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1788 in Canada

January 01, 1970

Events from the year 1788 in Canada.

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  • Attorney-General Monk and Solicitor-General Williams are of opinion that, as the Jesuits have no civil existence as a Canadian corporation, their estates accrue to the Crown.
  • Ontario is divided into five districts,[2] under English law.

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Historical documents edit

Royal assent is coming for bill liquidating Loyalist claims, which amount to almost £1.9 million in property and more than £75,000 in income[6]

It is right and just that Britain sacrificed Loyalists' property for national well-being, and that they should be compensated for their loss[7]

Parliament is likely to investigate "the slave trade, so long a disgrace to every civilized people concerned in it"[8]

Text of act governing trade between British North American and Caribbean possessions and United States of America[9]

Commons debates whether Caribbean colonies can rely on Canada and Nova Scotia to supply them or must also have trade with U.S.A.[10]

British government resolves to give "utmost support" to new North American settlements by importing ship building materials from there[11]

Gov. Gen. Lord Dorchester reports "Upper Country Trade" merchants dispense "profuse credits" and find fur prices high at home but low in London[12]

Government surveyor seeks 100 subscribers for large-scale Gulf of St. Lawrence chart covering Cape Ray to Sept-Îles to Saint John and Canso[13]

Lower Canada edit

Dorchester pins "animosities [on] old resentments, and enmity," and hopes gradual reform will seem just to both no-change and change-now factions[14]

Both British and Canadian supporters of legislative assembly for Canada say they outnumber and are "not less respectable" than opponents[15]

Backing assembly, "Sidney" says don't deprive people of their rights "merely because it would be difficult to accomplish an equal representation"[16]

Smuggling from U.S.A. includes tea ("most consequential article of inland contraband"), wine by sea, and rum if Canadian price goes up[17]

For sale: "A Handsome Negro Man" (age 22-23) "and a beautiful Negro Woman" (22-23), married to each other and "both of a good constitution"[18]

Missing: "A Negro Man named Caleb," about 26 or 27; "all persons are required not to harbour or employ the said Negro Slave"[19]

Reward $4 for missing "Mulatto fellow named Pascal Puro,[...]about eighteen[...], talks good English, writes and reads,[...]calls himself a f[r]ee-man"[20]

No practising medicine, midwifery or pharmacy in Montreal or Quebec without examination, university degree or past military practice, plus licence[21]

Ordinance requires adjustment to "trains" (long, heavy Canadian sleighs), sleds and carioles that are creating cahots on roadways[22]

Paying members of 2,000-volume Quebec Library are "gentlemen desirous to promote science, and afford amusement and instruction"[23]

Mrs. Chilley's new boarding school for young ladies at Beauport costs 15 guineas/year plus tuition for writing and arithmetic ($4) and French ($3)[24]

"A Distrest Family of Six Females long labouring under difficulties" seeks employment in needlework, coarse or fine[25]

Documents identify Phillip Cook as father of Elisabeth Jones' baby born in Sorel (a.k.a. William-Henry) parish[26]

Upper Canada edit

On visit to Niagara, Dorchester finds Loyalists thankful for Crown's support and "better circumstanced and happier than before the Rebellion"[27]

U.S. civilian and military development from Ohio River to Lake Champlain make necessary "advancing the Western settlements of this Province"[28]

Settlers to apply through local deputy surveyors general for land at or near Lac Saint-François, Ottawa River, Kingston, Toronto, Niagara and Detroit[29]

Four new districts (Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nassau and Hesse) established between Lac Saint-François and western limit of Canada[30]

Widow of Loyalist dead soon after their 1788 arrival with 11 children is "Obliged to bind out some of her Children and suffer with the Others"[31]

Butler's Rangers member's wartime wounds include one that never healed, for which he "begs the benefit of one of his Majesty's Hospitals"[32]

Legislative Council considers offer of portage service at Toronto Carrying Place as part of connection between Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay[33]

Dorchester reports on Indigenous affairs, including some involving Joseph Brant, whom people at Grand River are "much dissatisfied with"[34]

Lake Huron map describes Bruce Peninsula as "exceedingly dangerous for Boats or Canoes to go around" because of lack of landing places[35]

Map: Toronto and harbour with lots, common, water depths etc., plus road to "Lake La Clie" (Lac aux Claies, now Lake Simcoe)[36]

Nova Scotia edit

"Public emergency" extends importation into Nova Scotia of U.S. livestock, bread, various grains, some kinds of lumber etc.[37]

"A Farmer" recalls Halifax's prosperity before 1761 reduced to "unprofitability" by 1772, then revived by 1783 but now lagging again[38]

List of 22 sawmills (including all of 4 in Truro) built 1786-7 with support of £20 government bounty[39]

Petitioner seeks Duke of York's support for grant of Nova Scotia ore bodies his association has found, promising 20% share of profits[40]

"Loyal American refugee" Anglican leaders in Digby tell bishop they have not built church because they spend all they have on homes and lands[41]

Grand jury formally urges Court of Quarter Sessions to prevent any repeat of disorder and fatal violence in recent Halifax election[42]

