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WITH An APPENDIX Containing Commifllons, Orders^ Inftru6i:ibns , Lerters» Memorials, Courts- Martial, GouiiciiS cf Warj (§c, relating thereto. . , -J ' ' By Sir HOFENT>EN I^JDKB% K Rebus angufiis dnmofus atqus Fort is appare : Sapienter ukm Cdntrahcs vento nimmm fecundo Turgida F^la. -^z Hor. Lib. i. Ode to. \£: ■\ 'R^^^^l 1 '1 1 1 t 1 ffl i m L O N I> O N : Printed for D. Phow.n'E at the Black "^wan , W. Uk at the La*nlt without Temple Bar^ and G. Sir AH^'at the Golden Bali agninft the t^lxchange in Cor/iLiI, 1 7 ic)t \ ^ f Lj I mj a /)2 0. ..*'^. -<)(,• % 10! I- *x ;«?■' i. ;J)i ■ \ - -> 5 r »;« t\ 3^»- ''Jfe^i ,■-•«*■ ur/ A A iW ^':< •.', l> ;*1«|' ■iv \ I I t v.. SI' '■\ ^■5 i'l fi. . . I", .,-.-- ; *"• potws. viafiou f jcouy da, it to juji Lofs ( Drauy ment \ twfore with i tation Paifjs and /, Pocke\ he hat ]/4nem ^^ *v-- • ^ 1 . ^ * »^ 1 V ^ > "i ;'..^ Advertifement. ■T- UCH has been the Situation of tr/rHovenden Walker'^ yJ^/r^ th^fe fever al Tears pajl^ that potwithftanding the many loud and in^ v'tdious Clamours ratfed againji him on fjcount of the late Expedition to Cana- da, it was not pojfible for him hitherto to jufiijie himfelf The irrecoverable Lofs of his mofl valuable Papers and Draughts abord the Edgar, his Retire^ ment to South-Carolina, and the many unforefeen Difficulties he had to firuggle with in pur chafing and fettling a Flan-* tation there ^ the no fmall Labour and Fains it mufi have cofl him to colleH and tranfcrib^ this Account jtom his Pocket-Book y and what other Papers pe had fav'd^ required more Time a^d Attention than he could zvellfpare from /:n I :. AbVfeRTlSENiENT. his more fteceffary Affairs^ atfd are Conftderattons fuffiaent io e'xcufe his not having ptihlijh^d it fooner. ^Tis not here his Dejlgn to reflect on any Per/on or Per/ons ijuhaievtr ^ but barely to relate Matters of haB^ and bpenly to appeal to the Publick, whe-^ ther his whole ConduB in that Exlpe- dition was not Juch as becarhe a pru-^ dent Commander^ and a faithful honefi Mam \ . . \ E->^ -, ! - » • > IT -t \ v ^ » A - • • ■ I . ■ • II i ^ « •■'••'., i') » - • i ... « ^ . 4 •• ^ • •>.■ . • «« • < t THE INTRODUCTION. k I^R'J 1 HE Expedition to Canada has mside as great a Noife in London^ almod as if the Fate of all Britain had depend- ed upon it : And the Mifcarriagc thereof, raifed a greater Clamour than the Lofs of the Men of War in and about Ply mouthy in the Year i<5pi, by the Deadman (as fomc fay) being miftakcn for the Berry bead ^ under the Condnd of a far greater Admiral than myfelf. And perhaps, had I had the Misfortune of being loft among the Rocks of Scilly^ with fome of the ca- pital Ships of the Fleet j inftead of being buned at the Publick Charge in I'^^eflminjler Abby^ cer- tain great Men would have advifed my bemg In- terred under the Gallows 3 fo malignant feems their Rgge againft me. '*' - ' '•* • I would not be miflaken as if I intended any Refledion on thofe Great Men \ far be it from mc J for I know ^ime and Chance happen to all. But that the World might obferve the unac- countable Partiality that prevails in the Admiralty AflFairs. ■ - nn:.i/ "-^ : r;. :,.i A Perfon of much more eminent Note and Dig- nity than myfelf, has been not a little traduced and o:in:^i B reflc^cd .\. \ , .. A 'fA The JntroduB'ton. rcflcflcd on, and fomc Years fincc pcrlccutcd with treat Heat, for Viftualling the Fleet in the Me- itcrrancan, and neceflitatcd to obtain a Privy Seal for pafling his Accounts > which notwith Handing, could not flielter him from the Reproaches of his Enemies, who pretended to aflcrt, that he had un- juftly gained great Sums thereby, to enrich him- leU'} and fo far prcvaiPd, that a Vote pafled the then Houfe of Commons, importing, That no Ad- miral^ Commander in Chiefs or Captain^ ought to concern themfelves in the Fi6lualling any of the Men of War : But only the proper Agents and Purfers ap- pointed for that purpo/e. And fince a Perfon of his Rank and Merit could not efcape evil Tongues, nor the violent Attacks of an irritated Party, how (hould I cxpc6t to fare better ? And therefore I am not fo much furpriz.cd at all the unreafonablc Ca- lumnies raifed againfl: me by prejudiced People, and received as Truths and jull, amongft fuch who arc altogether unacquainted with Naval Af- fairs 5 but that the Lords of the Admiralty (with and under fomc or mo ft of whom I had fo long fervcd in the Navy) fhould be (b violently piqued at me, as to leave me out of the Half- pay Lift, without the leaft previous Notice, or any juft Reafon aOigned for fo doing, was what 1 never expeded. That Clamours and Complaints have been fre- quent againft moft, if not all, and fomc of the beft of the Flag Officers of the Royal Navy , is too well known, by every one who has fervcd in the Fleet, to want Proof. But that ever any Flag Of- ficer has been laid adde without a Hearing before the King and Council, and the King's Order thereupon, alledging the Grounds for fuch a Dif' grace i or without a Pcndon or Superannuation, I dare be bold to fay I am the firfl, if not the only Inftancc: X 7^^ IntroduBton. In (lance : Tho' there have been fcvcral Flag Of- ficers, and others rcftorcd to Half-pay, Pcnfions, and Superannuations, after bcini difp'accd by King and Council, and Ccnfurcs of Courts Manial. Wherefore, I prefume it may not be counted any extraordinary Infolcnce in me, fhould I ask for what all this remarkable and diflmgiiifhing Se- verity ? Did I touch any Monies for the Victual- ling the Ships under my Command, or can any Voucher be produced againft me for more recei- ved than the thoufand Pounds for the Contingen- cies of the Canada Squadron ? Which Accounts being all loll when the Edgar was blown up, I met with Difficulties enough^ after above two Years attending and foliciting, to get clear'd and take up that Charge j till which, all my Pay due was (lop^d, accordmg to the ufual Practice of the Navy. Did I receive ahy Advantage by the Stores with which the Squadron under my Command was fup- ply'd at B^flon ? Were not all the Demands made and figned by the Captains , and counterfigned by mc according to the Ufage of the Navy ? To whom as Men of Honour I appeal, Whether they made any other than what were abfolutely neccflary at thac time for their Ships ? And whether they in theit Confciences believe I had any private Views in counterligning the Demands they made ? What then is my Crime ? Did I forrn the tro- jeft? Was not the Squadron and Forces named and appointed long before I had a Commillion for commanding thofe Ships ? And was not Colonel Nicbalfon failed in order to put Things in a Po- ilure in America^ before I was thought on for that Command i fince it is well known at the Admi- ralty, that Sir Thomas Hardy was at firft regarded as the Officer defigned to be at the Head of thac ' ~ B z - * Squadron? 1 Y^ m '-.II.I % ft!"" ^^fPW I 11 i ■4 I J ^- ) The Introduclmt. Squadron ? And I cannot but fay, well had it been for mc, had it To proved : Not that I wifh any In- jury to h»m i bur perhaps he might have had bet- ter Succci's, or atlcail not have been fo hardly ufcd had it failed. What! was the Cathida Expedition the only one that ever wanted the defircd Succefs ? Not by feveral. That is not the Matter : But fomething mud be faid to juftify the fevere Proceedings againll me. A Stick mull be Found to tye to a Dog's Tail, to hoot him out of the Parifli : For when all that can be alledged is fumm'd up, what will it a- mount to ? There were Bills drawn and counterfigned by me, for Provifions and Stores that amounted to a confiderable Sum of Monies: alas! alas! was that fo unprecedented and unheard of a Thing, that no Flag Officer or Commander in Chief, ever did the like before? Did not my Inllrudions impowerme fo to do? Yes. But tho* other Officers jullify their Condud by their Orders and Inftrudions, yet it fccras that will not (land me in any (lead. Had 1 eaten all the Provi(ions myfelf, or built Houfes and Coaches for my own private Ufe with the Stores, it might have been charged to me as a very criminal Aftion : But nothing like it appears againll mej nor is it even furmiled by my worft Enemies. There were Ships and Men loft in Canada Ri- ver. O horrible ! And was it never known that Ships and Men had been loft by Storms and bad Weather before ? Yes : In the Chanel and upon our own Coafts, and fome even under the Com- mand and Condud cf the rooft expert and beft of our Sea Officers. That's nothing to the purpofe ; But thefe Ships and Men were loTl in an unknown Navigation^ \ mmm^mtmtftlt^ TToe hitroduB'ion. Navigation, and under my Command. What! Was it expected I fhould have commanded Wind and Weather? Or is it imaginublc, that by Art Magick, I raifed Storms and formM Foggs to drown fo many Men, and endanger mylclf, for no Profit or Advantage but the bare Plcaluic of doing Mifchief ? Perhaps Party may be pretended againft me. But for what? Indeed upon the lail Change of the Minillry in tlie late Reign, I apply'd to the Queen for my Promotion to the vacant Flag, as I had done (from the fir(l time it became fo) to the Prince and his Council, the Lord High Admiral,- and the fevcral Admiralties of each Party j and know no other reafon for my obtaining it when I did, but that of my jull Pretenfions thereto. For if 1 have any thing to bead c)f, it is that I never received any favour from cither Party •, but always contented my fclf with fuch Ships, Voya- ges, or Expeditions, as were (without any choice of my own) aflign'd me by my Superiors j and never had any other Command, or Promotion, but what my Seniority entitled me to. A poor dull Prctenfion, may feme of my more happy and defcrving Brethren fay, who from their more ex- traordinary Services and Party Merit, claimed the Preferments they obtained. However, it is noc unlikely the then Miniilry thought Seniority the befl Rule by which to make Promotions, or ac leaft believed it the mod popular} and therefore, as a new Broom fweeps clean, they might at that time give in to my being advanced to the vacant Flag, as a Specimen to mew how jull they would be in adviling the Queen to bellow Preferments, Neither can any one, I think, aflign good Rea- fons why all my Applications before had proved incffedual, unlefs my being no Party-man } and B 3 therefore M 'i The IntroduElton, thcirfnrc wbar that Miniftry did, the preceding (of either Party) had no juft Pretence not to have done before. No ; the matter is, that vacant Flag was rdlrvcdtora Party Favourite, (vvhetherWhig or Tory I cannot undertake ro determine) and my obtaining it in that cafe has proved, for ought I know, to both Parties, an unpardonable Tranf- grcflioji. For it would be to inform me, of what, by my acuteft Penetration I could never difcover, to let roe know any extraordinary Favours I received from the Tory Miniftry. I had no Conlidcration for my Lofs, which was not a fmall one, when the Eidgar was blown up, though I petitioned the Qacen, and delivered the Petition into her own Hands i but that was (lifled, and perifhed in its' very Birth. They did not indeed take my half Pay from me, (and that perhaps, by fome, may be thought a great Favour:) Bur while they had it in rheir Power, they might as well have made me one of the Admiralty, or Board of Trade, or given me an American Government, or Cent me Envoy to one of the Princes or States oF Germany or Italy y to any of which Pofts 1 had as fliir Pre- teailoDS, and (tor ought they or i know) for Learning, Judgment and Experience, might have been as well qualify'd to fervc in, as fome they preferred to them. I am fure 1 had fo little profpeft of any Em- ployment under their Adminiltration, that, having made it more my Bufinefs, while at Sea, to fervc my Prince and Countrey than enrich my felf, the narrownefs of my Fortune, not allowing me to live in London^ in a Port fuitable to my Charafter, and like the reft of my Brethren, I retired into the Countrey fome Months before the Queen's 3)each, where I contented my felf to live upon my The Introdu^ion. my half Pay, and the fmall Fortune I had of my own, and began to think my felf a conliderable Countrey Juftice. Great on the Bench^ great in the Saddle^ 7'bat could as well bind o'er as fwaddle. Hudib. And perhaps by this time might have made a very formidable appearance in the Chair at a Quarter Seflions. But the taking away my half Pay, made fo great a Hole in my fmall Income, that I was ob- hged to think of fettling my felf in one of the American Plantations > and Carolina having been a long time in my view for that purpofe, as well as the moft retired and remote, 1 imagin'd I might pa{s the remainder of my Days in quiet there^ and make a great Figure amongft the Indians and In- fidels, after the moft Chrilhan Treatment I met with in my native Countrey. I confefs I cannot forbear being a little merry in chis lutrodudion, becaufethe Clamours againft me, on account of the Canada Expedition (betides a great deal of Ma- lice) have more of Folly, and Ridicule, than any thing folid in them. For though my Enemies may not allow me any other Merit j yet the long time I ferved, my Suf- ferings in Prifojd in France^ and ileadj adherence to the Caufe and Intered: of my Countrey, the walling my Yoiiith and Vigour in the Navy, the feveral condderable Commands and Polh I have had, beddes the conflaifK Precedents for it, might give me fpme title to a ProviCon in my Age : ^^4 therefore had the Lords of the Admiralty been pleafed to have (ignlfy*d to me, that my Service in the Fleet would not any longer be acceptable to them, they might as well have laid me down B4 foftly %: Mi \ \ I The Introdu^ion. foftly, with the change of my half Pay into aPcn- {jon or Superannuation, and I fhould very content* edly have receded from any farther Pretcnfions at Sea, and retired as far from them, with thanks for their Favour, as 1 now have done, without owing them any other Obligation, than that of rendring me independent of tnem : Though even now, many believe me ftill in half Pay, or at leaft in Penfion, and retired to fettle here, with leave from the Lords of the Admiralty, thinking it im- poflible I Ihould, after all, be ufed at this rate. Our Saviour fays. No Man can fewe two Ma'* fters J it muft then be much more difficult to ferve forty : for I have feen above that number of the different Party's fucceifively, and generally fcven at a time Commiffioners of the Admiralty, and of Council to the Prince, fince the Year 1688, under whom, as they were fcverally in Power, I have fcrved> but of all that ever were my Mafters, thcfc lait have proved the hardeft. , . , Neither fhall I believe it very impertinent to take notice, that notwithftanding the Lords of the Admiralty thought fit to ftrikc me out of the Lift of Flag Officers, yet my Lord Chancellour was pleas'd to continue me in the Commiffion of the Peace for the County oi Huntingdon^ though fe^ vcral others were ftruck out j nor could I perceive by the Carriage or Countenances of my Lord Chief Jujftice King^ and Mr. JulUce Eyres towards me at the Affizes, with whom I had the honour ftt Huntingdon to fit upon the Bench, that I was •to be regarded as a Perfon unc r Difgrace with a- ny other Part of the Government j but rather much on the contrary, having* been treated by them with extraordinary and diftinguifhing Civi- lities,^.. . ( » » f V ' Were ^^: The IntroduBhn. Were I confcious to my felf, or could any one juftly charge me with any indircft Pradtices to en- large my own Fortune thereby, interfering with, or prejudicing the Publick Good, I fhould not be fo amazed at my ill Treatment. Had I at any time made the Service of my Prince and Coun- trey give way to my private Gains, and not al- ways poflponed my own for the publick Advan- tage, during my ferving as an Officer in the Na- vy, I might have got more Money, and ihould not perhaps have thought my felf fo hardly ufed, having made the Publick pay for it. Is it not well known, that when the Weft»lndia Voyage was look'd upon as going to a certain Grave, (and fome very great Men now in the Navy, ufed all their Intercft and Addrefs to avoid it, and many laid down their Commands, rather than proceed upon fo hazardous and fatal Expedi- tions) that I, without the leaft Hefitation, or At- . *tempt to fhun it, went with all Alacrity and Chearfulncfs 5 it being my Principle, never to de- cline any Voyage, or Enterprize, though of the mod defperate and frightful Appearance, when ordered for the Service of my Prince and Coun- trey. However, fince People may think that thefe Proceedings of the Admiralty may not be altoge- * ther groundlefs 5 it will not be amifs to do their Lordfhips fo much juftice, as to infert fome Let- ters I received from Mr. Secretary Burchett > wherein all that the Lords of the Admiralty fecm- ed to lay to my charge is contained, together with my Aniwers} and then leave it to the World to judge by. common fenfe only of what weight it is. Being, by leave from the Admiralty, at my Houfe 9t Somerjham in Huntingdon/hire^ the 4th of De^ cember % '■\ Hi to^- % 10 The IntroduBioH. etmher 171 4. I received the following Lctttr from Mr. Secretary Bttrchett. ,. SIR, Admiralty O^ce^ 27 Nov. 171 4. *' My Lords Commiflioners of the Admiralty •* finding that you have drawn Bills of a very ** confiderable vglue on the Navy Board from •* Nev) England for Stores, for the ufe of the ** Squadron, which was fome time dcfigned under *• your Command to ^ehec\ I am commanded ** by their Lordfhips to fignify their Direftions to •* you, that you do let me know, for their Infor- " mation, what occafioned your putting the Go- vernment to fuch an extraordinary Charge, and how the Ships came to be fo foon in want of fuch a confiderablc quintity of Stores, fincc they went from hence fo very well furniihecj *' with all Particulars. 1 am Sir, ' Tour mofi humble Servant ^ ^/r Hovenden Walker. J.Burchet. ' Here you behold the great Charge againfl mc, to which I fent the following Anfwer. ' SIR, ' '" ■ " ' " This owns the Receipt of yours of the 27th " of the laft Month which came to my Hands ** but this Dayj becaufe no Poft comes to this *' Place but on Saturdays. " In anfwer to which, for my Lords of the ** Admiralty's Information upon what is required : " When I arrived at bofton^ it being then ** known that the Expedition was for ^uebec^ *' and the Squadron bound up the Bay andRiver ** of St. Lawrencf 5 a very dangerous and hazar- dous The IntroduBion. f' dous Navigation, where never any EngUjh Man ^' of War had been, and where, if we mould ar- " rive faff, no naval Stores coqld be had, wjcrc " the Occafion never fo prcffingj and chough the " Ships were fitted with Stores in Great Britairty " yet it muft needs be, that many things would be " wanting for fuch an extraordinary Expedition, *' whereof neither the Commiffionerc of the Navy, '^ nor Officers of the Ships could be apprized, who « were wholly ignorant where the Ships were dc- «' figned 5 nor did I come to the Squadron till it <' was jurt ready to fail, and being empower'd by " the 8th Article of my Inftruftions to provide ** naval Stores, when abroad, for the ufe of the " Squadron. The Captains therefoi-e, when at '* Bofton^ thinking it their Duty to have whatfo- *^ ever might enable them with tfieir Ships to an- " fwer all Contingencies that ihould probably hap- '' pen, were willing to be furnifhed therewith, " and defired that their Demands for things ne- " ccfTary might be fiippiy'd before they left Bofton^ " and I alfo cautioning them to demand no more *' than what they were abfolutcly perfuaded was *' fo: When they brought me their Demands, *' figned by themfclves, and giving me, as mat- " ters then appeared, very good reafons for what *« they. did, 1 approved, and figned them. And *' though it is impoffible for me to remember all " the Particulars three Years after, yet I doubt ** not but the Captains themfelves may be able to " recolle6t what related to their own Demands *' feverally, and render my Lords of the Admiral- " ty as fatisfaftory Reafons as they did then to *' me for what they required. " Mr. Faneuil of Boflon fupply*d all the Dc- " mands, and then I found fault with the Ex- *' orbitance of the Prices, of which I took notice in IX i. 'V II 1^^ il t ■it' \ The IntroduBion. ^' in the third Paragraph in a Letter to you, dated " the 14th 0^ Juguft 171 1, 2fo Leagues from Cape Ann. There being therefore then no other Expedient to be thought of, but having the Ac- counts audited by fomc of the moft confiderable Merchants there, appointed for that purpofe by the Governor, it was fo done before I would at- << teft the Bills. " I hope my Lords of the Admiralty will be pleafed to coniider, that had we not met with thofe Accidents and Difficulties, which prevent- ed our getting to ^ehecy that if upon our Ar- rival there, or upon Aftion, the things demand- ed and fupply'd at Boflon had been wanting, both myfelf and the Captains under my Com- mand, might very juftly have been charged with the want of a prudent Precaution, and reafon- *' ably blamed for any ill Confequcnces thatfliould have happened thereupon. For I mufl confefs, I always thought it more the Bufinefs of a mi- litary Officer to furnifh himfclf as well as he could, with fuch Stores and Materials as might enable him to put in Execution the Enterprize he was commanded upon, with the beil Appearance and View of Succefs, than the nice Calculation of the Charge, which feems to me rather what belongs to another Province i and therefore, if miflaken in my Notion, I hope to be favour- ably thought of by their Lordfhips, fome of whom have had much more Experience in fuch Matters than myfelf. I am, ,.. ... ,, I .- Sir, ,, Somerfham .. Tour mofi obedient > 4. December, ^; Humble Servant^ 1 714. " Hovenden Walker. Mr, Secretary T^MXch^tt, ... ^ , , iC cc y " !n Anfwcr to your Letter of the izth In- " ftant, the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiral* ** ty command me to acquaint you, that your own " Atteftation will be looked on as fufticient to " (hew the Authenticknefs of the Copies of In- " ftruftions and Orders, which you have been dc- " fired to fend hither. I am, Sir, ' Tour mofi humble Servant^ J. Burchett. Sir Hovenden Walker, Somerfham. The fecond Letter contains not any thing of greater Confcquence, than fignifying that my own Attedation was fufHicient to repder the Copies «£ my Inftru£bions authentick. But the firft has fomething very particular and furprizing in it. A Secretary of the Admiralty to write that there was no Account of the Expedition towards ^ebec in his Office \ when all the Captains, Lieutenants and Matters of the Squadron, as well as thofc of the fame Ships where I hoiHed my Flag, about fifcy or flxty Officers in all, were obliged to deliver in Journals of the Voyage, before they could receive any of their Pay : Befides my Letters containing fuch Matters as were more particular, with the Sentences of Courts Martial, Refults of Councils of War, £s?^. fent by me in the Number and Sap* phire^ being all that was ufually done by the Flag Officers commanding in Chief for the Satisfa£bion of the Admiralty, without any other Journals. So that I could not comprehend how it came to pafs there (hould be no Account in that Office of my Proceed- • <■ •* 'Ji.' .; Mr.Sc- 4C C< ■.'^^,riLjiaJ(«V-- The Introfliicl'toyi, Mr. Secretary Bttrchett owned the Receipt of this Letter, in hisof rhc zi ft. of the fame Month, and the 23d I fcnt the Copies of myOrders and In- ftru6tions attefted j but not hearing that they were come to Hand, I writ another Letter to him. I '! W.l .i:i « J I I I V'.^wl SIR, '•' ' " I fent you a Letter dated the ijd. Inftant, and " with it Copies of my Inftruftions and Orders re- " lating to the Canada Expedition, which I fhould " be glad to hear you have received. * ••-•" " The Edgar being blo\yn up, has deprived mc ^'' of feveral Papers, and I am obhged to colleft an " Account of that Expedition, out of my Lcttcr- " Book, and fuch other Papers which I had in " my Scrutore a-{hoar with mc j which makes it more tedious for me to collate, and put toge- ther, and I fhall be under a neccflity of making a foul Tranfcript of what I am to tranfmit to *' you for my Lords of the Admiralty's Informa- " tion : Nevertheleis, in the mean time, if their " Lordfhips Ihall have occafion to know anything " more particularly upon any Head or Article of *' my Inltrudions, or any Matters in the Letters " I referred to, more clearly explained, 1 can in " the interim give Anfvvers. I am, ; ' ;' ' .-; : \t ' j,.:> Your moji chcdient humble Servant^ Somcrfliam, 51 *' - , .- :...- March, 1 71 f. Hovenden Walker. Mr, Secretary Burchett of the Admiralty, -,< ^0 this Mr. Burchett anpw'ered. ■ Admiralty Office^ 4. April i/if. H-i. i t SIR, *' I have received yours of the 31ft paft, which " I read to the Lords Comniiilioners of the Ad- C ^^ miraliy 17 11,^1 } w ;•'':' n i: '. f '.n ,,aJr, J T. I 18 7T)e introdtdcim. *' miralty this Morning, concerning which and " yourothcr Letter of the 13 d. of the fame Month, *' with Copies ot the Orders and Inftru6kions you " received, relating to the Canc^da Expedition, 1 " fliall fuddcnly acauaint you with their Lord- *' fhips Pleafure. in the mean while, I am to " recommend it to you , to go on in preparing •*' the Accounu of )'XDur Proceedings on the Expc- *' dition, which you are now in hand with, with " as much fpeed as the Nature thereof will ad- « mit. lam, .. ... . ,,,... „ , . . ... . ,; . Sir, ' ,,^*. Tour moft humble Servant^ ., ...i J. Biircheti. ; iJ/r -Hovenden Walker, Rear i ,,• 1, ,„ , . .. , jidmiral of the White, .,. ' -. t;.:^- r- -' ■>\ n ..'■> y--n M , f / returned the following Anfwer, :., SIR, " I have received yours of the 4th. Inrtant, and " ihall make what Difpatch 1 can with the Ae- *' count of the Canada Expedition ; But becaufe *' I am willing it fliould be as full and perfc6t as *' can be, from the Materials 1 have, it will therc- . " fore take up the more Timej and as I before in- *' timated , I am obliged firft to tranfcribe a foul " Copy, before one can be fair writ for my Lords *' of the Admiralty, and as far as I can yet per- " ceive, it will contain near a Quire of Paper. I am, ^ .>■' Sir, Somerfham, 9. April, 1715*. .. Mr. Secretary Burchett , of the Admiralty, Tour moft obedient Humble Servant, Hovcndcn Walker. Mr. The Introciuclion, Mr. hurchctt ownVl the Receipt of this LrtttT, and chir he had communicated \X to the Lords ot' the Admuihy the 15th of the iam^* Month j -^1:'- tcr which I heard no more from him. Bur be- fore I had fjnilh'd a Franfcript of the Canada Ex- pedition, my AiK^rney who tranliid'cd my Affairs in the Navy, and received my Half Pay for me, having adviicd me by Letter, not to draw on him for more Monies, gave me fomi- Grounds to fufpcdl myfelf out of Half-Fay, which occafioacd my going to London^ where 1 found my Sulj^xion ivot only juft, but alfo perceived that many igno- minious Calumnies were Ipread- againifc me, and bafe Suggeltions infaiuatcd as if I hud been a Cri- minal to the State, and Betrayer of my Countrcy: Nay, thcv carried it fo far, that it was inferted in n Publick News Paper, call'd, The St. JamcsV Pail^ that I was taken intoCuftody by one of the King's Meflengcrs, at my Lodgings. at Newington Sfoaki and therefore ihofe who were Strangers to me, (and not without fame fecming Reaion; had re- ceived fuch evil JmprefTions of mc, and my line- mies were fo malignant, that I could expect no- thing but DO be loc k'd on and ilared at is a mon-» ibous Perfon and Malef.ictor : And therefore I thought it much more udvifable to ictire into the remotest Region of the Earth, within his Maje- fty's Dominioi-is, than continue in any part of the World, tho' my Native Countrey, to be pointed at and iii^jglcd out as a Villai 1. For what Man of Honour, who had fo long and faidifully ferved his Countrey, could endure to have his good Name wndelii^rvedly polluted by evil Tongues and vcno- •mous Afperlions, ten times worfc than the bit- jing of Rattle Siwkcs, without an unfpcak?'-!^ And ■ij ,\ c % . ip ■a *3 .;: 5;* ' 10 1 1 The IntroduB'ton. And altho' fonie People (for Ufagc like mine) would perhaps have fuffered their Indignation fo far to prevail, and carried their Refentments to fuch a degree, as to have undertaken foraething againft their Countrey, or at leaft entered into the Service of fome foreign Prince or State: For from the general Efteem all the World (and not without Reafon) hath of the Abilities and Merit of the Britijh Sea Officers (notwith (landing I myfelf be an Exception > ) yet barely upon that Suppoiition, and from the Reputation of the feveral confider- able Pofts I have ferved in, and the Flag I had the Honour to wear in the Brin/h Fkct^ it is not un- likely, had I offered my Service to any Prince or State in Europe^ whether the Czar of Mu/covy^ Fenetians^ or others (iho' one of the lead Account among my own Brethren d*- home) I might have been received, and honourably entertained, accord- ing to my Chara6fcer. But it is contrary to my P/inciples to be fo far provoked by the ill Treatment of any particular Mi- niftry, or other great Men, as through Difguft, or Revenge, to engage in anything that might prove prejudicial to the hncrell of my own Nation, ei- ther immediately, or in confcquence, or even to enter into the Service of any, befides my lawful Prince, and native Countrey, looking upon a Sol- dier of Fortune, who makes it his Trade to fight only for Pay, to be but a better fort of an ho- nourable, brave and generous Heathen j and, ac- cording to my fcrupulous Opinion, fuch a kind of Life is inconfiilent with the primitive Do(5lrincs of the Chrirtian Church, whereof I profefs my k\f a moll unworthy Member. And therefore could not with a clear Confcience have ferved any other Prince or State, without being naturalized, and made an adopted Native thereof, which (be- fides n^nfmtmmy 'f^w The IntroduB'ton, fides my being now too old to begin a new Birth in a ftrange Nation, in this wicked World) I doubt could not however abfolve me from fighting againft my own natural Prince, and Mother- Countrey, as of confequence I mull have been ob- liged to do, in cafe the Arms of that my new Prince, or State, by. any unforefeen Caufe or Ac- cident, had hereafter been turn'd againft them. And for thefe Reafonsit was, when I perceived my felf judged unworthy to ferve my own Nation any longer, that I thought it more confiftent with my Principles, and indeed more honourable, to re- treat to the moll dirtant Part of the King's Do- minions, and pafs the reft of my Life in a private ftate of Solitude and Retirement: For which pur- pofe, according to the Ideas 1 had formed thereof, Carolina^ of all the American Colonies, feem'd to mc the beft adapted. .^v.v ..i But fome may fay, why did not 1 apply to the Lords of the Admiralty to be remedied, or go to the King ? In vain had I done that 5 for if I deferved not the Half-Pay, which I had till then received with- out Intermiflion, I had no Reafon to expe6t my being reftored : If I did, what occafion for any App^lication ? when by an Eftablifhmcnt above fix teen Years pa ft, in the Reign of King fViUiam'i and the conftant Obfervation thereof fince, I had as juft a Right to it as any other Brother Officer, and never apply 'd to any Government for it , bc- caufc of courfe my due, and what I had ferved for} having been aCommiflion Officer in the Fleet now above twenty eight Years, and not all that while out of Half-Pay, after phe Eftablifhment abovementioned. But what Crime can it be, if a Man ihould be fo bold to askj What Right or Authority hr.d the/ XI (■■■■ II I '?■ y|f;f']«l| ;.) 1 '■ ' t^5 to I I i. t % The Introdticftort, tiy irtrike fnc out of the Lift into which they had not put me } o\\ wns ^ put out bccaufc they did liot put me iii ? Either fcems very odd. • -•'• -' Whv v/erc they to condemn n>e unheard, cort^ ccrning fuch Inilrudions and Orders I had not re- ttivcd tVoiT) them? Their Prcdeceffors ordered me to follow liich Orders nnd Jntiruftioiis, as J fhoold from time to timt: receive from the Qiiecn, or ei- ther Secretary of Stare, for the Tranfgrellion of which, I could only be anfvvcrable to them. Doth our Lnw judge any Man before it hear him^ and know ivhat he doth? I believe all judicious Ptrfons will conclude, that thoie who gave me my In* ftrUtftions, .were belt able to judge whether 1 had executed them according to their [ntentionsj and without all difputc, could the late iVJmiftr)^, who iRad been fo much traduced, with lefpcot to the Canada Expedition, hiive found any tlung to }[\7i'- n m \\ >j M '- ii; mi ■;li. ■ iji;' ■ October 9. 171 1. X ri V 'l I x6 '\ The IntroduEi'ton. fo deplorable Circum (lances, other than abandoiv ing all the Ships, naval and military Stores and Ammunition to the Enemy, and dcfperately at- tempting lo march through uninhabited and wild Woods and Defarts, over d^c^"^ Snows and Rocks of Ice, to try, if happly we could have reachec) any part of Neiu England^ before we had all pe- riihed by the way : For certainly great numbers would have been left dead in the March, and fro-» 2cn into Statues for their own Monuments. And all this muft have happen'd, had we found ^ebec deferred, and immediately been made Mailers of it upon our arrival j which is no groundlefs Con- jecture, becaufe according to our ^Advices from thence, a Lieutenant Govemour only, with a (mall ilrength was left at ^ebec^ where Powder alfo was very fcarce : The Governour himfelf bc-p ing gone to Montreal to colled all his Forces to- gether, in order to oppofeCol.iV/V^(>^», and forti- fy and ftrengthen that Place and Trois Riviers. This when I mentioned it to Col. Fetch (a Pcrfon very kr owing in the Advantages of fuch Meafurcs, if ta- ken) he feem'd to apprehend the ill Confcquences thereof, although we had not wanted Provifionsj and owned, that were he Governour of Canada^ he fhould put fuch a Projed in execution, as the bell and furefl way to defeat all our Defigns, but hoped the French Governour would not. -, Or clfe (which would have appeared the lead of two Evils) had they held out till ourProvifions had all been fpent (could they have afforded it j) for the bare fake of fuftenance, and to avoid Death in its moil cruel and dreadful Shape, we mufl have furrender'd our fclves PriR-ucrs at Difcretion to the French. ' vide Journal, 1 5 "^uly. Another J*' ' The IntroduBioH. Another thing is, to confidei how juftifinble the Refult of that Council of War was againfi at- tacking Placentia : For though taking Citadels and Forts may be very eafy in fpeculation, and o- ver Plans in Coffee-houfes and Clofets, where no Men are kill'd, nor any other Impedimrnts and uiiioicfeen Accidents intervene, yet rhey are not quite fo quickly reduced in Fa6t and Pra6t'ce. And therefore fuppofe we had not made our fclves Mailers oi Placentia before the ten Weeks, or before fix Weeks of our Provifion had been confumcd, btfides what muft needs have been ex-- pended in the Paflage, and fome caft by Survey, as was daily done j and in fuch cafe, iuppofe Winds and Weather had prevented our getting to Sea again, had not our Circumftances been very de- plorable? Nay, fuppofe the beftj that we had (ucceeded in a Month or fix Weeks time, where muft Provifions have been found to have left with the Garrifon, or to bring home all thofe Ships and Men ? for thofe of Placentia were themfelves in a ftarving Condition, and that Calamity had been much augmented by the addition of fo many Mouths to be fed > fo that fuch an undertaking might have been equally fatal coo, if not more fo, than that of being at ^ebec^ without Provifions. For even the Attempt of marching back to New England^ had been not only impracticable, but al- together impoflible. 1 have not thought it impertinent to make thefe two or three curfory Obfervations, becaufe at my Return from that Expedition there were fome fri- volous Pamphlets (not worth much notice) fold about the Town, fuch, by which the needy Au- thors and their Hawkers fubfiftj or elfe perhaps promoted by the People of Bofton^ and their Friends (whom I envy not, neither am offended with) *7 •ll'l ?ll ':| j,!;'! ''ill ii ip V '■ ' ^f. fM ' ^f^ t \ i'^ 4 P' M' '% vS.\i' r f 1':^ i II ,.'.<» ■i ■ V 18 75&(? htrodu&mi, with) infinuating as if there had been no great difficulty in getting with a Fleet to ^ehect »nd that the taking Placentia in our way to Britain^ had been as eafy as a Citizen riding home in his Chaife from Hamftead or Highgate^ calling at a Cakc-houfe by the way, to regale himfelf and his Spoufe with a Glafs of Cyder and a Cheefcake. For altho' I have been fo malicioufly calumnia- ted concerning that Canada Expedition 5 yet fincc a well managed and fuccefsful Retreat has always been allowed, and in many Cafes elleemed equal to, and as glorious as a dear-bought Viftory j I was flattered by fome of my Friends, that 1 might there- fore expect Thanks and a particular Reward for conducing that Fleet fafe out of fo dangerous and difficult Circumdances, wherein it was at that, time involved : And 1 was vain enough to imagine fome fuch thing myfelf, many of my Brethren ha- ving received dillinguifhing Favours and Prefents, for only bringing News and ExprefTes homej and I was fo fooliih to believe a Fleet and fo many. Mens Lives faved, and brought home from fuch manifeft and eminent Dangers, had been of as much Confequence. Yet, had we well weigh'd the Matter, wefliould eafily have difcovered the Fondnefs of fuch Ima- ginations : Since to have allowed me any honour- able Reputation or Reward for that piece of Ser- vice, would (at the fame time) have appeared a kind of Affront and Reproach to thofe who had without a more full and perfe£t Knowledge, or certain In- formation of the great Difficulties of failing in thofe Parts, fo precipitately promoted and advifcd that defperate and almofl imprafticable Underta- king 3 and ought not therefore to have been ex- peded, while they or their Friends had any In- fluence or Share in the Management of the Statp And The IntroduB'ton. and publick Affairs > as was evident from the Cla- mours raifed againft the Author of the Poft-Man for what he had publifhed in his ^apcr above- mentioned. As to the Pilots we had, I (hall not think it improper here to fay fomething in their behalf, who have been unjuftly enough blamed by many Pcrfons, and fome who ought to underitand better % fince all the Captains are very fcnfiblc how they (vvliilc at Bofton) declined as much as in them lay, taking Charge, and alledged their Infufficicncyi and that they were compel'd unwillingly to ferve in that Capacity : For every Seaman knows very well that good and able Pilots arc made by fre- quent Ufe, long Experience, and continual Ob- fervations of thofe Parts where they undertake to conduct Ships fafely j and their whole Science is founded upon the knowing and difcerningthe Va- riety of the Forms and Makings of Headlands and Promontories at feveral Di (lances, upon different Points of the Corapafs, the Depths and Shoalings, with the various kinds of Grounds, in all manner of Soundings and Chanels fit for Anchorage, the true Settings of Currents and regular Ebbings and Flowings of Tides, within all fuch Places where they are to be Pilots j and that fo much Know- ledge is not acquired in a fhort Time, or ex ii> tuitu-y neither are we infenfible that our own Pi- lots at home (from feveral Accidents) who have been converfant all their Lives in the Britijh Cha- nel, Roads, and Harbours, are fometimes mifta- ken. But the Bay, and River of St, Lawrence^ from the frequency of Fogs, unfathomable Depths of the Water, Rapidity and Uncertainty of the Currents, were enough to elude and baffle the Skill, and confound the Care, Diligence, and Wacchfulnefs of the moft expert and able Pilots, as ^9 !i; 1/1 t ■ I li 3^ 71:}C TntroduBion. as Vc by Experience found, and the frank Con» fcffion of the Frenchman^ who had made forty Voyages in that River confirms. The Truth indeed is, that the grcateft Art in the Navigation of that Bay and River, confilts on- ly in avoiding the fteep Shoars, numerous and ap- parent Rocks, which every Seaman in clear Wea- ther with his Eyes open, is as capable to do as the hcW Pilot m the World : And no Pilot can fhun that Danger when the Land is become invifible by Fo^s, and the Lead and Anchors ufclefs by the unfathomable Depths of the Water, and all Cal- culation of Tides mipoflible, becaufe unknown. And therefore, when I fo often heard of the mighty Hazard of Fleet?, and the many almoll inlurmnuntable Difficultits 1 had to encounter in that E.iii^rprize, 1 always comforted myfelf with the Profped I had, if fuccefsful, of acquiring a fa,' greater Fame and Renown in that Undeita- ^king, than ever Drake and CavendiJI: did, by fail- .ing round the Globe: And if unprofperous, it would be but what had happened before to the Great Sir William Phips^ who (after his Attempt on that Place, from whence the Men he landed were forced off, and retreated in fuch Precipita- -tion, that they left their Cannon behind, in vain endeavouring to recover them again) returned to Bofion with the Lofs of above a thoufand Men, and one Ship only befides his own, out of between thirty and forty Sail that went with him *, the relt •being fcattercd, fome wrcck'd, foundred and dri- ,vcn aihoar in their Return. ' :^ i Take the Sum of this Expedition as related in the moll partial manner, by the Author of the Bri- tijh Empire in America , frow the Nein) England V^ccounts, '. 6fe C This 7i&^ Intro^iu ^ on " c This was a fad Misforr inc . B the Nevi " England Accounts, above a houfan Men €- ** riihed in it one way or other. The f'lct «s ** feparated in its Return, fome Ships driven Far " as \\\t LeewcLYd Iftcmds^ one was wrcck'd, " ther never heard of, a third foundied and all " the Crew loll ; a fourth was driven aihoar on " the defolate Hland of Jntecofta^ where Captaia " Rainsford and his Company, forty at firll, were " reduced by Want and Weather, to half the " Number, in a Month*s time, and then (lived " almoft miraculoufly. This Expedition coll the " Colony of IsJew England 40000 /. for which " they ran in Debt, and paid it off by Bills which "they made current like our Efcchequer Bills in ^^, England. '■ 'Add yet, after all this, Sir W'tUtam Phips never fuffcrcd the lealt Ditninurion in his Chara(5ter and Reputation, nor any Ptrfon with him : On the contrary, he wa« advanced to Honour > for the ne Jit Pott we find him in, after his Expedition, is the Government ot New England : But he was born in that happy Province, and therefore what- ever happened under his Condud, could not be blanoeable. Neverthelefs, King William (of glorious Me- mory) never thought fit to caufe any other parti- cular Attempt to be made againft Quebec, though the New Englanders ohcn importuned him, and Sir William Phips propofed it, and urged the ab- folute necellity of reducing that Place ; Unlefs that may be faid to be fo, when Sir ''Francis Wheeler^ being at Bofton^ with a Squadron of Men of War, and ibme Land Forces (after a fuccefllefs Expedi- tion againit Martinico) by the King's Command confuked c Britiih Empire in America, vol. i.f. 67. Printed 1708, 31 1 :t I > I ■1 ■' 1 M ! i mm 1 . 3* The Introdu&ioyi, confultcd Sir IVilliam Phips concerning an Attempt to be made upon ^icbec^ which even by Sir ff'^il- Ham Phips himlclF, was not then thought advifablc to undertake , as Mr. Secretary Burchett relates in his Memoirs, which take in his own Words. " ^Sir Francis l^rheeler^ according to the Com- " mands he had received iVom his Majelly, pro- ** pofcd to Sir IVilliam Phips^ Governour oi' New " England^ the going to, and attempting ^ebec^ " but he hiiving not had any previous Advice " thereof, which, he faid, he ought to have had *' four Months before, fo as to have got all things " ready j and that Expedition requiring the Squa- " dron's failing by the firll of July^ and a Strength " of four thoufand Men at lealt, which very much " exceeded the Numbers we had, that Affair funk : " So that on the firft of July the recovered Men *' began to embark , and the third of Auguji the " Squadron failed from Bojion. Now upon the Conclufion of the whole Mat- ter, and from the hard UHige I have met with on account of this Expedition, and as no Man knows what may happen to himfelf, I fhall therefore in Friendfhip to them, take occafion to advife all Commanding Sea Officers for the future, to apply themfclves to the Study of A Urology, or Art Ma- gic > or at lead, be fure before they accept of the Command, and proceed at the Head of any Squa- dron, to confult fuch who are very well skill'd in thofe profound and myftcrions Sciences, to be re- folved three Quellions. -; . r; ? I. Whether the Enterprize they are to be fcnt upon, may prove fuccefsful ? ^ . itj: 2. Whether ^ Secretary Burdiett'f Memoin ofTranfaSiiom at Sea, Print' «^ 110}. p. 173. The Introdufiioft. 1. Whether any Great Man, or others, pcrfo- n.illy prejudiced againU rhem, may happen to have nnv Power in, or be able to influence fuch who (hill have the Adminirtration of the Affairs of the Navy, at any time after their Return home? ' ' ^. Who may be the next fucceeding Lords of the Admiralty, t(^ thofc under whom they receive their Commidion and Orders? •. -•*— ' That having received full and fatisfaftory An- fwers to thcfc Q^icdions, they may be enabled thereby to judge and determine what Mcafurcs will be molt proper for them to take in order to prefcrve and kcurc to themfclves their Pofls in the Navy, already obtained. ''^'••-•:' '••• ■»''•" «-"-" Some may think llrange that this Account was not fooner publifhcd. To which I fliall anfwcr : That befides the many Interruptions I had in pro- viding myfclf with a convenient Dwelling in Ca^ rolina^ that fo ill fettled and difturb*d Country j the ncctflity I was under to tranfcribe fcvcral Let- ters and Orders to infert ifi the Journal, asalfoall thofe contained in thd Appendix j which had I been m Lon do ^^ the Pvintcr might have wrought off from the fame Papers I copied •, and the ill Treatment I met with from the Government of Carolina^ before I was well fettled in my Houfe, obliging me to leave that Colony, and remove to Barbadoes^ before I had perfedtcd every Part ne- cefTary, have been the Occafion why it was not fooner fent to the Prefs. And yet perhaps, having been fo long before the Publication, together with my own Abfcncc, it may now meet with the better Receptibnj ■Nee in'video^fine me liber ibis- ■rck becaufe Peoples Heats apdi Prejudices being in fomc meafure abacedj tHey in'^y have recovered a D better 35 ( ^ ') Wl B i^A 34 ,1 1 The Introduction. better Temper to read and judge, with greater Coolnefs and Candor, of the feveral matrcis of Fa6t and my Condu6t : The Account of all which, the Lords of the Admiralty (had they not put me out of Half- pay) might have had entirely to them- felves. to lock up and make a Secret of, as they clo of rnany other things which, according to my weak Judgment, would be more ufcful co the State, were they made publick, as 1 may perhaps make appear, when I fhall publiih all my own Me- ^ ■ the G mons and Obfervations (ince my lerving m JNavy. - • .-.,--- One thing more I {hall think needful to adver- rife, that I have prefixed before the following Journal, the two abovementioned Lctteis fent by me to Mr. Secretary Burchett from America^ be- ing as I conceive, a fhort Abftrad of the whole Expedition, and may ferve fuch, who care not for reading long Narrations, as a fufficicnt Account for their Satisfaction, and convince many People, that if thofe Letters and Sentences of Courts Martial, and Refults of Councils of War, amongft other trivial Papers, had not been facrificed to the Jol- lities of Chrijimas and Eaftcr Fcalls, or at lealt careledly miilaid, Mr. Secretary of the Admiralty could not have aiHrm'd, as he did in his Letter to me the \z^^ oi March ^ i7H> ^^^^^ there were no Accounts of that Expedition in the Admiralty Office. . . Jf the Lords of the Admiralty ihall think fit to be angry at any thing 1 have faid ni this Intro- duft.on, 1 delire their Lordfhips to remember, that. Without any the leall Cercmonv, they took away my Half-pay, and made me angry firft, and that Lofers ever claim'd the Privilege^ and always have had leave to fpcak, and fo, till the next Op- portunity I bid their Lordfhips Farcwcl. , H , jicopr The tntroduBton. J CO PTofthe L E TTE R fent to M.\ Secretary Burchetr, when I filled from New England in order to go upon the Canada Expedition* *• SIR, This brings an Account, rlrat the 24th o^Junei I arrived at Nantaskct near Bojion^ with the Men, of War and Tranfports from Plymouth^ having had, by the Blciling of Go^.^ a favourable and ex- traordinary Pallagc, being but ^tvtn Weeks aiid two Days between Plymouth and Ndntaiket : Bun not meeting wirh the Afliilance and Forwardners. we expc6Ved from the Governrnent and People of Ncj) England^ it was the 30^^ of July before I lailed fiom thence, and am now in my way to ^ebec^ with the Men of War na.ined in the ^ Margin, and all the Tranfports, both the Britifi and New England Forces, off Bird JJlandSy ifo Leagues from Cape Anne. The Chefter^ Leopard^ and Sapphire which I fent to cruize between Placentia and Cape Breton^ 1 expe6fc to join me in my PafTage to ^ebec. The Chcfter \\2i\\v\g taken a Ship ot about 1 10 Tuns, and 10 Gun>-, with 70 Men abord, whereof 30 were Soldiers for the Garifon of ^lebec^ fent her into Bofton before I failed j fhe came from Rochcl^ and the Prifoners give an account, that they park- ed with Moniicur Du (^uay and \6 Sail of Men oi "War, 9 of which were 70 and 80 Gun'd Ships, with feveratl Tranfports, and 4Bomb VefTels above 100 Leagues Well from Cape Finifter : That thd *■ K.ig-ir, Swifcfure, Monmouth, Humber, goin^ home. Windior, Devonftiire, going hor.te. Mountague, bundcilsind, Dunkirk. Balilifk, Granada, Bomi^s. Gncfler, Sapphire, Leopard, joymd. . , . D z Expcditiotj if A- ^ ■ ■♦■; i i\ 3^ M 5i' The IntroduB'ton, Expedition he was upon, was a Secret: Some of the Letters which 1 found in the Ship, fend News to their Friends at ^uebec^ that Monficur Du Guay was going upon an Expedition with zo Sail, 4 Bomb V^eficls, and 4000 Men -, one Letter fays, he is bound for Rojion^ but that fecms impro- bable. The Demands upon Exchange, and the Prices for Provilions, and other Neceftliries for the Fleet and Army in New England^ were very exorbitant and cxceflive > but for the Service, we were ob- liged to comply with them, they being refolved to make an Advantage of our Neceflitics. And whereas I had but one thoufand Pounds for the Contingencies of this Expedition, which is but half whatever had been allowed to a Flag Officer before, and having therefore been obliged to take up another thoufand Pounds here to anfwer the great Expences that will be required upon this Oecalion, and perhaps will exceed that allowance, I hope therefore that the Lords of the Admiralty will ^wc their Dirc6^ions to the Commiffioners of the Navy, to anfwer whatever Bills i may draw on fuch Occafions, and I dcfire their Lordfhips will give Orders, that the thoufand Pounds 1 have already taken up here, be paid into the Hands of Mr. Har court Mafter^ my Agent in England^ who received the thoufand Pounds before aligned me, and to whom I have writ to attend the proper Offices for this, having charged my felt there- with upon my private Credit: And I have ap- pohited Mr. Richard Wefion^ Deputy Trcaiurer for all the contingent Monies, he not being in Lmdon when I had the firlt O.der for ic The 8^*^ of Maiy, after the I'orbay and Criiizers left me, I gave out the Rendezvous, and the Af^- ry Tranfporc With part of Colonel Dijncfs Regi- mcnc <-W-: The Introduclton, ment abo J, was then mifling, which I fuppofe, either never came out of Plymouth , or at leaft fo late, that being a great way aflern, or by fome o- ther Accident, was obliged to put back, either in- to Scilly or Falmouth, The 14th of May^ being 2ff Leagues from Scilly^ the Monmouth fprung her Foremaft, and having made the fignal of Diftrefs, 1 left the Swift- fure to affift her, proceeding onwards with thp reft of the Ships of War and Tranfports, and did not fee thofe two Ships again, till I arrived at Bofton. The fame Day Afternoon , the Devon- jlnre loft her Maintopmaft , being rotten, and a great Plug drove in it 5 however iTie kept the Fleet company, and foon got up another. The 2id o^ May^ according to Her Majefty's Inftru6i:ions, I detached the Kin^jlon with the Mary Storelliip, to New 2or^, being then about 386 Leagues from Scilly -y but fhe did not arrive there till the i zth o^July^ three Weeks after my being at Bo'Jfon ; and before I faird,,! fent her Cup- t.iin Orders to follow me to Canada^ with fuch Storelhips and Viftuallers as were at New Tork^ defigned for this Expedition. 