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A .Totinuvl Of iirrrative, IioiuUhI '• A short account of the Expcditinn aijaimt Quebec, com- tnatuled by Major Gnientl Jmncs Wolfe, in the year 175!l, by an Enijincer upon thai Expedi- tion," WMs ri'i'i'iitly |irinU'il in tlie ('aniulinn Illustrated Nown. It \vi»s (iorivoil from iin nutlu!iitk'iUo(l ('U|)y of llio ori^iiml, ko]it on record in the U. K. l>t'|mrtnicnt, lioiiring tho dnto and signature " Quebec, Sept- 3(»//» 175!*, P. M." A denial of its authentic chnractcr was in»- mcdiatcly jiuMishcil by tlio|ireNcnt President of the Literur}' uiid Historical Society, in the words ; journal of the wcll-kiiowi) James impson, .It is simplj- a copy of the " les Tho sen., of 'iuelu'C, who died in IK-iO " I have for some lime )>ast boon its custodian, and have it now before mo " I had an ojiportunily of com|)arii)g Mr. Thompson','! journal with tlm nuinuscript initialled P. M., in the J{oyal Kngineer Otiiee. (Quebec; they are as nearly us possible verbatim et literatim. " I rcmaiTi, very faithfully. ■ W.M. Ja.s. AXKKWSOX, " Pivsident Literary and Historical Society. " (^ucIk'c, (irande Alice, ) lUth Jan., 1872." ( A somewhat acrimonious ne\vs|iti|ier con- troversy ensued on the subject of the au- thorshiii, and, eventually, the question was referrea for in((uiiy and report toaConiniittee of the Historical Society, consisting of five members, includinu; the ]>rincipal jiarty to the dispute. The objc<:t of this jiapcr * is. ehiell^-, to vindicate the genuine nature of the K. K. Narrative, to shew cause why the ])retensions to the original authorship raised in behalf of Mr. Thomp'^on cannoi be Mccejjted, and to bring inider the trotice of the Associaie- Membersofthe Society somi- imrticulars of ovidei\co which, it is hoped, may a.ssist in previ'nting the ])rematurii declaration of a verdict in the Society's name. (1.) The .so-called Thom|is()n .lournal being subjecliMl to inspection il is seenlbut tbedato an(l signature of the l{. M. Otiicial co|iy, " (,),i,h,r, Sept. •.Wn, 17.".:>, 7'. .1/;," arcmil- fed. In place of these aijjiear two endorsa- tiiins, upon whieh, ]irinci]ially, the claim to original authoi-ship rests — namely, •' Trana- cri/icd from roii./h memoninda In/ •fa/iics ThomjiS'in, .linir, 1S2I," ami " The foreijoini/ /,s not in my luither^ usual mode of reeifation but in none the Irs.'i inithent/e." The <-laim is, there- fore, substantiiill}', that .Mi'. Thompson, .luiiior, in the year 1S21, triiKseribed, from materials furnisluMi by his Father, the docLi- nierit in (|Ucstion, though, as suggested by llie terms (if the 2nd endorsalinn, he did nol^ adhere strictly to the usual diction of his I'ather. We are told, in fact, that Mr. Thomiison, Senior, who serviMl at tho siege, furnished his [.Son with roU(jh notes of the occurrences which took place in the Campaign ♦ r'n'|i:iiwl liy nil Assiici.ili'-McmlH'i' nl Ihi' Smicly who WHS invili'il In liciir li'sliriKiiiy "•iiiii-rniing lliij (Hitlior8hl|) boforo lli" CuiiiHiiilec. of 1750, anil that, with tho aid of theso notes, the Son, in 1821, composed, not altogether Ipi the style of his Father's Literary composition, a complete mirrative, which, on careful perusal, turns out to be a most particular rela- tion of facts, events, and intentions, such as could not have been knctwn to the members of tlie arn\y and navy generally, at the time, and quite equal, as a literary ])roduction, if not supei'ior, to the well known journals and published reports of tienerals Amherst, Wolfe, Ti)wnshenm contemporaneous his- tcry. Into all these considerations wo cannot enter within the limits to which this paper must necessarily be confined, but sufficient indications will be presented so that any one i-oally seeking the truth in this cose can tbllow up the investigation for his own satisfaction. (5.) Mr. Thompson Senior's, lengthened connection with the R. E. Department as one of the overseers of the staff of civilians employed — artificers workmen and laborers — afforded facilities for access to the Offici' 1 Record of this Journal, fVom which, it can scarcely be doubted, the materials, styled " rough memoranda " by Mr. Thompson, junior, might have been procured along with the successive dates and other particulars ; and positive proof will presently be adduced that such access could be mode use of by out«ide attaches to the R. £. Department. II. We now advert to thi other side of the question — the genuineness of the R. £. Jour- nal, and the evidence of prior existence showing that the " Thompson Manuscript, " is nothing more than a oomparutivuly recent copy, of the official document : (I.) There is the certified copy of the B. £. Copy of the Journal itself, with its ac- companying map, in sise upwards of 5 ft. by 2 i.)et, having all the necessary references Inscribed on it, and the names of the well known and eminent £nffinoen>, (Capt. Deb- beig, Capt. llolland, Lieut. Debariv,) who performed the surveys of the grounds. ^2.) There is an old copy of the Journal in full, taken about the yem- 1816, bv one Michael McKittrich, a Royal Sapper and Miner — with the references complete (to the Map,) written on the first 5 pages — proving that outside employees had access to the Office papers so far as to enable them to procure copy of this Journal. (3.) There is a very old copy of the Map, identical, as to sise, scale and details, with the modern copies of the same, but not having the references inscribed upon it. Competent judges prom^unce this to be a very early copy, and probably taken not less than 100 years ago.. (4) There are three old detached copies of the references to the map, one dated 1794, the others of unknown date though mani- festly' of very earl^* orisin. The numerous details given'in these tables of references ai-o identical in order, wording, &c. In them oc!Cur (6 times) the words " vide Journal," while reciprocally, in the Journal, we have the words " vide map." The matters indi- cated in the references accord with and illustrate the movements and descriptions given in the Journal. A ibir inference fh>m the association of the Journal, map and references, is, that all these written copies (including the so-called Thompson