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Amherst
Manuscripts
Catalogue Ref.
U1350
Creator(s):
Amherst family of Montreal House, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent
CORRESPONDENCE
Sir Jeffery
Amherst of Montreal, Riverhead (1717-1797)
- FILE - F.A.
Strasburger - ref. U1350/C65 - date: 17 Jan 1771
\_ [from Scope and Content] Boston: congratulatory letter seeking interest
in his own projects; '... About 5 years ago I took the liberty to send you a
Plan for fortifying Louisbourg and a short Project for finding out a
North-West or West Passage, but I suppose you never received it..."
- William
Amherst (Lieut. Gen., 1732-1781) and John Amherst (Vice Admiral, 1718-1778),
brothers of Sir Jeffery
- FILE - William
Amherst from Somerset house - ref. U1350/C4/3 - date: 8 Nov 1757
\_ [from Scope and Content] Referring to the damage to Admiral Holbourne's
fleet in the storm near Louisbourg; seeks advice as to applying to become
Aid de Camp to Sir John Ligonier or to Lord George Sackville now a Lt.
General; other references to military affairs including the sending of 900
men to the East Indies
- FILE - William
Amherst from Whitehall - ref. U1350/C4/5 - date: 30 Dec 1757
\_ [from Scope and Content] Referring to an 'affair of the Brunswick
troops.' '... news I have had today... on vous fait General Major, et vous
allez a Louisbourg, Commandr: you mention in your letter a pretty thing for
a man who intends to be military, 'tis done, if you make me your Gallopin...'
OFFICIAL PAPERS
Sir Jeffery
Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
The American Campaign, 1758-63
Letters, etc. from William Pitt, despatched 1758
- FILE -
Duplicate: the King's pleasure of the success at Louisbourg, approves joint
plans of Amherst and Boscawen - ref. U1350/O20/3 - date: 9 Sept 1758
- FILE - Copies
(2 each) of letters to Admiral Boscawen and to the Gov. of Louisbourg
notifying them of Amherst's appointment - ref. U1350/O20/10-13 - date: 18
Sept 1758
- FILE - Copies
of letters to the Governors of N. America except Georgia, Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland, and to the Governor of Louisbourg relating to the raising of
men and money and also a copy of a clause relating to the provision of fresh
supplies - ref. U1350/O20/19-21 - date: 29 Dec 1758
- FILE - Copy
letters to Governors of Nova Scotia and Louisbourg and other colonies
regarding the 1759 campaign - ref. U1350/O20/26, 27 - date: 29 Dec 1758
Letters, etc.
from William Pitt, despatched 1759
- FILE -
Instructions to provide Wolfe with molasses and rum for his troops, to make
necessary hospital arrangements for the troops and to protect Louisbourg and
Nova Scotia in their absence - ref. U1350/O21/1 - date: 13 Jan 1759
- FILE - Copy
Secret Instructions for Brig. Genl. Wolfe ordering him to embark for
Louisbourg and to take charge of the assault on Quebec - ref. U1350/O21/10 -
date: 5 Feb 1759
- Letters, etc.
from William Pitt, despatched 1760
- FILE - Copy
order to Edward Whitmore, governor of Louisbourg to demolish the fortress
and harbour defences of the town - ref. U1350/O22/20 - date: 8 Feb 1760
OFFICIAL PAPERS
Sir Jeffery
Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
The American Campaign, 1758-63
Papers relating to the capitulation of Louisburg
- FILE - From
Chv. de Drucour asking for passports for 'l'isle royalle' - ref.
U1350/O30/21 - date: 27 July 1758
SOURCE: Unknown (Details
extracted from the
Catalogue Of Amherst MSS)
In reviewing the MSS reference, there seems to be a significant amount of
material highly relevant to the 1758 Siege of Louisbourg within this
collection. To name a few notable examples:
- C4/5: A letter from William Amherst mentioning the appointment to command
at Louisbourg (30 Dec 1757).
- C32: A letter from Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, congratulating Amherst on
his appointment to the Louisbourg expedition (15 Jan 1758).
- O15/2: A journal detailing the taking of Louisbourg (19 June - 9 August
1758).
