich 728, 820,
New Ipswich Academ}^
New London 728, 789, 820, 844,
New London, Conn 695,
New Market 354, 577, 603, 654,
681, 727, 771, 847,
New Market Bridge 839,
Newport 728,
Newport, R. I
New Salem (Meredith)
Newton
New York 16, 104, in,
298. 318, 338, 458,
471. 493. 530. 55O'
704' 753, 780, 835,
Niagara
Nitchawoag
Northampton, Mass
Northfield 727, 795, 819,826,
Northfield, Mass 400, 419, 487,
Nortli Hampton 680,
Northumberland
614, 615, 729, 735,
Northumberland (Stonington)
867,
Northwood 727,
801, 819, 849, 854,
North Yarmouth, Mass
Nottingham 577, 680, 68 r ,
819, 842, 844, 847,
66s
252
295
657
825
244
922
434
651
712
826
893
752
728
820
819
312
652
729
559
69
224
287
727
697
844
845
895
874
680
851
851
1^1
874
584
727
118
467
582
864
907
358
316
862
558
727
611
796
801
872
791
859
38
727
849
938
INDEX.
Nottingham West (Hudson) 354
578, 603, 727, 844
Number 4 (Charlestown) . . .379, 420, 429
454, 460, 463, 495. 497, 498
Orange (Cardigan) 651, 729, 757
Orford 578, 712, 729
Ossipee Gore (Ossipee) 728, 771
Oswegatchy 907
Oswego, N. Y 529
Otter River 497, 498
Oyster River (Durham) 134
Packersfield (Nelson) 725. 729, 782
Paulsburg (Milan) 611
Pawtucket Falls 124, 127, 135, 139
144, 171, 196, 392, 861
Peeling (Woodstock) 892
Pelham 354, 603
642. 680. 727, 819, 861
Pemaquid, Me 44
Pembroke 642, 680, 685
727, 795, 819, 826, 862
Pemigewasset 555
Pemigewasset River 69, 577
578, 584, 605, 652, 819
Pemigewasset River Branch 555
Penacook (Concord) 422, 497
Pequog 358
Percy (Stark) 861
Perrystown (Sutton) 728
Peterborough . . .728, 818, 844
Peterborough Slip (Temple) 728
Philadelphia, Pa 432
556, 580. 713.736, 840
Phillips Exeter Academy 898
Piermont 584, 712, 729, 820
Piscataqua (Portsmouth) 37, 39, 57
230, 334, 453, 499, 524
567, 570, 606, 665, 710
Piscataqua Harbor 67
269, 392, 814, 816, 819
Piscataqua River 73, 143
391, 577, 822, 865, 879
Pittsfield 727, 791
795, 801, 820, 826, 850
Plainfield 709, 729, 783, 820
Plaistow 478
556, 603, 680, 681, 727
Plymouth 584
605, 651, 729, 747, 892
Point Graves 295
Policy Pond 128
Poplin (Fremont) 680, 727
Portland, Me 874
Port Reservay 41 1
Portsmouth 7, 14, 42, 56, 57
207, 227, 240, 252, 254
256, 258, 260-264, 266
267, 274, 276, 283, 284
286-288, 290, 294, 300
302, 307-309, 328, 332
354. 358, 360, 361, 388
389, 409, 415.419. 425
426, 442, 443, 453, 460
473, 486, 490, 514, 528
547, 558, 566, 571, 578
587, 590, 592, 602, 611
625, 644, 646, 654, 657
659, 663, 665, 669, 670
672, 676, 677, 680, 681
688, 690, 697, 699, 702
704, 727, 732, 748, 761
762. 765, 771, 779, 780
783, 791, 806, 810, 814
816, 818, 821, 832, 847
874. 888, 889, 891, 917
918, 920-922, 924-929
Portsmouth (Piscataqua) yj , 39, 57
230, 334. 453. 499. 524
567, 570, 606, 665, 710
Portsmouth (Strawberry Bank) .276. 918
Preston 800, 867, 872
Protectworth (Springfield) .729,783, 820
Putney, Vt 434
Quakers 40
61, 122, 180. 366, 494
Quebec, Can 333, 364
393. 465. 499. 509. 871
Raby (Brookline) 728, 844
Ragged Mountain Brook 757
Randolph (Durand) 615
Raymond 680, 68 1
Raymond (Freetown) 54, 727
Relham (Enfield) 729
Richmond 728, 782
Rindge 677, 678, 728, 782
Riots, Exeter 55. 56, 58
Rochester 6, 75, "j^j, 303, 307
352, 417-419. 578, 603
728,751,771.820,854
Rockingham, Vt 804
Rumford (Concord) , 476
Rumford District 340, 354
Rumney 555, 584, 712, 729
Rye---' 49. 354. 426
602, 680, 681, 712, 727
INDEX.
939
Saco, Me 303 !
Salem 555, 603, 642, 681, 727
Salem, Mass 667, 699, 874
Salisbury 728
758, 789, 795, 820, 826
Salisbury, Mass 64, 70, 196
Salmon Falls 69
Sanbornton 573, 728, 752, 795, 826 |
Sandown 596, 727
Sandwich 700, 728, 752, 819, 845
Sandy Beach 92 1 I
Santa Cruz, Cal 468
Schiegnecto 299, 301
Seabrook 680, 727
Second River, N.J 495
Sharon 844
Shelburne 611, 614, 615, 808, 861
Ships, etc.
Abigail 264, 267, 269, 285
Adventure 922
Audacieuse 524
Augustus 318
Beaver 596
Bien Aime 234
Bladen 164, 168, 179
Boreas 784
Boston 500, 595
Boyn 674
Bristol 135, 139
Calia 78
Canterbury 321
Charming Molly 160
Chester 244, 334
Commodore 265
Crown 517
Deborah 524
Deptford 143
174, 184-186, 189, 311
Diligence 922
Dolphin 923
Dove 922
Dover 923
Elizabeth 674
Ellen 718
Eltham 219, 231
Endeavor 226, 923
Fortune 923
Four Brothers 385
Gabrill 923
Gibraltar 595
Grand Turk 277
Hampshire 524
Hector 224
Hoopwell 923
Jane & Elizabeth 783
Ships, etc.
Johanna 923
Kingfisher 665
La Vierge de Grace 363
Little Easter 444
Magnanimous 332
McChiry 688
Molly 704
Nonesuch 922
Norwich 475
Nuestra Senora del Pilar 467
Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria..468
Nuestra Senora de la Conception 468
Nuestra Senora de las Tres Fuentes468
Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. . .469
I'eggy 455
Pelham 196
Prince George 676
Princess Mary 224, 229
Princess Royal 277
Prometheus 923
Prosperous 923
Resolution 606
Richard 922
Rose 596, 923
Sabana 468
Samuel 923
Salisbury 594
Scarborough 664, 675, 748
Senegal 596
Snow Lorraine 361, 362
Speedwell 235, 237, 309
Scpirrel 4, 119
Success 365
Surrey 922
Susanna 688
Swallow 923
Tavistock 361
Victory 213
Vigilant 228, 230
Viper 596
Warren 305 , 306
Wilmington 139,177,401
Winchester 516
Small Pox 407, 409-411
Society Land.. 591, 728, 844
Somersworth 603, 728, 752, 819
Souhegan River 394, 714
South Hampton 129, 144, 196
340, 354, 603, 680, 727
Springfield 895
Springfield (Protectworth)..729, 783, 820
Springfield, Mass 580-582
St. FranQois, Can 253
255, 295, 298-300,356
940
INDEX.
St . George River 232
St. Johns, N. B 300, 471, 835, 907
St. John's River 306, 356
St. Lawrence Gulf 333
St. Lawrence River 509, 808
St. Peter's 227, 257, 265
Star Island (Gosport) 425, 676, 842
Stark (Percy) 861
State House i
Stewartstown (Stewart) 800
868, 872, 890 i
Stirrup Iron Meadow Brook 758 I
Stoddard 729, 783
Stonington (Northumberland) 801
867, 872
Stratford 729, 735, 796
Stratford (Woodbury) .801, 867, 872, 890
Stratham 154, 25S, 274, 287, 354
484, 603, 680, 681, 727
Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth) . .276, 918
Sudbury, Mass 379
Sudbury, Vt 531
Sunapee (Wendell) 728, 783
Suncook River ..851
Surrey 728, 742, 783, 893
Sutton 789, 795, 820
Sutton (Perrystown) 728
Swanzey 434, 527, 728, 730, 782
Tamworth 712, 728, 771, 845
Temple 728, 844
Temple (Peterborough Slip). 728
Tewksbury, Mass 485
Thetford, Vt 651
Thornton 729, 820, 845, 892
Ticonderoga 491, 503, 836, 857
Towow 145
Treco thick (Ellsworth) 820
Tuftonborough 652, 728
Umbagog Lake 808
Unity 728, 783
Valley Forge 858
Vert Bay 301 , 302
Wakefield 728, 752, 771
Walpole 430, 434, 578
728, 730, 783, 856, 894
Warner 728, 789, 795, 820
Warren 584, 729, 820
Washington 729, 783
Weare 728, 795, 820
Weare (Halestown) 143
Weirs 555, 584
Wendell (Sunapee) 728, 783
Wentworth 584, 729
Wentworth's Ferry 528, 529
Westmoreland 582
690, 728, 730, 742, 783
Westmoreland (Great Meadow) .460, 497
Wheelwright Pond 849
Whitefield 892
White Hills 171, 611, 613, 615, 644
Wilmot (Kearsarge Gore) 820
Wilton 728, 844
Winchester 434, 603, 728, 782
Windham 642, 680, 681, 727, 820, 861
Windsor (Campbell's Gore) 820
Winnipiseokee 422
Winnipiseokee Branch 555
Winnipiseokee Lake 76, 200, 214
254, 255, 295, 303, 310
394, 648, 70Q, 865, 878
Winnipiseokee River.. . .69, 573, 577, 819
Winnisimet, Mass 172
Wolfeborough 652, 700, 728
Woodbury (Stratford) .801, 867, 872, 890
1 Woodstock (Peeling) 892
INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS.
Abbot, Jacob 807
John 280, 281
Walter 329
Abbott, George 531
John 919
Josiah 722
Richard 919
Abercrombie, James 483, 503
d'Abreu, IVIons 462
Adam, Moses 829
William 207
Adams, Aaron 829
Captain 175, 179
182, 184-186, 188, 189
219, 225, 231,243, 311
Ephraim 711
Gideon 829
James 69 1
James, Jr 691
John 741
Jonathan , • 691
Joseph 192
Josiah 683
Nathaniel 709, 738
Peter 47
Robert 691
Stephen 701, 829
Addleton, Daniel 907
Adskon, John 242
Ahern, James 237
Aiken, James 696, 769
John 195, 696
Nathaniel 696
Nenian 722, 769
Thomas 722, 769
Akerman, Benjamin 501
Nahum 816
Aldrich, George 742, 783, 835, 837
Alexander, Ebenezer 420
James 643
Reuben 782
William 643, 691
Allcock, John 246, 248, 287
Joseph 594
Allen, Asher 895
Daniel 241, 418, 879
Elijah 752
(iideon 907
Governor 74
John 418
Lieutenant 908
Thomas 5, 394
Samuel .5, 65, 73, 158, 393, 7677-69
Spencer 304
Zachariah 366
Allison, Andrew 643
Samuel 643, 681
Alston, Walter 54
Alvard, Selah 738
Ambrose, Josiah 863
Nathaniel 702
Ameli, Baptiste 913
Ames, Moses 700
Nathan . . 700
Philomar. . 769
Stephen 681, 688, 712
Amherst, 374
Jeffery 492, 497-499- 905
Amsden, Noah 829
Anderson, David 643
John 62
Rabeul 643
Andiran, Jean 913
Andrew, Joshua 830
Samuel 829
Andrews, Asahel 905, 907
Isaac 592, 657, 683
Annan, James 906
John 906
Anson, Lord 380
Appleby, William 596
Apthorp, Charles 169, 170, 176, 225, 361
362, 401, 474, 499. 516
Henrj' 532
Archibald, Robert 691
Argyll, Duke of 380
Armiger, Colonel 592
Armstrong, 566
942
INDEX,
Armstrong, Robert 7
Arnenash, Samuel 907
Arnold, Benedict 908
Ash, Edward 6;^, 1 16, 148
Asherast, Samuel 907
Asherof, Samuel 905
Ashley, Daniel 756
Samuel. .359, 680, 682, 694, 730, 835
Samuel, Jr 0 783
Astin, Hezekiah . • 700
John 366
Joseph 1 94
Joseph, Jr 366
Paul 366
Stoten 366
Thomas 366
Atherton, Joshua 642, 657, 684, 846
Atkinson, George 736, 788
Joseph ... 193, 217
Mary 168
Mrs 168, 177
Theodore . ..2, 8, 38, 42, 47, 48, 54
82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 92
130, 149, 152-154, 156-
161, 163-166, 168, 170-
178, 180-183, 185-189
191, 210, 215, 219, 231
242, 253, 278, 288, 289
301, 309, 310, 318, 321
327-329, 333, 352, 361
367-370, 372-374, 384
385, 388, 391, 401, 402
423, 430, 431, 435, 454
469, 470, 474, 499, 502
511,516,521,532,541-
543. 545. 546, 549. 551
556, 557, 566, 567, 569
574, 579' 592. 602, 615
623, 625, 627, 629, 636
638, 655-657, 659, 665
666, 668, 669, 671-675
Theodore, Jr. . 566, 625
William K 855, 881
Atwood, Caleb 830
Caleb, Jr 830
Coobit 830
John 830
Aubert, 720
Auchmuty, 181
Austin, Abiel 195
Caleb 907
Avery, John 240, 793
Joseph 447
Joseph, Jr 447
Nathan 793
Ayer, Jacob 648
John 685
Peter 648
Peter, Jr 648
Simon 648
William 729
Ayers, George 501
John yy
Jonathan 501
Thomas 191, 240
William 193
Aylward, Walter. 595
Aymond, Jean 916
Babcock, Adam 768
Bach, Caleb 207
Henry 207
Bachellor, 853
Nathan 680, 683
Nathaniel 680
Badger, Joseph 735
Joseph, Jr 584
792, 852, 855, 860, 861
Bagley, Henry 769
Orlando 194
Bagonet, Daniel 907
Bailey, Isaac 506
Isaac, Jr 505
John 879
Jonathan 724
Joseph 829
Levi 829
Moses 829
Samuel 506
Thomas 829
Bayley, Jacob 476-479
531, 553. 555. 558, 712
Joshua 683
Baker, James 881
Jonas 797
Moses 747, 792
Otis 604, 610, 682, 683, 855, 881
William 747
Balan, Frani^ois 916
Balch, John 726
Balchen, Admiral 213
Baldwin, Cyrus 790
Ephraim 684
Isaac c 591
Nahum 682, 798
Rufus 738
Ballard, William 752
Bam, Tamson 15
Bancroft, Benjamin 756
Banfield, 169
INDEX.
