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Report/Rapport © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada
REPORT
2005-73
THE
CHRONOLOGY OF HISTORICAL EVENTS
AT THE ISLAND
BATTERY, 1713 - 1768:
TRANSCRIBED
AND PRÉCISED DOCUMENTS
BY
ERIC
KRAUSE
KRAUSE
HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS
December 31, 2005
 Table
Of Contents
1760 - 1799
1760
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rain and foge and Some wesels that was in ye Bay fired by times all day and ye
ile Land Battrey answard them.
[A Journeal
of mr gibson Cloughs from Salem In New - England untill he a Riveed at
Louisbourg ... and what Happnead their from the First of June untill the End
of the year In Two parts the one Ending with the year and the other Beginnig
with the New In a Compnay Commanded by Capt gidding In A provenchal Reigment
Commanded By Colln Jonathan Bagley Esqr in Cheaf Draft, Transcription by
Rosemary Hutchinson, Fortress of Louisbourg, Undated ]
[PRÉCIS OF
THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]
Reference
to the destruction of the Island Battery .
[London
Magazine, September 1760, p. 491]
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Cloudy and Iland-Battrey and the Ships in ye harbyer also the two Regimts fired
in Way of reioysing for the Reductsion of mount Reial
[A Journeal
of mr gibson Cloughs from Salem In New - England untill he a Riveed at
Louisbourg ... and what Happnead their from the First of June untill the End
of the year In Two parts the one Ending with the year and the other Beginnig
with the New In a Compnay Commanded by Capt gidding In A provenchal Reigment
Commanded By Colln Jonathan Bagley Esqr in Cheaf Draft, Transcription by
Rosemary Hutchinson, Fortress of Louisbourg, Undated ]
A
Journal containing the manner, method, and Execution of The Demolition of the
Fortifications of Louisbourg from June 1st to November 10th A:D. 1760
By the Direction of D. Muckell Commandant of the Company of Royal Miners And
Carried on by John Gowan Lieut of Miners ...
November 3d
1760 ... Another Detachment was sent to the Island Battery Lying E from the
Garrison Distance about one English mile Adjacent to the mouth of the Harbour to
Destroy a Sally Port of Masonry which was Very Strongly Submented ...
[Library
of the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich Arsenal, Book No 10, Journal of
Demolition, p. 187]
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fair. Also ye other tower at ye grand battrey with the Saly porte at ye Ileland
Battrey was sprung.
[A Journeal
of mr gibson Cloughs from Salem In New - England untill he a Riveed at
Louisbourg ... and what Happnead their from the First of June untill the End
of the year In Two parts the one Ending with the year and the other Beginnig
with the New In a Compnay Commanded by Capt gidding In A provenchal Reigment
Commanded By Colln Jonathan Bagley Esqr in Cheaf Draft, Transcription by
Rosemary Hutchinson, Fortress of Louisbourg, Undated ]
A
Journal containing the manner, method, and Execution of The Demolition of the
Fortifications of Louisbourg from June 1st to November 10th A:D. 1760
By the Direction of D. Muckell Commandant of the Company of Royal Miners And
Carried on by John Gowan Lieut of Miners ...
November 5th
1760 ... The Grand and Island Batteries Mentioned before were Demolishe:d
to day ...
[Library
of the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich Arsenal, Book No 10, Journal of
Demolition, p. 189]
1762
Anonymous
PLAN des
Hafens and Festung LOUISBOURG auf der Insul Cap-Breton. Wie solche Ao. 1758 d.26
Iulii nach einer 5. Woche Belagerung, sich an die Engelånder ergeben muste.
[1762]
Canada:
Fortress of Louisbourg (Louisbourg)
... G.
Batterie von 40:
H: Batterie
von 8 Can: ...
Two
batteries with another feature that may be the barracks are illustrated
1764
Bellin
PORT DE
LOUISBOURG dans l'Isle Royale
[1764]
France:
Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), Bellin, J.N., LE PETIT ATLAS MARITIME, 1764,
Volume 1, Number 23
McCord
Museum, U/A
The battery
and its angled battery with its barracks
1765
According
to William Walters:
Estimate
of calculation of Military Contingencies at Louisbourg, Island Battery &
Colliery.
[Transcription Copy]
| For Firing for One
Year for the following Officiers Vizt ... |
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For the Island at 2
Bushls}
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For ... Gallns
Pints of Oyl for Fire Guards at 3 pints
p day for Louisbourg, the Island Battery
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N.B. The Masons
Employed in repairing
Chiminies, Getting Grates, Pointing the Walls,
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[War Office 1, Vol. 6 f. 218 - 220, 1765, 30 May [f. 299-303 of
the transcription: MG 14, B1, Volume 8, Not Dated. Signed Wm. Walters Major
commanding at Louisbourg. In
Gage's letter of 30 May, 1765.]]
1766
Wright,
Thomas
N/A [North
west view of the town of Louisburg in the Island of Cape Breton taken in April
of 1766 by Thomas Wright]
1766
England:
British Library (London, King's Maps CXIX-95d.