1 alfo fent Orders from Bofion^ to Her Majefty's Ships the Lowejioff^ Feverfloam^ Enterprize^ and Tritons Prize, attending New T'ork and Firginia^ to join me off Cape Breton^ having had Heif Ma- jefty's Orders for fo doing > becaufe of the ncccf- fity, that there fhould be fmall Frigates with me, at my going up the River lo^ehec. The 18^^^ of May in the E veiling, a fmall Ship, upon a fquall clearing up ,, was Teen to Windward N. N.W. of us, ftandiijg to the Southeaftward, the Fleet then fteeringW.by S. theWindN.W.byW. But file (when it cleared up) perceiving the Fleet, clapt immediately upon a Wind, and the Evening D 3 being 37 '.'. it 1-. tl'lM'lf II i m tin- \t ■:m I : J 8 The IntroduB'ion, being too f:n fpent, I thought it impoflible for any Ship to I'pcak to her, without lofing the Flcev, \vhich was of greater Importance than taking a Prize*, because 1 often had occafion for the Men of War to tow the lag ana Leeward Ships; I there- fore made no S gnal to chafe : Notwithllanding which, and an Order I had given not to hazard the Lo(s of the Fleet in chafing, upon any Pretence whatfoever, Captain Butler in the Dunkirk^ and Captain Soanes m the Edgar^ chafed, tnoU'^h they were appointed to repeat all the Signals I made, for the better keeping together the great Number of Tranfports, and the Dunkirk never join'd us till we found her at Nanfasket; the£ . .^;- The The IntroduBhn. The I4'*» o^June^ we faw the Ifland Sable ^ clearing up juft fo as to fee it and no more: The 19^'' we faw the Land o£ Jccadia^ and off Cape Sable met a New England Sloop, the Mafter whereof being a good Pilot, And knowing the Land, I took him abord, not thinking it fafe to venture fo confiderable a Fleet upon an unknown Shoar without a Pilot : But the Sloop, for want of a capable Mafter, being obliged to come away at the fame time from her Fiftiing, the damage was adjudged by the Country here, to be forty five pounds, which I paid the Man. ' ; '- -•; •'* ^ Sunday the z^^^ of June in the Afternoon , I being then in the Number^ coming into Nantafi ket^ the Mafter of the Swiftfure came abord, and having laid, as he thought, a Buoy upon the out- ward Edges of a Rock at the entrance of the Har- bour, depending upon it, undertook to dircft the Pilot, and in confidence of the Buoy being truly laid, ventured to borrow too near it, fo that the Ship run upon the Rock, where fhe lay from 7 till 1 1 a-clock at Night, and was then got ofF ag^in without any other damage than i5 foot of her falfe Keel bruifed, according to the Account given by two divers Shipwrights, one of which affirm'd the Rock to be fmooth, and that he had at feveral times crept upon it. ■-'• * ^nrv^ :^■u; Upon my arrival at Nantasket^ I found thp Moft' mouth and Swiftfure there, having been a Weel before me, and what was extraordinary, the fame Day that 1 arrived, came in alfo all the Tranfports and Storcfhips with me, the Dunkirk was got in juft before me with her Prize. : :n?rr5 . - j :;.•'• The Sapphire and Leopard I found at Bofion cleaning, having arriv'd the if^h Day of June^ with Colonel Nicbolfon and the two Tranfports which ihould have gone to New Tork 5 fo that I • ' D 4 was 39 ' -' ■ 1,1 , .,,1 ik;','::!;- k 4 40 The Inirodu^'ton. was obliged afterwards, to fend the Chcjlcr^ which came in from cruiilng three Days after mc, to convoy thole two Ships thither, unlefs the met "with the Province Galley, with whom flie fhould leave them in charge to ice them fafe into N'ew- Tork^ and then to proceed and cruize between Placentia and Cape Breton^ where fhc was to join me with the Fleet going to Canada. .1 found at Boftony alfo the Windfor ^x\{\ prey- mouthy having brought in a French Man of War of 42, Guns and 300 Men, taken by the Wind- for^ which Ship 1 ordered to proceed with me upon the Expedition, and the PVeyrnouth returns t<^ Jamaica y^'\\.\\ the Prize laden with Mails and Yards for the Ufe of Her Majcily's Ships in thofe parts. . *.'i\m% y, .' \\ When the Leopard %^2i% clean'd, I fent her alfo to join the C^e/?^r, . and cruize for Intelligence. The Sapphire at the requeft of the Government of New England^ I fent to Jnnapolis Royal^ with two Companies oi New England Men raifed for the Expedition,, to ihift the Garrifon, and bring away the Marines in their Head : But Sir Charles Hokby Gov ctnov nt Jmapolis^ received rhe Men, but would not part with the Marines, which had been there ever fincc the Place had been taken, and which wc wanted with us. Captain Cooper having informed me, that the Purfer of the Swiftfurc was left behind by negled, i appointed Mr. Rich. JVejion Purfer of that Ship. ,. Captain Mitchell and Captain Qore^ having com? plamed againft their Lieutenants, of fome Irregu-, larities committed by them, for which theydefire^ a Trial, J caii'd a Court Martial, and herewith fend you their Sentences. . . • : < ■ , When I came to Bofton^ finding to body there willing to undcitake the Viduallmg of the Men of War Li The hitrodu5fton> War and Tranfports, or any Perfons there appoint- ed for the NavaL^ffairs : 1 thought it requifite for ihc forwarding Her Majefty's Service, to appoint fome of the Officers that came with me, to a6t in tliofc Stations •, and accordingly appointed Mr. Da- niel Mahon^ Purler of the Humber^ and Mr. John florton^ Purfer of the Edgar ^ to a£fc as Agent Vi- ctuallers i as alfo Mr. jllexancler Toung Boatfwain oi xht JH umber ^ as Mailer Attendant, and Mr. Ti&tf. Taylor^ Carpenter of the faid Ship, as Mailer Shipwright. There being a great many Tranfports with me, which created very much Bufinefs, and required the Attendance of a particular Officer to put all things in order relating to them, I was obliged to commit that Truft to one Mr. Henry Fofter^ Ma:- ller of the Rofe Tranfporr, and impowered him to u6t as Agent for that Service in this Expedition, wherein he has performed his Duty to Satisfaftion. The Loyal Merchant Tranfport, being com- plain'd againft, upon furvey was foynd unfit for the Sea, and cait ; She had four Companies abord of Colonel Kirk's Regiment > and with much Dif- ficulty, two other Ships were procured at Boflon to take in thofc Soldiers. It being the Opinion of every body that I have difcourfed with, and fuch as have been up the Ri- ver as far as ^ebec^ that the Humber and Devon" jhire were too big to venture up thither. People generally repr^fenting the Navigation of thatRi- ^/er, very dangerous, 1 thought it not fafe to hazard thofe Ships, and therefore ordering them home, I have hoi lied, my Flag in the Edgar ^ and the Ge- neral going abord the JVimlfory becaufe a Ship of the bell accommodation, Captain Arris went to irpmpiand her , and Captain P addon to be my Ca- ptain 41 *:i V.' i •.t,- ^ •$■*;. 'I . ■Hi-,,,. [Mi' M 'm 4* HT'f !'• it -i'!? *;« 'n i 3 The hitroduB'ton, ptain, Captain Coofer goes home in the Devonjhire^ and Captain Soanes is in' the Swift fur c. At my coming away from Bofton^ the Province Galley, which by Her Majefly's Order, was to be commanded by Captain Suuthack , and proceed- a- long with me to Quebec ^ not being ready at that time to fail, I gave Captain Cyprian Soutback a Commiflion to be Mafter and Commander of her, and ordered him to make all the Difpatcli imagi- nable, to follow me, and bring with hmi all the Defcrters that could be taken up. There being fome Stores (necciTary for the Train) at Jnnapolis Royal^ at the inftance of G-ntral /y///, I ordered him alfo to call in there with a Sloop or Brigantine under his Convoy, and bring thofe Stores from yinnapoHs to us. • Finding it alfo neceflliry that after I was gone from Bojlon r the Men of war, to a6l as Agent for Her Maje(ly*s Navy during this Expedition j and one Mr, IVil- iiam Clark^ who has been very ferviceable in pro- curing Provifions, I have appointed to a6t as Agent Victualler. , .. .^ Captain Arris of the M^indfor^ having acitjuaint- cd me, that Mr. George Amers his Purfer, had fur- nifhed the Ship under his Command, with all things neceflary , and that he could difpenfe with his Abfence, I gave him leave to go to Jamaica to fettle his Affiiirs with the Agent Viduallcr there. I fend -■^■r The Introduction. I fend all the French Prifoners home in the Hum' Icr and Devonjhire^ and the Loyal Mercbanf Tran- Iport under their Convoy. The Captain of the Dunkirk at her coming out o^ Nantasket Harbour complaining to me, that his jV! after Henry Ander [on refufed to take charge of the Ship to curry her out, I fent one of my Quarter- deck People to bring her out, and pur another Mafter in the Dunkirk , being Nicolas Tozer from the Sunderland^ and made Nicolas Moody Mailer of the Sunder/and, having pall his Examination at Trinity Houfe. • ' The Chejler's Stern-poft being loofe, I fliall be obliged to fend her to New England before I in- tended it. ••••---.;. > . . I dcfire their Lordfhips will be pleafed to give Dirc6^ions to the Navy Office and Vidlualling Of- fice, to lupport thofe Gentlemen appointed by me to a6l for the Navy and Viftualling Affairs. Having no Men of War to fparc with me, bc- fides the two great Ships that arc to go home, and a Man of War of 60 Guns, with another of 50 being expcfted from France every Day, 1 have or- dered the Humber and Dezonjhire to cruize in the opening of the Bay of St. Laurence^ till the lafl of this Month, and then to proceed to Great Britain^ except they may have an occafion for Water and Provilions, to call in at Newfoundland by the Way. I am. y . Sir, •'j\ Edgar at Sea^ 14. Auguft, 171 1, off Bird Illands 2fO Leagues from Cape Ann. -""' >• ' Mr. Secretary Burchett of the Admiralty. - i Tour moft obedient Humble Servants Hovcndcn Walker. .•^y^'* \ ij '.g 'j: it-,1 45 m 7 '.'t^^l!f• ; '' ^■•■■•1 'This •'f^' 44 ! ! ' ,1 T/je IntroduBiOJ^i. This Letter was fcnt by Captain Culliford of the Hiimher^ and the Sentences of the Courts Martial, ^^. therewith. ^.^ , ._,.. , ^ . . A COPT of a LETTER fent to Mr. Secretary Burchett of the Admiralty^ from Spanifli River- Bay, after the Accident in Canada River. SIR, ' When I fcnt my laft Letters by the Humber^ J was in the greatcll Expe6lation of Succefs imagi- mble, having fair Weather till we got within the Bay of St. Laurence^ where the Navigation begnn to be intricate and dangerous > and then it became changeable, thick and foggy, fometimes calm and little Wind. But the 1 8 ^'^ of Augufl being off Cape Gafpee Bay, near the entrance of the River Canada^ blow- ing frefh at N. W. left the Tranfports fhould be fcatteredand blown to Leeward, I anchored in that Bay, where I Itay'd for an opportunity to proceed up that River ; and not being able to bring her a- way, burnt a French Ship I found there fifhing. The 10^^ oi Auguft^ 1 was in hopes (the Winds veering Eafterly) that we had obtained our wifties: But next Day afternoon, it proved foggy, and continued fo all Nighr, and the Day following, with little Winds and calm till Afternoon, when in an extream thick Fogg, it began to blow hard at E. and E. S. E. which rendring it impoflible with Safety to (leer by any Courle, having nei- ther Soundings nor fightofLand to helpus, or any Anchorace within fixty Leagues, and that not fatie, it was therefore by the Advice of the Pilots then abord, both E?igUJh and French , the bed in the Fleet, (who agreed in their Opinions) that I made the Signal to bring too with our Heads to the . ..^ Southward, The IntroduB'ton, Southward, nt eight a-clock at Night, by which' poihirc It was reafonable to believe we fhould not. have come near the North Shoar, but have been, driven by the Ibeam in the Mid-chanclj but quitc^ contrary, as we were with the Winds cafterly and our Heads to the Southward, in two Hours time- wc Found our felves upon the North Shear amongft Rocks and lllands, at leaft fifteen Leagues farther ihan the Logg gave j where the whole Fleet had like to have been lolt: But by God's good Provi-., clencc, all the Men of War, tho' with extreme Hazards and Difficulty efcaped, and eight Tran- fports were call away, and almoft poo Men, Offi- cers, Soldiers, and Seamen loft, and had I not made the Signal as I did, but continued faih'ng, 'tis a great qucllion whether any Ship or Men had. been laved. e;--' ; • *; ; ^ ^ The French Pilot having told mei who had been, forty Voyages in. that River and eighteen of them in command, that whenever it happened to be foggy, fo as not to fee the Land, no Man could ever be able to judgfe'the Currents, or fteer by any Courfe, for that he himfelf had loft two Ships, and was once caft away upon the North Shoar, when he thought himfelf near the Souths and that the Currents were fo uncertain, that when People might believe themfelves upon the North, they would find themfelves upon the South Shoar, and fo on the contrary^ as we by difmal Experience found J and nothing is more fure, than that Ships are caft away in that River every Yearj and the Navigation is fo hazardous, and Shipwrecks fo fre- quent, that they find it extremely difficult in France to procure Seamen -to go to ^ebec^i and that is the real'on fo very few Ships come thii;her. By ail which it appears, that thmgs have be6n wonder- fully mifreprefenrcd by tholis who have pretended to 45 < V %^ k*' ^^ ^^ ni ^(J Thi^ lyiiroduthon, to perfuadc us in Qrcat Britain^ that Fleets rnlglit fail up the River to^f^ff i and this does plainly de- monrtratc, that the People of ^q/Zt'W knew nothing of what they propofed, when they laid Scheincj ' for fuch Expeditions. After this unhappy Difader, and plying two Days with very fre/h Gales between the W. and the S. to favc what Men and other things we could^ I caird a Confultation of the Captains of the Men of War J and upon enquiry of the Pilrts, who had been forced abord the Men ol War by the Go- vernment of Nevi England^ and duly examining in- to every thing, they all judged it impracticable with a Fleet to get up io§jtebcc^ where there were To ma- ny apparent Dangers, belides our not having Pilots fufficiently qualifyM to take charge ; And it has been the Opinion of every body, both EngliJJj and French^ that had we been at that time, or lince, higher up that River, with the hard Gales wd have had, all the Ships nnitl inevitably have been loft. After the Confultation, having fent the Sapphire to Bofton^ to give an account of our Misfortune, and the Montague to find out the Hutnber and Z)^« vonjhire^ and ftop all Ships coming to ^ebec^ and leaving the Leopard with fome Sloops and Bri- gantincs to take any Men off the Shoar, that might be there, and try to fave fome Anchors left behind, I proceeded to Spanijh River ^ having appointed that Place for our Rendezvous, in order there to be perfectly informed of the State of the Army and Fleet, and fettle all things for our farther Pro- ceedings; and the 4*^ of this Month great pare of the Fleet got in, but were not all got in till the s>^\ The 7*^ the Leopard coming in from the Rivcr^ and the Kingjlon alfo, the following Day 1 call'd a Council The IntroduclioH* Council of War of the Sea and Land Officers, by confent of the General, and propofed to their Con- fidcration our prefent circum (lances, and whether it was pra6ticable to undertake any thing againd Placentia^ which every body very much inclined toi but finding by the ^Accounts of Provifions in the whole, both Men of War and Tranfports, that there remained but ten Weeks at Ihorr Al- lowance, and of Bread much lefs, it was unani- rijoully agreed that wc could undertake nothing, but return direttly (as foon as reaay ) to Brieainy our Pr(wiflons being but a bare quantity necclfary for that purpofe, not having any profpeo: of a Sup- ply from New Engla)2d\ and the Scafon of the Year being too far advanced for the fafe Navigation in tlici'c Parts of the World, 1 am now making all (lifpatch pollible to fail to Great Britaitty withthe Men of War and Tranfports. It being impoilible to give in this Letter an ex- a6t Account of each Particular, I therefore leave it to Captain Cooke to relate. The Enierprize and Tritons Prize came in here the 10^'*, having met the Sapphire in her PafTage to Bojlon. 1 fend the Enterprize to Annapolis with the Troops detached by the General for that Gar- rifon, which when he has done and feen the Ships iiom thence fafe into. Bofton^ is to follow his for- mer Orders, and return to his Station. The Tri^ tons Prize 1 have direded to cruize for the Sap- phire^ in her Return from Boftori^ to deliver her my Orders for her remaining to attend the Gar- rilon left at Annapolis ^ it being judged requifite by the General and Governor, as well as my felf, for Her Majefty's Service. I alfo fent the fame Orders by the Enterprize ^ in cafe fhe meets her in her Paflage to Annapolis. I have alfo order- ed thQ Marines that were left at that Garri- vUl... fon, •w ttwM 7k' t ■Mm i 1 .' ■:§ t p i^ 'iV ■■^ ''. f i'A c;v f h M; ' ^ I 48 The IntrGclu^ton. fon, to be brought to Britain by the firfl: Oppor- . The Leopard comes with this Pacquet, and tne Men of War with me, are the Edgar^ Swiftfure^ Monmouth^ Windfor^ Montague^ Dunkirk^ Kingfton^ and Sunderland. 1 have herewith fent the Copies of the Refults of the two Councils of War, and am, . Sir, Edgar in Spanifli .., , . Tour moft obedient 'RxvtxBay^theiz^^ . !,,V; , Humhl e Servant^ September, 171 1. ,' , Wind S.^.tj,h low- ^ ' Hovenden Walker. ingfrejh. ' n-r;- ; : Joliah Burchett, Efq-, Se- , ,^; ,,^^ , cretary of the Admiralty. -. ^ Z', " ^^ ' ■ \ .::)/;.-:^^ This Letter was fent by Captain Cooke of the Leopard^ Exprefs, with the Refults of the Coun- cils of War, and Signals for Cruizers, in cafe oc- cafion ihould be for Orders to be fent to meet us at Sea, iSc* .. • > ! ,* ;(>■"■ liKsM ijii ft A JOURNAL ^> v^> ( 49 ) ' ..i n t -Ml IE C c< -4 «*« ■ |,:f. April, London.* JOURNAL ; Andfall ACCOUN.T O F T H E EXPEDITION tyj- ,T ■>!, ■; r'jry :• h II iVL^ '*. ' % km' "t! It'" •> t' I- As far as relates to the C O N D U C T m^y^ \ n ■^ O F «S/V Hoven(ien Walker, &. 'Km. m 1 'H.- s'^'^i^:ji HIS Morning a MeiTenger from the Mmiralty Office^ brought me a Pac- 5 ^^ kct with a Letter from Mr. Burchett , ' and a ^Commiflion for commanding in Chief a Squadron of Her Majefty's Ships de- iigned upon a fecret Expedition, with Orders and Inltrudions, and a Warrant for holding Courts ^ ^^"^^"^"^^""^ ■'■■■^■■^^^■^■vixi** Ma^"^Mai^iH«M<«i iVaMWBM** '1 'SI til i I ill m il I -« fc £ Martial .• *J»* 50 April, 1711. London. ^ 7- A JOURNAL of Martial: Upon-which I took Meafures Tor mak- ing myfclf ready to go to Portfmouth , where the Ships and Forces were to rendezvous 5 the Ships beiog all ready fitted, and the Forces embark*d. Mr. Secretary St. John^ from whom I am to re- ceive particular Infhu£lions relating to the Expe- dition, having appointed me to be with him this , / Daj at h^ Office j I \^iH thiuher accordingly at y^ . li ii-Clgick, whrre I faw Mr. Qoleby^ one of tlUe Commiffioners of Tranfport with the Secretary, and the Matter concerted, was concerning fome Cloathing for the Soldiers not yet abord theTranf- ports now at the Nore : But rather than they ibould Hay for them, it was concluded to fend ^he Cloaths by Land-carriage, and that the Tranf- ports fhould forthwith proceed to the Downs: So pre(fing was the Queen'for the Squadron to fail. ^ 10. Mk. Secretary iS/* 7o/7», when 1 waited on hir>^ this Day at Noon, told me, the Tranfports wit, the Forces from Flofiders^ were arrived in tht Downs i and appointed me to attend him on the morrow by 1 1 a-Clock at his Office, for farther Orders: Then I went to the AdmiraUy, to Mr. Burchett^ to difconrfe concerning the Contingent Monies for the Expedition, which was not yet fet^lfd} and I concluded wirh Mr. Burchett^ that 1 00b /. '\n Moijiies,' for the p»efeht, and Jower to draw on the Navy Bord for what afterwards any Occafion might reqi^ire, would anfwer fufficicntly. Mr. Burchett alfo told me, he thought it neceflary I llioald fpeak to t-he Secretary of State, that the ^Ordnance and V.i<3:ualling Boids fhould have Or- ders to anfwer fuch BiTls as 1 might draw on them. About Noon I went to the Co:k-Pit lo Mr. Se- cretary St.John^ with whom I found Brigadier /////, who was appointed General to command the Land • <-«^.*>i»i4 I Forces '4- f II i\ the CANADA Expedition. j t Forces upon the prefenc CeCret Expedition. Th^ April, Secretary told us, that this Evening v^e muft b'otlf n ii- go together to the Queen, Her Majefty defighitl^ ^°J^[j^ to give us our Inftrucfcions with Her own Hind's ^ C/VS^ and about feven a- Clock in the Evening (Mr. Hilt and I being at St. James's attending) Mr. Sccrcury Sf. John carried us in to the Queen, and Her Ma- jeily gaveus our ^ Inftrudions, at the fame time re- commending to us a perfe6t Agreement and Fricrid- fhip, which we promifed exadly to obferve, ac- cording to Her Majeily's Commands. ThcQueei)if preffing me to haften to the Squadron, I promis'd Her Majefty .to be ready to go to Portfmottth oH the Morrow or next Day at fartheft. I had Or- ders from the '^Admiralty for ccmplcating the Ma-* rines, going upon the Expedition, 16 600 Mch| purfuant to the Queen's Dirc6lions. J'j -^^i'* This Evening Mr. Secretary St. John^^ fent to ^ fpeak with me at his own Houfe, and difcourfcd with me concerning fomc of the Weftern Criri- zers, to be ordered to accompany me about 106 •; Leagues into the Sea, in cafe any Intelligence Ihould be had of a Squadron endeavouring to in- tercept me, and prevent the defigncd Expedition. The Men of War and Tranfports being arrived ^ at Portfmouth^ I left London early in the Mornings and this Evening came to that Place. f «,- i"* Sir Edward tVhitaker being here, and alt the ^ Ships under his Commundi as the Superior Offi- cer, I cJttly hoiftcd my Flag abord thfe Edgat^, The Captains of the Squadrort, to be commanded by me, having had' no Dii'edi oils for puttirtg them-? •• fcives undier my Gommattd, could hot receive frorti me, nor I give therti any OVdefs i of which' 1 gave notice both to Mr. Secretary' .SV. John^ and Mr. 14; :^v-- 16.] tf^ r ■J If %' ^ Vide Appendix. '^ rid. Ap; chd. Bttrcbatt^ .Mw-amr "1 '*} 5* April, T711. Portf- mouth. % 19' A JOURNAL of Burchett^ and therefore could fend no Ships to Plymouth for Marines : However, I forwarded all I could for the ^^ Expedition , and failing of the t/V^ Tranfports, which, as I was informed, were not very well provided of Ground Tackle , as I told Mr. Coleby the ConrimifTioner of Tranfport, and re- commended to him to take Care thereof, and give the neceflary Directions therein. Sir Edward fFhitaker having received an Order for fo doing, put the Ships that were to fail with me, under my Command 5 adding to them the Humber and Devonjhire^ which were alfo to pro- ceed with me by my Lords of the Admiralty's Orders } whereby the Queen's immediate Dire- £lion$ for that purpofe , were not now requifite, which Mr. Secretary St, John intimated he would have procured and fent me, if needful. I ufed all Diligence for getting the Men of War and Tranf- ports ready to fail 5 tho' I found the Tranfports very backward, and the Torhay ill Mann'd. We have had fuch turbulent Weather, that ic prevented the Embarkation of a Regiment of Sol- diers, neither could the ^Mortars be taken out of the Bomb Veflels to be put abord the great Ships , for which I gave Orders this Day, and gave this Account by Letter, to the Secretary of the Ad- miralty, by yefterday's Poft. Having ufed all my Endeavours for forwarding the Tranfports, and difpofed what related to the diftribution of the Marines, I refolved myfelf to fail to St. Helen's with fuch Ships as fhould be ready. ^*^ Yefterday Afternoon I failed to St. Helens a- bord the Edgar ^ and with me the Dunkirk^ Mon' mouthy Sunderland^ Montague^ Kingfion^ Experi- ment and Bedford Gaily : But the Tranfports did > 2^. \$ H- not * Vid. Append. f Vid, Append. the CANADA Exped'ttion. 1$ not move from Spithead^ alledging they had not April, all their Provifions abord, and this Day it has nn. blown frefh. . ^^J^^^; This' Morning the Devonjhire^ juft as fhe was (_/y>J getting ready to fail, loft all her Topmafts, for 5 2f . which I ordered another Supply, and all Difpatch imaginable is ufed for refitting her. The Swift fure^ which I had fent to Plymouth to take abord fomc Marines there, for thtf Expe- dition , was forc'd back to St. Helens^ with her Foretopmaft loft, having been as far as Portland, Very few of the Tranfports being got to St HeUm , I fent for feveral of the Mafters, and told them of their Negligence, ordering them to be at St. Helens^ without fail, on the morrow. The Swiftfure failed this Morning for Plymouth. This Day feveral Tranfports got to St. Helens , ^y^ ^6, but the Devonjhin was not yet ready. At f this Morning unmoored, the Wind N.E. 9 27. the reft of the Tranfports came from Spithead'y but the Devonjhin remained there, not being rea- dy ; However, Captain jirris promifed to fail by 10 a-Clock on the Morrow Morning. At (5 this Morning we weighed j but it proving 1^ 28. calm, anchored again, to ftop the Flood 5 then the Wind fhifting Southerly, the greateftpart of the Tranfports could not get clear oi Bembridge Ledge, * For the more convenient and better keeping toge- ther in failing with the Men of War and Tranfports, the Torbay and Dunkirk were to repeat all my Sig- nals} and forDiftindion, thefirft to wear abroada red Pendant at the Main-topmaft-head, and in the Night two Lights in tl^e Poop , and one in the Top^. The latter, a white broad Pendant in the fame Place, and in the Night , one Light in the i Vidi Append. Ej Poop, \$>' i ''*( s • ,1 -^r-'a*'' ^1 At Sea. Q 19. > 30. ^ * H ^ JOURNAL of April, . Po.pp, and one in the Top, which all the Men of 1711. \Var and Tranfports had Nonce to obfcrve. Ac 4 this Morning, I niiidc the Signal to weigh, arid flood out with an eafy Sail for all the Ships to come up with Smcj but neither the Devonfloire nor Diamond coming out with us, I made the Sig- nal, and brought too, when the Fleet was clear off Bembriclge Ledge. I lay.by till 7 a-Clock yefterday Evening, for the Pevonfiire^ ijibord which Ship the General was em- barked, and hfid with him the Contingent Monies £ov th,e Land Service 5 there were alfo two of the Mortars, belonging to one of the Bomb Veflels, for the Expedition i w^ithout all which, I could X»ot proceed ^^i and becaufe it was impoflible to have fhifred them into any other Ship in fo (horc a time, it was therefore abfolutely n6ceflary that I ihould flay for the DeTonJInre :. Moreover the Sun- dsrland^ which came out of St. Helens after me, gave an account that the Devonjhire and Diamond yvere following. , - After 7 a-Clock yeflerday Evening, made an cafy Sail, and at 8 the Devonjbire came into the Fleet, being then 63 Sail, Men of War, Tranf- ports, Storefhips, ^c. ' » The Diamond by my Order, flood in to the Shoar yeflerday Evening, but returned not to the Fleet all Night j however, atp I made the Land, and flood off till 4 this Morning ^j then made the Signal to wear, and flanding into the Shoar. At .. .. half May, ,■■$-• ' k. "'^Ind E. S.E. at Nootiy Dunofe bore N. E, 3 Leagues eff. * ':nd E. S. E. till 3 this Mornings then /I} if ting to thi F J. ?. we had Squalls xvith Rainy and continued all !)») with Showers, the IVind between the S. S, W and S. S. E. » Wind IV. B. N. dirty Weather. At Noon Ranjljead, N. »', B. W, 4 Leagues. 5 2. //&(? C A N A D A Expediuoft. y 5 half an Hour paft py the Sivifture ^v\d, Experiment May, joined me from Plymouth. ' \i\i. Yefterday Evening, a great Number of the :^'^^f: Tranfports being to the Leeward, and no poffibi- lity of getting into Plymouth that Night, I made the Signal for the Ships to Windward, to bear down, and ilood off till Midnight. ^ ' ?, ,» The Wind then at W. by S. from that titpe tack'd, and flood into the Shoar, xhc Wind fhift- ing t \ ". S. W. at f this Morning, obliged me to beai avv to Plymoutl '^ mdi^ where anchored Ply- with the Men of War, tne Tranfports going into nio^^^li Catwater. The Captain of the Diamond^ who came into the Fleet about 4 Ycllerday afternoon, told me he had been chafed by four great Ships, which had followed him till in fight of us, and then they fprang their Luff: He thinks them French^ 1 believe them to be the Kenty Effex^Jf" furance and Plymouth, I gave Orders and Dire- dions for the Men of War and TrJinfpqrts to be fupply'd with Scores and ProviHons, to compleat their Proportions, the Men of War to 6^ and the "k«f " '• r « ■r', t ' f'Yy T' I Tranfports to 3 Months. It is reported, that th«fre is a great Armarn^nt at Brefty but I give no Credit to it. ^-j'^ V-- «#'? A French Sailor abord the Medway^ defirjing to % fail with me, I fent for him, and upon difpour- ling him, he told me, he heard I was going to Canada y and that he, knowing that River very well, having been four Voyages there, would wil- lingly ferve on that Expedition, affirming himfelf capable to pilot a Ship, tho* of the z^ Rate up to the Town. I ask'd him, why he imagin'd we were going there : To which he reply'd, that he had heard People talk fo. I told him he was mi- ftaken : But that if he were well acquainted with the Bay oi Bifcay^ and the Coafts about Nantes^ P4 -"'■•, -hP- m m ::^ y\ 't ■•I $6 • ^^ May, J711. Ply- mouth .5 4' Jt Sea, h T- A JOURNAL of ' he {hould go with mc i he laid he was capable, and willing to ferve as a Pilot in thofc Parts. A Captain of a Dutch Privateer was with me, , and faidj he had fccn 37 Ships at Brefi ready to ' (^ij^ < I t ■ ''■'* *■' '-■' :»''. ^v --'■■• •,^ ;''^' A'^' Having acquainted the General of the French Man, that fpid he waa a Pilot for Canada River, and that I hau difcharged him into the Ship where I hoiflcd my Flag, he approved of what I had I gaveDireftions that theTranfports fhould get out of Catwater^ with all poflible Expedition, ucfigning to fail, if the Wind permitted, this Evening, -.-u-''^' ^-^---^^ *«y^*M- ^ ; .- ■■.;. ^ .-^ :.... The Tranfports not getting out Ycfterday , I went myfelf into Cutwater ^ in the Afternoon, ar mongft all the Ships to haften them, that the Tide might not L Sftj and mod of the Mafters were afhoar getting ofFProvifions and other Stores. I fhifted my Flag laft Night, from the Edgar to the Number . About 4 a-Qock this ^ Morning, the Wind E. S. E. moderate Weather, I made the Signal to unmoor, having at the fame time received an Exprefs from Mr. Secretary St. John^ prefling me to fail. At 10 a-CIock made the Signal to weigh, and at 1 1 was under fail with the Fleet, being in Company, Men of War, Tranfports, Storefhips and Merchant- Men, 64 Sail. ' . v. Yellcrday Evening meeting ofFthe/?^w/&^^^, the ^Kent^ Plymouth^ EJjex^ and JJurance^ and becaufc of the Report that a great Armament had been ready at ^r^^ to fail, and having had it intimated to me in " Letters from Mr. Secretary St. John^ that ^ Vide Appendix. • Wind bttxuetn S. E. by S. andE. moderate Weather; at Ngon .and's End N. B. W. 5 Leagues, * Vide Appendix. :- the CAN AD fi Expedition. J7 if any appearance could have been of my meeting May, .'^ them 5 I fhould have had Orders for the Cruizers ^7xi. to have gone with me a good way to the Weft- '^^iii ward} Upon which he alfo difcourfcd me when in ^^^^^ n London j I thought it not only juftifiable in me, but alfo ncceflary for the Service ( left I might meet a ftrong Squadron if the Enemy defigncd to intercept me) to take with me the Kent^ Plymouth^ and Effex^ till about loo Leagues from Scilly^ and therefore gave them Orders accordingly 5 but the JJfurancCj not being in a Condition to keep the Sea, I (ent her into Plymouth with my ° Letters, to for- ward by Exprcfs to JLWo». ' . i Yeflerday in the p Evening Captain Moodie in the y S. about 15 Leagues . ■'' V ■ •', It' n^-'.,) II S « ■■■ tho* they r both were appointed to repeat my Signals, for the better keeping together the Number of Tranfports, cf|j)ecially the Weather inclining to be cloudy and fo^y, being near the Banks of Arfze/^/zn^/^/?^. A- bcmt 8 this Morning 6w one of the Men of War • ' " that had chafed, which prov'd the Edgar. June, We have had for this laft Week, very change- 4 f. able and various Weather, cloudy, hazy and clear alternately j fometimes frefh « Gales ana very cold. At Day-light we pafled by two Iflands of Ice, and H t ' at p this Forenoon, faw another large Ifland of Ice, ^^ N. N. E. off us , which rendered the Weather very cold. 5 6. Yefterday Afternoon founded, and had 40 Fa- thom Water, Shells, and fine grey Sand. At f Noon founded, but had no Ground^ with ijo Fathom of Line out, ^ Having •*mn <• Vide Append. e Wind N.IV. by W. N.W. by N. N.N.E.N.E.&cc, changeable Weather from clear to foggy. At Noon Scilly bore N. 770. 16'. E. 577- Leagues^ Lat.p. ob. 430. 38'. N. f Wind H. N. E. R. by S. and S. E. clear all Night , then thick foggy Weather with Rain, which continued all Day. At Noon SciUy bore N. 77°- S^'- ^- <$li. Itagues, Lat, p. R. 43. 33- •N'. f the CA'S AD A Expedit'tott. 6i Having had the Weather for the mod part very June, thick and foggy, continuing fo alfo for fcveral 7/^,*^ Days without any clearing up, and no Signals in ^^^V^J the printed Inftrudbions for alterinc the Courfc in* j n, a Fogg \ therefore, not knowing but 1 micht at ' *" fomc time in foggy 8 Weather, have occauon to alter the Courfe, 1 confidered with Captain Culli' ford^ of the following Signals', to be given out the fiift Opportunity to all the Ships. ^ ;.., . Signals in a Fogg, When the Fleet is f illne large, or before the Wind, and the Admiral fhall think fit to alter his Courfe i if to Starbord, he will Tire 3 Gunsj if to Port, f Gunsj and about 4 Minutes ufter a Gun, each half Minute, for fo nianyPc and this Day got fafe into Nantasket Road, as did alfo all the Tranfports. The Z)«»- kirk^ which had loft Company ever fince the 28*!!; of laft Month, came in jull before me. The Sapphire and Leopard^ which arrived here the I f th of this Month, with two Store Ships for New- Tor k^ were both cleaning by Colonel Nichol' fan's Order, who came with them. The Windfor , and fVeymotith were alfo here, having brought in a rich Prize, a French Man of War of 41 Guns, and 500 Men, taken by them offCuka. -t.. ■ . • The wMm n 1 i^^KU f l«i: i^iSi' imII !' ''fflp ^■1 'i'j'f^MH am m m :" W 'it';; ;' H I M il ■■<; i ■'!c--a; I / f*. 64 June, 1711. Bofton. A JOURNA L of The Monmouth ^ wanting a Foremafti and the Edgar^s Mizen being unferviceable, and feveral o- ther Ships wanting what might render them fit to proceed to, and if need were, to remain at ^e- hec'i I ordered Enquiry to be made, how tKey could be fupplied, and how any Stores might be had to make good fuch Defefts of the Squadron, as fhould be found requifite. The Secretary of the Colony, and fome of the Council, being gone abord the Devonjhire^ to complement the General upon his Arrival 5 1 went to him, and foon after he, and I went, together with the Council and Secretary afhoar > we called at Caftk-IJland^ where was one Ronde Dennie a French Man^ who came from Placentia with a Flag of Truce, and fome Englijh Prifoners 5 but, upon the Arrival of Colonel NkhoJ/ony was detained, and not fuffer'd to return. . The ^ Government here, it feems, have iflued out ftrid Orders, for preventing Defertion from the Men of War and Land Forces. r , ; When we came to Bofton^ the Governour and Lieutenant- General Nicholfony being at a Congrefs of the Governours of the feveral Provinces, to con- cert Matters relating to our intended Expedition j the Council in Town received, and entertained us at a Dinner, in a publick Houfe. One Captain Belcher^ a very rich and leading Man amongft them, who had furniihed the Men of War with Provifions, before my Arrival, refufed now to con- tinue fo to do, and alledged he was only a Contra- €ttt at a Price for a certain time ^ but that being over, he would not furnidi Provifions at the fame Rate, being, as he faid, too low a Price. I en- deavour'd, by all the Arguments I could, to in- duce 1 vide Append. "» Vide Append. the CANADA Expedition. ^5 duce him to fupply the Squadron under my Com- 1""^. ., mand, with Provifions at any reafonable Ratej he '^j^i* being the only Peifon capable, and told him he \y^>^r\\ f :u ;'d have Bills on the Vidualling Board " atteft- ed, and authorised by me, for which I had fuffi- cient Power, and that it would be efteem'd as a great piece of Service to the prefent Expedition : but whatever I could fay hacl no EfFcdt, and in vain I endeavoured to obviate all his Objeftibns. When I found him thus obftinate, I began to doubt, whether we fhould not be much diftrefs'd for, if not quite difappointed of, the Provifions expcfted and fo much depended upon 5 for none elle, in Bofton^ would be concerned, fince Belcher refufed : And Strangers would find it very difficult to undertake the Matter, and their Succefs therein doubtful. Some of the Captains of the Men of War were of Opinion , that Belcher would not be concerned himfelf, becaufe, being rich and of great Credit, he dcfigned to buy up all the Provi- sions to be had in the Country, to inhance the Prices, and fo make the whole Advantage to his own private Interelh This Accident therefore put me upon thinking of fome Meafures for pro- curing Proviiions by other means, wherein I per- ceived I fhould meet with unexpefted Difficulties, After Dinner, while I was with the General, the Secretary of the Colony came to acquaint us, that the Chefter not going to Annafolh Royal ^ as direfted by the Government, it was nccefTary fome other Man of War fhould be fcnt thither. Soon after which, I came abord the Humbery to give the neceff'ary Directions for the Squadrons being watered and fitted. n rias wil- ling: to have her Bottom feen; and therefore there being no conveniency for careening, I approved of the Divers. The Agent Vidtiiallers were alfo with me, and hoped they ihould be able by Friday next to fup- ply the Squadron with frclli Provifions : And there- upon I gave Orders accordingly, for the Men of War to fend their Boats to Bofion four Days in the Week, to receive thofe Provifions. But it is faid. Captain Belcher takes up all the Salt Provi- iions, to enhance the Pricey that he may fell them at moil extraordinary Rates, for his own private Profit. The two Tranfports that were to go under Convoy of the Chefler to New-Tor k^ were not yet ready j but Captain Cook of the Leopard^ faid they would be on the morrow. The Ships here meet with great Difficuhies in Watering, this being a very inconvenient Place for that purpofc. Some Booths being erected on one of the Iflands, near Nantasket Road, for the Reception of our fick Men, they were put aihoar there for their Recovery. I Fj I gave M 7 fi i": m 70 A JOURNAL of June, 1711. , I give Orders for the two ^ Storeflilps to proceed with the Chcjler to New-Tork, the Captain of i.>^/^ which Ship was, after he had left them in fafety % 28. there, to cruize off Placerttia ^ for Intelligence, till the 20^*^ of July^ and after that, off Cape Ere- ton^ till join'd by me, and I defigned that the Leopard fhould follow him to thofe Stations qs foon as clean. The Agent Vidtuallers came to acquaint me, that no Perfon would kill any Meat for them, without they paid ready Monies, refullng to take their Bills upon the ViAualling Bord j whereupon I went to the General to confult of proper Mca- fures to be taken in this Cafe, forefeeing that if wc could not be fupply'd with Provifions here, upon the Credit of the ViftuaUing Bord, the Expedi- tion muft of neceflity fail. The General and I therefore refolved tp prefs the Governour to ufe his Authority and In.ereft for obtaining Credit, and Provifions, for the Ser- vice of the Expedition. Captain Matthews fent one of the Mailers of the Storefliips, bound under his Convoy f ^' Neiv-Tork^ to acquaint me, that Captain Cook^ having put his Things abord in order to be careen'd, had not yet taken them out. The fame Mailer alio told me, that the Province Gaily, belonging to this Colony, might have gone with them 10 New-York-j but fhe is now at Sea: The General being prefent, he informed him the fame j after which, Captainii/-^/- thews came and confirm 'd what the Mafter faid: However, having got two Pilots for the Store- fliips, Captain Matthews told me, as foon as they were ready, he fliould proceed with them to New- Tor k : Moreover, being very well acquainted with •I**. Vide Append. fhe the CANADA Expedition. 7 1 the Navigation of thefe Parts, he told me (as did June, all the knowing Perfons befides, with whom I had l^\}' difcourfed) that the Province Gaily had been much r^r^U^ more proper for a Convoy to thofe Storefhips, than the Chefter j becaufe fhe, being a fmall Vef- fcl, could have gone within Nantasket Shoals, whereas the Chefter muft go about, and it might ' be a Month before they mould reach New-Tork that way : That generally there is a fortnight, or three Weeks, fometimes a Month's difference be- tween a Voyage from Europe to Bofton^ and New^ York'j that in all likelihood, the Kingfton therefore would not be at New-Tork^ tho' detach'd from the Fleet fo long fince, in a fortnight or three Weeks, or perhaps a Month, after my Arrival at Bofton-, and that from New-Tork to Bofton was generally a Month's Paflage for a Man of War, becaufe ob- lig'd to go about the Nantasket Shoals, the necef- ficy of feveral Shifts of Winds, and the danger of St. George* s Bank. . • '• By all that appeared to me, every Day produ- cing fomething unexpected, I begun to think this Expedition would prove difficult and hazardous j not only with refpedt of the danger of the Bay, and the River of St. Laurence ; but the feveral Im- pediments we met with as to the Provifions, and other Neceflaries we hoped to have had here. j I therefore believed it not amils ( if I could be fupply'd therewith) to take up more Monies, for the Contingencies of the Squadron, which in all likelihood would be much more than could be forefeen in Britain j and having a Precedent in Sir Francis Wheeler^ who, when he was fent upon a like Expedition in the Year i6pz, had zoooL for Contingencies imprefs'd to him : I had as good Grounds to think my Occafions would not be left, and therefore fpokc to Captain Paddony who had F 4 . Monic« I; a I /'■■■pi, '■■"'km 7i June, 1711. Boflon. A JOURNAL of Monies by him, to let me have for Bills on the Navy Bord , as much as I ihould find necefTary, defiling him to rcfcrve a Sum for that purpofc j for that at prefent I wanted none, fince I had enough left of the looo/. 1 brought from Britain. I prefied the fitting thofe Ships which wanted any thing, efpccially that they might be watered with all difparch poffible, which was difficult and very troublefome in this Port j and therefore Cap- tain CulUf'ord thought it would have been better, had the Squadron gone to Road Jfland^ where we could with g'catcr eafc^, have watered, and been much nearer the Provifions. I gave Diredlions for hallening a new Foremaft iorihe Monmouth, The Govcrnour, who appeared very zealous in promoting the Good of the Expedition, dined at the General's, where I was alfo. We piopofed and difcouvfed feveral Matters relating to the En- terprizein handj more efpecially how to get Sub- fillance for the Troops alhoar, and Provifions to enable us to proceed to Canada j the General and myfclf prcfling the quick Dilpatch of every thing, cxpefted by the Queen from this Colony j in all which tiie Governour readily concurr'd to yield his Afiiilance. His Son M?i]OY Dudley having pro- pofed that new Bills fhould be ilfued out, upon the Fund of the Britijh Credit, told us , that feveral Merchants had agreed to fubfcribe for fupporting thatProjed, and the Governour having fummon'd the Council to meet and deliberate about all thefe Affairs, dcfired the General and myfelf to be there. Upon this we went with the Governour to the Town-houle, where the Council was met 5 and the Governour made a very handfome Speech upon the Occafion, acknowledging the great Goodhefs and Cgre pf the Queeq in fending fuch d Force for the the CA'S AD ^ Expedition. 7 3 the mighty Advantage and Benefit of the People Junci of New England', and excited them to ufe all J^jL'* their Efforts, to render the Queen^ good Inten- \^/^sf\j tions effectual , by a cheerful Concurrence with what Her Majefty defired, or fomething to that purpofc, as well as I can remember j and the Let- ter of Credit from the Treafury of Great Britain^ being produced, the General propofed that Mo- nies Ihould be raifed upon that Credit, for the ufe of the Army. It was anfwered, that the Govern- ment had not any Monies more than to defray the needful Charges of the Colony, and that without a General Afiembly, none could be raifed. This put us upon another Propofal, ijiz. That the Trea- fury of W^w £»^/<«»^ fhould lend zooo/. till a Ge- neral Affcmbly could meet : But ftill fome Hefi- tations being made, I defired leave to fpeak my Thoughts freely, and reprefenied the unaccount- able Back ward nefs, as it appeared to me, in the People of the Province, for promoting the pre- ^' fent Expedition, which the Queen for their Good and Advantage, had at a great Charge undertaken : And that 1 did not imagine Things would have moved fo heavily in this Place, towards an Un- dertaking fo beneficial for themfelves ; for which I was the more concerned, having, when at Lon^ don^ reprefented the People of this Country with all the Advantage I thought due to them^ from the Knowledge I had of them, when here about 2f Years fince. In fhort, after feveral things urged and argued on all Sides, it was at laft concluded, that the Treafury of New- England fhould lend zooo /. for the Ufe of the Troops, till a general Aflembly ihouldmeet, and then the Council broke upj lea- ving us very impatient for the meeting of the Af- fembly, i;l (.1 51 :»'< ,«.,-*M.aggr ■ A JOURNAL of /4 June, fcmbly, which could net be nil the iS*** of next ^7[r- Month. - .A^ •. • . - ... < Ty^^X^ Having been dcfi'-CM . vLv^ fome Tenders, and Flat-bottom'd Boats, dcfigned for the Expedition, t I went with the Committee appointed to provide them i but they were not yet fitted, nor could any certain time be fet, when they Ihould be ready. Thus all things feeming at a Stand, till the meet- ing of the Aflembly, I went to the General, and with him confider'd of fcvcral things to be done, and apprehended the fatal Confequence of wanting Provifions 5 and the Backwardnefs of the New- Englanders^ fcem'd to us a very great Myllery. However, I went abord to haftcn the Men of War, and, for want of an Hulk for that Purpofe, ordered the Monmouth to hale abord the Dunkirk^ to take out her Foremaft, giving Directions for all the Ships to get their Water abord with the ut- moftDifpatch. 2 2p. This Morning Captain Jrris brought Mr. Ncl' [on oi Long'ljland to me, a Perfon of good Senfe, and well acquainted with the Intereft and Affairs of thefe parts of America^ with whom I had fomc Difcourfe about the River of Canada': But ft ill, 'I find, by every Notice, that it is a very dangerous Navigation 3 and I began now to think it unfafc, to venture the Number and Devonjhire up that Ri- ver. I gave Orders to all the Captains to get the Men of War ready , with fuch Provifions as they al- ready had abord , and give an Account, by what time that might be, and what could retard them : For feeing fo little Likelihood of being furnifh'd with Provifions here, I thought proper to have the Squadron ready to fail, in order to proceed up- on fome Service or other, in cafe we fhould not procure '?♦ the CANADA Expedittort. 7 J procure Provifions enough, to enable us to put in J""«» Execution rhc Enterprize againft Quebec. V^^' Being to dine at the Governours, I went afhoar [y>y^ to Bo flort^ and from thence to the Govcrnour's Houfe at Roxbnry^ where dined the General, the Colonels, and fcvcral of the Sea Captains. Here was alfo a Gentleman, who had been a Prifoncr at ^lebec^ who gave an Account, that the Place was but indifferently fortified, and not many People to defend it j from whence we all concluded, that if we could furmount the Difficulties of the River, we fhould eafily be Mailers of the Place. This prompted General Hill and me, to ufc all our Arguments to prevail with the Governour to exert his Power to forward the raifing Monies for theSubfiftancc of the Troops, and furnifhing Pro- vifions for the Ships: For tho' thePeople did not feem very forward in giving their Afliftance with Credit, or Provifions, yet the Governour always appeared very zealous for the Succefs of the Expedition. After Dinner, I returned to my Lodging in Bo' fton^ where the Agents for Victualling came to tell me, that on the Morrow they lliould have frefh Provifions ready for the Ships. Captain Matthews told me, he fhould be ready to fail on the Morrow ; and that he might the foon- cr be upon his crujfe for giving Intelligence, I gave him farther " Orders, that, in cafe of meeting the Province Galley, he fhould leave the two Store- Ships under her Care, and then immediately pro- ceed, and cruife off P/^ff »//'<«; And I writ to Cap- tain Winder of the Kingston to haften thofc two Ships, and all others at New-Tork^ that were to be laden with Provifions, and without lofs of time bring them to Bofton. If- Vide Append. Having (if! i- I, i^l^H; '' 4 ^nMniJial^K'^ , \ ^^^SkBm\ mmm 76 June, 1711. Bofton. h 30- ^ JOURNAL of : Having refolved upon fending home the Number and De'vonjhire^ as unfit to go up the River St. Lau- rence-, and Captain Paddon aflUring me that the Windfor^ under his Command, might be fpared to go upon this Expedition) for that Mr. Littleton had no Occafion for her at Jamaica^ and that fhe was a Ship of very good Accommodation, I thought then, that upon the Devonjhire^s going home, fhe would be a proper Ship for receiving the General and his Retinue. And I told Captain Soanes of the Edgar^ that, upon the Humberts going home, I fhould hoift my Flag in that Ship, and ordered her being fitted for that Purpofe. The Agents for Victualling told me, that tho* now they found People to furnifli frefh Meat, yet there was no Bread to be had j wherefore I or- dered that to be furnifhed to the Forces and Ma- rines aftioar, from the Men of War and Tranf- ports. The Governour having fummon'd the Council to meet, the General and I went to them, to pro* pofe feveral things relating to the Provifions need- ful for the prefent Expedition 5 and 1 gave them in the following Demand, which the Agent Vidual- lers had prepared and figned. • j1 Proportion of Provijions for g^Sf Soldiers and Sea- men four Months J at whole Mlowance^ of all Spe- cies^ (viz.) Bread, lofiiio PoundsandPintsof Wine,or in Lieu half Pints of Rum. Beef, If 01 60 four Pound Pieces. Pork, If 0160 two Pound Pieces. Peafc, 4(Spi Bufliels four Gallons. Oatmeal, 7044 DittOy two Gallons, or half that Quantity in Rice. ; ' ' . Butter, /^d* C A N A D A Expedition. 