943
Banficld, Cliarles 194
John 191
Samuel 2>7^ -°S
Banks, William 756
Bantam, Ambrose 366
Barber, Josepli 217
Barefoote, Walter 927
Barker, Jonathan 365, 477
Noah 193, 194
Barkley, Captain 664, 665, 672, 674
Barnes, Elisha 829
Silas 591
Thomas 919
Ventia 796
Barnet, Francis 425
Governor 544
James 643
John, Jr 643
Moses 643, 680
Robert 643
William 425
Barrell, Nathaniel 502
Barrett, Charles 782, 790, 846
Samuel 905
Barrington, Viscount 493, 494
Barron, 544
Isaac 738
piloses 425
Bart, Captain 312
Barter, Peter, Jr 413
Bartlett, Enoch 649
Jonathan 531
Josiah . .604, 680, 682, 72)^, 802, 834
Nathaniel 194
Richard 553, 680, 683, 789, 863
Thomas 665, 671, 712, 760, 820
Bartman, Captain 459
Bastide, 148, 212, 218
Batchelder, Abraham 194, 681
Benjamin 194
Breed 725
David 745. 775' 793
Ebenezer 722
Henry 745
Jethro 194
John 722, 793
Joseph, Jr 192
Major 745
Nathaniel 416, 793
Samuel 793
Simon 793
Bates, Nathaniel 595
Batt. Sarah 226
Battson, Mr 210
Mrs 240
Bcal, Edward 918
Bean, 766
Daniel 27S
Elisha 712
James, J r 494
Jeremiali 192
Joseph 683,757
Joshua 494
lieard, William 552, 722
Beck, Henry 920
John . .' 657
Becket, Dudley 494
Bedel, Timothy 554
684, 729, 746, 907, 908
Bedford, Duke of 357, 377, 378
Nathan 927
Beebe, Job 905, 907
Becde, Daniel 683, 801
Belanger, Jules 913
Noel 913
Belcher, Andrew 116
173,212,343,414,415
G 171
Jonathan 17, 24, 32, 38
39, 42, 44, 45, 51, 52
55-58, 61, 63, 66, 74
77, 82, 83, 88, 89, 91
97, 102, 107, 109, no
117, 123, 124, 126, 154
158, 159, 164, 176, 414
Bell, Benjamin ^-jg
James 693
John 289, 425, 595, 680, 696
John, Jr 425
Meshech 236, 336
Thomas 210, 235, 236, 336
356, 500, 518, 548, 555
558, 584, 599, 604, 642
William ^65
Bellotte, Isaac 905
John (^05
Bellows, Benjamin 434, 682-
684, 730, 736, 835, 843
John 803, 846, 856
Major 460
Thomas 867
Bemis, Edmund 289
Bennett, Ai^raham 242
William 102
Benny, John 505
Bentley, John -05
Bergen, John j^i
Berkeley, John ^(^4
Berry, 258
Eben 746
944
INDEX.
Berry, Ebenezer 193 I
Ensign 528, 529
Ephraim 304, 546
George 552
James 191, 919, 920
John 919, 920
Joshua 919, 920
Stephen 304
Thomas 191
WilUam 596, 919
Bethel, S 444
Betton, James 680, 683
Beverley, James , 552
Bickford, Aaron 417
Captain 177, 181
Edward 919, 920
Eleazer 'JT, 269, 287
Henry 417
Jethro ■ • 1 94
John 195, 752
Joseph 192
Lydia 226
Richard 194
Winthrop, Jr 793
Bicton, Wayman 919
Bingham, Elisha 712
Jabez 738
Nathaniel 724
Thomas 738
Bisse, 24
Bixby, Daniel 889
Black, Simeon 716
Bladon, M 63, 148
Blagdon, John 304
Blair, 35^, 460
Hugh 722
William 722
Blairfields, Mrs 358
Blake, Benjamin 701
Enoch 701
Henry 830, 879
Hezeiviah 193
Jethro 853
John, Jr 215
Joseph 191
Josiah 216
Nathan 416
Samuel 193, 268, 283, 287
Samuel, Jr 268, 283
Timothy, Jr 528
Blakeney, William 106
Blanchard, Jonathan . ^80, 682, 692, 798
Joseph 202, 356, 357, 432
436,441, 799,893,907
Leonard 906
Blanchard, Pierre 913
Bliss, Azariah 738
Eb., Jr 505
Ebenezer 738
Nathaniel 505
Pelatiah 505
Stephen 738
Blodgett, Benjamin 878
Samuel 656, 878
William 878
Blood, Francis 683, 688, 735
Joseph 756
T 782
Blue, Jonathan 793
Samuel 793
Blunt, Captain 692
Blydenburg, John 751
Boardman, David 855
William 905
Bodge, Nathaniel 648
Bohannon, Jacob 758
John 758
Bollard, Amable 913
Boistern, Oglander 648
Bond, Old 921
Boniton, Gabriyer 919
Boothby, Jonathan 207
Bouilles, Marquis de 720
Boule, Cornt'^lius 912
Bourn, Colonel 341
Bourret, Louis 915
Boutin, Jacques 916
Bowden, John, Jr 520
Michael 47
Bowdoin, 690
James 298
Bowen, Anthony 425
John '. 758
Bowers, Andrew 895
Bowker, Charles 796
Bowles, Oliver 716
Bowman, John 591, 920
Jonas 829
Boyce, William 594
Boyd, James 518, 907
Joseph 769
William 769
Boyer, 864
Boyes, David 209
Robert 193
William 425
Boynton, Ephraim 796
Thomas 746
William 826
Brabin, William 920
INDEX.
945
Brackett. Anthony ,919
Anthony. Jr 919
James 920
John 240
J oshua 50 1 , 68 1 , 797
Nathaniel 240
Bradbury, Jabez 232, 233
Braddock, Gen. Edward 439
Bradford, 367
John 161, 237
Samuel 591
Samuel, Jr 591
Samuel, 3d 592
Timothy 591
Bradley, Daniel 649
David 648
George 487
Moses 648
Nathaniel 541
Timothy 531
Bradstreet, Colonel 223, 566
Brady, Daniel 595
Bragg, Benjamin 907
Samuel 752, 855
Samuel, Jr 881
William 756
Brainard, Daniel 656, 684, 688
Branigan, James 905
Branscomb, Captain 251
Brant, — — 296
Bray, 24
Breckenridge, James 61 1
Breed, John 47
Joseph 47
Nathaniel 725
Breville, Joseph 915
Brewer, James 796
Brewster, Ebenezer 738
John 280. 281, 921, 929
Nero (Negro) 705
Richard 290
Samuel 240, 604, 610
Briard, John 389, 402
William 919
Briggs. Elisha 724
Brigham, Moses 738
Brockelbank, Samuel 789
Brockwell, 189
Brooks, Captain 250
Edward 267, 286
Samuel 665. 670, 681, 682
William 516
Broughton, Ann 226, 305
Brounker, 367
Brown, 581
61
Brown, Eliphalet S30
Enoch 6S0
Francis 905
James 702
John 643, 830
Joshua 192
Josiah 746, 747, 907
Josiah, Jr 747
Nathaniel 738
Nehemiah 192
Samuel 698, 699
Silas 605
Thomas 311, 722
Timothy 906, 907
True 793
William 830, 907
Zachariah 191
Browne, Rev. Arthur 175, 177, 182
183, 186, 188, 219, 372
Isaac 217
Josiah 379
Bruce, 384
Brukin William 919
Bruyere, Jacques 915
Bryant, Jeremy 702
John 796, 863
Samuel 907
Walter 1 26, 1 39
171, 191, 194, 680, 853
Buch, Peter 906
Buckley, John 796
Bucknam, Benjamin 906
Edwards 797, 893
Bucknell, John 701
William 210
Buell, Abel : 505
Bulkley, Sir Richard 179
Bullard, Simeon 796
Buller, James 907
Bumford, 853
Burbank, Caleb 364
Ebenezer 701,712
Gershom 747
Burchet, J no
Burdeen, Nathaniel 702
Hurgoyne, General 787
Burley, Benjamin 752
Joseph 193
Burnett, William 8, 74, 154, 176
Burnham, Joseph 885
Thomas 879
Burns, David 425
John 425
Burroughs, Edward 304
Burrows, Captain 47
946
INDEX.
Burt, Joseph 690, 730, 742, 783, 867
Buss, Ephraim 796
Samuel 796
Buswell, Nicholas 830
Butcher, William 595
Bute, Lord 543
Butler, Benjamin 680, 683
Lieutenant 359
Tobias 722
Butters, Simeon 796
Buzzell, Ichabod 546
Isaac 304
James 304
Joseph 552
Cablin, Thomas 595
Cahow, Frederick 907
Caisse, Pierre 913
Caitland. Elijah 752
Calamy, Doctor 179
Calder, Robert 702
Caldwell, 552
James 722
Samuel 767
Calef, James 855
Caleraft, 494
Calfe, John 760, 799, 804, 846
William 193
Calley, Richard 204
Campbell, Daniel 920
J 381,384
James 906, 907
Robert 722, 828
William 769
Cannard, Pierre 914
Canney, John 41, 62, 122
Moses 855
Cant, Joseph 113
Canterbury, Archbishop of 380
Capone, Thomas 912
Capron, Oliver 782
Card, Edward 250
Thomas 285, 288
Carkins, John 502
Carlton, Jonathan 604
Carpenter, Benjamin 449
Ebenezer 724
Ezra 730
Carr, David 70S
James 649, 769
jMoses 682, 683
Carre, Jean 912
Carter, 559
Abijah 796
Daniel 194
Carter, Ephraim 531
Ezra 531, 701
Henry 413, 524
Orlando 305
Cartlin, Elijah 852
Carty, John 217, 441
Cary , 213
Casanas, Miguel 467
Case, Ebenezer 505
Zebulon 505
Casey, Esquire 580
Thomas 688
Cass, Benjamin 494
Jonathan 216, 270
Nason 215
Tabitha 270, 287
Caswell, 345
William 413
Cate, Samuel 240
Cathcart. Charles, Lord 104, 107, no
Cator, Ed 918
Cavenagh, Patrick 595
Caverly, Captain 860
William 210, 237
Chadbourn, Thomas 701,823
Chadwick, David 829
Edmund 793
John 829, 879
Joseph 829
Chamberlain, 667
Ebenezer 701
Ephraim 752
John 604, 894
Richard 927
Samuel 801
William 683
Champagne, Charles 912
Champney, Ebenezer 684, 799
Elizabeth 702
Richard 501 , 702
Chandler, Abiel 255, 650
David 738
John 356, 421, 700
Jonathan 712
Joseph 905 , 907
Philemon 88 1
Sanborn 701
Chapman, 208
Jeremiah 756
John 486
Jonah 747
Richard 116
Charbonneau, Augustin 915
Charles, Daniel 906, 907
Chartier, Antoine 916
INDEX.
947
Chartier, Jean Marie 916
Joseph 912
Pierre 914
Chase, 358
Ambrose 829
Colonel 709
Daniel 730, 829
Ezekiel 657
General 835
James 520, 88 1
Jonathan 783, 879
Moses 735
Parker 793
Samuel 682, 684
Thomas 829
William 193, 240, 801 , 826
Chataigne, Frangois 912
Cheney, Elias 747
Nathaniel 649
Samuel 829
Chesley, Ichabod 3
Jonathan 60, 202, 337, 547
Reuben 194
Samuel 192, 801
Child, Jonathan 729, 733, 738
Solomon 829
William 738
Childerly, James 594
Chivers, Captain 580
Choate, Colonel 297
John 829 j
Joseph 829
Cholmondeley, Earl of 380
Christie, George 456-460
(See Cristy.)
Church, Jabez 747
Jared 747
Cilley, Jonathan 850, 853
Joseph 864
Claggett, Wyseman 629, 642
680, 681, 683,685
Clapham, Charles 855, 881
Clapp, Daniel 738
Supply 823, 858,878
CLarisse, 524
Clark, 368
Alexander 271
Benjamin 591
Caleb 512
Ephraim 591
George 62,691
Governor 159
Greenleaf 515
Jacob 829
James 506, 691
Clark, Jesse 724
John 712, 747, 918
Jonathan. . . . 192, 505, 791, 801, 854
Jonathan, Jr .. 506
Joseph 194, 591, 830
Joshua 715
Josiah 515, 681
Matthew 643, 691
Nathaniel 648
Phinehas 506
Reuben 907
Solomon 1 94
William 592, 657
William H 881
Clarkson, Andrew 502, 523
James 14, 138, 207, 210, 355
James, Jr 207
Will 705
Clement, Enoch 88 1
James 365, 476
Job 194, 352, 417-419
John, Jr 879
Samuel 906
Timothy 255, 421
Clements, Moses 649
Timothy 829
Cleveland, 455
Clifford, Benjamin 451, 520
Ithiel 701
Israel 305
Samuel 701
William 192, 451
Clindinin, Andrew 643
David 643
William 643
Clinton, G 205 , 296
Governor 255
312, 320, Z3,7, 351. 398
Clopin, Jean 915
Clough, Abner 194
Ephraim 194
Hannah 283
Isaac 1 95
James 879
Jeremiah 202, 680, 683, 826
Jonathan 804
Nathan 1 92
Cloutman, John 751
Clutterbuck, Thomas no
Cobb, Nathan 738
Cobbett, 922
Cochran, Elijah 643
James 194, 531, 722
James, Jr 775
John 607, 614, 643, 651, 745
948
INDEX.
Cochran, Joseph 642, 829
Major 744
William 642
Coeheets, Joseph 905
Coffin, Amos 681
Enoch 680, 760
Peter 923
Cogswell, Amos 752, 881
John, Jr 648
Thomas 648
Thomas Bartlett 843
Coke, Lord 640
Colburn, Charles 830
Jerathmeel 716
Colby, Benjamin 752
Daniel 649, 829
Ebenezer 648
Eliphalet 829
Joseph 844
Nathaniel 879
Nicholas 829
Philbrick .648
Richard, Jr 649
Spencer 285, 288
Colden, Cadwalader 62
Coleman, Darby 486
Eleazer 193, 195
Zenes 738
Colley , Richard 209
Collins, 42
George 594
John 596
Kedor 796
Samuel 793
Willins 510
Colton, Garrott 705
Isaac 580-582
Noah 581
Thomas 580
Comins, Samuel 743
Cone, Jonathan 747
Conklin, John 663
Connell, John 594
Connor, Cornelius 195
David 192, 829
Edward 919
James 701
John 192, 596
John J 829
Joseph 829
Moses 829
Phillip 194
Samuel 829
Simeon 757
Converse, Thomas 907
Conway, Secretary 571
Cood, Henry 591
Cook, Abraham. . .- 304
Cornelius .701
Cutting 747
Daniel 304, 366
John 366
Moody 747
Peter 304
Richard 366
Cooper, 678
William 907
Cope, Henry 62
Copp, David 652, 881
Ebenezer 476
Corliss, Jonathan 194
Cornell, George 62
Joseph 468
Corning, Benjamin 127
Cornish, Captain 442
Cornwall, Captain 225
Cossitt, Ambrose 730
Cotthe, Thomas 648
Cotton, Ebenezer 769
Ensign 745
John 207
Solomon 'j'] , 193
Thomas 775, 804
Timothy 246, 248, 287
William, Jr 929
Coult, Benjamin 738
Benjamin, Jr 738
Cow, David 879
Cowlam, Samuel 596
Cox, Charles 193
John 193
Tench 837
Cragie, 186, 189
Craige, Alexander 712
David 642, 746
John , 906
Cram, Benjamin 194, 216, 293
John 680
Thomas 191
Cranch, Andrew 919
Crane, John 738
Joseph 808
Cranfield, Edward 391, 667, 925
Craven, Charles 494
Crawford, Jonathan 746
Thomas 782, 806
Creher, Thomas 919
Creighton, George 234
Cressey, Bartholomew 829
Daniel 195
INDEX.
