Trench I would humbly beg your Consideration on these things for whom I shall ever pray Joseph Sleeper Theod' Atkinson Se In Council May 7th 1746 read & Send Down Province of N Hampsh In the House of Representatives Augt 1st 1746 Voted That ye Within Petition be Dismissd D Peirce Clk [3-161] [Petition of Francis Mason, of Stratham, Soldier.] Province of To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq GovNew Hampe ernor & Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshir And to his Majestys Honourable Council And Honble house of Representives convened in Generall Assembly The Petition of Francies Mason of Stratham in sd Province Humbly Sheweth, that your Petitioner, was one that went in the first Embarkcation to Cape-Breton and was there at the taking of the City, and behav'd as well as I could, and after that was taken Sick there; was Sick there a Month, and came home sick in Mr Parsons Vessel, when Capt Seward came home, and was Sick two Months after I came a Shore & not abel to do any work, — about a month I lay Sick at Portsmo at m' Berrys under the care of Docter Rogers, & after his Death, my friends removd me to Stratham, where I lay under the care of Docter Wiggin till I was better, I Pray your Excellency and Honours would consider my Circumstances and Pleas to bestow upon me what you in your Wisdom Shall think fit, To whom I Shall be greatly Obliged, And for whom I Shall as in Duty bound ever Pray – frances mason Dated February the Eighteenth 1745/6 Theod' Atkinson Sery In Council May 7th 1746 read & Sent Down [3-162] [Louisbourg Soldiers' Petition, 1746. Hampton Men.] To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Governour And Commander in Chief in and Over his Majestys Province of New Hamps The Honble The Councill And House of Representatives in General Assembly Conven'd Feby 18th 1745 - [1746 N. S.] Humbly Shews - Sarah Leavett widow & Relict of Moses Leavett Late of Hampton Deceas'd And Josiah Shaw And Nathanael Moulton of Hampton in Said Province That the Said Moses and we the Said Josiah and Nathanael were Soldiers in the pay of this Province at the taking of Louisbourgh, That we Cheerfully Underwent Any Hardships Nor Did We Shun Any Dangers where it was Tho't we might be helpfull for Accomplishing this Great affair And Accordingly when it was Tho't needfull to make an Attack on the Island Battery We the Said Josiah & Nathaniel And he the Said Moses Readily Ventured our lives in that Dangerous Enterprise where tho' we Escaped with our lives were in the Utmost Danger of Loosing them And after the Greatest tryal of this Sort were obliged to Submitt to the Mercies of Our Enemies Where the Said Moses Lost a Gun of About ten pounds Value old Tenor A Great Coat of about Eight Pounds Value a Pistill Cartuse Box & Powder Horn And after his Return home was Sick & Required tendance a Great while And I the Said Josiah Lost a Gun of About ten pounds Value A Great Coat About ten pounds Value a Cutlass a Leather Guncase a Belt Powder Horn & Bullett Bag Amounting to the Value of About four Pounds fifteen shillings And I the Said Nathaniel Lost a Gun About Eight Pounds Value A Snapsack & Cartuse Box a Hatchet Bullet Bag & Two Powder horns We Therefore pray Your Excellency & Honours to take this Affair Under Your Consideration And Doubt not But it will Appear Agreeable to Justice and Humanity that these Losses should be made up to Us And such Allowance for Our Great Dangers & Hardships as to Your Excellency & Honours Shall Seem Reasonable For which as in Duty Bound We shall Ever Pray &c: In Council May 7th 1746 read & Sent Down Josiah Shaw Theod' Atkinson Sery alowd to wid mary Levit for Sickness of her husband [3-163] [Petition of Hugh Montgomery. Had a Son Killed at Louisbourg.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Governor & Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of New Hampshire The Honble his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for said Province in General Court Assembled the 18th Day of Feb 1745. 6 The Humble Petition of Hugh Montgomery of Portsmouth in said Province joiner Shews That Your Petitioner is advanced in years & almost past his Labour & has been disabled also by a fall which has Render'd him more incapable of Labour than he might otherwise have been had no Such Accident happen'd — That your Petitioner had a Son bro't up to his Trade, & was Master of it, who went in the Late Expedition against Louisbourg Who was Kill'd in the attempt upon the Island Battery where he lost his Arms & all that he had with him, & afterwards all that he had in his Tent was taken away by unknown hands, which Arms have been paid for (tho' lost) by a deduction out of the Wages allowd to your Petitioner for his Service That the Death of his said Son is a very heavy and Grievous loss to your Petitioner, not only