77 Butter, f63io Pounds, or Pints of Oil. June, Checfe, 1 12610 Pounds, or halt' Pints of Oil. jL^"- . V Dan. Mahon, (/y>^. ' ' "• ' '- '^ohn Horton, The above Proportion of Provifions, being de- manded by the Agent Vi6tuallers for the Supply of her Majelly's Squadron and Troops , defire they ■ • -':) may be dire6tcd where they may be fupplied with the lamci ^oi' which Bills ihall be given upon her Majelly's Commiilioners for viftualling her Royal Navy, or be otherwife paid for, asfhall be agreed. - Boiton, June 3 o. 1 7 1 1 . Hov. H^alker. After 1 had Hgned and delivered in this Demand, upon Perufal thereof, it was found that no fuch Qiuuuitics of Provifions could be had 5 but what - there was I had an Account of in a Paper, which the Govcrnour delivered me, (viz.) Jn Account of Proiiftons to be had at prefent at Eo^on for the Fleet and Forces. 180 Barrels of Flower -) 1 j *;! r> 7 1 t» • r r> A ( abord Mr. Boucher s Bn- 7000 or Bread ■ > • t- 900 Bufhcis of Wheat i 8*°"""' 7° ^uns. .„ 2600 Bufhels of WheatT^ abord Mr. ^^/(fy&^r's Bri- 800 Rye J gantine, ^o Tuns. Mr. Newberry^ ij^o Barrels of Pork} more ex- peded. Ship ^faunton^ Merchant, laden with Wheat and Flour. ,'.....• - ' f 10 Barrels of Rice inMx. David Jeffreys'?>V{2indiS, Biigantine Barbadoes Raivlin Mailer, laden ^ with Grain ; a great deal of Indian Corn. This Quantity being far fhort of what was re- quired, befides feveral Species wanting, I could not s perceive ;;^' -if ii ■). ■ ,,1' \.'^y ■t« i'ill f "i M ■>' ■^ :« '■* m 78 July, 1711. Boflon. I. J JOURNAL of perceive how we fhould be fupplied, unlefs from the other Colonies, which it was hoped we might t^y^y^ be 5 and then I came away to my own Lodging, ^^^^ where the Carpenter brought the two Divers, who had feen the Bottom of the Humber^ and they faid the Ship had received no Damage, more than about fixteen Foot of her falfe Keel bruifed. The General having fent me a '^Letter to read, which he had from Governour Hunter^ being part to the fame Purpofe with one I had from him, de- firing a Frigate to ,be fent to cruife between New- London and Road-ljland; I thereupon (igned three Orders for that Service, one to the KingHon^ if at New-York ; another for the Chefier^ if there, and the KingBon not arrived} and a third for the Province Galley, which, with a Letter to Gover- nour Hunter^ I fent to General Hill^ to difpatch by Exprefs to NeW'7h-k^ the Chefier being failed Ye- llerday Morning. This Morning the Agents for Victualling brought a Merchant with them, who was willing to furniih Rum for the Fleer, and take Bills according to the Rate of Exchange to be fettled by the Govern- ment. Hereupon 1 took occafion to fignify to him, that the People of New-England Ihould be glad of this Opportunity, to pay by Exchange their Debts in Great-Britain-, to which he reply'd, that there was no need of fuch an Opportunity, for the NeW'Englanders owed nothing to the Britaim^ the Balance being due from them to New-England^ fince they had more EflFeds in Britain^ than the Returns from thence anfwer'd. From my own Lodging I went to General Hill% where were Captain Belcher^ and the Secretary of the Colony. The former hinted to me, that being > 2" ^ Vide Append. obliged iT^^ C A N A D A Expedition. 79 obliged to take up a Proportion of Provifions for Julyt ihc New 'England Forces^ and Tranfports,- tl^at^^ii* v^ere to proceed upon the Expedition, it was, t/->/\j without Reafon, charged to him as engrofling for himfelf, whereas if thofe were to be left behind, we might then have all thofe Provifions for the Ufe of the Men of War and Soldiers that came from Britain: But to that I could make no An- i'wer, not being advifcable, as I fuppofed, to pro- ceed without them, fince the Queen had given po- fitive Inftru6tions for their joining the Britijh For- ces, and on which there was great Dependancc ; they being, together with the Indians^ more ex- pert, and better acquainted "with the manner of hunting the Enemy's Indians^ and fcouring the A'Voods, than any of the European Forces. This Morning feveral of the Pilots came to my Lodging, to confider of Draughts to be made of the Bay, and River of St. Laurence % and having feveral to compare together, not one of them was found juil } nor could I perceive any of the Pilots themfclves pretended perfedly to underftand the Navigation of that R.' /er : And one Captain Bon- mr^ who had the Rep ""ation of being the beft Pi- lot, and feemed alio t^ roe co be the beft acquaint- ed, had never been up there but in a Sloop, and was not willing to venture taking Charge of any Man of War, oi other Ship of Burthen. - -^^ ; When the Pilots were ^one, Mr. JVefton told me, Captain Southack had given him to underftand, that if the New- England Forces could be difpenfcd with, and not proceed upcn the Expedition, we fhould neither want Provifions, nor Monies^ as much as we required. i Being inform'd that feveral Veflels pafs*d up to, and down from Bofton with Provifions, which might fei vc the S ^uadron and Land Forces, I or- dered «■■! li ' ;',„t % 8o A JOURNAL of July, 1711. Bofton. u dcr'd Captain Harward of the Baftlisk Bomb to lie in the Fairway^ to ftop all fuch fufpcded VefTels, f°I[^Xi and examine what they were laden with ; that if ^^ they had Provifions abord, the Squadron and Land Forces might have them bought up for their Ufe. I had the following Letter from the Secretary of the Colony. . ; : ;;/ Boflon^ July z. 171 1. SIR, • Two Days fincc the Governour and Council re- ceived from your own Hand, a Memorial of a Pro- portion of Provifions wanted for her Majelty's Fleet and Forces in the prefent Expedition. They pray you to think, there is nothing can more affli6t them, than that they are unable, in the Heat of the Weather in this Seafon, to kill and fave Beef or Pork. ?.. ;m - That the greater part by far of the Bread, Flefh and Peafe, that is at any time provided for the Sea, is brought into thefe Parts from Conne6iicut^ New- Torky Penfylvania^ and other her Majelly's Go- vernments 3 and thofc Stores are ufually fhip'd off in the Months of Marcb^ Jpril, and May, to the Weft-IndieSy 13 c. which might have been prevent- ed, if this Government had had Direftion to cake up Stores for the Expedition 3 the Order and In- llructions for that Service being dire6ted to Colo- nel Hunter at New-7ork. •• :«l :..r i'r.: ;• ' .^:- At the Receipt of the faid Memorial, the Go- vernour and Council acquainted your Honour there Was not any Quantity of Butter, or Cheefe, to be bought in the Province, nor the Qiiantities of the other Articles i but what was then known to be in the Town, they returned you a Particular of. And LTY^J /^^ C A N A D A Expeditton. 8 1 And I am commanded to acquaint your Honour, July, that the Governour and* Council have this Day if- ^^^^' , fucd a printed y Order , therein appointing Offi- cers to join with fuch, as his Excellency the Ge- neral, and your Honour, ihall direct to accompany them, for making diligent Enquiry and Search, what Provifions, both for Quantity and Species, are to be found in the Town, or other Places j and to fecure the fame for the Service 5 and havt alfo dire6ted the taking up and fecuring of all fuch as newly is, or fhall be imported} fo that nothing in their Power is left undone, to provide the Stores demanded: And how far they can proceed therein, you will be advifed of every Day. Nothing is more at Heart with them, than the obtaining Provifions for the Fleet and Forces in the prefent Expedition. Tour Honour'' s Mofi obedient humble Servant^ Admiral Walker. If. Addington, Secretary, By the above Letter, it was evident how diffi- cult it would prove to be furnidi'd with the Pro- vifions we wanted} and Hill we continued tofpend upon thofe we brought from Europe^ and daily fe- veral Species were caft by Surveys. The Order mentioned appointed Meffieurs Wil- ham and Francis Clark of Bofton^ Merchants, to ad in Conjun6tion with thofe appointed by the General and my felf. Being come abord Yefterday Evening, this ^ Morning I ordered the Edgar to hale abord the Dunkirk^ for raking out her Mizcn, the Monmoutffs iiew Foremali: being fet. 1 alfo ordered all the Sur- y Vulg Append. ■ \ 1 f ,' » G geon 3 "lilt ■iis 82 A JOURNAL of KjTY^sJ July, gcon's Neccflaries to be completed to twelve jL7J^^-^ Months. ° *^"' There has been a Veflel ready to fail to Britain^ detained to carry Letters thither, with an Account of the State of Matters here, relating to the Expe- dition: But the Affairs hitherto fo little advanced towards it, and the Aflembly not being to meet before the i8''^ of this Month, till when nothing can be fettled with refpcd of Credit and Monies, and feveral other things, that 1 delired the Mailer of the VefPel to Hay till feme more effeftual Ac- count might be fent by him than could yet be done, either by the General or my felf. Having given out all the necelTary Orders and Dire6lions tor Things concerning the Men of War, I went afhoar to liujlon^ and meeting Colonel Kini of the Train, he told me, that Major Le'vingslon^ i\ Perfon well acquainted with Quebec ^ faid, it would be neceflary for us to provide Cranes to get the Cannon up the high Rocks about the Town, in order for railing Batteries againft k. The Agent Viftuallers came to me, with an Ac- count of their having difcover'd a great Quantity of Provifions in feveral Places, and gave me great Hopes that there would be enough procured for the L/fc of the Squadron. The Sapphire^ which I defigned for Jnnapoh Royal ^ being clean'd, fell down this Morning to Nantafket Road. This was the Day of Commencement at the Ner..' England Univerlity of Cambtidge^ where there was a great Concourie of People of all Degrees, and both Sexes: We were all invited to fee the Ceremony. After which, when I was return'd to Town, 1 difcourfed with Captain Belcher and the Secretary of the Colony, about many Things con- cerning the Expedition, and particularly of the Rate 5 4 ^^d* C A N A D A Expedition. 83. Rate of Exchange, to be fettled when theAHem- J^V* bly fhould meet: But by all I could perceive it was ^^\}' ■ like to be very difadyantagious to the Queen's In- \^/^^v>^ tereft. ," ' . >• A confiderablc Quantity of Provifions being dif- % f . covered in fcvcral Places of the Town, by thePer- fons employ'd for that Purpnfc , 1 propofed that whatever could be had fliould be put together into one Store, and fo from thence proportionably di- llributed to the Ships, the Army from Britain^ and the New-England Forces: The General, the Go- vernour, and every body elfe, agreed that the thing was extremely reafonablc. This Day the General rcview'd the Marines up- on Noddles IJland^ it being defigned they fhould foon re-embark 5 but the General thinking it ne- ccflary they fhould be longer aflioar in order to their being exercifed and difciplincd in a Body together, { confented that they fkould flay. The Sapphire had my Orders to fail to Annapolis Royal with (omt Soldiers from hence, and to bring back the Mannes from that Garrifon. The General and I believing it might be of Ser- $ 6^ vice to publifu a Manifcllo to difperfe amongft the People of Canada^ thereby to incline them with more Eafe to fubmit themlelves to the Queen, we rcfolvcd the Governour Ihould be confulted about itj and therefore Colonel King and I went to the Governour, to flicw hmi one I had drawn, ^ which the General had approved of 3 and reading it to ^ini, he liked it extremely well, declaring him- felf of Opinion, that it v/ould be of great Uie for difpofing the Minds of the Canadans to fubmic to the Britipo Government j whereupon we con- Vide Ajipend. I -' m .I''' (ft if. lUi'l nt G z eluded ^IIS mi 1 "^iH mk\ ■ l-'^^ Urai' i '■'m ml f:;l \'A I [i.f 84 // JOURNAL of July. eluded to have it tranflated into French and prin- '7"' ted, in order to have it difpcrfcd amongft the j^,.?!!^ French about Canada, ^ The Merchants, together with the Agents, hav« ing brought an Account of what Provifions they had found in Store, andtheDiilribution, (viz.) ~\ <.*yi !5^i.. i ' * v» * 1 8 »* ^r^ ^^ ^ ^ ^sl ^ or §5 a V5? w •^ *^ J '^ ■ Vs^ ^ (L> ^«^? V 9s v< *4 •;: « S »•>» «<5> »l 8 'i: ^ ^ ^ 1^-s' f^-^ '^ ;f^(? C A N A D A Expedition. 8f 8 ^ « ^ 2 ;^Cq O O o so ^5" 5 o c o W Si O ^ ^ 5^ >« 03 op ft -« 9 ^ 8 oo O -(-♦ • 2 2 r* OO OO uo 1^ • ' .. . ■ Indian Corn. Bujhels. Wine Pipes r- O OO NO C\ « Rum Hog. On CN M « Cheefe C.wt O O OO p ■ Butt. Firk. O . , Rye Barr- o so o Peafe Bufh. m m i-i O -=<■ r- ''t Flour Barr. V3 CO r- O r-^ 1 0\ July. I7ir. Bofton.' 14 O O i H r« O O rJ O H in 00 '^" ro -I" H m '•i '•■s en u u H » B 4-> « 4.. *J •S o cj S 2 2 § } JO U u W Q U »-«»-• o 4 <■' > - ,1V 5|>, c OQ to »^ rv -> t ■•^— SJ !?v \'1 .1*1, \i ', In) i' : ■. » •( 1 i • if S Z6 July. 1711. Bonon. A JOURNAL of >v ThcGcnenil ar,'.l I thought it neccflary to join in the following Memorial to the Governour. ''-; . • Memorial of the Honourable John Hill, -E/^j G(?- wcr^/ of i rr Majcfty's Forces in North Ameri- ca, and the IJonourable Sir Hovrndf^n Walker, Admiral of brr Majcftfs Ships cmphy'd on the prefent Espedition^ to his Exaikmy J<^-^^A"^ <- p* # /; o^ 1.0 2(8 125 >^ Uii 12.2 •SJ 136 !■■ I.I l*^ H- 1.8 1.25 1.4 ||.6 ■• 6" ► Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 873-4503 r O ,VfM ,1 88 July. 1711. fiofton. .^ 7- <2) 8. ^ JOURNAL of This Morning Captain Bonner came to me, and fhew'd me a Draught he hail made o\ Canada Ri- ver. I had a good deal of Difcourlc with him about ir, yet found he aimed at being excufcd g^^mg a- Pilot, and declared hiaiuli' unwilling to rake cliarge of any of the Men oF VVarj but having ihc ge- neral Charadttr of the be(l Pilot, aj; indeed he ap- peared to me to bv, 1 told him he fliould be abord that Ship where I hoiiled my Flag 5 notwithltand- ing, he was very inlhnt with me to be difpenfed with, and for an Excufe alledged his Age 5 but I afTured him, I could not fpare him, and therefore he muft have no other Thoughts but of going with me. Captain Paddon whole Mainmaft had been utterly difabled , had another brought from Pif- cattaivay j but upon fcavch, proving rotten, was oblig'd to ftay till a fecond fhould come from thence, which we hoped would be neat Monday. It was refolvcd by the General to fend Major Levingfion^ with 2 or 5 Indians to Quebec^ over Land, he being willing and ready to undertake it, and well acquainted with that Country, and that he fhould carry with him feveral of the Manife- flo's to fcattcr about the Country j pfopofing to lie concealed amongfl: the Woods near^^^^r, till the Arrival of all the Forces in the River, then to come off to the Ships and give an Account of what he fhould have difcovered concerning the Enemies Preparations, (^c. I gave Orders, as defired by the General, to fe- veral Tranfports to receive abord fuch Stores for the Train of Artillery for which no Vcflels had been particularly appointed. This Day the Manifefto and Priefl's Letter for the French at Accadia^ dependant on Annapolis Roy' '<^v^' -J ■'•yi»ii ^*;t'- //&(? C A N A D A Expedition. «9 ^/, being ready, I ordered Captain Cockburn in the July* Sapphire to fail. b'^ It being my own private Opinion, rather than i^>y\% lofc this Summer by waiting for a Difpatch from hence, to proceed in the Condition we were, to Placentia^ or make fome Attempt on any other Parts of America : I dire£ted that the Foretopiail fhould be loofcd in the Top on the Morrow morn- ing, to try if that would oc any Spur to the Peo- ple of this Colony, to be more expeditious in for- warding the intended Enterprize againft ^ebec. One of the Tranfports that came from Britain^ > P- calPd the Loyal Merchant^ being upon furvey found iinferviceable and call} I gave Directions for o- thers to be furvey'd, and taken up, if proper, for the Tranfport Service. The Pilots for Canada River, that fhould at- tend and go abord the Men of War, did not ap- pear, of which I gave the Governour an Account by ''Letter} whereupon he ifliied out his Warrant for fummoning them to come to receive my Orders. I fent a ^ Letter to Governour Hunter^ and in- clofed Orders for the fmall Frigates, attending New-Tork and Firginia^ to join me off Cape Bre* ton^ that they might be ready there in cafe there ihould be any Occafion for them upon the Ex- pedition. The Windfor being to go with me to Canada^ I gave the Captain Orders to get her ready with all Difpatch, and fit her up for me, in cafe I fhould have occafion to hoift my Flag abord her when in the River of C^« I wip nKHnF^^B. > ill iw:: ^^^^^^^BF' ''■m H^H ' lliSM. # £ * m ■I Si«;i 90 1711. Bofton. (J 10. 5 II. J JOURNAL of The Sapphire this Morning faird for Annapolh Royal^ purfuant to my Orders. The Forces upon Noddles IJland^ being defigned foon to re-embark, were this Day reviewed by the General, where was the Governour and a great Concourfe of People of all forts ; the Troops ma- king a very fine Appearance, fuch as had never be- fore been feen in thefe Parts of the World. All things towards this Canada Expedition pro- ceeding very heavily, both the General and my felf, had a very indiflFercnt Opinion of it: For, the hazardous Navigation of the River, together with the Unskilfulnefs of the Pilots (as was evident by their own Confcflion and Unwillingnefs to fervc, even the bell of them) were there nothing elfc, was enough to check all Hopes of Succcfs, and therefore I talk'd with the General concerning fome other Undertaking which might be more pra6licablej and propofed an Attempt firll upon Plckcentia^ as alfo another, for the Succcfs whereof, I would have ventured to anlwer : But upon con- fulting our Inftrudions, we found our fclves fo bound up, that there was not the lead Pretence left for our enterprising any thing elfe, nor at- tacking Placentia before we had been at Quebec. As to calling a Council of War, which fome pro- ' motcd, we were not either countenanced even to do that by our Inftruftions , and knew very well, that had we call'd a Council of War to have de- liberated upon what Meafures to take, from the apparent Hazards of the River, the Unskilfulnefs of the Pilots, the Uncertainty of Provifions fol- lowing, of which we had not a fufficient Quan- tity to go with us , and many other difficult Cir- cumftances wherewith we were to encounter, it would have been carried againft going to Quebec j which would have brought a certain Blame upon I us. ., .-. >.^-ti.^-:*4/-'j.i^.>a /^e C A N A D A Rxpedition. 91' US, as only making that Pretext, for defeating the J«ly» Defign, and been look'd upon at home as a Con- J,''!.'' ^ . ° ' r II- Bofton. tnvance to favour our own Indinations. (•>/>0 Therefore we were refolved to proceed and at- tempt ^uebec^ let the Event be what it would, well knowing that we could never be blamed for following the Letter of our Orders and Inftru- ftions. And hereupon 1 gave Orders to the Men of War to make all the Difpatch poflible to com- pleat their Provilions to 6 Months at whole Al- lowance, and the Tranfports 3 Months, and with that Quantity I propofed to fail, and expeft more to be lent after me. The "^ Leopard being clean, failed this Day by my Orders, to cruize off Placentia and Cape Bre- ton^ in conjun6lion with ihe CbeJIer^ if there > to the Captain of which Ship, Captain Cook carried my ^ Orders to join the Cruizers that fhould come from New-Tor k and Firginia. The perpetual Applications to me from the Ma- ilers of the Tranfports, as well as the Officers whof:: Soldiers were abord them, having oblig'd me to conflitute an ^Agent for that Service, to bring that Affiiir into a lefs Compafs for my Di re- gions J 1 was more eafie upon that head. Captain Fofter performing that Bufinefs with great Appli- cation and good Judgment. However the Mailer of the Army Hofpital-Ship, was this Day with ^ me about Beds and mending the Cradles , and I gave the ncceflary Orders therein. Having been all this Day abord giving the need- -^y^ 1 2. ful Directions for getting the Men of War ready to fail, and ordering the Bombs to be taken out of the Humber and DevonJJjire , and put abord their proper Bomb Veflels, 1 then went to Boftoru ^ Vide Append. f Vide Append. ^" Vide Append The <,, Sill ■' ;.iMl£ii; k m niff ] r '*%m iiliiwM! ■ '^%^mm uhlMl ■t "' "^ ^ ii B^sHi&^^^K> ' ■ '^W ''lUH^Bi^ '•; lit- illl^^E ' tm ^IK'I 11 pi A JOURNAL of July, The Pilots who came to me this Morning, I J7"- diftribiit^d to the Icveral Ships: But they were not r^^lrjl;^ all with rr.e, tho' 8 fummon'd j and upon the whole, n J J 1 perceive a very great Unwillingnels in all the Pi- ^' lots, for going in that Station abord the Men of War, alledging in general, their Incapacity for r fuch a Ciiuige, and the long time fince many of fl them hiiJ ''f'n up that River. Ochers complained of the Hardlhip of compelling them againft their Wilis and that fome better qualify'd, were fufferM to (lay at home, while thofe lefs capable were ob- liged to go*, and fevcral of them named others that would do better in their Heads: But I intima- ted to them, that the NtoefTity of the Expedition required their Services, and that I could not be- lieve but they were fufficiently qualify'd, elfe furc they would not be fent by the Government , and therefore I fuppolcd they only made Excufcsj and ' that they mull go, and fo Ihould others, if they would let me know their Names. The Agent for Tranfports, having taken up o- thers, inltead of that Tranfport which had been cad, I ordered them to be fitted with all Expe- dition, and direfted that the Materials for accom- modating the Soldiers, fliould be taken out of the <:ondemned Ships. Having got the ^ Names and Places of Abode of feveral Pilots who did not appear, I writ to the Governour, and he fent Directions that they Ihould be fummoned to attend the Service of the Expedition. li Amongft other Inconveniences which we met with, the continual Defertion of the Seamen, Ma- rines, and Soldiers, was not the lead j for not- withftanding the Orders of the Government, and s Vidt Append. h Vide Append, ftll ^ the CATa^ ADA Expedition. c) 5 all the Care poflible was taken by the General and July, my felf, Men deferted daily, and we ufed all our Ef- ^ » '• forts with the Governour to give new Diredions, r/^Aj and had many Confultations, and publifhed Ad- vcrtifcments, promifing great Rewards for taking them up. It was amongfl: other things, propofed to have aProclamation publifhed for pardoninj^all Deferters that ihould furrendcr chemfelves by a cer- tain Day ^ and in order to incite the Inhabitants to exert themfelves in taking them up, declaring that when we fliould leave this Place, the Num- ber of Deferters Ihould be made up out of fuch as were Natives and Inhabitants of the Province. I alfo propofed a confiderable Reward to be gi- ven by the Government to the Informer, who fhould difcover any Deferter, but that was not ap- proved of by the Secretary of the Colony. A Mafter of a Sloop bound to Newfoundland^ h 14* came to acquaint me, he ihould fail very fudden- ly, and I writ a Letter by him to Commadore Crow to fend me what Provifions could be fpared from thence } for dill we were unprovided of a fufficient Proportion for the Expedition, and in all Appearance were like to leave Bofton with a Supply very fhort of what would be neceflary. The General whom I accompany 'd, went this Day to Roxbury^ to view the Regiments raifed in this Province, which were to go with us to Canada, Purfuant to the lo*^ Article of my ' Inftruftions from the Queen, I gave the Agent for Tranfport, Orders to dired fuch Tranfport Ships as might be fpared at any time, to feek for Freight home, from any Part ok^ Jmerica^ or elle endeavour himfclf to procure Freight for them. Having received a ';*ri m I ', Vidt Append. ^ Memorial i i% i^ ■'I m , 94 July. 171 r. Bodon. If. ^JOURNAL of ^ Memorial from the Governour concerning the Ships of War allowed to guard the Coafts oi Ne'W England^ of Ycfterday's Date, I returned an An- fwer, afluring him, that I fhould take due Care of that part of the Service. The Ships of the Squadron being now com- pleated with the Naval and Ordnance Stores re- quired, I writ to the ^Governour, defiring he would appoint proper Merchants and others to ex- amine and audit the Accounts, that the Prices might be fettled to a juft and reafonable Rate, ac- cording to that of the Country. I alfo gave the Governour a •" Memorial, pro- poling fome Meafures for fupplying the Men of War and Tranfports with Seamen, in lieu of thofe who had dcfcrted fince our Arrival. Lieutenant General Nicholfon^ whofe Prefencc had been much wanted, came this Day to Bojion. For being a Perfon of Authority and in great E- fteem amongft the People of this Province, we ex- pected that by his Influence, Matters would be much forwarded •, himfelf being very zealous for, and aftive in promoting the Expedition. Colonel F'ctch alfo was come from Annapoiis Royal in the Sloop that went for him thither, who is alfo very iifeful to the Intereft of the Expedition. Lieutenant General Nicholfon brings an Account, that the Kingflon is arrived at New-Tor k^ and Ge- neral Hill and I had " Letters by him from Go- Ternour Hunter, This Day at the General's ( where I dined, as did Lieutenant General Nicholfon^ and ievLral o- thers) it was agreed that the Marines Ihouid all embark to Morrow, for which purpole 1 lent im- mediate Orders to Captain Culliford. k Vidg Ap. ' Vide Ap. "^ Vtde Ap. ■ Vide Ap. The the CANADA Expedition. 9 y The General fliew'd me a Letter he had, giving July, an Account that they wanted Powder at Ca?iada-y ^y- that they were drawing all their Forces together (/vy->yj at Montreal^ the Govcrnour himfclt" being there, and a Lieutenant Governour only left at ^icbcc. The Merchants of Boflon^ as I was inKorni'd, offering greater Rates for the Hire of tiic Ship call'd §jieen Anne^ than the Qiieen'ji Price 5 it was told me, that the Mafter refufcd to let her go upon the Tranfport Service, which occafioncd me to write to the Governour to ufe his Authority, that the Merchants fhould not difappoint the Ser- vice of that Ship, for which there was an abfo- lute neceflity. The IFindfors new Mainmafl being fet, I gave Dire6tions for her careening with all imaginable Difpatch, and ordered whatever might be con- venient for the General's Accommodation in that Ship, to be deliver'd to her from the DevonfJnre. As the Marines were to embark on the Morrow, fo the reft of the Forces were defigned to do the fame next Tuefday. I therefore gave Dircftions to the Agents for Vidualling, to continue to pro- vide frcfh Provifions for them till the Fleet ihould fail, and thi^ Evening went ahord to forward all Things afloat. In Anfwer to mine of Yefterday's Date, I had 3) i5. the following Letter from the Governour relating to the ^een Anns to be taken up for the Tranf- port Service. SIR, Boflon 16 7///>', 171 1. 1 have your Letter referring to the Ship ^een Annc^ Trucker Mafter, now in the Harbour : If Her Majefty's Service require her, no Body doubts of the AdmiraPs Power to take her up, and with which >i )3-|j I' <4 '^W^- %\ fe J m ■ 96 July. 1711. Boflon. ^ JOURNAL of which no private Intcreft muft interfere j and I believe you will not delay the Improvement of her, for any noife of the Merchants, or any Body clfe. I am, Sir, Tour moft obedient Humble Servant^ J. Dudley. The Warrant for the Audit of your Accounts is figned, and Cap- tain Bant is the Chairman, very he for the Service. Hereupon I gave Orders for the §ueen Anne im- mediately ^ to be furvcy'd and appraifcd, and writ to the Agent for Tranfport to fignify to the Ma- iler, that if he would not proceed in her, another (hould. Finding the Governour took no Notice of my Memorial of the 14**^ Inftant, I writ to him as fol- lows : SIR, This owns the Receipt of your Letter of this Day's Date, and I obferve you take no Notice of my Memorial bearing Date the 14^^ Inftant, pro- pofing o Means to prevent Seamen deferting, that Evil growing daily. I am, Sir, Humber in Nantaf- ket Road^ near Bo- fton in New-Eng- land, July i5. 1711. Governour Dudley. Tour Excellency^ s moft Obedient Humble Servant^ Hovenden Walker. i*MMwa o Vide Append, The the CANADA Exped'ttion. 97 The Murines being all rc-cmbark'd this Day, I July» r diicdcd a Serjeant to be fent to Bofton from each '^f.'' , Man oF War, to take up all they could find who ^^/•^>^ had defcrtcd Irom the Marines. I llopp'd fomc Sloops, and kept the Mailers a- bord romc time, in Hopes thereby to oblige the Countrcy to bring in the defcrtcd Seamen to the Fleet. I continued abord all Day forwarding the Af- ^ ly] fairs afloat, but the Soldiers were not embarked as dcfigned. I had a Letter from the Govcrnour, with a printed Order concerning P Defcrtcrs, and another appointing a general Fait. The Mailer of the 0ueen Anne was with me this 5 i o* Morning, and made many Difficulties in his get- ting ready to^ail with me, but denied he had ever reiufcd being taken up in the Tranfport Service, not having heard, as he faid, any thing of it be- fore Yefterday. Among other Things, he made great Complaint of the Defertion of his Seamen fince his being in this Port, whereby he was difa- bled failing his Ship. I told him I fhould foon be at llojhn^ and there fct all Matters in right Order, for his being got to Sea with all fpeed. Having dii'patch'd Affairs afloat I went to Bofton^ and calling at the GcneraPs, faw Licutenant-Gcnc- ral Nicholfon there, and with him a Sachem^ and fcvcral other Indians ot Connecticut^ to whom the General and 1 gave Prefents of fuch things as the Lieutenant- General had furnilh'd us with for that Purpofc. The Sachem^ with his Indians^ danced a War Dance, declaring the Eftcem and Regard they had for the Queen, and their Zeal for the prefenc Expedition againft Canada. i r P Vide Appeiid. H The i.t >■ li'l^'i ^■r i 98 AJOURNAL of July. 1711. Boflon. liir The JVtndfor proving too difficult to careen, be- caufc in attempting to heave her Keel out, •their ^r^rsf\j ^^^'' broke : I therefore order'd her only to have a large Heel. This being the Day to which the General Af- fembly had been prorogued, they met, and we hoped now to have all things fettled relating to the Exchange and Defcrters, as alio whatfocvei might forward the Expedition in each particular. % 19. Notwithftanding all that had hitherto been done Men ftill defert, and feveial Houfes and People arc faid to harbour them. The General Aflcmblyhave fettled the Exchange of Monies at 40 /. per Cent, and are about an A6t to prevent Defertion. The Agent forTranfport complain*d that feve- ral Mafters of Tranfports took no Notice of his Orders, which I told him fhould foon be remedied, if he acquainted me with the Names of thofc Ma- ilers. Before I went abord ( for the Indians were to come after me) General Hill told me my Cock- fwain fhould find the Sachem and his Companions at his Lodging. When 1 came abord , ^ I directed all the Cap- tains to fend Boats to Morrow Morning before high Water to Noddles IJland^ to affift in the Re-cmbar- kation of the Forces abord the Tranfports j as al- To for their Boatfwains, Gunners and Carpenters, to go afhoar, and fign the Receipts for fuch Stores as they had been fupply'd with by Mr. Faneuil. I order'd moreover a Survey to be taken of all the New-England Tranfports, the Whale Boats, and Flat-bottom'd Boats, that I might have a particular Account of their Forwardnefs, and how fitted. 9 vide Append. About the CANADA ExpedUton. 99 About fix a-Clock this Evening the Indian Sa^ Ju'y. them^ and his Vv'xcnAs o^ Connecticut^ came to fee y^f'* the ilumher^ at the Greatncfii of v/hich^ and the {^/-^/^ Guns, they were much furprizcd ; And I enter- tained them with Wine, Mulick, and the Sea- mens dancing, wherewith they were very well lii- risficd i and at their going away 1 gave ihem Cheers and Guns. I held aCourt-Martial forTryal oftwo Licute- ^ ^q^ nants, but upon hearing the Complaints againfl; ihcm, thcv were acquitted, with a Reprimand. 1 order'd all Carpenters, Caikcrs, Joiners and o- ihcrs, belonging to Bofton^ which had work'd abord any of the Ships oF the Squadron, to be fent a- ihoar. When I had given full Diredlions concerning all Mittcrs aHoat, in the Afternoon I went to Bojion^ and there was publirti'd an ' A6t of the Aflemblv to prevent Defertion, and feverc Penalties for fuch as c\)nccal or harbour any Seamen, Marines or Sol- diers. I went to the General's Lodgings, where were the Govcinour and Lieutenant- General Nichotfon. i )ne of my Lieutenants having told me, that the Mavihal had pretended, upon theGovernour'sPrefs- Warrant, to depute him to execute it 5 I took the Warrant and ihew'd it to the Governour, and Lold him, that my Lieutenant could not be deputed by his Marlhal to imprefs Seamen, for that he him- fclf, to whom the Warrant was direded, ijiould have gone afloat and put it in Execution j where- fore the Governour fenc for the Marihal, repre- hended him for it, and commanded him to go a- tloat and execute his Warrant himfelf. ffii i«« < ' I'M v: J ri^cAppend. H i The H i^}W^'' I V r; f'l 'i .(\i loo /t JOURNAL of July, The Marfhal told the Governour, if he would r[V- give Warrants to the Juftices and Conftables to af- ly^^/^ fift him, he could get a hundred Seamen in the Town, without going afloat > and that he was un- der a Difcouragemcnt, having been out of Pocket for Services ii u had already done 5 whereupon Lieu- tenant- General Nicholfon giving him f /. defired him to try and get what Seamen he could about the Town. From the General's I went to my own Lodg- ing, and having told the Agent for Tranfports, that I would order a Lieutenant and to Men abord the ^leen Anne to haften her fitting for the Sea, I fcnt Lieutenant FanjJoaw abord with 20 Men ac- cordingly. I order'd Long-boats to fetch off the Baggage from Noddles JJland belonging to the Maiines, as alfo their fick Men. The Agent of Tranfports told me, the Lighter- men would not carry any Ballaft to the ^fecn Annc^ which obliged me to write the following Letter to the Governour. SIR, Your Excellency mufl: needs believe it a great Trouble to me, that the Perverfenefs of thefe Peo- ple ihould occafion my fo often importuning you For the Exercife of your particular Authority a- mongft them : For notwithftanding the preiling Neceflity of getting the ^^^w -^««^ Tranfport rea- dy, yet nothing but your Power will prevail with the Lightermen, who are accuftom'd to furniih Ships with Ballaft, to give their helping Hand to bring Ballaft to that Tranfport. The Mens Names are Wyat , fhorn , Richardfon , and . Everton i and I therefore dcfire your Excellency to give your Warrant for obliging them • to the CANADA Expedition, to yield their Afliftance, it being for her Majcfty's Ju'v, Service in the prcfent Expedition. I am, ]Kn^^n^ lOI Bofton, July 10. 1711. Governour Dudley. Sir, Tour Excellency'' s ynojl Obedient humble Servant^ Hovenden Walker. Bofton. I flill ufc all Means poflible to be furniih'd with |j Accounts and Draughts of the River of Canada.^ and of the Bay of St. Laurence^ and Places adja- cent) and amongft others, had fome that were printed in this Town from the Secretary of the Province, who was with me this Morning, and I told him that there yet wanted fome Pilots. Captain Belcher came and complained, that Cap- tain Leftock refufed to give him either Monies, or a Receipt, for the Provifions he had fur ifhed to the Ship under his Command : 1 fcni for the Purfer, and enquiring into the Reafon, he told me that Captain Belcher had dealt very barbaroufly by them, having left the Ships Company to ftarve, after a Contra<5t to Victual them for 4 Months, with which he did not comply: But upon my Ar- rival at Bofton^ left off to fupply them with any more Provi lions. The Agent Vi61:uallers acquainting me, that all the Bakers in Town pretended to them, that they were employed by Captain Belcher^ and that they could get no Bread baked for the Fleet and Forces abord j for I had ordered them to provide Bread while here, that what we had abord, might be faved : But Captain ;fi^/^^^r afllired them, that only two were employed by him , whofe Names he gave to the Agents, and then they went away to get the reft to bake for them. I went then to the General's, and a Declaration being drawn up for pardoning all Deferters that H 3 ihould zi ^. '« 0^ 1 V'i !'.ii' — ^ J: ;i 101 July, 17II. BoUon. A JOURNAL of fhould furrcnder thcmfclves by the ij^^ Inftanr. The General and I figncd it, and ordered it to be made Publick, for we hoped to fail the next Day after, and therefore I had ordered the Foretopfail Sheets to be haul'd home this Morning. That the ^een Anne might be haltened and fit- ted to receive Soldiers, I went myfelf abord and found Hands at work with all Diligence*, and ha- ving recommended to Lieutenant Fanjhaw to make the utmoft Difpatch , I went afhoar again to fend off Carpenters to affift in fitting her up. This Evening, while Lieutenant General Ni- cholfon was with me, a Committee of the Council and Aflcmbly, having been before with the Gene- ral, came to me, and prefented me with the fol- lowing Paper from the Governour, Council, and Ailembly, figncd by the Secretary of the Colony. July 21, By the Governour^ Council and 171 1. Jfemhly. Ordered that Elijha Hutchinfon^ Samuel Sewall^ Ifaac Addington^ and Peter Sergeant^ Efqsj of the Council, and Samuel Appleton^ John Ciarky Ad- dington Davenport^ Efqsj and Major Thomas Fitch^ and Captain thomas Hutchinfon of the Reprefenta- tives, be a Committee to attend his Excellency General ///// and Admiral Walker^ humbly to re- prcfent the good Intentions of this General hi- lembly in their Sefiions , to put forward Her Ma- jefty's Service, of fuch unfpeakable Benefit to the Crown of Great Britain^ and t ^ all Her Majefty's good Subjefts in North America j and to pray of His Excellency and Honour, that they pleafe to reprefent them well to Her Majefty, that they may have the Continuance of Her Royal Favour towards them and all Her Majefty's good Subjefts of this Government , with their humble Thanks to ki /;&^ CANADA Expedition. 103 to Her Majedy for employing fuch honourable July, Perfons botih for Prudence and Conduct, in thc^^ii* Command of this Expedition, moft heartily wiih- t/vXJ ing them good Succefs therein. Ifaac Addington^ S. Having received their Complement in as obli- ging a manner as 1 could, and thanked them for the Honour they had done me in their good E- ftcemj I farther told them, that I hoped they would make their good Intentions appear, in the vigorous Profecution of >^hat they had lately ena- fted again ft fuch as had inticed, harboured, or con- cealed any Deferters, and fend them as well as Pro- vifions, afi er us when failed j and that if they would expedite the Forces and Tranfports under this Government's Direftion, to proceed with us, and forward all other Matters relating to the pre- . fent Expedition, they needed not doubt of the Con- tinuance of Her Majefty's Favours to them, and that the General and myfelf, {hould give very juft Reprefentations of them to the Queen. When they were gone, I ordered all my Things that were at my Lodging, to be fent, and went myfelf abord this Evening. I ordered the Provifions of the Windfor to be ® ^i* compleatcd up to what the reft of the Ships had, and for that purpofe drew from the 80 Gun Ships that were bound home to Britain, 1 divc<5ted fe- veral ^ Pilots to be abord the.£^^^r, to be victual- led there till the Ships they were to ferve in, joined me. I ordered alfo a Survey to be taken of the Whale-Boaxs and Flat-bottom'd Boats, and what Tranfports were capable of receiving and ftowing them. [ V\de Append. H 4 ■js: ' K I fign'd •v 104 July, 1711. Bollon. 2) 25, A JOURNAL of • I (igncd * Orders for the Captain of the King^ fton (which Ship arrived at Neiv-Tork the 11^'' In- ftant in the Evening) to follow me with all Vcf- fels laden with Provifions, to §nebec^ as alfo Or- ders to the Captains of the Leoftojf and Fe^'erfiam^ which I fent enclofed to Governour ////^/^r, to whofe Diredions I left them in a great meafure j of which I gave notice by Letter to General Hill. I writ two " Letters to the Governoyr, one a- bout Pilots, ^nd inclofed in the other, the Kt- ipQXto^lht New England ^X2in{^oxts^ which want- ed Men and Provifions. I had an Anfwer from the Governou); to both mine of Ycfterday. This Afternoon Lieutenant General Nkholfon came abord, and with him fome of the Chief In- dians from the five Nations, called the Mohocks. They were much furprized and amazed, as well as pleafed, at the Bignefs of the Ship and the Num- ber of Men and Guns which they faw. 1 enter- tained them as I had done the ConneSiicut IMans^ with Wine, Mufick, and the Seamen dancing, and they appeared very much delighted therewith, and then entertained us in their Way of Dancing, which was a very different Manner to any thing ever feen in Europe 3 for each in his turn Tung a Song and danced, while the reft fate down and hum'd and hollow'd at diftinft Periods of his Dance, with a Tone very odd and loud, but yet in Time. When they had ceafed dancing, one of them in the Name of the five Nations, made a long Speech to me, which the Interpreter told me, was to this Effcdj "uiz. " That they had " long expeded what they now faw, and were ^' much rejoiced that the Queen had taken fuch — •^ ' vide. Append, « Vide Append.^ " care *' fpai cc c^re the CAl>iADA Expedition. i o y " care of them, of which they had almofl de- July* '' fpairedj that at this Time they would exert VJV' ** thcmfelves in a moft extraordinary manner, and (^^-y-sj " hoped that the French in America^ would now " be reduced. He that fpoke, delivcr'd himfclf with much Gra- vity and Sagacity, and to me they feem*d to be a People of Thought and Underftanding, flncereand void of Levity. I told them by the Interpreter, that now an End would be put to all their Wars, and a lading Peace enfue, and drank to them, wi(h- ing their Succefs and Profperity, and that this Ex- pedition might create fo good an Underftanding and Friendftiip between the Queen and their Na- tions, as would laft for ever : They pledged me, and drank the Queen's Health } and when they went away, I gave them Cheers and Guns. It feems thefe arc of more Account and Confidera- tion than thofc oi ConneSiicut^ the Country from whence they came, being able to bring a pretty' good Force into the Field. When they were gone, I went afhoar to finifli every thing at Bofton^ with refped of the Vidual- ling and Stores. ' The Bnjion News-Letter being publiflied this Day, it may not be amifs to infcrt in this^ Place the Article from tiofiortf as far as relate^ to this Expedition. '' .' , * mmA - s f J t t ** i-r. -■'. NEW n-'^ ■ .(■' . ^JOURNAL of 106 B^o^NEJV ENGLAND. Numb. 3 79. The Bofton News-Letter, Puhlijhi'd by Authority. From Monday July i6. to Monday July i^. 17 ii. cc a " Bofton. On Monday the i^^^ of 7«k^ laft, ** The Caflle gave the ufual Signal of feveral Ship* " feen in the Bay, and about Noon the Alarm be- *' gun, and in an Hour's time, the Troop of ** Guards and Regiment of Foot were under Arms. *' And in his Excellency's Abfence at the Congrefs ** in New London^ the Gentlemen of her Majstty's " Council received his Excellency Brigadier /////, •* Commander in chief of her Majerty's Forces in " North America^ and the Honourable Sir Hoven- " den Walker^ Knt. Admiral of her Majcfty's Fleet <* in the prefent Expedition. The Troop and Re- " giment being ftill under Arms, the General and *' Admiral were conduced and attended by her " Majefty's Council to the Town-Houfe , and *' congratulated on their fafe Arrival to New-Eng- ** land. " The Britip Forces that arriv'd here froni a- ** bord her Majefty's Fleet, confiding of 1 2 Sail ** of Men of War, and 40 Tranfports, are 7 Re- " giments, and a Battalion of Marines, (viz.) Co- ** lonel Kirke'Sj Colonel Seymour\ Brigadier Hill\ '' Colonel Difmy's^ Colonel fFindre/s's, Colonel *' Clayton's and Colonel Kaine*s j Colonel Churchill *' com- the CANADA Expedition. 107 " commands the Marines. There is in all fooo July. " Men, who arrived all fafe and in Health, and '^i'- " encamped on Noddles IJland^ where the Batta- ^/vr\J " lion of Marines were reviewed by his Excellen- " cy General Hill^ on Thurfday the f ^^ currant, " and found all to be in good Order-, and onTuef" " day the i o^'^ currant, the wl^ole Forces were un- " der Arms at the Camp, and a general Review " was made of them by General /////, who made " a very fine and extraordinary Appearance, the " like whereof was never feen in thefe Parts. " Her Majefty has alfo fent by the faid Fleet for the intended Expedition fix Store-Ships, with ^ ,^ all manner of War-like Stores, and a fine Train of Artillery, with 40 Horfes to draw the fame, Commanded by Colonel Kingy with proper Of- ficers. " On Friday the 10^^ currant, the Camp broke up at Noddies JJlandy and the Britijh Forces for the prefent Expedition embark'd again abofd the Fleet and Tranfports, commanded by the Ho- nourable Sir Hovenden IValker^ Knt. and Admi- ral. (C (C (C (( ♦.'.' ''*;f ■>! M . > Urn ;r«!i! V--' w* i^..' HI ' t|.pV,v.* I'' 4 1^ \ 1. :a:^ li' io8 July, 1711. Bofton. A JOURNAL of * , - ' , i ' ' . Line of Battel •; The Swift fure to lead with the Starbord, and ; Monmouth with the Larbord Tacks abord. t'nzaies and >■ r^ fmall Vef ships Names. Captains Names. fels. ■'n . .. Swiftfure Captain Joi'. Soans 70 I ■ Sunderland Captain Gore 365 60 -: Enterprixe Captain Smith 190 40 . : Sapphire Captain Cockbum 190 40 Bafilisk, Kingfton Captain Winder 3^5 Co BomB. Mcmtague iQgrondiire Captain Walton 36s 60 LeoltofF, 31, Captain Cooper Sio 8q Guns. (Sir Hov. WalO Tritons, Edgar ^ ker, jidm. > 470 70 Priz,ey 30 , ^C4^M/>/Paddon j Guns. Humher Captain Culliford 520 80 Granada, Windfor Captain Arris 3^5 ^^0 Bomb. Dunkirk Captain Roufe ' 3^5 60 Feverfliam Captain Pafton 196 3^' Leopard Captain Cooke 280 5-0 Cherter Captain Matthews 280 S4 Monmouth Captain Mitchell 440 70 " On JVednefday laft the 18'^^ cuitknt, the Ge- " neral Aflembly of this Province mJK here, being " the Day unto which they flood prorogued. " The New Englijh Forces of this and the neigh- *' bouring Provinces of the Majfachufets Bay, New " Hampjhire^ and Rhode IJland Plantation, confift- " ing of two Regiments} thofe of New Hamp- ** fiire and Rhode IJland commanded by Colonel ** Walton^ and the Majfachufets Bay by the ho- *' nourable Colonel Vetch^ who commands both *' Regiments, will be ready to embark abord Tranf- " ports ^ i > i — — 1 tc 70 1 r 60 1 )o 40 )0 40! H 60 ■ H 60 ■ LO 80 70 70 10 80 ^^ 60 H 60 K' 3^ b SO lo S4 \o 70 2 the C AN AD A Expedition. 109 " ports provided for that End, on T'uefday next, Julyt ' " with all proper Stores and Provifions. And af- [.^fi. " ter their Embarkation, the Admiral, Wind and (^^.^1!^^ " Weather Terving, will order the Signal for fail- " ing." Thus far the Bofton News-Letter. And tho' the Line of Battel is infertcd full, yet 1 hud no more Ships with me than the Swiftfure^ Monmouth^ Windfor^ Mountague^ Dunkirk^ Edgar^ where I hoi lied my Flag j Sunderland^ Humber ^nd DeTonJInrc^ with the two Bomb Vcflcis, in all nine Men of War, of which two^ (viz.) /lumber and Devonfiire^ were to leave nrc when enter 'd the Buy of St. Laurence^ expcding to'meet the reft off Cape Breton, This Morning Idifpatch'd all the Bills that were t. Matthews^ as 1 am inform'd, that laft Year the French loft 8 Ships out of p in that River, and that a great Number of Ships arc caft away there every Year j for which Reafon the Seamen of Rochel avoid the Voyage, as much as poOible } and when fhipp'd away for Canada^ have double Wages : Wherefore the Mafters often pre- tend they are bound to St. Domingo^ when really they are defigned for Canada^ for that other wile Seamen were not to be had. *" vide Append. How .Ai, .iiii-^.i; the CAN AD A Expedition. Ill <,«»v However, I did not feem to give Credit to all July, thcfc Accounts of the Danger oF Canada River j 1^7 1'* ' but rather look*d on it as an Artifice of an Enemy (^^.^JI^ to difcourage the Undertaking, which I was refol- vcd, if poriiblc, to put in Execution, according to my pontivc Inftrudtions for proceeding to Ca^ nada. i 'I 'here were feveral Letters found abord the Prize, by which, tho* none could give any certain Judgment of Z)« Guay*s Expedition, yet they ven- tured to guefs : Some imagined he was to come to Bofton'f others, thu he was to -Jitiempt Bar dadoes: Some thought he was defign'd AgamdBraJil. But amongll all thcfe uncertain Conjedures, there is not the Icait Mention of his coming to relieve ^^- hec, in cafe of its being attacked : Yet I thought it Prudence to be ready for him, fhould he come in- to thefe Parts, and therefore halten'd the Squadron to fail as foon as poffible. I'he Province \Galley belonging to this Colony ^j^ 2(5. came in here frqm Rhode IJland^ having feen the two Store-Ships fafe into New-Tork, which Cap- tain Matthews left under his Care. Captain South' ack^ by the Queen's Orders, was to command her j but was very unwilling to be concerned, having been, as he affirmed to me, not fo well treated by the Government here, as he thought his Services required. I ufed all Arguments to prevail with him to take that Command ^ and the more to in- duce him, promifcd him my Commiffion, which at one time or other might be ufeful to him. Cap- tain Pickerings who at prefent commands her, fays, fhe is not in Condition to proceed on fuch a Voy- age, and mud firfl have a confiderable Repair. I went aflioar to Bofton^ and found Licutenant- General Nicholfon with the General} and I told them what I had feen in che Letters that came from ' \.t< I -< I ^kwl lit July. 171 r. fioUon. h i8. . A JOURN/IL of '^ from Frrt«tf^ hy the Prize the Chejler fent in, con- ecrnirrg Du Guay's Squadron. Dcfigning to fail if po({ib\c next Sumiay^ I dif- patch'd every thing that was to be doneaihoar, and attcftcd the remaining Bills on the Viftualling OF- ficc i and believing it ncccilary (in which the Ge- neral concun'd with mc) to appoint fome Perfon here as an Agent for the naval Affliirs of the Squa- dron upon the prefcnt Expedition, who in my Ab- fcnce mould take care and tranfad every thing for that Service j 1 pitch'd upon Mr. Faneuil^ as one whofe Diligence and Application for the forward- ing, as much as in him lay, what related to the Expedition, had render'd him fit to be ennrulled with that Charge, and gave him my ^Warrant for that Purpofe. And of this 1 gave the Governour Notice by Letter, and dellred his Countenance for him. I writ to the Governour and Council, * fignify- ing the Intelligence 1 bad relating to Du Quay's Squadron, and therefore took Notice of the Lofs of Men by Sicknefs and Defertion (ince my Arrival, and that they ought to have been fupplied from this Colony. Having difpatch'd all things afhoar, I went a- bord the Edgar ^ where I hoifted by Flag. This Morning, between 1 and z a-Clock, I re- ceived a ^ Letter from the Governour, with the Reprefentation of the Council, in Anfwer to mine of yefterdays Date, wherein they have given it as their Opinion, not to fpare any more Men for the prefent Expedition. ^- ' ' *- The Mailers of the Samuel and Anne^ and of the ^een Anne Tranfports, came to me, complaining oi their Seamcns Defertion, and defired they might * Fiouneil.s Reprcfentiition, and cnclolcd n Copy oF j\lr. //^j//'///>'s Letter, Mailer ot'thc Samud and Anne Tranl'pc 't. • . , . I orucr'd the Licurcnants to pro nflioar to bring ip off all the Pilots, as alio the Mat-bottom'd and Whale Boats, that they might be ftow*d abotd their refpedive Ships with the greatcft Difpatch pofliblc} for having made the Signal this Morning lit 8 a- Clock to unmoor, I dcfign'd to fail this E- vcning, or in the Morning early. f ^ -; The Aft of Aflcmbly for that Purpofe has had little Effeft, for ftill I hear Complaints of Defer- ters. The Maftcr of the Rebecca coming to tell mc this Morning that four of his Men were run a- way with his Boat. Mr. IValkup brought mc a "5 Letter from the Governour, in anfwcr to mine yefterday j to which I return'd another, and fent a Lift of the Deferters. . The Governour, Lieutenant-Gcncral Nkholfhn^ and feveral others of Bojlon^ dining abord the Wind- for with the General, I dined there alfo j and un- derftood that Captain Cockhiirn was gone from ^«- napolis to his Station, without the Marines he was to have received from thence, to join thofe wc brought from Europe^ being Itill detain'd there, contrary to the Orders fent : And tho' the New- England Recruits were left there to relieve them, neither had he the Stores of War delivcr'd him, which were required for the Service of the Train of the prefent Expedition. At 4 a-Clock this Morning, the Wind at W. S. W. 1 made the Signal to weigh i at 6 1 weighed. 