. The siege of Quebec and the battle of the Plains of Abraham. r^ F OG^. dfielt) /IDarsbal ^be IRiQbt Monourable lEarl IRobcrte CommanDersinscbiet of Mis /iBajestss jporces, xrbis Morft Setting fortb tbe acbievcmcnts of H Sometime IDictorious Britisb General is respectfuUis Oc^icateObg permission Vlll PREFACE archives^ private papers of equal or greater value^ have beenpreserved by the lineal representatives of some of the prin-cipal officers of the contending a? mies. The most interestingof these are the papers of General Wolfe^ of the MarquessTozvnshend^ of Brigadiers Monckton^ Murray and de
. The siege of Quebec and the battle of the Plains of Abraham. r^ F OG^. dfielt) /IDarsbal ^be IRiQbt Monourable lEarl IRobcrte CommanDersinscbiet of Mis /iBajestss jporces, xrbis Morft Setting fortb tbe acbievcmcnts of H Sometime IDictorious Britisb General is respectfuUis Oc^icateObg permission Vlll PREFACE archives^ private papers of equal or greater value^ have beenpreserved by the lineal representatives of some of the prin-cipal officers of the contending a? mies. The most interestingof these are the papers of General Wolfe^ of the MarquessTozvnshend^ of Brigadiers Monckton^ Murray and de Bou-gainville^ the Marquis de Montcalm and the Marquis deVaudreuil. A few months after the capitulation of Quebec^ 7iumerouspamphlets were printed containing relations of the siege^which probably had a very limited circulation at the time,and which are now exceedingly scarce ; in some instances asingle copy is noiv knoivn to exist. These conte^nporaiyjournals are of the highest value. First because they werewritten from personal observation, and secondly, becausethey
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