“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

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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 […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-35: August 27, 2017

In this issue:
– Penelope Winslow: The Loyalist “Princess” of Plymouth (Part 3), by Stephen Davidson
– August 23, 1775: George III: A Proclamation of Rebellion
– Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War
– United Empire Loyalists Keep History Alive at Ancaster’s Cooley-Hat Pioneer Cemetery
– Behind the [Podcasting] Scenes with Liz Covart of Ben Franklin’s World
– Ben Franklin’s World: Marla Miller, Betsy Ross
– JAR: Sergeant Simon Giffin and his journal of the Revolution
– The Junto: Roundtable on “How NOT To Write Your Second Book”
– Forts of Vincennes, Indiana
– Where in […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-33: August 13, 2017

In this issue:
– 2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
– Penelope Winslow: The Loyalist “Princess” of Plymouth (Part 1), by Stephen Davidson
– Spanish Capture of British Bahamas
– Boston 1775: The Massachusetts Militia, and Its Exceptional Men
– Understanding the American Revolution using George III’s archives
– JAR: Dunmore’s War: The Last Colonial Conflict of America’s Colonial Era
– The Junto: Teaching Amid Political Tension: A Roundtable
– Ben Franklin’s World: George Washington’s Revolution
– Vice-Admiral The Hon. John Byron
– The Conversation: Eclipsing the Occult in Early America: Benjamin Franklin and His Almanacs
– […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-31: July 30, 2017

In this issue:
– Canada 150 Scholarship Project: That’s a Wrap
– Loyalists and Their Horses (Part 3 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
– Ontario Licence Plate: Special Savings for Simcoe Day
– Update: Honouring Simon Girty in Pennsylvania
– Revisiting “Turn” and John Graves Simcoe
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections
– JAR: Cornwallis and the autumn campaign of 1780
– The Junto: (Book Review:) Adam Jortner’s Blood From the Sky
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Common Cause of the American Revolution
– Rev War Talk: Treaty of Paris (1783)
– Penobscot Expedition, Maine
– Where in […]