[201] The Plains of Abraham. Notes, original and selected, by Lt. Col. Beatson, Royal Engineers—Gibraltar: Printed at the Garrison Library Press, 1858. This volume is very rare.
[202] Donation du 10 Octobre, 1648, et du 1er Février, 1652, par Adrien Duchesne à Abraham Martin, de 30 arpents de terre.
Concession du 16 Mai, 1650, par la Compagnie de la Nouvelle France, de 12 arpents de terre à Abraham Martin.
Vente du 1er Juillet, 1667, aux Dames Ursuline de Quebec, par les héritiers d'Abraham Martin, d'un terrain contenant 32 arpents en superficie.
[203] A creature of Bigot, Capt. DeVergor, on the 13th of September, 1759, after allowing his militia men to return home on leave, was in charge of the post at Wolfefield, where Wolfe ascended after taking the Captain prisoner; this was the key to the position. Ferland and other writers have imputed treason to DeVergor.
[204] "MONTCALM EN CANADA."
In a work published at Tournai, in 1861, par un ancien missionnaire, at page 193, Père Martin notices the discrepancies between the various writers whom he had consulted. "It is difficult at the present day, to decide with certainty as to the numbers of the two armies who met on the Plains of Abraham; ancient writers are no more in accord than modern. Here are some of the estimates:
FRENCH. ENGLISH.
L'Intendant Bigot,………………….. 3,500 3 to 4,000
Montreuil, Major Général,……………. … 4,500
Doreil, Commissaire,………………… 3,000 6,000
Colonel Fraser,…………………….. 5,000 4,000
(Sullivan says the forces were equal, but that Wolfe's soldiers were disciplined veterans, and that the half of Montcalm's were militia and Indians.)
Hawkins,…………………………… 5,000 4,800
Bancroft,………………………….. 5,000 5,000
Garneau,…………………………… 4,500 8,000
Beatson,…………………………… 7,500 4,828
Dussieux,………………………….. 4,500 5,000