1732 in Canada
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Events from the year 1732 in Canada.
Incumbents[]
- French Monarch: Louis XV
- British and Irish Monarch: George II
Governors[]
- Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Étienne Perier
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Lawrence Armstrong
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Edward Falkingham
Events[]
- 1732: Fort St. Charles, on Lake of the Woods was constructed by La Vérendrye's nephew, Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye and his eldest son Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye.
- Charles-Michel Mesaiger was the first priest on Lake of the Woods and at Fort St. Charles.
Births[]
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Deaths[]
- Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, Governor of Acadia[1]
Historical documents[]
Frenchman says Louisbourg inhabitants mostly fish cod and do little farming because they get "all Necessaries in Exchange for their Fish"[2]
Board of Trade wants Nova Scotia governor to forward old French documents concerning Acadia that he has or can obtain[3]
Nova Scotia lieutenant governor calls for creation of assembly, "for without some statutes this Province can never be rightly setled"[4]
Democratic reforms to include election and fiscal support of Acadian deputies by divisions of "familys" (rather than Nova Scotia governor)[5]
Repairs needed to Annapolis Royal fort involve foundations, barracks, ramparts, riverside bastion, glacis and palisade[6]
Councillor Mascarene to deal with Massachusetts government in ways that don't make Nova Scotia "in the least Subordinate" to it[7]
Canso sees mostly New England and Nova Scotia fishers sailing sloops and schooners, and English ships bringing food and lading fish[8]
Foreign markets are getting fish of lower quality because Canso shoremen don't cure fish well and ship masters accept half-cured fish[9]
Three Canso justices of the peace and 77 merchants complain that local military damage fishery and obstruct authority[10]
Board of Trade "wishes" any justices of the peace for French areas of Nova Scotia be Englishmen, as all JPs must take "the regular oaths"[11]
Nova Scotia Council rejects Bishop of Quebec's jurisdiction over province and banishes priest who implemented it[12]
Île-Royale governor St. Ovide writes Lt. Gov. Armstrong to introduce two missionaries "whom you ask for and the Bishop of Quebec has sent"[13]
Lt. Gov. Armstrong surveys multiple French threat in Minas and Chignecto, Louisbourg, "Cape Gaspy" and "Island of St. John"[14]
Armstrong refuses to let Catholic church in Annapolis Royal move back upriver, as massacre "by the Indians" led to move to A.R.[15]
Île-Royale has great fishery ("no less than 7,000 fishermen") and Louisbourg fortifications (including 122 great guns over harbour)[16]
Six French warships (one with 60 guns) at Louisbourg "are gone to carry Jews to settle the Island of St John's in the Gut of Canso"[17]
Armstrong writes Massachusetts governor about French sway over "most powerful" Indigenous people in Nova Scotia, asking for his help[18]
Armstrong reminded to grant land to settlers in tandem with Surveyor of His Majesty's Woods reserving forest acreage for naval use[19]
Request for grant of land along Minas Channel in today's Cumberland County, N.S. to settle 200 Protestants over 10 years, rent-free[20]
Nova Scotia Council settles land dispute by applying French custom giving family members first right of refusal in land sale[21]
Nova Scotia challenged by Indigenous people who say British conquered Annapolis only and that rent is due from Chignecto colliery[22]
From Maine, David Dunbar reports Indigenous people complain of not receiving presents and that he has asked Armstrong for reinforcements[23]
Dunbar details French impact in Maine, including Canadian settlement and Governor General Beauharnois commissioning Penobscot chief[24]
Privy Council orders Dunbar to "quitt the possession" of land between Penobscot and St. Croix rivers and end settlement effort[25]
Amendment to fishing admiral act needed to allow Newfoundland governor to curb abuses, including conflict of interest, fraud and robbery[26]
Newfoundlanders "generally subsist on salt provisions" from Ireland and American bread, flour, and cattle (plus few of their own breed)[27]
Fogo, Twillingate, Bonavista, and Trinity Bay people take seals in nets — and furriers have "distroyed Indians" and vice versa[28]
"Five flakes are generaly esteemed a boat's room, extending from the sea backward 230 ft.;" registering them would prevent disputes[29]
"A due subjection" to Commission of the Peace "has not been had" and several in places without prisons "dispise" justices' authority[30]
Poole, England wants same duty-free status for Newfoundland whale products that is given to such from Davis Strait and region[31]
Massachusetts governor Belcher mentions "French Mohawks" visiting him with "their Motion of coming to settle in this Province"[32]
Fort built at Crown Point by French among "artful and illicit means" they have used to encroach on New York's trade and security[33]
French to Shawnee: "The french, ye English, ye five nations, ye Delawares and you[...]are all now In peace and unity Like Brothers"[34]
Convicted of murdering her newborn, woman in Quebec City is sentenced to public penance and hanging, with her body "disposed of as refuse"[35]