"Swarm of negroes, amounting to two or 3000" is looking for jobs, having neglected land allotments and "every encouragement to improve them"[43]

"Indentures of a Negro Girl, aged about twelve Years," are for sale; she is "remarkably affable and handy in tending Children"[44]

Writer says minister who enslaves "girl" supports slave trade "in all the cruel and murderous treatment that slaves have ever endured"[45]

Annapolis Loyalist wills three "Negro Girl Slave[s]" (Clarinda, Silvia and Bella) to his daughters Phebe, Mary and Jane, respectively[46]

Widow's will grants "full Freedom and discharge from all Servitude as Slaves" to Black woman Rose, mulatto Agatha and Black man John Bulkley[47]

Painting: Black woodcutter at Shelburne[48]

Advertisement for various goods says payment accepted in skins, furs, well-cured dried and pickled fish, lumber, flaxseed and other N.S. products[49]

London warehouse can access "ships for Exportation, Cask and Bottled Porter and all Sorts of Country Ale and Beer" for Halifax merchants[50]

Academy to open near Windsor with Latin School (tuition £4/year) and English and Mathematical School (£3/yr.), plus room and board (£15/yr.)[51]

Captain Sterling advertises his Halifax school to teach young gentlemen branches of navigation, of which he is master in theory and practice[52]

Bishop of Nova Scotia to deliver sermon "for the Purpose of Cloathing the poor Children who are educated in the Sunday Schools of this town"[53]

New Brunswick edit

Profile of New Brunswick is long on praise and short on detail, with exception of dispute with U.S.A. over St. Croix River border[54]

Using weir, net etc. in any river, cove or creek outside authorized places will draw fine of £10 or £20 (2nd offence) or £50 (further offences)[55]

Following complaint by sachem, Lt. Gov. Carleton forbids "all persons whatever to settle or occupy" lands of Indigenous people at Richibucto[56]

Mrs. Cottnam's Saint John boarding school teaches young ladies grammar, reading "with propriety," writing (spelling, correctness and hand) etc.[57]

Two missionaries "under the immediate patronage of[...]the Countess of Huntingdon" are to distribute bibles free to Saint John poor people[58]

Quakers in England have sent £500 worth of clothing, tools, cash etc. "to their brethren in this province" (with same amount to Nova Scotia)[59]

Edward Winslow describes sort of woman he and his wife want for teaching their children and "superintending the affairs of a family"[60]

Pacific Coast edit

Traders coming from northwest coast of North America sell furs at much lower prices than expected in glutted Chinese market[61]

John Meares' visit to Maquilla and his people in Friendly Cove[62]

Print: schooner North West America launched in Nootka Sound (September 20, 1788)[63]

Elsewhere edit

Mathematical problem for students to solve involves rate and number of revolutions of two "Planets" (satellites) in Earth orbit[64]

Chancellor of the Exchequer tells House of Commons that Newfoundland produced record 200,000 quintals of fish in 1787[65]

To protect creditors, anyone leaving Cape Breton Island must first post notice of that for 3 weeks and obtain pass from government[66]

"Induce them to throw themselves into the Arms of Great Britain" - Loyalist John Connolly's effort to engage people in District of Kentucky[67]

Joseph Amos and 31 Mashpee people of Cape Cod petition Massachusetts General Court for land and rights, or they might move to Nova Scotia[68]

Saint John schooner wrecked in gale (nor'easter?) off Wilmington, North Carolina, with woman and 3 children washed overboard and drowned[69]

Gov. Gen. Lord Dorchester plans to establish 2 settlements in northern Canada for communication with James Bay, and possibly colony of convicts[70]

"Existence is contemptible without its sweets - and those sweets of our existence, are our liberties" - call-to-arms issued and seized in Paris[71]

"The blow so long meditated is at length struck - and the horrors of civil war are spreading with rapidity throughout many parts of France"[72]

France assessed: "The flame of revolt[...]will yet break forth with irresistible rage, and in the end extinguish her monarchy"[73]

