Season 4, Episode 4: Nova Scotian Preoccupation, 1713-1762, or Why Not MDI?
Guest: Patrick Callaway, PhD
Air Date: March 23, 2023
Host: Jenna Jandreau
Host Jenna Jandreau welcomes Patrick Callaway to Chebacco Chats to talk about some of his latest research.
Following the end of Queen Anne's War in 1713, New Englanders' primary territorial focus was on the fate of Britain's new colony in Nova Scotia. The capture of Port Royal in 1710 and concession of the province to Great Britain opened a number of opportunities and challenges for colonial interests. This preoccupation influenced the local history of the mid and Downeast Maine coast. One of the potential reasons we see people of European descent delaying settlement on MDI until 1762 is the interest in what would happen in Nova Scotia. It is not until the end of the Seven Years War that there is clarity in Nova Scotia, and it is only then that we see the familiar story of Abraham Somes and MDI play out.
About Our Guest
Patrick Callaway, PhD, is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Fort Kent and the Collections Manager at the MDI Historical Society. He earned his Ph.D. in Canadian-American history at the University of Maine, and was a Fulbright exchange student to Dalhousie University in Halifax. His research focuses on the economic connections between the United States and British North America in the late 1700s–early 1800s.
Chebacco articles by Patrick Callaway, PhD:
- An Uncertain Trumpet: Coastal Mainers, Nova Scotians, and the War of 1812 (2020)
- The Maine That Almost Was: British Plans for Downeast Maine, 1775-1815 (2022)
Previous Chebacco Chat appearances
- Season 3, Episode 10: The Maine That Almost Was: British Plans for Downeast Maine, 1775-1815
- No. 42: From the Collections: The MDI Committee for Peace
- No. 41: When Spanish Flu Came to Bangor
- No. 24: The Civilian Conservation Corps on Mount Desert Island
- No. 9: “An Uncertain Trumpet: Coastal Mainers, Nova Scotians, and the War of 1812”