Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.

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The role of the Garrison in Newfoundland between the years 1815 and 1870.

In 1870 an important chapter in the history of Newfoundland came to a close when the British government withdrew the military garrison at St. John's.

The most alarming military danger between 1793 and 1815 came from the British forces stationed at Newfoundland who would mutiny over grievances.

There was not a single governor of Plaisance who did not complain about the lack of soldiers and the mediocrity of those he did have.

Considerable uncertainty surrounds our understanding of daily life in Newfoundland during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.