References[]
- ^ "Auger de Subercase, Daniel d'". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ Marquis De La Maison Fort, Excerpt from his 1732 journal (French text and translation), An Accurate Journal and Account[....] (1746), pgs. 31-2. Accessed 27 May 2021
- ^ 313 Letter to Governor Philipps (Whitehall, July 20, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. 326 Gov. Philipps' reply Accessed 31 May 2021
- ^ "259 Lt. Governor Armstrong to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (June 10, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 28 May 2021
- ^ "Order for Choosing New Deputies" (August 26, 1732), Nova Scotia Archives; Commission Book, 1720-1741, pg. 190. Accessed 27 May 2021
- ^ "468 ii Report by the Officers of the Garrison at Annapolis Royal" (November 21, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 2 June 2021
- ^ "Instructions to Mascarene" (September 11, 1732), Nova Scotia Archives; Commission Book, 1720-1741, pgs. 191-2. Accessed 27 May 2021
- ^ 497 i (iii, vi, x) "Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to the Fishery at Canso" (October 1, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 2 June 2021
- ^ 497 i (xvi) "Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to the Fishery at Canso" (October 1, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 2 June 2021
- ^ 496 i, ii Memorials of Canso justices and merchants (received December 21, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 2 June 2021
- ^ "Board of Trade to Armstrong" (November 2, 1732), Nova Scotia Archives; Commission Book, 1720-1741, pg. 194. Accessed 27 May 2021
- ^ "Preist De Godalie's letters read and he orderd to Depart out of the Province" (June 19, 1732), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pgs. 225-6. Accessed 28 May 2021
- ^ 454 i Letter of Gov. St Ovide de Brouillan (translation; Louisbourg, September 19 (N.S.), 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ 454, 455 Letters of Lawrence Armstrong (November 15, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ Letter of December 13, 1732, cited in "164 ii (iv) Copies of letters from Lt. Governor Armstrong" (May 10, 1734), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 41, 1734-1735. Accessed 5 July 2021
- ^ 497 i (xvii) "Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to the Fishery at Canso" (October 1, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 2 June 2021
- ^ "Extract of Letter from Capt. Fitche, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Sheerness...dated at Canso, July 19, 1732" The New-York Gazette (August 21-8, 1732), image 2. Accessed 2 June 2021
- ^ 455 ii (vii) Letter of Lawrence Armstrong to Gov. Belcher (September 11, 1732), 455 v Belcher's reply Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ 435 Letter to Lawrence Armstrong (November 2, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ "323 i Petition of John Hart to the Queen" (July 25, 1732), 500 Privy Council approves request Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 31 May 2021
- ^ "Hebert and Robicheau's Petitions" (July 20, 1732), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pgs. 237-8. Accessed 28 May 2021
- ^ "Govr. Armstrong to Duke of Newcastle" (November 15, 1732), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 101. Accessed 28 May 2021
- ^ 294 Letter of Lt. Governor Dunbar (Fredericks Fort, July 9, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 31 May 2021
- ^ 359 Letter of Col. Dunbar (August 25, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 31 May 2021
- ^ "At the Court of Kensington, the 10th Day of August, 1732" The New-York Gazette (January 16-23, 1732 [sic]), pgs. 1-2. Also at "346 Order of Queen, Guardian of the Kingdom, in Council" (August 10, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 31 May 2021
- ^ 148 Letter of George Clinton (received March 30, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 28 May 2021
- ^ 404 i (xxxii) Governor Falkingham's Answers to Heads of Enquiry and Instructions (October 4, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ 404 i (xxxvii) Governor Falkingham's Answers to Heads of Enquiry and Instructions (October 4, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ 404 i (xli-xlii) Governor Falkingham's Answers to Heads of Enquiry and Instructions (October 4, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ 404 i (lxv) Governor Falkingham's Answers to Heads of Enquiry and Instructions (October 4, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ 400 Petition of the mayor and 20 others of Poole (October 1, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 1 June 2021
- ^ "The Cagnawagas..." The New-York Gazette (December 11-18, 1732), image 3. Accessed 2 June 2021
- ^ 160 i Council of Trade and Plantations to the King (April 6, 1732), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 39, 1732. Accessed 28 May 2021 (See recollection of fort in 1730s)
- ^ "The Speech of ye french to the Shawanise att ohioh" (May 2, 1732), Western Frontier collection, Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 3 June 2021
- ^ Sentence rendered against Marie-Anne Sigouin found guilty of infanticide (translation; May 7, 1732), Jugements et délibérations du Conseil supérieur, Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 11 June 2021
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