The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration [1920 ed.] - W. Stewart Wallace

For the social history of the Loyalist settlements a useful book is A ‘Canuck’ (M. G. Scherk), Pen Pictures of Early Pioneer Life in Upper Canada (1905). Many interesting notes on social history will be found also in accounts of travels such as the Duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Travels through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada (1799), The Diary of Mrs John Graves Simcoe (edited by J. Ross Robertson, 1911), and Canadian Letters: Description of a Tour thro’ the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada in the Course of the Years 1792 and ’93 (The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal, IX, 3 and 4).

An excellent index to unprinted materials relating to the Loyalists is Wilfred Campbell, Report on Manuscript Lists Relating to the United Empire Loyalists, with Reference to Other Sources (1909).

See also in this Series: The Father of British Canada; The War Chief of the Six Nations.

INDEX

Adams, John, a social comparison, [16];
on strength of Loyalists, [17-18];
favours compensating the Loyalists, [46].
Allen, Lieut.-Col. Isaac, on New Brunswick, [72].
American Revolution, Lecky on, [2];
merely a phase of English party politics, [7];
not a war of social classes, [16];
one-third of the people opposed to measures of, [18];
‘fratricidal butchery’ in, [38];
end of, [45].
Americans, barbarity of, [40];
have proof that Loyalists lifted scalps, [42-3];
hypocrisy of, [48];
migrate to Upper Canada, [123];
testimonies against, [124-5];
and in favour, [126].
Aplin, Joseph, and the Loyalist settlement at Parrtown, [74].
Bailey, Rev. Jacob, on the Loyalists, [56].
Beecher, Rev. Jonathan, and the Shelburne settlement, [66].
Bliss, Jonathan, a Loyalist in New Brunswick, [80];
and social feeling in St John, [82-3].
Blowers, Sampson Salter, and the Loyalists, [56].
Boston, riots in, [21];
and migration of the Loyalists, [54].
Botsford, Amos, [56];
on New Brunswick, [72].
Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, advocates doctrines of passive obedience to authority and the divine right of kings, [8-10];
but upholds right of petition, [10];
and Washington, [13];
threatened by revolutionary mob, [22-3].
Brant, Joseph, loyalty of, [37];
fails to control Indians at Cherry Valley, [40].
Bunker’s Hill, British obstinacy at, [33].
Burgoyne, General, and the Loyalists, [33], [38].
Butler, Colonel John, and his Whig cousins, [16];
incursions into United States, [34], [39];
reprimanded, [42];
and Indian barbarity, [43].
Byles, Rev. Mather, and the Revolution, [30].
Campbell, Thomas, his lines on Wyoming valley raid, [30].
Cape Breton, Loyalists in, [63].
Carleton, Sir Guy.
See Dorchester, Lord.
Carleton, Colonel Thomas, governor of New Brunswick, [79], [81].
Cartwright, Richard, on the Americans in Upper Canada, [124], [126].
Cataraqui, hard times of Loyalists at, [105-6].
Chipman, Ward, a Loyalist in New Brunswick, [80];
and social feeling in St John, [82-3].
Constitutional Act of 1791, necessitated by the coming of the Loyalists, [6].
Cooper, Dr Myles, endorses the principle of submission to authority, but upholds right of petition, [10].
Cornwallis, General, and the Loyalists, [45].
Cowper, William, his lines on American revolutionists, [20].
Cummings, Samuel, [56];
on New Brunswick, [72].
Cuyler, Abraham, leads a Loyalist migration, [63].
Declaration of Independence, rouses the Loyalists, [13-14].
De Lancey, Colonel, on Loyalist settlement in New Brunswick, [75].
Detroit, Loyalist settlement at, [109-10].
Dole, James, a Loyalist agent, [65].
Dorchester, Lord, on Canada, [4];
denounces American Whigs, [50], [51];
assists migration of the Loyalists, [56], [57];
takes strong stand in New York, [59-60];
initiates ‘Marke of Honor,’ [118];
opposes creation of Upper Canada, [120-2].
Dulany, Daniel, protests against British policy, [11-12].
Dundas, Colonel Thomas, on the Loyalist settlement in New Brunswick, [84-5].
Eastern Townships, Loyalists not allowed to settle in, [95-6].
Fanning, Colonel Edmund, tries to take advantage of Loyalists in Prince Edward Island, [88].
