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4 unusual facts about Frederick Haldimand


Frederick Haldimand

He also helped settle the Six Nations that had been driven out of New York during the war, issuing what is now known as the Haldimand Proclamation, awarding them a tract of land on the Grand River in what is now southern Ontario.

As the revolution came to an end Haldimand helped settle American Loyalist refugees who became known as United Empire Loyalists, many in territories that are now in New Brunswick and Ontario.

These negotiations, which are sometimes called the Haldimand Affair because of his participation, involved brothers Ira and Ethan Allen, and were promoted to see if Vermont could be convinced to become a new British province, which would then provide a new avenue for attack against the southern portions of New York and New England.

Friedrich Adolf Riedesel

In 1781, Quebec governor Frederick Haldimand named Riedesel officer in charge of the Sorel District, where he and his family stayed until his departure from North America at the end of Summer 1784.


Barry St. Leger

He was also involved in the secret negotiations between Frederick Haldimand, Quebec's governor, and the Vermont Republic's leaders over the possibility of bringing Vermont into the British fold.

Conrad Gugy

In 1778, when refugees started arriving from across the border, with the marked approval of the now Governor of Canada, his old friend Sir Frederick Haldimand, Gugy erected dwellings and a school on his seigneuries at Yamachiche, Quebec, to house them.

Johan Host Herkimer

In February 1780, at the command of the governor of Quebec, General Frederick Haldimand, Herkimer served as boat-master in the Commissariat at Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, providing stores and supplies for the British Army posts.


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