Report, Edições 1-3The Society., 1906 |
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... Montreal Advertiser , November 5 , 1825 ; " Montreal Transcript and Commercial Advertiser , " March 30 , 1839 ; Spooner's Vermont Journal , " Windsor , Vt . , January , 5 , 1801. This paper was then in its eighteenth volume . There was ...
... Montreal Advertiser , November 5 , 1825 ; " Montreal Transcript and Commercial Advertiser , " March 30 , 1839 ; Spooner's Vermont Journal , " Windsor , Vt . , January , 5 , 1801. This paper was then in its eighteenth volume . There was ...
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... Montreal and to deliver it himself at the Star office for the issue of July 2nd . Monument to the national boundary is a rocky ton- gue of land , known as Eccles ' Hill , which has become of his- IT WAS UNVEILED AT EC- CLES HILL ...
... Montreal and to deliver it himself at the Star office for the issue of July 2nd . Monument to the national boundary is a rocky ton- gue of land , known as Eccles ' Hill , which has become of his- IT WAS UNVEILED AT EC- CLES HILL ...
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... Montreal , under the title " Old and New , " Wm . ' Meade Pattison , of Clarenceville , a dili- gent searcher after local history , and E. L. Watson , of Dunham , whose critical studies of literary subjects eminently fit him for an ...
... Montreal , under the title " Old and New , " Wm . ' Meade Pattison , of Clarenceville , a dili- gent searcher after local history , and E. L. Watson , of Dunham , whose critical studies of literary subjects eminently fit him for an ...
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... Montreal . This he has admitted to me . The Archiv- es Department ought to buy those precious manuscripts . a From what tribe did the name of Missisquoi come ? To what dia- lect does it belong ? To facilitate the solution of the problem ...
... Montreal . This he has admitted to me . The Archiv- es Department ought to buy those precious manuscripts . a From what tribe did the name of Missisquoi come ? To what dia- lect does it belong ? To facilitate the solution of the problem ...
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... Montreal . He says that Missis- quoi river is full of boulders , ra- pids , and falls . This seems to me to settle the question . It is the river which gives its name to the bay and county , Once again we have a tra- dition , like so ...
... Montreal . He says that Missis- quoi river is full of boulders , ra- pids , and falls . This seems to me to settle the question . It is the river which gives its name to the bay and county , Once again we have a tra- dition , like so ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abenakis Albans annual Armand Baker Bedford bers born Brome Brome County called Canada Canadian Chas Church Clarenceville Committee Cotton County Historical Society County of Missisquoi Cowansville daugh daughter Derick District of Bedford Dunham E. L. Watson Eastern Townships Eccles Farnham father Fenian Fenian Raid flint Frelighsburg George Giroux grant held Hill Indian interest J. C. McCorkill J. P. Noyes James John Jones Judge Girouard Judge Lynch Lake Lake Champlain land late letter lived Lower Canada Mead Pattison meeting ment Messrs Miss Missis Missisquoi Bay Missisquoi County Historical Missisquoi Historical Society Montreal Moore N. A. Smith officers organization paper Philipsburg Pike River Post present President Province Quebec Richelieu river Ruiter Secretary settlement Shefford sisquoi Stanbridge East Stevens Baker Sweetsburg Thomas tion torical town tribe U. E. Loyalist Vermont village
Passagens conhecidas
Página 8 - That War be, and the same is hereby declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their territories...
Página 2 - May next, being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God...
Página 8 - The Society then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, with the following result : — President, Dr.
Página 33 - There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride ; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and grovelling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates the character and improves the heart.
Página 41 - Bay were so large and dense that the sum would be obscured as though darkened by a cloud. There were no natural marks about the Bay of so distinctive character as to suggest a name. In addition to the foregoing, a very old man of the County wrote in a local paper some years ago, that he was taught some sixty years before that "Missisquoi" was an Indian name meaning
Página 92 - I have ordered enquiry to be made into the application of the sum voted in support of the American sufferers, and I trust you will agree with me that a due and generous attention ought to be shown to those who have relinquished their properties or professions from motives of loyalty to me and attachment to the mother country.
Página 8 - At ten o'clock the entertainment, which was most enjoyable throughout, was brought to a close by the singing of the National Anthem.
Página 18 - Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time ; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little.
Página 41 - But the spelling of to day is not that of the old time. Three quarters of a century ago, and before, and even for some time after, it was spelled " Missiskoui. " Papers in the Dominion Archives show that in 1785 it was spelled