PRINCESS BASTION REPORT:
A SURVEY OF THE AREA FROM THE RIGHT REENTRANT 
ANGLE OF THE PRINCESS BASTION TO THE RIGHT REENTRANT 
ANGLE OF THE BROUILLAN BASTION, AND THE RELATION OF THIS 
AREA TO CAP NOIR

BY

MARGARET FORTIER

February, 1966

(Supervision: W. Stevenson, J. Hanna)

(Fortress of Louisbourg Report H B 3)

Presently, only some illustrations are included here.
For all of them, please consult the original report in the archives of the Fortress of Louisbourg

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SOURCES COVERED FOR PRINCESS BASTION REPORT

Sources Covered for Princess Bastion Report

A detailed list of the materials covered in the course of the work on the Princess Bastion has been compiled. Divided into two sections - positive and negative sources - this list includes everything that was examined, The positive sources include all those in which a reference to the Bastion or its environs was found whether or not the particular reference was used in the writing of the report. It is obvious from the footnotes which sources were of the most help.

POSITIVE SOURCES

(a) Microfilm

• C11B - Vol.  10--38
• C11B - Vol. 39
• C11A - Vol., 126
• Library of Congress - A diary Louisbourg May 15, 1759-Sept. 24, 1760
• Library of Congress -Military Affairs of Louisbourg 1747
• War Office 49 - Work Orders
• Library of Congress - Garrison Orders; Cunninghame Muniments
• Archives Du Comite Technique DU Genie Les Manuscripts relies - Mss. 205b (many documents found in this set are listed under C11B).

(b) Index Cards

English

• Colonial Office 5 - Vols. 44, 53, 48, 900
• Colonial Office 217 - A26, A27, A28, A34
• War Office 34 - Vols. 14, 17, 18, 44, 101, 260
• M,G. 18 F12
• M.G. 18 L4
• M.G. 18 N21
• M.G. 21 H14
• M. G. 23 A2-1
• M.G. 23 A2-2
• M. G. 23 A2-3
• M. G. 23 A2-4
• Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of N.Y. - Vol. 10, PP. 38-75
• Royal Society of Canada - Section Seven, Vol. 8, pp. 97-125
• Documents Relating to New Hampshire 1738-1749 - Vol. 5, pp. 272-275
• London Magazine - 1760, pp. 255-258
• Nova Scotia Historical Society - Vols. 5, 9

French

• B Series Vol. 70-2, 70, 72, 78, 81, 91, 95, 97, 103, 105

(c) Transcripts

English

• War Office 34 - Vols. 17-l, 18, 14
• Nova Scotia A27
• Nova Scotia A28
• Nova Scotia A34
• Colonial Office 5 - Vol. 53
• Admiralty 1 - Vol. 577

French

• B series - Vols. 68-2, 70-2, 105, 95, 103, 98, 53, 55-3, 59-2, 61-2, 63, 63-2, 64-4, 65-4, 68, 70,72, 76
• Archives de la Marine - Series B4, Vol. 80-2
• Archives de la Guerre - Génie, No. 210d; Vol. 3499-1
• Ministère de la Guerre - Génie, Section 1, Article 15; No. 205b; Section 2, Registre 66
• Génie, Mss. Reliés - Folio 125
• Arehives des Colonies, Dépot des Fortifications - Carton 4

(d) Journals

• Clough, Gibson, Journal of...
• Le Chevelierr Johnstone, The Campaign of Louisboug: 1750-58.
• Royal Artillery Institution A Journal containing the manner, method, and Execution of the Demolition of the Fortifications of Louisbourg, from June 1^st to November 10^th A.D. 1760.

