1Simeon Deane to the American Commissioners, 16 April 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...information of consequence. The spirit of the people is said to be high, and the news I carry will doubtless give great satisfaction. There is a rumor, not yet confirmed, of a revolution in Canada that has delivered Quebec into our hands.>
2John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 10 October 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...d a Letter from Mr. Louis Lizett late an Inhabitant in Canada. He writes me he has brought over his Family and Funds and proposes to retire and reside in this Kingdom. He was a respectable Cityzen of Quebec a Man of Considerable property. He requests me to become his Security as I apprehend he means to you I know not for what end unless to absolve him from his Oath of Fidelity by becomeing a...
3John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 10 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
, 225 n. Our conjecture there that he was a Bostonian was wrong; he was a Canadian merchant, who left Quebec in 1775 and the following February was in Montreal. Later that month he was in New York, and was in Philadelphia in July to testify before Congress; he subsequently settled in Bordeaux, where he remained for years....
4The Massachusetts Council to the American Commissioners, 27 February 1777 (Franklin Papers)
20 at Point au fair. The Remainder of the British Troops are billeted two or three in a House in the Vicinity of Montreal and Chamillé; and the Germans are all Cantoned in and below Quebec.”
5Intelligence from Havana and Other Places, 13 November 1778 (Franklin Papers)
, taken from the Americans and sent to London by the governor of Quebec, was retaken by the French privateer