30. %. ,11 '1; Am i>'i "*ii Vidt Append. *i Vide Appcnti. 1 Vide Append. and mMhi ' a ,' ^'. m'' J JOURNAL of 114 July, and when without the Bruifters lay by, to gather '7[,^- all the Fleet together, and then gave out the Ren- ^^^.^ dezvous f > ' Captain Southack^ who ftill was unwilling to proceed in the Province Galley, came abord, and I urged him not to decline what the Queen had direfted fliould be 5 and that if he liked it, I would give him my Commiflion to command her, which was the only Motive that prevail'd with him : And accordingly I gave him my Commiflion to com- mand the Province Galley, he efteeming it as a Charafter better than the Governour could give him. Captain Belcher^ who was abord amongft feveral others from Bofton^ having declined every thing re- lating to the viftualling of the Queen's Ships, 1 thought it abfolutcly ^wCeiTary fome fit Perfon in Bofton fhould be appointed for that Purpofe during this Expedition j and therefore Mr. William Clarke^ being a Merchant, who had diilinguifh'd himfeif by his a6tive and vigilant Management of that part of the Vidualling wherein he was concem'd, and be- ing very ready and willing to undertake it, I gave him my Warrant 8 to ad as Agent Victualler for the prefent Expedition. The General believing it neceflary, that what Stores of War were left at Annapolis Royal^ ihould be brought after us to ^ebec^ where they would certainly be wanted , fent Colonel King of the Train, and Colonel p^etcb Governour of that Place, to confider with me of fome proper Meafures to be taken for their following us j and we conclu- ded that Captain Southack^ as foon as ready, fhould call at jinnapolis Royal with a Brigantinc to be ta- ken up for that end, and having thofe Stores abord, ^ vidi Append. s vide Append. iliould //&? C A N A D A Expedition. iiy 1711. jIt Sea. fhould convoy her to Quebec ^ and accordingly I J"l7 gave him Ordert. ' ' * Thus havinff difpatchM every thing with thofe Pcrfons that belonged to the Shoar , they went away. '■■''■\ "''•' •'•■' In the Evening, Captain Mitchel of ihe Mon^ mouth brought me Word, that the Humber in get- ting out at Nantasket^ had like to have been ^^a- (hoar, but now (he was fafe j and all the Ships be- ing got out, about 8 a-Clock, I ordered the Sig- nal CO make Sail. And thus we left Bojlon^ ha- ving ftruggled with many Difficulties to get dif* patched from thence : And the Wind and Wea- ther being fair, we hoped it a^ood Prefage of our Succeft. ■..■.■■:'.■■ ■•' ■■ '• '••• •• ■ ■ '■' ' Bcingoff ^ Cape Negro^ nhout iba-Qockf made Auguft, the Signals for *^ Lieutenants and Maftcrs of Tranf- 5 3 • ports, to whom I gave out fome additional SvgnrJs and Orders for the better and more orderly (ailing and anchoring with the Fleet. " ' v.; rrr ;- / r Colonel Fetch being abord a Ship that fiil'd well, I let him have the French Pilot that came with me from Plymouth^ who might be ufcful in cafe I ihould have occalion to fend hera-head. Being off the Gut of Canza^ between Nova $ 8. Scotia and Cape Breton Iflands, I feiu for the French Pilot again from Colonel Fctch^ to know of him whether he could undertake to carry ar^y of the Men of War thro' that Paflage, having an Account of a French Ship being there j but Colonel Vetsh fent the followmg Letter with him. ^ Wind S. Si W. and IV. S. W. S. W. moderate fair Weather. At Noon Cape Anne tore N. E. by N. 5 Leagues. > Wind N.N, W. and W. N. W. moderate fair Weather. Jit iHoon Cape Negro bor* N. by W. 5 Leagn^. * Vid9 App«n(i. ' i I i SIR, ,r,'" ■III T 1 ; fit i ! H- : ■ * '.' . • ill I ^■•: -.'vi iMici > I'Mi!! H-E ii6 Auguft, 1711. At Sea. y4 JOURNAL of SIR, I could not but judge it my Duty to give you a Caution, with regard to your French Pilot, whom I would have you by no means depend upon j fot I find him to be, not only an ignorant, pretend- ing, idle, drunken Fellow, but fear he is come upon no good Defign. I have now no Pilot abord fave myfelf i however (hall not be wanting to do my utmoft to comply with your Commands, who am with much Refped, Sir, •; Tours devoted to ferve you^ Sam. Vetch. SIR, 1 believe it would not be amifs, if with the firft clear Weather, I made the befl of my way to Cape Breton^ and brought too off the mod Eaftermoft Point of it, in order to fet the Courfe for the Fleet, when they come up, in cafe it be foggy. If you approve of this, in order to find us, as Toon as we are within hearing of your Signal Guns, we will fire a Gun every two Minutes until you find us. Off Cancer Pa fagcj . .rj, S. F. Auguft 8, 171 1. This Notice from Colonel Fetch^ was very ne- ceflary and ufeful j becaufe before, I had a greater Confidence in the Man (than by this Account he deferved) from the Opinion Captain Southack had of his Abilities above any of the Pilots of Neio England j and tho* I fliould now make ufe of him, yet would not truft him too far. What the Colonel propofed concerning his go- ing a-hcad and lying o'^ Cape Breton^ I agreed to, and gave him the proper Signals. We are failing along the fhoar, but do not find the Pilots fo . perfectly /;&^ C A N A D A Expedition, 117 ^. perfectly well acquainted with the Land as I ex- Auguft, peded. The Weather inclines to be foggy. ^Vl's About 10 this Morning the Sapphire ']o\Wd mc, f^^^-^ which Ship had been crui«.lng off Cape Breton^ the 5 jq. Wind coming to the^N. N. E. and blowing frefh j about Noon I endeavoured to get into fome Place to anchor, left by the ill failing of theTranfports, we might lofe Ground, being off a Place which the French Pilot 1 brought from Plymouth, faid was caird by the French^ Old Bay, and a very good Road, and room for a great many Ships j but be- fore we could get in , it was late, and feveral of the Fleet being far a-ftern, and to Leeward, I tack*d and ftoodofF along the flioar. Captain Cock- burn brought me a Letter from Captain Matthews^ that he, upon Intelligence of Ships going to ^e- bee, was gone to cruize between the Ifle St. Paul and Cape Ray, Hoping that the Number and Devonjh'tre might meet the French Man of War, and the Storefhip bound to ^ ^ebec , I defigned to order them to cruize between the Illc Paul, Cape Ray, and Cape Breton', till the end of this Month, of which I told the General, who approved of my Intention. This Morning very early, the C^^/M' join'd me, iz, and Captain Matthews coming abord, brought with him the Mafter oii" the Prize he took, who being being very well acquainted with the Navi- gation of Quebec River , the General was of Opi- nion (as Colonel King told me from him) that it might be much for the Service, if I ihould keep him to go up ^ebec ™ Riverj and to induce him •I I !»■ II » II I ■ I. I , | ,»l . ' Wind N.N.E. and N.byE. N.IV. to N.NM. fair Weather. At i^?oo» CapeBretonWeS.fr. is. 3 Miles.L^t. per Ob. a^h'^.i ^' . N. "'• Wind S. W. W. by S, S. W. by W. W. W. S. W S. W. tftode- rate Weather. At Noon the kaji End of the Ifle Paul borf N. W, 'c w, i-i- Leagnes Lat. per O^. 470. z$'. .f^. - -s^ * I 3 thereto, ^ . I'W n.- ^^ m "ifr ys m ii8 ,4 JOURNAL of Auguft, thereto, it would be worth giving him a Reward Uf^Sfa °^ ^^^ Pillols, which I oiftr'd him accordingly, ^^^rY^ ^"^ ^^^^ ^^^j if he would carry us up to ^ebec^ » '" Mas not very free to communicate himfelf before him, fo he went abord the Chefter again, and oq the morrow was to return and Hay with me for the whole Expedition. The Leopard alfo joined me this Morning, which Ship had been cruifing o^ Cape Breton. About 10 a- Clock lad Night, being got with- in the Bay of St. Laurence^ and to the Northward of the Blr4 JJknds^ Handing then W. N. W. the Wind S. W. The Pilot thought it unfafe to ftand any longef that way , and therefore advifing it as ^he fafcit Method, f-^- fear of the Ifland of Anti- cofti^ I made the Signal for the.Flfeet to tack, and iiood to the Southward till 5* this Morning, then tack'd again, i ^ - * '• ^ I gave Captain Matthews of the Chefter^ Or- ders to proceed to Bosion to be refitted, that Ship's Sternpoft being loofe, and fent by him Orders for the Captain of .the Norivicb^ in cafe {he {liould be arrived from Britain j and not otherwifc directed by the Lords of the Admiralty, to take under his Care and Prote^ion all Ships and Vcflfcls laden with Provifions, and convoy them fafe to ^ebec, where, if we arrived, I cxpe^ed the Fleet would be obliged to Winter > and then Captain M>///&tfw; was to go home with the Maft-Shipsj concern- ing all which I writ to the Goyernour, and fcnt prdcis to Mr. Clark to procure what Proyifions jic could PolTibly get to be fcnt to ^eiec. ' " ^ : • ]m the CANADA Expedition. 119 I gave Orders alio to Captain CulUfcrd of the Auguft, Jiumber^ to take with him the Devonjhire^ and ^'^^'• cruize between the Ifland St. Paul^ Cape Ray, f^'NJ and Cape Breton, till the laft of this Month, and in cafe of meeting the Kington, Feverfiam, Loe- ftoff, Enterprizey TritonmPri^e, or any of them, to deliver them my Orders for following me up the River of ^ebec, with any Ships or VelTels laden with Stores or Provifions : He was alfo to take under his Convoy the Tranfport which had been cail as unferviceable at Bojlon, and if he fhould want Water, to call in at Newfoundland -y and in that cafe he had Orders for Commodore Crow, if he found '\x neceflary, to keep the two great Ships, and fend others of his Squadron as fhould be more proper, for Canada River , with what Provifions could be fparcd at Newfoundland. Captain Q-ulliford having all his Orders, with my Letters for Britain, and the French Prifoners, part- ed from the Fleet this Evening, as did artfo the Chejier, with my Difpatches for New England. Having informed myfelf by all means poflible, ? 'f • of the Nature of Canada River, both from the French ^nd Englifh, I (till perceived there were more Difficulties to furmount than could have been imagined j for the Matter of the French Prize who had made forty Voyages, as he told me, iii that River, out and home, aOured me no Ships ever Wintered there, but hazarded every thing, rather ths^ti let the Froft overtake them. That be- tween the Mouth of the River and ^ebec, being i^bout I }Q Jueagues, there was neither Road, Bay, or Harbour where Ship^ could be in tolerable Se- curity i that he never found Ground^ tho' he had tried with a Line of 400 Fathom \ that the Shoar was deep coo all along, being escceeding high ^ fl[^o^n^aino^SJ( a;)d i^ ipoft places you i|iould have ':3 Wvn 120 Auguft, 1711. uit Sea. pm \ A JOURNAL of 1 00 Fathom within a Cable's Length of the Shear j in fome Parts as deep Water , and the Ships {ides touching the Rocks: That it has been impoflible for any Perfon, by their llridcft Obfervations, hi- therto to know the Currents and Tides in the Ri- ver, the Stream being violently rapid and fierce, as well as uncertain, in mod Places ; That Fogs and Storms were To frequent, as they might well be eftc';rn'd continual: That he had Icveral times ex- pencnc'd upon ]\\s lying by (which he was very often conilraincd to do in dark Nights and foggy Weather:) That when they might cxpc6t them- fclves on the North, they fhould find they were driven on the South Shoar, and fo on the contra- ry : That in the Summer Seafon Fogs were molt frequent, efpecially with Eafterly Winds, and the Weather clearcfl in the Winter, but then Subje6t to Storms : That he himfclf had loft two Ships in this River whereof he was JVlafter. However, I gave him all the AfiTurance I coul^, that if by his Care we fliould get up to §uebec^ 1 would make it highly worth his while, and that he fliould never have Reafon to repent the Service he fhould do on this Occafion. 1 took all the Precaution pofiible under thefe difficult Circumftiinces, and therefore ordered, not only the methodical and regular Sailing of the Fleet, but alfo their anchoring : And for that pur- pofe gave " Captain Roufe of the Sapphire Orders, and let him have with him fome fmall Veflels, with which, upon the Signal, he was to proceed to the Places of anchoring, and fo difpofe and bearth them for Marks, b^' which the Fleet fhould regularly anchor. vide Append. This the CAN AD A Expedition. \ IZI This Afternoon I faw the Land, ht\ngo& Cape Auguft, Ga/pecj and upon Sounding, had po Fathom y^"; Water. O'VNJ This Day wc faw the liland Anticofti^ and being ':|^ 15. fair Weather, I dilhibuted the Orders for the Me- thods to be obferved in the Fleets anchoring. That which now took up my Thoughts chiefly, was, contriving how to fecure the Ships if we got up to Quebec, forefeeing it to be impoflible for them to leave that Place before the Winter Ihould be too far advanced. And the only way I could think of was, quite to unrig them, take out all their Guns, Stores, Ballaft, and even their Mafts, and with Crabbs and Machines contrived and made for that purpofe, haul up- the Huls on the dry Ground, to lie fhor'd up, and fecur'd in Frames and Cradles till the Thaw 5 for the Ice in the Ri- ver freezing to the Bottom, would have utterly deltroy'd and bilged them as much as if they had . ; been fqueez'd between Rocks. Till this Morning we have had little Winds, and fe iS. calm Weather} but about 4 a- Clock it beginning to blow hard at N. N. W. N. W. and N. W. by W. and not being able to weather Cape Gafpee, and get into the River, which I endeavoured all the Forenoon to do 5 therefore left the Tranfports might be fcattered by continuing to ply Windward all Night, I thought it neceflary to get into fome Road with the Fleet, and for that purpofe bore up foiGa/pee Bay 5 and not finding any Ground all along under the North Shoar as I went in, was ob- ijged to anchor in the very Cod of the Bay, in - : o II Fathom Water, which was far in. . .:■ Within this Bay was a Harbour, where ^French Ship of Bifcay lay unrigged, making Fiih for a Cargo to go to Europe. 1 fent in, and feized her, defigning to rig and bring her out. / I gave ' ■h (^H 1 ■' -'r i^i Jtl ^ JOURNAL af m. \^\ Auguft, 1 gave Directions that all the Ships while here, Cafoi ^oukl fill up their Water, and get what Wood iJ^^ they could. . / l/VX) This Morning according to the Orders I gave © ip. bft Night, the Mount ague ^ Leopard ^nd^Sappbire^ went to cruize offGa/pee. I had given Ordcrslje- fore to the Leopard and Sapphire^ to proceed to Bonaventure ^ but proving calm, they could no?: isiil, tho' the Brigantines and Sloops I Tent, went thither, to deftroy or bring with them what Boats and Fifh they could find in that Bay. Relblving to fail the firil Spyrt of Wind, I or- dered all the Mailers of Tranfports to be ready at a Minutes Warning. I directed alfo that the Lieu- tenants of Men of War and Marines, fhould by turns be a aihoar at the Watering and Wooding Pkces, to prevent any Diforders that might hap- pen aiHoar while we were in this Place. J 20. The Wind coming to the S. E. about i r a-Clock this Forenoon, I made the Signal to weigh. 1 J All Endeavours for getting the French Ship out of the Harbpur failing, becaufe of the Intricacy of the Chanel y even Boa^s going in and ground- ing, if noc very well acquainted therewith. I therefore ordered her to be burnt, as well as the Houfes and Stages a()ioar, and the Men to be brought abord Prifoners. We turn'd out of Gafpee^ being a fine large and deep Bay, in the S. W. Part of which, there was room enough for a great many Ships and VeiTels, and good Qround for anchoring. '4 zi. We had the Wind pretty *^freih, till towards Noon, then little Wind and calm , the Morning o Wind S. by W. to S. by E. snd S. E. blowing pretty frep till towsrds iioony then began to be foggy. jit Noon the N. IV. Point of the S, Head Land goinj tnto Quebec Riveff^ hore A% W. by N. \ N. 4 Leagrtes. m if^^ C A N A D A Expedition. 123 began with rniny hazy Weather, and all the Af-^ Auguft, ternoon it was very foggy and calm, fo that wc' 57"* loft fight of the Shoar. Rfver.* Little Wind (hifting and vcc.ing, but moft part /l/vnj calm with thick foggy P Weather, that wc had nb 5 zi, fight of the l^and : And tho' at 1 1 the Wind frefh- en*d at E. S. E. and we made a fhift about Noon, by the Fog breaking, and fometimcs intermittinig^ to fee moft of the Ships , yet no Land could DC perceived all Day. Yefterday Evening about 8 a-Clock, the Wind X ij. blowing very frefh between the E,S.E. and E. by N. the Fog very thick, having had no Sight of the Land fincc Tuefday Noon, both the French and EngUJb Pilots, thinking it impofliblc (confidering the Uncertainty and Rapidity of the Currents) to |hape any Courfe by which fecurelyto fteer, advi- led bringing too, till Moir\\x\g\ Captain Paddoi^ concurred with them, as did ^Ifd the Mafter. t confider'd, that fince there were no Soiundings by which to give any Judgment of oiir Diftancc from, or Approach towards the Shoar j and the Fog be- ing fo very thkk, withoOt the Icaft Glimpfe where- by to perceive any manner of the looming of Land, ^houcht thein Advice very proper : Ana they con- cluded, as well as my felf, that we fhould lay duf Heads to the Southward, as the beft way to keep the inid Chanel, and drive clear off the Ndrta ShoarJ the Wind being between the E.S.E. and p. by N. Ssvhifih by the Advantage of two Points, Weft Variation in all likelihood would rtiake out Drift at leaft (if not better th^ ) S. W. for that J)oth Shoars being rocky, it would be of very dan- P Wind W.N.W. W. l^y N. N.W. B. N.B. E.S.E. E. B, hy 2^. £. S. E. little Wind and calm, with foggy thick Weather^ At mon the S. HH^'Lttnd going into the River, lore S.E. by E. gerou? .;^ I ii'til li' r A JOURNAL of 124 Auguft, gcrous Confequence to the whole Fleet to be too 17 "• near either j and thereupon I order'd the Signal at R^vcr. ^ a-Clock, to bring too with our Larbord Tacks, ^/Y^ laying our Heads to the Southward, under aMizcn and Maintopfail. t . About two Hours and a half afterwards, jud as I was going to Bed, the Captain came to tell me they faw the Land, which he concluded to be the South Shoar, from all the Circumltances of our laft Sight of the Land, and the Drift we muft needs . have made, with our Heads to the Southward j ' and thereupon I order'd him to make the Signal for the Fleet to wear and bring too on the other Tack, which Signal the Captain accordingly made. ; , ■, It happen'd that Captain Goddard^ of Lieute- nant-General Seymour's Regiment, >yas at that time abord the Edgar upon the Quarter- Deck, who fee- ing the Sea break to Leeward as the Ship bore a- way, and apprehending much Danger, came down to me in great hafte, and was very importunate with me to come upon Deck my felf, for that he faid he faw Breakers all round, and concluded us to be in great Danger > but being a Land Captain, and depending upon the Judgment of Captain Pad- dottj who gave me no fuch Notice, 1 had little Re- gard to what he faid, believing it to be the Refult only of his Fear that might make him fee Danger where there was none : However he came down a fecond time, defiring me for the Lord's fake to come upon Deck my felf, or we fhould certainly be loft, for he faw Breakers all round us : Upon this his repeated Importunity, and hearing a more than ordinary Noife and Hurry upon Deck , put on my Gown and Slippers, and coming upon Deck, found what he told me to be true, and all the Peo- ple under a mighty Confternation, and in great Confufion. I called for the French Pilot , but it was the CAN \D I F xpec^'tion. 11^ I IT. jvcr. was Ibmc time before he me to t e, r\o^ being ^^gtifl then upon Deck j in the intciim whereof, aking very carefully to Leeward, I thought I aw no Land under our Lee-Bow, for the Ship h\- jching too, brought the Breakers under the Lee-Qiiartcr, and 1 called out as loud as I could to quiet the Men) that I faw no Land to Leeward, the Moon juft then breaking out, and the Fog clearing up j and when the Pilot came, he told me it was the North Shoar, being what we Icall expeded j and then ordering all the Sail to be made that we could carry, ftood off from the Shoar into the mid Cha- nel. During all this Hurly burly. Captain Paddon had ordered an Anchor to be got clear, which, be- fore I could forbid it, was let go, fo that I dire6t- cd the Cable to be cut, and fo got off from the Shoar. About 2 this Morning it fell ftark calm, the Wind (that which was) {hifting to the N. N. W. continuing very little till 4 a-Clock % then blew fo hard with Squals at S. W. by W. that it put us under our Courfes, and at Day-light faw the South Shoar. At 7 I made the Signal to wear and (land away upon the other Tack to the North Shoar. The Lieutenant of the Swiftfure came abord, to tell me that they had feen four Ships afhoar laft Night, which may be concluded loft. I was in fomc Pain for the Windfor and Mouti' tague^ till I faw them ftanding towards us. The Lieutenant of the Mountague came abord to tell me, that both the Windjor and their Ship had an- chored laft Night within fome fmall rocky Iflands, between which and the Main they had been driven. That one of the Tranfports had done the fame where they rode in great Danger, the Place being very narrow and no drift, if their Anchors had dragg'dj or Cables parted. That there were feve- ral /'' n > ^'A J,.;: I H n- * i6 AJOVRNAL of Augui!, ral Ships Iof(, and many Men drown'd \ and fonie J7 "*, were brought off in a Sloop, and more were aftioar R?vcr ' ^^^ ^^ cfcaped. I then order'd both the Bri- \y\/\j gantine and Sloop that attended me, to make the bed of their way into the Shoor, and try to fave and bring ofF what Men they could : Captain Cwk of the Leopard^ whom I (ent to tow a Sloop up which was a great way to Leeward, having brought her into the Fleet,, came abord and gave an Ac- count, that there was a Lieutenant with fevcral Soldiers abord that Sloop favcd out of the Wreck ) that the Colchejier was loll, and a great many Men drowned, but Lieutenant-Cobnel K^mpenfelt was lafe abord the Eagle -, which Ship was the fame that had anchored between the Rocks and the Main with the fVindfor and M»uniaguej and that a great many Men were afhoar. . ^ I then order'd Captain Coak and the two Ten- ders with him into the Shoar, to fave and get off all the Men that had efcaped drowning, vi6kualling them till farther Order) and bid him tell the Ge- neral to whom he went, that all the Seamen fhould be fent abord the JVindfor^ Captain Arris com- plaining that ihe was very weakly handed. ; 9 14* . ^ Having ply 'd all Night with the Fleet to Wind- ward, this Morning I flood in for the North Shoar, and ordered the Mountague to make the bed of her way in with my Sloop to attend the Captain's Or- der for getting off the Men that were faved out of the Wreck, defigning if poffiblc to anchor with the Fleet near the Place where the Ships were bit, in order to confult of proper Meafures to be taken for our farther proceeding upon this Accidenc thac had happened. . - I'J.Tl^'*.* 1 Wind S. W. and S. W. by N. cloudy hasifj Weathtr and moderati Gales till Soon, thin bhwing frtpf, I madef the CANADA. Experlition. 1 17 I made the Signal for Captain Roufe , and let Auguft, him have one oF the French Pilots which I had a- !?"• bord, to find out a Bcarth near the Wrecks where j^-y^^ the Fleet could anchor -, after which I made the {y^\/\j Signal for the Monmouth to flretch a-head with her Diviiion, the better to bring the Fleet into a Po- (ture for the regular anchoring of each Divifion ; and made alfo the Signal for Captain Roufe to make the bert of hi« way into the Shoai*, and anchor with the fmallVcfTcls under his Dircftion, accord- ing to the ' Inllru^^ions he had received from me for that Purpofe. Thus, while (landing to the North Shoar with all the Fleet, one Mr. Alexcmder^ Mailer of the Chatham Tranfport that was loft, came off to tell me, that there were 8 Ships wieck't, and near a 1000 Men drown'd, of which he gave me the fol- lowing Particulars. '^ Vidt Append. ■",'■' ^ ' ' ' ■ : \ . Ship •I %%^ .V , . . i. ,^:i.r.i^ ■"-""mmtSf- ' r ?■ , .!■ *■■ ii8 Auguft, I7II. Canada River. '>.., AJOURNALof 3 O S ^< ^S ^A ••»*. *^ ^^ ^i .C. ja « 5^ ^ ^ 'S 3 lO O 5^. C ^ C! • -« . f»»:^ fN,^ V^ >' \ - ^ ."tS '^^;; ■fM J JOURNAL of 130 Augud:, not bear of nr.v one oi' the Pilots that would un- ^'^^•. dertiikc ro canv us thither*, and by what 1 could River. g:Uhcr from thofe who undcrCtood the inoft of the (.^/^^/-Nj Place, it was r.ot in iinywifc lit for a Fleet. j and I was very unwilling to return to Gafpce^ being too far out of the River : While I revolved thcfc Mat- ters in my Mind, dcfigning to confult the General about them, Captain //^t/777^«'s Adjutant came to rrie from him, and I told him I was jull going to wait upon the General, and accordingly went for had I proceeded without their Con- currence, and a fecond Difaiter enfued, I fhould then have been left without any manner of Ex- cufc. '. ■" • • • ' Wherefore all the Colonels being there, * I de- fired the Captains of the Men of War to give their Opinions concerning the prefent Jundure of Af- fairs, and our farther proceeding up the River. VuU Append. Some tff^:CA^ADA Exjyedtthn. J31 Some of them feem 'd very much diOatisficd, .that Auguil, , they .iiid npt been confuked before they Lc-'ft ^o~ [//^j^j. jion^ alledging, that then had been the time.' I River, did not oflFer to them my Reafons for not having L/^, NJ done foj but intimated, that I thought I had ob- ferved my own lnih:u61;ions j and if jl had tianrgrcf- fe<^ them,^ I .fhould be anfy/erable for that clfewhere, "• - and at this, time that was not theQiicftion in L>t« bate. I told chem,, that fi|-j,ce thu^uofortunatc Ca- lamity we h;ad met with^ in fixe Lofs of fo, many Ship3 and'Spl^iers, I had cnl^'d them togeth'eiv t© know whytjicr they thouLrhc it; practicable ta gip to ^lebec with the Men of War ai>id Tranfpoitg, and with thelc Pilots. Upon, v/bichUie Pilots b'e- ing call'd ,in feverally, and quetlion'd upon r.licif undertaking to curry up the Fleer, it appeared'^ that none were lufHcientiy qualified for that Pur- pofc, which fi^nie, of the Captaips faid was not ax this time npw, beine well known .to .them' before 3i|t to cut fhoTt.all Dcbatqs y and Difpqtcs, I proppfed the Qiiejlion to the Captains, whether they thought it practicable to get up to Quebec or not 5 and they unanimouily. came to this Refult- " That by reafon of the Ignorance of the Pi- " lots, it was wholly impracticable to go up the " River of St. Laurence with the Men of War and '^'i^ij^^ " Tranfports as iar as ^/^^^^^ as alfo the IJncer- *':.{^ " tainty and Rapidity ot the Currents, as by fatal ,. " , " Experience was found, '• .'."" Thus.being dctermin'd by a Council of War a- gainft attempting to get up the River ^i. Laurence^ I began to think' of re:urning to Gajpee^ there to confult what wus to be done in order to attacic Pla- %,% .V..- -t» ).*: Yit -"•"^ miat il ^ ' ,^ji Auguft, AJOVRNAL of 1711. At Sea. centia % and gave Orders for the Leopard^ together with the Four Friends Brigantine and BleJJing Sloop, to continue off Egg IJlands^ to get from the Shoar all McHj, Provifions and Stores, that could be found there, and follow me to Gafpee or SpanifiKiver. 2(5. ''^^'s Morning I made the Signals for Captain H^alton and Captain Roufe^ to the former I gave Orders to make the beft of his way and cruize be* tween IJle St.Pauly Cape Ray and Cape Breton^ Vith Orders to Captain CulUford^ in hopes to find him thereabouts, to ftop him till I ihould come thither. He had likewife Orders for the KingBon^ Fever [ham y Leofioff^ and Tritons Prize, to keep them cruizing there alfoj for I expected all the Stores and Provifions, with thofc Ships that were to come to us to ^ebec. I gave Captain Roufe Orders to proceed direftly to Bojion^ with Letters for the Governour, that Lieutenant- General Nicholfon might be rccall'd, left the French hearing of our Misfortune fhould fall upon him with all their Forces, and cut him off and all his Men j after which he was to join me again, if poffible. While I was about difpatching thefe two Cap- tains, Colonel King of the Train came to confer with me concerning our attacking Placentia^ and faid, he had fpoke to Lieutenant-Colonel Fane to make a Draught of that Place. I afliired Colonel King (not doubting but we ihould meet the Ships with Provifions and Stores in good time to enable us) that nothing ihould be wanting in me to forward and carry on that Ser- vice. The ^^ Wind therefore prefenting fair, I w wind N. by W. W. N. W. W. by N. W. N. W. fair, cUar Weather. At Noon Cape Mary bore S. E. 5 Leagues, and tht Ifles oi liggs, by reckoning N. W. by W. 93 Miles. believed t&e CAN AD A Expedition. 133 believed it bed for us to go immediately to Spanijh Auguft, Rher^ where we fhould be fo much the nearer y/J^^ Placentia 5 for that if we went firft to Gafpee^ by (^^o/vj the time loft either from Change of Wind and Weather, anchoring and weighing, with other Accidents which might happen, it would prove a confiderable Delay to our Defigns. This 1 fighifi- ed to the General by a Letter to have his Concur- rence, to which he agreeing, 1 made the beft of my way out of the River with the Fleet : And Captain Bonner^ my Pilot, defiring Leave to go to NeW'England^^ having no farther Occafion for him, .ri I permitted him to return in the Sapphire. "•, Seeing a Sail at f this Morning, I made the Sig- J zj, nal for the Monmouth and Sunderland to chafe, but they could not fpeak her j * fo they lejoin'd the Fleet, and the Lieutenant of the Sunderland came to tell me, they take it to be a two Maft Shallop. I made the Signal for Lieutenants of Men of War, and Mafters of Tranfports, to whom I gave the Rendezvous, which was Spanip River. I had a Letter from the Generalj which Colo- nel King of the Train brought me, concerning a Ship to be fent to Ferryland for one Dible a New^ foundland Pilot, which lanfwer'd, anddefired the Colonel to afliire the General of my real Sincerity to aflift and ftand by him. After which he went away , leaving with me the Plan of Placentia , which Lieutenant- Colonel Fane had brought vith him. Since the 27*** of lad Month, we have had for Septemb. the moft part fair Weather, and variable Winds. ^ *. Being in Sight of Spanijh River Bay^ we difcover- * ^■^''' m 'r^l:.; in s!'if»>' ft' ^ i!'i .{i'' m ' ■* 'vl if'\ ) J T '\ A ■">, !;' I- t'i ■^ W « Wind N. W. h W. to W. S. W. N. W. 4nd K. N. TV. fair, tlear Wtathtr, At Hoon Cape Gafpee bon N. W. by ^. t ^« K3 ^4 m '« Il if A JOURNAL of'^ Se/.>cinb. cd a Ship at Anchor, vyhich I fuppofcd iht Moun- '7' ^- tagHc^ not being ablq to get into the Rdad by rea- r^' i'i^ Ton or the S. W. Wind y blowing frcfh. ; ^ . .Lad Night being in S:ght oVi\\c Mount ague's ^' Lights-, at 9 a-Clock having ^f Fathom Water, frnall' black Sand, I made the Signal for the Fleet to an'chof. Between f and<^ this Morning I weighed again, and try'd ro turn into Spaviiflj River j but it blowing ^ very frcfh, with much Ra:n at S. by W. I anchored again at 1 1 a-Clock, in 14 Fathom Wa- ter, the Southermofl Point o*: SpsiniJJj Rinjcr Road^ S. W. about 3 Leagues. The Noithcrmoft Pomt . ,, =^ W N. VV . about f L'-agues oiVj the Men of War aildTranrports, being very much fcatter'd. i 4. /-At f this Morning I weighed with the Fleet a- gain, and ply'd into Spanijh Riier Rocid^ where a- bout loa-Ciock I anchored with fome of the Men of War, and feveial Tranfports, the reit of the Fleecy plying to get in. "Kaving had in rny "rhoughrs feveral times lince our Dilappointmeiu in Canada River^ that it would be great pity fuch a Squadron ofiShip's, aiid fuch a Body of Laud Forces, fhould leave ^fwmi"^ with- out doing fomething againft the Enen>y in lome part.or other j and tho* this Seafon might be loft for acting any thing in the Northern Parts, bccaufe .;^ of the Badncfs of the Weather, and Winter hallen- ing on, or for want of Provifions, dp Supply hav- ('. : ,- ■?\ ' i JVind S. W. by S. to S.'hj W. and S.W.ly S^, 'S.S.W. to W. S.W.' S. IV. hy 5. to S. haseycloudj Weathtr. Af Ni>o*Cape St. Laurence bore N-. 12 Leagues. \, ■•<> ;,'■^.Jlc:i ;f; ' 2 Wind S. S. W. by S. N. N. E. S. by W^fquallyy rainy Weather, blowing frejh -, at Noon at A )jc ho r o^Sp^Wih River. ^ IVind S. by IV. S. S. W. S. W. IV JV, IV. N. W. by W. IV. S.W and IV. blozvin% Jrefij ; at tioon at Anchor in Spanill| Hiver Road in 7 Fath. Water, the Eafi Point E.N. E. and the ^jQjth Point of the Road N, b'^ W, (lood Ground, the CANADA Expeclhmt. 1 3 j ing yet reached- us j however fomc Entcrpr.izc of '^^T^-'"^- Conlcquence mioht be undertaken in the Souiheru l' ^^\ rurt:, and thcrcl^ore it was my pnvarc Upunon , j^ly^,,. cither to attempt fomcthing cHc during the vVinter Road. ' r.mongll the Fiencb or Spa,.ijh lilands, or return a- ^-X^VNJ' gain to New-Eu7l'ind with the Fleet and Forces, there to remain, till we might early in the Spring arrack Placcntia^ and receive farther Orders from h'lnic} for I confider'd that the Troops mull be paid and fubfilled where-evcr they were j and the Men of War would be of no more Charge to the Crown by being continued abroad in America , than upon any other ibrcign Service j concerning ail which 1 communicate^ my Thoughts pretty freciy to Captain Pdddon and Colonel King of the Tiuin., whpn alone with either of them, and they both ieem'd to concur with me in thefe Sentir . niwiics, and therefore I refolved to confult the Ge- neral upon the Muter 5 and carrying my^Jnilrur <^ions with me, I went abord to him, and dif- courfing privately, told him, I doubted fince^^if* occ was not taken, whether I could anfwer re- turning to Britain^ without farther Orders from thence j but he vvas of a contrary Opinion, and believed I might very fafely do it : Afterwards Cor lonel King came to us, and we talk'd of going to. Trinity Bay^ in order to attack Placentia that way. Then returning abord, I order'd Enquiry to be. ' made amongft the Tranfports, for fome Men that might be acquainted cither with Placentia^ 'trinity ox Conception Bay ; and v/as inform'd that one Brad- ford had been in Trinity Bay^ the Southwell Arm of which was but 7 Miles from Placentia^ that the Way was not very woody, but rocky. ^ vide Append. /'. ii. Iffji. Artk. 10. K4 *i i I fcnc ■"f ^-iO t tf ■ m ^.p 13(5 Septemb. 1711! Spanifh River Road. 5 r- ^JOURNAL of I fent to found this Road, and where the Shms were riding, which was found to be fandy gravelly Ground, from 8 and 7, to 3 Fathom Water, and good Anchorage. * Captain Paddon having been afhoar, gave a par- ticular Account of what he had fecn, and believed the Soil to be good, and would therefore be a pru per Place to make a Settlement in. Several of the Tranfports flill plying without to get into this Road, I order*d the Dunkirk and Sun- derland yefterday Evening, to fail out and take care to fee the Ships in the Offing fafc to an Anchor; they being appointed at the fame time to keep a Stern of the Fleet for that Purpofe, whenever they fhould put to Sea. I could not perfuadc my felf, but that it would be better for the Fleet (in cafe the prefent Seafon for attacking Placentia fhould elapfe) to return to New-England^ in order early in the Spring to take that Place, and therefore I went this Morning ear- ly abord the Windfor\ and, the General not being up, I talk'd with Colonel King about it privately, who was entirely of my Opinion . When the Ge- neral was ftirring, I told him my Thoughts upon this Juncture 5 and that, according to my own pri- vate Judgment, going back to New-England in or- der to undertake fome Enterprize in the Spring, would be the moft proper Mcafures we could now purfue. But he faid, it was not obvious to him how there could be any Reafon for our fo doing j and alTured me, he did not perceive that returning to Britain could be the leaft Prejudice to me. I went then to my own Ship, and in the After- noon received the following Letter from the Ge- neral. SIR, the CANADA Expedition. SIR, Since f faw you, I have thought that certainly the moft proper way for you and I to proceed, is to call a general Council of War, of the Sea and Land Officers, where every thing may be laid be- fore us, relating to the manner of attacking Pla^ centia j therefore defire you will make the Signal to come abord you to Morrow Morning. I am with great Truth, SIR, Jhrd the Wind- Tour mofi humble Servant^ for, Scpt.f. J. Hill* To which I anfwer'd. SIR, I entirely concur with you, that as the prcfent Circumftances of Affairs are, it is ncceflary to hear every bodies Accounts concerning Phcentia^ that can inform us, and aft therein, as fhall be deter- mined by a general Council of War of Sea and Land Officers, all the Scheme of the Enterprize being broken by the late unhappy Accident : And I {hall therefore, according to your Defire in your Letter of this Day's Date, make the Signal to mor- row Morning, who am very fincerely, SIR, Edgar in Spanilh Tour moft Faithful River, Sept. f. Humble Servant^ 137 Septemb. ' Hi 1711. Spanifli River Road. c/vv; '^'^11 1 I7II. General Hill. H.W. This Morning the *^ Kingfion and Leopard came % 6. in here from the River of Canada^ the former be- ^ Wind S. W. S. W. by S. S. by W. S. E. by S. S.E. S.E. by S, moderate G ale Sy with cloudy Weather till about Noon; then it began to blow pretty frejfjf which in the Ajternoon became a Stormy and vbli^ed m to ftrike Yards and Tofmafis, ing :fjy « ,, l'f'''i': >.Mir ,38 A JOURNAL of Scptemb. jng the Ship chafed by \\\t Monmouth and Sunder- S^ ' ' fli ^^^^ '^^ ^^ came out of that River. River Captain l^Vinder of the K'mg'^on brought me fe- Road. veral Letters, and one from Captain Partington^ C/\^^ with ill tranilated Copies of two *^ Letters from the Governour of Placentia^ and one- from the Engi- neer to Monlieur Pontchartrain which he had in- tercepted. " The ^Governour gives an Account in his fiift " of the 17^^ of Jiily^ of fevcral Ships lolt in the " River o( ^ehecy with a great Quantity ofPro- " vifions from thence J for lupplymg them atP/^- " centia. And takes notice of the Intelligence he *' had from him concerning the Defigns of the Engliflj againit Canada^ or Placentia^ and the Care he takes by fending Scouts upon the Coalts of New England for gaining Intelligence. *' And that he had lent one Mw-Ronde Demie to Bofton^ to treat with the People there, not to yeild any Succours to the Arms of Old Eng- land again 11 Canada^ as he had been advifcd by 4C CC «C iC CC *' Monfieur Pontchartrain. %V'(, Whether this had any Influence on i^he Meafurcs of the New Englanders^ I ihall not take upon me to judge. In his 9 Second of the 24*'* of July ^ " He com- *' plains, that for want of a French Man of War *' to proteft them, the Englijh Privateers are very " troublefom upon their Coaft. - *t That he had fent Letters to the Governour "*' of ^ebec which advifed him of the Prepara- ** tions made in England^ againft Canada. " That there were 100 Pieces of Canon mount- Vide Append. ^ Vide Append. 8 Vide Append. ♦^ cd 7.T J (( the CANADA Exped'ttion, 139 " cd at Quebec for its Defence, and that to invite ^eptemb. " the Indians to aflilt them, they had promifed to I;^'^"/i " make them a FVail of Englifh Flcfh. \h\'ct " He givrs a full Account of the State of Pla- Road. '« av:/?V/, and is confident of keeping it againll the l^^YNJ *' EyigliJJj Attempts. He alfo informs him con- " cernui^ the Condition of Annapolis Royal ^ and " the Difagveemenc between the Boftonians and " that G »ni(on. " He gives a large Account of the EngViJh Af- fairs in Newfoundland^ and that he has received " Notice by a Martinico Privateer of the Englijh • " Squadron gf>ing to Bojlon. " He feems to apprehend the ill Confcquences of thcfe Preparations againft New France^ unlefij the Dangers of the River of St. Laurence^ provfi " an Obllacle. That he was perfe6tly inform'^ by an F.ngliJJj Prifoner, of the Arrival of Colo- nel Nicbolfon at Bolfori^ and of the Preparations there againft §u bec^ and the Expectation of the " Arrival of the Englijh Squadron and Forces for " that purpofc. " He alfo lignifics to him the Defigns of the " French againll Jnnapolis Royal^ and that he had " a Confirmation of the Preparations againft ^^- " hec^ and that after the Succefs againft that Place, *^ Placentia v/as to be attempted. He gives a full *' Relation of 70 Men of the Englijh Garrifon of *' Annapolis being cut ofF, and made Prifoners by " the Indians ; and concludes with a Complaint, *^ that the Officers at Placentia are in a fad Con- '' d^tion, for want of Provifions and Monies, of " which they have not had a Supply a long time. The ^ Letter from the Engineer, dated zt^ J^tly-t amongft other things, takes notice from the In- :.f*i f. ^ Vid* A; pend. tclligence T*v fy^^^V ;i::i \t .f,'%M m^t^' Mm i^M 'U :« i.k' ■m um^ :l ri,: ft 'I ' M Spanidi River 140 jyOURIV^Lof Scptcmb. tclligencc they have, of the great Force dcfigne^ againH: Quebec \ .that their only Hopes for t'hat Places Safety, is the Difficulty of the River only. Road. Captain IVinder^ tho' he came himfelf, yet brought (l/V^J not any of the Ships with Provifions, they not being ready to fail with him from BoHon^ and told mc, they were to come under Convoy of one of the fmall Frigates 5 which left us ftill under great Uncertainties for a Supply of Provifions. And by a ^ Letter I had from the Governour of New En^ glandy it was plain wc could not fuddenly cxpcd • any from that Place : all which Confiderations con- firmed me ftill in my own private Judgment , for returning with the Fleet and Forces io Bofton; and therefore when General Hill came abord to fee me, I again talk'd with him privately about it, and faid, I continued dill of Opinion, that by my In(lru£bions I could not return to Britain^ ^ebec being untakcn, and therefore fince our Scheme upon which we were fent was broke, by the Mis- fortune that happened in Canada River, 1 believed it neceflary fomc thing' elfe ihould be undertaken} but the General ftill thinking 1 might return to Great Britain^ without the leaft Hefitation or Difficulty, I urged it no more to himj neverthe- Icfs thought for my own Juftification and his, that it would be abfolutely neccflary to have that de- termined by a General Council of War, as well as what clfe might be undertaken upon the failing of our prefcnt Expedition, and told the General I ' had ordered a perfcd and exaft Account of the Provifions now with us, to be laid before the Council of War, and as foon as that was done, would make the Signal. [ Vide Append. I went r^f* C A N A D A Expedttton, 141 I went abord the ^fVindfor this Morning, before Septcmb. the General was up, Colonel Kempenfelt with me, V^^'f, and while the General was rifing, we talk'd with |^^J"[ Captain Arris and Captain Gore^ with whom was Road. Colonel ^etch^ and dilcourfing about the Violence Lx^V^J of the Storm lall Night, and what Dillrcfs we 9 7- mull have been in, had it happened to us when in Canada River j Colonel Fetch concluded, that if there at that time, we fhould inevitably have all been lolt j and if at the Entrance of that River, driven either upon Jnticofti^ or Labradore, When the General was ftirring, I told him, I thought ic would be convenient not to call a Council of War till the Morrow, at which time every thing would be r.cady for them, and herein he agreed with me j then returning to my own Ship , the Agent Vi- £l:ualler brought me an Account of the Provifions now in the I leet, for the Seamen and Soldiers. At 8 a-Clock this * Morning, I made the Signal T? 8. for a General Council of War of the Sea and Land Officers. All the Colonels came with the General from the IVindJor^ and Captain Arris with them, and as foon as all the Captains and Colonels were got together, amongft whom were Colonel Fetch and Colonel Walton of xki^Nevi England Forces, the Council begun. And when fate , they chiefly took under their "* Confideration, our prefent Circum (lances, with refpcd to the fhortneG of bur Provifions, the Uncertainty^ and Difficulty of being fupply'd ' M f -I ■ k Wind S. E. by S. S. W. by S. S. W. W. S. !V. W. U . W. by IV. we had very Jiormy Weather ^ which continued all Night from 4 yefterday After noon ^ and obliged us to ftrike Yards and Topmajis; at 7 this Morning abated, then got them up again, ' IVind N. W. S. W, S. S. W, S. W, S, IV. by S. fair Weather, ani moderate Gales* "> Vide Append. * (as r'k W--'\- ^ JOUR NAL of 141 Septcmb. ( ^s appeared by the Govcrnour of Neiv l^n* sUniHi i,i^^d's Letter) and whether in this Condition it River was pra6fcicable to make any Attempt again fl Pla- Road. centia. All which was largely debated, and every 's^^Y\) thing that could be thought on propofed and fully \ difcufled; fo that upon the whole Matter, the u- nanimous Rcfult was, that we could not attempt any thing at this time againll Placentia^ and there- fore we fhould return to Great Bitain with the Ships and Forces that came from thence, and the New England Troops and VefTcis to Bofton. . Thus all farther Proceedings in Amarlca^ being put to a Conclufion, I iipply'd niyfelf to the get- ting every thing in Order, for the Men of War and Tranfports returning home. • • - r- - I gave Orders for the Mountague to cruize off Cape Breton^ to intercept any of the Enemies Ships bound to §uehec^ and directed the Mortars to be :r I taken out of the Bomb Veflels into the largell , Men of War. -^ ■ © p. Colonel Vetch Cover nour of Annapolis Royal^ ^ came to me with a " Letter from the General, to confult about ordering a Diftribution of the Forces that were to go to that Garrifon, which I fettled with him, and gave the Agent for Traufpors; Di- reftions accordingly. '• ■' "^ • ' ^'V "'■ A French Bark, a Coafter between ^ebec and Placentia^ being feized by a New England Trm- fport, the Mailer came to acquaint me therewith, and brought the French Mailer and the Letters. She was laden with Provi lions bound from §uekc to Placentia^ and abord her there was one fVilliam Holland (born in New England^ a Fiflierman) who told me, " That one William Wilcomb and him- ' n Wind S. IV. by S. S. W. hy W. S. S. W. iy S. S. W, moderate Weather, fometimes calm, cloudy andclofe,\ " , ., " . '■■■■■■.■■■■ fdf, u the CANADA Expedition. 1 43 " felf, were on the if'*^ o( July^ 171O5 taken on Sepremfa. " Pumkin Ifland, near Saco in the Bay oi Fundy^ i^'^-ru " by five Indians^- who carry'd them to ^ebec in j^^J"J. " a Canoe, thro' a River which dilembogucd it Road. *' felf into that of Canada^ and run with {o vio- K^^Y\J '' lent and rapid a Courfe, that they were obhged '' to keep the Head of the Canoe to the Stream^ *' to avoid being forced thereby upon the rocky *' Points and dafhed to Pieces j and notwiijiftand* ing they paddled with all their Strength againft it, the Current was fo fierce, it carry'd them into §uebec River with fuch a Swiftnels, that it dazled their Eyes to. look on the Banks > for it is impoflible, as he affirm'd, for any Boat or " Veflcl by any means whatever, to be conduced " againll that Stream : Wherefore tho' they might " go to Quebec that way, they could not return " by the fame, but Tome other : And that thcFC " were feveral fuch fmall Rivers and Streams, vio-» " lently discharging themfelves into Canada River, " with many of which (unknown to the Englijh) " the Indians were very well acquainted, as well " as others from thence into the Bay o^Fundy., " When they were brought before the Cover* " nour, he at tirll told them , ihould he difcover " them in a Lie, he would deliver them to the " Indians to burn or ufe them as they pleafed $ " wherefore upon Examination, they gave him an Account of the Englifl) Fleet at Boston then going againll Port Royal^ and the Governour imprifoning them, they continued there a Month , without more Cloaths than their Shirrs, and the Provifions they had, not fit for Dogs to ear, it Hunk fo 5 but by his daily importuning him for Cloaths and other NecefTaries, the Gover- nour rather than fupply him, allow'd him his Liberty to go to Placentia in a Sloop bound • • " thither, (C u u (( N ^#4 'Mi "lit '■■;UV n .f,f ;»« m ■' ,1:1 i ■W M f-'-r- It -'emtl^' A JOURNAL of \ Hi "•■:i."t, i^i- . i ■•• '"SS0tm 148 A JOURNAL of 1 ;-■■«•«' * '^-1 ? ti^^l Septemb. Coloiiel Fetch believing it necefTary, according s^" fli ^° what the Miniftry had promifed at home, thac Riyer a fmall Frigate fhould attend the Garrifon o^ An^ Road. napolis^i to keep open a Communication with Bo- \y^V^ fton for Provifions and other NecelTaries, mention- ing it to me, I told him that there were not any fmall Frigates with me befides the Sapphire^ which was now ^iNew England ', however I Ihoiild con- ilder of it, and aft therein as the General fhould think advifablcj and when all thefe Matters were agreed and fet:led between us, the General went away. The French Captain to whom I fhewM the Ge- neraVs Manifefto defigned for the People of Ca- naday dellred he might have one with him to make ufe of amongft the French in Accadia^ and I ac- cordingly gave him one of thofe that had been printed at Bojlon^ and attefted it 5 to give it, as he requeued a neceflary Sanftion to authorize his Pro- ceedings. 1 ordered Captain Smith of the Enterprize^ to take under his Care and Protedtion , all the New £«^/<^ W Tranfports , with the Forces abord, and fee them fafe into Annapolis Royal^ unlefs he fhould meet the Sapphire which Ship in fuch cafe was to perform that Service for the Captain > whereof I gave him Orders not only for that purpofe, but alfo to attend the Garrifon oi Annapolis ^ till far- ther Orders. Captain Smith had alfo Orders for Captain Southack of the Province~-Galley^ and for Captain Matthews of the Chefter^ concerning the Marines to be fent to Britain^ that had been left at Annapolis Royal. $ I This Morning I had a Letter from the General, with an Abftraft of one to him from Colonel Fetch concerning a Frigate to be left to attend Annapo- liSf which I anfwered. the CANADA Expedition, 1 49 Tt being agreed to with me by the General, that Septemb. a Man of VVar Ihould be fent Exprels to Britain^ ^^ * ^^ with an Account of all our Affairs 5 and Colonel R^Jgr. Clayton being to carry his Letters : The Leopard^ Road, becaufe a good Sailer, was the Ship I defigned to L/^V^^ fend, and therefore directed Captain Cooke to get his Ship ready to fail at a Moment's Warning. This Forenoon the Leopard fail'd with the Ex- 5 12. preiles to P Britain^ having Colonel Clayton abord j i> not knowing what Orders might be fent to iTiv US, I writ tt :! ^ Secretary of the Admiralty, an Account of the Signals by which any Cruizers might be known, if ordered to look out for us. The Eagle Tranfport having loft fome of her Men that were kill'd and fcalp'd by the Indians afhoar, I ordered others for her Alliftance. It feems the Men they had loft, were a Carpen- ter, with two or three hands that went afhoar to cue Wood, and finding a Wreck, which the /«- dians had been breaking up, they (upon the Indi- ans retiring from it) cutting it up to carry the ' Wood away, Vere furprized and killed by thofe Indians as they were at work upon it. The Place where they were killed, was a remote Part of the Riiy, a coniiderable diftance from the Ships j and feveral of our Men where they were afhoar. us went a good way up into the Woods alone, yen met with no manner oi Infult from the Indians 'y therefore I fuppofe, thofe Men were kill'd for meddling with a Wreck which the Indians be- lieved themfelves only to have a Right to : For I was told by feveral of the New EnglanderSy who had often been upon this Iftand and converfed with P H^nd E. S. E. S. E. hyS. S. E. S. W. S. W. by W. W. W. S. IV. blowing Jrefii^ that Tefterday Evening we ftruck Yards and To^majis, at 5 this Evening got them up again. L 3 the / ' I'jl . .it ' . l.'IH ^mta0 A JOURNAL of i 150 Septemb. the Natives, as alfo by the French^ that they were Spailiih ^ ^^'"y ''^•^^^^<^rifivc People. River. The v^qual Proportion of Provifions to each Road. M'n of War and Tranfport, being ftttled by the t>''\^^J Agent V^i6tualler, I 4 ordered the Dillribution ac- /^ 1 3* cordingly. Some of the A^i?