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Records of the Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, 1714-1768


JOURNAL OF COLONEL JOHN WINSLOW. 197

CAMP BEAUSEJOUR JULY 6TH 1755.      
 
      We the Subscribers being Desiered by Capt Nathan Adams & Lievt Oliver Noyce to reconsile their Differance and Vindicate the the Charracter of Capt Adams from the False aspertions that has been Publickly, Imprudently & inadvertently made by sd Noyce. think Proper that Mr Noyce on the Perade to-morrow Morning after Prayers Make the following acknoldgement before the Commission officers of Both Battallions viz That he had Imprudently and Inadvertently Spread a False reporte of Capt Adams behaviour and Good Conduct at the Block house at Ponte Debute and ask his Pardon for the Same.  
      BENJA GOLDTHWAIT. ABIJAH WILLARD, THOS SPEAKMAN, P. GOODFREE CAST, JOHN THOMAS.  
which was Complyd with.      
 
      And afterwards Sergt Brewer Made an acknoldgement at the Head of the Regt that he raisd the False reporte and Capt Adams forgave him.



     
 
THE ORDERS OF THE DAY CAMP CUMBERLAND, JULY 6TH.      
 
      Parole Whitehall.  

To Colo Winslow or officer
 
      Commanding in Camp. }
T. MONCREIFF.



     
 

THE ORDERS OF THE DAY.
 

FORTE CUMBERLAND CAMP, JULY 7TH, 1755.      
 

Parole Hampton Court.
 

      Colo Monckton Desiers the officers Commanding the Two New England Battallions take Care that their Captains Provide their Men with Shirts and other Necessarys who having observed Many of them who have Not Changed their Shirts Since their First putting them on at Boston. Likewise Many of them he has taken Notice are in Great want of Shoes & Stockings.  

To Colo Winslow or officer
 
      Commanding in Camp.}
T. MONCREIFFE.      
 



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