A collection of letters and other documents relating to military events in America, 1757-1765; originally belonging to Colonel Henry Bouquet, who held the rank of Brigadier-General in the English army in America.
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Colonel Henry Bouquet, Brigadier-General in the English Army in America: Letters and documents relating to military events in America: 1757-1765. George III of England: Correspondence and papers of Generals Bouquet and Haldimand in N. America: 1757-1785. America: Bouquet and Haldimand papers r...
ACCOUNTS of disbursements for the maintenance of the troops in S. Carolina; 1757-1758. At f. 16 is the muster-roll of the lst Battalion of the Royal American Regiment. Paper. Folio. South Carolina, America: Disbursements for troops in: 1757-1758. includes: f. 16 Army; England: Muster-roll and...
CORRESPONDENCE between Colonel Bouquet and General Sir Jeffery Amherst, K.B. [afterwards Lord Amherst] Commander-in- Chief in N. America, comprising original letters, drafts and copies, with enclosures, and relating to military affairs; from March, 1759, to Dec. 1763. There are also several orig...
COPIES of Government instructions to General Sir Jeffery Amherst, and of orders of Sir Jeffery to Colonel Bouquet, for the reduction of the 42nd and 77th Regiments, in 1763. Paper. Folio. Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst: Instructions to, from Government, and orders to General Bouquet: 1763.
COPIES of letters from Major-General Hon. Thomas Gage, Commander-in-Chief in N. America, to Colonel Bouquet; Nov. 1763-Feb. 1765. Paper. Quarto. Hon Thomas Gage, Major - General, Governor of Montreal and Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief in America: Correspondence with Col. Bouquet: 1763-1765.
COPIES of letters from Colonel Bouquet to Major-General Gage; Oct. 1763-,June, 1765. Amongst them are also a few letters to Colonels Sir William Johnson, Bart., Bradstreet, and Ried; and to [John] Penn, Governor of Pennsylvania. Paper. Quarto. Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet: Letters to: 1763-...
CORRESPONDENCE of Colonel Bouquet, 1759-1765, with the following persons: 1. Major-General John Stanwix ; Mar. 1759-Apr. 1760, Jan., Apr. 1765, ff. 1-84, 406, 418. 2. Major-General Hon. Robert Monckton; May, 1760-Feb. 1763. Many of the letters of this correspondence are written by Brigade-Majo...
CORRESPONDENCE of Colonel Bouquet with Quarter-Master- General Sir John St clair, and Captain James Sinclair, A.D.Q.M.G.; May, 1758-Aug. 1763. Paper. Folio. Captain James Sinclair, Asst.-Dep.Quart.-Mast.-General in Canada: Correspondence with Col. Bouquet: 1758 1763. Sir John St. Clair, Barone...
CORRESPONDENCE, of Colonel Bouquet with [John Campbell] Earl of Loudoun, Commander-in-Chief in N. America; Apr.-Dec. 1757, ff. 1-27; and with Brigadier-General John Forbes; May, 1758-Feb. [1760?], ff. 28-233, 241. Several of General Forbes's letters are written by Brigade-Major Francis Halkett. ...
CORRESPONDENCE of Colonel Bouquet with Colonel George Washington; July-Nov. 1758; comprising twenty-seven letters of Washington; nearly all of which are holograph. Paper. Folio. George Washington, US President: Correspondence with Col. Bouquet: 1758.
CORRESPONDENCE of Captain Lewis Ourry with Colonel Bouquet; June, 1758-Sept. 1764. Eng. and Fr.; with enclosures. Paper. Folio. Lewis Ourry, Captain: Correspondence with Col. Bouquet: 1758-1764.: Engl. and Fr.
VOL. I. 1754-1758. 1. Letters to Major Lewis Ourry, at Jersey, chiefly from members of his family; Feb. 1754-July 1755, ff. 1-40. 2. Letters to Colonel Henry Bouquet from John Hunter; New York, 8 Sept, 1757, f. 43. [-] Daulnis, Poitiers; 1 Nov. 1757. Fr. f. 45. Colonel John Calcraft; Channel R...
