Array DOMINION OF CANADA REPORT PUBLIC ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 1940 GUSTAVE LANCTOT Keeper of Public Records OTTAWA EDMOND CLOUTIER PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY Price, 50 cents. J DOMINION OF CANADA REPORT PUBLIC ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 1940 Keeper of Public Records OTTAWA EDMOND CLOUTJJER PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY Fsocf /ffo TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Letter of Transmittal v Report of the Keeper of Public Records Reports of Divisions List of Donations xxii APPENDICES Appendix I— Queen Elizabeth's gift to the Public Archives Photographs of the Queen in the dress presented by Her Majesty to Canada 1 Appendix II— Canadian Militia Regulations under the French Regime and early British rule 5 Appendix III— Canadian Subscriptions to Great Britain's War Effort, 1798- 1802 23 Appendix IV— Loan of Guns and Shot by Great Britain to the United States in 1798 99 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Ottawa, December 31, 1940. To the Honourable Pierre Casgrain, P.C., Secretary of State, Ottawa. Sir,—I have the honour to submit to you the Annual Report of the Public Archives for the year 1940, to which are attached as usual the technical reports of the several divisions of the Department. It also contains appendices of documents taken from our collections and relating to the first Militia laws of the country; to the subscriptions of Canadian citizens in aid of British wars at the end of the eighteenth century; and to the loan by Great Britain to the United States of guns and shot stored at Halifax. In addition to these documentary appendices, however, Appendix I contains two photographs of the Queen in the dress she recently presented to Canada. Respectfully yours, GUSTAVE LANCTOT, Keeper of Public Records. REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 1940 This year, for the second time, the Archives had the exceptional honour of receiving a royal gift. Last year Queen Elizabeth presented to the Archives a portrait of Wolfe, by Benjamin West, and Wolfe's last letter to his mother. This year, Her Majesty most graciously made the gift to Canada of the dress she wore in the Senate Chamber when His Majesty George VI gave Royal Assent to certain Bills passed by Parliament. It might almost be said that the gift was the result of public expression: for as soon as the first photographs appeared showing the Queen in this dress, many persons put forward the suggestion, verbally or in writing, that it might be possible to obtain it for the historical museum of the Archives. Remembering the enthusiastic reception Canada had given her, Her Majesty was pleased, as a most charming gesture, to adopt this suggestion. The presentation of the gift took place in the Archives at a brief ceremony in the presence of the vice-regal suite and some of the dignitaries who had accompanied Their Majesties on their tour of Canada. On the morning of December 19, the Secretary of State, the Hon. Pierre Casgrain, welcomed Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and explained briefly the object of the meeting. Speaking next, Her Royal Highness told how Her Majesty had asked her, when she left England, to take back and present to Canada, as a response to the public wish, the dress she had worn at the official ceremony in the Senate Chamber in May, 1939. To her gift, the Queen added an autographed photograph of herself in the same dress. Then Mrs. Crerar, wife of the Minister of Mines, expressed the gratitude of Canada for the royal gift which recalls the never-to-be-forgotten visit of the first Queen to come to the Dominion. It is fitting to mention here that the Archives has the honour of possessing the letter written by His Majesty George VI, dated December 17, 1939, to General McNaughton, Commander-in-Chief of the First Canadian Division, in which the King welcomes the troops from Canada. The past year—our first complete year of war—has not failed to affect even the Archives. In order to help the war effort as much as possible by a decrease in expenses, the Department cut down its budget of $173,435 in 1938-39 to $144,410 in 1940-41, a reduction of 17%. But the reduction is much greater when the budget for administration alone, without salaries, is considered; for this appropriation dropped from $23,500 in 1939-40 to $10,500 in 1940-41, a formidable reduction of 54%. This year, in addition to the Annual Report for 1939 which contained an important bibliography of the 1837 Rebellion, the Archives published a pamphlet which was well received by historians and the general public, viii PUBLIC ARCHIVES judging by the comments of the critics and the requests for copies following its publication. The pamphlet appeared under the following title: Oakes Collection, New Documents by Lahontan concerning Canada and Newfoundland. The Archives has been enriched by numerous acquisitions, by donation, purchase, or official transmittal. The gift that ranked first was the important collection of Lahontan documents presented by Lady Oakes of Nassau, Bahama Islands, published by the Department in pamphlet form as already noted. The correspondence of the Reverend James Geggie given by his grandson, Dr. H. J. G. Geggie, must also be acknowledged and the documents relating to the inquest on D'Arcy McGee's death offered by Crown Attorney Raoul Mercier. From Mr. H. Leander d'Entremont the Archives received important genealogical notes relating to the Acadians; from Mrs. J. P. Foran a holy-water vessel from the Jesuit College at Quebec; and from Mr. John P. Wells, a plan of the Town of Sherbrooke in 1846. Among the acquisitions of primary importance, the outstanding one is the collection received from the Governor General's Office containing the correspondence between the Secretaries of State for the Colonies and the Governors General for the period 1870-1902. Worthy of note also are the orders and letters of Antoine Benott, an officer in the marine troops at the end of the French Regime; the correspondence of Sandfield Macdonald with the political men of his time; fur trade books of the Hudson's Bay Company (1789-1807); the journals and letters of the Marquis de Lotbiniere (1719-1764); and the account books of McTavish, Frobisher and Company covering the period 1784-1802. The Picture Division numbers among its acquisitions of the year a very fine portrait of Sandfield Macdonald, Prime Minister of United Canada, by the English artist Waugh; and an album of scenes of Hematick, on the Ottawa River, by J. H. Haycock. It should not be forgotten that between the German occupation of Paris on the one hand and risks of navigation on the other, no transcripts of documents have been received this year from the National Archives, Paris, or the Public Record Office, London. The copyists are continuing their work, but instructions have been given not to send the copies until the close of the war. Furthermore, a certain number of documents bought in London will not leave for Canada until after the British victory. In the course of the year the several divisions covered considerable technical work. In the Manuscript Division, the calendar of the Prince Edward Island State Papers has been completed, and that of the Nova Scotia State Papers is almost finished. Further, work has been started on the calendar of the extensive Series CnA, which contains the correspondence of the governors and intendants of New France; as well as that of documents from the Bibliotheque Nationale; and that of the Collection from the Department of Foreign Affairs. A list has been drawn up of subjects and names of correspondents in the Laurier Papers; likewise, one containing the names of those who figure in the Murphy Collection. Finally, countless documents relating to a score of seigniories were classified as well as many others relating to the Department of Colonization for the Province of Quebec. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 ix The Map Division has continued the work on its catalogue; the publication of it, however, is postponed indefinitely by the war. The head of the Division also prepared and supplied a selection of excellent material for a historical exhibition held at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. The reader will find under title of each division a summary of the technical work accomplished by them during the last twelve months. Just a word, however, about the Military Museum, which is under the direction of the Dominion Archivist. The classifying of its items has been completed and the renovation of the building almost finished, so that probably the official opening of the Museum will take place in the spring of 1941. It is interesting also to note that the officials of the Museum sold for the benefit of the Government twenty-two tons of steel and eight tons of brass. This metal, proceeding from the melting down of German guns captured in the Great War, will now be used to make bombs and guns to serve the cause of Right and Justice. The officials are now trying to obtain the authority to sell for the benefit of the Government or the war effort any war trophies which the municipalities do not want, to keep. This year the Report has four appendices. The first contains two pictures of the Queen in the dress she recently presented to Canada. The second is composed of laws and regulations of the Militia in force during the French Regime and at the beginning of the English period! It will be seen here that military service in New France which was started in 1651 became compulsory for all in 1669. At this date the King ordered the inhabitants to form Militia companies and go into training, bringing along their own arms, powder and shot. Further, the inhabitants of city and country alike were obliged to billet the soldiers free. We may add that the militiaman was liable for service from 16 to 60 years of age and received no pay. The first Militia Act in the English period, dated 1758, was adopted in the Legislature of Nova Scotia. It decreed that every man, with certain exceptions, between the ages of 16 and 60 years was subject to military service on pain of being fined. Each militiaman must also supply his own gun, powder and shot, or be fined. Finally, he must attend the prescribed training periods under pain of fine or extra service. In the Province of Quebec the first Militia Act was the work of the Legislative Council and the Governor in 1777. It ordained, except in cases of exemption, every citizen from 20 to 60 years was obliged to serve in the militia in the parish where he lived, under pain of fine. The militiaman had to attend regular training at fixed times, under pain of fine. In time of war, the number of men required were drafted from these companies. Arms and munitions were supplied by the Government. The third appendix of the Report brings together a collection of documents portraying a magnificent lesson on patriotism. They show that from 1798 to 1800, when England abandoned by her allies, fought alone against the French hegemony which was the result of the Revolution of 1789, the Canadian provinces at that time organized a compaign of voluntary subscriptions in order to contribute to Britain's cause. The Canadians of that period did not subscribe to loans: they offered then- money simply as a gift to the Mother Country and many of them bound themselves to repeat the amount each year the war lasted. x PUBLIC ARCHIVES The example had come from England. In February 1798, London erected platforms in the Stock Market square and a subscription campaign was opened with speeches. Several public men "spoke upon the subject of the present state of the country, strongly setting forth the necessity of opposing vigorous exertions to the inveterate hostility of an implacable foe, of patriotically supporting by every sacrifice in our power, the Executive Government in its defence of all that is most dear to us as Britons and as free men!" (Annual Register for the Year 1798, London, Rivington, 1799, pp. 13-14.) King George III opened the subscription with a gift of £20,000 taken from his privy purse and the Queen, for her part, gave.£5,000. Each member of the Cabinet put his name down for £2,000. From then on, subscriptions poured in from all over the country and in September attained a total of £1,514,942, more than $7,000,000. The news spread to the Colonies and the Canadian provinces in turn opened subscription lists. Being the first to get word, because of her maritime situation, Nova Scotia took action as early as April, only two months after England. The officers of the Halifax garrison set the example, soon followed by the citizens. Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Wentworth, and Chief Justice Blowers opened the list of gifts with £200 each, followed by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, the Rev. John Inglis, who donated £100 annually. Others gave a fifth or even half of their salaries. The humblest ones also contributed their mite; and a boy, John Longee, gave 1 shilling and \\ penny. Next, in June 1798, New Brunswick joined in with remarkable enthusiasm. Nowhere else, perhaps, did the subscriptions extend so widely from top to bottom of the social scale. Considering the population, the subscriptions were remarkably numerous; the amounts ranging from a maximum of £500 offered by Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Carleton to a modest florin (48 cents) given by John Soward, a militiaman of Queen's County. In October, Prince Edward Island entered into the movement. Heading the subscriptions, Lieutenant-Governor Edmund Fanning offered for the first year one quarter of his salary, and for the years following, half of his salary, amounting to £350, about $1,200, a magnificent gesture under the circumstances. Unfortunately the lists from this province are still incomplete in spite of our searches. In May 1799, the Province of Quebec in turn opened subscription lists. Montreal set the example, soon followed by Three Rivers, Quebec and Sorel. The subscriptions from Quebec started with those of the Anglican Bishop of Quebec, Reverend Jacob Mountain, Chief Justice William Osgoode, and the Receiver General, Henry Caldwell; these high dignitaries each gave £300. Abbe Plessis, coadjutor and later Bishop of Quebec, subscribed £25 and fifteen parish priests also signed the subscription list. At Montreal, McTavish, Frobisher and Company subscribed £1111 and the Seminary of Montreal £500; twenty-five priests also signed for various amounts. In Upper Canada, the Legislature presented on June 29, 1799, an address to the Lieutenant Governor expressing the desire to contribute her mite towards the military effort of the Mother Country by offering REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 xi the surplus of her receipts over expenditures for the year. The President of the Council had estimated this surplus at £500, but he found that when all the bills were paid it amounted to only £204. In spite of energetic research work in the Archives of Ottawa and of Toronto, and the newspapers of the time, no trace was found of individual subscription lists. The lists in this appendix are no doubt rather long, but they seemed to merit being published in full because they are documentary items, and because they pay tribute to the patriotism of the subscribers. For, one must not forget that these citizens of the past did not subscribe to war bonds, but gave outright to England as a gift the sums for which they subscribed—a magnificent gesture of complete patriotism. The last appendix in the Report shows, to quote the old saying, how "history repeats itself" even when we believe that we are passing new laws, without precedent. Thus the documents in the fourth appendix show that in 1798 Great Britain through the agency of Canada lent guns and shot to the United States, preceding therefore by one hundred and forty-three years the lease-lend system recommended by President Roosevelt. In 1798, as we know, there existed between France and the United States a state of hostilities that historians have called the "naval quasi-war". This situation arose from the depredations committed by French ships on American merchant ships from which they seized English goods. France continued, indeed, by virtue of a decree of May 9, 1793, to declare lawful prize any enemy merchandise found on board neutral vessels. In the face of this the President of the United States ordered the American Navy to capture French armed ships. It was under these circumstances that President John Adams had a communication addressed to the English Ambassador, Robert Listen, suggesting the sale, loan or gift to the United States of certain French guns which were being stored at Halifax. On being informed of this, His Royal Highness Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, Commander-in- Chief of the British Forces in Nova Scotia, consented to lend to the United States the 24 guns and 1,800 shot provided that the United States would return them to any place designated by Britain. Should any of the shot be used, it was agreed that they would be replaced by an equal number of others. On October 3, 1798, the American Secretary for War signed the agreement requested, and in November the guns (actually 25 guns and 1876 shot) were consigned to an American warship and transported to Charleston, South Carolina. When informed of the facts, King George III decided, in January 1799, to set aside the existing contract and to make a present of the guns and shot "as evidence of his goodwill towards the United States". GUSTAVE LANCTOT, Keeper of Public Records REPORTS OF DIVISIONS FOR THE YEAR 1940 MANUSCRIPT DIVISION ACCESSIONS Transcripts from Canada London— Assessment Roll, 1844-1854. Register of St. Paul's Parish, 1829-46. Census of Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, London District, Upper Canada. "* ^,'TJ Montreal— ArchevSche de Montreal: Lettres de Mgr. Bourget, 1863-75. St. Sulpice Library: Baby Collection, documents divers. Quebec— Archives du Quebec: Re~gistre de la Prev6te, 1742-55. Seminaire de Quebec: Inventaire des Archives, Longueuil, Chambre de Justice 1762-63. Boucherville, Chambre de Justice 1739-47. Confr6rie des menuisiers, 1657. Racines Abenaquises. Yukon— Territorial Council: Journals, 1926, 1934-39. Originals, from Government Sources Ottawa— Department of Agriculture. Railway rates, Livestock reports, 1897. Governor General's Office. Despatches to Secretary of State, 1876-1902. Letter books, Governor General, 1878-90. Registers, Military Secretary, 1868-72. Indexes to Registers, 1877-82. Indexes (miscellaneous) 1838-71. Telegraph book (secret), 1880-83. Originals from Miscellaneous Sources Papers relating to the Macdonald family of Ganonoque, 1807-79. Historical notes relating to Glengarry, 1786-1886. County Court Papers, District of Johnstone, 1800. Papers relating to Leeds militia (2nd Regiment) 1799-1821. PUBLIC ARCHIVES Documents relating to Chevalier Benoit, Captain in Troops of the Marine (1715-1776). Books of the Canadian Patriotic Fund Association, 1914-22. Documents of Butler-Johnson, 1796-1809. Diary of Jacob Case, 1837-60. Ledger of Stephen Conger, Prince Edward County, U.C., 1800-29. Letter of Sir Arthur Currie, 1917. Note books of Hudson Bay Expedition, 1902. Letter of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 1896. Diary of Sir Sandford Fleming, 1863. Letters to Reverend James Geggie, 1833-63. Papers of E. J. Jarvis, 1783-1847. Papers of Sandfield Macdonald, 1831-97. Inquest on Thos. D'Arcy McGee, 1868. Journals of McTavish, Frobisher & Co., Terrebonne, 1784-1802. Letters of Wolfred Nelson, 1839. Documents of Baron de Lahontan, circa 1696. Papers of Daniel O'Connor, 1829-1867. Accounts & Letters of L* J. Parrot, 1777-90. Memoirs of Sir Joseph Pope. Papers of John Savage, 1820-62. Papers of W. L. Scott, 1935-38. Documents of Sicotte Collection, 1716-1819. Papers of W. M. Southam, 1837-1940. Memoirs of James Thomson, Quebec, 1759-81. Letters of Surgeon E. Worthington, Riviere-du-Loup, 1840-41. Account Books of Hudson's Bay Co., Temiskaming District, 1789- 1807. Tokens from Liard Post, B.C. Letters from Secretary Pitt to Governors in America, 1758. Papers of Governor James Murray, 1764-68. Journal & Letters of the Marquis de Lotbiniere, 1719-64. List of "Officiers de Marine", 1693. Commission as Captain to M. Faribault, 14 May 1796. Grant to R. T. D. Gray, 31 Dec. 1798. Journal of Colonel William McCoy, 6th Battalion, Halton, 1812-14. Letter of W. H. Robinson at Plattsburg, 10 Sept. 1814. Letter of Dudley Baxter to his Father, 1 Jan. 1819. Commission of L* Ed. Haycock, 1 June 1838. Report of Committee No. 3. [Relating to the constitution and responsibility of Executive councils in the Colonies, circa 1838.] Letter from Commander-in-Chief Macomb to the Governor of New York regarding the service of Robert Huganin, 10 July 1838. Narrative by Jean Baptiste Brien, 18 Nov. 1838. Commission of Lord Sydenham as Governor of New Brunswick, 6 Sept. 1840. Letter from J. P. Winter to D. Daly, Secretary L.C., April, 1841. Address to A. H. Taylor, Grand Trunk Railway Co., 22 Dec. 1896. Address to L* Col. W. White, Deputy Postmaster General, 2 Sept. 1897. H REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 xv Letter from Lady Aberdeen to Mr. Harwood, 6 Aug. 1898. Letter of King George VI to G.O.C. l8t Canadian Division, 17 Dec. 1939. Autograph of Lescarbot, 1612. [Photostat.] G. T. HAMILTON. MAP DIVISION During the year ending November 30, 136 requests for information were received, and 191 students and professional men consulted maps in the Map Division. Four hundred and two photostat copies and photographic prints of maps were supplied. ACCESSIONS Atlases and Geographies Atlas Arqueologico Republica Mexicana Formado por el Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia de la Secretaria de Educacion Publica. Publicacion No. 41. Instituto Panamericano De Geografia E Historia Mexico. 1939. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Elgin, Ont. Dedicated by Special Permission to His Excellency The Earl of Dufferin, K.P., K.C.B. Governor General. Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys By H. R. Page & Co., Toronto, 1877. Gorrell, Craig & Co. Lith Toronto. Entered According to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven, by H. R. Page in the office of the Minister of Agriculture. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Perth, Ont. Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys By H. Belden & Co. Toronto, 1879. Maps and Plans European Battlefields of the World War. Plates: Eight Maps and Three Views. In folder. Battlefields of the World War. Western and Southern Fronts. A Study in Military Geography by Douglas Wilson Johnson. American Geographical Society. Research Series No. 3. W. L. G. Joerg, Editor. Map of Central Europe and Surrounding Areas. Environment and Conflict in Europe. Eighteen Basic Maps. Copyright 1939 by The American Geographical Society of New York. Lithographed by A. Hoen & Co. Inc. Seventeen Insets. North America Carte d'un tres grand Pais Nouvellement decouvert dans L'Amerique Septentrionale entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale avec le Cours du Grand Fleuve. Mesckasipi Dediee a Guiliaume llle Roy de la Grand Brettagne. Par le R. P. Louis de Hennepin. Mission: Recoil: et Nota Apost: Chez G. Broedeget a Utreght. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Maritimes Architect's Drawings. Restoration of Port Royal Habitation Lower Granville, N. S. Ground and Upper Floor Plans. Elevations to Court Yard, Exterior Elevations—Engineering & Construction Service, Surveys & Engineering Branch. Department of Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March, 1940. Blueprints. Plan of the Officers Barracks at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 11th June 1814. Col: Cor. P. E. Island. Vol. 26, p. 109. (Col. manuscript copy.) Quebec Plans of River St. Lawrence from Montreal to Strait of Belle Isle. Admiralty Charts. 31 Plans. Plan of the Town of Sherbrooke, Canada East; As Surveyed for the British American Land Company, By Joseph Pennoyer, Provincial Surveyor. The original of this map was made by Joseph Pennoyer and is dated 1846. John P. Wells, Acting Commissioner British American Land Company. (Print.) Ontario Map of Rail Roads, Rivulets, McAdamized and plank Roads in Ontario. D. W. Greany, Capt. & A. D. C. Captured from the Fenians at Fort Erie, year A. D. 1866. E. J. O'Neill S.D.P. (Col. Tracing on linen.) Plan of the Rideau Hall Domain leased for the Residence of His Excellency The Governor General of Canada, Etc. Etc. shewing the Additions (colored Red) proposed Ottawa City, Octr 31st. 1864. F. P. Rubidge, Arch*. (Col. manuscript copy.) Tremaine's Map of the County of Brant, Canada West. Compiled and Drawn by Geo. R. Tremaine, from the Surveys of Lewis Burwell, Esq. P.L.S. Brantford. Published by Geo. C. Tremaine, 1858. Engraved and Printed by D. & J. Mc Le Pan, 26 Spruce Street, New York. (Col. print.) Plan and Elevation of an Ordnance Storehouse and Blockhouse erected at Fort George, Amherstburg and S* Joseph. 1796. Gother Mann, Col1 Command8 R1 Engr Maps 23. b.3. No. 7. (Photostat copy.) Plans of Various Lakes and Rivers Between Lake Huron and the River Ottawa, To Accompany The Geological Reports of Canada, For 1853-54-55-56. Toronto: Printed by John Lovell, Corner of Yonge and Melinda Streets, 1857. (22 pages.) Plan of the Post on the Island of S* Joseph in Lake Huron. Copied in the Engineers Drawing Room Quebec by J. B. Duberger in 1800. Gother Mann, Col1 Command* R1 Engr 3 sections. Maps 23 b.3. N° 15. (Photostat copy.) REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 xvii National Topographic Series, Prepared by The Geographical Section of the General Staff and Published by the Department of National Defence of Nova Scotia, Louisbourg. of Quebec, Beauceville. of Quebec, St. Joseph, of Quebec, Ste. Justine, of Ontario, Merrickville. of Ontario, Lake Simcoe. of Quebec, Montreal, of Ontario, St. Thomas, of Ontario, Wallaceburg. of Ontario, Kitchener. Sheet 11 G/13 Province ' 21 L/2 Province i 21 L/7 Province ' 21 L/8 Province ' 31 B/13 Province | 31 D Province ' 31 H Province ' 40 I Province 1 40 J/9 Province ' 40 P Province Sheet 11 K/N.E. Topographical Maps Compiled, Drawn, and Printed at the Office of the Surveyor General, Ottawa, and Received from Hydrographic and Map Service, Department of Mines and Resources National Topographic Series Province of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Highlands Park. Province of Quebec, Mingan—Cape Whittle. Province of Quebec, Anticosti Island. Province of New Brunswick, Saint John. Province of Ontario, Renfrew. Provinces of Ontario-Quebec, Toronto-Ottawa. Province of Ontario, Windsor. Province of Ontario, Hearst-Cochrane. Province of Saskatchewan-Manitoba, Broadview- Dauphin. Province of Saskatchewan, Moosejaw-Watrous. Province of Alberta-Saskatchewan, Hanna-Kinder- sley. Province of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon-Prince Albert. Provinces of Alberta-Saskatchewan, Wainwright- Battleford. Provinces of Alberta-British Columbia, Banff- Bassano. Province of Alberta, Red Deer-Edmonton. 