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J?^ z r I ^15 *^y^ "^^ ^fr^ ' tlS"^ f -^ .^>- UKSPECTFULLY SHEWETII- riali J'rniM *''' Tv'"^' ''"''" ^'^'""' '^^ f?-"-"^''""-- "f your memo- mhst, an«t,veand ctm-u of Ho.ton, i„ the State of Ma.s.achusettH boine <-onsp..M.ous for h.. loyalty and devotion to the cause of his kin; was TCt ; "" """ ''°^^""' """' '« '^^'^ -^"^« •" Canada, in "L ^ty wa. ''bvlcts ''ST\ '''"? '"'- ''" '^""''""^''*^'- «f y°'"- --orialist, t ho -' P T r. ^ I'«^fe"«I'*t»''« of Ma.saclm«etts com.nonlv known a bani«l ^r ",?"'"''''"" ^'^''''" ^^'"' °^hers, proscribed by name and rV-etatii h t h ^"""-"J"^^" ^^ Q-^*-"- where he endeavoured to of City ; '"'"'"• ' "^ «' *''« P^"P-'^ - «^'" - the possession invJ>'fK'".J'"'r*""'"°^ ^^^^' ^h^" *!>« Province of Quebec wa« ^^.:;^::^:^:t^-'^ -^— - durin,thewho.. Co J'SiJirr^r^ rri^i^- r l"" Ai^rtr ^ ca^ii:- ^"^ ^" ^" ^''" ^ --^^^^^ That published accounts agree in ajwit^nin^ fi,^ i i the defence of Quebec at the "pSsdrvr^. « r u '"'"' "'' ^ .at« period, your me:„oriah^t hi t^^^^^^^^^^ ItT^t jve J ''tT' "^ dispuragement to a verv ^nll«n. ^„.^ J" '"« Po^> er to prove (without shared by his g,.andfath;r,"joTn Coffin. '"'^ """' '" '"^'•^ '^'»" o VlDR Appendix Mu. I. No. I, N«.t. Anpoiulix >lo.l. 111 Nupport of this a<*f rtinii y.,ur nuii..,iiulisi piodurts : . lHt,~Coi.y or a letu-r dulc.l .Knni..gKl,„rv, Uiv.n.bt'i- 13, 17ri» and 8ii,'iio(l "Guy Cmlftoii"; 2..d^Co,,yofulclu..rduU.,l yucbc-c, 2Sth July, 177G, and «%ncd Allan Maulean ; ' -b 3n.1,-A cortificoto Kignod " H.-nry f.ddwell," Liouk-imnt-Colonel toinmanding Brit.bi, Militia, ami dutod Qucbfo, 2n.l May, 1787. The first of these letti-rs was writt<-n by Sir C3uy Cnrlotoii afterwards Lord Dcrclu-stor, wlu., on the ai.t Dmmber, 1775 waa' Governor an.l Co.ni.imuler-in-Chief of thu Province of Quebec, and who was present in the city of Queljci; (hiring the siege. Tlie .second was written by Col. Allan McLean, II.M, 87th Rogt commanding Uie garrison durinif the siege of QiieJ)eo, 1 775-7G. ' The third document was signed by Colonel Caldwell, father of the late Sir John, and grandfather of the present Sir Henry Caldwell who commanded the British Militia at the memorable siege of Quebec 1775-76 These documents prove, by the k'st evidence, that whatever may be the merit justly assigned to Captain Barnsfure for the defence of this port wi equal measure of praise was at least duo to the American Loyalist' Jolin Coflin. ^ ' What that merit was, time has long since shown. On that memor- ablo winter morning, the flame of fidelity to the British Empire, paling throughout the American continent, flickered unccitainly over the waUs ot Quebea At midnight the desperaU) Arnold had forced the St. Rocli buburbs, and the Lower Town, and although obstinat^dy resisted, doggedly fought on, hoping and looking for a junction with Montgomery An hour later, and a resolute volley had decided the fate of a great country;— the brave Montgomery was slain— his detachment annihilated • Arnold was wounded ;— the American army in full retreat. Quebec wai saved; and the flickering flame of fidehty to the British Empire blazed up therefrom, thenceforth and for ever, a beacon of hght, inextinguish- able in Canada. The people of Canada owe a debt of gratitude to the men who (humble instrumente in the hand of Pi-ovidence) secured to them the homes they enjoy, the laws they live under, and tlie flag which floata over them. And, it may be asked, who were the humble instiumeni* upon tins momentous occasion? General Carleton, aft^'rwards Lord Dorchester, Governor General and Commandei-in-CWef of the Province, and present at Quebec at the time of tlie «ege, says of Mr. Coflin, in his letter of the 13th Dec., 1779: His gallant and judicious behaviour on the morning of the 31st Dec '75 gives him a stronger claim on m. : for to him, with the assistance of ^^ Bamsfai-e, I attribute the repulse of the rebels on that side of Quebec where Mr. Montgomery attacked in person; while the success on the other was very dift'erent." Colonel Allen Maclean, who commanded t!io garrison atthesieire of us, on Uie 2oUi Juiy, 177G, addressing ths ailcrwa o c> 13, 1770, anti ->, aiul signed ^imnt-Colonel .787. iiy Ciirloton, , 1776, waa fo, and who 87th Rogt., 7G. ither of the aldwell who beu 177S-7C. over may be of tluB port, an Loyalist, hat nicnior- pirt', paling MX the walls tn St Roc'li ly resisted, ontgomery. of a great iiuihilated ; Quebec was }ir6 blazed sxtinguish- I men who > them the hich floata i8U'uwent£ sr General ibec at the •ec., 1779 : It Deo. '75, i stance of >f Quebec ss on the le siege of iddresamg Mr. John Cuinn : " To your resolution and witf'hfuhH'Ufj on the luj^ht of " the.TlMt Pof-cinbtT, 177'), in kpipinp tlio p"nrcl at Prht >h Mile, nnder "arms, waiting for tlio attack which you oxp.