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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Ontario
Historical Society
TORONTO
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY
1904
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OFFICERS, 1903-19O4*
Honorary President.
HON. RICHARD HARCOURT, M.A., LL.D., K.C. ... Toronto.
President,
C. C. JAMES, M.A. - - Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Toronto.
1st Vice-President
GEORGE R. PATTULLO Woodstock.
2nd Vice-Ppesident
TALBOT MACBETH, K.C. London.
Ex-OiHcio Vice-Ppesidents
Presidents of all Affiliated Societies.
Secretary.
DAVID BOYLE - - - - Education Department, Toronto.
Treasurer.
FRANK YEIGH Toronto.
Councillors.
MRS. E. J. THOMPSON - - - - - - - Toronto.
LIEUT-COL. E. B. EDWARDS - Peterboro'.
ALFRED WILLSON Toronto.
H. B. DONLY Simcoe.
H. H. ROBERTSON Hamilton.
JAS. H. COYNE (ex-officio) St. Thomas.
Monuments Committee.
MRS. E. J. THOMPSON, Miss JANET CARNOCHAN, ALFRED WILLSON, AND
LIEUT-COL. H. C. ROGERS.
Flag- and Commemoration Committee
MRS. C. FESSENDEN, Miss M. A. FrrzGiBBON, BARLOW CUMBERLAND,
AND SPENCER HOWELL.
Finance Committee.
PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER.
Publications Committee.
C. C. JAMES, President, GEO. R. PATTULLO, and DAVID BOYLE, Secretary.
Editorial Committee.
PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER.
MEMBERS.
Ex-Offlclo.
His Excellency the Right Honorable the Earl of Minto, Governor-
General of Canada, Ottawa.
The Right Honorable the Earl of Aberdeen, Haddo House, Scotland.
His Honor the Honorable Wm. Mortimer Clark, K.C., Lieutenant-
Governor of Ontario, Toronto.
Hon. Clifford Sifton, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa.
Hon. Richard Harcourt, M.A., LL.D., K.C., Minister of Education,
Toronto.
Hon. G. W. Ross, LL.D., Premier of Ontario, Toronto.
Mr. Doughty, Dominion Archivist, Ottawa.
Rev. G. M. Wrong, M.A., Professor of History, University of Toronto.
James Mavor, Professor of Political Economy and Constitutional
History, University of Toronto.
Rev. G. D. Ferguson, Professor of History, Queen's University, Kingston.
E. M. Sait, M.A., Professor of History, Trinity University, Toronto.
A. R. Bain, M.A., LL.D., Professor of History, Victoria University,
Toronto.
W. Dale, M.A., Special Lecturer in History, McMaster University,
Toronto.
Rev. W. J. Kirwin, Professor of History, University of Ottawa, Ottawa.
W. F. Tamblyn, M.A., Ph.D., Professor of History, Western University,
London.
Rev. R. Burke, C.S.B., Professor of History, St. Michael's College,
Toronto.
Rev. J. Sharpe, C.S.B., Professor of History, Assumption College,
Sandwich.
David Boyle, Superintendent Provincial Museum, Toronto.
Honorary Members.
Rev. Canon Bull, M.A. - Hamilton.
J. G. Hodgins, LL.D., Historiographer of Ontario - - Toronto.
Wm. Canniff, M.D. - Port Carling, Ont.
Benjamin Suite, F.R.S.C. Ottawa.
James Bain, jr., D.C.L. .....-- Toronto.
Lieut-Col. Ernest Cruickshank ^ . - - Niagara Falls, Ont.
Rev. Wm. H. Withrow, LL.D. Toronto.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
(Deceased Hon. Members.)
Rev. Henry Scadding, D.D. -
Mrs. S. A. Curzon ------
Wm. Kingsford, M.A., LL.D. - - - -
Corresponding- Members.
General J. S. Clark
Frank H. Severance
Gabriel Gravier
Eeuben Gold Thwaites - - >"'
Rev. George Bryce, LL.D. -
Hon. J. H. Steere -
Rev. A. E. Jones, S.J.
Elected
Allison, George
Ardagh, Judge John A.
Armstrong, Miss I. A. Templeton
Bain, jun., D.C.L., James - - -
Ballard, M.A., W. H.
Barber, Dr.
Barr, C. D. - -
Baxter, Richard D. - - -
Beam, J. G.
Bell, B.A., Andrew -
Bell, M.A., F.G.S., Robert -
Benson, Judge, T. M. -
Biggar, M.A., LL.B., KG., C. R. W. -
Biggar, E. B.
Biggar, C.E., D.L.S., Charles Albert
Blackburn, H. S.
Black, J. C. - - - - -
Blackwell, R. J.
Bowerman, Dr. Albert C. -
Boyd, Hon. Chancellor Sir J. A.
Boyle, David
Briggs, D.D., Rev. William
Britnell, Edward - - - -
Britnell, Albert
Brown, Dr. Sanger - - -
Brown, Dr. W. M. -
Brough, B.A., Thomas A. •
Bruce, Alexander D.
Toronto,
Toronto.
Ottawa.
Auburn, N.Y, U.S.A.
- Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
Rouen, France.
- - Madison, Wis., U.S.A.
- Winnipeg, Man.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., U.S.A.
•- Montreal.
Prin.
- Waterdown, Ont.
Barrie, Ont.
Port Rowan, Ont.
Toronto
Hamilton
Rockwood Hospital, Kingston
Lindsay, Ont.
- Bridgeburg, Ont.
- Elora, Ont.
Almonte, Ont.
Ottawa.
- Port Hope, Ont.
18 Toronto St., Toronto.
471 Marion St., Toronto, Ont.
143 Gloucester St., Ottawa.
124 Carling St., London,
- 104 Madison Ave., Toronto.
London.
Brentwood, California, U.S.A.
119 Bloor St. E., Toronto.
- Education Dept., Toronto.
•- Toronto.
- Davenport Road, Toronto.
248 Yonge St., Toronto.
- 100 State St., Chicago, 111.
- Neustadt, Ont.
Kamloops College, Kamloops, B.C.
Gormley, Ont.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 7
Bryce, M.D., P. H. - - - ... - - Ottawa, Ont.
Burnham, Hampden - - Peterboro', Ont.
Burwash, LL.D., Rev. N. - Chancellor Victoria University, Toronto.
Burton, C. M., Library - - 27 Brainard St., Detroit, Mich., U.S.A.
Caldwell, Mrs. Edna Belleville, Ont.
Canniff, Dr. William .... Port Carling, Ont.
Cameron, E. R., Registrar Supreme Court - - - - Ottawa.
Campbell, A. W. .... Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
Campbell, M.D., Cl. T. - - 327 Queen's Ave., London.
Carey, Mrs. C. Bruce 262 Major St., Toronto.
Carmichael, D. J., Treasurer - - - Penetanguishene, Ont.
Carnochan, Miss Janet -__-__ Niagara, Ont,
Carstairs, B.A., John Stewart - - - 345 Crawford St., Toronto.
Carter, B.A., Eslie Lucan, Ont.
Casselman, A. C. 36 St. James Ave., Toronto.
Catholic Young Ladies' Literary Association, L. Aymong
88 Gould St., Toronto.
Caswell, E. S. - - - - - - 245 Markham St., Toronto.
Chadwick, E. M. - Cor. Church and Wellington Sts., Toronto.
Chipman, Willis - 103 Bay St., Toronto.
Clergue, F. H. - Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Coleman, Richard H. Canada Company, Toronto.
Collins, Joshua D. ------- Peterboro', Ont.
Conant, Thomas ....... Oshawa, Ont.
Congdon, John Watts 53 St. Nicholas St., Toronto.
Cooper, John A. - - - Editor Canadian Magazine, Toronto.
Cassels, Allan - - 15 Toronto St., Toronto.
Gorman, W. E. Stoney Creek, Ont.
Coventry, Miss Cora - - - 160 Hannah St. W., Hamilton.
Coyne, Mrs. Anna M. St. Thomas, Ont.
Coyne, B.A., James H. St. Thomas, Ont.
Cruickshank, Colonel Ernest Fort Erie, Ont.
Cumberland, F. B. - - Port Hope.
Cunningham, Hon. J. 0. - - - - - Urbana, 111., U.S.A.
Daly, Oscar W. Kingston, Ont.
Darling, C. H. 194 Borden St., Toronto.
Dearness, John - - Science Master, Normal School, London.
Delamere, Lieut.-Col. J. M. - - Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
Dewart, M.A., Herbert H. Toronto.
Dickson, M.A., George - - - St. Margaret's College, Toronto.
Donly, H. B. - - - Simcoe, Ont.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Donnelly, Thomas R.
Drummond, Chas. H.
Dmnlop, Dr. James
Durand, Charles
Eakins, Geo. W.
Edwards, Esq., J. Plimsoll
Edwards, C. B.
Edwards, Col. E. Burritt -
Ellis, John F.
Ermatinger, Judge C. O. Z.
Ermatinger, Mrs.
Education Department Library -
Fearman, F. W.
Fleming, J. H. -
Fleck, A. W.
Fletcher, Dr. J. -
Fraser Alexander
Gagnon, Phileas
Geary, R. W.
Gillies, M.P.P., David
Goodfellow, D. K.
Goodfellow, H. G. -
Green, William J.
Griffin, Justus A. - - -
Guest, Emily J. -
Hall, Ed. H. D. -
Hamilton, M.D., Alexander
Hicks, E. F., -
Hamilton, LL.B., James C.
Harris, D.D., Very Rev. Dean -
Harrison, Mrs. S. Frances -
Hart, M.D., John S. - - jjfc
Hart, Moses 0. -
Hart, Thomas Preston
Hathaway, E. J.
Haylock, Mrs. George
Haywood, James
Herriman, Dr. W. C. -
Herriman, Dr. Weston Leroy
Heyden, Lawrence -
Holden, Mrs. J. R. -
Pheasant Forks, Assa.
Waterdown, Ont.
Edenderry House, Ballylesson, Belfast, Ireland.
- - - - 237 Huron St., Toronto.
- Library, Osgoode Hall, Queen St., Toronto.
Londonderry, N.S.
- 460 Piccadilly St. London, Ont.
- Peterboro', Ont.
- 43 Bay St., Toronto.
St. Thomas, Ont.
St. Thomas, Ont.
Toronto.
- - - - - Hamilton.
267 Rusholme Road, Toronto.
Ottawa.
Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
53 Woodlawn Ave., Toronto.
67 Bridge St., Quebec, Que.
- Niagara Falls South, -Ont.
Braeside, Carleton Place, Ont.
Beauharnois, Que.
Springfield Ave., Westmount, Que.
Y.M.C.A., Toronto.
256 King St. W., Hamilton.
- Park Hill, Ont.
- Peterboro', Ont.
57 Harbord Street, Toronto.
131 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto.
Mackinnon Building, Toronto.
St. Catharines, Ont.
- 13 Dunbar Road, Toronto.
1480 Queen Street West, Parkdale.
Cowansville, Que.
- Woodstock, Ont.
Toronto.
- Box 117, Picton, Ont.
;..-:. 30 Wellington St. E., Toronto.
Asylum for Insane, Kingston.
Lindsay, Ont.
- East MacPherson Ave., Toronto.
- 164 Markland St. W., Hamilton.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Holden, Mrs. Horatio
Hopkins, J. Castell -
Horning, Dr. L. E.
Houston, Very Rev. Archdeacon
Houston, M.A., William -
Howard, A. McL.
Howell, George A. -
Howell, Spencer H.
Hunter, M.A., J. Howard -
Hutchins, S. V.
Hughes, Col. Samuel -
Huycke, E. C. S. - -
Irving, Miss Annie E.
Irving, Andrew
James, M.A., Charles C.
James, David -
James. Edgar A.
Jennings, W. T.
Kennedy, Dr. George -
Ker, Rev. Robert
Kenning, James H.
Ketchum, Judge J.
Kirkwood, Alexander
Klotz, Otto J. -
Lang, M.A., A. E.
Laidlaw, Geo. E.
Lavelle, M.A., Cecil F.
Law Society of Upper Canada -
Lees, William A. D. -
Lear, Walter E.
Leigh, Rev. Francis -
Lemoine, J. de St. D.
Leonard, F. E. -
Lewis, W. F. - - - " -
- Port Dover, Ont.
Manning Chambers, Toronto.
Toronto.
Niagara Falls, Ont.
- Globe Office, Toronto.
192 Carl ton St., Toronto.
Grip Engraving Co., Toronto.
- Box 602, Gait, Ont.
Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
294 Sherbourne St., Toronto.
Lindsay, Ont.
Cobourg, Ont.
- Pembroke, Ont.
Gouverneur, N.Y.
Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
-: - - - ' - Thornhill, Ont.
- Thornhill, Ont
Molson's Bank, Toronto,
- Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
St. Catharines, Ont.
- Inspector of Inland Revenue, Windsor, Ont.
Cobourg, Ont.
Toronto
Ottawa.
- 104 Spadina Road, Toronto.
The Fort, Victoria Road, Toronto.
Ill South Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Osgoode Hall, Toronto.
78 Rideau St., Ottawa.
Brighton, Ont.
Burford, Ont.
- 505 Wilbrod St., Ottawa.
London.
32 Isabella St., Toronto.
Library, Legislature of Ontario ------ Toronto.
Library, Public --------- Toronto.
Ling, Ph.D.,George Herbert, Columbia University, New York,N.Y.,U.S.A.
Mabee, George E. Tillsonburg, Ont.
Machar, Miss A. M. - - - - 19 Sydeuham St., Kingston.
Macbeth, K.C., Thos. Talbot - - London.
McCaig, Donald - - Public School Inspector, Collingwood, Ont.
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McCausland, M. B. -
McCallum, Dr. G. A. -
McCollom, W. A.
McCullough, C. R. - -
Macfarlane, W. J.
Mackenzie, J. B.
Mackintosh, Wm.
McGillivray, M. W. -
Mclntosh, Angus - . -.
McKenzie, Rev. Canon
McLaughlin, Rev. J. F.
McLean, W. A. - - ,' r
McLennan, William -
McManus, B A., Miss Emily
Martin, W. J. - - -
Matheson, William
Merrill, Miss Muru 1 - -
Malloch, Dr. Arch. -
Mickle, Miss Sara
Morang, G. N. -
Morgan, Henry J. - -
Morrison, Rev. John -
Murch, W. H. - - -
Murphy, Joseph J. -
Nattress, Rev. Thomas
Needier, Dr. H. G. -
Newberry Library
Oakes, Charles D.
Orr, J. E. -
Osborne, A. C. -
Osgoode, Howard L. - 804-6
Parker, Thos. Harrison
Parkinson, M.-
Patrick, G. S. -
Pattullo, G. R. -
Peterson, Dr. C. A. - |l
Pettit, Morley -
Pope, Mrs. W. W. -
Porter, Hon. Peter A.
Preston, M.P.P., T. H.
Price, David H. -
. 45 Wellington PI., Toronto.
- Asylum for Insane, London.
- Tillsonburg, Ont.
- 18 Rebecca St., Hamilton.
Saturday Night Building, Toronto.
Palmer House, Toronto.
Public School Inspector, Madoc, Ont-
^- - - 16 Sussex Ave., Toronto
Model School, Toronto.
Milton, Ont.
Victoria University, Toronto.
Parliament Buildings, Toronto,
- . - . - - ' - - Montreal.
- Chesley, Ont
- Penetanguishene, Ont,
- Lucan, Ont.
- Picton, Ont.
28 Duke St., Hamilton.
Norwood Lea, E. Toronto.
Wellington St. West, Toronto.
- 483 Bank St., Ottawa.
Springfield, Ont.
- St. Thomas, Ont.
- - - 49 Hazelton Ave., Toronto.
Amherstburg, Ont.
University College, Toronto,
- Chicago, U.S.A.
New Sarum, Ont.
Fruitland, Ont.
- Penetanguishene, Ont.
Wilder Building, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.
- Woodstock, Ont,
- 36 Delaware Ave., Toronto.
Lindsay, Ont.
Woodstock, Ont.
- P. 0. Box 980, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A,
----- Belmont, Ont.
Belleville, Ont,
- Niagara Falls, N.Y., U.S.A.
Brantford, Ont,
Aylmer, Ont.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 11
Robb, Judge - - - Simcoe, Ont.
Robertson, John Ross 291 Sherbourne St., Toronto.
Robertson, M.A., W. J. St. Catharines, Ont.
Robertson, H. H. - - - Spectator Building, Hamilton, Ont.
Rogers, Colonel H. C. - Peterboro', Ont.
Rogers, R. V. (Barrister) - 148 Barrie St., Kingston
Rolph, Miss Georgianna C. T.,
4 Endsleigh St., Tavistock Square, London, England.
Rowell, Newton Wright (Barrister) - - Lawlor Building, Toronto-
Ryerson, Dr. G. S. 66 College St., Toronto.
Sandham, Alfred ------ 63 Elm St., Toronto
Scott, B.A., William - Principal Normal School, Toronto.
Seaman, Holly S. - Brockville, Ont.
Secord, Miss M. A. - - P. 0. Box 209, St. Catharines, Ont.
Shortt, M.A., Adam - Queen's University, Kingston.
Silver, Dilworth M. - - 64 White Building, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
Smith, Joseph H. - Public School Inspector, Hannah St., Hamilton.
Smith, Miss Margaret ------ Napanee, Ont.
Southworth, Thomas - Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
Spankie, M.D., W. S. - Public School Inspector, Kingston.
Steere, Judge J. H. - - - - Sault Ste Marie, Mich., U.S.A.
Stevens, B.A., William Henry, ----- Lindsay, Ont.
Squair, Professor John University of Toronto.
Sydere, Arthur H. Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
Tasker, M.A., L. H. - Dewitt Clinton High School, New York, U.S.A.
Teefy, M. - Richmond Hill, Ont.
Terrill, Mrs. E. P. O. Box 875, Belleville, Ont.
Thompson, A. B. (Barrister) - Penetanguishene, Ont.
Thompson, Mrs. J. H. - 196 John St., Toronto.
Thompson Miss Isabel 196 John St., Toronto.
Thompson, J. H. - - Thorold, Ont.
Tiffany, E. H. (Barrister, etc.) Alexandria, Ont.
Tillinghast, C. B. - - - State Librarian, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
Toogood, Fred T. 159 Huron St., Toronto.
Tyrrell, M.A., J. B. Dawson City, Yukon.
Van Deuson, Albert H. - 2207 M. St. N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Vogt, Augustus S. 331 Bloor W., Toronto.
Walker, B. E. 99 St. George St., Toronto.
Warner, C. M. - - - 91 Elmgrove Ave., Providence, R.I., U.S.A.
Waterbury, W. B. - St. Thomas, Ont.
Waugh, F. W. 37 Gould St., Toronto.
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Wells, K.C., G. W. Welland, Ont.
Weldon, Isaac Ernest _-_-,_ Lindsay, Ont.
Westervelt, A. P. - - - - Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
Westervelt, S. B. - Mount Forest, Ont.
Williams, John P. 0. Box 796, Winnipeg, Man.
Williams, M.A, D. - Collingwood, Ont.
Willson, Alfred - 626 Church St., Toronto.
Wintemberg, W. J. Washington, Ont.
Woods, Judge R. S. Chatham, Ont.
Wright, B.A., A. W. - - Mount Forest, Ont.
Yeigh, Frank Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
Young, Hon. James - - - - - " Thornhill," Gait, Ont.
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NIAGARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
(NlAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE.)
Ducit Amor Patrice.
Patron Wm. Kirby, F.R.S.C.
President Miss Carnochan.
Vice-President H. Paffard.
Secretary - - - Alfred Ball.
Assistant Secretary - R. A. Barren, B.A.
Treasurer ------ Mrs. S. E. Manning.
Curator and Editor - Miss Carnochan.
Committee.
Rev. J. C. Garrett, Rev. N. Smith, Mrs. T. F. Best, and W. J.
McClelland.
Hon. Vice- Presidents.
Mrs. Roe, Mrs. H. Clement, C. F. Ball.
ALFRED BALL, Secretary.
JANET CARNOCHAN, President.
In presenting the report of the Niagara Historical Society, we have to record a
year of steady progress. Each year seems to be marked by some special feature of
growth. While our last report chronicled the placing of seven markers for historic
spots, this year has been marked by the greater number of papers read at our meet-
ings, and the publication of two historical pamphlets, instead of the one usually
published. Nos. 9 and 10 have been issued since our last report, and when it is
remembered that we are in the eighth year of our existence, it may be said that the
issue of ten publications is no mean record.
Seven meetings were held from October to May, at which the following papers
were read : (1) "A Wife's Devotion, or a Niagara Heroine of 1837," by the Presi-
dent ; (2) "Value of an Historical Room," by Rev. J. C. Garrett ; (3) "The Vicissi-
tudes of the Niagara Public Library for Fifty Years," by the President ; (4) "Two
Days in Quebec in 1838, and a Day at the Falls on the Occasion of the King's Visit
in I860,' by Wm. Kirby, F.R.S.C. (all original papers), and (5) A reading was given
by Miss Manning from the Archives, the Trip of Mr. Hannington in helping to lay
out a section of the C.P.R. railway.
The number of members has slightly increased, being now over fifty, more than
half of whom are non-resident.
We hare published during the year No. 9, by Col. E. Cruikshank, "Campaigns
of 1812-14," containing part of the diary of Capt. W. H. Merritt, Col. Wm. Clans,
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Col. Elliot, and Capt. Norton; and No. 10, by the President, " Inscriptions and
Graves in the Niagara Peninsula."
During the summer an important event occurred. By permission of the Minister
of Education a visit of inspection was paid to our historical room by Mr. David
Boyle, Supt. of the Provincial Museum, who gave many valuable hints and much help
in classification. His report speaks of the great value of our collection, and the
impossibility, were it destroyed, of duplicating many of the articles, emphasizing
strongly the necessity of a good building, fireproof and easily accessible, for a collec-
tion which is now of provincial value. If the Ontario Historical Society, or any
individual, can help us to obtain this desirable building we shall be duly grateful.
On the 17th of September a number of us visited the graveyards of the town, as
well as Butler's, for the purpose of decorating the graves, as has been our yearly
custom since our organization.
An historical item has appeared at intervals in our local paper always acknow-
ledging additions to our collection. The room is open weekly, and during the time
of summer visitors, sometimes daily. Several interesting photographs of groups of
articles in our room were taken by Mr. Walker, accompanied by his friend Mr. Sherk,
of Toronto.
Many letters are received asking for information which has often been given
from our papers, documents, etc.
While last year seven markers were placed, a tablet this year was placed on the
Court House built for the united Counties of Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand in
1847. Many articles have been added to our room, so that it is now so crowded that
any proper arrangement is impossible.
We have distributed about six hundred of our publications during the year. We
exchange with twenty Societies, etc., although we must say that very few of them
are in Ontario. A map has been copied from the Archives of Ottawa, showing the
military reserves here of 1818 and 1835, and a book with twenty-six maps of military
reserves from Fort Erie to Niagara has been presented. General Brock's cocked hat
has again been placed in our charge, and though our collection mostly relates to
Niagara, contributions have been received from places as distant as Great Britain,
Savannah, Manitoba, British Columbia and South Africa. While we should like
to be able to record the accomplishment of much more, we still feel that the seven
years of our existence have not been lived in vain.
In closing we would ask the attention of the Ontario Historical Society to the
condition of part of the military reserves in Niagara. While Queenston Heights,
Brock's Monument, and Fort Erie have been placed in the hands of the Niagara Falls
Park Commissioners for beautifying and preservation, we feel that something of the
same plan is necessary with regard to Fort George, Navy Hall and Fort Mississagua,
where soldiers of the King lie buried, where the first Parliament was held, and the
slave made free — all lie neglected and falling to decay. Other buildings have been
burned down, notably the Military Hospital and Commandant's house, Navy Hall
Inn destroyed, powder magazine in ruins, log buildings of Fort Mississagua removed,
Navy Hall falling to pieces. It is earnestly hoped that all will unite to preserve
what we have left of historic interest in ground drenched with the blood of the heroes
of the past, who so nobly stood for King and country.
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THE ELGIN HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE,
ST. THOMAS, ONT.
Officers.
President C. 0. Ermatinger, Esq.
Vice-President - - - S. Silcox, D. Psed.
Secretary-Treasurer W. H. Murch, Esq.
Assistant Secretary - - . - Charlotte S. Wegg.
Curator ------ Mrs. St. Thomas Smith.
Editor - .... Frank Hunt, Esq.
Council.
Mrs. Gustin, Mrs. Cormack, Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Wilson,
Mr. Oakes, Mr. Coyne, Mr. McKay, Mr. Stewart.
This being the centennial year of the Talbot Settlement, the members have been
chiefly engaged in preparing for the celebration, which has just been held in St.
Thomas, May 21st to 25th inclusive.
The chief event of the 21st of May, the day Colonel Talbot, the founder of the
settlement, landed at Port Talbot was a banquet held at the Grand Central Hotel,
under the auspices of the Institute to which all members of the Dominion and Pro-
vincial Parliaments, who represent any part of the original settlement, wardens of
counties and Mayors of cities and towns within the same area were invited, as well as
the Councils of the County of Elgin and City of St. Thomas, and other guests. It was
voted by all present one of the most enjoyable social functions ever given in the city.
