A Sketch of the Early Settlement and Subsequent Progress of the Town of Peterborough: And of Each Township in the County of PeterboroughPrinted at the office of the Peterborough review, 1867 - 220 pagini |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
acres appointed Ashburnham Asphodel Bobcaygeon brick bridge Building Committee built Captain Charles Chemong church Cobourg Colborne District commenced corner County Council County of Peterborough Court House Daniel Darcus debentures Douro Dummer duties early settlers Edward election Ennismore erected Esquires excellent flour Francis Crow front gentlemen George street Gilchrist Government grist mill Hall Harvey Hunter street immigrants James Foley John Lakefield located manufacture McDonell Messrs Methodist miles militia Minden Monaghan municipal names Newcastle District Norwood Otonabee river passed Peter Pearce population Port Hope portion present purposes Reeve Reid residence Rice Lake Richard Birdsall road Robert Robinson Rubidge saw mill school house season settlement shanty Simcoe Stewart stone subsequently Superintendent surveyed T. W. Poole Thomas Short timber Toronto town and county Town of Peterborough township of Smith Upper Canada village W. S. Conger William William Cluxton
Pasaje populare
Pagina 79 - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
Pagina 79 - Thy choicest gifts in store, On her be pleased to pour, Long may she reign. May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause, With heart and voice to sing, God save the Queen.
Pagina 10 - I conceive to be entirely false and without foundation. I am here living in the very midst of them, from 20 to 30 pass my door almost every day; I visit the camp every week, and at all times I take an opportunity of conversing with them on their affairs. I have always found them satisfied and happy. Some of them have told me with tears in their eyes that they never knew what happiness was until now.
Pagina 21 - Excellency, we labor under a heavy grievance, which we confidently hope Your Excellency will redress, and then we will be completely happy, viz: — the want of clergymen to administer to us the comforts of our Holy Religion, and good school-masters to instruct our children.
Pagina 10 - Douro, January 20, 1826. Dear Sir, I beg to transmit the following Statement: Some days ago I perused a paragraph in the 'Colonial Advocate' relating to Mr. Robinson's Emigrants, stating that 30 had left this in one night and gone to the United States, and that the rest were inclined to go also; this I conceive to be entirely false and without foundation. I am here living in the very midst of them, from 20 to 30...
Pagina 136 - I canna ca" this forest hame, It is nae hame to me; Ilk tree is suthern to my heart. And unco to my e'e. If I cou'd see the bonny broom On ilka sandy know'; Or the whins in a...
Pagina 11 - Peterborough, during which time perhaps 30 or 40 settlers and some with their families came in to see Mr. Robinson; and the manner in which they met him was quite affecting...
Pagina 5 - ... in eight days, so much depended upon the success of this experiment, that I felt great anxiety until the trial was made, and I cannot express the happiness I felt at finding that nothing could more fully have answered our purpose, and that this Boat sixty feet in length, carrying an immense burden, could be more easily worked up the Stream, than one of half the size, carrying comparatively nothing. Now that I had opened the way to the Depot at the head of the river, there was no other difficulty...
Pagina 79 - I thank you sincerely for the address which you have presented to me. " In the Queen's name I acknowledge the expressions of your loyalty to her crown and person ; and for myself I am grateful to you for this welcome to your neighborhood.