-.ted ; the grt-at coohu-sH "with whii'h you allowi'd the rel)els to ai)proiwh ; the spirit which your Appr.i.ii, " exaiuplo kept up among tlio mm ; and tlie vory oritioal instant in '"*"'• "" "which you din-cNMl Captain Hamsfarc's firo against Montgomory and " his troops ; to those circumstances alone I do ascrilM- the repulsing of "thu rebels from that imiwrtant post, wlicro, with their loailcr, thev lost "all heart." Henry Caldwell, Lieutonant-Colonel commanding the Tlritish Militia Rt the siege of Quebec, certifies by a document j^iven un.ler his hand at Quebec, May, 1787, that, "JohnComn. Esquire, served in the IJritish II Militia, under my command, during the siege of this town by the "Rebels, from November seventy-five to May seventy-six, during all I' whicii time he conducted himself and behaved with the greatest spirit, No.'h"'"* "zeal, and activity in the king's service, wnich by his example waa very "much promoted, particularly on the attack of the 3l8t December, when "he very much distinguished himself." It appears, moreover, that independent of the services thus loyally and energetically rendered, Mr. Coffin hnn-vi„UHto l.isnrrival -' 't by tl.o rebels, and tla^^ 1 ' TT'"""' ''^ '''« "'v-ion "whole of the wiotJrol-tlK/yrTrn "'"''" "'^' '"'""• . ;CornmitU.o have an intinmto k-r.^wS" of 77?'" '"""'"'™ "'"•'- "Mr. Coffin) that are ,n,^tk,n..J n Th. . / "'^^ (■"« J'onourahle to "«"t independent of Mr^i^ '^ l" f ".''."'"""^ *"'"« ^^'^''i-- reasonable consideration on l;j^^^^ P-^-tio„, .. every "1"H losHCH and H<.rviceH, the Co.nmi l^ Government, on account of "of Jiis n^erits, eun have „' h f r ^''^'"- P««"nal knowledge "•nay obtain vhe Praye of bin .. onT?, '" . -'^--"ding that L "wife and their nine ehildre n ! ' "i T " *" ^'^' ^'*"' '"^^ "»" '"•« "each of Her Majesty's ^1.11'^ to .r'"" '^° ''""^'^"'' '^'•- "Townshi,. set aparf.r loy^ijrrlii 1" ^S 'tj^^^ ^ ^ Certified, This Petition was referrp.l f/^ by orderofHLsExcelien^t; L,^,f T"""'' '' *'^ ^''^''^ ^«-«"- but does not appear to harbeetrj.f ^'r' " ''^ ^'"^ ^"•' ^«>3. Oo.rnr^^r:Sd^-^ - - - -.- Of the - '' ■■'""■ a""ut tiU5 time, and Appendix No. a for ..mny years nftor, ..r.lors fr.,„, Ki.Klnn.l intorfi-r...! with .1... .li.,K>s«l „f t .u w.h lan-lH ..f tia. Pn>vi».... l.y „..• lo-al a„,l.ori,i.., for vo.,r IZrU tr\r T^^'t *" " •'"'""••l"""^ I'""""' i" « 'l">ft "f a P.-tif i..„ prenar.,! • by John Coffin, tor preHc-ntation U, th., Hon-.rahl.. Thountn Dumi Kh., , .M.|.....n, A.hm,UHtrHt.,r.,rtl.aov>r„„.MUinCo„„nUSO(^tha./'Your„u.n.^ hath h,tHy Im-..,, .nlor,„e.l that Urn application lor lan.l. in any of tin. TownslnpH s„ pray.,.1 for, could not l,o cumpii..! with by rJason of nnt uctonH conta.,..-.! n- a d.^pafh (n„n Ifin Onu-o the Duke of ^ o t an.l, . nctn.K that, th- r.nidu..^ of the Town.hip. in which grant. ..wlhc^. already n.ade shonl.l ho Hold to the hi,ho«t hidd.-r, on acx-ount he Governn,..„l.;- It ,h not U-lieved that any nuch nalcH ever tcK>k I'la. . Ihe ohstr.ict.on was cn-ated, hut no bonellt ever derive.! fro.n it by th«! country orCrown. Yo.ir nu-n,oriali.st further represents, respectfully, that the said J.. ... Coffin and Isabella Child.-, his wife, .Icparlcd this life, resm^ctiv Tv ... the year 1808 and 1812, without having obtained any'^ra^t .^ M ch, iHOi and that no grant of land in pursuance of the said Order Cou C.1 .. March 1802, h.ws ever been n.ade in favour of any one of tlie parties thereni mentioned ; r,«h'n'"pr"n"'T -''■"" '''■*■"'"*''* '^"'''^' of the said John Coffin and Isabella Chdde, Ins wife, and for n.any years aft^-rwards, their child n were scattore.l t rough the world, the sons employed in the military an offic rf'T '''"/-"'^^'' -<1 the daughters .narried to mihtl nfXl M ""r.