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dson, J.B. Hutchinson, Esq. 218 Patriotic feeling and early settlement of Prince Edward County and neighbouring Townships; by Canniff Haight, Esq. 219 Colonel Samuel Ryerse, his adventures, settlement, and character, in the County of Norfolk; in letters by his son, the late Rev. George J. Ryerse; and in a memorandum, including a history of the early settlement of the County of Norfolk, and recollections of the war of 1812-1815; by Mrs. Amelia Harris, of Eldon House, London, U.C. 226 Colonel Joseph Ryerson, his adventures, sufferings, and settlement in the County of Norfolk, U.C.; by an intimate friend of the family 257 NOTE.--Colonel Samuel Ryerse and Colonel Joseph Ryerson were brothers, and both officers in the British army during the Revolutionary War; but in the commission of the former, his name was spelled Ryerse; and it being difficult at that time to correct such an error, he and his descendants have always spelt their name Ryerse, though the original name of the family, in the records of New Jersey, in Holland, and previously in the history of Denmark, is Ryerson. Interesting piece of local history; by the Rev. Dr. Scadding 259 Loyalty and sufferings of the Hon. John Monroe; by his son 261 Sufferings of the U.E. Loyalists during the Revolutionary War; vindication of their character--including that of Butler's Rangers--their privations and settlement in Canada; by the late Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman Spohn, of Ancaster, in the County of Wentworth, U.C., together with an introductory letter by the writer of this history 264 CHAPTER XLII. ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.--NOVA SCOTIA 271-276 CHAPTER XLIII. NEW BRUNSWICK 277-280 CHAPTER XLIV. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 280 CHAPTER XLV. GOVERNMENT OF LOWER CANADA 281-306 The famous Quebec Act, 14th Geo. III.; its provisions; why and by whom opposed; opposed in the Lords and Commons, and in the Colonies; supposed to have promoted the American Declaration of Independence
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