Britain allows families from U.S.A. to bring into North American colonies "any
negroes," furniture, farm tools and clothing duty free[3]
Comment on buildup of
British army generally and minister's "determination that a strong force shall be kept up" on North American frontier[4]
Dorchester is asked to return
British-held frontier posts, but they are "considered as a kind of guarantee for the discharge" of U.S. debt to Britain[5]
Montrealer says Dorchester expects U.S. move against frontier posts, but neither
fur trade nor Canada is worth going to war over[6]
U.S.A. may want British-held posts but will be disappointed by them, as "spirit of rivalship" will make fur trade no advantage to them[7]
Agricultural Society in Canada publishes advice, including on growing
hemp and manuring with
plaster of Paris[8]
Formation of
U.S. militia anticipates "an attack from the sea-side by an European power, aided by our sworn enemies settled on our extreme left"[9]
Map: North and Central America divided into territories claimed by Britain, Spain, U.S.A., and France[11]
Lower Canada
Chief Justice says "Heaven has[...]smiled upon [us with] plenty and peace" and prospect of constitution "uniting us more closely to Great Britain"[12]
Anticipating "long-looked for
House of Assembly," letter-to-the-editor suggests club "to discuss public questions, and so train ourselves up"[13]
"Great
smallpox mortality amongst the inhabitants, particularly the younger part," is because of "aversion of the lower ranks to
inoculation"[14]
"Citizens of the Province of Quebec" sign petition calling for creation of
university to teach "learned Languages and Sciences (excepting
Theology)"[15]
Newly arrived
Gen. Clarke formally opens his commission as lieutenant-governor and takes "usual Oaths [and] his Seat at the Council-Board"[16]
Alliance of U.S.A. with Spain prompts reinforcement of Quebec City
garrison;
Canadian militia among at least 10,000 men ready for action[17]
In their petition, millers, bakers and others in bread trade note "years of scarcity and distress" ended with last harvest's "abundance"[18]
Quebec City fire society's new reservoir near
Bishop's Palace holds 200
hogsheads of water and sits beneath building with "one of the largest
Engines"[23]
Editorial notes hanging with dissection carried out in Montreal for first time, and hopes it will be crime deterrent as well as medical lesson[24]
All 3 prisoners in Quebec City jail, in close confinement for 3+ years without friends or assistance, "are really starving" on 1 lb. of bread each per day[25]
For sale: "Young Healthy
Negro Woman capable of most kind of business; good cook and house-maid, understands milking cows and making butter[...]"[26]
Edward Conway says Mary Warren has left him and "as a Prostitute I recommend her to the Universe, I being the Fourth Man she has elop'd from"[28]
Among many school books for sale is "The Academic Speaker, or a selection of parliamentary debates, orations, odes, scenes and speeches[....]"[29]
Offering free tuition to 6 "scholars," teacher cites civil servant salaries that "may not be adequate to the numerous exigencies of a large family"[30]
Premiere of "Liberty Asserted, or Canada Restored," historical play set "among the
five nations of Iroquois; the plot is very interesting"[31]
Dorchester intends to create "
loyal Aristocracy [in Upper Country] by opening the road to affluence and honors to all [who have] diligence and fidelity"[33]
Leader of Upper Canada to be
John Graves Simcoe, not
John Johnson, whose connection to U.C., including much property, would be "not desirable"[34]
John Johnson reports incomplete
surveying has "greatly retarded the settlement of the Country," with would-be settlers discouraged and gone[35]
George Clinton calls
Joseph Brant "a Man of very considerable Information, Influence and Interprize, and[...]his Friendship is worthy of Cultivation"[37]
Dorchester on
Indian Department "irregularity" (disobedience, private sale of royal presents, absence without leave) and
Kanien’kéhà:ka discontent[38]
Bishop Inglis, reminding
Lt. Gov. Parr of promise of 1,000 acres of bishop's choosing, asks 967 acres bordering his "
Aylesford Mountain" property[49]
Shipwrecked
brig's
master believed holding "considerable Sum of Money" owner had on board; $100 reward offered plus 5% of money recovered[50]
Missing "
Negro Boy Slave Named Dick," about 20, "stoops a little in walking, and has lost [part] of his great Toe of the left Foot;" 40
shilling reward[51]
Middle-aged man seeks job as
groom or
coachman; "can learn Ladies and Gentlemen to ride or
break Horses for any Purpose"[52]
New Brunswick
"The probability of a War with Spain" means preparing some younger provincial
