1732 in Canada
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Events from the year1732 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1732:Fort St. Charles,onLake of the Woodswas constructed byLa Vérendrye's nephew,Christopher Dufrost de La Jemerayeand his eldest sonJean Baptiste de La Vérendrye.
- Charles-Michel Mesaigerwas the first priest on Lake of the Woods and at Fort St. Charles.
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- Daniel d'Auger de Subercase,Governor of Acadia[3]
Historical documents
[edit]Frenchman saysLouisbourginhabitants mostly fish cod and do little farming because they get "all Necessaries in Exchange for their Fish"[4]
Board of TradewantsNova Scotia governorto forward old French documents concerningAcadiathat he has or can obtain[5]
Nova Scotia lieutenant governorcalls for creation of assembly, "for without some statutes this Province can never be rightly setled"[6]
Democratic reforms to include election and fiscal support ofAcadian deputiesby divisions of "familys" (rather than Nova Scotia governor)[7]
Repairs needed toAnnapolis Royal fortinvolve foundations,barracks,ramparts,riversidebastion,glacisandpalisade[8]
CouncillorMascareneto deal with Massachusetts government in ways that don't make Nova Scotia "in the least Subordinate" to it[9]
Cansosees mostly New England and Nova Scotia fishers sailingsloopsandschooners,and English ships bringing food and lading fish[10]
Foreign markets are getting fish of lower quality because Canso shoremen don'tcure fishwell and shipmastersaccept half-cured fish[11]
Three Cansojustices of the peaceand 77 merchants complain that local military damage fishery and obstruct authority[12]
Board of Trade"wishes" any justices of the peace for French areas of Nova Scotia be Englishmen, as all JPs must take "theregular oaths"[13]
Nova Scotia CouncilrejectsBishop of Quebec's jurisdiction over province and banishes priest who implemented it[14]
Île-Royalegovernor St. Ovide writes Lt. Gov. Armstrong to introduce two missionaries "whom you ask for and the Bishop of Quebec has sent"[15]
Lt. Gov. Armstrongsurveys multiple French threat inMinasandChignecto,Louisbourg,"Cape Gaspy"and"Island of St. John"[16]
Armstrong refuses to let Catholic church inAnnapolis Royalmove backupriver,as massacre "by the Indians" led to move to A.R.[17]
Île-Royale has great fishery ( "no less than 7,000 fishermen" ) andLouisbourg fortifications(including 122 great guns over harbour)[18]
Six French warships (one with 60 guns) at Louisbourg "are gone to carry Jews to settle the Island of St John's in theGut of Canso"[19]
Armstrong writesMassachusetts governorabout French sway over "most powerful" Indigenous people in Nova Scotia, asking for his help[20]
Armstrong reminded to grant land to settlers in tandem withSurveyor of His Majesty's Woodsreserving forest acreage fornaval use[21]
Request for grant of land alongMinas Channelin today'sCumberland County, N.S.to settle 200 Protestants over 10 years,rent-free[22]
Nova Scotia Council settles land dispute by applying French custom giving family membersfirst right of refusalin land sale[23]
Nova Scotia challenged by Indigenous people who sayBritish conquered Annapolisonly and that rent is due from Chignecto colliery[24]
From Maine,David Dunbarreports Indigenous people complain of not receiving presents and that he has asked Armstrong for reinforcements[25]
Dunbar details French impact in Maine, including Canadian settlement andGovernor General BeauharnoiscommissioningPenobscotchief[26]
Privy Councilorders Dunbar to "quitt the possession" of land betweenPenobscotandSt. Croixrivers and end settlement effort[27]
Amendment tofishing admiralact needed to allowNewfoundlandgovernor to curb abuses, including conflict of interest, fraud and robbery[28]
Newfoundlanders "generally subsist on salt provisions" from Ireland and American bread, flour, and cattle (plus few of their own breed)[29]
Fogo,Twillingate,Bonavista,andTrinity Baypeople take seals in nets — and furriers have "distroyed Indians" and vice versa[30]
"Fiveflakesare generally esteemed a boat's room, extending from the sea backward 230 ft.; "registering them would prevent disputes[31]
"A due subjection" to Commission of the Peace "has not been had" and several in places without prisons "dispise"justices' authority[32]
Poole, Englandwants same duty-free status for Newfoundland whale products that is given to such fromDavis Straitand region[33]
Massachusetts governor Belchermentions "French Mohawks"visiting him with" their Motion of coming to settle in this Province "[34]
Fort built at Crown Pointby French among "artful and illicit means" they have used to encroach on New York's trade and security[35]
French toShawnee:"The french, ye English, yefive nations,yeDelawaresand you[...]are all now In peace and unity Like Brothers "[36]
Convicted ofmurdering her newborn,woman inQuebec Cityis sentenced to public penance and hanging, with her body "disposed of as refuse"[37]
References
[edit]- ^Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^"George I".Official web site of the British monarchy.30 December 2015.Retrieved18 April2016.
- ^"Auger de Subercase, Daniel d'"Archived2016-03-04 at theWayback Machine.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' replyAccessed 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 ordered 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 replyCalendar 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 requestCalendar 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 (Seerecollection 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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