Loyalist Trails

February 2020

Loyalist Trails 2020-06

Admin CCG2021-11-29T19:15:23-05:00February 9th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-06: February 9, 2020

In this issue:
– Thomas Knox, Deputy Muster Master (Part Two), by Stephen Davidson
– St. Lawrence Branch Project to Mark Cemeteries with Loyalist Burials
– JAR: Information Operations: The Provincial Congress Shapes the Narrative in Great Britain
– JAR: “Mad Anthony” – The Reality Behind the Nickname
– The ‘Forgotten Soldier’ exhibition in Yorktown tells the sacrifices of African Americans during the Revolution
– Brockville, ON: Connection to the Group of Seven
– National Trust for Canada: 5 Historic Places With a Soft Spot for Romance
– Region and Branch Bits
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Loyalist Trails 2020-05

Admin CCG2021-11-29T19:16:07-05:00February 2nd, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-05: February 2, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Annual Conference Hosted by Manitoba Branch: Update
– Thomas Knox, Deputy Muster Master (Part One), by Stephen Davidson
– George III’s Collection of Military Maps published online
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Treasures in America’s Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers
– Black Loyalists Fought for Their Freedom During the American Revolution
– JAR: John Morgan vs. William Shippen: The Battle that Defined the Continental Medical Department
– JAR: France and Spain Invade England … Almost
– Washington’s Quill: George Washington Sees Automatons in Action
– A Sampler of Bethiah Hastings
– Region […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-04

Admin CCG2021-11-29T19:17:18-05:00January 26th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-04: January 26, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Annual Conference, Hosted by Manitoba Branch, June 24-28
– Dr. John Gamble: Loyalist Doctor, by Stephen Davidson
– Addendum to Kingston [Ontario] Lower Burial Ground
– Borealia: Book Review: Jacksonian America and the Canadian Rebellion
– JAR: Henry Laurens and the Grand Tour of Europe
– JAR: The Lenape Origins of an Independent America: The Catalyst of Pontiac’s War, 1763-1765
– Washington’s Quill: Appleton P. C. Griffin: Bibliographer Extraordinaire and An Editor’s Friend
– The Junto: Professional Motherhood: A New Interpretation of Women in the Early Republic
– From the Twittersphere […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-03

Admin CCG2021-11-29T19:18:15-05:00January 19th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-03: January 19, 2020

In this issue:
– A Loyalist Doctor’s House Call, by Stephen Davidson
– Kingston [Ontario] Lower Burial Ground
– Borealia: Book Review: Jacksonian America and the Canadian Rebellion
– JAR: Betty Zane and the Siege of Fort Henry, September 1782
– JAR: Tapping America’s Wealth to Fund the Revolution: Two Good Ideas that Went Awry
– Region and Branch Bits
+ Assiniboine Branch Project: UELAC Calendar for 2021 – Please Contribute
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post
+ Dorothy (Evans) Ellsworth
– Queries
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Loyalist Trails 2020-02

Admin CCG2021-11-29T19:21:41-05:00January 12th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-02: January 12, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Annual Conference To Be Hosted by Manitoba Branch, June 24-28
– Penuel Grant: Loyalist Officer’s Widow and New Brunswick Pioneer (Part Two), by Stephen Davidson
– Loyalist Monuments: Saint John Trinity Anglican Church Added
– Honouring The Loyalists
– “My Phillips Family Story,” by Bruce Pitts
– Canadian Heritage Matters: A Tour of King’s Square, Saint John, NB
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Early Loyalist Vital Statistics in NB: The Marianne Grey Otty Database
– JAR: The Fear of Domination: Resistance Against Tyranny
– JAR: Smoking the Smallpox Sufferers
– Washington’s Quill: […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-01

Admin CCG2021-11-29T19:22:36-05:00January 5th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-01: January 5, 2020

In this issue:
– Penuel Grant: Loyalist Officer’s Widow and New Brunswick Pioneer (Part One), by Stephen Davidson
– The Black Cemetery at Conway & Brinley Town, by Brian McConnell, UE
– The Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress
– JAR: Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation: Information and Slavery
– JAR: Why Newport, Rhode Island, Scorned the French
– Ben Franklin’s World: Paul Revere’s Ride Through History
– “Where BOSTONIA lifts her spires”
– The Regency Town House: The Servants’ Quarters
– Correction to “Loyalist Township acquires three historic properties in Bath”
– Region and Branch Bits
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Loyalist Trails 2019-52

Admin CCG2021-11-30T13:31:55-05:00December 29th, 2019|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2019-52: December 29, 2019

In this issue:
– Samuel Whitney and Samuel Miles: Two Loyalists Acquainted with Generational Grief, by Stephen Davidson
– Loyalist Township Acquires Three Historic Properties in Bath
– Research Continues: Skeletons Found Near Ridgefield Battle Site
– The House on the [Niagara] Hill: The Keefer Family Story: American Revolution and War of 1812
– JAR: St. Paul’s Church, New York: A Revolutionary War Site
– Ben Franklin’s World: Slavery & Freedom in Early Maryland
– Book: ‘They Were Good Soldiers’
– Author’s Post About Book Entangled Lives
– Family Name Ribbon with Bar Available from UELAC […]

Loyalist Trails 2019-51

Admin CCG2021-11-30T13:36:06-05:00December 22nd, 2019|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2019-51: December 22, 2019

In this issue:
– Samuel Whitney and Samuel Miles: Two Loyalists Acquainted with Personal Grief, by Stephen Davidson
– More Information: Skeletons Found Near Ridgefield Battle Site
– “At length the Gentleman fired a Pistol” (Boston, Nov. 1773)
– Book Review: No Despicable Enemy, by Gavin K. Watt
– Book Review: A Crisis of Peace, by David Head
– Kelly Arlene Grant: Caps – At Some Point, We Have All Done It Wrong…
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: A Winslow Christmas
– JAR: The Siege of Fort Laurens, 1778-1779
– Washington’s Quill: George Washington and the Bearing […]

Loyalist Trails 2019-50

Admin CCG2021-11-30T13:36:54-05:00December 15th, 2019|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2019-50: December 15, 2019

In this issue:
– Samuel Whitney and Samuel Miles: Two Loyalists Acquainted with Political Grief, by Stephen Davidson
– Book Review: Birchtown and the Black Loyalist Experience From 1775 to the Present
– The Liberty Tree is a Focal Point for Rising Tensions
– Three Skeletons, Possibly Revolutionary War Soldiers, Found Under House In Ridgefield CT
– JAR: Robert Erskine, Surveyor-General of the Continental Army
– JAR: The Sons of Liberty and Mob Terror
– Washington’s Quill: The History of Mount Vernon When Your Source is a Slave List
– The Junto: Q&A: Erik R. Seeman, […]

Loyalist Trails 2019-49

Admin CCG2021-11-30T13:39:21-05:00December 8th, 2019|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2019-49: December 8, 2019

In this issue:
– The Personal Exodus of a Jewish Loyalist (Part 2), by Stephen Davidson
– Trinity Anglican Church in Saint John, NB
– Kelly Arlene Grant: Regency on a shoestring, but also the historical stash busting challenge…
– Book on the Family History of Mary Jane McCutcheon, including Loyalist Andrew Denike
– JAR: Shenandoah Martyr: Richard Campbell at War
– JAR: The Engagement at Woodlane: Precursor to the Battle of Iron Works Hill, a Key to the American Victory at Trenton
– Ben Franklin’s World: Snowshoe Country
– Fee for Loyalist Certificate Applications Increased
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