Reports on Manuscripts Pertaining 
to Louisbourg in the United States

H H 49

By

James R. McCartney

January 2, 1965

Fortress of Louisbourg

[Editor's Note:] 
To ascertain which repository yielded Louisbourg material for the Fortress of Louisbourg Collection, please check the following databases:  

• Manuscripts - ALL FORTRESS HOLDINGS / INVENTAIRE GENERAL (General Inventory and Location of all Research Holdings at the Fortress / Inventaire général et locations de tous les fonds à la Forteresse
    

• Published Monographs - MONOGRAPHS HOLDINGS / MONOGRAPHIES (Books, and Articles, in a Printed or Microform Format / Livres et articles)
    

• Published Serials -  SERIALS HOLDINGS / JOURNAUX, REVUES ET PERIODIQUES (Serials and Periodicals, in a Printed or Microform Format)
    

• Maps - HISTORICAL MAPS AND PLANS COLLECTION / CARTES ET PLANS HISTORIQUES (Description and Analysis of the Louisbourg and Isle Royale Map and Plan Collection / Descriptions de la Collection des plans et cartes de Louisbourg et d'Ile Royale)

OTTAWA (4), January 2, 1963.

MEM0RANDUM FOR MR. B.C. BICKERTON, 
SENIOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH OFFICER.

REPORTS ON MANUSCRIPTS PERTAINING TO LOUISBOURG IN THE UNITED STATES

I Bibliography:

Following is a list of the guides and bibliographies which I consulted for this project:

• Dickerson, Oliver M.

American Colonial Government, 1696-1765, a study of the British Board of Trade in its relation to the American Colonies, political, industrial, administrative, Cleveland, 1912.

• Forbes. H.M.

New England Diaries, 1602-1800 a descriptive catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals, Privately Printed, 1923.

• Hamer, Philip M. (ed)

A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States comp. for the National Historical Publications Commission, New Haven, Conn.: Yale U. Press (Montreal, McGill University Press): 1961; pp. xxiv 775

Lists every archive in the United States with a brief statement of their holdings. More than 1300 archives and 20,000 collections included. Thorough index gives references to the papers of individuals, corporations and societies (C.H.R.)

• Harvard Guide ...

The Harvard Guide to American History, Handlin et al. 1954 See p. 292

• Knox, John

An historical journal for the campaigns in North America for the years 1757, 1758, 1759 1760. Edited by Dr. Doughty; 3 vols. (1916) (Bibliography in Appendix, vol. 3 pp.423-456). Archives - F 500 C 65 K 7 6

• Morse, William Inglis,, ed.

The Canadian Collection at Harvard University 6 vols. Cambridge, 1944-49. Archives Z 881 H 3402

• Shortt, Adam

Canada and its Provinces Toronto, 1914-17, 23 vols. vol. 23 contains the bibliography of the series. F 5011 3 5

• Library of Congress Catalogue

"A Cumulative List of Works Represented by Library of Congress printed cards". 

Books: Subjects 1950-54 Ann Arbor: J. W. Edwards 1955 

Books: Subjects 1955-60 New-Jersey., Patterson 1960 

Books: Subject 1960 Washington2 The Library of Congress, 1961 

Books: Subject 1961 Washington: The Library of Congress, 1962 Jan. - Sept.

• U.S. Library of Congress

Handbook of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, Washington: 1918, Supplement, 1913

• Winsor, Justin

Narrative and Critical History of America 1884, vol. 4. p. 149-58

II Repositories:

Following is a list of the repositories in the United States that contain manuscript material of interest to us, with as much information about their holdings as was available:

Amherst College Library

• Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, baron, 1717-1795. Papers, 1759-82. 
• 78 feet and 123 reels of microfilm, (ca. 80,000 items.)

American Antiquarian Society

• A diary, Louisbourg.

American Antiquarian Society

• Pepperell, Sir William; (Maine; merchant, pres. of Mass. Council, jurist, colonial Army officer) 1745 (1 vol.), a journal of the expedition against Louisbourg.

Boston Athenaem, Boston. Mass.

• Shirley, William; Family memoranda

Connecticut Historical Society.

• Judd Diary

Connecticut Historical Society

• Records of Connecticut troops in the French and Indian War: (Hamer, p. 55)

Connecticut State Library (Hartford).

• Manuscripts. Ca. 500 items.  
• Diaries. Ca. 70.

Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass.

• Mascarene, Paul, of Annapolis, N.S., Papers 1728-1745:
• [Hamer] "Canadiana include ... many letters, journals, and maps of Canadian interest: a series of papers of James Wolfe and the siege of Quebec, including six letters of Wolfe, letters of Amherst, Townshend, Lansdowne and Dorchester, numerous maps and prints, the articles of capitulation, and the letter book of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, 1759 ...." [p. 255].

