206 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Top Mast Do 29 



gallt. Mast Do 14 



Bowspreet in Length 33 



Flying Jibb Boom 25 



Acknowledged by J. C. (John Cleveland) on 6 Apr. 1756. 



Adm. Sec. In Letters. Vol. 1487. 



Oswego Sloop at Oswego ye 20th May 1756. 

 Sir 



I Received your Letter Dated October the 2d. at Albany, in way here 

 with an order to be perticularly Carefull about the Goodness & the Prices of Slops 

 Supplyed too the Sloop under my Command which I shall take Perticular Care 

 whenever we are Supplyed with any to obey 

 I am 



Sr. Your most Obt. Servt. 



Housmn. Broadley. 

 To John Cleveland Esqr. 



Read 



Adm. Sec. In Letters. Vol. 1487. 



Oswego Sloop at Oswego May 20th 1756. 

 Sir 



I acquainted you in my Letter of the 14th of January of their Intending to 

 Build three more Vessels at Oswego, two Briggs & a Sloop a Copy of their Dimentions 

 I sent you at the same time 



I Left New York the 20th of March with the Seamen for the Present Vessels 

 here; two Days after I gott to Albany, we had the Account of the Fort at the other 

 Side of the Great Carrying Place being Destroyed by the French & Indians, & that 

 Lieut. Bull of Generall Shirleys Regiment, who Commanded there with a party of 

 Twenty five Men were all Killed — 



I was Detained at Albany geting the Naval Stores sent over to Schenectady 

 until the 8th of April on the 9th I Left Schenectady with the Stores that were wanting 

 for the Present Vessels, but Could not Get Batteaus to Carry any Part of the Stores 

 for the New Vessels, on Account of the Great want of Provisions at Oswego, as we 

 were obliged to Proceed with a great Number of Boats & Men to Guard against 

 any attack the Enemy might make upon us, & through the want of Horses & Slays 

 at the Carrying Places I did not get here untill the 13th Instant, I immediately 

 began to fit out the Present Vessels, as I wanted a False Keel put on the Oswego, 

 I order'd Capt. Laforey in the Ontario to heave down first which was done this Morn- 

 ing, I shall heave down too Morrow, if the Carpenters get my false Keel Ready, 

 and the Caulkers finish their Work, I am Likewise fitting out the two Small Schooners 

 as soon as we are Ready shall proceed on the Lake to put my former orders in Ex- 

 ecution I have Brought Seamen Enough with me to Compleat the, Compliments 

 of the Present Vessels, but as the Navy Provisions is not Come up I refer 

 sening you a Weekly Account untill that arrives — 



The Keel of one of the New Briggs is Laid the others will be Laid in a Day or 

 two, so that they will all be on the Stocks together, the reason of their being so 

 backward, was owing to the Loss of the Fort at the Great Carrying Place, for the 

 Builder & Carpenters did not proceed any further then Fort Williams untill we 

 arrived with the Escort that Came with us, there was some Carpenters sent up 