^"*^""'''^-"^ f'"«" oo-operati„g for the pur,.so of prefernng these clanns an ha, p e.-u.o.l God (o call thorn, and in which thei. country and kmg had placed them, all, with one exception, in the military andnavai John Coffm of Quebec, for n.any years, to combine and concert me„ tlX'm r? '•' ""' "'^""'' t->"'>«-*-l the exact natu" the dmrns winch, m justice to themselves, they ought to have concerted measures t.3 vindicate and maintain lo nave concerted Genc^^"si!: 7HT T '" '']'' '"'•'■"" '''^ -J--"i«tration f Lieut- Wentral, Su Gordon Drummou.l, a petition was prepared and nresented by several of the children of John Coffin, a copy of Ihich a^clTa^es th.smemonal renewing the repeated application of their father and praymg that the grant made to the individual n.embers of the family by the order m Council of 3rd March, 1802, n.ight be carried into Je [ by the location of lands in the Townships of Eaton and Dudswell ' rn.nf f!.*^^'''-'''"''^^'"'"''*'^^'"*^'^''^" transmitted by the Govern- ment of the Provmce to England, and its fate may be inLred from the folowmg correspondence between Henry Goulburn Secrrtarv tTEari Bathui-st, andMajor-General, Sir Roger HaiUe SheTffe. "^ '' [Copy.] a„ T r , Downing Street, 17th Dec, 1816. .. ,!:."'? ''^^ ^^ ^''"'^ ^"^^''''^ t« acknowledge the eceint of your letter of the 13 th July last, and to acquaint you, in reply thrs^Le he date at which it appears to have been I contLpVatio"^?; ^c™ C.1 at Quebec to recommend a grant of land to Mr. Coffin and his family has been found necessary to lay down new regulations with respect to the mode mwluch the waste lands of the Province are to bo S^a- ^d Lord Bathurst does not feel himself at liberty to make agranTto Mr' I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most ob'dt servant, To Major General, ^'^'^""''^ Henrv Goclbohkn. Sir Roger H. Sheaffe, Bart. to th!' ^'" ^° «^«f ^.«d that Earl Bathurst does not in any way obicct to the grant, but he msist« upon "t^rms," and appeals to "reguMons" which d.d not exist when the grant was made by order in cCncH „ Canada These "term,'' which certainly ought not to hav had " "" l" spective effect, and which ought not to have been permitted tolnfl e„I a grant not "contemplated to be recommended," according, to Mr GouT burn, but actually ,n«rfe according to the order in Counoirof 3rd Marcl and approved by the Governor in Council, 18th March, 1802, are steted by Sir Roger Sheaffe in a private letter conveying the' above' Z^l^l^. o< ..xr. uouiinuns letter, and wiiicli al.so accompanies this memoriaT, "to r<'>i to show that •onditions of life heir country and ilitnry and naval of tlie family of oncert measures exact nature of have concerted ation f Lieut.- I and presented ■h accompanies Jir father, and f the family by 1 into effect by well. r the Govein- L'rred from the retary to Earl Dec, 1816. the receipt of ;ply, that since 1 of the Coun- nd his family, ■ith respect to • bo granted; agranttoMr. 3y the present OCLBOPRN. way object 'regulations" 1 Council in had a retro- to influence Mr. Goul- 3rd March, I, are stated ' transorint nemorial, to have been "the payment al'fef;.s lioiii whi.li Ibrmerly yuii would have been «?xeinpt, and contain onerous conditions not in existence at the date of the order in Couui'il." These fees alone, on a large number of patents, would have amounted to a sum of money which, in the circumstances of the family, and in the uncertain value of the lands, operated almost as a prohibition to their attainment. These repeated disapi)ointments, and the renewed dispei-sion of the few members of tiie family who had been able, almost accidentally, to make the combined effort last above related, and the difliculties and delays of communication which existed in these days between parties scatU-red by sea and land, appear to have discouraged all further eflbrts on tlie part of the the immediate descentlants of John Coffin. YourE-Kcellency's memorialist begs leave, now, respectfully to repre- sent that he is the eldest son of William Coffin, the second son of John Coffin of Quebec,— that your memorialist came to Canada in 1830,— that in conversation with his aged uncles, John and James Coffin, and with his aunt, Miss Ann Coffin, he had