Henry E. Huntington Library

• Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 
• Papers, 1674-1787. 
• ca. 1000 items.

Henry E. Huntington-Library and Art Gallery. San Marino, Calif.

• Canadiana, 1642-1900 
• 257 items. 
• Miscellaneous material relating to Canada, largely 19th Century, catalog cards in the library, acquired from several sources before 1927.

Henry E. Huntington Library. San Marino. Calif.

• Loudoun, John Campbell, 4th earl of, 1705-1782.
• papers, 1682-1780
• ca. 8060 items.

Library of Congress, Mss. Division

• Budd, Gilbert 
• Diary 
• See List of Manuscript Collections in the L.C. to July, 1931.

Library of Congress, Mss. Division

• Monckton Papers 1754-63 
• 1 volume.

Library of Congress, Mss. Division

• Peter Force Library 
• "Reduction of Louisbourg, 1745" History of, one volume.* also much material of the period of the French and Indian War, especially regarding the taking of Louisbourg. 
• See L.C. Handbook of Mss. (1918) p. 254

Library of Congress, Mss. Division

• Receipts, accounts, etc., for fortification construction work at Cape Breton, Louisbourg, under chief engineer, British Army, 1 vol. (1921) 
• see list 7 Manuscript Collections in the L.C. to July, 1931.

Library of Congress

• Walcott, Roger: Letter to Hon. Tames Hamilton, 13 March, 1754.

Library of Congress

• Walcott, Roger: Journal 1745

Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine

• Pepperell, Sir William; Personal Papers 1716-1803 
• 1 vol. and 1 package

Maine Historical Society

• Waldo, Samuel Papers: 1631-1828 
• 2 vols & 1 map collection

Maine Historical Society

• Waite Sea Journal

Massachusetts. Archives Division

• Records, 1625
• 328 vols.

Massachusetts Historical Society

• Mascarene Diary. (3) 
• Or Orderly Book.

Massachusetts Historical Society

• A Diary, Louisbourg. 
• Five in number.

Massachusetts Historical Society

• Pepperell, Sir William Papers 1699-1779
• See J. Winsor, Cut and Nan. History of America, vol. 5, p. 436. 

Massachusetts Historical Society

• Sherburne Diary 

Massachusett's Historical Society

• Southack Diary 

Massachusett's Historical Society

• William Diary 

Moravian Archives (Bethlehem, PA.) 

• General Abercromby Northampton, Co.. Pa. Records, 1750-1771. 
• 80 feet.

New Jersey Historical Society Library

• Morris, Robert Hunter, ca. 1700-1758 ca. 170 items. 
• Papers, ca. 1734-1758.

New York Historical Society Collections

• Hardy, Sir Charles, 1716?-1780. 
• 1 folder. 
• Papers, 1755-1777.

New York Historical Society

• Papers relating to Massachusetts, 1663-1815. 
• 1 folder.

New York Historical Society

• Papers relating to the French and Indian War, 1744-1779
• ca. 100 items.

Pennsylvania Historical Society

• Collection of orderly books, 1775-1861. 
• 49 vols.

Princeton University Library

• The William Pepperills: colonial merchants Ph.D. Thesis Princeton, 1948: Bibliography?

William L. Clements Library

• Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, baron, 1717-1797. 
• Papers, 1758-64. 
• 2 ft.

William L. Clements Library

• Clinton, George, 1686-1761 
• Papers, 1697-1759 
• 6 ft. (ca. 1500 items.

William L. Clements Library

• Mildmay, Sir William, 1705-1771. 
• Papers, 1748-56. 
• 1 ft.

William L. Clements Library

• Military Papers, 1540-1865
• ca. 110 items, and ca. 15 vols.
• In part, transcripts or photocopies.

William L. Clements Library, Michigan

• Sackville, George Sackville Germain, 1st viscount, 1716-1785. 
• 6 ft., ca. 2000 items. 
• papers, 1683-1785.

William L. Clements Library

• Warren, Sir Peter, 1703-1752. 
• Papers, 1744-1751
• 1 ft.. (ca. 200 items.)

III Manuscripts:

Following is a list of manuscripts in the above repositories arranged alphabetically by subject or name:

Abercromby, James. 1706-1781

• Papers, 1674-1787
• ca. 1000 items. 
• In Henry E Huntington Library, (San, Marino, California). 
• British Army officer. Papers, largely for the year 1758, while Abercromby was commander in chief in America, during the French and Indian war. 
• Summary report and catalog cards in the library.

