Editing 1808 in Canada

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Events from the year '''1808 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
*[[List of Canadian monarchs|Monarch]]: [[George III]]<ref name="rh">{{cite web |date=31 December 2015 |title=George III |url=https://www.royal.uk/george-iii-r-1760-1820 |access-date=18 April 2016 |website=Official website of the British monarchy |publisher=Royal Household}}</ref>

===Federal government===
*[[Parliament of Lower Canada]]: [[4th Parliament of Lower Canada|4th]] (until April 27)
*[[Parliament of Upper Canada]]: [[4th Parliament of Upper Canada|4th]] (until March 16)

===Governors===
*[[Governor General of the Province of Canada|Governor of the Canadas]]: [[Sir Robert Milnes, 1st Baronet|Robert Milnes]]
*[[List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick|Governor of New Brunswick]]: [[Thomas Carleton]]
*[[Governor of Nova Scotia]]: [[John Wentworth (governor)|John Wentworth]]
*[[Colonial Governor of Newfoundland|Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland]]: [[John Holloway (Royal Navy officer)|John Holloway]]
*[[List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island|Governor of Prince Edward Island]]: [[Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres]]

==Events==
* [[David Thompson (explorer)|David Thompson]] explores [[Kootenay River]].
* [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]] follows [[Fraser River]] to the Pacific.
* The [[American Fur Company]] is chartered by [[John Jacob Astor]] to compete with Canadian [[fur trade]]
* The [[Upper Canada Militia Act 1808]] states that all males between ages of sixteen and sixty are required to enroll as militiamen and are to be called out once a year for exercises
* The [[Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] criticizes the swearing-in of [[Ezekiel Hart]] because he is of Jewish faith, and votes his expulsion.

==Births==
*April – [[Charles Wilson (Montreal mayor)|Charles Wilson]], politician (d.[[1877 in Canada|1877]])
*April 7 – [[John Langton (Canadian politician)|John Langton]], businessman, political figure and civil servant (d.[[1894 in Canada|1894]])
*April 10 – [[William Annand]], 2nd [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (d.[[1887 in Canada|1887]])
*April 25 – [[Malcolm Cameron (Canadian politician)|Malcolm Cameron]], businessman and politician (d.[[1876 in Canada|1876]]) 
*August 15 or September 16 – [[Charles Fisher (Canadian politician)|Charles Fisher]], politician and 1st [[Premier of New Brunswick|Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick]] (d.[[1880 in Canada|1880]])
*September 14 – [[Edwin Atwater]], businessperson and municipal politician (d.[[1874 in Canada|1874]])
*October 20 – [[Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau]], lawyer, businessman and politician (d.[[1894 in Canada|1894]])

==Deaths==
*[[November 10]] : [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester]], military and governor
* [[Peter Russell (politician)]], judge

==Historical documents==
[[Albert Gallatin#Secretary of the Treasury|Treasury Secretary]] tells [[Presidency of Thomas Jefferson#Relations with European powers and the Embargo Act|President Jefferson]] that unless there's change in European affairs, "I see no alternative but war. But with whom?"<ref>[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-01-02-8414 Letter to Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin] (August 3, 1808), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 26 September 2024</ref>

British newspaper reports 5,000 troops are on transports at [[Portsmouth#Industrial Revolution to Edwardian|Portsmouth]] to sail to North America accompanied by 5 [[Ship of the_line#Evolution of design|ships of the line]]<ref>"The fleet of Transports[....]" ("Feb. 2"), The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269083 April 7, 1808] pg. 2, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. (See also [https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/winslow/20240320210528/https://web.lib.unb.ca/winslow/fullimagerecord.cgi?id=13789&level=3 word] that Gen. George Prevost has arrived in Halifax with 3,000 men, and also word as of March 15 in England ([https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269087 pg. 2 (3rd column)] that there would be "no rupture with America") Accessed 29 August 2024</ref>

British [[foreword]] to U.S. pamphlet labels "affairs of the United States" important since U.S. became commercial rivals and "challengers in war"<ref>[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.38163/6 "The Advertisement to This Edition"] ''The British Treaty'' (1808). Accessed 13 September 2024</ref>

[[Embargo Act of 1807|U.S. embargo]] on trade has given Canada and Nova Scotia sole access to Europe and West Indies, formerly markets of northern states<ref>"Portland, Monday, August 1, 1808; When Mr. Jefferson and his party[....]," Portland (Maine) Gazette, and Maine Advertiser (August 1, 1808), [https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016082/1808-08-01/ed-1/?sp=3 pg. 3, column 1] Library of Congress. (See also [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-01-02-2540 letter] from New York City saying 150 shipping workers have left for Nova Scotia and many others might, and also Massachusetts Sen. Timothy Pickering's [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.56783/6 Senate speech] criticizing embargo, plus other criticism, including [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.57339/6 here] and [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.57333/6 here]) Accessed 12 September 2024</ref>

