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Events from the year1769 in Canada.

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"Small-Poxrages here with great Violence "- 6-7 die inMontrealmost days, butCanadians' approval ofinoculationgives hope "Fatality will soon cease"[2]

Attorney generalsuggests ways (rejected byGov. Carleton) to mix British law with French laws that are "most necessary to [Canadians'] satisfaction"[3]

Maseres dissents from governor's advice to revive French laws because British goal is "to assimilate [Quebec] in religion, laws, and government"[4]

Board of Trade'srecommendations toPrivy Councilcommittee for Quebec provincial assembly, justice system, ecclesiastical affairs, and revenue[5]

Breadbakersmust commit to baking year-round by laying infloursupply for when poor roads prevent grain delivery, and not halting when profits are low[6]

Letter toJohn WilkesfromJohn Adams,James Otis,Samuel Adamsand others ( "Sons of Liberty") on Canada's place in assault on American rights[7]

To be sold: "LikelyNegroFellow [who] understands Cooking,waiting at Table,and Houshold-work, &c. &c. "and speaks English and French[8]

Gabrielle Joncaire says not to buy landswindledfrom her by her husband, who also imprisoned her and caused her "to make off for New-England"[9]

Call for proposals to supply and/or make repairs toQuebec Citybuildings, listing items of various types and materials, and standards ofworkmanship[10]

Surgeonof8th Regimentat Quebec City, havinginoculated630 people "with the usual Success," assures public recent smallpox death was "Natural"[11]

Whooping cough"extremely fatal" to children in Montreal, who should bebledand given gentlepurgative"sweetened with theSugar of the Country"[12]

To endpriests'influence over "ignorant Natives,"French clergymust be replaced with vigorous Protestants (Note:stereotypes of Indigenous people)[13]

Troubling news "of an IntendedIndian War"at Detroit and elsewhere, and" unwearied malicious Attempts "ofFrench from Mississippi River[14]

Chief Massigihash asksDetroit commanderfor compassion, requesting especially return to them ofOjibwes'"father," Lt. Sinclair; Capt. Turnbull replies[15]

MajorRobert Rogersacquitted of all charges, but his "improper and dangerous correspondence" and later notion to escape raised suspicions[16]

Over 100 families gone "to settle themselves on Beaver Island, situated in the middle of Lake Ontario, abounding with the finest furrs of all Canada"[17]

Navycommanders to watch for "great cargoes" of European goods smuggled in French fishing boats to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton[18]

Local Indigenous people, though few, causeNova Scotiato fail, but can be defeated by nearby First Nations (Note:stereotypes of Indigenous people)[19]

"----- Quine, and Flora aNegroWomen [sic], were lately tried, convicted, and sentenced to receive 25Lashesat the PublicWhipping-Post,for stealing "[20]

House of Assemblyjournal shows progress of bill "for preventing the Exportation of Wheat, Rye, Barley, Flour, Meal, or Pease" during grain shortage[21]

Assembly tellsCouncilthat shortfall preventing payment ofgovernment debtscan't be cleared bytaxesthat people can't pay, and sofrugalitymust do[22]

Notice thatEarl of Egmontis about to settle his 100,000-acre township onShubenacadieand Wilmot rivers, which is 15 miles from Halifax[23]

MidwifeEleanor Fallon asks Assembly pay for services to poor women of Halifax, who without her "wou'd be distress'd in a very great degree" (denied)[24]

Halifax man has house of "entertainment" with "Chop-House,"baking facility for ladies' orders, stables and slaughterhouse, and large assembly room[25]

Halifaxnotary publicwill draw upassignments,acquitances, certificates ofbankrupts,bargains and sales,bonds,jointures,affidavits,warrantsetc.[26]

Front-page essay onfrugality,"so necessary to the happiness of the world"[27]

IncomingSt. John's Islandlieutenant governor receives paternal advice comprisingimpartiality,disinterest,moderation,generosityand goodmanners[28]

Fourships of the lineand otherRoyal Navycraft will "protect the Newfoundland fishery in its full extent" from French disregardingTreaty of Paris terms[29]

