Province of The Honble Richard Wibird Esq Chairman of the . Comtee Appointed by the Government, to make provision for Transporting the Prisoners of Capitulation to Old France, Personally appeard, before me, & made Oath, that the Respective Sums Charged in the within Accot were for the said Service, & that they are Just & Equal, & According to the Usage & Custom paid by Merchants in this place Portsmouth Septem' ye 11th 1745 [3-144] [Statement of the Condition of the Men at Louisbourg, 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 reason of the Length and Hardships of the Siege, & for want of necessary 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 uncomfortable, Whereupon, we humbly recommend, those Poor but brave men, to your Excellency's & Honour's wise, Just, and Compassionate Consideration, 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, whether the Troops of the first Embarkation, mayn't demand a discharge, as a Right and Justice due to them, instead of Solliciting 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 Extended 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 Sufficient for that Purpose. We take Leave further to Propose, that in Consideration, the Plunder (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 exceeding 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 Capt 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 Consideration & Dispatch, that is Possible. And your Memorialists as in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray Portsmouth Sept 24 1745 T W Waldron [List of Greenland Impressed Men.] [3-145] greenland September the 30 Da 1745 by his Exelency Mr Benning Wentworth order I 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 } Sep 30th-1745 Province of D Peirce Clk N Hampsh In the House of Representatives Sep 30th 1745Voted That there be allow'd five Pounds Eight Shill's for ye within mention'd Service Viz' fifty eight Shillings to ye Troopers & fifty Shillings to Mrs Batson for Diet to be paid out of ye money in ye Publick Treasury for ye Defence of ye Government — In Council Octobr I 1745 read & Concurrd Eodm Die Assented to [See Vol. V., p. 379. — ED.] D Peirce Clk Theod Atkinson Sey B Wentworth [3-147] [Petition of Benjamin Lewis, Louisbourg Soldier.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' - Governour and Commander 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 Country in the Expedition for the Reduction of Louisbourg in Coll: Sam" 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-yt your Petitioner hath four Children 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 Oct 1st 1745 Province of N Hampsh } benjaman lewes In the House of Representatives Jan' 3d 1745 Voted That there be allow'd to ye within mention'd Benja Lewis ye Sum of four Pounds in Answer to ye Prayer of ye within Petition to be paid out of ye Money in ye Treasury for ye Use of ye Expedition against Louisbourg D Peirce Clk Janry 4th 1745 In Council read & Concurrd Eodm Die Assented to Theod Atkinson Sery [He was allowed £4. January 3, 1746. — ED.] B Wentworth [3-148] [Robert Tufton Philbrook's Account, 1745.] Provnce of new hamsher. Endeted to Robrt Tufton Philbrock for mendeing gons for this Expditon march 1745 the fowiling percons whoos names are Endetd to Robrt Tufton philbrock for mening of gons in the Cost of the Compny Cap whidens men danel allen Sergnt Shaw John dunken to 3 hole days for the Servic of fleet after the above work was don. Province of } Rob Tufton philbrock N HampshR In the House of Representatives Octor 2d 1745 Voted That Robt Tufton Philbrick be allow'd Two Pounds Ten Shillings & three farthings in full for his Accts for Mending ye Volunteers Guns &c to be pd out of ye Money in ye publick Treasury for ye use of ye Expedition agt LouisbourgD Peirce Clk In Council Eodm Die read & Concurrd S-Capt 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 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 goe for England but being so usefull a man is Detained here on the |