1704 in Canada

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Events from the year 1704 in Canada.

Incumbents

Governors

Events

  • French forces destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland.[7]

Historical documents

Massachusetts governor gives details of French and Indigenous attacks planned for Connecticut River and Maine and his attack on Acadia.[8]

Account of a Massachusetts boy abducted by French and Indigenous raiders.[9]

Massachusetts correspondent on huge benefit France has from commercial ascendancy and number of seamen in its Newfoundland fishery.[10]

During war with France, defending St. John's complicated by soldier disorder and desertions and limited support from outports.[11]

References

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  8. "455. Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (July 13, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
  9. George Sheldon (ed.), What Befell Stephen Williams in His Captivity (Deerfield, Mass.: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1889). Accessed 6 October 2017
  10. "69. i. Reflections on the present settlement of Newfoundland" (Peter (?) Webber, Barnstable, Mass. to Council of Trade and Plantations, February 5, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
  11. "2. i. Capt. Richards to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 3, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021