VOL. III. 1760. 1. Letters to Colonel Bouquet, from P. Belestre; Bedford, 8 Jan. Fr. f. 1. Conrad Weiser; Reading, 2 Jan. and 11 Mar., ff. 3, 81. Lieut. James Dow; Pittsburg, 9 Jan. and 2 Mar., ff. 7, 69. Major James Livingston; Fort Cumberland, 9 Jan., f. 9. George Morton; Ligonier, 11 and 27 J...
VOL. IV. Jan.-June, 1761. Letters to Colonel Bouquet, from T. van Hambach; Jan.-June, ff. 1, 52, 72, 95, 123, 192, 228, 297. Major William Walters; Niagara, Jan. June, ff. 3, 147, 162, 208, 285, 322. Captain W. Buckner; Venango, 3 Jan., f. 5. Alexander Lunan; Philadelphia, Jan. May, ff. 6, 40, 5...
VOL. VIII. Jan.-Sept. 1764. 1. Letters to Colonel Bouquet, from William Bayley; Fort Loudoun, 1 Jan., f. 1. Lieut. D. Brehm; Detroit, Jan.-July, ff. 2, 179, 340. Lieut. George McDougall; Detroit, Jan.-Sept., ff. 4, 97, 130, 344, 348, 517. John Christie, J. J. Schlösser, and H. C. Pauli, Ensigns;...
MISCELLANFOUS papers chiefly relating to commissariat business at Forts Bedford, Cumberland, Pitt, Ligonier, etc.; with returns and accounts of the Royal American Regiment; 1758-1765. Paper. Folio. Army; England: Papers relating to army returns and accounts in America: 1758-1765.
PAPERS relating to Indian affairs in America, consisting of minutes of conferences, agreements, copies of news, and speeches addressed to Indians of various tribes; 1758-1765. There are also several letters, most of them addressed to Colonel Bouquet by Captain A. Bosomworth, Colonel Hugh Mercer,...
Copies of public orders issued by Generals Sir Jeffery Amherst, K.B., and Hon. Thomas Gage, Colonel Henry Bouquet, and others; Apr. 1761-Mar. 1765. Paper. Quarto. Hon Thomas Gage, Major - General, Governor of Montreal and Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief in America: General and regimental orde...
GENERAL and regimental orders issued to the forces in North America; 1759-1764: signed by J. Appy, Judge Advocate; Major- General Jeffery Amherst, Commander-in-Chief; Brigadier-General John Stanwix; Colonel Henry Bouquet; William Amherst, Adjutant-General; J. Moncrieffe, Major of Brigade; Major-...
MISCELLANEOUS papers; comprising regimental returns, orders, letters, etc., connected with Colonel Bouquet's commands; 1757- 1765. Among the signatures are those of Colonel George Washington, Captains Edward Ward and J. Bosomworth, Colonel John Armstrong, Brigadier-General John Stanwix, Colonel ...
CASH-BOOKS for 1757 and 1758; giving the accounts of five companies of the Royal American Regiment, under Colonel Henry Bouquet; and of the 1st Highland Battalion, commanded by Lieut.- Colonel Hon. Archibald Montgomery, at Charlestown, South Carolina. Paper. Folio. Hon Archibald Montgomery, Lie...
COPIES of the inventory of the effects and sales of sundry goods, belonging to the late Brigadier-General Bouquet; dat. Pensacola, Sept.-Oct. 1765; with a copy of his will, dat. Philadelphia, 19 Apr. 1765, at f. 13; and a letter from Lieut. Francis Hutcheson to Captain Thomas Varlo, administrato...
The official correspondence and papers of Lieut.- General Sir Frederick Haldimand, K. B., commanding at various posts in North America, and afterwards Governor of the Province of Quebec; 1758-1785.
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Sir Frederic Haldimand, KB, General, Commander - in - Chief in N America, and Governor of Quebec: Official correspondence and papers during his various commands: 1758 - 1785. George III of England: Correspondence and papers of Generals Bouquet and Haldimand in N. America: 1757-1785. America: B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand with General Sir Jeffery [afterwards Lord] Amherst, K.B., Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in North America, on military affairs; 1758- l777. There are also a few letters from Brigadier-General John Stanwix and Major A. Monypenny, his Secretary; dat. A...