References edit

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  3. ^ "Peter Warren Dease", Dartmouth College Library Encyclopedia Arctica, Retrieved August 26, 2016
  4. ^ "Sir Edward Sabine", National Portrait Gallery, Retrieved August 26, 2016
  5. ^ John Rankin (1908). A History of Our Firm: Some Account of the Firm of Pollok, Gilmour and Co. and Its Offshoots and Connections. author at the University Press of Liverpool. pp. 58–.
  6. ^ "Extract of a letter from [London to Halifax]" and "A Statement of the Claims[....]," The Saint John Gazette, and the Weekly Advertiser Vol. III, Numb. 123 (September 19, 1788), Page 2 of 9 (lefthand page). (See also text of Loyalist claims act in The Saint John Gazette of September 12, 1788) Accessed 22 May 2023
  7. ^ (Joseph Galloway), "Chap. VII; Of the Benefits received by the British Nation, from the Sacrifice made of the Property of the Loyalists," The Claim of the American Loyalists Reviewed and Maintained upon Incontrovertible Principles of Law and Justice (1788), pgs. 110-17 (image 126 of 156). Accessed 30 May 2023
  8. ^ "London, December 10; The slave trade[....]," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1147 (April 1, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, left column). Accessed 23 May 2023
  9. ^ "The following Act of Parliament[....]," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1153 (May 13, 1788), Page 1 of 2 (front page). Accessed 23 May 2023
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  15. ^ "Appendix No. XX; To his Excellency the Right Hon. Guy Lord Dorchester (December 1788), in State of the Present Form of Government of the Province of Quebec (1789), pgs. 168-74 (PDF pgs. 180-6). (See also House of Commons debate (pg. 2) on when to address Canada affairs) Accessed 30 May 2023
  16. ^ "To the People" (November 18, 1788), (Quebec) Herald and Universal Miscellany, Vol. I, No. 5, December 22, 1788 Page 7 of 12. Accessed 26 May 2023
  17. ^ "From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney" (May 17, 1788), Records of Niagara; 1784-9 PDF pg. 29. Accessed 2 June 2023
  18. ^ "To be Sold together[....]," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1170 (March 27, 1788), pg. 3. Accessed 31 May 2023
  19. ^ "Run away on Sunday[....]" (April 16, 1788), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1170 (April 17, 1788), pg. 2. (See also "Run away" ad (pg. 3) for 13-year-old Ben) Accessed 31 May 2023
  20. ^ "Run away from the Schooner Lucy[....]" (June 3, 1788), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1190 (June 5, 1788), pg. 2. Accessed 31 May 2023
  21. ^ "Anno Vicesimo Octavo Georgii III Regis; Chap. VIII" (April 30, 1788), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1187 (May 15, 1788), pg. 1. (See also list of Quebec District practitioners (pg. 2) and Montreal District practitioners (pg. 3) who will receive licences) Accessed 31 May 2023
  22. ^ "Anno Vicesimo Octavo Georgii III Regis; Chap. IX" (April 30, 1788), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1187 (May 15, 1788), pg. 2. (See also remarks (pg. 3) on creation and enforcement of ordinance) Accessed 31 May 2023
  23. ^ "Quebec, Dec. 29, 1788; Quebec Library," (Quebec) Herald and Universal Miscellany, Vol. I, No. 6, December 29, 1788 Page 1 of 8. Accessed 26 May 2023
  24. ^ "A Boarding School for Young Ladies," (Quebec) Herald and Universal Miscellany, Vol. I, No. 6, December 29, 1788 Page 8 of 8. Accessed 26 May 2023
  25. ^ "A Distrest Family of Six Females[....]," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1189 (May 29, 1788), pg. 2. Accessed 31 May 2023
  26. ^ Justice of the Peace record of deposition (April 1, 1788), Elizabeth Jones Proctor's plea for justice (April 2, 1788), and witness statement (March 19, 1788), Université de Montréal. Accessed 7 June 2023
  27. ^ "From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney; Private" (October 14, 1788), Records of Niagara; 1784-9 PDF pg. 40. Accessed 2 June 2023
  28. ^ "From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney" (May 17, 1788), Records of Niagara; 1784-9 PDF pg. 30. Accessed 2 June 2023
  29. ^ "Surveyor-General's Office, Quebec, 7th July, 1788," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1196 (July 17, 1788), pg. 3. (See also details (PDF pg. 49) of land allotment procedure) Accessed 1 June 2023
  30. ^ Announcement (July 24, 1788), "Supplement to the Quebec Gazette" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1198, pg. 1. Accessed 1 June 2023
  31. ^ "Fisher, Mary," Land Petitions of the Niagara Settlers "Felker to Fitzgerald" Accessed 5 June 2023
  32. ^ "Bowman, Adam," Land Petitions of the Niagara Settlers "Boughner to Bowman" Accessed 5 June 2023
  33. ^ "Extract from the Quebec Land Book" (May 2, 1788), Records of Niagara; 1784-9 PDF pgs. 26-7. Accessed 2 June 2023
  34. ^ "From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney" (October 14, 1788), Records of Niagara; 1784-9 PDF pgs. 38-40. Accessed 2 June 2023
  35. ^ Gother Mann, "Sketch of Lake Huron" (1788), Library and Archives Canada via Digital Commonwealth. Accessed 6 June 2023
  36. ^ "Plan of the Harbour of Toronto with the proposed Town and Settlement 1788" York University Digital Library. Accessed 2 June 2023
  37. ^ "Halifax, May 20," The Saint John Gazette, and the Weekly Advertiser Vol. III, Numb. 108 (June 6, 1788), Page 2 of 5. Accessed 22 May 2023
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  39. ^ "List of Saw Mills" (as of November 28, 1787), The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1181 (November 25, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column). Accessed 25 May 2023
  40. ^ "The humble Petition of Lieutenant Henkelmann in behalf of the Association to His Royal Highness the Duke of York" (1788), Correspondence to, from and regarding Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, 1786-(c.1827) PDF pgs. 11-12, Royal Collection Trust. Accessed 6 June 2023
