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

Festival de Saint Georges

Members (men only) celebrated the festival of England’s patron saint with a banquet featuring an abundance of food, music and toasts. Curiously their salutes to King and Country did not mention Nova Scotia’s privateers, perhaps because many navy officers disliked the competition for prizes which privateers posed.

date: 1813

numéro de référence: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Acadian Recorder 1 May 1813 page 3

               

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