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STATEMENT OF FACTS
RRLATIVB TO
CAPTAIN LE BRETON'S
CLAIMS.
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ww^WfHPWiMpwin^Bpi
TO THE PUBLIC.
jl^^i' Tp> \
It aiajr be deemed unfair to publish the following letters after the de-
parture of the Earl of Dalhousle from these Provinces. It was not mv
intention to do so, i>ut in consequence of injuries to the amount of several
thousand pounds naving been done to my property, (ti.e radical cause of
which IS contained therein,) and having frequently submitted mv claim for
Mdressto the proper authorities without hiiherta being able to obtain it-
These documents are intended as an Appendix to a Representation to bo
laid before His Majesty s Ministers, should it be found expedient, but
which 1 trust will be obviated through the justice of His Excellency the
Governor in Chief. J L B
Quebec, 11th Jany. 1832-
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APPENDIX.
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Copy of a Letter sent to Major Burke immediately on my return from
Brockvile, after purchasing the Lot of Lapd commonly knownTvSS
name of the Richmond Landing. ■ / "'"*"^" "f ^^^
Sw,
Britannia^ ISth Dwjr. 1880.
^f ,h T ^V ^^^^^y purchased tii« Lot Ho. 40 in tke flrst eoo«essratt
knouoI^'T^''"^ Nepean, tojfetherwith the broken fro»t, €omm«niy .
tn^L^ *^^ -'^'' **^ *K ^•''J^n^ond La.dbg, 1 take the e^rikst oppoi
KhL^.5'PP"""^ you thereof. The Govm,ment Store built theiSn*
fim!r^^"„'7*""' ''"'a' J ^''^ *'', ^''V^ ^'^""'^ Store will stiU be required for
Go ^rnmeqt u$e and rf eq», that I may be put in possession o?the key
Se; buS ""*'/t'° or alteration of the bnifding. f Either that, or somJ
fcntenT5h:Vr';2el''^"''"^ ''''' ^^"^^^ "^ ^«^^^' ''^ "^ ^ <^>
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Gborce T. Burve, £^q.
Your Most Obedient
,, , , „ '. ■•litX OH i.
Huwbjft SeirvaQt. v •*
J. LE BltETOK
Sib,
[No. 2.2
IliCHnomD, 17«ih JAjsy-. |8^u, '
I have the honor to acquaint you that youp Letter of the 18th nit
has been submitted by the DeJ.ty Quarter Master Sral to the cZ;
mander of the Forces, and I am directed to siffnifv to vou that His Lordfh^
considers the Broken Front, No. 40, ConcasWA xLnSiB nf N^l '^
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Sir,
Your very Obedient Servant,
„ , « (Signed.) GEORGE T. BURKE.
Capt. Lb Breton, &c. Ac. &c. a • . !^ f"'
' **" Supenntendant.
(EXTRACT.)
Deputy Quarter Master Generals Office.
Quebec, January 5th, 182^.
Le Bmon'^on tfe%S!,rcfand thTr"" *'"^ "^ «r"""'«'^«"^ ^-^h Capf
but when thJt o£r Lln?ormed the^^^^^ ^ ^''"''' ^""""^ ''*'"^*
purposes, he will ba wniwT^ 1 f /u^ '•" question is required for public
pviSguph^puri;o2m rf^-^ V^'T ■''^ GovernWnt by Either
therwf. '^ P"'^«'»8« to them, or taking hinds in some other place in lieu
f (Signed,) GEORGE FOWLER,
(Signed,) GEORGE T. BURKE. ^'*''*' ^' ^' ^''' ^'^' ^*°'-
ty I
The following letter was wriHi'n t^ vt;. r i i.- .
having made use of lano-nnl^^ ? Lordship in consequence of his
of 18l6,aridXh iscSiTJ?*^^^ to my character i^ the autumn
, wiucn IS coxoborated in his reply, dated 9th May, 1887.
[No. 3.2
(COPY)
TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONORABLE GEORGE.
EARL OF DALHOUSIE, &c. &c. &c.
Mr Lord,
I humbly be^ leave to address your Lordship on a subiect which h«<,
been some years m agitation, and emanating from your UrSohT^W^Jl
judicial to my character and must, with submission to jour fLshlp ^state"
that your Lordship has been misinformed on the subject I flll.,^7m.'r t ^*
to some land purchased by me in the year 1820, S'Jldc^i vour Sih"
has been pleased to say « was purchase^d by me Ivith a S o^rmposnfoa
"Government." And as your Lordshio annears finm r,.^„„* • ^ .^*°
to be still of tlie same opinion. I deem it eSdIent to^lo f .""""Stances
affair, in the hope that /our Lord^ «in be pSdVr'c^^^^^^^^^^^
aad to render me that Justice which the case requires '^**'*"*"*«'^ *"« '"''J*''*
mt Servaat,
r. BURKE,
»riatendant.
SERAIS Office.
Y 5th, 1821.
sating with Capt-
■ces cannot doubt
Bquired for public
nment by either
ther place in lieu
rt^LER,
{r. Masr. Qenl.
nsequence of his
r in the autumn
h May, 1827.
