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

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348 APPENDIX.Newcastle to Shirley, 30 May, 1747.(Extract.)" As you <strong>and</strong> M' Warren have represented, That anOp<strong>in</strong>ion prevailed amongst the Inhabitants <strong>of</strong> Nova Scotia,That It was <strong>in</strong>tended to remove Them from their Settlements<strong>and</strong> Habitations <strong>in</strong> that Prov<strong>in</strong>ce; And as thatReport may probably have been artfully spread amongstThem <strong>in</strong> order to <strong>in</strong>duce Them to withdraw Themselvesfrom their Allegiance to His Majesty, <strong>and</strong> to take <strong>Part</strong>with the Enemy; His Majesty th<strong>in</strong>ks it necessary, Thatproper measures should be taken, to remove any such illgroundedSuggestions; <strong>and</strong>, for that Purpose, It is theK<strong>in</strong>g's Pleasure, That you should declare <strong>in</strong> some publick<strong>and</strong> authentick manner to His Majesty's Subjects, Inhabitants<strong>of</strong> that Prov<strong>in</strong>ce, That there is not the least Foundationfor any Apprehension <strong>of</strong> that nature; But That, onthe contrary, It is His Majesty's Resolution to protect,<strong>and</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>, all such <strong>of</strong> Them as shall cont<strong>in</strong>ue <strong>in</strong> theirDuty, <strong>and</strong> Allegiance to His Majesty, <strong>in</strong> the quiet & peaceablePossession <strong>of</strong> their respectiveHabitations, <strong>and</strong> SettlementsAnd That They shall cont<strong>in</strong>ue to enjoy the freeExercise <strong>of</strong> their Religion." His Majesty did propose to have signed a Proclamationto thepurport above mentioned <strong>and</strong> to have transmitted itto you, to have been published <strong>in</strong> Nova Scotia; But as theAdvices, that have been received here, <strong>of</strong> a Body <strong>of</strong> theNew Engl<strong>and</strong> Troops, which were advanced to Menis hav<strong>in</strong>gbeen surprised by a <strong>Part</strong>y <strong>of</strong> the French Canadeans<strong>and</strong> their Indians, <strong>and</strong> hav<strong>in</strong>g been either cut <strong>of</strong>lf,or takenPrisoners; And the great Probability there is. That thisMisfortune could not have happened to that Body <strong>of</strong> Troops,without the Assistance or, at least. Connivance <strong>of</strong> theInhabitants <strong>of</strong> Nova Scotia; make it very difficult to fix

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