949
Cressey, Richard 829
Cristy, George 722
Jesse, Jr 722
Thomas 643
(See Christie).
Critchett, John 552
Croan, David 595
Crockett, John 531
Thomas 113
Croft, A 63
Cromwell, Benjamin 366
Kliphalet 192
Joshua 194
Crosby, Oliver 88 1
Samuel 873
Simon 796
Cross, Abel • 907
Joseph 53
Noah 304
William 830
Crowell, 923
Crowley, John 596
William 568
Crucy, Barnabas 336
Crumbie, James 756
Cucknet, William 242
Cummings, Asa 796
Benjamin 217
Captain 358
Jolin 769
Jotham 683
Samuel 642, 657, 708, 799
Thomas 708
Cunningham, 180
William 642
Currier, Daniel 793
John 192, 789
Joseph 793
Reuben 829
Thomas 844
Curry, Robert 863
Samuel 712
Thomas 863
Curtis, Chauncey 89 1
Israel 908
Lemuel 769
Cushing, Alexander 595
Benjamin 648
Peter 752
Cushman, Joshua 738
Cutler, Solomon 756
Zaccheus 642, 657, 798
Cutt, Eleanor 923
John TJ , 391, 922
Richard 47, 210
Cutt, Richard, Jr 209
Cutter, Ammi R 61 1, 643
Moses 769
Nathan 796
Cutting, Moses 796
Cutts, .Samuel 676, 680
Dakin, Amos 692, 7S2
Dalton, Caleb 477
Michael 478
Timothy 192
Dalzell, General 330
Dam, George 262, 280, 281, 287
Jethro 516
John 191, 240, 280, 281
Jonathan 591
Dame, Hunking 853
Dana, Samuel "j^fi, 799, 856
William 738
Dancosse, Joseph 912
Danforth. Eliphalet 531
Jonathan 715
Samuel 339
Daniel, Reuben 208
Thomas 920, 923
Daniels, Benjamin 217
Eliphalet 192, 306, 444
Levi 584
Minos 693
Samuel 724
Darling, Amos 796
Benjamin B 879
Captain 177
182, 184, 186, 474, 517
Daniel 532
John 532
Moses 879
Peter 879
Samuel 531
Timothy 879
Dartmouth, Lord 645
Davenport, Joseph 694
Davidson, John 193
Nathaniel 769
Davies, Charles 649
Eben 648
Ebenezer 649
Davis, Abraham 769
A.sa 688
Benjamin 193, 552, 756
Daniel 829
Ebenezer 194
Gordon 796
Lsaac 769, 829
Israel 519
950
INDEX.
Davis, Jacob 853
James 14, 829
Jeremiah 528, 529
John 552, 919, 924
Joseph, Jr 193
Joshua 193
Lemuel 520
Mullien 460
Nathan 746
Obadiah 531
Samuel 520
Solomon 47, 195
Stephen 881
Theophilus 881
Thomas ^9-' 3°3^ 355- 384
Timothy 518
Day, Ebenezer 700
Moses 700
Dean, Benjamin 855
Hiram 796
Jesse 506
Dearborn, Benjamin 779
Henry, Jr 194
James 793
Jonathan 191
Samuel 771
Shubael 215, 261, 287
Simeon 683, 702
Deaves, Elizabeth 226
Decker, David 262, 281, 287
Dee, Daniel 907
Delancey, Lt. Gov 461
Delisle, Jean 914
Demary, Thomas 756
Demedis, John 207
Demirat, John 905, 906
Denbo, Elijah 508
Richard 193
Salathael 208
Dennett, 8,9
Ephraim 56, 77, 162
John 77, 657, 712, 924, 929
Moses 77, 195
Dennis, Arthur 722
Dent, Abigail 208
Anthony 594
Deplaine, Maurice 912
Descury, Captain 494
Deverson, John 247
Dewey, Benoni 738
Daniel 505
Darius 738
Dexter, David 648
Diaz, Alonzo 468
Dickey, John 647, 769
Dickey, Matthew 828
Dickman, Richard 594
Dieskau, General 432
Dimond, Captain 557
Dinsmore. James 643, 691, 769
Robert 769
Samuel 769
Doak, 194
Dockum, Benjamin 53
Dodge, Antipas. 722
Benjamin 722
Elisha 722
Elisha, Jr 722
Enoch 722
Nathaniel 722
Nehemiah, Jr 722
Parker 643
Samuel 642
Simon 722
Doe, Daniel 276, 287
Lemuel 709
Nathaniel 192
Samuel 192
Dole, Benjamin 796
Dolloff, Amos , 217
David 494
John 700
Richard 193
Donough, Jeffery 592
Donovan, John 722
Doolittle, John 743
Door, Jonathan 685
Doran, Michael 905
Dormes, Old 919
Dornion, Daniel. 919
Dorton, Ben 242
Doubleday, Elisha 505
Douglass, Daniel 906
Dow, Amos 879
Ela 804
Jabez 881
Jeremiah 215, 494, 693
John 494
Joseph 680
Moses 648, 712, 7^6, 746
Noah 752
Simeon, Jr 879
Dowers, 369, 374
Down, Ebenezer 194
Downing, 194
John 14, 192
202, 215, 511, 532, 545
John, 3d 194
Jonathan , 193
Joseph 281
INDEX.
951
Downint;-, Joshua 194
Richard 604, 680, 683
Downs, Josepli 418
Drake, Captain 365
Ensign 919
Francis 920
Nathaniel 191,919
Dresser, 513
Drew, Jonathan 752
Joseph 194
Silas 752
Solomon 853
Driscoll, Cornelius 595
Jolin 594
Drout, Robert 531
Drown, Elizabeth 307
Mary 307
Samuel 307
Dryden, Thomas 594
DuCaret, Baptiste 916
Ducas, Joseph 912
Ducher, Mons 761
Duclas, Alexis 915
Ducros, Franc^ois .912
Dudley, Billy 513, 520
Davidson 217
James 53
John 680; 682
683, 685. 701, 726, 886
Joseph 14, 74
Lieutenant 257
Samuel 665, 670, 680, 683
Stephen 53
Trueworthy 193, 273
Dufrane, Jean 912
Joseph 912
Dugal, Theodore 915
Dulos, Benjamin 905
Dummer, William 13
Dumoulin, Frrdrric 915
Dunbar, David 37i 44
52-54, 56-58, -j^)^ 87
150, 155, 157, 169, 179
184, 213, 310. 375, 566
Duncan, Abraham 855,881
James 769
John 241 , 769
William 769, 839
Dungham, David 318
Dunklee, David 716
Hugh 643
Dunlap, Abraham 769
Benjamin 907
James 365
Dunn, Deborah 283 1
Dunn, Margaret 226
Nicholas 283, 287
Dupille, Jean I'.apliste 912
Duplessis, Joseph 915
Dupper, Nathaniel 747
Dupuis, Fran(;ois 916
Durant, Levi 693
Durat, 720, 72 1
Durgin, Jonathan 192
Durell, Captain 219, 224
Dustin, Caleb 688
Jesse 648
John 195
Jonathan 648
Moses 829
Dutton, John 716
Thomas 796
Dwight, Colonel 341
Dwinell, Bartho 756
Dwyer, Michael 712
Eager, Asa Dunbar 829
George 738
Joseph 829
Eames, James 799
Jeremiah 702, 808, 856
Jeremiah, Jr 890
Laroy 724
Eastman, Aaron 829
Benjamin 193, 531
Ebenezer 9
Edward 757
Jeremiah 531, 680
Job 700
John 510
Jonathan 681
Joseph 437, 476, 478, 531
Moses 531
Nathaniel 531
Richard 701
Samuel 194, 829
Thomas 531
William 591, 701
Eaton, David 738
Ebenezer 531, 829
Jonathan 665, 681
Joshua 829
Nathaniel 648, 829
Timothy 649
Eddy, James 738
Edgerly, John 193
Jonathan 494
Samuel 265, 287
Zachariah 194
Edgerton, James 730
952
INDEX,
Eding, Robert 594
Edward, Adonijah 907
Prince 906
Samuel 907
Edwards, Captain 224
Samuel 905
Egermont, Lord 543
Ela, Nathan 881
Elfound, Walter 595
Elkins, Henry 712, 919
John 416
Ellenwood, Ralph 47
EUery, Dependence 47
Ellet, George 922
Robert 918, 922
Elliot, Captain 693
Edmund 712
Robert 92 1
William 747, 853
Ellis, Captain 178
Josiah 724
Timothy. Jr 724
Ely, Joel...'. 583
Emerson, 844
Benjamin 716
Bodwell 879
Captain 802
Daniel 436
Edward 698
Hezekiah 830
Jeremiah 829
John 829, 918
Samuel 3, 485
680, 683, 684, 729, 736
Smith 855
Solomon 683
Thomas 715
Timothy 715
Timothy, Jr .716
Emery, Daniel 226
Joseph 701
Josiah 830
Noah 512, 674, 680
682, 683, 693, 734, 797
Noah, Jr 692
Richard 477, 484, 532, 551
Samuel , 796
William 796, 830
Emmes, Richard 676
Epes, Francis 856
Erwin, William 870
Eslis, Matthew 922
Ething, John 594
Etombe, Sieur L 731, 732
Estabrooks, Joseph 493
Estes, Elijah 367
Matthew 918
Robert 701
Estey, Joshua 591
Evans, Daniel 905, 907
David 531, 700
Joseph 304
Moses 487
Nathaniel 907
Richard 207
Stephen 665, 671, 683, 853, 881
Eve, Captain 570
Evelyn, J 40
Ewins, James 696
James, Jr 696
Eyre, John 113, 119, 217, 286
Fabyan, John 202, 515, 681, 920
Samuel 1 92
Fairfax, B 40
Fane, 146
Farish, Richard 234
Farmer, Joseph 722
Farnsworth, 358
Farrar, Daniel 796
George 796
Phinehas 756, 867
Timothy 682, 683
Farrington, Daniel 700
John 701
Reuben 906, 907
Stephen 701
Farwell, Isaac Moon 796
Feasie, Mrs 358
Fellows, Abner. 712
John . , .77, 216
Joseph 192
Felton, Matthias 756
Fely, Michel 913
Fenton, John 656, 657
Ferguson, John 226
Fernald, 863
Ferrall, — — 863
Ferri, Alexis 913
Ferris, Aaron 9 1 8
Fickett, John 207
Field, Moses D 756
Fife, John 531
Fifield, Anna 758
Benjamin 531
John, Jr 193
Jonathan 531
Moses 829
Fisher, 549, 558
Ichabod 683, 724
INDEX.
953
Fisher, Janvrin 855, 881
John 663, 695
Thomas 724
Fisk, Amos 746
Bezaleel 519
Fitch, Azel 505
Eb 505
Ebenezer 738
Flagg, John 308
Jomithan 855
Richard 519
Flanders, James 856
Jeremiah 829
Timothy 829
Fletcher, John 907, 924, 927
Robert 657, 682, 798
Flint, Royal 864
Flood, Daniel 789
Silas 552
Fogg, Abner 191
Simon 191
Stephen 513, 520
Follansbee, Moses 531
Folsom, Asa 751
Benjamin 419, 712
David 654, 658
Enoch 751
Jeremiah 752
Nathaniel 432
441, 680, 682, 685, 829
Samuel 513, 681
Thomas 881
Footman, Thomas 881
Ford, William 596
Forest, de la 761
Forsaith, William 592
Forth, James 595
Foss, John 747, 919, 920
Joshua 304
Uriah 747
Zachariah 264, 286, 288, 426
Fosse, Martin 915
Foster, 176
Abiel 733
Benjamin 756
Daniel 53i
Edward 716, 796
Samuel 796, 889
Foulsham, 4
Fowhour, Morris 217
Fowle, Daniel 523, 546, 611, 677
Robert L 61 1 , 832
Fowler, Abraham 907
Captain i74
David 879
62
Fowler, John 701
Fox, H 439
Foxcroft, Fra 413
Foxell, Phillip 919
Frail, 475
Fran(;ois, Captain 524
Franklin, 311
Benjamin 658, 741, 814
Frazier, John 783
Freeman, Edmund . 738
Jonathan 605
Russell 729
Freese, Andrew 793
French, 370
Abner 906
Benjamin 881
Captain 744
John 193, 195
Joseph 715, 758
Josiah ... 796
Josiah, Jr 716
Moses 746
Nehemiah 715
Rachel 692
Samuel 194, 356, 829
Samuel, Jr 195
William 715
Frichond, Pierre 914
Friend, John 88 1
Frink, Calvin 684, 730
Elijah 730
Frost, Charles 'J^
George 682, 683
John 2, 4, 8, 14, 38, 191
Peter 705
Samuel 246, 249, 287, 389
Simon . . 63
William 47. T], 193
Frye, Joseph 700
Fryer, Nathaniel. .918, 920, 922, 926, 929
Fulker, Michael 113
Fuller, Andrew 657
Fullerton, John 702
William 251, 28S, 548
Funclan, Robert 467
Furber, Captain 850
Jethro 922
Nathaniel 210
Furbush, Benjamin 226
Furnald, John.... 250, 251, 264, 265, 267
271, 276, 285, 306, 308
Gaffield, Eunice 495
Gage, 1 64
Gen. Thomas 667, 905
954
INDEX.
Gage, John 47, 202, 209, 227
419, 589, 604, 610, 692
John, 3cl 881
Jonathan 752
Joseph 881
Josiah 680, 683
Gains, George 659, 681
683, 692, 757. 781, 858
Gale, Daniel 194
Eliphalet 712
Jacob 194
John 365, 758, 828
JohnC 826
Galloway, Robert 53
Gamble, Captain 675
Gambling, Benjamin 42, 45, 46
56, 11, 134, 150, 206
Gammon, David 207
Francis 207
Gandras, Gabriel 915
Louis 915
Gardiner, David 280, 281
John 62
Zebulon 705
Gardner, William 799, 818, 839, 857
Garland, John 683
Joseph 194
Peter 701
Garvin, James 524
Gary, Eb -505
Gaston, Captain ....312
Gautier, Captain 719
Joseph 915
Gayton, Captain 243, 309
Geer, Benjamin 367
Genet, Joseph 916
George, David 648, 863
John 648
Josiah 520
Samuel 648
Thomas 552
Gerrish, 213, 217
Caesar (Negro) 705
George 59
Henry 683, 758
789, 826, 852, 855, 860
Lieutenant 329, 401, 437
Paul 14
Samuel 528, 529, 552
Gibson, Abner 715
James 688, 862
John 905
Joseph 789, 828
Samuel 889
Timothy , 828
Giddings, 210
Eliphalet 823
George 47
John 572, 604
Zebulon 355, 500, 502
Gigault, Frangois 914
Giguere, Baptiste 915
Samuel 913
Gilbert, M 912
Samuel 656,905
Gile, Ebenezer 591
Johnson 591
Joshua 591
Nathan 531
Noah 591
Giles, Benjamin 6S0, 682, 684, 687
Joseph 520
Mark 194
Paul 208
Gill, Moses 878
Gillit, Is 505
Samuel 506
Gillon, Commodore 814
Gills, John 756
Gilman, Antipas 365, 751
Carter 192
Daniel 192
David 680, 683
Ezekiel 192, 215, 251, 269, 274
287, 353> 374, 532, 793
Israel 192, 604
Jeremiah 494
John 2, 14, 52, 59, 164, 552
John, Jr 193
John, 3d 192
John Phillips 855
John Taylor 693, 726, 750, 795
834, 847, 863, 878, 897
Jonathan 193, 217, 269
Joseph 192, 682, 685, 737
739' 772, 788, 797, 864
Joshua 293
Josiah 195, 773
Moses 494
Mrs 430
Nathaniel. 164
169, 170, 739, 754, 761
Nicholas 14
50, 52, 680, 681, 712
726, 738, 790, 798, 834
Nicholas, Jr 193
Peter 191, 202, 224, 355
429, 430, 433, 527, 572
614, 628, 637, 656, 878
Robert 552
INDEX.
