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3 October 1785
Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
to Joshua Mauger
He will visit the Canadian colonies in the spring. He hopes Mauger's condition improves.
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12 October 1785
Comments on Mauger's illness. Encloses a letter from Leslie Groce [Not in collection.]
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29 October 1785
Mauger will come to London for the election of a Trinity Brother.
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5 November 1785
He will visit General D'Auvergne tomorrow. He comments on the pageantry of the coming week and the executions to follow.
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26 November 1785
He has not heard from Mauger and is worried. Families of property from Nantucket are settling at Dartmouth. Watson foretold the minister that this would happen as a result of the Alien Laws of the United States.
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28 December 1785
Discusses a case of theft and the weather.
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21 December 1786
Encloses a letter from Mr. Sharp and hopes that Mauger will be cleared. [See letters # 239 & 240.]
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16 October 1763
Butler, John, 1749-1791
Describes a naval engagement between "Rebel Fleet" and the King's Fleet on 10/13 on Lake Champlain. The American fleet tried to escape but on 10/15 was destroyed except for three ships which escaped to Ticonderoga. Crown Point now abandoned and...
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3 December 1766
Marked "Duplicate" at the top. He writes about accounts which he is handling. The province is applying for a paper currency. He advises Mauger to consult with Benjamin Franklin, who is visiting London and is "very sensible and well acquainted with...
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April 30, 1776
News concerning Mauger's friends and neighbors in Halifax. A rumor that Quebec was captured by the American army on 3/20. He fears the province may fall to the rebel army.
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