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LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED:

BEING A REVIEW OF SOME HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS/

BY HENRY SCADDING, D.D.

I find in my poi'tfolios and other receptacles of loose miscellaneous
matter a considerable accumulation of manuseri})t documents of more
or less i)ul)lic interest. Some of tlieui are tlirouf^hout in the Imnd-
writing of men of eminence, while others bear their signatures only,
having been composed, or transcribed, or filled up, \>y a secretary or
other functionary, I have thought that I might in some degree
utilize these papers by citing pages from them, as nearly as may be
in chronological order, and exhibiting th(! oi-iginals whenever the
intrinsic interest of the document or other circumstances seemed to
make it worth while to do so. In this way, I suppose, I may make
my collections help forward the study among us of civil and liteiuiy
history.

Autograph documents sometimes enable us to i-enlize to oiu'selves.
a historical tiiaracter in a curious nuuiner. The statesman, the
business man, the literary man, each reveals himself with an extra
clearness in his manuscripts. Should the i)aper before us chance to
be a first sketch or rough draft, we discover which were the writer's
first thoughts and which were his second, what he deemed it politic
to add under the circumstances, and what to suppress ; while in the
handwriting itself we have not only a clue to general character and

* The first of these papers was read before the Canadian Institute, January 10, 1874, as the
President's Address for tlie Session of 1873-4.

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tfinpprainent, hut hints of the mood or frame of mind at the date
and moment of composition — ^evidcuices as to \.'hether tlieso were
calm and collected, or agitated by some dominant passion or feeling.
Men whose names, after the lapse of a generation or two, had heoome
simply abstract terms as it were, or mere shadows, thus live again
in our imaginations by means of signs traced with their own hands
when here in the flesh. Ko production of theirs coming under our
eye in print could affect us in the same lively way. — Sometimes the
character of one long defunct may be shrewdly divined from his
effigy, his counterfeit presentment, on a well-preserved ancient
coin or medal; but a surer idea of him would bo giiined by the
study of ail autograi)h fragment, were it possible to have access to
such a waif from the past.— And what is now said of the manuscript
relics of eminent men is true also, though perhaps not so strikingly,
of books which exhibit their autographs and other evidences of former
ownershi}). Hei-e, wg say to ourselves, as we are turning over the
leaves of the volume — here are i)ages which their eyes have carefully
scanned: here is matter which has engaged their special attention.
Here and there perhaps Ave discern their luidei-scoiings : here and
there we have their margimd annotations. To the cursory review
then of the MS. collection which I jjropose to make, I may conve-
niently add brief notices of some volumes distinguished in the manner
novr spoken of, which are in my possession.

My first paper will consist of specimens of Canadian historical
autogir.phs. I trust tliat its effect will be to foster an intei-est amongst
us in early Canadian history. To this paper I subjoin a few
examples of autographs connected with the history of the adjoining
United States. My second ])aper will be a review of a number of
specimens which will, in their way, illustrate Old Woi'ld history, civil
and literary and in their way also, stimulate the study of Old World
history amongst us. And in my third paper I shall treat of some
MS. relics in my collection which specially relate to personages for-
merly or at present eminent in the universities of Cambridge and
Oxford.

My matter, I must premise, will be of a veiy miscellaneous char-
acter — a mosaic made up of irregular pieces. The autograph collector
cannot always possess himself of what he would desire. He must be
content with what chance throws in his way. The fragments selected
for my purpose in these papers will be, as far as practicable, charac-

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teristic of tlin rosppctivo writer -s, or, if not so to he doscribfd, clianxc-
teristie of tlio tinu'S, or iiirliciiti 'e of the miinnors of the day. ITcre
and tiiero my spccinien may form a text foi- a vfry brief dissertation
on some ])oint whicli it may su<,'f!;<»st. Clu-onolofjical succession or
contoiTiiioraneousness will, as I nave already hinted, he the chief
principle of connection l)etween the several parts of each of my
pa])ers.

I.— SOME CANADIAN AUTOGRAPHS AND NORTH AMERICAN

(}ENERALLY.

I proceed, then first, with my Canadian autographs. I have aimed
at a catena of mannscrij;)t memorials of governors an<l others who
have been of note among us; but I have been hithei-to only partially
succes.sful in securing specimens. The difficulty of reeoverincj manu-
script relics of sixty or seventy years ago is not sliglit. Whenever
the only quotations I have it in my power to give are somewhat
colourless, I trust to Canadian local feeling to clothe seemingly trivial
words with the needful modicum of interest.

To make a beginning, I produce an autograph letter of the French
Duke de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. This nobleman visited Canada
in 1795. He remained for some time at Newark or Niagara, and
then passed down the lake to Kingston. In the account of his travels
which he afterwai-ds published, he gave an elaborate descri[)tion of
Upper and Lower Canada, and commented in statesmanlike style on
the policy of the Governor-General of the day, Lord Dorchester, and
on that of the Lieutenant-Governor of the yotmg western province,
General Simcoe. The letter which I have ex])ressly relates to this
his volume of Travels, which I need scarcely say has now become a
classic to the student of Canadian history. Soon after its jmblica-
tion on the continent of Europe, it was translated into English and
published in London. It appears that the first slieet of the English
pi'oduction, containing the Tmnslator's Preface, had been sent over to
the duke, and he was shocked at some language which the translator
had therein employed in regard to himself He found himself openly
charged with a breach of faith in jiroclaiming to the world certain
matters that had been made known to him in the confidence of
private conversation. The letter which ensues is the one which I
have in my collection. It is in French, and is addressed to Mr.

Neuman, the English translator. The duke says : " Monsieur,

Une petite partie de la traduction que vous publiez de men Voyage

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(liins rAiiH'ri(|UO du Nord vions (h m'etro envoy6e de Loiidi-os. .Te
IK! vous piirlcnii iii des ccusuivs, ni dcs I'luj^t's que voiis faites
de cet ouvrage dans votre juvface ; il a})j)aiticiis au jin^eniont ct
aiix oiiiiions <lu pidilie, ct d(^ cliafjuti loctcur en particulier. et
cliacun pent les pronoucer connne il lui plait, et rectifier iiieiiio
purfois le jufj^enient du tnulucteur, si celui-ci a 6t6 fid61e diiiis sa
traductitni. ^[ais, monsieur, vous etes lioniiue de lettres, et lioiiinie
de lettres distingue. Je dois done vous eroire des sentiments analo-
gues a cette j)rofessiou. Comment alors avez-vous j)u vous per-
mettre d' ecrire dans cette meine pr(f'face, page 9. — ' He tells all that
he could learn, Avithout being restrained even by considerations of
personal delicacy or the secrecy of lumour.' De cpiel droit vous ])er-
mettez-vous nnc insulte aussi oflensaut*; 1 Qui vous a dis que j'avais
viole un secret I Qia vous a dis cpu- les infoiinations (pu" j'avais
recuoilli dans le haut ('anada m'avaient ete doiniees en confidence'
Qui pent entin vous autoriser a dire que j'ai mampie a I'honneui-? II
me semblo ipic pour hasarder une telle assertion contre qui quo ce soit,
il faut la soutenir de preuv(!S bien fondeeset bicn nudtipliees ; owtre-
mcnt on se rende indigne de I'estime des gens honnetes, ear ils mett-
ent les assertions calomnieuses au rang des plus niauvaises actions.
Est-ce la une conduite digne d'un lionnne de lettres, (Cuii honii'ie
moral I Est-ce entin, pour nu; servir ck^ I'expression trtV signiticative
de votre hmgue. se conduire 'like ii gentleman T Je vous en fais
juge vous menie, monsieur, et si cjuehjues motifs d'interet personnel
on d'influence particuliere out guide votre plume en ecrivant cette
indigne phrase, je doute <|u'ils soient sulHsants }»our vous excuser
nit^'Uie au])reH de votre i-etiexion et de xoti-e conscience. J'ai seul,
monsieur, le besoiji de vous addresser ces refiexions et ces reproch(>s.
J'aurais pu les reiidre public pu'S, et j(^ suis assure que parmi votre
nation dont la generosite est un des caracteres ])rincipaux, mes recla-
mations n'aiiraient pu etre mal accueillies. Mais j'ai prefere les
addresser a vous seul, et par resjtect pour votre caractt're d'honnne de
lettres distingue, et encore par parcequ' ayant etc indigne a la 2)re-
nii6re lecture de cettc^ phi-ase. J'ai ncannioins la confiance que la
reputation de probite a la ([uellc seule j'aspire, et que je crois meriter
ne recevra aucune atteinte de votn; assei-tion." He then expi-esscs
some apprc^hension in regard to the perfect accuracy of INIr. Ncmi-
min's translation of tlie Travels. He says : " Je n'ai point lu la
traduction dout la preface et I'epitre dedicatoire ni ont ete seulement

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envoyt'cs par nn ami je iupi)oso que la traduction est oxacte ; noan-
moiiis, jo vous a\-oiU'i'ai, nonsictu, (juo la (It'nui>r(' phni.sc Ue I'uvant
dciiiici' (I linen dt; r«'|titro (.'(Hlicatoiro nv nio laisso pas sans incpiiotude,
puis tjuVllc ost loiu df irudn; la sens dc rorigual tjui ;i la ^■^•^itL' est
pou important dans cu passa;,'(\ J'ai I'honnt'ur d'i'tiv, monsieur, votre
tres linudde et tres oboissant sorvitour, La IJociiKForrAiLD-LiAX-
coiKT. Ifamlairg, Septembrc 22, [17!)t»], clu-z ]\I«ss. Mattmcssen,
Salem ot Cio." ( )utsid(>, it is addressed in Eni;lish, "To H. Neu-
man, Esij.. at W. Plnllips', No 71 St. Patd's ("hurdiyard, London ;"
and the staiii]) is " Foreign Ottiee, Oelohcr 1. 17!)'.i."

WJiat Mr. Penman's j-ejoiuder was I am not able to report. Tlie
Travels were [lulilislied in Englisli, tirst in the 4uartt> form and then
in the octavo. I do not see that the translator made any alteration
in his language in the second issue. The duke takes foj- granted, it
will bo observed, that the translator in his preface alluded to the
account given of the policy of the Cloveruor of Upix-r Canaila in rela-
tion to the United States, and doubtless he was right in his conjec-
ture. It will be })roper, however, to mention that the duke in that
portion of his narrative guarded himself against a })ossible charge of
breach of faith. After speaking of the persistent hostility of the
Governor against the newly estaldished repul)lie, and of his intention
to employ the Indians in any future war with that power, he adiKs :
" I should not have credited these projects had I heard them stated
by any individual but the governor himself; nor should I have
ventured to introduce them here, but that, within my knowledge, he
has repeatedly communicated them to several other persons." The
translut(n- may also have had in view what the duke reports of the
sentiments of sonu' military men with whom he dined at Kingston.
Amongst th«se gentlemen, he says, " TIk; general o[)hiion in regard
to Canada is, that this country [iroves at present very burdensome to
England, and will l)e still more so in future ; and that, of consequence,
Great Britain would consult her true interest much l)etter by declar-
ing Canada an independent country than by preserving it an English
colony at so enormous an expense. The Canadians say they will
never be sincerely attached to England, so that if in time of war a
militia were raised, iiot half of them wouhl take ujt arms against
America [ho means to say the L^uited States], and none perhaps
against France. The Bi-itish Government commits, therefo)-e, in their
opiiiion, a gross error in expending such vast sums in attempting to

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imjtrovo and preserve a country which, sooner or later, is sure to
secede from Gr uit Britain, anil which, did it remain laitliful to the
niotiier country, couhl not ho of real service to it for any h'n;^th of
time."

As to Mr. Neuman, of whom tlie (hike si>eak8 as "a distiujLjuisliod
man of letters," th(5 only other liteiiiry production of his which I
gee named is a translation of a i>lay of Kotzebue's, entitled " Helf-
Innnolation." As to the duke himself, the author of the Travels, it
■will he of iuterest to state that he was the descendant and lineal
repi'esentati\ e of Francois, Due de la Rochefoucauld, the famous
author of the '' lletle.vions, or Moral Sentences and Maxims," who
Wius dt,'.scend(nl from the ancient Dukes of Guienne. One of these
Kochefoucaulds ser\ed und<!r Philij) Augnstus of France against our
Cteur de Lion; and Proissiirt speaks of another of them who attended
a tournament at Bourdeaux with a retinue of 200 men, all kinsmen
or I'elatives. One; |>(nished in the massacre of St. Bartholomew's
Eve, and his heir was soon afterwards murdered by the [Kirtizans of
the League. The son of this one was created a duke by Louis XIII.,
(the title had been previously count), and it was his son, the second
duke, who became known throughout Euroi>e by his volume of
ISIaxims. The next duke, Master of the Horse to Louis XIV., was,
like his predecessora, a great soldiiu* ; as also was his successor, who
took pai"t in the engagement at Landeu, in which William III. of
England was defeated. The next duke became a friend and follower
of Voltaii-e, and lost favour at the court of Louis XV. The next,
during the troubles of the French Kevolution, was tjiken from his
Carriage and killed by a mob in the j)resence of his wife and mother
at Gisoi*s in 17D2, his crime being his title, although politically he
was a liberal. The tr.iveller of the years 1795, '96, '97, in the
United States and Canada, was the nephew of this duke, and, as I
suppose, inheritor of the title, which, however, had become illegal in
France. He was the friend, and, in some sort, the pupil, agricultur-
ally, of the Englishman Arthur Young, and many parts of the duke's
work consist of the kind of information which Arthur Young, towards
the close of the last century, travelled through England, Ireland,
France and Italy to collect. The Epistle Dedicatory, of which we have
already heard, prefixed to the Travels, is addressed to the widow of
the i"ecently-mui'dered duke, his uncle : the lady, however, was dead
before the Travels appeared. The duke, while referring to this

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cirotimstance in liis Pi ifiiw, alliulcs to the triigimil fato of liis relative.
It would a|»jtoar that )Otli illicit^ aiul iie|(h(nv hail heea warned of
their danger if they rein; dned in France; hut of his uncle, the noi»hew
says: " His virtue was s ) exalted as to render hitn unsuspicious of so
nefarious a course, and his internal consciousness induced him to
slight the a<lvice which his friends gave hoth to him and to me, at
the time when an order was given to arrest us, and which in all pro-
bability was not the oijy mandate concerning us fiom th;i same
tpiarter. He would ucjttiuit France ; l)ut J," exclaims the author of
the Travels, — "I, who was less confident and less virtuous, lied from
the poignard, while he fell by its stroke ! "

But it is time to proceed to another autograph.

The Lurd Dorchester of whom the Duke th Liancourt luis occa-
sion to speak so often in the first volume of his Travels was
better known as General Carleton, and (ieneral Sir Guy Cai-leton.
As General Carleton ho won in his day laurels from Quebec
almost as gloi-ious as Wolfe's. Furnished with very inadetpuito
means, he endured a close siege of six months within its walls,
defending it against two determined assaults, in one of which the
commander of the invading force, Montgomery, was slain. This
was in 177r)-G. The war of the American Revolution was in
progress. The Congress, aware of the weakened condition of the
X'oyal armies in Canada, determined to attempt the conquest of
that country. On the 3id of XovemV)er, 1775, Montreal surrendered
to a United States force sent against it by way of Lake (Jhaniplaiii
and the Richelieu. Not many days later in the same month, a force
appeared before Quebec, having pushed north l)y a new and most
difficult route — the valleys of the Kennebec and Chandiere. Quebec
was almost destitute of com[»etent defenders. The bulk of the troops
had been drawn otf to p<jsts more exposcnl. Happily Carleton,
Governor-General at the time, and Commauder-in-(Jhief, had «^sca^>ed
capture at Montreal, and by the memorable aid of Com. Bouchette,
had descended the river in safety to Quebec. Here he instantly
organized a garrison out of such material as was at hand : the
French and English inhabitants acting as militia ; some men of a
dischai'ged Highland regiment (Fraser's); the sailors from the ships;
a few regulars (70); a few Royal Artillery (22), and 35 marines.
All caught the spirit which animated Cai'leton himself, and the result
was that the city and fortress were saved to England. A consider-

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iililc jiortiou of tlic iiiviidiiii,' finw .siitTcinlf'i'cd iit the tiiiu' thoii- cnin-
iiiiiiiilcr was slain : tin' iciiiaiiiilcr, in the t"ollo\vin>.; sprin;;, «lei'ain|>('<l,
leaving,' Ix'liind tlicni their stores, tlicir iirtillei ,, tlicir si-aliii^j; lii(l(l(>rH
mill tlicir sick. Tlncc arnuMl ships fV;.ni Knj,'liui(l wen roumlin;,' tho
o|t|M)sit(' promontory of Point fievi, hrin;^in;^ aiil and supplies, wero
tlie cause of this preeijiitate fli.i,'ht. No liostih^ tiaj,' lias since been
seen hefore the walls ctf (.^iieliec. ThoHe occurrL'nc(»4 tojk place, a^
we already said, in 177().