Embargo means Canadas' "commercial intercourse with the States must increase," as will ship construction and trade in [[Hemp#History|hemp]] and [[naval stores]]<ref>"But it becomes an object of serious consideration[....]," The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660684 January 18, 1808] pg. 23 (centre column), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. (See also [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-8322 report] of several shipments from U.S. into Canada, and also [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-01-02-2999 report] of flour and other cargo delivered by U.S. vessels to British ships for export to Caribbean) Accessed 17 September 2024</ref>

Total 116 British [[Ship of the line#Evolution of design|ships of the line]] (2 in North America) along with 50-gun warships are naval force "[[Royal Navy#Age of Sail|superior]] to that of the whole world beside"<ref>"British Navy," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269103 July 14, 1808] pg. 2 (3rd column), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 23 September 2024</ref>

[[John Jacob Astor#Fortune from fur trade|John Jacob Astor]] seeks approval of U.S. government to take [[North American fur trade#English colonies|continental fur trade]] away from Canada<ref>[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-01-02-7500 Letter to Thomas Jefferson from John Jacob Astor] (February 27, 1808), U.S. National Archives. Accessed 26 September 2024</ref>

===Lower Canada===
[[Quebec City#Geography|Lower Town Quebec City]] deserves proper fire insurance coverage because its layout relative to winds and river make it less vulnerable to fire<ref>"The Quebec Gazette; Quebec: Thursday, December 1, 1808; On Saturday morning last[....]," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269135 December 1, 1808] pg. 2, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. (See also [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269140 further details] (pg. 1, 4th column) on subject of Lower Town and fire) Accessed 23 September 2024</ref>

[[Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada|House of Assembly]] committee reports that provincial bank would reduce loss of [[Coin|specie]] in unfavourable [[balance of trade]] with U.S.A.<ref>"Mr. Richardson from the Committee[....]" (March 4, 1808), Journal of the House of Assembly, Lower-Canada (1808), [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_17/228 pgs. 226, 228] (See also that [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_17/670 "The order of the day(...)"] to send bank bill to Committee of the Whole is discharged and order made to print 400 copies of bill for distribution; also see [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-01-02-3867 report] to President-elect Madison that much specie passes along lower Hudson River road to Canada) Accessed 17 September 2024</ref>

Defeated candidate in Assembly election in [[Trois-Rivières#History|Trois-Rivières]] petitions it not to seat winner [[Ezekiel Hart]] as he is Jewish and can't take oath<ref>"A petition of Thomas Coffin[....]" (February 10, 1808), Journal of the House of Assembly, Lower-Canada (1808), [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_17/62 pg. 60] (See also [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_17/78 Hart's petition] to be admitted (later denied by Assembly vote), and letters to the editor supporting Hart [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660688 here] (pg. 55, left column) and [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660689 here] (pg. 58, left column) and [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660690 here] (pg. 70, left column)) Accessed 16 September 2024</ref>

Assembly passes "An Act for disabling Judges from being elected, or from sitting and voting in the House of Assembly" (defeated in [[Legislative Council of Lower Canada|Council]])<ref>"Resolved, That the Bill do pass[....]" (March 4, 1808), Journal of the House of Assembly, Lower-Canada (1808), [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_17/234 pg. 232] (See also [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660694 note] (pg. 103, centre column) that "the bill for disqualifying the Judges from sitting" in Assembly was defeated in Council) Accessed 17 September 2024</ref>

[[Jean-Antoine Panet|Winner]] of Assembly seat for [[Huntingdon County, Quebec|Huntingdon County]] thanks voters for seeing through rival's "falsehoods, the most gross and most barefaced"<ref>"To the Free and Generous Electors[....]" (June 6, 1808), The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269095 June 9, 1808] pg. 2, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. (See also [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660707 June 14 notice] (pg. 6, centre column bottom) to Panet and others of their dismissal from militia because suspected to be "Proprietors of a Seditious and Libellous publication") Accessed 23 September 2024</ref>

To be established: "An Academy for the instruction of all Members [elected] to serve in the ensuing [[Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada|House of Assembly]]" who can't read or write<ref>"Advertisement," The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660702 May 23, 1808] pg. 166, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 18 September 2024</ref>

