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Attejlation concerning D'AnvIILe*j Expedition. 685 
 
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 A Declaration vuide upon Oath at 
 Bollon, /« New England, before Go- 
 vernor Shirley, and Jigned b^ his Ex- 
 celiency. (Sec/. 577.) 
 
 "pHUcmon Sanders of ^.,ilem, mariner, 
 •* and late mafter and owner of the 
 fchooner Charming Molly ; declares and 
 ' faysjthat he was taken on the 9th of ^/z- 
 giijl lalt, near a place on the coall of 
 r^ova Scotia, call'd Witbehead, 5 leagues 
 wcftward of Canfo, by a French man of 
 warof 30guns, named the Magerc, and 
 i by her carried into Q^ebuHo, \vhere he 
 *; arrived about four days after he was 
 I taken, and found the duke U' Anville, 
 % admiral of the French fquadron, with 5 
 I fail of fliips of war, and as many tranl- 
 1 ports in the faid harbour. That 3 days 
 I after the declarant's arrival, the duke 
 I D'Anville died at Chebiifio, on board the q 
 i Northumbcrla7iJ, and was buried on a 
 |fmall iiland about four miles within the 
 I mouth of the harbour. That two days 
 •after the death of the duke D'Anvillcy 
 jthe French rear-admiral, with about 40 
 ':ffail of fhips, confiding of men of war 
 |and tranfports, arrived at C^t'^//:.'?^, and 
 ijpined the reft of the fleet ; that the de- D 
 ^larant was inffmed by many of the 
 ■French officers, that the whole fleet 
 ^ when they fail'd from Rochford, confift- 
 ed of 97 fail, among which there were 
 about 30 fail of men of war, 4 whereof 
 were 70 gun fhips, and were parted 
 i^irom tne fleet by bad weather, and fup- - 
 jioicd to be gone to Martinico ; that up- 
 on the fleet's rirft coming into harbour 
 they were much Ihatter'd by bad wea- 
 ther, and the men very fickly; that they 
 landed their lick at Chcbufto for their re- 
 I'rcQimcnt ; and the whole of the land 
 Jibrces from France, which were en- 
 jpamp'd on fhore, he is well fatisHed by F 
 jiis own obfcrvation of the tents, oHi- 
 !^ers and men (having been permitted to 
 go on fliore without reftrahu) amount- 
 ]^ed to 7 or 8000. 
 
 * That the declarant was informed by 
 
 "the French olhccrs that there were 
 
 • wi-O.Qoo fmall arms, with proportionable p 
 
 Ammunition and blanketn, brought tor 
 
 he French Indians ; and that he law up- 
 
 vards of 100 chefts of imall arms, witii 
 
 great quantity of lead, landed out of 
 
 he fliip which took this declarant ; that 
 
 lefides the land forces broLi'j,ht from 
 
 ^ance, this declarant was informed that 
 here were about 7000 Qmadean French 
 nd Indians, but is not furc whether they 
 night not reckon the Nova Scotians a- 
 nong them, tlicre being 30 pilots at 
 IhebtiSlo from Mefiis and"iV-/!;/,;^;*v'.'i'(5,one 
 ■ [SuifLmeni to Gent. Mag. i -4b. } 
 
