150 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
fore to carry into effect the General intentions for your assistance— 
May be required—on very short notice. 
Yours truly 
Ros. Nico Lt. Col. 
Q.M.G.M. 
Major Salmon 
2nd Norfolk Militia Turn over. 
Woodhouse 
(Indorsed ) 
Send this after shewing it to Lt. Colonel Ryerson to Colonel Talbot 
by Express— & at the same time enclose copys of the General orders— 
enclosed to you by this opportunity. 
Extract from a General order issued June 28th 
“ Colonel Talbot is appointed to the Command of the Militia in 
“the London District and will be pointed in his directions to the Militia 
“of Oxford & Middlesex ”— 
Bill for Supplies furnished by Albert Berdan Sr. 
Commissary General Dept. 
To Albert Berdan Senr.! 
For Provisions furnished the Norfolk Militia between the 4 July 
1812 and 16 Inst. Inclusive— viz.— 
Three hundred & fifty two pounds of Flour at four dol- 
fars, pe \Cwt ge oie RER ae Ten PR NE ASE £3 10 
Fifty ‘two. pounds of/Pork) (eee on. ERA aren ee eee tags 
Two hundred & Highty one lbs Beef 3d................. D TOUS 
Thirteen Gallons’ Whiskey ab 5e 0e ARE OMR ReRAets D AD 
Malitax (Currency eo. yi tela are Pra ens où 1 Uy PA 


1 Albert Berdan, U.E.L., was during the Revolutionary War sergeant in 
the 2nd battalion of New Jersey volunteers. He settled in New Brunswick 
on the conclusion of peace, but came west in 1798, settling in the township 
of Woodhouse in the county of Norfolk. When the Courts of Quarter Ses- 
sions were organized in 1800, Berdan was sworn in as the first constable of 
Woodhouse, and was appointed first court crier. The Berdans of Southwold 
are of the same family. (See Tasker: The United Empire Loyalist Settle- 
ment at Long Point. Ont. Hist. Society Papers and Records, Vol. II, p. 99). 