955
Gilman, Samuel 53, 191
203. 495. 510, 521, 760
Samuel T 863
Simon 54, 1 92
Gilmore, John 643, 769
Jonathan 643, 691
Robert 425, 643
William 643
Glass, James 853
James, Jr 853
Glazier, Benjamin 365, 476
Stephen 518
Glidden, Charles 863
Jeremiah 494
William 449
Glines, Israel 701
Glinn, George 702
James 595
Gloster, John (Negro) 279, 288
Goddard, John 817, 839
Godfrey, 242
Captain 174
Jonathan 215
Simon 416
Goffe, John 194, 275, 357
360, 483, 490, 500, 522
523, 525, 528, S30, 53'
545, 546, 604, 650, 656
Peter 906
Goldsmith, Josiah 783
Gooch , 210
Benjamin . 208
Colonel 126
Goodenow, John 789
Goodhue, Samuel 193
Gooding, David 217
Goodman, John 829
Goodridge, John 648
Goodwin, Gideon 548
John 329, 476, 478, 752
Jonathan 505
Gooning, Barthemy 524
Gordon, Abel 829
Amos 829
Henry 700
John 830
Jonathan 191, 828
Nicholas 5 30
William 799-888
Gorham, Stephen 726
739' 754, 773. 786, 863
Gorwood, Charles 237
Goss, Ebenezer Harnden 657
Nathan 712
Richard 919
Gough, William 595
Gould, Amos 591, 829
Iknjamin 746
Daniel 738
Elias 879
Isaac 855
Isaiah 881
Jacob 756, 796
Jacob, Jr 756
James 605
Stevens 879
William 829
Goulet, Jean 914
Gouyou, Jacques Mailhot 912
Gove, Ebenezer 216
John 195
Jonathan 192, 708, 767, 790
Winthrop 680
Grafton, 113
Graham, John 68 1
Samuel 193
Grand, Mons 741
Granger, Captain 475
Grant, Hannah 702
John 702
John, Jr 702
Nathaniel 702
Sarah 702
Grassam, Stephen 919
Graves, 42, 358
Captain 216
William 54
Gray, James 518
Jonas 518
Joseph 207
Robert 881
Grey, John 57
Greeley, Joseph 192, 648
Peter 54, 77, 280, 281
Widow 236
Green, Bradbury 192, 293
Captain 733
Colonel 795, 797
Ebenezer 746
Ezra 752, 855, 881
Jabez 853
Jeremiah 194
John 907
Jonathan 384
Mary 226
Nathaniel 793. 826
Peter 746, 770, 863
Peter, Jr 863
Richard 907
Robert 209
956
TNDEX.
Green, Rowland 207
Thomas 500
Greenleaf, 42
Stephen 37, 174
184, 185, 187, 207, 309
Greenwood, John. . . „ 405-410
Joseph 684
Gregg, Benjamin 643, 769
David 863
George 69 1
James 722, 769
John 643, 691, 745> 775
John, Jr 769
Joseph 691
LesHe 722
Samuel 691, 769
William 691, 769
Grenier, Angus tin 915
Grenville, George 384
Grififin, 409
John 304
Phillip 192
Griffith, Abigail 702
David 702, 704
Deborah 702
Elizabeth 702
Gershom 192
John 134, 191, 237, 501, 702
John, Jr 282
Samuel 702
Sarah 702
Griggs, Elisha 905
John 724
Griswold, Isaac 756
Stephen 724
Grouard, Edmund 426
Ground wart, Frederick 907
Grout, Daniel 730
Elijah 730
Jehosaphat 678
Mrs 495
Grove, John 281
Groves, Nicholas 47
Grow, Nathaniel 475
Guerchy, Comte de 524
Guibord, Amable 914
Guilmain, Francois 913
Gulston, Joseph 115, 166, 167
Ralph 6, 59
Gummer, Ezekiel 207, 501
Gunion, John 643, 691
Gunnison, Hannah . 702
William 702
Guppey, James 524
Hacker, Caleb 207
Hadden, 455
Hadley, Abel - - 53i
Eripael 830
Seth 769
Hadsman, John 594
Hagar, Joel 828
Haggett, Captain 569
Haines, Malch „ 853
Matthias 390
Stephen 863
Hale, 675, 696
Colonel 218, 431
Daniel 879
David 756
Eliphalet 286, 423
Enoch 678, 682
Henry 648
John 501, 656, 725, 796
Jonathan 712
Robert 427
Samuel 682, 683, 752, 860, 876
William 881
Haley, Esther 695
John 695
Michael 696
Thomas 281
Halifax, Lord 525
Hall, 513
Benjamin 604, 724, 736
Deacon 358
Ebenezer 531
PZdward 356
John 59
Joseph 192, 194, 215, 531
Pero 552
Samuel 590
Seneca (I.'egro) 705
Hallowell, 225, 230, 384, 402
Ham, Clement 194
Elizabeth 264
Jonathan 752
Joseph 246, 247
249, 280, 281, 287, 512
Moses 701
Samuel .547, 548, 569
Weymouth 246-248, 287
William ... 264
Hamilton, Alexander 821
John 62
Hammer, Daniel 905
Hammond, 188
Captain 295
Isaac 730
Joseph, Jr 756
INDEX.
957
Hammond, Stephen 829
Stephen, Jr 829
Hamock, Jolin 304
Thomas 304
Hanbury, John 442, 443
Hancock, Jacob 477, 478
Hanson, 6
Aaron 366, 853
Captahi 337
EHjah 366
John . ■ 366
John B 752
Joseph 366, 500
Maul 366, 752, 859
Nathaniel 194
Nicholas 752
Silas 366
Stephen 366
Thomas 366
Thomas, Jr 366
Harbour, Michel 916
Hardwick. 113
Hardy, Sir Charles 455
Dudley 192
Samuel 532
Theophilus 752
Harford, Nicholas 226
Stephen 304
Harkins, Robert 796
Harper, William 752, 826
Harriman, Asahel 531
John 194
Stephen 798, 843
Harrington, 102
Earl of 380
Timothy 905
Harris, Abel 839
George 918
John 594
Robert 839
Harrison, Francis 62
Harrold, Robert 700
Hart, George 659
John 251, 275, 487, 490, 509, 510
Robert 237
Samuel "]"]., 249, 390
Thomas 207, 210, 237
Harty, Phillip 855
Harvey, 113, 166
Captain 241
Ezra 724
James 594
John 860
Joseph 919
Levi 790
Harvey, Richard 919
Thomas 12, 923
Haskell, Benjamin 743
E 863
Ichabod 830
Joseph 796
Hastings, Jedediah 879
Joseph 830, 879
Levi 830
Hatch, 797
Hathorn, Ebenezer 829
Nathaniel 829
Haven, Nathaniel Appleton 839
Hawke, Admiral 332
Hawkins, Daniel 867
Hazard, Eben 697, 765
Hazeltine, Barns 700
James 649
Phillip 648
Richard 531
Hazelton, Samuel 605
Hazen, John 484
522, 552, 554, 555, 584
Moses 908, 911, 912
Richard 9, 126, 139, 171, 194
Head, Arthur 918
Nathaniel 892
Healey, Nathaniel 192
Heath, Benjamin 531
Colonel 297, 339
James, Jr 193
Jesse 505
Jonathan 531
Joshua 701, 712
Josiah 478
William 531, 552
Henchman, Daniel 36
Henderson, Howard 752
Richmond 193
Hendrick, William 906
Henry, William 894
Henzell, Charles 814-816
Samuel ... 829
Herbert, 918
Herrick, Asa 826
David 879
Joseph 856
Herron, George 643
Hersey, James 193
Heywood, Samuel 519
William 684, 730
Hickcox, Benjamin 712
Hicks, John 271, 287, 905
Joseph 417
Hide, Caleb, Jr 505
958
INDEX.
Hide, David 800
Elijah, Jr 505
Hierlihy, William 648
Higgins, Bartholomew 595
James 594
Hight, Charles 309
John.. 195
Hildreth, Levi S79
Hill, 557
Eleazer 738, 757
Ichabod 217
John 40
Reuben 791, 801
Samuel 839
Hilliard, Benjamin 194
Jonathan 191
Hills, Moses 692, 879
Hillsborough, Lord 614
Hillstedt, Charles 751
Hilton, Colonel 928
Ichabod 853
Joseph 793
Samuel 531
Hinks, 922
Hinkson, Robert 1 92
Hinox, 384
Hinsdale, Colonel 429, 430
Ebenezer 142, 414
Mrs 430
Hitchcock, John 708
Hixon, Captain 567
Hobart, David 605
Dudley Bradstreet 841
Samuel 529, 598
604, 642, 656, 693, 756
788, 794, 809, 823, 833
Hobbs, Benjamin 192
James 194
John 203, 416
Hobby, Sir Charles 5, 394
John 5
Hobson, Governor 413
Hodgdon, Caleb 855
Charles 752
Edmund 366
Israel 288
John 304, 419, 806
Jonathan 304
Shadrach 367
Hodsdon, Goodman 919
Hoeg, John 193
Nathan 194
Nathan, Jr 648
Hogg, Abner 722
Charles S30
Hogg, Ebenezer 726
John 856
Robert 722
William 722
Hoit, 65 1
Colonel 799
Nathan 808, 852, 855, 860, 861
Hoyt, Benjamin 829
Charles 210
Enoch 829
Joseph 757
Moses 195
Holbrook, Joseph. 656, 890
Holburn, Admiral. 450
Francis 361
Holden, Asa 738
Phebin 881
Holderness, Earl of 411, 455
Holdridge, Amyas 905
Holland, John 641, 708
Mrs ..=... 723
Stephen 604
652, 657, 693, 708, 723
William 595
Holman, Jeremiah 793
Holmes, Eliphalet 829
John 747, 920
Lemuel 730
Oliver 798, 856
Robert 425
Samuel 747, 835, 836, 843
William 425, 769
Holt, Lemuel 738
Homans, Captain 149, 153, 159
Homes, Benjamin 879
Eliphalet 879
John 919
Hood, Joseph 715
Hopkins, Boyd 769
David 193
Edward 252, 274
John 691
Robert 691
Hopkinson, Samuel 907
Hore, Daniel 358
Richard 595
Horn, Andrew 752
Ichabod 881
Jeremiah 881
Thomas, Jr 413
William 752, 881
Horney, David 388
Hose, 401
Hoskins, Nicholas 919
William 919
INDEX.
959
Hotham, B 453
Hough, George 896
House, Klias 907
John 605
Houston, Samuel 193
Hovey, Ivory 715
Nathaniel 757
How, 443
Caleb 495
Ebenezer 829
Eliakim 591 , 829
Eliakim, Jr 829
Mrs. Jem 495
Richard 168, 188
Robert, Jr 193
Samuel 716
Squire 495
Stephen 716
William 495
Howe, Joshua 580, 582
Howell, J 864
Howlet, Davis 782
Hubart, John 113
Hubbard, Amos 743
John 752, 803
John Hurd 281
Leverett 665, 680, 681, 763
Richard 192
Roswell 730
Scipio (Negro) 705
Hubert, Paul. .'. 914
Pierre 916
Hudson. James 589
Thomas 643
Hull, Patience 226
Reuben 922
Richard 546
Humphreys, Daniel 848
Hunking, Captain 370, ^73^ 4°!
John 923
Mark 4-7-45^ 919- 9^7
Hunt, Abner 217
Ephraim 756
Henry 829
Samuel 710, 730, 803, 818
William 240
Hunter, Alexander 592
Captain 558
Daniel 691
John 691
Robert 643
Huntington, Elijah 738
Eliphalet 505
James 505
Oliver 505
Hunloon, Henjamin 758
John 193
Huntre.ss, Christopher 266, 287
George. .207, 210, 262, 280, 281, 288
Jonathan 552
Mary 226
Samuel 280, 28 1
Hurd, John 61 1, 656, 680, 683, 712
Hurell, Gideon 242
Huse, Carr 747
Ferdina 919
William 215
Huske, Ellis 43, 50, 56, 63
1 13, 162, 192, 210, 320
J 410
Hussey, Daniel 855
Paul 855
Richard 1 94
Hutchins, Samuel 195
William 743
Hutchinson, John 442
Thomas 135
197, 297, 350, 581-583
Huzey , Paul 366
Sylvanus 366
William 366
William, Jr 366
Inchaurraga, Joseph de 468
Indians, Animuit ii
Awemonet ... 11
Captain Nathaniel 10
Christo 255, 336
Massagunt 209
Moxus II
Nemmagen 11
Watzarabouct 11
Ingalls, Josiah. . . 756
Nathaniel 756
Samuel 193
Timothy 746, 747
Ingersoll, Jonathan 699
Inman, 499
Irwin, Joseph 907
Isabel, August 914
Pierre 913
Jacob, John 919
Jacobson, Captain 550, 567
Jacknian, (Jeorge 657, 683, 789
Jacks, David 594
Jackson, Clement 193
Daniel 191
Daniel, Jr 77
Ebenezer 207, 294
960
INDEX.