Subsequent days were devoted to the opening of the new Collegiate Institute, and
the armoury, pioneer and military processions, old boys' gathering, band concerts,
illuminations, etc., and the erection of a cairn, composed of stones representing
each of the twenty-eight townships embraced in the original settlement, which was
placed in position by the Reeves and engraved with the names of the townships. This
cairn is intended to form a permanent historical feature in the recently acquired
Municipal Park of this city. On the intervening Sunday, sermons appropriate to the
occasion were preached in' all the churches. About 1,000 militia from Toronto,
Chatham and St. Thomas took part in the celebration.
The Women's Branch has been active as ever, and planned a celebration in con-
nection with the Centennial Demonstration. They will present their own report.
W. H. MURCH, Secretary.
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WOMEN'S AUXILIARY OF THE ELGIN AND SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTE, ST. THOMAS.
Officers.
President Mrs. J. H. Wilson.
1st Vice-President - Mrs. J. H. Coyne.
2nd Vice-President ... Mrs. C. O. Ermatinger.
3rd Vice-President - - - Mrs. D. O'Shea.
Treasurer ----- Mrs. E. H. Caughell.
Assistant Treasurer - Miss F. McLachlin.
Secretary ----- Mrs. S. Silcox.
Corresponding Secretary - - Mrs. E. W. Gustin.
Reporting Secretary -..-'- Miss L. Wegg.
Curator - - - - - Mrs. St. Thomas Smith.
The first effort of our organization was to obtain suitable rooms in which to hold
our meetings. The first meeting held in them was a business meeting, at which due
acknowledgment was given for the assistance rendered in the work.
Beginning the 31st of October meetings were held the last Friday of each month,
upon which occasions readings and recitations on Canadian subjects were rendered,
and during the course of the year the following original papers were read : " Paper on
Nova Scotia," by Mrs. Quance ; "The King's Visit to Canada in 1860," by Miss
Paul ; " The Coronation Parade," by Mrs. M. A. Gilbert ; " Governor Simcoe," by
Mrs. J. H. Wilson; "Coming of the U. E. Loyalists," by Mrs. Warner; "James
Thomas Curtiss, a Pioneer Sketch," by Miss Wegg; "Madeleine Vercheres," by Miss
Claris; "Life of Sir Isaac Brock," by Mrs. J. P. Finlay; "Presbyterian Church of
St. Thomas," by Miss Me Adam; Presentation Address with gift of statuette, by Mrs.
St. Thomas Smith; "The Township of Yarmouth," by Mrs. Griffin; "The Old Abbot
Place," by Mrs. Gerrard ; "Raids of the War of 1812," by Mrs. Coyne ; "The Old
Town Hall," by Mrs Gustin; " The History of the Methodist Church in St. Thomas,"
by Miss Murch, whose recent death abroad we so deeply deplore.
At the Annual Meeting in April, 1903, it was decided to postpone the election of
officers until after the Centennial celebration, and in future to hold it in June.
We cannot close without special reference to the part we took in connection with
the Centennial Celebration. Our Committees had charge of the Log Cabin, a repro-
duction of pioneer life which was visited by over 700 people — also of the May Pole
Dance, the Spinning and Weaving, and the Tea for all ladies of the settlement over
eighty years of age, which afforded much pleasure to the 35 participants. The increase
from 67 to 107 members in good standing shows a gratifying interest on the part of the
public in our work, which is due in a very great measure to the untiring efforts of our
energetic President.
The Treasurer's report as read at our last meeting indicates that our finances are
in a satisfactory condition.
A. SILCOX, Secretary.
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THE WENTWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HAMILTON.
Hon. President - - - - F. W. Fearman.
President Chas. Lemon.
1st Vice-President - - - H. H. Robertson.
2nd Vice-President - - - Rev. Canon E. M. Bland.
Secretary-Treasurer - Justus A. Griffin.
Corresponding-Secretary - - Mrs. C. Fessenden.
Executive Council.
S. F. Lazier, K.C., J. W. Jones, LL.B, C. R. McCullough, T. W.
Lester, Dr. A. Dickson, Mrs. Edward Martin, J. G. Y. Burkholder, H. C.
Baker, E. C. Murton, Mrs. M. E. Rose-Holden and Mrs. R. G. Sutherland.
The Society has endeavored during the past year to arouse in the public a greater
interest in historical subjects ; has succeeded in finding some valuable documents ; and
has had papers read regarding the discoveries made. It intends in the near future to
publish the more interesting of the papers that have come into its possession. One
of the letters was written at Niagara, July 2, 1812, by a militia sergeant from the
head of the lake.
On November 11, 1902, ReV. Canon Bull gave an address and exhibited the
Orderly Book of Col. Gourlay when he was in command of a regiment of Gore Militia
in 1837-38 ; this book was kept by the adjutant, Capt. Lewis, whose home was in the
old " Lewis Home " on the battlefield of Stoney Creek. Canon Bull also showed the
Letter Book of Commander Lucas, of H. M. S. "Arrogant," covering a number of
years ending with 1796, and containing many interesting facts.
On March 25 Justus A. Griffin read a paper relating to the preservation and
showing the authenticity of two militia rolls of 1812, and other papers and letters of
that period which recently came into the possession of the Society.
WOMEN'S CANADIAN HISTORICAL ' SOCIETY OF TORONTO.
ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 19iH, 1895.
INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 14-ra, 1896.
Honorary President - - Mrs. Mortimer Clark.
Past Presidents - - - f Mrs. S. A. Curzon (deceased).
(. Lady Edgar.
President - Mrs. Forsyth Grant.
1st Vice-President - - - Mrs. J. A. Paterson.
2nd Vice-President - - Mrs. Willoughby Cummings.
Treasurer - - - - Mrs. C. D. Cory,
21 Prince Arthur Ave.
Corresponding Secretary - Miss Jean Graham.
22 St. Mary Street.
Recording Secretary - - Miss Mabel Cory.
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Executive Committee.
Mesdames Leigh and Bain, Misses Beard, Mickle, Curzon and
Ellerby.
The following papers have been read : "Indian Summer," by Miss Sara Mickle ;
"The Fall of Acadie," by Miss E. Yates Farmer ; " Scenes of Coronation Week," by
Miss M. A. Fitz-Gibbon ; "Laying the Foundation of Ontario," by Mr. C. C.
James ; " Lachine," by Miss Blanche Macdonell ; " The Canadian Teachers at Win-
chester," by Mrs. S. G. Wood.
The Memorial Hall Fund now amounts to $2,676, and it is hoped to add materially
to it during the coming year.
Miss M. A. FitzGibbon, who found it impossible to take the office of Secretary,
was greatly missed, as her enthusiastic and efficient support has been a great benefit
io the Society, of which, indeed, she was one of the founders.
Fifteen members have been added to our list during the year.
WOMEN'S WENTWORTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HAMILTON.
Officers.
President ----- Mrs. John Calder.
1st Vice- President - Mrs. John S. Hendrie.
%nd Vice-President - Mrs. R. R. Waddell.
3rd Vice-President - - - - Mrs. J. M. Gibson.
4th Vice-President - Mrs. John Crerar.
Recording Secretary - - - Miss Emily Colquhoun
Corresponding Secretary - - - Miss Minnie Jean Nisbet.
Treasurer ----- Mrs. Wm. F. Montague.
We have pleasure in reporting a pleasant and prosperous year. We have had a
large increase in our membership, and close the year with a balance of money on
hand and no liabilities, except the mortgage on the Battlefield, which we expect to
reduce during the summer.
It was necessary to appoint two new trustees for the Battlefield property at Stony
Oreek to succeed Senator A. T. Wood and Mr. John Calder, who died during the
past year.
Hon. J. M. Gibson and Mr. Thos. W. Watkins were selected by the Society, and
approved by Mr. William Hendrie, the sole surviving trustee, and they have accepted
the office.
We had the honor of entertaining the Governor-General, Lady Minto, Lady
Eileen Eliot, and the other members of the vice-regal party at the Battlefield on
May 15th.
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PETERBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Officers.
Hon. President - - - His Honor Judge Weller.
President .... Lieut-Col. H. C. Rogers.
Vice-Presidents - - - Richard Hall, J. B. McWilliams,
and Mrs. Birdsall.
Secretary - - - - T. A. S. Hay.
Treasurer - - -.' - Mrs. Wilson.
Executive Committee.
Lieut.-Col. Edwards, D. Spence, E. J. Tokes, Rev. J. C. Davidson,
E. Elcome, J. Coyle^Brown and F. J. Jamison.
Museum Board.
Dr. Burnham, H. T. Strickland and T. A. S. Hay.
I beg to report as follows concerning the Peterborough Historical Society, whose
annual meeting was held on October 23rd, 1902 :
At that meeting the annual address of the President, and report of the Secretary,
and financial statement of the Treasurer were presented.
In the President's address he gave an outline of the meeting of the Ontario His-
torical Society, which had been held in June, jointly between Peterborough and
Lindsay, and hoped that the interest then shown by local members and others, in the
work of the Society would be continued, it had given the officers and members much
pleasure to have an opportunity of meeting and entertaining the delegates of that
body.
During the past season the local society had held three meetings, at which papers
were read.
The Society has fifty members on the roll at present, of which about twenty-five
might be considered active members.
Although few meetings were held during the season, the interests of the Society
have been well looked after by the Executive Committee and the Museum Board.
Many valuable additions have been made to the Museum, consisting of docu-
ments, pictures, and photographs, etc., and the Executive have procured the stories
of some of the oldest settlers in the county and town, which will be compiled into a
history.
The delegates to represent the Society at the annual meeting in June, 1903, at St.
Thomas, are Lieut.-Col. Edwards and Hampden Burnham, Esq.
T. A. S. HAY, Secretary.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
OXFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Officers.
President
1st Vice-President
2nd Vice-President
Secretary- Treasurer
Editor - - -
- T. Hart.
- A. H. Wilson.
- J. W. Whealy.
- W. Munro.
- G. R. Pattullo.
Council.
T. H. Park, F. R. Ball, G. R. Pattullo, W. Munro and J. Cameron.
Owing to our Society being precluded from meeting in the Court House very few
meetings were held in 1902, so no report was made. The officers, however, remain
the same as last year, and as you have that list I need not send it again.
NORFOLK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
icers.
President - - -
Secretary-Treasurer -
Curator -
- Judge Robb.
Dr. J. J. Wads worth.
- Henry Johnson.
Councillors.
H. B. Donly and Rev. R. Hicks.
During the year 1902-03 only four well-attended meetings were held, the others
being failures, owing largely to the active participation of many of the members in
the Provincial elections and meetings in connection therewith. As was remarked by
one of three who met at the Council Chamber in April, " the members of our Society
seem more bent this year on making history than on recording it."
During the year five new members were elected, and four members removed from
the county. One aged and respected member died, Mr. George Jackson, of Simcoe.
Our roll at present includes 78 members.
A number of valuable records have come into the possession of the Society, and
have been filed with the Curator in the Registry Office. They include — "On the
East End Lighthouse," from Mr. Clarence Beaupre ; " Long Point Reformer," Dec.
17, 1854, from Mr. H. B. Donly; " Militia Documents, " 1839, from Dr. Mclnnes ;
" Life and Career of Hugh P. McCall," by the late F. L. Walsh.
Members contributed the following original papers, all of which were read at the
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meetings of the Society during 1902. " Character Sketches," by Dr. Annie Backus ;
" Turkey Point and Ryerson Island," once Townships, by H. Johnson ; " Traces of
the Indian Occupation of Charlotte ville," by T. Sinclair ; "The Grand River Reser-
vation," by H. Johnson ; "The First Survey of Townsend," by H. Johnson ; "His-
tory of the Baptist Church in Simcoe," by W. W. Pegg ; "Recollections of John
Carrow," by H. F. Cook ; " History of Port Ryerse," by G. J. Ryerse.
Mr. Robert Osborne exhibited relics from Turkey Point and other parts of
Norfolk.
During the year the Curator, Mr. H. Johnson, has continued the very important
work of arranging and cataloguing the documents now accumulated in large numbers
in the custody of the Society, and the Royal Society of Canada has expressed a desire
to obtain a copy of the catalogue and of the papers published by our Society. We
hope to be able to comply with their request in some measure.
The County Council granted to the Society the sum of $25 for the furtherance of
its work.
A number of books and maps were donated to the Society by the Dominion
Government through Hon. Col. Tisdale.
In conclusion, we should feel grateful to the Simcoe Reformer and the British
Canadian for the liberal manner in which they have published the papers and pro-
ceedings of our body.