militia members for active service, even with regular troops[53]
Thomas Peters, sergeant in Black Pioneers, petitions for land for Black people, as they are "Suffering [and] incapable of paying the
poor tax"[54]
Brief description of
Madawaska settlement by surveyor on field trip[55]
"Captain Pauchagee" is "a very good Indian," but keeping him at
Eastmain post "very tiklish" as he is leader at "Canadian Settlement [Manicouagan]"[57]
"Resident" at
York Factory avoids hiring Indigenous men, "for Indians are [so dissatisfied], they think themselves never sufficiently paid"[58]
Indigenous hunter at
Severn, stabbed in quarrel and stitched up, has recovered enough 6 weeks later to take family
trapping but is soon reported dead[60]
From "his great propensity to Liquor", Severn first officer Moore is sick with convulsions, sometimes speechless or "troubled in mind"[61]
Moose Factory worker shoots himself in thigh by stumbling across wire of "set gun" trap and dies week later of "a
mortification"[62]
Pacific coast
"This place[...]is become important from the circumstances which are likely to arise from the trade" - Profile of
Nootka Sound and its
people[63]
^"Letter from Lord Dorchester to Thomas Carleton" (February 13, 1790), pg. 1, University of New Brunswick. (See also
note (pg. 2, top of column) that Dorchester's reply has arrived, but too late for this year's session of Parliament) Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Anno Tricesimo; Georgii III Regis; An Act for encouraging new Settlers[....],"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 75 (August 24, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, middle column). Accessed 7 July 2023
^"London, January 6; The report of a requisition[....]," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1289 (April 22, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 18 July 2023
^"New-York, July 27; Extract of a letter from Montreal, July 6," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 42 (
September 6, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"From the Albany Register; Extract of a letter from Quebec, Feb. 1790," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 33 (
July 12, 1790), Page 7 of 8. (See also
Grenville consulting Haldimand about changes in trade after evacuation, and also
"State of the Fur Trade in Canada" (PDF frames 32-4)) Accessed 13 July 2023
^"Foreign Intelligence; United States; A Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia[....]," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1285 (March 25, 1790), pg. 2 (near bottom of column). Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Extract from the Chief Justice's Charge to the King's Bench Grand Jury, Tuesday, 2d November, 1790," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1318 (November 4, 1790), pg. 4. (See also
argument of "a Citizen of Quebec" against constitutional reforms) Accessed 19 July 2023
^"Lower-Town, 8th Dec. 1790; Mr. Moore[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Total No. 108 (
December 13, 1790), Page 1 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
^"Quebec, November 18; A Correspondent[....]," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1320 (November 18, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 19 July 2023
^"To His Excellency the Right Honorable Guy Lord Dorchester[....]" (October 31, 1790), The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1318 (November 4, 1790), pg. 1. (See also
Coadjutor bishop's thoughts on education (click on PDF and scroll to image 11)) Accessed 19 July 2023
^"Quebec, October 14," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1315 (October 14, 1790), pg. 1. (See also
Clarke quizzing former governor Haldimand in London about Quebec, including if he can live "respectably" on £1,500/year) Accessed 19 July 2023
^"The Petition and Memorial of the Merchants[...]interested in the Flour and Biscuit branches of commerce in the City of Quebec," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 50 (
November 1, 1790), Page 7 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
^"Quebec, April 29; To Monseigneur the Bishop of Quebec" (April 22, 1790), Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1290 (April 29, 1790), pg. 2. (See also disapproval by
several clergymen and
dozens of laymen of Bailly de Messein's letter) Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Halifax, Nov. 30; Extract from a London Paper, dated Oct. 2,"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 89 (November 30, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column). Accessed 7 July 2023