Rosenfield Notes

• Amherst, Jeffery, Journal of ...
• Anon. Louisbourg Diary, (15/4/1759 - 4/9/1760)
• Waldo, Moore, Lathrop and Gridley, History of the Reduction of Louisbourg, 1745.
• Montressor, Journal of..., 1758
• Walcott, Roger, Journal of the Expedition against Louisbourg ...,1745

DeForest, Louisbourg Journals 1745

• Anonymous Journal, pp. 1-54
• Anonymous Journal, pp. 67-72
• Anonymous Journal, pp. 109-120
   

(e) Maps and Plans

All maps and plans available, including contact prints, were studied and form a most important part of the report as it was written.

NEGATIVE SOURCES

(a) Microfilm

• C11B - Vols. 1-9
• Library of Congress - Sir William Pepperrell/Benjamin Green

(b) Index Cards

English

• Colonial Office 5 - Vols. 6-7, 10, 13, 15-19, 31-36, 46-47, 49-52, 54-64, 67-70, 72, 75, 78- 81, 85, 125-127, 144, 147, 154-155, 185, 194-201, 211-214, 223-226, 241-242, 246, 251, 266, 753-754, 899, 901
• Colonial Office 217 - A4-A25, A29-A33, A35-A36, A38-A39, A42-A43, A45- A46, A49-A50, A 53-A58, A60-A64, A69, A71-A80, A82-A84, M.G. 11 Supplementary 2, Vols 1-10, 12, 15-16, 20-23, 25, 30-33, 38-40, 43-45, 103
• Colonial Office 218 - Vols. 1-6
• Nova Scotia B - Series 1-10, 12-16
• Nova Scotia C2
• Nova Scotia C5
• Nova Scotia C 6
• Nova Scotia D1
• Nova Scotia D4
• Nova Scotia D5
• Nova Scotia D6
• Nova Scotia D8
• Colonial Office 219 - Vols. 1-8
• Colonial Office 220 - Vols. 11 and 15
• Colonial Office 42 - Vols. 1, 13 and 23
• Colonial Office 194 Vols. 5-8, 12-13, 16, 23-24, 26
• Colonial Office 195 - Vols. 2-9, 15
• Colonial Office 199 Vol. 16
• Colonial Office 323 Vols. 7-8, 12, 15-19, 21
• War Office 34 - Vols. 1-4, 7-13, 15-16, 19-34, 41-43, 45-46, 57-100, 102, 197-201
• War Office, 12-Vol. 3871
• War Office 17 - Vols. 1489-1492
• War Office 55 - Vols. 1551, 1820-1821
• War Office I - Vols. 1, 4-7
• M.G. 18 A7
• M.G. 18 F8 - M.G. 18 F11
• M.G. 18 F13
• M.G. 18 F20
• M. G. 18 G8
• M.G. 18 J7 - M.G. 18 J11
• M.G. 18 K3
• M.G. 18 K7
• M.G. 18 K9 -M.G. 18 K10
• M.G, 18 K14
• M.G. 18 L1 - M.G. 18 L2
• M.G. 18 L5- M.G. 18 L6
• M.G. 18 L8
• M.G. 18 N2
• M.G. 18 N4
• M.G. 18 N1O - M.G. 18 N11
• M.G. 18 N15 - M.G. 18 N16
• M.G. 18 N28 - M.G. 18 N29
• M.G. 18 M1
• M.G. 18 N30
• M.G. 11 Supp. 18(l)
• M.G. 11 supp. 2
• M.G. 11 Supp. 1
• M.G. 21 E3
• M.G. 21 G2
• M.G. 21 H9 - M.G. 21 H10
• M.G. 21 H17
• M.G. 21 I8
• M.G. 23 A2-1A
• M.G. 23 A2-5
• M.G. 23 A2-7 - M.G. 23 A10
• M.G. 23 M1
• M.G. 23 K1 - M.G. 23 K2
• M.G. 23 J6 - M-G- 23 J7
• M.G. 23 13
• M.G. 23 16
• M.G. 23 A1
• M.G. 23 A3 - M.G. 23 A5
• M.G. 23 C6
• M.G. 23 F1
• M.G. 23 G
• Boston Evening Post
• Boston Weekly Newsletter
• Gentleman's Magazine
• New Hampshire Gazette
• Halifax Gazette
• Nova Scotia Public Archives Vols. 1-5. 7-9, 11-131, 17-26, 29-33, 35-37, 39, 49-51, 129, 136-137, 163-168, 170, 180, 186-187, 215, 222, 250-251, 284, 299, 301, 311, 315, 317-322, 326, 328t,337-338, 341-344, 347, 354-358, 363, 491-493
• Maine Historical Society Collections
• Documentary History of the State of Maine
• New Hampshire Historical Society
• Rhode Island Historical Society
• Rhode Island Colonial Records
• New England Historical and Geneological Register
• Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society
• Nova Scotia Historical Society - Vols. 1-4, 6-8, 12-13, 15-18, 20-33
• Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings
• New York Historical Society Collections
• Stewart's Quarterly Magezine
• Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society
• Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut
• Pennsylvania Archives
• Manchester Historic Association Collections
• The Canadian Journal
• Proceedings of the Fitchburg Historical Society
• Documentary History of the State of New York
• Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society