E GEORGE,
Some tune in the year 1880 I learnt that some lots of land in the Town-
8h,p of Nepean. where I reside, were to be sold at Sheriff's sale aZn^
which was one winch I considered as very valuable; I attended the sale wh3
was in the Court House at Brockville anJ made by the Sheriff of theDirtriS^
I purchased the lot in question, and part of whik I then sold to Levius P
Sherwood Esq., (atpresent one of the Judges of the Court of Kinff'sTench i
On my return, to my habitation in Nepein, limraediately Wi?e to Georfl^a
Burke, Esq. superintendant of settlors* acauaintino- him V^ ft- Weorge
stance, stating tW if a store house wS r^^rTS! oZZ^n^liZTSl
one already built or another should be at their sprvio.. It tvl.' I?
questing to\e put in possession of ttt^^Ttre^re^tl'dVbTiU broT
vernment (it being on my land and unoccupied by them.) In Uw to which
I received a letter from tlie Quarter Master General's Office, intfitiW that
ediy urged me to name a nrice whui; tLJi- j j* ,V V^*''^""™ repeat-
would llave it entirX to ?our LordsL ^^"''°*^. "P** ^^P^'^d as before that I
Cockburn said he col nSe yoi LoV^^^^ ^''^^^ C*>'-
a price. I then told him that I valupdl? «fVi.^ ^-tu «"^J««t ""^ess I named
less than half its valueW waUedbS * ffef'^^^^^^ (^«"'»
burn bad a conference witr our Loriii^^^ I w£ 7^ ^^'^^^ /o!. Cock-
Drawing Room, but, what wlsmy sSS' when I was'^n-pT".! "5 ** 't
adding «'that Doctor Tfiom of Perth C^rT.^j"*** ^"''''' "« *« ^P^a''' i
;; his fntention to have prhased it for GoveT"ment bTthafW '^^' K"""^
"man underhand manner and unknown to Wm^'YonrVJr^^ bought it
same time pleased to say that von wm.lH ? a? Lordship was at the
and althoug^h not in express e^^' I ^e^^^^^^ *" depfe „« of.it.
tention to report my conduct ras it w^nr! * i . ^ ^'"^ lordship's in-
CommanderPin Chfef wftR tfew o7 ^Sltt^^l^Vi^r !:?«?'> "« t^e
Comm^ander in Ch% with a View of-d^'r'iVfir," ™Vo7my taTpa^!^ ^^^r
Lordship was also pleased to im
termed a nefarious transaction,
Tf ' I i --— ;""w"'" ""'»' ^uur jLorasnip
thatyourl^^dshi; m;7t^7t74ll,ULqlSrwUhS ^^r^""" *'. ^
te^nty are too well established tJbe inJurXby ^y a "eVlns^^^^^^^^ ^""
going nature, and which could only have been intimS" t^® A"".®'
through malice. And I now pledgJmy word of hon^r ft^ T^''"'" ^^^'^'P
communloations with him on the suSfct of thp I^n^ 'A I-^^'^f ''''^.^"7
«_c%,_noj^cU^^
• Vide Letter NoTT ~ " '
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SiU«, Knowing' U»»t I>o«tor Tbom ftod Mr. Morris were about to purchase it,
not for GoverpHdent but for their owa private speculation^, (as Mr. Morri^
hits WQce piiJt>Uc}y declared,) and fearing that it would rise beyond my meana,
I poinJ^ed out to bink it? greAt value and advinte^es, and a^ked tt^m to join
me i^ tb,e puro^se, wbi(^ ho At fir^t deaUned but ultimately acceded to.
With reelect to Dojctor Thorn's letter, I beg to say that the laqd wasnu'Wi
liply A^fertised, V4S sold in the public Court hoasettt noon day. Doctor Tholu
aiid^iUiani Morris, Eaa. of Perth employed Messrs. Alestander and Jkmef"
lyjprrk, of Pcockville, to r>id for thein ; they did bid 9a far as they thoug;bt pro-
per, when tiiey decWed publicly they would bid no further, the land was
then knppli'd down, to me. Do(Ctor Hubble of Broc'^Tille did also bid for the
land. ISday I beg to »ak your I«OFdship what part of this transaction was un-^
de/]»auded 0^ imposing/? If PoctOr Thora did write sucb a letter, wh!ch,t
cfkQQoi doubt from J our Lordships assertion, he wilt of -course prove the
charge;^ I St«nd ready my t*ord to answer to the ajpcusatioh, and I beg J'otir'
l^OJTOslup will be ipicased to cause the enq[uiry to be publicly made.
i^Wr the .interview with your Lordship bejbre mentioned, beins; convicted
»9A co^dewned on the 'ipse dixit of my enemies without the privuege of trial
or. defence, and unwilling to remain under the unfavourable Impressions en-
tertained by your Lordshig, I waited op the Hoable. Mr. Hale, th^ Honble.
Chjief Justice Sewell, andXieut. Colonel at present Sir John Harvey, Ire-
presented the case to themi they unanimously agreed that your'Lordship's
conduct in this instance w^ dinereot from its usual tenor, and that the cir-,
cunistaoce had been inisi^presented to your Lordship, I'hey recommended
me to address your Lordsiiip on t'le subject and to refer your Lofdship to
tHein^ for their kno>vIedg4( »)f ine^, which I did accordingly^, but Without aby sa-
tisiW:tory. result. , . . . •■
As a furihejT proof of iihe injustice of the accusation, as soon as I beard
il^tlve land was to be sold, knowing its great value aqd fearing th^t my
means would not allow nie to purchase it, I called on Charles Shirreff ^stj.