My MS. nieniorial of Carleton is interestini; and Honuwhat eharac-
teristic. It consists of an onler AvhoUy in his ovn handwriting.'.
autlnaizing the distrihution of powder and shot to the Indians ui'
Lorette, a well-known Ifuron village near Quebec, "^ho date of this
document is January 4. 1 770. It reads as follows : '' Quebec, Jan.
4, 1771*. You are hereby itMpiired to issue out of the King's stoiTS
of this town, one hundred /eight of gunpowder and two hundred
weight of shot for the Huron, . f TiOrette. (lUY Carleton. To the
respective olHcers of the l)oard uf Oi'ilnance."

The baud of Hui'ons at Lorctto were thus, we see, not do2)rived of
their tire-arms. (Jontid«!nco in the native races was established. The
■wide-spread conspiracy of Pontiac against the English had collapsed
some time since ; and the great chief him.solf had met with a violent
death in the far west the preceding year. The powder and shot
o'dered to be issued from the King's stones were expected probably
to aid in provisioning the city during the winter months.

In 1777 Carleton .solicited his own recall from Canada, offended at
the aj)[)ointment of General Burgoyne, instead of himself, to the
command-in-chief of the army North America. He afterwards,
however, obtained the honour which he had envied Burgoyne. But the
war was then drawing to a close. It was in 1782 that he sticceeded
Sii- Henry Clinton as CommandiM'-in-Chief. In 17 80 he was raised
to tilt! peerage as Lord Dorchester ; and in the same year he was
sent out again to (Janada to execute the functions of Governor-
General a second time. In 17!)0 he retimied to England, after a
pojailar administration; and in 180G he died, ha\dng attained the age
of eighty-three.

Sir Guy Ciirleton's successor as Governor-General, before his second
return to Canada, was General Haldimand, a Swiss by birth. I
have his autograph attached to a document dated Quebec, 25th
October, 1782 — a paper transmitted to the Lords Commissioners of

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jn'iveil of
led. The
colliii>sed
a violent
and .shot
probably

fended at
if, to the
terwards,
But the
■succeeded
PAH raised
r he was
jrovernor-
d, after a
!d the age

lis second
birth. I
bee, 25th
sionera of

his Majesty's Treas irv, in (.•()iii|iaiiy witli an accdiint of " all tlic
r(!V'enue.s in Canada or the last six years." I rcyrct that F dd lait
jK».sseHH the account its -If 1 1 o adds: " liidt'|Miidciit of iImsc icv ciuks,
thei'i' are <|uit-rents and uthcr territorial ritjiits due t<> tlu'l'ri'un
from tlio lands at or iifai- hftro":. ^ do nut lind," lie says, "that
any account has been transniitt«Ml here of tlie .iinoiiiit. I liave

■tiled," h(^ says, ''to I.ieu(<'nant-CJoverM()r llaniilton, and to Majoc
de Peyster, the pi'eseut coiiiniaiidiiii; ollieer at I Detroit, lor informa-
tion on that stiltjeet, whieli 1 will take tlie eai'liest opiiort unity to
transmit." This Report is addi-es.sed to iJiehanl jJuike, Ksi|., wlio
appeal's to have been Secretary to the Loids of the Trejistuy. lb-
was brother of the celebrated Kdmuiul ! ' irke, and he niaih- some
speeches in Parliament on the; (^Miebec IJill.

I have another document bearing the »ii,'natun) of '• Kred. llaldi-
mand," which will reca') the times ",. whicii it v is written. The
T] volution, we must ajfain remember, was (ii [)ro,i,'re.ss in New Kn^'-
land and tie colonies fiu ilier south. Bn! Canada was yet a fastness
of the Royal cause. Here was still a b;isi of operation against the
anti-Monarchists of the continent. From (^)uelKH', "British ^old "
circulated to clever hands in Alb.my and New York uud otiier
places ; hence also was it disbursed in the w;,y of relief to suflerei-s
in limb and property in the cause of the ( 'rown. ( '.mada was the
asylum towards which the eyes of persecuted loyalists elsewhere
were, voluntarily or involuntarily, dinrtetl. Sometimes, as we shall
see, an itinerant friar from these quarters was a .secret political aj^cpi,
elsewhere. Once, perha[)s often, a scout is dispatched hence to inter-
cept a mail, with a view doubtless not only of embarra.ssing the
malcontents, but a,l > of discovering^ who were and who were not
disaffected nearer home.

The paper to which I refer contains an account of cash |)aid at
sundiy times for private services and .ujraruities from "J.'tth June,
1779, to 10th November, 1784. Major Robert Mathews, Secretary
to the Governor, also signs the document. I •^ixi^ a few of the items.
"1780, Aug. 10. — To Enos Mclnto.sh for services rendered to
scouting party, £(>. Sep. 20. — To Lieutenant Smith, of the 31st
Regiment, towards indemnifying his loss whi-n shipwrecked serving
with a party as marines on board the armed ship ]V<)(/'i' (20 guineas),
£2.3 (Is. 8d. Nov. 21).— To John CofHu, Esq., (late of Boston.) in
consideration of his disthigulshed services during the blockade, and

LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED.

Lis (liHtirssci^ cireuiiistiuices, £100. 1781, May U.— To Mr. Wing
and his guidi', John (Jhahuers, going on secret sorvico to Saratoga to
intercept the Albany mail, t'24. May IG. — To ('ai)tain Sht;r\vooil of
tlie Loyal Jiangers. gratuity for [)rivato services, £M). July 5. —
To Iladihras (an inhabitant of Albany), gratuity for private services
(.">(• guineas), foS (Is. Sd. [It would have Ijrought trouble upon the
])arty to have named him.] Oct. I'J. — At Sorel, gratuity to the offi-
cers of the militia for tluur readiness upon all occasions in forwarding
theser\ice(r) guineas), £7. 17S2, Feb. 27. — Pere Louis, a Kecollet,
gratuity for [)rivate services (10 guineas), £11 13s. 4d. Ajuil 7. —
To C'apt. Sherwooil (agent for si'cret service) to send to Col. Wells
and other cori'e.s])ondents in the Colonies, to defray contLngent
expenses (.")0 guineas). £.")8 Gs. 8d. July 9. — To Mr. Lansing, (agent
for Vermont), gratuity for pi-ivate service, £41). 1783, May 1*7. —
To Captain Brant, the Mohawk (Jhief (30 guineas), £35. July 28. —
To Baptiste Lepeaii, an inhabitant of Percee, gratuity granted to
hiju vearlv in consideration of his havinii: lost both his hantls, and
otherwise woumled at the defence of that post, £10. Se}»t. 11. — To
Mr. Shepherd, of Albany, gratuity for forwarding dispatches and
intelligence (25 guineius), £29 3s. 4d. 1784. — To Joseph Brant and
Ca()tain David, Mohawk Chiefs, to defray their expenses from and
to ^loutreal. Oct. 25. — To Captain Gleisseuberg, of the Brunswick
troops, in considei'ation of his services, having been twice wounded
in our service, and in great distress, £o^ Gs. 8d."

The paper from which I have made these extracts is dated, not
from Quebec, but from Curzon Street, London, 23rd March, 1786.
This was the yea)' after Hahlimaud's recall. Trouble arising out of
his go\ ernment in Canada, fell upon him after his retirement into
private life. lie had administered affairs too much 'u\ the spirit of
a martinet, and actions at law foi- damages were successfully brought
against him in the English courts.

Of this period is an autograph signature which I have of "John
Schiink. senior officer and commissioner." It is attached to a certi-
ficate that " Surg(!on Mehill had attendi'd the pilots and sick inva-
lids that were put on board His Majesty's armed ship, the Canceaux,
by order of His Excellency Cen. Haldimand," for which Surgeon
Melvill was to receive a gratuity of six guineas. To this is appended
Surgeon Melvill's receipt to Thomas Dunn, Escp, Paymaster, Naval
De])artment, Quebec.

,,.•., . ... — ^. i M»ll

LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED.

John Schauk wiis aftorwunls aii Adniinil of tho Blue. In 177G
he coniuuuideil the a '111611 .ship The Injlexlbh, on Lake Cliaiiqtlaiii. In
171)3 he })ultlislied i.i Loudon a folio " Sketch of Two Boats and a
Cutter with Sliding l\.eels." He is to be distinguished from Colonel,
subsequently General, Shank, who once connnanded the forces in
Upper Canada, and ]>OHsessed property in the neighbourhood of
Toronto. The name of the latter Avas s])elt ditt'ereutly. I have his
autograi)h also in a note to be given hereafter.

Some of the agents dispatched to Albany and elsewhere on conli-
dential errands by Governor Haldimand were, no doubt, occasionally
involved in trouble through their mission. We ha\e perhaps an
instance in one Augustiu Ltvnsier, who gives this receii)t in 177U for
money received by way of compensation for sufferings at the luauLs
of "the rebels": — " Keceived from Thomas Duiui, E,si£., by order of
His Excellency, Gen. Haldimand, One Hundred Pounds, currency, as
a gratuity for my sutferings when Prisoner aiiioug the liebels, and on
account of my Etfects of which they plunderetl me in March, 1770,
when they took mo Prisoner. Lansier. Quebec, *Jth Sep. 177'J."
That his Christian name was Augustin we learn from a mem. on the
back of the receipt. The Thomas Dunn, Esq., here named, twice at
subsequent periods administered the Government of Lower Canada
du)ing interregnums with great eclat. The Hun. J. H. Dunn, familiar
to i-eudei's of Upper Canada liistory, and father of Colonel Dunn,
distiuguisliCHl in tlie Crimea, was, as we sup}tose, of the same Dunn
family alreaily connecteti with Canada. Of (xovernor Haldimand we
have [)ermanent memorials ui the Canadian local names — Haldimand
Couuty, Huhlimand Township, antl Haldimaml Cove. It was iluring
his atlministration that the scheme for sittliiig the L'nited Empire
Loyalists in Upper Canada began to be carried actively into etl'ect.
From Lonl Dorchester, it slioidd ha\"e been said, Dorelu^ster Town-
ship is name<l ; and once the heights from Queeuston to Hamilton
a2>))eav to have btnni known as Dorchester JNlount.

Among my papers is the autograph of a miliUiry commander very
distinguisljcd in Canadian history just befori^ the era of Haldimand
and Lord Dorchester. The name of Amherst is familiar to us as
that of the general othcer to whom the Marquis de Vaudri'uil sur-
rendered ^Montreal and the whole of Canada in 17G0. He was after-
wards raised to the |)eerage as Lord Amherst. It is his signature
simply as ''Aiuherst" that I possess, repeated thrice. The document,

1.
I

LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED.

howevoi', does not rel.itn to Clausula ; l)ut it may he wortli wliile to
give it, furuisliiiii,' as it does an example of routine at tlie Hoi'se
Guards in IT'^^O. Moreover, it is addressed to the identical HirGeoi-ge
Yonge from whom our Yonge Street has its name. The jjajter is
lal)elled ;it the back, "Lord Andierst, recommending succ(^ssion to
Lieut. Pyott in the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, and to Lieut.
Young in the Gdth Regiment of Foot.'' It is wholly in Amherst's
own admirahle hold handwriting. Thus it reads : " St. James'
Square, 3rd April, 1789. Sir, I have the honour to enclose to you
a succes.sion to Lieut. Pyott, in the 2nd R((giment of Life Guards,
which His ^Majesty has heen pleased to approve, and to direct that
CoTumissions may he pre})ared for His Majesty's signing. I rei)orted
to the King the situation of Lieut. John Young, of the GOth Foot,
that I had transnutted his memorial to you ; and that from his
services, losses and paralytick state of health, lu* begged to be per-
mitted to sell his Commission ; and as Lieut. Pyott was desirous of
remaining in the Army, I hoi)e, he might be allowed to purchase of
Lieut. Young. I therefore beg the favour of you to lay the same
before His Majesty, and to desire the Connnission may l)e dated on
the 2nd of April, by which Lieut. Pyott will i-etain his raid?: in the
Ai-my. I enclose Lieuts. Pyott and Young's certificates. I have
the honour to be, etc., Amherst." We have then also, wholly in
Amherst's hand, a memorandum of the move-up consequent on Lieut.
Pyott's change : " Most humbly proposed to your Majesty in the
Second Regiment of Life Guaixls : By Purchase, to be Lieutenant
vice Edwai-d Pyott, who I'esigns, the eldest Cornet who can pur-
chase — John Hughes. To be Cornet vice John Hughes, pi-omoted
Sub-lieutenant in the late first Troop of Hoi'se Grenadier Guards —
Arthur Cuthbert." All this is signed "Amherst, Colonel," and
dated 2nd April, 1789, with the addition, "Approved by the King :
the Commission dated this day. Amherst."

The supporters of Lord Amherst's shield of arms are two Indians,
described in Burke's Peei-age as "Canadian Indians;" but, strange to
say, they are represented as fettered, as in chains. The heraldic
emblazonment of these figui-es is this : " Two Canadian war Indians,
of a copper colour, rings in their ears and noses, and bracelets on
their wrists and arms, argent ; cross-belts over their shoulders, bufi' ;
to one, a powder-horn pendent ; to the other, a scalping-knife ; their
waists covered with a short apron, gules ; gaiters, blue ; seamed, or ;

LEAVES THEY HA\ E TOUCHED.

•th while to

tlio Hoi-se
I Hir George
ho i)a]t(r is
iccessioii to
1 to Lieut.
1 Amhei.st'.s
St. James'
lose to you
life Guards,
direct that

T re})orte(l
GOth Foot,
,t from his

to he per-
desirous of
purchase of
ly the same
)e dated on
auk in the
'S. I liave
I, Avholly in
it on Lieut.
esty in the
Lieutenant
can puv-
5, pi'omoted
r Guards —
lonel," and

the King :

vo Indians,
, stranji;e to
he hex'aldic
ar Indians,
racelets on
Iders, buff;
nife ; their
ieamed, or ;

legs fettered and f'.stened by a chain to the bracelet on the outer
wrist, proper ; the dexter Indian liolding in liis exterior hand a
battle-axe; the sinister holding in his exterior hand a tomahawk,
thereon a scalp, all p'oper." It is evident the herald gave his whole
mind to this elaborate delineation. The Ganadian will note his
elegant euphemisms ''gaiter " and '• apron," and the nice distinction
of battle-axe and tomahawk. It need scarcely be added that our
Amherstburg and Amheist Island have their names from this Loi'd
Amherst. One of Loril Amherst's seats, that near Seven Oaks in
Kent, is called " Montreal."

Lord Amherst was twice Gommandor-in-(_'hii'f of the Forces, in
England. In 1795 he was succeeded in this high oJJice by the Duke
of York, second son of George III., whose coluuni dominates St.
James' Park in London so cons[)icuously at the pi-esent day. It was
from this Duke of York that Toronto w;is named York ; and on this
account it is that I })reserve with care a certain cheque on the
famous London Bankers, CJoutts <k, Co., for the respectable sum of
,£1(50. These are its terms: it is in favour, it will l)e seen, of a
namesake of the duke's, of whom 1 discover notliing. " London,
February Gth, 17D8. To Messrs. Thomas Coutts it Co. Pay to
Fred'.'rick Anders or Beai-er the sum of One Hundrecl and Sixty
Pounds, and place to my accomit. Fredekick." The whole is
written with tlu: J"ke's own haml, neatly and well, on a half sheet
of gilt-edged notepaper. Fredei'ick Street, Toronto, still retains the
duke's Christian n.ime.

I wish I could [iroduce a relic of General Wolfe. I have to
content myself at jjnjsent with a long and valuable holograph from
the hand of one who was intimately associated with him. Major
Holland. Major Holland w;is an fiigiueer otlicer, who, in a most
essential manner, aided General Wolfe at the capture of Louisbourg
and before (,>u(!bec. .Major Holland's name has also a special interest
\vith us as having been given to a well-kn<jwn river to the north of
Toronto, the Holland River. In his letter which I transcribe, we
are introduced to Captiun Ci)ok, sul>s<<iucutly the great circunuiavi-
gator, who comes before us consistently as the intelligent, inquiring
man he was, desirous of adding at every oj)portunity to his
prtjfessional knowledge and skill. Cook, it appears, was sailing
master of the ship-of-war 77ie Ptmbvoke, of which the commander
was Captain Simcoe, father of Governor Siiucoe. When at Quebec

LEAVES TIIKY IIAVK TOUCHED.

in 1792, Govornor Sirncoe desii'ed Major Holland to f,'ive him, in
writing, whatever pai'tictilars lu; could ivcall respecting his father,
Captain Hinicoe, then deceased some thirty years. Hence the letter
which I have. The Ca]»tain of The Pewbroke, it will be observed
from Major Holland's account, was an enlightened and s{)irited naval
officer, possessed of the dash and daring that marked Wolfe himself.
Cook too, it will be noticed, acknowledged in after years his great
indebtedness to his former sui)erior on board The Pemhrohe. Hol-
land's letter to Govei-nor Simcoe reads as follows :

"Quebec, 11 til January, 171)2. Sir: It is with the most sincere
pleasure that I recall to memory the many happy and instructive
hours I have had the honour of enjoying in yoin* late most excellent
father's company ; and with more than ordinary satisfaction do I
recollect the following circxnnstance which gave birth to our acquaint-
ance : — The day after the surrender of Louisbonrg, being at
Kensington Cove sum-eying and making a plan of tlie place, with
its attack and encampments, I observed Captain Cook (then master
of Captain 8iincoe's ship The Peiithroke man-of-war) particulai'ly
attentive to my operations; and as he expressed an ardent desire
to be instructed in the nse of the Plane Table (the instrument I was
then using). I appointed the next day in order to make him
acfpiainted with the whole process. He accordingly attended, with
a particular message from Captain Simcoo expressive of a wish
to have been pi^^sent at; our {)roceedings, and his inability, owing to
indisposition, of leaving the ship ; at the same time requesting me
to dine with him on ])oard, and begging me to bi'ing the Plane Table
pieces along. I with much pleasure accepted that invitation, which
gave rise to ray acquaintance with a truly scientific gentleman, for
the which I ever held myself nuich indebted to Captain Cook. I
remained that night on board, and in the morning landed to continue
my siu'vey at White Point, attended by Captain Cook and two yoimg
gentlemen who your father, ever attentive to the Service, wished
should be instructed in the biisiness. From that period I had the
honour of a most intimate and friendly acquaintance with your
worthy father ; and during our stay at Halifax, whenever I could
get a moment of time from my duty, I was on board The Pembroke,
where the great cabin, dedicated to scientific purposes and most
taken up with a drawing-table, furnished no room for idlers. Here,
under Captain Simcoe's eye, Mr. Cook and myself compiled materials

LEAVES TIIEv HAVE TOUCHED.