frequently heard mention made of the services, losses and claims of tlieir father and his- family, but could never obtain any cluo to the documentary evidence necessary to make the sub- ject intelUgible, or to admit of an eflbrt being "lade to submit these claims to the equitable consideration of the Goverp .t of the Province. That in 1847, ten years after the decease of her brothers, John and James Coffin, Miss xinn Coffin died at an advanced age at Quebec, and that it is only within a recent period, in tlie final disposal of old papers connected with her estate, that the documents and papers referred to in tlie preceding part of this memorial have come to light It is, at this point, the duty of your memorialist to state to your Ex- cellency that, of the three documents hereinbefore first enumerated and produced in connection with the statement of his grandfather's services at the siege of Quebec, one alone is original, to wit : the certificate signed Henry CaldweU, and dated Quebec, 2nd May, 1787. The other two, to wit: Letter from Guy Carleton, afterwards Lord Dorchester, dated Dec'r 13th, 1779. Letter from Col. Allan Maclean, dated Quebec, 28th July, 1776, are only copies of originals, which have disappeared, and although anxiously sought for by your memorialist, have not yet been- found. The copies are all in the handwriting of the late James Coffin, Asst. Commissary of Quebec, whose well known character is a guarantee for the truth of the assertion, when presented in his handwriting as "copies." These copies appear to have been made and retained on some occasion when the originals had been forwarded and used in proof. It may bo liiu-!y presumed that having been inclosed and tjansmitted with some ' one of the numerous petitions presented, possibly the last one sent to Eiifirland. thf^v i'a" ijr oeeit linuiiy i jst signt or. It is in the i>ower, however, of your memorialist to produce colla- Appondix No. I. Appoiullx N(.. 12. dressed to his br h SJ^J,^^^^^^^^^^^ Coffin of Quebec, ad- the Boston confiscatiol^^ Ac ndwhot- c ^''T^^^'^y -"^^ - refugeinEngIandinl775 iTtllw.^ ^T ^•'"'°"' ''^' ^"^"^ 1778, is ths ftuowing plJage ^'' "'"'' ^"^« ^"^^^ ^Oth July, "red wjrt^iZ;:::/ """ "^"" ^™"' Carleton,andinani- '•tienlar persons iL'^tnee X"",'? '*^^ '•''"" '''''''''' ''^ I-" "Canmla in 1775 His Z ! '' ''°"""*'' '"*" *•>« ^'-ovince of "believed that walalVthfv' f '"'""* ^^*"* ^^'^OO; ""J !'« ''oftheac-coumTas r :L^^^^^^^^ England.-thai the rest "I told him T L7 "'^"'"^'^ ^^'^ «P"ng to be further inquired into- "^! .t L": rr„r:frs r '-' °'"'"* ''-^" "replied that neither of th. . ^'^ convenient to me. He ■ -titled to th:;r ;r Go^:i;rt r rr Tr^r "lumself, which ir4ordl;rdidanrrA""'xi" """^^ ^^^^^ '^ "Coffin was very ser^Le^ J ' 1 ^"^ ^- '^^^''''^ ""« ^^at Mr. "the 31st Dee"mrrhe;osr^f ^^^^^^^ '"^' '''''' ^'« -"'^-^ «" "like an old ex^Sc d o^er h,^^^^^^^ ^'j- ^^^^^-y- wasmore "and desired Gen. H to teansm t - «^«"tl«m''n not bred to arms ; "mended the payment He ansl^rr^"* *".*'' '""^'^"^y- ''"'^ '•«^«'"- "replied, you ar. not at aU Sed ^^t wtl"! . *"' ^'"^ ''''^'^^" •'is no more than doing youYuS 1 1' fA ** *" ^"^ ^• "publick letter, but wi afraid IfTh ""^ mentioned you in my 'ing that he imagiLdTe Tetl l! T^^'l^^T *<> ^^"^ ^^ends (mean- "friends.) He af S L t ^°f V'"* ^'^^ P'"^* ' ^'^^'^ "P«n my "I should fun^s^^^m tt ,"' "^^^^^ ^P*^'^. ^ '^^^-y- '^^ tli "by Gen. H should be n laidrth! offi "^'T ' 'f'' "" ""^ «^"^ '>-»'■' 'Triend should call uponTm to bl 2 Ll . ''" 'T"^ ''"'' '"^ "doubt he will do most heartily aThe nevT ' ""^''^ ^ "^"^^ "" "to perferm. He is one of heL^, f '""''"' '^'^•^""^ '"««'"«» >bHc.oneyoua:e::t°::i^ rtri^^^^^^^^^ "conversation (much as it mav =., r ^*''^''® mentioned "dependancelcarha^elrGe: r- ?"''^^-'°'^*^''" '-^^ ^^<^' "i hope Gen rarl.w ^f ' ' '"'^'■*''^ '" *'"« affair. * * * " ~ ■" •-•"'^' -^ airaniei, m Loudon, 2yth presented papeM. 'csfnt. •cuinent, bearing Carleton." ■session of your I of Quebec, ad- l>ed by name in ton, hat! taken date 29th July, 'eton, and inqui- stained by pnr- the Province of e had received 1,500; and he —that tlie rest iquired into.