1749 in Canada
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Events from the year 1749 in Canada.
Incumbents[]
- French Monarch: Louis XV
- British and Irish Monarch: George II
Governors[]
- Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière then Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Edward Cornwallis
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: George Brydges Rodney
Events[]
- Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia, is founded by British General Edward Cornwallis to counter French presence at Louisbourg.
- La Vérendrye was awarded the cross of Saint Louis, in honour of his career.
- French agricultural settlement established in what would become Windsor, Ontario.
Births[]
Full date unknown[]
- Joel Stone, founder of Gananoque, Ontario (died 1833)
Deaths[]
- December 5 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer (born 1685).
Historical documents[]
Brief rundown of religious orders in Canada and "the duties of their ministries" in healthcare and education[1]
European visitor describes the character of French Canadian women[2]
From Quebec City, Pehr Kalm writes to Benjamin Franklin about impressive welcome given Marquis de la Jonquière, new Governor General[3]
Upper class lady says priests have ordered Ladies of the Holy Family who caused scandal over dancing to do penance[4]
Madame Bégon quotes someone as saying it's "foolish to remain in a country where all of the money goes towards keeping oneself warm"[5]
Ambassador to France to "make remonstrances" about Canadians trying to move into Saint John River lands and debauch Six Nations prisoners[6]
Decision to "settle and fortify" Nova Scotia based on need to counter Louisbourg, and for trade and fishery[7]
Notice to recently discharged war veterans, plus tradesmen and surgeons, to take up land, arms, tools and one year's subsistence in Nova Scotia[8]
Settler describes voyage, arrival and establishment of hundreds of settlers under Gov. Cornwallis at Chebucto[9]
Cornwallis promises Acadians can still exercise their religion and keep their lands if they take oath of allegiance and obey orders[10]
Nova Scotia Council unanimously rejects Acadian request for exemption from wartime service and sets mid-October deadline for oath-taking[11]
Acadians forbidden to sell or take property if they chose to leave and will lose possessions and rights if they miss oath deadline[12]
"We are resolved, everyone of us, to leave the country" - Strong emotion revealed in Acadian plea to live under old oath's terms[13]
Leaders of First Nations in Chignecto and on Saint John River renew Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1725[14]
Canadians and Indigenous people "have made some small appearances to intimidate our new settlers" in Minas, Chignecto and Chebucto[15]
More troops needed, what with "a number of Indians a declared Enemy" and "Accadians certainly more Friends to the French than us"[16]
"I [lack] any sanguine Expectation as to the Success of this New Colony" - In a word, hostilities (Note: scalping described)[17]
"Far exceeds any idea I could possibly have of it" - Newcomer very pleased with climate, soil, game and leadership of Halifax[18]
Illustration of Halifax, drawn from high up on ship's mast (Note: gallows depicted)[19]
French evidence of British policy of new settlement in Nova Scotia breaking agreement with France to fix its borders (Note: "savages" used)[20]
Annapolis Royal houses burned to better protect fort, but "Soldiers [who] cannot be kept within due Bounds" burn too many of them[21]
Description of Indigenous people in Nova Scotia includes story involving Chief Membertou (Note: racial stereotypes)[22]
Indigenous hunting season in what is now Nova Scotia ranges from elk to sea wolf to eggs of turtles and birds[23]
Hudson's Bay Company undercuts its trade by making Indigenous people come to Bay posts and offering worse deals than French do[24]
Ending Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on trade in territory it claims could increase British exports from £3,600 to £200,000 annually[25]
Explorer describes clues on Hudson Bay that indicate nearness of "western sea" and existence of Northwest Passage[26]
References[]
