1790 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1790 in Canada.

Incumbents

George III[1]

Governors

Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

Thomas Carleton

John Parr

John Elliot

Edmund Fanning

Events

Historical documents

Map: North and Central America divided into territories claimed by Britain, Spain, U.S.A., and France[11]

Lower Canada

Upper Canada

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Hudson's Bay Company

Pacific coast

Labrador

Elsewhere

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kings and Queens of Canada . aem . 24 February 2021 . 11 August 2017.
  2. https://web.lib.unb.ca/winslow/fullrecord.cgi?id=984&level=2 "Letter from Lord Dorchester to Thomas Carleton"
  3. "Anno Tricesimo; Georgii III Regis; An Act for encouraging new Settlers[....]," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 75 (August 24, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, middle column). Accessed 7 July 2023
  4. "Albany, July 15," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 74 (August 17, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, right column). Accessed 7 July 2023 (See also Dorchester's summary of Canada's porous defences (PDF frames 13-14) and Grenville's request that Dorchester anticipate U.S. attack (PDF frames 22-3))
  5. "London, January 6; The report of a requisition[....]," The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1289 (April 22, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 18 July 2023
  6. "New-York, July 27; Extract of a letter from Montreal, July 6," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 42 (September 6, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
  7. "From the Albany Register; Extract of a letter from Quebec, Feb. 1790," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 33 (July 12, 1790), Page 7 of 8. (See also Grenville consulting Haldimand about changes in trade after evacuation, and also "State of the Fur Trade in Canada" (PDF frames 32-4)) Accessed 13 July 2023
  8. Agricultural Society in Canada, Papers and Letters on Agriculture(....) (1790), Baldwin Collection of Canadiana. Accessed 19 July 2023
  9. "Foreign Intelligence; United States; A Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia[....]," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1285 (March 25, 1790), pg. 2 (near bottom of column). Accessed 18 July 2023
  10. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-20-02-0242 "To John Adams from George Washington"
  11. https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/objects/346918/papers-and-letters-on-agriculture-recommended-to-the-attent?ctx=5dc51166f351d2f2cb4f6c92d478abbcac470ff1&idx=43 "North America in its present Divisions, agreeable to the Peace"
  12. "Extract from the Chief Justice's Charge to the King's Bench Grand Jury, Tuesday, 2d November, 1790," The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1318 (November 4, 1790), pg. 4. (See also argument of "a Citizen of Quebec" against constitutional reforms) Accessed 19 July 2023
  13. "Lower-Town, 8th Dec. 1790; Mr. Moore[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Total No. 108 (December 13, 1790), Page 1 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
  14. "Quebec, November 18; A Correspondent[....]," The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1320 (November 18, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 19 July 2023
  15. "To His Excellency the Right Honorable Guy Lord Dorchester[....]" (October 31, 1790), The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1318 (November 4, 1790), pg. 1. (See also Coadjutor bishop's thoughts on education (click on PDF and scroll to image 11)) Accessed 19 July 2023
  16. "Quebec, October 14," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1315 (October 14, 1790), pg. 1. (See also Clarke quizzing former governor Haldimand in London about Quebec, including if he can live "respectably" on £1,500/year) Accessed 19 July 2023
  17. "The garrison at Quebec[....]," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 89 (December 14, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, right column). Accessed 7 July 2023 (See also general orders to militia for defence of province)
  18. "The Petition and Memorial of the Merchants[...]interested in the Flour and Biscuit branches of commerce in the City of Quebec," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 50 (November 1, 1790), Page 7 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
  19. "Quebec, April 29; To Monseigneur the Bishop of Quebec" (April 22, 1790), Supplement to The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1290 (April 29, 1790), pg. 2. (See also disapproval by several clergymen and dozens of laymen of Bailly de Messein's letter) Accessed 18 July 2023
