Sir Frederick Haldimand
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: The makers of Canada [Parkman edition]
creator: McIlwraith, Jean N. (Jean Newton), 1859-1938
issued: 2019-01-17
issued: 1909
description: "Contents: ... vol. 8. Bryce, G. MacKenzie, Selkirk, Simpson. 1905 .... vol.20. Coats, RH. and Gosnell, R.E. Sir James Douglas. 1908.- vol.21. Doughty, A.G. Index and dictionary. 1911."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 191
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extent: 356 pages : frontispiece ; 23 cm
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note: THE MAKERS OF CANADA VOL. VI SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND "What was he then? Whence, how? And what did he achieve and suffer in the World?"—Carlylt. THE MAKERS OF CANADA SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND! BY JEAN N. McILWRAITH 1 TORONTO MORANG & CO., LIMITED 1909 Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year IdOh by Morang & Co., Limited, in the Department of Agricultwre n~i 3/4. /fof CONTENTS CHAPTER I Page A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE 1 CHAPTER II WITH THE ROYAL AMERICANS 11 CHAPTER III HALDIMAND GOES TO CANADA 81 CHAPTER IV MILITARY RULE AT THREE RIVERS 41 CHAPTER V SIX YEARS IN FLORIDA 63 CHAPTER VI COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AT NEW YORK .... 88 CHAPTER Vn FROM NEW TO OLD ENGLAND 101 THE GENERAL THE UPPER POSTS THE GOVERNOR CONTENTS CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X Page 121 145 . 173 CHAPTER XI THE VERMONT AFFAIR. CHAPTER XII AUTRES TEMPS, AUTRES MCEURS . 197 . 219 CHAPTER XIII THE LOYALISTS 249 CHAPTER XIV HIS EXCELLENCY'S ENEMIES * 273 CHAPTER XV HIS FRIENDS 293 CHAPTER XVI HIS RELICS . 319 INDEX . 349 CHAPTER 1 A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ) ONE hundred and ten years ago there died in Switzerland a gentleman who had been born there some seventy odd years before, and who had come back to end a life more varied and eventful than most, within sight of the lakes and mountains of his native land. This was Sir Frederick Hal- dimand, sometime lieutenant-colonel in the Royal American regiment, military governor of Three Rivers, commander of the southern district in North America, commander-in-chief at New York, and governor-general of Canada. To have an ancestor with the prefix HonnSte to his name is no mean distinction, for the soubriquets " prudent," " learned," " magnificent," " very honourable," "generous," "much feared," etc., so plentifully besprinkled throughout European nomenclature of the eighteenth century had generally some foundation in fact. That Frederick Haldi- mand's grandfather should be known as "straightforward" bespeaks for himself a patient hearing. He may be proli…
note: Includes an index Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317841888
has type: Books
identifier: FC411.H34 M23 1909
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0376156
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : Morang and Company
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subject: Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791
subject: Canada--History--1763-1867
type: Text