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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… on the 28th. They have set a French garrison there. Mons. de St. Laurens, the late Commander-in-Chief on this Island, … probably heard of the capture of St. Eustatia by Count de Blenac and a force of 1200 men. The inhabitants on his … shall be taken of the prisoners meanwhile. Signed. Andres de Reslus (?) Translation. 1 p. Endorsed as the preceding. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… had seen fourteen large French ships sail into the Cul-de-Sac of Martinique. Whether they were more they could not … with a knowing man on board her to stand into the Cul-de-Sac as far as he safely could, and report. He returned in … of the Island, assaulted and took a town called St. Jago de los Cavalieros. They held it for twenty four hours, but …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… made two inches of ice in a night. After summoning Count de Frontenac and receiving a reviling answer I brought my … Pemaquid, soon after Sir Edmund Andros's seizure of Mons. de Castine's sloop at Penobscot. This was continued until the … April 26. May 6. Quebec. 1,430. Passport of the Count de Frontenac to Sieur de la Chesnaye. Copy. 1 pp. [ Board of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… for the firing of guns on rejoicing days at St. Jago de la Vega. Order for beacons to be erected to windward for … I have lately received a flag of truce from Count de Blenac, and fourteen prisoners, from whom I learn that he …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… from those observed under the government of Joseph Moreton and James Colleton. All bills relating to such … to gain the people of both parties, if you avoid James Moreton's mistake. He was extremely in the good opinion of … LXII., pp. 418, 419.] April 15. H.M.S. Resolution, Cul de Sac, Martinique. 276. Minutes of the Council of War in the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… prisoners taken by French privateers, but that Count de Blenac would not allow the party to land nor send any … daily saw more clearly the falsehood of the French Count de Frontenac. The Governor returned a suitable reply, shewed … (if I may call it one) I said that they might be printed de die in diem; but it was never asked before. I am as …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… part) besides what the men-of-war carried away. When Port de Paix was taken from the enemy and in actual possession of … by Colonel Lillingston to Commissary Murrey before port de Paix from 25 to 27 June, 1695, for bringing up guns, … and several pieces of cannon for the reduction of Port de Paix, all of which has been done and promises soon to have …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Thomas Temple long ago purchased from one Mons. Charles de la Tour the inheritance of Nova Scotia and part of the … to the said Earl and his heirs, conveyed by him to Charles de la Tour aforesaid, to hold under the Crown of Scotland, … 30 April, 1630, made over the said lands to Sieur Charles de St. Etienne, Lord of La Tour, and to his heirs for ever. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the French prisoners, clothed, and to treat with Count de Frontenac for release of prisoners. 140 granted to them … Fletcher's order to advise the Governor of Montreal, Mons. de Callire, of the conclusion of peace. They carried with … no letter from Colonel Fletcher, which was resented by M. de Callire, as a slight, and as insufficient intimation of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… to the Five Nations of Indians the death of the Count de Frontenac, Governor of Canada, and expostulate with them … that the French have built a Fort under the conduct of M. de Tonti, where they keep a garrison of 30 men, but with that … 25. p. 300.] April 15. 264. Extract of a letter from M. de Pontchartrain to M. le Comte de Tallard. Messieurs …