12N/W 12S/W 21 G/S.E. 31 E/7 31S/W 40 J 13-6 42 S.E. 62N/W 72N/E 72N/W 73S/E 73S/W 82 N/E 83S/E General Maps Clarke City-Mingan, Quebec. Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch, Hydrographic and Map Service. Compiled, drawn and printed at the Hydrographic and Map Service, Ottawa, 1939. Col. litho. Topographical Map of Indian Head-Brandon, Saskatchewan-Manitoba. Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering 21049—B xviii PUBLIC ARCHIVES Branch, Hydrographic and Map Service. Compiled, drawn and printed at the Hydrographic and Map Service, Labelle Bldg., Ottawa, 1939. Col. litho. Topographical Map of Brandon-Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch, Hydrographic and Map Service. Compiled, drawn and printed at the Hydrographic and Map Service, Labelle Bldg., Ottawa, 1939. Col. litho. Topographical Map of Swift Current-Regina. Saskatchewan. Canada Department of Mines and Resources. Surveys and Engineering Branch, Hydrographic and Map Service. Compiled, drawn and printed at the Hydrographic and Map Service, Ottawa, 1939. Col. litho. Topographical Map of Plan of Yellowknife Settlement, Northwest Territories. Scale 160 feet to an inch. Completed from official Surveys by R. W. Clark, D.L.S. September 16th, 1938. C. A. R. Lawrence, D.L.S., August 8th, 1939. Compiled, drawn and printed in the Surveyor General's Office at Ottawa. Litho. . Topographical Map of Northwest Territories and Yukon. Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch, Hydrographic and Map Service. 1939. Compiled, drawn and printed at the Hydrographic and Map Service, Labelle Bldg., Ottawa, 1939. Col. litho. In addition to the above, eight topographical maps of townships in the Province of Alberta and six in the Province of Saskatchewan were received from Hydrographic and Map Service, Department of Mines and Resources. PRINT DIVISION I. Research Number of investigations completed: 150. In addition, much time has been taken in giving information and help to research workers who visited the Division. II. Paintings, Drawings and Prints Pictures received: 300. Illustrated volumes and albums received: 5. Pictures catalogued: 2,448. Over 55,000 pictures have now been catalogued. Work is in progress on an abridged catalogue of portraits. This special cataloguing work is not included in the above enumeration. III. Photographs and Photostats Photograph negatives prepared and indexed: 102. Photostat negatives prepared and indexed: 204. Photograph prints supplied: 210. Photostat prints supplied: 292. IV. Lantern Slides Lantern slides loaned: 242. JAMES F. KENNEY. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 xix INDEX AND INFORMATION DIVISION During the year, the Division furnished material and information to several Federal and Provincial departments. Assistance was also given to students and historians by answering many questions on the political, economic, military, artistic and industrial history of the country, and by supplying genealogical information and biographies. The number of requests for information rose this year to nine hundred and twentv-five (925). The classifying of the pay lists of the active militia cavalry for the years 1867 to 1914 has been completed; that of the artillery for the same period is continuing. Military files (1914-1918) lent out 804 " " in circulation 929 I " prepared and transferred to the Department of National Defence 23,730 The Division finished indexing the paylists of the thirty-one regiments of American Loyalists who served during the American War of Independence; a task that has taken several years. The names of 61,692 officers and men and their regiments were copied. An initial classification has been made and the slips are now being typewritten. A calendar of the transcripts, now in the Archives, of Fonds frangais, from the Bibliotheque Nationale is being prepared; Volumes 3722 to 8027 have already been calendared. The indexing of the French and English calendars of the Quebec Series, Lower Canada has been continued and 30,125 slips have been added. This work now covers the period from 1760 to 1835 inclusive. Started last year, the copying of the notes on Acadian genealogy made by Placide Gaudet has been finished, and the copies bound in ten volumes averaging 250 pages each. These notes are frequently consulted by Acadian genealogists. More than 52,000 birth, marriage and death notices, copied from 108 parochial registers by Mr. Gaudet have been arranged according to parish. These are now being typed so that they can be put in alphabetical order and then incorporated into our Acadian genealogies. This is an arduous task because they are all mixed up, the abbreviations are not standard, and the manuscripts are hard to decipher. Twenty-eight volumes of manuscripts of Series S, Office of the Governors' Secretary, have been prepared for binding. To facilitate research in the subdivisions of this series, an index and a summary catalogue have been drawn up giving the necessary information. LUCIEN BRAULT. PUBLICATIONS DIVISION During the year, the Division prepared and edited the Archives Report for 1940 in French and English, which includes the translating of the French and English texts into the other official language. A" special publication entitled New Documents by Lahontan concerning Canada and Newfoundland, after the translation of the documents from French to English, was also published under the direction of this Division. xx PUBLIC ARCHIVES Judging by the requests which poured into the Department, the publication of these new documents presented to the Archives by Lady Oakes aroused considerable interest; they contain valuable information on the state of affairs in Canada and Newfoundland towards the close of the XVIIth century. The Division, this year, took an inventory of all Reports and Publications, and as a result it is known exactly which ones are scarce or out of print and which are still available for free distribution when the category of the applicant justifies it. SERAPH IN MARION. LIBRARY DIVISION The impact of the War has been felt in greater degree during 1940 in the demands made upon the Department in general. Much of the work of the Library Division has been related to inquiries bearing upon the history of military operations in which Canada was concerned. The present conflict probably has been responsible for the revival of study of the system of Military Service which has obtained in Canada, beginning with the first Militia laws enacted by the Legislatures of the original Provinces. The gallant part played by young Canadian sailors in the war at sea seems to have stimulated widespread interest in the history of naval affairs and naval operations in relation to Canada especially since 1910. It is significant of this renewal of interest that studies relating to the origins and development of a national naval policy as finally embodied in the organization and operation of the Royal Canadian Navy are in progress. As a result of the war, the division is collecting, not only the relevant State papers and blue books, but also all incidental pamphlets, war propaganda and publications related to some aspect of the present conflict in the political, social and economic, as well as the military fields! It is planned also to compile such unofficial records as battalion and camp journals, edited and issued by members of units themselves, which may be of particular value as reflecting the spirit and temper of Canadian youth in training for war and defence. Posters relating to war activities are also collected as far as possible. Memoranda, photostats and bibliographical services were supplied as usual in response to inquiries from governmental departments and private sources. The Library was able to furnish information immediately required at the initiation of the National War Services Measure. Extensive use continued to be made of the facilities of the Library and the services of the staff in the prosecution of researches. Among the gifts received were 8 volumes of Naval Documents related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, 1785-1801 and to the Quasi-War between the United States and France 1797-1801, presented by the Library of Congress, and 259 volumes of the Publications of the Historical Records Survey Projects of the Federal Works Agency, Washington, D.C. A. F. MACDONALD. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 xxi DIVISION OF TECHNICAL AUXILIARY SERVICES During the year 1940, the numismatic section answered both verbally and in writing numerous enquiries concerning medals and coins, and added several interesting specimens to its collection. A display of civil and military medals pertaining chiefly to the reigns of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII was exhibited in the Minto Room of the Archives. Several recordings of historical interest were acquired during the year by the phonographic section. One of these records contains a brief address by Sir Wm. Mulock on the "Penny postage", and others deal with the present war. The cinematographic section obtained projection apparatus and other technical equipment. Thirteen films offered by the Canadian Motion Picture Bureau were received, examined and classified; and more than five thousand feet of film containing Canadian current events between 1918 and 1930, bought from American firms were indexed scene by scene, and classified. In spite of the war and the decrease in tourists, about five thousand people visited our exhibition rooms. Two displays of documents, maps and pictures brought to light two little-known explorers, namely, Joseph Lafrance and Robert Campbell. Photographs of members of the family of the Earl of Athlone, the present Governor General, formed an interesting exhibition which must be mentioned. The museum increased its collection by several historic items, the most noteworthy probably being the Speaker's Chair used by Louis Joseph Papineau when he was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. As in the past, the restoration section did excellent work in cleaning, repairing and restoring throughout the extensive collection of sculptures, paintings and engravings which fills our showrooms. Despite a reduction in staff, the bindery bound 591 volumes and made the necessary repairs to the manuscripts, maps and prints which were put in hand. In addition, 800 tag filing folders were made and 226 maps were mounted. The photographic section produced 8,952 photocopies and photographs during the year. It is fitting to note that in September last, the head of the Division, Major Pierre Brunet, left the Archives for the duration of the war to serve with the Canadian Active Army. PAUL LAROSE. ^u PUBLIC ARCHIVES DONATIONS, 1940 For the gifts received in the course of the year, as well as for records transferred from departments of the Federal Government, the Public Archives wishes to express its sincere thanks. Manuscript Division Ashworth, J. P.: Letter by W. H. Robinson, dated Chazey, September 10, 1814. Bell, Miss Alice: Nine original land papers relating to John Savage, ensign, 1836-62. Burgess, J. O.: Photostat copy of account book of fur trappers in Temis- caming District. Ewart, T. Seaton: Correspondence between Sir Wilfrid Laurier and John S. Ewart, 1896. Geggie, Dr. H. J. G.: Letters to Reverend James Geggie, 1833-1863. Mercier, Raoul: Documents relating to the inquest of D'Arcy McGee. Oakes, Lady: Lahontan manuscripts and material. Seahorn, Dr.: The Case Diary. Written by Jacob Case. Stanley, G. S. G.: The Memorial and Petition of the people of Rupert's Land and North West Territory, British America, to His Excellency U. S. Grant. Strange, Colonel A. P. (D.S.O.): Photostat copy of Commission issued to A. Bartholomi Faribault, as a Captain of Militia, 1757. Wainwright, Captain E. P.: Two photostat copies of the history of the Princess Louise Fusiliers, C.A.S.F. Webster, Dr. J. C: The Vanity Fair Album. By John Junior. Vol. XLII, 1910. White, Colonel E. F. G.: Addresses presented to Lt.-Col. William White, 1897, and to Alexander Harvey Taylor, 1896. Worthington, Colonel E. B.: Nine letters of Military Surgeon E. Worthing- ton, Riviere du Loup, 1840-41. Print Division Brunet, P.: Photographs of the International Commission Quebec, 1898; Dominion Cabinet Liberal Members of the House of Commons. Curry, F. C: Photographs of Bridge on Chimney Island, 1895; two views of Brockville, 1853 and early sixties. D6sy, Jean: Photographs of Fort Chambly; Scene from the summit of Montmorenci; Monument of Wolfe and Montcalm, Quebec; City of Montreal. Evans, Miss Frances: Photograph of old Fort Garry. Leveille, E. C.: Twenty-three posters from the Wembley Exhibitions. Livinson, A. J.: Print of a portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Matthews, Ma/or J. S.: Photograph of Queen Elizabeth and Dr. Telford. By Arthur E. French, Seattle, Washington, May 29, 1939. Motion Picture Bureau: Photographs of First affixing of the Great Seal of Canada and officials present, January 25, 1940; photographs of Their Majesties; Buick, Lincoln and Chrysler cars used during the royal tour; Wreath placed on the National War Memorial by His Majesty. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 xxiii Oesterreich, Gerard: Two photographs of the uniforms of the de Watteville Regiment in British service. Parrock, Mrs. R. A.: Colour print of the St. Louis Gate, old Quebec. Putnam, G. G.: Snapshot of Their Majesties, Royal Interest. Richardson, J.: Photographs of old Court House (now the Armoury) Sherbrooke, P.Q.; Bridge over the St. Francis River, Sherbrooke, P.Q.; Bridge over the Magog River, Sherbrooke, P.Q. Smeeton, Mrs. S. P.: Print of Kingston, Ontario. (Undated.) Index Division d'Entremont, H. Leander: Historical Genealogy of Acadian Families of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. By the donor. [Newspaper clippings.] Division of Technical Service. Boston, Miss M. M.: Collection of coins: silver coin, Mexico, 1883; 5 centimes, Belgium, 1895; two silver Netherlands coins; silver coin, 1887; one brass or copper coin (mutilated). Foran, Mrs. T. P.: Benitier found in the ruins of the Jesuit monastery at Quebec. Map Division Bartram, V. C: Carte d'un tres grand Pais Nouvellement decouvert dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, .... Par le R. P. Louis de Hennepin. [This map was the property of the Duke of Richmond when Governor General of Canada.] Wells, John P.: Plan of the Town of Sherbrooke, Canada East, As surveyed for the British American Land Company, by Joseph Pennoyer, Provincial Surveyor (1846). APPENDIX I QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GIFT TO THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE QUEEN IN THE DRESS PRESENTED BY HER MAJESTY TO CANADA Signed Photograph of the Queen which she sent with the dress. APPENDIX II CANADIAN MILITIA REGULATIONS CANADIAN MILITIA REGULATIONS UNDER THE FRENCH REGIME AND EARLY BRITISH RULE 1651-1777 Order from Monsieur D'Ailleboust, Governor, to Pierre Boucher, Captain of the Inhabitants of Trois-Rivieres [June 6, 1651]1 He will see that drill takes place as often as possible whether it be target practice or otherwise and will take care to see that each one keeps his arms in good condition and well charged with ball and shot. For this purpose he will sometimes visit the houses in order to see that no one parts with his arms without the express leave of the Governor. He will often warn those who go to work to be on their guard; particularly will he see that their arms are well loaded and not to fire on roofs, which he will forbid on my order. The palisade and the two redoubts finished, he will divide the town (forces) in three squads or four if there are enough men, one of which shall mount guard every evening in the redoubt which looks out on the fields; in the guard there will always be one person who will watch, and he who as a sentinal will circle the inside of the palisade and will often keep his ear alert so as not to let himself be surprised from without by the enemy, nor by fire which may take hold by accident, in some house. He will do his best to hasten the palisade and will take note of the days (work) given by whom, at what, and how many. If there are any who are refractory to authority or who miss guard duties he will sentence them to such fine as he will judge proper, or if there is any refusal to obey he will make his report of it to the Governor for punishment. Done and sent to the fort at Three Rivers, this sixth of June one thousand six hundred and fifty-one. D'AILLEBOUST. For the Governor. ison, Montreal, Chapleau, 1878, pp. 373-4. 8 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from the King to Monsieur de Courselles commanding him to divide the inhabitants of Canada into companies of militia1 Paris, April 3, 1669. Monsieur de Courselles, you will see by the decree of my council which will be presented by my attorney general to the sovereign council of New France my intentions which I have deemed necessary to make in order to favour marriages and to make a grant to those of my subjects inhabiting the said country who may have to the number of ten or twelve children; and to maintain the said country it is not only necessary to think of populating it well, but also to make the said inhabitants expert in the handling of arms and military discipline. I write you these lines to tell you that our intention is that you divide all my subjects inhabiting the said country into companies, having regard to their proximity, that after having thus divided them you will appoint captains, lieutenants and subalterns to command them. In cases where those who compose the said companies can be easily assembled and return home in one day, you will give the order that they assemble once a month to drill in the handling of arms; and in cases where they are too scattered you will subdivide the companies into squads of 40 to 50 men, and you will make them drill once a month, the same as is stated above, and as regards the complete companies you will make them assemble once or twice a year. You will take care that they are all well armed and have always the powder, ball and tinder necessary to enable them to use their arms at all times. You will often visit the squads and companies and make them do their drill in your presence. If at all possible you should muster once a year the greatest number of the said inhabitants who can be found, to make them drill likewise as a corps, seeing, however, that they do not have too far to come, leaving it to your judgment to assemble only those who can do it and return home in two days time, in order that more time is not lost, which should be devoted to their business or the cultivation of their lands. I leave it also to your judgment to determine if it would not be advantageous to the welfare of my service and to the growth of the colony to gather together every two or three years as many as twelve hundred well-armed men and march into the country of the Iroquois and other savage nations so that they may always know the strength of our arms and confine themselves within the limits of duty and obedience which they owe to me. Further, I desire that you redouble your efforts and application towards the growth of the colony, for this purpose you should visit the inhabitants often, find out their needs, urge them to work and to cultivate the land, to encourage them in sea trade and particularly that trade which can be carried on with the Islands of America which are under my authority, > and trusting that you will give me in this the tokens of your zeal for the welfare of my service, I will keep you no longer for the present. Praying God that he will keep you Mr. de Courcelles in his Holy care. Written at Paris, April 3, 1669. (Signed) LOUIS and lower down COLBERT s, Archives des Colonii . C"A, Vol. 3, pp. 3-5. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Ordinance of Governor De la Barre on the Subject of Arms October 24, 16821 Sieur Lefebvre de la Barre, Seignior of the said place, King's Councillor in His Councils, Governor and His Lieutentant general of all the lands in New France and Acadia. The King, desiring for reasons important to his service and for the maintenance and growth of this colony, that all inhabitants of this country able-bodied and capable of bearing arms are sufficiently provided with them, we command to all the inhabitants of this government who are not furnished with guns and fire-arms in their homes, for any reason whatsoever, who are capable of bearing arms to provide themselves with them this winter on pain of being fined in the spring if they are still found without them. And in order to give them the means to be able to buy them, we command Mr. Aubert de la Chesnaye, merchant of Quebec, to sell arms to them and take in payment good genuine wheat at the rate of fifty sous the bushel at least and in salt pork at the regular price; and to Mr. Le Bert, merchant of Montreal, to do likewise. Done at Quebec this twenty- fourth of October 1682. LEFEBVRE De La BARRE For my said Lord Regnault. s, Collection Judia 10 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Ordinance of Monsieur de la Jonquiere regulating the question of housing the troops in the garrisons of the colony, September 9, 17513 The Marquis de la Jonquiere commander of the Royal and military order of St. Louis, chief of the squadron of naval armies, Governor and Lieutenant General for the King for all New France, lands and country of Louisiana. The difficulties which have occurred until now in the matter of the housing of the troops of this colony in the various garrisons having given cause for much dispute by the false application which has been made of the ordinances of the King contained in the military code (Briquet), we to stop all these difficulties and facilitate the operations inseparable from the said housing and make them suspendible with regard to the service of this colony, we have commanded and command the following:— Article 1 When troops arrive in Montreal and in Three Rivers to relieve those who are in garrison there, the captains will have the muster-roll of the soldiers of their companies transmitted by us and for us to the Lieutenant- General of Police who will at once provide for their housing in the proximity of the house of their captain, in so far as circumstances may permit, and will have these billets transmitted to the captain who will distribute them to the soldiers. Article 2 The service troops who are sent to the said two places will also be lodged as soon as they arrive and for this purpose the major will transmit the list to the Lieu tenant-General, and after the said soldiers have been incorporated, the captains of the companies in which they are placed will transmit to him in like manner a new roll. Article 3 The major will make likewise for the Lieu tenant-General of Police the list of detached soldiers who coming and going will call at their place, so that he can provide for their lodging. He will also transmit to him the list of soldiers who become detached from his garrison so that he may know that the billets they had occupied are vacant. Article 5 If among the number of the said soldiers it happens that there are artisans and they are placed to work in a private home, it will be posted on their rolls in order that the Lieutenant-General may assign the lodging of each soldier to the house where he is working. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 U Article 6 The major will also transmit to the Lieutenant-General of Police a muster-roll of the garrison company by company containing also the names and surnames of the soldiers and of the inhabitants with whom they are lodged. This muster-roll must be made for two reasons, the first, so that the Judge of Police can through it verify the individual rolls of each captain; the second, so that the said Judge will be in a position to replace the soldiers who have the permission of their captains to go and work on the harvest with others who may come back. Article 7 The major will require the captains to transmit to the Lieutenant- General of Police the names of deceased soldiers, deserters or those discharged from their company, as well as those of the inhabitants with whom they were lodged, so that they can fill the vacant billet with the first soldier who arrives or who is attached to their company. Article 8 After the captains have distributed the lodging billets conjointly or individually to the soldiers of their company they will not be able to change their lodging to take them from one house to another, even at the demand of the inhabitants, without consulting the Lieutenant of Police, who will not oppose it if the case calls for it. Article 9 If the soldiers complain to the major of the place or to their captain that the inhabitants with whom they are lodged do not furnish them with the necessities as prescribed by the ordinances of the King, or if the inhabitants maltreat them, they will notify the Lieutenant-General of Police of it, so that he may punish the said inhabitants. If on the contrary the said inhabitants complain that the soldiers lodged with them insult them, or do not show them the respect due to a host, they will be able to carry their complaints to the major of the place or to their captain who will give them the justice due to them, but if the inhabitants have been robbed or beaten by the said soldiers, they will be delivered to Justice and their case prosecuted and defended according to the ordinances of the King. Article 10 With regard to other cases which might come up and which we can not anticipate, we command the majors, captains and lieutenant-generals of Police to conform to the military code (Briquet). We order the separate governors and lieutenants of the King each one to keep a firm hand on that which concerns him in the execution of our present ordinance and to notify us of any violation of it. In witness whereof we have signed, caused to affix the seal of our arms, and countersigned by our chief secretary. Done at Quebec, the ninth of September, one thousand seven hundred and fifty, has signed: Lajonquiere, by Mon- seigneur Saint Sauveur. DANRE De BLANZY. . 