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The Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
TIlE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF TIlE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA THE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA THE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA by JAMES K.. V/ILSON, B.A. A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts McMaster University September, 1991 MASTER OF ARTS (1991) McMASTER UNIVERSITY (History) Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: THE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA AUTHOR: James K. Wilson, B.A. (University of Western Ontario) SUPERVISOR: Professor John c.. Weaver NUMBER OF PAGES: vi, 120 ii ABSTRACT Between 1800 and 1832 virtually all aspects of local administration in Upper Canada were overseen by those men appointed to the office of Justice of the Peace. During this era the Justices of the Peace sitting in the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace accumulated. the vast majoI1ty of administrative and judicial powers granted by the Colonial Government to oversee local settlement. In the District of Johnstown, prior to its spectacular growth between 1:816 and 1820, the monopoly of power which the Magistrates were granted allowed them to effectively administer to the administrative and judicial needs of the settlers in the District. However, as the population of the colony grew and administration became more time-consuming and complex, an unwieldy number administrative tasks were placed upon the shoulders of the Justices of the Peace. -
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NOTE TO USERS Page(s) not included in the original manuscript are unavailable from the author or university. The manuscript was microfilmed as received. This reproduction is the best copy available. UMI STRUGGLING WITH DIVERSITY: The Sta[e Education nf the P!ura!Sctic. Upper Canadian Population. 179 1 - 18-11 Robin Bredin A thesis submitted in conformity with the reguirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto @Copyright by Robin Bredin. 1000 Natbnaf Library Bibliothèque nationale I*m of Canada du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographie Services services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington OttawaON KIAON4 OttawaON K1AON4 Canada Canada Ywr tih Vorm ruhirsncs Our JI&Mire re~~ The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive licence allowùig the exclusive permettant à la National Library of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distribute or sell reproduire, prêter, distribuer ou copies of ths thesis in rnicroform, vendre des copies de cette thèse sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de rnicrofiche/fïh, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format électronique . The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in ths thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantial extracts from it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. -
Officers of the British Forces in Canada During the War of 1812-15
J Suxjnp ep-eu'BQ UT aqq. jo sjaoijjo II JC-B.IJUIOH 'i SUTAJI n Auvuan oiNOHOi do 13>IDOd SIH1 lAIOUd SdHS HO SQdVD 3AOIAI3d ION 00 3SV31d r? 9 VlJVf .Si Canadian Military Institute OFFICERS OF THE British Forces in Canada DURING THE WAR OF 1812=15 BY HOMFRAY IRVING, Honorary librarian. WETLAND TRIBUNE PRINT. 1908 ~* u u Gin co F>. Year Nineteen Hundred and Entered According to Act of Parliament, in the in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. Eight, by L. Homfray Irving, INTRODUCTION " A which takes no in the noble " people pride achievements of remote ancestors will never "achieve anything worthy to be remembered "with pride by remote descendants." Macaulay's History of England. The accompanying lists of officers, who served during the war of 1812-15, are compiled from the records of the grants of land made in Upper Canada to officers, non-commissioned officers and men who had served in "the first flank Companies, the Provincial Artillery, the Incorporated Regiment, the Corps of Artillery Drivers, the Provincial Dragoons, the Marine and General Staff of the Army,"* and in Lower Canada, to "the officers and men of the Embodied Militia, discharged troops and others."** All those who participated in the Prince Regent's Bounty, as these land grants were called, are indicated by a star in front of their respective names. The names of those who received land grants as above have been supplemented by names from pay lists, appointments and promotions as published in Militia Orders, returns, petitions and correspondence in the office of the Archivist and Keeper of the Records, Arthur G. -
