Daniel Samson
@ruralcolonialns.bsky.social
historian of rural colonial Nova Scotia, father, partner, lives in Niagara, works on Nova Scotia, breaths in PEI
https://danieljosephsamson.com/
https://danieljosephsamson.com/
#JamesBarryDiary 25/11/1875 A real wintery looking day; snowing a little most of the time and freezing hard. Cunningham attending the mill and kiln. I was busy all day ceiling my bed-room upstairs in the new house. As much Oats coming in as we can do on both kilns, but most of the grists are small.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 25/11/1875 A real wintery looking day; snowing a little most of the time and freezing hard. Cunningham attending the mill and kiln. I was busy all day ceiling my bed-room upstairs in the new house. As much Oats coming in as we can do on both kilns, but most of the grists are small.
#JamesBarryDiary 24/11/1875 Snowed from the east last night and soft today. Snowed 4 or 5 inches. I was grinding part of the day. F. Cunningham came down this morning but worked on ¾ of a day – late when he came. I put the Canadien saw in the mill today – filed it up yesterday. Annabella here yet.
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 24/11/1875 Snowed from the east last night and soft today. Snowed 4 or 5 inches. I was grinding part of the day. F. Cunningham came down this morning but worked on ¾ of a day – late when he came. I put the Canadien saw in the mill today – filed it up yesterday. Annabella here yet.
25 years ago, another callow young(ish) historian was interviewed a few weeks apart at UNB and UPEI. I lost to Bill Parenteau and Ed. For a week I hated Ed (whom I'd never met) and Bill (one of my best friends). I'm here today to remind everyone, esp myself, that the selection committees were right.
On the blog, Prince Edward Island historian Ed MacDonald shares some thoughts on the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference: acadiensis.wordpress...
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
25 years ago, another callow young(ish) historian was interviewed a few weeks apart at UNB and UPEI. I lost to Bill Parenteau and Ed. For a week I hated Ed (whom I'd never met) and Bill (one of my best friends). I'm here today to remind everyone, esp myself, that the selection committees were right.
Even without the USA, the G20 comes up short: "The spectre of hunger ... still haunts even fertile lands, and it has many causes, including climate change, conflict, the persistence of rain-fed subsistence farming in much of Africa and other developing regions, and the linked fate of poverty".
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Even without the USA, the G20 comes up short: "The spectre of hunger ... still haunts even fertile lands, and it has many causes, including climate change, conflict, the persistence of rain-fed subsistence farming in much of Africa and other developing regions, and the linked fate of poverty".
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I love this intro of a petition frm Acadians to British fancies in 1755. Acadians should use it in our submission of grievances to current fancies:
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
«From the moment they left the coast of Nova Scotia, the Acadians had made every effort to return. Even those who escaped to Qc did not find that society to their liking... the reports sent by Qc missionaries to the Archbishop of Qc in the late 1780s characterize the Acadians as stubborn,
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I love this intro of a petition frm Acadians to British fancies in 1755. Acadians should use it in our submission of grievances to current fancies:
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
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#OTD Nov. 22nd, 1852, Dennis Hill of Camden, Kent County, Ontario wrote to Egerton Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education in Canada West decrying school segregation. Hill was one of many 19th century Black Ontarians who used various means--letters, petitions, the courts--to protest segregation.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#OTD Nov. 22nd, 1852, Dennis Hill of Camden, Kent County, Ontario wrote to Egerton Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education in Canada West decrying school segregation. Hill was one of many 19th century Black Ontarians who used various means--letters, petitions, the courts--to protest segregation.
#JamesBarryDiary 23/11/1875 The coldest night last that came this fall and was a pretty wintery day, altho’ clean and clear and nice enough for winter. I was very busy in the mill and kiln all day. The two kilns going – no help. Plenty of water. I am not clear of the cold yet!!
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 23/11/1875 The coldest night last that came this fall and was a pretty wintery day, altho’ clean and clear and nice enough for winter. I was very busy in the mill and kiln all day. The two kilns going – no help. Plenty of water. I am not clear of the cold yet!!
