DOCSLIB.ORG

DIVISION DES MANUSCRITS PUBLIC ARCHIVES of CANADA ARCHIVES PUBLIQUES DU CANADA BALDWIN, William Warren and Robert Finding Aid No

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
DIVISION DES MANUSCRITS PUBLIC ARCHIVES of CANADA ARCHIVES PUBLIQUES DU CANADA BALDWIN, William Warren and Robert Finding Aid No PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA ARCHIVES PUBLIQUES DU CANADA MANUSCRIPT DIVISION DIVISION DES MANUSCRITS BALDWIN, William Warren and Robert MG 24 B 11 Finding Aid No. 544 / Instrument de recherche no 544 • Descriptive listing of the La description des documents sur microfilm copied at the time microfilm fut préparé par les of filming by the Ontario Archives de la province de l'Ontario; Archives; listing for volumes la description des volumes 9 et 10 9-10 prepared in 1982 by David fut préparé en 1982 par David Walden of British Archives, with Walden de la Section des Archives introductory notes by Patricia britanniques, avec une Kennedy of Pre-Confederation introduction par Patricia Archives. Kennedy des Archives anterieures à la Confédération. TABLE OF CONTENTS ±1 1!9it INTRODUCTION - explanatory notes ii - Inventory Entry - Microfilm Shelf List Descriptive list of the documents on microfilm reels M-741 and M-742 1-31 List of authors, recipients and dates for the documents in volumes 9-10 arranged chronologically 32-43 arranged alphabetically by author 44-55 INTRODUCTION The Baldwin family papers are a complex collection, accumulate d over an extensive period . The Inventory Entry (which follows) provides a general outline of the papers, their arrangement and contents . Limitations of the descriptio n At present, the Finding Aid provides detailed coverage only for the two reels of microfilm from the Ontario Archives and for the Baldwin-Ross family papers in volumes 9-10 For all other segments of the collection, the Inventory Entry provides the only substantial description available . There are in volume 8 some notes made in preparation for a calendar o f the papers which were transcribed in volumes 1-3, but those notes are of severely limited usefulness . Citations In view of the lack of pagination in some volumes, care should be taken in providing citations . The booklet SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CITATION OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS . provides examples, of formats . Restrictions While access to volumes 9-10 is limited (as noted in the Access Restrictions files), the finding aid for that portion of the papers is open for consultation . The access restriction applies equally to reels H-1207 and H-1208. iii MG 24 BALDWIN, William Warren (1775-1844) and Robert (1804-1858) B 11 Originals, n.d., 1816-1888, c.1922. 30 cm. Transcripts, 1807-1855. 8 cm. Photocopies, 1835-1850. 18 pages. Microfilm, n.d., 1791-1960. 2 reels, M- 741 and M-742. Finding Aid No. 544. William Warren Baldwin (1775-1844) was a physician, lawyer and politican. A member of the Legislative Assembly for Upper Canada, 1820-1824 and 1828-1830, he became one of the leading members of the Reform Party. In 1836 he served as the President of the Constitutional Reform Society, formed by the moderate reformers. Summoned to the Legislative Council late in 1843, he died before he could take his seat. His son, Robert Baldwin (1804-1858), a lawyer, served for a very brief period in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canda, 1829-1830 and for one month in 1836 as a member of the Executive Council. A member of the Legislative Assembly, 1841-1851, he served with Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine as the chief administrators of the government of the united Canadas. During the second ministry, responsible government was conceded by the Governor General, Lord Elgin. John Ross (1818-1871) was a Toronto lawyer who, in 1848, was appointed a legislative