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1. PAC Haldimand Papers B 162 p. 295. Sherwood to Mathews. May 23, 1784.
2. PAC M.G. 4, S. 28, p. 116. A list signed by Captain John Barnes, Deputy Quartermaster-General at Sorel.
3. PAC Haldimand Papers. B 162 p. 329. Sherwood to Mathews. July 2, 1784. The townsite is shown on a map of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. 1861-2. Putnam and Walling, Publishers. Kingston, C.W.
4. PAC Haldimand Papers B 162 p. 338-339. Sherwood to Mathews. July 23, 1784; p. 330. Sherwood to Mathews. July 2, 1784.
5. Cruikshank. Kings Royal Regiment of New York. p. 313.
6. PAC Haldimand Papers. B 162 pp. 338-339. Sherwood to Mathews. July 23, 1784.
7. Ibid. B 65 p. 44. Mathews to Ensign Bothum. Aug. 5, 1784.
8. Vermont Vital Records, Montpelier. Lemuel died on Mar. 12, 1858, aged fifty-one. The cause of death was ‘old age’.
9. Leavitt. pp. 20-21. Memoir of Adiel Sherwood.
10. Pringle, G.F. Lunenburg or The Old Eastern District. Cornwall, Ontario. 1890. pp. 35-36.
11. Cruikshank. Loyalist Settlement, pp. 136 and 155; Ontario Archives. Jessup Papers. Nov. 27, 1783.
12. Leavitt. p. 31.
13. PAC Haldimand Papers. B 162 p. 381. Sherwood to Mathews. Oct. 17, 1784.
14. Ibid. pp. 383-385. Jessup to Mathews. Sept. 14, 1784.
15. Leavitt. p. 20. Adiel Sherwood said that the only animal that accompanied the Sherwoods was a small dog called Tipler.
16. Ontario Archives. Jessup Papers. Mathews to Jessup. Jan. 22, 1787. Jessup had recently returned from England.
17. PAC R.G. 1, E 1, 5 A. Oswegatchie. Nov. 12. Account for work done as a deputy surveyor of the expenses for survey party submitted to John Collins by Justus Sherwood.
Chapter 19: In Government Circles
1. Old county histories refer to town meetings in the 1780s, although these were not legal until 1793.
2. Ontario Archives. Justus Sherwood's Notebook. No. 375. A Return of Settlers, New Oswegatchie, Augusta Township 1784-1787.
3. Haddock, J.A. The Picturesque St. Lawrence River. Watertown, N.Y. 1896. p. 68.
4. Mcllwraith. pp. 331-332.
5. Ontario Archives. Biographical card catalogue. Sarah was baptised by the Reverend John Bethune on February 13, 1789, at the same time as her younger sister, Harriet.
6. Burleigh, H.C. Samuel Sherwood's Account Book. Kingston, 1975. Preface.
7. Shortt, A. and Doughty, A.C. Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791. Revised edition. Ottawa, 1918. pt. II, p. 945.
8. PAC Haldimand Papers. B 146 pp. 63-64. Catrleton to Haldimand. June 4, 1783.
9. Leavitt. p. 20. Memoir of Adiel Sherwood.
10. Shortt and Doughty. Pt. II, p. 949.
11. PAC Map Collection. 1784-1789. Identified as Maitland, but the shoreline matches the New Oswegatchie townsite.
12. PAC M. G. 23 J 9. Journal of Major Robert Mathews.
13. P.R.O. AO 13-22. p. 360. A list of Sherwood's lost property.
14. Mcllwraith. p. 313.
15. Preston, R.A. Kingston Before the War of 1812. Toronto. 1959. p. 123. Report of John Collins and William Dummer Powell. Aug. 18, 1787.
16. Grose, Francis. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue; 1785-1788. Revised in 1811. Northfield, Minn. 1971. Definition of a tradeing justice.