^"Quebec, June 24; Two weeks ago[....]," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1298 (June 24, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Quebec, August 26," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1308 (August 26, 1790), pg. 2. Accessed 19 July 2023
^"Quebec, July 15, 1790; A correspondent observes[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 34 (
July 15, 1790), Page 2 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"Quebec, Nov. 22 1790; An Humble Address to the Public," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Total No. 54 (
December 2, 1790), Page 6 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
^"To Be Sold[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 23 (
May 3, 1790), Page 2 of 8. Accessed 12 July 2023
^"To Mr. Robustus" (April 13, 1790), (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 21 (
April 8, 1790), Page 6 of 8. (See also
letter referred to (Pages 6 of 8 and 3 of 8) submitted by "Robustus") Accessed 12 July 2023
^"This is to inform the Public[....]" (July 5, 1790), The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1302 (July 15, 1790), pg. 4 (bottom of column). Accessed 18 July 2023
^"For the Use of Schools and Academies," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1305 (August 5, 1790), pg. 2. Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Quebec, Sept. 9, 1790; Free-School," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 43 (
September 9, 1790), Page 8 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"For the Benefit of Mr. Worsdale," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 11 (
February 1, 1790), Page 5 of 8. Accessed 10 July 2023
^"Quebec, May 28, 1790; Francis Lehoullier, Perfumer[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 28 (
June 3, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"Sir John Johnson to Lord Dorchester" (September 13, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 53-6 (see last paragraph on 55). Accessed 24 July 2023
^"From David and Aaron Hill to Sir John Johnson" (April 15, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frame 20. (See also Dorchester's objection to encouraging "the Indians to abandon their country" in New York (PDF frames 25-6) and his reference to conflict among Kanien’kéhà:ka at Grand River (PDF frame 31)) Accessed 21 July 2023
^Letter of Dorchester to John Johnson (January 21, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 4-6. (See also Johnson's reply (PDF frames 7-8) and John Butler's explanations (PDF frames 9-11)) Accessed 20 July 2023
^"Speech by John Butler to the Indians" (April 8, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 17-18. (See also Indigenous people's reply (PDF frame 18)) Accessed 20 July 2023
^"Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova-Scotia,"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 56 (April 13, 1790), Page 1 of 2 (front page) and Page 2 of 2. Accessed 6 July 2023
^"Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova-Scotia; Saturday 6th March; The Committee appointed to examine into the present State of the Poor-House at Halifax[....],"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 51 (March 16, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, left column). (See also
text of act (Page 1 of 2 (front page, middle column)) authorizing commissioners to manage transient poor, and
call to Haligonians (Page 1 of 4, lefthand page) to meeting to vote support money for resident poor people) Accessed 5 July 2023
^"Halifax, August 10,"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 73 (August 10, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left and middle columns). (See also
report (Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column)) of bishop's visit to Lunenburg) Accessed 6 July 2023
^"One Hundred Dollars Reward[....]" (August 10, 1790)
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 73 (August 10, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, right column). Accessed 6 July 2023
^"From Mr. Edward Jarvis, Chief at Albany Fort" (October 4, 1790),
Henley House post journal; 1790-1791 PDF frame 33, Archives of Manitoba. Accessed 27 July 2023
^"London, May 15; Nootka Sound," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1305 (August 5, 1790), pg. 1. (See also more details
here (Page 3 of 8) and
here (pgs. 2-3)) Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Quebec, April 8, 1790; Proposals[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 20 (
April 8, 1790), Page 1 of 8. Accessed 12 July 2023
^"III; From Hopedale, dated August 25, 1790" 1790-1795, vol. 01: Periodicals Accounts Relating to the Missions of the Church of the United Brethren, pgs. 49-51 (frames 57-9), Memorial University of Newfoundland. Accessed 25 July 2023
