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"To prevent the French and Wabanaki Confederacy massacres of British families, many Massachusetts Governors, issued a bounty for the scalps of Indian men, women, and children.[9] Cornwallis followed New England's example when, after the Raid on Dartmouth (1749), he protected the first British settlers in Nova Scotia from being scalped by putting a bounty on the Mi'kmaq (1749)." -- I think this phrasing displays an attempt to characterize his actions in a particular light. I think this should be edited with NPOV in mind. Penumbra 2k (talk) 01:53, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Along with participating in military battles, the Wabanaki Confederacy resisted the aggression of the British Empire by killing British civilians on the front line. This was true on the border of Acadia and New England in Maine and then also true with the founding of Halifax. In turn, to protect these British settlers arriving in Halifax, Cornwallis (and many governors before him) targeted all Mi'kmaq. This historic account acknowledges the (important and effective) military resistance of the Mi'kmaq to the British Empire. --Hantsheroes (talk) 00:06, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage

"He married the prime minister of England's daughter."

Apart from the fact that Edward Cornwallis married in 1763 and England had ceased to exist as a sovereign state in 1707, it appears to me that the highest post attained by his father-in-law, Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, was Secretary of State of Great Britain -- not Prime Minister. In fact, as I read things in their Wikipedia articles, Edward Cornwallis married the niece of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. If that is correct, the sentence quoted above needs to be amended or deleted. Scales (talk) 19:53, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The 1931 Statue in Halifax and other commemorations.

Edward Cornwallis had a long and (I think it's safe to say) controversial career. However, only two years of this career were spent in Nova Scotia, where he founded the town of Halifax and was Governor of the colony.

My concern is that much of the article is devoted to the debate about the appropriateness of one particular statue. I would suggest that the statue & commemorations material does not belong in the biography, but in its own separate article.
I know people have strong feelings about the issue so please don't misunderstand me, I'm only saying the Cornwallis statue controversy belongs in an article of its own, with proper linkage.

I would like to hear what others think about this suggestion. --OldCommentator (talk) 00:04, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There have been a lot of edits over the last little while, with people adding huge sections to the subject of the statue, only to have them removed. I'm not sure if the subject is important enough to warrant its own page, so maybe a small mention on this page is the acceptable thing to do. (emphasis on the small) --Tkbrett (talk) 14:54, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is a Wikipedia article already on the statue where the commentaries about the statue could be put.

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Statue_of_Edward_Cornwallis

--Hantsheroes (talk) 17:31, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have taken the liberty to start moving material over to Statue of Edward Cornwallis --where it belongs -- and left a small mention, with references and redirects, here in the Cornwallis biography. (Hope this doesn't reignite the Seven Years War.) --OldCommentator (talk) 23:16, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Draft:Edward Cornwallis And The Racist Acts Towards Aboriginals into this article

Another editor has created Draft:Edward Cornwallis And The Racist Acts Towards Aboriginals, which has not been accepted as a regular article. Perhaps some of the text and references in that article could be added to this one and/or to Statue of Edward Cornwallis. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 16:54, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Citations need work

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--Cornellier (talk) 13:51, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]