Burning Of Falmouth Mowats Relation Collection

Materials relating to the burning of Falmouth (now Portland), Me., 18 Oct. 1775 by Capt. Henry Mowat, R.N. Includes contemporary mss. on events leading up to the destruction of Falmouth; report by Mowat on the actual events of 18 Oct., including description of the frigate Canceaux under his command; three scrapbooks of material collected by Charles E. Banks; ms. known as Mowat's Relation in which Mowat describes his services in America and complains of his treatment by British authorities in overlooking him for promotion; and documents describing Joseph Williamson's attempt to locate and acquire the ms. for the Maine Historical Society.