- O24/4 to O24/22: Various despatches sent from the camp before Louisbourg.
These include day-by-day reports of the siege, the French sortie, and the
appointment of Gen. Whitmore as Governor of Louisbourg (June - August 1758).
- O28/1 to O28/100: Letters from Admiral Edward Boscawen, commander of the
fleet off Louisbourg, covering the siege, intelligence, and naval
dispositions (June - Sept 1758).
- O30/1 to O30/38: Papers relating directly to the capitulation of Louisbourg.
This section includes extensive correspondence with Le Chevalier de Drucour,
Governor of Louisbourg, regarding the capitulation terms, prisoners, and
hospital arrangements.
- O30/28: A specific letter from Drucour seeking permission for Sr. de la
Boularderie to visit his family in Labrador (31 July 1758).
- O31: Miscellaneous papers, mostly involving James Wolfe, regarding the
Louisbourg campaign ...
O31/3 is also of interest to my current research.
This report, dated June 16, 1758, and written by Lt. Crosbie, describes
an encounter with the French and explicitly refers to “the supply of rum by
a Capt. Stone against orders.” This report from Lorembec appears to overlap
with at least one of Paris’s missions to the Mire, which may help place his
movements within a more precise sequence of events.
I am working to piece together Bernard Paris’s movements along the Mire
during the 1758 siege of Louisbourg. To date, I have identified evidence of
at least two separate schooner voyages, apparently led by Paris, intended to
resupply depots established in support of Boishébert.
The final voyage is particularly significant. According to one account,
Paris returned to Louisbourg by canoe after leaving his schooner behind,
with his destination on that trip identified as Langevin’s property, near
modern-day Albert Bridge. ...
Derbyshire
Record Office
Wilmot-Horton of
Osmaston and Catton [D3155/C1 - D3155/C2349]
Catalogue Ref.
D3155
Creator(s):
Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire
Horton, Wilmot-, family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire
Wilmot family of Osmaston, Horton family of Catton, Wilmot-Horton family of
Osmaston and Catton
[Access
Conditions] Open
Correspondence
- FILE [no
title] - ref. D3155/C2227 - date: 24 May 1759
\_ [from Scope
and Content] Louisbourg. Col Montagu Wilmot to Sir R Wilmot, Hopes to sail
soon, blocked by ice most of the winter. Mr Wolfe has arrived and Mr Amherst
is ready.
Durham
Record Office
- Ref No. EP/Sto
58
Appeals to overseers for assistance, correspondence, etc. including letter
from seaman on Royal William referring to the capture of Cape Breton Isle,
1758, 1739 - 1817
(1 bundle)
Public
Record Office
-
103/502: French Officers. 1755-1760. - list of the officers of the Louisbourg
garrison, taken in 1758
-
1/244: 15 items extracted from BT 6/35. Various lists of ships and other
vessels sailing into and out of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 1789-1794
-
HO 44/31, ff 469-494, 1838, June 18. Major P Stewart RA, with evidence he has
collected on the value of Cape Breton Island. Enclosing paper with
observations on reform of government of the island, and an account of the
siege of Louisburg
-
WO 12 Volume, 5718, Part 1, MUSTER FOR LOUISBOURG dated 12 June 1760. Covering
the 183 days commencing 25 Oct 1759 and ending 24 April 1760. His Majesty's
45th Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lt General Hugh Warburton. (Captain James
Clarke's Company, Captain Jo0hn Cosman's Company, Captain William Cotterell's
Company, Captain James Cunningham's Company, Major John Fulliken's Conpany,
Captain Stephen Gualy's Company, Captain Ralph Hill's Company, Captain Patrick
Sutherland's Company, Captain Thomas Vaughan's Company, Lt. Colonel &
Captain Montagu Wilmot's Company)
Wiltshire
and Swindon Record Office
Pyke and Crook
Families
Catalogue Ref.
1124
Creator(s): Pyke family of Pewsey
Crook family of
Wootton
- [from Scope
and Content] Papers of the Pyke and Crook families of Pewsey and Wootton
Rivers. They largely comprise vouchers of household and estate expenditure
of Henry Pyke (father and son) of West Wick farm Pewsey and Thomas Pyke of
Manor farm Wootton Rivers. They also include bills for work by blacksmiths,
carpenters, doctors and, occasionally, for medical treatment of livestock.
