1794 – Baranov builds first vessel in northwestern America at Voskres-senski on Kenai.
Jay Treaty establishes neutral commission to settle border disputes between United States and Canada; restores trade between the United States and British colonies of Canada; also guarantees Indians free movement across the border.[2]
June – Close of a session of the Canadian Legislature, which began in November last. Only six acts have been passed. Public accounts are first published for tax-payers' information.
New York newspapers say John Jay picked for negotiation with Britain, and Congress believes outcome will determine whether U.S.A. goes to war or not[3]
London trader reports arrival of John Jay with prospects of British surrender of northwestern U.S. posts and consequences for traders there[4]
George Washington condemns British "agents" for Indigenous "hostilities, the murders of helpless women and innocent children along our frontiers"[5]
Joseph Brant said to have found Indigenous people "disheartened," and "that People interfering caused a Division" that will cost them their country[6]
Jay Treaty calls for British troops to leave U.S. territory, reciprocal free passage across most borders, compensation for British creditors, etc.[7]
Just arriving off Delaware Bay, British warships capture provisions convoy headed for France, including 11 flour-laden ships from U.S. ports[8]
Map: British territory from Upper Canada - Lower Canada border to Newfoundland and southern Labrador (Note: click on image to enlarge it)[9]
Ex-lieutenant in "Six Nation Indian Department" seeks land for 70 U.S. families who are "entire strangers to[...]deceptions[...]of Landjobers"[32]
Ex-captain in New York City militia, compensated for war losses with Nova Scotia land "Not answering for a Farmer," petitions for 3,000 acres[33]
Land boards settling Loyalists and veterans abolished; new settlers must be Christian, law-abiding and "inoffensive," and "capable of manual labor"[34]
Painting: tree used as bridge over Don River at Toronto[37]
Nova Scotia
House of Commons debates whether Halifax is nearly defenceless or safe in hands of local militia leads to motion calling for further study[38]
Sketch map of Halifax shows current and proposed defences (Note: click on image to enlarge it)[39]
Though far away, war affects N.S. community by raising prices for labour and British goods and checking "growth of these new plantations"[40]
Captured U.S. privateer "is one of the Nest of Privateers, which, to the disgrace of the [neutral] American Government," sails out of Charleston, S.C.[41]
"Agricola" says N.S. agriculture has advanced to point that meat must no longer be imported from Boston and importation of bread will soon end[42]
Profile of Marine Society of Halifax with its background and goals in saving lives of marine disaster victims[43]
Act validates any past or future real estate conveyance made with her husband by any married woman, as long as judge "acknowledges" it[44]
Reward of $20 for return of "Negro" named Belfast, native of South Carolina, who attempted boarding ship in Halifax harbour bound for Newfoundland[45]
To avoid deterring Blacks from "binding out their Children," Shelburnegrand jury seeks return of young indentured servant sold in West Indies[46]
Reacting to extreme markups on English goods, Free Blacks in Sierra Leone threaten white government, which offers to return them to Halifax[47]
^"From George Washington to John Jay" (August 30, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 16-17 (See also (pgs. 19-20) Simcoe's mention of British Fort Miami and Battle of Fallen Timbers) Accessed 13 November 2023
^"Extract of a Letter from[...]Storekeeper for the Indian Department at Niagara, Dated 24th October 1794[....]," The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 150-1 Accessed 17 November 2023
^"Halifax, July 24; Capture of the French Convoy," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. VI, No. 276 (July 29, 1794), Page 1 of 4. (See also John Jay's "Important State Paper" (Page 4 of 4, left column) reporting "irregularly captured" U.S. shipping, and report (Page 1) of British, U.S. and other ships and boats taken by French squadron near Newfoundland) Accessed 2 November 2023
^"Quebec, October 30; Neuvelle Beauce, or St. Igan," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. VI, No. 296 (December 16, 1794), Page 4 of 4 (left column). (See also petitions (pg. 4) from other parishes) Accessed 3 November 2023
^"A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend, Descriptive of the Different Settlements in the Province of Upper Canada" (November 20, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 189-96 Accessed 20 November 2023
^"From J.G. Simcoe to Henry Dundas" (September 11, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 52-69 (See also Simcoe's further report (pgs. 226-9) on eastern U.C.) Accessed 15 November 2023
^"From J.G. Simcoe to the Duke of Portland" (October 23, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 141-4 Accessed 16 November 2023
^"From the Duke of Portland to J.G. Simcoe" (November 19, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 185-6 Accessed 17 November 2023
^"From J.G. Simcoe to Lord Dorchester" (October 25, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pg. 152 Accessed 17 November 2023
^"From J.G. Simcoe to Henry Dundas" (September 15, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 91 Accessed 13 November 2023
^"His Excellency Lieutenant Governor Simcoe's Reply to the Indian Nations Assembled at the Wyandot Village on the 13th Day of October, 1794," The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pgs. 121-5 Accessed 16 November 2023
^"From William Chewett to E.B. Littlehales" (August 31, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pg. 24 Accessed 13 November 2023
^"9. A letter from(....)" (April 9, 1794), 1790-1795, vol. 01: Periodicals Accounts Relating to the Missions of the Church of the United Brethren, pgs. 268-9 (frames 292-3), Memorial University of Newfoundland. Accessed 9 November 2023
^"London; House of Commons; Feb. 21; Defence of Halifax," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. V, No. 263 (April 29, 1794), Page 2 of 4 (right column). (See also (pg. 3 of this issue) that 10 guineas are offered to those enlisting in local regiment, after 3 guineas has been offered in previous weeks, and also prayer to be spoken in all Anglican churches for good fortune of armies and fleets, and sermon delivered by Bishop of Nova Scotia) Accessed 2 November 2023
^Letter of Rev. John Wiswall (October 25, 1794), PDF frame 98, Esther Clark Wright and Atlantic Baptist Archives, Acadia University. Accessed 8 November 2023
^"Halifax, Dec. 13; To the Freeholders of Nova-Scotia[....]," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. VI, No. 296 (December 16, 1794), Page 4 of 4 (left column). Accessed 3 November 2023
^"Sierra Leone," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. VI, No. 295 (December 9, 1794), Page 3 of 4 (left column). (See also further details (Page 2 of 5, centre column) of "turbulence of several disaffected Nova-Scotia settlers") Accessed 3 November 2023
^"Halifax Theatre; For the Benefit of the Indigent;[....](At the particular Request of Mrs. Wentworth); Will be Preformed She Stoops to Conquer[....]," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. V, No. 257 (March 18, 1794), Page 3 of 4 (right column). Accessed 2 November 2023
^"Saint-John, Feb. 14; House of Assembly; His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor's Speech[....]," The Royal Gazette: and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser Vol. V, No. 255 (March 4, 1794), Page 2 of 4 (right column). Accessed 2 November 2023
^"From Alexander Mackenzie to J.G. Simcoe" (September 10, 1794), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pg. 51 (See also Elizabeth Simcoe's comments (PDF 243) on Mackenzie's trip) Accessed 15 November 2023