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INDEX INDEX ABBOTT, , Jr., member of militia, 367. ALLISON, Capt. Thomas, mentioned, ABBOTT, Elizabeth, wife of Jacques Baby, 185, 292; death, 381; sketch, 386-87. mentioned, 304; sketch, 293. ALSOP, John, creditor of Askin, 45. ABBOTT, Frances, wife of Francois Baby, AMELIN, Jean Baptiste, settler at mentioned, 304; sketch, 377. Peoria, 359. ABBOTT, James I, mentioned, 275, 293, AMERICAN Fur Company, mentioned, 308, 377, 382, 395; sketch, 304; as 278. vestryman, 310-11; partner in Miamis AMHERST, Gen. Jeffrey, mentioned, 72, Co., 328, 331-34. 75; grants land at Niagara, 47. ABBOTT, James II, mentioned, 304. AMHERSTBURG, site owned by Capt. ABBOTT, Mary, wife of William Hands, Bird, 186; founded, 243. mentioned, 304, 376; sketch, 308. AMMUNITIONS, manufacture of, 489. ABBOTT, Robert, mentioned, 213, 304; ANCIENT shilling, defined, 162. member of militia, 374. ANCRUM (Ancram), Major William, ABBOTT, Samuel, mentioned, 304. sketch, 222; dealings with Moravians. ABRAHAM, Margaret, wife of Joseph 218-22, 224, 227-30, 233. Osanny Nadeau, sketch, 318. ANDERSON, Capt. , mentioned, 303, ACHON, Ozanne, sketch, 194. ANDERSON, John, letter, 588-90. ADHEMAR, Anthony, Sieur de St. Martin, ANDREWS, Colin, partnership with Gra- sketch, 177. verat and Visger, 309. ADHEMAR, Michael, sketch, 177. ANGELICA, wreck of, 86. ADHEMAR, Toussaint Anthony, dit St. ANNIMEKANS, signs deed, 180. Martin, mentioned, 275; sketch, 177; ANTAYA, Augustin Peltier dit, seeTeltier, debts, 299-301. ADLAM, Charlotte, wife of William Augustin, dit Antaya. Dickson, sketch, 461. ANTAYA (Antailla), Jean Baptiste, AD YE, Lieut. Ralph Willet, identified, sketch, 169-70. 522; letter, 522. ANTHON, Charles, mentioned, 48; sketch, AGNEW, Edward, creditor of Askin, 45. 37. -
York Online Undergraduate Research
Revue YOUR Review Volume/Tome 3 (2016) York Online Undergraduate Research Intended to showcase York University (Toronto, Canada) student research, Revue YOUR Review is an annual, refereed e-journal offering an opportunity for York University students to prepare a paper for publication. The journal is multidisciplinary, open-access, and bilingual: articles are published in English or in French. Revue York Online Undergraduate Research Review is associated with York University’s annual, multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Fair. Articles are revised from top essays submitted for York University credit courses and accepted as poster presentations at the juried Research Fair. Submissions are reviewed by an Editorial Board comprised of York University faculty members, writing instructors, librarians, and students, and may also be sent to expert readers within the discipline. Together, the Research Fair and its associated e-journal offer students an educational experience in researching, writing, preparing an abstract, designing and presenting a poster session, and revising a paper for publication—all components in the cycle of scholarly knowledge production and dissemination. Author rights are governed by Creative Commons licensing. La Revue YOUR Review se propose de mettre en valeur la recherche des étudiants de premier cycle et offre aux étudiants de l’Université York (Toronto, Canada) l’occasion de rédiger un article pour la publication. Cette revue annuelle à comité de lecture et à libre accès est pluridisciplinaire et bilingue (anglais/français). La Revue York Online Undergraduate Research Review est liée à la foire annuelle de recherche de l’Université York. Les articles ont été sélectionnés et révisés des meilleures dissertations soumises pour un cours de premier cycle à l’Université et acceptées comme présentation d’affiches à cette foire, elle-même sous la direction d’un jury. -
War Council to Meet on the ‘FIFTEENTH of the MOON’; the Phases of the Moon Were Used As the Indians’ Way of Establishing Time
THE PONTIAC COUNCIL & PONTIAC’S WAR* Historical background: 1763 *Variously referred to as Pontiac’s War, Pontiac’s Uprising, Pontiac’s Rebellion, or the Conspiracy of Pontiac. WHO: PONTIAC, or Obwandiyag (born ca. 1720 – April 20, 1769), was a Native American Ottawa war leader, remembered for his participation in the struggle against British occupation of the Great Lakes region that bears his name: Pontiac's War. Pontiac rose to great fame and importance during this war, and yet the documentary evidence of Pontiac's life is scanty. Much of what has been written about the chief has been based on tradition and speculation, and so depictions of him have varied greatly over the years. Beyond Pontiac himself, we turn to a literal cast of thousands on the 1763 stage: the CHIEFTAINS and WARRIORS of the Indian Nations of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions; the British SOLDIERS and OFFICERS who commanded and garrisoned the forts in the region; the British SETTLERS with the aim of moving westward from the crowded English/American colonies; the French HABITANTS who had lived in the region for generations; and the French & British TRADERS, all hoping to make their fortunes here. [For a list of important names see the last pages.] [portrait of Pontiac by John Mix Stanley, Detroit Historical Museum] Flag of New France 1760 Flag of Britain 1760 WHAT: It is said that Pontiac’s April 1763 COUNCIL on the ECORSE RIVER* was the largest Indian council attended by multiple Nations yet to meet in the western territory. Chiefs and warriors of the Great Lakes Nations were summoned together, and in a few weeks’ time over a dozen tribes would join the campaign. -