Finucane, Chief Justice, fails to appease Loyalists in New Brunswick, [77].
Franklin, Benjamin, scouts idea of American independence, [13];
and his son, [16];
against granting amnesty to Loyalists, [46].
Galloway, Joseph, disapproves of British policy, [11];
a social comparison, [16].
Georgia, strength of Loyalists in, [18].
Germain, Lord George, incapacity of, [34].
Gourlay, Robert, on the survey of townships in Upper Canada, [98].
Grass, Captain Michael, [100];
rouses Haldimand’s anger, [101].
Great Britain, in the Peace of Versailles, [46-7];
her betrayal of the Loyalists, [48-9];
makes amends, [52];
her generosity to Loyalists, [112-18].
Gugy, Conrad, and Loyalist refugees, [92];
accusation against, [93].
Haldimand, Sir Frederick, denounces indiscriminate vengeance, [42];
settles Loyalist refugees, [91-2], [97-9], [101], [102];
debars settling in Eastern Townships, [96];
on compensation to Loyalists, [116-17].
Haliburton, T. C, on the Shelburne settlement, [69-70].
Hauser, Frederick, [56];
on New Brunswick, [72].
Holland, Major Samuel, surveys townships in Upper Canada, [98].
Howe, General, and migration of the Loyalists, [54-5].
Hutchinson, Thomas, disapproves of British policy, [11];
a comparison, [16];
persecution of, [21].
Indians in the American Revolution, barbarity of, [40];
their use deprecated, [41-2].
Jessup’s Corps, at Saratoga, [38];
settlement of, [100].
Johnson, Sir William, [16];
his career, [35-6].
Johnson, Sir John, escapes to Canada, [25];
incursions into United States, [34], [40-1];
raises ‘Royal Greens,’ [37];
charges of barbarity, [41];
supervises settlement of Loyalists, [99];
and Loyalist claims, [113];
superintendent of Indian Affairs, [116];
compensation paid to, [118];
his house, [128].
Johnson, Lady, carried off a prisoner, [25].
Johnson, Colonel Guy, raises Loyalist regiment, [37].
King’s American Dragoons, hard lot of, in New Brunswick, [75-6], [77].
Loughborough, Lord, on Britain’s desertion of the Loyalists, [48].
Lower Canada, the Loyalists the indirect cause of an assembly being granted to, [6].
Loyalists, the, vilified by early writers, [1-2];
reparation made, [2];
honoured in Canada, [3];
effect of their exodus on United States, [4];
effect of their migration on Canadian history, [4-6];
subscribe to the principles of passive submission to authority and the right of petition, [8-10];
disapprove of British policy, [11-12];
causes of increase in numbers, [12-14];
loyal toast, [14];
numbers and strength, [16-19];
persecution of, [20-31];
and the test laws, [26-8];
story of two Loyalists hanged in Philadelphia, [28];
some penalties, [29];
confiscation of property, [29-30];
lack initiative, [32];
success in battle, [33-4];
charges of barbarism against, [34-5];
charges refuted, [41-4];
some regiments of, [36-8], [73];
raids and incursions, [38-41];
their hopeless position at end of war, [45-52];
British betrayal of, [48-9];
Britain makes amends, [52];
migration to Nova Scotia, [53-61];
some statistics of Loyalists in Maritime Provinces, [63], [66], [68], [73];
the Shelburne settlement, [63-70];
migration to New Brunswick, [71-85];
Prince Edward Island, [86-90];
Quebec, [91-6];
Upper Canada, [97-111];
allowances to, [102-4];
compensation to, [112-16];
honours and grants to, [116-18];
their ‘Marke of Honor,’ [118-19];
their houses and furniture, [127-9];
clothing, [130-1];
means of exchange, [131-2];
social customs, [132];
schools and churches, [132-4];
their happy lot, [136-7].
Loyalist regiments, settled in New Brunswick, [73];
their distress, [75-6];
when formed in Canada, [91];
settlement of, in Upper Canada, [34], [37], [38], [99-100].
Loyal Rangers, [38];
at Wyoming valley, [39];
at Mohawk valley, [41].
Macdonell, Alexander, in ‘the ’45,’ [36];
his ideas of border warfare, [39];
barbarity of, [42].
Machiche, Loyalist discontent at, [93-4].
McKean, Thomas, on number of Loyalists, [18-19].
Maclean, Colonel Allan, raises a Loyalist regiment, [37].
Massachusetts, Loyalist migration from, [65-7].
Mountain, Bishop, on religion in Upper Canada, [134].
Montgomery, General Richard, in the American Revolution, [7].