— ich was about nt to me. He ipect be better le advised me I, was not un- uld present it ■e me that Mr. is conduct on ery, was more )red to arms ; y, and recom- h much plea- Jen. Carleton d to Gen. H. ledyouinmy •iends (mean- ted upon my ury, and that ne sent home 'sed that my I I make no Jut meaning 3 world ; bin mentioned know what r. * • * 'ufficient to before men- undon, ^yth 9 •Tilly, 177.S, not l„ng at>.< couv.^rsatioii to which it refers. In accord- uneowuhthe reco.i:u,e.-. >•• icn made during that conversation by Sir Guy Carleton, Mr. CofFr. ur-pointed liis brother to act a. hi.s agent 'in London, who was furnished witli a copy of the account; '•jest the one sent home by Gen. 11. si,ould Ik- mislaid." It is evident from the whole tenor of this letter that when it was written Gen. Carleton was on the pent of departure for England. Mr. Coffin, therefore, advised liis brother and agent to act upon the further kind suggestion of Sir Guy, "and call upon h,m to back the application, which, "a« he never pronSes without mcanmg to perfonn," ho did "most heartily," by his letter dated "Jen rf t 7S ri'.' '^''•" '''' "^'' "'^^ ■^"'^•^'"'^ to procure the pay- Ston ■ ' "'°'""'^' ^^"^ ^''"^^ """^'"'"'^ ^'^ "°^ "'^ "^'"^ s'"" ^"y in t J' ^'■- ^°^"'^^ "'^'"^ ^^^ not mentioned .n the Pubhek Letter or despatch announcing the repulse of the Amer- ican forces, m which Captain Bamsfarc's name was handed down to posterity. Gen. Carleton feared lest the mention of Mr. Coffin's name at that tmie, and in connection with such an event, might prejudice his fnends and relatives still residing in the United States. In the excited state of public feeling rt that period it is impossible not to acquiesce jn the propncty of the precaution, which also explains the omission of Mr. Coffin s name on the occasion when, by Sir Grey Carleton's subse- ZTJ'TT' ^ ^^""'"* ""^' J"'^'^^'--^ '^^-l-^viour, w.% tte assist- ance of Barm/are, I attribute the repulse when Mr. Montgomery attacked m person ; and by the further testimony of Col. Allen Maclean "at the very critical instant in which 2/c« directed Capt. Bamsiare's fire against Montgomery and his troops." n,./'"', 'I!"" •''''?''!'' '^ ''''"■' ""t'^'^nticity. It accompanies this n^monal It is in the handwriting o: John Coffin. It bears the mark of naturalne8,s and truthfulness. It was written by one brother to another in aU the confidence of brotherly intercourse, Ind with no d that 1 would ever see hght. It was written to back up a claim of com- pensation, not f ,r services but for losses. Unconscious witnesses to the same fact, this communication and the letter of Sir Grey Carleton corro- borate each other Mr. Coffin does not seem to have aftacheci tliat Ze to his services wh;ch men of the present day will do. Loyal service to ttttri T ^^'t^r«^'h-«tamp, somuehofaninstinctira<^t! that they hardly seemed to think it meritorious. -1 .rZ'^^'^'TT- '^ '?' """'""' ^''''' ^^"^ ^^'^ Dorchester addition- 9th, 1808, and s.g^ied H. W. Ryland. Mr. Ryland was Clerk of tlie Exe- ^" "• eutive Council. This letter was addressed after the death of Mr. John "1 WW T T t'''7' ^""- ^°^" '^°'^"' '"« ^'l'^'"^' ^°"- It enclosed alette from Lord Dorchester, which had recently been transmitted _from Upper- Canada by Mr. Justice Powell, for the purpose of bein^laid --•riuxt.- ui-c uovcrnor-ni-Uuei; wi.i.m has been done accordingly as a most honorable testimony of your father's merit.s and services." How this 10 original l3tu-r ca.ne into Jud^e Powell" - . t- Nathaniel in Englan . ^ CLf ' ^"j^^-'-^^'d to hif b™- theonpnallotterofBrig.Macer AL P if J''"' when in search of N. .0. of the deceased gontlel, Th oV^ i, ^r" '"""' '"""^ ^^'^ ?«?-« wh>ch. it is to be observed J^. nll^ '''' ^™"^ ^o'*^ Dorehester l-d no doubt up to thaute Je rtS b 'r ''■'''^'' '^"«'"' -^' pomt whereit was most likely to L ,^' S ""' '" ^°"'^«"' «^^ «t the It IS natural to suppose thatti let e;bXt ^^f ^'^'^'''^ '"^^-^^ po^ess.on, unconsidered, until the death nf J n''^ '" '^""^'^ I'^^^'^"'^ ;t to his memory, when it vm tratm , "^^^^^^^ ""T '" ''''' -<^«"ed ^- council at .uebec, .. C^^. ^T^ ^ ^ - ~;::t'iS" ^rixr ^ ^^^^^ ^^- ^- ^°'- «'o «iege oi' 1775-G, is a matter oT hi ! ''"'™°" ^' ^"'^bec during commanded the whole garriso, ~nn ,f h ""P^''^"^-^- Col. Maclean -res of defence had dev'olv:,:::hoIT„'::;;^^^^^^^^ ^^^ P-t-lar nj Appendix i r*' f »<^ <^o"^d not fail to kn;w