Appendix to the Transcribed Documents ~ History of Samuel Sparrow's Debt with J. F. W. DesBarres: Samuel Sparrow's Debt with J. F. W. DesBarres: Samuel Sparrow ~ 18th Century Cape Breton Island

APPENDIX TO THE TRANSCRIBED DOCUMENTS

HISTORY OF SAMUEL SPARROW'S
DEBT WITH J. F. W. DESBARRES

YEAR	DESCRIPTION
1784, October 4	The ship Blenheim - with Perry, Asfield, the principal officers of the new government, and settlers - departed from the Downs (England) for Louisbourg (Cape Breton)
1784, October 16	DesBarres departs Falmouth (England) by packet for Halifax
1784, November 5	The ship Blenheim arrives at Louisbourg (Cape Breton) where they remained c. 1 week
1784, c. post November 12 to December 17	The ship Blenheim arrives at the coal mines in Spanish River (Cape Breton) in November [Where they wintered in temporary huts. Others wintered at Point Edward (Cape Breton) with the stores. The Hermione frigate from Halifax assisted]
1784, November 14	DesBarres arrived in Halifax (Nova Scotia) where he contacted the Commissary of the General's Department regarding provisions for Cape Breton
1784, December	DesBarres arrived in Isle Madame (Cape Breton)
1784	Mary Cannon, of Falmouth (New Brunswick), applied to Samuel Sparrow, Merchant of Halifax, for an assortment of different kinds of merchandises, proper for supplying the Estates of Lieutenant Governor DesBarres , at Pettitcoudiac and Memramcook ( New Brunswick) and for some other Goods, for the use of the said Lieutenant Governor DesBarres and his Family which Sparrow would furnish on April 7, 1785
date?	J. F. W. Desbarres applied to Sparrow to supply his Cape Breton Government with building materials, provisions, and money to pay workmen
Spring, 1785	DesBarres arrived in Sydney
From Halifax, c. 1785	Sparrow supplied DeBarres with the building materials, provisions, and money to pay workmen, for the construction of the public works of Cape Breton Island, for which he charged a commission.
1785, April 7	Sparrow supplies Mary Cannon with articles worth Ł 115 1p (Account #1) as well as, on a later date, other articles worth Ł 757 14s (Account #2)
(Date?)	Having abandoned his affairs in Halifax, and leaving the collection of his Halifax debts to others, Sparrow arrived in Sydney, seeking payment for the bills which he held.
1785, July 19	DesBarres applied to Governor [Parr] for a letter of Credit for use with any [Halifax[ merchant for the purchase of provisions
1785, September	DesBarres alarmed that the provisions from Halifax from the Commissary of the General's Department had not arrived
1785, c. 1 October- 31 December, Sydney	Governor DesBarres paid Sparrow as per voucher (Debt: Ł432 2 6)
1786, October 19, Sydney	Governor DesBarres drew a Bill (Debt: Ł547 18 2 = Ł493 2 5) on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in favour of payment to Sparrow
1786, October 20, Sydney	Governor DesBarres drew a Bill (Debt: Ł40 17 1 = Ł36 15 5) on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in favour of payment to Sparrow
1786, October 28, Sydney	Governor DesBarres acknowledged his unpaid debt for what Sparrow had provided to the colony in c. 1785. Prior to October 28, 1786, he had also converted the impressions and plates of the Atlantic Neptune into a pledge or security for payment to Sparrow [i.e. if the Board ever tendered and paid him for the plates - he wanted Ł 5,000 ] for a part of the debt.
1786, December 19	Governor DesBarres issues a Bill (Debt: Ł493 2s 5d - provisions) on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in favour of payment to Sparrow
1786, December 19	Governor DesBarres issues a Bill (Debt: ŁŁ36 15s 5d - building materials) on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in favour of payment to Sparrow
1787, Halifax	Samuel Sparrow vs J. F. W. DesBarres, Supreme Court of Halifax (Debt: Ł4041)
1787, July 24, Sydney	Governor DesBarres issues a Bill (Debt: Ł375 7 9 = Ł337 17 0 - provisions) on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in favour of payment to Sparrow
At Sydney, April 14, 1788	Sparrow noted that for bills in his possession he, as a creditor, was owed near Ł 5,000 for provisions, lumber and cash which he had supplied DesBarres
1787, October 30, New Brunswick	New Brunswick Sheriff ordered to attach the New Brunswick Estate of J. F. W. DesBarres (Castle Fredericke in the Township of Falmouth and Menaudie in the County of Cumberland) as per Sparrow lawsuit (5 1/2 rights of farm and marsh land - this meant that Sparrow's suit had placed restrictions on the tenants and had attached DesBarres grain and cattle). [In one summary, DesBarres states that Sparrow had attached his Peticodiac Estate for the entire Ł4041 suit]
1788, October 28, London	Sparrow was in London, attempting to get payment for the DesBarres debt. He had also relinquished all his Halifax concerns.
1788, November 3, London	Sparrow was in London, where he noted that the protested DesBarres bills he held totalled Ł3103 14 10 [that included Ł493 2 5 + plus Ł36 15 5 + Ł337 17 0 + 17 other bills] + interest and other charges for which, at the time, he had only charged DesBarres a commission.
1789, April 16, London	Sparrow, in London, was arrested for Ł400 on a bill endorsed by him for DesBarres
1789, August 4, Town	Sparrow receives news that the Admiralty Office will not purchase the Des Barres plates that Sparrow has in his possession
London, November 14, 1791	DesBarres provided an accounting of his expenses as Lieutenant Governor for the period 1784-1787.
1793, January 7, South Lambert	Sparrow letter to Treasury concerning Governor DesBarres [1785 voucher] of Ł432 2 6
Pre - 1793, February 15 [perhaps between 1789-1793], London	An arbitration decided that the claims of Mr. Sparrow against DesBarres were unfounded
1793, February 15, London	Desbarres demands a trial upon, among other things: "Complaints of Samuel Sparrow, through Harrison & Co. Sparrow was a trader, who having sold articles to the government, seized DesBarres property for payment"
London, November 7, 1793	Treasury finally approved DesBarres expenses as Lieutenant Governor for the period 1784-1787.
1794, January 16, London	The Treasury approved Desbarres expenses were declared before Pitt. As to what was authorized as owing to Sparrow, it was Ł2116 8 10 or c. 1/2 the Ł4041 0 that Sparrow was claiming