1747 in Canada
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Events from the year 1747 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 then Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland:
Events[]
- Marguerite d'Youville (Born Varennes, France October 1701 Died December 28, 1771) founds the Sisters of Charity or the Grey Nuns of Montreal.
- At Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, a surprise mid-winter attack is launched about three o'clock on the morning of 11 February 1747 on Col. Arthur Noble's detachment of British troops from Massachusetts, by a French and Indian force under Nicholas Antoine Coulon de Villiers. Noble and about 70 of his men were killed.
- Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière was appointed to be Governor of New France.[1]
Births[]
- Sir John Thomas Duckworth, a naval officer who became the governor of Newfoundland: February 9, 1747 (England) - Aug 31, 1817.[2]
- Samuel Gale, a surveyor and land agent in Lower Canada (Quebec): born in England Oct 14, 1747.[3]
Deaths[]
- January 18: Michel Bégon, commissary of the Marine, councillor in the parlement of Metz, France, inspector general of the Marine, intendant of New France, intendant of Le Havre, of the admiralty of Normandy, and of naval forces (b.1667)
- August 8: Madeleine de Verchères, daughter of , a seigneur in New France, and (b.1678); Madeline (alt spelling) achieved recognition when, as a young girl, she successfully fought off Iroquois attackers and helped to save Fort Vercheres (Quebec).[4]
Historical documents[]
Louisbourg fell because of French failings that should not be expected to happen again, and peace will likely see it returned to France[5]
"Seems to be a degree of treason" - Trade carried on with impunity from Rhode Island, New York and Philadelphia with New France[6]
From as far away as Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin fears seeming weakness of British will turn Six Nations and other Indigenous against them[7]
New England troops at Minas defeated but parolled in Winter 1747 by French, whose supporting fleet from France is destroyed in May[8]
Referring to Sable Island cranberries, author calls that fruit "a most exquisitely agreeable acid sauce for all roast meats"[9]
Thousands of caribou cross Hayes River, though they have been scarce because Indigenous people kill females before their calves are born[10]
"Both Factory Servants and Indians" hunt geese in "Goose Moon" (new moon nearest March 25) in swamps along Hudson Bay[11]
"The Indians do not express so much Art in any thing, as they do in the Make of these Canoes[, and] are very dexterous in the Use"[12]
Beliefs held by Hudson Bay region Indigenous people, including those that lead them to attack Inuit and other peoples[13]
"The Flesh of the Buffalo tasted of Musk" - Northwest Passage seekers shoot muskox bull, and ill crewmen feel better after eating it[14]
Intendant Hocquart donates building materials for new Tadoussac church, and priest agrees to celebrate mass every St. Anne's Day for him[15]
References[]
- ^ "Biography – BARRIN DE LA GALISSONIÈRE, ROLAND-MICHEL, Marquis de LA GALISSONIÈRE – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ "Biography – DUCKWORTH, Sir JOHN THOMAS – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ "Biography – GALE, SAMUEL (1747-1826) – Volume VI (1821-1835) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ "Heritage History - Homeschool History Curriculum". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "All Queen Ann's War" The Case Re-stated; or an Examine of a late Pamphlet, Intitled, The State of the Nation for the Year 1747, etc. (December 31, 1747), pgs. 43-4. Accessed 28 October 2021 (See other expressions that victory was not to be expected; also see "English bad negotiators, and why")
- ^ William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 307. Accessed 2 November 2021
- ^ (Benjamin Franklin), Plain Truth (November 17, 1747), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 3 November 2021 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0091 (scroll down to "And is our Country")
- ^ William Douglass, "His design was to quarter at Minas" A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pgs. 324-6. Accessed 2 November 2021
- ^ William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 335. Accessed 2 November 2021
- ^ Caribou migration (March 1747), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 17. (See Indigenous ways of hunting caribou) Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ Goose hunting An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 30. Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ Birchbark canoes An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 37-9. Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ "We are now speaking of these People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 40-7 ff. (continued from "Krick Indians") Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ "Some of the Boats People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 260. Accessed 29 October 2021
- ^ Journal of Father Coquart (1747), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 November 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to Page 137)
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