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Events from the year 1734 in Canada.
Report of governor and intendant of Canada on Montreal fire for which enslaved Black woman " Angélique" was convicted and hanged [3]
Jesuit priest describes fellow passengers on 80-day voyage to Canada, including louse-covered soldiers and transported criminals [4]
Photo: Mauvide-Genest Manor on St. Lawrence River, built ca. 1734 [5]
Nova Scotia governor pronounces Acadians "proud, lazy, obstinate and untractable people, unskillful in the methods of Agriculture," etc. [6]
Possible war with France leaves N.S. exposed to Île-Royale, Canada, Indigenous people and even oath-taking Acadians (Note: "savages" used) [7]
Reacting to Indigenous people's complaints about lack of gifts, Gov. Philipps argues at length that they are not deserved [8]
Nova Scotia Council decides it's good policy to accept oath of allegiance from "an half Indian" who is "an Active man amongst the Indians" [9]
Nova Scotia lieutenant governor says Annapolis River highlands are "of a thin sandy soil" and not worth " inclosing" [10]
Previously resisted by landowners in its path, order reissued for construction of road from Annapolis Royal to Minas [11]
French deputies are to watch for "frauds" that are of "great prejudice of His Majesty's customs" at Saint John River and elsewhere [12]
Council sentences man to fifty lashes with cat o' nine tails for stealing £3 note, and orders him to return money [13]
Woman sentenced to ducking after she falsely charges murder against another woman, who gets sentence reduced to apology at church door [14]
Bowling green opposite Fort Anne to be reserved for garrison officers and "all Other Gentlemen who may please to Contribute" [15]
Regarding suspension of Council member, Lt. Gov. Armstrong is advised "not to be too nice or extreme in the infancy of a Colony" [16]
Newfoundland defences are so weak that "a sloop of ten gunns and fifty men may take any harbour in the land," and 20 soldiers take St. John's [17]
Newfoundland survey answers are much like last year's (when stated at all), except facts about Port aux Basques and its dangerous coast [18]
William Taverner points out illegal fish, game and fur activity in Port aux Basques area by Île-Royale debtors, thieves and Indigenous people [19]
Capt. Taverner warns that Innu (Montagnais) cross in boats to northwestern Newfoundland from New France every winter to take furs [20]
"Alarmed with the Movements of the French and Indians on the Frontiers," New York Assembly appropriates money for fortifications [21]
Kanien’kéhà:ka sachems remind New York governor that Albany tried to steal their land, and want him to accept that land in trust [22]
Governor Cosby reports trusteeship of Kanien’kéhà:ka land, asserting deal's importance to Covenant Chain alliance with Six Nations [23]
Petitioners want to settle Mohawk River tract that is "uninhabited, except by natives who are inconsiderable in number" and "friendly" [24]
Gov. Cosby recommends sending smiths to maintain Six Nations' arms, as French do that and also provide lead, gunpowder and brandy [25]
Virginia lieutenant governor wants settlement beyond mountains to thwart French incursions and, with control of Great Lakes, to split New France [26]
New Hampshire seeks relief from debt of "long and destructive Indian warr" and its "expeditions against the French at Nova Scotia and Canada" [27]
Legal advice: reject petition similar to those of Cabot and Raleigh "for propagating the Christian religion by very unchristian methods" [28]
Linkage: ship arrives in Boston from Annapolis Royal where sloop from Louisbourg had news via ship from France of great battle on Rhine River [29]
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Events from the year 1734 in Canada.
Report of governor and intendant of Canada on Montreal fire for which enslaved Black woman " Angélique" was convicted and hanged [3]
Jesuit priest describes fellow passengers on 80-day voyage to Canada, including louse-covered soldiers and transported criminals [4]
Photo: Mauvide-Genest Manor on St. Lawrence River, built ca. 1734 [5]
Nova Scotia governor pronounces Acadians "proud, lazy, obstinate and untractable people, unskillful in the methods of Agriculture," etc. [6]
Possible war with France leaves N.S. exposed to Île-Royale, Canada, Indigenous people and even oath-taking Acadians (Note: "savages" used) [7]
Reacting to Indigenous people's complaints about lack of gifts, Gov. Philipps argues at length that they are not deserved [8]
Nova Scotia Council decides it's good policy to accept oath of allegiance from "an half Indian" who is "an Active man amongst the Indians" [9]
Nova Scotia lieutenant governor says Annapolis River highlands are "of a thin sandy soil" and not worth " inclosing" [10]
Previously resisted by landowners in its path, order reissued for construction of road from Annapolis Royal to Minas [11]
French deputies are to watch for "frauds" that are of "great prejudice of His Majesty's customs" at Saint John River and elsewhere [12]
Council sentences man to fifty lashes with cat o' nine tails for stealing £3 note, and orders him to return money [13]
Woman sentenced to ducking after she falsely charges murder against another woman, who gets sentence reduced to apology at church door [14]
Bowling green opposite Fort Anne to be reserved for garrison officers and "all Other Gentlemen who may please to Contribute" [15]
Regarding suspension of Council member, Lt. Gov. Armstrong is advised "not to be too nice or extreme in the infancy of a Colony" [16]
Newfoundland defences are so weak that "a sloop of ten gunns and fifty men may take any harbour in the land," and 20 soldiers take St. John's [17]
Newfoundland survey answers are much like last year's (when stated at all), except facts about Port aux Basques and its dangerous coast [18]
William Taverner points out illegal fish, game and fur activity in Port aux Basques area by Île-Royale debtors, thieves and Indigenous people [19]
Capt. Taverner warns that Innu (Montagnais) cross in boats to northwestern Newfoundland from New France every winter to take furs [20]
"Alarmed with the Movements of the French and Indians on the Frontiers," New York Assembly appropriates money for fortifications [21]
Kanien’kéhà:ka sachems remind New York governor that Albany tried to steal their land, and want him to accept that land in trust [22]
Governor Cosby reports trusteeship of Kanien’kéhà:ka land, asserting deal's importance to Covenant Chain alliance with Six Nations [23]
Petitioners want to settle Mohawk River tract that is "uninhabited, except by natives who are inconsiderable in number" and "friendly" [24]
Gov. Cosby recommends sending smiths to maintain Six Nations' arms, as French do that and also provide lead, gunpowder and brandy [25]
Virginia lieutenant governor wants settlement beyond mountains to thwart French incursions and, with control of Great Lakes, to split New France [26]
New Hampshire seeks relief from debt of "long and destructive Indian warr" and its "expeditions against the French at Nova Scotia and Canada" [27]
Legal advice: reject petition similar to those of Cabot and Raleigh "for propagating the Christian religion by very unchristian methods" [28]
Linkage: ship arrives in Boston from Annapolis Royal where sloop from Louisbourg had news via ship from France of great battle on Rhine River [29]