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 V A V E R S 
 
 KI'LATHK TO J'ill. STAT:' O! DUTAc i 
 
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 jSTova Scotia aficl New UrunfuicL 
 
 Ordered to bt printed \-,tb March 1794, 
 
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 PAPERS relative to the State of Defen 
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 N' I. Extraa of a Letter from Lieut. Governor Wentw-orth to 
 Mr. Secretary Dundas ; dated Halifax, 2;d March 
 
 I AM diligently taking preparatory Steps for calling out die internal 
 1-orce of the Provnce whenever His Majcfty's Service may requ.re 
 
 adembled readily, ia caic that Mealurc fliould beconw TKceflary ^ 
 
 
 
 
 N" 2 Extraft of a Letter from Lieur. Governor Wentwortli ta 
 Mr. Secretary Dundas ; dated Halifax, i2d March 
 '793- 
 
 I AM deeply penetrated wuh the moft graceful Sentiments, fortheCon- 
 njerat.nn H.sMaiefty's Servants have i.een pleafed to take on mv Pro,,,,! 1 
 f^>rra.nnK a Pn.vmaal Reg.ment, whi.h I cm complete ina'vcrv horc 
 
 ^r'r7l A^ '">r'^'^"''^' ^^ ^'''''^'' and would be a great and 
 molt Xcful Ad J.t.on of I orce ro His Majefty's Service ; more particularly 
 in Cafes of Lmergcney, or mimical Attempts on thefe Provinces, wherein, 
 from their I^nowled^e of the Countrv, their Habits of Travcl]in<^ and 
 JiarL.'bip, they might be of iin-ular Utility. 
 
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 'N' 1. r.xtrnd or a Letter froiu l.iiMit. (Jncinor WVntwort'i m 
 Mr. Sccirtary DuniliSi tliU'il Halifix, Nova Scotia, 
 2i1 May I79J. 
 
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 I llAVr had the I hvionr to rfc.ivi'yotir 1 .rtlcr to irc, (hurd Whit' !i.ill, 
 Sih ribniny 179.I, lif^Miifvinc; Ui^ Majclly's Commanils th it I llioiild in- 
 flantlv t.iki- the Steps nccclTaiy to raill- a Corps of fioc Men ; and that ! Jis 
 Maifftv was inoft gratioiilly pU-aftd to aihiw nic to lie Cohjiul of laid 
 Corps. 
 
 I mofl hiiniWv intrcat Pcriniirion to cxprt-fs that I (~-A the hiii;hdt .iiul 
 moll dutiful Si-nle of this MarU dI'IIis M.ijclby's moll fi.uinus (.Dndclccii- 
 ficn and Koyal I'avoiir, whith iiuill aniiiiatc my iiiuc'arin;» Zeal and I'.xir- 
 tions in I lis Mnjilly's Sirviro. 
 
 Ill humbli- Obci'i.-nci- tiiirito, I iiiimcdiatciy i.Tiu-d Orders tor cnlifiii.g 
 Men, and havf now Ivii^luy attitlid, and in il.f H.uracks ir\ this T'n»uj 
 Twi-niy of v.lio.n licinii wanted by HrigadiiT Ci lU-ial O.rdvio and Ca:;;.i!:i 
 Affleck, for tht Expedition now proceeding under th.-ir Comir.ar.d, otiirod 
 to <;() on Board the Vcllils voluntarily, but, having fitice procured Men 
 more ulid to the Sea, Captain Affleck has dilpcnli- 1 with tht-ir .Service.. 
 I have not any Keturns from the Rctruiting I'aities in the Countiy, but 
 hear generally that they arc very lurcefiful, inloimicli that I have tiie fidicll 
 Hope to complete the Repimcnt in a few M.jiiilis. 
 
 In Obedience to His Majilly's Commands, I fi^'nilicd to lieutenant 
 Colonel Kdbiniijii, and lintc I have had the Honour to recrivc y'.'ur Ixttcr, 
 of the 17th February 1793, 1 ligniHcd to M.ijor Barclay His Majelly's 
 I'leafure, in his Noiiiination to be Lieutenant Colonel of ilie Regiment to 
 be raifed in Nova hcotia. From the former I have not received any An- 
 'fwer, as the Poll is not yet arrived. 
 
 Major Barclay is highly fenfible of, and humbly grateful for tiie Honour 
 done him in, this Mark of the Royal Favour, and is ready in every Way to 
 exert his belt Abilities in His Majclly's .^eivice, wliich heconfuUrs mav be 
 moft ctFeclually promoted by hii being empi'iyeil to raife a Rtgimrnt of 
 Militia Volunteers to be commanded by relpeclable Half P.»y Otficers, 
 and cornpoled of Men who have fervctl oniler tlum re!'pec1iv>ly, and who 
 from tlicir having F.ums and Familie-, cannot en'ifl. in t'le Regiment now 
 raifing. This Regiment to conlilt of 'len choicn Conipan.es, Two of 
 which to be Artillery, and One of Horfe, to be well diicipl ned, ad reaily 
 to march to the Defence of any Part of the Province— and more pariicu- 
 larly to defend that Part of the I'rovince which is mr.il cxpofcd to holllle 
 Incurfiuns on the Da>3 of S.mic Mary's, Anna;io!;s, and iMindv, to be paid 
 and fubfuUd only vd-.en aduaiiy empl(.yed and caliid agiin.t an I'.nemy, 
 and no othci F.xpence whatever. This Coij-s, to ce^nfiit of i,coo Men, 
 will be of the highell Utility to His M ijeily's SLrvice, and indeed almolt 
 eJTential to the bafety of the I'lovince, wj-.ile His Mijefty's regular illab- 
 lilhed Rej.'|-,iienis are withdrav.ii. I have therefore acceded to his Requcfl 
 to relign his Noii ination, and to be impl'iyed in the Militia Regiment, 
 where, I am perfuadcd, he can be mote ufeful to His Majclly's bcrvice, 
 
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 anil wlmli will all'o br more ronvrnii'iit to hii private Afiairs, rfpecially as 
 he is SjicakcT of tin: I Joule «( A(1Vml)ly in tlii^ Province. 
 
