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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 2 2 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
the British ship of war Albany off Cape Sable. He fired a gun to bring her to; she kept on her course: he fired another and a third; and the brigantine prepared for action. The English instantly poured into her a broadside and a volley of small arms; and after a short action compelled her to strike. The Albany had a midshipman and two mariners killed; the French lost five men. The brigantine was taken to Halifax, and condemned in the Admiralty Court. Cornwallis to Lords of Trade, 27 November, 1750. On the side of France, indignation knew no bounds; it seemed that its flag had been insulted; its maritime rights disregarded; its men wantonly slain in time of peace; its property piratically seized and confiscated. There was less willingness to yield an extended boundary. The territory which is now Vermont was equally chap. III.} 1750. in dispute. New York carried its limits to the Connecticut River, as a part of its jurisdiction; France, which alone had command of Lake Champl
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 4: (search)
his colleague, the Duke of Bedford, delayed for the present the decisive interposition of parliament in the government of America. Besides, Halifax with his Board was equally at variance with his superior. The former was eager to chap. IV.} 1751. foster the settlement of Nova Scotia at every hazard; Bedford desired to be frugal of the public money, and was also honestly inclined to maintain peace with France. The governor of that colony Cornwallis to Lords of Trade, 30 Sept. and 27 Nov., 1750. had written impatiently for ships of war; and Halifax in the most earnest and elaborate official papers had seconded his entreaties; Halifax and Lords of Trade to Bedford, 16 Jan. and 7 March, 1751. but Bedford was dissatisfied at the vastness of the sums lavished on the new plantation, and was, moreover, fixed in the purpose of leaving to the pending negotiation an opportunity of success. He was supported by the Admiralty, at which Sandwich was his friend; while Newcastle, with his