72 L'ABBE H.-E. CASGRAIN 



Otliei-8 went to the southern jDarts of America & some to the Northwards. 



What Instructions the masters of these Transports had in respect to Landing the Neutrals I 

 know not neither do I know what number were sent from Beau Bassine and Annapolis & other Parts 

 where they were. 



XXIIl 

 Lawrence's character. ' 



S' 



We are extreamly obliged to you for your favour of tiie 3'^ July last and for your assiduity in 

 our affairs. 



We can assure you S' that we were allmost without hopes of being considered as English Sub- 

 jects — the Haughty & disdainfull Behaviour of our Gov' to all Eemontrances tho' tenderd with the 

 utmost Submission gave us much reason to think he was countenanced at Home by those whom we 

 had all the Reason in the World heretofore to think were the Patrons and Principal Supporters of 

 this Infant Settlement, and Especially when it was publicly declared by the Governors Creatures 

 That those Gentlemen in OiBce here who had ever been Solicitous to forward and Promote the Settle- 

 ment and who had in everj^ Point behaved with Honesty and Integrity Especially the Judges of the 

 Courts of Justice & some of the Council would soon be displaced. The Only men who have been the 

 means of keeping the Inhabitants from deserting in a Body and Supjjorted the Rights & Libertys of 

 the People. 



Your letter has revived the Hopes of the Inhabitants and it has been great comfort to them to 

 find an Englishman in England who has their unhappy State & Condition at heart and commiserates 

 their Bondage under Oppression and Tyranny. 



We are sensible of the difficulties in England & the unsettled State of the board of Trade which 

 may retard our affairs — but we are not without hopes thro' your Care and assiduity we shall meet 

 with success in having an Assembly our Native inherent Eight soon order'd to be Establish'd here, 

 and we cannot help expressing our Extreme Satisfaction to find that it was the Lords of Trade most 

 earnest Intention to have an Assembly instantly settled as we are very sure it is of all things in the 

 world the most necessary step to strenghten and Establish this settlement and Invite Inhabitants to 

 come & settle among us. 



We cannot but express our most hearty sorrow that my good Lord Halifax has at this Critical 

 Conjuncture resignd his Place at that board. We are all to a man perfectly assur'd of that good 

 Lords sincere attachment to the Interest of the Colonies and look upon him truly as the fiither of this 

 Colony and are fully perswaded that he will use his utmost endeavour to remove from us our oppressor 

 and th° oppressor of all his good Purposes a Person unknown to him and recommend to my Good 

 Lord by Persons on whom ho relied and those whom we are sure were not acquainted with his bad 

 Hearth and mischievous Intentions One of whom is General Hopson who has had sufficient Reason 

 to alter his Opinion, tho other is Gen' Cornwallis who is too much a friend to this People if he could 



' Bn(M MtscuîH. — Brown M.SS.— Papers relating to Nova Scotia, 1743-1757. — Add. MSS. vol.19072. In-4o, 

 fol. 43. No 33. 



En tête de ce manuscrit se trouve la note suivante de M. A.-B. Grosart: 



" A long letter (sixteen closely written pages) addressed to some one in England by the Colonists concerning 

 the State of the Province . . - 



" This is a high-toned and most vigorous Letter: and lays bare with most withering scorn the character of 

 Governor Lawrence ... It reminds one of the complaints of the elder Puritans in the days of Charles . . . 



"This M.S. most important 



"See N" 35. From this I apprehend the present N° 33 was addressed to Paris while in England." 