^ £///7a»^ Tranfports attempting to fail before the rcll were ready, I . flop*'^ them, that they might all go together un- der the Protedion of their Convoy. "^ \^, The Fleet being now fufflcicnily wooded and watered , at 7 this Morning I made the Signal to unmoor '^. The Cook of the Sunderland was turn'd out by a Court Martial, for endeavouring vo com- mit Sodomy with his Boy, v.'lio acculcd him. Being inform'd by fcversjl Officers who had been there, that a Crofs was erected on the Shoar with the Names of the French Sea Officers who had been here, which I look'd upon as a Claim of Right tl pretend to for the King their Mailer, the Ifland having been always in the times of Peace ufcd in Common, both by the Engltjh and French^ for lading Coals, which are extra'ordinary good here, and taken out of the Clifis with Iron Crows only, and no other Labour; I thought it not a- mils therefore to leave fomething of that kind to ""f declare the Qiieen's Right to this Place j and ha- ving a Board made by the Carpenter^ and painted, I fent him a(hoar to fix it upon a Tree in fome , ' eminent Place where it might mod ealily be feen, : ,^ which was after this Form, with the Infcriptioa folloyving. ^i iVind IV. N. IV. W. by S. S. S. IV. 6. W. by IV, W. i. W. fowetimes frej% GaUsy clear arr! cloudy by turns. «• Wind N. iV. N. IV. by X. .V. it^. S. il. IV. S, IV. fome part calm wuh modcnite and eaj-9 Uaiei, cloudy and clear alter- naiely. ■ IN n if^i- C A N A D A Expedition. Septemb. 1711. Spanifli River Road. « :i IN NOMINE PATRIS FILII ET SPIRITUS SANCTI AMEISr. OMNIBUS IN CHRISTO FIDELIBUS SALUTEM, ANNA DEI GRATIA MAG. BRlTANNli^ ' " * • FRANCIiE ET HIBERNIi^E REGINA TOTIUSQUE AMERlCiE SEPTENTRIONALIS DOMINA, FIDEI DEFENSOR, &c. IN CUJUS HARUM INSULARUM VULGO CAPE BRETON •■' \ ' PROPRIETATIS • '^'^ ' - ET DOMINI! TESTIMONIUM ' HOC EREXIT MONUMENTUM SUi^ MAJESTATIS SERVUS ""'^ ET SUBDITUS FIDELISSIMUS n. HOVENDEN WALKER EQUES AURATUS OMNIUM IN AMERICA NAViUM REGALIUM PRi^FECTUS ET THALASSIARCHA MENSE SEPTEMBRIS ANNO SALUTIS • MDCCXI. -'^ ' ^ •v* M L 4 At i n- i §SKF A JOtJRNAL of c I Septemb. At 4 this ^Morning,' 1 made i\\c Sl.^mal for the y^* Fleet to weigh, and at Day-prcak got to iail. In'thc i^y^'^^ Evening the AfouNta^ue and Tritons Prize pyiVd (5) j[(j^ me J the latpcr of which foon after fa i I'd for A^cw- fofindland with -Or*krs to Captain Roufe oF the Sapphire to attend ^wapolis Royal. The New jB«^/^WTranrpqvX§..^ Storefljips parted alio from mc, and with their Cpnvoy proceeded to Bofton. 2.1, Ytftcrday ai'tcrnoon we faw a French Bark, a Ban- ker, lying under a Mjzcn, all Hands aflecp; vvc came up with her, and fired a ^Gun, which u- waked and furprized them j but a great Sea run- ning, and Night coming on, it was not fafe lend- ing a Boat abord her, and therefore, no doubt to their great Joy, they faw all the Fleet pals by them as they lay a-hnJJ, having haul'd up the Mizcn. She was light, and 1 fuppofe jufl come "upon the Banks to fifh, having only Salt and Nets abord. The Mountague^ which yellerday Morning chii- fcd by my Signal, that Evening joined us again, having taken a Banker, which he brought into the Fleet. Aty this Morning we founded,and had 43 Fathom Water, at 1 1 we founded a/^ain, and then had no Ground,beinggot over the Banks of Newfound ia-fh!. ) 24. This ^ Morning the Lijle Tranfport made the \ f Wind S. IV. by S. IV. by S. S. IV. by W. IV. N. W. by \V. fair Weather. At Noon N. Point of the next great Bay to Spanifli River, bore S. S. E. 4 Leagues. t wind K. E. N. N. E. N, /•:. by N. N. E. by E N E. h N. N.N.E. E.N.E. E. N by E. blowing iVeather wuh 7r7iifh Kam lafl Night, and a great tumbliiig i>ea, in ihe Morrt- ing thick and, h^z^y. Cap^ Breton at Noon bore N. 76°. 17'. IV. 4g-j. Miles. La,t. />. R. 430. 40'. N. Long. 1 1", ii'. E. y wind N. IV. IV. N. W. IV. by S. W. S. W. frefjj flrotj; Gales till Midnight , often tvhich the Weather proved better^ and at Noon cleared up, and wc had an Obfervation. Cape Bretoa then bore N. 830. ii'. W. 586. Uilis, Laf. 44°. 3^' * J«^. Long. 130. 43'. E. Signal the CANADA Exped'ttmi. 153 Signal of Diftrcfs j I brought too, and the Car- SoptemI). pcnter of her came to tell me, that the Matter was ^y^' in a dying Condition and given over, the Mate (^^^>/>j alio very ill, and defired me to fend fome Perfons to take charge of the Ship, as Mailer and Mate, a'^d accordingly I ordered two Men for that pur- pofc. Captain IValton came abord with the Mailer of the Bark he had taken, who told me, he came out in Company with the Hero from Rochel^ which Ship was gone to ^wt'A^Y with two or three others, flic being the only Man of War, the red Mer- chant Ships of 30 and 40 Guns j that they arri- ved on the Banks o'i Newfoundland the ii^'^ of Sep- tember^ N. S. being the V^ O. S. by which ac- count computing tlie Time, and other Circum- fiances, it may very well be concluded that a Ship Capt. IValton chafed when o^ Cape Breton^ might have been one of them which got away from him m itormy Weather. Captain IValton fiiys, he fpoke with Captain D(WZ'erfe in the Seaford^ w':o gave him an Ac- count, that the Jdventure was g^ne with an Ex- prefs for me to ^tebec^ that Captain Crow was at Sc. John's^ that the Humbcr and Devonjhire had been cruizing off Placentia. This Morning one of the Tranfports fhew'd her 0<^obcr. ^ Colours, having Itruck Ground > at half pad 6 ^ ^« we founded, and had 84 Fathom W ater, fine Sand ) at Noon we had 80, and the fame kind of Ground. We have been with the Fleet 11 Days coming into the Soundings from SpaniJlJ River^ only one ^ y/ind IV.lfyN W.byS. N.PV.hyJV. hazey Weather^ and tnoderate Gales, cleared up It/ore Koon , and we had an Ob' fervation. Lat.^^^. 15'. N. Cape Breton '5. 84°. 09'. Wi^. iiij. MiUs. Tranfpor^ )«ji i -'Stm^' ,1 i 1^4 J JOURNAL of CKioljcr Tranfpoit mifling, which I fuppofe run a- heat! in ^ '^'; the Night, between the iS'^ and 19'^ Day nihil '[y-^!^ Month, not obfervinc the Signal when I brought too, as I ufualiy did every Ewrung during the whole Palfagc, for the Sliips a-fl:ern to gather them together before I made Sail for the Night, having had hard Gales alinoft ever fincc we came from Coipe Breton. © 7. This y Morning having had Ground between f and 6 a-Clock, with 66 I'athom, line Sand intcr- mixt with black Specks, and judging us near Scil- ly^ I made the Signal for the Mountagtte to llrcich a- head to make it, and at Noon favv it from the Topmafthead. The Man of War a-ftern, made the Signal be- tween p and 10 in ihc Forenoon, for feeing a ilrange Siiip, and lay by tor herj and 1 brought too that all the Traniports might come up with mc, and at 1 1 made fiil again. P S. The Ship feen Ycfterdiiy by the Dunkirk^ being the Sorlings^ c;ime into the I'leet about 2 a -Clock this ^ Morning J and Captain Vanhruiigh fpoke with us, giving an Afcount, that Sir 'John N orris was upon our Larbord Quarter, with 10 Sail of Men of War, and ifo Merchant Ships from Lisbon^ having been 2,1 Days in their Pafliige from thence. .!-'•' This Morning at Day-light, 1 Hood in to the .;' V' Shoar, and made the Land oS Dartmouth^ and at Noon was off Portland. m y wind N. IV. hy W. W. by N. changeable Weather^ and Sjualsy fometimei blozving hard with rain ; but at Noon had an Obfervation^ Lat. 49°. 47' N. Cape Breton S. 830. 41'. W. 2260 Miles. « Wind IV. by N. W N. W. N. W. iy N, N. N. W. blow- ing frefljt fometimes hard. with SqHi^ls and Rain, uit Noon Portland bi>re E. N. £. 6 Lea^ita.^ ,''.'<. • . ';#' the CANADA Expedition. 5, or 7f6y Leagues. Lone. fd". lo'. W. ac- \ysr\j ting according to the Obfervations we had My By my reckoning and falling in with Scilly^ 0(flobcr, Cafe Breton is from thence S. 8j°. ii\ W. iijo ^y\' M.lts, * ' - ' ' '" ^'^"'• counting made, Cape Breton to be in the Lat. 4f °. 38'. N. Ye llcrday Afternoon blowing^ hard, and like to ^ 9* continue fo all Night, I thereTorc thought it ne- ccflary, left the Trunfports migh!: be fcattcred, or driven beyond Portfmouth^ to anchor in Port- land till the Morning, and at half paft 4 in the Evening, I anchored there with all the Ships, it proving moderate Weather all Night. At I this Mornii g I made the Signal to weigh, anJ at 3 got to fail with the Fleet, and about 2 this Afternoon anchored at 3i.j lelens^ and fent No- -s. Helen? rice by Exprefs to the Sec.crary n.' Stace, and the Admiralty, of my Arrival. Thi Leopard got to Plymouth but 4 Days before my comi? » off that Port J fo that 1 came from ^panijh River with the Flecc of Tranfports, in as ihort a time as t-^ac Tingle Ship, tho' a very good Sailer, having Jefc that Place only 4 Days after her. The Soldiers being al! afligned their Quarters, 1j 1 3. and the Tranfports directed to the feveral Ports where the Regiments were to difembark, and I having the Admiralty's Leave to come to London^ this Evening 1 went ailioar, and ordered my Flag to be ftruck in :l"'. Night. Bf^ing come to London^ foon after I received a ^ l^« Letter from Portfmouth^ with the melancholy News of the Edgar's being blown upj whereby as to my own particular, 1 fuftain'd a very confi- dcrablc Lofs, my Houfhold Goods, Stores, and ■•' Wind N. IV. N.IV. ty N. S. W. by S. S. S. W. W. S, IV. moderate and clear till 6 this Mornings then blowing dirty iVeaihpr. At i>}con Uunnofe bore N. E. by N. 2 Miles off. mod i . -' v-\ i 15*5 A JOURNAL of oftober, mod part of my Publick Papers, Books, Draughts IV J- o^ Quebec River, Journals, Charts, Sir PViliiam lens ^" ^^^P^ Journal of his Canada Expedition, all the L^V^O Officers original Demands, Supplies and Receipis, my own contingent Accounts, with feveral other . A Papers of Confequence. „ ., In the Evening I waited upon Mr. Secreuary Et, 'John, AN 7W mpm -mm0 A N APPE N D IX: Containing x\\c Commijfions^ Orders^ Jn- ' Jhulltom^ Letters^ Memorials,, Me- rnQrandurmy Courts- Martial^ Coun- ctls of IVar^ &c. referred to in the foregoing Account. , ;f ' T^he Commiffion for commanding the Squadron ap- pointed upon a fecret Expedition. •^,.- By the Coramidioncrs for executing the (LS.) Office oK Lord High -Admiral of Gr^^r Britain and freland^ 6cc. and of all her JVlajeUy's Plantations, (^c. To Hovenden Walker, Efy\ Rear- Admiral of the White Squadron of ker Majefty's Fleet. Y Virtue of the Power and Authority to us given, and in Purfuancc* of her Ma- jefty's Pleafure, we do conftiture you Commander in chief of all her Majcfty's Ships and Veflels that are orihall be appointed for a prcfent fecret Expedition. Willing and requiring 4 you t.' iJ I tM •("* i Shi^s. Torbay, Edgar, Monmouth, Swiftfure, Dunkirk, Kingfton, Mountague, Sunderland. Bomb Veffels, B'afilifk, Granadoe. • M you m fi >': ';! 1.;;;: I ■ f. trl,n" I! i6i APPENDIX. you (o to do : But when you do happen to meet with a fuperior Flag-Officer, you arc during fuch time as you (hall be in Company with him, to bear only your proper Flag as Rear-Admiral of the fVhite Squadron of Her Majcfty's Fleet. When you fhall be out of the Chanel, you are to caufe the Companies of the Ships and Veflels under your Command, to be put to fhort Allowance of Provifions, of fix to four Mens Allowance, or otherwife, as fhall be judged fittirtg for lengthening out your Provifions, -alTu- ring the Seamen they fhall be duly paid for the fame. And whereas during your being abroad, feveral Vacancies of Employments may happen in the Squadron, you are, upon fUfing up thofe Vacan- cies, to have a particular Regard to the Preten- fions and Seniority of the Perfons who have a Right to thofe Employments} provided they do fo behave themfelves, . as that you fhall not have jufl Caufe to objeft againft their being ap- pointed to the fame. Given under Our Hands this third Day oi Jpril^ 171 1. '^S 7*0 Hovenden Walker, £fff Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of Her Majejifs Fleet. By Command of their Lordjhips^ r J. Burchett. J. Leake fVilUam Drake, J, Aijlabie, George Clarke. \{,?!-. ^be •It 1. \,- » APPENDIX. V ^he Warrant for holding Courts Martial, .1. By the Commiflioners for executing the (L.S.) Office of Lord High' Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland^ hie, fo Hovenden Walker, Ef^-y Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of Her Majefly's Fleet ^ and Com- mander in Cl^ef of all Her Majefty^ Ships and Vejjels that are^ or fhall he appointed for a pre* fent fecret Expedition. Whereas by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, the Lord High Admiral oi Great Britain^ or the Commiflioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain^ have Power and Authority to grant Commifl^ons to inferior Vice Admirals^ or Commanders in Chief of any Squadron of Ships, to calj and aflcmble Courts Martial, to confilt of Commanders and Captains, for the putting in Execution certain Articles and Orders in the Aft of Parliament made in the 13^'* Year of K. Charles xh^ Second, entituled, JnA6i for efiablijhing certain Articles and Orders for re- gulating and better governing the Navy ^ Ships of War and Forces by Sea^ and for the Tryai of fucb Perfons as fhall offend againft the fame. We do therefore, in order thereunto, hereby authorize and empower you, to call and aflemble Courts Martial, condiling of Commanders and Captains of Her Majcfty's Ships, according as is mention- ed by the faid Aft of Parliament | who ar£ to proceed to enquire into and examine all Crimes and Offences committed by any Perfon or Per- fons whatfoever, againfl the faid Articles and Orders, and to caufe fuch due Sentences to be ex- M 2, ecuterf i6i V'-kJ ,l^;^^l I % li 164 APPENDIX. ccutcd accordingly, except in cafe of Death, which Sentence is not to he executed, except in Cafe of Mutiny, without our Leave. And in cafe of the Abfence of the Judge Advocate of Her Majefty's Fleet, and the Deputy, you are hereby empowered as often as yob call Courts Martial, to appoint fome fitting Pcrfon to exe- cute the Office of Judge Advocate of the faid Court Martial from time to time, for the more orderly proceeding of the fame. For which this {hall be your Warrant. Given under our Pands and Seal of the Office of Adoiiralty this third of ^nV, 171 1. t By Command of ., their Lordfljtps^ 'J J. Bijrchett. n; ' r J. Leake, ■; i^illiam Drah, t J.jiiftabie. : Qeorge Clarke, Mr. Secretary Burchett*s Letter. X / n jfdtniralty Office^ f April j 1 7 1 1 . SIR, -^ , I fend you herewith my Lor ' Commiffioners of the Admiralty's Commiffion for commanding the Squadron of Her Majefly's Ships appointed for a fecret Expedition, together with Orders for your proceeding thereon, and a Warrant empow- ering you to call Co]art§ Martial. I am, ^ear Mmiral Wal- ker, h^Qwn, Sir, Tour mofi humhle Servant ' ' J. Burchctt. ,<,-»*. ^1 * " i jf ' ■ >■ •jf The APPENDIX. The ORDERS conterning the Marines for the Expedition to be compleatcd to 600. By the Commijjioners fat executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ire- land, ^c. and of all Her Majeflfi Planta-^ tionsy &c; Whereas Her Majcfty has been pleafed to di- rect that the Marines dcfigncd for the prcfent Ex- pedition, (hall be complcated to a Battalion of lix hundred Men, belides Non-Connmiffion Officers. In order whereunto, we have appointed thirty Men and an Officer of Brigadier Borr's Regiment in the Ifle of ^ight ,* to embark abord fuch one of the eight Ships under your Command, as you fhall judge moft proper, and that fcventy more of Her Majefty's own Regiment commanded by Lieutenant General Holt, now at Chichejler^ with proper Officers, fhall embark abord the Edgar when (he arrives at Spit head. You are hereby re- quired and direded to give the ncceflary Orders for the Reception of thofe Men accordingly. And whereas for making up them, and thofe which are already abord the Ships to the afbrc- faid Nuniber of fix hundred, there is a Detach- ment of feventy Men of Colonel ChurchilPs Re- giment with Officers, to embark at P/y«/o»/<&. You are to fend one of the aforefaid eight Ships under your Command to Plymouth^ with Orders to her Captain to receive abord the faid Detachment, and either to bring them to you to Spithead, if the Winds fhall hang Wefterly, or to remain with them at Plymouth if Eafterly, and that he take all poflible Care to fail out of Port, and join you im- mediately QH your coming in fight of that Place, . M z and 16, P^lilt* I m ■^-^r-m jiiggrf 166 APPENDIX. and you arc to difpofc of the faid fcventy Ma- rine Soldiers, and their Officers, abord the Ships under your Command, in fuch manner as . you ihall judge may be moil proper. Given un- der our Hands this 1 1 ^"^ of j^prilj 171 1 . ^.^ Ito Hovenden Walker, Ef^i Rear jidmiral of the White Squadron of Her Majepfs Fleets andCommander in chief of Her Majefly's Ships deftgned on a particU' -. , u ,: lar Expedition, By Command of their Lordfhips^ ., .... , J. Burchett. \ J. Leake. G. Byng. William Drake. J. Jiflabie. Geo. Clarke, U J. ■•^L. t'.i: (L, S.) m'V Anne R. InflruSlions for our trufiy and well beloved Sir Hovenden Walker, Knt. Rear Ad- miral of our White Squadron. Given at our Court at St. James V, the eleventh Day e>/ April, 171 1, in the tenth Tear pf our Reign. We having appointed you Commander in Chief of a Squadron upon an Expedition for the Re- dudlion of Canada and Newfoundland^ you are im- mediately to take under your Command the Ships of War and Bomb-Veflels hereafter mentioned j that is to fay, the ^orbay.^ Edgar ^ Monmouth^ Swiftfure^ Dunkirk^ Sunderland^ Kingflon^ Aloun- tague^ Granada and Baftlisk^ which fcveral Ships, together with the Leopard and Sapphire already failed for North America , are appointed for this Service only. Our Will and Pleafurc therefore is, I. That **''*i» APPENDIX. I. *^That our faid fevcral Ships of War, Bomb- VcfTcls, and Storefhips, and Tranfports that arc to attend our faid Squadron, do with all convc* nient fpeed, rendezvous at Spithead^ and being ar- rived there, and our Forces embarked, andour General and Commander in Chief of our Forces having put himfclf abord one of our faid Ships of War, you are with the fir ft fair Wind, to fail for the Port of Bofton in New England ^ without touching at any Ifland, Country, or Place in your Way thither, if the fame can be avoided j taking all the faid Bomb-Veflcls, Store-Ships and Tran- fports under your Care and Convoy. II. We do hereby dirc£t, that about the time of your Departure from Spit head j you give the proper Signals to the Fleet, and that you alfo give fuch Orders, that in cafe any of the faid Ships arc feparated from you by Strefs of Weather, or o- therwife, they do not give any Intimation or No- tice to the Enemy, or any other Perfon, of the Defign of this Expedition. III. Our farther Will and Pleafure is, that in your Voyage, when you and our General fhall judge proper, you do ^detach one or more Ship or Ships of your Squadron to convoy dircdlly to New-fork the Tranfport Ships on which are load- ed Artillery, Stores, Cloaths, Accoutrements, and other Goods, for the ufe of the Forces that are to be raifed in Neiu-Torky the Jerfeys^ and in Peri'- fyhania^ to be delivered m fuch manner as our Ge- neral fhall dirc^l, ordering the faid Ship or Ships, to return to you with all Expedition to Boftony and alfo the laid Tranfports to be employed ac •^ Admiral Wilker'; lnftru6l'ions. ^ To detach a Convoy to New-York, with Tranfports laden 'Mith Artilleryy Stores, &c. .?;. M 4 Bojlon 167 I. i f!' m ■ sM not judge it convenient ro make fuch Dciar' .-•cnr, then the faid Tranfporc is to be fcnt to Ajiv-Tork under fafe Convoy, as foon as you arrive at New England^ which Con- voy is to bring back from New-Tork^ fuch Provi- fions or other Stores as are provided there for the Ufc of our Forces and Fleet. IV. Upon your Arrival at New England^ the Sapphire and Leopard arc to join you. » - You arc likewifc to confider whether you will make any Addition to our faid Squadron, by ^ add- • ing the Convoy to New England for the Mall Ships, or any of the Guard Ships on the Conti- nent of jimerica^ which wc hereby empower you to do, notwithftanding any Orders the faid Ships have received or fhall receive from the Commif- fjoncrs for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral to the contrary. V. In cafe our General of our Forces fhall upon advifing with you, think it prafticable without lofs of time, to fend any Tranl'ports to carry fomc of the new-raifed Forces in New England^ to Gar- rifon Annapolis Royal ^ and to bring from thence the Marines that were left in Garrifon there lall 05lober^ or any part of them , or any of the Ar- tillery or Stores of War j in fuch cafe we do di- red that you appoint a fufficient Convoy thither, with Diredions to return with all Expedition to New England, VI. At Bojion you are to take under your Care, the Tranfports, VefTcls, Ketches, Hoys, Boats, and other NecclTarics provided at New England j « To add to the Squadron the New England Convey y or any other of the Ships on the Continent of America, if need- ful, notwithjianding ths AdmirAlty Orders to tht contrary. 6 and APPENDIX. .ind as foon as our Forces arc rc-fliipped, and thofc raifcd in New Enghnd put abord, you are to fail with the faid Tr.uifpoits, and thofc from hence, to the River of St. Laurence up to ^cbec^ in order to attack the Himcj and being arrived there, you are immediately to make a proper Difpofition of the Ships for that purpofc, as well of fuch as arc to be employed before the Town, as of fuch as you, upon confulting our General, fhall judge fit to pafs the (liid Town, and to proceed up the faid River towards the Lake, not only to prevent any Communication with the Town oi ^ebec^ but alfo to protcft the Canoes and Boats with our Forces from New-Tork-^ to which end, we do hereby ^empower you to make fome of the fmall VcHels, either fent from hence, or from New En- gland^ into Frigates fuitable to the Navigation of the upper part of that River, and to man and arm the faid Frigates accordingly. VII. You are at New England .^ or any other Place where you ihall happen to come, to aflilt our General with Vcflels and Boats proper for landing our Forces, or putting them again on Shipboard, and particularly upon your Arrival at ^ebec i and fo from time to time you are to af- liit our faid General with fuch Veflels and Boats fitting and neceflary for landing our Forces, or tranfnprting them from Place to Place, or return- ing tWem on Shipbord , as our faid General fhall from time to time demand the fame of you. And alfo we dired and command, that you fend .to our General fuch Marines as are abord our faid Squa- dron, when our General fhall demand them of you. And our Will and Pleafure is, that our faid General fhall have the fole Command of fuch JVIa- * Empowtred to convert fmall Vejfels into Frigates. rincs i6^ h • -'^.i 170 APPENDIX. rines during the time they are employed afhoar. And alfo that you do from time to time aflill our faid General with fuch Number of Seamen, and alfo Gunners, Guns, Ammunition, or other Stores belonging to our faid Squadron, as he ihall de- mand of you to be employed afhoar : And the Seamen are to affift the drawing of Cannon, or any other neceflary Service to which they can contri- bute. And we do hereby ftriftly charge and com- mand you, that no time be unneceflarily loft in your Voyage to New England^ or to the River of St. Laurence^ or putting in Execution thefe our Commands at ^ebec^ and in the faid River Ca- nada 'y but that all Diligence and Induftry be ufed by you for the fpeedy Reduction of ^ebec , and the Country of Canada^ and for the feafonable Re- turn of our faid Squadron and Tranfports, or fo many of them as fliall be judged convenient to return. VIII. You may dired our Commiflary of the Stores, to deliver to any Ship or Veflel, whether of War or Tranfport, any Provifions or Liquors under his Care, (o as he may have Bills for the fame on the s Commiflioners of Victualling or Tranfjportation. In like manner, you may pro- vide any other Naval Stores for the Ufe of our Squadron, giving Bills for the fame on the Com- miflioners of our Navy. IX. In cafe of Succefs (of which, wit% the Bleffing of Almighty God, we have no Reafon to doubt, confidering the Preparations that have been made, and the Diredions that have been given, and the Methods that have been taken to carry on 8 Impowered to draw Bills on the Commijfiontrs of ViHud- ling and Tranfportationy and to provide Naval Stirt;s, and draw Bills on the Navy Board, this afhoar. fill our -n, and ■ Stores lall dc- nd the or any contri- com- lofl in iver of efe our ver Ca- be ufed ?^, and ble Re- or fo ent to of the whether -liquors for the ing or y pro- of our Com- t| the ifon to e been given, rry on visual' as, and this APPENDIX. this Expedition) it is our Will and Pleafure, that if it ihall be found neceflary by you and our Ge- neral, that a Naval Force be left in the faid Ri- ver of St. Laurence^ you may appoint fuch of our Squadron to ^ remain there as you and our Ge- neral ihall think proper, making fuitable Provi- fions for the Maintenance and Repair of fuch Ships. And if it (hall alfo be proper to leave any fmaller VefTels there, befides thofe taken from the Enemy , you may take any of the ^ Veflels fent from hence, or from New England^ and appoint them to attend there, and fit and arm them ac- cordingly : It being our Will and Pleafure, that fuch Tranfports do continue at the (iime Hire of Freight that was agreed with them by our Com- miflioners of Tranfportation, or our Governour of New England 'y or if that be not fufficient, that you make any other reafonable Agreement with them for their Satisfaftion. You" are alfo to ap- point fuch of the Enemies Ships which you ihall take there (if they are proper) or any other of the Tranfports, to bring into Europe fuch Governours, regular Forces, religious Perfons, or others, whom our General by our Inftruftions to him is direded to fend away from Canada , with Commiflaries, Stores, and Provifions for their Tranfportation. X. When you have direfted thefc Services, you are to take abord our General, if he Ihall think fit to return, and fuch of the Forces as ihall not be left in Canada^ and to haften with oui' Squadron and Tranfports out of the River Canada '^ and if the Seafon will permit, that you proceed in order to fummon and attack Placentia in Newfoundland^ ^■^^WMHi^BBMM mi^mmmmmtmmm^ m^m^m^^mm^mmt ^mmmmmmm^mi^mmmtmm^tmtt ^i^bbvmmimmbmk ^^t^a^^^^ma^tm m^m^m^mma^mam^'^m^^i^ ^ To leave Ship at Quebec, ;/ need ^f> and provide for their Ktpatr. » To take up Vejfelt, if proper, for that purpofe, and make them Frigates, in 171 iM.i; \7i ti \ 1 1 'I i' ' 1 APPENDIX. in fuch manner as our General fhall dirc£i:. Which Service being over, you are to order fuch Ships of War as do not properly belong to the Squadron under your Command, to return to their feveral Stations. And as to fuch Tranfports of which you fhall have no farther Occafion, you are to di- re£t them to go and feek Freights, either Upon the Continent of America , or in the Ifiands, to cafe the Publick of the Burthen of fuch Tran- fports, and for the Good and Benefit of the Trade of Great Britain, Laflly, Forafrauch as the Succefs of this Un- dertaking, will in a great Meafure (next under God) depend upon a perfeft good Underftanding and Agreement betwixt you our Admiral of our Squadron, and our Commander in Chief of our Land Forces, our Will and Pleafure is, and we do hereby flriftly charge and require you, that you give and render unto our Paid Commander in Chief of our Land Forces 5 and that our faid Command- er in Chief of our Land Forces diO give and ren- der unto you, all necefTary and requifite AfJiftance in all things relating to the better und more effe- £tual carrying on this Undertaking. And we do hereby declare, that if any Difference Ihall arife between you upon any Conftrudtion of Command, or the Nature of Command in the Service, or 0- therwife howfoever, we do referve the Determi- nation of the fame to our felf, at your Return in- to Great Britain^ without Prejudice to either of you in fubmitting to each other for the Good of the Service, which we hereby command each of you to do. And that you may be fufKciently informed of our Dcfign upon Canada^ and of the Preparations we have diredted ro be made for carrying it cri, you will herewith receive Copies of our Inflrudions to APPENDIX. JO our rerpe6live Governours o£ New-Tork^ the Majfachufets Bay ^ and New Hampjhire^ bearing Date the fixth Day oi February lalti as alfo Co- pies of our additional Inflruftions to our Gover- nour of New-Tor k^ dated the one and twentieth Day of the fame Month, with Copies of our In- flr unions of the fame Datc| to Frcfhcis] Nicholfon Efqi and to the refpeftive Governours of the Co- lonies pf ConneElicut^ Rhode IJland and Providence Plantation and Penfylvania. A. R. 173 Anne R. Additional InflruSiions for our trufty and (L^ S.) well'belo'ved Sir Hovcnden Walker, Kt, Rear Admiral of our IVhite Squadron. Given at our Counr at St, JamesV the eleventh Day 0/ April, 171 1. In the tenth Tear of our Reign. Whereas it may happen, that upon your Arri- val in North America^ you may find it neceflary to encreafe as much as is poffibie the Force fent with you, and t'lat prepared in purfuance to our Inftrudions there - Or whereas you may find the Complement? of )oui' Ships at the End of the Expedition, (c weakened either by Detachments which you Hi^ali be olUg'd*to leave behind you, or by Men ioil in Service, that it fhall appear to you expedient to recruit the Crews of the feveral Ships and Vcflels under your Command, our Will and Pleafure therefore is, that out of fuch Men as you fhall be able to procire in any of our Colonies of North America^ you dc enter and bear abord the feveral Ships «md \ effels , as many as ihall fuffice to man the fame to the bighefl Complement. i ^ And »74 APPENDIX. And whereas it may happen, that you may have Occafion of fome Ordnance Stores more than what you carry with you, our Will and Pleafure there- fore is, that you do in fuch cafe ufe your bell En- deavours to procure the fame, in any of our Co- lonies in Norib Jmerica^ drawing Bills on our Of- ficers of Ordnance for the Charge thereof, who ihall be direded to accept the fame. A Copy of Mr, Secretary St. JohnV Letter relating to a Reinforcement to the Squadron , and a like- ' libood of being joined by fome of the IVeflern ' Cruizers, . -,,, • ' V Wlitehall i6 Jpril, 1711. : SIR, I fend you inclofcd a Copy of the Letter which I writ to the Lords of the Admiralty, by which you will find, that Her Ms^efty has thought fit to order a Reinforcement ot the Squadron under your Command. My Lords were of Opinion Yefterday at Council, that they fhould be able to fend along with you, at leail two Ships of eighty • Guns, and perhaps fome of the ^ Wcllern Crui- ZQt^* You remember the manner in whic?^ we agreed thefe Orders fhouid be given, how tar you ihould take thefe Ships with you, and what you fhould do in cafe any of the Squadron which pro- perly belongs to you, Ihould appear not to be fo fit for the Voyage as fome of the additional Ships which are to go into the Sea with you. If you thmk it abfolutely necefTary to have an Order fign- ed by the Queen for the latter part, you will pleafe to give me notice by a flying Pacquet, and I will \ Some of the IVeJkm Crm^en might be fent with me. rake '^Hu,.^ APPENDI X. take care to fend you one immediately down by 'Exprefs. I am , ,: Sir, 5/> Hovenden 7. >^ Yourmofi humbk Servant^ Walker. '' * H. St. John. j1 Copy of a Letter to Mr, Burchett. SIR, .. Since my Letter to you by the Poft, finding Sir Edward WToitaker has no Diredions for putting the eight Ships now at Spithead under my Com- mand, I cannot give any Orders, and therefore have not fent any Ship to Plymouth for the Ma- rines there j and till the Captains of thofe Ships are dire6ted fo to do, their Officers cannot take any Notice of my Signals. Sir Edward has ordered the feventy Marines abord the Edgar^ as alfo the other thirty, to the proper Ship. 1 am, Sir, Tourmofi Obedient Humble Servant^ Edgar, Spithead, 17 April, 171 1. mnd N. E.fair Weather. Jofiah Burchett, Efq-y Secretary cf the jidmiralty. H. W. 175 I i I M i' \\' 0t 1 ,; > ) Mr, Secretary St. John's Letter, SIR, ' Whitehall 1 7 Aprils 1 7 1 1 . I fent you Yeflerday by a flying Pacquet, a Copy of the Letter which I wrote by Her Maje- fty's Order to the Lords of the Admiralty. I am now to communicate to you feme Papers which I received !aft Night and this Morning from their Lordfhips; The firft is, their Letter of the 16''', together with a Copy of their inili u6i:ions to the Coinmodoic m li' 1 176 APPENDIX. Commodore of the Newfoundland Squadron, and a Lift of the Ships appointed to attend on the. Service in North America. The fecond is a Let- ter of the fame Date , inclofing their Memorial to Her Majefty, and a Lill of the Ships for home Service. Upon the firft you will obfcrve, that under the Pretence of feconding Nicholfon , "-and defending Port Royal^ fome of the Newfoundland Ships will join you, in cafe an Enemies Squadron appears in thofe Seas. You will likewife perceive what Ships of Her Majefty*s are employed this Year in^that part of the World ; and upon the whole, you will make xht bell Ufe of thefe Accounts, and of the Powers which are given you for advancing and fecuring the ' xpedition, and at the fame time for prote6ling ihc Coafts and Trade which fcvc- ral of the Ships are appointed to guard. Upon the fecond you will obferve, that two eighty Gun Ships, viz. the Number and Devon' pire will proceed with you j of thofe which are ordered to cruife in the Soundings, it will not, 1 * doubt be poflible for you to be joined by any. The Lords of the Admiralty you find, look on thefe additional Ships as given you for the Expe- dition, and it is fit they mould do fo 5 but when you are got far enough into the Sea, you are to fend back two of the ten Sail ; and if you find any of the eight firft appointed to compofe your Squa- dron not fit for the Voyage, as the Torbay is re- ported not to be, you may in fuch cafe fend home the Ship which \s unfit, taking which you Ihall like bcft of the two additional Ships in lieu of her. 1 A Boubt whether any of the Cru'tz,ers in the ScHitdw^s, can join me. The rv>"^ i! Ml.. the Soundings, AfPENDIX. The Mcflenger who brings this Pacquet^ is ordered to ftay till difpatchM back again by Mr. Hill and your felf. I muft tell you, that I find Her Majelly extremely impatient to hear you are failed, and concerned left you fliould lofe the Ad- \wntagc of this Eallerly Wind. I hope therefore that by the Return of the Meflenger, you will inform me exaftly when you ihall be ready to pro- ceed. 1 have nothing more to add, but to recom- mend all poflible Expedition to you, upon which morally and probably fpeaking your Succefs en* tirely depends. That you may have a profperous Voyage, and be together with Mr. /////, the In- ftruments of doing fo much Honour, and bringing fo much Advantage to your Country, as are pro- pofed by the Attempt you arc ordered to make, i% the hearty Prayers of Sir, Sir Hovenden Tour moft Humble Walker. jlnd Obedient Servant^ H. St. John. Mr, BurchettV Letter^ and the Lords of the Ad* miraltfs Order for the Humber and Devon- {hire to proceed on the Expedition* SIR, Admiralty Office \j April^ 171 1 I fend this to meet you at Portfmouth^ with Or- ders inclos'd for your taking the Humber and De^ vojfjbire with you on the Expedition you are or- dered. I am, Sir, Sir Hovenden Wal* Tour moji humble Servant^ kcr, Spithcad. N J. Burchett. By t?7 ^% 'M V' t i'^; ^r iMM 1 ;' 1 u y. Leake. miL Drake, y, Wiflmt, U i ■ 178 APPENDIX. By the Coniinijllioners for executing the Office of Lord High Jdmiral of Great Britain and Ire- land, ^c. In purfuance of the Queen's Plcafure fignificd vtnto us by Mr. Secretary St. yohn^ we do hereby crrtpotver and dire6t you to take under your Com- ftiand, Her Majcfty's Ships the Humher and De- *u6nfhire^ and carry them with you wh.m you pro- ceed on the intended Expedition, their refpeftive Captains being hereby required to obey your Or- ders. Given under our Hands this 17^** oi April^ 1711. To Sir Hovenden Wjilker Knt. Rear j^dmiral of the White ^ > and Commander in Chief of the Squadron of Her Majefly's Ships to be employed on a par- ticular Expedition^ At Spit- head. By Command of their Lord- . Jhips^ J. Burchett. yi Letter from Mr, Secretary St. John. SIR, Whitehall J April zo^ 1711, I have yours of the 18*^ Inftanc from S pithead^ arid I make no doubt but you have received Or- ders to take the Humher and Demnfhire^ as well as ihe other eight Ships under your Command, which Mr. Burchett informs me were fent the 17*'*^ and alio DireiStions to Sir Edward Whitaker not to in- terfere with you in any thing relating to thofe ten Ships. -- ">" ■• ".'*'■ ;■'■'-':-•■, I agree with you, in thinking that it will be moft proper to defer ihifting the Stores and Pro- vifions out of the Torhay into the Devonjhire^ till y you a(^__^-\'« APPENDIX. you are at Sea, and I hope you will meet with fuch favourable Weather in the Voyage, that nei' thcr this or any other Part of the Service propo- fed, will be obftrudted. Nicholfon's Departure indeed, makes your Stay at &pithead not fo much to be regretted as other- wife it would be. The Queen however is very dcfirous to have you follow him as foon as pofUble. I make no doubt of your having Her Majefty's Service (efpecially this material Branch of it) ex- tremely at Heart, and of your doing all that is in your Power to bring it to a happy Iflue. I am Sir Hovenden Tour Obedient Walker* » j Humble Servant^ H. St. John. tf9 SIR, IFhitehall^ zi Apil 171 1. I have received your Letter of the 20*'^ from on bord the Edgar at Spitbead^ which I have read to Her Majefty, who commands me to obferve to you upon it, that fince the Admiralty imagine that the Humber and the Devonjhire are to pro- ceed the whole Expedition along with you, thofe Ships having but three Months Provilion abord them, they will be led into the Error we defire, and may very naturally think that whatever Ser- vice was at firft intended, when eight Months Stores and Provifions were ordered, yet the De- fign they now go upon is to be executed nearer home, and requires but three Months j whereas if thefe two Ships were made up to the Propor- tion of others, there would be an end oi this Blind. ■-: -• ■ -^ ' ; : . , I hope you will be able at Sea to fhift the Stores and Provifions froni the Torbay^ which is VI H i( , *'. 1 0' ' ■ i IS I -'^ i y il Ifl^^^ 1 If h 11 It A r II ii ■ iv'' li i8o APPENDIX. to come back With the Humher^ into the Devon' Jhire^ which is to go the whole Voyage. Rut if there (liouUi not be a Probability of being able to do this, in fiich c^^t Her Majelly would have it be performed before you fail. You are the bell Judge in this Matter. It certainly tends moll to conceal the Dcfjf^Hj to have nothing of this kind done till you are gone from our Coail. The Qiieen commanded me again, particularly to recommend Fxpcciition to you, and (he hopes, that if the Wemlier permit, you will endeavour to get to Plymouth the' he Wind fhould not come fair. If you are fo unfortunate as to be kept at this laft Place, I fuppofe the ( 'ommilTioner of Tranf- Eortation, who attends ncv/ at Port/mouthy mufl c ordered thither, and fome other Dirc6lions gi- ' ven to the Admiralty. Mr. Hill and you will con- fider what may be ncceflary in this Cafe, and com- municate your thoughts to, Sir, ■ - Sir Hovcnden Tour mofl Faithful Walker. Humble Servant^ H. St. John. Copy of a Letter to Mr. Burchett. SIR, I have yours of the 19*^ Inftanr, relating to the three Ships with Recruits and Cloathing for the Army in Portugal'^ and according to my Lords Commiffioncrs of the Admiralty's DireAions, I fhall when I proceed, take care to fee them fafe into Plymouth, We have had fuch bluftering Weather for thefe four Days paft, that it has very much retarded us, not being able to embark the Regiment that was ordered, neither could we, as it is abfolutely necef- fary, take the Mortars out of the Bomb- Veflels in- • to Rut if ible to lavc it le bell loll to is kind APPENDIX. to Men of War, nor get Stores off, Boats not pafling but with much Difficulty j however, I (liull make ufe of every Opportunity to get ready the Squadron for proceeding to Sea. 1 am, Edgar at Spithcad, ii^ April, 171 1. mnd mjlerly , fair fVeather, Sir, Tour mojl Obedient Humble Servant H. Walker. i8i SIR, There be , an Occafion upon the prefent Ex- pedition that •lix hundred Marines fhould be cm- bark'd ubord the Ship, defigned thereon, which will (becaufc they are exclufive of ComniifTion and Non-commiffion Officers) make their Com- plements exceed between twenty and thirty Men to each Ship, which Number if taken from the Seamen, when the Marines {hall be landed, and feveral Gunners and others put ailioar for the Ser- vice of the Train, as is ufual on fuch Occaiions, there will not be Seamen enough left to fecure the Ships, (hould any Accident happen to them while at Anchor, bcfides it will be requifite fome of the Men of War fliould cruize, and then they ought to have their full Complements from thofe that are moored j 1 therefore believe my Lords of the Ad- miralty will think it reafonable, that the general Order given that no Captain fhould bear Super- numeraries, may be difpcnfed with for the Squa- dron under my Command, and that I giving Or- ders to the fcvcral Captains of the Ships with me, to bear all fuch Marine Soldiers and Officers, as may exceed the allowed Complements of their Ships, as Supernumeraries in didind Lids, my N 3 Lovd^ ,"iu .V', -'^• IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I . ^ IS '^ IIIIIM L8 ^ 1 IL25 i 1.4 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 iV ;V -^^ <^ i' i8i APPENDIX. Lords of the Admiralty may be plcafed to allow thereof. 1 am,' Sir, Edgar, Spithcad, .' Tour mo ft Obrdient ii'^ April, 171 1. Humble Servant^ Wind WeBerly^ fair Weather. Hovcnden Wallccr. Jofiah Burchett, Efq\ Se- cretary of the Jidmtralty. A Copy of a Letter to Mr. Secretary St. John. Right Honi^'% The turbulent Weather we iiave had thefe four Days, has been juft fo much hindrance to usi for the Boats not being able to row from Ship to Ship, there could no Survey be taken of the Anchors, Cables, and Sails of the Tranfports, which is fo needful to be done,} neither could Lieutenant Ge- neral Seymour's Regiment be embarked: bcfides ^hat is abfolutely ncccdary for the Prcfervation of the Bomb-Veflels, their Mortars could not be ta- ken out to be (lowed abord Tome of the Men of War, and what is ufually done upon thofeOcca- fionsj to which add this, that neither Stores, nor Provifions could be brought off from the Shoar. There being a late Order from the Admiralty, that no Captain ihould bear any Supernumeraries, I have writ to defire that Order > may be difpenfed ¥^ith for the Squadron 1 have upon this Expedi- tion, becaufe upon compleating abord the Ships, the Number of ]6oo Marines, exclufive ofCom- mifliori and Non-Commiifion Ofliccre, it will fo happen that each Ship will .havcbetwuen twenty and thirty more than their Complement} and if that Number be taken from thic Seamen when the Moi'ines fhall be landed} and feverol Gunners, and • / pthcrsji APPENDIX. Others, put afhoar for the Service of the Train, there will not be Seamen enough left to fccure the Ships, fhould any Accident happen to them while at Anchor; befides it will be rcquifite fome of the Men of War ihould cruize, and then they ought to have their full Complements, to be fupplied from thofe that are moored. The Copy of the Letter to the Lords of the Admiralty I have here- with fenr, that you may be acquainted with what \ have writ on that Account. Tho' the Weather has hitherto hindered us, yet I hope when it changes it will prove a lafting fair Seafon, and as yet we have tinie enough > for there can now be no doubt but Nkholfon will gain hi? Paflage, unlets a very violent Storm fhould difable his Ships, and fo force him back again. The Jbr^iiy being fo labourfon^e a' Ship, and the Swift fure having fuftain'd fome Damage that hzs not yet been fearched into, nei^ther indeed can be now, I fliall ftill believe it for the Service to Iceep the Humber and Devonjhire^ and fend the other two back. The Humber and Devonfloire arc orderM four Months Proviljqns fo,r Chanel Service at whole Al- lowance fof the bighett Copriplenicnts, which at {hort Allowance will ferve fix Months; and if the Marines, when aflaoax, can have Provi^ons with- out fpending the Ships Prpy;ifio|ns, it will hold put fo much th£ longer i bei44cs, Nkholfon being a pretty while befoire us, a fi^ificient Provi/Ipn may be made for \is againft we arrive^ neitlji^r can we want any Proviljons there, if we have cith,er Mo- nies orGredit, for we can be fupplied from time to time. 1 hope you will excufe me for fo freely giving my Opinion in all thcfc Matters, it proceeding firom the ^-cal I have for the Succefs of the Expe- N 4 dition 183 !:?£ 1-^i, Ji }• "." wlvt I J84 APPENDIX. dicion, v^ho am with a very great and dutiful Re- fjpea, Edgar, Spithead Right Honourable^ 11 April, 1 71 1 . Tour moft Obedient and Wind Wefierly^ Faithful humble Servant^ fair fVeather. Hov. Walker. Mr, Secretary Su]iohn, Mr, Burchett'i Letter with the Order for bearing Supernumeraries, SIR, Mmiralty Office^ Pi^rWi-^^iji I. I have communicated to the Lords Commiflio- ncrs of the Admiralty your two Letters of the 11^ Inftant, and herewith you will receive their Lord- ships Orders relating to the bearing Supernumera- ries abord the Ships and Veflels under your Com- mand, to which referring you. I remain, !$•/> Hov. Walkcf ^«/. Sir, Rear-Adrniralqfthe Your moft humble Servant^ White. J. Burchett. Spithead, fiy the Commifftoners for executing the Office of Lord High* Admiral of Qrcat Britain and Ireland, l^c. Notwithflanding our former Orders, dirCding the Captains of her Majefty's Ships not to bear Su- pernumeraries beyond the firft of May next, you iire hereby empowered and direfted, upon Confi- deration of your Letter of the 11** Inftant, to caufe the Seamen and Marines abord the Ships and Vef- fels under your Command, to be difpofed of in fuch manner, as that each of them may be as equal- ly mann-d as *tis pofliblcj and then you arc to or- der t^cir Commanders to bear fuch of the Marine OflSgcrs aqd SoldicrS;^ as fhall be above their refpe- iful Re- t and Servant^ Walker. bearing 5,1711. nmidio- the 11^ ir Lord- numera- ;r Com- ^ervanty irchctt. of Lord ,^c. renting ear Su- [t, you Confi- caufe dVef. of in equal- to or- Vlarine rcfpc- APPENDIX. £kive Complements as Supernumeraries. Given under our Hands this i^^ oF j^pril 171 1 . 7^0 Sir Hovcnden Walker Knt. Rear- Admiral of the White Squadron of her Mijcjlfs Fleet tf/Spithead. By Command of their Lord- fl)ip5y J. Burchett. ,8j J. mfjart, Geo, Clarke, Mr, Secretary St. John V Anpwer to my Letter of the 22.^ of April. SIR, IVhitehall^ April 13, 171 1. I acknowledge the Receipt of both your Letters of Yeftcrdays Dace, with the inclofcd Copy of that you fent to the Admiralty, which I think is a ve- ry reafonable Requellj but if they are not willing to difpenfe with their former Order that no (>up- tains ihall bear Supernumeraries, I hope it will not be any great Prejudice to the Service, fince you are impower'd by your Inftrudions to fill up the feveral Ships of your Squadron to their Comple- ment, exclufive of Marines, when you arc abord, and fhall have Occafion (b to do. It is with great Pleafurc that I fee the Wind is come fair, fincc in one of your Letters you acquaint me that you were this Day to break Ground 5 and I hope there is nothing now to be done, which may prevent your putting that Dclign in Execu- tion. ' ' " •' ' .-^ You fcem to be mightily (atisfied with the Thoughts of Nicholfon's gaining his Paflage j that indeed is a very neceflary part of this Service, but I can by no means think it a Reafon for the leaii: Delay in your following him : For the Seafon of the Year is now fo far advanced, that fliould any Opportunity be loft, the Undertaking would be in danger, 11 m lU APPENDIX. danger of being difappointed, for want of Time to bring it to a proper Iflue. , ; .-> r^. i As to the Humber and Devonjhire you may keep them both with you, and fend the Swiftfure and ^orbay back, as you fhall judge proper. That whole Affair is left to you, and you will a6t in it as you {hall think beft for her Majefty's Service, without expecting any farther Orders. I have nothing more to fay at prefent, than that i wifli you a profperous Voyage, and am, Sir, Sir Hovenden Tour mofi Obedient ^ Walker. . . Humble Servant^ ?. . . - /: , .• and if you find you cannot come up with the Chafe, without loffii^the Fleet, you areinfuch cafe to leave off, and immediately to return to your Station, as you will anfwer the contrary. Dated 4kbord the £ of the Torbay. i . Mitchell Monmouth. j^_ ("•• >•,< r T-K- Gore , Lijle jirris CuUifarJ Walton Winder ■Cooper Butler Lee Elford Sunderland, Diamond. Devonjhire, „.. Jiumber. / Mountague. KingBon. Swiftfure. Dunkirk, Bedford O^Mcy. Experimnt, By the Clerk's Negleft not dcUver'd to Captain Soanes^ he being abord'lhe Ship whexe thefljg was then hoifted. „ . • V'- ;-^C '-•j o f— « — -- r^ V, t \ •*■ -^ •The )i *iV i^ , i88 APPENDIX. * e « at ^ IS .v^::. I \ '.'J . 00000 o 00000 • 00«^00 0»r»»/^Oi« OOvoOsH T rjvoysoo • 1 Si Moody * . MitchcU Gore Lide Arris ovenden Walke in Soans Cullitord Walton Winder Cooper Butler 00000 ^-v-^o 0000 u OOg.jjS ^ §OSfe3 OOP a o .2^ o S M 1 a »2S <4m ;i3 ncQOM And APPENDIX. And for the better Security of the Tranfports in fail- ings you are to obferve the following Form, Edgar to lead, and the Torbay to bring up the Rear. The Diamond and Devonjhire on the Star- bord*: Experiment and Mount ague on the Larbord Bow. The Dunkirk and Monmouth on the Star- bord : Sunderland and Bedford Galley ^ on the Lar- bord Body of the Fleet. The Swiftfure on the Starbord, Humber and Kingfton on the Larbord Quarter. Dated abord the Edgar at St. Helens^ April ly^^ 171 1. H. W. 1S9 >* U I. ft » Kj u o When the Flag was ihifted to the Humber ^ the Form of Sailing was altered ^ the Humber then leading, the Edgar in the Dunkirk\ the Dunkirk in the Humberts Bearth. Upon joining, the Efex^ Kent^ and Plymouth were added to the Line of Battle : The Kent be- tween the Sunderland and Diamond '^ the Plymouth between the Diamond and Devonfhirei and the EJfex between the Mountague and Kingston -^ and when they parted from the Fleet, the Line clofcd as before, only the Humher and Edgar ihifted Places. And . / : .: ihi '!• f IJ^O APPENDIX. Tie fezeral Trattfporfs, Sf^refirps, &c. that came to Ply- mouth and failed from thence^ luitb the Number and Dif fo fit ion of the Soldiers. ships Names. Recovery Delight Eagle Fortune George Ifabella Anne"^ Katharine J Blenheim Chatham Rerc^ution Marlborough Samuel Pheafant i t Three Martins Smyrna Mer- chant Globe Samuel } Colchefter Nath. and E-1 lizabeth j Sam. and Anne Majlers Namet John Lewis Stcph. Thomas Will. Clifton John Jones Ifaac Dove Richard I3ay-"7 ley / Tho. Simmons John Alexander Matth. Gelien James Tayler John Bluck John Mafon Rob. Thorn pfon Henry Vernon Michael King Sam. Ferrier Jof. Henning Magnus How-") fon / Tho. Walkup Mttt embark'd. 165 156 185 701 115 no 1 01 700 210 150 160 180 700 11$ 146 164 6j 700 198 150 701 Tunnage ll4{y 1Q4 { 181-10 53of 115 'Vhat Regiment. * « ' Brigaditr Hill'x. Cflonel Win- drefTc. , .