men remaining out of those three companys afore mentioned, And your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray Portsmo June 1st 1747 John Flagg In Council June 2d 1747 read & ordred to be Sent down to the Honble House Theodore Atkinson Secry [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 allowance for depreciation of the paper money with which they were paid. — ED.] [Theodore Atkinson to Thomas Jones.] [Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 138.] Mr Jones-Capt Gaiton & one other Ship June 5th 1747 I have none of your ffavours Since 4th 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 uncertain 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 recd 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 Capt Thomlinsons hands therefore hope he will not be long without it Pray in your next Tell me how Coll 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 PS Capt Thomlinson advised me of the money you paid him on my Acco1-£ 172: 5: 6 [Endorsed] Copy to Mr Tho' Jones [Atkinson to Thomlinson.] [Belknap Papers, Vol. I., p. 139.] Portsmo June 6 1746 [Inserted in a different hand, "it should be 1747."] SI now Acknowledge your ffavour of the 24th ffebry Capt Snelling and am Sorry our Pro' gave you So just an occasion for Either the Comp1 or reprimand in this I can Excuse my Self being Employd in the back of the Country to Search the woods build forts &ca 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 9th of April 1746 the men not Permitted to Enter upon other business Least orders might arive & haveing recd not one Penny of Waiges, & but £8 man old Ten' Billiting Except when upon Actual Service they had allowence their Constant Applycation is to me and I have Assisted them by Little & Little till they have Draind me of all my money &ca 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 Entertainmt 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 10000 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 & Govr Wentworth I am Perswaided writes you at Large St 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 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 Mr Jones my Diarys for 2 years Last Past as Supposeing those for 45 misscarryd I have wrote him Pressingly to Pay the money to you as Soon as Possible Pray when you have Leizure Let me how Capt Pikes affairs Stands with you the Legatees here being often with me on that head as alsoe wither you have ever recd any thing of Macry on accot 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 29th of September . £75 £47 62,, 8 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 3ds 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 Mr ffranklin I know now has & I know would be glad of Such Orders as to my Sallary I know no objection in ye 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 Mrs 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 Capt Adams in your Employ - by his Carrector he is worthy of your favour in Puting him abaft the Mast I know he has refused Preferrnces here to Continue in your Employ & * Mr Shurtleff died in May 1747. [This memorandum is in a different hand. — ED.] I believe Capt Adams will give you a good Carrector of him I am Sr PS. M' Jaffrey & others here Complain much of your Haberdasher that his goods are Put up too Dear & not of the best Quallity I hope their Information will Prevent any over Charge Sent Capt Gaston & Duplycate by Capt Peirce in Capt Bart – [Connecticut Resolutions relative to the Crown Point Expedition, 1747.] [Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 246.] Anno Regni Regis Georgii 2di 20mo 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 28th 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 Letters lately received from his Excellency Governour Shirley, the Resolves 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 Difficulties 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 sd subsistence and necessaries to said place) It is now impracticable by Land Carriage at this Difficult 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 necessaries 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 gratefully acknowledges. That it is very uncertain whether the western and Southern Colonies will join in this Expedition, for that the Governour of New York being by Committee of Council advised to assist in the affair on condition 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 Government 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 situation 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 doubtfull at this season, and in case the attempt should fail the ill & unhappy 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 tbat 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 Reduce 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 Majesty's other Governments, as soon as the season & other circumstances will permit, and do thereupon Resolve that his Honour the |