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The Daily Journals, Diaries, Letters, and Accounts
of Louisbourg and Isle Royale (1713-1768)
A Selection
By Eric Krause
Krause House
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2002
- present
An
Evolving Project
Preface
The
following daily journals, diaries, letters, and accounts were created at
or in the near vicinity of Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island), 1713-1768.
Only letters and accounts of a substantive or of a highly important nature
(example: siege details) will be included.
YEAR
1715
1715:
Journal
of Peter Capon's Voyage
from Annapolis Royal to Cape Breton
- This brief
journal is only two printed pages in length. It makes almost no mention of
Louisbourg, where Capon had gone with a message from Gov. Caulfield at
Annapolis Royal to de Costebelle concerning Indian attacks on the
English. Capon says that he was well received by the French governor at
Louisbourg, and went on board his frigate in Louisbourg harbour.
- This
journal is published in the Historical Magazine, January 1874.
- Massachusetts
State Archives owned original
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg,
"Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43
(Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
YEAR
1716
1716:
Chancels de Lagrange
-
Chancels de Lagrange,
“Voyage made to the Isle Royale or Cape Breton Island in Canada in 1716
aboard the frigate Atalante commanded by M. de Courbon St. Leger”,
in Revue d’Hhstoire
de l’Amerique francaise,
Vol XIII, No. 3, December 1959
YEAR
1718
1718
August
26, 1718 - October 4, 1718:
Captain
Cyprian Southack's Diary
- This is a
journal of Southack's voyage to Louisbourg with Capt. Smart and his
return.
- The original is owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
- Southack was a captain in the Royal Navy. He was born in London in 1660,
married Elizabeth Foy of Boston and died in Boston March 27,1745 aged 84.
[Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)] [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
YEAR
1735
1735
Latour
Cruchon
- Journal
de Latour Cruchon, sur l'exploration des côtes de Scatary à bord d'un
vaisseau commandé par Morpain.
-
Archives Nationales, Dossiers Personnels, Archives des Colonies et de la
Marine, C7 221 (Morpain), f. 6.
YEAR
1744
- Journal de
campagne de François Du Pont Duvivier en 1744
- Journal
contenant le détail de la conduite qu'a tenu monsieur Dupont Duvivier
capitaine à l'Isle Royalle dans les différents mouvents de sa course à
l'Accadie dans lequel est aussy raporté ce qu'il a connu dans les
differentes personnes qui ont eu raports à luy;
France, Archives Nationales, Colonies, Series E, Volume 169 (Dossier Du Pont
Duvivier).
- Bernard
Pothier, Course à l’Acadie: Journal de Compagne de François DuPont
Duvivier en 1744, Les Édtions de l’Acadie, Moncton, 1982.
YEAR
1745
SHIPS
JOURNALS: AT THE SIEGE OF 1745
- May 23, 1745 - June 11, Volume B 228. Journal of the
BIEN AIME. Lt. Geo. Ogilvie. At anchor in Gabrous Bay during siege. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- May 31, 1745 - Oct 13, Volume C. 39. Lt. James Smith. Journal of the
CANTERBURY. Deals with the siege of Louisbourg. Moderately good. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- May 29,
1745 - Oct 12, Volume C. 39. Lt. John Bover. As above. [See previous Journal
of the CANTERBURY] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 13, 1745 - Oct 14 1745, Volume C. 39. O. Hore. [Journal of
the CANTERBURY]. Siege of Louisbourg. Good. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty
L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 6, 1745 - July 5, 1745, Volume C 133. Journal of the CHESTER. Franc. Greay. At Louisbourg during the
siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 28, 1745 - Sept 30, Volume C 133. Journal of the CHESTLER. Lt. Rich.
Manly. Account of his stay at Louisbourg immediately after the siege National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- June 27,
1745 - Aug 25, Volume C 133. Lt. Th. Riggs. As above. [See previous
Journal of the CHESTLER] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 10, 1745 - June 5, Volume E 93. Journal
of the ELTHAM. Benj. Elmy. Nantucket to Louisbourg. Anchored there.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 1, 1745 - June 24, Volume E 94. Journal of the ELTHAM. Lt. George
Allan. As above. (siege account). [See previous Journal of the ELTHAM] National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- June 24, 1745
- July 7, Volume E 94. Wm. Underdown. [Journal of the ELTHAM]. Immediately
after the siege and his departure for Nantucket. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 13, 1745 - Sept 8, Volume H 106. Journal
of the HECTOR. Lt. David Hogg. Cape Cod to Louisbourg for the siege, then to
Nantucket. Returns to Louisbourg and then to Newfoundland. National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 16, 1745 - Sept 8, Volume H 106. Wm. Heckman. As above. [See previous Journal of the HECTOR]
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May
13, 1745 - Sept 7, Volume H 107. Capt. Ed Hume. As above. [See previous
Journal of the HECTOR] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- June
2, 1745 - June 24, Volume L 28. Journal of the LARK. Wm. Underdown. At the
siege of Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 5, 1745 - Oct 29, Volume L 28. Lt. Paul Lovelace. [Journal of
the LARK]. At Louisboure siege and then St. John's harbour. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- June 10, 1745 -
July 20, Volume L 29. Journal of the LARK. Franc. Burston. At Louisbourg
siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- June
6, 1745 - July 10, Volume L 45. John Wickham. As above. [See previous
Journal of the LARK] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- March 14, 1744/1745 - June 27, Volume L 45. Journal of the
LAUNCESTON. Th. Briggs. West Indies and then to Louisbourg for the siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 11, 1745 - June 27, Volume L 45. Lt. Rich. Manley. As above. [See
previous Journal of the LAUNCESTON] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 8, 1745 - June 22, Volume L 45. Lt.
Cahmadr (?). As above. [See previous Journal of the LAUNCESTON] National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- June 18,
1745 - Aug 3, Volume L 45. Peter Brown. Above continued. [See previous
Journal of the LAUNCESTON] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 23, 1745 - July 31, Volume L 46. Rob't Man.
Journal of the LAUNCESTON. At Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 28, 1745 - Aug 1, Volume L 46. James Gardiner. As above. [See previous Journal of the LAUNCESTON]
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 1, 1745 - Oct 11, Volume P 335. Journal of the PRINCESS MARY. Lt
Wm. Moore. At Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 1, 1745 - Oct 11, Volume P 335. Journal of the PRINCESS MARY. Lt
Wm. Moore. At Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 1, 1745 - May 22, Volume R 326. Journal of the RUBY. Lt. Ja. Douglas. At Louisbourg siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 23, 1745 - July 31, 1746, Volume V 66. Journal of the VIGILANT. Capt.
James Douglas. At Louisbourg siege and remains. Of interest. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- March 4,
1745 - March 18, 1746/1747, Volume V 66. Lt. Th. Cobly. As above. [See
previous Journal of the VIGILANT] Visits Newfoundland. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- July 6, 1745 - July 7,
1746, Volume V 67. Lt. Bong. Garder. As above. [See previous Journal of the
VIGILANT] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 22, 1745 - June -3, 1745, Volume V 68. Lt. Man. Journal of
the VIGILENT. At Louisbourg siege. Good. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- July 4, 1745 - Oct 25, Volume W 3. Journal
of the WAGER. Lt. Jn. Balluaird. At Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
1745:
Colonel
John Bradstreet's Journal
- This
manuscript is not properly a journal but rather a valuable and
hitherto unpublished account of the siege by a leading participant.
The original is in the possession of the New York Historical Society.
- Bradstreet
was born in 1711 and died in New York city September 25, 1774. His
journal is published as the tenth journal in L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg Journals 1745.
- [Based
on Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1745:
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
- Goods being
removed from the King's storehouse during the siege
- Edward P.
Hamiliton, editor, The American Journals of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
1756 - 1760 (Norman, Oklahoma, USA, University of Oklahoma Press, 1964),
p. 218
1745:
Duchambon's Journal
-
France,
Archives Nationales, Colonies, F3, Collection Moreau St. Méry,
Article 50: Siege of Louisbourg
1745:
Philip
Durell Journal
1745:
Joseph
Dwight Journal
1745:
Diary
of Joshua Hempstead, 1711-1758
Go to the Transcript of an
Extract
1745:
Girard Lacroix Memoire
-
Depôt
de Fortifications, Ordre 216, "Rapport du nommé Girard Lacroix
de ce qui s'est passé d'interreseant à Louisbourg avant et pendant
le siège de cette place qui s'est rendue au Roy d'Angleterre par
capitulation," le 28 juin 1745
-
See
Julian Gwyn and Christopher Moore, La chute de Louisbourg: le
journal du ler siège de Louisbourg du 25 mars au 17 juillet 1745
[Girard Lacroix] (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Editions de l'Université
d'Ottawa, 1978)
1745:
Lettre d'un Habitant de Louisbourg
-
The anonymous account of an eyewitness of the 1745 siege, it is the only account from the
French viewpoint except the official reports.
-
Copies of the original edition published in 1745 are extremely rare and none are known in the United States
or England.
-
George
M. Wrong, ed. Louisbourg in 1745: The Anonymous Lettre d'un
Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton) containing a Narrative by an
Eye-Witness of the Siege in 1745 (Toronto: Warwick Bro's and
Rutter, 1897).
-
The
Lettre d'un Habitant de Louisbourg was
also reprinted in the
University of Toronto Studies (Toronto 1897) History, Second
Series, Volume 1, pp. 1-74, edited by Geo. M. Wrong.
-
[Based
on Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1745:
Two Letters of Sir Wm. Pepperell to John
Tomlinson giving an account of the
capture of Louisbourg in 1745
1745:
Don Antonio D'Ulloa,
-
Don
Antonio D'Ulloa, Voyage historique de l'amerique meridionale, Volume 2,
Histoire des Yncas Du Perou (Amsterdam, Chez Arkstee and Merkus, 1752)
1745:
Louis LeNeuf de la Valliere
- Details of a
French pre-landing excursion to Fourchu and Gabarous
- Dossiers
Personelles, Louis Leneuf de la Valliere, E, 277
1745
- February 20, 1745/1746:
Gorham's Wast Book
- This is not a Louisbourg journal. It is called Gorham's wast book. Its
sole connection with Louisbourg is the fact it was written there.
- It is a
genealogy of the Gorham family from their arrival on American soil.
Lieut.Col. John Gorham of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment was the son of
Shubael and Mary (Thacker) Gorham. He was born at Yarmouth, Maine, December
12, 1709 and married Eliza Allen March 9,1732. He resided at
Barnstable, Massachusetts and joined the Louisbourg expedition in
1745. He
died at Louisbourg February 20,1745/1746.