Hwaj^et Pinhey ]Els(]^..a°<l Capt. Street, Royal Navy;! mentioned it to
t|iLen)|,^nd pointed out lif advantages and asked them individually to Join me, '
in the purchase, which they for nccnniary reasons declined. 1 beg tn ask'
yojur Lordsliip if this was, acting clandestinely ? And if I wished to impose
tipon i^Qyernment,. (if purchasing land can be so called,) the yoi-y lot of
^nd adjoining which your Lprdship was pleased to purchase for Oovern-
it^ent for ^750 had been previously offered to me f9r * 1 5 ! ! ! _
And evfu my Lord had I known that it was required for Goyerpment,
service; not being authorised to purchase it for them, had I not a^igtit to
puroh^e it for mys^elf if iijy means would ^llow me ? Had your Lordship
lever intimated to me that the land was required for Government^ 1* 'should
. either have purchase 1 it fpr Government or not purchased it at all. Is it
because X have served His Majesty, and I trust with hqn<>r,~that 1 am not
^t^0)Ved to better my situation in life? What situation of honor or profit
j^as your Lordship ever bestowed on me ? None, my Lord,^ whilst numbers
of .Officers in this Province hold offices of hopor jind profit who cannot pro*
^nce such teatimoniajls of their service as I h^ve the honor herewith to Idy
before your Lordship, besides the General Orders and Despatches of this
Country during the War,' to which I beg leave to refer your Lordship.
And will not your Lordship's generosity ailow me any credit for the £sta-
blishroent whioh I have made in thjs Province at the expense of severiEU'
thousand pountls i^ ■" »"« «<>' <"» Establishment, my Lord, where tlie Jrneri-
appellati
I hav« the honor to lay before your Lordflbip herewith copies of two
letters, one from His late Roral i%hne68 the Duke of Keat, alludinr to
services performed when aa Eosim not 18 years of ag»} the other from the
late Major General Proctor at the close of the late War. I merelv hv these
letters wish to prove to your Lordship that as a Soldier I did my doty and
as a Civihan under a British Constitution I expect Jirttice, an'd the riirht
to enioy my property unmolested ! the latter privilege I have been de-
barred from. I allude to the, case of Andrew Berne and Isaac Perth who
are trespassers on my property, and haTokept possession against my will.
On my giving them notice to qmt the premises they applied to vour Urd-
ship you were pleased to direct them to keep possession, and I am informed
I beUeve from undoubted authority, that your Lordship has even employed
a Lawyer at your own expence to defend their cause ! ! * From your Lo>d-
ships authority and station, it is but fair to conclude that any i\f opinion of
me formed by your Lordship may be attended with aggiivatioii and in-
Ri'^lfl r**Tn "* ^'***' fT^^ ""^ *° "'^^ ' •^^«t« the conduct
of the Lieuteaaat Governor of the Upper Provinee towards me.
1 shall refrain from further remarks mv Lord, and beg your Lordshio
will be pleased to reconsider the suWect and to grait me th^tiif 3
the case requires. In fact the ,M-ejuaidal reportsVhich have s^adthrZh
the Country~the privation of the friendsliip of sey*ral genUemenofX
utmost respectability, the duty I owe to the three honoraaeSmw,^
fore mentioned, and the restof my friends, requires me to taG ey^MeS
step towards a public justit^cation of my conduct, and to whfchTSimbry
hope and trust your Lordship will be graciously pleased to accede. ^
■ . 1 have the honor to be
With all due submission.
Your Lordship's
Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
BaitANNiA. Ottawa Rivei^ ^' ^^ BRETON.
20th March, 1827.
Copies of two Letters inclosed in the foregoing.
(ENCLOSURE.)
Kensington Palace, Slst Deer. 1815.
letter^^F&ut^S^L^t^l^*:?^
closures, and to state to him that H^STyd ^^^1 T" ^Tn P'?''^"*: in-
with the recollection of the rtrnn^ «. ^ Highness is so fully impressed
General SkeUtrcoltdd 2 rWs'nV^^^^
duct at the time of the Mutinv «f *L T7^1 "ui ^' •' '''" distinguished con.
that the Duke haS not frft the Ji^^f r^I^t- ^^^""•''t in TC«%ftH.ndtend.
to Major Generaf sfr Henry To^enT Snd^dSrn'" f?"«»».tt.™?.the papers
y ^orr ens, and adding his sohcitalion to the
«he premise. /or the accixnolSn of i£^^^^ ""I "house built on
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To Lieut, 1,e Breton,
Royal Nfld. Reyt.
I
(ENCLOSURE.)
Sir,
MoNTBEAt, Augt. I6th, I8I5;
flfhSnc* .^J**^«*''«J»ono/ to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of th«
S E^l'"/*"™.'"? "^ **^y**." ^*^'»«^ »^**»''«'» le^ve of absence to pi^eed
to lingland, and also conveying a request that I would Hp nuH^AT^ ^
you such a testimonial of ^r services as I migT Sink^yorentUleTto
dunng the pencdyou were with the Division of the Arm/under mVlm
mandin Upper-Canada, It is with much satisfaction I can state tL?!
every occasion you were desirous of meeting the Se?vice-«niformlv evin.
