Editing 1805 in Canada (section)

===Lower Canada===
Call for road to be built from [[Quebec City]] through "New Settlements" to U.S.A., which will allow more trade and encourage population growth<ref>"To the Public" (December 27, 1805), [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660571 The Quebec Mercury] (December 30, 1805), pg. 415, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 4 July 2024</ref>

"Vendor or Lendor" has preference over any other [[creditor]] when they provide grain (seed or "bread") or potatoes to grower suffering poor harvest<ref>[https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/act-relief-poor-loan-seed-wheat-corn-and-other-necessary-grain-25th-march-1805 An Act for the Relief of the Poor in the loan of Seed Wheat, Corn and other necessary Grain] (March 25, 1805), British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 24 June 2024</ref>

Ceremonial presentation of [[Military colours, standards and guidons|colours]] to Quebec City [[Colonial_militia_in_Canada#British_colonial_militia|militia]] battalion is "grand and impressive beyond any thing usually witnessed in this country"<ref>"Quebec, 6th June, 1805," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4268790 June 6, 1805, Cahier 1] pg. 2, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 5 July 2024</ref>

[[History of Montreal#British rule and the American Revolution|Montreal]] merchants call for laws to raise water level in [[Lachine Rapids]], regulate [[Maritime pilot|pilots]] there and stop theft of lumber when [[Timber rafting#In Canada, down the current of Quebec's rivers|rafts]] are wrecked<ref>[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_14/97 "A Petition of sundry Merchants(....)"] (January 23, 1805), ''Journals of the House of Assembly, Lower-Canada[...]1805'', pgs. 94, 96, l'Assemblée nationale du Québec, Bibliothèque, Québec. Accessed 3 July 2024</ref>

No sale of goods or alcoholic drinks on [[Blue law#History|Sundays]], except that latter can be sold to [[History of alcoholic drinks#Early modern period|sick people]] and to travellers at meals<ref>[https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/act-prohibit-sale-goods-wares-and-merchandise-wine-spirits-and-other-strong-liquors An Act to prohibit the sale of Goods, Wares and Merchandise, Wine, Spirits and other Strong Liquors, on Sundays] (March 25, 1805), British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. Accessed 24 June 2024</ref>

[[Post office]] calls for proposals to carry mail between Montreal and [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington, Vt.]] on 100-mile route; £100 security required from contractor<ref>"Wanted," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4268810 August 15, 1805, Cahier 1] pg. 3, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 8 July 2024</ref>

[[Editorial]] describes "folly [and] depravity" of young criminals, especially where "the soil [and] far extended commerce" offer so much opportunity<ref>"Quebec, 28 September," [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660558 The Quebec Mercury] (September 28, 1805), pg. 310, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 4 July 2024</ref>

[[Orchard#Historical orchards|Orchardists]] in [[Notre-Dame Church (Montreal)#History|Parish of Montreal]] must tie cloth around trunk of each apple tree and cover it with tar to stop spread of [[Geometer moth|inchworms]]<ref>[https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/act-preservation-apple-trees-parish-montreal-25th-march-1805 An Act for the preservation of Apple Trees in the Parish of Montreal] (March 25, 1805), British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867. (See also [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_14/138 petition] of orchardists leading to this legislation) Accessed 24 June 2024</ref>

[[Surveying#Modern era|Surveyor]] will teach branches of mathematics as applied to [[wikt:mensuration#English|mensuration]], [[wikt:gauging#English|gauging]], [[navigation]], [[Artillery#Artillery piece|gunnery]], fortification, architecture, surveying etc.<ref>"Pro Bono Publico" (October 26, 1805), [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660562 The Quebec Mercury] (October 28, 1805), pg. 344, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 4 July 2024</ref>

''Dr. S. Solomon's Guide to Health'' offers remedies for diseases under several headings, including Dancing, Heavy suppers, Timidity, and Virgins<ref>"Curious and Interesting," [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660558 The Quebec Mercury] (September 28, 1805), pg. 312, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 4 July 2024</ref>

Quebec City theatre to be built for "several Young Men [who] possess strong Theatrical qualifications, particularly in the [[Theatre#Comedy|comic]] cast of Characters"<ref>"Canadian Theatre" (March 21, 1805), The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4268769 March 21, 1805, Cahier 2] pg. 1, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 5 July 2024</ref>

[[Opera#French opera|Opera]] by "[[Joseph Quesnel|Mr. Quesnel]] of [[Boucherville]][...]is perhaps the first piece of the kind that has been written and performed in this province"<ref>"Theatre," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4268754 January 31, 1805, Cahier 1] pg. 4, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 5 July 2024</ref>
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New "Bottled Beer Business" will sell 3 kinds (brewed in [[Saint-Roch, Quebec City|St. Roch]]) ranging in price from [[Shilling (British coin)|8/6]] to 10/6 per dozen, with 3/- paid when bottles returned<ref>"The subscriber intending to commence[....]" (April 11, 1805), The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4268774 April 11, 1805, Cahier 1] pg. 4, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 5 July 2024</ref>

[[Benjamin Rush]] reluctantly allows his daughter to marry British army officer she met while visiting her married sister in Montreal<ref>[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5071 Letter to John Adams from Benjamin Rush] (February 19, 1805), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 15 July 2024</ref>