Journal) wore d«rlved from the same common original whose tmo date \fM Sept. 30th, 1769, and not 1821. (6) Thero are letters, recently receivet;, which have been exhibited to various persons interested in this question, from officials of the li £. Department, who, it is reasonable to assume, are the best judges of the authen- ticity and tlie origin of their own Depart- mental papers. The fact that these proofs came unsolicited and unexpected imparts to them oil the force of undesigned testimony. They are as follows : Ist, copy of a letter fVom the Chief Drafts- man in charge of the records and library at the House Guards, London. "IlOCai GUARO.M, "SthFeby., 1872. " C. Walkim, Esq., "Dear Sir, " i have to thank you for 2 copies of the Canada Illustrated News containing occount of the Siege of Quebec. It turns out to be that written by one P. MackeUar, and has already beon published in the R. £. Corps Papers 1 have given one copy of the paper to Lt. Col. Murray, B. £. and D. W. (B.), whose Grandfather commanded the liomsbourg Grenadiers at the Siege. " (Signed,) Waltih Trkokllab." 2nd, extract fVcm a letter of Col. Gallwey, formerly Commanding Royal Bngineer st Quebec. i d *' Dear Mr. Walkbm, "Manv thanks for the account of Wolfe'o Expedition. The itame account and Plan are to De fonnd in the B. £. ProfeHsional PafwrM. " (Signed,) T. Gallwbv. "Chatham, March 8th 1872. " Major Patrick Mackellar, whose initials P. M. are attaclted to the R. E. certified copy of the Journal, wa« Sub-IMrector and Chief Engineer of the Exjiedition. Ui** staff of Engineer OfBcora conttisted of CaptainH Deb- Ifeig, Williamoon, Dornvino and Holland, Lieu- tenant DeBarre, Montrexor, Tongue, Bontein, and (ioddard. Mackellar himself, as the hetid of the department, won the reaponHible Higner of the Journal, while the accompanying plan was authenticated by Debbeig, MoUani and DeBarre, whoso names are registered on the plan itself and in the copies of the detached rofoi-ences belonging to it. The above letters of the chief drafUman at the Horse Guards, 'and of Colonel Gallwuy, commanding Boyal Engineer, not only explain who the signer (P. M.) of the Journal was, but also shew that the R. £. Department considers both Journal and Plan a:) perfectly authentic, as the work of their own oflScors in 1759, and us belonging to their own Professional Corjie Papers, in the 1st sot or volume of which they have been printed and published in London. In opposition to all this decisive evidence, of what avail are the hastily published asser- tions claiming the authorship of the Journal (and, as a matter of course, of the accom- panying Plan with its table of reference^) for the late Mosrs. Thompson who died in i830 and 1869, respectively ? On the one side we have testimony of the most positive and >;atisfac*ory nature ; on the other, two va- y.guely «>xpressed (but suUequeutly crossed out and cancelled) memorfrndu annexed to a comrarativelv i-econt cony of the same Jour- nal, *of which the heuaing has manifestly been tampered with sincu it was flrst written, and of which the true date and signature " Quebec, September 30lh, 1769, V. M." have been suppres^ovo the followinfr romarkN are Hugjj;e8ted for •oimideration. Ist. Peitions familiar .itli the late Mr. Thompson and his handwriting^ have ro]>ro- Hentorovious 3U or 40 years. 2nd. Admitting that the btatomeuts in tlio Tiiomorandum came through Mr. Thompson Junr., a nd wore signed by him, their general ■ fnaceBlfflCy •» too considerable to justify the • IIow can this |>ai'licular declaration " being an Engiiuer" ho reconcilod with llio erasure in the heading and the substilulioii ol' vulunleer, already adverted lo ? The change of hcantainM a multitude of details set forth witli singular precision, as rospocl,, language, and with accuracy tliroughout. Tiiis lust 'lamed (|uulity of tho Journal is foiiiul to he iu priiK'i|iiil chnracloristic as a record and admits of verili- cation by recoiii^o (o numerous other au- thentic sources of infi>rniation relating to liio incidents of tho Siege. Wo stale, in order, the passages of tho memorandum (dijccli'd to as inuccuruto. ?A\i. While not only Mr. Thompson, but all tho non-commissioned ortlcers and men of tho 78th Highlanders were volunteers. Mr. David iiaillie was the 22iid in rank id' the 81 Jjieutenants ol' i\io Datlalion, having above him 19 Lieutenants, 1 {forty-si.v having boon wo'.-.nded, some of whom were so severely injured as to be obliged to retire from the service. Tho stt'emoiit in tho mo. morantiiim in, thurol'oro, munifwillv innocu' nkl<), and tho i'oomoii U8iiigiioil fur Doing left without employtnent in 17UI, inust be ro- joclod. Agitin, (wo goo. orderit, So|«t. 2Glh 175U, Knux Vol. 11. p. 06,) niter tho vity vupitiilutoii, tlio commanding offlcora of Corpii wore ordered to give in a rotitrii of tho vacant Commissions in Ihoir roA]iovtivo rcgimentx, nlito ufthooHieoi-8 noxt in seniority to Hticcuod them togetlier with n list of their volunteers and tho time tlioy had Horvod. (Jol. Fraiior wim then noting Brigodior-dunoriil having boon promoted, an Huoh, to the com- mand of 4 Battalions inulnding hiHown (78th llighlandorH) on Sept. 14th, tho day following tho buttle. (Soo Allor-OrJorH, o'idock, Sept. 14th 1759.) In Gon, Murray's absenoo in 1760, on tho expedition to Montreal, Col. Frasor woh left in thu Chief Command at Quobec. Hud the (Colonel boon dinpoitod (in fulfilment of tho alleged promii«o') to appoint Mr. Thompson, to a position higlior than that of Horgoant, ortorucommond him to the Com- mander-in-Chief, for a commission we cannot doubt but that tho promotion would have taken place. Dut, in truth, thoro seems to have boon nothing very peculiar in Mr. Thomp- son's position or sorvicus entitling him to a commission, for nqwhoro in tho olDcial an- nouncements, do we find his name, which wo should have done if he had rondcrod himself more conspicuous than tho othor gallant vo- lunteers. In May, 1760, at least a dozen vacancies in tho Quebec regiments wore filled up, a large proportion of them by tho promotion of non- commissioned ofllccra. It is well known that in tiioao days tho re- cruiting agents usen the Canadians, and by which General Wolfe " was very