1709 in Canada

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Events from the year 1709 in Canada.

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Intendant's ordinance proclaims Panis and Blacks who have been purchased are property to be known as slaves (Note: "savages" used) [8]

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"Inhabitants remaining[...]are in a very bad condition" - Report to Queen Anne of aftermath of French attack on St. John's, Newfoundland [9]

"Rotten and decay'd" - Indigenous spies sent by New York government report Canadian fortifications (except at Quebec City) are poor [10]

"So great a plague to all Plantations in America" - New Englanders eager to attack Port Royal and its "nest of spoilers and robbers" [11]

Inhabitants of Buoys Island (off Ferryland, Newfoundland) get evacuation offer but stay to meet possible third French attack [12]

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References

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  2. Emson, H. E. (1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 304 (6838): 1365–1366. ISSN   0959-8138.
  3. "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  4. "Biography – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  5. "Government House Table of Contents". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  6. "Torture and Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montreal". www.canadianmysteries.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  7. Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/owc/9780199540211.001.0001/owc-9780199540211-chapter-1;jsessionid=489f2be39b2acb7d68e87431087f312d. ISBN   978-0-19-195632-4.
  8. Jacques Raudot, "Ordinance relative to slavery in Canada" (translation; April 13, 1709), Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 19 July 2021
  9. "139 Council of Trade and Plantations to the Queen" (February 23, 1710). Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
  10. 621iv a) and b); Reports of spies returned from Canada (1709). Accessed 28 January 2021
  11. 794; Letter of Governor Dudley et al. (Boston, October 24, 1709), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709. Accessed 28 January 2021
  12. Richard Amiss and 38 others, Petition to Governor Joseph Dudley of Massachusetts (May 1709). Accessed 28 January 2021