Friday, December 1, 2023

List of Prisoners Victualled at the Main Guard

While soldiers in the 78th Regiment were not all angels by any means, we have occasionally located a few records documenting rebellious and improper misconduct, which would land some men behind bars in the Quebec City guardhouse. (Jeffrey Campbell, Lockdown, 2024. Artist's rendition created with Perchance AI Image Generator)

List of Prisoners Victualled at the Main Guard

The following is a list of men who were held at the guardhouse on the North Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada, and received daily subsistence in the summer and fall seasons of 1761. This facility may have contained an orderly room, guard room, and detention cells, which could have been considered typical construction in the mid-eighteenth century.

The two columns represent the prisoner's name and the number of days victualled.

1 Augt. 1761:
William Thomas - 25 days [47th Regiment]
Patrick McGuire - 8 days [2d Battalion, 60th Royal American Regiment]
Miles Carmichael - 4 days [78th Regiment]

4 Augt. 1761:
Paul Wood - 3 days [2d Battalion, 60th Royal American Regiment]

19 Augt. 1761:
Willm. Powell - 5 days
Willm. Cooper - 4 days
Jos. Howe - 4 days
Fras. Coffield - 4 days

29 Augt 1761:  
Thos. Lee - 4 days

5 Sepr. 1761:
Robt. McGregor - 5 days

25 Sepr. 1761:
Angus McDonald [78th Regiment]
Jos. Dusel

27 Sepr. 1761:
John Browne

30 Sepr. 1761:
Nicholas Tryer [Tyer; Fryer; Fyer?]

16 Oct. 1761:
Francis Warren

Source: List of Prisoners Victualed at the Main Guard [1761]. Treasury: papers. TNA, T 1/406, n.p.

©  Jeffrey Campbell, Fraser's 78th Regiment of Foot, 2023.


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