Ontario History Scholarly Journal of the Ontario Historical Society Since 1899
Ontario History Scholarly Journal of The Ontario Historical Society Since 1899 Papers and Records [called Ontario History after 1946] Volume VI, 1905 Published by The Ontario Historical Society, 1905 The Ontario Historical Society Established in 1888, the OHS is a non-profit corporation and registered charity; a non- government group bringing together people of all ages, all walks of life and all cultural backgrounds interested in preserving some aspect of Ontario's history. Learn more at www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca. ®ntario “ibistorical Society. PAPERS AND RECORDS. VOL. VI. TORONTO: PUBLJSHEI)BY'THElSOC[ETY. 1903 KRAUS REPRINT CO. Millwood, New York 1975 ®fficer5, 1904-s05. Honorary President : Tan HONORABLE THE Mrmsmn or EDUCATION. President: GEORGE R. PA'r'rULLo, Woodstock. lst Vice-President : COL. H. C. R/OGER8, Peterborough. 2nd Vice-President: DAVID BOYLE, Toronto. Secretary : DAVID BOYLE (Education Department), Toronto. Treasurer: FEANK YEIGH (Parliament Buildings), Toronto. Councillors : Mna. E. J. Tnompsox, Toronto. H. H. ROBERTSON, Hamilton. MISS JEAN BARR,WindSOr. HIS HONOR JUDGE MACBEIH. London. LIEUT.-COL. EDWARDS, Peterborough. JAs. H. Conn: B.A.. St. Thomas. C. C. JAMES, M.A. Monuments Committee: MR8. E. J. THOMPSON. MISS CABNOCEAN, Niagara. MB. ALFRED W1LLsoN, Toronto. Flag and Commemoration Committee: Mn. G.‘ E. FOSTER, Toronto. Mn. B. CUMBERLAND, Toronto. ‘ Mn. SPENCER HOWELL. Galt. Reprinted with permission of The Ontario Historical Society KRAUS REPRINT CO. A U.S. Division of Kraus-Thomson Organization Limited Printed in U.S.A. CONTENTS I/‘IIAI’. PAGE. I. The Coming of the Mississagas. J. Hampden Burnham - - ~ 7 II. The First Indian Land Grant in Malden. C. W. Martin — — — 11 III. -
Souvenirs of the Past
University of Cj Southern Rej Library Pai THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OE CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES Ut^1- 0^ Souvciiire of tbc |p>a6t Mith llllueti-ations ^ AN INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING WORK, GIVING A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF THE CUSTOMS AND HABITS OF THE Ipionccrs of Canaba AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY, EMBRACING MANY ANECDOTES OP ITS PROMINENT INHABITANTS, AND WITHAL AN ABSOLUTE CORRECT AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MANY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY DAYS OF CANADA AND THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN. BY MiUiain Xcwis Bab^ lUin^sor. Ontario, isoc*. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1896, by William L. Baby, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. This Work has already been published in the Dominion of Canada IPrcfacc. Tn offering- to the pul)lic these crude and liastily written Reminiscences, I have thought it advisable to open them witli one of the trachtions of the renowned chief Pontiac, who exercised such an extraonUnary influence over the various tribes of Indians witli whom he was associated and who for so many years drew the undivided attention of the civil and military powers of those days. He at length failed in the accom])lishment of his bold and comprehensive plan of attack:ing a chain of nine forts from ^lichigan to Niag"ara on the same day; he himself besieging the Fort Pontchar- train at Detroit in 1763, l)ut failed, an Indian woman having discovered the plot and revealed it to Major (lladwin, commanding the fort. Pontiac afterwards professed friendship for the Englisli, but an luiglish spy, having discovered treachery in his speech, stabbed him to the heart, and fled. -
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. -
Lighthouses in Upper Canada, 1803 - 1840 Walter Lewis
