The Invasion Of Canada By The Americans, 1775-1776: As Told Through Jean-baptiste Badeaux's Three Rivers Journal And New York Captain William Goforth's Letters
by Mark R. Anderson /
2017 / English / PDF
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Presents never before published and translated Canadian Loyalist
and American Patriot first-hand accounts of the Quebec Campaign of
the Revolutionary War.
Presents never before published and translated Canadian Loyalist
and American Patriot first-hand accounts of the Quebec Campaign of
the Revolutionary War.The Invasion of Canada by the Americans, 1775–1776
The Invasion of Canada by the Americans, 1775–1776 offers
two significant, insightful, and intriguing first-hand accounts of
the Revolutionary War. These previously untranslated and
unpublished primary sources provide contrasting viewpoints from a
Loyalist French-Canadian administrative official, Jean-Baptiste
Badeaux, and a Patriot Continental officer, William Goforth.
Compelling personal interactions with friends and neighbors, and
local and provincial-level leaders—as occupier and occupied—are
documented. Their stories climax during the two-month period in
early 1776 when Goforth was military governor of Three Rivers and
Badeaux served as his somewhat reluctant interpreter and unofficial
advisor. Including their experiences with Benedict Arnold and
Quebec’s Governor Guy Carleton, as well as letters to Benjamin
Franklin and John Jay, this unique book provides diverse insights
into the invasion of Canada and its immediate impact on the people
on both sides of the revolution.
offers
two significant, insightful, and intriguing first-hand accounts of
the Revolutionary War. These previously untranslated and
unpublished primary sources provide contrasting viewpoints from a
Loyalist French-Canadian administrative official, Jean-Baptiste
Badeaux, and a Patriot Continental officer, William Goforth.
Compelling personal interactions with friends and neighbors, and
local and provincial-level leaders—as occupier and occupied—are
documented. Their stories climax during the two-month period in
early 1776 when Goforth was military governor of Three Rivers and
Badeaux served as his somewhat reluctant interpreter and unofficial
advisor. Including their experiences with Benedict Arnold and
Quebec’s Governor Guy Carleton, as well as letters to Benjamin
Franklin and John Jay, this unique book provides diverse insights
into the invasion of Canada and its immediate impact on the people
on both sides of the revolution.
