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July Town of York saw its population drop since 1812 from 700 to 625; in York Township it fell from 756 to 669.
Jul. 7 The Light Companies of the 1st Royal Scots, 2nd/89th Regt. ordered to proceed from Kingston to York by batteaux, together with the HQ of the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles and a small detachment of Royal Artillery.
Jul. 14 Captain James Basden (2nd/89th Regt.) arrived about July 9 with a woman of “improper character” in his boat contrary to King’s Regulations. Deemed unfit “to be entrusted with the charge of a select company” Basden was removed from command for several months.
Jul. 26 George Prevost acting as Commander of the Forces approved schedules of payment to the Natives for prisoners of war brought in alive ($5 per head) and for injuries or deaths sustained in battle.
Jul. 31 Americans capture York a second time. They burn storehouses, seize boats and guns before withdrawing a day later.
Aug. 10 “The Enemy’s late visit to York” is front page news in the Kingston Gazette, the only newspaper being published in Upper Canada after the destruction of the press at York. It was suspected that “traitors amongst ourselves” had furnished the Americans with information about troop movements.
Aug. 10 Over the past month three soldiers with their wives had children baptized at St. James’s.
Aug. 17 The Kingston Gazette reported on the “capture and loss of four of the Enemy’s Armed Schooners.” Captured were Growler and Julia; lost were Scourge and Hamilton “upset on the night of the 9th” with heavy loss of life. In 1975 Scourge and Hamilton were located, upright, on the floor of Lake Ontario.
Aug. 26 Lt. Colonel Ralph Bruyeres, Commanding Royal Engineer (Quebec), arrived in York to make plans for Fort York’s rebuilding. He had ordered a detachment of Royal Sappers & Miners to proceed from Kingston with “a full proportion of Tools.”
Sept. 10 Americans win Battle of Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay, near Sandusky, Ohio.
Sept. 25 The cost of flour was $10 a barrel; a four oz. loaf of bread sold for 1s. 1/2d. or 20p NY currency.
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