21049—2i PUBLIC ARCHIVES An ACT for Eftablifhing and Regulating a MILITIA1 [1758] Preamble. Whereas by His Majefty's Royal Inftructions to his Excellency the Governor of this Province, he is directed to caufe a Militia to be eftablifhed as foon as poffible: And Whereas the Security and Prefervation of this Province greatly depends upon the faid Militia being put into Methods, and under fuch Rules as may make the fame moft ufeful for the Support and Defence thereof, and that the Inhabitants fhould be well armed and trained up in the Art Military, as well for the Honour and Service of His moft Sacred Majefty, and the Security of this His Province, againft any Violence or Invafion whatfoever, as for the prefervation of their own Lives and Fortunes, and that every Perfon may know his Duty herein, and be obliged to perform the fame: Be it Enacted by His Excellency the Governor, Council, and Affembly, and by the Authority of the Perfons liable fame it is hereby Enacted, That from and after the firft Day of to Train. December, 1758, All Male Perfons, Planters, and Inhabitants and their Servants, between the Ages of Sixteen and Sixty, refiding in and belonging to this Province, fhall bear Arms and duly attend all Mufters and military Exercifes of their refpective Companies where they fhall be inlifted or belong, allowing Three Months Time to every Son after coming to Sixteen Years of Age, and every Servant fo long after his Time is out, to provide themfelves with Arms and Ammunition, cierk to take II. And the Clerk of each Company, once a Quarter Company* e Yearly, fhall take an exact Lift of all Perfons living within the Quarter. Precincts of fuch Company, and prefent the fame to the Captain or chief Officer, on Pain of forfeiting Forty Shillings for each Default, to be paid to the Captain or chief Officer to the Ufe of the Company, and in Cafe of Non Payment, to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offenders Goods, by Virtue of a Warrant from the Captain or chief Officer, who is hereby impowered to grant the fame. Perfons to III. That every Perfon inlifted in any Company, fhall fo whe?e iSSted, continue and attend all Duty in fuch Company, or otherwife fuffer the Penalty by Law provided, until orderly difmiffed or removed out of the Town or Precinct of fuch Company, and in Cafe of Removal into the Precinct of another Company in the fame Town, to produce a Certificate under the Hand of the Captain or chief Officer of the Precinct whereunto he is removed, that he is inlifted there. on^fuchas03' IV" If any Perfon liable to be inlifted as aforefaid, do ^"attempt exempt himfelf by fhifting from Houfe to Houfe, or Place to Suiting. Place, to avoid being fo inlifted, he fhall pay as a Fine for every fuch Offence, to the Ufe of the Company to which he properly belongs, Ten Shillings, being thereof convicted before REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 | any one of His Majefty's juftices of the Peace for the County wherein the Offence fhall be committed. V. That every Militia inlifted Soldier and other Houfe- Militia holder refiding as aforefaid, fhall be always provided withtobfSiSS proper and fufficient Fire Arms, confifting of a Mufket, Gun, or Fuzil, not lefs than Three Feet long in the Barrel, two fpare Flints, and Twelve Charges of Powder and Ball fuitable to their refpective Fire Arms, and to the Satisfaction of the Com- miffion Officers of the Company to which he belongs, on Penalty of Forty Shillings, for want of fuch Arms as is hereby required, and Two Shillings for each other defective Appurtenant; and the like Sum for every Four Weeks he fhall fo remain unprovided or deficient: The Fine to be paid by Parents for their Sons under Age and under their Command, and by Mafters or Heads of Families for their Domefticks or Servants, other than Servants upon Wages; to be levied on the Goods and Chattels of the Offender or Offenders, their Parents or Mafters, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of one or more of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace for the County wherein the Offence fhall be committed, and for want of fufficient Diftrefs, fuch Offender or Offenders to fuffer One Month Imprifonment and hard Labour. VI. That Regimental Mufters fhall be made one in every Regimental Six Months, or as often as fhall be required by the Governor or Training rf Commander in Chief of this Province for the Time being, and c^p*"1163- every Captain or Chief Officer of any Company or Regiment, fhall be obliged, on Penalty of Five Pounds, to draw forth his Company, or caufe them to be drawn forth, once every Three Months and no more, to exercife them in Motions, the Ufe of Arms, and mooting at Marks, or other military Exercifes, which every Perfon liable to be trained, having Three Days Notice thereof, and not appearing and attending the fame, fhall, for each Day's Neglect, pay a Fine of Five Shillings. VII. That the Commiffion Officers of any Company, or Power of , . , , . j .n . Comiffion the major Part of them, may order the correcting and pumihing officers. Diforders and Contempt on a Training Day, or on a Watch; the Punifhment not being greater than Commitment to hard Labour, not exceeding Forty Eight Hours, or Five Shillings Fine. VIII. That there be military Watches appointed and keptMUtajy at fuch Times, in fuch Places, in fuch Numbers, and under fuch Regulations, as the Governor or Commander in Chief of this Province for the Time being fhall appoint; and that all Perfons able of Body, and that are of Age, fhall by themfelves, or fome proper Perfon in their Stead, to the Satisfaction of the Commanding Officer of the Watch, attend the fame, on Penalty of Ten Shillings for each Defect, there having been due Warning given. PUBLIC ARCHIVES for IX. Every Militia Soldier or other Perfon liable by Law, aiding refuting or neglecting to attend military Exercifes on Training s Days, or military Watches, that fhall not pay or have any Eftate to be found whereon to levy the Fine, it fhall be in the Power of the Captain or chief Officers of fuch Company, on the next Training Day after fuch Neglect, (he not having fatisfied the Clerk) to punifh him for fuch Offence by Commitment to hard Labour, not exceeding Five Days; and if fuch a Delinquent fhall abfent himfelf the Second Day, without giving fufficient Reafon to the Captain or chief Officer for fuch Abfence, it fhall be in the Power of the chief Officer of the Company to direct a Warrant to any of the Conftables of the Town wherein the faid Offence fhall be committed, requiring him to apprehend fuch Delinquent, and bring him into the Field, that he may be punifhed as by this Law is provided; and all Conftables are hereby required to execute fuch Warrants accordingly. X. That the Perfons hereafter named be exempted from all 2d from Trainings, except fuch as fhall receive Commiffions in the Militia, viz. The Members of His Majefty's Council, the Members of the Affembly for the Time being, the Chief Juftice, and other Judges of Courts, Juftices of the Peace, Attorney General, Treafurer of the Province, Regifter of the Province, Chief Surveyor of Lands, Naval Officer, and his Deputy or Clerk, the Secretary, Minifters, Provoft Marfhal, Field Officers, the Collector and Surveyor of His Majefty's Cuftoms, and the Waiter, conftant Ferry Men, one Miller to each Grift Mill, conftant Herdfmen, and lame Perfons or otherwife difabled in Body, producing a Certificate thereof from two able Chirurgeons. ™f XL That the Members of His Majefty's Council be, and a and hereby are exempted from military Watches and Warding. ffion XII. That the Captain and Commiffion Officers of each ; ° Company fhall, and are hereby fully impowered, to nominate !js;uld and appoint proper Perfons to ferve as Serjeants and Corporals in their refpective Companies, and to difplace them and appoint others in their Room, as they fhall fee Occafion. f Arms XIII. That twice every Year, or oftner if required, every Year. Captain or chief Officer of each Company, fhall give Order for a diligent Enquiry into the State of his Company, and for taking an exact Lift of the Names of his Soldiers, and other Inhabitants within the Limits of his Company, and of the Defects of Arms or otherwife, and Names of the defective Perfons, that they may be prof ecu ted as the Law hath provided, and that fuch Care may be taken as is proper to remedy the fame. tobuV XIV- That yj any Person who is by Law obliged to provide maybe Arms and Ammunition, cannot purchafe the fame by fuch Means as he hath, if he bring to the Clerk of the Company the full Value thereof, according to the Appraifement of the Clerk and two other Perfons mutually chofen, he thereupon fhall be excufed from the Penalties for want of Arms and Ammunition, until he can be provided, which the faid Clerk fhall provide as REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 IS foon as may be, by Sale of fuch Goods, and render the Overplus, if any be, but the Party fhall notwithstanding give his perfonal Attendance upon all Occaftions as other Militia Soldiers, until he be fupplied, and at fuch Times fhall perform any proper Service he may be put upon by the Captain or chief Officer of the Company he belongs to: But if the Perfon be adjudged unable to buy Arms, or to lay down the Value propofed, if he be a fingle Man, he fhall be put out to Service by any two of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace, to earn wherewith to buy Arms and Ammunition. XV. That fuch proper Perfon as by the Commiffion Officers Penalty 40s. of any Company fhall be appointed Clerk, and fhall refufe to f^af cferk. ferve, fhall pay Forty Shillings Fine, and another be chofen in his Room, and fo until one do accept; which Perfon fhall be under Oath for the faithful Difcharge of his Office, to be ad- miniftred unto him by a Juftice of the Peace of the County, in the Words following. You do fwear truly to perform the Office of Clerk of the clerk's Oath. military Company under the Command of A. B. Captain, to the utmoft of your Skill and Power, in all Things appertaining to your Office, according to Law. So help you GOD. XVI. And for every Diftraint made for any Fine not His Allowance, exceeding Forty Shillings, he fhall have one Quarter Part for his Pains and Trouble, and for fuch Fines he may diftrain ex officio, and in fuch Diftrefs fhall obferve fuch Rules as the Law hath provided in other Cafes; and upon Ten Days Notice fhall account with and pay the Captain or chief Officer what Fines he hath received, his own Part being deducted. XVII. The chief military Officer of the Regiment, asMeetmgrf often as he fhall fee caufe, fhall require the Captain or chief officers of the Officer of each Company in his Regiment, to meet at fuch Time and Place as he fhall appoint, and there with them to confer, and give in Charge fuch Orders as fhall by them, or the major Part of them, be judged meet for the better ordering and fettling their feveral Companies, and for the better promoting military Difcipline amongft them; and the chief Officer is hereby impowered by his Warrant, directed to any Clerk or Officer of his Regiment, to fummon or caufe to be brought before them any Offender againft this Act; and according to Law to hear and determine all Matters proper for their their Power. Cognizance, and to give Sentence, and to grant Mittimus or Warrants of Diftrefs to the Clerk of the Company where the Offence is committed; for executing which Warrant, if above Forty Shillings, he fhall have Ten Shillings out of the fame for his Pains and Trouble therein, and no more. XVIII. That no Clerk ex officio make Diftraint for anyci^otto Fine until Six Days after the Offence committed, that fo the officio,^ ^ Party may have Opportunity to make Excufe, if any he hath,afgrthe why he fhould not pay the Fine, and every Clerk that neglects committed. 16 PUBLIC ARCHIVES or refufes to account or make Payments as by this Law is provided, he, by a Warrant from the chief Officer of the Company, directed to the Conftable, may be diftrained on for fo much as he hath or fhould have collected or diftrained for. Penalty £5. on XIX. That all Officers yield Obedience to the Warrants dtfM&ng or Commands of their Superior Officers, on Penalty of Five 0fficeS!peri°r Pounds, to be heard and determined at the next Meeting of the chief Officers and Captains of the Regiment, and the Fine to be taken by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods, (returning the Overplus if any be) by Warrant from the chief Officer of the Regiment, directed to the Clerk of the Company to which fuch Offender belongs, and to be applied to the Ufe and Benefit of fuch Company as the Officers fo met fhall agree, their Ex- pences being firft defrayed out of the fame, not exceeding Twenty Shillings. Alarm, how to XX. That an Alarm at the Citadel in the Town of Halifax, e ma e' being made upon fuch Caufes as are agreable to Inftructions to be given by the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, to the Officer commanding at the faid Citadel, fhall be by firing a Beacon at the Summit of the Citadel Hill, or fuch other Place as the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being fhall hereafter appoint, and by firing four Guns at the Parade in the Town of Halifax, or at fuch other Place as the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being fhall appoint, diftinctly one after the other, and alfo by firing four Guns at George's Ifland, diftinctly one after the other, and at the Diftance of Five Minutes after the Firing the Four firft mentioned Guns at the Parade, or fuch other Place as aforefaid, all Perfons being called up to Arm, upon which all the trained Officers, Soldiers, and others capable to bear Arms, that are then refident in the faid Town, Suburbs, or Peninfula of Halifax, in Cafe the Alarm fhould be made, fhall forthwith appear compleat with their Arms and Ammunition according to Law, at fuch Place or Places of Rendezvous as may, from Time to Time, be appointed by the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, there to attend fuch Commands as fhall be Penalty 5/. not given for His Majefty's Service, and that on the Penalty of aSPAtof.uponFive Pounds, or Three Months Imprifonment. The Members of His Majefty's Council, Juftices, and Provoft Marfhal, to attend upon His Excellency the Governor, if at Halifax, and in other Places to appear and advife with the chief Military Officers of the Place where fuch Alarm fhall be made, and to be affifting in His Majefty's Service according to their Quality. And if any Perfon fhall wilfully make any falfe Alarm he fhall be fined to His Majefty Fifty Pounds, for Support of the Government, or fuffer Twelve Months Imprifonment. And all Alarms in other Parts of the Province, to be according to Inftructions given by the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, to the Officers commanding there. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 17 XXI. And for the better preventing of falfe Alarms, Be itgjfjg^ further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Captain, **• «*« WU' Mafter or Commander of any Ship or Veffel, riding at Anchor Halifef&c. or being within the Harbour of Chebucto, or any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, either afloat or on fhore, within the Town, Suburbs, or Peninfula of Halifax, the Town or Suburbs of Dartmouth, or Places adjacent fhall prefume to fire any Guns or fmall Arms, or beat any Drum, after Sunfet, unlefs on fome lawful Occafion, under the Penalty of Forty Shillings for every Gun or fmall Arm fo fired or Drum beaten, to be levied by Warrant from any one of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace for the County of Halifax, (who is hereby impowered to iffue the fame and to give Judgment thereupon) by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods, and for Want of fuch Diftrefs, to commit fuch Offender to the Goal, there to remain until Payment be made of the fame. XXII. Provided always, That this Claufe fhall in no wifeg°^c^d be conftrued to extend to any Captain or other Officer of any fj? Majefty's of His Majefty's Ships of War, for their Firing at fetting tbe Troops, firing Watch, nor to any of His Majefty's Troops on Shore or on ti Board, in the Execution of their Duty. XXIII. That all Perfons exempted by this Law from^n^dfrom Training fhall, notwithftanding, be provided with Arms andTrainin2to Ammunition compleat, upon the fame Penalty as thofe that with Arms and t-i» j ,_ t> • Ammunition. are obliged to Train. XXIV. Provided, That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoevergi'withtathre fhall be fued, profecuted, or his Goods and Chatels liable to any Months. Seizure, by Virtue of any Claufe in this Act before mentioned, but within the Space of Three Months after the committing the refpective Facts hereby made Offences, and not at any Time after the faid Three Months. XXV. All Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures arifing by *?%£%& Virtue of this Act or any Breach thereof, (not otherwife difpofed and difpofed of* of therein) fhall be for the Ufe of the Regiment or Company refpectively wherein the fame doth arife, (that is to fay) for the procuring and repairing Drums, Colours, Banners, Halberts, Pay of Drummers, or other Charge of the faid Company, and the Overplus, (if any be) to be laid out in Arms and Ammunition for a Town Stock: And be recoverable by Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record. XXVI. And it is hereby humbly requefted of His Excellency ™^%ot to the Captain General, by the Affembly, And be it Enacted, That wg<*/to. whilft there is a fufficient Number of regular Troops withingj****^ the Town of Halifax, for its Defence, the Militia of the TownRwiiar^ fhall be fpared from Watching and Warding without theSSS"" Picketted Lines of the Town. PUBLIC ARCHIVES An Ordinance for regulating the militia of the province of Quebec, and rendering it of more general utility, towards the prefervation and fecurity thereof [March 29, 1777] Me. Whereas his excellency the captain general and governor in chief of this province is, by virtue of his majefty's commiffion under the Great Seal of Great-Britain, empowered to levy, arm, mufter, command, and employ all perfons within the province, and, as occafion fhall ferve, them to march or tranf- port from one place to another, for the purpofe of refifting and withftanding of all enemies, pirates, and rebels, both by land and by water; which commiffion, in the abfence of the captain general, the lieutenant governor, or commander in chief, for the time being, is authorized to execute:—AND whereas the well ordering and training of the faid militia, may hereafter be of great ufe towards preferving and fecuring the province from all hoftile invaders thereof, be it enacted by the captain general and governor in chief of this province, by and with the advice and confent of the legiflative council of the fame, that Art. I rfons All perfons, as well in the towns as in the country, from the ;0e6o8e age of fixteen years to fixty, are bound to ferve in the militia iftla. °f that parifh, wherein they refide; and from and after the tbn. publication of the prefent ordinance, every perfon (excepting fuch as are herein after excepted) refufing to ferve, or neglecting to get himfelf inrolled under the officers appointed by his excellency the captain general or governor in chief, in the yfor different parifhes, fhall forfeit five pounds; and upon a fecond refufal, he fhall, over and above a like forfeiture of five pounds for fuch fecond refufal, be rendered incapable of keeping by him or bearing any fire-arm whatfoever, under the like penalty of five pounds, and one months imprifonment, for every time he fhall be convicted of having ufed or kept fuch fire-arm. Art. II i-men Every militia man, whofe conduct or behaviour proves expelled, unworthy of, or difhonorable to the corps, fhall be expelled therefrom, and in like manner rendered incapable of keeping ;r by him, or ufing any fire-arm, under the penalties mentioned in the foregoing article; and as well thofe who have refufed or neglected to enroll themfelves, as thofe who are expelled therefrom, fhall furnifh fleighs and other carriages for the king's fervice, when called upon, in a double proportion to their neighbours of the fame parifh, doing duty as militia men readily °- and chearfully, anf for half the price; provided always that, after the expiration of one year, any perfon, who has committed any of the above recited offences, and fuffered the penalties p Ordinances made and passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of the Province of Quebec. Quebec. William Brown, 1777, pp. 57-67. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 19 directed by this and the foregoing articles, upon making his fubmiffion to the captain of militia, in the prefence of the moft reputable inhabitants of the parifh, at the church door, on a funday or fome other feaft day, fhall, after report has been made thereof to the colonel of militia of the diftrict, and being approved by the captain general, or in his abfence, the lieutenant governor, or commander in chief, for the time being, be reftored to the corps, intitled to the priviledges thereof, and act therein, as if no fuch offence had been committed. Art. Ill The captain or captains of miltia in every parifh, fhall, Captains of twenty days after the publication of the prefent ordinance, or Sanfmit°a lift fooner, if it can be done, tranfmit to the colonels of militia, or ^Sen?oers infpectors when fuch fhall be appointed, for the refpective y^£pectors diftricts, an account of the number of officers and militia men fit for fervice in their refpective companies; as alfo a lift of fuch as may have refufed to inroll themfelves, or difobeyed the orders of their fuperior officers; and hereafter fuch lifts, as well as of any alterations that may have happened within the laft twelve-month, are to be tranfmitted by the captains to the colonels of militia, or infpectors when fuch fhall be appointed, by the tenth or fiftenth of March in every year at fartheft. Art. IV No perfon belonging to a particular company of militia, a militia-man fhall leave his ufual refidence, whereby he became fubject place of thereto, without giving due notice to his captain or commanding give notice0 officer, and of the place where he intends to fettle; and every commanding18 perfon, fo fettling in another parifh, fhall give notice thereof to°®c^ for the captain or commanding officer of the parifh wherein he neglecting^ fettles, under a penalty of forty shillings for the firft offence, and glve for the fecond, the like fum and one month's imprifonment. Art. V Upon the two laft fundays in the month of June, and the The two firft in July, the captains or commanding officers of the^r militia, fhall draw out their companies in the moft convenient^ place of their refpective parifhes, in order to infpect their arms, ^ fire at marks, and inftruct them in their duties; and fuch as ever: difobey, and do not appear on fuch training days, or at fuchattei other times as the colonels of militia, infpectors, or other perfons authorized to review or exercife them, by fpecial orders from the captain general, or, in his abfence, the lieutenant governor, or commander in chief, for the time being, fhall direct, are to forfeit ten fhillings for every offence, except they fhall have firft afked and obtained leave of abfence, on fhewing reafonable caufe for the fame. 20 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Art. VI in time of war, \n time of war, rebellion, or when any other preffing number of exigency of the ftate requires it, fuch number of officers, fer- mliS-m^to jeants, and militia-men, as the governor, lieutenant governor, a?ddSarfSd* or commander in chief, for the time being, thinks fit to direct, asjthe governor jj^ji ^e <jrawn out 0f tne different companies, marched from their require, refpective parifhes, to fuch place as they fhall be ordered to, and ferve, tho' ftill as militia, in conjunction with his majefty's forces, under the guidance and fuperintendance of the officers whom the commander in chief fhall be pleafed to appoint for that purpofe: and at the end of the campaign, or of the fervice they were ordered upon, fhall return to their own homes, but penalties for not before they have been regularly difmiffed from the fame; c oDcaence. ^^ perfon refufing to obey fuch order, abfconding, or not repairing to the place he is ordered to, fhall incur double the penalties inflicted by the firft article of this ordinance; and No perfon to any one quitting the fervice, when fo embodied, before he is buy murkm18' difcharged therefrom, fhall moreover be expelled the corps, and or equipments never allowed to re-enter the fame: And any perfon buying or miiitia-man, purchafing arms, ammunition, or equipments, delivered out of his majefty's ftores to the militia, when embodied, or any ammunition, furnifhed out of the faid ftores, for training and "fiefs?penalty exercifing the faid militia, fhall incur a penalty of five pounds for every fuch offence, to be recovered upon the oath of one credible witnefs, before any one commiffioner of the peace in the diftrict where fuch offence has been committed. except thofe exempted therefrom by this ordinance Captains and other officers difobeying their fuperiors