much vexed." But, according to Maloolm Froser's Jour- nal (page 13), this cruel Montgomery, whoso Christian name was Alexantler, belonged to tho 431^1 Itegiroent, whereas Richard Mont- gomery, of tho 17th Foot, was not thon in Wolfe's Army, but at Lake Champlain, serv- ing under General Amherst. Richard Mont- gomery, moreover, according to the abundant testimony wo have of his disposition and cha- racter, was incapable of such inhuman con- duct. For nearly a century, however, tho odium of it rostod on his memory, and, with- out doubt, Mr. Thompson's raisapprehonsions and statements on tho subject contributed support to tho calumny, until, finally, a j'oar or two since, the English War-OfBce autho- rities were referred to on the subject, and the trnth made to appear. This case is not cited for tho purpose of blaming Mr. Thompson, Senior, but merely to show that, though ho had (afterwards, in 1776 and 1818) a groat deal to do with matters appertaining to liichard Mont, gomory, his information and his record concerning that officer proved to bo incorrect. 2nd. In pogo 316, " Ilawkin's Picture of Quobec." Mr. Thompson's relation of another transaction is given : Wm. Morrisson, n „» mr ■ ... I Mutter Carpenter.) " Overseer of Works.- 1 1;6. n. Goldsworlhy, — Assit. overs, of W.,— 4/6. John Ledley. — Store keeper. — 7i6. Joseph Hare, — ■ Master Mason, — 7)6. John Jenkins, — Master Smith, — 7;. &o. do. Ac. * In the Journal, at copied in ili» Tliompson numm- cripl, several remarkable mistatements of facts have ■ been delected, which sulTlco to betray, it is thought, the nontprofbssional character of the copyist. " Reiieral Murray being in w«nl of ftinilf to all ihe n/fkefs ami ist besides the peneril's thanks." Wo mi^ht i-oadily cnougli accept tlio nliovo relation, without question on tu tliu t^ntiru Rccimiey of tlio (letuils, on the uiulorstiindin^ tlint it \» baseoul clear dag- summit of the t>ank about light. day-break. ho by some lucky incident he fortunately for us de- ileferrett it. ferred the measure. as if they meant. as if they intended. The oflicer who carried the Tho ollicer who uas the order followed th(un to bearer of the order pru- llio l)atlery with a pla- cecdcd with a jilatoon of toon of (irenadiers and (ircnadiers as far as tho falling upon a short cut battery and discovering got there belore them. that Col. Howe had anti- cipated the movemml lio by a short cut through the woods, Ac. beat back. bealen back, sailors and icouniletl. wounded and sailors. wo had more killed nnrf we had more cajuaWiet, Ac. wounded in the skir- mishing than Ac. Our general was mortally Our General was mortally wuundc^d whon theulfair wounded when the alfair had almost come to a had nearly arrived at a crifisaiid lived only long crisis and .vurriiiv/ only enough to know that he long enough to become should die victorious. acguainledwith the glo- rious tidings to a true soldier that the cause en- " trusted to him by his sovereign and h is country had terminated in vic- tory. The foregoing list furnishes a fair sample of the kind of verbal changes niatlo in tho copying otit of the Thompson ntanuscript. The deviations, in general, impart no juldi- tionnl vigour to tho narrative as given in tho J{. K. manuscript, but rather weaken this. After studying their character, we feel mo- rally certain that the changes, slight as they are in most instances, were mmle designedly, whether for tho purpose of giving to the vl- goroim uiul HoinutimoH aiiti<|UUto(l Htylu of l*. M., a iiKii'o iikhIui'ii i'ii^hI, or with uiiy olhur otiicut ill viuw, now iinpoH^iiblu to be iiscur- tiiiiiod. tSoiiiotiniOM wo tiiiil 1*. M'h juiif^iiiifru cliungcil into that whiuli in of diti-iduilly in- forior FitHin|i, u-i if the doturmiiiatioii of tlio copyist to tnako uii ulturiitioii, «< any nttc, HUi'hnHNotl his llo^ for that purpoM), which did not take," i» tliiiH rendered in the ThompHon manuscript. "It was e.\pectud that the enemy, who must have ohse.rved our preparations tor leaving camp, wt>uld have attacked our retreat. The ital leatiire of the (feneral's plan of battle that the Wester- niii»t of two French redoubts nearest to tho mouth of the Montiiiorency should be first assailed, the other, or Eastermost, being Icfl untouched, as it would be sure to fall into the hands of the Hritish without resistance on tho cajiture of the turmer. To )iut Eastermost for \\ esteniiost, h\ this instance, was jilainly tho act of a cop3'ist, making a mistake in trans- criliiiig, and not of one composing the record of an incident of essential conseiiuenco in con- nection with theplan laid down for conducting tho ojieral ions 'that day. In a subse(jucnt part of tho entry tor July 31st, the correct term Eastermost is copied. The uso of the word battery for batteries is also signiticant, but wo shall not enlarge upon this, referring the reader, instead, to the passage where it occurs in tho Journal, namely, tho entry for August 13th. A fair inference, as to priority, may bo drawn from what is the fact with respect to tho deviations and tho mistakes some of which wo have cited. All of tliom, tu tiie numlwr of many hundrods, nro found to Ik) in the Thnmiison manuscript as coin|iared with iho it. K. manuscript copy — but not one of them is in the firinted copy issued by the lloyal Ewjineers, which agrees, as already staled, with the it. K. manuscript copy throinjhout. .Most as- suredly the K. K. printer! cojiy of this admi- rable narrative was not taken from tlio Thompson manuseriid, since, if it had been there wtmid be about V.iW) minor verbal de- viations and a number of downright iniHtakes to bo accounted for — which, wo repent, occur only in the Thiim|ison copy and not in tho ii. F. olHcial manuscript. Vi. Having touched ii|)oii a few of tho literary features of this Journal, we shall oH'er no apology for extending our remarks so that they may embrace ]iarticuiars having refer- enco to what is personal and historical, in its recoiil. Kvidenco of tho kind we aro now seeking often proves satisfactoiy, and in most cases ol' inciiiiry into the niitl io ii »h i p of dom i' meiits recourse is had to iUisir contents, for aid in deducing and verifying conclusions. This is a process which