J. J. WADSWORTH, Secretary.
THE BELLEVILLE AND BAY OF QUINTE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Officers.
President • Mrs. J. G. Terrill.
1st Vice-President - J. F. Jeffers.
2nd Vice- President - Miss Chandler.
Treasurer ------ Mrs. May.
Recording Secretary ... - Mrs. L. W. Yeomans.
Corresponding Secretary - - - A. McGinnis.
Executive Committee.
Mrs. W. W. Pope, Mrs. J. W. Johnson, Col. W. N. Ponton, and Major
S. Stewart.
We have had but three meetings during the past year, and business of only a
routine nature was transacted.
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LAMBTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Officers.
• Hon. President - - - Hon. Alexander Vidal.
President - Frederic C. Watson.
V ice-Presidents - - - Henry Ingram and Joseph Savoy.
Secretary - ... Joshua Adams.
Treasurer - Daniel McCart.
I regret to report that, by reason of circumstances beyond our control, no work
was done by this Society worthy of report during the past year, but we expect to
accomplish some of the objects of the Society during the current year.
At the annual meeting the Secretary was appointed Delegate to the Annual
Meeting of the Ontario Historical Society, to be held at St. Thomas.
We have a membership of 45, and hope to increase the number during the year.
JOSHUA ADAMS, Secretary.
COUNTY OF VICTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Officers.
Hon. President - - His Honor Judge Dean, M.A., LL.D.
President - - - W. H. Stevens, B.A.
1st Vice-President - - C. D. Barr.
2nd Vice-President - W. F. O'Boyle.
Secretary - - - Miss E. G. Flavelle, B.A.
Assistant Secretary - Miss M. L. Taylor.
Treasurer - - I. E. Weldon.
Executive Committee.
W. L. Herriman, M.D. ; V. C. Cornwall, M.D ; E. A. Hardy, B.A. ;
H. J. Lytle, R. J. McLaughlin, D. R. Anderson, M. M. Boyd.
Our work this year has been very discouraging. Our only progress has been in
gathering pamphlets and old documents. Our library, too, has grown, but with these
exceptions we have nothing to show for our year's work.
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LONDON AND MIDDLESEX HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Hon. President .... Sir John' Catling.
President - - - - - Dr. Campbell.
Vice- Presidents - - - Miss Priddis, James Egan.
Corresponding Secretary - - Dr. English.
Curator ----- Dr. Wolverton.
Treasurer - - - - - Henry Macklin.
Secretary ----- Mrs. Gahan.
At every meeting interesting papers have been read, dealing chiefly with the
early days of London, or events of historical interest. The audiences, while not large,
have been most appreciative, and a growing interest in the work of the Society can be
noticed. Very few young people, however, seem attracted, a state of things which
we would gladly see changed, if any other Society could suggest means whereby the
co-operation of our future citizens can be secured. Vocal and instrumental music,
contributed chiefly by the ladies of the city, has enlivened the programmes.
Among the papers which have been read were those by the Hon. Freeman
Talbot, of Assiniboia, formerly of London, Mr. Thos. Kent, and Mrs. Root, and
Dr. Stevenson vividly described the old way of fighting fires by means of the bucket
brigade, exhibiting one of the buckets. Dr. Wolverton contributed two papers, one
on the Battle of Kent, showing various relics connected with it, and the other on
the Indians of the United States and their struggles with the colonists, referring
particularly to Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet. Our President also gave us
two papers, one on " Early London," and the other on " Robert Fleming Gourlay,
the first Ontario politician." We had also the pleasure of hearing the most inter-
esting lecture on "Early Explorations in Western Ontario," by Mr. Jas. H. Coyne,
of St. Thomas, whose patient research, enthusiastic patriotism, and pleasing delivery
are familiar to all, and honored by all. Mr. Poole, of Comber, gave a graphic and
minute account of the Battle of Longwood (near Delaware), and of the circumstances
leading to it, basing his account on authentic documentary evidence which he had
taken great pains to collect. The only paper of a literary character was furnished
by Dr. Tamblyn, of the Western University, who spoke on the poems of Dr. Drum-
mond, of Montreal, illustrating his remarks by readings from the poems, which were
much appreciated.
The Curator, Dr. Wolverton, has been empowered to have the various papers
type-written and preserved.
Our finances are in a satisfactory condition, the paid-up members this year num-
bering 36 — 21 ladies, 15 gentlemen.
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WOMEN'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF BOWMANVILLE.
Officers.
President - - - - Miss Moffatt.
Vice-Presidents - Miss Fairbairn and 'Miss Hillier.
Secretary - Miss Margaret Allen.
Treasurer - Mrs. Lestock Reid.
Executive.
Miss Reid, Miss Allen, Miss McLaughlin, Miss Winifred Beith, Miss
Bleakley.
Membership, 29 ; average attendance, 18.
The close of the second year of the Women's Historical Society of Bowmanville
leaves us greatly encouraged for the future. Though early in this session we sus-
tained an irreparable loss in the death of our late Vice-President, Mrs.D.B. Simpson,
and while some eight of our members were absent the entire winter, yet we may
record regular attendance for those who were in town, greater interest in the work,
deeper study in the preparation of the papers, and a better understanding of the
aims of the Society.
The following papers were read at the different meetings : " Cardinal Richelieu,"
Miss M. Reid; "Hundred Associates," Miss W. Beith; "Indian Customs and
Beliefs," Mrs. Lestock Reid ; " The Mohawks," Miss Allen ; 4i Life of Loyola," Miss
Hillier; " Jesuits in France," Miss Fairbairn ; "Founding of the Jesuit Order in
New France," Miss Beatrice Tamblyn; "De La Salle," Miss M. Bogue ; "Royal
Government," Miss Hilda Reid; "Louis XIV," Miss Muriel Reid; "Frontenac's
First Administration," Miss Bleakley; "Madame de Frontenac," Mrs. Turnbull ;
"Frontenac's Second Administration," Miss Armour; "Acadian Struggle," Miss
Bertha Tamblyn ; " Queen Anne," Miss Margaret Allen ; " Social Condition of the
Colony during De Beauharnois' Administration," Miss Welch ; " Capture of Louis-
burg, 1745," Mrs. McLaughlin ; "Wolfe," Miss McLaughlin; "Montcalm and the
Fall of Quebec," Miss Moflatt.
In addition to the regular meetings, a special meeting was held, devoted to early
local history. Papers were read : (1st) "Early Settlement of Darlington and Bow-
manville," Miss Andrew; (2nd) "Establishment of Church of Scotland," Miss
Fairbairn; (3rd) "The Hagarty and Cubitt Family and Associates," Miss Hilda
Reid ; (4th) " Establishment of Church of England," Miss Armour. A number of
items were also given, and these, with the papers, have been preserved by the
Secretary as the nucleus of a history of Darlington to be compiled by us at some
future date.
At our annual meeting, which was held on March 30th, a number of visitors
were present. While our membership is small, it has not been our desire to greatly
extend it, as we believe the interest to be more concentrated in house-to-house
meetings.
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CANADIAN METHODIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Officers.
President - - » - - Rev. Chancellor Burwash.
C. C. James.
Vice-Presidents
Rev. S. Carman.
Rev. Geo. Webber.
Rer. Dr. Withrow.
James Lawson.
„ 0 „. . (The President of the Con-
\ ferences having branches.
Curator ..... Rev. Prof. McLaughlin.
Secretary -Treasurer ... Rev. E. A. Chown, B.D.
[The officers of this society feel that much good has resulted from the
organization of this Church Society. They are exceedingly pleased to
be affiliated with the Ontario Historical Society, and respectfully sug-
gest that the formation of similar societies by other Churches would be
productive of benefit — not only to the Churches themselves, but also to
the general cause of historical research.]
This Society was organized in 1900, and was affiliated with the Ontario Historical
Society, April, 1903.
Its object is to encourage the study of the history of the Methodist Church in
Canada, the rise and progress of religious and educational movements in this country,
to preserve the official records of the various conferences, and to gather as complete
a set as possible of books, pamphlets, and documents that may be of service to writers
on the history of the various churches of Canada. An annual meeting is held every
fall, in October or November, at Victoria College, Toronto, when a lecture, specially
prepared for the occasion, is delivered. On November 20th, 1902, Chancellor Burwash
read a very interesting paper on "Egerton Ryerson"— a subject that is to form one
of the series now in preparation to be published in the near future by Morang & Co.
Branches have so far been established in connection with two conferences — viz. :
"The Bay of Quinte" and "The Hamilton," and arrangements have been completed
for historical meetings at the sessions about to be held. Branches will be formed in
connection with the other conferences.
The Executive Committee is assisted by twenty Corresponding Members, who are
located in all parts of British North America, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to New
Westminster, B.C.
Several active members of the Ontario Historical Society are members of this
Society also.
Perhaps the most successful work undertaken is the collection of books and
pamphlets, which are deposited in the Library of Victoria College, the librarian of the
College, Professor McLaughlin, being the Curator of the Society. During the past
year 310 volumes came to the Society by donation, and 40 by purchase — 350 in all.
Among the most valuable may be mentioned a bound set of The Christian Guardian
for the years 1840-70, returned to this country by a minister now resident in Illinois.
The General Conference of the Methodist Church, in 1902, directed that all
Journals and other official records no longer in continuous use be committed te this
Society for permanent keeping.
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ANNUAL MEETING AT ST. THOMAS.
ST. THOMAS, June 3rd, 1903.
The Annual Meeting of the Society was opened in the Court House
of this city to-day at 2 p.m., President C. C. James in the chair.
Besides representatives from Toronto there were present Mrs. C. Fessen-
den, Hamilton; Miss Margaret F. Allen, Bowman ville; Mrs. E. F. Chandler,
Mrs. G. H. Wilson, Miss Priddis, Mrs. H. Wilson, Mrs. St. Thomas Smith,
Mrs. J. J. C. Findlay, Miss Traverse, Miss Silcox, Miss C. F. Wegg,
Mrs. S. Burns, and His Honor C. O. Ermatinger, of St. Thomas ; His Honor
Judge R. S. Woods, and His Honor Judge James Robb, Simcoe; Mr. George
R Pattullo, Woodstock : Mr. Justus Griffin, Hamilton ; Dr. Campbell and
Mr. James Egan, London ; Mr. H. H. Robertson, Hamilton ; Mr. Thomas
Conant, Oshawa ; Mr. C. W. Werner, Mr. Robert I. Werner, St. Thomas ;
and Col. E. B. Edwards, Peterboro'.
After the reading and the adoption of the minutes of the last annual
meeting the Secretary read a communication from Miss M. A. FitzGibbon,
asking that the sum of $300, being a surplus from the Historical Exhi-
bition, and now in the custody of the Ontario Historical Society, be
handed over to a committee of ladies to be placed in the fund for a
Queen Victoria memorial. On motion of Mr. Pattullo, seconded by Judge
Turnbull, the matter was referred to the Council of the Ontario Histor-
ical Society.
The desirability of preserving intact the sites of Forts George and
Mississagua and the Military Reserve at Niagara having been introduced
by Miss Carnochan, it was moved by His Honor C. O. Ermatinger,
seconded by Mr. Pattullo, that the consideration of the question be
referred to a committee consisting of Miss Carnochan, Lieut.-Col. Cruik-
shank, Mr. James Wilson. Superintendent Niagara Falls Park, the Presi-
dent and the Secretary, with power to petition the Government, or take
such other action as they see fit. Carried.
The Secretary read the reports of the various affiliated societies, a
few of which did not intimate that the local organizations were in as
flourishing a condition as could be wished. On the whole, however, the
tone was a hopeful one, and manifested considerable interest in historical
matters.
The President having reported the completion of the Simcoe Monu-
ment, and the Secretary having read a copy of the address presented to
the Hon. Richard Harcourt at the unveiling, it was moved by Mr. James
H. Coyne, seconded by His Honor Judge Robb, that the report of the
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Simcoe Monument be received and adopted, that this Society desires to
express its satisfaction with the work of the committee, and that the
hearty thanks of the Society are hereby tendered to the chairman and
members of the committee for their valuable services, also that the Sec-
retary be requested to convey the thanks of the Society to the Rev. C. E-
Thomson and Mr. B. E. Walker for special assistance in connection with
the work of the committee. Carried.
The Secretary then read his Annual Report, and in the absence of
Mr. Yeigh, Treasurer, also read his report, and that of the Simcoe Monu-
ment Fund. The Treasurer's report showed that the receipts amounted
to $1,284, and that there was a balance on hand of §564.20, exclusive of
the Historical Museum Fund of $300. The accounts were audited and
found correct by Messrs. J. J. Murphy and W. A. MacLean. The Simcoe
Monument Fund showed that $6,120.43 had been raised for the erection
of a bronze statue.