to be deprived mifffons,00^." Art. VII All inhabitants above the age of fixty, and having one fervant, as well as all others holding lands en roture, and not exempted therefrom by this ordinance, fhall, when ordered by government, and called upon by the captains of the militia, in rotation, furnifh carts, fleighs, or other carriages for the king's fervice, at fuch price per day, as fhall be fixed upon by the commander in chief; and any who fhall neglect or refufe to furnifh the fame, or fhall defert or quit that fervice, without being duly difcharged therefrom, fhall likewife incur the penalties directed by the firft article. Art. VIII The captains and other officers of militia not paying due obedience to their fuperiors, or who fhall be convicted of having acted with partiality, of exempting fome, without being properly authorized fo to do, or ordering others out of their turn, out of pique or refentment, fhall be deprived of their commiffions, and obliged to ferve as private militia-men. Officers of the militia to take up all deferters, Art. IX The captains and other officers of militia, fhall take up all ''deferters. whether foldiers or failors, all ftragglers and other REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 perfons, travelling through their refpective parifhes, fufpected of being emiffaires from, conveying intelligence to, or corref- ponding with the rebellious colonies, all perfons fpreading falfe reports to the detriment of government, and perfons leaving the province without a pafs from the captain general, or, in his abfence, the lieutenant governor, or commander in chief, for the time being; and any perfon, either in town or country, lodging or concealing fuch deferters, ftragglers, or fufpected perfons as above, or aiding and affifting any perfon leaving the province without a pafs, without giving immediate notice thereof to the captains of their refpective companies in the country, and if in the towns of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois Rivieres, to the colonels or commanding officers, or other officers appointed for that purpofe, fhall for the firft offence, if inhabitant fo of the towns, forfeit ten pounds, and be imprifoned one month ;h< if refiding in the country, fhall forfeit five pounds, and be imprifoned for the fame time; and double the fum, and double the time of imprifonment, for the fecond, and every other fubfequent offence of the like nature. Art. X In all cafes where the manner of profecuting for the pen-iv alties inflicted by this ordinance has not been directed; where fc the fine impofed does not exceed the fum of forty fhillings, any p' one field officer of the militia, or infpector when fuch officer fhall be appointed, of the diftrict wherein the offence fhall have been committed, being a commiffioner of the peace; and where the penalty exceeds the fum of forty fhillings, or directs the imprifonment of the offender, any two field officers, or one field officer and infpector, as before, belonging to the diftrict in which the offence fhall have been committed, being commiffioners of the peace, or any other two commiffioners of the peace for that diftrict; is and are hereby authorized, upon information laid before them, to take cognizance of, and hear in a fummary manner, all offences committed against the intent and meaning of this ordinance, to inflict the penalties, and levy the fines, by warrant under his or their hands and feals, and all monies arifing therefrom, to be by him or them tranfmitted to the receiver-general of the province, and applied, as other public A monies, to his majefty's ufe; fubject neverthelefs, in cafes« where the penalty is of, or exceeds ten pounds, and where theai party offending is to be imprifoned for more than one month, or to be expelled the militia, to an appeal before the governor, or in his abfence, the lieutenant-governor, or commander in chief, for the time being, and any five members of his majefty's council (the commiffioners of the peace who fhall have heard the fame and given judgment therein only excepted) who are hereby appointed a court of appeals for that purpofe, and authorized to hear and finally to determine the fame. PUBLIC ARCHIVES Art. XI The members of his majefty's council, judges, and other 1 officers of civil government, the feigniors, ftiled here feigneurs primitifs, the nobleffe, fo acknowledged under the antient government of the country, half pay or reduced officers, clergy, ftudents of the feminaries of Quebec and Montreal, and perfons employed in offices of public utility, are exempted from ferving in the militia or furnifhing carriages; Provided always that nothing in this ordinance contained, be conftrued to exempt the feigniors, or nobleffe, from rendering fuch perfonal fervices as are agreeable to the antient ufage, and to which they are bound by the tenure of their lands, whenever the governor, or in his abfence, the lieutenant governor, or commander in chief, for the time being, fhall judge it neceffary to call upon them for the fame. - This ordinance to be in force for two years, and to the end of the feffion of the legiflative council of this province, which will be held in the year one thoufand feven hundred and feventy- nine. GUY CARLETON. Enacted by the authority afore faid, and paffed in council under the Great Seal of the province, at the council chamber in the caftle of St. Lewis, in the city of Quebec, the twenty-ninth day of March, in the feventeeth year of the reign of our fovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God of Great- Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, and fo forth, and in the year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feventy-feven. By His Excellency's Command, J. WILLIAMS, C.L.C. APPENDIX III CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTIONS TO GREAT BRITAIN'S WARS 1798-1802 NOVA SCOTIA Letter from Lt. John Allen to Lieut-Gov. Sir J. Wentworth1 Enclosure in letter of 24th April, 1798. Wentworth to the Duke of Portland. Halifax 21st April 1798. Sir, If my mite can be of any Service to carry on the War against the enemy's of my King, Country, Religion & Constitution I beg leave to subscribe half of my pay as an officer of The R. N. S. Reg* under your Excellencys command for that Purpose during the War. I have the honor to be Your Excellencys Most Obed* Serv* John Allen L* & Q. M. R. N. S. Reg* COL. SIR JOHN WENTWORTH Bar* Commanding R. N. S. Reg* &c. &c. Endorsed. / Lieut. & Q. Master Allen 21 April 1798. In Govr Wentworth's of 24. April 1798 N° 1 tworth to Duke of Portland (enclosure), p. 104. 26 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Sir J. Wentworth to the Duke of Portland1 (N° 54) Halifax Nova Scotia 24th April 1798 My Lord Duke, The Officers of the Royal Nova Scotia Regiment are extremely happy in, and most respectfully thankful for the favorable consideration of their services, which Your Grace has the condescending goodness to express; and they humbly pray leave to represent, that in the present case, and in every other, they embrace His Majestys determinations with the fullest readiness, Zeal, fidelity and duty: and that it is the greatest object of their ambition to verify these motives of every exertion they may be called to in His Majesty's service. The Officers and Men of the Regiment, impressed with the most faithful duty and attachment to His Majesty and His benificent Government, beg leave to present their offering of one week's pay, One Hundred and Ninety Nine Pounds Twelve Shillings and Ten Pence, toward the public service, now menaced by bitter cruel and wiked enemies. Captain Allen of the same Regiment, who succeeds to a Company vacant by the promotion of Major Thesiger, in addition to his part in the preceding arrangement, humbly begs leave to present half his pay during the War.—the former will be paid into the Pay Office of the Army tomorrow, and the latter as it becomes due on every abstract. I have the honor to be, with the most profound deference and respect, My Lord, Your Grace's dutiful and very His Grace truly faithful humble The Duke of Servant; Portland, K.G. J. WENTWORTH. Endorsed. / Halifax 24th April 1798. Sir John Wentworth R. 15th May Ansd Is* July N°54 Extr transd to the Treasury 30th June 1798. i Public Archives, N. S. State Papers 27, Wentworth to Duke of Portland, i REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Sir. J. Wentworth to the Duke of Portland1 Halifax Nova Scotia 12th May 1798 My Lord Duke, I have the honor to represent to Your Grace with the greatest pleasure and deference, that His Majestys faithful and most seriously Loyal Subjects of this Town, impressed with sentiments of determined duty and attachment to their King and Country, from whence they have derived every protection; and animated by the example of their fellow subjects of Great Britain and Ireland—have voluntarily, and on their own free suggestion, entered into a Subscription to aid the exigencys of Government in carrying on the War, Waged by an implacable Enemy, to subvert and destroy all that is dear and honourable. The eighth instant an arrangement was notified, nearly four thousand Pounds Sterling is already subscribed, a considerable part of which is annual during the continuance of the War—and I am persuaded the other Districts of the Province are impressed with the same sentiments, and will evince similar liberality, which, in this case, I am in truth and duty bound to say, has been more guided by an honest Zeal to the Cause, than measured by the immediate abilities of Individuals; It is in preparation in the Garrison, and in the Ships of War now in the Harbour to offer their subscriptions, towards which they are liberally disposed, as, I am convinced they always will be in every act of generous attachment, to their King and Country. I have the honour to be with the most perfect respect My Lord, Your Grace's dutiful and obedient Servant J. WENTWORTH His Grace The Duke of Portland Endorsed. N°55. Halifax 12th May 1798. Sir John Wentworth R/. 7th June Ansd 1st July. j, N. S. Slate Papers, Vol. A 127, Wei o Duke of Portland, pp. 1 28 PUBLIC ARCHIVES List of Nova Scotia Subscribers1 May 22, 1798. We have been favoured with the following List of Subscribers (up to this Morning) in Halifax to a Voluntary Contribution from Nova-Scotia for the Support of Government in carrying on the present just and necessary War against His Majesty's Enemies. His Excellency Sir John Wentworth, Bart. &c The Honourable S. S. Blowers, Chief Justice of Nova-Scotia The Honourable Richard Bulkeley The Right Reverend the Bishop of Nova-Scotia2, annually during the War The Honourable Henry Newton, Collector of His Majesty's Customs and one-fifth of his Sallary, annually, during the war. The Honourable Alexander Brymer Mrs. Brymer Master T. W. Parr Brymer Messrs. Thomas, James and William Cochran, annually The Honourable Charles Morris, Surveyor-General, one half of his Sallery, for the year 1798 The Honourable Jno. Halliburton, annually The Honourable Benning Wentworth Rich. John Uniacke, Esq; Attorney-General Wm. Thomson, Esq; Prothonotary, annually Mr. John Sands, a Member of the Irish Society whose generous offer appeared in Mr. Howe's paper a few Weeks ago The Revd. Robert Stanser, Rector of Saint Paul's Church Charles Morris, Junr. Esq; Wm. Forsyth, Esq; annually Lawrence Hartshorne, Esq; annually Richard Kidston Andrew Belcher, Esq; annually Robert Letson ,.... John Lawson The Widow Piers Ditto for her two Sons Wm. Lawson Thomas Boggs Charles Hill, Esq; annually John Cleveland Foremann and Grassie William Lyon Daniel Wood, annually • John Bremner Andrew Liddell William Minns Charles Geddes, annually William Smith, annually Mathew Richardson Charles R. Prescott John William Schwartz, Esq John Rees 1 The Royal Gazelle and Nova Scotia Advertiser, Halifax, 1798. The dates are giv 1 Rev. Charles Inglis. 200 0 0 200 0 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 75 0 0 20 0 J3? 25 wj yk 45 0 0 100 0 0 18 0 0 36 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 44 4 6 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 12 12 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 the beginning of REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Henry Yeomans Edward Pryor Thomas Goudge Captain Alexander MacLean William Pryor Stephen Hall Binney, Esq; annually Hibbert N. Binney, Esq; annually John Newton, Esq; one-fifth of his Sallary as Surveyor of the Customs annually Adam de Chezeau and Son Edward Pryor, Junr Catharine Hoddard, one month's wages Samuel Rudolph John Longee, a Boy Anthony Henry Jacob Miller, and Son Nicholas Oxner William Kidston Robert Lyon : Capt. James Elmslie Michael Head, Esq; John Bottomley Fraser and Thorn of Miramiche, New-Brunswick Philip Marchinton, Esq; annually Widow Killo Donald Grant Patrick Heffernan, annually Jonathan Tremain, Jun James Leaver George Greaves and one quarters Rent of his House, at the end of every year during the War, Capel Hians, at present And £10. next year, and every succeeding one during the War. Michael Bennet Isaac Mansfield John Bond Ann Bond Jacob Calnek Peter Cashenberry E. B. Brenton, Esq; annually Foster Hutchinson, Jun. Esq; annually James Stewart, Esq; annually Michael Wallace, Esq; Mrs. Phoebe Moody Winckworth Allan Archibald Hinshelwood, 20 days pay John C. Strouvee, quarterly Burrows Davis, annually Revd. Geo. Wright, master of the Halifax Grammar School Miss Peggy McDonald John, Edward & Ja. Kerby, annually Enoch Wiswell Benjamin Etter John Taylor, annually 10 0 15 17 0 13 4 10 5 0 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 4 10 0 4 10 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 18 0 0 21 0 0 4 10 0 2 14 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 4 10 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Mrs. Hart Ditto for her Children Cathrine Prichard William and Robert Williams William Wooden Robert Hill David Rudolph George Grant Robert Letson, jun William Gray John Letson John MacNab George M. Halliburton Thomas Conner Mary Whiston Ann Piche Joseph Austin James Donaldson William Castells William Drysdale Gabriel Johnson George De'Blois, annually Samuel Brown, annually Joseph Davis Michael Laffell Robert Milne Thomas West John Stealing William Lawlor, annually John Masters Edmund Buttler, annually . Mrs. Anna Maria Green William Annand William Dickey, jun George Bayers Wm. Bayers William Duffies John George Pyke, Esq; annually Jonathan Tremain, Senr John Croskill 'Peter Lynch Thomas Watson Thomas Moody, annually James Pierse, annually Fillis, Boyd and Fillis John A. W. Grassie, a child Reverend Archibald Gray James Creighton, Junr Richard Cleary, annually George Anderson, annually Thomas and Peter Donaldson, annually.. James Romans, annually Constant Connor, annually Jeremiah Vickers Martin Shier Sterling £. s. d. to 0 0 10 2 2 0 18 0 13 0 18 0 18 10 0 30 0 10 0 1 16 4 10 20 0 100 10 45 0 10 0 5 5 20 0 10 10 10 10 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 James Clarke, Esq; Richard Tremain Charles Boggs Thomas MacGory John Hunter Abram Cunard William Whiston H. Pipe \\\\ George Bell Reverend James Jones, annually George Jost Barth. Sullivan, annually Benjamin Salter, annually Robert Knox Benjamin Bridge Henry Watkey's, Senr Widow Kerr, annually Richard Jacobs Benjamin Smith, annually Robb and Pirnie Peter Smith (Tanner) John F. T. Gschwind Friendly Society , Alexander Izatt William Hunt William Hatton Henry Newton, Junr Godfrey Jacobs William Taylor Thomas Wallace Reverend William Black John Hemmington Widow Carrol, annually Master John Carroll James Kidston John Howe Widow Hawkins James Putnam, Esq; for the present year. And 25£. per annum during the remainder of the war. Total Sterling May 29, 1798. The Young Gentlemen, Pupils of the Halifax Grammar School.. Captain Duport, late of His Majesty's 20th Regiment, annually. William Reardon, annually Thomas Adams, annually Francis Stephens, annually George Maren, junr John Hackenhall Nicholas Smith Irish Society y Tho* the greater part of the Members who compose this Society had Subscribed liberally before. 4 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 12 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 79 14 6 32 PUBLIC ARCHIVES June 12, 1798. £. s. d. Reverend Barnard Houseal 10 0 0 William Mott 10 0 0 Thomas Russel 1 10 ° Joseph Peters, annually 3 3 ° John Anderson, Watchman of the Dock Yard 1 0 0 Joseph Anderson IS 0 0 Mrs. Loveland 4 10 ° The Treasurer has received the following Sums in part of the Voluntary Subscription now going on in the County of Lunenburg for the support of Government in carrying on the war, which reflects much honour upon that industrious and loyal settlement. Halifax Currency £. s. d. Colonel Creighton 100 0 0 D. Christopher Jessen, Esq 25 0 0 John Christopher Rudolph, Esq; 10 0 0 Christopher Vienot, 0 5 0 AdamHebb 2 0 0 Frederick Emenot 2 0 0 Andreas Young 3 0 0 Peter Mason 2 0 0 Conrad Crais 0 5 0 John Hall 3 0 0 JohnMcGrigor 0 5 0 Nicholas Eisenhaur 0 10 0 Gotlieb Berringer 1 0 0 Frederick Hahn 0 2 6 Revd. Mr. J. Gotlieb Schmeiser 1 0 0 John Becker 0 10 0 Casper Ernest 3 10 0 John Lenox 3 10 0 Casper Jeckman, junr 2 0 0 Henry Kaulbach 5 10 0 George Bohner, junr 2 0 0 Francis Rudolf 4 0 0 Michael Lohnes 10 0 George Bohner, senr 0 5 0 Henry Heison 0 5 0 Jacob Westhoffer 0 15 0 Frederick Rigolo 0 15 0 Revd. Breun Comingo 1 0 0 John Donig, Esq 10 0 George Herman 2 0 0 FrantzTimon 0 5 0 Nicholas Conrad 3 0 0 Robert Lord 10 0 George Conrad 3 0 0 George Wentzel 0 2 0 John Smelzer 0 5 0 Valentine Thiel 0 5 0 Leonard Young 0 5 0 G. Frederick Dauphine 1 5 0 £187 14 6 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 33 June 19, 1798. The Treasurer has received the amount of the undermentioned, very liberal Subscription, for carrying on the War from the Domestic Servants of Lieutenant-General His Royal Highness Prince Edward. P. Beck, Steward C. Husing, Valet A. Mandry, Butler F. Leguiere, Upper Cook A. Wills, Gardner H. Celestin, Under Cook P. Richer, Under Butler John Woolmar, Upper Coachman Valentine Rumney, Under Do R. Pulty, Groom .2 3 0 0 0 0 £54 0 0 The following sums have been received by the Treasurer since our last from Lunenburg. Halifax Currency £. s. d. Conrad Knickle 0 5 0 Henry Ernst, senr 2 0 0 Alexander Lay 0 10 0 James Pejean 0 5 0 James Vienot, senr 1 0 0 William Burley 0 5 0 James Dares 1 15 0 George Lowe 0 2 6 John Halter 0 10 0 Valentine Whitman, sen 1 0 0 Conrad Nass 0 5 0 Christopher Nass 0 5 0 Peter Vienot 0 10 0 Isaac Grey 1 0 0 Edward James, Esq 10 0 0 £19 12 6 * June 26, 1798. The following liberal Subscription has been received by the Treasurer from Cornwallis. John Burbidge John Chipman, annually Jonathan Shearman James Kerr Daniel Bowen, annually Thomas Ratchford Henry Burbidge William Twining, annually.. Hugh Graham, annually William Allen Chipman 21049—3 2 10 10 0 PUBLIC ARCHIVES David Whidden, annually William Campbell, annually William Chipman Handley Chipman Abraham Webster Rolen Morton Benjamin Fox Joseph Starr James Allison David Starr Augustus Willoughby Moses Lockwood James Tillet Pern Terry James Cumming Simon Cumming ' Luther Hathaway Henry Gessner, annually for 3 years James Rowland Benjamin Belcher Joshua Chase Daniel Stanford Lemuel Morton John Condon Chandler Martin Daniel Harris Walter Reed JohnNisbit Joel Parish, junr Jedediah Ells Abraham Masters Mary Chace, widow Thomas Nickson David Jones Joseph Barclen Simon Fox Abraham Newcomb Abraham Newcomb, junr James Nery Thomas Barden Edward Keaf Asahel Bill Ahira Caulkins Benjamin Burges Randel Ilslay John Parel Jabez Weaver Charles Chipman Robert Walker and son Alexander, annually.. Lawrence Van Buskirk Henry Van Buskirk Garet Van Buskirk John McGee John Dugan Elijah Crane Enoch Steadman i 0 0 t 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ) 10 0 ; o o o o o o REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Andrew Luny William Robinson George Ovens, Black man.. Daniel Harrington Elkanah Morton Mason Cogswell Joseph Prescott, annually... Zachariah Chipman Homes Chipman Major Chipman Stephen Chipman Stephen Harrington Jacob Walton Joseph Chace John Starr Mrs. Starr Shearman Burbidge Elias Burbidge, annually... John Beckwith, junr John Calkine Eristes Pineo Edmund Porter Daniel Cogswell Thomas Newman David Bentley Daniel Ells Stephen Sheffield Thomas Woodworth Oliver Woodworth Levy Woodworth Nathan Palmiter Peter Wickwire Silas Wickwire John Cumstick Henry Cox Thomas Cox William Pineo John Chipman Beckwith... Benjamin Jarvis William Skeen Benjamin Kinsman, jun Joseph Jackson Stephen Jackson Joseph Jackson, jun Benjamin Stedman John B. Best George Chipman John Newcomb Jonathan Newcomb Ebenezer Porter Pierce Brett George Cumming Alexander Campbell Isabella Campbell William Campbell, a child.. John Campbell do. 2104ft—31 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 1 10 0 0 15 0 PUBLIC ARCHIVES James Campbell, a child.. John Miller Michael Colman Elijah Rand Darises Webster Cyrus Webster Timothy Barnaby Ambrose Barnaby Timothy Barnaby, jun... Colin Brymer Edmund Finn 0 10 0 10 July 10,1798. We have been favoured with the following very scriptions, of the Regiments and Departments, under Lieutenant General His Royal Highness Prince Edward. handsome Sub- the command of £. d. 300 0 0 Lieutenant-General H.R.H. Prince Edward Major John Vesey \ Aids de Camp 20 0 0 Major G. S. Smith J 50 0 0 Capt. J. Hale, Military Secretary 10 0 0 James Ogilvie, Major General 105 0 0 Capt. W. Cox, Aid de Camp 5 5 0 Lieut. Col. F. A. Wetherall, Deputy Adjt. General 50 0 0 Major R. Walker, Major of Brigade 10 0 0 George Brinley, Commissary General 10 0 0 Foster Hutchinson, junr 10 0 0 James Putnam, Deputy Barrack Master General 50 0 0 William Porter, Deputy Commissary of Musters 20 0 0 J. Beckwith, Acting Comptroller of Accounts 20 0 0 E. B. Brenton, Deputy Judge Advocate, annually 20 0 0 Thomas, Irvin, Assistant Insp. of Hospitals, do 14 0 0 James Boggs, Garrison Surgeon 5 5 0 Capt. A. Prevost, Town Major 15 0 0 Stephen H. Binney, Barrack Master 10 0 0 Revd. J. Wetherall, Garrison Chaplain 20 0 0 F. W. Hecht, Deputy Commissary of Musters 15 0 0 and Ten pounds annually. Thomas Williams, C. of Stores and Barrack Master, annually... 10 0 0 George Henkel, Garrison Surgeon 10 0 0 and Thirty Pounds annually Joseph Pearce, Assistant do 5 5 0 And Twenty Pounds annually John Boyd, Hospital Mate, 28 days pay 10 10 0 And the same annually.' CORPS Royal Artillery 51 H 0 Royal Military Artificers 11 5 0 Ordnance Department 121 7 0 7th or Royal Fusiliers 706 17 2 Royal Nova-Scotia Regiment 192 17 1} Royal Newfoundland Regiment 200 0 0 £2079 12 3| The following Subscription has been received by the Treasurer from Parrsboro' £65 3 9 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 37 Letter from the Duke of Portland to Lieut.-Gov. Sir J. Wentworth1 Whitehall, 1st July 1798. Dra* to Sir John Wentworth Bar* N° 34. Sir, I have laid before The King Your Letters numbered 54 and 55. The Zeal which has been manifested by the Officers and Men of the Royal Nova Scotia Regiment and by the Inhabitants of Halifax at large, in the very liberal Subscription for the Public Service, is very honorable to them, and it gives His Majesty particular pleasure to witness this Voluntary Mark of their Loyalty & attachment to the Parent State. Endorsed. Dra* to Sir J. Wentworth Bar* Whitehall Is* July 1798. N°34. read by the King. I am &c. &c. PORTLAND Letter from the Duke of Portland to Lieut.-Gov. Sir J. Wentworth2 Whitehall, 31s* July 1798. I cannot too strongly express to you the satisfaction, with which His Majesty Witnesses that Spirit of Loyalty and Attachment to His Person and Government, and to Our glorious Constitution, which is so conspicuous in the proceedings of the Legislature of Nova Scotia in the late Sessions, and which has manifested itself in the extensive voluntary contributions of every Description of His Majesty's Subjects within the Province, in support of the Parent State and of the Cause, for which we are contending. I am &c. PORTLAND Endorsed. Dra* To Sir John Wentworth B* Whitehall July 31. 1798. N°35. » Public Archives, N. S. State Papers, Vol. A 128, Duke of Portland to Wentworth, pp. 2-4. PUBLIC ARCHIVES Additional Lists1 September 11, 1798. The following Subscriptions have been received by the Treasurer from the Foreman and Artificers employed in the Engineers Department of His Majesty's Works at Halifax. Isaac Rigby Henry Roberts Frederick Wizer John Gleason Richard Chandley James Clarke James Stuart James Murdock Samuel Watts John Kelley Patrick Kavanagh Alexander Renfrew John McLeod Isaac Norris John Miller William Townsend Frederick Fowsall George Artz Daniel George John Jones James Noonan John Hovey James Mills Alexander M'Laughlin Duncan M'Quin D. M'Intosh John Goff Alexander Morris Frederick Rhan Pat. Conner George Richardson John Weston Amos Lovet John Cowan Baron Canfield William White Nichols Wall John Pense Patrick Connell Joseph Caldwell John Levison Hugh Ross John Pierce Enoch Morris Arthur Evans » The Royal Gazette and Nova Scotia Advertiser, Halifax, 1798. I 10 0 I 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 10 0 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 John Malcolm John Wier Mark Lambert Lewis Hulsman Thomas Ross William Lovett James M'Leod Christian Schneider Moses Dowey John Roberts Donald M'Quin William Murray John Macdonell David M'Burney, a boy.... John Ellis, a boy James Fitzgerald, a boy Robert Marshall John Lorelland Alex. Frager George Whitecross John Burkhart George Worrall, per month.. Joseph Holeman ,. Henry Vandegraft Donald M'Kenzie John Johnson, per month... James Burke Robert Williamson William Barron Michael Hennisey Robert Dove James Hamm Jeremiah McGrath John Stewart Thomas McKenzie 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 The following Subscriptions have also been received by the Treasurer from the Inhabitants of Margarets Bay. John Woodin John Umlach Sen Christopher Dophanie.. Daniel Wier Joseph Dophanie George Boutilia Robert Kedy Catherine Kedy George Dophanie Henry Lewis John Boutilia 0 0 0 0 l 10 0 10 0 i 10 0 i 10 0 NEW BRUNSWICK Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Carleton to the Duke of Portland1 My Lord Duke, Fredericton, New Brunswick 9th June 1798. I have the honor to inform Your Grace that the Example of Voluntary Contributions, in aid of the National Means for prosecuting the present War, has not failed to Excite a portion of Enthusiasm in this Infant Colony. Subscriptions for that purpose have been opened, and, from the Sums already pledged, I have no doubt but I shall soon have the satisfaction of reporting an amount which, though comparatively small, will be more than equal to the proportional abilities of the Subscribers; who consider the present eventful moment as calling upon all His Majesty's Subjects, not merely for such Exertions as they might be able, without much inconvenience to afford; but for every practicable sacrifice, so long as it may be, necessary, for the National defence and the preservation of His Majesty's Government. I have the honor to be Your Grace's most obedient and very humble Servant THOS. CARLETON. His Grace The Duke of Portland &c. &c. &c. Endorsed. N. Brunswick, 9th June 1798. M. Gen1 Carleton R/. 