LOUISBURG

looˈĭsbərgˌ, town (1991 pop. 1,261), E Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada. The town, an ice-free port, is near the site of the great fortress of Louisbourg, built (1720–40) by France as its Gibraltar in America. Plans were drawn by the great French engineer Vauban, but the work was poorly done, and the garrison was inadequately supplied and at odds with the civilian population. French privateers, using the harbor as a base, preyed on New England fishermen working the Grand Banks, until 1745, when a small force of New Englanders under William Pepperrell, supported by a fleet of merchantmen commanded by Sir Peter Warren, attacked Louisbourg and forced its surrender. Three years later it was returned to France by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, in exchange for Madras, India, but it fell (1758) to a British land and sea attack led by Gen. Jeffery Amherst and Admiral Boscawen, which reduced it to ruins. The site is a national historic park, and reconstruction of a portion of the fortified town is completed.

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books on: Louisburg  - 476 results

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William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts, 1741-1756: A History. Vol.1 - Vol. 1
Book by George Arthur Wood; Columbia University, 1920
Subjects: Massachusetts--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, Shirley, William--1694-1771
...202 CHAPTER XI Louisburg--Organizing a Coup 220 CHAPTER XII Louisburg--Preparations 257 CHAPTER XIII Louisburg--The Expedition 281...
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Century of Conflict
Book by Joseph Lister Rutledge; Doubleday, 1956
Subjects: Canada--History--1763 (New France), United States--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775
...Minnesota. It was the American colonists who first took Louisburg. And regiments of Royal American Infantry fought under Wolfe...destroyed, but always they were replaced. In Newfoundland, at Louisburg, at Port Royal, there was a continuing echo of English encroachments...
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New France and New England
Book by John Fiske; Houghton Mifflin, 1902
Subjects: Canada--History--To 1763 (New France), New England--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, United States--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775
...VII NORRIDGEWOCK AND LOUISBURG The "irrepressible...248 Louisburg 249 The project to capture Louisburg 250...
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Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast
Book by Guy Chet; University of Massachusetts Press, 2003
Subjects: British Americans--New England--History, Frontier And Pioneer Life--New England, Indians Of North America--New England--History, Indians Of North America--Wars--1600-1750, Military Art And Science--Europe--History, Military Art And Science--New England--History--17th Century, Military Art And Science--New England--History--18th Century, New England--History, Military--17th Century, New England--History, Military--18th Century, New England--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775
...The siege of Quebec 114 115 10 Braddocks defeat 120 11 Light infantry deployment at Amhersts siege of Louisburg 132 133 PREFACE WHEN I BEGAN THIS PROJECT, my intent was to trace the process by which the settlers of New England were...
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The Life of Thomas Hutchinson, Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Book by James K. Hosmer; Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1896
Subjects: Hutchinson, Thomas--1711-1780
...action of Parliament , 24 ; capture of Louisburg , 25 ; Louisburg, indemnity applied to taking up the notes...quarter of a century, from before the fall of Louisburg up to the year 1774, when his exile began, there...
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journal articles on: Louisburg  - 9 results

