“Loyalist Trails” 2017-45: November 5, 2017

In this issue:
– Canadian English and the Loyalists, by Stephen Davidson
– 2017 Dorchester Award: Myrtle Johnson, UE
– Loyalist Gazette Printed + Digital Version
– Scholarship Shines at Dominion Council Weekend
– JAR: The Connecticut Captivity of William Franklin, Loyalist
– The Junto: Should you write your dissertation as a book?
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Revolutionaries’ Army
– The Pawlings of Pennsylvania
– Joshua Bates
– Christmas Gift: The Burdens of Loyalty: Refugee Tales from the First American Civil War
– Where in the World?
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-43: October 22, 2017

In this issue:
– Goin’ Down the Road: Maritime Loyalists’ Migration to Upper Canada (Part One), by Stephen Davidson
– Loyalist Gazette: Progress and Digital Edition
– Interactive Historical Story Map: “New Brunswick Loyalist Journeys”
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Sleepy Hollow: Headless Hessians
– JAR: Joseph Bettys: Revolutionary War Patriot, Traitor, and “Desperado”
– The Junto: George Washington’s Mausoleum: Congressional Debates
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Power of the Press in the American Revolution
– Restoration and Preservation of Old Hay Bay Church
– Where in the World?
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-41: October 8, 2017

In this issue:
– Four Loyalist Blacksmiths of Nova Scotia, by Stephen Davidson
– Blacksmith Joseph Goodwillie
– Addendum to Review of North to Bondage: Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: The Adventures of Lt. Samuel Richard Wilson
– JAR: Displaced: The Donation People of 1775
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Freedoms We Lost
– Where in the World?
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Editor’s Note
– Queries
      + Peter Lampman Sr.

Articles

Four Loyalist Blacksmiths of Nova Scotia

© Stephen Davidson, UE

Loyalist blacksmiths from a variety […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-39: September 24, 2017

In this issue:
– Four Loyalist Blacksmiths Who settled in Upper Canada, by Stephen Davidson
– The Oldest Building (Cont’d)
– Where in the World?
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post: Evelyn Nellie (Powell) Denton, UE
– Editor’s Note: Away From Home

Articles

Four Loyalist Blacksmiths Who settled in Upper Canada

© Stephen Davidson, UE

As we saw last week, quite a few loyalist blacksmiths found refuge in New Johnstown (present day Cornwall, Ontario) in the wake of the American Revolution. While there were no doubt scores of blacksmiths who eventually settled in […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-37: September 10, 2017

In this issue:
– The Loyalist Blacksmiths, by Stephen Davidson
– JAR: Review of Fire and Desolation, by Gavin K. Watt
– Loyalist Connections: Dueling for Honour or (Il)legal Murder?
– The Junto: On Providing Undergraduate Research Opportunities
– Ben Franklin’s World: Abigail Adams – A Revolutionary Speculator
– Comment: Oldest Building in Each Province
– Where in the World?
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post: Franklin Winston Ault, UE
– Editor’s Note
– Queries
      + John McArthur UEL

Articles

The Loyalist Blacksmiths

© Stephen […]