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The last French and Indian war : an inquiry into a safe-conduct issued in 1760 that acquired the value of a treaty in 1990 /

He looks at the same events from three different perspectives - as empirical facts, in their legal interpretation, and as the subject of debates by historians. The result is an intriguing detective story with unexpected twists and surprising revelations. The Last French and Indian War sheds light on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vaugeois, Denis
Otros Autores: Roth, Käthe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: [Montréal] : McGill-Queens University Press : Septentrion, ©2002.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the surrender of Quebec City to the surrender of Montreal
  • The war with three names
  • After the surrender of Quebec City
  • English reinforcements
  • Murray begins the march to Montreal
  • The French and Canadiens in retreat
  • Amherst's hard march
  • The indian "missions"
  • The fate of Fort Levis
  • The Oswegatchie conference
  • The path is clear
  • Amherst, Haviland, Murray
  • Vaudreuil's surrender
  • An account by Johnson and Amherst
  • The Caughnawaga conference
  • Murray's "treaty" and the courts
  • A peak of activity: 1819-24
  • Stuart's conclusions
  • The opinion of sociologist Leon Gerin
  • Georges E. Sioui offers his version
  • The Siouis spring into action
  • Submission of a mysterious document
  • The conclusions of the Superior Court
  • A defeat with the scent of victory
  • The court of appeal is divided.
  • This time, Quebec appeals
  • Justice Lamer hears Mr. Larochelle ...
  • ... But listens to Chief Justice Dickson
  • The Murray document and the historians
  • The Sioui ruling put to the test
  • Denys Delage's opinion
  • Donald Graves's analysis
  • Another expert: W.J. Eccles
  • Marcel Trudel's opinion
  • Another trial: the legal saga continues
  • The historian Raynald Parent
  • An examination of the Murray document
  • Print characters in 1760
  • Various versions of the Murray document surface
  • Provenance of the printed version (D-7a)
  • Murray's intention
  • From the meeting of September 5 to the conference of September 15-16.