is found to be useful in il- lustrating the truth and exposing falseluxKl. When a story or claim is well grounded wo expect to Und all its parts coherent, but when a claimant's ease is soon to rest upon incon- sistencies which aro notsusceptibloof reason- able explanation, and especially when imjios- siblo conditions aro required to Iw taken for granted, we naturally reject it as untenable. in tho present case wo aro called uimjii to believe that a document, first written out (transcribed), in tho year 1821, by Mr. James Thompson, Junr., wasproiluced from particu- lars noted down and dated in tho year 1755), by his fatlicr, Mr. James Thompson, Kenr., then a Serjeant of tho Frascr ilighlandei-s. Hut on looking into the particului-s, or memo- randa, which constitute, as alleged; tho com- plete Journal, wo bocoiro morally certain that a man serving with, tho Frasor iligh- landers in 1758 (at Louislwurg), and in ITSU (at (Quebec), was not in a position even to bo cognisant of, much less to furnish in detail, a large numlHsr of those particulars. These, in tho earliest part of tho Journal, during April and May, 1750, refer cxclusiveh- to JIalifa.i; and to wliat occurred on a voyage from that place to Louisbourg, and they arc of such a nature (with resj)ccl to intentions, preparations, «t-c.,) that no one, not concerned in tho coun- sels of tho highest ollicei-s, could have taken account of them or placed them on recoi-d. At this time (April and Maj', 1750), Mr. Thomp- son's Corps, tho Frasor lliglilanders, were far distant* from tho scene of thoso particulars. They had passed, with (ieneral Amhorst and three other Hattalions, in October, 1758, from LouislKjurg toiJoston (see Manto, j). 143, 14-1), and thence (see Knox, p. 104, and Amherst's letter of March Itith 1750), overland to rein- force (Jon. Aborcromby'sarinyatLakotioorgo and the forts on tho 'Mohawk river, if Jlr. Thompson had koj)t a record of incidents which happened in April and May, 1750, as P. M. at llalifax did, surely his memoranda would have been about what took place at i'\)rt .Stanwix, on the river Mohawk, tho route thence to Now York in obedience to Amherst's orders of March IGth, tho preparations at Xow * Th(! alilii here noticed was cilod by Mr. Wnlkem, .Iinir , in tlio course of tho Nowspoper controvorsy about this Journal. 8 York and llio uniWufknIion ilii>n< oit May 8lh, and till) VDya^o tlionco to LouinboiirfC which wuH rouidiod on May 17lli, and whoneo hi* rouintuiil Mailud for tlio St. LuwrvncHt oi. '>mio 4tli. Why Hhould Mr. TliompHon, Sonr., ditt'cr in this roN|)uut, iVoni tliu nih«'r .lournaliNtN * whoNO writin^H wo have of thiM Kxpudition a^ainHt (jiiobuc, and wliu coni'ornod thont- Holvo!) with what trannpirod nt thnir ruH|H>vt- ivit Hturtinjij |iia('OH and afl'uirtt connuetud ciiiotly with thoir nw|H'i;tivo corpH 7 Kven if Halifax liad liuon hiH Mlation, wcaruconvincvd tliat any munioranda of hiM would liavo boon quito (litt'oront from what wo And in iho rui'oril kopt by P. M. Four tiniOM, in tho oiirliost ontrioH in tlio Journal, certain preparations for the seri'ice of the sieije, and thoir ii/iproiuii by Uovornor Lawrence an well as (ionorais Wolfo, Monck- ton and Murray, arc oxpresNiy nionlionoil, and it is must improbable that this ro|i«ated rocurrento to tho same, at tirst flight, minor particulars, would have been made by any ■"■'■'""• "- "■<•"■■!"■• uttkcr, or oven by a hitfhor official unless he felt personally interested in them. But if Mr. Thompson, Senior, was not then nt Halifax, the chief Ewjinecr niis — one undoubtedly very much concerned in pushing forward the preparation of the nucossarios referred to, and in having tho steps taken by himself in that l)ehalf, approved. This wo infer from General Amhersts' reply to (to- vernor Ijawi-ence, at Halifax, an extract from which wo give ; "Albany, May 29tb, 1769. " Dear Sir— Since my arrival hero I have boon favoured with three letters from you of tho 15th, 23rd and 27 tb of April, which came to hand on tho same day by Express from Boston Tho Expenses attending tho preparations that Major Me- Kvlltir hnn mado will of course bo paid by Mr. Wolfe's order " From a previous letter of Gen. Amherst to (Jovernor Lawrence, wo learn the source whence P. M. derived the information spe- cifled in tho very first entry in his Journal, in tho words "The first account of the in- tended expedition came to Halifax in tho beginning of April," and from it also, wo soo that Mr. Thompson's corps was not nt Ha- lifax J — " Now York, March yo 16th, 1769. " Dear Sir, " I have received his Majesty's orders for sending n numlwr of his forces in North Ame- rica (as you will soo by tho enclosed list) to rendezvous at Cap Breton, as near as may bo niM)Ut tho 20th of April, which forces nro intended for an expedition against Quebec under the direction of Brigadier (ioneral Wolfo whom tho King has apjwinted for that service Tho packet lioat * arrived tho 14th instant nt night. I imme- diately oixlered Eraser's regiment to march, for that regiment is thenio«(««/Mt'/ii7y situated of any on the continent, being at Fort Stanwix and the Mohnrk lliuer, and it will take some time to get it down to this place " Malcolm Fmsor's Journal begins with date May 8th, 1759, "set sail from Sandy Hook • Journal of Knox (43ril llu|,'t.), Malcolm Frastr, of tlie Kraser Higlilunders, Anonymnnx (Diary imblishcrl in N. Y. Mercury, in I7.i;)), t'anet (Notary in Quchec), Mr. Gibson (wlio sailed with Diirell's squadron In ad- vance of the lleets from Halifax and Louisbourg), Ac. • Bringing tlio King's orders to Anilierst from England. for liouinburg with a fitir wind, under convoy of tho Nightingale, < 'apt. Campbell, the Kloftt consisting of L8 sail ; tho greatest nart of which is lo tnko IrtMiiis tVom Nova Bcotia, ami tho rest harinj t'ol. hVaser's Regiment on lioard." His next entry, for May 17th, is, "wo came into tho harbour of IjonislNmrg, having had a very ngreoablo and nuick pas- sago. Wcai'o ordered ushoru every day wliile hero to exorciso along with tho rest of tho army," and this, as far as it gs, agrees with tho rccowl of 1*. M., (who hml arrived at IjouiHl)ourg the dnv beliiro, from Jialifcij;) who has it, thus " May 17th, tho