Glimpses of the Past

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Author

Raymond, W. O. (William Odber), 1853-1923

Title

Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784

Credits

Produced by Robin Monks, Dan Horwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

F1001: North America local history: Canada

Subject

Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

31368

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31368

Release Date

February 23, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GLIMPSES OF THE PAST. — HISTORY OF THE RIVER ST. JOHN A. D. 1604–1784.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.ERRATA. — GLIMPSES OF THE PAST. — INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ST. JOHN RIVER.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — The Maliseets.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — The Coming of the White Man .
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — The Rival Feudal Chiefs .
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — French Commanders of Acadia.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — King William’s War .
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — Nachouac and Menagoueche .
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — The Brothers D’Amours.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — The Old Medoctec Fort .
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — Incidents in King Georges War .
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — Rival Claims to the St. John River .
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — The French anxious to hold possession of the River St. John .
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — The Acadians become the Football of Fortune.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — The English take possession of the River St. John.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — Aukpaque, the Village at the Head of the Tide.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — The First English Settlers .
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — Progress of the Maugerville Settlement.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — At Portland Point .
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — St. John and its Business One Hundred and Forty Years Ago.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — The Old County of Sunbury and its Townships .
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — The St. John’s River Society . — APPENDIX.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — The Firm of Hazen, Jarvis, Simonds & White .
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — Some Early Religious Teachers on the River St. John .
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — On the Eve of the American Revolution.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — Affairs on the St. John During the Revolution.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. — The Great Indian Pow-wow at Fort Howe, and its Consequences .
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. — White Chiefs and Indian Chiefs .
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. — Masts for the Royal Navy.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. — Pioneers on the St. John River in Pre-loyalist Days . — BECKWITH. — QUINTON. — JONES. — BURPEE. — PALMER. — NEVERS. — PERLEY. — PEABODY. — BARKER. — ATHERTON. — GARRISON. — COY. — ESTEY. — ESTABROOKS. — DARLING. — GAGE. — KEMBLE. — STERLING. — GLASIER.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. — At the Close of the Revolution—Affairs Civil and Religious.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. — The Coming of the Loyalists.
36. 36.INDEX. — Footnotes

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