««iUf!f***^"S^'"®''*"uf*yu*"'',^*^"5 volunteered and performed to mv
satisfaction a disagreeable though important duty, soon aftef the u^successf^
affair at Sandusky, goin^ to that pkce with a P]kg of Truce at the Snf
.mpnsonment in retaliation of our treatment of 7spy, and L apprehension
of which caused the reluctance shewn by the Officer whose d.,tv'^[f-K^j
have been but for your zeal, t ^ "®*® ""*^ " ^'*«'^<*
Wishing you Promotion,
I have the honor to be
* Sir,
Your faithful
Humble Servant,
(Signed,) HENRY PROCTOR,
Major General.
To LiEC T. Le Breton,
Royal Nfld. Regt.
»-^e?P,lt^i,^'roultt!lT^^^^^^^^^ '?:'f "P-'^y «f '•'^ '"an 300 men
were killed and 630 madrprisonerr ^^ '*""'' °*^ "°° Americans, when 300
hind, which those Officers declined unH^.h!. n«f ^^ f«te of those who were left be.
letter. LletitenantLe Brecon then vSnieer^ hi *''' '" *^""'' '" ^*""a' i''«c'<"'«
-««.ys secret depot thereby disiomSX Sle'^f brsTlan..""' "''"''''''' '»''' ""
[No. 4 J
HIS LORDSHIPS' IlEt>LY.
/id sJ »
SIR,
Military Secretary' a Cl0ci
Quebec, 9th May, 1887
has received yotTe!LVto'^S^t^*''^ of the Force.
fMorth while tCeturrany an wt "^^ ^**"''' ""^ ''«^« thouffht it
Itement of the subject comS J^to' recld ' '""''**"'" "'^''^^'"^ « ^^"^ »ta-
hclear^^ol.^^^^^^^
Kisitit ase^rtensJvely "stheiS^fT/ '^^^ •°.t''« Province, to
H the Ottawa and crosid ttt cCtytom ^1?"^^:?^ ?*•• -,•' P««««^ "P
1 ment then just begmn. At RichmondfMarr Se ^Sh « ' "V''^^:' ««"le.
I pay officors there (as many as thp h«..';^ 7^ Y\,^ P"''*^ «f the half-
f The chief subject of coSaUon w^T *"'** ^^^^^ '''"«^ ^ith me.
I; prosperity of tL newfy settled t"a^^^^^
I 'nent Depot for stores L.d supplies wUhrhiv-*'"!*" "" *''"* * ««vern.
\ landing;, so called, on the (^^taC;restl,teP^r^"* ^' »>>« R-'^hmond
r munication, and a certainty of suppl es fS^ l„ ," "'^««ssible point of com-
I assemble in that new country 7he llnTlIf H« P«P»'ation likely to
absentee and.who could not WbeCd ,?""•*» ^
njade ou it, and it .wasprobable Vat he nur^Jl ""^'^r?*"* ^"^^ I>e«a
nlhug sum. I gave instruction to Ma or E«^' T^^''- ^? T^^ ^r a
the presence and hearing of all at table %« 7^1.1 s"Perintendant. and in
aud to watch any adTertisement of the slfo n{?t r ^A**" ^^'''^ *'»« purchase,
ho concluded." ^"® **'® *>* '*» ''"t to report to nie before
P^^^^^'tV^:^:^^^' ^^ ™^ -°*--t«. heard il;
bound to give his assistance, he d?d notTso "hT"*^'!?.^"^ ^° ^^^
information, and set about a specujfre nurSL.r"'"? ^'""^'''^ «**''«
bargain and then offer it to goveVnment ' '' **• "^''^ » Profitaole
Ued'rthTtt^rmS Col C,„,,„,„ ,„,^^.
dia/r.r^\'° t^"^''«« t^^ff^"- i tSSteZeS""!^ t"at Captain Le
I that he had bought it for ^400 and offered i?S?^nnn* ,'''*". *°'*' *<> ™«.
Ibihty might yeild it at ^2000. I Sd to «L p' ?^? but in all proba-
sonnally, and he came with Col Cockli^-, 1'^^ ^''P^"' f « Breton per.
Jasked him if he seriously proposed snl a T ^ !,° ',"^' ^»'"ting room I
[ti^ed himself, I forget^in^Xttms /^ ."'' ' ^^'"•'* ^'« ^''l «^^^^
Ihira ; I would not permit so «Pn„Zr ^. **"*'* «"<i ^ery anerilv t„y
Govei.nient,a„d I jrhira'n vt^^^^^^^^ «" ^i« 'Wa^sl/'
lof confideuce in availinc himsplf nV ^^7 so thinking. 1st. A breai-h
(table. 2d. It was notTeco^^t in « b,S^^^^^ Passed atSy
forelie himself had paid his pnce wafan inlf ?*^\"r ^^^" ^^000 L-
r From that one interview YfZ^^A '"f««ent and shameful impositinn
• See letter NoTs^ ' ' ~ " — '"'"""-
M
ro
was net ^Iren, and although tbe Solicitor Oeueral did report to Sir P
Maitland that it Tvas done in due furm^ tbe later memorial of Mr. Randall
himself inclined me to think that the sale was not legal, and therefore Mr.
Le Bretou's title altogether bad ; * the purchase of the !ot an illegal tran>
saction.
" Ido not believe one word of Mr, Le Breton's assertion, that he could
have obtained of Mr. Fraser at £15 the lot for which that gentleman ob-
tained ^£730 from government,
" With regard to the family of Firth, I did say I would support that fa-
mily if illtreated by these illegal ij)roprietor8, and I will do so still at my
own private cost. I know nothing of Dr. Tbom, Mr. Sherwood or any
af those people named.
