and remove nearer the Sea shore so that the Settlements would be more compact, and ye lands much better improved, I dare say some Millions of Acres would be disclaimed rather than pay this trifle especially for lands remote. this Province of Main, wch is annexed to the Masachusets, is divided from it by ye province of New Hampshire, wch is a distinct Governm! & a very small one, it would certainly be more for the Ease of the people either that Main & Hampshire, were annexed or New Hampshire to the Masachusets & Main to Georgia, to wch it now joyns, onely Kennebeck River between them. I shall be excused for not entertaining your Grace longer at this time, but must humbly beg it for what I have sayd extra officio, it is My Zeal for his Majesty's Service wch prompts me to do it, I am with all possible respect and duty My Lord Your Graces Most Obedient & Most Humble Servant David Dunbar. Lieut Gov Dummer to the Duke of Newcastle. Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant Governor Dummer to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle dated Boston December 26th 1729. Colonel Dunbar, His Majesty's Surveyor General of the Woods in these Parts, having (as I am informed, tho' not by himself) given your Grace the trouble of perusing the Letters I lately wrote him, which were intended for His Majesty's Service: I beg leave to inclose Copies of his Letters as well as my own, & submit it to your Grace to determine, whether I have proceeded agreeable to the Commission I have the honour to sustain. I have endeavoured to cultivate a good Understanding with Colonel Dunbar, that I might be able to give him my best assistance, as there should be occasion for it, in the Execution of his Majesty's Commands relateing to the Preservation of the Pine Trees in this Province; and if I have not had the Success I wished for, I cannot impute it to any neglect or want of Inclination in my self. The principal occasion of my desiring to see his Commission was, (as is intimated in my first Letter) on account of the Indians inhabiting those Parts, who, as I was informed by my Officers in the Forts there were under some Discontents and Jealousys that the late Treaty made with them might be infracted by new comers; and it seems necessary that the Indians should know to whom they were to apply themselves for their Satisfaction therein. It may not be amiss to put your Grace in mind, that His Majesty has a Fort in that Country between Kennebeck & Nova Scotia, where there is a Garrison of Soldiers supported at the Charge of this Province, and a Trade carry'd on with the Indians from thence, according to the Treaty made with them at Casco, at some considerable Expence, any Interruption whereof may be a great Detriment to His Majesty's Service. Reced. Read 24 Sept 1730. INDEX. ABOMHOMEN, 95. A Acadia, a portion of sold to Tem- Account of Penobscot, 25, 30. Addington, Isaac, letter of, 73, 74; Address of Governor, Council and Adeawanadon, 95. Affidavit, of March, James, 303. Ahasombamet, 10. Albany, 69, 88, 100, 108, 109, 157, 227, 234, 240, 241, 295, 328, 333, Alden, Capt. John, relations of, 57, 59, 60, 62, 67; attempted brib- Mr., 150, 151. Jeremiah, treasurer of the Prov- Amarascogin ] Ameriscoggin Indians, the, 368, River, 327, 331, 333. Amassakuntic} 91, 95. Annapolis, 110, 123, 124, 125, 176, Anne, Queen, 176, 437, 483. Antiqua, 107, 112, 413. to, 287; letter of, 290, 291. Indians, 395, 406, 413, 417, 420. Bean, see under Bane. Beauchamp, John, 434, 435, 436. Beaver trade, 28, 113, 389, 398, 399, Belfast, Ireland, 106, 107. Bell, Mr. Bellisle, Mons. 304, 312. -, 300. Belts of Peace, see Wampum Belts. Berwick, people of in garrison at, men Biddeford, 152, 279, 280, 328, 400. Black Point, 193, 246, 259, 265, 273, Bleuker, Nicholas, 373. Blockhouse at St. Georges River, Block Island, 123. Bolam, Capt. 168, 173. Bomazeen, signed treaty, 11; his Bondet, Mons. —, 59. Book, a, printed without licence, 105, 106. |