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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letter from Machias reports Mr. Albert obtaining 13 barrels of powder from Col. Allen for Indians; hears of dispute in Nova Scotia where 6 Indians and 8 settlers died; expects British families to settle at St. Andrews in Bay of Passamaquoddy, warning of territorial loss if not prevented.
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September 6.
Extract of a letter from Machias, dated August 12:
"Mr. Albert has made application to Col. Allen for powder for the Indians, and has received 13 barrels which he is to return or account for. Also, he informed me that he understood that there had been a dispute between the Indians at St. John's, and the new settlers (not to call them Refugees) in Nova-Scotia in which there fell 6 of the former, and 8 of the latter: this he had from a man he saw at Pasamaquoddy, from St. John's. It is expected that a number of families will soon be at St. Andrews."
A number of families from Bagaduce are expected every hour to settle a township at St. Andrew's.
If some steps are not soon taken by the States, to prevent those pests of society settling in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, all that advantageous part of the country for fishing, lumber and fur, will be lost by British subjects. The threats already thrown out by some wretches, demonstrate what the mild laws of the United States may expect. This settlement is twenty miles westward of the river St. Croix.
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Bay Of Passamaquoddy
Event Date
August 12
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dispute resulted in 6 indians and 8 settlers killed; expected settlements by british families at st. andrews.
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Mr. Albert applied to Col. Allen for and received 13 barrels of powder for Indians, to be returned or accounted for. Report of dispute between Indians at St. John's and new settlers in Nova-Scotia. Families from Bagaduce expected to settle township at St. Andrew's, 20 miles west of river St. Croix. Warning that without action by States, British settlement will claim advantageous area for fishing, lumber, and fur.