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will be Impossible on a Future Occation to raise men to assist Nova Scotia from New England, as one Great Principal with our People is Honr and Good usage and the Consequence of the reverse and what may happen next year I Cant be answerable for.
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You will Pardone me Sir, this Freedome which my attachment to the Kings Service & these Provinces has Drawn from me.
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I am Persuaded Sir that you will Immediatly Dispatch ye Boat Back that we may have Some account what is about. am with the Greatest regards your Most Obediant & Most Humble Servant,
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JOHN WINSLOW.
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To Lievt Colo Monckton, Commanding his Majtys Forces at Chignecto &c.
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GRAND PRE CAMP, SEPTEMBR 19TH, 1755.
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DEAR SIR.
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I reced yours of the 24th of Augst & 5th of September and am Sorry to hear of the Defeat of part of the Detachment under Major Frye, the Loss of Doctr March &c, these are ye Misfortunes of War Generally Occationed by mens not keeping them Selves in Bodies, am Troubled at the uneasiness arisen in your Camp throh to Say No worse the Misconduct of officers of our Regiment and as to Capt Malcolns affair, if he had been used Ill it is Pitty he had not Called the Man that did him Injury to an account & asked Leave afterwards, as to Mr. Bowin's Fal Lal I have wrote Colo Moncton these words vizt. am Sorrey to hear So many uneasinesses Occationed by Mr. Bowin in our Regiment he ought to remember how desierous he was to Come into it, as to his Saying that Major Preble & I were Less than Cyphers in the Regiment, it is taken a Good Deal of undecent Freedom, but regard it no more than a Different Sound from any other Annimil, but this is to be Considered that the acquission of this Province to the British Interest in Queen Anns time, was as Much owing to the New England Troops as the reduction of Beausejour was this year, and without the assistance of Men from thence this Country must have Ineviable Fell into the Hands of the French Last year, and there is no other Sorse in time of Dificulty to be Depended on for Soldiers but in the Same Channel, and I Doubt if the Present Set of Men Now here Valuable in them Selves and in their Country are Slighted it will be Impossible on a Future Occation to raise Men to assist Nova Scotia from New England on any account as one Great Principal with our People is Honr and Good Usage and the Consequence of what may Hapen from the Contrary I wonte be answerable for Even the next year. you will Pardone Sir this Freedom which the attachment I have for the King's Service and these Provinces has drawn from me. Thus Far he —
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I wish you all happy and Easey in Every regard, and Now inform you that we have Fifty men private of our party, Two Serjants & Two
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