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BOOK - The Hessians of Marysburgh, Ontario [formerly Upper Canada]
By Johannes Helmut Merz.
The Hessians were an auxiliary regiment from Germany, engaged by Britain to fight on the British side during the American Revolutionary War. This book focuses on the men who served in the American Revolution and then settled in Marysburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario.
The Hessians of Marysburgh, Ontario is an extracted chapter from Merz' book The Hessians of Upper Canada with additional pictures and text that did not appear in the original book.
Contents include:
- Marysburgh — The First German Settlement on Lake Ontario
- Marysburgh — The Fifth Township
- Baron Gottlieb Christian von Reitzenstein
- The Marysburg Hessians as compiled by J.H.Merz
- SOURCES of information
Pictures include:
- Up the River with Batteaux — Loyalist refugees
- Hessian Soldier’s Plaque Celebration in Hanau 2002
- Marysburg Settlement — Historical Plaque
- General Burgoyne and German Mercenaries
- Landing of German soldiers at Quebec City 1776
- Map of Settlement in Upper Canada about 1800
90 Pages
8 X 11"
Softcover - Cerlox bound
Illustrations
Lists
Maps
ISBN 0-9735462-4-7
Published by 7th Town Historical Society, 2005
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