councillor for Canada. In 1851 he married Robert Baldwin's daughter Eliza, and in that same year he was appointed Solicitor General for Upper Canada. Between 1851 and 1867 he held a variety of offices in the Legislative Council. In 1867 he was called to the Senate as a senator for the new province of Ontario. During the 1850's Ross served as government director of the Grank Trunk Railway and was for a time also President of the Railway. Finding Aid No. 544 consists of lists of the correspondence in volumes 9-10 arranged chronologically and alphabetically by author, and a photocopy of a descriptive list prepared by the Archives of Ontario to accompany the documents found on PAC reels M-741 and M-742. Correspondence, 1807-1855. Correspondence of William Warren Baldwin and his son Robert Baldwin, including letters from C.B. Wyatt to W.W. Baldwin, 1807-1815, and correspondence of Robert Baldwin copied from the originals in the holdings of the Toronto Public Library (transcripts, 8 cm, volumes 1-3). Also included are notes compiled by Josephine Phelan for a calendar of the Baldwin papers in the Toronto Public Library, c.1922 (originals, 10 cm; volume 8). Received in 1915 and 1922. Letters of Robert Baldwin to Eliza Sullivan, 1825, who in that same year became his wife, and to his son-in-law John Ross, 1850-1855, including Robert Baldwin's instructions for his burial and a genealogical chronicle of the Baldwin family to 1837 (transcripts, 66 pages; volume 4). Presented in 1932 by Mr. Harry Baldwin. A copy of the Baldwin genealogy presented in 1951 by Mr. C.G. Crouse is also included in volume 4. iv MG 24 BALDWIN, William Warren (1775-1844) and Robert (1804-1858) B 11 Summons to William Warren Baldwin to the Legislative Council, 1843 (originals, 2 pages; volume 5). Acquired in 1973. Letter from John Buck to Robert Baldwin, 9 October 1844, concerning his decision on the choice of a candidate for an unspecified office (original, 3 pages; volume 5). Correspondence from Robert Baldwin to William Lyon Mackenzie, 1850, and from Marshall Spring Bidwell, 1837 (photostatic copies, II pages; volume 6). Copied from the originals in the Toronto Public Library and presented in 1963 by the estate of Dr. C.M. MacLean. Correspondence from Robert Baldwin to his son, Robert, 1836, and to his Aunt Sullivan, 1835 (photocopies, 7 pages; volume 7). Copied in 1971 from the originals in the possession of Mr. & Mrs. R.M. Baldwin. Baldwin family papers, 1791-1960. Correspondence and other papers of William Warren Baldwin and Robert Baldwin relating to land, business and family matters. Much of the material concerns business conducted by Quetton St. George who managed the business affairs of the Baldwin family, and his family. Also included are letterbooks containing legal opinions and advice rendered by Robert Baldwin and others, 1839-1849 (microfilm reels M- 741 and M-742). Copied in 1964 from originals in the Archives of Ontario. Baldwin-Ross family papers, n.d., 1816-1888. , Correspondence of Robert Baldwin to his fiancée and subsequent wife, Access Restricted Eliza Sullivan, 1825-1835, their children Maria, Eliza and Robert, 1836- see fite . 1851, and his son-in-law John Ross to his wife Eliza Baldwin, his ' political colleagues and business associates including John A. recta rêservtl Macdonald, Francis Hincks, Thomas Brassey and Sir Mortimer Peto vet doesiec concerning the Grand Trunk Railway (originals, 20 cm; volumes 9 and 10. Also available on microfilm reels H-1207 and H-1208). Presented / in 1982. by Mr. J.-P.B. Ross of La Ferrière de Fiée par Segré, France. November 1982 7-271 / 7-2170 D. Walden British Archives MICROFILM SHELF LIST Descriptive list of the documents held at the Ontario Archives (30 pages) - relevant portions are scattered throughout the film as a preface to the files M-741 Documents dated 8 November 1791 - 23 March 1841 M-742 Documents dated 12 April 1842 - 21 April 1881, additional documents, n.d., 1814-1960 H-1207 Baldwin-Ross Family papers (volumes 9-10) — Documents, undated, 1816 - 11 August 1857 H-1208 Baldwin-Ross family papers (volumes 9-10) Documents, 13 August 1857--I951 (a copy of the listing for volumes 9-10 prefaces reel H-1207) BALDWIN PAPERS MG 24 B 11 -:7^1:'^isaei^titë.