11th July N°38. Ansd 27th i Public Archives, N. B. State Papers, Vol. A 11, Carleton to Duke of Portland, p. 93. 42 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Lists of Subscription1 June 22, 1798 St. John, Friday June 22. A Subscription was opened at the Coffee House on the fourteenth instant, the amount of which is to be remitted to the Lords of The Treasury, as a Contribution towards the National Defence, and a testimony of Loyalty to His Majesty and the British Constitution. John Black, Esq. subscribed 50 £ Sterling. William Pagan Bradford Gilbert | 200 dollars each. Edward Sands, Esqrs J The Hon. George Leonard, Esqr. (by Mr. Codner,) One Fifth of his annual Income from Government during the War. William Campell, Esquire, 20 £ and Ten Pounds annually during the War. We have no doubt this laudable object will receive a general and handsome support. The Sums subscribed are to be paid into the hands of W. S. Oliver and James Codner, Esqrs, on or before the first of September next. The Fredericton Subscription we hear, is still carrying on with a spirit of much liberality. Mr. Ryan The enclosed Circular Letter to the Colonels of the Militia Regiments you will insert in your next paper from Authority. I am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, H. W. HAILES. (Circular) Fredericton, 15th June, 1798. Sir, A degree of enthusiasm having appeared in this Province by different Subscriptions being opened after the example of the Voluntary Contributions of the parent State, in aid of the National Means for prosecuting the present War.—His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief wishing that the same may be generally known throughout New Brunswick, that all His Majesty's Subjects willing to contribute at this eventful moment, may have an opportunity of showing their Loyalty, has directed me to propose to you without loss of time to convene the Captains under your Command, in order that they may mention the subject to their Companies, and give them the opportunity of coming forward with such subscriptions as they may be able to afford; which > The St. John Gazette, St. John, 1798. The dates printed in italics are the dates of issue of the Gazette. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 43 should be collected by the different Captains and paid into your hands, that the same may be transmitted as soon as possible to the Duke of Portland, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. You will please to acquaint me for His Excellency's information, with the event of this proposition and the amount of the Subscriptions so collected, that orders may be given on the payment of the money into the Military Chest for Bills to be drawn for the amount by the Deputy Paymaster of New Brunswick on the Paymasters General in England. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant (signed) H. W. HAILES Adjutant General, N.B. Militia. To , Colonel of Militia New Brunswick. June 29, 1798. We have to apologize for omitting the name of the Hon. G. G. Ludlow, Esq. in the list of those Gentlemen who so liberally contributed for the National Defence, as published in our last—he having subscribed 200 dollars. July 6th, 1798. Continuation of the List of Subscribers Toward the National Defence Robert Parker, Thomas Horsefield, and William Robertson, Esqrs. 20 £ each now, and 20 £ annually during the War. Hon. Col. Billop, 20 £ Mr. Thomas Jennings, 18 £ sterling, annually during the War. Jonathan Bliss, Esq., and the Revd. Dr. Byles, 15 £ each now, and 15 £ annually during the War. Messrs. Isaac Lawton, Henry Uhthoff, Adino Paddock, Francis Gilbert, John Colvill, Fitch Rogers, 10 £ each now, and 10 £ each annually during the War. William Wanton, Esq. one-fifth of his Sallary as Collector—10 £ Mr. John Pugsley, 7 £ annually during the War. Messrs Joseph Russel, Thomas Walker, and John Ives, 5 guineas each for the present year, and a like sum annually during the War. Mr. John Sinnot, 5 £, now and 5 £ annually during the War. Mr. William Wilbour, 4 £ annually during the War. Mr. James Scoullar, 2 £ now, and 2 £ annually during the War. Mr. James McDonald—3 £ 21049—4} 44 PUBLIC ARCHIVES St. John, 2d July. Mr. Sower, While a spirit of loyal enthusiasm seems to pervade every part of His Majesty's Dominion's, and Voluntary Contributions, in aid of Government, are entered into with avidity, by every description of subjects in the Mother Country; it is to be hoped there will be no tardiness on the part of any inhabitant of this loyal city, in coming forward at this momentous crisis, not only to tender his mite, but to evince a disposition to make every practical sacrifice for the defence of the nation, and preservation of our happy constitution, with which this infant Province must stand or fall. Let us banish therefore all contracted and selfish considerations, and let the cause of our country be the first principle of action, while that country is in danger! ! A CITIZEN. Friday, July 13, 1798 Continuation of the List of Subscribers Towards the National Defence Lt. Robert Scott, of Lt. Col. Moncktons 94th Regt. Eight pounds sterling for the present year and 3 £ sterling during the war. Benjamin Stanton, Three Guineas annually during the war. John Paul, Three pounds and 2 £ annually during the war. George Smith, Three Pounds and 3 £ annually during the war. Hon. William Hazen, Twenty pounds and same sum annually during the war. Charles Hazen, Five pounds and ditto annually during the war. Friday, July 27, 1798 Voluntary Contributions In addition to the Voluntary Subscriptions which we have heretofore noticed, the loyal town of St. Andrews made a beginning on Saturday the 14th inst. and in the course of an hour the following sums were subscribed toward the support of Government. Currency £. s. d. Colonel Hugh Mackay, of Half Pay (being one fourth of his allowance) £ 10 Sterling 11 2 3 Lieut. Col. Thomas Wyer 3 0 0 Captain Daniel M°Masters 30 0 0 Lieutenant Ninian Lindsey 5 0 0 Ensign Duncan M°Intosh 1 3 4 Robert Pagan, Esq 50 0 0 John Currie, Esq 5 0 0 Joseph Garnett, Esq 3 15 0 John M°Intosh 2 10 0 James Stewart 15 0 0 Maurice Salt 1 3 4 Philip Stanton 0 15 0 George Dunham 0 5 0 Ludwick Helderbrand 0 5 0 Alexander Young 0 10 0 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 45 Subscriptions are opening in several other parts of the county of Charlotte, by Companies, which appear to meet with universal success. Friday, August 3, 1798 Voluntary Contributions Bank reports up to Friday, June 1. Voluntary Assessed Taxes.. 1,305,716 13 9 754,966 0 3 Friday, August 24, 1798 Voluntary Subscriptions for the County of York—Continued The Hon. John Saunders, Esq. annually 30 Guineas Mrs. Saunders do. 10 Guineas Master Jno. Simcoe Saunders do. 5 Guineas M- fAriana Margaretta Saunders do. 1\ Guineas \Eliza Saunders do. 2\ Guineas Captain-Lieutenant William Bartlett, Royal Engineers do. 15 Guineas 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 '# 5 0 0 Subscriptions of the following Gentlemen of the Exempt Company of the County of York. £. s. d. S. Agnew during the present War out of his Half-Pay Caleb Jones, during the War out of his Half-Pay John Althouse Joseph Swift out of his Half-Pay for the War, pr annum William Bailey during the War out of his Half-Pay Peter Clements annually during the present War Walter Price David M'Gibbon during the War out of his Half-Pay W. Stewart annually during the present War Joseph Cunliffe during the present War Revd. John Agnew out of his Half-Pay during the present War against the French per annum Abram. Close out of his Half-Pay during the War per annum Andrew Husband annually during the present War George Everett during the present War C. Thompson, during the present War out of his Half-Pay Leo. Reed during the present War out of his Half-Pay John Combs annually Charles A. L. Gunther Eleazer Slocum, annually Valentine Harding during the present War Adjutant John Cunningham Four Pounds Sterling during the War. Neh. Clarke 40 days Half-Pay during the War 4 0 0 4 13 4 4 0 0 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Voluntary Subscriptions of the County of Sunbury Sunbury County Militia Lieut. Capt. Capte Colonel Miles, Jabriel De Ve! as Gilbert, Esq el M'Nelly..., £. s. d. 15 0 0 28 4 31 19 20 11 21 15 13 12 21 0 15 0 3 0 2 10 10 0 2 0 Willi;) Willia imlloim. a Rogers.. si Peabodv i Clarke 2K 1 i\ Tilley Perley.... *er Brims rider Menzies resent Year. l Ryeraon on Russell A Company of Youths James A. Mill J. Mercereau. S.Smith W. Sharman. G. Nevers.... A. Nevers.... REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 47 £. s. d. T.Clowes 0 2 6 G.Rogers 0 1 3 T. O. Miles 0 2 6 F. Emerson 0 1 3 H.Rogers 0 1 3 W. Simmons 0 1 0 J. Peabody 0 0 6 J. Mercereau 0 13 S. Smith 0 1 3 S. Nevers 0 0 6 W.Simpson 0 0 6 Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Carleton to the Duke of Portland1 N° 41. Fredericton, New Brunswick 17th Septemr 1798. My Lord Duke In my letter of the 9th of June (N° 38) I informed Yourge^rmuwick Grace that Subscriptions had been opened in this Province for £200.0.0 making Voluntary Contributions to the Public Service during Fredericton the present War; and I have now the honor to transmit thecomp^o? Bills Enumerated in the Margin amounting to £590.8.0 Sterling, £156^2.0. in part of those Subscriptions, which I have reason to Expect will The Revd amount to nearly three thousand pounds. Major Robison's ^'PMg»pn Company of Royal Artillery Stationed here, remitted the amount Commissary of their Contribution £85.19.4. Judge Saunders also has directed his Agent to pay in his Annual Subscription of £52.10.0 Lud!oiustlce as I have done mine of £500—during the War which is the tenor of the Subscriptions in this Province; for we areTfhtehes The Secretary Province deeply impressed with a conviction, that under the Existing £300 circumstances, a persevering hostility with the Republican The surveyor Despotism of France is necessary to the preservation and future £30.0.0. safety of the British Government and Constitution. w-Hazen jun' & Robert The remainder of our Contributions for the Year past will, gfj** 0 I hope be transmitted as soon as the produce of the present Q^t T^^ Harvest can be disposed of. &hisCompany I have the Honor to be kfiSESL0' Your Grace's most obedient c£rns&Jolm and most humble Servant £28.16.0. THOs CARLETON. luislXsed His Grace Sf&fift The Duke of Portland totta'ifeSik &c. &c. &c. &c. g5g2«* Novt Endorsed New Brunswick 17. Sepr 1798. Maj. Gen1 Carleton R/. 26th Novr Answd 6th Decr N°41 (8 inclosures) iPublic Archives, N. B. State Papers. Vol. A 11, Carleton to Duke of Portland, pp. 135-136. PUBLIC ARCHIVES September 21,1798 New Brunswick, 1798 Voluntary Contributions Remitted to His Grace the Duke of Portland by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, except where otherwise expressed Sterling £. s. d. His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, annually 500 0 0 Major Robinson and his Company of Royal Regiment of Artillery, remitted by the Commanding Officer ditto 85 19 4 The King's New Brunswick Regiment do. 200 0 0 The Rev. Mr. Pidgeon ditto 50 0 0 The Honorable Chief Justice Ludlow ditto 50 0 0 Fredericton Volunteer Company ditto 156 12 0 Mr. Secretary Odell ditto 30 0 0 George Sprowle, Esq ditto 30 0 0 The Hon. Fudge Saunders and family—to be paid quarterly by his Agent in London, to commence the quarter due 24th September, 1798—N.B. the sum of 52 £, 10s, also to be paid 24th Sept. 1798, over and above the quarterly payment of twelve and one half guineas 52 10 0 William Hazen, Jun. Esq. Paymaster, N.B. Regt. and Lieut. Robert Hazen, 60th Regt. Aid-de-Camp 45 0 0 Capt. Alex. Taylor and his Compy. Northumberland militia Currency £27 0 0 Mr. John Carnes £ 5 0 0 £32 0 0 £ 1228 17 4 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 49 Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Carleton to The Duke of Portland1 N°45. Fredericton, New Brunswick 18th October 1798. My Lord Duke I have the honor to transmit the Bills of Exchange, enumerated in the Margin, amounting to £694.. 17..4 Sterling in continuation of the Voluntary contributions made in this Province to the public Service; And an order from MP Leonard for one fifth part of his Salary to be paid annually during the present War. I have the honor to be Your Grace's most obedient and most humble Servant. THOS. CARLETON. His Grace The Duke of Portland &c. &c. &c. &c. Rob' Parker, Esq' Ordn» Store Keeper £72.9.0. John Robinson 10"1 Octr. Dep' Pay Mr £223.13.4. Endorsed New Brunswick 18. Octr 1798. Major General Carleton R/ 26th NoVr Answd 6th Decr N°45. (6 inclosures) i. State Papers, Vol. A 11, Carleton to Duke of Portland, p. 148. 50 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Friday, October 19, 1798 Continuation of Voluntary Contributions Remitted to His Grace The Duke of Portland by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor1 City and County of Saint John Currency £. s. d. Hon. G. G. Ludlow, Esq 50 0 0 William Pagan, Esq 50 0 0 Bradford Gilbert, Esq 50 0 0 John Black, Esq 55 11 1 Hon. George Leonard, Esq. (one fifth part of his Salary from Government annually during war) William Campbell, Esq. for the present year 20 0 0 and 10 £ annually during the war Robert Parker, Esq. the same annually during the war 20 0 0 Jonathan Bliss, Esq do. 15 0 0 Isaac Lawton, Esq do. 10 0 0 Wm. Robertson, Esq do. 20 0 0 Henry Uhthoff, Esq do. 10 0 0 Adine Paddock, Esq do. 10 0 0 Mr. John Sinnot do. 5 0 0 Mr. James Scoullar do. 2 0 0 Francis Gilbert, Esq do. 10 0 0 Wm. Wanton, Esq 11 2 3 Fitz Rogers, Esq. the same annually during the war 10 0 0 Rev. Mather Byles, D. D ditto 15 0 0 Hon. Christr. Billop, Esq 20 0 0 Mr. William Wilbour the same annually during the war 4 0 0 Mr. Joseph Russell do. 5 16 8 Mr. Thomas Walker do. 5 16 8 Mr. John Ives do. 5 16 8 Mr. James McDonald (to be continued annually during the war). . 3 0 0 Lieutenant Robert Scott, on the Half Pay of Lieutenant Colonel Monckton's late 94th Regt. of Foot, Eight Pounds Sterling the present year & Three Pounds, the same currency during the war 8 17 9 Mr. J. Paul, Three Pounds and Two Pounds annually during the war 3 0 0 Hon. William Hazen, Esq. the same annually during the war 20 0 0 Charles Hazen, Esq ditto 5 0 0 Gab. DeVeber, Esq ditto 10 0 0 Thomas Menzie, Esq ditto 10 0 0 Colin Campbell, Esq 7 15 7 Mr. James Codner 8 0 0 A.B 3 0 0 York County Hon. Isaac Allen, Esq. the same annually during the war 33 10 0 Lieut. Colonel Ellegood ditto 22 4 5J Captain Lieut. Bartlet, Royal Engineers ditto 17 10 0 Mr. Brown, Assistant Surgeon General, Hospital New Brunswick.. 37 10 0 i The St. John Gazette. St. John, 1798. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Charlotte County Currency £. s. d. Col. Hugh McKay—himself & part of the Militia, County Charlotte 121 13 8 Robt. Pagan, Esq 50 0 0 Mr. Ninian Lindley 6 0 0 Amount Currency £ 772 4 9 Amount Sterling £ 686 8 8 Sterling First Remittance £ 1228 17 4 Second do 686 8 8 Total Remittance £ 1915 6 o 15th October, 1798. Friday, November 2, 1798 Voluntary Subscriptions of the Light Infantry of York County Militia, Transmitted to His Grace the Duke of Portland £. s. d. Major Stephen Jarvis 15 0 0 Lieut. James Taylor 5 0 0 Lieut. Robert Smith 5 0 0 Sergeant John Cox 1 10 0 Sergeant Alward Harned 1 5 0 Corporal James Nichol 0 10 0 Corporal Ezekiel Slote 1 0 0 Benjamin Akely 0 5 0 Holdin Turner 0 5 0 Isaac Clarke 1 5 0 Jedediah Slason 2 0 0 Jesse Phips 2 0 0 Gabriel Vanhorn 1 0 0 Jasper Ruckle 2 0 0 John Booth 0 15 0 James Mclndoe 0 10. 0 Zenus Lincoln 1 0 0 James Picket 1 0 0 Cornelius Ackerman 1 0 0 Darius Dickinson 1 0 0 Daniel Bass 1 ° ° Nehemiah Beckwith 2 5 0 William Delaney, Jun 0 5 0 Matthias Sweam 0 10 0 Robert Odden 0 5 0 Francis Purdy ° 15 ° John King ° S ° Daniel Rivers ° 10 I £ 49 0 0 *A PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from the Duke of Portland to Lieut.-Gov. Carleton1 Whitehall (6) December 1798. I have laid before the King Your Lettei and numbers mentioned in the Margin. You are already informed by my Letter of the 27th s»Oti£ba of July last, of the high sense Entertained by His Majesty n° 43. d° d° of the Zeal and Liberality, which His Province of New n° 45! is* d° Brunswick has manifested by the Contributions they have *(endoreed 13* raised for the purpose of co-operating with the Parent (but dated 17 State, in maintaining unimpaired and inviolate that happy Constitution and order of things, to which, under Providence, We are indebted for the manifold blessings, enjoyed by every part of the British Empire. I have great satisfaction in having been made the Instrument, by which the Province has given this distinguished proof of it's Energy and Public Spirit, and I send you a Copy of the Receipt from the Bank of England for27th Nov-1798, the Bills You transmitted me in behalf of the Province. /Endorsed. Dra* to Gen1 Carleton Dec1 1798. N°27. 1 Public Archives, N. B. State Papers, Vol. A 11, Duke of Portland to Carleton. pp. 195-196. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 53 Friday, December 21, 1798 Voluntary Subscriptions of Capt. Daniel Micheau's Company of King's County Militia, 11th November, 1798 Currency £. s. d. Capt. Daniel Micheau 3 o 0 Lieut. David Wetmore 2 0 0 Ensign Isaiah Smith 1 10 0 Sergeant Jessy Tabor 0 5 0 Sergeant Henry Wanamaker 0 5 0 William Oliver 10 0 William Wright 0 10 0 Humphrey Bull 0 5 0 Caleb M°Cready 0 5 0 James Fowler 0 5 0 John Beihn 0 10 0 Caleb Wetmore 0 5 0 John Jarvis 0 10 0 10 10 0 Voluntary Subscriptions of Capt. Rulof Rulofson's Company of King's County Militia, 17th July, 1798 Currency £. s. d. Capt. Rulof Rulof son—and the same annually during the war 4 0 0 Lieut. Joseph Baxter 1 0 0 Sergt. John Adams—and 1 £ annually during the War 0 10 0 Sergt. Nathan Deforist 0 5 0 Sergt. Lun Frozee 0 5 0 JesseHoyt 0 10 0 James Ketchum 0 10 0 Thomas Fairweather, Jr ° 10 ° Francis Bickill 0 5 0 David Scofield 0 5 0 Martin Fahy 0 7 6 Darling Whelpley 0 6 0 Charles Ketchum ° 10 ° George Smith ° 5 Q Henry Jackson 0 5 0 John Lee. •• J" J Asa Hamilton J J J Phillip Honsinger 0 2 6 . '..- £ 11 6 0 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Friday, January 25, 1799 In the list of subscriptions of Capt. Rulofson's company, inserted in our paper of the 21st ult. the following names were omitted. Jonathan Shipman.. Sylvanus Hoyt, Jun Daniel Davison Henry Stubert Levi Crawford Voluntary Subscriptions1 The following sums, subscribed by Capt. William Cox's Company of King's County Militia, have been paid into the hands of John Robinson, Esq. Paymaster to His Majesty's Forces in this Province. Currency £. s. d. Capt. Wm. Cox 1 0 0 Samuel Scovil 1 0 0 Daniel Scovil 0 10 0 James Maphet 0 10 0 William Kerney 0 10 0 James Crawford 1 5 0 Gamaliel Northrup 0 10 0 Aaron Fowler 10 0 William Ketchum 0 10 0 Thomas Ketchum 0 10 0 William B. Hawes 0 5 0 Daniel Veal 0 5 0 Joseph Drew 0 10 0 Daniel Hatfield 1 0 0 Caleb Davis 0 15 0 Christopher Willowge 0 5 0 Jacob Hughson 0 5 0 Martin Ricker 0 3 0 John Holland 0 5 0 Thomas Spragg, annually during the war 3 0 0 Daniel Jenkins 0 5 0 £ 14 3 0 j The St. John Gazette, St. John, 1799. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 55 Friday, February 15, 1799 Continuation of Voluntary Contributions Remitted to His Grace The Duke of Portland, by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor York County Currency £. s. d. Brevet Major Jarvis and his Company of York County Militia 49 0 0 Brevet Major Campbell and his Company of do. 49 19 3 Rev. Dr. J. Agnew, during the present War against the French per annum . 5 0 0 Capt. Joseph Cunliff, during the present War per annum 5 0 0 Capt. Caleb Jones ditto 10 0 0 Capt. W. Stewart do 5 0 0 Capt. John Davidson and his Company of York County Militia... 50 0 0 Capt. Andrew Phair & part of his Company of ditto 12 6 0 £ 177 5 3 City and County of St. John Edward Sands, Esq. Captain Militia and Major of Brigade 50 0 0 Exempt Company, St. John Militia. Captain Thomas Horsefield, during the present war, per annum... 20 0 0 Lieut. Hugh Johnson do. 10 0 0 Thomas Witmore, Esq do. 5 0 0 Christopher Sower, during the present war, per annum to the utmost of his abilities, be it more or less 10 0 0 John Whiteman, during the present War, per ann 3 0 0 Nathaniel Golding do. 5 0 0 Thomas Bane do. 5 0 0 Monson Jarvis do. 10 0 0 Lawrence Dowling do. 10 0 William Clarke 8 1 0 £ 127 0 0 Captain Colvill's Company of Militia Artillery of the County of St. John John Colville 10 0 0 John Ward 10 0 0 Thomas Jennings 20 0 0 Arthur Dingwall 10 0 0 John Bentley 10 0 0 James Grigor 7 10 0 George Younghusband 10 0 0 William Roden 2 10 ° JamesLawton 2 10 0 John Dillon 0 2 6 Lewis Deblois ' 2 10 ° Daniel Lovett 5 0 0 Thomas Lawton 5 0 0 Timothy Thomson 1 3 James Reid j 2 ° ° £ 98 5 10 N.B.—Exclusive of the above sum, £ 110 has been paid by different members of the Company under the head of City and County of Saint John, in the second r made, which makes the total amount that the Company has subscribed £ 2 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Captain William Metick's Company of St. John Militia Currency William Melick (and per annum during the War, two pounds six shillings and eight pence) 2 17 4 Donald McKay (do. one pound five shillings and six pence) 110 4 George Kay (do. five shillings) 0 10 0 John Clarke (do. ten shillings) 0 10 0 John Stewart (do. seven shillings and six pence) 0 7 6 Thatcher Sears (do. one pound) 1 3 4 John Russell (do. one pound) 1 0 0 James Jourden (do. ten shillings) 0 10 0 William Kennedy 1 3 4 Thomas Sancton 1 3.4 Henry Gardner (and per annum during the War, two pounds six shillings and eight pence) 2 6 8 William Elton 13 4 Henry Traphazer 0 10 0 Thomas Buston 0 10 0 John Melick (and per annum during the War, one pound three shillings and four pence) 1 10 0 John Mitchell (do. ten shillings) 1 3 4 Joseph Nutting (do. ten shillings) 0 10 0 Duncan Robertson 0 10 0 Stephen Kent 0 15 0 One of the Company 0 10 0 George Harding (and per annum during the War, eleven shillings, and eight pence) 1 3 4 Michael Hennigar 0 10 0 £ 21 16 10 Part of Capt. WUbour's Company of St. John Militia John Brundage 4 0 0 Robert Stackhouse (per annum during the War) 1 0 0 Christopher Vaughan (do. 10 0 George Lean (do. 10 0 Jon. Mounday 0 5 0 Jarvis Ring 0 5 0 John Beem 0 5 0 George Gardner 1 0 0 £ 8 15 0 Capt. John Toole's Company of Saint John Militia Capt. John Toole, during the War, per annum 3 0 0 Lieut. Thomas M'Mullin 10 0 Ensign Francis Watson, during the War, per annum 1 5 0 David Beveridge do. 2 0 0 James Murphy do. 0 5 0 Alexander M'Alpine do. 0 5 0 George Hewitt do. 0 10 0 William White do. 0 10 0 James Allen 0 5 0 John Day 0 5 0 Morris Whooten 1 0 0 £ 10 5 0 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 King's County Capt. Micheau & his Company of King's County Militia.. Capt. Rulofson, and Capt. Cox and £ 30 13 0 County of Northumberland Lieut. Colonel Fraser and his Company of Northumberland Militia 45 14 2 Capt. M'Donald and his Company of do 29 10 0 Capt. Jacob Kollock's Company of do 9 13 9 Capt. Alexander Taylor, second remittance for his Company 5 10 0 Capt. Lufbury and his Company 16 2 6 Capt. Senior Kollock's, during the present War, per annum 5 11 1 John Carpenter, Esq 2 0 0 Robert Reid, Esq 1 0 0 Otho Robecleax Esq 10 0 Thomas Savoy 0 15 0 Michael Allen 0 15 0 Joseph Savoy 0 10 0 Peter Savoy *; 0 5 0 Francis Bieux 0 2 6 118 9 0 County of Charlotte Capt. Hatch and his Independent Company of St. Andrew's Militia 112 0 0 Doctor John Califf, during the present War, with France, per annum 22 4 5 Colonel Mackay, further subscriptions of the Militia of the County of Char 56 0 0 £ 190 4 5 Currency 780 14 3 Sterling 702 12 10 1st Remittance 1228 17 4 and do 695 0 0 Total Remitted 2628 10 2 Voluntary Contributions to be added to the third remittance, received since sending the List to the Press. County of Sunbury Exempt Company of Militia 65 9 2 Major DeVeber, and part of his Company of do 11 4 0 Captain Harding, and do 20 12 6 Captain Camp, and do 12^16 6 Captain Hathaway, and do Captain Clark, and do ° ° ° Part of Capt. Smith's Troop of Horse.. Company of Boys.. 58 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Friday, March 8, 1799 Continuation of Subscriptions for Carrying on the War King's County Capt. Joseph Britain's Company £. s. d. Captain Joseph Britain 5 0 0 Nathaniel Gorum 0 5 0 Isaac Corso 0 5 0 William Laskey 0 5 0 Nathaniel Laskey 0 5 0 Thomas Flewelling 0 5 0 Joseph M'Kiel 0 5 0 John Crabb, Junr 0 5 0 Peter Lingley 0 5 0 Joseph French 0 5 0 Lawrence Neal 0 5 0 John Crabb, Senr 0 5 0 Thomas Trott 0 5 0 Hugh Brown 0 5 0 Cornelius Way 0 5 0 Jonathan Whelpley 0 5 0 £ 8 15 0 Hampton, King's County Capt. Isaac Perry's Company Isaac Perry 2 0 0 Seth Benson , 2 0 0 Asher Codington 0 10 0 David Hutchins 0 10 0 William Harris 0 10 0 John Prince 0 10 0 James Hornsted 0 15 0 Charles M'Man 0 2 6 Isaac Perkins 0 5 0 Jacob Thomas 0 2 6 £ 7 5 0 Friday, April 26, 1799 Col. John Coffin of this Province, is appointed a Brigadier-General, to command on the Newfoundland station. Dorchester, 24th July, 1798 PD We, the Subscribers belonging to Capt. William Scott's company of the Westmorland Militia, willing to contribute in aid of the National means for prosecuting the present War, do promise to pay the several sums annexed to our respective names on or before the 1st day of September next, into the hands of the said William Scott, to be transmitted to the Military Chest of this Province. £. s. d. William Scott 4 0 0 Malcolm Wilmot 3 0 0 William Sinton, Esq 2 0 0 John Lutz Donald M'Donald Paul LeBlong William O'Brian... William Nodings... Christopher Steves. Michael Nodings.. Charles Lewis Christian Trites... Francis LeBlong... Jacob Trites John Johns Charles White Peter White Lewis Govang Jacob Wortman... Alexander Duncan. A. Tibedo Charles Cane Henry Johns Robert Smith Ichabod Lewis Frederick Babcock, John Wortman.... Joseph Surat John LeBlong Charles LeShare... Michael LeBlong.. John Babino Peter Bushway Michael Govang... John Briggs John Gold Andrew Summers.. Frederick Steves... Abraham Trites.... Captain Samuel Hallett's Company of King's County Militia Capt. Samuel Hallett Lieut. George Morton Ensign Thomas Ainsley William M'Leod Alexander Hutchinson John Harrington Joseph Birney John Patterson Charles Foster • William Forse Philip Forse PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Carleton to the Duke of Portland1 Fredericton, New Brunswick 0th May 1799. My Lord. I have received Your Grace's Letter N° 27 (of the 6th^t^»f1t7h9e9Treasury Decern' last) inclosing a Receipt from the Bank of England £°9i. .7. .9. for the Bills which I had transmitted in September and Jn°jDavMson on October, in part of the Voluntary Subscriptions of this 26* jan» 1799 Province; and I have now the satisfaction of transmitting a third parcel of Bills, specified in the Margin, amounting MS£™Sjohn0& to £1083. .4. .2| Sterling, in further discharge of the Same^^^g Subscriptions, of which there are but few now remaining£1000°- unpaid, & these, I suppose, are owing not to any abatement Tho» carleton on of Zeal, but to a want of ability to make good their intended 5* Feb* 1799 contributions. °'0'0" John Caleff on The flattering Terms in which Your Grace has noticed {ruf^V1^* this instance of "Energy and public spirit" in this infant £20.0.0. Colony, and which I have thought it expedient to publish, jn° Robinson'on cannot fail to be received with peculiar satisfaction by 22^Sct^i798en' the loyal Inhabitants of this Province. £45.0.0. D° D° 27* Oct 1798 I have the honor to be £44.2.0. Your Grace's most obedient v^^Sb^ ^mon and most humble Servant out of his Half-Pay THOs CARLETON yearly During the War 10th Oct' 1798 £5.0.0. His Grace The Duke of Portland &c. &c. &c. Endorsed New Brunswick. 