how and bv Jh ' '""'T'"'''' ''''^^y No. 2. tamed. On the 28th July, 1776 7x mon^^ l"""" ""^^^ ^'"^ ^'''^ '°^"^- ^stifled spontaneously to he ';a "^^^^^^^^ "^^ "'^ «i«&e, ttis officer at the very critical moment when he i e.'T'r' '^ ■'°''" ^'^ffi"- . '-^^iher^^---™- *"^^^^.:i^j:s::st^ and trutl^ulness to the whole. S B i"dr'""' ""'"^^' ""^^'^ ^'^^ "resolutions you entered into .nd <^.f ^ '*'""""<^« ^" «ay : .'The ;;tain that post when told y^u was tbHrrr^' ^^" ""^'''^ -ai" Appe^ndu cerm command there, that Arnold wf^^r "^^ advancmg along the St. Charles had n ^. ," "'" ^'^"'^™1 Hospital "«t. i/afe^ and thathe int.rded J", 7'''"^ '^'' '^^"''^'^ «t the S % taking it in tl,e rear. Imme'Itet "'°" ''''' '''^' ^--^« ^^^ ^Y'^neeof thepostagainstsXtl^Trr-"^^'^ made for ;!': of an inner barrier, not far from the Cu m ''^„'"™'"& '^^<^ of the guns ^ These were the resolutions Jdf!:'"" ^°"^^'' '<^^^-* the tofn.'' '"■ '■■"■'■^"?^-""^nt to which Col. 11 Maclean refer., ami wind,, it may be fairly sai,l, .how very clearly ^>1.o was the presiding genius of the defenee at thi.s vital spot,-who na. the ready reaolnto and energetic spirit who took moasures which "w.-uld Have done honor to an experienced officer." Both these letters from Sir Guy Carleton, afterwards Lord Dorehea- ter and trom Col. Allan Maelean, bear upon the face of them, in tr inJo evKlence of authenticity, which might havespared much of theabo^r ! capitulation of proof, if it had been dutiful to the memory of .Tohn Coffin !he TJ^-ecT'"''^ ""^ ''"'"'"'"' ""'"''' '""''' *""'' '" '•'"^'f'"*^ '^ '•«"•'' «" hn JtTTf f ° ''?'^™'"'^''' ^* ^^"« P°i"f. -^{^"in to ask attention to the Z!^TJ V Z'''.'^''''''''' '''''' '^'^ ^^'•«'>' 1«02, hereinbefore In h tinl,^^ f ' TV""/""*^ '''*'^'' "•^'"•'^'•^ «f ^h« ^«--'«ee have an ntmiate knowledge of the facts (so honorable to Mr. Coffin) thataro inTr r:;'; ■", '";r^'«-^ — ^^ ^ '- petition.- It is natural to infer that the "certificates annexed" comprised either the on-^inals or copies of the letters from Sir Guy Carleton and Col. Maclean; Wh he' ongmals or copies, the Committee, from "an intimate knowledge of he fact. .0 honorable to Mr. Coffia" bear «,ady testimony to the fm£ Id force of these certificates. "•« iruui ana vorr^IJ^r"""" i'"f ?''''^°™'"'"*'*^''^^"^^«^*«y°"'- Excellency's notice yonr memorialist begs to call attention to certificates appended to eaclh .gn.lEd..rdBowen Chief Justice Superior Court, Ca^^^^^^ L.Mont,zambert, Law Clerk Legislative Council," and "J G Irvine Sn"e Coffin of O^K "J'" T' ^"'™''*^'^ '^^^"'^"^d ^^th the late tmeu to the fact that the.se copies are in his handwriting, and further their perfect confidence that, whatever he had represented t^ be copiS were unquestionably what he stated them to be ^ ^ laid brfot voTr 7"T"^^ ''T^^' the two letters in question are now whlbt^ Excellency. They will be found among the papers which accompany this memorial, for the completeness and perfect unde standing of which, however, they are herewiSi transcribed'^llrs f - . Jenningsburt, Dec. 25, 1779. er'« S~; 'T ^°"' '"""'■' """^ ""^ ^°^^y to learn your broth- er s misfortunes render it now necessary for him to apply for any assist- mice beyond hi. own industry, having observed in all his conduct from Im arrival in the Province of Quebec till I left it, a constant attachment and zeal for the king s service, as well as the manner of a prudent worthy .nan, I could not but interest myself for him. Yet his .conduct and judi- cious behaviour on the morning of the 31st Dec., 1775, gave him a stiU strong^er claim on me, for to him, with the aj^sistance of Barnsfare I attri- bute the repulse of tlie rebels on the side of Quebec when Mr Mont- gomery attacked in person, while the success on the other was very difr ,rr.-r,t., and brouglit the town into i.o small danger. Now, whether we consider the strength of this poat, the number alloted to its defence, qt vices and greater nuX."27bc :i '''7"^'^^^ '''''' '-"'--- good sen«e of gentlemen Lrj.ntr' ^^ '''^"'' ^''^'""'^'^ ""^ cannot but lam'ent iZl a o^^i. '"" '" "'■'"■^- ^"^'^ ''" ""■■^' ™-- I wishes ; I nnVht 'ZlZ i '" "^^ P"''"'"' ^"^ ^"-^^ard Mr. CofH .'s would hurt, nttlen;?ueh^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "^JT "^''^' '"* ^^'■^' ^™^"^>'^ -aaaure,ouor.,.J:::rC„^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Year most ob'.lt and most humble' ser'vt, Mr. Natlianiel Coffin. [Siffned,] Qvy Carleton. ^orlZ::;'::^:^;:^:^^]:'''^ ^r ^^-^ Caneton, nate Lord «ml good conduct of Jol „ (^^,tr^ t'' '"'^'"'""■"' °^''»' «---- 1775.