Or, cinq ans à peine avant de signer ce document maintenant immortalisé, le gouverneur suppléant Lawrence signait, le 11 août 1755, un autre document donnant des instructions au colonel John Winslow.
However, a scant five years before signing this document that has now been immortalized, then lieutenant-governor Lawrence signed another, on August 11, 1755, in which he gave instructions to Colonel John Winslow.