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Capitulation of Louisbourg [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1758

Reference:

R13228-0-4-E, MG40-C7

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104914

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Capitulation of Louisbourg
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Date(s):

1758

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The collection consist of signed contemporary copies of the capitulation of Louisbourg, and correspondence from Major-General Jeffrey Amherst and Admiral Edward Boscawen to William Pitt concerning the capture of Louisbourg and St. John's Island /Prince Edward Island, 15 pages.

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Capitulation of Louisbourg
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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761
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General note:

The originals have been placed in security storage; photocopies are available for research purposes. The records have been previously inventoried in MG 11 Supplementary No. 8 (Manuscript Group 11 Preliminary Inventory 1952 ed.) and MG 11 Supplementary 1 No. 7 (Manuscript Group Preliminary Inventory 1961 ed.).

Custodial history:

The items in this collection were received by the National Archives of Canada in 1912 and 1914. They had been taken from CO 412 Duplicates vol. 3. Their disposition prior to being transferred to CO 412 remains unknown.

Related material:

Other copies of the capitulation of Louisbourg can be found in WO 1 vol. 5 (microfilm reel B-3061) and CO 5 vol. 53 (reel B-220). Copies of the correspondence can be found in CO 5 vol. 53 (reel B-220).
Subject heading:

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Louisbourg (N.S.) Siege, 1758

Louisbourg (N.-É.) 1758 (Siège)

Canada Seven Years' War, 1755-1763

Canada 1755-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans)

Capitulations, Military, 1758
Source:

Private

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MG40-C7
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Volume [MG40 C 7] 1--2

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