AUGUST 30, 1817
Marriages: The Acadian Recorder reports these in a limited manner, but they originate throughout the Province. Often the dates found in this section and the Deaths section contain two references of inst. (or instant) and ult. (or ultimo). These refer to the month in which the date occured. Inst. or instant means the date is in the current month. Ult. or ultimo means the date given is in the previous month.
Deaths: Again these originate throughout the Province, and sometimes are International.
Ship News: The news typically lists ship arrivals and departures, usually by giving ship name, master, and home port or last port sailed from. Sometimes there are also passengers lists, information of wrecks etc which are reported under this section as well. If you see the symbol "&.c" in the texts, this was the old form of "etc".
Estate Notices: These were advertisements placed when someone died announcing that claims against and owed to the estate had to be settled within a certain time period. This section is a compliment to the Deaths section as an additional source. This section will be done once every few months. Since they often ran the same ad for 2 years, the list usually stays the same for a long period of time. Sources here are not only the name of the deceased, but also those who administered the estate, usually other family members. The complete text is not done. This is just a list containing estate owner, administrator(s) and the date the original notice was placed (if available).
Advertisers: Again this section is
a list of names, with type of business and location if available.
Real estate sales will also
appear in this section, whether private or public/sherrif auction.
This section and the next are not being included yet, but will be eventually
added in.
Snips and Clips: Interesting odds and ends.
- On Sunday morning last in St. Matthews Church by the Rev. Dr. Gray, Mr. Errol Boyd to Miss Jane Gilmour, both of this town.
- At Pictou on the 12th inst. aged 56 years, Mrs Margaret M'George.
- Early on Wednesday morning in the 7[?] th year of his age after a painful illness which he bore with the utmost patience and resignation, Mr. Robert Knox, for many years a respectable inhabitant of this town [ . . . ]
Saturday noon August 23 arr.: schrs Lark, M'Curdy - Demerary 23 days - left schrs Nancy of this port and John & Ellen of Liverpool N.S.; Susan, Hilton - Moose Island; sloop Liverpool packet, Collins - Liverpool.
Sunday August 24 arr.: sloops Olive, Falkner - Boston; Fame, Snow - Boston.
Thursday August 28 arr.: brig Prompt, Kay - Leith 49 days - bound for Quebec with sixty passengers - parted company several days since four brigs for this place with passengers; sch. Robert, Anderson - 6 days from Boston; sch. Critic, Jeffreys - St. John N.F. - 28 days in ballast and 36 passengers - the schrs Susannah, Deborah & Lucy and Squirrel cleared for this place.
Sailed: Saturday Grace packet, Capt. Vivian for New York - passenger Lt. Col. Wright R.F.; Sunday - Lord Sidmouth packet, Capt. Hale for Falmouth - passengers Capt. Neville 19th Dragoons, Lt. Lewis R.N., David Gardiner and family, and Messrs Green and Martin.; Monday morning: H.M. brig Saracen, Capt. Gore from Bermuda; brig Minerva, Strachen - Quebec; Dolphin, Watson - Boston; Surrey, M'Killop - West Indies; schrs Sir Thomas Hardy, Leavitt - N.B.; Sophia, Douglas - Teneriffe; Nancy, Warren - N.F.; Four Sons, Kelly - Boston.
The Leander sailed on Tuesday last for the eastern part of the Province, having His Excellency the Earl of Dalhousie, Rear-Admiral Sir David Milne and the Hon. Commissioner Woodhouse on board.
The Princess Elizabeth packet from hence arr. at New York Aug. 11; sch. Sally Ann, Hawbolt at Philadelphia 18 days from hence; The Ranger, Carr for Halifax and New Brunswick was advertised at Liverpool July 8.; the sch. Alert, Kirkpatrick arr. at Alexandria from Barbadoes Aug. 12; the Kate Karney at Norfolk from Demerary.
The Regent, Grant from London to N.F. put into Beddeford, Mass. June 14 under jury masts and loss of anchors, having been upset on the 3d when both masts were cut away to right her.
Spoke July 3 lat. 42,45 long 47,30 British ship Aurora 10 days from St. Andrews to Liverpool - July 17 lat 49 long 31 a brig 18 days from Halifax for London.
A sch. from Halifax for Amboy N.Y. with 103 passengers left Newport R.I. Aug. 15.
Arrived Newberryport 9th inst. sch. Duck, Thurlow from St. Peters N.F.
Arrived at Liverpool E. July 2d Thetis [from] Miramichie and True Blue [from] N.B.
Arrived at Quebec July 30 ship Queen and brig Retrieve from Barbados with 311 Officers and men 2d Batt. 60th Regiment.; July 31st brig Trafalgar from Leith - 100 passengers; Aug. 1 brig Shannon 79 days from Waterford 70 passengers; ship Nancy, Allen 22 days from Halifax 34 passengers; ship Sir G. Prevost 78 days [from] London 54 passengers; and several other vessels with settlers &c.
The Leander was seen on Thursday last off Jedore.
Shipwreck- The ship Lord Nelson with 230 passengers from Londonderry was wrecked on Sunday last at Port Mills near Shelburne - crew and passengers saved.
© 2000 Susan Burns