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[Read July 1, 1776.]
New-Hampshire, Exeter, June 17, 1776.
SIR: Your Honour' s letter of the 30th April past, was duly received, in which you request from this Colony some supply of hard money towards the support of the expedition into Canada, A Committee was immediately appointed for the purpose, who have collected several hundred pounds, which, with what we had in the Treasury, may amount to upwards of one thousand pounds, and shall be sent off without delay to General Schuyler. Agreeable to your directions, we shall draw for the same amount. Mr˙ John Langdon, we understand, has collected about nine hundred pounds more, all which may go together under proper guard. We shall be mindful to collect what further sums we possibly can, being very sensible of the importance of supporting our strength and credit in Canada, that our troops may not be compelled to evacuate the country.
We are also favoured with your Honour' s spirited and animating letter of the 4th of June current, per express, enclosing the resolves of Congress for raising and employing certain quotas of the Militia through the several Colonies, the contents of which letter will, we trust, make due impression upon us. That our affairs are hastening fast to a crisis, and the approaching campaign may, in all probability, determine the fate of America, we are truly apprehensive of, and will cheerfully strain every sinew to maintain and prosecute so just a war on our side till gloriously ended, or perish in the ruins of it.
Our Assembly very readily voted the quota of men assigned for this Colony; but knowing well the difficulty of raising such a body of troops when we have so large a proportion already in the service, and so many employed in husbandry and other occupations absolutely necessary, thought it most prudent to give a generous bounty to induce men to inlist, and accordingly resolved upon giving the
In behalf of the Council and Assembly, I am, with great esteem and respect, sir, your most obedient, humble servant;
MESHECH WEARE, President.
To the Honourable John Hancock, Esq.
Letter from the New-Hampshire Assembly to the President of Congress: Our affairs are hastening fast to a crisis, and the approaching campaign may determine the fate of America; we will cheerfully strain every sinew to maintain and prosecute so just a war on our side till gloriously ended, or perish in the ruins of it
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bounty of twenty dollars, which it is expected, will speedily effect the business, and we shall lose no time to equip and get them away as fast as they possibly can be raised. We are much concerned to hear the bad accounts from Canada, and to know the melancholy aspect of our affairs there; but we hope, by vigorous exertions, and the favourof Providence, the ensuing campaign, to retrieve our credit, recover lost ground, and obtain the wished for success.