Carleton's Montreal Letter Describes Quebec Campaign
A July 27 1776 dispatch from General Sir Guy Carleton to Lord George Germain details the Quebec province actions. Rebels crossed from Sorel with 2000 men, attacked Three Rivers, but were repelled. brigadiers Nesbitt and Fraser pressed the pursuit as Burgoyne’s column advanced. Casualties and prisoners noted. British forces claimed discipline and readiness.
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London Gazette
Whitehall
Sir Guy Carleton
George Germaine
le Maitre
Montreal
Une
Quebec
Sorel
Ointe du Lai
Martin
62D
Fraser
Three Rivers
Nesbitt
Frasert
Machiche
Pointe du Lai
River du Loup
Thompson
Irwin
Cief
Neffitt
Burgoyne
Sore
Mr. Arnold
la Prairie
St. John’s
Engle
Phillips
Brunswick
Hanau
Riedefél
Chamblé
Grote
Miss Oak ley's horse kicks her in face in Meol accident
Bath July 24 report notes Miss Oak ley of Stapleton was thrown from a horse returning home from Shrewsbury at Meol. She escaped severe injury but the horse kicked her face, leaving an eye exposed and a possible loss of one eye. Doctors hope for recovery. Also dated notices from Newry to London mention ship movements and colonial American unrest with calls for independence and declarations of rights.
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France
England
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Paris
Paraguay
Country News
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New Endanv Chronicle
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Virginia
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America
Congress
United Colonies
Britain
Eomunp PrupperTor
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Kingsbridge
Cambridge
Funes
Georgia
St. Augustine
Hercules
Beard
Williamsburgh
Newbury Port
Barther
Matthew Dann
Privy Council to receive Spain dispatches and Quebec report
Letters describe British plans as Parliament nears November session and West India merchants urge convoy protection. A Montreal–Quebec column notes strong Quebec reinforcement, rising Canadian loyalty, and anticipated march toward New York with supply concerns and potential pardons for prisoners. Reports from New London Philadelphia Gibraltar and Vienna add a world-spanning view of European and colonial affairs.
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Spain
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Windsor Lodge
Admiralty
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London
Smith
Portmouth
Quebec
Isis
New York
Albany
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Ticonderoga
Fort William
New London
Philadelphia
St.Malo’s
Jonathan Harman
Gibraltar
Leagh
Duke de Chartres
Bourbon
Cadiz
England
Unclear historical scene at Kew with figures and official
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Saturday event at Kew involving figures named Germaine and Lord Borth aiding a monarch. A governor Carleton is mentioned as present, with an officer who assisted and provided some form of aid. Details are garbled about dietations and numbers.
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le Maitre
Sam
Guy Carleton
Germaine
Lord Borth
Kew
Carleton
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