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Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for The Last Fifty Years. An Autobiography

Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for The Last Fifty Years. An Autobiography

by Samuel Thompson

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Author
Thompson, Samuel, 1810-1886
Title
Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years: An Autobiography
Credits
Produced by K Nordquist, Ross Cooling and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at www.pgdpcanada.net ( This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
F1001: North America local history: Canada
Subject
Toronto (Ont.) -- Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
35586
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35586
Release Date
March 16, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.REMINISCENCES — OF A — Canadian Pioneer.
  3. 3.THE LAST FIFTY YEARS. — AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — BY
  4. 4.SAMUEL THOMPSON, — Formerly Editor of the "Toronto Daily Colonist," the "Parliamentary Hansard," &c., &c. — Toronto:
  5. 5.HUNTER, ROSE & COMPANY. — MDCCCLXXXIV.
  6. 6.PREFACE.
  7. 7.CONTENTS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER I. — THE AUTHOR'S ANTECEDENTS AND FORBEARS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER II. — HISTORY OF A MAN OF GENIUS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER III. — SOME REMINISCENCES OF A LONDON APPRENTICE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — WESTWARD, HO!
  12. 12.CHAPTER V. — CONNEMARA AND GALWAY FIFTY YEARS AGO.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — MORE SEA EXPERIENCES.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — UP THE ST. LAWRENCE.
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — MUDDY LITTLE YORK.
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — A PIONEER TAVERN.
  17. 17.CHAPTER X. — A FIRST DAY IN THE BUSH.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — A CHAPTER ON CHOPPING.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — SOME GATHERINGS FROM NATURAL HISTORY.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — OUR REMOVAL TO NOTTAWASAGA.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — SOCIETY IN THE BACKWOODS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. — MORE ABOUT NOTTAWASAGA AND ITS PEOPLE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. — A RUDE WINTER EXPERIENCE. — THE TRAPPER.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE FOREST WEALTH OF CANADA.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. — A MELANCHOLY TALE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX. — FROM BARRIE TO NOTTAWASAGA.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. — FAREWELL TO THE BACKWOODS. — "COME TO THE WOODS." [8]
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXII. — A JOURNEY TO TORONTO.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII. — SOME GLIMPSES OF UPPER CANADIAN POLITICS.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV. — TORONTO DURING THE REBELLION.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXV. — THE VICTOR AND THE VANQUISHED.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI. — RESULTS IN THE FUTURE.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII. — A CONFIRMED TORY.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII. — NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCES.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXX. — LORD SYDENHAM'S MISSION.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXI. — TORIES OF THE REBELLION TIMES. — ALDERMAN GEORGE T. DENISON, SEN. — ALDERMAN DIXON. — THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXII. — MORE TORIES OF REBELLION TIMES. — EDWARD G. O'BRIEN. — JOHN W. GAMBLE.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIII. — A CHOICE OF A CHURCH.
  41. 41.HYMN FOR EASTER. — "CHRIST IS RISEN." [14]
  42. 42.THE SINNER'S COMPLAINT AND CONSOLATION.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE CLERGY RESERVES.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXV. — A POLITICAL SEED-TIME.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVI. — "THE MAPLE LEAF." — EMMELINE.
  46. 46.CHANGES OF AN HOUR — ON LAKE ERIE. — A CANADIAN ECLOGUE. — ZAYDA.
  47. 47.THE TWO FOSCARI. [16]
  48. 48.CHAPTER XXXVII. — ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY. — ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY OF TORONTO. — Officers for 1844. — List of Members, March, 1844. — THE ROSE OF ENGLAND.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — A GREAT CONFLAGRATION.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE REBELLION LOSSES BILL.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XL. — THE BRITISH AMERICAN LEAGUE.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLI. — RESULTS OF THE B. A. LEAGUE.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLII. — TORONTO CIVIC AFFAIRS.
  54. 54.CHAPTER XLIII. — LORD ELGIN IN TORONTO. — ADDRESS. — REPLY.
  55. 55.CHAPTER XLIV. — TORONTO HARBOUR AND ESPLANADE.
  56. 56.CHAPTER XLV. — MAYOR BOWES—CITY DEBENTURES.
  57. 57.CHAPTER XLVI. — CARLTON OCEAN BEACH.
  58. 58.CHAPTER XLVII. — CANADIAN POLITICS FROM 1853 to 1860.
  59. 59.CHAPTER XLVIII. — BUSINESS TROUBLES.
  60. 60.CHAPTER XLIX. — BUSINESS EXPERIENCES IN QUEBEC.
  61. 61.CHAPTER L. — QUEBEC IN 1859-60.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LI. — DEPARTURE FROM QUEBEC.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LII. — JOHN A. MACDONALD AND GEORGE BROWN.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LIII. — JOHN SHERIDAN HOGAN.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LIV. — DOMESTIC NOTES.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LV. — THE BEAVER INSURANCE COMPANY.
  67. 67.CHAPTER LVI. — THE OTTAWA FIRES.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LVII. — SOME INSURANCE EXPERIENCES.
  69. 69.CHAPTER LVIII. — A HEAVY CALAMITY.
  70. 70.CHAPTER LIX. — THE HON. JOHN HILLYARD CAMERON.
  71. 71.CHAPTER LX. — TORONTO ATHENÆUM.
  72. 72.CHAPTER LXI. — THE BUFFALO FETE.
  73. 73.CHAPTER LXII. — THE BOSTON JUBILEE.
  74. 74.CHAPTER LXIII. — VESTIGES OF THE MOSAIC DELUGE.
  75. 75.CHAPTER LXIV. — THE FRANCHISE.
  76. 76.CHAPTER LXV. — FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.
  77. 77.CHAPTER LXVI. — THE FUTURE OF CANADA.
  78. 78.CHAPTER LXVII. — THE TORONTO MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.
  79. 79.CHAPTER LXVIII. — THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
  80. 80.CHAPTER LXIX. — Postscript. — FOOTNOTES:

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