tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post7742009737566285085..comments2023-12-10T02:38:03.889-06:00Comments on A Miniature History of the American Revolution: In Search of a Lost BattlefieldADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870881763619404109noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post-85206102681785358872011-01-11T22:22:15.558-06:002011-01-11T22:22:15.558-06:00This is very interesting information and I thank y...This is very interesting information and I thank you for sharing it with me. I was able to find the webshots account and I saw that one Pierre Truteau was living on the Ruisseau des Soeurs/Molson site in 1702.<br /><br />Do you know if the Montgolfier letter has been published, and if so where? I'm not able to go to the library myself but would love to read it, or at least see a transcription of it.<br /><br />I have a number of images that show Ruisseau des Soeurs/Molson in the 19th and 20th Centuries that I am happy to send to you. Feel free to send me an email (link to contact info is at upper right).<br /><br />One can also use Google Maps' street view to explore the area where the creek once was. Search for:<br /><br />5141 Rue Notre-Dame Est, Montreal, QC H1N 3P2, Canada<br /><br />Again, thank you for writing. Looks like I will have to post a correction regarding the site of the battle.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870881763619404109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post-3829699540172650122011-01-10T23:20:38.011-06:002011-01-10T23:20:38.011-06:00Going through my notes, I found another reference:...Going through my notes, I found another reference: Montreal Grand-Vicar Montgolfier wrote to Bishop Briand, 23 October 1775, “Our city troop met them on the road to Longue Pointe, at a place named the Soeurs Creek, which forms the precise boundary between the two parishes,..." (my translation) Also, the diagram mentioned in my previous entry showed that the (former) Truteau property in question was immediately northeast of the parish boundary.<br />The letter is from the Library & Archives Canada.MR Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766874398159631348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post-50058041787524308822011-01-10T22:55:31.795-06:002011-01-10T22:55:31.795-06:00I found a clue that indicates the "Truteau&qu...I found a clue that indicates the "Truteau" may be the Ruisseau des Soeurs/Molson, which was also formerly called Ruisseau de Grand-Prairie on older maps. A diagram of 1702 land cessions shows that Pierre Truteau held the property at the mouth of that stream. Also, that diagram shows the stream making a distinct sharp bend to the northeast very near the St. Lawrence shore, as depicted in the Panet-Berczy painting. Unfortunately, the only place I found this diagram was through a "Longue Pointe" Google image search that took me to someone's webshots account. <br />I coincidentally found your blog as I was searching for the location of the ruisseau myself.MR Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766874398159631348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post-57213636886333419592010-12-13T19:06:04.402-06:002010-12-13T19:06:04.402-06:00Thanks for the link, and again for providing inter...Thanks for the link, and again for providing interesting background information.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870881763619404109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post-80243647255745887902010-12-12T07:28:37.499-06:002010-12-12T07:28:37.499-06:00Adam
There is much more online about Gabriel Chri...Adam<br /><br />There is much more online about Gabriel Christie in the Canadian Dictionary of National Biography here:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/33hlue3<br /><br />It has an interesting section on Christie's role as a landowner in Canada.<br /><br />I was mistaken on one thing he was an officer in the 48th (Dunbar's Regt) not the 44th (Halkett's). Checking through the casulaty lists it looks like he was with Dunbar's column not in the forward party with Braddock on 9th July 1755. It does mean of course that as a member of that unfortunate expedition he would have been acquainted with Thomas Gage, Charles Lee, Horatio Gates, Adam Stephen, Stephen Kemble, John Montressor and George Washington to name a few!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411800077003227112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post-17853401132628167652010-12-09T20:08:17.053-06:002010-12-09T20:08:17.053-06:00Thank you for the kind words, Thomas.
Hazen pops...Thank you for the kind words, Thomas. <br /><br />Hazen pops up quite a bit in this campaign; Christie has been more of an enigma to me. Thank you for writing with the additional information.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870881763619404109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248457192905414765.post-6433575257778456962010-12-08T16:24:32.032-06:002010-12-08T16:24:32.032-06:00A well thought out an analysis as one has come to ...A well thought out an analysis as one has come to expect from your blog. Col Christie is probably Gabriel Christie. He came to Anerica with the 44th Foot in 1755 and served through the French & Indian War icluding being present at the siege of Quebec in 1759. He settled near Montreal and even owned some land in partnership with Moses Hazen near St John. Ended up as a British Major General but seems to have served in the West Indies during the AWI.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411800077003227112noreply@blogger.com