Capt. Francis Champernowne, the Dutch Conquest of Acadie, and other historical papers ... Edited by A. H. Hoyt ... with historical notes. With a memoir of the author by J. W. Dean

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presented to i THE ESTATE OF MARY LOUISA (PARK) TUTTLE, By JOHN J. CURRIER, Executor. Newburyport, Mass., December, 1889. Capt. Francis Champernowne, THE DUTCH CONQUEST OF ACADIE, £na €>t^et f tetotical papers. BY CHARLES WESLEY TUTTLE, ESQ., Ph.D. EDITED BY ALBERT HARRISON HOYT, A.M., With Historical Notes. WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, By JOHN WARD DEAN, A.M. BOSTON: PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON, SEnibersitjj $ress. MDCCCLXXXIX. THREE HUNDRED COPIES. Wo... TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page List of Illustrations ix Preface xi-xvi Memoir of Charles Wesley Tuttle i~S4 Memoir of Mrs. Mary Louisa Tuttle 57—59 Captain Francis Champernowne 61-124 I. His Ancestry and Kindred 61-100 II. His Life in New England 100-124 Conquest of Acadie by the Dutch 127-159 The Report of an Indian Massacre at Fox Point, Newington, New Hampshire 163-171 Establishment of the Royal Provincial Government of New Hampshire 175-194 New Hampshire without Provincial Government .... 197-214 Hope-Hood 217-221 Christopher Kilby 225-238 Hugh Percy 241-267 Court of Vice-Admiralty over America 271-274 Edward Randolph 277-326 His Will 280-281 Notes on Edward Randolph and his Ancestry 282-321 Letters and Papers in Print 321-325 Letter to Gyles Randolph 325 Letter to John Usher Table of Contents. VI

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. PAGE No. i. Combinations for Local Government in New Hampshire 329_335 On the Lower Pascataqua 329 At Exeter 33° In the Hilton Patent 333 No. 2. Francis Champernowne's Will 335^338 No. 3. The Cutt, Elliot, and Elliott Families .... 338-340 No. 4. The King's Letter to Massachusetts, announcing War with the United Provinces, 3 April, 1672 . 341-343 No. 5. Action of the Governor and Council on Receipt of the King's Letter in Regard to the Dutch Fleet 343~345 No. 6. Letters of Count Frontenac 345-349 Count Frontenac's Report to M. Colbert 34S-347 Count Frontenac's Letter of Safe-Conduct to M. Normanville 347-348 Count Frontenac's Letter to the Magistrates at Boston . 348-349 No. 7. John Freake's Complaint of Injuries to his Vessel 349-35° No. 8. Order of the Governor and Council to stop all Vessels going to the eastward from Boston . 350-352 Captain Mosley ordered with a Naval Force against depredators on Massachusetts Shipping 351 Instructions for Captain Mosley 3SI_352 No. 9.

Deposition of George Manning 352~355 No. 10. Examination of the Prisoners captured by Captain Mosley 355-357 No. ii. Indictment and Sentence in the Case of Peter RODERIGO AND OF JOHN RhOADE 35^-359 No. 12. Defence of the Prisoners charged with Piracy 360-376 No. 13. The Commissions from the Dutch West India Company to John Rhoade and Cornelis Steen- WYCK 376-381 Table of Contents. VII Page No. 14. Letter from the Dutch Ambassador to the King of Great Britain respecting the Prisoners held at Boston, 5 August, 1675 382 No. 15. Orders in Council on the Dutch Ambassador's Memorial, ii February, 1676 383 The King's Letter to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, 18 February, 1676 384 No. 16. Answer of the Governor and Council of Massachusetts to the Dutch Ambassador's Memorial, 5 October, 1676 385-388 No. t 7.

Correspondence between the States-General and the English Court respecting the Arrest and Trial of Rhoadf. and others as Pirates, etc . 389-399 The Dutch Ambassador's Letter to the States-General, 15 August, 1679 389-39° Memorial of the Dutch Ambassador to the King of Great Britain, 14 August, 1679 390-391 Letter from the Dutch West India Company to the States- General, 1679 39I_393 Letter from the Dutch Ambassador to the States-General, 22 August, 1679, enclosing the King's Reply to the Memorial of the Dutch Ambassador, 8 August, 1679 393-394 Letter from the Dutch Ambassador to the States-General, 3 October, 1679, with enclosures 394-398 Letter from the Dutch West India Company to the States- General 398-399 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Portrait of Charles Wesley Tuttt.f. to face Titlepage.

Dartmouth, Devon to face 64 Dartington House, Devon (ancient view) to face 69 Dartington House (modern view) to face 70 Portrait of Gawen Champernowne to face 72 Entrance to Fulford House, Devon lo face 78 Fulford House to face 79 Site of Francis Champernowne's House, Greenland, New Hampshire to face 104 Map of Pascataqua to face 11 1 Facsimile of Signatures to Francis Champernowne's Will to face 121 Francis Champernowne's Grave, Champernowne's Island, Kittery, Maine to face