LEADER 03842nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910154971503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-88920-806-9 024 7 $a10.51644/9780889208063 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002450 035 $a(OCoLC)243568532 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10139262 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000738946 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11458051 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738946 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10671548 035 $a(PQKB)10992101 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402573 035 $a(CaBNvSL)rjv00101327 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3246188 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3050267 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8x3v27 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402573 035 $a(DE-B1597)667287 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780889208063 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002450 100 $a19830221d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPursuit of profit and preferment in colonial North America $eJohn Bradstreet's quest /$fWilliam G. Godfrey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$dc1982 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 300 $aRevision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--Queen's University) presented under title: John Bradstreet : an irregular regular, 1714-1774. 311 $a1-55458-475-2 311 $a0-88920-108-0 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $tThe Bradstreets of Nova Scotia -- $tEmergence at Louisbourg -- $tDisappointment and Readjustment -- $tReunited with Shirley -- $tSuccess with Lord Loudoun -- $tTriumph Despite Abercromby -- $tProsperity but Little Progress -- $tPreparations for Detroit -- $tThe Great Lakes Campaign -- $tThe Last Decade -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aHow did an ambitious British army officer advance his career in mid?eighteenth?century North America? What was the nature of political opportunism in an imperial system encompassing an old world and a new? This study examines the career of an Anglo?Irish?Acadian army officer, treating in considerable detail the network of old-world connections and patrons which at times facilitated his advancement. John Bradstreet was born in Nova Scotia and died in New York. He was a major participant in colonial North American military events ranging from the capture of Louisbourg in 1745 to the British campaign against Pontiac in 1764. Early in his career he became lieutenant?governor of St. John?s, Newfoundland, and eventually rose to the rank of major?general in the British army, while linking his military performance to a relentless pursuit of profit and preferment. He was a man consistently on the periphery of both English and American societies; yet his career reveals a great deal about the mid?eighteenth?century trans?Atlantic world and about the dilemma of proponents of Empire who were viewed with increasing suspicion in both mother country and colonies. The author draws upon British, American, and Canadian archival sources, taking advantage of Bradstreet?s prolific correspondence to support and develop his narrative. 517 3 $aJohn Bradstreet's quest 606 $aSoldiers$zCanada$vBiography 607 $aCanada$xHistory$y1755-1763 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zCanada 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a971.01/8/0924 700 $aGodfrey$b William G.$f1941-$01275359 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154971503321 996 $aPursuit of Profit and Preferment in Colonial North America$93005526 997 $aUNINA