Deposition of Amy Taylor, taken at Ferryland on August 24, 1652, dealing with planters, government, fortifications, cod, fisheries, stages, boats, and taxes.

Examination on the Interrogatories of David Kirke, in Baltimore vs. Kirke, given by Amy Taylor on August 29, 1652, and dealing with planters and government.

Deposition of Anne Love, taken at Ferryland on August 24, 1652, dealing with planters, government, fortifications, cod, stages, and boats.

Examination on the Interrogatories of David Kirke, in Baltimore vs. Kirke, given by Anne Love on August 31, 1652, and dealing with planters and government.

Deposition of Anthony Gay, taken on October 16, 1707, dealing with the Pool

Fishermen from Portugal, the Basque provinces of France and Spain, Northern France (perhaps Normandy) and West Country England are known to have frequented eastern Newfoundland during the first half of the 1600s, some as early as the first decade of the 16th century.

The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in relation to the fortifying of Ferryland, dated February 1, 1710.

Archaeologists, after finding artifacts in one of the lower layers of the site, suspected they may have been made by the Beothuk.

An article about the discovery during the 1995 archaeological field season showing evidence that Ferryland had been occupied by the Beothuk.

An extract from Libel in Baltimore vs. Kirke, by Cecil Calvert (Second Lord Baltimore), dated December 8, 1651.

Document written by Captain Charles Hawkins on December 16, 1691 in response to inquiries from the Lords of the Committee of Trade.

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.

Libel [in Baltimore vs. David Kirke], dated January 29, 1653, and dealing with government, planters, boats, stages, and ordnance.

Letter to George Calvert from Edward Wynne, dated August 17, 1622.

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.

Deposition of John Fletcher and Griffith Russell, taken on September 15, 1708.

Deposition of James Pratt, in Baltimore vs. Kirke, taken on March 11, 1652, and dealing with planters, houses, and ships.

Examination of James Pratt, in Baltimore vs. David Kirke, taken on March 12, 1652, and dealing with planters, houses, and livestock.

Deposition of John Cull, taken at Totnes, before commissioners appointed by the Privy Council, on November 27, 1667.

Deposition of John Slaughter, taken at Ferryland on August 31, 1652, in Baltimore vs. Kirke.