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

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312 APPENDIX." II ^toit colonel general de la milice de Baston, et il estentre en ville a la tete de cette milice, le lendema<strong>in</strong> de lareddition do la place."c.CHAPTER XXII. SHIRLEY AND THEACADIANS.All the follow<strong>in</strong>g correspondence is from the PublicRecord Of&ce:<strong>America</strong> <strong>and</strong> West Indies.Shirley to Newcastle, 14 Dec, 1745.(Extract.)"... Hav<strong>in</strong>g lately procur'd from Fort Major Phillips<strong>of</strong> Annapolis Royal the late Lieutenant Governour Armstrong'sOrig<strong>in</strong>al Instrument mention'd <strong>in</strong> my late State<strong>of</strong> the Prov<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> Nova Scotia to be given by him to theFrench Inhabitants <strong>of</strong> that Prov<strong>in</strong>ce, by virtue <strong>of</strong> which <strong>and</strong><strong>of</strong> another <strong>of</strong> the same tenour given 'em by him <strong>in</strong> 1730,they claim an Exemption from bear<strong>in</strong>g Arms <strong>in</strong> defence <strong>of</strong>his Majesty's Government, I <strong>in</strong>close your Grace a Copy <strong>of</strong>it. Mr. Phillips <strong>in</strong> his letter <strong>in</strong>clos<strong>in</strong>g this Instrument tome observes that the ' Inhabitants <strong>of</strong> Nova Scotia at thefirst news <strong>of</strong> Louisbourg's be<strong>in</strong>g surrendred were <strong>in</strong> greatConsternation <strong>and</strong> at M<strong>in</strong>as <strong>in</strong> particular they appear'd <strong>in</strong>Tears <strong>in</strong> the Publick Places, where n<strong>in</strong>e months before theyhad assisted <strong>in</strong> s<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g Te Deum, on a false report thatAnnapolis Royal was surrendred to Monsieur Duvivier.'He goes on to say that a report was spread there that MonsieurDuvivier was arriv'd at Canada with rigg<strong>in</strong>g for twoMen <strong>of</strong> War, <strong>and</strong> the Renommee a French thirty gun Ship

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