Gen. Powell Became A Colonel In The Army February 19th, 1779; A Major
General, November 20th, 1782; Colonel Of The
69th Foot, April 16th,
1792; Colonel of the 15th Foot, June 20th, 1794 (not April 20th, as
printed in Burgoyne's
Orderly Book); A Lieutenant-General, May 3rd,
1796, and a General, January 1st, 1801. He died at an advanced age at
Lyme, England, July 14th, 1814.
Army Lists - Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 84, p. 190; Burgoyne's Orderly
Book, p. 10; Hadden's Journal; Haldimand Papers; LeMoine's Maple
Leaves, 3rd series; J. M. LeMoine's Title Deeds." (From Gen. Horatio
Rogers' Notes on HADDEN'S JOURNAL of Burgoyne's Campaign, 1776.)
A FETE CHAMPETRE AT POWELL PLACE.
(From the French of P. A. DeGaspe.)
"At half-past eight A.M., on a bright August morning (I say a bright
one, for such had lighted up this welcome fete champetre during
three consecutive years), the elite of the Quebec beau monde left
the city to attend Sir James Craig's kind invitation. Once opposite
Powell Place (now Spencer Wood) the guests left their vehicles on the
main road, and plunged into a dense forest, following a serpentine
avenue which led to a delightful cottage in full view of the majestic
St. Lawrence; the river here appears to flow past amidst luxuriant
green bowers which line its banks. Small tables for four, for six, for
eight guests are laid out facing the cottage, on a platform of planed
deals - this will shortly serve as a dancing floor al fresco; as the
guests successively arrive, they form in parties to partake of a
dejeuner en famille.
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