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Moses Hazen collection [textual record]

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Collection

Date:

1778-1783.

Reference:

R2923-0-0-E, MG23-B4

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104187

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Moses Hazen collection
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Date(s):

1778-1783.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 cm of textual records (19 p.) transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of selected memorials, 1778-1783, relating to Moses Hazen's claim for the raising of a regiment of Canadians "for the defence of Canada", pursuant to a resolution of the Continental Congress, 20 January 1776. Included are returns and states of the regiment, and a list of deserters.

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Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803

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Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803 : Moses Hazen was born at Haverhill, Mass., and died at Troy, N.J. He settled at St. John, Quebec, in 1763, and purchased the seigniory of Bleury in partnership with Gabriel Christie. In 1776, he joined the rebels and raised a regiment of Canadians for the Continental Congress, which promoted him to Brigadier General in 1781.

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Location of originals note:

Copied in 1917 from originals, from the U.S. Revolution MSS (volumes 4-7) in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Related material:

Other memorials are to be found in the records of the Continental Congress, MG 23, B 3.
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United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, Canadian, 1778-1783

American loyalists - Canada, 1778-1783

Canada 1775-1783
Source:

Private

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MG23-B4
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