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, baron. 1717-1797

• Papers, 1759-82 
• 78 ft. and 123 reels of microfilm (ca. 80,000 items) 
• In Amherst College Library. In part, photocopies (negative) made from originals in the Public Record Office of London; and microfilms (positive) purchased from the Library of Congress. British Army officer; commander-in-chief in North America. Correspondence and other papers relating to military matters. 
• Unpublished calendar in the library. 
• Described in British manuscripts project, compiled by L. K. Born and published by the Library of Congress. (1955). 
• Open to investigators under library restrictions.

Amherst. Jeffery Amherst. baron, 1717-1797 

• Papers, 1758-64. 
• 2 ft. 
• In William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Mich., Division of Manuscripts. 
• British general; commander-in-chief in North America. Correspondence and documents in five groups: papers and information turned over by Amherst to his successor, Thomas Gage, in 1763letters and petitions addressed to Amherst before 1763; Amherst's letter to Gage; letters addressed to Amherst as commander-in-chief which arrived in New York after his departure for England; and letters and papers written by Amherst in 1758-59- Includes a five-volume calendar of the Amherst papers lent by his descendants to the British Public Record Office, prepared by Amherst's biographer J.C. Long. Important correspondents include Samuel Beardsley; Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd earl of Egremont; Welbore Ellis, 1st baron Mendip; Thomas Gage; Henry Gladwyn; King George III, George Montague Dunk, 2nd earl of Halifax; Augustine Prevost, Sr.; John Stuart; and John Tulliken. 
• Described in the Guide to the manuscript collections in the William L. Clements Library, compiled by H. H. Peckham, 1942. 
• Acquired upon settlement of the Clements estate, 1937; acquired by Clements (with the Gage papers) from the 6th Viscount Gage in 1931.

Benjamin Diary

• April 24 - Nov. 5, 1745; May 26 - July 4 is missing.
• A journal of the siege of Louisbourg. A good account of the daily life of the camp; especially the illnesses of the men. Many mentioned by name. Rather short daily entries. (Where?)

Budd Gilbert

• Diary kept on board H.M.S. Kingston, 1755-1760, describing sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec. 
• 1 vol. L. R. 1924, P. 59.
• Library of Congress

Canadiana, 1642-1900

• 257 items. 
• Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, Calif. 
• Miscellaneous material relating to Canada, largely in the 19th century. Catalog cards in library. 
• Acquired from several sources, before 1927.

Clinton, George. 1686-1761

• Papers, 1697-1759 
• 6 ft. (ca. 1500 items) 
• In William L. Clements Library (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Division of Manuscripts. British naval officer and statesman; colonial Governor of New York (1743-53) 
• Drafts of official correspondence, including a letter book for 1752-53, military memoranda, letters received, and personal and public accounts. Particularly complete for the period of Clinton's governorship; contains detailed material of Indian relations and political affairs, with other papers on the campaigns during King George's War (1744-48), and a fairly complete record of Clinton's finances. Important correspondents include Stephen Bayard; James Hamilton; Sir William Johnson; Sir Charles Knowles; Spencer Phips; John Roberts; George Thomas; and Sir Peter Warren. 
• The most significant are Cadwallader Colden, Sr., and William Shirley. 
• Described in Guide to the manuscript collections in the Clements Library, compiled by H.H. Peckham (1742). Most of the Clinton correspondence with Cadwallader Colden and Sir William Johnson has been printed.

Cobb Orderly Book

• May - Nov. 1758.
• Capt. Samuel Cobb of Portland,
• Maine. Unpublished. (where?)

Connecticut, State Library, Hartford

• Connecticut Manuscripts. 
• ca. 500 items. 
• In Connecticut State Library. 
• Correspondence, diaries, and business, family, and historical papers. Includes letters and papers of Prudence Crandall, Charles Goodyear, Lydia Sigourney, Johathan Trumball, and Noah Webster. Diaries. 1653-1945. ca. 70 items. (Homer, p. 57)..."Many account books, diaries, and logbooks relating the whaling, shipping railroads, highways, merchants, pedlers, fishing ... military records include papers relating to the Connecticut militia from 1678, the French and Indian wars ..."

Darling Diary

• July 2, 1757-1772
• By Jonathan Darling Jr.; a Journal of the Louisbourg siege, and home life in Andover, Mass., and Bluehill, Me. where he afterwards lived. Mss. An abstract published in Bangor Hist Mag., II, P. 76, edited by R. G. W. Dodge of Bluehill, Me.

A Diary, Louisbourg

• There are five of these anonymous journals dealing with the 1745 siege in manuscript in the Mass Hist. Society Archives. The dates are as follows:
• March 16 - July 29, 1745. 
• March 24 - June 17, 1744/5. 
• March 24 - June 17, 1745. 
• Aug. 3 - Sept. 30, 1745
• March 24 - June 15, 1745.