9
Buildings
are illustrated
1767
George
Sproule
A
PLAN of LOUISBOURG Surveyed and Drawn for HIS EXCELLENCY THE HONBLE. MAJOR
GENERAL THOS. GAGE Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in America
&c. By Ensn. George Sproule of the 59th. Regt....
1767
United
States: Wm. L. Clements Library, University of Michigan (Ann Arbour,
Michigan)
Shoals
running east to Island Battery
Sproule,
George
A Plan of the
Harbour of Louisbourg With the Adjacent Country Survey'd by Samuel Holland Esqr.
Surveyer General for the Northern District of North America drawn by Ensn. Geo.
Sproule of the 59th. Regt.
1767
United
States: Wm. L. Clements Library, University of Michigan (Ann Arbour, Michigan)
Island
battery
The Island
Battery without its angled battery is illustrated, with a feature to the rear
Captain
William Owen on a tour of Cape Breton in 1767 with Lord William Campbell
aboard the R.N. Ship The Mermaid referred to:
.. at two O'clock in the
afternoon keeping the northshore on Lighthouse point close on board we
entered Louisbourg Harbour and anchored with the best bower in 10 fathom,
the Grand Battery N b E the Island Battery SE 1/2E and L'Hopital du Roi SW
b W ...
[William Owen, "Narratives of American Voyages and Travels of Capt.
William Owen, R.N. and the Settlement of the Island of Campobelle in the
Bay of Fundy 1766-1771 (part 2) " in Bulletin of the New York Public
Library, Volume 35, Number 2 (February, 1931)]
According
to Gage, writing to Shelburne:
... The
Fortifications of Louisbourg being entirely destroyed there is no visible
Occasion for keep four Companies at that place. If it shall be be [sic] judged
proper and necessary to prevent Vessels going into the Harbor, Batteries may be
again erected on the Island at the Entrance of it and one Company left there ...
[Colonial
Office 323, Volume 25, Item 12, pp. 254-255, April 3, 1767]
1768
According
to Franklin:
As a Common near a Town has been generally found to give
great relief to poor people and as the Inhabitants of Louisbourg will in
great Measure probably be Composed of Sfishermens familys to whom the keeping of a Cow will be of great
assistance towards supporting their Children; it is conceived that a
Common should be laid out round the whole Town (to include the East Point
running towards the Island Battery) ...
[Colonial
Office, 217, Volume 25, September 26, 1768, f. 136v]
... The
Barracks on the Island Battery are Reparable ...
[Nova
Scotia, Volume 3, p. 299, Enclosure in Letter of September 26, 1768, Franklin to
Hillsborough]
1777
DesBarres,
J.F.W. (Publication)
A VIEW of
LOUISBURG
1777
Canada:
National Archives of Canada (Ottawa), Neptune, Volume 2, pt. 4, Number 68a
The ocean
portion of the Island Battery is illustrated, with, to the rear, a building
with a smaller (perhaps attached - Like ND-17) outbuilding behind it
1778
DesBarres,
J.F.W.
A VIEW taken
from the Entrance of LOUISBOURG HARBOUR.
1778
Canada:
National Archives of Canada (Ottawa), Neptune, Volume 2, pt. 4, Number 68b
The ocean
portion of the Island Battery is illustrated, with, to the rear, a building
with a smaller (perhaps attached - Like ND-17) outbuilding behind it
1779
DesBarres,
J.F.W.
The Entrance
of Louisbourg Harbour on the Island of Cape Breton
1779
Canada:
National Archives of Canada (Ottawa),
Neptune, Volume 2, pt. 4, Number 68c
The ocean
portion of the Island Battery is illustrated, with, to the rear, a building
with the portion of a building behind it
1781
[J.F.W.
DesBarres]
A CHART OF
THE HARBOUR of LOUISBOURG IN THE ISLAND of CAPE BRETON.
1781
Canada:
National Archives of Canada (Ottawa)
Canada:
McCord Museum holds a copy
Island
Battery
There are
no features shown on the island
1798
Backhouse,
Thomas
A SURVEY OF
LOUISBURG HARBOUR To Rupert George, Esq. Commander of His Majesty's Ship HUSSAR,
and Senior Officier on the Nova Scotia Station: This Chart is most respectfully
dedicated. by his very humble servant THOs BACKHOUSE
1798
France:
Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), Cartes et Plans, S.H., 131-11-12
Battery
Island
There is a
single building shown on the island
1799
On
20 June 1799 Edward Rowe petitioned:
...
for a Tract of Land lying and
being at the outside of the walls of Louisbourg Harbour leading from where
the Barracks stood to the Southward, to a place called the Black Rock
containing about Thirty Acres more or less also a little Island known by
the name of Island Battery, the same laying to the southward of the
entrance of the Harbour of Louisbourg Containing about one acre of ground
more or less also a water Lot for the Purpose of building a wharf a breast
the road known by the name of King Street ...
Mathews:
"President of His Majesty's Council, Sydney" gave permission to
the applicant "to take possession of and cultivate them [the grounds]
until His Majesty's Pleasure is known" providing that the
"grounds are vacant".
[Sydney
Registry of Deeds, Book B, p. 285]
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