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 of which, who fpoke ^ood Fng/ijh, he 
 aflced how he dared to come there to pi- 
 lot the enemies fliips ; upori which he 
 made anfwer in Engl/Jh, that Annapolis 
 would foon be taken, and then they 
 flinuld be Frencly fubjetts again j and 
 added, that the oath they had taken to 
 the king of Great Britain obliged them 
 only to be neuters j that this deponent 
 continued at Cbcbucto a prilbner to the 
 1 2th inftant, when a fla" of truce arri- 
 ved from Lonijhourg with 40 French pri- 
 foners ; that the ne?<t day llie whole 
 fleet fail'd from Chd'Ucto, being about 
 40 lail, with the wind at N. N.'W. and 
 itccr'd _S. W. along fhore {or Cap,- S a- 
 b/er, off which Cape, on the iGth InlL 
 they difmils'd the flag of truce with two 
 fchooncrs, which the captain of the flag 
 of truce had' purchafed of the Frcvch ac 
 Chehuctu, ill one of which he put this 
 declarant as mailer, with lix other Lng- 
 lijhmen, who fbrc'd thi? deponent "to 
 come to T\ezv England^ where ne arrived 
 this day at Cape Anne, and he fuppoies 
 the flag of truce, widi the other fchoon- 
 er, is gone to L(,u[j7':'irg, where the cap- 
 tain had orderc-i hiru to go : tl.ij decla- 
 rant further lay.-^, that lix of the French 
 fliips that fiii'd out of CL\'bucto were 
 men of war of uj. guns each, two o'i 
 54., one of 44, and about twelve of 30 
 guns, I bomb vel'el,and 18 traniporta ; 
 and he further lays, that it was the ge- 
 neral dilcourfe in the French fleet, wlicn 
 they fail'd froni Cbcbucto, that the whole 
 fleet was bound for A:ivapolli Royal, and 
 that tlie afbrelaid 30 pilots of Neva Sco- 
 tia were taken on board the flccl for that 
 purpofe : that Capt. Ddab.:ra:z, com- 
 mander of the Brijlol fi igalc, of 30 guns, 
 foimerly .11 Engl'ijh privateer, informed 
 this deponent, tiiat the French admiral 
 wrote to the rourt ol France, by a packet 
 he lent home, that he would keep the 
 feas, in order to get into the harbv:;ar of 
 Annapolis, t.\\\ the i qthof iVc:r.?;i;.r,N.S. 
 if he did not get in iooner ; tliat tliis dc- 
 p.nent was farther informed, by fc veral 
 of the olncers on board the French 
 fhips, that foon after the fleet arrived, a 
 'now was detach'd fiom thom with 
 packets to the court of Frame, to inform 
 iheni of tlic arrival of the faiJ fleet at 
 Chelucio, and their joining the Indians 
 and Ca7iadcfns there ; that they were 
 preparing to fail for Annapolis Royal, and 
 that the captain of the faid fnow had 
 orders, in cate Oic fhould be taken by 
 the Englijb, to raiifbm his veflel at any 
 rate j and this declarant lays, that the 
 fhip Magcre (by which he was taken) 
 bcmg a prime I'ailor, w.is fitted and put 
 Sffl .1 in 
 
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 rhe Gentleman'j MAGAZINE, Vol. XVI. 
 
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 in order to be ready to ftil for Fytncf (as 
 the captain of the faid lliip, and the a- 
 forefaid captain DolTlbaratx often told 
 him) upon tlicir becoming mailers of 
 Annapolis Rowl, to inform the French 
 
 the day they failed from Chebucta. Ano- 
 ther fliip Was difpatch'd to Fmncey and 
 another to M<irti?iico ; and further, this 
 declarant faith, that Capt. DolnharatZy 
 commander of the BriJio[ frigate (one 
 
 rourr thereof, upon vvliich intcllit^cncc A of the Fir/nb men of war, formerly an 
 
 ti'c; jxpcdca 1 8 Frcinh fliips of the £";/t^////' privateer) afllircd him, that the 
 
 line and zzSpiin'Jh men of war of the French inhabitants o^ Menis and Schieg- 
 
 linc, uoLildbc fent early in the fpring to fiecto fent a petition to the French king. 
 
 join their fleet upon the coail, which, 
 this deponent ohlervcd was a matter ge- 
 nerally believed and depended upon a- 
 inongll them. This cleponent further 
 lays, he law a great number of large 
 brai's cannon taken out of a Dutch fly- 
 boat, and i'cnt on board the admiral, 
 which he was told were to the number 
 of fifty, and were to be put afliurc at 
 y/nn,'p-J!S Roy.i/: this declarant further 
 faith, that, while he was at Chebucio, he 
 faw about 20 officers, who, he was in- 
 formed, were all engineers, being drefs'd 
 in grey, wiih black velvet culFs, and 
 metal buttons, and long pockets, which, 
 lie was told, was the proper liabit of 
 French engineers. This deponent fur- 
 ther declares, that it was a general dif 
 
