[167] The autograph diary of Rev. Stephen Williams is in my possession. The handwriting is detestable.
[168] On May 10, 1746, Shirley writes to Newcastle that eight hundred and ninety men had died during the winter. The sufferings of the garrison from cold were extreme.
[169] Shirley to Newcastle, 4 April, 1745.
[170] Ibid., 29 October, 1745.
[171] Newcastle to the Provincial Governors, 14 March, 1746; Shirley to Newcastle, 31 May, 1746; Proclamation of Shirley, 2 June, 1746.
[172] Hutchinson, ii. 381, note. Compare Memoirs of the Principal Transactions of the Last War.
[173] “Un ancien prisonnier affidé que l’on a mis dans nos interests.”
[174] Extrait en forme de Journal de ce qui s’est passé dans la Colonie depuis ... le 1 Décembre, 1745, jusqu’au 9 Novembre, 1746, signé Beauharnois et Hocquart.
[175] Shirley to Newcastle, 22 August, 1746.
[176] Newcastle to Shirley, 30 May, 1747.