Vermont [[Town meeting#History|town meetings]] are being held to seek [[Embargo Act of 1807|embargo]] repeal, which would be better than exporting timber by force on [[Lake Champlain#Post-Revolutionary War period|Lake Champlain]]<ref>"Vermont and Non-Importation" The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660717 September 5, 1808] pg. 285, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. (See also [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269103 description] (pg. 2, 3rd column) of firing on timber raft near border) Accessed 19 September 2024</ref>

Young Army officers are advised to play [[English billiards|billiards]] to learn "dislodging[...]an enemy; taking a secure position; making famous [[Coup de main|''coups de main'']]" etc.<ref>"Mr. Cary" The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660729 November 28, 1808] pgs. 378–9, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 20 September 2024</ref>

[[Social dance#Social dance in western cultures|Dancing]] teacher will show children "the present style of dancing, conceiving it of no utility to [teach] steps and figures of the Old School"<ref>"Fashionable Dancing" (August 22, 1808), The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660718 September 12, 1808] pg. 296, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 19 September 2024</ref>

Aging [[bachelor]] who "dislikes contradiction and has been accustomed to have his own way" seeks patient, calm, middle-age woman housekeeper<ref>"Wanted," The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660716 August 29, 1808] pg. 279, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 19 September 2024</ref>

===Upper Canada===
Beginning five years of study with [[Articled clerk|lawyer]], [[Old Sandwich Town|Sandwich]] man tells his brother of local "apprehensions of war" with U.S.A.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/JohnAskinPapersVolume2/page/n609/mode/2up "News from Detroit"] (April 28, 1808), ''The John Askin Papers; Volume II: 1796-1820'' (1931), pgs. 599-601. Accessed 30 September 2024</ref>

[[Isaac Brock#Pre-war preparations|Isaac Brock]] is alerted to U.S. troop movements to [[Detroit#19th century|Detroit]] and [[Lake Huron#History|Great]] [[Lake Erie#European exploration and settlement|Lakes]], and capture of British boats carrying supplies to Indigenous people<ref>"From Robert Nichol to Brigadier General Brock" (May 21, 1808), [https://digital.library.yorku.ca/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/recordsofniagara00crui.pdf ''Records of Niagara No. 42 : 1805-1811''] pgs. 42–3, York University Digital Library. (See also letter immediately following for details of attack on supply boats) Accessed 24 September 2024</ref>

[[Francis Gore|Lt.-Gov. Gore]] sent for because of Indigenous people's "very violent resolutions" on blockage of their annual supplies by U.S. officials<ref>"Queennstown [sic], Upper Canada, June 16," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269103 July 14, 1808] pg. 2 (2nd column), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 23 September 2024</ref>

(Probably) [[John Norton (Mohawk chief)|John Norton's]] ideas for increasing financial support for [[Grand River (Ontario)#Six Nations of the Grand River|Indigenous peoples on Grand River]] and moving them to reserve near Lake Huron<ref>"The following letter[....]" (August 10, 1808), [https://digital.library.yorku.ca/_flysystem/fedora/2023-03/recordsofniagara00crui.pdf ''Records of Niagara No. 42 : 1805-1811''] pgs. 64–8, York University Digital Library. Accessed 24 September 2024</ref>

[[John Strachan#Life and work|Elite grammar school in Cornwall]] affords excellent education "without endangering the morals of the pupils by the contagion of the vices of a city"<ref>"Cornwall Academy," The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660715 August 22, 1808] pg. 269, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 19 September 2024</ref>
 
Lake Erie [[United Society Partners in the Gospel|Anglican mission]] reports "900 Papists, 200 Protestants, Professors of [[Anglicanism|the Church]] 150, Scotch Dissenters 50 [and 5,000] Heathens and Infidels"<ref>"An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Society; Upper and Lower Canada; The Rev. Mr. Pollard, Missionary at Sandwich[....]," A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts[....] (1808), [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.64877/46 pgs. 41–2] Accessed 13 September 2024</ref>

Parishioners' contract in call to minister in [[South Dundas|Williamsburg township]] details his duties and annual salary, food supplies and firewood<ref>[https://images.ourontario.ca/Laurier/3079694/data "Call from the St. Lawrence Evangelical Lutheran Parish to John Gunther Weagant, March 1, 1808"] Wilfrid Laurier University Archives & Special Collections. Accessed 24 September 2024</ref>

