Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1905]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (89)
- GLIMPSES OF THE PAST.
- HISTORY OF THE RIVER ST. JOHN A. D. 1604–1784.
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- PREFACE.
- ERRATA.
- GLIMPSES OF THE PAST. INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ST. JOHN RIVER.
- CHAPTER I.
- The Maliseets.
- CHAPTER II.
- The Coming of the White Man.
- CHAPTER III.
- The Rival Feudal Chiefs.
- CHAPTER IV.
- French Commanders of Acadia.
- CHAPTER V.
- King William’s War.
- CHAPTER VI.
- Nachouac and Menagoueche.
- CHAPTER VII.
- The Brothers D’Amours.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- The Old Medoctec Fort.
- CHAPTER IX.
- Incidents in King Georges War.
- CHAPTER X.
- Rival Claims to the St. John River.
- CHAPTER XI.
- The French anxious to hold possession of the River St. John.
- CHAPTER XII.
- The Acadians become the Football of Fortune.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- The English take possession of the River St. John.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- Aukpaque, the Village at the Head of the Tide.
- CHAPTER XV.
- The First English Settlers.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- Progress of the Maugerville Settlement.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- At Portland Point.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- St. John and its Business One Hundred and Forty Years Ago.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- The Old County of Sunbury and its Townships.
- CHAPTER XX.
- The St. John’s River Society.
- APPENDIX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- The Firm of Hazen, Jarvis, Simonds & White.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- Some Early Religious Teachers on the River St. John.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- On the Eve of the American Revolution.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- Affairs on the St. John During the Revolution.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- The Great Indian Pow-wow at Fort Howe, and its Consequences.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- White Chiefs and Indian Chiefs.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- Masts for the Royal Navy.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- Pioneers on the St. John River in Pre-loyalist Days.
- BECKWITH.
- QUINTON.
- JONES.
- BURPEE.
- PALMER.
- NEVERS.
- PERLEY.
- PEABODY.
- BARKER.
- ATHERTON.
- GARRISON.
- COY.
- ESTEY.
- ESTABROOKS.
- DARLING.
- GAGE.
- KEMBLE.
- STERLING.
- GLASIER.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- At the Close of the Revolution—Affairs Civil and Religious.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- The Coming of the Loyalists.
- INDEX.
- Footnotes
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