1772 in Canada

Events from the year 1772 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Governors

• Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William Campbell
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Molyneux Shuldham, 1st Baron Shuldham
• Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson

Events

• Samuel Hearne explores Coppermine River to Arctic Ocean.
• HBC Mathey Cocking, to Blackfeet country west of Eagle Hills.
• The Hudson's Bay Company opens Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River.
• James Cook and George Vancouver explore the northwest coast of America.
• The Yorkshire emigration begins with the arrival of 62 passengers aboard The Duke of York.

Deaths

• September 30: Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (born 1709)

Historical documents

Solicitor General suggests rules affecting government, religion (including Jesuits), property and justice, as well as agreements under French regime<ref>"Abstract of such of the Regulations [in Solicitor General's] Report as it may be expedient to establish[....]" (No. 1 and No. 2, 1772), Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada, 1759-1791 (1907), pgs. 302-5 (PDF frames 316-9). Accessed 6 July 2022</ref>

With no Quebec "plan of laws" submitted, former attorney general Francis Maseres says "every thing relating to that province seems to be in suspense"<ref>"To Benjamin Franklin from Francis Maseres (June 17, 1772), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 12 July 2022</ref>

Nearly 60 Quebec City "subscribers" agree to weigh Portugal gold coins received and deduct uniform amount from value of any that have been debased<ref>"Advertisements" (Quebec, June 12, 1772), The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 389 (June 18, 1772), 2nd pg. (See also similar number of Montreal merchants come to like agreement) Accessed 11 July 2022</ref>

Dangerous fire spreading from Quebec City seminary is stopped by effectiveness of garrison soldiers, well-supplied "engines" and alert citizens<ref>"Quebec, August 13" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 397 (August 13, 1772), 2nd pg. (See also commendation in "Advertisements" (2nd pg.) for carters who brought barrels of water for engines, and reward (2nd pg.) for diligent carter in subsequent fire) Accessed 11 July 2022</ref>

Soldier of 52nd Regiment warns public not to accommodate his wife, "Eloped[...]and, as I am inform'd, is living with[...]a Soldier in the 60th Regiment"<ref>James Adair, "Whereas my Wife Mary Adair" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 376 (March 19, 1772, Cahier 1), 3rd pg. Accessed 9 July 2022</ref>

Musician Guillaume de Vaut-Court of Paris, performing in Upper-Town, retails his compositions of "Simple Counter-point" and music for concerts to hire<ref>"Advertisements; The Public Concert" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 414 (December 10, 1772), 2nd pg. Accessed 12 July 2022</ref>

Liverpool couple Deborah Cuffy, "negro free woman," and Irishman John Carroll told by magistrates to "take each other in our presence, which they did"<ref>"Entry about the marriage of Deborah Cuffy and John Carroll" Simeon Perkins's diary, vol. 1 (transcript; May 4, 1772), Nova Scotia Archives. Accessed 9 July 2022</ref>

Notice that Black woman named "Thursday" is missing in Halifax, where "her Master" John Rock offers $2 reward plus costs for her return<ref>John Rock, "Ran away(...)" (Halifax) Nova-Scotia Gazette and Weekly Chronicle (September 1, 1772). (See details about Thursday) Accessed 7 February 2021</ref>

Quebecker will teach "Small Sword, Cut & Thrust, after the best completest manner," as well as French and "Dancing after the newest and best Mode"<ref>John Bateest Dupocca, "The Subscriber[....]" The Nova-Scotia Gazette and The Weekly Chronicle Vol. III, No. 106 (September 1, 1772), pg. 3. Accessed 6 July 2022</ref>

Because of limited transportation in region of Campobello and Passamaquoddy, justices of the peace to hold semi-annual general sessions court there<ref>"An Act for(...)Courts of General Sessions of the Peace at Warrington (for) the Island of Campo-Bello (and) the District of Passamaquoddy(....)" (1772), 12 George III - Chapter 2, British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 6 July 2022</ref>

Molyneux Shuldham governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from Hudson Strait to St.-Jean River near Anticosti Island, plus it and Magdalen Islands<ref>"Whitehall, March 14" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 389 (June 18, 1772), 2nd pg. Accessed 11 July 2022</ref>

Inuit in London stunned at first, but "admiration increased in proportion" to their understanding of "the use, beauty, and mechanism of what they saw"<ref>C.W. Townsend (ed.), Captain Cartwright and His Labrador Journal (1911), pg. 123 Accessed 7 July 2022</ref>

"Tumbling over each other in glorious confusion" - George Cartwright plays games with Inuit in Labrador, including threading-the-needle and leapfrog<ref>C.W. Townsend (ed.), Captain Cartwright and His Labrador Journal (1911), pg. 107 Accessed 7 July 2022</ref>

William Johnson satisfies Mississaugas after they complain about "David Ramsey, an Indian trader," who killed several of their people near Niagara<ref>"Albany, June 1" and "June 22" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 396 (August 6, 1772), 2nd pg. Accessed 11 July 2022</ref>

Detroit commandant Philip Dejean praised for "unwearied endeavours" to bring confessed killer of merchant at Detroit to face justice in Quebec City<ref>"Quebec, August 6" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 396 (August 6, 1772), 2nd pg. Accessed 11 July 2022</ref>

"Indian Leaders" retain respect of both Hudson's Bay Company and Indigenous people with displays of influence and bouts of intensive begging<ref>Samuel Hearne, A Journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean (1795), pgs. 289-91 Accessed 7 July 2022</ref>

"She built the hut in which we found her" - Resourceful Dogrib woman survives alone for months after escaping Athabascans (Note: "savages" used)<ref>Samuel Hearne, A Journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean (1795), pgs. 262-7 Accessed 7 July 2022</ref>

"Had the vanity to think that I could have kept pace" - Snowshoe speedster Samuel Hearne is no match for swiftness of bison running in deep snow<ref>Samuel Hearne, A Journey from Prince of Wales's fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean (1795), pg. 253 Accessed 7 July 2022</ref>

Royal Society member notes Hudson Bay sturgeon, burbot, "gwiniad" (called "tickomeg" locally) "and a new fish called the Sucker at Hudson's Bay"<ref>John Reinhold Forster, "XVIII. An Account of some curious Fishes, sent from Hudson's Bay(....)" (January 12, 1772). (See also Hearne's reference to "tittameg" in Lake Athabasca) Accessed 6 July 2022</ref>

"New voyage which is intended to be made to the South Seas" is expected to throw new light on discovery of Northwest Passage<ref>"November 10" The Quebec Gazette, Nomb. 374 (March 5, 1772), 2nd pg. (See also "March 27" report (2nd pg.) that Major (Robert?) Rogers will be sent "in pursuit of the northwest passage") Accessed 9 July 2022</ref>