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• #   Pre-Confederation Documents
• The Northwest Angle of Nova Scotia Exactly where is this infamous Northwest Angle of Nova Scotia, that determined the location of today's International Boundary?
• Massachusetts Boundaries, 1691 included Maine and Nova Scotia

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John Mitchell's Map, 1755

The most important map in North American history

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The 1929 Bluenose stamp is the most famous
of Canadian stamps, recognized around the world.
Source: National Archives of Canada
    http://www.archives.ca/02/02012003/0201200308_e.html

Nova Scotia Stamps Nova Scotia stamps and postal history by Frederick R. Mayer Foundation     http://www.frmfoundation.org/NovaScotia/default.asp Pre-adhesive (before 1851)     http://www.frmfoundation.org/NovaScotia/period1/default.asp 1851-1857 stamps     http://www.frmfoundation.org/NovaScotia/period2/default.asp 1860-1863 stamps     http://www.frmfoundation.org/NovaScotia/period3/default.asp Earliest known letter from Nova Scotia bearing a postmark October 1767, Lunenburg to London     http://www.frmfoundation.org/NovaScotia/period1/images/ns0102.pdf

1851 Nova Scotia 3-penny blue 1851 Nova Scotia 1-shilling purple Nova Scotia 1-cent postage stamp, first issued 1860, 21×27mm Nova Scotia 5-cent postage stamp, first issued 1860, 21×27mm cancelled at Halifax, 3 September 1867 Nova Scotia 8½-cent postage stamp, first issued 1860, 21×27mm imperfect vertical perforation Before 1860, Nova Scotia postage stamps were denominated in pence. The stamps shown above were part of the first issue of Nova Scotia stamps denominated in cents. Canadian Postal Rates 1943-2004     http://www.adminware.ca/checklist/chk_rate.htm Stamp collectors are licking their lips over an upside-down Canadian stamp.  About 70 of the $2 stamps were printed in error in 1994, with the Provincial Normal School in Truro, Nova Scotia shown upside down.  The lettering and dollar figures are correct... The stamps made the cover story of the current issue of Canadian Stamp News. [The Globe and Mail 4 May 1996] $2 Truro Provincial Normal School Inverted Inscriptions In April of 1996, the discovery of the $2.00 Truro Provincial Normal School definitive issue with Inverted Inscriptions was announced and two of the four panes discovered were exhibited at the Capex'96 International Philatelic Exhibition in Toronto in June of that year.

1832 Nova Scotia one-penny token, obverse (above)   reverse (below)

diameter: 3.3 cm

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Ottawa: Federal Government Orders in Council 1867-1882
    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020157_e.html

OIC 1871-1453, page 1
Subject: Minister of Public Works recommends changing the name of the Nova Scotia Railway station "now known as Coal Mines" to Stellarton, the local authorities and the Post Office and the Telegraph Company having already adopted that name...
Approved:   27 October 1871

OIC 1870-1172, page 1
OIC 1870-1172, page 2
OIC 1870-1172, page 3
Subject: Minister of Public Works recommending appointments on Nova Scotia Railway, viz. as station master and telegraph operators - William McCallum (first at Bedford, then at Elmsdale), Thomas M. Boggs (at Brookfield), M. Munford Jr. (at Ellershouse), Walter Sweet (at Newport), George F. Boggs (at Bedford) and Andrew M. Davidson (at West River)...
Approved:   18 February 1870

OIC 1877-0997, page 1
OIC 1877-0997, page 2
Subject: Appointment of Captain Nelson Card as lighthouse keeper at Isle Haute, Bay of Fundy, at $500.00 per annum...
Approved:   12 November 1877

OIC 1868-0961, page 1
OIC 1868-0961, page 2
OIC 1868-0961, page 3
Subject: Approval of payment of $2,700 to pay the steamship Linda for "maintaining communication between St. John, New Brunswick and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia," for the Post Office, having performed twenty-seven weekly trips at $100 per trip...
Approved:   19 November 1868

OIC 1874-1308, page 1
Subject: Approval of $6000 for the purchase of Bunkers Island near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for the purpose of constructing a Quarantine Station and Marine Hospital...
Approved:   5 November 1874

OIC 1879-0951, page 1
OIC 1879-0951, page 2
OIC 1879-0951, page 3
OIC 1879-0951, page 4
OIC 1879-0951, page 5
OIC 1879-0951, page 6
OIC 1879-0951, page 7
Subject: Telegraph line between Halifax and Canso – acceptance of the tender of the Dominion Telegraph Company to build and maintain "in perpetuity" a one-wire electric telegraph line between Halifax and Canso along the Eastern Shore Road...
Approved:   28 June 1879

OIC 1883-1311, page 1
OIC 1883-1311, page 2
OIC 1883-1311, page 3
OIC 1883-1311, page 4
OIC 1883-1311, page 5
OIC 1883-1311, page 6
Subject: Incorporation of The Yarmouth Power Knitting Company Limited, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for the purpose of manufacture and sale of all kinds of knitted hosiery and underwear... The capital stock of the Company to be $12,000... Abel C. Robbins, Hugh Currie, William A. Chase, James B. Kinney and Alexander L. Kerr to be the first directors of the Company...
Approved:   5 June 1883