A Diary, Louisbourg

• Mar. 14 - Oct. 1745.
• Kept by a Conn. soldier in the expedition against Louisbourg... 96 pps. "He has noted the various incidents which came under his observation or were related to him by comrades in arms with a freshness and candour which he would not have done perhaps had his narrative been intended for publication". 
• Mss. owned by George Smith, Esq., 70 Wall Street, New York, as of 1923. Author unknown. (Where?)

A Diary, Louisbourg

• May 15, 1759 - Sept. 24, 1760. 
• Of an expedition to Louisbourg with an account of life on the coast of Cape Breton. The record begins with the departure from Nantucket for Louisbourg in the Oliver, goes to Cape Breton, account of events follows, detailing movements of troops and vessels. Closes with the surrender. Bound with another diary of the previous year, evidently by the same hand. 
• Mss. owned by the American Antiquarian Society. Author unknown.

Force. Peter, Library of

• In Library of Congress, Mss. Division 
• "Reduction of Louisbourg, 1745", History of, one volume. Also much material of the period of the French and Indian War, especially regarding the taking of Louisbourg. 
• See L. of C. Handbook of Mss. (1918) p. 254 
• Also: 1 vol.: Governor William Shirley's correspondence with Governor Benning Wentworth 1742-1756. (copied by John Farmer, mainly from the New Hampshire Historical Society's Collections 1834.)

General Economy, Northampton Co., Pa.

• Records, 1750-1771. 
• 80 ft. 
• In Moravian Archives (Bethlehem, Pa.) 
• Accounts of the farms, forests, dairy, orchards, stage coach, ferry, store, taverns, and schools, together with business records of the following occupations; apothecary and surgeon, baker, blacksmith, brick and tile maker, cloth weaver, cobbler, cooper, distiller and dyer, foundry operator, fuller, gristmiller, gunstock maker, hatter, locksmith, saddletree maker, saw mill operator, silversmith, skinner, soap maker, stocking weaver, tailor, tanner, tawer, turner, wagon builder, and wheelwright. Some records extend beyond the cessation of the Economy in 1762. Material is related to the repository's records of the Moravian congregation in Bethlehem, Pa. 
• Open to investigator under restrictions of the repository. Information on literary rights available in the repository.

Gibson Diary

• April 30 - July 4, 1745 
• By Col. James Gibson, of Boston. An extensive trader between Barbadoes and Boston. 
• "A journal of the Late Siege by the Troops from North America against the French at Cape Breton, the city of Louisbourg, and the territories thereto belonging." 
• Mss. owned by Lorenzo Johnson; S. G. Drake had a copy of it in 1847. Published in London, 1745. Reprinted in Boston, 1847, by Johnson, as "A Boston Merchant of 1745".

Hardy, Sir Charles, 1716?-1780

• Papers, 1755-1777
• 1 folder. 
• In New York Historical Society collections. Colonial governor of New York. Tradesman's bills and miscellaneous papers.

Haskins Diary

• April 6, 1759 - January 10, 1761
• By Jacob Haskins
• He was in Capt. Glover's Co., and Col. Bagley's regiment. An account of his service at Louisbourg. 
• Mss. owned by Frank Haskins of Taunton. 
• Published in "Ancestry of Katherine Choate Paul", Milwaukee
• 1914. (where?)

Judd Diary

• June 1 - Nov. 27, 1745 
• By Sergeant Philip Judd of East Middletown, Conn. Kept in expedition from New London to Cape Breton. It covers two large pages of paper. Judd died at Cape Breton, Dec. 14, 1745.
• Mss. owned by Conn. Hist. Society, Unpublished.

Loudoun, John Campbell, 4th earl of. 1705-1782

• Papers, 1682-1780. 
• ca. 8060 items. 
• In Henry E. Huntington Library (San Marino, California.)
• British Army Officer. Official correspondence, dispatches, maps, plans, and other papers relating to Loudoun's position as commander-in-chief of British colonial troops in North America during the French and Indian War. Includes letters addressed to Loudoun from America during the American Revolution. 
• Articles, reports, other descriptive matter, and catalog cards in the library. 
• Acquired from Sotheby's of London, 1923; from the Museum Book Store of London, 1924.

Mascarene Diary (3)

• Orderly Book. 
• Sept- 5, 1735 - Mar. 29, 1737 and Jan- 30, 1745 -Dec. 13t 1748. Both kept while he was commander at Canso. Gives the character, conduct and vices of the soldiers and inhabitants. 
• Mss. copies owned by the Mass. Hist. Soc., among the F. L. Gay papers. Unpublished, as of 1923.