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand with General Hon. Thomas Gage, Commander-in-Chief in North America, on military affairs; 1758-1777. In four volumes. Original letters and drafts, written during General Haldimand's commands at the following places:
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Hon Thomas Gage, Major - General, Governor of Montreal and Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief in America: Correspondence with (Gen. Haldimand and Col. Tayler: 1758-1777.
VOL. I. Three Rivers, in Lower Canada; 1758-1766. At the end of this volume are some letters from General Gage to Colonel William Tayler, Acting Brigadier-General at Pensacola; Florida, 1766.
VOL. IV. Pensacola and New York; 1771-1777; at the latter place for some time acting Commander-in-Chief during the absence of General Gage. Paper. Folio.
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand with 1. Brigadier-General John Stanwix, commanding the Camp, Governor's Island, near New York, etc.; Aug. 1756-Mar. 1758. 2. Lieut.-Colonel James Robertson; New York, etc., Dec. 1757-Jan. 1775. 3. Major-General James Abercromby, Commander-in-Chief in North...
COPIES of reports of the state of government of Quebec, in 1762; and of Three Rivers and Montreal, in 1763; rendered by the respective Governors, Generals James Murray, Sir Ralph Burton, and Hon. Thomas Gage. Paper. Folio. Three Rivers Province, Canada: Papers relating to the government of, and...
TRANSACTIONS of General James Murray's administration during his government of Quebec; drawn up in answer to complaints made against him; 1764-1766. Paper. Folio. General Hon James Murray, Successively Governor of Quebec and Minorca: Account of his administration at Quebec: 1764-1766.
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand, during his government of Three Rivers, with Brigadier-General Sir Ralph Burton, Governor of Montreal; 1762-1765. At the beginning are a few letters from Major-General Sir Jeffery Amherst, Commander-in- Chief, to Governor Burton; 1760-1763. Paper. Folio. Sir ...
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand with Colonel Sir William Johnson, Bart., of Johnson Hall, New York, and Colonel Guy Johnson; together with other papers relating to Indian affairs; 1759-1774. There are also letters from Frederick Smyth, Chief Justice of New Jersey; dat. Perth-Amboy, 5 Aug. 17...
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand and Brigadier- General Tayler, Commander of the Forces in Florida, with various persons, and other papers relating to Indian affairs; 1765-1774. Two volumes. Paper. Folio.
VOL. I. 1. Letters to Brigadier General Tayler, from Don Manuel Phelix Riesch; 4 Feb., 13 Aug. 1766. Span. ff. 8, 33. Francis Poussett; Mobile, 17 June, 1766, f. 10. Ch. Stuart, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs: Mobile, June, 1766- Mar. 1767, ff. 11, 90, 188. James Germany; Muckolassies T...
VOL. II. 1. Correspondence of General Haldimand, commanding in Florida and at New York, with Hon. John Stuart at Charlestown, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern District of North America; 1770-1774. With numerous enclosures. There are also letters to General Haldimand and others, ...
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand, chiefly with Governors of the Provinces of North America and other Colonies; 1765- 1774. There are original letters from George Johnstone, Governor of West Florida; 13 Jan. 1767, f. 4. Montfort Browne, Lieut.-Governor of West Florida; Pensacola, 1767-1769, ff...
LETTER-BOOK of General Haldimand, commanding in Florida; 1768-1770. Paper. Folio. Florida, North America: Papers and letters relating to Gen. Haldimand's command in: 1763 -1774.
LETTERS and papers, relating chiefly to Ordnance affairs at Pensacola, during General Haldimand's command in Florida; 1765- 1773. The letters, which are principally addressed to General Haldimand, are from George Johnstone, Governor of West Florida; Pensacola, June, 1765, ff. 18, 20. John Willia...
ACCOUNT-BOOK of disbursements made in the public service, during General Haldimand's command at Pensacola and St. Augustine in Florida; 1767-1773. Paper. Folio. St. Augustine, Florida: Public accounts, during Gen. Haldimand's command: 1767-1773. Pensacola, Florida: Accounts, ordnance papers, e...
REGIMENTAL returns, orders, accounts, and papers relating to the Ordnance and Commissariat Departments, etc., during General Haldimand's command in Florida; 1763-1774. Amongst the signatures are those of General Hon. Thomas Gage; Major Robert Farmar, 34th Regt., commanding at Mobile; R. Walsh, L...
