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into Execution that those Troops should be at the place of
Rendezvous as early in the Spring as possible I would there-
fore recommend it to you if the Troops raised by your prov-
ince for the services of Last Campaign are not already dis-
banded that you move your Assembly to Continue them in
their pay during the Winter which will not only be a great
saving in point of Time, but by what I can understand a great
Saving of expence to the province Wherefore I should hope
you will the more easily succeed in your application, but if it
should so happen that before the receipt of this Letter those
Troops had already been Disbanded, in that case, I must
desire, that you will loose no Time in using your Influence
with your Assembly to move them to order new Levies and to
Cause these to be provided with the usual necessary's and to
be ready by the Time the Season will Admitt their Taking
the Field.
Having also received his Majestys orders to recruit and
Compleat the Regiments now serving on the Continent, I am
Likewise to beg your Countenance and protection to the
officers I shall have occasion to send as well as to those that
have already been sent by my Predecessor, on that Service,
and that you will be aiding and Assisting unto them in the
Execution thereof
I am with great Regard
Sir
Your most Obedient Humble Servant
Jeff.. Amherst
Whitehall 29 Decemr 1758.
Sir
In transmitting to you the inclosed Duplicate of my Letter
of the 9th Instant I have the Kings particular commands to
renew and enforce, in the strongest manner the Necessity
of a punctual compliance with the orders therein contained,
and you will Accordingly urge in the most expressive Terms
to the Council and Assembly of your province the Importance
of their Exerting themselves in the present critical and De-
cisive moment in which their own Interests and security are
so nearly concerned that it would seem Superfluous to add
the further motives of their duty to the king and of the
Gratitude they owe to this Country for the very great ex-
pence and succours Supplied for their Immediate Defence,
and for the future safety of all their rights and possessions in
America, and the levying the men to be furnished by the
Several provinces, without any Delay, and in such time, that
they may not fail to be at the rendezvous that shall be ap-
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