The Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne ---The Making of Community on the Gananoque River Frontier, 1796 - 1996 ( Ontario Local History )

Ontario: Lyndhurst, ON: Corporation of Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne, 1996, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1996. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, signed without inscription by the author ----636 pages, packed with b&w photos, contents include: Introduction; A Vermont Frontier, 1796 - 1820 --- Early Visits to the Gananoque Country By Lockwood and Pendergast; Forging Treason?; ---The Antidote, 1821 - 1851 ---A Chosen People; The Unity of Improvement --- Critical Years, 1852 - 1900 ---The People of Leeds and Lansdowne Rear; Rival Villages ; Private and Public Lives --- The Wars, 1901 - 1945 ---recreation's Rise; War and the Modern Imperative ---Recreating the Township, 1946 - 1996 ---A Bridge to the Future ---Abbreviations; Appendices ( 1- February 1798 Petition of Abel Stevens from Vermont Experienced in operating an Iron Furnace ---2 - Feb 1798 List of Persons Settled in the Township of Kitley and Bastard By abel Stevens ---3 - List of Township Clerks, Leeds and lansdowne Rear, 1803 - 1996 ---4- 16 April 1803 List of the Inhabitants of the rear Ends of Lansdowne and Leeds ---5- List of Names on Crown Patents in Leeds and Lansdowne rear as Recorded in the Abstract Index to Deeds ---6 - List of the Numbers of Inhabitants in the Rear of Lansdowne and Leeds for the Year 1810 ---7 - Alphabetical Census of Household Heads, 1825 ---8 - List of Settlers Located in L&L Rear from the Perth Military Settlement, 1816 - 1822 ---9 - Statement in Detail, of the Votes Given for Wm Buell and Ogle R Gowan at the Polls, 1844 ---10 - List of Reeves, 1850 - 1996 ---11 - List of Household heads and Inhabitants with Occupations, 1881 ---12 - List of Defendants in the suit Set Out By the Gananoque Water Power Company, 1882 ---13 - List of McCreadyites Baptised By Brothers Randall McAlister and Alec McCready in Singleton Lake, 16 June 1908 ---14 - Captions to Photographs, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE /// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 7.75w x 10.25h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.