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Here’s how post-tropical storm Philippe could affect you this Thanksgiving weekend | SaltWire- Nova Scotians learned that on this day “… a massive forest fire swept through northeastern New Brunswick, devastating entire communities. When the smoke cleared, it was estimated that the fire had burned across six thousand square miles, one-fifth of the colony.”
The Miramichi fire was the largest wildfire within the British Empire, covering over 16,000 square kilometres - or about one-fifth of New Brunswick’s forests - one of the largest in North American history and the largest along the eastern seaboard. “Yet despite the international attention and relief efforts it generated, and the ruin it left behind, the fire all but disappeared from public memory by the twentieth century.
- Roy Fredericks Sr. , a lifetime resident of Bedford, received the French Legion of Honour award for his military bravery during the Second World War. The French Government had extended this honour to Canadian veterans who participated in the liberation of France. Many of the amateur performers in Halifax had come from the resident military regiments, such as the Dramatic Corps of the Irish Volunteers, or volunteers from the Royal Engineers, or the Royal Navy ships. Professional theatrical troupes were often on tour from Boston or New York.The contours of township development in Planter Nova Scotia by 1767. Adapted from Vol. I., Historical Atlas of Canada. From Planter Notes. Vol.1, No.1, October 1989, p.3. URL: https://bit.
- The New York Gazette published a “Wanted!!!” ad for Amos Fuller from his hometown of Lebanon, Connecticut, for “counterfeiting, jail breaking, passing false money…” Reporting that, “When he was last seen, he was wearing a gray homespun jockey coat, with brass buttons, old leather breaches, yarn stockings, a linen cap and an old hat.”
Heads of the households were offered 100 acres of land, with no rent charged for the first 10 years, which after would be charged one shilling for every 50 acres. The grantee was “required to land, cultivate, and improve one-third of his holdings each decade until all was under cultivation. No person could receive more than 1,000 acres.” Further, the Planters would be provided weapons to defend themselves but would not be subject to impressment in the army or navy for 10 years.
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