[123] Record of the Council of War, 9 May, 1745.
[124] Vaughan to Pepperrell, 11 May, 1745.
[125] Vaughan to Pepperrell, 12 May, 1745.
[126] Waldo to Pepperrell, 23 May, 1745.
[127] Ibid., 26 May, 1745.
[128] “There is scarce three hundred men on this atact [attack], so there will be a sufficient number of Whail boats.”—Waldo to Pepperrell, 26 May, 10½ p. m.
[129] The list of a company of forty-two “subscribers to go voluntarily upon an attack against the Island Battery” is preserved. It includes a negro called “Ruben.” The captain, chosen by the men, was Daniel Bacon. The fact that neither this name nor that of Brooks, the chief commander, is to be found in the list of commissioned officers of Pepperrell’s little army (see Parsons, Life of Pepperrell, Appendix) suggests the conclusion that the “subscribers” were permitted to choose officers from their own ranks. This list, however, is not quite complete.
[130] Journal of the Siege, appended to Shirley’s report.
[131] Duchambon au Ministre, 2 Septembre, 1745. Bigot au Ministre, 1 Août, 1745.
[132] The exploit of the boy William Tufts in climbing the French flagstaff and hanging his red coat at the top as a substitute for the British flag, has also been said to have taken place on this occasion. It was, as before mentioned, at the Grand Battery.