  41. ^ "St. John, September 9; To the Right Rev. Father in God, Dr. Charles Inglis, Bishop of Nova-Scotia" (September 22, 1788), The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1172 (September 23, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, right column). Accessed 25 May 2023
  42. ^ "Halifax, March 18," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1145 (March 18, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column). Accessed 22 May 2023
  43. ^ "London, July 9; Extract of a letter from[...]Nova-Scotia," The Saint John Gazette, and the Weekly Advertiser Vol. III, Numb. 123 (September 19, 1788), Page 1 of 9. Accessed 22 May 2023
  44. ^ "To Be Sold," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1151 (April 29, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column). (See clarification in similar ad (front page) that term of servitude of indentured girl is for sale) Accessed 23 May 2023
  45. ^ James MacGregor, A Letter to a Clergyman Urging him to set free a Black Girl he held in Slavery (1788), pg. 5 (PDF pg. 9). Accessed 30 May 2023
  46. ^ "Will of Joseph Totten of Annapolis" (March 12, 1788), Nova Scotia Archives. Accessed 5 June 2023
  47. ^ "Will of Ann Cosby (née Winniett) of Annapolis Royal" (March 14, 1788), Nova Scotia Archives. Accessed 30 May 2023
  48. ^ William Booth, "A Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne Nova Scotia 1788" Nova Scotia Archives. Accessed 30 May 2023
  49. ^ "John Black, and Co.," The Saint John Gazette, and the Weekly Advertiser Vol. III, Numb. 122 (September 12, 1788), Page 1 of 3. Accessed 22 May 2023
  50. ^ "Fell Parker at his Commissions Warehouse[....]," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1172 (December 2, 1788), Page 1 of 2 (lefthand page, centre column). Accessed 26 May 2023
  51. ^ John Parr and 4 others, "The Managers appointed[....]" (September 22, 1788), The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1172 (September 23, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, right column). (See also The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle (Page 3 of 3 (righthand page, left column) for opening ceremony and details of seminary) Accessed 25 May 2023
  52. ^ "To the Public" (June 17, 1788), The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1160 (July 1, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, right column). Accessed 23 May 2023
  53. ^ "On Sunday next[...], a Charity Sermon[....]," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1182 (December 2, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column). (See also note (Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column)) reporting almost £45 collected) Accessed 26 May 2023
  54. ^ "Progress of New Brunswick" (1788), Winslow Papers; A.D. 1776-1826, pgs. 353-5 (PDF pg. 359). Accessed 12 May 2023
  55. ^ "An Act for Regulating the Fisheries in the different Rivers, Coves, and Creeks of this Province" (1788), 28 George III, Chapter 6, British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 19 May 2023
  56. ^ "1a; 1788: June 28; Prohibition to settle[....]," Indian Affairs Documents University of New Brunswick Archives. Accessed 2 June 2023
  57. ^ "Education for young Ladies," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1183 (December 9, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column). Accessed 26 May 2023
  58. ^ "St. John, (New Brunswick) May 27," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1157 (June 10, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column). Accessed 23 May 2023
  59. ^ "St. John, (New-Brunswick) Sept. 12," The Saint John Gazette, and the Weekly Advertiser Vol. III, Numb. 122 (September 12, 1788), Page 2 of 3 (righthand page, left column). Accessed 22 May 2023
  60. ^ Letter of Edward Winslow (April 19, 1788), Winslow Papers; A.D. 1776-1826, pgs. 356-8 (PDF pg. 364). Accessed 12 May 2023
  61. ^ George Dixon, A Voyage Round the World; but More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America[...,] The Second Edition (1789), pgs. 300-04 Accessed 29 May 2023
  62. ^ John Meares, Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the North West Coast of America (1789), Chaps. IX-XI (pgs. 108-33). (See also summary of Meares visit in his 1790 memorial) Accessed 29 May 2023
  63. ^ "The Launch of the northwest America at Nootka Sound, British Columbia, 1788" (1790), Toronto Public Library Digital Archive. Accessed 2 June 2023
  64. ^ Philomathematicus, "To the Printer" (January 1, 1788), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 1169 (January 10, 1788), pg. 3. (See also answer of "Tommy Thumb, aged eight" in January 24 Gazette (pg. 3)) Accessed 31 May 2023
  65. ^ "London; House of Commons; May 5," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1163 (July 22, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, centre column). Accessed 25 May 2023
  66. ^ "An Ordinance to prevent Persons leaving this Island or its Dependencies without first having obtained a Pass for that purpose" (April 10, 1788), 28 George III, Chapter 1, British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 19 May 2023
  67. ^ Footnote 1, Letter to George Washington (December 18, 1788), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 18 May 2023
  68. ^ "Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Massachusetts General Court" (July 30, 1788), The Native Northeast Portal. Accessed 18 May 2023
  69. ^ "Extract of a Letter from North Carolina, October 25," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1184 (December 16, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column). (See also story ("Boston, November 13," Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column)) of Saint John sloop keeled over off New England, possibly in same storm) Accessed 26 May 2023
