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29 de abr. de 2024 · Major John Graves Simcoe, who assumed command of the Rangers after Brandywine, stated that Grymes had distinguised himself in his successful attempt to extracate his men from a precarious postion, while under enemy fire.
1 de may. de 2024 · In Philadelphia, British commander William Howe ordered John Graves Simcoe, commander of the Queen's Rangers (a loyalist infantry unit), to "secure the country and facilitate the inhabitants bringing in their produce to market."
Hace 5 días · London and the Thames were named after the English city and river in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855.
1 de may. de 2024 · The British had placed spies in the area to watch his movements and on April 30, a troop of 850 men marched out of Philadelphia under Major John Graves Simcoe to attack Lacey’s men. Lacey’s 400 men were mostly untrained and under armed local militia.
27 de abr. de 2024 · The location for Gibraltar Point Lighthouse was picked by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1793. Simcoe chose to make Toronto, then known as York, the military centre of Upper Canada (southern Ontario) and named the tip of Centre Island “Gibraltar Point”.
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Hace 1 día · In 1793, Governor John Graves Simcoe established the town of York on the Toronto Purchase lands, naming it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Simcoe decided to move the Upper Canada capital from Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) to York, believing the new site would be less vulnerable to attack by the United States.
28 de abr. de 2024 · 00:06:33. Most communities look back through history to one person as a founder. Guelph, for example, was founded by John Galt. Toronto credits John Graves Simcoe. Fergus has the distinction of having two founders; Adam Fergusson and James Webster. Both were born in Scotland to affluent upper-class families; Fergusson in 1783, and Webster in 1808.