^'1 Colonel Clayton , I , . . ■r\::: Colonel Kane Lieutenant-Gen. Seymour. Ship APPENDIX. 191 Ships Names. Loyal Merchant Willing Mind Role Liile Blefllng Rebecca Two Sheriffs Sarah Mary Anna John 4»^ Sarah Margaret Reward Mary Mafttrs Namts. Tho. Farelefs John Mackmath Henry Poller Greg. Shipton Tho. Clark Sam. Adams Luke Rogers George Story Arabrofe Wade Edw. Rotherford John Laurence John Dunn Matth. Lowth Tho. Lewis NO of Men 81 Tunnage 700 zio 114 ^\^ 181 81 800 6^ 87 147 What Regiment. Colonil Kirk. Colontl Difney. Recruits of fun- dry Regiments. Hofpital Ship. Tt carry Clmthing. . I Thefe following belonged to the Train. jj. ships Names, Rebecca Ann\ Bkliing S Prince Eugene Dolphin Mary Harbih Gdlley Friends Incrcafe Marlborough Succefs Pink Tender Majiers Names. 1 Rich. Harman Charles Davics Nenyon Mailers {Cheefeman ") Pearcy j John Wefton Cornel. Martin Edward Friend Matth. Kent N° of Men tmbark*d. Tunnage What laden with ilwWiMiiitidb {Ordnance Stores. Ammunition, Ditto. Ditto. bitto. Bimb shells. Ditto. ^General Hill'* \ Provifion. • ■. % \ vKt Mr, Secre' ipl APPENDIX. 1M, Air. Secretary St. JohnV Letter by Exprefs to Plymouth. S T R, Pf Whitehall ^ May i , 1 7 1 1 . The Wind being come about to the South, 1 take it tor granted that this Letter will find you at Plymoidtby or at Torbay^ the ufual Bane of oui Mnritim Expeditions. • You mull allow me to tell you, that the Queen is very uneafy at the unaccountable lofs of time in your ftay at Portfmouth^ and if the DevonJJjtre could not be refitted fooner, you ought rather to have left her behind, than delay your failing. If the Tranfporrs wwc the Occafion of this Misfortune, the Commiflioncrs or Mailers of them arc to blame, and fhould be complain'd of. I take it for granted, if you continue any time Wind-bound, that you will be ftopt for good and all, that the whole Expence and Trouble will be thrown away, and that we fhall make as little of our Fleet this Year as we have done in former Summers. In cafe Providence will carry us forward in fpight of our Teeth , I hope the laft Delay will be a Warning to you, and that you will improve to Day inftead of depending upon to Morrow. If any thing is to be ordered, or done here, let me know it by Exprefs, and there fhall be as much Expedition ufed as I with there had been at Portfmouth, I have fent to Coleby to go wherever you are dri- ven back, that this part of the Service may have the due Care taken of it. I am, Sir, ^. . Tour mofi humble Servant ^ Mmiral Wsdkcr^ H.St. John. APPENDIX. T^e Anpwtr. Right Hon^i% r hope before this reaches you, I (hall be a hundred Leagues off. It has been no lefs Regret to me, that the Devofijhire proved fo great a hin- drance} neither had 1 ftaid for her, it the Gene- ral's Monies and Mortars had not been abord her : However, 1 hope Providence will fucceed thd Expedition to Her Majefty's Satisfadion, and the BlclTing of God will (till attend Her Arms where* ever they are. 'Tis impoffible for you to imagine how much the Mailers of the Tranfports neglcft their Duty, and Yefterday Evening I had fail'd if they had been as diligent as the Emergency of the Service re- quired i for I was my fclf amongll ihem, and half the Mailers were afhoar. If any of them Ihould be left behind, for 1 will not Hay for two or thrde, 1 hope they will be feverely punifhed, for I have thrcatned them, and believe they will hardly vei>- ture the evil Confequencc of fuch a Neglect* Yefterday a Frenchman belonging to i\\c Med* ivaj/y delired to fervc abord a larger Ship, and faid he was very willing to ferve the Queen. He faid^ he heard the Expedition was to ^ebec^ where he had been four Voyagfis, and was acquamted with the Town : I took no farther notice^ but ordered him immediately to be difcharged as a Pilot for the French Coaft i and having lent for the Man^ difcourfed him upon that Head as if our Expedi- tion were defigncd for Nantes^ he being himfclf of Rochely and weil acquainted upon that Coaft. 1 ask*d him, who told him we w^re going to J^** becy for the Man fpeaks not one Word ofBn* gUJh J he faid, he heard it talk'd df > he tells nic, it is dghteen Months fince he was there^ and thea O th« ^9i i ■f^ t v.n ift I'V ■y ■ ij>4 )•< . > ! ■■ u ' » . i . ; t • 1 ,« and Faithful Humble Servant H. W. APPENDIX. the Men of four Merchant-Ships were afhoar to work upon the Fortifications j that there are a- bout ifo Guns, and the Place is very ftrong to the Seaward, but cafily taken by Land : He feems very willing to ferve, and I have him abord, and hope he wiU be ufeful. I thought fit to fignify all this to you, and remain with a very dutiful Humber, Plymouth r' Right Honourable^ Sound^ juft getting . ' ' Tour mo ft Obedient tofailj^}^ o/May, 171 1. fFind S.E, fair fFeather. ,v Mr. Secretary St.John, . • ; Ij \; ^...im ::,..: by Exprefs, ;,;.•.., 1 ;'.;.• s •. s, ' f , ,-. }!:.'! ^0 Mr. 'Secretary St. John from Sea. . ■ b;:. .. '-■ /I'i: .1 }i.>"Ai: ■.::--i >•■'.' ivj':.' >, Right Honb^S f ; : ,Ln..' Having met the EJ/ex^ Kent^ Affurance and Ply- 7noutkj 1 thought it for the Service, to keep them to accompany me fome part of my way into the Sea J but the Affurance being difabled, I have fent her in, and hope this Wind will carry me clear off thc'Chanel. I am with great Duty and Re- Humbertfjf the Dead-t Right Hon^^e^ Man, 4^^' May, 1 7 1 1 1 * it Tour mop Obedient Wind S.E, fair tVea^y ' - > and Faithful ther. , ../ Humble Servant ; Mr. Secretary Si.^Qhxi^ i . r. . ii.> H. W. t : by Exprefs, i\j- SIR, ........ A Letter to Mr, Burchett. 11: Meeting with Her Majefty's Ships the Effex^ Kent^ Plymouth and Affurance^ off the J)ead Many -"- ^ Ithoughc APPENDIX. I thought it for the Service, to order them to ac- company me fome part of my Way into the Sea, but the AJfurance being difabled and leaky, I have fent her in, and here fcnt you enclofed her Dc^ Sir, Humber, off the Dead- man, 4*^ May, 171 1. mndS.E.fairWea" ther. ' -^ \ ' " Mr. Secretary Burchett of the Admiralty y Tour mofi Obedient Humble Servant^ • 4 ■ . ■ ' . . .^ ( « V - H.W, I SIR, Another to Mr. Burchett. Being now above a hundred Leagues from Scilly^ I have fent back the Torbay (with the Effex^ Kentj and Plymouth) for fhc being the worft man'd Ship, I did believe it better for the Service to fend her back, becaufe I could not Man her from the reft, without dilabling them. • 5 « . 7/ * ,, Captain Moodie has my Orders to remain at Ply* mouth till farther Orders, I am^ I.'. '" Humble Servant H. W* Viamhtx J 10^ Leagues '^^ ' Tour moft Obedient fF.fromSdWy.mnd -^ E.by N.frejh Gales - ^' ; and a great Sea^ 8^ '• -^ May, 171 1. ^ ' • ' Jofiah Burchett, Efq-y Secre^ ' tary of the Admiralty^ by Exprefs. ■ •--->- •■' I ■■«.,. "• * i ri'.t i . \ I, ^9i %(• •'I! 'i ^ I- :'■■ t 19(5 APPENDIX. ji Letter to Mr, Secretary St. Johd. fRight Hon^'^S ,/ .. > • . I thank God by this I can fend you Word of my being above a hundred Leagues Weft from Scilly^ with a fair Wind. r have fent*back the Torhay ^ with the Ejjex^ Kent and Plymoutti^ and had alfo fent back the Swiftfure^ but then I fliould have leflencd the Number of Marines*, for the fcvenry were order- ed to the Devon/hire: yet it was To late, th^t we faird without them, and I was oblig*d to put fe- venty of our fupernumerary Marines abord her, and there is no taking any Marines from any Ship, without difabhng her, in cafe fhe fhould meet the Enemy in her Return home : Befides if the Tor- bay could fpare her Marines, the Weather proves fo turbulent, that. we can have no Opportunity to Ihift Men or any thing elfe > and I hope that our PalTage may be fhort, and that the Swift/are will not be wanted at home, the Admiralty believing that I was not to fend any of the ten Sail back, as. J find by their Orders, and the Tor bay being the worft man'd Ship, was therefore the unfittcll to keep abroad. I believe, and with all humble Submiflion, I hope you will concur with me, that the Addi- tion of a Ship v^ill not be amifs> becaufe in all likelihood there may be Ships wanted for cruizing aod.fecuring our own Plantation Trade, and there- fore I cannot well fee how nany of them ap- pointed for thait Service , can \ ell be taken from their Stations. ^ I hope therefore the Reafbns for my taking the Swiftfure with me, will be approv'd, my Orders from the Admiralty, being to take both Ships with me upon the Expedition } and what I have done - O ^ »»-v. 4 APPENDIX. is in Zeal for the defigned Service, and with the Concurrence of the General, i ? I have enclofed a Copy of the Letter I fend to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and remain with a moll dutiful Refpcft, « '• Right Honourable^ 1^7 Tour moft Obedient '. \ and Faithful \ r Humble Servant Humber lof Leagues JV. from Scilly, PVind E. by N. frefh Gales and a great Sea^ S*'* May 171 1. f ' t : H. W. A//, .y^^r^/^r); St. John. ^ > ! •' ■ ' •> A Letter to the General. :.:j). '. SIR, .rr. ^ Inclofed I fend a Copy of my Letter to Mr. ^ccvctary St. John^ and defire your Opinion j for I Cannot fee how we (hould part with two Ships, without leflening the number of Marines very con- fiderably : Nor wjll it be fafe to take any out of the Ships to be fent back. I therefore delire your Opinion, and that you would write to Mr. Se- cretary to the fame purpofe, if you think fit j for in the ten Ships we have 630 Marines, and when the Torbay is gone, from which Ship we can take none without difabling her, there will reniafn but ffy^ which are 4f lefs thati we were to have. I am forry the Weather will not permit me to wait on you, but .ihail be glad of your Anfw^r as foon as poiUble, that I may clofe my Letters, and diflribute the Rendezvous. I am very (incerely, Sir, Humber 10 f Leagues W, of Scilly, May 8, 171 1 . Wind E. by N. frejh :. ; • Gale Sy and a great Sea, General Hill abord the Devon(hire. O 3 Tour moft humble Servant^ H. W. J / 'i ' ' ' ' I ■ r j ) > 1>! I ■ I I' ■ 'fr-'l' fbf \m ^^i-.^',i »-rffliif !i i tpi APPENDIX. irhe GeneraVs Anfwer, • :}.^ .. v! '.-•; ': . "; i ^i.:: ♦>; V" - ■ 3.^.: ^ .'.'•' ! f ! ' ; -^ ir(>w «^^ri //S>^ Devonfhire, May 8, 17 1 1 . SIR) '/k iDirAi'.^ :: a:. .-. This blowing Weather has fo difordercd me, that I cannot anfwer your Letter of this Day 'is Date with my own Hand, for which Reafon I hope you'll pardon me for doing it by another. I am of your Opinion, that the Number of our Marines ought not to be lelTened, and therefore your taking the Swiftfure with you, is for the Service, which I (hall not fail to acquaint Mr. Secretary St. John of, when I can write to him. I am, ■ '.;<-. ••■ Sir, • \- ■: iJ/V Movcnden «-••»;} Your moft humble Servant^ Walker. . :v ^.: . . i - -^ . :]- J. Hill. ^he ORDER about Deferters. Anno Regni A N N iE Rcginse Decimo. iv.d^' 1.!.'.. air; l»:> *. ■-c: MASSACHUSE T BAY. ■: . ;.:;■->• At a Great and General Court or AJfemhly^ begun ui and held at Bollon upon Wednefday the 50^ of May, I7II. / i.„ t .,, .; -,.ji-.;i • : June \i. Whereas Her Majefly for the Eafe and Benefit of Her good Subjefts in thcfc Provinces and Co- Jonies, has been gracioufly pleafed to order an im- portant Expedition with Sea and Land Forces from Her Majelty's Kingdoim of Great Britain^ to be J. ' ^ , joined APPENDIX. joined by fomc of Her Majcfty's Troops of this Province, againll the common Enemy. And it being of the laft Confequence, that the Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers retained in Her Ma- jeily's Service upon the ilifd Expedition , be held to their Duty, and be not enticed away, do not defert or withdraw themfelves from the Service : For the better Prevention whereof^ it's ordered, . ' That for this extraordinary Qccafion, and pra hac vice^ if any Perfon oi? Perfons (ball entice, harbour, conceal or convey away any Sailor, Ma- rine or Soldier, enlifted or retained in Her Maje- fly's Service fqr the faid Expedithon, and be here- of convided, fhall be punimed by Fine or Impri- fonment j not exceeding twenty Pounds Fine, or fix Months Imprifonment for every fuch Offence. And that this Qrdcr be prefently printed and pub- lifhed. ^99 J'.W>\ );vU rU' BOSTON: .Printed by B. Gtecn, Printer to his Excellency the Governour and Council^ 171 1. This Order feem'd to me defe£tive, becaufe the penalty of twenty Pounds is not faid by whom, nor how to be levied, nor to whom to be paid, nor any Encourjigement to the Informer; wherC" as I fhould have thought it more efFedual , had the Penalty of twenty Pounds been to be paid to the Informer, and that any Sailor, Marine, or Sol- dier being concealed, uppn furrendring himfelf, fhould have the Reward of tv^enty Pounds, and whoever had tru(led, or entertained them, or lent them any Monies , or other Necefl'aries , fhould lofe it. J t«i* w*' ■ ^^t-* 1 i\ r> f«V/ i li. tr. •f;., 'w :* ^00 ' J APPENDIX. ^t a Court Martial held abord Her Majejly's Ship the Humbcr m Nantaskct Road near Bolton, in New England, June 26, 1711. - r - / »■ i V 1 Prcfcnt, Sir Hovenden PF'alker^ K% Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of Her Majefty's Fleet, and Commander in Chief of Her Majcfty*8 Ships de- (igned on a particular Expedition. Prefidcnt, ' Captain John Michelle ; ' Richard CuUiford^ Robert Arris^ John Cooper^ • ' , • George fFaltoftj. Henry Gore^ George Paddon^ V Hicbard Leftock^ John Coekburn^ Jfaac Cookcy ' ^onmoutb^ • J > Humber. '■■•'■- Devonjhire. '-'''S'wiftfure* "''-^ Mount ague. Sunderland. Windfor, ■:\\ jfVeymouth^ '^' Sapphire, Leopard, Whereas Captain Soanes Commander of Her Majefty's Ship Edgar^ being appointed by the Flag Officer, to repeat all Signals that were to be made for the better keeping together the feveral Tranf- ports then bound upon a particular Expedition, did upon the twenty eighth Day of May lad in the Evening, give Chafe to a fmall VefTel that appeared in iight, 'without any Signal made for fo doing, and had like to have lofl Company with the Fleet, but joined it next Day \ which being ^aken into Confideration by the Court in all its Circumilances, and all Captain Soanes Reafons for £0 doing, being by himfelf alledged in his own Juilification ) amongft which was, that he had 3 ■ • ' up; APPENDIX. not the Order which had been delivered to the other Captains upon a Chafe not to hazard loiing the Fleet, which happened by MilUke of the Clerk, the Flag at that time being hoilled abord the Edgar. - >• - \ AU which the Court having duly weighed and conliJercd, concluded him to have been guilty of breach of Difcipline, and that he falls under part of the eleventh and thirteenth Articles of the i\6t of Parliament of the thirteenth Yoir of King Charles the Second, entituled, Jn AEl for eftablijh- irtg j^rticles and Orders for the Regulating and better Government of his Majefly'^s Navy^ Ships of PP^ar^ and Forces by Seas but in confiderarion of his ha- ving joined the Fleet next Day, thought he de- ferved only to be fined three Months Pay to be given to x\\^ ,Q\\t^ zx. Chatham^ and he is hereby accordingly fined and amerced three Months Pay. Hovenden Walker, John Mitchell- Richard Culliford. Robert Arris, John Cooper, Ifaac Cook. George Walton, Henry Gore. George Paddon, Richard Lejiock, John Cockburn. At a Court Martial held abord Her Majefiy^s Ship the Humbcr /» Nantasket Road near Bodon in New England, June i5, 171 1. / Prefcnt, Sir Hovenden Walker KS Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of Her Majefty's Fleet, and Com- mander in Chief of Her Majefty's Ships defigned on a particular Expedition. % ^ t » ^ - * V Preildcnt, 201 1 \ % M f ,* u iV I I> iki nv 20£ APPENDIX. i 1 1' '^1 Prcfident, Captain ^Oi^^ Mitchell^ Richard CulHford^ Robert yirris^ John Cooper^ George JValton^ ,.; Henry Gore^ (, George Paddon^ Richard Lefiock^ John Cockburn^ Ifaac Cooky 1 -A. Monmouth. Number, Devonjhire, ■ Swiftfure. Mountague. Sunderland » . JVindfor, Weymouth* Sapphire, Leopard, ■.■ .; Whereas Captain Thomas Butler Commander of Her Majefty's Ship Dunkirk^ being appointed by the Flag Officer, to repeat all Signals that were to be made , for the better keeping together the feveral Tranfports then bound upon a. particular Expedition, did upon the twenty eighth of May lad in the Evening, give chafe to a fmall Vcflll that appeared in fight, without any Signal made for fo doing, and did thereby lolc Company with the Fleet, notwithftanding an Order he had re- ceived from the Flag Officer not to hazard the lofs of the Fleet in Chafe, upon any Pretence whatever, as he fhould anfwer the contrary, and till the Arrival of the Fleet at Nantaskef near Bo' ft on in New England^ the faid Fleet did not fee the Dunkirk j and this being duly examin'd into, weighed and confidered , it appeared to the faid Court, that Captain Butler having amufed himfelf in taking the faid fmall Veflel, and preferving her for his private Interefl, did neglect not only the common Good of the Expedition, but was alfo guilty of pofitivc Breach of Orders and Dlifcipline, and therefore was found guilty of part of the eleventh and thirteenth Articles of the Aft of Parliament of the thirteenth Year of King Charles the APPENDIX. the Second, entituled, An AH for ejlahllllnng Ar-- tides and Orders for the Regulating and better Go^ vernment of his Majejly's Ships of War ^ and Forces by Sea ; and the Court has therefore thought him worthy of being difcharged and difmifsM from his Command, and he is hereby accordingly difchar- ged and difmifs'd. ' Hovenden Walker, . ,' John Mitchell. . ■ Richard Cu Iliford. Robert Arris. John Cooper. , -X ,\ George Walton, . / Both thcfe Sentences were fent home to the Admiiahy, by Captain CulUford in the Humber, Henry Gore. George Paddon, Richard Le flock, John Cockburn. Ifaac Cook, /:--fJi.'. General Hill'j Letter. 'SIR, "" ' , > Bojlon^ June 16^ 1711. The Council of this Province have been with mc this Morning, and informed me that a French Man of War of fome Countenance is now cleaning near the Entrance to Annapolis Royal^ which gives them fome Apprehenfion for the Safety of the Garrifon; They likewife inform me, that Colonel Vetch and Colonel Whitens Prefence is very neceflliry at this Place, the one commanding the Troops to be rai- fed in New-England^ and the other thofe in Con- ne^icut^ and therefore they defire that a Man of War may be immediately fent to Annapolis for thefe Gentlemen. This differs very much from what was concerted with them yefterday, which was that the Man of War defign'd to be fent to An- napolis ihould (lay fior the new raifed Forces here, which are order'^diito uclievc the Marines of tbac Garrifon, 203 % .11 11 ¥1 204 APPENDIX. Garrifon, and were ready to parade on Monday laft. But you arc the bed Judge how far it will be proper to gratify them in that Particular, for in a few Days another Man of War muft be fcnt to ex- change the Marines with the New-England Men. I dcfire you'll let me know by the Bearer what you think to do upon this new Refolution of the Council i and I hope you will think it proper to order the Marines, of all the Ships you lliall have occafion to fend out of the Fleet, to be tJiken out and put abord other Ships, in order to their being landed here. I am, Sir, Sir Hovenden T^ur mofi bumble Servant^ Walker. J.Hill. ♦ .-'.. '■ ■ • . ■ 'The ninth Article of Governour HunterV additional Infiru6lions^ relating to Captain Cyprian Southack. • • ■• •••• • • • • • # • 9. That the Provifions, Ships and Stores, which by our general Inftrudions are directed to be fent to Pifcataiuay be fent to Bofton^ and that Captain Cyprian Southack be ordcr'd to attend the Arrival of our Squadron at Bojion^ in order to aflid to pilot them in the Majfachujets Province Galley up the River Canada. •,*.•.•«•.• , AUV,i. The Warrant to the Agent Vi&u^llers. By Sir Hovenden Walker Knt. Rear-Jdmiral of the White Squadron of her Majefty^s Fleets and Commander in chief of her Majejiy^s Ships de- Jigned on a particular Expedition, Whereas the Squadron and Tranfports under my Command are in want of ProviiionS) and there be- ing APPENDIX. ing no Agent Viduallcr in this Port for viftualling her Majefty's Ships, you arc hereby required and dirc6ted to a6t jointly and feparatcly, as Agent Vi- duallcrs For this Squadron, during the whole Ex- pedition, in furnifhing and providing fuch Quanti- ties of Provifions, and all other Matters neceflary relating to the Viftualling, as will from time to time complete the faid Squadron to fix Months, of all Species of Provifions at whole Allowance, for which this (hill be your Warrant. Dated abord her Majefty's S^'p the Humber in Nantasket Road, near Bofton in New- England j the ij^^ of June^ 1 7 1 1 . H.Walker. To Mr. Daniel Mahon ^»^ John Honox)^ hereby appointed jf gent Fi^uallers for this Expedition. Duplicates to each. Captain Matthews's ORDER. loy si By Sir Hovenden Walker, iSc. You arc hereby required and direded to take the Storeihips mcntion'd in the * Margin under your Care and Prote6fcion, and without lofs of time to proceed with her Majefty*s Ship under your Com- mand, together with the faid Storeftiips, to New-, lork J and having fecn them in Safety there, then to make the beft of your way, and cruize off Pla' centia to gain Intelligence, and fo foon as you have gained any Intelligence, forthwith to return and join me, otherwifc to continue cruizing till the 20^*» of July next j at which time you are to fail for Cape Breton^ and keep cruizing off there till • Jofeph and Ncpluac, Storejhi^s. you ■*»^^:mim n I i io6 /APPENDIX. you arc join'd by me, or meet Ibmc of the Ships imdcr my Command with Orders. IF you (hvUl happen to be joined by her Majefty's Ship the Leopard off Placentia or Cape Breton^ to take her under your Command. Dated abord hcrMajcfty's Ship the I/.'o/jber in Nantaskct Ro.id, ncAvBofion in New- England^ ihc i^^^ o{ June lyii, ^ To Captain Matthews, Com- wander of her Majeflfs ' " ■' H.Walker. ^ Sbij>Chci\cr. - •- Another ORDER to Captain Matthews, By Sir Hovenden Walker A"/;*, i^c. You are hereby required and directed, if you meet the Province Galley, to put the two Storc- fhips under her Care and Protection to fee them fafe into NeW'Tork^ and then put in Execution the Or- ders you have already received for cruizing. Da- ted abord her Majefly's Ship the Humber in Nant- askct Road, near Bofton in New- England^ the is>^} of June I J 11. To Captain Matthews, Cent' • : T • - mander of her Majefifs ' ' H. Walker. iy/&/> Chefter. :-j .:. An O R D E R to Captain Pickering of the Pro' vince Gaily. . , / ')■,■ By Sir Hovenden Walker Knt. ^c. You are hereby required and dircfted, upon join- ing her Majelly's Ship the Chefier, with the two Storcfhips mentioned in the ^ Margin, to take them ^ Jofeph and Neptune, Storejhifs, undei: APPENDIX. under your C'lrc and Protc6fcion, and fee them in Safety into New-l'ork j and having lb done, to fol- low ) )ur former Orders. Dated abord her Ma- jefty's Ship the llumher in Nautaskct Road, near Bofion in New- E 'inland ^ the 2^^^'^ oijune 171 1. Sri; Ci/>/^/«P'rkering, Com- tnandcr of the Province H. Walker. Galley, Qovermur Hunter and Lieutenant -General Nichol- fonV Letter to me. Dear SIR, This ferves to congratulate your fafe Arrival, the Juftice her Majefty has done to your Services, and the honourable manner fhe has thought fit to em- ploy them at this time. I refer you to Brigadier Hill for Accounts of what has been done in the little Space of time we have had for Preparations > one Months Advice had made all eafy, which is now nothing but Hur- ry i but by doubling of Diligence, I hope may be well. I have writ preflingly to Governour Dudly too, to intercede with you for alightCruizcr to go be- tween New London and Bofton to convoy the Pro- vifions, which I fliall fend thither from time to time as I pick them up, and beg your Compliance % without it there is no Security. I wifh you all ima- ginable Succefs and Honour > and if I can in any thing be of ufe to you , either in your private or publick Capacity, I'll aflure you, without Comple- ment, it will be no fmall Satisfadion to, -ivR r- ?' :' ; ; Dcat Sir, ', ..- v^ Tour moft Humble and Obedient Servant j . Rob. Hunter. ' Fr. Nicholfon. 207 Admiral Walker. • 'This Letter was . without Date, vA 'h 1 2o8 APPENDIX. :''n--:- i Si -/f Letter from General Hill, indofing GoveriioUr HunterV Letter to hintj for me to read. SIR, Boflon*^ J^b^-i 1711- You will fee by the inclofed Letter which l juft now received from Colonel Hunter.^ that he has got fomc Provifions for the Troops under my Command, and that he defires a Man of War to convoy them from New London^^ and to cruize ill the Sound between that and Rhode IJland^ for the Security of the Vi<5i:uallers which may come to New London from time to time. If the Chefter fhould not be already failed with the two Store* ihips, this Letter has come very opportunely for her performing this Service 5 but if fhe fhould be gone, in my Opinion it's ' cry neceflary fome Ship fhould be immediately order'd upon it. If you fhould have any Letter to fend to NewTork^ I am juft going to fend off an Exprcfs thither. 1 am, / pray return the inch- Sir, fed^ with your Anfwer^ Your mofl by Major Lafoury. Humble Ser'vani^ Sir H. Walker. J. HilL An Anpwer to Governour Hunter. SIR, I have fent three Orders, one for the Kingffon^ which I hope is by this time arrived at New- Tor k ; another for the Chefter^ which Ship convoys two Storcfhip^ to New-York'y and it will beconvenienc to have Boats ready to fend off the Orders as foon as fhe appears in Sight, becaufe fhe is not to an- chor, I taking it for granted that the Kingfton muft have been there j here is a third for the Province Galley, if the Chefter does not come, but fhe with the Tranfports. in her ftead> neither is fhe to an- w chor JPfEN5f± chor upon the fame Suppofition of ihc Kingflon's being there, lam^'' 'v.^vv. v ' '•'*^' • • ' -^^ »' Bofton, July I, 1711. Tourmofi Go'vernour Hunter «/ 'Humble Servant^ New- York. ' - ' H.Walker. The Warrant ifor the Agent to the Tranfports. By Sir Ho venden Walker Kiit. Rear- Admiral of the White Squadron of her ^ajejly^s Fleet ^ and '^ Commander in chief yf bdr Majefty''s Ships' de* ' '\ fig^^d 0^ ^ fdrtrcular Expedition,' •.j::j .' \ Whereas Irequ^i^t 0)mpTamts' ai^e^m^dc con- cerning the TranfpprtsV and ;hat foine of them gre unfit to be employed' any longer in the Service. I do therefore authorize and appoint you Agent to the Tranfports during this' lE^xpedition j and you are empowered to afiatidpei^form,' in doing all and every thing relating to the Dutv and Place of Agent to theTranf^rts, as wcU dircharging fuch of them as are found, on Survey, iiot fit for Set* vice, acquainting me firil th^rCof; and to have a particular regard in yoUr taltihg up fuch other Ships to ierve in their room, as afd well found, up- on a Survey, fit for her Majefty^s Service i and you are to enter into Contraft^ as is cuftomary to be done, according to tKe Rulb^^tid Methods of tl;e Tranfport Office. For which this ^all be Vour Warrant, dated abord hef" Majefty -s btiip the tlum* b^r m NantaskefKjbiidt^ nt?ir-Boftofi in Neiv-En^- landy the i'^of July 1711.' - •> ^ '^ ^'' • 1 SrbA/ri Henry Fofter, her'eby^a^^ ''''\ ^■'*! ':^ :^. -- jointed jfgent to the TrdnfpQi'f 5'-'^^^^ H. W, difring this Expidhi^n.- ;o'3 np.o vciij j::)^f?'^ f^')i top i,y ■k: ^.ii,' Qover* i: I ■ 'i t * M I III %\ I- '* I iv 110 APPENDIX. r. Governour Dudley's prtnted ORDE R for fearch^ ing for Provijions. \ . ., -1 villi -■• .i!-^'l 1 ■ . . • *j 1 . / :t • 1 - .• .j ^ .i. MASSACHUSETS. . \ By his Excelhi^cy J o(cph Dudley Efq-, Cover nour, Theif-c being a large Demand of Provifions for the Supply of her Majcfty's Sea and Land Forces from Great Britain^ for the prefent im- ^^ portant Expedition, fetting fbr;h by her lyia- jefty's Royal Commands. • To the Intent nothing may be wanting on the part of this Government to exert their utmoft Vigour and Zeai, to promote and aflift the f fame in every thing within their Power. ;. ... ..' ' « , , , r ^ ■ r i Meffieurs William Clarke^ and Prancis Clarke of Boftofi^ Merchants, arc hereby direfted and order- ed with fuch Officer or Officers as his Excellency General /////, or the Honourable Admiral fValker iihall appoint, to accompany them forthwith to make ^x\Bi Enquiry and diligent Search of all Per- fons, and in all Maritime and Sea Ports and Places within this Provioce, what Salt Provifions, viz. of Beef and Pork^ Bisket, Wheat, Flour, Peafe, Rice, Butter, Cheefe, and other Species proper and ufeftil for the Service of the faid Fleet and Troops bfi the prefent intended Expedition, are to be found, and to fecure the iame, that they may be had for her Majefty's immediate Service j and to make Re- port where, with whom, and what Quantity of each Specie they can come co the Knowledge of. And ». V APPENDIX. And Mr. Cotnimiflary Gtfiwtal- Belcher is hereby dire6ted to take up all Pork, Wheat, Grain, arid other Species brought in by Water, and fcfilirethb fame for the Service of thd faid Expedition, over and above what is neccflary for the Troops of this Province, going in the fame. And Captain Samuel Gookin^ and Captain Sainuel Phips^ are hereby appointed and empowered to at- tend conllantly in the Day-titiiej at the Camp on Noddles IJland^ to fee there be no Extortion or Oppreffion in the Sal6 of Victuals, or Exchange of Money, or other Things that the Clerks of the Market oUght to do. Given at the Council-Cham- ber at Bofton the fecond Day of July lyit. in the tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady j^nne^hy the Grace of God, o( Great Britain, France and Ireland, QJU E E N, Defender of the Faith, ^c:-'^-- : ' / .^ .}':■■ By Command of his Excelkncy^i with ,. ,\^ '-x >;> ■ Jdvice of the Council, .,•.. ' .' ,,,,, ./ ( i • f.; ;-rp. Ifaac Addington, Secretary, ; BOSTON: Printed by B. Green, Printer to his Excellency the Governour and Council, 171 1 . , ; ^i\ J ilom r::\i I J , A rough Draught of the Manifefio as drawn by me, which was trdnjlated into French to be differ fed amongSi the Gahadads, by General HillV Order. <•)!> The Queen of GrM Brifaih's Right attd tith to North America beitig indifputably juft by P'ridri^ ty of DHbdvcry and Pbf!effion,-alnd ackndwledgtd fuch even by the moft Ghriftlkft King, as appears by the Grants ahd CotitdS^^s of fbine Parts tHj^- of to his moft Chridian Majefty from the Cro^ xsi Great Britain. TheDeiail-of all which, would .bq.too tedious td infcrt in this fhort Manifello. p i And it% ^t 1= ^^ ift Ij:1!. l\ ^ J< 1 1 ffi '^^' |m ■'V 'I: f5 ^!^ :! ! #?* ^ P,P.E'ND IX;.. • r' AnNature,Qf JFje/s,, .and by a Jf-f\vd^t9ry Title. I ': h::r: •' • , .t . And fincc, contrary to the Natute of fuch Te- nures, as alfo to.the' Ariticles of a '^ Treaty of Neu- trality ftipulated and agreed to, between the Crown of Gr,eat Britain 2i]^i^, the molt Chriltian King, to be pbferved by the ,^»g/i^^ and French in y^merica^ (npt^ithftanding a War fliould hfippen to break put bety/een the CroV^nfOf Gr^^/ Britain^ and the moft Gh li ft ian Ki ng in Europe ',) the French h ave commitjted fevera] Hoftilitjes againft the Siibjeth of the Kings and Queens of Or eat Britain^ therefore thofc Lands and Territories, fo pofTelTed by the French^ do, accordW^ o the LaWs of Nature and Nations^ of Right revert' to the Crown of Great Britain where they originally werej and it be- comes lawful for her jyiajefty of Great Britain^ al- thoiigh there were no a6lual War between her Majelly and the moft Chriftian King, to refumc tjb^em. -. '-•• i--'^-^ r\^ '''-''■ '•' v. ^\ \- . ^ ^.^nd farther, frpin the continual Complaints of her Majefty oi Great Britain's Subjcdsj of the un- heard of and barbarous Cruelties excited and ad- c4 by the ir^»f/&, in Concert with the Indians^ a- gainft; her Majefty's faid Subjeds, as does moft no- torioudy appear oy a Recompence of 40 Livers ^r SCalp given, has juftly deferved her Majefty 'si Re- fcntment and Relief ui^^p her faid opprdled. Su|b- jeds.N V.-'-"' .- '://■'""*' : :' .'. ^,i : ,.! ■-• .oifV^y ^^'^">r^^ Nov. i68(5.j2^..s:,:;:^i cn , ,!, . . » And L-iXV.Mjjtfc** ;.--^- • ■ WfT*^ 'Vif. V APPEND m. 11 j ' And although', for Wiifyt^ of 'proper and conve- nient Opportunities for *fo' doing, her Ma jeftyV Royal PredcCefroi*§ have not hithdrt^ undek^keV to rcpoflefs thertilelves of^hofe forfeited Lands^'artd Territories : Yet now, 'Witlh a tiibft piou^f Mettt- for preferring for* the future' a' f)er|)etualanjd^Iafti;ig' Peace in North America^ and pieventing the tiia^riy unjuft Ravages and Muffd^rS ma[d6 ^nd cominittcfd; amongft Hei* Subjefts inhabiting thofe PaitJf^^^er Majelty lias rdfolved (under thie^Protedion arid Af-' fiftance of Almighty God) to recover all thofe faid forfeited Lands and Tertito^rifes^ and appoint heir own Gov^Vnoufs in all thofe fcvcral Territories , Cities, Towns, Caftles arid Forti'fications, where his moft Chriftian Majcfty has ' pretended to fettle any; ■ ' " ^ - ■-■■' •' ■ ' ■- And becaofe the French now inhabiting thofe Parts, may either out of Ignorance or Obftinacy be induced by Perfons of malignant and turbulent Spirits, to refilt her Majefty's fo good Defigns, fhe has thought fit, in Reliance on the Blelling of God upon herfo pious aqd- religious Purpofes and Endeavours, to fend fuch a Strength as may, by the Divine Affifknce^ be fufficieAt' to force a Com- pliance, and reduce all Oppofcrsto Reafon* And eftcemingall iht FHnch who are fettled in the faid Lands and Territories, under the pretended Title of his moll Chriftian Majcfty, to be as much Subjefts to the Crown of Great Britain^ as if born and fettled there, or in Ifeland^ or any other of hetf Majefty*s Colofties, more immediately under her Proteaion. '->(:.)" ^ . Out of a tendei: Regard therefore to their Wel- fare and Repofe, we have thought fit to declare in a moft folemn manner, that all fuch of the French Inhabitants in and about Canada^ the Cii- Towns and Villages thereof, who ftiall wil- P J lingly ties. ■ r \. 3^ ^i 11 ^14 4PP:ff'.NDlX. lingly put themfelvcs lusder tjfae Prot^ion) and fpljoait to the Ls^w^ ai^d Govcrnipcnt of her Majc- iW pfGr^at Brit0if^y ai^ be found remaining upon ttieir r^fpcdive (ial^^tai^^ns and Places, without apy Pjminution of thqr,$;ocks and l^arved, (hall be kindly received at)d^r;edted, and be. prefervcd a|^d continued, th|^ ^n4 t^jr Heirsi, in the quiet and peaceable Po(Ieflioi;) of their Lands, , Houfes, filiates, and other EfFcfts, properly and bona fidcy bf longing to them -, andi enjoy all the Liberties, J^rivilegcs and Immunities, in common with the reft of her Majefty's natural born Subjc^'^r/&^w, ^tten(dii>g tihat Colony (knd which by Het* JMajfC^y's Inllrqiftions I amto have Wjith^tneji^pf being within T my reach, is a very grcajt In^ouyeniencc, to the Expedition j be<^aufe tl>py,are the pnly JJght Frigate? 1 truilcd to, and Which, we want extremely, and if you could any way, reach them w^li .your Order?, tci join me hcie, JDr off Cape Breton^ lit would be of great Ufe to us going up the River C 'f t r-* 1 The Gover»our's AHpvisx, \ v 1 R, Bofton July p^ 171 1 . 1 have youf Letter 9f this Date referring to Pi- lots for her Majefty 's SHips. I Ibpppfc you re- ceived from! the Hands of Captain Southack^^ a Lift of Pilots on the fecondlnftarit^iind thai, the fame Day, the Pilots in the Lift, attended your Honour. / ■ I am forry you did not then difpofe of them in- to the Service. I have now again repeated that Lift, with an Order to the Officers to dired their Attendance prefcntly , which is all I can do. I have it? ■** rSi f W J 4»|li I i- rii,:-i,r ti8 AP.PENDIX, have no more, nor other, nor better Pilots than t|icy, and I pray you will difpofe them into the Service. Let Captain Soutback be immediately dire£ked to fee the enclofed Warrant fcrved if you plcafc. <• * Sir, Tour humble Servant^ - J. Dudley. '"The WARRANT to fummon the Pilots. \ '1" ^]j^otl of Pikts far the prefent intended Expedition, In j^ Captain Gilhert \ ^ d a ^ " ^' .dJ .Captain Harris S ^ ^^^->^^^ n: }}jtf^/& ^ i i v.i . ' '■. .) i "i . ■ r Captain ^o«»^r v o^^oftoni'' Captain Beadgood 3 .,,,.. ; " ■i Cjq)tain FcTy/^T of ^ o£ Bojlon, Captain Grant 3 James Hill of Charles Town. ' John May hew of iWw London. ? ♦ >•■■. . - i TV 'ibe Conftables o/Bofton, Charles Town, Salem, and Marblehead, and every of them. ',V !j|t'j)u are required in her Majefty's Name, im- meiiately on receipt hereof, to notify and fum- mons the feveral Perfons above-named, forthwith to attend the Honourable Sir Hovenden Walker^ Admiral of her Majefty's Squadron, at the Houfe of Captain Southack in Bojisn^ to receive Orders and Commands from him for her Majefty's Ser- .yice ^i ii _i '■- ^.-i^di'a^: \ j« . V ..: . „;jt» *iiJ4.(T-,w-i APPENhlX, vice in the prefcnt Expedition Herc^ fail not and make Return of this Warr it with our Do- ings therein, into the Secretary's Office in Br^ « Given under my Hand at Bofton^ the ninth Da of July^ 1711, in the tenth Year of her Majtiy's Reign. .\ rri {•: r- . .^i.A- t ' ♦ J, Dudley. Captain Cook of the Leopard'i ORDERS. . By Sir Hovenden Walker, Kt. kc. You are hereby required and dire6ieid, fo foon as the Pilot comes abord her Maje(ly*s Ship under your Command, forthwith to fail and proceed off P/acentiaj and if you meet the Chejier there, you are to deliver to Captain Matthews the Orders you herewith receive for her, putting your felf under his Command : And in cafe you do not join the Chejier before the twentieth of July^ then to fail for Cape Breton^ ^nd keep cruizing off there till you are joined by me, or meet forae o|f the Ships ynder my Command, with Orders ^ putting your felf under the Command of the fenior Officer, un- lefs you are the fenior Officer your felf. Dated abord fier Majefly's Ship the Humher in Nantasket Road r^e^ir Bo0on in Nettf' England J thep*J> oijuly^ To Captain Cook Commander ; of her Majejlfs Ship the - > ' i/. PF, ^.eopard. ^ ' - > Captain Matthews ORDER. • By Sir Hovcndcn Walker, Kt. &c. You are hereby required and dire£l:ed , if you meet with her Majefty's Ships the Enterprize^ Triton's Prize^ Loeftoffe^ and Feverjham^ or any of :^<..: them 219 o i II 1^ *, * 'ri;. K! h I 120: APPEND TX. them off Placentia J or C^/>tf Brefotiy to take them under your Gommand, whofe Captaink have; my Orders to put thcmfclves under the Command ot the fenior Officer. Dated abofd her Majcfty's Ship the Humber in Nantasket Road near Bojion in New-England^ July 5;, 171 1. -ci''" I'o Captain Matthews Commander of her Ma- H. W. jejifs Sbip.Qht^tx, '/>:„{ vv,\\ \i linoD wv-m-."' ^he Diftribution of thiBilots to the federal Ships of IVar. Ships Nam^s. 1 ji Hurriber. Devpnihirc. Swiftfur?. Monmouth. Dunkirk. Sunderland. Windfor. Mount ague. Weymouth. Granada. 7 Bafilisk. S Kingfton. Leopard. Chefter. Sapphire. Enterprize. Try tons-Prize. LoeftofF. Feverfliam. Gufis, 801 8or 70 60 60 60 60 p. Bombs. 60 P 40 • ■• r^2t ' 50 : ' 'Mi: «;(l ■;"j '• • .. ... lia i P/Vo/ J Nam^s. > ; * ; 1 s'.! 3 • i : .'r ^ , ■ •:.-:'<> 'fu. : . v — ■ ' . ■ ■ ' ., - ^f ' " c^//^/»Bpn9er,;,,;( ;;v/;, Togohom'A '^''' ."•" rlji/ru C^/>/. Gilbert; • .a .\y- Capt, Fowles. ^ ^^. ;) . ^'•Cariiiac/ .ow,,!;,;; C^^/,Beadgood. .,j\.^,,,j C^/>/. Cawley. . j,^, , X Ar(?/ ^/ /^f SqUA'' ; V; , Jenkins. , Grant. » -^ ;\>\o,'.v^ r Hill /fl ^? ^^or^/ the . y V . L Edgkr till joined, j,.r,., . Harris. ^ Wallij. .) T^opoabord Miller. ^ / //&^ Edgaj- Will.'riinds. - •> till: join - Nich. Merric.^ ( ed hy.ihefe Mr. Leech. " J Ship^. a f.- P//i. Stnithfon "^ 'one hundred Miles off. CJapr. Sam. MlUiams Capt John Harridan Arch. Fcr^nfon James l^o fe ,. Jh/1'flar^ar'd",., 7o/. jJilUard - Pifcattaway* Gloceftcr. >'of -< Marvelhead. Salem. Marvelhead. Salem. L* •"'if. ••' !•<■ " ' The; Pilots not all appearing, I writ to thif Qq- v^rnour. • ' ; , , . •, ' SIR, ,{i'd U)3on farther Enquiry, I find the Pilots in the enclolcd Lift , have not yet appeared, and 1 de- firb your' Excellency to iffue out your Orders for them to attend, that they may be ufligned the Ships they are to go abord. I have in the Lift fet the Ships Names to which they are afligned j and the Ships that are not here, we fhall meet off Cape Breton^ and therefore the Pilots muft go with us in fome of the Ships here. I am, Sir, Bofton, July 13, , ,. , m, Tour Excellency's iy^i, . .\ • \V^ wofi Humble '^^"Govefiiour Dudley. b.u-jW- ^' J Lift of the Pilots. ^....../. ujilSblpi-k) f::')/i'[ 'iPiloti. .'.i..'•: -Their Abode. -Kmrfris^iy .{; iWilliHyndesi -i .'^u.Vu^ u ga. /.. -Jm^t^gueh />i ^yahnCaivley^ \ Marvelhead. * ^ryffifi^f irJ?iiy MMMenritj J l:.a j^iai .n^.u i/iL^ii^ . Cbeftery ZII '11 3L IIZ JPPENDI^. It; '.■■!■ r^if^' Ships. . Chefier^ / Loeftoff^ , Feverfianty KingSion^ Pilots. Their Abode. Jofeph IVallisy Beverly, Cuipt. Leachj Bo0on. •• > iJ:n ^ \ CbarleS'Tov^n. 7 .1, ■• " ' > ■ I 7)&^ Governour*s Anjiuer. SIR, I have your Letter and the Names of fcven Pi- lots not yet warn*d. I have fign'd the Warrants to the Sheriffs and Conftables, to warn and bring them forthwith to attend her Majcfty's Service, and to go on board fuch of her Majefty's Ships as you fhall fee meet to order. I am, Sir, Bofton, July 15. . . Tour mo^ Obedient Humble Servant^ J. Dudley. 1711 « (i :5o;! !»•' ,1 » . ; . I . a 75b^ Cover nour^s Memorial concerning Cruizers to guard the Coafi, ^^ .^ >. To the Honourable Six Hovenden Walker^ Ad- miral of her Majefly*s Squadron for the pre- fent Expedition. A Memorial of his Excellency Colonel Dudley, 0- vernour in chief of her Majejifs Provinces of the , Maflachufcts Bay, and Ncw-Haropfbirc in New- ' England. Sbeweth, "'' '' " That in time pad, by ^e Favour of the late King fFilliamj and of heir prefent Majeily our gra- cious Sovereign Lady Queeh Anne^ this Govern- mem have had two, never ids than one, Frigate a(^ fign'd ,v . r Abode. ly. 3f fevcn Pi- e Warrants n and bring y's Service, ;y's Ships as ? Oheclient le Servant^ J. Dudley. Cruizers to ralker, Ad- [br the pre- ^udley, Go' nnces of tk urcwNew- r of this late jefty our gfa- ihis Govcni- c, Frigate Jtf- ^ fign'd APPENDIX. fign'd them for guarding the Coaft, and fecuring of Trade and Navigation. - ^j^ ^ - '^-^ I perfuaded the Aflembly when one Frigate was abated to build the Galley, which they according- ly did at their own Charge, and have maintained her at a great Yearly Expence. ' * The Sea Goaft being of large Extent, and the Frigates demanding a greater Depth of Water than the Shoals, Bays and Paffages for our coaft ing Pro- vifion Velfels docs afford, the Aflembly were pre- vailed with to raifc a fmall Sloop of War, of lefs Draught of Water, that might attend the Coaft- crs, and be able to look upon the lefler Privatcerl wherewith we ufed to be infefted, and all thcfe are t0O:little. r\\ ',.:,;.,.;.:.,.- - .; ;:,. ^ .;_...: v..^'V>-;'j The Queen has commanded the Service of the Galley in the Expedition, ' - '■" Your Honour has order'd the Chefier^ the pre* fcnt Station Ship, to fcrve at a diftance, and the Sloop i% employed relating to the Expedition alfo. Her Majcfty in her Royal lnftru6iions has com- manded, that during the Expedition we fhould be all in Arms, and the Cruizers kept conftantly out, not knowing what Attempts may be made by th^ Enemy. . ' . ^ -* .'^'j ' We {hall be left extremely naked and ex{>bred, after the Departure of the Fleet, unlefs your Ho^ Dour ihall dirc6t a proper Method for the St^tr^ of the Coaft, and allow the Galley prefeiltlycte come into Harbovurto be fitted for the EstpeditiM, without which ihe can't poflSbly proceed. I ab^ -^ Bofton, July ^ •: : Twrimfi Ohedieffi 13, 17x1. > j; ;> 1 i ' ' 'Hmnhh Servant^ ::;.•- -/l:1- Li::: ^r■/vSi^^^. ■' \-r J. Dudlcy. ftj ^'f ! M • ^ t ' T if '.> Anpwer Vm m :-h 1'' ■ 'i ■ ft'. IH APP'END'IXa. f-n 1/ SIR, Anpwer to the above Memmah .t^ri In Anfwcr to your Excellency ■§ Memorial of Ycftcrday's Date, I fhall acqjuaint you, that the' the prefent Expedition againft Canada required fnjaH Frigates, yet theReafon why none came in the Squadroii, from- ^n7fl/>, wa§ becaufe, accord- ing to my Orders and Inftrudions^ I am to take with me the Stationary Ships of New-England^ New-Tor k^ mAyirgmia^ vfhich after the Expedi- tion L (hall fend again to their refpeftive Stations, as well as thofeMen of War alfo appointed for the Newfoundland Fiihery were to have joined mcj provided they could have returned by the firil of October ', but the Time being too far elapfed for that, I have not thought it proper to fend for them, but have fent Orders for the Enter prize^ and 5&yton*s prize, the Loefioff and Feverjham^ to cruize off Cape Breton^ and meet me there^ where alfo I expert to find the Cbefter and Leopard^ now fent to gain Intelligence of the Enemy j and I fhall when 1 come thither, difpofe of Matters fo as may bcft contribute to the Advantage of the prefenc Expedition, and the Service of the Colonies. < '■ / And whereas your ExccUcncy reprefents to me, tjiat a Man of Wav is allowed New- England for guarding that Coaftv i^ is what I am well affured ,of> ,and that the Norwich is now coming hither, wfaicb Ship is to continue upon the. Station, and thtCheJierto proceed home, with the Maft- Ships, fo foon as the Canada Expedition is over. The Shoreham and HeSior are coming to Ne^v- York i fo that befidcs the Advantage of the Squa- dron under my Command, and the cruizing Ship? with me, clearing the Coaft, in all Probability', the Station Ships will be at New England ^nd New- APPEND! X. Torkj before I get to Cape Breton 5 and I flialJ, when I 1 lil from hence, leave an Order for Cup- tain Studley .pixhp Norwich to put himfelt' under your Excellency's Command, in cafe he ihould not have fuch Orders from the Admiralty. • ' > 4s to the Galley, lbs may came into the liar- hour as foon asjflie arrives j and had not the two Men of War that came with Colonel Nicholfoh been or(}er'd to cl^an, but proceeded to New-lork with the. Stoixfliips that cuvciq to Nevj-Englaj^d^ the Galley migjit have been now at Boflon 5 but the great want ot thofe Storefhips ai New-Torky and Neceffity of gaining fome Intelligence from Pla-, centia^ obliged rae to order the Chefter to cruize off Placentia^ ^ndthe Galley to convoy the Storefhips^ which had fhe done before, fhe would now have been here j and if fhe is not ready to proceed with m^e, may remain under your Excellency's Orders for the Service of the Colony. . Indeed the Ring^on not being yet arrived at NeW'Torky yiel4s,me fome Difficulty, and will oc- cafion my leaving a Man of War to take care of thofe Ships that come with Provifions after me h'om New-Tor k^ and this Place 5 but your Excel- lency may be j^iTurcd that I fhall take all Meafures poflible, both for the Expedition, and Security of the Coafts being, ^ * .... \v. . iij ■i> V, Bollon, July 14^ 171 1. Govnnour Dudley. ■■'''■^h w Sir, "" • Tour Excellency's moft Obedient bumble Servant^ ■ ' ', '■" 'J' . H.W, 'A Lctl 'r. '&! „ Jii K) ll'' (J alsL * ?!*.■« ■'. 1 zi6 APPENDIX. A Letter to the Governour^ to appoint fome Merchants , ■ to audit the Accompts of the Ships Supplies, ' " SIR ' ■ ^•"-'^'. ■'•rrj' r ■'••r ' ^;^i■!v) r^irri Dv-'i :'^,'- The Squadron iinder rtiy Command haVinglieen refitted and iupplyM with Naval and Otdriance Stores here, I dcfirc you will, for the more Dif- patch, appoint fomc proper Perfons which are moil at Leifure, to attend examining the Tradef- mens|Bills, which will be deliver'd them by Mr. Faneuil. I am, ' i ••:^:vf '-Sii-, Bofton, July -c'-^^ Tour Excellericfs'mdft 14, 171 1. "V Obd^ienf humble ServM}^ Governour Dudley. ' '''" ■''■'"' H; W. -» .- / •♦ 'Vl -It- . > .. .... ^ I j1 Memorial to the Governour relating to Deferters. To his Excellency y'?/^/'^ -O^^/^ E.fqj Captain- General, and Governour in chief of her iVla- jefty's Provinces o( the Maffiichufits Bay^ and NewHampJhirem New- England, , ; A Memorial of Sir Hovenden Walker Knt. Rear- Admiral of the White Squadron of her Majeftfs Fleet^ and Commander in chief of her Majefifs Ships deftgned on a particular Expedition. Shewetbj By the Queen's Inftru6tions to me, I was to have procured ^s many Seamen here, as would have mann'd the Men of War with me to their higheft Complement, without Marines} but find- ing it fo much otherwife, that even the Seamen we brought hither defert very fail'} and thofe Seamen of this Colony abfcond from the Services of the Tranfports A PP ENDl X. Tranfports, and other VelTels that are to proceed upon this Expedition to Canada^ to the great De- triment of her Majefty*s Service 5 I defire your Excellency therefore to conffder of fome proper Methods for remedying this great Evil , and 1 be* lieve were a Publication made, that all fuch Sea- men and others, who (hall voluntarily enter them- felves, either abord the Men of War, or New- J^ngland Tranfpoi-ts, or any other finall Veflels be- longing to this Colony, bound upon this Expedi- tion, fhall return and remain in ^w^r/V^ } but that otherwife ar Man of War or two being left to cruize pff this Por^, and other Ports of this Colony, fball have Orders to take all the Seamen out of fucl^ Ships, as fhall fail out of thofe Ports^after the De- parture of the Fleet 5 and fending the faid Ships Into Harbour again, fhall carry aU'thofe Seameq[ to Canada^ to be put abord fuch Men of Waf As 're- turn to iS^r/?/?^. lam, ;' ' ^- . r ., .vA ^ on*, , Bofton, July ^ 2hir Excellency'' s nipfl' . .a\^ 14, tjii. Obedient' huitihle Sermnt^ , H. W.a)kGr,. .-^.i ; v ' <• vj v,\A VI Wr j1 Letter from Govcrnour Hunter about the Arrival of the Tranfforts and Kingfton, and comeming one Rene H^tt, for, whom I writ Jo bp a Pilot up Canada River. . '"',.. [ 'V' / ' \^ 1.,^: This acknowledges the Honour of your? by the Tranfports Jofeph and Neptune^ who arrived here laft Night with the Province Galleys fooil after came in the Matter of the Miry Tranfppit, having left her with the KingHon at Sandy Hook^ we ex- pcd her ia ihis Tide. a* I have 217 m\% 1 I' ' IV- '11' :» (^.rlF f5^: r^m 228 APPENDfX. r I have wrote at large to General Hill about- thb Provifions, to which 1 beg leave to refer you. I fcnt for Rene tietty Who prot fills he never Ivas in that River in his Life, and knows nothing of it, bur by hearfayj I ihstW however fend him to you by the Province Galley > I can find none here that know any thing of the Navigation of that River. 1 may afliire you of Flbur enough, and I am ^ pretty confidieht of Bread > and I hope foon to give you a good Account of the other neceflary Provi- iions, for I have all Hands at work to find it out j notiiihg that is within my Poyer fhall be wanting to forward youj and I think hitherto all goes on here better than I exoeded, confidicring'how fhort Advice we have had. I wifli you all imaginable Honour and Succefsj and am with all due Regard, ; New- York, Ju- Tour mo ft Obedient ** lyi2, 171 1. , ,-, Humble Servant^ MmiralWalktr.^.r . ^ R. Hunter. ^U.:^^ i r •i The Appendix. • ■ . , . . . ^ I The ORDER conceriuDg Defertcrs. •••;.T i',-* By his Excellency the Qov^rmur, . i . .) fli'l and caufc all Strangers, Travellers, and Perfons not known, to be taken up and examined as aforefaid ; and in cafe they give not a fatisfadory Account of themfelves, and Bufi- nefs, then to return them under a Guard as afore- faid to Boflon^ to be farther examined, as above di- rected. '■■ And for Encouragement to a vigorous and effc- iftual putting this Order in Execution, the honour- able Colonel TSlicholfon has fet apart, and put into the Hands of my felF, i oo /. Sterl. to be dillributed by my Dire6tion, with the Advice of her Majefty's Council, in Rewards to fuch Officers, and Perfons, as fhall recover and return back any of the faid De- fertcrs to their Poft and Dtjty. Given at Bofion the fixteenth Day of July 171 1, in the tenth Year of hev Majefty's Reign. ^iUik\ i \ ,• Vij^vi •■ *'(nii<;»'f J. Dudley. 