New Newfoundland governorwill be better thanprevious,who was of "disservice to the fishery" because of his attachment to initial "false opinion" of it[30]

Newfoundland trader glad he forbid heatingturpentinein his fireplace, as it took fire elsewhere, which would be "of Shocking Consequence" for him[31]

Hudson's Bay Companycriticized for failing to expand on its initial success by opening opportunity to others for investment and increase of its trade[32]

Having failed in first expedition from Hudson Bay,Samuel Hearneblames "desertion," "embezzlement," and "villany" of Indigenous people with him[33]

Churchill Riverpeople at Hudson Bayseemmelancholy but good-natured, very honest, "remarkably clever in repartees" and "converse extremely well"[34]

Intense January cold in cabin on Churchill River freezes bedding to bed frame and disturbs sleep hourly with loud cracking of house timbers[35]

Notice of death ofEdmond Hoyle,"well known in the polite world for writing[...]on the games ofWhist,Quadrille,Piquet,ChessandBlackgammon"[36]

"How long we may[...]carry on a friendly communication, will become a question, as the sword of civil war seems ready to start from the scabbard"[37]

America not ripe for rebellion, as evenBostonians don't insult occupying troops,though all British forces "would be nothing" in Americans' hands[38]

"Wise Men suffer, good men grieve; Knaves invent, and Fools believe; Help, O Lord! send Aid unto us, Or fools and Knaves will quite undo us."[39]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Kings and Queens of Canada".aem.11 August 2017.Retrieved24 February2021.
  2. ^"Montreal, October 2", The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 250(October 12, 1769), 3rd pg. (See alsomid-November newsof 42 dying in previous week in Montreal) Accessed 16 June 2022
  3. ^"A Draught of An Intended Report of the[...]Governor in Chief and the Council of the Province of Quebec[...]concerning The State of the Laws and the Administration of Justice[....]" (submitted February 27, 1769),Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791(1907), pgs. 228-58 (PDF frames 242-72). Accessed 17 June 2022
  4. ^Francis Maseres,"Number II; The Opinion of the Attorney General(...)concerning the Report made by (Gov.) Carleton(...)Concerning The State of the Laws and the Administration of Justice in (Quebec)"(September 11, 1769),A Collection of Several Commissions, and Other Public Instruments[....] (1772), pgs. 50-7. Accessed 7 June 2022
  5. ^"Report of Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations Relative to the State of the Province of Quebec" (July 10, 1769),Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791(1907), pgs. 263-74 (PDF frames 277-88). Accessed 17 June 2022
  6. ^"An Ordinance, concerning Bakers[....]", The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 233(June 15, 1769), 1st-3rd pgs. Accessed 16 June 2022
  7. ^"Committee of the Boston Sons of Liberty to John Wilkes"(November 4, 1769), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 17 June 2022
  8. ^"To Be Sold, for no Fault[....]", The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 243(August 24, 1769), 2nd pg. (See also"Run-away" noticefor "Negro Woman, named Susannah" ) Accessed 16 June 2022
  9. ^"Gabrielle Joncaire[....]", The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 233(June 15, 1769), 3rd pg. Accessed 16 June 2022
  10. ^"Whereas there are several Repairs[....]", The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 229(May 18, 1769), 3rd pg. Accessed 16 June 2022
  11. ^"Mr. Latham, Surgeon[....]," The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 215(February 9, 1769), 3rd pg. (See details inOctober 6, 1768 Quebec GazetteNote: other mentions include different numbers of inoculated) Accessed 15 June 2022 (See also"We hear from Quebec"that Latham's method "neither confines the Patient to their Houses, nor hinders them from doing their usual Occupations" )
  12. ^"Montreal, November 13," The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 256(November 23, 1769), 3rd pg. Accessed 16 June 2022
  13. ^(Alexander Cluny), Letter IX,The American Traveller: or, Observations on the Present State[...]of the British Colonies in America(1769),pgs. 46-8Accessed 6 June 2022
  14. ^"Extract of a letter from Ontario, July 7" and "We can assure the Public," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 36 (August 29 - September 4, 1769),pg. 288Accessed 13 June 2022
