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September 2017

Loyalist Trails 2017-38

2021-12-02T21:07:06-05:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-38: September 17, 2017

In this issue:
New Johnstown’s Refugee Blacksmiths: An Embarrassment of Riches, by Stephen Davidson
The Oldest Building (Cont’d)
Battle of Bennington 16 August 1777
Loyalist Connections: A City in Panic – Cholera Strikes Saint John
Borealia: The First Book – Advice From Someone Barely Qualified To Give It
JAR: The French Bread Connection
JAR Book Review: A Tale of Three Gunboats: Lake Champlain’s Revolutionary War Heritage
The Junto: Q&A with Coll Thrush
Ben Franklin’s World: Defining the American Revolution
Georgian Papers Programme: Queen Charlotte Online
[…]

Loyalist Trails 2017-37

2021-12-02T21:07:37-05:00September 10th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-37: September 10, 2017

In this issue:
The Loyalist Blacksmiths, by Stephen Davidson
JAR: Review of Fire and Desolation, by Gavin K. Watt
Loyalist Connections: Dueling for Honour or (Il)legal Murder?
The Junto: On Providing Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Ben Franklin’s World: Abigail Adams – A Revolutionary Speculator
Comment: Oldest Building in Each Province
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Last Post: Franklin Winston Ault, UE
Editor’s Note
Queries
      + John McArthur UEL

Articles

The Loyalist Blacksmiths

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Loyalist Trails 2017-36

2021-12-02T21:09:53-05:00September 3rd, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-36: September 3, 2017

In this issue:
The First Loyalist Grand Jury, by Stephen Davidson
The Penobscot Expedition, Summer 1779
Dudley Saltonstall, American Naval Commander at Penobscot
Francis McLean, British Army Commander at Penobscot
JAR: Did Benedict Arnold’s fleet plunder an American settlement?
Ben Franklin’s World: George Goodwin: Benjamin Franklin in London
James Forten, African-American Abolitionist and Businessman
Branching Out: Histories of Branches of UELAC Updated
Digital Gazette: Help Save Costs; Sign up by October 9
Government of Canada History Awards
Discover the Oldest Building in Each Province
[…]

August 2017

Loyalist Trails 2017-35

2021-12-02T21:10:39-05:00August 27th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-35: August 27, 2017

In this issue:
Penelope Winslow: The Loyalist “Princess” of Plymouth (Part 3), by Stephen Davidson
August 23, 1775: George III: A Proclamation of Rebellion
Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War
United Empire Loyalists Keep History Alive at Ancaster’s Cooley-Hat Pioneer Cemetery
Behind the [Podcasting] Scenes with Liz Covart of Ben Franklin’s World
Ben Franklin’s World: Marla Miller, Betsy Ross
JAR: Sergeant Simon Giffin and his journal of the Revolution
The Junto: Roundtable on “How NOT To Write Your Second Book”
Forts of Vincennes, Indiana
Where in […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-34

2021-12-02T21:11:35-05:00August 20th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-34: August 20, 2017

In this issue:
Penelope Winslow: The Loyalist “Princess” of Plymouth (Part 2), by Stephen Davidson
Scholars Wanted
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: Geo-Historical Sleuthing
JAR: Offering of the Ladies: Esther Reed’s Sentiments, Washington’s Objections
The Junto: Q&A with Carla Pestana on The English Conquest of Jamaica
Ben Franklin’s World: British Soldiers, American War
Siege of Pensacola in 1781
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Additions to the Loyalist Directory

Articles

Penelope Winslow: The Loyalist “Princess” of Plymouth (Part 2)

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Loyalist Trails 2017-33

2021-12-02T21:12:38-05:00August 13th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-33: August 13, 2017

In this issue:
2017 UELAC Conference: Discover Your Roots
Penelope Winslow: The Loyalist “Princess” of Plymouth (Part 1), by Stephen Davidson
Spanish Capture of British Bahamas
Boston 1775: The Massachusetts Militia, and Its Exceptional Men
Understanding the American Revolution using George III’s archives
JAR: Dunmore’s War: The Last Colonial Conflict of America’s Colonial Era
The Junto: Teaching Amid Political Tension: A Roundtable
Ben Franklin’s World: George Washington’s Revolution
Vice-Admiral The Hon. John Byron
The Conversation: Eclipsing the Occult in Early America: Benjamin Franklin and His Almanacs
[…]

Loyalist Trails 2017-32

2021-12-02T21:13:41-05:00August 6th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-32: August 6, 2017

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2017 in London: The Winners
Unpacking the Hessian’s Hatchment in Halifax, by Stephen Davidson
Comment: John Grave Simcoe and “Turn”
Ontario Licence Plate: Special Savings for Simcoe Day
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: The Abel Sands Mystery: A Case of Bastardy (Part Two)
JAR: Reamstown Provides: A Pennsylvania Town’s Contribution to Valley Forge
Ben Franklin’s World: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution
France and the American Revolutionary War
King’s Chapel and Boston’s Freedom Trail
Loyalist Plaque/Grave Marker Available from UELAC
Where […]

July 2017

Loyalist Trails 2017-31

2021-12-02T21:15:46-05:00July 30th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-31: July 30, 2017

In this issue:
Canada 150 Scholarship Project: That’s a Wrap
Loyalists and Their Horses (Part 3 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
Ontario Licence Plate: Special Savings for Simcoe Day
Update: Honouring Simon Girty in Pennsylvania
Revisiting “Turn” and John Graves Simcoe
Atlantic Loyalist Connections
JAR: Cornwallis and the autumn campaign of 1780
The Junto: (Book Review:) Adam Jortner’s Blood From the Sky
Ben Franklin’s World: The Common Cause of the American Revolution
Rev War Talk: Treaty of Paris (1783)
Penobscot Expedition, Maine
Where in […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-30

2021-12-02T21:16:23-05:00July 23rd, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-30: July 23, 2017

In this issue:
UELAC Conference 2018, Mark your Calendar
Loyalists and Their Horses (Part 2 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
Addendum: Horses, and Elias and Peter Snider
Ontario Licence Plate: Special Savings for Simcoe Day
Digitizing the Royal Archives: The Georgian Papers Programme
Mount Vernon: Lavish Lace: The Martha Washington Collection
Atlantic Loyalist Connections: The Abel Sands Mystery – A Case of Bastardy (Part One)
JAR: Bite the Bullet: An Impressive Collection from the Mohawk Valley Campaign
Rev War Talk: The Battle of Cowan’s Ford
Ben […]

Loyalist Trails 2017-29

2021-12-02T21:17:02-05:00July 16th, 2017|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2017-29: July 16, 2017

In this issue:
Loyalists and Their Horses (Part 1 of 3), by Stephen Davidson
Book: A Service History and Master Roll of Major Edward Jessup’s Loyal Rangers, by Gavin K. Watt
Ontario Licence Plate: Special Savings for Simcoe Day
Book: Canada’s Odyssey
Borealia: Anguish in the Loyalist Archives, Part 2
JAR: King George III’s Twitter War
The Junto: Book Review: The Reintegration of South Carolina Loyalists
Ben Franklin’s World: Manisha Sinha, A History of Abolition
Canada 150 Scholarship Project: Let the Good Times Roll
Where in […]

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