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Hercules Scott fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1813-1814, 1891-1892.

Reference:

R6422-0-8-E, MG24-F15

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

99552

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Hercules Scott fonds
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Date(s):

1813-1814, 1891-1892.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of official letters received by Scott while in Canada as Colonel of the 103rd Regiment, including a letter from Sir George Prevost, 27 November 1813, giving qualified approval of Scott's plan to encourage desertion in the United States Army and secret instructions to the officer commanding at Burlington. Also included is private correspondence between the Scott family and Ernest Cruikshank relating to the preservation of these letters, 1891-1892.

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Scott, Hercules, d. ca. 1814

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Prevost, George, Sir, 1767-1816

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Scott, Hercules, d. ca. 1814 : Hercules Scott, military officer, was born in Brotherton, Scotland and was one of the heroes of the War of 1812. He appears to have joined the 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot on 9 May 1800 and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel on 23 July 1807. Scott then joined the newly formed 103rd Regiment on 12 May 1808 and was commissioned colonel on 4 June 1813. He was killed on 15 August ca. 1814 by receiving a musket ball in the breast after leading the 103rd Regiment to the attack on Fort Erie.

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General note:

Received in 1892 from the Scott family, Scotland.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Events of 1813 at Pointe-aux-Anglais à Salaberyy-de-Valleyfield. MUSO Musée de Société des Deux-Rives, Salaberyy-de-Valleyfield, Québec; 2013.11.01 - 2014.06.30 - Letter from Colonel Scott to Sir Sidney Beckwith, Q.M.G., at Montreal, 20 th december 1813(pages 246, 247, 248 & 248a)
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Hercules Scott - Family, 1891-1892

Ernest Cruikshank - Correspondence, 1891-1892

Desertion, Military - United States, 1813-1814

Armies - Officers, 1813-1814

Hercules Scott - Correspondence, 1813-1814 - Preservation, 1891-1892

United States. Army - History - War of 1812

Canada War of 1812

Canada 1812, Guerre de
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Private

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MG24-F15
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Volume [MG24 F 15] 1

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