 C.ipt. Howf, |,iti'ofHi»MiiifH''u n4i!i, .in.iC.ipt. Al^lriil'^i-, Litcof Hii 
 Majclly's 40ih Rf(;nnrn^, ap|)lir(| to Lrw in tliis Ri-gimcnt upon H.ih 
 I'ny only, and without Claim of k;ink. Mr. Tongr, n )W Ailjotant, ami 
 en I.e;iV(.' froimlic dotl', lias;ill'> ofilic'd his Scrvuf:. upon the l.iinc TcTini. 
 As thclc Gentlemen aic liiglily I'-fpid.iWe m this I'ruviiite, ..nd pre enii 
 j,ently ilillingiiiilicci fi.r their Niilltary .\' coniplilhmcnts, ami may bcof ilir 
 ^'icatdt Service in lorininna new-railed l\e;»imeni, and noKxp/nce incurred 
 by (iovernn-ent thereby, I have tliou^ltt it txceedinj^lv Ivnefieid for the 
 Kin;;'s Service to employ iht 111 in raifin;.^ and liiu ipliiiin;,' the Regiment, 
 lint;! H's Maj ilvb Pleafure is fi ;ni(ie I, upon tlieir h.ivin;; Co;r. r.iHior.i 
 rclpedivcly. T!ie Knfif^ns upon Half I'ay, refident in this Province, are 
 generally married, have l-'amilici, are lettieLl upon I'arms, and of fiicii an 
 aiie.'.ncetl At^e, iliat it winiki be exceedingly tlerrimcntal t.; t!icm to leave 
 tliiir rcfpciftivc Situations, .in.H |')i;i the Xov.i Scotia Regiment. It will 
 tiiere'lire be necelFiry for iiie to nomiii.ite Cijntlcmeii properly qualified, 
 who, being free of Inciimbr»nces, will fcrvc 0,1 Half Pay, uatil His Ma 
 jelly's PIcal'uic is known. In the Nomination to the other Commiirions, 
 I lli.ill iivill attentively endeavour to jutkify the Conridonce you arc plealed 
 ti honour me v/ith, both in the bell [loliilile CKconomy, and in rccom- 
 mendin;.; for CommilFions from tlie fole Mjtives of the moll upright 
 Duty to 1 lis Majelly's Service. 
 
 Witli the utniort Deference I entreat your f.ivourab!e Re:o.nmendation 
 (or I lis M.ijefty'b itioH gi.uiou.. Permillion to call t!iis " J'he King's Nova 
 Scotia Regiiiuni," an I loniyiir whicii the Regimciu will endeavour to juftify 
 bv their unremitted I'liieliiy and eiiui;jus L'xeitions in J lis Majelly's 
 .Service. 
 
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 N" 4. Ksrrai^ of a l.etfi f'-om Lieut. Governor VVentworth to 
 Mr. Secretary *,.:i' Lis ; dated Halifax, ;iJth May 179.?. 
 
 Til I S Town beins? left with (o fn.iil a Garrifon, and Apprehenfions 
 prevailing amoni; the Inh.iliitants tor tlie Safety of the Place, I have ex- 
 <Tted every podible Diligence to recruit the Regiment, which now exceeds 
 '1 hree hundred and Tliirty. Two hu'idred and 8ix'.5--nine of them ar; 
 in this (iarrilbn, and completely Ht fi>r Duty ; die Remainder arc on Re- 
 cruiting Parties, or on their VV.'.y to iuin tlie 11 'giinenr. * 
 
 It has been abfolutelv nece'Jary to aM-iieiit the Levy Money, whie|i I 
 will ufe my utmoft Endeavours to averag- as low as jvjflible ; and 1 trull, 
 in a (liort Time, to have the Ilonour to report the Regimcnr contplcic, 
 -and a fine Body of Men, as the prtlciu Numbers are. 
 
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 N* 5- r>.tr,i:t of.i l.'.-itT fr(vn I.i.ut. (nw>r-;*.3r V,'.'irwr,ri!i to 
 Mr. Scdctiry DMrnUs j tht.-.l Halifax, jt'. June 179^ 
 
 Till', Militia nrc !" inning witli priMt /.'•.il iin;! A;'\ivity i:v.o apiiwi'i • 
 inl lUffni-i' for tlif rnvinci'i rln; Krpin cnt l-cl'ingin^ to tills Town iiir 
 jicar dcu ll'onr— rdirili't -Iv annal fVoni Fli"" M li'ily"-. Onlii.iiuN- OfViOL'; 
 biMnt^tluuiK-Ufs liivc tlic orlur Militii of tlu- I'mvr.cc, prrlijn.iily m- 
 proviili'i!. 'I I'.cfc air Two D.ivs i-a.-n Wak criiboili tl aiiil 1 ainril. To 
 tl.c\ii AU" a:!J.ril a C( mjMny of Ai'illcrv, conii'.iiii,; of 5^1 of tin- priniii-il 
 ^K■rlllarus an 1 rriTlio!>!frs in the Town, wlio arc daily cxcrcilal in iIkh- 
 Dmv i r.lfo ai!r.i\l from I lis Maidlv'. i;u'n inrc Olni;-, aivl arc to j:i!i 
 t!ii:v.!clvi's iindiT Mis M.ijdly"!. Artillery Oiiici-r in tii.s (jarilon, in cafe 
 of anv Invafionor otiuT Kinirpt-niy. 1 licfc 'I'wo Corps arc to alUmbic 
 in Fi;"rcfn M'niitt. A'.nrni upon tl,f I'.iiaJc in this (larrifonj .mil, I am 
 pirfnavliii.vviil piow a (,'ooil Boily of iMi;i, as ir my of tiuni liivc firvcJ 
 in tlie Army, ami t at Oliiccrs aro r^tptc;..lilf atil ixpiMicMcc''. I hive 
 tik' n Si'Ciiiity for Kaiira of all the A'ins ami AiTooiram-nts illlni-i fiom 
 till.' Otdtiincc Otr>-i, wlit-ncver they iray JK-rcqiiirfil. 
 
 Tlif Rr imi'.u lot mill;; uniiir Color.-.l Jai s IVlancy, and Lieutenant 
 Coloiid iliumas Pan lay, of t.)n(; ihoul'and dioji n Men, moil of wlioin 
 have been in the Armv, ami arc comnianiicd by OtVuers upon Half I'ay, 
 who, rpon tliis OceafiO!!, with great I -oyahv ami Auaehinent to His 
 Majt"y'!> .Service, vcluntirily t nr.a^n' ia this Kef^invnt, and when armed 
 I'rom the Ordn.inrc Otl'i c (tlicrc beinj; nuneothvr in the Conntrv) they 
 (n;M;^e 10 liifend, to their uniiort I'lAver, the Coalls on .Sair.t Mary's, 
 Aniiapilis, and the lj..y of l-'undy ; .md witii tlie greatell pollible Speal, 
 to re|vair to any oiln-r F'art of the I'lovince that may be invaded, 'T 
 ^vlienevir they recr;ve my Orders ('iv that I'iir| ole Ai mult <ir them 
 have 1 lorfes., thi.-. C'orjis would in the Courfc of !• ive D.'.vs i)e allenihleu 
 in any Part of the I'rovince. The other Re"iments of Militia are farm- 
 ing as fall as polhble i and J luivc the i^reatell I'leafore m reprel'eiuiii.^ 
 that both Men and ()l; eeis meet my Endeavours for His Majetly'b Suvicc 
 with ilie preati !l Alacniy. 
 
