Breaking news: May 13th, 1667

King of England returns Acadia to the French Crown.
Yet 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.

In his diary entry of May 13, 1667, Samuel Pepys writes that " Sir H. Chomly... tells me that he hears that we are by agreement to give the King of France Nova Scotia."

Samuel Pepys (pronounced “Peeps”) is famous for the diary he kept in the 1660's. His firsthand accounts of the Great London Fire, the Black Plague, and daily events in the government and at Court are alive with detail.

Pepys was the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King Charles II at this time.

Map of “Accadie” circa 1669.

French-English competition affected Acadia's fate repeatedly, causing it to pass to the English in 1654.

Back to the French through the 1667 Treaty of Breda. ( Pepys diary entry)

Returned to the British crown by the New England adventurer Sir William Phipps in 1690.

1697: Once more back to the French monarch Louis the 14th, then in the 54th year of a 72 year reign.

Louis lost it to the English for good in 1710.

Through all of the turmoil, settlements and families grew as Acadians thrived here. Here’s the map.

https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/

A post from Mapannappolis’ Acadian Journal.