Letter by Ephraim Jones, Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, to Allice Jones, Concord, Massachusetts.
Description:
Ephraim, a surveyor serving in the French and Indian War, reports on being stationed at Fort Gaspereau, describes his health, the health of the other soldiers (notes that Moses Wood was seriously ill and that Asa Dinsmore had died), and mentions the expulsion of Acadians from Nova Scotia. Blank pages have not been scanned.
Ephraim Jones letter, 1755 October 7, to Alice Jones, Mss C 5670, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, online at DigitalCollections.AmericanAncestors.org.
Identifier:
Mss C 5670
http://library.nehgs.org/record=b1082713