Swain Report Special: War Office 28, Regimental HQ Papers, Installment 5

In the latest installment of this special series, Library Research Assistant David Swain adds a new installment to his catalog of War Office 28. This section covers several of the more un-loved and under-studied elements of the army: the various support departments. In particular, this set of WO 28 covers the general hospital, engineers, and general staff, as well as garrison muster rolls that were the product of over-worked muster-masters hired to keep the military paperwork in order. While these departments seldom figure in conventional narratives of the war, the work they did in taking care of wounded and ill soldiers, maintaining and building roads and structures, and insuring the smooth operations of the army across the whole of Canada made a significant impact in both the course and the experience of the conflict. It is hoped that David's good work in opening these documents for more detailed exploration will help to shed light on these under-appreciated elements of the British Army.

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British War Office 28—American Headquarters Records
Annotated List of Contents—Part 6 (Reel 5)


The David Library holds microfilm copies of the British War Office 28 Records, parts 2 through 10 (1775-1785), contained on 8 reels, as follows:

28.2 Letters, returns, etc (reel 1, 176 documents)
28.3 Letters, returns, etc. continued (reel 2, 197 documents)
28.4 Butler’s Rangers; Canadian Fencible Corps; Jessup’s Rangers; Roger’s Rangers; Royal Highland Emigrants (84th Regiment); McAlpin’s Volunteer Corps (reel 3 (part), 223 documents)
28.5 Royal Regiment of New York, Rogers’ King’s Rangers, Barrack Master General’s Department (reel 3 (part), 33 documents; reel 4, 147 documents)
28.6 General Hospital Department; garrison returns; Engineers Department (reel 5, 204 documents)
28.7 Montreal; ordnance; Quartermaster-General’s Department; St. Johns; Sorel (reel 5; reel 6)
28.8 Three Rivers, petitions and memorials; Germans; Carleton Isle, Cataraqui, Oswego (reel 6)
28.9 Miscellaneous letters, memorials, order books, etc. (reel 7)
28.10 Miscellaneous returns etc. (reel 8)





Note: The compiler of this annotated list has numbered the microfilmed documents consecutively within each reel. These numbers do not appear on the microfilm and are used here only to maintain a sense of order in the contents.

“Letterbooks” among these documents are not actually bound books but are folders of separate-page letters kept at the time by regiments. The microfilm copies of these letters are mostly in chronological order, with a few exceptions. Apparently at a later time, archivists added consecutive printed numbers to the letter pages within each part. These printed numbers are noted in this list for each letterbook or document set.



28.6. General Hospital Department; garrison returns; Engineers Department (Reel 5)


Summary contents:

* Hospitals, returns and letters, 1776-1781: 45 documents; documents 1 through 45; printed page numbers 1 through 54

* General Hospital Department, returns and letters, 1782-1783: 37 documents; documents 46 through 82; printed page numbers 55 through 100

* Garrison states and returns from the upper posts, 1780-1782: 44 documents; documents 83 through 126; printed page numbers 101 through 143

* Garrison states and returns of the upper posts, 1781-1783: 37 documents; documents 127 through 163; printed page numbers 144 through 181

* General staff of the Northern Army; garrison staff, 1776-1783: 15 documents; documents 164 through 178; printed page numbers 182 through 204

* Engineers Department, letters and papers, 1777-1783: 26 documents; documents 179 through 204; printed page numbers 205 through 233)


Itemized, annotated contents:

Hospitals, returns and letters, 1776-1781: 45 documents with dates from February 28, 1776 through December 4, 1781 (printed page numbers 1 through 54)

1. February 28, 1776
“Instructions for the direction of the Hospital established for the Forces in Canada”; copy; original signed by Lord William Barrington, British secretary of war, at the War Office

2. December 24, 1776
“A List of Officers of the Hospital serving under the Command of His Excellency Sir Guy Carleton K. B. Commander in Chief”

3. May 26, 1777
“Proposed Disposition of the Hospital”; signed by Robert Knox, inspector of the hospitals; dated at the end of the document, Montreal, July 1, 1778


4. June 3, 1777
“Return of the Officers of the Hospital to remain in Canada”’; signed at Montreal by Knox

5. November 3, 1777
“A return of the Hospital Staff in Canada”; signed by Knox

6. January 5, 1778
“A Return of the Hospital Staff in Canada”; signed at Montreal by Knox

7. February 17, 1778
From Thomas Prendergast, surgeon at the general hospital, at Three Rivers, to Captain Francis Le Maistre, deputy adjutant general, at Quebec
Concerning a complaint against Major Berner of the German Chasseurs about a dispute over housing

