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Many of the authorities on the burning of Schenectady will be found in the Documentary History of New York, I. 297-312. One of the most important is a portion of the long letter of M. de Monseignat, comptroller-general of the marine in Canada, to a lady of rank, said to be Madame de Maintenon.
Four were large ships, several others were of considerable size, and the rest were brigs, schooners, and fishing craft, all thronged with men. Relation de Monseignat. Nevertheless, a considerable number seem to have refused the oath, and to have been pillaged.
Let him do his best, and I will do mine;" and he dismissed the Englishman abruptly. Compare Monseignat, Relation. Phips had often given proof of personal courage, but for the past three weeks his conduct seems that of a man conscious that he is charged with a work too large for his capacity.
Meneval describes the New England men as excessively irritated at the late slaughter of settlers at Salmon Falls and elsewhere. An Account of the Silver and Effects which Mr. Phips keeps back from Mr. Meneval, in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll., I. 115. Monseignat and La Potherie describe briefly this expedition against Port Royal.
On the capture of Fort Loyal, compare Monseignat and La Potherie with Mather, Magnalia, II. 603, and the Declaration of Sylvanus Davis, in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll., I. 101. Davis makes curious mistakes in regard to French names, his rustic ear not being accustomed to the accents of the Gallic tongue. He calls Courtemanche, Monsieur Corte de March, and Portneuf, Monsieur Burniffe or Burneffe.
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