History of Halifax City Part 23

The following notices appear in the Gazettes and Magazines of the day:

LONDON, Sat.u.r.day, July 1, 1749.

Three vessels came up the river with about 300 German Protestants, who were ordered to remain at Lambeth and Vauxhall till they can be conveniently shipped to Nova Scotia.

Friday 21st July, 1749.

A great number of German Protestants from the Palatinate attended the Baron Munchausen, Chief Secretary for Hanover, with a pet.i.tion soliciting a pa.s.sage to Nova Scotia.

Wednesday, 12th April, 1749.

A great number of disbanded soldiers, discharged sailors, poor artificers, labourers, etc., who have accepted of His Majesty's grant of lands in Nova Scotia, attended at the Plantation Office in Whitehall, and received orders for admission, with their families and effects, on board the transports.

WHITEHALL, April 18, 1749.

Lieut.-Col. Cornwallis made Colonel and Commander of the Forces destined for Nova Scotia, with a salary of 1000 per annum.

May 9, 1749.

Hon. Edward Cornwallis to be Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of Nova Scotia or Acadia.

C.

Extract from a letter in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1749:

BOSTON, 10th July, 1749.

We have advice that two French men-of-war of 80 guns, and 20 transports, with a Governor and troops for a garrison, have arrived at Louisburg.

The French Government offered Governor Hobson to transport his garrison to Chebucto, which was accepted, and orders came to discharge the vessels taken up here for that service. Col. Cornwallis, Governor of Nova Scotia, arrived at Chebucto on 21st June[98] in the Sphinx, and Capt. Rouse in a sloop of war, and fifteen transports with 2000 adventurers on board, whose first settlement will be at or near Chebucto, where the Governor intended to keep the transports till next year for the convenience of the people, especially the women and children, until houses are built. The same encouragement that has been given to the British disbanded soldiers is given to Governor Sherley's and Col. Pepperell's regiments. Rum was sold at Louisburg for 9d. per gallon, and mola.s.ses extremely cheap. The French lost a great number of men in their pa.s.sage to Louisburg by the small pox, yellow fever, etc., but the transports at Chebucto lost only one child.

[Footnote 98: The memorandum on the first page of the register of settlers makes the date of Cornwallis' arrival the 8th June--the writer of this letter may have been misinformed.]

D.

The following account of the expenditure on the settlement for the year 1749, was submitted to Parliament by the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations:

Blankets, Woolens and Shoes for the settlers, and presents for the Indians 1,325 4 8

Lines, Nets and Hooks for Fishery, Stationery, Surveyors' Instruments, Bricks and Garden Seeds 2,729 12 9

Lighterage and Shipping of the settlers, package and charges of Hospital Stores, a Surgeon with medicines by the Transport from Liverpool, and the Union Snow 336 0 3

Medicines, Sugar, Live Stock, for the voyage, and Drugs, Instruments and necessaries for the Hospital 680 14 8

French Bibles 102 17 10

Cash paid for victualling for settlers 12,068 5 6

Treasurer of the Navy's account for Bedding and Victualling during voyage 7,354 19 0

Ditto, on account of the Sarah, Transport, from Liverpool 67 18 8

Treasurer of the Ordnance account for field pieces, swivel guns, small arms and powder 3,592 4 4

Printing and incidental expenses by directions of Lords Commissioners of Trade 445 19 10

Ventilators for six Transports 102 11 6

2 Fire Engines 72 16 0

Pay of Surgeons, Apothecaries, Midwife, exclusive of what they received at Halifax 860 0 0

Silver and Gold carried out by the Governor 3,922 8 0

Bills of Exchange drawn by the Governor, the account of the expenditure not yet received 11,452 13 4

Bills to Capt. Ives for a boat 40 0 0

The Treasurer for Scales and Weights 21 7 0

Bills drawn by Delancey & Watt, of New York, for Silver sent to the Province 5,523 5 9

Thomas Handc.o.c.k, Esq., for Boards, Plank, 2 Schooners, Salt and Money shipped to purchase materials for mills 1,528 15 0

Bills drawn by S. Martin, from Boston 576 8 6 ------------ 52,804 2 7

To the Transport Service for conveying the Settlers to Nova Scotia, etc. 23,672 1 3 ------------ 76,476 3 10

To Governor Cornwallis for personal outfit 500 0 0 ------------ 76,976 3 10

(Signed) CHRISTOPHER KILBY.