Whitehall 21 June 1754.
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Having received your Dispatches of the 19th of April and 1st May last, with their several Inclosures, and having laid them before the King, I am to acquaint You, that His Majty extremely approves the Resolution, which has been taken by the Assembly of your Province, in consequence of the Proposal recommended by You, to use their best Endeavours to drive the French from the River Kennebeck, and I am, at the same time, to inform you, that His Majesty is graciously pleased to authorize and direct you to proceed upon the Plan, and to pursue the Measures, which appear by your Speeches to the Assembly and their Answers thereto to have been so well calculated for that purpose, and I am likewise to assure you, as a Mark of His Majesty's particular Attention to the Welfare of His Loyal Subjects in New England, that every thing recommended by the said Assembly will be fully considered, and that immediate Directions will be given for promoting the Plan of a general Concert between His Majesty's Colonies, in order to prevent, or remove any Encroachments upon the Dominions of the Crown of Great Britain. |
It is with the greatest Pleasure that I take this early Opportunity of giving you the Satisfaction to know the very favourable manner, in which the Account of your prudent and vigorous Conduct, as well as of the Zeal and activity of those, under your Government, have been received by the King, which cannot fail to excite and encourage Them, in taking such farther Steps, as will be most effectually provide for their own Security, and will give a proper Example to His Majesty's Neighbouring Colonies. I am &c.
T. Robinson
Memdum: Letters were wrote to the following Governors & dated 5 July 1754.
To the Lieut. Govr. of Virginia, Do. Separate, Govr. of the Massachusets Bay, Commander in Nova Scotia, Govr. and Company of Connecticut, Do. Rhode Island, New Jersey, Lt. Govr. of New Yorke, Govr. of New Hampshire, Lieut. Govr. of Pensilvania, Deputy Govr. of Maryland, Govr. of So. Carolina, President of the Council of No. Carolina.