8. April 30, 1778
“Return of the Hospital Staff in Canada”; signed at Montreal by Knox

9. July 1, 1778
“Return of the Hospital Staff in Canada”; signed at Montreal by Knox

10. July 1, 1778
“Return of the Hospital Staff in Canada”; signed at Montreal by Knox [a second manuscript copy of the previous document]

11. July 2, 1778
From Knox at Montreal to Le Maistre at Quebec
Informing Le Maistre that he is about to leave for England, consistent with prior approvals

12. July 6, 1778
From William Barr, Esquire, purveyor of the hospital staff, at Montreal, to Le Maistre
Enclosing lists requested by Barrington and certificates to be signed by Carleton and the deputy pay master general; concerning the change of inspectors [lists and certificates not microfilmed]

13. July 6, 1778
From Knox at Montreal to Le Maistre at Quebec
Informing Le Maistre that Barr will be handling pay matters and explaining what will be needed done in that regard


14. July 6, 1778
From George Shepherd, hospital mate, at Montreal, to Le Maistre
Requesting permission to return home to deal with “the situation of my private affairs [that] absolutely requires my presence”

15. July 6, 1778
From Barr at Montreal to General Frederick Haldimand, commander in chief for Canada
Enclosing returns of the staff of the hospitals in Canada [not microfilmed]

16. July 16, 1778
From D. Caldwell, apothecary to the army, at Montreal, to Le Maistre at Quebec
Requesting that a certificate be signed of his having been on duty on the hospitals staff since January 1, 1776, so that he can be paid

17. August 25, 1778
From Barr at Montreal to “Your Excellency” [probably Haldimand]
Reporting that plans are progressing for a hospital in the “Quebec Suburbs” in a house that is adequate except for an expected small expenditure to winterize the building; reporting that this will save 2,800 Livres per year in rent to the Hotel Dieu now used as a hospital in the area; expressing that “I have a very serious reason for not being willing to have Protestant Sick in a Convent or Nunnery. It has been said & I believe with truth, that the Nuns of the Hotel Dieu have killed some of our Sick by tampering with them about their conversion, when in a state of great weakness of Body & mind”

18. August 27, 1778
From Barr at Montreal to Le Maistre
Concerning rent of the new hospital building and appendages, which will total “one Hundred Pounds Halifax” per year, plus winterization costs of between 150 and 200 Pounds, resulting in a hospital sufficiently large for between 120 and 130 patients

19. September 12, 1778
From A. Mabane, surgeon, at Montreal, to Le Maistre
Enclosing a return for the garrison hospital at Quebec [not microfilmed]

20. [no date]
“A Report of the Sick in the Garrison Hospital of Quebec from the 17 to the 27th September 1778”, including those in the General Hospital and the Hotel Dieu; signed by Mabane

21. September 28, 1778
From Mabane at Quebec to Le Maistre
Enclosing a report of the garrison hospital [document 20]

22. [no date]
A Report of the Sick in the Garrison Hospital of Qubec from the 28 Sept’r to the 4th Oct’r 1778 Inclusive”, including the General Hospital and the Hotel Dieu; signed by Mabane and by Hugh Alexander Kennedy, physician & inspector

23. October 5, 1778
From Mabane at Quebec to Le Maistre
Enclosing a report of the garrison hospital [not microfilmed]

24. October 11, 1778
From Mabane at Quebec to Le Maistre
Enclosing a report of the garrison hospital [not microfilmed]

25. October 27, 1778
From John Graves at Machiche to Le Maistre
Requesting assistance in obtaining “Medicines for the Royalists at this Place”; having been told by the apothecary at Montreal that “they are Very Scarce” and that he “could not Let me have Such things as I wanted without an Order from the General”

26. September 30, 1779
From Barr at Montreal to Le Maistre at Quebec
Reporting that quantities of medical supplies have been delivered by the ships Eagle and Three Brothers but that he will send invoices if additional supplies are needed

27. October 7, 1779
From Kennedy at Montreal to Le Maistre at Quebec
Reporting that “Captain MacDougal of the Emigrants” arrived from Carleton Island with a certificate stating his indisposition to conduct his duties to recruit loyalists because of a “complaint of his kidneys, which I think deserves the strictest attention to medical Regimen” [microfilmed twice]

28. [no date]
“Return of His Majesty’s Hospitals in Canada from the 8th to 14th December 1779”, including Three Rivers, Montreal, and St. Johns; signed by Barr

29. January 2, 1780
From Barr at Three Rivers to Le Maistre
Enclosing depositions of 56 royalists at Machiche

30. [no date]
“Return of His Majesty’s Hospitals in Canada from the 29th December 1779 to 4th January 1780”, including Three Rivers, Montreal, and St. Johns; signed by Barr


31. July 14, 1780
From Barr at Three Rivers to Le Maistre at Quebec
A chest of medicines for the Quebec garrison hospital is being sent by bateau and should arrive soon