!;■)

ivo him, in
his father,
! the loiter
ie observed
irited naval
)lfe himself.
'S his ^'veat
roke. llol-

nost sincere

instructive

st excellent

iction do I

ir acqnaint-

, beinjif at

place, Avith

;hen master

particularly

dent desire

ment I was

make him

;nded, with

of a wish

Y, owing to

nesting me

'lane Table

tion, which

leman, for

L Cook. I

to continue

two young
ice, wished

I had the
with your
er I could
! Pembroke,

and most
rs. Here,
d materials

for a cliart of the ( hilf and River St. Lawi-ence, which i)lan at his
decease was dedicatxl to Sir Charles Saunders, with no other alter-
ations than what Air. Cook and I made comiug up the river.
Another chart of the river, including Chaleur and CJaspo Bays,
mostly taken from plans in Admiral Durell's possession, was com-
piled and drawn undei- your father's inspection, and sent by him for
immediate publication to Mr. Thomas Jeifereys. predecessor to ]\[r.
Faden. These charts were of much use, as some coj)ies came out
prior to our sailing from Halifax for Quebec in 'ot). By the drawing
of these plans under so able an instructor, ]Mi-. Cook could not fail
but improve, and thoroughly lirought in his hand, as well in di-awing
as })rotracting, etc. ; and by your father's tinding the latitudes and
longitudes along the coast of AuKjrica, })rincipally Newfoinidland and
Gulf of St. Lawrence, so erroneously heretofore laid down, he was
convinced of the propriety of making acciu-ate surveys of those piarts.
In consequence, he told Captain Cook that as he had mentioned to
several of his friends in power the necessity of having surveys of
those parts, and astronomical olisei-vations made as soon as peace
was restored, he would reeouimend him to make himself comptitent
to the business bv learninsj: Sj)herical TriLjonometrv, with the i)racti-
cal part of Astronomy ; at the same time giving him Leadb(>tter's
Works, with which Mr. (Jook, assisted by his explanations of
difiicult passages, made infinite use, and fulHlled the expectations
entertained of him by your father, in his survey of Newfoundland.
Mr. Cook fre(|uently expressed to me the obligations he Avas luider
to Captain Simcoe ; and on my meeting him in London in the year
1770, after bis seveml discoveries, hi' confessed most candidly that
the impi'ovements and instructions he had received on board T/te
Pembroke had been the sole foimdation of the serAices he had been
enabled to perform. I niust noAv return to L<iuis}K)urg, where, being
Ceneral Wolfe's engineer during the attack of that i)lace, I Avas
present at a convei"satiou on the subject of sailing for t^uebec that
Fall ; the General and Captain Simcoe gave it as their joint o[)inion
it miglit be reduced the same cam])aign. But this sage adA'ice was
overruled by the contrary opinions of the admirals, Avho conceiAcd
the season too far aih-anced, so that only a feAv ships went Avith
General Wolfe to Gasp^, Ac, to make a diA'^ersion at the mouth of
the River St. Lawrence. Again : early in the sprijig following, had
Captain Simcoe's proposition to Admiral Uurell been put into execu-

LEAVES TIIRV HAVE TOUCHED.

tioii, i)f in'occediiig with lii.s own sliii) TJic Peuihroke, The Sutlierhmd,
Cai)t;iiii Uduh, and soin«; frigates, cut CJut of (Jaiiso for the River St.
Lawii'ii'f, ill order to iiitorci'pt the French supplies, tliere is not the
least d<)ui>( l)Ul that Monsieur Camion with his whole convoy must
have iiievital>ly been takeJi ; as he only made the river six days
before Admiral Durell, as \\\', learnt from a French brig taken off
(jlaspe. At tills place, being on board TJie PrinceHS Ainelld, I had
the niortiiicatiou of being i)resent whilst the minute guns were tiring
on the melancholy occasion of Cajttain Simcoe's remains luiing
conimitteil to the deep. Had he lived to have got to Quebec, great
matt(>r of triumiih would have been atlbrded him, on account of his
spirited opposition to many Captains of the Navy, who had given it
as their opinion that ships of the line could not proceed up the
river ; whei'cas our whole ileet got u[) perfectly safe. Could 1 have
had recourse to my Journals, which have unl\)rtunatoly been lost, it
would hav(! been in my power to have recounted many circ.mstances
with moii^ minuteness than I am at present enabled to do. I have
the hoiioiu-, I'i.'c., Samuel Holland."

Caphiiu Simcoe's death occurred, fnnu natural causes, off Gaspe,
just as tlie fleet was beginning its ascent of the river for the memo-
rablt- iittaek on Quebec, in 1759. His monument in Cotterstock
Church. Northampttmshire, sin's : '' He was an otKcer esteemed for
great abilities in naval and military affairs, of unquestioned bravery,
and unwearied diligence." Appended to Major Holland's letter is
the following memorandum in the handwriting of Gen. Simcoe him-
self ; "Major Holland told me that when my father was apj)lied
to, to know whether his l)0>ly should be preserved to be buried on
shore, lie replied, ' Ai>[iiy your ])itch to its proper purpose: keep
your lead to mend the shot holes: commit me to the deep.' J, G. S."
The mention in ]\lnjor Holland's letter of " the great cabin" of The
Feiitltruke, " dedicated to scientific [)urposes, mostly taken up with a
drawing table, and furnishing no room for idlers," gives us a pleasant
glim})se of an interior scene in an ai-med cruiser engaged in the double
service of defending and surveying a coast. Great, doubtless, has
been the debt of :dl later navigators of the Gulf and River St. Law-
I'ence to the observations jotted down for the first time in the busy
great cabin of T/ j Petnbrokc. Major Holland was uncle of Joseph
Bouchette, author of " The British Dominions in North America,"
who ultimately became his successor as Surveyor-General of Lower
Canada.

LEAVES TIIEY RAVE TOUCHED.

^ufhcrhivd,
B River St.
3 is not tlio
mvoy must
IV six ilays
f taken off
d'ui, I had
were firing
\ains Ixiiug
iol)CC, grciit
)omit of Ids
lad given it
eed np tiie
loulil I Lave
been lost, it
re .nistances
do. I have

;, off (laspe,
r the nienio-
Cotterstock
steenied for
led bravery,
's letter ia
Simcoc liim-
was ap}died
)o })uried on
pose : keep
J. G. S."
ym" of The
n up \^'itli a
s a pleasant
the double
lubtless, has
er St. Law-
in the busy
e of Joseph
I America,"
Lil of Lower

My autographic "clio of Surveyor-General Bou('hette is a letter
written at Montreal in Febi-\iary, 1800, addressed to a cousin of liis,
Eiisin'ii f'lioniquy, ihid Battalion Royal C^anadian Volunteers, at
Quel)i'c. This letter liappeus to name INlajor Holland. It refers to
an enclosure, an api-lieatiou to the Governor aj)parently, wliieh
Cheni(piy was first ti) seal and then entrust to the hiinds of
Major Holland, '• as if he had not seen it." •* You alone," he tlien
proceeds, "can put the matter in fair and speedy train. * * Neg-
lect nothing, and let the matter ])e over as s(kui as possible • and lot
me know the result." He then offers land at .'is. Gd. an acre. "As
to land," he says, "I sliall dispos(> of any ([uautity at 3s. Hd. per acre.
I have six hundred acres in J^arlington, the third township to the
eastward of York, and two hundi-ed acr^s on Y'onge Street, hack of
the town, lot No. 02 ; and I have four hundred acres in Rainham,
near tlie Grand River ; therefore; T state this to you that you may
take your choice, or any numlx'r of acres you j»leaso."

The successor of Gen. Bimeoe in the Government of Upper Canada
was Lieut. -Gen. Hunter. I have nothing to represent him except a
note in the handwriting of his Secretary and Aide-(h;-(',imp, addressed
to the Ensign Oheniquy just named. The ensign, after o))taining his
conunissiou, had jterhaps l)een prevented }>y circumstances from join-
ing his coi'])S, and had offered some exjilanations. The Seci'etary's. note
was as follows : — -" Srii : I have had tlie honour of lavin": vour letter
of this day [the document is dated at Quebec, 17th March, ISOO,]
before Lieut.-Gen. Hunter, expressing your anxiety to join your regi-
ment immediately. The General desires me to say that he perfectly
ap])roves of your joining your ivgiment as soon as jiossible, and
thinks the sooner you do so the bettin-. I liave the honour to be, ikc,
W. J. CuRREY, Aide-de-Camp."— This reads like a communication
from Gen. Hunter, who is remembered as a strict discii)linarian.

An autogi-a[di letter, which I ])reserve, of Monseigneur Denaiit,
French Bishop of Quebec, relates also to the same Ensign Chenicpiy.
We learn from it that the young soldier had been applying in 1803
for admission or re-admission to the Seminary at Quebec, vrith a view
to studying for Holy Ordei*s in the French Church. The letter is in
French, and is dated "Quebec, 3 91)re, 18(i3." "Monsieur," the
bishop says, " Je n'ai point d'objection i)articulierc a votre entree an
Seminaire pour y continuer vos etudes. Je I'ai dejti permis inie fois,
et vous avez quitte. Voyez M. le Superieur et arrangez-vous ensemble.

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LEAVES TIIEY HAVE TOUCHED.

Quiint a faire de vous iiu ecclesiastique — cela no pent avoir lieu qu'
api'i^H ex.'uaen fait par Moiisoigneur de Canatlie qui jugera do votro
capacity, de vos disposititjnH, et du temps de vous admettre. Jo
m'eu rapporterai a lui, ot sa decision sera la mienue. Je suis ttc, -|-
P. Eveque de Quebec." — The Monseigneur de Canathe just inon-
tiomul was Joseph Octave Plessis, coadjutor to Bislio[» Denaut from
17'J7 to 180G. His Life has been published, and forms a work of
great historical interest. I have his autograph also, and it chances
likewis(5 to relate to Ensign Cheni(piy. A document in the hand-
writing of Bishop Plessis is by no means a common sight. The lan-
guage of the paper this time is Latin, First we have a brief certiiicate
of Joseph Cheniquy having attended confession, signed by a presbyter
named Demei-s. " Audivi Jos. Cheniquy. Quel)eci, die 3a Mali,
18013. Demers, pter." Then in continuation follows IJishoi) Plessis'
testimonial to Cheniquy's orthodoxy : " Quern fidei Catholicai ad]ia3-
rentem et nuUo, quod novorim, censurarum vinculo irretitum omnibus
ad quos pra'sens perveniet schedula testificor. Ego infra scriptus. -j-
J. O. Epus Canathensis et Co-adjutor Quebecensis, Qubeci, 13 Mali,
1803." The " Deniers, presbyter," Avhose signature appears ul)ove,
w^as in his day a man of eminence in the scientific world of Canada.
HLs work, entitled " Institutiones Philosojihicai ad usum studiosas
juventutis," was publisheil at Quebec, in 1835. — Further on, I shall
have occasion to give some passages from an autograph letter of
Jacob Mountain, the first English Bishop of Quebec.

I introduce here the letter of a Mohawk chief addressed to General
Simcoe in England, after his final departure from Upper Canada. It
will serve to shew the estcjem and veneration in which the general
continued to be held among the native tribes and other j)oi'tions of
the people lately under his rule. Liancourt remarked how Governor
Simcoe cultivated the good will of the Indians. Joseph Brant Avas
his personal friend. The name of the chief whoso letter I am about
to give from the original, was John Norton, but known among tlio
Mohawks as Teyoninhokarawen. He is said by some to have been
the son of an Indian woman by a Scotchman ; but Stone in his Life
of Brant })uts it the other way, and says that he was the son of a
Scotchwoman by an Indian, which does not seem so probable. He
passed two years in Scotland in his early boyhood, and moreover
received some education in an American college. Stone remarks of
him, that next to Thayendanogea, i. e. Brant, he was the most distin-

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LEAVES TIIEY HAVE TOUCHED.

^ivoir lion qu'
iitpra tl«> votro
ulinettre. Jo
Fo suis iic, +
the just uion-
, Denaut from
nns a work of
and it c;li;uice3
t in the haiiil-
ight. The hin-
brief certiricato
L by a presbyter
31, ilio :ia Mail,
i Bishov Plessis'
Catholica^ adhte-
retitum oiuuibus
ifra scriptus. +
Qubeci, IS M;ui,
■e appears a\)Ove,
V orhl of Canada.
I usmn studiosfo
irther on, I ^I'^'l^
agraph letter of

•essed to General
lipev C!anada. It
[hich the general
l)ther portions of
pd how Governor
oseph Brant was
letter I am about
liown among tho
[nic to have been
iBtonc in his I^ife
Vas tlie son of a
probable. He
|d, and moreover
^tone remarks of
1 tho most distin-

guished of the mo lern Mohawks. It was lie wlio continued the
transhition of the G( spels, Ixigim by Brant. Tlie letter of Teyoninho-
karaweu which I l>o.s^se.s.s is dated at Bath, in Kiiglaud, Doc. 24,
1804. It then procetuls thu.s :

"■ Sir : The many i;n|»ortant concerns that have occupied your
Excellency's time siuco you left the wilds of Canada to lament your
absence, may have left l)ut imperfect traces <iu your nuud of ;some of
its remoter parts and of its iidiabitants. Bat with respect to them,
retu'ed and secpiestered from the busy world, nothing could intervene
to sha<l(.' from theii- memories the grateful sense they retain of your
benevolent intentions towards them, and the active zeal with which
you were ever ready to [)romote every measure in your power for the
welfare of that country and the vai'iuus d(\'<criptious of people therein
residing, as also for those out of its boundary, but v.lio ever faithfully
ailhered to His Majesty's intenists and relied on las fatherly prutt.'Ction.
Since I have been in Britain," he cuntiuiies, "I have gi-eatly desired
to do myself tho honour of waiting on your Excellency. But the
distance of vour residence, and the business which occupied iiiv atten-
tion, caused me to defer from time to time, till lately I came to Bath,
when I proposed myself that pleasure ; but by a particular ari-ange-
ment was so soon recalhnl to Loiulon as to put it out of my power
for that time. As I now liope to be alile to remain for this week at
Bath, could your Excellency with jjropriety and C(nivenience ]iermit
me to wait ujion you, I would do myself that honour any day you
might be pleased to ap[)oint. With the gi-eatest respect, I have the
honour to be, ite.. John Norton, Teyoninhokarawen. — P.S. Please to
direct to meat Mr. Robert Barclay's, Batli."' The peculiar u.se of the
word •' Britain " aI)ovo reveals the Scottish tincture in the chief's
education.

Norton, we ore t(jld, when in Bath appeared in the Pump Boom
in Indian costume, and the following scene is said to have occurred.
A y(Hing Englishman, who ha,d been i]i America, accosted him, and
gave him to understand that he suspected him to be an impostor.
Norton calmly assured him to the contrary. '' But then," I'eturned the
other, •' if you really are what you pretend to be, how will you relish
returning to tho savages of your own country ]" '• Sir,'' replied .N(jr-
ton, "' I shall not experieuco so great a change in my society as you
imagine ; for I find thoro are siivagos in this cauntry also." — 2"J^orton
proved himself a useful ally to England in the war with tha United

LEAVKS THKY IIAVK TOt fllED.

Stiitos ill 1S1'J-1;U11. lie assisted at tlio (M]ttin'('ot' Detroit ; lio was
present on Qiicenston lteiL,'lits wlicn lirock was killed ; lie entered
Fort Niagara wht'ii surprised and taken l»y Colonel Murray in
Docoiaher, ISIl ; and again, at the fanions niglit-attaek (»ii the
United States' camp at Stont^v Creek, he -svas also present. Norton's
association with the British oflicers on these and other occasions gave
riso to some wild stories, believed in the United States. Our. wi-iter
reports that Colonel Murray, when he sur])rised Fort Niagara,
entered the fort at the head of 4<tO P)ritish and Indians. James, in
his "Military Occurrences of the Late War," ttc, corrects the stat(v
ment hy saying there was hut one Indian, and he was a Scotchman :
moaning, of course, Norton. But doubtless, wiuu-ever Norton was,
his savages wei'e; not far oft".