" No further answer will be made on this subject if continued."
7th May, 1897.
To Mr, Le Breton.
(Signed) "DAtHOUSiE."
I am, Sir, your most obedien*, humble servant,
H ■Oarmno,
. Mily. Secy.
[No. 5.]
Britannia, 6th June, 1827.
Si.t,
From tha lapse of time I atx: not certain if you dined with 6s at
Hills in Richmond, at the dinner piveu by Hib Lorship the Governor-in-|
Chief in the year i920. If so, I will esteem it a favc. to be informed if His|
Lordship at thtAt tinja gave you instructions to purchase the lot of land com-!
moniy known by the name of tne Riclimoud Landing, and oblige
SIR,
Your most obedient.
Humble servant,
J, L. B.
Georgft T. Burke, Esqr.
[No. G.]
r.iciiM0ND, 12th June, 1827.
Sir,
In replv to your letter of the 6th instant, I be^f to siftto thai I hiivv
no recollection of the circumstance which you mention, but I believe some
* iriiir Lordship concaivad my title '*..', v^hy liidhe autborii* Lt. Col. Dj, Ro7«l
£ng<n3«ri, ic purcliMe it irom me.
- -a
report to Sir P
ial of Mr. Randall
and therefore Mr.
!ot an illegal tran-
)n, that Ue could
lat gentleman ob-
i support that fa-
do 80 still at my
Sherwood or any
tinned."
JSiE."
iimble servant,
SG,
yr. Secy.
th June, 182':
1 dined with lis iii
I the Governor-ill-
I be informed if His
the lot of land com-
1 cblige
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time lubsequently, I received an official order to commamcat« With you oa
the subject of the purchase of the Landing, but you being then on your way
to Quebec, nothing further was done in the business.
I^bef to remain,
SIR,
Your very obedient serrant,
(Signed,) GEO. T. BURKE.
J. Le BanTON, Esq.
[No. 7.]
Copy of a letter to Capt. Monk, H. P. 97th Regt., Capt. Str-et. H. P.
Britannia, 2d June, 1827.
Sir,
A repoit having been circulated at Quebec and Montreal preiudU
?"U?'T character, stating "' that I had taken advantage of a conversation
y^'^ ^^•■''^'ilP *^« Governor-in-Chief, while I had^e honor of dinin?
with him at Richraoiid m the year 1820," and as you were also present at
the dinner given by His Lordship, I beg you will do me the favor to reply
to the toliowing questions. *^ '
Ist. Did you hear His Lordship ingtruct Major Burke to take steps to
purchase, and to watch any advertisement of the lot of land No. 40 in the
lownsliip of Nepean, commonly known by the mime of the Richmond lan-
ding r
2d. Did you hear any convorsation at that table that would have prevcn-
fed you trom purchasMig the said lot of land ? and oblige,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed,) J. L. B. p
th June, 18i;7.
to siftto thai I huvt!
but I believe some
• Lt. Col. Dj, Rojtl
[No. 8.]
IIiCLENSviLLE, Marchb, Juno 5tb, 1827.
Sir,
«« «» 1 '" '•^Ply to your enquiries on the other side, I have to state that
no such conversation took place at that time in my hcaiing, nor do I think
t CtplRin lirndlcy made no reply,
In 11
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.^.■^i!:tZ£^,t^^''''''^^''^-'-"'''^" -•«-"'"'« «"
To J. 1.E BREToif, Esq.
.1 ' BUITANNIA.
I am Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
(Signed,) BENJ. STREET.
Sir,
[No. 9]
Point Pleasant, Marche, 5th June, 1827.
I have onlJtrJtote^W A"*""' contained in your letter of the 2d instant,
toTuXw^veTL^iu^^^^ ****^« conversation alluded
mory ^*"*^*"'®'^ P*"'"''^* ^^at it may have occurred and escaped my me-
Your's &c.
J. B. MONK.
To J. Le Breton, Esq.
Britannia.
thfm^stlltplv"rfi" ^""t '^^'""T *"" "'^ ^'"•^"^''P «t taWe, he would be
tne most likely person to hear such conversation if it had taken place.
Sir,
[No. 10.]
Hon ACEviLLE, March, 5th June, 1827.
«nnrtc Jfl ^^^ ^f ^^'i"'- "***" °^ ^^^ ^d instaut, Mherein you intimate that
"o«f««>. ♦!. i "li""* ''^?"-0"« <o submit to me certain queries, tirst
•' 582? at rJ W n^ ^'rr ?r"'.»>y "!« Excellency the OoveJuor i^fcbif in'
u:!Li!tt T ' ^.^^"^'^ "'* Excellency instruct Major turke to take
« n fh« T'"'-'i"*'"?i*" «'atchi,ny advertisement of the ot oNand No. 40
•• Tnd kndh":H'.P fNepean commonly kno«n by the name of the R ct2
mond Janding. I have to state that I d d not hear His ExcpIIphcv o-u'«
« arl^ ha wonld'^r'''" "* the same period any conversation or discmsio«
arose that M'ould have prevented me from becoming a purchaser " To
tXZ • ''7" '" '''^'' ♦^'.* «"y conversation that thie pSTould no?
have prejudiced me afi:a,n8t being a purchaser, had I felt disposed 80 to u vest
money ; neither would it per contra have tempted me to it.
would «iit«r On
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I am to be understood as a matter of <.Ai.r.- ^
.nstructions were not given, but that I didTt Tea, themT"* '""^ **'*"''''
lam,
SIR,
Your most obedient ser^nt,
To Capt. Le Breton,
&c. &c. &c.