  20. "Halifax, Nov. 30; Extract from a London Paper, dated Oct. 2," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 89 (November 30, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column). Accessed 7 July 2023
  21. https://web.lib.unb.ca/winslow/fullrecord.cgi?id=981&level=2 "Extract of a letter from(...)Dorchester to(...)Grenville, dated Quebec 8th Feby. 1790"
  22. "Quebec, June 24; Two weeks ago[....]," The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1298 (June 24, 1790), pg. 3. Accessed 18 July 2023
  23. "Quebec, August 26," The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1308 (August 26, 1790), pg. 2. Accessed 19 July 2023
  24. "Quebec, July 15, 1790; A correspondent observes[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 34 (July 15, 1790), Page 2 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
  25. "Quebec, Nov. 22 1790; An Humble Address to the Public," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Total No. 54 (December 2, 1790), Page 6 of 8. Accessed 14 July 2023
  26. "To Be Sold[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 23 (May 3, 1790), Page 2 of 8. Accessed 12 July 2023
  27. "To Mr. Robustus" (April 13, 1790), (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 21 (April 8, 1790), Page 6 of 8. (See also letter referred to (Pages 6 of 8 and 3 of 8) submitted by "Robustus") Accessed 12 July 2023
  28. "This is to inform the Public[....]" (July 5, 1790), The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1302 (July 15, 1790), pg. 4 (bottom of column). Accessed 18 July 2023
  29. "For the Use of Schools and Academies," Supplement to The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1305 (August 5, 1790), pg. 2. Accessed 18 July 2023
  30. "Quebec, Sept. 9, 1790; Free-School," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 43 (September 9, 1790), Page 8 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
  31. "For the Benefit of Mr. Worsdale," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 11 (February 1, 1790), Page 5 of 8. Accessed 10 July 2023
  32. "Quebec, May 28, 1790; Francis Lehoullier, Perfumer[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 28 (June 3, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023
  33. Letter of Dorchester to Grenville (May 27, 1790), Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 28-9. Accessed 21 July 2023
  34. E.A. Cruikshank (ed.), "From W.W. Grenville to Lord Dorchester" (June 3, 1790), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe, with Allied Documents(...); Volume I, 1789-1793 (1923), pg. 13 (PDF frame 12). (Base URL: https://archive.org/details/correspondenceof01simc/page/n5/mode/2up) Accessed 26 July 2023
  35. "Sir John Johnson to Lord Dorchester" (September 13, 1790), Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 53-6 (see last paragraph on 55). Accessed 24 July 2023
  36. "From David and Aaron Hill to Sir John Johnson" (April 15, 1790), Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frame 20. (See also Dorchester's objection to encouraging "the Indians to abandon their country" in New York (PDF frames 25-6) and his reference to conflict among Kanien’kéhà:ka at Grand River (PDF frame 31)) Accessed 21 July 2023
  37. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-06-02-0335 "To George Washington from George Clinton"
  38. Letter of Dorchester to John Johnson (January 21, 1790), Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 4-6. (See also Johnson's reply (PDF frames 7-8) and John Butler's explanations (PDF frames 9-11)) Accessed 20 July 2023
  39. E.A. Cruikshank (ed.), "Proposals for a Corps of Troops [for Canada]" (November 12, 1790), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe, with Allied Documents(...); Volume I, 1789-1793 (1923), pg. 16 (PDF frame 17). (Base URL: https://archive.org/details/correspondenceof01simc/page/n5/mode/2up) Accessed 26 July 2023
  40. "Muirhead, James; Undated Upper Canada Land Petition of James Muirhead[....]," Land Petitions of the Niagara Settlers "Mortan to Mustard" Accessed 26 July 2023
  41. https://wardepartmentpapers.org/s/home/item/40881 "Instructions for Mounting Militia Against Wabash"
  42. "Speech by John Butler to the Indians" (April 8, 1790), Records of Niagara; 1790-1792 PDF frames 17-18. (See also Indigenous people's reply (PDF frame 18)) Accessed 20 July 2023
  43. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0359 Letter to George Washington
  44. "Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova-Scotia," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 56 (April 13, 1790), Page 1 of 2 (front page) and Page 2 of 2. Accessed 6 July 2023
