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

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APPENDIX. 347Opportunity <strong>of</strong> driv<strong>in</strong>g all the French Inhabitants <strong>of</strong>lf theirSettlements;which tho' M^ Mascarene assures me that hiscommunicat<strong>in</strong>g to 'em my pr<strong>in</strong>ted Letter promis<strong>in</strong>g 'emHis Majesty's protection, had so far allay 'd as togetherwith the Arrival <strong>of</strong> the late Detachment <strong>of</strong> Soldiers sentfrom hence <strong>in</strong> the W<strong>in</strong>ter forthe Defence & protection <strong>of</strong>the Prov<strong>in</strong>ce, to disappo<strong>in</strong>t M^ de Ramsay's Attempt uponthe Inhabitants <strong>of</strong> M<strong>in</strong>as for br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g 'em to an openEevolt, <strong>and</strong> to make him retire from M<strong>in</strong>as to Schiegnecto,yet as the hopes my Letter may have made 'em enterta<strong>in</strong>have not been yet Confirm'd by Assurances <strong>of</strong> His Majesty'sRoyal protection directly from Engl<strong>and</strong> I cant but th<strong>in</strong>k,there is a most apparant danger <strong>of</strong> Nova Scotia's be<strong>in</strong>g soonlost, ifthisthe Expedition aga<strong>in</strong>st Canada shoidd not proceedyear, nor any Measures be taken, or particular Ordersbe sent by His Majesty for Secur<strong>in</strong>g the Prov<strong>in</strong>ce aga<strong>in</strong>stthe Enemy & strengthen<strong>in</strong>g his Government among theInhabitants, For I perceive that the General Assembly <strong>of</strong>this Prov<strong>in</strong>ce, from whence only the Succours & Supportwhich His Majesty's Garrison at Annapolis Royal hashitherto received for the Protection & Defence <strong>of</strong> NovaScotia, have been sent, are tir'd <strong>of</strong> hav<strong>in</strong>g 'em drawnwholly from their own people, <strong>and</strong> despair <strong>of</strong> its be<strong>in</strong>gefiectual without His Majesty's more immediate Interpositionfor the protection <strong>of</strong> that prov<strong>in</strong>ce ; And I look uponit as a very happy Incident, that I had it <strong>in</strong> my power tosend M' Mascarene the Support, I did the last W<strong>in</strong>ter,<strong>and</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the Spr<strong>in</strong>g, out <strong>of</strong> the Levies rais'd forthe Expedition aga<strong>in</strong>st Canada, which I <strong>in</strong>sisted upondo<strong>in</strong>g as they were <strong>in</strong> His Majesty's Pay (tho' rais'd foranother Service) but should not have been able to do it (Ibelieve) had it depended wholly upon the Consent <strong>of</strong> theAssembly, tho' generally well dispos'd for His Majesty'sService."

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