Fontaine, Rev. Peter to his brothers Moses and John Fontaine, 1756 March 02
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Fontaine, Rev. Peter to his brothers Moses and John Fontaine, 1756 March 02 | ||
| Alternative Title | No. 337 Rev. Peter Fontaine to his brothers Moses and John Fontaine | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Friendly letter; remarks: "We have been Worsted and Shamefully defeated by the Enemy, not for want of men but money to carry on the War and some proper Military discipline. We have enjoyed Peace so long whilst our Mother Country had been Involved in Blood, that we know not how to go about our own defence"; comments: "We.. . are fond of the vices of the age, and therefore deserve chastisement"; complains that treaties do not bind the French and the Indians and that the latter will use a cessation of hostilities to distress the Americans and remarks that the conflict should not be put off and left to their children; points out that "our Intestine Enemys, our Slaves, Encrease dayly" and that the females are more fruitful than white women, and remarks that Britain should "not suffer Such multitudes to be brought from affrica to pleasure a Company [the Royal African Company] and overrun a dutiful Colony." | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Seven Years' War, 1756-1763. | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Royal African Company. | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Extent | 2p. | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1756-03-02 | ||
| Date Captured | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.F327 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml;query=;brand=default | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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