 I h.id i!ie Honour to receive tlic liillrurtions from the Maflcr Gener.il 
 of the CrdiKuice, and ililivered tivin to the principal Officer in this 
 Ciarrifon, uho his ilU; -d A;;mand Aeu)u;rcm nts lor Ijis M ijeily':. Re- 
 giment now railinv; u;.dcr my Command. Tnerc are aifo in .Sto:e many 
 more than will be wanted for tile lUjMiient railin;:; in New Ilrunfwitk, and 
 of the bell (^lality. I iiave been very luccefsful in kecruiting, b?inj iiuw 
 nbout 400 >>i:n; and have tlv: bell i'rofpccl of ii's being fooa my Duty 
 10 report the K(;',iiiKnt complete. 
 
 Commodore (ieorge failed the 31II May from this Harbour, in His 
 Majcliy's Irigate The Huir,.r, to keep the Coalls clrar of any holldo 
 Cruizeri thai may .ittempt id annoy the Trade or Settlements to the Well- 
 ward i and alio to prote't the Traiifports exjuvted from New Bruniwick, 
 witii His .M.ijelly's ()th K'jriment of loot, to make up a l-'iecc wuli the 
 f)5th, to proceed to B.wb.idoes, under Convoy of The Alligator, upon her 
 Arrival witli Hii^adi -r (nneral O^ilvie and the Troops fruiii be. Pierre's 
 • in Newfoundland, vvhiJi may be about the 1 jth Inllant. 
 
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 N* 6. Entraift uf .i Ixttcr from Lieut. Governor Wtn'.wuitli 
 to Mr. Secretary Dunilas; data! llaliiux, :jd July 
 1793* 
 
 I B KG I^ave to reprcfent, witli the iitmoft Rcf|H(ft, tli.it on the 19th 
 Jnftant His Majcfty's Frigate The Bollon appeared otl'ihjs I larljuir to take 
 a Pilot for the American Coafh i upon which Bripaditr (itmral Of'jlvie 
 ordered the Signals of Al.irin to be made. I'he King's Nova .Scotia Re. 
 giuicnt were in a few Minutes paraded, and the Firll iJattalion of JIalif'aic 
 Mihtia aflcmbled, completely armed, in Iiftien Minutes, before thcGovern- 
 iHcnt Houfe. It gives mc great IMeafure in reporting the Alacrity and 
 Loyalty this Militia Battalion manifelled u|)on thisOccafion; and I am 
 fully perfuadcd they will amply jullify mv Confidence in them, whencvei 
 His Majefty's Service may call them info Action. The Alarm Signals 
 were fujjprelTed before they had reached the other Militia, who are all re- 
 gulated to march with Difpatch to whatever i'art of the Province the Sign.ils 
 of Alarm require theiiii cicli Man with a Blanket, Ten Days I'rovifions 
 and the belt Aims lie can procure. In caU of any Invafion on this Town, 
 I Will in Twenty Minutes }'iit under the Command of Brig.idier Cicner.tl 
 Ogilvie 900 Militia, in Two Hours to In- reinforced with 600, being the Se- 
 cond Battalion, who refule a few Miles round t.'ic Town ; anil thele as fad a> 
 pollible, by the Militia lA-irnm of Nova Scotia, confilling of 1,000 effec- 
 tive Men, commantled by Colonel Barclay, ami other refpedable Officers 
 upon Half Pay. The Privates many of them having lerved lad War, 
 thefe arc jireparcd with Horfes to exi)eilite, and Arrangements are talien 
 to move inftantly toward the I'lace of Ahirm, and there form under their 
 rcfptdtive Companies. 
 
 The C ompany of Militia Artillery of this Town were among the l-i:!; 
 on the Parade, comj)letely armed, and cluathed in Uniform, at tlieir owr^ 
 I'.xpence. They continue Daily, and with unwearied Diligence, to prepare 
 themfelves (or Ufclulncfs with the Divifion of Royal Artillery in this Gar- 
 rifon, and m.iy be fafcly relied on as an additional Company of 60 Men tj 
 that Corps. Thefe are coiiij oleil ofveiy relpeCtable Men, generally of 
 extenlivc Bufineli» and ProjKrty, both in iliis Country and in I'.ngland. 
 Among the Privates are Men of £. 100 to /;. 6co per Annum clear Ef- 
 tate, wtio from a declared I'riiiciple of I^oyalty, and utter Abhorrence of 
 J'rcnch Democratic Tyranny, h.ive voluntarily offered their Services. 
 
 riie fcmaininj^ Miliiia of thi Province are pcriecHy well dilpofed, and 
 ivill defend His Majelty's Governiiienc faithfully. In cale of I'.niergency 
 4,000 of tliPlc s.ill join nie, and 111 extreme Urgency 2,coo more may be 
 expected i wliich will make the whole Militia StrcDjjth 9,160 Men, includ- 
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 %• 7. r.xtiaifl C)f a I.cuiT from I.Kut. (iovcrnor WtntwortJi ti 
 Mr. Siirit.iry Dnnil.iSi ilatcil Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
 ajth Airiift 1793. 
 
 1 "MOST rrfi-.ertfully beg Ixave to prcfent my prntrfiil Acknowledg- 
 ments (or I In- Honour of your l.rrtrr, ilatrd VMiiti-hall, firh Jiilv 179.1. 
 In t)l)cvlicnrf ilu-rcio, I luvc notifu'd to Major Bayard 1 lis Majc'lly's 
 riraliiic, that Major Koarncv flioiitd fuccccd 10 the Lieutenant Colonelcy 
 of tlic Provinriil Corps raifing under my Command in this IVovince, 
 v.uant bv the Kefuj^nation of Major Barclay ^ and tliat Major Bay.mi 
 fliould fuircid to the Majiiity in the laid Corps, vacant by the Promotion 
 of Liiiiri-nant Colonel Kearney. Major Bayard moll dutifully conforms 
 10 His M.ijcrty's IMeafurci ami it is a Jullice due to him, that I entreat 
 I't riiulfion 10 repitfint that, having hitherto aiftcd .is Lieutenant Colonel 
 of tlie Rt-gnmnt, with indifatigable Zeal, Attention, and Liberality, I 
 have tlurt-by been tnintially aided in raifinu; and ilifi-iplininp; them into 
 .1 Corps thu ()bt.iins the Aj'probation of all Military Men who fee them. 
 The other Arr.ingemciits of the Regiment lliall be carefully .uljulled by 
 llu- Inllrurtions you h:\vr b(in pteafed to fignify. As the Corps has been 
 on l)i!tv fince May lall, it hts been indifiH-nfably neceflar)- to furnifli the 
 Min fome Cloatiiing, which (being Summer) is conrtiied to a Cap, Jacket, 
 Trowfcrs, and Murt, Slioes, Buckles, and Stock. Thefe will lerve for 
 marly l-ive Months, and be much cheaper to Government than the 
 full Cloathing, had tliey arrived in Time j the Accounts wlu-rtof, and the 
 othir Accounts of the RcLriment, arc completing to tin; 24th Auguft, to be 
 tranliiiittid by the next Packet. 
 
 I have prevailed on Btij',adier Cieneral Ogilvic to illue fomc Cannon, 
 Small Arivs, and Ammunition for the Defence of Slulbnrne, Liverpool, 
 Liininburji, and VVindfor, and hope I ihall be as fuccd'sful in Behalf of 
 Biaver Harbour, Country Harbour, and Mancluller, wliere there arc 
 confiderablc Finic ries, and the Two lad promifing Settlements, more cfpe. 
 cially as they folicit but a moderate Supply. 
 