(SiVned,) HAMNETT PINHEY.
[No. II.]
Sift,
March, 5th June, 1827.
tion while dS?atRrrmo;dwiS.''r"^^ -y -nversa.
and Major B„rk\res;eSg?h:^'Jto?th^^^ ¥' ^«'-^«'"l'
beg to state Tdid not'hear fny Lnve^S on ?hf T"^^ P'"^«. '
Burkepresent during the dinne;,"uTbrrsUrtt?mVati^^^^^^^^^^
To Capt. I.e Breton
&c. &c, &c.
lam, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed,) JAMES KE AD,
[No. 12.]
S.R. B«nANxu, Ottam-a R.ver, ^oth J«Jy. J827.
mand of His Urthi^ ciriXfe^^''^^-''^* of your letter by com-
1.1 you are pleased to state that " hL T.rf^t^'''^',''/^^''' ^^^ ^"J'. "here-
" worth wh'ile to return any answo^'ro'v f'' ''"" ""V;^'^'« *'>«"»''* '*
poso of having a true statement committ.dL™"'^""''] '^"' '"«'' *''« P"---
is pleased to «iy, « that nofSlr T.^ "^V^.'^^^'"''.'-. «»*' «« "« Lordlhip
" conlinued," I of oourL H,! «^r 1 ''^ ^'i *'"« ^''''Jec* will be made if
being thereby ell^r^Jdt me "C/ thT^'^ /""*?• ''"« '»-'• "^" "^ice
to leave it to the opinitn of ari, 31 *^ ,':'"'""«'. ™y only recourse is
the whole correspoSden "e o pub fc nrL T ["'• */""'"('''"^ ^•^^"'^ ' '^on^'nit
ship's information, copies of lofters from M • % *"«"^'»it '"<»'•"« Wd-
who dined with His Lordslh at i«^^^^ H'^'l andfour gentlemen
Lordship'H statement, ^""""'l* ''^ «'«hmond on the day alluded to, in His
b^lnall?^^^^^^^ ;;- faSlhltS T ''''''' '? ''<^^^ ^^"^^ «"
«taid a few minutes. ^*^ *'"^' ''*' <^"'»«' '" afterwards and only
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His Lord«hip was also plea&ed to state that Mr. Randall " was an absentee,
" and who could not then be found ;" I fear His Lordship was also misinfor-
med on this subject ; Mr. Randall was at that time a member of the House of
Assembly of Upper Canada and residing' near Niagara at his usual place of
residence. I should have sent copies ot those letters earlier, but that 1 have
been waiting for other documents of equal importance.
I have the honor to be '
SIR,
Your most obedient.
Humble servant.
To Majou General Darling,
Military Secretary.
J. LE BRETON.
fNo. 13.]
(EXTRACT)
Marche, 14th January, 1830.
Sir,
I was present ^t a conversation that took place at Hull in the latter
|>art of the year 1826, between Col. By and yourself, on the subject of the
land called Nepean Point, among other matter you told Col. By that you
were willing that the Government officers should take as much of that land
GRATIS as was necessary for making the intended canal, or words to that
effect.*
I am. Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed,) THOMAS READ.
To Capt. Lk Breton, &c. &c.
Nepean.
. A ^°V J^y ?"•'' ^'^ *"' """'oi-'Md by the Earl of Dalhnusie to offer (he sum that 1
Iiad paid for the properly, what I had sold 1 might keep ns a bomis j at this limo 1 hod
sold one let at ihe rale ot aboni £500 per acre, and was in treaty Cor other Iota, u hen a
Vi?f T "'•» '"''"«'f"'"''y citculaied, that I bad no title, and thot it was the intention of
JtJis Lordship to take the land fiom me.
The water was (nrncd from the front of my lot ruining my Mill Sites, under the ri-
d<cuIou« pretence of forming n Timber Channel, which has nndered the passage worse
L.". i 7' . *!; "'."" "P*"" ■» I "W Informed of about =f4.(:00. and an esilmate
Mrfs made out and submilied to Sir James Kempt to expend a fun her sum of ^lOtXX),
when at the wine lime 1 hod offered lo make a Timber Channel at my own cost I A
noredris " • *"7 LB ''"''"'''""'"* lommjitcd, for all which 1 hovehiiherto obtained
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Sir,
Britannia, Ottawa River, 14th Sept. 1887.
A auantity of Timber of various descriptions having been taken
oif from my land, and appropriated to the public works under your direction,
and being unwillinof in any manner to obstruct the said works ; I beg to be
informed if the said Timber has been taken by yonr sanction, and if so. on
what principle.
[till in the latter
subject of the
i. By that you
iich of that land
or words to that
READ.
r the iiim tliat I
at (his time 1 hod
other lots, when a
IS the intention of
iles, under the ri-
the p«s«ago worse
, and Rn rstfinnte
«iimof tflO.tXX),
y own cost! A
■utfliid destroyed
hitherto obtained
f
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Sir,
Your most Obedient
Humble Servant,
(Signed,) J. LE BRETON.
On His Majesty's Service.
To Lieut. Col. By,
Royal Engineers,
Oommaudiug Rideau Canal.
