“Loyalist Trails” 2016-43: October 23, 2016

In this issue:
– Life in Loyalist New York City, by Stephen Davidson
– Bedeque Museum: Loyalists Visit the Loyalist Display
– Peter Newman’s Hostages to Fortune Publishes Nov. 1
– Georgian Papers: King George III in the American Popular Imagination
– UE Loyalist Certificates Issued in September
– “Branching Out” Reports from the Loyalist Gazette Spring 2016
– JAR: With Cornwallis to the Dan
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Loyalist Lowdown: The Jonathan Odell Edition
– How the American Revolution Worked Against Blacks, Indians and Women
– Fall 2016 Issue of the Loyalist Gazette
– Where […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-41: October 9, 2016

In this issue:
– Unpacking a Family Bible’s Inscription: Part Two, by Stephen Davidson
– Borealia: Good Fences, Good Neighbours?
– JAR: General Washington’s First Spy
– Digital Gazette: Fall 2015 Publicly Available; Order Fall 2016 Now
– Where in the World?
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post
      + Jean Mildred Honor, UE
      + Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess, UE
– Queries
      + Royal Township Off-loading Points

Articles

Unpacking a Family Bible’s Inscription: Part Two

© Stephen Davidson, UE

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“Loyalist Trails” 2016-39: September 25, 2016

In this issue:
– An Epitaph in Ink: Part Two, by Stephen Davidson
– Digital Gazette: Fall 2016 Issue is Being Developed
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond

Articles

An Epitaph in Ink: Part Two

© Stephen Davidson, UE

Polly Jarvis grew up in a middle class home in Stamford, Connecticut, where she had the opportunity to learn how to read and write. She married a man of letters, Fyler Dibblee, who eventually accumulated a library valued at over £500. In addition to having a lawyer as a husband, Polly had […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-37: September 11, 2016

In this issue:
– Browsing through an Orderly Book: Getting Along with the Locals, by Stephen Davidson
– JAR: Captain John Peck Rathbun – As Audacious as John Paul Jones
– Digital Gazette: Help Save Costs; Sign up by April 14
– Where in the World?
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post: Albert Edward Preece, UE

Articles

Browsing through an Orderly Book: Getting Along with the Locals

© Stephen Davidson, UE

The American Revolution was a different type of war for the British army. Their troops were not in enemy territory where […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-35: August 28, 2016

In this issue:
– Carleton’s Book of Negroes: A Ledger’s Legacy (Part 2), by Stephen Davidson
– JAR: Stern Measures – Thomas Jefferson Confronts the “Hair Buyer”
– JAR: Daniel McGirth, Banditti on the Southern Frontier
– Tarleton’s Legion
– Teaching the African Diaspora with a Trip to Canada
– Where in the World?
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post: James Arthur (Art) Keller, UE
– Memorial Service For Lois Dickinson, UE

Articles

Carleton’s Book of Negroes: A Ledger’s Legacy (Part 2)

© Stephen Davidson, UE

More than just a ledger that recorded […]