Extracts from Sir Robert Bond's Speech 22 April, 1904 from the <em>Evening Telegram</em>.

Information about Sir George Calvert and the establishment of the Colony of Avalon at Ferryland.

The principal residence of Avalon, where Calvert and his family lived during the winter of 1628-29 and in which the Kirkes established their residence in 1638, has long been the object of archaeologists working at Ferryland.

This article is about the establishment of the English colony of Cupids under the leadership of John Guy.

Overview of the presence of the Kirkes in Newfoundland, including the granting of the island and the legal battles between the Kirkes and the Calverts.

Letter to Archbishop Laud from Sir David Kirke, dated October 2, 1639, and dealing with planters, health, weather, religion, and the Anglican Church.

Letter to George Calvert from Edward Wynne, July 28, 1622, dealing with planters, house, stores, gardens, fortifications, forests, and lumber.

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.

Extract from 'A True Description of the Course and Distance of the Capes, Bayes, Coves, Ports, and Harbours in Newfoundland...'

The unprecedented prosperity of the early 19th century contributed to an extraordinary increase in immigration to Newfoundland

About Sir David Kirke and how he appropriated the Ferryland plantation after George Calvert allegedly abandoned the location.

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.