Mowat, Captain, and the Shelburne settlement, [67].
New Brunswick, candid view of Loyalist in, [14];
Governor Parr’s opinion of, [71];
Loyalist settlements in, [72-7];
erected into a province, [78-9];
Loyalists fill chief offices in, [80];
capital of, and election of representatives, [81-3];
means of communication in, [134-5].
Newton, William, amusing case of, [84].
New York, strength of Loyalists in, [17];
riots in, [22];
a strange order, [23];
and the test laws, [27];
and confiscation of Loyalist property, [30];
debts due to Loyalists cancelled, [46];
laws enacted against Loyalists, [51];
Sir Guy Carleton too much for congress of, [60].
Niagara, Loyalist settlement at, [107-9].
North, Lord, denounces Britain’s desertion of Loyalists, [48].
Nova Scotia, migration of Loyalists to, [53-61];
uncomplimentary opinions of, [61-2], [64];
schools and churches in, [132-4].
Odell, Rev. Jonathan, a Loyalist, [80].
Oliver, Andrew, persecution of, [21].
Ontario. [See Upper Canada.]
Parr, John, governor of Nova Scotia, on the condition of Loyalist refugees, [58-9];
and the Shelburne settlement, [65], [67-8];
on New Brunswick, [71];
and land grants in New Brunswick, [77], [79];
on social status of Loyalists in Nova Scotia, [83].
Pennsylvania, strength of Loyalists in, [17];
and the test laws, [27].
Prince Edward Island, Loyalists in, [63];
scurvy treatment, [86-90].
Pullency, Sir William, and land speculation, [125].
Pynchon, Joseph, and the Shelburne settlement, [65-6].
Quebec, Loyalist refugees flock to, [91];
settlements, [92-5];
all traces of lost, [95].
‘Rivington’s Gazette’ on terms of peace, [49].
Rochefoucauld, Duc de la, and the Americans in Upper Canada, [123-4];
on education at Cataraqui, [133].
Rogers’s Rangers, settlement of, [100].
‘Royal Greens,’ or the King’s Royal Regiment, raised, [37];
at ambuscade of Oriskany, [38];
settlement of, [100].
Royal Highland Emigrants, [37].
St John, social bitterness among Loyalists in, [82].
Scottish Highlanders, rebels of ‘the ’45,’ become Loyalists, [36].
Seabury, Dr, and the Loyalists, [56].
Shelburne, story of the Loyalist settlement at, [63-70].
Simcoe, Col. John Graves, and the U.E. regulation, [119];
his good work in Upper Canada, [122];
invites Americans to cross the border, [123];
and road-building, [135].
Smart, Rev. William, on the Loyalists in Upper Canada, [111], [116].
Sons of Liberty and the Loyalists, [23].
Stamp Act, the, some effects of, [21].
Stuart, Rev. John, at Cataraqui, [133].
Tarleton’s Loyal Cavalry, success in the Carolinas, [33-4].
Tea duty, Loyalist objection to, [11].
Test laws, tyranny of, [26];
not strictly enforced, [27].
Tories, American, get support of English Tories, [7];
loyalty of, [8];
an Episcopalian party, [15];
a social comparison with Whigs, [16];
tarring and feathering of, [22], [23];
test laws, [27-30].
Tryon, Governor, and Loyalist success, [34].
United Empire Loyalists, origin of name, [118-19].
[See Loyalists.]
Upper Canada, migration of Loyalists into determines form of government, [5-6];
Loyalists removed to, [95];
settlements in, [97-100];
‘Family Compact’ party, [111];
names of districts in, [120-1];
Americans flock into, [123-5];
schools and churches in, [132-4];
means of communication, [134-5].
Van Alstine, Major, and settlement of Loyalists, [100], [111];
his grant, [117].
Van Schaak, Peter, a Whig, disapproves of test laws, [26-7].
Versailles, Peace of, and the Loyalists, [46-52].
Virginia and the Loyalists, [17], [47].
Washington, George, his aversion to the idea of independence, [13];
a comparison, [16];
approves the persecution of Loyalists, [23-4];
on the Loyalist raids, [44];
refuses to treat with Loyalists, [45];
his advice to the Loyalists, [50].
Whigs, American, get support of English Whigs, [7];
their change of front, [13];
a Presbyterian party, [15];
a social comparison with Tories, [16];
a powerful organization formed to stamp out Loyalism, [24-5];
and the test laws, [27].
Winslow, Edward, on conditions of Loyalist refugees, [61];
on New Brunswick, [71-2], [75-6], [78], [80];
and the wealthy widow, [84];
on his house, [127-8].

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