The Windsor Border Region / / ed. by E.J. Lajeunesse.
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 – the Detroit River region.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1960 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- DOCUMENTS
- A. VISITORS BEFORE 1700
- B. THE FOUNDING OF DETROIT AND THE HURON MISSION
- C. SETTLERS COME TO THE SOUTH SHORE
- D. THE PIONEER SETTLERS AND THEIR FARMS
- E. GOVERNMENT AND LAW UNDER BRITISH RULE
- F. RELIGION AND EDUCATION AFTER 1760
- G. LOYALISTS AND LAND BOARDS
- H. THE FIRST TOWNS-SANDWICH AND AMHERSTBURG
- APPENDIXES
- I. ORIGINAL TEXTS OF FRENCH AND LATIN DOCUMENTS
- II. FRENCH COMMANDANTS AT DETROIT 1701-60
- III. DOUBLE NAMES OR SOBRIQUETS
- IV. ABSTRACTS FROM THE DETROIT NOTARIAL RECORDS
- V. GENEALOGIES
- VI. SUMMARY OF THE MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE PARISH OF THE ASSUMPTION 1760-81
- VII. BRITISH COMMANDING OFFICERS AT DETROIT 1760- 1796
- VIII. MARGUILLIERS OR WARD ENS OF THE PARISH OF THE ASSUMPTION
- IX. HOLDERS OF FARM LOTS IN ESSEX COUNTY ABOUT 1794
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX