SOUTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES AND HISTORY CENTRE - SELECT INVENTORY

• This institution has research material which Louisbourg does not hold as a copied manuscript from any other institution as follows:

(A) GR 002 
Great Britain 
Board of Trade 
Shipping lists for South Carolina 
CO5/510-511 
1735-1767

Microfilm B 800101 [Microfilmed by Micro Methods Limited Film - NOTE: Do not order the BMP series which is difficult to read]

- Ships are identified from London, New Providence, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Rhode Island etc.

- The accounts jumped from 1739 to 1752

- Scanned quickly, but besides the ones reproduced below, Louisbourg is mentioned for January 5, 1760, April 6, 1760, etc, but perhaps few other ones

- "Hallifax" is mentioned for the year’s quarters below and for other later quarters and years

- The accounts are rich with general building materials descriptions (boards, shingles, etc.) with numerous Boston references

(I) "Port of Charles Town S^o. Carolina Continued A List of All Ships & Vessells that have Enter’d Inwards in Sady Day Quarter ending 5th April 1759"

"Time of Entry" 
"[Mar] 5"

"Ship or Vessels Names" 
"Polly"

"Masters Names" 
"George Noarth"

"Kind of Built" 
"Sch[oon^r]"

"Tons" 
"200"

"Guns" 
"8"

"Men" 
"15"

"where & when Built" 
"afr: Prize this War"

"where & when Registered" 
"Louisbourg 
27th Dec^r 1758" 

"The Owners 
Names" 
"Gilbert Berelay, Jn^o Hay & s:^d Masv^r: of Louisbourg"

"The General Cargo ... " 
- 700 buss Salt 
- 36 barrels flour

"The General Cargo ... "  
"The Package & contents 
of Other Goods" 
[None mentioned]

"From whence Arrived" 
"Louisbourg"

"where & when Bond Given" 
[None mentioned]

[CO 5/510, ff. 65-66]

(II) "Port of Charles Town S^o. Carolina A list of all Ships & Vessells that have enter’d Inwards in Mich’mas [Michaelmas] Quarter ending 10th October 1759"

"Time of Entry" 
"1759 July^th"

"Ship or Vessels Names" 
"Bower"

"Masters Names" 
"John Cobb"

"Kind of Built" 
"Brig.^r"

"Tons" 
"70"

"Guns" 
"0"

"Men" 
"6"

"where & when Built" 
"A Prize this War"

"where & when Registered" 
"London 
22 January 
1759"

"The Owners 
Names" 
"John Webster & Dav.^d [Att]ingham 
of London"

"The General Cargo ... " 
[None mentioned]

"The General Cargo ... " 
"The Package & contents 
of Other Goods" 
"Ballast Only"

"From whence Arrived" 
"Louisbourg"

where & when Bond Given" 
[None mentioned]

[CO 5/510, ff. 67v-68]

(III) GR 018 (BMP D430-32) 
Great Britain, 
Board of Trade, 
Original South Carolina correspondence from the governors and others 
CO 5/368-370, Vol. G, No 33 thru Vol H No. 48 (1740-1744), B 800106

- 1744 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

(IV) GR 019 (BMP D433-34) 
Great Britain, 
Board of Trade, 
Original South Carolina correspondence from the governors and others 
CO 5/371-372, Vol. H, No 49 thru Vol I (1745-1751), B 800106

- 1744-1745 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

(V) GR 022 (BMP D438-39) 
Great Britain, 
Board of Trade, 
Original South Carolina correspondence from the governors and others 
CO 5/376-377, Vol. I thru M (1757-1764), B 800106

- 1758 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

(VI) GR 029 (BMP D464-65) 
Great Britain, 
Board of Trade, 
South Carolina entry Books 
CO 5/402-403, Books C and D, (1739-1760), B 800110

- 1744-1745 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

- 1758-1760 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

(VII) GR 026 (BMP D447-48) 
Great Britain, 
Secretary of State, 
South Carolina correspondence and other papers 
CO 5/385-386, (1744-1776), B 800108

- 1744-1745 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

- 1758 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

(VIII) GR 035 (BMP D451-52) 
Great Britain, 
Secretary of State, 
Original correspondence and papers from the governors of South Carolina 
CO 5/389-390, (1748-1767), B 800119

- 1745 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

- 1758 checked: Nothing of interest for Louisbourg

(IX) South Carolina Gazette

(i) ORIGINALS OF THE GAZETTE - (1743-1751), P 900040 and (1758-1763), P 900040

- The original papers on microfilm were consulted for only the periods 1745 and 1758, and then only partially. 1758 was not complete on the microfilm.

