1759 in Canada (English Wikipedia)

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Letter of James Wolfe (September 2, 1759), An Authentic Register of the British Successes; The Second Edition (1760), pgs. 127-36. (See different account of battle when "The General Ordered the Grenadiers" and "a chain of concurrent circumstances that defeated the General's plan"; see also officer's conclusion that Quebec will not be stormed and fortress for over-wintering British forces will not be built) Accessed 17 February 2022
"This city" (September 2, 1759), Genuine Letters from a Volunteer, in the British Service, at Quebec, pgs. 5-6. (See "Vue de l'église de Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire,(...)démolie en 1759" and also nun's account of fear and privation at general hospital) Accessed 16 February 2022
"An attack is resolv'd on" An Accurate and Authentic Journal of the Siege of Quebec (1759), pgs. 35-6. (See also two more detailed accounts of battle here (Note: "savages" used) and here, and accounts of generals and admiral commanding, and also detailed narratives from French side here and here) Accessed 16 February 2022

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(Benjamin Franklin), "Humourous [sic] Reasons for Restoring Canada" The London Chronicle: or, Universal Evening Post (December 25-27, 1759), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 3 March 2022

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Letter of James Wolfe (Spring 1759), General Wolfe's Letters to His Parents. Accessed 3 March 2022 https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/wolfe:F7025 (swipe to F7025_0947_B137_01; see also following letter, where he mentions plan to quit military service; and Wolfe's 1759 journal which occasionally displays his criticism of army and navy colleagues)

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"By his Excellency James Wolfe" (June 28, 1759), The Life of Major-General James Wolfe (1864), pgs. 517-18. (See July order to out-parties to burn all but churches, and entry for "15th (August)" when capture of British marines is avenged by destruction of buildings and grain, and execution and scalping of captured priest and others; see also murder of two children for being too noisy) Accessed 16 February 2022

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"By his Excellency James Wolfe" (June 28, 1759), The Life of Major-General James Wolfe (1864), pgs. 517-18. (See July order to out-parties to burn all but churches, and entry for "15th (August)" when capture of British marines is avenged by destruction of buildings and grain, and execution and scalping of captured priest and others; see also murder of two children for being too noisy) Accessed 16 February 2022
Letter of James Wolfe (September 2, 1759), An Authentic Register of the British Successes; The Second Edition (1760), pgs. 127-36. (See different account of battle when "The General Ordered the Grenadiers" and "a chain of concurrent circumstances that defeated the General's plan"; see also officer's conclusion that Quebec will not be stormed and fortress for over-wintering British forces will not be built) Accessed 17 February 2022
"This city" (September 2, 1759), Genuine Letters from a Volunteer, in the British Service, at Quebec, pgs. 5-6. (See "Vue de l'église de Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire,(...)démolie en 1759" and also nun's account of fear and privation at general hospital) Accessed 16 February 2022
"12th (September 1759)" An Accurate and Authentic Journal of the Siege of Quebec (1759), pgs. 32-4. Accessed 16 February 2022 (See report of disunity on French side as early as July, and evidence of despair, and word that Canadians want to rebel and give up Quebec to stop war; see also footnote with praise for Canadian troops' steadiness under fire)
"An attack is resolv'd on" An Accurate and Authentic Journal of the Siege of Quebec (1759), pgs. 35-6. (See also two more detailed accounts of battle here (Note: "savages" used) and here, and accounts of generals and admiral commanding, and also detailed narratives from French side here and here) Accessed 16 February 2022
John Knox, "This grand enterprise" (September 13, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 68-71. (See also more details of battle (some gruesome)) Accessed 24 February 2022
"If the General should attempt to ascend the rock" An Accurate and Authentic Journal of the Siege of Quebec (1759), pgs. 39-41. Accessed 16 February 2022 (See more likely version of Wolfe's death, and also Montcalm dying happy not to see surrender of Quebec)
Amos Adams, "In the whole Conduct of that Enterprize" "[...]A Sermon Delivered at Roxbury, October 25, 1759, on the general Thanksgiving [for] the Reduction of Quebec[....]" (Boston, 1759), pg. 25. (See also commentary on all that went well) 16 February 2022
Letter of William Johnson (July 25, 1759), An Authentic Register of the British Successes; The Second Edition (1760), pgs. 80-1. (See how "the conquest of this fort was of infinite consequence") Accessed 17 February 2022 (See also that "Sir William Johnson's corp of savages" convince Indigenous opponents to "bury the hatchet and follow their example")
Letter of Robert Rogers (early 1759), Journals of Major Robert Rogers (1765), pgs. 125-7. Accessed 17 February 2022
Letter of Jeffery Amherst to Robert Rogers (February 13, 1759), Journals of Major Robert Rogers (1765), pg. 136. Accessed 18 February 2022
"General Amherst himself commanded" A Complete History of the Present War[....] (1761), pgs. 381-4 (See also Rogers' Rangers in action, and brief notes of French officer regarding retreat from Fort Carillon)
Letter of Jeffery Amherst to Robert Rogers (September 13, 1759), Journals of Major Robert Rogers (1765), pgs. 144-54. Accessed 18 February 2022

