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JOURNAL OF COLONEL JOHN WINSLOW. |
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will Proceed according to our wishes. The Gents Joyne me in our Best Complements to you & the Doctr & I am with Great Esteem Dr Sir your most obediant
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humble Servant,
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A. MURRAY.
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On his Majesty's Service to Colo John Winslow, Commandg his Majesty's Troops at Grand Pre.
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1755 Augt 31. Sunday. Dispatched Leivt Crooker in the Large whale Boat with the Halifax Letters together with mine to Colo Monckton in the afternoon Took a Touer with Doctr Whitworth & Mr. Gay & 50 men Two Third parts round Grand Pre. Finde abundance of wheat &c on the Ground. returned in the Evening.
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GRAND PRE, SEPTEMBER 1ST 1755.
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DR SIR,
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I am Favoured with yours of yesterday with the Boats and have this Morning Detached Lievt Buckley with one Serjant, one Corporal and Thirty Private men with your Serjant & Party. I purpose to pay you a Vissit Tomorrow Morning & Conclude all Matters, am to Inform you that three of the Transports are arivd and that the Inhabitants have been on Board them and Inquisitive to Know their Arant, but as I was Early with the Masters Gave them Instructions to Say they were Come to attend me and Troops where Ever I Pleased. Those Transportes Inform me that there is Eleven Sail more Coming from Boston and would Sail in a Fue Days. Could wish Mr. Saul was here with ye Provissions.
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as I Shall So Soon See you Shall ad no more then to Subscribe your Sincere Frind & Most obedient & Most Humble Servt.
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JOHN WINSLOW.
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On His Majty's Service to Capt. Murray Commander of his Majty's Forte Edward.
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Camp at Grand Pre, Sept 1st, 1755. Parole, Annapolis Royall. It is ordered that Capt Adams, Two Subalterns, 3 Serjants, 3 Corporals and 60 Private Men hold them Selves in readiness to March tomorrow Morning Early, that a Whale Boats Company be ready to attend Lievt Colo Winslow at Day Break.
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To Prevent Stragling the roll to be Cald for the Future at Eight of the Clock in the Morning and at Beating Tatoo at Sun Setting and no Person allowed to go without the Picketts after that. but upon Exstrodenary Occations and the men to be Cautioned to Get what
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