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Outnumbered 7 to 1, Rogers' Rangers fight seesaw battle in 4 feet of snow near Lake George before retreating (Note: "savages" used)[4]

Even with 3,000 troops behind shore breastworks, French fail to stop British (led by Wolfe, Lawrence and Whitmore) from landing near Louisbourg[5]

During siege of Louisbourg, British build protective earthen wall (9' tall, 16' wide and 1/4 mile long) "to be Proof against all Cannon Ball"[6]

Acadian resistance leader Charles Boishébert arrives at Louisbourg with "a Party of Canadians and Indians" to harass British[7]

"A dismal Scene of total Destruction!" - Louisbourg harbour littered with ship hulks and sunken vessels ravaged by flames and cannon fire[8]

Post-capitulation tour of Louisbourg through its "stinking Lanes they call Streets" and its good and bad fortifications[9]

Taking Île Saint-Jean removes grain and cattle supplier for Canada and "great annoyance to our settlement in Nova Scotia" (Note: "savages" used)[10]

"Wherever he went with his troops, desolation followed" - Wolfe's forces destroy Gulf towns, including one that offers 150,000 livre ransom[11]

Sachems convince 200 Indigenous fighters not to ambush British forces landing at Saint John River, but priest upriver upbraids them[12]

Officer in Maj. Gen. Abercrombie's headquarters describes failed assault on Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga[13]

Mostly provincial force takes Fort Frontenac along with all French vessels on Lake Ontario and "immense quantity of provisions and goods"[14]

Acadians of Cape Sable beg Massachusetts government to accept and protect them as faithful subjects and taxpayers (Note: "savages" used)[15]

Living "more comfortably" than would be expected, Acadian women and children taken prisoner in Nova Scotia and their houses burned[16]

"A vast empire, the Seat of Power & Learning" - James Wolfe writes to his mother his vision of British colonies' future[17]

News that 35 Casco Bay families and 30 families of Irish weavers and linen workers wish to join Annapolis residents in settling along Annapolis River[18]

Enslaved Black African, "supposing himself ill used," escapes to woods, is fired on by panicky blockhouse guard, and returns to Annapolis[19]

Memories of "impertinent" Acadian residents who, when near British, would call their oxen Luther, Calvin and Cranmer and then thrash them[20]

Nova Scotia law makes divorce possible only in cases of impotence, consanguinity, adultery, or desertion, as judged by Council[21]

Penalties in Nova Scotia for blasphemy (pillory or jail), drunkenness (fine), counterfeiting (pillory with ears nailed, plus whipping) and other crimes[22]

References

  1. ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
  2. ^ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ^ Thomas S. Axworthy (October 3, 2016). "Nova Scotia: The Cradle of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. ^ Robert Rogers, "March 10, 1758" Journals of Major Robert Rogers (1765), pgs. 79-102. Accessed 8 February 2022
  5. ^ "8 (June 1758). About 2 o'clock" An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pgs. 9-17. Accessed 3 February 2022 (See considerations and preparations before landing, and Adm. Boscawen's predeparture orders)
  6. ^ "About this time they began the Epaulement" (June 23, 1758), An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pgs. 29, 31. (See also construction crews' "Indifference to what the unexperienced might call a dreadful Fire from the Besieged") Accessed 4 February 2022
  7. ^ "Mons. Boishibere's Arrival" (July 10, 1758), An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pg. 37. Accessed 3 February 2022 (See conjecture that Boishébert was seen near Halifax in May)
  8. ^ "About low Water this Day" (July 26, 1758), An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pgs. 49-50. Accessed 7 February 2022 (See also Wolfe's reputation with French for unexpectedly popping up in force)
  9. ^ "the Town of Louisbourg" An Authentic Account of the Reduction of Louisbourg, In June and July 1758 (1758), pgs. 58-9. Accessed 7 February 2022 (See also detailed description of Louisbourg fortress; also Wolfe's concern for town's women (swipe to F7025_0915_B128_01))
  10. ^ John Entick, "Nor was this their whole loss" The General History of the Late War[...]; Vol. III (1763), pgs. 249-50. Accessed 8 February 2022
  11. ^ John Knox, "Brigadier Wolfe" (November 15, 1758), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 213. Accessed 12 February 2022
  12. ^ John Knox, "when Brigadier Monckton and the forces were landing" (November 24, 1758), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 214-15. Accessed 12 February 2022
  13. ^ John Knox, "I scratched a few lines to you" (July 29, 1758), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pgs. 148-51. Accessed 11 February 2022 (See also opinions on failure to take Ticonderoga (including observations of officer involved and article in Paris gazette), and "A Plan of the Town and Fort of Carillon at Ticonderoga, with the attack made by the British Army Commanded by Genl Abercrombie, 8 July 1758")
  14. ^ Letter of Lt. Col. Bradstreet to Maj. Gen. Abercrombie (August 31, 1758), An Authentic Register of the British Successes[....];The Second Edition (1760), pgs. 32-3. Accessed 7 February 2022 (See participant's account of expedition, and its preparation and execution, including why most Six Nations fighters at conference with Bradstreet refused to participate)
  15. ^ Petition to Massachusetts governor and council (September 15, 1758), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 306-7. (See also news of soldiers at Cape Sable burning settlements and sending 100 inhabitants to Halifax for transfer to Europe) Accessed 10 February 2022
  16. ^ John Knox, "On the morning preceding this adventure" (April 1758), An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 121. Accessed 11 February 2022
  17. ^ Letter of James Wolfe (Louisbourg, August 11, 1758), General Wolfe's Letters to His Parents. Accessed 14 February 2022 https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/wolfe:F7025 (swipe to F7025_0927_B131_01)
  18. ^ John Knox, "5th; 8th; 15th (November 1758)" An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 212. Accessed 11 February 2022
  19. ^ John Knox, "14th (June 1758)" An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pg. 140. Accessed 11 February 2022
  20. ^ John Knox, "22d (April 1758)" An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760; Vol. I, pgs. 124-5. Accessed 11 February 2022
  21. ^ "An Act concerning Marriages and Divorce, and for punishing Incest and Adultery, and declaring Polygamy to be Felony" (1758), 32 George II - Chapter 17, British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 3 February 2022
  22. ^ "An Act for punishing Criminal Offenders" (1758), 32 George II - Chapter 20, British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 3 February 2022
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