This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...and their allies in Canada. Such being the feeling of the two peoples, there remained nothing but suspicion, want of confidence and recriminations between them. In 1G66 Governor Nicolls, writing to the commissaries at Albany, highly commended them for their care in the preservation of His Majesty's interest, "in these ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...and their allies in Canada. Such being the feeling of the two peoples, there remained nothing but suspicion, want of confidence and recriminations between them. In 1G66 Governor Nicolls, writing to the commissaries at Albany, highly commended them for their care in the preservation of His Majesty's interest, "in these times of Difficulty with the ambitious French," promising to have all the "souldiers at the Sopes ready upon an houres warning." So in writing to Arent Van Curler of Schenectady, in the winter of 1666, after commending him for his "conduct in these troubles," hopes the French will be discouraged from attempting "to disturbe yow and the Maquaes."f Governor Winthrop also in writing to Secretary Arlington in 1667, says, "Wee know the pretence of those French forces uppon the lake behind us "against a nation of the Indians called the Mohaukes with whom they are "at war; but wee have good cause to be jealous of there great designes."J In 1670, Governor Lovelace in a letter to Secretary Williamson writes, "but that which comes near to us is the incroachment of the French in "Canada, they pretent it is no more but to advance the kingdom "of Christ when it is to be suspected it is rather the kingdome of his most "Christian Maj1'."" In 1678 the country was "much allarmed with news of a French war," though nothing came of it. In 1685 Governor Dongan wrote that "the "French arc more quiet. Wee have a very good trade this year and shall "have much better if wee take but the same care as the ffrench." In this long peace, Schenectady slowly gained in population and agricultural wealth and comforts. Some trade too, was had surreptiti...
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