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Title: Abijah Willard journal, 1755-1759
Creator: Willard, Abijah, 1724-1789
Date Created and/or Issued: 1755
1756
1757
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1759
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Abijah Willard's Orderly Book [and] A Journal on the Intended Expedition to Nova Scotia. The orderly book covers April 28, 1755 to January 5, 1756. The volume concerns the British capture of Ft. Beauséjour, Nova Scotia.
The journal was published as Journal of Abijah Willard, 1755, ed. John C. Webster (St. John, N.B., 1930?).
In 1745, Abijah Willard (1724-1789) of Lancaster, Worcester County, Mass. served at the siege of Louisbourg as a captain in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment. In 1755, he captained a provincial regiment deployed at the siege of Fort Beauséjour. Promoted to colonel, he spent the rest of the war in charge of a regiment under Timothy Ruggles. In April 1775, he offered his services to the British army, and in 1784 evacuated to Nova Scotia.
HM 497. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent: 1 volume, 299 pages.
Identifier: mssHM 497
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/54534
Subject: Willard, Abijah, 1724-1789
Fort Cumberland (N.S.)
Nova Scotia--History--1713-1763
Journals (accounts) United States 18th century
Manuscripts United States 18th century
Source: Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library

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