A y y of thethis copythatcertifiesVinne PressDeThe one of anisWilliam Pote, Jr.,CaptainofJournal Hol-onand fifty copieshundredthreeedition of oncopiestwenty-fivepaper andhand-madeland completedwasof whichthe printingpaper,Japan February, 1896.ofthe monthin No. OFJOURNALTHE POTE,WILLIAM JR.CAPTAIN THE JOURNAL OF Captain William Pote, Jr. DURING HIS CAPTIVITY IN THE French and Indian War "^^FROM May^ August^1745' ^1\1 U^ElV-YOTiK Published by DODD, MEAD & COMPANY MDCCCXCVI Copyright, by1895, DoDD, Mead & Company. THE DEVINNE PRE88. (f CONTENTS PAGE xiPote ......Account of the Journal xxiHistorical Introduction iCaptain William Pote, . . .The Journal of Jr. while ! was in Quebec 165A List of Prisoners Names died APPENDIX. • 169I. The Pote Family II. John Henry Bastide . . . . . -173 David Donahew ..... 174III. Captain Gorman I75IV. Colonel John . . . . • Paul Mascarene 17^V. John INDEX 179 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE BELLIN'S PLAN OF ANNAPOLIS ROYAL. From Charle- ""voix's Nouvelle France . . . FRONTISPIECE ITINERARY. Showing the route over which Pote was CARRIED to Quebec xi PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM PEPPERRELL. From the Original Painted BY John Smybert in . . . xxx1751 ANNAPOLIS ROYAL. From Des Barres's "Atlantic Nep- tune"......... I A PLAN OF THE CITY AND FORTIFICATIONS OF LOUISBURG. After Gridley 72 PORTRAIT OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM SHIRLEY. From Drake's "French and Indian War" . . . 150 VIEW OF QUEBEC. From Popple's Map . . .