6th May 1799 L* Gen1 Carleton R/. 29th June. Answd 18th July N°52. (9 inclosures)2 12, Carleton to Duke of Portland, p. 31. >f various sums by bank officials in England, pp. 1, 49, 102, REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 61 Friday, May 10, 1799 Fredericton, New-Brunswick 29th April, 1799 Voluntary Contributions Received and Remitted Since the last list published1 County of York £. s. d. Lieut. Colonel John Barbarie, York County Militia 10 0 0 Capt. Lawrence and part of his Company York County Militia 17 18 4 Late Capt. Cooper and part of his Company of do. 10 2 6 Captain Willis and part of his Company of do. 14 11 10 Captain Stair Agnew on the Half-Pay 10 0 0 Captain William Bailey do. 10 0 0 Captain Peter Clements do. 10 0 0 Capt. Benjamin Griffith do. 10 0 0 Mr. David M'Gibbon do. 4 0 0 Mr. Leonard Reed do. 4 0 0 N.B.—Capt. James French and Capt. Alexander M'Lean, on the Half-Pay, subscribed 10 £ each in Brevet Major Campbell's Company of York County Militia. Northumberland County Captain Powell, and part of his Company of Militia 7 0 0 Sunbury County Capt. Smith, Sunbury County Militia 5 0 0 The late Capt. Clowes on the Half-Pay 15 0 0 Capt. Wilmot on do. 8 0 0 Ab. Palmer of Captain Harding's Company Militia 0 15 0 Queens County Colonel James Peters himself, and part of his Regiment Militia ... 91 5 0 County of Westmorland Captain Stephen Millidge himself, and part of his Cadet Company 110 0 County of Charlotte Robert Pagan, Esq 25 0 0 County of Kings Capt. Scott, and his Company of King's County Militia 1812 6 Capt. Hallett, and his Company of do. 11 15 0 Currency £• 294 0 2 Sterling £• 264 12 0 Total of the whole remitted, Sterl £.3013 5 4 This being the third Remittance of Voluntary Contributions from this Province, those Gentlemen whose Subscriptions are yet in arrear, are requested to pay the same as soon as possible to such persons in their respective districts as are authorized to receive them, in order that the whole Remittances may be completed within the Year, for which the Subscriptions have been made, which closes the 24th June next. « St. John Gazette, St. John, 1799. 62 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Friday, July 12, 1799 Fredericton, New-Brunswick 2d July, 1799 Queen's County £. s. d. Colonel James Peters on account of his Regiment 60 0 0 N.B.—The above sum should have been inserted the 29th April last, but by mistake was left in the Military Chest; it is now remitted. Charlotte County Colonel Hugh Mackay, being part of the balance due on sundry Subscription lists in that County for the Year 1798 £. 20 10 0 Currency 80 10 0 Sterling £. 72 9 0 Total of the whole remitted, Sterling £.3085 14 4 Tuesday, September 10, 1799 Queen's County Militia Voluntary Subscriptions for the Support of the War, Received and Paid into the Military Chest for 1798, viz. £. s. d. Colonel James Peters 20 0 0 Lieut. Col. Thomas Wetmore, (paid in St. John) 5 0 0 Captain Tisdale 1 5 0 Lieutenant Gilbert 10 0 AlpheusPine 2 0 0 John Townsend 1 0 0 Izac Birdsall 1 0 0 Benjamin Birdsall 10 0 David Curry 1 0 0 Archilaus Purdy 1 0 0 David Cowperthwaite 1 0 0 James Cowperthwaite 1 0 0 Lot Newcomb 1 5 0 Benjamin Newcomb 0 5 0 Jarvis Ring 0 5 0 David Morris 0 12 6 Elias Clarke 0 10 0 Samuel Wood 0 5 0 Israel Wood 0 15 0 Barnet Manzor 0 10 0 John Titus 0 10 0 John Clarke 0 5 0 Thomas Clarke 0 10 0 Joseph Clarke 0 5 0 £. 41 2 6- REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Captain Golding's Company1 . £. s. d. Captain Golding 2 10 0 Lieutenant John Colvill, an Ensign on half-pay 5 0 0 \/Ensign James Gerow 1 0 0 Stephen Golding \ q q VIsaac Veal 0 10 0 Vjohn Delong 0 5 0 VStephen Smith \ q q VAaron Clarke 0 10 0 ■y/Elisha Clarke 10 0 Adam Boyls 1 10 o VRobert Boyle 0 5 0 VBenjamin Clarke 0 10 0 VSamuel Nechlan 0 5 0 VJabez Clarke 0 5 0 VThomas Golding 0 10 0 VIsaac Clarke 0 5 0 £. 16 5 0 Captain Leonard's Company Captain Leonard 1 5 0 Ensign Holland 1 0 0 Daniel M'Grigor 1 5 0 George Wilson 0 10 0 Robert Angus 0 10 0 Gilbert Dyckman 0 5 0 Jacob Dyckman 0 5 0 William Springer 0 10 0 Silas Garrison 0 5 0 Alexander M'Farson 0 10 0 John Thurston 0 10 0 John Yeomans 1 0 0 £. 7 15 0 Captain Smith's Company Captain Smith 2 0 0 -v/Lieutenant Elisha Case 1 0 0 VJohn Shaw 1 10 0 Benjamin Applebee 0 5 0 VGarrett Van Wart 0 6 6 VWilliam Van Wart 0 10 0 JohnWorden 0 6 0 VArchilaus Carpenter, jun 0 10 0 Ellison M'Donald 0 5 0 John Rob 0 5 0 JamesBulyea 0 10 0 VGeorge Case 0 5 0 Samuel Cane 0 7 6 Thomas Carpenter ° 10 ° VDavis Mersereau 0 5 0 VJoseph Bulyea jj J 0 John M'Daniels 6 3 John Lunnan ""^Those with this mark V are only for the year 1798. all the rest are during the present War. PUBLIC ARCHIVES 0 7 6 John Shaw, jun Paul Mercereau 0 5 0 Henry Day 0 5 0 £. 10 8 9 Captain Brill's Company VCaptain Brill 1 0 0 VLieutenant Stillwell 1 0 0 VEnsign Marshall 1 0 0 VAndrew Smart 4 0 0 VJacob Wiggins 1 0 0 VLewis Powell 1 0 0 VJohn Sypher 0 10 0 VThomas Bridgman 0 7 0 VJohn Soward 0 2 0 VJohn Doves 0 5 0 VAlexander Miller 0 10 0 VEbenezer Stone 0 5 0 VLodowick Sypher 0 10 0 VJames Hunter 0 5 0 VSamuel Austin 0 5 0 VDavid Sypher 0 5 0 VWilliam Clark 0 10 0 VSamuel Denton 0 5 0 VGersham Clarke 0 5 0 VWilliam Bridgman 0 10 0 VJacob Brill 0 10 0 VIsrael Powell 0 10 0 VJohn Handselpacker 0 5 0 VAlexander Boyn 0 5 0 VAlexander Clarke 0 10 0 £. 15 14 0 Captain Thome's Company Captain Thorne 2 0 0 VLieut. Joseph Hewlett (received since 7th March last) 2 0 0 VEnsign Peters 2 0 0 VJonathan Mott 2 0 0 VColes Carpenter 2 0 0 VMarcus Peters 1 0 0 George Henry 10 0 VJohn Walson 1 0 0 James Henry 10 0 John P. Lawson 1 0 0 VHenry Sharp 0 5 0 John Holder 0 5 0 Jeremiah Nickerson 0 5 0 VRobert Jackson 0 5 0 VLeonard Slip o 10 0 VObadiah Akerly 0 5 0 Charles McCalpin 0 5 0 James Eston 0 5 0 William Carameron 0 5 0 Thomas Davison Q 5 0 17 15 0 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Captain Tyrrel's Company £. s. d. VLieut. Branscomb i q q VEnsign Major 1 0 0 VPatrick Oberon 0 5 0 VAndrew Barton 0 5 0 VNathaniel Branscomb 0 5 0 VAlexander Reice 0 5 0 Thomas Fitzgerald 0 5 0 William Bisset 0 5 0 VRoger Barton 0 10 0 VWilliam Barton 0 5 0 VSamuel Reynolds 0 5 0 VJohn Miller 0 5 0 VAndrew Miller 0 5 0 VThomas Patten 0 5 0 VAbraham Young 1 0 0 VWilliam Elsworth 1 0 0 VBenjamin Elsworth ; 0 5 0 VEdward Gardner 0 5 0 VJohn A. Lawson 0 5 0 VLawrence McMahon 0 5 0 VJohn Albright, jun 0 5 0 VAlexander Black 0 10 0 VWilliam Benson 0 5 0 VJoshua Lomereaux, junr 0 5 0 VJoshua Lomereaux 0 5 0 £. 9 15 0 Captain Babbitt's Company Captain Babbitt 2 0 0 Ensign R. S. Clarke 10 0 Reuben Vail 2 0 0 Nathaniel Vail 2 0 0 Valentine H. Peters 2 0 0 Edward Coy 1 0 0 Jerewiah Johnston 0 5 0 Samuel Thorne 0 10 0 Norman Harbey 0 5 0 £. 11 0 0 David Coy 0 10 0 Benjamin Coy ° 1° ° Daniel Babbitt, jun • ° 1° ° Samuel R. Clarke ° 15 ° Stephen Potter ° 5 ° £. 13 10 0 Exempts, or Persons not enrolled in the Militia VThe Revd. Mr. Richard Clarke 4 ° ° Justus Earle, Esq. Lieutenant on half-pay 10 0 0 Samuel Dickinson, Esq 6 ° ° Dr. John F. W. Stickels 4 Jj J Archilaus Carpenter, Esq ^10 0 John Yeomans, Esq Zebulon Easty, Esq J u £. 33 10 0 £. 165 15 3 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 67 Vide Letter to the Treasury, War Office & Mr Duntze, the Agent for S* John's the—Feby. 1799. (One Inclosure) Enclosure in Letter of 8th October 1798 (N° 30) Fanning to Portland1 A List of Voluntary Contributions Entered into by the Officers of His Majesty's Government, in the Island of Saint John. Entered into June 18th 1798. £ s. d. Major General Edmund Fanning Lieutenant Governor, onel Quarter of his Salary (being his whole income) the present I Year. And half his Salary £250 Sterling every succeeding) 5 ° ° year during the War j Peter Stewart Esqr Chief Justice and £5 pr. Ann. during the War. 15 0 0 Thomas Desbrisay Esquaire, Secretary & Registrar & Clerk ofl His Majesty's Council J 15 0 0 And £5 every year after during the War. William Townshend Esqr, one half of his Salary for the present1 Year as Collector of His Maj**8 Customs J 25 0 0 And one Third of his Salary as Collector of Customs annually during the War. Fort Major Charles Lyons, One Quarter of his Salary for this Year.l and Annually during the War J 25 0 0 Henry Widmore Perry Esqr. Commissary of Stores of War, one! Quarters Salary to commence the 25th of this present month of \ 40 0 0 June 1798 & annually during the War j The Rev. Theophilus Desbrisay Chaplain 15 0 0 John Webster out of his Half Pay as Assistant Commissary in thel Island Saint John J 5 0 0 William Winter Provost Marshal Twenty pounds per Annuml during the War J 20 0 0 EDMd FANNING Endorsed. In Maj. Gen1 Fannings of 8th Octr 1798. s, P. E. I. State Papers, Vol. A 14, Fannin; o Duke of Portland (enclosure), j 68 PUBLIC ARCHIVES List of Prince Edward Island Subscribers1 Island St. John, 16th June 1798. WE the Officers of His Majesty's Island of St. John Volunteers, being deeply impressed with a Strong and lively sense of the present critical and alarming situation of our Country, which calls for the utmost exertions of all ranks and orders of Men, to furnish every aid in their power towards its defence and safety, and towards the Security of all that is dear to us in existence—Do therefore hereby agree to contribute a Voluntary aid, towards the support of Government, and the pressing exigencies of the State, by the immediate payment of the Sums annexed to our respective Subscriptions-—The Money to be paid into the hands of such Person at Halifax, as Lieutenant-General His Royal Highness Prince EDWARD, may be pleased to authorize and direct the same. Nova-Scotia Currency Robert Gray, Captain 50 0 0 John Stewart, do 15 0 0 John Macdonald, Lieutenant 6 0 0 Charles Stewart, do 10 0 0 Alexander Smyth, do 4 0 0 James Colledge, Lieut, and Adj 10 0 0 Robert Hodgson, Ensign 3 10 0 Peter Macgowan, do 7 10 0 Robert Lee, Quartermaster 5 0 0 Alexander Gordon, Assistant Surg 10 0 0 121 0 0 d 484 Spanish Dollai The Non commissioned officers, and private men of His Majesty's Island St. John's Volunteers, being desirous of following the laudable example of His Majesty's troops in Great-Britain, and other parts of His Majesty's dominions have Voluntarily subscribed £ le and Nova Scotia Advertiser, August 21, 1798. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Letter from the Duke of Portland to Lieut.-Gov. Fanning1 Whitehall, 17th January Draft to Major General Fanning I have received and laid before The King Your Letters numbered from 26 to 32, inclusive. With respect to those which relate to Mr Aplin's Conduct, I have only to refer you to my Dispatches on that subject of the 27th July and 2d Nov* last. I congratulate you on the Zeal and Loyalty which have been so eminently manifested by the Inhabitants of the Island of S* John, in the very liberal and extensive Contributions, which they have made in aid of Government in Carrying on the present War. Such a proof of their Attachment to the Parent State, and to the cause for which we are contending, is highly satisfactory to His Majesty and no less honorable to themselves.—I will not fail to give directions for stopping the Salaries of each Subscriber in the manner You desire. I have submitted to the consideration of the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, the Bills enclosed in your Letter N° 32. Endorsed Draft to Major General Fanning January 1799. (N°9) PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Fanning to Duke of Portland1 (N° 36.) Prince Edward Island 15th June 1799. My Lord Duke It is with the liveliest impression of duty and Gratitude that I acknowledge the Honor of Your Grace's Public Dispatch N° 9, most obligingly communicating to me, His Majesty's Gracious approbation of the Zeal and Loyalty manifested by the Inhabitants of this Island, by their Voluntary Contributions in aid of Government in carrying on the present War. Viewing the cause, My Lord Duke, for which the Parent State is contending, as being most Emphatically, and in the fullest sense and Import of the Classical Phrase "pro Aris et Focis". I have only to lament that my Salary is not greater, and that I have not the means of Existence without retaining a part of it, while it is my wish to Contribute the Whole. I have the Honor to be, with the greatest Deference and Respect My Lord Duke, Your Grace's, Most obedient, and most Humble Servant, His Grace The Duke of Portland &c. &c. &c. EDMd FANNING. Endorsed Prince Edward Island. 15. June 1799. Maj. Gen1 Fanning R/. 30 July by the Jane Packet Ansd 3d Sep* N°36 o Duke of Portland, p LOWER CANADA Formation of Subscription Committee1 The Province of Canada Montreal, 29th May, 1799. At a Meeting of Sundry Inhabitants of the City of Montreal, at Dillon's Hotel, it was Refolved:— That the paternal regard of our Auguft Sovereign to the fafety, honor and profperity of all his fubjects, is a truth fo obvious that to contradict it would argue more than ignorance in this enlightened age. That His Majefty's Minifters and Councils actuated by the royal example have unremitingly attended to the welfare of this diftant part of the Britifh Empire. That while we contemplate with gratitude the difpenfations of Providence in our favor, the fecurity we have hitherto enjoyed in our perfons and property, under the protection of our Mother Country now nobly exerting her force to oppofe the enemies of religion national liberty and good government, we confider it as our duty to aid according to our abilities, our generous protectors for which purpofe there be opened a Subfcription at Dillon's Hotel, to which we invite our Loyal Fellow Subjects to fubfcribe what their fenfe of duty, and their own abilities may dictate, the fame to be collected on or before the firft day of October next.—And it is hoped that every friend to rational freedom, good order and morality will feel an intereft the in fuccefs of the undertaking. James Perry Five Pounds, B. Gibb Twenty Pounds, Thomas Prior Five Pounds, Gwyn Radford annually during the war Five Pounds, Richard Dillon Five Pounds, Samuel Langley Four Pounds John Hybart Two Pounds Duncan Fifher Five Pounds, James M'Dowall Five Pounds, Jacob Kuhn Five Pounds, Ebenr. Sanford Five Pounds, Jofeph Hall Five Pounds, Jofeph Chapman Two Pounds Kenneth Walker Five Pounds James Hyle Five Pounds, Monfeigneur Pierre Denaut, Evlque de Quebec Fifty Pounds. Peter Butler Twenty Shillings, Lawrence Le Moin Forty Shillings Francis Mellim Forty Shillings John Plate, Efq. Ten Guineas, Jacob Marfton Five Pounds William G. Pell Forty Shillings John Wafton Forty Shillings James Gilbert One Guinea, John Moffes Twenty Shillings Thomas Bufby Two Pounds Ten Shillings William Martin Annually during the war Twenty Pounds. John Brooke Annually during the war Ten Guineas. Robert Hog Five Pounds. The Committee have deputed Richard Dillon to act as Treafurer, and to pay over fuch monies as he may receive, to Louis Genevay, Efq. of Montreal, whom His Excellency the Governor has been pleafed to appoint to receive the fame. The Lift of Subfcribers will be continued. 1 The Quebec Gazette, June 2( 72 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Prescott to the Duke of Portland1 N° 109 Quebec 26th June 1799. My Lord, I have the Pleasure to inform Your Grace, that Voluntary Subscriptions have lately been set on foot in this Province, towards supporting the just and necessary War in which His Majesty is Engaged. I have the Honor to enclose Copies of the Papers that have been handed to me on the Subject from Montreal, and this Place, together with Copies of the Letters which I directed to be written in Answer thereto. I have the Honor to be My Lord His Grace Your Grace's Most Obedient The Duke of and most humble Servant Portland RQBt PRESC0TT P.S.—Since the above was written, I have received by the Post of this Day, an Account of a similar Subscription being opened at Sorel, a Copy of which I have likewise the Honor to enclose herewith. Quebec 26th June 1799. General Prescott. R/ 13. Septemr By the Mary Packet N° 109 (3 inclosures) Copy Montreal 30th May 1799. May it please Your Excellency, On Wednesday Evening last a number of Tradesmen, Inhabitants of Montreal met at Dillon's Hotel for the purpose of opening a public subscription to strengthen the Hands of Government, payable the first day of October next. It was unanimously Resolved, that the Amount of the said Subscription be at the disposal of Your Excellency. As a Committee depicted by the Meeting, we solicit Your Excellency to be pleased to depicte some Person to receive the same. We humbly submit the Business to Your Excellency's superior wisdom and Goodness. ' Public Archives, Series Q, Vol. 82, Prescott to the Duke of Portland, ! REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 73 We beg permission with all possible respect to subscribe ourselves Your Excellency's Obliged, Obedient Servants. (signed) Gwyn Radford. Secy Signed P-S-—Twenty Persons have subscribed upwards of £100 JAMES PERRY [THOMAS PRIOR RICHd DILLON JOHN HYBART SAMUEL LANGLEY His Excellency Robert Prescott Esqr Governor General &c. &c. Endorsed In Genl Prescott's N° 109 To the Duke of Portland R.P. [Preamble to the Quebec Subscription] We whose names are hereunto subscribed being truly sensible of the Happiness and tranquillity we enjoy under the mild dominion of Our Most Gracious Sovereign and the protection of our Mother Country & having witnessed the public spirit and liberality, with which animated by the Royal example all ranks and descriptions of His Majesty's Faithful Subjects in every Quarter of the Globe have come forward by private contribution to support the common cause of the human race—A Contest on the termination of which it depends whether the comfort & advantages resulting from Religion, Freedom and Social Order are to be continued to Mankind, or whether under the specious lures of liberty & equality they are to become the Victims of despotism & oppression. And being desirous of assisting in the glorious struggle which should it please Providence to crown by a successful issue cannot fail to secure to the British Government the gratitude of Millions yet unborn throughout the civilized world have agreed to contribute the sum affixed to our respective names in aid of the general cause & to pay the same on or before the fifteenth day of October next into the hands of His Majesty's Receiver General to be disposed of as His Majesty shall be pleased to direct. And We also of the more laborious class having just emerged from the disadvantages of a long and rigorous Winter & being about to make provision for that which is to ensue do now for the first time experience an additional Mortification in being unable to testify our Zeal in a manner suitable to our wishes, at the same time trusting that our humble mite contributed with cheerfulness will be favourably accepted as a pledge of our affection to a most benevolent Sovereign & of Attachment to our most free and excellent Constitution. R.P. PUBLIC ARCHIVES Quebec June 24th 1799. Sir, We whose names are hereunto subscribed being desirous of testifying our Zeal to His Majesty's Government, and our Attachment to the Common Cause for which our fellow Subjects are now contending in different Parts of the Globe have agreed to open a general subscription for this District in support of the public cause, in which we doubt not but we shall meet with the hearty co-operation of His Majesty's Faithful Subjects of all descriptions; we do therefore request you, Sir, to give public notice that a Subscription is opened for the purposes aforesaid, & that contributions will be received at the Receiver Genl" Office every morning between the hours of ten and twelve until the 15th of October next. We are, Sir, with due Regard Your very Obedient Servants To Jas Shepherd Esqr Sheriff of the District of Quebec. (Signed) Wm OSGOODE FRANCOIS BABY HUGH FINLAY J. A. PANET Tho8 DUNN ANTOINE JUCHEREAU DUCHESNAY GEO. POWNALL JOHN YOUNG LOUIS DUNIERE J. SEWELL JOHN CRAIGIE WILLIAM GRANT ROB* LESTER. endorsed: Copy— Subscription opened at Quebec for the Support of the War 24 June 1799 In Gneral Prescott's N° 109 To the Duke of Portland of 26th June 1799 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Copy Sir, Castle of S* Lewis Quebec 24th June I have had the honor of laying before His Excellency the Governor the papers, you had the goodness to enclose relative to the setting on foot a Voluntary Subscription, towards the support of the just and necessary War in which our Gracious Sovereign is Engaged for the Protection and Security of his People, and for the preservation of the Civilized world from that Ruin with which it is menaced. And I am commanded to express to you His Excellency's sincere thanks for the Communication of a Measure so congenial to the wishes which His Excellency has long cherished in his heart, and which he is pleased to view with the highest approbation, satisfaction and pleasure. I have the honor to be with great respect, Sir, Honble Sir George Pownall Endorsed—In General Prescott's No. 109. To the Duke of Portland n. o. & v. h. s. (signed) S. GALE. R.P. The Quebec Subscription Approved and Advertised1 In conformity to the foregoing letter to me addreffed2, I do hereby give public notice that a General Subfcription for this Diftrict is opened for the purpofes therein contained; and that contributions will be received at the Receiver General's Office every morning between the hours of ten and twelve, until the fifteenth day of October next. Quebec, 27th June, 1799. JA: SHEPHERD, Sheriff. In confequence of the propofal for a Voluntary Subfcription as advertised in this Day's paper by Mr. Sheriff Shepherd being previoufly fub- mitted to His Excellency the Governor, by three Gentlemen named to wait on His Excellency therewith—His Excellency was pleafed to defire to have a copy of the preamble agreed upon, to be inferted at the head of the General Subfcription book, as alfo of the letter addreffed to the Sheriff of Quebec, on this fubject—when His Excellency was pleafed to condefcend to caufe his approbation to be fignified as in the following letter from his Secretary. 76 PUBLIC ARCHIVES William-Henry or Sorel Subscription1 At a Meeting of the Loyal Inhabitants of the Borough of William Henry, and of the Parish of Sorel, for the purpose of contributing towards defraying the Expence of His Majesty's Service in the present War. Resolved, that the British is the most liberal and virtuous Government this day upon Earth. Resolved, that Great Britain is a Defender of the liberties, Civil and Religious, of all Christendom. Resolved, that in the present War Great Britain is the grand support of order, justice, virtue, Religion and Rational Liberty throughout the World. Resolved, that the People of Lower and Upper Canada enjoy all the Blessings of the British Government, and of all the Royal Favor, without feeling any part of the Burthen of their Fellow Subjects in England. Resolved, that it is the Indispensable Duty of every good Subject in Canada to contribute all he can towards defraying the Expence of his Majesty's present Service. Resolved, that we of this Borough and Parish will contribute to the utmost of our Abilities towards defraying the Expenses aforesaid: in doing which we hope for the concurrence of all our Loyal Fellow Subjects & Countrymen. And therefore We the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Borough of William Henry, and of the Parish of Sorel, Do voluntarily agree and oblige ourselves to pay the several Sums annexed to our respective names, towards defraying the. Expence of His Majesty's Service in the present most Important War. John Dotty [Rev.] £10 Sterling, per Annum During the War Instant i the 24th James Sawers £5 do do To commence on the 1st October next Christopher [Carter] £5 do do do James Walker £ 2 for one year Robert Jones £10 per annum During the War To commence o i the 24th William Agnew £ 5 per annum do do Adam Graves £ 8 Sterling per do do Willm Johnson Holt £5 do do do Patrick Smyth £6.6 do do To commence January next on 5th ic Archives, Seri REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 William Nelson £ 2 per annum During the War To commence on 1st Henry Crebassa £2 do do October next do do James Shaw 5/ do do Alexander Bissett £2 do do do do do Joseph Powell £2 do do Godfry Siebert £ 1 do do George Bramley £2 do do do Adam Hartline £1.10 do do do John Dan1 Dorge £ 3 for one year James Sea 10/ do Andrew Forrester 15/ do Andrew Schaltz 5/ do During the War To commence on 1st October next Christopher Kellermyer 5/ do te^ao;^. do Francis Moor 2/6 do do do Richard Warren 5/ do do do Anthony Willment 5/ do do do John Hall 2/6 do do do David Stuart 2/6 do do do Robert Petticrew 5/ do do do Henry Catchpack 5/ do do do [Catzbach] Patrick Burke 2/6 do do do Donald M°Intosh 5/ do do do John Mabus 5/ do do do Nicholas Weaver 2/6 do do do Henry Bracken 2/6 do do do John Fredk Gardner 7/6 do do do James Leach 10/ do do do John Infield 5/ do do do John Driver 2/6 do do do Edmund Purcell 2/6 do do do N.B.