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Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud 1698-1764
, Marquis de, naval officer; born near Castelnaudary, France, in 1640; had been tried as a soldier when, in 1689, he was named governor of Montreal, under Frontenac.
He served in an expedition against the Iroquois, and also in defence of Quebec against the armament under Phipps, in 1690.
Active and brave in military life, he was made governor of Canada in 1703, and remained so until his death, Oct. 11, 1725.
During his administration he gave the English colonies infinite trouble by inciting the Indians to make perpetual forays on the frontier.
His son, Pierre Francois, who inherited his title and was the last French governor of Canada, was born in Quebec in 1698, and died in France, 1764.
He, too, was a soldier in the French army; became governor of Three Rivers in 1733, and of Louisiana in 1743; was made governor of Canada in 1755, but was regarded with contempt by Montcalm, whose friends, after the surrender of Montreal and th