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February 2018

Loyalist Trails 2018-05

Corcoran2021-12-01T16:27:52-05:00February 4th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-05: February 4, 2018

In this issue:
– The Claimants of February 1788 (Part One), by Stephen Davidson
– “Deluded and Ruined”: Diana Bastian – Enslaved African Canadian Teenager
– Save The House of Captain John Moore UEL of The Forty
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Smallpox and Fear of Inoculation
– JAR: The Route is by Way of Winnisimmet: Chelsea and the Refugees
– Washington’s Quill: Washington and the Governors
– Ben Franklin’s World: Native Americans, British Colonists, and Trade in North America
– Where in the World?
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-04

Corcoran2021-12-01T16:32:10-05:00January 28th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-04: January 28, 2018

In this issue:
– Tracking Down Names in a 1774 Loyalist Newspaper (2 of 2), by Stephen Davidson
– Hugh Pudsey: Loyalist to Kings County, Nova Scotia
– Seeking More Loyalists of Kings County in Nova Scotia
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Being a Medical Student in the Eighteenth Century
– JAR: The Sad Account of Francis and Mary Archibald on the Maine Frontier
– The Junto: Review of Farrelly, Anti-Catholicism in America, 1620-1860
– Ben Franklin’s World: Slavery in Early New England
– The Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina – January 17, 1781
– Loose Ends: […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-03

Corcoran2021-12-01T16:36:12-05:00January 21st, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-03: January 21, 2018

In this issue:
– Tracking Down Names in a 1774 Loyalist Newspaper (1 of 2), by Stephen Davidson
– James Rivington, Publisher
– Why Benedict Arnold Turned Traitor Against the American Revolution
– Battle of Young’s House, Feb. 3, 1780
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Eighteenth Century British Military Medical Services
– JAR: Franklin’s Secret Efforts to bring about Reconciliation
– JAR: Across the River: The Failure of the American Southern Strategy along the Savannah River
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Religious Life of Benjamin Franklin
– Colonial North America at Harvard Library
– Where in the […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-02

Corcoran2021-12-01T16:36:50-05:00January 14th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-02: January 14, 2018

In this issue:
– The Quest for Daniel Herring: Part 2 of 2, by Stephen Davidson
– UELAC Dorchester Award: Nominations Are Welcome
– Captain Robert Dove: Seeking More Loyalists of Kings County in Nova Scotia
– Borealia: A Community of Suffering: The Robie Women in Loyalist Halifax
– JAR: Baptism of Fire, Brunswick, New Jersey, June 1777
– JAR Review: The Hessians: Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association
– Ben Franklin’s World: Colonists and Animals in North America
– January in the 18th Century, and the Ink is Frozen
– Battle of Saint-Pierre, Quebec […]

Loyalist Trails 2018-01

Corcoran2021-12-01T16:37:39-05:00January 7th, 2018|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2018-01: January 7, 2018

In this issue:
– The Quest for Daniel Herring: Part 1 of 2, by Stephen Davidson
– Please help: Loyalists of Nova Scotia’s Kings County
– Battle of Fort Anne (July 8, 1777)
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections:
– JAR: The Battle of Great Bridge
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Early History of New Orleans
– Sir Guy Carleton Branch Revamps Web-site; Details Conference 2019
– New Brunswick: Explore the Loyalist Route
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Loyalist Certificates Issued in November
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-53

Corcoran2021-12-02T17:24:14-05:00December 31st, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-53: December 31, 2017

In this issue:
– UELAC Conference 2018: “Loyalist Ties Under Living Skies”
– It’s Not 1776 Anymore, by Stephen Davidson
– JAR: Book review: The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox
– Ben Franklin’s World: Freedom and the American Revolution
– Battle of Stony Point: July 16, 1779
– Spanish and British Action of January 8, 1780
– Henry Laurens
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Additions to the Loyalist Directory
– Editor’s Note

Articles

UELAC Conference 2018: “Loyalist Ties Under Living Skies”

UELAC Conference 2018: […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-52

Corcoran2021-12-02T17:28:42-05:00December 24th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-52: December 24, 2017

In this issue:
– Bound for Charleston with General Clinton, by Stephen Davidson
– Georgian Papers Programme: A Royal Christmas List
– Borealia: Yule and Misrule in Early Newfoundland and Labrador
– JAR: China and the American Revolution
– Ben Franklin’s World: The Age of Revolutions – The American
– Washington’s Quill: From Mummers to Santa: Christmas in America
– The Unsupervised Tailor’s Apprentice & Christmas Coat for a Cat, 1775
– Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew
– Colonel Alexander Campbell of Possil, 1754-1849
– Alexander McGillivray
– From the Twittersphere and Beyond
– Last Post
[…]

Loyalist Trails 2017-51

Corcoran2021-12-02T17:32:21-05:00December 17th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-51: December 17, 2017

In this issue:
– Christmas 1779: The Slow Beginning of the End, by Stephen Davidson
– The Loyalists: A Look at Their History and Impact
– Get Published; Bring Your Loyalist Story to Light
– Tour 2018: “In the Footsteps of our Irish Palatine Ancestors”
– Borealia: How to Start Your Thesis
– JAR: Ballston Raid of 1780: Military Operation or a Time to Settle Old Scores
– The Junto: Portrait of a Juntoist in Motion
– Ben Franklin’s World: The American Revolution in the Age of Revolutions
– Washington Papers: Escaping General Washington – The […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-50

Corcoran2021-12-02T17:33:16-05:00December 10th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-50: December 10, 2017

In this issue:
– Unpacking an Execution Notice (Part 3 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
– Obituary for William Botsford, 1773-1864
– Battle of Chelsea Creek (May 27-28, 1775)
– Daniel Morgan, Rebel
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: What Does That Say Again?!
– JAR: Rascally Cousins: Whig or Tory in America’s Mother Town
– Ben Franklin’s World: The American Revolution in North America
– Reference: Guide to Finding Your Loyalist Ancestor in Upper Canada
– The Georgian Papers Programme: New Releases
– Where in the World?
– Region and Branch Bits
– From the Twittersphere and […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-49

Corcoran2021-12-02T17:34:05-05:00December 3rd, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-49: December 3, 2017

In this issue:
– Unpacking an Execution Notice (Part 2 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
– Another Blacksmith
– Loyalist Gazette: Articles for Spring 2018 Issue
– Atlantic Loyalist Connections: What Does That Say Again!?
– JAR: Ebenezer Smith Platt: An American In Newgate Prison In 1777
– The Junto: Inspiration Roundtable
– Ben Franklin’s World: Dunmore’s New World: The British Empire and the American Revolution
– The Littlest Camp Followers, c1775
– The War in the West: The American Revolution in the pays d’en haut
– Two Myths Involving Canada that Every American Should Know
– […]