Heroines of Canadian History book 1909 antique Pioneers to the Seventies One Room School

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1 Heroines of Canadian History book 1909, W. S. Herrington, 78 pages

Marguerite de Roberval, Madame de la Tour, The Founders of the Ursuine Convent, Mademoiselle Mance, Madeleine de Versheres, Sarah Defield, Laura Secord, Abigail Becker, Sarah Maxwell, The Unrecorded Heroines

Condition , NO RIPS, NO TEARS, BINDING TIGHT, some shelf wear, Ex library, some fading to the spine, a couple of stains on the front cover

2 From the Pioneers to the Seventies Book, Stated First Edition, 1976,

390 pages, Edgar J. Boland, Dedicated to the memory of the late Bishop Francis A. Marrocco, From the Pioneers to the Seventies is a history of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Peterborough and covers the period from 1882 to 1975. It includes some history of the former Diocese of Kingston, prior to 1882, and of the territory now served by the Dioceses of Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay, prior to 1904. The Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Peter- borough and Victoria were part of the Diocese of Kingston until the Diocese of Peterborough was erected. The Diocese of SaultSte. Marie and the major part of the Diocese of Thunder Bay, as well as the District of Muskoka and Parry Sound, constituted the Vicariate of Northern Canada from 1874 to 1882 and became the greater part of the Diocese of Peterborough when united with the four western counties of the Diocese of Kingston, This history is divided into ten parts which relate successively the biographies of the bishops, the story of the Cathedral and the histories of the parishes and their missions according to their location in .the City of Peterborough, the Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Peterborough and Victoria, the southern part of the Provisional County of Haliburton, and the Districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound. Illustrations include pictures and coats- of arms of the bishop.s and pictures of the parish churches. Maps are provided to show the extent of the Diocese of Peterborough, the Dioceses of Southern Ontario and that part of Northern Ontario in which the Dioceses of Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay are located., Name inside front cover, no writing within the book, NO RIPS, NO TEARS, BINDING TIGHT, minimal SHELF WEAR, DUSTJACKET shows edge wear and tears with a ; pce torn off the top edge of the binding

3 The One Room School in Canada book Jean Cochrane, 1981,

168 pages… A look at the now-vanished one-room school which was once the backbone of rural education… Condition: no rips, no tears, no writing, all pages and binding intact

4 Toronto Sketches The Way We Were Book Mike Filey, 1992,

187 pages… Gathered from Mike Filey’s “The Way We Were” column for the Toronto Sun. Articles describe “aspects of (Toronto’s) history, with subjects ranging from the evolution of public transportation and man-made alterations to the waterfront scene, to now…

very good condition, spine is tight, no loose pages, no writing, clean

5 Canadian Papers in Rural History Book II 1980, edited by Donald H. Akenson,

172 pages, Contents FOREWORD 7 THE ADOPTION OF THE GASOLINE TRACTOR I~ WESTERN CANADA Robert E. Ankli, H. Dan Helsberg, and John Herd Thompson 9 THE SHELL-MUD DIGGERS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND David E. Weale 41 TRADING ON A FRONTIER: THE FUNCTION OF PEDDLERS, MARKETS, AND FAIRS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ONT ARlO Brian S. Osbome 59 TRACING PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ONT ARlO: A GUIDE TO THE ARCHlY AL SOURCES R.W. Widdis 83 THE SEASONAL ROUND OF GENTRY FARMERS IN EARLY ONT ARlO: A PRELIMINARY ANAL YSIS James O’Mara 103 A COMPANY COMMUNITY: GARDEN ISLAND, UPPER CANADA AT MID-CENTURY Christian Norman 113 THE ROLE OF SHIPPING FROM SCOTTISH PORTS IN EMIGRATION TO THE CANADAS, 1815-1855 James M. Cameron 13~ LISTENING TO RURAL LANGUAGE: BALLYCARRY, CO. ANTRIM, 1798-1817 Donald H. Akenson 15:

NO WRITING, BINDING IS INTACT, very nice condition, Please consider photos as part of the description

6 Brebeuf and his Brethren E J Pratt 1940 book

MacMillan, 65 pages,

Red linen? cloth boards, boards in very nice condition, b/w maps on both front and back endpapers, no writing, binding is intact with no loose pages,

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7 The Streets were Paved with Gold book Signed by the Author… Stan Cohen, 1977, first printing, stated, ,… A Pictorial HIstory of the Klondike gold rush – 1896-1899…

Condition , NO RIPS, NO TEARS, BINDING TIGHT and intact with no loose pages, shows some minor shelf wear, blacked out previous owner name

8 Simcoe County The Recent Past Book… John Craig, 1977, 306 pages, first edition, Margot Anderson (illustrator)

Simcoe County: The Recent Past is the fascinating account of life in Simcoe County from the 1890s to the present-a period which covers decades of tranquility, two World Wars, a Depression, and sudden twentieth century progress…

map end papers; Simcoe County; Tottenham; Midland; Penetanguishene; Barrie; Orillia; Innisfil; Creemore; Rama; Base Borden Alliston, Beeton etc., gold gilt lettering,

dustjacket in good condition, no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,

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9 A Dutch Homesteader on the Pairies, Willem de Gelder, 1973, Translated and introduced by Herman Ganzevoort, The letters in this volume, found in the archives of the Netherlands Emigration Service in Holland, form a unique chronicle of the life of one European homesteader in Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1913.  …He came to Canada in 1910 and by the 1920’s he had become a successful homesteader…in 1922 he rented out his land, went to the Netherlands to see his family, and returning to Canada he disposed of his homestead and vanished.  …paperback book, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing.