recorded in His office within this province; For as all the others are, and Col. Dunbar appears upon those records at present to be Surveyor Gen' it should appear in the same manner yt he is superseded by your Commission, before any act of Governmt can be properly done upon your Commission: I believe this is right and if you will transmit your Commission to your Brother or me by the next post I will deliver it with my own hand to the Secretary and will be answerable for the return of it with the warrants to the post by his return. I hope our friend Mr Yeamans kept his Christmas wth his friends in England, and wish you many prosperous new years in your Governm and y' this in particular may prove so; and am Your Excys most obedient Humble sert Goy Wentworth. W. Shirley [Shirley to Wentworth.] [Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 200.] Boston Jan'y 7, 1744 [1745 N. S.] Sir, On Saturday night Gerrish delivered wth his own hand your favour inclosing to me the Exemplifications of your two Commissions, wch I will return you by the same hand next week wth the proper warrants Cary's arrival here yesterday afternoon in 7 weeks from the Downes has made my hands full of business at present, I hear by him yt His Majys ship Victory with Admiral Balchen & upwards of 1100 men, 200 of 'em being Gentlemen Volunteers was lost on the Coast of France, and not a soul escaped the wreck; our Troops in Flanders are gone into Winter Quarters; Prince Charles joined wth 25, or 30,000 Troops of Poland has put the King of Prussia to a continual retreat; the siege of Coui is raised and the King of Sardinia is in high spirits; the Czarina has given assurances of making all Engagem's good to his Majty and the Queen of Hungary in the Spring, with excuses for not doing it before; The Dutch have not yet declared, nor very near doing it; and the report of Giberalter's being besieged yt is groundless. I am wth much truth and esteem Your Excellency's most obed' Humble servant His Excy Govr Wentworth W. Shirley [Shirley to Wentworth.] [Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 201.] Boston Jan 15, 1744 [1745 N. S.] Sir, I have now time only to send the inclosed, which the Secretary has drawn in the usual form: if there is any thing further wanting from me be pleased to let me know it, and it shall be forthwith transmitted The Secretary assures me yt there is no preced' of this Governmts issuing out warrants to assist in the execution of any Commissions without first recording the Commissions, & yt it would be deem'd an Irregular thing to depart from it: However had there been any Inconvenience, that could possibly have arisen to you by the recording of these Exemplifications, wch to me are of the same force with the Commissions themselves, I would have freely done it, but would avoid giving any handle of cavil to opposers, as Mr Whitefield calls 'em, without any necessity for doing it. I shall have the honour of writing to you at large by next post, and am wth great esteem Your Excellency's most obedient Humble servant His Excy Govr Wentworth W. Shirley [3-124] [Governor's Order to Enlist a Scouting Party, 1745.] Province of New Hampshire To M' Benja Mathews You are hereby Authorized to Inlist nine Effective men & take them under your Command, & march them forthwith to Newicwannock river above the Mast men & from thence You are to march to Winnipisseake pond, and after Scouting to the Northward of the pond a day or two, You are to return to Newicwannock river & to Continue Scouting to the pond for the Including the dan Comeing back [Original torn.] and Carefull in your Marches, and if it should so happen that you make any discovery of the Enemy, you are Immediately to return and Express an Account thereof to me, when the twenty Days are Expired, you are to dismiss your men for Six Days, and give me An Account of your March & what has happend - Given at Portsmouth, at Arms [?], Jany 11th 1745 B Wentworth [3-125] [Orders to Captain Meservey to Enlist Men for Cape Breton Expedition, 1745.] Province of New Hampshire - By his Excellency the Governour, I do hereby Authorize L. S. & Impower Capt Nath' Mesharvy to beat his drums within the Regiment of Militia, whereof Theodore Atkinson Esq' is Colonel, for the enlisting of Voluntiers for his Majesties Service, in the Intended Expedition against the French of Cape Breton; for the Conducting of which Expedition, William Pepperrell Esq' is Commander in Chief, And the said Colonel, with the other Officers in the said Regiment, are hereby Commanded not to give the said Nath' Mesharvy any Obstruction or Molestation herein, but on the Contrary to Afford him all the necessary encouragement & Assistance for which this is a Sufficient Warrant. And the said Nath' Mesharvy is hereby required not to Suffer this Warrant to go out of his hands, nor to give Copies of it to any Person whatsoever, but after he has made the full use of it, to make return thereof into the Secretary's Office. Given under my hand & Seal at Portsmouth the 14th day of Feby 1744. In the Eighteenth year of his Majesties Reign. B Wentworth [3-126] [Same to Captain Ezekiel Gilman, Downing's Reg.] [3-127] [Same to John Tufton Mason, Col. Atkinson's regiment.] [3-128] [Same to Captain Henry Sherburne, Atkinson's regiment.] [3-129] [Same to William Seward: Atkinson's regiment.] This has the following return on the back: "By the Verter of this Warrand I have Inlisted fortey-six men my selfe Exclewed William Seaward" [3-130] - ED.] [Warrant, same as the foregoing, to Samuel Leavit, in Col. Joshua Wingate's regiment, with the following names on the back. — Jeremiah Marston Moses Leavitt Nathaniel Moulton Jonathan Godfrey Nason Cass John Marston James Marston Josep Hall FIE William Huse Joshua Levit William Vittum iur William Vittum Abner Samborn Jeremiah Dow [3-131] [Warrant same as foregoing to Jonathan Prescott, of Wingate's regiment, on the back of which are the following names :] [Shirley to Wentworth.] [Belknap Papers, Vol. II., p. 209.] Boston Feb 25. 1744 [1745 N. S.] Dear Sir, The Scarcity of men in this province is at present so great, occasioned by the Demand we have for 'em to man our own vessells designed for the service of the Expedition, that I am oblig'd to let Cap' Graves go from hence upwards of twenty men short of his Complement, which I am sorry 'tis not in my power to help him to : as the speedy and safe arrival of his ship with the Mast ship under his Convoy is of great Consequence to his Majesty's ships at Jamaica. if you could get that number of men for him or 'assist him in procuring them it would very much promote his Majesty's Service, and be esteem'd by me as a particular obligation. Sir I am with Respect and Esteem His Excy Govr Wentworth. [3-133] [Petition of Abraham Trefethen of New Castle, 1745.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esquire Governour and Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, The Honorable his Majesty's Council, And House of Representatives for said Province in General Court Convened Febry 28th 1745 The Petition of Abraham Trefithen of New Castle in sd Province Gentm Humbly Sheweth, That in the late Expedition against Louisbourg your Petitioner had beating orders (to enlist men in the service against s place) bearing date Febry 15th 1745 that he was diligent in the prosecution of sd affair till the 4th of March following during which he was at considerable Expence and not succeeding here, Yet His Honour Lieut General Pepperrel was pleased to Constitute your Petitioner by Commission under his hand and Seal bearing date Canso April 15th 1745 to take charge of a Company of men drawn from Coll' Moore's Regiment of which Company he had the Command from April 15th to July 9th during which time he was alternately on duty by night and day and faithfully discharged the Trust reposed in him your Petitioner therefore prays this Honourable Court to take the Premises under Consideration and make him such an allowance in Common wth officers of his rank and Station as was agreed on by this Honobl Court for their care and trouble. And your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray &cAbraham Trefethen Portsmo Febry 28th 1745 May 7th 1746 In Council read & Sent Down Theod Atkinson Sery A List of men in my Company-viz: of Abraham Trefithin — Gerrish your Express will deliver you the money you wrote for, being five hundred and thirty or forty odd pounds New Tenour to be |