'ito Colonel Ephraim Hunt, t Major Robert Spur. "• Colonel John Phillips. •' 0/>-..., » Edgar, Mij^mouth, Sunderland, Swiftfure, Humber, Mftiitttague, Dunl^iylj, Devonftiire. ,, ;' .,^. .,,: 231 ■ ti lli % i'> ' I, if, ^3* >!■ mu '" "I illl *:. APPENDIX. I : - . I. ,iV, r* ».;j .. i, >.> V fflltlv.' J.'^r'/' , Be it enadtcd by his Excellency the Govcrnour, Council and Reprcfentatives in General Court af- fcmbled, and by the Authority of the fame, That every Pcrfon or Perfons who fhall entice and with- draw from his Duty any Soldier, Marine^ or Sailor retained in her Majefty's Service, ill the Expedi- tion aforefaid, or knowingly enteftain, harbour, conceal, or convey away any Soldier, Marine, or Sailor retained in the faid Service, and be thereof convifted, (hall forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds i the one Moiety thereof to her Majefty for the Support of the Governmentj and the o- ihcr Moiety to the Informer j the Charge of Pro- fecution to be paid out of the whole, or ihall be punifhcd by fuflfering Twelve Months Imprifon- mcnr, without Bail or Mainprize : Unlefs arty Per- fon oV Perfons fo offending, (hall within twenty four tlours after the Publication of this A6t, by Beat b+' Drum in the rcfpeiSlive Towns to which (th'ey feelong, inform of, or deliver up to the next civil or military Officer, fuch Deferter or Defert- ciis'by him or them entertained. '* '- ,i.^.' i\nd for the more fpeedy and fumt^ary Proceed- ing on this extraordinary important Occafion, than th^ ordinary Forms of Law dodirc6t, or admit of. Be it farther enacted by the Authority afore- faid, That ^r«? Mr mei Elijha Hut chin fon^^ Perm ^own/end J JerdMdh Dummer^ JehnGlark^ Thomas JBriitiie^ ^ndSamuel Lynde^Etqsy her Majefty'sju- ijliccsof the peace, or any three of them, where- df the faid 'Elifia ffufchinfon-y Fenn ^oijonfend^ or John Clarky -always to be one, be and hereby are conftituted, and fxilly empowdi^d a lawful Court to enquire, hear, judge, and -finally determine all Offences againft this Ad, and to aVfted Exe^Jution i^eVconi^ and all the Sheriffs ' arid' otter Officers i?> 4 '9fr-^ ,^m ' ovcrnour, APPENDIX'. arc hereby required to obey the Orders and Ex- ecutions of the Juiliccs aforefaid. And the Sheriff of the County of Suffolk ^ is hereby empowered and requir'd by Warrant from the faid Court, immediately to return and fum-. mon a Jury of twelve good and lawful Men to be impannelled and fworn, to try fuch Offenders j and every Juror (o returned as aforefaid, making default of Appearance, or to attend the Trial, ihall pay the Sum of five Pounds, unlefs for juft Caufe fhewn, the Court fhall excufe his ferving, and the Court to make up the Number de talibus circum" Jiantibus^ for any Exceptions taken for the Queen, or Challenges allowed the Prifoner. And it is farther enadcd, that it ihall and may be lawful, to and for the Sheriff, his Deputy or Deputies, or Conftables, in the Execution of their Wanant, for the apprehending of any Deferters, to require neceflary x\lljftance, and with Force to enter any Houfes, or Places of which the faid Of- ficer fhall have Information, or juft Sufpicion thai any fuch Deferter or Deferters are entertained and concealed, after Demand firft made, to have the Doors opened unto him, and Refufal thereof, in order to their making fearch aforefaid. Provided this Aft ihall continue and abide in force imto the lal^ Day of OUohr next coming, j^nd po longer;A5VvS^^ i^vx • . ; .".: j. ) .iXT\\ti p^ hhEicceJkncy the Governour, ' ^ ^' ,f-^- \' I hereby comitiand the Colonel or chtef -military pfficer of the relpe^ve Regiments within this Province, to cai^fe this A^ to be publiihed by beat of Drum in the feveral Towns within their Regi- ment, and to ckufe tiii Day and Hour of the Pub- lication thereof in each Town to be regiftred. Gi- HI )M .i;,L; ll, ; ■ ' /y, 1711. ,. * 1: 7 •'o '!."',Mr J. Dudley, : v.. . BOSTON: Printed by B. Green, Pn»/tfr to his Excellency the GovernoHr and Council. «. . I ^n ORDER for fcveral Pilots to be abord the i. the Edgar till joined by the Ships in which they V were to fervc. ^ -irtv - By Sir Hovendcn Wall^cr, Kt, &c^ ' ;uioL You are hereby required and dire6ked to receive abord her Majelty*s Ship under your Command, the Perfons exprefs'd in the ^ Margin, who are, deligned Pilots for the prefent Expedition, and to yiftual then) as your Ship's Company, till farther Orders. Dated abord the Number in Nantasket Road nczv ^Bojioff in New Englan^^ i;his 2.2^^ of J«- lyj 1711. ;;,i>!;!;f)j i .^ . „; (rrjoJni -.viri ifr.*': r--:^ br:': ir^rrii': -rrj rr': ■■'■ ' '-^''jQ 'ir\ i^ii^il-f J ;Hv W. Ta Captm V^ddon^ Com- luui'M t ; ;. ,?/..!,, r.rio'^ ifnander of her Majejifs , : : i,.v!i b '^ir.f<.' rirod iS^/^. Edgar^-i^j^j. .: <. . •.];?!> v^ai>I;iii; jijih o:'nuio General, W\Vs Letter^ with a Copy of GofpernQur Hunter V to him enclofed. ^-.^ \j^^ SIR, , , n " ' ^ * ' Bofton, 2i*^July, 1711. You will fee by the enclofed Copy of Colonel Hunter'sLettct of the 14^'! Inftant to me, the Po- W It! 1 1 HI . ,t. c Captain Hill, Captain Wallis, Captain Miller, William Hinds, Nich.Merrit, Leach, Sam. Wilfiams, J: Har- radan. Arch. Fergufon, James Ro£e^. Jof. Harward, Jof. Hilhard. yj^-j tr r,r ^ ilurc mi i^Ll AVPKNDIX. ilure of Affairs at Ncw-Tork^ I will fhcw you the Addrcfs mentioned in it at Meeting: The bcft Sentence in the Addrcfs is, that they have refolved to railc twelve thousand five hundred Ounces of Plate, to be difpofcd of by him for the Encourage- ment of Volunteers, 6?^. He is in fomc doubt, that the Fevcrfham and Loelioff^ will not join us, and I fear he cannot fup- ply the former with the Men (he will want, when he' has perlorm'd his Promifc to the Merchants: ■' However this may be, I have no doubt but you will employ your beft Endeavours forgetting the Provifions which he has with fo much Trou- ble and Difficulty, got together in thofe Pro- vinces, convoy'd to usj foi' it is of the grcatcft Gonfequence, to fettle and concert with Colonel Hunter^ the Method you intend to put that Mat- tier in, before you leave this Place. I am with great Truth, Sir Hovenden Walker abord the H umber. Sir l^our mo ft Humble Servant^ J. Hill. ^35 ■r>i j1 Copy of Governour HunterV Letter to General Hill, from Perth Amboy, dated the i^^^ July, 171 1. This Minute I have the Honour of yours of the 8^^ Inftant, and have little to add to what I have writ by the lail Exprefs, and Captain Harrifon^ but that 1 am pufhing on Affairs with all imagi- nable Difpatch , in fpight of fome Rubs I meet by the way, and hope to get the better of them pme enough. By the enqlofed Addrcfs, you'll perceive what is done here, and to Day I fhill have up from them their 1^4 APPENDIX. their A61: for t;be Purpofes mentipned m it) ami % nosher for the Currency of Bills of Credit. I mn afraid the Feverjbam and Leojloff wiH not be here tirne enough to join youj tho' I expert both e- very Day, for the Feverjham is not half m^*d^ and I was obliged to get Men from the outward bound Merchant Men, upon Promife to fend them back at her Return hither, before I qould fend her to Virginia for the Provilions. ^ I fend off your Bread and othpr Provifions, as fall as I can get it, and get it loaded, fo that in a little time, I hope you'll be in a Condition to « proceed. You have all my Prayers, Wiihes, gnd JBndeavours for your Succefs. I wifh there were more in my Powers but I never laboured with a better Heart in any thing, and aip with the greats :^ft Truth, ,.;.;.,. . ;. ,„..,:., » ,">v-*: , .: .'.':{ > Tours^ &:c. R. H. u Ji Vf ■• \'' I: >^ tvi '.'i; There are two Sloops loaden with Bread at Philadelphia^ which are expe^ed in a few Days, and more baking here daily, which ihall be fent >vith thofe Sloops, or fooner if it is dry enough. fVlL< : Qo'vernour HiinterV Letter, :\. Dear Sir, Perth Amboy, July 14, 171 1 . This Minute I have the Honour of yours at this Place, where 1 am obliged to attend the Aflembly of this Province one half of the Week, her Ma- jefty's Service requiring their fitting in both at the fame time. Your Orders for the Enterprize anq Tritons Prize ^ I ihall difpatch by Land. Thofe for the Leoftoff and Feverflmnty V\\ keep, expe^k- ing both with us every Hour. JThcfe two Captains happened to be Ejamed Com- manders, ii'^i/jji,-' \:'i: i\ i*-- .• r'' yr-« ■■\^jy^''' APPEND! X. jfttjfnders each of dthcrs Ship , but I believe that tMiftake is of no Confcquence. ' I ihall take careybuJ* Orders be executed. If yoa fail before they arrive, I hope youMl fend them frefh Orders. Affairs go on here as well as is poflibic in f6 Tittle titled/ and I hope, with fome Struggle, and all pofliblcr Tndaftry, to have all Preparation* on this fide ih good State and Forwardnefe. 1 Wfiotd by* Lieutenant Gieni^ral NicMfon^ at large to General i7i//j Vv'hich will acquaint you oHf the "Arrival df the Province Gaily ^ and the King- ^«'witfhthL three Tranfports-: The Mary is run aground nea^ the Ndrrows, but iti n6 Danger, Sloops are fent off to' lighten her. lam as fb- Jicitous about your Succds, as if my all depended Upon it, and mall fpare no Labour to promote it, and am with a very fincerc Regard, 'iU ■«•»«>*? Ci ^ ■■4- M. - v-oHU , 2 I am mighty glad that Affairs go on fo' well with youj and indeed I nev^r doubted but your Care and Addre(& would bring to pafs what :*'"o- ther perhaps would fcarce have compafs'dj fince Lieutenant General Nicholfon has been hi ^ we have perceived Matters to have mended , and had he been fooner with us, I bc^lieve we fhould have been fo much the fooner rer.dy. I hope we fhall fail in three or four Days at the fartheft, and if the Firginia Ships and thofc from New-Tork fail then, they may meet us off Cape Breton. Wifh* ing you all Happinefs, 1 remain, ( ; . ,. Mk ^;f() . Sir, ; \\ ^, _ ,, Tour Excellency^ s i ;; .| :\''^ moft Obedient i ;.-f-'i - ,--• .'!i yi\ Humble Servant^ Governour Hunter . ' \ H. W. //New-York. \\-i\,.[ ;. ,., ., d Humber zi'^ July, 171 1. .■MC"i./>. ■''■ f.qi r»! ORDERS ^ A P FEN nix. : . . O R D E R S to Captain mnJer, £y Sif Hovcndth Walker, Kt* 'Sec. '"■'You are hereby required and dircded, fo fbori as you can poflibly be ready, together 'Vrith all th« VefTels laden with Provifions or Stores^ or any other things for the Expedition, proyided bjy Go- vernour Huntery to fail. to Cape Breton^ without calling in at BoHo*!^ and if you meet with no Ship cruizing off Cape Breton^ you are then t(b pijocee^ with the Veflels under your Cornttiandj to the I- fland of St. PmI o^Spanifi R'tver^ iixxhQ Iflajgd oi Cape Breton, and if you meet no Orders there^ you are to proceed dire6lly to Qafpee^ which is^qn the South Land of the Mouth of the River Cat nada^ where you will find a Pilot, ifiyou have none, to carry you up the River C^«, Kingfton, ? ,^\ \i^^\ .r ( U:^ ^39 :■' :■ lil i ii»iS> r ^1 j( ;t i ;pRD.EK,S d\^ .m'i tf Ho . . .. . , .' - * ..-. 1 < -k ' It* , . . s 0«.BfcRS to Gaptain Papii. •!«^ By^iyHovendch Walker^ Kt. 6ce. '' i ;>•'* '» f V.t- -I •■: n V oil ate fectrcby required; jand dircfi:ed to proceed, iiWth her Majcfty's Ship under your Gomroandotf C^e Breim^ and keep cruiz^ing off there till yoU art joined by ibc, or meet forae of the Ships under my Command with Orders^ and then to put your fclf under the Gommand of the fenior Officer^ obfer- ving his Orders (except you are the fenior Officer your felf; ) and you arc farther to obferve fuch o- cher Orders ai?d Direftions as his ExceHency ^6?- i^rt Hunter^ E^j Governour of iVc. . , u '^. ^0 Captain . Pafton^ Cofn^ o j o j .• . ,v ^ ; : ^ : '^ • ;^ ntander of her Majefty*i ( .' • ^ i * / ' j r:j -r- i '^^^: 5^//> Fcverfham. -- .i-^^J .v. . vv;^V. •. V , ■.- - .- , . * ■■ » ■ . •■ J ' ^' Another of the fame to Captain Gordon Com- mander of her Majefty's Ship Leoftoffj all three enclofed to Governour /f««/^r. v -v. ii , '■Jfi. ?; -o ■- '-., t '^ A Letter to Captain Winder. ^ S\% ' '■ \- ■ • n.^.:,-. This owns the Receipt of both j^our Lettersj and I am forry you are fo ^ fickly, and if you can- not be fupplyed with a new Main-yard , I will take care to get one made for you here $ howe- ver, I have fent frclh Orders for youj under Co- f (i. e,) Tht ships Company; APPENBtX. Vef, to his Excellency Robert Hunter^ Efcji and defire you'll ufe all Diligence to join me as foon as poflible. I am Nantasket Road near Tour humble Servants^ Bofton i» New-Eng- land, this iz^ ofjulyj H. W. 1711. Captain WxnditXy Kingfton* 7be Letter to General Hill; SIR, I am favour'd with yours, and the Copy of Governour Hunter's Letter to you, and I fend you the Copy of his to itic, and the Copy of mine to him, wherein you fee I have left the KingBon and the other Ships in a great meafure under hi^ Direftions} forfome thing may happen that makes it neceflary (o to do, and when I come to Town^ you (hall fee the Copies of the Orders I have fent to the Captains of the Men of War, in the meaii time I am with great Sincerity, Sir, Humber in Nantasket Tour moft Obedient Road^ zi.^ July, 1711. Humble Servant^ I have feiit afhoar fome Draughts of Canada River, and wifli they could be fent to GovernouJ: Hunter^ for the KingHon and other Ships that are to follow us. ^0 his Excellency : ■. General Hill. < A Letter to Governour "DyidXtji with a Lift of Pi* r>'v^.': ,\ lots wanting. SIR, The Pilots in the enclofed Lift, have not yet appeared, and I delire your Excellency to iiTue out Ri your 241 mm 241 APPENDIX. your Orders for them co attend, fo that they may receive Dircftions what Ships to go abord. I am, Sir, Humber '/» Nantasket •. Tour Excellency's Roadyiz^ July i ly 1 1. -t jj moft Obedient • , , i;i tlumble Servant^ H.W. Governoar Dudley. ; , r ■ •; r ■♦:. ' .1 AUflofPilots. <^f ■« ' ■> - Cjiptain John Harradan^ Clocefter. '•' • Arch. Fergufon^ Marvelhead. -■\' James Rqffe, .vl\ Salem - ^ -■ ■• .. ;• Jofeph Hilliara^ S ^ * : '^'^' . John Harwardy . ^ Marvelhead, '^ ' Samuel PFilUams^ Pifcataway. 4. ■> . b / . ( . t,' . ,-. >■-■■• I '"' jfmther Let fer to Governotr Dudley. ' SIR, '■'• .;^, .,;.■.- ... The enclofed is a Report of the Condition of the A'Vw-^^^to^Tranfports, giving an Account that there is a Want of Provifions and Men, to finable them to proceed on this prefent Expedi- tion y I therefore defire your Exceljency will con- iider of fomc Means to haften their Difpatch, and for a Supply of Men and Provifions for them. am, Sir, n-MV\'^j''.-:V Ivi oV Hurr\ber in jNantasket Tour Excellency's li '^u.^-;.v? i.v 4 ^ Humble Servant^ ••J/.-J .v.. !n iliabrbb':-) ;..^J^nt-?lon H. W. Govermur Dudley. ; / rf-'^L I i^i^r . , ' '. A Copy l,J M'- APPENDIX. 243 • A Copy of the Report of the Survey. Purfuant to an Order from the honourable Sir Ho- venden Walker, Kt. Rear Jdmiral of the White ' ■ Squadron of her Majefty^s Fleet ^ and Commander in Chief of her Majeflfs Ships defigned on a par- ticular Expedition, V. e ^ "sofe Names are underwitten, have been abord the V^eflels as foil -^^ and have taken a ftri£b and careful Survey of them, viz. Dolphin Brigan- tine, Samuel Ems Malter, Elizabeth Sloop, John JVelJh M after, John and Mary^ John Stevens Ma- iler, Speednvel^ John Harris^ Mafter, are all ready to go to Sea, Men and Provifions excepted. Anna Storefhip, Edward Smith Mafter, Tuefday Morn- iiig next Will be ready to take in thirty fix Horfcsi attd then will be ready to go to Sea, Men and Pro- vifions excepted : Twenty Whale*boats with fix Oars and ten Paddles each, ;^e ready to be deli- vered by Major Fitch^ at xwo Hours Warning : Twenty flat-^bottom*d Boats with eight Oars each, are ready to be delivered by Mr. Greenwood one of the Committee, at fix Hours Warning. July 23, 171 1. Thomas Tayler. Bofton in New- ; . F^d. Bradjhaw. England. -^ Governour Dudley V jinfwer which he forgot to date, which Jhould l?e]u\y z^y ijii. Jv*v' I had this Morning the Favour of your two Letters, both of Yefterday's Date, the one refer- ring to the Pilots yet wanting : The firft five of %h^ni^ if th^ are at hoine^ live all in the County R 2, of ;p m fit 244 »i APPENDIX. "jf EJfex^ and I have fent cxprefs Warrant to the SherifFthere, fctting afide all Excufcs, to warn and bring them : . Boihn immediately to be delivered to your Order, v .A- .. .? i., v..:.' The laft Pilot called TFiUiams^ is at Pifcataquay near one hundred Miles diftancc, and they tell me, was named bu tv/o Days fince, and ten to one if he be found j however, I (hall this Night fend, by the Poft, to the Sheriff of NewHampJhire^ to bring him hither. ^ ?- >- /* i; The other Letter refers to the five VclTcls taken up for her Majefty's Service, together with the Storefhipi for their Men and Provifions, Mr.Com- miflary General is taking care for the Provifions, jind 1 have already in Cuftody fifty Sailors, which I would have juilly divided between the twelve Tranfports in the Service of this Province, and the five abovefaid moi 'mmediately in her Majefty's Service i but am afraid of their running, until the Veflels are fallen down under your immediate Care and View. * ; r . .' * /r- r>rr- I can deliver my Sailors at a Minutes Warning when you ptcafe, and entirely fubmit the Method of their being put abord to your Order, and my Officers are labouring to get more Night and Day j and if the Galley arrive, I fhall take fome out of her. I am, -< a ; . Tour Honour'' s moft ..^^ t Sir H. Walker. Faithful humble Servant ^ I- J. Dudley. A Letter to the Governour, \ SIR, .. :: ■ .., V .; . . / •• ■ .■.,.,-?■ . .^..., . I defire your Excellency will ifiue out your Or- ders for all the Tranfports and Tenders of Nev;- ' V, i England APPENDIX. MJ t to the (varn and klivercd fcataqua^ f tell mc, to one if fend, by >/bire^ to els taken with the Vlr.Com- rovifions, s, which c twelve ?, and the Majefty's until the diate Care Warning le Method ■5 and roy and Day 5 me out of k Servant J J. Dudley. t-;.- r I yourOr- ; of NeW' England England forthwith to proceed to King-Rond^ there to re- ceive my Orders and Inllruftions. lam, Sir, Bofton, July Tour Excellency's moft 24, 1 7 1 1 . i ; ■• I . . Obedient humble Servant^ Governour Dudley, H. W. The following Lifts fent me by the Governour. jf LiB of the Feffels taken up for her Majeflfs Ufe as I'ranf- ports for the Forces of the Maflachufcts, in the prefent Ex' pedition. J ! r*- ; Tunnage j j , i " ■ ; ' i- " . ' • 1 r^^-„» J 1 1 ; ■ ■ r-.'t ! . \ : \ Pay. ii 2 rHinnihandElii. J. Venteman 12.7 6z June 18 \ Antelope J. Anderfon 139 iS' Bitto 20 2 ships < Francis ■' ' \ Wal^Goodridgejiii 55 Ditto 18 2 /Difpatch 1 Beamfly Perkins* 284 50 July 4 2 (^Rebece* ^ Henry Richards June 29 I; rjer, and Thomas J. Jenkins 89 55 Ditto 1$ Brt^an- \john 4»^ Hannah Nath. Marfton 106 ^9 Ditto 28 < Mitthz and Hannah Fran. Norris 89 83 Ditto 18 tines ) Henrietta Rich.Bariington 108 75 Ditto 20 _ (.Four Friends J. Vibert 93 2-1 Ditto 18 Sloop BleOing Sam. Long 7S 41- July 2 I Province Galley Skip Unity, an Hofpital Zach. Fowles 182 r ^ Lift of Vejfels taken up for her Majefly*s Service,^ by her Command in her Inflru6lions to me, J. Dudley. Brigan- tine Dolphin Sanr.uel Ems 70 June zo Sloop Elizabeth ' J. Wel(h, :^«». 70 13 Ditto 21 Ditto John and Mary J, Stephen;? 53 S Bitto-Lf^ Ditto Speedwell Henry Davis 73 IJuiy ^ Storefh. Anna Smith 'i-^o ^ Tiitto 4 •■ 20 Whale-Boats with Oars and Paddles, io Flut-bottom'd Boats with Oars. Rj 24^ APPENDIX. By Sir Hovenden Walker Knt. &c^ ,.^, ,.,, , / r • The Line of Battel. T/je Swiftfure to lead with the Starbord, arid the Monmouth ,. luith the Larhord I'acks abord, ,,., ... . fi .■<' y^^H' Frigates and /wall Vef- fets. Bafilisk * Loeltoff, N.J. Fry ton '.f PrUe J.S.R. Granada £c;»y Ships l^ames Swiftfure Sundeiland Enterprise Sapphire Kingfton Mountague Devonlliire Edgar H umber VVindfor Dunkirk Feverlham Leopard Chefter Monmomh Captains Names. <* 440 • 70 Capt.So^ns Roufe 3^55 60 Smith 190 40 Cockburn lyo 40 Winder ¥><; 60 Walton ^6<; 60 Cooper 510 80 H.Walker") Capt. Vaddon J 470 70 Cullitbrd 510 ^0 Arris 36^ 60 Gore 36^ 60 Pafton 190 :,^ Cook z8o 54 Matthews z8o ^4 Mitch of 440 70 IVhat Divifion .U'^'.V * I ♦ F J. S. K,, CB. J.S..R. I Pr, B.S.I.. f the white, t * pV. b. S, L. j NJ. •• C B CB.Pr.B.S.L. ,v" •'•''•. V M Memorandum^ That when the Humber and Devonjhire leave the Fleet, the Windfor and Mountague clofe the Line. Dated abord her Majelly's Ship the Humber in Nantasket Road, near ^p/o;^ in New-England^ the 24^'^ of J/z/y 1711. . . N.E, The Ships niark'd thUs [*] failed with me from fojlon: Thofe mark'd [CB] join'd me off Cape Breton : Thofe marked [Pr. B.S.L.] parted from me in the Bay of St. Laurence: Thofe mark'd [J. S.R.] join*d mc ac Spanifh l^iyer: Thofe mark'd [N.J.] never join'd me. w ; ' , Signals t'J^t APPENDIX. 147 ,r VS M ^9 1 f i t) Dii •* • * ^ ■ . . .. ^ ■• <_♦ •S 1) C *= SB CX W . . , , y-^ -C •— »n C C> — ■ t • r/3 ^ ClJ J D J ' ' J. r.f ii i R4 The M^ P;fni-n\ APPENDIX. ' The Swift fure^ Monmouth and PV'tndfor^ arc to repeat the Signals \ the Swiftfure to wear a broad red Pendant, with St. GVor^^'s Crofs, and at Night to carry two Lights on the Poop, and one in the I'op. The Monmouth to wear a broad white Pen- dant, with St. George's Crrfs, and at Night one Light on the Poop, and one in the Top. The IVindfor to wear a broad blue Pendant, with St. George's Crofs, and two Lights on the Poop only. . And for the more convenient and orderly keep- ing together, this is the Meihod to be obfcrved in Sailing*, and the Signal Captains are to give a Copy of this to the Tranfports and Stprcfhips in th^ir Divifion. ' „ 1 j ^^"^ 1-.; ■^; c ^{evrn^nth. Tdf/ir. I Sip'-ftfuve. TranT^ots of J the A/ff»iwa«///s[W'W/o) Divi fion. | number Tranlpoits of the tJg*r*i Divifion. MtHntagttt Dtvoipnre. Tranlpoits of thtSvjtfifurt'i Divifion. SHudttUnd, The foremention'd Divifions, Signals, and Line of Battel, delivered to her Majefty's Ships, Sivift^ fure^ Sunderland^ Mountague^ Devonjhire^ Edgar^ /lumber^ IVindfor^ Dunkirk^ Monmouth^ Granada ^nd Bafilik Bombs, Sapphire^ Chejier^ Leopard^ &c. By Sir Hovcnden Walker, Kt. &c. Whereas it is abfolutely neccfiary for the better keeping together the fcver^l Tranfports and Store- ihips, that there be feveral Men ot War to repeat the Signals j you are therefore hereby required and directed to repeat all fuch Signals as I fhall make; and for your Diflindtion, yoq are to wear a broad , red Pendant with St. G^^^r^e's Crofs, apd gt Night carry two Lights on the Poop, aqd one in the ' -m" "'•' "-,'. ■■■■'■ 'Top: APPENDIX. Top: And bccaufe it will be more orderly to di- vide the feveral Tranfports and Storcfhips into Di- vifions, you are thcrcForc to take the Ships men- tioned in the *= Margin, under your particular Care and Charge, and to give them Orders from time to time according to fuch Dircdions as you {hall receive from me, they being directed to obfervc your Sig- nals and Orders: And for your Affiftancc in keep- ing them in a regular Pofturc of failing, her Ma- jelty's Ship Sunderland^ is alfo to obfervc your Sig- nals and Directions, and you arc to give the Cap- tain of the Sunderland a Lill of thofe Ships under your Care. Dated ahord her Majcdy's Ship Hum^ ber '\v\ NantasketKovi(^ near Bojion mNeifi- England^ July 14^, 1711. '- ■'- H. W, To Captain Soans, Commander ' i of her MajeJifsShip^^r'ih'' '' ■ furc. ** "" ■•' ■■■ , .. .1 ..-III, — .^ « Colonel Kain'x Rs^iment. 11 Ships Names. Three Martins, Smyrna Merchant, Globe, Samuel, *r V, Mafters Names, Riciard Thompfon. Henry Vernon. Mr, King. Samuel Ferrier. Lieutenant- General Seymour'^ Regiment, Cokhefter, Jofeph Hinning. Nathanael4«. ?ja ■M APPENDIX. In purfuance of the above, Orders were given to the Captain of the Sunderland, and to the re- fpedive Mafters of the Ships and Veflels, to obferve Captain Soans his Signals and Orders. The Signal for fpcaking with all the Mafters of Tranfports and Storcftiips, was a Flag ftriped yel- low and white in the Mizen-topmaft Shrouds, and for thofe of my owij Dmi^on, the fame Flag in the Mizen Shrouds." Captain Mitchel oi the Monmouth had the fame Order verbatim with that of Captain Soans, only lie was to wear a white broa/o9^ Difney V Regiment. ^ ^ '-■''- Ships. J^Jl^,; ,y; Mafters. Blejfiiig, ' . Thomas Clarke. Rebecca, Samuel Adams. ....... 'Two Sheriffs, . ^^ . Lu^^e Rogers. Sarah, ^ ^^'" } George Story » / ' •■■'^'^--Tram Ships, "'^■'' - •■ ■-''^-' Rebecca, Anne Blefftng, Richard Harman. Prince Eugene, Dolphin, Mary, Herbin Galley, Friends Encreafe, Aiarlborough, Bi Charles Davis. Nenyon Mafiers. Cheefeman Pearcy, John Wejion. " Cornelius Martin. Edward Friend. ,, Captain Gore in the Dunkirk had alfo Orders, and thefe above Mafters, to obferve Captain Mit' cheVs, Signals and Orders. II i Captam >(i 'f'^i- 1 «, f^ V^' ";'??*■?'■■(''■ APPENDIX. \ -. • ^ Gaptain Jrris of the Windfor's O R D E R S» , y.V. •5>' Sir Hovertded Walker, Kt. ^c. WH^reas it is abfolutely neceflary for the better keeping together the fever^l TrahfportS and Store- ihips, that there be feyeral Men or War to repeat the Signals as I fhall make^ and for your Diltin- ^ion, to wear a broad bkw Pendant with St. George^s Crofs, and two Lights on the Poop only. Dated abord the Huptber in Nantasket Road near BofioH in New- England"^ 7^^^ l^y 171 1. ^ - V To Capmn Arris Com* n:» l'^M --Jl H. W. tnander of her Maje- ,tf':r<)Kj f^ «i > 7 oj ^ji*);:; fint Expedition, ■■ ...>i '•■/n bar, .'"-vv: r^'^i^vv^-;.,.. - 'J .'I :. ;' ^1 r A Letter to the Governour to give him notice ofAfr- FancuilV being appointed Agent for the Navy at Bofton. -v- v>.% ^•7 ■-, SIR, I have thought it neccflary to appoint Mr. Fa* fieuil to ad as Agent in Bojion^ for her Majefty's Navy during the prefent Expedition, to tranfad and perform all fuch Matters relating to the Na- val Aflfairs, in furniihing the Squadron of her Ma- jefty's Ships under my Command, with Naval and Ordnance Stores. 1 therefore defire your Excel- lency, upon his Application from time to time, will afford him all manner of Afliftancctherein, as will turn to the Advantage of her Majefty's Service, and this Expedition. I am, xj xr r - viii^o » Humber in Nantasket Road^ the 17*'* July, • 171 1. -rT ■.:.„. c; Governour Dudley, Sir, J Tour Excellency's :zt: mofi Obedient Humble Servant^ uov •^'■■l H. W. Another ii m. APPENDIX. 253 jtnother Letter to the Governour relating to the /«- telUgence gain'd from the Neptune Prize fent in 'J Captain Matthews. SIR, Captain Matthews having fent in a French Prize he took bound for Canada^ and I having examined the Prifoners, they give an Account that they came in Company with Monfieur Du Guay^ with a Squa- dron of fixtecn Men of War (a Lift of nine of which I fend you) with Bomb-VefTels and Trans- ports, in all about forty feven Sail ; They parted from him a hundred and odd Leagues Weft ofF Cape Finifter j they faid he was upon a fccrct Ex- pedition, and imagined it might either be to Brajil^ or our Iflands. Captain Matthews having fent me all the Let- ters, I opened them to try if I could find any In- timation of the Defign, and in fome they write of our Expedition againft Canada^ and feem to be- lieve that Place to be in a defperate Conditio^} and fome conclude ^ehec will be taken. 0nc Letter fays, that the Queen has granted the Gentle- men of Bofton upon their Requeft , fix Men of War and two Bomb VefTels to attack Quebec i They all fpeak of a Man of War of f 4 Guns co- ming to ^ebecy called the Hero^ and the Prifon- ers fpeak of 50 Guns to come with her, they be- ing to leave France this Month. The Prifoners fay, two Ships more came out of France with them of 16 Guns each, bound for Canada with Soldiers, Stores, £5?^. as alfo the two Men of War that are expefted from France^ bring the fame, being thofe Men that were at Port-Royal. All this Intelligence I think may be depended up- on : But as to the Expedition defigncd by Du • J'-- Guayy \.i I I . 2f4 iM APPENbtJ^. Giiay^ the Piifoners pretend not to know ihy thing of it •, and therefore as to that, I find in the Let- ters but one Conjpdure, tho* feveral fpeak of his arming a ftrong Squadron at Breft^ but not that any one knows for what Intent. One Letter from Rochel fpeaks to this pUrpofe : There are two Ships going from hence to join Monfieur Dtt Guay who commands a Squadron of thirty Sail of Men of War, with fome Bomb-VelTels , and feveral Tranfports, but none knows for what Defjgn, the' every Body fuppofes it is for Bofton. In fome o- ther Letters they fay, that it is defign*d in Prance^ that Port-Royal fhall be taken again, without ta- king notice of Du Guay^s Squadron : And in ano- ther Letterj it is faid, that a Peace is concluded by France with Portugal, v < >( ; rb^ :i< u>": The three Conje6turcs are, that they either are to come hither, go to Barbadoes^ or Brazil -^ but I find no Conje6fcure in any of the Letters I have yet feen, but that of every Body at Rochel^ fup- pofing it to be at Bofton. : - ^^^^^ '■ ' - i I thought it necefl'ary to fignifie all this to you, that proper Meafures might be taken; Atid if the Defign be here, I mult take leave to fay, that fince by Defertion and Sicknefs, while we have been here, the Men of War under my Commiincl, are very much weakned j and it was expefted by her Majefty, that this Colony fo populous and a- bouxiding in Sailors, fhould have fupplied me with as many Seamen as would have mann'd me to the higheft Complement^ Without the Marines. I fhall only take notice, that if upon my failing from this Port in fo Weak a Condition, and meeting with Monfieur Du Guay^ as in all probability, if his De- lign is to this Place, I fhall, and any Accident hap- pen for want of my being fufficiently mann'dj the Blame mult lie upon this Colony^ Hci* Majeftfs V ihy thing in the Let- *peak of his at not that L.etter from re are two ur Du Guay ►ail of Men and feveral ^eflgn, tho' In feme o- d in Pranccj without ta- And in ano- s concluded l,;'•^ sy either are Brazil', but ettcrs I have Rochcl^ fup- this to you, : Atidifthe to fay, that ile we have \f Command, expeded by alous and a- lied me with 'd me to the rincs. I Ihall ingfrom this leeting with ty, ifhisDe- ccident hap- mann'dj the Icf Majeftf s APPENDIX. inftru6l:ions to your Excellency beiilg very pofi- tive as to the Afliftance you are to give this Ex- pedition. I am, r . . ;* Sir, Bofton ly^^ . ' ' ' Tour Excellency's July, 171 1 . . tnoft Obedient ;;'■" y Humble Ser'v ant ^ Governour Dudley ^; * H. W; in Council. . \ iiM _^ £ij^ of the French Men of H^ar. 2yr - - • " Ships. '; • ' c Le Lis^ V ' ■' Le Magnanimej ■ , L'Jpollony . -; ; Le Brtllanty ' T ' ' ; I Le Glorieuxy ■ '- ^ Le Fielelley '^ " *• ' V^igkj . z' ' ^ '/ Le Prote^ '■'■■ Lejafon^ Guns. ; . •: " 72- ■■■'■' It •-It 48 ^ < APPEND ir. li 1 il fij .:^?,|' ^T-' ^ H'. ::::'3!! <( lately fcnt in by Captain Matthews^ of a ftrong *^ /r^«f^ Squadron of Men of War, feomb-Vef- *' fels and Tranfports, fet out on a fecrct Expe* •' dition, and that this Ship parted from them one *' hundred and odd Leagues to the Weft^ard of *' Cape Finifter^ the Letters of Conjedture fuppofing *' they are either defigned hither, lo Barbadoes^ or *' Brazil. One Letter from Rochel cxprefTes it tp •' be the Suppofition of every Body there, the " Defign is for Bofton^ which he thought neccf- *' fary to fignifie, that proper Meafures might be " taken j and that if the Defign be here, he muft ^ take leave to fay, that fince by Defertion and *' Sicknefs, while the Squadron has lain here, the *' Men of War under his Command, are very ** much weakened , and it was cxpcfted by her Majefty, that this Colony fo populous, and a- bounding in Sailors , fhould have fupply'd him with as many Seamen as would have mann'd him to the higheft Complement without the Ma* lines : Adding, that he (hould only take notice, that if upon his failing from this Port in fo weak " a Condition^ and meeting Monfieur Du Guay^ ** as in all probability, if his Defign is to this Place, *' he fhall, and any Accident happen for want of " his being fufficiently mann'd, the Blame muft be " upon this Colony. Her Majefty's Inftrudions *' to his Excellency being very pofitive as to the " Affiftanct he is to give this Expedition. 7'he Council pray his Excellency j That he be pleafed to acquaint the honourable Admiral IValker^ that fince the Receipt of her Ma- jefty's Commands-for the faid Expedition, the Scr* vice has been put forward on the part of this Go- vernment by all poflible Methods, Application and Diligence, with chearful and dutiful Obedience to <( cc cc cc cc cc Jfu APPENDl X. to her Majefty's Royal Commands: The Land Troops on the pare of the Governments on this fide, being one hundred and fixty above the Quota demanded, are raifcd, and with their Provifions and Stores, are adually abord the Tranfports, over and above the Stores, "Tranfports and Tenders raifed, equip*d, viftuallcd and mann'd here on her Maje- %'s immediate Service, all ready to attend the Admiral's Orders. The Men on the Sea part, in any meafure fit for that Service, not being to be found within the Government i but by ftriffc Search and Impreils made both on the Land and Water, and by ta- king of them out of the two fmall Veflels of War raifed by the Government for Cruizers on the Coaft, whereby we are left wholly deftitute of any arm*d VefTei to look into the Sea. And being alarmM with the notice in the ho- nourable Admiral's Letter, of a formidable French Squadron under the Command of Monfieur Dti Guay^ put forth to Sea on a fecret Expedition j the Letters from France intimating their Conje- ftures, that they are deligncd for thefe Parrs, be- fpeaks it to be of the lail Confequcnce to be con- ftantly looking out to ftand under our Arms, and make all the nece(Fary Preparations we are capable of to oppofe them, as her Majefty in her Inllru- 6tions has commanded. The ordinary Guards for the Sea Coaft, and the inland Frontiers, with thofe detached for the Ser- vice of the prefent Expedition, are upwards of two thoufand Men, which upon a ftrid Examina- tion into the Mufter Rolls in the feveral Parts, is more than one fifth of all the Perfons within this Government capable of bearing Arms 3 and the putting of the Militia into Arms for the Security of the Sea-Coaft, will at this time endanger the S Lofs ^57 IH . j\ *^j)fy' 258 APPENDIX. Lofs of a great Part of the Harveft, which yet mull ncceffarily be done. Upon the whole, we arc humbly of Opinion that no more Men can at prefent be drawn from hence, without apparent Hazard of expofing this her Majefty's Plantation. By Order of the Council, Ifaac Addington^ Secretary. Jhe Goveyfiout's Letter, " ' ., f 'mi I .J!i , ■ I SIR, Bofion zj July^ijw. I had the Favour of your Letter of this Date, giving an Account of the Intelligence of a French Squadron under Dtt Guay^ not unlikely to make their Impreffion upon this Place j which as you intimated in your Letter, I communicated to her Majefty's Council of this Government, and tor your Satisfaction, I have enclofed a Copy of their Reprefentation to me thereupon, which fo far as is Matter of FaCt, I muft acknowledge to be true. For the Land Part, her Majefty has ^mmand- ed a thouGind effe6live Men on this fide, which I have made eleven hundred and fixty, and one hun- dred and iixty Sailors in the feveral Tranfports, en- creafes the Number yet. I believe I have figned twenty imprefs Warrants for Sailors, to Sheriffs, Conftables, Marihals of the Admiralty, and their Deputies, to every Mailer of the Tranfports, and at your Advice, have two Veflels arm'd and equip- ped for the Expedition, now cruizing to take up Sailors and Fifliermen that can be found for the Service, and fhall yet attend any Method that can be propofcd here, without leaving the Province; ac the lait Hazard j and I pray that my (incere Ser- S vice APPENDIX. vice herein may be accepted and fo rcprcfcnted. I am, tour Honour's moft Obedient Humble Servant ^ J. Dudley. *The Mafter of the Samuel and AnneV Letter. Honoured Sir, I humbly pray leave to ncquaint you, that I have had deferted (from her Majefty*s hired Siiip the Samuel aud Jnne^ now belonging to tiiis prefcnt Expedition) four Men, which I purfued, and found out the Pcrfons that carried them off, and entertained them 5 which faid Porfo lis being broughc before the Court, declared the Faft, and wei^ fome fined) and others imprifoned for the fame : Since which, I have offered to pay the Fine, if I might have my Men again j and notwithrtanding that, and tho' I have found the Cloaths in their Houfe, yet they deny them , and my Men have fuch Encouragement from the Country, that they go armed, and ftand upon their own Defence. I therefore humbly beg your Honour's AiTillance in this Affair J that I may be affifted with Men to fup- ply their Places, the Ship being difabled, and not in a Capacity to proceed without them, efpecially my Carpenter. 1 am, Honoured Sir, Samuel and Anne in Tour moft Obedient Kingroad near Bo- Humble Serz^ant^ fton,July28,,i7U. .Thomas Walkup. 1^9 it "1; If* i ' '.:> I'' l\ S 2. Anothr Li Ji:, ;■ ".i; X>* ■■ i i6o APPENDI X. Another Letter complaining of Mens Defertion^ from Mr, Tucker Mafter of the Queen Anne. Kingroad near Bofton, Ncw- Honour'd Sir, England, 18 July, 171 1 . This is humbly to inform you, that fincc my coming here, I have had dcfertcd from her Majc- fty*s hired Ship the ^een Anne^ ten Men, amongft whom is my fecond Mate , Gunner , Wnd Boat- fwain. I hope therefore your Honour will be plcafed to fupply me with the like Number, or my Ship will not be fit to proceed on the intend- ed Expedition. I am, Honoured Sir, Tour mofi Obedient Humble Servant^ George Tucker. My Anfwer to the CounciVs Reprefentation, and Let' , ter to the Governourj with a Copy of Mr, Wal- kuppV Letter to me^ enclofed, SIR, 1 am not a little aftoniflied at the Council's Ati- fwcr to my Letter of Ycfterday's Date, fince the Mafters of the Tenders taken up by this Govern- ment, complain that they want Men to enable them to proceed ; and on the other hand, the Sea- men continually dcfcrt from the Tranfports I brought hither i and rho' fome of thofe Dcrcrtcrs have been difcovered, and the Parties who have en- couraged and concealed them brought to light, and fome of the Mafters of the Ships have offered Monies for their Men again, they could never pre- vail to have them, as appears by the enclofed Co- py of a Leii-r writ to mc ihisDay, which is not 4 tlic APPENDIX. the only Tnftancc of this Nature, and T am collect- ing all the Matters of Faft of this kind, on pur- pofc to lay before the Queen in Council : And as to what they alledge concerning taking the Seamen out of the two fmall Veflcls ofWar , to man their Tranfports and Sloops, is a Pra(fticc unheard of, and will be very furprizing in Britain^ when known there i it being the ufual Method there, to man Men of War out of Merchant Ships and other Veflels, and not to unman Men of War for Tranf- ports and Tenders 5 1' that the Queen is entirely difappointed in her Expectation of having the two Veflcls of War to proceed with me. I have here enclofed that Article of my Inftru- ftions concerning my having of Men here, and I muft needs be oblig'd to concur with the general Opinion of all the Sea and Land Officers here, that inftcad of affifting, the Government of this Colony have prejudiced the prcfent Expedition, notwithftanding their pretended Declarations to the contrary, and how they will be able to defend themfelves againll fo great a Multitude of Wit- ncflcs, and fo many evident Matters of Fa6t, I leave them to judge > for they may flatter themfelves with a great many Friends in Britain^ yet when the Parliament there fliall come to enquire, and be informed of the little Afliftance they have given in refpeCt to the Sea-part of the Expedition, it will produce fuch a Refentment as perhaps New-Eng- land may repent. The Cafe in fliort is this : We by the Blefling of God arrived here the z^^^ of the lafl: Month, our Ships of War and Tranfports mann'd, and ex- peding according to the Queen's lnllru6tions, that we fliould have found here in Icfs than this time, all the Tranfports and Tenders of this Colony, S 3 mann'd 261 II i\ i M »!• ■('■M '!■■■ ■^ ''¥ '■* K^'il ' ll''''i^ ^Pljl .:" ''■ .■' Hiij|:: "']'■ I %6x APPENDIX. mannM and vi*5tuallcd, as wr^' ns the two VcfTcIs oF War belonging thereto, , a Condition for Ser- vice as to Men, and our o. a Want oF Men fup- ply*d : On the contrary, the Men from the Men of War and Tranfports which came with mc, have dcferted abundantly, as the Men of War and Tranfporis Books will notorioufly make appear, and that the Tranfports and Tenders of this Colony are not compleatly mann'd, notwith Handing their manning their two VeHels of Warj that there arc I ooSloops fi{hing,bcfides feveral Coafters from Place to Place, and great Numbers of Seamen concealed a(hoar, even by the Confeffion of this Govern- ments therefore thefe things being known in^ri- tain^ it will be impoflible by all the Art of the Go- vernment oi New- England y to make the Queen and Council believe they were not able to furnifli three or four hundred Seamen for this Expedition. We have had more Seamen tlclertcd from the Fleet than are required to man the Tranfports and Tenders taken up by this Government j whereas they alledge that their Land Troops arc a hundred and fixty above their Quota j it would have been more for the Service, that thofe hundred and fixty Should have been Seamen inftead of Landmen : And tho' I was in hopes to have parted from this Govern- ment fo as to have reprefented them with Advan- tage to her Majelly, yet their Proceedings have dilabled me fo to do, My Stay is but fhort, for I hope by the Blefling of God to fail to Morrow, or at farthell, by Monday-y and whatever Tranf- ports cither that came from England^ or have been taken up here, {hall be left behind me, or fuffer any Accident for Want of Seamen, I lliall lay it to the Charge of the Government of New-Eng- \(ind^ ^ Uheravi animam meapjy whi(:b concludes ' . ' this ^■'-SfV-a- -i^r.'A' APPENDIX this Letter, defiring you will communicate it to the Council, from, Sir, Edgar /;; Nantaskot lour Excellency's Roadm\iY Boiloii in moft Obedient New - EnglaivJ, 2^ Humble Servant y July, 171 1. H. W. 1^3 Governoii) DudlcyV Anfx^er,' SIR, Bofton 29 July, 1711. 1 have your Letter by Mr. Walkupp^ and am for- ry I can do no more to your jull: SatisFaftion. I have given Mr. Ifalkupp two Sailors towards his Supply, and ordered him nine Pounds, being fo much upon the A6t of AHembly for his Informa- tion and Profe.cution of Henfiaw^ and fhall com- municate your Letter to her Majelly's Council of this Government immediately. I am. Tour Honour'' s mofi Obedient Humble Servant^ J. Dpdlcy. SIR, I received your Excellency's Letter by Mr. Walkuppy who tells me, one of the Men you have afligned me, is unfit for Service, and the other belongs to one of the Bomb- Veflels. The Malter of the Rebecca Tranfport has been to complain to me, that this Morning four of his Men run away with his Boat. I am very fenfible, that 'twere impoflible for Men to defert lo obftinately, were not there great Encouragement for them here, and that unlefs the Government of this Colony hai made much ipore fevere Afts, and profecuted thent S 4 with i(J4 APPENDIX. with the utmoft Rigour, it was not to be thought that Men could be kept from Defertion. I am now unmooring, and to all appearance, fhall fail without feveral of the Tranfports, unlefs there be fome vigorous and quick Meafures taken afhoar to fend off Deferters, or others in their ftead, and herewith I fend you a Lift of the Names of fuch as have defcrtcd from the Men of War only, not counting the Tranfports. I have fent all the Boats aftioar for the Pilots, and defire they may be fent off immediately. Your Excellency may communicate this Letter as well as all my others, to the Council, from, Edgar in N. ntasket ^ Road^ 2p*^ July> 1711. Governour Dudley. Sir, Tour Excellency* s mofl Obedient Humble Servant^ H. W. jiLift of Deferters from the Ships under-mentioned. 'i'A J ' ■ , i ;' r V: Mountaguc. William Lee. Thomas Derrham^ Ma- rine. Swiftfure. Nicholas Power. Samuel Carpenter. John Ruffell^ Marine. Sunderland. William Nicholfon, Robert Harris, Dunkirk. John T'infon. 'Thomas Wright, Naihanael Pike. David Reed. William MarfhaL 'John Carroll. Daniel Leonard. John Wheatly. Thomas Leopard. William Wheatley, Thomas Sbeppard. John Lawler, Francis APPENDIX. Francis Wallis, David Mac Daniel. John Higgon. Monmouth. Roger I'ubh, Lamk, Diver, John Ferm. Henry BurbiL Richard Ferrar. Thomas Jones^ Corporal of Marines, John Francifco^ Drum- mer, ditto. Devonihire. Rich Still Dennis Mahony. David Matthews, William Spiers. John FrevilL George Beck. M^illiam Turin, Francis Kaine. Francis Baker. Samuel Sparks. Samuel Row. John Chapman. William Johnfon, John Browne. Hugh Browne. John Griffith. Edward Jones. Robert Williams* Roger Perry. John Wat fan. Thomas Whitmore, John Fowler. Titty Coachman. William Monrowe. John Strickland. John Parlow. Robert Gainsby. Mordecai Millet. Bafilisk, Bomb, Richard Felton^ Carpen- ter's Mate. Edgar. Thomas Parker. John Stephenfon. William Carnalh Edward Nichols. Jeremiah Tomlinfon. William Howlet. Humber. Griffin Williams^ Thomas Brooks, Thomas Jennings* George Powell. Richard Power. ^ James Fenilfan. John Pylot. Windfor. Ralph Hook. Henry Verin. John Fletcher. Patrick Flym. Charles Headfpeath. William Skinner. Thomas Northgate. William 2({y 'J' [>'',; I I \ 1' - I i i \ [^ iAi «S i.# 1;' ^M^ ' 'jwfPfci-.jtoi (I ■h i n^nusl HB ;n j^^ K^sL §K nHp; 3bB ' H IMV,; wBI ! M i'^^g I'l 111 i66 APPENDIX fVilUam Feunimore. Robert Palmor. John Cherry, Daniel Biyig. John Heijoet, Jofeph Hewby, John IVooddard. j^lexander Noling^ Thomas Baker. Edward Hozhin, Sent to the Govcrnour, Bofton^ ^9jiilyy 1711. The Dcfcrters from the Leopard^ Sapphire and Chefier^ not mentioned in this Lift, thofe Ships being at Sea when this Account was taken- The Warrant for Mr. William Clark to ad as A- gent-Vi(5lualler at Bojlon. By Sir Hovenden Walker, Kt. 6cc. Whereas it will be necefTary, when I am fail'd from hence with her Majefty's Fleet and Forces, that fome Perfon be left here at Bofton to tranfa^t all the Vidualling Affairs, relating to the prefer.t Expedition, by making Application to the Go- vernment, and keeping a conftant Correipondence with me, or fuch as I fliall dired to keep a Cor- refpondence with. I have therefore hereby conllituted and appoint- ed you to act as Agent accordingly, for the Vi- dualling her Majefty*s Ships in Bojion^ and to do and perform all fuch Matters and Things as relate to fuch an Affair 5 and whatfoever Proviiion (liall be furniflied to any of her Majefty's Ships in this Port, you take the proper meafures relating to fuch an Officer : And for fo doing this fhall be your Warrant. Dated abord her Majefty's Ship Edgar^ off" Bofton Harbour in New-England^ this ^o^'^ Day orjuly.ijii. H. W. T'o Mr, W iW.Chvk^ hereby appoint^ ', > - fd Jgent for ViciuaUing her Maje' v - ft y's Ships ^ in Bofton, . ' .. / ,■ ^ - . An » '1 '.-JaSa-w,.' . "..Ot ilifjfcz - p/. ,1711. ibire and [ofe Ships a6t as A- :c. [ am fail'd id Forces, to tranfaft he prefer.t D the Go- :fpondence eep a Cor- \d appoint- or the Vi- and to do ^s as relate ^'ilion (llall lips in this ing to fuch ill be your hip Edgar ^ is p^'^ Day H. W. APPENDIX. An Account of each Dl'vifion and Regiments, Edgar, Windfor and Mountaguc, Tranfports. General HiWn Regiment, 167 Ships. Recovery^ Delight^ Eagle^ : Fortune^ Reward^ Hofpital, Succefs Pink^ Tender, Mafters. John Lei^is. Stephen 'thomas, Thomas Clifton, John Jones. Matthew Lowth. Matthew Kent. Colonel Kirk's Regiment. Willing Mindf John Macmath. Rofe^ Henry Foftery Agent. Lifle^i Gregory Shipton. Happy Union^ Chrijlopher Redjhaw. §ueen Anne^ George Tucker. Colonel C^a;^ ton's Regiment. Refolution^ Matthew Gilieu. Marlborough^ James T'aylour^ Samuel^ J. I/Fhibbean. Pheafantj J. Mafon. SvviftfurcV, Sunderland. Colonel Kain's Regiment. fhree Martins^ Smyrna Merchant^ Globcj Samuely An Robe^'t fhompfon. Henry Vernon. Michael King. Samuel Ferrier^ Lieutenant m II ■ ■.■/■•• m 2^8 APPENDIX. ■1^ ^:i' # 'J Lietitcnant-Gcncral Seymour^ Regiment. CoJcbeflefy Jof. Hinning, Nathanael and Elizabeth Magnus Howfon, Samuel and jinne^ Thomas Walkup. Colonel Windrejfeh Regiment. George y Ifaac Dove. Jfabella Anne Katharine^ Richard Bayky^ Blenheim^ Thomas Simmons, Chathanty J' Alexander, Monmouth V, Dunkirk. Colonel Difney's Regiment. Blejfmgj Rebecca^ Two Sheriffs J Sarahy Thomas Clarke, Samuel Mams. Luke Rogers, George Story, Train- Ships. Rebecca Anne Blejfmg^ Richard Harman, Prince Eugene^ Dolphin^ Mary^ Herbin Galley, Friends Increafe^ Marlboroughj . Charles Davis. Nenyon Mafters. Cheefeman Pearcy, y. mfton. Cornelius Martin. Edward Friend, New-England Tranrports. Anna^ Edward Smith* Jeremiah and Thomas^ John Jenkins* BarbadoeSy J. Rawlins, Anchor and HopCy J. Brewer, Adventure^ ^j^^-ku^i^%^s.*i^iii ..^^^ Int. Adventure^ Content y APPENDIX. George Philips, fFilliam Hutto»» ' ' . ' * Tenders for the General. John and Mary, Speedwelly Jfihn Stephens, Henry Davis, Dolphin^ Elizabeth^ Mary^ Samuel^ Ba/ilisk^ "7 r> u Tenders for the Admiral. Samuel Ems, John mijh^ Jun. fFilliam Englijb, William Webber^ Tender to Colonel Vetch. Goodwill^ Sloop. Anna^ John and Sarah, Margaret, Recruits. Edward Rotherford, John Laurence, John Dunn, , . NeiV'EngJand Tranfports. Difpatcb, Four Friends, Francis, - - ■ - John and Hannah, Henrietta, Bk'ffng, : ^ Antelope, Han-nab and Elizabeth, Frzends Adventure, Rebeccci.^ •M wthci and Batimh, %6^ Beamjly Perkins. ' * Matthew Vybert, Walter Goodridge, NathanaelMarfion, Richard Barrington, Samuel Long. John jlnderfen, John Venteman, Henry Few. Henry Richards. Francis Norris, John Vincale, Unity^ !..