"Be not puffed up nor exalted one above another" - in meekness and diffidence, [[Quakers#Quietism|Friends]] know they are saved by [[Grace in Christianity|grace]] "and that not of ourselves"<ref>"Image 09; Copy of our epistle to Leeds Monthly meeting," [https://cfha.info/AdolphusO-2-2.pdf ''Adolphustown Monthly Meeting Women 1808 – 1824''] frames 8–9, Canadian Friends Historical Association. Accessed 24 September 2024</ref>
 
While noting settlers' limited diet, [[St. Joseph Island (Ontario)#British North America and Fort St. Joseph|St. Joseph Island]] merchant derides Indigenous use of fish (Note: [[Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States|racial stereotypes]])<ref>[https://archive.org/details/JohnAskinPapersVolume2/page/n599/mode/2up Letters of John Askin Jr.] (January 13 and 14, 1808), ''The John Askin Papers; Volume II: 1796-1820'' (1931), pgs. 589, 91-2. Accessed 30 September 2024</ref>

===Nova Scotia===
N.S. and New Brunswick are key to Britain for their [[Halifax Harbour|large]] and [[Saint John Harbour|convenient]] harbours, and their ability to supply [[British West Indies#History|British West Indies]] when U.S.A. won't<ref>"Nova Scotia and New Brunswick," ''American Encroachments on British Rights, or, Observations on the Importance of the British North American Colonies''[....] (1808), [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.29583/67 pg. xliv]. Accessed 13 September 2024</ref>

[[Convoy]] of ships to West Indies carries fish, oil, [[Bordeaux wine#"Claret" term|claret]] and [[brandy]], lumber, [[Stave (wood)|staves]] and shingles, flour, bread, meat, rice etc.<ref>"Halifax, June 10," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269103 July 14, 1808] pg. 2 (2nd column), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. (See also editorial (bottom of 2nd column) forseeing industrial development large enough to rival U.S.A. if embargo continues) Accessed 23 September 2024</ref>

Because of [[Dos de Mayo Uprising|rebellion in Spain]] against French domination, dozens of Spanish [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] in Halifax are freed and sent to [[Havana#19th century|Havana]]<ref>"On Monday last 79 Spaniards[....]" The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660720 September 26, 1808] pg. 309 (left column), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 19 September 2024</ref>

"Loyal and spirited behaviour" of [[Acadians#Returnees|Acadian]] [[Militia#Canada|militia]] regiment is noted when it supplies more than required number of volunteers for duty<ref>"The Acadians," The Quebec Gazette, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269085 April 14, 1808] pg. 1 (right column), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 20 September 2024</ref>

"Your petitioners are far from pretending to advocate [[Slavery in Canada#Nova Scotia|Slavery]] as a System," but want such still-legal ownership either secured or compensated<ref>[https://annapolisheritagesociety.com/genealogy/miscellaneous-documents/annapolis-county-slave-owners-petition-1808/ "Annapolis County slave owners’ petition in 1808"] (received January 9, 1808), The Annapolis Heritage Society. Accessed 30 September 2024</ref>

Resident says [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia|Shelburne]] people are uneasy about local Indigenous people, but he finds them not dangerous, just "almost every Day Beging about town"<ref>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/white/file-list/?Search=p883 "883. (Draft of) letter(...)relative to Indians"] (February 15, 1808; truncated), Gideon White Family Papers, Nova Scotia Archives. Access 26 September 2024</ref>

Minister says that of more than 400 families in his township, only 36 are [[Anglicanism|Anglican]], "the rest being nondiscripts of no settled principles"<ref>[https://archives.acadiau.ca/node/869 ''Journal of Rev. John Wiswall''] (September 15, 1808), frame 146, Acadia University. Accessed 16 September 2024</ref>

===New Brunswick===
Feeling they were not called up legally, [[Militia#Canada|militiamen]] are deserting to go farm and fish, there being not enough workers to cover for them<ref>"Ward Chipman to President Edward Winslow" (March 30, 1808), [https://ia601305.us.archive.org/12/items/winslowpapersad100raymuoft/winslowpapersad100raymuoft.pdf ''Winslow Papers; A. D. 1776–1826''] (1901), pgs. 612–13 (frames 626–7). (See also [https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/winslow/20240320205232/https://web.lib.unb.ca/winslow/fullrecord.cgi?id=2008&level=2 "Order for disbanding militia, 24 April 1808"]) Accessed 27 September 2024</ref>

Widow of [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|Assembly]] member who drowned in 1803 and left her with 5 small children and estate "found [[Insolvency|insolvent]]" petitions for "pecuniary relief"<ref>[https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS24/DocumentViewer.aspx?culture=en-CA&record=1277 "Petition of Phoebe McMonagle, widow of Hugh McMonagle, requesting aid of the House"] (June 23, 1808), Legislative Assembly: Sessional Records (RS24), Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Accessed 16 September 2024</ref>