32. [no date]
“Return of His Majesty’s Hospitals in Canada from 27th September to 3rd October 1780”; including Three Rivers, Montreal, and St. Johns; signed by Barr

33. [no date]
“Return of His Majesty’s Hospitals in Canada from the 18th to 24th October 1780”; including Three Rivers, Montreal, and St. Johns; signed by Barr

34. February 5, 1781
From Major Richard Berringer Lernoult, adjutant general, at Quebec, to Barr
Two new surgeons having been appointed, William Menzies to succeed Dr. Davison in the 84th Regiment of Foot and Andrew Graves to succeed Dr. Curie in the 53rd Regiment of Foot, the hospital staff is asked to supply two surgeon’s mates to assist them

35. February 9, 1781
From Barr at Three Rivers to Lernoult
Explaining difficulties in responding to Lernoult’s request for two surgeon’s mates and suggesting an alternative approach

36. February 12, 1781
From Lernoult at Quebec to Barr
Concurring with Barr’s approach to meet the need for two surgeon’s mates; suggesting that sending a mate to relieve Dr. Menzies at Detroit can wait until spring

37. [no date]
“Return of His Majesty’s Hospitals in Canada from the 21st to 27th Feb’ry 1781”, including Three Rivers, Montreal, and St. Johns; signed by Barr

38. [no date]
“Return of His Majesty’s Hospitals in Canada from 28th March to 3 April 1781”, including Three Rivers, Montreal, and St. Johns; signed by Barr

39. [no date]
“Return of His Majesty’s Hospitals in Canada from 11th to 17th April 1781”, including Three Rivers, Montreal, and St. Johns; signed by Barr


40. July 23 1781
From William Menzies, surgeon of the 84th Regiment, at Sorel, to Lernoult at Quebec
Concerning two drummer boys of the King’s or 8th Regiment, who need a disposition, perhaps with the Music Master of the 34th

41. November 26, 1781
From Le Maistre to Barr
Concerning “destroying shore provisions reported unfit for use at Three Rivers”

42. December 4, 1781
From Barr at Three Rivers to Le Maistre
Reporting that the condemned provisions cannot be sunk in the river, as suggested, until the ice in the river dissipates

43. [no date]
Formal lists of the “Full Diet”, “Half Diet”, and “Low Diet” served at the hospitals
Signed by Knox

44. [no date]
A scrap of paper identified as a list of “Patients to be sent up to Three Rivers” with names of men from the 44th Regiment, Fraser’s corps, and the 8th Regiment, along with their “complaints”

45. [no date]
From Kennedy to [?]
Enclosing returns of “Invalids”, including those from the “29th, 53rd, 31st Reg’s Highland Emigrants, and a few of the 47th Reg’t”


General Hospital Department, returns and letters, 1782-1783: 37 documents with dates from February 25, 1782 through November 17, 1783 (printed page numbers 55 through 100)

46. February 25, 1782
From Hugh Alexander Kennedy, physician and inspector, at Three Rivers, to Major Richard Berringer Lernoult, adjutant general, at Quebec
Requesting assistance in providing needed medicine for the 53rd Regiment

47. April 26, 1782
From Kennedy at Three Rivers to Lernoult
Requesting assistance in providing needed medicine for the Royal New York, 44th, and 84th Regiments


48. August 4, 1782
From Kennedy at Three Rivers to Le Maistre at Quebec
Enclosing a list of staff of the General Hospital, along with the post of each [perhaps document 55]

49. August 21, 1782
From R. McAusland at Niagara to Lernoult
Offering thanks for medical instruments received upon arrival from Detroit; various personal matters

50. October 8, 1782
From Thomas Prendergast, surgeon’s mate, at Three Rivers, to Kennedy at Three Rivers
Requesting permission to resign his position because of “private affairs requiring my personal attention”

51. October 4, 1782
From Kennedy at Three Rivers to Lernoult at Quebec
Enclosing Prendergast’s request to resign [document 50] and supporting its acceptance

52. [no date]
From Kennedy at Three Rivers to Lernoult
Supporting the request of Mr. James Connor, hospital mate, the “eldest Extra Mate belonging to the General Hosp’l”, to be made a “Regular Mate”

53. October 30, 1782
From Kennedy to Lernoult
Reporting at having followed orders to send Thomas Prendergast to Oswego “in order to assist in taking care of the sick of that Post”; having provided instructions to Prendergast on the treatment of scurvy

54. November 26, 1782
From Kennedy at Three Rivers to Lernoult
Reporting he has responded expeditiously to a request for medicines to be sent to the garrison at Carleton Island; reporting that other posts have recently received medicines

55. [no date]
A list of the staff of the general hospital of Canada with the locations of their posts; signed by Kennedy [may be the enclosure to document 48]