—The Revd Mr Martel Cure of this Parish in conjunction with the Captains of Militia, Charles Milliet, Pierre Cornoyer, Alexis Cardin, and Baptiste Liencour, having very freely engaged to carry the above Subscription through the Parish in General, we hope their zealous endeavours will be attended with success. In the meantime, Resolved—that these Proceedings be presented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, together with the following Address in the name of the Subscribers, viz* To His Excellency Robert Prescott Esquire, Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Vice Admiral of the same, General and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and their several Dependencies and in the Island of Newfoundland &c. &c. &fc. May it please Your Excellency The Inhabitants of the Borough of William Henry and of the Parish of Sorel, who have made the preceding Subscription, do humbly pray, that Your Excellency will be pleased to report the same to His Majesty's 78 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Ministers, and to appoint such person or Persons in this Borough to be Trustees for the Receipt of the Monies subscribed, as in Your Excellency's wisdom shall be approved. This Contribution, though small, we most humbly tender as the offering of a Loyal People; And we assure Your Excellency, that we shall never be wanting, to the extreme of our Power, in the Duty we owe to our August and Gracious Sovereign, our Country, Constitution and Laws. We have the honor to subscribe for Ourselves and Associates William Henry 22d June 1799. Endorsed. In General Prescotts No. 109 To the Duke of Portland of 26. June 1799 JOHN DOTY JAMES WALKER CHRIST' CARTER R* JONES JAMES SAWERS R.P. The Governor's Acknowledgement1 Upon which the following Anfwer was written (by His Excellency's Command) to the Committee who figned the faid Addrefs, viz. Gentlemen, Quebec, 26th June, 1799. I am commanded by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of the Refolutions and Addrefs tranfmitted by you on the 22d Inftant, relative to a voluntary contribution towards the fupport of the war in which our Gracious Sovereign is engaged for the protection of his people, and for the prefervation of the Religion, Laws and liberties of mankind. And I am further commanded to fignify to you and your Affociates the very high approbation and fatisfation with which His Excellency is pleafed to view the loyalty and zeal of His Majefty's faithful fubjects of the Borough of William Henry and Parifh of Sorel, with which (I have the pleafure to inform you) the Inhabitants of the other parts of the Province likewife concur. Conformably to your requeft His Excellency is pleafed to nominate the Revd. Mr. John Doty and James Sawers, Efq. to be truftees for the receipt of the money fubfcribed in your Borough and Parifh, to be by them tranfmitted to His Majefty's Receiver General at Quebec. I have the honor to be Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble fervant. (Signed) S. GALE. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Milnes to the Duke of Portland1 Quebec l8t March 1800. My Lord. I have great satisfaction in transmitting to your Grace, a List of the Voluntary subscriptions which have been paid into the hands of the Receiver General of this Province towards enabling His Majesty to carry on the present War, together with a Bill of Exchange for the amount; also a List of the Sums which have been subscribed at Montreal & remitted from thence by the Subscribers themselves. Although the whole collectively is not an object of great magnitude, I believe it to be very fairly proportioned to the means of the Subscribers, and I have no doubt but the Spirit they have shewn on this occasion will produce a good Effect here, and be considered by His Majesty as a mark of their sincere attachment to his Person and Government. I have the honor to be My Lord Your Grace's most obedient & most humble Servant ROBT. S. MILNES. His Grace the Duke of Portland &c &c &c Endorsed: Quebec lBt Febry 1800 Lieut Gov1 Milnes Rd 25th June N° 18 Ansd 12th July 3 Inclosures. i Public Archiv ts Q, Vol. 84, Milnes b :e of Portland, with ei PUBLIC ARCHIVES List of Voluntary Subscriptions Received by Henry Caldwell Esqr Receiver General J. Quebec1 Wm Osgoode George Pownall Henry Caldwell George M. Taylor during the war pr. an. A. Jerome Raby d° George Heriot Charles De Lery Jn. Blackwood during the war per annum William Burns do Le Seminaire de Quebec I. A. Panet William Grant John Wurtle Wm Boutillier, during the war pr. Ann Thoi sDui do.. Peter Beatson do.. Jucherau Duchenay do.. James Grossman Henry Brown Antoine Nadeau Robt. Lester during the War p Le coadjuteur de Quebec2 do.. ... 2 3 13 4 6 2 13 10 13 2 1 4 4 5 8 2 4 4 Samuel Holland, do J. Williams do Francois Baby 20 55 40 10 5 Monto & Bell X. Lenaudiere David De Montmollin 22 10 JohnHolden William Roxburgh 11 Monr De Guise Cure" a S. Michel Monsr Villade, cure" a St. Marie Mess8 Desjardins frSres 4 John Nairne John McCord 20 . Thomas Allison 'This stands for Rev. Jacob Mountain, Anglican I *Abbe and later Mgr J. 0. Plessis. ishop of Quebec. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Josias Wartele (Wurtle) Mons. Derome, curd a Charelbourg, during the war p. an... James Frost, during the war p. an Jean Marie Verraud, curd a St. Thomas Antoine Rinfret curd au Sault St. Loui Monsr-Deschenau curd a l'anciene Lorete James Shepherd Thomas Aston Coffin S. H. Mountain Johnston & Purss Jacques Panet, curd de Lislet Bernard Panet, curd a la Riviere Ouelle Mons. Roy, curd a St. Charles during the war p. an Joseph Verraux, St. Roche do Ignace Gaspd do Hypolite La force Pierre Bouchd Mons. Vesina curd a St. Valier Monsr La Motte, curd a la Bauce Pierre Labadie John Craigie during the war p. an Alexander Spark John Blackwood Junior John Fraser S.M Robert Morrogh Monsr Perras Curd a S. Charles J. B'° Couillard John Young Gilbert Ainslie Keable Sejeant Felix O'Hara p. an: during the war H. F John Jackson p. an: during the war P. Am: de Bonne John Munro & C° John Hill Le contd Duprd Mathew M°Nider & C° p. an. during the war Antoine Parant T. T. Odber Jonathan Sewell p. an. during the war George Pike James Henny Jas: Ogkley Stone p. an: during war Wm Caw Major Deschambault, p. an: during the war John Coffin Junr do John Rheneart Senr Thomas Grant Lymburner & Crawford p. an. during the war John Black do Le Reverend Pere Cazeaux John Mure I. M. Gordan p. an: during the war M. Goddard Junr do PUBLIC ARCHIVES Mons' le Courtois curd a Rimousky.. Jonathan Eckart 5 0 0 5 0 0 Recapitulation Received at Quebec 2834.10. 8 at Three Rivers 107.10. 0 at Sorell 85.10.10J at Montreal 244. 5. 2 Currency £ 3271.16. 8J isSterling 2944.13. 0 remitted by J. Hale bill of - Exchange dated 29 Jan'y - 2942.11. 1 on the Pay Master General London - Ballance Sterling.. 2. 1.11 to be accounted in the next payment of subscription Quebec 30 January 1800 p Henry Caldwell Martin Chinic R S. M. Endorsed: A List of voluntary contributions paid into the hands of the Receiver General of Lower Canada In Lt Govr Milnes N° 18 To the Duke of Portland of 1st March 1800 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 83 A general Statement of the voluntary contributions of the Inhabitants of the District of Montreal, in the Province of Lower Canada, towards the expence of the present War Names of the Places Sums Remarks Subscribers of Abode subscribed £. S. D. John Burke Montreal 6 " " Per. an. during the war. MTavish, Frobisher & C° —Ditto— 1111 2 3 James & Andrew McGill —Ditto— 333 6 8 Angus M°Donell —Ditto— 10 " " Per an: during the war Forsyth Richardson & Co —Ditto— 222 4 5 lnadditionto£(sic)00. —Sterling subscribed by them as Individuals in London. Isaac Winslow Clarke —ditto— 30 " " Patrick Murray Argenteuil 20 " " Per annum during the Leith Jameson & Co. Montreal 111 2 3 In addition to £100 Sterling subscribed by them in England. Louis Charles Foucher —Ditto— 25 Per ann. during the James McGowen —Ditto- 4 13 4 Louis Plessis Bellair Saint Genevieve — 2 6 [Et trois cents livres Le Seminaire de Montreal Montreal 500 I cours actuel, par an, 1 tant que la guerre [ durera Per ann: during the Louis Joseph Brown —Ditto- 4 —Malard, Pretre Lac des deux Montagnes 2 Per ann: during the Thomas Blackwood Montreal 5 11 1 Isaac Todd —ditto— 111 2 3 Ignace Lacroix —Ditto— 10 and £5 p. an. during the Richard Dobie —Ditto— 100 Jean Bu L'Affriquain —Ditto— 1 Francois Levesque —Ditto— 6 Tant que la guerre durera Major. Chas. St. Ours —St. Ours— 20 Annually during the Jean Bte. Raymond La prairie 10 — De Labrevois, Pretre Lachesnaye 4 Tant que la guerre durera — Pouget Pretre Berthier 5 Per annum tant que la guerre durera L. Lamotte Pretre Lavaltrie 4 Tant que la guerre durera Chartier de Lotbiniere Vaudrail 20 Par annde durant la prdsente guerre John Gray John M°Kindlay Montreal Ditto 25 " " 25 Per an: during the war. Per ann: during the war. Pierre Panet Lachesnaye 25 " " PUBLIC ARCHIVES Names of the Places Sums Remarks Subscribers of Abode subscribed £. S. D. — Bertrand, Pretre Riviere du Loup 5 " " Tant que la guerre durera Louis Edward Hubert Saint Denis 3 10 9 Joseph Duval Pretre Longue Pointe 3 10 — Par annde durant la Pierre Guervat Saint Denis 10 " " guerre James Walker Saint Charles 20 " " Per annum during the Alexander Fraser Montreal 2 " " Per annum during the — Deguire Prfctre Vaudreuil 6 " " Per annum during the Joseph Deguire Vicaire —Ditto— ^sif Per annum during the Jean Baptiste Deguire —Ditto— i"" Per annum during the Joachim D'Abreuil pere —Ditto- - 5- Per annum during the Joseph M. Gonnet Montreal " 5 " war Pierre Confroy Curd Boucherville 5 " " Per annum during the F X. Bender Montreal 6 war Paul Lacroix —Ditto— 1 Tant que la guerre durera Et £4 durant la guerre Gabriel Franchere —Ditto- 2 — Lemaire PrStre Saint Martin 5 Francois Duburon, Pretre Varennes 16 Louis Montizambert, pere Montreal 1 " " Per annum during the — Gibert, Curd Saint Anne 2 " " war Thomas Duggan, Indian Island St. Joseph 6 " " Annually during the Departmt. war Charles Borduine Cascades 5 " " Antoine Girouard, Pretre P* aux Trembes 4 S. Sewell Montreal 15 1 " J8 Reid —Ditto— j 15 J. P. Leprohon Montreal 10 " " and £5 during the war Noel and Shorts —Ditto- 10 " " P. F. Cherrier, PrStre Saint Denis 10 " " P. C. Berthelot, Pretre Saint Henry | 3 10 " Legras Pierreville Boucherville 4 " " J-Ker Montreal 16 13 4 during the war. — Raimboult, PrStre Point Claire 5 " " And £2.10 during the Frederick Gunnerman Montreal 5 " " war Louis Chaboillez, Notaire —Ditto— 4 " " — Farriboult, pere Berthier 1 " " John Russel Montreal 20 " I William Russel Montreal 10 " I Jacques Cartier, pere St. Antoine | 10 " " | REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1 Names of the Places Sums Subscribers of Abode subscribed Remarks £. S. D. Edward William Gray Montreal 20 " " Rdnd A. De Boucherville Boucherville 10 " " John Molson Montreal 25 " " John Lilly —Ditto— 20 " " James Dunlop —Ditto— 111 2 3 L. F. I. P. C —Ditto— 6 7" For part of his subscription of the 14th May last of £10—the other part £3.13 being paid to another person equally authorized to the same effect. Joseph de Cabruere Boucherville 10 " " Montraville Elias Smith Montreal 13 " " and £7 per annum during the war Pierre Louis Panet —Ditto— 40 " " James Caldwell —Ditto— 10 " " Francois Desrivieres —Ditto— 25 " " Charles Labruere Boucherville 5 " I Per annum during the William Robertson Montreal 100 1 1 Joseph Perinault pere —Ditto— 4 « « John Donnagairy —Ditto— 10 " " Pierre Foretier —Ditto— 5 " " James Laing —Ditto— 25 " " J. Wilson —Ditto— 5 " " Per annum during the George Selby —Ditto— 10 " " John Lumsden —Ditto— 5 I " Per annum during the S De Beaujeu —Ditto— 10 " " Joseph Provein —Ditto— 5 11 2 R. Cruickshank —Ditto— 20 " " Alexander Henry —Ditto— 25 " " Louis Dulongprd —Ditto— 2 " " Durant la guerre Pierre Huguet Latour —Ditto— 3 " " Durant la presente Auldjo Maitland & C° —Ditto- 200 " " David Alexander Grant Saint Helen 100 " " T. F. Hebert, Pretre Rosina M "Clement 3 " | Montreal 15 " " Atlrin & Rd Pattinson —Ditto— 25 1 a Logan & Wall —Ditto— 23 6 8 Kay Smith & C° —Ditto— 11 13 4 David David —Ditto— 12 10 " Robert Jones —Ditto— 10 " " Josiah Bleakley —Ditto— 10 " " —Ditto— 5 " " Michel & Samuel Dumas —Ditto— 8 " " And £4 per annum during the war. PUBLIC ARCHIVES Names of the Places Sums Remarks Subscribers of Abode subscribed £. S. D. Myer Michaels —Ditto— 8 17 9 Levy Michaels —Ditto- 2 4 5 Joseph Perinault fils, Riviere des 4 " " Pretre Prairies James Finlay Montreal 12 10 " Etienne Dechambault Longueuil 3 " " F. Laperiere Boucherville 10 " " Joseph Bedard Montreal 6 " " Maurice Blondeau —Ditto— 6 " " Per annum during war James Robertson —Ditto— 25 | | George Gillespie —Ditto— 11 13 4 Parker Gerrard & Ogilvy —Ditto- 116 13 4 Per in: during the war H. Hardie Saint Johns 25 " " Fran8 Winter Montreal 2 10 " Per inn: during the war Pierre Constantin Montreal 1 " " Francois Compain Curd Saint Antoine 2 " " Per inn: during the war Christophe Marchesseau —Ditto— " 5 " Thomas Oakes Montreal 3 | " Jean Bte Levesque —Ditto— 1 " " Per inn: during the war James Woolrich —Ditto— 25 " " George Stansfield —Ditto— 25 I § Edward Edwards —Ditto— 10 " | Samuel David —Ditto— 5 " " — Payet, Curd Vercheres 5 " " Per ann: during the war Andrew Hays Montreal 1 5 " P. Langan —Ditto— 10 " " Robert M°Kenzie —Ditto— 10 | " Jean Joseph Trestler Quinchieu 10 " " John Bell & C° Montreal 20 " § John Lees Lachine 50 I | And £25 per annum during the war Burton & M°Culloch Montreal 25 § " Louis Cadieux —Ditto— I 10 & William Logan —Ditto— 15 " " James Strother —Ditto— 2 I | Michel Jaubert —Ditto— | 10 " Thomas Letang Vicaire Longueuil 1 10 " Per annum during the Isaac Ogden Montreal 10 " " J. M. C. De les Derner Saint Anne " 10 " Per annum during the John Rowand Montreal 5 " " Thomas Yeward —Ditto- 11 13 4 George Meyer Point Claire 2 Francois Badgley Montreal 10 Per annum during the John L. Wiseman —Ditto— 5 David Ross —Ditto— 15 John Reid —Ditto- 10 per annum during the war REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Names of the Places Sums Subscribers of Abode subscribed Remarks £. S. D. Arthur Davidson —Ditto— 10 per annum during the Eustache Parent —Ditto— 2 Francois Filliau —Ditto— — 10 — Thomas Porteous Terrebonne 25 Per annum during the Hugh Munro Saint Rose 5 Per annum during the Walter Robertson Riviere Duchene 5 Per annum during the Finlay Fisher Montreal 11 2 3 John G. Beek —Ditto— 2 6 8 And 4 guineas per an: during the war St. George Duprd —Ditto— 4 R. Lym —Ditto— 11 13 4 Per ann: during the war P. R. St. Ours L'Assomption 20 — Robert Russel Montreal 15 — Reard Pretre, Saint Hyacinthe 2 Per annum during the Jean B Boucher Curd Laprairie 4 Francois Rolland —Ditto— 4 • Edmund Henry —Ditto— 4 Joseph Hebert —Ditto— 4 Joseph Ignace Hebert —Ditto— 4 Joseph Nolin —Ditto— 2 Simon Baruret —Ditto— — 5 3 Jean B* Perras —Ditto— 2 Louis Lefebvre —Ditto— 4 Per annum during the Simon Noxon —Ditto— 1 3 4 Antoine Duprd —Ditto— — 5 — Michel Boucher —Ditto— — 5 — Frederick Hintze —Ditto— — 5 6 Veuve Dupuy —Ditto— — 10 — Francois Dupuy —Ditto— — 5 — Joseph Porcheron —Ditto— — 10 — Pierre Perras —Ditto— — 5 — Joseph Tremblay —Ditto- — 5 — Grant & Laframboise Montreal 12 10 — Christophe Sanguinet Saint Philippe 6 Francois Malhiot Vercheres 8 5 — Peter Panginaw La Chesnaye 10 Francois Milloni Louis Charland Montreal —Ditto— 6 2 Per annum during the Lambert St. Omer —Ditto— 2 Per annum during the war J. Bte Desdve —Ditto— 1 Per annum during the war Thomas Schieffelin [ —Ditto- 5 88 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Names of the Subscribers Places of Abode Sums subscribed Remarks Charles Martel, Curd Pierre Frichette Curd — Gadebois, Capte Milice Saint Marc Beloeil —Ditto— £. S. D. 2 2 — 15 — £ 4673 2 9 Recapitulation £ S. D. Total amount subscribed as above, 4673 2 9 Deduct The amount of the following Subscriptions remaining unpaid Angus M°Donell £ 10 Patrick Murray 20 — De Sabvrevois Pretre 4 James Walker 20 Robert Russel 15 Finlay Fisher, in part, 2 12 3 71 12 3 The Amount of Auldjo Maitland & C° 8 Subscription,] ordered by their Letter of the 13th December last, to Mr John Auldjo, to be paid into the hands of[ 200 271 12 3 Mess™ J. Phyn. L. Brickwood and F. Fraser in London J Received £4401 10 6 Paid E. Edwards for printing Bills, publications) in the Montreal Gazette, &c. J£ 16 Paid for a Book to register the Proceedings 1 10 — Amount remitted in October last in Bills of Ex-1 change £3568.8. Sterling J 3964 17 9 Paid MTavish Frobisher & C° on the 4th instant 1 on account of Bills of Exchange, at 3 per cent underf 319 par, to be remitted forthwith. j Paid Ditto this day, as above 100 2 9 4401 10 6 Montreal, 26th February, 1800 — R.S.M. Endorsed : B 1779 List of Voluntary Contributions at Montreal— In Lt. Govr Milnes's N° 18 To the Duke of Portland of 1st March 1800. EDW. Wm GRAY, Sheriff REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 89 Letter from The Duke of Portland to Lieut.-Gov. Milnes1 Draft. To Lieut Govr Milnes Sir, Whitehall July 1800 The Loyalty and public spirit which the Inhabitants of Lower Canada have manifested by their very liberal voluntary contributions in support of His Majesty's Efforts to bring the contest in which we are engaged, to an honorable termination, are highly grateful to His Majesty, and it is His Majesty's Pleasure, that you should make known to them the just Sense He entertains of the Zeal and attachment they have shewn on this occasion as well to His Royal Person & Family, as to the principles of our most excellent Constitution. I am &c PORTLAND Endorsed: Draft To Lt. Gov: Milnes Whitehall July 1800 Read by the King. Letter from Lieut.-Gov. Milnes to The Duke of Portland2 N° 53 Quebec 12th. June 1801 My Lord, I have the honor to inclose your Grace a Copy of a Letter from Lieut. Colonel de Longueuil who commands the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Volunteers, and of the Answer which I directed to be written to it, together with a Bill of Exchange for five hundred Pounds Sterling being a voluntary contribution from the officers and privates of that Corps towards carrying on the present War. I have the Honor to be My Lord Your Grace's Most Obedient Humble Servant ROBT. S. MILNES. Endorsed: Quebec 12th June 1801 Sir R. S. Milnes Rd 30th July N°53 (3 inclosures) PUBLIC ARCHIVES Quebec 10th June 1801 Copy Sir, I have the honor to inclose a Bill of Exchange on the Pay Master General for Five hundred Pounds sterling, with my humble request that your Excellency will be pleased to transmit the same to His Majesty's Treasury, as a Contribution from the officers and privates of the l8t Battn of Royal Canadian Volunteers, towards the support of the present War. I am very respectfully Your Excellency's Most obedient humble servant (signed) JK de LONGUEUIL Lt. Col. 1. Battn R. C. V. R.S.M. His Excellency Sir Robert Shore Milnes B* Lt. Governor Endorsed: A In Lieut. Govr Milnes N°54 to the Duke of Portland. Castle of St. Lewis Quebec 12th June 1801 I am directed by the Lieut. Governor to acknowledge your letter of yesterday enclosing a Bill of Exchange for Five hundred Pounds Sterling as a Voluntary contribution on the part of the officers and Privates of the 1st Battn Royal Canadian Volunteers towards carrying on the present War, and I have His Excellencys Commands to inform you, that, he shall transmit the Bill by the present opportunity to His Grace the Duke of Portland one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and that he has no doubt this very handsome Testimony of the Zeal and Loyalty of the corps which you command will be received by His Majesty with particular satisfaction. I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient humble Servant (signed) Honble. Lieut Col0 De Longueuil — Endorsed: B In Lieut. Govr Milne's No. 53 To the Duke of Portland H. W. RYLAND. R.S.M. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Letter from Lord Hobart to Lieut.-Gov. Milnes1 Sir R. Shore Milnes Bart 1 Quebec J Sir, Downing Street 3d Septemb. 1801 I have received and laid before The King your Letters of the Dates & numbers mentioned in the Margin. As the Duke of Portland in his Letter to you of the 13th of July last, has so fully conveyed his Sentiments with respect to the question of entering Protests in the Minutes of Council, and as Mr Osgoode has returned to this Country, the only point contained in the dispatches above specified to which it is necessary that I should particularly advert at present is the very handsome Testimony of the Zeal and Loyalty conveyed by Lieutenant Colonel de Longueuil on the part of the officers and privates of the first Batallion of Royal Canadian Volunteers. The Bill for Five hundred Pounds sterling being the voluntary contribution of the corps towards the support of the War, has been paid into the Treasury and I am commanded to express the satisfaction which His Majesty has derived from the Public Spirit manifested by the Corps on this occasion and to desire that you will communicate the same to them. Endorsed: Draft to Sir R. Shore Milnes Bart Quebec 3d September 1801 N° 1 i Public Archivi w Q, Vol. 87, Pt. 1. Lord Hobart to Milnes, p. 131. 92 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from Lord Hobart to Lieut.-Gov. Milnes1 Downing Street To Lieutenant Governor 6th January 1802. Sir R. Shore Milnes Bart: &c &c &c N°4. Sir, I have had the honor of receiving and laying before the King your Letters N° 8 and 9 of the 5th and 6th of November, and am commanded to express to you the Satisfaction which His Majesty has derived from the Loyalty and Public Spirit of His Subjects residing in the Province under your Government, manifested by the further voluntary Contributions, in aid of the Expences of the War, which have been paid into the hands of the Receiver General. The Bill contained in your Letter N° 8 for the Amount of those Contributions has been paid into the Bank of England, and I herewith transmit to you a Copy of a Letter from the Cashier, acknowledging its receipt. Endorsed Draft to Lieutenant Governor Sir R. Shore Milnes, Bart. 6th January 1802 N°4 [ Public Archives, Series Q, Vol. 88, Lord Hobart to Mill REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 93 UPPER CANADA Journal of the House of Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada1 Saturday 29th. June 1799. The House being met, Prayers were read. The Minutes of the proceedings of yesterday were read. Resolved, That Mr. Speaker do request that His Honor the President may be pleased earnestly to request that it may please His Most Gracious Majesty to accept of the surplus of the Provincial Revenues for the purposes of the present just and necessary war, and towards the support of his Government. A Message was received from His Honor the President, requiring the attendance of the House in the Legislative Council Chamber. The House having attended accordingly His Honor was pleased to assent in His Majesty's name to the following Bills, to wit:— An Act to continue an Act intituled "An Act for securing the titles to Lands in the Province." An Act to provide for the education and support of Orphan Children. An Act to enable persons holding the office of Registrar to be elected Members of the House of Assembly. An Act to ratify, approve, and confirm the Provisional Agreement made and entered into by Commissioners on the part of this Province and Commissioners on the part of the Province of Lower Canada. At the same time His Honor reserved for the future signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon. The Bill intituled "An Act for the better ascertaining the appropriations of land to be allotted to the use of a protestant Clergy." And then Mr. Speaker addressed His Honor in the following terms. May it please Your Honor:— To receive from the Commons of Upper Canada with the concurrence of the Legislative Council thereof now met in Parliament the strongest expressions of our most serious concern at finding our Mother Country still obliged to maintain a War against the restless destroyers of the peace of mankind, a war as unprecedented in lawless outrages from her unprincipled enemies as necessary for the preservation of everything that is sacred or dear to her or us. Though our distance prevents us from feeling the more immediate evils of such a warfare, or from suffering much from the heavy charges which must necessarily attend it, yet we are inclined to sympathize in the warmest manner with our brethren who bear these burthens, and to do all in our power, however little it may be, to alleviate them. We rejoice, therefore, to see by the accounts now laid before us that a surplus has arisen from the resources of our commerce and the productions of our fiscal regulations above our immediate wants, and we entreat that Your Honor will be pleased to lay at the feet of His Majesty the earnest ^sTxth Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, 1909, Toronto. 