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Le butin de la guerre : les corsaires en Nouvelle-Écosse

“Proclamation. For a general Fast”

With war going badly on the European continent, Governor Wentworth invited Nova Scotians to engage in the ritual of a general fast. Peace came in 1802 but quickly broke down when Napoleon embarked on a programme of conquest that ultimately carried him into Russia.

date: 1799

numéro de référence: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Royal Gazette 28 May 1799 page 3

               

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