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Tredegar Park Muniments [textual record (microform)]

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Fonds

Date:

n.d., 1732-1825

Reference:

R14727-0-2-E, MG40-K2

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

97688

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Tredegar Park Muniments
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Fonds includes:

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

n.d., 1732-1825

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

English

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The Tredegar Park Muniments include details of military operations against the French and Indians in North America, 1741-1774, the administration of Richard Phillips' Regiment (40th Foot), 1732-1759, and correspondence, accounts, and estate matters, 1741-1825, of John Bradstreet.

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Great Britain. National Library of Wales. Tredegar Park Muniments
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Great Britain. Army. Philip's Regiment (40th Foot)

Great Britain. Army. Pepperell's Regiment (51st Foot)

Great Britain. Army. Royal American's (60th Foot)
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Great Britain. National Library of Wales. Tredegar Park Muniments : The Tredegar Park Muniments include the correspondence and accounts of John Bradstreet (1714-1774), King Gould (d.1756) and Charles Gould (1726-1806).

John Bradstreet was born to Anglo-American/Acadian parents at Annapolis Royal, 21 December 1714. In 1735 he obtained an ensign's commission in Richard Phillips' Regiment (40th Foot). He later served in Pepperell's Regiment (51st Foot) and in the Royal Americans (60th Foot). He distinguished himself during the 1745 siege and capture of Louisbourg for which he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor at St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1746, a position he held until his death. He commanded the expedition that captured Fort Frontenac in 1758. In 1764, during Pontiac's uprising, he commanded the force sent to relieve Detroit. His military career was capped when he became a major-general in 1772.

In addition to his military duties, which from 1758 had included the position of Deputy-Quartermaster General in America, John Bradstreet had prospered financially through lucrative trade contracts and land speculation and from the support of influential and powerful persons in England. One ultimately unsuccessful project was the establishment of a colony at Detroit with himself as Governor. He died at New York City on 25 September 1774.

King Gould (d.1756) was the London agent of Richard Phillips' Regiment (40th Foot). His eldest son Charles Gould (afterwards Morgan) (1726-1806) served as John Bradstreet's attorney in London. Charles Gould's grandson was created Baron Tredegar in 1859.

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Textual record (Electronic) Finding Aid No. 1705 is a calendar and microfilm shelf list to those portions of the Tredegar Park Muniments held in the National Archives of Canada. MSS1705 (90: Open)

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General note:

Copied in 1984 from originals in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales.

Location of originals note:

Originals in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales.
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Great Britain - Army Detriot (Mich.), 1761-1774

Fort Detriot (Mich.) - Seige, 1761-1774 Louisbourg (N.S.) 1745

Fort Louisbourg (N.S.) Seige, 1745 John Bradstreet, [1741-1825]

Canada - History - Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 Charles Gould, [1741-1825]

King Gould, [1741-1825]

Mary Bradstreet, [1741-1825

Martha Bradstreet, [1741-1825]

Elizabeth Livius, [1741-1825]
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Private

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113-020004-3

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MG40-K2
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Finding aid box [FA 1705] 131

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

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Microfilm reel A-1659--A-1664

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