Corcoran, Author at UELAC

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March 2020

Loyalist Trails 2020-11

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:05:49-05:00March 15th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-11: March 15, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Conference 2020: Covid-19 Virus Update
– Welcome 2020 Loyalist Scholar Richard Yeomans
– I Can See Clearly Now: Scholarship Challenge May 2020
– Hazardous Assistance: Stories of the Loyalist Underground (Part 2 of 4), by Stephen Davidson
– Comment on “Hazardous Assistance” Re Obenholt
– Kelly Arlene Grant: The Sestercentennial Begins: Boston Massacre 250th
– JAR: Aggressive-Minded Gamblers: Washington, Howe, and the Days Between Battles, September 1777
– JAR: Two Book Reviews: Journal of the Hessian Jäger Corps and The Disaffected
– Nelles Manor Museum (Grimsby, ON) Built by Robert Nelles […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-10

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:06:43-05:00March 8th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-10: March 8, 2020

In this issue:
– Registration is Open for UELAC Conference 2020: “Eyes on the Heart of the Continent”
– Hazardous Assistance: Stories of the Loyalist Underground (Part 1 of 4), by Stephen Davidson
– Digby’s First Framed House Builder – A Loyalist Born in Ireland
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: A Tree Grows in Planter Nova Scotia
– JAR: How to Write Like a Revolutionary War Spy
– JAR: Mapping the Battle of Eutaw Springs: Modern GIS Solves a Historic Mystery
– Friday, 2 Mar 1770: Five Ways of Looking at a Brawl (3 Days Before the […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-09

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:12:08-05:00March 1st, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-09: March 1, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Conference 2020: “Eyes on the Heart of the Continent”
– Daniel Bliss: Epitaph Writer (Part Two), by Stephen Davidson
– Jacob Getcheus – Master of ships supporting American Patriots, British, and Black Loyalists
– JAR: The Grand Affray at Golden Hill: New York City, Jan. 19, 1770
– JAR: Rutland’s Rebellion: Defending Local Governance during the Revolution
– Kelly Arlene Grant: Revisiting Short Stays
– All Things Georgian: Employment opportunities for girls in the eighteenth-century
– A Personal Touch: The Wedding Shoes of a New England Groom, c1819
– Canadian Heritage […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-08

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:13:51-05:00February 23rd, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-08: February 23, 2020

In this issue:
– Daniel Bliss: Epitaph Writer (Part One), by Stephen Davidson
– The Vineland Mennonite Burial Ground
– JAR: Plight of the Loyalist Refugees of Lloyd’s Neck, Long Island
– JAR: General Isaac Gregory’s Fictitious Treason
– Riot at the Richardson House, Boston, Five years before the War
– Washington’s Quill: My Experience with The Situation Room at Mount Vernon
– Gossip, Sex and Redcoats: On the Build-Up to the Boston Massacre
– Catching Up On Kelly Arlene Grant’s Projects
– An Irish-Stitch Wallet, 1776, with a Revolutionary Past
– Exploring the Black Canadian […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-07

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:14:41-05:00February 16th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-07: February 16, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Conference 2021 hosted by Bridge Annex – Online Preview Feb. 19
– Thomas Knox, Deputy Muster Master (Part Three), by Stephen Davidson
– Digby’s Oldest Loyalist Gravestone, Jacob Getcheus and Black Loyalists
– JAR: The Death of Lt. Michael Grosh: the Maryland Militia at Germantown
– JAR: Maj. Gen. John Sullivan and the Occupation of Easton, Pennsylvania
– Dogs’ discovery of Revolutionary War graves leads to preservation victory
– JAR Book Review: The Redcoat in America: The Diaries of Lieutenant William Bamford
– Abolishing Monarchy in Canada will Complete Colonization of […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-06

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:15:23-05:00February 9th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-06: February 9, 2020

In this issue:
– Thomas Knox, Deputy Muster Master (Part Two), by Stephen Davidson
– St. Lawrence Branch Project to Mark Cemeteries with Loyalist Burials
– JAR: Information Operations: The Provincial Congress Shapes the Narrative in Great Britain
– JAR: “Mad Anthony” – The Reality Behind the Nickname
– The ‘Forgotten Soldier’ exhibition in Yorktown tells the sacrifices of African Americans during the Revolution
– Brockville, ON: Connection to the Group of Seven
– National Trust for Canada: 5 Historic Places With a Soft Spot for Romance
– Region and Branch Bits
+ […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-05

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:16:07-05:00February 2nd, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-05: February 2, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Annual Conference Hosted by Manitoba Branch: Update
– Thomas Knox, Deputy Muster Master (Part One), by Stephen Davidson
– George III’s Collection of Military Maps published online
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Treasures in America’s Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers
– Black Loyalists Fought for Their Freedom During the American Revolution
– JAR: John Morgan vs. William Shippen: The Battle that Defined the Continental Medical Department
– JAR: France and Spain Invade England … Almost
– Washington’s Quill: George Washington Sees Automatons in Action
– A Sampler of Bethiah Hastings
– Region […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-04

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:17:18-05:00January 26th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-04: January 26, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Annual Conference, Hosted by Manitoba Branch, June 24-28
– Dr. John Gamble: Loyalist Doctor, by Stephen Davidson
– Addendum to Kingston [Ontario] Lower Burial Ground
– Borealia: Book Review: Jacksonian America and the Canadian Rebellion
– JAR: Henry Laurens and the Grand Tour of Europe
– JAR: The Lenape Origins of an Independent America: The Catalyst of Pontiac’s War, 1763-1765
– Washington’s Quill: Appleton P. C. Griffin: Bibliographer Extraordinaire and An Editor’s Friend
– The Junto: Professional Motherhood: A New Interpretation of Women in the Early Republic
– From the Twittersphere […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-03

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:18:15-05:00January 19th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-03: January 19, 2020

In this issue:
– A Loyalist Doctor’s House Call, by Stephen Davidson
– Kingston [Ontario] Lower Burial Ground
– Borealia: Book Review: Jacksonian America and the Canadian Rebellion
– JAR: Betty Zane and the Siege of Fort Henry, September 1782
– JAR: Tapping America’s Wealth to Fund the Revolution: Two Good Ideas that Went Awry
– Region and Branch Bits
+ Assiniboine Branch Project: UELAC Calendar for 2021 – Please Contribute
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post
+ Dorothy (Evans) Ellsworth
– Queries
+ […]

Loyalist Trails 2020-02

Corcoran2021-11-29T19:21:41-05:00January 12th, 2020|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2020-02: January 12, 2020

In this issue:
– UELAC Annual Conference To Be Hosted by Manitoba Branch, June 24-28
– Penuel Grant: Loyalist Officer’s Widow and New Brunswick Pioneer (Part Two), by Stephen Davidson
– Loyalist Monuments: Saint John Trinity Anglican Church Added
– Honouring The Loyalists
– “My Phillips Family Story,” by Bruce Pitts
– Canadian Heritage Matters: A Tour of King’s Square, Saint John, NB
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Early Loyalist Vital Statistics in NB: The Marianne Grey Otty Database
– JAR: The Fear of Domination: Resistance Against Tyranny
– JAR: Smoking the Smallpox Sufferers
– Washington’s Quill: […]