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surrender thro' the want of the aforesaid necessarys; to prevent which is my sole motive, thro' the advice of the Officers, for keeping the Massachusetts Auxiliary, & to Draw as aforesaid, which I hope will meet with approbation, & due acceptance; & as I am told, if the French ships dont come this fall, that they will be with us very early in the Spring, we live in hopes we shall have the seasonable protection of some of his Majesty's ships of war with a reenforcement of Troops of a superior force, which is humbly recommended, & earnestly Desir'd, by
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Right Honourable
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Yor Lordships most Obdt & hume. Servt
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P. MASCARENE
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The Right Honble
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Ye Lords Commissrs
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for Trade & Plants.
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Gov. Mascarene to Lords of Trade.
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RIGHT HONORABLE
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Since the foregoing, some of the people who came last from New England, having at their Landing & before they were thoroughly acquainted with ye place, straggled about the Gardens from whence the Enemy has been us'd to annoy us they soon brought the French and Indians upon them, & thereby a pretty smart Engagement as I was ohlig’d to send assistance to our men & the Enemy pour'd their partys thick on them; As we had at that time a strong Detachment down our Bason to fetch firewood, under cover of the arm'd Brigantine which convey'd our last Reinforcement, I was loath to let the Engagement go too far & order’d our men to retreat, we lost a Sergeant & had a private man slightly wounded; By the Enemy's not advancing & ceasing firing, on our men retreating, we have reason to believe the damage we did them is not inconsiderable the rather that some of our French Inhabitants, coming to us for the first time this month past, to ask the reason of some of their houses being burnt, which, happen'd during the time of this last engagement, are since return'd to acquaint me that the Enemy was marching up our river with an intention as they thought to return to Menis.
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This shews how much tho preservation of this place is owing to the Reinforcement we have received from the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, & how necessary it is to set In-
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