- The Wast book is published in
The
Mayflower Descendant [Boston 19031 volume V.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March 6, 1744/1745 - July
24, 1745:
Benjamin Cleaves Journal
- He was
born January 4, 1722 and was buried August 16, 1808. Cleaves was clerk
of the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Ives, Jr. in Colonel Robert
Hale's Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. The journal gives a roll of
Capt. Ivest company.
- The
manuscript is owned by the New England Historic Genealogical Society
and was published in their Register [Boston 1912] Volume 66, pp.
113-124.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
8, 1745 - April 30, 1745:
John
Storer Journal
- Second
Lieutenant Colonel of the First Massachusetts Regiment (Pepperell's)
and a member of the Council of War. He was from modern day
Maine (near Kittery?).
- The Journal was published in
the
Lewiston Journal (Maine) in 1854 and extracts were published in a
History of The Cutter Family of New England (1871), p. 310 It is now
owned by Mrs. Stephen Decatur of Garden City, Long Island, N.Y.
March
11, 1745 - August 2, 1745:
Benjamin Stearns Journal
- This journal is usually attributed to Benjamin Stearns, an enlisted man in
Capt. John Warner's company in the Fourth Massachusetts
Regiment, [Willard's].
This however, may well be incorrect. It is in part a copy of Dudley
Bradstreet's Journal.
- The manuscript is owned by the Massachusetts
Historical Society and published in their Proceedings (Boston 1909),
XLII, Third
Series, Volume 2, pp. 135-144.
- Benjamin
Stearn, Diary kept at the Siege of Louisburg, March 11-August 2,
1745 with notes and an introduction by Samuel A. Green. Cambridge,
Massachusetts: J. Wilson, 1909.
- It is also published in
Acadiensis (St. John, N.B., 1908) Volume 8, pp. 317-329.
- Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
11, 1745 - November 10, 1745:
Lieutenant Daniel Giddings Journal
- Lieut.
Daniel Giddings of Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 6th Company commanded by Capt.
Jeremiah Foster in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment (Hale's). He
re-enlisted in General Pepperell's regiment at Louisbourg in the spring of 1746 and remained there until the evacuation in 1749.
- He was the son of William and Sarah (Hawks) Giddings and was born about
1704. He married (1) Mary Butler March 30, 1726 and (2) Mrs. Mary Martin July
25, 1749. He died October 25, 1771.
- "A
Jornall to Cape Breton, 1744"
- Daily
events of the trip and religious meditations
- The
manuscript was once owned (1912) by J. J. Currier of Newburyport,
Massachusetts. Later (August, 1963), at the Androscoggin Historical
Society, Auburn Maine
- It was published in the Essex Institute Historical
Collections (Salem 1912) Volume 48 pp. 293-304.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
14, 1744/1745 - August 8, 1745:
Seth Pomeroy Journal
- Pomeroy was
born May 20, 1706 and died February 17, 1777. He was a resident of
Northampton, Massachusetts and had a long and active military career,
rising to be a colonel in the Provincial forces and Major General in the
Revolution. At Louisbourg in 1745 he was Major of the 4th Massachusetts
Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Willard. Pomeroy's Louisbourg journal
covers March 14, 1744/1745 to August 8, 1745.
- It has been published by the
Society of Colonial Ware in the State of New York in The Journals and
Papers of Seth Pomeroy (1926) edited by L. Effingham deForest.
- Also
published without annotation by Trumbull History of
Northampton (1902), Volume 2, pp. 121-146.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March 14,
1745 - October, 1745:
Anonymous Diary,
- The
author of this long and detailed account is unknown. He was a soldier
in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment of which Samuel Willard was the
colonel. He was probably in the Third Company commanded by Major Seth
Pomeroy and Captain Ebenezer Alexander. It is certain that he was a
resident of Hampshire County. Mass. and he was probably from
Springfield. He names several cousins and gives the names of his
brothers but he still remains unidentified.
- The
journal is particularly interesting for its length and the wealth of
its observations. The original was 96 pages in length and had a page
entitled "Preface" which was badly torn. The, present
location of the original is unknown. It was bought at an auction
around 1917 by the late Geo. D. Smith of New York, a well known dealer
in rare books. Mr. Smith at that time gave the Society of Colonial
Wars permission to photostat and publish the complete journal.
- It is
published in L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg Journals 1745 as
the first journal.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
15, 1745 - August 14, 1745:
Rev. Joseph Emerson Journal
- He was born in 1724 and died
in 1775.
- Rev.
Joseph Emerson of Pepperell, Mass, was the son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Moody) Emerson and was born at
Malden, Massachusetts, August 24, 1721. He graduated from Harvard in the class of
1743 and was minister of
the West Parish of Groton, Massachusetts [now the town of Pepperell,
Massachusetts]. He was
chaplain of the frigate Molineux.
- His father had taught school as a young man at York, where he had met and married Mary Moody, the daughter of the famous Parson Moody who went as a chaplain in the 1745 Expedition. Joseph Moody married
Abigail Hay, December 12, 1750 and died October 29, 1775. [See Sibley's Harvard
Graduates].
- The original is owned by the
Massachusetts Historical Society
and was published in their Proceedings [Volume 44] Boston, 1910 with
biographical notes.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
16, 1745 - July 29, 1745:
Anonymous Journal
- The
identity of the writer is unknown, He served in the Second
Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Waldo and
apparently was in the company under Captain Joseph Richardson. Unlike
the other writers of the journals still extant, he complains bitterly
about the conduct of the officers and roundly abused the French for
not giving battle. He was apparently quite soured by the whole
expedition and his closing verses of doggerel rhymes show only distaste
and derision for the whole experience.
- The
original is owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society and it is
published in L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg Journals 1745 as
the sixth journal.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
23, 1745 - July 25, 1745:
Samuel Curwen's Letters
- What is referred to as a
journal is really a series of letters he wrote his wife while at
Louisbourg.
- Samuel Ourwen was born in
Salem, Mass. December 18, 1715 the son of Rev. George and Mehitable Corwin and the
grandson of the famous Judge Corwin of the Salem witch trials in the late 17th
century. He graduated from Harvard [see Sibley's Harvard Graduates] and married Abigail Hay of Charlestown May 24,1750. He died April 9,1802. He was a loyalist and went to England during the Revolution.
- The
originals of these are owned by the Essex Institute of Salem,
Massachusetts.
- Extracts were published in "Journals and Letters
of the late Samuel Curwen" London, Boston, New York, 1842 and 1864.
- George
Atkinson Ward, Journal and Letters of the late Samuel Curwen
(New York: 1842), pp. 11-16.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March 24,
1745 - June 6, 1745:
Anonymous Journal
- There is
nothing in the text to identify the original writer beyond the fact
that he was a member of the first Massachusetts contingent.
- The
Massachusetts Historical Society owns the original and it is published
in L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg Journals 1745 as the fifth
journal.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March 24,
1745 - June 17, 1745:
Anonymous Journal
- The
author cannot be identified. He was certainly a member of the army and
probably an enlisted man. He presumably was in the Massachusetts
Forces as he sailed from Boston with the first contingent.
- The
Massachusetts Historical Society owns the original. It is published in
L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg Journals 1745 as the fourth
journal.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March 24,
1745 - June 17, 1745:
Anonymous Journal
- This
appears to be a draft of the Journal sent to London by Gov. Wm Shirley
as the official report on the siege. The writing does not resemble
either that of Shirley or Pepperell and there are slight differences
in phrasing and other minor matters between this document and the
final report printed in 1746 and again in 1748.
- The
original is owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society and it is
published in L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg Journals 1745 as
the eighth journal.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
24, 1744/1745- June 17, 1745:
Sir
William Pepperell Journal
- After the
fall of Louisbourg General Pepperell sent to his friend Captain
Henry Stafford in England a journal of the siege.
- This was
published
in London in 1746 under the title An accurate Journal and Account of
the Proceedings of the New England Land-Forces during the Late
Expedition against the French Settlements on Cape Breton to the time of the
Surrender of Louisbourg. It was attested by Pepperell and General
Samuel Waldo, Col. Samuel Moore and Lieut. Cols. Simon Lothrop, and Richard
Gridley.
- The journal was the same except for a few verbal
differences
as the one published as an appendix to A Letter from William Shirley Esqr.,
Governor of Massachusett's Bay,
To His Grace the Duke of Newcastle and published as: A
Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg and other Operations of the Forces,
during the Expedition against the French Settlements on Cape
Breton; drawn up at the Desire of the Council and House of Representatives
of the Province Of Massachusetts Bay; approved and attested by
Sir William Pepperell and the other Principal Officers who
commanded in the said Expedition.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
24, 1744/1745- June 17, 1745:
William Shirley
- Shirley was
governor of Massachusetts Bay.
- The
Journal is entitled A
Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg and other Operations of the Forces,
during the Expedition against the French Settlements on Cape
Breton; drawn up at the Desire of the Council and House of Representatives
of the Province Of Massachusetts Bay; approved and attested by
Sir William Pepperell and the other Principal Officers who
commanded in the said Expedition.
- The text of
the journal agrees substantially with that of Sir Wm. Pepperell's An accurate Journal and Account of
the Proceedings of the New England Land-Forces during the Late
Expedition against the French Settlements on Cape Breton to the time of the
Surrender of Louisbourg.
- Shirley did not likely write
this
journal but he did enclose it with his report to the Home Office
[A Letter from William Shirley Esqr., Governor of Massachusett's Bay,
To His Grace the Duke of Newcastle] and both were published together.
- Published
in London.1746; in Boston, Massachusetts., by J. Draper 1746 and
also by Rogers and Fowle, 1746. Reprinted in London, 1748.
- The Society
of Colonial Wars of the State of New York has the 1746 and
1748 London editions.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
24, 1745 - August 22, 1745:
Benjamin
Green's Journal
- Green was the
son of Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Green of Danvers,
Massachusetts. He was
born July 1, 1713, married Margaret Pierce November 24, 1737 and died at
Halifax in 1772. He was commissioned on March 1, 1745 as secretary of the
expedition.
- His journal is now owned by the American
Antiquarian Society at Worcester, Massachusetts. It was published in their
Proceedings
[Worcester 1910], Volume 20, as "The Journal of Sir William
Pepperell" although Pepperell did not write it.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
24, 1745 - August 23, 1745:
Anonymous [Sloop UNION]
- An unknown sailor, a member of the crew of the sloop Union, kept this
journal. There are many days without entries.
- It was published as
A Journal of the Voige in the Sloop Union, Elisha Mahew, Master, in an
Expedition against Cape Briton ( Providence 1929) with an
introduction by Howard M. Chapin.
April 14,
1745 - December 28, 1745:
Rev.