Jackson, Eleazer 867
Elizabeth 226
Hall 592, 659
James 701
Joseph 47, Tj
Joshua 195, 263, 287
Sarah 294
Jacques, Louis 915
Parker 648
Jaffrey, 312, 919, 922, 924
Cyprian 202
George 2, 4, 7, 10, 14
47. 57, 79' 84-87, 89
91, 150, 153, 156, 158
195, 209, 210, 218, 336
397, 554, 572, 602, 613
629, 636, 656, 663, 674
George, Jr 206
James 60, 79
80, 84-87, 92, 192, 275
James, Richard 331
Jameson, Alexander 769
Janvrin, Captain 692
George 192
Jaquish, Robert 906, 907
Jefferson, Thomas 741
Jellison, Derry 907
Jenkins, Benjamin 193
James 853
William 367
Jenness, Hezekiah 523
Job 194
John 194
Mark 194
Richard 195, 209, 356
Richard, 3d 584
Samuel 680
Thomas 793
Jennings, Benjamin 501
Richard, Jr 604
Jewell, Bradbury 701
Jewett, Benjamin 193
David 881
Edward 677, 678
James 881
Joannes, Pierre 916
Johnson, Captain 401, 402, 516
Charles 684
Colonel 850
Hugh 520
General 43 1
James 503, 919
John 476
Michael 365, 476
Noah 746
Johnson, Phillip 271, 287, 484, 486
Samuel 797
Seth 502
Stephen 555
Susanna 503
Timothy 129, 1^4
William 129, 296
298, 315, 316, 318, 895
Johnston, Charles 736, 746, 802
William Samuel 587
Solomon 829
Joinville, Alexis 914
JoUet, Caleb 849
Jones, Captain 173
David 905
Ebenezer 417
James 712
John 209, 552, 746, 793
Jonathan ig^
Moses 830
Nathan, Jr 722
Nathaniel 207, 389
Peter 796
Samuel 712
Timothy 722
Thomas ... 157, 168, 174
175, ^n^ 178, 186, 187
190, 219, 231, 301, 309
311, 370, 373, 375, 401
474, 499, 516, 568, 919
Vaughan 855, 881
William 210
Sir William 394
Jordan, Dominicus. . , 919
John 919
Richard .712
Jose, Ebenezer 501
Richard 920
Widow 923
Joslin, James 591
John 796
Joy, Nethal 796
Judkins, 358
Jonathan 793
Josiah 513
Juxon, Thomas 38
Karr, John 643, 691
Samuel 643
Thomas 722
Keating, Richard 606
Keene, B 148
Kelley , Abiel 129
Daniel 595
James 552
INDEX.
961
Kellcy, Joseph 641
I\Ioscs .... 682
Richard 195
Samuel 701
Kellog, Enos 738
Kelsey, John 643
Kelso, Alexander 722
Kemming, Benjamin 273, 288
Kendall, 358
Ebenezer 712
Kennard, Atkins 236
John T]\
Kennedy, Gilbert. . 907
James 425
Robert 477
Kenney, Amos 552
Ichabod 195
John 366, 595
John Jr 366
Penelope 130, 132
Samuel 552
Thomas 304, 367
Kenniston, 208
licnjamin 242, 552
Hannah 265
James 418, 793
John 265
Joseph 701
Phillip 130, 131
Samuel 271, 287
Samuel, Jr 271
Kent, 341
Kettle, John 918
Keyes, Ephraim 746
Samuel 927
Kidder, Daniel 715
Doctor 851
Josiah 715
Josiah, Jr 715
Reuben .... 656
Samuel P 878
Kilby, 344, 384, 388, 502
Kille, Joseph 531
Kilpatrick, James 592
Samuel 425
Kimball, Andrew 756
Benjamin 513
Caleb 192
Daniel 867
David 863
George T},o
James, Jr 648
John 520, 752, 829, 881
Joseph 657, 783
Joshua 829
63
Kiml)all, Lemuel 756
Reuben S26, 839, 85 1
Richard 701
Richard, Jr 756
Samuel 829
King, George 447, 475, 675, 681, 692
John 486
Samuel 742, 783, S36
William 77, 194, 195
Kingsbury, Sanford 730
Kinkett, David 217
Kinsman, Aaron 800, 895
Kneeland, Daniel 428
Knight, John 191, 194, 500, 502
John,Jr 356
Stephen 701
William 702
Knowles, Amos 191
Charles 301, 302, 319, 320, 321
325, 329. 332, 348, 351
Deacon 685
James 604, 610
John 195
Knowlton, William 745
Knox, A 864, 876
J 779
Lacrois, Michel 916
Ladd, Daniel 248, 256, 304, 680
David 746
John 284, 288
Jonathan 284, 28S
Nathaniel 192
Thaddeus 829
Timothy 680, 683
Trueworthy 460, 509, 510
Laddy, James 595
Ladron, Julian 469
Laframboise, Nicolas 914
Lake, 684
Daniel 756
Daniel, Jr 756
Enos 796
Goode 92 1
Jonathan 756
Lamar, 557
Lamb, Joseph 738
Lambert, Antoine 912
Lammus, Nathaniel 194
Lamos, Stephen S55
Lampfear, Captain 4S6
Lamprey, Benjamin Soi
Lam son, Elizabeth 702
Gideon 702
John 100
962
INDEX.
Lamson, Joseph 288
Nathaniel 282
Lancaster, Joshua 691
Lane, 345
Samuel, Jr 792
Lang, Nathaniel 210
Nathaniel, Jr 276
Richard 895
Samuel 207
Stephen. Jr 195
Langdon, John 723
763, 772, 788, 823, 864
Joseph ']']
Joseph, Jr 295
Tobias 191, 237, 929
Woodbury 501, 683, 840, 847
Langley, Thomas 853
Langmaid, Joseph . 336
Langiiedoc, Francois 914
Lapierre, J ean Baptiste 912
Laptil, Alexander 769
Larvey, Joseph 701
Laughlin, Samuel 770
Laurent, Joseph 913
Lauzon, Louis 912
Lavigne, Jacques 915
Lavoye, Fran(;ois 914
Law, Jonathan 299, 314
Lawrence, David 680, 683
Governor 456
Jonathan 796
Leach , James 919
John 226
Phinehas 907
William 830
Lear, Hugh 919
Tobias 919, 920
Walker 240
Leary, Jonathan 701
Leathers, Captain 849, 853
Leavitt, 194
Dudley 793
John 191, 680, 683
Jonathan 217, 826
Joseph 701
Joshua 215
Mary 259
Moses. . 215, 259
287, 356, 418, 419. 793
Samuel 191, 215
Sarah 259
Lebel, Guillaume 913
Lebert, Philippe 916
Lebloud, 343
Lechmere, 453
Lee, Joseph 738
William ; 647
Leigh, Joseph 766
Leigh ton, Benjamin 366
George 752
Hatevil 195
John 113. 195, 304
Mark 531
Thomas 192
Leman, Abraham . .716
Leonard, Benjamin. ... 583
Lesage, Pierre 912
Leslie, Alexander 643
Hannah 614
Lesperance, Joseph 915
Letourneau, Joseph 912
Leverett, 923
Lewis, Ambrose 905, 907
Benjamin 240, 280, 281
Captain 373
John 738, 919
Joseph 829
Phillip 927
Stephen 829
Thomas 331
Libbey, George 237
Isaac 192, 853
James 191,881
Jeremiah 659
738, 765, 766, 771, 839
Reuben 701
Light, John 282, 337, 358, 924
Robert 195
Ligonier, Lord 493
Lilly, Mary 283
Lincoln, Luther 738
Littell, John 425
Little, Benjamin, Jr 681
Bond 830
James 425
John 722
Matthew 425
Moses 656
Samuel 680, 683
Thomas 830
Littleton, G 3S2, 384
Thomas no
Livermore, Arthur 893
Ed 855, 856
Matthew 77, 148, 207, 616, 749
Samuel 584, 656
681, 684, 736, 781, 821
Livingstone, 159
Phillip 62
William 722
INDEX.
9^3
Livius, Peter 572
599, 601, 614-616, 623
626, 628, 629, 631, 637-
639, 646, 647, 652, 656
Lizot, Jean 915
Louis 913
Lock, 850
Edward i g i
Ephraim S53
James 304
Jeremiah 681
Jolin 919
Jonathan 193
Samuel 853
William 210
Logan, John 509
Loggin, John 113
Long, , 219, 676
Moses 829
Peirce 185
190, 680, 72>3, ni, 781
William 193
Longchamps, Louis 914
Longfellow, Jonathan 194
Loomis, Abram 505
Daniel 505
Ezekiel • 505
Ezekiel, Jr 505
Israel 505
Lsrael, Jr 505
Thomas, Jr 505
Lord, Eliphalet 793
Joseph 59
Loring. Captain 225, 558
Lothrop, Samuel 895
Loud, Edward 501
Joseph 501
Solomon 501
Thomas 207, 501
Loudon, Earl of 439, 450, 454, 461
463, 471, 480, 493, 602
Lovejoy, Abiel 701
Abijah 592
Benjamin 591
Henry 701
Jonathan 715
Joshua 879
Joshua, Jr 592
Lovell, Splan 924
Lovering, Benjamin 678
John 194
William 193
Lovett, Thomas 594
Lovewell, 358
Jonathan 682, 683
Lovewell, Nehemiah 552
Noah 501
Zaccheus 511, 514, 521
Low, Joseph 416
Robert 722
Lowell, James 286
John 65s
Lucey, Jonathan 701
Lucker, John 701
Lucus, James 701
Thomas 701
William 701
Lutwyche, Edward G 642, 656, 798
Lux, William 919
Luzerne, Chevalier de la 718, 743
Lydius, John H 296^298
315, 316, 318, 503
Lyman, Joshua 420
Lymans, Calef 405
Lynch , David 594
Lyner, Titus 905-907
Lynn, James 425
Mace, Eliphalet 752
Mack, Silas 730
Mackee, Charles 174, 175, 311
Mackleroy, John 192
MacPheadris, Archibald 2, 4, 45
Gilbert 47
Magoon, Alexander 520
Jonathan 701
Samuel 195
Magrath, Roger 643
Mahoney, David 594
Maillet, Baptiste 914
Major, Jonathan 722
Malem, Joseph 520
Maloney, John 906
Thomas 207
Mann, Peter 881
Manning, John 594
Mansis, Cornelius 649
Marais, Louis 915
Marbois, Sieur de 731, 743
March, Clement 195, 356
418, 484, 542, 572, 604
Joseph 793
Stephen 210, 548
William 829
Marchand, Bernard 914
Marden, Lsrael 712
John 304, 920
Stephen 193
Thomas 192
Marsh, Abel 505
964
INDEX.
Marsh, Edmund 747
Eliphalet 505
Elisha 505
James 217, 520
Joseph 506
Matthew S 817
Samuel 69 1
Marshall, Hawley 217, 712
Henry '. 53, 278
Nathaniel 237
Obadiah 207, 210
Samuel 192
Thomas 486
William 594
Marston, Captain 416, 527, 552
Daniel 192
David 793
James 215, 241
Jeremiah 215, 272, 288
John 215
Jonathan 37, 241
Mary 272
Nathan 240
Obadiah 191
Osa 793
Reuben 192
Rohy 793
Simon 793
Tom 410
William 215
Martin, 922
Admiral 244
Frangois 913, 916
Jean Baptiste 913
John 494, 531, 552, 611
Malcolm 595
Mary 226
Michael 262, 288
Richard 751
Robert 193
Samuel 531
Thomas 611, 644, 738, 840
Mascarine, Lt. Governor . . .299, 302, 328
Paul 62, 291
Mason, Benjamin 192
Francis 258, 287
Jeremiah 505
John 73, 180, 192, 250, 275
279, 388, 391, 401, 416
469, 550, 768, 769, 785
John Tufton..2i5, 286, 391, 700, 839
Lord 544
Mary Tufton 839
Mrs 407-409
Nathaniel 215, 416
Mason, Robert 927
Robert Tufton 394
Tufton 544
Massey, George 236
Masterman, 443
Mather, John Noyce 709
Mathes, . . . .' 8
Benjamin 192, 208
Valentine 683
Mathias, Thomas 596
Mathieu, Louis 913
Matterson, Resolve 757
Matthews, Benjamin 202, 214
Peter 207
Samuel 853
Maugrin, Baptiste 914
Maxwell, James 195, 907
May, John 594
Mayhew, Peter 746
Maynard, Lemuel 796
McAllister, Archibald 722
Richard 425, 769
McCalley, John 591
McCann, John 775
McCartney, John 643
McCarty, Thaddeus 835
McCauley, Murdock 595
McClary, John. ..680, 6S3, 735, 770, 850
McCleary, David 722
William 769
McClintock, John 718, 720
McClure, David 193, 769
Joseph. . . . 722
Samuel 738
Thomas . . . . < 746
McCobb, William 698
McColom, Thomas 722, 769
McConnell, Samuel 826
McCordey, John 643
Robert 643
McCoy, William 712
McCrease, Samuel 552
McCrillis, 304
David 826
John 793
John, Jr 194
McDonald, Langdon 594
McDonnell, Patrick 710
McDonough, Thomas 611
638, 645, 646, 669, 671
McDougall, William 365, 485
McDuffee, Colonel 802
John 584
McFarland, Daniel 769
Robert 643, 691
INDEX.
965
McGilvary, John 889
Mc(iinnis, 432
Barnabas 722
Hugh 425
McGregore, David 691 , 7S0, 863
James 840, 847
Robert 650, 736, 862
McHard, James 648, 844
McHenry, James S91
Mcllvaine, William 531
Mclntire, Peter 906
McKaul, Joseph 505
McKay, Benjamin 879
McKean, Captain 745
David 642, 691
James 14, 642, 691
John 691
John, Jr 691
Robert 691,769
Samuel 905
William 691
McKillips, David 591 , 829
McLaughlin, David 722
McLean, William 591
McMillan, Andrew 700
Daniel 722
Hugh 722
John 722
McMurphy, Archibald 802
Daniel 592, 693
John 356
Robert 691
William 691
McNeil, Hector 906, 907
John C 722
Mead, Charles 453
John 793
Joshua 592
Samuel 894
Meader, Daniel 195
Ebenezer 701
Moses 251
Timothy 702
Means, Robert 766
Medell, William 425
Melcher, Edward 918
Nathaniel 207
Mellen, Henry 881
Prentice 855
Meloon, Jeremiah 793
Joseph 240
Samuel 701
Melvin, Ebenezer 605
M6nard, Antoine 914
Mendum, Nathaniel 37, "JT . 191. 237
Merrill, Asa 769
Eliphalet 604
Jeremiah 793
Jesse 681
John 195, 53[
Moses 531
Rev. Nathaniel 195, 701
Parker 879
Thomas 656, 700
William 701
Metrow, Joshua 752
Merry, Anthony 594
Benjamin 304
Samuel 304
Meserve, George.. 256, 361, 362, 571, 606
Nathaniel 209, 215, 248
251, 268, 286, 361, 362
385, 448, 463, 471, 479
Nathaniel, Jr 268
Sarah .305
Messeet, Joseph 918
Messer, Benjamin 715
Sally 8S2
Mesuieres, 524
Metcalf, Abijah 724
George 595
Michael 724
Thaddeus 724
Middleton, Samuel 648
MifHin, Thomas 731, 733
Miller, 424
Benjamin 'j'j, 195
Doctor 375
Heber 684
Joseph 54, 204
Robert 317
William 905
Millet, Thomas 269, 355
Milliken, 233
Alexander 796
Mills, John 304, 591
Joseph 592
Miltimore, Daniel 643, 769
James 643. 691
WMlliam 691
Miner, John 170
Mitchell, 175
181, 182, 184, 187, 373
Captain 254, 300. 305
George 127, 135, 139, 171
John 643
Mrs 515
Samuel 47
Mocase, Isaac 907
Moffat, John 209, 234, 387, 398, 639
966
INDEX.
