The State of New Hampshire.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVINCIAL AND STATE PAPERS
1725-1800.
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
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VOL. XVIII.
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COMPILED AND EDITED BY
ISAAC W. HAMMOND, A. M.,
LIBRARIAN NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
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"He who takes no interest in the history of his ancestors does not deserve to be remembered by his posterity."
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MANCHESTER:
JOHN B. CLARKE, PUBLIC PRINTER.
1890.
JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That His Excellency 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 appropriated — to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions 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 Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, 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.
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This volume completes the publication of the Miscellaneous Provincial 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 contains some documents, furnished by Hon. Horatio L. Wait, of Chicago, relative to his Revolutionary ancestor, Joseph Wait, also papers furnished by Frank 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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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, 1711 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 Hampshire. 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 unpublished, 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.
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The material for the additional volumes may be classified and described in parts.
I. 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 publication, 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 contemplated work, because they are necessary for purposes of completeness, and the increased demand thereby occasioned would amply compensate 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 1800, and thereby the records of legislation will have been made equally accessible with the contemporaneous records of local affairs, already given in vols. 9, I I, 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 consult 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 reasonably 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 ascertaining its character and quality than by a critical examination of the indexes 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 sterling 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 independence 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, notwithstanding 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 require 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, — anything beyond what is matter of very general reference. The index work in the eight subsequent volumes is very complete and satisfactory. 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 authorized in the future.
NOTE. — The original report, of which this is a copy except as to some immaterial changes in phraseology, was adopted by the executive council to which it was submitted, in May, 1889.
Councilors, A. S. BATCHELLOR, JOHN B. SMITH.
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PART I.
Vote relative to building a state house, 1725 1
Copy of a letter to Governor Vaudriel, 1725 2
Summons to Samuel Emerson, 1725 3
Governor's order in favor of Richard Wibird, 1726 3
Proceedings in Council relative to Samuel, Thing, 1726 4
Memorial of John, son of Sir Charles Hobby, 1726 5
Memorial of Samuel Waldo, 1727 6
Proceedings of the Council and Assembly, 1728-29 7-10
Proclamation of peace with the Indians, 1727 10
Copy of commission to Lt. Governor John Wentworth, 1727 11
Warrant for arrest of Benjamin Rust, for slander, 1728 12
Copy of letter to Lt. Governor Dummer, 1728 13
Petition from Sarah, widow of Rev. N. Rogers, 1729 14
Petition from John and Tamson Tibbetts, 1729 15
Governor Jonathan Belcher's commission, 1730 17-24
Instructions to Governor Belcher 24-32
Proclamation concerning the king's woods, 1730 32-35
Memorial from deacons of Boston churches, 1730 36
Petition from military officers, 1730 36
David Dunbar to a deputy-surveyor, 1730 37
Governor's orders to examine Fort William and Mary, 1730 38
Anthony Reynolds appointed a collector at Piscataqua, 1731 39
Petition from the Quakers, 1731 40
Expenses of committee on boundary line, 1731 41
Richard Wibird's commission, 1731 42
Letter from Secretary Waldron to Secretary Willard, 1731 43
The Governor's coming into the Province, 1731 44
Instructions to Governor Belcher, 1732 45
Benjamin Gambling's mandamus, 1732 45
Proceedings in Council, May, 1732 46
Theodore Atkinson's account of powder money, 1732 47
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Committee appointed on boundary lines, 1733 48
Governor's order to the committee on loan, 1733 49
R. Waldron to N. Gilman concerning intemperance, 1733 50
Instructions to Governor Belcher, 1733 51
Depositions about lumber trouble, 1734 52
Peter Greeley's deposition, 1734, 54
Proclamation relative to riot at Exeter, 1734 55
Proceedings in Council concerning the riot, 1734 56
Letter from Belcher to Dunbar, concerning a warrant, 1734 57
Copy of Exeter forged letter to Sir Charles Wager, 1734 58
Report of committee on condition Fort William and Mary, 1735 60
Dedimus, Nath. Sargent, Paul Wentworth, and B. Thing, 1735 61
Quakers' petition concerning oaths, 1736 61
Commissioners on boundary line recommended, 1736 62
Communication from Mass. on boundary line, 1737 63
Petition of appeal, John Thomlinson to the King 64-73
Answer to the foregoing 73-76
Extract from charter of Kingswood, 1737 76
Letter of marque to Captain Joshua Newbold, 1739 77
Land grants to members of the Legislature, 1739 79
Documents relative to the province seal and its use 79-92
Testimony of Secretary Waldron 79
Deposition and letter of Richard Waldron, 1738 80
Waldron to Atkinson, November, 1738 83
Governor's orders respecting the seal, 1732-34 83
President Walton's demand of the seal, 1739 84
Secretary Waldron's answer to the foregoing 84