As u companion-piece to Norton's letter, I give anotlier, written
also by our educated Indian chi(^f. Captain John IJrant, son of
Joseph, and his successor as Tekarihogea, or Head Chief of the
Mohawks. Its date, however, is so late as 1825. I transcribe fi-om
the original. Application is made therein to Colonel Givins, of the
Indian Dej)artment, for his friendly intervention in behalf of Thomas
Davis, Susannah Johnson and Lucy Brant, Grand River Indians,
who had suflfered lo.sses during the War of 1812. " Their respective
claims," (\iptain Brant says, "have been legally authenticated before
William Holme, E.sq., of Dumfries ; and I belicAO that they have
proceeded in every res])ect according to the rules of the Commis-
sioners. These claims were transmitted to J. B. Macanlay, Esq.,
Clerk to the Commissioners, nearly a year since. It is in consequence
of the bad state of health of the Hon. Col. Claus," Brant adds, " that
Thomas Davis intends to solicit your assistance, and to inquire of
Mr. Macaxilay if the Commissionei's have examined those claims :
and also the result of such examination. Any assistance you can
render to these peoi)le will be gratefully acknowledged by. Dear Sir,
your veiy faithful servant, J. Brant." The letter is dated at
Wellington Square, July 5, 1825. This is the J. Brant who, when
visiting England in 1821, called on the poet Campbell to retract the
language he had used in " Gertrude of AYyoming" in regard to his
father, Joseph Brant. Campbell's elaborate rej)ly can be seen at the
end of Stone's Life of Joseph Brant. The Mohawk name was
Ahyouwaeghs.

The Hon. Col. Claus long filled a large space in the Canadian
public view, as Chief Superintendent of Indian afiaii*s. Here is a

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I.KAVKS TIIKV llAVi: ToITIlKD.

otroit ; ho was
1 ; lit> cntored
iol Murr.\y in
iittui'k on the
sont. Norton's
occasions j^ave
•i. One writer
Fort Niii},'!ir!i,
ns. Jiinies, in
■rccts tlic stat(v
s a Scott'lmum :
)r Norton was,

notlior, wi'itten
Brant, son of
I Cliiof of the
transcribe from
1 Givins, of tho
chalf of Thomas
River Indians,
rheir respective
enticated i)efore
tliat they have
if the Comniis-
^tacauhiy, Esq.,
in consequence
•ant adds, " that
a\ to inquire of
those claims :
istance you can
ed by. Dear Sir,
;er is dated at
>rant who, when
ill to retract tho
n regard to his
n be seen at tho
awk name was

n the Canadian
ii's. Here is a

\oM'\' of liis dited >'ia'4ara, Hth Noveinlx^r, lS()i5. It is addressed
to till' saiiii' Clieniqii} of wlioni we luivc iilroady lieard. Chi-niqiiy's
occujMlion as a niiliticy mail was y(»ni', tlie Cauiidiaii VuliinLeci-a
having Im'cu disWandi'd. ( 'ol. ( "laus alhide^. In Impes of lialf-)i:iv
fondly liul vainly iudwli^eil by ('lieni(|uy. lie s|t(;dcs a <;ood word
for (J.'U. ITunti-r. wIim was lati-ly deceased. He names also .Indifo
ThorjK'. iind disa](|iruves of his ]iavin<f pi'eseiitcd himself as a <'andidutP
for a seat in Parliament. Col. ('laus addresses his letter to ( 'heni(|uy
at Sj)rinLflleld Park, near York. This was tli(> aiiode of .Mr. .ioiin
Mills Jackson. Col. ( 'laus says, — " JJear Sir, I was favoured with
your lettiM- of tlie liith ultimo, and 1 am to aeknowled;.;e myself
hi<;hly llattered with your ^ood wishes for me. 1 have been unwell,
but not seriously so. I liojte and at present f<'el myself to be ^ettinj^
strength everyday. I ]ia\(' heard that Mr. . Justice Thorpe isoflered
to the pul)lie to represent tlu^ Counties t.f York, Durham, i^e. l']vcry
man lias a riglit togive his *)j)inion ; and I think lliat Law and Divinity
ought to have nothing to do with Politics. '" * '•' There is no
report here of the half-pay being allowed to tho Cana<lian \'olunteers.
As to the truth of it, 1 cannot say anything about it. — I hope it may
be tho ca.se. As to General Hunter's admini.stration, what a few
idlers and di.scoutented people may say will never atiect him. Tho.se
who ei-y out are strangers both to him and iiis measures, and some
who 7"eeeivtMl fj-oju him that censure and piuiishment that they
deserved. He was an honest man, which cannot be said of .some
who make such a noise. I should l)e happy if I had it in my power
to do anything for you. 1 shall always lu> happy to hear from you,
and believe me, ifec, \V. C'laus.'' It may be pleasing to know that,
through Col. Claus, Cheniipiy did obtain (in 1807) an appointment
as Collector at St. Joseph, in the Far West. I have a letter of
Cheniquy's in which this is inq)lied. Also I have a portion of
Cheniipiy's Journal as far as Matchedash Bay, en route to St.
Joseph. In his Avay up Y'onge Street he rested at the Count de
Chains'. (He speaks of tho Count's place as " Windham.")

Having named J udge Thorpe, I am led to give two or tlu'ee letters
from the hands of our early J udges. First I go back in time a little,
and transcribe an autograph of Chief Justice Osgoode's, the first Chief
Justice of Upper Canada. It is a communication addressed to
W. Dummer Powell, Esq., at Detroit, in 1794. Mr. Powell's homo
was at that place at the time. He had not yet been raised to the

TTiir

LKAVE8 TIIKV IIAVK TOUCIIBn.

Bciicli. The riiicf J ustico writes pluintivcly of his " sollttido " at
Niaiiani : allmlcs to some mental perplexity which Ijo does nut eare
to oomiiiit fo pipei" : rcfiTs to |ii'ojects tor th«^ speedy estaldishiiu'iit
of a Superior Court of tludieatur(! to ho stationary at the seat of
Ooverninent. Amouji^ tho items rehitin;,' to current events at the
ond, he speaks of (lio |i:untie tone of certain eomnumieations of
" Mr. Wasldnj,'tou " to ('on<,'ress. The (Miief .lustieo writes from
Navy Hall, the (jovernor's renidence at Nia^'ara, tho hunililo aecom-
modatiojis of which are to l)o ^^athei-fd from tho re^'ret expressrtl that
it had not l»een convenient to oiler Mr. Powidl's son a hod there,
except only during tho absence of Major Littlehaleti. I now give
the te.vt of the letter :

" Navy Hall : May 2, 1794. Dear Sir : liy the rei)ort of tho Attor-
ney (Tonenil on his return from Detroit, [this would ho Mr. White]
as Avoll as tho expectation formed by your son on his arrival here, I
was flattered with the hopes of seeing you in this quarter during tho
course of last wintei', and had cause to regi-ot the disappointment
both from tho lo.ss of yonr company, which woidd have greatly
cheered my solitude, and because I was thereby deprived of au
Opportunity of conversing with you u[)on some topic connectcnl with
mir system of judicature, and perhaps of receiving some insight upon
a question that involves a niatter of candour with wliich I confess
I atn at present somewhat puzzled, and which, if stated upon pa[)er,
might lead to a tedious and unavailing discussion. As it seems to
suit the general convenience that tho Asser.ibly should meet in June,
it would not bo easy to arrange matters for holding tho Western
Circuit in sjiring so as to secure my retnrn in time. I must therefore
defer it till autumn. Many cii*curastances have made it absolutely
necessary that some course should be taken to relieve those gentlemen
in i)art who have gratuitously stood forward to administer justice at
a time when the country was dostitiite of professional men, and to
carry into eftect the institution of that Suiiorior Court which is
provided for by tho civil estimate of tlio Province, and the want of
which has been openly and re})eatedly complained of by the people.
For tho reasons you formerly detailed, I know that the removal of
your family will be attended with much inconvenience, and, without
tho means, can only wish I had the power of redressing it. In this
ease the most friendly part I csm act is to apprize you, that unless
some unfore.soen event should occur, a Bill will be brought forward

:Mr*./,v»#**W»«:WS«M'"-

1-KAVKS T1IP:Y HAVF, TOICIIKD.

' solitnd*' " at
(loos not oare
p.stalilisliiiu'iit
t the scat of
['Vfiits at tl)e
uninitiouH of
I wi'iti^H from
uiulilo aiocoin-
'xprcHKod that
a \m\ there,
I now give

tof tho Attor-
e Mr. White]
irrival liore, I
ter dui'ing the
isappoiiitnient
havo greatly
[•priveil of au
onnectini with
^ insight upon
hic'h I confess
I upon paper,
lS it seems to
liieet in June,
tlio Western
must thei'cfore
it absolutely
oso gentlemen
ster justice at
men, and to
lurt which is
I the want of
by tho people,
le removal of
and, without
cf it. In this
>u, that unless
ught forward

this Session to esta ilish a Supeiior Coun of Judicature, to bo
stationary at the Seat )f (Sovernnuuit ; and, till that .shall be fixed, to
be holdeu at tho last 1)1 ice of meetinij nf tiie Assemltlv. T am sorrv it
was not in my power to tiffer a bed to your son except during the
absence of M ijor Littlehales. We have no news from JMirop^- » \<cpt
by way of tlie States. A copy of the King's speecli has found its
way here, which continues to insist (»ii the necessity of opposing the
measures of the French. No mention is made of the Anieric-an States;
but I am happy i<> Iraiii. from a recent {•<)nimunicati<in fmni Mr.
Washington to Congress of letters finni ^Ir. Pinkney. that at an
interview with Tjord Orenville tiie most pacilic prtd'essions were
made by the Secretary, so that the apprehensions of war begin to
.subside I am, Di;ar Sii*. with great esteem, ite., William ( )s(iO()i)i:."
It w 'Id appear that during the subsefpient autumn Mr. Powell
had visited Niagara, anil had i-eturned rather suddenly to Detroit,
with the intention of bringing «lowu his family. Navy Hall was to
haveallorded them a t(unporarv slielter in the expected ab.sence of the
Governor for the winter. But in the meantime .some change had
occurred in the aspect of public affairs, and it might bo exjx^dieut for
the (Jovernor to pass i\w. winter, after all. at Niagara : also, it ndght
be necessary to cjuartcr a militai-y guard in the spare portion of tiie
Gover mr's Hou.se. The following note was accordingly ilispatched.
I copy from the oiigiual. "Navy Hall, Nov. 14, 1794. Di;au Sm :
Tluj critical situation of affairs will in all probability render it
necessary for His Excellency to remain at Navy Hall during the
ensuing winter, and he may have occasion to tpiarter troops in that
part of the House which was otherwise intended for the tenijiorary
acconnnodation of your family. Under these circumstances, His
Excellency has directed me to write to you immediately, to obviate
any inconvenionce you might else expei'ience. I am. Dear Sir,
with regards, Jlre., E. B. Littlehales. —P.S. Colonel Simcoe Avas
prevented from personally (explaining to you what he has directed
me to write, owing to your unexpected departure to Detroit." — To
this autograph letter of Major Littlehales', it will not be inap])ropi'iate
to api)e]id Liancoui't's account of the impression made on himself by
that gentleman. " Before I close tlite article of Niagara," the duke
says, " I must make particular mention of the civility shown us by
Major Littlehales, Adjutant and first Secretaiy to the Governor — a
well-bred, mild and amiable man, who has the chai-ge of the whole

J Mill

LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED.

corivspondonco of Govcniinont, and acciuits liimsolf Avith peculiar
ability aud apijlifation. INLiJor LitLlcdiales appoarod to ])0ssess the
eoiitidcnoo of tlu; coiiiitiy. This is not uufi-oqueutly the case with
men in place and power; hut his worth, politeness, prudence and
judii;inent_i,dve thisotHeer i)eculiar clauns to the contidence and respect
which he universally enjoys."

In connection with ]\Ir. Powell's lirst visit to Niagara and the
fraternal conferences which, as avc have seen, Chief Jut;tiee Osgoode
in his solitude desired to have with him, I must give the following
note fi-oni the autograph of the Governor himself: "Col. Simcoe's
compliments to Mr. Powell : Mr. Chief Justice 0.sgoode is to be with
him at eleven o'clock, when he shall hi> happy to present Mr. Powell
to him. Hunday morning." Public nuni, at home and here, were
not in 17'.i4 so scrupulous as they are obliged now to be, in regard to
utilizing occasionally sonu' of the hours of Sunday for the con-
sidei-ation of atfairs of state. In the following year, binder date of
"4th July, 171)5, Saturday morning," we have a note in the hand-
writing of iNlajor Littlehales, addressed to Mr. Powell, in these words :
'• Lieut, (lovcrnor Simcoe will be glad to have the ])leasure of seeing
you to diiuiv'r to-morrow at three o'clock, and is the more solicitous
in this invitation, as he wishes to converse Avith you upon business,
before or after dinner." And Avlien the King's birthday falls on a
Sunday, the Commandant at Fort Oeorge does not defer to the
ftllowiug day the dinner to Avhich he invites his friends. Thus:
'' Major Shank rcipiests th(^ honour of ]Mr. A. Mucnab's company to
dinner on Sunday, the 4th of June."

A note of Chief Justice Elmsley (Osgoode's successor) to Mr.
Powell, now advanctnl to be ^Vlr. Justice PoAvell, exhibits the same
peculiarity. It is dated " Sunday morning," and conveys the follow-
ing (]ueries to Mi-. PoAvell. (They constitute my chief MS. relics of
Chief Justice Elnislev). "1. Is their anv ordimince or hiAv that has
made any altiu-ation in the Penal LaAv of this Pi'ovince since the 14th
CJeorge III., except that Avhich extends Petty Larceny to twenty
shillings sterling'? 2. P)y Avhat Proclamation, Ordinance or Law
was the Penal Law of England intvodiu-cd here i for the 14th Ceo.
Ill, mentions its having been established near nine years. To these
qiu^stions," he then says, " allow me to add another of much less
importance. Is it the custom to give the Grand Jury a dinner here,
as fclscAvhere^" I happen to possess Mr. Justice Powell's response, in

LEAVES THEY HAVR TOUrilER.

f with 2>ecuHar
to j)Ossess the
y the case with
, prmlcuce and
?ucc and respect

[iagara and tlie
Fiu'.tice Osgoode
ve the following
'' Col. Sinicoc's
ade is to be with
sent Mr. Powell

anil here, wci'e
be, in regard to
ay for the con-
r, under date of
ito in the hand-
, in these words :
.easure of seeing

more solicitous
I upon business,
thday falls on a
ot defer to the

friends. Thus:
ab's company to

ccessor) to Mr.
ibits the same

veys the follow-

ief IMS. relies of
or law that has
e since the l-lth

ceny to twenty
i nance or Law
r the 1 1th Geo.

^•ears. To these
M' of much less
y a dinner here,
U's response, in

his autograph. He s; ys : " I know of no law affecting the Penal
Code of this Province ( x.eept the change ymi uu'ntiMii. cxttMidiiiu- llio
value of Petty Larcenies to meet in some ineusure the d»'})reciatii)n of
money. F consider tin Crinnnal Code of England, as it stood in
1774, to be opei'ative here, being then conih'nied In' statut<'. Its tirst
introduction was liy Proclamation, 17t'>o, extending the Fiaws of
Kiiglitiid to all newly ac((uired concjuests. It followed the ih'st Civil
Governor's Comnusaion, which was in '(Jf) or '()(')." Fie llicii auswei'S
the t*hief Justice's impiiry al)oiit the dinner. '" 1 1 lias not been
customary to entertain tli<^ Grand Jury on the Home ('ircuit, no
allowance having l)een nuule for the expenses of it to the < )llicers."
Chief J ustice Elmsley was afterwards Chief Justice of Lower Canada.
A few words of his, ])enned by him ivhen resident at Quebec, are the
following — the mention of five o'clock as tlie t^)uebec dinner hour
will perhaps redeem them from mere counnoni)lace : •• Mi-. Elmsley
will do himself the honour of w.iiting on the Bishop of (,>uebiM and
Mrs. JMountain at dinner on I'^'iday next, at 5 o'clock." The noli- is
addressed to '• Mi's. Mountain, Belmont."