^"Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, Nov.14,"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 53 (March 30, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, middle column). Accessed 5 July 2023 (See also
"London, Nov. 26" report (Pages 6 of 8 and 7 of 8) that transport's captain is in custody in England)
^"Mutiny on Board the Bounty Armed Ship," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 29 (
June 10, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
Britain allows families from U.S.A. to bring into North American colonies "any
negroes," furniture, farm tools and clothing duty free[3]
Comment on buildup of
British army generally and minister's "determination that a strong force shall be kept up" on North American frontier[4]
Dorchester is asked to return
British-held frontier posts, but they are "considered as a kind of guarantee for the discharge" of U.S. debt to Britain[5]
Montrealer says Dorchester expects U.S. move against frontier posts, but neither
fur trade nor Canada is worth going to war over[6]
U.S.A. may want British-held posts but will be disappointed by them, as "spirit of rivalship" will make fur trade no advantage to them[7]
Agricultural Society in Canada publishes advice, including on growing
hemp and manuring with
plaster of Paris[8]
Formation of
U.S. militia anticipates "an attack from the sea-side by an European power, aided by our sworn enemies settled on our extreme left"[9]
Map: North and Central America divided into territories claimed by Britain, Spain, U.S.A., and France[11]
Lower Canada
Chief Justice says "Heaven has[...]smiled upon [us with] plenty and peace" and prospect of constitution "uniting us more closely to Great Britain"[12]
Anticipating "long-looked for
House of Assembly," letter-to-the-editor suggests club "to discuss public questions, and so train ourselves up"[13]
"Great
smallpox mortality amongst the inhabitants, particularly the younger part," is because of "aversion of the lower ranks to
inoculation"[14]
"Citizens of the Province of Quebec" sign petition calling for creation of
university to teach "learned Languages and Sciences (excepting
Theology)"[15]
Newly arrived
Gen. Clarke formally opens his commission as lieutenant-governor and takes "usual Oaths [and] his Seat at the Council-Board"[16]
Alliance of U.S.A. with Spain prompts reinforcement of Quebec City
garrison;
Canadian militia among at least 10,000 men ready for action[17]
In their petition, millers, bakers and others in bread trade note "years of scarcity and distress" ended with last harvest's "abundance"[18]
Quebec City fire society's new reservoir near
Bishop's Palace holds 200
hogsheads of water and sits beneath building with "one of the largest
Engines"[23]
Editorial notes hanging with dissection carried out in Montreal for first time, and hopes it will be crime deterrent as well as medical lesson[24]
All 3 prisoners in Quebec City jail, in close confinement for 3+ years without friends or assistance, "are really starving" on 1 lb. of bread each per day[25]
For sale: "Young Healthy
Negro Woman capable of most kind of business; good cook and house-maid, understands milking cows and making butter[...]"[26]
Edward Conway says Mary Warren has left him and "as a Prostitute I recommend her to the Universe, I being the Fourth Man she has elop'd from"[28]
Among many school books for sale is "The Academic Speaker, or a selection of parliamentary debates, orations, odes, scenes and speeches[....]"[29]
Offering free tuition to 6 "scholars," teacher cites civil servant salaries that "may not be adequate to the numerous exigencies of a large family"[30]
Premiere of "Liberty Asserted, or Canada Restored," historical play set "among the
five nations of Iroquois; the plot is very interesting"[31]
Dorchester intends to create "
loyal Aristocracy [in Upper Country] by opening the road to affluence and honors to all [who have] diligence and fidelity"[33]
Leader of Upper Canada to be
John Graves Simcoe, not
John Johnson, whose connection to U.C., including much property, would be "not desirable"[34]
John Johnson reports incomplete
surveying has "greatly retarded the settlement of the Country," with would-be settlers discouraged and gone[35]
George Clinton calls
Joseph Brant "a Man of very considerable Information, Influence and Interprize, and[...]his Friendship is worthy of Cultivation"[37]
Dorchester on
Indian Department "irregularity" (disobedience, private sale of royal presents, absence without leave) and
Kanien’kéhà:ka discontent[38]
Bishop Inglis, reminding
Lt. Gov. Parr of promise of 1,000 acres of bishop's choosing, asks 967 acres bordering his "
Aylesford Mountain" property[49]
Shipwrecked
brig's
