July 1776 Thursday 25th
Moord at Port Neuf Recd, an Order from Captn [Charles] Douglas to send 40 Seamen & petty Officers to Quebec to proceed thence to Chambly2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/1013.
2. This detachment was to serve on board the fleet building at St. John's for service on Lake Champlain. On September 2, another draft of thirty-seven seamen under a midshipman went off from the Triton for the same service. and, two days later Commodore Douglas ordered "20 Men more from the Triton, 25 from the Isis and 20 from the Transports to Serve on the Lakes, " ibid.