Application to have seal affixed to documents, 1739 85
George Jaffrey to Richard Waldron, 1739 86
Richard Waldron to George Jaffrey, 1739 86
Petition relative to affixing seal to documents, 1739 86
Order of the committee of Council, December 9, 1738 88
Governor's order relative to the seal, 1739 89
Petition of Thomas Packer for copies of depositions, 1739 89
Governor's order to Waldron in answer to above, 1739 91
Rindge, Packer, and Atkinson for seal, 1739 92
Instructions to privateers in war with Spain, 1739 92-102
Committee to invoice stores at the fort, 1740 102
Instructions relative to war with Spain, 1740 103-107
Governor's proclamation concerning the war, 1740 107
Instructions to Governor Belcher, May 20, 1740 109
Proclamation to encourage enlistments, 1740 110-112
Account for the intended West Indian expedition, 1740 113
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Instructions to the Governor, about money, 1740 113
Separation of New Hampshire from Massachusetts, 1740 115
Governor Belcher's address to the Assembly, 1740-41 117
Copy of Admiral Vernon's letter, 1740 118
Petition of John Eyre, 1740-41 119
Account of John Rindge for expenses in England, 1740-41 121
Quakers' petition relative to taking oaths, 1741 122
Governor Belcher to commissioners of trade, 1741 123
" " " " 1741 124
Richard Wibird appointed member of the Council, 1741 125
Thomas Wentworth to Governor Wentworth, 1741 126
Ex-Governor Belcher to Board of Trade, 1741 126
Petition for a township from Methuen, 1741 127
Report of committee on boundary lines, 129
Memorial from justices of the Superior Court, 1741 130
Costs in case of Phillip Kenniston 131
" " Sarah Simpson 132
" " Penelope Kenney 132
Action of the Legislature on the foregoing, 1741 133
Bill for repairs on Fort William and Mary, 1741 134
Letter from Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 1741-42 135
Petition relative to Governor Vaughan, 1742 136
Act granting assistance to church in New Castle, 1742 138
Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 1742 139
Authorizing commissioners to build a road, 1742 142
Governor Wentworth to Board of Trade, 1742 142-146
Report of the Board of Trade on New Hampshire Acts, 1743 146-148
Attorney-General Livermore's opinion, 1743 148
John Thomlinson to Theodore Atkinson, 1737-38 149
Mr. Paris to John Thomlinson, February 4, 1737 151
Thomlinson to Atkinson, February 10, 1737 153
Atkinson to Thomlinson, May 16, 1738 154
Thomlinson to Atkinson, July 14, 1738 156
" " " September 1, 1738 157
" " " February 8, 1738 158
" " " February 23, 1738 159
" " " April 4, 1740 160
" " " June 23, 1740 161
Atkinson to Thomlinson, August 4, 1740 163
Thomlinson to Atkinson, September 20, 1740 164
Atkinson to Thomlinson, November 26, 1740 165
" " " December 20, 1740 166
Thomlinson to Atkinson, February 6, 1740-41 168
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Thomlinson to Christopher Rymes, February 10, 1740-41 169
" " Atkinson, March 21, 1740-41 170
Atkinson to Thomlinson, May 31, 1741 171
" " July 11, 1741 172
Thomlinson to Atkinson, July 13, 1741 173
Atkinson to ThomIinson, 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 £25,000 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, 1744 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 1, 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 1, 1744-45 217
" " March 4, 1744-45 218
Atkinson to Thomlinson, March 29, 1745. 219
Message from the House to the Governor, 1745 220-223
General Pepperell's order relative to attack on Louisbourg, 1745 223
Report of committee on men raised for scouting, 1745 223
Shirley to Wentworth, April 15, 1745 224
" " May 5, 1745 224
Petition from soldiers' wives for aid, 1745 225
Crew of the ship Endeavor, 1745 226
Benjamin Thomas, wounded soldier, 1745 227
Proclamation for enlistment of seamen, 1745 228
Shirley to Wentworth, June 17, 1745 229
" " July 6, 1745 230
" " July 10,1745 230
Thomlinson to Atkinson, August 5, 1745 231
Lt. Governor Phipps to Governor Wentworth, August 14, 1745 231
" " " August 19, 1745 232
Shirley to Captain Bradbury, July 22, 1745 233
George Creighton's leave of absence, 1745 234
Committee to examine accounts of ship Bien Aimé, 1745 234
Report of the committee on Louisbourg prisoners, 1745 235-238
Statement of condition of men at Louisbourg, 1745 238
List of Greenland impressed men, 1745 239
Petition of Benjamin Lewis, Louisbourg soldier, 1745 240
Robert Tufton Philbrook's account, 1745 241
Atkinson to Thomlinson, November 13, 1746 242-245
Petition from Louisbourg soldiers, 1745 245-247
" Joseph Sleeper, Louisbourg, 1745 248
Soldiers' losses at Louisbourg, 1746 248
Petition of Edward Card, Louisbourg soldier, 1745 250
" Moses Meader of Durham, 1745-46 251
" Edward Hopkins of Portsmouth, 1745-46 252
Shirley to Wentworth, January 12, 1746 253
" " January 27, 1746 254
Petition of Timothy Clement of Concord, 1746 255
" " Mary Welch of Portsmouth, 1746 256
Joseph Sleeper's statement, 1745-46 256-258
Petition of Francis Mason of Stratham, soldier, 1745-46 258
Louisbourg soldiers' petition, Hampton men, 1746 259
Petition of Hugh Montgomery, 1745-46 260
" " Benjamin Thomas of Portsmouth, 1746 261
Louisbourg soldiers' petition, Portsmouth men, 1745-46 262
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Petition of Sarah Trefethen, soldier's widow, 1745-46 263
Zachariah Foss of Portsmouth, 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 Gilman 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 Gilman loses his coat at Louisbourg, 1746 274
Petition of Ezekiel Gilman of Portsmouth, 1746 274
John Goffe's account and memorial, 1746 275
Petition of George 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 Griffith, 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
General 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 Governor Wentworth, 1746-47 294
Mark Hunking Wentworth's bill, 1747 295
Letter from Captain Stevens to Governor Shirley, 1746-47 295
William Johnson to John H. Lydius, 1746-47 296
Action of Mass., 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 10, 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 315
Shirley to Wentworth, about the "Six Nations," 1747 316
Petition of Robert Miller, Louisbourg soldier, 1747 317
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