The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton

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William Wood. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton

The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I—GUY CARLETON

1724–1759

CHAPTER II—GENERAL MURRAY

1759–1766

CHAPTER III—GOVERNOR CARLETON

1766–1774

CHAPTER IV—INVASION

1775

CHAPTER V—BELEAGUERMENT

1775–1776

CHAPTER VI—DELIVERANCE

1776

CHAPTER VII—THE COUNTERSTROKE

1776–1778

CHAPTER VIII—GUARDING THE LOYALISTS

1782–1783

CHAPTER IX—FOUNDING MODERN CANADA

1786–1796

CHAPTER X—'NUNC DIMITTIS'

1796–1808

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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William Wood

Published by Good Press, 2019

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While the war went on in Europe Canada remained nominally a part of the enemy's dominions, and so, of course, was subject to military rule. Sir Jeffery Amherst, the British commander-in-chief in America, took up his headquarters in New York. Under him Murray commanded Canada from Quebec. Under Murray, Colonel Burton commanded the district of Three Rivers while General Gage commanded the district of Montreal, which then extended to the western wilds. [Footnote: See The War Chief of the Ottawas, chap. iii.]

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