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Committee for Loyalists fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1789.

Reference:

R6848-0-4-E, MG23-C9

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

99534

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Committee for Loyalists fonds
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Date(s):

1789.

Place of creation:

Nova Scotia

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (8 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a memorial of Loyalists in Nova Scotia addressed to both Houses of Parliament, seeking compensation for losses during the late war. The memorial bears the signatures of twelve committee members. The fonds also includes three letters to John Wentworth concerning the presentation of the memorial.

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Committee for Loyalists

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Committee for Loyalists : The main waves of Loyalists came to what is now Canada in 1783 and 1784. The Maritime Provinces became home for upwards of 30,000 with Nova Scotia receiving 20,000 as permanent settlers. In determining who was eligible for compensation for war losses, Britain used a fairly precise definition: Loyalists were those born or living in the American colonies at the outbreak of the Revolution (1775-83) who rendered substantial service to the royal cause during the war, and who left the US by the end of the war or soon after. Many Loyalists, including this committee, pressed their claims for compensation vigorously to government. Canadian Encylopedia.

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General note:

Received in 1926.

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United Empire loyalists, 1789 Mr. Jessup, 1789

United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Claims, 1789 Mr. Wentworth, 1789

Loyalists - Nova Scotia, 1789

Loyalists's claims for war losses - Speeches in Nova Scotia Legislature, 1789

Speeches in Parliament - Canada, 1789

Nova Scotia 1784-1867
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MG23-C9
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