ô2r.^P .^nt^ceshl^, Auznstna -Bnidxi'^i. ViLh-^ John ., - ^^,, -•i ,; ^_ , . _ l f?5 Conccsâiaa.' aptic'-,at'. og Petex xasseIl to-eZ^L abiisf;e-7md'gs.. ï17197! er3^ata^Së^^n^tifé^ Ie^ôn de .Beau C valerSe" -•T^zent-dé ^'•^ a^'. :én^t®n,^i.n z Frei^chl _ - - - - :•^'Kov. "3- B 'd,• Frederic,de^ . H to John -Imsïey,",iilsf, Justice,Sor. £500 curreneÿ._ ,_ ;, . , . , 1802^ _,iand Ieâse - Lo4 o^.9èn: 2., . itctn;rca oxnsh#- ta Dec.; Y-. (5ea1 'àtta ! -i^eL - .i-- ^= •^ ^ - a-- _sn . rke ?4 resër Ju2y:27 ns.aeè^rity.on,socie propQtV. _ •^.-^__ _ Jeneral of 1d?b11c Accounts--'o.ü„';t.' he Crosmj'res±ectiraç=a7rct s: -H.--;1ya.tt-to-lril-d.3 8alm++n, conoerpirng -the forKariirjgôi' his .-= etters and Ms`iôt in }-^ ,dusç- 15 Sam t6^ama^ concerning -!%j é càar¢es rtetie^aifist fiim by 5i! j^^a GDre,- _L. cortenér. on ..' rpe•e.tcj ëtc. 16 topdj (^etton SG. Ce Alla n, 0o13ector-oP•Cuet^a^ -^ at Yorko + . •. Yor ^L62..Z9..6} ecy a.^$. f,é rge;' staV ïi^; i1iay_Face ng 1r"rsâdy I . he-7iork7-at St. Maurice and are Iready^5accept^. r .---. ... s - .. , i'. Loi-d,Eastleresgh, answering two of' the ciatgee Aug. 13' er; Chevétt'7. Ri"', Acting'Snïfii^or Gëner9l, to.:.ue^ïton St. 4eorgé^ ^t3n^fd m " e a Idçatiqn of 600 acres in any ^ert nf,` the north ` = ern hâlf oP the ^a p of. Scott' from No. 17.to No. 35." ^. .^@üg.725-44tter froi% C.BWyatt ^'urging-Mr. Ttwrpe!s;innnediate retum-WETi]ând^ zflq jqr g o1: via catin ^ s c a ractee, nr ^. J ^_ . .. ^ -^.•-..- •. .: . .^` ^ ^ ^ .^. .. '` . .t . ^ ^.^ - r^• . .. !. - . -_ t. ^^pt.30 Ietteri. B^ Wy2tt tio_W..Halc;v'in, Stat^es;he has been chaxse;^^fith-*Ah treasoa anâfinddea6praqt^ces ih hisoffide a4d askec;.sore i6t6imatioà from York Vhich _v11l e.nab tyim to nehe defl.nite- deh'-.al.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol 21
    K<^' ^ V*^'\^^^ '\'*'^^*/ \'^^-\^^^'^ V' ar* ^ ^^» "w^^^O^o a • <L^ (r> ***^^^>^^* '^ "h. ' ^./ ^^0^ Digitized by the internet Archive > ,/- in 2008 with funding from ' A^' ^^ *: '^^'& : The Library of Congress r^ .-?,'^ httpy/www.archive.org/details/pewyorkgepealog21 newy THE NEW YORK Genealogical\nd Biographical Record. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY. ISSUED QUARTERLY. VOLUME XXL, 1890. 868; PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY, Berkeley Lyceuim, No. 23 West 44TH Street, NEW YORK CITY. 4125 PUBLICATION COMMITTEE: Rev. BEVERLEY R. BETTS, Chairman. Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE.. Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON. Mr. THOS. G. EVANS. Mr. EDWARD F. DE LANCEY. Mr. WILLL\M P. ROBINSON. Press of J. J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Albany and New York Records, 170. Baird, Charles W., Sketch of, 147. Bidwell, Marshal] S., Memoir of, i. Brookhaven Epitaphs, 63. Cleveland, Edmund J. Captain Alexander Forbes and his Descendants, 159. Crispell Family, 83. De Lancey, Edward F. Memoir of Marshall S. Bidwell, i. De Witt Family, 185. Dyckman Burial Ground, 81. Edsall, Thomas H. Inscriptions from the Dyckman Burial Ground, 81. Evans, Thomas G. The Crispell Family, 83. The De Witt Family, 185. Fernow, Berlhold. Albany and New York Records, 170 Fishkill and its Ancient Church, 52. Forbes, Alexander, 159. Heermans Family, 58. Herbert and Morgan Records, 40. Hoes, R. R. The Negro Plot of 1712, 162. Hopkins, Woolsey R Two Old New York Houses, 168. Inscriptions from Morgan Manor, N. J. , 112. John Hart, the Signer, 36. John Patterson, by William Henry Lee, 99. Jones, William Alfred. The East in New York, 43. Kelby, William.