17. Robertson, John Ross. History of Freemasonry in Canada. Toronto. 1899. pp. 291 and 297.
18. Pemberton. p. 313; Audit Office Records, Public Record Office, London. 1783-1790. XXXII pp. 413-414.
Chapter 20: Fading Light
1. Cruikshank. John Walden Meyers, p. 43.
2. PAC R.G. 1. Quebec Executive Council Minutes. May 14, 1788. p. 33. Draft Patent for Forming New Districts.
3. Stuart, p. 119.
4. Ontario Archives. Biographical Card Catalogue.
5. Craig, G.M. Upper Canada, the Formative Years. Toronto, 1963. p. 13.
6. Leavitt. pp. 22-23. Leavitt dates the Hungry Year as 1787, with the worst of the famine felt before the harvest of 1788.
7. Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier. Manuscripts relating to Ethan Allen; Pell p. 316.
8. Pell. pp. 228 and 256.
9. Ibid. p. 316.
10. Stuart, p. 144.
11. Pringle, p. 46.
12. PAC R.G. L, 1, vol. 18. Quebec Land Book. Minutes of the Executive Council, Province of Quebec. Nov. 9, 1789.
13. Jesup, Rev. G. Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester Co. New York and his Descendants. Cambridge, Mass. 1887. p. 236.
14. McKenzie, Ruth. Leeds and Grenville; Their first two hundred years. Toronto 1967. pp. 75-76. McKenzie stated that a church was built by 1790, but on Feb. 11, 1795, Rosseter Boyle wrote to Major Littlehales, Simcoe's secretary, enquiring what Messers Sherwood and Jones had done with the money collected for a church. E.A.Cruikshank, ed. Simcoe Papers. Ontario Historical Society 1923. vol. 3, p. 291.
15. Ontario Archives. Biographical Card Catalogue.
16. Cruikshank. Simcoe Papers, vol. 1, p. 103.
17. Scott, Duncan Campbell. John Graves Simcoe. Toronto, 1910. p. 79. A list of the members of the legislative council.
18. Bradley, A.G. Lord Dorchester. Toronto, 1926. Revised Edition, p. 269.
19. Innis, Mary Quayle. Mrs. Simcoe's Diary. Toronto, 1965. pp. 68-69.
20. Leavitt. p. 98.
21. Ibid. pp. 16, 162, 109-110. List of land grants.
22. Armstrong, F.H. Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology and Territorial Legislation. London, Ont. 1967. p. 104.
23. Wilbur, J.B. Ira Allen, Founder of Vermont. 1751-1814. Boston. 1902. pp. 60 and 395-396.
Chapter 21: Founding Father
1. Craig, p. 30.
2. Scott, pp. 89-90.
3. Leavitt. pp. 20-21. Letter from Adiel Sherwood to Dr. Canniff. Mar. 10, 1868.
4. Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests. Survey Records. Surveyor's Letters held in the PAC. W. Chewett. 179^-1796. No. 17. Niagara. Oct. 31, 1796.
5. PAC Upper Canada Land Petitions. Series C. vol. 1793. F Bundle. 1793-1795. No. 52.; Wilbur. Ira Allen, vol. 21 pp. 395-396.
6. PAC Upper Canada Land and State Book A. 1792-1796. p. 134; Cruikshank, E.A. The Activities of Abel Stevens as a Pioneer. Ontario Historical Society Papers and Records. XXXI (1936) pp. 60-62.
7. Upper Canada Land Books. Series C – 101. vol. D. p. 348.
8. Pemberton. p. 327; from Eighteenth Report, Ontario Bureau of Archives. 1929. p. 148.
9. Cruikshank. Simcoe Papers, vol. 5. p. 216; from Book B. Reports of Committees of Council held at York from the 5th to the 28th of July, 1796.
10. The land records for Leeds and Grenville show a total of 2, 750 acres bearing the names of Justus and his children. Of this, 100 acres may have been his brother Samuel's first grant, and 186 acres was Diana's at the time of her marriage. Sherwood never did receive his full 3, 000 acres.
11. PAC Quebec Land Records. ‘Justin’ Sherwood owned Lots 11 and 12 in the Seigneury of Sorel, and J.B. Lemoine purchased them from Francis Hogel on Nov. 3, 1796 for 40 pounds.