There are several school exercise books of members of the Pyke and Crook
families, mid 19th century, the latter probably children of William and
Elizabeth Crook and a group of papers of John Cannings of Fyfield, Milton
Lilbourne 1738-1761 including church rates and a vivid first hand account of
the taking by the English of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada 1758.
HENRY PYKE
- FILE [no
title] - ref. 1124/7 - date: 1752-1758
\_ [from Scope
and Content] 5 letters to John Cannings, Fyfield, Milton Lilbourne from Pitman
Stagg of London. Stagg was born in Milton Lilbourne and was possibly a
relative of Cannings and the letters disclose his attempts to enter the Excise
in 1753 and then the army as a clerk of stores in 1757. He sailed from
Portsmouth to Canada in 1758 and describes in detail the fall of Louisbourg in
that year.
\_ [from Scope
and Content] Louisbourg was a French fortress in Nova Socia captured and
destroyed by the English under General Jeffrey Amherset and Admiral Boscowan.
York
University, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
The Hickleton
Papers [HALIFAX/A4/1 - HALIFAX/B6/4]
Catalogue Ref.
HALIFAX
Creator(s):
Wood family, viscounts of Halifax
[Access
Conditions] Open
- [from
Administrative History] The naval Commander in Chief of the exhibition was
Admiral Edward Boscawen. He had ten line of battle ships, to which would be
added a squadron of the Royal Navy already in Canadian waters. The troops, a
total of some twelve thousand with artillery and ordnance stores, were under
command of Major General Jeffrey Amherst. On 21st January 1758 Boscawen sent
Rear Admiral Sir Charles Hardy in H.M.S. York to Halifax to take command of
the squadron in Canadian waters, and to cruise with it off Louisburg, Cape
Breton Island, the capture of which was the objective of the expedition.
(Boscawen to Pitt, 9 Jan 1758. P.R.O. Colonial Office, 5/53.) The York was
accompanied by H.M.S. Juno; but the two ships soon parted company. Hardy
reached Halifax on 19th March 1758, and found the Canadian squadron almost
ready for sea. About 5th April he left Halifax with the squadron for Cape
Breton. The Juno did not reach Halifax until 11th April. She left on the
19th and joined Hardy's squadron. Hardy reported about 21st April from Cape
Breton waters: 'The coast from Louisburg to the eastward is full of ice and
as the wind is now southerly I think that nothing an get into this harbour.'
(Hardy to Boscawen, no date c 21 April 1758, P.R.O., Colonial Office, 5/53.)
Louisburg was successfully blockaded.
-
[from
Administrative History] Boscawen, in H.M.S. Namur, had left Portsmouth with
the main force on 19th February 1758. He did not reach Halifax until 9th May
There, two regiments from the American colonies joined his force. The
expedition was held up at Halifax by contrary weather; but it was under way
by the end of the month and on 2nd June 1758 reached Gabarus Bay, Cape
Breton Island, and joined forces with Hardy's squadron.
West
Sussex Record Office
The Buckle
Papers
Buckle family of Banstead, Surrey
Naval and Military Papers
Miscellaneous Naval and Military Papers
- FILE - The
Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer containing an account of the
landing of British troops on Cape Breton Island and the besieging of the
town of Louisbourg. - ref. BUCKLE/204 - date: 19-22 August 1758
- FILE - The
Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer containing an account of the
landing of British troops on Cape Breton Island and the besieging of the
town of Louisbourg. - ref. BUCKLE/204 - date: 19-22 August 1758
- FILE - Draft
orders of Major-General Amherst, commander of the British infantry forces,
regarding the landing of troops on Cape Breton Island and the besieging of
Louisbourg. - ref. BUCKLE/205 - date: [c1758]
- FILE - Return
of the killed and wounded of the several regiments involved in the siege of
Louisbourg, 8 June-26 July 1758. - ref. BUCKLE/206 - date: [c1758]
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