  70. ^ "September 2; Lord Dorchester[....]," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1178 (November 4, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, centre column). Accessed 25 May 2023
  71. ^ "London, June 14," The Saint John Gazette, and the Weekly Advertiser Vol. III, Numb. 122 (September 12, 1788), Page 2 of 3 (lefthand page, right column). Accessed 22 May 2023
  72. ^ "London, June 24; A Private Messenger arrived yesterday at noon from Paris[....]," The Nova-Scotia Gazette, and the Weekly Chronicle Vol. XVIII, No. 1166 (August 12, 1788), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, centre column). Accessed 25 May 2023
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January 01, 1970
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1788 in Canada news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Events from the year 1788 in Canada 1787 1786 1785 1788 in Canada 1789 1790 1791Decades 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800sSee also History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years in Canada Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Governors 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Historical documents 5 1 Lower Canada 5 2 Upper Canada 5 3 Nova Scotia 5 4 New Brunswick 5 5 Pacific Coast 5 6 Elsewhere 6 ReferencesIncumbents editMonarch George III 1 Governors edit Governor of the Canadas Guy Carleton 1st Baron Dorchester Governor of New Brunswick Thomas Carleton Governor of Nova Scotia John Parr Commodore Governor of Newfoundland John Elliot Governor of St John s Island Edmund FanningEvents editAttorney General Monk and Solicitor General Williams are of opinion that as the Jesuits have no civil existence as a Canadian corporation their estates accrue to the Crown Ontario is divided into five districts 2 under English law Births editJanuary 1 Peter Warren Dease HBC officer and Arctic explorer d 1863 3 October 14 Sir Edward Sabine soldier and scientist d 1883 4 December 31 Alexander Rankin timber merchant justice of the peace politician and office holder d 1852 5 Deaths editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2023 Historical documents editRoyal assent is coming for bill liquidating Loyalist claims which amount to almost 1 9 million in property and more than 75 000 in income 6 It is right and just that Britain sacrificed Loyalists property for national well being and that they should be compensated for their loss 7 Parliament is likely to investigate the slave trade so long a disgrace to every civilized people concerned in it 8 Text of act governing trade between British North American and Caribbean possessions and United States of America 9 Commons debates whether Caribbean colonies can rely on Canada and Nova Scotia to supply them or must also have trade with U S A 10 British government resolves to give utmost support to new North American settlements by importing ship building materials from there 11 Gov Gen Lord Dorchester reports Upper Country Trade merchants dispense profuse credits and find fur prices high at home but low in London 12 Government surveyor seeks 100 subscribers for large scale Gulf of St Lawrence chart covering Cape Ray to Sept Iles to Saint John and Canso 13 Lower Canada edit Dorchester pins animosities on old resentments and enmity and hopes gradual reform will seem just to both no change and change now factions 14 Both British and Canadian supporters of legislative assembly for Canada say they outnumber and are not less respectable than opponents 15 Backing assembly Sidney says don t deprive people of their rights merely because it would be difficult to accomplish an equal representation 16 Smuggling from U S A includes tea most consequential article of inland contraband wine by sea and rum if Canadian price goes up 17 For sale A Handsome Negro Man age 22 23 and a beautiful Negro Woman 22 23 married to each other and both of a good constitution 18 Missing A Negro Man named Caleb about 26 or 27 all persons are required not to harbour or employ the said Negro Slave 19 Reward 4 for missing Mulatto fellow named Pascal Puro about eighteen talks good English writes and reads calls himself a f r ee man 20 No practising medicine midwifery or pharmacy in Montreal or Quebec without examination university degree or past military practice plus licence 21 Ordinance requires adjustment to trains long heavy Canadian sleighs sleds and carioles that are creating cahots on roadways 22 Paying members of 2 000 volume Quebec Library are gentlemen desirous to promote science and afford amusement and instruction 23 Mrs Chilley s new boarding school for young ladies at Beauport costs 15 guineas year plus tuition for writing and arithmetic 4 and French 3 24 A Distrest Family of Six Females long labouring under difficulties seeks employment in needlework coarse or fine 25 Documents identify Phillip Cook as father of Elisabeth Jones baby born in Sorel a k a William Henry parish 26 Upper Canada edit On visit to Niagara Dorchester finds Loyalists thankful for Crown s support and better circumstanced and happier than before the Rebellion 27 U S civilian and military development from Ohio River to Lake Champlain make necessary advancing the Western settlements of this Province 28 Settlers to apply through local deputy surveyors general for land at or near Lac Saint Francois Ottawa River Kingston Toronto Niagara and Detroit 29 Four new districts Lunenburg Mecklenburg Nassau and Hesse established between Lac Saint Francois and western limit of Canada 30 Widow of Loyalist dead soon after their 1788 arrival with 11 children is Obliged to bind out some of her Children and suffer with the Others 31 Butler s Rangers member s wartime wounds include one that never healed for which he begs the benefit of one of his Majesty s Hospitals 32 Legislative Council considers offer of portage