 1 he greater I art of the French Armament mentioned in my Difpatch 
 (N" 25) foon after that Date arrived at New York and Bollon ; and 
 from continually repeated Informations from the United States were 
 mak:n[; Preparations for a Pefcent (as there believeil) on thi« Harbour; 
 and if fucceblul, afterward upon Newfoundland. It therefore became 
 nccen.'iy to repair the Defences; and that the Brigadier General might 
 ii'...kc tiie molt ufctui iJilpofitions, i informed him of the Strength and 
 K -al SitM..t;(;n of the whole Militia, and the Times in which thiy could 
 be ;;(rcmbl(il. Ik has accordingly yiven Orders to the KirlV and Second 
 Battal.or.s cf liaM'ix, and the Artdkry Company, aiid the Men «re en- 
 loikd to thiir uiRcnnt Hattcries and Polh ; from the ' li Battalion he 
 has been fi'rnidieii with ..ble Men in Companits, to tliv: .Jumbcr of 550 
 M»n, unit; prij-er Olliccis, to repair and mount the Batteries, in which 
 iiity have 1 . viyoioiilly exerted tlundelvcs, that all are finiftied for the prc- 
 leiu, and the Lorp:. difir.ilied To-day. 
 
 N' 8. 
 
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 N* 8. Rxtr.\cVol"A letter from Major General Ogilvie to Mr. 
 ' Sccreuiy D«imUsi datcvi TUlilax, Bth Odobcr 179J. 
 
 1 AM to repretVnt th.it tlic Ciarrifiw of this Place confifti, at pre(cnt, 
 only of a wiak Company of Artillery, ami One lunulrcd c(l cl-vc Men of 
 the King's own Kfgiiucnt. 'llut the IVovincial Corpi n^^i by Liciitr- 
 nant Governor Went worth, far from bring complete, at tint Fiinc wants 
 nearly Two hnml-cil M^n upon their Returns. 
 
 In confequcnic of the ftrong Naval Forrr of the Enemy, which has bfen 
 ■for fom« Time upon the American Co.ill, I took early Precautioni for 
 jiutting this Marl><)ur in fuch a State of Defence as our Strength would 
 admit of, by repairing fomc of the Batteries, an;l erecting a new One (in 
 the Room of Two others) wliich lias been rxeruted with the llriAelt 
 Q^'conomy ( ami I have Reafun to trud we fliall be able to repel a con- 
 flJerable Sea l*'orce. Every Afliftance has been afibixlcd to carry thcfe 
 Meafures into Effcift, and for manning the Batteries, by Commodore 
 George and CoiiimilFioner Duncan ; and Lieutenant Governor Wcntworth 
 gave tlic necelTary Dirn^ions for affeinblm;^ the Militia on an Emergency} 
 tliofe of the Town of 1 lalifax afTifted with great Alacrity in repairing the 
 I'evcral Batteries. From the State of the Works on the Citadel Hill, and 
 . tlic other I'ofts, it would have been impraiUcable to have repaired them 
 fo as to be tenable againft a Land Force, from which wc have little Danger 
 to apprehend, until an Enemy can be in I'oflelTion of the Harbour i wc 
 have guarded therefore againlt any Attempt the I-Vench Fleet may be led 
 to make. 
 
 I reported, from Time to Time, to the Commander inChicf at Quebec, 
 the Steps I had taken in fortifying the Harbour. 
 
 N*9. 
 
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 I. 
 V 
 
 N' 
 
 Extrad of a Letter from Lieutenant Governor Wentworth 
 to Mr. Secretary Dundasj dated Halifax, Nova Scotia, 
 lotli Oiftober 179J. 
 
 I REG Lravc moft rcfpe^fully to reprcfcnt, ^hat by Informations 
 I'ucly received from His Maidly's Cooful at Philadelphia, direfted to Com- 
 modore George, and comnuinicatcd to me } aod alfo from various other In- 
 furnution and concurrent Circumftanccs, there is the greateft I^eafon to 
 apprehend an hoAile Defccnt on this Place to bc the immediate Objefl of 
 the French Armament now ready for Sea at New York. Mr. Genet, fincc 
 the Elcape of Mr. Grtlbaud, has fucceeded in re-uniting their Force for an 
 Knterprizc j their Merdunc V'eiTels are laid up, and the Men put on Board 
 the Ships of War; many tranficnt Men have alfo joined them, and Mr. 
 Hamilton, His MajeP.y's Conful in Virginia, writes they have 2,000 Regu- 
 lar Troops. , 
 
 I, imiTif diatcly ronfultctl with, fingadier General Ogilvie and Commif- 
 fioner Dunca'i, who arc both fully of the Opinion that the Expedition is 
 ineoitated againft Halifax } and it was alfo our Opinion that the prcff nt 
 Garrilbn, and the Two Battalions of Militia in the Town and its immedi- 
 ate Vicinity, were not adequate to the Defence of the Town and Hatttour 
 againll luch a Eorce as was coUefted, and may be expefted to attack. 
 Brigadier General Ogilvie was therefore defirous of a Reinforcement from 
 the M.litia, which I communicated to His Majelly's Council, and by their 
 Advice I haveilTued Orders for 1,090 Men to be marched from the Regi- 
 ments of Hantz, King's County, and Annapolis, iritqUalifax, with all pof- 
 fible Dilpatch. Brigadier General Ogilvie will afford all the Barrack 
 Room th..t is unonupii-d j nearly Four hundred can be lodged in the 
 Place I had prepared for the French Prifoners from Saint Pierre, which I 
 had tliL- Honour to report in a former Letter. 
 
 Tlie Strvice will be determined within a Month of this Date, and the 
 Militia difmiffld, diat the Expence will not be great, although the Mea- 
 fure will, in all Probability, bc the Means of faving this T>)wn, and pofTibly 
 Province, from Depredation : Wih this Addition to the (iarrilbn, which I 
 have taken Order to be timely reinforcL-d, Ihinild there be Occafion, ( 
 truft the Security oftliis Place may be faf<ly relied on. 
 
 Every 1 ull'ibie Piepararicni for Defence is made at Shelburnc, Liverpool, 
 and Lunenb.ir 3 ; proper Batteries have been crefted by the Militia in euch 
 Harbour at their own Cuil ; and Brigadier General Ogilvie, at my Requell 
 I'.as ifTiieJ UrdnanC; Anns, and Ainuumition from His Maicfty's Stons tt 
 
 to 
 
 each ot then. Care has alfo been taken for Removal of Property into inac- 
 <-enibie I'laces in the Woodi, and for the fecuie Retreat of the Inhabitanis, 
 Jliouid thi !u c: or Force of the Eu-my fubdue their Defences, and make a 
 Retreat neceiia y, which I a,n perkiaJcd will not bi rcfoncJ to without a dc • 
 tcrmined and fpirir-.-d R.-lifti'ice, 
 
 The 
 
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 the old Works o( cIk- Tort at thcr .nvn l.-.xpnu-e. an:l to defend tlv t - -r 
 of the Country thcmfclves, l,nn^ ai.l.-d with lon.e Cannon An \ni 
 
 1 1.S Majdty s .Stores as loon as 1 can procure and fit the ara.ed Veffe d 
 
 icacd for Hu Mijeny's Service to crrv them round. 
 