OIC 1883-1789, page 1
OIC 1883-1789, page 2
OIC 1883-1789, page 3
OIC 1883-1789, page 4
Subject: Incorporation of The Yarmouth Duck and Yarn Company Limited, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for the purpose of manufacturing, spinning, weaving, dyeing, bleaching, printing, buying and selling of cotton, cotton duck, twine... The capital stock of the Company to be $150,000... William D. Lovitt, Samuel Killam, Abel C. Robbins, Frank Killam, Bowman Corning, Thomas E. Kelley and John Oldfield to be the first directors of the Company...
Approved:   18 August 1883

OIC 1881-1248, page 1
OIC 1881-1248, page 2
OIC 1881-1248, page 3
OIC 1881-1248, page 4
Subject: Incorporation of The Nova Scotia Glass Company Limited, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, for the purpose of manufacturing, selling and dealing in all kinds of glass ware... The capital stock of the Company to be $50,000... Andrew Walker, Adam Carr Bell, James Eastwood, Graham Fraser and Peter A. McGregor to be the first directors of the Company...
Approved:   7 September 1881

OIC 1882-1422, page 1
OIC 1882-1422, page 2
OIC 1882-1422, page 3
OIC 1882-1422, page 4
OIC 1882-1422, page 5
Subject: Incorporation of The Nova Scotia Steel Company Limited, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, for the purpose of making steel from scrap steel, scrap iron and pig iron... The capital stock of the Company to be $160,000... James D. McGregor, Graham Fraser, James M. Carmichael, John F. Stairs, and Henry S. Poole to be the first directors of the Company...
Approved:   12 July 1882

The Eddy Rebellion in Northern Nova Scotia November 1776 The Eddy Rebellion in Nova Scotia, November 1776     http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part2/Ch12.htm Battle of Fort Cumberland (Eddy Rebellion) Wikipedia

Jonathan Eddy Eddy, Jonathan, farmer, soldier; born 1726/27 at Norton, Massachusetts, son of Eleazer E. and Elizabeth (Cobb) Eddy; married 4 May 1749 to Mary, daughter of Dr. William Ware; came to Cumberland, Nova Scotia, in 1763, after serving as captain in the Seven Years' War; deputy provost marshal of Cumberland County; first magistrate on the Penobscot River; Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly for Cumberland Township, 1770-1775; leader in the rebellion in Cumberland in 1776; served as colonel in the American Revolutionary forces, living at Sharon, Massachusetts; in 1781 granted land at Eddington, Maine, where he died in August, 1804. Source: The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: A Biographical Directory, edited and revised by Shirley B. Elliott, 1984, ISBN 088871050X.   This volume was prepared as a contribution of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia to the celebration of the bicentenary of the establishment of representative government in Canada. Jonathan Eddy Wikipedia Note ...a certain John Eddy was indicted by the grand jury for treason, but escaped before he could be brought to trial. The principal offense was that of enlisting men for the British service. Source: Footnote 90 in Volume 7 of The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799, 39 volumes, John C. Fitzpatrick, Editor, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1931-1944; reprint, New York: Greenwood Press, 1970 This John Eddy is not to be confused with Jonathan Eddy, a resident of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, in the 1760s and 1770s, and a Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly for Cumberland Township, 1770-1775. From the beginning, Jonathan Eddy supported the revolutionary side in the war, and certainly did not enlist men for the British service.