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Letter of Bernard Well (October 17, 1759), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents; Vol. LXXI (1901). Accessed 19 February 2022 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_71.html (scroll down to Page 23; see also British standing order that when religious processions pass, officers are to salute them)

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Scott, Douglas D.; Bleed, Peter; Masich, Andrew E.; Pitsch, Jason (August 1997). "An Inscribed Native American Battle Image From The Little Bighorn Battlefield". Plains Anthropologist. 42 (161): 287–302. doi:10.1080/2052546.1997.11931824. ISSN 0032-0447.

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Scott, Douglas D.; Bleed, Peter; Masich, Andrew E.; Pitsch, Jason (August 1997). "An Inscribed Native American Battle Image From The Little Bighorn Battlefield". Plains Anthropologist. 42 (161): 287–302. doi:10.1080/2052546.1997.11931824. ISSN 0032-0447.

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"By his Excellency James Wolfe" (June 28, 1759), The Life of Major-General James Wolfe (1864), pgs. 517-18. (See July order to out-parties to burn all but churches, and entry for "15th (August)" when capture of British marines is avenged by destruction of buildings and grain, and execution and scalping of captured priest and others; see also murder of two children for being too noisy) Accessed 16 February 2022
John Knox, Note from curate (June 27, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pgs. 294(bottom)-295. (See also that "A gentleman at Quebec" known for his politeness to British prisoners is granted request that his country seat be spared) Accessed 21 February 2022
John Knox, "Orders; 24th (July 1759)", An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 345. Accessed 22 February 2022
Letter of James Wolfe (September 2, 1759), An Authentic Register of the British Successes; The Second Edition (1760), pgs. 127-36. (See different account of battle when "The General Ordered the Grenadiers" and "a chain of concurrent circumstances that defeated the General's plan"; see also officer's conclusion that Quebec will not be stormed and fortress for over-wintering British forces will not be built) Accessed 17 February 2022
John Knox, "General Wolfe is endeavouring" (September 2, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pg. 40. (See also comparison of "absurd" French style of noisy infantry attack vs. British waiting "in perfect silence" to fire at close range) Accessed 23 February 2022
"12th (September 1759)" An Accurate and Authentic Journal of the Siege of Quebec (1759), pgs. 32-4. Accessed 16 February 2022 (See report of disunity on French side as early as July, and evidence of despair, and word that Canadians want to rebel and give up Quebec to stop war; see also footnote with praise for Canadian troops' steadiness under fire)
"An attack is resolv'd on" An Accurate and Authentic Journal of the Siege of Quebec (1759), pgs. 35-6. (See also two more detailed accounts of battle here (Note: "savages" used) and here, and accounts of generals and admiral commanding, and also detailed narratives from French side here and here) Accessed 16 February 2022
John Knox, "This grand enterprise" (September 13, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 68-71. (See also more details of battle (some gruesome)) Accessed 24 February 2022
"If the General should attempt to ascend the rock" An Accurate and Authentic Journal of the Siege of Quebec (1759), pgs. 39-41. Accessed 16 February 2022 (See more likely version of Wolfe's death, and also Montcalm dying happy not to see surrender of Quebec)
John Knox, "18th (September 1759)" An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 84-91. Accessed 25 February 2022
John Knox, "The detachments of regulars and rangers" (September 20, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 94-5. (See also on subsequent pages mention both of marauding and generous British soldiers) Accessed 1 March 2022
John Knox, "The general hospital" (October 1, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 153-5. (See also author dining with local gentry at hospital) Accessed 2 March 2022
Letter of Bernard Well (October 17, 1759), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents; Vol. LXXI (1901). Accessed 19 February 2022 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_71.html (scroll down to Page 23; see also British standing order that when religious processions pass, officers are to salute them)
John Knox, "The following spirited manifesto" (in French and English; November 2, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 183-6. (See also rage of locals, "particularly the females," toward former governor general) Accessed 2 March 2022
John Knox, "Our guards, on the grand parade" (December 16, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 231-2. (See also praise for locally manufactured cast iron stoves) Accessed 2 March 2022
John Knox, "a curious Indian manuscript grammar" (October 8, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. II, pgs. 169-71. Accessed 2 March 2022
Letter of William Johnson (July 25, 1759), An Authentic Register of the British Successes; The Second Edition (1760), pgs. 80-1. (See how "the conquest of this fort was of infinite consequence") Accessed 17 February 2022 (See also that "Sir William Johnson's corp of savages" convince Indigenous opponents to "bury the hatchet and follow their example")
John Knox, "The rolls of the companies" (January 20, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pgs. 223-4 (see also pg. 230). Accessed 21 February 2022
John Knox, Description of muskrat (May 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 244. (See Knox' extensive description of Nova Scotia's trees, mammals, birds, insects, fish and fogs (yes, fogs) on pgs. 241-9) Accessed 21 February 2022
John Knox, "A parcel of small birds" (June 19, 1759), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pgs. 283-5. Accessed 21 February 2022

