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Reform Demonstration
Daily Leader – Saturday 11th March 1854 Reform Demonstration in Halton On Thursday the 9th instant, Mr. White, the representative of Halton, was honored with a public dinner at the Village of Georgetown, Esquesing. Two hundred reformers of this county … Continue reading
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Wheat Growing Capabilities
he Daily Leader (Toronto), 5th November 1853 Wheat Growing Capabilities of Canada It may be of interest to persons in search of the most productive land to know which are the countries giving the largest returns of Wheat, Peas, and … Continue reading
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Halton Agricultural Show
Halton County Agricultural Show MILTON, OCTOBER 18 1853 (From a correspondent): To-day the annual Agricultural Show of the County of Halton took place here. The day was fine and the show good, particularly in sheep and …. There was a … Continue reading
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Barber Woollen Factory
Barber’s Woollen Factories & AMPC. GEORGETOWN, AUGUST 30 Daily Leader– Toronto, 1 September 1853 This place, which is to be a station of the Toronto and Sarnia railroad, has naturally caught the speculation infection, though it does not appear that … Continue reading
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Plank Road Ball
The Plank Road Ball – Streetsville Review 11th January 1851 This brilliant affair, which will ever form a notable epoch in the festival annals of “this Canada,” to use the Globe’s classical expression, came off at Norval on Friday week. Rough … Continue reading
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Guelph – Toronto Road / Railroad
Guelph and Toronto Road – Guelph Advertiser 31 January 1850 At a meeting, called by the inhabitants of Trafalgar, Toronto, Esquesing and Chinguacousy, held at Whaley’s Corners, this 18th day of January, 1840, for the purpose of continuing a Plank Road … Continue reading
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Upper Canada – Colonial Advocate
THE MODE OF DOING BUSINESS IN UPPER CANADA!! Colonial Advocate Queenston, August 26, 1824 To Mr Thomas Fiefe 7 Lote 9 Conesson Esquiesson Townshipe Calladon June the 14 — 1822 Sir as I have siverall times thought upon the want … Continue reading
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Tour of the West – British Whig
LETTERS BY VIATOR FOR THE BRITISH WHIG – 1847 LETTER NO. I I left your loyal City of Kingston, on board the Royal Mail Boat Sovereign, at 5 o’clock on a Summer’s evening, for the “Queen City” of the West. … Continue reading
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Day in Georgetown – Hamilton Spectator 1859
Hamilton Spectator May 14, 1859 – A Day In Georgetown (From a Correspondent) As Parliamentary news does not fill your columns, and it is likely your valuable sheet will not be as crowded as heretofore, I take the opportunity … Continue reading
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Kennedy Family of Georgetown
The Kennedy Family of Georgetown Annals of the Forty, No.5, Grimsby Historical Society, 1954. Kennedy John was born 8 May 1761 in Sussex County. He studied to be a schoolteacher and sometime before 1787 he married his first wife, Charity, … Continue reading
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