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Samuel Thompson. Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years: An Autobiography
Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years: An Autobiography
Table of Contents
PREFACE
REMINISCENCES
OF
A CANADIAN PIONEER
CHAPTER I
THE AUTHOR'S ANTECEDENTS AND FORBEARS
CHAPTER II
HISTORY OF A MAN OF GENIUS
CHAPTER III
SOME REMINISCENCES OF A LONDON APPRENTICE
CHAPTER IV
WESTWARD, HO!
CHAPTER V
CONNEMARA AND GALWAY FIFTY YEARS AGO
CHAPTER VI
MORE SEA EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER VII
UP THE ST. LAWRENCE
CHAPTER VIII
MUDDY LITTLE YORK
CHAPTER IX
A PIONEER TAVERN
CHAPTER X
A FIRST DAY IN THE BUSH
CHAPTER XI
A CHAPTER ON CHOPPING
CHAPTER XII
LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS
CHAPTER XIII
SOME GATHERINGS FROM NATURAL HISTORY
CHAPTER XIV
OUR REMOVAL TO NOTTAWASAGA
CHAPTER XV
SOCIETY IN THE BACKWOODS
CHAPTER XVI
MORE ABOUT NOTTAWASAGA AND ITS PEOPLE
CHAPTER XVII
A RUDE WINTER EXPERIENCE
THE TRAPPER
CHAPTER XVIII
THE FOREST WEALTH OF CANADA
CHAPTER XIX
A MELANCHOLY TALE
CHAPTER XX
FROM BARRIE TO NOTTAWASAGA
CHAPTER XXI
FAREWELL TO THE BACKWOODS
"COME TO THE WOODS."[8]
CHAPTER XXII
A JOURNEY TO TORONTO
CHAPTER XXIII
SOME GLIMPSES OF UPPER CANADIAN POLITICS
CHAPTER XXIV
TORONTO DURING THE REBELLION
CHAPTER XXV
THE VICTOR AND THE VANQUISHED
CHAPTER XXVI
RESULTS IN THE FUTURE
CHAPTER XXVII
A CONFIRMED TORY
CHAPTER XXVIII
NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
LORD SYDENHAM'S MISSION
CHAPTER XXXI
TORIES OF THE REBELLION TIMES
ALDERMAN GEORGE T. DENISON, SEN
ALDERMAN DIXON
THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH
CHAPTER XXXII
MORE TORIES OF REBELLION TIMES. EDWARD G. O'BRIEN
JOHN W. GAMBLE
CHAPTER XXXIII
A CHOICE OF A CHURCH
HYMN FOR EASTER
"CHRIST IS RISEN."[14]
THE SINNER'S COMPLAINT AND CONSOLATION
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE CLERGY RESERVES
CHAPTER XXXV
A POLITICAL SEED-TIME
CHAPTER XXXVI
"THE MAPLE LEAF."
EMMELINE
CHANGES OF AN HOUR
ON LAKE ERIE
A CANADIAN ECLOGUE
ZAYDA
THE TWO FOSCARI.[16]
CHAPTER XXXVII
ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY
ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY OF TORONTO. Officers for 1844
List of Members, March, 1844
THE ROSE OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXXVIII
A GREAT CONFLAGRATION
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE REBELLION LOSSES BILL
CHAPTER XL
THE BRITISH AMERICAN LEAGUE
CHAPTER XLI
RESULTS OF THE B. A. LEAGUE
CHAPTER XLII
TORONTO CIVIC AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XLIII
LORD ELGIN IN TORONTO
ADDRESS
REPLY
CHAPTER XLIV
TORONTO HARBOUR AND ESPLANADE
CHAPTER XLV
MAYOR BOWES—CITY DEBENTURES
CHAPTER XLVI
CARLTON OCEAN BEACH
CHAPTER XLVII
CANADIAN POLITICS FROM 1853 to 1860
CHAPTER XLVIII
BUSINESS TROUBLES
CHAPTER XLIX
BUSINESS EXPERIENCES IN QUEBEC
CHAPTER L
QUEBEC IN 1859-60
CHAPTER LI
DEPARTURE FROM QUEBEC
CHAPTER LII
JOHN A. MACDONALD AND GEORGE BROWN
CHAPTER LIII
JOHN SHERIDAN HOGAN
CHAPTER LIV
DOMESTIC NOTES
CHAPTER LV
THE BEAVER INSURANCE COMPANY
CHAPTER LVI
THE OTTAWA FIRES
CHAPTER LVII
SOME INSURANCE EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER LVIII
A HEAVY CALAMITY
CHAPTER LIX
THE HON. JOHN HILLYARD CAMERON
CHAPTER LX
TORONTO ATHENÆUM
CHAPTER LXI
THE BUFFALO FETE
CHAPTER LXII
THE BOSTON JUBILEE
CHAPTER LXIII
VESTIGES OF THE MOSAIC DELUGE
CHAPTER LXIV
THE FRANCHISE
CHAPTER LXV
FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER LXVI
THE FUTURE OF CANADA
CHAPTER LXVII
THE TORONTO MECHANICS' INSTITUTE
CHAPTER LXVIII
THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
CHAPTER LXIX
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