Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 130, April 24, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 130, April 24, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
"Who bequeathed Canada as a triumphant legacy?
"Proclaim, 'twas WOLFE!"--_Newcastle Courant_, Oct. 27, 1759.
"The late brave General Wolfe was to have been married on his
return to England to a sister of Sir James Lowther, a young lady
whose immense fortune is her least recommendation. She had shown
so much uneasiness at the thoughts of his making his campaign in
America, that nothing but the call of honour could have prevailed
with him to accept of that command in the discharge of which he
fell so gloriously."--_N. C. Journal_, 1759.
"His mother is, we hear, so much afflicted for the loss of her son
that 'tis feared she will never get the better of her disorders.
The inhabitants in her neighbourhood sympathised with her so much
that they did not make any public rejoicings, lest it should add
to her grief. Even the mob of London discovered by their behaviour
the night of the illuminations for the victory, what they felt for
so brave a man.
"_They_ mourn Quebec; for Wolfe _our_ sorrows flow;
Victors and vanquish'd felt the twofold blow.
To both perpetual let each loss remain;
If Quebec be restored, Wolfe fell in vain."
_Newcastle paper_, 1759.
E. H. A.
You have lately published some inquiries relative to Wolfe's early
career. Is the following fact worth stating? Tradition points to an old
house, once an inn, at the back of the Town-hall at Devizes, where the
young officer resided while enlisting soldiers into his regiment.
WILTONIENSIS.
JAMES WILSON, M.D.
(Vol. v., pp. 276. 329.)
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