“Loyalist Trails” 2008-44: November 30, 2008

In this issue:
– White Collar Loyalists: A Lawyer — © Stephen Davidson
– Prairie Regional Seminar Rocks
– Senator Grafstein to Push National Portrait Gallery Plan for Ottawa – Petition
– Award Winning Authors: Jean Rae Baxter UE and Lawrence Hill
– Beacons Mark 1783 British Exit: Manhattan Evacuation
– The Loyal American Regiment
– Participants in the Battle of Saratoga
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– Queries
      + Demorest/Demarest family of Foxboro, Hastings Co, ON
– Last Post
      + Charles Lindsay Gerow UE
      + […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-42: November 16, 2008

In this issue:
– Three Loyalist Padres — © Stephen Davidson
– Ontario Lt. Gov.and Mrs. Onley Visit Grand River Branch
– Simon Girty, Turncoat Hero – book review by David Beasley
– Book, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1975-2007, Now Available
– Past President Okill Stuart Honoured Again
– Butler Homestead Monument Unveiled
– “Immigrants to Canada” by Library and Archives Canada
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– Queries
      + Sarah Corey Family

Articles

Three Loyalist Padres — © Stephen Davidson

British army regulations required that every regiment should have […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-40: November 2, 2008

In this issue:
– A Most Amazing Town — © Stephen Davidson
– More about Port Mouton NS – Sheep Overboard
– The First Winter at Port Mouton
– Fall Issue of the Loyalist Gazette is at the Printer
– UELAC Takes Part in War of 1812 Celebrations
– UELAC Executives Travel to Branches
– “The Way Lies North” by Jean Rae Baxter Short-listed on Forest of Reading Program
– Fort Ticonderoga’s Fifth Annual Revolutionary War Seminar
– Poster and Brochure about The 1984 Loyalist 32¢ Canadian Stamp
– Special Offer for Irish Roots Magazine
– […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-38: October 19, 2008

In this issue:
– Bermuda’s Loyalist Governor — © Stephen Davidson
– New Articles About Sir John Johnson
– Sir Johnson in Esprit de Corps Magazine
– Updated List of Books for the Young at Heart
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– Last Post: Jean Irene Lake

Articles

Bermuda’s Loyalist Governor — © Stephen Davidson

In the historical records of the War of Independence, the islands of Bermuda are usually forgotten. Sharing the same latitude as South Carolina, Bermuda was a strategic port for the British navy’s fleet in the New World. By 1781, […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-36: October 7, 2008

In this issue:
– Imprisoned Puppeteer in a Loyalist Town — © Stephen Davidson
– Pacific Region Celebrated 225th Anniversary of the Loyalists’ Fall Fleet Landing, September 26-28, 2008
– “Planters and Pioneers” by Dr. Esther Clark Wright
– Queries
      + Response re Simon Fraser and John Roy MacDonell
      + Joseph Slack Family
      + Elisha Jones, d1776, Massachusetts

Articles

Imprisoned Puppeteer in a Loyalist Town — © Stephen Davidson

In June of 1815 a British horse thief was chained and handcuffed in Kingston, New Brunswick’s prison. The […]