to Quebec ; and when this event took place, he found his health so much impaired by fatigue and privation, and the grief which still consumed him, that he found it necessary to adopt the advice of his Physicians, and to retire to Lower Canada.[1]
« There he remained with his children till the re-establishment of peace, but not in the enjoyment of health, nor was it till after he had been some time at Sandwich that his strength and energy returned.
« His merits had been so conspicuous during the war — his services so disinterested — his losses and privations so great, that government was anxious to confer upon him some mark of approbation, and knowing that his means had been very much impaired by the sacrifices he had made, it was determined to confer upon him the first office that became vacant, if worthy of his acceptance. As if to meet these views, the office of Inspector General
- ↑ Ce ne fut qu’après le rétablissement de la paix, en 1815, qu’il descendit à Québec.
