Isis before Quebec May the 26th 1776
[Extract]
Sir Having Omitted it, till my dispatches were sealed up, I beg you may be pleased to communicate to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my having appointed Mr William Jackson Masters Mate, to be Master of this His Majesty's Ship, which I hope their Lordships will approve...
Chs Douglas
The letter of which the following is a Copy, I have this Moment received from Lieut. Governor Cramahe
Quebec 26th May
Sir The General informs me, he has received an express from Captain Forster, acquainting him, that he with a Detachment of the 8th, Some Canadians and a number of Indians, had the 19th Inst. taken a Fort at the Cedars, two Pieces of Cannon, and 390 Rebels, Prisoners at discretion: The day following, a party crossed over, from Montreal, of 120 who were defeated and taken.
The General desires that all the Transports, Storeships, and Victuallers, shou'd press after him, without coming to an Anchor. And all the Batteau's be sent up. I am [&c.]
H. T. Cramahe
The General had passed the Richelieu, and was left between Grondines & St. Ann's
Two Indians from the Cedars by Water inform me, that Eleven Sail in all of the 13 which Sailed upwards passed the Rapids of Richlieu yesterday.
(a true copy witness my hand,)
Chs Douglas
