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' hi tllAPTEa I. ^#' ■ ■ ■■ :4 '\f KK^r^Iw^^V^^u ^^«^»^^()o[i8 of^ova Scotio, anil thief Cit}-^ of the Acadian' or Lower Province^ was founded in the year 1741), at the" expense of CJovernraent, under the directions of the Lords of Trade and Plantations, and wa» named in cbropliment to Georce Montague, Earl of Hali- fax. then at the head of the Board, under whose immediate auspices th^ settlement was under- lajKen* Fronfi the. Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, when Ac?adia was ceded to the crown of Great Britain, to the year 1749, nt>. progress had been made by the British in Colohk ng the country. The Governor reaided-rt^ntiapoU- Royal, a small jettlemeiit chiefly compos^ of neutral PrSnib: the facilitv of communication with New England enabling him to maintain his position wiih-n few -The necesainr of a British station and Miljtury post on the Atlanlie <-oast of the Peninsula had joiigbeeafeltibuiIatterlytbeceSt^ J* -' »_ i T *«^ -^ I . -f ^'^^ -^ -^ K* 4 BlIlTORY OF THE of neutrality on the part of the French popiila- tion, together with the loss of Louisburg, under the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, in Optober, 1748, rendered such an establishment indispensably necessary to support the dominion of the British Crown in the Pi-ovince. The scheme for a settlement at Chebueto is •aid to have originated with the people of Massa* chusetts, who in calling the attention of Govern- ment to thd claims and encroachments of the French on the Territory of Acadia, suggested the necessity as well as the great commercial advan- tages to be derived fron) such an undertaking. A plafi was accordingly submitted to Govern-* meiil; in the autumn of 1748, and being warmly supported by Lord Halifax, advertisements* soon appeared under the sanction of His Majesty's authority, ** holding but proper encouragement to officers add private men lately discharged from the Army and Navy, to settle in Nova Scotia^^ among other inducements was the ofier to con*; ▼ey/tho; settlers to their destination, maintain thm $ir 1^ months at the public expanse, and to auf^y dicsm with arms and ammunition for de- fenee, ancj with noaterials and articles proper ibr eie«riog,the Landrerectiog dwellings anil proses cutUH|tti# fishery. The encouragements appease 0d 90 inviting, that in a short time- 1176 aettler% vfiftti tl^ir femiHlM, wero found to volunteer, and the iw of :X40^000 being appropriated b F^^ iiiment fbr the service, the expedition was pb^ledi "TT*" , «A cp^ of the a4?erti0einent.wiU,he Ibpiad la tb« appiii?' :;-sv4a « :?^^^ ^^li^, ,'^kir'fj ' ^^ .'^ *"^ 4S5«W-1- ~^^ '^"9^1^ ^1\ 8ETTLEMGNT OF BALIFAX. 5 under the cdrtiiiriatid of Col. the Honble. Edward Cornwallis, M. P., as Captain Genenxl and Gov- ernor of Nova Scotia, and set sail for Ch^bitclD Bay, tfie placeof destination, early in M[ay, 1749.» The fleet eonsisted of ] 3 Transports and a Sloop of War. The following is a list of the vessels, with the number of settlers.f - With Gov.Comwallia and Suke Sphinx Sloop of War •• » ip - > i i 1 1 1 Transports Captains Charlton frigt Winchelsea WUminifton Merry Jacks Alexander Beaufort Richard Ladd ^ I homas Cornish Thomas Adams^ -^ — Granger Samuel Harris . Elias Brennao Rochampton Samuel Willfamson Caniionfirigate. Andrew Oewar £veity kmon Ldndon Brotherhood Baltimore tfoowFairLady S- Dutchman John Barker Edward Cook Isaac Foster \J-r:,f[^X. ,''r**7 }-,-y '**MM»< " i | i i| i i i ' i • k*^ •» - -N^rt : ^SoratalBi 1^ gaaelled 9dKBfay, mft inM^ M^^ iiwlai«iidadtotelMe'fhS0S£: m4 olbr iMdin who armed betwete m»^4iA l«r^^ •'^iL'l.'^^' .''{St-i fM SU $^ ,, yvj "^,flH|f" *^^,%y 'Ai*- ,', ■iTTfy?^^ ^ ffj- r/^.^ ,- r-:g E-grv-^ ."rf^V. ItiTEL P" rt ■ S^HISTORY or TMl ^ The tdtal number of males, exclusive of chUd^ ren« was 1545 ; of this number above 500 were men-of-war sailors.* The names of the principal settlers, with the rank and calling as tb^y uppi^ar in tlie register, are as follows : * * M Leonard {joekman andE^kiel Gilmaii, Majors in the Army J John Lemon, Foot Majorand Com- missary ; Otis Little, Edward Amherst/Thomas lie Wis, Benjamin Ives, Frederick Albert Stras- burger, and Francis Baitelo, Captains in the Armv ; David Lewis, George Burneraj George > Colly, Richard Partridge, Thomas Newton, John rt^r, Robert Etctlr, John CreMton, Thomas Vaiighan, Jb/b GaUanL 'VT FVa»jJ ,,',;, L -iT , f^-rysi. ji:/"ui|f|t":f' ' 8ETTLBMENT OF UALiFAX. 7 ■ ■'■ .■■"''.' . ■ ■.: : ■■ . ■ ■■, > side, Timothy Pearoe, Richard OraHe, Newlietfiii Harris, WiiUam Vickem, Richard Cooper, Ricbd. Manneriog, Thomas Dumster, and Robert Cock;r burn, Midshipmen in the Royal Navy ; John Jen- kins, Cadet; Ren6 Gillet, Artificer ; John Grant, John Henderson, Edward Gibson, WillianV Ha mihon,and William Smith, Volunteers ; Lewis Hayes, Purser ; John Bruce, Engineer ; William Grant, Robert White, Patrick Hay, Mathew Jones, Thomas Wilson, M. Rush, James Haudeside, H. Pitt, George Philip Bruscowitz, Cochrati Dickson, Joshua Sacheveral, Thomas Inman, John Wild man, David Carnegie^and John Willis, Surgeons; John Steele, Lieutenant and Surgeon ; William Lascells, Augustus Carsar Harbin, ArehibaM Campbell, John Wallis, John Grant, Daniel Brown, Timothy Grl$th, Henry Martin, Robert Grant, and Alexander Hay, Surgeon's Mates and Assistants ; Robert Throckmorton, 8iu«iN>it^ Pupil; Mr. Anwell, Clergyman, ^ohn miiiaU Moreau, GeniUman and SclaolmMUr Y Vifil\km J^fferv, Commissai^ ; William Steele, Brewer lUMl Merchant ; Daniel Wood, Attorney ; Tboifiii Gannon, Esquire ; John Duport, and Lewis Pietv, iSmitlemen ; Archibald Hinshel wood, John Ketr, #SfiKaNiJVIs6eM,and Thomas^^^^^G^ Govemot^s 4:;i«riu(,]lavid Floyd, Cleit of the 8t^ ** '.During the, Siniimer a nunqber of settlers anri*^ ed in the Union Snow and the Sanih TransDiDM, from Liverpool, with the Hospital Stot^lntllib reetird <>f the numbiir or date of arrival sMewtf. : ^ Hie 8th day of June%Ua SknfU^Mt fThiM i^p|i^n% a lii^Biohiildutti oam lim |Migi ^C tbt A 8 ^* ^ y '<'fe lE x ..^^ ^ . j^t ^.^ 7^ . "^v __*:„^pg5?cto^!^ HiSTOItr OF THr s. ' ■ , ^^^#»f . _ E'jr:™' "J- <"' ^.-^ , Sphinx arrived in the harbor of Cbebdcto, «« bar- IPg on board Governor Cornwallis and suite, who aoon aii^r landed on 6eorge> Island.'^ Wrom the short passage of the Sphinx, Kt is pro- bable she .arnved some time before the 'flpet No prooee4ing^ appears on record until the 23nd, 7"«n nw JExcellency despatched the Snow Pair J^y, Capt. Foster, to Annapolis, to acquaint ,CIOvemor^^Iascari^e of his arrival, and with in- slruoions for him to proceed immediately to Cl^ebuoto. This deapatch was received at Ao- njpolis on the a6th, and the following day dpt OtVia #as ordered to get ready his Oalley and so round to Chebucto with fresh provisions- .ip^carine ^as in expectation of the new Govor- npf9 arrival at Annapolis, as appears by his let- ?/?^ PS?^?*^ Hopson, of Louisburg, datod X4tli ^^d jSath June, in which he says, « get ready jnippb^ for the new Captain General, w ho will behiM^ tmt the fleet will be at Chebucto." iw llie Mritisb according to tho .tarms of the TlW^ of Aixla Chapelle, and Col. Hopsoo, with .tfte^anason. consisting of two regiai0Dts,aooa fttmrprmeded to^Chebuctq, to place hiinootf iiodtsf^^tho^ eommabd of Governor GomwiUis. who Md boon previOMsly joined by Got. MiMi^ «m>|^tlilwo Companies of lUogeiv; Irom An- *,^ !S2^^iL]r**^?*¥' ^Twr, to exam&TiEr / ■ ^ '• I'.f*-'* JgTTLBMBNT Of MAI.IFAX. V?;»Q On the 14Uvt)ie Civil Government warn orga- nized, and Col. Paul Mascarine, Capt Eilvmrd iHowoa Cnpt John Gorebaro, Benjamin Qraen, Jolin Salisbury, and Hugh Davidaop, were iiNKOiD in Councillors* on board the Beaufort^TianaiP^it, '^ the formation of the Hoard was announoad to the people by a general aalutefi^m the ships In ;>the harbor, and the day was devoted to feativllgr J and atnosemenL'* The four fol .apnflMMia fiamed in this Council were Provinoiu CMIeeni fh»m Annapolis— the names of the two ktte% Hi'. SalisburyAftnd Mr. Secretary Davidao^n,, do ^ not appear elsewhere, and where probacy tneiQb9n» of bis EzcellencyVsuite. Eariy in the month of July, a spot for .