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 wherein they undertook, with the help 
 of two 30 gun ftiips, to reduce his ma- 
 jelty's fort at Annapolis Roytif, and that 
 the faid French inhabitants voluntarily 
 fupplied the French fleet with 500 blacK 
 cattle, and about 1 500 or 2000 fliecp ; 
 and further this declarant fays, that ne 
 was informed by the French officers, that 
 the faid fleet had brought 25 mortar) 
 with them ; and he further faith, that he 
 had fecn divers of the French engineers 
 C at CheLucto with the plan of Anii/ipoiis 
 Roya/^ betbre them, wliich they feem'd 
 very intent upon, and pointed out the 
 proper places for buildmg forts there « 
 and further he faith, he was told by fe- 
 veral French ofiicers, that it was deUgn 
 ed, that the large men of war Ihoulc 
 
 Gourfe among the ofiicers, that the mer- y. winter at Gifco Bay, within this pro 
 chants ol' St Ahhes (wliofc intcreft in •''^ vince. And' this declarant further faith, 
 
 that divers of the EngUJh prifoners 011 
 board the French fliips intoim'd him, 
 
 tlic navigation depended on the fifh 
 trade) had fufFered io much by the taking 
 of Cnpt Bretm, that they petitioned the 
 French king to permit them to fit out an 
 armament in order to the taking of An- 
 v.ipojis Rcya/ i but the French miniilry 
 advifcd his majefty to undertake it him- E 
 felf, becaufc the revenue ariiing from 
 the fifli trade would be an ample recom- 
 pence to him for the expence , this de- 
 clarant further faith, that feveral of the 
 ofiicers anfwcr'd him that they would 
 ruin and dcflroy the frontier fettlements 
 ot_ the Englijh colonies ; and he per- , , 
 ceived in general that tliey had a great •'' 
 dcpendancc upon getting a tlrong foot- 
 ing upon the continent of A'(/?-/,c>.'/m!(T/<-,;. 
 
 Boflon, Oct. 22. Pim,. Sanuers. 
 Wm Shirlkv. 
 
 Further Dechinition made bifore the 
 
 Council. ti 
 
 JpHilenon Sanders of Salan, mariner, 
 ■*■ and late of the fchooner Charming 
 Molly, in fupplement of his declaration 
 made upon oath before his excellency 
 the governor the 22d inftanr, relating to 
 the French fleet at Chebucto, further de- 
 clarcth and faith, That three of the faid H 
 fleet, being men of war of 30 guns, with 
 two fmallcr ones, left the fleet ; and four 
 of them went to Camnia, the other (a 
 cii'ixcr) rc{iiru"4 apU joirxd the iig^> 
 
 that when the fleet ftruck the ground 
 near the ille of Sables, they confiiled 
 
 iail. 
 'Bojlon, Oct. 23. 
 
 Phil. Sanders 
 
 *:^* Nathaniel Knight, mariner, am 
 others, tnade declaration, on oath, to th 
 favie effect. 
 
 Succefs of Dr "J^hV-K^^.'s Method of treat 
 irig the Dijlemper anmig Cows. 
 
 SIR, Northampton, Dec. 31,1 746 
 
 NO motive but a fincerc regard t( 
 the i-'u B L I c G o o D engaged me tc 
 lend you thofc Remarks founded on D: 
 Barker^^ rcafoning, in his pnmphlet re 
 lating to ;hc di [temper amongit the cat 
 tie, which were inlertedin your Maga 
 zine of the lafl month- 
 
 1 have not the pleafure of any per/on 
 acquaintance with that ingenious gentle 
 man, nor have 1 any inclination to dc 
 bate or decide upon what he has faid ri 
 his pamphlet with regard to the djfeau 
 
 as not iNf r.ci lous : Jiut havitv 
 
 (Jince you publiflied my Oblcrvationi 
 receiv'd a ver^ obliging letter from him 
 in which he favours me with ibme a« 
 count of the Success of his method 
 which I think niav be conducive to thi 
 C'iViiKAt Gg^jdv \ thuBfibl it incumben 
 
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