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THE
CHRONOLOGY OF HISTORICAL EVENTS
AT THE ISLAND
BATTERY, 1713 - 1768:
TRANSCRIBED
AND PRÉCISED DOCUMENTS
BY
ERIC KRAUSE
KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS
December 31, 2005
1760 - 1799
1760
1760 - MAY 23
... 23 rain and foge and Some wesels that was in ye Bay fired by times all day and ye ile Land Battrey answard them.
[A Journeal of mr gibson Cloughs from Salem In New - England untill he a Riveed at Louisbourg ... and what Happnead their from the First of June untill the End of the year In Two parts the one Ending with the year and the other Beginnig with the New In a Compnay Commanded by Capt gidding In A provenchal Reigment Commanded By Colln Jonathan Bagley Esqr in Cheaf Draft, Transcription by Rosemary Hutchinson, Fortress of Louisbourg, Undated ]
*1760 - SEPTEMBER
[PRÉCIS OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]
Reference to the destruction of the Island Battery .
[London Magazine, September 1760, p. 491]
1760 - SEPTEMBER 25
... 25 Cloudy and Iland-Battrey and the Ships in ye harbyer also the two Regimts fired in Way of reioysing for the Reductsion of mount Reial
[A Journeal of mr gibson Cloughs from Salem In New - England untill he a Riveed at Louisbourg ... and what Happnead their from the First of June untill the End of the year In Two parts the one Ending with the year and the other Beginnig with the New In a Compnay Commanded by Capt gidding In A provenchal Reigment Commanded By Colln Jonathan Bagley Esqr in Cheaf Draft, Transcription by Rosemary Hutchinson, Fortress of Louisbourg, Undated ]
1760 - NOVEMBER 3
A Journal containing the manner, method, and Execution of The Demolition of the Fortifications of Louisbourg from June 1st to November 10th A:D. 1760 By the Direction of D. Muckell Commandant of the Company of Royal Miners And Carried on by John Gowan Lieut of Miners ...
November 3d 1760 ... Another Detachment was sent to the Island Battery Lying E from the Garrison Distance about one English mile Adjacent to the mouth of the Harbour to Destroy a Sally Port of Masonry which was Very Strongly Submented ...
[Library of the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich Arsenal, Book No 10, Journal of Demolition, p. 187]
1760 - NOVEMBER 5
... 5 fair. Also ye other tower at ye grand battrey with the Saly porte at ye Ileland Battrey was sprung.
[A Journeal of mr gibson Cloughs from Salem In New - England untill he a Riveed at Louisbourg ... and what Happnead their from the First of June untill the End of the year In Two parts the one Ending with the year and the other Beginnig with the New In a Compnay Commanded by Capt gidding In A provenchal Reigment Commanded By Colln Jonathan Bagley Esqr in Cheaf Draft, Transcription by Rosemary Hutchinson, Fortress of Louisbourg, Undated ]
1760 - NOVEMBER 5
A Journal containing the manner, method, and Execution of The Demolition of the Fortifications of Louisbourg from June 1st to November 10th A:D. 1760 By the Direction of D. Muckell Commandant of the Company of Royal Miners And Carried on by John Gowan Lieut of Miners ...
November 5th 1760 ... The Grand and Island Batteries Mentioned before were Demolishe:d to day ...
[Library of the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich Arsenal, Book No 10, Journal of Demolition, p. 189]
1762
Anonymous
PLAN des Hafens and Festung LOUISBOURG auf der Insul Cap-Breton. Wie solche Ao. 1758 d.26 Iulii nach einer 5. Woche Belagerung, sich an die Engelånder ergeben muste.
[1762]
Canada: Fortress of Louisbourg (Louisbourg)
... G. Batterie von 40:
H: Batterie von 8 Can: ...
Two batteries with another feature that may be the barracks are illustrated
1764
Bellin
PORT DE LOUISBOURG dans l'Isle Royale
[1764]
France: Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), Bellin, J.N., LE PETIT ATLAS MARITIME, 1764, Volume 1, Number 23
McCord Museum, U/A
The battery and its angled battery with its barracks
1765
1765
According to William Walters:
Estimate of calculation of Military Contingencies at Louisbourg, Island Battery & Colliery.
[Transcription Copy]
| For Firing for One Year for the following Officiers Vizt ... | Chalrens | Bss | ... | L. | S | D. |
| ... | ||||||
| For the Island at 2
Bushls} p. day at an average .......} |
20 - | 10 | ||||
| ... | ||||||
| For ... Gallns
Pints of Oyl for Fire Guards at 3 pints p day for Louisbourg, the Island Battery and the Colliery at 20 p. Gallon ... |
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| For 5lbs of Cotton for Do at .... | ||||||
| N.B. The Masons
Employed in repairing Chiminies, Getting Grates, Pointing the Walls, ic, at Louisbourg, Island Battery, & the Coal Mines ... |
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| N.B. The Barracks
at the Island want to be almost new Shingles, the Walls pointed and the Chim |
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| nies topped | 40 | - | - | |||
| ... | ||||||
[War Office 1, Vol. 6 f. 218 - 220, 1765, 30 May [f. 299-303 of the transcription: MG 14, B1, Volume 8, Not Dated. Signed Wm. Walters Major commanding at Louisbourg. In Gage's letter of 30 May, 1765.]]