Tv) acc.om])any Chiei Justices Elmsley "s autographs, I add a jxissage
from an adiiurably written letter now lying before nu>, of Mrs.
Eluisley, at tlu; time of the date (LS2.")) his wiilow. It is addressed
to Mr. Alexanilei' Wood, and relates to a generous offer that had
been luadc by that gentleman to restore a [larccl of laiid containing
tifty acres, to the Elmsley Il^stat(\ foi' a reason whicli will in tlieso
days b(> considered romantic. In view of the great ami unexpected
rise in the vahie of pi-opcrty since the purch:',sc, he feels that he got
it altogether too clx'ap. He therefore dc'sires to hand it back to the
Estate, that the Estate, and iu>t himself, might reaj) the benetit.
Mrs. Elmslev tirndv declines the proU'eretl advantage in this well-
expressed language: "I thought F ha;! not sufticiently i-eniuiicrated
you f !)• the iiilinite troid)le you liavi' had in the care you have taken
of the j)roperty, by idlowing you to pirr-ZiKnc the lot in ((uesiion
instead of (jii'iK;/ it, and was nnicii gratilietl when 1 heard it had
become more valuable. In case you slioidd wish to disj)ose of it even
in this way you wiM-e still my ■nrdltor, for the land btAcame yoiu's at
th(^ piice it was then vaUunl .it ; and whatever fuUn-e advantages
might arise from such proju'rty, 'he increase of value nutst be yotira
as nnich as if you were to receive the benelit of any article in trade.
You have done more for m<' ana ;n} 'amily than any one else would

LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED.

liavo (lone ; and tlionp;li I feel your last aefc of kiinlupss, if possible,
more than all i);i.st favours, yet I must not tax your frieutlsliip at so
high a rate. Tlierefore, pray do not he olfeiuk'd if I d'cline the
beuf^fit V'"»ii geuei'ously proposed, and allow me the gratitieatioii of
knowing tliat you have rect.-ived a ti'ifling profit from what, in fact, is
your own to dispose of as you jilease. The continued fj-iendshi}) of a
mind like yours will alwa^-s ati'ord me more real pleasure than ncces-
sion of riches ; for few, A-ery few indeed, ]>ossess siieli fotlings as
yours, and such a friend T shall feel the gi-eatest pri<le in boasting of.
I have met with many instances of ingratitude, but your disinterested
conduct has a hundredfold over]»aid me."

The successor to (Jhief Justice p]lmsley, in Upper Canada, was
Chief Justice Allcock. My ]M>>. relic of him is dated from London,
3rd April, ISO"). He writes to inform Mr. Justice PoM'ell that
" ]\Ir. Robert Thorpe, who succeeded Mr. ( :Ochran at Prince Edward
Island, [i.e., as Judge], is ;ip[)ointed his successor in IJpj)er Canada."
The vacancy on the Bench in U[)i)er Canada had been occasioned by
a singular disaster, by which a judge, a solicitor-general, a sheriif, a
high bailirt", a i)risoner, witnesses, and others Avere suddenly engulfed
in Lake Ontario in a Government ves.sel named The Speed)/, not one
person of those on board surviving to tell the tale. — Chief Justice
Allcock then goes on to descril)e to Judge Powell how he has lixed
the Circuits. " He [the new judge, Thor[)e] is here now, and I have
made an an'angement with him about the Circuits of this year,
which I hope you will approve of I shall be obligeil [he says] to
take the East in my way home, [i.e., from London], as I fear it
would be too late to go to the "West after my arrival at York. Mr.
Thorpe," he then adds, "is going to Prince Edward Island from
hence : he expects to sail from thence early in July for York with
his family, consisting, I think, of a lady and five children. His
arrival at York," continues Mi*. Allcock, " dei)ending as mine does,
on wind and weather, he agrees to go to Newcastle only, (to which
he says he will ride) ; so tliat I hop(> you will have no objection to
take Niagara, London and Haiulwich. — Mr. Thorpe," he further
explains, " much wished -to have some place he could ride to this
year, as he said his Lady's alarms would be such as to the dangers of
the Lake as to injure her raatin'ially, if he was to leave her on such
an expedition on her first arrival. Under all circumstances," the
Chief Justice finally observes, " I could think of no other arrange-
ment."

mam

»!'!it,-r.'iCr!Wl*^, :■

LEAVES THEY HAVE T(n"CHED.

>.ss, if possil)le,
rieiidsliij) jit so
I (I'cline the
:;;'iiti{i'jati()ii of
"liat, in fact, is
fi'IfiKlsliip of a
ii-c than licces-
<']i ft-tliiig.s iis
ill l)()as(ill^• of
.1- ilisiiiterested

■ Canada, was
from London,
! Powf'll tluit
*i-ince Edward
pper C'ana<la."
occasioned by
al, a slioriir, a
lenly (u^ndfed
wihj, not one
(■hief Justice

he h;i.s fixed
w, and I have

of this year,

[lio says] to

as I fear it
t York. ]\Ir.

Ishmd from
ir York with
lildren. His
s mine does,
ly, (to wliich

objection to
he furtlier

ride to this
10 ilangors of

her on such
itances," the
lier arrange-

Wiien TJie SpreiJi/ forndered, ]Mr. Hcrohnicr, a niorcliant of York,
also perished. I iuive !Mr. IlerchnKir's signature attached to a
recei])t, which liappens t) give tiic aniouni of municij»a] tax paid by
two citizens of York in ISOl. •' Received. York. l!2iid April, l^^Ol,
from Alexander Wood, Es(i., for Doct. Durns, the sum of four
dollars, being the amount of his Taxes and his brother's. J. Hi;iu"U-
MER, ("oUector. Doct. HurriS, Ifis., Alex. Burns, Esq., 4s.; total, 20s."
One barrister Avho narrowly escaped drowning in The SjX'edij was
Mr. Weekes. He determined, as ^\v. Tlioi-po proposed to do. to
" ride " to the vc.'ssel's destination, and so saved his life. My speci-
men of Mr. Weekes' autograph consists of an ordei- f)r window-glass
and putty left with ^NFr. Wood. He \\as contemj)lating building at
York. " Please to order from PJngland for me Six Hundred ft'ct of
Gla.sa, ten by sixteen inches, and putty s'.iftieic-nt for glazing the
same. W. Weeki:s. I2tli Oct., Ls()5. Alexander Wood, Esq."
In the following year Mr. Weekes was killed in a duel at Niagara.

Chief Justice AUcock's successor was Chief Justice Scott. I Iiave
two autogra})h letters of I\Ir. Scott. (b)e was writt"n when he was
Attorney General, aaid is addressed to Judge Powell, reciuestiug him
to nominate some one to conduct the Crown business in his absence,
it being nect^ssary for liim to repair to York in consequence of the
death of the Lieutenant-CTOveruor, General Hunter. " As the
melancholy event," he says, '" that hath tak; n place renders it a duty
in mo to return to York as soon as possilile. I request that you .vill
appoint any gentleman at the Ixir whom you may think tit to cai'ry
on prosecutions for the Crown, when a person in such a situation
may by you lie conshlered as necessary." The other hotter was
written by Mr. 8cott eleven years later, on his lieing allowed a
pension. It is addressed to Crovernor Gori'. and reads thus : '• 3Tarch
30th, 181G. ]\ry Dear Sir; 1 hav(; only time to ofl'er my sincere
thanks to your Excellency and the Members of the Legislature.
Their generous conduct I see and feel ; and 1 sliall ever bear in mind
the high obligation they haxc laid me under. I now return the
enclosed according to your r(>([uest. I am. with great regard, your
Excellency's ol)edient and obliged servant, Tiios. Scott." The
pension was the comfortable one of .£S0() sterling ])er ainium. as
appears from a reciMpt which T have : it is a jirinted form tilled up,
and it runs thus with great ami satisfactory particularity : " Upper
Canada. Receiver General's Olhce, \ork, the third day of January,

'..»

i |! 'ill

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J' I

LEAVES TIIEY HAVE TOUCHED.

1 iS :.•(). RoceivfMl of (joorgo Crooksliivnk, Esq., Acting Receiver
General, tlie Mini of P\)Ui- Hundred .ind forty-four Pounds eight
sliillings and tenpenee halfpenny, Canaihi Currency, being my half-
year's allowance of Pension from the 1st of July to Jic .'Ust of
Det-eniber, ISI!,), inclusive, at ,£800 sterling per annum, as lato Chief
Justice of the Pi'ovince, granted uj)on my retirement from the Bench
by His Ptoyal Highness the Prince Regent, as signitied in Earl
Bathurst's letter dated the 18th of June, 181 G; pursuant to Lieut.-
Governor Sir P. Maitland's warrant No. 22 of this date, having
signed five recei])ts of the same tenor and date. — Thos. Scott.
£444 8.S'. 10.',(/., Canada Currency ; dollars at iys. each."

I should have noted further back that between Gov. Simcoc and
Gov. Hunter canu> the Administrator, Peter Russclb He was after-
waj'ds Receiver General of the Province. H'^rt; is his aut(jgraph
signature, a fine one, attached in that capacity to a receipt, which
infurms us what was the sum accruing to the public Treasury fi'om
Licenses in the Midland District in 180G. "Receiver General's
Otiice, 20th March, 180G. Received from John Cummings, Esq.,
Inspector for the ^lidland District, tlu'ough the haiuls of Alexander
Wood, Esq., Twenty-three jjounds twelve shillings and ninepence,
Halifax Currency, for account of Duties received on Licenses in that
District. — Petku Ri'ssell, Receiver General. £23 126'. 9(^, Hx.
Currency; dollars at r)^-." Mr. Russell died at York in 1808. I
copy the printed card of invitation which was sent to his friends on
the occasion of his Funeral, the mem. at its close sounding some-
what strange to us now. '• Sir : The fa^•our of vour attendancti at
the Fiiiu'ral of the late Mr. Russell is r(>(|uested on Wednesday next,
at 2 o'clock precisely. York, 3rd October, 1808. Divine Service
antl a Funeral Sermon, by the Reverend Mr. Stuart."

Of Governor Gore I have several minute manus('ri])t remains. He
was twice Governor of Tpper Canada. He d('[)arted before the Three
Yeai-s' War, begun in 1812, and was reappointed when the contest
was over. The following is a. familiar note to Mr. Justice Powell,
3rd May, 1810. He was just on the start for an inspectional tour,
probably. " Dear Sii' : T hope to get away on Saturday morning ;
therefore if you will excuse a short invitation, ami take your sapp 'r
with us to-morrow at half-i)ast 5 o'clock, we shall be most ha))py of you;-
company. — Fkancis Goue." The italicised sapper is, I think, a
jocose allusion to the use of the word su])per for " Tea," coumion

■Bdimm

IMMHH

LEAVES THEY UAVE TO(*CHED.

ting Receiver
Pounds eight
^eing luy half-
J Jic 31st of
I, as Into Chief
■oni the Bench
litied in Earl
liuit to Lieiit.-
date, having
Tjios. Scott.

. Sinicoe and
He was after-
lis autograph
•eceipt, wJiich
["reasury from
ver Gcinei-al's
miings, Esq.,
of Alexander
d ninepence,
:enses in that
2s. i)d., Hx.
in 1808. I
s fi'iends on
nding sonie-
tendanco at
lesday next,
."ine (Ser\ico

mains. He
re tlieTJiree
tJie contest
tice Powell,
tioual tour,
V' morning ;
'our saj)j) ">•
*I*y ofyouv-
think, a
common

in the United States and an ong country peo]>le liere. Secondly, I
produce Mr. Alexander Woo("s Licens(> to sell Spirituous [J(juors,
signed by (Governor Gore's o^■n hand, -with Mr. Allan's receipt as
Ins;)(>otor, for tiie fees receivable on the same. This is the same
Mr. Wood whose scruples abort prollting by tlio great rise in ths
value of fifty acres of the Elnisley Estate wen- noted just now.
"Province of Upper (Janada, Francis Gore, Eieut('n;tnt-Govcriior
of the Province of I"''p])er Canada, kc, ikc, &g. To all whom tlieso
presents may concern : This License i:i granted lo Alexander Wood,
Esij., of the County of York, Home District, Sho})keepf-r, to utter
and sell Wine, Brandy, Rum, or any other .spirituous liquors by i-etail,
to be drank out of his house. This License to be in force until the
fifth day of Januaiy, One thousand eight hundred and eleven ; ])ro-
vided that the said Alexander Wood shall ob.serve such rules and
regulations as are or shall be made in that behalf Giv«>n under
my hand and seal at arms at York, in the County of York, the
seventeenth day of January, One thousand eight Inindred and ten, in
the 50th year of His Majesty's n^ign. — Francis Goue, Lt.-(Jo\.'i-nor.
By His Excellency's Command : John McGill, Inspector-General,
PuV)lic Provincial Accounts." — " Received from the said Alexander
Wood. Esq., the sum of One j)ound sixteen .shillings sterling, Ix'ing
the origiu.il statute duty on each Ijicense, and likewise the sum of
Twenty shillings, lawful money of this Province, being the additional
duty imposed on the same by the Legislatui-e. — W. Allan, Inspector."
The John M'tiill, whose autogra[)h also hero ap[)ears, is the gentleman
from whom jM'Gill Street and M'Gill Square, Toronto, have their
names. I give one or two more rej)resentative relics of Gov. Gore.
Hero is an extract from a letter to C'Ol. (tivins of York, after liia
final retirement from the Government of U[)per Canada. Writing
from 15 Lower Grosvenor Place, he says : '• I learn that Lord
Dalhousie lias recommended a Major .Uarling to succeed to our [loor
friend Glaus. I suppose his L^nvlship is satisfied with that gentleman's
perfect knowledge of the Indian Nations to justify him in jjreferring
him to so important an office. * * If I was a little younger, it
"wotild afford mo great pleasure to pay you a visit and witness your
improvements. ]\Iy late absence tVom London pi-e vents me from
filling up a letter with tlie news of the day : the most inqiortant
event is the hourly expectation of the Duke of York's death. It
is quite impossible to describe how universally he is beloved,

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LEAVES TUEY HAVE TOUCHED.

not only by the Army, but by ovory ckss." Tlie rumour rospocting
the appoiutraont of Major Darling did not prove to bo well-
f'rounili^l. (!ol. (Tivins liiiuself bocuiiie Col. Chius* successor in
the Chirf Buperintondi'ucy ol' Indian Aflairs. A littlo later,
Mr. (roro coinniunicatos to Mr. Justi<-'o Powell at York an on dit of
tlie moment in London, wliieh lie evidently tliouglit farcical, and
which also did not i)rove true, '*' Many thanks for your letter," lie
8ays, " and I was about writing to you to tell you that Sir Peregrino
Maitland has asked for a twelve month's leave of absence, which is
grantt'd : and that Sir Francis Burton has received the aj)pointment
of ( lovenutr (Jenci'al of r)ritish North America ! ! ! I bet; vou not
to mention this latter apjunritment," !Mr. Gore adds, " because Sir
Francis begged me not to mention it ; and yet it has transpired,
althongh many do not believe it." Ho closes with a hint wdiich
probably had much latent significance : " I should recommend you,"
he says, '■ to abstain from making aiiy a{)plications to the Colonial
Office at pi-esent, but wait till Mr. W. Horton abdicates, wdiich I
understand will be about Cliristmas."

Tiie name of Sir John Harvev, otherwise so greatlv distinguished
has an especial interest with Upper Canadians, inasmucli as it was he
— at the time Lieut. -('ol. Harvey — who planned and so successfully
carrie^l out the daring night attack on tla^ enemy's Camp at Stoncy
Creek on the oth of June, 181)3, by which a most efiectual check
was given to the progress of iuvasie:n. ^ly autograph memorial of
Sii- John Harvey is the following letter, addressed to Col. Givins :
it 1 efers, like another document, already given, to the death of Col.
Claus, and to a movement which was set on foot to secure for Col.
Givins the suece;-sion to the General Su[ierintendency of Indian
Ail'airs — a post for which hi.-; long L^xperionce with the native tribes,
and his knowledge of tlieir languages, peculiarly fitted him. The
movement was. as vre have already been ai)prized, successful. "I
had not heard" he says, London, 1st Dec, 182G, " of poor Col. Claus'
death, nor do I at all know whether it be intended to keep up the
appointment he has so long held. If such should be the intention,
much iittoution would doubtless bo paid to the recommendations of
the authorities in Canadii, particularly, I should imagine, as regards
Upper Canada, to that of your excellent Lieut. -Governor, [in 1826
this would be Sir John Colborne,] wdiosti support you will, I doubt
not, have, and you can require nothing beyond that." Previously,

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LEAVES TIIEY HAVE TOUCHED.

lour I'ospecting
^e to 1)0 well-
■>' successor in
V. littlo later,
»rk an on Jil of
it farcical, and
^-ourlettor," lie
b Sir Peregrino
sonce, wliicli is
le ai)poiutinont
I hog you not
!, " because Sir
las transi)ire(l,
a hint which
'onimend yon,"

the Colonial
:ates, which I

distintjuished
:n as it was he
io snceessfully
nip at Stonoy
flVctual check

1 nicniorial of
Col. Givins :
[loath of Col.
cure for Col.
•y of Indian
native tribes,

him. The
essful. " I
r Col. Clans'
keep up the
e intention,
endations of
, as regards

•, [in 1826,
r'ill, I doubt
Previously,

>i'

however, in the letter, Sir Joh i liarvey had .said, ''I addressed a
not/e to IMr. llorton for Lord J'atliurst's information, stating my
kno\vl(>dge of your services in the Indian Department, particularly as
thev fell un<k:;rmv observation in the late War, in such a manner as
uiuy, I trust;, be serviceable to you."