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The Jesica Santillan Tragedy: Lessons Learned
Journal article by David Resnick; The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 33, 2003
Subjects: Medical errors--Ethical aspects, Medical errors--Laws, regulations and rules, Organ transplantation--Complications, Santillan, Jesica--Health aspects, Tissue transplantation--Complications, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Complications, Transplantation--Complications
...Magdalena Santillans sister, who lives in Louisburg, North Carolina, had told the Santillans...Jesicas earrings.) When they arrived in Louisburg, Melico obtained employment as a construction...Magdelena took a job as a housekeeper for Louisburg College. Jesicas condition continued...
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Residential Associations as State Actors: Regulating the Impact of Gated Communities on Nonmembers
Journal article by David J. Kennedy; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 105, 1995
Subjects: Homeowners' associations--Social aspects, State action (Civil rights)--Laws, regulations, etc.
...merely as a precedent" and maintains that Louisburg Square in Boston was actually the first...note 2, at 43-44 (describing purpose of Louisburg Square Association); see also infra note...the country served this very purpose: Louisburg Square on Bostons Beacon Hill employed...
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The Secret History of Race in the United States.
Journal article by Daniel J. Sharfstein; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 112, 2003
Subjects: Spencer v. Looney--82 S.E. 745 (Va. 1914)
...violence; (66) rich whites in towns such as Louisburg, North Carolina, chartered trains to...accommodate the large number of people in Louisburg and the other points between here and...To See the Clansman, FRANKLIN TIMES (Louisburg, N.C.), Oct. 6, 1905, at 3. (68.) LITWACK...
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Folklore and Folklife Studies in American and Canadian Colleges and Universities
Journal article by Ronald L. Baker; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 99, 1986
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Angeles Pierce College; Woodland Hills, CA 91371 Los Angeles Valley College; Van Nuys, CA 91401 Louisburg College; Louisburg, NC 27549 Louisiana College; Pineville, LA 71359 Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA...
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Jeremy Belknap's the Foresters: a Thrice-Told Tale
Journal article by Walter H. Eitner; Early American Literature, Vol. 14, 1979
Subjects: American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783
...fishing stage and ware house" nearby (the French settlement at Louisburg in Nova Scotia), about which Codline, without consulting...1796, p. 47). John Codline, a "saucy fellow" before in the Louisburg episode, is a "meddling fellow" in the new account (1796...
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Coulter Wages Battle with Cleland; Kerry Stages 'Heroic' Acts
Magazine article; Insight on the News, March 15, 2004
Subjects: Asylum, Right of--Laws, regulations and rules, Cleland, Max, Coulter, Ann, Dole, Bob--Political activity, Kerry, John F.--Portrayals, Presidential candidates--Portrayals, United States--Health policy, United States--Political aspects
...bought a Super-8 camera and re-enacted his moments of heroism for footage he replays today for reporters in his $12.8 million Louisburg Square mansion on Bostons Beacon Hill. c When are these blue-states media clowns going to recognize that conservative red-states...
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Nova Scotia, Mon Amour: The Province's Quirks and Inaccessibility Are Its Very Charms
Magazine article by Alex Beam; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 297, January 2006
Subjects: Nova Scotia--Description and travel, Nova Scotia--Personal narratives
...the beginning of the trail, where Canada boldly takes credit for the Bostonians invention of the telephone. You must visit Louisburg, the restored eighteenth-century French fortress on the right claw of the lobster-shaped province. At the tail end of the...
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Reports from American Planning Association
Magazine article; Public Management, Vol. 82, October 2000
Subjects: American Planning Association--Reports, Architecture--Aesthetics, Community--Reports
...office. Other instances of "enlightened civic design," as Ardent describes it, include Park Row in Brunswick, Maine, and Louisburg Square in Boston. He mentions them for their effective use of small--in some cases, less than one acre--park areas. The...
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Make a Name for Yourself
Magazine article by Dawn M. Baskerville; Black Enterprise, Vol. 24, August 1993
Subjects: African Americans in business--Vocational guidance, Career development--Technique
...initiative and a service that matches a specific need. Oscar Smith, owner of Oscar, Oscar the Limo Doctor, a limousine service in Louisburg, N.C., is a case in point. "I have a captive audience in my limousine," says Smith, whose business serves the "triangle" cities...
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Dark, Mad, Mortal: A Memoir of Exploration
Magazine article by Robert Hahn; The Antioch Review, Vol. 64, Fall 2006
Subjects: Australia--History, Cook, James--Discovery and exploration, Tahitians--Discovery and exploration
...Quebec of the British fleet, one of whose ships was commanded by Cook (then thirty years old). The time is the mid-1750s. Fort Louisburg has just fallen, presaging the collapse of the French in North America. Cook meets a captain versed in the new science of...
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Whistler Lands a Gig at KenCen
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 12, 2002
...Broadway and Beyond." Earlier this year, he was crowned international grand champion at an annual whistling competition in Louisburg, N.C., home of the International Whistlers Museum. This weekend, Mr. Herbst will perform solo on the Kennedy Centers Millennium...
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A Night for Winners, Richly Rewarded
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 6, 2003
...Awards Monday night. "Then she said, No, thats not it." It turned out Mrs. Heinz wasnt calling about noxious fumes in her Louisburg Square manse, but to tell him he was a winner of the 2003 Heinz environmental prize. Even better was the news that he would...
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Families on a Winner at Redcar
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), July 12, 2005
...CATTERICKS annual 5th Regiment Royal Artillery Day takes place on a week tomorrow when racing starts at 2.20 pm. with The Louisburg Sphinx Maiden Stakes for two-year-olds. Six of the afternoons seven races are supported by the 5th Regiment Royal Artillery...
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Fort Augusta Key to Saving Pennsylvania; Enabled British to March West, Drive out French
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 23, 2009
Subjects: French and Indian War, 1754-1763, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, United States history--French and Indian War, 1755-1763
...was in possession of key positions and forts along the St. Lawrence and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes, including Louisburg, Quebec, Frontenac, Oswego, Niagara, Detroit, St. Louis and New Orleans, and was moving into the Ohio Valley. Britain, meanwhile...
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Horse Racing: Feisty Makes Long Trip. Pay off with Fine Win; RACING: Today's News and Views
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 27, 2006
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...the ultra-consistent Hypnosis late on to score by a neck. The Howard Johnson-trained Algol was an impressive winner of the Louisburg Maiden Stakes. The 8-11 shot was quickly away in the six furlong contest and was soon at the head of affairs under Tom Eaves...
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encyclopedia articles on: Louisburg  - 22 results

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Louisburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LOUISBURG loo isb rg , town (1991 pop. 1,261), E Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada. The town, an ice-free port, is near the site of the...
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Bigot, FranÇois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BIGOT, FRANCOIS fraNswa bego , 1703 77?, intendant of New France (1748 59), b. Bordeaux, France. At Louisburg, where he served (1739 45) as commissary, it has been said that he indulged in fraudulent practices that contributed to the downfall...
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St. Leger, Barry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ST. LEGER, BARRY 1737 89, British officer in the American Revolution . In the French and Indian Wars he served at Louisburg (1758) and with Gen. James Wolfe at Quebec. He was given (1777) command of the Mohawk valley wing of the British attack that...
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Bradstreet, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...British officer in the French and Indian Wars . A Nova Scotian, he was captured (1744) by the French and confined at Louisburg . After his exchange he described the weaknesses of the fortress, and in 1745 Sir William Pepperrell captured the stronghold...
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Murray, James
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...first civil governor of Canada, b. Scotland. He went to Canada as an army officer in 1757 and was prominent at the siege of Louisburg (1758) and in the crucial battle on the Plains of Abraham. Murray was given command of Quebec and withstood the efforts of...
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