Moses Delesdernier (c.1713-1811) was land trader and author who moved from

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

to Halifax, Nova Scotia (1750). In 1754, while at Pisiquid (present-day Windsor, Nova Scotia), he was the first Protestant to farm among the Acadians. He was also the truckmaster for trade with the Mi’kmaq (1760). He also held office in present-day New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Delesdernier met Richard John Uniacke in Philadelphia and encouraged him to settle in Nova Scotia (1774). Delesdernier became Uniacke's father-in-law (1775). The following year Delesdernier's son and son-in-law Uniacke became involved in the

Eddy Rebellion The Battle of Fort Cumberland (also known as the Eddy Rebellion) was an attempt by a small number of militia commanded by Jonathan Eddy to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia in late 1776. With minimal logistical support from Ma ...

and, as a result, Delesdernier fell into disfavour with the government. Delesdernier also wrote two manuscripts that were used by Andrew Brown in his history of Nova Scotia.B. C. Cuthbertson, “DELESDERNIER, MOSES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 8, 2021, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/delesdernier_moses_5E.html. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Headstone pictured at right.

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1713 births 1811 deaths Swiss emigrants to Canada Canadian male non-fiction writers {{Canada-nonfiction-writer-stub