Loyalist Trails

December 2017

Loyalist Trails 2017-50

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:33:16-05:00December 10th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-50: December 10, 2017

In this issue:
– Unpacking an Execution Notice (Part 3 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
– Obituary for William Botsford, 1773-1864
– Battle of Chelsea Creek (May 27-28, 1775)
– Daniel Morgan, Rebel
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: What Does That Say Again?!
– JAR: Rascally Cousins: Whig or Tory in America’s Mother Town
– Ben Franklin’s World: The American Revolution in North America
– Reference: Guide to Finding Your Loyalist Ancestor in Upper Canada
– The Georgian Papers Programme: New Releases
– Where in the World?
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-49

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:34:05-05:00December 3rd, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-49: December 3, 2017

In this issue:
– Unpacking an Execution Notice (Part 2 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
– Another Blacksmith
– Loyalist Gazette: Articles for Spring 2018 Issue
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: What Does That Say Again!?
– JAR: Ebenezer Smith Platt: An American In Newgate Prison In 1777
– The Junto: Inspiration Roundtable
– Ben Franklin’s World: Dunmore’s New World: The British Empire and the American Revolution
– The Littlest Camp Followers, c1775
– The War in the West: The American Revolution in the pays d’en haut
– Two Myths Involving Canada that Every American Should Know
– […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-48

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:45:12-05:00November 26th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-48: November 26, 2017

In this issue:
– Unpacking an Execution Notice (Part 1 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
– Christmas Gift: The Burdens of Loyalty: Refugee Tales from the First American Civil War
– UELAC Scholarship 2018: 90 Days to Application Deadline
– Scholarship Committee Welcomes Dr. Tim Compeau
– Scholar Update: One Woman’s Mission to Organize a History Dissertation
– The Fate of the Loyalists: A Look at Their History and Impact
– N.S. History This Week: 25,000 Loyalists Land
– Battle of Minisink in New York, Nov. 7, 1779
– Comment: Battle of Machias, 1777
– JAR: […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-47

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:43:56-05:00November 19th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-47: November 19, 2017

In this issue:
– UELAC Conference 2018: Mark Your Calendar, Book Your Room
– Isaac Allen: The Hesitant Abolitionist, by Stephen Davidson
– Historic Book of Negroes Gets Fresh Look Through Online Portal
– Difference Between Patriots and Loyalists
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections:
– Borealia: No, Confederation Wasn’t About ‘Freedom’
– JAR: The Tragic Death of Major Charles Cochrane
– JAR: The Earl of Dartmouth, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Second Year
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Politics of Tea
– UE Loyalist Certificates Issued
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-46

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:44:16-05:00November 12th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-46: November 12, 2017

In this issue:
– A Friend of Black Loyalists, by Stephen Davidson
– Loyalist Gazette: Now Mailed; Digital Version
– New Addition to The Loyalist History Collection at Brock University
– Battle of Machias (1777)
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Gaming Houses in Early Nineteenth Century Saint John
– JAR: The Earl of Dartmouth’s First Year as Secretary of State for the Colonies
– The Junto: Module Conveners and the British Job Market
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Revolutionary Economy
– Thomas Hinde
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– Where in the World?
– From the […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-45

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:50:41-05:00November 5th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“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 2017-44

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:51:58-05:00October 29th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-44: October 29, 2017

In this issue:
– Goin’ Down the Road: Maritime Loyalists’ Migration to Upper Canada, by Stephen Davidson
– Rev. Samuel Cook, UEL
– Alida Vrooman Hare, UEL
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Sleepy Hollow and The Hanging of Major André
– Borealia: Britishness and Whiteness in Early Canadian Culture
– JAR: Luke Ryan, Premier Privateer
– The Junto: A Short Ode to Slow History
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Revolution’s African American Soldiers
– Book: Citizen Soldier: The Revolutionary War Journal of Joseph Bloomfield
– The Farmer’s Almanac
– Loyalist Gazette: Progress and Early Delivery
– Where […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-43

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:53:59-05:00October 22nd, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“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 2017-42

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:55:33-05:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-42: October 15, 2017

In this issue:
– Loyalist Blacksmiths of New Brunswick, by Stephen Davidson
– Blacksmith: The Further Adventures of Barnabas Hough
– Digby’s Loyalist Burial Ground of 1797, by Brian McConnell
– Scholarship: Where are they Now? Stephanie Seal Walters
– Loyalist Gazette: Progress and Digital Edition
– Scapegoat Frontiersman Simon Girty Gets His Due at Last
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Lost Loyalists: Loyalist Women
– Borealia: New France and Indigenous Agency in the Hudson Bay Watershed
– JAR: Whale Boats on the Hudson
– Ben Franklin’s World: Pauline Maier’s American Revolution
– 1932 Wedgwood Loyalist Plate […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-41

Admin CCG2021-12-02T17:56:13-05:00October 8th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“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

Loyalist blacksmiths from a variety […]