1747 in Canada
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Events from the year 1747 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois then Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière
- Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: James Douglas Bt
Events
- Marguerite d'Youville (Born Varennes, Quebec October 1701 Died December 28, 1771) founds the Sisters of Charity or the Grey Nuns of Montreal.
- At Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, a surprise mid-winter attack is launched about three o'clock on the morning of 11 February 1747 on Col. Arthur Noble's detachment of British troops from Massachusetts, by a French and Indian force under Nicholas Antoine Coulon de Villiers. Noble and about 70 of his men were killed.
- Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière was appointed to be Governor of New France.[3]
Births
- Sir John Thomas Duckworth, a naval officer who became the governor of Newfoundland: February 9, 1747 (England) - Aug 31, 1817.[4]
- Samuel Gale, a surveyor and land agent in Lower Canada (Quebec): born in England Oct 14, 1747.[5]
Deaths
- January 18: 1667)
- August 8: Madeleine de Verchères, daughter of François Jarret, a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot (b.1678); Madeline (alt spelling) achieved recognition when, as a young girl, she successfully fought off Iroquois attackers and helped to save Fort Vercheres (Quebec).[6]
Historical documents
Louisbourg fell because of French failings that should not be expected to happen again, and peace will likely see it returned to France[7]
"Seems to be a degree of treason" - Trade carried on with impunity from Rhode Island, New York and Philadelphia with New France[8]
From as far away as Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin fears seeming weakness of British will turn Six Nations and other Indigenous against them[9]
New England troops at Minas defeated but parolled in Winter 1747 by French, whose supporting fleet from France is destroyed in May[10]
Referring to Sable Island cranberries, author calls that fruit "a most exquisitely agreeable acid sauce for all roast meats"[11]
Thousands of caribou cross Hayes River, though they have been scarce because Indigenous people kill females before their calves are born[12]
"Both Factory Servants and Indians" hunt geese in "Goose Moon" (new moon nearest March 25) in swamps along Hudson Bay[13]
"The Indians do not express so much Art in any thing, as they do in the Make of these Canoes[, and] are very dexterous in the Use"[14]
Beliefs held by Hudson Bay region Indigenous people, including those that lead them to attack Inuit and other peoples[15]
"The Flesh of the Buffalo tasted of Musk" - Northwest Passage seekers shoot muskox bull, and ill crewmen feel better after eating it[16]
References
- ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Biography – BARRIN DE LA GALISSONIÈRE, ROLAND-MICHEL, Marquis de LA GALISSONIÈRE – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ "Biography – DUCKWORTH, Sir JOHN THOMAS – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ "Biography – GALE, SAMUEL (1747-1826) – Volume VI (1821-1835) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ "Heritage History - Homeschool History Curriculum". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "All Queen Ann's War" The Case Re-stated; or an Examine of a late Pamphlet, Intitled, The State of the Nation for the Year 1747, etc. (December 31, 1747), pgs. 43-4. Accessed 28 October 2021 (See other expressions that victory was not to be expected; also see "English bad negotiators, and why")
- ^ William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 307. Accessed 2 November 2021
- ^ (Benjamin Franklin), Plain Truth (November 17, 1747), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 3 November 2021 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0091 (scroll down to "And is our Country")
- ^ William Douglass, "His design was to quarter at Minas" A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pgs. 324-6. (See also French account (in English) of battle) Accessed 2 November 2021
- ^ William Douglass, footnote A Summary, Historical and Political, of the[...]British Settlements in North-America; Vol. I (1755), pg. 335. Accessed 2 November 2021
- ^ Caribou migration (March 1747), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 17. (See Indigenous ways of hunting caribou) Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ Goose hunting An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 30. Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ Birchbark canoes An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 37-9. Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ "We are now speaking of these People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pgs. 40-7 ff. (continued from "Krick Indians") Accessed 28 October 2021
- ^ "Some of the Boats People" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[....]Vol. II (1749), pg. 260. Accessed 29 October 2021
- ^ Journal of Father Coquart (1747), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 November 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to Page 137)
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