1766
Wright, Thomas
N/A [North west view of the town of Louisburg in the Island of Cape Breton taken in April of 1766 by Thomas Wright]
1766
England: British Library (London, King's Maps CXIX-95d.
9
Buildings are illustrated
1767
George Sproule
A PLAN of LOUISBOURG Surveyed and Drawn for HIS EXCELLENCY THE HONBLE. MAJOR GENERAL THOS. GAGE Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in America &c. By Ensn. George Sproule of the 59th. Regt....
1767
United States: Wm. L. Clements Library, University of Michigan (Ann Arbour, Michigan)
Shoals running east to Island Battery
Sproule, George
A Plan of the Harbour of Louisbourg With the Adjacent Country Survey'd by Samuel Holland Esqr. Surveyer General for the Northern District of North America drawn by Ensn. Geo. Sproule of the 59th. Regt.
1767
United States: Wm. L. Clements Library, University of Michigan (Ann Arbour, Michigan)
Island battery
The Island Battery without its angled battery is illustrated, with a feature to the rear
1767
Captain William Owen on a tour of Cape Breton in 1767 with Lord William Campbell aboard the R.N. Ship The Mermaid referred to:
.. at two O'clock in the afternoon keeping the northshore on Lighthouse point close on board we entered Louisbourg Harbour and anchored with the best bower in 10 fathom, the Grand Battery N b E the Island Battery SE 1/2E and L'Hopital du Roi SW b W ...
[William Owen, "Narratives of American Voyages and Travels of Capt. William Owen, R.N. and the Settlement of the Island of Campobelle in the Bay of Fundy 1766-1771 (part 2) " in Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Volume 35, Number 2 (February, 1931)]
1767, APRIL 3
According to Gage, writing to Shelburne:
... The Fortifications of Louisbourg being entirely destroyed there is no visible Occasion for keep four Companies at that place. If it shall be be [sic] judged proper and necessary to prevent Vessels going into the Harbor, Batteries may be again erected on the Island at the Entrance of it and one Company left there ...
[Colonial Office 323, Volume 25, Item 12, pp. 254-255, April 3, 1767]
1768
1768
According to Franklin:
As a Common near a Town has been generally found to give great relief to poor people and as the Inhabitants of Louisbourg will in great Measure probably be Composed of Sfishermens familys to whom the keeping of a Cow will be of great assistance towards supporting their Children; it is conceived that a Common should be laid out round the whole Town (to include the East Point running towards the Island Battery) ...
[Colonial Office, 217, Volume 25, September 26, 1768, f. 136v]
MAP 1768-1 (September 26, 1768)
... The Barracks on the Island Battery are Reparable ...
[Nova Scotia, Volume 3, p. 299, Enclosure in Letter of September 26, 1768, Franklin to Hillsborough]
1777
DesBarres, J.F.W. (Publication)
A VIEW of LOUISBURG
1777
Canada: National Archives of Canada (Ottawa), Neptune, Volume 2, pt. 4, Number 68a
The ocean portion of the Island Battery is illustrated, with, to the rear, a building with a smaller (perhaps attached - Like ND-17) outbuilding behind it
1778
DesBarres, J.F.W.
A VIEW taken from the Entrance of LOUISBOURG HARBOUR.
1778
Canada: National Archives of Canada (Ottawa), Neptune, Volume 2, pt. 4, Number 68b
The ocean portion of the Island Battery is illustrated, with, to the rear, a building with a smaller (perhaps attached - Like ND-17) outbuilding behind it
1779
DesBarres, J.F.W.
The Entrance of Louisbourg Harbour on the Island of Cape Breton
1779
Canada: National Archives of Canada (Ottawa), Neptune, Volume 2, pt. 4, Number 68c
The ocean portion of the Island Battery is illustrated, with, to the rear, a building with the portion of a building behind it
1781
[J.F.W. DesBarres]
A CHART OF THE HARBOUR of LOUISBOURG IN THE ISLAND of CAPE BRETON.
1781
Canada: National Archives of Canada (Ottawa)
Canada: McCord Museum holds a copy
Island Battery
There are no features shown on the island
1798
Backhouse, Thomas
A SURVEY OF LOUISBURG HARBOUR To Rupert George, Esq. Commander of His Majesty's Ship HUSSAR, and Senior Officier on the Nova Scotia Station: This Chart is most respectfully dedicated. by his very humble servant THOs BACKHOUSE
1798
France: Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), Cartes et Plans, S.H., 131-11-12
Battery Island
There is a single building shown on the island
1799
1799 - JUNE 20
On 20 June 1799 Edward Rowe petitioned:
... for a Tract of Land lying and being at the outside of the walls of Louisbourg Harbour leading from where the Barracks stood to the Southward, to a place called the Black Rock containing about Thirty Acres more or less also a little Island known by the name of Island Battery, the same laying to the southward of the entrance of the Harbour of Louisbourg Containing about one acre of ground more or less also a water Lot for the Purpose of building a wharf a breast the road known by the name of King Street ...
Mathews:
"President of His Majesty's Council, Sydney" gave permission to the applicant "to take possession of and cultivate them [the grounds] until His Majesty's Pleasure is known" providing that the "grounds are vacant".
[Sydney Registry of Deeds, Book B, p. 285]
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