Nightingale, and convoy irith Eraser's Hattalion arrived I'rom Now York. Tho (ienoral ordoi-od, itc " In tho foregoing extroctj* from the two Journals, and the letters of General Amherst wo have a concuri-onco of testimony fVom sevorol diflbrent sources,' that at least tho first piM't of the narrative signed " P. M.," was not transcrilied fVom rough memoranda noted by Mr. Thom|ison, Henr, in 1769. On examining, in the sanio way, tho ear- liest part of the other Journals of the expe- dition wo should l)c able todiscorn with equal clearness ]>arliculars concerning tho writers themselves — where they were at the ilitt'erent dates siHtcificd, and generally, what corps thoy l)olongo8ition in tho army. For much of what wo know of the impor- tant events that transpired in America, in the years 1768, 1759 and 17C0, we are indeb- ted to diaries and Journals. Such records, nffoi-ding descriptions of incidents as thoy occurred, and as they were apprehended l>y ove-witnesses and participators in the events Ihemsolves, nro usually read with more in- terest thnn formal nnd continuous narmtivea composed by other persons ; nnd, as to various details, our confidence in tho accumcy of tho jurnnlists' statements depends not merely ujwn thoir veracity but also upon tho position thoy occupied with respect to tho events reconlod and thoir opportunities of obtaining correct information. A journnliBt, whoso nnr- rntivo embraces imi>ortant nnd numerous mi- litnry trnnsactions, must himself depend, more or loss, upon others for tho truth of his account of matters which did not occur under his own observation ; and, in such cases, our confidence in his relation must bo greatly influenced by our knowledge of his qualificu- tions for appreciating tho worth of the infor- mation ho derives from other persons, and upon his ability to comiMSO a proper written record. At tho same time, it should bo ob- served, tho intelligent reader can almost always discover a marked distinction between tho j)arts of a Journal baf^d upon the writer's own personal knowledge i.ncl those founded upon information procured from other sour- cos. * * Heporling military oiiornlions by letters containing (Hani's was miicli approM'd, both by Ibe Governniont anthorilies and tliu imlilio generally, in the time of (joneril Amiierst, wlioso di9|mt(;li of Ibo siogn of I,oiilsbourg, transmitted in Ihn form of a .lonrnal, was ri'ooived wilb nincli favour and iinmodiatuly published. Wo read in Manle's llitstory of Ihe N. America war, issued In 1772 (page 1 16,) "'Ihat (the Journal) of tho <]cneral was so nnich approved that it produced com- mands is him lo trunsuiil Ihu opi rations of any army he might again command in thu same kind of detail as lining the best method of conveying a true and explicit idea of military operations." (Jen. Wolfe's dis|)atcU of licpl. 2iid, MM, partook of the character of a Journal, and wan also regarded Willi much favour , riijil. .loliii Kii.)X, iitillior of "All liiNtorU'ul .loiini.tl of iliti (.'aiii|>iii;{n.-< ill Noi'tli Aiiii'i'ii'H liir dm yi'ar.< l"."i7, nr>H, ni")!', 17(ill," im- |iri!.siiir< ii'fi'i'iod to iiliovi' -vci'iu'il}', o|i|iortiiiiiliiscif iiifmiiuiiioii from |it>r.- the \aliu' ot' rcpoi'ls ;uii| liU'iarv ai'iiniioiiii'iils — all ciii- riirrol ill tiiiiii;;' liiiii to lio a joai'iialisl. llo U'lU MS in hi-i w ii'U, tliat in als in llio Itav of I'linily, anil in Caiiailii in tlio yoai'M I'Ti'.) aiiil I7i>i), ho was iiiili'lili'il, I'll' llii' inl'oi'inalioii nialilini; liiiii to |)r('|iai'i' lii.< .loiirii.il, to ijid rliicf inili- tai'v I'oiiiinaniK'i's ilicii i'liiployi"! ii> Anu'i'ica, and to lirotliLM' olllior.i of •' a|i|irovi'il wortli an", 111 .Viiicrica. ami from llio several |iosts ho occiijiii'd or visilcil in Vova Scoliii to I'oint lii'vi, wluMv Ik> was i[iiartorci| il.iriiiuc ilic ficiio of'imihco; loi, wiuirevor lu> was silnalod aL llio ililVoroiit lialus, ho always roconlod in inoru amplo detail, and more minutely, the incidents that occuri. 1 near hiiisolf and in coiineolii'ii with his own corps, f^oiierally eon- tcndnn "I iself with a hrief mention of oeeiir- iviices elsewlu'ro. Wo can readily 'jjiulier I'rom his lanu;iiaL(e, and llio incidents in which ho manifor^ts most interest, that he was not an olllcer of tlio Hnu;ineors or Artillery —that ho was not in a position that jfnvo him frei|Hont accoss to tlio Chief t'ominnndors so as to learn their ])rojoct, intentions and ideas, liuforu thoso won) dovoloiied, and made f^ciierally known to the army by tho ojioralions that ensued, llo loaves almost unnoticod several transactions of moment which look place at Aronlmoroncy Falls (whoro were Wolie's head i|uarters), his ri'i;imenl not liciiii^ one of tho division stationed tiiere, and lu^ ox|)rosslj- informs us, (Vol. 2, p. ;!(), \u)j;. 24th,) that ho visitod llio Commander-in-Chiors onoainp- iti Ivii^'laiiil. AiiiliiT:-!. ill ITIil), it'iioi It'll his U'lvauui! ii|iiin Miiiili'i'iil ill till' .'^iiiiii' ni.iiiiiiM' anil llm iliiiinial wiis Hi niii'L" piililishi'il. Tiir sunn' n-asmi, iml px- liluinud, lifii. ilurruy's Jmiiiial cniicoriiiiiK uiriiirs nl (Juebec iliirinR llie wiiiti'r ol' IT.V.wiO was williiiclil liy tlie lirilisli Ministry, wliile llie Iclti'l' er ilis|iali-li (ilati'ilMay 'i.'itli. I7(ilt,) was al oiii-'o pulijislii'il in llio Kiiplish iMngazini.'S (seo (fi'iilleniaii's Mapa/iiio Ibr 17ii()|. AI'liTwarils the .luurnals i.l'hi^'li ecnnniaii'lind oIllciTs wi'i-i' pulilislii'il on many iiccasioiis. usually suuii allt'r iIhmi' i'i'(.'i'|>lioii liy the (luvi'miiii'iil, as in llii) case of (ieii. I'l'i'vosl's .iournal of the seiMnul sii'),'(! ol'Savaiinali. Owiiij.' in Ihe tc^-le Dflliii |iiil)lii; Iui'imui- |insitiiiiis(ir lliis kiiiil..jiiiinials uiilli'n liy ilill'i'i-i'iit per- sDiis ami especially tlinsi'iil' luililai-y ami naval dllieers were ullen printed in llio penudiculs of lli« last century. Tlioro are also. In existence, ia a separate form, nut a few JDUrnnls relalin^,- lii Canada, wimdi were printed 111 iMi).'lnnd and llie Uniled 'Jlales. lint luit muoli known in tiiis cniintry, lluiii(.'li it is prolialile soini' of llieni iii;iy Ijo nu'l with in pnlilio liliraries. Aimmrst tlii'iii we iniiy nieiition tlie liillowiii},' : — Jouiniii nf' llie .v(V;/c ()/' QiirliiT III/ a iiriillriitan in nn finiiienl slalion III) ilie simt. I.oinloii, Kvo. 17,")!). Jiiurnitl nf the sicije. of (Jiirlicc in 1775, by W. T. I'. Shoil, Liindon. Svo. I8M. Itiiri/oiine's EjimlHiim fur Canada — I-ondon, 1780. Jntirnal 'if Arnold's march tliroui/h the irildeniess in 1 77 J— Laneasti'r, 1812. iiiuiit only (ii'co during tlio Cainpai^ii, wliun ho was sent to tho (Juiieral for Orders, and when ho ran tho risk of losinj,' his life ihroiiLch indnl|,'iii;; his eiiriosily. If we o.