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Sir Frederick Haldimand collection [textual record]

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Date:

1779-1791.

Reference:

R7255-0-6-E, MG23-GII22

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

100668

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Sir Frederick Haldimand collection
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Date(s):

1779-1791.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual records (10 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of a blank printed militia commission, signed and sealed by Sir Frederick Haldimand, 1779, 1 page; a signed militia commission to Nicholas H. Nicholas of the 44th Regiment of Foot, 1782, 1 page; a letter from Adam Mabane concerning the possibility of his return to Canada, appointments in the province and a road to Nova Scotia, 1785, 4 pages; and an English translation of Haldimand's will prepared shortly after his death by William Abbott, notary public, 1791, 4 pages.

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Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791

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Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791

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Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791 : Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Haldimand was born on 11 August 1718 at Yverdun, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the second of four sons of François-Louis Haldimand, the receiver for the town. He was baptized François-Louis-Frédéric Haldimand. He entered the British Army in 1756 and served with considerable distinction through the period of upheaval in North America that included the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.

He arrived at New York in June 1756 with a lieutenant-colonel's commission in the Royal American Regiment. In 1758, he joined Major-General James Abercromby's expedition against Canada, which failed at the cost of great bloodshed at Ticonderoga. In the following year, he conducted a successful defence of Oswego, and later joined Major General Jeffery Amherst's expedition against Montreal in 1760. After serving at Trois-Rivières as commander and acting governor between 1760 and 1764, he was transferred to Florida. Recalled to England in 1775, he returned to Canada in 1778 to succeed to Sir Guy Carleton as governor and commander-in-chief. In 1784, he left for England on leave of absence, but retired in 1786 without returning to his post. He died, unmarried, at Yverdun, Switzerland on 5 June 1791.

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General note:

Commission, 1779, received in 1914; letter, 1785, received in 1939; will,1797, received in 1888; Commission, 1782 received in 2018.

Related material:

After his death, the papers of Sir Frederick Haldimand were deposited in the British Museum, under Add. MSS. 21661-21892. Transcript and microfilm copies are available and a description of them is to be found in MG 21. As MG 21 consists solely of copies from the British Museum, all original papers have been described in this unit.
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Adam Mabane - Correspondence, 1785 William Abbott, 1791

Executors and administrators, 1791

Roads - Nova Scotia, 1785

Canada - Emigration and immigration, 1785

Canada - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment, 1785

Military administration
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2018-00102-7

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MG23-GII22
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