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The Murray Treaty

February 24, 2022 by chass_wp-admin

Compiled by Autumn Epple, GRASAC Research Assistant

A document hand-written with black ink cursive.
Dépôt d’un écrit sous seing privé portant certificat de la part du général Murray, 5 septembre 1760, BANQ, Fonds Cour supérieure. District judiciaire de Québec. Greffes de notaires (CN301),Barthélémy Faribault, fils (S99),D2498, p. 5.

OVERVIEW

DATES

  • September 5, 1760

PLACES

  • Longueuil, Quebec

NATIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES

  • Huron-Wendat of Lorette, Quebec
  • Britain
    • Represented by General James Murray and Adjutant General John Cosnan

NEGOTIATIONS

  • Peace between Britain and the Huron-Wendat of Quebec
  • British forces to protect all citizens of Lorette in the upcoming capitulation of Montreal, allowing them safe return to their village
  • Lorette to continue practicing religion and customs without inference
  • Lorette to trade with the British at trading posts

PRIOR NEGOTIATIONS

  • None

SUBSEQUENT NEGOTIATIONS

  • Treaty of Oswegatchie (1760)
  • Treaty of Kahnawake (1760)
  • Treaty of Paris (1763)

SOURCES

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS

  • Handwritten copy of Murray Treaty with General Murray’s seal, 1760. Collected by French notary Barthélémy Faribault.
    • National Library and Archives of Quebec. Greffes de notaires (CN301), Barthélémy Faribault, fils (S99),D2498, p. 5.
    • Digitized copy available through Library and Archives Canada.
      https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/exploration-settlement/new-france-new-horizons/Documents/Survival/murray-ecrit-agreement.pdf.
  • Typed version of treaty, compiled by Georges-Barthelemi Faribault, son of Barthélémy.
    • James Murray to Hurons of Lorette, 5 Septembre 1760. Centre de référence de l’Amérique française, Faribault, no. 256.
    • Digitized copy available through the archives of the Musée de l’Amérique francophone. https://openhistoryseminar.com/canadianhistory/chapter/document-5-murray-treaty-1760/

HERITAGE ITEMS

  • None identified yet

LANGUAGE ITEMS

  • None identified yet

SECONDARY SOURCES

  • Beaudoin,  Gérald A. “Sioui Case.” The Canadian Encyclopedia (7 February 2006).
  • Jaenen, Cornelius J. “Murray Treaty of Longueuil (1760).” The Canadian Encyclopedia (7 February 2006).
  • Peace, Thomas G. M. “Two Conquests: Aboriginal Experiences of the Fall of New France and Acadia.” PhD diss. York University. 2011.

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