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1704 in Canada

1704 in Canada

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Events from the year 1704 in Canada.

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  • French forces destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland.[7]

Historical documents

Massachusetts governor gives details of French and Indigenous attacks planned for Connecticut River and Maine and his attack on Acadia.[8]

Account of a Massachusetts boy abducted by French and Indigenous raiders.[9]

Massachusetts correspondent on huge benefit France has from commercial ascendancy and number of seamen in its Newfoundland fishery.[10]

During war with France, defending St. John's complicated by soldier disorder and desertions and limited support from outports.[11]

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    "Biography – MONBETON DE BROUILLAN, JACQUES-FRANÇOIS DE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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    "Government House Table of Contents". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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    "Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D' – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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    Ogilvy, James (21 September 2017). "War of the Spanish Succession | the Canadian Encyclopedia". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
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    "455. Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (July 13, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
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    George Sheldon (ed.), What Befell Stephen Williams in His Captivity (Deerfield, Mass.: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1889). Accessed 6 October 2017
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    "69. i. Reflections on the present settlement of Newfoundland" (Peter (?) Webber, Barnstable, Mass. to Council of Trade and Plantations, February 5, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
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    "2. i. Capt. Richards to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 3, 1704), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 22, 1704-1705. Accessed 13 January 2021
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