56. January 10, 1783
From Prendergast at Oswego to Lernoult at Quebec
Renewing his request to resign; hoping that his service since 1766 “has been agreeable to my superiors”

57. April 12, 1783
From Prendergast at Oswego to Lernoult at Quebec
Writing a third time requesting permission to resign

58. [no date]
From Kennedy to Lernoult
Reporting an application from Major General de Loas [?] of Lossberg’s Regiment for medicines needed by the regiment’s surgeon and available from the General Hospital; seeking guidance on how to proceed

59. June 24, 1783
“A Return of the Officers of the General Hospital”; at Three Rivers, signed by William Barr, purveyor for the General Hospital of Canada; headquarters note on reverse side “Copy Sent the War Office by the Grace 9th Nov’r Duplicate by the Three Sisters Entered”

60. June 26, 1783
From Prendergast at Oswego to Lernoult at Quebec
Fourth request to resign, with more personal details of the reasons for his request, including an elderly father and his own poor health; note on the envelope “to write to Major Ross to give leave to Surg’s Mt. Prendergast to come down to Quebec direct at Carleton Island”

61. July 1, 1783
From Kennedy to Lernoult
Requesting a leave of absence “till next Spring, in order to settle and arrange a property lately bequeath’d to my children by their Grand Father”

62. July 10, 1783
From Lernoult to Prendergast
Reporting that he has written to Major Ross “that if the service can any Way dispence with your Attendance at the Post under his Command, he will permit you to come down to Quebec, there to learn his Excellency’s further Commands”

63. August 2, 1783
From Lernoult at Quebec to Kennedy
Informing Kennedy that his expenses in stationery and postage should be included in the contingent account of the general hospital

64. August 6, 1783
A statement of “Public Testimony” verifying that Mr. James Connor, Mate to the General Hospital in Canada, has served well for seven years; signed at the General Hospital in Montreal by Kennedy, Surgeon Pennel Cole, and [?] to the Army Richard Monington


65. August 7, 1783
From Prendergast at Oswego to Lernoult at Quebec
Informing Lernoult that Major Ross ordered him “to Remain here untill further orders” and expressing “my disagreeable situation at the disapointment”; asking again that the commander in chief be informed “that I must earnestly Request his indulgence to quit the Service”; including a separate, unsigned, undated page with the following as a partial quote “As a Gentleman & Friend, I beg leave to Request that Relative to any further orders concerning me I may not be left in the power of Major Ross…[because] he would do any thing in his power to hurt me”

66. August 21, 1783
From Brigadier General Allan Maclean at Niagara to [? probably Lernoult]
Statement by Maclean of crimes by James Connor, surgeon’s mate of the General Hospital; stating that MacLean had had Connor arrested “for having gone on board His Majesty’s Ship ;the Seneca at three O’Clock in the morning…having no business whatever there” and raising quite a ruckus on two ships

67. September 11, 1783
From Lernoult to Barr
Enclosing the statement of Connor’s crimes [document 66]; informing Barr that His Excellency “has determined…to dispense with his further Service” and ordering Barr to inform Connor “without Delay”; appears to be a draft letter with substantial editing

68. September 22, 1783
From Lernoult to Barr
Forwarding a request from Lieutenant Colonel David Dundas for medical supplies for the post at Niagara; requesting that they be sent via Captain Maurer at Montreal

69. September 29, 1783
From Lernoult to Barr
Ordering Barr to send Pennel Cole to Quebec, pursuant to an enclosed letter from Cole [not microfilmed]

70. September 30, 1783
From Barr at Three Rivers to Lernoult at Quebec
Responding that the medical supplies requested for Niagara had been put on a vessel bound for Montreal and directed to Captain Maurer


71. October 3 [1783]
From Connor at Quebec to “Your Excellency” General Haldimand
Responding to the commander in chief’s termination of his service, stating that “My Situation I admit subjected me to the Military Orders but could not in any Degree to the illiberal and ungenerous abuse of any Commanding Officer”, referring specifically to “the unmerited and undeserving usage I received from Brigadier McLean at Niagara” and therefore feeling “obliged to throw myself wholly on your Excellency’s known Candor and Humanity”; headquarters note “to be refer’d to B. G. Macleans arrival”

72. October 10, 1783
From Connor at Quebec to Lernoult
Still upset about his “distress’d & Unhappy situation”; referring to the “arbitrary & Ignominious treatment I have met with”; now beset by creditors; requesting Lernoult’s assistance in obtaining His Excellency’s favor, as Connor is “convinced he is too Just to condemn & deprive me of my [?] without a hearing”; headquarters note on envelope “acc’d and answered the same Evening”

73. October 10, 1783
From Connor at Three Rivers to Lernoult at Quebec
Agreeing reluctantly to follow Lernoult’s advice to wait until Maclean comes from Niagara

