Rebellion : military discharge John Hughes, 1839
- CA ON00156 TR/1998
- File
- 1839
File contains a manuscript letter of discharge of John Hughes, who served as a volunteer from November 1838 to April, 1839 in the 2nd Hastings Regiment Militia.
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Rebellion : military discharge John Hughes, 1839
File contains a manuscript letter of discharge of John Hughes, who served as a volunteer from November 1838 to April, 1839 in the 2nd Hastings Regiment Militia.
Rebellion : military discharge Patrick Hughes, 1839
File contains a manuscript letter of discharge of Patrick Hughes, who served as a volunteer from November, 1838 to April, 1839 in the 2nd Hastings Regiment Militia.
Rebellion : attack on Belleville newspaper, 1838
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File contains manuscript notes by Fred Bradley on the militia called out by Lt Col Bonnycastle in Hastings totaling 1668 men and 108 officers divided into the Mohawks 1 st Hastings Light Dragoons, 2nd and 3rd Prince Edward (Infantry), Belleville Rifles (Infantry), and the 2nd Hastings.
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Boyce, Gerry
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