 Comniodore U.orgc ir. cn.izinjr on th. Coaih to proteft them and the 
 rade from preJ.uory lnluit..and to convoy a lar^e Malt Ship fron? N w 
 
 Krunf«-.ck to th:s Place, for a further Convoy to KnHand. 
 
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 10. 
 
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 N" 10. Kxtract cS a Letter from Lieut. Govrnicr Wcntv.ortli 
 to Mr. Sccrft.iry Dundiis; dated H.ilifax, Nov.i bcoti.i, 
 9th November 179J. 
 
 Till''- Nova Scotia I'rovinri.il Reqiment pbdly and cheerfully d.) the 
 r.ir gre.itell P.irt of t!ie lluty of this Garrifon, and arc now in an excellent 
 State of Order ;iMii Difcipline. 
 
 TheC! ).i!hiiui;aiiil Accoutrements arc arrived in cood Order, an.l.cxccpr 
 fome little Part of the White Cloth, every Thing is of excellent Q^iality- 
 1 cannot fgfiiciently exprefs the animated Gr.ititude of the whok- Regiment 
 for His Ma'jrRy's moll p/acioiis Favour, in granting the Colours to th.o 
 R'.gimenr, which we will endeavour to prcferve by uncealing Exertion, 
 .Tidelity, and Zeal in HisMajefty's Service. 
 
 In my Letter, N" 2a, I had the Honour to reprefent, that Orders hail 
 been iillied fcr emhodyint^ a Reinforcement of Militia, or t!ie Defence of 
 this Garrifun agaiiill a French Republican Armament, tiun prep.-iriii'i at 
 New York for an F.nterprize againd tliis Town, Newfoundland, and the 
 Briifn Trade navip;a;ing in and near the Cnilpli of Saint Lawrence. About 
 a Tlvjufand and Fifry F.Heftives, exclufive of Ollicers, marched into Town 
 T.-ith :vl pclTible Speed and Alacrity. Pirhnps a finer Body of athletic, 
 healthy, young Men were never aflembled in any CountrVj nor Men more 
 determined to do their Duty. They performed their Marcii witli great 
 Celerity. Captain Wiliett's Company, of Colonel Barcl.iy's Legion, Part 
 o''whcm were on Duty at Annapolis the prccedir.g Day, an.l had marched 
 ll(;me Siueen Miks, niarciied to Halifax, One hundred and Thirty-Hve 
 Miles, in Thirty-fiv; Hours travelling. Every Divilion as they arrived 
 v;ere completely armed from tlie King's Stores, on my Requifition to 
 Brigadier (Jeneral Ogilvie, v.iio alfo with great Readinefs ilfued to them 
 every Accommodation of I'arracks and Neceilaries, thic were unoccupietl 
 by the Troops in tlie Garrifon. The Men immediately applied thcmfelves 
 I'; Military l.xercifes, and, being every Man ufed to Arms, acquired great 
 F.xpertnefs in the molt efiential Parts of tlieir Duty. 
 
 Captains Dtibufay and Rogers inform me t!iic thofe feleifted for the 
 Artillery dillovereil ;iie ii'.oll uncommon lieadinefs at tiie girat (juns, and 
 tlLit they would be perfectly fatistied with their Aid, tliat I think the Ar- 
 tillery would have had f .illcient Strengtii, and have been well ferved. 
 
 It is a very plc.fing Part of my Duty on this Oecalion, to reprefent the 
 loyal and fpiriti-d Conduct of the Militia, who inllandy obeyed their Orders 
 to march, both Men and Officers of every Defcription i nor were they Icfs 
 i--imir.cndable for their Regularity and goovl Order on their Marcli, and 
 iluring their Stay in Town; not One fingle Complaint h.iving been made, 
 or Offence ki'.own amo'ig them. 
 
 It is pa.ticuhrly incumbent on me to mention the ufeful AfTiftance I 
 derived from the difinterelled Zeal, Diligence, and Abilities of Colonel 
 Barclay, Ae.jutant General of the Militia, who came to Town, and con- 
 duced the Bufmtfs with perfeft Propriay, but declined taking the Pay to 
 
 which 
 
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 .hich he was c.ni.lr.1. ns did al!i, Coicnd V.in Cu,il..u!r, of th. Sr-rond 
 H talion orKi.|;'s County Mili'-ia, and L;--ut. Col. low., of the J,.5,ion 
 who It tin- Hemicil of C'or.iiiiodoR- Comv, had the Co.v.i-iand ot hr 
 Wnitia a 'the Elikrn B.utny. where Part of the Olucers and Men ol 'l l.c 
 
 I hiirar wire Rationed. ,,■,-,.• r i , • 
 
 Colonel Brvncr. of the Hants Militia, alfo exerted h.mlcl.cxccedmjy in 
 txt)edi^in"the Quota from iiis K.t;inHT,t. and in re^uLrnig d-.e Service; vx 
 h£a y g ve^ his I'av.&c. f, cbath luch Men of h:s Rq::n.-n: as 
 vx-re molt in Want, and by ev, rv .-.the;- Me;u;s let an excellent l,xan>i,le of 
 Attaehnient and Zeal to I \r. Maielly's Suvir c 
 
 The Acadians fent Seventy-five able ; oun.; ivlcn. fome of them v,a,c,...j 
 Pcal Tv^ tndred Miles Lidedly Cnddul to the K.n.'s herv.ce. and 
 particularly happy in being incorpo.-a-ed w.tn the Kngl.ih 
 ' Durin- the Fxxftatio,. of a Del.ent t .-• Inu.ans anaiyl d m fm 1 
 P-rde^ and alarmed lb;w cklVncelei:. Settlers j thereupon I c hreard Mr. 
 ^r^c^luch Mealures as llct,re 1 ^,^U,Inei; '-- f^'-:: ^^ ^f l^^^'^ 
 from all of them, Rre:-.dv tr. tiie Con.torc ot die ddperfed vctt^i^ers. 
 
 miWh l'5,editiun having been delayed, by va,:;.us ),'hculru-su 
 Pttin' out, longer than M. Gen.t ev.pected, in wlueh 'i nre he found ot 
 ^a"^.ere were Fo.n- thouland Men in Hahiax, and '--^y^^^^^ 
 erefted, determined that their F.^ee w.::. nudetptate u.ck ^^ ^^^'^ 
 and embraced fomc other Ob; -a, tar wlue. the Heet iadcd o.i t.>e c,t.i 
 
 '' mt'no unneceaar. Kxpe.ce mi.hr bo inctn-^l, I ^f^^^!^-";^''^^ 
 with the Advice of Brigadier (i.neral C)^;.!vie. Cm'iiodo.v Ueorg. . and 
 Comiloir Duncan,%nd H. Mai^llv'.. Council as f^on as I o n.u,,ed 
 1 r • , tU^t thr V'-cinv hid -nvcn over their Ob e.!:: hcic, ana w..e 
 
 of the Year. v n- i 
 
 The lalt Divifion marched out of fo.vn leltcrda>. 
 
