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over for two special Eeasons to oblige them to enlist into the Eegulars and to defeat General Shirley 

 in raising a sufficient number of Troops necessary for the Summers Campaign by which means 

 Oswego was lost and the Expedition to Crown Point was rendered abortive We appeal to Gen' Shirley 

 for the Truth of this. 



That the Cattle &c of the fi'ench Inhabitants were converted to private uses of which we know 

 3, GOO Hogs & near 1,000 Head of Cattle was killd & packt at Pisgate only & sent by water to other 

 Places & what at other Forts is yet a secret All unaccounted for to the Amount of a very large sum 

 & he & his Commissary are now under Great perjjlexity & contriving to cover this iniquitous Fraud. 



That £30,000 has been laid out on Batteries not worth 30 pence for the Defence of this Place in 

 the Judgment of eveiy Person acijuainted therewith. 



It is possible he may produce Vouchers to Cover all his Frauds for if the true ones should fall 

 short he has those under him who have been used to such kind of work & can readily supply the 

 deficiency but if a Governor was sent out with Orders to inquire into these or at least to take Deposi- 

 tions we are very sure the whole will be Clearly made to appear. 



XXIV 



Extracts from a Despatch to Judge Belcher on his appointment to the Presidency of the 

 (Council op Nova Scotia dated Whitehall March 3'' 1761. ' 



(Signed) Dunk. Halifax 



W. G. Hamilton 

 W. Sloper 



" It has been represented to Us that Gov' Lawrence had encouraged & protected the disorderly 

 part of the military under his Gov', in several outrages on the pi'operty, persons, and even the lives 

 of the inhabitants; Sometimes by assuming illegal powers ; and at others by abusing those which 

 were lawfully vested in him for better purposes; by frequently interrupting the free course of Justice, 

 in discharging while under prosecution, and in enlarging after conviction, soldiers and officers guilty 

 of destroying fences, violent assaults, & many other far greater enormities."... 



" Several very heavy Charges have likewise been made against Gov' Lawrence with respect to the 

 Contracts which were entred into both on account of the Provisions distributed to the Weak Settle- 

 ments of the Colony, and the Vessels which have so long been kept upon the establishment, for the 

 service of the Province." 



XXV 



Extract from Dr Brown's MS. relating to Lawrence's abuses. " 



" With New England malice — this exclam" follows. 



"How wicked must those men be, who thus dec'' their country & by that means expose his 

 Majesty's Colony & subj" to the weakest efforts of Louisbourg or Canada. Such persons no doubt 

 would be glad to see this important Colony annexed to the Crown of France that tliey might never 

 be called to ace' for their Abuse of the trust reposed in them & their misapplication of the Nations 

 money." 



1 British Museum. — Add. MSS., vol. 19073, fol. 71. 



^ British Museum. — Papers of Dr. Andrew Brown designed for a History of Nova Scotia. — Add. MSS., vol. 

 19075, fol. 89. 



