[Sidenote: 1756. Sept. 4. Boston.]
Shirley to Loudon.
Upon this I beg leave to observe to your Lordship, that it
appearing from Col. Webb’s letter to me dated from New York the
9th June, that Otway’s and the Highland Regiments might be daily
expected there (Oswego).
What confirms me in the matter is, that your Lordship told me,
when I had the honour to wait on you, when the day you set from
New York, being the 26th July that the Garrison at Oswego was so
weak, that the 44th Regiment was to be sent to strengthen it and at
the same time your Lordship mentioned, that you thought 900 men,
by which I suppose your Lordship meant Otway’s and the Highland
Regiments were but a few to cover the country.