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 N II. C'iijw (-f a Letter froin Lieut. Goi^crnor VVcntworth to 
 Mr. Sccret.iiy Duml.iSi dated Halifax, Nova Scotij, 
 ajd J.inu.iry 179.?.. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 1 MOST refpe^^fiillv bct^ Lc.ivc to acknowledge the Honour of your 
 Letter, \" 1 :, <i.Ki'd jilt Ortober, 179,^ ; ami in Obedience to I lis Ma- 
 jeltv's CoiuiiiaiKls ilierein fignirii-.i, I am recruiting for the Two additional 
 ComiMMies to which Captains Howe and Aldridge are appointed, agree- 
 ably to the IVTmiirien yovi have been pleafed to ^raiit me -, for which, both 
 thofe Gentlemen unite with me in the higlieil Sentiments of Thankfulneis 
 and RelpeCh 
 
 I think I may with great Confidence reprefent, not only in Behalf of 
 thefe Two Gentlemen, but of tlie whole ReginK'iit, that although they 
 may be intended for the more immediate Defence of this Province, they 
 will cheerfully meet any Duty His Majelly's Service may require in any 
 other of His Majelly's North American Provinces. And I have every 
 Reafon to expeci the Regiment w ill foon be complete, and unanimoufly 
 animated with an carnelt Dcfire of being ufeful to His Majefty's Service, 
 to which they are faithfully devoted. 
 
 Major Bayard, of the Royal Nova Scotia Regiment, rcquefts me to 
 report his rcipeftful Solicitations for His Majelly's Leave to retire upon 
 Half Pay ; which, if it Hiould be His Mijefty's mod gracious Pleafure to 
 grant, it is my Duty humbly to recommend Major George Henry Monk, 
 now on the Half Pay of the late Regiment of Nova Scotia Volunteers, who 
 is perfectly t]uaiified conformable to my Inftrudlions j and is a Gentleman 
 of great ProfcfTional Merit, as well as general Refpedtability and Influence, 
 iavariably applied to the Support of His Majetly's Government. 
 
 I have the Honour to be, with perfeft Deference, 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Your moft dutiful and 
 
 obedient humble Servant, 
 
 (Signed) J. WENT WORTH. 
 
 Right Hon"' Henry Dundas, 
 
 O.ic of His Majefty's principal 
 
 Secretaries of Sta'.e. 
 
 N° I. 
 
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N' 15. 
 
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 -, TATF, of til" FiTcCi'.vc Force at H;iliux, ilKova Scot' 
 alio, a K fTURN of ths- I'.ffe'iive OlTicers, ion-commill 
 l.rclldt ai ll.;lTas dining the Year 179.1; WoMwi< h, 27 F 
 
 S T A r F. of t!,c E 1' r E C r I V !•: l O R C 1 . 5 at H A L I F A X, in 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Dares of 
 
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 Captains 
 
 C 
 
 Ill January 
 
 Detacliment of Artillery 
 
 — 4'.1> and 2ift Regiments 
 
 
 I 
 
 8 
 
 I I 
 
 I February 
 
 — Ditto 
 
 — Ditto — — 
 
 
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 9 
 
 12 
 
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 — — Ditto 
 
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 — — Ditto 
 
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 R E T U R N of the Effective Officers, Non-commiffioned Officers, and Guitners, of the 
 
 HALIFAX durihg the Year 
 
 OFFICERS NAMES. 
 
 Captain - - 
 Capt" Lieut. - 
 
 ift Licuicnants 
 
 . Tho' Deibrifay. 
 . Henry Rogers. 
 
 (Signe 
 
 Lawrence H. Newton, lately promotd tO Captain Lievitcaa^ 
 John Nutting. 
 
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 •e at Iliiliux, ilKova Scotia, ilaiing the Ycir 17931 War OfHce, 28 February 1794. As 
 
 "ciivc OlTicers, ■on-commiirioncd OfHci-rs, anJ Gunners, ./' ilio Royal Regiment of Artillery, 
 i'ear 179.1 ; WoWwi< h. 27 February, 1794. 
 
 5 at HALIFAX, in NOVA SCOTIA, during the Year 1793. 
 
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( -5 ) 
 
 V I J. Fxtrnfls of tl»o Journal of the Halifax Packet 
 Boar, to anti from I alimxi'li, N\w York, ami 
 IlilifaXi in a I^i'tUT fiom Mr. '1 odJ, of jotii 
 St'ptcmbiT 179J. 
 
 •79J- 
 Aiigurt 2t!. 
 
 tjth, 
 
 ARRIVED at New York Two French Stvcntv-f .urs, O.if 
 Frigate, and Two Sloops, from tin- l Iv.fipe.ik, 
 
 Ambufcadc, f.iid to have had 10 Me:i killed, and 16 
 wounded ; her Complement on board 450 Mi ,1. 
 
 The French Men of War in N.v; York, wire 
 
 - 74 Guns, and 4 Ca; ronadei on 
 
 - - - D- 
 
 Le Jupiter, of 
 
 the Poop. 
 Lc Eole - - 
 Le Survilant - 
 L'Ambufcade 
 A Shif) of 
 
 74 
 3'' 
 
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 D* 
 
 D* 
 
 A Brig named Cerf, of i o Guns 
 One Eaftlndia Merchant Ship, anl 14 Weft India SIi.j s, 
 arrived under Convoy of the above i)nii^•, and OiicLll 
 India Ship there befi-re. 
 
 Spoke a Pilot Boat coming in, who told us th..- Cor- 
 cord French Frigate was on the Coail ; foon altJr 
 which I pofitively was informed Ihe was in Bofton. 
 
 From the beft Intelligence I could procure, the und.T-men. 
 tioned French Privateers were cruizing on the C )aft: ot 
 America : 
 
 Jacobin - - - 12 
 Antegeorge - - 12 
 Conqueror of Baftile 10 
 
 Guns. - 
 
 Carmagnole 
 Little Democrat 
 Citizen Genet 
 Friend of the Law 
 Sans Culotte Sch' 
 Sans Culotte Chcb'' 
 Sanfpariel - - - 
 Impromptu - - 
 Orlando Furiofo - 
 
 National Razor - - ^ ~ 1 1 1 
 
 The Republican, of 5 Guns, and 50 Men, taken by the 
 Bofton before her Aftion with I'Ambufcade. . 
 
 14 
 16 
 j6 
 - 8 
 10 
 II 
 16 
 8 
 
 12 
 14 
 
 60 
 60 
 SO 
 
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 120 
 120 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 150 
 
 43 
 100 
 
 Men. 
 
