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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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116 LOUISBOURG BESIEGED. [1745.commission, such as buy<strong>in</strong>g for him the cargo <strong>of</strong> aFrench prize, if he could get it cheap. Or thus ": Ifyou would procure for me a hogshead <strong>of</strong> the bestClarett, <strong>and</strong> a hogshead <strong>of</strong> the best white w<strong>in</strong>e, at areasonable rate, it would be very grateful to me."After pester<strong>in</strong>g liim with a few other commissions,he tells him that " Andrew <strong>and</strong> Bettsy [children <strong>of</strong>Pepperrell] send their proper compliments," <strong>and</strong>signs himself, with the starched flourish <strong>of</strong> prov<strong>in</strong>cialbreed<strong>in</strong>g, " With all possible Respect, Honoured Sir,Your Obedient Son <strong>and</strong> Servant."^ Pepperrell wasmuch annoyed by the conduct <strong>of</strong> the masters <strong>of</strong>thetransports, <strong>of</strong> whom he wrote :" The unaccountableirregular behaviour <strong>of</strong> these fellows is the greatestfatigue I meet with; " but it may be doubted whetherhis son-<strong>in</strong>-law did not prove an equally efficientpersecutor.1 Sparhaivk to Pepperrell,— June, 1745. This is but one <strong>of</strong> manyletters from Sparhawk.

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