Adonijah Bidwell Journal
- Bidwell
was a native of Hartford, Connecticut where he was born in 1716. He
graduated from Yale in 1740 and went as chaplain on the Connecticut
sloop in the Expedition against Louisbourg in 1745. He was settled
over the Congregational Church at Monterey, Massachusetts September
25, 1750 where he died June 15, 1784.
- His
journal kept while chaplain on the Connecticut sloop of war is
published from the transcript made by Mr. E. M. Bidwell of Providence,
R.I. in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 1873
[Volume XXVII] pages 153-159. The location of the original is unknown.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
April 22, 1745 - January 1746:
Dudley
Bradstreet's Diary
- There is
no name on the diary but for several generations it has been kept by
the Kemp family of Gorham, Maine. Among members of this family it was
generally believed to have been that of Dudley Bradstreet. It is 84
pages in length.
- Bradstreet
was the son of the Rev. Dudley Bradstreet of Groton, Mass. where he
was born March 12,1708. The diary is written in a clear hand and shows
that the author had a better than average education.
- The
original is owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society and it is
published in their "Proceedings." Series 2, Volume 11
[1896-1897], pp. 417-446.
- Note:
The Benjamin Stearns journal is in part a copy of the Dudley
Bradstreet's Journal.
- Diary
Kept by Lieut. Dudley Bradstreet of Groton, Mass. During the Siege of
Louisbourg April, 1745 – January, 1746 With Notes and an Introduction by
Samuel A. Green
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
April
24, 1745 - September 5, 1745:
Benjamin
Craft's Journal
- The original is
written on a few sheets of paper bound together into book form. It is a
very small journal and is now in very poor condition.
- One
sources says Craft came from
Connecticut originally but moved to Essex, while another source says that he was born at
Roxbury, Massachusetts, December 13, 1706 and moved to Chebacco (Essex Co.) where he married Mary Choate of Ipswich December
2, 1728.
- A
journal of the siege of Louisbourg. A good account of daily life in
camp, especially the illnesses of the men. Many mentioned by name.
Rather short daily entries.
- Craft remained at Louisbourg over the winter but died there in the spring of
1746.
- The Essex Institute at
Salem, Massachusetts, owns the original journal. It
is published in their Collections for October 1864 [Volume VI, No.
5, pp. 181-194]
- Also
published in W. P. Upham, Crafts Family.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
April
30, 1745 - July 4, 1745:
James
Gibson Journal
- He was a Boston merchant
- an extensive trader between Barbadoes and Boston - who was a
gentleman volunteer at Louisbourg and was without military rank. As a
leading merchant of Boston he is reputed to have paid several hundred
soldiers out of his own pocket.
- A
Journal of the Late Siege by the Troops from North America against the
French at Cape Breton, the City of Louisburg, and the Territories thereunto
belonging. Surrendered to the English, on the 17th of June, 1745, after a
siege of forty-eight days (London, Newbury, 1745)
- A
Journal of the Late Siege by the Troops from North America against the
French at Cape Breton, the City of Louisburg, and the Territories thereunto
belonging. Surrendered to the English, on the 17th of June, 1745, after a
siege of forty-eight days (London, Newbury, 1745) in A Boston
Merchant of 1745: or, Incidents in the life of James Gibson ... By one of
his descendants (Boston: Redding and Company, 1847). Another edition was issued at
Boston in 1894 under the title A Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg
and Cape Breton in 1745, By Capt. James Gibson, with a sketch of the
Author.
- The
original manuscript once belonged to Lorenzo Johnson
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
- ["Remarks from Mr.
Gibson's Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg; on French Faith &cc." in The
Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XV, December, 1745, pp.
649-650
- Source:
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/journals/ ]
May
30, 1745 - July 30, 1745:
Roger
Wolcott Journal
[Go to the
Transcript]
- Wolcott was born in 1679 and died
in 1767. He was a resident of Windsor, Connecticut and was long prominent
in the affairs of the colony. He was Major General and second in command
of the army at Louisbourg in 1745.
- The journal he kept there includes some
letters and a retrospect of the whole situation. The Connecticut
Historical Society owns the original manuscript of the journal, which was
published in its Collections (Hartford 1860), Volume I: pp.
131-161.
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
June
1, 1745 - November 27, 1745:
Sergeant Philip Judd
- Judd was a
native of East Middletown, Connecticut, the son of Jonathan and Hannah
(Diggers) Judd. He was born at Glastonbury, Conn. December 31, 1715, and
died at Cape Breton December 14, 1745.
- The
"diary" is written on two
large sheets of paper and is owned by the Connecticut Historical Society. It
has never been published.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
June
20, 1745:
Joannis en Monjonito Detcheverry
-
Relation
de ce qui s'est passé de considerable a Louisbourg depuis de mois de
Mars dernier suivant le raport de Joannis en Monjonito Detcheverry
matelot de Bayonne venant de Niganiche avec de S. Bellefeuille de Pabo,
lesquelles nouvelles ils tiennent de Jean Baptist Guyon de L'Isle
Royale et d'un matelot Irlandois deserté avec deux autres matelots
anglois pour mécontentment
-
Siege
- very confusing
-
Depôt
de Fortifications,
Ordre 215, June 20, 1745
July
23, 1745:
Duchambon's Account
-
DuChambon
au Minister
-
An
account of Officier's stations and their performance during the siege
-
France,
Archives Nationales, C11C, Volume 16, Number 26, 2nd Series, 23
Juillet, 1745
August 16,
1745 - September 30, 1745:
Anonymous Journal
- The
author cannot be identified. He was probably a sailor, and certainly
he was a member of the company of the ship HECTOR that carried
Governor Shirley, Mrs. Shirley, Mrs. Peter Warren and other ladies and
gentlemen to Louisbourg, arriving on August 16, 1745 on which date the
journal begins. The journal, while brief adds several details which do
not appear elsewhere.
- The
Massachusetts Historical Society owns the original. It is published in
L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg Journals 1745 as the third
journal.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
14, 1744/1745 - August 8, 1745:
Seth Pomeroy Journal
- Pomeroy was
born May 20, 1706 and died February 17, 1777. He was a resident of
Northampton, Massachusetts and had a long and active military career,
rising to be a colonel in the Provincial forces and Major General in the
Revolution. At Louisbourg in 1745 he was Major of the 4th Massachusetts
Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Willard. Pomeroy's Louisbourg journal
covers March 14, 1744/1745 to August 8, 1745.
- It has been published by the
Society of Colonial Ware in the State of New York in The Journals and
Papers of Seth Pomeroy (1926) edited by L. Effingham deForest.
- Also
published without annotation by Trumbull History of
Northampton (1902) Volume 2: pp. 121-146.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
25, 1745 - July 17, 1745:
Gilles Lacrois-Girard Journal
-
Julian
Gwyn et
Christopher Moore, eds., La Chute de Louisbourg: Le Journal du ler Siège de Louisbourg du
25 Mars au 17 Juillet 1745 par Gilles Lacrois - Girard. Cahiers du Centre de Recherche en
Civilisation Canadienne - Française, 16 (Ottawa: Editions de l'Université
d'Ottawa, 1978).
May
17, 1745 - June 16, 1745:
Joseph Sherburne Diary
- Sherburne
was apparently a sergeant in the New Hampshire Regiment commanded by
Col. Moore. On June 6, 1745 he was commissioned a captain in this
regiment. On May 17, 1745 he had been given command of one of the two
fascine batteries erected by the Provincial Army.
- This
journal appears to have been copied from a longer account and starts
when he assumed the command of the fascine battery and ends with the
surrender of Louisbourg. It was probably copied for an official report
on the siege.
- The
Massachusetts Historical Society owns the original manuscript and it
has been published as the second journal in L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg
Journals.
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
June
10, 1745:
Bellefeuille L'Aine
- Copie de la
Lettre ecrite par le Sr. Bellefeuille L'aine à Mr. Hocquart dollée à
Pablo les 9 et 10 juin 1745 regarding the siege
- F3, Volume 50,
Bellefeuille to Mr. Hocquart, June 10, 1745, ff. 361-362.
June
15, 1745 - April 2, 1746:
George Mygate Journal
- Mygate was
a native of Springfield, Massachusetts and was a private in the Ninth
Massachusetts Regiment in the company commanded by Capt. Isaac
Colton. Mygate, who recorded the death of a number of other members of his
company, died at Louisbourg April 2, 1746 and Caleb Lamb, in his own
hand, noted the death of his friend in the Mygate journal.
- The
manuscript was last owned by Charles L. Merrick of Wilbraham,
Massachusetts, (1932). It is published in L. Effingham DeForest's Louisbourg
Journals
as the seventh journal.
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1745-1747:
Knowles' Journal for the part of 1745 and 1747
covering the period he was at Louisbourg as Governor .....
- England:
Public Record Office, London, Series Admiralty 50: Admirals' Journals
July
18, 1745 - March 22, 1748:
Rev. Stephen Williams Journal
- Mr.
Williams was a chaplain at large to the New
England forces at Louisbourg, remaining on as a chaplain during the
British occupation period. He was long the minister of the Congregational
Church at Longmeadow, Massachusetts where he is buried.
- The Massachusetts
Historical Society owns the original manuscript, which is written in an
almost undecipherable hand.
- The Public Archives of Canada had a complete
transcript of this journal made in 1906.
- A section of it (to January
16, 1746 ) was published as the ninth journal in L. Effingham
DeForest's Louisbourg Journals.
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
August
1, 1745:
Bigot
- Sur la prise
de Louisbourg
- F3, Volume 50,
1 Aoust, 1745, ff. 368-381
August
18, 1745:
Bigot
- Relation du
Siege de Louisbourg et de sa Capitulation
- Dépôt de
Fortifications, Ordre No. 218, Bigot to Maurepas, printed in Nova Francia,
Volume 4, Nunber 3, 18 Aoust, 1745, pp. 171-175
August
22, 1745:
Verrier
- Siege
- Archives
Nationales, C11B, Volume 27, ff. 41-43v, 22 Aoust, 1745
September
2, 1745:
Duchambon's Account
-
DuChambon
au Maurepas, Rochefort
-
Sur
le siege de la Prise de Louisbourg,
-
F3,
Volume 50, part 1, f. 272 printed in Parkman, A Half-Century of
Conflict, Vol. 2, p. 290
-
Translated
in: Fairfax Downey, Louisbourg: Key to a Continent (Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.: Prentice - Hall, Inc., 1965), Appendix, pp. 203-219.
1745
-
A
brief journal of the taking of Cape-Breton, put in metre, by L. G. one of
the soldiers of the expedition. Anno Domini, 1745.
