me and at the time of Landing the bushes being thick I Lorst a pistill value four pound at our first Landing which I pray you to conSider and alow me what you think fit for Sd pistill and fourther pray you to consider and allow me Somthing If you Se fit for the pain and Loss of time which I have sastaind by a wound I Resd the 7th of June Last past which your petishiner as in Dutey bound Shall Ever pray Joseph Rawlins In Council May 7th 1746 read & Sent down [3-197] Theod' Atkinson Sery [Petition of Edward Hopkins, of Portsmouth, Louisbourg soldier, for further allowance. -- - ED.] [Major Gilman Lost his Coat at Louisbourg.] May ye 9th 1746 Gentelman this is to put you in mind of ye Loss I mat with att Lousborg by having my Coat blown away in ye barel of pouder, hoping that you will Consider me who am your humbel servent allowd 5. 0. 0 [3-198] Ezek" Gilman [Petition of Abraham Morgan, of Stratham, states that his brother, John Morgan, of Kingston, was in the Louisbourg Expedition; came home and died. - ED.] [3-199] [Petition of Lieutenant Ezekiel Pitman, of Portsmouth, Louisbourg Soldier.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq' Captain General & Governor in Cheif in & over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire & to the Honble His Majestys Council for Said Province & House of Representatives now Conven'd in General Assembly --Humbly Sheweth Ezekiel Pittman of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire, That he listed in His Majestys Service as Second Leiu' under Capt John Mason & went on the Expedition agt Louisburgh. That after the first Leiut Mr John Hart Come home he Acted. the Space of a fortnight as first Leiut and that after Cap' Mason went to France which was abt ye 20th of July he had the whole Charge & Care of the Company as Captain & having no Officers under him for the Space of Three months, was Obliged to Do threeble Duty which greatly Exposed your Petitioner So that he was grievously Áfflicted with the Distemper Raging in the place & thereby forced to Come home. That after your Petitioner Came home he was Confined By reason of Said Sickness the Space of a month & is not yet thoroughly Recovered. That your Petitioner has been paid Off only as a Second Leiut at 40/ month Wherefore Your Petitioner humbly prays the Consideration of your Excellency & Hon's that he may have a reasonable Augmentation of his Wages for his Extraordinary Service & a proper allowance for Loss of time & Charge of Doctors & Your Petitioner Shall ever pray as in Duty BoundEzekiel Pitman In Council May 15th 1746 read & ordred to be Sent Down to ye House Theod Atkinson Sery alowd 2. O. O [3-200] [John Goffe's Account and Memorial, 1746.] Decbr 18th wated till ye 23 at which time I Recd His Exelay orders for Inlisting 20 Efective men which I did and at the Same time cared up the ammunition Feby 10th came down accordin to his Exelys order to Give an accompt of my march and the 19th the assembly voted 10 men more to be added to my Scout and the Gover Gave me an order to Inlist or Impress them and Carred up the ammunition for 30 men March 29th came Down again to Give the Gover an accompt of my marches at which time his Exeley Gave me orders to go Imeadatly to cantuerbury to Dismiss the men which I did by ye 5th of apriel to Mr James Jeffery for drawing my muster Rols To His Exelency Govener the Honble the Counsel and House of Repestetive In Gen" Cort convened The Petion of John Goffe Humbley Shueth that your Petitioner has ben at a Grate charge as by the accompt above and prays that your Exelcy and honrs would make him Som allowence and your Petter as In Duty bound Shall Ever Pray may ye 22nd 1746 John Goffe In the House of Representatives May 23rd 1746 N Hampsh' Voted - That Capt Goffe be allow'd fifty Shillings in full of ye above account to be pd out of ye Money in yé Treasury for ye Defence of Government In Council Eodm Die read & Concurrd Eodm Die Assented to [4-1] D Peirce Clk Theodore Atkinson Secry B Wentworth [Petition from Daniel Doe, of Durham, dated May 23, 1746. He stated that he was in the Louisbourg expedition under "Capt John Furnel"; was taken sick with a fever and sent home. He was allowed £2. 10. o. to pay his doctor's bill. - ED.] [4-5] [Bill of "Nathanael Lang Junr, ferray man" for ferrying men to the fort at New Castle, dated June 2, 1746. Allowed £3. 