Mascarene, Paul, of Annapolis, N.S.

• Papers, 1728 - 1745 
• In Harvard College Library 
• See L.C.  Check List of Personal Papers (1918) p. 76.

Massachusetts, Archives Division

• Records, 1625 -
• 328 vols. 
• In the Mass. Archives. 
• Colonial records (1628-86); legislative records of the Council (1692-1780); executive records of the Council (1650 to date); Senate journals (1780 to date) ... Includes ca. 1540 letters or copies of letters sent or received by Thomas Hutchinson, governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Michigan University, William L. Clements Library

• Military Papers, 1540-1865
• ca. 110 items, and ca. 15 vols.
• In part, transcript and photocopies. 
• Orderly books kept by or for General Thomas Barbee, David Bradish, Colonel Henry Bouquet... statements concerning the battles of Lexington and Concord, and the siege of Louisbourg in 1745, letters of James Macdonald, British officer ...

Mildmay, Sir William, 1705-1771

• Papers, 1745-56. 
• 1 ft. 
• In William L. Clements Library, (Arm Arbor, 14ich.) Division of Manuscripts. 
• British diplomat. Correspondence and negotiations with British and French officials relating to matters provided for in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, including boundary settlements, prizes taken at sea, and the exchange of prisoners,, Names of correspondents and authors and signers of documents including William Anne Keppel, 2nd earl of Albemarel; Charles Alix, John Russell, 4th duke of Bedford; Edward Cornwallis, Ruvigny De Cosne; Francois-Marie Durand de Distroff; Louis XV of France; George II of Great Britain; George Hinde; Jean-Frederick Phelippeaux, comte de Maurepas; William Shirley; and Sir Joseph Yorke, lst baron Dover. 
• Described in Guide to the manuscript collections in the William L. Clements Library, compiled by H. H. Peckham, (1942).

Monckton, Robert

• Papers 1754-63; 
• 1 vol.
• In Library of Congress, Mss. Division.

Morris, Robert Hunter ca. 1700-1764

• Papers, ca. 1734-1758 
• ca. 170 items. 
• In New Jersey Historical Society collections. Colonial chief justice of New Jersey and Governor of Pennsylvania. Correspondence, memorials, petitions, and other documents. 
• Includes letters of James Alexander, William Alexander, Cadwallader Colden, Andrew Johnston, Ferdinand John Paris, Johan Pownall, and William Shirley. 
• Nineteenth-century list in repository. 
• Gift of Charles S. Boggs, ca. 1845-

Mygate Diary

• June 15, 1745-April 29 1746. 
• By George Mygate of Wilbraham, Mass. Died April 2, 1756 at Louisbourg. Diary kept on the expedition to Louisbourg. He records the death of a number of other members of his company and his own is recorded by Caleb Lamb. 
• Mss. owned by Chas. S. Merrick. Wilbraham, as of 1923. (Where?)

New York Historical Society

• Papers relating to the French and Indian War, 1744-1779
• ca. 100 items. 
• In New York Historical Society collections. 14 letters concerning military activity at Louisbourg, Canada (1744-1748); journals (1747-1754) of Captain Phineas Stevens of Massachusetts and a receipt book (1746) of money paid to him by his soldiers; ... memorials of British officers and soldiers who served in America in the French and Indian War and in the revolutionary War; New York muster rolls (1755-1764); and miscellaneous papers. 
• The New York muster rolls are printed in the Collections of the New York Historical Society, 1891.

New York Historical Society

• Papers relating to Massachusetts, 1663-1815. 
• 1 folder. 
• In New York Historical Society collections Governor William Shirley's copies of 11 letters, (1734-44), and local papers.

Pepperell, Sir William

• (Marine; merchant, pres. of Mass. Council, jurist, colonial army officer) 1745 (1 vol.), a journal of the expedition against Louisbourg.

Pepperell. Sir William

• (J. Winsor, V. 5) Narrative and Critical History p. 436 11 ... The most important of the Pepperell papers had fallen into his hands ... after which he deposited them in the cabinet of the Mass. Hist. Society, where they now (1887) are, bound in two volumes, covering the years 1699-1779, but chiefly concerning the Louisbourg expedition. With them in the same depository are the Belknap Papers, three volumes, as well as a composite volume, Louisbourg Papers, devoted entirely to the expedition... "
• For a further description of these papers, see Winsor, ibid, p. 436, note 1.

Pepperell, Sir William

• Personal Papers: 1716-1803 
• In Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine. 
• See L.C. Check List of Personal Papers: (1918) p. 78

Pepperill, Sir William

• The William Pepperills Colonial Merchants: Ph.D. Thesis, Princeton, 1948. 
• In the Princeton University Library 
• Bibliography.