-
Library
of Congress. CALL NUMBER: Portfolio 34, Folder 43. PART OF Broadsides,
leaflets, and pamphlets from America and Europe. DIGITAL ID rbpe 03404300.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbpe.03404300
YEAR 1746
1746:
Townsend's Journal for the part of 1746
while he was at Louisbourg as Governor
- England:
Public Record Office, London, Series Admiralty 50: Admirals' Journals
1746:
Morpain
- Morpain to the
Minister, Sur le siege de Louisbourg
- Archives
Nationales, Fonds des Colonies, C11B, Volume 27, ff. 191-192v, February 4,
1746
1746:
Chabert
- Le
Journal de Mr de Chabert Officier des Gardes de la Marine sur la Fregate la
Siriene Commd. par Mr le Ch. de Salies en 1746 [Mentioned
in France, Bibliothèque Nationale , Cartes et Plans, Service
Hydrographique de la Marine, 132-2-19]
June
5, 1746:
By His
Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq; ... A proclamation. : Whereas His
Majesty has been graciously pleased to order a number of troops, under the
command of the Honourable Lieutenant-General St. Clair, to proceed from
Great-Britain to Louisbourg ... Given at the Council-chamber in
Portsmouth, the fifth day of June, 1746.
YEAR
1748
1748:
Isaac Townshend's Journal for the period
in 1748 when he was Governor of Louisbourg .....
- England:
Public Record Office, London, Series Admiralty 50: Admirals' Journals
YEAR 1750
1750
- 1751:
M. de Chabert, Voyage ...
-
M.
de Chabert, Voyage Fait Par Ordre Du Roi en 1750 et 1751, Dans
L'Amerique Septentrionale, pour rectifier les Cartes des Cotes de
L'Acadie, de L'Isle Royale & de L'Isle De Terre-Neuve; Et pour en
fixer les principaux points par des Observations Astronomiques
(Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1753)
YEAR 1751
1751
Franquet, Voyage
-
Louis Franquet,
"Iles Royale et St-Jean, 1751: voyage
du sieur Franquet", in
Rapport de l'archiviste de la province de Québec pour
1923-1924, [Québec]: 1924, Ls-A. Proulx, pp.
112-140.
YEAR 1752
1752: December 5
Sieur de la Roque
-
Archives
Nationales, D'Outre-Mer G1, Volume G1 466, Volume 81, Pièces A, B, C, D, E -
"Recensement fait par le Sieur de la Roque, arpenteur du Roi des habitants
de tous les ports, havres, ances, rivières de l'Ile Royale et de l'Ile
St-Jean, commencé le 5 fevrier 1752 par ordre de M. le Comte de Raymond,"
February 5, 1752
-
Recensement effectué par le Sieur de La Roque, 1752 /
Census by the Sieur de La Roque, 1752 - Tour of inspection made
by the Sieur de la Roque, December 5, 1752,
Canada Public Archives Report concerning Canadian Archives for the year 1905
in three volumes, Volume II, Ottawa:
S E Dawson, 1906
YEAR 1755
1755:
-
An
Accurate description of Cape Breton [microform] : with respect to its
situation, soil, climate, ports, harbours, forces, and productions both
natural and artificial : the political reasons, that induced the French
ministry to settle and fortify it : from which all may be seen, its great
importance to France, but of how much greater it might have been to England
: with a circumstantial account of the taking and surrendering of the city
and garrison by the New-England forces, &c. commanded by General
Pepperell in 1745 : a work especially at this critical juncture, the more
interesting, as the French seem to be ardently desirous of dispossessing us
of Nova Scotia also : illustrated with an exact map of the island, and a
plan of the city and port of Louisbourg, taken from an actual survey, and
references to the Journal of the siege / to which are added notes and
observations by a gentleman, who resided there several years. London :
Cooper, 1755.
1755:
Boularderie
-
De
La Boularderie's account of the 1745 siege
-
La
Boularderie to De Surlaville
-
Gaston,
DuBoscq de Beaumont, Les derniers jours de l'Acadie, 1748-1758
(Paris, France, Librairie Historique Des Provinces, 1899)
YEAR
1757
1757:
Louis Auguste DeRossel
1757:
Holburne's
Journal for the 1757
expedition against Louisbourg .....
1757:
Grillot de Poilly
-
Itineraire du voyage fait ... par Mr
de Poilly Ingenieur ordinaire du Roy; de Louisbourg ... au Port toulouze ...
des établissements qui S'y forment , et des réparations a faire a tître
d'entretien aux batiments militaires, a usage de logements pour les troupes
Detachées dans les deux ports cy dessus indiqués ...
- France,
Bibliothèque de l'Inspection du Génie, Comte Technique du Génie, Manuscript
. 210f. , 1757
YEAR
1757 - 1758
1757 - 1758:
Colville's
Journal for the part
of the winter of 1757-1758 .....
....
Subsequent administrative details shown in the journals of Colville
(1761-1766)
YEAR
1758
SHIPS
JOURNALS: AT THE SIEGE OF 1758
- April 29, 1758 - Oct 29,
, Volume A 47. Journal of AETNA. Lt. Wm. Bloom.
Bermuda to Cape Cornwall. In Halifax harbour; June 3, anchored in Gaberous Bay.
Describes in great detail with movements of individuals. National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 7, 1758 - July 2, Volume B 30. Journal of the BEAVER
Joseph Arrowsmith, Anchors in Gaberous Bay during part of the siege. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- Feb 25, 1758 - June 22, 1760, Volume B 41. Journal of the
BEDFORD. Lt. Philip Boteler. At the siege of Louisbourg. Mainly in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence in this period. Spends winter of 1759 at Louisbourg. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- March 1, 1758 - July 31, Volume B 41. Lt. Francis Grant of the
BEDFORD. At the siege of Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty
L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 1, 1758 - June 10, 1759, Volume B 41.
Lewis Davies of the BEDFORD. At Louisbourg siege and at Louisbourg National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- Aug 2, 1738
- Aug 1, 1759, Volume B 42. Journal of the BEDFORD. Lt. James Wall. At
Louisbourg immediately after the siege and most of the rest of the time.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug
1, 1758 - April 11, Volume B 42. Lt. Mathew Legeyt. As above. [See previous
Journal of the BEDFORD] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- July 27,
1758 - Oct 25, Volume B 90. Journal of the BIENFAISANT. Lt. Chas. Logie. At
Louisbourg immediately after the siege and then returns to England. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- July 27,
1758 - Oct 28, Volume B 90. Geo. Balfour. As above. [See previous Journal of
the BIENFAISANT] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- March 8, 1758 - Aug 18, Volume B 133. Journal of the BOREAS. Lt.
Wm. Sherwood. At the siege of Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- March 8, 1758 - Aug 26, Volume B 133. Lt. Jn.
Bernard. As above. [See previous Journal of the BOREAS] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 18, 1758- Sept 6, Volume B 133. Lt. Wm. Sherwood. A continuation of his above [See previous
Journal of the BOREAS] Still at Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty
L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 20, 1758 - Sept 13, Volume B 210.
Journal of the BURFORD. Lt. White. From Halifax to Louisbourg for the siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May
21, 1758 - Sept 13, Volume B 210. Lt. Hervey. As above. [See previous Journal
of the BURFORD] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 11, 1718- Sept 13, Volume B 210. Memble. As above. [See
previous Journal of the BURFORD] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- 18 BURFORD May 10, 1758 - Sept
13, Volume B 210. Lt.
Naudley. As above. [See previous Journal of the BURFORD] National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 6, 1758 - Oct 15, Volume C 49. Lt. Sam. Spendlove. As above. [See previous Journal of the CAPTAIN]
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 3, 1758 - May 8, Volume C 49. Lt. Martin Cole. [Journal of the
CAPTAIN]. To his arrival at Louisbourg for the siege. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 4, 1758-Aug 24, Volume C 49. Journal of the CAPTAIN. Lt. John Birt. At the siege of Louisbourg.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May
8, 1758 - Oct 14, Volume C 49. Lt. Martin Cole. As above. [See previous
Journal of the CAPTAIN] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 21, 1758 - Oct 16, Volume C 49. Lt. John Birt.
Continuing his above [See previous Journal of the CAPTAIN] Still at Louisbourg.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 18, 1757 - Oct 5 May 4, 1758 - Sept 9, Volume C 86. Journal of the CENTURION. Lt. Samuel Shuldman. Cruises off Cape
Breton then is present at the siege National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 15, 1758 - Oct 19, Volume C 86. Lt.
John Barnsely. As above. [See previous Journal of the CENTURION] National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- Aug 14,
1757 - Nov 7,1758, Volume D 48. Journal of the DEFIANCE Lt. Henry Bellew.
Cruised around Louisbourg. Winters in Halifax. Returns to Louisbourg for the
siege, of which he gives a fairly interesting account, visits Halifax and then
returns to Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Nov 30, 1757 - Nov 29, 1758, Volume D 48. Sam'l Will.
Clayton. As above. [See previous Journal of the DEFIANCE] Slightly more
interesting detail of siege and other ships. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 11, 1758 - Nov 22, Volume D 87A. Journal of the DEVONSHIRE. Lt. Sam. Child. Journal of part of the
siege of Louisbourg. He remains moored in the harbour. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 8, 1758 - Nov 20, Volume D 89. Journal of the DEVONSHIRE. Lt. Philip Playstowe. At the siege of
Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 3, 1758 - Sept 4, Volume D 106B. Journal of the DIANA. Lt. Rich.
Murray. At Louisbourg. Interesting comments on immediate post-siege period.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug
31, 1758 - Oct 2, Volume D 106B. As above. (Lt. Chris. Atkins) [See
previous Journal of the DIANA] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 31, 1758 - Oct 2, Volume D 106B. Lt.
Chris. Atkins.[See Journal of the DIANA]. Siege journal. Finds landing place for
troops. (Journal in showcase - G.N.M.M.) National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 28, 1758 - Sept 28, Volume D 249. Journal
of the DUBLIN. Lt. Jn. Luttrell. Siege of Louisbourg (moderate) then to Halifax
and back to Louisbourg before going to England. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 28, 1758 - Sept 10, Volume D 249. Lt. James Worth. As above. [See previous Journal of the DUBLIN].
Interesting. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 22, 1758 -
Sept 11, Volume D 249. Lt. Charley. As
above. [See previous Journal of the DUBLIN] National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- July 27, 1758 - Oct 24, Volume E 17A. Lt. J. Shairp. Journal
of the ECHO. At Louisbourg. Incomplete at the beginning so does not deal with
any part of the siege itself. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 22 - Oct 31, 1758, Volume G 107. Journal of the GRAMMONT. Lt. Peter Baskerville. At the siege of
Louisbourg of which he gives a fair account. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Oct 15, 1757 - Aug 2, 1758, Volume H 75. Journal of the HAWKE. Lt. Alex Ochterlong. Cruises off Cape Breton,
winters in New England; returns to Louisbourg in June for the siege. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- Aug 2, 1758, -
Aug 29, Volume H 75. Abraham Furneau. [Journal of the HAWKE]. At Louisbourg
after the siege and leaves for England. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- July 23, 1757 - Oct 30, Volume H 186. May 5 - Aug. 2,
1758. Journal of the HUNTER. Jn. Shairp. Cruising off Cape Breton then at
Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 9, 1758 - Oct 17, Volume J 137. Journal of the JUNO. Chas Wood.
At Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 9, 1758 - Aug 1, Volume J 137. Lewis Gellie. As above. [See
previous Journal of the JUNO] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 2, 1758 - Oct 28, Volume J 137. Alex
Ochterlong. [Journal of the JUNO]. After the siege remains at Louisbourg for
awhile and then goes home. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 29, 1758 - Oct 19, Volume K 4B. Journal of the
KENNINGTON. Lt. P. W. Coalkey. At Louisbourg siege of which he gives a good
account; goes to Newfoundland afterwards. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Dec 25, 1757 - Dec 24, 1758, Volume K 42B.
Journal of the KINGSTON. Lt. Wm. Cocke. Present at the siege of Louisbourg.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Feb 22, 1758 - Feb 21, 1759, Volume K 42B. Lt. Peter Van Court. As above.
[See previous Journal of the KINGSTON] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Jan 6, 1758 - Jan 6, 1759, Volume K 42B.
Lt. Hamsford. As above. [See previous Journal of the KINGSTON] National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 26, 1758 - Oct 16, Volume L 13. Journal of the LANCASTER. Essen Bowen. From West Indies to
Halifax and to the Louisbourg siege then back to England. An interesting
account. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 29, 1758 - July 31, Volume L 14. Lt. Mority. As above.
[See previous Journal of the LANCASTER] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 16 - July 31, 1758, Volume L 14. Lt.
Th. Barker. As above. [See previous Journal of the LANCASTER] National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Apri1 8, 1758 - Oct 18, Volume L 15. Ch. Buckman. As above. [See previous Journal of the LANCASTER]
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 12, 1758 - Oct 16, Volume L 115. Journal of the LIGHTNING. Lt. Henry
Ashington. Journal of Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 17, 1753 - Oct 19, Volume H 152. Journal
of the HIND. No signature. Excellent journal of the siege. National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 8, 1758 - July 31 (1) N.B.
All the entries of the NAMUR for the siege are of interest; Wolfe was on that
ship so it held an active post. Most of the journals are well written.; (2); Volume N 16. Journal of the NAMUR. Lt. Philip Affleck. At the siege of
Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 26, 1758 - July 31, 1758 (1) N.B. All the entries of the NAMUR
for the siege are of interest; Wolfe was on that ship so it held an active post.
Most of the journals are well written.; (2); Volume N 16. Bickerton. As
above. [See previous Journal of the NAMUR] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty
L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 22 - Aug 2, 1758 (1) N.B. All the entries
of the NAMUR for the siege are of interest; Wolfe was on that ship so it held an
active post. Most of the journals are well written.; (2); Volume N 16. Wm.
Adam. As above. [See previous Journal of the NAMUR] National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 27, 1758 - Oct 27 (1)
N.B. All the entries of the NAMUR for the siege are of interest; Wolfe was on
that ship so it held an active post. Most of the journals are well written.
(2); Volume N 16. Matt. Buckle. As above. [See previous Journal of the
NAMUR] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May
2, 1758 - Oct 26 (1) N.B. All the entries of the NAMUR for the siege are of
interest; Wolfe was on that ship so it held an active post. Most of the journals
are well written.; (2); Volume N 17. Journal of the NAMUR. Pascal. Siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May
2, 1758 - Oct 27 (1) N.B. All the entries of the NAMUR for the siege are of
interest; Wolfe was on that ship so it held an active post. Most of the journals
are well written.; (2); Volume N 17. Lt. Phil. Pownall. As above. [See
previous Journal of the NAMUR] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 7, 1758 - Oct 28 (1) N.B. All the entries of
the NAMUR for the siege are of interest; Wolfe was on that ship so it held an
active post. Most of the journals are well written.; (2); Volume N 17.
Nich. Kearny. As above. [See previous Journal of the NAMUR] National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 1, 1758 - Oct 27 (1) N.B.
All the entries of the NAMUR for the siege are of interest; Wolfe was on that
ship so it held an active post. Most of the journals are well written.; (2); Volume N 17. Wm. Mainwairing. [Journal of the NAMUR]]. Immediately after the
siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 2, 1758 - Feb 4, 1759, Volume N 167. Journal of the
NORTHUMBERLAND. At the siege of Louisbourg then returns to England. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- July
19, 1757 - May 10, 1758, Volume N 171. Journal of the NORTHUMBERLAND. Lt. Wm.
Benne. Cruises off Cape Breton, winters Halifax, then attends the siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Dec 29, 1757 - Dec 28, 1758, Volume N 171. Ferguson. As
above. [See previous Journal of the NORTHUMBERLAND] National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Jan 10, 1758 - Jan
10, 1759, Volume N 171. James Hammond. As above. [See previous Journal
of the NORTHUMBERLAND] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Sept 4, 1757 - Nov 9; April 26, 1758 - Aug 25, Volume
N 205. Journal of the NOTTINGHAM. Cruises. Then at Louisbourg siege. Fairly
good. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Feb 13, 1758 - Oct 22, Volume N 205. Geor. Bowye. As above. [See previous
Journal of the NOTTINGHAM] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 2, 1758 - Oct 3, Volume N 206. J. Brown. As above.
[See previous Journal of the NOTTINGHAM] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 25, 1758 - Sept 16 91.
, Volume N 206. Pat
Stuart. [Journal of the NOTTINGHAM]. Immediately after the siege - still at
Louisbourg. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 14, 1758 - Oct 7, Volume C 34. Journal of the ORFORD. Lt. Henry
Baker. At Louisbourg siege. Also April 8 - May 13, stops at Louisbourg on way to
Quebec (1759) National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- March 22, 1758 - Oct 27, Volume C 34. Phillips Cosby. [Journal of
the ORFORD]. At siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 17, 1758 - Oct 18, Volume C 34. Lt. W. Allen. [Journal
of the ORFORD]. At siege. April 27 - May 16, 1759 stops at Louisbourg.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- March 1, 1758 - Oct 28, Volume O 41. Journal of the ORFORD. Lt. Ridgeway
Sheward. At Halifax and at Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 10, 1758 - March 26,
1759, Volume P 79. Journal of the PEMBOKE. Geo. Allan. At Louisbourg siege
and then at Halifax National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 7, 1758 - April 7, 1759, Volume P 79. James Norman.
As above. [See previous Journal of the PEMBOKE] National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 21, 1758 - Nov 16, Volume P 79. J. Robson. [Journal of the PEMBOKE]. At Louisbourg after the siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 3, 1758 - Nov 30, Volume P. 227. Journal of the PORTMAHON. Wm. Clarke.
At Louisbourg siege - excellent account. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Oct 23, 1757 - Oct 22, 1758, Volume P 302. Journal of the PRINCESS AMELIA. Wm. Hall. At Louisbourg siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 16, 1758 - Nov 18, Volume P 302. Th. Durrell. As above. [See
previous Journal of the PRINCESS AMELIA] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- March 10, 1758 - Nov 18, Volume P
302. Bushnell. As above. [See previous Journal of the PRINCESS AMELIA]
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Sept 15, 1757 - May 27, 1759, Volume P 389. Journal of the PRINCE FREDERICK. Jn. Gordon. Cruises off Cape
Breton 1757, returns for 1758 siege and remains. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Sept 3, 1757 -
June 17, 1758, Volume P 389. Geor. French. [Journal of the PRINCE
FREDERICK]. First part of siege National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Sept 7, 1757 - July 31, 1758, Volume P 389. Lt. Fred. Holdon. [Journal of the PRINCE FREDERICK]. At
siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Jan 25, 1758 - July 31, Volume P 389. Lt. Jas. Screech. As
above. [See previous Journal of the PRINCE FREDERICK] National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 17, 1750 -
June 16, 1759, Volume P 389. Geo. French. [Journal of the PRINCE FREDERICK].
Covers entire siege period. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- July 30, 1758 - July 31, 1759, Volume P 389. Lt. Dobson. As above. [See previous Journal of the
PRINCE FREDERICK] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Aug 1, 1758 - Sept 30, Volume P 390. [Journal of the
PRINCE FREDERICK]. Immediate post siege period. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 8, 1758 - Oct
19, Volume P 419. Journal of the PRINCE OF ORANGE. Chas. Hardy. At
Louisbourg siege. Excellent journal National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 7, 1758 - Nov 18, Volume P
419. Lt. John Jardin. As above. [See previous Journal of the PRINCE OF
ORANGE] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 9, 1758 - Oct 4, Volume P 420. Capt. John Ferguson. [See
Journal of the PRINCE OF ORANGE]. A good siege journal. National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 14, 1758 - Nov 5, Volume R 308. Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM.
Lt. Henry David. At Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 15, 1758 - Nov 3, Volume R 308.
Shaugnessy. As above. [See previous Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM] National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- May
10, 1758 - June 13, Volume R 308. Davis. [Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM]. The
beginning of the siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- July 18, 1758 - Oct 16, Volume R 308. Wm.
Cumming. [Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM]. End of siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 2, 1758 - Nov 1,
1758, Volume R 308. Th. Evans. [Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM]. At siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 8, - June 19, 1758, Volume R 319. Above. Shaugnessy. Beginning
of siege. [See previous Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM] National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 1, 1758 - June 13, Volume R 319. R. Wills. As above. [See previous Journal of the ROYAL
WILLIAM] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 8, 1758 - July 18, Volume R 319. Wm. Cumming. As
above. [See previous Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM] National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 8, 1758 - June 10, Volume R 310. Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM. Wm Martin. Beginning of siege.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 14, 1758 - Oct 28, Volume R 311. Wm. Martin. Above. [See
previous Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM]. End. of Louisbourg. siege. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- June
14, 1758 - Oct 29, Volume R 310. R. Wills. As above. [See previous Journal
of the ROYAL WILLIAM] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 1, 1758 - Oct 30, Volume R 310. Lt. Wm. Dumaresq.
[Journal of the ROYAL WILLIAM]. Entire Louisbourg siege. National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 10, 1758 - July 31, Volume S 170. Journal of the SCARBOROUGH. R. Carpenter. At Louisbourg
siege. Good. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 10, 1758 - Aug 24, Volume S 244. Journal of the SHANNON. Lt.