It is worthy of notice that the only responses to a circular sent out
by the committee to the schools of the province through the inspectors
came from the Frontenac County Schools with $11.14, and two public
schools in the town of Gait which contributed $4.57.
At this point the President appointed a Nominating Committee, con-
sisting of Mr. James H. Coyne, Lieut.-Col. Cruikshank, Miss Carnochan,
His Honor Judge, Robb and Mr. H. H. Robertson, to name the officers
for the following year, and'to report on Friday morning.
The Report of the Flag Committee, by Mrs. Fessenden, was then read
and referred to the Council.
Mr. Justus Griffin spoke of a letter he had recently read. This letter
was written by Lord Selkirk respecting a colony his lordship intended
to form on the shore of Lake Huron. Mr. Griffin wanted some particu-
lars as to how this project had succeeded. Replies to this query were
received from Mr. President James, Judge Ermatinger, Mr. Coyne, and
the Secretary. Mr. James thought that about the only relic that was
left of the colony, survived in the name of Selkirk Post Office in the
county of Norfolk, Ontario. Judge Ermatinger referred to certain
statements respecting this colony in the Michigan State papers.
Mr. Thomas Conant intimated that he had recently seen a map on
which the Indian cessions of land between the County of York and the
eastern portion of the province were marked. The President and Sec-
retary both explained that no treaties or records relating to purchases
are known to exist with regard to the territory east of what is known as
" The Toronto Purchase."
In accordance with notice given at a former meeting Mrs. E. J.
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Thompson, seconded by Miss Carnochan, moved that all retiring presi-
dents be ex-officio members of the Council. Carried.
The President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Mr. G. R. Pattullo were
appointed a Finance Committee. It being nearly five o'clock the meet-
ing adjourned to accept an invitation by the City Council to take a ride
through the streets of St. Thomas, special cars being provided for the
purpose.
The general public meeting was held in the Court House, beginning
at eight p.m. President in the chair. The President's address was well
received,* and after this an excellent paper* was read by His Honor
Judge Ermatinger, in which, while welcoming the Provincial Society to
St. Thomas, His Honor gave a concise resume of many circumstances
connected with the Talbot settlement, among other things directing
attention to Dr. John Rolph, slavery, and land grabbing. At the
close of the meeting it was announced that carriages would be ready
to leave the city at 9.30 the following morning to convey members and
friends to the old fort in Southwold and thence to Port Talbot.
ST. THOMAS, June 4th, 1903.
Shortly after the appointed hour about thirty vehicles left the Court
House ground in St. Thomas for the old fort and Port Talbot. After
examining the celebrated earthwork for an hour or so, lunch was served
by the lady members of the Elgin Historical Society and Scientific
Institute. The repast was extremely bountiful and was enjoyed by all
present.
On resuming business Mr. H. F. Gardiner delivered an extremely
valuable address on " The Origin of Canadian Place Names," showing
the possibility of tracing the history of the country to some extent by
the name-groups in various parts of the province.^
The President gave a brief address and the Secretary was requested
to state what was known historically and archeologically in connection
with the extensive double enbankment within which the party was
assembled. Photographs of the group were then taken.
On motion of Judge Ermatinger, it was resolved that the Council of
the Ontario Historical Society be authorized to represent to the County
of Elgin the desirability of taking some steps to preserve the Southwold
earthwork, unique as it is in the Province of Ontario.
'Printed elsewhere in full in this Report.
tit is intended to print this Paper in Vol. 6, Papers and Records.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 29
About two o'clock the party set out for Port Talbot, a distance of
some four miles to the south-west, in the Township of Dunwich. Here
the meeting having been called to order by the President on the lawn in
front of the old Talbot residence, Mr. Joseph Smith was called upon to
read the first paper on " Some Odd Characters in Wentworth County."
His account of some of the idiosyncrasies of those personages was
characteristic of the simplicity of life in the early days of Wentworth
settlement. Mr. Coyne read a paper on " The Celebrated Persons Who
Visited the Estate of Port Talbot and Mansion During the Life of
Colonel Talbot." The readers of both papers were heartily thanked, by
motion, in the usual way.
The Nominating Committee then presented the following list of
names as those of the officers for 1903-4 : President, C. C. James, M.A.;
1st Vice-President, George R. Pattullo ; 2nd Vice-President, Talbot
Macbeth, K.C.; Treasurer, Frank Yeigh ; Councillors, Mrs. E. J. Thompson,
Lieut.-Col. E. B. Edwards, Alfred Willson, C.E., H. B. Donly, and H. H.
Robertson, B.A.
Resolutions of thanks were tendered to the City Council of St.
Thomas, the Council of the County of Elgin, the Women's Auxiliary of
the Elgin Historical Society and Scientific Institute, the Institute itself,
and the press of the City of St. Thomas for the various courtesies
extended by them to the Ontario Historical Society in connection with
the meeting.
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MEETING OF COUNCIL.
PORT TALBOT, June 4th, 1903.
At the close of the Annual Meeting a meeting of the Council was
held, when there were present the President, C. C. James, the Secretary
and Treasurer, Mrs. E. J. Thompson, Mr. Talbot Macbeth, Mr. J. H.
Coyne, Mr. Alfred Willson, and Lieut.-Col. E. B. Edwards.
On motion of Mrs. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Coyne, Rev. A. E.
Jones was elected a corresponding member of the Society.
It was moved by the Secretary, seconded by Dr. Campbell, of Lon-
don, that copies of all the Society's publications be supplied to the local
societies (one to each society) from the date of affiliation with this
Society. Carried.
MEETING OF ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT TORONTO.
Joint meetings of the Society and the Educational Association of
Ontario were held on April 5th and 7th in the main building of the Uni-
versity of Toronto.
On the latter date all the papers read were by members of this
Society, viz.: " The Scope of the Ontario Archives Office," by Alexander
Fraser, M. A., Provincial Archivist ; " Upper Canada Academy, 1836-41,"
by C. C. James, M.A., Deputy Minister of Agriculture; and "Our First
Novelist — Major Richardson," by A. C. Casselman, Esq.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 31
SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT, 1903.
Since last annual gathering of the Ontario Historical Society, a
meeting of the Council was held on April 15th.
On this occasion there were present, besides the President and Sec-
retary, Mrs. E. J. Thompson, Judge Ardagh, and Messrs. Alfred Willson,
I. E. Weldon, and Rev. C. E. Thomson.
Ten new members were accepted.
Rev. Dr. Withrow was authorized to represent the Ontario Historical
Society at the next meeting of the Royal Society of Canada.
A committee was appointed to revise the membership list with a
view to removing the names of those two or more years in arrears.
The Secretary was instructed to send a letter of condolence to the
family of the late T. W. Casey respecting his death.
Miss M. A. FitzGibbon was present to explain her project for uniting
the various Women's Historical Societies.
The County of Northumberland Historical Society, the Canadian
Methodist Historical Society of Toronto, and the Head of the Lake
Branch of the U.E.L. Association in Hamilton, were affiliated with the
Ontario Historical Society.
At this meeting also the invitation of the people of St. Thomas to hold
our annual meeting in their city was accepted. Five regular meetings
of the Simcoe Monument Committee and several emergency conferences
were held during the year, and the committee's labors came to an end
when the Allward bronze statue of Upper Canada's first Governor was
unveiled in Queen's Park on Wednesday, May 27th, and handed over to
the Government.
Our membership amounts to two hundred and fifty-one, of whom
ladies number thirty. There are resident in Toronto eighty-four ; else-
where in the Province one hundred and sixty-seven. Those who have
paid for 1902-3 number one hundred and forty-eight, and those paid for
1903-4 number twelve.
Our exchange list is quite an extensive one, and our library, which is
mainly formed from exchanges, grows steadily. It now contains many
valuable books, as well as society publications in paper. If the latter
were in bound form they would number into the hundreds of volumes.
More case room is necessary.
DAVID BOYLE, Secretary.
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REPORT OF THE FLAG COMMITTEE.
As noticed in the last annual report, we had the promise of the
Minister of Education that some suggested inquiries be made in the
Journal of Education relating to flags, such as : What schools possessed
these flags? When hoisted? What preference was given to the present
denotative emblem ? Noting that these questions had not been asked,
we, on enquiry, found that the matter had been entirely overlooked,
owing to the illness and absence from duty of thb Deputy Minister. A
strong assurance was, however, given that this matter would be attended
to before another report was issued. The tendency to the further
disfigurement of our Canadian flag by the addition of the " arms " of
additional provinces to the original and only authorized device on the
ensign, is greatly to be deplored. We would also call attention to British
vessels entering foreign or Canadian ports, that they obey the law as to
displaying the flag when entering therein.
CLEMENTINA FESSENDEN.
TREASURER'S REPORT, JUNE IST, 1902, TO MAY 31sT, 1903.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, June 1st, 1902 $613 37
Government grant for 1 903 600 00
Membership fees and sale of books 69 50
Laura Secord Tablet Fund . . 1 15
$1284 02
EXPENDITURES.
Secretary's Salary $100 00
Annual Report, two years, (1901 and 1902) 131 00
Balance of Galinee volume (making its total cost 8447.24) .... 235 94
Other printing and stationery 42 33
Postage and express , 62 75
Extra copies of Queen's Quarterly containing historical papers. . 30 00
Press-clipping Bureau 7 50
Disbursements of officers 32 15
Book case for Society's Library aud Llt-cur-ls 45 00
Extra office assistance 19 50
Expenses of April, 1903, meeting in Normal School 13 65
Balance on hand . . 564 20
$1284 02
FRANK YEIGH, Treasurer, 0. H. 8.
Audited and found correct.
J. J. MURPHY,
W. A. McLEAN.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 33
HISTORICAL MUSEUM FUND.
Balance on hand, June 1st, 1902 $300 15
Interest 9 06
$309 21
STATEMENT OF SIMCOE MONUMENT FUND OF THE 0. H. S.
RECEIPTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Ontario Government paid $3000 00
Additional vote, Session of 1903 500 00
City of Toronto 1000 00
Fourteen subscriptions of $100.00 each, per Mr. B. E. Walker. . 1400 00
Ontario Historical Society 50 00
Frontenac County Public Schols 11 14
Two Gait Public Schools 4 57
Mr. J. E. Klotz, Mayor of Preston (1902) 6 00
Interest , 48 72
$6,020 43
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRACTS.
Walter S. Allward, sculptor, contract for statue $4,000 00
The Mclntosh Marble and Granite Company contract for pedestal 1,400 00
Walter S. Allward, designing pedestal and superintending erec-
tion of same, with incidental expenses such as insurance,
freight, etc 508 83
Express and freight for models submitted 93 10
Postage and printing 8 50
Legal agreement with sculptor 10 00
$6,120 43
On May 27th, 1903, the Simcoe Monument was unveiled in Queen's
Park in the presence of His Excellency the Earl of Minto, His Honor
Wm. Mortimer Clark, The Mayor of the City of Toronto, and fully one
thousand others.
The final meeting of the Simcoe Monument Committee was held in
the room of Mr. B. E. Walker, at the head office of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce, at 4.45 p.m. Present : the Chairman, Rev. C. E. Thomson,
Rev. W. W. Colpitts, Mr. Wm. Rennie, Mr. B. E. Walker and the Secre-
tary. Mr. W. S. Allward, the sculptor, was also present. In the
absence of the Treasurer the Secretary read the statement of receipts
and expenditure as above.
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MEETING OF COUNCIL.
April 7th, 1904.
The Council met in the Secretary's Office, Education Department, at
11 a.m. to-day. Present— C. C. James, M.A., Lady Edgar, Miss Carno-
chan, Mrs. J. H. Thompson, Messrs. J. H. Coyne, G. R. Pattullo, and
Frank Yeigh, Secretary.
It was decided to hold the next Annual Meeting in Windsor, as per
invitation from Mr. F. Cleary, President of the Essex and Windsor
Historical Society.
Messrs. W. G. MacFarlane and the Rev. Frank Leigh, of Burford,
were elected members for the year in recognition of gifts of books made
by them to the Society.
Lady Edgar requested the consideration of the Society with respect
to the handing over to the Women's Historical Society of the sum of
$300, now held in trust by the Ontario Historical Society as a balance
from the holding of the Historical Exhibition. Lady Edgar, as President
of the Women's Historical Society of Toronto was assured that the money
was in the bank as a special account drawing interest, and that when
something definite was known with respect to the contemplated build-
ing to be erected by the Women's Canadian Historical Society, due
consideration would be given to the payment of the money in question.
