40 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Up to this time no taxes had been required of the inhabitants. To 
vive them assurance of security all settlers were promised the protection 
of forts established, or to be established, in the neighbourhood of the 
townships it was proposed to settle. 
I11.—The New England Emigration. Establishment of the Townships 
of Horton, Falmouth and Cornwallis. 
The stirring events of 1759 and the fears entertained as to the 
ultimate success of Wolfe’s expedition against Quebec, interfered to 
some extent with the re-settlement of Acadia. During the war the 
Indians were hostile and some of the French fugitives, goaded by the 
recollection of their wrongs, assumed a threatening attitude and even 
attacked the agents and surveyors who were employed in examining the 
locations for townships. 
Correspondence with the Home Government was slow on account 
of the war and the many distractions in the affairs of State. Law- 
rence was placed in an exceedingly awkward position upon the receipt 
of a letter, written on the Ist of August by the Lords of Trade and 
Plantations, desiring him to defer all proceedings respecting the grant- 
ing of lands under his second proclamation until His Majesty’s pleasure 
should be known. Long before the letter reached him negotiations 
had been set on foot with associations and individuals in America, who 
were promised lands, and-advance agents had examined the lands and 
reported to their friends, who were already preparing to remove and 
take possession. 
Lawrence, in the end, succeeded in convineing the Lords of Trade 
of the wisdom of his measures, and on the 20th of December they 
submitted for His Majesty’s approval the terms and conditions of 
settlement contained in the second proclamation. Their letter to the 
King is a comprehensive and able presentation of the situation in Nova 
Scotia and well worthy of perusal. It will be found in full in the 
Appendix to this paper.' 
On the 16th of February, 1760, the proceedings of the Governor 
and Council were approved by His Majesty, but it was not until the 
vanguard of the New England immigration was actually on the ground 
that Lawrence received formal notice that he might proceed with his 
plan of settlement. The position of a colonial governor was certainly 
not an enviable one in those days. 
Lawrence was by nature more of a soldier than he was of a politician. 
He would gladly have shared with Wolfe the glory of the capture of 
! See Appendix, No. LY. 