    [Show full text]
  • Public Lummy
    ex n 01 18 A CYCLOPEDIA OF Before Them," " Matrimonial Speculation," law. He represented Norfolk in the Par- and other works of a more or less fictitious liament of Upper Canada, and about six character. It may be said here that after months before his death, which occurred on eight years of travail in the woods, Mrs. the 8th of January, 1844, he was called to Moodie received the glad tidings that her the Legislative Council. Robert, the sub- husband had been appointed Sheriff of the ject of this sketch, entered the practice of County of Hastings. In a late edition of law in 1825, in the well known firm of Bald- " Roughing it in the Bnsh," brought out by win & Son, continuing this calling through Messrs. Hunter, Rose & Co., Publishers, his political career till 3848, when he re- Toronto, Mrs. Moodie writes a preface re- tired. He made his entry into public lif e by counting the social, industrial, educational being elected as the Liberal candidate for and moral progress of Canada, since the the Upper Canada Assembly in 1829, in op- time of her landing. After Mr. Moodie's position to Mr. Smsll, the henchman of the death at Belleville, in 1869, Mrs. Moodie Family Compact. The whole influence of made her home in Toronto with her younger the placemen was used against Mr. Bald- j aon, Mr. R. B. Moodie ; but on his removal win, and William Lyon Mackenzie, who,;:, -with all Ms rashness and roughness, was to a new residence out of towa, Mrs. Moo- 1 die remained with her daughter, Mrs.
    [Show full text]
  • Francis Collins First Catholic Journalist in Upper Canada
    CCHA Report, 6(1938-39), 51-66 Francis Collins First Catholic Journalist in Upper Canada BY THE REV. BROTHER ALFRED, F.S.C., LL.D. Francis Collins, the first Catholic Journalist in, Upper Canada,1 friend of liberty and free institutions, advocate of responsible government, founder, proprietor and editor of the “Canadian Freeman,” was born at Newry,2 County Down, Ireland, in 1801. He was endowed by nature with a keen mind and he enjoyed the benefits of a fair education in the Irish schools of the day. On the close of the Napoleonic wars, British sailing vessels were released for trans-Atlantic service, with the result that an ever-rising tide of Irish emigration set in. Following its current, which had already carried many of his oppressed countrymen to larger opportunities and brighter prospects in the new world, Francis Collins sailed for America in 1818. Destiny led him to Upper Canada to the town of York,3 whose foundations had been laid by Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe a quarter of a century before, in the year 1796. Already men of Irish blood were making their presence felt on the banks of the Don. After the failure in Ireland of the rebellion of 1798 and the dispersion of the “ United Irishmen,” many members of that organization and their sympathizers fled to America. Not a few found their way to Upper Canada, where, in York, they immediately set up an active agitation for the reform of the government of the province of Upper Canada. They were the real founders of the Reform Party.
    [Show full text]
  • Understanding Canadian Bicameralism: Past, Present and Future
    1 Understanding Canadian Bicameralism: Past, Present and Future Presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association Gary William O’Brien, Ph.D. June, 2018 Not be cited until a final version is uploaded 2 Studies of the Senate of Canada’s institutional design as well as the proposals for its reform have often focused on the method of selection, distribution of seats and powers.1 Another methodology is the use of classification models of bicameral second chambers which also explore power and representation dimensions but in a broader constitutional and political context. Although such models have been employed to study Canada’s upper house in a comparative way,2 they have not been used extensively to understand the origins of the Senate’s underlying structure or to analyze reform proposals for their impact on its present multi-purposed roles. This paper proposes to give a brief description of the models which characterize pre- and post-Confederation second chambers. Given that many of the legal and procedural provisions concerning Canada’s current upper house can be traced back to the Constitutional Act, 1791 and the Act of Union, 1840, it will place Canadian bicameralism within its historical context. The Senate’s “architecture”, “essential characteristics” and “fundamental nature”, terms used in the 1980 and 2014 Supreme Court opinions but with no link to pre- Confederation antecedents, cannot be understood without references to Canadian parliamentary history. Finally, it will provide some observations on the nature of Canadian bicameralism and will conceptualize various reform proposals in terms of classification models.