Ship anchored in [[Saint George Parish, New Brunswick#Bodies of water|Bliss Harbour]] travels 3 miles at 15 [[Knot (unit)|knots]] before anchor cable is cut, freeing whale that was probably chasing [[Herring#Predators|herring]]<ref>"St. Johns, N.B. Feb. 22," The Quebec Mercury, [https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660701 May 16, 1808] pg. 157, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed 18 September 2024</ref>

===Newfoundland===
Instead of land grant, fishery is regulated by giving [[wikt:fishing room#English|fishing room]] to applicant who then has exclusive right to fish adjacent waters<ref>[https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/winslow/20240320210529/https://web.lib.unb.ca/winslow/fullimagerecord.cgi?id=13798&level=3 "Letter from William Knox to Edward Winslow"] (May 4, 1808), pgs. 2–3 Accessed 27 September 2024</ref>

[[United Society Partners in the Gospel|Anglican missionaries]] in Newfoundland, numbering only three, preach at [[St. John%27s, Newfoundland and Labrador#Modern history (1800%E2%80%93present)|St. John's]], [[Harbour Grace]] and [[Carbonear]], and [[Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador|Trinity]]<ref>
"An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Society; Newfoundland," A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts[....] (1808), [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.64877/38 pgs. 33–4] Accessed 13 September 2024</ref>

===Labrador===
[[Nunatsiavut|Inuit]] "miserably manage" their children's education "and harm must almost inevitably ensue from their very habits of living together"<ref>
Letter from Hopedale (August 26, 1808), ''1806-1810, vol. 04: Periodical accounts relating to the missions of the Church of the United Brethren established among the heathen'', [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_permorv/id/871/rec/4 pg. 323] (frame 361 of 574), Memorial University of Newfoundland. Accessed 24 September 2024</ref>

"Comfort, instruction, and spiritual refreshment" - Missionaries disappointed when supply ship brings no letters or texts from [[Napoleonic Wars#War of the Fourth Coalition, 1806%E2%80%931807|war-torn Germany]]<ref>Letter from Okkak (August 4, 1808), ''1806-1810, vol. 04: Periodical accounts relating to the missions of the Church of the United Brethren established among the heathen'', [https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_permorv/id/741/rec/4 pg. 311] (frame 349 of 574), Memorial University of Newfoundland. Accessed 24 September 2024</ref>

===Hudson's Bay Company===
Ice breakup floods [[Fort Albany (Ontario)#Expansion of the fur trade|Fort Albany]], with water rising even higher than "dreadful deluge" of 1794 and dark of night adding "to the terror of the Scene"<ref>"3rd [May 1808]," [https://pam.minisisinc.com/DIGITALOBJECTS/Access/HBCA%20Microfilm/1M9/B3-A-110.pdf Albany - Post Journal; 1807-1808] frame 13. Accessed 27 September 2024</ref>

Albany men damage fur bundles by putting them in [[Canoe#Americas|canoe]] with seams "so much opened by the sun so as admit a mans finger" and then not drying them<ref>"6th [August 1808]," [https://pam.minisisinc.com/DIGITALOBJECTS/Access/HBCA%20Microfilm/1M9/B3-A-110.pdf Albany - Post Journal; 1807-1808] frame 20. Accessed 27 September 2024</ref>

===Elsewhere===
British are losing claims to [[Michigan#18th century|Michigan]] properties because of "American rascality" and U.S. law requiring continuous cultivation of land<ref>[https://archive.org/details/JohnAskinPapersVolume2/page/n619/mode/2up Land title difficulties] (1808), ''The John Askin Papers; Volume II: 1796-1820'' (1931), pgs. 610-15. Accessed 30 September 2024</ref>

[[Prince Edward Island#British colony|Prince Edward Island]] has black birch ([[Betula nigra#Cultivation and uses|Betula nigra]]), which is used in shipbuilding, has light colour like [[mahogany]] and "takes as good a polish"<ref>"Prince Edward's island," ''American Encroachments on British Rights, or, Observations on the Importance of the British North American Colonies''[....] (1808), [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.29583/130 pg. cii]. Accessed 13 September 2024</ref>

[[Edward Bird|Painting]]: old soldier tells his story<ref>Edward Bird, [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-old-soldiers-story-19562 The Old Soldier's Story] (1808), Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Accessed 1 September 2024</ref>

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