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«From the moment they left the coast of Nova Scotia, the Acadians had made every effort to return. Even those who escaped to Qc did not find that society to their liking... the reports sent by Qc missionaries to the Archbishop of Qc in the late 1780s characterize the Acadians as stubborn,
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
«From the moment they left the coast of Nova Scotia, the Acadians had made every effort to return. Even those who escaped to Qc did not find that society to their liking... the reports sent by Qc missionaries to the Archbishop of Qc in the late 1780s characterize the Acadians as stubborn,
Certainly aspects of the new papacy have given hope, but I fear this needs a *lot* more. The two jokers on the left seem to believe they belong to a true church and this guy is some kind of anti-pope that ICE can take care of.
Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church | Simon Tisdall
Inequality, immigration and civil rights are the battlegrounds on which the church, and some other Christian denominations, are fighting, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Certainly aspects of the new papacy have given hope, but I fear this needs a *lot* more. The two jokers on the left seem to believe they belong to a true church and this guy is some kind of anti-pope that ICE can take care of.
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Tehran is a thousand year old city of 9 million, with a metropolitan area of 15 million. And it is quite possibly about to not be viable, its population fleeing drought.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
Makran or Bust: Tehran's water crisis gets worse
Ten days ago I wrote that Tehran was approaching a point where warnings, pressure cuts and appeals to save water would no longer be enough.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Tehran is a thousand year old city of 9 million, with a metropolitan area of 15 million. And it is quite possibly about to not be viable, its population fleeing drought.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
#JamesBarryDiary 22/11/1875 A very wintery looking and feeling day indeed, although it was sunny a good part of the time. Snowed a little last night. I was busy drying and grinding all day. No one about but myself, and I am not near clear from the cold yet. John Heron brought me 9 bushels coal.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 22/11/1875 A very wintery looking and feeling day indeed, although it was sunny a good part of the time. Snowed a little last night. I was busy drying and grinding all day. No one about but myself, and I am not near clear from the cold yet. John Heron brought me 9 bushels coal.
#JamesBarryDiary Froze some last night, but this was a fine mild day for this time of the year indeed. Ground has a little snow on it and is some little frozen. Very little stir going on today. I am still bad with the cold, and nearly worked to death; quite reduced in flesh and strength.
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#JamesBarryDiary Froze some last night, but this was a fine mild day for this time of the year indeed. Ground has a little snow on it and is some little frozen. Very little stir going on today. I am still bad with the cold, and nearly worked to death; quite reduced in flesh and strength.
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We published our first essay 10 years ago today on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. It was based on a side idea I had for my dissertation that would explore news of Franklin’s death around the revolutionary Atlantic. ageofrevolutions.com/2015/11/21/f...
“Franklin is Dead”: Celebrity, Genius, and Religion in the Age of Revolutions
By Bryan A. Banks On June 11, 1790, an emotionally wrought Mirabeau took to the rostrum of the National Constituent Assembly after numerous days away suffering from ophthalmia to announce Benjamin …
ageofrevolutions.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We published our first essay 10 years ago today on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. It was based on a side idea I had for my dissertation that would explore news of Franklin’s death around the revolutionary Atlantic. ageofrevolutions.com/2015/11/21/f...
"In Anne of Green Gables, I found the kindred spirits and queer prophets I needed".
In Anne of Green Gables, I found the kindred spirits and queer prophets I needed | CBC Arts
In the latest edition of Emerging Queer Voices, writer Julia Smeaton considers the impact of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novels on her own identity.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"In Anne of Green Gables, I found the kindred spirits and queer prophets I needed".
#JamesBarryDiary 20/11/1875 A fair mild day for the time of Year. Sunny in the afternoon, but somewhat cold in the evening. Kenneth Innes sawing some. I was very busy grinding and drying all day. Don Gunn sawed a little stick for runners this evening. Amen.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 20/11/1875 A fair mild day for the time of Year. Sunny in the afternoon, but somewhat cold in the evening. Kenneth Innes sawing some. I was very busy grinding and drying all day. Don Gunn sawed a little stick for runners this evening. Amen.
