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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• [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]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 [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)] [Based on: Fortress of Louisbourg, "Guide to Louisbourg Journals," Unpublished Report H J 43 (Fortress of Louisbourg, Not Dated)]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

• New London Historical Society

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

• Sold on December 18, 1929 by Sotheby's

•  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

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• 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)]

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.

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  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

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

• Louis Auguste Rossel [DeRossel], "Journal De Ma Compagne A L'Ile Royale", Rapport De L'Archiviste De La Province De Québec pour 1931-1932.

1757:
Holburne's Journal for the 1757 
expedition against Louisbourg ..... 

• England: Public Record Office, London, Series Admiralty 50: Admirals' Journals

1757:
Grillot de Poilly

•  Itineraire du voyage fait ... par M^r 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 .....

• England: Public Record Office, London, Series Admiralty 50: Admirals' Journals

.... 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

• Sold July 25, 1932 by Sotheby's

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: 

[ http://link.library.utoronto.ca/champlain/browse_results.cfm?lang=eng&browsetype=Subject&query=Amherst,%20Jeffrey%20Amherst,%20Baron,%201717-1797. ]

• 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

• © Colden, Lord Cadwallader, 1688-1776, Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden, vol. 5: 1755-1760. New York, NY: New York Historical Society, 1923, pp. 452 - http://www.alexanderstreet2.com/EENA/index.html  

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

• Sold July 3, 1933 by Sotheby

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 

• Léon Jacob, Un Journal Inédit du Siège de Louisbourg (Ile Cape - Breton) En 1758. (Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan, 1913)

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: 

[ http://link.library.utoronto.ca/champlain/browse_results.cfm?lang=eng&browsetype=Subject&query=Amherst,%20Jeffrey%20Amherst,%20Baron,%201717-1797. ]

• [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

•  Extrait de mon Journal

•  F3, Volume 50, 1758, ff. 539-602v

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: 

  [ http://link.library.utoronto.ca/champlain/browse_results.cfm?lang=eng&browsetype=Subject&query=Amherst,%20Jeffrey%20Amherst,%20Baron,%201717-1797. ]

• 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

• In PAC, MG 18, N 21, Série Documents Anterieurs à la Cession - Pre-Conquest Papers

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

[Go to the Transcript]

•  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 1^st to November 10^th 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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