Nevill, Valentine, active 1758
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One of the strongest French bases in North America, Fort Louisbourg, Nova Scotia guarded the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
During the Seven Years' War, it was captured from the French by a British combined force in July 1758.
From the description of The reduction of Louisbourg : a poem : inscribed to the hon[ora]ble Edward Boscawen : wrote on board his majesty's ship Orford in Louisbourg Harbour / by Valentine Nevill Esqr. of Greenwich in Kent, Secretary to the hon[ora]ble Admiral Townshend, 1758 Aug. 7. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38989982
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Subjects:
- Manuscripts
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
- War poetry, English
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- Canada (as recorded)
- Canada--Nova Scotia (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Louisbourg (N.S.) (as recorded)