  15. ^"Detroit, April 29, 1769," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 31 (July 25 - August 1, 1769),pgs. 245-6(See also"Detroit, April 29"for details of Ojibwe relationship with "Capt. Sinclair" (Note: "savages" used)) Accessed 10 June 2022
  16. ^"New York, June 26; Extract from General Orders, New York, May 8," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 29 (July 11–18, 1769),pg. 229Accessed 10 June 2022 (See alsoJanuary 12 Quebec Gazette, 2nd pg.for Montreal writer's impression of Rogers' trial)
  17. ^"They write from Quebec[....]," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 47 (November 14–21, 1769),pg. 374, right columnAccessed 14 June 2022 (Note: There is no island in the middle of Lake Ontario; the name "Beaver Island" is attached to Grand Island in the Niagara River and a large island near the north end of Lake Michigan)
  18. ^"April 5; Orders are dispatched[....]," The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 235(June 29, 1769), 2nd pg. Accessed 16 June 2022
  19. ^(Alexander Cluny), Letter X,The American Traveller: or, Observations on the Present State[...]of the British Colonies in America(1769),pgs. 53-4Accessed 6 June 2022
  20. ^"Halifax, June 6", The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 23 (May 30 - June 6, 1769),pg. 183Accessed 9 June 2022
  21. ^"Halifax, Octo. 31," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 44 (October 24–31, 1769),pgs. 349-50Accessed 14 June 2022
  22. ^"Wednesday, November 8, 1769," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 47 (November 14–21, 1769),pgs. 376-7Accessed 14 June 2022
  23. ^"To all Persons who[....]," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 53 (Dec. 26, 1769 - Jan. 2, 1770),pg. 7Accessed 15 June 2022
  24. ^"T[h]ursday, November 2d, 1769," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 46 (November 7–14, 1769),pg. 367Accessed 14 June 2022
  25. ^"This is to inform the Public," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 38 (September 12–19, 1769),pg. 303Accessed 13 June 2022
  26. ^Allex. Abraham, "To the Public," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 53 (Dec. 26, 1769 - Jan. 2, 1770),pg. 7Accessed 15 June 2022
  27. ^"The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality", The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 27 (June 27 - July 4, 1769),pg. 209Accessed 10 June 2022
  28. ^Letter of Theophilus DesBrisay to Thomas DesBrisay(May 1769), The Island Register. Accessed 17 June 2022
  29. ^"Four ships of the line[....]", The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 14 (March 28 - April 4, 1769),pg. 109, centre columnAccessed 9 June 2022
  30. ^"Extract of a Letter from Newfoundland, July 11," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 39 (September 19–26, 1769),pg. 312Accessed 13 June 2022
  31. ^"Satterdy 29 April 1769,""April 29 to May 1"Isaac Lester Diaries 1769, Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Accessed 8 June 2022
  32. ^(Alexander Cluny),Letter IVThe American Traveller: or, Observations on the Present State[...]of the British Colonies in America(1769), pgs. 17-19. Accessed 6 June 2022
  33. ^Samuel Hearne,"Chap. I; Transactions from my leaving Prince of Wales's Fort(....)"A Journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean(1795). Accessed 8 June 2022
  34. ^William Wales, "XIII. Journal of a Voyage, made[...]to Churchill River[....]" (1771?),pg. 128Accessed 7 June 2022
  35. ^William Wales, "XIII. Journal of a Voyage, made[...]to Churchill River[....]" (1771?),pg. 124Accessed 7 June 2022
  36. ^"Aug. 31. Last Thursday died[....]," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 49 (November 28 - December 5, 1769),pg. 400, centre columnAccessed 15 June 2022
  37. ^"American News; Philadelphia, June 8; Extract of a Letter from London, April 6, 1769," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 27 (June 27 - July 4, 1769),pg. 212Accessed 10 June 2022
  38. ^"A Correspondent observes[....]," The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, Vol. I, No. 48 (November 21-8, 1769),pgs. 382-3Accessed 14 June 2022
  39. ^"An Ejaculation proper for the Times," The Quebec Gazette,Nomb. 241(August 10, 1769), 4th pg. Accessed 16 June 2022
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