APPENDIX No. I.

BRADDOCK'S INSTRUCTIONS, ETC.

[THE first paper that ensues is printed from a contemporaneous copy in II. Penn. Arch. 203, which more than probably was given to Gov. Morris, if not by the general himself, at least by one of his family; by Shirley or Orme. It naturally differs materially from the copy translated from English into French and back again into English, published in the American version of the French Mémoire. (II. Olden Time, 217.) The second document is that taken from the Mémoire as above, collated with the garbled fragments in XXVI. Gent. Mag., 269.]

G. K. Instructions for our Trusty & well beloved Edw'd Braddock, Esq'r. Major General of all our Forces, and whom We have appointed Gen' & Commander of all & singular our Troops & Forces yt are now in North America, & y' shall be sent or raisd there to vindicate our just Rights & Possessions in those Parts. Given at our Court, at St James, yo 25th day of Nov", 1754, in the 28th Year of our Reign.

Whereas, We have by our Commission, bearing date the 24th day of Sept last past, appointed you to be Gen1 & Commander of all & singular our Forces, yt are or shall be in North America. For your better direction in discharge of y Trust thereby reposed in You, We have judged it proper to give You the following Instructions.

1st. We having taken under our Royal & serious Consideration the Representations of our Subjects in North America, & ye present State of our Colonies, in order to vindicate our just Rights and Possessions from all Encroachments, & to secure ye Commerce of our Subjects, We have given

direction yt Two of our Regiments of Foot now in Ireland, commanded by St Peter Halket & Col. Dunbar, & likewise a suitable Train of Artillery, Transports & Store Ships, together with a certain Number of our Ships of War, to convey the same, shall forthwith repair to North America.

24. You shall immediately, upon y Receit of these our Instructions, embark on board one of our Ships of War, and you shall proceed to North America, where you will take our said Force under your Command. And We having appointed Aug. Keppel, Esq., to command ye Squadron of our Ships of War on ye American Station, We do hereby require & enjoin you to cultivate a good understanding & correspondence with ye sd Commander of our Squadron during your continuance upon y Service, with which you are now entrusted. We having given directions of ye like nature to yo så Commander of our Squadron, with Regard to his conduct & correspondence with you.

34. And Whereas, there will be wanting a number of men to make up ye designed complements of our said Regiments, from 500 to 700 each: And Whereas, it is our Intention yt Two other Regiments of Foot, to consist of 1000 men each, shall be forthwith raised & comanded by Gov Shirley and S W. Pepperell, whom We have appointed Col of ye same in our Provinces & Colonies, in North America, and have given directions yt ye Regiment under y command of ye former should rendezvous at Boston, & yt under yo command of ye latter at New York and Philadelphia; and We having given orders to our several Governors to be taking the previous steps toward contributing, as far as they can, to have about 3000 men in readiness to be enlisted for these Purposes, & to be put in Proportion as they shall be raised under your command, & be subject to your distribution into the corps above mentioned. And We having thought proper to dispatch Sir John St. Clair, our deputy Quarter Master Gen1, & Ja. Pitcher, Esq., our Commissary of ye musters, in North America, to prepare every thing necessary for ye arrival of ye Two Regiments from Europe, and for ye raising of ye Forces above mentioned, in America. You will inform yourself of such of our Governors as you can most conveniently upon your arrival, & of all of them in due time, & likewise of our s deputy Quarter Master Gen1 & Commissary of ye musters, concerning ye Progress they shall respectively have made in yo Execution of our commands above mentioned, in order yt you may be enabled without delay to act accordingly.

4th. Whereas, it has been represented to Us yt ye Forces, which are to go from Cork under your command, may be in want of Provisions upon y arrival in America, We have caused in consideration thereof 1000 Barrels of Beef and 10 Tons of Butter, to be put on board the Transport Vessels,

& to be delivered to you upon your arrival in America, in case you shall find ye same to be necessary in order to be distributed among ye officers & Troops, & ye several Persons belonging to y Train of Artillery. But it is our Royal Will & Pleasure, yt in case y Gov's of our Colonies shall have provided a proper Quantity of Provisions for our Troops upon their arrival, you will then signify y° same to y° Commander in Chief of our Fleet in those Parts, yt ye sd 1000 Barrels of Beef and 10 Tons of Butter, or such Part thereof as shall not be expended may be applied to ye Use of our Royal Navy.

