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Royal Canadian volunteer regiment of foot collection [textual record]

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Date:

1794-1800.

Reference:

R3706-0-8-E, MG23-K5

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

105545

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Royal Canadian volunteer regiment of foot collection
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Collection includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1794-1800.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

7.9 cm of textual records (16 p.) transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of a regimental orderly book, transcript, 1797-1800; and Board of Accounts minutes, 1794-1798.

Provenance:

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Lower Canada. Militia. Royal Canadian Volunteers

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Lower Canada. Militia. Royal Canadian Volunteers : In 1794, rumours of invasion from the French forces, Spanish forces and American forces resulted in the formation of the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment of Foot, a Corps of two battalions, and the first Volunteer Militia unit formed in Canada. The 1st Battalion, raised in Lower Canada (Province of Quebec), was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel de Longueuil. The 2nd Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell who had served in the 84th Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment and Butler's Rangers, was Lieutenant of Glengarry County, and represented it in the Legislature. Although a few of the companies were raised in Lower Canada, the 2nd Battalion was largely recruited in the counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. The headquarters of the 2nd Battalion were at Fort George (Niagara) and detachments were stationed at Kingston, St. Joseph's Island, Amherstburg, Fort Erie and Fort Chippawa. Although not carried on by the establishment of the British Army, the Regiment still conformed to their dress. The Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment of Foot, together with many British Regiments, was disbanded in 1802 due to the Peace of Amiens. "Inception of the SD&G 1785-1815." Stormont Dundas and Glengary Highlanders History: Inception into Cornwall. Online posting. 30 Aug. 1997. GeoCites. 21 Feb. 2001. 2812495

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General note:

Board of Accounts minutes, 1794-1798, received in 1914.

Location of originals note:

Orderly book, 1979-1800, transcribed in 1923 from the originals held by the Montreal Historical Society.
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Lower Canada. Militia. Royal Canadian Volunteer - Regimental histories, 1794-1800 Capt. Piedmont Boucher de la Bruire, 1797-1800

Lower Canada - Militia - Order-books, 1797-1800 Lower Canada. Militia. Royal Canadian Volunteers, 1794-1800

Lower Canada. Militia. Royal Canadian Volunteers - Accounting, 1794-1798 Great Britain. Board of Accounts, 1798
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MG23-K5
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