GENERAL ORDERS and letters addressed to the commanding officers at Niagara, by Generals Sir Jeffery Amherst and Hon. Thomas Gage, Commanders-in-Chief in North America; and by Deputy-Adjutant-General Richard Maitland; Sir William Johnson, Bart.; and General Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of Quebec; 1...
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand with Messrs. Hugh and Alexander Wallace, of New York, and George Ross and Gray, of London, Military Agents; 1765-1778; with a few enclosures. There are also two letters from Captain Samuel Holland; Hudson's River, 8 Sept. 1769, f. 68; and Colonel James Roberts...
LETTERS from Major Francis Hutcheson, of the 60th Regt., to General Haldimand; dat. from Boston, Halifax, Camp at Staten Island, New York, etc.; 1775-1778. At the beginning are warrants signed by General Hon. Thomas Gage and Dr. Charles Gould [afterwards Sir Charles Gould Morgan, Bart.], Judge-A...
PAPERS relating to the government of Three Rivers in Canada, and to the ironworks in that district; principally during General Haldimand's command; 1760-1767. Paper. Folio. Three Rivers Province, Canada: Papers relating to the government of, and ironworks in: 1760-1767.
PAPERS of the proceedings of courts-martial held at Ray's Town, Fort Pitt, Pensacola, etc., by order of Colonel Bouquet, Brigadier-General Tayler, General Haldimand, and others; 1758- 1779. There are also 1. An order for holding courts-martial addressed to the commanding officer of the 60th [Roy...
GENERAL ORDERS and instructions issued by General Hon. Thomas Gage, Commander-in-Chief; Richard Maitland, Deputy-Adjutant-General; Colonel James Robertson, Barrack-Master-General; James Murray, Governor of Quebec; and George Johnstone, Governor of West Florida; 1763-1777. With signatures. Paper....
1. Copies of Government Instructions to the Office of Ordnance at Quebec; 1771, f. 1. 2. Treasury Minutes regulating military expenses in America; 1764- 1767, f. 9. 3. Rules and directions for the government of barracks in Canada, issued by General Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec [17...
COPIES of accounts and papers relating to the farm of Long Meadow, in Maryland, belonging to General Haldimand; 1766. Paper. Quarto. Long Meadow Farm; Maryland: Accounts and papers of Gen. Haldimand, relating to: 1766.
JOURNALS of voyages and exploring expeditions in various parts of North America; 1750-1773. The following maps and plans occur: 1. The country round Ticonderoga, by Lieut. E. Meyer; 1758, f. 30. 2. Lake Ontario, by D. B.; 31 July, 1760, f. 32. 3. The Ouabache, from Post Vincent to the Ohio, ...
MISCELLANEOUS papers, regimental returns, orders, accounts, etc., relating to the troops in North America; 1756-1776. There are also some original letters, addressed to Generals Haldimand, and Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of Quebec, and others, by the following persons: Lieut Thomas Gamble, Assist...
LIST of warrants granted by General Haldimand, holding the chief command in North America, for contingent and extraordinary expenses; 1773-1774. Two volumes. Paper. Folio.
CASH-ACCOUNT of Major Francis Hutcheson, Paymaster to the Commander-in-Chief, at New York; 1773-1774. Paper. Folio. Francis Hutcheson, Major, Paymaster in N America: Accounts: 1773, 1774.
COPIES of letters from General Haldimand, holding the chief command in North America, to John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury; July, 1773-July, 1774. With enclosures. Paper. Folio. John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury: Correspondence with Gen. Haldimand: 1773-1786.
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand, holding the chief command in North America, with [William Legge] Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State; 1773-1775. Originals and copies, with enclosures. The signature of George III. is attached to an order for leave of absence to General Haldimand, f. 116. P...
CORRESPONDENCE of General Haldimand with [William Wildman Barrington] Viscount Barrington, Secretary-at-War; 1764- 1777. There are also two letters to General Haldimand from General Sir Jeffery Amherst; Whitehall, 29 Sept. 1775, f. 127; and Lieut.-General Edward Harvey; Cleveland, 24 Sept. 1777,...
