1766 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1766 in Canada.

Incumbents

George III[1]

Governors

James Murray

Montague Wilmot

Hugh Palliser

Events

Historical documents

Secretary of State Conway suggests Gov. Murray be recalled from Quebec immediately, and George III concurs, referring to "many heavy charges" against him[2]

Two ministers support judicial reforms for Quebec, including superior court with French-speaking justices, and tolerance of local customs[3]

"Two nations are to be kept in peace and harmony" - New Quebec attorney general argues for Catholics and law-making power of governor-in-council[4]

There being no Quebec assembly and no more French wine imports, Parliament should set province's taxes on British liquor to restore its revenue[5]

Given huge French-English population imbalance, establishing popular assembly in Quebec should be delayed until "expedient and proper"[6]

"Freed from the Impositions of the grievous Stamp" - Repeal of Stamp Act ends "desolation," "misery" and "heavy loss" to Quebec commerce[7]

Any Quebec subject may sit on jury, cases between Canadian subjects must have juries of Canadians only, and Canadians may act as barristers[8]

After saying products of Quebec's economy do not pay for half of necessities imported, writer insists Britain "pay the internal Charges of the Colony"[9]

£50 reward offered for names of anyone committing violence against Indigenous people in lands reserved for them under Royal Proclamation of 1763[10]

Notice that Protestant teacher of languages (Latin, Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, Low Dutch) seeks scholars and adult learners in Quebec City[11]

Missing Black woman, age 24 ("pitted with the Small-pox, speaks good English"), is sought through Quebec newspaper ad[12]

"To Be Sold, An indented Servant woman, who has Three Years and Eight Months to serve."[13]

King awards "Royal" title to regiment bound for Quebec, but officer says 1 penny more per day in pay would be "much more essential Compliment"[14]

Garden seeds for sale, including "Pease and Beans,[...]Spinnage,[...]early Dutch Turnips, [and] Some Excellent Roots of Ranunculus"[15]

Any prospective Nova Scotia grammar school teacher to be vetted by local minister (or JPs) and five townsmen; no Catholics to be allowed[16]

Nova Scotia law prohibits sale within 10 miles of any public market of anything on sale there, or reselling any market's grain, hay or animal goods[17]

Employing and supplying thousands who work in Newfoundland, Cape Breton and St. John's Island fisheries both enrich and empower Britain[18]

Michilimackinac welcomes Robert Rogers as "Indian Nations, almost worn out with repeated Solicitations for Traders, are on the Eve of Discontent"[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kings and Queens of Canada . aem . 24 February 2021 . 11 August 2017.
  2. https://gpp.rct.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=GIII_CALENDAR%2f1766%2f3%2f20 "Letter from Lieutenant-General Conway to George III"
  3. Charles Yorke and William de Grey, "Report of Attorney and Solicitor General Regarding the Civil Government of Quebec" (April 14, 1766), Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791 (1907), pgs. 174-8 (PDF frames 188-92). Accessed 5 May 2022
  4. Francis Maseres, "Considerations on the Expediency of Procuring an Act of Parliament for the Settlement of the Province of Quebec" (1766), Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791 (1907), pgs. 179-83 (PDF frames 193-7). Accessed 6 May 2022
  5. "Considerations on the Expediency of Procuring an Act of Parliament for the Settlement of the Province of Quebec; Settlement of the Revenue" (1766), Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791 (1907), pgs. 183-5 (PDF frames 197-9). Accessed 6 May 2022
  6. "Considerations on the Expediency of Procuring an Act of Parliament for the Settlement of the Province of Quebec; Of an Assembly" (1766), Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791 (1907), pgs. 185-6 (PDF frames 199-200). Accessed 6 May 2022
  7. "Printing-Office, Quebec," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 73 (May 29, 1766), 2nd pg. (See also London merchants' letter to Quebec merchants chastising for disloyalty of Stamp Act opposition, and Quebec merchants' reply denying allegation) Accessed 3 May 2022
  8. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.20416/73 "An Ordinance, To alter and amend an Ordinance(...)passed (in) 1764"
  9. "Extract of a Letter from Quebec[...]to a Friend at Montreal" (August 1, 1766) The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 84 (August 11, 1766), 2nd pg. (See further letters on this subject in subsequent Gazette issues) Accessed 4 May 2022
  10. "A Proclamation" (December 22, 1766), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 104 (December 29, 1766), 1st pg. Accessed 5 May 2022
  11. "To the Printers, &c.," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 90 (September 22, 1766), 3rd pg. (See also notice that this teacher has set up school in Lower Town) Accessed 5 May 2022
  12. "Run-Away, on Saturday the 22d of August(...)," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 87 (September 1, 1766), 3rd pg. (See also another "Run-away" ad) Accessed 4 May 2022
  13. "To Be Sold," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 99 (November 24, 1766), 4th pg. Accessed 5 May 2022
  14. "June 7." (under "London, June 3"), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 90 (September 22, 1766), 2nd pg. Accessed 5 May 2022
  15. "To Be Sold, At the Sign of the Scot's Arm," The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 74 (June 5, 1766), 2nd pg. Accessed 3 May 2022
  16. https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/act-concerning-schools-and-schoolmasters "An Act Concerning Schools and Schoolmasters"
  17. https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/act-against-forestallers-and-regrators "An Act against Forestallers and Regrators"
  18. Stephen Watts, "An Essay on the reciprocal Advantages of a Perpetual Union between Great-Britain and Her American Colonies," Four Dissertations, on the Reciprocal Advantages of a Perpetual Union between Great-Britain and Her American Colonies (1766), pgs. 56-7. Accessed 20 April 2022
  19. "The Address of the Merchants and Traders of Michilimackinac" (August 12, 1766; under "New-York, October 20"), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 100 (December 1, 1766), 3rd pg. Accessed 5 May 2022

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