Entries Tagged as 'Canada'

February 27, 2008

Item of the Day: Appendix to the Canada Papers (c.1779)

Full Title: Appendix to the Canada Papers, Relating principally to the Convention Army after its Arrival in the Neighbourhood of Boston, in the Years 1777 and 1778. [Caption Title]
Philadelphia, 8th Nov. 1777.
Dear Sir,
By Lieutenant Vellancy, who arrived here on the 31st of October with your dispatches from Albany, I received with infinite concern the particular [...]

October 24, 2007

Item of the Day: Travels of an Indian Interpreter (1791)

Full Title:
Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians; with an Account of the Posts Situated on the River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added, a Vocabulary of the Chippeway Language. Names of Furs and Skins, in English and French. A [...]

August 10, 2007

Item of the Day: An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes (1812)

Full Title: An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes, who Traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775. By John Joseph Henry, Esq. Lancaster: Printed by William Greer, 1812.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST QUEBEC, &C.
MY DEAR CHILDREN,
THERE is a point, in the history of the American revolution, hitherto [...]

July 10, 2007

Item of the Day: Sketches of the History of Dartmouth College (c. 1815)

Full Title: Sketches of the History of Dartmouth College and Moors’ Charity School, with a Particular Account of Some Late Remarkable Proceedings of the Board of Trusties, from the Year 1779 to the Year 1815. [n.i.]
 
VI.  AN ACCOUNT OF MOORS’ [Indian Charity] SCHOOL
Continued.
Proper informations, and satisfactory evidences being given to the Hon. Society in Scotland, [...]

April 12, 2007

Item of the Day: Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 (1778)

Full Title:  Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. By J. Carver, Esq.  Captain of a company of Provincial Troops During the Late War with France.  London:  Printed for the Author; And Sold by J. Walter, at Charing-cross, and S. Crowder, in Pater-noster Row. MDCCLXXVIII.
INTRODUCTION.
No sooner was the [...]