| Author | Roubaud, Pierre Joseph Antoine, b. 1724. supposed author.
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| Title | Lettres de Monsieur le marquis de Montcalm, gouverneur-general en Canada; a messieurs de Berryer & de La Molé, ecrites dans les années 1757, 1758, & 1759. Avec une version angloise.
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| Published | Londres, J. Almon, 1777.
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| Description | 1 p. l., [1], 28, 28 p. 22 cm.
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| General Note | French and English on opposite pages, numbered in duplicate. Added t.p. in English.
Of the three letters in this pamphlet, purporting to be written by Moncalm, the first, addressed to "Mons. de Berryer, ministre de la marine, &c", and dated "Montreal, ce 4 avril, 1757", includes a letter addressed to Montcalm, signed S.J. and dated "Boston, Jan. 4, 1757". The second letter to de Berryer is dated "Montreal 1 oct. 1758". The third and last letter, addressed to "Mons. de Molé, premier president au Parlement de Paris", is dated "Du camp devant Quebec, 24 d'août, 1759". The letters, which contain a prophecy of the revolt of the English colonies, are now generally regarded as forgeries and are attributed by some authorities to Rouband, a Jesuit missionary in Canada, who entered the English service after the fall of Quebec. cf. Winsor, Narr. & crit. hist., v. 5, p. 606, and references there given. cf. also, Backer-Sommervogel, Bibl. de la Compagnie de Jésus, t. 7, under Roubaud.
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| Subjects | Montcalm Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, Marquis de, 1712-1759.
Québec Campaign, 1759.
Saint Véran, 1712-1759.
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
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| Related Titles | Letters from the Marquis de Montcalm ... to Messrs. de Berryer & de La Molé.
Montcalm, Lettres de Monsieur le marquis de.
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| LC Card Number | 06-20510 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 199 R853 Vault
mq156717: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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