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.

Contributor Anderson, Mark R., 1966- editor.

ImprintAlbany : SUNY Press, [2016]

Descriptionxlvii, 205 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Includes some primary source material.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.

Note:"The Invasion of Canada by the Americans, 1775-1776 offers two significant 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 These previously untranslated and unpublished primary sources provide contrasting viewpoints from a Loyalist French-Canadian administrative official, Jean-Baptiste Badeaux, and a Patriot Continental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 book provides diverse insights into the invasion of Canada and its immediate impact on the people on both sides of the revolution."--Provided by publisher.

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