- '" ^""'"' '''"'"'■' '^"'•'"fe' the siege of Quebec, in [Copy.] it a duty on my part 1^ jf " "^^"''^*^'= '"^^ ^^inter and spring makes Pa.-t of your, con d'uct-TnUhX: a7 '"f ""^ ""' '"'^'^'^^^^ '^--7 iike you. To y^r r;^! luln T"'V'^' *° ^^^'^■"^ ^'^'^^'^^^ hk-u 31.,;i775,. inC^ rClttr^.^^^^^^^^^^ "T "'^"^ «'^- for the attack wjiich you exneetn.l I ' ""'''''•«'•'"■'', waiting allowed tlic rebels to annroS h ' *^.'. ^'•'^«* «>^''"^«' with which you amopg the men; and tl™ t " T' "'"' ^""^ ''"^'""l'''-' '^'Tt "P ^arnsfareW,re 'again:^;oX:^;'rt^:''''^r r^^^^^ stances alone I do ascribe tb-f .,-, "^ *'^''°I'' ^ ^^ those cireum- post Where, with thrie^^: t;:^^;^^^^^^^^^^^^^ '- *^"* ^"'--- quarterwa.wrrthy'or ; alCtTnT '' ^»"-'^-' ^-n^ anotLcr experienced officer 1 ciful t in ' T '''""''' ''"'"' '"'^"''^ ^^"^o'- to an this honorable tcvstimony ^ V^:;':?' "''" "' ^'^ '^'^^'^ ^"^ ^'ou known to -ysclfinpardculaf andlSr/be'r*'" "'"^^ """^ "•^■" have >t in my power to be useful to vo„ A ''^'^' ''^ ""^ ^'"'•-^ to with truth and regard, ^°"' """^ '^^ '''^"'"^ 7°" that I am, Sir, Your most obedient and most humble Servant, Mr. Coffin. [Signed] Allan Mac'lea.v. This letter is indorsed "Froni Pnl a ii »» , yht Imv.." expfo Imt lornitT ser- vigilance auj ' all tluH, air, I 11(1 Mr. CoIKh'h this, probably, therefore, only ^ARI,ETOJJ. >n, (late Lonl ftho servicea of Quebec, in July, 1776. h despatches I could bo of I hnvo none, spi-ing makes ition of every with his Ma- Kcrving men ght of Dea I'nis, waiting 1 which you pie kept up rected Capt. 3se circum- t important ou made, to ^m another lonor to an with you were well 'ly time, to that I am, !LEAX. -gt-, Com- lohn Cof- Vi It will be ob8orved that for m^iiy years after the siege of Quebec, 177')-7G, John Coffin appears tx) have limited hia application to a pecu- niary compensation for pecuniary losses suftered during the siege from the besieging force. The wants of a large family and reverses in business, arising chiefly from the effects of the siege, weighed heavily upon him, and urged his attention in the direction of prompt compensation. Ifis losses were estimated by (he commission appointed by Sir Guy Carleton, at a sum nearly amounting to one thousand pounds, Cy. This amount of los.s wa.s never nuulo good either to him or to his family, although others, No.'*4" whose services and sacrifices could not have exceeded his, possessing better interest or knowing better how to exercise it, obtained advantages No. i6. denied to him. It appears that it was not until the year 1796, when John Coffin, having exhausted ineffectually all expedients and applications t« obtain pecuniary compensation was, in consequence of the proclamation of Sir Alured Clarke in 1792, induced to claim consideration, and an equivalent for his losses in the shape of a grant of lamls. His application was favor- ably received, but, as is stated in Petition, 9th February, 1802, "the Pe- "titioner has never been mformed of any further proceeding thereon." This petition sets forth his sacrifices in and proscription by the State ofMassachusett*,— his loyalty and devotion to the Crown,— briefly, hia unrequited losses during the siege, and still more briefly, his services. It concludes by praying for compensation in land. The order in Council consequent on this Petition, 3rd March, 1802, bears prompt and ample testimony to the truth of tlie statements made. It admits the devoted loyalty, the sufferings, the unrequited losses, and \he services of the petitioner, ''some of the members of the Committee "having a personal knowi-dge of the facts (so honourable to Mr. Coffin) "that are mentioned in tlie certificates annexed to his petition." That the grants of land by this same order in Council recommended to be made, and by the approval of the Governor in Council, ordered to be mado on the 18th of the same mouth, 1802, never were made, must be ascribed to the conflicting instructions and inconvenient inter- ference of the home