Guy Carleton, British governor of the colony of Canada, showed mercy to American invaders when they abandoned their siege of Quebec City on May 6 and fled into the woods.
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Guy Carleton, British governor of the colony of Canada, showed mercy to American invaders when they abandoned their siege of Quebec City on May 6 and fled into the woods.
#OTD May 10, 1776, he instructed the militia to search for these “deluded subjects,” who were likely suffering from wounds and were “in great danger of perishing for want of proper assistance.”
“Afford them all necessary relief and convey them to the general hospital, where proper care shall be taken of them,” he proclaimed.
“And lest a consciousness of past offences should deter such miserable wretches from receiving that assistance which their distressed system may require, I hereby make known to them, that as soon as their health is restored they shall have free liberty to return to their respective provinces.”
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