Pomeroy Diary

• Mar. 14, 1744 - April 11, 1745
• By Gen. Seth Pomeroy
• A good diary of the siege of Louisbourg. 
• Mss. owned by George E. Pomeroy, Toledo, Ohio, as of 1923. Published in the History of Northampton, Mass., vol. II, pp. 121-260.
• No author given. (Where?)

Pennsylvania, Historical Society

• Collection of orderly books, 1775-1861.
• 49 vols. 
• In Historical Society of Pennsylvania collections. 42 American orderly books, mainly from the Revolutionary period, together with 5 British orderly books, one dated 1758 ...... 
• Described in Guide to the manuscript collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 2nd ed., (1949).

Library of Congress, Mss. Division

• Receipts, accounts, etc., for fortification construction work at Cape Breton, Louisbourg, under the Chief Engineer, British Army. 
• 1 vol. (1921)

Connecticut Historical Society

• (Homer, P. 55) 
• Records of the Connecticut troops in the French and Indian War.

Sackville, George Backville Germain, 1st viscount 1716-1785

• Papers, 1683-1785 
• 6 ft. ca. 2000 items. 
• In William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbour, Mich. 
• Division of Manuscripts. British statesman and military officer; Secretary of State for the Colonies. Correspondence, maps, and a letter book of secret military despatches. The bulk of the collection is concerned with the American Revolution; some letters relative to the War of the Austrian Succession, and correspondence between Amherst and 'Wolfe during the Seven Year's War. 
• Described in Guide to the manuscripts collection in the William L. Clements Library, compiled by H. H. Peckham (1942). Calendar issued by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1884, and rev. 1904-10, includes part of the collection. Also described in the papers of Lord George Germain ... by R. G. Adams (Clements Library bull., No. 18, 1928)

Sewall Diary

• Mar. 27, 1759 - Dec. 21 1760.
• By Dummer Sewall, of York and Bath, Me.
• It begins with his enlistment in the expedition against Louisbourg and the daily entries extend through his service in the French and Indian Wars. 
• Unpublished. Mss. owned by Harold M. Sewall, of Bath, Me., as of 1923. (Where?)

Sherburne Diary

• May 17 - June 16, 1745 
• A journal of the siege of Louisbourg 
• Mss. owned by Mass. Hist. Society. 
• Extracts published in A Half Century of Conflict, vol. 2, pp. 126-128

Shirley, William

• Family memoranda 
• In the Boston Athenaem, Boston, Mass., 
• L.C. Check List of Personal Papers (1918) P. 73.

Southack Diary

• August 26 - October 4, 1718 
• By Captain Cyprian Southack of Boston. 
• A journal of his voyage to Louisbourg and return with Captain Smart. Mss. not seen but transcript of it is available at the Mass. Historical Society. (among F. L. Gay papers.)

Smith Diary

• Apr. 18, 1759 - Feb. 6, 1760. 
• By Rueben Smith. 
• Account of his life as a private soldier at Louisbourg. 
• Mss. owned by the late Julius Gay of Farmington, Mass. Unpublished. (Where?)

Rolfe Diary

• 1758.
• By Samuel Rolfe, of Newbury, Mass. 
• Of the campaign to Louisbourg. 26 pages giving the names of those in his company, etc. Mss. owned by Johnathon Kettell in 1845. Cited in Coffin's History of Newbury, p. 409. (where?)

Waite Sea Journal

• By Capt. John Waite, of Falmouth (Portland), Me. 
• (1) Sept. 18, 1753 - Sept. 17, 1759. Mostly logs of short voyages to Louisbourg, New York and Philadelphia.
• (2) Aug. 16 - Oct. 29, 1755. Voyage from Halifax to Chegnecto. Helps transport the Acadians at Grand Manan and Annapolis. Lists of children who died on the voyage.
• (3) Oct. 30 - Nov. 12, 1755. Annapolis to Georgia. 
• (4) Journal in the sloop Swallow towards Quebec in an expedition against the French, commanded by Adm. Saunders and Gen'l Wolfe. Mss. owned by the Maine Historical Society; vol. J. Unpublished, as of 1923.

Waldo, Samuel

• (Mass., Maine; merchant, land speculator, King George's War officer) 
• 1631-1828 
• (2 vols. and 1 map collection)

Warren, Sir Peter, 1703-1752

• Papers, 1744-1751. 
• 1 ft. (ca. 200 items) 
• In William L. Clements Library (Ann Arbor Mich.) Division of Manuscripts. British naval officer. Correspondence and papers relating chiefly to naval affairs. Includes accounts with London agents, the navy commissioners and the treasury; lists of workmen and accounts for fuel and building materials; and reports of troops at Louisbourg. Important correspondents include Samuel and William Baker, and Sir William, 1st bart. Pepperell. 
• Described in Guide to the manuscript collections in the William L. Clements Library, compiled by H. H. Peckham, 1942.