5th. Whereas, We have given Orders to our said Govs to provide carefully a sufficient Quantity of fresh victuals for ye use of our Troops at their arrival, & y' they should also furnish all our officers who may have occasion to go from Place to Place, with all necessaries for travelling by Land, in case there are no means of going by Sea; & likewise, to observe & obey all such orders as shall be given by You or Persons appointed by you from time to time for quartering the Troops, impressing Carriages, & providing all necessaries for such Forces as shall arrive or be raised in America, and yt the s4 several Services shall be performed at the charge of ye respective Governments, wherein the same shall happen. It is our Will & Pleasure yt you should, pursuant thereto, apply to our sa Governors, or any of them, upon all such Exigencies.

6th. And Whereas, We have further directed our said Gov's to endeavour to prevail upon y Assemblies of their respective Provinces to raise forthwith as large a sum as can be afforded as their contribution to a common Fund, to be employed provisionally for ye general Service in North America, particularly for paying the charge of levying ye Troops to make up y complements of y Regiments above-mentioned. It is our Will & Pleasure yt you shou'd give them all y° advice & assistance you can towards effectuating these good Purposes, by establishing such a common Fund as may fully supply ye intended Service; But you will take particular Care to prevent ye Payment of any money whatever to y Troops under your command, except such as shall be, pursuant to y⚫ Returns, made to you of effective men.

7th. We having likewise directed our sd Govs to correspond, advise & confer with you about all such matters as may tend to ye promoting the said Levies in their respective Provinces, you are hereby required to be aiding & assisting to them in y Execution of our sa Instructions, for which purpose you will not only keep a constant & frequent correspondence in writing with them, but will likewise visit the sa Provinces, or any one of them yt you shall think it necessary for our Service so to do. And you will remind our said Governors to use all possible dispatch, that ye Execution

of our design may not be retarded by ye Slowness of Levies to be made in their respective Provinces, or for ye Want of Transports, Victuals, or any other necessaries, at such times & Places as you shall think fit to appoint for their General Rendezvous. And if any Preparation should be necessary for carrying on our Service, which is not contained in these our Instructions, you shall, with y° concurrence of the Governors who are to assist in any such Service, make any such Preparations, provided yt ye same shall appear to you absolutely necessary for ye Defence of our just Rights and Dominions; and you will, in all such Emergencies & occurrences yt may happen, whether herein mentioned or not provided for by these Instructions, not only use your best Circumspection, but shall likewise call to your assistance a Council of War when necessary, which We have thought fit to appoint upon this occasion, consisting of yourself, y° Commander in Chief of our Ships in those Parts, such Governors of our Colonies or Provinces, & such Colonels & other of our Field officers as shall happen to be at a convenient distance from our sa Gen1 & Commander of our Forces, and you shall with ye advice of them or a majority of them, determine all Operations to be performed by our said Forces under your command, and all other important points relating thereto, in a manner yt shall be most conducive to ye Ends for which ye sd Forces are intended, & for y faithful discharge of ye great Trust hereby committed to you.

8th. You will not only cultivate ye best Harmony & Friendship possible with ye several Governors of our Colonies & Provinces, but likewise with y Chiefs of y* Indian Tribes, & for ye better Improvement of our good Correspondence with ye sd Indian Tribes, you will find out some fit & proper Person agreeable to the Southern Indians to be sent to them for this purpose, in like manner as we have orderd Col. Johnson to repair to y Northern Indians, as ye person thought to be most acceptable to them, to endeavour to engage them to take part & act with our Forces, in such operations as you shall think most expedient.

9th. You will inform yourself from time to time, of ye Nature & Value of y Presents yt shall be voted or orderd by y Assemblies of our different Colonies & Provinces, in y accustomed manner of the inviting & engaging ye Indian Tribes to our Alliance & Interest, and you will be very watchful y' a just & faithful distribution be made of y same, by all such Persons who shall be entrusted therewith, and you shall assist yes Persons with your best advice in ye sd distribution. You will likewise give a particular attention to y prudent disposal of such Presents as shall be made upon any Occasion, or such as shall have been prepared by Lieut. Governor Dinwiddie, for y said Indians, out of ye money already vested in his Hands or otherwise.