service at Toronto Carrying Place as part of connection between Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay 33 Dorchester reports on Indigenous affairs including some involving Joseph Brant whom people at Grand River are much dissatisfied with 34 Lake Huron map describes Bruce Peninsula as exceedingly dangerous for Boats or Canoes to go around because of lack of landing places 35 Map Toronto and harbour with lots common water depths etc plus road to Lake La Clie Lac aux Claies now Lake Simcoe 36 Nova Scotia edit Public emergency extends importation into Nova Scotia of U S livestock bread various grains some kinds of lumber etc 37 A Farmer recalls Halifax s prosperity before 1761 reduced to unprofitability by 1772 then revived by 1783 but now lagging again 38 List of 22 sawmills including all of 4 in Truro built 1786 7 with support of 20 government bounty 39 Petitioner seeks Duke of York s support for grant of Nova Scotia ore bodies his association has found promising 20 share of profits 40 Loyal American refugee Anglican leaders in Digby tell bishop they have not built church because they spend all they have on homes and lands 41 Grand jury formally urges Court of Quarter Sessions to prevent any repeat of disorder and fatal violence in recent Halifax election 42 Swarm of negroes amounting to two or 3000 is looking for jobs having neglected land allotments and every encouragement to improve them 43 Indentures of a Negro Girl aged about twelve Years are for sale she is remarkably affable and handy in tending Children 44 Writer says minister who enslaves girl supports slave trade in all the cruel and murderous treatment that slaves have ever endured 45 Annapolis Loyalist wills three Negro Girl Slave s Clarinda Silvia and Bella to his daughters Phebe Mary and Jane respectively 46 Widow s will grants full Freedom and discharge from all Servitude as Slaves to Black woman Rose mulatto Agatha and Black man John Bulkley 47 Painting Black woodcutter at Shelburne 48 Advertisement for various goods says payment accepted in skins furs well cured dried and pickled fish lumber flaxseed and other N S products 49 London warehouse can access ships for Exportation Cask and Bottled Porter and all Sorts of Country Ale and Beer for Halifax merchants 50 Academy to open near Windsor with Latin School tuition 4 year and English and Mathematical School 3 yr plus room and board 15 yr 51 Captain Sterling advertises his Halifax school to teach young gentlemen branches of navigation of which he is master in theory and practice 52 Bishop of Nova Scotia to deliver sermon for the Purpose of Cloathing the poor Children who are educated in the Sunday Schools of this town 53 New Brunswick edit Profile of New Brunswick is long on praise and short on detail with exception of dispute with U S A over St Croix River border 54 Using weir net etc in any river cove or creek outside authorized places will draw fine of 10 or 20 2nd offence or 50 further offences 55 Following complaint by sachem Lt Gov Carleton forbids all persons whatever to settle or occupy lands of Indigenous people at Richibucto 56 Mrs Cottnam s Saint John boarding school teaches young ladies grammar reading with propriety writing spelling correctness and hand etc 57 Two missionaries under the immediate patronage of the Countess of Huntingdon are to distribute bibles free to Saint John poor people 58 Quakers in England have sent 500 worth of clothing tools cash etc to their brethren in this province with same amount to Nova Scotia 59 Edward Winslow describes sort of woman he and his wife want for teaching their children and superintending the affairs of a family 60 Pacific Coast edit Traders coming from northwest coast of North America sell furs at much lower prices than expected in glutted Chinese market 61 John Meares visit to Maquilla and his people in Friendly Cove 62 Print schooner North West America launched in Nootka Sound September 20 1788 63 Elsewhere edit Mathematical problem for students to solve involves rate and number of revolutions of two Planets satellites in Earth orbit 64 Chancellor of the Exchequer tells House of Commons that Newfoundland produced record 200 000 quintals of fish in 1787 65 To protect creditors anyone leaving Cape Breton Island must first post notice of that for 3 weeks and obtain pass from government 66 Induce them to throw themselves into the Arms of Great Britain Loyalist John Connolly s effort to engage people in District of Kentucky 67 Joseph Amos and 31 Mashpee people of Cape Cod petition Massachusetts General Court for land and rights or they might move to Nova Scotia 68 Saint John schooner wrecked in gale nor easter off Wilmington North Carolina with woman and 3 children washed overboard and drowned 69 Gov Gen Lord Dorchester plans to establish 2 settlements in northern Canada for communication with James Bay and possibly colony of convicts 70 Existence is contemptible without its sweets and those sweets of our existence are our liberties call to arms issued and seized in Paris 71 The blow so long meditated is at length struck and the horrors of civil war are spreading with rapidity throughout many parts of France 72 France assessed The flame of revolt will yet break forth with irresistible rage and in the end extinguish her monarchy 73 References edit Kings and Queens of Canada aem 11 August 2017 Retrieved 24 February 2021 Districts of Ontario www archives org retrieved 12 March 2015 permanent dead link Peter Warren Dease Dartmouth College Library Encyclopedia Arctica Retrieved August 26 2016 Sir Edward Sabine National Portrait Gallery Retrieved August 26 2016 John Rankin 1908 A History of Our Firm Some Account of the Firm of Pollok Gilmour and Co and Its Offshoots and Connections author at the University Press of Liverpool pp 58 Extract of a letter from London to Halifax and A Statement of the Claims The Saint John Gazette and the