Mann. At part of the siege of Louisbourg; mentions landing. National Maritime
Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 10, 1758 - Aug 19, Volume R 310. Lt. Wm. Smith. As above [See previous Journal of the SHANNON]
Excellent. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Sept 17,1757 - Nov 23, 1758, Volume S 328. Journal of the
SOMERSET. Lt. Rob't Walter. Cruses off Cape Breton and at siege. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- July 10,
1758 Oct 28, Volume S 328. Morris. [Journal of the SOMERSET]. At end of
siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- March 30, 1757 - March 30, 1759, Volume S 328. Rob't Mortimer. [Journal of
the SOMERSET]. At Halifax, at siege of Louisbourg back to England.
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- Nov 12, 1757 - Nov 12, 1758, Volume S 328. David Rutherford. [Journal of the
SOMERSET]. At Halifax and at Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- Sept 1, 1757 - July 9,
1758, Volume S 329. J. Morris. At beginning of siege. As above. [See
previous Journal of the SOMERSET] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L
(Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L
Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 4, 1758 - Oct 18, Volume T 203.
Journal of the TRENT. Jn. Lindsay. A fairly good siege Journal. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- March 31,
1758 - Dec 16, Volume S 407. Journal of the SHIRLEY. Lt. Percival. At
Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's
Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 26, 1758 - Sept 23, Volume V 25. Journal of the
VANGUARD. Lt. Rob't Sheall. At Louisbourg siege. National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 8, 1758 - Nov 19, Volume V 25. Lt. Rob't Edgecomb. As
above. [See previous Journal of the VANGUARD] National Maritime Museum;
Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum
~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 15, 1758 - Nov 20, Volume V 25. Lt. Bassil Feilding. As above. [See previous Journal of
the VANGUARD] National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- June 26, 1758 July 24, Volume V 25. Lt. Wm. Garnier. As above.
[See previous Journal of the VANGUARD] Interesting. National
Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National
Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was extracted
from H J 18 01]
- July 25,
1758 - Nov 21, Volume V 26. Wm. Garnier. His above continued. [See
previous Journal of the VANGUARD] (Both together make good accounts)
National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs);
National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's Logs): [This description was
extracted from H J 18 01]
- April 15, 1753 - Oct
13, Volume C 49. Journal of the CAPTAIN. Siege of Louisbourg. Fairly interesting
observations. National Maritime Museum; Admiralty L (Lieutenant's Logs); National Maritime Museum ~ Admiralty L Lieutenant's
Logs): [This description was extracted from H J 18 01]
- May 28 - July
26, 1758 (95. 82-88), Captain William Parry's journal of the siege of
Louisbourg, KINGSTON. England: The British Library London, Sloane and
Additional Manuscripts: Add Mss, 95. 82-88
March
1, 1750 - November 28, 1758:
General
Joshua Winslow's Journal
- This
English diary/journal includes the siege of Louisbourg.
- Winslow was the
son of John and Sarah (Pierce) Winslow of Boston, Massachusetts. He was born January
23, 1727, married Anna Green January 3, 1759 and died in Quebec 1801. The
diary/journal is rather technical in nature.
- The manuscript was owned by
Mr. James Trott of Niagara Falls, N.Y. in 1923. Its present location is
unknown and it is unpublished.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg,
"Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43
(Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
September
18, 1753 - September 17, 1759:
Waite
Sea Journal
- The English
journal consists of the logs of short voyages to Louisbourg, New York, and
Philadelphia.
(1)
September 18, 1753 - September 17, 1759 (Louisbourg)
(2) August 16, 1755 - October 29, 1755: Voyage from Halifax to Chignecto.
Helps transport the Acadians at grand Manan and Annapolis
(3) October 30, 1755 - November 12, 1755: Annapolis to Georgia
(4) Journal in the sloop SWALLOW toward Quebec in an expedition against
the French, commanded by Adm. Saunders and Gen'l Wolfe
- It was kept by
Capt. John Waite of Falmouth [modern Portland]
Maine. The main subject dealt with is the weather.
- The original is owned
by the Maine Historical Society, Volume J, Unpublished as of 1923
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1755
- 1760:
Gilbert
Budd Diary
- This
English diary was kept aboard H.M.S Kingston and it describes the 1758
siege of Louisbourg and the siege of Quebec.
- The
original is located in the
Library of Congress, manuscript division,
1 vol. L. R.
1924, p. 59.
- [Based on: Fortress of
Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H
J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1756
- 1758:
Dr. Ami Ruhamah Cutter Jr. Diary
- Dr. Ammi
R. Cutter was the son of the Rev. Ammi R. Cutter who had served
in the 1745 Expedition against Louisbourg and died there in
1746.
- Dr.
Cutter served as a surgeon in the 1758 Expedition in Col. Meserve's
Corps of Carpenters.
- Cutter
was a surgeon in Portsmouth, N.H. He was born March 15, 1735 at North
Yarmouth, Me. and married Hannah Treadwell November 2, l754. He died
December 8, l820.
- This New
England diary was owned in 1871 by Ralph C. Cutter of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Extracts were published in The Cutter Genealogy, Boston, 1871
including the part on the Louisbourg Expedition.
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1756
- 1760:
Observations on North America
made by Capt. John Innes, 1756-1760
February, 1756
- November 29, 1763:
Jeffery Amherst Journal
- This
English journal is 985 pages in length and has a section dealing with the
1758 siege.
- This was
published by the Champlain Society, Toronto, 1914 in An Historical
Journal of Campaigns in North America for the years 1757,1758,1759 and
1760. By Capt. John Knox. Edited with Introduction, Appendix and Index
by Arthur G. Doughty. 3 large volumes See also:
An English
historical journal of the campaigns in North America for the years 1757,
1758, 1759 and 1760 containing the most remarkable occurrences of that
period, particularly the two sieges of Quebec &ct., &cy. the orders
of the admirals and general officers; descriptions of the countries where
the author has served, with their forts and garrisons, their climates,
soil, produce and a regular diary of the weather. As also several
manifesto's, a mandate of the late bishop of Canada ... By. Capt. John
Knox... London, Printed for the author; and sold by W. Johnston
etc., 1769
-
Knox Journal on line at:
[
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]
- PAC, MG
18, L4.
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
[Jeffery,
Amherst, A journal of the landing of His Majesty's forces on the Island of
Cape-Breton, and of the siege and surrender of Louisbourg: / Extracted
from Major-General Amherst's and Admiral Boscawen's letters to the Right
Honorable Mr. Secretary Pitt. Boston, New-England: : Printed and sold by
Green & Russell, in Queen-Street. Sold also by Edes & Gill, in
Queen-Street., [1758] [Advertised in the Boston gazette, December 18,
1758, as "This day published."Includes: "Extract of a letter
from Admiral Boscawen, to the Rt. Hon. Mr. Secretary Pitt, dated Namure,
Gabreuse-Bay, 26th July, 1758."--p. 20-22.]
1758:
- Memoirs of the
principal transactions of the last war between the English and French in
North-America. : From the commencement of it in 1744, to the conclusion of
the treaty at Aix la Chapelle. : Containing in particular an account of the
importance of Nova Scotia or Acadie, and the island of Cape Breton to both
nations. The third edition. Publication info.: [Boston] : London, printed.
Boston, New-England; re-printed and sold by Green and Russell, at their
printing-office in Queen-Street., MDCCLVIII. [1758]
1758:
Anonymous
- Anonymous. "Journal du
Siege de Louisbourg avec un Précis de la scituation
de la Place, le jour que les ont fait la descente,
et une Relation de ce qui s'y est passé Precedée
du Caracthere des principaux
officiers de cette Place." A.C. Dépôt des
Fortifications, Carton 4. Series 24,
Vol. 7.
1758:
Maillard, Antoine Simon
An
account of the customs and manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets savage
nations, now dependent on the government of Cape-Breton [microform] : from an
original French manuscript-letter, never published / written by a French abbot,
who resided many years, in quality of missionary, amongst them. To which are
annexed, several pieces, relative to the savages, to Nova-Scotia, and to North
America in general. Publication info.: London : Printed for S. Hooper and A.
Morley, 1758. [Includes: A letter, &c. [dated] Micmaki-country, March 27,
1755 [by Maillard] -- Memorial of the motives of the savages called Mickmakis
and Maricheets, for continuing the war with England since the last peace. Dated
Isle-Royal, 175-. -- Letter from Mons. de la Varenne, to his friend at Rochelle
[dated] Louisbourg, the 8th of May, 1756 -- Character of the savages of
North-America. Extracted from a letter of the Father Charlevoix, to a lady of
distinction.]
1758:
Anonymous Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg
- This English journal is found in the Northcliffe Collection of
the PAC under MG 18 M, Series 1, Volume 10
- It is 18 pages in length and contains various useful
returns.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg,
"Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43
(Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
An Authentick Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg
- It was
written by a "spectator".
- Extracts from this English account
were published in the London Magazine in 1758.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg,
"Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43
(Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
Thomas
Bell Journals
- English
Journal I: Historical notes on events 1753-1758 with an account of the forces at
Louisbourg; some of Wolfe's orders
1758; copy of a letter found in a drowned man's pocket at Lorembec.
- Capt.
Thos. Bell
was an aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General James Wolfe.
- PAC, MG
18, M, Series 3, Item 24.
- [Journals
4-6 have accounts of the sojourn of the Expedition against Quebec at
Louisbourg before their embarkation for the former place.]
- [Based on: Fortress of
Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H
J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
Thomas
Bell Journals
- English Journal 2:
Journal of the Gaspé expedition 1758 and an account in French of the
battle of Crown Point 1758, found in the woods [No.2]
- PAC, MG
18, M, Series 3, Item 24.
- [Journals
4-6 have accounts of the sojourn of the Expedition against Quebec at
Louisbourg before their embarkation for the former place.]
- [Based on: Fortress
of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished
Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
Thomas
Bell Journals
- English
Journal 3: Bell's notes on transports used in the Quebec Expedition
....
various references to Louisbourg.
- PAC, MG
18, M, Series 3, Item 24.
- [Journals
4-6 have accounts of the sojourn of the Expedition against Quebec at
Louisbourg before their embarkation for the former place.]
- [Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758
Boishebert
-
Journal de ma campagne de
Louisbourg
-
F3, Volume 50, 1758, ff.
607-612v
-
Bulletin
des Recherches Historique, 27:02 (February, 1721), pp. 48-53
1758:
Boscawen Journal
- This
English journal is at the PAC:
- MG 12, Admiralty 50, Admiral's Journals
- MG
12, Series Admiralty 51, Captain's Logs
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to
Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of
Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
Boscawen
- Important
[news of the taking of Louisburg] 1758, by Admiral Boscawen ... [Boston? :
s.n., 1758?] [Includes: State of the garrison of Louisbourg, the 26th of
July, 1758, when it capitulated.]
