Loyalist Trails Newsletter 2020-41

In this issue:
– Fall 2020 Loyalist Gazette
– The Head of Elk: A Turning Point for Loyalists (Part 4 of 5), by Stephen Davidson
– Life of Susanna Harrington, Wife of Frederick Shelp, by Arden Wade
– Loyalist Settlement in New Brunswick: New Brunswick Loyalists
– The Yorktown Campaign
– JAR: Ethan Allen’s Mysterious Defeat at Montreal – Reconsidered
– JAR: Britain’s Last Throw of the Dice – The Charlestown Campaign of 1780
– Borealia: Loyalist Women and the Experience of Revolutionary Exile in Nova Scotia
– Ben Franklin’s World: Elections & Voting in the Early Republic
– […]

In this issue:
– “Join the rEvolution”: UELAC Conference 2021 by Bridge Annex
– The Head of Elk: A Turning Point for Loyalists (Part 2 of 5), by Stephen Davidson
– Book Review: 18th Century Loyalist Recipes
– JAR: The Battle of Shallow Ford, October 14, 1780
– JAR: Thomas Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts, January 1759-1760
– Borealia: Success/Failure? Louis Riel and the History of Policing Canada
– Colonial Williamsburg: Creating an Embroidered Coat for George Washington
– Crossing the Atlantic: Passengers of the Arbella, 1630
– The Loyalist Gazette, Fall Issue 2020
– Where in the World?
– Additions to […]

In this issue:
– Well-to-Do Loyalist Widows in London (Part 4 of 4), by Stephen Davidson
– Kelly Arlene Grant: Spring 2020: a Tale of Two Jackets
– JAR: The First Efforts to Limit the African Slave Trade Arise in the American Revolution (Part 1)
– JAR: Battle of the Saintes
– Borealia: The Readers called Methodists: A Review of Pulpit, Press, and Politics
– Ben Franklin’s World: Tacky’s Revolt
– National Trust Canada: The Legacy of Labour and Industry in 5 Historic Places
– Jamestown: 450th Commemoration of Ajacán – the Spanish Mission of 1570
– Researching German Ancestors: Virtual […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-35: September 10, 2020

In this issue:
– Well-to-Do Loyalist Widows in London (Part 2 of 4), by Stephen Davidson
– Sir Guy Carleton Branch Certificate Applications
– Where in the World?
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– Last Post: Dennis Lachlin Lloyd, UE
– Editor’s Note

Articles

Well-to-Do Loyalist Widows in London (Part 2 of 4)

© Stephen Davidson, UE

During its sessions in London, England, the Royal Commission on the Losses and Services of American Loyalists (RCLSAL) heard the testimony of 25 Loyalist widows. As we saw last week, only four of these female claimants were – […]

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-33: August 16, 2020

In this issue:
– 2020 Scholarship Challenge: It Was a Very Good Year!
– The Baileys and the Callahans: Friends in Difficult Days (Part 5), by Stephen Davidson
– Donation Tax Receipts
– When Did the American Revolution Begin?
– Book: On The Loyalist Trail: Loyalist History of Nova Scotia
– Book About General Peter Muhlenberg
– JAR: A Painter Abroad: John Singleton Copley Writes to His Wife
– Ben Franklin’s World: The British Are Coming
– Pins, the Georgian Post-It Used by Jane Austen
– “Horrid Scenes of Villainy”: The Stamp Act Protest of August […]