Author: Ontario. Lieutenant Governor (1791-1796 : Simcoe)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ontario
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Correspondence of Lieut
Author: Ontario. Lieutenant Governor (1791-1796 : Simcoe)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ontario
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
From Montreal To Vimy Ridge And Beyond; The Correspondence Of Lieut. Clifford Almon Wells, B.A.,
Author: Lieutenant Clifford Almon WellsPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782892745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Clifford Almon Wells was born in Toronto, Canada, March 12th, 1892. His teaching career at Johns Hopkins University was bought to a end when he decided in the summer of 1915 that it was his duty to relinquish his position and take his part as a Canadian in the European war. In Sep. he enlisted as a Private in the 4th University Company, one of the reinforcing companies of the famous Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Although without previous military training his advancement was rapid, later he was transferred to the 8th Battalion as 2nd Lieutenant. His letters cover a period of eighteen months. They were written in railway cars and on board ship; in tents in England, Belgium and France; in huts, shacks, furnace rooms and ruined houses; in London boarding houses and hotels; in French farm-houses, and German dugouts; in the midst of the awful clamors and crashings and thunders of artillery, and within sound of the coughing of a sick German in the front line of enemy trenches. He wrote of things which others have written about; of things which pleased him, and of other things which displeased him, most of these relating to the commonplace of life. But in addition to the commonplace there will be found in these letters a surprising variety of topics, and withal such graphic descriptions, thrilling or amusing stories, and information on many matters of interest to all who have friends overseas that the letters will both entertain and enlighten. His last dated letter was written the 20th day of April, 1917, eleven days after the battle of Vimy Ridge. Thankful because he had had a part in that battle, exultant and confident in view of the great victory, but before this letter reached her she had received official notice that he had been killed in action the 28th day of April.
The Victory with No Name
Author: Colin Gordon CallowayPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199387990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
"A balanced and readable account of the 1791 battle between St. Clair's US forces and an Indian coalition in the Ohio Valley, one of the most important and under-recognized events of its time"--
An Authentic Copy of the Correspondence in India
Author: East India CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Messages of the President of the United States, with the Correspondence, Therewith Communicated, Between the Secretary of War and Other Officers of the Government, on the Subject of the Mexican War
Author: United States. President (1845-1849 : Polk)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 2432
Book Description
Selections from the Correspondence of the Executive of New Jersey, from 1776 to 1786
Author: New Jersey. Governor, 1776-1790 (William Livingston)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Selections from the correspondence of the Executive of New Jersey from 1776 to 1786
Author: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Author: Nathan TidridgePublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459707907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Twenty-four-year-old Prince Edward Augustus, the future father of Queen Victoria, arrived in Quebec City in 1791 and found himself immersed in a society struggling for an identity. His life became woven into the fabric of a highly-charged society and left an indelible mark on the role of the monarchy in Canada.
Petun to Wyandot
Author: Charles GarradPublisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776621505
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
In Petun to Wyandot, Charles Garrad draws upon five decades of research to tell the turbulent history of the Wyandot tribe, the First Nation once known as the Petun. Combining and reconciling primary historical sources, archaeological data and anthropological evidence, Garrad has produced the most comprehensive study of the Petun Confederacy. Beginning with their first encounters with French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1616 and extending to their decline and eventual dispersal, this book offers an account of this people from their own perspective and through the voices of the nations, tribes and individuals that surrounded them. Through a cross-reference of views, including historical testimony from Jesuits, European explorers and fur traders, as well as neighbouring tribes and nations, Petun to Wyandot uncovers the Petun way of life by examining their culture, politics, trading arrangements and legends. Perhaps most valuable of all, it provides detailed archaeological evidence from the years of research undertaken by Garrad and his colleagues in the Petun Country, located in the Blue Mountains of Central Ontario. Along the way, the author meticulously chronicles the work of other historians and examines their theories regarding the Petun's enigmatic life story.
Author: New York. Citizens