74. October 19, 1783
From Pennel Cole at Quebec to Lernoult at Quebec
Expressing thanks for having been granted leave to return to Europe

75. October 28, 1783
From Connor at Montreal to Lernoult at Quebec
Since Maclean is going to Quebec, Connor wants to go there as well but lacks the financial means or official permission; requesting assistance

76. [no date]
“Return of his Majestys Hospitals in Canada from the 22nd to 28th of October 1783”, including Three Rivers, Quebec, and Montreal; signed by Barr

77. November 3, 1783
From Mclean to Connor (copy sent to headquarters)
In response to Connor’s letter to him, informing Connor that “in my opinion your being dismissed the Service, is but a very mild punishm’t for Your conduct at Niagara”; however, he has “spoke to the Genr’l in Your favor & he has been pleased to permit me to tell you that provided You will acknowledge Your Folly & that You will avoid future scrapes…& mind your business, he will permit You to remain” in the “hospital establishment”


78. November 10, 1783
From Connor at Montreal to Lernoult
Enclosing a letter from Maclean [document 77] and offering thanks to “His Excellency…for his humanity & goodness in forgiving the impropriety of my conduct at Niagara”

79. November 17, 1783
From Lernoult to Connor [copy of letter]
Acknowledging receipt of Connor’s letter with enclosure of Maclean’s letter [documents 78 and 77 respectively]; confirming that Connor will be “reinstated” as hospital mate; stating with confidence that Connor’s future conduct “will be such in every Respect as will do credit to those Friends who have interested themselves in Your favor”

80. November 17, 1783
From Lernoult at Quebec to Dr. William Barr, Esquire
Informing Barr of His Excellency’s decision “to look over Mr. Jas. Connor’s bad Conduct” and ordering him to reinstate Connor [copy of letter written on same page as document 79]

81. [no date]
“List of the Hospital Staff who draw their pay in Canada”

82. “Saturday Morn’g 9 oClock”
Unsigned note from Connor to Lernoult
“Mr. Connor begs leave to inform Major Lernoult that his lodging…is very expensive he is exceedingly solicitous to Know his fate”


Garrison states and returns from the upper posts, 1780-1782: 44 documents with dates from August 28, 1780 to December 24, 1782 (printed page numbers 101 through 143)

83. August 28, 1780
“Return of the Staff of the Garrison of Quebec”; signed by Town Major Thomas Faunce

84. December 24, 1781
“Return of the Staff of the Garrison Quebec”; signed by Faunce


85. January 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes Garrisoned by the 8th or King’s Regiment of Foot”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; also including Royal Artillery; also including “Return of the Number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th Novem’r & 24th Decem’r 1781 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Brigadier General Henry Watson Powell; ”rec’d May 5th”

86. January 1, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Major John Ross

87. January 24, 1782
“Return of the Garrison of Oswegatchie Commanded by Captain Daniel Robertson of His Majestys 84th Reg’t of Foot”; signed by Robertson

88. February 1, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Ross

89. February 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes, Garrisoned by the King’s or 8th Regiment”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; also including Royal Artillery; also including “Return of the Number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th Decem’r, 1781 and 24th January 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Powell; ”rec’d May 5th”

90. February 19, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Ross

91. February 24, 1782
“Return of the Garrison of Oswegatchie commanded by Capt’n Dan’l Robertson of 84th Regiment”; signed by Robertson

92. March 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes, Garrisoned by the King’s or 8th Regiment”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; also including Royal Artillery; also including “Return of the Number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th January and 24th February 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Powell; ”rec’d May 5th”


93. April 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes, Garrisoned by the King’s or 8th Regiment”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; also including Royal Artillery; also including “Return of the Number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th February and 24th March 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Powell; ”rec’d May 5th”

94. April 23, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Ross

95. May 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes, Garrisoned by the King’s or 8th Regiment”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; also including Royal Artillery; also including “Return of the Number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th March and 24th April 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Powell

96. May 1, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”: signed by Captain William Ancrum, 34th Regiment

97. May 26, 1782
“Return of the Garrison of Oswegatchie commanded by Capt’n Dan’l Robertson of his Majestys Royal 84th Regiment of Foot”; signed by Lieutenant MacLean

98. June 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes, Garrisoned by the King’s or 8th Regiment”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; also including Royal Artillery; also including “Return of the Number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th April and 24th May 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Powell

99. June 1, 1782
Unsigned partial copy of the previous monthly return of the upper lakes posts [document 98]

100. June 1, 1782
Second microfilmed copy of the previous [document 99]

101. June 1, 1782
“Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Ross


102. June 1, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Ancrum

103. July 1, 1782
“Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”: not signed

104. July 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes, Garrisoned by the King’s or 8th Regiment”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; also including Royal Artillery; also including “Return of the Number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th May and 24th June 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Powell

