Produced by Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) [Illustration: A GENERAL VIEW OF QUEBEC.--BY RICH. SHORT. AFTER SIEGE OF 1759] Journal of An American Prisoner At Fort Malden and Quebec in the War of 1812 Edited by G. M. Fairchild, jr. Author of "From My Quebec Scrap Book," "Gleanings from Quebec," "A Ridiculous Courting," "A Winter Carnival," etc. [Illustration] Privately Printed by Frank Carrel, Limited, Quebec 1909 200 Copies Privately Printed. Copy No. 71 =Registered= _by_ G. M. FAIRCHILD, JR., _in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture in conformity with the Law passed by the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1906._ Quebec, 1909:--The Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Explanatory Note _The book containing this journal is an ordinary pocket memorandum or account book measuring 6 x 4 1/4 inches and covered with split calf. The journal opens the day of the author's capture, and closes on the day he receives orders at Quebec to prepare to leave for Boston. The author's name is nowhere to be found in the book, and several pages at the beginning have been cut out, evidently by the original owner. The journal was found among the papers of the late J. Gradden, a benevolent merchant of Quebec who rendered considerable aid to the American prisoners of war confined there on prison ships. The journal was no doubt presented to Mr. Gradden by its author as a return for kindnesses. Mr. Gradden's son, the late Chas. Gradden of Kilmarnock, gave it to Sir James M. LeMoine, the venerable Historian of Quebec, who in turn presented it to me with the understanding that I would edit and print it._