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 / edited by Mark R. Anderson ; translated by Teresa L. Meadows.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Mark R., 1966- editor.

Meadows, Teresa L., 1955- translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Badeaux, J. B. (Jean Baptiste), 1741-1796--Diaries.

Badeaux, J. B.

Goforth, William, 1731-1807--Correspondence.

Goforth, William.

Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776.

Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Other Title:

Invasion du Canada par les américains en 1775.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 These previously untranslated and unpublished primary sources provide contrasting viewpoints from a Loyalist French-Canadian administrative official, Jean-Baptiste Badeaux, and a Patriot Continental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.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Used in Footnotes; Introduction; Historical Prelude; Chronology; 1774; 1775; 1776; Jean-Baptiste Badeaux-A Short Biography; William Goforth-A Short Biography; The Stage-Three Rivers, Quebec, 1775-1776; Translator's Notes; Summer 1775; Letter from Congress; Capture of Carillon, of Crown Point, and the Pillage of Fort St. John's; September 1775; Poor Disposition of Montreal District; Beaubien; The Affair of Longue Pointe; William Goforth Letters-September and 1 October; Editor's Notes on William Goforth's Correspondence

Prelude: NEW-YORK JOURNAL, 7 September 1775Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall; October 1775; Col. Maclean Wants to Force Nicolet to Take Arms; Desertion of Colonel Maclean's Troops and Betrayal of the Chambly Inhabitants; Carleton's Defeat at Longeuil; William Goforth Letters-October; Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall; November 1775; Colonel Maclean Abandons Sorel; Col. Maclean Stops in 3-Rs2; The Trifluviens5 Decide to Surrender to the Americans; Delegation from Three Rivers to General Montgomery; Gen. Carleton's Return

In 3-Rs, The English Wish to Capitulate SeparatelyThe Americans' Bad Faith; The Canadians Are More Feared than the Americans; Walker; William Goforth Letters-November; Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall; December 1775; Loiseau; La Rose; December 31st; William Goforth Letters-December and 1 January; "Extract of a letter from Montreal, dated December 17, 1775."; New-York Journal, 18 January 1776; Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall; January 1776; 1776 January-American Severity; Wiliam Goforth Letters-January; Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall

Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall"Extract of a letter from Montreal, Jan. 27," New-York Journal, 15 February 1776; February 1776; Commissions License to Sell Liquor; New Commissions; William Goforth Letters-February; Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall; Letter: William Goforth to Benjamin Franklin; March 1776; Accusation against Sir Crévier; Deserters; The Americans in Montreal Refuse to March; The Americans' Misery in Three Rivers; The Americans Demand Free Labor; The Americans Don't Pay Their Hauling Fees; Sortie from Quebec; La Rose; American Bad Faith

The Curé Bailly AffairThe Canadians Rise Up against the Americans; William Goforth and Other Letters-March 1776; Letter: William Goforth to Reverend John Gano [forwarded to Alexander McDougall]; "New-York, May 1. Extract of a letter from an officer in the Continental Army, dated Trois Riviers, March 24, 1776," Constitutional Gazette (New York) Saturday, May 4, 1776; Letter: William Goforth to Alexander McDougall; Letter: Jonathan Brogden to William Goforth [enclosed in previous]; Letter: George Measam82 to Alexander McDougall, Montreal; Extracts from a Letter of Captain Goforth; April 1776

Prisoners from Mr. Beaujeu's Party

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438460055

1438460058