^j||« tlemenc was pitched upon pear Poioi HiiMii^ iOnd the people were emploved in ctttti^ !4oae. The Mortnand South auburba were aurreyed about the Mme time, but the German lota in the North waanotlaidoflrtai the year ftjllowing. . (^ diMcUltv^aa at fSrat exper^need iif the motion of dwelllnga, the Europeaniettlera befnir 2£SX^^"-^Ii*'"?4.jr'^ «^« method of con- KzSP MWHieo buildinga. Framea and other mterWa Ibr^bui^ were, however, aoon marbt fkOlp AlaaBaehuaetta, and b^ore the cold wJMl ior aet m a number of comfortable dwellihga lya erjctedy Proviaiona and other neceaaarr iiimiiNr #ere regularly aerved out in the caftip, iiiitf evofjr eierdon on the part of the Governor dme to render tlie aettlera com(brtab!e belbre ^^ Several tranaporta wm aaninfa alia bouaed over to accommodate those •mm wl^fe houaea were not complete, and nimfapa font and log hut were aoon ibandon ^ Ibr tmr$ ^nvenient and eomfortable accom iJp^^gfV** ifrow«»d Ibr aetOomeiit • imai* ,r!^^y^ 1^9^^ were diacoveiied amoiiff tbe mm imy oovmilby tbeunderwood. muSmm ywmm^ whicii utoitnjl at ciiibtwt» la . 1 ' 'I I V SBTTLBMBNT OF BAUFAX./ 11 1746.* During the winter months the people were kepi actively employed in cutting pickets for fences and wood for fuel, and for erecting new buildings^ Mechanics' were placed nt tho head of working parties to direct their labonn, and by a judicious division of the fieople into Booall parties the more laborious portion of the work was executed with uncommon demiatcb ; mills were also erected at the expense of Gov- erument for sawing lumber, and a mill maalor appointed witl^ a salary, and every fkcility held out to enable those senlers, who had not yet htmn accommodated, to complete their dwellingi on the approach of spring. The following eztta^^ of a letter, dated 25ih July, 1749, written bf^ « settler,f affords several interesting iacu relativiB to the state of the settlement at this tinae>-<^ On our arrival wO found the Sphink, of 90 gtini, which had come into harbor a few days beA>i« us ; as 1 write the Transjiorti are entering the ,'fMHM / .^ *The remnant of tliis formidable fleet put ixM GMbepis Ilarbor in dlitresg in 174^; tlie troops wen encanmd

f tolsy outthe lots of lond, we shall ffS? ■■*?: V?'J^ convenient and pleasant town 2Sfi!rr "^^^f buUMod one Rentleman !?y!"!W * «»'; »«" ; pubhc store houses ai« 33L!1 J wa^tove received constant suppUsa* ^Pbiik aadtlmber for buUding, and fwafi^KS 'jW^jn pittu quantiUas,^^^^ ichooaef/^ gaamly^ coming iir on one day. We have wAmmV SSSiif^!!? ** 5?® f'^^P hroiight down to 2ffifflJV »5^J^nch at ^MinsS, which kr g^g«:«2^^ 10 cuta road, the JSiiffiS* .**?*® to make their sub. :i J^ f*^ gWMMied to sand us 50 mn fyt g!ljy .^f y ir^f^ tbe laie pro^iS Witt 1 to oanci r ' ^^^ .-i.*>"?*7S"'S?*W mm- "^ffr ■i'. ■ ^l*^^"^ f^^^'WT^ ? ^1^^!23!?^ 8BTTLlX9IfT Of lULIFAX. la tribute which is due to otir Governor, he to have nothinff ui riew but the interest and hapi^ pinesa of all, his zeal and prudent conduct in th» difficult task asaigned him, cannot W^too much admired." On the 17th day of July, tlie aecomi meetiny ^ of the Council took place, and on tlie following day the Governor's proclamation was read in the campt prohibiting all persona ih>nn leaving the Province without permission. On the same day the French Deputies had an audience on^ board the (Beaufort Transport ; tbev were Jean MUaneo, of Canar i^iver, Claude LeBlano^ of Onmd Pre^ (Morton), and Philip Milaueou, of Pisequid.' Oo the 18th, the Governor appointed Mr/< Bruce, the engineer. Lieutenant Ewer abd CoUier ) and Mr.*. ^Jtmn Ouport, Justice of the Peace ; aiMi eUUM' •ettlfsra having assembled in separale CeiMpenlei^ v^th their respective overseers, eaeh » lOempeoy > chose its constiibles. On the^irrivaliof th#lr«ioiie iroQt Louisburg, His Excelleaey^ called 'tor^tbii Ceuncil Colonel Hopson,*^ the. Cbimiii»der ef that Gairison, and Lieutenant' Cek^li ^ftobeit BUbeo and Robert Merser|a1ao> Colonel H|iiigf/i man and Major Lawreiice,tof W«itaiOii%i Ra|^? moDt On the 29th, the C^neil w«maM»fDliM^ to poeeive the Acadian - Deputleo j • trftidga "thipi ' aim^ nanied^ there weiOHAleimido^ffMiift^i a^^plij)i^(aid, ih^ CSMiifdmnd Pienpe Lmdmerimimmg^imiKl^i DHO^imd rmBftOdooli, lOiWtimtik tad lilMr^ m pm itt oq;^ .%^"« ^ 4*^ »^,^ S'^ ' iW, '^•i''^ u BinoBr OP TH? n«»e more positive inatructions than the Ihm •hpwjtioii, and flill power to tr" a J Tbev urii^ compelled to take up arms. Thi« »■« nifi.Il!i |h.«; but. II their ot'Ur demand. Sp^artoh*, SL 1?^^^ '*'""*t "'"""ed from Aniiapolia on itS^''.^"^^' '^!'":!T »"?;«"« ^^y^d aS ^II"^*^® » *"®y consisted of Francifl Ha f^iu Chjeffhym Octfi^H, the ClaefSobiK.ft ft^^£!«^i. •^'' ^^!S^ Neptune AlbodttS The ue«ouation WW carried on throuirfi M«tin The ludiju., and Andrt tte interpreter^ftCS?: "?*.' Jl^y «■"«« to the CounciT that they Cd . ^^f^^««i» ««>«Vof 1726, aodtSt^ ^ wSfdJti .'^^S PS-eot at thettre.^ "wn» were dra«rn up by Mr. Seeretarv Davids TfcfatJSi.^,,!!?^"'? of »I«8wchu«ett» Bay. i*?.*P^I*M« to ha»e been litde nmSS ^^t^SJ"^"' of October Othiri^^ ^^ ™ '^l'"'y' to ralaetwo newindaiMb. SETTLEMENT O^ SALiyAX. »#. About tbifl time a fearftil epidemic made its appearance in the aettlement, and it ia said near- ly one thousand persons fell victims during the autumn, and the Allowing winter. On the four- teenth day of October, Government found it ne- cessary to publish an.Ordinance commanding all Justices of the Peace, upon the death of any of the settlers, to name so many of tlie neighbor- hood or quarter (not exceeding 12) to which the deceased belonged,' to attend at the burial and carry the corpse to the ground, and whoever re- fused to attend without sufficient reason, should have his name struck off the Mess book and Re- gister of settlers, as unworthy of his Maiesty's country. And affain, in December, another order commandmg all householders to report their detd ^0 a clergyman within twenty-four hours. The governor deeming it expedient tliat some permanent system of law to answer the immedi- a^ exigencies of the Colony should be eSlabllab- ed, a committee of Council was appointed to ex- nmme the various systems in force In the old ^^olonies. On the 17th December, Mr. Green re- ported that after a careful in?estigation, the law* of Virginia were found to be themost applicable *®J*« Bro»f»>t situation of the settlement, and most ffl acc6fdance wi tlui igrsiem almdy in operation*-'v;^>^r ■■:^^" •:■■•/■ ■■.^■■- '■ Sr^iS£"5 ^ recowy of any debt contmiod SiM^SJ^'^'*^ P"^^ ^ the etttrtitt^, mPM li|^|taeinem or to the debtor'a iiriiil ^"^"^ Court of taw yUtla th» jg. %H wnee^ ex^pi A^ fo^Mb jinported into the OoK^^ 1*1 UtrrdiT OF THi n ir. There •ppean to have been lome dimsranet ei CouBciJ divided, and the ordinance was ca l^ a amall majority It was also proi>og^n Ci^eki about this time, to build a quayl^SZIIbe ■boffe in front of the town, but several tnercEintr* » 17- »aui Mr. Joshua Mauger, and otherrf, hav. ing applied for water lots, and liberty to build ZST^Si o'».t*»«^beach, the subject was refbrred l^iiL -*^i.^**** surveyor, and Mr. Bruce, the f&J^ ^**?^ i^*""**** ^^^ ^»«iL '^•^ a work of tifta<»iand required means from England. The At this period the line of the shore was so i> <. regular as 10 sora^ places to afford only a footwufr between the base line of the lots which SSwil ISShrS.^/ ■l?®..*'^'^^' ^^^ t***® flowed Spii ui«*oaiiene8 were 'built' -^v^ i.-.r. -;-./'„.■.;-:. ■'4- *) the briginal pKn of the *« iiibllihaiNa f«?i?«i2Sf iJif'ySf*^ •twet laid q«i!: ^f> Wr. •BTTLEMBPfT 4* . Early in the Spring of 1750, the Governor tnd Council amigned the spot on whic^uho Counfr Court House now stands, ihr a mar((et place for black cattle, sheep, Ate. and made market reiu- lationsw * . Owing to the freciuent alarms of fevwilon ffom the Indians and French stragglers during th« winter, it was resdived in Council to organize ft miliiia force, and on the Sunday foNowinff th* 6th December, after Divine service, ai the mai •ettlers between the age of 16 and 60 were tf^ •enabled qn tlie imrade, and drawn up in the fol- Jjwin« order, viz : -Those of Mr. Ewer and Mr. Collier's division to face the harbor— thoi© of thu miarteisof Mi^.Galland^ind Mr. Forman to fao^ the Citadel, and those of Mr. Cal lender's dirisloii^ hi-^r^V?"