Lighthouses in Upper Canada, 1803 - 1840 Walter Lewis Au cours des trente-sept ans qui se sont écoulés entre 1803 et l’union du Haut- et du Bas-Canada, la province du Haut-Canada a vu l’établissement de seize dispositifs d’éclairage publics essentiels à la sécurité des « navires, bateaux, radeaux et autres embarcations », ainsi qu’à leurs passagers, équipages et cargaisons. Les phares du Haut-Canada permettent d’examiner comment une assemblée législative coloniale relativement nouvelle a traité de questions de politique gouvernementale et d’administration. À quel point les législateurs du Haut-Canada ont-ils été réceptifs aux demandes d’éclairage public? Dans quelle mesure leurs commissions ont-elles dirigé efficacement leur construction et le gouvernement a-t-il supervisé leur exploitation ultérieure? Introduction In the thirty-seven years between 1803 and the union of Upper and Lower Canada, the upper province saw sixteen public lights established as essential to the safety of “vessels, boats, rafts and other craft,” their passengers, crews and cargoes. The lighthouses in Upper Canada provide an opportunity to examine how a comparatively new colonial legislative assembly dealt with issues of public policy and administration. Just how responsive were Upper Canada’s legislators to the requests for public lights? How effective were their commissions in directing their construction and the government in overseeing their subsequent operation? What problems did they leave to their successors in the united Province of Canada? Much of the literature on North American lights is focused on a succession of heritage buildings, the technology deployed in them, the people who cared for the lights, and ongoing efforts to preserve them and present them as tourist destinations. -
Sandwich, Detroit and Gabriel Richard 1798 -1832
CCHA, Report, 18 (1951), 25-37 Sandwich, Detroit and Gabriel Richard 1798 -1832 by MILDRED M. CONNELY, M.A. When the American occupation of Detroit was taking place, that summer of 1796, young Gabriel Richard of the Society of Saint-Sulpice was hard at work almost seven hundred miles away in the Illinois country, endeavoring to carry on alone as missionary to five parishes along the banks of the Mississippi River. As far away from Detroit in another direction was Jean-Baptiste Marchand, principal of the Sulpician College at Montreal. Neither of these men had any expectation of ever transferring his efforts to the settlements lying along the banks of the Detroit River, yet before that year was over, Father Marchand was to come to Sandwich to succeed Father Dufaux, deceased, and two years later, Father Richard was to reach Detroit, sent by Bishop Carroll to rejoin Father Michel Levadoux, his former superior and co-worker in the Illinois missions. Both Father Marchand and Father Richand were destined to spend the rest of their lives in this area, experiencing all the vicissitudes of frontier life, to say nothing of the emotional stresses and strains peculiar to the disturbance of the political status quo. Ste. Anne’s parish on the north bank of the strait extended from the site of present-day Port Huron to Rivière aux Raisins, now Monroe, but the missionary’s responsibilities included the care of the entire area from the Falls of the Miami, below Toledo to Green Bay Wisconsin. Father Levadoux had made a visitation of the Mackinac missions on his way from Illinois to Detroit in 1796, but he could do no more than try to care for the needs of the parishioners of Ste. -
Introduction
THE WINDSOR BORDER REGION INTRODUCTION A. VISITORS BEFORE 1700 THIS historical survey is intended to serve as an introduction to a series of documents relating to the exploration and settlement of Canada's southernmost frontier. A glance at the map of Canada suffices to locate that frontier-the Detroit River region.1 At 42° latitude the eye quickly focuses on a 20-by-30-mile rectangular peninsula whose south, west, and north shores are washed by the waters of Lake Erie, the Detroit River, and Lake St. Clair respec- tively. Today this peninsula is Essex County in the Province of Ontario. Local Chambers of Commerce refer to it as the Sun Parlour of Canada. A recent book which records the development of the county and its chief city, Windsor, during the past century is entitled Garden Gateway to Canada. These last two appellations indicate its frontier position, its mild climate, and its fertile fields. The exploration of the Detroit River region was retarded by the warring expeditions of the Father of New France. In 1609 and 1615, when Champlain accompanied Algonquin and Huron Indians on forays against their Iroquois enemies, whose strongholds were located between the Hudson and Genesee rivers in the present State of New York, he sealed the friendship between the French and the Hurons and Algonquins. At the same time, however, he provoked later alignments of the Iroquois with their Dutch and English neighbours of the Atlantic seaboard, because the savages became convinced that the French were the allies of their Indian enemies. Because of this enmity of the Iroquois for the French, for half a century the French explorers and missionaries could not follow the St.