N. B. The above timber was taken by the Contractors who had contract-
ed to furnish the timber themselves.
[ This letter was sent to Lieutenant Colonel By, but no answer beinjr
received for some time, I sent my Clerk to ask Col. By if there was an
answer, to which he replied that he did not sanction the depredation on my
land « that he would not be guilty of so ungentlemanly an action." I then
called on Col. By myself who said he was authorized by an Act of Parlia-
ment to take my timber, when one of his Clerks apparently rfrtt«A in his
ottice, and in his presence, without reproof, said " we'll take your timber
M herever we can fand it and not ask your liberty."]
[For some of this timber Col. By paid 38. per foot, and having occasion to
prosecute one of the Contractors for taking some of the timber, one of
Col. iiy a triends, a man for whom he had built a house on my land and at
the expence ot Government appeared and made oath that the limber 'was not
worth more than six-pence per tree III by which means I obtained ^£17 for
timber worth more than ^6300.] * • < lyi
^, i^*. ^'^^ . j""® ^*^^' ^y *^"* **"« "f ^'8 clerks who swore in Court that
the Union Bridge for which the timber was taken, was built for the purpose
ot ti-anspoifinp stone from a quarry across the River in Hull to build the
locks of the Rideau Canal ! a distance of about two miles over precipices
and ravines; whereas the Locks were ( . imtnced In 1827 and the Bridee
was built in 1829.--The stone with wi.c, tlte I ocks are built was taken
from the bed and sides of the work, so close that the workmen wore ob-
liged to remove them to a distance to have room to dress them J. L B
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I
Copy of a letter to Lieut. Col Couper. Military Secretary
Sir,
etary.
Qi'EBEc, 2d November, 1829,
3ist uitinif ?:;^:j^nis,^'rttt;:^ r ^^^ of your le;^^:^ 'z
are for damages d^^ne to mrDronSv ^ fi ^^ ""' ^ '''""' «" Government
nincr the »vatfr therefrom and deSL me of IlTu^ "-.^P'^^'^' ^'y *»-
cutting- down, takinn- wiv oml y f ^ ^ ^"'"**'^® ™'"-s'te. Sfdly. by
premisses, Sdly/ by buiS'a ho., ! ''^'"" ^ ^""^^'^^ «*" ^'"^^'^ «» »*«iJ
^ a street an^d dfvi'ion ffe bet" "L^Mr Srw '^.''^^ ^ ""*
then takinff the road across mv uJlt^i I f^'f "^«?d's j)roperty and mine,
the value of said bts? ^ ''"' "*"* "' •>u»Idinglots thereby injuring
claLtlJT^^ts'JoltVrolT:; •" Upper-Canada directing all
be decided by ^myTthe RinZ t.t / r-'^'-' ^'^'^«" Canal slfould
not for the use of t&e Canal a^a<^^^' "* *'"" "''"."^s complained of were
>y emigrants from Ireland ZVw P"-««°« <=«™P08 ng our Juries are chief-
pray tlmt His Excelencv^^iM^^ "" «"«»» «»«««. I
competent and disinterested w/fh "^f P'^T'^ to nominate one or two persons
sons^as they ma "uZ e,' SSit^Z^^^^ mill-wrights or oth'er per-
lency's approbation, t1,e Snrulnm I 1 '. ™''1"'^ ""''* ^^' ^^^«^
T^ar/^vitf/piisExcdlencvrnermkl^r n"''^ T/'' t« nominate oa »,t,
Pinhey, Esquires the Sp.Pnl'n? ^'*'*""^^ Hamilton, and Hamnett
the country^ n genSl is a man ofTd' ^,?"'" '^ ^}'- Excellency and to
equally l^oLrablo :^ ^t^/E^-^SS^^
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most Obedient
&c. &c. &c.
(Signed,) J. LE BRETON.
Making the aggressor the Judge of his own cause ! !] '
spring ^^tssttThlch HuTxoE 'T ^T"* «" ^'^ ^"^<-^ '" «-
have a personal iSffation of" n,v^ •'"' P'f'l"*^ *.^ ''^P'^' *''«* ^o would
Rideau Canal. Hb SSrncv aSefr^h "^'•' f "''T^''} "''''' *« t^e
tember following, he arrived rtireXrnoonaboHj'rp S""^"" "T ^1"
about six miles from thence did not l.n^ Tif !i *, ?m ""'^ "' ' '"'"'''Je
mediately went to vvait Th s Fvce Scv uTu *''f f«"«r''«5dav. I im-
the line of the Canal with CoL Bv thnM^i i ^ '^f f that he had gone up
shore, and that he in?en7ed to reliL tJ„ f M"^*'*^''". ''"^ "i"'^'^''^ ol
I therefore .vaited onboard L SamX ,mtinSf :? '^'' TT^ ''^&-
m the croning-I addressed him oTtho ^kV 1 V • r^"ni which was Tate
seemed offend'ed at my add^ss™rr him on ^^ of h.s letter, His Excellency
could give me no rJdress aud'haJi^.^n! '"V"^ ""'^ '''P^'^^ that he
room otthe boat wlereTcoS htve "i? Sv\"foL'"' •i""':*^'^ '» the nnblic
to Withdraw. On the followin^g^S^KS,---^^^
Copy of a Letter to Z. Mudge, Esq., Private Secretary to His Excelleucy
the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.
