Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 5 (of 8) / The English and French in North America 1689-1763

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7. Parkman cites, as from the Archives de la Marine, Mémoires sur la Campagne de 1759, par M. de Joannès, major de Québec.

8. Siégede Québec, en 1759. Copie d’après un manuscrit apporté de Londres, par l’honorable D. B. Viger, lors de son retour en Canada, en septembre 1834-mai 1835. Copie d’un manuscrit déposé à la bibliothèque de Hartwell en Angleterre. This was printed in a small edition at Quebec in 1836, and Parkman (ii. 438) calls it a very valuable diary of a citizen of Quebec.

9. In the first series of the Hist. Docs. of the Lit. and Hist. Soc. of Quebec is a “Jugement impartial sur les opérations militaires de la campagne en 1759, par M^gr de Pontbriand, Évêque de Québec.” It aims only to touch controverted points. It is translated in N. Y. Col. Docs., x. 1059. Cf. “Lettres de M^gr Pontbriand,” in Revue Canadienne, viii. 438.

10. Leclerc, in his Bibliotheca Americana (Maisonneuve, Paris), 1878, no. 770, describes a manuscript, Mémoires sur les affaires du Canada, 1756-1760, par Potot de Montbeillard, Commandant d’Artillerie, as a daily journal, written on the spot, never printed, and one of three copies known. Priced at 400 francs. This has been secured by Mr. Parkman since the publication of his book.

11. The Lit. and Hist. Soc. of Quebec has also printed a document, the original of which was found in the Archives du département de la Guerre at Paris, entitled: Événements de la Guerre en Canada durant les années 1759 et 1760: Relation du Siége de Québec du 27 Mai au 8 Aôut, 1759: Campagne du Canada depuis le 1^er Juin jusqu’au 15 Septembre, 1759. These are followed by other documents, including no. 6 (ante).

[1502] The Parkman MSS. contain transcripts from these archives, 1666-1759.

[1503] These are translated in N. Y. Col. Docs., x., with others: such as a published narrative of the French, ending Aug. 8 (p. 993); an account, June 1 to Sept. 15 (p. 1001); Montreuil’s letter (p. 1013); a journal of operations with Montcalm’s army (p. 1016); and Bigot’s letter to Belle Isle on the closing movements of the siege (p. 1051).

The collection of Montcalm letters in the Parkman MSS., copied from the originals in the possession of the present Marquis of Montcalm, begins in America, May 19 (Quebec), 1756, when he says that he had arrived on the 12th. The others are from Montreal, June 16, 19, July 20, Aug. 30; from Carillon, Sept. 18; from Montreal, Nov. 3, 9, Apr. 1 (1757), 16, 24, June 6, July 1, 4, 8, Aug. 19; from Quebec, Sept. 13, Feb. 19 (1758); from Montreal, Apr. 10, 18, 20, June 2; from Carillon, July 14, 21, Aug. 20, 24, Sept. 25, Oct. 16, 27; from Montreal, Nov. 21, 29, Apr. 12 (1759), May 16, 19.

The Parkman MSS. also contain letters of Montcalm to Bourlamaque, copied from the Bourlamaque papers, beginning with one from Montreal, June 25, 1756, and they are continued to his death; to which are added letters of Bougainville and Bernetz, written after the death of Montcalm.

[1504] Vol. ii. 441.