When (}()v. (!oro (l(>p;u1<'d fur E.ighuid in 1811, it was simply on
leave. Major (»en<n',d Brock, the Counnander of the Forces, became
Adiuinistrator or Presidt^nt of Upper Canada. Of this distinguished
man, soon after slain at the? r>attle, of Queenston Height.^, where hia
noble monument is a conspicuous object, I have an epistolary relic.
It i-; not i]i any way of a military clmraeter. being a letter to ihe
Blslio[i of Quebec, the first Bishop Mountain, of whom wo have
before lieard. Every one knows that at tlio outset a close connexion
sul'sistod batween Church and State in U[)i)er Canada, often no doubt
to the inconvenience and pm'plexity of both contracting parties.
Solenni letters passing between governors and bishops on the sid)iect
of missionaries, rectors and ecclesiastical livings, have become curi-
osities now to us under the nxodern and much sim[ilitied system of
a Fret^ ('Iiureh in a Free State. Bisliop Mountain, it appeal's, had
thought it propel- to apply to the Administrator of the Government
for his opinion as to the advisalnlity of ordaining a certain Gcrimm
Lutheran named Weagant. The Adniiuistrator had refeiTod the
matter to Dr. Strachan, recently appointed to Yoi'k. He then
replies: '' Yoi'k, U{)per Cauaila, Se])tember "2 ith, LSI 2. My Lord:
I was honoured with your Ljrdship's letter of the I3rd tdt., a fortnight
ago, but thinking that it would be more satisfactory to receive a con-
firmation from Dr. Straclian of the favourable account given by
others of I\[r. W(-agant's eliaraelei', 1 have delayinl until uiy arrival
here giving an. answer. Dr. Stravihan is of o[iiuioii that Mr. Wea-
gant's abilities iind moral conduct entitle him to be admitted into
the ministry of o'lv Church, and that he will be of essential beneht
to the people among whom ho now resides, who generally speak
Dutch, in wliich language he is only comjjetent to officiate. It
appears that Mr. AVeagant jittends at present three places of worship,
and it is suggested that he should h? required to perform some
duties. Allow me to assure your Lordship that ^ '■hall at all times
be proud to attend to your recommendations, and to express my
regret that your Lordship's ill state of health deprived this Province
of the advantsxge of your Lordship's presence. I have the honour to

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LEAVES TIIKY HAVE TOUCHED.

be, witli lii'^li i'i'S]>i'ct. luid coiisideriition, your Lonlsliip's most obe-
dient iunl very liuiiibh.' servant, Isaac Brock. M.U." This l(!ttor
is wholly in the Jiiindwritini,' of (Jen. Hrock. As ii pendant, i. add
an extract from a letter by Major (-lle.Sg, wlio was with the ^'eneral
as one of his aid<'s-de-caui]) at the moment of las death at tlu! base
of Qiioenston Heiglits. It was written some years Lvter at (^iitsbcc
to a friend who had congratulated him on a hai)py windfall in
England, which he was alxjut to take possession of. "I tliank you,"
he says, *' very sincerely for your congratulations on my late very
unexjjected good fortune ; it is (piite true that a distant connexion
has left me a very [)retty estate in my own county ((/heshire), and
in the immediate neighbourhood of all my relations, about seven
miles Avest of Liverpool, and thirteen from Chester, where I shall be
truly hap[)y to jrive you a good day's shooting and a most hearty
welconie under my I'oof It is my intention to proceed to England
soon after the opening of the navigation, proceeding through your
Province to New York."

Durinu; the Three Years' War, in the course of whicli Gen. Brock
was killed, the church at Niagara was ])urnt, along with the whole
town. Being of stone, however, the walls of tlie building remained.
Some sentences of a letter, now before mo, from Mr. Addison, the
English chn-gyman thei'e at the time, to Bishop Mountain of (Quebec,
will afford an idea of the situation in which the inhabitants found
themselves. It is dated at Niagara, 30th Doc, 1815. "1 took the
liberty," he says, " of recommending the state of our church to your
Lordshi[)'s ju'otection by Lieut.-Col. Robei'tson, of the Canadian
Feneibles. I now think it my duty to acquaint your Lordship that
we hav(> begun to perform the Service in it, and have got, })y means
of a subscription, three windows and some benches put into it. We
are still in a very comfortless situation, and if Government will not
assist us, I fear w^e shall continue so for ,some time." The three
windows jiere spoken of were not some of "the storied windows
richly dight " with which we deck our churches now, but doubtless
the' most matter-of-fact affairs, sim])ly to answer the primary purpose
of windows, viz., the admission of light : the three opposite apertures
were probably roughly boardc.'d up, Mr. Addison then expresses
Bome desire to be transferred from Niagara to the London District.
" I have been strongly solicited," he says, " by some of my old hearers
who havo removed to tliat district, to live amongst them, and should

LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED.

iliil»'s most o1)e-
H." This letter
pendant, I add
itii the goncral
nth at tlio base
later at Qiajhec
[)y wimliiiU in
"f thank you,"
n my late very
tiuit connexion
((-heshire), and
14, about seven
-hero I shall be
a most hearty
oed to England
I through your

icli Gen. Erock

with the whole

ding ixunainod.

\ Addison, the

ain of (Quebec,

abitants found

" I took the

hurch to your

the Canadian

Lordsliip that

got, hy means

into it. We

iment will not

The three

ried -windows

but doubtless

niary purpose

site a]>erturea

len expresses

don District.

ly old hearers

n, and should

not. feel mueh disinclined, if such a ;alary was allowed for visiting
th<' Indians two m- three times a mou'li, as would make uj) for the
loss I must sustain in leaving my present situation. I beg leave.
howo\er, to assure your Lordship tiUit I wish not to ask any
uni)leasant faNour, for really, my Lord," Mr. Addison pathetically
subjoins, " I thiidc it a matter of great iudiffei'ence where I struggle
through the few remaining year.s of my life."

It having happened just now that Dr. Strachan and Bishop
Mountain camc^ before us together, I give here, as exain^iles of their
autugrapli letters respectively, two extracts in which a tritiing
passage of arms or crossing of pens occui's between them. The Bisiiop
of (.Quebec was in London at the moment, attending to Canadian
Ecclesiastical interests at Downing Street and elsewhere. The Doctor
writes to him from York, Upper Canada ; and after, anioug many
other things, detailing certain speciiic advantages which ho has heard
the Koman Catholics of Upper Canada had lately obtained from the
Home (jroA'ernment, he ventures to observe to the Bishoi). *' It is
impossible to look at this statement, my Lord, without inferring that
either the ^Ministers at home, or the Head of the Church in this
country, had failed in their duty. Ic therefore behoves your Lord-
ship to take such steps as shall clear you from any such suspicion, and
bring to light your incessant exertions for the increase and prosperity
of the Church, (i.e. the Church of England in ( -anada. )"' He suggests
that the Secretary of State for the Colonies should be moved to
dispatch a strong letter to the authorities in Canada in favour of the
Church of England; ''and if the letter added," he says, "'that his
Majesty's Government expected the hearty co-oneration of men high
in otlice here in promoting the prosperity of the Establishment and
affording it every assistance, it would have a wonderful effect.
Such a letter," he remarks, not surely with his customary shrewdness,
''your Lordshi]) might, I think, very easily procure.'"

After passing in review the other points in Dr. Srrachan's commu-
nication, the Bishop takes notice with a good deal of dignity of the
words and ideas just quoted. He writes from Hastings, in Sussex :
"You tell me, Sir," he says, " that it is impossible to took at this
business without inferring that either the Ministers at home or the
Head of the Church in Canada had failed in their duty. It therefore
(you say) behoves me to take such steps as shall clear me from any
such suspicion, «fcc. These observations may in some degree be
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LEAVES THEY HAVE TOITCHEU,

just. T am fully aware that in ordinary minds, or with persona not
BulHciently inloniie<l of the ditHcultitis to bo encountered — the
Ministers consider the affairs of the CanatUis to V)e involved in very
great difficulties — a want of success will commonly produce the
Buspicion of a want of due exertion. Yet I do not exactly see the
proj riety of ui-^'inj; this to me. I nuist bear these suspicions as ]
may. The time perhaps will come when the exertions whicli I have
made will be better understood. I shall not remit them ; but it ia
not my intention to make them public at present. I have a very
awful responsibility, and I trust that I am duly sensible of it; but
whit 'it behoves me to do,' under the circumstances in which I am
placed, ought in propriety to be left to my own judgment." Then as
to the facility with which Ministers might be moved to adopt a
particular line of action, the Bishup rejoins : " Ministers will not
considnr the fclcclesiastical affairs of the Colonies but in conjunction
with other matters relating to them. Whenever they do proceed in
this business, they will certainly not fail to have before them all that
relates to the Reserved Lands, and everything else materially affecting
the Establishment and the general interests. But like many other
persons at a distance from Courts and Ministers, you mistake
extirmely in supposing that effectual attention to everything that
seems important in the Colonies, and particular directions respecting
it, niiiy ' very easily' bo obtained here." In his next letter. Dr.
Strachan offer's many apologies for his " loose manner of expressing
himself," which he says was the result of haste, — Col. Talf)ot, who
was to be the bearer of the letter, being kept literally waiting until
it should be finished. He then adds : " The great exertions of your
Lordshipto place the Church in these Provinces upon a more respectable
footing do more than equal my expectations, "wliich were not perhaps
very moderate. They are not to be measured by their success ; but
will reflect the greatest credit on the first Bishop of Qirebec, when
they are ones generally known, long after we are all mingled with the
dust." Both of these energetic contenders in a cause which it was
their oftice to uphold are now mingled with the dust, and truly
their names are held ip honour. But the way out of the maze in
the ]ierplexities of which they were entangled — how different it
finally was from that which they had conceived to be the only one !

But now I must return to secular affairs. When Gen. Brock was
killed, the command, civil and military, devolved on Gen. Sheaffe.

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The riame of Gen. Hhentrc — afterwards Sir linger Hale Shealle— is
jissociated with the hi.story of Toruuto. It was he who retired with
the rem.uns of the small regular army and t his coininaud towards
Kingston, when Toronto, then York, was taken and partially sac^ked
by the (longrtissional invading force. 1 poss(!ss an autograjih letter
of his. It IS aildrt'sscd U) Col. Givins at York, and introduces to him
and to us Oapt. Basil Hall. " I have the pleasure of introdui-ing to
you," Gen. Sheaffe says, " (Japt. Basil Hall of tlic Royal Navy. In
granting him th(^ benefit of any kind otlices in your power, and in
procuring froui others any aid that may promote the purposes of his
visit to (-anada, you will confer an obligation on, yours very truly,
R. H. Sheaffk." This letter is dated Edinburgh. Hth A))ril, 1827.
Capt. Basil Hidl's three volumes of Tra\-els in North America in
1827-8 appeared in 182!). He preceded Mrs. TroUope by a few
years, and, like that lady, he gave great offence by his criticisms, which,
like hers, were not always of the most enlightened kind. An autogi-aph
letter which I chanc t<j have of Capt. Hall's relates wholly to America.
It is addressed to VV. R. Hamilton, Es(j., Secretary to or otherwise
connected with the Athenanim (/lub, and it oIHts some recommenda-
tions in regard to the newspapers of the United States some forty
years ago. The letter is dated 4 St. dames' Place, Wednesday, 23rd
June, 1830. '* My dear Sir," it proceeds, '' in rejily to your question
about American jiapers, I ])eg leave to mention to you, that I think
your best plan would be to take one of the New York Tri weekly
Papers, as they are called, and Niles' Weekly Kogister. The New
York Paper will give you all the interesting transatlantic information
current at the moment, including as good a repiM't of the Debates in
Congress as can be required in this country ; wliile Niles' Register
will be found very useful, from its containing all the Reports made to
Congress and a great mass of other information pretty well an-anged,
and carefully indexed. These qualities make Niles' Register a good
work of reference ; and it is my intention to offer to the Athenieum a
complete set from its commencement, I think in 1811. up to 1828.
This can easily bo completed to the present day ; and if the Committee
think fit, it may be continued in future as a document to be referred
to. With respect to the National Intelligencer, it strikes me that
this would be superfluous, if you get Niles' Register and a New York
Tri-weekly Paper. When Congress is sitting, indeed, the reports of
the Debates are more fully given in tho Intelligencer than in any

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othftr Journnl. but thpy aro of nwch )< iiuth :irifl so peculiarly local,
that thf'V aro well lui^h uiiintclliiril'l*' ('v<'ii on tlic spot. At tliia
distiuco I rail hardly think thoy would In- fouml iiitorcrttiriif or usc'ful
l>v tl\o ui»nuli(;r.s of the Atlicrui'inn. ospt'ciMllv if tht'v h.td tlio niciins
of a])i)iyiiii( to the condonsetl Keports in a New York Papi-r. I would
venture, tlierefore, respectfully to recommend to tlie (.'onnnittco to
order, simply, The New York Knquirer, Tri-wei-kly, and Niles'
Weekly Re<,'i.ster. I remain, most truly yours. Basil ITAi.r-."

After the War whi<'h was wound up by the Treaty of Ghent,
(tov. (roro returned t(» Upper Canada, as lists Ix-en already intimated.
On his tinal retirement in llSlS, Sir Pere^'rin*' Maitland succeeded.
But there was a brief interrei,'num, when Pn^sident Smith, as senior
member of the Executive (louneil. was at the head of allairs. I
sIh^w ( 'uI. Smith's hand subscribed to a docum<.'nt which records tho
allowance made to a Lieutenant Governor or Administratcu*, in IS'JO,
" in lieu of fees.'' Gol. Smith's proportion for four months is nicely
calculated down to iivetenths of a farthin;;, sterlinji;, — an expirsaion
more dignilicd than half a farthing,' would have been. The Prince
Regent and (.'arlton House suddenly come before us in the paj)er.
■•'Upper Canada, Receiver-General'.s Office, York, ;U)th Juno, 1S20.
Received from George Crookshank, Esq., Acting Receiver- lieneral
of ITj>por Canada, tlie sum of One hundred and Ffty-seven Pounds
nineteen shillings and four pence and five-tenths of a farthing, ster-
ling, dollars at is. 6d., being one moiety of a part of the One Thousand
pounds, sterling, p(!r annum, in lieu of fees which have hitherto
forme<l a part of the emoluments of the Lieutenant-Governor of this
Province, from the Hth March to the 30th Jane, IS'20, inclusive, as
established by His Majesty's warrant, under tie ugn-manual of His
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, bearing da'e at Carlton House
tho 29th September, 1812, having signed tive receipts of same tenor
and date. — Samuel Smith, Administrator."

My first autographic relic of Sir Peregrine Maitland will be a
certificate under his hand and seal, guaranteeing the trustworthiness of
an attestation given by a Notary Public at York to another document.
I select this particular paper because it brings under view a group of
names familiar to the early peofile of Toronto, two of them also, in
addition to Sir Peregrine's, autogra}>hically inscrilied. First we have
a copy of a Power of Attorney from William Halton to Duncan
Cameron to draw certa^in moneys. The accuracy of the copy and

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tho yciHiinonoss of tiic ori<,'iniil, with its .si'^imtnr(»s, arn nttostfid by
Stki'UKN IfKWAiU), N..tarv Pul»lie. The I.ioutonaiiL (Jovcnu^r adds
his U'stimoiiy to the rolial.ility of the Xotarv ; aiul Major Hillior
Buhsorilifw tiio Ciovortior's cf'rtili«.'at« as Private .St-iTt'tary. Preceding
Ml'. Howard's signature is his Notarial Soal, >)eai-iui,' his name ; and
precoding the (lovenior's signature is a s^al with tho Royal Arms.
Tlie wituossi's to the ori;^Miial si,:.fnature ot William llalloii are
D'Arcy lloullon and (ieorye S. IloiilLon. The (iovernor's certifi-
cato is in these ternjs : '• IW Sir I'crf'rine Maitland. K. 0. B..
Lieutenaiit-fJovornor tif Tpper Canada. Major-tJeneral Oomnianding
His Majesty's l'\»r(!t .■> therein, itc. ite. iV'c, I do hereby certify tiiat
Stephen Heward is a Notary Publie, (hdy admitted in ilie Province,
to whoso acts in thiit capacity entire ereilii is duo. (iiven under my
hand and oiHee-seal at Y'ork in Upj)er Canada, thid fourtiHmth day
of January, iSi'i). — P. Maitland. 1>v His Kxcelhsncy's Command,
Gkoiioe Hilmkh, p. S.''

