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January 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

Weakness of Duchambon

All these operations were accomplished with the utmost ardor and energy but with a scorn of rule and precedent that astonished and bewildered the

December 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

English Colonists Land in Front of Louisbourg

They seized the Grand Battery consisting of twenty-eight forty-two-pounders, and two eighteen-pounders.Our special project presenting the definitive

December 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

Parkman Part 6-2, Chapter 19

On the twenty-fourth of March 1745 the fleet, consisting of about ninety transports, escorted by the provincial warships, sailed from Nantasket

December 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Army for God and Against Louisbourg

When the levies were complete, it was found that Massachusetts had contributed about 3,300 men, Connecticut 516, and New Hampshire 304 in her own pay,

December 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

Preparations for the Louisbourg Expedition

Few knew well what a fortress was, and nobody knew how to attack one.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by

November 29, 2022 Leave a Comment

Should Louisbourg Be Attacked?

Louisbourg was a standing menace to all the northern British colonies. It was the only French naval station on the continent.Our special project

November 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

Parkman Vol. 6-2, Chapter 18

France had now occupied the valley of the Mississippi and joined with loose and uncertain links her two colonies of Canada and Louisiana.Our special

November 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Parkman Vol. 6-2, Chapter 17

France claims all North America except for those lands claimed by Spain.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by

November 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

The La Vérendrye’s Fate

The below narrative rests mainly on contemporary documents, official in character, of which the originals are preserved in the archives of the French

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