Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.
b. 15 Aug. 1750 in Trois-Rivières (Que.)
d. 12 Aug. 1762 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
b. 6 Aug. 1845 in London, England
Of the many fine biographies in Volume XV of the DCB, Ramsay Cook always considered this one of the best.
Ramsay Cook called this biography “an especially fine piece of historical recreation.”