My second memorial of Sir Pere<,'rine will be another illustration
of that curious ijiterlaciui^ of Church and Slate which was onct)
expected to be a joy for ever in this country. Tt is a plea.sant lettei- to
Bishop Mountain of Quebec, the prelate whose acijuaintance we havo
formed already. We have in it aLfain the (iovenior of Upj^er Canada
in the character of a Charlemagne, pointing' out the best position for a
clergyman, and solving a ditUculty in relati.m to the ownership of a
plac(; of worship. Between these t\v(j matters of business wo have
an a[)propriate reference to the past and prescni of tho aborigines of
tho country. " My denr Lord," Sir Pei-i-grine .says, "' 1 hav(^ com-
municated my sentiments to Archdeacon Stuart respticting the tittest
Btatiou for the Kev. Mr. Morley. imU'cd, 1 had no hesitation in
deciding on the CI rand Piiver. as the ^lohawks, with whom he has
to converse, are in gi-eater numbers, and liiiyo more settled habitations
there than in any other part of the Proviuce. This subject reminds
me," he then proceeds, "of a IcttiT I received from your Lordship
long ago, and which, but that I could phnid absence from home and
indi.spo.sition, I should feel a.shamed had remained so long ujianswered.
In that h'tter your L(n-dshii> retpiests that I would ])oiut out to you
some source of informtition relative to the past and })re9ent state of
the Indian Tribes dispersed over this part of the American Continent.
To my intercourse with th(} OiHcers of the Indian Department
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limitofl inforin!vri(.ii [ liavo obtained rospectiuf^ tliese tribes, and I
am ui.t acquainted with any publication on the suliject of which
you do not appear to have been in possession." He then adds:
" On referring to the Rev. Mr. Myers' api)licatxon and the Note of
Council, it seems to me that INIr. j\[yers coidd not take a better
step than to offer tlu^ Presl>yterians to restore to them the sums
they subscribed fur the building of the Church : this, I think, would
remove all ddtiiculties." There are then some family 'Compliments :
" Lady Sarah unites with me in felicitating your Lordship and Mrs.
Mountain very sincerely on your daughter's marriage, and on the
good state of health Avhicli both Mrs. Arrabin and her sister seemed
to enjoy when we had the i)leasure of meeting them. I have the honour
to remain, my dear Lord, yours very faithfully, P. Maitland."
This letter is dated from "The Cottage," i.e. Stamford Cottage, July,
1st, 1823. So recently as September 18th, 1873, I noticed in the
Bath. Chronicle the following sentence : " Several noble families are
placed in mourning by the death of Lady Sai-ah Maitland, daughter
of Charles, fourth Duke of Richmond, and aunt of the Countess of
Bessborough." This is the same Lady Sarah.

In Sir Peregrine Maitland's day, the Canada Company, which still
carries on its operations, was instituted and incor[)orated. Of its
first Chief Commissioner, Mr. Gait, I exhibit two little relics ; the
first, a note, dated Burn Cottage, Old Brompton, 2r>th Nov., 1833,
addressed to W. Jerdau, Esq., for thirty -four years editor of the
Literary Gazette, relating to the affairs of Mr. Picken, deceased, a
man of letters, who had, in his day, written a book on the Canadas.
" Tlie sudden death oi' Mr. Picken," he says, " has left his family in
very sti'ait3ne<l cii'cumstances, and his son has requested me, if you
would have the goodness to insert it in the Literary Gazette, to write
his character. He likewise tells me that his father has a novel
finished, and if he can dis])o.so of it, I have promised to correct the
press. The notice in the (iazette would be of great service." The
second relic of Mr. Gait is a portion of tlie manuscript of a story
of his, entitled, " Tribulations." I select a pas.sage : " No to waste
'w^ords, we were by and l)y married, but for all that s) e was not your
■grandmother ; for she had not been my gude wife scarcely a twelve-
month and a day when she took a kittling in her craig and departed
this Ufe at her appointed time with a sore heart — a kink, as it were —
If V iig me all her residue, which was a great penny, niore than

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double and aboon for wliat I married her; ]mt she said I had
made the best of husbands, aud needed a c )nsolatioii for the loss of
her ; so saying, she died, leaving nie witl the meal, though the
basin was taken away."

I show part of a letter in the curious, even, sloping, handwriting of
Mr. Widder, so long associated with the Canada Company, with hia
familiar signatui'e attached. *' I have been urged by three successive
mails from England, by inlluontial parties, to endeavour to ilraft some
project for a Railway, and Colonization [jurposes. This 1 iiave done,
and with the concurrence of favourable circumstances, I believe that
success: will attend my sclienie. I shall reijuire to sul)mit it, as I
have pi'eviously intimated, to the consideration of this Government
after I obtain the approbation from home ; and as I think my success
will be mainly inlluenced by the sclieine having to be dealt with
whilst you are a member of the Council, I feel extremly anxiotis about
your continuance therein for two or three months. Believt- me, ifec,
Fked. Widder." As a memorial of i\Ir. Rol>inson, the Com-
missioner of the Canada Company, lately deceased, 1 preserve with
care an autograph addressed to him by Sir John Franklin, who, on one
of his journeys north, previous to the expetlition which proved fatal
to him, was the guest of Mr. llobinsou at. Newmarket. " Dear Sir,"
Sir J^>hn Franklin writes, "you will be glad to learn that we reached
the Kiver by eight this morning with all the stores. I feel much
indebted to Mr. Beaman for his exertions : without his aid and that
of the men under him w should have had to remain some days on
the other side of the Port age, as the Contractor had neither Teams
nor Cart ready. The ioruier were procured by Mr. Beaman from a
farmer, aud I have to request you Avill pay liim for 0. '•• use ;uid
charge the sum to the general accor.nt. I have juhi i. .urd that
Lieut. Douglas sent oft' his Battejiux yesterday ; but as the. wind is
strong from N.W., 1 fear it will be three days hefoi-e it reaches us :
in that case our provision will run short, if Mr. Beaman does not
succeed in getting us some on his return, which he rnll endeavour to
do. We have found your Canteen and supplies extremely useful, and
feel much obliged for your kindness in letting -is have it. Believe
me, iSic, John Franklin, Monday, lltii Apvil, 1825. Lieut,
Back wUl have to get provisions from ycu f-r ilie men. The Batteauj.
will be sent back here for them as soc>! as possil)le." The river
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Portago would indicate Penetanguishene, where Sii' John would
embark on Ijake Huron for the North or North- West.

My first relic of the ruler of Upper Canada who came next after
Sir Peregrine Maitland — viz., Sir John ('Olborne — will bo one of an
ecclesiasticiil character again. It is a note addi*essed to Bishor
Mountain of Montreal, son ot Bishop Mountain of Quebec, accom-
panying a paper justificatory of himself in proceeding to establish
the famous fifty-seven Rectories. He says : " My dear Lord,-— In
transmitting to you the accompanying letter respecting the Rectories
in Upper Canada, I beg to mention that I have no objection to this
communication being forwarded by you to the Colonial Secretary, if
you think the ex|)lanations will be useful to f a cause. I remain, my
dear Lord, sincerely yours, J. C'omoRNE." This note is dated Sorel,
14th Oct., 1837. On the same subjwt. I transcribe a letter to the
same Bishoj) from Chief Justice Robinson, written also at Sorel, in
1837. It reads as follows, and contains, as we shall see, tlie main
reason of Sir John Colborne's recent action : " My dear Bishop, — I
am spending a day with Sir John Colborne befon; commencing my
duties on the Eastern Circuit. The Archdeacon made me the bearer
of Lord Glenelg's disj)atch on the sul)ject of the Rectories, and sent it
open that Sir John might see it. It is a bulky document, but I believe
it will reach you without suV)jecting you to the necessity of con-
tributing to the Post Office I'evenue. I promised Dr. Strachan to see
that it was sent to you from hence. Of course you are aware that
both in 1817 and in 1825 instructions wei'e sent by the Secretary of
State, the latter fornwUy aiul carefully framed on the Statute
authorizing the Lieut.-Governor and Council to erect j)arsonages, etc.,
and to endow them ; so that the Crown Officers have given their
opinion upon a defective, or rather upon an erroneous statement of
the case. I am, My dear Lord Bishop, most faithfully youra,
J. B. Robinson."

Auotlier epistolary relic which I have of the Oovernor last named,
is dated at Deer Park, near Honitou, Devon, May 24, 1852, Avritten
after he had become Lord Seaton. It shows the minute interest
Btill taken in tlie affairs of th.e Province formerly under his charge. " I
beg to acquaint you," he says to a Canadian correspondent, " with
reference to your letter of the 3rd, that I have made Lord Hardinge
acquaint-id with my opinion as to the expediency of the title of the
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enable the Town f'ouncil to j)rocc'P(l \vit.\ tlicir pi'oposed Railway
improvements, and .shall he yhul to rem 'or any assistance in uiy
power to promote the views of the Memorialists. I have the hononr

to be etc., SliATON."

Having given above representative autographs of the two
Bisho])s Mountain, I ought to ]»resi'nt one of Bishop Stewart, the
second Bishoj) of Quebec. I accordingly make an extract from a
letter written by him while yet a sini})lo missionary. It was
addre.s,sed from Loudon, in 18:^3, to Archdt'acon Mui.ncain at Quebec.
'* I have J^awn up a subscription paper," he says, •' in aid of building
Churches in Canaila, and of defraying the expense of repairing the
Mohawk (Jluu'ch in the Bay of Quinte. I went to the Archbishop
yesterday — to Vddington — and he gave me £ 10. He told me that the
robbeis of Lambeth Palace had carried oif very little indeed. 1 do not
Bee that I can do anything in aid of procuring Bells for the Cathedral.
Mr. Davidson promised me, last week, to incjuire at the Treasury if
there is any prospect of assistance in that quarter. * * You will
oblige me by requesting Mr. Malhiot (at your leisure) to examine and
air my linen and mattrasses left in my cot at his house, for I wish to
preserve tliem from being s[)oilt." This Bishoj) Stewart was a son of
the Earl of Galloway.

Sir Francis Head was the succe.s.sor to Sir .John Col borne. 1 copy
a [)nvtion of a letter of his, Avritten after his i-eturu to England, to a
fi-it nd ill Canada : Lord Durham's Beport is refei-red to in it, and
he Si)(\dcs of being engaged in the construction of a i)aper on a
iaii'ii ti of wliich he recentlv knew nothing; — "I have been much
oceu[)i<'d, j(t; ^ays, "' for the last month in Avriting an article which
will app \ir in the Quarterly Review on the lirst of January [1839],
on Railroads, or [terhaps on the Power of Steam. I was but a tyro
in the steam de[)artnient (as you may well recollect, for you know I
nearly blew you up one day in the middle of a long argument) when
I was ;it Toronto. In fact, I knew nothing at all ahoiit Railroads,
but I was so strongly pres.sed to write about it, and ignorance was
;!0 «trongly urged as being no objection whatever, tliat I at last
uiiiiertook it. If you should read it, you will see that I tired a shot
Lito '^ord Durham, in return for the gun he llred on all ])re.ceding
governors at liis departure from Quebec." I take this occasion to
produce an autograph of Lord Durham's, l)ut unfortunatt.'ly it was
written before his famous mission to Canada, anf' so has no allusion

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to Ciimulian affairs. Tt Is dated Lainbton Castle. Dec. 2Gth, 1834,
and is addressed to S. W. Pliillijis, Esq. It must speak for itself.
" Sir," it says, " I have the honour to transiuit to you an Address
to the King from the Inhabitants of Oban, which I beg you to lay
before the Home Seci'etarj' for presentation to His Majesty. Your
obeilient servant, Dukham."

The name of Sir Francis Head suggests that of William Lyon
McKenzie. I have Mr. McKenzie's antograph signature in a coj)y
of Story's Laws of the United States, captured at Montgomery's
on Yonge Street in 1837. Lei'vijs are turned down at the Act of
171>-i to establish the Post v:>ilic rid Post Roads within the United
States; and in the Act of 17')9 cc late the Collection of Duties

on Imports and Tonnage. I have al. Lis name subscribed with l.'is
own hand to Sci-ip for One Dollar, issued by the Provisional Govern-
ment of Upper Canada in 1837, at Navy Island. I copy the
document, which is a printed form only partially tilled up : (Darid
Gibson's autograph also apj)ears thei'eon.) ".$1. Provisional Govern-
ment of Upper Canada, No. 252. Navy Island, Upper Canada,
Dec. 27, 1837. Four months after date, the Provisional Government

of Ujiper Canada proraist to pay to or order, at the City Hall,

Toronto, One Dollar, for value received. Wm. L. McKen'ZIE, Chair-
man pro tern. Ex. Com. Entered by the Secretary, P. H. Watson.
Exauuned by the Comptroller, David Gibson." I j)reserve likewise
a blank commission in the "Patriot Army," organized along the
frontier in the United States in 1839, ready-signed by H. Hand,
Commandei'-in-Chief of the North- Western Army on Patriot Service
in Upper Canada, and endorsed by " John Montgomery," President
of the Grand Eagle Chapter of Upper Canada on Patriot Executive
Duty, Windsor, Upper Canada, Sep. 2G, 1839. Robert Robertson,
Secretary. A rude woodcut adorns the fly leaf of this paper of an
Eagle soaring aloft and carrying in its claws the British Lion. At
the side is the motto " Liberty or Death."

W. Ly3n McKenzie's name i-ecalls to LTpper Canadians that of
Joseph Hume, and his often-quoted letter to Mr. McKenzie on the
" baneful domination of the mother-country." I introduce here a
note of Mr. Hume's, wholly creditable to him but on quite a foreign
subject. It is a communication addressed to a young protege or
relative named Crow, who had been a little wild. The tenor of the
document enables us at once to conceive the case. I copy the original.

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"38 York Placo. 20111 March, 1811). Tear Janips : It was my
intention to have seen you immediately ai'ter T wrote to Cujj'udn
Tarbet, but I have been prevented liy a press (,f business. On consult-
ing Captain Tarbet, I think nothing better can he d(jne for you at
present than to proceed in his ship, and to i)it yourself under his
orders in every way he may direct ; and I am certain he will behave
towards you as your conduct may deserve. I have writttMi to vour
mother to that effect, and I should hope you will see the pro]>riety
of implicitly attending to your duty ou boar i, so as to merit the
patronage of (Ja})taiu Tarbet. I have every disposition to give you
the same assistance to forward you in life as I have given to your
brother Robert and to your cousins. But as your l>ehaviour has not
hitherto been such as to deserv(> that countenance fi'om me wliich I
have given them, it would I)e highly i.nproj)er in me to make no
distinction. If, under (Ja]>tain Tarbet's commands, you conduct your-
self to merit his a])|>ro1)ation and recommendation, I shall be most
happy on your return to receive you as I have done your cousin?,
into my house, and to afford you all tht^ assistance in my power to
forward your views in life. But I am confident your own good
sense must convince you that you have not behaved as you ought to
have done, and that it i.-t absolutely necessary you should have a fair
trial, which you will have under Captain Tarbet, of shewing your
capability, and of proving the inclination to be) ave well and to
deserve attention. Ca])tain Tarbet will order you such clothes, ifec,
as he may think you require for the voyage ; and T shall have an
opportunity of seehig you again before you sail. I am your well-
wisher and fi-ien(., Joseph Hume. Mr. James Crow, Shi[) York."'
The young sailor, we will hope, weighed well these paternal words,
and turned them to ]irofital)le account.

Sir George Arthur, who followed Sir Francis Head, was the last
Governor of the Province of Upper Can.ada. His name is before um;,
subscribcil by his own hand, to a long letter addres-^ed to Bishop
Mountain of M<jutreal, from Government House, Toronto, 18th
December, 1838. This again is ecclesiastical in tone. The whole
paper is in the handwriting of Mr. John Kent, wJio for a time acted
as Private Secretary to Sir George. I transcril)e the concluding
sentence : " The subjects brought under my consideration by your
Lordship's letter t am conscious are of the deepest importance. I
will give what attention to them I can bestow at present, and I do

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assure you I sliall liavo jjlcasui-o in doiii^f so; but I liunent there
should 1)0 oce.'ision to uudiM'take, iu the midst of couunotioiis from
witliout and troul)les froui within, measures which should have been
adjusted in the day of tranquillity and of peace. I have the honour
to be, itc., Geo. Arthur." A preceding paragraph possesses more
interest. ''I have caused," 8ir George says, *' the whole subject [of
the Upper Cmadian Indians] to bo fully gone into by the Provincial
8eerotary, and Mr. Tucker is a gentleman who will feel it to be a
conscientious duty to befriend the Indians, and to exert himself to
bring their case forward, so as to remedy the past, as far as it admits
of remedy, antl to provide for tb future."

Lord Sydenham carried tlu^ reunion of the Provinces of Upper
and L(jwer Canada by judicious pressure brought to bear on the
Special Council of the latter and the House of Assembly of the
former. I have several autogra[)hs of Lord Sydenham's. Here is
oni^ signed while yet a Commcu"- — ,<udi'i?ssed to a Canadian member
of Parliament : " 10th December, IS.'jO. My dear Sir : I hear
that you made a most admirable .speech this morning, which I cannot
refrain from thanking you for. I only regret that I had not the
pleasure of hearing it. Very truly yours, C. Poulett Thomson."
Here is another written after his elevation to tiie Peerage. He
I'efers in it to a Periodical about to be brought out at Toronto, having
a political object : also to certain laud-grants in Garafraxa, a town-
shij) on the Grand lliver. It is dated from Government House*
Montreal, 28 th jSfovendjei-, IB-iL "My dear Sir : I have yours of
the 24th this morning. As the case now stands, the course you })ro-
poso to adopt in regard to tlie ' jMonthly' is the best, to take an
opportnnity in the publication of the lirst number to explain that
' my sanction and patronage' mean the suppcn-t which I am glad to
give to any liteiary work undertaken u})on good ])rincii)les, — and not
a control or responsibility on the part of the Government. After
all, the paragraph does not seem to have attracted much criticism,
and may not injure the JoiU'ual, which was v/hat I feared, or commit
the Government. Tluiy are a funny pe(^^)le there Tliey make a
great piece of work about the supposed interference of the Govern-
ment with elections, about which we should cai'e nothing in England,
and do not mind an avowal that a Joun.td is under the sanction and
prompting of the Executive. I have '^ c(^:nplaint from home about
our giving as much as 50-acre allotments in the Garafraxa concern,

LEAVES TIIEY HAVE TOi'CHED.

and they want them to bo vcihicfd to 5 in f.iturc. This is too little
but at tlie samo tiino 50 a[)pears larye. \''ill not 25 do? This, I
tliink, was my original suufgostion. Let mo knc^- yonr ojiinion. imd
also tho reasons for oO, if you still think tiiat uiiml)or ouj^dit to ho
contimiod. Send mo, too. somo account of how the thing is {)ioco(nl-
ing, as you have been ui) th'To. They like facts at homo very much,
and theij toll more thiUi 100 arguments of any other kintl. Bclievo
me, my dear 8ir, yours very truly, Sydenham." Lord 8yd^>nham's
very minute hand is dillicult to decipher, lie did not employ in hia
signature his fidl title — Sydenham and Toiionto.