Weekly Advertiser Vol III Numb 123 September 19 1788 Page 2 of 9 lefthand page See also text of Loyalist claims act in The Saint John Gazette of September 12 1788 Accessed 22 May 2023 Joseph Galloway Chap VII Of the Benefits received by the British Nation from the Sacrifice made of the Property of the Loyalists The Claim of the American Loyalists Reviewed and Maintained upon Incontrovertible Principles of Law and Justice 1788 pgs 110 17 image 126 of 156 Accessed 30 May 2023 London December 10 The slave trade The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1147 April 1 1788 Page 2 of 2 lefthand page left column Accessed 23 May 2023 The following Act of Parliament The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1153 May 13 1788 Page 1 of 2 front page Accessed 23 May 2023 London House of Commons Monday Feb 11 American Intercourse Bill The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1150 April 22 1788 Page 1 of 2 front page Accessed 23 May 2023 London March 6 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1152 May 6 1788 Page 2 of 2 lefthand page left column Accessed 23 May 2023 See also Navy Office notice pg 3 that tenders for supplying white pine to Halifax and other navy yards will go out in late 1788 From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney Private October 14 1788 Records of Niagara 1784 9 PDF pgs 41 2 Accessed 2 June 2023 To be published by Subscription The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1189 May 29 1788 pg 4 Accessed 31 May 2023 From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney Private October 14 1788 Records of Niagara 1784 9 PDF pg 41 Accessed 2 June 2023 Appendix No XX To his Excellency the Right Hon Guy Lord Dorchester December 1788 in State of the Present Form of Government of the Province of Quebec 1789 pgs 168 74 PDF pgs 180 6 See also House of Commons debate pg 2 on when to address Canada affairs Accessed 30 May 2023 To the People November 18 1788 Quebec Herald and Universal Miscellany Vol I No 5 December 22 1788 Page 7 of 12 Accessed 26 May 2023 From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney May 17 1788 Records of Niagara 1784 9 PDF pg 29 Accessed 2 June 2023 To be Sold together The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1170 March 27 1788 pg 3 Accessed 31 May 2023 Run away on Sunday April 16 1788 The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1170 April 17 1788 pg 2 See also Run away ad pg 3 for 13 year old Ben Accessed 31 May 2023 Run away from the Schooner Lucy June 3 1788 The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1190 June 5 1788 pg 2 Accessed 31 May 2023 Anno Vicesimo Octavo Georgii III Regis Chap VIII April 30 1788 The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1187 May 15 1788 pg 1 See also list of Quebec District practitioners pg 2 and Montreal District practitioners pg 3 who will receive licences Accessed 31 May 2023 Anno Vicesimo Octavo Georgii III Regis Chap IX April 30 1788 The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1187 May 15 1788 pg 2 See also remarks pg 3 on creation and enforcement of ordinance Accessed 31 May 2023 Quebec Dec 29 1788 Quebec Library Quebec Herald and Universal Miscellany Vol I No 6 December 29 1788 Page 1 of 8 Accessed 26 May 2023 A Boarding School for Young Ladies Quebec Herald and Universal Miscellany Vol I No 6 December 29 1788 Page 8 of 8 Accessed 26 May 2023 A Distrest Family of Six Females The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1189 May 29 1788 pg 2 Accessed 31 May 2023 Justice of the Peace record of deposition April 1 1788 Elizabeth Jones Proctor s plea for justice April 2 1788 and witness statement March 19 1788 Universite de Montreal Accessed 7 June 2023 From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney Private October 14 1788 Records of Niagara 1784 9 PDF pg 40 Accessed 2 June 2023 From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney May 17 1788 Records of Niagara 1784 9 PDF pg 30 Accessed 2 June 2023 Surveyor General s Office Quebec 7th July 1788 The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1196 July 17 1788 pg 3 See also details PDF pg 49 of land allotment procedure Accessed 1 June 2023 Announcement July 24 1788 Supplement to the Quebec Gazette The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1198 pg 1 Accessed 1 June 2023 Fisher Mary Land Petitions of the Niagara Settlers Felker to Fitzgerald Accessed 5 June 2023 Bowman Adam Land Petitions of the Niagara Settlers Boughner to Bowman Accessed 5 June 2023 Extract from the Quebec Land Book May 2 1788 Records of Niagara 1784 9 PDF pgs 26 7 Accessed 2 June 2023 From Lord Dorchester to Lord Sydney October 14 1788 Records of Niagara 1784 9 PDF pgs 38 40 Accessed 2 June 2023 Gother Mann Sketch of Lake Huron 1788 Library and Archives Canada via Digital Commonwealth Accessed 6 June 2023 Plan of the Harbour of Toronto with the proposed Town and Settlement 1788 York University Digital Library Accessed 2 June 2023 Halifax May 20 The Saint John Gazette and the Weekly Advertiser Vol III Numb 108 June 6 1788 Page 2 of 5 Accessed 22 May 2023 For the Nova Scotia Gezette sic The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1149 April 15 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column Accessed 23 May 2023 List of Saw Mills as of November 28 1787 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1181 November 25 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column Accessed 25 May 2023 The humble Petition of Lieutenant Henkelmann in behalf of the Association to His Royal Highness the Duke of York 1788 Correspondence to from and regarding Frederick Duke of York and Albany 1786 c 1827 PDF pgs 11 12 Royal Collection Trust Accessed 6 June 2023 St John September 9 To the Right Rev Father in God Dr Charles Inglis Bishop of Nova Scotia September 22 1788 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1172 