3. 6., December 11, 1747. — ED.] [4-6] [Petition of George Thompson, Louisbourg Soldier, who was subsequently Impressed, 1746.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Capt General Governor & Commander in Chief in & Over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire the Honble His Majestys Council & House of Representatives for Said Province in General Assembly Convened — July Ist 1746 Humbly Shews George Thompson of Portsmouth in Said Prove Joiner That he was one of those Soldiers in the Late Expedition [Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth.] against Louisbourg that made the Attack on the Island Battery in which he lost his Gun (tho' he fought the Fort with another which belonged to some other Person disabled) & was one of those who thro' the favour of Heaven got off without Personal Damage. That he was Sent to france in one of the Transports & after his Arrival at Portsmo in England from france was pressd on Board His Majestys Ship the Princess Royal (notwithstanding he had Commodore Warrens Protection) & then turn'd over to His Majestys Ship the Grand Turk a twenty Gun Ship in which he was Sent out upon a Cruise in which Ships he Servd about ten weeks & left the Ship he was last in at Lisbon & at his Arrival at Boston was again pressd on Board Capt Rouse where he Servd Eleven Weeks & then left him — That this Pressing from first to Last was Contrary to the Promises made to the Persons who went in the said Transports & Considering their Services & Sufferings therein was Cruel & hard usage and Especially as your Petitioners Case was being Oblig'd to make his Escape at any Rate to Obtain his Liberty by which he lost his Clothing & all that he had Except the few Rags (& their usual Inhabitants) on his Back Wherefore he humbly Prays he may have the Compassion of this Honble Court that as his fortune in this Expedition has been So Peculiarly hard he may have Some farther allowance made him (having had only the Common Wages to the time he was put on Board the Transport) & that his Repeated Misfortunes may be Alleviated by Such a Recompence as in Your Great Wisdom & Goodness You Shall think meet & your Petitioner as in duty Bound shall Ever pray &c Gorg Tomson Theod Atkinson Sery In Council July 2d 1746-read & Sent Down alowd £8. o. o [4-7] [Petition of Lieutenant Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Capt General & Commander in Chief in & Over His Majestys Province of New Hampshire the Honble His Majestys Council & House of Representatives for Said Province in General Assembly Convened July 3rd 1746 — The Humble Petition of Ezekiel Worthan of Kensington in Sa Prov Gent. Shews That he went to Louisbourg a Lieut of Capt Jonathan Prescut's Company under whom he Servd in that Office until his Decease But from the time of his being taken Sick & afterward to the time of the Discharge of the said Company Your Petitioner did the Duty of a Capt of Said Company whereby his care & Labour was greatly Increased and the difficulties of Duty much greater than they would have been had he been only a Lieut under so good a Capt as the said Prescut was Wherefore your Petitioner Humbly Prays that as by the afores means a greater Burthen fell on him (as he did the duty & had the Care of a Captain to the Said Company (which was as large as any there) for the whole time afores) so he may be allowd the full pay of a Captain or the same which his Captain had or was to have had if he had Livd and Your Petitioner as in duty Bound Shall ever Pray &c Ezekiel Worthan In Council July 3d 1746 read & ordred to be Sent Down to the Honble House Theodore Atkinson Sey In the House of Representatives August 1st 1746 [4-8] [Petition of Daniel Bean, of Kingston, dated July 4, 1746. Stated that he was taken sick at Louisbourg and sent home; wanted an allowance. ED.] [4-9] [Memorial of Henry Marshall, Louisbourg soldier, who stated that he was charged for more equipments than he and his son, also a soldier, received. Allowed. ED.] [4-10] [Petition relative to a Slave of Theodore Atkinson who was in the Louisbourg Expedition.] Prov: of To His Excelency Benning Wentworth Esq GoverNew Hamp nour &ca To the Honble his Majty Council And to |