  45. "To the Printers of the several News Papers in Halifax," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 43 (January 19, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page). Accessed 5 July 2023
  46. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0403 Letter to Alexander Hamilton
  47. "Journals and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova-Scotia; Saturday 6th March; The Committee appointed to examine into the present State of the Poor-House at Halifax[....]," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 51 (March 16, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, left column). (See also text of act (Page 1 of 2 (front page, middle column)) authorizing commissioners to manage transient poor, and call to Haligonians (Page 1 of 4, lefthand page) to meeting to vote support money for resident poor people) Accessed 5 July 2023
  48. "Halifax, August 10," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 73 (August 10, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left and middle columns). (See also report (Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, left column)) of bishop's visit to Lunenburg) Accessed 6 July 2023
  49. https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=1415&Doc=memorial "Inglis, Charles - 1790 - Kings County; Memorial"
  50. "One Hundred Dollars Reward[....]" (August 10, 1790) The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 73 (August 10, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, right column). Accessed 6 July 2023
  51. "Forty Shillings Reward" (August 2, 1790), The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 72 (August 3, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, middle column). Accessed 6 July 2023
  52. "Wants a Place" (August 24, 1790), The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 75 (August 24, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (righthand page, right column). Accessed 7 July 2023
  53. "General Orders," The Saint John Gazette, and Weekly Advertiser Vol. V, Numb. 226 (September 10, 1790), Page 3 of 10. Accessed 5 July 2023
  54. https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/wayback/20141205172745/http://atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca/acva/blackloyalists/en/petitions/browse/view.php?id=Peters_Thomas_1790_04&mode=dpl "Petition of Thomas Peters, 18 April 1790"
  55. Park Holland, "Account of a 1790 trip to the St John river; Oct. 1st" The Upper St. John River Valley. Accessed 24 July 2023
  56. "From Mr. Edward Jarvis, Chief at Albany Fort" (October 4, 1790), Henley House post journal; 1790-1791 PDF frame 33, Archives of Manitoba. Accessed 27 July 2023
  57. "1790; Sept.; 11," Eastmain post journal; 1790-1791 PDF frame 6, Archives of Manitoba. Accessed 28 July 2023
  58. "1790; Sept.; 10," York Factory post journal; 1790-1791 PDF frame 6, Archives of Manitoba. Accessed 28 July 2023
  59. "Aug'st 1," Red Lake post journal; 1790-1791 PDF frame 5, Archives of Manitoba. Accessed 28 July 2023
  60. http://pam.minisisinc.com/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/321631291/2/15/10820?RECORD Severn post journal; 1790-1791
  61. http://pam.minisisinc.com/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/321631291/2/15/10820?RECORD Severn post journal; 1790-1791
  62. http://pam.minisisinc.com/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/321631291/2/26/17017?RECORD Moose Factory post journal; 1790-1791
  63. "London, May 15; Nootka Sound," The Quebec Gazette, Num. 1305 (August 5, 1790), pg. 1. (See also more details here (Page 3 of 8) and here (pgs. 2-3)) Accessed 18 July 2023
  64. "Nootka Sound," The Saint John Gazette, and Weekly Advertiser Vol. V, Numb. 226 (September 10, 1790), Page 1 of 10. Accessed 5 July 2023 (See also "Reasons which may have stimulated Spain to her present Conduct")
  65. "London, June 25," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 77 (September 7, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, middle column). Accessed 7 July 2023 (See also Official Papers Relative to the Dispute)
  66. "Quebec, April 8, 1790; Proposals[....]," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 20 (April 8, 1790), Page 1 of 8. Accessed 12 July 2023
  67. https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_permorv/id/32909/rec/1 "III; From Hopedale, dated August 25, 1790"
  68. "Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, Nov.14," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. II, No. 53 (March 30, 1790), Page 2 of 2 (lefthand page, middle column). Accessed 5 July 2023 (See also "London, Nov. 26" report (Pages 6 of 8 and 7 of 8) that transport's captain is in custody in England)
  69. "Mutiny on Board the Bounty Armed Ship," (Quebec) Herald, Miscellany & Advertiser, Vol. II, No. 29 (June 10, 1790), Page 4 of 8. Accessed 13 July 2023