"America was like a book one has read and done with; but here we are on a sudden, reading our book backwards."

--Horace Walpole on Levis' victory at Ste Foy

"If M. the Marquis de Vaudreuil, by political views, believes himself obliged to present the colony to the English, we ask of him the liberty to withdraw ourselves with the troops to Ile Sainte-Helkne, there to sustain in our name the honor of the King's arms, determined to expose ourselves to all sorts of extremities rather than undergo the terms that seem to us so adverse. I pray M. the Marquis de Vaudreuil to put his answer in writing on the lower part of the present memorial. Signed: The Chevalier de Levis."

--Memorial of the Chevalier de Levis to Governor Vaudreuil concerning the possible surrender of Canada to the English

"Given that the interest of the colony does not permit us to refuse the conditions suggested by the English General, who has been given an advantage over the country the fate of which is confided in me, I order M. the Chevalier de Levis to conform to the present capitulation, and ground his troops' arms. In Montreal, September 8 1760. signed: VAUDREUIL."

--Vaudreuil's response to Levis ' memorial

"At last the King can get some rest!"

--Madame de Pompadour on learning of the surrender of Canada

"If we are wise, we will not keep it. New England needs something to rub up against. Our best way to give them that is by not retaining this country."

--Brigadier James Murray speculating on the future of Canada

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