Main entry:

Hamil, Fred C. (Fred Coyne), 1903-1968.

Title & Author:

The valley of the lower Thames, 1640 to 1850 [by] Fred Coyne Hamil.

Publication:

[Toronto] University of Toronto Press [1973, ©1951]

Description:

xi, 390 pages illustrations, maps (1 folded) 24 cm

Series:

Canadian university paperbooks ; 143

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-369).
pt. I. Beginnings -- I. Indian territory -- II. The land boards and the surveyors -- III. The moravians at Fairfield -- IV. The Baldoon Settlement -- V. Economic development of the lower settlements -- VI. The evangelists -- VII. War on the Thames -- pt. II. Development -- VIII. Renewal of settlement -- IX. Development of agriculture -- X. Commercial and industrial expansion -- XI. Roads, inns, and stage-coaches -- XII. Disease, crime and trickery -- XIII. Churches and preachers -- XIV. Some aspects of pioneer life -- XV. Background of discontents -- XVI. The patriot war -- XVII. The farm and its harvest -- XVIII. Chatham: emporium of the west -- XIX. Rise of the village community -- XXI. The dawn of self-government.

ISBN:

0802062202 (pa.)
9780802062208 (pa.)
0802021093
9780802021090

Subject:

Kent (Ont. : County) History.
Chatham (Ont.) History.
Kent, Ont. (Comtbe) Histoire.
Ontario Chatham.
Ontario Kent (County)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Canadian university paperbooks ; 143.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 3615
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:85-B3982
Status: Available