Note 982 — Chapter VII · (continued 2)

Winslow’s instructions, dated Halifax, Aug. 11, 1755, are printed in Akins’s Selections, etc., 271. It has sometimes been alleged that a greed to have the Acadian lands to assign to English settlers was a chief motive in this decision. Letters between Lawrence and the Board of Trade (Oct. 18, 1755, etc.) indicate that the hope of such succession to lands was entertained after the event; but it was several years before the hope had fruition.