If Eddy had succeeded... (In 1776) we had civil unrest at Fort Cumberland when Colonel Jonathan Eddy of the Continental Army tried to foment an uprising on behalf of the American revolution among the New England settlers who replaced the French Acadians. If Eddy had succeeded, and he might very well have, Canada today would not have an Atlantic coast... — Mrs. Dianne Brushett (MP for Cumberland-Colchester): House of Commons, Ottawa — Hansard, 27 January 1994     http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/301/         hansard-e/35-1/009_94-01-27/009GO3E.html#506 Planter Studies Centre Planters: the old English term for colonists     http://ace.acadiau.ca/history/plstcntr.htm Migration from New England, 1759-1774 The Colony of Nova Scotia stood on New England's frontier during the tumultuous time of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) between England and France over their North American Empires. Between 1760 and 1774, approximately 8000 Planters (colonists) from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire came to Nova Scotia, bringing with them their own culture, a mixture of Old World traditions and New World adjustments...     http://ace.acadiau.ca/history/plmigrat.htm Tantramar Heritage British forces captured Fort Beausejour in June of 1755, and renamed it Fort Cumberland ... In 1776, many of the Yorkshire families found themselves caught up in the Eddy Rebellion when a group of New Englanders and sympathizers laid siege to Fort Cumberland...     http://heritage.tantramar.com/history.html Fort Beausejour - Fort Cumberland, by Parks Canada Fort Beausejour is a star-shaped fort built in 1750-51 by by order of Marquis de la Jonquiere, Governor of Canada, in the course of the French struggle with the British for possession of Acadia (Nova Scotia). Fort Beausejour was taken by Lt. Col. Robert Monckton with volunteers from New England, known as Shirley's Regiment, raised by Lt. Col. John Winslow, aided by men of the Royal Artillery, and other British troops, after a two-week siege, June 3-16, 1755. Renamed Fort Cumberland. Besieged by rebels under Jonathan Eddy, November 4-24, 1776. Defended by the Royal American Fencible Regiment under Lt. Col. Joseph Gorham and relieved by Major Thomas Batt with a body of Royal Marines and Royal Highland Emigrants, who routed the besiegers. Source: http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/parks/new_brunswick/fort_beausejour/fort_beausejour_e.htm (For some unknown reason, Parks Canada has deleted this.) 24 August 1763: List of names of 374 Acadian Prisoners at Fort Cumberland (formerly Fort Beausejour)     http://acadian-home.org/acadians-beausejour.html "Tantramar Flashbacks" in The Sackville Tribune-Post, 9 May 2001 For a time, in 1775-76, it appeared that Nova Scotia (which then included present day New Brunswick) might be the fourteenth colony to rebel ... In Cumberland Township (now Cumberland County, Nova Scotia) local leadership for the revolutionary cause was provided by its two MLAs, John Allan (1746-1805) and Jonathan Eddy (1726-1804). The uprising known as Eddy's Rebellion reached its peak in November of 1776... Source: http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2001/05/09/columns.html The Wayback Machine has archived copies of this document: Tantramar Flashbacks — 9 May 2001 Archived: 2001 July 11 http://web.archive.org/web/20010711031513/http://tantramar.com/trib/2001/05/09/columns.html Archived: 2002 June 15 http://web.archive.org/web/20020615205146/http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2001/05/09/columns.html Archived: 2003 March 30 http://web.archive.org/web/20030330095509/http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2001/05/09/columns.html "Tantramar Flashbacks" in The Sackville Tribune-Post, 19 December 2001 The Christmas season was anything but merry on the Tantramar in 1776. During the previous autumn this region had been directly involved in the American Revolution. Although the Eddy Rebellion was over, its impact was still in evidence. The remains of torched homes and farm buildings could be found throughout the countryside. Desperation and starvation lined the faces of many homeless refugees (from both sides) who were huddled in Fort Beausejour, now renamed Fort Cumberland... Source: http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2001/12/19/columns.html The Wayback Machine has archived copies of this document: Tantramar Flashbacks — 19 December 2001 Archived: 2002 August 11 http://web.archive.org/web/20020811190055/http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2001/12/19/columns.html Archived: 2003 March 30 http://web.archive.org/web/20030330101524/http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2001/12/19/columns.html They Intended to Make of Nova Scotis the 14th State of the Union a column from the Yarmouth Vanguard     http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/2700/story28.htm Fort Lawrence / Beaubassin Heritage Association The area, presently known as Fort Lawrence, located on the East side of the Missaquash River, in the region known as Chignecto which consisted of the area surrounding the border between present day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, was originally called Beaubassin, meaning "beautiful bay". Beaubassin was founded in 1671 and was the first major French settlement, outside of Port Royal, in Acadia. The first Frenchman to visit the area was Champlain in 1605...     http://cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/recreation/flbha/history/index.htm The Yorkshire Emigration Yorkshire's Ayup Online Magazine The Townships of Sackville, Cumberland and Amherst were laid out in 1763 each containing 100,000 acres (Cumberland Township disappeared and was replaced by Amherst Township in 1783) ... The first shipload of Yorkshire immigrants to arrive was in 1772 ... The Chignecto Isthmus felt the greatest impact of the immigration. Settling at Amherst were: Black, Freeze, Robinson, Lusby, Oxley, Foster and others; at Nappan, Maccan, River Philip: Brown, Ripley, Shepley, Pipes, Coates, Harrison, Fenwick and others: Westmorland Point, Point de Bute and Fort Lawrence: Keilor, Siddall, Wells, Smith Lowerson, Truemen, Chapman, Donkin (actually from Northumberland), Read, Carter, King, Trenholm, Dobson and others; and at Sackville: Dixon, Bowser, Atkinson, Anderson, Bulmer, Harper, Patterson, Fawcett, Richardson, Humphrey, Wry, and others. Aside from the Chignecto region up to 15% of the families settled in Annapolis County and included the names: Clark, Wilson, Oliver, Milner, Mills, Halliday, Jefferson and others. The settlement generally known as "the Yorkshire Immigration" has had a profound effect on settlement patterns in eastern Canada, and may have significantly contributed to the political landscape of the Maritimes. Loyal Yorkshiremen helped British forces at Fort Cumberland (now Fort Beausejour National Historic Park) quell the Eddy Rebellion of 1776...     http://ayup.co.uk/knows/knows11.html The Wayback Machine has an archived copy of this document: The Yorkshire Emigration Yorkshire's Ayup Online Magazine Archived: 2002 February 09 http://web.archive.org/web/20020209135346/http://ayup.co.uk/knows/knows11.html Assembly 5 (April 1770-October 1785) There were nine members during this time for Cumberland County and Cumberland Township. Their chief claim to fame seemed to be non-attendance and one of them, Jonathon Eddy, was dismissed from the House for becoming "a rebble". This was true ... It was claimed that one of the causes of poor attendance was the almost impossible task of getting to Halifax. The Halifax authorities claimed the main reason was the "rebellious nature" of the Cumberland inhabitants. There was, however, a small rebellion commonly called the "Eddy Rebellion" in 1776...     http://www.ccgs.ednet.ns.ca/cumb/cumbco.htm Petition of Nova Scotia Inhabitants To "His Excellency George Washington Esquire Generalissmo of the Army of the Twelve United Colonies of America" February 8, 1776     http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2957/depost.htm Lieut. Lewis Frederick Delesdernier a Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, refugee, came to Machias in 1776. In May, 1777, he was commissioned first lieutenant in the Continental Army by Col. John Allan, and acted as his secretary while Col. Allan commanded the Eastern Indians. Soon after the close of the Revolution he removed to Passamaquoddy and was the first collector of customs and the first postmaster of Eastport.     http://www.rootsweb.com/~mekenneb/resources/stateof.html Dyer Family History In November 1777, Jones Dyer accompanied Colonel John Allan, Superintendent of the Eastern Indians, and a party of American "Patriots", to St. Andrews, where they held a council with the Indians. The following day an attempt was made to capture Allan by inviting him aboard a sloop. Allan suspected the scheme, and instead of going himself sent Jones Dyer of Machias, Louis F. Delesdernier, and four others. All of them were seized as they boarded the craft, which was a Loyalist vessel, the Howe, from Halifax.     http://www.calaisalumni.org/Maine/2dyer.htm Jonathan Eddy (1726-1804) The hamlet of Eddington, in Penobscot County, Maine, (on Highway Nine "The Airline", well-known to many motorists from Nova Scotia) is named in honour of Jonathan Eddy.     http://www.eddyfamily.com/EFHA%20Info.htm

