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Author Fryer, Mary Beacock.

Title King's men : the soldier founders of Ontario / by Mary Beacock Fryer
Published Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1980

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Description 1 online resource (392 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Background and perspective -- pt. 2. The Provincial Corps, Northern Department -- pt. 3. Afterwards
Summary KIng's Men is the story of the Loyalist regiments ho became the soldier founders of the Province of Ontario, the Loyal Colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, Canadian Command, during the American revolution. Mythology on the United Empire Loyalists who founded two Canadian provinces is ingrained. We often envisage loyal families marching out of the victorious United States at the close of the American Revolution. But these myths lead us to overlook a fascinating period in the lives of one group of Loyalists -- the soldiers who became Ontario's founders. By the time the T
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Subject United Empire loyalists.
HISTORY.
United Empire loyalists
SUBJECT Canada -- History -- 1763-1791. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019315
Canada -- History, Military
Ontario -- History -- 18th century
Canada -- History, Military -- 18th century
Subject Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
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