1911. pp. 122-123. L 94 PUBLIC ARCHIVES prayer of his Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects in this Province that he will be pleased to accept of that mite which is too inconsiderable to be viewed in any other light than as a mark of our devoted attachment to His Royal person and Family, and of our grateful sense of the blessings we enjoy under his Government. Though mortified that the infancy of our establishment precludes us from the possibility of doing more, yet we trust that will be accepted as a proof of our good will, and we beg leave to express our warmest wishes and well founded hopes that, with the Blessing of God on our industry, covered as we are with the protecting hand of Our Mother Country, and happy under the noble form of Government we derive from her, our means of being useful to her will daily increase. Upon which His Honor, in His Majesty's name, was pleased to thank the Commons for this mark of their benevolence. Letter from Peter Russell to the Duke of Portland1 No. 68 Upper Canada York 1st July 1799 My Lord Duke, I have the Honor of transmitting herewith to your Grace an Address that was presented to me at the Close of the last Session by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, making with the Concurrence of the Legislative Council an humble offering to His Majesty of a surplus arising from this Provinces Proportion of the Duties on Imports into Lower Canada and the productions of her fiscal Regulations above her immediate Wants; which I most humbly pray your Grace to lay at His Majesty's feet. A Return not having been yet made of the Amount of this Provinces Proportion of the last years Duties on Imports, and the Secretary not having yet paid into the Treasury the whole of his Collection of the Provincial Duties on liquor & Still Licences—the Amount of this Surplus cannot be yet ascertained—but it is calculated on an average at nearly Five Hundred Pounds; and I most sincerely join in the General Wish that the Ability of the Province had been greater, & that her Mite had been added at an earlier period to the general Contributions for the Relief of the National Burthens. I shall wait your Graces Commands either to remit this offering to England, or to apply it to the Civil Expenditure of this Province. I have the Honor to be with the greatest Respect, My Lord, Your Graces Most obedient & Most Humble Servant PETER RUSSELL His Grace The Duke of Portland &c &c &c Endorsed: Upper Canada 1st July R/ 17 September Mr Presd* Russell No. 68 Ansd—4th Oct. (one inclosure) J Public Archives, Series Q, Vol. 286, Pt. 1, Russell to Portland, pp. 205-206. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 95 Letter from the Duke of Portland to Lieut.-Gov. Hunter1 Whitehall 4th October 1799 Lt. Gen1 Hunter N°3 Duplicate Sir, The Loyalty and Dutiful attachment which the Commons of Upper Canada, in concurrence with the Legislative Council of that Province in Parliament, have manifested for His Majesty's Person and Family, and their readiness to support His Majesty's Exertions for the security of the Empire at large, and for the preservation of our valuable constitution, by a Grant of a surplus of their Resources as stated in their Address to Mr Pres* Russell inclosed in N° 68 has been highly grateful to His Majesty, and I am to signify to you His Gracious Commands that you take the earliest opportunity of acquainting those respectable Bodies in Parliament of the just sense His Majesty entertains of their Zeal and affection. I am &c Journal of the House of Assembly Friday the 6th. June 1800.2 The House met pursuant to adjournment. Prayers were read. A Message was received from His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor3 requiring the attendance of the House in the Legislative Council Chamber. The House having attended accordingly Mr. Speaker-elect addressed His Excellency as follows, to wit: May it please Your Excellency Conformably to Your Excellency's Message of yesterday to the Commons, they have proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and their choice has fallen upon me. Upon which the Hon. the Speaker of the Legislative Council, by His Excellency's command, replied "His Excellency approves the choice of the Commons." His Excellency was then pleased to make the following Speech to both House of Parliament. Honorable Gentlemen and Gentlemen:— I cannot deny myself the satisfaction of expressing on this the first opportunity I have of meeting you in Parliament the deep sense I have ^Public Archives, Series Q, Vol. 278 A, Duke of Portland to Hunter, pp. 187-195. 2 Sixth Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province 0. > Lieut.-General Peter Hunter, appointed April 10, 1799, 96 PUBLIC ARCHIVES of the honor conferred upon me by His Majesty in appointing me to represent him in a Province not more distinguished by the gifts which Nature has so abundantly bestowed upon it than by the full enjoyment of all the blessings which flow from the British Constitution, and by the possession, as nearly as circumstances will allow, of the British Constitution itself. It is no small addition to this satisfaction that my first act as a Member of the Provincial Legislature is to signify to you that the loyalty and dutiful attachment which you have manifested for His Majesty's Person and Family, and your readiness to support His Majesty's exertions for the security of the Empire at large, and for the preservation of our valuable Constitution, by the grant made by you of a surplus of your resources, has been highly grateful to His Majesty, and that His Majesty has been graciously pleased to give it to me in command to communicate to you the just sense which he entertains of your zeal and affection. Tho' I have called you together at a season of the year when I am sensible that your absence from your respective homes must be attended with material inconvenience I am not aware that I shall have any occasion to detain you long, and I shall look forward with pleasure to the time when the opening of the roads which communicate with the Capital will enable me to meet you at a season when public business may be dispatched without private inconvenience. Tuesday 1st. July 1800.1 The House being met, and Mr. Speaker having taken the Chair, prayers were read. The Minutes of the proceedings of yesterday were read. Resolved, That an Humble Address may be presented to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor that he will be pleased to issue his Warrant in favor of the several persons herein above mentioned for the sums of money voted to them, and that the same may be charged to the fund appropriated for that purpose, and that the residue may be applied in such manner as it shall please His Majesty to direct towards the support of the War. R. N. WILKINSON, Chairman. Which Report was accepted and approved by the House. SAMUEL STREET, Speaker. 1Sixth Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, 1909. Toronto, 1911, p. 164. Sir, REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 97 Letter from Peter Russell to Lieut.-Gov. Hunter1 Copy York, (Upper Canada) 16th July 1800. In Compliance with your Excellency's Commands, signified to me in your Secretary's letter of this date, I have the Honor to send you herewith Copies of the Address to me from the House of Assembly in the third Session of the last Provincial Parliament, when with the Concurrence of the Legislative Council a surplus of Revenue was offered to His Majesty, and of the Letter I had the Honor of writing to the Duke of Portland on that occasion—But in obeying your Excellency's further wish "that I should state to you the amount of this surplus", I feel it in some measure incumbent upon me to account for its falling so far short of the Sum I had mentioned to His Grace. The address having been totally unexpected and read to me by the Speaker at the moment when I had met the two Houses for the purpose of passing the Bills of the Session and proroguing the Parliament, I had no opportunity of enquiring into the Extent of the Contribution proposed; and understanding afterwards that it had been estimated at about Five Hundred Pounds upon an average Calculation of all the Duties paid and unpaid, I too hastily adopted the same Idea. But as many of the Subsequent payments were made before April in the present year, and most of them had been appropriated by the Votes of the Session to the discharge of Officers Salaries and Contingencies; it is now apparent that no more could have been then offered to His Majesty with precision than the Sum actually in their power, which was the Surplus Balance of the years account before them, amounting to Two Hundred and four Pounds fifteen shillings and two pence farthing Provincial Currency. The Funds from whence this Surplus has arisen are the Balance of the preceding year, this Provinces proportion of the Provincial Duties on Imports into Lower Canada to the 5th January, and the Provincial Duties collected on Still and Tavern Licences expiring on the 5th April 1798. Your Excellency will observe from the letter that I proposed to wait for the Secretary of States' Commands respecting the disposal of this Money. It now rests with your Excellency to draw it out of the Receiver Generals Hands by Warrant, and cause it to be remitted to England in whatever way you may be pleased to direct. I have the Honor to be with the greatest Respect, Sir, your Excellency's Most Obedient and Most Humble Servant (Signed) PETER RUSSELL P.H. His Excellency ] Lieutenant General Hunter \ &c &c &c J Endorsed:—No. 3. In L* Genl. Hunters No. 11. of the 25 Jany, 1800. i Public Archives. Series Q. Vol. 287, Pt. 1, Russell to Hunter, pp. 175-176. 21049—7 APPENDIX IV LOAN OF GUNS AND SHOT BY GREAT BRITAIN TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1798 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 101 Letter from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State of the United States, to Rufus King, United States Minister to Great Britain1 Department of State, June 14, 1798. Dear Sir: M' Read of the Senate has shown me a note from M' Izard mentioning that George II gave to his favorite province of South Carolina a parcel of iron 24 pounders taken in the French ship Foudroyant: they were equal to carry 27 pounds ball, and of course being out of all rule of English cannon must have ball especially cast for them. They were taken by the British army when they captured Charleston, in the late war, and carried to Halifax, where it is said they now lie useless. I have mentioned the matter to Mr Liston, who readily engaged to write to Governor Wentworth, and to suggest the propriety of delivering them for the use of South Carolina: the terms to be hereafter declared by the British Government. I suggested they might be sold, or loaned— or given to: S° Carolina would receive them on either ground: their number I do not know. As Governor Wentworth may hesitate, I have thought it best to mention the subject to you, to expedite the transfer, if practicable to be attained. Enclosure in N° 60 of the 17 Nov. 1798. Wentworth to Portland* C( of Am said c that that a number of heavy pieces of cannon, formerly belonging tch ship Foudroyant, were removed from Charleston, South the evacuation of that city by the British army, and that the were at Halifax, Nova Scotia; and it hath also been suggested itish Government would, on the application of the United merica, for that purpose, probably be disposed to return the said Cannon; and in consequence application having been made, to Robert Liston Esquire, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty, to the United States, who having communicated the same to His Excellency Sir John Wentworth, his aforesaid Majesty's Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, hath represented to the government of the United States, that His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Commander in Chief of the King's troops in Nova Scotia, at his instance and that of Sir John Wentworth, consented and agreed, that the aforesaid Cannon, being twenty four in number, and French twenty four Pounders, together with about eighteen hundred shot, belonging to them, shall be loaned to the United States aforesaid on condition that the Federal Government would engage, when required, to reland them, free of expence, in such part of his Britannic Majesty's American Dominions, as may be pointed out. Hematic Correspondence of the United States Canadian Relation. 1764-1860. Sdec^art rawed Willi/m R. Mannine. Washington. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. IMO. Vol. I. pp. l«-l. 102 PUBLIC ARCHIVES And Whereas the President of the United States of America hath ordered and directed that the said Cannon and shot be accepted of, on the terms stipulated, and authorized the Secretary for the Department of War, for and on behalf of the United States, to enter to an engagement accordingly, and the Secretary of the Navy to cause the same to be transported from Halifax to Charleston aforesaid, Now I James M°Henry Secretary for the Department of War, in pursuance of the authority, as aforesaid, vested in me by the President, do signify the acceptance of the aforesaid, Twenty four cannon, and shot for the same, on loan, and for the use of the United States of America, and do engage, when required, that the said Cannon and shot or if the latter shall be expended, an equal number, shall be relanded free of expence to the British Government, in such part of His Britannic Majesty's American Dominions as may be pointed out. In testimony whereof the said Secretary for the Department of War, for and in behalf of the United States, hath hereunto subscribed his hand, and affixed the seal of the War Office this third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, and of Independence the twenty third. (Signed) JAMES M"HENRY Secy of War. A true Copy from the original, which remains in my possession. R. Liston. Copy sent to Mr Hammond 27th December 1798. In Sir John Wentworth's of 17th November 1798. REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 103 Letter from Secretary Pickering to Secretary of the Navy1 Department of State, Trenton Oct. 6. 1798. [To] Benjamin Stoddert Esq1 Secretary of the Navy. Sir, There are at Halifax, Nova Scotia, twenty four cannon, French 24 pounders, and about eighteen hundred shot belonging to them. The cannon were taken in the French Ship Foudroyant, and given by King George the Second to the province of South Carolina. When Charleston surrendered to the British Army, in the American War, these guns fell of course to the Victors, who on the evacuation of that city afterwards, took the cannon and shot with them. Upon application to the British Minister, Mr Liston, to procure a restoration of them, for the immediate defence of Charleston, he wrote to Prince Edward, who commanded the British troops in Nova Scotia, and to Sir John Wentworth the Governor of that province; and the Prince agreed that the cannon and shot should be delivered on loan to the United States, as he had no authority to give them. The condition of the loan was, that they should be relanded, when required, and without expence, in any part of His Britannic Majesty's American Dominions which should be designated. The cannon probably may weigh each 3 tons 72 The 1800 shot at 27J lbs English each, about 22 94 The total weight may be supposed about ninety or ninety four tons. As the guns have been lain by, unused, probably they are without carriages or implements; if however there are both or either, they will doubtless be delivered with the cannon, to which they are exclusively adapted: and it will be well to direct your officer charged with the transportation, to make the enquiry. I will hint these articles to Mr Liston, that he may mention them in his letters. Mr Liston has informed me, that if the terms of the loan should be approved by the President, and the Secretary of War should consequently come under an engagement for the purpose, "and a vessel should be sent properly authorized and protected, to convey the guns and shot to Charleston, he would give the Commander such letters, addressed to Prince Edward and Sir John Wentworth, as would procure their delivery to him."—Yesterday I sent to Mr Liston the Engagement of the Secretary of War, and will furnish you with a copy of it, duly attested, to be sent to your officer, if I can obtain it in time. I desired Mr Liston to write to Halifax immediately, that the requisite orders might be issued, to prevent any delay when your vessel or vessels should arrive there. I will write him again to day, and desire him to send duplicate letters, to the care of Gibbs and Channing in Newport, to be by them delivered to Captain Sever or other officer having orders on this subject. I am very respectfully &c. TIMOTHY PICKERING e Depart w from Feb, 104 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Enclosure in N° 60 of the 17 Nov. 1798—Wentworth to Portland1 Boston 15 October 1798. Sir The American Government having resolved to accept of the Guns formerly belonging to the Foudroyant upon the condition proposed by His Royal Highness Prince Edward, (that of restitution when demanded,) the President dispatches two armed Vessels to Halifax, for the purpose of transporting them to Charleston (South Carolina).—I have therefore to request that those cannon, together with the Eighteen hundred Shot belonging to them, may be delivered to the Commanders of the Vessels, Captain Sever & Captain Chapman, who will be the bearers of this Letter. And you will confer a personal obligation on me by giving them all the countenance and assistance in your power. The Secretary at War has signed an obligation to reland the guns in any part of His Majesty's American Dominions, if demanded,—a case which I hope and trust will never occur. I enclose a copy of this obligation, and have thought it advisable to keep the original, to be deposited among the Records of the British Mission in this country. I have the honour to be, with great truth & respect! Sir, Your Most Obedient humble Servant ROB. LISTON. John Wentworth Bar* P. S. It does not seem probable that the guns have appropriate carriages or implements for loading;—but should these exist, I hope there will be no objection to their being delivered together with the Shot. R. L. Endorsed. His Excellency Robert Liston Esqr Boston 15 October 1798 Copy sent to Mr Hammond 27th Decr 1798 In Sir John Wentworth's of 17th Novr 1798. 'ublic Archives, N. S. Stale Papers, Vol. 1 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 105 Letter from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State of the United States, to Rufus King, United States Minister to Great Britain1 Department of State, Trenton, November 8, 1798. Dear Sir: In my letter of yesterday I omitted to mention the cannon of the Foudroyant formerly given by George II to South Carolina, for which I have before informed you, I had, at the request of Jacob Read Esqr addressed Mr Liston. This gentleman, with the promptitude and good-will which mark all his actions in relation to the United States, immediately wrote to Sir John Wentworth, governor of Nova-Scotia, and to Prince Edward who commanded his Britannic Majesty's forces in that province, who readily complied with his request, and consented to loan the guns, on condition of their being returned, when called for, and transported to any part of His Majesty's dominions on the Continent of North America. The President has consented to the loan on the condition proposed ; and vessels have been sent to Halifax to receive and carry them to Charleston, together with about eighteen hundred shot (say 28 pounders) adapted to them. Altho' the guns and shot are only loaned, yet as they do not correspond with the English dimensions and were therefore thrown by and lay useless at Halifax, I presume they will never be redemanded. Nevertheless, it would be better, perhaps, that the final determination of the British Government concerning them should now be made. It would be a grateful act if they were again presented, as a free gift, to the State of South Carolina. It is highly probable that Mr Liston may suggest the idea to Lord Grenville: if not (which you will know) it may be hinted to him in such manner as you shall judge proper. The real value to Carolina is something; but the main object in obtaining them immediately was, that the U. States, could not furnish them promptly; the foundaries being employed in casting ships guns, & on a scale at this moment not to produce immediately a full supply of them. At the present prices of cannon and shot, those in question are worth ten thousand dollars to us, tho' of comparatively no value to the British Government. The number of guns is 24. I am [etc.]. 106 PUBLIC ARCHIVES Letter from Brigadier Murray1 Halifax Nov1 17th 1798 My Lord Agreable to an arrangement made by His Royal Highness Prince Edward previous to His departure hence for England, which the Copy I have the honor to enclose will explain to Your Grace I have delivered to Captain Sever, commanding the Herald Sloop of War belonging to the United States of America, twenty five Iron Cannon (26 prs) and Eighteen hundred and Seventy Six shot; the Receipt for which I shall send to Mr Liston, that it may be deposited among the Records of the Embassy from Great Britain to that Country, where the original of the Bond of Restitution signed by the Secretary at War for the United States remains,|to theend that the transaction may be complete. Your Grace will please to observe that the Bond is given" onlyffor twenty four Cannon and Eighteen hundred Shot; and that I have exceeded the number by one Gun and seventy Six Shot. My reason for so doing was, that I considered this measure of accomodation to the United States in the present position of affairs to be Politically wise on part of His Royal Highness Prince Edward, and on examining the Stores finding one gun and Seventy Six Shot more than had been mentioned originally, or supposed to have been in Store of the same Calibre, all originally taken in the French Ship of War Foudroyant and brought hither at the Evacuation of Charles- town South Carolina in the last War, immagining that exceeding the number and giving every aid in my power in puting them on board, with all manner of attention to Captain Sever and His Officers might have a good effect in further conciliating the American Government, I presumed thus to act without authority; and humbly hope that my conduct on this occasion may receive your Grace's approbation and that of His Majesty's Ministers; and that Your Grace will have the goodness to afford me Your Protection on this occasion I have the honor to be My Lord Your Grace's faithful & Ob* Servant JN° MURRAY. B. General Commanding His Majesty's Forces in the Peninsula of Nova Scotia. Endorsed. Halifax 17th Novr 1798. Brigr General Murray R/. 24. Decr i, N. S. Stale Papers. Vol. A 128, i REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 107 Letter^from the Duke of Portland to Lieut.-Gov. Sir J. Wentworth1 Whitehall 11th Jan* 1799 Sir I herewith transmit for your information a Copy of a Letter from Lord Grenville to Mr Liston, by which you will perceive the manner in which His Majesty has been pleased, as a mark of his friendship towards the United States of America, to wave the engagement that had been entered into by their Government to return when called upon the cannon and ammunition sent from Halifax, and to present them free of any condition or limitation whatever. You will therefore take care to give the necessary directions for that purpose, to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Nova Scotia for his more particular information and guidance N°;38. Pt sailed 12* Feb* [ am &c. PORTLAND Sir J. Wentworth. &c. &c. &c. es. N. S. State Papers, Vol. A 129, Duke of Portland to Wentworth, p. 12. PUBLIC ARCHIVES Lord Grenville to Robert Liston British Minister at Washington1 Whitehall, 3rd January 1799. "From information received from Lieutenant Governor Wentworth It appears that the Cannon and shot which the American Government had requested to be furnished from His Majesty's magazines at Halifax by way of loan to the United States had been delivered by Brigadier General Murray to the American officers appointed to receive them and that the Secretary of War of the United States had transmitted to you an engagement to return the Cannon and shot above mentioned to any of His Majesty's American possessions whenever they might be redemanded. Although the prescribing and accepting of the conditions contained in that engagement were perfectly proper and necessary in order to place the transaction unequivocally on its true principle and to prevent the possibility of any misconstruction or misinterpretation of it hereafter yet as the end has been completely answered by the form of the paper which has been delivered to you His Majesty has been pleased as a testimony of friendship towards the United States to direct that you should return that engagement to the American Government accompanied by a letter in which you will state that you have been authorised by His Majesty to desire that the same may be cancelled." GRENVILLE i Public Archives, Special
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Date Issued | 1941 |
Description | "Title varies: 1881-1905, Report on Canadian Archives; 1908-1912, Report of the work of the Archives Branch; 1913-1914/15, Report of the work of the Public Archives. No reports issued for 1906-1907, 1911, 1916, 1927. Also found in Canada. Parliament. Sessional Papers, 1873-1924, and in the Annual Departmental Reports, 1925-1929/30. Reports for 1872-1880 were not issued separately but included in the Reports of the Minister of Agriculture. Some reports reprint the text of newly acquired documents. 1886, 1889, 1890 and especially 1892, contain material found significant by Hume Wrong for his biography of Alexander Mackenzie (no.623); 1891 contains important documents concerning Beckwith's secret mission to the U.S.A. re Nootka; 1928 has a copy of Duncan McGiIIivray's Some account of the trade carried on by the North West Company, first published in 1811 as On the origin and progress of the North-West Company (no.421)." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 47. |
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