To The Late Lieut.-Governor Letellier Is Due The Initiation Of The
Soirees Litteraires, Which United Under His Hospitable Roof The Literary
Talent Of The Ancient Capital, And His Successor, Lieut.-Governor
Robitaille, Not Only Followed This Enlightened Course, But Also Added
Soirees Musicales And Artistiques.
Spencer Wood was not included in the schedule and division of property
handed over by the Dominion Government to
The Province of Quebec - it was,
however, about that time presented as a gift to our province, solely as a
gubernatorial residence - as such to be held, and consequently cannot be
sold by the Government of the Province of Quebec.
HENRY WATSON POWELL was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 46th Foot,
March 10th, 1753. He was promoted to a captaincy in the 2nd Battalion
of the 11th Foot, September 2nd, 1756, but upon that battalion's being
detached from the 11th and renumbered in 1758, his regimental number
became the 64th. He served in the expedition against the French West
India Islands in 1759, and went with his regiment to America in 1768.
June 2nd, 1770, he became Major of the 38th Foot, and July 23rd, 1771,
Lieutenant-Colonel of the 53rd Foot, which was then stationed at
Minorca. He accompanied his corps to Canada in the spring of 1776, and
on June 10th of that year, a few days after his arrival, Sir Guy
Carleton appointed him a Brigadier General and assigned him to the 2nd
Brigade, which consisted of the 34th, 53rd and 20th Regiments.
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