Howard Trueman's book 1902 Complete text now available online (the links below point to Chapter Four) CHAPTER IV: The Eddy Rebellion The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers, by Howard Trueman The Eddy Rebellion does not occupy much space in history, but it was an important event in the district where it occurred, and in the lives of those who were responsible for it. The leaders were Colonel Jonathan Eddy, Sheriff John Allan, or "Rebel John," as he was afterwards called, William Howe, and Samuel Rogers. Eddy, Rogers and Allan had been, or were at that time members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly at Halifax. Allan was a Scotsman by birth, the others were from New England ... The question has been asked, would it not have been better for the northern half of this continent if the Eddy rebellion had succeeded and what is now Canada had become one country with the United States?...     http://www.bookrags.com/books/chgnt/PART6.htm CHAPTER IV: The Eddy Rebellion The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers, by Howard Trueman     http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/trueman.html CHAPTER IV: The Eddy Rebellion The Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers, by Howard Trueman     http://tanaya.net/Books/chgnt10/ Nova Scotia during the American Revolution by Bill J. Wilms, University of Groningen, the Netherlands     http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/novascotia/scotiaxx.htm

Continental Congress Considers the Plight of Refugees from Nova Scotia Monday, March 28, 1785 Congress assembled. Present, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina; and from the State of Massachusetts, Mr. [Rufus] King, and from Georgia, Mr. [William] Houstoun... The Committee consisting of Messrs. [William] Ellery, [James] Monroe, [Jacob] Read, [Hugh] Williamson and [Richard Dobbs] Speight to whom was referred the petition of Jonathan Eddy and others, refugees from Nova Scotia, setting [forth] that on accounts of their opposition to British measures they were exiled from their habitation and proscribed by their enemies, their houses were burned and their stock and other personal property wasted and destroyed and considerable rewards offered for the heads of the most active among them, that ever since their misfortune they have been inhabitants of the United States and have served the cause of America in the field or in such other way as their abilities permitted — That they now find themselves destitute of a home for their retirement, of property for their support and of all hope of assistance but from the justice and humanity of Congress; and pray that the may receive some compensation for their losses. Whereupon your Committee submit the following resolution — That Jonathan Eddy and other refugees from Nova Scotia on account of their attachment to the interest of the United States be recommended to the humanity & particular attention of the several states in which they respectively reside and that they be [informed that whenever Congress can consistently make grants of land they will reward in this way as far as may be consistent such refugees from Nova Scotia, as may be disposed to live in the Western Country.] [Note: This report, in the writing of William Ellery, except the part in brackets which is in the writing of Hugh Williamson, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, II, folio 197. It was read this day (March 28) and the resolve passed April 13.] Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library     http://memory.loc.gov/ Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, March 28, 1785 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library http://memory.loc.gov/ll/lljc/028/0200/02130201.tif Continental Congress April 13th, 1785 Congress assembled. Present, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pensylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina; and from the state of Georgia, Mr. [William] Houstoun. On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [James] Monroe, Mr. [Jacob] Read, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson and Mr. [Richard Dobbs] Spaight, to whom was referred a petition of Jonathan Eddy, and other refugees of Nova Scotia, Resolved, That Jonathan Eddy, and other refugees from Nova Scotia, on account of their attachment to the interest of the United States, be recommended to the humanity and particular attention of the several states in which they respectively reside; and that they be informed, that whenever Congress can consistently make grants of land, they will reward, in this way, as far as may be consistent, such refugees from Nova Scotia, as may be disposed to live in the Western country. Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library     http://memory.loc.gov/

