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now a bright racy magazine article; now an historical work. Under the 
nom de plume of “ Saladin ” he contributed verse to the St. John Courier 
and other papers. Later he wrote a number of ballads relating to 
Acadia. When Stewart’s Quarterly was established in $+. John by the 
late George Stewart, he became one of its most valued coutributors. His 
first attempt at historical writing was a series of sketches of early forts 
in New Brunswick. This was followed by “The Captivity of John Gyles 
among the Malicetes from 1689 to 1698,” published in 1875, with an in- 
troduction and annotations by himself. In the same year he wrote an 
historical sketch of the City of Saint John, N. B., but the work which 
chiefly made his reputation as an historian was his “ History of Acadia, ” 
published in 1879, which obtained high commendation at the hands of 
reviewers. Its pages display the research of a careful student and the 
facile style of the littérateur. His next historical work, his “ History of 
the Queen’s Rangers,” appeared in the St. John Sun in 1883. He con- 
tinued from time to time to contribute to various periodicals including 
the “New Brunswick Magazine,” the “Collections of the New Bruns- 
wick Historical Society,” Hay’s “Canadian History Readings” and 
Jack’s “Acadiensis.” He also wrote a “History of the Loyalists,’’ 
which ran through the St. John Telegraph in 1894. Later the following 
volumes appeared from his pen, “‘ History of the War of 1812,” (1901); 
the “Life and Times of Sir Leonard Tilley,” (1897); the volume on 
“Wilmot and Tilley” in the “Makers of Canada” series (1907), in 
which an account is given of the development of responsible government 
and also of the carrying of Confederation in New Brunswick; and his 
two volume “ History of New Brunswick,” (1909). 
Dr. Hannay was connected with several literary and historical 
societies, the New Brunswick Historical Society, the Loyalist Society, 
the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, and the Nova Scotia 
Historical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of 
Canada in 1906, and Acadia College conferred on him the honorary 
degree of D.C.L. in 1899. 
In the year 1905, Dr. Hannay was engaged to act as a representative 
of the Canadian Achives department in the maritime provinces, with 
instructions to calendar and report upon public and private collections 
of papers bearing on Canadian history. During the last four years he 
calendared the principal papers in Halifax, St. John and Fredericton, and 
made reports on smaller collections. In 1907-8, he paid a visit to the 
Pacific Coast, and copied a number of journals and miscellaneous 
papers relating to British Columbia; and prepared a catalogue of the 
printed books of special interest in the library at Victoria. He also 
visited the chief places in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, 
collecting historical material relating to the Northwest, which was 