September 23 1788 Page 2 of 2 lefthand page right column Accessed 25 May 2023 Halifax March 18 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1145 March 18 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page left column Accessed 22 May 2023 London July 9 Extract of a letter from Nova Scotia The Saint John Gazette and the Weekly Advertiser Vol III Numb 123 September 19 1788 Page 1 of 9 Accessed 22 May 2023 To Be Sold The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1151 April 29 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column See clarification in similar ad front page that term of servitude of indentured girl is for sale Accessed 23 May 2023 James MacGregor A Letter to a Clergyman Urging him to set free a Black Girl he held in Slavery 1788 pg 5 PDF pg 9 Accessed 30 May 2023 Will of Joseph Totten of Annapolis March 12 1788 Nova Scotia Archives Accessed 5 June 2023 Will of Ann Cosby nee Winniett of Annapolis Royal March 14 1788 Nova Scotia Archives Accessed 30 May 2023 William Booth A Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne Nova Scotia 1788 Nova Scotia Archives Accessed 30 May 2023 John Black and Co The Saint John Gazette and the Weekly Advertiser Vol III Numb 122 September 12 1788 Page 1 of 3 Accessed 22 May 2023 Fell Parker at his Commissions Warehouse The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1172 December 2 1788 Page 1 of 2 lefthand page centre column Accessed 26 May 2023 John Parr and 4 others The Managers appointed September 22 1788 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1172 September 23 1788 Page 2 of 2 lefthand page right column See also The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Page 3 of 3 righthand page left column for opening ceremony and details of seminary Accessed 25 May 2023 To the Public June 17 1788 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1160 July 1 1788 Page 2 of 2 lefthand page right column Accessed 23 May 2023 On Sunday next a Charity Sermon The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1182 December 2 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column See also note Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column reporting almost 45 collected Accessed 26 May 2023 Progress of New Brunswick 1788 Winslow Papers A D 1776 1826 pgs 353 5 PDF pg 359 Accessed 12 May 2023 An Act for Regulating the Fisheries in the different Rivers Coves and Creeks of this Province 1788 28 George III Chapter 6 British North American Legislative Database 1758 1867 Accessed 19 May 2023 1a 1788 June 28 Prohibition to settle Indian Affairs Documents University of New Brunswick Archives Accessed 2 June 2023 Education for young Ladies The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1183 December 9 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column Accessed 26 May 2023 St John New Brunswick May 27 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1157 June 10 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page left column Accessed 23 May 2023 St John New Brunswick Sept 12 The Saint John Gazette and the Weekly Advertiser Vol III Numb 122 September 12 1788 Page 2 of 3 righthand page left column Accessed 22 May 2023 Letter of Edward Winslow April 19 1788 Winslow Papers A D 1776 1826 pgs 356 8 PDF pg 364 Accessed 12 May 2023 George Dixon A Voyage Round the World but More Particularly to the North West Coast of America The Second Edition 1789 pgs 300 04 Accessed 29 May 2023 John Meares Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the North West Coast of America 1789 Chaps IX XI pgs 108 33 See also summary of Meares visit in his 1790 memorial Accessed 29 May 2023 The Launch of the northwest America at Nootka Sound British Columbia 1788 1790 Toronto Public Library Digital Archive Accessed 2 June 2023 Philomathematicus To the Printer January 1 1788 The Quebec Gazette Nomb 1169 January 10 1788 pg 3 See also answer of Tommy Thumb aged eight in January 24 Gazette pg 3 Accessed 31 May 2023 London House of Commons May 5 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1163 July 22 1788 Page 2 of 2 lefthand page centre column Accessed 25 May 2023 An Ordinance to prevent Persons leaving this Island or its Dependencies without first having obtained a Pass for that purpose April 10 1788 28 George III Chapter 1 British North American Legislative Database 1758 1867 Accessed 19 May 2023 Footnote 1 Letter to George Washington December 18 1788 U S National Archives Accessed 18 May 2023 Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Massachusetts General Court July 30 1788 The Native Northeast Portal Accessed 18 May 2023 Extract of a Letter from North Carolina October 25 The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1184 December 16 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column See also story Boston November 13 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column of Saint John sloop keeled over off New England possibly in same storm Accessed 26 May 2023 September 2 Lord Dorchester The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1178 November 4 1788 Page 2 of 2 righthand page centre column Accessed 25 May 2023 London June 14 The Saint John Gazette and the Weekly Advertiser Vol III Numb 122 September 12 1788 Page 2 of 3 lefthand page right column Accessed 22 May 2023 London June 24 A Private Messenger arrived yesterday at noon from Paris The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1166 August 12 1788 Page 2 of 2 lefthand page centre column Accessed 25 May 2023 Present State of the Continental Powers France The Nova Scotia Gazette and the Weekly Chronicle Vol XVIII No 1186 December 30 1788 Page 2 of 15 righthand page left column Accessed 26 May 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1788 in Canada amp oldid 1214354765, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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