The Eddy Rebellion: Ink-on-Paper References Papers relating to Trials for Treason in 1776-7, The Nova Scotia Historical Society, #1 (1878) — The Eddy Rebellion; eight pages The Siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776: An Episode in the American Revolution, by Ernest Clarke, 304 pages, published 1995 by McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal & Kingston, ISBN 0773518673, ISBN 077351323X; — A detailed account of the 1776 siege and the events leading up to it Footprints in the Marsh Mud: Politics and Land Settlement in the Township of Sackville 1760-1800, by James D. Snowdon, M.A. thesis, University of New Brunswick, 1974; reprinted, Tantramar Heritage Trust, 2000 — pages 74-80: the Eddy rebellion A Century at Chignecto: The Key to Old Acadia, by William Richard Bird, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1928 — Chapters VI-XVI: the events of 1750-1755, and the Eddy Rebellion of 1776 Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol.IV, pages 540-542 — Lt. Col. Robert Monckton (1726-1782) Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol.V, pages 295,296 — Jonathan Eddy (1726-1804) Memoir of Colonel Jonathan Eddy, of Eddington, Maine: With Some Account of the Eddy Family, and of the Early Settlers on Penobscot River by Joseph W. Porter, published 1877 by Sprague, Owen & Nash, Augusta, Maine, 73 pages History of Penobscot County, Maine, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (1617-1882) (edited by Henry A. Ford?) published 1882 by Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 922 pages Military Operations in Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia During the Revolution, chiefly compiled from the journals and letters of Colonel John Allan, with notes and a memoir of Col. John Allan by Frederic Kidder, 336 pages, published 1867 by Joel Munsell, Albany, New York; reprinted 1971 by Kraus Reprint Co., Millwood, New York; reprinted 1997 ISBN 0832854581, 336 pages, by Higginson Book Company Sketch of Col. John Allan of Maine, by George H. Allan, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1876, pages 353-359 Narrative of Col. John Allan, edited by Peter E. Vose, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1858, pages 254-257 The Neutral Yankees of Nova Scotia, A Marginal Colony During The Revolutionary Years by John Bartlet Brebner, 387 pages with fold-out map, published 1937 by Columbia University Press, New York (reprinted 1970 by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto ?) Machias And the Invasion of Nova Scotia, by Daniel Cobb Harvey (1886-1966), 14-page phamphlet; reprinted from the Annual Report of the Canadian Historical Association, 1932, pages 17-28 Nova Scotia in the Critical Years, 1775-76 by Wilfred Brenton Kerr, The Dalhousie Review, Vol. 12, 1932 The Maritime Provinces of British North America and the American Revolution by Wilfred Brenton Kerr, published 1941 by Busy East Press, Sackville, N.B.; reprinted 1970 by Russell & Russell Inc., New York (a division of Atheneum House Inc.) 172 pages The American Invasion of Nova Scotia, 1776-77 by Wilfred Brenton Kerr, Canadian Defense Quarterly, July 1936, pages 433-445 Bermuda and the American Revolution: 1760-1783 by Wilfred Brenton Kerr, published 1936 by Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 142 pages; reprinted 1969 by Archon Books The American Revolution and Nova Scotia Reconsidered by George A. Rawlyk, Dalhousie Review, Autumn 1963, pages 379-394 Revolution Rejected, 1775-1776 George A. Rawlyk editor, published 1968 by Prentice-Hall of Canada, Scarborough, Ontario Nova Scotia's Massachusetts: a study of Massachusetts - Nova Scotia relations, 1630 to 1784 by George A. Rawlyk, 298 pages, ISBN 0773501428, published 1973 by McGill University Press, Montreal, and Queen's University Press, London, Ontario A People Highly Favoured of God: the Nova Scotia Yankees and the American Revolution by Gordon Stewart and George Rawlyk, 219 pages, ISBN 770508669, published 1972 by Macmillan, Toronto New Ireland: Loyalists in Eastern Maine During the American Revolution, by Robert Wesley Sloan, Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, 1971 Note about "New Ireland": In the last months of the War of 1812 the English troops held all the land in Maine east of the Penobscot River and administered the civil government from Bangor. England proposed to make of this conquest a separate province of the Canadian government, and to call it New Ireland. When the Treaty of Ghent was signed, however, Hinckley and the rest of eastern Maine were returned to the United States. Source: "Hinckley Township or Grand Lake Stream Plantation" by Minnie Atkinson, 1920     http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/forgotten/excerpt.htm New England Rubicon: A Study of Eastern Maine During the American Revolution, by John Howard Ahlin, Ph.D. Dissertation, Boston University, 1962 The Forts of Chignecto: A Study of the Eighteenth Century Conflict Between France and Great Britain in Acadia by John Clarence Webster, 196 pages, 400 copies published 1930 by the author, Shediac, N.B.; now (2002) available as a print-to-order reprint History in a Government House: a Study of Those Who Administered the Government of Acadia and That of Nova Scotia Until 1784 — Read Before the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1 April 1926 by John Clarence Webster, 16 pages, published 1926 by the author, Shediac, N.B. Canada and the American Revolution: The Disruption of the First British Empire by George M. Wrong, 511 pages, published 1935 by Macmillan, New York; reprinted 1968 ISBN 0815402619 by Cooper Square Publishers; reprinted ISBN 0781248752 by Reprint Services Corporation Privateering and Piracy: The Effects of New England Raiding Upon Nova Scotia During the American Revolution, 1775-1783, by John Dewar Faibisy, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts, 1972 Acadia in the Revolution, by George J. Varney, Magazine of American History, July 1882, pages 486-495 Nova Scotia and New England During the Revolution, by Emily P. Weaver, American Historical Review, October 1904, pages 52-71 A history of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia by Frank H. Patterson, 143 pages, published 1917 by Royal Print & Litho, Halifax; reprinted 1973 by Mika Publishing Co., Belleville, Ontario Acadia: The Geography of Early Nova Scotia to 1760 by Andrew Hill Clark, 470 pages with maps, published 1968 by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin; reprints available in 2002 ISBN 0835760006 from Books On Demand Journal of Abijah Willard by Abijah Willard, edited by John Clarence Webster, 75 pages, New Brunswick Historical Society, [1930?], Saint John, N.B. [Abijah Willard was an officer in the expedition which captured Fort Beausejour in 1755. Abijah Willard, Esq., was named in the Banishment Act of the State of Massachusetts, September 1778.]

