“Manuscript map copy by Samuel Holland showing the coasts around Halifax, to Lunenburg Harbour, and from Minas Basin to Forts Cumberland and Lawrence on the Bay of Fundy. Also shows the road from Fort Sackvile to Pisiguit Fort and the old Acadian villages around Bedford Bay”
Holland, Samuel. “Map of that part of Nova Scotia contained between Lunenburgh and the Bay Vert by Halifax and Pisiguit, including Cobiguit and Tatmagouch” 1755. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll4/id/16150
Related posts:
- Proclamation, Province of Nova Scotia council chamber, Halifax, January 3rd, 1757 His Excellency the Governor, together with his Majesty’s Council, having had under mature Consideration, the necessary and most expedient Measures for carrying into Execution those Parts of his Majesty’s Commission and Instructions which relate to the Calling of General Assemblies...
- A Chart of Halifax Harbour, N.S. 1759 A particularly detailed early map of Dartmouth, showing several blockhouses surrounding the town plot. There’s 16 marks in and around the town plot which would seem to represent buildings, though they might more generally indicate built-up areas nearer to the...
- A plan of the battery and redout on the east side of the harbour of Halifax (Dartmouth) This could be Fort Clarence, though from the shape of the shoreline and the profile of the fort itself it more closely resembles the area around what was once Fort Duncan, dismantled by 1808, which today would be located underneath...
- A plan of the harbour of Halifax A somewhat detailed representation of Dartmouth by Charles Morris showing what appears to be four blockhouses and what is perhaps the connecting palisade. Mills are also noted along with a windmill just beyond the mill stream, near what would be...
- Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations; French neutrals that have been transported from Nova Scotia to Virginia The Secretary laid before the Board a memorial prepared by Mr. Parker in behalf of Mr. Kilby, agent for the affairs of Nova Scotia, to be presented to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, praying that four thousand, seven hundred...
- The American Revolution and Nova Scotia Reconsidered “The New Englanders, moreover, were greatly dissatisfied with the Halifax government. Had not Francklin encouraged the Yorkshiremen to settle in the Isthmus? Furthermore, the New Englanders reacted violently to the fact that a small clique of Halifax merchants controlled the...
- Plan of the Peninsula upon which the Town of Halifax is situated, showing the Harbour and Naval-Yard and several Works constructed for their defence “Part of the Township of Dartmouth” “Plan of the Peninsula upon which the Town of Halifax is situated, showing the Harbour and Naval-Yard and several Works constructed for their defence”, Charles Blaskowitz, 1784. https://archives.novascotia.ca/maps/archives/?ID=170...
- Acadia And Thereabouts “Then one should visit Dartmouth, across the harbor from Halifax, so picturesquely dropped among its dark hills. Ferry-boats run every quarter hour between the places. The town has some 6,000 inhabitants, a sugar refinery, a marine railway, a rope-walk, a...
- The Harbour of Halifax Nova Scotia “Dartmouth Parish”, noted once again. “The Harbour of Halifax Nova Scotia”, William Smyth, 1824. https://archives.novascotia.ca/maps/archives/?ID=395...
- Lawrencetown, Lunenburg We are informed, That the Proprietors of the Township to be, called by the Name of Lawrence-Town, have every Thing in great Forwardness to begin that Undertaking as soon as the season will permit.—-We hear likewise, That a Petition...