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June 2018

Loyalist Trails 2018-25

2021-12-01T15:10:16-05:00June 24th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-25: June 24, 2018

In this issue:
Concluding the Saskatchewan Conference: The Regina Cairn
Loyalist Occupations, by Stephen Davidson
Nova Scotia Branch Brochure: Map With Loyalist Settlements
Guy Johnson (c.1740 – 5 March 1788)
Book on the Blakeney Family
Borealia: What HBC’s Peter Fidler Didn’t Report
JAR: Peter Salem? Salem Poor? Who Killed Major John Pitcairn?
Washington’s Quill: Remembering Washington Irving’s Life of George Washington
The Junto: Book Review: Colonial Complexions: Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America, by Sharon Block
Ben Franklin’s World: A New History of King Philip’s War
[…]

Loyalist Trails 2018-24

2021-12-01T15:14:14-05:00June 17th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-24: June 17, 2018

In this issue:
Thanks Saskatchewan Branch for the 2018 Conference
Introduction to The Loyalists and UELAC
We Have a Winner! New Scholarship Logo
Scholarship Fund Challenge 2018 Branch Appreciation
Human Nature Being What It Is, by Stephen Davidson
Help Protect The Jeptha Hawley House (c.1784)
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Death on the Sea: The Crew of the Eclipse
Borealia: Environmental History: We Will All Be Early Moderns
JAR: Pell’s Point: John Glover Saves Washington’s Army
The Junto: Black Women Intellectuals and the Politics of Dislocation
Ben […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-23

2021-12-01T15:15:19-05:00June 10th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-23: June 10, 2018

In this issue:
2018 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
The Boy Buried in the Chapel Floor, by Stephen Davidson
Borealia: Environmental History – View from the Sixteenth Century
JAR: Mary Robie and the Didactic Qualities of Reading Fiction
Washington’s Quill: “New” Samuel Culper Letter
The Junto: “Trans-American Crossings” Conference Recap
Ben Franklin’s World: The Little Ice Age
Q&A: Holger Hoock: Scars of Independence: America’s Violent Birth
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond

Articles

UELAC Conference 2018

The conference […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-22

2021-12-01T15:30:07-05:00June 3rd, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-22: June 3, 2018

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018
The Montreal Claimants of 1788, by Stephen Davidson
UELAC’s First Virtual Branch, “UE Loyalists Bridge Annex,” Launches June 9
4 Weeks to Go! Loyalist Scholarship — Celebrate Twenty
American Revolution Mohawk Valley Conference, June 7-10
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Justices of the Peace in Loyalist Saint John
Borealia: Taking the Longer View – Environmental History as Early Modern History
JAR: Demise of the Albemarle Barracks: A Report to the Quartermaster General
The Junto: Do Objects Lie? A New Video for Teaching About […]

May 2018

Loyalist Trails 2018-21

2021-12-01T15:31:03-05:00May 27th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-21: May 27, 2018

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018
The Montreal Claimants of 1788, by Stephen Davidson
Loyalist Scholarship — Celebrate Twenty: Week Eight Update
New Scholarship Logo: Have You Voted Yet?
Fort Hughes, Starr’s Point, Nova Scotia
Niagara’s History Unveiled: The John Breakenridge Homes
JAR: Patriots Against Loyalists on Eastern Long Island, 1775-1776
The Junto: Twitter Conferences: To Do or Not To Do? “filles du roi”
Ben Franklin’s World: Sport in Early America
Planter Studies Conferences
Report from The Quebec Family History Society International Conference
Last […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-20

2021-12-01T15:32:21-05:00May 20th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-20: May 20, 2018

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018
The Montreal Claimants of 1788, by Stephen Davidson
Scholarship: Vote for the New Logo
Last Call: Ontario Licence Plates SPRING SELLOUT
UE Loyalist: Solomon Jones (c. 1756 – Sept. 21, 1822)
Women and the Continental Army at Valley Forge, 1777-78
The Loyalist Gazette for Spring 2018
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: NB and the Origins of Canadian Mental Health Care
JAR: Musicians Who Deserted
The Junto: Teaching the Meaning of Liberty
Ben Franklin’s World: The New Map of the British Empire
[…]

Loyalist Trails 2018-19

2021-12-01T15:34:22-05:00May 13th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-19: May 13

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018 – in just 3 weeks – AGM Voting
The Loyalist Family in Exile: Some Fascinating Insights, by Stephen Davidson
Week Six Update: Loyalist Scholarship – Celebrate Twenty
Ontario Licence Plates: SPRING SELLOUT – FINAL OFFER
Guy Johnson (c.1740 – 5 March 1788)
JAR: The Strange Case of “Charles de Weissenstein”
The Junto: Black Patriotic Masculinity and Impressed Sailor Jacob Israel Potter
Ben Franklin’s World: Early New York City and Its Culture
Old Hay Bay Church Restoration: The Mercury is Rising
Loyalist […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-18

2021-12-01T15:35:06-05:00May 6th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-18: May 6, 2018

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018
UELAC’s AGM, Members’ Information, Voting
A Loyalist’s Two Orphaned Daughters, by Stephen Davidson
Map of Loyalist Lots allocated in Parr Town, Dec. 1783, by John Noble
New Brunswick Floods and the Loyalists
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: The Benedict Arnold Papers
Borealia: History on Appeal: Originalism and Evidence in the Comeau Case
JAR: John the Painter: Terrorist for America
Washington’s Quill: Janet Livingston Montgomery
The Junto: The Attention Economy of the American Revolution
Ben Franklin’s World: Thundersticks: the Transformation of Native […]

April 2018

Loyalist Trails 2018-17

2021-12-01T15:38:03-05:00April 29th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-17: April 29, 2018

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018, Earlybird ends April 30
UELAC’s AGM, Members’ Information, Voting
Four Loyalists in a 1775 Newspaper (Part 2), by Stephen Davidson
Week Four Update: Loyalist Scholarship — Celebrate Twenty
Fort Schuyler AKA Fort Stanwix
Benedict Arnold and the First Sailing Ship Built on the St. John River
Resting Place for Loyalist Captain Stephen Thorne at Karsdale NS
Simon Fraser of Balnain
Washington’s Quill: Martha Washington’s Advice on Health
JAR: Elias Boudinot IV: America’s First Commissary General of Prisoners
The Junto: […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-16

2021-12-01T16:09:35-05:00April 22nd, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-16: April 22, 2018

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018, Register Today
UELAC AGM, Members’ Information, Voting
Four Loyalists in a 1775 Newspaper (Part 1), by Stephen Davidson
Week Three Update: Loyalist Scholarship — ‘Celebrate Twenty’
Ontario Licence Plates Spring Sellout
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Benedict Arnold and a Slander Case
Borealia: A House in New Orleans: The Le Moyne Family
JAR: The Hessians Who Escaped Washington’s Trap at Trenton
The Junto: Why We Doubt Capable Children: Constructing Childhood in the Revolutionary Era
Ben Franklin’s World: The Great Awakening in New […]

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