John Allan (1746-1805) Allan, John, farmer, merchant; born 3 January 1746 at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland; son of William and Isabelle (Maxwell) Allan; married 10 October 1767 to Mary, daughter of Mark Patton; elected Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly for Cumberland Township in by-election, took seat 30 October 1775; seat declared vacant 28 June 1776 for non-attendance; served as clerk of the Sessions; Justice of the Peace, sheriff, clerk of the Supreme Court; later became a soldier in the American Revolutionary Army. As a participant in the Eddy Rebellion he fled from Cumberland County in August 1776 for political reasons; died 7 February 1805, in Maine. Source: The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: A Biographical Directory, edited and revised by Shirley B. Elliott, 1984, ISBN 088871050X (1775) Col. John Allan, commanding officer at Machias, Maine, and Superintendent of Eastern Indian department ... (1777) company raised (at Machias) for expedition against St. John, Nova Scotia...     http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/military/mass/m.html Colonel John Allan from Electric Scotland's 'Mini Bios of People of Scots Descent' Colonel John Allan of Revolutionary fame, and who was especially prominent during that period in Eastern Maine, deserves much greater mention and consideration than historians have ever bestowed upon him. This seeming neglect of one who is entitled to much honor is easily accounted for. His position under General Washington as Superintendent of the Indians of Eastern Maine did not bring him into the limelight of those times, although his duties were arduous and required skill, executive ability, keen foresight and sagacity, which attributes he possessed to a marked degree. In executing this important mission he was not in any of the memorable battles of the Revolution and hence his name is not prominently inscribed upon the roll of the famous men of that great struggle. His services for the cause of the American Colonies again brings into prominence Passamaquoddy Bay and the historic town of Machias, that being his headquarters. John Allan was the eldest son of William Allan, one of the earliest settlers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1746. His father, William Allan, was born about the year 1720; was a Scottish gentleman of means and an officer in the British Army. He married July 9, 1744, Isabella Maxwell, the daughter of Sir Eustace Maxwell a gentleman of Scotland, and at the time of the birth of his son, in January 1746, he was temporarily residing in Edinburgh Castle where he and his family had sought refuge during the troubles of the Rebellion. From 1748 to I750 there was quite a large emigration from England to the Nova Scotia coast, and it was about this time that William Allan settled at Halifax where he remained for a short time and then moved to Fort Lawrence where he resided until about 1759. It is supposed that he was a British officer at this tune... Source: Electric Scotland's Scottish History Mini Bios of People of Scots Descent   Colonel John Allan     http://www.electricscotland.com/history/world/bios/allan_john.htm

Colonel John Allan kept the area from the St. Croix River to the Penobscot River from becoming Canadian territory One Hundred and Twentieth Maine Legislature First Regular Session 40th Legislative Day, Tuesday, May 1, 2001 Joint Resolution Commemorating May First as Colonel John Allan, American Revolutionary War Hero, Day Joint Resolution Commemorating May First as Colonel John Allan, American Revolutionary War Hero, Day On motion of Representative SOCTOMAH of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the following Joint Resolution: (H.P. 1323) (Cosponsored by Senator SHOREY of Washington and Representatives: BAGLEY of Machias, BUNKER of Kossuth Township, DUGAY of Cherryfield, DUNLAP of Old Town, GOODWIN of Pembroke, HALL of Bristol, MORRISON of Baileyville, Senator: GOLDTHWAIT of Hancock) WHEREAS, Colonel John Allan, Scottish-born patriot of the Revolutionary War, was appointed by President George Washington in 1776 as the Military Commander of the Eastern Area; and WHEREAS, the Continental Congress in 1778 acknowledged the work of Colonel Allan in defending the District of Maine; and WHEREAS, Colonel Allan had headquarters in Machias, Maine and defended the country during the Revolutionary War; and WHEREAS, Colonel Allan united the Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Penobscot and Micmac tribes with the Maine settlers and together they defended the Maine coast against the British; and WHEREAS, Colonel Allan worked to fulfill promises made to the Passamaquoddy Tribe by meeting with President Washington and the Continental Congress; and WHEREAS, Colonel Allan's service to the American colonies kept the area from the St. Croix River to the Penobscot River from becoming Canadian territory; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That, We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twentieth Legislature now assembled in the First Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this opportunity to recognize Colonel John Allan as a Patriot of Maine and we proclaim that May 1st, 2001 is Colonel John Allan Day; and be it further RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to Porter Memorial Library in Machias, Peavey Memorial Library in Eastport, the Charlotte Historical Society, the Dennysville Historical Society, the Pembroke Historical Society, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Daughters of the American Revolution, who maintain the historical memorials in honor of this important time in Maine history. Source: The Maine House of Representatives, Augusta, Maine     http://janus.state.me.us/house/history/120th/hrecindx.htm#may01     http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/Records/1st120th/050101R2.doc