with Respect to his Relation to him & the strong ties of Natural Affection (which in this Case were Increased by a Constant dutiful behaviour) but in Special, with Regard to the profit of his Labour in the Prime time of his Service, being about Nineteen Years of Age when he listed and the Particular Circumstances of your Petitioner, his said Son being his Chief Support the staff of his Age, & the main Stay of his Family, by the Remarkable Diligence & application of the Youth in his Business, & his thorough Mastery of it That Your Petitioner humbly Conceives it not only agreeable to Natural Justice to make such as hazarded their lives for the Service of their Country in so Eminent & Extraordinary a manner, or the Relations of those who died in the Service, a Generous Reward proportioned to the Hazzards & Benefits of the Event, but also Agreeable to the Practice of all other Places in this & the like Cases, Especially where families are Reduced to a State of Indigence by the Loss of their Relatives and therefore it Seems a Singular Instance of Severity & unkind usage to make those who lost their Arms in that Desparate attempt on the Battery aforesd to pay for them which is in Effect Punishing instead of Rewarding those who laid down. their lives for their Country (and what Effect this may have on others may be worthy Consideration) nor are those who died so, in this Par ticular Instance the less to be Consider'd, because they did not Succeed in the Enterprize since they shew their good Will & Courage for the Public service & thereby Intimidated the Enemy - But however others may fare Your Petitioner Humbly Conceives the Peculiarity of his Case Claims the Attention of the Government and therefore He Humbly Prays Such an allowance may be made to him in Consideration of the Premises as in Your Wisdom & Goodness you shall Judge fit and Your Petitioner as in duty Bound shall ever pray &c Hugh Montgomery In Council May 7th 1746 read & Sent Down [He was allowed £15. — ED.] [3-164] Theod' Atkinson Sery [Petition of John Sleeper, of Hampton, dated February 18, 1745He stated that he was taken sick after he came home from Louisbourg, and wanted an allowance. He was allowed his doctor's bill, 46. £1. 5. 0. — ED.] [3-165] [Petition of Shubael Dearborn, of Hampton, Louisbourg soldier, dated February 18, 1745-46. Came home sick in September, 1745. He was allowed £3. 0. 0.- ED.] [3-166] [Petition of Joseph Redman, of Hampton, Louisbourg soldier, dated February 18, 1745-46. Came home sick in July, 1745. He was allowed £2. 10. 0. — ED.] [3-167] [Petition of Benjamin Thomas, of Portsmouth, Louisbourg Soldier, 1746.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Governor & Commander in Chief in & over his Majestys Province of Newhampshire The Honoble his Majestys Council & House of Representatives for sd Province In General Court Assembled ye 18th Day of ffeb 1745. 6 The Humble Petition of Benj" Thomas of Portsmoth In sd Province ffelt Maker Shews That your Petitioner being Intirely Deprived of the use of his Arm with Regard to his trade by that Unhappy Shott att the Late Expedition And Whereas out of y' Goodness you have Been pleased to allow Me Monthly Subsistance untill the 25 of March next I would pray your Hons to Setle Something on me Anualy that May putt me in Some way to Gett bread for My wife And Children, without being always A trouble to your Honors or A Burthen to the town Which I Leave to your wisdom & Goodness ass you Shall Judge fite And your Petitioner as In Dutty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c P N Hamp Benj thomas In Council May 7th 1746 read & Sent Down to the Honble House Theod' Atkinson Sery Allowed £20. o. o in the Room of a Pension to be in full for Satisfaction for his Wounded arm & to have no future allowance on that Acct from the Gen Assem [3-168] [Louisbourg Soldiers' Petition. Portsmouth Men.] To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Governour and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hamp To the Honorable his Majestys Council for Said Province and House of Representatives in General assembly Convened Feb1y 18th 1745 Most Humbly Shew George Dam George Huntris Henry Sleeper David Decker and Michael Martin all of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hamp That they each of them were at the Reduction of Louisbourg in the Pay of this Province, That they each of them were sick and at much expence Since their Return Home, Namely George Huntris three weeks George Dam five Weeks Henry Sleeper Six Weeks David Decker Eight Weeks and Michael Martin Seven Weeks Wherefore your Petitioners respectively pray your Excellency and Honours to Grant them Such Relief as May be tho't reasonable and Just and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray — In Council May 7th 1746 read & ordd to be Sent Down |