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oath which they have taken to the king of Great Britain; and that, if taken among the French, they are threatened with being punished as criminals. These are the motives. Moses, ever vigilant and active, having had communication through M. De Vergor, has made the finest observations on this petition; and I have assisted him in manufacturing some very long letters, in the form of dissertations for the General, the Bishop, and the Intendant. These deputies are expected about the end of the month; perhaps I shall see the replies which they will bring, and you shall then see what the politicians and casuists will have decided upon.
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In the mean time, Moses declared at the altar to those refugees who signed the request, that if they did not come to his house and retract what they had done, and efface their marks with their spittle, they should have no paradise to look forward to, nor sacraments to go to.
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There are several who have not dared to refuse acquiesence in such strong and powerful reasons. * * * * * *
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Yesterday the fourteenth, Moses came and took me to his house to read the analysis of his letters from the month of January, which I have made for him. He showed me several letters, and a journal of the Abbe Daudin, which we read. He had just received the whole by some express which he had sent on hearing of his detention. So his (Daudin's) papers were not seized at the time of his arrest. People would have seen some strange things in them. He complains to Moses that the English know what is going on here. Chauvreux said the same thing some time ago.
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I am still with the most inviolable attachment,
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Omino Deditus, &c.
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Petition of the Innabitants, of Cobequid to the Inhabitants of the Parish of Beaubassin.
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(Tyrrell's papers.)
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(Translated from the French)
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BROTHERS, —
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While we were tranquil, and thought we were in the enjoyment of peace, Mr. Joseph Gorom* came with sixty
* Joseph Gorham was a native of New England, and brother to Colonel John Gorham. He was a Lieutenant of Rangers in the service of this Province under Gov. Cornwallis in 1749. He attained the rank of Major in the American Rangers, 2nd August, 1760, and that of Lieut.-Colonel in 1771. On the 20th December, 1766, Mr. Gorham took the oaths and his seat as a member o
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