105. July 1, 1782
“Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”: signed by Ross [microfilmed twice]

106. July 24, 1782
“Return of the Garrison of Oswegatchie commanded by Captain Daniel Robertson of his Majestys Royal 84th Regiment of Foot”; signed by Robertson

107. August 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the Garrison of Niagara and its Dependencies”; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th June and 24th July 1782”; signed by Lieutenant Colonel John Butler

108. August 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of His Majesties Garrison of Detroit”; signed by Major A. S. De Peyster

109. August 1, 1782
“Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Ross

110. August 1, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Ancrum

111. [no date]
“Return of the different Posts upon the uper Lakes & Quebec”; including posts at Niagara (Brigadier General Powell), Detroit (Major De Peyster), Michilimackinac (Lieutenant Governor Sinclair), Carleton Island (Captain Ancrum), Oswegatchie (Captain Robertson), and Oswego (Major Ross); not signed


112. September 1, 1782
“Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes & Quebec”; including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the number of Persons drawing Provisions out of the King’s Stores at Niagara including the Landing & Fort Schlosser between the 25th July and 24th August 1782”; signed at Niagara by Powell

113. September 1, 1782
“Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Ross

114. September 1, 1782
Slightly different copy of the previous State of the Garrison of Oswego; signed by Ross

115. September 1, 1782
List of casualties in August, since the last State of the Garrison of Ontario; including soldiers of the 84th Regiment, the Second Battalion of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, and Butler’s Rangers

116. September 1, 1782
“State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Ancrum

117. September 25, 1782
“Strength of the Garrison at Oswegatchie”; signed by Lieutenant Randall McDonell, 84th Regiment

118. October 1, 1782
“Present State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”: signed by Captain James McDonell, Second Battalion of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York

119. October 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the No. of Persons drawing Provisions at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th August and 24th September 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Lieutenant A. Dundas, King’s or 8th Regiment

120. October 21, 1782
“Distribution of the Troops in the upper Posts under the Command of Brigadier General Maclean, officers Included”

121. November 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by James McDonell

122. November 1, 1782
“Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Ross

123. November 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the No. of Persons drawing Provisions at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th September and 24th October 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Dundas

124. November 24, 1782
“Monthly Return of His Majesties Garrison at Michilimackinac Island”; signed by Robertson

125. December 1, 1782
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the No. of Persons drawing Provisions at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th October and 24th November 1782 inclusive”; not signed

126. December 24, 1782
“Monthly Return of His Majesties Garrison at Michilimackinac Island”; signed by Robertson


Garrison states and returns of the upper posts, 1781-1783: 37 documents with dates from October 23, 1781 through December 24, 1783 (printed page numbers 144 through 181)

127. October 23, 1781
“A Return of the Staff of Montreal 1781”; signed by Brigade Major William Dunbar

128. October 6, 1782
“A List of the Officers of the Loyal Rangers & the Dates of their Appointments”

129. January 1, 1783
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the Number Persons Victual’d at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th November and 24th December 1782 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Brigadier General Allan Maclean

130. January 16, 1783
“Present State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; not signed


131. February 1, 1783
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the Number Persons Victual’d at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th December 1782 and 24th January 1783 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Maclean

132. February 23, 1783
“Present State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Major John Adolphus Harris

133. March 1, 1783
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the Number Persons Victual’d at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th January and 24th February 1783 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Maclean

134. April 1, 1783
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the Number Persons Victual’d at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th February and 24th March 1783 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Maclean

135. April 1, 1783
“A Copy of a Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Major John Ross

136. April 24, 1783
“Present State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Harris

137. May 1, 1783
“A Copy of a Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Ross

138. May 1, 1783
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the No. of Persons Victual’d at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th March and 24th April 1783 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Maclean

139. May 24, 1783
“Present State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Harris


140. June 1, 1783
“A Copy of a Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”; signed by Ross

141. June 1, 1783
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the Number of Persons Victual’d at Niagara including the Landing and Fort Schlosser between the 25th April and 24th May 1783 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Maclean

142. June 24, 1783
“Present State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Harris

143. June 24, 1783
“Return of the Staff of the Garrison Quebec”; signed by Town Major Thomas Faunce

144. June 24, 1783
“Return of the Staff officers of the Garrison Montreal”; signed by Town Major James Hughes

145. July 1, 1783
“Monthly Return of the different Posts upon the upper Lakes”: including posts at Niagara, Detroit, and Michilimackinac; including Royal Artillery; including “Return of the Number of Persons Victual’d at Niagara including Fort Schlosser and the Landing between the 25th May and 24th June 1783 inclusive”; signed at Niagara by Maclean