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The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies hosts a public lecture Nov. 21, 12-2 pm. Dr. Don Nerbas, McGill's @csschair.bsky.social, will present "Networks of Power: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Coal in 19th-Century Cape Breton". Join in person at MN 219 or by Zoom: loom.ly/uG1ENho
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies hosts a public lecture Nov. 21, 12-2 pm. Dr. Don Nerbas, McGill's @csschair.bsky.social, will present "Networks of Power: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Coal in 19th-Century Cape Breton". Join in person at MN 219 or by Zoom: loom.ly/uG1ENho
That's, ummm, frost ... ?
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
That's, ummm, frost ... ?
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What does it mean to write the history of a place as it is being destroyed before our very eyes?
Anne Irfan on the stakes of studying, researching and writing the history of Gaza.
Anne Irfan on the stakes of studying, researching and writing the history of Gaza.
Writing history in a time of genocide
Anne Irfan asks, what does it mean to write the history of a place as it is being destroyed before our very eyes?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
What does it mean to write the history of a place as it is being destroyed before our very eyes?
Anne Irfan on the stakes of studying, researching and writing the history of Gaza.
Anne Irfan on the stakes of studying, researching and writing the history of Gaza.
#JamesBarryDiary 19/11/1875 Something calm but wonderful cold. Last night was the coldest that came this fall – ice all over the pond and that thick in the grist mill floom that I could not open the gate without the crowbar. Bought 244 lbs Beef from George Ross at 6 cts per lb - $14.64, paid. Amen.
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 19/11/1875 Something calm but wonderful cold. Last night was the coldest that came this fall – ice all over the pond and that thick in the grist mill floom that I could not open the gate without the crowbar. Bought 244 lbs Beef from George Ross at 6 cts per lb - $14.64, paid. Amen.
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«It has been decades since Cda, Cdn identity & Cdn sovereignty have been hot topics among Canadians. Sovereignty has always been a thorny& fascinating issue. Cda is a pluralist society, &issue of sovereignty has taken on a variety of forms, including Indigenous, French, British &Cdn variations »
CFP: Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty, Brock University, Centre for Canadian Studies, 26-7 March 2026 brocku.ca/humanities/c...
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
«It has been decades since Cda, Cdn identity & Cdn sovereignty have been hot topics among Canadians. Sovereignty has always been a thorny& fascinating issue. Cda is a pluralist society, &issue of sovereignty has taken on a variety of forms, including Indigenous, French, British &Cdn variations »
#JamesBarryDiary 18/11/1875 Blowed most violently last night and most all of this day, and very cold indeed. Folks say that there is fair sledding. I was extremely busy putting in the beams and flooring on the little kiln house. I worked hard this long time. And the damned cold was the worst of all.
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 18/11/1875 Blowed most violently last night and most all of this day, and very cold indeed. Folks say that there is fair sledding. I was extremely busy putting in the beams and flooring on the little kiln house. I worked hard this long time. And the damned cold was the worst of all.
CFP: Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty, Brock University, Centre for Canadian Studies, 26-7 March 2026 brocku.ca/humanities/c...
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
CFP: Two Days of Canadian Sovereignty, Brock University, Centre for Canadian Studies, 26-7 March 2026 brocku.ca/humanities/c...
#JamesBarryDiary 17/11/1875 17/11/1875 Ground white with snow this morning and snowing all day and blowing a Gale from the West. It commenced to blow near daylight; quite soft. I was grinding some and drying some. Kenneth Innes sawing in the afternoon. The water is nearly enough to keep it agoing.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 17/11/1875 17/11/1875 Ground white with snow this morning and snowing all day and blowing a Gale from the West. It commenced to blow near daylight; quite soft. I was grinding some and drying some. Kenneth Innes sawing in the afternoon. The water is nearly enough to keep it agoing.