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Location: 100 Laird Avenue South, Amherstburg
Emplacement : 100, avenue Laird Sud, Amherstburg
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 42.107879, -83.113316
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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Major John Richardson

Born at Queenston in Upper Canada, John Richardson served as volunteer at Fort Malden during the War of 1812 and was taken prisoner by the Americans at Moraviantown. He was released at war’s end, retired on half-pay in 1818, and spent most of the next 20 years in Europe. There he won a certain literary reputation with works such as the poem Tecumseh and Wacousta, a historical novel. Returning to Canada as a journalist, he founded the New Era in Brockville where, in 1842, he published his history, The War of 1812. Financial success eluded him, and before 1850 he moved to New York where he died in poverty.

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Major John Richardson

Né à Queenston, John Richardson servit comme volontaire au fort Malden durant la guerre de 1812 et fut fait prisonnier par les Américains à Moraviantown. Libèré à la fin de la guerre, il prit sa retraite avec une demi-pension en 1818 et passa la plupart des vingt années suivantes en Europe. Il y acquit une certaine repu tation littéraire avec des oeuvres comme le poème Tecumseh et le roman historique Wacousta. Revenu au Canada comme journaliste, il fonda le New Era à Brockville et, en 1842, il publia son histoire de la guerre de 1812. Ayant des difficultés financières, il alla s’installer à New York, où il mourut dans la pauvreté.