146. July 11, 1783
“Strength of the Garrison at Oswegatchie”; signed by Lieutenant Randall McDonell, 84th Regiment

147. July 24, 1783
“Present State of the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Harris

148. July 1, 1783
“State of the Garrison of Cataraqua Head Quarters Quebec”; not signed

149. September 24, 1783
“Present State of the Troops in the Garrison of Carleton Island”; signed by Captain David Alexander Grant, 84th Regiment

150. September 24, 1783
“State of the Garrison of Isle aux Noix and its dependencies”; signed by Major John Nairne, 53rd Regiment

151. July 1, 1783
Copy of “Return of the Staff of the Garrison of Montreal”; signed by J H[ughes]

152. October 1, 1783
Copy of “Return of the Staff of the Garrison of Montreal”: signed by J H[ughes] [on the same page as document 151]

153. October 1, 1783
Copy of “Return of the Staff of the Garrison of Quebec”; signed by J H[ughes]

154. July 1, 1783
Copy of “Return of the Staff of the Garrison of Quebec”; not signed [on the same page as document 153]

155. October 1, 1783
“State of the Garrison of Cataraqua Head Quarters Quebec”; not signed

156. October 1, 1783
“Present State of the Garrison of Oswego”: signed by Captain Thomas Gumenall [?]

157. October 24, 1783
“Return of the Staff of this Garrison Montreal”; signed by Hughes

158. October 30, 1783
“State of the Garrison of Isle aux Noix and its Dependencies”; signed by Captain John Baird, 59th Regiment

159. November 24, 1783
“State of the Garrison of Cataraqua”; signed by Major John Ross

160. December 24, 1783
“Return of the Staff of this Garrison Montreal”; signed by Hughes

161. December 24, 1783
“Return of the Staff of the Garrison Quebec”; signed by Faunce

162. [no date]
List of the officers, sergeants, and soldiers of the Anhalt Zerbst Regiment who were employed in work for the King during the winter [written in French]

163. [no date]
“Schedule of General Courts Martial, Courts of Enquiry, Letters, Memorials, Petitions & Returns of the British & Provincial Troops from the Year 1776 to 1783 inclusive” [59 numbered items listed]

General staff of the Northern Army; garrison staff, 1776-1783: 15 documents with dates from March 7, 1778 through June 24, 1783 (printed page numbers 182 through 204)

164. [no date]
“List of Generals and Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada”, including separate list of German Staff [with inked in corrections and deletions]

165. [no date]
“List of Generals and Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada”, including separate list of German Staff [reorganized, clean copy reflecting changes from document 164]

166. [no date]
“List of Generals and Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada”, including separate list of German Staff [another, different copy with inked in corrections and deletions]

167. [no date]
“List of General and Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada”, including separate list of German Staff [another, different list, this one signed by Commander in Commander in Chief, General Sir Guy Carleton]

168. [no date]
“List of General and Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada”, including separate list of German Staff [another, different list]

169. March 7, 1778
“List of Officers of the British Staff who have drawn their pay in pursuance of His Excellency General Sir Guy Carletons Warrant, dated 28th Aug’t 1777 directing the same from 1 January to 24th June 1777”; signed at Montreal by Jacob Jordan, D. Paym Ge [deputy paymaster general ?]

170. June 24, 1782
“Return of the Staff of the Garrison Quebec”; signed by Town Major Thomas Faunce

171. June 1, 1782
“List of the General and Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada”, including separate lists of German Staff and General Horse Staff

172. November 1, 1782
“List of the General & Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada”; including separate list of German Staff; not signed


173. December 24, 1782
“Return of the Staff of the Garrison Quebec”; signed by Faunce

174. June 24, 1783
“List of the General & Staff Officers of the Army Serving in Canada, Head Quarters Quebec”; including separate lists of German Staff, Hospital, Established Mates, and Additional Mates

175. [no date]
“(Duplicate) A List of the British & German Staff of the Army in Canada who receive their pay by Warrant from His Excellency Gen’l Frederick Haldimand”; including separate list of German staff; signed by Haldimand

176. [no date]
“A List of the British & German Staff of the Army in Canada who receive their pay by Warrant from His Excellency Gen’l Frederick Haldimand”; including separate list of German staff; signed by Haldimand [same contents as document 175]

177. [no date]
“List of the Officers attached to General de Riedesels Suite”; signed by Aide de Camp Quin [?] John Freeman

178. [no date]
“List of the Officers attached to General de Riedesels Suite”; not signed


Engineers Department, letters and papers, 1777-1783: 26 documents with dates from May 4, 1778 through October 21, 1783 (printed page numbers 205 through 233)

179. [no date]
“Return of Engineers Stores wanting for Niagara and Fort Erie for the Year 1777”; signed by Captain Richard Berringer Lernoult, commander of Niagara & dependencies

180. May 4, 1778
From Captain John Marr, commander of engineering in Canada, in Quebec to Sir Guy Carleton, governor and commander in chief
Concerning the “Lakey” roof of the Cape Diamond Guard House and the roof of the Dauphine Barracks, which is not “tight,” and the sally port on the battery, which “wants under pinnings,” etc.