Williams Diary

• July 18, 1745 - Jan. 1749 
• By Rev. Stephen Williams. 
• Written when he was Chaplain in the Louisbourg expedition. 
• Mss. unpublished, owned by the Mass. Hist. Society. 
• Stephen Williams lived at Longmeadow, Mass.

Winslow Diary

• Mar. 1, 1750 - Nov. 28, 1758.
• By Gne. Joshua Winslow, of Boston. 
• Includes the siege of Louisbourg. Rather technical; an account of the ships with some details and personal matters. 
• Mss. owned by James Trott of Niagara Falls, New York. Unpublished, as of 1923. (where?)

Wolcott, Roger

• Journal of the Expedition against Louisbourg, May 31 to July 30, 1745, together with his autobiography. One volume folio, 69 pp. 
• In Library of Congress 
• See L.C.: Handbook of Mss. (1918) p. 192.

Wolcott, Roger

• Letter of 13 March, 1754 to Hon. James Hamilton concerning the Susquehanna Lands, and the Siege of Louisbourg in 1744/5. 
• See L. of C. Handbook of Mss. (1918) p. 76.

IV Printed Journals Available in Canada:

Following is a list of these Journals:

Anon. Military Diary/journal

• November, 1745 - November 1746; 
• official diary of military affairs and news; translated from the French. 
• E. B. O'Callaghan, Docs. Rel. Col. Hist. State New York, X (1858) 38-75.

Anon, Military Journal

• November, 1746 - September 1747 
• Military events and news in Canada; an official diary translated from the French. 
• E. B. O'Callaghan, Docs. Rel. Col. Hist. State New York, X, (1858),  89-132

Anon, Military Journal

• October 1755 - June 1756 
• Military events and news in Canada. 
• E. B. O'Callaghan, Docs. Rel. Col. Hist. State New_York, X (1858), 401-406

Cleaveland Diary

• June 14 - August 23, 1759 
• Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg by Rev. John Cleaveland. 
• He was Chaplain in Col. Jon. Bagley's Company. 
• Published in Essex Inst. Col., vol. 129 p. 13.

Craft Diary

• By Benjamin Craft 
• April 24 - November 5, 174-5 
• May 26 - July 4 missing. 
• A journal of the siege of Louisburg. A good account of daily life in camp; especially the illnesses of the men. Many mentioned by name. Rather short daily entries. 
• Craft died at Louisburg in the Spring of 1746. 
• Published in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., Oct. 1864. pp. 180 to 194. Also in full in "Crafts Family" by W. P. Upham.

Bidwell Diary (The Rev. Adonijah) 1716-1784

• April 14, 1745 - October 8, 1745. 
• (also) a diary of 1749 is mentioned in the Bidwell genealogy. 
• An account of the expedition to Cape Breton. Short entries; many deaths of the men in the army. A list of the vessels in the Cape Breton expedition. 
• Ms. published in the N.E. Hist. Gen. Reg., April, 1873.

Giddings Diary

• March 119 1744 - November 7, 1745 
• By Daniel Giddings, of Ipswich Mass. (Lieut.) 
• Missing: July 19 1744 - Nov. 7, 1745
• "A Jornall to Cape Breton, 1744" Of the siege of Louisburg. Daily events of the trip and religious meditations. 
• Published in Hist. Colls., Essex Inst., Oct. 1912.

Gorham's Sea Journal; Louisburg; Col. John Gorham 1745/1746

• Kept at Louisburg. Partly military. Bound with an earlier diary kept on the sloop Neptune, 1737-1738. 
• The later diary (Louisburg) can be seen in the "N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record," vol. 29 p. 45. 
• Also in Mayflower Descendant, 1903.

Green Diary

• March 24, 1744 - August 22, 1745 
• By Benjamin Green of Danvers, Mass. 
• A journal of the expedition against Louisbourg kept while Green was secretary to Col. Pepperell 
• "None of the original journals or accounts of the enterprise gives a more complete record of the movements of the American forces and so far as known it is the most important journal remaining unpublished at this time". 
• MS. owned by A. Antiq. Soc. Published in Pro. Am. Antiq. Soc., vol. 20.

"Notes from a Journal kept on the Quebec Expedition 1759-1761 by Ashley Bower of Marble Head"

• Essex Institute Historical Collections LXXXVIII (4) Oct., 1952, pp. 336-47 Part of the journal was published in the Essex Institute Historical Collections LXX (3) July, 1934, pp. 227-66.

