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NYG(B.744.002
25 Jul-2 Jul 1744:31,32 (973)
Extract of a private letter from Amsterdam, dated March 18,
1744. . . By a person who was master of a vessel lately
taken by the French at Canso, we are inform'd that 't was on
the 14th of May last, just about brake of day, when the
French came against that place. . . The Indians were very
desirous of going ashore to destroy all the English people,
and would have done it, but were prevented by the French
Commander. After the French had got possession of the
Block-House, they went to Mass, singing Te Deum, &c. After
having set fire to the stores and other buildings, they
departed and sail'd with their prisoners about 70 or 80 in
number, as also the English vessels taken by them, to Cape
Breton. . .
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