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to the governors of the English colonies to en- 

 gage their assistance. 



The plan announced by these letters, was, 

 that her Majesty would dispatch a squadron of 

 -ships to Boston, by the middle of May, with 

 five regiments of regular troops. The colony 

 governments eastward of Connecticut, were re- 

 quired to raise twelve hun'-Ved men ; and to 

 furnish them with transports, flat bottomed 

 boats, pilots, and provisions, for three months. 

 With this force it was designed to make an at- 

 tempt upon Quebec. At the same time fifteen 

 liundred men were to be raised in Connecticut, 

 New York, New Jersey, and the southern colo- 

 nies. This corps was to proceed by way of 

 lake Champlain, and make a descent on the Isl- 

 and of Montreal. Vetch was appointed a colo- 

 nel, and Nicholson, by the nomination of the 

 governor of New York, and the consent of the 

 governors of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, 

 was appointed commander in chief. 



All the colonies, except Pennsylvania, fur- 

 nished their quotas of troops. The provincial 

 army from the eastern colonies, was ready to 

 sail for Quebec by the tv/entieth of May. 

 Nicholson with his troops marched early in 

 the summer to Wood creek, where he was 

 directed to v/ait till the fleet should arrive at Bos- 

 ton. Besides the quotas of troops which were 

 to be raised, several independent companies 

 were formed, and sent on to the army. Six 

 hundred Indians vv^ere also collected, and a 

 thousand of their wives and cliildren were main- 

 tained at Albany during tlie campaign. Pro- 

 visions and stores for the armj were collected 



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