\(diiihi from Knox's diary of iho Miot;e, all llio (ionoral Orders, and his inloreslin;; nd'erences to tho weather, scenery, iVc., we shall liiid thai llio roinaihiiii; pariiiului.' di"ei| l>y him are oilli';- siiidi a-- the ollkors;;ciieially, wherovor statioiud, had opjiorluiiiiy of aeipniiiilini^ themi-olves wiiii, or roliiiod (diiolly to v.'liui transpired with rc-peet to the liiri'os ladoiij^- iiii,' to thti (ieiieral .Monektoii's division (luarterol al I'oint Levi, and of which Kiio.n's own rei;iiiunit (iholiJid) foriin i.l a part. Whin he do".-> nu'iilion occiiirencos al I he oiliiT oni'imipiiiciits, or what happcneil when de- taidiiiieiils wore SI nt up or down the rivii', lie Usually doi'i mi very hrielly and with nn inli- mation that he^ijives ihe f;icts I'rom tho reports of others. .Malcolm l 'r,is "r's .loiiriuii, and ihosooll iurs which We have named, tlionnh ninch .-•hi/rlcr than Kiiii.\'s, pos.>oss. in coniinon with his, llio peciiliarily wo have iMtenipted to ile>ciil)o - each .lournalisl mukos hi-. "ords from his own |ioiiil of view, in his o vn maiiiier, iiiid eonfurmalily to his npporluni' ies of informa- tion. We feid assured that Mr. Tlionip.-m, Senior, would have doie> tho same if ho had written a Journal of tho celebrated Sk-f^u or fiiriiisliid matorials for Iriinsi'rihini/ e ic. His limitel opporiunitios of ii'forniation, liis (jiiMrtcrs with his Corps al I'oiiil Lovi, tho routine of his service at ' he batteries and in coiineclion with the IJosjiltal, would huvo i,'iven a colour to his statomonts, and a cliu- racter to the whole produclion, siich as tho corn'spondini!; ciri'iiinstances of each of tin. other Journalists have to his. As wo cannot j;o into all tho dotails, wo shall merely indii'ate briefly certain passui^es in I'. -M's. .Iournal, which prove coucliisivoly that tho writer was what tho headiiij,' indi- cates, an Enijiufcr on thooxpcditioi'-- '.(mt his ((iiarters were at tho (ienoral's Camp — that he took pan in the ••oiiiisels, roconiioitrin^js, &o., of the (ionoral hinisolf— and that ho pos- sessed oppiirlunilies ot' access to inrormalioii which iiono but an ottlcer on tho tJoiiorul's StatV could liavo had. Wo cite, 1st, tho entry for Juno 2"tli, wlioii the (ioneral, bolbro tho l-'ra.sor 1 1 itth landers and the Iroojis t,'eiierally had been siilforod to land on the Island of Orleans, wont witii an escort to tiio west oiul of tho Island to rocoii- iioitro for tho tirst time. The langiiaifo in which the ])artieulars are rolated by P.M. is precisely tliut of an oye-wiUioss and of otiu takiii;;- part in the obsorviKions and surmisos of (Ioneral Wolfe. On turninjj; to Knox's entry for tho wamo dale, it is expressly slated that tho fJenoral iia& iirrompduiril hy the Chief h'n/jincer. 2iid. From Itth to lltli .liily, a division of tho army was moved over from tho Island to tho hijj;li land of tho Montmorency Falls. — 1*. .M's. description of tho pariiculars is attain that of an oyo-witiiess and of one personally and dee]dy concerned in them. Hero ai;ain, on referring to Kno.x, we lind, thai, in order to coviu- and faeilitato w hat was t^^iiiii; on at tho end oftluMsland and Montmorency, the troops of .Moncktoii's division at Point Levi, ineluding tho Frasor Highlanders, were ordered to march ott'and conceal tlioinsolves in tho forest, hogiiining their movomoiit in the night time, and leaving lieliiiid tinder ID cover, only tlio gimrds mul workiiijjf jmrtii-x that wore not visibly to the ciieniy tVoin (^110- bc'i' tiiul nt'ii'.ipoi't Kiul)«. iini, P. .M'sdosiTiiilionoCtho loi-oiinoitrin/^ oxpuililion iq) tlie Moiitmorciic-j' on July 2litli, is 'no^t niinulo ami I'irouiu.^tantial, and only xucli as a liijih oHicor, j)i'u.-*cnt with the Cionni'al, and expurioiu'od in military alMrn, could liuvo given. Accoitling to Knox and Mnleohu Frasor, the rni>er lliglilunder.'> were, at that very time, engaged in niove- meutH of Home inii)ortanee on the Point Levi side, and it was the 35th .T{egt. that Wolfe and Murray took u])on their reconnoitring expe- dition. There were lighting, attended with loss of life, and various marciiesand couKler- niarches, which are fully described by 1'. Al. on that occasion. A very few days befori', the (ieneral Onlers nnike mention of Major McKellar iit the .\[ontinorcncy Cunip, with directions for a body of U'o<>i>8 to attend ujion him — probably in view of iiroparations for il'i" reconnoitring moveme nt on the 2 tith. Knox and Malcolm I'l-ascr are Both very brief concerning it, giving only the results in a few lines, without any ot the details, and specifving that they do so from what they heard. The N. Y. Mercury Jonrniil, the same, Wo cannot read P. M's account of what happened at Montmorency on that day without perceiving clearly that it tallies with the designation given to the writer in the lieading " an Engineer ujwn thatex])edition. " Both Malcolm l-'ra-er and the other Jour- nalists, however, give somewhat particular descriptions of the expeditions in which thej', resj)Octivcly, were engaged, the one on the south Shore of the St. Lawrence, the other on the Island. 4tli. On the occasion of the most eventful reconnoiting expedition of the whole cam- paign, on September lOth, the (ieneral, ac- companied by Monckton and the Chief En- (jineer, (see Ivnox Sept. 10th,) went with a small escort taken from the 43ril i{egiincnt, to an elevated sj)ot on the south side of the St. Lawrence, 'ilie object was to reconnoitre the intended landing j)lace at Wolfe's Cove. P. M's dcscri]itiou of what passed, is, in this case al.so, very minute and j)rccisel3' that of a spectator and one consulted about the <.^ tails of the crowning event of the cain]iaign. 