1743 in Canada
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Events from the year1743 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 BienvillethenPierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
- Governor of Nova Scotia:Paul Mascarene
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland:Thomas Smith
Events
[edit]- Concentrated hunting of seaotterbyRussiabegins.
- FatherClaude-Godefroy CoquartjoinsLa VérendryeatFort La Reinebecoming the first recorded missionary in present-day Manitoba and the first to travel beyondLake of the Woods.
Deaths
[edit]- April 11 -Jean-Baptiste Chardon,jesuit missionary (born1672).
Historical documents
[edit]Montreal merchantsells fiveenslaved Black people(2 men, 3 "women and girls" ) inQuebec Cityfor 3,000livres[3]
Ordinance refers to 445,000-livre construction expense forMontreal wall,with part of 115,500 livres paid by city returned by king[4]
Any wardeclared against Franceneed not involve Acadians and Indigenous people, "if they are wise" (Note: "savages" used)[5]
Nova Scotia presidentMascarenepoints out dangers of having potentially insurgent population, far too few soldiers and poor defences in case of war[6]
Council hears "Indians [have] no Intention to take or Pillage the Traders," but orders all to "even by force[...]Prevent allSuch Robberys"[7]
Council orders priests (and their parishioners) to get its prior consent to enter Nova Scotia, and not "behave themselves Irregularly"[8]
Mascarene satisfied with all but one priest and says "if everyone aims at the same End We may prevent trouble from approaching Us"[9]
VisitortoOnondagadescribes town and its situation,longhouse,and "comical fellow" with mask, staff and rattle[10]
Sixteen-year-old James Wolfemarches "in the greatest Spirits [and] shall be very well able to hold it out with a Little help of a Horse"[11]
References
[edit]- ^Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^"George I".Official web site of the British monarchy.30 December 2015.Retrieved18 April2016.
- ^"Sale of five Black slaves, Québec, 25 September 1743"(translation), Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 22 September 2021
- ^"Ordinance relative to the fortifications of Montréal, 1 May 1743"(translation), Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 22 September 2021
- ^"Govr. Mascarene to Alexander Bourg"(October 21, 1743), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 126-7. Accessed 22 September 2021
- ^"Governor Mascarene to Secretary of State"(excerpt; December 1, 1743), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 128-30. (Seeelaboration of these deficiencies) Accessed 22 September 2021
- ^"At a Council held by order of the Honble Paul Mascarene Esqre Presidt(....)"(October 10, 1743), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 40-1. Accessed 22 September 2021
- ^"Collection of Orders(...)in Relation to The Missionary Romish Priests"( "as by Minute of Council," March 1, 1743), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 124-5. Accessed 22 September 2021
- ^"Gov. Mascarene to M. Goudalie, Priest"(November 14, 1743), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 127-8. Accessed 22 September 2021
- ^"We alighted at the council house(...)"Observations[...]Made by Mr. John Bartram, in his Travels from Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego and the Lake Ontario[...] (1751), pgs. 40-4 (entry of July 21, 1743). Accessed 21 September 2021
- ^Letter of James Wolfe (February 12, 1743), General Wolfe's Letters to His Parents. Accessed 23 September 2021https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/wolfe:F7025(swipe to F7025_0029_L006_02)