Miscellaneous provincial and state papers, 1725-1800 Volume 18 - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...the 12 day for His serves 30 = 00 = 00 the whol of my account is in old tenor £$0 = 8 = 00 Trueworthy Lad Sence I have Returned Horn and have Reeved my Hose those Passons that Keept my Hose while He was Gon from me in the Serves Have sent to me and have Charged me for Hose Keepen old tenor £22 = 18=0 Trueworthy Lad Province of ) New Hampsr In the House of Representatives March 30th 1758 Voted That there be Allowed to Cap' Trueworthy Lad five pounds In full for this Acco1, & paid Out of money in the Treasury for the Last Years Expedition, Andrew Clarkson Clerk In Council March 30th 1758 the within Vote read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sec'5' Consented to B Wentworth Lord Loudoun to Governor Wentworth. Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 289. New York September 7th 1757. 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 uncapable to Serve at Present from the Capitulation, and Likewise from desertion, made a demand from You of a Number of Men to Compleat Your Quota. As I have now arrived here with a considerable Body of His Majesty'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 Se...