* ^ ^^^ VP^'Jl^ "..P® Procltmatioir bears date December 7th,jl749. On thi Idtli information arrived that a French force hai been . deflpatched overland from Canadh to attaeft Hall- fjx, and that tbe Indians were to oo-opam# wtclr Itoem. The peoDle having been again aMelibled •n the imrade after Divine serviceTth. P^ma. M .iT*! read, and the aeUlera conunanded id feH ill the tr^M around th« town without tho fbrtt tofl barricadtes. I ; \- -■.■.:.,; ..^.^^^ **'»»^ ' u » f » V 1 *f^. •r Hd- • "-ft,' f /' •'fly- :jf V. •• ,!■..> o.i%. 1 1> '• ^< . '- i '-*y-) Jge*ff^ I y-" -Fi M y. ,<»:■* '^j , * *5 y,^! » ' R'< ■. ''^'k 'h i' .J t. 1 l>% 1 I ■■'i^'i 4 ^ ^Hr^t *•, i CHAPTER If. In th« month of August, 1750, three himdi^ ^nd Olty settlers arrived in the tfaip Aldemen^ i|iid Jn September following, three hundred Gbr>' mn Protectants, from the Palitinate, in the m» ^no; , The local authorities were embarrassedm' nmviding for their support, and found it necMi^ qf .to enter into pecuniary arnlngements with tbd mmiaQts0f the town, who^ at this early per^£^ ma formed themselves into ah association rbrd£ tenefit oi trade. Those who came in m iM? 2:25?^ were sent to the opposite sid^ of |)S' fmom*. and commenced the town of OartmdQdL |mgh wa« laid out in the autumn of that yaiw." MDeeeiiiMr following, the ffrst fen^ was tsi^ oMiediaiid John Connor &ppointe#reiTydiiii1lir* order In Council. "^ r ik^ 2S ^T'?^^^' t**^ '"^°« •urpnsed tkm ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ nigbt, scalped a number of setlM > ;™J»J™* off aeteral prisoners. The telMdU^. tiotSi feaniy an attack, had cut dowa ^mnmm tli ewan/. Ouptani Ck^^mmmA hii inmiiwiii •,.y V i«TTLBII«NT OF HALIPAX. Of Raopmv j^erQ stationed on Blockbouse iill. tnd, itja eaid, remained within his block hoiiae finor from the 1ooj>.holes during the whol^ afiir. £lie light of the torches and the discharffe of musketry alarmed the inhabit^n|s of HMifia some of whom put off to theirassisti^ce, but^S not amve in any;^force till aiter the Indians liad' retired. The night was calm-and the cries of the 8eitler8,^and whoops of Vie Indian, wen dii. jmctlv heard on the western side of the harb^wJ On the following morning, several bodies werii brought over- the Indians having carried' otf 1^ ■waps.^ Mr. Pyke, father oi the late Jbhn CMi^ , Pyko, Esq., lost his life on this occasion. TboL 3^ifriiofle. ';^ P^^^^^ 20 '-■''(■'•s HISTOBr OF TRB ttool the danger should be owr. ThSrVeJoSJ "Wr, a Micmac Chief, came iii with tetfrrf pence, which were agreed to add -nmjMr_„ ' »rchmeM and bear date ISthSeptlB ^ rt« war. In April following, two me^n,-5 Mtt Connor and Jamee Graw, aS'atfl^ fi*.lii«n Indian canoe, bringing i^tbitem^ I«duui «*lM. They informed tbrcoond^tlif •hey, and tn^o otherw, hafrlntput inw a oi^ S!' t?»«en Totbay and Country HiX. ,r jn . T ^■ miM into the country, where their twn««-i5r SL"Sr '"^ "•."?«<"«*; thai theXd «.r»^ »^ Mcured— and banng escabed u> the mT^u^j •toM a canoe and maie there'^" H^l^ «iiadlaii inaaMcrea had been ftequeSf 1^^ k-?.-. il 1^ -:■■■■-■ o *># * 1 V»i fzi^k^ ■■■,.■•*■ ■..•.■ CWtoins of the luZdM ^n^^^^ flwyinow noting ofXce^te^orr?- J*"?*^ .y« tbejr eigoy afmost «,«£ j ""bordjiiatioo, cttfoiMWIHSr in^Sd^ thS^'L^ •??' «M»r to gain an asceTdancy S^er SS!^ ^^ «&ry difficult ob^i™ ^ *•"'»» «^<« m> eateem »»S a Kh^dllf'^n?^ «««in« the En^ |^SVfefe'-%b«aiS^ fsmsi^lated amonc . <*\ 98 HISTORY OF tME al in excitinff the hostilities which terroinatecl M the downfaliof the jPrench power on this cooti- iient.";;^,; ?•"■;: :■;•■■ ■■ ' ""'^' '■■■■ '-X^''-'-'-'^:' "The objects of the English," says he, « m«wtiy tlie British had received unfavourable opini- pns-of the French interference wiUi the IndiakHi dujring suspension of hostilities. He satn the offic^ who commanded detachments sent qy ^n Govei^or of Canada misbehaved in su|R)rlDg tbn ^0ngeB to come too near them, and joiti tfaiir IMops while in sight of the EngMsh. V Duf ing the Indian hostilities, q[»positkHl on tiM part of the Colonists was altogether of a defenaifo ^ natare. The regular troops, as well a» tim nn- r^aciplined militia, pro vin|t oniit for such #mp» ^we. it was found necessary toemploy tlm lln# ]«#aod Rangers, These were private tvon^f^ ^llitq^eeeh Was dd^^ Wm m ' .a i . *■ M- ,^. BltTdRY 6F Tilt fm. .ykmgeit from th^ interior of M^ g^jnrHvnpBhire accustomed to Indian warfiir«. hJSf'^Tl^!^?** ttie rivers-penetrated into l£ E wM ^'J^ r ° ^^"'^"^ «*ccu9tomed to the 2v^ with theinaelvea, soo,. found it their loter- *»i^,]^k? peace with the British. ""^'^'"^ ^.^ f?^' " was ajfaiu found necessary to nro. N«En.rTr «*'2.Wof these ISS^rS^^ !2fh?S'?vi. i-«"« accustomed to the border war Wm 111© Indians and Prftr...i. «rn..^„ j„ .c!? r^f ^iu;i^t J' -""6 "t-'-uwomea to the t>orderH C-^l „«"!•" .J? ■''■en«» or Canada, the fe"» "•".«''~'Plined,a„4 accustomed to Htnt 322 ./"Vri" "'"^ "-ere perhaps at this tiSe W«^ to .Mother provincial troops in AmeriSt .7W provincials served as Volunteers atrtS^ f Hj«ian.h_at Lonisburg in the iirst ^h^,?' Sffid»^t ""~7*r*? served to forin ^, M^'^^L ^^ William Henry ih 1758, M^J^tUm oTlilt Mliliy. ided their own trofMii j ^vermawt, but upt t^m^ , •KTtLCMBNT t>f HALIFAX* » |tig k(Bi>f oh low diet, balflttiiTed, tMH eip6»^du^ the cold, Boon recovered,— while the French in charge of the vessel, having indulged in the nm of wine and strong fare, were thrown down with the disease, and nearly all perished. The vesiel Wtts brought into port by the prisoners. CHAPTER III, I III the spring of 1751, nine hundred aH^ mt «t^ht German settlers arrived, and Itk the follow* , jlngyear one thousand more. They had b««m Induced to emigrate by promises from Kii% Cleorge 2nd, which, it is said, were uever realM. Some difficulty appears to have been experienoed by the Local Government in providing ii«uitable «ituatioQ for settling so large a niwiber of jS^. Jpons. It was proposed in Council to plaer tftein on the opp6site side of the hiirbour, over agalpst ■George'e foland and Capt Morrie wai aiini to imrvey the grounds, Musquodoboit River was /lifepo suggested, but the distance nH>m UaHfialM p^ hostility of the Indians, rendered the aeheiiie M|iia€ticai)le. in June I7I!»3 about ISOO.of tbaae fNiriliaft settlers embarked for Maligash HaHmr ^^ jMlttfaone Bay, where they afterward^ faiiHt llli Ttfwo of Ltmeiiburg, Major Gorham afid k M^. ,#Oy<^Rangera accompanied theni, alsb Liailt ^Cfoighton of Warberton'a ftegt who toolt li Ittad- ^mg p^x in forming |ho s e tt le ment.. ThelUmofl- jijjr AllTOBT or T«l r »#■- ^i^ S:Ji ... ""'"'flder of the Oerniaoii had 6«o loMted in the North 6»UiThB^\Mmitb. GorSH'i!^'':""? "" "«'''«»«•««« held out b^ wS?-rJ° ""«'«'«"» " Halifax, .„d th; •*P«»too Jargie grants of money by ParliameDt^ «» people were rapidly t*movin[" ,""0^ 2«Si^' '""• P™«""" ''■'1 been nide in clear? ,maft%Jm\:^ I . ' . ^^"'©'nent, was aJaiosc alto, ""man half its ongioal numbers subsiatad ^'InAZrT'^^"^^ ^ «heirS*wl 223L? ° '^of. rfependant on Boston lor theb I«»gri^.and all otter necessary aui.pl/^ ^ *^|fflOO sterling, had been expended on t£ taTZii^^ ■**? '~*'' "onsWered a failure. ,« ^^littey iwintol TieW it was of incalcnJafct. Ji:n.^-^.U..downfcll ofthe Frepcli . •^ »?"'"?»•'"''''«>* eooD after ioinrffc. «"yMa lu September . seT«r»l «.f t|,^ ,||;p, 1 1 J V. o w •KtTLUfINT Of HAIilPAX. .^17 ofwnrind Uvntporta remaiiiinff at Halifla to wiDter. Earlv in the following spring General Amhewt •rrifed with 12,000 provinoials from New-Eoff- larifl,and whb soon followed by Admiral BuecawSi with a lurj^e fleet Qn the 18th May, this arma- ment conHietiug of 157 sail and 14,000 nieb saHaS for Louisburg, alter the siege, which was pro- tracted two months, the fleet and army returned to Halifax ami reinHined sometime to refit Tho colony was sacked for provisions bnd the town turned into a camp for the troops, a number oftho provincial soldiers having 'enriched tfaenwelvea vvith the spoils of Louisburg, procured their dla- charge and becaiiie settlers in the to^rn.. Alltbo ammunition anil stores with a quantity of pritala property, were removed to Halifax, and the toifli once more began to assume a prosperous appaaiw ance. ,r ,^^^^-- '^'*'*'®?"