In connection with a matter brought up by Miss Carnochan it was
moved by Mr. J. H. Coyne, seconded by Mr. G. R. Pattullo, that the sum
of $50 be granted to the Niagara Historical Society towards its Memorial
Hall in Niagara, upon the understanding that this covers all obligations
of the Ontario Historical Society in respect to a vote said to have been
made in or about the year 1897 by the Pioneer and Historical Associa-
tion of the Province of Ontario, but of which no record appears on the
minutes. (This was previous to the reorganization of the Ontario
Historical Society.)
Miss Carnochan also pointed out to the Council that she received no
reply from the Ottawa authorities respecting the memorial to the Militia
Department regarding the preservation of Navy Hall.
There being some doubt regarding the status of the Niagara Histor-
ical Society it was moved by Mr. Coyne, seconded by Mrs. Thompson,
that in the opinion of this Council, the Niagara Historical Society was
in 1896 affiliated with the Historical Association of the Province of
Ontario and under the statute in that behalf has been, and is, affiliated
with the Ontario Historical Society; but for the avoidance of doubts,
and in accordance with its application, the Niagara Historical Society be
and is now affiliated with the Ontario Historical Society.
The meeting then adjourned.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 35
ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY JUDGE C. O. ERMATINGER.
Mr. President and the Members of the Ontario Historical Society —
Your Society meets for the first time in the centre of what was long
known as the Talbot Country — a country not wanting in interest to the
antiquarian and the historian.
To-morrow, if the weather be propitious, you will have an opportunity
of visiting and inspecting the spot where the remains of an ancient
entrenchment or fortified village of the aboriginal inhabitants still exist t
after the lapse of centuries, in a form, it is said, as well if not better
preserved than any found elsewhere on this Dominion.
You will then, at a distance of only some three miles thence, be able
to visit and personally inspect the spot whjere the founder of this pros-
perous settlement began his work of introducing what we call civiliza-
tion, in this region, by felling the first tree and establishing his home at
Port Talbot.
Just four years ago I had the honour of calling the attention of the
members of our Institute and the public to the then approaching centen-
nial anniversary of that event, and without further trespassing on your
time \yy detailing what is already set forth, I believe in our formal
report to your Society, I may say the inhabitants of the district have
recently participated, with many brothers and sisters from abroad, in a
five-day celebration, commencing on the anniversary day, 21st May, with
a unanimity, a liberality, and a success extremely gratifying to all our
people, and especially so to the members of our Institute who suggested
it, and to which it is hoped your meeting here will form a fitting climax.
I may say that the 21st May was, from 1817 to 1838, or thereabouts,
marked by a festival held here, except for the last two years, when it
was held in London, under the name of the Talbot Anniversary, as a
personal tribute to Colonel Talbot by the settlers, while our recent Cen-
tennial Celebration was held in honor of all the Pioneers — the Colonel
included — who not only laid the foundation but built up the fabric of
this prosperous and happy settlement.
And it is a somewhat interesting historical fact that he to whom the
inception of the Talbot Anniversary festivals was due, was Dr. John
Rolph, at the time living within a mile of St. Thomas. He was a friend
and professedly ardent admirer of Colonel Talbot, and at the time the
last of the festivals was held, was an exile through his advanced political
course, on account of which he and the Colonel were, politically, as wide
as the poles asunder. The one prominent man who, on the other hand,
opposed the inauguration of the Talbot Anniversary at that time (1817)
36 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
was Colonel Burwell, who, nevertheless, continued to enjoy Colonel
Talbot's friendship and political support, I believe, to the last ; showing,
as it seems to me, that Colonel Talbot was capable of magnanimity of feel-
ing and judgment, uninfluenced by petty considerations.
Colonel Talbot's life-work and the anniversary festivals practically
closed about the same time, for he informed Mrs. Jameson in 1838, that
he had accomplished what he had set out to do. Though he lived until
1853, the intervening years were the period of his decline. He was a
product of the Georgian era, and his power as the uncrowned king of
these regions may be said to have expired with the last of those kings
whose confidence he enjoyed and under whom he flourished.
The reign of the young Queen, who then ascended the throne, was
almost co-terminous with our settlement's century. In it, material,
political and educational advancement, not possible under former con-
ditions, has been made, and nowhere is Victoria the Good held in
deeper reverence than in the Talbot settlement.
I may add that it was the hope of our Institute to have unveiled, on
the 21st of May last, on the Court House Square in this city, a fitting
memorial of Her Gracious Majesty, which would, by appropriate embel-
lishments and inscriptions, have also suitably commemorated the settle-
ment and its pioneers and history. Owing to circumstances beyond the
Institute's control, which I need not detail, this was impossible of
accomplishment, though I hope that some suitable memorial of Her
Majesty may yet adorn this city. Meantime a local historical memorial,
intended to be as permanent, if in ruder form, has been erected at Pina-
fore Park, in the shape of a cairn of stones, each representing and having
engraved upon it the name of one of the original twenty-nine townships
comprised within the Talbot settlement — within which, when put in
permanent condition, will be deposited documents relating to the present
Centenary.
At the risk of being considered heterodox, I venture the opinion that
the historian should not stop short at the collection of dry facts, the
preservation of musty documents, and the planting of memorials of the
past. It seems to me that he misses the higher part of his vocation if
he fail to place the facts in their true setting of surrounding details and
conditions, at least so as to insure that the lamp of knowledge he lights
may enable those who may go forward into the future, to pursue a right
path and avoid the obstructions and pitfalls of the past.
Judging Colonel Talbot, for instance, by present day standards, it is
easy to depict him as a monster of cruelty, oppression, rapacity and
intemperance — as indeed it leems rather the fashion now to paint him
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 37
Placed in the light and shade, and amid the environments of the days in
which he lived, probably he would present a different figure and moral
aspect to his critics.
Slavery was made illegal by the first Parliament of the province,
which he attended in the suite of the first Governor, yet was not
immediately completely abolished. Duelling continued to be regarded
as a necessary mode of settling certain classes of disputes for many years
after, while gambling and intemperance were almost necessary social
accomplishments. Land grabbing was general, and whole townships
were granted to individuals who made no sacrifice either of money or
effort to promote settlement to the extent that Colonel Talbot did.
Indeed, colonization schemes for the enrichment of speculators rather
than the benefit of the colonists, have not been unknown even in our own
day. Responsible government was imperfectly understood in the mother
land, and much less in the colonies.
I mention these things, not as an apologist for Colonel Talbot, or
defender of his methods or habits, but simply to show the necessity for
surrounding historical characters with the atmosphere and environments
in which they lived.
We may boast of our material advancement, of our progress in edu-
cation, art and science, but are we more loyal, true, moral and God-fear-
ing than were the early pioneers, with their fine large families of, for the
most part, dutiful sons and daughters ? Are we better men and women
than they — individually, socially and politically purer and less corrupt ?
It may be the historian has no business to suggest, much less to
attempt to answer, such questions ; yet, if he does his duty in presenting
the Past to the gaze of the Future, the questions will suggest themselves ;
and upon the answer we are able to truthfully give to them depends the
verdict whether we have made use of our superior advantages and opportu-
nities to fulfil what it was intended we should be and do, when we were
placed in this favored region of the world. And, if we find we have
failed as yet, then let us make resolve to put the new century to better
use.
Lest I should be accused of preaching when I should speak words of
compliment, let me close by complimenting you upon the good work
being done by the Ontario Society, and the valuable collection and pub-
lications being made, in which your efficient Secretary is especially
interested, I believe. The recent published work of our and your past
President, Mr. Coyne, we are glad to know, forms a valuable addition to
the literature of the Society.
I hope, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, the present meeting may
• prove a pleasant as well as profitable one to us all.
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ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY MRS. A. A. WILSON, PRESIDENT
WOMEN'S AUXILIARY.
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen —
The Women's Auxiliary of the Elgin Historical and Scientific
Institute desires me to welcome the guests on their behalf. I must first
impress upon you the fact that we are very young. There may be
nothing in our name or our appearance to indicate such extreme youth,
but we are really only about twenty-seven months old, so that little
more should be expected of us in the way of greeting than the glad
hand of welcome.
During the first year of our existence we crept from house to house,
or up two flights of stairs to the museum, to meet and read and talk of
the days of our forefathers. But in our second year we succeeded in
getting three suitable and conveniently-located rooms, in which to hold
meetings and do a little entertaining.
On entering our third year we have toddled along with our seniors
through a centennial celebration, and it may be assumed that our part was
successfully performed, for we handed over a small surplus, and have been
graciously referred to as " the better half." Numerically speaking I think
our 107 members takes us near the three-quarter mark. We do not, how-
ever, find it necessary to remind the ancient society of our strength, for
our leading strings are light and (as in all well constituted domestic
establishments) both parties think they have their own way, and are
ready to unite in the common aim, the rousing of an interest in the
history and welfare of our country. We hope to gain knowledge and
encouragement from your honoring us with your presence, and I feel
assured I am voicing the sentiment of every member of the Auxiliary
in expressing our heartiest welcome on your advent to our historic
county.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 39
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
BY C. C. JAMES.
It has become the established practice of the Ontario Historical
Society to hold two meetings every year, one in Toronto, and the other
in some other town or city. During the past two years we have held
our Toronto meeting in conjunction with the Historical Section of the
Ontario Educational Association ; the other meeting, our annual meeting
and the more important of the two, we hold in the first week of June,
as determined by our Statute of Incorporation. In fixing the place of
our annual meeting we are guided by three considerations : first, the
desire to go where we may help to quicken interest in Canadian, but
especially Ontario, historical study and research ; secondly, the desire to
visit such places as may add to our own historical knowledge ; thirdly,
in response to invitations. We are here in St. Thomas because you have
most cordially invited us, because we desire to participate in the
historical reminiscences and pilgrimages you are so appropriately
indulging in, and we venture to hope that our coming here will assist in
making your centennial year productive of real lasting value from the
standpoint of sound historical study.
As a Society we congratulate the people of the County of Elgin on
their enterprise and the thorough manner in which they have honored
the memory of their forefathers who, amid privations and difficulties,
began the settlement of this prosperous community. At the same time
it is only fair to state that we have come largely as a compliment to the
worthy citizen of St. Thomas, Mr. James H. Coyne, who was instrumental
in putting our Society on its present working basis, and who for five
years was our honored President. It is a pleasure to us to know that
the man who holds so high a reputation among our members and among
all Canadian historical workers, is honored and respected at home — that
he is a prophet with honor in his own country.
Having told you why we have come to St. Thomas, it is proper that
as President of this Society I should tell you what our Society has done
during the past year. Our Society is dependent for its support largely
upon the Provincial Government grant of $600 per year. Supplementing
this we have our annual membership fees of $1.00 each. You will see,
therefore, that our work is not based upon a wealthy foundation, but
that we are working mainly through the good-will and generous interest
of our members and supporters.
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We prepared and printed a report of our business procedure, which
contained a full list of the local Societies that are in affiliation with us.
It is our custom every year to put forth in addition to our Report at
least one volume which we call " Papers and Records." The volume last
year was No. IV. of the series, and it is of especial interest to you to
know that the author was an ex-president, Mr. J. H. Coyne. The
subject of the publication was the English translation of the Journal
of Galinee, the first authentic account of exploration in south-western
Ontario. It was fitting and appropriate that the Ontario Historical
Society should be the publisher of this very valuable and very interesting
Journal dealing with our own Province. This Journal may be said to
be the beginning of the history of this part of Canada. I do not propose
to give you a resume of that record — every student of Canadian history
should begin his or her course of historical study with a reading of this
work — and I simply suggest to you that you may have the opportunity
of doing so by associating yourself with this Ontario Historical Society.
Our Society aims to publish only original material, and we desire to
put into permanent form, available for students, historical sketches
dealing with all parts of Ontario. In our publications, so far, we have
given our members papers dealing with the Bay of Quinte, the Niagara
district, the Longue Pointe section, Penetanguishene, and we hope some
day to see published, either through our Provincial Association or
through your vigorous Elgin County Historical Society, a collection of
papers and records dealing with the early days of the Talbot settlement.
There has been an opinion among our people that the history of Ontario
is uninteresting, unromantic, devoid of those stirring events that make
the histories of European countries attractive. Far away fields look
green, and foreign countries seem to be more interesting than our own.
Had we a Sir Walter Scott I venture to believe that he would hav3
revelled in the stories of Thomas Talbot, Tiger Dunlop, John Gait, The
Laird of McNab, Bishop Macdonell, John Johnson of the " Soo," Joseph
Brant, Tecumseh, and a score of others. Have we no romance in the
making of this Province ? Why, the early settlements of old Upper
Canada were saturated with romance, and it is the duty and the privilege
of our local Societies to gather together and carefully preserve the
records of the early days. What to-day seems trivial or commonplace
will, in a half century, be cherished as of intrinsic value. Here and
there, week by week, the veterans are dropping out of the ranks, and if
we do not carefully collect these records now, they will be gone forever.
