Concerning Thomas Walker, Esq.

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
Concerning Thomas Walker, Esq.
Abstract
Information on the early life of Thomas Walker, written by one of his collateral descendants. The British-born Walker emigrated to Boston in 1752 and moved to Montreal in 1763, where he became a spokesperson for the city's English-speaking merchants in their dispute with the town's British military authorities and with the colonial administrators. On December 6, 1764, Walker was attacked by members of the British military garrison and had his ear cut off. The incident nearly divided the English-speaking members of the colony into armed camps and eventually led to the recall of Quebec's first British governor, James Murray.
Publication
The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal
Volume
3rd Series, Vol. 7
Issue
no. 3
Pages
97-100
Date
July 1910
Language
en
Citation
Greenwood, Isaac J. “Concerning Thomas Walker, Esq.” The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal 3rd Series, Vol. 7, no. 3 (July 1910): 97–100.
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