1740 in Canada
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Events from the year1740 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Governor General of New France:Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana:Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia:Paul Mascarene
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland:Henry Medley
Events
[edit]- 1740s: TheMandanIndians west of theGreat Lakesbegin to trade inhorsesdescended from those brought toTexasby theSpanish.ItinerantAssiniboineIndians bring them from Mandan settlements to their own territories southwest ofLake Winnipeg.
- 1740-1748:[3]TheWar of the Austrian Succession,with the American counterpartKing George's War.
Births
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Deaths
[edit]- August 20:François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière,bishop of Quebec (b.1711).
Historical documents
[edit]Description of making and usingMi'kmawcanoes, bothmoosehide(in past) andbirchbarkcurrently used[4]
Woman inMontrealwho needs money sells enslaved 20-year-oldPawneenamed Manon for 300livres"in receipts from theBeaver trade"[5]
In spring and summer,Joseph La FrancecanoesRainy LakeandLake of the Woods,meetingMonsoniOjibwe and "Sturgeon Indians"[6]
Suffering fromgout,Jesuitministers toIndigenous people,parish of 400 and distant members of his flock near Montreal (Note: "savages" used)[7]
CouncilpresidentPaul Mascarene"notifies the Indians and inhabitants" of Nova Scotia that King has declared war on King of Spain[8]
To preserve "Indulgence they have heitherto Enjoyed,"Acadiansare reminded to conform to government orders and decisions[9]
Mascarene letter (summary) ends with warning to Acadians to be loyal or face reaction that "will involve the innocent with the guilty"[10]
Acadian deputiesto handle "restless spirits" so that "community may not make itself suspected, and avoid the ruin which may overtake it"[11]
Mascarene specifies some civil service roles, and is concerned that in "these thirty years past,"Protestantshave not peopled Nova Scotia[12]
Handling Acadians' need for new land when it is allowed only to Protestants means letting them take land anyway or expelling them[13]
Fearing unauthorized priest will direct when "a stroke" is to be given their government, Council decides his community must expel him[14]
Priests forbidden toexcommunicate"Whereby to Deprive His Majesty's Subjects[...]of Assistance or means To Procure theirLivelyhood"[15]
Mascarene advises missionary priest ofKing's supremacyover both Catholic Church and his conduct in Nova Scotia[16]
Mascarene reports that some shippers into and out of Nova Scotia are notclearingwith port authorities[17]
"Succeeded far above our Expectations" - "Indian trade"atOswegohas undercut prices at Montreal by half and increased trade fivefold[18]
"Be always on your Guard" -Hudson's Bay Companyurges Bay staff to be prepared for (probably unlikely) attack by Spanish[19]
Given war with Spain and perhaps France, chief factor atPrince of Wales Fortcancels next year's northern expedition in order to augment defences[20]
References
[edit]- ^Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^"George I".Official web site of the British monarchy.30 December 2015.Retrieved18 April2016.
- ^"Encyclopædia Britannica:War of the Austrian Succession",War of the Austrian Succession,Encyclopædia Britannica,retrieved25 March2015
- ^"Mi'kmaq Canoes"(translation of ca. 1740 letter), from Ruth Holmes Whitehead, "The Old Man Told Us: Excerpts from Micmac History, 1500-1950" (Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Ltd., 1991). Accessed 26 August 2021
- ^"Sales contract for a slave from the panis (Pawnee) nation"(translation; September 7, 1740), Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 26 August 2021
- ^Arthur Dobbs,"On the South-west Side of the Lake(...)"An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay (1744), pgs. 33-4. Accessed 31 August 2021
- ^Letter of Father Luc François Nau (October 2, 1740), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 31 August 2021http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html(scroll down to Page 45)
- ^"Notice of Declaration of War"(May 15, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Commission Book, 1720-1741, pg. 236. Accessed 30 August 2021
- ^"Mascarene to the Deputies"(May 27, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Governor's Letter-Book, Annapolis, 1719-1742, pgs. 133-4. Accessed 27 August 2021
- ^"Mascarene to Bergeau"(July 7, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Governor's Letter-Book, Annapolis, 1719-1742, pg. 137. (SeeMascarene to Bourgfor elaboration) Accessed 27 August 2021
- ^"Memoire pour Monsieur; 4"(May 27, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Commission Book, 1720-1741, pg. 241. Accessed 30 August 2021
- ^Mascarene to Board of Trade( "received 19 Nov. 1740" ), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs.110-11. Accessed 31 August 2021
- ^Mascarene to Secretary of State(November 15, 1740), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs.108-10. Accessed 31 August 2021
- ^Steps taken against Father St. Poncy(September 18, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 32-3 Accessed 30 August 2021
- ^"Proclamation Regarding Romish Priests"(July 3, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Commission Book, 1720-1741, pg. 242. Accessed 30 August 2021
- ^"Mascarene to des Enclaves"(July 4, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Governor's Letter-Book, Annapolis, 1719-1742, pg. 135. (See following two entries (pgs. 135-6) for details of government policy on religion) Accessed 27 August 2021
- ^"Mascarene to Wm Pegrum, Surveyor Gen."(June 7, 1740), Nova Scotia Archives; Governor's Letter-Book, Annapolis, 1719-1742, pgs. 134-5. Accessed 27 August 2021
- ^"From J. A. Esq; to Mr. P. C. of London, shewing the Success of the Measures taken at that Time"(New York, 1740), The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada (1747), pgs. 42-4. Accessed 26 August 2021
- ^"Extract of a Letter to the chief Factor and Council, at Prince of Wales's Fort"(May 1, 1740), Report[...]into the State and Condition of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay (1749), pg. 282. Accessed 26 August 2021
- ^"From Richard Norton and Council"(August 9, 1740), Report[...]into the State and Condition of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay (1749), pg. 273. Accessed 26 August 2021
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