82 LEAVES THEY HAVE TOUCHED. 



his distressed circumstances, .£100. 1781, May 14.— To Mr. Wing 

 and his guide, John Chalmers, going on secret service to Saratoga to 

 intercept the Albany mail, £2i-. May 16. — To Captain Sherwood of 

 the Loyal Rangers, gratuity for private services, £50. July 5. — 

 To Hudibras (an inhabitant of Albany), gratuity for private services 

 (50 guineas), £58 6s. 8d. [It would have brought trouble upon the 

 party to have named him.] Oct. 16. — At Sorel, gi-atuity to the offi- 

 cers of the militia for their readiness upon all occasions in forwarding 

 the service (6 guineas), £7. 1782, Feb. 27. — Pfere Louis, a Recollet, 

 gratuity for private services (10 guineas), £11 13s. 4d. April 7. — 

 To Capt. Sherwood (agent for secret service) to send to Col. Wells 

 and other correspondents in the Colonies, to defray contingent 

 expenses (50 guineas), £58 6s. 8d. July 9. — -To Mr. Lansing, (agent 

 for Vermont), gratuity for private service, £49. 1783, May 27.— 

 To Captain Brant, the Mohawk Chief (30 guineas), £35. July 28.— 

 To Baptiste Lepeau, an inhabitant of Percee, gratuity granted to 

 him yearly in consideration of his having lost both his hands, and 

 otherwise wounded at the defence of that post, £10. Sept. 11. — To 

 Mr. Shepherd, of Albany, gratuity for forwarding dispatches and 

 intelligence (25 guineas), £29 3s. 4d. 1784. — To Joseph Brant and 

 Captain David, Mohawk Chiefs, to defray their expenses from and 

 to Montreal. Oct. 25. — To Captain Gleissenberg, of the Brunswick 

 troops, in consideration of his services, having been twice wounded 

 in our service, and in great distress, £58 6s. 8d." 



The paper from which I have made these extracts is dated, not 

 from Quebec, but from Curzon Sti-eet, London, 23rd March, 1786. 

 This was the year after HaJdimand's recall. Trouble arising out of 

 his government in Canada, fell upon him after his retirement into 

 private life. He had administered affairs too much in the spirit of 

 a martinet, and actions at law for damages were successfully brought 

 against him in the English courts. 



Of this period is an autograph signature which I have of "John 

 Schank, senior officer and commissioner." It is attached to a certi- 

 ficate that " Surgeon Melvill had attended the pilots and sick inva- 

 lids that were put on board His Majesty's armed ship, the Ganceaux, 

 by order of His Excellency Gen. Haldimand," for which Surgeon 

 Melvill was to receive a gratuity of six guineas. To this is appended 

 Surgeon Melvill's receipt to Thomas Dunn, Esq., Paymaster, Naval 

 Department, Quebec. 