1758:
Diary
of Gen. Jeffery Amherst's Expedition Against Louisbourg Saild from the Hook
May the 3d under the Convoy of The Diana, Devonshire, Ludlow Castle, Duke
Gramont, & hunter sloop Arrived at Halifax May the 16th 1758
1758:
Durell's Journal for 1758 to 1759 covering
the siege of Louisbourg and the following winter
- England:
Public Record Office, London, Series Admiralty 50: Admirals' Journals
1758:
Diary of Henry Struke, an Officer in Wolfe's
army during the campaigns of 1758 and 1759
1758:
Honorable Henry Hamilton Reminiscences
- This volume
is not really an English journal but rather English reminiscences which
Hamilton wrote while he was governor of Bermuda in 1792. They cover
the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec in 1758 and 1759 and they are
addressed to Mrs. C. J. Rice, Grange Erin, Douglas, County Cork, Ireland. In
them he mentions two unpublished sketches of Louisbourg drawn by Capt.
Charles Ince of the 35th Regiment. He describes the town as a heap of
ruins after the siege
- The
original is at the Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to
Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of
Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
Journal of Desgouttes on the Siege of Louisbourg
- Description
and exact source required - Source - from France, Archives Nationales,
Outre-Mer, Dépôt des Fortifications des Colonies
- Also France,
Archives Nationales, Colonies, C11C
1758:
Journal of Governor Drucour on the Siege of Louisbourg
- Drucour. Journal on Relation sur ce qui
Se passera des movements
pour L'attaque et la defense de la Place de Louisbourg
pendant la presente année 1758./. C11B Volume
38, April 6, 1759, ff.
57 - 103 v.
- Also: France,
Archives Nationales, Outre-Mer, Série Dépôt des Fortifications des
Colonies, Article 15 - Campagnes et Sièges, Pièce
4: Journal du siège de Louisbourg, 1758
1758:
Franquet
- France,
Archives Nationales, Outre-Mer, Série Dépôt des Fortifications des
Colonies, Article 15 - Campagnes et Sièges, Pièce 5: (5 pages):
"Journal des évenements survenus a l'Isle Roiale depuis le premier de
Juin, Jusqu'au huit desd. mois et du Siège de Louisbourg pendant l'année
1758 (Franquet) ; Mémoire relatif au siege de Louisbourg par Louis Franquet, 1758 (Pièce
8).
- Also France,
Archives Nationales, Colonies, C11C
1758:
Prevost
-
France,
Archives Nationales, Outre-Mer, Série Dépôt des Fortifications des
Colonies, Article 15 - Campagnes et Sièges, Pièce 6:"Extrait du
journal du siège de Louisbourg"[mémoire de M Prevost 1758] - A fairly
straightforward account - emphasizes the conflict between Drucour and
Desgouttes
1758:
Grillot de Poilly
- Louisbourg
... Mémoire des Evenemens qui interesseront cette Colonie Pendant l'année 1758.
France,
Guerre, Génie, Section 2,
Register 66, 1758, transcript, pp. 1-134.]
1758:
Grillot de Poilly
- Seems to
be a copy of Poilly's journal with some polishing, additions: (i) Etat dans
lequel Etoit les fortifications de Louisbourg le jour de la descente de L'Ennemi (ii) Etat du fond des troupes qui sont dans la place (iii) forces
qui Gardent le Port (v) Caractère des principaux officiers de cette place
(vi) Détail de ce qui s'est passé le journée du 8 Juin a la descente des
anglais (covers July 8-27)
- [Source:
France, Archives Nationales, Outre-Mer, Série Dépôt des Fortifications
des Colonies, Pièce 236 [Carton 4]]
1758:
Lord
Charles Hay's Journals of the 1758 Siege
- The
originals of these three English journals are in the
National Library of Scotland. They date:
( 1) April
21, 1758 - June 23, 1758
( 2) June
3, 1758 - June 24, 1758
(3)
June 27, 1758 - July 31, 1758
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to
Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of
Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
The Memoirs of William Hunter
- The Memoirs of
a Veteran Naval Officer by Lieutenant William Hunter of Greenwich Hospital
[Transcribed by Michael Phillips from the original of 1805]
1758:
Journal of Léon Jacob
1758:
Captain
John Knox Journals
- An English
historical journal of the campaigns in North America for the years 1757,
1758, 1759 and 1760 containing the most remarkable occurrences of that
period, particularly the two sieges of Quebec &ct., &cy. the orders
of the admirals and general officers; descriptions of the countries where
the author has served, with their forts and garrisons, their climates,
soil, produce and a regular diary of the weather. As also several
manifesto's, a mandate of the late bishop of Canada ... By. Capt. John
Knox... London, Printed for the author; and sold by W. Johnston
etc., 1769
- This was
published by the Champlain Society, Toronto, 1914 as An Historical
Journal of Campaigns in North America for the years 1757,1758,1759 and
1760. By Capt. John Knox. Edited with Introduction, Appendix and Index
by Arthur G. Doughty. 3 large volumes
-
Knox Journal on line at:
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]
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg,
"Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43
(Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
Capt. John Montressor Journals
- Volume
III - Siege of Louisbourg 1758
- This
English journal of Capt. Montressor is 37 printed pages in length.
- It
covers the period March 29, 1758 - July 27, 1758. He served as an engineer
during the siege. Following the capitulation the journal continues intermittently until
October 20, 1758. He includes a list of the British
regiments at the siege, the cannon and mortars and howitzers taken for the
siege, a return of the French garrison and a description of their
uniforms, and a list of the British and French ships at Louisbourg. He also
includes an abstract of the defence of Louisbourg from a French officer's
journal.
- Published
New York Historical Society Collections 1881.
- Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1758:
Capt. John Montressor Journals
- Volume IV
- Journal of a rout taken from
Louisbourg to Lake Labrador taken with a pocket compass and ...
- This
English journal of Capt. Montressor dates from March 27, 1759
to March 31, 1759. The section concerning Louisbourg is 5 pages in length.
- The
journal describes the rout from the town of Louisbourg to the Bras
d'Or Lakes.
- It is published in the
New York Historical Society Collections 1882.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
1758:
Johnstone
-
France:
Archives de la Guerre, Bibliothèque du Ministère de la Guerre, A2C, 236 (ancien
MS 490): "Memoir of the Canadien War until the capitulation of Montreal
in 1760 and of the siege of Louisbourg in the year 1758, with en exact and
impartial account of the hostilities committed in Acadie and Cape Breton
before the declaration of war," 358 pages, avec plusieurs cartes. Le
manuscrit est anonyme, mais évidemment du chevalier Johnstone. - Chevalier
Johnstone's Journal of the Campaign of Louisbourg
-
F3, Collection Moreau-St. Mery,
XV(2), September, 1758.
-
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec,
Manuscripts relating to the early history of Canada
(Quebec: Middleton & Dawson, 1868)
-
James Chevalier Johnstone, The Campaign of
Louisbourg, 1750-58
1758
Unsigned
1758
- July 30, 1758:
Account of the Siege of Louisbourg 1758
-
In
the Abermarle Papers from the East Suffolk Record Office
-
Very
useful summary of the siege
-
Mentions
"Gridley's Map," evidently 1757-5.
-
The
account ends by July 30, 1758
-
[Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
May,
1758 - November 1758:
Capt. Samuel
Cobb Orderly Book
- This
orderly book is supposed to have been kept by Cobb at Louisbourg. He was
supposed to have served in Jedediah Preble's Regiment.
- Cobb was born at
Middleboro, Massachusetts, March 10, 1717/1718, the son of Deacon Samuel and Abigail
Cobb. He married:
(1) Thankful Bangs in 1740
(2) Sarah Bangs, September
16, 1750.
- He died at
Casco, Me. after January, 1789.
- The location of this
"journal" is unknown.
- It is a highly suspect "Louisbourg
Journal."
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
1758?:
Samuel Rolfe Diary
- This New
England diary is an unknown quantity. It was owned by Jonathan Kettell
of Newburyport, Mass. in 1845 and it is cited in Coffin's History
of Newbury, page 409. It is described as being of the
"campaign to Louisbourg" and being 26 pages in length,
giving the names of those in his company. The date may well be
incorrect. There is no trace of the diary to-date.
- Rolfe
may have served with Knap in Meserve's carpenter corps or again
he may have served in Col. Bagley's Essex Regiment in 1759-1760.
- Nathaniel
Knap's second wife was a Rolfe and there may have been a relationship
through marriage between the two men.
- Rolfe
was a native of Newbury[port], Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel
and Judith (Toppan) Rolfe and was baptized May 12, 1728.
- There is
mention in the Knap diary of one "Jacob Rolf" sailing for
home October 4, 1750. It is possible the writer of the Rolfe Diary was
Jacob rather than Samuel, and an incorrect name has been assigned to
this long lost document.
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
March
16, 1758 - September 8, 1760:
William
Amherst Journal
- This English journal has a revised journal from June
1, 1758 - July 26, 1758 which contains details on the capitulation of
Louisbourg, and
also a diary covering August 15, 1758 - October 19, 1762 which
covers the expedition for the recapture of St. John's, Newfoundland.
- This
was published by the Champlain Society, Toronto, 1914 in An Historical
Journal of Campaigns in North America for the years 1757,1758,1759 and
1760. By Capt. John Knox. Edited with Introduction, Appendix and Index
by Arthur G. Doughty. 3 large volumes See also:
An English
historical journal of the campaigns in North America for the years 1757,
1758, 1759 and 1760 containing the most remarkable occurrences of that
period, particularly the two sieges of Quebec &ct., &cy. the orders
of the admirals and general officers; descriptions of the countries where
the author has served, with their forts and garrisons, their climates,
soil, produce and a regular diary of the weather. As also several
manifesto's, a mandate of the late bishop of Canada ... By. Capt. John
Knox... London, Printed for the author; and sold by W. Johnston
etc., 1769
- Knox
Journal on line at:
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- PAC, MG
18, L4
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
March
27, 1758 - July 14, 1759:
Nathaniel Knap Diary
- Knap was
a native of Newbury, Massachusetts the son of Nathaniel and Sarah
(Hart) Knap of Newbury. He was born March 30, l736 and was married 3
times viz. (1) January 14, 1757, Mary Mirick of Newbury (2) Judith
Rolfe (a relative of Samuel Rolfe?) November 26, 1780) (3) Patty
Lurvey February 1794. Knap died July 6, 1816. An account of the writer
is found in Currier's "Ould Newbury" 1896 pp. 484-491
- Knap
served in Meserve's corps of carpenters. His diary is an extremely
valuable me covering the period of the siege and the repairing of the
fortifications and various buildings in the town afterwards. He
mentions a Freemason's Lodge at Louisbourg.
