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command of the town, which he retained until he was sent to Three 
Rivers, in June, 1762, where he acted as locum tenens for Ralph Burton. 
The latter had been sent to take part in the reduction of Havana, whilst 
James Murray was governor of Quebec, Gage of Montreal, Lord Amherst 
being governor-general. 
In 1767, we find Haldimand in charge of east and west Florida. 
In 1773, he was in military command of east and west Florida. In 1773, 
he was military commander at New York. Stationed in Boston in 1775, 
he leaves that year for London, from whence he is sent as inspector- 
general of the forces in the West Indies. On the 30th June, 1778, he 
landed at Quebec, succeeding Guy Carleton as governor-general of Canada, 
where both had served in 1759. His administration lasted until 1784, 
marked all through by firmness, administrative ability, during a most 
trying period. 
On his return to England in 1784, he was assailed by Pierre Du Calvet, 
a Huguenot and a trader of Montreal, and sued for false imprisonment, 
though the British government stepped in and held him harmless against 
the machinations of his merciless persecutor. 
Du Calvet was nothing but a traitor in disguise, of whose guilt, 
Haldimand, when governor at Quebec, had ample proof. He had escaped 
with a few years of imprisonment in the Récollet convent at Quebee and 
on board of the war vessel “Canceaux.” Some think his proper place 
ought to have been on a gibbet, as a warning to disloyalty. 
188S.—The correspondence and papers acquired by our archives office 
this year were of no ordinary importance ; in fact, indispensable to who- 
ever wishes to write or study the history of the dependency. The last 
volumes of the Haldimand collection, consisting of 233 volumes, with Col. 
Bouquet’s collection of thirty volumes, were deposited in Ottawa; both 
cover interesting periods of Canadian history. ‘There are no other copies 
of these collections on this continent, adds Dr. Brymner, and their 
existence here has led to a very considerable amount of correspondence. 
The correspondence is steadily increasing, and the demand for the annual 
reports, not only from learned societies, libraries and individuals on this 
continent, but from various other points of the world, show the interest 
that is taken in the work in progress. An examination of the list of 
works presented will show that these come not only from Canada, but 
from many states in the American union, &c.” <A glance at the table of 
contents will suffice to justify the statements of the archivist on this point. 
I subjoin the leading ones : 
The Walker Outrage at Montreal, 1764. 
Memorial by the Prisoners, with accompanying documents. 
Report of Chief Justice Hay. 
List of the Grand Jury. 
General Murray’s Recall. 
