Letter to Charles de Langlade Sept. 9, 1760, on the fall of Montreal to the British
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- Created Date
- 1760-09-09
- Description
This letter was among 18th-century French documents discovered in 1827 in a Green Bay attic by Morgan L. Martin, and published in 1851 by the fledgling Wisconsin Historical Society. It shows how the French government in Montreal tried to communicate the dissolution of its empire to allies in the remote wilderness of Wisconsin. It begins at the foot of the displayed page, in French; an English translation can be selected in the left-hand frame of the viewer.
- Creator
Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de, 1698-1778
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Rare Book Collection; Stacks
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 8 - Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Native Americans
French Americans
International relations
Fur trade
Battles
War
French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Type
- text
- Language
- English; French
- Rights
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- Chicago citation style
- Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de, 1698-1778. Letter to Charles de Langlade Sept. 9, 1760, on the fall of Montreal to the British. 1760-09-09. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/41776. (Accessed April 16, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de, 1698-1778, (1760-09-09) Letter to Charles de Langlade Sept. 9, 1760, on the fall of Montreal to the British. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/41776
- MLA citation style
- Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de, 1698-1778. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/41776>.