Moffat, Windsor 705
Moisan, Michel 913
Monroe, Colonel 458-460
Munroe, 766
Monson, 116, 148
Samuel 207
Montague, 113
Montail, Andre 914
Montcalm, M 460
Montgomery, Hugh. . .193, 260, 287, 642
Robert 642
William 722
Montreau, Francois . 913
Moody, Humphrey 648
John 216
Joseph 649, 789
Joshua 917, 922, 924
Moses 648
Mooney, Benjamin 479
Hercules 476, 478
479, 482, 508, 522, 683
Jonathan 522
Moor, Daniel 425, 793
John 425, 482, 643, 769
John, Jr 425
Samuel 180, 514
William 425, 484
Moore, 358
Archelaus 680, 683
Captain ....531
George 643
Mrs 495
Samuel 192, 217, 234, 241, 242
271, 286, 308, 683, 769
William 680, 683
Moors, Ammi R 648
Samuel 680
Moragas, Matheo 469
Moran, Anthony 592
Morey, 358
Israel 656, 683, 684, 712
Samuel 865
William 907
Morgan, 4
Abraham 274, 287
John 274
Reuben 792
Morrill, Adonijah 793
Ezra 879
Israel 648
Nathaniel 851, 853
Robert 531
Morris, Lewis R 856
Morrison, Abraham 829
James 907
1 Morrison, John 681,
! Robert 691,
Samuel 722,
William 515,
Morse, Abel
Captain
Joshua 826,
Moses
Nathan
Obadiah
Morton, Perez
Moses, Daniel .
Joseph
Thomas
William
Moulton,
Colonel
Daniel 'j'] ,
David
Edward
Hannah
James
John
Jonathan
652, 680, 701, 702,
Jonathan, Jr 426,
Joseph -j-j,
Joseph , Jr
Josiah 604,
Nathan
Nathaniel 215, 259,
Simon
William Pitt
Mousell,
Mudgett, William
MuUiken, Joseph
Munden, Deborah
Mura, Pedro del
Murch , James
Murray, John 698,
Jonathan
Murro, John
772
829
745
829
356
180
879
648
649
925
878
444
236
919
907
194
353
506
215
702
293
241
702
514
712
701
505
702
680
906
287
293
881
923
793
756
927
468
738
699
552
195
Nadeau, Basile 914
Nage, David 746
Nahor, Hugh 889
Nantes, John Dearmen .468
Napkins, Works 905, 907
Nason, Mary 194
Richard 192
Neal, Captain 429, 430
Hubartus 615, 681
James_ 793
Jeremiah 209
John 336
INDEX.
967
Neal, Joshua 193
Richard 210
Samuel 193
Walter 193
William 210
Ncaley, Matthew 194
Phillip 592
Needham, Stearns 716
Neepash, Daniel 905, 907
Negus, Paul 906
Samuel 906
Nelson, 401, 929
Horatio 784
James 281
John . 501 , 532
Jonathan 648
Joseph 240
Leader 246, 249, 287
Moses 905
Nesmith, Benjamin 691
James 769
James, Jr 697
John 691
Jonathan 769
Margaret 69 1
Nevin, David 605
James 453, 470, 473
474- 532, 542. 543- 559
Newbold, Joshua 78
Newcastle, Duke of 145, 169
225, 243, 254, 321
323, 325, 331, 351
Holies 12, 46. 48, -]-], 97, 125
Newcomb, Daniel 736, 886
Newman, Samuel 906
Newmarch, Cato (Negro) 705
James 532
John 419, 502
Joseph 398, 502, 523
Thomas 'J'J
Newton, William. 881
Nicholas, John 906
Nichols, Ale.xander . . 642
Captain 365
Ichabod T}>^
James 592
Jonathan 'J•,^
Joseph 889
Moses 642, 657. 683
Thomas 769
Nidler, Joseph 594
Nimrod, John 907
Nims, David, Jr 724
Noble, 697, 699
Christopher 919, 920
Noble, Colonel 299
John 207
Lieutenant 341
Mo.ses 77, 210
Noel, Franrois 914
Norcross, Jeremiah 756
Norton, liethuel 905, 907
Captain 292
Joseph 191
Nourse, Ebenezer 796
Joseph 758
Reuben 796
Noyes. Enoch 692
Oliver 829
Parker 648
Nute, Abraham 194
James 304
Paul 217, 304
Nutt, Samuel 722
William 722
Nutter, John 502, 68 1
Oat, Israel 702
Sarah 702
Oathout, Abraham 554
Ober, Israel .... 47
Jacob 722
John 47
Odiorne, ( ieorge 83 1 , 833
Jack (Negro) 705
John 855, 919
Jotham . . .4, 7, 10. 14, 43, 56, 90-92
207, 361, 362, 387, 397
Jotham, Jr 122, 191, 210
Thomas 757, 831, 833
Odlin, 515
Dudley 251, 265, 816
John 711
Olcott, Peter 709
Simeon 604. 730, 736, 803
Oliver, 385
Andrew 29S
Olivier, Laurent 913
Omoa, Joseph 746
Orange, Prince of 405
Ordway, David 829
Osborn, 1 78
George Jerry 806
Mrs 190. 31 1
1 Osgood, Benjamin 531. 701. 756
j Isaac 649
! James 700
j John 700
Samuel 531. 700
I Ossant, Franrois 913
968
INDEX,
Owen, Hicks 179
Oxnaid, Thomas 178, 402
Pach, P 453
Packer, Thomas 80, 84
85, 87, 89, 91, 92, 195
203, 228, 356, 425, 510
514, 515, 521, 605, 853
Paddleford, Elijah 757
Pliillip 757
Page, 615
Benjamin 657
Daniel 68 1
David 701
Enoch 648
Jeremiah 657, 682, 683, 700, 736
Jonathan - 191
Lewis 648
Samuel 829
W 806, 846, 856
William, Jr 747
Paine, Abel. 796
Captain 1 39
John 242
Payne, Elisha 651, 683, 729
736, 741. 757, 774, 786
Elisha, Jr 738
James 918
John 738
Palmer, Christopher 192
Jonathan 192
Richard 919
Samuel 48, 203, 830
Paris, Fred John 116, 121, 151
153, 156, 369-371, 385
Park, Isaac 905
Parker, 38
Abel..._ 867
Benjamin 724
Ellen 677
Isaac 434
John 479, 481
604, 682, 623, 757, 919
Jonathan, Jr 678
Joseph 724
Joshua 829
Matthew Stanley 701, 702
Nahum 867
Nathaniel 797
Samuel 677, 678
Thomas 357, 502
William 'j'j, 195, 578, 598, 655
William, Jr 60, 680, 6S2-684
Parsley, Richard 194
Parsons, 158, 160, 258
Parsons, Jabez 867, 877, 891
John 47
William 584
Partridge, Benjamin 704
John 920, 923, 924
Jonathan 266, 268, 287
Lieut. Governor 74
Sarah 226
Pasley, Isaac 829
Patch, Oliver 828
Patten, John 643
Matthew 359, 657, 682, 683, 798
Samuel 425
Stephen 881
Stephen, Jr 881
William, Jr 716
Patterson, Isaac 769
James 643
John 425
Joseph 829, 879
Robert 769
Paul, David 691
James 691
Joseph 365
Robert 915
Paulin, Antoine 916
Payson, Selh 756
Peabody, Nathaniel 556
713, 735, 744, 862
Oliver 823
Peacock, William 716
Pearl, Abraham 304
Diamond 304
Pearn, William 663
Pearson, Captain. 178
Jethro 192
John 758
Joseph 484, 760, 842
Morse 793
Samuel 702
William 384
Peasly, 13
Peavey, Joseph 242
Pecarrere, Sieur 524
Peers, Charles . 4c
Pegram, John 51, 57, 185
Peirce, Benjamin 752, 789, 881
Captain ....312
Daniel 191, 469, 542, 572, 602
611, 613, 629, 636, 692
Doctor 219
George ']^
John 501, 738, 760, 863
Joseph 191, 210, 670, 876, 928
Joshua. . 14, 56, 57, 156, 191, 234, 398
INDEX.
969
Peirce, Joshua, Jr 60,
Thomas 63. 77,
Pierce,
Daniel
Joseph
Joshua 10
Pelhani, Henry 126, 380. 382,
T
Pendergast, Stephen 194,
Pendexter, Edward
Edward, Jr 247,
John
Pendleton, Major
Penhallow, John ...
52, 237, 502, 611,
Samuel
328, 502, 628. 630,
680, 683, 702, 736,
Penniman, Thomas
Penny, Captain
Penvice, Sir Henry
Pepperell, Andrew
Lady .Mary
Sir William 215, 217, 223,
231, 242, 269, 289,
298, 321, 323, 330,
339, 432, 493, 494,
Percival, Captain
Henry
Peregrin, Pedro Mandarin
Perkins, Abel
Benjamin t,j, 192,
Doctor
Elijah 85s,
George 280,
James 191,
John ,
Moses ,
Philomar
Robert 192,
Solomon
Perrin, Daniel
Perry, John
Richard 210,
William
Perryman, Nicholas
Persons, Thomas
Pete, Jediah
Peters, John
Robert
William
Peterson, William 425,
Pettingill, David
Ephraim
Jethro
64
122 I'etty. Richard 128
19s Peverly, 615
8 John 920
401 Joseph 656, 684
27 1 Phelps, 1 80
, 92 Colonel 795
384 Davenport 729
63 Ephraim 906
207 Philbrick, Benjamin 191
236 Ephraim 445
268 James 756
701 Jedediali 193, 867
918 Joseph 355
14 Joses 426
647 Samuel 683, 695
45 I Philbrook, Robert Tufton 241
663 I Walter 797
929 j Philibert, Antoine 912
730 ! Phillips, Captain 183
433 Ebenezer 829
99 Erasmus James 62
847 James 907
848 John 604, 608
229 Lieut. General 321, 323. 325
290 Old 919
334 Phipps, Lt. Governor Spencer 231
847 232.363,413
119 Picard, Alexandre 915
1 70 Pickering, 372
468 Anthony 853
756 Ephraim 515
304 John 490
405 640, 650, 684, 692, 782
881 788,809,821,927,928
281 John, Jr 655
194 John Gee 515
193 Joshua 193
191 Mrs 372
722 Thomas 195, 251
7 1 5 Pike, James 648
304 John 501
894 Joseph 192
242 Perkins 863
336 Robert 83, 158, 160, 170
},3(} 180,311,384,474,499
194 Simeon 648
683 .Solomon jy
531 I Zachariah 829
906 1 Pillsbury, Joseph 830
188 j Pinkham, John 367
531 Otis 122
722 Samuel 367
789 Solomon 288
853 I Piper, Jonathan 193, 520
853 Samuel 193
970
INDEX.
Piper, Thomas 702,756
Piquet, Fran(;ois 596
Jean Baptiste 742
Pitman, Benjamin 53
Ezekiel 251, 274, 287
James 53
Pitt, William 380
382, 449, 450, 455, 462
464, 488, 489, 508, 543
Place, David 855
James 194, 304
John 304
Plaisted, 410
Elisha 191
Ichabod ']^
John 14
William 702
Plant, 183
Plats, Joseph 756
Plmiier, R 63, 116, 148, 160, 161
William 552
Plummer, Beard 752
Benjamin 625
John.... 682, 683, 736
Joseph 751
Thomas 168, 181
Pkmiley, Benjamin . . .738
Pollard, Barton 693
Captain 157, 167, 328
Pomary, William 905
Pomeroy, General 589
Pool, William 708
Poor, Andrew 888, 892
Enoch ..... 712
Pope, William 592
Porter, Asa 656, 7 1 2
Daniel 738
Moses 712
Nathaniel 505, 551, 552
Peter 505
Potter, John 62
Pottle, 205
William 194
Powell, Moses 881
Powers, James 905
Stephen 730
Thomas 881
Powlett, H I ID
Pownall, Governor 463
John 543, 645
Pratt, Stephen 905
Pray, John 'j'j
Prebble, Abraham 702
Prentice 358
John 726, 893
Prentice, Nathaniel Sartal. .684, 730, 867
Presbury, George 830
James 829
Jonah 829
Nathaniel 829
William 591, 830
Prescott, Abraham 793
Captain 211
Henry 680
James 192
Jedediah 192
Jeremiah 192
John 286, 423, 793
Jonas 724
Jonathan .... 192, 216, 239, 277, 292
Joseph .113
Joshua 286, 423
Samuel 514, 793
Stephen 793
William 282, 288, 514
Presson, William 746
Priest, Mrs 358
Prindle, Ezra 907
Zariah 905
Purcell, Gregory 501
Purington, Micajah. 751
Robert 919
Zaccheus ... 366
Purmont, John 192
Joseph 520
Pursue, Captain 688
Putnam, Jonathan 756
Thomas 684
Putney, John 688
Ouig, David 889
John 425
Ouigley, John. 647,798
Ouincy, Colonel 157, 159
Racine, Charles 913
Rady, Benjamin 468
Ramsey, Hugh 193, 722
John 193
Mons 299
Thomas 746
Rand, Edmund 192
Francis 919
Francis, Jr 920
Lemuel •* • 584
Major 782, 795
Nathaniel .501
Thomas 920
Randall, John 210
Rankin, Samuel 193, 426, 501
INDEX.
971
Ranney, Moses
Ransom, Ricliard
Tlionias
Rate, Charles
Francois
Raudot, Manuel
Rawlins, Jonathan
Joseph 192, 194, 273,
(See Rollins.)
Rawson, Jonathan
Read,
John
Michael
Phillip
Reed, Aaron
Colonel
Jonathan
Michael
Phillip
Robert
Reid, Arthur
Captain
George
James
Mary
Matthew
Reading, John
Redman, Joseph 215, 261,
Regas, Paul
Remick, Benjamin
John 855,
Rendall, Edward
James 919,
Mason
Renesslaer,
Resor, Moses
Reynolds, Anthony 39
' Job
Rice, Adam
Benjamin
John
Jonathan . • . .
Rebecca
Robert
Richards, Benjamin
Joseph, Jr
William
Richardson, David
James 689,
Joseph • • • •
Josiah
Samuel
Tilly
William
Richmond, Colonel
859
552
552
916
912
914
193
287
S55
690
920
881
243
907
837
696
752
388
708
642
47
780
906
691
643
62
287
913
881
881
919
922
448
398
829
. 57
919
746
680
531
532
532
304
194
920
595
709
701
782
509
796
187
256
Richmond, Duke of 380
Rickcr, Kphraim 418
Reul)en 881
Riggs, John 47
Riley John 881
Rindge, Daniel 415, 542, 602
629, 636, 656, 663, 839
James 61 1
John 48, 65, jj, 79, 85, 87
89, 92, 102, 121, 125
150, 153, 157-160, 165
167, 169, 170, 415, 855
Jotiiam 611
Mrs 173, 188
Romeo { Negro) 705
Ring, Eliplialet 281
Ripley, Kbenezer 796
Sylvanus 650, 738
William 730
Rix, William 47
Robbe, John 692, 693
William, Jr 888
Robbins, Isaac 796
Jonathan 746, 747
Roberson, Daniel 366
Timothy 367
Timothy, Jr 366
Roberts, Alexander 364
Benjamin 193
Benjamin, Jr 366
Edmund 690, 702
Heard 366
Moses 366, 855
Sarah 702
Stephen 366
William 512
Robeson, Alexander 591
Joseph 591
William 591
Robin, Joseph 905
Robinet, Jacques 915
Robinson, 209
Amos 505
Charles 217, 594, 792
Eleazer 505
Ephraim 823
James 918
John.. ... 522
John, Jr 191, 204
J onathan 792
Samuel 587, 711
Sir Thomas 439
Roby, Ichabod 49, 293
Oliver 889
Samuel 918
972
INDEX.
