The Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760

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William Charles Henry Wood. The Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760

The Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760

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CHAPTER I

THE LAST SEA LINK WITH FRANCE. 1720-1744

CHAPTER II

THE SEA LINK LOST. 1745

CHAPTER III

THE LINK RECOVERED. 1748

CHAPTER IV

LOST FOR EVER. 1758

CHAPTER V

ANNIHILATION. 1760

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

INDEX

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William Charles Henry Wood

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The British also entertained the erroneous idea that 'the whole country was under one command.' This was the very thing it was not. The French system was the autocratic one without the local autocrat; for the functions of the governor and the intendant overlapped each other, and all disputes had to be referred to Quebec, where the functions of another governor and another intendant also overlapped each other. If no decision could be reached at Quebec, and the question at issue was one of sufficient importance, the now double imbroglio would be referred to the Supreme Council in France, which would write back to Quebec, whence the decision would be forwarded to Louisbourg, where it would arrive months after many other troubles had grown out of the original dispute.

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