Despise not the narrator or recorder of small affairs ; they seem small to
us because they are so close to us. Paradoxical as it may appear, these
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 41
things will grow in size and importance as we go further from them.
There is nothing to be ashamed of in the early settlement of this
Province.
The other important undertaking of this Society reached its happy
completion when, on the 27th of May, just one week ago, the Lieutenant-
Governor of Ontario unveiled, at our request, the statue of the first
Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. The magnificent bronze figure
of Col. John Graves Simcoe stands in Queen's Park, Toronto, a fitting
memorial to the man, the soldier, the loyal Britisher and the father of
our Provincial Government. Before referring to the work of Simcoe,
permit me to narrate one little event. Empire Day followed the unveil-
ing by only two days. The children of the schools of Toronto brought
their wreaths and garlands of flowers to deck the monuments of the
Queen, the soldiers who fell at Ridgeway and in the North- West. The
Simcoe monument brought a new hero into their lives, and so three
schools laid their floral tributes about the new statue. The Louisa
Street School of Toronto is the cosmopolitan school. It is the school of
" The Ward," and there were no more interested children than those who
brought a magnificent wreath of roses, bought with their own money, to
do honor to our first Governor. Their teacher informed us that she had
told them the story of Simcoe and his work. Such gifts and their
attendant ceremonies play no inconspicuous part in making good Cana-
dian citizens of the young foreigners who have found a home in our midst.
The monument to Simcoe was erected 107 years after he had sailed
away from the little group of buildings at York. The lifelike inspiring
figure that stands upon the massive granite pedestal is the work of Mr.
Walter H. Allward, a Canadian citizen, and the successful carrying out
of the undertaking was due to a committee of the Ontario Historical
Society appointed three years ago.
I have thought that it would be appropriate on an occasion of this
kind to make some reference to Simcoe and his work for Upper Canada.
Born in Northamptonshire in 1752, he had acquired a good education at
Exeter, Eton and Merton College, Oxford, and immediately entered the
army. Our acquaintance with him begins in the Revolutionary War,
when he was Colonel of a noted company known as The Queen's
Rangers. He had come out from England as a junior officer in the 35th
Regiment, and after a most interesting and honorable career, having
risen step by step till he was Colonel of a regiment, he returned to
England with many of his disbanded followers. In 1790 we find him a
member of the British House of Commons, just before The Constitutional
Act of 1791 came up for discussion and enactment. At the close of the
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war Sir John Johnston's Regiment had settled in Upper Canada, the first
Battalion on the St. Lawrence, and the second on the Bay of Quinte.
Jessup's Loyal Rangers had settled beside them. Major Rogers' King's
Rangers had been allotted land on the Bay of Quinte. Butler's Rangers
and some of the Queen's Rangers had settled around Niagara and on the '
north shore of Lake Erie. With the officers of these bodies Simcoe had
undoubtedly come in contact during the war, and his name was an
appropriate one to suggest for that of the new Lieutenant-Governor.
He knew America, he had passed through the same hardships as the
majority of the settlers, he was in good standing with the leading officers
now in Upper Canada, he took an active part in the framing of the Con-
stitutional Act, and so, when, on the 26th of December, 1791, Upper
Canada, by proclamation, became a separate Province, he seemed to be
the man for the place.* Gathering about him a few of his old com-
rades, and calling on a few chosen men to assist him in his work, he
reached Quebec in the fall of 1791. There he was compelled to wait for
some months till the other members of his Executive Council should
arrive. His first Proclamation was issued from Quebec in February,
1792. It referred to the method of settling the new lands of Upper
Canada, and it is of peculiar interest to the people of Elgin County from
the fact that it bore the signature of Thomas Talbot as Secretary.
By the middle of summer he saw the prospect of beginning his work,
and with the nucleus of the first Government of Upper Canada he came
up the St. Lawrence. The Scottish settlements of Glengarry and the
Germans of Dundas gave him welcome as he passed by, here and there
he stopped to renew friendships with such men as Captain Fraser and
Major Jessup. At last old Fort Frontenac was reached, and in the old
wooden church near the market place the Royal Commission was read
on the 8th of July, 1792. William Osgoode, James Baby, Alexander
Grant, and Peter Russell were sworn in as Executive Councillors. For
eight days this little group looked over the maps of the province, studied
the records of settlement and examined the military rolls, and on the
16th of July the Proclamation was ready, dividing the Province into
nineteen counties and arranging the same into districts for the election
of sixteen members of the first Legislative Assembly. It may be inter-
esting just here to make a brief statement of the somewhat complex
Government provided in 1792.
'Another tie connected him with Canada. His father, Capt. Simcoe, Commander of
His Majesty's ship Pembroke, had lost his life at Quebec when Wolfe dealt the fatal blow
at French domination in 1759.
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First, there was the Governor-General of Canada, i.e., of the two
Canadas, Upper and Lower — Lord Dorchester, residing at Quebec.
Secondly, there was the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada,
appointed by the Crown — Col. John Graves Sirncoe.
Thirdly, there were the Executive Councillors, also appointed at first
by the Crown. These were the Cabinet Ministers, who under the
Lieutenant-Governor supervised the different departments, such as the
Attorney- General, the Solicitor-General, the Provincial Secretary, the
Inspector-General, etc. These officials formed the general Court of
Appeal of the Province.
Fourthly, there was the Legislative Council, composed of a small
body of men chosen by the Governor and corresponding to our Senate,
the little House of Lords, who held office for life by the will of the
Crown's representative.
Fifthly, the Legislative Assembly, composed at first of sixteen per-
sons chosen by the people
You will see by this statement that Representative Government
began in this Province in a very limited form. Compare that, or rather,
contrast that, with the present state of affairs, and you will see how
the little power has become a great power, how gradually, through a
hundred and eleven years, the prerogative of the Sovereign Ruler has
passed over into the privilege of the Sovereign People.
In August the elections took place, and the little band of pioneer
legislators met at the call of Simcoe in the little town of Newark, oppo-
site old Fort Niagara, that still remained in British keeping.
It is worth noting here that Upper Canada started with equal rights.
Among the Councillors was the Hon. James Baby, and among the Legis-
lators was Francis Baby, two brothers, members of the old French-
Canadian Roman Catholic family, then probably the most influential
family at Detroit and Sandwich. From far East Glengarry came two
brothers, John Macdonell and Hugh Macdonell, two Scottish Roman
Catholics, who both achieved military fame. The former was selected
as the first Speaker of the first Legislature of Upper Canada, and the
latter became the first Adjutant-General of Militia for Upper Canada.
You will ask, where was Elgin County in those early days ? I am
compelled to say there was no such county. Beginning at the west,
there were the counties Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincoln.
Suffolk has since disappeared, and Middlesex, Elgin, Brant, Perth,
Haldimand, Wei land and Went worth have been formed as settlements
increased. In the first division, what is now Elgin County formed part
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of Suffolk and part of Norfolk ; but I venture to remark that not a
person then lived within what is now Elgin County who had the privi-
lege of participating in the selection of a representative. This was
111 years ago, and you have just celebrated the centennial of the begin-
ning of your settlement. It may be some consolation, however, to know
that though you had no part in this beginning of things, your old friend
Col. Talbot was thinking out schemes for your future discovery.
What do we owe to Simcoe ? We have taken a hundred years to
realize that he deserves a statue. That statue does not signify that we
venerate him as a saint or as a legislative hero — it simply means that,
with whatever human faults he may have had, we believe he did this
country enough lasting good to make his name worthy of lasting
remembrance. He had his faults, of course — he made mistakes because
he was human — but he was shrewd enough to call to his counsels the
best men of the time, and if he granted some of them patrimony enough
to cause a stirring of the people in later days, we must not attribute all
the ills resulting to his generosity. The people proved themselves later
well able to right what they considered were abnormal privileges, and
out of that struggle came the full share of representative government
that we have to-day.
Simcoe made mistakes, as we now see them, in trying to start a
moderate aristocracy in this province, and he was, perhaps, too autocratic
in trying to fix the union of Church and State, but it is questionable
whether any other Governor whom the King might have sent to this
country at the time would not have followed the same line of action.
He had big ideas along educational lines far in advance of his colleagues
and the immediate needs of the country. He had great faith in the
country's future, and laid his plans with the eye of a soldier. Kingston
in the east, Chatham at the west, York in the centre, and Penetanguishene
in the north, were to be naval and military headquarters. A new city,
to become the capital of the country, was to spring up at the forks of
the Thames, and it was to be called Georgina. Then he perfected the
roads, Dundas Street running through the entire length from east to
west, and Yonge Street to be the highway to the north. He more than
projected them — he set his soldiers, the new Queen's Rangers, to cut out
portions of these highways.
And what of the laws that were enacted ? Time and space forbid
a full discussion of this question, and we are met with this difficulty :
we have such scanty records that it is impossible to state what part the
Governor, the Councillors and the Legislators played in these enact-
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ments — but those were the days when our judicial system was inaugu-
rated, when municipal government was first recognized, when trial
by jury was granted, and the citizens were made to realize that
they had the rights of British citizenship. Perhaps it is fitting to
state that through all his Canadian career Simcoe carried himself
as a true Briton ; all his acts and all his plans had in view the
strengthening of British rule in this country, and had he had his way he
would have made a bold and defiant stand for the reasserting of British
supremacy beyond the lakes and down the Mississippi Valley.
In 1796 he prepared to move the Legislative headquarters to York,
and then he sailed away to take up his new command at San Domingo.
He returned to England and was appointed to the command in India,
but before leaving he was ordered to Portugal. In 1806 sickness over-
took him, and he returned to England, where he died on the 26th of
October, and was buried in Exeter Cathedral. One word more about
the man — he had been fortunate in his choice of wife. Mrs. Simcoe
proved herself a fitting companion to him when in Upper Canada, and
among the choice reminders of those early days are many interesting
sketches of the early settlements and her journals, of which only frag-
ments have so far been given to the public.
We do well to honor the men who have served this country ; but we
must not forget the humble pioneers. The common people are the
salvation of any country — the common people of this country are worthy
of remembrance, and it is the duty of the local Historical Societies of
this Province to preserve with infinite care every detail of record that is
available, for this will be the material out of which the true history of
Ontario must some day be written.
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ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
Annals of Iowa, Vols. V.-VI. From the Historical Department, Des
Moines, Iowa.
The Iowa Historical Record. From the Iowa Historical Society.
"Rossland," the Vancouver Daily World, 1898. From Mrs. E. J.
Thompson.
Hand Bill and Poster announcing the Centennial Anniversary of the
Landing of the United Empire Loyalists at Adolphustown, Ont.
From G. S. Patrick, Lindsay, Ont.
The Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XXXIX., Salem, Mass.
From the Society.
Historical Register, Vol. VI., January, 1903. From Medford, Mass.,
Historical Society.
Transactions, No. 9, of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, N.Y.
Munson- Williams Memorial.
Antiquarish Tidskrift for Sverige. From Secretary of Academy of
Antiquities, Stockholm.
New York State Library, French Manuscript. From Melvil Dewey,
Director.
The Medico-Legal Journal By Clark Bell, Esq.
The West Virginia Historical Magazine. From Thomas L. Brown.
Campaigns of 1812-1814, Niagara Historical Society, No. 9. From
Lieut.-Col. Cruickshank.
" U.E. Loyalist Women," an address delivered before General Brock
Lodge, Daughters of the Empire, Brockville. From H. S. Seaman,
Brockville, Ont.
Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of Iowa. By Dr. Benj. F.
Shambaugh, Vols. L, II., III., and IV, pp. 487. From the State
Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
The American-Catholic Historical Researches. From Martin I. J. Griffin,
Editor, Parkesburg, Pa., U.S.A.
Texas State Historical Association Quarterly, Vols. III., IV., V., and VI.,
Austin, Texas. By the Societj^.
Jahresbericht Fur 1900-1901, the German Society of the City of New
York. No. 13, Broadway, N.Y.
Deutsche Gesellschaft der Stadt, New York, Bankelt am 8, Marz, 1902,
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETST. 47
Zur Feier des, 118 jakrigen, Bestehens, the German Society of the
City of New York, No. 13 Broadway, New York, U.S.A.
Some of the Beginnings of Westchest'er County History, 1889. By
ex-Governor Alonzo B. Cornell. From the Society.
The Borough Town of Westchester, by Frodham Marvis, 1896. From
the Society.