- There are numerous references to Louisbourg, Halifax, etc. which we may have under the bylines of other cities (Boston, New York, London, etc.) but those under the Charles Town byline would be new to Louisbourg. Various ship captains (like Barnes - See below - and Capt. Bickford of Salem, New England (Friday, August 4, 1758), etc. visited Charles Town and the Gazette interviewed them for news about Louisbourg.

- News accounts on the expedition to Cape Breton began in the Gazette on Monday, May 13, 1745 - Charles Town, May 13 (Number 581)

- News accounts of the surrender of Louisbourg was reported on Monday, August 19, 1745 - Boston, July 8 (Number 595)

(a) "Capt. Barnes, just arrived [apparently in Charleston (the paper is damaged)] from Halifax, left that Port with Admiral Boscowen, the 28th ult. when a very valuable Store-ship, and a (French King’s) Frigate had been carried in. He informs us, that the troops employed against Louisbourg amount to about 11,000 Men ...." [The list of the fleet follows]  [Friday, June 30, 1758]

- [NOTE: See also Friday, July 14, 1758: " For LONDON, to sail with Convoy, the Brigantine HALIFAX-PACKET, JOHN BARNES Master: (A Prime Sailor.) For Freight or Passage, apply to DA COASTA & FARR"]

(ii) PUBLISHED INDEX TO THE GAZETTE (1745-1749; 1758-1766) - John H. Wilson & Gary S. Wilson, The Early South Carolina Newspapers Eson Database Reports South Carolina Gazette

- Examined 1745-1749; 1758-1762

(a) 1745

(1) Louisbourg (Sloop) Entered in from Boston, Customs House Notice 11/11/1745, Shipmaster: James Robins

(2) Louisbourg (Sloop) entered out for Boston, Customs House Notice 11/18/1745, Louisbourg (Sloop) cleared for Departure to Boston, Shipmaster: James Robins

(b) 1746

(1) HMS Aldborough (Warship), Departed to Louisbourg, Local News Article, 07/28/1746

(2) HMS Aldborough (Warship), Departed to Cape Breton, Local News Article, 08/11/1746, Naval Ship Commander: Michael Everett

(c) 1748

(1) Duke of Bedford (Ship), Entered in from Cape Breton, Custom House Notice, 12/07/1748, Shipmaster: Eva Deverson

(2) Mediterranean (Brigantine), Entered in from Cape Breton, Custom House Notice, 09/06/1748, Shipmaster John Norris

(d) 1758

(1) Halifax Packet is mentioned several times

(2) Hertford (Ship) Entered into Customs from Halifax

(3) Lindo Packet (Schooner) Cleared for departure to Halifax

(4) Polly (Snow) Entered into Customs from Halifax

(e) 1759

(1) Bowers (Brigantine), Shipmaster Cobb, Entered into Customs from Louisbourg, Customs House Notice, 07/07/1759

(2) Elizabeth (Ship), Shipmaster Thompson, Entered into Customs from Louisbourg, Custom House Notice, 01/01/1759

(3) Elizabeth (Ship), Shipmaster Thompson, Entered into Customs from Louisbourg, Custom House Notice, 01/05/1759

(4) Hopewell (Ship), Shipmaster Rutherford, Reported as arrived from Louisbourg, Marine Intelligence, 09/29/1759

(5) Two Brothers (Snow), Shipmaster, Le Mesurier. Entered into Customs from Louisbourg, Customs House Notice, 12/29/1759

(f) 1760

(1) Elizabeth (Sloop), Shipmaster Alexander, Sailed since last to Louisbourg, Customs House Notice, 06/07/1760

(2) Jane & Mary (Snow), Shipmaster Withall, Entered into Customs from Louisbourg, Customs House Notice, 01/26/1760

(X) William L Saunders, editor, The Colonial Records of North Carolina (Raleigh: Josephus Daniels, 1890), Volume VIII, 1769 to 1771

(i) Tryon’s order book in Campaign against the Regulators (pp. 574-607) provide a curious reference to Louisbourg as follows:

"Sandy Creek Camp Tuesday May 20^th 1771. 
Parole - Cape Britain. Countersign - Louisbourg ..."

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