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Etienne de Silhouette, "Memoir of Silhouette on Inexpediency of Abandoning Canada" (translation; February 1759), in Anglo-French Boundary Disputes in the West, 1749-1763, French Series, Volume II, Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volume XXVII (1936), pgs. 252-3. Accessed 16 February 2022

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"This city" (September 2, 1759), Genuine Letters from a Volunteer, in the British Service, at Quebec, pgs. 5-6. (See "Vue de l'église de Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire,(...)démolie en 1759" and also nun's account of fear and privation at general hospital) Accessed 16 February 2022

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"General Murray's Report of the State of the Government of Quebec in Canada" (June 5, 1762), Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791 (1907), pg. 55. Accessed 3 March 2022

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"George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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"An Act for the Quieting of Possessions to the Protestant Grantees of the Lands formerly occuppied by the French Inhabitants(....)" (1759), 33 George II - Chapter 3 (Session 1), British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 16 February 2022
"An Act to prevent any private Trade or Commerce with the Indians" (1759), 33 George II - Chapter 13 (Session 2), British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 16 February 2022
"An Act For regulating and maintaining an House of Correction or Work-House(....)" (1759), 33 George II - Chapter 1 (Session 1), British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. (See also "An Act for the Relief of the Poor in the Town of Halifax" and "An Act to prevent the importing disabled, infirm, and other useless Persons into this Province") Accessed 16 February 2022

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collections.library.utoronto.ca

Letter of James Wolfe (Spring 1759), General Wolfe's Letters to His Parents. Accessed 3 March 2022 https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/wolfe:F7025 (swipe to F7025_0947_B137_01; see also following letter, where he mentions plan to quit military service; and Wolfe's 1759 journal which occasionally displays his criticism of army and navy colleagues)

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Scott, Douglas D.; Bleed, Peter; Masich, Andrew E.; Pitsch, Jason (August 1997). "An Inscribed Native American Battle Image From The Little Bighorn Battlefield". Plains Anthropologist. 42 (161): 287–302. doi:10.1080/2052546.1997.11931824. ISSN 0032-0447.