Incidents of the Revolution in Westchester preceding the Battle of White
Plains, 1897. From the Westchester County Historical Society,
White Plains, N.Y.
Proceedings No. 1, 1894-5, of the Littleton Historical Society.
" Poverty and Patriotism of the Neutral Grounds." This paper was
read upon the one hundred and twenty-third anniversary of the
battle of White Plains, by J. C. L. Hamilton. From Westchester
Historical Society.
" Sir Edmund Andras," by Henry Ferguson, M.A. From the West-
Chester Historical Society.
Selected Papers, 1895, 1896, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, of the Canadian Military
Institute. From the Institute.
First Annual Report of the Buffalo Public Library, 1897. From the
Library.
Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, Eng., 1903. From the
Institute.
Bulletins of the New York Public Library for the year. From the
Library.
Bulletins of the Public Library of the City of Boston for the year. From
the Library.
Annual Report of the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Toronto,
1901-02. From the Society.
Niagara Historical Society, No. 9, 1902. Campaigns of 1812-1814.
From the Society.
Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society, Vol. II. From the
Society.
Notre Dame de Lorette en La Nouvelle France (Ave Maria), Montreal
Quebec.
The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, 1903. From the Iowa State
Historical Society.
Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California and
Pioneer Register, Los Angeles. From the Society.
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The Journal of American Folk Lore. From the Folk Lore Society.
Ohio Archeological and Historical Quarterly, Vol. II. and Vol. XII.,
No. 2. From the Society.
Publication No. 4, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Library
for the year 1900. Catalogue of the Illinois State Historical
Library. From the State authorities.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. From the Society.
Transactions of the Canadian Institute, Nos. 13 and 14, Vol. VII.
Report on Provincial Museum and Science Library of Nova Scotia.
The Papoose. From the Publishers, New York N.Y., U.S.A.
A list of serials in Public Libraries of Chicago and Evanston. From the
Chicago Library Club.
A list of Current Periodicals. The John Crerar Library, Chicago.
University of Toronto Studies, Review of Historical Publications relating
to Canada for 1902. From the University.
Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society, Vols. I, II., III.,
St. John, New Brunswick.
The History, Constitution and By-laws of the Department of Natural
History of the Colorado State Historical and Natural History
Society.
Reports of the State Historical Society of Colorado, 1889, 1890.
State Museum Report, University of the State of New York.
" Life in Canada," by Thomas Conant, Oshawa, Ont. From the author.
Transactions of the Engineering Society of the School of Practical
Science, Toronto.
Census of Canada, Vol. I. From the Census Department of Canada.
Titus Simons: Quarter Master, Peter's Corps of "Queen's Loyal Rangers,"
Burgoyne's Campaign. From U. E. Loyalists' Association of Ontario.
Decimals and Decimalisation. By Arthur Harvey, Toronto, Ont.
The Children's Room in the Smithsonian Institution. By Arthur B.
Paine, Washington, D.C., U. S. A.
Bulletin Natural History Society of New Brunswick, Vol. V., No. 21.
The Quarterly of Texas Historical Association, Vol. VI., No. 4.
Annual Report, 1902, Montreal Business Men's League.
Tract No. 78, Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Western Reserve
Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. From the Society.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 49
A Sketch of the Founder of Case School of Applied Science, and His
Kinsmen. From the W. R. Historical Society, Cleveland, 0.
History of Man in Ohio : "A Panorama." By Judge C. C. Baldwin.
Historical Tracts, Nos. 81 to 90, of the Western Reserve Hist. Society.
Native Navajo Dyes. Reprint from The Papoose. By Geo. H. Pepper,
New York, U. S. A.
The Canadian League for Civic Improvement, Bulletin No. 2. From
Major G. R. Pattullo.
Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, 1901-1902. From the
Society.
The Native Languages of California, by Roland B. Dixon (from Ameri-
can Anthropologist, Vol. V.). From the author.
The Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XXXIX. From the
Institute.
Some Facts in the Judicial History of Illinois. By the Illinois State
Historical Society at its third Annual Meeting, Jacksonville. From
Hon. J. 0. Cunningham.
Pioneer Boyhood on the Firelands, By Hon. J. O. Cunningham. From
the author.
Eleventh and Twelfth Biennial Reports of the Minnesota Historical
Society to the Legislature of Minnesota. From the Society.
Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its Fiftieth
Anniversary Meeting. From the Society.
Niagara Historical Society, No. 10, Inscriptions and Graves in the
Niagara Peninsula. By Janet Carnochan. From the Niagara
Historical Society.
The Statistical Year Book of Canada for 1902. From the Department
of Agriculture, Ottawa.
The Early Missions in the Onondaga Country, No. 2, Second Series.
From the Onondaga Historical Society.
Chronological Index of Onondaga History in the Documentary History
of the State of New York. From the Onondaga Historical Society.
Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia,
Vol. IV., March, 1903.
The British Union Jack. By Spencer Howell. From the author.
Reports on Canadian Archives. By Geo. F. O'Halloran.
The Court-Houses of a Century, 1800-1900. By James H. Coyne, St.
Thomas, Ont. From the author.
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Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of Iowa, Vol. III., IV., V.
From the State.
Annual Report of the Connecticut Historical Society. From the Society.
Loyola College Catalogue, Montreal, Que.
L'Archeologie Americane, Leon Lejeal, Paris, France, 1903. From the
author.
Acadiensis, Vol. III., No. 3. By the Historical Society of St. John, N.B.
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 25, Natick Dictionary, Trumbull.
From the Department of Ethnology, Washington.
Insectivorous Birds of Manitoba. From the Historical and Scientific
Society of Manitoba.
Letters of a Pioneer. From the Historical and Scientific Society of
Manitoba.
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Association of
Economic Entomologists, Bulletin No. 40. From U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science, Vols. IV, LXXXIX.,
XCL, XCIIL, CXXXVI. By C. S. Sargent. From the Society.
Year Book and Book of Financial Statements of St. Paul's Church,
Lindsay. From Mr. G. S. Patrick, Lindsay, Ont.
Letters to the Magistrates of Edinburgh on the Execution of Robert
Johnston, 1819. From Mrs. George H. Wilson.
Two Pamphlets on Edinburgh Musical Festival, 1815. From Mrs.
George H. Wilson.
Indenture of Bargain and Sale between the Hon. John Forsyth et al. and
George Chalmers. From Mrs. George H. Wilson.
The Waverley Almanack, 1863. From Mrs. George H. Wilson.
Indenture of Mortgage between John Sproule and Wife and Fred and
George Perkins. From Mrs. George H. Wilson.
Leper the Taylor. A pamphlet from Mrs. George H. Wilson.
Resolutions passed by the House of Assembly on Breach of Neutrality
and Aggression. From Mrs. George H. Wilson.
Map of Canada. From Mrs. George H. Wilson.
Fourth Report of the Magdalen Asylum. From Mrs. George H. Wilson.
Catalogue of Canadian Birds, Part 2. By John Macoun, M.A.
Forty-Second Annual Report of the City Library Association, Spring-
field, Mass. From the Library.
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Illustrated Souvenir Pamphlets — Through Mountains and Canyons:
Halifax, Evangeline Land, Newfoundland, Saint John, Toronto,
British Columbia, Canada from Ocean to Ocean, Historic Montreal,
Quebec and Winnipeg. From W. G. MacFarlane, Publisher,
Saturday Night Building, Toronto, Ont.
Central Aboriginal Mounds of the Central Florida West-Coast. From
Clarence B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Apalachicola River. From Clarence
B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
Science Bulletins of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences, Vol. I, Nos. 2 and 3.
Catalogue World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. Official Classification of
Exhibit Departments.
Illinois Historical Collections, Vol. I. From tne Illinois Historical
Society.
Kansas Historical Collections, Vols. VI. and VII.
Photograph of copy of letter signed John Vincent, Brigadier-General
addressed to James , June 10, 1813, authorizing him to
seize cattle for army purposes and give receipt for payment. From
the Wentworth Historical Society.
Photograph of a copy of letter from Angus McAfee and George Hughson
to their wife and daughter, respectively. From the Wentworth
Historical Society.
Roll of Captain Hatt's Company of Volunteers, a part of the 5th Lincoln
and 2nd York Militia, Photographic copy. From the Wentworth
Historical Society.
Roll of 2nd Flank Company of 5th Lincoln Militia according to their
first establishment. Photographic copy. From the Wentworth
Historical Society.
Bulletins, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Vol. VIII., of the Buffalo Society of Natural
Sciences.
The Mound Building Age in North America. By Dr. C. A. Peterson
From the author.
Descriptive and Illustrated Pamphlet on Goat Island. By Hon.
Peter Porter. From the author.
New York State Museum : Bulletin 62, Albany, N.Y., U.S.A.
Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society. Vol. VI., 1903. From
the Society.
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Transaction No. 4 of the Women's Canadian Historical Society of
Toronto.
Publications, University of the State of New York: Bulletin, 69—
Paleontology. Bulletin 68 — Entomology. Bulletin 60 — Zoology.
Bulletin 66 — Miscellaneous.
Military Records, State of New York Council of Appointment, Vols. I.,
II. and III.
Museum Bulletins of the State of New York, Nos. 56, 61, 62, 64, 67, 70,
71, 72.
Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, Vol. VI.
Annual Report of the State Historian of New York, for 1903.
State Historical Society of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
From the Society.
Report of the Ethnological Survey of Canada, Belfast Meeting. From
J. Hill-Tout.
The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal, Vol. VI.,
Montreal, Quebec.
Typewritten Manuscript relating to experiences of Messrs. White and
Isbester at Fort Richmond, Hudson Bay Territory, 1754. From
Miss Muriel Merrill, Picton, Ont.
The 20th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology,
1898-1899.
The Catholic Home Magazine, 1903. By Margaret Claire Kilroy.
Annual Report of the Director of Fine Arts of the Carnegie Institute,
Pittsburg, U.S.A. From the Institute.
The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, Serial No. 26, Prize Essay Contest,
1903. From the Museum.
Annals of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. II., No. 3, Serial No. 25, Feb., 1904.
From the Museum.
" Black List," a list of those Tories who took part with Great Britain
in the Revolutionary War, and were attainted of High Treason.
Typewritten Copy. From Mrs. Mary E. Rose Holden, Hamilton.
Review of Historical Publications relating to Canada for the year 1903,
University of Toronto Studies. From the Librarian.
Lougheed's System of Phonics. From the Author.
Annual Report of the Department of the Interior, 1902-03.
Address before the Onondaga Historical Society. By C. E. Fitch.
From the Society.
Chronological Index of Onondaga History. From the Onondaga
Historical Society.
The Cosmos, a Historical Magazine, two parts. Miss Josephine Smith.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 53
Bulletin of Vermont Agricultural Experimental Station, on Maple Sap
Flow. From the Experimental Station.
Pamphlet on League of the Empire. Mrs. Ord Marshall.
Histories or Tales of Passed Times. By M. Perrault, Glasgow, 1759.
Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
Curiosities of London and Westminster, Vol. III., London, 1771 (16mo).
Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
Toronto and Home District Directory for 1837. Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
Act to Establish Building Societies, and Rules of the Toronto Building
Society, 1846. Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
Montreal Gazette, June 15, 1876. Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
Toronto Daily Globe, October 6, 1854. Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
British Colonist, Toronto, August 5, 1845. Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
British Canadian, Toronto, January 10, 1846 Mrs. Geo. H. Wilson.
Plan of Lots in the Town of Sydenham, by Francis Kerr, Guelph. Mrs.
Geo. H. Wilson.
Comic Almanack for 1835, illustrated by Cruikshank. Mrs. Geo. H.
Wilson.
Library of Congress : Biblioteca Filipino. War Dept., Washington.
Library of Congress : Report of Librarian for 1903.
Library of Congress : Select List of References on Chinese Immigration.
By A. P. C. Griffin.
To the Rt. Hon. His Very Good Lord Robert Rich, Everlasting and
Good Hope through Grace, 1769. Miss F. D. Threlkeld.
Canada at the Universal Exhibition of 1855. Miss F. D. Threlkeld.
History and Proceedings, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Vol. I.
From the Society.
Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Vol. X., 1902. From
the Society.
The Ballous in America. From the Rhode Island Historical Society,
Providence, R.I.
American Pocket Atlas, being a collection of correct maps of the British,
Colonies, issued 1774-5-6. From the Rev. Frank Leigh, Burford.
Wisconsin Historical Collections, Vol. I., by Draper. From the Wiscon-
sin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its Fifty-first
Annual Meeting, held October 15, 1903. From the Society.
Appendix B. to Appeal Book re Niagara Falls Park Commission. Valu-
able maps. From ^Emilius Irving, K.C.
Map showing route between Lake Superior and Red River Settlement.
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