Mitch Biggar's New Brunswick History Tidbits with Irene Doyle On May 29th, 1776, John Allan learned that the HMS Vulture had returned to Annapolis, Nova Scotia. So on May 30th Allan set out from Machias, Maine, with a party of forty-three men. Allan was joined by thirteen canoes of men at Musquash Cove ... When the authorities in Halifax heard of this they sent the warship HMS Mermaid and the sloops HMS Hope and a detachment of soldiers to repel the American force...     http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9002/war.htm The Revolutionary War: The Part Played by the St. John River Indians ...The style of argument used to induce the natives from their allegiance to the King of England is seen in the letter addressed to them by the congress of Massachusetts on May 15th, 1775 ... The most active agent the Americans had at this time was one John Allan who formerly resided in the eastern part of what is now Westmorland County in New Brunswick ... About this time the Governonr of Nova Scotia sent Col. Arthur Goold to the River St. John to engage the Indians either to remain neutral or to assist in the defence of Nova Scotia...     http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/halew/Raymond28.html

Continental Congress April 21st, 1785 The petition of John Allan, Supt. of Indian Affairs, Eastern Department, praying compensation for services and expences, was referred to the Board of Treasury to report. [Note: The Board reported June 7, 1785. The petition, dated April 20, 1785, is in No. 42, I, folio 79.] Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library     http://memory.loc.gov/ Continental Congress June 6th, 1785 Board of Treasury, June 6th 1785. The Board of Treasury to whom was referred the petition of John Allan Esq. late Superintendant of Indian affairs for the eastern department, Report. That in the opinion of the Board, the Commission held by John Allan Esq. late Superintendant of Indian affairs for the eastern department, under the authority of Congress, can only be considered as a civil commission, and therefore that his claim for the emoluments granted to officers in the military line of the United States cannot be admitted. With respect to the claims made by the Petitioner for his wages as Superintendant of Indian affairs from the 3d of June, 1783, till his dismission, and that the sum due on the certificate granted to him under the administration of the late Superintendant of finance, on the 4th June, 1783, should be discharged. The Board considering the pretensions of Mr Allan, as founded on the same basis with other civil officers of the United States submit to the consideration of Congress the following Resolve, That the sum of eight hundred and seventy dollars 45/90 be paid to John Allan late Superintendant of Indian affairs June 13, passed for the Eastern department being the amount of his salary from the 3d June, 1783, till the 1st May, 1784, the time he received intelligence of his dismission from service. That the Registers certificate given to John Allan Postponed 13 June; 17 June assigned the 4th. June, 1783, for three thousand four hundred and ninety four dollars being the balance due him for past services to that period be paid and cancelled out of the requisition for the year 1784. [Note: This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 138, 1, folio 75. Allan's petition is in No. 42, I, folio 79.] Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library     http://memory.loc.gov/ Continental Congress Pays John Allan $870 45/90 June 13th, 1785 On the report of the board of treasury, to whom was referred a petition of John Allan, late superintendant of Indian Affairs for the eastern department, Resolved, (by nine states) That the sum of eight hundred and seventy dollars, and 45/90 of a dollar, be paid to John Allan, late superintendent of Indian affairs for the eastern department, being the amount of his salary from the 3d of June, 1783, until the 1st of May, 1784, the time he received intelligence of his dismission from service. Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library     http://memory.loc.gov/ Continental Congress July 7th, 1785 On this day was read a letter of John Allan, dated June 29, 1785, forwarding a speech of the Micmac and Penobscot Indians at Passamaquoddy in November 1783, and a wampum belt.  [Note: A copy of the speech had been forwarded to Congress December 25, 1783.  Allan's letter is in No. 58, folio 71.] Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library     http://memory.loc.gov/ Continental Congress Pays John Allan $3494.00 September 29th, 1785 Congress assembled.  Present, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia; and from the State of Delaware, Mr. [John] Vining; from Maryland, Mr. [William] Hindman; and from North Carolina, Mr. [William] Cumming... On a report from the board of treasury, to whom was referred a petition of John Allan, esqr. late superintendent of Indian Affairs for the eastern department, Resolved, That three thousand four hundred and ninety four dollars be paid to Mr. John Allan, out of the requisition for the year 1784, in full of the balance due to him on the fourth day of June, 1783, for his services to that time, and that the register's certificate, given for that balance, be taken up and cancelled. Source: Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 Historical Collections for the U.S. National Digital Library     http://memory.loc.gov/