■*! u- a 270 APPENDIX Unity, Hofpital. John Richards* Newcaftle, Clement Deering. To be in the Rear Humber and Devonjhire, This was delivered to all the above-named Ships, as alfo the following Rendezvous. In cafe of Separation by bad Weather, or other- wife, the Place of Rendezvous is Spanijh River in Cape Breton Ifland. Dated abord the Edgar at Sea, the 30*'^ of 7«/y, 1711* * H.tF. By Sir Hovenden Walker Knt. &c. . . \ f , - • s " Mditional Signals and Inflrr. ^Hons to he ohfer'ved h^ the Men of JVar and 'Trcmjports^ for the more or- derly failing and keening together. When the Admiral defigns to ftretch a-head of the Fleet with his whole Divifion, he will hoift a red Flag on the Enfign- Staff and fire a Gun, which is to be repeated by each Signal Ship 3 and then the other Commodores, with their Divifions, are to fall a-ltern till the Admiral's whole Divifion is a- head of them. And ii' he would have the Captain of the Swiftfure with his Divifion next, and the Captain of the Monmouth with his Divifion a-ftern of all, he will at the fame time hoift a white Flag m the Mifen-Peek. And if he would have the Captain of the Monmouth with his Divifion next, and the Captain of the Swiftfure with his Divifion a-ftern of all, he will at the fame time hoift a blue Flag at the Mifen-Peek. When the Admiral would have the Captain of the Swiftfure ftretch a-head with his Divifion, tho' he himfelf ftiortens Sail, he will hoift a white Flag on the Enfign- Staff and fire a Gun, which is to ^~Ahfi\ tre, ;d Ships, lor other- River in %r at Sea, H.W. • ■ ■ V • . ■ .' ' hferved h^ ? more or* a- head of ill hoift a n, which and then ifions, are vifion is a- le Captain , and the ion a- ftern vhice Flag have the ifion next, s Di vifion oifl a blue Uaptain of Divifion, lift a white , which is to /!PPENDIX. to be repeated by each Signal-Ship; and then the Captain of the Swiftfure is to ftretch a-head, fo far as to bring his whole Divifion a-head of the Admiral J and at the fame time the Captain of the Monmouth with his Divifion is to fall a-ftern of the Admiral's Divifion, and the Fleet to continue fail- ing fo both Day and Night > iht Swiftfure then leading the Fleer, till the Admiral makes a Signal for altering that Pofture of Sailing. When the Admiral would have the Captain of the Monmouth ftretch a-head with his Divifion, rho' himfelf fhorten Sail, he will hoift a blue Flag on the Enfign- Staff and fire a Gun, which is to be repeated by each Signal-Ship > and then the Captain of the Monmouth is to ftretch a-head fo far as to bring his whole Divifion a-head of the Admiral j and at the fame time the Captain of the ^wiftfure with his Divifion is to fall a-ftern. The Monmouth leading the Fleet, and continuing to fail in that Pofture Day and Night, till the Signal is made to alter it. When the Admiral would have the Commodores and their Divifions (after being in any Form or Order) to fail in the firft Order prefcribed, he will hoift a Flag ftriped red, white and blue, at the Maintopmaft-head under the Union Flag, and fire a Gun. Then the Commodores muft ufe their beft Endeavours, by ftiortning or making Sail, to get into their proper Stations, with their refpeftivc J)ivifions. The Commodores are in failing to keep a Mile diftanc from the Flag, or each other-, and as near .is pofllble keep the fame Diftance, if room enough, when they anchor j or at leaft obferve fuch a pro- portionable Diftance as the Place will allow. The 271 I ' i k »7z APPENDIX. The Ships that are appointed for the Rear arc al- ways to continue there, not with ftanding any Alte- rations made in the reft of the Fleet. When the Signal is made for the headmoft Ships to tack, then that Commodore and his DiviHon which is a-head, muft tack firft, and keep a-head upon that Tackj and the Divifion next to that muft tack next, and the Dividon a-ftern laft of all, and continue failing in the fame Station. When the Signal is made for the fternmoft Ships to tack firft j the Commodore with his Divifion that is a-ftern muft tack firft, and keep a-head up- on that Tack} the next to that Divifion muft tack next, and the headmoft laft, and continue failing in that Pofture i the Van and Rear changed. And no Commodore or Divifion is to tack, before all the Ships that are to tack before him, are tack'd. When the Signal is made for the whole Fleet to tack at once, then all the Ships are to tack as near as poflible together, if conveniently they can j and being tack'd, to continue failing in the Order they then are, the Van and Rear changed. No Commodore is to fufter any Ship of his Di- vifion to go a-head of him, and in cafe any do, to fire at them j and the Man of War, in his Divi- fion, or next to that Ship, that goes a-head, ftiall make Sail to get up with her, and caufe the Shot to be paid for by the Matter. When the Signal is made for anchoring, each Commodore with his Divifion is to anchor in the fame Ordf^r as at that time they failed in, to avoid Confufion, and no Ship to anchor out of his Sta- tion, nor before thofe that are to anchor firft are bearth'dj and therefore when the Signal is made for anchoring, each Commodore fhall ihorten, or make Sail accordingly, for the better beartliing themfelves Lorten, or APPENDIX. themrdves and their Dividons in their proper Sta* tions. The ibovc Signals and Inftruftions, together with thofc tor altering the Gourfe in a Pog^ were given to each Man of War and Tranfport. Dated abord her Majcfty's Ship Edgar at Sea, Jug. i, lyin and deliyered out the 3'*. * Signals and InftruSiions for the regular ancborlfig with the Fiett^ to Captain Roufe* By Sir Hovenden Walker Knt. &c* When I would have you proceed before the Fleet to the Road or Harbpur where it may be pro- per to anchor, I will hpiii the anchoring Colours on the Flag-itafFat cheFpretopmall-head, and iire a Gun J then you are to make the bcft of your way, together with the Ships and Vcflels named in the '*■ Margin appointed to attend you upon that Ser** vice, to the Place where the Fleet is to anchor. Being come thither, you are to obferve the fol« lowmg Method in placing the three Signal VelTels^ Brigantines or Sloops, for the three Divi(lons| and they muit wear the following Marks of Di* ftin6):ion: That for the firft, or my Dividon, a Jack-Flag at Maintopmall-head ) that for the fe* cond or Smftfure's Divifion, a red Flag, Eniigil or Pendants that for the third or Monmouth's Di- vifion, a white Flag, Enfign or Pendant^ which they are to hoifl as ioovL as they are at Anchor, and not before. They are to be bcarth*d near the Place where the Commodores of each Divifion are to drop thcif » - -» I1 1«« ■ Difpatch, Four Friends Brigantiiic» Bleffing and Goo4* WiU Stittfs, T Anchor*; t7l ill 'jV' 274 APPRNDl X. Anchors, always fprcading a good Dillancc from each other, at lead a Mile afunder, if there be room enough, or fuch a Space as the Road or Harht ur \viHiadmit, or according to the Number of Ships that arc to anchor. « Fa placing or bearthing youf Signal Veflels, Bri- ganrines or Sloops, in thejload or Harbour, you are to obferve the Method of the Fleets tailing when you parted from it, and to Mace the Signal V'eflcls which is for the headmoll Divi/ion, ov the Divi- fion that leads the Fleet in th'^ innern )(l Dearth, or on the Starbord or Larbord Wing alongll Shoar, according to the Method of their then I liling when you left the Fleet, and the Nature t)f the Place where they are to anchor; and the Signal Veflbls for the Divifion in the Center; and the Signal Veflel for that Divifion that is a- Hern in the out- ermoil Bearth, or, on the Starbord or Larbord Wjng along Shoar, according to the Method of the Fleets failing at the time when you left it, and the Nature of the Place where we are to anchor. The Signal Vefl'cls are to anchor in a Line, each of them at an equal diftance from the Shoar, as near as the Ground, or other Circumflances of the ^bad or Harbour will admit. *^"<^' >■ ' ''■'••'' - * When 1 would have you go a-head, I will make 'thfe Signai to fpeak with you, and fpread a blue Flag ill the Fdrctopgallant-{hrowds,and tire a Gun. i-*'' When I would have you to lall a-llern to fpeak with you, I will rtiake the Signal to fpeak with you, and fpread a white Flag in the Foretopgal- iaAt-fhrowds, and fire a Gun. *> '•'^" ^ -i'- And when you are a-head you are to keep a Mile a-head, and in the Night to wear a Light in your Poop. ,jT' When I would have you ftretch a-head to make| the Land, I will make the Signal for fpeaking A withl i.- Vv' ' ^1 ;u ■ ■(] '■< ':,-'< 'Dilhncc from there be room )ad or Harh( ur lumber of Ships |nal VcfTcls, Bri- Harbour, yoa xts failing when ic Signal V'eHels )n, or the Divi- nern oft Bearth, g aloiigft Shoar, en 1 liling when jre oi' the Place le Signal Vefl'els and the Signal Hern in the out- ord or Larbord the Method of n you left it, and e are to anchor. )r in a Line, each Dm the Shoar, as :umftanccs of the APPENDIX. with you, and lioill: a Flag ftripcd red and white at r'orct()})malL-head, and then ynu are to Ihetch in as far as you can be certain, to join mc again that Evening. Dated abord her Majefty's Ship the AV/^^racSea, the if^^oiMgufl^ 1711. To ^Captain K.o\\^c^ Commander H.J^» , 'it- - Copies of thcfe above Orders and Tnftrui^lions were given lo/all the Captains of the Men of War and Mailers of I'ranfports, with Orders to each of them, for their punflually obfcrving them in an- choring. >. \;'? *.ii ' j' . ; .7.". . ' . . , • *'■,■" T'be following Minutes were taken by Mr. Gordon, ..Qm<.ralV\\\\\s Secretary, ■'^^...y^r J I.. f) ► ,. Minutes taken at a Confultation of Sea Officers in . ihtKwcx 6i St. Laurence^ theif^'^of y/^g. 1711. abord her .Majefty's Ship the PVindfor, .j ,. .., . I * ■'• iV Sir HovendenlValkerKni. Rear- Admiral of the ' White, ^c. :i--iJy.\ ■■. i j..;j T ' '5! ' ( Captain Soans Mitchel ^rris IValton Gore Paddon Cock bur ft Roufe :;., f')} >.of th; fSiv'ftfure^ AIon?noiith. IVindjhr. •• , I Motmtague, ' Dunkirk. Edgar. Sumlerland. Sapphire. ft _ !' The Admiral told thefe Genilemen that he had called them together, to ask their Advice what was now to be done in the prefcnt Junaurc pi- our Atfairsi that we had loft many Tranlports, with a . • ■ T 2. &'^^^^ ^75 IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) {./ ^^ if. .V^ II 1.1 11.25 2.0 U 111.6 "♦V^ 7 Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 873-4503 '^^^^ -Jb^ t76 APPENDIX. great Number of Men in the Entrance of the faid River. ' ; ■' ■ '^ ,*..-.• Scv^eral of the Captains faid, that they not ha- ving been fooner confulted touching the Naviga- tion of the River, couJd not now determine. The Admiral faidi that the Pilots, viz. Paradii and Bonnet^ had been confi^led, and did agree in their Opinions, in what was done 5 but the Quc- ilion was now, What was to be done? and if there ^as any thing wrong in his Condu£^, he fecm*d to hint he was to anfwer it in another Place. And then he dt fired their Anfwer to this fhort Que- ftion, whether it was pradicable to go up the Ri- ver St. Laurence as Far as §uebec^ with the Men of War and Tranfports, or not. Captain A///fi^^/ Paid, his Pilot had told him the 11^ of this Month, that we fteer'd too far Nor- therly. J ♦ ^ All the Captains did agree that the Pilots were very ignorant, and not to be depended upon. Then the Pilots were caird in. Mr. Bonner the AdmiraPs Pilot wascalPd in^ and the Admiral told him, the Courfc he fteer'd the iz^ Inltant was found Fault with j that by fleering Northerly, and W. N. W. we were fet away by the Current. He faid, that he advifcd to ftcer more Welterly, which he own'd was done. Being asked what he knew of the Navigation of the reil of the River, he faid, between the Land and the ]flaad Coudree^ was very difficult j that a french Man of War, lefs than any in this Fleet, had perform'd it with great Hazard. Being ask'd whether it was prafticable to get up to^ebec^ with regard to tSiC Seafon of the Year, he faid, it would be very difficult , and that be could not anfwer doing it> that he was involunta- rily fent abord, as not thinking any one Man ca- pable ' the faid not ha- Naviga- De. Paradif agree in he Quc- if there rem'd td e. And )rt Que* the Rii : Men of him the Far Nor- ots were 3n. onner the liral rold [tant was lerlyj and enr. Veiterly, gation of ;he Land > that a lis Fleet, :ogetup he Year, that he ivolunta- Mlan ca- pable APPENDIX. pablc of carrying a Ship up this River. Some of the Captains faid, that this was no more than what the Pilots had faid befoi :- we came hither. Mr. Bettgoodj Pilot of the fF'Mfor was called in, and the Admiral ask*d him if he would unJertake to carry us up to ^ehc^ he faid, he had been there but once, and could not undertake it. Mr. Fowlesy Pilot of the Monmouth^ was calPd in, and being ask'd if he was capable of carrying the Ships and Tranfports up to ^ebec^ he faid, he had been but once up and down, but that he had been fevcral times thus far, and therefore he could only do his Endeavour. Mr. Miller^ Pilot of the Swiftfure^ was called in, and being ask'd if he could cany up the Ships of War to ^ebecj he f^id, he could carry up a Merchant Ship 5 but a Ship of War was dange- rous j and if fhe mifcarry'd, he might be tried for his Life. He faid there was good anchoring in Mulbay^ and all the way up. Being ^k'd if he thought we could go up with this Fleet, he faid, he thought we might go up if we had good An- chorage; And he faid, there was good Anchorage when the Wind was off Shoar, but there were no Harbours, and two or three Miles off Shoar there was 14 or If Fathom Water.' He was told, that Captain Roufe of the Sapphire had been fent out, and try*d to find anchoring Ground, and could find none. He faid, he had only been up with Sir Wil- liam Pbips^ and then his Ships went all up one after another j and that there was l f Fathom Water in Mulbay^ but theP^flage of the Ifle oiCoudree was very narrpw. Being ask'd what he thought as to the Seafon of the Year, he faid, it was late enough, but wc fpight have good Weather. .-.' ' .' ■• T 3 ' Mr- ^77 I 2;8 yJPPENDIX. Mr. Harraden^ Pilot of tlie Mountague^ wns cal- led in, and being ask'd if he could undertake to carry the Men of War up the River, he faid, he muft anfwer, as he had already done at Bofton^ that he was not capable, being only a comnDon Soldier when Sir William Phips went up. • * r r ;. ' Mr, Hindcy Pilot oi' the DuKkirk^ was called in, and was ask'd if he was of Opinion he could carry up that Ship to ^jiehc j he faid, he was only a Sol- dier when Sir IVilltam Phips went up there, which he had told ztBofton. j «< » * ; *? ^ u ; vi* Then the Admiral faid, that according to the Refolution of the Captains, he muft proceed. In the mean time Colonel Fetch being ask'd , "why he had told the Admiral that he was the bell Pilot for the River, and whether he thought now •that he could carry up the Men of War and . TranfportSi he faid, he could undertake nothing that related to Sea Affairs, and could take no Charge ; but was willing to go up the ,River in a fmall Veffel to difcovcr Difficulties, v^u. Then the Admiral dcfired to know the Opinion of the Captains prefcntj whether we could get up ' the River or not 5 and they came to the following ' Relblution, vi2i^ x'- '■ - - ' i-^- -* ^fU^ {^ ,, *Tis our unahirhpus Opinion, that by rcafon of ' the Ignorance of the Pilots abord the Men of War, it is wholly impra6bicable to go up the River of ^ St. Laurence fo far as ^ebec. lum .ixl rmfy- j Copy of the Confultation and Refult, At a Confultation of Sea Officers belonging to tlic Squadron under Command of Sir Hovenden fFal^ ^ > * her Knt. Rear- Admiral of the White, abord her ; ' Majefty*s Ship the Windfor^ the 2f'^ oi Mguft 171 1, in the River of St. Laurence, *• v «,.^ Prefent^ was cal- rrtnke to faid, he fton^ that Soldier railed in, uld carry ily aSol- c, which g to the cod. g ask'd, the bell ght now Var and nothing take no Liver in a Opinion Id get up ollowing rcafon of of War, River of '. --'■'-* It. .V.U »g to the ien IVal" bord her 'f Auguji Prefent^ APPENDIX. Prefentj .. ; ^ix Hovenden IValker^ Knt. y^/ ,. ' ^ ,. Captain 7^/ ^^^»-y- ^ , ..tx*-, :• :, ... JohnMttcheU i ) • % T, r.T Robert Arris. ■ ..^ . m'a .^'i ; ' Qeorgc IValton, • '. . ,:, ■ • !, . ; • Henry Gore. . :/ . . i- ' ■• , . • * .. George P addon. " ,^, . -; • \- . JohnCockburn. y. "■ • ' Auguftm Roufe, • The refpedtive Pilots abord the M# of War ha- ving been feverally examined in the Prefence of us the aforefaid Rear- Admiral and Captains, we. arc unanimoufly of Opinion, that by reafon of the Ig- norance of the faid Pilots, it is wholly impra'6tica- ble to go up the River of St. Laurence with the Men of War and Tranfports fo far as ^tebec\ as alfo the Uncertainty and Rapidity of the Currents, as by fatal Experience we have found. Hovenden IFalker. •' .' , Jof' Soans. John MitcM. Robert Arris. George Walton. ' Henry Gore. \ George P addon. . JohnCockburn. ii Auguji in Roufe. t,\ Captain Partington'; Letter by the Kingfton, with " the tranflated Copies of the French Letters from Vhcenuawhich he had intercepted, , f, ■ . . . Warwick, in Company of the Milford, Aug. 1 6, 1 7 1 1 , o/* Nova Scotia about 1 8 L^ag. to the Southward of Cape Breton. Honourable Sir, I fend cnclofed Copies of Letters from the Go- vernour of Placentia to the Secretary of State at T 4 Paris^ ^79 ti i f H ui t STi . tZo 1 4 ' f t- ' f ^>'r. APPENDIX. Paris^ which I prcfumc may be fcrviccablc j and likcwifc a French Prifoncr that was born in Canada^ he's a good Pilot there, and at Placentia* Sir, 1 am bound to Bofton to take the Cover- Hour's Dircdions , if in cafe Port-Royal or Nova- Scotia ihould be in Danger of the Enemy, which your Honour will be Judge of by the enclofcd : wc fliall return for Neivfouridland very (hortly, if the Governour of Bofion has no Service for us. I hope y#i'll pleafe to pardon Hade, and ihall fend more fiiUy by next Opportunity from Bofton. . 1 am with great Rcfpcd^, / LikevJt/e have enclojed ' a Lift ofaJI fitch Ship ^ of the Enemy that are at Newfoundland. J^ Captain Winder of her Ma' jeftfs Ship Kingfton. HonWe Sif, Tour moft Obedient Humble Servant y H. Partington. Itbe Copy of the Governour of PlapeniiaV Letter to Alonfteur VotiichAnmn. My Lord, I have not had an Opportunity to inform your Lordihip of the Condition of this Colony, unce |he Departure of the Loire of this Port on Decent" her laii 171 o, ihe going to the Idt^o^ Domingo^ before her Return to Europe. This prefcnt Letter that I do my feif the Honour to write to you^ foes by the way of Martinko j if it comes to your iOrdihip's Hands, Vour Grace will be informed that of the 1 iSdf Quarters 81 Pound of Flour, and 281 Quarter fi Pound of Pcafc, which wd were to receive from Suebei by Sicur Pacuts for the Subfiftance of this Garrifon, only fefc arrived ^ this Port fpo QjMiters of Flour, and iif Quar- tern 1 8 Pound of Pcafc, the Ships defigned for the • . ^ ^ Tranf- blc) and I Canada^ 5 Govcr- or Nova- U which Dfcd: we ly, if the s. and ihall m Bofion, Obedient ? Servant y irtingtoq. Letter to ornn your ny, hncc >n Decent" DomingOj nt Letter to you^ es to your informed of Flour, /hich wd acuts for fe arrived if Quar- :d for the Tranf- APPENDIX. Tranfportation of it being loft in the ^ River of Quebec. Upon which Account I fend your Grace an cnclofed Copy of the Alteration which it has oc- cafion'd in Canada^ where I alfo note in the «= Mar- gin the Brigantincs that were loft, with an Account of the Supplies of ihofe Viftuals, Drink and Shoes, which I demanded from Mr. Racot in the appa- rent Uncertainty to which I was expofed, in not having any Succours from Rochford tor the Subfi- ftance of our Troops. I am niUy pcrfuaded that your Grace will take great Notice of the Extremi- ty to which, through the want of this Flour and Beans, I {hall be reduced, and that you will be pleafed to give prefcnt Orders that I may be fup- plied from France: I received the Letters your Lordftiip honour*d me with, dated the iV^ot Fe- bruary^ and the \V^ oi March ^ 171 1. by which you informed me of the Succours of thofe Troops, which you ordered to be cmbark'd for this Garri- fon 5 and of the apparent Defigns the Enemy has againft ^ Canada^ or Placentia. I have every thing in Order to receive them, if they purfue their De- ijign. I never could till now have any pofitive ]Slcws of the Prifoners of War, which 1 order'd to be taken upon their own Coaft. | have adually lent Couriers to their own Ports, to be informed of what paflcs there from one Day to another, the Convoy of their Merchant Ships being not arrived 8 or 10 Days ago. I don't in the leaft doubt, but that at the Return of my laft Couriers, I fliall have a juft Account of what Force our Enemy confifts, and what Enterprise they are able to per« _ i> ShipSy with Provipons going to Placeatia, Uft in tin Rt- yer oj Quebec. c Other Brigantines loft. <* The Deftgn againft Quebec known or fufpeflid by tU Frcnclj, form. 8 2St f * t, i ■:. tA M I ! • I 11 r 28t APPENDIX. form. I wait with great Impatience for the Arri* val of the two Companies of Foot that fcrved at jfccadia; neither of the Detachments are yet arri- ved } and I don't know if they are embark'd in any Merchant Ship, of which there are in this Port to the Number of 30, either from Bayonne^ St. Malo'^ I / xi^ APPENDIX. Monfleur de Colla Bella'j /^roM^ J>//fr to Monjtfur Pontchartrain. SIR, I did myfclf the Honour to write to your High^ ficft the S*** of 7*w, by way of MartinicOy all that regards the pefent State of this Colony, of which hereby goes a Duplicate by the prcfcnt Opportuni- ty of a Merchant Ship who is upon her return for France half laden with Green-fim, being a Reprisal taken by one of our Privateers from the Englijh. The faia Ship is commanded by Mr. Munier^ with about forty French Prifoners that have been fent me back from the Port of St. Jobn\ and which daily confume our Provi(ions,*with which we are much unprovided > fur the many Ships and Barks that have been wanting to us, coming from ^ebec hither, which will appear to your Highnels, by the Account I fent you figned by Mr. Recudat In- fcndant of Canada. The EfFe6ts loll upon the Bri- gantine commanded by Captain Chanceleer^ off of Cafe Dere, part are fa^e aihoar, and the Brigamine which I freighted from hence the 4*'» ofjune^ to focover them, does not as yet appear i fo that *tis to be feared, ihe is either taken or lod. The 8 Englijb Privateers begin to fliew them- felves without in our Bay, where they cruize with- out any Risk) beddcs that of the Sea, not having fo much as one Ship of War to put them off from this Coaft. The Lofs of the Faleur commanded by Mr. De Sf- Ovid upon this Occafion, renews my Regret. Three Brigantjnes fitted out here for ' cruizing by particular People, gone out iince my laft, have brought into this Port ten EngUJh Prizes » MMU -?•' -SJ^ . 9 Complaint for want of Men of lV4r, the Englifl) Cruizers infejiing theit Codjls, Monfieur jurHigh^ (?, all that of which pportuni- rcturn for a Reprizal ic Englijh, nier^ with en fent mc rhich daily ; are much Barks that )m ^ebec ghnels, by iecudat I li- on the Bri- leer^ off of Brigantinc of June^ to fo that 'tis [lew them- Tuize with- not having :m ofF from commanded ion, renews 3ui here for iit (ince my nglijh Prizes - _: t ■ nglifli Cruizert frot^ /1PPENDIX. from 60 to 30 Tuns, laden with feme Pfovifions and Merchandize, with 2. Frtncb VciTels, Bankers, retaken from the Enemy. I have let them con-* tinue their Cruizes till the end of July^ not ha- ving any ''News from the Port oiFomillUn aikI St. John's^ that the Englijb Squadron was arrive^ upon their Coaft which makes us fear fome dan** gerous Enterprize upon this Colony. There aic flrrivM three Barks from Canada loadcn with Flow- er and Bread, for the Trade of Particulars, which helps very much 8ur Inhabitants chat V^anted it : tho* they are obUgcd to buy it at exce^ivc Rates of the Merchahcs arrived from. Europe. j The Marquefs de Faudreuil fent to me by tb^t way, a Packet for your HighneTs, which I feat you by way of Martinm^ the ^^oijune^ with the Lecter I had the Honour to write to you, add here I fend you Duplicates as mentioned to you above. I difpatch'd from Phcentia the 23** e£May^ a fmill Veffel for ^ebec , by which I fent to the Marquefs de FaudreuU^ the Packet which yxyat Highnefs had reil[>itted tne, and fent him Copies oiF the Letter by which you adviie me of the ^ Pre- paration that was makii^ in England £or Canada^ with 3000 Men to be embark 'd. I received by way of ^ebec^ a Letter from Mr. Breamcourtj Captain and Engineer General of the Government, dated the 4*** of A%, by which he notes to me, t^at RouilU his been this Winter tc Bo0on^ by way of Orange^ wnder pretence of rcdu- citig a Major of tht Militia, a great Talker ^ chac Nicbolfon^ General of all the Forces in New-Eng^ ivndf has fent to ^ebec^ witli the Baron of St. 185 !1 i h No News of an Englifli SqtMiiron. » Advifidfr»m France 9fth$ Prtfartrims jiy^wyJCantda. Cafiin^ « IJ ^' ir\.\ U 'APPENDIX. Caftiftj from the part of Mr. Subercafe^ to give Advice of the taking of jfccaelia^ and to treat a- bout the exchanging of Prifoncrs. The Difpatchcs of the EngliJJj Envoy, were a Letter from iV/» cbolfon , and another from one of the Council, of eight of their moll confidcrablc Officers, full of Thrcatnings, if our General Mr. Faudreuil^ conti- nued to fend his Parties of Savages to excrcife their ticcuftomcd Cruelties upon their Colonies. To which our faid General has anfwered as proudly to the full, having at the fame tiftic fcnt a Party of thirty three Fleuran Indians to vifit them : We cx- pcd News in a fhort time. This fame Envoy, his Name is NingH(m^ has aflurcd us here with a great deal of Affronting and Boldnefs, that they would come this Spring to take ^ Canada , and that they expcftcd to have at lead as good a Market as of y^ccadia. This at the beginning put us in a Motion, which has flackncd upon the Ar- rival of Rouil/e^ who reports, that there was not the leaft ^ News of Nicbolfon at Bo0on^ and that they had Diflurbances in England^ which fccmed to break their ill Defigns upon this Country ; We don't notwith Handing omit to work every Day by , degrees, towards making a good Battery of Stones for fix great Cannons, inftcad of the Cul de Sac of ^ebec y to make the Lodgings 'of the Redoubt mCape Diamond^ and to put the Powder within the Magazines for Bomb-proof, to repair the Breaches, and clofe the Places which are open ; If the Alarm renews, we fhall force the Work, and open yet above twenty Embrazures within the -Gardens of the Bifhoprick, and of the Seminary} fo that we fliall have at leaft a ^ hundred Pieces k An Account of Canada being threaten d by the Englilh. '■ No News of Nicholfon'j Arrival at BoUon. ^ One hundred Pieces of Canntn mounted at Quebec. of r, to give o treat a- )irpiitchcs from iVi- ounci^ of •8, full of . «/7, conti- crcile their nics. 'I'o proudly to a Party of i: We ex- Envoy, his •re with a , that they mda , and as good a winning put pon the Ar- erc was not iw, and that lich fccmed juntry: We /ery Day by ry of Stones :ul de Sac of he Redoubt svder within t repair the are open: If Work, and within the le Seminary j mdred Pieces y r^«£nglith. m. (Quebec. APPENDIX. of Cannon mounted, and the Ic.ill of them fit for the Field, to bring upon the Dcfccnt and other nccclTiiry Places. And before the Arrival o^c Rouille^ they have difpatchM more Officers und People that know all the Savages of this Continent, to incite them to defend, and take part of a " Fcall which they would make of Englipj Flcfh at Quebec , in cafe they were fo incenfed to make fo fatal an F.n- tcrprize as is reported. The Advantages which thefe had upon Jccadia^ may W has turn'd their Brains, and infpired them with Fits, but they will foon enough meet with Puniflimcnt. » Thus, my Lord, I have given your Ilighnefii aa advanrngious Idea of the Situation oi Canada^ and alfo aflure you of the good °Difpo(ition all things arc in at ^ebec to anfwcr the Enemy. I have for my part, provided all that can contribute to a vi- gorous Defence in cafe the Rage lliould fall up- on us : It is very certain that 1 do not want Can- non nor Ammunition for War, nor indeed Hands for the Number of iMerchant Ships that arc in this Port} but they are, upon account of the Fifliery, out of Heart, all the Ships Crews being difperfed upon the Coall, North, Ealt, and Welt, ten or fifteen Leagues from Placcntia^ where they are employed in their Bufinefs, which I don't know how to hinder J fo that in the Surprize of an Ar- rival of a great Squadron of Enemies Ships, I can- not account certainly upon any befides my Garrifon, and the Sailors that are upon the Beech drying of Fifh, which are but a fmall Number. The politivc Orders that I have given to repair to the Fort upon Signal of an Alarm, I am fatisfyed, notwith- 287 1 1 n Promifi to feajl the Indians with Englifh FUJI), if they tome to Quebec. *> An Account of the State of Placentia. ^ " {landing i ■ --l fv:.- i;fl 188 APPENDIX. (landing that the grcateft part of them will ab* fcond in the Woods, and not appear till the Dan- ger is pail *, but notwithflanding all thefe Inconve- niences, I will P anfwer to your Highnefs for the Place which the King has done me the Honour to tfiift me with, through the Protedion of your Mighnefs ; but for a greater Security, there is a Necefljty^ if you pleafe, for the two Companies of Foot come back from Accadia^ which wou!d put ine ac prefenc in a great deal of Repofe if they Were arrived. The Englijh are about to re-eftablifli their ]ftx- doubt at the Entry of the Port of St. Jobn^ and to make a Governour in that Place, this Summer, with a Garrifon of Troops 5 he is called Captain Moodie that defended it the Year that Mr. Sfther- iafe was fatisfied to burn the Inhabitants. I have underdood by an Inhabitant of Accadia^ that wintered at Beaubafin^ and departed froin Qreen-Bay in the Month of A/^y, that the faid ^ Inhabitants had not put themfelves under the EngUPa Government, and even that the Englijb hiid not cfared to come there during the Winter, r>pr go far from the Fort oi Port-Royaly for fear of the Savages : That the Plague had been fo (Irong a- ipongd their Troops, that more than a hundred Soldiers were dead, and thofe that remained, were dying for want of Provifions and $uccours. The * Boftonians woqld not give them any, and demand- ed them to withdraw their Garifon , laying, th^t • as the Conqueft was attributed to the Queen, it belonged to the Parliament of Old Enghnd to provide Tor it. The EngUfi Governour of Port* P Ca»Jnhnt to keep Placentia againfftht Englifti Attempts, *! An Account of the State (^/Annapolis-Royal. ' The Difagreement of thi Boftonians with tki Qarri/on §f Annapolis. $ Royal iwil] ab-^ ic Dan- mconve- for the Honour of your lere is a ipanies of fouid put if tney heir ]ft^- obn^ and Summer, J Captain Ir. Sftkr- f Accadia^ ked froiri |t the faid under the Ingtijb hiid inter, x\Qt fear of the » (Irong a- a hundred cined, were »urs. The id demand- lying, th^iC ic Qi^cn, Enghnd to ir of Port* h Atttmpts, il. fi$ Garrifon if Royal APPENDI X. RoyaJ^ has confifcated the Veflels of Bojlon that were within the Limits of his Government, which has irritated them to a great ucgree: Their Fore is entirely fallen down from the beginning of the Spring, before that it was in a Condition cl make up the Breaches, where Chariots could enter on all fides, till the Inhabitants had fprm'd a Party of ifo Men to make themfelves Matters > but want- ing Officers at their Head, and feeing themfelves too far from any French Affiftance, they defifted that Enterprize, for fear of being fubdued by the Force of the Enemy, who would not have given them any Qtiarter. I am perfuaded, ifMonfieur de Vaudreuil had been informed of their difadvan- tagious Situation, he had profited by fo fine an Opportunity to bring it again \ 1 fay, Port-Royal again, under the Government of the King, and he would not have had much trouble to have re- cftablifhed it. There are arrived at this Port this Day, the 4*^ oijuly^ twenty nine Merchant Ships, of which I fend the Lill to , your Highnefs, with their Names, arid that of the Ports of France whence they came, that you may know the Number of fuch as are gone another way. The Green- Fiihery hitherto appears very ruin- ous, for the fmall Quantity of Coddsj which with Reafon, very much dillurbs the Merchants and Inhabitants. The Spies which I fent to St. John's that part- ' ed the 13*^ o^June^ and returned the 23'^, have brought me an Englijh Prifoner off their Coafl, who * afliires me not to have heard Talk from the Merchant Ships come from Old England^ of i—— ^.— II. ■ ■' * « An Account of the Englifti Afairs in Newfoundland. 289 ■s^-.. IpO s;' 1 APPENDIX. any great Preparations of Ships of War, nor of Troops to be embarked for the Idand of New- foundland -^ and the faid Prifoner has not own'd to me any thing clfe, than the Return of the Go- vernour for the Fort of the place of St. John's^ with a Garifon of Troops, and the Projcdfc of re- e(labli(hing the Redoubt at the Entry of the Port, demoli{hed two Years ago by the Party command- ed by Mr. St, Ovid, Their Fleet, commonly con- voyed by three or four Men of War, was not ar- riv'd , they expe£led it every Day, and they had not, the 1 8"' oijune^ any more than feven Merchant Ships. I difpatch'd to Day, the 3*^ of July^ four Hunters for the Woods, to return to the Harbours of the Enemies Coafts oi Si. John's and Fourillion^ 10 be informed of their Motions, and of their Forces. If they return before the Departure of the Letter which I have the Honour to write to your Highnefs, 1 fliall not be wanting to inform you if there is any thing worth report- ing. Since the Contents of my Letter above, two Irijhmen have deferted from the Harbour of Ferryland on the Englijh Coaft, and are come to Placentia the 8^*» of Jttly^ who have told me of the Arrival of the Englijh Merchant Ships at St. John's the 21^^ oi June^ under Convoy of two Men of War of f o and 40 Guns, and a third of 40 Guns to the faid Harbour of Ferryland^ with feventeen fifhing Ships j tliey don't know juftly the Number of chofe at St. John's^ being Servants of the Inhabitants, and not ':omc with the Fleet : They aflurc me not to hav heard Talk of any Preparation of Ships of War, for attacking Cana- da or Placentia. There is arrived to Day the ty^ of July , a French Privateer from Martinico , of 6 Guns and 80 Men, who has brought three Sloops of -»'>5t nor of* f New- iwn'd to he Go- . John's^ of re- he Port, mmand- nlv con- ,s not^r- they had an feven the i^ o£ return to St. John's Motions, jefore the le Honour e wanting *th report- ter above, rlarbour of i come to told me of Ihips at St. oy of two 1 a third of laftd^ with :now juftly ng Servants I the Fleet : alk of any :king Cana- )ay the ty^ ihrec Sloops of APPENDIX. biBofion that he took upon the Banks of the Coafl: o^ Accadia j the Captain, called Cl'tnei^ tells " me to havemet ^f MenofWar, which he has counted and feen very plain upon the 27th Day of June^ which have doubled the Cape SabJes , and made way for Bofion. The Englijh Prifoners that he has brought here, have declared to me, that that Squadron wa^ defigned to attack Canada. This great Preparation of the Enemy, threaten* aangerous Confequences to New-France ^ if the * Dangers that there is of ftiippihg in the River of St. Latirence^ do not create fome Obflacles to their Enterprize. An Engltjb Boats-Mader, Prifoner of War at Piacentia, that parted from Bofton the zo*^ oijune^ Irhave exa^lly queflioned % who, after having faith- fully promifed to tell me the apparent Truth, has afTured me^ "J that there were arrived at Bofton^ z Men of War of 70 Guns from the io*** to the 1 2-'^^ ofjune^ in which was embarked Mr. Nicholfon General of all the Forces of New- England^ thefe two Ships having been fent from a Squadron of io Ships of 60 Guns, and one of 70 Guns, 5 Bomb-Veflels with 30 Ships of 24 to 50 Guns^ and that thefe were undoubtedly the Ships that; the French Privateer of Martinico^ had difcovered off of Cape Sable. That there were 2. ^t Bofion of fo Guns, with zf Merchant Men fitted out to carry Provifions, and 3000 Men of the Militia of the Country , with other Atpmunition for War i and were ready to fail as foon as the Ships of War from Old-England (hould be arrived, according to ■■ " •' I , . < .1 '--r ■ ■-' ' ■ H An Account of the £ngli(h Squadron going to attack Ctf« * Dangsr of th$ River of St. Laurence, y A full Account of the Arrival of Nicholfon at New- England, andthiDefign againfi Canada. Ml the 2$t i it ..^ 1^1 APPENDIX. the Orders that had been brought by the faid Mr. Nicholfon. The faid Englijh Prifoner has declared to me farther, that the Ship of War called the Chefter^ of 60 Guns, commanded by Matthewsy was to depart the zy^^ of the month of June to cruize at the mouth of the River of ^ebec^ and to wait for their grand Fleet, upon which were embarked a Brigadier of the Army, and three Co- lonels of the Queen's Troops. He has confirm'd to me, that there was at New-Tork^ the month oi March laft, 4 Men of War with 60 Guns, with 20 Ships of Burthen, in which there were f 000 Sol- diers i if this be fo, they muft be new Troops raifed in Nova-Scotia, to which they were to join 1000 Inhabitants and Savages of the Nation of the Mo- hocksy to go to attack Canada by Land : And again, that there was arrived at Bofton, z Ships of 60 Guns come from Jamaica , which had taken a French Ship from Vera Cruze, very richly laden, upon which the Governour of Vera Cruze was Paflcnger, who is dead of the Wounds he received in the Fight. I am always upon my Guard as if the Storm was to come upon us. I have wrote to Mr. Faudreuil all that I have had the Honour to report to your Highnefs, by 4 Barks going to ^ebec, that are in this Port rea- dy to fail the firft favourable Wind 5 altho' I doubt not but the faid Mr. Faudreuil has had cer- tain News of the Enemies Motions, and is well prepared to receive them. ^ I have underftood by the fame Privateer of Mar" tinicoj who touch'd in a Harbour on the Coaft of jiccadia Bonnecon, that the Englijh Fort and Gar- rifon of ^ Port-Royal, were very difadvantagioufly fituated, and that Mr. Faudreuil had fent a De- Tha French Defigns againfi Annapolis-Royal. tachment id Mr. leclared led the ithewsy iJune to ec^ and h were ree Co- lon firm 'd month ns, with 000 Sol- Dps railed oil! lOOO ■ the M>- nd again, ps of 60 I taken a ply laden, ^ruze was e received juard as if lat I have 'hnefs, by i Port rca- altho' I s had cer- ,nd is well er of Mar- e Coaft of and Gar- ntagioufly ent a De- tachment /APPENDIX. tachment of 100 commanded by Mr. Montigney^ to put themfelves at the Head of the Inhabitants of the Country that were remaining of the French Party, and to join with all the Savages that the Baron of St. Cafitn could find with Arms, and to employ all their Strength and Valour, to charge the Englijh out of Port-Royal. I am afraid, if the French have not done their Bufinefs before the Arrival of the Squadron of Ships from Old- Eng- landy that Place will be fuccoured by fome De- tachment from them. There is arrived to Day the 19^^ ofjuly^ at Placentia^ French Prifoners returned from the Eng- lifi Ports of St. John's and Ferry land ^ belonging to two of our Merchant Ships, taken by their Privateers j the one going to ^ebec departed from Bayonne the 6^^ of May^ commanded by Captain Joachin Deturbide. Their great ^ Preparations of War to attack Canada^ are confirmed by the faid French Prifoners, as well as the Arrival of their Squadron at Bojion^ and it is not more to be doubt- ed, their Expedition happily ended as they expedlr, they threaten Placentia. Thus you fee the grand Projedts for the Campaign: 1 prepare myfelf to receive them well. By a Boat arrived the 18*^ ofjuly^ come from Cape Breton^ the Miflionary of the Savages of-^^- cadia^ called Mr. Gaultn^ hath wrote to me, dated June 16, that three ^ Englifh Boats armed with 70 Men, commanded by the Major and Engineer, and feveral other Officers, being got to the Top • The Account confirmed of the Men of War and forces ar- rived at Bofton, and that after Quebec may be take?^ Pla- Cehtia is to be attempted. ^ A perfe^ Accoury: of the Defeat 0/70 Men of the Engli(h Garrifon at Annapolis-Royal ^jf the French-Indians in thofe Parts, . . .. ' . . ' -• ■-■-■ \J I of ^9i ■! ii*. J *94 •:('= APPENDIX. of the River oi Port-Royal^ fell within an Ambufh of 40 Savages, who had for their Chief VAim- ahle^ detached by Order of the Baron of St. Coftin^ and that there efcaped only one Englijh Man from their Fury, being 30 killed, and the others made frifoners of War. The Major and Engineer were pf the Number killed. This Aftion has put Heart into all the Inhabitants, who have taken up Arms with a Dcfign to inveft and attack the Fort. All the Englijb Garrifon being much difcompofcd, of 1 00 Soldiers, they defire no more than to abandon that Poft, for the Difteroper that continues a- mongft them, being all that remain of f 00 Men which were left there (ince the taking of th^t Place. The faid Miffionary, Mr. Gaulin^ repre^ fents to me the Neceflity there was of fending fome Officers with a Detachment of Troops to put themfelves at the Head of the Savages and In- habitants who wanted ^ Chief > but we are too far one from the other for that. I have enough to do to furnifh myfelf with an indifferent Guard for the different Ports I am obliged to keep. The few Troops that are here, are very much tatigutd, and in the prefent State of Affairs, I will take fpecial pare, not to make any Enterprixe with my Forces y all that I can do , to maintain the Sar vage N'ations in the Countenance of a War with the EngtiJJ^^ is to fend them the Prefents which his Majefty made them laft Year, and unloaded here by thf Ship Loire ^ except the Mufquets, which I will i^eep for myfelf, being well informed that they ar^ already fufficiently armed. I am per- iuaded, that your Highnefs will approve my Con- du61:, having npthing clfc in view but the Good ?ind Service of the King, I do not leaVe off, my Lord , to rcprefent to your Highpefs, the facj Condition of the Officers Imbufh Coftiny in from Irs made ;er were It Heart ip Arms frt. All lofed) of I abandon inues a* •00 Men ; of th^t «, repre** • fending ^roops to IS and In- c are too ^e enough mt Guard eep. The 1 fatigued, will take : with my in the Sar War with nts which I unloaded Mufquets , 1 informed I am per- : my Con- the Good iprefent to K Officers APPENDIX. here, not having this long time receiv'd either Provilions or Monies. 1 hope you'll give a feri- ous Attention to this, which will oblige you for the future to fend them fome Help. 1 beg youMl not ceafe to honour me, my Lord, with your Fa- vour and Protedion, I never had fo much need, through thefe miferable Times, for the confider- able Sums that I have paid and disburfed on my Credit for the King. I am, my Lord, with great Refpeft, and always praying for your Highnefs's Health and Profperity, My Lord, Placentia, July - Tour moft Humble and Z4, 171 1. moft Obedient Servant^ I'd my Lord Pontchar- De Cofta Bella, train Secretary at the Court for as much as the Ships that come to fi(h bring nothing to fell without three Barks that arc come from ^ebec^ the Famine had been in this Place. I ihall not fpeak to your Honour any of the News we hgve heard of the Engli/h Forces for ^e^ hec^ Monfieur Cofta Bella hath fhewed me he hath inform 'd you of all ; If it be true whigh the Prif , ^ fpucrs .r,~5--=^- f^.-; APPENDIX. foncrs have told us, there is ifooo Men in this Ar- my by Sea and Land, including the Equipage of the Ships. There is nothing but the Difficulty of the River makes me believe they flialj not fucceed} but the fame Prifoners do aflurc me, they have fa great many Pilots for the River, and expea for the River. Not with (landing this News, the three Barks which were here from ^ebec are failed the 14^^ current, in hopes to be in the River before the Enemy, to give Monfieur Faudreuil an Account of the Enemies Force againft him. Monfieur De la Ronde is failed hence with a Brigantine, and the Englijh the IV^ oi May for Bo-* fton i I know not the Defign of his Voyage ; 1 do not doubt but he is arrived. In cafe the Enemy de- fign to come to fee us, I believe this will be up- on their return from Canada^ and in fuch cafe they fhall find us ready to receive them. I can afllire your Honour, that they fhall not take us fo eafily as Accadia, There is arrived the 1 8^** a French In- habitant fome time fince in Port-Royal^ who had Permiffion to retire with his Family. He brought me a Letter from Monfieur Gaulin of the 14*^ of June^ and one to Monfieur Cofta Bella. He in- forms us, that 40 Indians being found at the Head of the River the fame Day he writ to us, was en- counter*d with 60 Englijh in two Canoes that were going to burn the Inhabitants Houfes, and take them Prifoners, without any one efcape j amongft which there was a Major and Engineer, with fix other Officers. This has given Encouragement to the Indians and Inhabitants, that they have all put themfelves under Arms j -he fays, to the Number of foo Men, who are adually going to invefl the Fort, and endeavour to retake iti but they want- ing a Perfon of Authority to put this in Execution there, they apply *d 10 MovSkut Cofta Bella 10 kndi me ijr I u. k ••.l:| |i.|.,:, 19S APPENDIX. fhe thither. He tells tne, the Inhabitants have pray- ed him to write to me ; He tells Monfieur Cofta Bella^ that the Inhabitants and Indians have more Confidence in me than any other \ but we are not in a Capacity to vifit themi we are very weak our felves. If wc had been informM plainly the laft ^yintc^ of the Good-will of the Inhabitants and Indians^ und I had been permitted to go, I can afTure your Honour that the Fort fhould not have been long in the Pofleffion of the Englijhi the Injuftice and evil Treatment that every Governour docs to the Inha- bitants, being very (cvere in the Countrey. The I p*** here arrived another Bark of Mon- fieur Gattain parted fome time fincc, which comes to carry the Prefent which your Honour fent the Savages lad Year y he has brought a Serjeant and two Drums, and two Engli/h Soldiers dcferted from the Garrifon of Port- Royal: They report that of foo that was left in the Garrifon, tncre is dead and defertcd 3fo Men, and that they have no more than i fo Men when they left that Fort. There was two Months they fay the Plague wa$ fo violent this laft Winter, that 200 Men could have retal^en it, becaufe the Snow had fo much da- maged the Work. 1 hope. Sir, the like Occafion may prefent it fclf this Fall , and that Monfieur Cofta Bella will fufFcr me to go : I can aflure your Honour that I (hall de- mand no other Afliftance but the Countrev People, feeing they have a Confidence in mej becaufe I jpnd in thefe Pdrts of fhe World they would re- ceive me with greater Pleafure than any other : As for this Place we are always on our puard, altho' we have no Lieutenant-Governour in this Place, the Place will not be lefs guarded. This I can af- V ' ■ (lire ve pray- ir Cojia c more are not eak our Winter Indiansy re your long in and evil le Inha- f Mon- h come$ fcnt the anc and ed frotn that of e is dea() have no Fort, iguc wa3 :n could nuch d^- nt it fclf ill fuffcr fhall de- ' People, •ecaufe I puld re- icr: As 1, altho' is Place, [ can af- fure APPENDIX. fure your Honour, defiring Permiffion to fay with profound Refped, Sir, Placentia, July Tour moft Humble iii 171 1 . and mofi Obedient Servant j L'Hcrmittt to Monfieur Pontchartrain, Se- cretary to the Court ofVms, Thcfe arc true Copies. H. Partington. The three Letters being all made fail together. Captain Partington attefted them at the Bottom of the )afl, after the manner above. Governour Dudley*/ Letter, SIR, Bofton^ Jug. II, 171 1. You have the good Wirfies of all good Men, that you are in Ppflcflion of ^ebec before this can reach you. J have been a Witnefs of your own and the GeneraP^ moft folicitous Endeavours to gain the Time, and to have every thing in your Power dope to make the Service fuccefsful -, and I truft in Qod it ihall be fo. This comes by Captain Winder^ who is very im- patient to do his Duty in the Fleet \ and after this Evening pafl in hopes of the return of your Orders from Tori^ (if any) will fail immediately. Captain Southack I hope will get fitted and mann d in i o Days time to bring a Brigantine from hence, wjth your remaining Provifions from Tork^ and Stores from jinnapolis-^ and then I have no- thing left but the Province Sloop, not fit or in- tended to any Service, grei^ter than to pafs to Pif- cat away or Rhode Ifiand. I am 2J>9 300 APPENDIX. * I am in Contraft, as the General dire6l:cd, for Provifinns to be killed and faltcd in Sepfember^ which I muft not enter upon until the i f *" of that Month, and will not be ready till the Beginning of 06tober \ and I muft pray the GencraKs and your own Direction how to fend it fecurely. If a light Frigate be not fcnt to guard it, it may be loft, to the great Hurt of the Service. I carncttly pray your Confideration and Dirc- dion therein, left the whole Supply be loft, or I be deterred, by all Advice here, from fending it, which is equally difadvantagious to the Garrifon, which I hope will be left there, by our good Sue- cefs againft the Place. It is not likely that Captain Southack can ob- tain Quebec, and return foon enough to be the nc- ceflary Cdnvoy. I pray your juft Confideration of the Matter, and Diredion therein. And am, Sir, Tour moft Faithful \ , ^ Obliged Humble Servant^ 'i :"'' '";.. : ./. J. Dudley. • J Copy of the Refolution of a Council of War for r^- turninz to Britain. , Refolution of a Council of War of Sea and Land . Officers, held abord her Majefty*s Ship the Ed- gar in the ^^^^w]/?* River, the 8^ Day o( Sep- . tember^ U}^' / • • } .• '• \ ' Prefent, . '''•.'■ ; ' • ^' The honourable Sir Hovenden Walker Knt. Rear-* Admiral of the White Squadron, and Admiral and Commander in chief of the Ships employed on the prefent Expedition 3 Prefident. The T'he Admirah APPEND! X. rd, for *cmbcr , )f that inning d your '\ light ody CO Dirc- t, or I ing it, rrifon, d Suc- ;an ob- the nc- Vlatter, 301 udley. * for re^ ] Land he Eii- )f Sepr < 1.1. '-^.Tf . Rear- ral and on the The Sea Officers; Cajn. Soans. Mitrhel. Arris. ti^alton., (jore, P addon. PVindtr. Cockburn, ■ ■■,, Cooke. The honourable John Hil!^ Efq; General of her Ma jelly's Troops in North' America, • • • Col. Charles Churchill. IVilliam IVindreJfe, . ,, .^ , I . Kcmpenfelt, •' , « Clayton* . -j . Difney, Kane. Of the Forces f» ii Fetch IValton fUt the forces < railed in Neiu- C England. ; ,,. The twenty firft Article of her Majefty's In- flriidions to the General for attacking Placentia in Newfoundland^ in his return from Canada-^ to- gether with the tenth Article of the Admiral's In- Ihuftions to the fame purpofe, being feverally read to the Council of War, as alfo a Letter from Co- lonel Dudley Governour of New-England^ to the Admiral, touching the Latenefs of the Prepara- tion of Provifions now making in that Colony, for the Supply of the Troops iFthey had wintered at ^ebec^ all which being maturely confidered and debated, the Queftion was put as follow- eth, viz. The State of Provifions for the Ships of War and Land- Forces, being confidered, which Provifions not amouting to above 10 Weeks at fhort Allow- ance, computing ic from the 1 2,*^ of this Inttant September^ as appears by the Agent- Viduallers figned Account thereof 5 and allowing it to be all good, and to hold out to that Time, the faid iz^^ of September being the fooneft we can fail from hence, and there being no Hopes of any Supply from New-England before the beginning of iVo- vember "• . J jot ul f^j5 "1. V fit\ < :; J iif ,ikii wmifer next at foooeft, as appears by the Advice re- ceived in the aforefaid Letter from the Governout o( New England ^ and the Opinion of two of the Members of the Council of War^ who know that Country, together with the Uncertainty of any Provifions coming to us at New-foundland^ by rea- foh the Seafon of the Year is fo far advanced^ which makes the Navigation of that Coad fo dangerous. The Council of War is unaniiiioufly of Opinion^ that the Attempt for reducing Placentia^ under the Circumflances and Difiiculties abovementioned, is at this time altogether impradicable % and that it is for her Majeily's Service, that the Squadron and Tranfports with the Britijb Troops, do forth- with return to Great Britain^ and the Forces raifed in NeW'England to that Colony. Hovenden fTdlker, Jof, Soanes, JobnMtcbelL R. Arris. G. FFalton. Henry Gore, G. Paddon, John Winder. John Cockburn. JfCook. J. IM. Charles Churchill: William Windreffe. M. Kempenfelt, Jaff. Clayton. P. Kirk, H. Difney. Rich. Kane, v Samuel Fetch. Sba, Walton. ft The JPPENDIJ^. %^i il ■ 1 1 Ii4 <1 1 si o o On Il CO - 1 <>1 ji On H el < M 6, ^ 0\ 00 y? *< K ' ' H «o 00 =3 »4 O m k4 <* vo On h m CO vo el O rl , H t ti t ■ I i XT • ■ k 0\ r4 OO H r4 H \o o r4 On Bread. Pounds. OO r*% Ti- * m -^ VO 00 o o ft ^ > o "^,3 iS *- "" ^ .la u^ •.n p ^ ja o a'' a g-a"3|t.2 2^M| ^ -o fi "S ^ o* Ts Q 3 * a > o *-* a« Cm O "cS *-• o H ♦T .''i / <■-'!. The y^ «t>v #' ■' N- 3 ■i h^ T 304 liV; \\-A \-'\ yn'ii ii APPENi^tX. ■ \ The wholeNumbcr of Men computed to be a- bord. The Men of War, 3802 (^. • The Tfanfports, 3841 J /^^> The Time the fame Provifions will ferve that Number of Men at whole and fhort Allowance. Bread by DiffOy and Flour f i Days whole, j6 • fhort. Wine and Rum for Beer f i y6 Beef by Beef _ "I 8 Weeks iz Flour and Suet S Pork . 12, 1 8 Peafe by Ditto and Rice i z . -x 8 Oatmeal by DiUo Fifh and Rice Butter and Oil — ■ , ^ For Butter and ChecfeJ }'^ ■IP4- • 9 September f. 171 1. This Computation is made from this Date, and will vidua! the Land and Sea Forces for 7645 Men for the (pace of eleven Weeks, at ihort Al- lowance. ; ' ! 1, yames j4llen. ' „_^ — ; John Netmaken ; 5 i John Norton, f^^.^N I S, -*• -Ht to be a- rve that ance. —76 II -—18 — -T.8 ate, and or 7645 hort Al- :er.