    [Show full text]
  • Casa Loma Heritage Conservation District Study | Report | July, 2018 EVOQ ARCHITECTURE Table of Contents
    REPORT 1:,, o n Casa Loma Heritage URBAN y. Conservation District STRATEGIES ~ dtah Study ASI INC • CITY OF TORONTO JULY 2018 (e) TOGETHER Figure 1: Christmas time at Casa Loma, 1963 (Cover Photo) 2 Casa Loma Heritage Conservation District Study | Report | July, 2018 EVOQ ARCHITECTURE Table of Contents 0. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 13 1. INTRODUCTION 17 THE HCD STUDY AREA 19 PROCESS 19 CONSULTANT TEAM 20 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 24 2. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION 25 The Natural Landscape and Early Settlement 27 Township Lots 28 Estate Ownership Changes 31 Later Estates 37 Institutional buildings 41 Timeline 48 3. ARCHAEOLOGY 51 Archaeological Potential 53 4. BUILT FORM AND LANDSCAPE SURVEY 55 5. LANDSCAPE AND URBAN DESIGN 61 Topography 63 Streets and Public Realm 64 Private Front Yards 70 Estates and Institutions 75 Role in the Neighbourhood 75 Landscape Assessment 76 Public Parks and Open Spaces 80 Street-related Parks 81 Ravine/Escarpment Parks 84 Summary Conclusions 86 5. CHARACTER ANALYSIS 87 Built Form 89 Existing Protections 91 Dates of Construction 93 Heights 97 Building Cladding 99 Land Use 101 Architectural Styles 103 Typologies 109 Unique Structure Examples 129 Views and Gateways 131 Character of Sub-Areas 133 3 Casa Loma Heritage Conservation District Study | Report | July, 2018 EVOQ ARCHITECTURE Table of Contents Areas Recommended for Heritage Evaluation 149 District Typology 149 Description of Heritage Character 150 6. HERITAGE EVALUATION 151 Periods of Significance 153 Criteria for Determination of Cultural Heritage Value 160 District Integrity – Hilton Avenue HCD 164 District Integrity – Wells Hill Avenue HCD 170 7. RECOMMENDATIONS 171 General Recommendations 173 Statement of District Significance - Hilton Avenue 173 Objectives for Hilton Avenue HCD Plan 175 Contributing Properties 175 Statement of District Significance - Wells Hill Avenue 176 Objectives for Wells Hill Avenue HCD Plan 178 Contributing Properties 178 Recommendations for Further Research 179 8.
    [Show full text]
  • Legalprofession00ridduoft.Pdf
    W^Tv -^ssgasss JSoK . v^^B v ^ Is THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN UPPER CANADA IX ITS EARLY PERIODS. BY / WILLIAM RENWICK RIDDELL, LL.D., FELLOW ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ETC., JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ONTARIO. l HOLD EVERY MAN A DEBTOR TO HIS PROFESSION.&quot; BACON, &quot;THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMON LAW,&quot; PREFACE. c 3 R 13456 TORONTO, PUBLISHED BY THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA, 1916. NORTH YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY MAIN Copyright, Canada, by THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA. DEDICATION. THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF SIR ^EMILIUS IRVING, K.C., AND GEORGE FERGUSSON SHEPLEY, ESQ., K.C., SOMETIME TREASURERS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA DULCE DECUS MEUM IN TOKEN OF GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THEIR UNVARYING COURTESY AND KINDLY CONSIDERATION, BY THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUE AND FELLOW-BENCHER, THE AUTHOR. OSGOODE HALI,, TORONTO, JANUARY 18TH., 1916. PREFACE. This work is the result of very many hours of dili gent and at the same time pleasant research. To one who loves and is proud of his profession there is nothing more interesting than its history; and the history of the legal profession in this Province Upper Canada or Ontario yields in interest to that of no other. It is my hope that the attention of others may be drawn to our past by these pages, and that others may be induced to add to our knowledge of the men and times of old. I am wholly responsible for everything in this book (proof-reading included) except where otherwise spe stated and shall be to be informed of cifically ; glad any error which may have crept in.