CORRESPONDENCE of the English Ministers with Generals Amherst and Gage, Commanders-in-Chief in America; and with Generals Hon. James Murray and Sir Guy Carleton, Governors of Quebec; 1760-1778. Moist of the letters are copies or duplicates, with enclosures. The following autograph signatures occ...
COPIES of letters from the Ministers to General Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of Quebec; 1777-1779. Paper. Folio. Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Correspondence with English ministers: 1760-1783.
COPIES of letters from General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, to Lord George [Sackville] Germain, Secretary of State; John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury; and [John Montagu] Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty; 1777-1779. With a few papers relating to Montreal. Paper. Folio. John...
LETTERS from Lord George [Sackville] Germain [afterwards Viscount Sackville], Secretary of State, and William Knox, his Assistant Secretary, to General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec; 1777-1782. With enclosures. Two volumes. Paper. Folio.
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William Knox, Assistant-Secretary of State: Letters to Gen. Haldimand: 1777-1784. Lord George Sackville-Germain, afterwards Viscount Sackville, Secretary of State: Correspondence with Gen. Haldimand: 1777 - 1782.
LETTERS to General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, from the English Ministers-Welbore Ellis [afterwards Lord Mendip], Secretary of State; [William Fitz-Maurice] Earl of Shelburne [afterwards Marquess of Lansdowne], and [Frederick] Lord North [afterwards Earl of Guildford], Secretaries of State fo...
LETTERS from the Treasury to General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, signed by the successive Secretaries, John Robinson, Sir Grey Cooper, Bart.., Richard Burke, George Rose, and Thomas Steele; 1777-1786. There are also letters from the Board of Trade, 1780-1781, signed by [Thomas Robinson] Lord Grantham, Hon. Thomas de Grey [afterwards Lord Walsingham], Andrew Stuart, Sir Hans Sloane, Edward Gibbon, and Benjamin Langlois; and from General Sir Guy Carleton; Jenningsbury, 27 Aug. 1779; and Fra...
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Thomas de Grey, Under Secretary of State for the American département, 2nd Baron Walsingham (1781): Letters to Gen. Haldimand: 1778-1788.
Vol. I. Benjamin Langlois: Letters to Gen. Haldimand: 1780, 1781. Thomas Steele, Secretary of the Treasury (1783-1791): Letters to Gen. Haldimand: 1777 -1790. John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury: Correspondence with Gen. Haldimand: 1773-1786. Sir Grey Cooper, politician: Letters to Gen....
Vol. II. Benjamin Langlois: Letters to Gen. Haldimand: 1780, 1781. Thomas Steele, Secretary of the Treasury (1783-1791): Letters to Gen. Haldimand: 1777 -1790. John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury: Correspondence with Gen. Haldimand: 1773-1786. Sir Grey Cooper, politician: Letters to Gen...
LETTERS to General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, from the successive Secretaries-at-War [William Wildman Barrington], Viscount Barrington; Charles Jenkinson [afterwards Earl of Liverpool]; Thomas Townshend [afterwards Viscount Sydney]; Sir George Yonge, Bart.; and Colonel Hon. Richard Fitz-Patr...
LETTERS to General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, from 1. The Lords of the Admiralty [John Montagu] Earl of Sandwich; John Buller; [Wilmot Vaughan] Earl of Lisburne; Henry Penton; Robert Man; George Darby; Bamber Gascoigne; Hon. Charles Francis Greville; and [Richard Howe] Viscount [afterwards E...
REGISTER of letters to General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, from the Treasury; 1778-1782; and from the War Office; 1778 1785; and of letters from the General to the War Office; 1778 1783. Paper. Small Quarto.
REGISTER of letters to General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, from the Treasury ; 1783-1786; the Board of Trade; 1780, 1781; and the Ordnance, Navy, and Admiralty Offices; 1779-1782. Paper. Small Quarto.
REGISTER of letters from General Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, to the English Ministry. Arranged in chronological order, in three volumes Paper. Folio.
REGISTER of letters to the Ministry from General Haldimand, when Governor of Quebec, 1778-1784; and after his return to England, 1785-1790. Two volumes. Paper. Folio.