authorities, which, irrespective of local engagements and obligations, paralyzed, for a long series of years, the endeavors of the government of the Province to distribute and settle the wild lands of the Crown. John Coffin cannot be charged with omitting proper exertion to obtain the lands ordere<» to him. He had, in 1796, asked for land in tlie Township of Wakefield. In 1802 he petitioned for land in Ely. In 1803, he applied for land in tlie township of Kildare. In 1800, during the administration of the Hon. Thomas Dunn, he again made an applica- tion. All these applications proved to be fruitless. The disheartening effect of this inert obstruction can be well understood. It can hardly be wondered at lijat after so much undeserved ill success, the resolute old loyahst should at last have yielded to y-.arsand mortlfi.cation. and like the soldiers of Montgom ;.-y when they lost their leader, "have lost all heart," h«'I boon „i.persed thron.l'^tiro^""; .''° '"'"■'^ ''""'- Coffin American war i„ n.e ;eur 8 S . tT." """' ""^"- "'^ ^''-^ "^^ "- enablea to .ake a u„i, e^ t '": ^J^ ?^ ^'^ ''-i>y were of that application has been sl.own Tth' 1^ . T'' ''"'"'■''• '^^'^'^^^^^ Earl Bathurst, given at length, (7 6 f ThlT T, "" ^^^^'''^''-'-y ^o most nnjustifiablo (reference b ing had to h ' t '"""^ •■'"■'^^•'' ^«"gh been or.iere.l in the most auth.-ntfc hLe kno'"?' 7'"" *'"' ^'"''"^'-d t'on, and that aoquiesence in the orig '^'^""7" ^v."" ^"''^ ^"-'''t'- immediate urgency on the part of men ^ '"°"^'^' '''''^'•'•^'' «"-thor with public duties, in remorstationlar? ^'''''''"' '^^*'" «^^"Pied of their cause but 'of the careSeirL "i"'"™^' "'^^ °'"*''« J-««« d.sappointment. There is rels nt eLe thTatt,""' ''^"^-"''"-'^ been contemplated by the family at a s I M , "'"'" "Pl'I'^^^tion had Bence of the original papers w fch had t ^'"°*^' ^"* ''^''* ''''' «*>- memorial to EarlBatLL, in 1816 I'T" T^T "^"^'""^ ^^'^ «- of recovering them, the too great imnorf'^^ '^"''* irnpracticabihty ™ent., and the doubt, «„d deWsto "wh m" '^''' "^ *''^"' ^°^»- finally in no renewed effort havSg beTn made " ^""" "''' '"'^'^ to the rnemory of his grandfather, a^ w'u aat uTo t '* *° '^ ^'"^ ^"^^ family, to lay them before your Excellll '"**''''''' °'" '''^ «wn from your Excellency, such measure If e " ' ^'^•"^' '* *''' '"'"'^ *™^' Excellency iscompetent to awIT "^'°"^'^^™««" ""d justice as you; ^ "^i:^;:"t!r^:^::,rr'f by las ..ndfathcr, John Co^rinletre^'f^ri^inr ^'"^^^^^^^^^ -e^l^-^--«- -. Of ^:£, 1,,,, ,_ pensated. * ' ° services which have not been com- 3. That although tliese scrviceq nnH ?„. -cognised by the government oaL, ay ::rr ''"" ""^ ^^''""^'^^'^ tl.e intentions of the government wer« J: ? ^^'"P^nsatiou awarded, it« control. ^ """""^ ^^"^^ frustrated by influences beyond obt./n thetdtr::?,rt:^^^^^^^^ e^ort to Bervices. '^"^ *« « compensation for their losses and ^^y'^^^j:^::^^ '-^3 ..tted to them, «.oa All they ..kis that^,;L ^der ^ C ' ? "."' '''^"'"^ P°««^- 1802, may be carried out by an J„l T"^ °^ ^^^ ^8"^ March of fbe Crown. '^ "" '"''"^ ^^•"t of wild and unoccupied laS desi tioi be] effe ing ted the Joli • •til of Jolin Cof- '• of John Coflin .'al or military le clopo of the he family were i". The result Secretai-y to raiseil, though till! grant had itish constitu- ■ to have been wred further ain occupied >f the justice ng continued ilication had that the ab- id with the •racticability these docu- 5 rise, ended unexpected be his duty of his own same time, ice as your 16 G. That the services of John Coffin were of a nature to entitle his descH-ndanta to claim from the generosity of the country that considera- tion they deserve. Wherefore, your memorialiHt humbly piays that your Excellency will be pleased to take the premises into your gracious consideration, and give effect to the order of the Governor in Council of March 18^ 1802, by order- ing further, that the grants of land thereby ordered, be now made luid loca- ted from and out of the present wild and unoccupied lands of tl»e Crown in the Province, — to be divided among the present descendants of Uie said John Coffin, according to law. ^.^u^^L^ 'h^ ^^-"^^ ^^ ^ ?s endured 0-6, losses »een com'- lionorably awarded, ^ beyond effort to >8ses and to them, ■ posses- March, ed lands