    [Show full text]
  • Lawless Lawyers: Indigeneity, Civility, and Violence
    ARTICLES Lawless Lawyers: Indigeneity, Civility, and Violence HEATHER DAVIS-FISCH On 8 June 1826, young members of the Family Compact—allegedly disguised as “Indians”—raided William Lyon Mackenzie’s York office, smashing his printing press and throwing his types into Lake Ontario, to protest defamatory editorials. This essay investigates how the cultural memory of “Indian” disguise emerged by asking what this memory reveals about the performative and political dynamics of this protest. At first glance, the performance conventions and disciplinary function of the Types Riot allow it to be compared to folk protest traditions such as “playing Indian” and charivari. However, the Types Riot differed from these popular performances because the participants were members of the provincial elite, not protestors outside of the structures of power. The rioters’ choice of how to perform their “civilized” authority—through an act of lawless law legitimated through citations of “Indigenous” authority—demonstrates inherent contradictions in how power was enacted in Upper Canada. Furthermore, by engaging in a performance that resembled charivari, the rioters called their own civility—attained through education, wealth, and political connections—into question by behaving like peasants. The Types Riot demonstrates that the Family Compact’s claim to authority based on its members’ civility—their superior values, education, and social privilege—was backed by the threat of uncivil violence. The riot revealed a contradiction that the Upper Canadian elite would, no doubt, have preferred remained private: that in the settler-colony, gentlemanly power relied upon the potential for “savage” retribution, cited through the rioters’ “Indian” disguises. Le 8 juin 1826, un groupe de jeunes membres du Pacte de famille—déguisés selon les dires en « Indiens »—ont pillé les bureaux de William Lyon Mackenzie à York, détruit sa presse et jeté ses caisses de caractères typographiques dans le lac Ontario pour signaler leur opposition à des éditoriaux diffa- matoires qu’il a publiés.
    [Show full text]
  • Provincial Plaques Across Ontario
    An inventory of provincial plaques across Ontario Last updated: May 25, 2021 An inventory of provincial plaques across Ontario Title Plaque text Location County/District/ Latitude Longitude Municipality "Canada First" Movement, Canada First was the name and slogan of a patriotic movement that At the entrance to the Greater Toronto Area, City of 43.6493473 -79.3802768 The originated in Ottawa in 1868. By 1874, the group was based in Toronto and National Club, 303 Bay Toronto (District), City of had founded the National Club as its headquarters. Street, Toronto Toronto "Cariboo" Cameron 1820- Born in this township, John Angus "Cariboo" Cameron married Margaret On the grounds of his former Eastern Ontario, United 45.05601541 -74.56770762 1888 Sophia Groves in 1860. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he went to home, Fairfield, which now Counties of Stormont, British Columbia in 1862 to prospect in the Cariboo gold fields. That year at houses Legionaries of Christ, Dundas and Glengarry, Williams Creek he struck a rich gold deposit. While there his wife died of County Road 2 and County Township of South Glengarry typhoid fever and, in order to fulfil her dying wish to be buried at home, he Road 27, west of transported her body in an alcohol-filled coffin some 8,600 miles by sea via Summerstown the Isthmus of Panama to Cornwall. She is buried in the nearby Salem Church cemetery. Cameron built this house, "Fairfield", in 1865, and in 1886 returned to the B.C. gold fields. He is buried near Barkerville, B.C. "Colored Corps" 1812-1815, Anxious to preserve their freedom and prove their loyalty to Britain, people of On Queenston Heights, near Niagara Falls and Region, 43.160132 -79.053059 The African descent living in Niagara offered to raise their own militia unit in 1812.
    [Show full text]
  • Toronto's Provincial Lunatic Asylum in Context, 1830–1882
    “The world outside these walls”: Toronto’s Provincial Lunatic Asylum in Context, 1830–1882 Maximilian Smith A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Programme in History York University Toronto, Ontario September 2019 © Maximilian Smith, 2019 Abstract This dissertation explores the place of Toronto’s Provincial Lunatic Asylum within the broader social, cultural, and political landscape of nineteenth-century Ontario (Upper Canada). The development of the asylum in Upper Canada was one part of a broader institutional reform movement intended to codify, segregate, and rehabilitate the province’s criminals, lunatics, and other social deviants. I argue that the lunatic asylum was fundamentally shaped by its place within this broader institutional suite. At once a medical, political, and social space, the asylum was mobilized by various individuals and associations to serve a variety of interests. The Provincial Lunatic Asylum was a liminal institution. Its value as a resource for the growing Upper Canadian medical profession, its place within entrenched systems of partisan patronage, and its status as a charitable public institution ensured that the fate of the lunatic asylum was tied to the life of the province. By situating the asylum within its broader social, political, and cultural contexts, this study enhances our understanding of the role of public institutions like the asylum in the early formation of the Canadian state. Moreover, this study sheds light on the intricate connections between lunacy care and the everyday life of Upper Canadians from many social and cultural backgrounds.