French

• B Series - all volumes not listed among the positive sources

(c) Transcripts

English

• Colonial Office Nova Scotia A29
• Colonial Office Nova Scotia A30
• Colonial Office Nova Scotia A31
• Colonial Office Nova Scotia A32
• Colonial Office Nova Scotia Vol. 19
• Colonial Office Nova Scotia 90
• War Office 1 Vol. 6-2
• Dartmouth Original Mss. Vol. 1, pt. 1, No, 995
• M.G. 21 E5

French

(d) Journals

• Green, Samuel A., ed., Diary Siege of Louisbourg March 11 - August 2, 1745.
• Rosenfield Notes
• Davis, J., Account of Louisbourg, March 30 - April 20, 1745.
• Wolcott, Roger, Journal of..., April 30- July 30 1745.
• Belknap,, Particular Explanation of the Plan No. 3, No. 7, Mass. His. Soc..
• Harvey, Hon. William, Journal of ...
• Storer, Paper of Major John Storer Relating to Louisbourg Campaign 1744-1745.
• Smith, Rev. Thomas & Rev. Samuel Deane, Journals of...
• George Smith's Journal. March 14, 1745 - November 17, 1745.
• Durell,, Philip, A Particular Account of the Taking Cape Breton From the French by Admiral Warren and William Pepperrell, 17th June 1745.
• Anon., A Journal of voige in the Sloop Union,, Elisha Mahew, Master, in an Expedition against Cape Breton, 1745.
• City of Boston, Records of Town, Vol. 4.
• Returns, An Inventory of Goods in the House of Benj. Hammatt, Feb. 6, 1758.
• Proctor, Johnathan, Diary Kept at Louisbourg, 1759-1760.
• Seth Pomerroy's Journal
• Pichon, Thomas, Genuine letters and Memoires..., 1760.
• Pepperrell, William, An Accurate Journal and Account... , 1745
• Mascarene Diary
• Knox's Historical Journal, "Journal du Siege de Louisbourg."
• Knap, Nathaniel, Diary of... 1758.
• Green Diary, 1745.
• Daniel Giddings Diary, 1745.
• Gibson, James. A Journal of the Last Siege, 1745.
• Emerson, Joseph. Diary of...
• Cutter, Benjamin, A History of the Cutter Family of New England, (1758, Diary)
• Johathan Darling Jr.'s Journal.
• Cleave's Diary.
• Letters from Louisbourg, 1758-1759
• William Clark's Journal, March 1744/1745.
• Gilbert Budd Diary, 1755-1760.
• Bidwell, Rev. Adonijah, Journal of ... April 14 - November 8, 1745.
• Bradstreet, Dudley, Diary Kept by ... April 1745 - January 1746.
• Auckmuty, Robert, The Importance of Cap Breton to the British Nation, 1745.
• Ann. Military Journal, November 1746 - September 1747.
• Ann. Military Journal French, November 1745 November, 1746.
• Amherst, William, Journal of..., 1758.

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