master believed holding "considerable Sum of Money" owner had on board; $100 reward offered plus 5% of money recovered[50]
Missing "
Negro Boy Slave Named Dick," about 20, "stoops a little in walking, and has lost [part] of his great Toe of the left Foot;" 40
shilling reward[51]
Middle-aged man seeks job as
groom or
coachman; "can learn Ladies and Gentlemen to ride or
break Horses for any Purpose"[52]
New Brunswick
"The probability of a War with Spain" means preparing some younger provincial
militia members for active service, even with regular troops[53]
Thomas Peters, sergeant in Black Pioneers, petitions for land for Black people, as they are "Suffering [and] incapable of paying the
poor tax"[54]
Brief description of
Madawaska settlement by surveyor on field trip[55]
"Captain Pauchagee" is "a very good Indian," but keeping him at
Eastmain post "very tiklish" as he is leader at "Canadian Settlement [Manicouagan]"[57]
"Resident" at
York Factory avoids hiring Indigenous men, "for Indians are [so dissatisfied], they think themselves never sufficiently paid"[58]
Indigenous hunter at
Severn, stabbed in quarrel and stitched up, has recovered enough 6 weeks later to take family
trapping but is soon reported dead[60]
From "his great propensity to Liquor", Severn first officer Moore is sick with convulsions, sometimes speechless or "troubled in mind"[61]
Moose Factory worker shoots himself in thigh by stumbling across wire of "set gun" trap and dies week later of "a
mortification"[62]
Pacific coast
"This place[...]is become important from the circumstances which are likely to arise from the trade" - Profile of
Nootka Sound and its
people[63]
^"Letter from Lord Dorchester to Thomas Carleton" (February 13, 1790), pg. 1, University of New Brunswick. (See also
note (pg. 2, top of column) that Dorchester's reply has arrived, but too late for this year's session of Parliament) Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Anno Tricesimo; Georgii III Regis; An Act for encouraging new Settlers[....],"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 75 (August 24, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, middle column). Accessed 7 July 2023
^"London, January 6; The report of a requisition[....]," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1289 (April 22, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 18 July 2023
^"New-York, July 27; Extract of a letter from Montreal, July 6," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 42 (
September 6, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"From the Albany Register; Extract of a letter from Quebec, Feb. 1790," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 33 (
July 12, 1790), Page 7 of 8. (See also
Grenville consulting Haldimand about changes in trade after evacuation, and also
"State of the Fur Trade in Canada" (PDF frames 32-4)) Accessed 13 July 2023
^"Foreign Intelligence; United States; A Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia[....]," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1285 (March 25, 1790), pg. 2 (near bottom of column). Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Extract from the Chief Justice's Charge to the King's Bench Grand Jury, Tuesday, 2d November, 1790," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1318 (November 4, 1790), pg. 4. (See also
argument of "a Citizen of Quebec" against constitutional reforms) Accessed 19 July 2023
^"Lower-Town, 8th Dec. 1790; Mr. Moore[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Total No. 108 (
December 13, 1790), Page 1 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
^"Quebec, November 18; A Correspondent[....]," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1320 (November 18, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 19 July 2023
^"To His Excellency the Right Honorable Guy Lord Dorchester[....]" (October 31, 1790), The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1318 (November 4, 1790), pg. 1. (See also
Coadjutor bishop's thoughts on education (click on PDF and scroll to image 11)) Accessed 19 July 2023
^"Quebec, October 14," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1315 (October 14, 1790), pg. 1. (See also
Clarke quizzing former governor Haldimand in London about Quebec, including if he can live "respectably" on £1,500/year) Accessed 19 July 2023
^"The Petition and Memorial of the Merchants[...]interested in the Flour and Biscuit branches of commerce in the City of Quebec," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 50 (
November 1, 1790), Page 7 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
^"Quebec, April 29; To Monseigneur the Bishop of Quebec" (April 22, 1790), Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1290 (April 29, 1790), pg. 2. (See also disapproval by