5lli, The (irtictesof Ihu capitulation of (Que- bec being given in full in P. M's journal is signilicant of the rank and o|)portunities of the writer, Knox informs us (at an earliordate, when referring to the ca]iitulati()n of Louis- bourg) lliut such matters were not iiKiiiilly communicated to the ollicers and men of the army, Mr. Thompson's ruinjh iiuntnriindd, if he ever noted any in 115'.), would assuredly not have contained t''o>e articles and the subscijuenl lists of cai)turc(l Wiir-materials, Eut P, M was a person whose position, and tlieiiart he doubtless took in these negotiations, enabled him to record them in full in his Journal. titli. The date of P. Ms •/ounial, &jit. 'Mth HiVJ — Knox records, on Sept. 2'Jth, that the gates Were to be shut " this ni'/ht." All out- side work, for the season, had been brought to an end and the shij)s were beginning to dro|) down the river on the way to their respective destinations — Halifax, New York, Knglaiid, iVc. In Knox's entry for Sept, 2'dvd We read of a body of armed men and camp- colour-men being ordered (see general orilers of that date) to attend ujwii Major McKellar, witli 3 days proviBions. The cum]i-eolour- inen were men distinct from the others and appointed to attend Engineers on their sur- veys. We can easily understand that on the date mentioned, only 5 days after the capitu- lation, the surveysoi Capts. Debbeig, Holland and J)esbaiTes, which have been mentioned in the tlrst part of this pa)>er, wore not com- pleted, and that the Chief Kngiiioer needed the attendance of an armed guard and of camp-colour men when directing or inspect- ing the survey of tho French ontrcnchments at Heauport. \Vc (,'oiisider these circumstanccM quite in accoitlance with tlio fact that the original Journal, dated Sept. 3 ,'th, 1759, refers twice to tin (ireomjKiiiyiiKj jiliin coHstructedi'voniUMso Surveys, as well as with another fact which has been staled already, namely, that tho references to the Plan have iiiscribod on thorn " Vide Journal. " * It would bo superfluous to cito from tho _Journjil its elf any further particulaivs with a view to identification of " P. M. " the initials of tho Engineer officer who thus made hiiii- solf responsible for tho authorship of the do- cument. Even if wo had not tho abundant direct evidence to assure us of its authentic character, we think that tho internal evidence alone is such as to shew that tho origiiml heading on the J{. E. Official Manuscript and l)rinted copy is correct, and that the Messrs. Thompson couUl not have been its composers. Nor can we imagine that any dosintcrested jwrson who carefully reads this Journal, and has access to the other historical sources of information relative to the celebrated Siego of (Quebec in 1759, could have it in his posses- sion twenty-four hours without becoming as- sured that tho pretensions in behalf of those decoa.sed gentlemen are untenable. VIL Wti shall close this paper with some observations which have been suggested by a somewhat plausible argument — the only state- ment really deserving the name of argu- ment — which has been adduced in support of the originality of the Thompson Manuscript ('o])y of the Journal, It was alleged, in tho course of tho Newspaper controversy, that the Thoin])son Maiiuscrij)t had been circu- lated from hand to hand, during/ 50 years, without question being raised as to its authen- ticity. In reply we might reiiresont that tho odious calumny concerning (ieneral liichard Mont- gomery passed current ns historical truth for nearly a whole century before it was dis- jiroved. As respects that Manuscript, tho (ieneral esteen in which the Messrs. Thompson were held in the community, and tho know- ledge that Mr. Thompson, Senior, had served in the ('ampaign of 1759, that he had been in tho habit, at leastsime 1775, of writingdown ■ We niitjlit citi.' (IS (iilihlional internal eviJiuco in tliis i.-iisc tlip itiliniii'.e kiidwliMlj-'e ot' llii; inl' ridr of tli« lic'sii'jri'd rity I'xhiJHteil liy I'. .M. in acviTul [Missagos (it his Journal. It is liiglily iiiipiohaljli! that one in llie |iosiliiiii of Mr. Tliompson at i'oinl bc'M, cuuld liavo |]osscssoi| iliut Sort (jl knowli'dgo jii'luri- llio Cajiiliila- lion. All lOnj^incer or Arlilli'ry oIli^iT would iialurally liavi^ lii'i'ii lu'ltor iiifornird of such particulars than olhoi's (Jn consuMiUf; Maiilo and Ivnox we do lliid iiii'iillon niadi' of thai witli nispcca U\ tin' Chief En- iliiicee. Wiilfiis ci'li'linilod djspalitli of ^^l'|lll'llll)lT 'Jiid I7');i, expressly notii^-s M<;K''llai''s (pialillcalloii on the point, saviiij;. " Th" adiiiii-al and I lind aii'oady rcoou- noitiirl tiic iciwn Willi a viow to a (li'iicnil assault, but alli'i' consnltinj,' tin' I'liief Eiujine-r uhn teat %ecH (icijiiainled teitli the inlerinr jkiiIs nf i(, and aflnr viinvlnii it witli llio utmost altoalion, io, " -(>^ ii iiicmorandu and rominiHcuiiMes of hin own carcei', ax woll a^ other ciiTimiHtuncoM not roquiriiig to bo xpeuitiod, nil eoiicuiTud in Huggusting and iuvouring the iduii tnat Iho work itsL'lf was not u i'0|)y but an orif;inul document. No oii'' appears to have denied or questioned iltt orij^inality, until it turned out that tlic same narrative, and the acvonipanying I'lan, were preserved otlieially on record among the papers of the 11. E. Department. But no statement on the subjoet of this parti- cular manuscript has been ascribed to Mr. Thompson, Senior, nor are we informed that his son ever expressly made the claim which lias been raised since his docea.