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sfcnefcersge. * •«?«*£• whefe good within Gan-flipt pf theTown, for largS Ships,~and thereare navigahle Rivu-lets of frefli and whplio.nie Water round about ittWe have already Cleared about 20 Acres of Land, andevery one has a Hut by $is 'Tent. ~ Our Work, goes on briskly, and the. Method .of employing the ..People inL«_ L _ _ j. rjtv n « '•ip’s Campanies has a good Bffeft, in creating an Lroulation amongft us, ,every one ftfiying who fhail do mqft, and as the Governor is. preparing to fay out the Lots of Land, we fhiill foon have.a very convenient and ^'leafaiu Town built, which is to be called Halifax, in Honoitt of that Great and NobleLptd, to whbm this Settlement cwes .itV Beginning ; - and from whofe well-l^no.vvn gpd JndefarigableZeal for the Hon^ ur and Intereft •. pf .Cbujtfj#* wiope Tioie to- become a moft ufe-ful and flo.uriihing Colony. v -•/There are akeady feveral Wharfs baiiTt^and,rae Geit*,tlejnaa kpre^rjng to ere a. Saw, Mill—publWt Stor*-hoqfes are alio building, a$d;tGrai-n of- varjosis- SortsT has.•be?n*f(3W,il'.’J-* ' 5.::. jL- li vv/ : *. v •S.ipce “jwat Ji^ve^beea' here w£haVe ffce 1 Veff ‘coMant ’ Supplies pf Plank and TimberagdhalfcyfelbsS^oqkyi-and Romiinkgneae Quantities*; 20 SkhpaikrafreqijtenUy coming in in oneDay. We haye alfois abouta^o tyLilekfrpni'the Bottom-of Bedford-bay, ’ and tftvvhhiwerpurpoie^o- Cut a Road; the French Deputies, .wh^Gamei^eniace, their haying1prom ifed torjp.cd HS jp.Men-for. thatPurpofe, and‘to'affift-us as far as ,fbey;Vieiiab]e : Wehave deceived ^he‘-like promrfe of Friendfhip and--' Affihance from the Indians, their Chiefs paying been with the Governo, for that Purpofe;—InOF.t every,Thing- is in a very profperous Way,... But I ihould.be equally unjuft and ungrateful, was I to , Conclude., jny Letter* - without paying that Tribute whichis juftly due to the Merits of our Governor, ‘whfe Indefatigable Zeal^n^frudfnt Conduri,. in the difficult Task he has to go thro’ with, can never be fufficiently admir’d 5 'r-He feecns ta haye-nothing m View,, but- the Inteyefts .jmdl Happinefs of os all, and his Commands are mixedwith fo much-Humanity-and- Goodnefs, -that it is impoffi-ble iiot to love and obey him at the fame Time.4lam, c. c. c.
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General Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, Sep 07, 1749
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