^^''^ year (1759) Halifax waaagala ttie rendezvous of the fle^t andarmy under Wolf. *both beiore and after thW siege of Quebec ; not » »w of the more enterprising settlera followed tho S^r^'^V*" «""ched themselves during the war. At the news of the victory, the town was iUn^ minated and fire worka, bon Urea and piihije> entertaimnents lasted 8e?eral daya. BetWeSli ^ years 1759 and "69, the harbour was the coaManf tejort of the aquadrona under Lord CoirUlO «inI 2- r' ^^^^^ ^" enlivened by tbe mayii^ ,«ra lafge army and navy, and at the eUm of ^ war, many gentlemen of condition wec9 it^twad * .^^■•i.^'ii^.^'-. !••* H6 P'f ■fMifi^ir «» «Mi- '' i .1 L^^J^^L'^^^* King George 3rd wad n^. claJmed at tlallfax fif'nh great ceremony. •* Th% prbclaination #aa firat read at the tJoirt Houae W» at theitorth gate of th«^Townf at Ooverrf^ SrS- wSlfli**^ «ooth gate4 and laatly on the flwt being in the harbour at the tiinl^Wh ahip njeda royal salute beginning with hia'tordaliip'f Pbiwhip, the Northumberland, »• vy »«np» ChWor*?!!- "^w I ""'",'"«»•».. J««e,>h Argunaiilr, Sfifii^I ^^ Wo«qu«fh Indians, wirh a number S^-^iT"^ ■T*'"*^ ''^*^*"« ^b« Council and '^^i^gm\p^riB,Magmmmm Public Officei* SSJmln^ ir 1.^5'*''''^'*^. Gardens,^ wh*r« *th^ "^mdmr ofbttiymff the hatchet iBn^perfbrmed. Zl£??!l£T [hfir bodies in token of hostllitier .«S2i!r •'■5*' then partook of a substaiiiirfl tj^scrtoul for them in the garden, and the A^^^fP^S-l T"* concluded by mi present i^^ ^^-^J^^^^th. BenjaniinderriS . TSs^mr e^ wii appointed Cortimiswry of Ipdiah iilI*liSjSSil*fe.?S.* ^'"^ ^" the north •«• •r W^»2^#2*Uao^^^ gate near the opeiH !!tS"!S?^^^^ « front of the pwient offiS^ •""^SSEf 5?* fV '«"«*»«^ norths !«««« *"'*^» :^««#r]%iartw9^ tike EngriahBaryii^ Giomklaai #i •4- y^\ ■ 'VvVftl'' J-.^^ *^ 1 (.1 i '' ■ •rrrusMENT or HALirAX, 9^ «fiiiira,and truck Uoums W9re built and oih«r •rraagemeaui madn throughout the prof jnoe for : the convenience of the Indian trade. Fronn the close of the French Wa« to thecoin- mencement of the American Revolution, Halifax continued to decline until the |>opuIation did not exceed 3000. It poseeaaed very litUe trade, and tne fiaheriea were either unproductive or iu a great measure neglected ; intercourse between t^e capital and the agricultural couotry around the Buy of Fundy was retarded by the want of Sood roads, and the settlers found themselvet eiMndenttin New England, for nearly all tho neeessaries of life, l^ome fewacres of )and» In » tt|e neighbourhood of the town had been brouibt under cultivation during the first years of tbo Mtlement^ but the five acre lots on the Peninsula remained in a wilderness state till towards tba commencement of the American RevoluUon. 1 hey had been all fenced in soon alter the settle^ itient, but, in burning the brdsh and underwood tfie owners allowed their fences to be consutned' and most of them found the land no slonoy aanbt repay the labour of cultivation. ^ ' t About 1758, Governor l^wrence finding good! meadow land at the harbour qow galled JUiv- roneetown, granted that township to 20 uronrM. ^,and built a block house for their JSl^, iHit ilie aettlementwaa not prosperous, and iailed il||m«e|jp(( the purposes intended. 4 *^ ,^^ y^^ was memorable, ai tfaeyaar i^whieh the Eepresentatlve QovwiiiM^t li^ f i lalilished in No^ SciHia. ^^''^''^"F ^^Wt _^ In the F^ of I7e&, the Town was viaittd Wa gr%x% gale of wind firom the & W., wbteti teuMd innate X 8tt 1* iiaroRr or t» ■»«w,. Tte wiDlar WW r«ra,rk,6|y Mver« ; in PflbnT. th. Wboor WM chokwl wflh ic« fo;i^,Sd«; nToln^U wr.*^"**" «•"»"'"«• «••« .now^n Sm ThlT.V!3V." """V PL"«e« five feet deeu. ^ £^J^^ ""°"""''"'- Emiwarie. from *. woftwi cotonw. were numeroua. and the O*. uri^i.!?.!^ onee more thto resort of troop. 5~J*V£l»«f« •»«« what were called gobd UmS j21.!fn!J° 'PP*"- The Brit&h h.wS! 2g£2" B'WW' [n 1776, the fleet, with laoSS Si's S^-mo'"^ '7i'«"' •'^'-^ in TbeT? ■ WW la tiw month of March that year. l*. "»J««jn fever... at BoMon not havinc tbi sm ™^ The TOiPri. continued to comuS aX " ^.^5;;.^;^ -•'«-«' •.* -'/f A- ■'W^^i: rw^ \ • F.:.-. 1 •ITTLlMt!!*' or JBtAtlTAX. # ^ 17ih ami 18th, and tefenil of the-trlii«wta being in a leaky ysobdition, and many out ofpro- ^ ▼MtaoB, It was round neeesaary to diaemhiirk tk. Ibund were .laughtered, anil proviwon. beeame •»^JMr«. th«t beef wa. 8.. J. per p^^^ &'i.?!:„ ^"""^T' '^r ••■• '•«*»ta were iV^S -? #1 " ""^ "H"'^ ''*•"« 0»n»Hle 8t,, in rear ef Governmeot House, for otfokinr. aati •wry More or empty house crowded toezcm. .li^SI"' '"'• '""■ *** '•■• ««<''ni»ation of, the war »• I own waa constantly thronged with Anooa •Od refiijee* from the revolted cllonlefc^CiS rt« winter of 1778. the Hessian. and^thJ^SS? mta troops under Baron Naupbausoo. wm Qwrtercd on the town, and the barns and puU^ booMs 10 the iiorth suburbs allotted a. quK WftiroD De Seiltz'st Huzzars. In the SpSjT Stf troop, were all encamped on the ComioDTa^ |j»«.m.y of provision, iucreasad to AT- "^fjw teyalists soon bfegan to distriboie them- thy came from New Vorfc in g,«at numben. TW. WMM important epoch iii the History ofHal^ ft» ; the popuhtioa ytui silddeDly itici««aed to \ ' . ¥ W- ^^w* niiTORT or tvi f?5^«»?!, — ^' "T*^*^' «nd many Ii,tel%eiit wdwterpnwDg settlers were thrown in, giVini. new Jife and spirit to the colony. A nnniSer oi •pacious and commodious dwellings began about thwimeto be erected and to taki the^acn Aft low gamble-roofed hfuses of earliSr date. yeMt IS venr remarkable that in 1791. within wghl yeai-s arfer the population had again so^! W«^ «8 scarcely to exceed 5000, iJ^ J^ ^^'^^^ Z"®''^''*"^ andshipown- ^SaIZTv^^^^^^^ society called^ the IrSr^H sin. ^*2^°r"? I^ ^*^^«, ^<^otia was SK5J *^ * Bwbops^See, and ftalifax made t^e residence of the^fiishop. A most expensive :9m elegant entertamment was given the sama m^^^na^ William Hen^ ihei^^ «Sd! m^^ the hkrbo^ S tt!S^i"^?^\^?? «'^«" «^ *h« British Cof, bead of Marchington^s wharf. .Dumber 27, 1798, atremeddous hurrii5ane>i. ' »^d Halifax; the wharves were all ^wentaiMiV wdm,^ i„ the haS\S ^ tvSmtt"" "^P'^P^"^*^^ ^m^^: % ». 't '"t^' ■ ■'- '^., ,-.•-( CHAPTKR IV. jW^. rOIlTITICiTIONS AND,DI!FEHCES OF TH« TOyin^^U, From the year T749 to '54 or J5. the defimva. »« thetown consisted of palisades or pfckeMnM upnght. wab block houses baiUb??&3 Xr'twT'^ This fence e«3e?^., waere the R. C. Church now stands tik 32 beseh south of Fairbanks' wharland o^ ft- ^rth along the hue of Jacob street to the iSw J Aife^ portion of the front of the i>rewnt«i>. " dd Utt WM then private proMrw^K^ ^f! ' donbtMood near the summit, J^tKVflirSS.S «MMMP<« Massy. &c, A K»e of bSiS ^ «« very, early period of dwZ^' jj^Wj^Ogftom the head of theNoitb^ """"" a of the CBBtiQ btockii - c. ' ^iTOftY or Tin £V toba floetr m the boHow below Philip BavM* p«mf9. Dunng Governor Lawrence's time, tha * Mtepam^e an attack upon the saw mill wliicb #oodnearthe site of the piesent flour mills, and jwmteeir^bree men ; their bodies wero buried kf tbe soldiers near one of the block houses, and ««c«^f the guard. ^^^^ •^FS* _ xiiese block houses were built of souum or fwind unjber, with loop holes for musketry!^ ZXtTSLf *^~*i thickness, and iiad parapets • well for the use of the guard* ;w5^*l"fc^^Lr ^l^» fow batteries were enicted •jwii the beachr-the centre one, called the mid- WMtf now IS, being then directly in front of Cte- ig^nemillouse; another where the Ordnance • HP ifar^erwards built, called the Five or ^Ni^gttQ battery I the third was situated north of 2? ^»t Fairbanks' wharf; and the fourth oal* W tfie South or Gmnd Battery, still in exls6jnc0 ^^Jf^^r'it^f^' They were composed of 3RSi^ 5Ji^ol,^sunported by cross Jogi; cover* ^n^ ia tout and the two ends, elenitod S^MLv- ^"^-^ feet above thi^ Wfter. SST 2f*™*w>o» were removed about the vew i2?JSl " grounds appropriated to their mv !SJ?W^ \. ^ Ordimnce Yaid, tbw m •mtim tti^nd the battery, attd the Kinff*» wlittir '^ tlieJive-acre lots of the penimib Mg»niii| to be clomd ib^ tUi^ fiom ,4AJf« IS^^I ■i". 