After Lord Sydenham came Sir ('harles Kagot as GovernLn'-( roiirral.
My autograph nuimorial of him s].(>aks of the Clergy E.eser\-e <incs-
tion, Avhieh was not yet settl(!d. The note is addressed to one of his
Canadian INtinisters, and is dated Friday, March 1^^. 1S43. "I had
entirely forgot," he says. " Avhen von were here this morning, that I
had transmitted by the last mail to the > 'olonial OlKce your own
M(.'morauduin upon the Clergy lleserve question : and I conceive
therefore that en (Mewhnit the recei})t of Lord Stanley's answer to
my dispatch u})on the subject, we have precluded ourselves from any
further discussion ui)on the subject. As, however, there are no doubt
other points which we have to decide in Council, I will be down
to-morrow at 2 o'clock. Yours truly and faithfully, Ciias. Ba(;ot.''
I may aild another exaniph", addressed to an eminent Canadian legal
functionary. It is dated sijnply " Sunday morning," and then runs
thus : " My dear Sir : There appears to be no chance of seeing you
excepting on a Sunday, when jowv Coui-t is not sitting. Can you
come and dine hero quite (jttietly to-day r nobody but oursrlvcs. I
wish much to hav(> smne conAcrsation with you on College matters,
which admit of no more delay. I have not had a line from the
Bishop. Youi'S truly and faithfully, Cuas. Bagot." It was Sir
Charles Bagot, it may b(^ recalled, who laid the foundation-stone of
King's College, which afterwards was transformed into L^uiversity
College, Toronto.

Of Lord ]\[etcalfe, who came next after Sir Charles Bagot, T have
to content myself at present with a sign-manual attached to a
marriage-license ; and similarly with r(?spect to liOi-d Cathcart. who
administered the (Tovernment for a short time.

In addition to the bohl Elo[n and Kincardine signature of the
Governor-General who then succeeded, I have a note in the third

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person wholly in liis own fret;, tliisliiug, guljoruatoriiil luindwrithig.
Ho s))L'iiks tlu.rciii of tho Rooiprooity Treaty, iiaiues jMoiiklauds, the
Govonior-iu-Cluef's teiupoi'aiy rtvsiilence near Montreal, and asks for
tlie draft of a dis[)atoli. " Lord Elgin would wish the Act for the
establishment of reciprocal Free Trade with the United States, and
the Minute of Council with reference thereto, to be sinit to Monk
lands this evening or to-morrow, Saturday ; also the draft of Lord
Elgin's dispatch sent a fortnight ago, covering a letter from Mr,
Merritt."

Aproi)os of ilrafts of dispatches : — -I venture to give, from the
original, a specimen of tlui irreverent way in which Secretaries at
head-quarters sometimes speak of such things, one to the other
The foHowint'- is from Mr. (jrovernor's Secretary — — to Mr. Provin-

cial St^cretary of Lord Sydenham's period, I think; and I'elates

possibly to ^ome great State Document which, after due manipulation,
inlhienced subso(piently perhafis the destinies of the whole country.

'' My dear : I went to your room to ask you to read the

enclosed and found you just gone. I wish you would look it over, if
it is not too much trouble, and let me have it, if not to-night, early
to-]norri)w. One point I assume, but you will correct me if I am
wrong — that the surplus of .£274,000 on the Loan was to go in aid
of the Public Works Loan: indeed if it was not, I do not know
wh(u-e it shoidd have gone. The ench)sed is a rough draft, so pray
have no hesitation in altering or adding to it. It v.ants a concluding
sentence, which I will write afterwards — something about speaking
strongly and public iluty, etc. itc, and that kind of official balderdash.
Yours ever truly,

. Monday. P.S. — I have added the balder-
dash."' — -When we ai'e thus admitted behind the scenes and learn
some of the secrets of State, we can enter better into the spirit of
old Oxensticrn's observation to his son : — " You are not aware, my
child, with how little wisdom the world is governed 1"

Of this era is a note which I produce, of Dominick Daly's, after-
"(vards Sir Dominick, and Governor of Prince Edward's Island. He
salutes in the following amiable manner his own successor in the post
of Provincial Secretary under Lord Elgin, Mr. Sullivan : " My dear
Sullivan," he says, "if I may not congratulate you, I certainly can
the Public, upon your having waived your objections, and consenting
to fill my late office. Should it happen that my knowledge of the
details in any matter can be made available to you, I hope I need

"otM„ro_v„„tl,„ut „.i|| ,i;„,|, , '"

^ovo„„,,. „f y,i, 8i/ „: :^:" ^—"o a.«l Quebec,

open .State „f tl,„ «,„,, . ; """"<' »-'-«™ to i,i, f,i,„,| ;, . '"

^r.^f., tbe K,.e,.eb .1, . ^^^^^^ '« *.in. L J ^

*'"."'''»■"■ 1««' 0"t of <;,.„ can a w ' ; "f • '■""' "«■-*'■»' a topic in
agan,rt anv Govorn„,o„t.» J^ tb "'"'" '° ''»■■ ""Sativel^

LEAVKS TIIKY HAVE TOUCHED.

sbould <jo, iioconliiii,' to my view tlio next, iiuk'cd tlio only liopo
woiiM bo tilt' promolion of sonio (Jovtirnincnt on u still lai'gcr sc;ilo,
nioi-i' or l(\s.s liko u ft'dortition, which shall gatiier \\\> the nnns iintl
control the St. Lawrenci", as woU as the Wi'sstorn and Ea.stcrn waters.
I do not undcrlakc to say," ho adds, " that I should bo for franun;;^ i**
Govcrnnieut strictly ' fi'dcval' Ihat is, one in which the (?) residue of
power liclongcd to the hjcal governments, and the limited power to
the central one. It is possible, nay, i)rol)al)le in my o})inion, that
the local i)0wers should be the limited ones, and the centi-al power
the unlimited one. We start, not from the separate existence of live
or six independent states, 1)ut from the fact tliat all are already
provinces subject to the same sovereign. All this, I think, matter
for grave discussion ] full of dillicidties, but not therefore impracticable
or altsurd." In 1850 again we have Sir Ednumd, in a letter from
Toi'onto to the same friend, making the following startling observation :
"I think," he says, "the Toronto lanversity and its Colleges give
about as much trouble as the rest of the GovernnuMit l)usijiess put
together." Now that the storms alluded to arc all over, how pleasant
to hear or reuil these words !

With my literary relics relating to the United States I shall be
very brief. I show lii-st a volume from the library of William Penn,
a s})lendid copy of the (irst edition of (Gilbert Wats' translation of
Bacon's Inatauratio Magna, printed at Oxford in IGiO, with
Marshall's portrait and mystic;il title-page ; the whole dedicated to
Charles I. in a Latin inscription, in which that king is styled
*' Dominus Virginia} et Yastorum Territoriorum adjacentium (!t
dispersarum Insidarum in (Jceano Occidentali." The bookplate
therein exhibits the arms of the Penn family, and underneath, the
following : " William Penn, Es(p, Proprietor of Pensylvania. 1703."
The motto is Bum clavum teneum, " Ltit me but hold the helm."
The iiimily motto, as given by Burke, is Dmii cluvum rectuvi tene'irn,
" Let me but hold the helm aright" — which accords with the verse
of Ennius, from which the words are borrowed. The omission of
rectum makes the sentiment savour of amljition. It may be observed
that the first syllable of " Pensylvania" has only one n; and so the
name of the pi-ovince appears in the older Gazetteers, and in early
French works. Penn survived the date on his bookplate fifteen
years. On several pages of my copy of the Instau ratio there are
marginal annotations in manuscript which ai-e probably from the

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.'"""« ™'"I'»''«1 »iU, th„ „,,„;„/" ;■ "'"" "f ""■ I"«U ti„ w„,

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^"'™» "-'■ - -" know, ,„ St .; 1^ ,:'""-'" *■'-■'■ "f <^"..«da, tl,e
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«-'". T,von. Happe,,;,,, e; ,,^ ;J";;;-«- VO..I w„,M„j„,._

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wo ,.««,„,. „„j «'l Re,n.„„„t, r „,,„.,.,,„ ^

of "Ota; .,eco„,li,., U.o„„,„ t^,, ,i„e, l^!'',"';' "°""- ■"'"'■- auto .,-,,, ,,
tm„,„t,„„-linb tHw.,„ the few „ . '" ""■ " «"•! of v,»i(.|e

colony ,l„v," nf fl, *'"■■" which I ),„,.„ „,■ »,

Albany „, ,SS9. eontai Jn,„„y ,,.3,"' ^™ ^^k, published at
and a„ong then, i, a letter dated IT V " "" I-™ •"•«»- Tryoo
'"1, add.^«i to r,ord « o,:' g1,^'"«'/""«'' Camp,., ^„:'
-'-t: "Theiueident.-k, I^;! f Z' h """ '''"'' ' =-- -
♦ y». «■■" ba'e «,cu„-ed to ae since

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TKAVKH I'lirv IIA\i; TOIK 111:0.

my n'tmii to tliis cimritrv, my jursfnt sitiintiuii. ami tlx- .state of rti\
family allJiirs, all powerfully iiivitf mottU'etiini homo. Tlir fej? sim|ile
of thi.s va>t coiitineiit woiihl lie im t.eiiiptatioii for my rewMenee in a
(\Miutry ill wliicli I Iim\ e .s(rii!.'j.(l.'(| tlirou^^li .so many sceiie.s of troiiKle
ami (lisappointiiumt, axiiiii.st all wliieli, a pririei|»le of pui-H aHeetion
for lii.s M.ijesty and his (Jovenimeiit lias. tli.iiil< (Jod, .siistaineil me."
I'luliM- (late of Whitehall [Loii(loii|. Ti .liiiie. I77<^. Lord (Jeorp'
(Jermaiii iri.ikes thc^ ayreeahle aniiouneemriil toCJov. Tryoii. of his
appointment to the Cohtneley of the 7(tth lle^'iment. and of his
(Oevation to the lank of Major-deneral. " It was a jjfreat pleasiire to
me,' he says, "in the eoui'se of last month to have the honour to lav
liefoie the Kin^, f(jr his Majesty's royal siLfuature, a Commission
f^ivinj^ you the rank of Major-Uenei-al in America, aceoidiji^ to that
you held as Colonel, and which yoni' meiit and services so well
entitle yon to, and upon which, and your appointment to the command
oftheTOth lle;;iment, I Ijcjj; you will acci'pt my con'.fratuliitions." On
the (tth of the following Septt'm[)er. Tryon iicknouhnlges the receipt
of the two conunis,sions. He says to Loi'd George (iermain : "These
most gracious marks of his Majesty's liounty towai'ds me have tilh-d
my mind with gratitude for suc^li royal benevolence. I shall most
cheerfully serve through this cam)>aign," be continues, "at the
expiration of which, unless a very opening prospect should present
itself to render some essential service on this continent, I shall
entreat the Conuuaudir-in-Cliief's permission to(|uit America that 1
may hiy in a better stock of health for future services, and settle my
private affairs in England, which daily become more pressing." The
parchment instnunent, then, which I possess, is one of tlie documents
to which reference is made in the two foregoing extracts. I give it
entire, with the royal sign-manual at the beginning, and three other
autographs of official persons at the close. "' George R. George
the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to our Trusty and well-beloved
William Tryon, Esq., greeting. VVe, reposing especial trust and
confidence in your loyalty, courage and good conduct, do by these
presents constitute and appoint you to be Colonel of our Seventieth
Regiment of Foot, whereof our Trusty and well-beloved Lieutenant-
General Cyrus Trapaud Wiis late Colonel, and likewise to be Captain
of a company in our said Regiment. You are therefore to take our
said Regiment as Colonel, and the sjiid Company as Captain, into

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your care and clmr;,'(', iiiul duly tocxoroise us well tlir o'liofis as soldiers
thoroof ill Anns, iuid to usi- yniir I' 'sf i-udi'.iv «>urs tt» k>'v\> tlit'in in "[ood
Order and Disciplino. Aud W" do lit iflty i-oninrmd tliciii lo olicv
you us tlicir Coloiict iuid ('.ipLilii ics|(cftivi ly. Ami you ai'*' to
observe and follow siudi ( )rdcrs ;iMd directions from time to time u.h
you shall receiM- from I's. kiv ;iny otiier yonr superior ollieer.
jiceordiiii,' to tlie Utiles ami l>iscipliiie nf War in pursuance of the
Trust \Ve liei"i»y repose in voii. (iiven at our Court of Si. Jauies,
the fourteeiitli day May. \7~^, in the lM:;hteeutii year of (>nr llnif^ii.
By His .Majesty's (!oniuiand, VVKVMor rii. I'^iitei-ed with the Secrntary
at war. M. Ij:\vis. Kuti'red with tin* ( 'oinmissai'y-<.Teiieral of
Musters. .John V. llicssi:," — At the side of the document ap|»ear
three half crown stain|»s. In 177- the whole of the wtistcrn part c»f
tho State of New York was includeil in *' Tryoii County." a naiiu'
which wascliaug(!d after the llevolutioii to • Moutifouiery County,"
aft(^r (ienoral Riiihard Montgomery.

Finally 1 transoriho un intei-esting letter of (Wneral Washington's,
whicli perhaps may have been in print before, although ] have never
seen it so otlerod to the public-. We are therein traiispoiled to
Pliiladel[»hia in 1782, and we timl ourselves in the midst of naval
and military niovemeuts coniujcted with the War of Independence.
It is addressed to Col. Dayton, and reads as follows (he .spells
*' Pensylvania," it will be observed, as Peun spelt it): " Philadelphia.
Jan. 28, 1782. Dear Sir : I have received your favour of the 1 2th.
and am glad to find you have got rid of the person who embarrassed
you. Inclosed you have my acceptance of Col. Dehart's resignation,
which be pleased to deliver to him. I cannot grant that of Major
Holliugsheatl before he himself signifies a (h'sire of leaving the
service. When he does that let him mention th(> time that he looked
upon him.s(;lf as out of the Army, that his resignation may be dated
accordingly. I am of opinion with you that the most flagrant abuses
are committed under the cover of flags to and from New York, and
am willing to adopt any measures to prevent a continuance of them.
I have no papers with me but those of a late date, and therefore
cannot refer to the instructions formally given to you upon this
subject. If I recollect them they were to put a stop to the practice
of Flags going and coming at stated times, and to suffer no persons to
go on board or to land from the Boats except those who have proj)er
passports. All letters to be delivered to the Officer on Guard at

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Elizabotl) T<)\vi». If you think this mode, or one 2«imilar to it, will
ariHwor the |mrposo, you will cai'ry it into exectitiou and try the
♦■iffpot. Provioiis to seoing j^our lett(*r to Oenenil Hand, I had lieard
tlrat thore was some uneasiness in the Company stationed at Wyoming,
and had determined to relieve it. You will therefore order up a
relief as soon as the troo}>s are clothed. I have no new instructiona
to the oftloer who is to go upon the t-ouimand. He will call upon
Captain Mitchell for those given to him and follow them. You may
give him this general caution, to contino liniself to his millfcary
duty and avoid intenneddling in the politic of Pensylvania or Con-
necticut, lam. Dear Sir, your most obt. s(!rvt., (i. Washington." -
C'ol. Dayton.

The jjrefit contest wa,s drawinfj to a close. Winner's as well as
losei-s were becoming somewhat weary of it. as we may perhaps
ixirtly gather from the letter before us. Washington was aware
that negotiations for jwace were likely soon to (^)mmence. He knew,
nevertheless, that it was jx)litic to maintaiu to the latest moment a
due preparedness for all issues.

1 might give a few words from the hind of Bishop White, the
tirst Anglican bishop in North America, coiisecratcid at Lambetli in
17'^7 ; their subject matter, however, would be unimportant.

1 exhibit the MS. signature — Abraham Lincoi^ ; but I do not
transcribe the dx!ument to which it is attached, that being simply a
Military Comnission, cancelled. It was "given" at WashingtoiT
on the 27th jf July, 18GI. The autograph of the Acting Secretary
ot War, Thomas A. Soott, likewise appears thereon.

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