 
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 N* 14. F.xtrat^b from ilic Journals 01' ihf Chcftcrficlit 
 Packet Boat, fiom Faliiioiiilj to I laliux ancf 
 New York ; in Mr. Toilil's, of the i8tU Uecciii- 
 bir 1793. 
 
 
 
 At fLiIifix, 
 
 »79J. 
 Ocloucr 15 til. 
 
 At New York, 
 Novembo- 3d. 
 
 It. 
 
 T n F. Captain and Nine Hands byOrder of liis F.r- 
 cdlency the Governor, to hold thcmlelves in Rculindi 
 to afijli in tranfportin|? TrDops, in cafe of iViceirity, 
 where requifite. 'Ihc Ship to go into Bcdfoni Bafon to 
 reaivc on board fome of the Women Inhabitants of the 
 Town. Militia, to tlic Amount of 5 or 600, niarclicd into 
 Halifax. 
 
 At 7. Abrcaft of Sandy Hookj at 3, paft the French 
 Ship I'crdrix i at Si, lanie too to fto() Fide with the 
 fniall Bower, fiirleil Sails ; at 5, A. M. weighed and 
 nude Sail; at 5 J, the Perdrix firal a (lUn, on whicl» 
 we fired one alfo. Found laying lieie the Ficnch Fri 
 gate L'Anihufcade. 
 
 At II, P. M. received on board tiic Mail. The 
 French Brig L'lmpaticnic iiove lliort, and got all ready 
 for Sea. 
 
 N* 15. F.xtraft from the Journal of the Portland Packet, when 
 laying at Halifax i dated December 3d, 1793. Tranf- 
 mittcd by the PoftMafter General, January Sth, 1794. 
 
 ARRIVED here a Schooner from New York, wlrich brought the fol- 
 lowing Intelligence. — The Chellerfield Packet failed f )r England on tlic 1 4tFi 
 ultimo, and had a very narrow Efcape of being taken in g"ing in'o Sandy 
 Hook. The French Force confided of the Aiubufcade Fn^Ue (which 
 be{^ln to dlfiriantlc when the Schooner failed) ; Perdrbt, 22 Guns, (laying 
 a: tlu' Hook); Gerf, lo Guns, (cruizing for the Odtober Packet). At 
 BoHon, Marfeillois, 22 Nine Pounders j and the Good Intent, 16 Guns, 
 lately ciptui'-i! hum tlie I'.nglifh. In the Chefapcak, the Aftrea, 10 Guns. 
 The Schoonei brought Intelligence, that the French Fleet that had failed 
 from New York, the People had mutinied, and the Fleet bore away for 
 Fraacc. 
 
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 N* i6. STA'M'.MFNT of thediffirent Huterics at H;i\i 
 (d\ m Nova Scotia, with the Numher of Ciuni 
 ininiiual on citli IJattcry ; tranliniiteil the 2ift 
 I'V-bruary 1794, to Mr. Secretary Dumlis by 
 Captain nodgfon, htc BriKadt; Mjijor at Hah 
 fax, Nova Scotia. 
 
 ift— Sandwich Point 1 Two Twelve r.nimlors, on the Top of a very 
 ' " lii^^li Hill, excellently conftruded for the Annoyance of 
 
 Shipping. 
 
 2d.-Voint Pleafant Battery 1 from Four to Six Twenty -four Povm- 
 deis. 
 
 "1 —A inoa excellent new Battery, a few hundred Yards from the One 
 "*' ■ .It Point Pleafant, called Major C.eiirral Ogilvu's Battery i 
 
 it confills of Six Twenty- lonr Pounders, and commands a 
 
 very cxtenfjve Range of the Harbour. 
 
 -ah.-M'Lcan's Battery, fituated on the Halif.»x Side, nearly oppofitc 
 ^ (ieor-e's Illand. from Six.to Eiyht 1 wenty-lour Pounders», 
 
 a Mortar and Howitzer of larjje Siii", and a very excellent 
 
 Furnace for heating Sliot. 
 
 ah -The Citadel Hill, confiding of a Number of Guns of different 
 
 ^ Sizes feveral rhirtcen Inch Mortars, lome 1 lowitzers, alio 
 
 a Baltery en Barbette of '1 lirec Twelve Pounders, well 
 
 calculated to annoy Shipping wiiwi ihey come oppofue the 
 
 Town of 1 lalifax. 
 
 ith -A Battery of fomc Twenty-four Pounders, erefted by Commif- 
 
 4th.-A «^^^;;^.;j3^,.,^.,„ ,„he l)ock Yard, a gu.Kl Defence for that 
 
 PL.ce .iguinll Shipping; alfo anotner on the oppofi c Sho c 
 
 (comnufnly cdleu - he UartP.outii Side ot tnc W ater) equally 
 
 beneficial for the fame Purpole. 
 
 .th -George's Ifland. fituated in the Middle of Halifax 1 Tarbour. near 
 7th. ^<^orgc^^ .j,^^^,^^ . ^ „^^n ,^,,iient Battery on u of Six I ^vx•nry- 
 
 four Pounders, and Two good Furnaces (or heating Shot ; 
 
 alfo feveral other Guns of various Sr/..s, m.ikmg in the 
 
 Whole from Fourteen to Sixteen. 
 
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 8rh.— The Eaftern Battery, ntuttrd nearly opixjfite to GeorRe's Iflim!, 
 (on the Dartnrtouth Side o\ <he VV.iter) fcvcral (nnu 
 mounted there, which will pUy with good Succcfi ou Vef 
 fcU coming up the Harbour. 
 
 The above Statement of the difFcrcttt Batteries at Halifax, i-i Nova Scotit, 
 is given to the bell of Captain Hodgloii's RecoUedlion i though he 
 bcLeves, on tlie Whole, it is tolerably accurate. 
 
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tJ* 17. Copy of a letter from Mr. >»f ;>lii-ti» to Mn Kinn;; datci 
 Adiiiir4lty Ofi'ui-, fidi M.iicli i7y4' 
 
 ( Fourlnclofiires. ) 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Ailmiralry Oftke, 6th March 1794. 
 
 I II A V 1'. it ill Command from my Lords ComminTionirs of the Ad- 
 •niirahy to fend you herewith, for tiie Infoniution of Mr. Srcr.-tury ihindas, 
 'Copies and Extract of fuch L'^tters as have been received fr)mCa|.tiin 
 George, Commanding Officer on the Halifax Station, f.nce the Commence- 
 nient of the War. as relate to the State of Defence of the Province of \oH 
 
 Scotia. I am, 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Your moll obedient 
 
 Iluivble Servant, 
 
 p;i'' STEPULNS. 
 
 J. King, Efq; &c. &c 
 
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 N 1 3. Extnit of a Letter fro.n Capt.iin Rupert (it-oriic, Cim- 
 ir.aniltr of His Majelly's Ship lUillar, ro Mr. Stcp!i'jasi 
 dated Halifax Harbour, ayth Auguft 179J. 
 
