Historical Prelude

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations and Maps vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations Used in Footnotes xi
6. Introduction xiii
7. Historical Prelude xvii
8. Chronology xxv
9. Jean-Baptiste Badeaux—A Short Biography xxix
10. William Goforth—A Short Biography xxxv
11. The Stage—Three Rivers, Quebec, 1775–1776 xliii
12. Translator’s Notes xlvii
13. Summer 1775 1
14. September 1775 7
15. October 1775 21
16. November 1775 35
17. December 1775 47
18. January 1776 55
19. February 1776 65
20. March 1776 79
21. April 1776 109
22. May 1776 145
23. June 1776 163
24. Notes on the Provenance of Badeaux’s Journal 167
25. The Accounts of the Three Rivers Ursuline Nuns 171
26. Officers and Unit Identification for Goforth’s March 24, 1776, Letter to Reverend John Gano 185
27. Select Bibliography 191
28. Index 199