- ^ "Memorandum of instructions to Sieur de La Jonquière" (translation; April 30, 1749), France Archives nationales. Accessed 19 July 2021
- ^ Pehr Kalm, Travels into North America; Vol. III (London, 1771), pgs. 55-7. (See brief remark on prostitutes and Kalm's description of Quebec City convent) Accessed 7 October 2017
- ^ "To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Kalm, 6 August 1749" U.S. National Archives. Accessed 23 November 2021
- ^ Élisabeth Rocbert de la Morandière, dite Madame Bégon, March 6, 1749 letter excerpt Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 15 November 2021
- ^ Élisabeth Rocbert de la Morandière, dite Madame Bégon, April 27, 1749 letter excerpt Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 15 November 2021
- ^ "Bedford to Albemarle" (August 17, 1749), British Diplomatic Instructions; 1689-1789; Volume VII, France, Part IV, 1745-1789, pg. 7. Accessed 15 November 2021
- ^ John Entick et al., "Cape Breton having been given back" The General History of the Late War; Vol. I (1763), pgs. 16-17. Accessed 1 December 2021
- ^ "Proposals" (March 7, 1748-9), A Genuine Account of Nova Scotia[...]to which is Added[...]Proposals, as an Encouragement to those who are willing to settle there, pgs. 12-14. Accessed 8 November 2021 (See details and comments on this settlement plan)
- ^ Settler's letter (July 28, 1749), quoted in French Policy Defeated (1755), pg. 30ff. Accessed 17 November 2021
- ^ "A Declaration" (Govr. Cornwallis' Letter Book; July 14, 1749), Nova Scotia Archives; Acadian French, pgs. 165-6. (See also Council decision to require oath without reservation) Accessed 18 November 2021
- ^ "Minutes of a Council held on board The Beaufort" (July 31, 1749), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 168-9. Accessed 18 November 2021
- ^ Council meeting (August 1, 1749), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 170. Accessed 18 November 2021
- ^ Council meeting (September 6, 1749), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pg. 170. (See Cornwallis's stern reply) Accessed 18 November 2021
- ^ 1749 Renewal at Chebucto of the Treaty of 1725 (August 15, 1749), Nova Scotia Archives. (See also ratification signed on September 4, 1749) Accessed 19 November 2021
- ^ William Douglass, "the French Coureurs des Bois and their Indians" A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. II, pg. 7. (See report of one attack) Accessed 17 November 2021
- ^ "Colonel Edward Cornwallis to Robert Napier" (December 6, 1749), Military Affairs in North America; 1748-1765 (1936), pgs. 8-9 (PDF pgs. 44-5). Accessed 19 November 2021
- ^ John Wilson, "In a Word" A Genuine Narrative of the Transactions in Nova Scotia, Since the Settlement, June 1749[....], pgs. 9-21. Accessed 16 November 2021
- ^ "Extract of a letter from Chebucto harbour, Nova Scotia, August 17" Historical Chronicle, October 1749. Accessed 15 November 2021
- ^ "A View of Halifax Drawn from ye Topmasthead" (published January 25, 1750), Nova Scotia Archives. Accessed 19 November 2021
- ^ "It was immediately upon the Back of this Peace" A Memorial Containing A summary View of Facts[...]in Answer to The Observations [of] the English Ministry[...]; Translated from the French (1757), pgs. 3-5ff. Accessed 16 November 2021
- ^ Council minutes (January 24, 1748/9), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 99-100. Accessed 18 November 2021
- ^ "The Indian Natives of the Peninsula" A Geographical History of Nova Scotia (1749), pgs. 42-53. Accessed 16 November 2021
- ^ A Geographical History of Nova Scotia (1749), pgs. 48-9, 98-9. Accessed 11 January 2021
- ^ "Report from the Committee on the State of The Hudson's Bay Company" (April 24, 1749), pgs. 216, 217-19, 223, 226, 229, 231-4. Accessed 5 January 2021
- ^ A Short State of the Countries and Trade of North America Claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company (1749). (See rundown of several arguments against HBC) Accessed 16 November 2021
- ^ Henry Ellis, "The Third Part: Comprehending, Such Arguments(...)as serve to shew the great Probability of a Passage by the North West(...)" A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, In the Years 1746 and 1747[....] (1749), pgs. 136-47. Accessed 11 January 2021
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