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Geography and history of the county of Digby
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Wilson, Isaiah W., 1848-1928
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Preface
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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General Description of Nova Scotia
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Earliest Historical References and Descriptions
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Aboriginies and their footprints
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Earliest Land Grants in the Country
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Loyalists Choose Conway as Their Home
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Mode of Allotting Lands to the Loyalists
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Township and other Grants
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Discharged Officers and Privates
St. Mary's Bay
Muster Roll for Clements
In the House of Assembly
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Public Worship
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First Educational Efforts
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Clare Formed a Township
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Commercial Progress
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Court of Sessions Established at Digby
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War of 1812-14
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Further Land Grants
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Visit of Governor Sir James Kempt to Digby
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Political Notes
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Masonic and other Benevolent Institutions
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Gathering at Digby
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Ecclesiastical History Continued
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"La Centenaire"
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Additional Political Notes
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Farming and Agricultural Societies
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Sporting and other Amusements
286
Western Counties Railway
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Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph and its Successors
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Biographies of General Conway and Admiral Digby
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Addenda to Chapter XXIV
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Miscellaneous Notes
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
Appendix C
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Appendix D
Appendix E Part I
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Appendix E Part II
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Appendix F
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Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
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Appendix J Part I
Appendix J Part II
Appendix J Part III
Appendix J Part IV
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Appendix J Part V
Appendix J Part VI
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Appendix K Part I
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Appendix K Part II
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Appendix L Part I
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Appendix L Part II
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Appendix M
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Appendix N
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Appendix O - Part I - A
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Appendix O - Part II
Appendix P
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Appendix Q Part I
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Appendix R
Appendix S Part I
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Appendix S Part II
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Appendix S Part III
Appendix T
Appendix T
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Preface
vi
Table of Contents
viii
ix
Introduction
xi
xii
xiii
xiv
xv
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General Description of Nova Scotia
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Earliest Historical References and Descriptions
16
17
18
19
20
Aboriginies and their footprints
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Earliest Land Grants in the Country
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
Loyalists Choose Conway as Their Home
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
Mode of Allotting Lands to the Loyalists
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
Township and other Grants
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
Discharged Officers and Privates
St. Mary's Bay
Muster Roll for Clements
In the House of Assembly
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
Public Worship
88
89
90
91
First Educational Efforts
93
94
95
96
Clare Formed a Township
98
99
100
101
102
103
Commercial Progress
105
106
Court of Sessions Established at Digby
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
War of 1812-14
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
Further Land Grants
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
Visit of Governor Sir James Kempt to Digby
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
Political Notes
174
175
176
177
178
Masonic and other Benevolent Institutions
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
Gathering at Digby
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
Ecclesiastical History Continued
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
"La Centenaire"
263
264
Additional Political Notes
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
Farming and Agricultural Societies
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
Sporting and other Amusements
286
Western Counties Railway
288
289
290
291
292
Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph and its Successors
294
295
Biographies of General Conway and Admiral Digby
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
Addenda to Chapter XXIV
374
375
376
377
378
379
Miscellaneous Notes
381
382
Appendix A
384
385
386
387
Appendix B
Appendix C
390
391
Appendix D
Appendix E Part I
394
395
396
397
398
Appendix E Part II
400
401
402
Appendix F
404
405
406
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
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Appendix J Part I
Appendix J Part II
Appendix J Part III
Appendix J Part IV
415
416
417
418
Appendix J Part V
Appendix J Part VI
421
Appendix K Part I
423
Appendix K Part II
425
426
Appendix L Part I
428
429
430
Appendix L Part II
432
433
434
435
Appendix M
437
438
439
440
Appendix N
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
Appendix O - Part I - A
450
Appendix O - Part II
Appendix P
453
454
Appendix Q Part I
456
Appendix R
Appendix S Part I
459
460
461
462
463
464
Appendix S Part II
466
Appendix S Part III
Appendix T
Appendix T
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