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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... bridge was built across the Otonabee chiefly by government aid , which was completed about the same time as the mill , and by the same contractor , Mr. Horace Perry , A plan of this bridge may still be seen in the Town Clerk's office ...
... bridge was built across the Otonabee chiefly by government aid , which was completed about the same time as the mill , and by the same contractor , Mr. Horace Perry , A plan of this bridge may still be seen in the Town Clerk's office ...
Pagina 27
... bridge , by a man of the name of McFadden . Very few people who were in Peterborough when I first settled in it are here now . They have nearly all gone to ' that bourne from whence no traveller returns . ' " The country parts were ...
... bridge , by a man of the name of McFadden . Very few people who were in Peterborough when I first settled in it are here now . They have nearly all gone to ' that bourne from whence no traveller returns . ' " The country parts were ...
Pagina 40
... bridge . It was late in the afternoon , and my companion , the late Mr. Thomas Harper , pointed out as we drove along , the chief points of interests , and the names of the principal places . " " In passing through the town , the chief ...
... bridge . It was late in the afternoon , and my companion , the late Mr. Thomas Harper , pointed out as we drove along , the chief points of interests , and the names of the principal places . " " In passing through the town , the chief ...
Pagina 48
... bridge , and there arranged * This hotel was situated contiguous to Day's Brewery , and was then a leading public house , and a place of fashionable resort . Both it and the brewery were burned to the ground , during the summer of 1866 ...
... bridge , and there arranged * This hotel was situated contiguous to Day's Brewery , and was then a leading public house , and a place of fashionable resort . Both it and the brewery were burned to the ground , during the summer of 1866 ...
Pagina 53
... bridges , arranging and re - modelling the boundaries of school sections , and the numerous other matters common to the business of all councils . During the year 1844 , John Darcus , Esq . , a Justice of the Peace , who till then had ...
... bridges , arranging and re - modelling the boundaries of school sections , and the numerous other matters common to the business of all councils . During the year 1844 , John Darcus , Esq . , a Justice of the Peace , who till then had ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
acres appointed Ashburnham Asphodel Bobcaygeon brick Building Committee built Captain Chemong church Cobourg Colborne District commenced corner County Council County of Peterborough Court House Daniel Darcus debentures Douro Dummer duties Edward election Ennismore erected Esquires excellent flour Francis Crow gentlemen George street Gilchrist Government grist mill Hall Hunter street immigrants James James Foley John Lakefield located manufacture McDonell Messrs Methodist miles militia Minden Monaghan municipal names Newcastle District Norwood Otonabee river passed Peter Pearce Peterboro population Port Hope portion Post Office present progress purchased purposes Reeve Reid residence Rice Lake Richard Birdsall road Robert Robinson Rubidge saw mill school house season shanty 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 Water street William William Cluxton
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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 to sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen.
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 191 - The spot chosen by them was one of great natural beauty ; but it possessed no other advantages, except an abundance of game, which was no small inducement to them. They spent several thousand pounds in building fancy loghouses and making large clearings which they had neither the ability nor industry to cultivate. But, even if they had possessed sufficient perseverance, their great distance from a market, bad roads, want of knowledge in cropping after they had cleared the land, lack of bridges, and...
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 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 79 - GENTLEMEN :—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.