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Relation de l'armee de M. le Marquis de Montcalm pour la partie du Lac Ontario, en anglais ou d'osvego. Bonn, 112. Etant d'ailleurs le second dudit batallion qui y puisse pretendre par son anciennete de service d'officier: manuscript.
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1756 (Creation)
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- Montcalm, Louis-Joseph de, Marquis
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Montcalm arrived in Canada in 1756, in time to take part in the assaults on Forts Oswego and Frontenac, giving the French control of Lake Ontario. Killed on the Plains of Abraham, 13 Sept. 1759.
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The manuscript was discovered some years ago in a castle near Tours, France. There appears to be a similarity between this document and the text of 'Relation de la prise des forts de Choueguen ou Oswego,et de ce qui s'est passe cette annee en Canada. 1756.' The second text was printed by Cuchet, Grenoble, France.
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Purchase from Montreal Book Auction November 1974
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- English
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2999 (Relation)
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DCB, vol. III
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Accession#1975-015