text: In loyalist Saint John County, the condemnation of crime and “evil” played a big role in the maintenance of a proper and stable community. As explained in a previous blog post, Saint John County placed high value on having a powerful justice system. Continue Reading »
  Academic Rags to Riches: New Brunswick Loyalist Story Mapping Project
  On 7 Mar, 2018 2 Comments
  “I need a job” says one bleary eyed and impoverished student to another; “one that is within my academic field.” However, in order to eventually get that dream job instead of a nightmare career (where the employee watches the clock tick to 4:30 with hungry eyes and assumes the running position), a person needs experience. What does “experience” even mean, and why is a student’s degree not enough? Continue Reading »
  Naming Culture in the Book of Negroes
  On 21 Feb, 2018 2 Comments
  The naming of an individual can offer insight into the worldview of the name giver, including perspective on their religious, national, ethnic, and gender identities. The culture of people of African descent in North America during the eighteenth century is particularly difficult to research using the standard historical record because of their lack of representation among written documents. Continue Reading »
  "De Iure": Latin Legalese in New Brunswick Court Records
  On 14 Feb, 2018 2 Comments
  Artistic rendering of the presentation of the Twelve Tables.
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  Smallpox and Fear of Inoculation
  On 31 Jan, 2018 0 Comments
  Children suffering in any form will always cause a reaction from parents and making the right choice isn’t always easy. It was no different when Dr. John Jeffries inoculated children at the hospital on Georges Island near Halifax, Nova Scotia in the eighteenth century. Continue Reading »
  Information in the Information-less Era: Being a Medical Student in the Eighteenth Century
  On 24 Jan, 2018 0 Comments
  "Of the Diseases of Women during Gestation" from the medical notes of William Paine c. 1770 (Dr. William Paine Papers, Papers: 1768 – 1835)
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  Long Live the Hierarchy: Eighteenth Century British Military Medical Services
  On 19 Jan, 2018 6 Comments
  For the next three weeks, we are very pleased to feature series of posts authored by undergraduate students from Dr. Wendy Churchill's University of New Brunswick History course, "Medicine and Society in the Early Modern British World" using Loyalist Collection resources. Continue Reading »
  What Does That Say Again?!: More Palaeography Basics, Part 2
  On 6 Dec, 2017 2 Comments
  Tips for Transcription
  The end result of palaeography often is transcription of a document. Transcription practices are not standardized, but there are some general “good practices” to keep in mind: Continue Reading »
  What Does That Say Again?!: More Palaeography Basics, Part 1
  On 29 Nov, 2017 0 Comments
  Our first post on palaeography generated a lot of interest and discussion (thank you, readers!), so we decided to create another post with even more background, tips, examples, and help for those trying to interpret historical cursive writing from the British Atlantic World. Continue Reading »
  The Risk of Reward: Gaming Houses in Early Nineteenth Century Saint John
  On 8 Nov, 2017 0 Comments
  Tavern Interior by Willem Linnig the Elder, 1849
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  Atlantic Loyalist Connections shares research experiences involving The Loyalist Collection and relations within the British colonial Atlantic world.