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Explore our interactive story map,"New Brunswick Loyalist Journeys"! Now with twenty NEW biographies from St. John County and Kings County.

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New Brunswick Loyalist Journeys

Research Aids

2020-2021

Journals of the Assembly of Jamaica: 1664-1826: Indexes for volumes 7-12 and detailed contents for volume 7 (Feb. 26-June 12, 1782) and volume 9 (Nov. 27-Dec. 18, 1795) (available via the catalogue record).

Material Relating to the West Indies from the Senhouse Papers: 1762-1831: Transcription of Joseph Senhouse's "Memoirs of Dominica," 1772 (available via the catalogue record).

Nova Scotia. Legislative Council. Petitions, Reports, Resolutions, and Miscellaneious Papers: 1760-1841. Catalogues or listing of papers for volumes 286-288 (1760 Dec.-1816 Feb.) and (available via the catalogue record).

Original Correspondence: West Indies (CO 318): 1699-1830: Document list for volumes 3, 31, 32, 76, and 83 (available via the catalogue record).

Original Correspondence: Jamaica (CO 137): 1781-1784: Document lists for volumes 81-2 and 84 (available via the catalogue record).

Vassall, William. Letter Books: 1769-1800. Summary of letters for 1790-1792 April 3 (available via the catalogue record).

Collaborative Courses

Read about our collaboration with the University of New Brunswick's Department of History on the teaching blog of the Canadian Historical Association: Using The Loyalist Collection in the Classroom: Integrating Professional Skill Development in History Courses.

History 4326: Revolutionary & Loyalist Era Medicine with Prof. Wendy Churchill

Explore the social, cultural, and geo-political dimensions of medicine throughout the British Atlantic World between the 1760s and the 1830s—a time of imperial expansion, revolutionary fervor, and intense warfare. Investigate the experiences of patients and practitioners across multiple locations, including the British Isles, North America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Conduct research in The Loyalist Collection at the Harriet Irving Library, gain experience reading original handwritten sources, and learn how to write a blog assignment on a document!

HIST 4326

Events

“Eye on the Heart of the Continent," United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada Conference, May 26-29, 2022, Manitoba Branch (virtual).

New Additions 2020/21

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Burgess, Ross & Ruth. Annapolis Township Book.
Burns, Brendon S. Abstracts of the land records of Westchester County, New York 1774-180.
Dunaway, Stewart E. Land Confiscation Records of North Carolina, Volume 1 (1779-1800).
Dunaway, Stewart E. Land Confiscation Records of North Carolina, Volume 2 (1779-1800).
Dunaway, Stewart E. Land Confiscation Records of North Carolina, Volume 3 (1779-1803).
Franklin, Carl. British Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783.
Greenwood, Val D. The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy.
Hutchinson, Richard S. Abstracts of the Council of Safety Minutes, State of New Jersey, 177-1778.
Londahl-Smidt, Donald M. German Troops in the American Revolution (1) Hessen-Cassel.
Smith, Leonard H Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867.
Marble, Allan Everett Marble. Deaths, Burials and Probate of Nova Scotians, 1749-1799, From Primary Sources Volume 1 (A-K) and Volume 2 (L-Z).
David, John David. West Jersey, New Jersey Deed Records, 1721-1776.
Hooper, Debbie. Abstracts of Chancery Court Records of Maryland, 1669-1782.
Chapman, Colin R. Weights, Money and Other Measures Used by Our Ancestors.
Sparacio, Ruth and Sam. Caroline County, Virginia, County Surveys 1729-1762 and Proceedings of Committee of Safety 1774-1776.
McConnell, Brian. The Loyalists of Digby.
McConnell, Brian. On the Loyalist Trail: Loyalist History of Nova Scotia.

New Additions 2019/20

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Veniot, Betty Embree. Westchester Embree Loyalists: A Genealogy of Joseph Embree 1760-1828.
Hodges, Graham Russell Gao and Alan Edward Brown, eds. "Pretends to Be Free": Runaway Slave Advertisement from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey.
Burgoyne, Bruce E. Waldeck Soldiers of the American Revolutionary War.

New Additions 2017/18

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Bartlett, John R. Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1774.
Brown, Richard H. and Paul E. Cohen. Revolution: Mapping the Road to American Indpendence 1755-1783.
Whitfield, Amani Harvey. Black Slavery in the Maritmes: A History in Documents.
Headley, Robert K. Jr. Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers.
Woodson, Robert F. & Isobel B. Virginia Tithables from Burned Record Counties: Buckingham, Gloucester, Hanover, James City and Stafford Counties.
Fiske, Jane Fletcher. Gleanings from Newport Court Files 1659-1783.
Virginia Tax Records From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly.
Ruddock, William T. Confiscated Properties of Philipse Highland Patent Putnam County New York, 1780-1785.