1752 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1752 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch

Louis XV^[1]

• British and Irish Monarch

George II^[2]

Governors

• Governor General of New France

Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière then Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville

• Colonial Governor of Louisiana

Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial

• Governor of Nova Scotia

Edward Cornwallis

• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland

Francis William Drake

Events

• 23 March – Canada's first newspaper, the weekly Halifax Gazette, is published.^[3]
• French kill Miami chief, fortify the Ohio Valley region with forts from Lake Erie to the forks of the Ohio River.
• La Corne began a three-year appointment as the western commander of the poste de l'Ouest.
• The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar.

Births

• 25 February – John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (d.1806)

Deaths

• Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière, governor general of New France, on 17 March (born 1685)

Historical documents

British law mandates switch from Julian to Gregorian calendar, so that 2 September 1752 is followed next day by 14 September^[4]

French fort at Crown Point, being "very obnoxious to His Majesty's plantations," must be demolished for security of British colonies^[5]

British ambassador insists French government demolish Niagara River fort and that Governor General De la Jonquière be ordered to desist^[6]

Agent of Massachusetts government learns in Montreal that its western trade involves hundreds of canoes and more than 1,000 men^[7] Survey of coast near Louisbourg shows where British forces might land and take unprotected road to fortress (Note: "savages" use)^[8]

Earlier peace treaty renewed with Miꞌkmaq at Halifax, with hunting and fishing rights, semi-annual food provision and annual presents^[9]

Essay on regaining loyalty of Six Nations includes suggestion that superintendent oversee both relations and currently exploitative trade^[10]

New Nova Scotia governor echoes Cornwallis opinion that Chignecto Acadians are useful, necessary and impossible to replace^[11]

Advertisement for sale of six enslaved people (four teens and two adults) in Halifax^[12]

Appointed Halifax fire wardens to direct fire suppression, and anyone robbing houses in or near fire to be punished with death^[13]

Estates of Nova Scotia debtors in jail who are "wholly depending upon the Charity of Compassionate Persons" may be tapped for creditors and jailer^[14]

Map: Fictitious Northwest Passage that mapmaker Joseph-Nicolas Delisle based on fictitious 1640 voyage of Spanish admiral^[15]

Notes and References

1. Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
2. Web site: 30 December 2015 . George I . 18 April 2016 . Official web site of the British monarchy.
3. Book: Eaman . Ross . Historical Dictionary of Journalism . 15 April 2021 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-5381-2504-5 . 144 . en.
4. William Douglass, "In the sessions 1751" A Summary, Historical and Political,[...]of the British Settlements in North-America; Vol. II (1755), pgs. 340-2. Accessed 17 December 2021
5. https://archive.org/details/britishdiplomati49chan/page/28/mode/1up Note to Earl of Albemarle, British ambassador to France
6. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.20197/22?r=0&s=1 "Translation of part of the memorial"
7. https://archive.org/details/travelsinamerica00mere/page/309/mode/1up "June 16th
8. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.36026/39?r=0&s=1 "Port Toulouse"
9. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.38176/54?r=0&s=1 "I. It is agreed"
10. (Archibald Kennedy), "The principles to be laid down in the management of our Indians" The Importance of Gaining and Preserving the Friendship of the Indians to the British Interest Considered (1752), pgs. 14-20. (See also suggestions for fortifying and settling New York frontier) Accessed 20 December 2021
11. https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=197 "Extract from a letter of Governor Hopson to Lords of Trade"
12. https://archives.novascotia.ca/africanns/archives/?ID=4 "Advertisements"
13. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08182_1/23?r=0&s=2 "4. In Council the Twenty ninth of September, 1752"
14. Nova Scotia Council, "An Act for the Relief of Debtors(....)" (6 December 1752), pgs. 1 and 3. Accessed 17 December 2021
15. Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, "Carte generale des découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherhe du passage a la mer du sud" (1752), University of British Columbia Library. Accessed 19 December 2021