Proctor, Diary

• May 9, 1759 - November 30, 1760 
• By Capt. Jonathan Proctor, of Danver, Mass.; 
• His personal experiences in the Louisbourg expedition. Weather, arrival of vessels, siege operations, etc. Proctor was 19 at the time. 
• Ms. owned by Thorndoke Earle, Peabody,
• Essex Institute of Historical Collections LXX (1) Jan., 1934, p. 31-57 From the original in the Peabody Museum of Salem.

V. Manuscript Maps in the Clements' Library:

21. Plan du port et de la ville de Louisbourg en l'sle royale et des attaques faites par les Anglais pendant le siege depuis le 8 juin jusqu'an 26 juillet 1758. Scale: I inch to approximately 700 feet. 1 x 26 inches. (overall: 15 x 34 3/4 inches) 

• [new]
• A finished coloured, topographical map of Louisbourg and its immediate surroundings. 
• A legend and the accompanying symbols show the location of six vessels sunk to prevent the entrance of the English into the harbour. 
• A "legende du plan" and "Legende des Batterie retranchees faites par les anglais pendant le Siege en 1758" are keys to the descriptive detail.

27. A plan of Louisbourg. Intended only to show by strong red the public buildings lately erected, and by a faint red such as have had a thorough repair. By John Henry Bastide [C 1745]. Scale: 1 inch to 200 ft. 13 5/8 x 20 1/2 inches.

• A finished, coloured, topographical map of Louisbourg. Listed in a table of "References" are 26 completed repair and building projects. Warren Papers 
• [Yale Map]

28. A plan of Louisbourg surveyed and drawn for his Excellency the Honourable ... Major General Thos. Gage commander in chief of His Majesty's Forces in America. By Eng. George Sproule of the 59th Regt.,(1767). Scale: 1 inch to 200 ft. 20 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches. Overlay: [Citadel Bastion] 3 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.

• A finished, coloured, topographical map of the city and the surrounding area. These are two "explanations": one referring to indicated points on the main map while the other refers to an overlay which portrays the "Project of the Citadel Bastion". The exact longitude and latitude is given as of 26th June 1767. Enclosed in Holland to Gage, 2 July, 1767.
• Gage Papers 
• [have it].

34. A plan of the Harbour of Louisbourg with the adjacent country surveyed by Samuel Holland esgr. surveyor general for the Northern District of North America, drawn by Enan. Geo. Sproule of the 59th Regt. [1767] Scale: 1 inch to approximately 1980 feet. 11 1/4- x 14 3/4 inches. 

• [new]
• A finished, coloured, topographical map showing Louisbourg, the Harbour and some of the surrounding countryside. Soundings in the harbour are indicated as are the principal roads of the vicinity. Various buildings, blockhouses, fisheries,, and. farms are noted. 'Enclosed in Holland to Gage, 2 July, 1767. 
• Gage Papers.

35. A plan of the Island of Cape Britain [sic] reduced from the large survey made by the orders and instructions of the Right Hon. the Lands Commissioners for Trade and Plantations by Samuel Holland, Esq. surveyor general of the Northern District of America with the assistance of his deputies. Drawn for His Excellency the Hon. General Gage commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces in America, etc., by Ensign George Sproule of the 59th Regt., deputy surveyor, 19th April, 1767. Scale 1 inch to 4 miles 38 x 26 3/4 inches. 

44. [Sketch of Louisbourg and the invasion coast 17581 Scale: 1 inch to approximately 2/3 of a mile. 7 1/2  x 14 3/4 inches. 

• A pen and ink outline drawing of part of the coast of Cape Breton Island indicating the towns and physical features of the area. On the same sheet is the "Return of Troops destined for the Attack of Louisbourg Halifax 27th May, 1758". Enclosed in: "Cunningham to Germain, 30 May, 1758. 
• Germain Papers. 
• [new]

45. A survey of the city and fortress of Louisbourg, the harbour, and their environs, from Freshwater Cove in Gabarouse Bay to about a mile to the eastward of the Lighthouse Point; showing the places the forces landed at, with the intrenchments and batteries, the French had made to oppose the same. The encampments of the several regiments during the time the place was besieged, with the redoubts, batteries and approaches of the siege, as also the road, made by His Britannick Majesty's troops to advance the heavy artillery, etc. Surveyed by William Bontein, engineer extraordinary, pursuant to the orders of Major General Amherst, commander in chief under the direction of Col. Bastide, Chief Engineer, etc.

• Copy Richard Coombs. Scales 1 inch to 800 feet 20 1/4 x 46 1/2 inches. 
• A finished, coloured, topographical map. 
• Germain Papers.  
• [new]

[signed:] James R. McCartney.

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