[189] Mémoire sur l'Isle du Cap Breton, 1709.
[190] Le Roy à Costebelle, 29 Septembre, 1713.
[191] Recensement des Habitans de Plaisance et Iles de St. Pierre, rendus à Louisbourg avec leurs Femmes et Enfans, 5 Novembre, 1714.
[192] Costebelle au Ministre, 19 Juillet, 1713.
[193] Félix Pain à Costebelle, 23 Septembre, 1713.
[194] Vetch was styled "General and Commander-in-chief of all his Majesty's troops in these parts, and Governor of the fort of Annapolis Royal, country of l'Accady and Nova Scotia." Hence he was the first English governor of Nova Scotia after its conquest in 1710. He was appointed a second time in 1715, Nicholson having served in the interim.
[195] Narrative of Paul Mascarene, addressed to Nicholson. According to French accounts, a pestilence at Annapolis had carried off three fourths of the garrison. Gaulin à ——, 5 Septembre, 1711; Cahouet au Ministre, 20 Juillet, 1711. In reality a little more than one hundred had died.
[196] Passages from Vetch's letters, in Patterson, Memoir of Vetch.
[197] Vetch to the Earl of Dartmouth, 22 January, 1711; Memorial of Council of War at Annapolis, 14 October, 1710.
[198] Costebelle, Instruction au Capitaine de la Ronde, 1714.