Few Canadians realize how close the colony of Nova Scotia came to joining the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Many Nova Scotians were immigrants from New England, including the Planters who, some twenty years earlier, had taken over the farms of the expelled Acadians. Between family ties and unrestrained privateering, there was much sympathy in Nova Scotia for the American Patriots. In Hope Restored, Robert Dallison tells the story of how the British raised two regiments and sent their members to the area that, as a result, became New Brunswick, thus overcoming the groundswell and fending off Patriot attacks. These soldiers had two jobs: to fight the Americans, and to settle the land as a bulwark against invasion. Spem reduxit (hope restored) became their motto and the motto of the province they founded. As well as telling the story of the Loyalist regiments, Hope Restored describes many Loyalist and Revolutionary War sites, some of which can be visited today. Among them are the Loyalist Encampment and Cemetery in Fredericton, Saint John’s Fort Howe, and the MacDonald Farm Provincial Historic Park in Northumberland County. Hope Restored is the second book in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series published by Goose Lane Editions in collaboration with the New Brunswick Military Heritage Project. Written by historians and military personnel, the books in this series will explore subjects ranging from New Brunswick’s pivotal role in the American Revolution to one veteran’s account of caring for World War I cavalry horses. All of the volumes will be fully illustrated with modern and archival maps, photos, and works of art and are available at all bookstores in New Brunswick.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [109]-110
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.5/101
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Co-published by the New Brunswick Military Heritage Project Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-nk
- ISBN
- 9780864925732 9780864923714
- LCCN
- F1043
- LCCN Item number
- D28 2003eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (120 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00212080 (OCoLC)431540716 (CaOOCEL)415500
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Hope Restor Hope Restor Hope Restor Hope Restor Hope Restored ed ed ed ed 1
- The American Revolution and the Founding of New Brunswick 1
- THE NEW BRUNSWICK MILITARY HERITAGE SERIES 2
- ROBER ROBER ROBER ROBER ROBERT L. T L. T L. T L. T L. DALLISON DALLISON DALLISON DALLISON DALLISON 3
- TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
- CHAPTER ONE 9
- The The The The The TTTTTur ur ur ur urmoil Spr moil Spr moil Spr moil Spr moil Spreads Nor eads Nor eads Nor eads Nor eads North th th th th 9
- The American Revolutionary War Along the Bay of Fundy 9
- CHAPTER TWO 23
- In the Ser In the Ser In the Ser In the Ser In the Service of King Geor vice of King Geor vice of King Geor vice of King Geor vice of King Georggggge III e III e III e III e III 23
- The British Provincial Corps and Their Arrival in New Brunswick 23
- CHAPTER THREE 37
- The Lo The Lo The Lo The Lo The Loyyyyyalist Reg alist Reg alist Reg alist Reg alist Regiments iments iments iments iments 37
- The Provincial Corps Disbanded in New Brunswick 37
- CHAPTER FOUR 69
- The Legacy of the Militar The Legacy of the Militar The Legacy of the Militar The Legacy of the Militar The Legacy of the Militaryyyyy Lo Lo Lo Lo Loyyyyyalists alists alists alists alists 69
- The Provincials Take Root in New Brunswick 69
- CHAPTER FIVE 81
- PPPPPeople and Places eople and Places eople and Places eople and Places eople and Places 81
- Selected New Brunswick Military Loyalist and Revolutionary War Sites 81
- CHRONOLOGY 107
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 109
- INDEX 111
- NEW BRUNSWICK MILITARY HERITAGE PROJECT 121
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR 122
