1To Alexander Hamilton from Alexander Macomb, 13 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I take the Liberty of enclosing you an order of Mr Udney Hay to receive the Sum allowed to Mr. Simon Frazer of Quebec upon Mr Hay’s petition in his behalf which I learn is 400 Ds. and I will take kind your forwarding it to me as soon as possible, as an opportunity for Quebec offers in the course of the ensuing week, to which place I wish to Remit it.
2To Alexander Hamilton from John J. U. Rivardi, 15 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
and discusses the friendly relations between British and American forces stationed on the Niagara River. States: “Two Regiments have arrived at QuebecThis is a reference to the arrival of the Sixth Regiment of Foot (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) at Quebec on October 14, 1799, and the arrival of the Forty-first Regiment of Foot (Welsh Regiment) at Quebec on October 24, 1799 (Charles H. Stewart,...
3To Alexander Hamilton from Philip Schuyler, 28 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Ogden, a New Jersey lawyer and Loyalist, moved to New York City during the American Revolution. After the war the British government appointed him judge of the Admiralty Court in Quebec...., was appointed chief justice of New York in 1779. He went to England in 1783, where he stayed until 1786, when he went to Canada to become chief justice, a position he held until his death in Quebec in 1793...
4To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 19 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
“An Ordinance To prevent the selling of strong liquors to the Indians in the province of Quebec, as also to deter persons from buying their arms or cloathing, and for other purposes relative to the trade and intercourse with the said Indians” (Lower Canada. Ordinances made and passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of the Province of Quebec
5To Alexander Hamilton from Philip Schuyler, 9 September 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
A frenchman at Quebec trod on my lame leg and bruised it greatly. It has been exceedingly painful but is now healing and the wound appears so favorable that It will probably be healed in a week or two.
6To Alexander Hamilton from Timothy Pickering, 3 January 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
...a reference to Hugh Finlay, who had been deputy postmaster general for the British provinces in North America under Benjamin Franklin. After the treaty of peace Finlay was appointed director general of the post office for the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and their dependencies.
7To Alexander Hamilton from John J. U. Rivardi, 30 May 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The number of the latter is considerable.” Reports: “The British Fort advances rapidly—an additional Company is arrived from Quebec & they work even on Sundays.” Complains that “There is Now Nine Months pay due To This Garrison & Contingent accounts of More than one years Standing.” States that he has had “the Ague” and that...
8Colonel John Lamb to Alexander Hamilton and William Floyd, 2 December 1782 (Hamilton Papers)
...City. In July, 1775, he was commissioned captain of an artillery company and later was with the army of Major General Richard Montgomery during the invasion of Canada. He was wounded and captured during the assault on Quebec but was released on parole a few months later. In January, 1777, he was exchanged, and during the same month he was appointed colonel of the Second Continental Artillery...
9To Alexander Hamilton from John J. U. Rivardi, 3 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Edmond Burke, a native of Ireland, was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1781. In 1787 he immigrated to Canada and held a variety of ecclesiastical posts before becoming Vicar General of Quebec in 1795. In 1799 he was also serving as chaplain to the British garrison at Fort George at Niagara.
10From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 13 July 1795 (Washington Papers)
...It may be urged, & truly, that under the existing regulations of the B. government, we are not, at this time, allowed those priviledges; except when they are made to subserve their own purposes: whilst from Quebec (but how we are to get there I know not) and upwards; the lakes, and the waters on their side of the line, are open to our commerce, and that we have equal advantages in the Indian...
11To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 13 July 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
...It may be urged & truly, that under the existing regulations of the B. government, we are not, at this time, allowed those priviledges; except when they are made to subserve their own purposes: whilst from Quebec (but how we are to get there I know not) and upwards, the lakes, and the waters on their side of the line, are open to our commerce, and that we have equal advantages in the...
12Enclosure: [Schedule] A: Additional Estimate of Monies Required for the Services of the Present Year, 6 August 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
To discharge a Bill of Exchange dated Quebec 5th. August 1776 drawn by William Thompson William Irvine, Christopher Greene, John Lamb, Timothy Bigelow and Danl. Morgan On Meredith and Clymer