- Creator
- United States. Continental Army. Canadian Regiment, 1st
- Call number
- MssCol 19034
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 oversized folder)
- Preferred Citation
First Canadian Regiment records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
The First Canadian Regiment was formed in 1775 to support the American invasion of Quebec. The unit was raised by James Livingston (1747-1832), a native New Yorker then living in Montreal. The First Canadian Regiment records consist of nine payrolls and a muster roll. The collection contains a payroll for field and staff of the regiment from November 1776 until August 1777; five payrolls for Captain Peter Van Rensselaer's company for 1778 and 1779; a payroll for Captain Dirick Hanson's company for January 1779; a payroll for the Eighth Company for February and March 1779; a payroll for the late Captain Augustin Loseaux's company for May 1779; and a muster roll of Captain James Robichaux's company, dated April 6, 1779.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Swann Galleries, 2012.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2015
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328