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U. H. J.
Liber No. 35
Mar. 28
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The King is further pleased to furnish all the Men so raised as
above, with Arms Ammunition and Tents as well as to order Pro-
visions to be issued to the same by his Majesty's Commissaries in
the same Proportion and manner as is done to the rest of the King's
Forces, and a sufficient Train of Artillery will also be provided at his
Majesty's Expence for the Operations of the Campaign; the Whole
therefore that the King expects and requires from the several Prov-
inces is the levying cloathing and Pay of the Men, and on these Heads
also that no Encouragement may be wanting to the fullest Exertion
of your Force, the King is farther most graciously pleased to permit
me to acquaint you that strong Reccommendations will be made to
Parliament in their Session next Year to grant a proper Compensa-
tion for such Expences as above, according as the active Vigour
and strenuous Efforts of the respective Provinces shall justly appear
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to merit. Altho' several Thousands Stands of Arms will be forth-
with sent from England to be distributed to the Troops now directed
to be raised in the Southern and northern Provinces, yet as it is
hoped that the Numbers of Men levied in all Parts of America may
greatly exceed the Quantity of Arms that can at present be supplied
from England, it is his Majesty's Pleasure that you do with par-
ticular Diligence immediately collect and put into the best Condition
all the serviceable Arms that can be found within your Gov:t in Order
that the same may be employed as far as they will go in this Exigency.
I am further to inform you, that similar Orders are sent by this
Conveyance to Pensilvania, Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, the northern Governments are also directed to raise Men
in the same manner to be employed in such offensive Operations as
the Circumstances and Situation of the Enemy's Possessions in those
Parts may point out which it is hoped will oblige them so to divide
their Attention and Forces as will render the several Attempts more
easy and successful.
It is unnecessary to add any thing to animate your Zeal in the
Execution of his Majesty's Orders on this great Occasion where
the Safety and Preservation of America and of your own Province
in particular are at Stake, and the King doubts not from your
known Fidelity and Attachment that you will employ yourself with
the utmost Application and Dispatch in this urgent and dangerous
Crisis. I am Sir, your most obed.t humble Servant
W : Pitt
New York March I5.th 1758:
By circular Letters from M.r Secretary Pitt bearing Date at White-
hall Dec.r 30, 1757, to all his Majesty's Governors on the Continent
of North America from Pensilvania inclusive to the Southward
which Letters arrived here on the fourth Instant by the Squirrel
Ship of War and were immediately forwarded to you by Express
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