1723 in Canada
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Events from the year 1723 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13.
- British and Irish Monarch: George IGibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10538 "George I (1660–1727)"], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/10538}}. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
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Events
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Births
- May 7 - Louis Dunière, politician (died 1806)
- July 19 - Jean-Marie Ducharme, fur trader (died 1807)
Deaths
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Historical documents
Indigenous peoples previously unknown in New York come from as far away as Michilimackinac and Miami lands to trade[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.33241/251?r=0&s=1 "Papers Relating to an Act...for Encouragement of the Indian Trade..."] The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, Which Are Dependent on the Province of New-York[...] (1747), pgs. 21-2 following Part II. Accessed 2 March 2021
Five Nations (now Six with acceptance of Tuscarora) receive scores of "far Indians" from Michilimackinac to be seventh nation[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp282-301 "605 Governor Burnet to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (June 25, 1723), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
Abenaki tell priest to "conquer" himself to learn their ways, as they did "to believe that which we do not see" (Note: "savage" used)Letter of Sébastien Rasles (Narantsouak, October 12, 1723), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXVII. Accessed 3 March 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_67.html (scroll down to Page 139)
"Englishmen!" - Note left for enemy at Nanrantsouak assures them of Abenaki revenge that will not "end but with the world"[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp405-423 "805 xi Translation of notice 'found upon the Church door at Norridgewack'"] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
Massachusetts fights "wrangling warr" with Indigenous people while supplying them "powder and shot[...], to murther ourselves"[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp251-271 530 Report of Thomas (?Moore; Boston, May 16, 1723)] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 4 March 2021
Governors of Massachusetts and Canada exchange series of letters arguing which is right in New England's war with Abenaki[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp405-423 805 iii, iv, v, viii Letters of Gov. Shute and Gov. Vaudreuil] (various dates, 1721-3)), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
"Insolent letter" of governor of Canada warns Massachusetts that French will enter war unless "Bounds of the Indians Land" are settled[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.32000000480279&view=1up&seq=140 "Boston, November 25"] The (Philadelphia) American Weekly Mercury, No. 208 ("From Thursday December 5th, to Tuesday December 10th, 1723"), pg. 134. Accessed 8 March 2021
New York Council approves treaty whereby Five Nations will assist Massachusetts in war with "Eastern Indians"[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp251-271 550 Letter of Governor William Burnet] (May 29, 1723), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
Governor Dummer welcomes leaders of Haudenosaunee and other nations to Boston pursuant to their treaty with Massachusetts[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.32000000480279&view=1up&seq=102 "Boston August 26"] The (Philadelphia) American Weekly Mercury, No. 194 ("From Thursday August 29th, to Thursday September 5th, 1723"), pg. 96. Accessed 8 March 2021
New York governor says French risk losing influence with Five Nations who are helping Massachusetts fight French-allied "Algonkins"[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp386-400 791 Letter of Governor Burnet] (December 16, 1723), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
"Those cruel Monsters" - Newspaper reports of Indigenous men attacking settlers at Northfield and Rutland[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.32000000480279&view=1up&seq=100 "Boston August 19"] The (Philadelphia) American Weekly Mercury, No. 193 ("From Thursday August 22d, to Thursday August 29th, 1723"), pg. 94. Accessed 8 March 2021
"Cagnowago" men "are very sorry and ashamed" for taking part in raid on Northfield, Massachusetts[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp405-423 805 ix, x Letters of John (Johannes?) Schuyler] (Albany, December 6 and November 28, 1723), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
"We shall generally observe that the politest Indians were farther remov'd from both the Poles" (Note: "brutal" and other racial stereotypes)[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2244756?docref=vjumDdBrf3p058fIMj8Fow "Esquimaux"] Canada, or New-France (1723?), pg. 196. Accessed 26 April 2021
Naval timber of future New Brunswick cheaper than New England's, and Canso can become "most considerable[...]port in America"[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp355-372 766 i Governor's report on Nova Scotia] (November 28, 1723), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
Pirates have taken upwards of 20 French vessels near Île Royale, including 22-gun warship, and similar number on Grand Banks[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.32000000480279&view=1up&seq=111 "New York, September 23"] The (Philadelphia) American Weekly Mercury, No. 198 ("From Thursday September 26th, to Thursday October 4th, 1723"), pg. 106. Accessed 8 March 2021
With loss of Placentia, French government encourages Île-Royale (Cape Breton Island) with duty exemption on fish and fish oil[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.20122/52?r=0&s=1 "Extract from Savary's Dictionaire de Commerce"] The Great Importance of Cape Breton[...] (1746), pgs. 35-6. Accessed 2 March 2021
Quoting John Locke's essay on civil government, St. John's residents "embody ourselves into a community for[...]mutual preservation"[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp22-37 "59 Proceedings of the Harbour of St. Johns on 26th Nov., 1723"] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 12 March 2021
"Very great help to the trade" - Salmon fishery set up "on Great and Little Salmonier, Corret and Bisca Bay Rivers," Newfoundland[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp346-355 "730 Commodore H. Cayley to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] ("Dover, at St. John's, N.fland," October 19, 1723), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 5 March 2021
"Highly injur'd" - Merchants complain about overbearing Newfoundland garrison officers fishing and trading to foreign partsSamuel Baker and 11 others, [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol33/pp221-238 "475 Petition of London Merchants Trading to Placentia to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] ("Read 21st March, 1722/3"), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 4 March 2021
Newfoundland survey answers include: more liquor sold on Sunday, and servants and New England merchants are paid in fish[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp1-18 "1. ...Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to the Fishery and Trade of Newfoundland, 1723"] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 12 March 2021
Illustration: Highly imaginative depiction of Indigenous people carrying coffin in grand processionB. Picart, [http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/large.php?Lang=1&accessnumber=M20001&idImage=193626 Convoi funêbre des peuples du Canada] (1723). Accessed 3 March 2021
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