'if' \ ■'•- MTTUMINT or nkuwkt. # TlieiiB JW8 block houses alonf ihm htau>ik* »<«r^ Dock Yard w«||. built p^rtSAWl Bame^bme with the batteries ; aim a^t^ anS giard house od George's IsfandV an* tbrBSi' battery pomt, abouMhe same time" The dnrtS mp of the to«ra. published about A. vSr*m». IttOonary war that regular works appear to S been^constructed^^lbr the defence'^Sf thetlWh? . Md Harbour. About the year 1778, the CaSS Stefi^l?"' •»«». for the fir« timM??^ ^?u^^' "" '"""»'* "wrten about eirfS^ rfL *^^ •*■? " P""""* 5 the works eonsSbS hL- u*!'5"£''»' «».»'" »f weed of the (Mfc: touse fand.^n..g a parapet and smaU towerdi 2£i™^i?J°.f *^ r '"""non-the whole to? w.«5T!? bv» ditch and ramparts of earth mS r«»:Ji* ^I'hi" P'-J^ed close together, slantec JS^f •,!.*'"''*' *.••" 'hen. were se»W«l ow: riS^ff if '.i"T?.. «""«»iP«on. extending dom P«S-«^ *''?,*"" « «""Werable dIsUnV ».£— ^.■?'^i George's Island, and the Eaat bit- S.rS;^^'*''^ •'.'"?' Plwetberewasa bimek afterjwds rebuilt by the Uuke of KenCrtI««?[i a1-5 '/"■'F''*' ** "»ereabi»nt% CoIouM Bjirr ^^f enri^oer. erected a BatteifS m& *522'!^^fe •«* seveni fieldsirt ih?SlS ?™?^ rfc'>< tfteCitiittel wetB taken b»> irgtr omiL B^d equirateWB gi»e« to ti? «^M^ 98. j«;9T«Mur fl« /vi^ ..■HI ^lero was another block house at the extretmky ^0ruiitwick street, io the fieJira^joininff the pre- ipit Adminilty grounds ; the first was demolish- «d about 178a, and the land Granted by the Crown a«-a jmrsonage lot for the Minister of the Ger* maof, but the latter remained many years after, iJ tUl it ^11 into decay. ^Tbe Lumber Yard, Ordnance Yard and King^s WWf, were all commenced khout the same toe, (17^4 or ^5), but the present buildings were K^tiipat A much later date. The North Bar- meks. were built soon aAer the settlement The jmeaeot buildings, however, both north and south.* mro erected under the directions pf the Uuke or V t>uriiig the revolutionary war, the Main Guard lumea stood on the spot now occupied by the JNluiOA Hall* it was used as a militaiy post at a ^^fiT,eft|Jy period, as the French prisoners fh>m Anospolis, ^c. were lodged there. The guard'* hmim was removed about forty years ago, a^d* the present building erected.. , A'bBiIdiog called .the Military Office stood at the iSeuth corneir of th^ Market wharl^ near where the main guard house npw is. It was used as a IWyii^ c»$ce until 1790, or perhaps later* M tHiiUme a guard was kept at the Prince*s''bld play hous^, where the Acadian School now stands. The liouiiatj^resent occupied fa^ Ca^t MayoaHf/ near Poptak Grove, in Jacob street^ was a mr- imiikm^^^m^ 1769. Jt still bears the nama of thgi^reflMier^^^ . *nie old wb^en fortifici^ns were teiafwwi. top q*^} Byl by PrwceEdWard, when Com- M H' A ^^^^' hi W' P< • • i;" b« ^ ^ K' €0 V .. ' lb 6?/f=^!S^.-IU!.*l 8ETTtl|lfBNT OF HAUFAS* / «r 1^' onander4n-Gfaief of the Garrison, who cut d»wn the Hill atid constructed ramparts of earth, '■ tnouiHii^ 5 or 6 guns at each angle, with^a d^p ditch. There were also covered ways atid pts- aagea leading into the fort. He planted wilHl^ ^ trees around the ramparts, and surrounded *ffij| whole with a picket fence. The remains of ^ work were removed at the commencement of lj» pr^nt fbrtifications. The towers on George's Island, Point Ptea- mst East Battery, Blauger's Beach aod York Re- ifoubf, were built about this time. He also osta- blishet! telegraph stations between Haliiiur aUd^ Annapolis— the iSrst post being on the hill behind his r^idence, on Bedford Basin. He leve)le4 tbr Paradq Ground, called the Grand Parade. >md^ birilt the wall at the N. E. and S. W. aii^rlea. Tbo Chain Battdry at Point Pleasaat wap first* «oo«tructcd, (it is said,) by Lord Colvllle in 1761, *^pro«cot ring-bolts were jiut dowii ftist wan^ The old bloek houses at Sort Needbara and on ^ bill above Bayers' farm on the road to t|ie' BasHi, were buf It during the Prince's time ; they were staiidin^ in. 1830. Al) the other blodk; bouses bad disappeared many years previous W< ibatdste. , ''"' T^Atmy Hospit^ was built by^is Priooe^ as tuitbini residence; and the old buildings now used as Barrack Stores and Garrlsion Lihiam wpn bis stables and offices. His reidtlsiiea wjS' *^^>T;S>e|;>tfitbuildkig,witb a poitiGo and wM- MfiieCbtfiithlafipillmitt Abcra^tba «ua^* ^bo buih bis iNdsoe on the bai^, therflte^f •***"* '^"" "* — '^ ^e limdfl woi^ tbept^#^ '■•*& ■"kJi r / ii> V ' a JlftTOftT OF T«». . ,o-. . ^J?^ f» John Wentwortbi the GoTerner^ t9 jSt"* iji '*^" ***■ removal from tl^e garritofi. •J* «« RofWogham Ion way hip guard-hoiiae. iMio^^burfied down. In the year 1765 there wer« OVO Uoepitala in the North auburba, near the ywh ^t the foot of Gomwallia atreet, called the JM tod Green Hoapitala* T|iejrwere ^here in Until the year 1780, the atreeta of the town ijwa in a very rough condition, and in aome plieea ioipaaiable for carriagea from atumpa of tvMM, androeka. Aa early aa 1761, there waa a 1P^ !?!I* ^® ^®'"* PJeaaant ;-it waa a tontinua- t^Mw Water Street, and aaid to have paaaed WjOmor^earthopreaentLumberYardgroiindar ftmtwing the ahob of the harbounT • .«^04, the people of the North aubiirbaap- jiiigt to th eJSIoyemor and Council to call thw ^WMDt Gottiogen. The name aooii ieU into J*Mt u f ^ the main atreet obtained the nam^ oi ^lllnawiek Street^the rear atreet only retaininc llnio|'43ottlng^n. . ^^J^*"^ JP lt.fa* government Houa^ waa erected aboa wirt^IRe town ^a laid out, the frame and mate- IgM^ hrpiaht from Boatoh, and the apar^. JPiWi Jpr^N^ for the reception of the Gover--wt ^fW^Oetolier. He h^ a Council thero *" g^l«»«rtbat month/ It waa a amaU lour ^ If one lAory^ aorrounded by iKMnheade. •041 Miidi on which amaU nmacof ime #0unte4i^ itidefence-^itilood Jy».^ tfc« iwttare now occupied hr iht mSi.&'c \ aBTTLBMUIT OF BAUfA^ m f ,ft qkH^ spiu^oua and cotiTeDient rasidente $ it MS i fold artd drawn dowa to the corn^ of Qeot^ atreet and Bedford ttow, oppoaite th* •iHith weat aiyle of the County Court uoiiaa»«iid r Again aboutfl775 removed to the beaaliy placed at the. corner of ihe street leading tc^ .^ present Market 81i|i where It remained imtil 1832 The new Goveinmeitt House was erecta4 by Governor Lawrence-- Lord William Caniplieli built a ball room at one end, and aeveral otb«r additions were made by subsequent Oovenionhr* It was surrouqded with d terrace neatly aoddod and ornamented. The office of Capt Bulklcf. the Secretary of the Province, stood at the nor^ east nuffie of the square, inside the niik tte Iiuke of Kent resided in this house with' dtov*!^ W Wentworth in 1798 ; it was puUed d#ra m •borjt time after,, and the material iised fin tlw ooiistrtietioii of t^ bouse on the road leading la the to^er, now the residence of the QmMf Master Cfeneral. 8t. PauPs Church and Sl Matthew^ HMMiat ttause are qow« perhaps^ the oldest buildings in tliatpwn. The former was hiiiltin 175fl!aitlie fiqieiise of Government and esteemed oni» of ilia bM coiistiructed wooden e^ces ill Ameri««. It received an addition totHe north e^d io 181$^ with tbe.exoeptU»a.pf thisithe building renudbas bti 9^ly all respcpa as at its first erec^tioo. Tho WWjpwi ^ipi jJiiM^ased |«rtly l^ privttitt sub* ittiriplio^ in 176$ or thereabouts, dnrlng |h# i^ - iipiMl^iicyof0r.Brenton. Governor Cdmi^Myi >aJ|nil.thai^M>r St MattfeewV ia^Pecet»bi^ 17»^t^^ ^^ ■TO-I 40 '"Mr nirroitY of tih tbe; mvlh fWlitti^bg bears the date 1761 . Ii w«tf erected by privnie subscription as a Luthcnm Uburcb, and la now one of tho few relics of the old settlement. ^ ^"Jl"^ ^®^® appears to have been establish- ed at Halifax as early asMarcb, 1756 by onelsaae puny. The Prockmation, published by Governor ^ • yr^'Jf®* lor the settlement of" the Fj«nch lands SHie Aasin of Minas, was pqbliirhed at Halifax one J. Bushell, printer, and bears date 1758' e first newspaper was published in Jammryi F"% by Antliony Heniy, it was called the Nova «-*•«- Chronicle or Weekly Gazette, and was hy. Capt Bulkley. The printmg office ^ |(t the lower side of Grafton Street, in tea*' &pi^T««dence of the late Attornev Geaend IfpliOM. Heniy belonged to the Provfneiala, mid «ti*H^ Ia Haliftx after the seige of LooWbiirili. was another Printing Office jfn the amo VAirther north, in the year 1776, with m Mme and hand holding a pen fti- a nme. ^^ , pe old ooatto faouse^probably wfthiD the^^ ^iii#m»a of persona flow fiving. oecdpied the ^:Oflhe preaem County C^ttrt House, an^^ maiatoraooB after the aettlement ; It had i |ili» or bilcony which waa used as a irabite^ f^ ia(Baaoo--£twaa there inlTQS. r v T^ %at Court House stood at the eorna^or -^*--^haiii and Ai«yte atreeta^ whero |hi Mitket BOW is. Chief lusiiee Mew^ n £22f* •*!f^ '*" 1758-^lt was dtatimi m I7B3 ortberiealMMita. Tho Chief ^uai^ • ill ^ jhousejh^y occiq^^ torl^.Wn iilg ^ '*?::^fT' .