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Excerpt from Seventeenth Report of the Department of Pubic Records and Archives of Ontario, 1928
The original documents herein concern the peopling of Upper Canada from 1787 to 1791, inclusive. Wherever not given in full in the original form, the extracts reproduced are copious, no material point being omitted. In this the most approved method in such matters has been observed.
In recent years interest in the early history of Ontario - in her pioneer settlers, and in the gradual development of her varied public institutions - has been as gratifying as it has been noticeable. It is more and more realized that few, if any, of present-day activities are without their roots in the past. A great business concern glories in nothing more than in its venerable age; and a long established firm carries its guarantee in its record of years.
Local history is being worthily appreciated. Every year now brings its tale of jubilee and centennial celebrations and the pioneer is everywhere coming to his own. The historical societies are expanding their fields of interest and research; the teaching profession is devoting, more than ever before, attention in the classroom, to the Opportunities afforded for study by the uneventful annals of school section or township; and as an evidence of the attitude of the public, the newspaper press, by generous space, re¿ects and stimulates the interest of its readers.
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