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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... families only were settled in Douro , those of Robert Reid , Esq . , and the Honble Thos . Alex . Stewart , afterwards a life member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada . Besides the little colony in Smith already referred to , a ...
... families only were settled in Douro , those of Robert Reid , Esq . , and the Honble Thos . Alex . Stewart , afterwards a life member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada . Besides the little colony in Smith already referred to , a ...
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... families who remained in Peterborough , ( or rather on " Scott's plains , " as it was still called ) during the winter , the entire number of immigrants were located on their lands during the Autumn of 1825. Each family was then ...
... families who remained in Peterborough , ( or rather on " Scott's plains , " as it was still called ) during the winter , the entire number of immigrants were located on their lands during the Autumn of 1825. Each family was then ...
Pagina 11
... families under his charge . That he was respected and beloved by those towards whom he had a difficult and trying duty to perform , is prominently shown not only by their public expressions at the time , but also by the grateful recol ...
... families under his charge . That he was respected and beloved by those towards whom he had a difficult and trying duty to perform , is prominently shown not only by their public expressions at the time , but also by the grateful recol ...
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... families , remained on " the plains " during the winters of 1825-6 , constructed such humble dwellings as they could , and several of them plied such trades or other avocations as their previous habits enabled them to do . One John ...
... families , remained on " the plains " during the winters of 1825-6 , constructed such humble dwellings as they could , and several of them plied such trades or other avocations as their previous habits enabled them to do . One John ...
Pagina 30
... families at a moment's notice , and under the most trying circumstances . At that season of the year preparations for the coming winter were far from completed . Few had yet provided their winter's wood , and many left their families ...
... families at a moment's notice , and under the most trying circumstances . At that season of the year preparations for the coming winter were far from completed . Few had yet provided their winter's wood , and many left their families ...
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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.