 IN my L'. ttrr of i!io :i{l of June, I had the Honour to Ir.forni y u of 
 the Arriv.il of The Al'gator fiom Saint I'iciri-'s t' e O.iy precrdiiijf; and in 
 that of July \l\, that the Two Regiments were embarki-ii, and tiiat I pro- 
 pokd accomp '.nying 1 he Aligator and her Convoy cli ar of tiie Co.iii of 
 America. I h.ive now the Honour to requell that yoii will inform my 
 Lords Cc;n;;vn;oners of the Admiralty, that we failed hence the 3d Julv, 
 and on tiv 161I), beino; in the I.atifide 3:' co, and the Lon-^itude 54 00, 
 I parted Company with Captain Aftktk and the Convoy : It was my In- 
 tention, in mv Way back, to have ranged alona; t!ie Coall of America, but 
 was preventeil by light and contrary \\'inds, nt^t being able to get nearer the 
 Coait than F.iii;hty Leagues, in the Latitude 37' oo, lAhen I was informed by 
 an Americ.in Vcliel, tii;it 1 wol-nnrh SWps of 74 Guns, and i<"ive Frigates, 
 had arrived fro'u Cape Francois with a large Convoy in the Chefapeak. I 
 thought it m> Duty to return here dirccl widi that Iiitclligence, ard I arriv- 
 ed the 5di of Auguit. V\'e have fin.e heard tla: tlie Frencli Squadron 
 arrived at \ew York tlic :d of AuguH, aiitl Hi "vlaic 'v's Coniul G^neril 
 nt Philadelphia informed me that ,111 Attack mi; !it jiofiibly be made upon 
 Halifax or Ncwfoundlanii. We are here |K'rfei5tiy at F.afe refpecling an 
 Attack upon us, having between 40 and 50 heavy Canon (32 and 24 
 I'oundcrs) mounted on the iliffercnt Batteries, One 13 Inch ISiortar and 
 Two 8 Inch Howitzers, with Furnaces fcr heatirg Shot. The Re^i'lnr Troops, 
 vicludni'^ ArtiiUry, and tbd Gciyi net's O.rps-, do no: exceed 6.'o. But we have 
 Two Battalions of Militia, OlFicers, and Artificers of the Yard, Civd 
 Branch (.f the Onlnanci , Scuvicn in Merchant W Hels, and the Crew of 
 IFs M;ijelly's Ship under mv Command ; the larti-r I propafe to [)L;cc in 
 lo.r.eoftlie Batteries, in cafe ofp.n Attack fom Line oi Battle Ships. 
 
 Philip Stephens, F'.fiiuirc, 
 
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 !N* 19. F.xtra6l of a Later from C,i])!:ii:i Rupert Gi'orgc, of FTis 
 Majidy's Ship lluilar, to Mr. Stcplun.i datcj Maugor's 
 Hcach, Entrance of Halifax Ilarbcjiir, 9th Si ptembcr 
 1793- 
 
 1 WROTE fully by the Halifax Packer, which fiikd the :9th ultimo, 
 llnce wiiich nothing particular has happen':'!.!. The State of Security which 
 1 then believed this Place to be in againll any Attack from the i'",ncmy, 
 lias fince received an I ncreafe, by tin Eri.fti;)n of another Battery of Si.x 
 24 Pounders, and the ir.oiinrinn; fome oth.;- Guns; and t,.e piincipal 
 Ports on this Cuart havinj^ bem lujiplied wirh Cannon, Small Arm?, :i.ni 
 Ammuni'ion, are fiippofed to be liiinciently Ihong (at lead) to reiiil: an 
 Attack from Privateers. 
 
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 N' ;o. Copy of a Letter from Captain Rupert Ge:rg;', Com- 
 
 mander of llis Majelty's Ship I luh'ai , to 
 dated at Halifax, i;th 0>5tobcr 179J. 
 
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 HAVTN'G, on the Appearance of Hi^ Slajedy's Sliip iindfr my Com- 
 manvi oV this Harbour, iiad the good Fortune to meet the Q__^^een Char- 
 lotte racket, bound tor ralmouih, i have a Minute to iniorm tr.eir 
 Lord.l'.ips thit ! failed hence on the :;,d iilt. fince wh:ch I a;ich'.)red at 
 lii)lh)n, and have been oil' New York and PhiladJi):iiai and, n('Twiih- 
 itandina former Accounts, have Rcv.fon to fupj)ofe that the Two l-r.nch 
 Line of Battle Shi;:s, 1 e Jipiter, and LT.'-le, and the Frigates, have fome 
 Expedition in View, previous to their Depirture from tliis Coail: for 
 France. I fan onlv add, that we are (in mv r.|/;nioiO prepared to receive 
 tiiem, rtmild tlieir intention be to attack tiiis I'aicof the Province. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 RUPT GEORGE. 
 
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 N° 21. Extra^fl of a Letter fioin Captain Rupert Georg.-, ofTTis 
 Majffty's Ship Iluflar, to Mr. Stephens; dated ilalifix, 
 Harbour, 9th November 179J. 
 
 SINCE my Lert.-i's of 9th. September and i:th October, Duplicates 
 of which I have the Honour to enclofe, I have been lyin;.!;, in Hi^ M.ijdly's 
 Ship under my Command, between George's Ifland and the I'.aftern Bat- 
 tery, to bt in Readinefs to man the Batteries in that Qi^iarter with Part ot" 
 mv Ship's Company, in Ccnlequence of Advic.s received from the Conful 
 General at Philadelphia, and Captain Armftrong at New York, corrobo- 
 rated by Information received by his Excellency Lieutenant Governor 
 Wi-ntv.orth from the fame Quarter, that Le Jupiter wis new Manned and 
 Officered, and (inftead, as was before expefted, that (he would return to 
 France) had joined I^'Eole of 74 Guns, Concord and Prccieufc ot 40, 
 and rwo armed Brigs, and that they were preparing to go upon f)me 
 Expedition under the Command of Admiral Cercey in L'EoIe, fuppofed 
 to the Northward, from the Qiiantity of warm Cloathing laid in; Mr. 
 Bond fuppofed againll Halifax, or the Fiflieries.— To enfure the Safety of 
 this Place, Lieutenant Governor Wentworth called in about 1 200 of tlie 
 Country Militia to join the Two Battalions of the Town, but I fuppofeit 
 they were too well informed of our Strength and Refources to r (k an 
 Attack. In order that his Excellency Sir Richard King fliould hare the 
 above Intelligence, I thought it my Duty to hire a fmall Brigantine(a Shal- 
 lop at this Seafon being too fmall) and fent Copies of the Letters I received 
 from Mr. Bond, the Conful Gejieral, and Captain Armftrong, to the Vice 
 Admiral at St. John's the 17th, and Duplicates of them the 21ft, by a 
 Sloop loaded with Cattle; and at the fame Time informed his Excel- 
 lency that it was conjcftuicd they meant to intercept the Newfoundland 
 ■Coiivoy. 
 
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