Rochefontaine, Bachet de
Rockingham, Marqviis of
Rockwood, Samuel
Rodman, Joseph
Rogers, Charles
Daniel TJ , 602, 629, 636,
Daniel Den
Doctor 236, 247,
George
Major
Nathaniel 14, 63, 77,
Pharaoh (Negro)
Reuben . . .
Robert
Samuel
Sarah
William 643, 701,
Rolfe, —
Benjamin
Colonel
Rollins, Ichabod 682,
Jose
(See Rawlins.)
Rose, Samuel
Ross, Doctor
John
Rouse, Captain 244,
Rowe, Amos
Benjamin 286, 604, 608, 680,
Charles 485 ,
John
Joseph
Nathan
Samuel
Thomas
William
Zebulon
Ivowell, Abraham
Captain 47,
Jacob
Thomas
Rowland, Rev. ^Ir
Rugg,
Runnells,
Anne
Daniel
Ebenezer
Joseph
Miles
Thomas
Russell, Abraham
Benjamin
Eleazer 43, "]"]
307, 355. 704, 716,
Henry
873
560
796
242
700
656
648
258
77
907
222
705 I
919
828
336
14
918
542
531
422
683
907
,236
■ 77
277
,552
683
486
758
193
293
242
437
919
899
829
339
829
648
897
187
853
692
643
648
367
752
240
700
701
-83
823
918
Russell, Jabez . . .
Joseph
Nathaniel
Palatiah
Samuel
Sheriff
Thomas
Rust, Benjamin 12, 13
Ryan, James 685,
Ryder, Goodman
Rymes, Christopher 169,
756
428
756
500
756
,42
707
918
170
Sage, George 596
Sale, Pierre 916
Salter, John 193, 580
Titus 816
817, 821, 826, 827, 834
Saltmarsh, Thomas 531
Saltonstall, Nathaniel 648
Sampson, Andrew 919, 921
Goode 92 1
Sanborn, 65 1
Abiather 437
Abner 215
Abraham 194
Amos 701
Benjamin 4, 192
Caleb 286
Daniel 193, 416, 573
Eben 242
Ebenezer 574
Eliphalet 416
Enoch . . 192
Jacob 192
John 2, 60, 192, 193, 525, 793
Jonathan 14, ;^j, 193
Nathan 192
Richard 192
Samuel 193
Sbubael 191
Sanders, Henry 129
Jonathan 193
William 906
Saunders, Admiral 489
Henry 127
Robert 500, 502
Sands, Lord 543
Sandwich, Earl of 380
Sango, Jedediah 782
Sansiman, Isaac 905
Sansinenea, Fermin de 468
Sargent, Elias 648
George 853
John 591
Jonathan 45 1
INDEX.
973
Sargent, Lemuel 804 '
N 264
Nathaniel 14. 61 , 194
Richard 510 !
Theophilus 515!
W 780
Sarney, Moses 702
Sarterly, William 907
Saunderson, John 701
Savage, Habijah 289
Henry 919
Savinon, Alexandro Joseph 468
Sawyer, 582
Bedfield 366
Jacob 366
James 756
Jedediah 756
John 757
Jonathan 829
Joshua 828
Moses 881
Scales, . 559
James 657
Scalley, Lieutenant .908
Scammel, Alexander 863
Schuyler, John 495
Peter 495, 503
Gen. Phillip 736, 748, 907
Scipio, Solomon 906
Scobey, David 722
Scofield, Eleazer 757
Scott, Barachick 793
Captain 587
Scriber, Josiah 757
Scribner, John 194
Joseph 193
Samuel 758
Scylla, Benjamin 757
Seavey, Amos 680
Ithamar ... .304
Levi 793
Thomas 919, 920
William 853, 919
Sechel, William 468
Secomb, Simonds 681
Sedgwick, Major 909
Senter, Abraham 237
Joseph 652, 683, 746
Sewall, Jonathan Mitchell 684, 692
Seward, Captain 258, 431
George 207
John 237
William 215, 251, 308
Shackford, John 207, 210
John, Jr ^^
• 799.
■752.
Shackford, William
Shannon, Cutt
Nathaniel
Richard Cutis
Thomas
William
Shantop, Jeremy
Sharpe, John 738,
W 98,
Sharper, Charles
Shattuck, Cyrus
Daniel ,
Jonas
William
Shaw, Daniel 505, 738, 849,
Jabc
John
Josiah 259,
Josias
Moses ,
Nathaniel
Samuel
Serjeant
Sheafe, Captain ,
Jacob
598, 604, 608, 772,
Jacob, Jr \ . . . . . 663,
James 659,
785, 805, 816, 817,
Sampson
Thomas 839,
William 783,
Shepard, Amos 783, 835,
Isaac
James
John 445, 446, 448,
John, Jr (i\2,
Jonathan
Shepardson, 153,
Captain
Sherburne, 301, 372.
Edward 280,
Henry 7, 8, 14, 42, 47, 49
113, 125, 162, 169,
202, 215, 355, 404,
473, 502, 523, 543.
Henry, Jr •]•] ,
222, 235-237, 369.
John "]"] ,
195, 598, 604, 663,
Jo-^eph 37, 50. 56, 63. ^^,
1 13, 162, 191, 242,
282, 289, 290, 302,
334- 374. 397. 4'9-
N
192
1S2
701
881
752
881
905
919
3H1
905
743
692
715
688
853
242
416
287
215
879
696
416
241
878
502
8gi
664
783
839
532
881
785
837
793
648
449
656
648
'59
170
470
281
.56
191
430
919
191
423
191
676
102
270
332
500
177
974
INDEX.
Sherburne, Nathaniel 240
Ouam (Negro) 705
Samuel ^T, 170, 680, 919
Sheriff, Abraham 520
William 62
Sherlock, James 927
Sherwin, Asa 756
Jonathan 756
Shirley, 34i
Bollan 292
Mrs 346
William 127, 145, 159,210,212-
214, 216-218, 221, 224
229, 230, 232, 233, 253
254, 291, 295, 298, 299
302,312,314-316, 319-
321, 325, 327-329' l)^^
337. 351-353' 356, 360
361, 363, 368, 431, 439
Shores, 210
Pharaoh (Negro) 705
Shortridge, Richard 919, 920
Showers, Captain 570
Shurtleff, 158, 311
Mrs 177. 310
Shute, Governor 74, 136, 154. 394
Shutz, Jacob 531
Sias, Joseph 683
Sibley, Jacob 829
Silsby, Ozias 818
Simpson, Dalton 793
I yri
John 180, 680, 793
Sarah 130, 132
Sinclair, John 193, 701
Richard 192, 791
Sise, Edward 881
Sitch, John 595
Skene, William 62
Skull, Daniel 906
Slade, n, 187
Slayton, 113
Mrs 237
Sleaford, Thomas 595
Sleeper, Aaron 193
Henry 262, 280, 281, 288
John 193, 215, 261, 287
Jonathan 242
Joseph 248, 256
Peter 826, 837
Sloper, Richard 919
Small, Edward 193
Joseph 193
Smalley, Daniel 738
Smart, Benjamin 552
Smith, 357, 474, 841
Abiel 878
Abraham 193, 830
Benjamin 425
Caleb, Jr 775
Captain 385, 409
Colonel 799
Cornett 851
Ebenezer 520, 683
736, 758, 792, 808, 861
Edward 738
Francis 684, 730
Henry 756
Ichabod 724
Jabez 14
Jacob, Jr 494
James 226, 752, 855, 881
Jeremiah 797, 806
John 693, 738, 769
John, 3d 752
Jonathan 531, 743, 783
Joseph 482, 680, 881
Moses, Jr 730
Nathaniel 700
Nicholas 192
Park 738
Phillip 915
Robert 691, 758, 769
Samuel 122, 307, 532, 722, 829
Solomon 365
Theophilus 193
Thomas 193, 906
William 793
Winthrop 853
Snell, 923
Reuben 210
Samuel 693
Snelling, Captain 301, 310
Snooke, 455
Snow, Francis 907
Josiah, Jr 738
Lieutenant 582, 583
Widow 605
Solly, Aaron 722
Samuel 202, 235
236, 385. 398. 453. 473
Somes, Ebenezer 47
Sothren, Christopher 595
Souger, Price 913
Southmayd, John 747
Southworth, Beriah 505
Sparhawk, 209, 297
Elizabeth 848
John 772, 782, 788, 803
Thomas 682, 683, 730
INDEX.
975
Spaulding, Jonathan 716
Silas 715
Spear, John 479, 490
Robert 552
Speering, John .304
Spencer, Ebenezer 546
Hobart 747
Humphrey 919
Spender, ' 373
Spofford, John 209
Spotswood, Alexander 106, loS
Sprague, Elijah 505
Jonathan 738
Peleg 873
Spriggs, Ruth 226
Spring, Jedediah 700
Sproule, George 652, 655
Spry, Captain 244
Squire, Samuel 907
Stackpole, Douglass 881
[oseph 881
Otis 518
Staftbrd, James 594
Stanhope, Dean 179
Jonathan 379
Sir William 543
Stanley, William 829
Starbut, Samuel 367
Stark, John 693, 739
William 708, 798
Starrett, David 856
Stearns, John 716
John, Jr 716
Jotham 715
Peter 746
Samuel, Jr 747
Steele, John 531
Jonathan 856
William 700
Sterling, Hugh 700
Stevens. 515
Allcock 336
Benjamin 752. 793
Charles 850
Ebenezer 14
356, 511, 521, 680, 683
Elihu 730
Hubbard 1 93
Hugh 596
Jacob 829
James 796
John 47, 701
Josiah 730
Moses 195
Pennal 906, 907
Stevens, Phinehas 254, 295, 299, 420
Reuben 365, 476
Samuel 4, 47, 867
Stewart, Jolin 769
John, Jr 769
.Simpson 796
(See Stuart.)
St. Hilaire, George 914
St. Lawrence, Ebimd 913
St. Onge, Joseph 913
Stibbings. Lydia 495
Stickney, Abraham 486
Anthony S 863
Jeremiah 531
Moses, Jr 796
Samuel 722
Thomas 650, 801, 829
William 863
Stiggins. William 54
Stileman, Elias 918, 919. 924
Richard 919
Stiles, Captain 8c2
Jeremiah 867
Stinson, James.. 643
John 643, 708
John, Jr 798
Nathan 643
Samuel 79S
Stoddard, Colonel 299, 315, 316
Stone, 225
Abel 67S
Captain 744
Ephraim 690
Ezekiel 591
James 592
John 519
Stone, Peter 743
Robert 47
.Solomon 756
Thomas 513, 591
Zaccheus 47
Stoodly, James 309. 6S0
John 237
Stores, Aaron 73S
Story, Thomas 879
Straw, Ezekiel, Jr 879
Jacob 828, 879
Jacob, 3d 828
Jonathan 789
Levi 829
Samuel 830
Strong, licnajah . 505
Benjamin 890
Elijah 505
John 505
976
INDEX.
Stuart, John 1 95' 643
John, Jr 643
Thomas 769
(See Stewart.)
Sturtevant, Cornelhis 756
Sullings, John 595
Sullivan, Dennis 552
James .... 878
John 655
658, 723, 726, 748, 760
770, 772, 778, 780, 792
795, 808, 864, 886, 909
Sumers, Mrs 169
Sumner, Clap 757
Swain, Hezekiah 192, 532
Jonathan 681
William 879
Swainey, Bryant 584
Swan, Rev. josiah 195
Sweet, Davis 829
John 501
Swett, Benjamin 191
Benjamin, Jr 191
David 191
Elisha 192
Jonathan 192
Joseph 528, 529
Josiah 525
Moses 525
Nathan 193
Taggart, Archibald 592
James 591
Robert 592
Taintor, Jedediah 756
Talford, Captain 358
John 193
Talpv, Richard 413
Tandy, Abel 758
Taplein, John 722
Taprill, 919
Tarbell, Samuel 692, 799
Tarrat, William 54
Ta.sh, Thomas 438, 463, 500, 752
Tasker, John 683
Tatcham, William 442
Taylor, Adam 691
David 688, 691
Edward 193
James 215, 691
John 506, 691
John, 2d 594, 691
Jonathan 796
Josiah 505
Nathan 4, 592, 769
Taylor, Oliver 747
William 691
Tebbetts, Ebenezer 855, 881
Ichabod 192, 752
John 192, 194
Tibbetts, Benjamin 304
John 15, 451
Nathaniel 304
Solomon 304
Stephen 304
Tamson 15
William 304
Tibbitts, 8
Samuel 14, 701
Samuel, Jr 701
Tellier , Charles 915
Temple, Archelaus 856
Isaac 894
Jasper 829
William 532, 544
Tessier, Charles 914
Joseph 915
Thayer, Noah 425
Thing, 8
Bartholomew 52, 61, 63
Benjamin 193
Joseph, Jr 520
Nathaniel 527
Peter 59
Samuel 4, 14
Thorn, William 194
Thomas, 424
Abigail 270
Benjamin ... .... 192, 227, 261, 288
Beriah 905, 907
Governor 330
John 270, 288
Nathaniel 756
Newcoat 595
Thomlinson, John 64,73, 1^6, 121
141, 148. 149, 151, 153
154, 156-161, 163-166
168-178, 180-183, 185-
189, 219, 231, 242, 289
309, 310, 333, 367-370
372-374. 382-385, 388
401, 402, 423, 431, 442
443, 469, 470, 474, 499
516, 541-543. 549' 551
556-558, 567, 569, 574
John, Jr .558
Mrs 175, 184, 186, 190
Phillip 182-184, 196
Thompson, Andrew 193
Charles 763, ^^j
INDEX.