>ic. But, unde:* any circumstances, the absence of ))i'evious contrmliction in such a case is no proof of authenticity from the moment the question or olyection is put .jrward. The onus probandi rests with those who ailvance the claim to the authorshin, wliiie those who question the title possess a right to have their objection mot by fair, and fair.y slated, rea.sons. Mere a])peals to social respectabi- lity, positive as.serlions unaccompanied by proofs, and even denunciations with reference to doub'.s on the subject and to contrary opinions entertained, go for very little to- wards establishing any man's title to bo honoured, whether as author or custodian of a valuable literary production. We could cite many instances of manuscript works, as woll as other productions, being attributed to one person and subsoquenily proved to be nnolher's, afler passing from hand to hand in the way referred to, and we shall iiresently furnish illustrations of the ttict. The ascribing of the work of one man's brains or hands to another, not entitled to the credit, is no now thing, for the history of literature, science, the arts and n.unufar- tures, abounds in examples of that sjieclos of injustice. About the beginning of this con tury an eminent and very skilful draftsman, named Duherger, some time an employe in the 11. E. OIHoe, constructed inajis which others took to England and published in their own names, gaining much credit on account of their accuracy and beautiful tinish. The same ingenious person devised and executed an extensive mixiel of (iuebec and environs. Lambert, who travelle received the reward for it, and with whose name alone tho credit has ever since been as.sociated I We must mention another circumstance in connection with Mr. Lambert's visit to Que- bec and to tho It. E. Ollieo in 180G. Wa Imiin from the extract given above that ho was shewn Duberger's " largo draughts of Ihe country and many ot/uiv drawings, " dejiosited in that otiito. Is it unreasonable to take for granted that Lambert then saw and e.vamined tho K. E. Copy of the Plan accompanying the very Journal " by an Engineer upon that Ex- pedition f " On the contrary, nothing can be more probable, for Lambert <;o;>/t'(/ an e.vtract fj om its marginal references — words which ap- pear both in the References to the Plan and in the Journal itself under the date Sept. I'dth, wltere also occur the words " Vide Plan " — and he had them printed in his book. (Vol. 1, p. 42.) The Words are " tho French lino began to charge about nine, advancing briskly, and for some little time in good order ; a part of the lino began to tiro too soon, which imme- diately caught through tho whole. They then began to waver, but kept advancing with a scattered fire. When tlioy had got within about a hundred yards of tho British line, tho latter moved up regularly with a steady tiro and when within 20 or 30 j-ards of closing, gave a general volley ; ujion wiiich a total rout of tho enemy ensued. " Here wo timl John Lambert in 180tj, quoting the ver^ language of the Koyal Engineer documents — Plan and Journal, for tho two are necessary accompaniments of each other — which was afterwards, about 1810, given by Michael Mclvittrick in Ai's ro/Ji'es of the Journal and Eeferences to the Plan, and which n dozen years betire Lambert's visit, vi>, : in 1794, was copied in full in another Copy of tho Refe- rences already ad vertod to. Mr. Lambert, who so ])articiilarly mentions Duberger ami his works and what he saw at the K. E. Office in 180(j, and who made use of tho language of the then existing Map and Journal now in question, does not sjieak of Jlr. Thompson. This gentleman, although he was always highly respected for his virtues, appears not to liave attriictoil much ]>ublic notice until his great age, and being Iho only survivor of all Wolfe's Army, rendered him conspicuous, in addition to the attentions which were paid to him and his family by the kind-hearted Karl and Countess Dalhousie, and which wo can only regard as a just tribute to his worth. We shall now conclude with an instance of the rescuing of a remarkable literary pro- duction from thofato of Mr. Duberger's maps and model, and possibly from oblivion which might havo been tho result if the work had 12 ■SW*^"""**^ come out undor nn obscitiro immo nnd titlo. It occurred in Kngliiiid lung liel'oro Diiliorgiii-'s timo. Loi-d Uucoii, coiieoniiiig wrong iiitei'- ])rotation», ways : " If' the gow with her siimit should happen to imprint the letter A upon the ground, would'st tluJU, therefore, imai/iiie that she could irrite out a whole play ( tra- gedy) an one letter t " in his diiy, iliu art of Iirinting h»ul not quite suiJorNcdwl tlio clrcu- atioii of !niiiiusi'ri|it uopiiis (just a» we may 8U])po»e tlio exj)Ciisc and tr()iil>lo oonnect<.'d with having tlio so called originiil 'riiompson manuHcript printed favoured ita lioing circu- lated in tiiicbec), and it was tlion a common thing for various writings to bo passed from hand to hand in nianuiscript. In this way Bacon's essays were passing from hand to hand, until, says the author of Hiicon's Life published in London in 18()2, "a rogue of a printer being about to publish these scraps, thieir author, in fear of imperfect copies, put them with his own hands to the pi-uss." Ttius '• Bacon's Esrnya came to be printed hw thtsir '" ij|ini|NIFiiuthorin thi beginning of tlie 11th century, since, as he signiticnntly remarked, " they would not stay with their master, but would nieds travel abroad." Thus the world escaped from the danger of losing one of the most highl}' valued literary treasures, or at least of having its authority and inlluence much weakened by its being mmlc to come out as the production of some obscure plagia- rist instead of it.s author the immortal Bacon. In the case now under consideration may the expressed recognition by the li. K. Dejiart- nient, of a valuable prod ucl ion of one of its own oiticers operate in a similar way I May the previous j)ublication of this valuable his- torical record among the " K. K. i'rofessional Corps Papers" ho roipected by the Quol)ec Literary and Historical Society, and not ignored by the reprinting of it under the Society's auspices with a lulso heading, title, dale, and signature ! It might indeed he desirable that a printed copy of a Journal sliould bo nnide accessible to the meml>ers of the Literary and Histori- cal Society, since it is a valuable historical record. Miit lor the Society to have it printed under a title that is wrong, or even susceptible of doubt, would appear to bo inconsistent witli its true functions. To reprint it as a Journal composed by the lato Messrs. Thom|)- son. or to have it issued with any statement that might • *■ 9r (D 5- o ►-«< 3 f". — < r- t V) 9 S- (D^ m I I ■ #1- "'jTiiiii.'|*.twiiiin'i.''.,i>^^.»-'- '■mes:^»x*i.,Ht,i , .-»-,is«»..i^. 4^mmm$0a§mmi^