^ ttTTl4Q|iirv o# If AiLirXt; 41 «treet~-thii is one of |he oldest buUdinss now in Vtjie town, •■■^■^■^■/;■w;■';%';..■ ■:••■:• ,: -■•,> v' v"* *"--'•, ^ The present Hatif^x ^^raromar School is also a very old building ; theXegislatiire held their sit- tings there about 1765, perhaps earlier. After theCourt HpuHe was burned the Court met here fpr several years, it was also: used at one time ttl i Guard House. "^i Houses of public entertainment were numer- ous and well kept at an early period. ' The great Pontack was a large three-story bWildin^, erected' by Mr. Btitler, uncle to the lute Honl. John pul- ler Dight, previous to 1757, at the corner of Onke and Water Streets, since known as* Micteiel' Bennett's corner- it was the principal h^f^ if 1764. In 1769 it was kept by John WlUis.' Tii" town assemblies and other public entertain were held at Pontack in 1758.» The Crown Coiiee House, frequented by edii /people, was kept by Wnu Fury, in 1769, t« Che Beach near the Dockyard. Jerusalem Qeflbe Heuse— this old building was destroyed inr fiiv in 1637 ; It occupied the extremity of the block tieer the Ordnance, between HoUle street and' CMHns* stone stores. It was built by the Hdi^ Tbeniai Saul as a private residence about 1738^ and tttterwards occupied by the Hon. Alexaiidefc' ^mer, some of the rooms were highly fiQlidili^ nod ornamented with carved work, and the Urme eilsiilishiitent was mi a scale fer beyond jitfy the amnni^ fMtindt^ the . and ab^ba. Vhe ArtSSt ft* waa^tben kept on t^e Oraod Pamdestb; ■Wt JBMiae Houae ; the Parade waa not leveVlwl* S^fe' *^' •** '^^ O**'?' «««t paaa. •JUrooyh the centre, and the /eacent at rta ^S?l!!fi"°T'"'*!7*''"P'-t Spring Garden &5..V^ '". f" ^WMive garden fn the a^^T^^'*^ '"*" '""ported fruit treea at giSil •gnw-tliBi waaa private encloaure, ejteiStog' Sfeitw" ?"•"•«« '•o««> wood in the eentaa • gf^^ V" harbor,-part of the old wall ^ jgrijui iii Loeknian atreek The old Gownw^j «"*«»«« of tto Eogliah Buryin. GiSuS ttmuM^ a large Sammer llouaa in tEe eulM • *W»We well kept up forBboutlOyearT ^ 'jm'^' •BTTLBIIBMT Of UAUUTAl, If Um ratidence of the Preibyterian Miniiter was lately biiilt ; it was sorrbuDdeil by a high atone wall. Ornamental treea were very numeroqa ia the auburba, particularly in theaouth, andteiide4 aiiicb to the beau^ and comfort of the towiL Hbeing planted along the aide walka. They wei* ftU cut down by the Street Commlaaionera^ Such a loas can not be eaaily reatored. Before the year 1760. the houaea were generally built of aquare and round timber, aome with email pickete piaMd upright between the atuda of the fiaiiM, ao#the whole cavered over with clap boardab! they were uauallv of one atory with a hipped roof, the ahopii had half doora with no glM|^ •winging aigna, and wooden ahtitten openiaii dowQwarda^ on which f^odda were eitpoeed^S •ale. Several off these old.houaea yet exiBti tlM. wtndowa and doora being now altei^d. In 1768 and 77, there were lamp posts at ill the principal corners, the town being then Hi •! the publip expenae. ^ . The Dutch in the North Suburbs usually tAili^ witli the ends of their houaea to the atrset,^ thoso «ftho better son had ornamental windows and heavy eomicea with weather-cocks. One or ^ > of these old houaea were tO; be seen in fijriroslrieil ' itfset about twenty years ago. Among the' elA liQiiaes . which have now diaappeared was obo- whieb stood in the field opposite the tower ^«|^^ oesr Point Pleasant ; it waa built aboift 177|L wttA oeoupied by Qctperal Fanning, in 1789, or theiv^ ' 'i-ii A jN M tf o r two after tb Mlioiv^ snail iioii9li9|use8 near thotowapg^-. 'WP^Pt^tTB^ • "^l^T^ ^^^"^^ ^ if^^ * T« , - " '7'^ ■m^MksiiLs^^ 44 RISTORT OF THI »;:' ilMi elearenfee east of the,pino woods la atlri to be •^•n ; they were occupied fbr a abort time by the lAttlera from the North of Ireland who went to Cobequid. n^ Iwffe wooden building atood in the centre of tb0 eneloaure now occupied by Go?erninent Houae, built before the American Revolution, aiid HM aa a reaidence for Field Officers and other militvy puiposea. '- Tbeflrat Jail atood where Mr. Robert Bre#ii% home io Hollla atreet now is, opposite Fairbanka' Qardeoa ; the Jail waa kept there till 1787, or tbeMbouta. In 1777, the Provost Marshal waa anapmided from his office in consequence of the flig'^*»d e«cape of prisoners from this building. '^ *?S ^^«r""™«»* purchased a amall atonf liMneDCnft by Col. Horaeman, for a prison, pro^ '• b|bly a military one. !0iib r^iboam of the first settlement^ now per* fam Heirly fbrgotten, waa an old hardwood tree web atood on Ae beach iuat above high watei^ *H*^ "y*** corner of the Market Slip ; thia tree %iii itoetf as a pMic gallowa from 174», and' wir^tliart within the reeolleetlon of otra or two agiij^raoni ; it waa cut down about 1763. but tw^mp refnaiued untd 1784 or ^J. ^ T lje pro greaa of criinB between 174^ and W^ tnii ^rbape leai rapid than might have beeh ex- p<5li a^g a populatimi of 5 oir 6,000 eonfpo- M^aaebfMeA^ Pur^t the fMJirO teim tbiliiraie 59 oHftiigil triaki on leeord, niaiij **** " ^ Qlrt !>« ^^I'M^pyi which waa tlieii^ /1J!PW ff '»*^*'«n*- After Ibo ^ofCiiif Jhiatiotlliieher^ eo^ WV: •ITTLtMElffr 09^ PNOIFAX. U were leas frequent ; most of the executiooi, ae in the time of the genoral Court, were for f tealing Or receiviiiff stolen goods. ' « ; j The Dockyard ot Uutifax was first estal^isKed in 1758. It was extended and improved in 1769. ^be date on the gnte is 1770. Tne present wall was built at that time. '* '/■ cUaptjbb y. \. A s 'X.. The (bllonillf short sketch of Bonne 6ft\SB Mr- tons who took a lead inestablishin^ the Colony has been compiled chiefly froni public records : The Honorable Edward Cornwallia, the int Governor and Coinmander-ln^Ohiof, was « son of Cberles, third Baron CornwalHt, by Lady Chniv kitie iiotler, daughter of Ricbiard flarl of Arrao, and unole to the celebrated Duke of Ormondo. He was bom in t7ia Wap Member of Plu'li^- inent ibr Eye in 1749, and elected tor the city of Wtatnil98ter in 1753, atter bki rUtorn from HaH-- iix. He married, the same year, a daughter tf tb« late Lord Townsend, and left no fiimily. He wnm afterwards Governor of Gibraltar,-^ Oeneinl OoniwaUia wa#-twin brother of Dr. Frederick Ckifiiwalli% afterwards Archbishop of CaBteriHilf . . The gentlemen who composed the fim Omni^ db i»ego,w i t h o i iii i or two exceptioBfl ^ mMit a fy itt ^. . was a naUvo of ^§m Mti^ Inndiflieat Colonel in the Plofiaeii^ Aiinf ^ -^ &»"• SfitOMt OF TBI spfwiiited commander at Pkoeotia Bay io N^ foondland, and afterwards to tbe Govemnleot at Avnapolis.— After the settlement at Halifax Iw Itemed to hiti MilitHry command at Annapolia, OOl'Afoieariiie had a son living in New England in 189»^affed90yeara. The late /udge Hutcbin- imiy m* Halifax, was bis grandson, A part (If MOferaor Mascarine's correspondence with Go- T^mora Philips and Shirley, of Boston, relative ta tM old Indian wars, may be seen among the pul^ liC'raeords atHali&x. ■ - Colonels Horseman, Ellison, Merser> and Hob- ■00, nod Major Lawrence 4:ame from Louisbumh iHth the army in/tily, 1749. v-.