977
Thompson, Ebenezer, 604, 610, 666, 680-
682, 692, 744, 752, 792
George 276, 287
John' S49, 853
Jonathan 193, 356
Robert 505
Seth 552
Thornton, James 889
Matthew 502, 512, 522
642, 657, 680, 681, 736
William 642
Thurstoji, Stephen 193
Tiberge, Joseph 367
Michel 914
Tichelle, John 118, 180
Tiffany, Daniel 738
Gideon 738
Joel 738
Tilton, 748
Benjamin 293
Daniel 215, 793
Ebenezer 793
Jacob 194
523. 525, 528. 529, 552
Jonathan 192, 604
Joseph 37, 792
Josiah 793
Phinehas 793
Samuel 793
Timewell, William 595
Tisdale, Elijah 505
Titcomb, Benjamin 712, 855
John 490. 88 1
Tobey, Samuel 217, 280, 281
Tobin, Matthew 365
Patrick 476
Todd, Alexander 487, 500, 509, 521
Andrew 193, 511, 521, 696
Tolman, Thomas 756
Toogood, Edward 134
Toole, 460
Tooly, John 906, 907
Toppan, Christopher.. .604. 608, 788, 810
Torr, .Simon 752
Toscan, Mons 732. 761
Towe, Phillip 191
Towle, 210
Anthony 478, 515
Isaac 500
Jabez 215
Town, Amos 756
Francis 756
Hugh 920
Israel 708
Joseph 879
65
Town, Samuel G S79
Townsend, 167, 345
Admiral 455
Traill, Robert 606
Treadwell, Charles 501
Jacob 19!, 61 1, 643, 664
Nathaniel 61 1
Trecothick, Barlow. .. .384, 385, 401. 442
444, 474, 499. 516, 557
567, 569, 574, 579, 597
602, 638, 645, 646, 658
Trefethen, Abraham. . .216, 217, 251, 269
Henry 263, 287
Sarah 263
Trefferne, Henry 919
Trelawney, Governor 330
Trescott, Jeriah 738
Trickey, Elemuel 531
Triggs, Samuel 207
Tripe, Samuel 501
Tripp, Benjamin 752
Trott, Captain 47
True, Rev. Mr 501
Benjamin 793
Ezra 793
Israel 207
Joseph 793
Truesdale, John 907
Tryon, 186, 188
Tuck, George 47
William 47
Tucker, Benoni 829
Caleb 7-4. 756
Deborah 265
Ezra 829
Francis 446, 919, 920
Henry 237
John.' 829
Lewis 265, 287
Oliver 207, 237
Richard 513, 919
Sarah 305
Tuckerman, Kittindge (Negro) 705
Tudor, William 87S
Tufton, John 178, 241. 393, 925
Joseph 393
Robert 393
Thomas 394
Tufts, A.sa 855, 88f
Thomas 19=
Turner, Captain S^)
j Habakkuk 73^
j Turner, fohn 217
I Wiliiam 9°7
i Tuttle. Captain ^S^- ^53
978
INDEX.
Tattle, Ebeiiezer, Jr 366
Elijah 194, 366
James 192
John 194, 367
John, 3d 366
Nicholas 194
Paul 366
Silas 366
Thomas 194, 367
Twitchell, Samuel 867
Twombly, John 366
Jonathan 304
Joseph 192
Samuel 304
Tobias 366
Wentworth 752
Tyler, Adonijah 591
Daniel 829
Dudley 648
Moses 867, 879
Samuel 691
William 829
Tyng, 339
Ugarte, Antoine 469
Underhill, John 193, 515
Underwood, 358
James 605, 642, 657, 682. 683
James, Jr 684
Usher, 394
Eleazer 715
Joshua 595
Lieut. Governor 74
Valerand, Michel 913
Valette, Jacques 916
Valle, Fran(,'ois del 467
Vanburg, Carlton 394
Vance, David 194
James 643, 830
John 643, 830
William 643
Vandebara, Cornelius 907
Vanhorn, Abraham 62
Cornelius 62
Varney, Daniel 366
Ebenezer 62, 366
Elijah 367
Ezekiel 366
James 367
Jerediah 366
John 366
Jonathan 366
Joseph 366
Joshua 366
Varney, Moses 366
Nathan 366
Nathaniel 194
Nicholas 366
Paul 194, 366
Peter 41
Samuel 194, 366
Stephen 366
Solomon 366
Thomas 194, 366
Timothy 366
Tobias 366
Umphrey 366
Zaccheus 366
Varnum, James 194
Vassalls, 181
Vauclin, Joseph 913
Vaudriel, Governor 2
Vaughan, 218
Colonel 176
Elliot ^^
George 74, 136
William 136, 140
176, 921, 922, 924, 926
Veal, Captain go8
Veasey, George, Jr 194
Veillon, Captain 524
Verestoot, Lawrence 907
Vergennes, Count de 741
Vernon, Edward.. 103, 107, no, 117, 118
Samuel 62
Verplank, Julian 318
Vesinat, Francois 916
Victor, Felix 916
Vinclair, Andre. 914
Vinet, Jean 915
Virgin, 559
Ebenezer 531
Vittum, William 215
William, Jr 215
Wade, Caleb 364
Wadleigh, John 194
Joseph 191 , 193
Simon 758
Tlieophilus 192, 216
Wager, Sir Charles 58
Wait, Joseph 903-909
Waketieid, Captain 47
Wakeham, Caleb 192, 193
Wjflbridge. John 738
Thomas 907
Walden, John 247
Richard 922
William 268
INDEX.
979
Waldo. General 257 I Walton, George 122, 195, 91.S
Samuel 6, 37. 59. 159 [ George, Jr 918
Wctldron, Abraham 855, 859
David 855
George 405 , 406
Isaac 752, 859
Isaac, Jr 855
John 881
Mrs 405, 406, 408, 410, 41 1
Richard 7, 14, 42. 44. 46, 50
56, 68, 79, 80, 83, 84
86, 87, 89, 91, 125
145, 162, 179, 217, 355
366, 397, 405-411, 881
Thomas Westbrook 239
405, 406, 453, 502, 512
522, 628, 637, 656, 682
Wales, Seth 656, 873, 890
Walker, Alexander 193
Andrew 722
Andrew. Jr 722
Benjamin 858
Ezekiel 701
George 9. 48, 140. 176, 182, 191
Isaac 701
James 425
Jonathan 906
Joseph 700, 919
Mark 855, 881
Nathaniel 648
Nathaniel, Jr 648
Robert 425, 722
Samuel 700, 756
Samuel, Jr 756
Silas 722
Timothy 53i. 559
758, 794, 826, 839, 863
Timothy, Jr 680, 683, 692
Wallace, Henry 361, 362
James 643, 769, 828
John 691, 701
Jonathan 6g i
Robert 643, 691, 789
William 642, 919, 920
Wallingford, 194
David 716
Peter 304
Thomas 113, 202
398, 417, 418, 510, 521
William 113
Walpole. Horatio 380
Sir Robert 161
Walter, Fitz 63
Walton. 162
Benjamin ^^
Samuel 194
Shadrach [,7, 10, 14, 39
47, 56, 84, 85, 87, 102
Wamping, Benjamin 906
John 905
Ward, Daniel 293
Hezekiah 530
Josiah 591
Moses 329
Richard 3
Warden, Henry 595
Warner, Cato (Negro) 705
Daniel 191, 237
387, 398, 500. 502, 523
532, 552, 579, 602, 629
636, 656, 767, 856, 909
Ezekiel 62
Jonathan 501, 602, 629
636, 656, 663, 680, 853
Josiah 722
Levi 7 ' -
Peter (Negro) 705
Warren. Daniel 518
John 769
Com. Peter 224
225, 228, 230, 232, 242
277, 289-291, 334, 348
Walter 288
Warwick, John 919
Washington, George 896
Waters, Hezekiah 505
Mary 226
Moses 5°5
.Samuel -jl
Wathen, Thomas 195
Watson. Isaac 855
William 493
Watts. 172
John 194
Way, David 905, 907
Weare, John 649
Jonathan 789, 826
Meshech 202, 224
356, 423, 435, 470, 483
492. 512, 521, 529. 572
578, 611, 655, 677, 680
681. 685. 694. 716, 721
733- 739- 751- 763. 908
Nathaniel 10, 42
Peter 14, 37. 48
Samuel 680
Webb. AlM-aham 520
9^0
INDEX.
Webb, General 454
457-459.461,463.493
Webber, Christopher 688, 783
Edward 365
Webster, Daniel 905, 907
David 478, 584, 605, 746, 747
Ebenezer 789, 790, 826, 856
Enoch 701
John 531, 604, 680, 683
John, Jr 531
Jonathan, 4th 649
Joseph 830
Joshua 531
Lewis 905
Moses 649
Nathaniel 191, 193
Oliver 506
Stephen 648, 746
Thomas 192, 194
Wedge, Thomas 907
Wedgwood, John 192
Samuel 793
Weeks, 176
Benjamin 792
John 240, 752, 797
Joseph 240
Josiah 552
Noah 792
Samuel 195, 240
Samuel, Jr 195
William 514
665, 668-670, 680, 683
Welch, Daniel 113
Elizabeth 226
John 256
Joseph 680, 683
Mary 256
Samuel 193
Weld, Nathaniel 855
Wellman, James 730
Reuben 692
Wells, 297
Benjamin 746
John 62, 722
Paul 746
Sargent 775
Winthrop 746
Wendell, 178
Jacob 298, 339
John 501, 587, 680
John, Jr 853
Wentworth, 59
150, 157-160, 165, 173
179, 182, 210, 328, 361
362, 387, 401, 918, 922
Wentworth, Benning. . . .47, 48, ii6, 126
135, 139, 142, 157, 161
162, 168, 169, 172-174
176, 177, 180, 184, 186-
188, 196, 205, 210, 212-
218, 224. 228-232, 234
253, 254, 291, 294, 298
299, 302, 310, 316, 319
320, 325, 327-329, 331
337. 339.351-353.355-
357. 360-363, 365, 369
377, 390. 413, 427-431
449, 450, 454, 455- 457
459, 461-464, 484, 488
491, 492, 496-498, 506
515, 516, 526, 532, 542
545, 546, 548, 551, 560
568, 569, 601, 616, 624
626, 633. 694, 800, 869
Charles Macy 666
Daniel 518
Ebenezer 194, 236
Ephraim 529
Evans 88 1
General 397
Grant 529
Hugh Hall 499
Hunking..ii3, 138, 191,680, 683, 692
John 3, 4, 7, ir, 15, 37,38
45, 47,74, 79. 168, 355
374, 470, 499. 556, 557
572, 575, 576, 578, 589
598, 604. 606, 610, 614-
616, 623, 628, 630, 645-
647, 652, 656. 658, 665
671-673, 675, 676, 680
681, 694, 736, 788, 872
John, Jr 195, 682-684
Jonathan 886
Joshua 690, 744, 753
772, 774- 785, 814, 815
Mark 1 69
172, 177, 353, 361, 543
Mark Hunking 191
210, 236, 248, 295, 39S
473, 501, 532. 542, 550
551, 568, 637, 656, 738
Mrs 666, 675
Paul 8, 14
48.61,63, 574,638,658
Richard 304
Samuel.. 172, 191, 318, 409, 568, 642
657, 705, 855, 881, 927
Sarah 625
Stephen 752
INDEX.
9.S1
VVentwoitli, Thomas 1 26
William 47
Wesson, Epliraim 712
West. 919
Daniel 494
Secretary 386
Thomas 649. 803
Westbrook, Thomas 10, 14, "]"] , 929
Westcott, Goodwife 921
Peter 921
Weyer, John 906
Weymouth, Benjamin 192
Samuel •••417
Shadrach 246
350. 268, 280, 281, 287
Wharf, John 47
WMieatley, John 656, 684
Wheeler, Daniel 746
Glazier 581
Nehemiah 681
Wheelock, Eleazer 650, 656, 738
James 738
John 650, 738
Wheelwright, John 365
Mrs 237
W hidden. Captain 241 , 308
James 286
Michael Tj , 263, 280. 281, 287
Whipple, Amos 702
Joseph 77.810-812,
823, 826, 827, 834
Moses 783
Oliver 684. 763, 886
Prince (Negro) 705
William 47, 680
Whisk, Isaac. . . . 905-907
Whitaker, Moses 829
Whitcher, Nathaniel 863
Reuben 826
Whitcomb, Jacob 591, 837
White, 156
Amos 881
Charles 468
David 906
James 336, 881
John 469, 649
Nathaniel Wright 194
Nicholas 680, 683
PhiUips 680. 682. C83
Robert 722
Samuel •]•]
Thaddeus 738
Thaddeus, Jr 738
Thomas Mehard 829
Timothy 828, 855
White. William 722, 752
William. Jr .722
WhilL'licltl. 212, 214
Whitcham, Daniel 907
Whittield, Rev. George 177
Whiting, Penjamin 799
John 715
Whitlock. John 180, 181
Whitman, Daniel 829
John 829
Whitney, John 505
Pevi 756
-Samuel 756
Whiton. , 242
Whittemore, James 856
Whitticr. Mitchell 648
Wibird, Richard 3, 4. 7, 8, 10, 14, 38
42.43,50, 125, 150, 169
170, 234-236, 307, 398
414, 423. 446, 470, soo
502, 508, 532, 545, 558
Richard, Jr 43, 448
Thomas 502
Wiggin, 844
Andrew 9, 14, 48, 79, 80, 84
85, 90, 153, 155, 170, 193
204, 205, 209, 525, 604
Andrew, Jr 193
Benjamin 789
Doctor 258
John 240
Mark 683
Simon 193, 681
Thomas. Jr 193
Wiggins, 74
Wilcox, Asa 894
Obadiah 684, 688
Wild, David 905, 907
Wilder, Abijah 724
Jo.seph 796
Luke 895
Wiley, Daniel 591
William 70 1
Wilkins, Andrew 722
Eli 722
Hezekiah 769
Willard, Colonel 359
Josiah 44, 142, 202, 209. 298
327. 379- 434, 604, 724
-"^I'-iJoi' 359
Wilder 487
W'ille, John, Jr 193
^-evi 793
.Samuel 192
Stephen 793
982
INDEX.
Wille, Thomas 193
Willey, Abel 747
Williams, Abiather 905
Isaac 702
Jonathan 36
Oeates 505
Sarah 702
William 592
Willis, Dyer 738
Benjamin 724
Wills, Sarah 704
Wilmington, 113
Wilmot, Miss 347
Wilson, Aaron 724
Francis . 797
Hugh 193
James 691
John 722
Joseph 756
Josiah 505
Mrs 407
Robert 680, 683, 722
Samuel 722
Thomas 642
Winford, Samuel 920
Wingate, Aaron 881
John 648
Joshua 192, 203. 215, 216
Joshua. Jr 191
Moses 701. 855
William 648
Winkley, Samuel 14
Winn, Caleb 756
Winninton, Sir Francis 394
Winslow, Edward 446
Elisha
193
Henry 126, 384, 402, 409, 451
Joshua 409
Sarah
,927
Wise, 185
John ,...226
Wolfe, General . . '. 499
Wood, Elijah 905, 907
<^^^e6rge 708
Gideon 828
Isaac 756
James 271
John 77
Wood, Robert 489, 490
Thomas 556
Woodall, Benjamin 364
David 364
Thomas 364
Woodbury, Benjamin 844
Hugh 47
Woodman. John 195
Jonathan 195
Joshua 193, 752
Woods, Henry 752
Woodward, Abijah 796
B 73S
Beza 650, 709, 729
Bezaleel 656. 684, 736
Daniel 907
Joshua 738
Moses 762, 886
Woolis, George 919
Worcester, Francis 688, 747, 782
Wormwood, Joseph 531
Worthen, Ezekiel 277. 447. 68!
Wright, 655
Abel 738
Azariah 420
Joseph 598, 604
Silas 730. 783
Thomas 'j-j, 191
Wyer, 38
Wylh's, George 314
Wyman, Isaac 684
Yeaton, Benjamin 336
Phillip 217, 552
Yeomans, 186, 189, 213
York, Duke of 399
Elijah 853
Richard 266, 287
Young, Abner 47
Benjamin 194
Colonel 458-460
Daniel 193, 520, 829
\ 735
James 595
John 193, 729
Jonathan 304, 479, 481, 520
Joseph 192
Richard . 712
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