181. July 19, 1778
From Lieutenant and “Sub” engineer William Iniss at St. Johns to Captain Francis Le Maistre, deputy adjutant general
Concerning “artificers” and tools necessary for work at this post, etc.

182. July 27, 1778
From Iniss at Montreal to Le Maistre at Quebec
Reporting on plans to take “Tools and Stores” to La Chine for work to be done there

183. October 20, 1778
“Return and State of Engineers Stores taken at Michilimackinac”; signed by Major A. S. De Peyster

184. November 9, 1778
From Marr at Quebec to General Frederick Haldimand, governor and commander in chief
Concerning construction of a guard house

185. November 16, 1778
From Iniss at Sorel to Le Maistre at Quebec
Informing Le Maistre that severe weather has delayed all outside work; reporting progress on building projects

186. November 24, 1778
From Marr in Quebec to Haldimand
Reporting that the “grand Battery Guard House is now covered in” and has a stove and that the “platforms wanted on the Ramparts and Cavaliers are compleated”; requesting additional tools

187. November 27, 1778
From Marr at Quebec to Captain Shanks
Requesting that he” get the plank on the Kings Wharf of which you spoke to me before properly piled” so that he can secure them

188. December 3, 1778
From Marr to Alexander Shaw, Esq., commissioner [?] and paymaster to the Royal Artillery in Canada
Directing Shaw to issue “earthen rammers” and “Beetles for driving of pickets” from the engineers stores for use in raising platforms on the common

189. April 15, 1779
From William Barr, purveyor for the general hospital at Montreal to Le Maistre
Informing Le Maistre that medicines for the 8th Regiment will be ready for Captain Butler

190. July 4, 1780
“Return of Artificers in the Detachm’t of 44th Regim’t [at] Charlebourg”; signed by Captain William Norton, 44th Regiment


191. July 4, 1780
“Return of Artificers among the Hessian and Brunswick Troops, under the Comand of Brigadier General de Loos”; signed at Quebec by Ritter

192. June 7, 1780
From Iniss at Montreal to Le Maistre at Quebec
Reporting on a trip he is about to take to attend to personal business at Sorel and to “examine a little into the Situation of the General Hospital at the Three Rivers” before returning to Quebec

193. August 2, 1780
“Return of Ammunition Boxes made by the artificers of the Engineer’s Department in 1779”; signed at Quebec by James Thompson, governor of works

194. November 18, 1780
“Return of the Officers Artificers Labourers etc. To be Employed on the Fortifications at Quebec, During the Winter Season under the Direction of Captain William Swiss [sic] Commanding Engineers in Canada”; signed by Iniss

195. January 1, 1781
From [? perhaps Le Maistre] at Quebec to Iniss
Requesting information, at “the General’s” request, concerning John Matress [?], who “has laboured under the displeasure of” Colonel Barry St. Leger; seeking to determine whether the man’s behavior can be forgiven

196. January 28, 1781
“Return of the Number of Artificers belonging to the Engineers department Both Civil and Millitary”; signed at Carleton Island by Henry Rudyard, engineer

197. August 22, 1781
“Return of the Number of Men of the Hessian Troops who understands to mine”; signed at Camp Heights-Abraham by Zimmermann, adjutant

198. August 22, 1781
“Return of the No. of Men of the 31st Regiment employ’d as Miners in the Engineer Department”; signed at Camp Heights-Abraham by Sergeant Major Matthew Thompson, 31st Regiment

199. August 20, 1781
“Return of Officers, arrived in the Fleet for the Engineers Department”; signed by Iniss; addressed to Major Lernoult, adjutant general

200. August 30, 1781
“Return of the Miners belonging to the Three Regiments in the district of Sorel”; signed by Lieutenant Colonel Forbes Macbean, commander of troops in the district of Sorel
201. September 1, 1781
“Return of the Brigade of Engineers serving with the Army in Canada under the Command of His Excellency General Haldimand”; signed at Quebec by Iniss; addressed to Lernoult

202. October 27, 1781
“Return of the Brigade of Engineers serving with the Army in Canada, under the Command of His Excellency General Haldimand”; signed at Quebec by Iniss; addressed to Lernoult

203. July 4, 1782
“Return of Artificers arrived on Board the Lady Townshend for the Engineer’s Department”; signed at Quebec by Iniss

204. October 21, 1783
“Return of the Artificers etc.., employed in the Engineers Department at this post”; signed at Cataraqua by Lieutenant William [?], assistant engineer, 29th Regiment


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