*^ S?S" ^*" • °*^*^^ ^ MaiMMwshiwettB, ■•"mm 1713. ot a highly respectaiile Colonial family; be was with Gen. Pepperell at the fiiit •iofe ofXiouisburgh in 1745, and acted as Sec^ IMiyior the Colony until 174a It is uneertaia whetlier he and Capt. Howe came from Looii^ hufgh in July, or with C6I. Mascarine from An* oafwiis, to meet Cornwallis^ probably the latt^ ; 55 «^ •{pointed Treasurer, a memberof Coun- wiol ifti first formation, and on the death of Gov* f^^St S*52J "■ ^^ Governor and ComnMmder- kH^u^of Nova ScoUa ; he died at Halll^^B ^^^f me iOB. Benjamin Green, was ihaay>^^ Troammrof the frbvince, and member <^^ ^'^^^1}^''^^ Owen, was GrandfalbM^ of SSSt 2*15*'^* **9''<^4#^ncetow% «o4I4eut ^Mei Lawi^iiee was a Mi^ noriiifimti7, and WIS 01 ^ ^ "^ - / ■imBminr ov bauvaz. •fittfd to Brigadier Genertl under Wolf^at Lmrie* burg ; he wwi a memtier of Couiieil and iironi in Governor of tlie Pcovince on the death of Gover* nor llobaon ; i^w men gave greater aatiaiiiction to Ikith government and people than €k>vemor ijawrenee ; the first Aaiembly was convened di»» ring Itis adminifltratioh, (2nd October, 1758) ; b»^ HJiea on nth October, 1759/ it ia said of an in- flammattoo, cauaed^L overheating hiroaelf at ft ^ InUI at GovemmenfVouse ; he waa deejay r»* • spected by the whole community, and the iiegia* lative Asaembly caused a monument to be ere ed to his memory in St. Paul's Church ^ fivn^ «, gratefiii sense of the many important services which the Province had received from him do« ring a continued course of zealous and indeftti* gaMe endeavors for the public good, and a wissi iiprighti and disinterested administration f tMl^ monument has now disappeared from St Piud^ Church.^ Jonathan Belcher, the firirt Ghie^ Justice, wa^i . a native of Massachusetts, son of the Qover* ^or of that Province, €if an eminent Ci^nial' flimlly ; he was appointed Chief Justico of Nof% Scotia in 1754, when a young man, and adminis^ ^und the government on the death of 0oi^^ emor iiaiirence : Chief Justiee Belcher arratl|lii| and revised the lawilas thisy apptear on oiir mr Sh^te Book, and rendered good assistiilee lir ^i^or Lawrence in Ending the settteMhte . tk ii^ton,OornM^lis, Falmoutih,&c. hil^Mpi^ dbKiMMorrii ^ II Ca^^ in theP)fd^fa|Wl|r rt kil753. ' :'- V^.-.'- V /; ,v-;^.-. ■/-.•/^ , Richard Bulkley was A.D.C. to Cievemer Cora* wallis in 1749, and many yeara Secretary 'ori)io Province and ^ember of Coiutcil. Capt. Bulklej died at Halifax, also his son MtchRel^Fr&keBcilk-' ley, .who succeeded him in his office. ' *• * - Michael Franklin was one of the early settlnnr and leading m)nds in the Colony ; he was swonkf luncillor in 1762, and aflerwardd Li^t. • >rof the ProTinco. j9on. Thomas ^aul was the wealthiest and" Ipiost enterprjsing merchant from 1749 to 1760. J . - The names Mpf George, Benjamhi, and Jmteph Garrish,^ 'Malic hi Salter, Richard Gibbon% and Jonathan Prescott, appear among the principal inhabitants in 1750. Mr. Salter was exten^vely jogaged in the Fishery, and visited, CliehuCto Q^lionr in 1744^ &ve years before the settlementL^ Chebucto was the frequent resort of the Gapo' Cod and Marhlehead Fisheruiea'for many yeam Ipfevious to the settlement* The fbUowipg namea appear on the Jurioi ii^' IJ3^l:-->Benj.Garri8h, Charles Ktng,41eiiry F#r*<. muptir Joseph^ Fairbt^ks^ Williatn Piggot« WiC^ mi^f' James Grant. Also^ Jacob Htm» BbjbUII gpiJto, and Samuel Sellon in 1754 f C(|4^«fti H iw p% JU e win fmB, apdRoh^C^u ii ylii l V it > iii> i the MOM period. ^ * ^ \ -■:-':■:-;. jf/ ;-:■■;— ■■•■■ ' U'l. m ^f^ ^V ^,^fWi^< '>Jblui BaptiiteMoretili was aQerimiD or Froii^ Seboolnuuitiir, and acted as a Clergyman amonf the GermaDa. He came out i^ the expeditiooi aja4 iwoved to Lunenburg wkh thfe. aettfera in 1^ liiaaonwaa the first child horn in the VKllainent, and was named Corn waHiiMoreau, ^km fhe^Gofernor. This old man waa a!i?e in 1839 al^LaUave, in theCodoty of Lunenbiirg; he miiliorn in 1749. Mr. Moreliu received a ^mn--* t|«knfit>m the Nova SccftiaSociety in 1838, . . »TO^ foliowiiig names appear on the lUgister 6f Mjraera who came out with Governor CkirnWaUiiuc fitebard Wenman, Thos. Kemi^ohn Edes, John SGoAee,IUI|*Coul8t(^h,- Edward Oruenr^J^ ittopher tLaurilliard, Philjp Knaut, Pet»r gtniin. Otto Wmiiim Schwartz,* John Jacoh' Brapar, John Woodinr, Andrfjw Wellnar, Cbi^msh mmf^S^r^ SimdnTbproughgood. --M^A^i^^ \ A «TPy «f the advertisement which appeal^ ifl the London Qas^tto, March, 1749.f ^ (J^ 7th Mirch, im^f aA fropeaal haVlhg been presented unte HAe MMtrmrthe establishing a wil govemioe^ « w»*wvince<>fNova Scotia^ in North Ameiiea, imw^she^ beuer peopling and settling til* JgJJ^wnc^ «^d ezcending and improving tlia ^"■•■yyW)? by granting lands Within tlte ^^_ tJ""^ i^^i^h^t ertcouragiroent to snobiMf M^fMia and private men lately disRiliied IBs «f|paiU> ImM and sea Mrvico) aa^ailb^ vviT t^iiMida lii aaid PkWMee. And '*'^ -^ lilt v^ appmlittM «r tiinq^ ':i^ v_ -fi •^«•;^ k" > *.■ :\- mmtVhtmMHT w nitawAt^ ii «r tii« iftlil^roposals. th« Right Hoitorali^ the I/>rds dommi^ioiiieni forTradaafid Plftotatiotmi do by His Majesty's coranmtid f(ive notice tlial ptoper^BCoqra^itlont'win be given to §afM ot tbeiifficerB and private men lately diB)ni8iedJ|ie Majesty^ji Land and Sea servioe, as are n^lliot to •ecept of granta of land) and to settle witn or witfaont familiest in Nova 3cotii(* That 50 ftOfoe ofll^nd will be granted in fee simple to «velry priyatjs soldier or seaman^Tre^ fronoihe peymeibt . of any quit rents or taijes for tbiB cterm of tea ' yearsi at the expiration wherepf no porecni ^Ip^ more than one shiUing per annu^f^, ior every (p) 'lierfS so glinted. v "'/ ^^ r. ^ ^ Tblit a grant of 10 acres over and abovetho 50 will be made to ^ch^iM-ivate aoldier bf. |«a- man having a family ^^r evefy: person lncHi4i|Mr wofai^n and ^bildl«n df whicb hi» timiity ebsR tomslj and from thoipfrantfi mttde to them on the like condniontr IIS iliiei^ sKia)l inereaso, or in propolrtiou to tWir atiilid^^^ .same. ' 'v> .■;■■' J'- -^"r .■■.■■'• "^ ■ *.• • t'hat eighty acres 6n^Uk<^ €0|iditio^ will bO ftinted^to every officer nndertne rank of £nsi«i in the knd serviee^ and thut of I^teutenant in m» Mm aerviije, and to fiiieh as have familieQt fifteea ecree ovcfr and aliove the said eighty acref|! $» •veiT person of whioh^ their fiimUy ihall ciNMliit That two himdriil iff y >i •ia- 1* jf Its , */ 1 ' ^ ' ' M HIJBTOSY OP TBC 4 ^1 >..r Ibir^ acres will be made^over and abe?e th^tr' mpeotive quotas for e?erY person of which their . tkmy sbaU consist V >TIni{ the lands will be parcelled out to th# setUem as soon as possible aitw their arr^valf^^ muf a iMrovtrnmeni established, uherehf 1% um — ^9jf 4Ul tht liberHeSt privileges \,and \mmimUiu emt^ InfHur Mtdtshfs svhjeds in any olket qf im Cokmiea and Plantations in ^merieet, wufyr JKl Megeshfs 'Gpvemmentf and proper measwttt tM ako he taken for their ifficwityandprateetibn. That all such as are willing to accept of the abotiS proposals shall, with their families, be sub» nsted during the passage, also ibr the space of . twelve months after their arrivaK J l%at they shall Ite furnished with artna'and^ ^munition as far as will be jud|»ed necesMiy* mt their defence, with a proper quantity of liitt* lailata and utensils for husbandr}', clearihg a^d iSultltating the lands, erecting hiibit{itions,carry'* » aoa the ^hery, and such other purpoi^s as '^ I be deenaed necessary lor their support t / ^ roal aft siieb persons as are desirous of en^^ ig In the above settlement do transmit hp . ^r, ol* personally give in their names signify-* JH^ In what regiment or company, or on board imtiabipthey last seived, and if they have fa-i ^apiea they mtend to carry wfth them, dl8tin§aiBb-» ll^^i^attd quality of such person to ijny of ^WNi^nl ofl^cttv j^olnted to receive and emrihe same in tifa books opned for that pur- * ^ vIe :^JdiD iPownell, Esq. gpli^^^ i^Sii^Sw^itlte^ 8BTTLVMBNT Of HALIFAX* m ^obn Refiell, Ef^q. Comr. of His Afujesty's Navy at Portsmouth ; Pliilip VRnburgh, fisq. Coiyir. of His MajestyVNavv at Plymouth. ' A lid the proper iiQlice will be given of the said Books being closed, as soon as the intended ntiifi- beri^M 1^ completed^ or at least on the 7tb day ; of April. :^.V--:- ^■■■- :-■/■■'•■- ■ ■i:-. .,..-7--^ "•: ■*' It is pro^sed tbnt the Transports shall bo .*re|idy to receive' such persons on board ob the ^lOth April, and be ready to sale on the 20th, and /that timely bOiDg private soldiers or seamen* - ~ ^ /That the same conditions as are pr^poaed^ those who have served in the capacity, or ISiurifj^ i^hall extend to all Surgeons, ; ^Nbether thoy htm boea in IfisMdjesty^s service or tiot, upon tlnlir producing proper eertificates Of their beipgd^' Bv order of the Right Hon. tbe Lords Comn* i^Tfido afidPlaniationa. "^ (Bigned)';. TabiiAa Hua, "Secretaiy. ^i !