(EXTRACT.)
Sir,
York, 27th Feby. 1830.
At a late interview with which I was honorpil H;« p^«„ii
plea.sed to say that he would cause an imPiarsu^ef^o b^m^^^^^^^^
Timber Channel, &c. at the Chaudiere Falls To IZ^fL 1 1 ] ^^ *°®
and a j^reat deal of time, as Civil En.?aeers are mreTbrrS ^"'^^ «?^P^°««
vince I humbly be. to submit to H?s ExcellencTthat L^J rol bJ^
Royal Ennrineers, lately from England and Cant f-nll n i V,* ^P^^^^'
who can be noway interested. b"Sra?preS*on the rT. ^"^fmeers
should be most hajpy to refer the c^se tftheirilmenf I? ^^"! ' '
with His Excellenc/s permission that I may biauSio trnW™' ^T
them the route, which I propose to«-ethor -.viM, " ,,„"?^^^" *"> .P<»nt out to
i"ff the other Channel, aCtC rouT o^a SL frorT/'^^^^ ""^°*-
to the Lake Chaudiere. And al«o that Hk P vLii .^^haudiere Falls
authorise these ffentlemen to esHmte tho^amief d^^^^ T" ^' ^^'^^'^ *<>
the Chaudiere Falls, which decision. I am peSly t^Ll^Sirr'f "*
my part with Government. penecuy wuUng shall be final on
•■e. vijj a*...!;
■wj.,
T have the honor to be
&c. &c. &c.
(Sigqed,) J. LE BRETON,
Job JSri1K;„r„|:^^^^^ TrnTS^at^'^'- "^^^-"-y Sir
as soon as the Parliament then sitt ng waTclosTd h. ll^f ,*""" ^'P^^^^hat
invostijration of my claims. In th" afternoon nf!i?^"'^ ^'"I*" "" impartial
the following lette/in reply to "he fore|ibg " ""^ '^' ^"""^ ^^^ ^ received
Sir. ^™°"»«°t House. York, 27th Feby. 1830
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channel wUl be coniidfcred and fiaally' decided on, after the present Settion,
and that with respect to yoiir claims on account of the injnry which you
have sustained from the works earned on near Bytown, you must refer
them to the Ordnance Diepartment, or to the Arbitrators who will boaiJ-
pomted by Act of Parlianieot after the Canal is finished.
John Le Breton, Esq.
I have the honor to be,
&c. &c. &c.
Z. MUDGE.
My claims had already been referred to the Ordnance Department who
referred them to Col. By as before stated in pj^e 16, and had they come
within the jurisdiction of the Canal Act T should have had no occasion to
apply to His Excellency f6r redress.
>inrr'
(CdPY.)
'iS.
Bytown, 1st Novr. 1831.
Si4^
H4vio^ in^ffechitlla^ ipa^e ^ieVeral applicatjions to the He Governor .
in.Chii;f, as elso t9 the Ljeutenant Governor of the Province, to redress
grievances which I hav^ sustained from the public works carrying on in this
qdartt^r, under the direction of Liept. Col. By, which application hay«
hitherto not been satisfactorily, replied to, I beg to state ior the iuformation
of Lieut. Col. By tq^t t am now about to represent the case to the £[oi|ora«
bis the liords Commissioners of His Majesty's Trieasury. It i^ not, however,,
my wish so to do, provided Lieut. Col. By will be pleased to name any tWo
or three gentlemen to meet those whom I shall name and by whose decision
I am willing to abidor , *
I have the honor to be
&c. &c. &c.
J. LE BRETOK.
To Joseph N. Hagerman, Esq.
Solicitor Rideau Canal.
(COi*Y.)
Sir,
Bytown, 1st Novr. 1831.
In reply to your letter of this day's date, I beg to infonn you that I
have laid the same before CbL By, wlio has ddiiired me to inform you that
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be has no objection to appoint two Officers to meet those gentlemen you
may name to take into consideration any chum for damages that you may
have sustained from the public works at this place now under his superin-
tendance. The Officers named by him, are Capt. Boulton and Capt. Yule,
of the Royal En^neers. He also desires me to request you to name the day
on which you will be prepared to meet the aforesaid gentlemen.
I hare the honor to be
&c. &c. &c.
„ , , , (Signed,) J. A. HAGERMAN.
To John Le Breton, Esq.
The undersigned, having at Chittj 's Tavern and at the instance of Capt.
Le Breton met Capt. Boulton and Lieut. Frome for the purpose as they were
given fo understand of arbitrating Capt. Le Breton's claim on Government,
find that Capt. Boulton and Lieut. Frome's instructions empower them only
to exainin.i into Capt. Le Breton's claim for damage done in consequence of
the Rideau Canal — not to arbitrate and award— moreover Capt. Boulton and
Lieut. Frome having declined to submit to the nomination of an umpire
under any consideration whatever. The undersigned are under the neces-
sity of withdtawing.
By town, 30th Novr. 1831.
Signed,
5 JOHN BUCHANAN.
i HAMNET PINHEY.
Mr. Hagorman was called into the room and in presence of the above
gentlemen was asked what wa3 his impression when he received instructions
from Lieut. Col. By to answer Capt. Le Breton's letter; his answer was—
my impression was that Cajjt. Le Breton's claims on Government were to
be finally settled by arbitration.
Qtt«»y.— Can it be settled without an umpire?— Am. In my opinion it