territory of present-day New Brunswick and eastern Maine as far as the Penobscot River. B. Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Hughes stated in a dispatch to Lord Germaine that "rebel cruisers" made the attack. C. Among the annual festivals of the old times, now lost sight of, was the celebration of St. Aspinquid's Day, known as the Indian Saint. St. Aspinquid appeared in the Nova Scotia almanacks from 1774 to 1786. The festival was celebrated on or immediately after the last quarter of the moon in the month of May. The tide being low at that time, many of the principal inhabitants of the town, on these occasions, assembled on the shore of the North West Arm and partook of a dish of clam soup, the clams being collected on the spot at low water. There is a tradition that during the American troubles when agents of the revolted colonies were active to gain over the good people of Halifax, in the year 1786, were celebrating St. Aspinquid, the wine having been circulated freely, the Union Jack was suddenly hauled down and replaced by the Stars and Stripes. This was soon reversed, but all those persons who held public offices immediately left the grounds, and St. Aspinquid was never after celebrated at Halifax. D. According to Thomas Akins, a portrait of Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange by Benjamin West hung in the legislature of Province House (Nova Scotia) in 1847 that now hangs in the National Gallery of Scotland E. Rural poverty is the theme of Rusty Bittermann, Robert A. Mackinnon, and Graeme Wynn's Of inequality and interdependence in the Nova Scotian countryside, 1850–70. F. This conflict is also referred to as "Anglo French Rivalry of 1749–63" and War of British Conquest. References Bibliography 18th–19th century publications Statutes at large: 1758 to 1804 1805 to 1816 1817 to 1826 1827 to 1835 Statutes to 1826 (?) by Thomas Beamish Akins: Acadian French. Selections from the public documents of the province of Nova Scotia (1869) Papers related to the French encroachment on Nova Scotia (1749–1754), and the War in North America (1754–1761), Vol. 3 Papers related to the first establishment of a Representative Assembly in Nova Scotia (1755–1761), Vol. 5 by Beamish Murdoch: by John George Bourinot (younger): Builders of Nova Scotia : a historical review, with an appendix containing copies of rare documents relating to the early days of the province Historical