1754 August 20th
Just As the farmars Were Busy In their harvest
Hosack Was Burned and Distroyd by a party
of the Enemy, - two men only Were Killed - This we Looked upon As a Sufficient
Warning to All our frontier places, Who made
the Best of their Way to Safe themselves And Effects
In the Same Manner As In the Other War, they
Came to this City for Shelter, With their Effect
Which In a Great Measure Doubled our families
At the Same time our fortifications Were In a
ruinous Condidtion, No fund to repair them With
upwards of 1,000 pounds Indebted Since the Last War
We Went by turns procured and Set the Stockadoes
his honour Liut. Governour Delancey
Sent us a letter as a Warning to procure Stockadoes And
repair the Blockhouses - -
The Corporation Answer th honours that We We already Busy
of procuring And Setting the Stockadoes
15th August 1757 [new p. 75]
The Militia of the City & County Still remaining
at fort Edward (to Watch the Motions of Moncalm;
being Apprehensive that he Would
pay fort Edward a Visit) Under a Double Apprehension
first if the Ensuing did approach
to fort Edward, they would by Some Means or Other
[76] The Other Apprehension that A party of the
Enemy Would Set out right Away to this City
And Destroy it together With their Wifes adn Children
and properties Which might have been done, With Ease
In the Mean time the troups that
Were in fort William Henry When taken Were Sent to
the City of Albany and Quartered in the Peoples
Houses -- Among the Women and Children Who Were
Insulted and Abused at the Same time __arks Sufficient
At the Same time William Burch a man that Was in
the Wagon Employ One day being drunk and Very abusive
to some of his family Lying on the Smal Pox,
Was Committed by a Magistrate
Capt. Christy Came to me and Was Very Angry Insisted
up it that no Magistrate Should Commit a Man
In the Kings Imploy Unless he had Leave of his
Officer and insisted On MY Releasing of him
Which I Refused
The Same day I Met the Mayor and told him my
Adventure With Capt. Christy he told me he had been
Attacked in the Same manner by him -- As We Was
A Talking We Observed the Governour And Capt. Christy Coming
in our Way -- this Was Soon brought in --
Discause by Capt. Christy And After Some talk he Swore
he Would be Demd. if he Would not have a Burger
In the prove In a Short time, I With the Same
Compliment told him I Would Soon have him out -- and
[77]
So they Walked Along -- few Minutes after I Went
to the Governour Who Seemed to Justify me, I then Went
to Capt. Christy told him that As the Man Was Now Sober I Could
release him He Answered me that he did not
not Car if the fella Was to Set there to Eternity
that he only Would not have a Magistrate to think
that he Should Commit any of his Men Without his orders
[77] I told him I thought the Justices Would At All times
doe their duty for All his Treats --- he Answered me
Our Spirits Were Willing But the flesh
Weak --
August 21th The Governour Set our for New York
2 __tes
Quere When Was the Fort Built
at Onita 2 __tes 581
In the Mean While
People Complain most Egregiously
of the __age Rd. ferm time to time from
the troups And Blamed the Aldermen And Common
Council for not reprecenting it: Who Again Layd:
the Blame on the Mayor, however he At Last Was
Do 25 [December 25, 1757]
It began to tan and to be dark weather
and continued So untill Wednesday the
28 it Consumed the Snow Entirely which
Rendered the Riding with Either Slea or
Waggon next to Impracticable (Now those
That would think impartially were Convinced
I had been right) and Continued So untill
Between January the 9th & 10 we get a new
Snow
Do 26
I Rd: a Messuage by I take him to be
a Sergent that his officiers ordered him
To tell me I was to have a Guard at my
house to take Care of the wood in the
afternoon I was informed that there was
a Guard at my door who kept
a Sentry at the front of my house and
one in the Back of my Lot to hinder wood
From being Brought in at the Same time
Twelve Souldier in my house that behaved
Like So many divels that burned fires in
Two Different Rooms I was affraid Every
menute that they would Set my house afire
January 10th: [1758]
Some of the Souldiers billited on me came
In my room and Demanded Dry wood I
Told them their was in the Yard Good
Oak wood they Said they Could not make
the fier burn I told them to Split it
They threatend me that if would
not Give them Dry wood they would
Fitch it out of my Seller I was also
Treatned by the Sergant that they would
Bring there Cooking furniture in the room
I was and Cook there the only Room I
Then Possessed of all my house twelve
Souldiers in two Different Rooms and two
Mates of the hospital in the third and
one Remaining for my self family and
Servants this made me Very Angry and
Told them that the first that Came in that
Room again I would knock down this bruit
added to the former once vexd: my wife So
Much that in the Evening of the Same day
She could Support the hardship no Long
-er and abortion was the Consequence
Exclusive of this misfortune the thought
of being obliged to make use of the room
Which was Occupied by two mates of
The hospital by Virtue of a Billet made her
Very Uneasy Whoever whether their natural
Disposition or the knowledge of Such a
Misfortune I know not but they made
No Scruple of Yielding the room the
Situation of my wife was in for several
Days is Scarcely to be Concieved
At the Same time Messr: Abm Dow & Johannes Ten
Eyck they Received 6 Souldiers a piece for being of
Opinion that the price Was not Enough at7/6 that it
Ought to be Eight Shillings
Patrick fled Was Committed the 22th September 1757
Were he remaind for Some Time And after being
Discharged for a few days he Was again Sent
to Goal Upon a Mittimus Dated 28th December 1757
following Were he Remained for Upwards of a twelve
Month upon his Good Behaviour
the prisoner often Called out In the publick Street
notes
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