Closed; Notwithstanding I did immediately on my Arrival in England, give in my Accts 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 Mr Caleraft to call on him & assist in making out A Noneffective Acc', which I immediately did, & signed it three days ago in which Acc' I have inserted the several Charges made by you for Raising the Regim', which were not Credited in Cap Descury the late Paymas's Accts, & I hope in a few days more to be able to give you the agreable acct 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 Communicate to you worth puting you to any Expence in Postage. I understand that no Levey money will be granted for raising the Regim' 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 Sir Wm Pepperrell Barr [5-13] Cha Craven [Names of Men who Served 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 Jeremiah Gilman in Stead of James Bean Jun' of ditto david dollof in Stead of Jeremiah Glidden of ditto. Moses Gilman in Stead of Daniel West of ditto 9-4-0 -9- 4-0 8-16-0 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 It was adjudged the proper turn of the above Named Jacob Smith Jun', Joshua Bean, James Bean Jun', Jeremiah Glidden, Daniel West, Jeremiah Dow, and John Martin, to Go in the above mentioned Expedition 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" Gilman Coll° [5-14] [Colonel Schuyler's Account. Ransoms.] 1758 The Province of New Hampshire Dr Livres Octob' 30 To Cash Paid the Ransom of Lydia Stibbings of N° 4 400 Nov 1st To Do pdDo of Mrs Moore. 400 @107 Sts Liv3 3640 is St 159,, 5, To Cash advanced Mrs Eunice Gaffield last Year In Canada 56 Dollars @ 4/8 Doll Stg Province of } 13,, I,, 4 New Hamps' In the House of Representatives Octob1 10th 1759 Voted That this Accot of Col° Peter Schuyler Esq Amounting to One hundred & Seventy two pounds Six Shillings & four pence Sterling be Allowed & paid by Sterling Bills to be Drawn by the Committee 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 Excelly dated Crown Point Sept 17th 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 Acco1 of Said province Andrew Clarkson Clerk In Council Eodm Die read & Concurrd Theodore Atkinson Sery Consented to B Wentworth [5-15] [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 St James's the 22d Day of December 1758 in the Thirty Second Year of Our Reign. Whereas it hath been Represented unto us, that the General Assembly of Our Province of New Hampshire having Refused to Comply 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 thereupon 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 Greatest 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 Instance 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 Several Courts should have Appointments adequate to the Dignity, Fatigue & Expence 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 Salaries to the Chief Justice & Justices of our Superior Court or Court of Kings Bench in Our sd province: & further you are to Acquaint the sd 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 Governour 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, in Consequence of their Refusal to Comply with your Request to them In that behalf. GR Vera Copy from the Original taken Portsm° Octob' 10, 1759- House of Representatives [See Vol. VI., p. 721. — ED.] [General Amherst to Governor Wentworth, 1759.] Camp at Crown Point 13th Augt 1759Sir 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, & Opening 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 Established 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 Compleat it quite up to Pennycook, which must be Still of Greater Advantage to Your province, Whom I doubt not but will Very Gladly 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 Obedt 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 His Excellency Govr Wentworth J: A Attt Andrew Clarkson Clerk of the House of Representatives [Ibid.] Camp at Crown Point, 30th Augt 1759— Sir As the Assembly of your province has made provision for their Troops, only to the 1st 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 liew of those you & they had at Fort Dummer &c & No 4 which as I mentioned to you in my letter of the 13th 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 His Excellency Gov' Wentworth Vera Copy from the Original Jeff: Amherst Attt Andrew Clarkson Clerk to the house of Representatives |