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Genuine letters and memoirs, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial history of the Islands of Cape Breton, and Saint John : from the first settlement there, to the taking of Louisburg by the English, in 1758 : in which, among many interesting particulars, the causes and previous events of the present war are explained / by an impartial Frenchman ; translated from the author's original manuscript.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pichon, Thomas, 1700-1781.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Standardized Title:
- Lettres et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile, et politique du Cap Breton. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Cape Breton Island (N.S.)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Cape Breton Island (N.S.).
- Prince Edward Island--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Prince Edward Island.
- Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Early works to 1800.
- Louisbourg (N.S.).
- Nova Scotia--History--Early works to 1800.
- Nova Scotia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 400 p. )
- Other Title:
- Genuine Letters and memoirs, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial history of the islands of Cape Breton, and Saint John,
- Genuine letters and memoirs, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial history of the Islands of Cape Breton, and Saint John
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Nourse in the Strand, 1760.
- Language Note:
- English translation from the manuscript of: Lettres et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Cap Breton. A La Haye : Pierre Gosse ; Londres : Jean Nourse, 1760.
- Notes:
- "This book purports to be a series of [24] letters written from Louisbourg in 1752-58, and edited by the author," but was actually written by Pichon in London. See John Clarence Webster's Life of Thomas Pichon. (Sackville, N.B. : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1937).
- Errata statement, p. xvi.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 62611.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG98-B1924
- OCLC:
- 65349469
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