■♦.' f <: >i ^ u " i t wnrrimr ioy VMH ♦■*! s-» -K The following iiotl6«i8)»pMuri in the <3«s«ttef & »p9rnor-ln-Chlef in and o?er the fhnp- ima cf If m Sootia or Acadia. H f Wr^^-y%WK^' ^ ..\lifSl.^tS^^^Z.f. .♦ '* '' ^ ,i i** " E«tttctfW)maH|^•^lIllb0CI•ml•llMto»»li■fl- i 4 ♦^IX! , WeUfe adfice that two French mt MJftit^ of 80 guns, and 20 tw^aporffc whJ» «^ «nd iroopa for a Garriaon, having Jg riygft Lduiaburgb. The Piencli OovOnitnoiit oWgffl GoT^Hphaon lo iranapoit b\B Q^rtmm im^m t hmUh which waa accepted, and «««» .P"*^ djacharite the ▼eaaelj taken |lp>fO fa" %»ag^ / arrived at Chebucto on 21«t June* JP Wl and Cam. Rouae in k aloop irf* waf , •nttl» .^-^_ liorta ^ith 2000 adventurers on. bo«igL wfcojo - S*> aeitlofncnt will bo rt ^ Jjewr jWM^ %lioro the Governor intend » ^^Vf!? l!%^ potts Un next year for *e o^ny^ffiL^^iff peopTo; eapecially the women and chllW^if «« hoiuea aro built, , The MlM.'ittfWJ^Wg thai Itos baeo giten ta mj^^. ^'f^ aoldiera ia given to Governor Sberleyy and vgj Pe$l>aroir»Refcim^nt8. Runi vraa sold a| MjWf - bacgb^ibr M. jper^jallonjand JIolassei^«#*'«"**" ehSa the mncb lost a great nitiQli^ ^- -. in ffiSr pasaa« l^labuii^ l«r f • * Wlow fever, fcou but tbo traii«porta«t Cmm ioitiiiHr oiioei»id ~ >»*- . M6 y -^Vlff feBIftTORY ©f #«■% |i -V ^1 "^ V Th6 Ibnowlng. aeeouQt of tlw •xpttiifitun t>ii the •ettlemenfr for tl^e year 1749, Wm submitted to Parlmmerit by the l4CH||t CominiMtoiittri of TnUle and Plaiftations. ' ?^-^ «lialMt«, WooltM, Md Shoe;, for *«}£i,825 4 8 • Mttlira. aad persaati for the Indiani $ " '~ P« - JUm. Neli. and Hooks for Pbliory, StatU > ^ ,^ ^ OMTv, Sonrtyor'a laitnumnitf* Bncki,^ S,729 IS • ' aalwden Seeds ^ . « . l4Milsrage and Shipping off theSettlon, (7 ' panirayft and eharges of Hospital Stotos, « ift tegaoa with medicines by tha Trans- ir Mitftai Uvafpoolaiid the Union Saow ftS^aes^Sugar, Life Stock, for the foy- ^ .— ^ ^ ivi, and Drags, Instraments, and neces- > 680 m *• aSes fiwr the HospitiA l) ,^ ,-' «, «9»teh Bibles ^ , r ;;J22 *! *2 P* paid Ibr vioaMdttM Ibr aeitlaif , ^^^^^ U,0«8 6 J TBa>asarBr af the Navy's aoconnt for Bad- ifiag aad VMtaalling daring toyage iHltf OB aoconnt of ^ Sarah Traasport ■ ftwayfarpool ^^ - - ^j c tV^a«(awaf5SOfda>iioeaeoeBatlbraa^ ..^ ^ ^ l^MBes«8wivelgttns,sflattannsaadpow-> 8,608 4 4 MNiag aad meldantal . expenses by direc- > 445 ig w ' iliM of i-ords Commissioners of Trade 5 , .^ „ ^ aacMaRva Of frt 7364 18 f * 6718 8 f-n- ,->■ •;^;iV V ■ «» •liver and Gold carried ootbf the Qofamor 8.828 8 nab af Btflhaage drawa by m Ctownor, f ' W^Oiit iiae 4r a apt 11«4^ 18 4 JH 8 8 '# - \ or haufai. (P \ £82304 2 ^ 1 S ^IV, the%Mi»ortServicc ibrcoiweying the I ,8^ ^ SotUen to Nova Scotia, He. J_ ^ . £76^ 110 To Go^^ Comwalli. for perioual outfit _J«LJU. (Signed) £16 jm »io ■ Accou«.ubmittedtoP.rUM^ •C«««i«looer«., the following year •-- "^'^n.ik.miid Garden «eed» , ^ *^ ctorges of Hospital btotej^ > ModicuiM, Supr^Live Stock. Dtugf,, "^ I ^ 680 M ^ rtrumcnts, &c. for Hospital J ^^j ^.j ^^ FrendiBiMe* ^ ^oA«aK « Cash ««iiBiWea . . - .^„ 12,068 (( « .,^&* '^ jjMB. ii'. -If-' iivroRT or Voociliilora lor 6 Trmmporti « Two Fir« EncitMs Bill to Cape. Ivet for a Boat TIm TrMMurer for Weigbu and ScaWa Handock, E ft^cie^moM, Apotliecariei, and Mid wifc» iKdiiiW< ■'''' 9' Win n 16 40 11 7 u Wf or what they receded at J i 060 Haliftx -\./ ' S •,,, d To Trawiport Service for ttpnvifying aettlenr S «« u^ . « t»Nov»8coU& . f^ • ^ J ^••^ ^ -• FWathereon >•■ ^ ■ \f^ ■'■;%,• *147 19 f Faea on money received A^tn the Exche-i oner, exelittive of the auina chaifid on > 41$ 4 41 tiafQre'foing articlef;^'-' ;•;■■■ v- ■. ■■^-»- j .. ■■:.-..:v ^' li' To Frniht. Bed, Bedding, and Cbbina, for 1 fl4 iMUMengen on board the Aldemey, Nuejr, Fair Lad^, and Twp Frienda. > 8,U4 4 IHraoqiorta. and incidental expenaea at- Iwdiag eaabarkation, lie. &c. j To OKpenaea repairing and fitting SIdop > lf«w Caaoo c f«k»liiliia «tt Fore%n Froteataata firom > HoUMd { <3Mi p«id on aecoont of VictaaBing aettlera Guh to Treaaurer of OrdowiBoe for BiUa 4mwv fay Goyemor To OoverMT Comwallia for the pordiaoe .. iffimeBt of officera, packaie of j ^ >^ ^•ituioorB, and labonrera, and eon- ( Mtoao n g ■ ■ ■ - •■■■•■>.■ ? MJSWth $ ejm 14 % 8t8 10 1 88i t f* ■ 4,000 » ,1000 ♦, J ' ■ i^f-,. , ^ . and labonrera, and eon- ;^ iMppt Ol^asaea exdiuive of £2,500 gWto Ui togiment for the fow panoe ^ .i J l if tJIw^flsiona to llth Sept. 1700 ItiiM llartio'f diabaraeotenu at BoitoQ, i. <|f K l o i i ali^ veaaeto and atorea^^-^^^ TlJ||Mhoip li Handcock disbuneroaaCa at ~ la^ lor vateriala, resaeb and atorea emitted hla ptB oa toii ,^^^ ^Expedition to Gh%oeeto - tmyt^*Mrfm». TroasDtier, by Ida ooeoaBtl «m« w a fy:..Mmmkm^ 1700 to iiiof . a«» rap j w h 9 ) f J ^t ■!• payment of officer! and irtMiceri •«- l ^_^^ 5^ by tliB Board il7t,W >^ %r Noira Scoti* Colony f«jf; "^ ^ ' 1140. granted upon a«»un^!«''*2!itV^ r^JL^Lfif Notn ScotiA, »<» ■n|»*"y ».f. ---H - **l *r *"T'Vm i^: ^ ."■'^ <•■«;««' .Vf JRIflTOAV dF THE Exceediugi Amfomi kirought forward^ 67,682 19 8 ;£178,988 2 8 •e-^^-^?i#i!%-/l^ .-. -i •■.,; Christopher Kilbt.' The charge far contingencies, and the laat charge of govenmient works then^^ progress. Whitehall, February S>, 1750. A- (or 1761^£74,970 ^.172^^ 96^689 ^ > 1768-68,569 1754— 47,741 : 1708—65,799 Estimate for 1756— 61487 1767^40,068 y 1768—16,768. .1768—18,061 Th« follomng extracts are from the letleni %ikl 10 Imt» been written by > French oiieer 'iftttf'tlie ieife of touisburgh : .*"]rhe e^es^f all Europe are fixed on thia ^f- midalNe armament, they have assembled an araur ofSSMKK) meo, 1600 brouglK from Europe, the remaioder provineial iQilitia^ with a large train of artilleiry and munhionaof war, 22 Ime of battte- ^ill^ltfir 900 transports. Yet Admiral Holbur^ who appeared off Louisburirh with 22. sail of loeh of war, tookU into bis l^ead that our i^mtiiieif were>equal to hia own, and has made bia way ^kw&lifax ; they will ask bim there why did vou run away ? Ob t says be, ja stipaHc^ IbiH^ ,y«lij^ YDZiS!ii" f^*f^' h'>'^ T«?i?T' •-*■•» nvnuiMMHT or HAUfi6^. er ^mmtBh the glory oi ine y ' ^^j^i^i eneroy^ odr duty to do jusuce «venio our « ^^ iS>r v^hieh' reason 1 coniess Hiai *"'^*^"» |^a_--. , lor wnicu "'" . * j.u jju^i, valour as oelore ,, tbift occasion benavett wiiii nu^u ▼» . S^ftvL^t must have appeased^ temerity. Yet it S»m our batteries. "»'"''h»««°*"8 *f ''in'^; ^K OTery moment knocked to pfeces in «» wrftSich drowned great nnmb«*.*» '^ . 2^BconditS«nal surrender was J««"^J*^. tory pefitioD, on tw pa« oi *»« »■ fe» /'""■':' '"'^Imi'' '■■TtLBHS^t .Of WlTAl t''* pmtntfld by M. Prevost The capitulation was 1%^ on 15th July, 1758, &<^dr a bloody siego of iHro montha. On the day foliowins our troofMil were drawn vip and tho colourf and anna aur-., ftndbred to Gen. Whitinore, wtio took command w»y vibilBver beluga, to him without soffmif tho loait in|fMtioe. HI. 0e Dracourt has received all ^j^belioiioiiri wbitb « person of hia rank deMrvedJ MfaibMl 9oscawen has shown all the respect to Mlilamo dcDraispurt as were diie to her merits; IM ll|i^ has iierformed such exploits during the (iiBg» it oiiwt entitle ber to rank among the most 'ithiHrlousbfiipaex, for she fired three cannon mtf day in^i^or to animate the gunnerf. . AAor ifao surrender she interested berself in tidWC-oir ajlt tb® un^(^>lutMi^^ in tbis nuniber H. < Mi^iet dd'GrandviUe was a striking instaneo of . ili^iii^y^ty of fortune. He l^ft France «t the ' mjM-iStf: arnveid at Quebec in indif^rent cjr- : AimMtMeoi ; by hia iildustry and application to I^MttMis ik accumulated a vast Ibrtiine jdil^l^ rpitWDit Mm t6 purchase the Lordsbip ot.f^ I^Nliib wbidieost lilm 80D00 livres, but now bf \ '%lllliM of tofilrfHirgb be if I^ quite 4eidtiifi mh e sttoMfeiie iimujr.^ . ^^ '¥%* >,-.\ .?r ■<»■ ^^^PS^*" ,W<'i"» ' fv ^^ « \ 4' io*" l**" riTTOiKFjirjf »« .» • *'•••« ,> *-. «l( 1 .^ *i. > '»- ..■ ^m- jc- ^ •..4;-^ -^ \ » l-^\ 1/ ^ '^^K '.,^j ir>, ,^- *■ # ^^ Kr'.^ U I" 'iiti 1^ ». t ,1-* •^ fs^ • \ .'K •« jr- ^^^ .*s ■•■ .■■■ ^ t • • << .;^- I ■^* •«■ '™' • 4 %t' ^ ^'f.i, ■ f .?. ■^ 4 "t: t • "^ .::'^' >-.• „'* »^- ■i ^. .