- The
printed version of this New England diary is 42 pages in length. It
was published by the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts 1895 [The
Diary of Nathaniel Knap of Newbury. Society of Colonial Wars, New York,
1905]. The location of the original is unknown [owned in
by Edward Chandlee?, 8715 A, Lock Bend Dr. Baltimore, Md, 21234].
- [Based
on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
May
22, 1758 - August 30, 1758:
Wm. Augustus Gordon Journal
-
One of the best journals of the 1758
siege. The printed version is 55 pages in length. This English journal
begins with the assembling of the fleet at Halifax for the attack on
Louisbourg and
continues to August 30, 1758. There is an excellent description of
the uniforms worn by the various French and English
regiments at Louisbourg in 1758 and returns of all the cannon, mortars etc. found in Louisbourg. Gordon served under Wolfe at the
Lighthouse Battery and at Lorembec.
-
The journal is incorrectly termed the
David Gordon Journal in the PAC Preliminary Inventory MG 18 N 41.
-
The
original
is in the Royal United Services Institution in Great Britain
-
The printed version
was published by the Nova Scotia
Historical Society, Volume V. [May 18-August 30,
1758, "Journal kept by _______ Gordon, one of the officers engaged
in the Siege of Louisbourg under Boscawen and Amherst in 1758."
Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol. V, 1886-1887, pp. 97-153]
-
[Based on:
Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals,"
Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
July
28, 1758:
Wolfe Letter
-
Wolfe
letter dated July 28, 1758, with siege information
-
The
printed version can be found at: Major-General R. H. Whitworth (editor),
"Some Unpublished Wolfe Letters 1755-1758," in Journal of the
Society for Army Historical Research, Volume LIII, No. 214, Summer,
1975, pp. 83-86.
August
6, 1758:
Mathieu-Henri Marchant de La Houlière
-
M. de la Houlière, Journal, 6 août 1758, Guerre,
A1, Volume 2, 3499-Part
1, Pièce 13, pp. 27-44.
1759
1759:
George Williamson,
Journal of the Expedition against Quebec
1759:
"Journal
of a Rout from Louisbourg to Lake Labrador taken with a Pocket Compass and the
Distances Computed with what Remarks and Observations that could be Obtained at
that Season, as it was Winter and the Snow nearly Five Feet in Depth. John
Montrésor"
- March 27, 1759
- March 31, 1759
- Published in
Journals of Capt. John Montresor (New York Historical Society Collections
1881)
1759
- 1760
July
2, 1757 - 1772:
Jonathan Darling Jr. Diary
- This New
England journal contains an account of Darling's sojourn at Louisbourg while
serving in Col. Jonathan Bagley's Regiment from
Essex County in Massachusetts [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] which did
garrison duty at Louisbourg following service at Crown Point. It covers the
Fortress of Louisbourg demolition period and
mentions a mutiny of the troops in the fall of 1759.
- An abstract of this
journal was published in the Bangor Historical Magazine Volume 2, page 76,
edited by R. G. W. Dodge of Bluehill, Maine. The location of the original
diary is no longer known.
- Darling was born in
Danvers, Massachusetts, July 14, 1741 and
married Hannah Holt of Andover, September 15, 1763)
- {Based on: Fortress of
Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H
J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
April
17, 1758 - May 10, 1759 and
May 23, 1759 - Dec. 30, 1759:
Gibson Clough Diary/Journal
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- 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
- Clough was
a stone-mason from Salem, Massachusetts who enlisted in Colonel Jonathan Bagley's
Essex County Regiment [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] and served in garrison duty at
Louisbourg following service at Crown Point. There are
copies of regimental orders at Louisbourg from May 23, 1759 to
December 30, 1759, drawings of various buildings and fortifications at
Louisbourg.
- This original New
England diary is in the possession of the Fortress of Louisbourg.
- After the
Bagley regiment returned to Salem, Massachusetts, Clough served as the
sexton of St. Peter's Episcopal Church there until it was closed down in
1775 due to the Loyalist sympathies of Rev. Mr. McGlichrist, the rector. It
is quite probable he was a Loyalist.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg,
"Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43
(Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1759:
Rev. John
Cleaveland Letters
-
This is a
series of New England letters written by Cleaveland to his wife while he
served as
[Congregational] chaplain to Col. Jonathan Bagley's regiment during the summer
and fall of 1759. Bagley's Regiment was from
Essex County in Massachusetts [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] and did
garrison duty at Louisbourg following service at Crown Point.
-
The letters are quite
lengthy and most interesting. They
describe events at Louisbourg not found in military journals. Cleaveland
and Lord Rollo became close friends at Louisbourg.
-
The originals
[ Cleaveland Papers] are
owned by the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts.
-
[ See
[Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
June
25, 1758 - June 6, 1759
Simon
Stevens
Simon Stevens,
"A Journal of Lieutenant Simon Stevens, from the Time of his being Taken,
near FORT WILLIAM HENRY, June the 25th, 1758. With an Account of his Escape from
QUEBEC, and his Arrival at LOUISBOURG, On June the 6th 1759." Handwritten
transcription (c. 1910) of book published by Edes and Gill, Boston, 1760
[Source: http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/1758campaign.htm
]
March
27, 1759 - December 2, 1760:
Dummer
Sewall Diary
- Sewall was
a native of York and Bath, Maine. He was the son of Samuel and Sarah [Bachelder-Titcomb]
Sewall. He was born in 1737, married Mary Dumming December 16, 1760 and
died April 5, 1832.
- Sewall
was a member of Col. Jonathan Bagley's Regiment from
Essex County in Massachusetts [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] which did
garrison duty at Louisbourg following service at Crown Point.
- This New
England manuscript has never been published. It was owned
by Mr. Harold M. Sewall of Bath, Maine in the 1920's. Its present location
is unknown.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
April
6, 1759 - January 10, 1761:
Jacob
Haskins Diary
- Haskins was
in Capt. Glover's Company of Col. Jonathan Bagley's Regiment and served at Louisbourg
from 1759 - 1760. Bagley's Regiment was from
Essex County in Massachusetts [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] and did
garrison duty at Louisbourg following service at Crown Point.
- Haskin was born at
Taunton, Massachusetts, June 10, l736 and married
Mercy Pitts May 2, 1770. He died January 4, 1819.
- The New
England manuscript was
formerly owned by Miss Ruth A. Tew of Taunton, and was owned during the
1920's by Mr. Frank Haskins of Taunton, Massachusetts.
- It was published in a limited
edition book titled The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul
(Milwaukee 1914).
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to
Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of
Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
April
18, 1759 - February 6, 1760:
Reuben
Smith Diary
- Smith was a
native of Farmington, Connecticut the son of Thomas Smith. He was born
February 19, l737 and died unmarried May 26, 1760.
- The diary is an account
of his life as a private soldier at Louisbourg. He was a member of Col. Jonathan Bagley's Regiment from
Essex County in Massachusetts [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] which did
garrison duty at Louisbourg following service at Crown Point.
- The manuscript has never
been published.
- It was owned by the late Julius Gay of
Farmington, Connecticut whose collection was turned over to the Connecticut
Historical Society. This diary was not in the collection and the present
location is unknown.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to
Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of
Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
May
9, 1759 - November 30,1760:
Jonathan
Proctor Diary
- Proctor was a native of
Danvers, Massachusetts and
served in Col. Jonathan Bagley's Regiment regiment in the same company quite probably as
Gibson Clough. Bagley's Regiment was from
Essex County in Massachusetts [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] and did
garrison duty at Louisbourg following service at Crown Point.
- Proctor was born in
Salem, Massachusetts, in 1739 the son of Jonathan
Proctor and his wife Desire. He served in the rebel army during the
American Revolution and died November 3, l82l.
- This original
New England diary is now in
the possession of the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
- The
printed version is published in the Essex Institute Historical
Collections,
Volume LXX, January 1934.
- [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to
Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of
Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
May
15, 1759 - September 24, 1760:
Anonymous Diary
- This New
England diary was kept by a member of Col. Jonathan Bagley's Regiment from
Essex County in Massachusetts [Salem-Danvers Peabody area] which did
garrison duty at Louisbourg following service at Crown Point.
- The diary begins with the departure of the company from Nantucket for
Louisbourg in the OLIVER. It has a large gap during the fall and winter.
- The manuscript is bound with another diary of the previous year, evidently
by the same author.
- The original is owned by the American Antiquarian
Society.
- The author is
unknown. [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg
Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not
Dated)]
1758:
Adam Williamson's Notebook 1758
- Williamson
was an engineer whom the French paroled after his capture at Fort William
Henry in 1757. Although he was not to fight for 18 months he was at
Louisbourg in 1758 due to the intercession of Lord Loudon who had given him
permission to accompany his father Col. George Williamson.
- His English
notebook was published in the Journal of the Society of Army Historical
Research, Volume XXXIX, No.160, edited by Geoffery H. Cleare and entitled
The Louisbourg Expedition 1758.
- [Based on: Fortress of
Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H
J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]
1760
1760:
-
"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." Library of the Royal
Artillery Institution, Woolwich Arsenal, Book No 10, Journal of Demolition,
1760.
1760:
Stevens, Simon
- A journal of
Lieut. Simon Stevens: from the time of his being taken, near Fort
William-Henry, June the 25th 1758. : With an account of his escape from
Quebec, and his arrival at Louisbourg, on June the 6th 1759. Boston: :
Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street,, 1760.
1760:
Phichon, Thomas
- Thomas
Pichon,
Lettres et mémoires pour
servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Cap Breton,
A La Haye: Chez Pierre Gosse, 1760. [Thomas Pichon,
Genuine letters and memoirs, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial
history of the islands of Cape Breton, and Saint John : from the first
settlement there, to the taking of Louisbourg by the English, in 1758 : in
which, among many interesting particulars, the causes and previous events of
the present war are explained / by an impartial Frenchman ; translated
from the author's original manuscript. London : Printed for J. Nourse,
1760.]
1763
1763:
June 16 - July 25
-
Journal of the WEAZLE (Richards). June 16, 1763 to July
25. Halifax to Louisbourg and St. Peter's and back to Halifax,
England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 51, Volume 1054, [July 25,
1763], part 11, no pagination.
1763:
October 26
-
Journal of Captain Graham of the AIDBOROUGH, in the vicinity of St. Peter's
point on Cape Breton, England, Public Record
Office, Admiralty 51, Volume 28, October 26, 1763. No pagination.
1765
1765
-
Appointing
a committee to prepare an alphabetical list of all officers and soldiers who
had served in the several expeditions against Louisburg, and to consider and
carry out a plan to reward that service with grants of unappropriated lands
in the province. Thomas Clapp, per order of the com'tee. Boston, March 1,
1765.
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