attended with much hardship, is attested by the following documents
copied from Massachusetts Archives, lv, 62 and 63. They are there in the
handwriting of Secretary Josiah Willard:--

"_Sir_: I have received your Letter giving me an acct. of the Hardships
your poor Soldiers are exposed to. I sincerely Compassionate their
unhappy case & I pray God to find out some Way for their Relief. The
Governor is not expected here till the month of December. When he
arrives I shall endeavour to mention the affair to him. In the mean
time, I have written a Letter to Major General Winslow which I have left
open, Leaving it with you to deliver it or not as you shall judge best,
First sealing it before you deliver it The Council being informed that I
had a Letter from you upon the subject of these Hardships of the
Soldiers desired me to communicate it to them, which I did. What they
will do upon it I know not.

"Octob'r 31, 1755.

To ABIJAH WILLARD."


"BOSTON, Oct. 31, 1755

"_Sir_: I have lately received a Letter from my Kinsman Cpt. Abijah
Willard expressing his tender concern for his soldiers who are
exposed to ly in Tents in this cold season now coming on and their
cloath now worn out. I would fain use any Interest I could make
that may contribute to the Relief of these and other the Provincial
soldiers in Nova Scotia in the like circumstances, but I am a
perfect stranger both to Governor Lawrence & Coll. Monkton. But the