12. Leavitt. p. 162.
13. Burleigh. Preface.
14. Toronto Globe. July 16, 1877. Narrative of John Peters; Leavitt. p. 181.
15. Ontario Archives. Biographical Card Catalogue.
16. Ibid.
17. Pemberton. p. 332. Records show that Sherwood was not buried in the Blue Church cemetery. Archdeacon R.L. Gourlay of St. James Church, Trois Rivières, wrote to Pemberton on June 7, 1972, informing him that Sherwood was not buried there.
Epilogue
1. Vermont Public Record Office, Montpelier. New Haven Deeds and Records. IV. no. 31.
2. Armstrong. Handbook. Samuel Sherwood, p. 84. William Buell, p. 88.
3. Gray, John Morgan. Lord Selkirk of Red River. Toronto, 1963. pp. 293-301.
4. PAC Quebec Gazette. Mar. 23, 1813; Sept. 19, 1816.
5. Armstrong. Handbook, pp. 89, 121, 146.
6. PAC Military Series C. 678, p. 82.
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br /> 7. Guillet, Edwin. Life and Times of the Patriots. Toronto, 1933 and 1963. pp. 244-245. Mackenzie's article on the Family Compact.
8. Leavitt. p. 181.
9. Ontario Archives. Biographical Card Catalogue.
10. PAC Military Series C. 679. 25-8, p. 487; C 703. p. 13.
11. Bartlett's Canada. Toronto, 1966. p. 182. From E.T. Coke. A Subaltern's Furlough.
12. Howard, Richard B. Upper Canada College 1829-1979 Colborne's Legacy. Toronto, 1979. p. 82.
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Absentee Act Vt.
Adams Dr. Samuel.
Agents. Recruiting; Resident; Secret
Allen, Maj. Ebenezer.
Allen Ethan.
Allen, Ira.
Allen, Levi.
Amesbury William.
André Maj. John.
Arlington Vt.
Arnold Benedict.
Augusta Township (No.7).
Bailey, Gen. Jacob.
Baker, Remember. death
Ballstown N.Y.
Battenkill R. Vt.
Baum Lt. Col. Friedrich.
Bemis Hts. battle of, see 2nd Battle of Freeman's Farm
Bennington Vt. Battle of.
Bethune, Rev. John.
Bettys Abigail (Mrs Joseph).
Bettys, Ensn. Joseph.
Bleecker, John.
Board of Comm. for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies, N.Y.
Board of Officers
Boston, Mass.
Bothum Dolly. J's sister-in-law.
Bothum, Dorothy. J's mother-in-law.
Bothum Ensn. Elijah. J's brother-in-law.
Bothum Elijah Sr. J's father-in-law.
Bothum Lemuel. J's brother-in-law.
Bothum Sarah. See Sarah Sherwood
Bothum, Simon. J's brother-in-law.
Breakenridge Ensn. David.
Breakenridge Ct. James.
Breakenridge James Sr.
Breymann Col. Heinrich von.
Brockville, Ont.
Brownson, brothers.
Buell, Ensn. William
Burgoyne Lt. Gen. John.
Burgoyne Expedition.
Butler Maj. & Lt. Col. John.
Butler's Rangers.
Cambridge N.Y.
Camden Valley N.Y.
Canada. Rebel invasion of, Haldimand's fear of invasion
Carleton Maj. Christopher
Carleton Gen. Sir Guy (Lord Dorchester).
Carleton Island.
Carley, Maj. Bartholmew.
Carscallan Lt. Edward.
Cartwright Richard.
Cass Josiah.
Casswell Lemuel.
Castleton Vt.
Cataraqui.
Central Dept.
Chaleur Bay.
Charlotte Co. N.Y.
Château Haldimand.
Château St. Louis.
Cheshire, Mrs.?.
Chipman Ct. John.
Chittenden Gov Thomas, Vt.
Churches.
Churchill, Samuel.