several clergymen and
dozens of laymen of Bailly de Messein's letter) Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Halifax, Nov. 30; Extract from a London Paper, dated Oct. 2,"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 89 (November 30, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column). Accessed 7 July 2023
^"Quebec, June 24; Two weeks ago[....]," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1298 (June 24, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Quebec, August 26," The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1308 (August 26, 1790), pg. 2. Accessed 19 July 2023
^"Quebec, July 15, 1790; A correspondent observes[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 34 (
July 15, 1790), Page 2 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"Quebec, Nov. 22 1790; An Humble Address to the Public," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Total No. 54 (
December 2, 1790), Page 6 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
^"To Be Sold[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 23 (
May 3, 1790), Page 2 of 8. Accessed 12 July 2023
^"To Mr. Robustus" (April 13, 1790), (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 21 (
April 8, 1790), Page 6 of 8. (See also
letter referred to (Pages 6 of 8 and 3 of 8) submitted by "Robustus") Accessed 12 July 2023
^"This is to inform the Public[....]" (July 5, 1790), The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1302 (July 15, 1790), pg. 4 (bottom of column). Accessed 18 July 2023
^"For the Use of Schools and Academies," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette,
Num. 1305 (August 5, 1790), pg. 2. Accessed 18 July 2023
^"Quebec, Sept. 9, 1790; Free-School," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 43 (
September 9, 1790), Page 8 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"For the Benefit of Mr. Worsdale," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 11 (
February 1, 1790), Page 5 of 8. Accessed 10 July 2023
^"Quebec, May 28, 1790; Francis Lehoullier, Perfumer[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 28 (
June 3, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
^"Sir John Johnson to Lord Dorchester" (September 13, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 53-6 (see last paragraph on 55). Accessed 24 July 2023
^"From David and Aaron Hill to Sir John Johnson" (April 15, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frame 20. (See also Dorchester's objection to encouraging "the Indians to abandon their country" in New York (PDF frames 25-6) and his reference to conflict among Kanien’kéhà:ka at Grand River (PDF frame 31)) Accessed 21 July 2023
^Letter of Dorchester to John Johnson (January 21, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 4-6. (See also Johnson's reply (PDF frames 7-8) and John Butler's explanations (PDF frames 9-11)) Accessed 20 July 2023
^"Speech by John Butler to the Indians" (April 8, 1790),
Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 17-18. (See also Indigenous people's reply (PDF frame 18)) Accessed 20 July 2023
^"Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova-Scotia,"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 56 (April 13, 1790), Page 1 of 2 (front page) and Page 2 of 2. Accessed 6 July 2023
^"Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova-Scotia; Saturday 6th March; The Committee appointed to examine into the present State of the Poor-House at Halifax[....],"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 51 (March 16, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, left column). (See also
text of act (Page 1 of 2 (front page, middle column)) authorizing commissioners to manage transient poor, and
call to Haligonians (Page 1 of 4, lefthand page) to meeting to vote support money for resident poor people) Accessed 5 July 2023
^"Halifax, August 10,"
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 73 (August 10, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left and middle columns). (See also
report (Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column)) of bishop's visit to Lunenburg) Accessed 6 July 2023
^"One Hundred Dollars Reward[....]" (August 10, 1790)
The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 73 (August 10, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, right column). Accessed 6 July 2023
^"From Mr. Edward Jarvis, Chief at Albany Fort" (October 4, 1790),
Henley House post journal; 1790-1791 PDF frame 33, Archives of Manitoba. Accessed 27 July 2023
^"London, May 15; Nootka Sound," The Quebec Gazette,
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