Genuine letters and memoirs, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial history of the Islands of Cape Breton, and Saint John from the first settlement there, to the taking of Louisburg by the English, in 1758 : in which, among many interesting particulars, the causes and previous events of the present war are explained
Lettres et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile, et politique du Cap Breton. English
by an impartial Frenchman ; translated from the author's original manuscript
Included Title
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
Format
Books
Language
English
Publication
London : Printed for J. Nourse in the Strand, 1760
Physical Details
xvi, 400 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
"This book purports to be a series of [24] letters written from Louisbourg in 1752-58, and edited by the author," but was actually written by Pichon in London. See John Clarence Webster's Life of Thomas Pichon. (Sackville, N.B. : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1937).
Errata statement, p. xvi.
Sabin no. 62611.
English translation from the manuscript of: Lettres et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle, civile et politique du Cap Breton. A La Haye : Pierre Gosse ; Londres : Jean Nourse, 1760.