PRESCOTT, Robert [1725-1816]

Printed document with blanks filled in, signed

      Quebec: 1798., 1798. folio. one page. ms. endorsement on verso. (horizontal folds). PRESCOTT, Robert [1725-1816] [Governor-in-Chief of Canada (1796-1807)]. Printed document with blanks filled in, signed by Prescott, dated Quebec, 1st November, 1798, to pay to Paul Roch de St. Ours six months! salary as a member of the Executive Council of the Province of Lower Canada. also signed by Prescott!s secretary, Thomas Cary. Prescott had a distinguished military career, serving in the Seven Years! War and the American War of Independence: he participated in the expedition against Louisbourg in 1758 and acted as aide-de-camp to General Amherst in 1759; he was present at the battle of Long Island, the storming of Fort Washington in 1775, the expedition against Philadelphia in 1777, the battle of Brandywine, &c. In 1796 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada in succession to Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester; later that year a revised commission created him Governor-in-Chief of the Canadas, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, as well as commander of the British forces in North America. The principal event of his administration was the suppression of the attempted insurrection in Lower Canada of American intriguer David McLane. Although Prescott was recalled to England in 1799, he retained the governorship until 1807. Paul Roch de St. Ours [1747-1814] was a member of the first Executive Council of Lower Canada until his death.. Signed by Author(s).