The American Revolution 1773-1783 Proclamation of Rebellion, by King George III 23 August 1775 Declaration that the colonies were in a state of rebellion...     http://ahp.gatech.edu/proclamation_bp_1775.html       Proclamation of Rebellion, by King George III 23 August 1775 Declaration that the colonies were in a state of rebellion...     http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/laws/rebel_proc.htm       Proclamation of Rebellion, by King George III 23 August 1775 Declaration that the colonies were in a state of rebellion...     http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/procreb.html Pictou During the American Revolution     http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm The Wayback Machine has archived copies of this document: Pictou During the American Revolution Archived: 1997 May 8 http://web.archive.org/web/19970508083201/www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm Archived: 1999 January 28 http://web.archive.org/web/19990128120808/http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm Archived: 1999 October 9 http://web.archive.org/web/19991009103348/http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm Archived: 2000 March 5 http://web.archive.org/web/20000305015325/http://rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm Archived: 2000 October 13 http://web.archive.org/web/20001013235809/http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm Archived: 2001 June 28 http://web.archive.org/web/20010628024036/http://rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm Archived: 2001 November 24 http://web.archive.org/web/20011124155628/http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/picrev.htm The King's Orange Rangers by John Leefe ...Captain John Howard's Company of the King's Orange Rangers came to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, at the request of the local citizens. They arrived December 13, 1778 and remained until August 23, 1783.  Their purpose was to deter rebel privateers which since 1776, had been harassing the people and stealing their property...     http://www.angelfire.com/ns/KingsOrangeRangers/ The King's Orange Rangers, a loyalist regiment, was raised in December, 1776 by William Bayard, colonel of the militia of Orange County, New York. The corps was recruited throughout Orange County. The corps was transferred to Halifax, Nova Scotia in October of 1778. The regiment was employed in garrison duty in Halifax and smaller towns along the coast of Nova Scotia for the remainder of the war. They were disbanded on 10 October 1783. The King's Orange Rangers, Captain John Howard's Company Index to King's Orange Rangers History Banishment Act of the State of Massachusetts passed: September 1778     http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/halew/Mass-Banishment-Act.html An Act to prevent the return to this state of certain persons therein named and others who have left this state or either of the United States, and joined the enemies thereof... Sect. 2.  And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any person or persons, who shall be transported as aforesaid, shall voluntarily return to this state, without liberty first had and obtained from the general court, he shall, on conviction thereof before the superior court of judicature, court of assize and general gaol delivery, suffer the pain of death without benefit of clergy... Full text of The New York Act of Attainder, or Confiscation Act passed: 22d October 1779     http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/halew/NY-Attainder.html An Act for the Forfeiture and Sale of the Estates of Persons who have adhered to the Enemies of this State, and for declaring the Sovereignty of the People of this State, in respect to all Property within the same... Whereas, during the present unjust and cruel war, waged by the King of Great Britain, against this State and the other United States of America, divers persons holding or claiming property within this state, have voluntarily been adherent to the said King, his fleets and armies, enemies to this State and the said other United States, with intent to subvert the government and liberties of this state and the said other United States, and to bring the same into subjection to the crown of Great Britain; by reason whereof, the said persons have severally justly forfeited all rights to the protection of this state... Articles of Capitulation: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis 18 October 1781 ...The garrison of York will march out to a place to be appointed in front of the posts, at two o'clock precisely, with shouldered arms, colors cased, and drums beating a British or German march.  They are then to ground their arms, and return to their encampments, where they will remain until they are despatched to the places of their destination...     http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerrev/amerdocs/art_of_cap_1781.htm The Fate of the Loyalists ...The Compensation Act of July, 1783, was "to inquire into the circumstances and former fortunes of such persons as are reduced to distress by the late unhappy dissentions in America," and gave no authority for action.  It limited the time of receiving the claims to March 25, 1784.  The time was extended by three later acts, but the business was not completed until the spring of 1790...     http://www.rootsweb.com/~nynassa2/Revolution/loyalists.htm Treaty of Paris: Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain 3 September 1783 ...And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries, viz.; from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia...     http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/britian/paris.htm Jay Treaty: Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain 9 November 1794 ...The said Commissioners shall meet at Halifax and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit.  They shall have power to appoint a Secretary, and to employ such Surveyors or other Persons as they shall judge necessary.  The said Commissioners shall by a Declaration under their Hands and Seals, decide what River is the River St Croix intended by the Treaty...     http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/britian/jay.htm The War of American Independence: Loyalist Participation Extensive Bibliography by the U.S. Army Center of Military History     http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/reference/revbib/loyalp.htm

The Penobscot Expedition (July-August 1779) The Penobscot Expedition was the largest American naval fleet assembled during the Revolutionary War Many naval historians consider 14 August 1779 to be the greatest United States naval disaster before Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 http://www.castinehistoricalsociety.org/penobscot.html The total demolition of the American navy by a British fleet from Halifax Images: Destruction of the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay, 14 August 1779 Department of the Navy – Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC     http://www.history.navy.mil/pics/phinney1.jpg The Penobscot Expedition Chapter 12 of: A Naval History of the American Revolution, by Gardner W. Allen, Boston, 1913 ...About the middle of June 1779, eight hundred or more British troops from Halifax, convoyed by three sloops of war under the command of Captain Mowatt, entered Penobscot Bay and took possession of the peninsula of Maja-bagaduce or Bagaduce, now called Castine.  The object of this move w