Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Relation de l'armee de M. le Marquis de Montcalm pour la partie du Lac Ontario, en anglais ou d'osvego. Bonn, 112. Etant d'ailleurs le second dudit batallion qui y puisse pretendre par son anciennete de service d'officier: manuscript.
Level of description
Discrete Item
Repository
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1756 (Creation)
- Creator
- Montcalm, Louis-Joseph de, Marquis
Physical description area
Physical description
0.01 m of textual records
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Montcalm arrived in Canada in 1756, in time to take part in the assaults on Forts Oswego and Frontenac, giving the French control of Lake Ontario. Killed on the Plains of Abraham, 13 Sept. 1759.
Scope and content
The manuscript was discovered some years ago in a castle near Tours, France. There appears to be a similarity between this document and the text of 'Relation de la prise des forts de Choueguen ou Oswego,et de ce qui s'est passe cette annee en Canada. 1756... »
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Purchase from Montreal Book Auction November 1974
Language of material
- English
Location of originals
2999 (Relation)
Restrictions on access
Open
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Public domain
Associated materials
DCB, vol. III
Alpha-numeric designations
Accession#1975-015