    [Show full text]
  • A Family Story: the Rebellion Box of Asahel Scott
    A Family Story: The Rebellion Box of Asahel Scott The Rebellion was a turbulent time in Canada's history, and Pickering's founding father's played a role. Asahel Hawley Scott was one of the men who followed the local Rebellion Captain, Peter Matthews, to Montgomery's Tavern in Toronto on December 6, 1837. Read on to see how that decision changed his life, and the future of Canada. pickeringmuseumvillage.ca Who We Were: Asahel Scott American Roots I was a lad of 16 years when my parents brought our family to Upper Canada from the United States where we were all born. We meant to make this land our home. I joined the York Militia to defend my new colony. So did my father, and my older brother Colin. We were all willing to take up arms against the Americans if they decided to attack. You see, many Upper Canadians were still worried about invasion. ˜ey hadn't forgotten the War of 1812. We were not United Empire Loyalists. (We didn't come straight to Upper Canada after the American Revolution). ˜at meant w e weren't entitled to free land. My father couldn't a˛or d to buy land right away, so he rented and farmed. He registered his branding mark with Pickering Township in 1828. He was even elected to Township Council as an overseer of highways in 1831. I took a bride in 1832. Azubah and I lived on my parents` farm while I worked the land and tended the livestock. In 1834, my father had enough money to buy his land from a long time settler in this area, Azor Wixson.
    [Show full text]
  • Nothing “Improper” Happened: Sex, Marriage, and Colonial Identity in Upper Canada, 1783-1850
    NOTHING “IMPROPER” HAPPENED: SEX, MARRIAGE, AND COLONIAL IDENTITY IN UPPER CANADA, 1783-1850 by Robin Christine Grazley A thesis submitted to the Department of History in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada June, 2010 Copyright © Robin Christine Grazley, 2010 Abstract This study explores the importance of heterosexual relationships, in theory and practice, to the making of Upper Canada as a British colonial society. Between 1783, when settlers began to enter the territory in the wake of the American Revolutionary War, and 1850, when the transition toward a more powerful colonial state was underway, contests surrounding marriage, gender, and sexuality were of great significance. The colony was intended by its first and many of its subsequent Lieutenant-Governors to serve as a model of loyalty to the British Empire and a bulwark against American democratic “disorder.” Fundamental to this colonial project was the presence of an orderly body of white settlers; however, this aim was often complicated and undermined by a diverse settler population which refused to conform to middle-class mores and social norms. Marriage and sexual “morality,” significant aspects of assessing “race” and “civilization” in this period, were primary sites for these tensions. This study reenvisions appropriate and inappropriate heterosexual behaviour in the colony and explores the importance of debates over marriage and sexuality to articulations of settler identity. Using private writings, travel literature, and judicial records, including the benchbooks of the colony’s judges, I examine the ways the formation and dissolution of intimate relationships were contested between individual colonists, in local politics, and in international discourse about the British empire and the value of its colonies of settlement.
    [Show full text]
  • Tucbd &\181' in a Little Valley Just North Or St. Thomas a Countr
    CAPI'AIN SH<BE ROAJ) Tucbd &\181' in a little valley just north or St. Thomas a countr,­ road w1nds around steep hills. It joins the Sout h wold-Yarmouth town liM with the No. 4 high\oiBiY south. The valley is narrow and quiet and ·1n the spring a emal.l etreaa overflows its' banks along the road. In the autumn the wooded hillsides turn trom green to red and gold and in the winter the cardinals and the blue-jays find shelter in the thickets. For II8D.1 years it hae been lmovn as the Captain Shore Road taking its• ne.e troa the first settler in the rlcinity. It has changed Tery little in the last hundred years but "t'ery soon a new roadway will invade / its Mclusion and the quiet little cotmtry road will be gone. The sharp curves ot the hills will be sliced a-wayJ the stream enclosed and trees re­ JIIO'Ved. Tratf'ic will stream through the vall87 and the gravel will give () way to coneret•. The first house to be built on the old road was erected by Capt- ain Shore. Captain Shore was a llilitary JUD and a man or so• distinction in the co-.unity. He eerftd in the rebellion of' 1S37 and it is recorded in the "Talbot Regime" that he was connected with a transport that carried euppliea to the gO"f'er.ment forces \Go were tightillc Dr. DuncODibe 1e rebels near Scotland. Little else ie known ot hie .Uitary career. Marrying r ather late in Ute to a IIUOh younger wo.n he bought or was granted by the Go"t'ern­ •nt larad on the upland west or the old road.
    [Show full text]