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JOURNAL OF COLONEL JOHN WINSLOW. |
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that on any Kinde to the Prejudice of any officer Much more your Self, as to Capt Malcon he is Confined by me for Coming to me and desiring My Leave to take Satisfaction him Self of Mr. Bowin, whom he Said had Given him the Lye. which by the 3rd article of the 7th Section of the articles of war I was obliged to take Notice of.
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I hope Sir that your Self & Gentlemen under your Command are well to whome I beg My Complements and am Sir your Most Obedient Humble Servant.
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ROBT MONCKTON.
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On His Majtys Service to Lievt Colo Winslow Commanding his Majtys Forces at Mines.
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CAMP CUMBERLAND SEPTEMBR 24TH 1755.
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DEAR SIR,
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yours of the 29th Septembr I yesterday reced of the Pleasure & hope These will Find you in Health as they Leave me, I have Lately taken a Tower by Colo Moncktons Orders to Bay Verte with four Hundred men Occationed by ye reporte of our Centrys that they had heard Several Cannon Fired Toward ye Place Gave us reason to Suspect they were attackt, but Found it all Safe. Capt Cobb Lives there at the Fountaine head he has a Drove of Cattle a Flock of Sheep and a Herd of a Swine among which are a Swarm of Sucking Piggs & Many old Sows Pregnant. So that he will be able to Furnish the Spit with a Fine Pig Every Day for Six Months, So Much for Eatables, and for Drink he has Three or Four Hundred Gallons of Fine Clarret of which I took a Harty Such and wish with all my Soul you had a Cask of it. I was ordered to Burn the Great Store houses and all the Buildings between that & this Place Olake Included which amounted to 167 Houses & Barnes, we returned in the Last Terrible Storme we had our men all most washt to Death, their Tent a Floate and many Blown Down. Colo Scott and I waited on Colo Monckton and Desierd that he would Give Liberty that Some of our Men Should Go into the Forte to Shelter them from the Storm he Gave us for answer that there was no room when we Pointed out Places that would Hold a Great Number of our Men he replyed he Should Consider of that, and order it him Self when he Thought Proper, on which I Told him if we were to be Treated in this maner these were the Last Troops that it would be Possible to raise in New England, and that I thought there ought to be no Differance made We returned Very much Disatifyed and Colo Scott has not been at his Table Since but he Sent Mr. Moncrieffe Soon after us and Gave Liberty for Some of the men to Shelter them Selves in the Forte, Two Men arived this Morning from Gaspereau Forte who Informs that they are very Sickley, A Vessel arived a Few Days past from New yorke but brings no news worth observing. I Long to Leave this Hated Place, which is now become the most Disagreable one
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